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[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Why do you think Viewsonic decided to put together a device with some of the best tablet hardwares out there and then put a crappy software interface on there? If a bunch of people online could put together a more stable and faster rom for free, why not a multi-million dollar industry?

I guess I'm wondering why these really big electronic companies decided to shoot themselves in the foot over and over.
[G Tablet General] h3llphyre:
Because they were first to market by about 9 months with a Tegra2 tablet. Everyone else (Motorola, Asus, etc) waited until nVidia had a stable SDK, before pushing their wares out, and even still, Motorola is the first to do it out of the big guys.

Viewsonic just made the mistake of going to Tap'N'Tap to get it done. They should have gone with a Tier 1 Android integrater, like Wind River (oddly enough, owned by Intel now). Wind River is all over this stuff and already has Tegra3 in their sights for early fall.
[G Tablet General] the3dman:
I agree!! Tap'N'Tap can't even design a good UI for their website (it's not even a website, really it's just a landing page), why anyone would think Tap'N'Tap can design a more difficult UI is beyond me. Lol.

http://www.tapntap.com/
[G Tablet General] it2steve:
You also have to realize that it TRULY isn't even a Viewsonic product. I don't even know what their true involvement is (are they the one's 'in bed' with tap n tap?)

US Merchants is re-boxing the Malata product similar to how Dell, HP, Acer does thier PC's. I still don't know how Viewsonic got involved, did US Merchants just need a big name behind them. I did get a number to a Rep for Viewsonic that I looked up in LinkedIn and she used to work for US Merchants (or maybe the other way around).

i wish I knew how this partnership came about?
[G Tablet General] h3llphyre:
Probably because Tap'N'Tap was the cheapest. Remember, to meet the price point, Viewsonic had to make some sacrifices. Look at the price of the Xoom and most of the other upcoming Tegra2 tablets. Viewsonic's price is HALF.

Plus, personally, I'd rather have the software be crap. Can change that and because of the awesome devs here, that's a reality.
[G Tablet General] h3llphyre:
Because Contract Manufacturing has now turned into Contract Engineer/Design AND Manufacturing. Most of the time, design is done in Taiwan, manufacturing in mainland China. It's been going on now for almost a decade (that I've personally seen). It's cheaper for Viewsonic and it's easier for a CMO to enter the US market that way. No one is going to buy a Malata product, but Viewsonic? Maybe. You'll see this a lot at Bestbuy, when name brand TVs look suspiciously like the no name brands.
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Or no brand at all. I've seen quite a few of those in stores like best buy, office depot, etc. nowadays. They look and feel exactly like those made by the well known brands, but try to look for a stamp of the brand and you won't find any.

Speaking of which, is viewsonic a legit American brand or is it a company of 5 employees created just to slap an American sounding name on a Chinese product?
[G Tablet General] h3llphyre:
Best Buy has moved from generic brands to their house brand (Insignia). I have an Insignia Plasma, that is a Samsung Plasma (I took it apart, it's all Samsung inside).

Viewsonic still makes amazing displays (ironic with the crappy display on the G Tablet).
[G Tablet General] 999ping:
Most likely Viewsonic wanted to get the tablet on the market before Christmas to take advantage of the holiday shopping season - tablets were a hot commodity if you recall - and the state of the software was simply what was available at the time. Somebody had to make a call and they decided to ship.

Unfortunately that decision backfired on them because the software was not ready for prime time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jay w:
hello, please be gentle with me :D

I have had my Galaxy S for about a week now and have finally downloaded Kies, i wish i could say i am impressed with the software.

I have opened Kies, then connected the phone whist it is on the home screen and with the internal SD card unmounted.

Kies picks up that the phone is connected, i then get a notification that there is a firmware upgrade, when i try to do this Kies then picks up that the phone has been disconnected, even though it is still connected.

In addition i get the MTP issue on the phone, the screen flashes and will not allow the upgrade to take place.

