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Android beam SUCKS!

Google screwed android beam, i was super excited to learn android beam had been updated to share pictures and even videos on jellybean, but guess what? android beam just activates bluetooth! and you send pictures and videos using bluetooth they take ages to transfer , how come the galaxy s iii use wifidirect ( with their marketing name "s-beam" ) ? so silly
Isnt there a way to force android beam to use wifi direct instead of bluetooth?

WiFi direct is in there along with Android beam
Samsungs S3 brings all three
WiFi direct
Android beam
S Beam
-Google

My friend has a galaxy s3 and i have the gnex and we shared pics no problem, especially speed..
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DerAmi said:
My friend has a galaxy s3 and i have the gnex and we shared pics no problem, especially speed..
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Is your friend's S3 running jelly bean?? I thought picture sharing was only available with Jelly Bean if you're using GNex's beam feature. I understand the S3 has S Beam but that won't work if you try to pair with a GNex, right?

Yep he is. You guys really should do research before creating forum topics.. Android beam uses NFC not Bluetooth. S-beam while yes using WiFi direct, the s3 also has the ability to share content through NFC.
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Where is the Wifi Direct setting in JB? I don't see it.
Nvm...found it in the Wifi settings.
I have to agree Android Beam is stupid slow. It took almost a full minute to transfer a 2mb image from one GNex to another.
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Chad_Petree said:
Google screwed android beam, i was super excited to learn android beam had been updated to share pictures and even videos on jellybean, but guess what? android beam just activates bluetooth! and you send pictures and videos using bluetooth they take ages to transfer , how come the galaxy s iii use wifidirect ( with their marketing name "s-beam" ) ? so silly
Isnt there a way to force android beam to use wifi direct instead of bluetooth?
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is your NFC even turned on? How about try going to settings>more>(check) NFC and you can see Andriod Bean via NFC

It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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Maybe not 2... but less than 10. 1 MB/s isn't unreasonable though so yeah, he probably does expect that.
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DerAmi said:
It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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That's just the antenna isn't it?
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DerAmi said:
Yep he is. You guys really should do research before creating forum topics.. Android beam uses NFC not Bluetooth. S-beam while yes using WiFi direct, the s3 also has the ability to share content through NFC.
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Maybe you should do some research as well.
In Jellybean:
Android Beam uses NFC as a matchmaker and transfer for basic things like URLs. For images, it is a matchmaker for BT.
NFC initiates connection and BT transfers.
NFC is too slow to transfer images. Are you really going to hold your devices together while you transfer a ~3+mb image for that long?
Max speed for NFC (standardized) 424Kbps. Slowest is 106. I have no idea which speed the Gnex uses, but its probably NOT the top end speed.

DerAmi said:
It is a chip stored in a battery do you expect it to take 2 seconds to transfer?
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NFC antenna is in the battery. Not the NFC hardware itself.

3devious said:
Maybe not 2... but less than 10. 1 MB/s isn't unreasonable though so yeah, he probably does expect that.
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I've transferred several mb images in a few seconds from my Gnex to N7. However it is wonky. The matchmaking process has issues. It took me 4 tries to get it to work to my N7, and Gnex to Gnex, it hasn't worked at all.

And your point? A radio needs an antenna does it not? It's supposed to be used to share light files not megabits of files. It may not be much, but again were talking about something slower than Bluetooth.
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DerAmi said:
And your point? A radio needs an antenna does it not? It's supposed to be used to share light files not megabits of files. It may not be much, but again were talking about something slower than Bluetooth.
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Maybe you missed the features of Jellybean.
http://mashable.com/2012/06/29/jelly-bean-android-beam/
My point is, IT IS for transferring pictures but the transmission medium is not NFC like you said.
It uses Bluetooth.
Also, my point about the antenna being in the battery, not the NFC chip, is to correct your mostly wrong information in this thread. You can't be going and telling people to research while you post incorrect information yourself.

