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[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Facegarden:
Being able to charge over USB in a pinch would be better than nothing if you're without your charger. Plus, my USB car charger can put out 1A, and you can buy iPad specific USB chargers that put out 2A, so it actually wouldn't be much different than the regular charger. It certainly doesn't hurt to have the capability. For all the crazy stuff we hackers add to our devices on XDA, I am blown away that people still ask "why would you want to do that"... Why not?

-Taylor
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elysian893:
My car has a USB port built into the stereo, on my Droid when plugged in via USB I could play my music and also have the phone always topped off with a charge... With the Xoom I'd need a charging cable too... Hassle. Guess that's a part of why I keep my Droid around...
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jvs60:
Somebody should try it out
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elysian893:
Plenty of people have rooted their Xoom's using those charging drivers, they don't do anything for the Xoom other than allow it to work with adb.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] angermeans:
From what I have noticed I have yet to have wished that I had a charger SD or the one that came with it as it has a great battery and is more than enough to get me througn the day and i have been neglecting my droid Inc and macbook pro while using my Xoom for 6-8 hours a day plus a gppd 10-15 stand by time
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
Battery life is so good you don't even need to charge during the day
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elysian893:
When you're at 1.5ghz you might :p
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Facegarden:
Guys, there are lots of reasons to want to charge over USB. Like, say, when you're on a road trip and won't be spending much time around an outlet. Even if it doesn't charge quickly, if it provides enough juice to keep it from dying, that may be enough. I'm sure motorola sells a car adapter but I'd rather just use the USB chargers I already have.

Can we not make this discussion about if we *should* be able charge over USB, and keep it purely about *how* to charge over USB? I think we all understand that not everyone cares about this feature, but some people do.

So, I heard that there is an official dock that charges it over USB? Or does it use contact points or something else?

If the official dock charges it over USB, it may be simple to mod a USB charger to work with the Xoom.

-Taylor
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elysian893:
The docks use a pair of contact points, those 2 gold spots next to the HDMI plug.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xlGmanlx:
I get over 12 hours use over clocked baby, 24 hours between charges
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexdw369:
Agreed. Why does it seem like everyone has such a pissy attitude on this forum? It seems like 75% of all OPs in regards to do something new are negative and completely non-constructive. "No, you can't do that" "why the hell would you want to?" "That sounds useless. I have my phone/laptop/TV/mother for that"

I don't think that I would need the USB trickle charging ability because the battery lasts plenty long (yes, even at 1.5Ghz), but why get on here and make the OP feel like an idiot for trying to spur some innovation?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Facegarden:
Hey Guys,

I posted a long comment on the thread in the Moto forums. Hopefully we get a real response from Motorola. So far they have only said "you can't do that", but haven't explained if its a hardware limitation, or if it was just disabled in software (which is my hope).

Here's my comment:

https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/336752#336752

-Taylor
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kz810rider:
It's really pretty simple why you can't charge over USB. USB does not provide the correct voltage. The Xoom requires 12vdc to charge and USB is only 5vdc. It's like trying to charge your car battery with a charger made for 2 D cells. Amperage does play into charge time but can not be made to compensate for the lack of voltage. If the Xoom were to be modded pretty extensively inside it's possible. You would need to add a step up converter, make the respective connections from the USB port, and have to be willing to void your warranty. All in all it would be easier to carry a car charger. I have one and it works great.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Facegarden:
Its is very possible that they included a step-up converter circuit, but later disabled it because they decided it takes too long to charge. The circuit would add less than a dollar to the unit in volumes, so if they wanted to be safe they could have included it and made the decision later if they would use it. That is what I am trying to find out. The high resolution images of the teardown show what may be a stepup circuit by the USB connector, but it is too hard to tell:

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Xoom-Teardown/4989/1

-Taylor
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
what are all these USB chargers on eBay about?

My question is now (and I am sure I've seen it in another thread): How do sellers on eBay get away with advertising generic USB chargers to be used with the Xoom (e.g. this)? Of course, the USB cable has to be provided... I checked yesterday because I want to equip my car with a mount and charger in the future. Either the Chinese have found a way to charge the Xoom via USB or it's all a load of owl droppings! Has anyone tried one of these magic chargers yet?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bauxite:
They put the word Xoom in the auction listing, that's the only thing they did to make this Xoom compatible. Do not buy that.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ihtfp69:
A lot of people just assume things. I was readings specs for the xoom at another popular android forum. They had listed that not only did it support USB charging, but it supported flash 10.1 as well (which of course it never will).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
The problem here its even motorola says it supports 10.1 flash...but of course it doesn't.

