Could someone give me some confirmed info? - Galaxy Tab General

I'm just curious as to what it is. I'd be really interested in an android tablet. I currently have an eris... which is pretty weak.
I've googled a lot but everything seems to be old or "rumored" so could someone help me out? I'd appreciate it.

What is it you want to know?
Sent from my HTC Desire

Specs, pricing, will it be google supported, full market place?

Oh and I'm also really curious to see if anyone has tried logmein to remote access their computers. I do it on my Eris but it's slow. I've seen it on the iPad and it's much better. How is it on the GTab?

Hungry Man said:
Specs, pricing, will it be google supported, full market place?
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Pricing isn't announced yet in most of the world.
For every other piece of infromation, why not just, eh, check the official website? I mean, have you even looked at Samsung's website? It lists all the specs for the device and few other details.
tl;dr: Price - dunno, not announced
"with Google" -experience - yes, if you mean GMail, Market and stuff.
Full Marketplace - Yes, it's a full phone and has all the capabilities as such, even market.
ps. Aside from the larger (and different) display, the Tab is essentially a Galaxy S.

Perfect thanks.

Does it Have an FM Radio Chip on it?

AnttiV said:
tl;dr: Price - dunno, not announced
"with Google" -experience - yes, if you mean GMail, Market and stuff.
Full Marketplace -
Yes, it's a full phone
and has all the capabilities as such, even market.
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sorry but just to clarify this is a full phone but in tablet format?
so the inbuilt cell is capable of making GSM calls the same as say an iphone, NOT just able to use 3g connectivity for web as say a iPad?
wonder why the camera spec is so lame?

adzman808 said:
sorry but just to clarify this is a full phone but in tablet format?
so the inbuilt cell is capable of making GSM calls the same as say an iphone, NOT just able to use 3g connectivity for web as say a iPad?
wonder why the camera spec is so lame?
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YES.
I'm sorry if I YET AGAIN sound angry or frustrated, it's not specifically you.
But don't you people ever think of yourselves and either read the official site or google around before asking questions? Yes, it's a full GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS phone. The official site lists all the bands the phone works on. (except I hear the USA version lacks the phone capabilities? but retains data/sms? I don't know.)
http://galaxytab.samsungmobile.com/
or head to http://www.samsung.com/ and navigate from there.
EDIT: Euro/FI version:
GSM&EDGE / 3G / CDMA / TD-SCDMA - 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G - 900 / 2100 MHz
GPRS - Yes
EDGE - Yes
3G - HSDPA 7,2 Mbps / HSUPA 5,76 Mbps
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yes.... i hae got it on saturday and i have made GSM calls also...
GSM calls and 3g video calls are extra features compared to ipad which will need a seperate micro sim and 3g contract and pay extra
when at home i use wifi for the tab and while on long journeys , put my existing contract sim and use it and will not miss calls too , the display is just awesome and so smooth........
i dont need to take seperate contract for stupid things

AnttiV said:
(except I hear the USA version lacks the phone capabilities? but retains data/sms? I don't know.)
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lol i didn't take that personally
i think you answer your own q there, when you make ref to different claims made in diff web sites, that no one seems to totally know the answer too!
thanks tho'
just the price & lame camera spec to get my head round !!

adzman808 said:
lol i didn't take that personally
i think you answer your own q there, when you make ref to different claims made in diff web sites, that no one seems to totally know the answer too!
thanks tho'
just the price & lame camera spec to get my head round !!
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Ah, good. What I did mean about that was that the other specs are official, but that part I haven't read anywhere but "rumor" sites.

As of right now they make no note of voice calling on american advertising ... It will be in the hardware but not in the firmware (rom) but im sure If we got a copy of your guys roms (all other countries besides US..lol) we will have the voice feature.

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As of right now they make no note of voice calling on american advertising ... It will be in the hardware but not in the firmware (rom) but im sure If we got a copy of your guys roms (all other countries besides US..lol) we will have the voice feature.
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I'm not really clued up on all this but wouldn't this be tied in with the hardware? And since the Tab has been announced in the states not having voice(and possibly sms) capabilities wouldn't that mean it was missing the hardware to do it?
If that isn't the case then it's awesome for the people in the states to potentially have that option

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Does wifi access require Mobile Hotspot?

