Nope, kies is non wipe :-) don't worry.
But just backup all ur stuff.

In case anything goes wrong.
No harm having a little insurans.

aha...a fb gamer addict.
i believe i have the drug you're looking for.

i was searching for a nice tablet FB app just the other day.
found and using friendcaster now. very satisfied with it.

while searching, i came across "friendme" as well
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.l....facebook&hl=en

on the description, it says
"Friend Me offers a Games feature, which will let you play your favorite Facebook game inside of the app. Flash games work as well, thanks to the Android platform"

so give it a try, its free. hope your favourite game works. good luck.

i have the USB on the go, single port only type.
i plug in a USB hub and try keyboard and mouse together,
it does not work.
the error message is "hi power USB connected"

not enough power. need to powered USB hug with power cable.

anyway,
but i think the mouse is not useful, it has a touch screen, just touch is faster.

the keyboard on first try is fun, but after awhile is not practical also.

because you'll need a stand for the tab. and since the connector is at the bottom wide side, its hard to find a nice spot to place it in a stable position. since its with the casing. most casing design that the tab stands in a way that the port is at the bottom. :-(

further more, some kind of software bug, when you tap on a text entry location, the on screen keyboard pops out as well, distracting, need to press the back button to remove it. fortunately the keyboard esc button is = to the back button.

another fun tip, the "home" on the keyboard works as a android home button as well. ctrl+c, ctrl+a, ctrl+v, all these short cuts works as well.


hard to describe....just try with a keyboard, it feel weirds. defeats the purpose of having a tablet.
i think only when typing long (i mean reeeeeeally long) email or forum post, it isn't worth the trouble plugging in the keyboard.

share some fun keyboard tips if you have any.
;-)

Hi guys, after transferring files via mtp, I wana remove my tab from the USB cable. Usually if its a pen drive, there is the safely remove drive icon at the computer task bar.

But there isn't one for the tab. All this while I just remove only.
Is there a safer way to do this?

death rally is available in android!
its the best racing shooting game ever.

use market enabler change to finland, then search in market. hahaha.
so happy.

thanks to jayce for recomending.
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/02/18/downloa...r-android-free/

I saw the 7.7 in samsung store, the amoled screen is nice and its very light,
But its kindda small for a tablet in my opinion.

I'm so use to the size of the lower left buttons, back, home & recent apps.
Cant accept the ones on 7.7, those 3 buttons really very small. Hard to press.

Anyway'

The optimum point between size, comfort n portability is different for every one.
Kinda pointless if u ask for opinion here. Go to samsung store n check out yourself.:-)
They display all the galaxy products there.

About the weight, aim for a light casing.
My casing is light, the rubbery king with smart cover. Just 700+ grams.
If you use those thick leather kind, it will reach 900grams.
Believe me the casing you choose will make a difference.

Agree. Exynos chip set is the second best. The gpu only lose to ip4s and ipad2.
Its the best for android. I know because my sgs2 is really fast. Games, apps, switching, multitask, etc. Lagless.

Tablet choice is individual preference. Best is go samsung showroom and try it yourself see which size and weight suits you.
The only gripe I have for 7.7 is the small size, and the insane price. Lol...
Very happy with the 10.1 on ics kang rom.

Are you using HD reader ?
If so uninstall, and reinstall.
Then when choose sync method, use the web base one. (Second one)

When I choose the local sync (first option) it constantly ask for my Google pw.

Weird.

Been using Kang ICS rom for more than one week now. Would wana share my experience with everyone. Let you guys know what to expect from the ICS upgrade. Of course there are some pros and cons. Lets start with the good part.

The GOOD:
-Overall UI is smooth, no longer have lags. Swipe through menu is smooth. Animation speed is closely related to your finger speed, swipe fast for fast animation, swipe slow for smooth slow animation.

-screen rotation improved. Even with lots of widget, it can rotate fast. Unlike in HC, after rotate, each widget struggle to resize and appear one by one. In ICS, all appear same time after a brief disappearance. (hope you know what I mean). Rotate 90’ is probably 0.5seconds slower than ipad2, but rotate 180’ is faster, due to ipad slow rotate animation for the 180’ turn. By the way, the ics rotate animation is as such, afer rotate, screen fade into blank black, then reappear, and a very fast rotation animation occurs. although its fast, but feels not natural, would prefer the ipad style, but anyway, still ok. as long its fast

-scrolling is much more sensitive and easier to control. Flick your finger very fast, and the page scroll very fast, flick slowly and page flow slowly. Previously on hc, even if I flick very fast, the maximum speed is too slow. If I am in a bottom of a long long webpage, previously need to flick my finger >5 times, now maybe less than 3 times to reach to the top of page.

