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[G2 and Desire Z General] rommy0515:
Lol, to be honest, I have four batteries for my G2, so I don't tend to pay that close attention to the battery life, although when I was rooted I played around with adjusting Wifi scan intervals with root tools and other settings with Juice Defender and had some major improvements. Mostly though CM7 and Pershoot's kernel took good care of me and I didn't worry about it that much.

My experience with Android is that it's the display that chews up most of the battery, I usually leave my display set on 100% brightness all the time and that uses the majority of the battery life. I haven't really looked into it farther than that. There's a pretty cool app called Screebl out there that adjusts your display timeout based on the phone's orientation that I use and I think that helps some with the battery as well.

Right now I'm waiting on another replacement, I told them this phone was randomly powering off so that they'd send me another one without arguing about it. This thing is way too buggy for me to deal with, plus I saw an article on Tmonews that had a screenshot from Streamline (the Tmobile intranet) that indicated that it was an "error" that caused people to get the beta 2.3.3 build through warranty replacement, so I'm hoping that the phone I've got coming has 2.2 on it. (Knock on wood)

If there's a method to downgrade, I don't think it's been made public yet. Everything I'm seeing on here, the Cyanogen forums and in #g2root indicates that at the present time the phone can't be downgraded, which sucks balls.

Heh, PM me if you run into a method that works! I'd be eternally grateful :) I want my root back!

(And you should check out the Amazon appstore. They give away a free paid app every day, and sometimes its a good one. Also some of their app prices are cheaper then the Android market)
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
This is all very false information, and poor recommendations.

Li-ion batteries do not need to be conditioned. Battery conditioning applies to old tech NiCad batteries. What you actually want to do is properly calibrate the volt meter on the phone itself. Charge fully to 100%, leave it there for a while to make sure its obtains the top-off charge, then drain to around 20% (repeat 3 times or so). Discharging a Li-ion battery too low can render it incapable of taking a charge, forcing you to replace the battery. There is a safety circuit to prevent this, but its not 100% failsafe. Several people on here have reported not being able to charge their G2's battery (and other phones too) after letting it discharge fully. And there is really no benefit to letting the battery drain until the phone is dead.

The battery meter may become inaccurate after a while, and re-calibrating may help. Again, charge to 100%, and drain to 20%. You can also clear the battery stats on the phone and start over.

You can read more on Li-ion batteries at Battery University:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/do_and_dont_battery_table
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
Since its a brand new phone, the battery/volt meter on the phone was not accurate. Cycling the battery by charging to 100%, and draining to 20%, repeat a few times, and you get more accurate battery meter readings. Your experience after charging and draining to 30% is probably more accurate than when you started. The batter meter being "stuck" at full is pretty normal. Mine usually says full for up to a couple hours, then drops much faster after that.

Also remember that the battery meter on phones is not that accurate to begin with, its a limitation of the technology. A 1% battery meter increment is misleading, they really aren't that accurate. In fact, some phone ROMs only display battery level in 10% increments. So take the battery levels with a grain of salt.

That's probably your main problem right there. The display backlight is the biggest battery drain for any smartphone, and 100% is way too bright. Looks pretty, but its killing your battery. Turn it down as much as your personal preference allows, and depending on your most typical lighting conditions. I have mine turned down to 35%. You will likely find your battery life to increase greatly.
[G2 and Desire Z General] htc420:
Rommy, I was reading up on cyanogen forums and happened to run into your thread. You said you got a replacement with 2.2 on it... is there any way they can do that warranty thing for me as well since this is a new phone? I hate how I can't just downgrade I don't want to be stuck on this pos beta build. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] htc420:
Thanks for the help man, really appreciate it. I called them and asked about my warranty and turns out the phone really is brand new. I bought it on the 14th and she told me I have the warranty until June 14th of 2012!

Now I told her about the issues I'm having with the 2.3.3 firmware (freezing up, restarting, browser crashing, battery life, etc) and she asked me where I got the phone. I told her I bought it at a tmobile store and she told me that if I'm experiencing these issues then I should take it back to the store as I have 30 days to return it.

