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[Q] How often do you use your keyboard dock?

Getting my 32GB today via TigerDirect. Hoping to get a kb dock soon.
For those that have both... what configuration do you use the most? What percentage?
Do you store them connected or separately? If separate, how do you store them? (2 sleeves, 2 cases etc etc)

During the day at work, I use mine as a notebook, i.e., tablet docked and plugged into A/C and with a USB mouse. When I go to meetings, I undock and take the tablet for short notes (and keep in notebook mode if I think I'll be taking extensive notes). At night, I undock and put into the Asus sleeve for use around the house. Then, when the family's asleep and it's time for writing, I dock and use until I'm done writing. I then plug it into A/C to charge the tablet and dock, and rinse/repeat the next day.
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I use mine NEVER. It doesn't work.
Waiting on the fix. E-mailed the Asus guy, no update for mine yet.
Anyway, they fit together very well and I got a 10.1 netbook sleeve when I bought it from TigerDirect.
Everything fits in there pretty good.

95% of the time it's in the dock. The only time I take it out is to play games. I, personally, don't see how anyone would enjoy using it for other stuff without the dock. To me, tablets are awkward to hold and to type on. The dock provides a more natural viewing angle and you can just sit it on a desk or in bed and still see the screen without holding it. Also, with the dock having a battery that nearly doubles the battery life of the TF and the shortcut keys and the trackpad gestures, etc..., I really feel like I "need" the keyboard and not just "want" to have it.
I did get the firmware update yesterday and no longer have the keyboard freezing issue.

For any sort of productivity (read: emails and document creation) I use the keyboard. Most of the day I keep it docked. I actually use the dock as a means to charge the device. When I'm heading to bed, I take the tablet alone and use it to browse the web and watch some shows on it. It's much easier and more convenient w/o the dock when in bed. At this point, I usually keep the dock plugged into the wall to recharge overnight. This way, when I dock it in the morning, the dock charges the tablet. The cable as it is is way too short for my liking to charge my tablet overnight. I'd have to get out of bed to plug it in as opposed to just putting it on my night table.

Mine stays in the dock by default. I pull it out periodically to do portrait mode type stuff, but it usually ends up back in the dock shortly after. Yesterday I tried putting it in the sleeve and just using the tablet. Not as useful, but I also had out the big laptop for doing work and I didn't need a netbook.

If you always keep it docked, why not buy a netbook instead?

Because then you'd have a netbook instead of a tablet+keyboard?
I keep mine docked most of the time, but that's because I like how it's more protected when it's closed up. When I want to read or just browse around, 2/3 of the time I'm undocked.

I dock it for class to take notes and if it needs a charge.

An Android glass touchscreen netbook for £430?
With the option of turning it into a tablet whenever needed?

elacris said:
If you always keep it docked, why not buy a netbook instead?
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I keep mine docked most of the time and I still use the touchscreen quite often. I don't use the trackpad much so I disable it most of the time. I use the keyboard a ton. I now find myself reaching for the screen on my work provided macbook pro 3 or 4 times a day.
I had a netbook and tried it with XP and OSX as a hackintosh and I wasn't too happy with the touchpad or keyboard as the only input devices. Compared to a full size laptop keyboard the transformer is not so hot. Compared to the onscreen keyboard of a tablet it kicks ass.
I really think this device has hit a sweet spot.

