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[Optimus One, P500, V General] Z33type:
I bought this phone on 05/07/11 from T-Mobile for only 40 dollars. I wasn't too happy with the performance and I'm kinda new to the android game. Knowing that this was a entry level smart phone. I wanted more juice out of it. Decided to root it and used Megatron as the rom. The rom was preset at 729mhz and I raised it up to 787mhz. It was pretty stable only up to 806mhz. Stupid me did not go through the recovery so this where it all starts.

So last night my phone crashes installing Quake and reboots by itself. Its now stuck on the Android intro screen. I took out the battery and put it back in still no luck = (

So I was really frustrated and tried to use hyper Terminal to communicate with my phone using the com ports,but my netbook couldnt read the usb on my device.

my next approach was to use KDZ to flash it into the original rom,but when my phone is on emergency mode it doesnt do anything. Is it suppose to stay on the yellow screen the whole time? Since my computer is not communicating with it via USB.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ccdreadcc:
Did u try creating minitron folder in sdcard?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] lekhwani:
Can't you even go to recovery?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] josinpaul:
try to hard reset( home+vol down+power)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Vip_blast:
Isn't this the 3 Combo Keys?

Anyways when I had bricked my phone it was about the same as you. My phone could only boot on LG logo and then get stuck there. Recovery menu was not working, which resumes to the same case as yours.

PS: this was carried out on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit version.

What I did was:

1. I uninstalled LG PC Suite as well as all of its drivers. I also removed Nokia PC suite and its drivers, because I had read somewhere that it may mess up the process (that's not proven though :) )

2. I downloaded the drivers for my phone using the LG Support Tool and installed them.

3. I downloaded KDZ and a stock rom for LG P500. Any stock rom would work and the version does not matter, we have Gingerbreak now. As a proof to that, my O1 is from Singapore but I used an Australian stock rom. ;)

4. Put your phone on to recovery mode (yellow screen) and connect it to your PC. It should install some drivers (normally 4, but when in my case only 3 got installed). Don't hurry, it might make some time. After that keep the phone connected

5. Go to Device Manager and disable "LGE Virtual Modem" or any other modem you find, skipping this would result in getting your phone bricked again (is that even possible? xD)

6. Run KDZ, choose TYPE as 3GQCT & Phone Mode as Recovery (that's what I chose atleast). Select your firmware then proceed to flash your phone.

It should take you a couple of minutes and then everything shoud be back to normal :)

The hardest part for me was to get KDZ to recognise my phone, and KDZ itself not to crash, but otherwise it worked on the 2nd trial :D

I hope I've helped!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Z33type:
Nope I haven't my computer won't even read it at all.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Z33type:
Like I said the phone only goes onto LG screen then into the android screen and thats about how far it will go. I can boot up to the emergency screen,but not too sure if that gets stuck on there too.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ccdreadcc:
take out ur sdcard, use card reader and plug it in pc, create minitron folder, then put back in phone.

see if this works...
[Nexus One Accessories] kendoori:
I have an unrooted N1 with latest 2.3.4. Device is a year old and I believe my battery is getting tired. In spite of various battery life techniques and apps, many days it doesn't last through the day, and have it die at inopportune moments. I need to come up with a battery strategy. I googled on this and it's pretty inconclusive. I'm open to buying a direct replacement battery, an OEM flavor of some sort, an extended life battery, or one of the expensive 3200mh batteries that require a replacement cover.

I'm also open to rooting the device if that would allow me to regulate the battery better.

I'm looking for practical advice.
[Nexus One Accessories] Airfare:
Im wondering this to if its the hardware of an htc or the android os that its lacking the optimized efficieny of the outcome which in fact derailing its competiton comparison to an iphones battery use. I was eagered to grasp an android phone when noticing a huge decline in web browsing or scrolling compared to my outdated ios as of now am missing its quality structure it had possesed.
[Nexus One Accessories] RogerPodacter:
i suggest getting the stock battery, or going with an aftermarket thru seido or mugen. yes there are cheaper knockoffs, but they dont always work well.

the link in my sig is a project we did for nexus one batterys where we were able to crack open the chip inside your batt and re-programm it for increased capacity.

this let us test every battery we could get our hands on. the cheap batterys have the chip inside that is "locked" and doesnt work right. the better batteries have the fully working chip.

