[RottenApple]

1) I thought these units had 2gb of flash and 128mb for system? when i check settings sd card and mid storage it says 1gb flash and 65mb mid system storage - is that right? 65mb seems small for android - comments appreciated!2) My unit sometimes will not switch on - have to toggle power switch a couple of times - anyone else with the issue|3) lastly how does one switch of the unit correctly - do you poer down from android and then flick the power button. or just use the power buttonhelp appreciated

 

[RottenApple]

[quote author=RottenApple link=topic=389.msg3346#msg3346 date=1275206637]1) I thought these units had 2gb of flash and 128mb for system? when i check settings sd card and mid storage it says 1gb flash and 65mb mid system storage - is that right? 65mb seems small for android - comments appreciated!2) My unit sometimes will not switch on - have to toggle power switch a couple of times - anyone else with the issue|3) lastly how does one switch of the unit correctly - do you poer down from android and then flick the power button. or just use the power buttonhelp appreciated[/quote]I would really appreciate someone taking the time to just go into settings, sd card and mid storage and telling me their totals for flash and mid system storage .thanks in advance

 

[gevrik]

[quote author=RottenApple link=topic=389.msg3346#msg3346 date=1275206637]1) I thought these units had 2gb of flash and 128mb for system? when i check settings sd card and mid storage it says 1gb flash and 65mb mid system storage - is that right? 65mb seems small for android - comments appreciated![/quote]1GB of the Flash is usable, the other 1GB are used by Android as a SWAP partition (virtual RAM).You only have 65MB left because all applications are installed into the 128MB. Just install a few more and see it go down even more. The manufacturer claims on their website that applications are installed onto the SD card, but that is not the case. I guess we will have to wait until we can get Root on this device and use A2SD ourselves.

2) My unit sometimes will not switch on - have to toggle power switch a couple of times - anyone else with the issue|

Nope, not had that issue once.

3) lastly how does one switch of the unit correctly - do you poer down from android and then flick the power button. or just use the power button

I hold the main button next to the display until it asks me if I want to Power Down the MID. I say yes and the tablet turns off. If I am on the road, I also use the little slider on the side to turn it off completely (although that one looks a little flimsy to me so I try not to use it in case it breaks off).To turn it on, just hold the main button again. The MID charges a lot faster if it is turned off.

 

[RottenApple]

Thanks gevrik - I appreciate you taking the timeSo all is well ... my memory card may be causing the weird behaviour of the power switch will change it and see if it helps!

 

[KCC]

gevrik said: I hold the main button next to the display until it asks me if I want to Power Down the MID. I say yes and the tablet turns off. If I am on the road, I also use the little slider on the side to turn it off completely (although that one looks a little flimsy to me so I try not to use it in case it breaks off).To turn it on, just hold the main button again. The MID charges a lot faster if it is turned off.

Hi, I?m new in the forum and interested in buying one of this slate, the main button seems to put the aPad in sleep mode, am i right??

 

[Mikeami]

@GevrikI'm new at Android (never owned a android phone). What is the proper way to exit an application? Do you (i) always have to go into ES Task Manager and kill it?

 

[Mikeami]

@KKCpressing the main (on the face of the device) puts the screen to sleep, pressing it againg wakews the screen up. Press and hold this same button gives you the option to shut the device down.

 

[gevrik]

[quote author=Mikeami link=topic=389.msg3485#msg3485 date=1275252447]@GevrikI'm new at Android (never owned a android phone). What is the proper way to exit an application? Do you (i) always have to go into ES Task Manager and kill it?[/quote]There is no real need to kill applications, as Android manages them itself. From the documentation:By default, every application runs in its own Linux process. Android starts the process when any of the application's code needs to be executed, and shuts down the process when it's no longer needed and system resources are required by other applications.I use the ES Task Manager widget on the home screen and just tap it when I want to kill all running processes.

 

[KCC]

But gevrik said that (if it?s turned off) holding the main button it will turn it on faster so thought that button is to put the mid in sleep mode and other one (where we can see off/on) is to turn it on/off (completely). Thank you for the answer.

 

[Mikeami]

@GevrikThanks Gevrik, so if I'm running the pdf reader which uses a lot of my system resources, and brings my device to a crawl, then close out of it by hitting the home button (and not killing the app) I can go to another application and regain thos system [email protected] I know is that if I hold the main screen button for 3 seconds I get a pop up that has two options:Silent mode andPower off, which completely shuts my system down, I then use the on/off toggle switch for good measure. I think the on/off toggle switch is there so the device does not turn itself on by something leaning against the button, eating up your short battery supply while your watering your potato garden.

 

[geniouslin]

[quote author=Mikeami link=topic=389.msg3512#msg3512 date=1275258471]@GevrikThanks Gevrik, so if I'm running the pdf reader which uses a lot of my system resources, and brings my device to a crawl, then close out of it by hitting the home button (and not killing the app) I can go to another application and regain thos system [email protected] I know is that if I hold the main screen button for 3 seconds I get a pop up that has two options:Silent mode andPower off, which completely shuts my system down, I then use the on/off toggle switch for good measure. I think the on/off toggle switch is there so the device does not turn itself on by something leaning against the button, eating up your short battery supply while your watering your potato garden.[/quote]I have found this pdf reader with which u can make annotations:can someone try it and tell me if it works?still trying to decide whether to buy it or nothttp://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/software/tc1000/jarnal-down.htm

 

[gevrik]

[quote author=Mikeami link=topic=389.msg3512#msg3512 date=1275258471]@GevrikThanks Gevrik, so if I'm running the pdf reader which uses a lot of my system resources, and brings my device to a crawl, then close out of it by hitting the home button (and not killing the app) I can go to another application and regain thos system resources?[/quote]Yes, Android will take care of process management itself.[quote author=geniouslin link=topic=389.msg3517#msg3517 date=1275259828]I have found this pdf reader with which u can make annotations:can someone try it and tell me if it works?still trying to decide whether to buy it or nothttp://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/software/tc1000/jarnal-down.htm[/quote]That is not an Android application.

 

[geniouslin]

[quote author=gevrik link=topic=389.msg3520#msg3520 date=1275260442][quote author=Mikeami link=topic=389.msg3512#msg3512 date=1275258471]@GevrikThanks Gevrik, so if I'm running the pdf reader which uses a lot of my system resources, and brings my device to a crawl, then close out of it by hitting the home button (and not killing the app) I can go to another application and regain thos system resources?[/quote]Yes, Android will take care of process management itself.[quote author=geniouslin link=topic=389.msg3517#msg3517 date=1275259828]I have found this pdf reader with which u can make annotations:can someone try it and tell me if it works?still trying to decide whether to buy it or nothttp://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/software/tc1000/jarnal-down.htm[/quote]That is not an Android application.[/quote]hm I dunno but I thought that android is linux based and there is a linux version of the software? could it be an installation free version? sry I am a noob

 

[gevrik]

No, Linux programs will not work on Android. Android applications are written in Java and converted into Dalvik executable so they can be run on Android devices.