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Hey! Im new to posting on a forum, usually I can find what im looking for. I guess for this one I will have to ask. I have my Xbox Live profile saved on my micro SD card and it works great when i plug the micro SD in to a card reader and then in to the Xbox. But when i plug the sd into my phone and connect the phone to the xbox with a micro USB cable it doesnt show up at all. Any Ideas??? it would be convienent to be able to use my phone for the profile as i have a 32gb micro sd and i always have my phone!
Just download the app Xbox live statistics. You won't need your SD card for it.
I took a look at the app you suggested and correct me if I am wrong, but it looked like it was just to read up on your profile. I want to be able to take my gaming profile with me so I can sign in to my xbox live in more than one place ( obviously not simultaniously) without having to recover my gamertag to each xbox I go to... People do it with flash drives or hard drives.
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I took a look at the app you suggested and correct me if I am wrong, but it looked like it was just to read up on your profile. I want to be able to take my gaming profile with me so I can sign in to my xbox live in more than one place ( obviously not simultaniously) without having to recover my gamertag to each xbox I go to... People do it with flash drives or hard drives.
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This may be a silly question, but when you plugged the phone into the Xbox via USB, did you remember to put the phone in "disk drive" mode?
A lot of times it is the silly things I forget
Ya i am mounting it in disk drive mode. its just really weird because it allows me to do it with a usb sd card reader with the same card. and the cable works with my phone on my computer....
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Ya i am mounting it in disk drive mode. its just really weird because it allows me to do it with a usb sd card reader with the same card. and the cable works with my phone on my computer....
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Make sure you have your profile on the root of your SD card. If not that is why it is not reading it
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ya it was on the root of the card. Xbox makes a sort of partition on the card, and android can see it but i dont know if that is the problem...
Sorry but this can't be done (after the last update). Ill tell you why; Xbox allows flash drive support and it has to wipe the drive and make it to a format that's only readable by xboxes (or computer software). I've tried this multiple times, plus you'd have to wipe your phone every single time. Also Xbox sees our phones as media devices and not for storage. If you can trick your Xbox to think your phone is a flash drive only and not be able to store stuff on your sdcard have fun. Best thing to do is buy a cheap thumb drive; Walmart sells a 2gb for 8 bucks. Android won't read the Xbox format which makes this kind of impossible lol
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Only thing you can do which i know is not android is either get an iphone or windows phone 7 phone. Thing is windows phone 7 is preloadded with everything microsoft includeing XBOX. Best thing to do GET A PS3!!
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Only thing you can do which i know is not android is either get an iphone or windows phone 7 phone. Thing is windows phone 7 is preloadded with everything microsoft includeing XBOX. Best thing to do GET A PS3!!
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2gb flash drive for $8. PS3's online community is horrible. Not to mention those hackers backing geohotz have been launching ddos attacks on PS3 servers to get back at Sony. Good luck with that.
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2gb flash drive for $8. PS3's online community is horrible. Not to mention those hackers backing geohotz have been launching ddos attacks on PS3 servers to get back at Sony. Good luck with that.
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Launching what? lol
There is nothing in the ps3 online community that you won't find on the xbox as well.
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Launching what? lol
There is nothing in the ps3 online community that you won't find on the xbox as well.
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Not nearly as many people. I will admit that you guys have a more mature audience.
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Launching what? lol
There is nothing in the ps3 online community that you won't find on the xbox as well.
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Launching DDOS attacks Google it and see if you feel safe . There's tons of stories about this accros the web. These guys are really mad at Sony for suing Geohotz(iPhone, PS3 jailbreaker) so they are constantly hacking Sony's online network.
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Launching DDOS attacks Google it and see if you feel safe . There's tons of stories about this accros the web. These guys are really mad at Sony for suing Geohotz(iPhone, PS3 jailbreaker) so they are constantly hacking Sony's online network.
