yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
as promised, here are two of my DISPLAY tests

the first pic, with the drop in batt power from 100% to 0% in 6 h 6 min 17 sec was with a flashlight app running, that was displaying 100% black screen, and was NOT engaging the actual LED light. 16.4% per hour.

the second pic was with just a gray image (referenced previously) being displayed in the gallery stock app. Batt drop was to 80% after 3 hours and a couple of seconds. 6.7% per hour. Note during this test i received just one or two small emails.

both tests at 0% screen brightness. not that it should have mattered for the first test much.

the point of posting 2 pics is the usage heavily depends on the app. the stock gallery used up prorated 40% of power displaying gray image, where the flashlight app spent 100% displaying black screen.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
awesome info, great to know. but where is the screen shot of "screen on" time? i know it is gonna be identical time to the graph you already posted, but just for proof...

so 6 hours of screen on time continuous is not bad. still not as good as the "other" phone, but damn impressive nonetheless. now try it with a white image!
[Galaxy S II General] fasttouch:
I got ca. 15 hours of battery life...
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
that is 6 hours with some "crazy" app - I can't explain that number, was just mentioning it as an example of bad batt use by the app.

the pure gray image test with no other activity spent 20% in 3 hours, so would have lasted 15 hours doing this (as the FastTouch noted).

Real life normal (not crazy) activity I usually get around 5.5 hours of screen on time out of it, with email sync, browsing, no heavy gaming.

I will NEVER test 100% white image battery life, because I love my phone and do not want the screen to become even 0.1% duller from this test :) The gray image test I did - I think it represents fairly well white font on black background that I have in my email client and my Nook reader :)

The images you asked are attached, the "screen on" details.
[Galaxy S II General] zen123:
Agree with OP, I too love the phone but battery life is causing me much concern.

I've had my SG2 since launch & have tried everything but I'm still getting so so battery life. Just last night I charged the phone to full then killed all processes, pulled the charger off at around 2am but when I woke up at 8am it had drained down to 70% doing nothing. Android OS was showing 93%.
[HTC Aria Android Development] s0be:
I've compiled a recovery.img of ClockworkMod 4.0.0.4 for anyone interested. This is actually git committish 7905c80940acfe796619631e74999202f3dd5394.

Now you're asking yourself if this is worth it: I don't believe so. It does not allow us to root devices that aren't, and it doesn't restore amend functionality. Because I don't know of any value to it, I'm not providing install instructions until there's a good reason to use it

THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL RECOVERY, it's not supported, it might cause gnomes to steal your headphones, or the end of the world. You have been warned

I created this for no particular reason other than to test s-off fastboot flashing. Again, I don't know of any benefits of this over any other recovery.

Removed until I can solve the nandroid issues.

I could not get nandroid backup/restore to work for me...
[HTC Aria Android Development] mtnlion:
From what ladios said,offmode charging would be the only thing.however thank-you for compiling and uploading it.
[HTC Aria Android Development] s0be:
nandroid backup doesn't work in this recovery :-/
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
it worked for me as far as ive seen?
[HTC Aria Android Development] s0be:
Hmmm.... odd. I just built 4.0.0.5 which has a few bug fixes. Will see if I still have problems.
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
I'll try to restore to see if there's any issues
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
No issues so far

Backed up & restored fine from a full wipe
[HTC Aria Android Development] ladios:
Nandroid should be fine, after I've added sd-ext to recovery.fstab.

An easy customization is to put an OC kernel into recovery image. My recovery run at 806 max as default. Note that since offmode-charging (image resources) added, kernel size has become a bit limited. Building the kernel without TUN, CIFS, and WLAN, then it should be small enough to fit in the image.
[HTC Aria Android Development] s0be:
Very odd... my cwm restarted every time it tried to backup or restore system. 2.5.x.x works fine. Will have adb access in a couple hours to see what's up.
[HTC Aria Android Development] s0be:
Still stumping me:

I:Checking for extendedcommand...
I:Skipping execution of extendedcommand, file not found...
mtd: successfully wrote block at c2a6c00000000
I:Set boot command ""
SD Card space free: 10378MB
Backing up boot image...
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Starting recovery on Sat Jun 18 20:13:24 2011
can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory
framebuffer: fd 3 (320 x 480)
ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.5
recovery filesystem table
=========================
0 /tmp ramdisk (null) (null)
1 /boot mtd boot (null)
2 /cache yaffs2 cache (null)
3 /data yaffs2 userdata (null)
4 /misc mtd misc (null)
5 /recovery mtd recovery (null)
6 /sdcard vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /dev/block/mmcblk0
7 /system yaffs2 system (null)
8 /sd-ext auto /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (null)

I:Completed outputting fstab.
I:Processing arguments.
mtd: successfully wrote block at c2a6c00000000
I:Set boot command "boot-recovery"
I:Checking arguments.
I:device_recovery_start()
Command: "/sbin/recovery"

Anyone have any hints how to get more verbose errors out of CWM?
[HTC Aria Android Development] bkmo:
I just repo synced and built recoveryimage and it was 4.0.0.5. It backed-up with nandroid just fine, but I think it hosed the sd-ext partition as it rebuilt the dalvik cache. My dalvik is on sd-ext. So what is the best working version of 3.X that has offline charging?

Edit: Nevermind, this 2.5.0.7 version seems to be the best recovery I have found for my device. http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=563834&d=1302280803
[HTC Aria Android Development] drowningchild:
the one that was posted works 100% for me?

sd-ext fine
[HTC Aria Android Development] bkmo:
Ill try it again. Nothing to lose but dalvik on sd-ext.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eric75004:
edit:

User-agent selection is here ! I uploaded the new release.

Hi all,

It is the stock XXJVP (Gingerbread) internet browser modified to open more than 4 windows and select user-agent.

You can visit up to 16 different web site at the same time but you'll probably miss memory before.

Note:

Once you reach the 8th windows, continue to press the "new button" and it will open an extra new window even thought that the counter will not display more than 8

To select your favorite user-agent end even edit it, press the menu key, then "more" and "Set user-agent".

Don't forget to click the Thanks button on the page if you like this mod.

Contact me prior to include it into a mod, and keep my credit for the works.

For those who remain in froyo,see my thread for XWJS8:

[MOD] increased Stock XWJS8 browser limit

For JVK:

[MOD] XXJVK unlimited Browser Tabs

For JVH:

[MOD] XXJVH unlimited Browser Tabs

For JVO:

[MOD] XWJVO unlimited Browser Tabs

To install :

-copy the apk to your sdcard

-Delete the old Browser.apk in /system/app

-Place the new Browser.apk in there

Note:

Don't forget to be superuser and to mount the partition as read-write :

for stock kernel :

$su

#mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system

#cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk

#exit

$exit

for CF-ROOT kernel, (thanks to ramad)

su

stop (phone will freeze, that's OK just move on)

busybox mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system

cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk

exit

exit

adb reboot

Eric,

in Sri lanka.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] LukeSP:
Waiting for it
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eric75004:
Hi,

Thank for your interest. The mod will be there tomorrow morning.

It is already late in srilanka...

I will PM you when done.

Eric,

In sri Lanka.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] coldflid:
Could you upload sources or post how you did it? I've always seen your modded app, and i always wondered how you did it. I've tried to do it myself but never get it to work properly. Probably mod the wrong thing, or i'm missing something

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] IceXcube84:
Nice work.

Is it possible to add the User Agent hack?

Its a very imported for me to have that feature in the browser.

Thank you for a good mod. ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] diamond69:
+1 THATS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE!!

please add if you could :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eric75004:
Oups,

Great to read your interest for my work.

I just posted the apk. Please download and enjoy it .

User Agent hack: I will put it here during the week-end.

Eric,

in Sri Lanka.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] diamond69:
I'm glad to read this!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] IceXcube84:
Thank you so very much for you will add that.

You are a god! :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eric75004:
To IceXcube84 and the others,

I added the useragent selection (see 1st post).

