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[Verizon Droid Charge] droidmark:
They charged for a SIM? I have needed a couple SIMs when I bought used Thunderbolts and there was no charge.

I haven't switched over entirely from the the Thunderbolt yet because I'm having trouble getting my app data to transfer with Titanium Backup (or MyBackup Pro for that matter). The apps themselves come across fine but the data has gone missing. I've never seen this before in going from D1 to D2 to Fascinate to DX to Thunderbolt. But intermittent use of the Charge does suggest better battery life as noted.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Ok_Kaleidoscope5109:
You realize that's a 14% increase in battery capacity. So going from like 14 hours to 16 hours of use is what it should do. There's clearly a lot more.

Do they use the same LTE chip? Kernel issues? Radio issues? There's a lot at stake here. Does Sense gobble up more battery? Shrug.
[Verizon Droid Charge] RaptorMD:
Over at Android Central user beveritt found some info about the LTE in the Droid Charge . . . http://forum.androidcentral.com/902437-post2.html

Here is beveritt's post:

"Dug up some good info myself, had been searching for some time, then of course found it on my own after asking the question...

Charge is using a VIA Telecom CBP7.1 CDMA modem instead of the old Qualcomm QSC6085 in the Fascinate

LTE modem looks to be a native Samsung designed chip called the CMC220.

Knowing that it becomes more clear how the performance and battery life can be substantially different (better?) than the Thunderbolt's MDM9600/MSM8655 combination.

Reference: http://developer.verizon.com/jsps/devCenters/DeviceDB/Landing_Pages/SamsungCharge.jsp "
[Verizon Droid Charge] chaoscentral:
the ipod touch 4th gen only has 256MB of ram, so the Charge shouldn't have any issues with a game like that. My Fascinate runs stuff better than my friend's Thunderbolt, so I don't see 512MB of ram being a limitation quite yet.
[Verizon Droid Charge] denpad2010:
Well in my understanding thunderbolt is more powerful than charge...i day this because I do a little test in every android phone I got, monopoly hd never before could open this game in any android device including the samsung tab but thunderbolt I could and run smooth...well I tried in my charge and won't open the game, no problem to install but to open only in thunderbolt
[Verizon Droid Charge] droidmark:
Not really an issue of powerful-- just that Monopoly HD requires a Snapdragon processor which Tbolt has and Charge does not.
[Verizon Droid Charge] 0mie:
I get a good 4hrs on full charge :/
[Verizon Droid Charge] dakota_96:
The Charge's battery life is an epic fail. Those that are experiencing great battery life are likely not in 4g markets. The Charge constantly switched back and forth 4g/3g which kills the battery at a much quicker rate than the TB. In CDMA only mode, you get pretty average performance. Also, with my TB, I had the ability to force LTE mode. With the Charge you can't. So if you are in a fringe area, constant switching and poor battery life. Also, the Charge's antenna doesn't see to be good as the TB. With the TB, I can get 4g in areas were the Charge can't. A lot has been said about the TB having bad battery life. So will every device, including the Charge, in 4g. I'll be taking the Charge back in and sticking with my TB.
[Verizon Droid Charge] denpad2010:
Ididn't know thanks for the info
[Verizon Droid Charge] pchasco:
RAM concerns on Android devices are overblown, due to a lack of understanding of how Android allocates it. An Android device is not like a typical computer that will allocate memory to a process until all available system memory is consumed. On a typical 32 bit computer this would be somewhere in the 3-3.5 gigabyte range depending on the various hardware memory address requirements. Even if you do not have this much RAM in the machine, the system will use the hard disk as virtual RAM. Slow, but it works.

Android, on the other hand, reserves a fixed amount of memory for any process that starts up. This could be up to 32 megabytes, depending on the configuration. During the first versions of Android this was 16 megabytes. To any foreground application, it makes no difference whether your phone has 128 megabytes or 1024 megabytes of working memory. The foreground process will get its entire 32 megabytes. The only difference will be how many background processes will Android have to kill to make enough room for the foreground app.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Legacystar:
Not going to fight about which phone is better since they are both nice

The TB battery issues are likely software judging by the fact the new gingerbread radio is giving great battery life.

