Can we have forum for Sony Tablets now?
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Please
Sony tablets are the best of all tablets now - we need development!
Sony Tablet S update to 3.2 !!!!
I have been using my Sony Tablet S for a couple of days and it's awesome. I got on it this morning and a 3.2 system upgrade notification popped up! I'm now running on 3.2!!! I'm sorry if I posted this in the wrong area.
Root?
Has anyone found a way to root it?
Awesome, you must be joking!
Awesome - you are surely joking.
1) DLNA 'throw' is incompatible with most devices (including PS3, LOL)
2) The memory card only works as a 'transfer' device - you can not accessit directly from inside an app (epic fail for me and my 32Gb of music on an SD card, that will not fit in my 16Gb Tablet S, and shouldn't need to)
3) adb for android development is not supported and so I can't even test my apps on the thing
Most epic fail android tablet ever.
No I wasn't joking I was giving my opinion of the tablet from what I have used or experienced with it. Just like you gave your OPINION! I have tried the dlna with my VAIO and it does work (LOL)but not on my PS3 so can not comment on that. I have a 32gb SD card in mine and can access all my files with a file manager app, so I have been able to listen to my music and watch my movies that are on my card without a problem. The remote app is very awesome and controls my TV, surround sound and DVR's in my living roomand bedroom. It might not be the tablet for you and maybe some others but to say epic fail.. for you maybe but not everyone.
magick86 said:
Has anyone found a way to root it?
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+1 please. Many thanks in advance
+1 open a forum plz
Yes. Let's root it. It is an awsome device and let's make it better.
BTW: ADB does supported.
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17624941#post17624941
Kaz Taguchi said:
The following procedure has confirmed that ubuntu 11.04.
1. Enable debug mode for sony tablet S
2. Add line /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="054c", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
3. Change file mode
sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
4. Add line idVendor to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini
0x054C
5. adb kill-server ; sudo adb start-server
6. finish!
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derf09 said:
No I wasn't joking I was giving my opinion of the tablet from what I have used or experienced with it. Just like you gave your OPINION! I have tried the dlna with my VAIO and it does work (LOL)but not on my PS3 so can not comment on that. I have a 32gb SD card in mine and can access all my files with a file manager app, so I have been able to listen to my music and watch my movies that are on my card without a problem. The remote app is very awesome and controls my TV, surround sound and DVR's in my living roomand bedroom. It might not be the tablet for you and maybe some others but to say epic fail.. for you maybe but not everyone.
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Hey there I got the Sony Tablet S in Japan over the weekend, and it's a sweet little device. I've been burned by faulty iphones in the past, so I thought I'd try something different. I went for the 32gb option, but after installing and transferring podcasts and the whole works, it's not going to be enough! What app file manager are you using? ...Really glad I didn't go for the 16gb option.
I've had no problems with the remote control app, and really like the Android Utorrent remote access app. My only beef with it would be the slow rotating response time which gives a bit of a "cheap" feel to the interface, but overall it's a cool device!
Jpku said:
Hey there I got the Sony Tablet S in Japan over the weekend, and it's a sweet little device. I've been burned by faulty iphones in the past, so I thought I'd try something different. I went for the 32gb option, but after installing and transferring podcasts and the whole works, it's not going to be enough! What app file manager are you using? ...Really glad I didn't go for the 16gb option.
I've had no problems with the remote control app, and really like the Android Utorrent remote access app. My only beef with it would be the slow rotating response time which gives a bit of a "cheap" feel to the interface, but overall it's a cool device!
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You want to be using "File manager HD" to search for files on the SD Card. I also use "mx video player Pro" which you set to search the sd card folders by default for movies etc!
jkr284 said:
You want to be using "File manager HD" to search for files on the SD Card. I also use "mx video player Pro" which you set to search the sd card folders by default for movies etc!
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This is exactly what I use.
quick question guys I really want to buy this thing but I cant get a real answer as to the sd card transferring and playing media from the it. If i have a video on my sd card can i play it from the sd card or do i have to transfer to the hard drive of the tablet. thank you to anyone that can help
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quick question guys I really want to buy this thing but I cant get a real answer as to the sd card transferring and playing media from the it. If i have a video on my sd card can i play it from the sd card or do i have to transfer to the hard drive of the tablet. thank you to anyone that can help
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I think the posts above cover this. You can not play video off the SD Card using the default Video player included with the tablet, but there are third party apps that you can downlod from the App Market that will play video from the SD card.
anyone have problem with the SD card keep getting remove? i have a kingston 16gb class 10 SDHC inserted, but after a few hours it say SD card removed... but the card is still clicked in the slot...
also which player is best for encoding rmvb videos? i tried a few, some are either lag, or is very blur...
one more question, which image viewer is best for pictures on SD card cause the "file transfer" app can only view picture one by one... cant swipe to next picture. i tried using astro file manager, i can swipe to next picture but it makes the pictures blurry.
Thanks heaps for your help, I'm off on a trip soon and wanna pack as many videos into an SD card as I can, and MX Player seems to do the trick (I got the free version for now but it's great enough). Cheers again for the tips!
Just on the video, I use Any Video Converter, and followed someone's advice to convert to a Motorola Zoom tablet. These settings work fine, but does anyone have any full details of the video specs so I can get the maximum resolution? Sorry about the questions, but the Japanese language manual I got was pretty damn short of information about the product itself...It's basically just a guide to the main features!
