Android thread V-garychencool finally rooted his phone and got ICS edition - Hardware & Software

Can I play stuff straight from the drive though?

If your tablet supports USB OTG/host mode/whatever, that could work. If the drive is completely powered by the USB, it might get a little difficult, since the tablet might not be able to provide enough power. Then again, an OTG cable is what, 5 bucks and you can just use it with random USB sticks if you're outside with your tablet and need to check a file on some USB stick. Just check that your tablet supports it first.

[QUOTE=Relaxation;39012955]Can I play stuff straight from the drive though?[/QUOTE] set up a SMB/CIFS and use that instead of connecting the drive to the device.

I can use my external hard drive with my Asus Transformer and it relies solely on usb

[QUOTE=Rika-chan;39013765]I can use my external hard drive with my Asus Transformer and it relies solely on usb[/QUOTE] Does it really deliver the proper power needed for the external HD?

Just put the jelly bean ota on my RAZR Maxx. Holy balls, it's like a dream. Gets laggy during app updates, but it's baby-butt smooth beyond that. Chrome is still shit.

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;39013860]Does it really deliver the proper power needed for the external HD?[/QUOTE] I assume it's probably powered by its own power source.

[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;39013027]set up a SMB/CIFS and use that instead of connecting the drive to the device.[/QUOTE] Sorry, SMB / CIFS? Also, that's what I have. Asus Transformer.

[QUOTE=sdwise;39013952]Just put the jelly bean ota on my RAZR Maxx. Holy balls, it's like a dream. Gets laggy during app updates, but it's baby-butt smooth beyond that. Chrome is still shit.[/QUOTE] chrome is the best browser tbh opera is ugly as sin and firefox isn't very smooth Chrome with Firefox' tab system would be amazing (and with less crashing i suppose) [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Relaxation;39013961]Sorry, SMB / CIFS? Also, that's what I have. Asus Transformer.[/QUOTE] Samba/CIFS network shares, like local FTP only quicker and easier to use. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] Just think of windows network drives.

Just sideloaded the 4.1.2 OTA that was accidentally pushed on the 24th on my Droid RAZR Maxx, really like it. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=sdwise;39013952]Just put the jelly bean ota on my RAZR Maxx. Holy balls, it's like a dream. Gets laggy during app updates, but it's baby-butt smooth beyond that. Chrome is still shit.[/QUOTE] wow copycat

For some reason I cant expand my 1x4 widgets, anyone know a fix? [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/1hwY3.png[/thumb]

[QUOTE=Ponder;39014101]Just sideloaded the 4.1.2 OTA that was accidentally pushed on the 24th on my Droid RAZR Maxx, really like it. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] wow copycat[/QUOTE] We can share :-) The notification pane isn't an ugly piece of black shit anymore. I love it. Did you have to do a factory reset after you updated?

[QUOTE=Hunt3r.j2;39013860]Does it really deliver the proper power needed for the external HD?[/QUOTE] I use a 1Tb external hdd with my Iconia and it works perfectly, I just plug it into the USB port

[QUOTE=Nsybouts;39014153]For some reason I cant expand my 1x4 widgets, anyone know a fix? [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/1hwY3.png[/thumb][/QUOTE] Could be part of the widget itself, or the launcher. Nova let's you resize all widgets. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] Sniping my auto merge.

[QUOTE=Nsybouts;39014153]For some reason I cant expand my 1x4 widgets, anyone know a fix? [thumb]http://i.imgur.com/1hwY3.png[/thumb][/QUOTE] Get a better launcher?

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;39014196]Get a better launcher?[/QUOTE] I would use the Falcon widget for twitter but it's just too big. [editline]December 28th 2012[/editline] Fuck it I just installed Nova everything is kosher now, but now to just get rid these extra pages. [editline]December 28th 2012[/editline] Figured it out.

[QUOTE=sdwise;39014168]We can share :-) The notification pane isn't an ugly piece of black shit anymore. I love it. Did you have to do a factory reset after you updated?[/QUOTE] Heh no, and what I did today was stupid. I sideloaded ICS .215 thinking it was the 4.1.2 update, and when I realized it wasn't, I went to look for the 4.1.2 file and read that it can be only sideloaded from .211, which I was on BEFORE. So, I had to take about 2 hours and DOWNGRADE from .215 ICS to what I ORIGINALLY had, THEN sideload the 2.1.4 update. Boy did I feel stupid.

Why do you people seem to say 'sideload' instead of 'install'? Sounds douchey

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;39014364]Why do you people seem to say 'sideload' instead of 'install'? Sounds douchey[/QUOTE] Sideloading means installing something to something from the same locale. (In this case SD Card --> Phone itself)

Seems almost redundant to be used as a colloquialism

[QUOTE=Ponder;39014291]Heh no, and what I did today was stupid. I sideloaded ICS .215 thinking it was the 4.1.2 update, and when I realized it wasn't, I went to look for the 4.1.2 file and read that it can be only sideloaded from .211, which I was on BEFORE. So, I had to take about 2 hours and DOWNGRADE from .215 ICS to what I ORIGINALLY had, THEN sideload the 2.1.4 update. Boy did I feel stupid.[/QUOTE] did you run matt's utility to get back down to .211? he posted it all over the XDA thread where I got the OTA file. I didn't find it necessary to factory reset either (which is how it should be with an OTA, frankly). Best part is, voodoo kept my root. I was really worried about that since people were reporting lost root to the XDA thread. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Nsybouts;39014258]I would use the Falcon widget for twitter but it's just too big. [editline]December 28th 2012[/editline] Fuck it I just installed Nova everything is kosher now, but now to just get rid these extra pages. [editline]December 28th 2012[/editline] Figured it out.[/QUOTE] I think you'll find Nova to be one of the better things you've put on your phone.

[QUOTE=sdwise;39014419]did you run matt's utility to get back down to .211? he posted it all over the XDA thread where I got the OTA file. I didn't find it necessary to factory reset either (which is how it should be with an OTA, frankly). Best part is, voodoo kept my root. I was really worried about that since people were reporting lost root to the XDA thread. [editline]29th December 2012[/editline] I think you'll find Nova to be one of the better things you've put on your phone.[/QUOTE] Yeah matt's tool is fantastic..helped me get ICS early and helped me get 4.1.2 early, love it. Easy to use too. Was worried about it not working on Windows 8 but it did, thankfully.

[QUOTE=boomer678;39000249]I don't know if anyone here even uses live wallpapers but I released my first app/live wallpaper in Google Play today if anyone wants to check it out. Here is a video of it [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f46Ej28Wsbs[/media] [URL="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kev.wallpaper1&feature=search_result"]and the google play link.[/URL] I just released it so there might be some bugs on certain devices, I don't have a lot of devices to test on.[/QUOTE] I just released a free version of my wallpaper with no customization settings. [URL="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kev.wallpaper1free"]Here it is if anyone wants to try it out.[/URL]

[QUOTE=boomer678;39014874]I just released a free version of my wallpaper with no customization settings. [URL="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kev.wallpaper1free"]Here it is if anyone wants to try it out.[/URL][/QUOTE] Nice, may buy it but..I went back to my default and now all my borders (Google search bar, notification bar at top) are transparent..any way to revert them back to solids?

[QUOTE=Ponder;39015043]Nice, may buy it but..I went back to my default and now all my borders (Google search bar, notification bar at top) are transparent..any way to revert them back to solids?[/QUOTE] I'm not sure what you mean, can you show a screenshot?

So I'm just about done setting up my nexus 7, it was one hell of a task to fill up the new screen space. I love it to bits though.

[QUOTE=boomer678;39015057]I'm not sure what you mean, can you show a screenshot?[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/9phmbh3pvgpi6sy/Screenshot_2012-12-29-03-52-30.png[/url] Google search box was solid, along with the notification bar at the top.

So i have my S3 and Nova launcher is awesome, so is swiftkey! but..battery life is TERRIBLE, on my desire Z I'd charge it overnight, then about half 7 it'd go off the charger and I'd send the odd text, prehaps turn on data for a few minutes to browse twitter at the bus stop, then when I got to college by 9 it'd be still on 100% usually, prehaps trailing down to 99% or 98% but the galaxy S3 seems to lose 1% every 15 minutes-ish on STANDBY, Whats'g going on, it's on stock jellybean

[QUOTE=FlashFireSix;39015375]stock jellybean[/QUOTE] AOSP Jellybean or official TouchWiz Jellybean?

Thanks for the NFS:MW hint. Just purchased it, I hope it's better in my Xperia P (not play, just P) than my Vita.