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I bought this Gtablet when my wife and I were out doing last minute Christmas shopping on Friday afternoon. No actual live unit on display or available at Sears so bought one based on hope. My first impressions were very mixed. It was painfully slow when I first booted it up while waiting for my wife who had gone into another store and I waited for her in the car (plugged in using inverter we carry with us). Later when we got home it downloaded the update and that helped the speed issue (but still sluggish) but I've run into all kinds of issues that have me ready to return this thing.
First thing I noticed is the number of times that apps force close on the GT including the browser built into the unit. That is about to drive me nuts but I discovered another even more major issue - for me. I planned to use this device to log into our webmail server when I'm travelling in order to get my mail. I can log into the webmail and I can bring up the mail but when I open a piece of email I cannot scroll the screen to read the entire email. I also have a Moto DX and I can read my email via web just fine on that (don't like it because of the small screen and keyboard). So, why does my DX work fine with our webmail client and the GT not work? I am clueless and ticked off.
I was going to return it today but my wife wants me to hold off and call Viewsonic support but I have my doubts that they will be of much help. So, I'm wondering if putting up a custom ROM might help because of using a different kernel?
I have a couple of weeks to return this but I want it either working or gone so I have a proposal. I'm new to Android and don't want to take the chance of bricking this and losing my money and I need this done quickly in order to make a decision. I"m willing to pay a modest fee for someone "KNOWLEDGEABLE" to possiby teamviewer into one of my machines to to root/rom this unit. There would absolutely have to be a return to stock method in case the new rom doesn't work either.
I have a Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit machine, Win 7 Prof. 64 bit and a Win XP 32 bit machine available to use. In reading through a number of threads here it seems that various iterations of Windows have issues with the drivers for this. You can PM me here.
R
Unless you mess around with the bootloader, you cant really brick it. Nobody has yet, and I doubt you would be the first.
Also I reccomend this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885940
It is like A lite eversoin of TNT lite. It speeds it upi while keeping it stockish.
Many of us understand your experience. Most of us acknowledge that the first software was not what it should have been.
I have a modded machine which is super. I have an OTA 3389 tablet which is more than acceptable.
From your comments, it sounds to me like your plan to return is the best course of action.
The G-Tablet can be a super machine, but not without some interest in working with and improving it on your part.
Sorry this is not better news. Maybe someone else will respond with a different idea.
Rev
bijan588 said:
Unless you mess around with the bootloader, you cant really brick it. Nobody has yet, and I doubt you would be the first.
Also I reccomend this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885940
It is like A lite eversoin of TNT lite. It speeds it upi while keeping it stockish.
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Yep, just check the dev forum for instructions on installing new custom firmware. I'd also recommend making sure that you install clockwork mod 0.8 to ease backup/restores.
...OTOH from what I've heard is that the new stock fw 3389 is quite a bit better than what it ships with. And from there you can add a few minor updates, rooting, maybe the performance pack, sideload some apps and possibly the market "fix" which might be good enough for you, but even then I'd really have to recommend installing clockwork mod simply for the ease of making an image of a nicely working modified system and then being able to restore that if something messes it up...
Tablet is really nice, stable, and fast once properly setup and it's not really too hard to do any of the above IF you FOLLOW the instructions and READ them ENTIRELY and the caveats BEFOREHAND.
Really it's almost plug and play...
racedog said:
I planned to use this device to log into our webmail server when I'm travelling in order to get my mail. I can log into the webmail and I can bring up the mail but when I open a piece of email I cannot scroll the screen to read the entire email. I also have a Moto DX and I can read my email via web just fine on that (don't like it because of the small screen and keyboard). So, why does my DX work fine with our webmail client and the GT not work? I am clueless and ticked off.
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Here's a trick that works for me: if I zoom in a little on the webmail page that I cannot scroll, after the zooming in I am able to scroll to view the entire email.