One thing I would like to know is of the charge can handle 720p flash like the TB. I tried 720p on my droid x and captivate and neither could handle 720p flash by the TB cuts right through it like butter.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Goronok:
Maybe I just have an odd-ball phone, but I'm finding the Charge's battery life to be much better than the Thunderbolt. I am in a "fringe" area in Las Vegas and find that the Charge knows when to let go of a 4G signal and stick with 3G. The Thunderbolt would always hang onto a weak 4G signal, draining the battery in a matter of minutes and leave me with no data connection whatsoever. (despite the phone telling me I had a 4G connection)
[Verizon Droid Charge] lizard pie:
I got 7 hours on full charge. This is my first smartphone so I have nothing to compare it to. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I've read online that the Charge is supposed to last the entire day before needing a charge, but mine has only lasted 7 hours.

Are there things I need to do to make it last longer? :confused:
[Verizon Droid Charge] thunderstruck!:
I work in an area with marginal reception, and yesterday I watched the battery go down 30 percent in about an hour. I wound up returning the phone to verizon. The speed of 4 g is awesome, but I need more a 3 hour battery life. Unless the application did not function correctly, I did have 4 g turned off.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jraskal:
I'm getting decent battery life in SF (4G market). I notice with regular usage, I lose 10% an hour. I let it sit last night without charging and it went from 89% to 77%. (I don't restrict any data not services while I sleep). I AM experiencing the intermittent 4G data signal loss, BUT not too much. On idle (sitting in my pocket ) it can go almost a whole day and drain only 25%.

I do however have an example of bad battery life. Last night I let my friend's iPhone connect via wifi hotspot, and it drained from 44% to 5% in 2.5 hours (she was using it primarily to connect to Facebook bc her AT&T had it's normal SF reception issues.
[Verizon Droid Charge] denpad2010:
I'm not sure its battery life its good...still need do more test lol
[Verizon Droid Charge] jfranci3:
I've been upset by the terrible battery life I've been getting with my Epic 4g. Part of the problem is that my office does not get good cell reception ,but I wanted to see how a Droid Charge would fare. Initial results on the Droid Charge battery life experiment look good.

I've got my Sprint Epic and the Verizon Charge configured identically-ish. With the exception of running Juice Defener on the Sprint phone but not on the Verizon phone as I found it too intrusive even on its softest setting. Also, I'm not in a Verizon 4g area right now (no 4g on/off control), and have 4g turned off on the Sprint phone.

According to the Battery Monitor App, which does a simple "Last Plugged In charge -current charge / time passed" equation to come up with a theoretical range and expected range, The Epic usually has 12 hours of gas in normal use while the Charge is reading 25 hours. In either case, turning on the display rapidly depletes the battery. The Verizon phone seems much better has standby as I was at 98% vs 87% by the time I made it into the office.

Interestingly, configuring Exchange email is MUCH more difficult on the Verizon phone. Both are Samsungs running Android 2.2.1. I got it configured, but it was MUCH easier on the Sprint phone.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Danwsim:
Extreme battery life range

Hi everyone,

I just got a Charge, and I am coming from an incredible, so battery life is one of my number one concerns.

What I have experienced. Your first day will suck, constant use, 4g excitement, and a poorly calibrated battery.

But that is not important.

With moderate use, a little bit of everything, no tethering, I have found I get about the following battery life.

On 4g LTE in manhattan - 6 -> 8 hours

On 3g in manhattan and into CT - 10 -> 12 hours

On wifi, here is where the confusion lies - like 20 -> 40 hours

This clearly explains why the testing has been all over the place, some reviews are from people who just sat in offices and at home with the thing all day. You can go a couple of days. If you are wondering around NYC on 4g, it will get hammered.

