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[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
Wifi sharing also started to appear in the last couple of days for me too, been fine for a month and suddenly battery drain. Have to restart to stop it as I'm not rooted.

This is annoying
[Galaxy S II General] SergioA:
Yes really annoying, I've rooted just to freeze that app!
[Galaxy S II General] defnz:
Mine has also started doing this in the last day too with no change in habit, on KE7

I'm assuming the only way around this is to use titanium backup to freeze wi-fi sharing?
[Galaxy S II General] Harvin Dhillon:
From Location & Security I unchecked "Use Wifi for Location" and seems to have worked :) On KE7 as well
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
yes,,this is the only way until a new filmware resolve this..
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
KF3 update seems to have fixed this issue. I think Samsung is slowly rolling out KF3.
[Galaxy S II General] TWiTCommander:
Go to

Settings

,

Wireless and network

,

Wi-Fi Direct settings

and disable

WFi Direct

. This will disable Wi-Fi sharing.

Here's a guide:

Wi-Fi means device connected to Wireless AP.

Wi-Fi tethering means your device is the Wireless AP.

Wi-Fi sharing is some kind of adhoc (device-to-device) Wi-Fi connection without involving a Wireless AP. AFAIK.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Its disabled by default, wifi sharing bug is still active.. the apk it self needs to be removed or the service frozen.
[Galaxy S II General] sawer82:
Oh man, HTC Desire died on me in 3 hours of Wifi Sharing :). 10 Hours is quite amazing.
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
its not that simple..

on galaxy s2 wi fi sharing is a known bug..it starts randomly and drains the battery much more than the persentage it shows..wi fi direct disabled cannot stop this from happening..

with kf3 until now no one report the problem so far..lets wait and see...
[Galaxy S II General] TWiTCommander:
Restart your phone, open

Task manager

, click on the

RAM

tab, and hit the

Clear memory

button. Let me know how the battery life is after that. It should take care of every undesired process that launches when you restart the device, but shouldn't affect your work because you haven't done anything since the reboot.
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
I have had some weird issues when using that clear memory button.
[Galaxy S II General] julandroid:
Two days and no Wi-fi sharing so far. Let's hope it won't appear ever again :) Currently I'm on KF3 :)
[Galaxy S II General] ano.cresent:
I am on KF3 (indian version) and this service pops-up as soon as I start wi-fi. The frustrating thing is that... it remains in the active service list even when I switch off the wi-fi :(

However ... this time I forced stopped it after turning the wi-fi on and it has not creeped back in :)
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
do you have social hub enabled???

i just updated to kf3 but i am afraid of using this...

i i am sure that this wi fi sharing started after i enabled email and facebook on social hub..
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
hello all,i am using watchdog that monitors apps cpu totals. here you can set certain threshholds and when it hits them it kills the process! i can post screens (i think!)

Jr
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
adding to the watchdog black list seems to have helped!

will be interested to hear of other peoples results!

Also i think this means 21 odd hours since my phone was last plugged in!?

battery sat at 51% with couple of phone calls and texts and now sifting thru xda forums!
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
Yes that is correct.

I am in any case not seeing any wi-fi sharing after KF3. Also I find that if I once in a while re-boot the phone, it also helps. It also seems to take a long time for the battery to fully charge till the 'annoying' beep, but a few times of doing that has helped my battery life tremendously. I have also disabled the weather live wallpapers. They do consume a large amount of power, trying to update (if you are not connected) or else your data/wi-fi connection consumes the power if you remain connected.

Using wi-fi / data for few hours, usual voice/sms, etc. alarms, e-reading, with a couple of brief (less than 20 min each time) re-charges, I am now at 2d11h and battery is at 40%. This is definitely much more than I expected from such a device and IMO perfectly acceptable.