I guess that soon you'll find the lack of Copy/Paste. Apple was run out of town for this and Windows Phone 7 too. At least with the G Tablet the lack of Copy/Paste seems to be limited to the stock apps.
Fuzzy John said:
Here's a trick that works for me: if I zoom in a little on the webmail page that I cannot scroll, after the zooming in I am able to scroll to view the entire email.
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Thanks John for that suggestion!! It worked and I can read my email from the G. That makes me happy.
Now for a new issue, I formatted a 16gig SD (FAT32) and put that in, the unit says that it knows that it is there but when I connect the unit using the USB cable to my Win 7 (64) machine its finds the machine, I tell it to activate USB transfer mode but I don't see SD2 in there. I wanted to transfer a pile of music onto it but can't do that since I can't see it. I tried transferring the music directly to the sd and then putting it into the G but when I do that it doesn't find anything.
I didn't really find anything on point in searching so if I'm missing that please point me to the thread.
I think I will go ahead and work with this. I've used and moded Win Mobile phones for the last ten years but am new to Android.
The offer for help still stands if anyone wants to take advantage and I would like to use it as a learning experience as I get into Android.
Oh yeah, thanks to all for the super fast responses. That is really appreciated. Even though it only shows that I have 5 or six posts here that isn't quite accurate. Many years ago when this site first opened I found it because I was using XDA phones but those were all WinMO at the time. I drifted away for a long time and when I came back now I am a new member again here. No longer a WinMo user and I really don't like Windows Phone 7 so I bought a Moto DX and love the phone, got my wife an HTC Incredible (she gave up her iPhone for that and that took a LOT of convincing on my part) but I am pretty much really happy with the Android OS and where it seesm to be going.
What I do love about the G is the size, the Galaxy Tab is just too small and the 800 horizontal resolution is too small so when I found a 10" tablet with 1024 and only $379.95 it sounded like a great deal. The screen angle is a ***** but I can live with that but I am sorely missing the Market (GMarket is sad). Looking forward to getting this machine rooted and rom'ed and up and running like it should be.
R
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racedog said:
Fuzzy John said:
Here's a trick that works for me: if I zoom in a little on the webmail page that I cannot scroll, after the zooming in I am able to scroll to view the entire email.
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Thanks John for that suggestion!! It worked and I can read my email from the G. That makes me happy.
Now for a new issue, I formatted a 16gig SD (FAT32) and put that in, the unit says that it knows that it is there but when I connect the unit using the USB cable to my Win 7 (64) machine its finds the machine, I tell it to activate USB transfer mode but I don't see SD2 in there. I wanted to transfer a pile of music onto it but can't do that since I can't see it. I tried transferring the music directly to the sd and then putting it into the G but when I do that it doesn't find anything.
I didn't really find anything on point in searching so if I'm missing that please point me to the thread.
I think I will go ahead and work with this. I've used and moded Win Mobile phones for the last ten years but am new to Android.
The offer for help still stands if anyone wants to take advantage and I would like to use it as a learning experience as I get into Android.
Oh yeah, thanks to all for the super fast responses. That is really appreciated. Even though it only shows that I have 5 or six posts here that isn't quite accurate. Many years ago when this site first opened I found it because I was using XDA phones but those were all WinMO at the time. I drifted away for a long time and when I came back now I am a new member again here. No longer a WinMo user and I really don't like Windows Phone 7 so I bought a Moto DX and love the phone, got my wife an HTC Incredible (she gave up her iPhone for that and that took a LOT of convincing on my part) but I am pretty much really happy with the Android OS and where it seesm to be going.
What I do love about the G is the size, the Galaxy Tab is just too small and the 800 horizontal resolution is too small so when I found a 10" tablet with 1024 and only $379.95 it sounded like a great deal. The screen angle is a ***** but I can live with that but I am sorely missing the Market (GMarket is sad). Looking forward to getting this machine rooted and rom'ed and up and running like it should be.
R
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Install the latest update and do a factory restore inside the security section of settings.
