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Thanks to everyone here...

I heard today for the first time that the nook Color was able to be rooted and was super happy since I could run Kindle on it.
Then I found xda and read about the G Tablet. At this price point for the hardware involved, I will be stopping after work tomorrow to grab one then head back here for some custom ROM action.
Super excited to see a solid form factor in an Android Tablet. When I first saw the G Tablet in the Sunday paper, I initially shrugged it off as another "not ready for prime time" tablet. While I guess it technically is, this community has taken it places!

Welcome to the forum. There is a wealth of information here and some of the most helpful people I know of.

Yes, that's exactly how I felt. I haven't gotten mine yet, and I'm still undecided whether or not I should pull the gun or continue to wait for the Notion Ink... but I've been visiting the section almost daily for news and updates.

After having the archos 101 for awhile i thought it was best I keep it and when I saw the gtablet and horrible reviews I decided to keep it but after reading the forums here I sold my archos 101 and never looked back its so much better and don't really miss the media playback aspect of it as Rockplayer has played everything I have thrown at it still gets good battery life. Now my girlfriend kinda regrets spending so much money on her macbook air and was thinking she should of gotten one as well. ^^

stcardinal said:
Yes, that's exactly how I felt. I haven't gotten mine yet, and I'm still undecided whether or not I should pull the gun or continue to wait for the Notion Ink... but I've been visiting the section almost daily for news and updates.
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Get ready for a long wait, if you didn't preorder the NI yet. Their initial "stock" is sold out so who knows when their second batch will be available. If u can get this tab for 380 or below, preferable low 300s (which is possible if ur lucky) pull that trigger.
There's a lot of helpful gtab folks here so you know there's support and with VS cooperating that even adds more value to this tablet.

Picked up the tab on my way home this evening.
Man I hate waiting for batteries to charge!

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Get ready for a long wait, if you didn't preorder the NI yet. Their initial "stock" is sold out so who knows when their second batch will be available. If u can get this tab for 380 or below, preferable low 300s (which is possible if ur lucky) pull that trigger.
There's a lot of helpful gtab folks here so you know there's support and with VS cooperating that even adds more value to this tablet.
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After reading this thread, I stopped being interested in the Notion Ink.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868129

scottfish said:
I heard today for the first time that the nook Color was able to be rooted and was super happy since I could run Kindle on it.
Then I found xda and read about the G Tablet. At this price point for the hardware involved, I will be stopping after work tomorrow to grab one then head back here for some custom ROM action.
Super excited to see a solid form factor in an Android Tablet. When I first saw the G Tablet in the Sunday paper, I initially shrugged it off as another "not ready for prime time" tablet. While I guess it technically is, this community has taken it places!
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+1, without all of the great work here, and VS support, no way would I have ever considered these, now I have 2.....

[Q] Honeycomb on 512Mb RAM - read: NOT ASKING FOR RELEASE DATE - OTHER INFO

I just bought a Viewsonic Gtab on Woot last night. How will honeycomb run on that 512mb ram? All the current tabs have 1gb ram so this seems like it might be an issue. Just wondering. Cheers - jtaylor991
P.S. I'd love to learn how to help you guys in doing this stuff

aww why did you have to point that out ;( lol now im skeptical.im pretty sure xda will get honeycomb running on 512mb,maybe without the 3d animations but owell,and i hope i used skeptical correctly in the sentence above lol

Honeycomb can run on the Nook, so i don't forsee any problem running on our gtab

Acer Iconia Tab A100 announced w/ Tegra250 and 512MB RAM w/ Honeycomb.

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Acer Iconia Tab A100 announced w/ Tegra250 and 512MB RAM w/ Honeycomb.
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nice work i was worried

If gingerbread can run on my original mt3g, honeycreams can run on the Gtab. I can't foresee the android os doubling in size over night. Even if it did it would all be crap bloatware. Froyo has over 30megs of crap bloatware that are considered system apps and loaded into ram. That's like 1/4 of the total size of the os. Five minutes with system app remover and its all good.

