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**iCole** · 4th February 2012

shian posted:

What we need is FUCKING LONGER BATTERY LIFE

**Ezhik** · 4th February 2012

TippZ posted:

meep

Now with 7 hours of battery life!

**FlamingSpaz** · 4th February 2012

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**Generic.Monk** · 4th February 2012

mankind_me posted:

yeah, the LPB radio with the latest cm9 build had a huge wakelock from the RILJ on my phone (at least, betterbatterystats says so)

I'm back to LP6 and it's fine

swear to god doing some moderate internet browsing it was going down at almost 1% a minute, might as well hook it up to a car battery or something

Edited:

New radio has fixed it though, yay

**roflcakes** · 4th February 2012

Looking at the other ROMs available for my Atrix and the Neutrino ROM has some really interesting features. Will probably miss some of the really nice features from MIUI but I've literally not heard a bad word said about Neutrino. Oh well, guess I'll just do a Nandroid and I can always restore if I don't like it.

p.s. home for the weekend and posting from my Dad's Hannspad using the bluetooth keyboard that came with my Atrix and I am really feeling a tablet right about now.

cccritical · 4th February 2012

Hunt3r.j2 posted:

I think you need to do a reflash of the system, it sounds like SystemUI was broken for some reason.

How do I do that? I can't find anything for it on google, could anyone point me in the right direction?

**PowerBall v1** · 4th February 2012

I'm fed up with my iPhone 4 and am currently looking for a replacement.

I would like a nice, fairly large screen, decent build quality and efficient handling of music and apps.

Do you guys think the Samsung Galaxy SII would be a good option?

**Arachnidus** · 4th February 2012

PowerBall v1 posted:

I'm fed up with my iPhone 4 and am currently looking for a replacement.

I would like a nice, fairly large screen, decent build quality and efficient handling of music and apps.

Do you guys think the Samsung Galaxy SII would be a good option?

The Galaxy SII tends to be the best option. Always the go to phone for Android. The Galaxy Nexus is also pretty kickass, considering it's a Nexus phone.

If you really want a big screen, damn nice performance and the ability to say you have one, I've heard nothing bad about the Galaxy Note.

**That Ninja** · 4th February 2012

Is there any way (through a launcher or other app) to make my tablet (Transformer) more like Windows?
What I mean is like with multiple windows, apps that don't take up the whole screen, etc. More like a computer, where you drag windows around, an app drawer that pops up and takes up a corner (like the start menu).
I saw a commercial for (what I assume to be) a webOS tablet, and it kind of looked like what I'm thinking about.

So, is there any way to accomplish this?

**BrainDeath** · 4th February 2012

That Ninja posted:

Is there any way (through a launcher or other app) to make my tablet (Transformer) more like Windows?
What I mean is like with multiple windows, apps that don't take up the whole screen, etc. More like a computer, where you drag windows around, an app drawer that pops up and takes up a corner (like the start menu).
I saw a commercial for (what I assume to be) a webOS tablet, and it kind of looked like what I'm thinking about.

So, is there any way to accomplish this?

Not really.

Maybe in the distant future Apps will work with X11, but not now.

**roflcakes** · 4th February 2012

That Ninja posted:

Is there any way (through a launcher or other app) to make my tablet (Transformer) more like Windows?
What I mean is like with multiple windows, apps that don't take up the whole screen, etc. More like a computer, where you drag windows around, an app drawer that pops up and takes up a corner (like the start menu).
I saw a commercial for (what I assume to be) a webOS tablet, and it kind of looked like what I'm thinking about.

So, is there any way to accomplish this?

There's nothing like that at the moment but it's being worked on.

**WTF Nuke** · 4th February 2012

Gonna get the transformer prime today, anything I should know about android devices as I never had one (hoping to do some programming on it).

**BrainDeath** · 4th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Gonna get the transformer prime today, anything I should know about android devices as I never had one (hoping to do some programming on it).

You can execute Linux ARM binaries on it, get the terminal emulator.

**superstepa** · 4th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Gonna get the transformer prime today, anything I should know about android devices as I never had one (hoping to do some programming on it).

Mess with your tablet for ~1 month then install cyanogenmod
You can compile Pascal and C/C++ on it and there are some apps similar to Notepad++

**WTF Nuke** · 4th February 2012

Wait really, C++? That's fucking awesome.

**superstepa** · 4th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Wait really, C++? That's fucking awesome.

https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result
Need root for C++ though

Edited:

And C#
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result

**garychencool** · 4th February 2012

Dav0r posted:

Because he isn't a twat.

What?

Edited:

Protocol7 posted:

I'd argue he's almost as bad as Apple fanboys

Actually, when I think of a fandroid I think of faze and not gary

I'm a fanboy? What? No.

**superstepa** · 4th February 2012

I have always wondered: Is the tablet chromish browser as awesome as it looks?

**garychencool** · 4th February 2012

Generic.Monk posted:

Yeah, I've seen faze actively be a cunt multiple times whereas gary just comes across as a bit dumb but ultimately a nice enough guy. Posts way too much in this thread though so he's much more of an active annoyance.

I post too much? Probably because I have too much time on my hands and whenever I go onto FP, I always go into the Android thread, because you guys are awesome.