Then if you want install the tnt enhancement pack from the device section. Don't worry about returning to stock because they don't even open the box when you return or exchange. If they did, they would have no idea what they would be looking at.
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racedog said:
Fuzzy John said:
Here's a trick that works for me: if I zoom in a little on the webmail page that I cannot scroll, after the zooming in I am able to scroll to view the entire email.
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Thanks John for that suggestion!! It worked and I can read my email from the G. That makes me happy.
Now for a new issue, I formatted a 16gig SD (FAT32) and put that in, the unit says that it knows that it is there but when I connect the unit using the USB cable to my Win 7 (64) machine its finds the machine, I tell it to activate USB transfer mode but I don't see SD2 in there. I wanted to transfer a pile of music onto it but can't do that since I can't see it. I tried transferring the music directly to the sd and then putting it into the G but when I do that it doesn't find anything.
I didn't really find anything on point in searching so if I'm missing that please point me to the thread.
I think I will go ahead and work with this. I've used and moded Win Mobile phones for the last ten years but am new to Android.
The offer for help still stands if anyone wants to take advantage and I would like to use it as a learning experience as I get into Android.
Oh yeah, thanks to all for the super fast responses. That is really appreciated. Even though it only shows that I have 5 or six posts here that isn't quite accurate. Many years ago when this site first opened I found it because I was using XDA phones but those were all WinMO at the time. I drifted away for a long time and when I came back now I am a new member again here. No longer a WinMo user and I really don't like Windows Phone 7 so I bought a Moto DX and love the phone, got my wife an HTC Incredible (she gave up her iPhone for that and that took a LOT of convincing on my part) but I am pretty much really happy with the Android OS and where it seesm to be going.
What I do love about the G is the size, the Galaxy Tab is just too small and the 800 horizontal resolution is too small so when I found a 10" tablet with 1024 and only $379.95 it sounded like a great deal. The screen angle is a ***** but I can live with that but I am sorely missing the Market (GMarket is sad). Looking forward to getting this machine rooted and rom'ed and up and running like it should be.
R
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You should be able to see the microsd on the Gtab using, for example, ES File explorer. It'll be at /sdcard2.
As for seeing /sdcard2 from your pc, I thought I saw a post saying that if you have winamp installed on the gtab, it has an option for mounting sdcard2, and when that's enabled you can see /sdcard2. Haven't tried that myself.
Jim
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racedog said:
Fuzzy John said:
Here's a trick that works for me: if I zoom in a little on the webmail page that I cannot scroll, after the zooming in I am able to scroll to view the entire email.
QUOTE]
Thanks John for that suggestion!! It worked and I can read my email from the G. That makes me happy.
Now for a new issue, I formatted a 16gig SD (FAT32) and put that in, the unit says that it knows that it is there but when I connect the unit using the USB cable to my Win 7 (64) machine its finds the machine, I tell it to activate USB transfer mode but I don't see SD2 in there. I wanted to transfer a pile of music onto it but can't do that since I can't see it. I tried transferring the music directly to the sd and then putting it into the G but when I do that it doesn't find anything.
I didn't really find anything on point in searching so if I'm missing that please point me to the thread.
I think I will go ahead and work with this. I've used and moded Win Mobile phones for the last ten years but am new to Android.
The offer for help still stands if anyone wants to take advantage and I would like to use it as a learning experience as I get into Android.
Oh yeah, thanks to all for the super fast responses. That is really appreciated. Even though it only shows that I have 5 or six posts here that isn't quite accurate. Many years ago when this site first opened I found it because I was using XDA phones but those were all WinMO at the time. I drifted away for a long time and when I came back now I am a new member again here. No longer a WinMo user and I really don't like Windows Phone 7 so I bought a Moto DX and love the phone, got my wife an HTC Incredible (she gave up her iPhone for that and that took a LOT of convincing on my part) but I am pretty much really happy with the Android OS and where it seesm to be going.
