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[Galaxy S II General] vinaymieux:
Strange Issue!!

when my phone is low on battery and i try to charge it (with the original ac charger or the usb); sometimes (almost half the times) the phone instead of charging .... DISCHARGES!!

i have tried all possible fixes. tried the battery calibration apps also. but it gets ok for a day and then back.

i can only charge my phone while its switched off!

Details:

1. on stock TW4

2. 3 pages on home

3. total widgets= 6 ( advanced task killer; digital clock; 2- circle launcher; quick battery; weather)

4. i kill all tasks always before charging!

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? BTW I HAVE TRIED TO REMOVE ALL WIDGETS AND CHARGE ALSO! NO LUCK!

HELP!!
[Galaxy S II General] Tinderbox (UK):
It sound like you might have a faulty charger, have you tried charging from your notebook, it`s a bit slower at 400mah compared to 650mah for the mains charger.
[Galaxy S II General] vinaymieux:
Yes, as a matter of fact, right now i am trying to charge through USB with the same drainage.

Switch the phone off for a while!... let the sucker charge.

And the problem is not always!
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
this is normal, already been posted. the charger is limited to 650 mA on wall power, and 450 mA on USB power. so it is easily possible to pull more power than is going into the device, say if you are gaming or pushing the device hard with navigation or similar.

next time this happens, turn off the screen for 10 minutes as a test, then come back, and see if the charge increased at all. it likely will increase.
[Galaxy S II General] gastogg:
yup! i was having the same problem and did this Roger says and its exactly that... GL
[Galaxy S II General] pukemon:
if your phone is hot too it will not charge as well.
[Galaxy S II General] vinaymieux:
My problem is when I'm not using the phone at all and the screen is off. Tried charging through both wall and usb charger.

The only way right now I can charge my phone is while switched off.

I always kill all apps before charging also... Still!

And if its charging while on, screen off, it gets hot also.
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
I once had this problem..after charging for 6 hours battery was only at 60% and phone was hot..found out that although the screen was off..the phone was wide awake all the time. For me the issue was the wifi manager was somehow awake and consuming power..hence phone was hot and battery drain while charging. Check your battery usage graph and see if your phone is awake when it should not be..and pin down the rouge app or process..

Hope this helps..
[Galaxy S II General] bbolgar:
I've got a similar problem, while charging in a car using the SGS2 for navigation. BTW, what is the maximum Amper I can charge the phone without damaging it?
[Galaxy S II General] SkulleD_PT:
I really dont understand why Samsung keeps supplying this crappy charger. Desire Z and iPhone 4 both came with 1000mAh ones. Super fast charge on both! Come on sammy... This isnt a 900mAh feature phone. This is a big battery hogger dual core with a large battery inside!
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
I am using HTC's 1000mA charger and still,this happens to some extent,only much less.Try overclocking the hell out of it and then start benchmarking.Charging?Hell no.You may even need to draw power from the house next to yours! :p
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
I read somewhre in this forum that samsung has set a limit of max amperage on this device to below 700 miliamp( cant remember the exact value for ac charging and usb charging) so thts why the charger is rated to 700mah
[Galaxy S II General] tolis626:
That's right,but if the charger was 1000mA like HTC's it would continue to draw those 700mA it needs even while in use.You wouldn't notice any difference at all with it charging while not being used,but when screen is on there is a difference.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
They limited charge current to 650 mA in the driver code, so that's why they use a 0.7 A charger. Using a higher output won't help unless someone compiles a new kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] iCatchU:
I charge the phone until 100%. When unplug, it immediately drops to 85%-90%. On one occassions, it dropped to 40%! What's wrong with it?
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
As i posted before...something is always awake on your phone..try looking at your battery graph..and i am sure your device is quiet warm..
[Galaxy S II General] iCatchU:
Thanks. But...i tried charging it whilst it was turned off. The icon showed 100%. I then unplug and switched it on. The same happened. So, it should not be Apps related. Right?
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
I suggest you do a simple trouble shooting...charge your phone to 100% while it is off.

