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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
It's true that fresh SGS2 have a lot of useless pre-installed application. In fact, the best solution to get the rid of battery drain is to root phone and freeze unused/useless apps like "Game Hub" or something.

Secondly I propose switching off some apps via manager.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jony013:
Thanks all you guys, its works for you. Those who are not happy you also have to stop the DRM service. I wanted to remind you all you have to freeze the process not kill the process. If you kill, it will start automatically.

Update service is the main killer for the battery. Tested............:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yes!:
How can i freeze processes with Titanium? I have the paid version which only allow me to freeze applications. Unfortunately i have no "software update" in my freezable application list.

Thx!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dnilsson:
I didn't see "software update" on my phone either, but then I thought

perhaps it is because I use the phone in Swedish language.

So I looked for the same, but in my language, and there I found it, at least I think so,

its has an icon with two arrows, one red and on white.

After 16,5 hour, I've got 70% battery left.

edit. 8 hours later, after I slept it was @ 40%, have to find out what was drawing that much over night......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
Just for fyi, battery monitor is estimating current mA numbers on this phone (galaxy s2) cause the driver is incapable of giving current readings like other phones do. So its guestimating. But still good info nonetheless even though they're not actual readings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
Ok. Frozen Software Update 2.0.0 as per your advice, will report back in a couple of days about the effect on battery life. But can you please care to tell which "software" does this program update? Is it a Samsung program or an Android program? I wouldn't want to block any useful software updates just to increase the battery life.

Awaiting your answer. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jony013:
Its not a samsung program, its Android program. Its your choice what you want to do. But for us battery life is more important as we can also unfreeze the service and check the update. Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
Ok. So it's an Android program. So what updates does it check for? Only the OS versions? The current version is gingerbread v2.3.3 .... right? Or does it check for any other updates also? And how to check the updates manually after defrosting "software update"? Pls explain coz I would like to unfreeze this program from time to time to check for newer updates.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Frankly speaking by freezing that Software Update app by TB I don't notice any improvement in battery life. In fact I didn't even know that it was running as my battery backup was already very good unless I saw this thread and freezed it with TB. May be only me but that's a fact.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jony013:
Hi, I already said in stock rom this will show little improvement. But if you are in custom you will amazed.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jony013:
As I think its main FW update. Only the OS version. After defrost you can manually check it under about option in settings.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vulpix:
Anyone knows if I can freeze TWLauncher? I'm not using the Touchwiz launcher at all.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pik1:
Hi there! Its NOT an Android program! Its for Samsung Dive. If you freeze it, you won't be able to use Samsungs Location and Security service. If that's ok for you, you are good to go! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jony013:
thanks, you are right. its samsung only.......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aks1447:
Let me check... will post updates
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
Thanks for the tip just froze it.

It's currently 20.03 and im at 77% battery and the phone is 3 hours 25 mins, 30s on battery so lets see how we get on, ive previously frozen some other Samsung apps, my phone runs Cognition S2 1.13,will report back on this tomorrow evening.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skiflyer:
try: don't freeze but rename it with root explorer to touchwiz30launcher.apk.old
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nelrulz:
Gonna try to freeze it today.. hopefully it helps!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenguinpower:
Will this help me? You see I am already on juicedefender ultimate and my 3g connection automatically shuts when phone is not in use. Does the samsung update apps still try to update when internet connection is off?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
Folks - just a quick report back, there is no doubt this works, currently my phone is at 3% and it's been on 23h 4m 21s on battery, when the phone is at 1% ill take some screenshots and post them here,i reckon ill definitely get over 24 hours yet.

will report back in a few hours but in short this 100% saves battery no doubt about it, props to the OP for posting this.:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr0idman:
I'm using Juice Defender and it's doing a pretty good job for me. I need to charge only at night for normal usage.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
yeah i use juide defender too a good app to have.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
Ok folks back as promised finally my battery has died and im charging it now, im very impressed with this, previously i was getting no more than 17 hours battery life this is medium to heavy Internet usage,some calls and texts,etc, now ive almost got 25 hours, last night i was in my local pub and i can use the Wi-Fi there (only for regular customers;)) so the Wi-Fi was on for about 4/5 hours and i was watching some videos on YouTube and downloading some files,also using the internet and some calls,so pretty heavy usage for about 4/5 hours,the rest of the time barring when i was asleep ive also used the phone,you can see from my screenshots for yourself, im running Cognition 1.13, ive froze some Samsung apps and maps as well and the only widgets i have are fancy widget pro, some tools widgets like system panel,android info and battery monitor,juice plotter,shazam, soundcloud, equalizer, power amp,that's it,all the time data has been enabled too,bluetooth and GPS,etc all off (only turn on when required)

Extremly happy with this, this thread should be made a sticky.:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Guys post the Display On time, 1 day, 2 days doesn't matter.

