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1. how do I turn off mobile web settings? I hate the mobile view.
2. what's the screen size so I can make a picture fit the whole screen as a background image.
3. Was I smart to pay $533 for this today, with the Xoom and a Tab 2 in the works?
- personally, would install dolphin browser, under the options it lets you turn off mobile view.
- screen res = 1024x600
- that questions a bit ambiguous... for no contract, with a contract? imo, when the Xoom or Tab 2 came out, would you then wait for the next gen to come out? (just my thought... )
1) Definitely install Dolphin HD. It has all the settings for 'user-agent'. Turns the Galaxy Tab into what it should be.. totally awesome! (Cannot believe Samsung have not yet fixed their default browser.. NAUGHTY SAMSUNG! )
2) The Screen res is 1024x600 but if you have the background moving when you swipe across, which I think looks a lot nicer, you'll want a bigger image. Just Go Large!
3) When it comes to teck, there is ALWAYS a new product round the corner. Get on the train and hang on.. The Galaxy Tab 1 really is a very competent little machine once you get all the tweaking and foibles out of the way. $533, sounds like a bargain to me, and I have to say I'm a little under-whelmed about the Xoom's average screen res.. It's only marginally bigger than the Tab's (1280x800).. and I prefer the 7inch form factor. Plus the Xoom weighs a lot more than the dinky little Tab.
In general - Love My Tab!
Thanks, guys...I installed Miren and I love it. I was able to set the user agent to one that I like. It's also tabbed browsing....Sweet! I also added the launcher I have on my EVO and love it (ADW ex). I am thinking I may return this and get the Tab 2...then be happy with that. I don't think I am willing to foot the bill for a Xoom. Also, I read it's slightly bigger than the iPad.
What I like about this 7" screen is this. I have been placing it in my inside coat pocket. When I leave the house, I tether it to my EVO. When I get places...I pull it out and use it. With the iPad or Xoom, I wouldn't be able to do that...simply cause you need a case or something to hold that big boy. I think the tab is where I wanna be.
Real quick...I change my wallpaper to 1024X600 and it still only gives me the small orange box to select a section of the image. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the whole image to display.
Yep.
I use ADW too and by the looks of things it will only let you choose square areas.
Go Larger than you need and Crop! Nice big fat image.. The aspect ratio is correct so no worries.
spartacusrex said:
Go Larger than you need and Crop! Nice big fat image.. The aspect ratio is correct so no worries.
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Am I doing the crop on the Tab or crop the image in Photoshop and add to Tab? Forgive my questions, but I have tried sizing and cropping and I just can't figure it out.
Can you attach one of your images that fit so I can see the aspect ratio of it?
I've noticed Xscope is the fastest; however it has its issue. Pinch to zoom any flash screen will behave undesired result.
I had the same problem with the DroidX. I purchased dodol Wallpaper Maker from the market. It will resize any wallpaper and use the whole image when scrolling. I was frustrated by the stock software not being able to apply a wallpaper properly, but am glad I found dodol. Its actually a pretty good app and has worked great on my tab.
The orange box for selecting the wallpaper size is retarded. It never fits the whole picture, especially if the aspect ratio isn't square (and our fracking screens aren't fracking square!!) and is glitchy. I've never even tried on the tab as dodol transferred right over.
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Real quick...I change my wallpaper to 1024X600 and it still only gives me the small orange box to select a section of the image. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the whole image to display.
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Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
The orange box for selecting the wallpaper size is retarded.
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Yes, It is...It drives me nucking futz! I am going to buy that app you just mentioned to see how it works. Thanks for the info!
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Thanks, guys...I installed Miren and I love it. I was able to set the user agent to one that I like. It's also tabbed browsing....Sweet! I also added the launcher I have on my EVO and love it (ADW ex). I am thinking I may return this and get the Tab 2...then be happy with that. I don't think I am willing to foot the bill for a Xoom. Also, I read it's slightly bigger than the iPad.
What I like about this 7" screen is this. I have been placing it in my inside coat pocket. When I leave the house, I tether it to my EVO. When I get places...I pull it out and use it. With the iPad or Xoom, I wouldn't be able to do that...simply cause you need a case or something to hold that big boy. I think the tab is where I wanna be.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950696 , a look at the GT2 ... agree with them some of the comments, why WOULD i want to "downgrade" to a 10" when the 7" fits my pockets so much better? i know the tablet market is becoming highly competitive, but as one poster (and apologies, cant find the post now) said - the IPad and the GT are tablets, and thats where the similarities end. they were built and aimed at pretty separate markets...". i agree to a large extent, and just hope that Samsung keeps this in mind (well, that hope's dashed for the GT 2 )
The image size needs to be 1200 by
1024. In addition you need to use the program gTab (search these forums) to install the image at the correct resolution and avoid the yellow box.
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Does anybody know what the default background image resolution will be for the Xoom?
I had gotten the impression from the demo videos that Honeycomb didnt do the whole "pan slightly left and right when moving through the homescreens" thing, but AndroidPolice just posted a few backgrounds that were ripped out of the SDK and their resolution is 1920x1280... which Im having a hard time making sense of. Most notably, the fact that the height is off so much.
