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[Q] Any word on getting 3G on this?

This is quite an interesting device, coming from a "name brand" behind it, stands to say it may get some decent support compared with other Android Tablets with iffy futures as new devices get pumped out replacing them too often, too quickly.
Anyways, reading on the CPU specs, it has 3G capabilities, any devs considering working on getting this to work? Perhaps catch some e-ink nook free 3G waves?
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RE: http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/28/nook-color-processor-revealed-arm-cortex-a8-based-ti-omap3621/

clockcycle said:
nyways, reading on the CPU specs, it has 3G capabilities, any devs considering working on getting this to work? Perhaps catch some e-ink nook free 3G waves?
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It supports 3G in that you *could* hook a 3G modem to it. But the CPU has no wireless of any sort built in. It's like saying my 17 year old HP calculator supports 3G because I could hook a 3G radio to its serial port.

LG Optimus 2x support 802.11n?

Anyone triedd?
Thx

Tested and working, only got to 65Mbps, but thats the router's fault... Laptop only does 65 to...

Yes, 150mbps up and running here
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Works fine with my D-link DIR-655

YES ^^ its work

Yes it works, but keep in mind only on the 2.4Ghz band, not the 5Ghz one. Rocking 150 here on my N wifi!

You guys just convinced me to get this phone

Just bought a Buffalo Wireless-N Nfiniti WHR-G300N . Its a 300M wireless router.
I set the 11n mode with 20M/40M in router, my P990 only can connect with 65M speed.
Not know why ? P990 really support 11n?

working here too.
Only got up to 74Mbps though

Never had mine above 72mbps, but then that's the max my N1 reached as well.
Still, both n speeds though.

Had the same issues with my LG Optimus 2x. LG is noting but promises, they can't deliver.
But we should already know this now. It is with all their innovations, they obviously only work in lab environments. Or maybe in Korea.

I can only assume you meant to post that elsewhere, as LG clearly have delivered on wireless N.

Wireless N on paper, yes, but if the phone can't get to 150 mbit or 300mbit, then it is just "speed vaporware". What I would expect with N is at least 150mbit and not only 65 or 75 mbit. Taken this into consideration, deliver in regards to the speed, this is what the original post was meant to be .
I do have a Wireless N 300 Mbit router and that phone never did more than 75Mbit while being connected to the router.

Anything above 54mbps is N, that's all there is too it. If a certain speed was promised you'd have a point.

who the hell needs speeds of 150-300mbps on the phone anyway

Guess it might be useful for transferring HD movies, but other than that it's just bragging rights IMO.

Well, those ratings you see in the wlan connection details should only be treated as indication on what speed you may be able to get.
I managed to transfer files over wifi from my LG with speeds ranging from about 3,3 mb/s to 4,3 mb/s (so up to about 32 megabit/s, depends on whether its using samba server or Websharing).
Thats decent enough for music, images and small videos, but for larger transfers i prefer usb, where I get 10 to 18 mb/s for the external sd depending on whether its reading or writing..

Oddly enough, my O2X only managed like 100KB/s on average. It takes a really long time to transfer movies from my computer through wifi and it's not a problem with me router. My HTC desire can manage ~3+MB/s doing the same thing. I wonder if it's something I'm missing or LG makes crappy phones. Not to mention, this phone is sluggish. If one didn't read the specs and found out it is dual-core, one might think it's got lower specs than a Desire Z.
Anyway, the only way for me to get decent wifi speeds on O2X (starting ~2.5+MB/s and then gets to around 500KB/s) seems to be to restart the phone manually before doing transfers. For some reason, the device tends to get super sluggish after long period of use (without restarting). I definitely hope this is a software issue that will be addressed in Gingerbread release (at least).

Still no Wifi Direct?

Hey guys,
Anyone know if we will ever get wifi direct to function considering this phone was the first wifi direct enabled phone?
It works on SGS2, and its probably one of the most overlooked features.
Here is a demo I found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCEawDprnOQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Is it possible to port over "settings" from the SGS2?
I'm not a developer so not sure if its a stupid question lol

Yeah, really, I heard it already about one year ago, that the sgs has been certified to get wi-fi direct as the first phone ever, and the first samsung phone. But look, nothing happened since thin. That sucks -.- we should be also allowed to use wifi direct.
Actually, every wi-fi capable device, that is not older than 5 years or a bit less is wi-fi direct compatible, as far as I can remember. :/
That would be awesome, if someone could port this feature from the sgs2 to the sgs1, + and sgslcd.

