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[Xoom General] LordLugard:
Really lame fanboy comments on here, but it's a Xoom forum so it's excusable i guess.

If you like your Xoom, then fine, why deride others who like their iPads? If nobody you've come across knows about the Xoom or keeps mistaking it for some sort of iPad-thingy, then whose fault is that? Those people are neither stupid or dumb like you all seem to think. I have an Epic and an iPad, both of which i like and use quite well. Won't be getting a Xoom, not interested, waiting to see the Galaxy tablet.

Where's the marketing from Motorola, where's the push from VZW? You'd think that these were the same folks who made a big push with the "Droid Does" phone campaign that brought Android awareness to all and sunder.

Walk into any BestBuy and see where and how they've displayed the Xoom. It's in some nondescript corner somewhere with no ecosystem of accessories around it (at least the NYC store here). Almost like an afterthought...just something else we carry. No eye-catching signage, no display props, very little employees who go out of their way to even know about it...
[Xoom General] xlGmanlx:
This is what kills me why does there need to be marketing for a product you already know about hand possibly own? Plus aple users tend to be vocal about their devices as well fanactical to some extent which is fine. Why do people feel the need to judtify their own purchases or need to bash one in order to like another? I have a xoom, bought an I pad that I never see(wife and kids's really) and think both serve their purpose. Also one of apples biggest strengths isn't their products but their marketing.
[Xoom General] fauxreal:
You must all be using some different kind of Xoom then me. I love android more then any other OS but this thing is the biggest piece of janky **** I have ever used. Nothing works, everything force closes. Coming from a galaxy tab this is a giant step DOWN. Granted it ran froyo, but it ran it flawlessly. My friends nook color runs honeycomb better then this. Every minute I use this thing I get more frustrated. Picked it up last night bringing it back within the hour. Huge let down.
[Xoom General] js042507:
I understand where you're coming from, LordLugard, and honestly I don't think people are stupid because they think the xoom is an ipad. Its just my humorous criticism of how I hate apple! Lol. Why? Because apple sucks. Why? ...just because. Lol. Im not being negative towards anybody, but think its funny. And I can care less about the exploitation of the xoom. I actually like being a part of something that's not so trendy. However, Motorola is making a lot of mistakes by not marketing the device properly and shipping it off "incomplete". Also, the xoom is super expensive...but I am definitely a happy camper! Its perfect for school, play, and among other things. Xoom xoom baby!

Sent from the most 'Epic' phone in the world! ...Using XDA Premium app :-)
[Xoom General] rjoudrey:
NYC is very much an iPad "keeping up with the Jones" kind of place. I can hear the conversation now. "Have you seen the latest iPad, simply incredible, I must have one". "Wilfred will you hold Tootsey so I can run to the Apple Store".

Handguns and Xooms will probably be banned at Starbucks.
[Xoom General] flippingout:
Weird that you are having force closes all the time. Day 4 for me and not one except on an app designed for the phone. Everything honeycomb has been flawless. Sorry to hear your having such bad luck.

On a separate note...I showed my Xoom to our IT guy and he immediately wanted one. He has an iPhone and talked about the iPad until he saw this. He comes up to my office just to play with it.

Love this tablet. But that is just my experience.
[Xoom General] arrtoodeetoo:
The only force closes I've had were in the Nook app, and even with that, it didn't actually close, but just gave me the error.

The market FC'd on the very first day, but it also immediately updated itself and hasn't had a problem since.
[Xoom General] fauxreal:
I have yet to be able to use a widget aside the two that come on the desktop, those I can see but can't use if i try to open them, the rest of the widgets FC the second I touch them.
[Xoom General] rjoudrey:
Obviously you got a lemon, stop ranting and raving and just get it replaced, whats the big deal?
[Xoom General] fauxreal:
Guess I was expecting stuff to work. Sorry to upset you.
[Xoom General] AlexTheStampede:
Dare i say "Apple just won"? They pretty much converted the whole market to loud elitist hipsters, so now it's not anymore an exclusive of their customers.
[Xoom General] Neo3D:
the ipad is an app launcher, the xoom is a command center
[Xoom General] Sqb:
That's the best part about the whole thing. We have choices! We make our own and live with the outcome. I came to android to be the darkhorse. Best part is after a actual hands on nobody can say ios is better. Unless you are stupid. Sorry had to. Android will continue to prove itself no matter the competition. My wife is trendy so we too are a multi os household. Like posted above its the marketing machine in golden form. Android is adopted by too many companies to be able to have the same impact as apple. Google needs to flex its own muscle on its own. Just sayin...