I am sure 2.3.4 will make the device even more power efficient.
[Galaxy S II General] Javcolin:
Let's pray that 2.3.4 will solve all are battery drainage issues.!!:D
[Galaxy S II General] king_dani:
people are talking about resolved wifi-sharing problem, but the actual capability still there i hope?
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Not really, i used my phone for about 3 weeks without ever connecting to a wi-fi network. During this period i had facebook and samsung social hub enabled on push with lots of e-mail addresses and i used my phone data connection. Never encountered the wi-fi sharing process. Everything was good. Few days ago i connected to a wi-fi network and all the "fun" began. Wi-fi sharing keeps running in the background after closing wi-fi and i have to force kill it. It starts back again even if i start phone's data connection and i don't have wi-fi activated. And on top of that, keeps my phone awake continuously even when screen is off. Been monitoring my phone for the last 2 days and it's the only culprit that keeps my phone awake. It's the only thing i force kill out of dozens apps that run in the background and every time i killed it and let the phone in stand-by, problem was gone, no more active phone when screen off.
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
force kill does nothing..a reboot is needed...

seems that kf3 solve that problem almost 2 days on kf3 and no wi fi sharing..
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Yes it does, wi-fi sharing only starts again when i connect to phone data connection, if phone data connection is off, wi-fi sharing doesn't start. So i'd rather force kill it when i'm done with data connection, instead of rebooting my phone 100 times a day. I'm still on KE5 Vodafone branded, no root. Hopefully they'll release a new firmware soon.
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
..maybe your wi fi sharing problem is a little bit different..but the fact remains..lets hope now its over..do you upgraded to kf3??
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Nope, waiting for an official firmware from Vodafone, still on KE5, no root.
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
mine was 02 uk..but i debranded just to test if this battery drain nightmare was over..

so far so good...and also the dialer up dissapeared from my battery stats..with ke2 dialer was always more than 10%...
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Nice, looks like KF3 got things smoother. Most of the users' reports are favorable :D
[Galaxy S II General] gaui:
I have the same problem with WiFi sharing on my non-rooted SGS2.

Looking forward to KF3 :)
[Galaxy S II General] sandeep10:
Yes, at least 3 major problems - battery, wi-fi sharing and overheating - resolved reasonably.
[Galaxy S II General] hide598:
I just upgraded to KG1, let's see how the battery draining is now.
[Galaxy S II General] :
Upgrade too 2.3.4 its no longer an issue.
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
..with kf3 or 2.3.4 filmware until now no one reported this bug..lets just hope it will not start randomly after a few days on evry phone!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] julandroid:
No, I've never used Samsung's social hub, so I don't think Wi-fi sharing has anything to do with it. I keep using the same way my phone as before, but no Wi-fi sharing appears anymore :)
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
Its one of many apps that can trigger this bug...others include games..normal wi fi..samsung account..

Same here..after almost 3 days no wifi sharing..with ke2 this was a nightmare..
[Galaxy S II General] nomis_md:
I was having the same wifi sharing issue. Updated to the new version through Kies yesterday, we will see if it helps.

I have a UK sgs2. n00b here, non-rooted phone - is KF2 referring to the last 3 characters of the baseband version? or Build Number?

After updating my phone now says

Baseband Version: I910XXXKE7

Build Number GINGERBREAD.XWKF3

I am guessing this means I am using KF3 now?
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
Yes..you are on kf3
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
I am on KF3 for two weeks now, there is no Wi-Fi sharing stuff anymore whatsoever, and my I surf via Wi-Fi for almost 90 mins per day.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] Guegs!:
I am getting this problem on UGKG2. Is there a way to update without Kies?
[Galaxy S II General] cwepruk:
FWIW, i froze wifi sharing and wifi sharing manager and tethering still works and so does Kies - so I have no clue what these things actually do.
[Galaxy S II General] 7Ate9:
hey, i am having a problem with wifi sharing too, i read somewhere that the app "AllShare" uses for data multimedia transfer via DLNA, but the thing is this program will randomly just start up while i am using anyhting, (it will just start while browsing the net, while playing angry birds) i was wondering if theres a way to get rid of this thing, cause no application uses my cpu like this one.
[Galaxy S II General] LouisJB:
Please always report what build version number you are on. I had this issue but Samsung fixed this on build number XWKF3 updated via Kies which I am now running.
[Galaxy S II General] froggydoddy:
What about an app?

"Wifi sharing" launches every time I turn on wifi or hotspot. I have to go to ALL APPLICATIONS in setings, find it and force close it. Then I can continue to use wifi or hotspot normally without the insane wifi sharing battery drain. If I start and stop wifi or hotspot, the cycle repeats itself.

