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Endless Mike posted:ComicRack is for pirated comics, hence "for obvious reasons." Wait, what? Are you saying teagone doesn't pay for his comic books? teagone, is this true? Do you steal comic books?
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RZA Encryption posted:Wait, what? Are you saying teagone doesn't pay for his comic books? Hey man, information wants to be free.
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Endless Mike posted:Hey man, information wants to be free. Talk Like A Pirate Day was like a week ago.
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RZA Encryption posted:teagone, is this true? Do you steal comic books? Nope. Not true at all. I go to my local comic book shop and buy comics from there.
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The 16GB Nexus 10 is on sale in my country for the equivalent of around 273 US dollars. Is it worth buying? I don't really know what I would actually use it for, is this price low enough to get one and just play around with it?
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dwayne_dibbley posted:The 16GB Nexus 10 is on sale in my country for the equivalent of around 273 US dollars. That's by far and away the best price I've seen on that tablet in the states. Which country are you in?
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Vinlaen posted:I have a Nook HD+ running CM 10.1 but it's awfully sluggish. I'm going to try 10.2 a try but 10.1 is quite laggy even swiping through homescreens, etc. It's sluggish because you're using an underpowered device.
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Mister Fister posted:That's by far and away the best price I've seen on that tablet in the states. Which country are you in? Switzerland. It's a two week sale, I guess to get rid of old stock before the new Nexus 10 is announced. http://www.interdiscount.ch/idshop/jproduct/Tablets/898466/Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_Nexus_10_-_WiFi_16GB/detail.jsf
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That's what would put me off. It seems nice now, maybe not so much when superior hardware shows up.
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1st AD posted:It's sluggish because you're using an underpowered device. I just got my HD+ up an running on CM 10.1 and was depressed to realize it seems faster than my N7 2012. Certainly underpowered compared to the N10 or N7 2013, but for $110 for a 9" 1920x1280 screen I'm thrilled with it as a PDF reader.
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dwayne_dibbley posted:Switzerland. It's a two week sale, I guess to get rid of old stock before the new Nexus 10 is announced. I check slickdeals quite often and the lowest i've seen is $330. $273 is quite the bargain.
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dwayne_dibbley posted:The 16GB Nexus 10 is on sale in my country for the equivalent of around 273 US dollars. There will probably be a nicer one for $400 available in like 2 months. Nexus devices hold value like iPhones so worst case you can sell it for what you paid for it if not more. If you have interest go for it. FYI there is a used one on Swappa for $280 http://swappa.com/listing/GTJ260/view
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Shame that store doesn't ship outside Switzerland, that's one hell of a deal.
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Those of you who upgraded to a 2013 N7 from a 2012 one, what did you do with your old one? The screen on mine is a little scratched, so it's probably not worth the effort of selling.
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Sold mine on Kijiji for half the price of a new one, I actually had it sold with cash in hand in under an hour. I didn't charge extra for the case, since the glue in the drat Treegloo case was starting to disintegrate. I didn't even have that case for a year... Actually I would have had it for a year, but it took them 3 months to ship it too me. Don't buy Treegloo cases.
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Geektox posted:Those of you who upgraded to a 2013 N7 from a 2012 one, what did you do with your old one? The screen on mine is a little scratched, so it's probably not worth the effort of selling. I gave mine to MY GIRLFRIEND'S grandma to replace HP Touchpad we gave her a while ago. She loves it & it's put to good use. Give yours to a relative.
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Geektox posted:Those of you who upgraded to a 2013 N7 from a 2012 one, what did you do with your old one? The screen on mine is a little scratched, so it's probably not worth the effort of selling. Sold mine to Amazon (or one of their vendors, but it was Amazon's buyback program) for an embarrassingly low amount because I didn't have the original power cable anymore, and it was a 8GB model. If yours is a 16GB or a 32GB, you can try getting a better price from Amazon or checking around Craigslist maybe and see if you could get any bites.
