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New owner has two questions

I just bought the transformer after using gtab 10.1 for three weeks now. I love both of them. Not having facebook is a minus, but i can live with that. I am so used tu Samsungs Facebook. Transformer got its 3.1 update right out of the box and i've done a factory reset, si ce there nothing had been installed. Then i realized that gallery pictures had gone. Now i wonder what else had been deleted with factory reset. And where can i find originally installed pictures and other stuff?
Maybe one other question. Everyone speaks of light bleed. I didnt notice any, only down left edge has more brilliance, but i suppose it is the led source, no?
Thanx in advance
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I also migrated from the GTab so I know the chnages in file names and locations can be a bit confusing at first. Use a file explorer and navigate to removable. That will be your uSD (if I recall sd2 or sdcard on GTab). Were the images you are missing self loaded or stock?

Yep that's the light bleed.
But if you can't find it don't look for it!
Enjoy your TF.

You may be speaking of the effect that honeycomb has within the system. Don't panic. Go on the market and download this:
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.ujacha.deadpixel&feature=search_result
See if you have any dead pixels first, and then look at the blank black screen closely and see if there is any light bleed.
As for the pictures and such, I wish I had done a factory reset because that was the first thing I deleted! There was some music too on there. Deleted that immediately. No need for those. I am curious as to what apps you have on yours. Do you have Kindle? Press Reader? Zinio?

peare said:
I just bought the transformer after using gtab 10.1 for three weeks now. I love both of them. Not having facebook is a minus, but i can live with that. I am so used tu Samsungs Facebook. Transformer got its 3.1 update right out of the box and i've done a factory reset, si ce there nothing had been installed. Then i realized that gallery pictures had gone. Now i wonder what else had been deleted with factory reset. And where can i find originally installed pictures and other stuff?
Maybe one other question. Everyone speaks of light bleed. I didnt notice any, only down left edge has more brilliance, but i suppose it is the led source, no?
Thanx in advance
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Which device do you like better? Pro's & Con's between the 2.

peare said:
Not having facebook is a minus, but i can live with that. I am so used tu Samsungs Facebook.
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May I suggest that you try Friend Me for Facebook, it is available in the Market...
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.locomolabs.facebook&feature=search_result

Thanx for all the replies... and thanx for dead pikel proggie. I think mine is a superb one. Knock on wood. Not a single dead pixell. As for the light bleed, a slight change in luminescence on the left edge towards the bottom. Unnoticeable. I looked at first, for i had read too many complaints, and that was the first thing i was looking for. Happy, happy, happy. I love both my tabs, and my old samsung gsm euro tab.
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Netflix HD Installed on Galaxy Note -Edit Never Mind

I was reading this article on gottabemobile.com About XDA porting the Netflix HD app to the Galaxy Nexus..and I thought, umm why don't I try that on my Note....Installed the APK from their link...OMG BEAUTIFUL. I started up the New Star Trek Movie, awesome, the old Star Trek, awesome again...the interface is a bit small as its made for tablets I guess, but just pull your stylus out and there is no problem here!
On one small note. I used Chrome to Phone to send myself the APK link. After I got the APK link I also got bombarded with spam links via Chrome to Phone on my notification bar. I had to uninstall Chrome to Phone after 12 notifications about "Hot Girls" I'm guessing this is almost like uncontrolled. pop ups on the server that was serving the APK file. Hopefully I can re-install it with-out the spam, as I use Chrome to Phone a lot!
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Just connected it to my LCD...it does not look like 1080p when compared to running a youtube 1080p video
Well darn...

I actually can't stand the interface. Without the stylus it's very hard to navigate. Very hard. I wish I could switch it back but still keep the high res video.

The normal netflix app on the Note was also very small as I remember from the handful of times I used it before I installed this APK. Though the actually interface does seam just a tad different.

OP are you sure about that?
I was under the impression that Netflix HD only will stream 720p content to OMAP equipped phones at the moment.
I tried the APK on my Note and movies look exactly the same as the regular Netflix App, still looking standard definition to me.

I have no way to confirm that it is actually playing HD. They look great to me. Though I must admit, I only used it a handful of times previously. The APK works and it's functional. I'll try and use the HDMI Out Cable and see if there is any improvident....
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Just connected it to my LCD...it does not look like 1080p when compared to running a youtube 1080p video
Well darn...

don't discount this app just yet. It definitely plays video better than the app i installed it over. I watch a lot of space docs on netflix, and they have looked terrible because of the black "blockiness" problem with the note. This version of netflix looks amazing on the note compared to the one i had downloaded from the market. this fixes one of my only disappointments with my phone!
and it also gives me hope that the video issues can be fixed by software alone!

rnewton01 said:
don't discount this app just yet. It definitely plays video better than the app i installed it over. I watch a lot of space docs on netflix, and they have looked terrible because of the black "blockiness" problem with the note. This version of netflix looks amazing on the note compared to the one i had downloaded from the market. this fixes one of my only disappointments with my phone!
and it also gives me hope that the video issues can be fixed by software alone!
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Can you tell me which APK you are using? I am sure we are using the same one and the picture is not any different to me than the stock. This is definitely not 720P. am I the only one who feels this way? Also I keep seeing people refer to HD content on Netflix. How can we tell which it is? Thanks.