Is this feature built into ics so we can have it as standard?
Getting this feature to work beats the bluetooth 4 available in phones like the iphone 4s. Its faster and is capable of sending files at that speed to any device that has wifi, theoretically anyway.

Wifi issues?

Anyone else experiencing issues with wifi?
My reception in particular is quite low when comparing to other devices in the same area.
This is happening across different routers.
Any help appreciated
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I have also some problem with the wifi.
If I am under 3 meter from my access point, there is no "problem". But if I am farest, my Note always disconnected. Every 3-5 seconds, the Note is doing a scan of the networks and cut the connection. With others phone I don't have the same problem. For example, it's impossible to listen to radios with wifi, download some stuff, there is always disconnection.
I saw that some other android phone had the same problem, is there a solution for the Note?
Thanks for your responses and sorry for my bad english.

daoutlawz said:
My reception in particular is quite low when comparing to other devices in the same area.
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I have the same the same problem...
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work ok here. worse than iPad but better than iPod touch..

Yes I've found wifi to be worse than my old desire

Most of the Samsung made devices I have seen recently for Wifi are pretty much crap. Not sure why but most have weak wifi signals. The Galaxy S2,Nexus S and the new Samsung Note are pretty much all the same as far as Wifi signals are concerned.

So I'm not sure if this is related, but it sounds like it might be. My note can't see my 5ghz wireless N. Anyone experience anything like this?is
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benburch9 said:
So I'm not sure if this is related, but it sounds like it might be. My note can't see my 5ghz wireless N. Anyone experience anything like this?is
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Probably the Note's antena is a 2.4 GHz one. 802.11n != 5 GHz only. I learned that the hard way with my home network.
Which is a real bummer. I didn't know Samsung's devices had crappy WiFi, as it's the primary means my mobile devices get online.

My 2.4Ghz notebook makes 150 mbps speed, why Galaxy Note cannot use 150mbps? Actually the maximum speed is 65mbps even near the AP. I can't use DLNA, because all the videos are glitch with this speed. Can anyone explain is it possible to increase the 802.11n WiFi speed?

I was pretty sure its supposed to be dual band. I thought id resd other people had used 5ghz. Anyone have any experience with this?
Also my reason for wanting to use the 5ghz band his nothing to do with bandwidth and everything to do with the horrible. 2.4 ghz congestion in my apartment. If I'm near my router it's fine, but in other rooms I get wildly fluctuating speeds on 2.4ghz congestion(regardless of the device used).
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It is not necessary to use the 5GHz band for 150mbps speed. It is enough 2.4 MHz.

I was going to get the unlocked Note to use ONLY on Wifi and maybe with the h20 prepaid at&t prepaid sim. This Wifi problem has me worried.

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I was going to get the unlocked Note to use ONLY on Wifi and maybe with the h20 prepaid at&t prepaid sim. This Wifi problem has me worried.
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Well if it makes you feel any better, I am having no wifi issues what so ever, other than I am getting the sneaking suspicion it just doesn't support 5ghz bands at all.
Anyway, my 2.4ghz n is working just fine.

benburch9 said:
I was pretty sure its supposed to be dual band. I thought id resd other people had used 5ghz. Anyone have any experience with this?
Also my reason for wanting to use the 5ghz band his nothing to do with bandwidth and everything to do with the horrible. 2.4 ghz congestion in my apartment. If I'm near my router it's fine, but in other rooms I get wildly fluctuating speeds on 2.4ghz congestion(regardless of the device used).
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afaik generally speaking 5GHz quality deteriorates much quicker with distance and obstacles than 2.4GHz - it probably wouldn't be any better than 2.4 GHz.
Btw can someone measure .g and .n max speeds ? If I remember correctly SGS2 peeked at 32mbps no matter of the connection type so if Note does 65mbps then wifi in SGS2 and Note aren't identical. On the side note: SGS2's wifi is really crap, HTC Sensation's XE wifi works even with couple of walls in between the router I can browse the net, download etc. without problems, while SGS2 is close to unusable at that distance. I really hoped Samsung had learned they lesson with crap wifi implementation sadly this doesn't seem to be the case :/

Well I can tell you that in my apartment, the 5ghz band is a much better bet. Trust me, I have tested it a bunch with multiple laptops.
As far as wifi speeds, the fastest I have seen is roughly 30mbps on a rock solid 50mbps fiber connection.

benburch9 said:
Well I can tell you that in my apartment, the 5ghz band is a much better bet. Trust me, I have tested it a bunch with multiple laptops.
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I can confirm the same with the Note. The speed with 5Ghz N is way better and dropoff at least in my apartment is much less.