They put Honey Comb on the G1 original released android phone from T-Mobile, I think were going to be just fine lol

Maybe Roebeet or any other Xoom owner can tell us how much free ram he has on a freshly booted Xoom. That should give us some kind of indication if 512mb is enough,right?

512 is fine... y settle for less, get a zoom or something else for twice the price if your woried

the ram in g tablet is extendable to over 1gb.
You have to open it and weld it yourself; the issue with this is that current roms(froyo and gingerbread) dont support the upgrade without the necessary modifications. If we get a honeycream rom with 1gb and 513kb variants, surely, whoever wants can make the ram upgrade in their local computing workshop or by themselves.
Cheer for the mods and lets wait a little longer for the honeycream AOSP and a port for g tablet.

Pazzu510 said:
the ram in g tablet is extendable to over 1gb.
You have to open it and weld it yourself; the issue with this is that current roms(froyo and gingerbread) dont support the upgrade without the necessary modifications. If we get a honeycream rom with 1gb and 513kb variants, surely, whoever wants can make the ram upgrade in their local computing workshop or by themselves.
Cheer for the mods and lets wait a little longer for the honeycream AOSP and a port for g tablet.
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Im going to guess this as sarcasm? lol if not that would be interesting if someone soldered a 1gb in place. Def would make this thing a little more interesting. I'm pretty savvy at soldering but that might take the cake.

Not a sarcasm srry. This is what i have been learning from the community so far, but i might have gotten wrong info though. I have never opened the tab myself.
Overal, i am a soldering rookie myself.... XD

there is nothing xda developers wont be able to find a cure for

yourdudeness said:
there is nothing xda developers wont be able to find a cure for
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Mal pattern baldness?

Pazzu510 said:
Not a sarcasm srry. This is what i have been learning from the community so far, but i might have gotten wrong info though. I have never opened the tab myself.
Overal, i am a soldering rookie myself.... XD
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I thought it's a sarcasm as well, I meant if you are going to do hardware mod, why stop at 1GB?

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I thought it's a sarcasm as well, I meant if you are going to do hardware mod, why stop at 1GB?
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Would be kind of sweet to see someone throw in a 2gb micro memory card from like a dell or toshiba tablet that are the really small sized ones! sick lol but we can only dream!
Anyone got a pic of the mobo? I couldnt find a good teardown thread. thanks

Friend had a Xoom for about 3 days. When he killed all apps w Adv task killer he showed 300 MB free. Same as me on GTab. So extra 512 almost entirely used by new OS?
Gonz

mpguy84 said:
Would be kind of sweet to see someone throw in a 2gb micro memory card from like a dell or toshiba tablet that are the really small sized ones! sick lol but we can only dream!
Anyone got a pic of the mobo? I couldnt find a good teardown thread. thanks
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Heres the teardown thread, page 14 has really good pics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842354
As for the ram, all thats mentioned is an additional free space to solder on more ram, havent heard of anyone actually doing it though

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I thought it's a sarcasm as well, I meant if you are going to do hardware mod, why stop at 1GB?
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The Tegra2 does not support more than 1GB.

cruiser771 said:
Heres the teardown thread, page 14 has really good pics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842354
As for the ram, all thats mentioned is an additional free space to solder on more ram, havent heard of anyone actually doing it though
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Thank you! So it looks like all we would need are the 4 chips, then create a custom stencel to create the solder beads and then just heat them up enough to melt the solder on just the chips themselves without burning up the rest of the board lol.
IDK if anyones seen how they re bead the xbox 360's in mexico, but im sure its the same concept.
It looks like the ram on it are standard Hynix ram. Pat number HY5PS1G831C
http://www.hynix.com/datasheet/pdf/dram/HY5PS1G4(8.16)31C(L)FP-xxI(Rev0.1).pdf
I wonder if theres a premade stencil for this. hmm, maybe some fun lol
FYI there 4x 128mb ddr2, I'm sure if I can find a stick of memory with the same rom chips on them for cheap I could desolder ball it and try it out for fun! IDK though, I just got it like last week lol

[Q] Doubting my purchase. who else?

so i ended up buying at my local best buy. i was surprised they had both the tablet and dock in stock. also the thirve. this was almost a week ago. but anyhow. i have not had any issues so far, but im seeing people with issues... should i just return it that i still have time. or should i just keep it and get a extended warranty?

