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[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Most likely yes...
[G Tablet General] mtnbkr:
is there someting special about root explorer? i have ifilemanager and didn't see these files, BUT i still get a significant power drain while sleeping.
[G Tablet General] shadowhawk2020:
Vegan's gingerbread Rom does still have those files, I used this trick and it has gotten my battery a lot of extra time on it.
[G Tablet General] shadowhawk2020:
I am thinking rootexplorer shows hidden files.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
I have used root explorer forever so I am not really sure... I remember early on astro vs re and there were some problems with astro saving changes. I highly recommend root explorer.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Glad to hear!
[G Tablet General] ~JohnnyB~:
I just setup my tablet up per your instructions. It will be interesting to see how well it responds.

Thank you.
[G Tablet General] tekrhino:
Trying this out on CM7.0.2 Stable

Will report back!
[G Tablet General] weaselman:
Have vegan 5.1 and used root explorer and still can't see the files.
[G Tablet General] Mikawo:
People are reporting that this is working, but it seems everyone is going off of the battery indicator (which can become inaccurate). Has anyone tried leaving the tablet on from full charge to empty using this mod and timed it?
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
definitely not...too much work. Let us know what you find though. :) while you are timing it I will be on my third day without charging this bad boy.
[G Tablet General] HTung:
Me.

My result last night: 5% for 7 hour.
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
am I missing something here? While this is a great fix for those that keep it on while literally sleeping, why not power it off and let it rest while you do?

Just asking...is there a reason to leave it on all the time?
[G Tablet General] schettj:
It's supposed to be always on , it's a tablet :)

Seriously... I don't power off my phone at night either. Although nighttime is feeding time for battery powered electronics in my home anyway, so they all sleep on their chargers.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Exactly!.....
[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
I don't turn my phone off at night either, but that's because it's a phone..I could receive an emergency call or text that I'll need to get. The tablet, though, won't be receiving any important information that I'll need. I turn off my PC when I'm not using it, so I just figured that tablet or not, it doesn't need to be left on when not in use.

ah well, to each his own. I guess I'll just be the weird one that turns it off at night.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Different strokes. I just like having mine all at all times so I can grab and google quick.
[G Tablet General] Itchiee:
Thanks for the tip! I had to rename Telephonyprovider.apk(old) on the ML 1.2 ROM (Only file present).

This coupled with changing WiFi to never off reduced my drain to 1% per hour of non use.

Thank you

- I turn it off overnight but leave it on standby during the day for periodic uses. I find it easier then using my PC when having to search something or read a few forums.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Great feedback, mirrors what others are saying. Thanks!
[G Tablet General] ptgptg:
I tried this last night and it bootlooped me on Vegan Gingerbread. I must have done something wrong. Will try again because my battery really goes downhill through the night.
[G Tablet General] couchmonkey:
any way to do this without root explorer?
[G Tablet General] arehm:
You should be able to do it in the Terminal app built in.
[G Tablet General] mtnbkr:
So this means you have those files with Vegan? I didn't see the files when I looked for them even with hidden files shown...maybe I didn't look carefully enough.
[G Tablet General] schettj:
They were there in my vegan install.
[G Tablet General] mtnbkr:
anymore details on this?
[G Tablet General] arehm:
You'd have to know how to use a Linux command prompt. You'd "cd /path/name/to/files" then you'd "mv thisfile.apk thisfile.apk.old" at least that's what i get from the top of my head. Wouldn't hurt to have someone sanity check that. But I do something similar in the terminal app for the hulu flash fix. Didn't see the need to pay for a file manager when i had a perfectly good command prompt sitting there.
[G Tablet General] arehm:
May need a su before the mv command, not sure what permissions it will take to change those names.
[G Tablet General] tekrhino:
I just wanted to see how much drain I get with this method.

It's normally between 9 - 12% for me overnight. Last night it was 6% drain @7hrs so I can confirm it does save battery.

I believe this method combined with Clemsyns CPU cooling method that he implemented for his upcoming OC kernel could slow battery drain to a crawl.

But that's just me!
[G Tablet General] weaselman:
Again is it me I have tried Root, ifile and astro and cannot find the files mentioned. I am running Vegan 5.1. Did he not include these files or are they somewhere else.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Added a .zip to remove the files courtesy of raydog153. See first post.

Zip failed, looking for alternate.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
I am not on that rom but he is a great ROM creator and probably dropped them from his build. If you want the .zip can be flashed from post #1 to make sure.
[G Tablet General] weaselman:
Just tried the zip file and placed it in the root of sdcard. The installation through clockwork says install is bad. Even renamed it to update and install still bad. Anybody else having this issue
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Looking into it...

You are correct...zip is no good, looking for another.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
Here's how I did it on CM 7.0.2.

Make sure you have installed the Superuser app from Market which provides the su command. You also need busybox installed in /system/xbin/. Most firmwares should already have this; if you don't, just install the Busybox Installer from Market.

Run the Terminal app. At the prompt type in these commands (or put them into a shell script and push them onto the gTablet using adb):

su
/system/xbin/mount -w -o remount /system
cd /system/app
for file in VoiceDialer.apk TelephonyProvider.apk Mms.apk Phone.apk
do
mv -i $file $file.orig
done; sync; sync; sync

Note that the filenames are wrong in the first post in this thread. The names above are what're correct for CM7.

You should ideally also remount the /system partition read-only again, but, since some of the files are being used, you won't be able to. Hence the sync commands above (keep it on the same line as the "done" keyword, so that when you execute the commands by finally pressing enter, everything get executed in one shot.

Reboot the system in the normal manner after this.
[G Tablet General] jason1332:
Excellent!
[G Tablet General] c-loo:
I tried doing all of these steps, but it did not help. It might be my imagination, but it seems my battery drain is worse after doing these steps.

I am running Vegan-Tab Ginger with Pershoot's OC Kernel from 4/28.
[G Tablet General] schettj:
Didn't seem to change anything either way for me on ginger (other than breaking sip dialing in native dialer). Perhaps these are less helpful on gingerbread, or pershoot's kernel, or on vegantab ginger edition :)
[G Tablet General] Vlad_z:
I did not change anything for me either. Standby discharge rate is about 1.4% per hour with WiFi settings "Off when screen is off" and about 1.0% when I turn WiFi off manually from settings menu.

So, overnight gtablet loses from 9 to 15% of charge doing nothing.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
Well, the steps outlined in this thread may or may not extend battery life, I suppose, but, I did them because I wanted to get rid of the unnecessary apps on CM 7.0.2.

There are some more helpful hints for CM here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones

It's also necessary to uninstall the app using the 'pm' command after you remove the .apk file to get rid of the app and its other files completely.

I found that the 'pm' command did not work correctly for me when I tried it. To fix it, I had to mount /system read-write, then edit /system/bin/pm (if you're doing it on the gTablet, use /system/xbin/nano, which is a newbie-friendly editor--busybox must be installed to get it, though), and insert this line right at the beginning of the file:

#!/system/bin/sh

Note 1: As the barebones wiki link above recommends, I wouldn't remove either TelephonyProvider.apk or Phone.apk--removing the former screwed up the widgets on the home screen with ADW EX launcher.

Note 2: Make sure you have a full backup before you start uninstalling packages. You can (will?) screw-up the system in all sorts of colourful and interesting ways uninstalling the wrong package.

Note 3: I use CM 7.0.2, YMMV on other firmware distributions.

Cheers!
[G Tablet General] aasoror:
Do we have something concrete for this ?

So out of the 4 apps we keep 2 ?

Can this be scripted as a flashable zip.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
You'll have to elaborate on this, aasoror...

Using the instructions in that Barebones document, you can get rid of, or replace, other unnecessary (or necessary) apps.

As an example: CM-7.0.3 comes with its own Terminal Emulator app which is an older version of Jack Palevich's Terminal Emulator. I wanted to replace the default with the latest version from the Market, but I couldn't because it was marked as a "system" app. Programs like "AppRemover" or the system's own app remover won't touch such apps. 'Pm' doesn't have such qualms. It will delete whatever you tell it to.

I suppose it could be--I'm not an Android expert--but I prefer knowing what the heck is going on, instead of relying on somebody's mysterious zip file. The method outlined in the Barebones document is a) transparent, which is what I like, b) simple enough that you can get rid of apps using just 2 commands and c) should work on all Android devices without any additional apps.
[G Tablet General] kivawolf:
Hi,

I am using cyanogenmod 7.03.

With root explorer I remane those files.

When I reboot my gtablet, It lock in cyanogenmod logo for 5min and turn off.

There is some thing I can do to get out of this without reinstall ROM?

thank.
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
Did you take a backup before messing around blindly with the system files? If you did, just restore only the "system" partition. If you did not, let this be a lesson:

Do NOT mess around with system files without taking a backup first.

You can probably still fix things using this procedure:

Boot into ClockworkMod recovery. Connect to gTab using adb. Mount /system read-write. Rename files back to their old names. Reboot gTab.
[G Tablet General] kivawolf:
How did you rename your phone.apk file without having lock screen at boot time? My battery drain in standby mode is not great.

I am usning cyanogenmod 7.03 gtablet.

Thank
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
I had problems with the widgets ("Problem loading widget") after renaming TelephonyProvider.apk and Phone.apk (which is why I suggested leaving those 2 files alone in one of my previous posts), but, the tablet didn't go into a boot loop.

The only boot loop I've experienced was when I changed the font files, and in the process, inadvertently messed something up. Thankfully, I'd taken a backup, and so I just restored the "system" partition and everything went back to normal.
[G Tablet General] jtsmall:
rajeevp, your posts are terse and informative, a very unusual combination.

Can you point out a good noob adb site, perhaps a wiki? I have used abd and I'd like to know it better.

TIA.

-jts <G Tablet, currently VEGAN Gingerbread RC1>
[G Tablet General] rajeevvp:
Try the official documentation.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strang5:
When I play an animated gif that someone sends me, it only loops once. Is there something I need to do to allow contiuous looping? My Fascinate looped them just fine, but my Thunderbolt only plays them once thru.:confused:
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MONKY_1:
Not in a mean way. But does it really. Matter?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strang5:
Kinda, since no other phone did it. I can't figure out how to allow continuous looping.
[General Questions and Answers] unlockberry:
i have a dead Movistar i9003 galaxy that doesn't access to the download mode using 3 buttons, & connecting it through usb to pc that later detects only "omap 3630" & requests omap 3630 driver, i'm wondering if there's any way to get access to download mode.., any help will be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] sefranet:
same problem ..............

need help
[T-Mobile LG G2x] graffixnyc:
Hey guys,

I started a freenode IRC channel so we could discuss dev, and anything else related to the G2X. the channel is #LG-G2X Hope to see ya there! If it gets popular I will also need some mods :)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rich2thad:
irc?

I'm a lil lost but want to be involved

sent from my G2X with no regrets
[T-Mobile LG G2x] graffixnyc:
Yeah irc. you can also go to webchat.freenode.net they have a web client so you dont have to install irc
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rich2thad:
cool thanx

sent from my G2X with no regrets
[T-Mobile LG G2x] graffixnyc:
no problem
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
UPDATE: So I just finished finals and drinking and have gotten around to my phone. I downloaded Galaxy S Unlock, but a beta version (it has a 'Signal Fix Problem' tab) that I was (and still am) and bit worried about. Well, my fears were quelled and I used it with an internet connection while on Bionix 1.3.1 and it didn't work on the initial reboot. Said the phone wasn't registering on the network. Didn't work on the second reboot. Didn't say anything, but data didn't work. I rebooted again and OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG it worked.

Glad to be back! Time for the latest CM7 nightly!

OLD:

The quoted posts fully explain my issue.

UPDATE:

SUMMARY: I am currently bone-stock. JFD with root and nothing else. I usually get 3G (I live in the city) and excellent reception and speeds. Right now, I get good reception, but absolutely no data, nor can I call or text. It's stuck on GPRS and occasionally switches to EDGE for some reason, but it doesn't make a difference because I still can't call or text on either. IMEI shown in the settings matches that which is labeled behind the battery. My two fears are that the radio itself is somehow physically broken or that AT&T blocked my IMEI (tried other AT&T SIM cards and none of them would work). My SIM worked in other phones). Talked with an AT&T rep, he assured me that it is not AT&T's policy to ban IMEIs. Also, it may have to do with the EFS, but I'm not sure how to access it. Can't download ROM Manager right now because there's no WIFI around.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm pretty desperate right now. I'm borrowing a dumbphone and it's absolute torture to text on a 10-key num pad.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadpass:
Have you tried to flash another modem? or a factory reset? Have you toggled airplane mode and data connection? I had a very similar problem not too long ago. I flashed 4 or 5 roms and they all had the same problem. Flashed a few modems and nothing. Then I flashed one of Eugene's roms and it wiped my phone and it seemed to work after that. It could have been a coincidence, I'm not sure. I spent a whole day working on and it seemed to fix itself when it wanted to. Just keep flashing roms and tinkering and see what happens.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubbamade:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1045713&page=4

Refer to my post #33
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Thanks for the directions, but it didn't help :(

I've flashed many different modems. Tried KA7 and stock for 2.3; JK2 for 2.2; and JI5 for 2.1. Nothing helps. Does anyone know how I would go about checking my EFS partition if I had a root explorer? How would I know that it was normal? What symptoms would suggest a problem? I wouldn't be able to browse it right now, but I may be able to tomorrow.

@deadpass

Could you try a tad harder to recall which of Eugene's ROMs you used? I tried his JK2 base to no avail. Do you know if his 'Froyo that doesn't brick' is any different?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadpass:
It was Eugene's 2.2.1 rom, GCR3.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Bumping. I hope everyone understands. Going from Android to a dumbphone (DURING FINALS, TOO) is terribly inconvenient and disheartening.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Looks like I'm giving up. I'm really busy with Finals and don't have time to learn everything required to figure out how to fix my phone. No one is informed enough about EFS or RIL to point me in the right direction. I've really enjoyed having this phone since August, and I'm definitely going to miss the ROMs and enthusiastic community. Not sure what to do now. I planned on keeping the Vibrant and selling whatever I upgrade to in August. Still going to have to sell, but I don't get to keep the Vibrant :(

Good luck with your Vibrants!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Before you give up, do you mind trying my Back to stock guide verbatim... it's in my signature. Would like some feedback. It certainly would not hurt. No reason I can see why we can't fix your phone.

Shoot, send it to me and I'll send it back if you can't find time.

Wait, so this will get you to stock JFD on the Vibrant... but you said you are on AT&T... are you unlocking it again after you go back to stock?

I do not do this, but first google result:

[YOUTUBE]UjZbqr-Od7Q[/YOUTUBE]
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Hey! Kind of in awe to see you in my thread! Followed your guide ~10-15 time I had to flash. I've actually flashed via Odin probably 25-30 times since Saturday. Played with ALL the settings and your guide is good. No room for improvement!

Anyway, I've been using essentially the same procedure. Used Repartition and EFS clear on a few runs, but nothing different that I didn't intend to have a purpose. I used the files posted here; the MD5 sums check out.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
People have been telling me it's a hardware problem (i.e. my modem is dead). While fully possible, I find it unlikely since I haven't seen a single dead modem post in any part of the Q&A, nor have I heard any suspicions of possibly failing modems. I could just be the lucky one, but again, that sounds unlikely.

Took my phone apart just to make sure all the connections are solid. SIM card board is securely connected to the antennae. Need to get an ammeter to ensure an electrical connection, though.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
So I can confirm that the phone works for T-Mobile SIMs and gets 3g to boot. I relocked and unlocked my phone (both by manually changing the nv_data.bin and then with 'Galaxy_S Unlock'). Neither helped. In fact, Galaxy_S Unlock returned FFFFF as the SIM unlock code.

This leads me to believe that this is definitely not a hardware issue and definitely an issue with the EFS. I'm assuming that a proper EFS would not return a SIM unlock of 'FFFFF'.

If anyone has an intimate knowledge of our phones' EFS, please tell them that I need help in that regard. Or RIL, although I think RIL is in the EFS partition.

I'm on JFD via Odin and checked EFS Clear.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesd86:
if you did the efs backup to flash cm7 shouldn't you be able to put that back on your phone??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neobuddy89:
Nothing will work until you follow this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=761045

It helped me when I cleared my EFS :D

EFS contain network information like network lock, etc...

Good luck.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
Exactly what I was getting at, odin and then unlock.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Thanks for replying. That's actually the thread I followed in order to pull the nv_data.bin and use Galaxy_S Unlock. But like I was saying, it's as though the EFS is not working properly. I pulled the nv_data.bin and it looked like the phone was already unlocked (I'm assuming it is, because it never asked me for the SIM unlock code). I changed the nv_data.bin to locked (by changing the hex value at 181469 from '00' to '01', after which it did begin asking for the SIM unlock code), then used Galaxy_S Unlock to unlock. I also tried to retrieve the unlock code using Galaxy_S Unlock and all I got were a bunch of F's, not what I was expecting.

Please read above.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s15274n:
^ really unknown territory for me. Did you restore your EFS, I assume you can since you backed it up.

I saw this great thread from BT... maybe someone has an answer in there.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000962

I'll keep checking in to try and learn... EFS/unlocking is really not common to me, hopefully someone can chime in and well all learn something.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neobuddy89:
Dont use Galaxy_S unlock app. It gave me same bunch of F's.

Try unlocking again changing 01 to 00 and adb push.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VanillaSoda:
Look up a youtube video on unlocking your device!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krackers:
exchange it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
Yeah, I did unlock it again but there's still an issue with AT&T SIMs. T-Mobile works fine, but AT&T SIMs don't work and it doesn't ask for an unlock code.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesd86:
Do you have the correct data plan for at&t?? you're not using some old grandfathered 10 buck one are you??
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hung0702:
I am, but it doesn't matter. IMEI isn't recognized as a smartphone on AT&T. Also, can't call or text, which I'm assuming wouldn't be affected by a data cap.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevenmcneal83:
I used to constantly see something new from these 2 developers and now I cant remember the last time I saw a new ROM or an update to an existing ROM in the Vibrant forums. Where did these guys go? Their ROMS are the ****! Anyone know?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubbamade:
They went to jupiter....to get more stupider! :x jk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpolito73:
I miss Whiskey too. I saw eugene doing some work tho
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] movieaddict:
Im not sure if u real all the forums here in vibrant section but Team whiskey just released a next gen beta for donators only on team whiskey forum, that was posted yesterday. Donators get it earlier then the rest of us and for eugene not sure about him.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azure100:
Eugene still working on that GCR Rom Update 5 wwas recently released. Its a 2.2.1. You can find it in the Android Development section, however, no news from Team WHiskey makes my hear ache Lol. They always have the best roms out there but havent heard from them in a while. I really miss flashing those beasts now :(

I hope they wud release this donator version to open public soon :P