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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinsin:
I recently got into rooting and flashing at the end of last year. This site has been a great resource for how to's and learning about the ins and outs of phone hacking.

Anyways, here's the background info: rooted using Unrevoked Forever, s-off, stayed with stock ROM and kernel only using SetCPU profiles. When I was on stock software, I had unbelievable battery life. I'm a light user (~10% awake time) and rarely beat on the battery -- light calling, email, texting, Facebook, random messing around etc. Anyways, when 3.70.651.1 came out, I knew that was my chance to flash my first ROM.

I flashed SprintLovers and got decent battery life, but nothing compared to when I was running the stock ROM. I then tried almost every variation of Netarchy's non-SBC's CFS 4.3.4 kernels -- more HAVS, less and no HAVS. No dice. I've tried with and without setCPU altogether, along with and without setCPU profiles but using the smartass and conservative governor. I always set the processor to 245-998 and never overclock.

I liked myn's Warm TwoPointTwo, so I recently tried that last week. Again, I'm getting okay battery life (~1.5 days) but with the usage I'm at I'm pretty sure I should be able to get 2 days easy. So I tried flashing Netarchy's 4.3.4 non-SBC CFS kernels with the same results. I've also tried with and without setCPU, along with and without setCPU profiles. Finally, I gave up and I'm currently using Netarchy's 4.2.1 cfs havs more smartass and using setCPU.

It's definitely not related to PRI 1.90 as I'm not getting the 100% partial wake time in Spare Parts, and I know the consensus is divided as to whether or not setCPU interferes with HAVS. I know all phones are different and ROMs and kernels interact differently on an individual basis, but I would really like to stick with myn's ROM and a good kernel to max my battery life. rather than go back to the stock ROM. Any suggestions on extending my battery life before I shamefully reflash back to stock software? I always do a full data/cache/dalvik before flashing a ROM, and wipe cache/dalvik before kernels.

myn's warm TwoPointTwo RLS5

netarchy-toastmod-4.2.1-cfs-bfq-havs-more-smartass

PRI and NV 1.90

setCPU 245-998 conservative

setCPU profiles:

temp >50*C = 245-499 powersave priority 100

screen off = 245-384 conservative priority 98

charging AC = 245-998 smartass priority 96

charging USB = 245-998 smartass priority 94
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
Try recalibrating the battery. Charge to 100% and leave it on the charger a little longer. Then turn the phone off and boot into recovery. In recovery wipe battery stats - in Amon Ra it's under the wipe menu. Boot back up & use the phone normally until the battery drains completely, without charging the phone at all. Some people say until the phone turns off on its own, but I'd try to avoid that. Just get it as low as you can. Then once it's dead, charge it fully without breaking the charge until it's completely full. You should see an increase in life after that. There's also an app in the market that clears your battery stats. I believe it's called "Battery Calibration", but I could be wrong about the name.

Since you don't use your phone much you'd be a good candidate for undervolting. If you don't want to undervolt while the phone is in use, just use a screen off profile only. Turning radios off while you don't have a signal or you aren't using them will make a huge difference as well. Let us know how it goes :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinsin:
I've heard people recommending a battery calibration after flashing a new ROM. My battery has seemed to be jumping down a few %ages and then stabilizing for long periods of time at a single level. Perhaps this is what I'm missing. I'll give it a try tonight when I recharge and see if that helps. I may try undervolting, but seeing as I got great usage on the stock ROM with the same CPU range I'd like to stick with 248-998. I always have a screen off profile though (as noted in my first post). I've also heard about people shutting off radios and such but I don't think I'd want to take it to that extreme -- maybe if I get desperate enough to eek out that much juice I'll give it a shot.

Bonus: to alleviate my problems at home since I have terrible reception and I know that eats the battery, Sprint is shipping me an Airave free of charge! In the process of trying to contact Sprint's CS (*2 on the dialer), the phone was force closing :mad: *1 and *3 work fine, as does normally dialing so I guess the problem is only limited to *2 (I even rebooted and am too lazy to reflash just because I can't speed dial a number I rarely call). Hopefully with your suggestion, I can get back to insane battery life :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zx7rou812:
Don't know if this will help you out at all, but here's my setup...

myn's Warm TwoPointTwo (RLS5)

Net's toastmod-4.3.4-cfs-havs-more-sbc

Launcher Pro Plus

SetCPU:

Screen Off: 128 max, 128 min conservative

Battery<101%: 499 max, 128 min conservative

MinFreeManager:

Set to Aggressive

Twitter, Flikr, and assorted useless (to me anyway) apps frozen with Titanium Backup

Unplugged at 0700 and as of 2205, my Seidio extended 3500 battery is STILL at 74%

Average usage day, with tons of emails, and SMS/MMS messages. About 2 hours of web surfing and 3 hours of Pandora, but not a lot of phone calls today though. About 7 hours spent on WiFi, the rest on 3G (No reliable/stable 4G near me yet).

Background data off

Auto-sync off

Enable always-on mobile data off

I have noticed this is the best battery kernel I have tried out of all of Netarchy's (ymmv). I've had this kernel for 2 weeks, and getting 2 days out of it with HEAVY usage is no problem. I only lost 4% of the battery from 2300 last night to 0700 this morning with the phone sitting on my nightstand.

It seemed to not last as long at first until I wiped battery data and started from scratch. Always a good idea to wipe battery data when swapping ROM's and kernels I notice. Also read (here, of course) that new kernels have a "break in" time of a few charging cycles until they settle in.

Overall:

Completely

satisfied with this setup. ROM is lightning fast, and battery is a non-issue with this kernel. Only ever so slightly laggy when opening Handcent or galleries (when I add pics and albums have to rebuild the thumbnails), but what the hell, it's only running 499mHz! Even fired up Avatar from my SD to check for stuttering, clipping, or audio lag. There were none!

Jack
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zx7rou812:
OH!!!

Almost forgot!

I stumbled across this "trick" a while ago. Not sure if it ACTUALLY works, but at least to me it does. :p

It's called "Super Charging" your battery.

Charge with phone on until green light signifying charging is complete comes on

Disconnect charger

Shut off phone

Reconnect charger

Amber charging light will come

When amber changes to green, disconnect charger

When Green shuts off, reconnect charger.

Repeat process

I was bored this weekend, and did it for 4 hours continuously. Yeah, that is truly bored!

I had charged it so much that upon disconnecting the charger, waiting for the green light to go off, then reconnecting the charger, there was NO amber light. Straight to green. Tried it a few more times, with the same result.

Did it actually "supercharge" the battery? Who knows?

Did it take 3 1/2 days of use to break the 25% remaining mark? Yes it did!

So if you are bored, I mean CRAZY bored, what the hell! Give it a shot...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
I always wondered if you did that enough, would it eventually get to the point that the light went right to green
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinsin:
Thanks, but not willing to step into the realm of SBC kernels. However, I will try to go through a few charging cycles to see if my current NA kernel just needs to get broken in. I've also tried the charging method you stated above and while I did get good results, I'm unsure as to whether or not this is overcharging the phone so I decided not to do it again.

Anyways, I wiped batt stats last night after getting the full charge, so still on the drain and need to recharge to 100%; will report back after I go through a few cycles of charging.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
Why not an SBC?? Because it fully charges your battery closer to 100% than a non-SBC?/

And don't buy into the hype of exploding batteries. That was handful of cases, that a) were all reported in the earliest days of SBC development, none since and were never fully attributed to the SBC kernel.

Also, you people that say drain til it dies, you DO realize that HTC STRONGLY recommends NOT doing that. According to HTC, you shouldn't recharge until you get below 50%, and no, I'm not gonna go look for the links, use the search feature.

