I don't want it if we're not going to be able to flash custom roms. I have a few days left to return it. Other tablets are dropping in price.
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I don't want it if we're not going to be able to flash custom roms. I have a few days left to return it. Other tablets are dropping in price.
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ROMs aren't going to drop within the next 5 days. But thing is solid regardless with root and sideload of apps. But hey, it's your NT.
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ROMs aren't going to drop within the next 5 days. But thing is solid regardless with root and sideload of apps. But hey, it's your NT.
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Exactly. I was having this debate with myself as well, but honestly the thing performs very well. Better than what I've heard about the kindle fire (for video anyway). The way I see it, it has the performance of many 10" tablets for less money and a more convenient form factor. I can slip this baby into my inside jacket pocket no problem. Can't do that with a Transformer
I can't wait to see this tablet with a custom ROM, but until then it works great with Go Launcher.
I ended up returning mine because for some reason the POWER button STOPPED WORKING! Pissed me off, that and three bootloader, f that so I returned it. And had a hell of a time unrooting it. But I must admit I did love it. So no more nook tablet for me untill custom roms are possible.
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IMHO, you should return it. Write a quick letter to B&N on why — the Nook Tablet needlessly has a locked bootloader.
I've said this on several threads: not buying and/or returning the Nook Tablet is the best way to let them know you're not OK with a locked bootloader.
I'm keeping mine; because I'm OK with a locked bootloader -- I'm not happy with it, but I can live with it.
It's really a matter of can you live with the device w/ the locked bootloader? I've been able to use my device as I see fit (outside of running HC/ICS yet), but for the majority of my tasks, I'm okay as is. It's a personal preference thing. Whatever makes you happy
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The way I see it, it has the performance of many 10" tablets for less.
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I tested it for a long while (like an hour) against a KF, Iconia, a few other 7 inchers, a NC, a few 10 inch tablets, including a transformer (which was $250 on promotion!) and it was much nicer browsing to the same video sites than the other 7 inch ones, and the 10 inch ones were a LOT bigger than I imagined (and heavier).
The bootloader isn't needlessly locked - it's due to netflix requesting it, and they went the easiest/laziest way.
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And had a hell of a time unrooting it.
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Could have just done a factory reset.
zmobie said:
I tested it for a long while (like an hour) against a KF, Iconia, a few other 7 inchers, a NC, a few 10 inch tablets, including a transformer (which was $250 on promotion!) and it was much nicer browsing to the same video sites than the other 7 inch ones, and the 10 inch ones were a LOT bigger than I imagined (and heavier).
The bootloader isn't needlessly locked - it's due to netflix requesting it, and they went the easiest/laziest way.
Could have just done a factory reset.
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Or use the one click unroot in the android development section. It's a android app.
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Or use the one click unroot in the android development section. It's a android app.
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Yep! Seems easier than to root it, tbh, hehe. Nice work
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let us keep warranty and unlock the prime with flash recovery such as NVFlash to repair to stock, look @Acer they are doing that for their customers out of the box with a510. Why can't we get same sevices after all we have been through. It would be a nice gesture.
Thanks for dongle but really doesn't make up for built in gps, the slick looking Prime aint so slick when someone asks " whats that thing on your tablet".
PLUS FIX BROWSER WOULD BE NICE, and in my situation after .21 WiFi is killing my battery, dont know why. My settings are the same as before update.
AN UPGRADE PATH TO THE 700 WOULD BE NICE. Considering people are getting pretty much the same device we have with the (300 Pad) and for much less. Most Primes dont even operate as they are suppose to yet, there are still some issues, and Asus releases a lower end tablet that so far has had nothing but good feedback with no issues. Take care of the ORIGINAL PRIME OWNERS.