I am getting a little frustrated with this phone, i would love to get the phone to talk to the PC, can anyone help me through this in easy steps please
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] blizzard1017:
Currently I am using the Beautiful Widgets clock in the upper corner but I need a widget that has that font style but no date. The Miui Beta Weather app already caries the date as you can see.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2bangali:
Hello, I've been using this website til this past december and I love it but stopped messing around with my phone because of graduate school. So the last thing I did was just update to stock dk28 modem without rooting it. Now I'm trying to catch up and need help to refresh lol.

Anyways, so yeah i'm on 2.2 (not rooted) currently and trying to update to the new syndicate rom. As the installation instruction says, I need to use odin to install the TAR and PIT and I know that is after rooting my epic. So is the rooting method the same as it was for 2.1?

Last question for now to get started, I really dont understand this part of the installation instructions in their thread properly "Then, use the CWM 3.0.0.6 One Click to install Clockwork and convert to EXT4.", so if anyone can please help me I will be more than grateful. to break down the questions, how do I install that new clockwork after updating to EB13? and how do I convert to EXT4? what is EXT4?

Sorry for all the questions andn using such a long thread just for help. Thanks.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysteryEmotionz:
1) odin to full eb13

2) run the cwm3.0.0.6 one click

3) reboot into recovery using 3 finger monkey grip. It well auto convert to ext4

4) flash the rom. (wipe data, cache, dalvik 3xs)

5) boot the phone (start up animation may look word)

6) boot into recovery again

7) flash the rom again (wipe data, cache 3xs)

8) your good to go
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abonet:
CWM One Click is a multi-purpose package. It: a) roots your phone, b) installs a flashing/backup/recovery package and c) converts your filesystem to ext4.

Do a search on how to install CWM. It's a matter of hooking your phone to a PC in USB debugging mode and then running a "run.bat" script. Now your phone is rooted and reboots, but you won't notice much different at that point (other than the Superuser App). If all you want is root, you're done.

If you want to flash a ROM then you boot into the recovery software (using the 3-finger technique).

This is where the gotchas start: The first time you do this, your file system will be automatically converted to a new filesystem: ext4 (it takes about 5 to 10 minutes). At this point, you need to be prepared: once it's converted to ext4, make sure you have an ext4-compatible ROM on your SD card that you can flash right then and there. At that point, I don't know if you can even reboot back into your stock ROM (I've always flashed a new ROM immediately, so I don't know).

Learn about the backup and restore mechanism in CWM, it's your friend.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamchocho:
You can run on stock eb13 with ext4 but you must flash at the minimum a ext4 compatible kernel.

Sent from my ACS frozen Epic
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] y2bangali:
THANKS ALOT for all the help guys.. even in it is a multipurpose package, i do have to root first before i can use odin correct?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MysteryEmotionz:
No
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
I have both. I still like the Xoom better though.
[Xoom General] mgerbasio:
I agree that the Apple ipad is a terrific device. the platform is about five years old now considering it is a large ipod touch/iphone and 2nd gen in its current form factor. In 18 months Android became the No. 1 smartphone OS and this is the first stab at a market Apple defined.

The screen ipad screen is better than the Xoom, the Apple ecosystem of getting media from itunes onto the tablet is idiot-proof, it certainly has the apps and it looks like video performance for movies and games is improved with the ipad2. For the average consumer (or maybe below average from our technical point of view) looking to play movies or listen to music, not caring about the encoding and wanting a plug and play experience, yes, this is a better solution than Android offers. Maybe Google Music will change that.

But that doesn't mean Xoom and Android are doomed. I couldn't care less about which platform is more popular. I guess I'm in the minority as I don't use it for games or movies. I wan't more than the ipad can give me. I want user expandable memory, multitasking, usb hosting, freedom to decide what programs make sense for me, rooting and the list goes on. I use mine to carry manuals and work information and as good as the ipad looks, for reading, characters look better on a Xoom. Maybe I want iboobs on my device, do I need Steve to tell me, no, it is inappropriate and I can't have it? At 47, I can have my wife tell me that. Steve doesn't tell me I don't want Flash!

