I just exchanged my prime for a new one I want to keep my new prime on honeycomb, but it keeps prompting me to update the firmware - how do I make this go away?
I think its the dcrm client. can't exactly remember the name. you can freeze it and it'll stop the updates. search for more details though. can't remember all the details around it.
ickkii said:
I just exchanged my prime for a new one I want to keep my new prime on honeycomb, but it keeps prompting me to update the firmware - how do I make this go away?
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Install ICS, it works great.
demandarin said:
I think its the dcrm client. can't exactly remember the name. you can freeze it and it'll stop the updates. search for more details though. can't remember all the details around it.
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heh, i figured I would try deleting apps in system like myzine and stuff like I did before when .14 wouldn't update to .15, then I tried to install the update just now and it failed.
No more prompts to update
enjoying mc3 and other games on honeycomb along with my gps toggle in the notification menu
takes a little longer to boot and the ui isn't as pretty, but honeycomb is giving me alot of my apps back.
My Prime just arrived today and i also dont know if i should upgrade to ics or not, any other recommendation? do i just need to make the firmeware update and thats all? i heared some issues with the .14 or something like that.
vitalero said:
My Prime just arrived today and i also dont know if i should upgrade to ics or not, any other recommendation? do i just need to make the firmeware update and thats all? i heared some issues with the .14 or something like that.
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it felt like .15 was giving me battery issues, alot of people have said. 14 was a battery killer. There were also reports lf random reboots. It may not affect you if you update - but there are still quite a few apps that that are incompatible with ics so i chose to stay on 3.2 until those apps are made compatible.
if you do want to stay on honeycomb you need to root, delete a few apps in the /system/app folder like myzine, pressreader, anything you don't want (I used titanium backup). Then attempt to install the update and it will fail. Wait a few minutes for it to reboot telling you the update failed, then no more OtA notifications.
If you decide to update - manually update the firmware by downloading the update from asus's website- extracting the contents of the zip onto the root directory of your microsd card - then it should prompt you to update.
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heh, i figured I would try deleting apps in system like myzine and stuff like I did before when .14 wouldn't update to .15, then I tried to install the update just now and it failed.
No more prompts to update
enjoying mc3 and other games on honeycomb along with my gps toggle in the notification menu
takes a little longer to boot and the ui isn't as pretty, but honeycomb is giving me alot of my apps back.
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Thing is we have all those gameloft games working on ICS. I'm on latest ICS update and I have MC3 version working perfectly on it. Plus its better working than version that worked on HC. I wouldn't hold back an update to a better overall experience just for a game. Especially when we have all those games working on ICS though. Its all about choices though. If you like HC then that's cool. But I'm sure you already know you that now you won't receive anymore OTA updates and manually have to install each one now.
About to play MC3 now on ICS it plays n looks great.
ickkii said:
it felt like .15 was giving me battery issues, alot of people have said. 14 was a battery killer. There were also reports lf random reboots. It may not affect you if you update - but there are still quite a few apps that that are incompatible with ics so i chose to stay on 3.2 until those apps are made compatible.
if you do want to stay on honeycomb you need to root, delete a few apps in the /system/app folder like myzine, pressreader, anything you don't want (I used titanium backup). Then attempt to install the update and it will fail. Wait a few minutes for it to reboot telling you the update failed, then no more OtA notifications.
If you decide to update - manually update the firmware by downloading the update from asus's website- extracting the contents of the zip onto the root directory of your microsd card - then it should prompt you to update.
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Thank you for the information, but why i need to manually update? cant i just run the update from the tablet itself? and only via microSD, or can i put it inside the internal memory and press on it with file explorer?
Smart man..I'd leave mine at Honey Comb as well. I remember reading all these blogs with ppl having issues. I got tired of the notification and figured how bad can it be...If I could only go back to when everything worked..even the GPS was slightly better (when tethering)..smh
DO NOT UPDATE if everythings working smooth
demandarin said:
Thing is we have all those gameloft games working on ICS. I'm on latest ICS update and I have MC3 version working perfectly on it. Plus its better working than version that worked on HC. I wouldn't hold back an update to a better overall experience just for a game. Especially when we have all those games working on ICS though. Its all about choices though. If you like HC then that's cool. But I'm sure you already know you that now you won't receive anymore OTA updates and manually have to install each one now.
