tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49684468612508450852024-02-08T07:38:38.519-08:00Motorola Xoom tabletMOTOROLA Xoom is Android Smart TabletUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-21019239676363117232011-08-27T20:16:00.003-07:002011-08-27T20:16:57.193-07:00Android honeycomb media player - Hive PlayerHive Player is a Android music player optimized for Xoom tablet. With Hive Player, you can scrollable widget with music collection navigation, multi-Select playlist additions, filter duplicates, Search with playlist additions, notification controls with album artwork and etc.
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<br />The app is much better than the stock music player. The powerful home screen widget is the coolest feature. The widget works but only allows browsing to albums and artists on Xoom, but it doesn't support Google music.
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<br />Download <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=falletta.hive.player">Hive Player </a>($1.99) from Market.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-65454849660187263222011-08-27T20:16:00.001-07:002011-08-27T20:16:24.076-07:00How to make phone calls on XoomSome people buy a Motorola Xoom and think about using it as an actual phone. If the Xoom has the option, they would love it to simply replace the phone. But can the Xoom tablet make a Phone call?
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<br />You can use Skype, Google talk app to place Voice calls via the Internet, but the Xoom isn't designed to be an actual phone yet. In fact, in Europe the Galaxy Tab had the ability to make calls on Xoom, but the US Carrier restrictions prevent it here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-82760868742435311972011-08-27T20:15:00.000-07:002011-08-27T20:16:05.821-07:00Download photos from camera to XoomI have the Xoom Wi-Fi only version and I have snapped some photos by using Canon camera. I want to download the photos from camera to my Xoom tablet for sharing them with my friends. How can I do that?
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<br />You can use the official camera adapter kit for Motorola Xoom. The kit consists of a proprietary cable that has a micro USB connector. You can conveniently transfer pictures from your compatible cameras right to the Motorola Xoom, even the large amounts of photos.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-17657380813541136622011-08-25T20:00:00.001-07:002011-08-25T20:00:39.197-07:00Xoom not turning on & stuck at Black ScreenToday when I wake up, my Motorola Xoom won't turn on and stucks at a black screen. It was plugged in night. The notification LED was also flashing. Why does the tablet not respond? How to fix the issue? Can any body help me?
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<br />Just pressing the volume button all the way up and the on button at the same time. That worked. Your Xoom will turn back on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-14484971737827517922011-08-25T19:59:00.004-07:002011-08-25T20:00:01.449-07:00Business CalendarBusiness Calendar is a android calendar app that is synchronising with your Google calendars, support smooth scroll- and zoomable multi-day view. It's best Calendar app to date.
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<br />I have used Business Calendar over the stock calendar on my Xoom. It does tie all of my sync'd accounts, including two Gmail and one Exchange. Adding an event is much quicker than the default calendar app.
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<br />Download <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=mikado.bizcalpro&feature=search_result&hl=en">Business Calendar</a> ($5.73) from Market.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-618521351200055092011-08-25T19:59:00.003-07:002011-08-25T19:59:41.209-07:00Xoom calendar widget not updatingMy calendar widget does not update automatically on my Xoom after 3.1 update. There are a standard widget and a resized widget both on my home screen. They are always stuck on yesterday's date and events at the top. I try doing hard reset, still not working. How can I fix the issues?
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<br />When I delete the resized widget on heom screen, the standard sized widget changes to today's date. The problem seems to be with resized calendar widget.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-39694006563549604642011-08-25T19:59:00.001-07:002011-08-25T19:59:26.001-07:00Activate 3G on WiFi Only XoomI have got the WiFi-Only Motorola Xoom tablet and bought a Verizon 3G SIM card. I find a guide for getting 3G Xoom to work on another carrier, so can I activate 3G on my WiFi-Only Xoom? How to add the Verizon 3G SIM card to activate?
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<br />You can't activate 3G mobile data on the WiFi Only Xoom. It's impossible. The hardware are different between the 3G version and the WiFi version. The WiFi only version Xoom doesn't have the hardware required to connect to any carrier networks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-20644509936531659182011-08-25T19:58:00.000-07:002011-08-25T19:59:08.868-07:00Create folders & widgets on Xoom with Folder OrganizerFolder Organizer is a android app that help you organize apps, bookmarks, contacts and shortcuts on your Motorola Xoom tablet. With the app, you are able to group items by labels, and create fully customizable folders and widgets.