**That Ninja** · 4th February 2012

roflcakes posted:

There's nothing like that at the moment but it's being worked on.

But that was last year in February. Has there been any news of it since then? Because that is exactly what I'm looking for. Is there a beta or anything for it?

**Protocol7** · 4th February 2012

garychencool posted:

I'm a fanboy? What? No.

I said you weren't a fanboy :p

**Ezhik** · 4th February 2012

poor gary just likes his se mini pro too much

**Jimbojib** · 4th February 2012

garychencool posted:

I post too much? Probably because I have too much time on my hands and whenever I go onto FP, I always go into the Android thread, because you guys are awesome.

'because you guys are awesome'
ahahahaha

Anyway, my dad bricked his atrix - he will be a true android-er one day

**garychencool** · 4th February 2012

Protocol7 posted:

I said you weren't a fanboy :p

Oh, whoops.

Anyways, to everyone else, I'm not a fandroid.

**FlamingSpaz** · 4th February 2012

Me neither.

**garychencool** · 4th February 2012

Ezhik posted:

poor gary just likes his se mini pro too much

I kind of hate it after seeing how much better my friends SGSII is.

And I'm stuck with it for two more years...

Man I want a SGSII...

danielplazzy · 4th February 2012

What do you guys think the best/cheapest individual phone provider is for an android device?

**garychencool** · 4th February 2012

danielplazzy posted:

What do you guys think the best/cheapest individual phone provider is for an android device?

You mean phone carrier/service prodider right?

Well, all of them have android devices, all of them good since the high-end ones usually go to only one carrier at first.

Hoochmaid · 4th February 2012

I charged my SGS2 last night, wake up this morning to see that the battery is already under 50%. I check the battery usage to see this.

I'm still pretty new to android, but I know that is not right, Android OS usually ran at 20-23%, could someone explain how to fix this?

**FlamingSpaz** · 4th February 2012

Hoochmaid posted:

I charged my SGS2 last night, wake up this morning to see that the battery is already under 50%. I check the battery usage to see this.

I'm still pretty new to android, but I know that is not right, Android OS usually ran at 20-23%, could someone explain how to fix this?

I (think) it's a bug with GPS.

**WTF Nuke** · 4th February 2012

Transformer prime get! What are the reasons for rooting, because I thought google was a lot more lenient then apple and you could basically customize right of the bat. Also, what are some useful apps to have?

**BrainDeath** · 4th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Transformer prime get! What are the reasons for rooting, because I thought google was a lot more lenient then apple and you could basically customize right of the bat. Also, what are some useful apps to have?

You can sideload any app by ticking a box in the settings menu - that's the big one, you can install any app not just market ones.

Anyway, I love the Terminal Emulator. If nothing else but for the looks I get using it.

Also there's Steam and Facepunch, though on the Prime that should run just in the browser fine.

As for rooting, it lets you access every file, it's admin access if you aren't used to Linux terminology. Most custom ROMs (which are community made distributions versions of android) are rooted off the bat.

**VistaPOWA** · 4th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Transformer prime get! What are the reasons for rooting, because I thought google was a lot more lenient then apple and you could basically customize right of the bat. Also, what are some useful apps to have?

Root it and install AdFree, it's the most essential app man can have.

**WTF Nuke** · 4th February 2012

Can I brick the device if I follow this tut :http://www.androidauthority.com/root...e-click-44242/

**superstepa** · 5th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Can I brick the device if I follow this tut :http://www.androidauthority.com/root...e-click-44242/

Completely brick? - No
Send to a bootloop? - Yes, but easily fixable

Edited:

How much time do you think we have before Tegra 2 becomes obsolete?

**EpikEnvy2.0** · 5th February 2012

Bootloops are horribly terrifying the first time they occur if you don't know what you're doing.

**garychencool** · 5th February 2012

Hoochmaid posted:

I charged my SGS2 last night, wake up this morning to see that the battery is already under 50%. I check the battery usage to see this.

I'm still pretty new to android, but I know that is not right, Android OS usually ran at 20-23%, could someone explain how to fix this?

Aside from the "real" fixes, have you considered leaving it plugged in over night? I mean, I've seen this so many times on reddit/XDA where the battery dies down due to apps such as Twitter, Facebook and so on, pushing for updates. I generally charge mine overnight, although it would be fully charged in an hour or so, it wouldn't be so bad leaving plugged in.

Unless you're a enviro-freak

Also, Welcome to FacePunch.

cccritical · 5th February 2012

EpikEnvy2.0 posted:

Bootloops are horribly terrifying the first time they occur if you don't know what you're doing.

How do you fix a bootloop? I fucked with SystemUI.apk on my tablet last night and it gets stuck when starting up.

**WTF Nuke** · 5th February 2012

Wait, are rooted apps on the android market? And how can I make sure I rooted, I have adfree running so I assume I am rooted (I had superuser ask if I allowed adfree).

**Wolfyhound** · 5th February 2012

WTF Nuke posted:

Wait, are rooted apps on the android market? And how can I make sure I rooted, I have adfree running so I assume I am rooted (I had superuser ask if I allowed adfree).

There are apps which require root on the market (adfree for example). And yes you are rooted since superuser asked you for permission.