I have a good method in my signature. Give it a try.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zx7rou812:
QFT

Can't argue with a battery that stays at 100% for 3+ hours then slowly drains versus unplugging it at 100%, blinking twice, and seeing 90% remaining...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinsin:
Well, I'm no developer but if Netarchy says to beware in his latest kernel thread, even if for liability reasons, then that's good enough for me to stick with non-SBC until an SBC kernel is proven to be 100% safe. I think that's a perfectly valid justification to not use SBC for now.

I keep forgetting that we're not supposed to completely drain the battery. I guess I'll recharge when I hit 5 or 10%.

I'll take a look at your thread when I get a chance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -viperboy-:
All threads (for the most part) say that, even ROM threads about not being liable if anything happens to your phone. Not even flashing a ROM is 100% safe but you do it anyway.

I've been using SBC since it was being tested the first time and I've never had one issue. No batteries have exploded, no chargers bursting into flames, and no phones have self-destructed.

If you want really good battery life, good performance, and want to try something other than Sense, CM7 and MIUI are really good ROMs. I would recommend Tiamat kernel (use 3.3.8 for now, 4.0.0 has some issues) and make sure to wipe batt stats and do a battery calibration. For good measure, you can try my BSM mod in my sig for even better battery life.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elbandido:
kings kernels are awesome!! im using one and is giving me 30 hrs!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -viperboy-:
He doesn't support the EVO anymore, to my knowledge.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] twinsin:
Yes, all threads use the release of liability clause, but NA specifically states in his most recent thread that SBC could potentially cause problems.

Gosh, so much peer pressure! :p I'm not saying I won't ever go to SBC, just when I feel like it's a bit more stable and all the kinks are worked out. Kind of like you probably shouldn't buy the first model year of a car since the chances of running into glitches is much higher than if you waited a bit for the bumps to get smoothed out. If I'm being paranoid -- well, it's all in the interest of my $200+ phone. Regardless, I appreciate all the replies.

I've heard about MIUI here and there. I guess I've stuck with Sense since that's all I've ever known, but maybe I'll start branching out to AOSP and MIUI. Does CM7 have full functionality now on the EVO?

I'm on my first recharge since wiping stats and it's the fastest recharge I've ever seen. Maybe I do need to just break the kernel in?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crapman:
Please read before deleting this thread!

I was wondering if there is a Sim Unlock solution on the HTC Wildfire other than paying since many people have reported some sites as bogus or just generally not working.

The phone is currently on T-Mobile and just want to go on o2 I have unbranded it successfully... If there is no solution I will take it to a local shop.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skye Menjou:
Nope.

Take it to a shop.
[Streak 5 General] needspractice:
I was just wondering if I could do this or will it cause major problems? I have another streak that has 318 on it and the performance fix with no wifi issues. I just do not feel like transfering everything over from my 351 streak which has over 1Billion in chips in Texas Holdem. I have everything perfect on it. I would do a NANO backup but it freezes up on the fastboot section or whatever like everyones elses that has 351.
[Streak 5 General] ThinkinBig:
You have to flash the 318 baseband on it, but after that, yeah knock yourself out haha
[Streak 5 General] needspractice:
LOL! So is that basically no? Only if I flash the 318 rom will it work?
[General Questions and Answers] Nexus04:
Hi, there has been much in the press about Apple collecting users location data from the GPS location, cell site id, and if seen WIFI BSSID, for whatever purpose,but I want to know where Google keep this data on an Android phone?

Can anyone tell me where to find this data on Android.What is it stored under?

Thanks in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastanthology:
Hello, I was going back to stock from 2.2, just like I used to do, opened the good old odin and hitted start. It beggan as usual, printed:

<ID:0/016> Added!!

<ID:0/016> Odin v.3 engine (ID:16)..

<ID:0/016> File analysis..

<ID:0/016> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/016> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

and it is being there for the last 5 minutes...

should i restart odin, the phone and try to do it all over again? or is it to late and I should be preparing myself to unbrick my phone?

thx in advance
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
As long as it's not on boot.bin or sbl.bin you SHOULD be "safe" to disconnect, reboot your computer and try again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
You seem fine. As long as it doesn't say that it's installing sbl.bin and boot.bin (not sure baout the 2nd). You can unplug and restart.