If you arent having any issues with it and doubting your purchase that means you were doubtful before buying it... So why did you buy it?
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Goodness, just get an ipad 2 and get it over with.

i was actually. but i wanted it. my like for this tablet started with my fail attempt with the atrix.
and no i find the iPad stupid.
ehh, i just don't want it to mess up. how is service with asus?

You bought the thing based on what others told you. Now you want to return it based what yet another mob told you. Have you tried making your own decisions?

Carl LaFong said:
You bought the thing based on what others told you. Now you want to return it based what yet another mob told you. Have you tried making your own decisions?
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Signs of an apple fanboy or a trendwhore, get the iPad and be assimilated into the apple lifestyle
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Signs of an apple fanboy or a trendwhore
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What signs are you referring to, specifically?

Damn, this place is pretty hostile...
OP, if you're not having any issues with your transformer, I see no reason why you would want to return it based on others' defective units.

Spd2Last said:
Damn, this place is pretty hostile...
OP, if you're not having any issues with your transformer, I see no reason why you would want to return it based on others' defective units.
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yeah the only problems i see that most people are having is light bleed and creaking within the case. if you don't have any of these then i suggest you keep it. No matter what device you go to next there will always be some issue as I have yet to come across a perfect phone/tablet.

No doubts
Definetaly no doubts. Beautiful piece of equipment, the Transformer.
Though it is a fact that within a year I'd like to have another tablet, since the ones we are not seeing are first-stage devices, not much more than prototypes. Devices two years from now will have 5 times the memory capacity, 2-3 times the power, better and more responsive screens, much more mature apps etc. And can probably do things we can only guess now.
But I plan to last 2 years before the next device. Well, maybe.

I was just joking, lol
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the ONLY place i want to hear creaking is sitting out front at Cracker Barrel in one of those large rocking chairs.

i just dont want to encounter problems. and there seems to be quiet a bunch. my tablet doesnt have any. at the moment. but i dont want it to mess up later on. hardware wise. but i like it. i really do. just known issues put me at that place where i think if i should return it or hope for the best. and for the second time i dont like ipads... over sized ipod. i already have a iPod.
and im not a trend whore... if i was i would of gone with a recently released galaxy tab...

All devices have problems. The ipad2 has screen bleed. Get over it. I traded my ipad 2 for a transformer. While it worked well, the lack of functionally killed it. It is overly simplified so much that if becomes bothersome. iTunes also kills it. A tablet pc shouldn't have to rely on another PC foo function.
Same with the Samsung galaxy 10.1.... lack of ports. The thrive looks huge. Unless that tablet packs something magical, eh. Thing looks like if came straight from 1999.
Asus Transformer 3.1 pwnd
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If you arent having any issues with it and doubting your purchase that means you were doubtful before buying it... So why did you buy it?
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Uh no? He specifically stated that this doubt occurred when he read all of the horror stories about it.
Service at Asus is terrible. Long wait times (some have stated up to or more than a month "Waiting for Parts"), some people claim they blamed damages that were caused either by the service center or the post office on them. If they find a single ding on the bezel they'll send it back to you as out of warranty. One lady had hers come back with a gash on the back.
The list goes on. You don't want to deal with them. You also have to pay money to send it back to them.
If you're doubting your purchase now, I would return it.