What I do love about the G is the size, the Galaxy Tab is just too small and the 800 horizontal resolution is too small so when I found a 10" tablet with 1024 and only $379.95 it sounded like a great deal. The screen angle is a ***** but I can live with that but I am sorely missing the Market (GMarket is sad). Looking forward to getting this machine rooted and rom'ed and up and running like it should be.
R
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If you join #tegratab on freenode, I or someone else would help you. Here is a web client: http://webchat.freenode.net/
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P.S. Here's the thread about winamp and sdcard2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=880237&highlight=winamp
Ahead of the game.
Hi racedog, actually I think you are ahead of the game. You seem to have made a lot of progress if you bought this Christmas eve.
How did you get it to run in the parking lot of the mall on Christmas eve? Even with a power inverter for power, hoe did you get a WiFi connection?
So far my G Tablet is stock and I am over-all happy with it. However, after Viewsonics post that they won't be providing any support for swapping the LCD screen, I feel they are missing the point. Their post said they would be anouncing some new products soon (my guess is at CES right after the first of the year).
I might end up taking my G Tablet back to Sears and waiting for the newer, more powerful and maybe more promising second generation tablets I am sure are to come at CES.
This tablet has been fun and I may keep it, but, I would really like to know the price points on the new models at CES.
Sucks out of the box.
Erase it and start over.
Load Clockwork Recovery Mod first! Put the update.zip on the sdcard, don't worry about the external SD method.
Once you have that boot mod, it's next to impossible to screw it up.
Flash that then get TNT lite 3.1.0 plus the supplement
Make sure you format the SDCARD using the advanced menu 2048 and 0 swap r it will crash on ya.
Do the full market fix. Download Dolphin HD and you will have a very usable tablet.
racedog said:
I bought this Gtablet when my wife and I were out doing last minute Christmas shopping on Friday afternoon. No actual live unit on display or available at Sears so bought one based on hope. My first impressions were very mixed. It was painfully slow when I first booted it up while waiting for my wife who had gone into another store and I waited for her in the car (plugged in using inverter we carry with us). Later when we got home it downloaded the update and that helped the speed issue (but still sluggish) but I've run into all kinds of issues that have me ready to return this thing.
First thing I noticed is the number of times that apps force close on the GT including the browser built into the unit. That is about to drive me nuts but I discovered another even more major issue - for me. I planned to use this device to log into our webmail server when I'm travelling in order to get my mail. I can log into the webmail and I can bring up the mail but when I open a piece of email I cannot scroll the screen to read the entire email. I also have a Moto DX and I can read my email via web just fine on that (don't like it because of the small screen and keyboard). So, why does my DX work fine with our webmail client and the GT not work? I am clueless and ticked off.
I was going to return it today but my wife wants me to hold off and call Viewsonic support but I have my doubts that they will be of much help. So, I'm wondering if putting up a custom ROM might help because of using a different kernel?
I have a couple of weeks to return this but I want it either working or gone so I have a proposal. I'm new to Android and don't want to take the chance of bricking this and losing my money and I need this done quickly in order to make a decision. I"m willing to pay a modest fee for someone "KNOWLEDGEABLE" to possiby teamviewer into one of my machines to to root/rom this unit. There would absolutely have to be a return to stock method in case the new rom doesn't work either.
I have a Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit machine, Win 7 Prof. 64 bit and a Win XP 32 bit machine available to use. In reading through a number of threads here it seems that various iterations of Windows have issues with the drivers for this. You can PM me here.
R
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I will be doing the clockwork mod and putting on a new rom. The question is about formatting the card. You mention above used "advanced menu 2048", I don't know where I would find that on android on the G, or are you referring to something else?
I didn't get it connected while in the car, I just had it plugged in so that I could take a look at it and start putting a charge on it. I didn't connect until I got home. However, I DID try connecting it in the car using my Moto DX with wireless tether. The dx showed that it was running but the G never found the signal from the phone. It did see a few other secured wifi connections but it didn't see the phone. I have no idea whether this was because I don't have wifi tethering setup correctly on the DX or what the deal is but I figured I would work with that later.
