Kindle Fire Buyers Help - Kindle Fire General

So im thinking about ggetting a kindle fire today. Im still on the small fence about it. Help me climb over?
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wetrabbit444 said:
So im thinking about ggetting a kindle fire today. Im still on the small fence about it. Help me climb over?
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You should buy it because ICS is almost fully compatible with Kindle Fire. Plus, if you have any problems you have this forum to ask
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shravbits said:
You should buy it because ICS is almost fully compatible with Kindle Fire. Plus, if you have any problems you have this forum to ask
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Yeah im planning on getting it today, but just wanted to see if there was anything I needed to know first. Lol
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wetrabbit444 said:
So im thinking about ggetting a kindle fire today. Im still on the small fence about it. Help me climb over?
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Yikes! Listen:
I have an HTC Desire, an HTC Desire HD, a Sony Tablet S 32GB, and an ASUS Transformer TF101 32GB (all that Android junk, you know.)
Yeah, I also have a lot of other stuff, including an iPad2 (wife's gadget), and a couple of unlocked iPhones. Not bragging, no. Just mentioning so that you'll get the complete picture here.
This Kindle Fire thing is an incredible deal for $200! (The Amazon refurb promo for $150 last week was just CRAZY.) It's great fun! Root= super easy, and with Paul Obrien's MoDaCo ROM right now: The graphics are seriously sharp and simply excellent, the network access is stupid fast, and I am having a ball with it.
There are a couple of limitations, no bluetooth and no microphone. But for watching downloaded movies and playing games with the kids n stuff, XLNT!
Enough?
If you aren't messing with one of these right now, you just aren't just missing something, you're missing IT.

blambo said:
Yikes! Listen:
I have an HTC Desire, an HTC Desire HD, a Sony Tablet S 32GB, and an ASUS Transformer TF101 32GB (all that Android junk, you know.)
Yeah, I also have a lot of other stuff, including an iPad2 (wife's gadget), and a couple of unlocked iPhones. Not bragging, no. Just mentioning so that you'll get the complete picture here.
This Kindle Fire thing is an incredible deal for $200! (The Amazon refurb promo for $150 last week was just CRAZY.) It's great fun! Root= super easy, and with Paul Obrien's MoDaCo ROM right now: The graphics are seriously sharp and simply excellent, the network access is stupid fast, and I am having a ball with it.
There are a couple of limitations, no bluetooth and no microphone. But for watching downloaded movies and playing games with the kids n stuff, XLNT!
Enough?
If you aren't messing with one of these right now, you just aren't just missing something, you're missing IT.
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Sold. Or should I say Bought? Haha thanks
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I'm missing it! What! I to was on the fence, the lack of bluetooth sucked. Also no SD. But my main use(s) on this is for
1) Emulators (N64oid being the biggest)
2) Internet
3) Pandora!
4) An E-Reader
Should I get it? $170 shipped in two days. If yes, all I need is an amazing Leather case/Kickstand thingy.
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The lack of an external SD is a bummer but, using wifi tether and wifi file transfer on my phone it is possible to use the SD card on my phone as additional storage. It is also possible to create shared directories on your pc that the fire can use.
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Woooo got cm9 on it!!!!!!!
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wetrabbit444 said:
Woooo got cm9 on it!!!!!!!
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Nicee
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I am also thinking about a kindle fire. Does USB host work with and/or without rooting? I'd like to buy an adapter and plug in my USB flash drive to use as storage. Or connect a USB keyboard.
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I got it refurb from the outlet for 139! It came looking brand new...

cb00 said:
I got it refurb from the outlet for 139! It came looking brand new...
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That's because it probably is. The 'auto-update' glitch bricked a ton of KFs. (Like this: Unzip the Amazon box, unwrap the cellophane, turn the puppy on, then watch it happily hang on auto-update= el Bricko bumstick.)
Unhappy customers sent them back in droves. Amazon techs simply updated via mini-usb connector, (takes 20 seconds) then shipped them back out as refurbs.
Brand new, and a fantastic deal!
Oh yeah, they also have to dump all of their inventory to get ready for the KF2.