I then told her I bought it while I was in Vegas lol. She said I'm sorry but she can't do anything at this point. I asked her if I could speak to one of her supervisors and she said told me to hold on while she looked over some things. After I got off hold I was told that it was a problem that a few people were experiencing but t-mobile and htc are supposedly working out a solution via an upgrade but she doesn't know when and couldn't give me a date(sounds like BS). Told me that they can't replace it and I asked for a supervisor once again.

She connected me to one, asked me if I did a reset, to which I replied yes. Finally, they allowed me to get it exchanged... asked me for my billing info but then told me that they charge $20 for this service (would be $5 if I had insurance). Told me it would be free at the place I bought from but that's obviously not a option for me. :D

I asked her what happens if my replacement phone comes with the same software and I experience the same issues... she informed me that tmo would waive the $20 fee.

Do they really charge $20 for all this or are they trying to rip me off? I've never done any replacements so I wouldn't know. lol

I'm willing to pay but if the Gingerbread fix/update is coming soon like the representative told me then I guess I could keep it. That's if the battery drain issue is fixed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rommy0515:
Of course they're trying to rip you off, they're a cell phone company! :P

I think the fee is something new. They tried to charge me that fee as well and I told the rep to talk to his supervisor and get it waived because I wasn't going to pay a fee for defective equipment. The rep I dealt with was pretty cool about it, and promised to waive it.

Of course, your mileage may vary :)

Best thing, if you do the exchange, escalate to a supervisor. If they won't give you what you want, escalate to their supervisor. (There are always two levels of supervisors available to take escalations) Demand the supervisor's, supervisor's, supervisor if you still aren't getting anywhere. (And don't give up, they'll try all kinds of tactics to keep you from talking to a supervisor, just keep insisting that you demand a supervisor right then and there, you aren't willing to wait for a callback. If they hang up on you, call back pissed off and immediately demand a supervisor.)

It might take a few tries, and you'll probably get your blood pressure up in the process, but sooner or later you'll run into someone who will waive the fee as a "one-time courtesy." You just have to be persistent.

Other tactic, threaten to cancel. Make sure you sound serious, they'll transfer you to the save team who often are more reasonable about these kinds of things.

That fee is bull****. TMO and all the other carriers are rolling in money, to charge customers a fee to replace equipment that is faulty is appalling. (Sadly though, it's probably symptomatic of the way things are headed for us as consumers.)

When dealing with customer service, you just have to stand up for yourself and not give in to their deflection tactics. Stay focused on the issue, and make sure they understand that you aren't getting off the phone until it's resolved to your satisfaction. (And bear in mind that reps get scored on their calls, so they have an incentive to keep you happy, an angry customer is potentially a really bad call score.)

Anyways, I'm glad they offered to exchange it for you! Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help :)

Edit: Last thing, make sure that any promises they make to you are noted in your account. Ask them specifically if they are noting the things they are offering you. Get the name and rep ID of everyone you talk to.
[G2 and Desire Z General] htc420:
Well I called tmo this morning and the guy that was processing my order said they will replace it free of charge and waive the fee. I didn't even have to tell him anything about it. Got my order number and it should be here in a week.

Thanks again for all the help, bro. I really apprecciate you taking the time to write everything out like that.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rommy0515:
No problem! Glad I could help! :)
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] tweeklulz:
Does anyone know if it's possible to stream video signal through the microusb port? I can easily stream movies from my computer over wifi but it'd be awesome to somehow hook this phone up to a monitor or tv. Thanks