I don't really care if I have to tether via usb with the phone but wifi is a lot cleaner and easier if possible. I know that easy tether and pdanet are out there but I haven't checked to see if they have an android client yet, I've only used them on my Win 7 netbook.
R
racedog said:
I will be doing the clockwork mod and putting on a new rom. The question is about formatting the card. You mention above used "advanced menu 2048", I don't know where I would find that on android on the G, or are you referring to something else?
I didn't get it connected while in the car, I just had it plugged in so that I could take a look at it and start putting a charge on it. I didn't connect until I got home. However, I DID try connecting it in the car using my Moto DX with wireless tether. The dx showed that it was running but the G never found the signal from the phone. It did see a few other secured wifi connections but it didn't see the phone. I have no idea whether this was because I don't have wifi tethering setup correctly on the DX or what the deal is but I figured I would work with that later.
I don't really care if I have to tether via usb with the phone but wifi is a lot cleaner and easier if possible. I know that easy tether and pdanet are out there but I haven't checked to see if they have an android client yet, I've only used them on my Win 7 netbook.
R
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Offer is still open on IRC
racedog said:
I will be doing the clockwork mod and putting on a new rom. The question is about formatting the card. You mention above used "advanced menu 2048", I don't know where I would find that on android on the G, or are you referring to something else?
I didn't get it connected while in the car, I just had it plugged in so that I could take a look at it and start putting a charge on it. I didn't connect until I got home. However, I DID try connecting it in the car using my Moto DX with wireless tether. The dx showed that it was running but the G never found the signal from the phone. It did see a few other secured wifi connections but it didn't see the phone. I have no idea whether this was because I don't have wifi tethering setup correctly on the DX or what the deal is but I figured I would work with that later.
I don't really care if I have to tether via usb with the phone but wifi is a lot cleaner and easier if possible. I know that easy tether and pdanet are out there but I haven't checked to see if they have an android client yet, I've only used them on my Win 7 netbook.
R
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I found that the stock rom cannot use ad-hoc networks. I had to use the hack for the 3G Hotspot app on the DX to get it working on the Gtab. Once I upgraded to TnT lite than I was able to use Wireless Tether and stopped getting all the drops and reconnects too.
I really think that you will be happy with this as soon as you mod it with what's here in this community. I have only been here for less than a week and have found answers to all my questions. Good luck.
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Offer is still open on IRC
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I appreciate the offer but because of the holidays I won't be able to take you up on it until probably Tuesday, maybe tomorrow Monday if I get REALLY lucky. I going to be trying to do as much as I can myself until them.
I wondered if the problem might be that the stock rom did not recognize ad hoc networks because I looked for the option to select it and it was not there. Thanks for that info.
R
Forgot, the winamp solution didn't work. I selected the mount option in winamp but it did nothing. I will get back to this issue once I get the greater issue of the rom and wifi connect to my phone fixed. Those are the real biggies that need fixing first.
R
Thanks to rothnic this new G has CWM installed and tnt like running on it along with Market and other apps that I've downloaded from it. What a huge difference this makes, my constant FC's seem to have stopped happening and I am now very happy with this unit. What a world of difference.
The screen is still a major issue but I can live with it (for now, will keep watching the screen swapping thread) but the device is fast, functional and completely usable whereas 24 hours ago I was set to return it to Sears but my wife talked me out of that and to try fixing it.
Again, special thanks to rothnic for all the "above and beyond" help and patience and also to all of the Gtab community here for the help and suggestions.
R
So I just tried to flash an Omnia 7 ROM on my already bricked Samsung Focus (I heard some people had got it in a working state by doing that).
Unfortunately, the Flash Tool was unable to write the new OSBL (I'm guessing OS Bootloader) and failed after erasing the original OSBL.
