yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nook Color General] franknferter:
Are you sure bn is not doing well and not mixing bn and borders up...i know borders is not doing well
[Nook Color General] woot1524:
Check out this link, it's a wiki for investers: http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Barnes_&_Noble_(BKS)

Now go down to "business growth."

B&N is, for a lack of a better term, bleeding money at an unsustainable rate.

Hell, they lost over $40 Million in just the last half of 2010. That's more than they made in the entire year of 2010. And on top of that, they earned HALF of what they made in 2009. Their operating margin(% of the difference between cost and retail of products sold that can go towards profit, or return on sales) fell from 2.8% to 1.3%(BTW that's god-awfull)

Even with their sales increasing nearly by double digits quarter after quarter. They make so little(% wise) that the increase of sales is overshadowed by the increase of costs assosiated with selling more of something.

So, pretty much half of the company just breaks even. The other half either losses money, or losses LOTS of money.

Don't be surprised if B&N doesn't survive long enough to honor our 1yr warrenties.

The real question is. Who's going to buy them? And, will the nook product line survive the transfer of ownership?

Edit: added comment about increasing sales.
[Nook Color General] cameraz:
Actually, I am not the type of person to sit back and wait for the latest version to come out, unless it has been some time since the original came out. Also, even if a new version comes out it has to be a big enough change for me to buy it. For instance, I bought the first generation iPod Touch, but didn't spring for the subsequent Gen. 2 or 3 because they were only minor upgrades, in my opinion. But when Gen. 4 came out, I upgraded.

The Nook has been out since last fall, I believe, and I remember reading on some tech site (CNET, maybe?) that this spring a new Nook Color would appear with 3g. I would only get this, however, if the 3g was free like on the Kindle.

In any event, where would you guys be more likely to purchase a Nook Color -- at an online retailer, or go directly to your local B&N store?
[Nook Color General] solas989:
Aww that is news is bad for BN...my three stores always have people in them and two of them I always have to wait in line...unless I am there at odd hours :D

If I can buy locally for almost the same price...I will always buy locally. Now if I could have obtained the nook for $200 online...you bet I would have gone online! I think most "e-reader" people would prefer to go to a physical store than buy online...but look at the success of the Kindle...

Another aspect my stores are pushing are the Nook Color classes or meeting to share tips and tricks and how toos on the NC. While these dont apply to me...I would imagine they would appeal to the mass users of the NC.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryoniyk:
Copied this from Reddit, having some issues and can't figure this out.

Here's my situation: yesterday I managed to one-click root my phone, no problem. Computer detected the device, I installed Titanium Backup, backed up my files, installed the kernel flasher (SGS Kernel?), backed up my stock kernel, and then installed ROM Manager and install Clockwork Recovery. I then flashed a new kernel to the phone which seemed to cause a problem, so I flashed back to the stock kernel and, brick. I don't think the Clockwork Recovery worked because I could never get the setup file to work when I tried to boot from recovery mode because basically when I tried to do the button-pushes ... it just gave me hash errors, I believe. I followed instructions on XDA to flash back to stock (from this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=782204), and after much tinkering, did get a chance to recover, and even got around the problem of showing I had no space available.

I have two problems now:

1) SMS messages won't send or receive as far as I can tell.

2) I'm in USB Debugging Mode but the phone is not being detected by the computer.

My problem with the latter is I'm trying to re-root my phone so I can get Titanium Backup to get all my stuff back on the phone and can get rid of some bloatware and then NEVER ROOT AGAIN because I was terrified of bricking my phone and just want to have a fully functional stock phone and never do this again. Can anyone point me in the right direction (I've done a little bit of "let me google that for you" and haven't had much luck) or provide me with some advice? Thanks in advance!
[Captivate General] leoingle:
So I know alot of people have started to think about their next phone after their cappys. I am going to guess most people are thinking about the same candidates I am. I"m lookin at the HTC Inspire, Moto Atrix, and Samsung Infuse.

