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[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] error12:
Hello everyone

I was wondering if its ok to leave the transformer connected to the charger.

Is it like the Evo with trickle down when it reaches 100%

I dont want to over charge it. If it were my laptop i would disconnect the battery at full charge. But its not possible to do that with the transformer.

I want to keep my cycle count low and prevent over charing.

I also wonder what happens in a few years when the battery is shot...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KitsuneKnight:
Charging is what damages Li-Ion batteries... I'd recommend not keeping it on the charger all the time. Android will purposely not keep the battery at 100% to help avoid some damage.

Li-ion prefer to be around 20-80% charge.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CalvinH:
When battery is 100% and you keep the charger connected, heat will begin to build up and eventually you will kill your battery.

I'd do as with a notebook: charge till 100%, then remove battery or charger (in case of the tablet charger :p ) . Then use your tablet and recharge when needed / desired. And from time to time a full charge / discharge cycle won't do any harm.

Just my 2 cents.

Regards.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ravynmagi:
These tablets don't automatically recognize when it's fully charged and turn off the charging?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Punchatron:
They do. There are other threads asking why thier TF's don't show 100% when unplgged from the charger. Same as it does on my Evo.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
I think pretty much every modern device recognizes a full charge and responds accordingly. In fact, MacBooks will throttle performance if the battery ISN'T kept in while the system is running on A/C.

Heat will damage a battery, but it's not heat from charging but heat from operation. If a notebook is poorly designed and the battery is near a heat source, then removing the battery might be a good idea (except with the aforementioned MacBooks), but that's independent of the charging issue.

I think it's fine to keep it plugged in. These devices are smart enough to manage such things. Of course, the TF's charging cable's so short it's hard to use when plugged in, but that's a different issue entirely. :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waqas.sonic:
From what I understand this process cannot and will not kill the battery. This did happen in the old type of batteries with the ,emory effect but these new batteries and the OS's management system for charging does not allow the battery to be killed.

it will heat up and that would happen as there is a flow of electricity but not to a level that would kill the battery.

Cheers
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gpearson1968:
IS it normal to go from 4% battery to 99% in under 3 hours ?

I thought this was supposed to take 8 hours to charge.

Cheers,

gpearson1968
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stuntdouble:
Yes that's normal. It's meant to take about 3hrs.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] error12:
Thanks guys...

Still dont know about it. Because I think its like my EVO and technology got so good that my battery is protected.

I really dont want my transformer to become a expensive paper weight or non-mobile because after a few years it has 45 mins battery life.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EMINENT1:
I've got the first full charge and full depletion done. Is it ok to use while charging now as long as I fully charge and fully deplete it a couple more times?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_does:
batteries will degrade over time....would you be keeping this tablet for over 2-3 years? a simple battery change could work if ever needed
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] questionablesanity:
I am no expert, but I have spent some time searching around the internet looking for information on the best methods for improving the life of a battery. Most of the information I have found said it is bad to completely discharge a Li-polymer battery. The articarles stated it was best to charge the battery when it reaches 20% to avoid shortening its life.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrayAdjacent:
Batteries are like muscles - they like to be exercised.

Leaving the unit plugged in WILL NOT HURT YOUR BATTERY. Period. The charging circuitry in modern devices is smart enough to cut current to the battery once it has reached a certain level of resistance.

Batteries do not like being deeply discharged. Most devices will shut off before the battery gets too deeply discharged, but it's never a good idea to tempt fate by running it until the device shuts off.

What really determines a battery's life is the number of cycles it has been put through. A cycle would be a full charge followed by a full (or to a lower end threshold) discharge.

The old original Lithium Ion batteries used in laptops would usually last about 300 full cycles or so - about a year if you used it on the battery every day. Partial discharges of course only count as fractions of a cycle.

Given the life of these types of devices, considering we'll likely upgrade to the next big thing in a year or so, I don't think anyone here will come close to 'wearing out' a battery.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KitsuneKnight:
As stated, these are Li-Ion batteries, and they do not need to be trained. The only reason you might need to do any training is to calibrate Android's understanding of the battery (although I doubt you need to do a full discharge for that, either).