cb00 said:
I got it refurb from the outlet for 139! It came looking brand new...
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Care to share link?
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blambo said:
Oh yeah, they also have to dump all of their inventory to get ready for the KF2.
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Isn't that supossed to be a 10"?
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AgentCherryColla said:
Isn't that supossed to be a 10"?
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Sort of. HK rumours last week, legal dept. staff Inter-consult w/ Foxconn & Cather, (the blank & MB manufacturers) say: 9.7", active bezel (gorilla & long range wifi?), quad-core sized HS, slim over-sized custom battery, with SD slot and side mount volume control holes. (In HK, parts-is-parts, if you catch my drift.) Taiwan has had the finished item running for quite a while, doing Amazonia software polish atm. Probably trying to keep it from getting rooted the very first day of release.
Anyway, "...goes gold in about 6-8 weeks." means that I am certainly not holding my breath waiting for it. No more update glitches this time I'm sure.
Oh, the previously mentioned $139 deal went history about 8 days ago, and I do wish I had gotten a couple more of them. The kids pass this thing around in the car like a box of Smarties. Industrial strength, even the 3 yr old gets her mitts on it.
Big fun.

blambo said:
Sort of. HK rumours last week, legal dept. staff Inter-consult w/ Foxconn & Cather, (the blank & MB manufacturers) say: 9.7", active bezel (gorilla & long range wifi?), quad-core sized HS, slim over-sized custom battery, with SD slot and side mount volume control holes. (In HK, parts-is-parts, if you catch my drift.) Taiwan has had the finished item running for quite a while, doing Amazonia software polish atm. Probably trying to keep it from getting rooted the very first day of release.
Anyway, "...goes gold in about 6-8 weeks." means that I am certainly not holding my breath waiting for it. No more update glitches this time I'm sure.
Oh, the previously mentioned $139 deal went history about 8 days ago, and I do wish I had gotten a couple more of them. The kids pass this thing around in the car like a box of Smarties. Industrial strength, even the 3 yr old gets her mitts on it.
Big fun.
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This is going to be a great Tablet. $170 refurbished, with a warranty. Great deal, and I'm buying a $17 starter kit.
Book Cover case, 3 Pens. Two anti glare screen protectors. Some headphones, and 3.5MM to 3.5MM cable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509486
Happy with this Tablet.

Got one during the refurb sale, and I'm finding its lack of storage somewhat limiting. I have a dropbox and sugarsync account that helps, it just would have been nice if I could have dropped a 16gb sd card in there.

kitsunisan said:
Got one during the refurb sale, and I'm finding its lack of storage somewhat limiting. I have a dropbox and sugarsync account that helps, it just would have been nice if I could have dropped a 16gb sd card in there.
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That's why I'm just using mine for games, and books. Nothing else. No movies, or Music. I'm already saving up for an Asus Transformer Prime. Mmmmmmm Tega 3 Quad (+1) Core.
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tegra 3 father is comming snapdragon s4 tablets are on their way
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kitsunisan said:
Got one during the refurb sale, and I'm finding its lack of storage somewhat limiting. I have a dropbox and sugarsync account that helps, it just would have been nice if I could have dropped a 16gb sd card in there.
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Absolutely! But for $139? Seriously?
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So where's our big update? Is it just me or do you feel like this is way past due?

