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[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
Hi

Using today the phone @ 100% brightness with car charger connected and using Sygic / Copilot, I see that my device can't not even charge at the same time that I am using it, but maintain their % of battery. Even with the charger the phone drains battery.

WTF samsung, So i cant make a long travel without running out of battery?

Anyone more with this problem?

PS: My HD2, HD, TyTN2, etc doesn't have this problem with the same car charger, they even charge at the same time.
[Galaxy S II General] dan13l:
What's the rating on your charger? I had to swap mine out for a 1A one in order to cope with GPS use in the car. Haven't had a problem since then.

I suspect the one you're using is 750mA or even potentially 500.
[Galaxy S II General] padlad:
I have just had the same problem. I knew i needed a higher amp charger but i thought i would give it a try. The one i used is 650mA, so that's definitely not large enough. The normal 'house' charger is 0.7A (700mA) so in theory that size or above should charge whilst the S2 is being used.
[Galaxy S II General] aurelm:
I have a 1200 mA usb adapter for car (a sony ericsson, very very slim one) and I have no issues. You need a decent amount of power for that phone so 650mA will not do, have at least 1000.

http://www.nextag.com/Sony-Ericsson-AN400-Compact-853915153/specs-html

Not sure if this is the exact model but I found it to be the best because it's slim and there is nothing sticking out of the car socket, has a lot of power and I can power any usb device with it.
[Galaxy S II General] aurelm:
Yest but probably you hava a chinese charger. The rating on it is never near the real one.
[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
oh, I see, crappy charger, ill change then thanks guys :D
[Galaxy S II General] hari:
TomTom recently released a high speed multi charger. I replaced my old car charger with this one as I had a similar slow charge problem. Never had a problem ever since. All my weapons are always fully loaded with enough power! Expensive though!

http://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/product...-cables/high-speed-multi-charger-9UUC.001.04/
[Galaxy S II General] xiga:
If someone is using a cheap higher-powered mains adaptor without issue, could you please post a (UK) link? Also if anyone knows of a cheaper alternative to the £20 car charger that would be great too!
[Galaxy S II General] shawt:
I had same problem.I bought Samsung charger and no problem after :)
[Galaxy S II General] CEPi:
2.1 Amp TomTom charger is way too much for this device. Samsung wall charger is only rated at 750mA, but someone even found out that in source level Samsung has limited the power current at only 650mA.

With 1 Amp (1000mA) top quality car charger, the phone lost charge while using Navigation on full brightness.

Very slow charging in general for this phone.
[Galaxy S II General] Mittaa:
Same here :)
[Galaxy S II General] xiga:
Can you provide a link? I'd like to get one
[Galaxy S II General] shawt:
I bought mine on eBay for £6.Just search "genuine samsung car charger"
[Galaxy S II General] kersh:
I bought today a Belking car charger of 2.1amps and suprise!, same problem battery drain.

Can be maybe the car? I doubt it, any idea?

http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=525940
[Galaxy S II General] 3waygeek:
When you have the car charger plugged into the phone go into Settings/About phone/Status & look at "Battery status"; it should tell you if the phone thinks it's plugged into a USB port (in which case the phone will draw only 450 mA) or an AC charger (from which the phone will draw 650 mA). These limits are built into the Samsung ROM, presumably to keep the phone cool and/or extend the battery's lifespan. They could be overridden (especially the AC charger current limit) in a custom ROM.

Absent a custom ROM, if the Status display says you're connected to a USB port, you could try a different charger, or connecting USB pins 2 & 3 (the two center pins on the USB A connector) together. That's how the phone decides if it's connected to a USB port or AC charger -- the low-resistance (less than 200 ohm) connection between the two USB data pins is the key. The spec calls for 200 ohms resistance between the data pins, but some of the low-end high current chargers I've seen just have a direct short.