sharpfork said:
I keep mine docked most of the time and I still use the touchscreen quite often. I don't use the trackpad much so I disable it most of the time. I use the keyboard a ton. I now find myself reaching for the screen on my work provided macbook pro 3 or 4 times a day.
I had a netbook and tried it with XP and OSX as a hackintosh and I wasn't too happy with the touchpad or keyboard as the only input devices. Compared to a full size laptop keyboard the transformer is not so hot. Compared to the onscreen keyboard of a tablet it kicks ass.
I really think this device has hit a sweet spot.
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That's funny about reaching for the screen on your Mac. I find myself doing the same thing on my Sony notebook. I never knew how useful having 3 input methods on a computer could be until the TF. I use the touchscreen mostly for selecting stuff on screen, I use the keyboard for typing and shortcutting to apps and I use the trackpad for scrolling mostly.
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elacris said:
If you always keep it docked, why not buy a netbook instead?
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Frankly, I'm bored with Windows and wanted something different, faster and less prone to viruses, but I didn't want to give up the convenience of having a keyboard. Plus I have an evo 4g and like Android, so having access to the Android Market on a device with a keyboard and a large ips screen hit a sweet spot for me.
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Have been using it for 5 hours so far, and most of that has been with the dock. I see this being the default mode in the future. That's also pretty much what I expected - I post online almost as much as I read, so having keyboard there is very handy.
If you always keep it docked, why not buy a netbook instead?
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Because there are no netbooks out there with 15-hour battery life and an IPS screen. And the fact that I can use it as a tablet when that is more convenient (e.g. to read stuff, or to play Angry Birds) is a very nice feature to have, as well.

Great answers.
I could have asked "Why is the TF better the Xoom/Acer/Galaxy Tab 10.1" and I would probably get the same answers The new Galaxy Tab 10.1 looks cool, but TF + dock is a better deal.

[Q]Flex cable

I might trade my sensation for mytouch slide 4g only because of physical keyboard.
My old mytoich 3g slide is great but flex cable that connects broke after a month or so. Replacement for it was $60.
Was that fixed in this phone?

The flex ribbon breaking was definitely an issue on the 3G Slide, but I got mine for around $30.
There really is no way to tell if this phone will do the same, as most issues occured after about a year of heavy use, unless somone wants to volunteer to open and close their slide thousands of times.
My laptop is having this issue as well, so it's not necessarily a phone issue (although I hope they beefed up the wires or something).

I suppose you could consider my sliding in/out of the phone keyboard excessive.
I do a lot with terminal emulator on the phone, and you can't get some of the special characters ( / for instance ) using the hardware keyboard. I won't use the on-screen keyboard to actually type, though, I just slide the hardware one in, get my special character, then slide the hardware one back out.
You can imagine how much sliding takes place typing in paths to files on the phone.
This is in addition to "normal use".
I haven't noticed any issues thus far, but as pointed out above, it would take a long time for it to wear out.
Jury is still out on this one, so too early to tell, but I thank you for bringing it to my attention. I'll post back here if I ever have any issues with it.

Yeah, it would suck because on my 3G Slide, my call speaker stopped working first, then the buttons wouldn't light up (but still function normally), then I had the dreaded half-screen drawing issues, and finally the thing no longer displayed the screen.
I followed the dissassembly guide here and fixed her right up (except I broke the connector for the volume switch)..!

Blue6IX said:
I suppose you could consider my sliding in/out of the phone keyboard excessive.
I do a lot with terminal emulator on the phone, and you can't get some of the special characters ( / for instance ) using the hardware keyboard. I won't use the on-screen keyboard to actually type, though, I just slide the hardware one in, get my special character, then slide the hardware one back out.
You can imagine how much sliding takes place typing in paths to files on the phone.
This is in addition to "normal use".
I haven't noticed any issues thus far, but as pointed out above, it would take a long time for it to wear out.
Jury is still out on this one, so too early to tell, but I thank you for bringing it to my attention. I'll post back here if I ever have any issues with it.
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Hmm... if it's been a year and you haven't replied back then I may have an answer to my question. As a former 3g slide owner myself, I was curious about the life of the flex cable. Thank you search function and guy I am quoting!

Wow, it's been a year to the DAY.
I sold my 3g slide after I fixed the cable, but I'd imagine it lasts just as long as the OEM cable, which for me was a year with very heavy use (I used the keyboard like a mad-man).

[Q] Would you buy Asus Transformer TF700 today or something else with the same money?