I think it's going to be 1280x800, same as the screen resolution.
Maybe the wallpapers in the SDK are covering the xtra large resolution.
And maybe the wallpapers in the final Xoom will be at 1280x800.
let me try...
when you turn the xoom into portrait mode, the height effectively becomes 1280px. So any wallpaper would have to have a height of 1280px to fit the screen.
I read that tegra 2 devices support full hdmi out...meaning if you have an hd tv hooked up to your device running at 1920x1080, the wallpaper would need a width of 1920px to fit the tv....
creating wallpapers at 1920x1280 covers all situations...
sounds good in theory...anyone have a different perspective?
Ahhh, someone else asking a similar question. Although I've posted this elsewhere, and since I'm not the thread starter, I'll post this here...
I’m about to purchase a Xoom, and simply stated, the Xoom has 5 ‘desktops’ that you can ‘pan across.’
I’ve seen a few videos of the Xoom on YouTube, where the ‘wallpaper’ shifts slightly when you pan right or left to another ‘desktop.’
I plan on using this device for a unique purpose, and when I pan right or left, I want the entire background to change.
For the sake of this post, let’s assume I want each desktop wallpaper to be a different color…red, blue, green, yellow, and orange. Further, when I pan, I don’t want to see anything but THAT one color.
So again, the distinction here is…
1) A slight shift in the ‘wallpaper’
Versus
2) a whole new image (color or otherwise) on each of the 5 ‘desktops.’
I'm looking for number 2. Is this possible?
I think the second comment was the good one, it's when the Xoom is put into portrait mode, I should have thought about that.
About the "a whole new image on each of the 5 desktops", I think we'll have to wait for a developer to make a tablet Home replacement with this option.
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I think the second comment was the good one, it's when the Xoom is put into portrait mode, I should have thought about that.
About the "a whole new image on each of the 5 desktops", I think we'll have to wait for a developer to make a tablet Home replacement with this option.
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Bummer, that seemed like a simple enough request. lol.
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let me try...
when you turn the xoom into portrait mode, the height effectively becomes 1280px. So any wallpaper would have to have a height of 1280px to fit the screen.
I read that tegra 2 devices support full hdmi out...meaning if you have an hd tv hooked up to your device running at 1920x1080, the wallpaper would need a width of 1920px to fit the tv....
creating wallpapers at 1920x1280 covers all situations...
sounds good in theory...anyone have a different perspective?
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That makes a lot of sense. The idea of handling portrait also completely escaped me. Thanks
The only thing that still sounds fishy would be the re-scaling the UI resolution to fit the TV, rather than simply scaling to fit. I would think that would (seemingly) open the door to all sorts of shifting and alignment issues that they would have had to handle.
Hmm... well, so much for the idea of using the posted default backgrounds to identify "the" size. Downloaded a few and I'm seeing 2 at 1920x1408 and at least one at 1920x1280
Hmmm...Well if 1920 is the default height for portrait mode, and 1280 (or greater) is the width. Maybe the variation in width causes a "broader" slide when swiping left to right (so more of the image is exposed)?? So you could concievably create a wallpaper that's 1920 x 4000?
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I have been promising my mom that if/when high-quality-but-inexpensive tablets became available, I would get her one. So the Nexus 7 breaks onto the scene and hopes are high. Right now she has a netbook hooked up to a 19" monitor, and she does Facebook, YouTube, AllRecipes, Pinterest, Google, Skype, etc. on a daily basis. The N7 will free her to do this anywhere in the house that she wants to. Eventually, I would follow her with my own purchase of a 10" tablet e.g. Asus Transformer Infinity (more ports, higher res, etc).
Suddenly it occurred to me that there was a risk to our plans: what if the small screen size and high DPI made the N7 unusable/painful for her older eyes? Is this automatically-compensated by all these sites going into some some of minimal/high-readability 'mobile' mode? Is it easy to bump up the font size? Sure, a 7" *book* is easy for her to read -- but does this mean a 7" tablet will be as well?
Thanks for any insights you can provide!
For older folks, a 10" is generally better.
It's not just legibility, but the touch areas are smaller on a 7", which means people need to be more dextrous to touch the right spot. Older people may not have that dexterity.
A 7" is better than a 10" for its portability. If we're talking older people using a tablet at home, then that advantage is irrelevant, and a 10" is better.
It depends on the person's use. If she holds it in one hand most of the time, a 7" is better. If she uses it on a supported surface (desk, lap), a 10" is better.
A 7" is best for reading, but your listed uses don't include that.
i cannot guarantee that the Nexus 7 has it But on my Galaxy Nexus under Display there is an option to change the text size. Default is normal, large is about 2.5x the size of default.
This is system wide as well and would probably really help.
Yes, the Nexus 7 has a Font Size changer in Settings > Display
Besides scaling up the fonts, the nice thing about tablets is you can always hold them closer to your face pretty easily.