Out more than a month (for the 3G model) and only one minor update, so far? Where's my microSD support, for example?
Is it just me, or am I being a little impatient here? I figured that the microSD would be fixed by now, at the very least.....
I feel you but I learned not to expect anything anymore. If I make up one day and there's an update waiting for me then great. But holding your breath would be a baaaad idea!
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I agree, although I am unsure of whether to blame google or motorola. The SD card would be nice, and so would a few hundred less FCs.
FWIW, I've been making new kernels and such, so I get updates all the time
But seriously:
roebeet said:
Where's my microSD support, for example?
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Yeah, I'm sure that issue is square on Google; it's also part of the issue of why there's MTP support and not USB Mass-Storage, since the former works on files (vs. filesystems for USB M-S, which is why you had to pull it down manually); since I suspect the issue that Google is solving with our "one filesystem for apps and user stuff" is where/how the uSD will be mounted/shared on our devices.
Thought the 4g update would be 90 days or something...
Very impatient.
I can't wait for the 4G upgrade but now that I have the ThunderBolt I wonder how much the Xoom battery is going to last. I get around four hours with the 4G on.
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Motorola has 2 months to fix all the Xoom's problems. Otherwise I'll be forced to return it.
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Ditto on the MicroSD! I have been wondering about the other tablets heading for the market. I see MicroSD card slot listed and I wonder if they hit will they will already have support?
Tomorrow
P.S. I just made up this rumour.
MikeyMike01 said:
Motorola has 2 months to fix all the Xoom's problems. Otherwise I'll be forced to return it.
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What store will let you take it back after 2 months.
To be honest I haven't noticed the lack of a sd card. Don't have 4g here so I am content just as soon as otterbox releases their damn case.
myv6mustang said:
What store will let you take it back after 2 months.
To be honest I haven't noticed the lack of a sd card. Don't have 4g here so I am content just as soon as otterbox releases their damn case.
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Costco
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rljohnson said:
Ditto on the MicroSD! I have been wondering about the other tablets heading for the market. I see MicroSD card slot listed and I wonder if they hit will they will already have support?
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What other honeycomb tablets are going to have an sd slot. I think i have only seen one other future tablet so far.
I'm pretty sure that I've read somewhere that the zoom will get SD support at the same time as the 4G upgrade.
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the clock is ticking 77 days before it goes back to cotsco if moto/google doesn't fix all the **** that is wrong with this POS
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the clock is ticking 77 days before it goes back to cotsco if moto/google doesn't fix all the **** that is wrong with this POS
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Why you buy it if you are gonna knock it? You didn't have to buy it. Lol
If its a pos than return it now.
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Have not needed the micro SD. Using the 4g on the TBolt. Can't wait for the LTE upgrade....that's all I need. Sometimes I feel storage space is overrated. I have bought all big storage space gadgets and have yet to run out.
Instead of OS upgrades...I want all the developers to keep cranking out the Honey apps.
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squeeze said:
Have not needed the micro SD. Using the 4g on the TBolt. Can't wait for the LTE upgrade....that's all I need. Sometimes I feel storage space is overrated. I have bought all big storage space gadgets and have yet to run out.
Instead of OS upgrades...I want all the developers to keep cranking out the Honey apps.
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It is easy to fill up with music and video libraries.
bwcorvus said:
Costco
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Yep.
znfrazier said:
Why you buy it if you are gonna knock it? You didn't have to buy it. Lol
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Some people wanted it to succeed. Some people also wanted it to work. Looks like neither are happening currently.