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"AN UPGRADE PATH TO THE 700 WOULD BE NICE. Considering people are getting pretty much the same device we have with the (300 Pad) and for much less. Most Primes dont even operate as they are suppose to yet, there are still some issues, and Asus releases a lower end tablet that so far has had nothing but good feedback with no issues. Take care of the ORIGINAL PRIME OWNERS".[/QUOTE]
That is Correct. I just picked up a tf300t lastnight at best buy. I was originally going to the store to get the tf201 but to my surprise they handed me a tf300t. I said wtf?... this is not a PRIME. He said it's the latest and greatest. Well after getting home and setting it up with (NO PROBLEMS) at all it ran pretty nice and smooth. The gps took about 2-3 to get it's first fix "indoors" I should add but it went well. The next test was wifi and it to was no problem. pretty soon after came an ota update but no problems. I went outside to test wifi and video streaming 100+ feet from wifi source "deep in my brick house" kept up nicely. a few gliches with video pausing but I fixed that with a mobo video player from the Market... errrr Play Store. Battery doest last 10 hours either... maybe 7 hours after 2 full charges of 3-4= hours each. I only had this 24 hours roughly and am somewhat impressed... <--Hard to Impress. Other than the slightly lower spec's than the tf201 it's solid so far with no lock up's. Am dieing to test the TF700 thou with really, really really impressive... OK I'm Impressed nice spec's.
P.S. One problem. A video glitch running Battery Snap, the video started stuttering and hard to back out. eventually did and a reboot fixed that.
As if ASUS would actually listen to you.
"Insignificant worms, I've already got your money. Scurry away out of my sight"
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As if ASUS would actually listen to you.
"Insignificant worms, I've already got your money. Scurry away out of my sight"
-ASUS
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Right, thats why I will be making a better decision next time. I really like the prime when it runs like it is suppose to.
I wont be buying the 700, why really its a tegra3 device, I already have a tegra3 now. My decision will be when next years Asus comes out. It will be hard to give them my money again. If they dont do right I will Probably be going back to Sammy tabs, yeah they dont update as much but they dont have to, my Samsung GTab 10.1 ran flawless for 9 months. It just got outdated when tegra3 came out.
+1. i will never buy any Asus device ever again. From them sweeping the GPS under the rug and giving us a half ass dongle that wont work with the keyboard dock... Dont get me started on the poor wifi... I travel a lot and i can never get any reception on this Prime...but i also travel with an iPad and that has no issue connecting to those same networks. I love andriod but some of these manufactures need to do better QC'ing before they release to the public.
+1 to the better unlocking and nvflash
i would love to unlock my device, but don't want to loose ALL warranty.. especially with no nvflash
wifi, i have managed to live with after going out and purchasing 2 new routers to give decent wifi signal all around the house
it was a little disappointing though, as my old and very cheap advent vega tablet was able to stream videos anywhere in the house without issue when i only had a single router
Having our device fully unlocked would be a cool thing.
But first they should get all the software issues straightened out. I thought asus is good with updates and so far there were quite a few updates but they didnt fix the issues or fixed one but introduced another.
I'm perfectly happy with my prime its all about software now and if they chose not to make it fully unlockable i expect PERFECT software. The easier way of course would be to let the community make the perfect roms by just open everything up...
Unlocked boot loader would be a great way of doing justice to their buyers, the reason we choose android is freedom, it sucks when it is taken away.
grant us nvflash and warranty and im a happy little boy
never going to happen. ill choose wiser next time i spend $650.
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Sort out these thread titles. This is nothing of value to us who have the transformer prime, it is just the opinion of another member.
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benefit14snake said:
never going to happen. ill choose wiser next time i spend $650.
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and same here.
Asus, my nuts. Do the math.
i will never buy an asus product again if things dont get worked out soon.
Totally agree. In had the tf101 and LOVED IT. I upgraded to the prime and still love it. But Asus, you need to clean up your act. Take note from manufactures like HTC. They fully unlock boot loaders and only partially void your warranty. After all the issues your "RIGOROUS" tests failed to catch, at least give us a fully unlocked boot loader with nv flash. That is not too much to ask, especially since you already voided are warranties.
I already decided to move on and away from Asus products. I have my Acer A510 that was cheaper and everything works on it flawlessly, and I had it rooted on the day it arrived from Amazon. My Prime now just sits around collecting dust till one of my kids decides to pick it up to play some of the Nintendo games on it, cause it's mainly used by my kids to play games on it now.
I'm just trying to look out for the Prime owners here I think we all deserve at least to be able to customize our device without losing our warranty. I don't think the original post was out of line, to be honest. We have been through the mud with this unit. Some people are happy they have Primes but they probably don't have any issues with it. I can see why they are happy on the other hand some of us have had issue from day one, and still have issues that aren't fixed, such as the ones stated in original post. I can say Mine isn't as bad as some on here its probably 90% operational but after giving you, Asus $650 of my money it should be 100% operational after 5 or 6 months IMO.
