[Q] Samsung Note 2 - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So hello, I would like to ask a few questions about Note 2.
1. I have GT-N7000, what is the difference between this one and just Note 2?
2. How can I upgrade my android? Right now I have 4.0.4, which came by default.

a1841647 said:
So hello, I would like to ask a few questions about Note 2.
1. I have GT-N7000, what is the difference between this one and just Note 2?
2. How can I upgrade my android? Right now I have 4.0.4, which came by default.
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There is a HUGE difference between the 2 devices. Obviously the original Note, the one you have, is running on ICS, while the Note 2 has 4.1 Jellybean. Note 2 has significantly better hardware as well. Quad core and 2 GB of RAM, as opposed to Dual core and 1 GB RAM. Also, Note 1 has PenTile Matrix, while Note 2 has RGB Matrix. Note 2 is also 0.2" bigger. There are a bunch of other differences such as SPen improvements and different Touchwiz UIs, so I wont continue. The official update is coming, according to GSMarena, so just wait. That or root your device and flash a custom ROM on it. Search on Google or XDA on how to do so. If you want more info on Note 2, here it is: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note_ii_n7100-4854.php
PS. Instead of asking this, you could have found your answers on Youtube and Google.

Ok, thanks Got 1 more question...Im trying to add files from my pc to my phone..so far I couldnt.. Installed 30 tb of software and nothing worked...tried samsung kies and doubleTwist...cant...its very annoying

a1841647 said:
Ok, thanks Got 1 more question...Im trying to add files from my pc to my phone..so far I couldnt.. Installed 30 tb of software and nothing worked...tried samsung kies and doubleTwist...cant...its very annoying
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umm. tb is terabyte. That would not be possible to fit on a smartphone. I think you mean mb? Even 30 gb of stuff is a bit of a stretch. And what do you mean that you're trying to add to your phone? Music? When I add files, such as roms, kernels, music, photos, etc, I just open Computer, and find the removable disk and then drag and drop into the sd card. Dunno why you're using Kies... Anyway, Im not exactly sure what you're trying to say here.

Hobbesfed said:
umm. tb is terabyte. That would not be possible to fit on a smartphone. I think you mean mb? Even 30 gb of stuff is a bit of a stretch. And what do you mean that you're trying to add to your phone? Music? When I add files, such as roms, kernels, music, photos, etc, I just open Computer, and find the removable disk and then drag and drop into the sd card. Dunno why you're using Kies... Anyway, Im not exactly sure what you're trying to say here.
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Well I was just kidding with 30tb, just because I did so much and cant get files on my phone :S There is no option like you said with removable disc...

a1841647 said:
Well I was just kidding with 30tb, just because I did so much and cant get files on my phone :S There is no option like you said with removable disc...
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you sure you cant get that option in computer? does your usb cable even connect properly? does your phone says its connected? Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23y5XZrRxEM

Hobbesfed said:
you sure you cant get that option in computer? does your usb cable even connect properly? does your phone says its connected? Watch this video:
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If I select MTP it doesnt recognize it..

a1841647 said:
If I select MTP it doesnt recognize it..
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Might be your usb cable or computer. Try changing cables.
Oh and also, if you dont have drivers installed/updated, it might not recognize.
Read this How-to: http://www.knowyourmobile.com/samsu..._a_computer_with_the_samsung_galaxy_note.html

Hobbesfed said:
Might be your usb cable or computer. Try changing cables.
Oh and also, if you dont have drivers installed/updated, it might not recognize.
Read this How-to:
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Hey, I dont use memory card. Also I only have that cable, and I do have latest drivers.

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Ethical way to use USB mode.

