http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...-its-next-generation-nexus-android-smartphone
I spent all my money on a nexus 4 and I'm glad its been googles flagship for 5-6? Months. Its awesome, what could be better?
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I call balls.
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All I'm hoping for is a removable battery this time and larger internal sd card.
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ganon11000 said:
I spent all my money on a nexus 4 and I'm glad its been googles flagship for 5-6? Months. Its awesome, what could be better?
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It will continue to be their flagship phone until the October-December time frame when they usually release their newer models. Remember that Larry Page recently visited LG where they proposed their ideas just like last year, because that's how the nexus program works. I don't expect Google to release a new flagship phone until the end of the year especially since they just discussed a deal.
Yay, it'll still be the newest nexus for months to come
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I dont care much about the lack of SD card slot, but at least give us a 32gb model :fingers-crossed:
apparently...
Does it even matter if the Nexus 4 isn't the "newest" Nexus? It's more than powerful enough to handle many more Android versions to come, so at least we'll be updated.
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All I'm hoping for is a removable battery this time and larger internal sd card.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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It's a bit tough for those of us with large-ish music collections. Particularly if we rip at 320kbps bit rate. I'm constantly bumping against the limit. And I don't even have games on my N4. I'd gladly welcome a 32gb or 64gb variant of the next one.
Actually, I hope they stick with the "all glass" format. I think it's sexy.
Wireless charging orbs will not be for just one phone!!!!!!!!
Just hope they get that wireless charging car dock out soon.
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Well you might get the larger SD card but 16gb is plenty you don't like storing stuff in the cloud.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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Unfortunately, that's why I had to give up my N4. I live and work out in the boonies and unless I can store it on my device, most of the time I don't have access to it.
And, since Google did come out with a 32 GB N7 and dropped the 8 GB model after a while, I'm hoping they do the same with the N4. If they do, I'll be blowing my money on an another N4.
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Right because there are more and more service providers capping the data usage.
Cloud is NOT an alternative to local storage.
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T-Mobile is truly unlimited! So cloud is an option, or another option is don't buy phones with locked memory.
I went from a 32GB SD in my doubleshot to an 8GB N4, I stream all my music from google with no need for any more memory to fill with useless junk.
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I have 100gb of free cloud space, unofficial 4glte, and unlimited data. Why do I need a 64gb sd card? I thought only having 16gb was going to be a deal breaker I was way wrong.
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T-Mobile is truly unlimited! So cloud is an option, or another option is don't buy phones with locked memory.
I went from a 32GB SD in my doubleshot to an 8GB N4, I stream all my music from google with no need for any more memory to fill with useless junk.
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Cloud is not always an option. To be honest it makes listening to music annoying at best. Mainly if you live in a place where your data bounces in and out. As for unlimited T-mobile they still throttle you at a point so still not a viable option. Also cloud storage is still not accepted in alot of business so having a good amount of internal storage is a good thing.
We will not see an SD card slot until the average person get smarter. So dont count on it anytime soon
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Reality is simple, cloud storage is where we are all being steered toward. If you can't embrace it, or afford one of the cheap unlimited data packages offered, do yourself and everyone else a favor and buy a 64gb ipod. It floors me that people still feel the need to have 30 gigs of music on their phone.
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Why give up on convenience? it just requires a lot more work to delete and add the music you want to listen to today. Also, it's not only for music. People store games, applications, photos, videos etc on their phones too and 16/32 GB can be filled pretty fast with that stuff.
Sure, some things are "moving to the cloud", which doesn't mean that every new trend that's emerging somewhere is good. The "cloud" has way too many flaws to be considered an alternative to any kind of local storage.
First and foremost, there are a lot of privacy concerns.
Are you really going to confide all your private stuff to some company that is most likely based in another country where you have no or hardly any control about what really happens with all your data? Also, most companies are going to hand out information about you to governments without questioning it.
Furthermore, what happens if such company gets hacked? All your intimate stuff will be exposed to potentially malicious people.
Then, there can be loads of problems when you're trying to access your data.
What if your home internet goes down? Or you are in an area with no or only a slow connection? Maybe the host's website is inaccessible? Right, no access to your stuff.