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I feel fine. So a group of Geo fans wanna shut down the PSN sporadically.. nothing really for me to "not feel safe".
I recently had surgery so I have been playing Black Ops virtually non-stop without any issues.
Sony is far from perfect, but I think they'll survive these "attacks".
I can google xbox hackers and find many scary articles as well. It's out there, regardless of the console.
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I feel fine. So a group of Geo fans wanna shut down the PSN sporadically.. nothing really for me to "not feel safe".
I recently had surgery so I have been playing Black Ops virtually non-stop without any issues.
Sony is far from perfect, but I think they'll survive these "attacks".
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Its not a just "group" its well known activst group dude not fans who are notorious for hacking hardcore **** and stealing personal info etc.Its funny you say you think they'll be fine when a 18 year old kid hacked and bypassed their entire security to allow jailbreaking and read/write access (now suing him lol) Anyways, black ops has gotten very boring lately. Maybe its cause I've hit the final presige maxed out; call of duty games get old so fast.
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Its not a just "group" its well known activst group dude not fans who are notorious for hacking hardcore **** and stealing personal info. Its funny you say you think they'll be fine when a 18 year old kid hacked and bypassed their entire security to allow jailbreaking and read/write access. Anyways, black open has gotten very boring lately. Maybe its cause I've hit the final presige maxed out; call of duty games get old so fast.
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You say an 18 year old kid like that matters.. Geo is very good at what he does. There is a reason why people have tried and tried to hack the ps3 and failed until he done it.
That "activist group" has done nothing to the PSN aside from interrupting it momentarily. Sony has since hired some more serious people to defend against it, and it is obviously working. You can google that too =p
The xbox can be hacked as well, google it~
And yes Black Ops is getting kinda boring.. but new maps coming in May for you guys, June for us >=(. That is a feather in the hat of the xbox tho~
I use both, I notice little difference in them honestly.
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You say an 18 year old kid like that matters.. Geo is very good at what he does. There is a reason why people have tried and tried to hack the ps3 and failed until he done it.
That group has done nothing to the PSN aside from interrupting it momentarily. Sony has since hired some more serious people to defend against it, and it is obviously working. You can google that too =p
The xbox can be hacked as well, google it~
And yes Black Ops is getting kinda boring.. but new maps coming in May for you guys, June for us >=(. That is a feather in the hat of the xbox tho~
I use both, I notice little difference in them honestly.
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Glad you went online and did some reading; but yeah new maps only extend play about another month. Cod just needs to quit being lazy and stop recycling the same engine over and over. Hey here's an idea lets use the same engine(for past 4 games) and give these idiots new maps and guns and milk it for what its worth. I'm not investing anymore money into that company screw maps. I'm ready for battlefield 3 and gears of war 3(something that always make Xbox better than ps3).
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Glad you went online and did some reading; but yeah new maps only extend play about another month. Cod just needs to quit being lazy and stop recycling the same engine over and over. Hey here's an idea lets use the same engine(for past 4 games) and give these idiots new maps and guns and milk it for what its worth. I'm not investing anymore money into that company screw maps. I'm ready for battlefield 3 and gears of war 3(something that always make Xbox better than ps3).
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I do agree to a point. I like the COD playstyle, but, I do want something fresh.
I tried all the supposed "cod killers" that keep coming out. They all just kinda.. suck =\
This is just my opinion, some may not agree, but.. CoD may not be the best possible, but it's the best we got. Hopefully they can get creative by the time MW3 hits in November. Not gonna hold my breath tho hah
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I do agree to a point. I like the COD playstyle, but, I do want something fresh.
I tried all the supposed "cod killers" that keep coming out. They all just kinda.. suck =\
This is just my opinion, some may not agree, but.. CoD may not be the best possible, but it's the best we got. Hopefully they can get creative by the time MW3 hits in November. Not gonna hold my breath tho hah
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Definitely agree, cod has set the bar and all these cod killers just leave us to go back to cod. I'm a die hard cod fan but they have to get creative man. Every year a new game comes out it gets very old fast like Madden. I think this year battlefield 3 is honestly going to shut cod down. Im a huge gears fan so of course ill have that as well but that's 3rd person. If cod doesn't get its act together I feel like the name will vanish.