The SGSIII uses Android Beam with Wifi Direct and calls it S-Beam....so there has to be a way to do the same with the GNEX!
Btw when I tried transferring an image to a SGSIII, it popped up with an error about not supporting such a big file or something. But it transferred fine GNEX to GNEX.
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Elisha said:
The SGSIII uses Android Beam with Wifi Direct and calls it S-Beam....so there has to be a way to do the same with the GNEX!
Btw when I tried transferring an image to a SGSIII, it popped up with an error about not supporting such a big file or something. But it transferred fine GNEX to GNEX.
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Not without surgery. S-Beam uses wifi-direct as the matchmaker, Android Beam uses BT. It would likely take changes to the source code to fix it, and I don't believe Android Beam is completely open source.

Dear OP
You don' t say something sucks unless that item/services trully really sucks. In this case your GN since it's you that seems to have issues with it.
As far as Android Beam is concern everthing works fine. Perhaps it's time to get yours check?

Would like to take a sec to thank adrynalyne for clearing up misinformation all over these forums posted by people who have no clue what there talking about.
That is all.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
Would like to take a sec to thank adrynalyne for clearing up misinformation all over these forums posted by people who have no clue what there talking about.
That is all.
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Yes! thank you adrylyne, perhaps people should make their own research before they say my nexus is broken lol , or that android beam doesnt use bluetooth to transfer files

ATT Note II work with allshare cast dongle?

Can anyone confirm??

Yes it does. I tried it on my note 10.1 and note 2. Not rooted by the way.
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Android3220 said:
Yes it does. I tried it on my note 10.1 and note 2. Not rooted by the way.
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Thanks! Do you know if it mirrors all apps? Ideally I would like to use it to play rented google play movies on my big screen.

I just tried and it's a no go. It's not working at all since I rooted with the multi view add-on. Device dhcp error. Seems like I need the 4.2 update as someone pointed out. I'll try messing around and see if it works.
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Android3220 said:
Yes it does. I tried it on my note 10.1 and note 2. Not rooted by the way.
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Android3220,
Question for you. When you reset your allshare cast dongle does it turn blue for quite a while or does it turn back to red pretty quickly. Mine turns back to red pretty quickly. I tried connection from my note 2 within 2 mins after reset like the instructions told me to and it still doesn't work.

need for speed most wanted

I can't find it in the play store. Is this game incompatible with this nexus 7? If so that sucks

Guitarboarder28 said:
I can't find it in the play store. Is this game incompatible with this nexus 7? If so that sucks
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Search it on Google the click on the play store link and open in play store, if its incompatible it will tell you
Sent from a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away........

It's incompatible right now complain on fire monkey's website to get them to update it for us
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Guitarboarder28 said:
I can't find it in the play store. Is this game incompatible with this nexus 7? If so that sucks
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ragnarok12 said:
It's incompatible right now complain on fire monkey's website to get them to update it for us
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You can try and make a TiBu from another device...and restore to nexus. Should work.
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Unfortunately, from other reports from users, it works but all the textures are completely blacked out, like they're missing. I made a complaint thread on Fire Monkey's website to ask them to fix it.
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ragnarok12 said:
Unfortunately, from other reports from users, it works but all the textures are completely blacked out, like they're missing. I made a complaint thread on Fire Monkey's website to ask them to fix it.
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awesome thanks

It works great on galaxy tab 3 8
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Guys, yeah it won't work yet but Real racing 3 by ea is awesome and works perfectly on the new nex.. It is a good reaching have to hold you over.
And by the way, who cares if it pays on another device? Not sure why that was mentioned.
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Richieboy67 said:
Guys, yeah it won't work yet but Real racing 3 by ea is awesome and works perfectly on the new nex.. It is a good reaching have to hold you over.
And by the way, who cares if it pays on another device? Not sure why that was mentioned.
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Because it plays on a device thats made by samsung and it doesnt on a device google is selling.