SqB
[Xoom General] spoiledfree:
I have to say I live in indiana and I have seen several xoom commercials and our best buy has a huge display for xoom. So its not like that in all places. Also they are really pushing xoom here big time.
[Xoom General] tlogank:
Dude, you're either trolling or you got a bad device. Return it.
[Xoom General] cwizardtx:
You haven't upset me, but let me try to explain this to you and hopefully you will feel less pain afterwards.

All of the applications that you are trying to use widgets for that are either force closing or simply not available were written most likely in framework 2.0, 2.1 or 2.2 and I'm making an educated guess based on dabbling a small amount in the code myself making dummy apps that the framework has changed a little for 3.0 which is what the Xoom operates on. Because of this the devs of those applications are going to need to tweak them to fix the problem. Theoretically any device running android 3.0 right now would have identical issues so it's really a double edged situation.... Motorola (in my opinion) rushed this thing to the market and/or developers have been dragging their feet on making sure their apps are going to work.

Let me give you an example:

Microsoft puts out Windows 7 and it's freaking amazing... but there's a ****load of software that doesn't work on it (it's mostly older software but hey...). Who's to blame? Is there a newer software package? Did the developer drag their feet making sure that their app was going to work in the new OS? After all, these things go through beta cycles. You're kidding yourself if you don't think Mark Zuckerburg is running around with some android 3.0 device or at least a member of his team has one.

I would give app developers a little more time, and maybe even take the time to write a small personal e-mail to them. You will find that when you send a little bit of sugar out there it goes a long way.

Coming here and *****ing that "everything sucks and doesnt run" is not only misleading, but it's ignorant and just blatantly untrue.

Here's my personal experience with the widgets so far:

Facebook - FC's every time. I accept that Facebook has to update their app to work with Android 3.0, why is that Motorola's fault?

Twitter - This widget works just fine.

BAM that's my experience. Not a long list.

You could be constructive, and give a list of particular widgets/applications that you are trying to use and having no success with and then maybe a few of us would take a stab at them and/or even contact those developers to try and nudge the ball. When developers get e-mails from more than just 1 irate guy they start paying attention.

The only thing I'm currently concentrating on is how to get the best DVD rip without losing audio sync. Got any advice for that?
[Xoom General] schnoz:
I'm in Greenwood, IN and our best buy has the xoom hidden over by the netbooks. I would have never found it had I not have asked someone where it was. I have also only seen 1 commercial about the xoom and that was from the super bowl commercial.
[Xoom General] thehavock18:
Walking around disney taking video and pics of my little girls I had people walking up going is that an ipad. Saying no started to get old. I even had one lady ask me the show her how to do that with her ipad. I loled and said you can't do that with an I pad I have a xoom.
[Xoom General] clovis_ll:
lol you should have said, punch a hole on your ipad and put a camera on there.
[Xoom General] SciReal:
Seconded!

The only difference is apple fanboys constantly praise their (apple's) product. Android fanboys constantly bash their (apple's) product.

Sounds like hating to me.

Sent from my SFC 2.8 Fascinate!
[Xoom General] theahlenius:
Should be sticky'd.

I use DVD Catalyst 4. I bought the pro version, but I think there is a trial or free version as well.