Sent from my EVO
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qwerp_:
i think one of the main reason we can't charge via the micro usb is, because it can supply power to turn into USB host.

i see someone successfully mount a USB stick via a OTG cable. hence i guess, they are trying not to fry the circuit.

http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php...le-usb-host-mode-ie-thumb-drives-on-the-xoom/

here is the link.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Facegarden:
It is possible and straightforward to build a circuit that does both. There is no reason why it cannot be done. So the only reason why it doesn't work now is that Motorola never built the circuit into the device, or they built the circuit in, and then after testing decided to disable it. That second one is my hope - that if we complain, Motorola will release an update the enables it. Its pretty common for companies to include features on a board and then disable them later.

Clearly motorola says "it doesn't do it", but so far the person saying that is just echoing what the product docs say. To my knowledge, Matt on the motorola forums has not checked with an engineer to verify that the Xoom completely lacks the circuitry, or if its just a feature that was disabled with software.

That is the answer I am trying to get, but I haven't gotten a response yet on the Moto forum.

-Taylor
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehoovie:
Moto Xoom USB Charge Drivers for PC only released

..........not really..........
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdavid_t:
Is this a message that pops up when you plug the usb to charge the Xoom? If so, it seems that the OS is able to detect that, which would mean that the xoom can actually detect power on the USB, although the module is deactivated. Maybe a software/firmware upgrade will enable charging through the USB!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ds2dale:
It's fun to want things to do stuff. But, sometimes you need to know how stuff works and why the manufacturer made things work the way they did. This is called Engineering.

The fact is that the MicroUSB connector (either the male or the female or both) is limited in how much current it can handle. The limitation is set by the engineering organization that published the spec for the device. (IEEE or it's Euro counterpart.) Exceeding the device spec can lead to melting and other nastiness (very expensive, for someone). Motorola cannot, legally or morally, exceed that spec. If the Xoom uses more power than can be sent through the connector and still remain in spec, then why provide the capability? And, it doesn't matter how much current your USB port can provide, it's the connection that is usually the weak link (and 2.0A will probably exceed the USB A connector spec, too). Each square micron of gold contact will only handle so much current and increasing area provides additional current at 1:1, it's not logarithmic. Look to the Digikey catalog for spec datasheets on components, available online.

Sometimes you need to look at the consequences of an action, and then look at the result of those consequences, too. Then, watch out for the unintended consequences.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Digikey catalog = good bathroom reading for a nerd ;)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XUNILLINUX:
usb charging

one can NEVER have too many abilities, and having the ability to charge from usb would be nice.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kms108:
can you confirm why it does not support flash, i though android 2.2 and above all support it, if it does not, i need to reconsidered.

sorry to be off topic.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwcorvus:
On the box it said supports flash 10.1*

*with future update.

As of now, yes it supports flash.

Sent from my PG86100
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucas.scott:
Hello , like many of you , i flash my phone quite often. It seems like we always have a new update or new rom . Trust me , im not complaining . I think its amazing .

I am using Titanium Backup now , but its quite a task to sit there and click install on 80+ apps . Is there a way we can auto install our apps with each flash ? Im not positive , but i think busybox can do something to this degree .. but havent really been able to find a cut and dry explanation .

Thanks guys
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidcues:
Just pay the titanium dude and get prO and its a three click task. And while the phones restoring...More time to spend searching for stuff.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucas.scott:
Wow I didn't know that was a perk to the pro version. Buying it now. Thanks.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slic|<:
google also auto restores your apps now.. it did it when I flashed and wiped everything to 2.8 again, and my 3 apps I had previously downloaded were automatically restored by Google, lol.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucas.scott:
Yeah that has been hit or miss for me lately ... mostly miss
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wideopn11:
Just thought I would share this from another thread on the subject of google auto restore.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucas.scott:
verrrryyy interesting...
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezas:
This was offered up in that same thread after the 'update.zip' method was suggested:

You can avoid this by skipping account creations at first boot, just hit skip skip next skip. Then you can go into settings and make sure data backup is unchecked. This prevents automatic data backup/restore when you do log into your account. Now log into your Google account. During setup it will ask if you want your data backed up, make sure to uncheck that! It actually comes up with a message that asks if you really want to delete existing backups on Google servers? Of course you do want it to so this won't happen again.​
[Nook Color General] ace7196:
Hey all,

Have a rooted nook, and I would like to know if an app is out there that can download a book cover (from amazon/bn/wherever) and load it up on the BN reader so it is associated with PDF file.