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Definitely agree, cod has set the bar and all these cod killers just leave us to go back to cod. I'm a die hard cod fan but they have to get creative man. Every year a new game comes out it gets very old fast like Madden. I think this year battlefield 3 is honestly going to shut cod down. Im a huge gears fan so of course ill have that as well but that's 3rd person. If cod doesn't get its act together I feel like the name will vanish.
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Possibly. Madden hasn't vanished tho.. which is sad. Although, one reason why Madden hasn't vanished is because it bought the NFL exclusive which is a crock of *bleep*. I was actually enjoying (NFL 2K5 I think?) before that happened.
So, it's possible that CoD could die off because they have no exclusive. They are still selling like crazy tho which really doesn't motivate them to change anything, and honestly.. it doesn't need a full makeover, just freshened up.
I think once they get to a point, there just really isn't much they can do. Like in Madden, what can they really do to make it different from what it is?
I kinda think these other companies need to really step it up and create some good FPS games so I can rotate them. That way when I want something different, I can just slap in another game that's equally as good but with a totally different playstyle.
Hopefully you're right about BF3, but I was seriously disappointed in Bad Company 2 so I may be scorned.
I came from the Windows Mobile family via the Touch Pro 2, prior to that the Touch Pro, Mogule, 6700, Samsung Flip Smartphone, G1000. Anyway, I sort of got addicted to Bubble Breaker on the Touch Pro 2 and I have looked in the market but not found any with as good of graphics (and they were not all that much to write home about) or the same feel of game play. I realize this might be a lame game to some, but its one of my favorite diversions, next to Chips Challenge on my Lynx (if there were an android port I might have a heart attack or just disappear never to be seen again) and really want an android version. Does anyone have any suggestions? I just got tired of downloading and uninstalling.
collapse has a similar concept but the blocks/bubbles come from the bottom, since your new to android i'm not sure if you know you can browse the market via your computer
https://market.android.com/search?q=Bubble+Breaker&so=1&c=apps
I was not aware of how easily it is done with the computer. Thanks for the link.
As much as I dislike Crapple and there products I believe that I have to get a Mac for work :/
I was wondering if any of you guys had a Mac and how is it?
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best decision you can make trust me I have had to MacBooks and a mac mini. My Macbook has been nothing but great for college no slow starts, its there when you require it, will not freeze or let you down when you most need it. Theres less malware viruses ect for it so you feel a little more secure. Apple support is a plus this guys will fix any problem you have within warranty and aslong as you did not brake anything on purpose. Besides you can install virtual machine and run windows 8, xp, vista ect its like you have two computers in one.
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best decision you can make trust me I have had to MacBooks and a mac mini. My Macbook has been nothing but great for college no slow starts, its there when you require it, will not freeze or let you down when you most need it. Theres less malware viruses ect for it so you feel a little more secure. Apple support is a plus this guys will fix any problem you have within warranty and aslong as you did not brake anything on purpose. Besides you can install virtual machine and run windows 8, xp, vista ect its like you have two computers in one.
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Thanks, which one do you have?
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Or you could build a hackintosh for home. Sandybridge has made building and using one with lion a piece of cake. Under 300 bucks for a nice mac mini performance machine. It's funny how people won't admit to owning any apple products in these threads for fear of being pounced on. At least this section seems better than most.
What kind of job do you have that they would use mac? Macs suck at business stuff
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What kind of job do you have that they would use mac? Macs suck at business stuff
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Yeah, the integrated multiple desktops really are horrible :silly:
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Thanks, which one do you have?