It's not going to suddenly kill it, but it will over time hurt your battery's life.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wynand32:
I went ahead and did a full discharge/charge cycle, but only because Asus said to do so in the manual. Maybe the copywriter just copied/pasted from a circa 1990's manual for a device with a NiCd battery, but I figured if they're suggesting it, I might as well do it.
[HD7 General] darklink528:
Hello if i update my hd7 witch is on the 7008 rom will i be able to keep the ringtones i loaded in is it safe to update if your chevron unlocked?
[HD7 General] drewalk:
Yea u will be able to keep all of your ringtones...not sure if its ok if you're unlocked tho
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
Is the notification LED on the Inc S/2 RGB?
[HTC Incredible S] nayak.aj:
No .. so far all i ve seen is orange and green .. i ve had mine for about a month
[HTC Incredible S] Enes_81:
Unfortunately not, I tried a couple apps to test it but it is only green and orange.
[HTC Incredible S] dco717:
The apps probably need to update to support the dirc2
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
I am thinking the LED itself is just a dual LED... Orange and Green, no RGB.
[HTC Incredible S] t1Mg:
No RBG on a newer android phone, in a world where led notification color options are almost a basic... doesn't seem logical. My girl just got the I2 after having a blackberry for the last two years, and THIS is her biggest disappointment with the phone so far. It HAS to be RBG!!! :/
[HTC Incredible S] Hawkysoft:
Im pritty sure i seen the deadly color red... Or was that orange as well?

Will keep an eye on it
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
I agree. I think the more impressive part about it is that they stuck two LEDs in there (Green and Orange), but didn't bother to just put a single RGB (which I realize is actually three LEDs) for a much better experience. It seems a little lazy.

Hawkysoft - Pretty sure it was just orange.
[HTC Incredible S] letmedanz:
^Lol. Lazy seems to be like the only possible solution here.

Quite Incredible, that a phone with the capabilities of an incredible s has no RGB led(s).

wat do u think HTC would have lost by adding this :P

go figure
[HTC Incredible S] knightrocker:
If u ask me id say htc was soooo busy securing their nand lock that they forgot the difference O_o
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
Lol. I agree.
[HTC Incredible S] knightrocker:
It actually makes sense ... Morons are forgeting what is important and focusing on what they want ... What do they expect us to do with only two colours? o_O
[HTC Incredible S] andrewpmoore:
I would guess it's 99% certain that it only has amber and green as all HTC phones since the HTC desire seemed to have been like that.

If anyone wants to confirm, install my app (light flow lite) from the market. Run the app with an SD card in your phone and PM me with the details of the /sdcard/lightflow/tmp/led-ls-output.txt

I don't think my app actually works on the latest htc phones such as this one so I'm guessing they may have changed their permissions on executing the led files.
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
Pmed you.
[HTC Incredible S] andrewpmoore:
Thanks. I can confirm the led's that it has:

green

amber

lcd-backlight

button-backlight-portrait

button-backlight-landscape

flashlight

Obviously out of that list only green and amber are used for the notification light and the rest are for controlling button lights, the screen and the flash.
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
I assume we can still use light flow with just those?
[HTC Incredible S] andrewpmoore:
Sorry, forgot to subsribe to the thread. It seems that they've changed the permissions of getting access to controlling the files. I've got a test build at the moment that may work with it, but only for rooted users as it needs to "su" to the unix shell instead of "sh" like the current market version does.

If anyone wants to give the new dev version of light flow a try PM me and I'll e-mail a version to somebody with root access to try.
[HTC Incredible S] efaden:
I'll test it with temp root. But can't test more than that until xtc clip supports Inc 2.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] unique77:
Hello,

I searched around and didn't find anything on this, so I hope I'm not double posting. Just wondering, is anyone else unable to click links in their emails on the lg g2x? Whenever I receive an email that contains a link, I can't seem to click on them. I'm somewhat new to android, any help greatly appreciated. Also, I noticed that it doesn't let me see the whole email page all the time as well. It will cut off the right side sometimes, and I have to go to landscape to see what's over there on the page. The links appear as fixed text, no way to copy any text out of it either.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teroper:
Hi,

I recorded video with my galaxy s and after 15min of recording i accidentally touched the back button on my phone. Recording stopped immediately but video file wasn't saved anywhere. Is there any way to find that video file anymore or is it gone forever. I think there must be some kind of temp file of that video somewhere in my phone but i can't find it.

This video is very important to me so any kind of help would be highly appreciated.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Connect your phone in USB mass storage mode and search but i think you have no chance .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shedox:
i think android recording method is stupid ..

not only you have to push the "stop" button' but also then choose "save".

i have lost many precious videos beacuse of that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teroper:
I tried mass storage mode and several recovery programs but they didn't find right video. I think that maybe unsaved videos could be found in phone system folders but only memory cards are showing in USB mass storage mode. Any ideas how to search from system folders?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Root explorer .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yetep:
Its gone buddy, sorry.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
Anyone know where one can be brought? also why have I read stuff about the s2 having mini usb? it doesn't it has the same propriety connector as the galaxy s.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DVC1985:
It's MHL. It's the supposed new 'standard' for connectivity. I think most devices are using that connection nowadays. Last I heard was Clove saying the MHL adapters won't be out until June.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
really? so the original galaxy s had mhl as well? Any suggestions on what to do with my fancy new phone? so far apart from being super quick it just seems like a sleaker bigger galaxy s, I cant think of anything my galaxy s couldn't do :S

Oh I know I'm gonna see if the wii mote works on this thing
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Xero Xenith:
I can't find any evidence that it did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-definition_Link

It's the new standard, but that doesn't mean older devices support it. The SGS2 is one of the first AFAIK :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Deleted member 2842059:
But nothing on the market will currently work? HDMI out from a mobile is just supercool!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ice_coffee:
I have both an sgs1 and sgs 2, my charger fits the micro usb (the only i/o connector) on the phones, perfectly
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DavidMc0:
The connectors should be the same on the S1 and S2, but only the S2 is MHL compatible.

