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[Q] when are we going to see a teardown video?

When do you think or have you seen a Transformer tear down video?

I requested it from iFixIt already.

the only reason i want to see tear down pics is so i can confirm my belief that the internal memory is simply a microsd card.
other than that i hate seing teardowns/repair manuals because its so hard for me to hold off from taking the thing apart!! (im a hardware junkie)
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Maybe they can't find one in stock hehe
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fone_fanatic said:
the only reason i want to see tear down pics is so i can confirm my belief that the internal memory is simply a microsd card.
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I've seen SSD mentioned somewhere? If it's just a micro SD then that could be very interesting. Not that I'm willing to risk opening up my Transformer to find out.

fone_fanatic said:
the only reason i want to see tear down pics is so i can confirm my belief that the internal memory is simply a microsd card
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I wouldn't count on that. It's most likely eMMC, which uses the same interface as SD, but is designed to be soldered to the PCB.
http://www.toshiba.com/taec/Catalog/Line.do?familyid=7&lineid=900195

Memoette SDXC Micro SD?

hey guys
Picked up a 32 Gb micro SD card from CEX made by these guys. Supposedly a class 10 card, with transfer speeds of approximately 1Mb, yes tats right ladies and gents.
1 MB!!!!!
Surely this isnt right, do you think ive been had and it might be a fake? Or do you think i have formatted it wrong?

Its sounds like a fake card.
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hmmmm im unsure though, sometimes formatting it incorrectly can have a negative effect

Is the brand memorette?
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yes it is , i just spelt it wrong
its currently in an SD adaptor putting music on it

fkofilee said:
yes it is , i just spelt it wrong
its currently in an SD adaptor putting music on it
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I heard that those cards don't hold up to its full capacity. Try filling the card up.
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Also how did you format the card?
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via windows, what worries me is the total capacity of the card SHOULD NOT be 30.7 , it should be something along the lines of 27.9 GB?

wow! thats the new card that everyones talking about. thats the one that has a free alien with it right?

fkofilee said:
via windows, what worries me is the total capacity of the card SHOULD NOT be 30.7 , it should be something along the lines of 27.9 GB?
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Then you probably did fromat it the right way, I never trusted that brand. My 32gb micro sd card has 29.7gb available. Btw my card is a Sandisk.
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is that the total capacity ? or free space? could i be wrong and it is supposed to hold 30.7 GB?
And free aliens are not included @[email protected]

fkofilee said:
is that the total capacity ? or free space? could i be wrong and it is supposed to hold 30.7 GB?
And free aliens are not included @[email protected]
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That's my whole capacity. I don't think its supposed to be 30.7. Just try filling up the card.
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might take a while... FP?

yep its ****, i put 23 Gb worth of music on there, and it rubbed off leaving me with 5 Gb....

Bad times!
I have had so many negative experiences with micro sd cards, but since i brought my PNY 16 gig all has been fine.
Sucks when crap like you mention happens.

Yeah, if you bought it online, get a refund. Sucks
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sounds like a fake, I don't trust unknown cards anymore... memory reliability is very important to me, try to get a refund if you can!

good news is i bought from CEX which is a hardware store and they only had one in stock, i trust CEX with my heart as they are awesome, and i dont think they would have knowingly done this and sold me it, they explained today when i took it back that they were sorry.
I said it was fine and it happens, but they said they couldnt do anything till they had fully tested it, so i said not to worry and they gave me a microSD adaptor to see if it could make any difference and sadly it didnt... ,
I will take it back and let them test it and ill tell them to load lots of data on it and see where it goes xd , thats what happened to me
So i fight on

These memorette microsd are pure garbage. Just google them, you'll see a load of people with problems.
Stick with the legit makers, don't skimp on your data storage.

[Q] Make camera save to internal storage

Is this possible?
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More than likely not considering all your internal space is for apps.
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tmease1 said:
More than likely not considering all your internal space is for apps.
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I am sure it is that but i also think we would have to have the bootloader unlocked to do that too. A better idea would be to just get a bigger microSD card. I am sure a 32 gb class 10 card would be more than enough to hold music and photos.

kindacrazyazn said:
I am sure it is that but i also think we would have to have the bootloader unlocked to do that too. A better idea would be to just get a bigger microSD card. I am sure a 32 gb class 10 card would be more than enough to hold music and photos.
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I'm using a 32 10 Doesn't mean it's enough!

