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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shawn605:
I've removed these (below) seemingly without any adverse impact.

camera.apk

MMS.apk

Phone.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

Are there any other apks that the Nook CANNOT use, and could be removed without impacting the device? Like looking at battery use - Phone Idle is the 2nd most active... Can I rip that out anywhere?

My apologies in advance if there is a thread of this (for the Nook) - just post the URL and I'll read that.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] loganthered:
There was actually a fair bit of experimentation about this a while back and IIRC it was found that removing the apps didn't affect battery life at all, since they had no hardware to power up to do anything to, but did cause apps to dissapear from the market instead.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martian21:
The only advantage I've found from removing default apps (besides the 10 MB or so of flash that is saved...) is that the Nook boots up faster. Once booted I've seen no differences except the expected FC if you try to launch an app that requires something that you removed.

Martian21
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisDDD:
Even if it doesn't effect battery life, I tend to remove things that are of no use on the Nook. My list of removed apk's include:

Camera.apk

Cyanbread.apk

Email.apk (I use Gmail)

FileManager.apk (I use Root Explorer)

LiveWallpapers.apk

LiveWallpapersPicker.apk

MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk

Mms.apk

Phone.apk

Protips.apk

SoundRecorder.apk

TelephonyProvider.apk

ThemeChooser.apk

ThemeManager.apk

VisualizationWallpapers.apk

VoiceDialer.apk

After moving these to my SD card for safe keeping should anything go awry, I reboot immediately and haven't experienced any issues at all. If you don't reboot pronto, it can go into a force close loop, but after a reboot, everything's fine.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dargocitfer:
And in answer to this question, "Phone Idle" is just what the O/S calls it when your device isn't doing anything else (but is still "awake"). Replace the word "Phone" with the word "Device", and think about your car idling, and you'll get the picture.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigbob23:
Unfortunately they come back when you flash an update.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epitaphromance:
Clever, so what do we remove?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dargocitfer:
In order to increase battery life? As far as anyone can tell, removing APKs doesn't really make your battery last any longer, as the O/S doesn't use them unless called upon to do so. (If, for example, phone.apk was eating your battery, then you would see "Cell Standby" on the Battery Use screen.) Removing them (refer to the list ChrisDDD posted) can make the Nook boot up faster, but if some application tries to access them and they aren't there, then you can get Force Close errors.

A large "Phone Idle" percentage just means that most of your battery was taken up by your Nook sitting there, awake, waiting for you to do something with it. It is actually the lowest battery drain status you can have, except for Deep Sleep. If your Nook is not going into Deep Sleep, then you'll want to read through the other threads on this issue for ideas on how to fix that. (Turning Wifi turn off when the screen is off seems to help me.)
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martian21:
Not if you remove then from the /system/app folder in the ROM .zip file before you flash it. Grap 7-zip and have at it.
[Defy General] xiaojin1985:
ha ha,does anybody still remember me?:D

BTW,where were Cotulla being?
[HTC Incredible S] coderocker:
Hi, I've read a lot of threads in the last hours and searched extensively but couldn't find the answer to my specific question:

How do I know which one of the RUUs out of this thread to install? I'm not looking for any fancy ROMs but just the (possibly stock) upgrade to 2.3.

I have an Incredible S, S-OFF via AlpharevX with Clockworkmod Recovery on it. The OS is still the stock Android 2.2.1, 20.23.30.0802U_38.02.1.11_M, 1.37.708.2

I bought the device in Hong Kong and have been waiting for the OTA to Gingerbread for months now (regularly checking manually) without any luck.

Thanks for your help and let me know if you need more info or if I missed anything.
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
For clean stock ROM, you can flash RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_Virgin_Mobile_AU_2.12.981.2 _R_Radio_20.2803.30.085AU_3805.04.03.12_M_release_ 185029_signed. But actually Android Revoluation HD is a very good tweaked custom ROM based on stock ROM so I don't know why you should not try it.
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
Just a reminder, to flash the RUU, you need to extract the rom.zip from the exe and flash it with a gold card. There should be plenty of instructions on how to do it in the development forum.
[HTC Incredible S] coderocker:
Yes, I saw several tutorials for that.

