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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xpiatio:
This past weekend I woke up and went to my phone, pulled open the app drawer, but it wouldn't load. It blipped, a flash on the screen to a black screen and right back to the homescreen. Ok. . so I figured I would reboot my phone, easy peasy. I did that and it was absolutely stuck in a reboot loop. It showed the HTC white screen, proceed to the thunderbolt sound/animation screen and then to the cloud screen, and then right back to the HTC white screen.

Now I've had verizon for well over 5 years. Im very loyal and even converted people from ATT. I jumped over to HTC because of their openess, from having the Motorola Droid for 2 years. I understand testing and everything but to me, I've had it. I actually called Tech Support.

The person I talked to didn't know what to do other than pull the battery out and put it back in. She even noted that no one HTC T-bolt device was having reboot issues. . . . and I'm thinking. . . . its been on engadget, XDA, and countless of other websites. Ive talked with a verizon store rep and he told me that other people are having the same problems and that Verizon is working with HTC. But I was told point blank that no one else is having problems.

So my phone in all of its reboot glory allows me to get back to the home screen with 8 reboots each morning like normal.

I feel as if VZW and HTC owes Tbolt owners something. A free month, a free phone, heck I'd even pass for a at 2 year contract price phone that I coulid move over too.

Anyone have any tips when dealing with VZM support, cause its been nothing less than pullling teeth for me.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Noremacam:
Are you rooted?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pray59:
I went to HTC's own forums, and there are more complaints than I could count, and after reading about countless reboots there, it seems like those customers are fed up with both HTC and Verizon failing to make good. There appears to be an unending supply of refurb Thunderbolts being handed out, yet no explanation as to what is the failing components being replaced.

That said, mine is operating ok, other than battery life, and the lack of all the accessories that were promised by Verizon. Also, I think the 4G speeds are throttled down to 5Mb in the SF Bay Area, because any speedtest I have ran pegs at too exactly 5M download!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xpiatio:
I travel from Portage, MI to Grand Rapids MI about every weekend. I get a strong 3g signal up in GR. But as soon as I get, either no data or operating at 1x. Unlike when I first got the Tbolt i was operating at 3g down in Portage. Im starting to have to hit up wifi while in my home area.

I'm running pure stock. No alterations except for a replacement homescreen. Oh and I couldn't even be on the phone and do data at the same time since my constant reboot this past weekend.
[General Accessories] splendidtry:
I just got some new batteries for my i-9000. I am wondering, I have always heard LIthium batteries do not like to be fully discharged. I want to perform a calibration on the new battery, but all the battery calibration apps say

1.Fully charge the battery

2.Press calibrate battery button.

3.Run the phone fully flat until the battery dies.

4.Fully charge the battery to 100% uninterrupted.

Now, step 3, going all the way until the phone dies, is that a good thing to do or a bad thing to a new battery?
[General Accessories] lombas:
Letting your cellphone's battery drain until the phone dies is a normal thing that won't damage your battery, because the battery won't really go to 0% charge.

Cellphones always shutdown it-self when the battery levels get too low (like 3%), to avoid the damage it would do in the Li-ion battery if it would go to 0%. So you have nothing to worry about.
[General Accessories] Macguyver:
yeah mine shuts down around 2-3% percent for that reason. You'll be fine.
[General Accessories] splendidtry:
thanks.

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[General Accessories] droid_does:
just doing it once when you get a new phone or after noticing horrible battery life on a newly flashed ROM can work wonders

other than those times, I only let my phone get to 20-40% before I plug it back in
[General Accessories] KOAO:
I Use BOS Gingersense Port From Kingdom, My battery is good and i didnt do that whole discharging,recharging crap. :P
[General Accessories] livingbread:
calibration works for me...
[General Accessories] NishantM:
Calibration even worked for me too, on my Galaxy 3. Previously i was getting backup of only 1 day, but after calibration i get around 1.5 days. I know its not much improvement, but still its worth.

And you don't need calibrate frequently. Just once in two weeks is fine. And I've heard that deep discharge once a while is infact good for the battery. Correct me if I'm wrong.
[General Accessories] chicho13420:
waiting for phone to completely die right now. One question though can I turn on phone while charging or should I just leave it off after dieing?
[General Accessories] rjan22:
I called Sammy, they told me letting the phone turn off by itself because the battery can't power it is bad for the battery in the long run, they said you can't really see the bad effect that time, they told me, we have learned on are testing that when you see the low battery message pop up that is where you need to charge the phone, that warning is where the calibration starts, now draining it to the point that the phone turn itself off is bad for the battery. Do you believe that?
[General Accessories] OmegaRED^:
Only if you leave the cell empty.

It's best to recharge a cell as soon as possible if you have discharged it.
[General Accessories] xaccers:
Discharge/charge cycles should be kept to a minimum, ie when you first get the battery, when you are sure you need to recalibrate, and when you've got no choice.

Top up charges are best for lithium batteries.
[General Accessories] hockeyrcks9901:
The charging circuitry in the phone should protect the battery from over discharge. It also protects the phone from overcharging. However, just like a spring, it's the constant charge/discharge that damages a battery. I would not run it down every day but it should not damage the battery, only cause it to wear out faster.

Source: I'm an electrical engineer.
[General Accessories] jassyfr:
Try to avoid frequent full discharges. Occasional full discharges are okay.
[General Accessories] synaesthetic:
Lots of uncertainty here, lol.

A new Li-Ion cell will output ~4.2V when fully charged and ~3V when it is totally discharged. Every single smartphone I've owned would shut down before the cell dropped below 3.5V. Draining your phone's battery until it dies will not hurt the battery or your phone. No worries about batteries catching fire. :)

Repeated or frequent full discharges will wear your battery out much faster, though.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiktz:
Mine shows used 198 mb, free 106 mb... Totalling for 304 mb... Am I not supposed to have 512 mb ram ??

Is this defect with my arc or the whole Indian version of arc...

What are you guys getting... Please post so that I can go for replacement...

I would like ti tell you that though my stats show only 300 mb of ram, my arc is in no way slow... I run spb shell 3d and its very smooth...

Seriously need advice...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stu1978:
The Arc has 512MB for RAM, and 320MB for storage.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveybaby:
I believe some of the RAM is reserved for the operating system, and doesnt show up in memory reports. A bit silly IMO.

Similarly, i think the phone actually has 1GB of internal storage, but 320MB is what's left to the user after OS installation.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiktz:
Thats what I needed to confirm where did rest of my ram go...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiktz:
I hope you are right and that my phone is not bad...!!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animboo:
the ram is same with mine.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LahiruRD:
335MB RAM for use & apparently the rest of RAM is shared for Video.

There's total of 380MB of ROM
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarbonX13:
I've got 133MB used and around 165MB free.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kyraa:
138 used, 173 free at the moment.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptor1977:
I have 136MB used and 161MB free
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiktz:
Thanks everyone... That confirms my phone is good and i am not cheated...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ransflyer:
48mb free.

Sent from a Galaxy (Tab) far, far away....
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomo100brt:
105 mb free on my arc.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squalldua:
well, the official site says it has :

Internal phone storage: 1GB (up to 320MB free)

RAM: 512MB

so, my guess is, the android system use up most of the internal storage (~650mb) so we only have ~320mb free.

and the we only get ~350mb ram couse ~150mb is shared with the graphic.

CMIIW ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Kernel etc needs RAM to, because of that we have only 343MB RAM for the users. Other phones have 400 or more MB available and they have also 512MB RAM.

I wish we'd have 400MB, too.

My Arc runs for 150 hours now and RAM is down to 40MB free RAM. Which causes launcher redraws when I open big apps :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squalldua:
yeah, i wish we'd have 400mb too, is that posible ?

your arc runs 150 hours ?!

how is that possible ?

mine usually last 1 day (heavy use) or 2 days (normal use)..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
I think it should be possible with a custom kernel to enable more RAM that's available to the user.

I mean uptime, not battery life ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gomes_Tiago:
My Arc:

2.3.4

RAM used: 96 Megas

RAM free: 220 Megas
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiktz:
What are the mods you are running...???
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squalldua:
my arc 2.3.4 :

used RAM 150 MB

free RAM 130 MB

sometimes after playing HD games (example : star blitz HD) it goes up to 180 free MB..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kifsito:
308MB used, 72MB free here
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gomes_Tiago:
No mods because I have bootloader locked =D eheheh

Version 2.3.4

4.0.1.A.0.283
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiktz:
380 mbs...!!! Mine hardly shows 300 mb...!!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] squalldua:
is this RAM or internal memory ?

if it's RAM, then what programs are running ?

on idle, i always have around 130 MB running. i use live wallpaper btw :P
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pren22:
I used android assistant from market and on system info showes 343.52 mb

Have Arc 2.3.4 with Arconium 8.2 and DoomKernel v22 which increases 20 or 30 mb I'm not sure,and now I have:

96 mb used

205 mb free

And used some .tft file(can't remember the name of file but here is the site: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1529716 ) to increase 380 mb phone memory to 420 mb.My phone runes good,GB rules

Dry for my english
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taufiiqqq:
total ram 346.03, free 130mb...using fxp124 cm7.2
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Stock ROM, ArcKnight 3.5.1 Kernel
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irononreverse:
My free RAM hovers around 50-80.

