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Custom Nexus One Docks anyone...

I made a thread in the General Accessories forum (cuz it fits there best), but wanted to really post it for Nexus One forum folks.
We can make our own Docks using a tool called the "MakerBot"
See the thread here
here is a sample of something for the iPhone...so why couldn't we start with something for the Nexus?
(example: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:854)
It appears that imagination is the limit!
And let's face it, the Nexus One users are the best at imagining what they need!

I think it's a great idea, if you can come up with some cost effective and at least as attractive as what HTC has slated... that being said, I don't know what functionality the dock pins on our phones have provided yet.
Hopefully someone with CAD experience will chime in. I imagine you could make a killing marketing these overseas as well.

uansari1 said:
I think it's a great idea, if you can come up with some cost effective and at least as attractive as what HTC has slated... that being said, I don't know what functionality the dock pins on our phones have provided yet.
Hopefully someone with CAD experience will chime in. I imagine you could make a killing marketing these overseas as well.
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My primary job is mechanical design using autocad and solid works... maybe i should email this fella

AndroidGuy31 touchpad youtube vid was a fake

Guy who posted a few days ago that he was going to release Android on touchpad instuctions via youtube faked it. Today he posted a new video ending in "go buy an Ipad". The whole thing was a setup.
Kinda crappy if you asked me.
Here is his channel. I say everyone give him a thumbs down.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AndroidGuy31

OMFG.......I was so excited about this and now...........sigh.......

let's not be so darn absolute
that was one user not indicative of any users on rootzwiki who do have natively running android versions on their touchpad thanks to qualcomm
the title is very misleading

The guy was full of BS from day one. He had no proof unlike the guy who has actual video (3 in fact) showing android running on his TP. A good dev should be able to rip that thing apart and get what we need to build an android os. I'm just glad that tablet ended up in the hands of someone who knew it was special. It could have been given to a 6 year old girl to watch Barbie movies on and parents who would not know the difference. Can you imagine if it fell into the hands of Tosh? FOURRRRRRRR!

domineus said:
let's not be so darn absolute
that was one user not indicative of any users on rootzwiki who do have natively running android versions on their touchpad thanks to qualcomm
the title is very misleading
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Nothing was absolute. My post was about the idiot who scammed everyone. Not anyone on rootzwiki.
Btw, I changed title just for you.

haha i knew that first video was BS
there's no way a dev would go through the effort of making a stupid teaser video without showing off ANY of their work.

Drawing and quartering is too good for that AndroidGuy31 person. He's probably been hacked so many times he's regretting leading folks on though at this point.

This thread title is a bit misleading. Edit?
On day 1 there were no less than 2-3 videos showing android running on the Touchpad. While a few called fake at the top of their lungs (and this android31 guy or whatever seems to be fake as hell) the other video was 100% legit.
Qualcomm Innovations apparently was using blank Touchpads as a work platform for software testing for an upcoming HTC tablet with very similar specs. Meaning they had a nearly fully functional port of android running on it. A number of these have made it out to the market somehow in this firesale, and at least one guy in TX has already posted willing to upload an image of his build.
edit for links:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327&page=6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLZHH50V7

skywalker6705 said:
This thread title is a bit misleading. Edit?
On day 1 there were no less than 2-3 videos showing android running on the Touchpad. While a few called fake at the top of their lungs (and this android31 guy or whatever seems to be fake as hell) the other video was 100% legit.
Qualcomm Innovations apparently was using blank Touchpads as a work platform for software testing for an upcoming HTC tablet with very similar specs. Meaning they had a nearly fully functional port of android running on it. A number of these have made it out to the market somehow in this firesale, and at least one guy in TX has already posted willing to upload an image of his build.
edit for links:
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327&page=6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLZHH50V7
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Im not changing the title every time someone thinks its misleading. Thats why you open it and READ it. I posted a link to the video I am refering to in my OP.

