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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ClydeB1:
Thanks ;) did know that. WiFi is also not that prevalent here (starting to pick up though), but I guess I do need to set up a home wifi network sometime though LOL.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] voncrane:
Here you go...What you need is "Android Central Sideload Wonder Machine" and all credits go to the guys @ androidcentral...

Download & extract the attached zip file to any location on your pc...Then run AndroidCentral-SWM...Connect ur device to the pc (charge only & usb debugging on), locate d apk file u want 2 install n hit GO...Watch d video below 2 see it in action.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzs_1DeSgWI[/YOUTUBE]
[Xoom General] Hood_Station:
Hola Guys...can somebody list some reasons to own a XOOM tablet if you already own a laptop(macbook pro)? Everyday im drooling more and more for this tablet...but I don't see a very good reason to own one if somebody have a laptop thats in very good condition...
[Xoom General] magicdroid:
Well.. if you didn't already figure this one out yourself, here is a list from the top of my head:

With a laptop:

1) You can't hold a laptop with the lid open in one hand and use it (for a long period)

2) You can't remove the keyboard from the screen if all you want to do is read/watch movies (it's stuck there forever)

3) You can't use the screen to navigate (you need the touchpad or "joyknob" or mouse)

4) You don't have a camera on the back to snap pictures

5) You usually have to carry an extra bag/backpack (charger, cables, mouse, ..)

With a tablet:

1) You can't read/write DVD's

2) You can't use it for high CPU/memory intensive tasks (coding, video editing, 3D raytracing,etc.)

Most people can perfectly combine a tablet and a laptop for their tasks: a laptop for coding/video-editing/burning, and a tablet for email, ebooks, twitter/fb, movies, music, (video)chatting, pictures and browsing.
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
The biggest one for me would have to be: you can't connect an external hard drive to a tablet.

I have all my videos on my 1tb 2.5"...

I'm planning on selling my laptop- probably wont get much for it, but keeping it seems redundant.

Sent from N1 XDA
[Xoom General] khov07:
magicdroid's list hits all the major pros and cons. For me, the major incentive is instant-on for web browsing and a few other apps.

asianxtreme - most of us just have a decent size SD card and rotate shows/movies.

OP - the one catch to all the arguments in favor of a tablet would be having the latest Macbook Air. It has instant-on and amazing battery life. I'm no Apple fan, but having one of those would easily convince me to ditch almost any tablet, as it is extremely thin and light. Of course, the pricetag is pretty unfriendly.
[Xoom General] deadpixell:
Dont you already have an incredible/fascinate?

:P
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
You'd really want to stream anyway. Local storage is starting to phase out in a way. Everything is in the cloud or at least stored on a home media server/desktop.

SMB is used for accessing public shares... and the apps for running them from an SMB are getting better.
[Xoom General] gogol:
For me, why I want a tablet?

1. Battery life

2. Instant on (no need to wait for booting!)

3. Easy to carry and hold

4. Touch screen friendly (I hate mouse)

That's all the points, bottom line, it is for most of daily tasks and entertainments:

- Web browsing, email, movies, photo viewer, reading?, facebook, games ...

If I need heavy duty tasks like photo / video editing, coding then I will sit in front of my desktop computer.

Otherwise, just lay down in the couch or bed with the tablet!

Fast, easy and simple ;)
[Xoom General] makvli199:
For me I had purchased a G73 asus laptop, which is way to heavy for daily carry. So a tablet will be something i will use for class and entertainment purposes when i'm out and about. the laptop will remain in the house and only be carried out when I need to do some extensive work on it for class.
[Xoom General] setite:
I decided to get a tablet when I had a crappy delivery job for 3 days and needed to enter delivery information into a google spreadsheet while driving. I tried it unsuccesfully with a 17" Toshiba X205-S9349 laptop... it was marketed as a gaming laptop so it's not a perfect example. It is BARELY a laptop as heavy as it is. It's heavier in a laptop bag then my kindle, evo, thumb drives, pens, cables, evo, and a viewsonic g-tablet in my messenger bag.