If that doesn't work, or if the Status display says you're charging off AC, then try some of the other battery-life tricks documented here in the forums; they should reduce the device's draw from the battery, allowing the charger to do its job.
[Galaxy S II General] xiga:
Wow, this is kind of disappointing i have to say. I have noticed the USB charging is incredibly slow. You can't ever rely on it, i think it would take close to 5 hrs to fully charge from USB, that's insane! By mains it's somewhere between 2 and 3, but that's still way too high.

I take it if you buy a higher-powered mains adaptor (not one for the car) then we'd definitely get the benefits of a faster charge? Can someone post a link to one they are using and know works faster that the stock one?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] alexleon:
I ll try ur tricks guyz.

for the time being this is my situation (and it sux):

-car charger 1A 5v

-slow chargin and hot device

-using navigator equals : phone burns, drains battery and in the worst scenario freezes

yesterday I received a call while phone plugged into car charger with navigator session. wot happened is phone freezed (screen didnt switch off) and I saw PROXIMITY SENSOR WAS RED!
[Galaxy S II General] viper_79:
The first post got me worried for a while, but this info has put me back to ease. Pre-ordered the GS2 (India) and getting the original Samsung charger along as a freebie.
[Galaxy S II General] (•.•):
Yeah, i have simelar experience with the samsung s2 in my car.

Its eating the battery even when its plugged in and i think i have a good charger..

I found 1 solution.. I use now copilot, you can set different setting to disable the screen automatically when you drive a straigt forward for some kilometres, only when you need to turn it comes up again.

thats how i set it and it loads a little, but bad anyway.

Maybe thats what the + means in Super Amoled + (+batteryusage) :confused::p
[Galaxy S II General] alexleon:
nexus S didnt have such a problems. it's only around how samsung managed chipset.

I ll try to set cpu downclock while temperature goes over 40..
[myTouch 4G General] fionalindberg:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/netcom-shows-off-microsd-card-with-integrated-nfc-goodness-vide/

There's hope yet that we can turn our MT4G into NFC device. However, I do have Nexus S too, but day-to-day I love my MT4G with RoyalGinger 2.1. Great ROM, fabulous battery life.
[myTouch 4G General] h22aboi:
To be honest by the time nfc becomes widely useful in our daily lives, I would have switched to the mytouch 6g or Htc "insert feeling here"...lol
[myTouch 4G General] kimbernator:
It says that metallic microsd slots wont work with them. Unfortunately, were in that boat
[myTouch 4G General] eqjunkie829:
What does metallic slot change? magnetism or interference?
[myTouch 4G General] kimbernator:
I dunno. It just says in the article that it will only work with plastic slots.
[myTouch 4G General] kimbernator:
It also says that the back can't be metal. which ours is as well :p
[myTouch 4G General] anthonya1g:
Yea, seems like a "no-no" for our MT4G lol
[myTouch 4G General] ryumo:
Double damn.
[myTouch 4G General] Phateless:
That's pretty bad ass, even if we can't use it.
[myTouch 4G General] agentaaron:
Good to see they are working on it...seems that GSM carriers could build this technology into the sim card itself.

I have seen quite a few people at work who put the small paypass key tags on the back of their phones, then cover it with a TPU case and use their phones as a payment device that way.
[myTouch 4G General] wartime71:
MT4G is nowhere near ready for that
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Well, it's officially been two months since I got my G2. What else is there left for me to do?

- I've already got SIM Unlock, superCID, and radio S-OFF.

- I've already got CM7 Nightly 92 w/ Pershoot's latest Gingerbread kernel.

- I've already got backups of Virtuous, Virtuous G-Lite, and CM7.

- I've already installed Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and set up lxde.

- I've already overclocked and underclocked my CPU.

What else is there left for me to do? Can I dual-boot between different mobile operating system platforms (i.e. Symbian^3/Maemo 5, Windows Mobile, HP webOS/Palm OS, etc.)? Can I do ANYTHING else other than flash a ROM/Kernel and overclock? Or is this it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjward23:
You have done pretty much everything there is to. The next step is start cooking up your own stuff. I'm guessing you all ready have adb working. You can download apk manager http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695701 and start doing some themeing of your own or port some themes for your favourite roms.