dubie76 said:
Im not changing the title every time someone thinks its misleading. Thats why you open it and READ it. I posted a link to the video I am refering to in my OP.
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Your title makes it sound like there is just one video out there making this claim. That's the only reason I took issue with it, because it misleads people slightly. Someone just cross-posted in the thread I just made about the qualcomm port saying offhand that the other two videos I was discussing were faked. I don't think they are, and in any case they're entirely different from the video you're talking about.
AndroidGuy31 made a fake vid. More impressive is that there are now 3 videos of a functional android 2.2.1 port on youtube, one android touchpad listed on ebay, and one guy offering to image his for the community on a dev board. So either 3 people all spontaneously decided to hoax people with the same Android builds and situations, or maybe HP really did let some of the QI tablets out into the wild during this firesale, during which their shipping could barely handle demand. I really don't think the guys at the HP warehouses were paying attention what stack the box came from.
It's your thread though, I won't bring it up again. Just figured I'd ask since it'd be helpful.

skywalker6705 said:
Your title makes it sound like there is just one video out there making this claim. That's the only reason I took issue with it, because it misleads people slightly. Someone just cross-posted in the thread I just made about the qualcomm port saying offhand that the other two videos I was discussing were faked. I don't think they are, and in any case they're entirely different from the video you're talking about.
AndroidGuy31 made a fake vid. More impressive is that there are now 3 videos of a functional android 2.2.1 port on youtube, one android touchpad listed on ebay, and one guy offering to image his for the community on a dev board. So either 3 people all spontaneously decided to hoax people with the same Android builds and situations, or maybe HP really did let some of the QI tablets out into the wild during this firesale, during which their shipping could barely handle demand. I really don't think the guys at the HP warehouses were paying attention what stack the box came from.
It's your thread though, I won't bring it up again. Just figured I'd ask since it'd be helpful.
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Were cool bro. I am as excited about the port as you are. I guess I put too much hope into that guys vid and expected too much. Now I am still skeptical about these guys who have magically received tablets with android already on them. Seems a bit far fetched, but thats just my oppinion.
You also have a valid point about the other vids. Until they are proven fake, I guess we have to go with them. I do not want to spread false rumors or info so I went ahead and changed the title again.

Apparently the videos from that one guy may have been fake but the fact that someone had a touchpad with android on it is not fake. The dump of android 2.2.1 from a touchpad has now been posted on another dev forum. Let the waiting and anticipation continue!

G2X/P999/P99DW Service Manual - Free to Download

Here's where the service manual for the G2X/P999/P999DW can be downloaded for free:
http://www.mediafire.com/?v8ubvio4pvn5a5x
Online at scribd.com:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/77272596/LG-P999-P999DW-T-Mobile-G2x-Service-Manual

What's in it, any thing to do with development?
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mt3g said:
What's in it, any thing to do with development?
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
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Kind of a wobbler here. Info contained within could provide jtag points and such, so for now, I'll leave this in Development.

overground said:
Kind of a wobbler here. Info contained within could provide jtag points and such, so for now, I'll leave this in Development.
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It has technical info about the Qualcomm MDM6600 modem which is useful for developers interested in what specific hardware, including chip part numbers and their interconnection, is in the phone in order to assist in writing kernel and other software. It is also useful for troubleshooting and repair which, isn't development but it may help developers and others who need to determine if they need to fix their phone and to fix it.

Thanks OP! Been waiting for one of these.
I always have this urge to take apart my phones (well, everything, really) and now I can do it vicariously through this manual.

GPS settings
On page 222, an application is shown running called "LocMgrPD."
Does anybody know how to get this working on CM7? I would really like to be able to disable aGPS completely, and CM7 has none of the LG apps (like libtestmgr or whatever) to do GPS config.
I tried dropping LogMgrPD.apk and LocMgrPT.apk in my /system/app/ folder, but LogMGRPD force quits when I launch it. An alogcat search doesn't find anything helpful.