I've use the Flash beta to watch Fox News TV it was flawless. That's probably the first and last time I'll use it as I didn't miss it with my ipad. How can it be dead when it is only available via a leaked beta?

It isn't an us or them situation. Think of it like a John and Paul relationship where there is some competition and some collaboration that makes a great overall experience. You may like Paul, I may like John but one without the other isn't nearly as good. ipad makes Android better and vice versa. Look at RIM, no reason for them to improve their user experience and now it looks like 2012 will be the year they're rolling out something "new".
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
Personally I'm waiting for HTC to design a Honeycomb tablet, they obviously know something about build quality and design that other manufactures do not. I don't care if that tablet is running HTC Sense, it will preform well and be beautiful.
[Xoom General] Cooki3s:
Agree with you there. As a future tablet owner and android fan, I'm really having a hard time deciding on which tablet to pick. Every time I see a video of the xoom, the great browser and ui look, I'm sold. But then when Apple shows something like garageband, or other games/apps for the ipad, along with its "exterior", I'm sold for that aswell :p. This leaves me right in the middle, not a really good place to make a choice :/.

Apple just made a great move with its pricing, especially the 500 dollar model, which I believe is also there just to draw people to the store, where some decide to go for more memory. Here in Belgium, people won't choose something else over an iPad if the device isn't priced like atleast 50-100 euro cheaper, due to the "apple halo", which still exists here. I"m afraid a huge majority of people here falls into the "cartoony htc evo movie with the really annoying customer trying to buy an iphone 4 cuz it has the wifis"-category. There's also virtually no marketing for android (here). All of this leads to less sales => less developers.

Android is becoming a big hit on phones, but due to a lot of those being slow phones, game developers can't really bring their best, which is a little unforunate for people like me with SGS's.
[Xoom General] CJNYC:
Have the XOOM and the iPad 1. Went and played with the iPad 2 yesterday for quite a while. Nothing there to make me want to shed the XOOM or upgrade iPad 1, but agree with almost everything you say about a far more smoother user experience. That being said, I came home and read that the Samsumg Galaxy TAB 10.1 will come with a Super AMOLED display and that was all I needed to know to choose my next tablet. See below...

"The Galaxy Tab 10.1 has a fancy new Super AMOLED screen"

"The Galaxy Tab 10.1's screen is far better than the Apple iPad's in our opinion"

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/379227/hands_samsung_galaxy_tab_10_1/
[Xoom General] muyoso:
When has HTC ever, EVER been ahead in performance especially related to graphics? They stink at anything related to GPU or video acceleration.
[Xoom General] muyoso:
Holy crap. PLEASE Samsung don't ruin it by using a Tegra 2. PLEASE.
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
I honestly don't believe that. They are the first people who have used the GTab 10.1 to say that, and according to Engadget its a TFT LCD just like the Xoom. However, they also go on to say in the video that it may be same panel used on the original Galaxy Tab. Which they were impressed with.

By preform well I meant "good enough", not ahead of anyone.
[Xoom General] iceytea:
All this Google vs Apple bantering reminds me so much of the IBM/Microsoft vs Apple desktop OS war. How IBM built up the open architeture for their PCs vs Apple closed hardware system.

Not that whats going on is 100% like back then. Apple's gone cheaper(tablet wise) than its competition and I think thats a heavy blow dealt to the Android side. Android, however has something that Apple doesn't have, mass market appeal. HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Kyocera, Sony, Dell, Acer, LG, Toshiba, Viewsonic, Archos to name a few.

Kinda like the PC.
[Xoom General] lilikin:
Polished turd

The Apple platform is supposed to be this well polished I had the first and second Iphone and I wouldn't go back again.

iOS sucks thats the reality!

end of story

oh and anyone waiting for HTC to save the day, looking at the flyer and the bloatware they call sense I think I will stay with the moto and xoom
[Xoom General] Cooki3s:
Gtab doesn't have an amoled screen, heck they can't even provide super amoled+ for all of their SGS II. It also has a tegra 2 chip. Even if not, it would still "only" be super amoled, and believe me (I have an original SGS), text does not look good with the Pentile subpixel structure, even though the SGS has a PPI of like 230. Going down to 160 would be horrible for text.