On my previous Galaxy S whenever I connect my phone I got a small icon near clock which indicates mass storage device is connected,however on S3 I don't see any indication of device connected.When I go to my computer I see S3 as media device when I go in it I can browse external and internal memory but my question is that how to remove S3 safely from computer when file transfer is done? I don't see any UN-mount option either.
ANYONE?
Yeah mass storage is gone, and you can just unplug the device after the text "synchronize" disappear from the phone ..no need to unmount etc
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norpan111 said:
Yeah mass storage is gone, and you can just unplug the device after the text "synchronize" disappear from the phone ..no need to unmount etc
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Are you 100% confident it wont hurt S3 if I pull plug?
ICS. said:
Are you 100% confident it wont hurt S3 if I pull plug?
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of course, just make sure that you don't pull it out when the file transfer is still going on, as that might corrupt the disk, and need formatting
The S3 is an inanimate object and has no feelings so I'd say it's 100% "ethical" to pull the plug on it without killing it or hurting its feelings.
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pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
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(of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription.
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The "lost in translation" kind of thing
why did they canceled the usb utilities option ?
now it just slow strasfer and anoyng...
hope that they will release an update to get it back or something
benhouli said:
why did they canceled the usb utilities option ?
now it just slow strasfer and anoyng...
hope that they will release an update to get it back or something
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That's one thing HTC has over the sgs3, way better options when connecting through usb!
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and do u think it's dead end?
samsung or developers will not do something to add it or something
i hope someone will do something about that
As in the first post the UN forced Samsung to remove this unethical means of file transfer . War may well follow .,
jje
benhouli said:
and do u think it's dead end?
samsung or developers will not do something to add it or something
i hope someone will do something about that
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This app will make the external microSD card of your SGS3 available as USB mass storage device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
Don't pull the plug ! You'll kill the poor creature, and Interpol will hunt you down for manslaughter ...
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"You can overclock as much as you want, your phone will always seem too slow."
k786 said:
This app will make the external microSD card of your SGS3 available as USB mass storage device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
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thanks...

[Q] Installing CWM on Chinese galaxy s3

I've obtained a Samsung Galaxy S3 from a Chinese vendor (live in China). It seems legit (weight, size, runs Chinese (no-market) Android 4.1), but upon starting it with volume down, I don't go into download mode but into something called "factory mode". A blue menu with the option to run tests. When in factory mode and connected over USB, Windows 7 recognises two devices: MT65xx Android Phone and CDC Serial. It doesn't have drivers for it.
I've found some drivers online but they aren't recognised as the right drivers for those two devices. Result is that neither Heimdall nor Odin will be able to communicate with the phone to install ClockWorkMod. It only seems to have a standard Android recovery which does not accept my CyanogenMod Rom file (Invalid OTA package, Update.zip is not correct)
Any ideas?
Seems like a fake S3 to be honest.
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Right. However, since it's running Android 4.1 it should be possible to replace the ROM and bootloader some how...?
Also, rooting with SuperOneClick worked fine (after force-feeding Windows an ADB Interface Driver for those devices)... Any other ideas?
bluppfisk said:
Right. However, since it's running Android 4.1 it should be possible to replace the ROM and bootloader some how...?
Also, rooting with SuperOneClick worked fine (after force-feeding Windows an ADB Interface Driver for those devices)... Any other ideas?
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If it's fake then you can't replace the ROM with an S3 ROM or anything like that.
Just to make sure though, download this apk and install. Press Menu->Monitor and take a screenshot of it.
Here's the apk.
Heh ok, and probably no bootloader installable either. Yes pretty sure it's fake now, it doesn't have an AMOLED, didn't spot that in broad daylight. Well good thing _I_ didn't buy it but the owner is probably peeved. What confuses me is that it's a super fast phone for its price. I didn't see any difference in performance with the S3. And it also runs Touchwiz by the way, only rooted.
Can't make screenshots, what should I look out for?
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Heh ok, and probably no bootloader installable either. Yes pretty sure it's fake now, it doesn't have an AMOLED, didn't spot that in broad daylight. Well good thing _I_ didn't buy it but the owner is probably peeved. What confuses me is that it's a super fast phone for its price. I didn't see any difference in performance with the S3. And it also runs Touchwiz by the way, only rooted.
Can't make screenshots, what should I look out for?
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Nope if you can find out what phone it actually is then I guess you could install a ROM for it if there are any. Yeah the chinese phones are actually getting quite good these days. Is it actually touchwiz or just themed to look like it?
On the monitor section how many CPU's can you see? The green circles.
Could be an imitation TouchWiz, don't know how to tell. But it looks _a lot_ like it.
cubit RoyalP touch problem
NIMBAH said:
If it's fake then you can't replace the ROM with an S3 ROM or anything like that.
Just to make sure though, download this apk and install. Press Menu->Monitor and take a screenshot of it.
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Hey all friends
I have attached phone Details..
Now problem in this phone is that my touch screen can not works at bottom (attached in file with red mark).....
this is main problem........
I want to update software of this phone please help me
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Heh ok, and probably no bootloader installable either. Yes pretty sure it's fake now, it doesn't have an AMOLED, didn't spot that in broad daylight. Well good thing _I_ didn't buy it but the owner is probably peeved. What confuses me is that it's a super fast phone for its price. I didn't see any difference in performance with the S3. And it also runs Touchwiz by the way, only rooted.
Can't make screenshots, what should I look out for?
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mate you can install roms on them as ive done it my i8190 s3 mini clone and its just the getting the right progam to do it with but i cant remeber which one i used also done s4 mini clone now running pac man on it just keep trying you will get it in end
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Nope if you can find out what phone it actually is then I guess you could install a ROM for it if there are any. Yeah the chinese phones are actually getting quite good these days. Is it actually touchwiz or just themed to look like it?
On the monitor section how many CPU's can you see? The green circles.
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this what it will be matew hardware mt6575 (samsung is fake).
model i8190
build jr003h18190xxaljl
build date 20130805-062236
android 4.1.1
kernel 3.0.13.380934(see [email protected])gcc ver4.4.3(gcc)#2 smp wed oct 24.2240.54(cant see rest)
uboot build vmain2.2ubt115822
lcd drive ic:1-otm8009_mipi
imei 1 null
imei 2 null