inside the chip is a parameter called "age scalar" which counts down with each charge. after this gets down to 80% your battery is considered dead. if you root you can use the app to check your age etc and configure your batt. either way i would stick with the known brands.
[Nexus One Accessories] kendoori:
Your have opinions on the Mugen Extended life battery (the one with the alternate back cover)? I would love to not have to think about my battery...
[Nexus One Accessories] RogerPodacter:
yes my opinion is its a very good option. the 3400 mAh truly has the claimed capacity according to what we pulled from the chip in that one, plus the people using it experience the full capacity range. its worth the purchase if that's what you want, you cant go wrong.
[Nexus One Accessories] kendoori:
A kind person @ HTC is hooking me with a replacement battery. It will be interesting to see how much better a fresh battery does in my device. After considering the various options of extending a charge, I've decided to be an external USB battery charger device from Trent (http://www.amazon.com/New-Trent-IMP500-External-Blackberry/dp/B0013G8PTS). Since I'm almost carrying some sort of bag, no issue stashing this device and carrying it with me for those times when I need extra juice. I will report on performance of that device.
[Nexus One Accessories] bassmadrigal:
If you are open to rooting, many times a custom ROM and kernel can provide you with significant battery improvements.

In the nightly threads for CyanogenMod (nightlies are test builds and CyanogenMod is one of the more popular 3rd-party ROMs), people have said that with the latest nightlies and a custom kernel by RedStar, they are getting less than 1% per hour battery drain when the phone is idle.

My phone running the nightlies (although the stock kernel that comes with CM), I consistently get between 18-20 hours of use unless I do some crazy battery intensive things. If I hardly use the phone at all, I can easily get two days out of the battery (although I don't do this much). And this is with my battery age at 82% (it is getting close to the official "dead" part).

Plus there are a lot of cool features that are in some custom ROMs.
[Nexus One Accessories] RogerPodacter:
for sure. i'm even seeing better than that, i get 1% drop every 3 hours a lot of the time on the recent nightly from cyanogen.
[Nexus One Accessories] chrisonline1991:
Did you call HTC? if so what number did you call? I need a new battery as well and have heard that the oem ones are the best bet.
[Nexus One Accessories] kendoori:
@chrisonline1991 Called main HTC #s list here: http://www.htc.com/www/support/nexusone/ If you are under warranty, they will likely send you a new battery. I am out of warranty....calling them led to a dead end.

Check out this thread: http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/nexus-one-accessories/12295-need-lowdown-battery-replacement.html
[Nexus One Accessories] khaytsus:
Curious, where do you get battery age from? Is that part of CM7 or a stat in Android I've missed somewhere?

Thanks :)
[Nexus One Accessories] bassmadrigal:
No, not part of CM7 or Android. It is an app that was created only for the N1's.

Thread about it is here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765609
[Nexus One Accessories] RogerPodacter:
The age is read from the chip inside your specific battery and our app can pull that value.
[Nexus One Accessories] vzontini:
Be sure to get a real OEM battery or one from a trusted manufacturer. I got a battery on eBay that was sold as OEM and looks like OEM but the chip did not work and the battery life was terrible. I'm not sure what the chip does but I can confirm that having a working one is required to get good battery life. My new battery with broken chip was giving about 8-10 hours of battery life before hitting the 15% warning. My over 1 year old battery with working chip lasts 16+ hours with room to spare.

I recently started testing ch33ybutt's SS4N1 script. I am running the default settings and yesterday after 19 hours i still had 34% remaining when I hooked up the charger before bed.

I use my phone with auto-brightness, bluetooth on, GPS on, and 3G enabled. I turn on/off WiFi as desired but don't leave it on all the time since I'm really only around a hotspot at home. I am definitely not playing around with settings to save battery. Which is great because I don't want to have to mess with that or always be on the look-out for a charger.
[Nexus One Accessories] -Phazenine-:
Also a subject I haven't mastered yet. But I do know ebay is a very misleading source when it comes to batteries

Sent from my Nexus One
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btecsm:
Before I got my arc, I had an LG Optimus Seven and with it it was possible to take photos, when the device was locked (screen off).

It was easier to take pictures when I had dirty hands or wearing bandages...

I find it ugly to unlock the device to take photos...!

Hope someone can help or write an tool for this...

Thanks in advance!

Gerome
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rumnyc:
hello--i made the exact same move (from optimus 7).

i think the locked mode to camera is a wp7 feature and not available to andriod w/o hacks.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Harboe:
I'd love to be able to take pics, without unlocking the phone. Maybe someone can make an app that opens the camera when long-pressing the camera button and then when you push the back button or turn off the phone, it would go back to being locked. Hope this is possible. :-)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whocancatchme:
Widgetlocker lockscreen. It allows you to make a second lock to whatever you want (so photo if you want )
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btecsm:
The button is so small and hard to press, I do not think anyone can experience this...

On my old phone it did not happen either.

The button has also 2 pressure points, to take first the focus and than the picture.

Custom Rom developers grant me this wish! :-)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btecsm:
That's the spirit!

Do anyone know that? :-/
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] osnola ivax:
Thought this thread was gonna be about something completely different reading the thread title
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btecsm:
No clues here brought me to change the arc with the galaxy2.