The Atrix really seems to be the king of them in most specs, i just wish it had a bigger screen than 4". Plus I am still a lil confused about the whole dock thing with it and something costing 500 bucks and ATT "making" me pay for tethering also. I def dont want any of that. I dont mind paying a lil extra for 4G, thats if I actually get 4G speeds. I like the Infuse the best out of the 3 with the screen size and looks, but is it going to be the same regurgitated Samsung problems that most of us are having with our Cappys? I can handle a lil lag, but the poor GPS performance is a deal breaker.

So I am wondering what others are going to go to and why? Chime on in.
[Captivate General] kdwolf85:
I think I'm going to be jumping ship and leaving AT&T entirely if I can talk my wife into it. I'm mostly waiting on MWC to end so I can see what other new phones will be released and on what carrier.
[Captivate General] leoingle:
well, you know how the waiting game is with phones, if you wait, you'll be waiting forever. there is always something coming down the pipe.
[Captivate General] OVCArchion:
I'm stuck with AT&T on two of my lines until mid 2012 anyway, so with the Death Star I have to stay. I'm leaning towards the Atrix, but am waiting for MWC as well. Even if the phone does have a locked boot loader, XDA will take care of that with a quickness... ;-)
[Captivate General] bames:
despite some of its flaws i still can't believe how eager some people are to defect from the best overall phone out there especially when paired with the right rom.
[Captivate General] boborone:
Why did you have to start a new thread on this? There is one titled latest from att on the first page. Did you not see not one? please look around or search before starting a new thread. There are many threads already open on this topic.
[Captivate General] ua549:
I'm stuck with AT&T unless I want to carry multiple phones. They are the only ones that work in Europe. I looked at the all band Nokia but they are simply too expensive.

I want to stick with an Android phone for the simple reason that the community will improve on the standard issue crap. Will the boot loader on the Atrix be locked so as to prevent flashing custom stuff?
[Captivate General] leoingle:
none that had a survey attached to it to see a general consensus. now quit being a cry baby. i mean seriously, some of you ppl in here whine more than a lil school girl. if you dont like the thread, dont vote, shut up and move on.
[Captivate General] uhmump95:
I am trying to talk the wife into dumping the iPhone 3GS for the HTC Inspire 4G. She really like Google navigation and I think the $99 price may be a deal maker.

I am still in the 90 window on my refurbed Captivate, if I like the Inspire, I may start whining to see if I can get it as a replacement.
[Captivate General] leoingle:
yeah, that price is pretty shocking. nice attention getter
[Captivate General] newter55:
Boborone for mod?!?
[Captivate General] Mr. Clown:
Thread closed, there are other threads with the same topic.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek4484:
I'm running Perception 10.1 and I noticed that Shazam and SoundHound absolutely do not work anymore. They will not recognize any songs. I also noticed that voice dialer doesnt recognize anything I say anymore. Example: when I say "Call John Kaiser mobile" what shows up is Dial and some random numbers.

Is this because the Perception 10.1 rom doesnt have the proper drivers for the Audience chip? Anybody else having this problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortionist:
The only roms that worked for me with voice dialing are FireFly and Phoenix.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] derek4484:
Also, whats weird, is when I use the microphone button on the keyboard, it picks up and translates what I say perfectly.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrew21:
Hi, i need 2..2.1 stock firmware with arabic language in it..is it available anywhere, and if so please guide me. Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrew21:
I guess not available yet, anybody know when it will be released?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadyal:
no not yet
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaliscojorge:
I was just wondering what happens if you try to install an apk file by clicking on it if the description of it calls for it to be pushed to the phone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnson8cyl:
Only needs to be pushed if it has to go to a certain part of the phone. Apk's can be installed with a file manager by clicking on it. Just have unknown sources checked if it's a non market app. What are u trying to install?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaiPiePia:
It will just fail. You can try this with install_flash_player.apk (for Flash 10.1). If you don't push that to /System, it will simply give you an error when you click on it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaliscojorge:
I'm running the latest axura rom which is missing the google news and weather widget. A link was posted to an apk for it but stated it needs to be pushed. Me just out of curiosity clicked on open after I downloaded the file and since it acted like a normal apk giving me the install options I just wondered what would happen if I actually installed it that way versus the directed push way.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnson8cyl:
If it failed I would push it
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xelaboy:
Is there an app that will emulate and iPod when I plug the usb cable into it?