Ideas? Thanks!
[Nook Color General] wpnyc2009:
BN reader doesn't support PDFs

Nook app doesn't read PDFs - only ePubs. The usual suspects read PDFs of course. The ease of reading PDFs is defeated by its inability to save pages, to highlight, to remember where you were. Etc.

Sorry m8!
[Nook Color General] chris peas:
PDFs perform well when opening them from a file explorer, like ES file explorer, and opening the file with the B&N Reader app. This is not the same as opening or accessing the file from the Library app. Using the reader app, you can see the book cover and use bookmarks. Reading and page turning also is better. Also, larger PDFs seem to open a little better from the internal memory.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bingoig11:
Hello!

I'm facing an issue on my 101IT with UrukDroid 0.7.

Sometimes (randomly), touchscreen is totally frozen, hardware buttons still works but I cannot touch the screen.

The only thing I can do is to reboot.

Do you have any idea or fix for this issue?

Thanks :D
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fzelle:
Happens to me only while playing back video or audio.

Maybe this is a buffer issue.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] findusBS:
The display freeze happens to my 70IT when playing Smiley Pops some time.

I have also installed UrukDroid 0.7.

If someone had a suggestion to try a special configuration for buffer or something else, it is welcome.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] honighamster:
i have alot freezes with urukdroid 0.7

the touchscreen freezes except the homebuttons
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melax:
yes I have allot freezes abd force cjose, 70 8gb
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buachaille:
Hi,

I've searched but I didn't find this.

I've read that some phones never get a full "stable" release of cyanogen. I am currently running masters voodoo rooted rom but I quite fancy CM. Does it look like there will be a stable version, and does anyone have any idea how far in the future that might be.

Or is the current RC solid as a rock right now, or does it have bugs.

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Si_NZ:
Nexus S is a CM officially supported phone, it will certainly get CM7 final. I've been running CM7 RC1 since the day after I got my phone a bit more than a week ago, so far it works quite well and stable.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buachaille:
Thanks for your reply. I'll hang on then. I'd prefer to get the stable version. Any idea how long they think it will take. I've been on cm forum googling, but not getting anywhere.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Rule 1 of CM: Don't ask for ETAs.

Build #11 and above of nightlies are based on Android 2.3.3.

#12 probably seems the most stable. I'm using #13 and its fine for me although people have reported problems.

If you want pure stableness, it'd be RC1 but it is on 2.3.2
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [hfm]:
RC1 is just a nightly that was the line where they thought it was stable enough to promote. I don't think it's any more or less stable than any other nightly.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darrien13:
Just flash the RC1
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chris6278:
Nightly #13 is just as stable as rc1 at least for me anyways
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
i know that its a nightly but its also the one that brought new features that the previous nightlies didnt have such as the new lock screen.

RC2 coming tonight.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willentrekin:
I had a lot of problems with CM7, but I was running Honity, as well. My experience was one of instability. I switched over to Axura and like it a lot.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buachaille:
I tried Axura last night and didn't like it at all. Also tried cm7 nightly 14 and I wasn't keen on it either. So far I haven't seen anything I like better than masters deodexed 2.3.3, so I'm back on that.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenvan19:
Just out of curiousity, what didn't you like about Axura?

On a more related note, as a flashaholic I've flashed every ROM available for the Nexus S and CM7 is the one I use as my Daily Driver. I'm on RC2 and can't remember the last time I had a random reboot. The other ROMs I have NANDroids of to be able to go between are Stock 2.3.3, Axura, and MIUI (I'm waiting for it to become a little more fleshed out before I really give it a go as a daily driver).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buachaille:
I thought Axura was nice and quick. The thing that made me remove it was the font believe it or not. It looks good in the menus but it was bad for reading emails and other small text.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenvan19:
Did you try flashing a different font or using font changer for root on the market? If that was really your only complaint you can very easily change such things.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buachaille:
I didn't know about either of the options you mentioned and I might just try them. I have no idea where you get fonts to flash, or what format they need to be in, and do you flash them the same way you flash everything else??
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirdroid:
Been using RC2 with no issues ... love it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenvan19:
Sonny has a few on his theme thread over in that section and yes its just like flashing s theme or a kernel except you do it last. Just give font changer a shot it's free :-)

Sent from my MattedBlues CM7 Nexus S from the XDA Premium app.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LittleGreenMonster:
So I updated my epic and now z4 root wont work on my 2.2..is it just me?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
2.2.1 killed the z4root exploit. You need to use the oneclickroot.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olddocwhite:
Oneclickroot

I updated to 2.2 and oneclickroot works fine. I flashed the Epic Experience Rom and everything works.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 063_XOBX:
But is epic experience EB13 based?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olddocwhite:
Oneclickroot

But is epic experience EB13 based?

