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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wisepage:
I have experienced it a couple of times in the 8 months or so I have had my Captivate (Galaxy S). One time it was due to a rogue application that was using heaps of CPU. Using OS monitor I discovered that an app/process had a load running consistently up at 50% or more.

Uninstalled the app, problem solved. For months I was getting 48-60 hours out of a single charge, which was absolutely brilliant.

Now I have a new battery drain, and it's proving very difficult to find. Checking OS monitor didn't help. No app sticking out like dogs balls hogging CPU this time.

I tried the advice in this thread;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=937080(preview)

Gone through it from end to end, and the battery drain is still there. The thread tells me I should be using roughly 1% per hour while on standby. Current widget tells me I am using 1% about every 5-8 minutes, which gives me 8-12 hours of battery life.

I have gone back and uninstalled a heaps of apps I no longer use, as well as uninstalling apps that I installed around the start of the time I noticed battery drain began. No good.

Checked all my settings, even experimented with turning off background sync (which I dont think is the problem, as I had it on when I was getting 2+ days of battery life), no good.

Using Titanium Backup, I went through and began "freezing" a couple of apps at a time, thinking I could find the application causing it that way. I sorted my apps by install date and started going back in time 2 or 3 apps at a time. No good.

However, I think I may have found a clue...

The other day, I turned my phone onto Flight mode, I can't remember why now. Anyway, I realised a few hours later that I forgot to turn Flight mode off. Looked at my battery and noticed, it had hardly dropped at all! Weird. As far as I can tell, I have the phone set up the way I did when I had great battery life. In some cases, I have even tried doing things I did not do when battery life was good (turning off background data, wifi etc). I still can't pinpoint the problem.

Who else has experienced battery drain on Android? What did you do to combat it? It's just frustrating knowing what my phone and battery are capable of and not being able to achieve it!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jferg5:
I have has that a couple of times too. The only way I have found to make it stop when it starts is to do a reboot. Like you it doesn't appear to be any specific app, the os is just eating battery. Once I reboot its great again. Hope this helps
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLAC Vest:
Well from a lot of different articles I have read, having a weak signal around you can cause a drain on the battery. The fact that the phone has to try to grab the signal harder than it should on top of getting then losing and having to re acquire the signal drains the battery.

I haven't done any tests myself but I find that I get great battery life when using the phone heavily while at home on the wifi network.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wisepage:
Nah it's not that easy unfortunately. It's a problem I have had for a couple of months now. There has been many reboots in that time, none have solved the drain.

The only thing that did was putting the phone into airplane mode, which then make it a nice-looking paperweight.

:)

It may be that, but I don't think so. As I said, I had great battery life using this ROM, and in the same locations as I do now with terrible battery life. I haven't moved, I still use the phone where I did before.

Cheers for the responses anyway guys. I appreciate it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F1reEng1neRed:
Google maps is a known battery drain even if not using it thanks to latitude trying to determine where you are. I would try freezing or uninstalling Google maps.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wisepage:
Thank you so much! It appears you are right. I "froze" Maps using Titanium Backup, and for 40 minutes my battery has been steady at 24% while on standby. Brilliant! Usually in that time I would drop 3-5%.

Now, the next question. How do I stop it? Does this mean I can no longer use Maps? I don't even use Latitude, but I see no option to uninstall it anywhere. Everything in it is turned off.

Not sure how to proceed from here. I do use Maps from time to time and would like to keep them if I can.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xThe Enforcer:
Just un-freeze it when you need it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gijcav:
One thing that I did was start resetting my phone right before bed to terminate all the programs that I used through out the day.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wisepage:
I have just upgraded to Serendipity 7, we'll see if that fixes the problem. If not, I may have to freeze Maps while not in use.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wisepage:
Well, after a battery calibration I am now getting 24-30 hours with moderate use. A long way from the 48-60 hours I used to get, but a lot better than the 10-12 hours of recent times. So I am half as well off as I was 3 months ago, but twice better off than I was a week ago.