Thats All.
I already decided to move on and away from Asus products. I have my Acer A510 that was cheaper and everything works on it flawlessly, and I had it rooted on the day it arrived from Amazon. My Prime now just sits around collecting dust till one of my kids decides to pick it up to play some of the Nintendo games on it, cause it's mainly used by my kids to play games on it now.
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I thought about it but don't see a reason to buy 2 Tegra3 tablets, my decision will be different when Tegra4 or the next Mali from Sammy comes out. I like the Prime if they would just get it together, damn its been what 5 or 6 months. Give us something to show you understand the pains we went through with this unit. The GPS was a good gesture but it just doesn't fix all the wrongs and everything that we have had to deal with for a half year now.
Did someone even PM the man about this thread?
I would also like a fully unlocked bootloader, nvflash (which is getting near, it seems process of releasing nvflash is getting into negotiations, check one of the official asus threads by him), and access to hardware warranty. If nvflash is given to us with full permissions, and our bootloader is fully unlocked, i would definately feel obliged to congratulate asus despite being a company that puts us all through with a device that works fully for some, while others taste bad rma service and faulty design related issues (noticed a few days that my tablet is becoming bent from being connected to the dock, the aluminium back cover which is pretty but it seems that wifi is weaker because of that as well...) - i would enjoy my device much more.
i would even be fine if they removed tablets back cover and replaced it with other material, painted in the same color than the rest, to have stronger wifi. my tfp doesn't have "gps" written on the case, so i couldn't complain about that, even though i read in the device's spec sheet that it had gps when i searched about it. i almost don't use it, i'm pretty much about 2 locations right now: work/home.
i could go out, have this one rma'ed, buy another tablet like acer latest, once this one comes back evaluate if i should sell it, depending on factors described above. but i don't want to. i want to keep this, as it is a good machine, and with bootloader fully unlocked+nvflash+dualboot native linux/android, it would be sweet to have powerful wifi.
edit: and.. one other thing: no software is perfect, i'm afraid to disapoint you. it can always be improved.
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So many people complaining about locked bootloader and how it basically sucks, i have a counter to that, be it ever so small.
http://devicetracker.asus.com/select_lang.action
You can track your tablet with the serial, meaning that no matter if they wipe it, if they reinstall it, or if they reset it, it should still show up! I just found this out a few days ago and figured i'd share. Gives me a little peace of mind when i take this thing to school if it gets lost or stolen i can still find it again.
Feel free to discuss but please no flaming. Lets keep it civil
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You can track your tablet with the serial, meaning that no matter if they wipe it, if they reinstall it, or if they reset it, it should still show up!
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Unless you're unlocked then it doesn't work lol. Nice find but there are apps that do the same thing. I use Lookout
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Unless you're unlocked then it doesn't work lol. Nice find but there are apps that do the same thing. I use Lookout
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I find those tracker apps to be convenient but resource heavy. I usually just choose to remove as much of that bloat as I can and take the risk. But then again I never set my devices down for very long.
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I find those tracker apps to be convenient but resource heavy. I usually just choose to remove as much of that bloat as I can and take the risk. But then again I never set my devices down for very long.
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Yeah, good point. It works for me though and doesn't hog too many resources. At least it is opt in though. The tracking software that Asus put on the prime is neither opt in nor opt out unless you consider unlocking your boot loader and voiding your warranty opt out
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So, it's either keep within the locked environment and deal with Asus's idea of timely updates (hint, they're not) or nuke the warranty and get a vastly better experience with AOKP, EOS or Virtuous.
Not a hard decision at this time sadly.
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So, it's either keep within the locked environment and deal with Asus's idea of timely updates (hint, they're not) or nuke the warranty and get a vastly better experience with AOKP, EOS or Virtuous.
Not a hard decision at this time sadly.
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Agreed! I found the OTAs caused more problems than they solved. By the time I was running .21 my prime was practically unusable given the browser freezes and crashes. It lasted about 2 days before I unlocked. Unlocking and getting rid of stock was the best decision that I made in regards to this thing.