Eric,

In Sri lanka.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] IceXcube84:
THANK YOU! Now your mod is perfect!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] PlanetJumble:
It looks and feels much better than the 2.3.3 "default" one from Romkitchen. Even the magnifier for text selection is working again. I only have one small gripe: the kinetic scrolling effect is broken somehow, when you want to scroll long distances with a hearty swipe. It stops dead after a few lines, making it harder to navigate long pages. This doesn't happen in other dialogs with long lists, e.g. app selection in go launcher ex for home screen shortcut placement.

Is there any way to repair that? Am I the only one having this?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] corgar:
it' s a normal behaviour in gb rom.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9000 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] DeusEx80:
Great work! This browser is very good :)

A request: is it possible to make permanent the User Agent choice? Now the choice of User Agent must be set at startup of the browser.

Sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mawardi:
Why did user agent back to custom everytime I started the browser? I want to keep it as desktop.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Rotsavrak:
Same here, that would be nice. Very good mod though, thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] diamond69:
+1 for that! !!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] IceXcube84:
Iam using this mod instead on XXJVP then yours.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=980111

Its for JVH but its working perfect but there is only 8 tabs and User Agent Hack
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] triplex76:
please mod the new jvq browser that got no lag if you can:)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] miztahbeezy:
Hi!

Could you please make a fullscreen version too? I think there should be some info on how to do it lying around the forums somewhere :)

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eric75004:
Done,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15221800

Eric

In Sri Lanka.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] eric75004:
Great idea,

Yes, i should make it, but what will be the benefit for you ?

Are you looking for to remove the notification bar at top ?

I feel confortable with it, fastest way to read an sms when you browse.

Tell me...

Eric,

In Sri lanka.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] deezid:
Less scrolling - especially in landscape mode ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] bh0n:
Hi,

I am just wondering why it did not work for me after copying the browser.apk I downloaded from the first post. I used root explorer and Im using stock XXJVP.

Just a newbie question, where do I do this steps shown in the first post?

for stock kernel :

$su

#mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system

#cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk

#exit

$exit

for CF-ROOT kernel, (thanks to ramad)

su

stop (phone will freeze, that's OK just move on)

busybox mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system

cp /sdcard/Browser.apk /system/app/Browser.apk

exit

exit

adb reboot

Thanks in advance!

bh0n
[Off-topic] Dreddge:
It is still in the baby stages, but I could use mods and admins for some of the boards. Mosey on over and register.

There is still alot of work to be done!

alltechmods.com

I will be adding winmo devices, tablets, and other electronics eventually.

If GoDaddy will hurry up, www.alltechmods.com will redirect to the site.
[Off-topic] the_scotsman:
Sorry, taken from Rule #11:
[G2 and Desire Z General] KeeperOfThePizza:
Honestly guys. Lets keep this support going regardless! Too many awesome developers giving us great things. donate. do anything possible for them. It's sad that T-Mobile decided after 7 months.. to just end a device that actually was a GREAT device. And honestly should be kept around for longer than that. (I'm sure a lot of us paid 250.00 for it with 2 year contract) I hope as a loving XDA Developer member and many others we can keep this going. I'm rather concerned what will happen in the future with this device on the development side of things. It's a good device and I know in the world of technology things to age very very fast. but maybe we can keep this around for longer than t mobile wants..