But that also means that there is no RUU/update.zip out there for my exact version of Froyo? Because otherwise I wouldn't need the Gold Card, right?

Where and how could I find such a version?
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
I too can't find any Hong Kong RUU from xda or xda.cn. I guess these are our only options.
[HTC Incredible S] coderocker:
I almost can't believe that since both HTC and buying stuff in HKG is pretty popular. But I guess that's where we're stuck for now unless one of us starts reading Chinese...
[LG Optimus 2x] mike-o2:
I am running the stock V10c ROM with 0405 Baseband and root.

Until recently I had little to complain about, but since last Saturday my phone has a horrible battery drain.

It turns off within 6 hours after I unplugged it even tho I did not use it and it was sitting calm in my pocket. This happend for the third time now since Saturday.

I was suspecting the recently installed Vlingo or Google+ Apps, but after removing them I still have the same issue. I recalibrated the battery yesterday but the Phone turned off again today.

I recharged it just now and it got incredibly hot like it has never been before.... this is very strange.

Anyone else experiencing something similar?

Have there been any recently updated Apps that are said to cause battery problems (Google Maps got a recent Update...)?

Any suggestions?

(I hope that damn OTA update comes soon and fixes this otherwise I'll have to update it manually or will have to install a custom ROM.)

EDIT

I flashed MoDaCo's MCR Fr19 and the Problem is gone.

I guess a factory reset would have solved my problem as well, but since I had all the work with backing up and restoring anyway I have chosen to go with a nice custom ROM.

Everything works like a charm again!
[LG Optimus 2x] Crofteh:
I used to get horrible battery drain, and generally the battery stats would have a mind of their own and change at random..... sometimes a phone restart would fix this, sometimes not. This was the biggest problem I had with the phone, but by no means the only problem.

I was always on stock, but since flashing the newest Modaco ROM (FR19) I've not had a single problem, the phone actually works as the piece of high-tech gadgetry I expected it to in the beginning. It's been nearly 2 weeks since switching to a custom ROM, and finally I'm loving this phone. I was reluctant to do it earlier as I waiting for the official LG updates, but after all their tardiness I decided enough was enough and went Modaco.

My advice: if you're unhappy with the phone as it is, try at the very least 1 custom ROM (both Modaco and Cyanogen are popular) and see if it improves your experience.
[LG Optimus 2x] Netuser:
I have this problem too sometime

Only solution is to turn off the phone and turn and everything become normal

But after sime day if use same happens again. I suspect there is a program start to run in bg non stop

Btw i am in fear edition 12.2
[LG Optimus 2x] tablighs:
Ermmm.... correct me if im wrong, but to my knowledge v10c roms uses 622 RIL.. which has a 622 basebnd too.. why are still on 405 baseband? I really recommend 622 baseband as its the least power hungry baseband I've used since 405, but then again, some other factors might affect ur battery too.. but alot of ppl give positive comments on 622 baseband

.. shld give it a try. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] mike-o2:
Thanks for your replies!

@Crofteh

I am generally a big fan of custom ROMs and always used one on my last android phone, but I liked the stock LG ROM enough to keep it until Gingerbread would arrive. I hoped to test official LG GB without wiping and then upgrade to a GB build of MoDaCo or CM.

That is what I thought, but who knows how long LG will still need for GB.

@Netuser

Thanks, I also suspect some App to uselessly run non stop as the phone feels warm near the camera, which indicated SoC load.

@tablights

I have the unbranded German version which came with a V10b ROM and a baseband number I forgot. After updating via the LG PC tool it changed to V10c and 0405 Baseband. Since that there was no official Baseband update for my phone. As far as I know, the German Vodafone branded phones got the 622 Baseband in last weeks update.