From the Sprint site: "Sprint Mobile Hotspot add-on required to access Wi-Fi on the device".
Does that mean if I want to use my home wifi to browse the internet on the phone, I can't unless I pony up $30.00 more for the Mobile Hotspot? I'm sure it can't be that way. No smartphone locks out wifi unless you buy a tethering plan. I use wifi all the time on my iphone as it's much faster than the 3g data network is.
http://now.sprint.com/evo/
It's in the fine print at the bottom.
Based on sprint's past phones you will be able to connect to your wifi network at home. You will not be able to connect your laptop with wifi tethering to the phone without the addon hot spot.
I believe it is referring to connecting other devices to the evo via wifi.
I think this is a case of reading too far into the words regardless if sprint was ever dumb enough to do it once we have root it wouldn't matter.
im not to worried about it... gonna be easy as **** to hack that feature in once root is attained
I fear that the OP may be correct; as the OP points out, it does state the following at the bottom of Sprint's webpage (emphasis added):
"Sprint Mobile Hotspot Add-on required to access wi-fi on device"
I am also concerned that Sprint may use this as an excuse not to update the EVO 4G to Froyo 2.2, because I believe Froyo 2.2 provides tethering and wifi hotspot capabilities built into the ROM.
ellergek said:
I fear that the OP may be correct; as the OP points out, it does state the following at the bottom of Sprint's webpage (emphasis added):
"Sprint Mobile Hotspot Add-on required to access wi-fi on device"
I am also concerned that Sprint may use this as an excuse not to update the EVO 4G to Froyo 2.2, because I believe Froyo 2.2 provides tethering and wifi hotspot capabilities built into the ROM.
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HTC sense on the Hero (1.5) also included a wired tethering feature... sprint just had HTC disable it on their firmware... why wouldnt they do the same with the evo?
I've been under the impression that if you root your device in the future, there will likely be some type of hack that will allow you to use the mobile hotspot feature anyways, i don't think sprint or htc, unless they released some kind of update to stop this(which i'm sure you can stop this update from going through right?), you would be good to go...But, take what i say with a grain of salt because i'm new to this whole rooting ****, I've never personally owned a android handset either.
TickLe MY eLMo said:
I've been under the impression that if you root your device in the future, there will likely be some type of hack that will allow you to use the mobile hotspot feature anyways, i don't think sprint or htc, unless they released some kind of update to stop this(which i'm sure you can stop this update from going through right?), you would be good to go...But, take what i say with a grain of salt because i'm new to this whole rooting ****, I've never personally owned a android handset either.
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Once you root your device you can do whatever you want to it, once it's rooted only thing sprint has control over is what passes between your phone and them, data, calls, etc, not your device
I'm running android on a device that isn't even supposed to run android, and as far as sprint is concerned they think I still have WinMo 6.1 on this thing.
I asked my Sprint rep the other day when I was adjusting my plan. Wi-Fi will be "incoming only" and active on the EVO out of the box. If you want "outbound" (i.e. tethering, hotspot etc.) then you pony up the $30.
Vegasden said:
I asked my Sprint rep the other day when I was adjusting my plan. Wi-Fi will be "incoming only" and active on the EVO out of the box. If you want "outbound" (i.e. tethering, hotspot etc.) then you pony up the $30.
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Yeah i don't know why people would think you would have to pay to be able to use a wifi network of your own(or someone elses), no one would ever charge for that, and i don't even think you possibly could without heavy HEAVY modification of android.
OMG! I'm also new to all of this... I have a few questions? They may have already been answered, pls excuse my ignorance on the matter. I have a Huawei Ascend M860 Android 2.1 (I think) I'm trying to get the mobile hotspot on it (BTW how do I do this?) but I'm afraid to do anything because I dont want to get caught paying more money or finding out that the insurance I'm paying extra won't be valid anymore? I want to know what happens if I "root" my phone will they find out I've done something to it? LOL. sorry every1 but I'm not trying to have 2 bills to pay by the end of the month if I can connect to the internet on my laptop by using my phone. Thnx.
How did everybody here get to know so much about these things. What did u study?
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US and Canada Wifi (MZ604) Xoom comparison (only hardware is the same)