The reason I ask is I have a pioneer head unit in my car and would love to be able to control music from the head unit and not have to fiddle with my phone. The head unit can also handle usb drives, but I don't think it likes having 2 drives mounted at the same time, so that doesn't work either.
[Android Themes] t3xtid:
I've had a look through the forums but couldn't see this posted anywhere so here goes, and apologies if this is a repeat or is in the wrong forum.. In CM7 GingerBread you can change the battery icons in the status bar using the UOT kitchen and the framework-res file. The other icons however can't be changed using this method (like they could in CM6.1 FroYo) because the other icons are in a different system file in GingerBread.

Through a lot of digging around i have found the file 'SystemUI.apk' in /system/app/ where most of the other icons are. Also in this apk are the 'battery_low_battery.png', the 'shade_bg.png' and the 'status_bar_close_on.9.png' files which can be changed to files from another Rom after any nesessary re-naming.

The battery_low_battery.png controls the pop-up displayed when the battery gets below 15% and i've changed mine to one from an earlier Rom.

The shade_bg.png is the notification window and can be changed for the one from the SuperGinger Rom for example which has an Android picture on the bottom right (and looks cool i think). There is a transparency effect to the window which may be controlled by a .xml file, i'm not sure because i'm using the SuperGinger Rom which had it as a default.

The status_bar_close_on.9 is the notification window pull-down bar and i've changed mine for the 'status_bar_close_on_cust.9.png' from the cm6.1 Rom which has a CM logo in the centre.

All these image files and loads more like signal strength, bluetooth, wi-fi, flight mode etc, etc can be found in res/drawable-mdpi/ of SystemUI.apk.

The .apk can be modified using Android Design Editor V2 (credits to it's creator) (Google search...) and be pushed back from recovery using a flashable zip or ADB (i can vouch for a flashable zip created with Update-Zip-Packager.. credits to it's creator) (again Google search...)

I hope all this will be of use to some and thanks and credits to the Rom creators, cooks and devs, to XDA Developers and all the other contributors on here.

Peace and happy tinkering.

HTC Legend.
[Android Themes] ZduneX25:
Thanks for that info I wasn't sure which file is the notification window bg in CM7, now I know.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trekker123:
I can't boot my Vibrant any longer and could use some help.

I rooted and installed Nero 5 last month, no problems. I went to Bionix V without any issues. I upgraded to Bionix V 1.2 a few days ago and all seemed fine other than my general signal strength issues - I have a weak signal in my house. Hoping that a different modem went help, I tested out a few - KB1, KA5, KA6, KA7 and I believe I ended up at KA5. All this was done with Clockwork Recovery/ROM Manager. Things seemed good though the boot sequence seemed to be taking longer than expected.

I read a thread on increasing signal strength, so I opened up my Vibrant to get inside and "carefully" pushed out the GPS/antenna connectors a bit and closed up the the phone. Phone wouldn't boot after that. I noticed that a small round piece of plastic (lower right of the sim card) had fallen on the floor so I figured that could be related - opened up the phone, shoved it in and closed it up, still no luck afterward on booting - I don't see anything on my screen.

I can't boot into recovery - up/down volume and power sequence doesn't work. Up/down volume while inserting battery while plugged into USB doesn't work. My computer shows the sd cards when plugged into USB but I can't get to them without selecting file transfer mode on the phone. The 4 buttons at the bottom of the phone will light up when touched but nothing shows on the screen.

BUT it appears I am getting notifications (sound/buzz) for emails coming in... So maybe the screen is the problem and the phone is booting? Anybody take their phone apart and know if I missed something getting it back together (like that little round plastic piece) that would disable the screen?

I called my phone and it goes to voicemail, doesn't ring. So - no screen, no calling ability, but do get email notifications.

Any thoughts in general would be appreciated.

Thanks for the help!
[Nexus S General] IronSingh:
I just Read an article stating that 2.3 will be scraped, but that doesn't coincide with 2.3.3.

The Article is on pocket-lint.com or Search Google for the Phrase "Android 2.4 coming April, leaving 2.3 dead on arrival - not Ice Cream"

Sorry can't post a link.

I was looking for any sort of Response about this on the Forum or the Main Site on XDA.