Hi,
I want to buy my first tablet and I am looking for something with 9-10 inches screen and sure android based. So far I decided that the Asus Transformer TF700 is the answer for me (the 32 GB version) I am wondering whether there are other potential good tablets with the same price tag or this is the best one can get in this price range.
Thanks.

Right now I would wait if I could reconsider. See if nexus coming with a bigger tablet.
This isn't a horrible tablet yet there are serious issues and Asus seems like neglected us
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legolas.w said:
Hi,
I want to buy my first tablet and I am looking for something with 9-10 inches screen and sure android based. So far I decided that the Asus Transformer TF700 is the answer for me (the 32 GB version) I am wondering whether there are other potential good tablets with the same price tag or this is the best one can get in this price range.
Thanks.
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I would buy it again. We've got some great ICS and Jelly Bean custom roms (some are a work in process, but almost there--good enough to be my daily driver) and the official JB update is coming soon. I guess ASUS quality assurance leaves something to be desired, but my tablet and dock are great and I'm very happy with the Infinity.

2 weeks in to owning it and i would buy it again. I have not noticed any physical problems with my device.
I kinda wish i would have tried a 7" so that it was easier to carry around at times. I still think that I would want to have this device in the end. I love the I/O connections(kinda slow) but very helpful when I am shooting video with a bunch of GoPros outdoors. Now i don't have a carry a full sized laptop just to manage the files.

Sadly, I returned my third TF700 back to Amazon yesterday. Between the loosely mounted screen, the poor wifi reception (despite being a few feet from the router) and the multiple-times-per-day reboots due to icon disappearances and crashes, I couldn't justify keeping it.
With that said, I have every intention of buying it again once JB is officially released for it. The tablet display is gorgeous and I love the overall weight and form factor. I could have lived with the slight display mounting issue but I couldn't get around how laggy and crash-prone it was.
I have JB on my Galaxy Nexus and the performance is stellar and given what I've read from TF700 owners who have added a custom JB ROM to their tablets, I am confident that once an official ASUS build is released, most/all of the software problems will be resolved. Right?

Ehhh...
I'd buy again.
Probably try to get a champagne one and 64gb...of course the money would be more.
I really want to get another Acer A700 because the price tag on that tab is steadily dropping.

brianmatiash said:
Sadly, I returned my third TF700 back to Amazon yesterday. Between the loosely mounted screen, the poor wifi reception (despite being a few feet from the router) and the multiple-times-per-day reboots due to icon disappearances and crashes, I couldn't justify keeping it.
With that said, I have every intention of buying it again once JB is officially released for it. The tablet display is gorgeous and I love the overall weight and form factor. I could have lived with the slight display mounting issue but I couldn't get around how laggy and crash-prone it was.
I have JB on my Galaxy Nexus and the performance is stellar and given what I've read from TF700 owners who have added a custom JB ROM to their tablets, I am confident that once an official ASUS build is released, most/all of the software problems will be resolved. Right?
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It's looking good. We're just at the beginning of that road, but there's a lot that can be done. Better luck next time!

As it stands right now, I suggest you should hold on to your money, Asus tf700 is a big disappointment for me. I was so excited about this table, and now NO ONE in my family wants to use it. The only thing good about this table is the high resolution screen, but maybe this's the issue, the O/S is not optimized for this kind of resolution? who knows? Anyway If you really like this table, wait until they released Jelly Been and check back to this forum to see it indeed Jelly Bean will addressed all the issues. Don't listen to the people that claimed they love their tables, maybe a few out there claimed that have a perfect one? but the odds will go against you. Not worth 600$ the way it works right now.

I'd buy again -- love the connectivity, love the screen -- lots of storage space. Furthermore, I have few issues with mine, and the keyboard dock is the absolute hammer for me -- typing and an extra battery. Seals the deal!