The cloud is way to dependent on 3rd parties and other effects you have no control of. While everyone tries to increase their data's security and accessibility, the cloud is an enormous step backwards.
Last but not least, what if the cloud provider goes out of business or gets shut down by law enforcement like Megaupload did some time ago? Thousands of legitimate users lost all the stuff they entrusted to Megaupload and there is no way for them to get it back any time soon.
tl;dr: Don't blindly follow some obscure trend just because the media or anybody else tells you to.
I don't see a inconvenience, the cloud is a new technology, don't get stuck in the past. As for music and work I have no problems
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When the announcement first came out of the N7, I was immediately turned off by the lack of a 32gb, given that my Playbook is the 32gb model and I have about 10gb of space left. I was going to purchase the 8gb version and just not keep any movies or tv shows on the tablet, but just like when buying a TV, ALWAYS buy the next size up! LOL So I did and am glad..without any media, just the apps/games that I normally use on my Android phone and HP Touchpad running CM9, I have 5.3gb left on my N7! I would've been screwed had I gone with the 8gb.
So, any regrets here on their 8gb purchase?
Would I prefer 16GB? Yes. Do I regret buying 8GB? No. For my use it's fine. I have countless GB's of free Cloud storage and I can transfer stuff back and forth on my N7 with a couple of clicks.
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Nope. Cloud for everything for me so 8gb of apps please
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heck 16 too small
What's GTA, a GB at least. It adds up quickly
I have 5.5 gigs free with all the apps I wanted to install on the Nexus. I'm a big fan of the cloud. I'll put movies on as needed.
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I have 5.5 gigs free with all the apps I wanted to install on the Nexus. I'm a big fan of the cloud. I'll put movies on as needed.
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+1.
I'm right around the same free space with all the apps I need and use. No regrets here.
Which cloud storage do you recommend please
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I just have a little over 3GB free, but I have Sygic maps of California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico loaded as well as two very data heavy birding apps, some Kindle books, and a couple of Audible books. Since my idea of gaming is dominoes and I have a 16GB Kingston Wi-Drive should I decide to watch a movie 8GB is plenty for me.
I thought 8gb of memory would suffice, but I for got to take in account music cache and CWM backups I would prefer the 16gb model, but I can live with the 8gb
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I have 5.5 gigs free with all the apps I wanted to install on the Nexus. I'm a big fan of the cloud. I'll put movies on as needed.
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This, I have a bunch of games and I have and all the apps I use and have a bunch of space left, this is the reason I picked up the 8 gig version, just didnt need 16, these apps take up very little space, its the big games like GTA that take a nice chunk, my games are mostly small like cut the rope and Angry birds space, biggest game I have is Mass Effect which I believe is around 300 mb, not regretting at all.
I don't mind my 8gb. I don't really have much on it at the moment. Don't plan on using it as a media player on the go. I have my phone for that. Movies I can delete as needed etc. And for backups and such, I have a home FTP/Samba server so I can just use my own personal cloud for things like that since I am on WiFi anyway.
Nope, not one bit. Will be using cloud storage heavily with it. The 5 + something gigs leftover will do just fine.
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I mostly just signed up for the free accounts of googledrive, dropbox, box.net, sugar sync, sky drive and between them all I have enough space for what I need. Some is used for backups some for things I want to use on my phone/tablet.
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16gb N7 UK ordered 3rd July.
With me only storing usually 2 backups at any given time and no locally stored media.
8GB will do me fine.
I am happy with my 8 GB Nexus 7. I have it rooted and am using Stickmount with USB-OTG and a 16 GB USB stick for my movies, etc. It works very well and movies play smoothly. I have details and pics on my review of the Nexus 7.
http://terracode.com/Asus_Nexus_7/Nexus7_Review_and_Tweaks_P1.html
most of my music/movies are on my home server so getting 8gb was just fine for me.
After seeing only 4GB left after installing few apps and games, I started regretting getting the 8GB and that's why I decided to sell it and get 16GB version. Since I plan on keeping this tablet for a while (along with my TF700), its better to have the most memory that I can have upfront.
@terracode
Can you move the Google movies onto USB and still be able to watch them? How much space does the freebie Transformer flick take up?
Does CWM work from USB? That would save 1.3GB space of Nandroid backup.
coming from a kindle fire, I knew not to make this mistake again.