If it freezes at one the 2 above and you unplug, you phone will be bricked and the only way back will be a JTAG (force bootloaders in).

I suggest you use a different usb port/cable and even restart your computer.

EDIT: Damn you Studa :p
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastanthology:
mmm I took out the phone and now i think it is soft bricked now, phone ! computer, though i just managed to put it back in download mode by holding the volume buttons and plugging in the cable, now it is back on stock

thanks guys, I was getting scared :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BWolf56:
Sh*t happens, comes with the process/fun ;)

Glad you made it through :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
you see this studa? what did you say 5 min ago about jigs in other thread?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Lol!

there was a part in that other statement about "if the button combo is not working"...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
thread tag! you're it!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iMohak:
Odin v.3 engine (ID:24)..
File analysis..
Set PIT file..
DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

This is exactly the state of my ODIN window when I was attempting to flash JF6 from the current Continuum 5 ROM.

Now, I have a phone that does nothing. The power button, volume buttom combo doesnt work it seems. Would a JIG help instead? Any opinions.

I am scared :eek:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supaphreek:
If your phone exhibits no signs of life at all, Then you need to jtag unbrick your phone...

If you get the phone-!-computer thing on boot, you could just build/buy a jig and force it into download mode
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yguns76:
Your phone could be soft bricked. I has a similar issue. You need to get the phone into download mode. If you can not do this via 3 button combo, you will need a jig. You can search xda for instructions on building your own jig (faster), or simply buy one. It may be cheaper to buy one.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iMohak:
Thanks,

The update is - I can do into download mode by pressing the volume down key and power key.

It gets into the yellow download mode, but ODIN3 doesn't work. It now gets stuck at "File Analysis"
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Make sure the chord is good, and that is plugged into the back of the pc, not a front usb port. If it's already in the back go ahead and switch ports (still on the back) restart your computer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iMohak:
Its a laptop am using, restarted 10 times. installed samsung usb drivers. tried all the ports. DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET on the phone and the laptop screen.

some times the laptop doesn't even recognise the USB device :(

All this had happened while flashing the stock jf6 rom
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lmoore55:
just wondering, are you doing it in the exact order of

1- put phone in download mode - via vol down/power

2- open odin on computer

3- connect usb cable to phone

4- Start button

and when you say sometimes your computer does no recognize your phone, does it show up in the device manager as an unrecognized device or just do nothing at all? If it does nothing at all half the time, go invest in a new usb cable.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubu123:
i'm not sure how to fix it. but if you had continuum and want to go back to stock, i read somewhere that you can't use Odin3 (something about bootloaders).

i would try to use odin 1.7 to flash GR/Continuum rom.

(but check it with others cause i'm quite newbie)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eselvaratnam:
my #g is not working after Odin3

i'm currently using the canadian rogers version of this phones i used odin3 cuz my phone blanked out on me my phone works now but i'm recieving any 3G network , any reasons as to y and how i can fix it thanx
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
He can use Odin one click, not the Odin with the button fix. FYI everytime you use Odin one click back to stock 2.1 you're flashing your bootloaders. The problem with the button fix is it only flashes the secondary bootloader leaving the primary bootloader untouched. This is only a problem if you've updated to the.GB bootloaders because you cannot mix Eclair/Froyo bootloader with a Gingerbread bootloader.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] andonnguyen:
Hey everyone, what are your battery temperatures during heavy usage? More specifically, while watching a movie, playing a game, or even surfing the web, where the phone can get unusually warm?