I will try to manually update to V10e via KDZ updater since it apparently does not wipe in the procedure.

Should the issue still persist I'll give MDC r19 a try.
[LG Optimus 2x] Oldcow9999:
I think the best bet to avoid the heating problem is to remove the micro SD card. Or try another one not greater than 8G. Don't use 16G or 32G - less costly for you if it burns out.
[LG Optimus 2x] mike-o2:
How is that related to the SD card? My 16GB card worked flawlessly all the time.
[LG Optimus 2x] LuziferBowls:
Same here

Hi,

I had exactly the same Problem, Phone got incredibly hot, was always warm even in airplane mode and died after 5h in stand-by. I tried all Basebands, different ROMs, reseted the battery stats several times, tried charging and uncharging several times. I logged the battery usage and got it down to maybe 20mA which should give me something like 75h in standby, still the phone shut off after 5-6h. I didn't use a SD-Card so it had nothing to do with that and it didn't change with different Software so i'm sorry to report: it may be a hardware problem. Either the battery broke or the handset itself didn't survive the temperature and is now draining (you could try another battery).

I sent my in and DHL lost the packet :) so no more Info from my side

btw, i also had the german version bought at Amazon.

Good luck finding the Problem !
[LG Optimus 2x] mike-o2:
I hope it won't be necessary to send it in. At the moment I am trying to rule out all possible causes. I signed out from the google labs project that lets you download parts of maps, since I activated that shortly before the problems begun and I could imagine that constantly downloading maps could cause high battery drain.

I have no time to do a custom ROM install including all backup and restore stuff atm as I am busy writing my diploma thesis for the next two weeks. But I will try that if nothing else helps. If that does not help, I will send it back.

Did you get an replacement or a refund?

If you got a replacement, does it have any issues like backlight bleeding ?

If you got a refund, did they pay the price you bought it for or the price it costs now? Cause there is a steep difference in price from then to now.
[LG Optimus 2x] zobodoor:
Juice Defender?

I had the problem and the problem is solved after I install juice defender.
[LG Optimus 2x] LuziferBowls:
I'm still in the process of getting a refund.

I think they will pay what i payed. But it is exhausting getting them to do anything and while i do that I'm back to my good old and terribly slow G1 :)
[LG Optimus 2x] mike-o2:
Good luck with that!

Would be nice if you could let me know how this was resolved so that I can decide what is the best way to go should things not get better.

Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] haensgn:
The Lenovo U1, the only other hybrid on the market just got FCC approval. Now the tablet part has gone up for pre-order on several site. Quite a big deal due to the dock running windows!here
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
This was the tablet I was looking at before I found the Asus (which is cheaper, and more the size I wanted anyway.. but Lenovo!!!).
[Eee Pad Transformer General] haensgn:
Storage: 32GB

Memory:1GB

Camera:2.0MP Front, 5.0MP rear

Communications:802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1

Sound: 2 Speakers, .5 Watts

Ports:Micro SD card reader, Micro HDMI out, SIM card port, and a Multi-function connector

Tablet Weight: 1.65 lbs.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] player911:
Pretty neat. The keyboard is a screen-less netbook running Windows... while the top is a Android tablet.

They both are kinda separate products that are just dockable together. I'm sure the IT world would love the keyboard as standalone for data racks and such.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] knoxploration:
It's an interesting concept, but it seems like the tablet basically only acts as a screen for the netbook, with separating processors and operating systems in tablet and netbooks modes.

That, for me, kills it. It negates the main advantage of having a shared device, which is that you have consistency of UI and software between both modes, and the battery life advantages of Android even when in netbook mode. This device will likely have typical Windows-based netbook battery life, which come nowhere close to challenging the Transformer, and you presumably won't be able to access your data from the tablet when you're in netbook mode except as a mounted device, or vice versa. (ie. you can't run the same programs in both modes.)