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I have 5.5 gigs free with all the apps I wanted to install on the Nexus. I'm a big fan of the cloud. I'll put movies on as needed.
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Same here, although replace cloud with streaming over samba share. And I don't keep games installed if I'm not going to be actively playing them. I have enough of a problem with console and PC games piling up.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer
It may be read only, but its a place to store your media to use, and keep your internal memory for other stuff!
This app isn't mine, and I did not make t or have any input in development, I simpliky just found n Google play, just thought I'd say
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Looks interesting, but IMO cloud storage is more useful and easier.
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Looks interesting, but IMO cloud storage is more useful and easier.
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And IMO offline storage is more useful, especially on a Wifi-only device, but also for anyone else with a limited data plan on their phone or data connection capable tablet. Also, pretty sure a $9 16GB USB stick is more cost effective than pretty much any 16GB cloud storage option.
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There is actually a thread over in the Themes and Apps section that the developer made. He is really open to input. I like the app, as I don't have to root to use a flash drive with videos saved on it.
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Well, isn't that a kick in the teeth, because I just rooted last night simply to use USB OTG. At first I kind of felt "meh" over the read only factor, but then I got to thinking, am I really going to need to transfer from tablet to external media? I'd much rather transfer from external media to tablet, do what I need to do with watching whatever content I may have, then simply delete it off the tablet... no reason to transfer it back when it's the same darn file. Some people may have uses for having a 2 way setup, but I'm sure this will fit the bill for a lot of people. I do find it a considerable bummer that ext* file systems aren't supported, but meh.
Thank you thank you thank you!
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Also, pretty sure a $9 16GB USB stick is more cost effective than pretty much any 16GB cloud storage option.
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How is $9 for $16GB more cost effective than the almost 50GB's I have online for free?
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How is $9 for $16GB more cost effective than the almost 50GB's I have online for free?
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Dropbox? 50gb...for 2 years...
Nice find! I travel with my Nexus and having the videos accessible from a USB drive on the airplane is great. Wifi on a plane is good for Facebook and email,nothing else.
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I grabbed this app. I am new to Android so seeing how people can just make apps to actually add more hardware features is amazing to me.
Not showing up when clicking the link??!!
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Not showing up when clicking the link??!!
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It not available any longer grrrrr I missed out ..
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It will return soon, the dev is just flooded with emails and wanted to put a stop to new users until he gets caught up.
can we directly read data in the usb? for example pdf files and media files?
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can we directly read data in the usb? for example pdf files and media files?
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It will return soon, the dev is just flooded with emails and wanted to put a stop to new users until he gets caught up.
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Thanks for the info
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i dont understand the bickering of cloud data. it is nice but i have 20 hours of plane flights coming up. cloud data will not be a very good solution for me compared to plugging a hard drive into my tablet.
Being a non-root user, this is great news for me. I always used splashtop to watch my videos directly from my computer, though it gave me no trouble, I would much rather have the movie with me.
Can't wait till the developer puts it back up.
What is the name of the app? Can anyone share the APK?
Downloaded Nexus Media Importer yesterday. It works as needed on my GNex, Nexus 7 and Xoom. No root necessary. Amazing! I'd pay for this app in a heartbeat! Sorry have no place to upload it.
Looks like the developer is now charging for it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en
http://www.technobuffalo.com/compan...marks-appear-could-it-be-the-fabled-99-model/
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Why? Because by the time this new device (Which may, or may not be a Nexus) comes out you'll have been using an awesome tablet for six months that will still have a better screen, processor, and more expensive parts?
I doubt it will.
Google/Android hates SD card slots. They're sloppy and cause problems.
True DAT fellas. I said might.
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Even if this were available today, I'd still gladly pay an extra $100 to get a quad core processor and any perks we have in addition.
Although $99 isn't too far fetched for a basic unit. Comments complain about a single core but even the newer dual core snap dragons are hella fast. Plus a single core is plenty for what most people use these for anyway. Although I recommend more just for future purposes, but a starter unit for kids and book readers makes sense.
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Buy a DmTech or Andersson tablet instead!
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Buy a DmTech or Andersson tablet instead!
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Never heard of em'. Checking em' out now.