Well, I just learned that the US wifi images are A LOT different from Canada's. I actually crippled my Xoom temporarily because the US system.img files don't like the Canadian userdata partitions. Well, that is until the userdata partition is wiped.
I'm not going to say much. I'll let the pictures do the talking...
USA:
Homescreens with content:
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About:
Apps:
Bookmarks:
Canada:
Homescreens with content: (Yes, we start out with the stupid wallpaper)
Abooot: (sorry, couldn't resist)
Apps, eh?:
Bookmarks:
That's weird. What motivation would motorola have for doing that?
kmalinich said:
That's weird. What motivation would motorola have for doing that?
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Companies do a lot of localization stuff. I also noticed (but couldn't capture) the setup screen for the US version only had English, French and Spanish, while the Canadian one seemed more international. It had a bunch of European languages, Korean, Chinese and maybe even Japanese.
Part of the reason they probably didn't give us this one was because we're not supposed to get Google Books up here or something.
Here are some screenshots of the language list options on the Canadian Xoom's.
You just beat me to that. I rotated them in landscape so I only needed 3 pics. I might as well post mine as well.
@Scourge1024,
Do you recall any differences when turning these on for the first time? For example, having to accept "Motoblur Terms and Conditions" on one but not the other. Your apps screenshot of the the Canadian version has a "Motoblur Services" app, but the US one doesn't.
This post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12944248&postcount=336 seems to show Motoblur services running on a UK version. Can you verify whether or not your US version has Motoblur services on it?
I have a Canadian version as well, but am looking for one without the Motoblur stuff on it.
XR.
I'm pretty sure I had to accept some Motorola terms and conditions every time I did wipe on my XOOM. At the very end of the initial setup. I can't take a snapshot of that as adb won't connect till after.
I wonder if the Canadian version is like the UK one?
I also ripped the stock apk files from both US and Canadian versions.
Scourge1024 said:
I'm pretty sure I had to accept some Motorola terms and conditions every time I did wipe on my XOOM. At the very end of the initial setup. I can't take a snapshot of that as adb won't connect till after.
I wonder if the Canadian version is like the UK one?
I also ripped the stock apk files from both US and Canadian versions.
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I don't suppose I can get you to post up/send me the APK for Google Books?My Canadian image seriously lacks it (as you can tell!) and the phone version just doesn't do it.
I'll name my first born after you!
duraeas said:
I don't suppose I can get you to post up/send me the APK for Google Books?My Canadian image seriously lacks it (as you can tell!) and the phone version just doesn't do it.
I'll name my first born after you!
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Are you sure? My name is Howard. Lol. Not the coolest name out there.
But I might be able to save you some trouble. I couldn't install it. I pushed "BooksTablet.apk" and "BooksTablet.odex" into my /system/app folder and I don't see it on my Xoom at all (after a reboot of course).
Scourge1024 said:
Are you sure? My name is Howard. Lol. Not the coolest name out there.
But I might be able to save you some trouble. I couldn't install it. I pushed "BooksTablet.apk" and "BooksTablet.odex" into my /system/app folder and I don't see it on my Xoom at all (after a reboot of course).
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You seem to be right - it looks like they've done something to prevent these apps from working with the Canadian image. Sucks! Kindle doesn't have a nice widget and page turning animations like GB does.
I have been wondering why our neighbors to the north are not allowed Google books? Has anything been said officially?
If I had to guess I would say differences in copyright laws.
It'd be nice to have a hybrid of the two. With all the languages in the Canadian version and all the apps from the US one.
I really wish you could import epub files into the kindle app... looks nice and clean. The most stable reader after that seems to be Moon+
the canada screens look like how the UK wifi version was.
three booksmarks - very few apps installed
but without the dodgy wallpaper
Ya kinda sucks that the Canadian version doesn't the US version of google books. I've been trying for 2 days to find it until i found this thread that made me understand that it's impossible.
Hey guys,
The advantage of the canadian version is the languages. i have bought the US version and cannot get the German language and localization running.
Other than google books any reasons not to flash the canadian version on a us hardware? Or do you see any other chance to localize it?
Thanks hdtvpower
hdtvpower said:
Hey guys,
The advantage of the canadian version is the languages. i have bought the US version and cannot get the German language and localization running.
Other than google books any reasons not to flash the canadian version on a us hardware? Or do you see any other chance to localize it?
Thanks hdtvpower
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Good question that is! but i wouldnt flash because of that motoblur nonsense, just try to get languages over to US xoom
RinTinTigger said:
Good question that is! but i wouldnt flash because of that motoblur nonsense, just try to get languages over to US xoom
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Thanks, resolved it,
Used morelocale2 to set custom locale to "de US N/A"
All available apps now run in German, perfect!
Hdtvpower
Is US stock ROM portable to Canadian xoom, if where to get it and how to install it.

