yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] nyydynasty:
battery life *IS* going to depends heavily on how much you use your phone. It's hard to compare battery life amongst people that cannot stand next to each other and compare phones because describing "heavy" use is different for everyone. My version of heavy is not the same as the next person.

the only real determinant of battery life that we can all use as a comparison is to see how much battery drain you have on standby or to run some sort of application that runs videos (ie. benchmark apps) because we can all do that. If your phone drains 2x as fast as mine on standby, then we have a problem with a rogue app or something else.

(clarification: I dont mean to use a benchmark app to see the results of the app itself. I just mean to run something on the phone to drain the battery quicker and view the battery life at the end of the test).
[Captivate General] Superalpaca:
I've always experienced better battery life with Froyo, and I use my phone every single day for reading PDF's, listening to music, texting, calling and surfing the web. Maybe Gingerbread has better standby battery life, but when getting a "full" use out of my phone I've always lasted longer on Froyo builds.
[Captivate General] xThe Enforcer:
Best update, hands down.
[Captivate General] KonaZXIII:
I was running GB since the second xcal shared a reoriented kernel with us.

I tried most of the GB ROMs out right now and the battery drain varied from ROM-to-ROM, kernel-to-kernel, update-to-update so getting a grip on what it was going to be like "today" was tough. lol

I think the Cappy devs are still learning with 2.3 so it will take more time to get the many bugs out. AFAIK, we don't even have an "RC1" kernel yet.

The bugginess (<-getting better) and battery-full problem was the killer for me.
[Captivate General] nateysmith:
Switched my Vibrant for a captivate and I am loving it. CM7 has great battery compared to the Vibrant IMHO. Also GPS is tons better than the Vibrant ever was.
[Captivate General] ln100:
Agreed. I just did the same thing, and would never look back.
[Captivate General] peachpuff:
If you think cm7 has great battery life you should switch to one of the samsung jvh/jvo/jv9 roms, i ditched cm7 due to its poor battery life, i sometimes had to charge the phone during the day and it started with a full charge in the morning.

After 8 hours my battery is still at 70% with a jv9 rom.
[Captivate General] tbong777:
THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Should you go with GB?

Depends on your tolerance for bugs and your love for flashing and resetting up your phone.

After the initial excitement and eye candy I am realizing the bugs and issues are causing me to reconsider Froyo. GB is not all that much "faster" or "smoother", But it IS more "fun" Those are objective observations, . Battery drain is either good or bad.....and random. I tried every major GB ROM and none were consistently reliable for me. Market would go missing, all of a sudden lagging would be present requiring a reboot Davlik clear which would work for awhile.

The device would operate great for a few days then seem to bog down and the rush to reflash another update with a constantly upgraded Kernel fixes one thing and breaks another sometimes. But I am not giving up....LOL

Dag, DG and Mikey are working hard which means they are working out the bugs.

IMO If you enjoy flashing ROMs and don't mind a few bugs and some features missing you may have enjoyed , DIVE IN....I have been flashing ROMS almost daily for weeks now since GB was released. I am ready to go back to a good Froyo daily driver until the bugs are worked out.

One thing for sure......Some will say CM7 has better battery some will say GB has better battery on and on.....the only opinion that matters in the end is yours based on your experience. You cannot get a clear indication of a ROM from users whose tolerances and perceptions are difference than your own

Right now Obssesion is the most stable on my device and has a lot of goodies.
[Captivate General] MadGoat:
Gr12, launcher pro and kc1.

Week so far and put it through as much hell as I can. Streaming audio galaxy or pandora while I'm working. Mad whatsapp and text. Nav about 3 times a day for about 30-45 minutes at a time.

Get home with about 50% battery and havnt had a lock up one...

Couldn't be happier honestly.

Sent from a Ginger Goat Phone
[Captivate General] MadGoat:
S7 and kc1 (jv6 was not good to me)

AZ only has 1900 band for at&t. Kc1 so far has been the only modem to give me the best average use. (Call quality not being its strong point however).

I'm curious if us at&t users here in AZ will benefit from T-Mobile bands if and when this merger/ buyout thing happens?

Anyhoo... s7 not needing a different launcher to work right and awesome performance. About on par with gr12 really... just different "stuff" (keyboard... etc)

Overall loving the serendipity build more... feels more like "home".