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I wonder how they track the device when it comes online. Is the stock firmware running CarrierIQ or some other form of privacy-concerning tracking software? This might finally drive me to install CM9.
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Unless you're unlocked then it doesn't work lol. Nice find but there are apps that do the same thing. I use Lookout
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I use Got Ya
lattera said:
I wonder how they track the device when it comes online. Is the stock firmware running CarrierIQ or some other form of privacy-concerning tracking software? This might finally drive me to install CM9.
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The tracking website was posted in another thread a few days ago. I was really glad that it did not know what to do with my serial number (I am running Eos Cornerstone). This does remind me of CarrierIQ - I wonder what other info ASUS is collecting??
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lattera said:
I wonder how they track the device when it comes online. Is the stock firmware running CarrierIQ or some other form of privacy-concerning tracking software? This might finally drive me to install CM9.
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Lol, I have yet to get this thing to actually work. I just use Prey or whatever it's called, doesn't actively start running until you tell it to unless I'm mistaken.
Wait, I have an unlocked bootloader on my Prime, and the device tracker was able to locate it, once I connected it to WiFi network. Even the remote ring worked. (Message and contacts lookup says that it only works on 3G models). I did not test the remote wipe or lock for obvious reasons.
I'm running rooted stock .21 ROM.
I use gotya too .... takes a pic of the person unlocking the screen and emails me the pic along with their location ..... but i guess there are pros and cons for locked and unlocked bootloaders ...... i had my prime for a day did the .21 update then decided to root.... man was that a lot of work but it was worth it in my opinion
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Wait, I have an unlocked bootloader on my Prime, and the device tracker was able to locate it, once I connected it to WiFi network. Even the remote ring worked. (Message and contacts lookup says that it only works on 3G models). I did not test the remote wipe or lock for obvious reasons.
I'm running rooted stock .21 ROM.
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Of course the location software worked: you are using an ASUS rom that comes with the tracking software thoughtfully included . It has nothing to do with whether you are unlocked or not. I am running a non-ASUS rom - the tracking website doesn't work with my prime.
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Of course the location software worked: you are using an ASUS rom that comes with the tracking software thoughtfully included . It has nothing to do with whether you are unlocked or not.
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Thats my point... the thread title says "One good thing about a locked bootloader". The device tracker is not disabled by just unlocking the boot loader. Flashing the rom to a custom rom would. (Granted, the most likely reason for unlocking the bootloader would be for flashing to a custom rom.)
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Thats my point... the thread title says "One good thing about a locked bootloader". The device tracker is not disabled by just unlocking the boot loader. Flashing the rom to a custom rom would. (Granted, the most likely reason for unlocking the bootloader would be for flashing to a custom rom.)
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Now I get it - good point
Wow, yeah, that is a good r...er, no, the locked bootloader continues to suck. Oh, and you better pray the person steals your GPS dongle and uses it if you want a location
Just change title of thread from "locked bootloader" to "stock firmware w/ locked bootloader".
You know, I do have a Windows Home Server, is there a version of this I can use from home without a complicated setup?
Actually, my device was located within a fairly small area using just WiFi locations. Not small enough to nab anyone who had my Prime, but at lease it would tell me its still in the neighborhood. Besides, GPS would not work indoors anyway, even with the dongle.
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Actually, my device was located within a fairly small area using just WiFi locations. Not small enough to nab anyone who had my Prime, but at lease it would tell me its still in the neighborhood. Besides, GPS would not work indoors anyway, even with the dongle.
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I'm still amazed anyone can use it :/ I just get some "command failed" error every time I try to add my Prime's serial number to the Device Tracker. Fails every time, lower case, upper case, even started swapping 0's and O's even though I know the correct placement.
I've pretty much given up on anything with ASUS being quite right, and definitely don't expect much of whoever upkeeps their website and services. I also just submitted an RMA early this week and have not heard a word from anyone lol, I can only assume this will be fun.
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I'm still amazed anyone can use it :/ I just get some "command failed" error every time I try to add my Prime's serial number to the Device Tracker. Fails every time, lower case, upper case, even started swapping 0's and O's even though I know the correct placement.
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Yep...same thing happened to me, until I realized I had a leading empty space after the serial number (I cut an pasted my SN and it added a trailing space).