Kindle fire camera

Sorry if somebody has already brought this up, but after searching I didn't find anything. I just got my fire laast night and there appears to be a camera in the top left corner. I know all the specs say there is no camera, but there does in fact appear to be one. Can anyone else confirm?
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I think that's just the ambient light sensor. The first firmware had support for automatic brightness, but that was removed, so it's essentially useless now.
Not a camera.
Just a sensor, nothing to do with a camera. Never saw a camera in the tear down thread so I am pretty sure it isn't one.
Ah, I see. Got my hopes up for nothing, then. Thanks.
Kinda sad that its not in there considering the cost of camera components now a days.
Yah I know so sad. Cause from the tare down it seems that it would have cost only 10.50 or something i know i read that somewhere for a front and back camera. But I still love this thing
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I don't want a camera in mine, my phone's cam is plenty for quick shots. Why is the ambient sensor disabled?
//Tapatalk//
When it was turned on on mine, it was pretty wonky. I think that's why.
CrackMonkey91 said:
Yah I know so sad. Cause from the tare down it seems that it would have cost only 10.50 or something i know i read that somewhere for a front and back camera. But I still love this thing
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For 5 million Fires, that would of only cost Amazon an extra $50,000,000
markcyst said:
For 5 million Fires, that would of only cost Amazon an extra $50,000,000
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But I bet with it, it would sell even more cause it is more of a tablet then especially for people on this form who will probably put a custom romantic on it the moment they are available, no?
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CrackMonkey91 said:
But I bet with it, it would sell even more cause it is more of a tablet then especially for people on this form who will probably put a custom romantic on it the moment they are available, no?
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An extra $50 million probably wouldn't of allowed a $199 price point, I imagine.
CrackMonkey91 said:
But I bet with it, it would sell even more cause it is more of a tablet then especially for people on this form who will probably put a custom romantic on it the moment they are available, no?
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Amazon loses money for every Kindle sold; it currently costs them more to make then they get for selling it. Their only income is the money they get from their bundled services such as music, books, video rentals, prime, etc. Why would Amazon encourage a custom rom that debundles those services...while spending even more money on it?
They only lose something like $2....it isn't all that high honestly...
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bluenadas said:
They only lose something like $2....it isn't all that high honestly...
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Well if that's the case it would have been nice for them to opt for a camera, but then again my phone (HTC Incredible) has something like an 8 MP camera in it anyways.
But you gotta think even then most companies something off each tablet they sell. Amazon's approach actually seems similar to a video game console maker's approach. Generally Sony and MS both lose money on launch Xbox and Playstation units, but hope to make that up in game sales. If Amazon's loss is that small they should easily make that back.
Very true...but how many do they sell and never even sell an mp3 on? Losing even 0.20 is a risk...adding even more functionality would have widened that loss. And to be honest...how many people the but the kindle want it simply for the purpose it was built? Only a rare group will actually root it and load custom roms.
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bluenadas said:
They only lose something like $2....it isn't all that high honestly...
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That would make their initial release a $10 million loss. That's a big amount to make up off of songs, movies, and books
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Very true...but how many do they sell and never even sell an mp3 on? Losing even 0.20 is a risk...adding even more functionality would have widened that loss. And to be honest...how many people the but the kindle want it simply for the purpose it was built? Only a rare group will actually root it and load custom roms.
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Yeah, that's why Amazon can do it in the first place though. They have established themselves as a one stop place for many of the Kindle Fire buyers. I know that I pick up lots of stuff at Amazon. There is a risk, but if it truly is around $2 then that's likely made back with one sale. I plan to get mine rooted, etc but I will still buy legit stuff like Kindle books from Amazon.
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That would make their initial release a $10 million loss. That's a big amount to make up off of songs, movies, and books
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Right, but if all those people buy a $5 book that's theoretically $25 million right there. Pretty sure Amazon will come out on top in the long run.
Amazon knows what they're doing - this is not new to them. The initial 3g Kindles were in the same boat - they cost more to make and maintain than they sold for.
The cam can be worth 2 $, but if you calculate 5mil. X 2 $ than the loss would be 10 mil. ...and if the managers cannot think of improvement in Kindle fire 2 – they can always build in mic and cam and make revenue
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Yeah, that's why Amazon can do it in the first place though. They have established themselves as a one stop place for many of the Kindle Fire buyers. I know that I pick up lots of stuff at Amazon. There is a risk, but if it truly is around $2 then that's likely made back with one sale. I plan to get mine rooted, etc but I will still buy legit stuff like Kindle books from Amazon.
Right, but if all those people buy a $5 book that's theoretically $25 million right there. Pretty sure Amazon will come out on top in the long run.
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You think Amazon gets 100% of the profit from a $5 book or app? No, they only take a percentage.
I'm guessing they didn't expect the Fire to be as popular as it has become. An extra $10 million would of possibly made it too risky