Comes with Xoom preset values that you can play with to tweak everything to your liking. The only change I've made is bumping the video quality up to 1750 Kbps.
[Xoom General] Bukem75:
Guess I will refrain from the "...from my cold, dead hands" comment. About my firearms AND my Xoom. ;)

ok... Screw refraining.
[Xoom General] legato89:
I really hope you guys aren't being snotty when people ask if you are using an iPad and you tell them its a Xoom. If so you might as well be using an iPad..
[Xoom General] spoiledfree:
@schnoz I guess it just depends on the best buy and what channels you watch. Its a shame cause I think xoom deserves a chance. I work in the beauty business and have schooled several women now about the difference in android and IOS so hopefully as android tablets start hitting the market they will atleast be a little more knowledgeable about it. By the way 99% of these women own an IPhone. I'm the 1% in the bunch that doesnt.

I'm still waiting for the wifi version xoom because it will hopefully be in a price range I can afford.
[Xoom General] Techsniffer:
I've had a lot of fun with my Xoom, and I must say I have loved the tiny bits of envy that have popped on the faces of some of my iPhail using friends when they see the capabilities of the Xoom/Android. The best part is when they tell me that my Android/Xoom product cannot do "this or that" and I pull up an app that shuts them up.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Groboto:
I was thinking of picking up this epic thing but wanted to know first if it would work or if anyone has tried it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...145&cm_re=class_10_16g-_-20-139-145-_-Product
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] leehopley:
hey matey, i just brought one :) its been working for over a day now :) there isnt much difference in speed but hey.. its future proof :P i get 20mb per sec when copying data across and the gallery photos load instantly :P

go for it
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] falsehope:
That is not a micro, so how are you using this with your G2? :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] leehopley:
omg.. i didnt even spot that lol

i meant a class 10 in general, im using this one...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/195140

the title for the products are almost the same lol

sorry dude :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MojoSwag:
Has anyone noticed that when 4g is on that push notifications don't work?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Overstew:
I thought Android didn't support Push Applications.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MojoSwag:
Froyo does. It uses the same cloud2device messaging that gmail does. Its supposed to work like blackberry and iphone
[Fascinate General] Kingali1997:
I was wondering how to connect my 360 to my fascinate
[Fascinate General] Avelnan:
You need to be more specific bro, like what you want to do with it.
[Fascinate General] achandler2:
Do you mean using allshare to stream to your xbox?
[Fascinate General] Skrazz:
Plug USB cable into Xbox. Plug other end into Fascinate... Profit?
[Fascinate General] Kingali1997:
I want to plug in via usb and and use as storage device
[Fascinate General] Avelnan:
I'm no expert but I don't think that's possible. When you plug your phone into your xbox, does it show "usb connected" in notifications?
[Fascinate General] Kingali1997:
Yes
[Fascinate General] Skrazz:
Select Mass Storage? I could see a possibility that it could read the fat32 partition of the momory card.
[Fascinate General] Falcyn:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/981974

But it's not a good idea to do. If you can even get it to work, and that's a big if, it will wipe everything on your SD card when you set it up.
[Fascinate General] Jrex:
Is that possible? That would be cool... I'm going to have to read up on that one!
[Fascinate General] orateam:
i do allshare, but you need another computer in the mix.

If you turn on a computer on your network and launch windows media center, if your 36o is on, they will hook up. When all-share is on, windows media center will pick it up.
[Fascinate General] piperat:
I do it on ps3 all the time to play movies. Connect usb then in xbox home screen select view all files. Something like that

Used my fascinating voodoo powers
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jc83:
Can someone with 2.2 froyo update perform this check for me..."stay awake" gone?

So I installed the new froyo update last night and I see one thing missing I liked which was on the 2.1. It had a feature called "stay awake" under the application settings I believe. Well I go to charge my phone for the first time since installing 2.2 and the screen stays on and never sleeps unless I press the lock button. This is only with the usb/charger plugged in.

Can someone verify theres is the same way please? I am thinking they either designed it this way or there is was a problem with my install? Not a big issue, just something I wanted to get clarification on. Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
They did remove Stay Awake from every froyo I've looked at.

It's very easy to add it back. You have to decompile the Settings.apk and remove one line from the .smali files.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjole:
I had the same exact problem when I did my upgrade. I was worried about burning the screen and went looking for some fixes for it. You can edit the Settings APK like the above reply mentions Here.

You can also download some widgets to toggle it.