Sent from a GingerCappy S7
[Captivate General] MadGoat:
WOHA!

Just figured out that you dont want to touch the WiFi sleep policy! Leave it on "Never" (or if it isnt already, put it there!)

Thought i was being slick and would save a little more juice through the day... Slipped the WiFi sleep policy to "When screen is off"... No bueno.

Android OS was shown to be sucking my battery at 60% this morning after only 1.5 hrs off charge! :-0

SO the moral of my story is, check your WiFi sleep policy!! If you got Gingerbread... Keep it set to Never.
[Captivate General] MadGoat:
thought i would add this just for more info on the WiFi thing:

http://ossadmin.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/gingerbread-heavy-battery-use-android-os-high-utilisation/

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15057

Some good info on what people are experiencing. I have confirmed that the WiFi sleep policy was for sure my issue...
[Captivate General] javi80:
Plus you will avoid unwanted data minutes spendage
[Captivate General] brettchuck:
Battery is much better on GB!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrahhh:
HI...

I'm using md'j vivo sense v3.0.4 rom....

but i can not flash md'j kernel v17...

how do I?

I tried not to cwm... Is there a solution???

thanks..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawks556:
Explain exactly what you tried and where it failed?

It might be a corrupted download, download again and flash from CWM.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrahhh:
Thanks...

Whichever? ext3 or ext4?

my phone, settings, kernel = unavailable!!!!

I'll try to download again
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawks556:
The ext4 one and:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrahhh:
ohhh really thanks...

yes, i see it okay..

:))
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superstick1:
It wouldn't make sense if the ROM can function without a kernel (correct me if im wrong) :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrahhh:
I do not know, but i do not think..

Also, this ROM excellent...

Thanks MD'J...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadnc34:
Never look it closely but mdj's vivo sense is already use mdj's kernel right.

3.0.4 is using kernel v.18 if i' m not mistaken
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emrahhh:
I'm using md'j 3.0.5 ROM and md'j v18 kernel...

Very successful..
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] sanefirst:
I've encountered a problem with Compass Mode in Google Maps.

Talking about this: http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1082071

It works pretty well with stock 2.1 ROM, but doesn't work with any 2.2 ROM (tried Floyo, miniCM, Elelinux & others).

Does it work for anybody or is it a general problem?

Could any dev explains why it's so?

Thx in advance. Regards.
[XPERIA X8 Android Development] Bo0mer:
I'm using 2.3.3 and don't have any problems at all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
I have managed to unpack factoryfs.rfs to factoryfs.img but i can't unpack it further.

Please help me as i want to create extended power menu and my own rom.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] balsat:
I gues the factoryfs.img is a ext4 image and can be mounted like this "mount -o loop factoryfs.img /mnt/loop"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themate1987:
I will try it when i get to my pc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkulleD_PT:
I'm trying to do the same thing but am unable to...

I tried that comand and it gave me this error:

you must specify the filesystem type

Help?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mccune:
If anyone is still looking for a solution on this one, please check out THIS thread.
[LG Optimus 2x] tiwiz:
Hi everyone,

it's 3 days I'm trying to edit the framework-res.apk, but I can't make it work either with apkmanager (no errors shown) nor with apktool (here some exception errors). I've even tested the UOT Kitchen but when I flash the archive, it just doesn't run and get struck on the boot loop. Working on MoDaCo Fr16 beta3, any idea of what this could mean?

Thanks in advance,

Tiwiz
[LG Optimus 2x] squide:
use a version 1.3.1 of APKtool instead of 1.3.2
[LG Optimus 2x] tiwiz:
I'll try and update the post if I succed or not :)

Tiwiz
[LG Optimus 2x] navlem:
Let us know your progress. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] 75markus:
i´ve got the same problem with framework-res.apk from FR17 ...

no matter if i extract, decompile, compile, use UOT kitchten ... after flashing i get bootloop ...

but my themed framework-res.apk took out from fr14 works flawless in fr17 rom .... strange !!!

i don´t know what paul did with framework-res.apk when he updated Norwegian resources in framework-res.apk ...
[LG Optimus 2x] navlem:
The problem already started on FR16 because it happened to me since FR16.
[LG Optimus 2x] tiwiz:
Dunno how to ask him, already posted on MoDaCo forum as well... trying to tweet him.