Through a bit of tweaking, I think you could change the LCD Density to make the screen, basically, smaller. So, everything would appear bigger. I used to do it with my Nook Color
All Android devices have accessibility settings for vision impaired people, so the fonts can be blown up pretty big.
settings > accessibility > extra large text
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Through a bit of tweaking, I think you could change the LCD Density to make the screen, basically, smaller. So, everything would appear bigger. I used to do it with my Nook Color
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I suspect this same procedure works, but in reverse; you would increase the DPI to make android think the screen was smaller, then it would render big fonts like with the fone.
I'll hijack this thread a bit since I'm in a similar situation. My mom lays in bed on her iPhone 4 (my hand-me-down) for hours on end and has recently started complaining that it's hurting her wrist to do so. I explained that she's not holding it correctly (ending up using her whole wrist to scroll rather than just flicking finger motions) but she can't adapt. Will a 7" tablet be enough of an upgrade for her to ditch her 10" netbook entirely? Hopefully I can teach her to hold it like you would a book, rather than crush it in her hands like she does with the iPhone.
I would think it would hurt her back and not her wrist, laying on it like that...
Try any 7" tablet with an easy return policy. Barnes and Nobel may have an easy return. If she likes the Nook size, return it and order the Nexus.
Her problems are too specific to her preferences and condition for anyone to advise you; she just has to try a small tablet.
Good luck with it - a good interface to the outside world can make a huge difference to someone stuck in a bed.
B&N has their readers on display right in the store. No need to buy and return.
Hey.
Im interested in buying the Nexus 7 or 10, but probably the 7. I already have a SSG3 and have a doubt about the Nexus 7, since it would be my first Android tablet.
I know there are not many optimized apps for tablets, but do all apps work at least on android tablets? Will I be able to install apps that are for android phones? On the ipad, for example, I can install any app, even if its only optimized for the iphone. They show in a little box, but thats ok if at least they work. I dont know how android apps work for tablets. For example, a few apps I want to install are: Androzip, tTorrent, emulators (N64droid, GBA, etc), Mx Player, DS file, etc. Do these apps work on the Nexus 7 and will they work on the 10?
I dont care if they look bad on a tablet or if they look stretched out. On the SGS3 there are some apps i cant install due to not being optimized for the phone or something. How does this work on a tablet? Am I only allowed to install the apps that have been optimized for tablet mode or any app just like on a phone?
Thanks.
Yes, Android apps all automagically scale to the size of your screen, so you will be able to download phone apps that are not tablet optimized.
However, the Play Store has filters the app developer can use to limit what devices can download their app. For example, if a developer specifies that their app requires a back camera, it won't appear for us on Google Play. So far the only app that I wanted that I haven't been able to download is the Amazon Store App, but that can easily be sideloaded.
So the only difference is that they would look stretched out, right? Or do some apps optimized only for phones look smaller while showing black bars around it like on the ipad?
Do ALL apps stretch out always?
all apps are automatically stretched out to fit the screen size.you will not get that ratio adjustment button like on the iPad to show a small app within a large screen.
but you will come across device and hardware restrictions. where this is determined by the developer/company of the app itself.
the most recent app i can think of i wanted to download on my Nexus 7 but couldn't was the Samsung TecTile app. i wanted to be able to scan the Samsung NFC tags i have with my tablet. but can't cause Samsung is not allowing the Nexus 7 to download this app.
Sensamic said:
So the only difference is that they would look stretched out, right? Or do some apps optimized only for phones look smaller while showing black bars around it like on the ipad?
Do ALL apps stretch out always?
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Not always. But if the developer coded their app well, it will take advantage of Android ability to automatically scale apps. I would guess around 99% of apps behave this way.
One bad example would be Wikiinvest HD. They coded their app crappy and have it hardwired for 10 inch tablets only, so part of the ui is cut off. But as I said, things like this are incredibly rare.
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One bad example would be Wikiinvest HD. They coded their app crappy and have it hardwired for 10 inch tablets only, so part of the ui is cut off. But as I said, things like this are incredibly rare.
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Agree 100%. A have like 50% of apps I have on my phone (DHD) also on Nexus and they all work. Games might be a different thing, but apps mostly work.
Hello xda I have been out of the android department for a while. To be exact its been since December of 2011 and since than I have been a member of the iOS family. I have recently gotten back into the world of android with a galaxy s4. Unfortunately I have run into a problem that I used to all the time when I had my old htc evo. The wallpapers do not fit. They are always zoomed in. Regardless of the crop it zooms in. Some launchers allow the scrolling effect which if you scroll the five slides you see the whole wallpaper but I am not really looking for that. I was more hoping to see the whole wallpaper at all times (like I do on iphones). I have seen post about different wallpaper apps that can crop the wallpaper to fit right but unfortunately those are not working for me either. They always zoom it to far out and half my screen is black while the middle is the wallpaper. I just dont get why this was an issue almost 3 years ago and it still is....
Crop them yourself on a computer. I don't have any problems with my wallpapers. Sure yours have high enough resolution? Doesn't sound like it. The s4 has a full hd 1080p screen.
Make sure the wallpaper is sized for the S4, and don't compare android to crappy iOS. When you only allow one phone and one tablet it is easy to make apps and wallpapers. There are 100's of different android phones and tablets, screen sizes and shapes, so making a universal wallpaper is a little harder to do.