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I have a MacBook unibody the one before the retina display have never had any problems. I recommend going to the apple store and trying them out on display.. Besides most people don't like Mac and yet they have never owned one.. So just try it out because what matters is what you want not what me or some one else likes... If you have a question just let me know Id be glad to answer
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I have a MacBook unibody the one before the retina display have never had any problems. I recommend going to the apple store and trying them out on display.. Besides most people don't like Mac and yet they have never owned one.. So just try it out because what matters is what you want not what me or some one else likes... If you have a question just let me know Id be glad to answer
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I work in IT and use them all the time. Actually fixing one right now. And from an IT stand point Macs are no good for buis. And you can run multiple OS's on any PC. That is not a Mac thing they just advertise it because they know you will need windows for something
Once you go MAC you don't go back to "PC"
been in IT since 1982.. been on MAC at my home office for 4 years now. I have 6 laptops of my own and 4 MACS also. 2 mbp, 1 macro, and 1 new while unibody for daughter at college.. I have serviced all pc's from Southern Cali to Washington DC. I have yet to fully need to break down a mac any place ... only hard drives if that. When I repair PC'S laptops at Colleges its always a windows' machine. The reason I switched over was the virus issues with PCs and the constant WTF i need to update today before I start working on my PC. Sure they both have trojans and mail ware. But PC's have viruses and MAC's do not. Meaning PC's can be made inoperable by malicious software a lot more often were as MAC will be used as pons in a greater hacking plan with implanted trojans.... but still operate. Many times without the user ever knowing. Last reason .. economics... take a look at the income scale of MAC user's .. usually a lot higher than your typical PC user. By no means am I saying PC users don't make more money than MAC users.. just are usually in my field experience in a more lucrative high paying career position than a trade "job". Granted you defiantly have infinite more options of software and best of breed hardware options building PC's. If you want to do what you want how you want .. build your own PC box. If you want to power up and get to work on the reason you power'd up every time you power up with out having to restart our machine after using it for extended periods of time opening and closing apps.. going in and out of hibernation/sleep mode for days on end..... MAC is the way to go. .................... on last note.. the pc are great .. mac's are great... the internet is bases off UNIX not DOS. MAC is based off UNIX. If dos went away.. PC would rule hands down. truly its not the hardware man.. its the software that's the issue. I for all OS's merging closely into one within the next 20 years... each upgrade of windows it becomes more MAC. its just how it goes. even Ubuntu with its unity desktop is following suite as well. out of all the computers in my home only one 2 year old Sony has Windows 7 Ultimate on it to flash my GPS and Pimped out Epizzal 4G's Touch.. LOL.. everything else Runs on OS-X and UBUNTU... .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon6.gif
Did you guys know that in a few years windoze will be releasing Microsux X ... I had to contribute!
Switched in 2010 and haven't looked back since. 2010 MBP upgraded to 8Gb of RAM and a 256Gb Crucial SSD, its been plenty fast, and loaded Win7 on it, but recently pulled that off and put XP on instead.
I was so impressed with it when my PC bit the dust I replaced it with a 27" iMac.
Lol just do Hackintosh. I have one and it beats the crap out of my friend's mac. Go for SB-E and then buy an IB-E cpu.
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Pc bit the dust aswell
TonyTurboII said:
Switched in 2010 and haven't looked back since. 2010 MBP upgraded to 8Gb of RAM and a 256Gb Crucial SSD, its been plenty fast, and loaded Win7 on it, but recently pulled that off and put XP on instead.
I was so impressed with it when my PC bit the dust I replaced it with a 27" iMac.
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same here... neVAAAAA going back to PC........ have the same 15 MBP did the same upgrade...also insalled Lion.. it just plain flies............
tried to bog it down by 1. dowloading 25 gigs torrent 2. burn 8.5 dvd 3. streaming music 4. streaming hd video 5 running AI to edit newspaper add 6. surfen web news sites 7. 3 machines RDP 8. backing up data to NAS 9. apple checking for updates.. ALL AT SAME TIME. AND THE MACHINE JUST KEEP SAYING "BRING IT!! BRING IT!" no lag what so ever!.