About to play MC3 now on ICS it plays n looks great.
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the modded one plays terrible for me, the sensitivity is screwed, it doesn't reward correctly, it doesn't log my matches correctly, and gamecih doesn't work well on ics. my honeycomb version has none of those issues. all Glu games are working again for me, as well as all other apps that were working on ics.
once i manually install an update ota updates will return.
ics is nice, but I can live with honeycomb. I do miss the ui and settings menu of ics, I can make honeycomb prettier - but I'm kind of afraid to without an unlocked bootloader. If I do decide to return toics it's as simple as restoring my nandroid backup.
Lyvewire said:
Smart man..I'd leave mine at Honey Comb as well. I remember reading all these blogs with ppl having issues. I got tired of the notification and figured how bad can it be...If I could only go back to when everything worked..even the GPS was slightly better (when tethering)..smh
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everything is fine for the most part. the only thing is booting takes longer and theres a bit of a hiccup on recent apps, nothing substantially worse.
there were some ics features that made the experience a little more convenient, but I can live without them.
To me the big difference is in the browser. So much better. As far as apps they are slightly smoother but not really by much. I still see some stutter in home screen and app drawer and some apps I use are still not compatible like hidebar or even honeybar to hide status bar. Netflix works smoother if you force gpu but brakes my game Meltown from Mars. I just get a black screen. So I have to disable force gpu and just deal with the netflix stutter. Also from time to time I get a app not responding error and can either close the app or wait. If I hit wait it eventually runs.
So IMO if youre happy with HC I'd stick with it. I'm only sticking with ICS cause of the browsing acceleration is much better and the issues I encounter I can overlook. And I dont want to start over again and reinstall everything and copy downloaded data back since downgrading to HC requires you hard reset and will delete everything in the internal sd. I've gone back and forth so many times and its not fun at all.
As far as mc3 IMO the HC version is better. Panning is really slow on ICS but I can get by. What really sucks is if someones behind me theres no way I can turn around in time to shoot back. I can with HC.
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Oh and if you dont want the pesky notification to bother you again heres what you do.
Let it download the update but dont install it.
Root your device and use ES explorer or root explorer and go to /cache and delete the dlpkgfile that was downloaded
Then hit that down arrow in the status bar and do an install
It will try to verify the dlpkgfile file before it installs but will fail because you deleted the file
It will tell you it will revert to previous rom but wont really do anything but close the notice
Thats it. You shouldnt get notified anymore.
You can still update later if you want by going to setting> about tablet> and check for new version.
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aznmode said:
To me the big difference is in the browser. So much better. As far as apps they are slightly smoother but not really by much. I still see some stutter in home screen and app drawer and some apps I use are still not compatible like hidebar or even honeybar to hide status bar. Netflix works smoother if you force gpu but brakes my game Meltown from Mars. I just get a black screen. So I have to disable force gpu and just deal with the netflix stutter. Also from time to time I get a app not responding error and can either close the app or wait. If I hit wait it eventually runs.
So IMO if youre happy with HC I'd stick with it. I'm only sticking with ICS cause of the browsing acceleration is much better and the issues I encounter I can overlook. And I dont want to start over again and reinstall everything and copy downloaded data back since downgrading to HC requires you hard reset and will delete everything in the internal sd. I've gone back and forth so many times and its not fun at all.
As far as mc3 IMO the HC version is better. Panning is really slow on ICS but I can get by. What really sucks is if someones behind me theres no way I can turn around in time to shoot back. I can with HC.
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I don't use stock browser so that's not an issue for me
Boat works the same in hc as it does on ics.
& Yea, mc3 is way better man. Coming in first alot again and getting rewarded the proper amounts.
I just got honeycomb broke in like I had ics, took a few hours, but it was worth it I guess.
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I don't use stock browser so that's not an issue for me
Boat works the same in hc as it does on ics.
& Yea, mc3 is way better man. Coming in first alot again and getting rewarded the proper amounts.
I just got honeycomb broke in like I had ics, took a few hours, but it was worth it I guess.
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I didnt try boat on HC. You mind posting a video (of www.androidcentral.com or www.phandroid.com). I tried Dolphin but i still got the checkered thing when you scroll fast and there are images. Opera was stuttery and the only one that was smooth was opera mobile but it was limited. I found the stock to work the best specially with some flash sites.