I love it, and would still buy it

I would still buy it also.
There are only four things that annoy me so far:
- It takes a few seconds for the keyboard to initialize, so you have to wait a few seconds with enter the code
- Tegra 3 seems to have a little strugle with handling 1920x1200, especially compared with CM10 (JB) on my Galaxy S2
- Android interface, especially in 3rd party apps is not yet tailored to use with a keyboard
- USB and SD going in to sleep together with the system, so I cannot charge my phone via micro-USB and it has to re-initialize SD every time (I like to have a setting for this)
Judging on what an improvement going from ICS to JB (CM9 --> CM10) made for my SGS2 I expect most of these issues to be resolved in the future with updated software, so I'm not woried.
What I absolutely love:
- The size as a small laptop and the detachable 'screen', and using the touchscreen (it draws attention when commuting in the train ), the aways-on just like a phone
- That it doesn't get hot - at all (unlike my Galaxy S2)
- Brightness of the screen, and it's resolution
- The good battery life when used in conjuction with the dock (which is how I use it 95% of the time)

I really don't like saying this because I have had very good results with Asus products I have purchased over the years. I would, buy a Samsung or a Toshiba. I am thinking about returning it again and just doing this and having it over with once and for all. I know they aren't as nice as the Asus but I sit here everyday and watch my wife do everything SHE wants to do on her Toshiba AT105-T1032 while she simultaneously laughs at me plodding along on my quad core super tablet. Opps, gotta go now she wants to see who's will boot up first from power off. I loose everytime, man I'm getting tired of doing the dishes every night

rikc said:
There are only four things that annoy me so far:
- It takes a few seconds for the keyboard to initialize, so you have to wait a few seconds with enter the code
- Tegra 3 seems to have a little strugle with handling 1920x1200, especially compared with CM10 (JB) on my Galaxy S2
- Android interface, especially in 3rd party apps is not yet tailored to use with a keyboard
- USB and SD going in to sleep together with the system, so I cannot charge my phone via micro-USB and it has to re-initialize SD every time (I like to have a setting for this)
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FYI - there is a "solution" to problems 1 & 4: If you want to be able to use the keyboard instantly after turning in on and keep your USB port on the dock active when the TF700 is in standby, you can do that by disabling the "Mobile Dock Battery Saving" mode in Settings->Asus customized settings. Just make sure you back out of the settings screen in order to make the setting "take effect". This will also allow you to wake your TF700 with the keyboard dock (instead of using the power button).
The downside is that your TF700 will never enter "deep sleep", so your battery will drain faster in standby mode...
I just tested this and was able to charge my Nexus 7 from from TF700, even in standby mode.
So, there already is a setting for this....
Regarding the keyboard, I've yet to have any issues with the keyboard in third party apps - could you please elaborate?
Hope this helps.
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I love my infinity, the keyboard dock is just what i wanted
The IO issues of tegra3, poor Asus customer support, Bad warrenty coverage (everything is CID), and high fail rate make me sad tho...
Would i buy another one? Not likely. I'd prolly stick with the galaxy tab 2, Samsung may not update as quickly howeverits very easy to flash custom kernels and roms and loooots of options there.
If only we could get the Asus tablet with Samsung level QA and workmanship. Lots of people bash how "plastic" Sammy devices feel but i have yet to have one fall apart on me

Yeah, I think that Asus was more concerned with form over function with the TF700 - they were so worried about being the thinnest and lightest tablet (along with being nice looking) that they were just too hard to actually build!
We'll see how things go in the future, especially with Jelly Bean, but I just get the feeling that the TF700 isn't going to stand the test of time. Hopefully, I'm wrong.
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Had my TF700 64gb 5 weeks and yes would buy again, very good screen as I use outdoors mostly in very bright light 7inch would just not be big enough for me. Had the occassional reboot but so much better with a cold reboot once a week thanks to the advice on this forum.
No loose screen or noticable light bleed, wifi connection in comparison with my Samsung Gio is just as good if not a little better.
I did not buy the model with the keyboard dock as it was not available at the time of purchase and still a little nervouse about getting one due to the screen crack issue but have invested in the Anker Archos3 battery which is great if you are out for a full day and need that extra bit of battery power.
This is my first tablet but have used an android phone before, did not want to go down the Apple route seems to be more of a fashionable item to buy going back to the ipod days and that sort of thing always puts me off.
There are always going to be problems with an early adoption of any device so far I am a happy user.