Sorry PC's.. since I'm not a big PC gamer.... My switch has been a long time coming.. I wish they would start the IM A MAC / PC commercials again too funny.. but all of them true. LMAO.:highfive:
No it's not true because you're comparing computers with intel processors that are far superior to all its predecessors. I can do the exact things you stated with my Core i7-920 machine with no hiccups as well because the jump from Core 2 duo/quad to first gen i7s was 20% increase in performance on average. 2nd generation and 3rd generation are 10-20% better than the first gen nehelams (depending on task).
It does not matter if it's a PC or a Mac. You'll be hard pressed to make any modern CPU from Intel or AMD choke in any way unless you're doing the most demanding of tasks where intel completely dominates.
An updated windows 7 machine from a QUALITY manufacturer (not the cheap hp/dell stuff in retail stores) will last as long as any MBP. There is a reason the commercials stopped. It just didn't work anymore against the improvements in Win 7.
Also i live in the state capital of CA and have family with seniority positions within the gov't and let me tell you. Even though literally everyone has an Ipad...
Out of the thousands of computers, I did not ever encounter mac's in huge quantities. Only windows or custom OS's.
Side note #1 - MBP's use SSD's which allow for insanely fast response times.
#2 - They do get viruses / malware and are usually the fastest to be hacked in any hacking competition due to extensive security vulnerabilities that they take forever to patch which is also one of the main reasons the PCvMac commercials stopped when MS got its act together.
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Lol just do Hackintosh. I have one and it beats the crap out of my friend's mac. Go for SB-E and then buy an IB-E cpu.
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I'm with you, 2 hackintosh sandy bridge machines dual booting windows 7 for the oddball stuff. These things are so easy to build and trouble free:good:
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been in IT since 1982.. been on MAC at my home office for 4 years now. I have 6 laptops of my own and 4 MACS also. 2 mbp, 1 macro, and 1 new while unibody for daughter at college.. I have serviced all pc's from Southern Cali to Washington DC. I have yet to fully need to break down a mac any place ... only hard drives if that. When I repair PC'S laptops at Colleges its always a windows' machine. The reason I switched over was the virus issues with PCs and the constant WTF i need to update today before I start working on my PC. Sure they both have trojans and mail ware. But PC's have viruses and MAC's do not. Meaning PC's can be made inoperable by malicious software a lot more often were as MAC will be used as pons in a greater hacking plan with implanted trojans.... but still operate. Many times without the user ever knowing. Last reason .. economics... take a look at the income scale of MAC user's .. usually a lot higher than your typical PC user. By no means am I saying PC users don't make more money than MAC users.. just are usually in my field experience in a more lucrative high paying career position than a trade "job". Granted you defiantly have infinite more options of software and best of breed hardware options building PC's. If you want to do what you want how you want .. build your own PC box. If you want to power up and get to work on the reason you power'd up every time you power up with out having to restart our machine after using it for extended periods of time opening and closing apps.. going in and out of hibernation/sleep mode for days on end..... MAC is the way to go. .................... on last note.. the pc are great .. mac's are great... the internet is bases off UNIX not DOS. MAC is based off UNIX. If dos went away.. PC would rule hands down. truly its not the hardware man.. its the software that's the issue. I for all OS's merging closely into one within the next 20 years... each upgrade of windows it becomes more MAC. its just how it goes. even Ubuntu with its unity desktop is following suite as well. out of all the computers in my home only one 2 year old Sony has Windows 7 Ultimate on it to flash my GPS and Pimped out Epizzal 4G's Touch.. LOL.. everything else Runs on OS-X and UBUNTU... .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon6.gif
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Mac desktops are PCs... You know a personal computer. Just like Dells, HPs, Sony and the like. OSX is pretty but I'm not paying an arm and leg for a name brand. It's like Air Jordan sneakers. Every year its the same hing different colour higher price. Sometimes add some need giltz and glam.