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Buy a DmTech or Andersson tablet instead!
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Can't find Anderson. Is that spelled with
2 s's? Lol And the DM Tech look aight but they do not even have them on Ebay.
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Many cheap tablets have SD card slots. Possibly even this one:
"The cheapest Android tablet I've ever seen costs $20, with a $2 per month unlimited data plan, and I'm holding it right now."
- http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412642,00.asp
I'd give up the SD card slot for greater reliability. That's why I bought a Nexus 7.
I have a 64gb sandisk sdxc now, but normally have 24 to 32gb free on it. I typically like to store entire seasons of TV shows on the card and watch them in their entirety on the phone because it's easier than lugging around a laptop to watch shows. If the technology came out, and say it was $150 to $200 or less, and it was a very reputable manufacturer, would you drop that much money on a card? Personally, I would give it some serious thought if it did. If you have any experience in dealing with storage of shows that are over 32gb in size, you know the limitations of the available hardware these days. I'll find myself copying maybe half the season to the card, watching what I have on the phone, then copying the rest over once enough free space has opened up. Another thing to consider, the average ROM size due this phone is 1.5 to 2gb. I typically store roms on my external card too in case I ever need them.
If money was no object, yes. In the real world, no.
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I would, especially with ubuntu touch coming to are device(hopefully) sometime in the near future.
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Asop roms are only 185-200mb in size. Just another reason I prefer them over tw roms.
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I wouldn't until it became mainstream and the price came down. If I needed it bad enough I would just get another 64 card for less than $50 and be set.
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I wouldn't until it became mainstream and the price came down. If I needed it bad enough I would just get another 64 card for less than $50 and be set.
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Exactly, I don't see how people could use over 64 gbs on a sd card. I keep everything of mine in the cloud and I never use over a gb of my phone's internal storage. Personally, for me, I would not get a 128 gb card. I would never use close to that much data on my phone.
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You would be surprised at how fast you run out of space if u put full hd tv on this thing.
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As someone who loves music and only listens to lossless(flac)which a large portion of that is 24bit vinyl rips, a 64gb card hardly holds a single playlist for me. In fairness that playlist is almost 1400 songs.
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You would be surprised at how fast you run out of space if u put full hd tv on this thing.
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That's true, one season of lost 720p is 55gb
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As someone who loves music and only listens to lossless(flac)which a large portion of that is 24bit vinyl rips, a 64gb card hardly holds a single playlist for me. In fairness that playlist is almost 1400 songs.
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That's true, one season of lost 720p is 55gb
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That sounds like a lot. But then again, some of the stuff I've seen could be considered compressed too much for HD.
It's h264 mkv. None of that mp4 garbage.
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Exactly, I don't see how people could use over 64 gbs on a sd card. I keep everything of mine in the cloud and I never use over a gb of my phone's internal storage. Personally, for me, I would not get a 128 gb card. I would never use close to that much data on my phone.
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Sprint's network is going to have to get waaaay faster and waaaay more reliable before I even THINK about keeping everything in the cloud. I'm not in a 4g market, so there's just no way that could be a practical solution for me. I have about 25gb free on my 64gb card right now, but it fills up really quickly with nandroids and 1080p videos of my kids.
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Sprint's network is going to have to get waaaay faster and waaaay more reliable before I even THINK about keeping everything in the cloud. I'm not in a 4g market, so there's just no way that could be a practical solution for me. I have about 25gb free on my 64gb card right now, but it fills up really quickly with nandroids and 1080p videos of my kids.
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Ah, I got spoiled on T-Mobile. I have everything on either my Dropbox, Box or OwnCloud account. If I didn't have HSPA+ every moment of the day, I would want to have a large SD card.
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I'd pick one up in a heartbeat. And for reference, I'm a college student with a part time job as a phone tech and a car payment. I have too many game emulators and roms on here. I've had to clear things out a lot recently. I also torrent extensively on my phone.
TLDR: yes I'd buy one.
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I recall seeing something about a Note 2 that had been modified to use a normal size SD card (and a very large battery) the SD card was 256gb and seemed to work fine from what I remember.
Here it is... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239413
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It's h264 mkv. None of that mp4 garbage.
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You mean AVI garbage? H264 and mp4... Ever used handbrake?
