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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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vandizzam said:
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.
uranidiot said:
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
Hello everyone. I have gone as far as I can go by myself, and I am looking for a little help to see if together we can get this working.
I have a Lilliput 669GL-70NP/C/T 7" touch screen that I want to try and get working over USB host. So far, all my attempts have been fruitless, but I think that it is possible. The touchscreen utilizes an eGalax driver to work, and I see from their web site here:
http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eGalaxTouchDriver/linuxDriver.htm
that they have created a linux driver for ARM devices. Based on what I have been able to determine, this means that I should be able to load the driver on android, but this is where I start getting in way over my head.
Does anyone know what I should be trying to get this to work? I also read that ICS has some form of touch input built in... should I be trying this on that? Right now I am running CM7. It seems to me like with a little work we could have external touchscreens for our Atrix!
Oh I forgot to mention, when I plug the touchscreen in, DMSG does register a USB HID input device as "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController"
CM7 also registers the handlers for the touchscreen as mouse1 and event10 when I run "cat /proc/bus/input/devices"
It seems like this is so close right out of the box! I'm trying my best to load the drivers now from terminal... we'll see how that goes.
Hope you get it sorted.
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CM7 also registers the handlers for the touchscreen as mouse1 and event10 when I run "cat /proc/bus/input/devices"
It seems like this is so close right out of the box! I'm trying my best to load the drivers now from terminal... we'll see how that goes.
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Wow, I really wish that I could help. I'm really just dropping in to show interest and wish you good luck.
That would be a really sweet way to almost have a padphone. Ever since I unboxed my lapdock I've said that it should have been a tabdock with a touchscreen instead.
I'll go back to lurking now...
JdgM3NT4L said:
Wow, I really wish that I could help. I'm really just dropping in to show interest and wish you good luck.
That would be a really sweet way to almost have a padphone. Ever since I unboxed my lapdock I've said that it should have been a tabdock with a touchscreen instead.
I'll go back to lurking now...
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Thanks, My idea here is to dump the phone to a mounted 7" screen in my car dash. I want to basically have a touch screen head unit with all the power android offers, and the unlimited data that AT&T is still reluctantly supplying.
As far as the project goes... I just tried on Joker's CM9 built with the exact same results... I was hoping maybe the rumors I had heard about ICS support were true, but not out of the box i suppose. As far as the drivers, I can not get the calibration / driver utility to run so far... and that's as far as I'm going to be able to go tonight.
Why not HDMI?
Edit, HDMI can't support touch screen, my bad
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Why not HDMI?
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lol nice timing. I was just logging in.
HDMI works great as is. However, I was looking to be able to provide input back to the phone. Otherwise, the phone still has to be front and center for controlling, which in my opinion kind of defeats the purpose of putting the screen there in the first place.
Basically you want to do like, vnc and pocket cloud, where you control your computer via smartphone but you wanna control the phone instead via touchscreen panel, that sounds like a pain in the ass!
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Basically you want to do like, vnc and pocket cloud, where you control your computer via smartphone but you wanna control the phone instead via touchscreen panel, that sounds like a pain in the ass!
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Yes that's exactly what I want to do. I tried running a vnc server on the phone, but even over USB it was far too laggy.
Yeah you would need to like over clock but even that is sketchy
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Yeah you would need to like over clock but even that is sketchy
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Right now I'm trying to install ubuntu on the atrix.... with linux drivers for arm devices that might be a solution i can handle, but I'm not sure it would work with USG host. Don't know until you try though!
True that! Let me know how it goes, sounds like an excellent project
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Have you seen this setup?
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633Kn4XkmJA
Website:
http://www.customgadz.com/store/product.php?id_product=16
I'd love this setup for my car for sure!
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lol nice timing. I was just logging in.
HDMI works great as is. However, I was looking to be able to provide input back to the phone. Otherwise, the phone still has to be front and center for controlling, which in my opinion kind of defeats the purpose of putting the screen there in the first place.