Source: Engadget

HTC was quite disappointing this H1 of 2011, no leaps forward, and the flyer will probably end up like the Tab 1, unfortunately.

The problem with the android 3.0 tablets is that they are the ones that have to convince the consumer (seeing as they are more expensive/new to the market). The first thing the average consumer sees is that the xoom/whatever tablet is plasticy, relatively heavy and "fat", which is not really the best first impression.
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
Isn't the Xoom made out of aluminum? I haven't held one yet, but I'm assuming since you say this that it isn't obvious to tell?
[Xoom General] Cooki3s:
I was talking more about android tablets in general, although I believe atleast a part of the back of the xoom is aluminium, but a part is "rubbery" if I'm correct. They don't have any of them here in Belgium so I wouldn't know for sure tbh.
[Xoom General] frenzy757:
thats my point though...I want Android/honeycomb to be popular so it gets more and more support....

It IS important whether you guys will admit it or not..Google isnt spending money to make techies happy...they want to make money, and the money is not here...its with the average joes...imo Honeycomb is NOT the problem...its the OEMs...one reason I was disappointed Nokia didn't hop on board because I think their hardware with Android could own Apple...
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
After having an ipad I will tell you the build on Xoom is actually as good and in some ways better
[Xoom General] slshults:
Deja vu for sure.

iOS and Android each have their strengths and weaknesses. The iPad2 and Xoom hardware each have strengths and weaknesses. Some people prefer the feel of a closed ecosystem behind a pay-to-play walled garden, others prefer on open ecosystem with a vibrant dev community.

You can compare specs (or have a pissing contest) all you want but in the end trying to convince people who's preference differs from your own to instead prefer the same product you prefer is a waste of time, energy and keystrokes. Your inability to change their minds does not mean your own preference is inferior. It just means different people have different preferences. Let them.

In the long run what this competition means is that we all get a bunch of awesome gadgets to choose from. So stop worrying that some people prefer different things than you do. Spend that time and energy enjoying your preferences instead.
[Xoom General] jimbob_me:
HTC build quality far surpases motorola in my opinion. HTC phones ive owned and known have all been very reliable and beautifully well made. While sense isnt brilliant i still believe a HTC honeycomb tablet will be the one to have. It will look good and be well made. With far better customer services than motorola too.

I was lucky enough to get a nexus one. Stock android OS with a HTC phone. Its built brilliantly. That new samsung nexus s just looks abit flimsy to me.
[Xoom General] jamaicansolja:
What are you talking about ? iOS doesn't have a vibrant dev community? I think there's is larger than Android... You have to hack your Android to be completely "open" the same way some jb iOS. Same difference
[Xoom General] slshults:
you completely missed the point of my post, I'll let someone interested in pissing contests explain the differences between creating apps and hacking and modding an OS.
[Defy Themes and Apps] ch3b7:
what did it need to modify in StatusBarIcon.smali in serivces.jar to remove the hour?:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TommK001:
Does anybody have EC Declaration of Conformity, my ePad is at customs and they ask for EC Declaration of Conformity, I guess it's only for some of the European countries.

Would appreciate it if anybody can scan it and send it to me.

Thanks.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
There is an Android app that uses the new Google Cloud Print beta. More info on that can be found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=950312&highlight=cloudprint

I have found that someone made a script to get this working on Linux and Mac hosted printers. I have it installed on my Ubuntu PC:

https://github.com/armooo/cloudprint

http://groups.google.com/a/chromium...hread/74a73ee7d34a72c9/cb420a777ef82719?pli=1

You can download the source tarball, or use GIT to download the source. To use GIT, you first need it installed. You also need python and python-cups installed

sudo apt-get install git-core python python-cups

Now pull the source code to your home folder:

git clone git://github.com/armoo.cloudprint.git

After it downloads, I had to change permissions on the folder:

chmod -R 777 ~/cloudprint

Now change directory to the cloudprint folder, and run the setup.py script:

cd ~/cloudprint
python setup.py build

Now install it:

sudo python setup.py install

This installed the script in this folder:

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudprint/cloudprint.py

Run it and it should ask for your gmail address and password:

python /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/cloudprint/cloudprint.py

It also added my default printer. I it worked by logging into my gmail account, and going to this page:

http://www.google.com/cloudprint/manage.html

There I see my printer in the list.