Just bought a Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi 32gb

Only £249.99 from carphonewarehouse
I is a happy bunny
What are the must have apps and mods ?
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I did the same and within an hour of getting home I had ICS on it.
I suggest you take a look at the dev forum
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cirian75 said:
Only £249.99 from carphonewarehouse
I is a happy bunny
What are the must have apps and mods ?
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Congratulations! Xoom development is quite exciting right now. There are the mature and stable Honeycomb roms Moray 2.2.2 for wifi and 3G, one for 4G, and the Odachi kernel from Team Tiamat, as well as several kernels from Team Rogue. There is also a terrific alpha ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich) rom in development, that I'm using as a daily driver.
Check out this thread, though it may have a bit of out of date info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209341
If you think you'd like to root, check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
cirian75 said:
Only £249.99 from carphonewarehouse
I is a happy bunny
What are the must have apps and mods ?
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Was meant to be going for £199 by CPW.
They actually priced it instore for £199!
But apparently they 'messed up' and it wasnt the right price....
Tried to use price match plus 10% off at PC world
they said they rang the local cpw and said they could not as not in stock
I went over the cpw, they had 3 in stock, bought it
went back to pc world complained they'd told porkies
got a £30 free spend as a sorry we messed up
got a 16gb usb stick, a case for it, and a screen protector
I'm assuming the Xoom will get ICS officially ?
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Tried to use price match plus 10% off at PC world
they said they rang the local cpw and said they could not as not in stock
I went over the cpw, they had 3 in stock, bought it
went back to pc world complained they'd told porkies
got a £30 free spend as a sorry we messed up
got a 16gb usb stick, a case for it, and a screen protector
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Nice! Looks like you got the £30 well spent on accesories!
How are you finding it?
Do you recommend it?
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Its nice enough, not as snazzy as the samsung, but its £150 cheaper and feels much better made, plus I don't need stupid dongles for a mini hdmi port
keyboard lags sometimes though
what causes that ?
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Motorola announced that the Xoom will officially get ICS a while back. At least in the US.
I also picked up a Xoom from CPW for £250, great little device! Next step, root and then ICS
I got one as well
Easiest way to root this thing?
Anyone tried that xoot ?
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Im a complete noob on rooting and rom flashing
So not so keen to give it a go.
This guide is fine for setting up Android SDK (ADB):
http://alldroid.org/tabid/40/g/post...fastboot-support-in-Windows-for-the-Xoom.aspx
One note:
Download an updated Motorola USB driver, not the one in the URL.
This one is good:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Version 5.4.0.
So after you have the SDK up and running on your PC and Motorola USB driver installed (and you do NOT need to touch your Xoom for that), it'll take you 3 min to unlock, flash custom recovery, and root.
Really not difficult.
Where do you guys see it for 249.99?
On their site its showing 319.99. :s
I've been trying to get one from Verizon with the contract price of $300 US, but they told me that it's no longer in production. ;/
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I got one as well
Easiest way to root this thing?
Anyone tried that xoot ?
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Use the Universal Root method from the Xoom Development forums here.
Then install the latest (version 20 as of this writing) of the EOS ICS Nightlies. You won't regret it.
EOS Thread here
After every ROM update, install this gApps package over the top of your ROM to get your google apps back. More info in the thread. Solarnz has it together really well on that.

Which to go for mk808 stick or box please.

Which of these to get please the stick or box thanks.
Did you read my "Buyer's Guide?"
http://linuxslate.com/Guide_Android_Stick_TV_Box.html
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Which of these to get please the stick or box thanks.
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I have the MK808 which I bought after the minix g4 (micro usb issue...)
Looking back at it there are a couple of things which bother me going for a stick next time.
Most of the sticks have come with an internal wifi antenna which as you can read in most threads is a bad idea and can completely ruin the experience.
Now some of you will tell you to mod an external antenna, ... great.
Next is the ... lets connect a couple of things via usb thing like keyboard, usb drive etc etc.
In the end it is not a stick anymore. It is a device connected with a bunch of cables to other devices.
I really like to buy the minix n5, since it has alot more connectors already on the device but the only thing holding me back is the lack of an external antenna.
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I have the MK808 which I bought after the minix g4 (micro usb issue...)
Looking back at it there are a couple of things which bother me going for a stick next time.
Most of the sticks have come with an internal wifi antenna which as you can read in most threads is a bad idea and can completely ruin the experience.
Now some of you will tell you to mod an external antenna, ... great.
Next is the ... lets connect a couple of things via usb thing like keyboard, usb drive etc etc.
In the end it is not a stick anymore. It is a device connected with a bunch of cables to other devices.
I really like to buy the minix n5, since it has alot more connectors already on the device but the only thing holding me back is the lack of an external antenna.
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Hmm, in my opinion you have only 1 cable less (from usb to stick) so even with the Minix you still have
a bunch of cables !! Perhaps even more if you're planning to use headphone and mic !
And bad wifi connections is an occuring Android problem, this goes for phones, tablets and TV sticks.
I'm surprised the market isn't blowing up with these at local retailers. I bought the mx2 for 60$ and I gotta say its the best $60 I spent last year
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cell128 said:
I'm surprised the market isn't blowing up with these at local retailers. I bought the mx2 for 60$ and I gotta say its the best $60 I spent last year
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I WAS surprised as well but now I am not. Just look at all these questions, glitches, issues and lack of support from manufacturer. No mainstream retailer will take such risk carrying them. It will be a waste of time and money.
That's why a real manufacturer like Samsung should make one. Maybe with the new octacore exynos 5. 2gb of ram and built in 200gb? I'd buy it in a flash
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cell128 said:
That's why a real manufacturer like Samsung should make one. Maybe with the new octacore exynos 5. 2gb of ram and built in 200gb? I'd buy it in a flash
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Yeah for a part I can agree, but imagine how the price would increase when there's only the name of a well known manufacturer on the outside, while the inside still remains with parts of say Rockchip, etc..
I've got an MK808 now for 3 weeks, and must say I'm more than satisfied with it, it's working flawless and I
don't mind the lack of support because there are so many Forums about these Chinese gadgets that the answer
is often only a click away.
cell128 said:
That's why a real manufacturer like Samsung should make one. Maybe with the new octacore exynos 5. 2gb of ram and built in 200gb? I'd buy it in a flash
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Ouya box will be the first one with any kind of support. I'll probably pick it up. Its released in June... although I like the android interface of my MK808. I'm sure the Ouya will be a hackers dream.
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$279.00 on Newegg