What the OP is experiencing is the Buyers Remorse, we all went through that stage in a way or another.
Just play with it for a fewdays, if didn't get over it just return it. I myself ordered a transformer from the new egg, almost a month ago, however it turned out that they don't accept international credit card, so my money is stuck, I am supposed to cash it in a week time or so, meanwhile I had the time to investigate couple of new tablets that came to the market, the Galaxy and the Thrive, but looks like I will stick to the Transformer and reorder it back.
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Xoom 2?

Does anybody think that the xoom 2 is worth getting over the first one
(for the record I don't have one)
was planning to get one in January, so if the xoom 2 is released in the USA by then which one should I get?
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The Xoom does everything I want it to do (MZ601/UK/3g).
I'll be looking at a new one when they come out jsut because I can.
Best bet is to see what the second gen units bring to the table and what gains (for you) they offer over the new ones, if you have a friend with a tablet then have a play, doesnt have to be a Xoom anything will do just to see what you make of them in general, best to get one that will do what you want instead of just buying one thats well OTT for YOUR needs..
Chances are there will be loads of people like me that'll be selling there Gen1 tablets when the new ones are out meaning you can pick up a decent second hand bargain, if people are like me you'll get a decent bundle for less than what you would buy a new unit for, for instance I have a car charger, the motorola folio case, the motorola rubber cover an Otterbox and a 16Gb mSD card, that lot will still come in cheaper than a brand new one but it really does depend on what you want/need from it..

I dont think so. The xoom does everything the new one does. From what I've read there's nothing that really stands out that will make me make the jump.
http://androidapproved.com/item/mot...oom-2-media-edition-coming-midnovember-to-uk/

Was hoping for a quad core but this one has the TI-omap. How does that process vs tegra 3?

also only has 16 GB. That's a step down in my book. They also don't mention an sd slot.

felix.akinyemi said:
I dont think so. The xoom does everything the new one does. From what I've read there's nothing that really stands out that will make me make the jump.
http://androidapproved.com/item/mot...oom-2-media-edition-coming-midnovember-to-uk/
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The ability to scribe with the forthcoming Moto digital stylus is enough for me since my slate is used in both a boardroom and classroom.

So basically thee devices are just Xoom+'s then as theres not really anything second Gen about then in the slightest...

Trig0r said:
So basically thee devices are just Xoom+'s then as theres not really anything second Gen about then in the slightest...
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Pretty much. I've got mine already - it seems better polished than the Xoom, but I can't really tell much in the way of performance - I've only had limited exposure to the original. And as kuroguy mentioned, there's sadly no SD slot (at least in the UK version) - though there *is* what appears to be a useless flap. Wonder if I'll figure that one out any time soon...
Still, it certainly performs well enough for everything I need - note-taking, youtube and the occasional bit of gaming. I just wish I could've found a full spec sheet before I bought it!

tr00st said:
...there *is* what appears to be a useless flap. Wonder if I'll figure that one out any time soon...
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I remember reading somewhere it was a defunct SIM card slot. Perhaps the decision to remove this feature was after the cases had been manufacturered.
Off topic, but shouldn't XDA now have a dedicated 'Xoom 2' forum?

I don't think so because it isn't much better *and* this model is so much cheaper now. If the increase in price was proportional to the increase in improvement, that would be more reasonable.
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I love my xoom and also own a touchpad running android and the xoom is just a great device. Touchpad already sent in for repair.

Got one
Got a XOOM 2 yesterday and it is sleeker thinner and sexier, but this native 3.2.2 sucks ass. Very laggy at times. Can I run a custom xoom rom on it?.l

No you can't install xoom roms and firmwares and there is no custom roms yet because of the locked bootloader . Yes honeycomb is a bit laggy for my taste too and that's why all of us wants ics as soon as possible. I install adw launcher because of that and i use most of the time firefox 11 beta for internet to have better lag free experience( if you make few customizations in about:config firefox can be very fast) .
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Lenovo IdeaPad A2109