Make sure there are no leading/middle/trailing spaces in the serial number...
Hello !
I just ordered the 16gb version (no 3g) for about $320 (a lot more expensive here usually). It's one which apparantly was sent back and got a general maintenance. Got it from the German Sony outlet online store. Obviously the first thing Ill do will be checking for errors and sending it back if its not alright.
I will be travelling to asia for about a year as of august and thought it was pretty fitting so I just ordered before they're all gone...
Now I'm wondering a few things!
Will I be able to connect via 3g with an internet dongle like the huawei E137 ?
Can I connect my 2.5" external hdd without additional power? I read almost everywhere that it doesn't work on all the tablets, but I also think I read that the sony usb port is more powerful and can stream over hdmi without additional power. I know that ill need an OTG usb host cable. It's a Samsung s1 mini with 120gb.
The bigger question is however which updates I should install. I read a few threads on here (very confusing with all the sony tablets being in one place...) and couldn't really come to a conclusion.
I don't really play games, except Id maybe like to play some N64 stuff on an emulator. I mainly want to use it to browse the internet, do hostel bookings etc. and watch movies.
Im sorry if these have been asked before, I couldnt find an answer :/
No you can't connect to 3g. Not sure about HDD.
Note: should have got a xperia tablet z
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Note: should have got a xperia tablet z
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Second that. Probably better value down the road seeing as support for this will be abandoned soon probably... if not already.
It's not possible to connect to the internet via surf stick?
I've seen videos on youtube where people do it with other android tablets. Is that a xts specific problem?
the xperia tablet z is exactly twice the price :/
StreamOfLife said:
It's not possible to connect to the internet via surf stick?
I've seen videos on youtube where people do it with other android tablets. Is that a xts specific problem?
the xperia tablet z is exactly twice the price :/
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The tablet does not have the drivers to run the dongle. The STS has this issue too. Since the XTZ is made by the Sony Mobile team, and not the Sony Vaio team, it most likely will support dongles... IMO it would be worth paying extra for the XTZ because of the much higher standards the mobile team has, its unlockable bootloader, high res screen, etc.
Hmm alright, too bad...
Could it be possible someday? With it being able to root now?
I really don't wanna spend another 250€, I can live a month in India with that money :/
I had a look a the tablet in an electronics market here and I think the display is more than enough for me.
Guess I'll have to live with tethering then.
I'll see if a 3G dongle works with the Xperia Tablet Z.
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It's not possible to connect to the internet via surf stick?
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Instead of a dongle, use a wireless mobile hotspot device. Most are small enough to fit in your pocket, better than having a dongle hanging off your tablet, and there is no hassle with loading device drivers. I don't know what is available in India or Asia, but I'm in the USA and I use a Sierra Wireless Overdrive Pro™ 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot through Virgin Mobile.
XTS root, then you can also use a 3G dongle Since there's a free app in the Market "UMTS MANAGER" Try yourself and also works on 4.1.1 with root.
Unfortunately, USB hard drives consume a lot of electricity - are alternative USB sticks it should be paid to the format ... NTFS is otherwise only with root with the help of the free app "Paragon NTFS & HFS" so you can then mount ...
That sounds like some good news!
I'm still not quite sure whether I should send it back or keep it (hasn't arrived yet but is in transit...would the galaxy tab 10.1" be a better choice? its about the same price here).
Is rooting it risky? Is there any danger to it? Will it be possible with every device or could there be regional differences (mine will be german I guess)?
If I'll be able to root it, that means I can use all the apps there are basically? What about alternate ROMs, will that be possible?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm kind of new to the whole topic, though I did root a smartphone I had
Come to think about it, I could use that as a mobile hotspot maybe... Though I'd have the same problems with being dependent on a second battery :/
I think if I'll be able to root it and it'd be able to use all those customized apps that make software things possible that sony tries to forbid or hasnt enabled at least the XTS would be a good choice for me since it's so cheap.
StreamOfLife said:
That sounds like some good news!
I'm still not quite sure whether I should send it back or keep it (hasn't arrived yet but is in transit...would the galaxy tab 10.1" be a better choice? its about the same price here).
Is rooting it risky? Is there any danger to it? Will it be possible with every device or could there be regional differences (mine will be german I guess)?