Just scored a Black G Pad 8.3 on Newegg for $279.00 with free delivery. Now I can sell off my Verizon Samsung 7.7 Tab. Hot damn! Anyone try One Click Root on this thing?
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sonjohn1 said:
Just scored a Black G Pad 8.3 on Newegg for $279.00 with free delivery. Now I can sell off my Verizon Samsung 7.7 Tab. Hot damn! Anyone try One Click Root on this thing?
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Cool stuff just got mine to, i am still waiting on the root they say not to use the one click stuff has virus or something like that / be warned if you do. Some people did it and it works but i already put a lot of info on mine so if i did do it, i would would be at high risk unless i factory restore.
sonjohn1 said:
Just scored a Black G Pad 8.3 on Newegg for $279.00 with free delivery. Now I can sell off my Verizon Samsung 7.7 Tab. Hot damn! Anyone try One Click Root on this thing?
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Trying to see if I can get my brother to score this and bring it up to Canada for me... No way is the price gonna be like this anytime soon (or soon enough after the thing FINALLY hits the local shops)... Damn you LG, we're not that far away!
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Endlessillusion said:
Cool stuff just got mine to, i am still waiting on the root they say not to use the one click stuff has virus or something like that / be warned if you do. Some people did it and it works but i already put a lot of info on mine so if i did do it, i would would be at high risk unless i factory restore.
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Total FUD, but okay. Unless you're hiding government secrets, I don't think the Chinese care about your baby photos and doctor's appointments on your calendar.
sonjohn1 said:
Just scored a Black G Pad 8.3 on Newegg for $279.00 with free delivery. Now I can sell off my Verizon Samsung 7.7 Tab. Hot damn! Anyone try One Click Root on this thing?
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mustbepbs said:
Total FUD, but okay. Unless you're hiding government secrets, I don't think the Chinese care about your baby photos and doctor's appointments on your calendar.
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You're right on the money man i don't want them seeing my baby photos at all !! Haha, all jokes aside i am not worried about that part it's the trojan / virus( has that been debunked?). The NSA or whoever already know everything about us it's a virus messing up my tab or the pc i am worried about, but shed some light on your experience with it.
Endlessillusion said:
You're right on the money man i don't want them seeing my baby photos at all !! Haha, all jokes aside i am not worried about that part it's the trojan / virus( has that been debunked?). The NSA or whoever already know everything about us it's a virus messing up my tab or the pc i am worried about, but shed some light on your experience with it.
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There's no viruses. Whoever said there was had to be a false positive. I've scanned it myself and there was nothing detected. I've got tons of tools for the PC that register as "viruses", but they're false positives. Nothing has happened on my tablet either. No mysterious apps or behavior, no charges on my credit card, no collection calls for purchases I've never made, no identity theft..
You've got nothing to worry about. The reason it requires an Internet connection is because it has to download device specific stuff rather than include every possible device with the program itself. It's just how they wrote it. Until we get custom recoveries going, we won't be able to build root into ROMs.
mustbepbs said:
There's no viruses. Whoever said there was had to be a false positive. I've scanned it myself and there was nothing detected. I've got tons of tools for the PC that register as "viruses", but they're false positives. Nothing has happened on my tablet either. No mysterious apps or behavior, no charges on my credit card, no collection calls for purchases I've never made, no identity theft..
You've got nothing to worry about. The reason it requires an Internet connection is because it has to download device specific stuff rather than include every possible device with the program itself. It's just how they wrote it. Until we get custom recoveries going, we won't be able to build root into ROMs.
