Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

[The_Chief]

Good morning fellow Gnexers!

Thanks guys. So has ROM Manager fallen out of favor?

Razor, I haven't used ROM Manager in over a year. Anything I can do with it, I can do in Recovery.

Yes, you can name the backups in TWRP. But also...

Imagine being able to "stack" zips to flash... for example, you could queue Superwipe, then your ROM, then Gapps, and then swipe to start and they all go one after the other automatically. Such is the joy of TWRP: you can stack up to 10 zips! You can also choose WHICH partitions to back up in a nandroid, and it generates an MD5 for each backed-up partition. So you could only restore /data out of a nandroid if you wanted to. Not to bust on Koush, he produces great work and is an Android legend: I just find TWRP to be superior to CWM in many respects.

 

[breadnatty08]

I was wondering if CWM added that feature, but yeah it's great when you're simply flashing ROM+gapps. Plus it gives you that quick option of wiping Dalvik right after a flash before rebooting.

 

[MSUgEEk]

I too have been on TWRP for almost the entire duration of my GNex ownership and the entirety of the N7. ROM Manager just didn't play nice with the GNex for me.

Anti, the house looks great! Also, that's pretty astonishing battery life on a 2020mah battery.

 

[CaptainRon]

As usual I agree with Chief. My favorite thing about TWRP is the ability to stack the zips.

 

[halon]

I'm still using CW.


Life of Pi was fantastic, especially the 3D! Ang Lee did a great job. It was like I was reading the book again for the first time.

 

[halon]

can you browse the internet with Roku?

 

[breadnatty08]

can you browse the internet with Roku?

No, I don't believe so. Just looked through ours and didn't find that option anywhere.

 

[halon]

what about watching the new episodes the day after from NBC,CBS, ABC, FOX, etc.?

 

[breadnatty08]

Sitcoms? I don't think so.
There is Hulu Plus if you're a subscriber. Tons of other wacky channels as well. Some have commercials, some you have to pay for.

 

[halon]

Ugh.

It's tempting. What I need is that android powered internet stick. I can't remember the name of it but after a Google search I think I found it and it still isn't available for purchase.

 

[breadnatty08]

Wasn't the Vizio one supposed to be pretty good?
VIZIO Co-Star

 

[halon]

OH. It does have Google Chrome. Nice. That might useful for what I need?

 

[breadnatty08]

Cnet didn't seem to be much of a fan:
Vizio Co-Star Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

 

[The_Chief]

DL is reporting that Google & Dish are finalizing their wireless network plans! It will be data only, with voice & SMS going out over VOIP. Could be mid-2013,folks

 

[jhawkkw]

I have an old school Logitech revue, and Google TV is OK, but nothing spectacular. There is almost zero development for apps, and it's limited with buggy honeycomb. There isn't even a compatible app for hulu+ for it.

 

[Stigy]

Good morning all - happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Black Friday and a nice relaxing weekend. Gonna post some Cyber Monday deals I find in here that we would enjoy.

QQ for everyone here. My boss got a 3G Nexus 7 and for the life of me we can't get the signal bars to go blue. They are just gray right now and we can't do anything on the tablet except on Wifi - anyone see a similar issue.

 

[breadnatty08]

DL is reporting that Google & Dish are finalizing their wireless network plans! It will be data only, with voice & SMS going out over VOIP. Could be mid-2013,folks

Droid Life?
Not seeing a link on their site. Do you have a source?

 

[The_Chief]

They got it from a site called 9-to-5 Google. I read it in Pulse, so you may want to Google that site

 

[Stigy]

Droid Life?
Not seeing a link on their site. Do you have a source?

They got it from a site called 9-to-5 Google. I read it in Pulse, so you may want to Google that site

Google-Dish wireless service is a go, plans for 2013 launch being hatched | 9to5Google

 

[breadnatty08]

They got it from a site called 9-to-5 Google. I read it in Pulse, so you may want to Google that site

Link for those too lazy.
Google-Dish wireless service is a go, plans for 2013 launch being hatched | 9to5Google

NINJA'd!

 

[halon]

Hey Dread. You ever try PlayOn?

 

[halon]

Great news about Google and Dish but I wonder if service is going limited? Sorta like great in cities and pretty non existent outside of that? Or like..I could go with Sprint here but when I go back home there's nothing.

 

[breadnatty08]

Hey Dread. You ever try PlayOn?

Just reading about it now. Sure haven't. We generally just use what's on Netflix or Amazon to get our fix since we don't have cable. Not sure what this offers in addition.

 

[jhawkkw]

Depending on the coverage that this new Google carrier has, I might be tempted to make the jump.

 

[halon]

Just reading about it now. Sure haven't. We generally just use what's on Netflix or Amazon to get our fix since we don't have cable. Not sure what this offers in addition.

I believe it pulls video from the internet. I want to know if it plays the latest episodes from the night before?