@pren2 I think you're talking about internal ROM space there. Not RAM
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Overdose1986:
259mb used / 88mb free

A fresh install of Arconium 4 gives you like 180mb free, but I have some mods and widgets running in background, but I have to say that my phone is fast as hell, no home redraws, no lags, is running better than with Gingerbread

I also can play HD games like fifa12 or RealRacing2 (top realistic graphics games) very smooth and fast
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aisscream:
i've got 336 ram, xarc kernel. maybe it's also depends what a kernel we use...:confused:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pren22:
No no no,i'm talking about ram here i'll show you a screenshoot:

some apps are still running...

and this is after a while:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irononreverse:
Wtf, do you not have any apps installed on your phone?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArcMan09:
have lots of stuff in my phone .

have only 90 mb free ram. :-{

but some roms like cyanogen mod give about 420 mb of internal space.

prior flashing a arc s firmware to get more space
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] gogol:
I could not get it ...

http://pocketnow.com/android/android-ice-cream-sandwich-to-be-optimized-for-texas-instruments

And even rumor to use Qualcomm for the "J" iteration.

Well, for me it is fine to have it on any kind of SoC platform.

But the thing that I REALLY REALLY REALLY HATE is the situation like now with Tegra 2, fragmentation on SoC based apps! The famous Tegra Zone Games.

Google, are you killing the Android platform?

I hope that news is incorrect, or at least Google will not make TI or certain platform something special!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Supermighty:
Just because they are focusing on optimizing for TI doesn't mean they will remove old code drivers that were optimized for Tegra2 et al.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] cosimoss:
Exactly and Ice Cream Sandwich will most probably support existing phones/tablets because it is a unifying platform. So if there is some extra optimisation code then no big deal.

Still the folks here are more concerned about the release of the 10.1 then of a rumoured development in a future Android operating system. ;)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] th0r615:
Eclair/Froyo - Snapdragon

Gingerbread - Hummingbird

Honeycomb - Tegra 2

They use different reference designs for different android versions, this is nothing new and doesn't really change anything.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] galtom:
Well... first of all it sucks that I was wrong :-( and GT 10.1 retail will have Tegra 2 inside (I wonder who will put out there first honeycomb tablet with something different than T2).

I still have a bit hope left for 3G enabled version... but not much.

Now... I would not put to much into this optimisation.

As far as I remember from the firs leaks of honeycomb (even before we knew Moto was the chosen company) and from Google Honeycomb presentation, whole system was redesigned, kernel... al of it... and Tegra was reference platform, and blah blah blah...

Who remembers firs opinions about how Xoom was laggish, sluggish, not smooth, etc?

Now... we would know if there is any difference with A 3.1 on different SOC if there would be different SOC out there to compare :-)

But judging from ports to devices like Nook I'd say this whole - "You are the chosen one TI, for this" is just marketing bull****.

It will run fine on all ARM SOC - better on more powerful constructions and worse on cheaper (less powerful) ones.

Since GT 10.1 seems like a complete disappointment (no sd slot and tegra inside) I am switching my focus on next gen of tablets that will be able to replace my netbook for entertainment.

Kal-El/Xoom2 - how soon can u be here? ;-)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] gogol:
Want a bet?

Rumors will start around August September ...

Prototype will emerge or better leaked or teased around October and November ...

Device will be announced on December together with Google Release of Android ICS ...

Show of and hands on will be on January 2012 ... During CES show ...

Another show on Mobile World Congress on February ...

That would be the most plausible release scenario ...

Don't expect sooner, because most major manufacturers have just released new products. Some are not even available yet!

Except HTC, but usually they will use Snapdragon.

Xoom 2? They even cannot come up with current Xoom LTE update, SD card activation, what not ...

In the mean time, I will enjoy my GTab 10.1 for few months. Then sell it when the Google Nexus Tablet released :)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] galtom:
I suspect that your timetable is about right. I remember when tablets were teased back in 2010 (and iPad killers were promised) and look at the date and what is in the shops.

Of course this can change because of CPU manufacturers... no one wants to be last but first so if one company will present new gen. of soc as production/orders ready things might be coming to market a bit faster.

I would think that the best period to start sales would be around x-mass. But that would meant that product would be teased now... unless a company will FINALLY do things Apple way and will present ready product mid November and sales will start in December - but I would be really surprised.

Regarding your last sentence... I wish it would be so easy :-)

Since it took me a while to gather funds for tablet I am afraid I will not be able to cover up difference to get the next gen of tablet.

Not to mention that as things are this would be a wasted cash with me :-( - No netflix (i am using it daily), no mkv high profile 720p (tha same).

I would still have to keep netbook :-(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] galtom:
Why Google is dumping Nvidia?

Because quite soon we will see Microsoft buy Nvidia!