Much respect.. XDA guy dude of sorts.
[G2 and Desire Z General] infamousjax:
This belongs in general.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KeeperOfThePizza:
Yes it does. But why not let the developers see this? I'd like to hear most of the developers opinions..
[G2 and Desire Z General] Hot_Hands:
Because this is not what the developer forum is for and I really doubt devs are going to pack up and ship out because T-Mo isn't retailing the phone anymore.
[G2 and Desire Z General] slapshot30:
I agree and hope this is the case. There are already a ton of us with the G2/DZ and it isn't a big deal if they take it off the shelves. All of you who have it now can just keep it going. I realize the concern with warranty replacement and such, but other than that I see no reason why this is such a big deal. We all know it's a fantastic device, who cares if T-mo doesn't realize that and discontinues it. Our DZ's still will most likely get the software updates you G2 owners won't get, and the DZ version can just be rooted and put on your G2's. There's no reason to freak out and buy a new phone if you have the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] G1ForFun:
The T-mobile G2 is still going to get the Gingerbread update....just wanted to throw that out there.
[G2 and Desire Z General] swee08315:
you guys should check out the g1 forums. a few of the devs there still update ocasionally. I don't think development for this device will stop anytime soon (however the g1 did have lots of small developers as opposed to just a few big ones)
[G2 and Desire Z General] slapshot30:
Haha thankyou, I know that. I'm talking about beyond gingerbread. Definitely not getting anything past gingerbread on a discontinued device.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KeeperOfThePizza:
Yes it is.. but further down the road is my concern.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jayb222:
Lol the g1 has a port of gingerbread and honeycomb. Worry no more.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bigmoew:
Not from the official sources, but I bet we'll get community Ice Cream roms ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] csheppard93:
I dont see development ending anytime soon as stated before the G1 and MyTouch3g have Gingerbread and the Devs are still working on the roms for those phones so Im sure the devs will still support our phones for awhile
[G2 and Desire Z General] arich:
What exactly is being developed in this thread?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheDeadCPU:
My rage against people who post in the wrong section.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Fallen Spartan:
Well why not move it to correct forum then?? :rolleyes: lol

I've moved it across to General ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheRomMistress:
@TDC & Spartan You guys are dorks...and @TDC - I am the only one that can use that line round here :P
[HTC Sensation] ags29:
This is for those on the fence about whether to get this phone or wait for something else, because I was one of those people up until earlier today.

The screen is GORGEOUS! The qHD resolution is heaven-sent.. and I don't even go to church! You will appreciate the extra real estate as soon as you visit any webpage and definitely if you read on the Kindle app. After seeing how amazing this qHD display has proven in only a day's use, I could never see myself going back to a smaller resolution screen.

Videos play flawlessly and the detail is more crystal clear than your eye can see. I really don't know how to better describe it. I am still literally in awe.

The phone's build quality is simply superb. No creaking anywhere.. Anywhere! ..and it doesn't feel as big as you might think. It's about the same size as my MT4G, yet it has a screen half an inch bigger!

The external speaker finally reminds me of the one on the SGS. It's really good. I was pleasantly surprised.

Only place I'm not impressed is with the camera. I just don't see much of a difference, if any at all, between the Sensation's 8mp camera quality and those from the MT4G's 5mp camera :-!

Overall, I am very satisfied. (Coming from a MT4G which was a great phone too).. I am surprised at the people returning it because they felt underwhelmed. What more do you expect from a phone? I say get this phone -- it is the best on the market right now.

Edit- I forgot to mention the wifi-n capability. I get a full wifi signal now where I used to get a weak signal with the MT4G. Whatever it is, it's a welcome addition.

Also pinch to zoom on webpages is smooooooooth :-)
[HTC Sensation] Hoggles:
Couldn't agree with you more. I just exchanged my G2X for this today.

It's a fantastic display and for me is much much better for messaging and typing in general as well. The G2X was a beast, but there were so many people with screen bleed, including myself. I thought I could live with it, but it really did wash out the top part of the screen way way too much. I thought about living with that display for 2 years and the decision was easy.....qHD super LCD FTW :)

Sense is sexy in many ways....laggy in others.

LED notification is great to have again.

But again...you're absolutely right....the display is just gorgeous!

The dust under the screen that some people have is beyond bizzare for a high end device maker. Hope I don't get any. So far, no dust, no dead pixels.

Oh, one more huge thing for me was the fact that this does 1080p @ 30fps as opposed to 24fps on the G2X.

Ohhhh....Ive also found that the Sensation resizes text better than I've ever seen a touchscreen device do with pinch to zoom. Don't know if its Sense or Gingerbread or what, buts its a wonderful web experience on this here beauty.

Love it!
[HTC Sensation] ags29:
Yea, the text its soo crisp it's crazy! Are you planning on getting a screen protector for yours? It's soo beautiful I would cry if the screen was scathed in any way lol.. I do trust the Gorilla Glass as it held up perfectly when I had the N1 and SGS though.