Will we ever get really mass storage ability

With the all these roms coming out do you think we will ever get real usb mass storage? I come from the rezound and was nice to be able to use usb on any pc quickly. I'm no Dev but I would assume it would be easier than unlocking the boot loader ha
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Are we talking for the external SD Card? Cuz yeah I'd love to have this too.
I hate MTP with a passion. But it's been working "okay-ish" so far for me. It's just so slow.
I have a microsd to usb adapter (it was about $5 from amazon) and I just pop the card out of my phone and copy files. MTP was worst under HC. You could always transfer files via wifi or bluetooth. The only time I've had my note plugged into the PC is when I unlocked the bootloader.
According to these posts the SGS3 utility works on our Note2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002081
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
Give it a try!
amendolaro1 said:
With the all these roms coming out do you think we will ever get real usb mass storage? I come from the rezound and was nice to be able to use usb on any pc quickly. I'm no Dev but I would assume it would be easier than unlocking the boot loader ha
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When I plug mine in I get SCH-I605 with both "card" and "phone" and able to access both.
zim2323 said:
According to these posts the SGS3 utility works on our Note2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002081
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1711009
Give it a try!
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Dont work on Verizon
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textron said:
When I plug mine in I get SCH-I605 with both "card" and "phone" and able to access both.
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So do I, I don't get what the question is here??
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So do I, I don't get what the question is here??
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Maybe you should read about usb mass storage and see how it differs from mtp. I can post some links for you but I can't understand it for you.
I forget what the rationale behind MTP was but I don't care. This is #@)*ING a pain in the @ss. It's Google's fault.
My Droid the way it handled USB and file transfer was waaay better.
I wouldn't really have a problem I guess but this Android File Transfer app on my Mac well it worked when I first got my SIII but right after the first stupid Verizon update it broke. Still broken in JB. Oh Verizon, the company you just plain hate.
For now I do what the above poster mentioned with SD card to my mac. It works, and thankfully Sammy gave us external SD Card slot. But it's not as convenient.
I wish Google would just add file transfering back or get Android File Transfer working again on Mac with the most popular phone (in the world?).
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I forget what the rationale behind MTP was but I don't care. This is #@)*ING a pain in the @ss. It's Google's fault.
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It was an attempt at a seamless auto mounting easy access to your phone's data requiring no input from the end user that failed. What really bugs me is that the method used for transferring is 100x slower than the usb mass storage method. The thing I do most is transfer music and MTP makes me want to poke my eyes out.