Dster said:
On page 222, an application is shown running called "LocMgrPD."
Does anybody know how to get this working on CM7? I would really like to be able to disable aGPS completely, and CM7 has none of the LG apps (like libtestmgr or whatever) to do GPS config.
I tried dropping LogMgrPD.apk and LocMgrPT.apk in my /system/app/ folder, but LogMGRPD force quits when I launch it. An alogcat search doesn't find anything helpful.
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You should ask that question in the question forum. This thread is only about the P999 service manual.

Dster said:
On page 222, an application is shown running called "LocMgrPD."
Does anybody know how to get this working on CM7? I would really like to be able to disable aGPS completely, and CM7 has none of the LG apps (like libtestmgr or whatever) to do GPS config.
I tried dropping LogMgrPD.apk and LocMgrPT.apk in my /system/app/ folder, but LogMGRPD force quits when I launch it. An alogcat search doesn't find anything helpful.
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Core Memory said:
You should ask that question in the question forum. This thread is only about the P999 service manual.
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We'll cut a little slack for a member since 2005.
You're probably missing some library files in /system/lib
Which ones they may be, I have no idea.

overground said:
We'll cut a little slack for a member since 2005.
You're probably missing some library files in /system/lib
Which ones they may be, I have no idea.
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Respect for seniority.

I got this a couple weeks ago, it has a ton of information including exploded views, part numbers, all kinds of stuff. was worth downloading for me.
I am still having issues finding replacement parts, looked at six or more sites and ebay and trying to find parts is a P.I.T.A. unless your looking for batteries, digitizers/LCD, or backcovers. .I need a loud speaker which is part of the PIFA antenna assembly. I can handle the speaker itself (not that hard to replace) or the PIFA antenna assembly. I even give them the part number from the service manual and still no dice. figured by now replacement parts would be hitting the market.

crockashat said:
I got this a couple weeks ago, it has a ton of information including exploded views, part numbers, all kinds of stuff. was worth downloading for me.
I am still having issues finding replacement parts, looked at six or more sites and ebay and trying to find parts is a P.I.T.A. unless your looking for batteries, digitizers/LCD, or backcovers. .I need a loud speaker which is part of the PIFA antenna assembly. I can handle the speaker itself (not that hard to replace) or the PIFA antenna assembly. I even give them the part number from the service manual and still no dice. figured by now replacement parts would be hitting the market.
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Have you tried getting the part from LG?

crockashat said:
I got this a couple weeks ago, it has a ton of information including exploded views, part numbers, all kinds of stuff. was worth downloading for me.
I am still having issues finding replacement parts, looked at six or more sites and ebay and trying to find parts is a P.I.T.A. unless your looking for batteries, digitizers/LCD, or backcovers. .I need a loud speaker which is part of the PIFA antenna assembly. I can handle the speaker itself (not that hard to replace) or the PIFA antenna assembly. I even give them the part number from the service manual and still no dice. figured by now replacement parts would be hitting the market.
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I have extra the bottom part, which is speaker and antena together, if you like I will sell it to you for good price. pm me email and the price and I will list it on ebay for you.

IR Blaster

I am not sure but I think my infrared port may be dead... For like the first 5 or 10 minutes of setting up Peel it worked perfectly but then, just stopped. I even tried a factory reset to see if that restored functionality, no joy. Anyone else having this issue?

Wow, Samsung tech support is beyond useless. Told them the IR port wasn't working, they told me to download a barcode reader app and see if the Camera worked. When I explained to them why that made no sense, they told me that I should contact technical support for Peel. I explained that I have done that, now they want me to send my tablet into them for 2-3 weeks for them to determine if the tablet is defective, and then should it be defective I'd receive a replacement within another 2-3 weeks.
I haven't had tech support this bad since I had to spend 3 hours on hold with Palm back in the day about my Palm Tungsten T2.

Do you people not search. This was talked about months ago.