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seravid posted:Shame that store doesn't ship outside Switzerland, that's one hell of a deal. Just been to 4 stores, they were sold out and they then told me that there is no stock in the whole city ... Oh well.
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Sorry to hear that :/ In other news, my N7 2013 turned itself off overnight. Is there any way to check what caused it? The battery was fully charged but it seems to have lost 10% during the blackout.
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So, for anyone that's considering a Portenzo BookCase for their 2013 Nexus: At least with my Qi chargers, I cannot manage to get it to work when the tablet is in the case. It's not a huge problem, as the charging port is still easily accessible, but if you're the type who must go with wireless charging, it's good to know beforehand. I'm using the Energizer Qi charging pads that were popular around the Nexus 4 launch, for reference.
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I don't recall what thread it was in that someone suggested Nova Launcher, but it has really improved my experience. I had written 3rd party launchers off as a relic of the past, but it's been pretty transparent and added a lot of features I had been wishing for.
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Geektox posted:Those of you who upgraded to a 2013 N7 from a 2012 one, what did you do with your old one? The screen on mine is a little scratched, so it's probably not worth the effort of selling. If you wanted to dump it for cheap, I might consider getting it to use as a home theater remote. My Logitech 890 is dying, and I need something that isn't IR, since all my gear is in a rack in my basement. Thinking I'd pick up one of those Harmony wifi repeaters and use a tablet as my remote. I could even use it for Chromecasting.
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Could someone who has a Nook HD+ comment on how long the charging cable is please? With them being down to £129 I think I'm going to order one in the morning unless I can find something better or I read something particularly negative for that price. The cable not being standard micro-usb and being rarer than rocking horse poo poo to replace is my main concern. Most of my gaming is at the more casual (Kairosoft, Mobage etc) end of the market rather than any meaty Gameloft fps' etc and the res/size looks perfect for reading books/pdf's etc.
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Fazana posted:Could someone who has a Nook HD+ comment on how long the charging cable is please? I just measured mine and it is about 5ft.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:I just measured mine and it is about 5ft. Thanks, that's more than long enough. Was just checking it wasn't something daft like 2ft or so. Ordering one right now!
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Refurbished Nook HD+'s on ebay. 16gb for $120 and 32gb for $135. http://slickdeals.net/f/6312978-barnes-noble-nook-hd-32gb-refurbished-1yr-usa-warr-sealed-134-49-fs-16gb-hd-refurbished-119-fs-ebay
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Last Nook HD+ question for now, I promise! It looks like I need to root it asap if I want to play Puzzle&Dragons etc, I'm going to use the instructions helpfully linked a few pages ago to install CM 10.1 but one thing I've not seen an answer to yet is... Will I lose everything already on it or does it "merely" swap out the OS for another and all the apps and savefiles etc will still be there? If it wipes then I guess I have a trip to the nearest store selling a micro-sd card much earlier in my future. Thanks!
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Fazana posted:Last Nook HD+ question for now, I promise! It looks like I need to root it asap if I want to play Puzzle&Dragons etc, I'm going to use the instructions helpfully linked a few pages ago to install CM 10.1 but one thing I've not seen an answer to yet is... Depends on if you install onto the emmc or onto the MicroSD card. If you install onto the eMMC it'll wipe everything, if you install onto the MicroSD it'll only write/boot onto the card.
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1st AD posted:Depends on if you install onto the emmc or onto the MicroSD card. If you install onto the eMMC it'll wipe everything, if you install onto the MicroSD it'll only write/boot onto the card. From what I'd read here and elsewhere replacing the B&N based OS completely was the best idea so I'll nip out and buy a micro-sd card as soon as the courier has been and I've registered the device for its warranty. Thanks for the info, saved me playing around with some apps etc and then losing it all at the weekend which was the original plan to root it.