If I'll be able to root it, that means I can use all the apps there are basically? What about alternate ROMs, will that be possible?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm kind of new to the whole topic, though I did root a smartphone I had
Come to think about it, I could use that as a mobile hotspot maybe... Though I'd have the same problems with being dependent on a second battery :/
I think if I'll be able to root it and it'd be able to use all those customized apps that make software things possible that sony tries to forbid or hasnt enabled at least the XTS would be a good choice for me since it's so cheap.
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You're better buy any other tablet than sony's one.
StreamOfLife said:
That sounds like some good news!
I'm still not quite sure whether I should send it back or keep it (hasn't arrived yet but is in transit...would the galaxy tab 10.1" be a better choice? its about the same price here).
Is rooting it risky? Is there any danger to it? Will it be possible with every device or could there be regional differences (mine will be german I guess)?
If I'll be able to root it, that means I can use all the apps there are basically? What about alternate ROMs, will that be possible?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm kind of new to the whole topic, though I did root a smartphone I had
Come to think about it, I could use that as a mobile hotspot maybe... Though I'd have the same problems with being dependent on a second battery :/
I think if I'll be able to root it and it'd be able to use all those customized apps that make software things possible that sony tries to forbid or hasnt enabled at least the XTS would be a good choice for me since it's so cheap.
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Rooting isn't risky - it's what you do with the root which is.
When you root a phone, you place a su binary file in the /system partition.
If your a new to this, you WILL brick your device. Don't mess with system files before asking here first :fingers-crossed:
StreamOfLife said:
That sounds like some good news!
I'm still not quite sure whether I should send it back or keep it (hasn't arrived yet but is in transit...would the galaxy tab 10.1" be a better choice? its about the same price here).
Is rooting it risky? Is there any danger to it? Will it be possible with every device or could there be regional differences (mine will be german I guess)?
If I'll be able to root it, that means I can use all the apps there are basically? What about alternate ROMs, will that be possible?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm kind of new to the whole topic, though I did root a smartphone I had
Come to think about it, I could use that as a mobile hotspot maybe... Though I'd have the same problems with being dependent on a second battery :/
I think if I'll be able to root it and it'd be able to use all those customized apps that make software things possible that sony tries to forbid or hasnt enabled at least the XTS would be a good choice for me since it's so cheap.
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If you read here first before firing off crazy commands its prob safe to root, having said that after you do the risk of bricking is high bcuz no custom recovery and boot loader is locked so you cannot just flash a Rom to fix it. If you are not in love with Sony for whatever reason, and depending on what you plan to do with the tablet, I would either save $100 and get a nexus 7 or spend extra $100 and get nexus 10.
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aaaalright you guys. thanks everyone!
sending it back...too bad tho, just got it yesterday and it looks pretty cool. thats not the most important thing for me though.
im leaving in 2 month for my trip, so ill wait another month and see if anything happens on the market. maybe ill get a nexus 10. I had a look at the 7 but its too small (htc one x is pretty big already).
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aaaalright you guys. thanks everyone!
sending it back...too bad tho, just got it yesterday and it looks pretty cool. thats not the most important thing for me though.
im leaving in 2 month for my trip, so ill wait another month and see if anything happens on the market. maybe ill get a nexus 10. I had a look at the 7 but its too small (htc one x is pretty big already).
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that's the best you've done, lucky you
StreamOfLife said:
aaaalright you guys. thanks everyone!
sending it back...too bad tho, just got it yesterday and it looks pretty cool. thats not the most important thing for me though.
im leaving in 2 month for my trip, so ill wait another month and see if anything happens on the market. maybe ill get a nexus 10. I had a look at the 7 but its too small (htc one x is pretty big already).
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Wise decision !
StreamOfLife said:
aaaalright you guys. thanks everyone!
sending it back...too bad tho, just got it yesterday and it looks pretty cool. thats not the most important thing for me though.
im leaving in 2 month for my trip, so ill wait another month and see if anything happens on the market. maybe ill get a nexus 10. I had a look at the 7 but its too small (htc one x is pretty big already).
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Thank you for helping us say NO to sony by voting with your wallet, hope you find something that meets your needs.
jumper62 said:
No you can't connect to 3g. Not sure about HDD.
