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    Drive assist not working

    Anybody else having problems with the drive assist? Mine shows the drive assist thing in the notification area, but if I receive a text, either nothing happens, or it asks me to "say listen" if I want to hear the text, which disappears after 5 seconds, but in any event defeats the whole reason...
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    Picasa

    I used to upload pics directly to Picasa from my android device, but now it says "account not found". This only started after I signed upon Google+. So now I have to work around it by uploading to Google+ and then moving the photos into my Picasa Web albums while on a PC. Is that the way it is...
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    Help ATT warranty service

    Has anyone used ATT's warranty service? Due to a camera issue, they are willing to overnight a refurbushed device. Are refurbished devices ok? Or should I send it to Samsung for repair and be without the phone for a couple of weeks? Thanks.
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    Line on photos

    All of a sudden I have a purple line on the right side of my photos. Is that something that is a warrant thing?
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    Location alarm app

    Has anyone found a good app that sounds an alarm when you're approaching a pre selected location? I'm using the Samsung GS2. Tried a couple, but they either don't work well or destroy the battery..or both
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    Offline GPS Nav app

    I'm traveling to Europe and will rent a car and tour around France & Germany. I'd like to use the Transformer as a GPS nav device. Has anyone had any luck with anything? It obviously has to to self containe and function totally offline. Thanks!
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    S2 or Nexus Prime?

    I'm ready to ditch my Captivate. Should I get the S2 or wait for the Nexus? I'm not in a major hurry so if the consensus is wait its no problem. Thx for the input
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    Unable to log into Amazon appstore

    Anybody else having this problem today?
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    Help Battery drain on new firmware 3.2.1

    There appears to be no doubt that the new firmware prevents the tablet from going to "sleep". It seems to be related to the wifi "improvement'. Using cpuspy, the only time mine will now sleep is when manually turning off wifi and rebooting. In addition, setting wifi to turn off when screen...
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    Firmware update

    It appears there is yet another upgrade available today: Transformer v8.6.5.13 Update Changes | Facebook
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    Outage in LA?

    Is anyone experiencing service issues in LA? I can't get through to family there..
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    OTA updated coming

    Saw this in another forum: A new update is being sent out. The changes for the update are: * Build number: 8.6.5.9-20110816 * Wifi updated: v5.2.58 * GPS updated: v5.5.8 * MobileDock version updated: 0213 * Bluetooth v6.20 * Keyboard on/off switch when docked added. * Selectable cursor...
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    Stock email app

    Does anyone use the stock email applicaiton? Just wondering what, if any, advantage or difference it has vs the gmail app, which is pretty good IMO
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    Opening a .tif file

    Anybody know of an app that can open a .tif file Doesn't seem like the stock Transformer can perform this action
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    Move apps to SD?

    So I've noticed that some apps can be moved to the SD from manage apps. Why would anyone want to do that? What are the pros & cons? Seems like the phone has plenty of GBs as it is
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    Help Gallery duplicate pic issue

    All of a sudden my camera folder in Gallery shows 2 pics of each one! So from 250 pics, all of a sudden I have 500...any ideas?
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    Iphone 4 and Captivate?

    So I'm having dinner with a friend and we're looking something up on maps on each of our phones..he sees the Captivate and after a few minutes he says why would you have the Captivate...what does it do that my Iphone can't? Other than being able to customize it and the more open file...
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    Gmail app

    I notice that there is an updated version of gmail in the market (2.3.4.1) but the one on my phone is 2.3.2. Should I update?
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    Menu shortcuts

    Over the last few months I've seen from time to time, keypad shortcuts to menus not available through settings, such as LBS, Battery use, volume, etc. If someone savvy enough to know all those shortcuts would post them in one place I think it would be useful..thanks.
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    Age groups

    I'd be interested in seeing the demographics of who on these forums tends to root &/or flash a custom rom on their devices..age, sex, marital status..maybe more..My guess is single males in the 20-30 group would dominate. I could be wrong tho. This is just my curiosity, so if the mods think...
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    Root Help rooting and flashing

    So I've decided that the way to go is to root and flash a custom ROM..even if ATT releases a 2.2 update. However, after reading on XDA, viewing the vids, I just don't trust myself-or feel like doing it myself. Anybody know of a service that would provide this help on a paid basis?
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    PDA Net

    Whatever happened to pda.net? Is anyone using it to tether?
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    Comment on ATT tech service

    Quick heads up on the competency of ATT tech support just in case anyone else has this situation: Yesterday at my office I notice I'm missing calls when I see google voice notifications..I look at my phone and its got the blue circle with the line thru it. After rebooting and no difference I...
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    Offline maps

    I'm heading down to South America for a couple weeks and want to limit data use. Maps would be useful, but it would be imperative to have them offliine...anyone have first hand experience with any of the apps on the market for offline maps? Thanks...
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    Help Battery drain at night

    In the last few days my Captivate is draining battery when its idle. I'll go to bed..set it aside and in 7 hours its down 35%. I uninstalled a couple apps I thought may be a problem: Pageonce Travel and Lookout-but same thing. Only other thing installed recently is Beautiful Widgets but I'm not...