-browser is much more stable and smooth (scrolling, as mentioned above). In HC, if I open >5 tabs, and some of them being youtube video, easily FC and return to home screen, reopen browser again, and all tabs lost. Now in ICS, browser never FC for >5 tabs, worst case is just browser becomes slow and laggy (acceptable type, during changing tabs and scrolling). So far browser only FC once, but reopen it, it will recognize it has FC, and load back all my tabs. (very neat)

-able to make folders in home screen, no need to rely on apps or launcher for that.

-the back, home, recent app buttons, have good animation, makes you certain that you have pressed it. the whole button glows very obvious when you tap it, nice and smooth glowing and fading animation. No lag at all. Press home and instantly transported to home.

-recent app becomes the task manager. The MOST convenient feature of ics. Just press it. Even with lots of recent app, it loads instantly, no lag like in HC, and a swipe can close the app. (left or right also can) If you want to exit an app after using, just press home then recent app and swipe away the most bottom one. (all 3 steps in one smooth rapid move, its like tap, tap, swipe, and the app gets closed, super cool and easy)

-I notice one app, performed much better in ICS. Called “touch racing” (got for free in amazon free app of the day), in HC, it was so slow. (cant consider it as lag, it can run normally, but everything is just much slower, like slight slow motion) but in ICS, it runs equally smooth as my sgs2. Maybe more apps benefit from this, but I don’t have much 3d games to test.

-gallery is nice. Its quite smooth In HC already, in ICS also very smooth, but the pictures are bigger. On landscape, it can display 2x4, on portrait, 3x4. Thumbnails are much bigger. Not sure if this a good thing. Takes some getting used to.

-all widgets can be resized, even to ridiculously small or ridiculously big as you pleased.

-no touch widz, kiss the mini app tray good bye. Hurray!!

-notifications can be swiped away to close them individually. (believe me, the swiping is really fun)

-small bug in the recent app style task manager, if you exit an app properly by pressing back, it will still appear in recent app. recent app displays both previously opened app and currently app. this is actually quite confusing (fail as a task manager). also it is not multitouch, means have to swipe one by one. despite the drawback, still glad to have this feature

-there is a data usage monitor in the settings, but useless for me since I’m a wifi version, the usage always remains 0 in my case. Don’t have 3g ma…hahaha.


The BAD:
-folder has limitation, cant hold more than 8x7=56 apps. Very silly limitation

-Some apps not compatible. Example jelly defence works in HC, but on ICS, the games loads, but cant register your touch, in other words, useless. sygic also cant work, but update to latest version settle the prob. Should not be a big deal as most app have update to support ics. (wondered why it was not compatible in the first place.)

-flv videos have no thumbnails in gallery. They appear as blank black picture. Sad for me cause 90% of my video collection are flv. No way to identify them in gallery, they all look the same. Have to rely on file manager to find video I want to play.

-touch widz is missing. Being very accustomed to it, I miss some of its features. The stock notification bar is really stupid, the quick toggle are wasting a lot space, and extra taps are needed to adjust screen brightness (very annoying, but have to get used to it)

-missing touch widz task manager. Long press home button and nothing will appear. How much RAM used will forever remains a mystery. But then again, maybe this is good also, no need to worry about ram.

-in app tray, after rotate, the alignment change, in portrait is 5x7, in landscape 8x5. Weird. I remember in HC, the alignment remains after rotate.

-honey bar cant work in ics. Stuck with the task bar forever in every screen.

-wifi direct, a feature I miss a lot, is not working yet. There is an option for it, but tap it and it says wifi direct couldn start. Sigh. Miss this a lot.



Some of the features not working, such as camera. Other than that, it’s a complete rom I would say, a very accurate idea of what ICS will be, almost everything works (just hope the wifi direct works at the final cyanogen 9 build). Enough for daily use. In conclusion, ICS is kindda like an major bug fix that should’ve been there since day 1. But if you compare HC 3.0 to it, then it’s a huge upgrade in terms of stability and smoothness. For extra features, no much, other than some nice change in the ui that introduce swiping motion. highly recomend if you can live without camera and wifi direct.

yes, the entire UI feels smooth, the black and blue glow theme is classy and nice.

oh ya, i miss out one bad point about ICS.

the entire menu kindda swap left to right. very confusing at first.

usually if a pop up appear, and ask you to choose "ok" or "cancel"
in HC, i remember that the OK is on the left, and Cancel is on the right,

in ICS, everything is inverted. left is cancel, right is ok.
takes some time in getting use to. wonder why they change to confuse us.
(annoying)

http://support.evanhe.com/2012/02/08/acces...ree-apps-daily/
follow the instructions, dont lazy.