I'm wondering if someone could write an app that runs in the background and when "wifi sharing" is launched, it automatically force closes it every time. Similar to how the "blade wifi fix" app automatically fixes wifi connections.

I know that this problem can be fixed by rooting the phone and changing the wifi sharing file extension. However, I'd rather not root. Makes me nervous.

Is writing an app that automatically force closes "wifi sharing" when it pops up something that's hard to do? I have no clue, but I'd pay for that app ;)
[Galaxy S II General] ninpeh:
get watchdog pro and blacklist wifi sharing when it hits 10% CPU.

this is the only way i know without rooting the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] reidar.ostrem:
Why do you not just freeze the process in tb? I have done so and no functionality is lost as far as I can see.
[Galaxy S II General] THUDUK:
Yup get titanium (in my opinion the first package every android user should buy) freeze the nuts of that wifi sharing git, while yer at it freeze the bloomin nasty little AR news package and widget entirely
[Galaxy S II General] LouisJB:
SAMSUNG HAS FIXED THIS ISSUE in version KF3. Update via Kies, no need to root. (Although some carrier branded phones have had Kies updates blocked by their carrier)

PLEASE ALWAYS QUOTE WHAT VERSION YOU ARE RUNNING if you want us to help you.

Running : XWKF3 (non-root, updated via Kies)
[Galaxy S II General] froggydoddy:
Thanks guys.

I'd love to get Titanium Backup and freeze the app but that requires root access and I'd rather not root.

ninph, you said "get watchdog pro and blacklist wifi sharing when it hits 10% CPU."

I thought that watchdog was just to monitor data usage. Does it actually kill running apps like that by letting you blacklist them? I don't see that in the app's description.

**update ok, I see you meant watchdog task manager. I'll give it a try. Thx.**

By the way I'm running BASEBAND VERSION KG2, which you would think is newer than KF3. Kies says my firmware is up to date :(

I HATE THIS BUG!! GRRR
[Galaxy S II General] reidar.ostrem:
Kg2 is newer yes..
[Galaxy S II General] ninpeh:
Paid $4+ for this app to get rid of this problem.
[Galaxy S II General] froggydoddy:
I just tried it (using watchdog task killer)

It didn't work for me. It doesn't close wifi sharing even though I blacklisted it. At first I tried setting the CPU level at 10%, it didn't work. Then I noticed that CPU level for that app stayed at 0%, so I tried that as well. Unfortunately it didn't work either.

Thx anyway
[Galaxy S II General] Psilocin:
I would caution against using task managers. I had really bad wifi issues where it was disconnecting/reconnecting randomly every 10min or so. They tend to screw up the OS and causes even more problem. The built-in task manager is probably the best if you want to clear the ram and close down any programs you don't want running, although it will require restarting some programs that you do want running again.
[Galaxy S II General] ninpeh:
that's weird. u mean the battery is draining even when wifi sharing is running at 0%?

did u try putting a watchdog widget on ur homescreen? i always know the wifi sharing process is up to no good when it hit 20+%.

btw, don't think it is advisable to blacklist it at 0%
[Galaxy S II General] Psilocin:
The cpu resources used and general functionality of wifi itself are two different things. The biggest source of idle drainage is just leaving the wifi antennae on as it will passively scan for networks and transmit data as necessary. However, turning wifi sharing on will magnify the energy requirement due the need to boost the signal output sufficiently to ensure that radius is blanketed with your wifi for other devices to detect.

My advise is to download an app that allows you to easily switch off wifi sharing (without having to go through the settings menus) when you don't need it rather than blacklisting.
[Galaxy S II General] ninpeh:
the wifi sharing is a known bug in 2.3, which no amount of fiddling of wifi setting would resolve it. my S2 would become a battery draining oven randomly after wifi is switched off.

from what i read in most android community, freezing it with titanium backup is still the most reliable remedy.

fortunately, blacklisting with watchdog works, at least for me..
[Galaxy S II General] brahmy:
I noticed my "Wi-Fi Sharing" process was taking up about 16% CPU time.

I read every single post in this thread and the consensus is that it's a bug in certain versions of Android, that's not fully resolvable with a task killer or any manner of tweaking Wi-Fi/tethering/location settings.