Now the device is probably without a bootloader. Pressing the power button doesn't do anything now. Previously, it used to get me to the Samsung logo at least or I could get into the Format mode, Download mode or Connect to Zune mode. Now it does absolutely nothing. There is no vibration, no single sign of life.
I'm about to through this thing into the trash now but I thought I should at least ask around before I do that.
Is there still any way to force into the Download Mode again even though there is no bootloader on the device?
UzEE said:
So I just tried to flash an Omnia 7 ROM on my already bricked Samsung Focus (I heard some people had got it in a working state by doing that).
Unfortunately, the Flash Tool was unable to write the new OSBL (I'm guessing OS Bootloader) and failed after erasing the original OSBL.
Now the device is probably without a bootloader. Pressing the power button doesn't do anything now. Previously, it used to get me to the Samsung logo at least or I could get into the Format mode, Download mode or Connect to Zune mode. Now it does absolutely nothing. There is no vibration, no single sign of life.
I'm about to through this thing into the trash now but I thought I should at least ask around before I do that.
Is there still any way to force into the Download Mode again even though there is no bootloader on the device?
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If you truly get to the point of throwing it away, you might consider posting it for sale or free on this site. I'm sure many people would like to have it as a parts phone.
Just a thought, as I hate to see good hardware being thrown away.
Can you not just send it back and act dumb?
You could probably flash it with JTAG. Would take a good bit of knowledge/work though.
TheDisneyMagic said:
Can you not just send it back and act dumb?
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That type of bull#hit is why the cell carriers are cracking down on rooting and custom roms. If you take the risk and f your phone up, that's completely wrong to send it in under warranty.
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Lol why would you even try? Similiar doesnt mean identical.
Sure you can try ebay for spares...
Hey, I just broke my screen on my focus and would love to take that phone off your hands.
evolutionqy7 said:
Lol why would you even try? Similiar doesnt mean identical.
Sure you can try ebay for spares...
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It was already bricked and stuck in an endless boot loop. So I thought about flashing it with an Omnia 7 ROM because the only other option was the Focus demo ROM floating around.
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TheDisneyMagic said:
Can you not just send it back and act dumb?
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I'm not in the US and it was bought for with full $400 off contract price. So wouldn't get any warranty anyways.
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UzEE said:
It was already bricked and stuck in an endless boot loop. So I thought about flashing it with an Omnia 7 ROM because the only other option was the Focus demo ROM floating around.
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I have to admit, I would have done the same...
UzEE said:
I'm not in the US and it was bought for with full $400 off contract price. So wouldn't get any warranty anyways.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App
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Ouch! I guess there's no way to recover that amount of cost, but you might try selling it on eBay and see what you can get. It should be worth AT LEAST $50 to someone. Who knows, I've seen eBay do strange things and maybe you'd get more.
Just be sure to put all this info into the listing. I've found that the more honest I am on eBay, the more money I make, even if I'm telling prospective buyers things they'd rather not hear. If you tell them everything, they will believe you more about the condition, etc. Just a thought...
seeing that the phones are built for about an 8th of the price if not more ($400) bucks is quite a big mark up , Im sure they arent losing any money this way , why not sell the phones for the actual worth , you might fins people are more honest about what they did in the first place , $400 bucks for this phone , another $400 for the ****ty service of the contract and the carrier wont even unlock the phone ,even after you have squarely paid off the contract , **** them , cheat em anyway you can , they are doing it to you!
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seeing that the phones are built for about an 8th of the price if not more ($400) bucks is quite a big mark up , Im sure they arent losing any money this way , why not sell the phones for the actual worth , you might fins people are more honest about what they did in the first place , $400 bucks for this phone , another $400 for the ****ty service of the contract and the carrier wont even unlock the phone ,even after you have squarely paid off the contract , **** them , cheat em anyway you can , they are doing it to you!
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Amen, and to everyone defending the corporations... please re-evaluate who you are fighting for... because they do not care about you, not one bit.