Dan37tz said:
OP are you sure about that?
I was under the impression that Netflix HD only will stream 720p content to OMAP equipped phones at the moment.
I tried the APK on my Note and movies look exactly the same as the regular Netflix App, still looking standard definition to me.
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I totally agree, no different to me unfortunately.

Spartan2x said:
After I got the APK link I also got bombarded with spam links via Chrome to Phone on my notification bar. I had to uninstall Chrome to Phone after 12 notifications about "Hot Girls" I'm guessing this is almost like uncontrolled.
Well darn...
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AdFree on market
I don't receive any ads from chrome 2 phone
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Discovered small "easter-egg" which may surprise you ;)

Take your Xperia Play box in your hands and look at the main side (big XPERIA PLAY and two photos of the phone). Look at the second, right photo and look at the place near right trigger. See little engraved Camera-shape?
It means that the right trigger might be planned to be used as shutter button for our Plays but in some reason this idea was withdrawn and original Plays are without this engraved shape. I wonder why
Surprised? I am
Cheers!

You are correct. Nice find.
I am just surprised that this function was not included in the phone. Seems like a basic camera function on a phone like this.

Yeah awesome find dude. I am also surprised this was not included on the actual phone.

My right button trigger takes photos, you guys now theres a mod for it on these forums right?

swebosdev said:
My right button trigger takes photos, you guys now theres a mod for it on these forums right?
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Yes. That mod bugs out on me though. Ceases to function often so I rather not use it at all. Point is we shouldn't have to mod to get that function. It must have been officially planned at some point.

Yeah, nice find.. the L and R buttons look a little curved too
Whats even more surprising to me is you can pinch the screen and have an overview of the widgets, and you can shake it
Found that by chance when it was in my pocket :S

ff7fan4eva said:
Whats even more surprising to me is you can pinch the screen and have an overview of the widgets, and you can shake it
Found that by chance when it was in my pocket :S
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Yeah, pretty cool function. I've discovered it too, unexpectadely when I was testing multitouch. It causes a little jaw drop and jealousy in my friends' faces and they say the want it too on their phones (SGS 2, Galaxy Tab, Optimus 3D). Mwhahahahahaha >:-D
Also using two fingers is very helpful in scrolling up or down quickly if there's lot of a text or menu buttons (ex. Settings or text communicators, doesn't work in web browsers). You have to place them next to each other but not very close and slide both fingers up or down to scroll very very quickly. The position of displayed text is adequate to the position of the fingers - the end of options/text at the lowest part of the screen and the beginning of options/text at the highest part of the screen. Tried this on SGS and Optimus and these phones doesn't have that function, strange.
Try it if you didn't know about that

Camera mod for Xperia Play (found on Android Market) Works great for me

romcio47 said:
Yeah, pretty cool function. I've discovered it too, unexpectadely when I was testing multitouch. It causes a little jaw drop and jealousy in my friends' faces and they say the want it too on their phones (SGS 2, Galaxy Tab, Optimus 3D). Mwhahahahahaha >:-D
Also using two fingers is very helpful in scrolling up or down quickly if there's lot of a text or menu buttons (ex. Settings or text communicators, doesn't work in web browsers). You have to place them next to each other but not very close and slide both fingers up or down to scroll very very quickly. The position of displayed text is adequate to the position of the fingers - the end of options/text at the lowest part of the screen and the beginning of options/text at the highest part of the screen. Tried this on SGS and Optimus and these phones doesn't have that function, strange.
Try it if you didn't know about that
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Yeah figured that one out in the music player had about 700 items and thought how am I gonna get to zz top

simacca said:
Camera mod for Xperia Play (found on Android Market) Works great for me
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Yeah but it records HD in the 3gp container instead of mp4, bit annoying

It shouldn't be so, but pressing x takes photos.
That little camera icon and the Hdmi thing makes you wonder what else they got rid of.
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ff7fan4eva said:
Yeah, nice find.. the L and R buttons look a little curved too
Whats even more surprising to me is you can pinch the screen and have an overview of the widgets, and you can shake it
Found that by chance when it was in my pocket :S
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I found that out but never shook... Going to try that now.
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It worked but what does shaking do? What's the point? Not only the shaking, but the pinching/widget overview thing?
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MilkyJoePD said:
It worked but what does shaking do? What's the point? Not only the shaking, but the pinching/widget overview thing?
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Shaking isn't needed for anything but tapping on a widget will bring you to that screen suppose it could save someone about a millisecond rather then switching screens

Got an android phone? Control your tablet with it :) Link!