Than unplug, switch on your phone and just leave it for half hour or an hour without doing anything.

Than swith your display on...and go to settings

Select about phone..

Go to battery use and tap on the graph.

It will show you a few horizontal lines.

Make sure your screen on and awake time bars coincide nicely.

While your screen is off your awake bar should be very very minumum... most of the high battery drain casses will have a very short screen on bar but a solid long line of awake time.

This is normally due to some rougue app or process...and you have to narrow it down.

If your graph looks normal..than you could be having a defective battery or in worst case a defective hardware.
[Galaxy S II General] kaassema:
The max of 0.7 amps is a partykiller... When in my car, I'd like to have my phone record everything (dailyroads voyager as dashcam), while navigating... Definitely discharging there while on stock carcharger! So I will have to choose when I'm going on holiday (12 hours drive...)
[Galaxy S II General] anonymous572:
I had a same problem before. But after I reflash 2-3 times (literom 1.5 for now) it's gone, and charging normal on car and wall charger while gaming or navigate.
[Galaxy S II General] ak7579:
I have the same problem.

Tried with several chargers 700mA and 1000mA (none of them OEM)

The only way I'm able to charge right now is via data cable.

I've read some thread about disabling fast dormancy feature via dialer shortcut (*#9900#). Have anyone tried this method?
[Desire General] sebastianlow:
i recently applied PB99IMG_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.zip

on my htc phone, so am i unbranded?
[Desire General] Rageypeep:
Yes, the HTC WWE RRUs don't contain mobile operators logos and apps.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Look in the mirror..If you don't have any brand on ur face, then u are unbranded :D

Sorry..have to say that lol :)
[Desire General] sebastianlow:
can i ask another stupid question? My phone WAS Asian WWE, i unbranded it, can i install OTA updates? cuz i tried to update 2.29.405.2 to 2.29.405.5 and i keep getting an error, i used a 2.29.405.5 RUU and now im ok, will i be able to install the gingerbread OTA?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
No you can't, if the last OTA was anything to go by
[Desire General] joebongo:
If someone downloads the OTA as a zip or whatever, will us "unbranded" people be able to install it via SD?

I debranded to a stock RUU WWE and have never got any OTA updates (am currently on 2.29.405.5).
[Desire General] mortenmhp:
Nope probably not. Did you have to use goldcard to install wwe rom? If yes, you probably wont be able to install the update(doesn't matter if it's ota or a zip you get, as it is the same thing ota just automatically makes the bootloader flash the zip). However, there will likely be a new ruu for the newer versions, which you can use instead.

The easy solution? root and flash a custom rom based completely on stock sense, and you can just get the update as a custom update on here.
[Desire General] sebastianlow:
So, if am unbrand using goldcard, I cannot update using OTA? not even if I download the WWE .zip? So if I Rebrand as my original Asia WWE, I can update?
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
You have to use goldcard to flash newest wwe version (ruu), otherwise you might get cid error. After ruu flashing has finished, you will be able to update your phone with ota.
[Desire General] joebongo:
One says no, one says yes.

Has anyone debranded with RUU WWE and successfully OTA'd?

If so, how?
[Galaxy S II General] jofel:
Hi. My question is pretty straight forward:

Is ther a need for a display protection foil on the SGS2?

I had a LG Optimus 2x for a few weeks till i decided to give it back to the shop and buy a SGS2 instead...however, I somehow managed to get a scratch in the Display of the O2X.

I know both have Gorilla Glass, but the SGS2 seems to have a different surface..it feels different...