However in playing with the phone I did a couple of reboots, once witht he USB plugged in, (not sure that makes a difference) and noticed that the phone timed out like normal while it was plugged in so I left it alone after that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jc83:
Thanks for the replies guys. New twist to the story today. I left my "samsung" OEM charger(one that came with my Cappy) at work Friday so I went to AT&T to buy one. They didn't have an OEM samsung charger but only the AT&T branded micro usb ones so I picked one of those up.

Went home to plug it in, and the screen sleeps/turns off like normal. So now I'm thinking it has something to do with the charger being used? Interesting...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jc83:
Also still reading up on all the stickies here on XDA on how to modify this phone from rooting/etc so can't quite get into that yet! =/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdwhit:
OK, Similar problem, hopefully someone can help. My phone used to stay on when plugged in (even with 2.2). Convenient since I frequently use it for GPS (Google maps and Google navigator). I tried to use it for GPS the other day, and it kept turning off. Looked for the setting to stay on when plugged in, and noticed it was gone.

Apparently some software I was using changed a setting somewhere. Any EASY way to switch the feature on and off? Can someone recommend a widget or utility to do it?
[Nook Color General] K41N2358:
I tried posting a day or two ago about this, but wasn't able to get any replies or any help at all actually : /

Anyways, for some reason ever since I rooted my nook, when i plug a charging cable into it, it either

(a) Pulls out of sleep mode and shows the Lock Screen, which drains the batt

or

(b) Will actually turn the device ON and do the above stuff, making it really hard to charge in general

Is there any way to fix this? Right now my nook keeps hovering below the charging line and reboot looping, then when it does have enough power to actually full boot, it drains itself faster than it can charge bc it runs the screen at full brightness.

HELP PLZ!?
[Nook Color General] swoozle:
Your charger must be bad or some other such problem, because that's what the Nook does: plug it into the charger and it boots itself up or comes out of sleep to the lock screen. It will blank the screen relatively soon after if it is running correctly.

On top of that, the charger supplies way more than enough juice to charge even under heavy use.

Are you using the nook charger and the nook cable?
[Nook Color General] K41N2358:
Im using a MicroSD cable either through the computer or through an actual AC port in an adapter.

Im basically now at the point where I can't charge the thing enough to get it past the "Battery is Dead, wait 15 mins" mark. It sucks so hard :<

Im thinking I may have to take it back to Best Buy and try again, I have the warranty on it, just I really dont want to do that! >_>;
[Nook Color General] eNkrypt:
I am having the same problem......

Sent from my NookColor
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
(Emphasis added)

Are you using the official B&N USB cable and charger that came with it or just generic ones?
[Nook Color General] K41N2358:
Using a standard MicroSD Blackberry adapter.

I tried going to bestBuys (i work for them) and getting a black NC cable, no one sells any!

My next stop is going to be BN themself. Is it really that big of a difference what cable you use?
[Nook Color General] RoboRay:
Yes, it does make a difference. A standard USB cable and charger takes 8 hours or so to charge an NC. The B&N cable and charger that came with your NC can do it in 2. Use them.
[Nook Color General] dwhsieh:
yes, it seems to make a difference. I can only connect to the PC [mounting the drive] with the originally cable. With the generic cable, it will charge but doesn't seem to charge as fast [less than half the speed]. I would suggest you try to get your hand on a original and see if there is a difference for you also.
[Nook Color General] jsirgey:
from the user manual:

CAUTION: Only use the Barnes & Noble power adapter and custom microUSB cable supplied with your NOOKcolor. Other power adapters might damage your NOOKcolor and its battery. Do not use a power adapter and cable intended for other models of NOOK eReader. Use only a NOOKcolor power adapter and cable.

NOTE: Using your NOOKcolor’s microUSB cable, you can connect your NOOKcolor to your personal computer to transfer files.

Connecting over USB cable does not charge your NOOKcolor, however. To charge your NOOKcolor, you must plug it into a wall outlet
[Desire HD General] tolis626:
So guys,I have tried playing some hd movies on my DHD with no success.Mostly I used 720p,but also tried the native 480p.All the videos were encoded using H.264 mid-high profile with a size of about 1.8-2 gigs.These videos either don't play at all or play with severe lag,both on stock video player and rock player,making them unwatchable.