The only real advantage I can see is a slight reduction in weight and size over carrying a separate netbook and tablet, but with the added disadvantage that if the tablet fails, you lose the ability to use the netbook.

Now, if it could dual-boot Android or Windows when in netbook mode, or better still hot-swap between the two operating systems, well that'd be truly awesome.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] lude219:
Lenovo, as Chinese as they are, make some great, reliable laptops. I hope the U1 does well.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
Probably stolen technology.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
Stolen from Always Innovating, but improved. You say it like stealing designs is a bad things, or an uncommon thing. Thank goodness for steals.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] darkonex:
I agree with knoxploration, just sounds like a bad idea overall and will likely be expensive.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] haensgn:
Full of assumptions, most not true, not well researched.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
There are varying levels of "stealing" technology just like there are varying levels of violating the law.

Would you say that murdering someone is the same level of law violation as speeding 10 mph over the speed limit? Of course not. Any dumbhead would know the difference.

Companies "steal" technology from each other all the time. I fully recognize this. But most US companies most of the time don't go as far as hacking into someone else's server to outright steal a design and then sell it as their own. What's more, they are not government sponsored stealing.

Chinese companies, however, regularly hack into American companies' systems to steal design. And please, don't tell me they're not Chinese government sponsored.

US companies actually pour money into research and development. I happen to be a researcher. Wow, you mean to say we actually research, develop, and test our own stuff instead of stealing from other people?

What's worse, the Chinese government along with other Asian communist governments never cooperate with internet crime law enforcement. That son of a ***** Vietnamese who hacked into Apple itune last July 4 is living comfortably with the millions he stole. We know who he is. We know his name, address, etc. But there's not a damn thing we can do about it because the Vietnamese government simply won't cooperate.

Again, there are varying levels of "stealing" technology just like there are varying levels of law violation. The Chinese companies have obviously crossed the line many times.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
As far as I know, greed is a concept embraced by all types of humans. If it can be done, I'd say that American companies do hack and steal designs.

I don't know how prevalent this is in China, but I'd say they wouldn't be any more or less greedy than their counterparts in other nations.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] magicpork:
Sigh @ your arrogant americans...you need to start realizing the Great United States of America is not the only country in this world....

Lenovo has always been a respectable brand, one of the best in this industry..

Next time before you criticise another person/country/government's wrongdoings, please look at yourself first.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
Hey, I'm American, but I recognize that Lenovo is a respectable brand. Look, you might be a researcher, or you might not (this is the internet, after all..), but what you need to realize is that it's not usually the researchers (the real researchers who WANT to research and not make money; NOT a bash on you, just clarifying) who would steal designs. It's the moneymakers, the businessmen, the ones looking for some extra dough to cushion their arses.

By the way, I intern in a research lab so I know our government pours money in research. But I also happen to know that other nations do so as well, and probably put a lot more % of their funds into useful research.

Anyway, sorry to OP for hijacking his thread. Wouldn't it be awesome if Asus copied Lenovo here a little, maybe made the keyboard be its own individual computer as well? Probably would cost a lot more though.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ryusen:
Do your research. Lenovo is one of the best laptop makers inthe industry. Their designs are great... they better be... they bought them from IBM. As far as strength of design and hardware, i'll take a Thinkpad over anything else all other things being equal.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] starplaya93:
Innovative.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
I never said the US is the only country that does innovate. At the same time, we don't come out with the iped devices either. Chinese companies are notorious for mimicking and shamelessly produce fake crap. And since their government aren't willing to do anything about it, boycott is the only thing we can do.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
ok, then think of me as someone who works at mcdonalds. Doesn't matter. My criticism of chinese companies still stands on their own. My mistake for mentioning what I do.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] GwynBleidd:
You may argue all you want, but everything you wear, use in your everyday life or see around is very likely produced in China or somewhere nearby (Taiwan, Hong Kong - if we still consider it being not China, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Lao, Thailand, Indonesia).