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You mean AVI garbage? H264 and mp4... Ever used handbrake?
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No havent used it, all I know is the tracker I use doesn't allow mp4 def not avi, everything is x264, vc-1 in an mkv container. I notice that mp4 blu ray ripps are about half the size of the mkv rips.
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It's all about much they compress it and how many sound channels they encode. I don't have the hardware to rip br. I've seen 30 to 50 GB straight m2ts rips from br that I converted to something more reasonable in size. Say a two to two and a half hour 1080p movie encoded down to around 5k video bitrate. The movie will come in around four gigs tops down from 50gb from the br disc with only stereo audio. Good enough for the hardware I have to watch it on.
Not possible because they dont exist
I have 51 gigs unused on my 64 gig sd card .Over 2500 photos and 23 hd videos and 4 roms and alot of games hd games. 128 gigs is crazy but for the right price
I would buy. You can never have to much memory, im sure I could find some use for that extra space.
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The hardware will support 128 and beyond. Software will as well. Just have to wait for them to go on sale. But yes the hardware will definitely support 128 no problem.
I'd probably get one if it was true class 10 speed. I know I would use the space. I don't put too much music on my phone anymore with Google play music allowing 20,000 songs uploaded. Plus with Google play music service you can listen to any album in full at anytime even if you don't own it. Love this service, blows everything else away.
But movies and torrents take up space fast. With 40mb+ LTE speeds everywhere now it's hard not to want to use it.
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On my 64Gb card currently:
2,273 songs (all MP3s at 320kbps) - that's roughly half my entire collection, but it's all the ones I care to have with me
88 ePub/PDF eBooks
1,384 photos (family photo album, not pictures from camera)
3,615 ROMs for various emulators (mostly 8-bits, but a couple of Playstation ISOs too)
25 HD videos (like the photos, not videos from camera)
1,867 high-quality wallpapers (which, ironically, I don't use anymore!)
8 ISOs for DriveDroid including Ubuntu, Windows XP, HawkPE, Hiren's and some others
34 podcasts I've yet to listen to (which reminds me... LOL)
187 Flash files
223 pictures and videos taken with the camera
249 documents (Office docs, text files, etc)
Some app data, but not a lot
With all of that, I still have 14Gb free on the thing!
TL;DR 64Gb does me just fine If the 128Gb was < $50 I probably would, but it'd be overkill.
I don't want this to turn into a flamewar thread. I like my N3 very much. It has certain deficiencies that work on my N1.
Specifically, On my N1, I am able to mount the SD card as a USB drive that is recognized by my PC and my laptop. I have been unable to figure out how to do that on my N3. It is recognized, but shows up as "Card" and "Phone". QuickBooks 2013 requires a drive letter to backup to. On the N1, I tap menu-->settings-->Wireless-->USB Utilities-->Connect storage to PC. Connect N1 to PC then touch Connect. That isn't possible on the N3, that I can find.
My SM-N900A is rooted so the drivers must be properly installed on my PC. There isn't any menu options like above on the N3. If anyone knows how, PLEASE post.
If I can't make this function work, this device will be unrooted and returned to the seller tomorrow.
The N3 has a great screen and very good battery life compared SIDE-BY-SIDE to my still active N1. But it seems that Samsung has dumbed down this device's capabilities as the device numbers progress. There are things my N1 will do that my N3 will not. That combined with the locked bootloader makes it impossible at this time for me to turn this device into the productive work machine that my N1 currently is.
Samsung's constant renaming of the internal and external memory is driving me nuts as well. Individual apps don't know where to backup to. EVERYTHING winds up in storage/emulated 0. The app devs have not been able to keep up with these constant changes so backing up data is useless.
Thank you for any help. My thanks also to designgears and chainfire for the ability to root this device. Maybe I'll see you for the N4.
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I don't want this to turn into a flamewar thread. I like my N3 very much. It has certain deficiencies that work on my N1.
Specifically, On my N1, I am able to mount the SD card as a USB drive that is recognized by my PC and my laptop. I have been unable to figure out how to do that on my N3. It is recognized, but shows up as "Card" and "Phone". QuickBooks 2013 requires a drive letter to backup to. On the N1, I tap menu-->settings-->Wireless-->USB Utilities-->Connect storage to PC. Connect N1 to PC then touch Connect. That isn't possible on the N3, that I can find.