When I have an phone with a shutter, which is only useful, when in the camera apply and unlocked, I don't really need this anymore.

Sony, you had your chance after the first xperia and you miss it!

The G2 has a lot more power, a Frontcam, much internal storage (apps2sd and then the sd is broken?!) And so on...

With the G2 its possible to activate the camera with the homebutton long pressed and than take photos with the power button.

I thought someone can program this too for the arc, but nobody here seems to be interested in using that small 2 presszones shutterbutton wisely...

That was the reason for me to buy the arc...

All new androids had no camerabuttons!

What was yours?

Sony Fans?

Or do they trick and blend you like me?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btecsm:
I miss the option for this...

The widget only makes the brightest or darkest setting... :-(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raudidroid:
when you use the standard "Power Control" widget you can toggle min/user/max

with user being the setting that you set in the display settings.

and if you have a user setting somewhere in the middle, then it will adjust to the ambient light.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveybaby:
If you install widgetsoid (a massively enhanced version of the powercontrol widget mentioned above) the brightness control has an auto option, which works fine.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cruxlin:
For ARC, you can enable and disable by executing the following command in a terminal. You can write it in a script file and make it one-button action with the help of "gscript lite".

echo 1 > /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als/enable

1 to enable, 0 to disable

In addition, by adjusting cutoff frequency of low pass filter of ALS output, you can adjust the changing speed of brightness relative to ambient lighting. The command is listed below:

echo 2,4,2,0 > /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als/params

2nd figure "4" is to define cuf-off frequency to 4Hz for

increasing brightness. Range 0~7, larger value for faster change

3rd figure is for decreasing brightness. This example, 2, is to define 2Hz for cut-off frequency.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bonehead Fraggle:
I think I just fell in love. Thanks a lot!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DemonicHawk:
I have widgetsoid installed and the auto brightness control just sets my brightness to the minimum..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveybaby:
Are you sure? Works here just fine.

Try holding your thumb over the light sensor, see what happens.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DemonicHawk:
Yeah, i've tried covering it and putting a flashlight to it, neither do anything when on auto. I even went into the service menu to make sure it was working properly.

I guess i'll just have to stick with a fixed brightness and let it "auto adjust" as needed. Maybe its the generic .181 build im using?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmwbasti:
Hmm, i don´t know who is wrong but i was thinking that the arc only has an automatic brightness that can not be disabled. I have a german arc (unbranded, .181 FW) and it doesn´t matter to which level the brightness is set the automatic is always active and permanently regulates the brightness. Woul be very gald if SE would integrate an automatic brightness on/off setting with the next firmware ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirobeshploppy:
Genius!! Many thanks :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raudidroid:
Strange! with the update to 2.3.3 it stopped auto-dimming (not sure if it was due to the update or due to me installing juice defender)

And i can not get turn it on with the Power Widget.

I get "permission denied" trying to do that

but "cat" ing the vqalue gives me a 0

do I have to root?

cat /sys/devices/i2c-0/0-0040/leds/lcd-backlight/als/params

gain,filter_up,filter_down,offset

2,0,0,0

any clues what gain and offset are used for?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hypetaxx:
this works brilliantly :-)

Thank you so much

And yes you need ROOT :-)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hygge:
Hi cruxlin

Thanks allot for your information on how to change this. I have found on my ARC with 2.3.3 that als/enable is allways configured to "1". Doing echo "0" > als/enable will not change this value. It is working fine for als/params where I managed to change how fast the brightness are changing.

I also discovered an odd way of manually disabling/enabling the light sensor by using the default sony ericsson brightness toggle widget. Setting this to "dim" will disable the auto brightness and you can set the brightness manual to whatever level you wish. When you toggle the widget to enable brightness it will both enable auto brightness and change brightness to the value you previosly used as minimum.

I had for testing added echo 2,6,6,0 > als/params for fast brightness change and using a flashlight. This made the brightness update the same second I moved the flashlight over the light sensor.

I actually very much like the sony ericsson way of controlling this as it enables me to define minimum brightness with auto brightness enabled and very quickly use the dim toggle to quickly change to some other preffered value.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ambroos:
So with that second script you can also get rid of the backlight stuttering higher and lower in some situations?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hygge:
I do not think I have experienced this backlight stuttering, how do you notice this?

I have just yesterday managed to get my auto brightness working, my SE brightness widget had been set to dim shortly after I got the phone and I had not touched it until yesterday unknowing that this also controls the auto brightness :o
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ambroos:
It's just that in some low-light situations the automatic brightness flips out, and switches between two settings at an extremely fast speed, creating a flickering effect. Doesn't happen a lot, but it is pretty annoying when it happens.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinyXperia:
I do experience that on my Neo too, try to move your phone a bit, or hold your thumb over the light sensor and release it. Works sometimes.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radeonddr:
I ran the script in glite and it makes no difference for me any pointers thx
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rock.n.dave:
It works perfectly for me, thank you.