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Are you sure that the USB isn't just for passing touchscreen input back to a device? I mean, I know there are such things as USB monitors, but I don't think this is one of them, is what I'm saying -- I'm pretty sure you need to use both HDMI and USB for this to work.
Even if you could load the driver. Which you can. You still need to write some libs and script to get android on the screen. Good luck
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Even if you could load the driver. Which you can. You still need to write some libs and script to get android on the screen. Good luck
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Are you sure that the USB isn't just for passing touchscreen input back to a device? I mean, I know there are such things as USB monitors, but I don't think this is one of them, is what I'm saying -- I'm pretty sure you need to use both HDMI and USB for this to work.
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Perhaps I need to clarify... The Lilliput 669 has a proprietary HDMI cable that breaks into HDMI and USB. I am not trying to send video and input over USB, just input. The HDMI part works as is. I plan on using both HDMI and USB in the final solution.
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Have you seen this setup?
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633Kn4XkmJA
Website:
http://www.customgadz.com/store/product.php?id_product=16
I'd love this setup for my car for sure!
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Yea me too! I have tried in vain to buy this. $189 AU is a little less than $200, which I would be perfectly ok with for a completely working bluetooth solution. However, I can't buy it. MP3car.com is working with the designer to bring the product to market, but they are still 4-8 weeks out, and there are some concerns that it may not be released at all. The designer's web site lists the product as out of stock.
I have tried to find somewhere else that I could buy it, or at least get schematics to build one, but it has been in vain. By the way, this has been re-branded as "Mimics for Android".
I had been wanting to do the same thing. The other day i just came across something that should be coming out end of the month android quadcore mini development board. so you could say use touch monitor and android OS i see they have bluetooth also so maybe phone could connect bluetooth to the android system in car. there isnt much more info on the board but it looks promising for an incar project its tiny. its called odroid-x http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php
there was some other $100 range android cube thing i saw recently too that might be good. OUYA is name of it maybe XDA will have a section one day for these devices. could make for some good in-car systems much cheaper than indash receivers and more features.
Good luck to ya, keep us posted. I would kill for a solution like this. I would love to be able to implement this, with a fiber optic audio out to a DSP like the Zapco DSP6 or Audison BitOne.1 or the Helix C/P-DSP that is coming to market.
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I had been wanting to do the same thing. The other day i just came across something that should be coming out end of the month android quadcore mini development board. so you could say use touch monitor and android OS i see they have bluetooth also so maybe phone could connect bluetooth to the android system in car. there isnt much more info on the board but it looks promising for an incar project its tiny. its called odroid-x http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php
there was some other $100 range android cube thing i saw recently too that might be good. OUYA is name of it maybe XDA will have a section one day for these devices. could make for some good in-car systems much cheaper than indash receivers and more features.
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This all sounds good, and I have seen the OUYA... it looks impressive. However this will remove the phone ability if I go this route. I could just check out the android x86 project for that... I believe they already have this screen working actually. I've been trying to follow how they made that work.
I really want to stick with my atrix as the brain so that I retain the 3g connection without another $50 a month or losing unlimited internet.
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just to know... do you read the "Kernel 2.6.24 upward" right?
theres also what samcriip told, even porting the drivers, you need to write the libs and scripts to get android on the screen, idk how much you know about android but... this is kinda hard to be done...
Good luck, you'll need it.
So my friend gave me his Samsung Galaxy 5.0 (I think it's USA?) today, and I was wondering what I should do to it. I own a Nook Color and have CM7 running from an SD card, but I'm pretty sure it's different for the Player. I think I would rather not root it and would prefer a custom ROM, but I'm not sure how/which one to pick. I found JoyOS, CM7, and CM9, but I don't know which one I should get.
Unfortunately, my friend dropped it a few days ago, cracking the screen. The screen and touch screen still work, but it's cracked and annoying to work with. He never got the warranty, but is it possible to get the glass replaced?
