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[Q] Extracting APKs from 3.1 roms...possible?

Hey all,
I am not a dev, I just dabble. Anyone try extracting any of the apks from the 3.1 sdk or Xoom? I am not sure if the USB connectivity is modular like that, but that could be useful until Acer gets off its a**.
I know dc13 bricked after trying to flash the Xoom rom, but is what I ask even feasible?

This is not a bump, but I think this is a valid topic. Anyone get any real good looks at the apks included with 3.1 on the xoom or in the sdk? I don't own one anymore so I can't check it and I currently do not have access to my computers to try the sdk.

How easy is it to root a Xoom? is it as easy as it was for us? if that is the case, I could probably go to a best buy, root it, and then do a system dump to my dropbox...logoff and leave >_>

I don't know if it is that easy to root, but I really appreciate the reply and willingness.

No one I know owns a tablet apart from iPad or ipad2. I am actually the first of my friends to have an Android tablet and around school, all I see are apple products. The good thing is that the best buy is like 5 minutes from my university, so it's no hassle going in. Plus the staff there is nice, so they won't mind =P

Theres a real easy one click root available for the xoom. I've got mine rooted and overclocked to 1.6 ghz along with having the sdcard slot working and usb hosting enabled.

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dhruvmp said:
Hey all,
I am not a dev, I just dabble. Anyone try extracting any of the apks from the 3.1 sdk or Xoom? I am not sure if the USB connectivity is modular like that, but that could be useful until Acer gets off its a**.
I know dc13 bricked after trying to flash the Xoom rom, but is what I ask even feasible?
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Endgadget report today that Acer will release Android 3.1 next month
So my advice is stop tinkering with OS and wait for the update.

[Q] Transferring App Data to Nexus 7

I wasn't sure where to post this and have searched everywhere to see if this question was already asked (and I can't believe it wasn't)----Does anyone know how/if it's possible to transfer app settings and data from one tablet to another without root? I bought a Galaxy Tab (the original 7") from Verizon last year (HUGE mistake) and am absolutely ready to finally dump it for the Nexus 7. I guess because the original tab is such a crappy device there hasn't been too much development on it, so I was never able to find out how to root it. I'm tired of the constant freeze ups, crashes, and all around sluggishness of it and have my Nexus 7 on preorder, but there are a few games I've been playing on my tab since I bought it last year that I would like to transfer over and not lose my place. Is there a way to do this? Again, I'm not rooted and don't know how to with this tablet. Any advice?

As far as I know, you can't do this without root.

just got my new nexus 7!

Hello all.
Just wanted to share my experience with my new nexus 7 tablet. I picked it up at bestbuy Friday since it was tax free weekend here in Tennessee. I must say I am very impressed with this tablet. I had the original N7, and sold it 2 months ago to purchase a 32 gb nexus 10. I fell in love with the N10 immediately. It was by far the best tablet I had ever used. Well, this new N7 is just as good if not better. I will say, it is hard to compare the two because they are vastly different animals. I personally think the new N7 beats the N10, especially spec wise, but with the difference in screen size, these two tablets are really designed for completely different tasks.
One thing I have not been able to sort out yet is being able to use usb storage with my new N7. I am able to use my external hard drive with my N10 as well as my new Macbook air and even my Galaxy Note 2, but have not been able to use it with my N7 yet. Furthermore, I am also unable to get my Macbook air to recognize my N7 without booting the macbook into Win7. Sometime in the near future I will root the new N7 and install stickmount and see if it will recognize usb storage. I have not
researched a root method yet for the N7 but I'm sure there is one available, and if not there will be one soon. Most likely this will fix my usb storage on the N7. Still kind of stumped as to why my Macbook will only recognize it when booted in Win7.
If anyone has any questions about the new N7 feel free to post or shoot me an email at [email protected]. I don't mind answering any questions you may have because I know personally I like to do as much research as possible before I buy a new piece of electronic equipment.

Droid Nas app will make it easy to transfer files in between your Macbook and your Nexus 7. I haves used it on both models.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Tax free weekend in Tennessee? Is that a normal thing that happens? Curious!

[Q] should I buy it ?