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i just noticed that the "My Apps" button in the market now looks like a phone and says "sprint"
If i click on it it doesn't take me to my apps.
Anyone else having this problem?
That's normal for this build. If you click on your Menu, you'll find My Apps there.
Thanks you were right
Best ROM on XDA
+1
I'm really enjoying this ROM. The speed of the machine is phenomenal.
Love the Rom ad well but can't seem to get the market updated or to show all apps. Any thoughts?
I've tried market enabled to no avail.
Issue with ROM or with G-Tab?
I've noticed that if I let the g-tab go to sleep, I'm having to reboot it get it to wake up.
Is anyone else having this issue? I've had my tablet since x-mas, but have nto used it much. It sat in a desk drawer for about 2 months, and I'm just now getting into using it.
Daniel
I have this issue with every rom ive tried on my gtab. So now I pretty much just install clem's kernel everytime. Plus it gives me CIFS so I can stream media from my windows pc .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895825
boots77 said:
Love the Rom ad well but can't seem to get the market updated or to show all apps. Any thoughts?
I've tried market enabled to no avail.
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Yeah, again it's just the build. There are a ton of hacks that will get you more of the market, but I doubt you'll ever get "everything". Considering that the GTab wasn't blessed by Google, we're lucky to have the devs here to get the market at all.
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I've noticed that if I let the g-tab go to sleep, I'm having to reboot it get it to wake up.
Is anyone else having this issue? I've had my tablet since x-mas, but have nto used it much. It sat in a desk drawer for about 2 months, and I'm just now getting into using it.
Daniel
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Another issue with this ROM. Some have fixed it by going to Clemsyn's kernel, others to Pershoot's and still others by using CPU Master Free. Personally, I just set my tab's Screen Timeout to Never. What can I say...I like simple.
jccrumpler said:
Best ROM on XDA
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Been getting over 2500 on quadrant consistently with a high of 2612. It's the fastest my tab has run so far.
jccrumpler said:
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I agree. The only problems I see with it are no news and weather widget like on tnt, and the horrible photo album (I think it's from stock?)
Fireware
This may be a stupid question, so I am sorry if it is, but Calkulins v1.1 says it is "Based on rooted 2.2 / FRF91 - TnT 3991"...
so can you run it on the 1.1-3588 firmware, or will that brick?
Again, sorry for my ignorance...
Thanks!
ROM's and Firmware are the same thing. If you're asking whether you can use ClockworkMod or standard recovery, the answer is yes. Calkulin's ROM is a hybrid using the newer 3991 build for features but the older bootloader and recovery. It shouldn't cause you any trouble loading it over 3588.
Thanks! Sorry, I confused the firmware with bootloader, thanks for straightening that out!
No problem. Just want to make sure that I understand the question correctly. Happy modding!
All Done!
Woot!! I will say, I bought this on the woot! deal... and although I consider myself very computer savvy, I have never rooted/hijacked/whatever a device before...
Happily this was super easy! I wanted use the stock ROM for a bit to get familiar with it, but I just couldn't stand how slow/unresponsive/just crappy it was!!
So I jumped the gun and started in... luckily I did a lot of reading first!!
Loaded up Clockworkmod - and made a backup first!! lol
Used clockworkmod to install Calkulins ROM---OMG is it fast!!
The found that I was having the sleep-death issue... so I loaded up Clemsyns Kernel Too!!
Not a single hiccup! Even for a noob- this is super easy! Just follow all the great advice on the XDA forums (and don't skip steps!) and you can't screw it up.
Thanks to all the great people on here, for the hard work, and patience... I love seen good communities like this!
DeadEnd
Which version of Clemsyns is recommended?
Hi,
clakulins ROM is my prefered ROM so far
But, it needs some issues to be addressed to make it my daily driver.
1- sleep-to-death
I know we can use another kernel to fix this (so I keep this fix for later if everything else can work)
2- Settings/Family accounts/add member
This FC every single time. I definitly need this functionality. My Gtab being a family device....
3- Photos is horrible as previosuly pointed out in this thread. I want a centralized place for all my photos, or at least for local storage + picasa. With this gallery, we can only access picasa public albums. What about my own account !!!