:p

Happy enough for now. Just wish I could pinpoint how I was getting that great battery life before!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigw2010:
Hi all,

I've been having a problem with my Desire Z! Every time I press home after using my browser to follow a Twitter or Facebook link, the phone does a sort of mini reset, shows the green HTC logo on white background and then starts loading my Home Screen from scratch! The only theory I gave so far is that I have too many apps open and its clearing the cache! Otherwise I'm stumped and its really annoying!

Hope someone can help!

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
Sounds like rosie. What launcher are you using?

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigw2010:
Launcher? It's just stock Sense running Group, no mods or updates! The browser is Dolphin HD!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Thats just the Sense launcher (also known as 'rosie') re-loading. Its pretty memory hungry compared to other launchers. So it gets dropped from memory sometimes, if memory gets full, and has to re-load if you press home.

But this shouldn't be happening very frequently. Do you keep lots of things running in the background? Large web pages in the browser, and/or multiple browser tabs open can also take up lots of memory.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigw2010:
Mainly only my email client, Twitdroyd, Facebook and the browser, I suppose the browser does have a few pages open, and they aren't mobile web pages but full pages! I'll try exiting my browser more often, that clears the cache!

Thanks for the quick reply dude, ill keep ya informed if the frequency reduces!

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
another thing to try would be a different launcher. stock sense launcher is too much of a hog for me. i prefer adw, golauncher, or stock gingerbread launcher over rosie
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigw2010:
How do I get the phone to override sense to use a different launcher? Can I uninstall it completely?

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craiglay:
I think that'll break Sense so can't be done. I guess you could install another launcher over the top of it.

I'm wondering if there is a memory leak in Dolphin HD. I've got my phone into some states memory wise before and its never closed Rosie. You're not using a task killer are you?

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noodles2224:
Just download a launcher from market and when you press home, it'll ask which one to use and if you want to set it as default..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigw2010:
Yeah I've got task-killer, but not had this prob b4!

Won't running another launcher create more memory problems?

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craiglay:
Task killer is probably closing it then. It depends on what it thinks it can unload to free memory.

There are many arguments about 2.2 and task killers. I do just fine without one, 2.2 can manage its own memory pretty well. Maybe try uninstalling the task killer and see what happens.

If you have an alternative launcher, it shouldn't load the Sense launcher so it won't affect memory much. You'll probably gain as the Sense launcher is quite hungry.

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigw2010:
Cheers mate, just installed LauncherPro, got some better features than Sense, I really want to get rid of sense all together cos the Facebook and Twitter contact are pissing me off!

Anyway, cheers for the quick reply, am happy atm with Launcher Pro!

Craig
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
If you want to get rid of Sense completely, you need to root, S-Off, and flash a different ROM. Sense is too intertwined with the entire ROM to remove, without breaking it.

I personally like the combination of a Sense ROM, with a alternate launcher (I use ADW EX). Certainly a matter of personal taste. But the Sense camera app is better than stock (and 3rd party camera apps I've tried), and I like the aesthetics, and some of the other features of Sense. But I agree the Sense launcher is just too memory (and CPU?) hungry.

But its also not that hard to root, and try other ROMs, to see if you like one without Sense (known as AOSP ROMs).

I'd remove the task killer. They can cause more harm than good. And as already mentioned, Android manages memory just fine without help from a 3rd party app.

http://lifehacker.com/5650894/android-task-killers-explained-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them
[Atrix 4G General] loltheinternet88:
Hey guys.

I just got my Atrix the other day.

I have a couple of questions about my phone.

Do I need a sd card to be able to mount my phone to my computer?

Can I kill motoblur?

Can I root my phone if I don't have an sd card?

I bought this phone on ebay and it didn't come with charger. I had to buy one at the at&t store they sold me a universal micro usb one.

Will this kill my battery?