And if your feeling really adventurous have a go at building your own roms, there is a really easy to use rom kitchen here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633246

If your computer is up to it you could try building cm from source have a look at the cm wiki http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Building_from_source

I don't think there is anyway to use any of the other OS's you metioned. But some one is working on a project to dual boot android roms, the concept is awesome it would be cool to dual boot between sense and CM, have a look here for more info http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=847423 this is a WIP though

Noob's Watch This
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
You serious?

This is all I can do?

****!!!!! I should've gone with an HD2.

I'm already cooking up a custom ROM.

punjabiM0D? It's in my signature.

You gotta be kidding me. So you're telling me there's no way I can get Maemo/Symbian^3/webOS on my phone as a dual-boot? Is there at least a ROM of Touchwiz or even MOTOBLUR? I'm sick and tired of HTC Sense.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjward23:
On the xda app so can't see your Sig. Siulmagic did do a droid x port http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1051229 so you can give motoblur a try.

The HD2 is the xda king everything seems to work on it. Our lowly G2/DZ are not in the same leauge.

It may be possible to port some of the OS's you mentioned but i dont believe anyone is curently work on them. But i would love to be proved wrong.

How is your custom rom coming? If you need anyone to test I'm all ways happy to help. I have a really quiet job which provides me with a lot of spare time and a decent internet connection.

Noob's Watch This
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Windows Phone 7 is a closed platform, so its pretty close to impossible to port it to other platforms, in my understanding. I believe the only reason HD2 can run it, is because MS actually developed a WP7 version for HD2. As far as the old Windows Mobile versions, its obsolete and a pile, and the only reason to run it, is if you need to run some legacy software. Similarly, Symbian is all but dead at this point, as Nokia moves to WP7.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silverwind:
It sounds make sense to me :rolleyes:

I just wonder my old Blackstone can't run android while it has winmo? :rolleyes:

Cheers ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Not too familiar with the Blackstone, but probably just a matter of developer interest. The Blackstone seems to have pretty similar specs to my old Touch Pro 2 (in terms of CPU and memory), and the TP2 does run Android. Although the TP2 Android project was pretty slow and laggy when I last played with it in December or so (but it looks like a lot more work has been done on the project).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
This is a bunch of ****!

I traded in my iPhone 4 for a G2, and I've already reached the end of the damn world in less than two months? Bull-****!!!!!!!

So not even another Linux-based operating system like Symbian^3, Maemo, or webOS can be installed on my G2?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Its a phone, and its designed to be used with its native OS. Not for loading other OSes willy-nilly, for your enjoyment.

Even if you could load other OSes onto it, so what? Would that radically change your smartphone experience, and what you do with you phone day to day? Not really.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Oh well pardon me for trying to make the most out of this thing.

Not even a ROM of Touchwiz or even MOTOBLUR?

Well then Mr. Know-it-all, What else is there left for me to do? I'm bored, I'm locked in a two-year agreement with a company that has spotty service, and I've already done nearly everything there is to do in the rooting universe.

Can YOU come up with anything else to do? What would you do if you were in my situation?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slapshot30:
Well for starters you could settle down and control your compulsiveness to jack with your phone. Android is probably the best OS out there, no reason to port to an inferior one. You are the first I have heard that has wanted a port to all these other variances. Most others are happy with the Android OS and like the custom ROMs and ways we can customize our devices already.

My advice to you... find a well paying job, squander all your money with buying yourself a brand new phone every month or two without contract. Maybe port all this other crap yourself. You seem to complain a lot, so intead of doing that, make your own ports and ROMs. That oughta make you happy :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niai_mack:
you could download eclips and the android sdk start making your own apps

you could try and port touchWiz or motoBlur to your phone your self

i beleave there is a port for MeeGo for our phone but is is far to slow to do any thing on

EDIT: and by the way your coming over a a bit of a **** when people are trying to help you
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjward23:
I don't really know what you are expecting, its a phone. how much more could you want it do to? compare it a iPhone, then you would be limited. If your desperate for a Touchwiz or Motoblur Rom, port it your self. The reason why these ROM's haven't been done is because there not rated very highly particularly Motoblur.