jtrosky said:
FYI - there is a "solution" to problems 1 & 4: If you want to be able to use the keyboard instantly after turning in on and keep your USB port on the dock active when the TF700 is in standby, you can do that by disabling the "Mobile Dock Battery Saving" mode in Settings->Asus customized settings. Just make sure you back out of the settings screen in order to make the setting "take effect". This will also allow you to wake your TF700 with the keyboard dock (instead of using the power button).
The downside is that your TF700 will never enter "deep sleep", so your battery will drain faster in standby mode...
I just tested this and was able to charge my Nexus 7 from from TF700, even in standby mode.
So, there already is a setting for this....
Regarding the keyboard, I've yet to have any issues with the keyboard in third party apps - could you please elaborate?
Hope this helps.
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Actually that was one of the first things I did Because I use my tranformer as a PC replacement. I didn't want to push the unlock button every time. The SD-card still powers off in this mode when the screen is of and there is the delay when typing in in a password or code from the keyboard.
I've btw done a lot of optimizing by now on the stock rom -for which you need root access - Disabled a great bunch of programs, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897099. Also I now disabled some more programs, replaced the stock launcher with a lightweight alternative (Holo launcher HD), and replaced all media related programs (Gallery, Google Play Music, Videoplayer) with lightweight alternatives (Quickgallery, Clean player, BSplayer which serves as a youtube substitute as well). This allows you to disable the media storage process alltogether. This appears to take a great load of the Infinity's shoulders and it now is starting the feel and behave like a state-of-the-art PC system in terms of speed and input response BTW Office Suite let's you use the cursor keys and shift keys in it's spreadsheet editor and is not laggy unlike it's competitors when using this input method (Quickoffice, for which I still had a licence and Polaris which is preinstalled). Also Dolphin Browser beta is not laggy when typing from the keyboard like Firefox Beta, next to that it allows you to use the scroll wheel on a external mouse and seems to perform better on a optimized system than FF beta (which was my prefered solution when I still had my system less optimized).

rikc said:
Actually that was one of the first things I did Because I use my tranformer as a PC replacement. I didn't want to push the unlock button every time. The SD-card still powers off in this mode when the screen is of and there is the delay when typing in in a password or code from the keyboard.
I've btw done a lot of optimizing by now on the stock rom -for which you need root access - Disabled a great bunch of programs, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897099. Also I now disabled some more programs, replaced the stock launcher with a lightweight alternative (Holo launcher HD), and replaced all media related programs (Gallery, Google Play Music, Videoplayer) with lightweight alternatives (Quickgallery, Clean player, BSplayer which serves as a youtube substitute as well). This allows you to disable the media storage process alltogether. This appears to take a great load of the Infinity's shoulders and it now is starting the feel and behave like a state-of-the-art PC system in terms of speed and input response BTW Office Suite let's you use the cursor keys and shift keys in it's spreadsheet editor and is not laggy unlike it's competitors when using this input method (Quickoffice, for which I still had a licence and Polaris which is preinstalled). Also Dolphin Browser beta is not laggy when typing from the keyboard like Firefox Beta, next to that it allows you to use the scroll wheel on a external mouse and seems to perform better on a optimized system than FF beta (which was my prefered solution when I still had my system less optimized).
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Hmm, I'm a little confused now - the OP stated that your USB port won't charge your phone, yet you say that you have already disabled the "Mobile Dock Power Save Mode"? Or are you saying that you disabled that *after* posting the original post? Like I said, even in standby, I can still charge USB devices with that mode disabled...
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jtrosky said:
Hmm, I'm a little confused now - the OP stated that your USB port won't charge your phone, yet you say that you have already disabled the "Mobile Dock Power Save Mode"? Or are you saying that you disabled that *after* posting the original post? Like I said, even in standby, I can still charge USB devices with that mode disabled...
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In my situation:
- Screen on: It charges my phone over microusb
- Screen of: nope
Also a sd-card in the docking station is remounted every time the screen goes on.
Mobile battery switching mode is de-selected.
When it's enabled the keyboard can also not wake the tablet, have to use the power button on the tablet itself then.