4GB internal storage for user apps is a big waste.

kisnerct said:
I'm using a 32 10 Doesn't mean it's enough!
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I think it is time to transfer some of those photos to your computer or delete some.

PhoenixNghi said:
4GB internal storage for user apps is a big waste.
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Im not sure it is.....ive only got 1.2gb left. Lol
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kisnerct said:
I'm using a 32 10 Doesn't mean it's enough!
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Class 10 sometimes won't play nice with these phones. The sweet spot is class 6. And yea, maybe someday we will be able to use it but I doubt it. That would mean that after the bootloader is unlocked (if ever) that devs would need to take on the project and many people are already leaving this phone behind.
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Can you add ram to a g2x

This may be a dumb question but if for example had the chips from a phone with a gig of ram could you switch it with the ram on a g2x
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No, it is soldered to the motherboard.
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that's not what he asked what we need to know is the hw compatable? if you know what you are doing you can unsolder & resolder anything.
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adeptustech said:
that's not what he asked what we need to know is the hw compatable? if you know what you are doing you can unsolder & resolder anything.
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If he's able to do the labor then he should just find out for himself by doing it. It's not meant to be exchanged or upgradable, but if he thinks he has compatible phone ram off another phone then he should try and be done with it.

PhantomRampage said:
If he's able to do the labor then he should just find out for himself by doing it. It's not meant to be exchanged or upgradable, but if he thinks he has compatible phone off another phone then he should try and be done with it.
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I wish there was an anti thanks button.
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If this can be done maybe we can double the screen too ... I wouldn't mind having a larger screen!
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That'd be sweet. But as far as labor, you need soldering wire and micro soldering tip with high power magnifier so you can see all the contact points. This process is known as microman, micro management. Kind of a pain. As far as hw goes, I'm sure there is a chip set somewhere you can use. Might have to rewrite code for it to function as max spec and to even allow the programs to run.

I have the a broken Motorola atrix and access to a iomega soldering tech I would like to thank those that helped ill try and let you know
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PhantomRampage said:
If he's able to do the labor then he should just find out for himself by doing it. It's not meant to be exchanged or upgradable, but if he thinks he has compatible phone off another phone then he should try and be done with it.
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And the nay Sayers have begun
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Good luck not destroying the phone.
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redmonke255 said:
Good luck not destroying the phone.
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With a steady hand he'll be fine. It more of not dripping sweat onto the solder.

Or you can buy a superfast microsd, and use virtual memory. Than use zRam

nitrogen618 said:
Or you can buy a superfast microsd, and use virtual memory. Than use zRam
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Doh Never thought of that still think ill try I have a upgrade waiting anyway
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I want to follow this, don't think it'll work however.
But please prove me wrong .
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nitrogen618 said:
Or you can buy a superfast microsd, and use virtual memory. Than use zRam
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Details ?

sbcdave said:
I wish there was an anti thanks button.
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monte666 said:
And the nay Sayers have begun
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What? All I said was that it wasn't made to be exchanged or upgraded, but to give it a shot if he has the know-how. How is that bad in any way or saying that it's impossible?
Reading comprehension problems, anyone?

buru898 said:
Details ?
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I'm not 100% sure but...
Get some fast class 10 micro SD from Samsung (Their SD are blazing fast)
And download Swapper2, or any swapping app from the market...
Note: Slow SD WILL result in a slower performance

nitrogen618 said:
I'm not 100% sure but...
Get some fast class 10 micro SD from Samsung (Their SD are blazing fast)
And download Swapper2, or any swapping app from the market...
Note: Slow SD WILL result in a slower performance
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Ah that's what I thought . Thank you lol. I used to use it before... not too sure if it made a difference but I'll try it again.

^ Don't get some cheap arse 1 dollar store SD card and use swap... Those will slow your device to a snail pace.

Just curious... How are you planning to reprogram the micro controller to access the new address space???
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SD Card Slot on all Android phones?