Since I didn't find anything, I decided to post it.

It is interesting though, what does it mean for the Nexus S?

Peace.

IronSingh
[Nexus S General] jamiemac1977:
Well if you look at it like that all OS versions are "scrapped" in the end.

My guess is the 2.3.3 will be a bugfix (reboots anyone? ^^) and NFC upgrade (as its mainly disabled in 2.3.2). And 2.4 is the next update, ovbiously making 2.3 redundant.

It's almost like seeing a report saying windows7 retail is cancelled because sp1 is coming out :rolleyes:
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
IMO gingerbread/NS were rushed for the holiday release and proof is in this 2.4 update.

2.3 has too many issues poor 3d performance compared to 2.1-2.2 galaxy s FPS is inconsistent, compass is messed up ...movement is too jerky, dropped calls, crappy browser performance not 3d accelerated, the CPU seems to down clocks even when it shouldn't this might explain the inconsistent/stutter FPS when running 3d apps becasue setting CPU to performance with set SETCPU seems to smooth things out.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
that's exactly the case.... like common being released on Mid Dec 2010, just a few days shy for the holiday... it's way to obvious

and all the small bugs we find here and there are prove of that ;)

usually going from say for example 2.1 to 2.2 are like major changes

but now we got 2.3 and 2.4 that seems more like a routine maintenance release
[Nexus S General] IronSingh:
What I mean is Why 2.3.3 when 2.4 is the actual Update.

AFAIK 2.3.3 is for Upgrade to NFC capabilities like stated in the first link over here.

Reboot issue doesn't seem to be addressed. I haven't faced the reboot issue yet, so I am not worried about that.

I think 2.4 is rushed 2.2 was somewhere in June or July, 2.3 was in Late November. 2.4 will likely be hereby March. The Gaps are getting shorter, the only way I see it is they are leaving less time to do the testing or Programmers have gotten faster leaving more time for Testing. More Likely the the earlier assumption as we can see with the problem on the Nexus.

Peace.

IronSingh
[Nexus S General] demo23019:
Very true

it does seem isolated to 2.3 becasue i loaded 2.3 on my vibrant and had same poor results

I hope some of these issues are not just becasue google wanted to improve battery life on NS .... sacrifice performance

And hopefully not overlooked with 2.4
[Nexus S General] Xanaki:
Seems like Android 2.4 can land as soon as early April 2011 but not as Android 2.4 Ice cream, instead it will be a continuation update of Android 2.3 Gingerbread. This news was sparked by tech blog pocket-lint claiming that his sources at ViewSonic have revealed that the ViewSonic will launch their ViewPad 4 Smartphone in early April with Android 2.4. This Android update will not bring any name change and it will be still known as Android 2.4 Gingerbread. So what is it going to do? Well it is said that the Android 2.4 will essentially bring the compatibility with dual-core applications that are customized for Android 3.0 Honeycomb to the currently available single-core devices.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
that's so confusing, yet so clear

Google have been sort of "advertizing" for a while that 3.0 will bring dual core support for Tablets only

but they never mentioned nothing about supporting phones with dual core

2.4 seems to be a logical place for them to test dual core support for phones, specially with the horrible test results shown on the LG phone
[Nexus S General] IronSingh:
Wouldn't it make more Sense to Make another Branch or have some different Name Desgnation for Android for Tablet.

I don't see how the Smart Phones will skip 3.0 altogether, (I understand Smartphones will get 3.1). But the Code for Tablet and Smartphone should be similar how can it be that 3.0 will not be suitable for Smartphones.

I mean the Hardware is basically the same, they are basically stretched out phones.

The Tegra 2 in LG will be redundant in many of the early tablets.

I just don't see how they will battle the battery issue from Dual Core Processor on a phone for a while. I see dual core doing better in Tablets for the moment.

Peace.