Maybe its a bit more scratchresistant than the O2X?
[Galaxy S II General] NoOneCanHelpMe:
there is an anti-fingerprint coating on SGS2, I used mine for a month and I noticed one barely visible scratch (I'm very careful with my phone) so i guess the gorilla glass is fine but antifingerprint coating may not be so tough. I bought a few screen protectors for 2 pounds on ebay and i've got peace of mind now. I know it not the same with screen protector on, but I'd rather have a healthy screen :)
[Galaxy S II General] jofel:
An anti-fingerprint coating...cool. But just not as scratch-resistant as it should be...just what I have thought. So I am gonna apply a foil too.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] heatfire:
you could also get an protective case.. well depends on how old you are and how you use it:)

i had an foil on my GS and i never fell inlove with the feel compared to without.
[Galaxy S II General] lynxboy:
I used to swear by screen protectors but I since learnt to just take care of my device instead. I don't care how good the quality is, there is always a degradation in screen quality when you use a protector. That said, if you are the kind of person who stuffs the phone into a bag or a pocket with keys or coins, then it would make sense to invest. I've been naked since my N1 after watching the videos of guys taking a pair of scissors to the screen. At the age of 18months there isn't a single scratch on the screen! Again, it all depends on how careful you are with your device. I know you can never be 100% certain you wont scratch it, but you are also never 100% certain a magpie wont fly past and suddenly peck your screen to oblivion.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] jofel:
Thats is exactly what I wanted to do with the O2X mentioned in the first post...and somehow I managed to get a scratch in the gorilla glass display in just a few weeks. Without even noting it happen. When i returned it to the shop i had buyed it (in germany you have two weeks to test something you buy in the internet. With a little luck i had the chance to return it after even 4 weeks :-) ) I had to to pay 25€ for the scratch...now i have the GS2 and don't want a scratch again.
[Galaxy S II General] vinaymieux:
My new sgs2 get burning hot!! While using! I turn it towards the air conditioner for a few seconds ;-)

anyone else??

Any solution?
[Galaxy S II General] Odia:
230c sometimes the BGA ICs fall off and I have to open the phone and reball the ICs and flow them back into place :mad:
[Galaxy S II General] iznee:
I got my first SGS2 and it was really getting hot especially when streaming movies or playing games etc..i could not touch the back portion where the camera lense was. That phone had a 3g connectivity issue..so i had to return it..anyway while waiting for my usb jig to arrive..i bought another SGS2... using it the same way like my first phone, it never got hot till now..even playing games or streaming movies..it only gets warm and when i checked the battery temp..always showing about 36 to 38 degrees. On first phone, my record temp was 49 degrees and maybe it could have gone higher if i did not shut the phone down and cool it..
[Galaxy S II General] Sp1tfire:
Got it to 45C tops, when playing heavy games continuously.
[Galaxy S II General] erazer007:
It goes upto 45 for me as well. I felt it very hot just once on the second day after I got it where I feel it went above 45. After that I've been using a cover so I dont notice the heat much and since that its never gone aove 40. Its better if you install some temperature app to monitor. Battery circle is good as it gives the temperature as well as the battery percentage remaining.

The reason it heats up so much is because there is very little gap between the components and the phones body since its very thin so the heat gets transferred directly. But it cools down pretty easily.

Sometimes it could also be because of an app- in my case it was twitter. I login only with Wi-Fi and I have disable data so it kept trying to connect and that heated up the phone. After that experience, I always turn it off after I disconnect from Wi-Fi.
[Galaxy S II General] MaxxiB:
My phone get's VERY hot, will also crash and a yet to be unmentioned thing, is that if I turn it off an hour or so it feels the need to automatically turn itself on again. Anyhow I will be getting a replacement of the phone selling it as brand new and be getting a new different phone.
[Galaxy S II General] vinaymieux:
Got the phone replaced reading this ;-)

Working ok till now! Lets see!
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
My phone used to get hot initially when i used to use stock kernels... Then I flashed insecure kernels...one thing I noticed that when I flashed Chainfire's kernel, the phone tries to stay at an optimum cpu frequency even while playing games on it...I tested this using cpu spy... I found the phone rarely used 1200 Mhz frequency but still felt buttery smooth... when the phone constantly stays at 1200 Mhz, then cpu heats up, but when it is at 800 Mhz, it never heated up even with the heaviest usage... and ya, my phone is not under/overclocked
[Galaxy S II General] pHyR3:
mine doesn't get tooo hot unless i've overclocked it or something, have a go at undervolting it, look at tekrak's overclock guide in android development for advice on that