Get to live with it, it's an obvious thing to happen in a world where in some parts of it people work for $10 a month and consider themselves happy.

Anyways, from Eastern European point of view, Lenovo is a respectable brand which has been successful with quite some products on the market. From what I could see, their support/service is also pretty decent.

That being said, I don't plan on exchanging my TF for this Lenovo (or for any other model) for quite a while.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
I expect we'll see some arguments about non-US countries not protecting workers and stuff.

(Of course, the problem is that the government keeps protecting its own industries, and the industries get babied and don't feel the need to improve.)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
I completely agree with you. I wear these things out of necessity.

This thread actually reminds me of the bestbuy commercial.

[youtube]eZAAZ7iXN-o[/youtube]
[Eee Pad Transformer General] AstroTrain:
What a load of garbage, yeah, Taiwan and Hong Kong and the vast majority of people in the PRC are making 10 bucks a month and working in sweat shops to produce the TF, Lenova pad etc. The per capita of HK and Taiwan, S. Korea, Japan, Singapore is vastly superior to any no name, non producing Eastern Euro of a country.

China's per capita maybe abysmal compared to WESTERN countries ie WESTERN Europe or the US but it is still the 2nd largest economy in the world with several decades of near double digit growth left. Being still a developing country it has already produced Titans in commerce and manufacturing, Lenova, Haier, with the largest banks in the world CCBC, BOC, etc. etc. What's the equivalents in Eastern Europe?

2 of the 3 top economies in the world, China and Japan, as well as those east Asian economies in the top 40 got to be what they are by averaging $10 bucks a month and are quite happy at that. Laughable joker.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] goodintentions:
While China is the 2nd largest economy in the world, this says nothing about the standard of living for the average Chinese.

Try to think of it this way. In room A, we have 10 people each having $10. In room B we have 100 people, each having $0.99. Sure, Room B is only $1 short of room A, but look at how much each person in room B actually possesses.

My home country, for example, has the average income of $30 a month. People are actually living comfortably with that kind of income there. No A/C, though. To me, that's an annoyance beyond imagination... with the average temperature of 95 and the average humidity of like 3 kazillion percent. The point is most people there never even dream of buying a tablet. They don't even know how to operate a computer. Yet, the economy there is quite big, having 80 million strong work force.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] GwynBleidd:
Wow, did I touch some painful spot there?

Have you actually come to a Lenovo tablet thread to throw insults to my country?

Have you actually been to Hong Kong? Continental China? Lao? Cambodia? No? Stfu.

I have (excluding Lao), and I've seen how people live there. In many parts of those countries you're still considered a rich man if you have a bike and a watch.

You also do a very good job switching from what I mentioned in my post (Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Lao, Philippines) to Japan and Singapore. It's like comparing diamonds to pieces of dirt. Nice try though.

Anyway, you completely missed my point and in addition insulted my country (like I would care about that from some nonfactor from nowhere). Piss off, thnx.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] frosty5689:
Corrections: People in China make around 500 RMB - 1000 RMB/month, that converts to roughly 77 USD. This doesn't let them live comfortable, but enough to feed themselves. What good is boycotting a product designed and made in China do for the working Chinese people? You make it worse by not buying the product, possibly causing the company to lay off workers resulting in more poverty.

If you're saying we shouldn't buy anything designed in China cause they steal ideas, then you should stop using Windows for the same reason. Why? Cause Bill Gates initially "stole" the idea of a "Desktop" from Apple. You should stay away from any netbooks that aren't made by ASUS (the company that came up with the idea for netbooks). Basically anything having Chinese involvement should be boycotted, so all the top companies should be boycotted since their engineers and designers surely must have some Chinese in them since we only know how to steal the stuff they design must've been stolen from someone else right?