IronSingh
[Nexus S General] SiL3nTKiLL:
lol just freaking lovely :)
[Nexus S General] saryu:
i love to see 2.4 update soon.. Btw, i don't feel any problems with my current nexus S. The only problem is poor wifi connection and long charging time, i never had issue with dropped calls, reboot, etc..
[Nexus S General] onthecouchagain:
: cough :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863837

Edit: For those who don't want to read through an entire thread, in short, yeah, it's likely Gingerbread was rushed.
[Nexus S General] pfmiller:
You're forgetting about the 2.0 and 2.1 releases. 2.0 was released in late Nov on the Droid. No other phone ever got it and it was quickly replaced in early January with 2.1. In other words, it looks pretty much exactly like the 2.3-2.4 situation.
[Nexus S General] AllGamer:
exactly the case here
[Nexus S General] Star Shadow:
I agree that it is the 2.0 - 2.1 situation again. Google rushed both out to get the phones out. I've been wondering if the delay for Nexus One is that they are actually going to push 2.4 to it and skip 2.3. 2.4 is still Gingerbread, so they aren't lying that Nexus One will get Gingerbread ... they just never specified the version. :P
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
So it looks like 2.4 is real and HTC phones are being released with it next month!!!

http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-confirms-incredible-s-ship-froyo-will-get-update-24-soon-after
[Nexus S General] kenvan19:
Nothing is being released with it next month ;) you should read the articles you post :P
[Nexus S General] SupaDupaFly24:
Oh ok I read wrong!!! Sorry
[Adam General] djyellowperil:
Mine's spoken for now

Hey I got an invite for the presale but in the wait for the adam I got a gTablet and someother toys and I can't justify this to the wife. So if anyone wants to use my invite just let me know. pm me or email me thetenacioussteve@gmailcom which will be quicker

Steve
[Adam General] gordec:
I emailed you. Thx
[Adam General] Prema:
I also have an invite to give away, pm me if interested. first come first serve!

We already have an adam...

OK, got many requests, the invite has been used now, congratulations! :-)
[Adam General] gbishop18:
Same here. I got another invite but already have an adam
[Adam General] nitz2k:
hi,my name is nitin. i would like the email link for presale invite. my email id is nitink.nair@gmail.com

ihave been commenting on the blog since it opened but never got any...:(..pls help me
[Adam General] agentdr8:
I have an invite for the presale that I won't be using. First to PM me can have it.
[Adam General] Meekos:
Try this and click the link?

http://notionink.wordpress.com/
[Adam General] ky3bmu4:
I'll try to ask here.

Yesterday (on 10th Feb. 2011) I've tried to order Adam from store.notionink.com, but after i had fullfilled all the forms needed and started the transaction (and it has proceeded successfully i guess) i got the "404 page not found error". I've checked my credit balance, 599.99$ gone as it should be, but the status of my order (at store.notionink.com) is still "NOT PAID".(almost 24 hours passed)

Does anyone have any thoughts ?

Thank you
[Adam General] Prema:
Write them, they´ll manualy fix it to reflect your pament status properly.
[Adam General] deesarus:
Request invite

Hello folks,

If anyone out here is not planning to use their invite, send it along my way.

I am looking to order one, and have tried all other sites to register, but haven't received one yet.

my email is dl.buyit at gmail dot com
[Adam General] clovis_ll:
any more available invites you guys aren't gonna use? can you PM me one? please! :)
[Adam General] viplob:
I'd like one as well. Can anybody tell me the normal route to get an invitation
[Adam General] litening:
It doesn't make much sense asking for invites anymore. If you go to the blog on NI website and register there, you should receive an incite to pre order from tomorrow onwards.
[Adam General] clovis_ll:
cool! thanks. i didn't know that i have to go to the blog to get an invite!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beelbeel:
Do any of you guys use the stock email app for work email? I have CM7 running, and I sync up with my work account, but I have a feeling that I could be getting a better experience out of this.

I sync with push notifications (according to the account settings), but I'm not even sure if this is a possibility for my works outlook server. I just sent myself an email, and the push is definitely not working as I would expect it to.

I also notice that when I get more emails and use the timed sync, the notifications seems to keep racking up the unread count, even though the emails are not marked as unread in the inbox (because I read them on my computer).

When I was on Ice Glacier, the email app had an option to sync frequently during peak hours and less frequently during off-hours (user defined ranges). I definitely miss that feature.

edit: Got push to work, and I have not yet received enough email to know if it will also keep racking up the unread count. I'm still very interested in hearing about alternatives work a second email app.