Wanna ask if anyone got a silicon casing for the tab.
I think its lighter for purpose of viewing ebook or watching a movie when 'baring2' on the bed. Not so bulky to hold

Before this I DL an app from market call appstar & install, brows the appstar for a while. Few hour later try to turn on it can not turn on.
I follow your step by boot into recovery mode, but its only allow me to do power off. Luckily still can go into setting mode & I do a factory reset. Now it's back to normal but everything gone, but it's ok, I don't have many data or apps inside yet, only some HD show & few mp3 songs....
Thanks for your help Benny...
Can I install that "appstar" again see it will happen again or not???

less than RM10 from ebay

for the micro usb charger, is it 1A type also can be used? or must be 2A too?

I forgot to tell you guy the cook rom by sk806 comes with writable ext sd card feature, meaning now you can copy files directly onto the external sd card inside the Tab. Previously I edit the /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml to have this feature enabled
Another noticeable feature when you press power button, you get additional option to Restart and Reboot into recovery - very convenient feature
Overall the cook rom is slicker vs stock rom

Yesterday I did a test : i restore back my stock rom with all its apps and I installed the cook rom directly on top of it, it was a breeze but the reboot takes up to 6 minutes since I have a lot of apps.
However the rom developer do not recommend this and advise you do a factory reset first - the choice is up to you

can 7.7 do tethering? i have a MBA which i would like to hop on 7.7 3G ...

hi moring.

sorry for noob question again. what is the root function ( i see in 1st page) is it must do ?

and also about my quest about the tetring with window xp.. no one can help a

Used for a few days. So far so good, no problems. Everything seems to work fine. I find the performance of this tab is better than my SGS2, very few lags and better response all around.(maybe slightly better hardware or thanks to Honeycomb 3.2?)

Only complaint is some of the apps the fonts size too small and can't resize....i guess it's app dependant....one problem of the Android market...apps still not really optimized for tablet.

Maybe ICS will fix some of these issues.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Feb 29 2012, 09:33 AM

Rooting allows you admin rights to phone file system. Rooting will allow you to install apps that need to access file system eg
- Titanium Backup : Full backup and restore of apps n its data. If you uase MyBackup Pro - rooting will allow you full restore automatically not one by one selection
- AdsFree to eliminate those nasty ads popping out
- install fake telco apps so that you can access more free and paid apps - eg market enabler or marketaccess
- Root explorer example so that you can edit sytem files, eg editing permission.xml to have ext sdcard able to be written in phone
- Install Clockworkmod recovery : do full rom backup plus restore, flash kernel, flash rom, flash modem etc

To root or not is entirely up to each user. Put it this way, rooting will enhanced your Tab usage with much more additional features - it is unleashing the hidden power of a 3000 cc car behind the 2000 cc car engine

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Added on February 29, 2012, 9:37 amYou can select wifi hotspot to thether with your MBA

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 29 2012, 09:37 AM

Latest news... Samsung Tab 2 10.1 + Note 10.1 is coming...

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_at_mwc_2012-review-726.php

Note 10.1, will have GSM voice communication.. So it makes that Note 10.1 the biggest talking tab in the market if it is launch...

Con: Dont have AMOLED from currect spec given in the website..

This post has been edited by littlefire: Feb 29 2012, 09:43 AM

You need at least 2A to charge the Tab . Anything lower you will see battery charging crossed out and extremely slow , which is as good as not charging it

Another potential device is padphone....

Its a phone with super amoled 4.3" + tablet dock + keyboard dock....

With all these new launches with ICS enabled, sometimes I wonder how much longer we have to wait for ICS on other Samsung smartphones and tablets. Those who want ICS on the tablets will buy these newer entries and even possibly current owners of the tablets who just cannot wait for the ICS

padfone is nice

I've used it with samsung charger 0.7A... no problems charging to 100%

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Added on February 29, 2012, 10:58 amuncle benny, I've used it with chargers less than 1A (0.7A & 0.8A) and the battery charging is NOT crossed out... it indicates battery is charging

without the micro usb charger, it will not charge 100% even after leaving overnight

don't know why the adapter works, but it does

This post has been edited by gp2stroker: Feb 29 2012, 10:58 AM

This is good news.


This post has been edited by danieloo: Feb 29 2012, 11:04 AM

I am confused now. I think I have mistaken the issue here. What is this micro USB charger ?

I hv test charge tab using belkin car charger with 1A output but like benny said, makes no diff.....it wont charge at all.

it's not a charger but a 30pin to micro usb adapter...

use any regular charger with micro usb connection to charge your tab

Please point to me a link to purchase this. thanks