Hello guys
I want to buy the tab 4 t230 mainly for reading pdf files
is it a good tablet and how about its performance ? I don't want it to be all laggy
thanks for your help

I don't know about the 230, but I have the 330 model and reading PDF files, and any other sort of document is a overall good experience for me. One could make the argument that bigger is better, but for me having the 8" model in horizontal or even vertical layout has worked quite well when it came to looking at notes, editing documents or even reading textbooks for college lectures/classes. I haven't noticed any lag when it came to just looking at a file, only when it came to running graphics intensive games.
(Quick summary) I use the 8" tablet daily and love it. recently, I purchased two textbooks from the play store and reading them and other PDF files work perfectly. :good:
-still it's always good to browse around.
Update: Before I made the purchase on the 8" model I read around that if you have a little bit extra it was a good idea to buy the 8" model over the 7" cause of the different processors inside. So it's all about how much you're willing to spend.

aliess said:
Hello guys
I want to buy the tab 4 t230 mainly for reading pdf files
is it a good tablet and how about its performance ? I don't want it to be all laggy
thanks for your help
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Edit. I would not buy the 7...
I bought the 8 and the below is for the 8...sorry. I forgot to mention that.
The tab in itself is decent, but with samsung pushy BS Apps the tab is slower...
However, should you buy the tab >> Root device with Towel root >> Freeze / uninstall all bloatware >> Install nova launcher >> Disable animations system wide >> Move larger apps to SD >> Presto = You've got a good tab!
Samsung software is not needed whatsoever. You can get a huge performance advantage by removing bloatwares and providing near android stock performance with nova launcher and animations disabled.

srsly no, i am still unable to root it, for the same price i would suggest a nexus 7

I rooted it out of the box a night or two ago. Just got it.

Same here, root capabilities were available a few weeks to a month after it was available for purchase back in june. I bought my tablet back in May when it first came out. However, I would still agree that a nexus 7 would be a good purchase if you just want to use a tablet for reading PDFs. Actually the Nexus 7 2013 edition is on sale for $159 on Ebay. The Nexus is still Googles current-gen device as of now and has many accessories and what not available, while it took months before I could even buy a cheap case for this tablet ( Better cases and accessories are out now, just not a plethora made specifically for the Tab4).

Brandonr91 said:
I rooted it out of the box a night or two ago. Just got it.
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towelroot just freeze after i click the button, are you on the lastest firmware?
edit: sry didnt read about you got the 8" ver, if op insist on getting the tab 4 dont get the 7" t230
also i dont know how long samsung will support this tablet, nexus 7 is confrimed to get andriod L, and like Lilchampsean said its hard to get cases and screen protector for this tablet

ymc1988 said:
towelroot just freeze after i click the button, are you on the lastest firmware?
edit: sry didnt read about you got the 8" ver, if op insist on getting the tab 4 dont get the 7" t230
also i dont know how long samsung will support this tablet, nexus 7 is confrimed to get andriod L, and like Lilchampsean said its hard to get cases and screen protector for this tablet
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What is your device model? My tab is the 8 inch one. The 8 and 10 have similar specs and processor whereas the 7" tab has a marvel based processor and thus is different methodology to root.
Also, Yes I did update to latest firmware on my tab. Opened the box, ran updates, and rooted all about 3 days ago.

Brandonr91 said:
What is your device model? My tab is the 8 inch one. The 8 and 10 have similar specs and processor whereas the 7" tab has a marvel based processor and thus is different methodology to root.
Also, Yes I did update to latest firmware on my tab. Opened the box, ran updates, and rooted all about 3 days ago.
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thx for replying, mine is the 7 inch SM-T230, guess i will wait awhile

I do too know if I am speaking out of place, but can you return it and get the 8? Fr9. What is love ready Modders are having issues with the 7. The 8 and 10 are where it's at. I believe the 7 will always be sluggish.

Brandonr91 said:
I do too know if I am speaking out of place, but can you return it and get the 8? Fr9. What is love ready Modders are having issues with the 7. The 8 and 10 are where it's at. I believe the 7 will always be sluggish.
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yeah its a gift from the telephone company, if i get to pick i prolly will go with the 10 inch one, or the new sony z3tc

Ah, you might be out of luck until they can find a better root method for the marvel processor in your model..
Thiugh, reportedly if you go to the towel root thread it has worked for 7 inch users.

advent tegra note 7 upgrade to 5.1?

hi , i have an advent tegra note 7 tablet ( tegranote-P1640). for some strange reason it wont even ask me to update to the lolipop. it has andriod 4.4.2 on it and it says that the system is up to date. but i see alot of guys saying that they received the 5.1 update. i think the tablet is from uk. i see that it has superu on it and i installed a root checker and it said that it was rooted. i was wondering if i could manually upgrade this to 5.1 and whats the process and where to get the rom files etc? thanks

I just got one of these. It was new in the box and being an Nvidia fan , I simply had to . I have read that Lollipop was really bad on this device . This thing has a better battery than my K1 Tablet and if I can get it up to Lollipop I can run Nvidia games on it and kinda have a shield tablet again . If anyone can help by providing TWRP and the OTA for the Advent Vega Note 7 it would be awesome !