Sent from GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
The Android OS has also gone down a lot it used to be at 45% + it can go as low as 8% but the bug still hasn't really been fixed in the leaked 2.3.4 update so i would imagine whenever it is fixed the battery life will improve even more.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny68:
I've given a rundown on the usage ive had on my phone,previously with Wi-Fi on and 4/5 hours of heavy usage and downloading the battery would be going down considerably more than it has,there is no doubt this method in the OP works,when i flashed Cognition 1.13 i tested the battery life a few days ago,with not as much internet usage the phone lasted just under 17 hours,with significantly heavier internet usage on Wi-Fi it has lasted almost 25 hours,the proof is in the screenshots.;)

So there you go.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wcharon:
Well my Display On Tine is 58m, 10 s with 1 d, 8 h, 17m on battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] budi.hermawan:
Link2SD are capable of freezing apps too

Link2SD are capable of freezing apps too ... better try it out guys :D :)
[HTC EVO 3D] lse4:
i just recieved my evo 3d today threw ups. and i noticed my power button is hard to press to turn the screen off... anyone else ran into this problem?
[HTC EVO 3D] donatom3:
The button is built into the battery cover so remove it and place it back on.
[HTC EVO 3D] nfaust01:
make sure your battery door is completely on and snapped in the correct spots.
[HTC EVO 3D] tonkaberlin:
i have issues where either the power button is way too easy to press or way too hard. hopefully a new case will solve that.
[HTC EVO 3D] mevensen:
I had a badly dysfunctional power switch with my first 3VO, I have since exchanged it for a new one.

And, no, in my case it was not the battery cover-power switch interface, it was the switch itself. I removed the cover and directly pressed it. Strange thing was, with mine, if I removed and replaced the battery, I could get one or two presses that registered, otherwise nothing -- no wake/sleep, no power off/on.
[HTC EVO 3D] jdpcrf:
My wife and I both have Evo 3d's and her power button is way easier to push than mine. I switched the back covers between the phones and the problem followed the cover. I looked at both and the power button on my cover isn't molded correctly where it pushes on the phone. It is shorter so it sits further in the phone and doesn't work quite right. I called HTC and Sprint and there isn't a replacement cover available yet so they are going to switch out the phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] weidnerj:
I had a power button issue, where if I pushed the button, it would come up with the shutdown menu and no option just turn off the screen. Was in the process of going take it back for a replacement and found that when I removed the case to switch the memory card that my one was working as it should. The hardness went away and the option to turn off the screen came back. Strangest thing I seen since it truly seemed like a hardware issue.
[HTC EVO 3D] IAmSixNine:
i am going to check a few out in store and see if mine is like what you describe. To me its set pretty low and the button doesnt stick out very far.
[HTC EVO 3D] aimbdd:
Mine sticks out pretty far... isn't easy, or hard to press. I guess i got lucky.
[HTC EVO 3D] wardfan220:
Mine is really touchy, when I press it to lock the phone it sometimes goes to the shutdown popup. Sorry this post wasn't more helpful to the op, lol, just sharing.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RMarkwald:
Letstalk.com will let me upgrade to this phone for $199, then $70 instant discount from LetsTalk, and if I trade in my DInc that's about another $70, so for about $59 or so I could upgrade. Then with their promo code of 43384d2e, that takes 25% off, so I'd owe $26 today.

Considering it would be the same monthly bill cost, $26 for 4G service, would you do this? The $70 instant discount ends today, so I'd need to pull the trigger on this soon.

Thoughts?

EDIT: It'd be $97.49 without the discount for the DInc trade, once they receive it and appraise it (it's in excellent shape), then the $70 - $72 would be credited.

EDIT AGAIN: The instant $70 is for new customers, $25 for existing w/ upgrade. Good thing I called, so it'd be $60.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mar5hal:
i myself left the dinc for the bolt. i would just hang on to your incredible and buy the thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PhillyCheez:
I kept my inc too cause its still a solid back up phone with a great dev community.

As for the tbolt... I like it enough that I'm not going back.

There's a few issues with the phone though and I hope HTC and Verizon push that update soon!

The dev community looks like its on its way up as we just picked up ihtfp69!

Id say go for it... It's better than the other Verizon 4G phones but that's just my bias towards HTC and sense UI.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
Since installing MIUI 1.6.24.1 I do not have internet/data access on my phone.

I can make/receive phone calls and txts, however I cannot connect to Google or Android Market.

I have tried EA28, EC01, and EC09 modems with multiple battery pulls (both plugged in and not) between each with no effect.