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Yeah i might as well just jump in now, it would suck if the world ended tomorrow and didn't even root my pad haha
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sonjohn1 said:
Just scored a Black G Pad 8.3 on Newegg for $279.00 with free delivery. Now I can sell off my Verizon Samsung 7.7 Tab. Hot damn! Anyone try One Click Root on this thing?
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Yep. Pulled the trigger on this deal. Newegg is pretty good about the no re-stocking return, if it does not pan out. Odds are, that this is the V512 for the 2014 Nexus 8??
farnham said:
Yep. Pulled the trigger on this deal. Newegg is pretty good about the no re-stocking return, if it does not pan out. Odds are, that this is the V512 for the 2014 Nexus 8??
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I pulled the trigger today as well but I used the Newegg Ebay storefront. The price is $20 less ($259). Hope I don't get burned.
tyshone said:
I pulled the trigger today as well but I used the Newegg Ebay storefront. The price is $20 less ($259). Hope I don't get burned.
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You won't, it's legit. They sell a lot of random crap on ebay cheaper than their store. :good:
tyshone said:
I pulled the trigger today as well but I used the Newegg Ebay storefront. The price is $20 less ($259). Hope I don't get burned.
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I bought it from ebay today also. I got a squaretrade warranty cheap in case something goes wrong with it since it does not have a warranty with it,
moz90 said:
I bought it from ebay today also. I got a squaretrade warranty cheap in case something goes wrong with it since it does not have a warranty with it,
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That's a good idea. Think I will do the same.
I really wish this thing had some press. To me it looks like the best tablet out there with the specs and size. I had both n10 & n7 and ones to small other to big. And my fiance has ipad 2 and it's also to big.
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moz90 said:
I really wish this thing had some press. To me it looks like the best tablet out there with the specs and size. I had both n10 & n7 and ones to small other to big. And my fiance has ipad 2 and it's also to big.
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You can blame LG for that. This thing is seriously the best Android tablet on the market. I've used all of the "best" Android tablets over the past year and this is by far the best. They've got a solid product.
Honestly I didn't know much about this thing until today. I was planning on getting note 8 until I came across this thing and as long as the reviews are right I'm sure I'll be happy.
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moz90 said:
Honestly I didn't know much about this thing until today. I was planning on getting note 8 until I came across this thing and as long as the reviews are right I'm sure I'll be happy.
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I had a Note 8 and it was the perfect size but I couldn't get past the screen resolution. For that reason, I sold it and begun my search for a like size tablet with a higher resolution. That is how I stumbled across this beauty. I have not received mine yet but I've watched enough Youtube videos and have played with it at Best Buy enough to know it's a winner. Looking forward to breaking it in.
tyshone said:
That's a good idea. Think I will do the same.
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I liked there facebook and i got 30 percent off
moz90 said:
I liked there facebook and i got 30 percent off
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How do you get in one this Deal ? Do you like them from their website ?
moz90 said:
I liked there facebook and i got 30 percent off
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I looked on their site, email promo and Facebook page and don't see anything about this... please let us know how to get this!
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Check tomorrow on their twitter feed.
I got mine on Tuesday (ordered) from Newegg for Half off. Yes, for $175. Got it in the Mail on Friday.
They mentioned something to someone who missed out on the deal to check Monday for another good promo.
So far i am really enjoying it.

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