Fire Tv pre-launching in germany for 49€

WoW
Offer ends monday, only for premium members (but you can always trial and cancel for free afaik).
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Nice to see that soon we´ll have here, in Europe, AFTV!
Maybe with european lauch more developers start to play with this little box.
If you buy from the UK would you be able to set it up with an American account and get all the American apps? (Hulu, Pandora, etc.)
I ordered it. Great price. Will we be able to root / install xbmc / sideload apks? I am totally new to this device so i dont know much about it...some links / instructions whould be nice! thank you!
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moviecut said:
I ordered it. Great price. Will we be able to root / install xbmc / sideload apks? I am totally new to this device so i dont know much about it...some links / instructions whould be nice! thank you!
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Thats a question I would like to have an answer, too.
I ordered one, but if I can't plug in my USB Drive and watch mkvs/avi's I will definitly cancel my order and keep on using my 5 year old laptop...
Even more interesting is for me, if the us version can be converted to the european one.
I will test this evening if i can use my german account
man1acc said:
Thats a question I would like to have an answer, too.
I ordered one, but if I can't plug in my USB Drive and watch mkvs/avi's I will definitly cancel my order and keep on using my 5 year old laptop...
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If it like the us version, you will find all information here. If not, noboday can tell you this atm
sammy98 said:
Even more interesting is for me, if the us version can be converted to the european one.
I will test this evening if i can use my german account
If it like the us version, you will find all information here. If not, noboday can tell you this atm
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The thing I am getting: If anyone could ansers my question its xdadevelopers? Ok, thats why I asked here in the first place.
(Wir können auch deutsch schreiben )
Another solution could be, if the current firmware will be rootable in the next few months...
Well, those pre-sale units were gone quick.
And there isn't an option to get it for 49€ anymore either.
They are available again!
alex1301 said:
They are available again!
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Thanks!!!
Got one for 49€! Shipping on 4th November
Ordered mine today too
I was also one of the naive people ordering a US Amazon Fire TV a while ago to try it out in Germany I never managed to get it working, even after using Unlocator and fiddling around with settings of my Amazon account. So, since then, it's basically sitting in my living room doing nothing.
I'm thus also interested in converting a US Fire TV to a German Fire TV.
Will the German Fire TV be running a different firmware than the US version? If yes, will it be possible to manually flash a German firmware onto a US device? It's not rooted or anything...
Like some others have mentioned, This will be interesting.
Got my FTV from the USA, Wondering if I will be able to "convert" it to a UK model so I can get the native service / apps.
I would go ahead and order one from the UK while it is on offer but cant afford to loose root
seems that in UK have same offer, but £49...
Not in Spain, France or Italy yet...
Got One Hope this will become a nice XBMC Box to replace my RasPi in my Bedroom, which is quite on its limit with my installed AddOns + TVHeadend.
Ok, So I decided to send them an email regarding the "region change" of the existing USA Fire TV's,
I asked for my message to be forwarded onto the relevant team involved with the Fire TV for a more appropriate response,
Take of this what you will but they have told me that it will be possible, First you will need to migrate your account, Any purchases made will also transfer, Then once the device has launched in your country, in this case the UK you then need to look out for a firmware update.
They say they will put it up on their help pages.
So that's good news, Sad that it will be a firmware update but not unexpected, Guess I will wait till the time comes and consider my options. At this stage I could not give up my root :laugh:
Craig
~Craig~ said:
So that's good news, Sad that it will be a firmware update but not unexpected, Guess I will wait till the time comes and consider my options. At this stage I could not give up my root
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As long as they don't pull any shenanigans with the updates... once I finish Safestrap, for every update that comes out, I will be removing the bad stuff and prerooting it and making it flashable from Safestrap.
rbox said:
As long as they don't pull any shenanigans with the updates... once I finish Safestrap, for every update that comes out, I will be removing the bad stuff and prerooting it and making it flashable from Safestrap.
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Wow I had no idea that anything like that was being worked on :good:
That's great to hear, I will for sure be keeping my eyes out for that :victory:

Firmware update for Note 4 due this week

I'm working with Gear VR and had reason to ask the right questions to my contact at Samsung and here's what he had to say today about a firmware update that I need for development (but everyone will get), "I'm hearing the Verizon update is supposed to be available in the next few days or so"
Just thought I'd share since it's rare we have reliable, official announcement before the OTA's flow. To be clear, I don't know if this update will be Android L. I DO know that it will have the bits needed to support Gear VR on retail devices.
He's also working on getting me the ROM sooner, but I'm not sure if I will be allowed to distribute. Maybe others will be getting it early for the same reasons though so if you want a decent reason to hope....
rainabba said:
I'm working with Gear VR and had reason to ask the right questions to my contact at Samsung and here's what he had to say today about a firmware update that I need for development (but everyone will get), "I'm hearing the Verizon update is supposed to be available in the next few days or so"
Just thought I'd share since it's rare we have reliable, official announcement before the OTA's flow. To be clear, I don't know if this update will be Android L. I DO know that it will have the bits needed to support Gear VR on retail devices.
He's also working on getting me the ROM sooner, but I'm not sure if I will be allowed to distribute. Maybe others will be getting it early for the same reasons though so if you want a decent reason to hope....
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everyone here is more than likely to reject such update
masri1987 said:
everyone here is more than likely to reject such update
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Oh? Tell me more
Just say no to updates!
You might as well take the update we have a better chance of root with 5.0 according to chainfire
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You might as well take the update we have a better chance of root with 5.0 according to chainfire
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I agree. We are unrooted and locked; what does it matter.
mmw68666 said:
You might as well take the update we have a better chance of root with 5.0 according to chainfire
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Why's that? Because it's new?
AT&T note 4 got an OTA update today...
What did the AT&T update consist of? Minor stuff or Android L?
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If I'm not mistaken, HD voice something and bloatware.
SOTK said:
What did the AT&T update consist of? Minor stuff or Android L?
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http://www.droid-life.com/2014/12/0...ote-4-brings-hd-voice-and-a-bit-of-bloatware/
Thanks. I hate updates like that. I hope that whatever we get from Verizon is different but I have a funny feeling we will be getting a useless update as well.
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Guy in the droid life site commented that after the update on his AT&T note 4 update, the recents button was faster and more responsive. I hope it's really true and us Verizon users see the same improvement. That lag is the biggest gripe I have with this phone right now. Yeah, it's that good of a phone!
tu3218 said:
Guy in the droid life site commented that after the update on his AT&T note 4 update, the recents button was faster and more responsive. I hope it's really true and us Verizon users see the same improvement. That lag is the biggest gripe I have with this phone right now. Yeah, it's that good of a phone!
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Only lag I have is the recent apps cap. Takes a second or two sometimes to load up my list of recent apps. Not sure if this is related with ART though. Any thoughts?
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What did the AT&T update consist of? Minor stuff or Android L?
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We WILL get Gear VR support ( the whole point of this thread). Beyond that, I can't say and don't care much. If I was fixed on root or L, I wouldn't be running the Note 4 given how good Samsung is getting at locking the boot loader. In fact, If not for my VR development, I might have purchased my first Nexus device despite the lack of SD (or grabbed the G3).
By the way, why are people still spamming with "sent from my weAlreadyKnowAndDontCare using irrelevantAndAnnoyingApp"? That's so Outlook 2000
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We WILL get Gear VR support ( the whole point of this thread). Beyond that, I can't say and don't care much. If I was fixed on root or L, I wouldn't be running the Note 4 given how good Samsung is getting at locking the boot loader. In fact, If not for my VR development, I might have purchased my first Nexus device despite the lack of SD (or grabbed the G3).
By the way, why are people still spamming with "sent from my weAlreadyKnowAndDontCare using irrelevantAndAnnoyingApp"? That's so Outlook 2000
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This is the first Android phone for me where I am not terribly concerned if I don't get an unlocked bootloader. Root would be nice but it's not a deal breaker for me. I am looking forward to Android L on this phone.
As for my Tapatalk signature, I rarely post in forums so I forgot the signature was even there! I more or less read forums these days.
Thanks for posting the information!
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Is this OTA really worth taking seeing as we seem not to be close to attaining root?
will.bates94 said:
Only lag I have is the recent apps cap. Takes a second or two sometimes to load up my list of recent apps. Not sure if this is related with ART though. Any thoughts?
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Yeah that's the only lag for me as well. I'm not running on ART and I have it so I think it doesn't matter there. Just need a software update to fix that issue then this phone will be perfect!
tu3218 said:
Yeah that's the only lag for me as well. I'm not running on ART and I have it so I think it doesn't matter there. Just need a software update to fix that issue then this phone will be perfect!
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Agreed. Switched back to JIT Dalvik and it Was still persistant. Hopefully this update will tweak a lot of things.
It's Friday. I wish there will be something during the weekend. Really want the HD calling