Anyhow, ultimately, I am concerned about battery life, but with 4g off, the battery life is quite reasonable, and when you look at verizon's current lineup, the charge might be the best 3g phone, with the best battery life.
[Verizon Droid Charge] yyhd:
That sounds about right from my daily usage, except I wouldn't know about Wifi. Who wants/needs wifi with 4G LTE and an office charger. Hehe.
[Verizon Droid Charge] qipengart:
I think that I saw that the battery is 1750 mah not 1600 mah.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jfranci3:
Ended up at 35 hours on 3g vs 13hrs for the same duty cycle on my Samsung Epic 4g in 3g mode. I hit Portland airport which is a 4g oasis, and the battery life shortened greatly - i was getting 22mbps download though!
[Verizon Droid Charge] ColonelSeitan:
Just wanted to report on my battery life experience:

Initially first few days, was only getting 6-7 hours with stock, 3g, light-moderate usage(no video), improved to 8-10 hours once I turned the display all the way down.

Just rooted with PBJ voodoo + GC 1.5, and just made it 25.5 hours with moderate usage and am down to 15% charge.

Quite an improvement after getting all that crap off the phone :)
[Verizon Droid Charge] rami98:
So i got the charge a couple of weeks ago. I had the thunderbolt before it but then i switched it out for the charge just because the thunderbolt was kinda heavy. Now i have terrible battery life. I am on stock rooted EE4 and have tried everything short of throwing the phone at the wall. I have 2-3 bars of 4g signal usually (metro detroit). I have tried AC Altered beast, tried gummycharged, tested my own rom, used kangfucius, PB&J Time, and VOODOO, all to no avail. I leave at 7 am and come back home at 3 pm and the battery will be down to its last 5 percent, running on fumes. I even turn off mobile data or i put it on airplane mode and that doesnt even seem to help. MY THUNDERBOLT GOT A WHOLE DAY EASILY WITH IMOSEYONS KERNEL ON 4G but the charge with supposedly better battery life is worse?!?!?! Any advice?
[Verizon Droid Charge] ColonelSeitan:
I wonder if you've got a faulty unit/battery :/

I was having pretty terrible battery life before I flashed the new kernel/rom/root, but it's pretty fantastic now...sucks that you're still having those issues!

I'm still confused by the reviews saying that a stock charge was getting 1 1/2-2 days. Makes me wonder if there was something wrong with mine too, but now I'm satisfied with where I'm at.
[Captivate General] LucasBrazil1984:
So, since this is basically a larger, overclocked Captivate with a better camera, do you guys think it'd be possible to port something from it?

I probably am completely off the mark here, but if they improved the GPS software, it could be useful.
[Captivate General] sentinel79:
I'm wondering the same thing. It's confusing where this device will be supported (hopefully a mod can post a thread for the device if necessary).
[Captivate General] illini71:
Possibly, but man 200 is too much for that phone. Its only marginally better than the Captivate. They should be introducing the Galaxy S2. I would hold out for that rather then jump on this phone. This phone will phase out our beloved Captivate.:(
[Captivate General] gaston451:
Infuse and Galaxy S II

Maybe a dumb question. Aren't the Infuse and the Galaxy S II the same phone?
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
No. The infuse is a phone being released may 15th sporting a 1200mhz processor (dunno if its just an oc version of ours), a ff camera, a 8mp back camera and a larger/nicer/sharper screen.

The galaxy s2 is a dual core beast that just dropped in europe and has been submitted to the fcc with att bands, so it'll be out by the end of this year/early next
[Captivate General] xdahgary:
nope.

it's froyo.

it's single core cpu.

it's 4.5" instead of 4.3"
[Captivate General] jabtiz:
I would hold out the next few months for the S2. The captivate is still a very good phone.
[Captivate General] LucasBrazil1984:
Same processor, according to the specs on GSMArena. Not that much improvement over the Cappy.

Another thing I'm wondering is regarding the battery life of this phone. I suppose they'll place a larger battery but an extra 1/2 inch of screen is a lot.
[Captivate General] Dani897:
well the drawback of the cappy is the lack of a camera flash. though the cammera does way better in low light than many phones out there, a flash is nice for the close range shots in near total darkness. like in a club or something. also gsm arena and others are frequently wrong. one of those sites was saying that the i9010 armani had a front facing camera, they basically borrowed the spec sheet from the i9000 assuming it was the same in but in a captivate form factor. right now all the sites are woring off rumors and assuptions. not official specifications

the best assumption is that the processor is at minimum the same series because the orrigonal ad from janurary has the word hummingbird in it. but that doesnt mean the same part number or specifications or that the add from janurary even reflects the actual features. at that time the form of the phone wasnt even final, the battery door hadn't been finalized. then the back of the phone was smooth and now it is textured and looks like the sgs2 but bigger. it is posible specs have changed and maybe why the samsung site and att use the words "powerful 1.2 ghz application processor" without a name or series or description beyond that.