I TiBu'ed from my Evo 4g LTE which is the adreno version and it works fine on my N7. I suspect texture issues are because ppl might be pulling it from non-adreno devices and trying to use it with the N7

I pulled mine off of my Galaxy S4, which is Adreno. I get the texture issue. I tried an apk I downloaded and that worked just fine. Strange.
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lacrossev said:
I TiBu'ed from my Evo 4g LTE which is the adreno version and it works fine on my N7. I suspect texture issues are because ppl might be pulling it from non-adreno devices and trying to use it with the N7
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Cool, thanks for confirming that!! I've got a couple Evo LTEs with Most Wanted installed, so I'll pull a Titanium Backup from one of those an see how it goes!!
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stanglifemike said:
Cool, thanks for confirming that!! I've got a couple Evo LTEs with Most Wanted installed, so I'll pull a Titanium Backup from one of those an see how it goes!!
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It fc'ed on me the first time I tried to launch but I cleared data for it and it works great now
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What does Nexus 7 hotspot do?

I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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MeS117 said:
I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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INNNNteresting... the Nexus 7 2012 has that feature removed on the 3G model - much to everyone's annoyance. I wonder if this means I'll be put back in on the 2013 model...

TheWerewolf said:
INNNNteresting... the Nexus 7 2012 has that feature removed on the 3G model - much to everyone's annoyance. I wonder if this means I'll be put back in on the 2013 model...
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If the Wi-Fi only model has it, I don't see why not.
Still want to figure out the purpose of this though.
I have actually been looking for something that would allow me to tether from a wireless connection.
Not that I say that stealing WiFi is good, when I go to hotels, I can often spoof my mac address to gain connectivity to the network. Wondering if I can spoof address on my nexus, then tether to my laptop, even though this could just as easily be done on my laptop.
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It extends the WiFi signal like a repeater
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richarddwyer10 said:
It extends the WiFi signal like a repeater
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No. It doesn't.

I really don't know what purpose it would serve on a n7 WiFi. I use it in reverse, I will create a hotspot on my LTE phone so the n7 can piggyback on that when I don't have WiFi available.

you can use it to create a LAN and transfer files between devices...at very fast speeds...

illthrill said:
you can use it to create a LAN and transfer files between devices...at very fast speeds...
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I already use superbeam, which does a great job already. Not sure what other uses it could have.
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It s for the nexus 7 coming out...
Or maybe connect a TV and transfer movies from the nexus to your TV.

swisstourist said:
It s for the nexus 7 coming out...
Or maybe connect a TV and transfer movies from the nexus to your TV.
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LOL. This is turning into a 'what I would like for the hotspot function to do' thread
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Mine worked two days not now
MeS117 said:
I have the WiFi only variant and under networking options in settings, I am given the option to tether. I tried it out, and it created a hotspot which I recognized with my phone.
What is the purpose of this? To share WiFi that other devices have access to already? Maybe as a network repeater?
Would really like to know the answer.
Thank you!
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My hotspot worked this way two days ago but now when started then original wifi connection is lost by the nexus?
Any ideas what I may have changed?

negroplasty said:
No. It doesn't.
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It could be for remote wireless charging, via your Qi. A little known feature called Wi-Qi.
jk LOL

chrisjmart said:
My hotspot worked this way two days ago but now when started then original wifi connection is lost by the nexus?
Any ideas what I may have changed?
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I have noticed this too. I remember it would maintain WiFi connection with tether enabled, now it doesn't. Not sure if its due to the JSS15Q update or that I recently flashed Bulletproof kernel.
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Monitor mode???

Im just wondering if anyone has been able to put any of the tab 3s into monitor mode like you can with the gs2 using bcmon. Without having to get bt5
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jsowen321 said:
Im just wondering if anyone has been able to put any of the tab 3s into monitor mode like you can with the gs2 using bcmon. Without having to get bt5
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Oooh I'm telling, your trying to crack a WiFi network, bad, bad boy. Probably not or at least no method I have seen yet and I am constantly on the boards over at AirCrack. Your better off going with a Nexus tablet for that kind of thing, works flawlessly on my Nexus 10 and my buddies Nexus 7 v2. The LG G Pad is also a good tablet for such things, just make sure to get the Google Play Edition. If you have an old Samsung Galaxy S2 laying around they also make a really good phone for BCMON, use CM 10.1 or above on it and you won't have any problems.