Also, have you seen any trailers on the HTC Watch app? O... M... G... The quality seems like 1080p video on a LED tv =O I'm still shocked at how clear this display is!
[HTC Sensation] beWater:
hm.... not really being a$$ or an apple fanboy, but your impression on the qHD screen really makes me wonder about ur opinions towards iphone4's retina resolution.

qHD is definitely nice, but heaven-sent? come on :D
[HTC Sensation] smashpunks:
I returned the sensation and kept g2x. I also thought the g2x screen is nicer :/
[HTC Sensation] jlevy73:
Man this is a tough choice, both are really good phones. Each have their pros and cons. I do think the screen on the sensation is a little bit nicer but not enough that it makes that much of a difference. I do like the fact that with qhd screen you can see more text. Decisions, decisions...
[HTC Sensation] JeffR714:
I picked up the HTC sensation and I own the G2X as well and love both! Only problem is locked bootloader
[HTC Sensation] justice26:
G2x or sensation

So far so good wit the sensation. No randoom reboots, phone hangs up when press end to end phone calls, no light bleeding issues. These are a few of the issues of the g2x right out of the box. Comparing to the Sensation which is just superb straight out of the box. Good riddance to the g2x which is a close 2nd to the hd2 as the worst phone I have ever owned. These are my opinions. By the way i went through 6 g2x phones and they all had the same problems. Bottom line the phone (sensation) WORKS!!!!
[HTC Sensation] smashpunks:
funny how peoples experiences are different... The sensation is awesome, but other than minimal screen bleed the g2x has been awesome, and I had 3 total, all awesome... Again sensation is awesome too, just weird how different our experiences were...
[HTC Sensation] hurrpancakes:
Coming from a Samsung Vibrant, I appreciate the added resolution, awesome build quality, and screen size, but I miss the awesomeness that was the AMOLED screen.
[HTC Sensation] mysterioustko:
For me it comes down to reliability. The Sensation is way more stable than the G2X. And let's be honest, the update that they are saying is on the way..they are hoping it fixes the problems it has. Let's be real, I'm sure they didn't plan to have the problems they have now, just like they don't plan to have anymore problems after the update. There's no guarantee that the update will fix what ails the G2X. That alone is enough reason for me to stick with the Sensation. I've had the Sensation now for about 8 days now and I have yet to have my phone freeze or crash...same can't be said about the G2X. That makes the decision easy for me.
[HTC Sensation] justice26:
What really erks me is that we spend, like in my case full price for a device that should be ready or close to ready out of the box to be a functional stable phone. The one thing that g2x owners have in common is that we all returned several g2x's back because they were defective. The bottom line is reliability, which the g2x does not have and thats why I have a sensation.
[HTC Sensation] ags29:
Yea the retina display is nice.. but it's way too small for my liking.. and yes heaven-sent lol.. It is just soo much easier/ faster to navigate pages and I find myself scrolling a lot less. That was one of the issues I had with things like reading the NYTimes site on previous phones -- too much scrolling.

It may not be an issue for others, but I do a lot of reading and writing papers for school on my phone, on the train, for example. Seeing so much more on the screen without having to scroll definitely makes it easier for me :-)
[HTC Sensation] ags29:
Btw, I was at a TMobile store minutes after they opened, on the G2X launch date, but I wasn't sold on it mainly because of the hype of the Sensation and the GSII made me want to wait for those instead. So the phone felt underwhelming and I wasn't really blown away by anything it had over my then MT4G, to justify spending $500. I even went back twice, but resisted buying it. I'm so glad I waited for this instead.

What really sold me here over the G2X is the slimness and style of this phone. The Sensation and G2X are about the same size! Yet, the screen on here is about 1/3" bigger and with the better resolution too. I hated all of that that empty space at the bottom of the G2X and how the buttons seem so huge. And after seeing comparison reviews and videos, I held out for this one.

But if you guys prefer the G2X better, I'm not hating. Enjoy it. I just honestly don't see any areas where it has an advantage over this phone.