While it is true that Big Business is in it for the bottom line, (Money), that is also the same reasoning that they would be wanting to make their customers happy. Without happy customers, there would be no-one to make them their bottom line (Money). I'm not all for the big companies, but without them, there would be no Samsung Focus, or Apple iPhone, or HTC HD2, etc... Again, I'm not a huge fan of any of those companies, but I am a HUGE fan of consumer electronics! If they don't profit, I don't get a cool new phone every 18 months.
Just my two cents of playing devil's advocate.
samsung focus network profile and settings
i have a samsung focus it loses network connection after a while and i have to restart the phone. Also when i change the region settings it affects connectivity can anyone help with region settings for the Caribbean also any apn registry edit that can help.
I've got a focus that my computer doesn't recognize so I'm stuck using nodo until a Nokia wp7 Comes out
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jamreal said:
I've got a focus that my computer doesn't recognize so I'm stuck using nodo until a Nokia wp7 Comes out
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Try using a different USB port.
sius071 said:
i have a samsung focus it loses network connection after a while and i have to restart the phone. Also when i change the region settings it affects connectivity can anyone help with region settings for the Caribbean also any apn registry edit that can help.
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hmm, opposite of this happens to me: whithin the first minute of my phone being on, I have no data connection until that minute is up...
dunno what your phone's problem is, maybe you should bring that up with your carrier
I would have posted under my account that has been on XDA for 4 years, bluepoint150, but i can't recover the password...
Anyways, I ended up with a Demo Unit that i got for $99, it is a 32GB so i'd rather keep the unit because its $50 less than a regular 32GB unit, but I flashed to the stock 3.02 webOS before I found out that the demo units won't let you register an account.
I was trying to see if anyone had the file to allow me to return the demo unit to its original software so it could at least be used in some capacity until an Andrioid port comes out.
bluepoint951 said:
I would have posted under my account that has been on XDA for 4 years, bluepoint150, but i can't recover the password...
Anyways, I ended up with a Demo Unit that i got for $99, it is a 32GB so i'd rather keep the unit because its $50 less than a regular 32GB unit, but I flashed to the stock 3.02 webOS before I found out that the demo units won't let you register an account.
I was trying to see if anyone had the file to allow me to return the demo unit to its original software so it could at least be used in some capacity until an Andrioid port comes out.
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Here you go: http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/292374-demo-touchpad-model.html
thanks for the prompt reply; to get the most recent build to work the theory over there is to call HP and get them to "unlock" those of us with DEMO units to allow the devices to work like regular units.
I can imagine this will be a few days or it might never happen; so that's why I was looking for some way of getting the Demo OS build back so I would be able to get to webOS and get the dev kit on.
As it is right now, I can't move passed the Activation/Registration screen; thus, for now my TouchPad is a rather expensive puzzle/paperweight. I can't register a profile and I have no access to the core OS to try and get dev mode on.
On the pixi there was a way to bypass the registration screen by putting it in dev mode. Look into that, I did it for a few pixi phones I sold cheap and people just wanted to make calls rather than be explained the whole registration process. Might work for you. I'm on mobile, otherwise I'd get you a link, sorry.
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"As it is right now, I can't move passed the Activation/Registration screen; thus, for now my TouchPad is a rather expensive puzzle/paperweight. I can't register a profile and I have no access to the core OS to try and get dev mode on.
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Where it says "justType" type webos20090606 and there you will see developer mode
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"As it is right now, I can't move passed the Activation/Registration screen; thus, for now my TouchPad is a rather expensive puzzle/paperweight. I can't register a profile and I have no access to the core OS to try and get dev mode on.
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Where it says "justType" type webos20090606 and there you will see developer mode
brazilrican said:
"As it is right now, I can't move passed the Activation/Registration screen; thus, for now my TouchPad is a rather expensive puzzle/paperweight. I can't register a profile and I have no access to the core OS to try and get dev mode on.