You have a great phone with good dev support. appreciate it .
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
I'm not THAT impulsive.

I took my meds. (ADHD can do that to a kid)

I just feel trapped inside Google, Android, and HTC.

If Android really is as open-source as Google claims it to be, why do I feel so restricted?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
I'm grateful for that much.

I just wanna figure out what else there is to do. Ironically, I feel restricted in an open-source operating system.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PatrickHuey:
dude, what else do you want to do? I guess that's a good question to ask. There are literary tons of stuff to do with your phone. There are numerous ports with this phone you can try. You wanna play dual core games like samuarai vengeance 2 eventhough you don't have dual core? Go right ahead with chainfire3d. You can theme your phone how ever you want with icons, colors, ANYTHING. What other operating system allows you to do this? How would you be better off with ANY other OS? You can easily flash themes and such to make it looks like touchwiz, or motoblur. you can even make it look like honeycomb for goodness sake. Fool around with the UOT kitchen and cook up some fancy looking themes are icons.

I suggest you do a little searching around on xda, OTHER than the G2 thread because there are tons of stuff that apply to alot of phones that aren't just found in that device's forum. Its dumb for you to judge the one OS that actually ALLOWS you to do whatever you want to it.

The end.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeuout:
PEANUT BUTTA JELLY TIME!!! GIVE SOMEBODY A HIGH 5..THEN SHOW THEM UR AWESOME ROM

pimped out g2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmatang:
You could take a screw driver to your phone.. open it into pieces.. I don't think it would be so restricted anymore.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Giving my opinion does not make me a know-it-all, and nothing I said implies that I think I know more than you. You're going to come in here throwing around foul language and calling people names, and still expect people to give you ideas?

You seem fixated on just loaded different OSes, and just don't want to accept the answers people are giving you. People have already gave tons of suggestions. But you aren't interested in listening.

MotoBlur and TouchWiz are trash, anyway. Not much more than cosmetic changes to the launcher, and other general theming. You can easily mess around with those things yourself, as several others have already suggested.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Already working on a port for them -_-
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeuout:
i got it!! u have never bricked ur phone...now thats a rush
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Well, that sounds like a decent use of your energy and enthusiasm. You're not the first to ask for a Moto Blur (and probably Touch Wiz) port. So I'm sure others will appreciate your work.

Good luck and have fun!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh5abiking:
Thanks, and sorry for being a ****.

I'm a bit short-tempered and I have the attention span of a squirrel.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jypdTonga:
hey dev guys,

is there any chance that we will get any alternative os on gsg2 (one day) ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
When the world freezes over .

Who wants that rubbish on an SGS .

jje
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breitlingtim:
Ok so the saga continues. I sent phone in for repair since it wasn't powering on and not able to connect to usb. They sent me back a brand new unit, but it was an unlocked x10a locked to Rogers and now I can't get an unlock code anywhere. I have tried 5 different online companies, I called Rogers and begged as Sony recommended I do and now my only hope is Sony calls me today and gives me a code I guess. It sucks that I sent in an unlocked x10 and got back a locked one. I have a feeling I am going to be screwed! Any ideas? Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hierarchy666:
What got locked and what got unlocked? Bootloader or root?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iridaki:
I think he means SIM locked to Rogers.