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Nihiliste posted:While we're talking cases, what do people think of Dodocase's Nexus cases? I have the Dodocase Solid for my Nexus 7 2013 and it's a good bit of kit. I don't like the way it props open though, you really need to have it resting against something to stay upright. Also the "auto turning on" is a little touchy for me, but I haven't tried moving the Nexus around inside the case. It's well made and looks great though, but if you want to use it for anything other than a pretty case there has to be a better solution.
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Fazana posted:Thanks, that's more than long enough. Was just checking it wasn't something daft like 2ft or so. Ordering one right now! I don't get why manufacturers toss in such short-as-gently caress cords with their products, I literally cannot use my nexus 7 while its charging because the cord just barely reaches my desktop from the power strip directly below it. I cannot wait to get a Qi pad so I don't accidentally rip the plug out of the thing when I absentmindedly grab it to watch netflix and yank the drat powerstrip along for the ride.
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mr. stefan posted:I don't get why manufacturers toss in such short-as-gently caress cords with their products, I literally cannot use my nexus 7 while its charging because the cord just barely reaches my desktop from the power strip directly below it. I cannot wait to get a Qi pad so I don't accidentally rip the plug out of the thing when I absentmindedly grab it to watch netflix and yank the drat powerstrip along for the ride. Or drop 4$ on two 6-10' usb to microusb cords. The super cheap ones tend to wear out at the plug/cord junction, but at 2$ every 6 months, I consider that a reasonable wear item.
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Slo-Tek posted:Or drop 4$ on two 6-10' usb to microusb cords. The super cheap ones tend to wear out at the plug/cord junction, but at 2$ every 6 months, I consider that a reasonable wear item. That doesn't really answer the question though, if 6-10' cords are so cheap then why don't OEMs use them to begin with? Surely an extra foot or so of wire won't cause the manufacturer to spiral into financial ruin unless its HTC and this cord is definitely shorter than the one on my 2012 nexus. Anyway, I'm getting the pad because I plan to get a nexus 5 as soon as they launch, and it's less clutter to have a pad with one plug rather than two separate charge cables.
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So I am looking at a TPU case for a 2013 Nexus 7. I was hoping that Diztronic made one so I could just order that, their TPU case for the Nexus 7 is pretty amazing. I am looking at this guy for $12 My use case is pretty unique. I need a chart plotter for an offshore sailing trip, and I would like to mount the Nexus 7 to the old, non-working fish finder/depth meter. My plan is to semi-permanently mount the tablet case to the fish finder using either an adhesive or zip ties, or both. As crazy as it sounds we tested this out with the N4 and it worked pretty well. I guess the TL;DR is that I need a rigid, cheap case to semi-protect the tablet just long enough to survive the sailing trip before I put it on swappa, because gently caress electronics in a marine environment for more than 24 hours.
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mr. stefan posted:That doesn't really answer the question though, if 6-10' cords are so cheap then why don't OEMs use them to begin with? Surely an extra foot or so of wire won't cause the manufacturer to spiral into financial ruin unless its HTC and this cord is definitely shorter than the one on my 2012 nexus. Shorter cords end up delivering more current to the device, because longer cords have more voltage loss over the length of the cord. As devices get more power hungry, the cords get shorter. Not necessarily for when using the wall charger, but for when trying to charge via USB. Your OEM cord will probably at least trickle charge the tablet via USB while it's on, but a longer one would probably require the tablet to be powered off to charge via USB, which is a pretty big issue when dealing with dumb consumers ("OMG WHY WONT MY TABLET CHARGE!??! GOOGLE U SUCK!")
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This is an admittedly stupid and niche question, but does anyone make cases for the proprietary charging cable devices where in which you install it into the case and it docks with an internal propriety pin connector inside which is connected to a micro USB port on the exterior of the case? I typed that up, then sort of realized that even in the strongest and least flexible of cases, though, such a design would possibly lead to stress issues on the charging port that might eventually damage the device.
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I think they just went with Qi wireless charging and called it a day.
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So can anyone recommend a decent charging/data cable over a metre long?
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