Btw, tried even with new apktool 1.4.1 but nothing, still struck on boot loop.

I'll attach my framework-res, in case someone finds out how to deal with it.

Tiwiz
[LG Optimus 2x] 75markus:
i tried with apkmanager 1.4.7. , also no success !

UOT kitchen the same ...

i can´t find out what´s wrong ...

folder names have changed (from drawable-hdpi-v4 to drawable-hdpi) but this can´t be the problem or ?

As a workaround, you can use themed framework-res.apk from FR14, it works for me on FR17 ...
[LG Optimus 2x] tiwiz:
Could you post a working framework-res.apk? I'd try to use it on the kitchen and see if it works. Tweeted to Paul twice about this bug, but no answer yet.

Tiwiz
[LG Optimus 2x] coldflid:
Tell me what modifications you want to apply and i'll upload the one i compiled. Then someone needs to test if it works cuz i dont have an o2x (maybe i will in the future)...
[LG Optimus 2x] tiwiz:
I'd just need a basic (LG version) framework-res.apk that surely works, but I can't find it anywhere... in case, I can test yours, if you like :)

Tiwiz
[LG Optimus 2x] p.valenta:
Fix builded framework-res.apk

Hi guys,

I got same problem. I fix it by these steps after compiling with apktool 1.3.1 is done.

1. Open original framework-res.apk file in 7zip.

2. Open compiled version of framework-res.apk from dist folder in 7zip.

3. Drag & Drop META-INF and AndroidManifest.xml from original into compiled.

That's all. Now compiled version is fixed & signed. This extra step works for me.
[LG Optimus 2x] tiwiz:
Can't get it work... could you take a look to mine? I can't understand what's wrong with it :-S

I'll post both mine and the original apk from MoDaCo's Kitchen.

^^ Link ^^

Tiwiz
[LG Optimus 2x] 75markus:
take this one, it works with UOT Kitchern and you can apply without bootloop in FR18

orig.framework_MoDaCo_fr14
[LG Optimus 2x] JJnJ:
What worked for me is this:

Compile a theme using the upload of the framework-res.

Then when it is ready replace the update-binary, and insert the lge-res.apk in the same map as framework-res. Do this with a program like winrar.

It was a pain in the butt getting there for a newbie like me.

files you need are in this rar:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I46AAQA6

My theme as a example:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HKZBEFHX
[LG Optimus 2x] navlem:
Compiling framework-res.apk using your method still gives me bootloops. So it doesn't really work.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] machhho:
Any idea , how to how to rename a non system app ( installed app ) because some app names are too long to be displayed on the screen.

thanks
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenn:
You can't rename the the apps, but you can rename the shortcuts;)

But thats only possible with other launchers (f.e. Adw Launcher Ex;))
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] new4122:
I have my HTC Magic

I got it in Israel and my provider is Pelephone

On my HTC I have A32 version with those details:

Baseband version: 63.18.55.06ju_6.35.08.29

Karnel version: 2.6.27-5b476e83

Htc-karnel@and18-2 #989

Build number: 3.05.401.3 CL#98222 release-keys

Im running this ROM at least 14 monthes

I would like to go back to my official ROM in my region

Which is this ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=659403 NO 26

I have installed this ROM via my PC

When I turn on my HTC im getting the PELEPHONE logo which is good,

But the ROM stays the same –which is weird

In addition my HTC runs Hebrew fonts..and that’s it

I would be happy to get some help on this topic
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] new4122:
someone please???
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
More info regarding the problem....

And all your fastboot info... ALL
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scapula101:
im pretty confuse of these two terms here, semi and hard bricks. for what i know semi brick is when you see the phone--->pc thingy on your phone after a flash failure. and can be resolve by a JIG or tricks to get into download mode.

but what about HARD BRICKS?? can they be resolve with a JIG or tricks? what are the symptoms of hard brick phones? is there anyone from the forum that could not enter download mode with the use of JIG or tricks?

pls answer the following. it will help me with my phone before flashing:).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
Hard brick is just like soft brick, but you cant go download or recovery menu, and you have to send it to shop where you bought it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scapula101:
ah! thank you!.

can you tell me how hard brick often happens??

when in a hard brick does JIG still works to go to download mode??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
You cant use JIG if your phone is hard bricked.