It might be but I did the oneclick root after using odin and the sprint release of 2.2. It worked fine. Then I did the Epic Experience a day later.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid newb:
I went to CWM3 and tried to flash Epic Experience. No dice. Went with SyndicateROM Frozen instead and it works great!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ryjon90:
Is anyone familiar with a way to view/read my Exact Editions subscriptions on android? I know there is an iphone/ipad app for it... I am hoping there is somewhere to get an android version. Any direction or answers is appreciated. Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elsral:
Hi,

There is now an Android version of this app. However, when trying to download from the market it says not available for my device motorola xoom, galaxy 8.9 Iit says android 2.1 upwards). Could sby download it and make available in this thread?

Thanks.
[A7 General] casathom:
Hello fellow A7 sufferers ;-)

I've got my tablet last week and so far I'm loving it. I got it to do almost everything I need.

But I still need 2 more things:

- Networking proxy system

- Bluetooth DUN (or USB Modem to phone / USB 3G Stick (Modem))

I've searched quite a bit and found some apps, none of them really work as intended on the A7 and some are actually unstable.

Is there anyone with a reliable method to make any of this to work?

Do we know if building the kernel of the git repo will render a usable ko module? or do we need some set of A7's specific patches?

I really thing this device has lots of potencial.

Cheers.

PS: By the way what's that thing of putting the device to sleep means no notifications of alarms nor emails... ? When I put my cellphone to "sleep" or even if it's off I get the alarms to work.
[A7 General] 5[Strogino]:
The reason is developers from NVidia. Good hardware but poor programmer skills.

This problem exists at eLocity A7, Toshiba AC100, Point of View Mobii and others devices on tegra 2.
[A7 General] jtodaro:
I need Proxy as well. I know that the Galaxy tablet has a proxy setting under Wireless / Advanced, yet ours doesn't somehow. I've worked with Linux/Unix type systems for almost 20 years so I have a very good understanding of their system/subsystems and underlaying configurations. I am curious if the proxy setting/setup is just a quick config change somewhere, as I do not know entirely how the GUI builds it's specific options to present to the user (not sure if they are hard coded, or dynamic based on the configuration files at the system level). I'd love to hear from some DEV that knows more than I, and I might be able to hack something together to open up some other things.
[A7 General] casathom:
Right, that sounds like many big companies... too many products too quick that would need a couple more moths of cooking in the oven ;-)

What would be really nice is if they would open the code to the comnunity so we could fill in the missing parts. Is there any precedent from NVidia doing that in this context (Android tablet/phone) anyone who may know a contact in there?
[A7 General] casathom:
I guess first thing would be then to get out hands on a Galaxy Tab rootfs and see what differences it does have to ours... I'm new into the Android internals stuff but I assume that in theese cases as settings and other non-changing "Activities" as they call them, they are probably coded into xml files as UI descriptions... but all that is a wild guess (for now).

One test that I'll try is compiling the git repos kernel using the tegra2 defconfig and see how those modules interact with our device's kernel :-)

Let's see if we get this thing done.
[HTC Inspire 4G] simulatordos:
- Do we know if the 'foreign' radios are set to 'automatic' 3g band by default?

- Any benefits to selecting "USA" (850) in the settings vs automatic?

I found this in another post -- a guide to changing these settings with a code. I haven't monkeyed with any settings but the select radio band so be careful with what you do here....

To see all the information about your phone, go to phone dialer and type *#*#4636#*#*

Click on "Phone Information"

Note the "Location:" field and note the changes, as well as Signal strength.

Press "Menu" hard button

Select "Radio Band"

EURO = Lock onto 2100MHz band

USA = Lock onto 850MHz band
[HTC Inspire 4G] spl152db:
pressing on usa only bricked my radio on my phone. I have a photon 4g.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cwhitney24:
I think this should be in the question section...not the dev section.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
Thanks for the heads up, we'll be sure to

not

do that on Motorola phones. Oh wait, this is the HTC Inspire section - whew! we're safe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
I personally don't think changing anything in that particular menu writes to the phone or makes changes on the actual phone. It makes changes on your sim card. So I don't believe it can brick your phone. I haven't messed with that menu on this phone yet. No reason to. But on prior phones I could change bands or preferred network types and then place that sim in another phone and have the same settings. Also to mention I have an HTC CDMA verizon and sprint phone in front of me and niether has the change bands menu.