When I open the Cloud Print Android app, it does not find the printer. :confused:

Any one else want to try it?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
OK, I uninstalled the Andoid app, then re-installed it. It then saw my printer and I was able to print a testpage!! :D

One thing. It seems to run in the terminal window of my Ubuntu PC. Maybe it can be run in the background.

This is good news!!!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] grokdesigns:
Dang, it doesn't work with Google's two-factor authentication!

EDIT: It works by creating an application specific password for your Google account.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
I'm not sure what you mean by "two-factor authentication". Mine works with my regular Google account username and password.

Edit: I think that you meant two-step verification.

http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/static.py?page=guide.cs&guide=1056283&topic=1056284
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
Cloud Print Now In Chrome For Linux

The Linux version of Chrome 11.0 now has the ability to use Cloud Print, so this script is no longer needed.

Cloud Print is disabled by default in the Linux version of Chrome 11.0. To enable it, first enter this into the address bar:

about:Flags

This will open a page showing many disabled features. Go to the "Cloud Print Proxy" entry, and click on the "Enable" link. Now shut down and restart the browser.

After restarting Chrome, open the control panel (the wrench in the upper right), and click on "Preferences". Click on the "Under The Hood" section, and scroll to the bottom of the page. Here you will now find the option to enable Cloud Print for printers on that computer.

You have to have the computer running, and be logged in, for it to work. So, this would be best used on a file server, or some other Linux computer that is on 24/7.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] droiderdude:
It works!

Sweet it works! Both the flags and the straight code!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] arvati:
Does the python script works just with the default printer on cups or show all printers at google cloud print?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
I don't recall, as I now use the Chrome browser for cloud print. Using the script wasn't very handy, as you have to run it from a terminal window. If you close the terminal, it ceases to work. If you look at my first post, it says it works with the default printer.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] arvati:
Cups and Google Cloud Print Integration

People now have created an integration of cups with google cloud print, since chrome for ubuntu now has google cloud print. This integration is what was missing to have full access to google cloud print over ubuntu.

See article in english: http://www.niftiestsoftware.com/cups-cloud-print/

My article in portuguese: https://sites.google.com/site/ubuntu4us/artigos/configuracao-de-hardware/impresoes-e-impressoras/impressao-via-google-cloud-no-ubuntu
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
Thanks, but I'm not sure I see any use for something like this. I used cloud print to print

TO

my cups based printer. What really is needed is cups for Android.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] arvati:
Good Idea. Do you know any group working on it?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
Not that I know of. There is an old thread about this in Google Groups:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1148

One reply was this:

My search at the OESF web site brings up nothing.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] wasserkapf:
You got me looking at this again, and I may have found something. Check out these links:

http://www.letsprogram.com/89503/printing-manager-on-android/

http://developer.oesf.biz/em/developer/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sinbad_NI:
After recommending the wife to get an SGS she ended with a very very lag ridden one from orange UK.

Boy was I in the bad books LOL.

Right had to sort it for her... ended up in this forum.

Check one, no 3 button recovery so ran this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=785201

Easy enough, confidence starting to build.

So built up the courage to root using the oneclick utility

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Really easy, cheers.

More confidence gained.

Then used SGS Kernel Flasher App and installed Voodoo-stable-5.4.2-Froyo-2.2.1-GT-I9000-unsigned-update.zip

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=806195

That was even easier, excellent application and kernel seems to have done the trick.

One very happy man, an even happier wife LOL.

Many thanks to all.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheDeadCPU:
Good for you! And your wife :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xero2002:
Now it's time for her to make you happy.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mortify1:
QTF! /10char
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Sinbad_NI:
If only life was so simple :rolleyes: