yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xoom General] atoy74:
Battery life estimates for the Thunderbolt are in the neighborhood of 4hrs due to Verizon's LTE 4G. There is no way to disable the battery draining 4G.

How would this affect our Xoom's? I think the general consensus is that the Xoom has "very good" battery performance but that's on 3G. Maybe it's not worth doing the free upgrade right away???

Just throwing that out there.
[Xoom General] Elysian893:
Snapdragon has never had good battery life to begin with.
[Xoom General] ericdabbs:
You don't have to worry since the 4G upgrade won't happen until around June and that is only what is speculated. Assuming June is the time frame to send back your xoom, Verizon should be coming up with a solution the 4G battery drain problem.

A few 4G smartphones are coming out in april (Motorola Droid Bionic, Samsung Charge, LG Revolution) which should give Verizon more feedback to see if these new devices are also draining battery like crazy using 4G. The hope is that by June/July, Verizon should have pinpointed the problem and have a fix by then whether that is small or big as long as there is progress.

Keep in mind that HTC is not known for its great battery life. Hopefully the Droid Bionic coming out in April does well since that is the phone I am planning to get and switch from Sprint to Verizon.
[Xoom General] Wobblin30:
You can disable 4G threw an app called Network by Phillip Magelow. I have the Thunderbolt and 4G on it sucks the battery like no other. Plus, HTC is known for not having the best battery life (had an Eris and it sucked). Juice Defender and PowerMax have helped quite a bit.
[Xoom General] poisike:
I don't believe that 4G has much to do with the HTC Thunderbolts bad battery performance.

I have a HTC Desire HD, it doesn't have 4G and it's battery lasts maybe 4,5hrs of continuous use.
[Xoom General] atoy74:
Yeah, I figured that most people on XDA would figure out how to disable 4G but I was mainly considering the avg Joe.

Let's see if Moto/Verizon figure it out. To date I'm a little surprised we haven't seem more OTA updates.
[Xoom General] wynand32:
I don't know that this is unique to LTE, either. I know that Wimax on my Sprint Epic also kills the battery life.

However, I'd imagine the impact on the Xoom would be less visible, since the Xoom has such better battery life to begin with.
[Xoom General] atoy74:
Yes, all 4G technologies are battery hogs right now. The difference is you can disable Wimax and live on 3G if you wanted. That's what I do with my Evo. I treat Wimax just like wifi...I enable it when needed. LTE (as of now) cannot be easily disabled.

As for impact on the Xoom, I'd tend to agree with you. BUT, if you're device drops for 8hrs of constant use to 6hrs, I'm sure many people would complain.
[Xoom General] p-slim:
There is an app that turns it off with a push of a button, how much easier do you want it
[Xoom General] khov07:
Well, there's a few factors here that should be taken into consideration before getting your panties in a twist...

First, you can turn the 4G radio on or off on the TB, either by using an app or dialing into the test menu. I have no doubt the same will be possible on the Xoom. Second, VZ's LTE coverage isn't everywhere, so it may be a moot point for some folks anyway. Third, even if LTE is available in your area, some may not care to send their Xoom to Moto for the upgrade, even if it is free. Example- I hardly use the 4G radio on my EVO, though it was a big sellling point for me when I first acquired it. The only time I really use it is when browsing YouTube, or for wireless tethering (but of course YMMV).

Either way, nothing to get 'em in a twist over, eh?
[Xoom General] Adapt0r:
It is known fact that faster modem consumes more power. Bandwidth is directly translated into power requirement.

However, because of larger battery modem energy consumption for Xoom may be only 5-10% of total energy available in the battery while that ratio might be 15-25% for the Thunderbolt having smaller battery.

I wouldn't worry about it for Xoom. Besides you can save it switching to Geico (or 3G).
[Xoom General] martonikaj:
Keep in mind that its not just the 4g radio that's draining the thunderbolts battery. It has a huge screen, fast processor, and a tiny tiny tiny battery (around 1250mAh?). Case in point the Evo 4g had crappy battery life even staying on 3g with a larger battery than the TB.

From what I can tell the screen is by and large the hugest drain on the Xooms battery, LTE will of course have more drain, but it won't affect it as much as it does on a phone I don't think.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cfhuk:
Hi Guys,

I've had a search around and can't find an answer to this so far. I'm still looking though.

There is a seller offering the Atrix 4G in the UK. As far as I know, the bands are compatible for 2G and 3G. I don't expect 4G to work as the UK is only auctioning off the 4G spectrum next year.

I want to find out if the phone will update itself in the UK, OTA or WiFi, I'm not bothered which.

The seller has 50 of these to sell, all "unlocked and without carrier affiliations". Will this allow me to do things like sideloading .APK files that AT&T has blocked on their devices?

has anyone got any experience using an Atrix in the UK?

My other options for handsets are the Incredible S and the Optimus 2x, although I'm liking the huge battery and qHD display on the Atrix.

I'm selling a Nexus S if anyone is interested. It's on ebay, seller cfhuk. I'll waive the postage for XDA and MoDaCo members, and this has also been posted in the ebay section of the forum. Sorry if saying this here breaks the rules. I linked it in the ebay section.

Thanks all.

Chris.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bimmerboii:
It is compatible in the uk. I have a friend who uses it on vodafone. Works both 2g & 3g
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] noobsmacker:
when i turn the wifi on it saids turning wifi on then error so restart phone and still dont work i tryed a diffrent froyo and still dont work and tryd to reinstall it any idea on how to fix it thank you
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Krazy-Killa:
What Kernel are you using, and did you apply the wifi patch if you're using 2.6.25 kernel.

If you're using 2.6.32, did you apply the androidupdate file associated with the kernel?

Need more information...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] noobsmacker:
ok i got wifi to work but when i get clsoe to wifi box i only get one bar how do i fix this
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] -Arturo-:
Buy a wireless router and stop stealing your neighbour's bandwitch:)

Jokes aside, how far away are you from the wifi router?

I usually get two bars when I'm close to my router and by close I mean from 5cm to 3 meters. I rarely get the full signal...it probably could be improved by kernel/modules but the downside would be shorter battery life.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Krazy-Killa:
There are numerous reasons why you only have 1 bar for wifi. It could be interference with other wifi routers in the area, using a crowded channel, bad antenna.

But I doubt it's the wifi on the phone, unless the antenna for it is damaged...

Experiment, try different channels on your router to see if you get a stronger signal, move the router around the room, and check the antennas as well.

Hope this helps. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] noobsmacker:
its not my thing it worked fine on fianl dark i got all the bars i went to froyo because i dont get the close error anymore and froyo is faster and dont lag when do you thing they will fix thr problem
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roly.Poly:
Hi all,

I'm currently running SyndicateROM DI18 and have held off on flashing new ROMs until SyndicateROM Frozen came out. It's now out, and I'm a little uneasy about the steps I need to go through to install it. Could somebody outline all the steps that I need to take to go from DI18 Syndicate to EC05 SyndicateFrozen?? I have an idea as to what I need to do, but I want to be completely sure of what I'm doing before I do it.

Thanks so much!

I'd also like to thank all the developers that have worked so hard to make our phones awesome!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
you can do it a couple of different ways. you can odin to di18 stock and accept the ota for ec05. you can also odin to eb13 and then odin the modem to ec05. some people are having better luck going from eb13 than ec05. either way you take run the one click root for eb13 with cwm3. boot into cwm and once the conversion is complete flash the rom before you reboot.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ma$etas:
+1 and you should definately upgrade to the new rom as it is great even though some users are having some issues with it but nothing really major.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Roly.Poly:
Ended up Odin ing to EB13 that was pre-rooted with CWM3, then flashed the EC05 Modem and then flashed the SyndicateFrozen ROM. Everything works perfectly, and boy is it fast! :)

Thanks for the help!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musclehead84:
No problem I'm glad you got it working. It is a nice rom.

Sent From My Evo Killer!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] docflower:
Has anyone run Andromeda 3 and Dragon? Im curious what the side by side is like...Speed, Battery life, and GPS specifically.

Cheers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
Each rom can and has run differently depending on the phone it is loaded on.

We dont do compare roms threads as they tend to lead to flame wars. The best bet would be to try them out yourself and then make your choice.
[Dell Streak 7] graffixnyc:
Hey guys..

DJ Steve has been working on modifying the DS7 boot image.. He's playing with the CPU clock settings.. we might possibly get OC but he cant test since he doesnt have a device, and I cant test until I get my new device.. so if there is a brave soul here that would like to give it a shot come to freenode chat #dellstreak7
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
I'm not at home but willing to try. Post the file I'll test it! I can get out of here about 3pm

From my CM7 UrBan Glacier
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Graffix ill be home at 4eastern and will give it a go hopefully he is on
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Also I've been tossing the idea around to send Steve my s7 and buying another. I would need help covering shipping. Not worried about the device. I see it as a long term investment. See what he has done with the og streak. Imagine the tegra powered s7. Hmmm anybody wanna pitch in? Just an idea right now
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
How can I help?

From my CM7 UrBan Glacier
[Dell Streak 7] Hellzya:
Send me money. I'll post something up later stand by
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
Paypal?

From my CM7 UrBan Glacier
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
KI

I would but my internal memory is read only. Im screwed. I cant flash anything it keeps reverting back.
[Dell Streak 7] djUniversal:
@Hellzya

Just throw up a donate link and let's see if the community will get him one. We have all benefited from his work and it's amazing he's done so much without a device. Just imagine.....

Edit:

Sorry, should have checked the forum first before I posted like an idiot: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1013961
[Dell Streak 7] lou0611:
I would donate, but I cant get DS7 out of read only mode, Im sending it back and going to sell the new one I get.... Ive had it with dell sorry, I would have benn more then happy to donate.
[Dell Streak 7] jeffro911:
I am willing to do some testing.
[Dell Streak 7] thatruth132:
Same here since I think I can avoid most bricks
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
Give me this error in ("extractrd_file_boot.img" . /tmp/boot.img")

(status7)

Instalation aborted

But I get the bat the airplane and the vibrate mods

Forget to full wipe but the mods are nice! Maybe thats the error! O.o

From my CM7 UrBan Glacier
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
Non of the screenshoot apps seems to work sorry
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
Getting this

From my CM7 UrBan Glacier
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
Ok! Getting this!
[Dell Streak 7] KenpoAP:
After this
[Dell Streak 7] vetvito:
Im willing to help
[HTC Inspire 4G] zswielder:
Hi,

Just today my bitdefender popped up saying it blocked a virus.

Virus Name: Exploit.Android.Lotoor.C

Accessed by SearchProtocolHost.exe

Location: C:\......ace-hack-kit-v002\tools\root\rage

I'm guessing this is just a false alarm, but I wanted to ask here just to be safe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
Please post Questions in general.

You are fine rage shows up as a virus, but its not.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zswielder:
Oh. I just assumed this was the right place to post it because this is a file included in the very hack kit made available in this section and this is where I got it.

Anyhow, thanks. I feel at ease now :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] budco2000:
this is the reason a lot of people are unsuccessful in rooting there device. I discovered when unzipping the hack kit, "Rage" was automatically deleted out the the folder on some computers. So when you go to run to terminal on your phone and "Rage" is not found, is because it was not pushed to the device being it did not exist anymore. I had a spyware program do it to me, took a minute to find which program was actually deleting "rage" when uncompressed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Just like the others said, it is a false alarm. A lot of programs see this exploit as a potential virus, but it is in no way malicious.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
This would be why the tutorial states to disable ANY virus protection, malware detection, etc., before starting this process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] AvengerBB:
Of course it is, it exploits an OS vulnerability just like a virus - just not to Windows PCs.

It's interesting how many people post about root methods showing up in their virus scanners. It goes to show how many people follow steps without really understanding what it is they are doing.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
It's an exploit, but not a malicious piece of code. It is not meant to cause harm to your system.
[HTC Inspire 4G] vinkrins:
Yes It's a virus,

check on microsoft.com

Technical Information (Analysis)

Exploit:Unix/Lotoor is a detection for specially-crafted Android programs that attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in the Android operating system to gain root privilege.

Installation

Exploit:Unix/Lotoor is dropped and installed by TrojanSpy:AndroidOS/DroidDream.A. Once installed, the exploit is present as the following names:

rageagainstthecage

exploid

Payload

Allows root access

When run, Exploit:Unix/Lotoor allow a remote attacker to gain administrator privilege to the device running Android operation system.

Connects to a remote website

Exploit:Unix/Lotoor decrypts the name of a remote server provided by TrojanSpy:AndroidOS/DroidDream.A such as "184.105.245.17". The server address is used to send user identifiable data from the affected mobile device.

Additional Information

For more information about TrojanSpy:AndroidOS/DroidDream.A, see the description elsewhere in the encyclopedia.

pls check it on microsoft or google about "Exploit Android Lotoor":
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
ROFLMAO! Thanks, this post made my morning!
[HTC Inspire 4G] riprowan:
Let's reassess

The report says that the exploit attempts to contact a remote server and send personal information to it. That does not sound inocuous at all. Is this true? :mad:
[HTC Inspire 4G] donniesd:
What virus program are you using?
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
droiddream =/= rage/rageagainstthecage

droid dream, or droid dream lite is malware, but and I will say this as clearly as possible IT IS NOT RAGE, OR RAGEAGAINSTTHECAGE.

Rage is a fork bomb, read up on it http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1103760.html

droid dream is malware that is embedding itself into apps on the app market.... two completely and utterly different things.
[HTC Inspire 4G] metaldood:
You must be crazy to believe everything that your AV tells you. Be smart in judging which file is a virus. Dr. Web flagged Visionary tool on my phone as Trojan which I know it is not.

Sent by Satan from Mordor using XDA Premium App
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dongimin2:
Is it possible? Thanks.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] k4ce:
Highly doubt it ... mostly no ... but why would you want to do it anyway ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qzfive:
Since the recent Gingerbread test leak for the Desire Z is... well, a test... would the HBOOT included be an engineering HBOOT? I don't want to try it myself in case it isn't an engineering one and won't be able to downgrade :(
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdKeys:
Rmk has already compiled the test rom into a zip flashable from recovery that does not include the hboot. You need to go to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1012763
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qzfive:
I know he's already done that (already flashed it :P), I'm just wondering if the HBOOT included is engineering or not, so I could flash it the PC10IMG.zip way.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mchao92:
I was updating with the OTA because I was prompted by my phone, and when it went into recovery, I would get an error

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted

What can I do about this?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franciscojavierleon:
Don't update, you will lose root therefore any mods on the phone can't be done.

Anyway, it seems your download of the update was damaged, you would need to download it again.
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1010807

stock freex10 had 128k cache

changed mine to 3072k

increased my read/write from 3.8/17.2 to 6.1/68.3

gallery loads super quick now. quick and easy change, excellent improvements.

try it out.

Simple Step by step guide to avoid adb, init scripts and what not:

Download SD Tools

Download Script Manager

Download GScript Lite

Run SD Tools to get a baseline of your read/write on your SD Card

Use root explorer and browse to: /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0

Open 'read_ahead_kb' in text editor

Change the value (128) to 1024 and save the file

Test the result with SD Tools

Change the value to 2048 and save the file

Retest

Try 3072 and 4096, testing each

Out of the 4, pick the one that had the best result.

Whether you are on 2.1 or 2.2, find where 'echo' is, it will either be in /system/bin or system/xbin

Copy this script

#!/system/bin/sh
if [ -e /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb ]
then
/system/[COLOR="Blue"]xbin[/COLOR]/echo "[COLOR="Red"]128[/COLOR]" > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb;
fi;

Open GScript, menu > add script

Past the code into the body of the new script

Name it 'sdcardspeed'

If echo is in bin on your rom, change the script where it's marked in blue. Change the value marked red to the value you had the best result with.

Save the script

From the main screen on GScript, long press the Script you just created and Save to SD

Close Gscript

Open Script Manager

Click the script you just saved to the SD Card

Check Run as Root

Check Run at Boot

Save

Reboot
[XPERIA X10 General] abdurahman:
did you use version 1 or version 2 of the tweak??
[XPERIA X10 General] InternationalPlayer71:
did you create the script to do it permanent or only change it manualy?
[XPERIA X10 General] mrljlamon:
just use the app sd card speed booster its easier.

the change seems to have an effect on the performance of the launcher tho

im using cm6 v53
[XPERIA X10 General] Tri3Dent:
I can't find sd card speed booster in the market..
[XPERIA X10 General] Neo.:
Really? but I presume this eats away the performance of the Card/Phone? Less Battery life? (More process?)
[XPERIA X10 General] InternationalPlayer71:
Thanks mate..i tried it..it's very easy and it works perfectly!!
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
i used version 1, but you have to change the "xbin" to "bin". then saved the script to my sdcard and used script manager to have it run at boot.
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
does sd card speed booster allow you to select what size cache to use? different cards will have different results from different cache sizes.