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Just bought both an MBA 13" 2012 edition and the Asus Zenbook UX31A. It's my first time using a Mac and I've been a pro-PC person all my life, but I can honestly say that the Air is better than the UX31A, which is the top Ultrabook out right now. The specs are pretty identical, but this is a lot more intuitive and they are basically the same price.
But since this thread is about Android phones, I'll say that I usually just run Parallels to Windows 7 for my Android stuff because I CBA figuring out how Heimdall works instead of Odin haha. Otherwise, I think it's basically the same. Macs are pretty good with automatically finding drivers.
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Mac desktops are PCs... You know a personal computer. Just like Dells, HPs, Sony and the like. OSX is pretty but I'm not paying an arm and leg for a name brand. It's like Air Jordan sneakers. Every year its the same hing different colour higher price. Sometimes add some need giltz and glam.
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I think he was going abit more in depth. Like he stated unix is based to work with the internet DOS it's not.
Windows was never meant to be used with the internet
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a guy at sprint told me that the note 2 can play pc games... can anyone verify this? Or is he just trying to sell me a phone?
I don't think so... instruction set is different plus then you have the hardware that the game is expecting... maybe console games via emulator.
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I don't think so... instruction set is different plus then you have the hardware that the game is expecting... maybe console games via emulator.
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ya thats what i figured, sounded wayyyy to good to be true.
2 years ago I watched a YouTube video of someone playing lineage 2 a mmo on there phone
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2 years ago I watched a YouTube video of someone playing lineage 2 a mmo on there phone
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wouldn't be hard using vnc. any tablet should be able to do that.
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a guy at sprint told me that the note 2 can play pc games... can anyone verify this? Or is he just trying to sell me a phone?
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not possible. Different OSs, and thus different engines. If ported or some kind of streaming to the phone from the PC, maybe.
Of course he was trying to sell you a phone. Unfortunately, the sales person was just an idiot. I would assume that person falls for every chain letter, email, and post.
To be nice, the person may have met PC like games. Some games are getting towards the mark of console and PC games
I hate when salesman talk crap. They have no clue what they talking about.
about 2 years ago they said to me that symbian phones are not classified as smartphones.(in 2010 symbian was still big) So he tried to sell me samsung with BADA instead . lol.
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DOSBOX Turbo, emulator . allows you to play pc games.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fishstix.dosbox&hl=en
well long story short though.... I LOVE THIS PHONE!! . Yes the guy lied his @ss off but only having this phone for less than a day and i love it more than my LTE ive had for the last 3 months. Its also going to bring a lot of "opportunities" and "special" things for you all once I get everything setup!
Maybe he was talking about OnLive?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onlive.client
But this would work with most android phones.
you can also vnc to a windows machine. it would be terrible but it would work
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Maybe he was talking about OnLive?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.onlive.client
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Well, OnLive is more dependant on which Android version you have and the bandwidth you're getting. Android 2.2 or later for games that have touch inputs added. Android 3.1 or 4+ to use a controller for games that have gamepad support.
I've been using OnLive about a month after it went public. I have used it on Android with their universal controller. I tried it on the GN2. Worked good when I had the bandwidth, which was over my WiFI. The LFE around here has horrible upload speeds, and I think it caused it to crap out.
On a side note, the games on OnLive are the PC versions.
So android and mac don't play well together. Apple doesn't allow mtp to work on mac and google have not updated their android file transfer app in ages and it's extremely buggy. What apps and methods you guys use to make your life easier? I have been using an app called handshaker, it's a decent app but still not as simple and solid as plugging your phone on windows.
Install windows using boot camp. Problem solved. Best of both worlds then.
