Recent content by idarwin

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    [Closed] Win a Nexus 7 prize package from Nvidia and AC

    Who could say no to winning such a cool piece o' tech? Thanks for running this contest, BTW!
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    [APP] Flash Image GUI - Flash Kernels and Recoveries from normal

    Re: [APP] Flash Image GUI - Flash Kernels and Recoveries from nor Is there someplace you can download the "Stock" Recovery for Maguro (GNex), for use with this program? My OTA update 4.0.4 -> 4.1 did not end well as I had previously installed CWM, and apparently forgot to do a backup of the...
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    [GUIDE] Manually Flashing Official 4.1 Jelly Bean

    All very nice, and good instructions EXCEPT that it should say "... follow the on-screen instructions to *apply the zip update from sdcard*" - the words 'flash the OTA package' are misleading - flashing implies erasure and loss of data, which is not what happens during an update.
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    [Closed] Contest: Win yourself a brand new Google Nexus 7 Tablet

    My avatar is taken from my Android Cookbook site androidcookbook.com
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    Best way to buy off contract Gnex in Canada?

    Plan A - get it from FactoryDirect.ca, when they have them in stock. Theirs are "refurbished", and come in at C$399 (90 day warranty, can extend it for a fee). I used Plan A, but I went into the store, not by mail, so I could see that I wasn't getting one with the minor screen discoloration...
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    [Closed] Acer A510 and ASUS Transformer Prime giveaway

    New tablets always welcome! :-)
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    [Closed] Win a free unlocked GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus

    I want one :-) My Nexus One is dying of old age - thankfully CynanogenMod put the "click trackball to power on" hack into CM7, or the phone would be scrap. Hope the newer Nexii are better built. :-)
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    The Android Dictionary (aka "What the hell are they talking about?!?!")

    Re: The Android Dictionary (aka "What the hell are they talking a ANR - App Not Responding (usually but not always caused by a buggy app!). OpenMoko - an early open source cell phone handset project, now mostly defunct :-( See Openmoko Web Site. They started with their own Linux distro, but...
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    New member Android Cookbook

    The forum says to introduce yourself, so here goes, in case anybody's reading this. I've used Android since 1.5 Cupcake on a variety of devices. I'm the editor of the Android Cookbook (whose URL is just those two words with dot com at the end), an O'Reilly Cookbook for Android develeopers that...