rikc said:
In my situation:
- Screen on: It charges my phone over microusb
- Screen of: nope
Also a sd-card in the docking station is remounted every time the screen goes on.
Mobile battery switching mode is de-selected.
When it's enabled the keyboard can also not wake the tablet, have to use the power button on the tablet itself then.
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Strange - that's how mine acted before disabling the mobile dock battery saving mode, but after disabling it,my tablet will continue to change my devices even when screen is off and I can wake my table my simply touching the trackpad (even if it's disabled). You may want to try enabling and re-disabling the battery saving mode, making sure to exit setting after each change....
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Gametel review

I just bought a Gametel and can confirm it works with a non-Sense Sensation.
Pairing is easy- they provide an app for it, just run the app, click on 'add device, and hold 'start' on the gamepad and the phone should find it.
Buttons are great, although the D-Pad's style initially makes it easy to inadvertently go diagonally when you meant to only go in one direction, but you get used to it. Better than on-screen controls.
It has four buttons and one each for L and R. No analog sticks- I know this is a deal-breaker for some people, but I don't need it, as I mostly play GB/GBA and NES/SNES games.
Size-wise it's a bit reminiscent of the old GBA, specially when you put the phone in the holder. The spring-loaded holder is pretty snug and secure, and I find the clamp presses on the volume buttons. You have to offset the Sensation slightly to avoid this (the app also had an option to turn off the volume rockers when it's paired).
My only beef is there's no battery indicator on the device- you can't tell if it's fully charged or nearing empty (althogh, if paired, your phone will let you know if the Gametel's battery is running low).
Overall, I can recommend it. My suggestion is you go the a B&M store and try it out, as the size may be a factor for people with big hands.
Gametel website: http://www.gametelcontroller.com/
edit to add: I contacted their support team, apparently the red 'charging' LED shuts off when the device is fully charged. It didn't happen the first time I charged it (overnight) but it did the second. *shrugs*

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2 questions - does the One sppt audio out Via USB & unsensitive nav buttons?

So my first question is, is the One capable of audio out through USB (like dock audio out)?
Second question, is having somewhat unsensitive navigation buttons common in this phone? (The capacitive buttons I mean)

jivetrky said:
So my first question is, is the One capable of audio out through USB (like dock audio out)?
Second question, is having somewhat unsensitive navigation buttons common in this phone? (The capacitive buttons I mean)
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I don't know how about the first one but the second is not true capacitive buttons are sensitive. The light is dimmed though
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boober78 said:
I don't know how about the first one but the second is not true capacitive buttons are sensitive. The light is dimmed though
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If I turn on the onscreen nav bar, it's just as sensitive as anything else on the screen (obviously, since it's part of the screen). But the hardware buttons often take 2-3 taps to respond. It's like the first tap almost always "wakes up" the button (turning on the backlight) then the second tap works. It's not a deal breaker, just wondering if it was fairly normal or just my phone.

jivetrky said:
So my first question is, is the One capable of audio out through USB (like dock audio out)?
Second question, is having somewhat unsensitive navigation buttons common in this phone? (The capacitive buttons I mean)
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The first question is also a bit of a mystery to me. What happened to (analog) USB audio out? I know the OnePlus One supports USB DACs (digital audio out via micro USB), but back when I had the Galaxy S2 it could do analog audio out, which was super nifty to have for custom USB docks.