I actually had a similar problem on thursday and friday on my DX

4/24/2011 12:21:36 AM

maybe your phone was saving you from being whipped.

4/24/2011 12:32:32 AM

^lolz

Learned that you can buy a $250 Barnes and Noble Nook and root it to put on Honeycomb, essentially making a cheap ass wifi Xoom

4/24/2011 10:04:34 PM

^I did this. It's pretty stable. I'm running Honeycomb off an SD card and have the regular Nook operating system. It's pretty good. If you decide to do it let me know. I highly recommend it.

4/24/2011 11:53:00 PM

^ This makes the most sense. But I still don't understand the purpose of tablets. You can't do any word processing. Why not just use the Moto Atrix style phone w/ the laptop dock? That fulfills any purpose you could want with a tablet.

4/25/2011 10:52:55 AM

I travel a lot, so the tablet/e-reader in the Nook Color is great for planes. It has enough battery life to last me the whole flight (regardless of if it's cross country or not) and I can deal with people reclining their seat a lot better than with a laptop. I'm not using it as a replacement, but more as an add-on to my laptop. I can read PDFs/presentations that I need for my job as well as emails and play games. Eliminating books and magazines in my laptop bag was a huge plus too, as that just reduces the weight/wasted space.

4/25/2011 10:59:59 AM

I really do love my Xoom but I'm really disappointed with its inability to handle written notes using a stylus. I like the HTC Flyer for its pressure-sensitive screen and special stylus designed for handwriting, but probably wouldn't switch because of its single core processor and lack of Honeycomb.

As soon as a dual-core, 10-inch tablet, with 1080 playback, Honeycomb out of the box and handwriting support hits the market, I'm making the switch.

4/25/2011 11:55:37 AM

You might as well ask for 8 gigabytes of RAM and wallpaper featuring Natalie Portman's nipples while you're at it.

4/25/2011 3:32:28 PM

I don't think that's an unreasonable set of expectations, especially now that HTC is on board.

4/25/2011 7:08:32 PM

i think Lenovo is coming out with something in that vein, and not the LePad, apparently something not yet announced

4/25/2011 7:56:11 PM

It's called the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Dual-core/10.1"/1080p Playback/Honeycomb
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/13/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1-official-tegra-2-honeycomb-dual-camer/

[Edited on April 25, 2011 at 8:31 PM. Reason : .]

4/25/2011 8:29:50 PM

hehehe

new samsung epic 4g on sero premium

4/26/2011 2:40:49 AM

Nice. Didn't get to test LTE in Wilmington where I'm sure the speeds are higher but ~7x6 while sitting at the beach is pretty sweet.

4/26/2011 8:37:41 AM

Does anyone use Go SMS Pro?

I like it, BUT it's sending text message(s) to myself everytime I get a voicemail, like the voicemail notification isn't enough, Go SMS feels like it needs to send me a text letting me know too.

Has anyone figured how to turn that off?

4/26/2011 10:08:29 AM

Any recommendations for Android golf GPS apps?

4/26/2011 11:23:13 AM

Anyone have any fixes or suggestions for fixing the voice commands on the Droid X? I've loved the phone the entire time I have had it. My only real complaint after having it for 9 months or so is that whenever I launch the voice commands prompt it takes about 15 seconds or so before it actually prompts me to "say a command" or actually registers my command. Once that comes up it has always been amazingly accurate and does exactly what I ask but the wait has just always been so annoying that I rarely use the feature.

It's pretty much always been this way and I just wasn't sure if this was common or what.

4/26/2011 11:34:47 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/26/nexus-s-4g-launch-on-sprint-now-official-may-8th-for-200/

4/26/2011 2:09:33 PM

^any word on EVO 3d?

4/26/2011 2:14:09 PM

So my Thunderbolt has been stuck in 1x mode all day and I thought it was broken. But apparently Verizon is having some issue where 4g phones drop down to 1x speed. Pretty lame... If this happened to the iPhone there'd be at least 6 articles in the NY Times by now.

4/27/2011 9:42:21 PM

it was on the evening news.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Verizon-4G-Outage-Keeps-HighSpeed-Network-Customers-in-the-Dark-670603/

4/27/2011 11:51:46 PM

apparently he only reads the NY Times, though

4/28/2011 12:15:13 AM

How much data is everyone using month to month? I have been averaging around 4 GB/month. Just wondering if this is considered high or not.

4/28/2011 8:48:36 AM

I'd say so. I consider myself a heavier-than-average user and have only used a little over 5 GB since September. I've moved away from listening to Pandora all day, though, and that probably makes a huge difference.

4/28/2011 9:02:09 AM

250mb / month on 3g

but i am on wifi whenever i am at work or at home

4/28/2011 9:16:40 AM

tarted using team viewer to remote desktop from the phone, works pretty well as long as my laptop screen is on (doesn't work if I have the laptop closed)

I didn't check for sound yet though

[Edited on April 28, 2011 at 10:35 AM. Reason : http://teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx]

4/28/2011 10:34:54 AM

Quote :

"How much data is everyone using month to month? I have been averaging around 4 GB/month. Just wondering if this is considered high or not."

Yeah I'd guess that is in the highest % tier. I'm on my phone a lot (wikipedia, wordfeud, youtube, some Pandora at work, read all my blogs there) and I average ~700MB a month. I do utilize wifi at home though.