This is insane, SE should provide you with an unlocked phone,

exactly like the one you sent for repair, and if that's not possible,

an unlock code is the least they can do! :mad:

I hope it turns out well for you.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breitlingtim:
Just finished up another half hour long call with Sony begging for help, but they say there is nothing they can do. I am hitting a wall. Anyone here a Rogers Customer that could try to get an unlock code from them for me? I will gladly donate some cash via paypal for someones help.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ankit Tulsian:
Hey mate try this site this is the best site.I bought unlock tool for my phone and t worked flawless.

http://www.cellunlocker.net/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breitlingtim:
Thanks for the info...I placed an order for the software and then got word from the site that the software is unavailable for at least 1-2 weeks lol. I can't catch a break! I will update again when something changes. Thanks for all your help guys.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rockjock007:
Did you give Mobile in Canada a go? Also the handset was sent into Flextronics for repair so they just gave you a new unit it looks like.. where are you located?

You maybe out of luck as Rogers deems the warranty void if you unlock the phone, so tread lightly. PM if you have any q's
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renegadex96:
Actually that's not true. In fact Rogers' provides their own unlocking service. There are requirements, which I can't recall all of them, I believe if you have completed your contract or have purchased the phone outright they will do it. I'll see if i can find the phone number for that dept when i get to work
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] breitlingtim:
I have called Rogers and they are showing no compassion at all for my situation. I'm afraid I am going to have to sell the phone. It's really a shame, because I do love it. So on the Bay it goes to hopefully find a new home and add some funds for me to get something else. If anyone is interested in a Rogers locked x10 let me know.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eb50:
Does anyone's transformer feel lose in the lower right corner (where the clock it)?

when i squeeze the corner, it sort of "pops" like the tab is broken or not flush.

i tried to call asus but the phone number doesnt work???

1-888-678-3688

I am in the US. I got the number from http://service.asus.com/callus.html
[Eee Pad Transformer General] CrunchyDoodle:
What is the return policy of the retailer you bought it from? If you are not satisfied, I'd suggest exploring that.

Bye. :cool:
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eb50:
finally got the number to work, OMG, LONG HOLD for 7am EST
[Eee Pad Transformer General] transceiver:
Let me know how it goes. I have the same problem.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] tcjaym:
mines is like that in the top left where thew volume button etc is but i can live with it
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dfin13:
Mine creaks and flexes in the upper right corner area, but I only notice it when I hold it with one hand in that area (not often). Sucks that it's not flawless, but I figured there'd be a few things off at this price point, and luckily this is the only thing so far for me.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] hoy128:
Yes, please let us know how it goes because mine is loose on the bottom right corner too. I've concidered just crazy gluing it because I figure its not really a defect since it doesn't directly affect the device.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ryan stewart:
I get the feeling that the edges of the plastic backing are "floating" and the mounts are farther in because around the edges I can feel the backing flex but the bezel is rigid. Im thinking the plastic backing is just a cover and doesnt provide anything structurally.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Kamanashi:
Just got mine today and the whole right side is movable to a rather high degree. Gonna see if I can get a replacement since it is a little more than what I am comfortable with.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jambo89liam:
I have the exact same problem. Its not worth the hasstle of getting it repaired.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] b3ltazar:
I had the same issue on the left top where the volume and power buttons are. I fixed it by applying pressure with my fingers. there has to be a plasic tab or something cheap that holds it in.I know people got it open by running a guitar pick around the bezel.just try and push the edge thats loose till the tab catches it. be careful!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] jadescorpion:
I also noticed that the plastic "bracket" around the rim of the device is loose on the lower right corner very shortly after I got it. Its a little disapointing, but honestly I forgot about it untill just now when I saw the title for this post, so as long as it doesn't get worse I don't really mind.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Kamanashi:
I wish mine was just that. I can actually look inside mine while holding with a decent grip if I don't have my MicroSD in. Oh well, Amazon said they will replace it when they are back in stock.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eb50:
not in stock any longer with target. i got a smoking deal on mine so i wont return it (only looking for an exchange)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] eb50:
sounds like we had the same assembler. heh.

i just keep clicking it because its on my mind.

i called and got hung up on. ill try again tomorrow.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] yohanpra:
Yep same for me as well