Note: should have got a xperia tablet z
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If the Z has the same type of support as Sony's previous 2 forays into the tablet market, don't bother buying it!
rdalev said:
If the Z has the same type of support as Sony's previous 2 forays into the tablet market, don't bother buying it!
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Currently, it is getting the same support as the xperia z
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Huh?
OTG cable and Sd card won't work. Tried several apps and just can't get it to work.
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umm
v941726 said:
OTG cable and Sd card won't work. Tried several apps and just can't get it to work.
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We know.
Oh. Guess it's been tried. What is with that. Couldn't get it to work on my N10 either. That sucks!
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v941726 said:
Oh. Guess it's been tried. What is with that. Couldn't get it to work on my N10 either. That sucks!
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It should work on n10 with a custom rom
I got rid of the N10. I have to admit that the Kindle beats it many ways. I like the Fire OS. Although I would like to modify it a little more. Not much info here on xda. Surprised. I guess there aren't too many people that have one. The battery life is too phenomenal to rom it. And it's fast and smooth. And i don't think I even saw a rom for it anyway. Didn't look that hard, but don't think I want one either. With the N10, I could not find anything and gave up as to OTG. Even roms. People said it was hit or miss. You were lucky to just get the right unit. I still find it tough to believe that that is case. But I'm not a dev. Seems like what's more in demand.
For what I do with phones and computers, it usually has to affect me first. Then I come up with a solution. But i'm not a coder. And don't know much about Unix/Linux.
v941726 said:
I got rid of the N10. I have to admit that the Kindle beats it many ways. I like the Fire OS. Although I would like to modify it a little more. Not much info here on xda. Surprised. I guess there aren't too many people that have one. The battery life is too phenomenal to rom it. And it's fast and smooth. And i don't think I even saw a rom for it anyway. Didn't look that hard, but don't think I want one either. With the N10, I could not find anything and gave up as to OTG. Even roms. People said it was hit or miss. You were lucky to just get the right unit. I still find it tough to believe that that is case. But I'm not a dev. Seems like what's more in demand.
For what I do with phones and computers, it usually has to affect me first. Then I come up with a solution. But i'm not a coder. And don't know much about Unix/Linux.
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The "problem" with the kindle hdx is that the OS is proprietary , and hacking it is illegal and devs are not even trying, only one has been able to hack it (@jcase), but he cannot release it since Dmca does not cover it,
long story short - there is not much you can do with it, unless try some HDX Nexus rom...
Yeah. But we all void are warranties. That's mostly why we're here. I have ways around that anyway. It's just that this tab seems better than others. I just want to hack it to a point where I can do all the crazy network and server and PC stuff that I do. But keep the Fire OS. Everything can be hacked. And it doesn't hurt anyone. It's mine now. Not Amazons! I know, an age old issue. But it is a good tablet and I think worth the hack. ?. I'm getting there, slow but sure. But there are just a few more things I would like to do.
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
dvdivx said:
Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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I got mine rooted fairly easy.. Not that much work.
This phone was purchased last month. Maybe it was easy for you but try a Nexus next time, no contest. Yes if it was as easy as towelroot made it then yes. With current firmware not a chance.
dvdivx said:
This phone was purchased last month. Maybe it was easy for you but try a Nexus next time, no contest. Yes if it was as easy as towelroot made it then yes. With current firmware not a chance.
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Stop *****ing and unlock the bootloader if you really want root and cant/wont run windows. This is the way Sony wants you to gain root any way.
Wont [NUT]'s tools work? cant you extract easy root and read the batch files? 4.4.4 is probably the easiest firmware we have had to run a root exploit on for a very long time.
EDIT FFS man http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784900 "The tool should work on Windows, Linux and Mac. "
dvdivx said:
This phone was purchased last month. Maybe it was easy for you but try a Nexus next time, no contest. Yes if it was as easy as towelroot made it then yes. With current firmware not a chance.
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lol i have a nexus 5 and rooting the ultra isn't really harder.
I'm sorry but judging the device based on rooting process isn't good enough. Had been using it i must say this device worth every penny from me. Of course nexus is nexus but z ultra has it's pros points.