> Anyone else experiencing issues with wifi?
WIFI-g works fine on my device.

Both 5ghz and 2.4ghz work fine on the note, with the exception of 5ghz @ 40MHz channels which the note can't see. Of course the 5ghz band deteriorates faster as you get further away from the router but in 2.4ghz crowded places its still better to use the 5ghz radio. It's really very individual, each has to adapt to his environment's limits.
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If i really think about it; the wifi rwception maybe not as good as ipad but definitely way better than the blackberry playbook.
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Wifi is fine for me
Got my Note Saturday. I noticed the signal displayed is not as high as my Skyrocket but the wifi works just as well. Was able to use it in places I did not think it would work. I have a dual band N router.

removal of gps_drv.ko

I am one of the people who has issues with WIFI on the ouya, mainly very slow download speeds. (while good upload)
In doing research, it seems that some people have improved downloads speeds by disabling the GPS. Seeing as the Ouya does not have GPS I am wondering what purpose the gps-drv.ko module serves and if removal will have an ill effect. I can try to unload it later when i get home and see but was wodering if anyone had looked into it at all.
Thanks

While lacking the hardware part it doesn't make sense to me why GPS_dev.ko even should get loaded. I think this and maybe other parts are just relicts from generic defconfig for kernel.
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nchantmnt said:
While lacking the hardware part it doesn't make sense to me why GPS_dev.ko even should get loaded. I think this and maybe other parts are just relicts from generic defconfig for kernel.
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I took a look last night and it is not loaded anyway. I'm really trying to like the Ouya but the wifi issue makes it impossible.

HT123 said:
I took a look last night and it is not loaded anyway. I'm really trying to like the Ouya but the wifi issue makes it impossible.
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I notice that too on my ouya. The wifi is either solid or not. Its inconsistent to the point sometimes it will be connected to wifi but will have connection timeouts for Google play and other apps.
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nchantmnt said:
While lacking the hardware part it doesn't make sense to me why GPS_dev.ko even should get loaded.
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What I find strange is, that even with the current (November 2013) update, the GPS is checkmarked on in the Android location provider settings.

I really don't know why they decided to use a Wireless G chipset. If they had included Wireless N, much of my issues with the OUYA (actually, the only one), would just not be an issue.

I had no idea it was wireless G... that explains a lot

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I really don't know why they decided to use a Wireless G chipset. If they had included Wireless N, much of my issues with the OUYA (actually, the only one), would just not be an issue.
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I am on a N only network and the Ouya connects just fine. Where did you see this information that it only has wireless g? Google results for "ouya specs" also brings up a plethora of reliable websites that cite the wireless as "b/g/n". Do you have one of the first Ouyas? If you have wireless issues, make sure your network is configured properly. Find a channel that is not congested. Google has the information on improving wifi.

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I am on a N only network and the Ouya connects just fine. Where did you see this information that it only has wireless g? Google results for "ouya specs" also brings up a plethora of reliable websites that cite the wireless as "b/g/n". Do you have one of the first Ouyas? If you have wireless issues, make sure your network is configured properly. Find a channel that is not congested. Google has the information on improving wifi.
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Right, i also have my Router set to N only and my OUYA connects to it just fine, the OUYA wifi specs say that the OUYA can connect to wireless b/g/n...
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I really don't know why they decided to use a Wireless G chipset. If they had included Wireless N, much of my issues with the OUYA (actually, the only one), would just not be an issue.
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FYI, Where ever your getting your info from is WRONG, read the specs OUYA's WiFi 802.11 b/g/n protocals.---> http://www.theverge.com/products/ouya/5869

Well i can confirm my self that the wifi issues are caused by the Stock Factory shell that was used to HOUSE the Ouya's internals, that alloy material blocks/restricts communication between the ouya and the wifi and the same for the Bluetooth, i always knew that the stock shell had something to do with it... i went and bought a clear Acrylic shell for $15.00 online and it resolved all of my controller lag issues and slow/poor wifi signal and performance, now the wifi is 3x faster then it was and my ouya runs cooler because of the extra cooling holes i asked for...you see with a acrylic shell the signals has no problem getting thru, there's no metal blocking any communication plus the clear acrylic shell looks awesome and i can see all of my OUYAS internals and the fan spinning ... over at facebook lots people were complaining about there console controller lagging and slow/poor wifi, so i showed them my OUYA wrapped in Clear Acrylic and told the about the improvements and gave them the link to where to order one from, 3 days latter about 20 people hit me up thanking me and telling me how much the OUYA improved specially the wifi and bluetooth just by replacing the alloy shell for a acrylic, $15 is all it takes to fix the issues, Trust me!!! here is the link just in case anyone is interested---> http://www.bdgcustoms.com/store.html

GPS and Wireless G has nothing to do with wifi issues, OUYA is capable of wireless b/g/n...