4- Photos started to display pictures roatated one quarter to the left. It doesnt let me re-rotate them back to original. It does that for evey single picture, i cant fix this. Photos is now unusable
I tried a few Photos gallery apps from the market (6-7 so far). None of them works to my liking.
I just want somethings simple that get access to all my pics.
5- Cant play videos anymore. Not even the sample 'car' and 'king kong' that came with the Gtab.
If I can fix all of the above, calkulin will be my only and permanent ROM.
(ps items 4 and 5 were previously working ok in this ROM, this started yesterday)
Also, another things that is on my whish list:
- Have bluetooth HID
I have this blutooth keyboard collecting dust on the used parts shelve that I would like to use with the Gtab
thank you calkulin for all,
So, I decided to install clemsyn kernel to fix this sleep-death problem.
No problem installing, everything went well.
But now instead of comlaining that it cant play videos, it just FC on every videos I try to play.
I feel a complete reinstall will be necessary.
On August 5, 2011 Samsung put out the update for the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1 for the TouchWiz update. I really thought it would make the tablet better but instead I absolutely hate it. It made the very clean black interface into a grey child looking operating system. Although the system seems to run a little better now I just really hate the grey look to it. I loved how the bar at the bottom would go away when I wanted to watch a movie on it. Now I am stuck with it up all the time. Not to mention all the extra apps it loaded on that I don't want. Plus all of the weird bold fonts that are used on it now.
I have called Samsung support but they insist I am now stuck with it. I asked them if a factory reset would work and they said no......really? But I HATE it!
I have read some forums saying I could root my tablet back to the stock Honeycomb but if I do that can I reverse the root and get updates from samsung again? If and when they ever clean up this stupid TouchWiz. Granted some people might like it but I am really hating it.
Please I am begging the Experts out there for answers.
im looking for the same thing, it did make the system feel a bit smoother and fater, but I hate how the UI looks now
root, install CWM, download and install the 3.1 OTA update from here.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
I have another complaint against the TouchWiz update. Now ES File Explorer will not show a usb drive when I plug it into my tablet. I have to use the stupid My Files app that comes with the TouchWiz update
EvoXOhio said:
root, install CWM, download and install the 3.1 OTA update from here.
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Is there a forum will some detailed instructions on how to load stock honeycomb 3.1 back on to the Tablet
My bottom bar fades off when i watch a video. I then see lil white dots for the points you can access the notifications, quick apps, and navigation buttons.
I hardly notice it. But then I am able to watch what I am watching and ignore whatever else.
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djchad72 said:
My bottom bar fades off when i watch a video. I then see lil white dots for the points you can access the notifications, quick apps, and navigation buttons.
I hardly notice it. But then I am able to watch what I am watching and ignore whatever else.
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Yes, after you said that I have noticed if I use the android media player it will fade out. But if I use an app like rock player it no longer fades out like it used to =(
(the android media player still won't play most files so I have to use rock player or spend the time reformatting them.)
Totally agree. Some functional improvements, but the UI looks dumbed down and ugly.
I like the task manager, but probably won't use the other quick launch apps, and they can't be changed. Also, the screenshot button doesn't belong on the screen at all times.
gseseske said:
Totally agree. Some functional improvements, but the UI looks dumbed down and ugly.
I like the task manager, but probably won't use the other quick launch apps, and they can't be changed. Also, the screenshot button doesn't belong on the screen at all times.
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Couldn't have said it better myself
luckyskittles said:
Yes, after you said that I have noticed if I use the android media player it will fade out. But if I use an app like rock player it no longer fades out like it used to =(
(the android media player still won't play most files so I have to use rock player or spend the time reformatting them.)
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I'm don't use rock player, but I do use diceplayer, and it plays almost all the formats flawlessly. Also, with the current update the dev have fixed the fade out issue while playing the video.
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why do you HAVE to use it?
luckyskittles said:
I have another complaint against the TouchWiz update. Now ES File Explorer will not show a usb drive when I plug it into my tablet. I have to use the stupid My Files app that comes with the TouchWiz update
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Althought it pops up, why do you have to use it?
I am using rootexplorere just fine on my usb drive.
Agh! Kill it! Kill it with fire!