And, well your phone bricks if you flash wrong file with odin (sometimes) or wrong .zip
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
IN XDA/SGS 1 bricked means phone wont boot may be described as soft brick as its probably recoverable . Only one culprit in a soft bricked phone the user has not bothered to read/follow instructions .

Recovery is usually via download mode /jig and flash a stock rom .

Hardbricked dead never ever recover nothing the user can do combination of above or blown hardware .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scapula101:
ah. it's really to think it it up then whether to flash and custom ro like darky's or stay on samsung official firmware in kies. T_T.

do guys know if someone here in the forum ever had a HARD brick??

in case of HARD brick in which it's dead forever like you mention. what can I do or have to do??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
Yup I know about 10-20 with bricked phones.

You can't do anything, just send back to Samsung and they'll fix it
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shedox:
guys i have a question relatad to this topic ..

what makes the diffrence beetwin semi brick and hard brick while flashing in odin ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
I think its all by luck...

I've once semi bricked my sgs...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scapula101:
really?? how? wat did you do??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scapula101:
from the post above semi can still be recovered and hard brick cant. :o:o
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Landorin:
I guess the guy recently on the Q&A forum had who did a fatal mistake on flashing (see attachment).

Semi bricks seem to happen far more often but from what I read here it doesn't really matter much on the SGS. I'm way no expert but it sounds you gotta mess up big time to hard brick it or be extremely unlucky when flashing boot loaders or something (correct me if I'm wrong).

Hard bricked phones have to be sent in for repair afaik. There are also some guys trying to figure out a different kind of cable to get into some more advanced service mode or so for hard bricks (?).

Anyways, what to do when you semi brick? Usually go to download or recovery mode and flash again.

My very first flash was about enabling these modes (my SGS came without them) so I had neither mode and semi bricked (better use direct USB). Luckily, thanks to all the info on XDA I knew I'd be screwed if things go wrong so I bought myself a JIG dongle off Ebay prior and thus could plug it in, get into download mode and re-flash, all fixed.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scapula101:
HE IS MESSED up. i wonder what happened his phone?:rolleyes:
[Xperia Arc General] caferoom:
popup screen said have new update but cant

because unlocked :(

edited:

My phone was unlocked the bootloader. cant update thur SEUS
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
Lol, You said that there is update ready to install OTA?? Or Pc companion/seus?? You dont have to worry about it because someone will make dump of this update and You will upgrade by tool. What is Your firmware version? And where are You from??

Sent from my Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Interesting news.. but wrong section... this should be in general.
[Xperia Arc General] commodoor:
:s more info what rom you have, download link (from logcat), screenshot anything??
[Xperia Arc General] Karooluss:
FAKE?

Sent from my Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] reptile64:
Fake and gay?? :-P

sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
and sad and lonely..
[Xperia Arc General] jakhan86:
Probably not. My fone also says 2.3.3 for some reason. And I didnt even plug into my pc this week. Strange!

Sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Did you install Modaco's google video chat app?? that spoofs 2.3.3 to make it work.. I have the same..

@caferoom - what f/w are you on? .181? have you flashed the uk version of .181? it will think you need to upgrade to .184 if you have.
[Xperia Arc General] jakhan86:
Yes I do have modacos gtalk. I guess thats why...

Sent from Xperia Arc
[Xperia Arc General] SiRIus[X]:
hong kong comes with 2.3.2 or 2.3.3?
[Xperia Arc General] caferoom:
Using Hong Kong ROM in version LT15i_3.0.A.2.181 and HK machine comes with 2.3.2
[Xperia Arc General] caferoom:
Version 2.3.2

Build 3.0.A.2.184
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sp1tfire:
Here's a version of djcedric's WM 6.5 Touch of Glass Taskbar V1c, modified for WM 6.1.

All credits go to djcedric and Steve0007 for releasing the WM 6.5 version and big thanks to 4pda.ru member KoWin, who modified it to fit perfectly for WM 6.1 devices.