Will I able to use the usb cable to mount my phone to my computer?
[Atrix 4G General] _Dennis_:
I suggest reading and or.searching before asking.

I will answer your questions later when I am on my computer.
[Atrix 4G General] loltheinternet88:
Ok thank you.
[Atrix 4G General] tjjensen23:
No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes
[Atrix 4G General] loltheinternet88:
Anyone care to tell me how I can mount my phone's internal storage to my Pc.

I connect the usb to my computer and phone.. It starts charging it and that's it.
[Atrix 4G General] BravoMotorola:
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lugs your telephone in2 your compuriir and pull down window shade on telephone>>>>>>>>usb connection omgomg select choose preferred connection omgomg wtf ';lkds;ld!!!!1!1 you have motorola phone portal you have windows media sync you have usb mass storage you have none. Omg you say you wanted to mount phones int storage to your personall computer ok so select usb mass storage
[Atrix 4G General] loltheinternet88:
I think it wasn't working because I epic failed. I forgot about installing the Motorola drivers.

The usb logo didn't pop up on my notification bar.
[Atrix 4G General] _Dennis_:
No you do not. just plug in the phone using a Micro USB cable to your computer. On the phone you should notice a new icon on the notification bar at the top, pull down the bar and click the notification. Choose USB Mass storage Mode.

Yes, sort of. Option 1 is to just hide it, go get a new launcher and use the launcher. Option 2 is to root your phone and install a psudo-rom which clears out a lot of the bloatware (depending on which ROM) but you are not truly free of motoblur, you just minimized it.

Yes but it is a longer process. Look Here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1065108

It should be fine. The best chargers for our phone are 5v and 850mA but the 1A ones work to they just can cause issues on older firmware.

If it is in the range of USB or below 850mA it is fine (USB is 5v 500mA) but even 1A should be ok. If you are worried you can search for 850mA 5V chargers (iGO power Green dual USB wall charger works great).

Yes see above Question 1
[Atrix 4G General] loltheinternet88:
Thanks. The only problem I have is that cable at&t sold me only charges my phone when plugged into my pc.
[Atrix 4G General] Pirateghost:
any microusb cable will work to charge and transfer files. you will need a wall wart to charge from the wall
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niai_mack:
is there any way to get a high bright torch in a sense rom i have tried nexus torch but it flickers really miss that from aosp roms
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
hey all, there was a new ota thread virus started this morning I was following it and went to work.....where did it go? it was in the developments section I cant seem to find it

did it get deleted or moved? thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdawg0024:
He had it deleted because xHausx posted the stock rooted ROM 1st... plus he wasnt feeling well.. there are the odex and de-odex versions up
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
thanks man....i should know this but I dont...whats the diffetence between the two? again ty
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
one more thing...im so confused I dont know where to start if I want to try this...im on konis e3 if that helps...again thanks, if u dont want to help and give a walk thru I understand
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
The deodexed version is themeable, the odex version has a slightly faster boot time and uses less space in system. That's the quick and dirty answer, anyway. If you want to modify it at all, flash the deodexed version, otherwise just flash the odexed version.

You're going to flash it the same way you'd flash any other rom. Follow the directions in the thread, I'm not sure if you'll need to flash the updated radios, etc. If you don't know how to flash a rom - I know you have a custom rom installed, but a lot of people have someone else root/flash for them - there should be a walkthrough floating around somewhere. If you need help or just want clarification, shoot me a pm. I have a fairly lengthy write up on everything to do with rooting/flashing/recovery/etc, I'd be happy to send you that or help you out.