I'm thinking about picking up one of these tablets.. any idea if they've been rooted? Any custom roms?
Thanks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834310536

Well I have one (in my signature), and there is no official root I know of. However, this device is very similar to Asus transformer infinity and also runs pics, which as an almost universal root tool somewhere (don't remember where to find it). I am hoping someone would be willing to test this on the a2109, as theres many things I wish for root with. As for roms, cwm will need to be made for this and, again, infinity pad may help. But in all honesty, this is so fast that I would be too concerned for roms. Theming would be nice though
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shirtlessrabbit4 said:
Well I have one (in my signature), and there is no official root I know of. However, this device is very similar to Asus transformer infinity and also runs pics, which as an almost universal root tool somewhere (don't remember where to find it). I am hoping someone would be willing to test this on the a2109, as theres many things I wish for root with. As for roms, cwm will need to be made for this and, again, infinity pad may help. But in all honesty, this is so fast that I would be too concerned for roms. Theming would be nice though
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Would love to post a link. Check the lenovo forums.
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joshag said:
I'm thinking about picking up one of these tablets.. any idea if they've been rooted? Any custom roms?
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A buy-it-now is on the auction site for $260, including shipping. Very slightly (obviously) used. I'm quite happy with mine.

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Would love to post a link. Check the lenovo forums.
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A buy-it-now is on the auction site for $260, including shipping. Very slightly (obviously) used. I'm quite happy with mine.
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Just bought one at Best Buy for 259.00 this thing is smooth and fast I'm impressed. The screen is its only down fall. Head on viewing is not that bad. Definitely worth the 259.00

rand33099 said:
Just bought one at Best Buy for 259.00 this thing is smooth and fast I'm impressed. The screen is its only down fall. Head on viewing is not that bad. Definitely worth the 259.00
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I totally agree the speed and smooth, I actually went in to get the ASUS TF300F, but when I held it was just too heavy. There are a few cons such as the camera and the lack of pretty much any accessories. I'd read on another forum that a guy got the Galaxy 8.9 case M-EDGE case for it, so I got the 14.99 one and it fits, though it is pretty tight, and doesn't close completely. It's close enough that I don't worry about anything scratching the screen. Also the way it folds does allow you to use the camera with ease and none of the buttons are covered. I've spent 4 hours searching for a case made specifically for the tablet and not even the MFG has one yet. They do have a picture of a smart cover, but it's nowhere on the site or anywhere else.
I think the people that make non OEM products have bought into the reviews slamming the tablet so much that they didn't decide to make anything for it, which is pretty sad. It's an awesome tablet for people on a budget and doesn't like the garden wall of the KF, lack of additional memory of both the KF and Nexus, and IMHO the specs are awesome. The salesperson did a bench mark test in store and was totally shocked at the rankings it ranked well above all the big name tablets, so at 259 I was definitely sold.
Speaking of the screen, I've viewed it at every angle that I use and there was no problem. I've previously owned the Toshiba Thrive 10.1 and this baby blows it out the water with ease. I kept my KF because trade in went down to 35.00 from 75.00 within a week.
Maybe with people giving positive feedback, more retailers will carry products for it.

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Speaking of the screen, I've viewed it at every angle that I use and there was no problem. I've previously owned the Toshiba Thrive 10.1 and this baby blows it out the water with ease. I kept my KF because trade in went down to 35.00 from 75.00 within a week.
Maybe with people giving positive feedback, more retailers will carry products for it.
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I've been posting reviews to every site I can think of, except Amazon. They still haven't gotten their **** together regarding the A2109 specs. Probably a campaign of FUD to sell their own products. Newegg, though, has very few reviews so far...