You might wanna have some fun with this.
It might not work with all set ups, but you can give it ago.
I found that the keyboard only worked for me via the blue tooth.
Post your results.
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS50b3VybmVzb2wudGFibGV0cmVtb3RlIl0.
Enjoy
MJ-12

works with my A500 and SGS2 but it's kind pointless without seeing where you are clicking..
Thanks for the link though

profipix said:
works with my A500 and SGS2 but it's kind pointless without seeing where you are clicking..
Thanks for the link though
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It highlights the icon you are currently on. : )
Maybe it is hard to see because of your background wallpaper?
MJ-12

it is good program)

No what I mean is that if I want to control my tablet from my phone or vice versa, I can't see the screen of the device I control.
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It`s a great app i use it when watching movies etc but the text function dossent work so i can`t youtube or files and that makes me use a bt keybard instead

Sweet, I have an Xperia Play, if I can use it as a controller on my tablet, that would be awesome! Will have to try later!

works fine with nexus 7 and Samsung galaxy s3
I downloaded it so I could use my tablet to control my s3 which is docked into a hdmi cradle I'm looking for something that duplicates my phones screen on my tablet but this is working fine. even the keyboard works perfect can't actually click on a video tho after searching YouTube but I'm sure in future updates the option will be there not bad for a free app tho!

stutter when scrolling slowly

I've noticed that when making a slow even scroll through any app the movement is kind of jittery/stuttery - kind of like a very rapid screen flicker (but different to the screen issues posted elsewhere as the brightness setting is not a factor). It doesn't happen on any of my other devices. Don't think it's a processor issue as games/videos are flawless. Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
On a side note, white backgrounds seem very yellow (see attachment) - especially compared to my OG transformer. It's not a massive issue and i appreciate this is a budget tablet - just wondering whether this is normal or if it's a fault.
thanks.

I'm seeing some stuttering on Google+ that I really notice.
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I notice this stutter in chrome all the time. Very frustrating.

I get stutter swiping from image to image in QuickPic, some microstuttering in Google+ in the What's Hot section.
Maybe some apps aren't GPU accelerated and the CPU is a bit on the poor side to handle it?

alan77ss said:
I've noticed that when making a slow even scroll through any app the movement is kind of jittery/stuttery - kind of like a very rapid screen flicker (but different to the screen issues posted elsewhere as the brightness setting is not a factor). It doesn't happen on any of my other devices. Don't think it's a processor issue as games/videos are flawless. Has anyone else noticed this or is it just me?
On a side note, white backgrounds seem very yellow (see attachment) - especially compared to my OG transformer. It's not a massive issue and i appreciate this is a budget tablet - just wondering whether this is normal or if it's a fault.
thanks.
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Have you also noticed that the yellow background is easier on the eyes? It was done on purpose, because this was built primarily as a kindle fire competitor..
As far as the scroll stutter, its Chrome. Try Opera or Dolphin and check back with us. It does the same on mine. Dolphin, Boat, and Opera are better browsers. Try them all out, I think you'll find happiness with one of those!
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I also notice it less in the Dolphin HD or Dolphin Mini browser.
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Go into developer options and check disable hw overlays
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I have a lot of stutter in google play store,chrome and some time in games as well. It happened in dead trigger. plus when am not running any apps in the background and i go to settings,battery i see lot of stuff there like google play,chrome,dolphin browser,picspeed wallpapers and many other stuff as well. and the cracking sound that it makes on my right side of the screen. I opened the back and tightened the screw still no luck still makes noise. i can only think that the back case is making the cracking sound. Plus my jelly bean is not butter smooth like most video i have seen. I was thinking of exchanging it but am thinking if i do that i might get a even worse one. Google really need to give another update soon that fixes some of these problems

nikeman513 said:
Have you also noticed that the yellow background is easier on the eyes? It was done on purpose, because this was built primarily as a kindle fire competitor..
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Yeah, you might have a point there.
As far as the scroll stutter, its Chrome. Try Opera or Dolphin and check back with us. It does the same on mine. Dolphin, Boat, and Opera are better browsers. Try them all out, I think you'll find happiness with one of those!
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As i said, it's not specific to any particular app, it happens whether in maps, browser, menus etc. unfortunately.
Tried hw overlays; no joy i'm afraid.

This happens everywhere during any slow touchscreen movement because of a crappy touchscreen controller and crappy filtering algorithms. The app is just scrolling to wherever the touchscreen tells it to (which is to random points around your finger tip several times a second) and this makes it look like it's jumping up and down or microstuttering.