Alright, I've managed to get CWR installed using this guide, and from there I installed JoyOS and it's working pretty well so far.
ignore this
You have a list here so you decide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720457
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Your gonna find that a lot of the tips and insight for this particular device are hit or miss. One key thing to remember is that this device is not a phone so the temptation to leap into things may be a bit higher than with your phone (taking the root/rom route on your phone carries a higher risk, so more people that would not normally go this route are). That being said, there are some serious threads and some "not so serious" threads, good advice, and not so good advice. So use your best judgement and ask if your really not sure on something.
Now that's out of the way, your gonna find that the Gingerbread based roms on this device are all relatively stable with minimal bugs - try all of them is my recommendation! The ICS ones, some that are still in development all have some issues one way or another. This is gonna be up to you and your uses for the device to decide whether or not the bugs are ok for you. The Cyanogen based roms are pretty spectacular if their limitations work well for you.
Do research, read, read, read and you'll begin to get a general feel for what people are liking and not liking. I am a pusher of trial and error, but only if your comfortable with continually modifying your device. Flash on my friend and have fun!
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Thanks for the advice! I think I like messing with this than my Nook, there's a lot more stuff to do instead of "put this image on your SD card and you're done." I finally got the market to upgrade to Play in JoyOS and replaced the boot animation, and I'm enjoying this one so far. I think I'll give LewaOS a try tomorrow.
So, does anyone know if it's possible to get a screen replacement for this? Or is it better just to get a screen protector and hope this doesn't get any worse.
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Alright, I've managed to get CWR installed using this guide, and from there I installed JoyOS and it's working pretty well so far.
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I've also followed that cwm install to a 'T'. but still no cwm. as a matter of fact it didn't even install the kernel even tho it said "passed" in odin. i hope someone'll b able to answer this soon.
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So, does anyone know if it's possible to get a screen replacement for this? Or is it better just to get a screen protector and hope this doesn't get any worse.
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Yes, you'll have to send it to the nearest Samsung Service Center.
They will replace it for you, but without a warranty you will definitely be paying out of pocket.
I can only speculate that it would cost you somewhere in the range of $75~$100.
Please, do not quote me on that figure! I am only guessing, but I can't imaging that it's a cheap fix.
Considering the obsolescence of the Galaxy Player, I'm not sure paying for a screen repair would be worth it.
Call Samsung's Service Center and get a quote.
But, if the cost of repair is more than the half of the device's value,
I would save the money and get a more technologically current device that is WIFI-only.
Stock-based ROM
I would recommend you flash a stock based ROM unless you know a lot about Android, because non stock-based ROMs have a lot of bugs.
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.
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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.
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No you can't connect to 3g. Not sure about HDD.
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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!
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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!
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Currently, it is getting the same support as the xperia z
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Hi, folks.
I've got a hard bricked Asus C300. I accidentally flashed the wrong ROM. When I turn it on, I only get a power light, and none of the refresh key combos have worked.
I figure my best option to get this working again is to attempt to flash the NAND with the proper image for the device, but I cannot figure out where I would attach the BusPirate to do so, as there is no enumeration on the NAND chip.
What I can tell you is that it looks a bit like a chip on a stick of RAM... however, it has no solder 'leads' coming from it. There are 4 VERY small dots of solder on each side of the chip, though. They do not appear to be making contact with the NAND in any way. Attached is an image similar to what it looks like.
I've googled around quite a lot, but I can't seem to find any other way to get this repaired, or any documentation on flashing a Sandisk NAND. No one seems to have been stupid enough to have my issue before, which is a real shame!
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas on how to get this Chromebook up and running again, I'd be forever grateful!
You chromebook is died...
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AbsoZed said:
Hi, folks.
I've got a hard bricked Asus C300. I accidentally flashed the wrong ROM. When I turn it on, I only get a power light, and none of the refresh key combos have worked.