there are also alternatives to the galaxy s coming out with the qualcom scorpion/snapdragon chips clocked at 1.4 ghz(they need to be that fast to get the 3d graphics up to par with our chip because the adreno 205 is not quite as fast as the powervr sgx540 wth open gl). these phones will have 1080p recording and playback, similar or marginally faster 3d graphics and way faster cpu. there will be the galaxy s plus and the galaxy s 2 mini running on this chip (supposedly) so there is even a chance that the infuse will have a qualcom chip of some kind. it should get announces very soon officially. a rumor was there is a conference in nyc with samsung and att today presumably to unveil it with updated/officail specs
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
One's the best smartphone on the planet, the other is a pile of crap that should have come out last year.

What do you think?
[Captivate General] gaston451:
Thanks

Thanks I thought it was a different name for the same phone. I was waiting for the Infuse thinking it was the Galaxy S II. Guess I'll have to keep waiting.
[Captivate General] joebw:
What are the odds that we'll be able to port the infuse modem over to the captivate and get 21Mbps download speeds?
[Captivate General] syl0n:
This and the SGS2 could only mean one thing. Lots of users hopefully trading in their Captivates which can be picked up off ebay for cheap :P.
[Captivate General] emuneee:
I doubt its the same modem hardware. I'll be happy to be proven wrong though. :p
[Captivate General] Dani897:
there was new modem hardware in th egalaxy s 4g so id say there is a slim chance of that.
[Captivate General] jz3:
AT&T to allow third-party apps on Infuse! Changing policy on future phones as well?

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20060485-251.html
[Captivate General] Dani897:
im gonna go see if i can pre order one today. the phone was announced for the 15th so we'll see.

i can always return it for another captivate. i may regret screwing myself out of a sgs2 but i dont think there is much on that phone i will need to have. i guess i could buy a sgs2 outright if i really get an itch for it. if i get one id rather have the international model anyway.
[Captivate General] Dani897:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/samsung-infuse-4g-hands-on-0/#4112730

eww! shiney metalic plasitcs! why samsung? why? i may just pay for an sgs2 out of pocket after seeing that!
[Captivate General] drleospaceman:
You do realize the difference between hardware and software right?
[Captivate General] xdahgary:
It's not cheap on ebay!
[Captivate General] amtrakcn:
Infuse should be something like Galaxy S 1.5... And release before Feb. It's too late to market.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
So, i got fed up with dealing with thumbnail MMS for TMOUS while using MIUI, and i dont believe using a different txt messaging app is a viable solution, thus, i took matters into my own hands and edited the UA in the messaging app to NexusOne.

!!!NEW CHANGES!!!

This uses the N95 UA and Uaprof for carrier compatibility reasons.

The MMS Size has been changed to 120000 per request from relldroid

I tested this on my own phone without any issues.

Based off of 1.12.16, 1.12.9 and the latest stable 2.3.4a

Simply boot into CWRecovery and flash like any other update

Let me know of any issues, and i'll try to help as much as possible

Thank you.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Download file for your chosen build

2) Save it to your SDCARD (root dir is the easiest)

3) Boot into CWM Recovery

4) Select "load zip from SDCARD"

5) Select zip file on SDCARD

6) Reboot

-6a) It can be considered safe measure to wipe the cache and Dalvik cache prior to rebooting. No harm no foul

--Alternatively, if you use Rom Manager, you can use that as well. That program works directly with CWM Recovery.