Hated the Touchwiz update.... calendar didn't sync properly anymore and I found the ui to now feel like a toy, big text and all... I hated it enough that i fully reverted to 3.1 stock... unless a decent community supported rom comes out, I'll probably sell the tablet and switch to a different one.
Thanks everyone on this thread for pointing me in the right direction to revert.
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Hated the Touchwiz update.... calendar didn't sync properly anymore and I found the ui to now feel like a toy, big text and all... I hated it enough that i fully reverted to 3.1 stock... unless a decent community supported rom comes out, I'll probably sell the tablet and switch to a different one.
Thanks everyone on this thread for pointing me in the right direction to revert.
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I feel exactly the same way, and am a bit concerned to see all the custom ROMs adopting the TW update.
The TW Email app looks like Pagasus mail did in the late 90's.
I ended up reverting back to 3.1 but kind of miss the Videos application, nothing else.
Can you point me to the post that showed you how to remove the update?
Not impressed with the update at all. When the source is released for hc and\or ics this tablet will rock.
I'm going to be removing the update as well today and am going back to 3.1 stock. I can't stand the childish look of the system now and mine is dog slow. Typing is extremely painful as well due to the horrible lag.
I don't know. My Tab seems much slower after the update. I am going revert to stock and see what that feels like again.
luckyskittles said:
Is there a forum will some detailed instructions on how to load stock honeycomb 3.1 back on to the Tablet
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You have a link on post no. 4, I don't think there is a more clearer tutorial on this planet.
Hi,
So I just recently got the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. I am familiar with Android and I know what I'm doing (or so I think lol) but some things just aren't working and I don't know if it's me or software limitation. Regardless I'm hoping someone can shedd some light on these...
1. The market is lacking a LOT of applications that are available on phones. Is that right? I thought it would just scale for the most part....I can't even find the official Facebook app on the market. Am I looking in the wrong place or something? Hulu? Netflix??
1a. Some applications that I sideload (mainly widgets) like typoclock or something of that sort....install, but when I go to add the widget it is not there, as if never installed. Even when I try to reinstall it, it says that it will replace the old one so i know for a fact that it installs, but the widgets aren't available, and they arent listed in the installed apps drawer either.
2. It seems kind of sluggish...and I really haven't installed much, even from a cold boot...it's kinda laggy, not as quick as I have seen on some review videos. Quadrant scores around 1400-1500. I Rooted it, installed the latest SunBurst ROM and overclocked to 1.4Ghz and it's still laggy often despite nearing 3000 on quadrant now.
3. So I couldn't get any Netflix apk to work on it stock, so once I rooted, installed Sunburst ROM it came installed with a Netflix app, but I don't think it's official since the icon is orange and has a little android on it. Needless to say THAT app doesn't work and CAN'T be installed (I figure it's cooked onto the ROM) regardless I found a Netflix apk that install and replaces it, and works...but after one day it reverts back to the old netflix and doesn't work. So pretty much everytime I want to use Netflix I have to reinstall and overwrite with the new Netflix apk I found...it's annoying. (and the search function doesn't work on that Netflix either)
I know it's a lot to rant about and a lot of issues, and I love the tab and honeycomb, but I can't believe these issues still persist. I hope someone can help me with one/all of these and I will be forever grateful.
Thanks, hope someone can help...
1a. Try a restart after you install a widget. It seems that if the widget is not made for HC, it doesn't appear before you restart.
i tried rebooting but that didn't help any unfortunately...
There's a netflix 1.3 APK somewhere that sideloads perfectly. I haven't tried it with Touchwiz yet - I haven't even touched Touchwiz.
Try stock ROM first. Your ROM might have broken something. I know Bonsai completely broke USB storage support as an example, and Starburst claims to be the "most complete and fastest Touchwiz experience" which means it's going to have missing and broken things. Any ROM dev making claims like that is compensating for something. The "hacked-icon" Netflix app is an obvious sign they went a LITTLE too far.
Netflix sideload works perfectly on my Tab. Unrooted. TouchWiz. Stock.
i tried netflix fix on starburst rom, it did work but reverted back to fcs after a reboot. i switched to bonsai 3, netflix seems to be working fine even after a reboot.