The strangest thing of all though is that said videos play super smooth on my "old" Desire ( :rolleyes: ) and have awesome quality.The Desire doesn't seem to give a **** what I throw at it,it plays everything.What is wrong with the DHD?Does anyone have the same problem?Or does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

PS:Sorry for my english but it's almost 4 am here and I am really really tired! :)
[Desire HD General] GoRRaN:
i had the same issue, but i figured it out that DHD only plays several formats

such as:

.3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9), .avi (MP4 ASP and MP3), .xvid (MP4 ASP and MP3)
[Desire HD General] tolis626:
Not the situation here!I think I even encode them with the same "specs" as the videos taken with the camera.Am I missing something here? :mad:
[Desire HD General] Grant Barker:
Are you using the same SD Card that you use on the Desire? (Are they the same movie files on the same SD Card?) If not I would recommend formatting the SD Card as a first step.

http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3
[Desire HD General] Flussen:
Same problem here. I tried several players like RockPlayer and VPlayer.

Videos are laggy and the sound is out of sync. Lags occur mostly on 720p MKV and MP4 files. I tried nearly every ROM and kernel out there, everytime the same results: laggy and out of sync.

Is there a fix for it?
[Desire HD General] Cbxu:
on my computer, to play HD files i use QQplayer. so i thought, lets try looking it for android, and i was suprised they also have an android app... and i tried playing an .MKV and it's playing.. smooth on some parts, others aren't.. but i found it to be watchable
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
Have you tried rock player thats what i use to play .avi files which are encoded with ac3 audio
[Desire HD General] Cbxu:
well yea, I tried rockplayer, but with .mkv qqplayer is smoother.. i use rockplayer for .avi too
[Desire HD General] tolis626:
Yeah,it's the very same card(put the DHD's 8GB card in the Desire :D ) with the same file.Maybe it's because I used to have an ext partition which I deleted and then expanded the FAT partition on the space left by the ext one.Cause I also have problems with files becoming corrupt.Will try that,thanks! :)
[A7 General] dedapr:
Just got my A7. On the homes page I have added a folder, renamed it. Now...does anybody know how to get bookmarks, apps etc. into the new empty folder?

I expected to be able to drag & drop, but that doesn't work. If I bring up the menu and select new (when the empty folder is open an empty black box) the new item I select appears on the home page, not in the folder.

Thanks for any help.
[A7 General] netstat_EVO:
I already answered this in your other thread. Please use one thread, not a new one for every little question, it clutters the place up. Google may also end up being your friend, these are Android 101 questions.
[EVO 4G Accessories] grungbuk:
Does anyone have an extra battery door from the Chinese and other non-sedio battery.

I would gladly take it off your hands for few bucks.

Sent from my CM7 Supersonic
[EVO 4G Accessories] _MetalHead_:
Why not just order a new set on ebay? You can get the door + a battery for like $10 with free shipping.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchiiibob:
Hello! I am new to this forum. I have a Samsung Vibrant (SGH-T959), which I successfully upgraded to Froyo.UVKA6. How do I upgrade further, to Gingerbread (Android 2.3)? I tried to Root my phone using that one-click rooting program, but I guess I was doing something wrong, and it didn't work (three times). Thank you for your response.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emama:
No official 2.3 yet

and no stable 2.3 (?) for normal daily use yet
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hitman818:
Actually there is. Go to the development and find cm7. Im using it right now, and its crazy fast. There is another gb rom in the dev section also. The only thing that is not working is gps.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
he said "no official 2.3" CM7 isn't official but i suggest the OP tries out CM7 its fast, a few bugs, that will be fixed by the dev team, but besides that... its great!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iscrewup:
Since there was a samsung gingerbread leak for i9000 a few days ago. I imagine we will see a vibrant leak soon.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rchiiibob:
Thank you for replying to my post! I'm not sure how to get what you suggested. Would you please give me step-by-step instructions? (I am relatively new to this whole thing.)