For those of you not on the Lenovo forums yet, there is now a dev ROM for the A2109. Right now we're at the point of having root, cwm, and a ROM free of bloatware and deodexed -- ready for some theming. Not like I've done any of the work -- by "we" I mean thanks to mcl we now have it.
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Well, I took the Lenovo A2109 back to Best Buy today and swapped it for the ASUS TF300T 16GB for a 90.00 difference. They have the same specs under the hood based on a few quick searches on the web. Honestly I hated to do it, because I rather liked the A2109, but the screen kept doing these weird flashes. At first I thought it was something I was doing, but I googled it and it's a known issue. I decided that with the screen already being the only bad thing about the tab and then the flashing I'd just go with something else. Luckily BB had the 16GB ASUS in stock, since it wasn't there the last few times I checked.
There seems to be more support and accessories for the ASUS tab as well. I've not had the chance to test it yet because apparently you have to let it charge a couple of hours before you can use it. (Thought I'd have to make another trip to BB)
I'll update on my blog when I get some play time with it. Just before I took the A2109 back I ran AnTuTu and Vellamo tests on it for S&G and it ranked pretty high, so I want to see if the ASUS tab does the same thing.
I can't post any urls here as a new member, but there is a link to my blog on my profile. Just case anyone is interested.

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Well, I took the Lenovo A2109 back to Best Buy today and swapped it for the ASUS TF300T 16GB for a 90.00 difference. They have the same specs under the hood based on a few quick searches on the web. Honestly I hated to do it, because I rather liked the A2109, but the screen kept doing these weird flashes. At first I thought it was something I was doing, but I googled it and it's a known issue. I decided that with the screen already being the only bad thing about the tab and then the flashing I'd just go with something else. Luckily BB had the 16GB ASUS in stock, since it wasn't there the last few times I checked.
There seems to be more support and accessories for the ASUS tab as well. I've not had the chance to test it yet because apparently you have to let it charge a couple of hours before you can use it. (Thought I'd have to make another trip to BB)
I'll update on my blog when I get some play time with it. Just before I took the A2109 back I ran AnTuTu and Vellamo tests on it for S&G and it ranked pretty high, so I want to see if the ASUS tab does the same thing.
I can't post any urls here as a new member, but there is a link to my blog on my profile. Just case anyone is interested.
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$90 more? Ooooh... I'd ask for a refund and see how this turns out
Josh

Spec wise the Nook tab can't touch the ASUS or Lenovo. The only place it would be beat the Lenovo is the screen. Right now the ASUS is running stock JB and still out performing the Lenovo, which I bought for the specs in spite of the screen.
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Spec wise the Nook tab can't touch the ASUS or Lenovo. The only place it would be beat the Lenovo is the screen. Right now the ASUS is running stock JB and still out performing the Lenovo, which I bought for the specs in spite of the screen.
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Let me know how you like it.
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Lenovo A2109 Rooted and CWM Recovery
joshag said:
I'm thinking about picking up one of these tablets.. any idea if they've been rooted? Any custom roms?
Thanks
Bought this tab probally about a month ago didn't see any rooting methods. I thought I would sit this one out for about a month and see what the devs have come up with. None of the work goes to me (I am just a noob) but I just thought I would share this link with you regarding this tablets develepment.
Because I am a noob I cannont post any links so you can view my profile to see the link
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joshag said:
I'm thinking about picking up one of these tablets.. any idea if they've been rooted? Any custom roms?
Thanks
Bought this tab probally about a month ago didn't see any rooting methods. I thought I would sit this one out for about a month and see what the devs have come up with. None of the work goes to me (I am just a noob) but I just thought I would share this link with you regarding this tablets develepment. Because I am a noob I can't post any links so you can view my profile to see the link
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There is considerable development on the ROM front on the Lenovo official forums. I can't link either because I'm a n00b too, but with just a simple google search using the model name bought it up.
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geekygirl74 said:
Well, I took the Lenovo A2109 back to Best Buy today and swapped it for the ASUS TF300T 16GB for a 90.00 difference. They have the same specs under the hood based on a few quick searches on the web. Honestly I hated to do it, because I rather liked the A2109, but the screen kept doing these weird flashes. At first I thought it was something I was doing, but I googled it and it's a known issue. I decided that with the screen already being the only bad thing about the tab and then the flashing I'd just go with something else. Luckily BB had the 16GB ASUS in stock, since it wasn't there the last few times I checked.
There seems to be more support and accessories for the ASUS tab as well. I've not had the chance to test it yet because apparently you have to let it charge a couple of hours before you can use it. (Thought I'd have to make another trip to BB)
I'll update on my blog when I get some play time with it. Just before I took the A2109 back I ran AnTuTu and Vellamo tests on it for S&G and it ranked pretty high, so I want to see if the ASUS tab does the same thing.
I can't post any urls here as a new member, but there is a link to my blog on my profile. Just case anyone is interested.
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Just picked one of these up tonight -- primarily for the family (non-techie wife & 2nd grade daughter). We've used it for a little over an hour and I'm already noticing random screen flashes. So far they're not anywhere near annoying enough to think about taking it back, but I'm keeping an eye on it. So far very, very pleased!