I also say DON'T SELL YOUR LAPTOP. Unless you are on a right budget, it's better to have backup devices because things break. My parents talked me out of selling my laptop and it has saved my ass on numerous occasions. Be a true geek and have a device for every occasion. Your tablet will be your everyday mobile device that can do pretty much all of what you could need on the go. It can read/edit documents... record audio(actually I'm unsure about this and can't find an answer, did they forget to put a mic on this thing?), pictures, video. It offers you full internet, which is a big deal because you can do most anything with web apps these days. Think Star Trek, or Stargate Atlantis, or any other sci-fi where they use a tablet. I really do think one day laptops will be obsolete.

We will simply have tablets with docking stations. I mean think about how capable your phone is. My HTC EVO does EVERYTHING I need on the go, except that it is too small for some things and a touch slow on some. The difference between a 4.3" EVO and a 10.1" Xoom is not just a superior UI.. its 450% increased screen area.

Stargate Atlantis is why I'm getting a tablet, it's the future.
[Xoom General] vamp6x6x6x:
There is no easy way to mane anything because in actuality eventhough tablets are pretty cool they have not got far enough yet to replace a laptop yet....Don't get me wrong they are close all they really need to do is make it so u can collect external hard drives and cd/dvd drives.
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
It's been reported that Laptops only just overtook the desktop last year. I dont think true tablets will ever support external devices like hard-drives or cd-drives. It's not the direction of technology. Yes, we need them now, but we wont in 5 years. solid state drives will hit the TB range by then if not sooner. Also, most of our pictures will be on the cloud, videos will be streamed from your home media server or you'll buy (own) the rights to stream shows/movies from the web instead of having subscriptions (think eBooks, but with movies).

Tablets will overtake laptops, but we'll still have need for docking stations, for real work, for at least another 10 years.
[Xoom General] Xevilious:
I think I could almost get away with using a tablet as my primary work device.

I already use Google Docs as my word processor, so no problems there.

For coding, the only thing I need is a terminal and an SSH client, since most of the stuff I do is remote using Vim.

Of course, I do need some sort of physical keyboard, when I'm doing heavy-duty stuff, so I'm hoping that something like this...

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/keyboards-mice/e65a/

...is eventually released for tablets with the Xoom's form factor.

That said, it would be more difficult for me to lose the Gimp, which I use frequently. I am still not happy with the online graphics tools I've found. Maybe Adobe will eventually release a more powerful version of Photoshop for tablets, but I'm not holding my breath.
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
You can use any Bluetooth keyboard with the Xoom. The tablet only has to support (HID) protocol. Actually, if you go over to the MOTO website, there's a docking station as well as MOTO keyboards.
[Xoom General] Xevilious:
Yes, but I'm more interested in a solution that includes a keyboard embedded in a case. To me, it just seems more convenient than having to carry around a cradle and keyboard with my tablet.
[Xoom General] kenyu73:
I hear that Google VoiceSearch v12.6 will have full speech recognition that will make keyboards and mice obsolete! :p

It reminds me of Star Trek IV where Scotty tries to interact with a Mac by talking to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19BWJQ8kjrw
[Xoom General] setite:
If you want a keyboard in a case.. buy a laptop :)

In all seriousness I do find that a little silly, though I can understand the logic and utility of such a thing. Carrying it all the time like that though, which it sounds like you want to do is well and truly a laptop. A keyboard that is dockable would be good.. but I still think a seperate keyboard is fine.. and just prop the tablet up in a folio case.
[Xoom General] Xevilious:
I already have a laptop, and it's perfectly fine for many tasks, but it lacks a lot of tools that I would get with a tablet. I would much rather bring my laptop to a coffee shop, but when I'm traveling, I like to do some light work, and a tablet (GPS, Verizon data, e-reader) makes for a friendlier traveling companion than a laptop. If I had a tablet with a keyboard, I could have most of my tools in a single package. Without a physical keyboard, I'd have to bring my laptop along for the ride, and I'd really rather not have to bring two larger devices every time I travel.