4/28/2011 11:05:29 AM

^^If you have windows 7, hit the winkey and type 'change what'. The second option down will be what closing the lid does. If you choose "do nothing" while plugged in then teamviewer should work while it's closed.

4/28/2011 1:46:45 PM

When I took my Verizon Samsung Fascinate off its charger this morning it was in safe mode. I turned it off and then back on and it came up normally. The wallpaper was reset to default and all my app icons has rearranged themselves. Nothing seems to be wrong with the phone. Other than the annoyance of rearranging all my app icons it didn't seem to be a big deal. Nevertheless, I'd like to know why the phone went into safe mode just in case it's a symptom of a problem I'm not yet aware of.

4/28/2011 1:54:34 PM

Any of you that are concerned about the location cache issues--there is an app available where you can view/clear/prevent the cache from being created. Root is required.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047050

4/28/2011 2:27:43 PM

For anyone playing Tap Fish i threw together this spreadsheet right quick...not sure it tells me anything i didn't already know, still interesting though

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlcQMSU_ulMldHFycWZoOWFMalhlVXM3bDF1WUVKdUE&hl=en


Feel free to add to it, or let me know if i screwed anything up...might add more fish later.

[Edited on April 28, 2011 at 6:02 PM. Reason : V inorite]

4/28/2011 5:57:20 PM

ha

4/28/2011 6:01:10 PM

I use my phone a lot for web browsing. Is it wrong to assume that I am using the same amount of data when looking at a webpage on the phone (say tww for example) vs. tethering to my laptop looking at the same webpage? I normally use pdanet or barnicle wifi tether when it is hooked to the laptop.

4/28/2011 6:06:35 PM

so is this watch espn app coming to android? it's really fucking irritating that there are more android users than iphone, yet they still get all the coolest apps.

4/28/2011 10:07:06 PM

Quote :

"I use my phone a lot for web browsing. Is it wrong to assume that I am using the same amount of data when looking at a webpage on the phone (say tww for example) vs. tethering to my laptop looking at the same webpage? I normally use pdanet or barnicle wifi tether when it is hooked to the laptop."

Yes, well....sometimes. Remember that the phone is going to render a mobile version of the page when available. Couple that with flash and other technologies and there may be a page size difference.

4/29/2011 1:42:56 AM

some sites just dont know how to mobilize themselves

i keep dolphin set on the 'desktop' setting

4/29/2011 9:59:40 AM

the pins in the micro USB port on my droid got fucked up today so i went to the verizon store. found out i was eligible for an annual upgrade so i got a droid x for $150 instead of paying $100 deductible for a droid refurb.

pretty satisfied with it. the larger screen is nice.

4/30/2011 8:24:00 PM

Did it come with gingerbread loaded on it?

I just took the time to put it on mine. I thought I bricked my phone for a while, SBF kept failing at BP pass through and then I realized the phone wasn't getting reconnected to the winxp VM after the reboot. It's pretty awesome.

5/1/2011 5:20:55 PM

Doubtful as I don't believe Gingerbread has been "officially" rolled out to the X yet.

5/1/2011 8:24:01 PM

Really? I thought it had...

5/1/2011 8:29:54 PM

Not that I'm aware of. It was rumored to be rolling out but never did iirc and a new Gingerbread leak for the X came out available yesterday. http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/02/another-droidx-gingerbread-leaks-version-4-5-591/

Also looks like the Droid X2 and Droid 3 aren't far away http://www.droid-life.com/2011/05/02/droid3-and-droidx2-pop-up-in-best-buy-system-model-numbers-confirmed/

5/2/2011 11:06:35 AM

Just put the deodexed version of 4.5.591 on my phone a little bit ago. Didn't have to wipe anything. Did have to rerun Gingerbreak and Busybox though.

I have no idea what the difference is between 588 and 591 but I was going to put the deodexed version of 588 on my phone so I figured I might as well try 591.

I've only been running gingerbread for a day but it's way more stable than what I was using before and significantly faster. Also looks good without any modification.


I'm going to wait for the DX3 and 4g, unless Motorola keeps locking down the bootloader and then I'm going to find something completely unlocked. Fuck having to SBF my phone every time I want to change "roms".

5/2/2011 12:40:58 PM

So I was running the zeem launcher, but now every time I press the home button, it takes me back to the stock launcher home page... how do I make zeem the default launcher again?

5/2/2011 8:09:27 PM

I m upgrade eligible in august, and my droid isn't really cutting it for me any more. I want a physical keyboard, but I want lte. I hope the d3 gets an lte radio... it would be pretty goofy to release a new flagship phone when the switch was already flipped....

Grrr...

5/2/2011 8:34:01 PM

^^manage applications > all > launcher > clear defaults

5/2/2011 8:36:14 PM

Thank you!

5/2/2011 8:59:44 PM

np

5/2/2011 9:27:20 PM

i've got a g1 here that i'm trying to wipe and load a new rom while i'm at it but for some reason the factory reset doesn't actually do anything. anyone know what could fix this?

5/3/2011 11:22:33 PM

install clockwork mod, have it flash new recovery.

then reboot into recovery and wipe data and cache.

[Edited on May 3, 2011 at 11:50 PM. Reason : .]

5/3/2011 11:49:34 PM

Anyone using the HBO Go app for android? Seems a tad buggy, but very very promising.

5/4/2011 12:42:44 AM

surprise!! TWC users don't have access to hbo go yet...

5/4/2011 6:57:43 AM