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I dont want to install windows as i have a macbook air with 128 gb ssd and dont want to waste 30 gigs on windows since i dont really need windows at all.
the main problem is neither apple nor google is concerned with this matter which kind of sucks. i know there's probably a very less number of people using androids and macs together but i'd still love to see some solid solution.
Yea! I've been living with this problem too! Handshaker is nice. But transfer speeds are damn slow.
Well after 20 years of using Macintosh and about 5 of using android, the only way to get things working properly to install windows. Either using boot camp or parallel desktop emulator. Those are the only two fool proof solutions sadly, like it or not.
I agree, android transfer is completely crap for Mac. Having to disconnect and reconnect all the time in order to get one out of three times it works.
It used to work fine on Sony Z1 using 5.1 but marshmallow seems to be the issue to me.
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Well after 20 years of using Macintosh and about 5 of using android, the only way to get things working properly to install windows. Either using boot camp or parallel desktop emulator. Those are the only two fool proof solutions sadly, like it or not.
I agree, android transfer is completely crap for Mac. Having to disconnect and reconnect all the time in order to get one out of three times it works.
It used to work fine on Sony Z1 using 5.1 but marshmallow seems to be the issue to me.
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Yes and sadly none of the companies are showing us any love, i expect this from apple being stubborn and all but really i dont understand why google hasnt done something.
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Yes and sadly none of the companies are showing us any love, i expect this from apple being stubborn and all but really i dont understand why google hasnt done something.
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This is sad. I gave up my Mac 2 years ago after trying to get a replacement screen for a 2010 Mac book pro and they told me $400. Bought a touchscreen Dell on sale for same price, windows 10 free upgrade, better processor and RAM, SSD, etc... Apple has always made a sleek looking, good product, but their lack of support without shelling or a ton of cash is why i left their desktop/laptop products. Android is why I left their phone products. They will probably never make anything to work with an Android device unless you pay them. Strictly apples to apples (pun intended).
I do hope you find a solution, cause I was thinking about replacing my wife's I Mac with a newer one, but if I can't use it ever, I'm going to find another win 10 machine.
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I just use "File Manager" from cheetah mobile, downloaded from play store. Turn on wifi transfer, type the IP it shows you into your browser or ftp client, transfer files at 10-100x the speed of mtp.
Of course, both devices need to be on the same wifi, which isnt a problem in most cases.
Im sure some other file managers out there have the same function.
noobtoob said:
This is sad. I gave up my Mac 2 years ago after trying to get a replacement screen for a 2010 Mac book pro and they told me $400. Bought a touchscreen Dell on sale for same price, windows 10 free upgrade, better processor and RAM, SSD, etc... Apple has always made a sleek looking, good product, but their lack of support without shelling or a ton of cash is why i left their desktop/laptop products. Android is why I left their phone products. They will probably never make anything to work with an Android device unless you pay them. Strictly apples to apples (pun intended).
I do hope you find a solution, cause I was thinking about replacing my wife's I Mac with a newer one, but if I can't use it ever, I'm going to find another win 10 machine.
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yes exactly i too had a 2010 macbook pro and motherboard died. apple customer service asked to pay 36k inr ($500) usd to get the motherboard replaced. he told me apple doesnt allow them to repair motherboards and they have to replace them. i ended up getting a macbook air but even i've decided when my current mac dies i'll switch over to windows.
PsychoAssasin said:
I just use "File Manager" from cheetah mobile, downloaded from play store. Turn on wifi transfer, type the IP it shows you into your browser or ftp client, transfer files at 10-100x the speed of mtp.
Of course, both devices need to be on the same wifi, which isnt a problem in most cases.
Im sure some other file managers out there have the same function.
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i tried a few apps like this but in the end nothing is going to be as solid as plugging you phone to your pc and start transferring.
bonham1988 said:
yes exactly i too had a 2010 macbook pro and motherboard died. apple customer service asked to pay 36k inr ($500) usd to get the motherboard replaced. he told me apple doesnt allow them to repair motherboards and they have to replace them. i ended up getting a macbook air but even i've decided when my current mac dies i'll switch over to windows.