[Q] Unusual & unlikely Samsung GS3 i9300 running Gingerbread

Hi everyone! Today I finally decided to register in this great community, mainly because I'm looking for help and you are the ones that can help me.
I'm Henry and as the title says, I've hold and played with a Samsung Galaxy S3 running nothing more than Gingerbread. Why and how were my first questions when I first saw it, but I haven't been able to answer that.
This is the story: a friend of mine was given that GS3 hoping that he could solve the stuttering and lagging that it had (has) after a professor of him took it to a "technician". He, being the Android lover he is became surprised, so he came to me yesterday hoping that we could bring things back to normal (install stock jelly bean), but with no avail. That "thing" has the stock recovery and is not rooted, things we found EXTREMELY weird. We spent three hours trying to root it and then install a new recovery using different tools (gingerbreak, odin, odin mobile [we realized odin mobile needs root permissions to work, but still], samsung kies, universal_gb_root, framaroot) but you guessed: nothing worked. The only thing we didn't use was SuperOneClick. We couldn't put it into download mode and when we connected it to the pc, it didn't appeared as "adb interface" or "android composite device" but appeared with another strange name that had nothing to do with samsung or android, I can't recall the name of it right now. The other things we found was that the GS3 was showing that the internal storage was just 200mb, when it's a phone with "16"gb of storage, and that the battery says SAMSONG instead of SAMSUNG.
Long story short: it was an international, unlocked Samsung Galaxy GS3 i9300 running Gingerbread. My friend got it because a professor of him wanted he to fix it because after she took it to a "technician" it was very laggy. It was not rooted, it has stock android recovery (useless) and odin won't recognize it.
Do you guys have any effing idea of what is going on and how can we fix it?
We have three hypothesis: 1) they swapped her phone with a chinese knockoff (an extremely identical and functional knockoff); 2) they swapped the GS3's hard drive; 3) they didn't know what they were doing and installed Gingerbread instead of Jelly Bean (yup, sounds unlikely).
Thank you very much for yor help and attention!
Before getting halfway through your post, I decided you were talking about a clone/ knock-off
rootSU said:
Before getting halfway through your post, I decided you were talking about a clone/ knock-off
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Then it's an extremely accurate clone. It has the samsung's boot animation, sounds, everything!
henry-gz said:
Then it's an extremely accurate clone. It has the samsung's boot animation, sounds, everything!
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They all do. These things you listed are the easiest things to "clone". In fact, since they live in software, they could easily have been ripped out of the official firmware. A friend of mine (willingly) bought a Note 2 clone. It even has the annoying whistle notification.
It's not that accurate a clone though, if it comes with gingerbread, which the S3 never came with.
rootSU said:
They all do. These things you listed are the easiest things to "clone". In fact, since they live in software, they could easily have been ripped out of the official firmware. A friend of mine (willingly) bought a Note 2 clone. It even has the annoying whistle notification.
It's not that accurate a clone though, if it comes with gingerbread, which the S3 never came with.
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Well, you do have great points. Even so, is there something we can do about it? Besides give the police a heads up?
henry-gz said:
is there something we can do about it?
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You need to prove 2 things.
1) It is a fake
2) It was not a fake before
2 is quite easy if it was supplied form an official network / carrier / provider store. 1 will involve screenshots of the about phone area and some physical shots as well as some info gained from this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cpuid.cpu_z&hl=en
rootSU said:
You need to prove 2 things.
1) It is a fake
2) It was not a fake before
2 is quite easy if it was supplied form an official network / carrier / provider store. 1 will involve screenshots of the about phone area and some physical shots as well as some info gained from this app: https: //play. google. com/store/apps/details?id=com. cpuid.cpu_z&hl=en
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Okay, I'll try to find that out asap and then I'll post the update here. Thank you very much for your help!
henry-gz said:
Okay, I'll try to find that out asap and then I'll post the update here. Thank you very much for your help!
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You're welcome. Please let me know how you get on,
Easiest way to tell a clone is to take the back off and compare side by side with a genuine s3, the shape of the inner mouldings, position of sim and sd readers is very hard to exactly match during the reverse engineering process.
But the gingerbread and lack of download mode is conclusive in itself.
Check the imei and serial numbers on the original phone packaging against the imei of the handset you hold, if they are the same then your friend bought a clone.