I think MHL can use any 5 pin connector to send an HDMI signal while receiving power for charging.

I'm not sure if you'll be able to use the MHL HDMI out and USB at the same time, but I hope this is possible.

I'm also guessing that the adaptor will need to be a clever one with circuitry rather than a passive adaptor. Does anyone know if this will definitely be the case, and if so I'd imagine it'll have cost implications! Hope I'm wrong and a passive adaptor is possible :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] saquib:
Coming from a LG Optimus 2x, that came with a Micro USB ---> HDMI cable. These are available from Ebay for a GBP 10 - would these work?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
Yea guessing its just MHL compatible as the old port was usb compatible. Thats annoying, with all the talk of this new standard usb-hdmi port I was assuming it would use a standard connector and not a proprietary one.

It stupid really if all manufacturers used the same connector we wouldn't have to have multiple chargers/docks/cables
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
You can't use the USB port for MHL and USB functions at the same time, this is confirmed (if you search for MHL at youTube there is a great video with a person from the MHL consortium explaining it).

To badasschris: this isn't a proprietary port. Samsung, Nokia, Sony, HTC, Toshiba, and quite a few other partners are involved with it, it seems likely to become the standard for mobile devices (iPhone aside, I am sure Apply will continue to push their proprietary ports).
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
Are you absolutely sure it isnt proprietary? Why I am getting confused is because it has the same port as the galaxy s1 and I heard nothing about that being a standard port and you always have to buy a samsung charger not a [standard port] charger e.g. mini usb charger for any devices which have mini usb. So you are saying at some point the other manufactorers will have the same port and I will be able to use my galaxy s charger to charge them?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Galaxy S is a standard micro USB port, and lacks the MHL connection, its not proprietary at all, I use several non-Samsung cables to charge the phone in my car and from PCs. Most manufacturers, Apple excluded, use micro USB charging now.

The port in the Galaxy SII is not the same as the Galaxy S, as it has MHL connectivity in addition, but its function as a micro USB port for mass memory and charging is perfectly standard, and doesn't require special cables or connectors of any kind.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
lol I had to thank you there I've been a right plonker. I remember seeing someone say the origional galaxy s was micro usb and then when I saw it I thought that't not micro usb. It just clicked I have been getting micro and mini usb confused. When anyone said micro I immediately assumed mini

Glad I got that sorted.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] aonanodad:
Is it possible to buy an MHL to HDMI cable? Where?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] DavidMc0:
That sucks. I was hoping to look into making a tablet dock that used a USB capacitive touch screen & HDMI output for the screen.

A laptop dock using Bluetooth for the keyboard and HDMI for the screen would still be possible, or a tablet that used Bluetooth for the touch-screen.

This phone is powerful - it's annoying not to be able to use the hardware for more than just a phone.

I reckon Motorola is thinking along the right lines with the Atrix, and I hoped other manufacturers would be too, but this combined port indicates Samsung are probably not.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
Plus you have the added fact that samsung like to mess with bluetooth meaning many devices wont work with it. I really hope the bluetooth situation gets fixed somehow as this device paired with a screen and a bluetooth keyboard/mouse and game pad gives you a portable computer / games console. without it its just an amazing phone
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
This should work perfectly with bluetooth mouse and keyboard, my SGSI does. It should also work with a Zeemote, unfortunately it doesn't have enough buttons to be that good for using in emulators.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] jrinco11:
I can confirm that the igo stowaway bluetooth keyboard works fine w/the SGS2 in case anyone's curious
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Deleted member 2842059:
Good question. That's what we are all looking for.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] davidoff08:
So far i have only seen two places selling them Clove and Expansys are doing it 2 £24.99 they ar egetting them in on the 28th May
[Galaxy S II Accessories] badasschris:
I think I will wait until you can get one for less than a fiver off ebay
[Galaxy S II Accessories] shandoli:
Exactly what I plan to do. oem stuff is generally overpriced

Sent from galaxy S 2 using xda app
[Galaxy S II Accessories] clubtech:
I just order THIS cable. This cable was originally rumored to be for the SGS however it was never implemented.

If you look closely at the picture is DOES look like an MHL adapter because it has a little socked on the side of the HDMI port where you can plug in your MicroUSB charger to charge the phone when connected to the TV.