Update :
I got this upgraded to 5.1 this evening lol . It was quite an undertaking as it's an old device now and most resources are dated. Big thanks to Root Junky ( if you are reading this ) I am going to play around with this some more , see if I can get it up to 6.0 Linenage or similar . It's a nice little tablet and a nice edition to my Nvidia collection .

Good tablet but held back by 1gb ram. If only it had 2gb ram this thing would still hold its own today

slybunda said:
Good tablet but held back by 1gb ram. If only it had 2gb ram this thing would still hold its own today
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Yep , It's amazing how well built Nvidia devices where . My Shield portable is actually more impressive than my K1 Tablet even though it's not as powerful .

moonhop7 said:
Update :
I got this upgraded to 5.1 this evening lol . It was quite an undertaking as it's an old device now and most resources are dated. Big thanks to Root Junky ( if you are reading this ) I am going to play around with this some more , see if I can get it up to 6.0 Linenage or similar . It's a nice little tablet and a nice edition to my Nvidia collection .
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Hey moonhop, all of the original links to RootJunky files seem to be broken - I have an unlocked bootloader and am trying to upgrade to 5.1, but OTA updates dont seem to be working anymore, any chance you could upload the files/provide instructions please? Many thanks.

In such cases, I downloaded the firmware and installed it manually.

Torpedda said:
In such cases, I downloaded the firmware and installed it manually.
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Wish I'd never installed 5.1 :-(
Was an ace tablet, not anymore. Have had a go at sorting it then tried factory reset. No luck, takes age to boot then again to open any app. Got hold of another tablet now & just cant be bothered to attempt to root it yet again.
In future will not update ANYTHING until I see on the forums its safe to do so.

Nibor9 said:
Wish I'd never installed 5.1 :-(
Was an ace tablet, not anymore. Have had a go at sorting it then tried factory reset. No luck, takes age to boot then again to open any app. Got hold of another tablet now & just cant be bothered to attempt to root it yet again.
In future will not update ANYTHING until I see on the forums its safe to do so.
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Yeah , it's too bad that L runs so poorly on this . Nvidia is probably one of the best companies I've seen for legacy support - I'm suprised they did not resolve the issues like they did with the K1 , and portable . This tablet could be salvaged with a decent rom despite having 1 GB of ram . Today I actually started it up and nothing ran on KitKat . This tablet is easily as good as the Nexus 7 2013 - which despite it's still runs and looks beautiful!

Well I'll be ........#@%&!
Found my Tegra in a drawer & thought I'd have ANOTHER go at it,
Bingo! Fixed thanks to;
Nvidia Tegra Note 7 [APX] Images
Nvidia APX 4.4.3 / 4.4.2-2.5 Images (P1640 Devices Only) Please do not contact me via E-mail asking for assistance. My time is limited as it is. All info required to repair your tablet is in this OP post so please read it carefully!! IMPORTANT...
forum.xda-developers.com
It's now back to V4.2.2 and as fast as original, almost scared to log into my google account on it until I get a decent sized SD card in it in case it gets stuffed full & seizes up lol!

Nibor9 said:
Well I'll be ........#@%&!
Found my Tegra in a drawer & thought I'd have ANOTHER go at it,
Bingo! Fixed thanks to;
Nvidia Tegra Note 7 [APX] Images
Nvidia APX 4.4.3 / 4.4.2-2.5 Images (P1640 Devices Only) Please do not contact me via E-mail asking for assistance. My time is limited as it is. All info required to repair your tablet is in this OP post so please read it carefully!! IMPORTANT...
forum.xda-developers.com
It's now back to V4.2.2 and as fast as original, almost scared to log into my google account on it until I get a decent sized SD card in it in case it gets stuffed full & seizes up lol!
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Glad to hear you were able to recover this. I would really like to see a Linenage build for these despite the low ram as the battery is still pretty good and the Tegra chip can still handle some older games. These devices also still have pretty good speakers. Google is still supporting KitKat but the clock is ticking. So many great Nvidia builds that are starting to become obsolete, I hope some developers can revisit some of these.

Talking of needing a decent size sd card, just discovered the 64Gb one in my 'Googlyfied' Amazon Fire 9 a dead'un.... so that'll be x2 I'll need. Wonder if SanDisk will make good on its warranty?