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<br />Folder Organizer has many features, such as change folder icon, sort folder items and put items in notification bar. It works great on Xoom, and makes everything organized, so I can find what I am looking for quickly.
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<br />Download <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.abcOrganizer&hl=en">Folder Organizer</a> ($1.42) from Market.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-10332954165354065942011-08-23T19:34:00.001-07:002011-08-23T19:34:16.397-07:00How to view available and used RAM on XoomIf you want To view available and used RAM on your Xoom tablet(Note: The Xoom also uses RAM to run the Honeycomb OS.), try the following step by step:
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<br />1. On the Home Screen, tap Apps > Settings.
<br />2. Scroll down the screen and tap Manage Applications > Running.
<br />3. Under RAM option, you can find the available and used RAM.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-24343974763911364652011-08-23T19:33:00.002-07:002011-08-23T19:34:00.527-07:00Videos not loading on the Xoom stock browserWhen I use the stock browser to watch flash videos on websites, the video isn't loading on the webpage. I don't know how to get these to work. My Xoom tablet has installed the Flash.
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<br />To fix the browser issue, uninstall Flash and try installing the latest Flash version from the Market. If that's still not working, you need to switch the flash pages from mobile mode to desktop mode for playing the flash videos.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-75696886561788091972011-08-23T19:33:00.001-07:002011-08-23T19:33:45.383-07:00How to set default browser on Motorola XoomI had used Opera on my Xoom tablet for 6 days. The Opera app is more faster and safer than the stock browser. I really like it and want to set it as my default browser.
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<br />To reset Opera as defaullt browser on Xoom, tap Settings > Manage All Apps > select browser > Clear defaults. Then open Opera app and click set as default. It will bring a popup window to let you choose the browser you want to use, choose Opera.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-88775662824889478752011-08-21T19:16:00.000-07:002011-08-21T19:17:42.793-07:00How to Delete Xoom WidgetI have accidently created a widget on my Xoom tablet. Now I want to delete the widget without deleting the app. How can I do that?
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<br />It is easy to do. just pressing on the widget for 6 seconds, then drag it to the upper right corner where it is saying remove.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-48984142954594324452011-08-19T19:46:00.002-07:002011-08-19T19:47:03.088-07:00TouchDown HD for Tablets -Xoom appTouchDown HD for Tablets is an android app that syncs emails, contacts, calendar and tasks from your corporate Exchange server on your Xoom tablet. The app gives you a single tabbed view.
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<br />Although the Xoom tablet has built-in email and gmail clients, TouchDown HD is what I use for my corporate mail. The app proxies Exchange PIN and remote wipe enforcement to it. A stock Honeycomb app works very well.
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<br />Download <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nitrodesk.honey.nitroid&hl=en">TouchDown HD for Tablets</a> (Free) from Market.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-61206930551669410312011-08-19T19:46:00.001-07:002011-08-19T19:46:41.861-07:00Bookmark widget not working on XoomAfter my Xoom us model had updated from 3.1 to 3.2, the bookmark widget always be not working and unresponsive. When I touch a page, the screen will dim. I have to restart the tablet and every once the issue will happen.
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<br />That is a common bug on Xoom 3.2. If the screen goes dim, just change the orientation for fixing it. The Bookmark widget will be responsive.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-47322122531941298202011-08-19T19:45:00.002-07:002011-08-19T19:46:06.124-07:00Accessing network drive from XoomI am looking for an app that enable me to access network drive from Xoom tablet over WiFi. Is that possible to access my network drive with Xoom?
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<br />You can use ES File Explorer or File Manager HD that both have LAN access. The apps are able to access file & folders on my WHS computer without issue. And I use File Manager HD to view my Mac's shared folders using SMB and worked great.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-76252710652554745802011-08-19T19:45:00.001-07:002011-08-19T19:45:45.393-07:00Xoom stock browser download unsuccessfulEvery time I try to download a file, the Xoom stock Browser gets the full 100% and then display "Download unsuccessful." error. I have to retry 3 times and it complete successfully. How to fix the Browser downloads fail issue?