I suspected the stock case was acting like a faraday cage. With no external antenna, the ouya is sensitive to wifi disruptions, not to mention it might be a low power wifi. This is why it is imperative to have an optimal wifi setup while using the stock case.

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Well i can confirm my self that the wifi issues are caused by the Stock Factory shell that was used to HOUSE the Ouya's internals, that alloy material blocks/restricts communication between the ouya and the wifi and the same for the Bluetooth, i always knew that the stock shell had something to do with it... i went and bought a clear Acrylic shell for $15.00 online and it resolved all of my controller lag issues and slow/poor wifi signal and performance, now the wifi is 3x faster then it was and my ouya runs cooler because of the extra cooling holes i asked for...you see with a acrylic shell the signals has no problem getting thru, there's no metal blocking any communication plus the clear acrylic shell looks awesome and i can see all of my OUYAS internals and the fan spinning ... over at facebook lots people were complaining about there console controller lagging and slow/poor wifi, so i showed them my OUYA wrapped in Clear Acrylic and told the about the improvements and gave them the link to where to order one from, 3 days latter about 20 people hit me up thanking me and telling me how much the OUYA improved specially the wifi and bluetooth just by replacing the alloy shell for a acrylic, $15 is all it takes to fix the issues, Trust me!!! here is the link just in case anyone is interested---> http://www.bdgcustoms.com/store.html
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i was thinking of making a external antenna mod for the stock shell but i decided to save myself some time and go with the $15 shell, no modding required, and now i'm glad i didn't cause replacing the shell with acrylic fixed the issues, before i was only able to sit and play 6-7ft away from the OUYA before the controller started lagging now i can sit about 15-20ft away without a problem...Don't get me wrong i love the stock OUYA shell, how fancy it is and all, but the alloy obviously was a bad choice to house it...

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i was thinking of making a external antenna mod for the stock shell but i decided to save myself some time and go with the $15 shell, no modding required, and now i'm glad i didn't cause replacing the shell with acrylic fixed the issues, before i was only able to sit and play 6-7ft away from the OUYA before the controller started lagging now i can sit about 15-20ft away without a problem...Don't get me wrong i love the stock OUYA shell, how fancy it is and all, but the alloy obviously was a bad choice to house it...
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god the inards look like a raspberry pi...... which I simply house in the card board box it came in lol.
Looking to pick one of these up since you can at least side load the media apps

tevil said:
god the inards look like a raspberry pi...... which I simply house in the card board box it came in lol.
Looking to pick one of these up since you can at least side load the media apps
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I haven't looked at this thread in a while. The reason in initially had looked into the removal of the gps_drv.ko was reports of nexus users experiences similar problems with wifi after upgrading to 4.1. Since there is no GPS in the ouya i figured removal was ok but as one of the earlier posts said, it was not getting loaded anyway, so no need to remove it.
I tried everything other did but the way i finally fixed the wifi issue was by buying a cheap net gear wifi router and running 40feet of cable through the house. That one is now about 15 feet from the Ouya and i get great speeds.
In my option the wifi ball was completely dropped on the hardware. The lack of a way to connect an external antenna was a pain but not as bad as the lack of a real internal antenna.

HT123 said:
I haven't looked at this thread in a while. The reason in initially had looked into the removal of the gps_drv.ko was reports of nexus users experiences similar problems with wifi after upgrading to 4.1. Since there is no GPS in the ouya i figured removal was ok but as one of the earlier posts said, it was not getting loaded anyway, so no need to remove it.
I tried everything other did but the way i finally fixed the wifi issue was by buying a cheap net gear wifi router and running 40feet of cable through the house. That one is now about 15 feet from the Ouya and i get great speeds.
In my option the wifi ball was completely dropped on the hardware. The lack of a way to connect an external antenna was a pain but not as bad as the lack of a real internal antenna.
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i agree with the internal antenna, i wish i knew where to solder an antenna to the board, i'm really really good when it comes to soldering, i've been soldering for about 10 years now and i've become an expert at it...

Check out this link.
http://ouyaforum.com/showthread.php?3729-Wireless-Antenna
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