Truth be told, there's nothing I would love more than a tablet that let me make voice calls via a bluetooth headset. With that, I'd even dump my phone.
[Xoom General] setite:
For my sake, may I ask what tools the tablet has that your laptop lacks. I don't say that as a challenge, but rather I am seeking ways to use the device that I am not aware of yet.
[Xoom General] keitht:
The problem with this is we are starting to see the beginning of the end of unlimited data plans. So if we have to stream everything, that will come with more data use and cost.
[Xoom General] kasrhp:
So a tablet won't be able to access an external hard drive? Even with an app like like Astro?

I didn't think it would be possible, but I think it would be cool to have access to an external dvd/cd/blu ray burner with plug and use/play technology.

If these 2 things were possible, people could really ditch their laptops and netbooks for the tablets. Netbooks had the possibility of an external drive, which opened up the usability imo.
[Xoom General] jordanprudent:
Smaller than a laptop and lighter, granted not as powerful as my little alienware but for my degree work its perfect for the commute to work to grab a quick study. Also any word and excel programs allow me to do essays and stuff on the move without the bulk and weight of a laptop.
[Nook Color Android Development] ionstorm3:
If you try to boot the latest version of Honeycomb off the SD card you might get a prompt at the login screen for a password to decrypt storage. No matter how hard you try to guess the password you will not be able to guess it. I think this is a glitch in the bootloader.

The fix to this is the following:

Place the SD card in your computer

open the boot partition, it will load as a drive under the name "boot".

Copy the uImage file to your desktop or other place on your pc

delete the uImage file on the boot partition

copy the saveduImage file onto the boot partition.

eject SD card

place in Nook Color and enjoy android 3.0 v04

There seems to be a problem in the image where once the card boots for the first time, honeycomb encrypts a portion of the boot image. All that is required to circumvent this is delete the image paste back.

The downside is that this will have to be done ever single time you want to boot your device.

The permanent solution at the moment is to install honeycomb to the emmc of your device.

Hopefully this issue will be addressed in the next release.
[Nook Color Android Development] samuelhalff:
Or try Dalingrin OC uImage for SD?
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
This problem seems to be experienced by a minority of users. Whether it turns out to be a problem with the HC rom DB has put, user error, both, etc remains to be seen. Thankfully, I am no longer affected by this issue and don't have to do this everytime I boot after swapping SD cards. With my current SD card I have also recently got the OC'd 1100Mhz version (the 1GHz one hung on my NC but works for others) running it seems to work without this issue as well. Have you tried all the alternative SD cards / kernels?

It doesn't make a whole lot of sense whatever is the culprit. Since not all SD cards are made the same, I'm not entirely convinced it's not the SD cards people are using. It may be that the current HC rom is picky about what brand of card you use? Perhaps not all NC hardware is equal?

HC is also potentially not encrypting anything at all but rather mistaking corrupted data for encrypted data. Perhaps the uImage is getting corrupted after every boot / shutdown? It prompts for a password because it can't open the data? If the issue can't be reproduced in a test environment and still only affects so few users then it likely won't be fixed in the next release. It also could never be fixed is the issue is with the hardware (i.e. NC, SD card, etc).

I offer this food for thought in the hopes that eventually it may eventually lead to a resolution to the affected users if such a thing is possible. At least for now, you can boot it and just never turn it off? :D
[Nook Color Android Development] AHpatriots37:
I tried doing this and the problem still occurred. I followed it step by step and was still left with the request to decrypt storage through a password.

I will say that I hope the next version doesn't have this problem. A 16gb class 10 card jumps from about $45 to about $100 if you need to buy the specific ScanDisk brand (which is the best) making the total cost of the tablet $350 instead of $300.