I have a GT-I9100M (Bell), rooted, running UGKG2 2.3.3. I used Titanium Backup Pro to freeze the "Wi-Fi Sharing" and "Wi-Fi Sharing Manager". I just did this fix today, but I expect it to work.. will report back if it doesn't work.
[GT540 Optimus General] hkhkl5000:
hi

gt540 2.3.3

can't share wifi?????
[GT540 Optimus General] JackG256:
Use Barnacle Wifi Tether from Market.

Hope it helps,

Jack
[GT540 Optimus General] hkhkl5000:
thank for you
[GT540 Optimus General] smg72523889:
thanks 4 your tipp
[General Questions and Answers] Hitch_Itch:
Im looking at buying a Android tablet and I was wondering what one would be most likely to have the most custom roms/themes.

I enjoy flashing custom roms and themes on my Dinc and would like to do the same for my tablet.

I have been looking at the Asus transformer, Acer Iconica, HTC Flyer

I do like sense but the flyer only has a 7" and 2.3 os

Any advice would be cool

Thanks

Hitch
[About XDA developers] DaveShaw:
Or in case you feel it's TL;DR

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[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donald2603:
Hi,

I flashed my phone from HTC NoDo Rom back to the T-Mobile branded Rom without NoDo.

I made the Unlock and tested installing some stuff. Worked fine.

I made the reset to defaults and everything was gone, even the jailbreak.

So my question: When I now unlock again, update to NoDo and maybe one day I have to do the reset again is everything gone too???

Then with NoDo on the Phone I can't unlock!

Regards

Dennis
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessenic:
Exactly. You can't unlock on NoDo+ with Chevron.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donald2603:
Means: Reset to defaults and keeping jailbreak is not possible?
[XPERIA X8 General] SimonL98:
hey i play modern combat sandstorm on my x8 all the time but i now i want the second game called modern combat 2 black pegasus.

i wonder if someone has remade this game to work on x8 and if not im begging you pros to make it work

bye :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Comraderus:
If one change resolution to 320x480, we won't run this game, because x8 hardware is too weak for this game.

P.S. I installed this game to one-rich-and-stupid-guy's Galaxy S and I have a dream to play it on x8 too. :(
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hanifaz:
I can't use odin, my computer does not recognize my phone.

How can i replace cwm 3 back to cwm 2.5 without odin?

I am stuck, i can't flash the stock or any other good rom, only ginger bread which is not working.

Help help
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drnihili:
Use the .zip version and flash from within your current CWM. I think you can find one here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942021
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
Or use Heimdall. Heimdall uses its own drivers ratherthan Samsung's and is thus is more reliable and often will recognize a phone when Odin fails to.

See DaleV's sticky in the General section.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Abhiroxx:
Help me !!! My mobile is not recommending in lg suite iv

i m using cm7 6.3
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Abhiroxx:
no one here to help :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] hell1134:
Why do you want to use LG Suite ?

An specific reason ?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] everyday_:
You already flash cm7, so LG pc suites will not detect your phone

Sent from my LG-P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] shhbz:
elaborate what u are trying to do then we can help you
[Optimus One, P500, V General] 4silvertooth:
Well come to the world of custom rom. Y do u want to connect to PC suit for?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Abhiroxx:
i don't like CM7 6.3 version so i flashed with devoid rom :D
[General Questions and Answers] bnsonear:
First, Sorry for my poor English, and thank you for reading this.

Please help me to escape from bricked phone!

At this point of time, I cannot determine the symptom wheter H/W related or S/W.

At HTC service center, they refuse to repair my DHD unless I restore bootscreen & S-off. However, my DHD is almost bricked (now stuck in first HTC logo) so I couldn't follow most of kindful guides in here.

Please let me determine the symptom, then I can give up if the problem is H/W related (and should pay almost $200 for fee), or I can continue to study in the case of S/W related problem.(Also I need some hints from you for finding solutions..)

Here are follow-up measures history.

Please help me to determine the problem!

Is it H/W related error?

If then, maybe no one can be fix my DHD except HTC service man.

Is it S/W related error?

If then, here are two questions.

Why "Error while formatting /system" occurs?

Can this be fixed without entering android UI?

(Becasue I can't enter..)