E: found this thread and it seems it's possible on the galaxy s phones, which i think is similar to the sidekick. There is also a TV-out option in the settings for the sidekick
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] ncmacasl:
On Samsung USA's side they claim TV-Out is not supported on the Sidekick but fail to explain why the option is listed under settings.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] jcsww:
Has anyone tried using the Galaxy S TV Out cable on the Sidekick 4G?
[HTC Incredible S] Rykoshi:
Im on Bell incredible s it's a gsm/cdma phone, similar to the verizon incredible 2 i think..... not sure. Well my quesiton is, should i be flashing the radios provided on this forums? is it safe? for example Android Revolution HD recommends flashing Radio_20.2804.30.085AU_3805.04.03.22_M.
[HTC Incredible S] d.cortez:
i'm using a Bell Incredible S and mine is GSM. is there a CDMA version? if yes, be absolutely sure you have the right radio for your phone. flashing a radio is safe as long as you follow the proper steps and you can confirm the file hash for the radio you download. you'll need to be Radio S-Off or S-Off with an ENG hboot to flash a different radio. read, read, read and write down the step-by-step process (as your checklist) before flashing the radio.
[Milestone XT720 General] tubekeeper:
I get a black screen in Camera, Camcorder,

I'm using the XTv2MIUI ROM.

Anybody can help to fix it. Have install back to the 2.1 stock rom, format the SD ,deleted the 3rd party cam apps. Still can't fix it.:confused::mad:
[Milestone XT720 General] LibertyMonger:
Wow so even after flashing back to stock you're still getting black screen? I've seen the black screen a few times with miui but not everytime. I was hoping it would be fixed with the final v5.
[Milestone XT720 General] jigglynuts:
thats weird. the first time a flashed Miui I had that same problem. I just reflashed the same rom and the problem went away. I have never carried the black screen through multiple roms.
[Milestone XT720 General] tubekeeper:
Even I flash back to the stock rom by RSD the black screen can't fixed. I already replaced the camera module but not fixed.
[Milestone XT720 General] sohrab.naushad:
Do you use autokiller memory optimizer? I got black screens when I set it above strict. If you do maybe youd want to lower those settings.
[Milestone XT720 General] tubekeeper:
I didn't install the auto killer, But even i flash back to 2.1 stock rom without any tweak apps,it still can't fixed the black screen
[Milestone XT720 General] try-and-error:
Hmm, same issue in several ROMs, sounds like an hardware error. :eek:

I have found the following in Loyat Forum:

(http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1667176)

Help! My camera shutter suddenly closed up and can't open anymore. Is this normal or my phone is screwed?

This is a known issue for xt720. Not all of them though but quite a number have experienced it already where the shutter just completely shut. There's nothing much can be done other than sending it back for warranty... OR you can try this trick. Get a magnet and put its South field close to the shutter. Apparently it will open up. Not sure how true is this but yea.... better than dismantle the whole phone just to find out you really screw the phone up for good...​

Maybe this could help...
[Milestone XT720 General] tubekeeper:
I will try. I have replaced the camera module and it work for a while and then black screen again.
[Milestone XT720 General] tubekeeper:
[Solved]

Finally solved by replaced the motherbroad from service center.

Thanks all the comments provided!!!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] galtom:
Hi,

I will be using few different VPN connections on my TF (once I actually have it) :-).

Questions;

1. Can I make some sort of short cuts to them (as in Win) - so I do not have to go every single time through settings, etc...

2. Will Honeycomb give me option to store passwords for those connections so I do not have to enter them every single time?
[EVO 4G General] wryun:
Any idea how to do this?

Spare Parts app doesn't seem to do it. I am using CM7 nightlies with stock CM7 kernel. Is there a way to make all fonts smaller? I used the new stock GB for EVO4G and then tried MikG ROM for about a week and got attached to the font size.

Thanks for the help!
[EVO 4G General] westicle:
Troll answer...

By asking in the Q&A section.... ;)

Real answer...