2. It seems kind of sluggish...
The default launcher is a bit sluggish, it is a honeycomb issue. For me I have seen after a "reboot", the tab does take a couple of minutes to "settle", then it is smooth for me, but if you have lot of widgets on your homescreens it will be sluggish, my experience in any case.
thanks to all you guys for all the replies.
As far as the Netflix, I know I do have the correct apk I think the issue is that it isn't playing nice with the one that is baked into the rom. I guess I will have to install another rom.
However I haven't heard anything on the apps, is that right? There's no Facebook? Anyoneelse having issues with Widgets not appearing?
For Facebook search for an app in the market called 'Friend Me'
Looks great and works great =)
for getting rid of sluggishness try this launcher: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188701
Danisflying said:
For Facebook search for an app in the market called 'Friend Me'
Looks great and works great =)
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Thanks! Good call, app looks great!
@js931,I'll give that launcher a try and see how it goes.
I understand and feel for you on your problems. My 3rd (and final) Galaxy Tab is on the way to me from Amazon.com. I also have an Asus Transformer on the way as well and the device that gives me the least amount of problems is the device I plan to keep. I want to like the Tab but I don't have high hopes since I'm about to be on my 3rd device. The 2nd one worked perfectly after Touchwiz for a while - even fixed issues I was having such as the typing lag - but the issues I had with the first one (screen and/or Wifi doesn't respond after bringing the device out of sleep) resurfaced a few days ago. The 2nd Tab also had something loose on the inside as it produces a loud rattling noise whenever it vibrates. While that is easily cured by turning off the vibration, I paid $600 for this device and I expect it to be near-perfect. So any little issue I have with this 3rd Tab means it's going back for a refund and I'll keep the Transformer... assuming it behaves like it should, lol.
At any rate, good luck with your issues. The Tab is a beautiful device but seems to be problematic... at least that's my experience with it.
I bought the Sims 3 a long time ago for my daughter to play on my phone and I thought I'd load it up on the Touchpad for her, but it doesn't show up in a search in Android market, and doesn't show up in my app list as purchased. If I go to the market on my PC though, it's there and showing purchased. I try to send it to my TP as a HP GT-i9100 and it never sends it. My build.prop has been edited to a GT-i9100.
Thoughts on this issue?
There are threads on this topic already. The gist of it is you're going to need to sideload a backup from your phone. Changing your build.prop to a Nexus S will allow you to download it from the market, but once you launch it you'll still need to download the sum of the game from EA's servers, which won't be fooled.
You need to install the game on your phone, back up the apk and the downloaded data from the android system folder on the SD card, and then transfer them to your touchpad.
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There are threads on this topic already. The gist of it is you're going to need to sideload a backup from your phone. Changing your build.prop to a Nexus S will allow you to download it from the market, but once you launch it you'll still need to download the sum of the game from EA's servers, which won't be fooled.
You need to install the game on your phone, back up the apk and the downloaded data from the android system folder on the SD card, and then transfer them to your touchpad.
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I searched and only one other thread came up, and it didn't pertain to my question. Thanks though! It's already installed on my phone so it'll be easy to do. Thanks for the reply.
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From what I understand, EA has not updated the game for ICS and I am personally not convinced it can be made to work until (if!) they update it.
I had my build.prop set to a T989 Samsung Galaxy S II and under this setting it did show up in CM7 but it is not showing up with the same build.prop settings in CM9 which is making me think the issue is not the device setting but the actual version of the OS. Comments in the reviews seem to confirm it does not work with ICS and EA has not gotten off their ass to update the game since September, which is BEFORE ICS was even released.
I suppose it might be possible to obtain the apk from some, ahem, unofficial source (and before anyone gets their panties in a bunch I paid for the app a while back it just won't show in the market anymore) and sideload it.
Even if you do that and manage to get it to load and then load the data from another device there is still the issue that the game is made for 16:9 aspect ratio and will not work properly on 4:3. The only way I know of to fix that is to get hacked files that force a 16:9 ratio (with a portion of the bottom of your screen unusable) and I don't believe there is an ICS version of those files, just Gingerbread.
TL;DR - I'm not convinced it can be made to work under ICS and to even attempt it is a huge pain in the ass.
_Motoki_ said:
From what I understand, haEA has not updated the game for ICS and I am personally not convinced it can be made to work until (if!) they update it.