Yet for $350 other options start to open up, for only $150 is one could buy the playbook from RIM which runs android apps. I am sure, before the summer is up, a $400 wifi only tablet will show itself running honeycomb without any hacking at all.
[Nook Color Android Development] lazinase:
Why do I need to spend that mch time on this trouble? I simply turn it off and on again and the problem is gone...
[Nook Color Android Development] AHpatriots37:
I turn it off and on again and the same problem occurs, I can't even get into Honeycomb because every time I turn it on, before even showing the lock screen, it asks for the password to decrypt.
[Nook Color Android Development] madtopcoder:
The fix doesn't work. I am just staying with froyo now. No point to pull my hairs out for this since I have been trying for more than a week.
[Nook Color Android Development] madtopcoder:
Actually one time I managed to boot up the hc after I copied and pasted the overclock uimage file to the SD card. However, I received so many fc problems; the rom was completely not usable.
[Nook Color Android Development] epakrat75:
True. In that same time, the source for HC will be released and the NC won't have to run this incomplete "preview" version. For those unable to run HC on their nook now may have better luck with the full OS release. I will not be buying a HC tablet but will instead waiting for this. I'm expecting the HC source to be available before April. Those that are impatient / don't like enjoy experimenting, tinkering with a Android devices would do better to buy a device that ships with HC already.
[Nook Color Android Development] modembug:
Just chmod 777 all files on each partition and be done with it lol.... its a permissions issue folks...
[Nook Color Android Development] AHpatriots37:
Can you explain the steps of how to do this, I will gladly give it a try
[Nook Color Android Development] holgmaster:
I am having the same problem. Running on a patriot 16GB class 10 card. I have no linux box here where I could try to do the chmod 777 trick but dont know if this is actually the problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] modembug:
U do this via adb
[Nook Color Android Development] dalex7777:
Where is the saveduImage file?
[Nook Color Android Development] will2live:
Well this is an obvious issue. I have a 16Gb ADATA sdcard I've been using for the past month running HC v04 on with no issues. However I just got my hands on 2 32Gb sdcards. One is a Class 4 Kingston, and the other is a Class 10 Wintec card. On each of the 32Gb cards I get this "enter password to decrypt storage". I have tried what the OP said on both cards with no luck at this point. I put my old 16Gb card back in the Nook and all is good t ogo.

If anyone can shed any other light or thoughts on this would be great. Or as mentioned above could you give us the specific info on what and how to chmod 777 all the files to fix the permissions if that is the problem. thanks in advance for any help/input. Peace
[Nook Color Android Development] xdadidida:
I had the same problem with that card. Initially it booted fine, but it got corrupted and no amount of reflashing or anything else would get it past the password screen. my only though is that maybe if you can get in once, you could go to the honeycomb settings and change the password (though still annoying in that case since it'd mean you'd have to enter it on every boot).

Other microSD cards work fine though, so it seems very dependent on what model card you are trying to use.
[Nook Color Android Development] dalex7777:
I am using a Kingston 32GB class 6 card. I'm going to try switching to a Sandisk card I have.
[Nook Color Android Development] steveb05:
decrypt fix

Guys...the card itself is locked. you need to do the "gold card" method to unlock the card. This involves getting the CID of the card, then getting that reversed, then getting an unlocked image for the hex locations 0 - 170 (before the file system). Just do a search for "gold card mmc" and you'll find it. I needed to do this to root and install a modified ROM on my Fender edition phone as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] NullP:
Good idea, I found the threads that explain how to do this and followed the instructions. Sadly, this didn't solve the problem though.

I dont think it's a *real* crypto issue. I believe the problem is that Android believes, for some reason, that the FS us encrypted because it can not read it properly.
[Nook Color Android Development] will2live:
Thanks for the info I'll try giving it a shot tonight when I get home from work. However I will say that does not make a whole lot of sense to a degree. Specifically in reference to my Kingston sdcards. Reason I say that is I have called and talked to CS and they said they " DO NOT" lock any of there sdcards including mine that I asked about. Be that as it may I'll still give it a shot to see if it corrects the problem.
[Nook Color Android Development] betaboy00:
Did anyone manage to solve this problem?

I have the same problem with my 16gb Patriot Class 10 card.

I tried the method by OP...it didn't work.

and the other method suggested doesn't seem to work ....

Thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] will2live:
No luck on my end yet either. I sure wish it could be figured out tho. frustrating having a 32Gb card I can't use with HC.
[Nook Color Android Development] xavierdylan:
For all those having the problem of having to enter your password try this if you can. This is what i did on my galaxy tab 10.1v.