There s a whole font set up full of the info you need in the themes and apps section. Id post it for you but im on my phone, sorry bud, but if you search there im sure you will find it. Good luck.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
I believe westicle is referring to:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=801160
[EVO 4G General] westicle:
Winner winner chicken dinner.
[EVO 4G General] wryun:
Thanks for the link, and for the smart-a$$ troll answer. :-)
[EVO 4G General] budeone:
I was looking for a way to do this myself. Thanks. I downloaded a program and lets just say it didn't work that good.
[EVO 4G General] wryun:
I have downloaded a lot of fonts and they are all the same size ... Nothing small. Oh well.
[EVO 4G General] ronnienyc:
Look in the developer section on this site, and find Man's Warm Rom. He has a downloadable (and flashable) font there which is smaller than the stock font.
[EVO 4G General] tube517:
Been looking for this thread! Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn4ckm4st3r:
Hello all. I am new to the scene when it comes to the Evo 4g.

I know my way around Iphones, Fascinates, and sadly.....the aria haha.

Anyways, introductions aside, recently I acquired a HTC Evo 4g. Well and all, it is mostly to learn on, as well as to turn around for a profit gain.

Here is the problem though, when I received it, the phone was infinitely boot-looping. So I did some digging through google*, XDA*, android central*, came up with a list of PC36IMG's* and reduced the phone to the lowest of them. I slowly worked it through a couple making sure to wipe my tracks, and checking things as I went along. Currently, the phone is on, and useable (wifi being I don't use sprint) HOWEVER, I am absolutely terrified to turn it off.

Below here I am going to list it's symptoms, and what I was told concerning these problems. And a few things I myself have tried. If ANYONE has some GOOD, and when I say good, I mean some DAMN GOOD answers to this, I would greatly appreciate them. As I am too stumped, and currently afraid to turn it off :mad:

Firmware (That I was able to get to work and boot the phone completely)

2.1- update 1

Baseband Version

2.05.00.06.10*

Kernel Version

2.6.29-789bf291*

htc-kernelatand18-2 #1 (The at between kernel and the word and should be an at symbol, I just don't have enough posts to simply put an at symbol though......:mad:)

Build Number

1.47.651.1*

Symtoms

Boot looping (occasionally infinite)

Constant boot looping leading to phone putting itself into diagnostic mode (occasional)

Boot looping a few times then screen just goes black (occasional)

Stuck on white screen with black HTC Evo words (occasional)

Ability to reboot (unknown so if at all posible don't ask me to start it in recovery mode)

Screen boots, and loads to the 4G screen, and then suddenly shuts off.

Those are my main concerns. The previous own said that during the last firmware update they were supposed to do, they let the phone die by accident, which is what has caused this.

I am almost positive they are right, thankfully I was still able to get into the H-boot menu and run a few things to get her turned on, and useable again.

Here is the kicker though, I want to root this phone, because I have a potential candidate who would like it. But, with the current instability of the phone, I am afraid to shut it off, or attempt to root it at this point (unrevoked tried, however when trying to reboot, it shut off, and sent me back down the hell road until I got it turned on and fully booted again:eek:.)

Much thanks is extended already for hearing me out. I have searched, googled, read ALL KINDS of posted topics. And that is how I got it to it's current working state. But I need it to be as close to perfect again as I can. So please if you can help, post up here. I am pretty knowledgeable so I can answer any questions you may have in helping me.

Thanks again guys :D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattykinsx:
I'm not following what was wrong with running the PC36IMG?

If I were you I would run a RUU then root it and then confirm both the radios, nv, and pri are most up to date.

Then I would go to the recovery and wipe /system, /data, /cache, /dalvik, and /boot and flash whatever ROM/Kernel you want.

All of that should resolve the issue.

If not, could be something that is un-repairable like a hardware issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn4ckm4st3r:
I ran a couple PC36IMG's without very much success, they just continued to boot loop for whatever reason.

That is just the one, that after several start up tries, finally took and allowed me to boot up the phone completely.

I have considered installing HTC Sync and downloading a signed RUU and flashing through that (if it's possible, like I said, not a big fan of HTC myself). If you have any better suggestions, or a suggestion as to what RUU I should attempt to run on it, I am all ears. I have considered the possibility of a hardware issue, but The issue only arose after the person attempted the OTA update and let it fail, fail miserably at that haha.