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Where it says "justType" type webos20090606 and there you will see developer mode
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they can't get past the initial webos sign in screen. we can't get to justtype.
Thus, I am back to where I started. There has to be some place that has the demo unit ROM/firmware so the unit can at least be used in some fashion.
Either that, or I guess I will have to wait until an Android port is done. Maybe I can keep my fingers crossed that HP or someone else will help fix this little snafu.
The demo units were not intended to be sold to anyone, ever. They have a specific firmware version on them for the demo. There may be no way to change this. Go to the store and hope they can trade it out. If not you can try calling the support line and hope HP will fix this.
Finally got an outline of a (temp) solution put together after finding references on precentral and webOS roundup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16874390
Hope this helps.....
Hello to the XDA community
I often come your forum to resolve some problem, but now I have one that I do not have the answer means.
In fact, one day I wanted to put my recovery partition on my Pro Surface on an SD card class 4 but very slow. So I said to myself: "I shoed it later with a USB key that I would buy on Amazon"
I bought this USB drive, but I wanted to reset my Pro Surface thing I had done in the past and it worked fine.
And nothing works I can not reset my area. So I ran a lot of forum and I have not found a concrete answer. Thereafter I had a problem with BCD so I could not start my Pro area.
I really tried everything, tried to open up the Install.wim with WinRar and apparently the file and corrupt. I downloaded the ISO recovery Trig0r and I could open Install.wim. So I concluded that my recovery partition is corrupt.
I still stinks BCD fixed my problem by creating a bootable USB drive.
By searching the web with Google, I came across a video of a person who has recovered this area through the partition RT someone else. So I concluded that we can do this the same with PRO Area
I seek to have, please, a recovery partition for Surface Pro 128GB from the U.S. (although I think it will be such as to Canada)
It would be very honorable to you, because I want to refurbish my Surface Pro then install Linux and if one day someone arrives install Mac OSX because it is a more stable system for Pro Tools, Ableton Live ect ... (I know many of you do not like the fact you want to install Mac OSX on a Surface Pro, Mac if you want to buy it but I wanted a Mac Pro area and I do not have the means to m buy another computer. And I know there is a controversy between the legal and illegal or not if we use the official version of Mac OSX)
Anyway all this is another story.
I hope someone can help me solve my problem.
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NB2: A big thank you to Mskip :good: for its Nexus ToolKit you can find Here
I have an SM-P905V that is on 5.1.1 and I have recently left Verizon.
Is there any way to update and root yet? From what I have read this has not been possible for a long while.
I am now on Project Fi and the tablet works save for a persistent nag in the notification shade that says it is not a Verizon SIM. The notification can not be turned off as it is a system app.
Plus I want to get rid of the Verizon crap software completely, as well as update the OS.
Verizon is passing the buck on unlocking the bootloader for me. Spent 2hrs on the phone one day when they passed me to Samsung who were no help of course.
Finally went to the local V store and demanded to speak to the district supervisor. Went through the situation and got him working through his technical hierarchy. Well that crapped out.
I paid damn near $800 for this tablet. It was not supplemented. I am not on V any more. And I cannot update it!
My next step is sending a demand letter giving them time to rectify the situation within 10 days or I am going to sue them in small claims for the cost of the tablet.
I am also drafting a letter to EFF.org. This might be a fight they are willing to look into. Maybe not.
This is akin to me buying a PC from Dell with windows 8.1 and then Dell locking it so I can't put Windows 10 on it when it comes out. I couldn't even put Ubuntu on it!!!!
Just curious if there is anything I can do through these boards before to wipe the tablet I go through the effort of suing. And I am not optimistic on that but who knows how things work out sometimes.
I would fully expect V to try to bump it up to Superior court.
All of this crap is absolutely unnecessary and they are causing every bit of it.
Just got a used SM-P905V purchased on eBay and use Package Disabler Pro and PDP Engine V2 to disable many Samsung services, not sure where I should look for the SIM card notification (I still get that on mine).