How many others think SD Card slot should be added to Google's minimum hardware requirements for Android?
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Google doesn't have minimum hardware requirements on anything about Android which is one of the reasons why its so open but fragmented.
Manufacturers didn't listen to Google anyway when they wanted to add softkeys as seen on the gnexus. GS3? Old layout, capacitive, and single physical button. HOX? New layout but capacitive.
MOTO seems to be listening but probably because Mobility was bought by Google
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c5satellite2 said:
How many others think SD Card slot should be added to Google's minimum hardware requirements for Android?
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Regardless of the google requirements, I think all manufacturers should think that microsd is mandatory. I have never purchased a phone/camera/pda etc in the last 10 years without sd/microsd.

c5satellite2 said:
How many others think SD Card slot should be added to Google's minimum hardware requirements for Android?
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Hi
Personally I would like an SD slot to be available on all Android devices. I would have loved for the HTC ONE X to have an expandable memory slot as I have had a few HTC devices and always been happy with them. My upgrade is due in a few months and for me anyway that is THE only deciding factor for choosing the Galaxy SIII over the One X. Both in my opinion are very good handsets and certainly do what I would want to do with them. But was gutted to see that there was no expandable slot. Yes, I know in these days 'Cloud services' will cater for most peoples needs, but I dont know why but I have always been wary of such services. Again, yes...I know, I am probably just being paranoid but for me nothing beats a memory card slot. :good:

All the contrary
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How many others think SD Card slot should be added to Google's minimum hardware requirements for Android?
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Unfortunately, this is now all the contrary. Nexus devices will never have a SD slot, and Google would like manufacturers to do the same.

HappyDr0id said:
Unfortunately, this is now all the contrary. Nexus devices will never have a SD slot, and Google would like manufacturers to do the same.
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Can you cite a source for that last snippet of info?
Google have, to my knowledge, never dictated hardware to manufacturers for Android.
Internal memory is only going to get bigger, with 16GB being the minimum, and then a couple of years later 32GB will be the minimum.
OTG will remove the need for the removable feature as you will be able to get card readers to plug into the phone's socket.
With 4G speeds syncing to a cloud will be quick so the security/privacy/data loss through involvement with a toilet risks will be out weighed, or you'll sync to your home PC (something I'd much prefer) rather than through a 3rd party.

While it would be cool, I do not think google would ever do it.
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The day Google post a minimum system requirements for android phones, that day the user experience will be always fine! :highfive:

I think google will recommend manufacturers not to have ad card slot. Anyway IMO .. OTG is good enough
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gagdude said:
Google doesn't have minimum hardware requirements on anything about Android which is one of the reasons why its so open but fragmented.
Manufacturers didn't listen to Google anyway when they wanted to add softkeys as seen on the gnexus. GS3? Old layout, capacitive, and single physical button. HOX? New layout but capacitive.
MOTO seems to be listening but probably because Mobility was bought by Google
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Agree with it ... Until now google doesn't have minimum hardware requirements

If you look at the Google nexus devices and look at the Google blog they want to remove SD card slots and deal only with internal and cloud based storage.
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When the galaxy nexus came out there was reasons given for why they wanted to move away from sd. If anything google would be more likely to specify no sd slot.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
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If they completely remove micro SD card, then these phones shouldn't be called "smartphones", but "mediaphones". Even "dumbphones" have micro SD card slots, why shouldn't smart phones?

gbroon said:
When the galaxy nexus came out there was reasons given for why they wanted to move away from sd. If anything google would be more likely to specify no sd slot.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/mg14z/whoa_whoa_ics_doesnt_support_usb_mass_storage/
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They don't want us to have large SD cards with our music, movies, and tv shows on it. The ugly head of DRM!
We need to get on this now before it gets worse.
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c5satellite2 said:
They don't want us to have large SD cards with our music, movies, and tv shows on it. The ugly head of DRM!
We need to get on this now before it gets worse.
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You seem a little upset for someone with a phone that doesn't have an SD card slot.
If that is what Google what's from their OS who are we to tell them no.
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zelendel said:
You seem a little upset for someone with a phone that doesn't have an SD card slot.
If that is what Google what's from their OS who are we to tell them no.
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Not exactly what I expected thinking about this post.

unless there's like 64GB of onboard memory, I would opt for having microsd slot.

mixxers said:
unless there's like 64GB of onboard memory, I would opt for having microsd slot.
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It will happen soon enough I am sure.
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Long run, I think phasing out SD cards is a good idea.

Ronan1888 said:
Long run, I think phasing out SD cards is a good idea.
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Why?
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