I'll report back when i get it. hopefully it will be here by mid next week.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Agree it does look like the right thing, however I'm not that hopeful since I recall the original Samsung product page for that item (before Samsung pulled the page and discontinued the cable), which showed it working for devices that were made before the MHL-spec came out. Be interested to hear your report!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lohtus:
Yes you can. If you go to youtube and after the .com/ put

watch?v=ZtwTcnR0hqA

2:30 min

Not every HDMI plugs charge it but you can buy a connector the splits hdmi and usb ports making possible to charge it will viewing something via HDMI in every equipment available.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lohtus:
Also you can read it in wikipedia:

"The MHL standard features a single-cable with a low pin-count interface able to support up to 1080p high-definition (HD) video and digital audio while simultaneously charging the connected device."

and

"Features

The HDTV charges the connected device. The goal is to always keep the mobile device in a ready-to-use state."
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
@Lohtus: I'm quite aware of that already thanks. I was only referring to using the USB host functions, I was not referring to charging. This is quite clear if you read the posts mine was in response to.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] stoolzo:
yes, well, at that price I think I will wait for the proper one to be released :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ronj1986:
Samsung included an MHL to HDMI adapter in the Infuse 4G packaging. I'm not sure why they didn't include it in their top class device (SGS2) though. I plan on getting the Infuse removing that adapter, then returning the Infuse, but I need something to look like the MHL adapter, so the staff of ATT or Best Buy doesn't recognize that I made the switch
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Burko:
Chuck an old SD card reader in.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] marvi0:
Sorry a bit muddled here so are we still waiting for Samsung to release a hdmi cable? Are their any already being sold made by other manufacturers?
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
Still waiting for Samsung, no where to get them right now, no other manufacturers.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] marvi0:
its unbelevable, so basically, they have supplied us, a half baked product, i hope it comes, with a section to allow charging and using hdmi at the same time otherwise, we are stuffed. is their anyway, apart from this helpful site, of getting the information, as soon as the cable becomes available.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
I think you can register at Clove for email updates on availability.

The Samsung adapter has been shown on a website - it has a side input to allow USB charging.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] David Horn:
Just for info but last week when I was checking out the SGS2 at Phones4U, the sales dood (and I use that term loosely) assured me that an HDMI adapter is included with their phones.

So in the highly unlikely event he knew what he was talking about and not just pulling things out of his backside to get a quick sale, it might be worth pestering them.

Bought mine from O2 in the end when he refused to pricematch.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] NZtechfreak:
I believe he is speaking out of his nether regions. Lots of people here purchased from them and not one of them has it in their retail box.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] karendar:
I'm thinking they wanted to release the phone before the testing on the cables were done just to beat the crowd before they released their own Dual core model... Right now, LG 2X and Atrix are already out, they needed to really hurry up before they were beat. That and they wanted to turn a quick buck by selling an overpriced cable I'll be able to buy off monoprice in about 2 months. ;)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Komatoes:
Cheapest "brand name manufacturer" MHL cable I have found so far which allows connect and power...

http://www.easydevices.co.uk/products.asp?partno=ACM490SEN&model=
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rafael000:
I would like to buy a cheap one on Deal Extreme that works with SGS2.

If anyone finds it, please share.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Komatoes:
I bet you would! :D
[Galaxy S II Accessories] silverstorm:
I hope that the screen on the SG2 will at least time-out and switch off to save battery and wear. The TV-out on the SGS worked well with the composite Nokia cable, but the screen had to remain constantly on in order to output anything to the TV.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] iamthecosmos:
I got the official Samsung MHL adapter from mobilefun for about £25 - I see it is currently out of stock, as it was from other etailers when I was looking for mine! They also sell one by BizLink for £14.95. Goes without saying you need a HDMI cable also, and it needs to plugged into the charger at the same time unless you have a MHL compatible TV (I doubt it!). I'm going to buy a longer HDMI cable as it's not too easy having your phone plugged into the charger and TV at the same time as controlling your phone! Hope this doesn't sound like advertising but they do have a good selection of other SGS2 accessories such as cases, docks etc and my free MHL cable delivery arrived the next day!
[XPERIA X8 General] fookelvin:
when i launch my Market , and i go to 'Just in', so when i pull down on the screen, it show me this error message "process com.android.vending". beside that, everything works fine. I just Reinstall software on my xperia x8.
[XPERIA X8 General] oleq:
Use Google before posting ;) Try Settings -> Apps settings -> Manage apps -> Market -> Force stop + Clear cache. It should help.

Cheers!
[XPERIA X8 General] fookelvin:
i already search everywhere. and the method that you teach , i tried before. cannot works. until i re run the Update Service and Reinstall my firmware. the problem still occurs.
[XPERIA X8 General] katuss:
i'm facing the same problem :(