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Thanks, it sounds like mine might have been a case of that "bad reporting." That would explain how it was behaving, and it seems to be holding a good charge now. I've had several Android tablets and 2 phones, and this is the first time I've encountered this.

I recently got a Galaxy Tab 4, 8 inch model from my local Best Buy. The only one they had in stock that day was an open box item, so I don't know it's history. I think it had an 85% charge when I got it home, but don't remember for sure. Plugged it into the USB port in my PC. Let it charge...

The apps (actual programs) are installing in the internal memory. But the app data (documents, etc) sometimes seem to require a micro SD card. Without the external micro SD, I've had several apps say they have saved a document (no error message), but when you try to reopen it, the app can't find...

I'm not sure if it's HTC or Virgin Mobile, but mine appears to have a weird file structure. Pre-installed apps are indeed in the system/apps folder. Both the /data and the /sdcard folder are totally empty. Several apps have failed to work because they say they can't open the /sdcard directory...

I'm trying to figure out the file structure. Specifically, where are downloaded files likely to be located, and where are the data files used by various programs stored? Thanks

Last month I got a little Acer A100 Android tablet. It came with Honeycomb (OS 3.2). Although I've played with Linux for years, this was my first Android device. I had been a little leary of upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich (OS 4.0.3), as OS upgrades are usually best done by wiping the drive and...

Yes, that's mostly true. Apple had already some software running that could be ported over to iOS, and many Android apps started out being designed for small screen phones, so there's a natural lag. I would hope that Google is fast tracking some things like print drivers and porting some open...

Re: Stopping unwanted apps from automagically starting themselves Thanks, that article answers many questions. It sounds like my strategy for extending the battery life may actually be counter-productive. You're right, it's CPU cycles that I need to go after, not memory.

I have an Acer A100 tablet that I've upgraded to ICS (the upgrade went very smoothly, by the way). But under both ICS and the original Honeycomb, the Android OS has an annoying habit of starting a bunch of apps automatically. Facebook, Google Maps, media players and a whole host of apps that I...

I specifically selected an Android tablet rather than an iPad. I had an iPod Touch and sold it because I got tired of trying to run everything through iTunes. Having said that, I have a friend with with an iPad that has the "Pages" word processor installed, and Pages beats the pants off of any...

Yes, thanks, that does it explain it and it does work. Although, unfortuanately, it does not do what I need it to do. I'm trying to use my tablet for some serious writing, and I needed something like an actual Rich Text Editor that would read standard files from my PC, allow me to edit them and...

Thanks for trying

OK, I'm new to the Android OS. But I've installed several apps that are supposed to have features that I can't even find. For example, I installed "Writer". This is supposed to have text formatting features (bold, italic, font size). But, after highlighting some text, I can't find anything that...

would like to see a (preferably free) Word Processor that makes good use of the screen space of a tablet. With the same layout as regular Word Processors. Perhaps a very simplified version of AbiWord? Something that lets you highlight text with the keyboard and select Bold, Italic or Underscore...

Anytime there is a release of a new Operating System (Android, Windows, whatever) you get a bunch of new features and useful upgrades. However, you usually also get a few glitches. Favorite programs don't work on the new OS, some hardware drivers cause problems, etc. That's not a complaint, it's...

OK, I did some experimenting. "Handbrake" will produce a M4V file that seems to be about 700MB for a movie (more or less), but the encoding time is not much faster than the real time length of the movie. "DVD Shrink" produces 4.4GB per movie by default, but can be set to produce a movie about...

I'm new to the Android OS. I just got an Acer Iconia A100. I've found the list of supported video formats. But I'm wondering if there's a consensus on: 1) The best quality video format? Since the A100 doesn't have the screen resolution of, say, an iPad 3 then it seems like there might be...

Thanks, I'll try that.

Greetings, everyone! I'm an old Palm user, and have been using the full desktop version of Linux for years. But I'm new to Android. I just got an Acer Iconia A100 (7 inch screen, dual core, Honeycomb). I've found the list of supported video formats. But I'm wondering if there's a consensus on...