Or

Modified screen and S-off can be restored without entering android UI?

(Becasue I can't enter..) If done, service man will replace M/B.

Thank you for reading this long thread!
[General Questions and Answers] SERGI.3210:
ooh man its a long and harsh thread... ok

various things: CWM version that you are using can brick PERMANENTLY your phone because has a bug: it re-writes and formats the NAND memory of your device..(hasn´t reparation)be careful!! now in the dev. secction its available 3xx8 CWM with this bug fixed. ;)

can you enter into recovery menu?

has you tried to boot your device in "safe mode"...

after reading it seems an apk problem.... safemode can help you to uninstall the last installed apk´s

if not solved we are going to use adb commands with sdk...
[HTC Inspire 4G] mpetrelli:
No sound in earpiece after flashing RCMix Kingdom, any ideas.

This issue comes up after flashing inspire audio patch...or thru headphones..
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crais:
A friend's wife dropped her vibrant into some water and powered it on before it was completely dry. Now the display is distorted with lines, occasional flickering, etc. The phone is usable sometimes (when you can see). The touch screen seems responsive, speaker works, front buttons work, and pretty much everything else I tested.

At first I suspected the display, and it might still be bad, but when I took it apart and cleaned it up there was a damaged part on the top board.

Not sure what it is, maybe a capacitor? Labeled, "2R2" on the top.

It's under the narrow portion of the metal cover. The cover that sets directly above it was scorched black.

Basically I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile or possible to replace this board, or even just the part. I'd prefer not to replace just the part since I'm terrible at soldering.

Is it even likely that this is the only culprit?

Any advice?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illogic-al:
It is possible. See globaldirectparts.com/category-s/6611.htm for part names and google them for other places w/ cheaper prices. Sounds like lcd issue as well though.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crais:
checked there already. They don't have any of the major PCB parts listed. I googled the hell out of it looking for someone selling them(or even a part number) but the best I've found is people on ebay getting rid of "parts phones."
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archie53:
Craigslist or EBay for a broken phone is probably your best bet. See is you can get one that has a broken screen and no water damage. I'm guessing you don't have insurance? Or just seeing if you can do it cheaper.

Sent from my CM7 Powered Vibrant
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crais:
They had insurance on the previous phone but they bought this one used and didn't call tmo to get insurance switched to it (if they even do that). So they've been paying for insurance that they can't use for the last several months.

I'm worried that the display may be bad as well and if I tell them to get one with a cracked screen they're going to be out the cost of the display as well.

Looks like that's going to be their only option aside from simply getting a new phone though.

Thanks for the replies :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] waallace:
Works normally on Mini CM6 RC2 / 1.0.0

Screen :

​

Features :

Lock Screen
Changes on Settings.apk.
Changes on Font's.

I have not tested it so, do the test and let me know.

Download REDMist Theme​

if you like, thank me. :p
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] princesmarty:
It WORKS

Thanks man it works and looks really cool :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ..::Viny::..:
Can you kindly share more screen shots plz.

And thanks for the theme :)

Also can this one have the red color similar to your previous red theme.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] vishal0212:
Awesum, n smooth!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zebra363:
Hi everyone!

I'm using some different android devices (Xperia X10, Galaxy S, HTC HD2, Motorola Milestone), and I noticed the HD2 was the SLOWEST of them, when playing games!

I'm usually playing some different games to try the device or specific ROM speed, usually it's Gangstar Miami Vice (this game needs a lot of power, then..)

And I wonder why my HD2 takes so much time to boot up the game, and why so many lag ingame (even with same microSD than my other devices!)..

Is it because of the ROM ? The recovery (partition layer)? (does the 150/250/400M changes some power?) Or I wonder what else..?

Thanks for your answers!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ClementNg23:
im guessing its the 'faulty' graphic drivers from htc dating back in the winmo days...

it may be something else though...

by the way, wrong section :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zebra363:
Maybe I'm wrong, but is the gaming on WP7 not faster than Android?

Are not there other guys like me that have tried games on Android and think it's very slow??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zebra363:
Up, please!

I really would like to enjoy a efficient speed on my HD2. . =D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ClementNg23:
keep waiting and be patient... the devs are still working hard to port the phone to android, its not completed, yet :)