And since MS has/will have an OS that will compete with Android the less nvidia knows about the coming ICS the better :-)
[Thunderbolt General] robdec17:
Anyone in the Atlanta area having data issues? I woke up this morning and have no 4G, 3G or 1x. Nada nothing :( I haven't made any changes to my phone in weeks.
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
Call VZW and see if there is an outage in your area first.
[Thunderbolt General] robdec17:
OK ignore. Battery pull seemed to fix it
[General Questions and Answers] nibras_reeza:
Is there's an app that would let you go completely handsfree on Android?

I mean an app that could listen to commands and let you navigate and chose menus based on voice alone?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarsnGadgets:
Just set up my Transformer and have gone into the market, when i click on install for any app, and ok the permissions, it does nothing, just sits on the info screen for the app i was looking at. My data connection is fine.

any ideas?

I have tried clearing the cache and data from the market app in manage apps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CarsnGadgets:
Not sure what was going on, It has now started downloading ok.

delete the tread if you like.

sorry.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] garak0410:
Actually, got my new Transformer today...it proceeds to download but then errors out...rebooted...same thing...can't download or update any apps.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iandoug:
same here

Had mine just over a day, can't install anything from market. Google says to log onto Google talk, but THAT does not work either ... just times out.

But can surf the web just fine, and navigate around Market just fine.

So now what?

thanks, Ian
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Have you tried clearing data and cache for the market?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iandoug:
Yes, cleared the data, there was nothing in the cache. Seems to be a common problem, and various different solutions work for some people but not others (on assorted devices). I have mailed Google but so far no response .... have no problems downloading stuff to my Galaxy S2 over same WiFi network ...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvhh:
bump

Got the same issue since I got a failed firmware update. A fix would be great
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philsuf:
this happened to me too, downloading from android market is a hit-and-miss thing... sometimes it downloads on the first try, sometimes i have to retry it a couple of times before it finally download, and somerimes it wont ever download at all (sometimes it leaves the downloading notification stuck)
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alech:
I have also seen this behaviour - apps would download, then nothing. Clicking on 'INSTALL' again on the Market store entry would usually then do a successful download and install.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iandoug:
Solution?

Can you guys try this, which seems to work for me (as in: after installing Custom ROMs, is what worked ...)

1. set you phone into WiFi Tethering Mode.

2. connect Transformer to use WiFi via the phone

3. log onto market and initiate download.

4. should work fine. Then disconnect from phone, use normal WiFi connection, and it should work.

I've had long discussions with Google about this. They told me to open a bunch of ports on my router, which seemed to help, but is not THE permanent solution. I think Google, for some reason, needs a fix on your position before they validate you initially, which is what they get when you connect via a cellphone.

The ports in question are:

outgoing TCP and UDP connections to 443 + 5222-5443 port range.

Note: there is often a delay when ordering something from Market via website, and getting it sent to device. This is normal. Downloading via Market App should be faster.

Good luck.

Cheers, Ian
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] felix.akinyemi:
I have the same problem...I've tried every possible "fix" and nothing really works...I'm running stock not even rooted, I've had this problem ever since I got the 3.1 ota. Hoping for a fix in 3.2
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferparedes:
I've noticed this too. I select an app to download, then I can see the progress bar of the download and then it changes to "Waiting to install" and just stays there. What I usually do is click the "back" button (or touch it or whatever), then click the app again and push the "install" button again. Then it installs fine.

It's not a deal breaker, but it is kind of annoying.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheIneffable:
You can try downloading the newer market. I couldn't download apps with the old market, so I downloaded the new market .apk and can download apps from there.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferparedes:
Did you find the apk in these forums?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dvhh:
Did a system wipe of my device (with backup of course), everything is working again as it was ( after recreating the account ), clearing the cache/data has not helped.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BuPe:
I have the exact same issue on my tf as ferparedes.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karapoutsoglou:
Originally Posted by karapoutsoglou View Post

I have already answered that question but what the hell..

you can do as many clear cache,clear data,wipe dalvik cache,wipe cache,force stop etc you want...you wont do a thing.

the solution is one and follow my steps cause this thing almost drove me crazy for a week and yes,i could not install anything.

1.erase everything from the internal memory of your transformer connected to your computer. i mean,from the pc move them all to recycle bin.

2. go to recovery menu,and do a wipe data and wipe cache.then do a wipe dalvik cache and then fresh install from install from sd card the revolver rom.

3.HERE IS THE TRICKY PART.

after the first boot,you must do a factory reset of the tablet from the option inside the honeycomb,from the settings.

(NOT from the recovery menu)

i dont remember where this is,i think in development,you will find out.

after the factory reset you will see and android yellow box and the tab will do a reset and erase everything.

Voila! The market will work like a dream and you will never have again problem.

Trust me...i searched a lot for this problem...its the only solution.

they say its a bug in the android secure folder or something and only with a reformat of the file structure it can be solved.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abprie:
I noticed that disconnecting and reconnecting Google talk solves that installation problem from the market.