it should help temperature problems, i hardly get them
[Galaxy S II General] erazer007:
I've done the air condition trick after it got too hot twice. But I had a doubt as to whether the sudden heating and cooling will have a damage on the phone and so stopped that. Now I just wait for it to cool down.
[Galaxy S II General] TMaLuST:
I've got it up to 55°, playing order & chaos over wi-fi, max brightness and connected to my charger supply.
[Galaxy S II General] erazer007:
Connecting it to the charger itself heats it up a lot so I can imagine what will happen over wifi with heavy gaming
[Galaxy S II General] kryptoner:
Didn't it damage your phone?
[Galaxy S II General] AllWin:
Got this phone just yesterday. Highest temps i've had so far while gaming over WiFi and charging: +39C CPU, +42C battery. Before launching any game i take the phone out of protective case and set CPU to 200-800MHz.

The only problem so far is Pocket Legends that freezes every few minutes. I found the thread about it here on XDA and on official website. This game was the main reason why i bought this phone. Wanted to play it on high-quality, large screen... Sigh
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] experience7:
Hello xda-developers :)

What method do you use to rotate/crop pictures on the phone? :confused: Do I really need to use an app? :(

I'm missing an implemented menu with the basic functions like rotating the image with two fingers and zooming in and finally clicking on a "Save" button. Anyone heard of those tools in an update? Thanks in advance :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmcgraw:
Right now, you can only do it with apps. I believe Mango will have more integrated picture editing features.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] experience7:
Thanks for the reply :)

Anyone who can confirm this? o.O

Thanks in advance,

experience7
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Avandor:
Yes, confirmed... at the moment you need an app.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MPerz:
WP ties third party photo apps into the camera and pictures hub. Tap the ellipsis (...) when viewing a photo, then select "extras". This will pull up a list of only the photo editing apps on your phone. It isn't ideal as having some basic editing tools available natively would be, but it's much easier than closing out of the camera or photo, scrolling through the apps list, finding the app and again searching for the photo you want to edit.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] experience7:
Wow, thanks for the tip MPerz :)

I can't wait until Mango gets released :D

Thanks,

experience7
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
Base on GT-I9000_OpenSource_GB_Update kernel source, I managed to compile some compatible kernel modules for Samsung Galaxy Ace XXKPH (2.6.35.7-perf-CL260130): btrfs.ko, cifs.ko, ext3.ko, ext4.ko, jbd.ko, jbd2.ko, libcrc32c.ko, and tun.ko . I am forced to use the HTC Dream (aka trout) platform, so the compiled modules compatible with armv6 processor (I9000 using armv7). Dirty hack here and there, so I am sure the generated zImage will not work on SGA, but the produced module is fine.

Sorry, my English not good enough :(
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] delroekid:
So what do you want us to do?

Do you have screen shot on your own?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
No screenshots. Examples of the use of cifs.ko, you can find here. Examples of the use of ext4.ko, you can find here.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] omerhadad:
how to flash it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] rufik:
No need to flash, just copy files into /lib/modules (ex. using Root Explorer with root privs). Or could someone prepare update.zip for recovery?

I wonder if ext4 module works :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] delroekid:
i tried pushing this into

/lib/modules

is this what you mean?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] vlc_marcos:
is this the new kernel?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] delroekid:
it is an SGS based KERNEL..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] vlc_marcos:
so we can use it and do overclock ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] omerhadad:
With this kernel can i do overclock ???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] delroekid:
still cant overclock.

this kernel does not do it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] princenoob:
Its only modules guys. You cant do overclocking etc. Because its not kernel its only a part of kernel.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
To access your Windows/Linux Samba share:

1. Copy cifs.ko module to SGA microSD.

2. Using "adb shell", Terminal Emulator, or ConnectBot:

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/stl12 /system
busybox cp /sdcard/cifs.ko /system/lib/modules/
mount -o remount,ro /dev/stl12 /system
exit
exit

3. Install CifsManager from Market.

4. In CifsManager's Settings page tick "Load cifs module" and "Load via insmod", CifsManager autodetect cifs.ko location.