Original version for WM 6.5: DJC_Lia_Touch_of_Glass_Taskbar_V1c

KoWin's version for WM 6.1: LIA_DJC_Touch_Of_Glass_Taskbar_1c_WM6.1
[Windows Mobile Themes] a246783:
screenshot?
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sp1tfire:
Uploaded a screenshot. It's basically the same as the WM 6.5 one, but with default "ok" and "x" buttons and default cursor. The WM 6.5 one didn't fit for WM 6.1 devices cause of the "ok" and "x" buttons.
[Windows Mobile Themes] lauticol:
Planning to make a WQVGA? I really like it..
[Windows Mobile Themes] hugulugu:
hi, nice work!

where i can found that clock? i really liked :D

thank you!!!
[Windows Mobile Themes] Sp1tfire:
Clock is from SPB mobile shell + mskip's and doc3000's Droid Pro theme.
[Windows Mobile Themes] hugulugu:
ok, thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubenBanDemu:
Yesterday I went from tweaky rom to Cm7, but now all my contacts are gone. I backed them up with Titanium Backup but they don’t show up after a restore. Anyone knows what to do?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
I had EXCATLY same problem, and I think you cant restore them, (unless they are on your SIM-card)

Its becouse CM7 is 2.3.4 imo...

Flash 2.3.3 rom and your contacts will come back :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubenBanDemu:
Is there an 2.3.3 version of cm(7) that I can use?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tuhoaja:
No, sorry :(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SubenBanDemu:
Alright, thanks for the answer, I'll do it that way then.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chancsy:
Same situation here. Thinking of going back 2.3.3 to export my contacts then back to CM7 and import them. Gonna get my friend to help me with his SGS, might save me some flashings?

Is there anyway like..converting/extract contacts.db?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingharsha:
MYANDROID PROTECTION IS GUD to backup contacts.... i m safe..

this time follow this
[XPERIA X8 General] aerosmith1:
the new htc wildfire s with 600mhz msm7227 processor support flash in the browser! and dont lags with it. so maybe the official adobe flash not support arm v6 but htc writed the flash lite for armv6, so it can run flash.

just saying, that many people said, that its impossible and its not support and never will run flash and look, its working.
[XPERIA X8 General] CaptainZap:
HTC has flash lite which is available only in their roms, other than that this chip doesn't support Flash. Search the forums it has been asked a million times already.
[XPERIA X8 General] stevicc:
yes it has been asked milion times here but till now no dev answered the question if flash lite can be ported to our X8, for example in racht´s sense roms.
[XPERIA X8 General] dbts25:
Flash lite is deeply integrated in HTC roms. It isn't only apk. Read this thread:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1004553
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
Yes, but what is deeply integrated can still be ported. Doixanh proved that on the basis of gingerbread crt animation ported to froyo ROM.
[XPERIA X8 General] stevicc:
ok, so flash lite is deeply intergrated in htc roms. that theoreticly means that it could work in sense roms from racht as i´ve already mentioned. or am i wrong?
[XPERIA X8 General] hugerth:
So try to do it urself, do not spam here.
[XPERIA X8 General] stevicc:
i don´t think that a question is a spam in Q and A forum, but allright that´s your opinion. i wish i would be able to do smthing like that but i´m no dev. brain on!
[XPERIA X8 General] proadi96:
So im right? Flash lite can run on x8 but just with sense / htc rom?
[XPERIA X8 General] stevicc:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1089690 interesting...
[Galaxy S II General] mobile-freak:
Hello,

i noticed in a other Forum that the voice quality is very very bad when you recording a Video.

I also asked the men, if he has his finger on the microphones but he answerd that the microphones a free.

Look at this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WATp2swAQk&feature=player_embedded#at=23

a second video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxJWmKSHv_s&feature=player_embedded

Do you know a solution for this problem??

I'm sorry for my english, not the best.

SOLVED, SGS2 HAS A PHSIYCAL PROBLEM YOU CAN CLOSE THIS THREAD OR DELETE IT!
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
do u mean that the sound is bad no matter what?
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
fwiw I have recorded probably 20 videos already, never noticed a problem with sound. I do not expect studio quality THX level sound though from my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
yeah, ur right. I dont expect a THX quality as well, but I just checked Xperia Arc does it in 48KHz and iPhone 4 in 44KHz and the iphone's sound quality seems quite good, but I guess it might have a better mic :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] leecavturbo:
I like to have an option where you can select the ring tone and vibrate number of's. I.e an email notification with ring tone repeated 3 times and 4 vibrates. Or 2 rings 1 vibrate etc. Useful to anyone else/?. Such as when your expecting very important email.