As for the wiping and flashing of a kernel and rom, I am still in the process of finding a good one I like and that is completely stable for the most part, before I go a rooting, My fascinate was entirely easier, as was the aria. Even an Inspire was easier for the most part haha. But, I love learning these phones, so I keep at it. Took me approx 6 hours just to get the phone to load all the way (thank god for days off work).

Like I said above, about the RUU, I have read up and searched and such, but I posed in reference for a more direct answer. Thanks so far, Like I said, if you have any other info that could help, feel free, I consider all, and use everything I can. I'm still a 22 year old punk kid, I have much to learn. :p
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattykinsx:
That's probably best to see if you can resolve the bootloop issue.

Really if a RUU doesn't fix it the phone *may* be "bricked."

The RUU, if it completes, returns all the files on all the partitions to complete stock for that OTA, not much more you can do then that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn4ckm4st3r:
Alright, well in that case, I will attempt to run that and see what the results are.

Bricked may be too harsh of a word, phone *may* be *dumb* seems more appropriate when referring to the specific one I have in hand haha.

Everything works fine, and such, just has several very very tiresome quirks. But I will run HTC sync now, and post up with anything I find and such. Thanks so much for the help, and future help provided this *fixes* it haha:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
If you continue to have issues after running the RUU, I would try following this set of instructions here. It isn't for the specific problem that you're experiencing, but it will totally wipe everything clean off your phone. You'll have a clean slate to start with. It sounds like there are some pretty strange things going on with your Evo, and if I was in your situation, I would try following these steps here. Good luck.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
READ ME B4 RUNNING RUU PLZ

you're on oldest firmware you could just run a rooted ruu, then be rooted. then flash unrevoked forever, and flash up to the newest ruu. simpe...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn4ckm4st3r:
Well, I tried the full wipe, as well as the install of the newest RUU.

*Reason for not running rooted RUU was due to needing the phone back to factory to work out kinks THEN root it, you need stability before you modify ;)

But, no success again, it is just hanging on the white screen with " HTC EVO 4G" in black letters on it now......haven't run into boot looping after 3 or 4 tries to boot her up, and haven't seen any of my other extremely strange events happening.

I still have the ability to boot to my H-Boot (thank god, means there is still a shred of light at the end of the tunnel)

HOWEVER, here is my H-Boot screen as of now

Supersonic EVT2-3 Ship S-OFF

Hboot- 0.70.0000

Microp- 041f

Touch Panel- ATMEL224_16ab

Radio- 1.39.00.04.26

So like I said, it's hanging on that Splash now, at least my problem is consistent now haha.

Anymore Ideas guys? I learn, you learn.....it's a good deal :cool:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Well, your hboot is S off? Interesting indeed. I was also unaware that there was a 0.70.0000 hboot, are you sure it wasn't the ENG 0.76 hboot? How long does it sit on the splash screen before you pull the battery?(sometimes the Evo can take an extremely long time to boot..) Since you're bootloader is already S-off, I'd be half tempted to just flash a PC36IMG of recovery, and see if you can do a full wipe from recovery and flash a rom (I do agree with you about making sure that things are stable before making any modifications, but at this point you already have S-off, and the phone won't boot, so you have nothing to lose). Perhaps try running the newest RUU again as well (3.70 software)

I'll attatch a PC36IMG.zip of Amon Ra 2.3 recovery, just in case you decide to try it out. With S off, you just need to run the PC36IMG from the bootloader, then see if you can boot to recovery.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sn4ckm4st3r:
My apologies, Hboot- 0.79.0000

Typo on my part, bad one at that =[.

Anyways, yes, Somehow I was able to work the S-off, and now that is a plus for me in some ways given that I can use non-signed software if need be.

I will let you see the Hboot I am on and try using the PC36IMG you linked while you reply. The phone usually hangs on the splash for about 15 minutes, then on of two things happens, it just goes black, OR it goes black vibrates and I get the Green LED (aka diagnostic mode).

UPDATE*- Ran the PC36IMG you attached, went to my Hboot and went down to recovery, clicked on it to confirm, HTC EVO screen again, just hanging.