[tut] How to get WTP 10 on the lumia 640

As you all may know there has been an issue with the availability of WTP 10 for our phones. Even though the lumia 640 is listed in the supported device list.
Microsoft has stated that there is an issue with rolling back to WP 8.1 for the devices that came with an OS version greater than 8.10.15116.125 so they have blocked the ability to install the tech preview on these phones.
Now from what I saw most 640's , including mine , came with a newer build.
With no word from Microsoft on how long this will take to be sorted out I decided to find a way around it.
The idea is to flash this earlier build on your phone and then just use the Windows Insider app.
I managed to find on NaviFirm+ the exact OS that allows us to upgrade to WTP 10 :
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Use anaheiim's tutorial to flash it.
lgstoian said:
with a firmware version greater than 8.10.15116.125
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Hi,
Not firmware version, but OS version ^^
Thanks for the heads up. Got used to call it the firmware even though it's incorrect.
Quick Question
I have the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual Sim (RM-1096) which apparently is a prototype for Honk Kong Only. Can I put the Global Rom for the RM-1065 on this phone to get the LTE portion to work on the phone in the united States?
brandin.p.lea said:
I have the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual Sim (RM-1096) which apparently is a prototype for Honk Kong Only. Can I put the Global Rom for the RM-1065 on this phone to get the LTE portion to work on the phone in the united States?
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Hi,
No, you can't.
anaheiim said:
Hi,
No, you can't.
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What would you recommend I do? The phone stated that it supports LTE on all bands, but there is no option to select LTE, only 4G being the highest and the signal is awful. Ive tried everything.
Lte = 4G on windows phones
4g = H+
DaMagicTicket said:
Lte = 4G on windows phones
4g = H+
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No.
LTE = 4G
4G = 4G
H+ = H+
H = 3G+
3G = 3G
E = E
Arguing about what is or is not 4G (or what it's called) is pretty pointless, because the carriers choose what to call it for branded phones, and the OEMs choose what to call it for open-market phones. There's a registry key that lists what text is displayed for each network type. I tweaked it, and no my phone never says "4G"; it'll say LTE, or H+, or just H, or various other 3G or 2G options. Check the registry edit threads for more info.
win 10
Is it really true that i can update lumia 64o to windows 10.Waiting for windows 10 on my lumia.
lgstoian said:
As you all may know there has been an issue with the availability of WTP 10 for our phones. Even though the lumia 640 is listed in the supported device list.
Microsoft has stated that there is an issue with rolling back to WP 8.1 for the devices that came with an OS version greater than 8.10.15116.125 so they have blocked the ability to install the tech preview on these phones.
Now from what I saw most 640's , including mine , came with a newer build.
With no word from Microsoft on how long this will take to be sorted out I decided to find a way around it.
The idea is to flash this earlier build on your phone and then just use the Windows Insider app.
I managed to find on NaviFirm+ the exact OS that allows us to upgrade to WTP 10 :
Use anaheiim's tutorial to flash it.
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Can I do this with the 640XL?
What is WTP10?
augustinionut said:
What is WTP10?
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Windows 10 Mobile Technical Preview (W10M TP), but now is Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview (W10M IP)
Do you have 10240 for RM-1077 ?
adityaonline07 said:
Is it really true that i can update lumia 64o to windows 10.Waiting for windows 10 on my lumia.
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Yes its true, you can.
my phone said i need to update first...lol.... -.-

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