5. Open About page, click Modules button. You will see cifs module listed if loaded successfully by insmod.

6. Add your network share in Add New Share page. Using cifs.ko and CifsManager, I can access my Windows share drive over Wi-Fi.

My ext3, ext4, and btrfs modules could be useful for firmware modder and advanced user. CODEROM is the first ROM using my ext4 module. Dark Tremor a2sd not a perfect script without journaling filesystem support :D

You need tun.ko module if you need vpn access. Don't ask me about vpn since I'm not expert about it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] Grif_07:
yeap... it's working on my Ace with KPH not modifying fw. Thx. How to use other modules?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] vlc_marcos:
so what improvements have this part of the kernel?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
Some parts of kernel not compiled-in by Samsung, so compile the missing part as module is the solution. The improvements is now you can access Windows/Samba share, access ext4 partition, and vpn access.

Phuih, 158 downloads but I have 3 thanks only? Maybe I have to delete this unuseful post ;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] mgrroucas:
that's not a useless post at all !!!!!! You guys, posting those things on this forum, are making the Ace a wonderfull phone! Thanks a lot... Take my thanks like 10000 :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] fariz_kd:
@mr. ketut :D :D I already gave you cendol... :D:D

I think it would be nice if you collaborate with mr. code to equally develop a very powerful ROM for ace ;)

btw I saw you post something on another forum but I have not seen it here?it's same or different?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] skynet28:
nice work ...thanks a lot. I am sure more kernel modules can be compiled. Is it possible to compile overclock.ko for galaxy ace ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] digkong:
No way this is a useless thread.....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
Wow, my thanks meter increased. But I did not expect to go up again because Gingerbread kernel for the S5830 has been released Samsung :mad: :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] silver2706:
digkong..why u always discourage..developers... :mad:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] manju991:
he meant.... No way, this is not a useless post.... punctuation make a lot of difference :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] digkong:
dude we r in world of social network now....so i got used to typing the way i type during chats sry

i meant this is in no way a useless thread...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] izador:
likeeeeeeeeee :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] KciNicK:
i want to compile it by myself, can u explain how you do it?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
I am finally able to download the kernel source from opensource.samsung.com, slow! Been busy CF-Rooted my Galaxy Ace ;) I will make a patch to build Galaxy Ace kernel on cygwin, just wait.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] KciNicK:
but i have a galaxy SL, and im gonna build it on linux, anyway, i almolst adapted the i9000 kernel, thanks...

/edit: well, i manage to compile them, but i got a lot of unresolved symbols, snif... im gonna have to wait samsung release the kernel source of the 2.6.35.7 for SGSL, the /proc/config.gz is a lot diffrent from the i9000 one...
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] Tib44:
Is it only for the KPH and KPH based ROM or can I install it on a other rom ?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] adybravo:
BLN kernel

Why don't you modify the kernel from Samsung Galaxy Ace (froyo/gingerbread) to be compatible with BacklightNotification (BLN) mod?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823922
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ekache:
Yes...I agree with you...It would be a nice mod ever for our beloved Ace. :eek:

Because we can only use the NoLED for our Ace which drain out the battery... :(

Waiting for that BLN mod... :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] ketut.kumajaya:
The next version of CF-Root will have BLN support :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] mdfzhi:
that would be awesome :D:D:D

btw any chance of undervolt module?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Original Android Development] budi.hermawan:
is this kernel support swap? thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] lavif11:
I looking to buy a quality headsets with microphone that will be compatible with my Galaxy S2.

I am thinking to buy the Zagg smurtbuds.

Do you know if they will work with the Galaxy S2? will the sound be good? the microphone will work? the controller will work with the Galaxy S2 player?

If this headsets are not compatible with the Galaxy S2, do you know about other alternatives?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Accessories] noobdeagle:
just get an adapter with a remote and then buy a good pair of headphones like jays, etymotic or shure