Is it still worth buying this tablet?

Hello guys so my nvidia shield tablet has died. I am now considering options and wandering is it still worth getting the z4?
If you don't need more than Android 7!
Nope, the display breaks easily and it is virtually impossible to find replacement.
marvi0 said:
Hello guys so my nvidia shield tablet has died. I am now considering options and wandering is it still worth getting the z4?
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Are they still selling this tablet? No Sony software support. Gets shower day by day. I rooted it and installed Lineage OS which saved my day.
venki5star said:
Are they still selling this tablet? No Sony software support. Gets shower day by day. I rooted it and installed Lineage OS which saved my day.
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Can you still use Remote Play if you installed another OS? I just got one off ebay so I could do that and the wife and I can Google Duo our folks on a larger screen. I don't really need it for much more than that, but I notice it's a bit sluggish, even editing Google Photos.
TracerBullitt said:
Can you still use Remote Play if you installed another OS? I just got one off ebay so I could do that and the wife and I can Google Duo our folks on a larger screen. I don't really need it for much more than that, but I notice it's a bit sluggish, even editing Google Photos.
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I just tried installing the Remote Play from Play Store and had no problem. So, you should be fine.
The Tablet Z4 with Sony's OS is definitely slow. That's the reason why I installed the custom ROM.
venki5star said:
I just tried installing the Remote Play from Play Store and had no problem. So, you should be fine.
The Tablet Z4 with Sony's OS is definitely slow. That's the reason why I installed the custom ROM.
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Thanks. It actually connects and everything?
Also, would you happen to know the max capacity micro sd card this takes? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.
TracerBullitt said:
Thanks. It actually connects and everything?
Also, would you happen to know the max capacity micro sd card this takes? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.
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No problem with connection. About SD card - it supports up to 128gb. https://www.sonymobile.com/au/products/tablets/xperia-z4-tablet/specifications/#gref
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No problem with connection. About SD card - it supports up to 128gb. https://www.sonymobile.com/au/products/tablets/xperia-z4-tablet/specifications/#gref
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Thanks, again. I saw some people say 256gb, but nothing official. Nothing on these forums either, besides 128gb.
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I wish Sony would update this - more ram, new processor, maybe better battery life if possible. Sounds like they gave up on the tablet market which sucks.
I just want a 10.1" or greater modern tablet that is waterproof, with an unlockable boot loader and some custom rom support. Unless a great announcement comes out soon, I may be going samsung and researching waterproof cases.
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Thanks, again. I saw some people say 256gb, but nothing official. Nothing on these forums either, besides 128gb.
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk
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I'm using a 256GB card with no problems. Running stock rom with AndroPlus kernel.
jelbo said:
I'm using a 256GB card with no problems. Running stock rom with AndroPlus kernel.
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Thanks. Do you think the kernel helped with that? I'm interested in "updating" the software somehow, but AndroPlus isn't supported anymore. I'm already out of practice with rooting and all that and don't want to risk ruining a device that was already pretty hard to find.
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Thanks. Do you think the kernel helped with that? I'm interested in "updating" the software somehow, but AndroPlus isn't supported anymore. I'm already out of practice with rooting and all that and don't want to risk ruining a device that was already pretty hard to find.
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I don't think so. It'll just work. If not, the 'rooting' process is as simple as these instructions, if you want to go with LineageOS, which is basically an open source Android ROM.
I have a 256GB sdcard as well and I'm fully stock and I have no issues. I haven't maxed out the card, however so I'm assuming that it recognizing the card means it works.
I've had mine for 1.5 years now. It is definitely showing its age on the latest games or a ton of Chrome tabs but otherwise it works fine for me.
I would love to have a new Sony tablet but it's pretty clear that they exited the market. So, probably at the end of the year I'll get a Sammy S4 or S5.
TracerBullitt said:
Thanks. It actually connects and everything?
Also, would you happen to know the max capacity micro sd card this takes? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.
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I am using a 400GB micro SD and will upgrade to 512GB in the next days.
I see no reason why the Controller should not support Cards up to 2TB(the theoretical max for Micro SDX) - if they will ever exist.
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