I apologize, I did search but obviously not well enough. Could you perhaps provide a link to where it was talked about?

I did find something interesting out on my own... I finally got the tab working with Keis and it said there was a firmware update. I installed the update, and tried out Peel. Peel turned on the TV... Once. Only once. So, I tried TouchSquid Demo and it worked for quite a bit longer, then it too stopped.
At this point, I believe that my tablet is probably experiencing some very odd software glitch where the device doesn't do something to the IR port and it stops working. It is a good thing I didn't buy the device for its TV remote capabilities. I didn't though, I bought it to replace a Nook Tablet as an ereader, something is does fabulously.
It is kind of interesting though, I've been interested in using a handheld computing device as a remote for a long, long time. I have had Palm PDA's that would do it - sort of - most notably the Tungsten T2 and Tungsten T3 both performed alright as a TV remote, but the IR port wasn't very well suited to some devices. I found that earlier models had similar if more restricted results.
Seems to me that (especially with the writings from other people on the subject) the idea of using a computing device as a remote is... Sketchy at best. Not entirely sure why, afterall, the IR Blaster is designed for such but the software - while it was working the first time in Peel and even Touch Wiz, does leave much to be desired. Harmony remote perhaps is in my near future.

scottx . said:
Do you people not search. This was talked about months ago.
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Smart ass

So I thought this might be a problem with the hardware itself. However I got it replaced, and found that the new model has the exact same problem. I'm going to go with software on this one.

scottx . said:
Do you people not search. This was talked about months ago.
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yeah, smart ass

Well, its true. All of the info you need can be found in the q&a forums and by searching.

Alright, look. I appriciate that answering questions all day can be a pain in the ass if you chose to do it. However, no one gets paid here. I answer questions I have an answer for but likewise, no one is telling you that you have to post. It isn't like I didn't search. I saw a lot of posts on what different kinds of software to use but I didn't see anything where the hardware was working and then stopped.
I'm not asking you to personally help me. My problem is obviously rare and that's alright with me. Now, if I missed something and you want to help by posting a link, great. If not, then what does it help to be a smart ass? If you really don't like helping people with problems that you may think are stupid, or silly, then what good does it do to be all, "This was talked about, search for it." What are you hoping to acomplish by making such a post?
There are a lot of people here who manage to answer questions without being a ****. There are a lot of people who manage to answer questions like you did but also provide a link, both being helpful and a **** at the same time.
I will quote Wil Wheaton... Don't be a ****.

[Q] hardware and software reviews

Hello everyone, not sure if this is the correct place to ask this, so please correct me if it's not.
With all the informational videos you can watch on here, as well as youtube, of reviews on different hardware and software I'm wondering...
How do you get connected with these companies to review the products yourself? Do you need to be certified to do this, or do you directly contact companies like samsung, motorola, asus, etc.?
I'm very interested in this because I'm currently in the process of earning a degree in IT and I find it very useful to be able to provide information to people who are looking for this. Like I said, not sure if I'm asking in the right area, but if anyone has insight, please educate me.
Thank You

I think a lot of it comes from having cultivated a large audience - to be able for the companies to see your audience as large enough to offset the material cost. It's product placement for them, getting their name out there - but for that to be effective for them, they need to know you have a large audience and a good reputation.
I'd start working on your social media presence if you're serious about it - but that can be a lot of work and those guys who are at the top (the ones that get all the latest stuff) really had to work to get there.
Even then, I've seen manufacturers not want to work with reviewers.
I'd guess a good number are either simply reviewing as a hobby - buying what they want for themselves and reviewing it (I'm guessing this is the case for a lot of videos I've seen on YouTube) buying it out of pocket and hoping the money from ads recovers that cost.
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Thank you, pennycake, appreciate the quick response. I always wondered how they get to that point. Seems like a cool gig, I may research it a bit more!

That would be pretty cool to test all the new stuff first!

UnholyDecade said:
That would be pretty cool to test all the new stuff first!
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^^