I had my build.prop set to a T989 Samsung Galaxy S II and under this setting it did show up in CM7 but it is not showing up with the same build.prop settings in CM9 which is making me think the issue is not the device setting but the actual version of the OS. Comments in the reviews seem to confirm it does not work with ICS and EA has not gotten off their ass to update the game since September, which is BEFORE ICS was even released.
I suppose it might be possible to obtain the apk from some, ahem, unofficial source (and before anyone gets their panties in a bunch I paid for the app a while back it just won't show in the market anymore) and sideload it.
Even if you do that and manage to get it to load and then load the data from another device there is still the issue that the game is made for 16:9 aspect ratio and will not work properly on 4:3. The only way I know of to fix that is to get hacked files that force a 16:9 ratio (with a portion of the bottom of your screen unusable) and I don't believe there is an ICS version of those files, just Gingerbread.
TL;DR - I'm not convinced it can be made to work under ICS and to even attempt it is a huge pain in the ass.
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It works fine on ICS. I have it running on alpha .6. The problem is the unsupported touchpad resolution of the TP messes up all the onscreen touch buttons. Maybe EA will update it in the future.
danknee said:
It works fine on ICS. I have it running on alpha .6. The problem is the unsupported touchpad resolution of the TP messes up all the onscreen touch buttons. Maybe EA will update it in the future.
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I wouldn't hold my breath. I don't think Android is much of a priority for EA right now.
I did a full wipe when updating to CM9 and reinstalled everything but haven't been able to reinstall Sims due to it as far as I can tell being blocked for ICS. Have you had luck getting it to show up in the market with a particular build.prop under CM9 or did you already have it installed from CM7?
I'm afraid the whole aspect ratio issue makes it not really playable though. I was using the hack posted here that forces 16:9 and it did work fine under that but those files were meant for CM7 and I have my doubts that they will work for CM9.
Anyway, it requires manually copying files, changing permissions and rebooting back and forth which is a pain in the butt. :-/
Looks great so far. The Home launcher is much more responsive so I can do away with ADW EX for now.
Kind of wish there were more small apps, but browser, calculator and IR remote are great choices for those and they work terrifically.
What do you guys think so far?
hogaburger said:
Looks great so far. The Home launcher is much more responsive so I can do away with ADW EX for now.
Kind of wish there were more small apps, but browser, calculator and IR remote are great choices for those and they work terrifically.
What do you guys think so far?
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When is 4.0.4 coming!!! :-D, so far so good on my end, seems more responsive. WIFI seems to stay on and work a lot better.
Upgraded to ics and my play store keeps crashing. Tried clearing cache and data, then it runs for about 5 min and crashes again...anyone else having similar issues?
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jbatch said:
Upgraded to ics and my play store keeps crashing. Tried clearing cache and data, then it runs for about 5 min and crashes again...anyone else having similar issues?
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Just tested Play Store, no issue for me.
jbatch said:
Upgraded to ics and my play store keeps crashing. Tried clearing cache and data, then it runs for about 5 min and crashes again...anyone else having similar issues?
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Uninstall from settings and go in as market... That fixed it for me...
The tablet was initially very laggy after the update but a reboot seemed to fix things, with the exception of the notification menu. It stutters very noticeably and is extremely annoying. Many apps also don't rotate properly anymore.
Still better than Honeycomb despiute those drawbacks.
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DAMN YOU SONY!!!
Things i hate:
- this annoying wifi keepalive issue is still there!!! there is no way to keep wifi active during standby -.- damned why don't they let us users the choice... there IS an option to set the standby behavior but its still completely useless....
- sometimes there are widget issues (doesn't matter if 3rd party or preinstalled) that widgets change into editor mode when just pressing a button like update... changing screen ang going back will fix this temporarily... had this 2 times now...
- auto brigtness issue still not resolved... in low light the screen is MUCH too dark and when changing from full brightess to automatic it keeps full for a while and then goes down to min
- homescreen lag is still too much in portrait
- forced portrait is still not changable (damn i'm righthanded and want to hold it on the ROUND side when portrait is forced!!!!)
- the new ICS launcher... Sonys previous own launcher had a better overview with the sorting possibilities but ok we can have folders now...