(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
thank you much
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
hey thanks so much I will take you up on your offer...yesi am rooted currently on konis e3 and am familiar with rooting, previously samsung moment rooted.

but like I said im confused...i understand what you said to flash and follow directions from xhausx but there are like 4 other download options besides the oxed and deoxed...kernal, wimax..prl...etc

what would YOU download and flash?again im confused...will I lose root for a while, will I brick? hboot flash download? new hboot version?...ughhh
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
again thanks....a lot
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
The wimax, prl, and radio are optional; they will update what the are supposed to. You'll only brick your phone if you do a battery pull/battery dies during an update of the radio. You don't have to update any of those if you don't want to, but just wipe the cache and dalvik, then flash if you want to.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
thank man...whats the benefit of updating those, which kernal should I use andwhats I hear its sense 1.0?

arent we on like 2.0 something?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Nothing really besides having an updated connection possibilities...PRI can affect your battery, but if its good, no need to change it. Yea, its sense 1.0, and there are sense 3.0 roms out there.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justintammy:
why would an upgrade downgrade like it did? whar the difference between 3 and 1¿
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JDM Civic EG8:
Update the Wimax radio it helps. For example at my house before the update I was not able to get any Wimax signal. But after the update I now get between one bar. Better then nothing I guess haha

Sent from my Synergy Powered EVO
[HTC Inspire 4G] Lolclint:
I dont know what happen I might have hit Ok to update the system i was driving and trying to listen to the navagation so not sure what happen

Phone is stuck at the Clockwork Recovery v3.0.0.6 screen

I hit the power button on reboot system now and it reboots and takes me back to the same screen

When i hit the power button to ****GO BACK***** it doesnt do anything

What do i do to fix this?? I need my phone fore my job!
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
If it is plugged in, unplug. Pull battery for 5 mins, put back in restart... Post what happens after you do this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Lolclint:
I went to reboot system again and it rebooted back to normal

hmm that battery cover is hard as hell to remove but it worked

dunno what happen

Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Demented71:
For future reference, it's not always a good idea to play with ROMs and such on a device you NEED for work or whatever.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forgetuj09:
Ok maybe im a little bit retarded or just dellusional...but ive downloaded and unpacked the file....but i see no ROM? any help please?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KInG GaME:
you ll have a file called update.zip.that is the rom use BB 52 and then flash the rom via Xrec
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forgetuj09:
thanks alot!
[Thunderbolt General] SomeGuyDude:
So I'm looking at stealing my upgrade from my 2nd line ("house" phone), and I'm thinking of one of these two for it.

NOW then, I'm a root'er (obviously), currently loving MIUI on my Incredible but realizing that this may be a ways off for BOTH devices. That's fine. However, it's the 4G thing that has me puzzled.

I was told by a guy at Ye Old Best Buy that if I snag a Tbolt this month I can get "grandfathered" in to unlimited 4G from here on out. Obviously the Inc2 doesn't have 4G whatsoever, but my city's going to have the service rolled out within the month.

Battery life concerns me, and I've heard horror stories about it being even worse than my Incredible's, which is far from inspiring. I'm also one of those "newer = better, right?" kind of guys.

If the grandfathering notion isn't all it's cracked up to be, or if 4G isn't as critical as I'm thinking it might be, then I might just wait until next year to upgrade. If not, well, then I'll have to pull the trigger, right?

Thanks!
[Thunderbolt General] yareally:
First, why are you listening to idiots at bestbuy? They're even bigger morons than the typical (read typical, not atypical) sales lackey at verizon stores. Personally, I rather not deal with either of them and just buy it online with verizon's website (unless waiting an extra 24 hours means that much to you).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1097276&highlight=grandfather

Also, there's plenty of discussions about LTE (4g) on the forum by people asking if it's worth it and were full of answers you would probably find useful, i think (use the search and search by post content, not title, it's pretty useless).
[Thunderbolt General] SomeGuyDude:
Eh, I was there and felt like chatting. The guy I was talking to was actually really astute. Was asking if I planned to root, what roms I liked, told me something about the thunderbolt's bootloader I didn't understand. I'll check out the links, thanks!