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That is outrageous! And the unibody design was so easy to work on, seriously, 9 screws and you could do anything your self. The price I was quoted was for just the screen, the installation I was going to do myself. Unfortunately, at the time I was looking, there really weren't better prices floating around. I was finally lucky enough to find a decent priced screen just this year, resurrected my MBP and daughter is using for school.
One day people are finally going to realize everything they (apple) make is from China, costs them nothing to manufacture, then they markup like 400%. People complaining about the EPI-pen lady, but she just took a look at a business model and decided to copy it... I'm personally very happy to give my money to a company like one plus where they obviously markup the price, but just don't rip you off straight out the gate, and then make you pay out the nose if something goes wrong.
Haven't had a single issue with my old OnePlus one, which is also under the control of my daughter, and my three is phenomenal as well. Samsung is also another company I'll never give money to in the phone department. My brand new note 3 bezel broke after I put it in one of the "authorized" cases they had. Asked them to fix, and they tried to charge me a ton of money. But the Samsung TVs, wow, no one can compare, so they've got me hooked there.
After writing all this I guess I'm just becoming some sort of hippie or something. Just tired of the greedy companies taking advantage...
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I use eltima Commander one pro.
This is a File Manager. With mtp Support.
noobtoob said:
That is outrageous! And the unibody design was so easy to work on, seriously, 9 screws and you could do anything your self. The price I was quoted was for just the screen, the installation I was going to do myself. Unfortunately, at the time I was looking, there really weren't better prices floating around. I was finally lucky enough to find a decent priced screen just this year, resurrected my MBP and daughter is using for school.
One day people are finally going to realize everything they (apple) make is from China, costs them nothing to manufacture, then they markup like 400%. People complaining about the EPI-pen lady, but she just took a look at a business model and decided to copy it... I'm personally very happy to give my money to a company like one plus where they obviously markup the price, but just don't rip you off straight out the gate, and then make you pay out the nose if something goes wrong.
Haven't had a single issue with my old OnePlus one, which is also under the control of my daughter, and my three is phenomenal as well. Samsung is also another company I'll never give money to in the phone department. My brand new note 3 bezel broke after I put it in one of the "authorized" cases they had. Asked them to fix, and they tried to charge me a ton of money. But the Samsung TVs, wow, no one can compare, so they've got me hooked there.
After writing all this I guess I'm just becoming some sort of hippie or something. Just tired of the greedy companies taking advantage...
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I agree with you. Companies like oneplus and xiaomi have proved that good products can be made and sold at resonable prices. Samsung is same as apple, they launched note 7 at 60k inr which is equal to 900 usd.
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dasacom said:
I use eltima Commander one pro.
This is a File Manager. With mtp Support.
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Thanks a lot man. You are a life saver. Commander one is brilliant, its working great, transfer speed is great and its extremely customizable. Again thanks a lot man.
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Good to hear you found a solution although you had to pay for it
bonham1988 said:
i tried a few apps like this but in the end nothing is going to be as solid as plugging you phone to your pc and start transferring.
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To each their own. Ive never had a single problem transferring files this way. On the other hand Ive had problems with plugging it in an using mtp, either with drivers or just how ridiculously slow it is.
The wifi method, theres no drivers involved, is about as fast as you can get regarding transfer speed, and I dont even have to get off my chair to find a cable.
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Good to hear you found a solution although you had to pay for it
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I dont mind paying if the solution is rock solid.
Airdroid will do same job.
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Airdroid will do same job.
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I've used airdroid but i didnt really liked the apps interface, i tried a few others (dont remeber the name) apps like it. I'm really loving commander one, its simple and clean and since it supports mtp mode its as easy as it is in windows to tranfer your data.
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