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<br />The stock browser has issues about downloading files. You can wipe cache in browser settings. Or switch to dolphin app that works great.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-17787438488656676972011-08-19T19:44:00.002-07:002011-08-19T19:45:12.261-07:00How to use android phone as keyboard for XoomIs there an android application that you can use an android phone as keyboard for the Xoom tablet?
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<br />Berserker's BlueputDroid allow you to use your device as a remote mouse and keyboard. I have used the app to use my droid 1 as a keyboard for my xoom. It does work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-67993064255242734492011-08-19T19:44:00.001-07:002011-08-19T19:44:23.710-07:00Turn off Xoom systen updates 3.2When I turn the Xoom wifi only running 3.1, the system update 3.2 will be available. I don't want to accept the update and that's annoying. How to disable system update notification on Xoom permanently?
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<br />You can't do this unless you are rooted. Under cache, deleted zip off of the end of the updates. Then reboot and it will be gone.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-49690564040066426532011-08-15T20:17:00.002-07:002011-08-15T20:18:38.702-07:00Xoom notification bar missingToday I notes that the notification bar is missing at the bottom right of my screen and has disappeared. This status bar shows battery life and wifi signal strength. Where would the bar go?
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<br />You can reboot the Xoom tablet and the notification bar will come back again . Rebooting will fix the issues. Worked for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-6363109302388152462011-08-15T20:17:00.001-07:002011-08-15T20:17:43.041-07:00Xoom SD card got stuckWhen I inserted SD card into my Xoom tablet, there is flastic card already inserted in it. Then plastic card came up. The SD card got stuck in the space between the screen and the sd slot.
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<br />The large Xoom tablets just have micro SD slots, so users always makes mistakes about that. You can carefully take it out with tweezers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-39415027637913988232011-08-15T20:16:00.004-07:002011-08-15T20:17:17.416-07:00No sound when connect Xoom to TV using hdmiI connects my Xoom tablet to my HD TV using a Micro HDMI. After I plug Xoom in the TV, I have no sound coming out of the tablet, such as a movie app, stock music player. The images are fine do. The sound comes back if I unplug the cable.
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<br />You can try this temp fix. Taking a 3.5mm audio cable and plug it into the head phone jack of the Xoom and the other end into the headphone jack of the TV. Works for me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-58635824098739373832011-08-15T20:16:00.003-07:002011-08-15T20:16:48.149-07:00Yahoo videos wont play on XoomMy Xoom tablet has been installed the new flash version. When I try to play Yahoo news videos on Xoom, it shows the picture of the news story and a vertical line with "?" in the middle of the video. The yahoo videos won't play.
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<br />The Yahoo videos uses microsoft silverlight that honeycomb doesn't support, so you aren't able to view them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-42420943546467413772011-08-15T20:16:00.001-07:002011-08-15T20:16:23.035-07:00How to fix Xoom random keystrokesMy Verizon Xoom's erratic touchscreen is erratic. When I click off the screen and click it on again but then Xoom just starts randomly pressing buttons by itself and opening apps. After restarted it or done a factory reset, that worked fine. The issues come back at some point and happened to me 5 times in 1 month. Do you have a solution?
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<br />I think it is a faulty hardware with Honeycomb itself. You'd better to return Xoom to Verizon and have a replacement.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-27671386295980753272011-08-15T20:14:00.002-07:002011-08-15T20:16:06.512-07:00Change notification bar button colours on XoomI want to change the notification bar button colours on my Xoom without rooting, including switch open applications, back, clock. How can I do that?
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<br />Rooting the Xoom is the only way. You should be able to overwrite SystemUI.apk in /system/app or write an app to do it. I don't find a app can do it since now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968446861250845085.post-53258512538685048432011-08-15T20:14:00.001-07:002011-08-15T20:14:35.808-07:00Volume Widget for Xoom tabletVolume Widget is a android widget that can adjust any volume type from your home screen quickly. It is clean, simple and works great on Xoom. Xoom volume buttons are little are small and sometimes hard to get to, so this widget is very handy.
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<br />The Volume Widget has the following features:
<br />1. Quick up/down volume adjust buttons.
<br />2. 1x1, 2x1 and 4x1 widget sizes.
<br />3. Controls all volume types.
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<br />Download <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.futonredemption.volumewidget&hl=en">Volume Widget</a> (Free) from Market.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0