My battery temperature has reached as high as 47 degrees celsius. I am concerned considering if you take a look at your battery, there's a sign on it saying that it shouldn't go above 40 degrees celsius/104 degrees fahrenheit.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jayohwhy:
my phone starts feeling hot at around 86 degrees F. i have a setcpu profile to underclock when the phone is about 85 degrees because i dont like the heat and i figure its not good for the battery to be so hot. before setcpu, i was at around 90 during heavy usage..
[T-Mobile LG G2x] *Omnipresent*:
My battery temp range is usually between 30°-40°c. Rarely do I go above that temp range. If you are seeing higher temps, there maybe something wrong with your battery. It would be helpfull to know what the thermal limits are, in reguard to battery temps. My rule of thumb is anything over 40° may be approaching the danger zone. I woikd stop what im doing and let the phone cool off.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] aspiredude86:
I got to 52c w teathering. Now i keep it near my window when i do dat.

G2x
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dn3g3l:
mine reached 108F 43C with just the screen on doing nothing else when it's charging. whole top half (back and front) of the phone gets really warm. is that normal?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] diablos991:
Set up wifi tether, plug the phone into the wall charger, start downloading on your pc, and watch those numbers fly!!!

The first day I had my phone I did this and I heard a weird beep noise. When I looked at the phone, it had a warning message on it regarding battery temp.

I don't know the temperature it was at though.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] alexanjl:
mine is at 109 degrees right now and im just downloading stuff off of the charger.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] hearmeout:
My battery temp is usually around 35-40°, and I am pretty sure it has not gone above that. I don't try to kill the phone, though. If I am downloading a bunch of stuff, that is when it is usually the hottest.
[Nexus S General] MarkusPO:
i've never seen gpsd in the list of battery use before, so is this a new daemon for 2.3.4? i also see they've finally allowed the clock to go from 00 to 59 when you press "-"!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2Quik:
I just updated my Samsung Captivate from 2.1 to 2.2. I rooted with SuperOne Click and everything went fine. I needed to remove the "Install blocked none market apps". I replaced the new settings.db with my old Settings.db from when i removed the block on the 2.1. As i was trying to remove the "Install blocked none market apps" with editing the value from 0 to 1. I don't know why i did that. but i replaced it with out saving it. How can i get the new Settings.db back? Does replacing the 2.2 settings.db with the 2.1 Settings.db going to mess up my phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Super one click has an option to enable sideloading (non market apps) it won't show up in the settings but should work nonetheless.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2Quik:
Thanks for the replay. Is there a way to get my original settings.db back?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisisnitwit:
I was fiddling with the dock and removed the primary shortcut in the dock that would normally lead you to all of your apps. The checkered square in the middle.

I don't know how to get it back :confused:

Any help is appreciated. Don't be too harsh, I already called myself an idiot several times.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hollow.Droid:
Long press anywhere and add Launcher action shortcut - Open/Close App drawer.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thisisnitwit:
Thanks very much sir
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arxe41:
I must be missing something obvious, but whenever I click "Move to SD card" it seems to work, but I cannot find my applications or any data on my SD Card.

Where are those apps being saved?

I'm using the OOTB CM7 "move to sd" functionality - can anyone confirm this working on their phone?

Thanks,

-Ryan
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aegishua:
If your ROM uses an EXT2/3/4 Partition then it is being saved there. Otherwise its usually under /sdcard/data or /sdcard/android/data/.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt12345:
Yes, I realise that this is a very old thread, but I needed the same info and I've just found out the answer: it the .android_secure folder off the root of the sdcard.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pogul:
Sorry if this has already been asked and answered - the XDA Search has been down for the past couple of hours and I just want to be sure I'm not missing anything here..

From what I can see in the reviews, the TF does *not* have any sort of charging indicator / LED on it - correct? I read that there will be one on the keyboard dock - but there is not one on the tablet.

So what are you guys doing? Just plugging it in and letting it sit overnight to give it its full charge - and then going by the battery indicator when you turn it on?

I've got my new TF sitting next to me here, and I'm trying to be a good dad to it by charging it up first before using it - but not having any sort of an indicator on it - I have no idea if it's doing anything or not!!! :p

Screw it - I think I"m gonna unplug it and start futzing it with it! Battery be damned!!

btw - damn this charge cable is SHORT!! :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eviltuna:
No charging LED that I can see on mine, and yea, I hate this stupid charging cable, guess you can always get a USB extension cable.