I figure my best option to get this working again is to attempt to flash the NAND with the proper image for the device, but I cannot figure out where I would attach the BusPirate to do so, as there is no enumeration on the NAND chip.
What I can tell you is that it looks a bit like a chip on a stick of RAM... however, it has no solder 'leads' coming from it. There are 4 VERY small dots of solder on each side of the chip, though. They do not appear to be making contact with the NAND in any way. Attached is an image similar to what it looks like.
I've googled around quite a lot, but I can't seem to find any other way to get this repaired, or any documentation on flashing a Sandisk NAND. No one seems to have been stupid enough to have my issue before, which is a real shame!
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas on how to get this Chromebook up and running again, I'd be forever grateful!
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I'd suggest contacting JohnLewis by email or on his google plus. I was the one that was the original tester for the C300 BIOS builds so he may be of some help as he was going to buspirate my system if it bricked testing his stuff. Sorry to hear it turned out that way, but I can say after it was all done, it was worth the risk.
kdb424 said:
I'd suggest contacting JohnLewis by email or on his google plus. I was the one that was the original tester for the C300 BIOS builds so he may be of some help as he was going to buspirate my system if it bricked testing his stuff. Sorry to hear it turned out that way, but I can say after it was all done, it was worth the risk.
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You were the original tester for his ASUS C300 BIOS builds?
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AbsoZed said:
Hi, folks.
I've got a hard bricked Asus C300. I accidentally flashed the wrong ROM. When I turn it on, I only get a power light, and none of the refresh key combos have worked.
I figure my best option to get this working again is to attempt to flash the NAND with the proper image for the device, but I cannot figure out where I would attach the BusPirate to do so, as there is no enumeration on the NAND chip.
What I can tell you is that it looks a bit like a chip on a stick of RAM... however, it has no solder 'leads' coming from it. There are 4 VERY small dots of solder on each side of the chip, though. They do not appear to be making contact with the NAND in any way. Attached is an image similar to what it looks like.
I've googled around quite a lot, but I can't seem to find any other way to get this repaired, or any documentation on flashing a Sandisk NAND. No one seems to have been stupid enough to have my issue before, which is a real shame!
If anyone has any suggestions or ideas on how to get this Chromebook up and running again, I'd be forever grateful!
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OP, you're looking for a small-ish black square on the BOTTOM of the main board (yes it's a PITA) with 8 legs, 4 on each side
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drsn0w said:
You were the original tester for his ASUS C300 BIOS builds?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKylYaWbb-E
That's from 2 years ago on the original build. I got a few pictures too if you want me to dig them up. It was a proud moment for me for some reason.
kdb424 said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKylYaWbb-E
That's from 2 years ago on the original build. I got a few pictures too if you want me to dig them up. It was a proud moment for me for some reason.
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Are we talking about the same 'book? I didn't even know it was out 2 years ago xD. My apologies, I also worked with John Lewis on the C300, wasn't aware there was work on it beforehand xD.
First of all messed with this https://github.com/drsn0w/chromebook_kernel_tools
Then with him to work on SeaBIOS, Liam Crabbe in the Google plus group.
Again, apologies, just startled me
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drsn0w said:
Are we talking about the same 'book? I didn't even know it was out 2 years ago xD. My apologies, I also worked with John Lewis on the C300, wasn't aware there was work on it beforehand xD.
First of all messed with this https://github.com/drsn0w/chromebook_kernel_tools
Then with him to work on SeaBIOS, Liam Crabbe in the Google plus group.
Again, apologies, just startled me
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Nope, you are right. We aren't. They need to stop naming them so similar. You have the Asus C300, I have the Acer C300. Sorry for that. I won't be much help here.
kdb424 said:
Nope, you are right. We aren't. They need to stop naming them so similar. You have the Asus C300, I have the Acer C300. Sorry for that. I won't be much help here.
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Oh jeez. XD well thank you for your work on Chromebooks too! Love seeing people circumventing le big Goog
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