After upgrading to 2.3.4 where power control widget is missing (I dont know why), I was not able to set auto-mode.

With this solution I recovered it and, more ahead, I have now something I was looking for, the way to set the low brightness intensity, that was very high when dark night.

I cannot set the other paramethers, since I lost root while updating (I'll need to fix this), but for the moment, it works fine.

Again, thanks a lot.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinyXperia:
Even if you uncheck auto, it will use the light sensor to set the brightness, the input you give is just the minimal brightness. Try putting the brightness on ~8% in a place with light, then hold you hand above the light sensor. Screen will still become darker.
[HD2 General] tleaf100:
hi i have got send my leo soon in for a dead touch-screen problem,does anybody have anything to add about article below ?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/18/htc_failed_support/

was realy ejoying my leo so any info would be useful..

cheers
[Samsung Mesmerize] Mikeytingstrom:
Hey guys i was wondering if anyone could pm the download links for froyo on the cell south Samsung Showcase.. i am in desperate need for them

because i have a very expensive paper weight atm lol

thanks!
[Samsung Mesmerize] add144:
Didn't I already point you in the direction of them?
[Samsung Mesmerize] 02busa:
LMFAO... damn damn damn.
[General Questions and Answers] a_idoux:
I purchased a cheap battery off of ebay, its says its 1850mah, i have the app battery graph which ive been using to track the battery usage and to see how fast it drops and charges.

feel free to direct me to another thread.

At 3pm it was at 95% and at 10pm it was at 47%, and i drained it down to 9% with GPS usage by 11:10

about 1115 i plug it in, and at 11:23 it is up to 19%, then, it holds steady at 19% for 15 minutes...odd....then starts to charge again and is at 39% by 12:07. at 21:07 it remains at 39% (while on the charger i should remind you) until 12:21am. at 12:22 it starts charging and by 1:20 it says it is at 65%, and what my concern is, at 1:22 my phone jumped from 65% straight to 100%

and since being taken off the charger at about 8am, it looses battery 9~10% :) per hour (which i think is fairly good), but why the jump from 65 - 100? is that 35% of the battery that is bad or unusable? what can i do to correct that? thanks!

fyi i use an htc evo shift.
[General Questions and Answers] Xenomisis:
I am no expert about this but from what I have read about these batteries is that it takes a bit to get then to their full potential.

Also I would recommend giving it a good long charge and once you know its a 100% resetting the battery stats.

Are you by any chance running a kernel with SBC? I know this also will change a lot of how the battery operates.

If you are not the kernel you have is going to not actually charge the battery to full for safety reasons (this is why SBC kernels have caused issues with batteries because they do charge them to the fullest potential possible which can be dangerous).

I would suggest to give it a good long charge and reset the battery stats and see if it equalizes out better and if by chance you are running an SBC kernel the choice is always yours to keep running it if you wish but if its a cheap battery I would be careful and consider getting a non SBC kernel. (If the kernel is stock then it should not be SBC)

Again I am no expert and hopefully someone else will come by and verify all of this but hopefully this will help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
Hi guys im new in here i just bought the htc inspire a couple months ago and love it except nobody can understand me on speakerphone. Ive tried talking louder softer flip the phone over hold it further closer, everything. Ive been told i sound muffled , noisy, static. Any ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
No as i stated in my post the phone is totally stock.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
You didn't mention it but ok. That's the problem with HTC inspire 4G. When I first got mines it had poor sound quality. Once I rooted it and applied patches it sounds amazing now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
Lol sorry about that youre right i thought i did mention that and ty for the info. Im not comfortable rooting my phone so i guess ill just live with it. Everything else works great and with my luck if i turn the phone in ill get one with a different problem. Thanks again for your help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
No problem. I heard there's a update to allow sideloading to unrooted phones. Do you have that?
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
No. I just got an update the other day that seems to have made the phone a little faster but thats been it as far as updates .
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Once you get the sideloading update it will be under application and you'll see a unknown source box. Once you get it let me know. It's a quite update also.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
Do i keep checking where it says att updates where i found the other update ? Or can i get it elsewhere?
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
reboot your phone and check under application. Its a silent update. You won't know if they did.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
Im sorry lol youre dealing with a newbie here. In applications what app will i be looking for ?
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
You should see this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
Nothing there. I have nothing above manage applications like the pic does.
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
K just wait till you do. Restart your phone every often.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hookncook:
Ok thanks for your time and patience
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Anytime