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Oooh, I'm anticipa-pating its arrival! ![Jig | [Dance]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
Lest you ask, my dance club client is looking at setting these up for the "couches" to communicate with the bill acceptor, credit card reader, and other hardware that hangs off each device. So I get to play with some nifty hardware and help him write the interface software -- web services, etc. We're looking at either Ruby or node.js (rather than native C++) for handling all the device I/O and calls to the club's server. Should be quite the learning curve!
Marc
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Are these "couches" the dancers? 
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snorkie wrote: Are these "couches" the dancers?
No  They're booths or actual couches.
Marc
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Got one a month or so ago and the are awesome, a couple of tips;
1) Use a power supply with 2A, it's very picky. The Wal-wart they offer 5V 2A for $9..95 is a good deal.
2) It's a little picky about uSD I used a Transend 8GB and it didn't work had to go out and get a Sans.
Good luck and have fun, they are a lot of fun!
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Mike Hankey wrote: Good luck and have fun, they are a lot of fun!
Thanks, and thanks for the tips!
Marc
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You're welcome!
I don't know whether you've started researching yet but the BBB uses Device Trees to describe hardware clickity[^], there are quite a few tutorials on the subject.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Marc Clifton wrote: Lest you ask, my dance club client is looking at setting these up for the "couches"...
I wonder how they intend to drunk proof the hardware.
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You've heard the expression "wrapped in plastic"! Signing/typing in a pin to pay the bill could be an issue!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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My wife has a Samsung Galaxy S3 with an old version of Android installed.
It is from a Spanish phone company that looks like doesn't want to update the OS for that phone...
I've seen there are methods like the one CyanogenMod is offering to install a new OS version there.
It looks like all are advantages... but... have you done that? should I have something clear before starting doing that? any advice or recommendation? A good tool to be able to make a full backup and restore the phone to the backup if something fails?
There's plenty of information in the Internet, but too much information is like no information at all...
Thank you in advance!
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I would make sure before making any changes that using Cyanogen doesn't void the warranty.
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I have the S4. Mine updates automatically (prompts first) with no issues at all.
Go to Settings >> More >> About Device >> Software Update, and check if the settings are set for updating.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
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Joan,
If there is not an update available for your phone, Cyanogen is a great option. I have run it on an old (shipped with 2.3) HTC Thunderboldt, an HP Touch pad (still am there), and recently put it on an HTC One. I have not put it on an S3 or S4, but the steps are similar.
The best place I have found for each of them is http://forum.xda-developers.com/[^] to get the most current and complete steps. They are also VERY good at answering questions there when you may have made a slight mistake.
To do it:
0) Find the forum for your device
1) Find the root/ROM section for your device
2) Read the instructions for doing it from start to finish
3) download the recommended files (Biggest choice is ROM Manager, both Clockwork Mod and TWRP are really good. I just started using TWRP and think I like it better.)
4) Read the instructions for doing it from start to finish
5) Read them again just to be safe
6) Start with step one and move through them sequentially.
7) Only clear/wipe when directed
8) Only reboot when directed
It is really not very difficult once you have done it once, but a mistake can then cost you a LOT of time to figure out and get fixed. (My son grabbed the wrong version of clockwork mod because he didn't read ALL of the instructions before starting and lost access to the SDCard portion of the memory for about 4 days on an HP Touchpad.) It seems that it is much less likely that you can brick a device permanently than it used to be.
Good luck! The custom ROMs take up much less space and give you much better access to your device. I was able to run WireShark on mine the other day to solve an issue that arose. 
Don
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I second your post and link - even if I have never tried it myself - but xda was the only site providing me with useful help about android so far.
I'd add:
-1) Make a backup of your data.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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Joan Murt wrote: t is from a Spanish phone company that looks like doesn't want to update the OS for that phone...
If you ever bring Kies to work, you can upgrade the android OS independently from the cell phone company layer. But this requires Kies to work, which I have never ever managed to do (Samsung S1, Samsung S3, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1).
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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The Word of the Day is Intransigence.
A Watch window in the Visual Studio debugger is showing "The runtime has refused to evaluate the expression at this time".
It's not saying it can't. It's saying it won't.
Maybe the Rise of the Machines doesn't start with a bang. Maybe it starts with lots and lots of petty little tantrums.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Warnings have been issuing such statements for a long time now ... if only we would let them turned on ! We won't have any excuse when Skynet wreaks havoc.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Entropy isn't what it used to.
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How old is your PC? Are you sure it isn't entering it's teenage years? 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I guess the PC's are ageing quicker nowadays. A 1 year old pc is likely already in it's puberty while a five year old one is practically dead 
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Well, well, my almost 5-year old PC is far from dead. I mean what happen to upgrade? A little more RAM, new video-card and some HDD and the PC turned from old-aged to modern usable PC, although it is not a gaming beast.
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By the time they rise they may just show some human traits and suffer from moodiness every now and again.
So: "at this time" may not be a permanent condition.
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This happens when you are not nice with your PC.
Take it out for dinner, buy it some nice flowers and give it a lot of chocolates.
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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Funnily enough I gave it a boot and it started working again.
The carrot or the stick? Hmmm.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I gave it a boot
and you call that treating it nice?  I usually do that after yelling at it and pounding on the keyboard.
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