- still no thumb keyboard -.-
things i like:
- media from SD card is now directly available and nut just for transfer... finally i have enough memory also without root and mounting stuff ^^
- the new mini-apps are nice but there is still much potential for more apps
- the new version of "Favorites" App is very nice animated and faster
- ICS possibility to deactivate system apps that are not removable... finally i get this google music player away
- a few other ICS related things...
ALL IN ALL this update is a big disappointement... they updated to ICS, integrated one or thwo new features and that's it??? all the big issues are still there since more than six months!!!!!
I have personally had a fantastic experience with the ICS update. Everything seems faster across the board. Menus more responsive, faster browser, better keyboard response/feedback. I also like the ICS look and feel and the mini apps. Really happy with the update so far.
I used to be able to DL directly to my SD Card, and using ES File Manager to move files around. Now it refuses to do so. Anyone else having this issue? If not, what file manager are you using?
My tablet seems to have gone really slow after the ICS update.
I tried a factory restore to ensure that I didnt have too many things installed and decided to start afresh. Didnt help. The tablet is still very slow. While the touch is responsive and I like the features of ICS like slide to dismiss, reading files directly from SD card etc, I definitely donot like the amount of lag I am noticing.
All my apps seem to be really really slow.
My Honeycomb seemed to be far more faster irrespective of all the issues that it had.
Any suggestions anyone?? I am on non rooted US version 16Gb Wifi.
intellix said:
My tablet seems to have gone really slow after the ICS update.
I tried a factory restore to ensure that I didnt have too many things installed and decided to start afresh. Didnt help. The tablet is still very slow. While the touch is responsive and I like the features of ICS like slide to dismiss, reading files directly from SD card etc, I definitely donot like the amount of lag I am noticing.
All my apps seem to be really really slow.
My Honeycomb seemed to be far more faster irrespective of all the issues that it had.
Any suggestions anyone?? I am on non rooted US version 16Gb Wifi.
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Have you tried going into Settings > Developer Options and tick "Force GPU rendering"?
I'm thinking of buying the sony tablet s. I've read on various reviews that this tablet's battery life is not that impressive (Honeycomb0, is that true? And btw how is the battery life after the ics update? Is there any improvement?
someone can connect tablet with PC on MTP usb
i tried many times but i couldn't
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i havent played around much since the update but the little time i did spend with my tab i found it more responsive and smoother.... i am liking the ics update... dont know why others having issues but i think we should give it a couple of days so that all issues are ironed out....
taruu said:
someone can connect tablet with PC on MTP usb
i tried many times but i couldn't
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On the first time, it took a while to show up as windows tried to reinstall the drivers for the tablet. Maybe you should keep it connected on USB and wait for a while and see if it shows up?
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On the first time, it took a while to show up as windows tried to reinstall the drivers for the tablet. Maybe you should keep it connected on USB and wait for a while and see if it shows up?
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i'm steel keeping connection but nothing happened
should i try to reinstall drivers forcibly?
I don't understand the problems with wifi-keep-alive.There a apps in the playstore to force this. It worked well for me in Honeycomb.
Same with a thumb-keyboard.
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taruu said:
i'm steel keeping connection but nothing happened
should i try to reinstall drivers forcibly?
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pokoedge said:
On the first time, it took a while to show up as windows tried to reinstall the drivers for the tablet. Maybe you should keep it connected on USB and wait for a while and see if it shows up?
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sorry, i found it
i just reboot the tablet s and connect again
then it works
macmeier said:
I don't understand the problems with wifi-keep-alive.There a apps in the playstore to force this. It worked well for me in Honeycomb.
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The problem with that app from the market is that it keeps the device awake when you turn off the screen, and it eats through the battery.
On the Android phones I've used (Legend, Desire, Arc S), the WiFi remained connected, but the phone also went to sleep, battery drain was minimal.
This is the behaviour we were expecting to see in the ICS update, but unfortunately it hasn't been fixed...
Hey, i have a 3g tablet, because that i have to wait for upgrading.
But i have an important question for hifi guys: What is with the IR-Remote app...
Are there any changes to the App on Honeycomb?
I bought the tablet for controlling my homecinema an know i want to know if we get makros in the IR-Remote app?
pls check it and give a response to me