I had no problem with root even i could not install the drivers in my ubuntu box but virtualbox winxp solved the problem.
dvdivx said:
Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Why a rip off? if it is so difficult, you could've just unlock bootloader. From then on you can root however you want easily. Even without unlocking BL, it's fairly easy to root. "Don't blame the pen if you yourself can't write well". Just sayin'
It's fairly simple. If you think the phones a rip off because your not capable of rooting it., then i don't know what too tell you. You should have done a lot more research, its simple to root it, even if you use linux.
dvdivx said:
Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Very unfortunate. I rooted my C6833 within the hour and the C6802 last year through vRoot. Instead of complaining about the device, go and get FlashTool, download and flash a Towelroot capable ROM, after that, go ahead and go custom ROM.
It is insanely easy to root on Linux. I use all the *nix commands from the Android SDK on my Mac instead of OS X Apps like Flashtool and it works a treat. Within an hour of buying my 2nd XZU two days ago it was rooted and running Lollipop. I simply don't understand your post...
Maybe he is using all in one toolkits.
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Maybe he is using all in one toolkits.
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maybe they are a Ubuntu user?
I had already given them one solution before their rant, and the first line of the root thread I linked to from the stickie says linux and mac...
dvdivx said:
Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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If you unable to root this phone then your not ment to use android phone....just a simple task that you can't find and your complaining makes no sense....
I think you should stick to simple phone rather than a real phone like the z ultra...i feel unfortunate for you to not discover the joy of the z ultra....this is the phone i stay for the longest time and still no suitable replacement for it at this time....and I'm not a one model user, i will buy if that phone is comes to my needs whichever model that is...and nexus is not a good replacement for it...
And if your unable to root this, maybe you should only use the original state phone rather than rooted...
What @blueether says. Rooting has never been an issue on the ZU.
Are you serious? I was rooted in less than 2 minutes with Linux. The hardest part was the download. There was a very small bug in the script but took about a minute to correct. Actually this Sony is great with Linux. Samsung is tough to do in Linux.
Good luck
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Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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They say "One minute in your mouth, forever in your waist". Here is the opposite:
One sour moment (I am still having issues using the external SD card for storing Apps with Link2SD since 11 GB is not enough for me (any solutions?) UPDATE: Fixed! Now with my 128GB External SD working with Link2SD and FolderMount I can have all the Apps I can dream of ), and forever (until next Android Version), the best phone money can buy.
I love the fact that the native DPI knows it is a semi-tablet, unlike other phones with large screens, that are just zoomed versions of a small screen.
I love the waterproof, plus its a gorgeous modern looking phone and super thin. The camera is really great at detail for videos and photos with moving things, but only when no flash is needed (but not the best at everything else, but still, its the best smartphone for everything else) and the photos with light are so good, it really makes up for the lousy performance in the dark.
I have the Sony leather cover/case, that gives a full charge to the ZUltra, that makes it great for intensive use, which one will like to use, since its a pleasure to use. Also extra magnetic stand at the office, just to make sure I can use it nearly 24/7 non-stop if I fancy. No cables to connect. I truly believe it is one of the best Androids and the best alternative to the iPhone 6 Plus which I use side be side everyday. The ZUltra has my personal number and unlimited internet for it, and the iPhone the working number.
Using the ZUltra beside my iphone 6+ reminds me everyday how far has come Android in making things better than the iPhone, like the nicer Whatsapp, Dropbox, etc.
ZUltra its worth the effort. Whats the point of having something so bad compared with the ZUltra for everyday, just because it was easy to do a once-in-a-lifetime (until next update) thing? Isn't it better to have the best for everyday in exchange of just one difficult moment? (Plus here there are many nice people to help you get through )
Coming from the nexus 4, i must say rooting the z ultra is not hard at all. Just follow the tutorial here in xda or youtube. I buy the phone and got it rooted on the same day. I'm using windows 7 btw. The only down side of this phone is the camera and it have less custom rom and custom kernel compared to a nexus.
dvdivx said:
Made the horrible mistake of getting a Z ultra and failed to realize what a horrible nightmare it is to root the device in linux and am just giving up. Feel totally ripped off. Thought I could save money over the Nexus 6 since the screen is bigger and the phone much cheaper but this really the last non nexus phone I'll buy. The clue should have been Sony patching their devices to prevent root, Never again.
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Meh, I have rooted samsung, lgs and now a sony, not much of a big deal, I have done so on ubuntu though.