Boot into fastboot.

fastboot erase userdata

Then reboot.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zadnica:
Dig in framework-res.apk. Not found icons network and data communications, wi-fi. Where can I find them?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Cello:
It allows streaming (via LAN or Internet) of your video library (on samba server) or Dreambox source streaming in your internal home network.

So you can always find all your video files.

To stream you must run a server component on your home PC that will send the client the video stream appropriately recoded to go through the poor upload bandwidth that our ISP provides us

The client will connect to the server getting the stream as if it were any source available on the Internet.

On h**p://forum.hdblog.it/f18/cellostreaming-%5Bstreaming-client-server-di-contenuti-livetv-file%5D-37191/

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[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] logicmd:
It is really amazing that some of the most popular apps in the market does support desire z. :eek:

Such is foursquare, another is the so-called instagram in the Android platform, picplz.

https://market.android.com/search?q=foursquare

https://market.android.com/search?q=picplz

it is said that the apps are incompatible with my device which is desire z :mad:

Any one got suggestions?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] martx:
I currently use foursquare and picplz on my vision.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] logicmd:
that's weird, I can't search them in the market on my Vision.

I can't install them through the web market as well.

I even tried to download apk from getjar.com, but my phone said installation was incompelte.

What's your android version?

Mine is 2.2.1 (CM mod 6.20)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] martx:
Latest Cyanogen Nightly so I suppose that's 2.3.2. I've had them running since I got the phone though and pre root.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] btate0121:
i'm running the latest cm 6 myself... just installed them myself from the web market and they work fine. try clearing out your market data *shrug*
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] deliriousDroid:
That doesn't seem to be a widely reported problem, actually yours is the only case I have heard off so far. I and running 2.2.1 as well and have never had one bad install from the market. I would suggest a factory reset.

Sent from my SilverBullet "RootedHTCDesireZ"
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] logicmd:
I have never had one bad install from the market too. :mad:

I just have had bad installs from the downloaded apk.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] deliriousDroid:
I just searched nd found these apps on the market. It must be a glitch in your phone, have you ever done a factory reset?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] logicmd:
surely it could be a problem of my own

I'll try, thx
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
Samsung Galaxy S 2 Specifications Leak

EDIT: OFFICIAL Samsung Galaxy S II specifications and PICTURE are now leaked.

EDIT #2: Even more great Samsung Galaxy S II Specifications and Pictures! http://bit.ly/hT261d - 1GB of RAM, Surround sound speakers!

EDIT #3: Massive, full specifications list: http://briefmobile.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-announced

So, what do you think? Enough to win you over from the Atrix 4G?
[Galaxy S II General] foxbat121:
No more Samsung for me.
[Galaxy S II General] goob1284:
Umnmm..... duh? I love my captivate! Sure updates suck, but xda has my back!:)
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
Probably same here. Especially now that the Atrix is packing some sick hardware on ATT. But, I loved the hackability of the Captivate. I will miss that if Moto locks down their bootloaders.
[Galaxy S II General] insaneturbo13:
i REALLY doubt they will switch to the snapdragon processors, why would they pay another company to build it when they could manufacture it themselves thus relieving the middle man....
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
Most Samsung phones out in the world today do not use Samsung made processors. The Hummingbird wasn't even made by Samsung as much as funded by them. Intrinsity built the Hummingbird for the most part. The Orion is one of the first total in-house processing units from Sammy.

Even some new phones from Samsung have alternative processors. The new Galaxy S with SLCD has an OMAP processor. And, the Focus has a Snapdragon.

I've heard repeatedly that Samsung's Orion won't be available till later in the year. So... it is a possibility that the Expansys specs are correct.

EDIT: Commenter over here made a good point. The Adreno 205 is supposed to be for 720p capable devices... not 1080p ones. Kind of discredits the authority of the Expansys specs.
[Galaxy S II General] peachpuff:
Im gonna try to wait it out this time, i'll buy which ever device gets official cm7 support, and i doubt it'll be the s2.
[Galaxy S II General] slayp00n:
what is the ACTUAL resolution of samoled+
[Galaxy S II General] kennethpenn:
WVGA according to these released specifications.