My SM-N900A is rooted so the drivers must be properly installed on my PC. There isn't any menu options like above on the N3. If anyone knows how, PLEASE post.
If I can't make this function work, this device will be unrooted and returned to the seller tomorrow.
The N3 has a great screen and very good battery life compared SIDE-BY-SIDE to my still active N1. But it seems that Samsung has dumbed down this device's capabilities as the device numbers progress. There are things my N1 will do that my N3 will not. That combined with the locked bootloader makes it impossible at this time for me to turn this device into the productive work machine that my N1 currently is.
Samsung's constant renaming of the internal and external memory is driving me nuts as well. Individual apps don't know where to backup to. EVERYTHING winds up in storage/emulated 0. The app devs have not been able to keep up with these constant changes so backing up data is useless.
Thank you for any help. My thanks also to designgears and chainfire for the ability to root this device. Maybe I'll see you for the N4.
kraz
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Why open your sentence about not wanting to start a flamewar when you know that's exactly what will happen.
Anyhow, reading through your post, it seems like you have issues that 99% of the people buying a Note 3 won't care about or even notice. They are issues very specific to you.
So, keep your N1 if that makes you happy while other people will enjoy their N3's.
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I don't want this to turn into a flamewar thread. I like my N3 very much. It has certain deficiencies that work on my N1.
Specifically, On my N1, I am able to mount the SD card as a USB drive that is recognized by my PC and my laptop. I have been unable to figure out how to do that on my N3. It is recognized, but shows up as "Card" and "Phone". QuickBooks 2013 requires a drive letter to backup to. On the N1, I tap menu-->settings-->Wireless-->USB Utilities-->Connect storage to PC. Connect N1 to PC then touch Connect. That isn't possible on the N3, that I can find.
My SM-N900A is rooted so the drivers must be properly installed on my PC. There isn't any menu options like above on the N3. If anyone knows how, PLEASE post.
If I can't make this function work, this device will be unrooted and returned to the seller tomorrow.
The N3 has a great screen and very good battery life compared SIDE-BY-SIDE to my still active N1. But it seems that Samsung has dumbed down this device's capabilities as the device numbers progress. There are things my N1 will do that my N3 will not. That combined with the locked bootloader makes it impossible at this time for me to turn this device into the productive work machine that my N1 currently is.
Samsung's constant renaming of the internal and external memory is driving me nuts as well. Individual apps don't know where to backup to. EVERYTHING winds up in storage/emulated 0. The app devs have not been able to keep up with these constant changes so backing up data is useless.
Thank you for any help. My thanks also to designgears and chainfire for the ability to root this device. Maybe I'll see you for the N4.
kraz
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I have quickbooks pro plus 2014 and I'm able to back up data to mine. (I don't normally do that but I had to try it since you said it wouldn't)
Not sure what the issue is for you on that one, wish I could help.
I would return your Note 3 because you seem like you're more experienced with your Note 1 and that's what you are comfortable with.
Could you please tell me how you were able to backup your QB? Does it show your N3 as a drive? Please be specific as I would really like to keep this N3.
Thank you.
kraz
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Could you please tell me how you were able to backup your QB? Does it show your N3 as a drive? Please be specific as I would really like to keep this N3.
Thank you.
kraz
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When I go to back it up I get a gooey interface vs. the old style drive selection. I'm not sure if that's a 2014 feature or not, I've always used the Intuit data backup. You just select your note 3 and then the card or phone...and backup from there. Not sure what's happening with yours.
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Could you please tell me how you were able to backup your QB? Does it show your N3 as a drive? Please be specific as I would really like to keep this N3.
Thank you.
kraz
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I just found this on another forum about the drive letter. It's not the Note 3, but I'm sure it's the same thing for us as well.
The problem is that the SGIII (as with most Android 4 devices) does not connect as a USB Mass Storage device (Google dropped support for USBMS in Android 4). It connects as an MTP device instead and Windows does not see MTP devices as a mass storage devices, so as indicated by worwig, you don't get a device to connect to. That is why I've had to use resort to using webdav.