- Dinc + MIUI = bliss
[Thunderbolt General] dpdurst:
Grandfathering is the way its always worked, along with once your one a specific plan as long you don't change it then you keep it forever (whatever that might be). I have the TB I find I turn my 4G off and just run on 3G all the time. I do use it for downloading stuff but not all the time, battery time about 5-6 hours. Rooted with other froyo roms at the 12 hour mark I have about 70% left with light to moderate use. With Gingerbread roms a bit less than that.

I guess (and its really anyone's until they spill the beans) the unlimited for what that is worth is going away and you will pay more for less data usage. I went with 4G and hope they keep the grandfathering for those of us that are already on it as I do use 4G at times and can use up to 10 gigs, but its rare. I like knowing its there if want to use it.

I would think 4G and more is where its all going at this point, certainly not the other way.
[Thunderbolt General] yareally:
Forgot to mention the Inc2 has a locked bootloader and all signed radios that as far as I know, has not been unlocked through third party means yet, so that means no custom anything for now. HTC says they will unlock phones, but who knows how long that will take and if they mean only new phones or that includes older ones.

I would go look at the ghost town that is the Inc2 development forums on xda though to see if anything has changed.
[Thunderbolt General] freshass:
why dont you just try it out and return it if its not for you. 14days ftw
[Thunderbolt General] SomeGuyDude:
Hmmmm. Sounds like I might do that.

I do a small amount of tethering with my Incredible, such as at work right now because we don't have wireless access, so I'd imagine that being able to root a Tbolt and tether with 4G would just be plain excellent.

Guess I'll chat with a Verizon rep and get the skinny on things.
[Thunderbolt General] bp328i:
I just had to send my Thunderbolt in for about two weeks and in that time I was using my DInc. while the DInc is still nice phone, boy did I miss the speed of 4G and my Thunderbolt.
[Thunderbolt General] sublimaze:
I have a TB & I admit I'm a little biased, but I'm in a 4G area & I'll never go back to a 3G-only phone. My gf has a iPhone 4 & browsing the 'net is noticeably slower on it. 4G is like having a constant wifi connection & the speed is addicting. The TBs battery isn't its best selling point, but there are ways to make it last longer, esp if you flash a custom kernel. I'm not that familiar with the Inc2, so I can't say what its pros/cons are. It has a locked bootloader, so that could be an issue down the road
[Thunderbolt General] keith.mcintyre26:
The Inc 2 is not an upgrade from the original. If I'm not mistaken the dinc2 and tbolt have the same processor and RAM, but it comes down to the screen size, data capability, unlocked bootloader, etc. Coming from the original incredible as well, I would have sorely missed the rate of development with anything on Verizon but the bolt. This community is strong.
[Thunderbolt General] SomeGuyDude:
From what I've heard, this is basically the new EVO, so once it gets all cracked open our community is gonna be roughly as deep and active as that, yes? If so, I'm sole 100%.
[EVO 4G General] :
My small-sized city was fortunate enough to recently get WiMax, (I'm not sure how long we've had it!) With a speed test I scored a 7142kbps download without being in the "best coverage" area. Impressive!

Everything worked great until I tried to stream music from Google Music beta. All my cloud based music was grayed out and when I'd select a song it said "you have to be connected to the internet to play this." (I'm paraphrasing) As soon as I switched off 4G and went back to 3G everything played fine.

Anyone else have this issue?
[EVO 4G General] Sry0fcr:
Yep just tried it. No go on WIMAX
[EVO 4G General] :
Thanks for the reply. 4G really isn't needed to stream music anyway but it seems like a hassle to toggle off WiMAX every time I want to listen to music. Maybe Google will fix this soon.
[EVO 4G General] bkrodgers:
Don't know why we're not seeing the same behavior, but I can stream Music Beta downloads over WiMAX on CM7 nightlies.
[EVO 4G General] tfhiv:
Same issue on deck's 2.3.3 (1.0) in LA on wi-max. No google music! So, I guess it's not an ASOP vesus sense thing.