How-To for yourselves

Hard Method;

Req - SystemUI.apk, Framework.apk, MMS.apk (all from the same build, no mismatching) APKManager (google is your friend ;) )

1, install APKManager

2, move SystemUI.apk -> c:\users\*your username here*\APKTool\

3, rename Framework.apk -> 1.apk

4, move 1.apk -? c:\users\*your username here*\APKTool\Framework\

5, move MMS.apk -> ~\apkmanager\place-apk-here-for-editing

6, run apkmanager from the installed directory (instructions of how to run it is with the download)

7, decompile mms.apk

8, within the \projects\ folder, there will be a folder labeled MMS, locate the xml file mms_config

9, edit the string userAgent -> NexusOne (other useagents can also work, NexusOne is a known working one for HD2 + TMOBILE)

10, once edited, compile, hit yes, then yes

11, follow the one screen instructions (it's straight forward)

12, rename the newly created apk unsignedMMS.apk (located in \place-apk-here-for-modding) to MMS.apk

13, place the new MMS.apk into the \system of your phone

14, reboot

Easy method:

Req - latest MMS fix

1, download my latest fix

2, unzip

3, unzip the mms.apk (treating the mms.apk as a zip file)

4, locate mms_config.xml

5, copy to the new mms.apk (again, treating as a zip file

6, move to \system of your phone

7, reboot

Use only the above instructions if you know what you are doing, I take no responsibilities in any damage/issues caused by the provided methods.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bigmixxx:
Are you on TMOUS? I'm having this problem myself....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
I am on TMOU, been trying to fix it all day, but now it's fixed :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lowrider262:
could you upload the mms file you used? or post a link to the build you got it from
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
edited original post with both link and .apk file :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lowrider262:
thanks, trying this now... will report results shortly. really hope i can get this working, blurry mms is the only thing thats been keeping me from running miui. btw what miui build are you using?

EDIT: i tried this on NDT ginger miui 8.0 build, no luck. it says "application not installed" and there is no icon for messaging.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
Im using JW MIUI 1.4.29 -> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1050645

How i went about it is that i put the mms.apk in the root of my sd card using ES File Explorer (which supports system rw mounting) then copied the file into \system\app\, overwriting the original.

If you try to install it as a normal apk, it will reject it, since it's a system app
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lowrider262:
thanks for the reply, downloading JW MIUI now to try again. will report results
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lowrider262:
still cant get it to work, looks like ill be sticking with CM7 roms
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
you even pushed it via ADB?

i'll see if i can make it flashable
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Capt.PP:
Here is a fix for tmobile mms, flash it via CWM. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11419702&postcount=1446
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
That is one way to resolve the issue, tho thats the gingerbread default mms apk, not the miui verson.

i've replaced the apk in the zip with the one that i'm using for messaging so it should work with miui builds.

...i wish i knew how to make flashable packages :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
uploaded a flashable apk, i take no credit for it :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lowrider262:
thanks!!! this worked for me on NDT MIUI rom!!! now if there was just a way to get this method to work on sense roms id be set
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
isnt there a TMOUS specific sense that has a mms fix implemented??

i forgot which one it was tho...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lowrider262:
i know a few have the 1024 size fix, ive tried frankinstine and cmyxlgo stock desire that both have it but it didnt make a difference for me, still blurry. until now the only thing thats worked is cm7 builds because of the custom user-agent option
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] iiadore:
What Does miui mean?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
MIUI is a custom android suit, like how sense is for android. It originally started out as a knock off from the iPhone but evolved into something more unique. Go check it out @ www.miuiandroid.com, they update the rom once a week, every friday
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JMA_HD2:
Still a novice here....

How do you flash the size fix with the zip file?

Do I just unzip the file using root explorer?q
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] anthonyburnsred:
Force close :(

I tried everything even pushed through adb and still not working. :l
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
updated to the latest build

let me know if you're having any issues :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] martywix:
English language pack

After I flash a MIUI rom I flash the english language pack that modifies the settings to fix the MMS size. Always worked fine for me. you can find the pack for the HD2 at miuiandroid.com in the ROMS section. Using TMOUS...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
Yea, Thats what i heard. I tried it and it didn't work for me =\
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] martywix:
Did you load the language pack right after you loaded the ROM in CWM. I do it right after before i even let the ROM load up before i even reboot.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shrinex:
always after the install of the new rom is loaded, without reboot.

i'll try it with the newest release today and see how that works