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Just picked one of these up tonight -- primarily for the family (non-techie wife & 2nd grade daughter). We've used it for a little over an hour and I'm already noticing random screen flashes. So far they're not anywhere near annoying enough to think about taking it back, but I'm keeping an eye on it. So far very, very pleased!
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Excellent! I have noticed the screen glitches myself, and they don't seem to become more frequent or serious over time, so I think what you see is what you will get. I suppose you notice them more when you are concentrating on it. Ordinarily a defect like this would drive me crazy, but for the price I'll overlook it!
Come on over to the Lenovo forums if you want to talk to a larger audience
Josh
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GTabJosh said:
Excellent! I have noticed the screen glitches myself, and they don't seem to become more frequent or serious over time, so I think what you see is what you will get. I suppose you notice them more when you are concentrating on it. Ordinarily a defect like this would drive me crazy, but for the price I'll overlook it!
Come on over to the Lenovo forums if you want to talk to a larger audience
Josh
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That's good to know (that it doesn't seem to get worse). Is there a forum area focused on this device?

HaveAnEpiphany said:
That's good to know (that it doesn't seem to get worse). Is there a forum area focused on this device?
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The only forum so far is at Lenovo:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaPad-IdeaTab-Slate-Tablets/bd-p/Idea_Slate
There are multiple devices in this forum, not just the A2109. There's a reasonably active group of users over there tho.
Josh

I just wanted to come back let you know that the ASUS TF300 is indeed awesome. Even though the two tablets share most of the same specs, the ASUS tab seems to just fly and I have to admit the screen alone was well worth the additional money.
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geekygirl74 said:
I just wanted to come back let you know that the ASUS TF300 is indeed awesome. Even though the two tablets share most of the same specs, the ASUS tab seems to just fly and I have to admit the screen alone was well worth the additional money.
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Yeah? I'm jealous. Of course, at this point I'd be pre-ordering the Nexus 10 if I were willing to pay more than the $250 I shelled out for this guy. The one thing I would miss, tho, is the convenient size. I really like how easy it is to handle. The 10" on the Gtab were a little much for me. Rationalizations... But now I have an upgrade to look forward to -- after mcl & I get an overclocking kernel running
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Yeah? I'm jealous. Of course, at this point I'd be pre-ordering the Nexus 10 if I were willing to pay more than the $250 I shelled out for this guy. The one thing I would miss, tho, is the convenient size. I really like how easy it is to handle. The 10" on the Gtab were a little much for me. Rationalizations... But now I have an upgrade to look forward to -- after mcl & I get an overclocking kernel running
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I've been thinking about the Nexus 7 inch since the 16 GB model dropped to 199 to replace my KF. I still think 7 inches is the sweet spot for a portable tablet, and I'd also love to have the "true" Android experience with out MFG tweaks, but that will be after the New Year and who knows what will be available then. They seem to be introducing the next big thing every week now.:laugh: