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    right phone & rom for me?

    First smart phone was a iPhone 4 since there were no android devices for me to fondle in the store, and hte iPhone was hte best at being "just a phone". Apple has officially made me mad too many times now, so I'm thinking it is time for a new phone and it should probably be Android based since...
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    linux pc image (ISO) on Android phone?

    Or for that matter, the X11 server and a SSH client on Android. Personally I'm missing all of my gnu utils, so I'm contemplating rebuilding the entire userland into either a LFS or Debian system. Did LFS a long while ago so the only downside is going to be the time consuming process and I'll...
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    cheaper replacement power cable?

    Or I can call and get a broken non-standard part replaced free under warranty. They didn't ask what OS I was running, they wanted the serial but w/ no power to the device I had no way of booting it to get the serial... told 'em I'd be happy to call back and let them know after they sent me a...
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    cheaper replacement power cable?

    local store didnt' have the cable separate
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    cheaper replacement power cable?

    As per the first link, I called B&N, spent 25 minutes talking to some tech support guy (here in the US at least by his accent) and a new replacement cable is on the way to me free of charge.
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    cheaper replacement power cable?

    So m yCN (running CM7 happily) is charging, and the baby grabs the cord. Not quick enough on my end, Nook falls... but survives. However, it landed on the charger, so the flat pin is now bent at a 45 degree angle from what it should be. Some finicking around with it and I can get it to charge...
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    dd command

    the bs just determines how big of a chunk is read/written at one time... so it shouldn't matter. Only time I've used it is in stripping boot loaders off the master boot record. First 512 bits are the magic, so bs=512 count=1
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    Wireless tether successful, but no internet?

    Is your laptop, etc. getting an IP address? Can you ping other clients as well as your gateway ip?
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    Should I get one?

    I've been resisting a smart phone for a LONG time. I've had tablets - Nokia 770, 800, now a Nook Color w/ CM7, etc. but I've never wanted a phone to be much more than a phone. So... up in the air .. iphone 3gs vs htc aria. Thoughts? Thanks
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    Legal Question About Selling microSD preloaded

    Be aware that you are distributing things licensed under the GPL - which means that you will have certain obligations (making source available, etc)
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    kmart Coby tablet?

    Anyone have one of these? Anyone know if I can put CM7 on it?
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    How to sell a rooted Nook?

    Get a 2gb sd card and put all the stuff on it needed for rooting, along with a nice set of printed directions and include that. Leave the stock firmware stock and un-registered, etc. so the buyer has the choice of using as-is or rooting
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    FTP/SFTP/SCP client

    In that case, got a terminal app to recommend?
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    [HOW-TO] Install Official CM7 Release (Gingerbread) to Internal Memory (eMMC)

    Did it today following xda-developers - View Single Post - [USER] CM7 General Discussion thread. Everything perfect.. Files downloaded/installed were: new OS - cm_encore_full-35.zip google apps stuff - gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip OC kernel - update-CM7-dalgrin-OC-emmc-040411.zip
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    Continued SD card issues............

    Or just download DSL Linux (50mb or so) or any other livecd distribution and use dd to put the image on the sd card
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    FTP/SFTP/SCP client

    Anyone care to recommend a FTP/SFTP/SCP client for me to use on my Color Nook? Running CM7
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    NC driving me nutz - Media playback

    OK, so I've had this NC for 2 weeks now, and it is driving me nutz. Started by putting HC on the internal memory. Works great, except I can't play youtube stuff, and files on my sd card aren't playable either (tried MP3, video in mp4, flv, avi, mpg formats), and I can't get Firefox to install...
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    apps do not download

    Had the same issue, clear your market place cache - directions are in the hc on internal memory sticky up above
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    media isues - mp3 youtube etc

    Got a new NC, immediately instaled honeycomb to the internal memory following the sticky Youtube loads and i can hear the first 1/10th of a second of audio then i get an error about the file being unplayable. Same with a mp3 flv or mp4 file copied to a sd card Ideas?