Does anyone know if you can hook a external hard drive up to this and play media directly from the external? I know you can with the SD Card, but wasnt sure if the USB port will allow it or not. I ask cause i have a 500gb External full of movies, tv shows and music, that i would rather carry as opposed to try and figure out what i might want to watch or listen to later, and then transfer them to a SD card.
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Does anyone know if you can hook a external hard drive up to this and play media directly from the external? I know you can with the SD Card, but wasnt sure if the USB port will allow it or not. I ask cause i have a 500gb External full of movies, tv shows and music, that i would rather carry as opposed to try and figure out what i might want to watch or listen to later, and then transfer them to a SD card.
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The Tablet S wont power an external hard drive. i do wonder if it will read one though
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anyone have problem with the SD card keep getting remove? i have a kingston 16gb class 10 SDHC inserted, but after a few hours it say SD card removed... but the card is still clicked in the slot...
also which player is best for encoding rmvb videos? i tried a few, some are either lag, or is very blur...
one more question, which image viewer is best for pictures on SD card cause the "file transfer" app can only view picture one by one... cant swipe to next picture. i tried using astro file manager, i can swipe to next picture but it makes the pictures blurry.
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I'm not sure about the SD issues that you are having because I haven't experienced any issues with mine. I'm using a 32gb SanDisk. The app I use for picture viewing is called Quick Pic and in the settings you can add the folder sdcard2 and it will access your pictures without transferring them.
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I'm not sure about the SD issues that you are having because I haven't experienced any issues with mine. I'm using a 32gb SanDisk. The app I use for picture viewing is called Quick Pic and in the settings you can add the folder sdcard2 and it will access your pictures without transferring them.
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Haha, I just download that from market today, it have the feature I want but is not as smooth as the built in image viewer... hope it will improve soon...
Hi All,
my nook tablet is sometimes becoming unresponsive while playing mp3 files from the sd card.It only works when i restart the tablet.i have tried various music playing apps like android music,power amp,winamp,e.t.c.but i think there might be a problem either with the rooting or the sd card reader.
any suggestions?
thank you
I'm rooted with indirect from Christmas, kept the B&N stuff and have no trouble with any of the music apps you mentioned. I currently use music folder almost all the time.
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Hi all, i am a new Sony tablet S user.
Very happy about the device.
I'm trying to listen music directly from sd card, possibly with default sony player,or with music android app.
For the moment no solution, the last chance is for me to create a linc in \ pointing to \mnt/sdcard2, but i don't know how to do that.
For the moment i don't wont to root.
As anyone an idea, or an alternative free app i can use?
thanks for the help...
Jack
Try Poweramp - a very good music app.
Wow,io works fine.
Thanks a lot....
Do you know any other with better interface?
Poweramp works, but the interface on tablet in not exiting like the sony music,or default android music...
Did anyone tryed out with the link in / to the sd location?
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I dont know of another app that looks as flashy as the native one on the tablet, though it's possible to fool the app into thinking the music on your sd card is actually on the internal memory by rooting and applying an init.d script on boot.
HOWEVER, it seems that the ICS update allows access directly to the sd card, so hold tight and try that when you get the chance!
Just wait for ICS update. It's already rolling out. It will then read the files from the SD card. Check the video.
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I'll do as you all say.... thanks for the information!!!!!!
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Hi All,
I have a FireTV box and stick which I've been running Kodi on it for quite sometime...actually being the only reason why I bought them in the first place was for Kodi. Now I have been seeing some modifying the way it loads rather then loading into Amazon it loads into Kodi or another OS all together where they have been able to customize the layout to their liking, having Youtube, emulators and games and other stuff they use on a regular basis, I'm assuming to be able to do so you need to root it which I'm a little concern where I wouldn't want it to break or have issues in the long run and I can't revert back. I have a External USB drive which is plugged into a powered USB hub to my FireTV box and Kodi is running off this drive and I would love to be able to have all my emulators and games run from it as well again I don't know if this is all doable but I would love to be able to do so, perhaps have everything running off the external drive being that the local drive is just not big enough to store everything. What do you guys recommend? I couldn't find a guide on how to proceed.
I really appreciated your help on this and I'm sorry for the long thread.
Thank you very much!!!
Timing said:
Hi All,
I have a FireTV box and stick which I've been running Kodi on it for quite sometime...actually being the only reason why I bought them in the first place was for Kodi. Now I have been seeing some modifying the way it loads rather then loading into Amazon it loads into Kodi or another OS all together where they have been able to customize the layout to their liking, having Youtube, emulators and games and other stuff they use on a regular basis, I'm assuming to be able to do so you need to root it which I'm a little concern where I wouldn't want it to break or have issues in the long run and I can't revert back. I have a External USB drive which is plugged into a powered USB hub to my FireTV box and Kodi is running off this drive and I would love to be able to have all my emulators and games run from it as well again I don't know if this is all doable but I would love to be able to do so, perhaps have everything running off the external drive being that the local drive is just not big enough to store everything. What do you guys recommend? I couldn't find a guide on how to proceed.
I really appreciated your help on this and I'm sorry for the long thread.
Thank you very much!!!
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Wow, I'm a little surprise no one has any suggestions?
I guess I'm not on the right forum for answers
I'll post on another site.