Confirm worth it. can download free full app at 4pm everyday.
been getting free apps for few months now. ^^

the us add, i use from the fake generator website.
for cc number, i fake my own number.

so far working till now. been using it for many months.
got more than 60 free apps already.

also, i have no idea what is market unlocker pro, never heard of it, is it something like market enabler? it is not required to download amazon free app

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Added on February 20, 2012, 2:06 pmthanks man! such an honour. thank you.

This post has been edited by mtxx: Feb 20 2012, 02:06 PM

so sorry, i did not read the link that i send to you.
i just paste from the first google link i found.

http://support.evanhe.com/2012/02/08/acces...ree-apps-daily/
did not notice that it need to change proxy and use market unlocker.


the previous method i use was much simpler. i just use fake id generator,
use all the info generated to create an account, the credit card section i just make up my own card number.
then install amazon apk online, log in using phone, then settle.
never play with market unlocker or mess with the proxy.

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Added on February 20, 2012, 3:57 pmhere you go. i was looking for the steps from the sgs2 forum, but it was removed. so i google and gave u a link.
i went to find in the old sgs2 thread, and copy paste the instruction for you. original link of that forum is here. find for amazon.
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2192592
i copy paste out the relevant section below.



» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
1)create a AMAZON account.
2)get your fake details from: www.fakenamegenerator.com
3)once account is created, download the app onto your android
4)sign into the app and start downloading the daily free apps.

*Amazon does not check your IP, only checks the address you register with them.
the site above will help you generate fake address,credit card,name,etc..everything you need.

ANOTHER Guide : http://androinica.com/2011/03/amazon-app-s...-united-states/



This post has been edited by mtxx: Feb 20 2012, 03:57 PM

My favourite is ttpod. You can try it.

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Added on February 21, 2012, 12:23 amWent for casual shopping today. And saw a shop having nice discount for a Bluetooth keyboard for rm99.

Its the classy looking kind, not the cheap type. I saw the same thing in novacell for rm199.

Tempted to buy but the prob is that the box says it is for ipad2.
I asked the worker whether can work for tab or not. Since its a Bluetooth keyboard, should be fine right? But he say won't work, and persuade me buy the Bluetooth keyboard for tab, which is rm150.

I'm not sure whether he is telling the truth or not. Or he just want me to buy the more expensive one. Do you guys have friends that has a ipad Bluetooth keyboard? Will it work on the tab?

By the way the shop is in mines, with a big android signboard.

This post has been edited by mtxx: Feb 21 2012, 12:23 AM

Yup, you using 3.1 previously? Then upgrade to over come will have big difference.
But in overcome still slightly lag. Especially keyboard input in browser. Takes a brief moment for it to pop up.

Soon the ics update out, you'll feel even better. More improvement.

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Added on February 21, 2012, 9:16 amdespite made in china, its quite good actually.
can download lyrics, easy playlist management, nice themes, easy search function to find songs. also has online link to find and download new songs.

best part is the widget, can display album art and control directly from homescreen.


This post has been edited by mtxx: Feb 21 2012, 09:16 AM

wow...you have very good ears.
i honestly couldnt tell the difference. lol....

i'm sticking with ttpod due to its good compatibility with chinese characters. (able to search using abc as well)
half of my song colection are chinese songs, in other player i tried, the words appear to be rubbish symbols.


i know the problem with the not optimize for tablet, it only works in portrait.
but so far ok cos i usually start and stop using the widget at home screen.

havent tried power amp. will try it later.
if it can read & search chinese words, i may switch over to it. :-)
thanks for recommending.

I wana ask also, ipad2 Bluetooth keyboard compatible with tab or not?
Should work since Bluetooth doesn't depend on os I think.

Just want to confirm.

cant remember the usb debugging needs to be on or off.
try both and see, one of them sure will work.

I understand your worries.
But don't stress too much. After purchase, just turn it on, use it a bit.
If anything is wrong, I'm sure you will notice it,

Dead pixel is obvious, sure you will notice if got.
Its like a dot that won't go away.

i dont think it will be useful.
the original charger output is 5V, 2A. and it takes 4-5 hours to charge full from dead.

imagine normal usb port which is 5V, 0.5A (max), the current is 25% of the ori charger. expect 4x the time to fully charge.

by the way, out of curiosity, i wana to check out that link you posted, but its says webpage not available.


This post has been edited by mtxx: Feb 23 2012, 10:06 AM