When trying to input my account info for Market I get "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server." Normally (on UKB 2.1) I have full service at my desk. My "3G" icon is constantly flickering on and off and under About Phone 3G Service only stays connected for a second then switches back to "Connecting".

Am I missing something?

Jp

Update: Solution found - See Post #25
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crashspeeder:
Dial *228. The keypad won't pop up so hold menu and press 1 on the keyboard to reprogram your phone. I had that happen this morning. I didn't realize I didn't have internet since I was using wifi all night after I flashed it. The voice prompt will tell you it succeeded but the UI will say it failed. You'll lose service. Just reboot. Worst case scenario, if you still don't have any service at all shut down then pull the battery. Boot back up and you should be good.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
Still no Internet.

My 3G connection only ever stays active for 8 sec.

I am currently on EC09 Radio which I really havent used much. However, I have found that for me EA28 was usually the most reliable Radio. Is it possible that EC09 just doesn't work well for me here?

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crashspeeder:
That's definitely not the same issue I was having. My 3G icon stayed on the screen but all my apps simply told me I had no internet. The 3G icon never went away on me. Sorry I can't help you further. Maybe somebody else has some insight. Try reinstalling and possibly a new radio like you said.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allcity187:
You should try a new radio, I'm currently on Ed04 and I have had no problems with Internet.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeezyMT3G:
I have the same problem ...my 3g icon shows and my browser/apps say I have no internet

BUT

I'm on Cricket network and flashed

different modems and idk if I broke my flash but then again I heard cm7/miui breaks data for cricket so idk but same issue
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
That sounds more like the issue Crashspeeder described, you may only need to reactivate your phone. My data appears to be going down every 8 seconds.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
ED04 has same issue on both MIUI and CM7, I am beginning to think it has nothing to do with the modem.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crashspeeder:
Keep in mind that CM7 MTD and MIUI MTD are essentially the same rom since MIUI MTD is based on CM7 MTD so I'm not sure your assessment is entirely correct. It may be that ED04 isn't compatible with these two roms. I'm on EB01 (yea, dinosaur) and it's working fine.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeezyMT3G:
I did reactivate my phone but using *22804 for cricket in my area and one of the times it said failed I lost data pulled battery rebooted got it and still nothing ....and another it said success and still a no go
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
Well I can cross off EC01, EA28, EC09, ED04, and now EB01 as things I've tried. None of them worked. That is my reasoning as to why I think it is unrelated to the radio.

Well, I guess I'll keep playing with it for a bit and try all the other radios I can get ahold of.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crashspeeder:
Hah. I would've stopped at 3. I think you've proven it's not the modem. I assume you tried reinstalling and still nothing. Not sure what could be going on
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junkboy0:
Seems that I'm in the same boat here............... app/market tries to connect and I see the data stream flashing but then in a few seconds it says no internet/ data connection. For reference I'm on Metro PCS and I had data working on Evil and Com rom.

Also I flashed JT's CM7 for a quick test and no internet on that either, wierd......
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeezyMT3G:
Yeah after flashing Miui and losing data I Odined back to stock and still got the same ..no data ... I'm on Cricket which is like Metro
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dividebyzero:
I've been screwing with this all day. I have both the 3q flicker and sometimes it stays on but the arrows don't flash. either way no data. Flashed back to stock and data works. Also works on comrom with the last 3 radios (including the new ec09 leak).

otherwise the install went well for everything (both muiu and cyanogen). MUIU was a pain because i couldn't find terminal emulator but then had an idiot moment when i found it in the power menu but it didn't work, 3 of the 4 reboots did the same thing. hot boot was the only one that did anything different.

I've used the stock kernel and the OTB kernel. Same story both times. I'm not sure what other info would be relevant but I'm happy to help diagnose this problem. Getting a new fascinate because I was one of those who the ESN swap didn't fix my other data problems (cut out and slow). Maybe that's a lead? Anyway, i'll have a backup phone for a couple days if I want to mess with it without worry.

thanks for all the help and work. I like it a lot, it's super quick!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junkboy0:
I'll just use it as is for today, but when I wake up tomorrow I'll flash back to Evil or com rom see if my data comes back. If data hasnt comeback when I flash back I'll check my data settings with QPST 2.7 and if need be I'll re-flash the data settings with Miui installed.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordnikko:
I had the same issue after flashing the latest MIUI build. Even after rebooting twice I still had no data connection. Oddly enough after doing a battery pull, then holding the power button down to clear any residual power; it started working again.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junkboy0:
Update, I work graveyard so I decided to do it before i go to bed, anyway I flashed back to stock and as slow and pathetic as it is... data is working. I'm flashing evil as I type.......wait for it......."convert data patition , back up operation, blah blah blah Two Minutes" ..........*stares blindly at Samsung logo* OK! Evil is up and running with data which means something about miui and CM7 is breaking our data :( .

*warning, rant-ish*

I would hate to not be able to go back to Miui, I had my theme made up of of a custom Ore no Imouto icons everywhere *ashamed* with a custom font and a sweet HTC bootloading screen with the Fringe intro song :( Maybe data isn't too big of a deal besides who needs pandora, tapatalk, email, OMG! my precious Fantasy sport teams...... wait a sec, the NFL is still on lock out. Fellas we need to find a fix for this, preferably before the next NFL season.....My Solid Snakes HAVE to be back to back champs :p
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
So, a quick update...

First off, my Nandroid backup of UKB 2.1 is apparently corrupted or something because after flashing/repartitioning with EB01, I couldn't do a restore. So basically, I'm stuck with either MIUI with no data or rebuilding UKB 2.1 from scratch which undoubtedly will be a real pain.

Second, my data has now worked once. I was able to open Google today after my phone had been off for several hours. When I booted my phone up it was first stuck in Airplane Mode so I powered down and pulled the battery. When I booted back up, my data worked, I was able to load Google in the browser and when I searched for "test" it failed. It got part way into loading my search results when it crashed out.

So, it looks like I'm going to just stick with MIUI for the time being and just do without the data when I'm off WIFI.

The only thing unusual about my setup is that I am using the extended battery. It is the standard VZW 2200 mAh not any of the 3rd Party ones but I guess that could be making a difference.

If any developers want to see any logs or anything just let me know what commands I should run and I'll post the results.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saroeunmao:
With all cyanogen mod you sometime lose data after you poweroff your phone. Try rebooting or battery pull. If that doesnt work, you probly gonna need a new phone. I dont think its modem or rom related. The phone data anttena is done.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junkboy0:
^ But then that would mean that my data wouldn't work when I went back to Evil Fascinate which is just not the case.......... Either way I signed up for the miui.us site and I will be posting and inquiring about this.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeezyMT3G:
Lol I HIGHLY doubt it ... the first time I switched to miui I odined back and got data ....it has nothing to do with the antenna ...for me its part of the "flash" I lose since a flash is required to get call/SMS/data/mms to work on cricket and sometimes you lose part of the flash due to rom flashing

Sent from my GB MIUI Fascinate
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
So, it appears that when my data was "working" it was due to the page being cached. After a wipe, it no longer worked.

Also, after my phone is on for an extended period of time, my data connection stops switching from "connecting" to "connected" and just stays "connected". Data still does not work however it acts like it is connected.

I am running a logcat to see what happens when I reach this state in the off-chance that it is significant. I am also wondering if someone out there who has a working MIUI could post their logcat so I have some idea of what might be going wrong.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slydweis:
I'm having the same problem as described. I tried all the modems, different kernels, different roms, even odin'd stock DL09. Data is all over the place, wifi, and even bluetooth sucks...

I didn't have this problem til I went miui to get 4.0.0.5 cwm so I could install cm7 build 5. I didn't even use the miui so I don't know which one broke data....
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
Ok guys, I found the solution! I now have data! If I am allowed I will post a link to the thread that got me there. (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15199865&postcount=2)

So, it appears that in some cases when switching to MTD (which essentially turns your phone into a Galaxy S), Verizon will no longer accept/recognize your phone. So, what you need to do is deactivate and then reactivate your Fascinate. To do this log on to My VZW and activate an old device. Under "Device" select "Activate or Switch Device". Then Select your Line from the dropdown and click "Next" twice (no need to backup your contacts since this will only be temporary). Punch in the Device ID from your old device and submit. Pull the battery from your Fascinate and power on the old device. Dial *228 Option 1 to reprogram your old phone. It will reboot, then verify that your data is working on the old phone, if you want you can even do a test call. The key is that VZW has to fully process your old phone before you can move on.

Once that is done, repeat the process with your Fascinate using the MEID found inside the battery compartment. I did not have to reprogram my Fascinate but you may.

If this works for you please thank Newgeta as it was him who suggested this idea in another thread.

I guess now I have a reason to keep my old POS WinMo phone around.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junkboy0:
I'm glad you have found a fix though I wish there was one for us non VZW user...... but congrats and I hope you enjoy your new CM7 phone with data :)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] massaint:
so there is no solution yet for non verizon users ? :(
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Junkboy0:
No, unfortunately not.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jp9506:
If you guys post your logcats, I can verify if you are having the same problem I was.

Jp
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newbha:
you did reply to my thread asking for a logcat, so ill post it here too, just in case. now you know how desperate i am, HAHA
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] massaint:
junkboy: please read my thread with subject "stupid way" .... it's my solution for this issue