i would change the value manually and use sd tools to test a range of values. i tested 1024, 2048, 3072 and 4096. 3072 had the best results on my card.
[XPERIA X10 General] InternationalPlayer71:
yes..sd card speed booster allow you to select the size..from 128 to 4096!!
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
Then i wonder why it lags launcher then. Thats wierd. This script just changes the cache value at boot. Nothing else running. Sd card speed booster must be doing something else.
[XPERIA X10 General] reptile64:
on stock 2.1 where is this init.d folder?? I've searched everywhere
[XPERIA X10 General] cos000:
Hello

On my X10i it refuses to work

I made like you but have I to select run as root in script manager?

It also says: Syntax error: "fi" unexpected (expecting "then")

What does it mean?
[XPERIA X10 General] cos000:
I solved

I put "then" before "fi;" and it exit with code 0 (seems correct)...
[XPERIA X10 General] abdurahman:
i put it in init.d, and changed xbin to bin, and put att permissions, but the speed stays the same, i'm on wolfbreak's 2.2 rom, what did i do wrong?
[XPERIA X10 General] cos000:
Hello

I made like you and it was still not working.

So I used script manager and I edited the file in init.d: I put "then" before of "fi;".

Then I checked "Run as root" and "Run as boot", after I pushed on "Run" and now it works. It must say "Exit code 0" when you push on Run.
[XPERIA X10 General] abdurahman:
hey can you put the script on here, cause i dont want to make any mistakes on this

okay I tried editing it and I put then before fi, now it says syntax error: "then" unexpected (expecting "fi"), I don't get it

edit 2: okay now I took off then and kept it how it was, clicked run on script editor and it said exit code 0, so I guess it worked, the sd card is definitely faster! write didn't increase much but read increased from 7mb to 10.4 haha
[XPERIA X10 General] FuSiOnZ:
does this work in 2.1.0.435?
[XPERIA X10 General] tdiddy1987:
cant you ujust flash those files they made through xrecovery the same way that they do with clockworkmod?

edit -- i looked further and found my answer there, i wasnt the only one thinking it lol my bad
[XPERIA X10 General] BULL3TPR00F:
what size and class sd card do you have?
[XPERIA X10 General] batman_112:
I can't find SD Card Booster in the market either.

EDIT: The app is only available for Android 2.2+. So if you are running 2.1 you will not be able to install it.
[XPERIA X10 General] BULL3TPR00F:
what size/class sd card do you have and what ROM are you running?
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
i have an 8gb class 4 card.

i'm currently running a modded freex10

2.1 roms can have the script in init.d and it will run at boot. 2.2+ will need script manager to run it at boot (easiest method).

2.1 roms, check to see if echo is in bin or xbin, change the script accordingly.
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
added a guide on OP
[XPERIA X10 General] BULL3TPR00F:
for anyone having issues using script manager its working perfect on mine.

running FreeX10 CM7 RC2 v012a, this is my script:

#!/system/xbin/sh
if [ -e /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb ]
then
/system/xbin/echo "[COLOR="Red"]3072[/COLOR]" > /sys/devices/virtual/bdi/179:0/read_ahead_kb;
then
fi;

Just change the number in red to whatever value you found works best with ur sd card.
[XPERIA X10 General] BULL3TPR00F:
good guide... wish you had it up about 2 hours ago while i was troubleshooting mine lol but i got it to work anyways...

your guide should help out those not so familiar with scripts
[XPERIA X10 General] indesisiv:
Works great. So far seems to be faster ... increased my speeds from 6 write 25 read to:

10.7 write 52.3 read :D
[XPERIA X10 General] chiefy009:
Looking forward to trying this can I just past the script into gscript and execute ?
[XPERIA X10 General] svtfmook:
yes, but you will have to go into gscript and run it after every boot. script manager will allow it to auto-execute at start up.

the read_ahead_kb file reverts back to 128k every boot due to hard coding in the rom/kernel. that's why it needs to be changed at every boot.