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I don't see what your Note 1 can do that your Note 3 doesn't do ? Besides storage issues and Quickbooks I don't see what else you can have a problem with..like the other user said those problems seem more like personal issues...
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I don't see what your Note 1 can do that your Note 3 doesn't do ? Besides storage issues and Quickbooks I don't see what else you can have a problem with..like the other user said those problems seem more like personal issues...
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As I said in my opening statement...I like my N3 very much. I asked for help and also listed some personal observations regarding how this device fits MY needs. You are correct, they are personal issues. Since I purchased this device to serve my needs, I am entitled to have a personal issue when those needs are not met for ME. The fanboy comments are not necessary. I'm sorry you are personally offended by my opinions of MY N3. As such, move on and disregard this thread please. If you have a helpful comment to make, please do it.
Thank you.
kraz
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Whoa, My comments are no where near me being a fanboy first off.. seem like you got offended, not me. Have you tried the Note 2? Maybe it can suit your needs better than the N3
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Can you just get a stick mount program. I know its 3rd party but the OG note is 16 gb while thr N3 is 32. You could allocate the extra space and still have the same space as the N1. I have the N1 also and can appreciate your thoughts but with the N1 becoming more dated everyday I think it would be at least worth considering more options before writing it off completely. Either way good luck with your decision!
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@agent929
I was unable to duplicate your results. I neglected to say my PC is Win7 Pro. I was able to find a work around. I am able to backup QB to my Documents folder on my PC and then move that backup to the card on my N3. Not as smooth as direct, but very do-able. That's my biggest problem solved. Thank you!
Things are looking up!
kraz
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@agent929
I was unable to duplicate your results. I neglected to say my PC is Win7 Pro. I was able to find a work around. I am able to backup QB to my Documents folder on my PC and then move that backup to the card on my N3. Not as smooth as direct, but very do-able. That's my biggest problem solved. Thank you!
Things are looking up!
kraz
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Cool. Can I ask why you backup to your phone? There may be a better solution out there for you.
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Cool. Can I ask why you backup to your phone? There may be a better solution out there for you.
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I own a dental office. I do full image backups daily and that is a lot of data to send to the cloud. Very expensive and rather inconvenient. I carry my last 3 QB backups from my home laptop on my phone because it is always with me 24/7. Phone theft is non-existant in my small rural town. This method seems to work well for me and avoids an unnecessary $200 monthly cloud storage expense. Also allows me to backup even if I don't have cloud access.
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Just a thought about the drive letter issue. Have you tried simply remaining "phone" and "card" to letters like"E" or "F" on your PC? I know you now have a work around, just wondering if you tried that
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krazman325 said:
I own a dental office. I do full image backups daily and that is a lot of data to send to the cloud. Very expensive and rather inconvenient. I carry my last 3 QB backups from my home laptop on my phone because it is always with me 24/7. Phone theft is non-existant in my small rural town. This method seems to work well for me and avoids an unnecessary $200 monthly cloud storage expense. Also allows me to backup even if I don't have cloud access.
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Why not use Dropbox to store them for free? Surely your backups aren't that huge? I'm an IT guy for many doctor offices and dental offices as well. A free Dropbox account is plenty big to hold the latest 3 backups. Also intuit data protect isn't that expensive if you want to look at that option. There are a ton of other options you can have that can be free or very low cost to you. If you need help or want some advice feel free to PM me.
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Why not use Dropbox to store them for free? Surely your backups aren't that huge? I'm an IT guy for many doctor offices and dental offices as well. A free Dropbox account is plenty big to hold the latest 3 backups. Also intuit data protect isn't that expensive if you want to look at that option. There are a ton of other options you can have that can be free or very low cost to you. If you need help or want some advice feel free to PM me.
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WOW! Thank you very much for your offer. I will PM you tomorrow. Continuing the setup of my N3 right now. Going well. Thank you!
kraz
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Wow
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Lol.
Wow
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krazman325 said:
WOW! Thank you very much for your offer. I will PM you tomorrow. Continuing the setup of my N3 right now. Going well. Thank you!
kraz
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That's why XDA is here bro.
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wttisme said:
In the meantime, would a USB flash drive suffice?
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I'm curious as to why this wouldn't be the prefered solution? I keep one on my key chain for just these kinds of purposes.