yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Note this a complete solution and it's completely free for individuals.

Currently supports Insteon based lighting and Venstar thermostat.

Android client is on Android market.

General Purpose Web Interface that offers almost the same user experience as the Android client.

It was a hobby project of mine and I would like to share it with anybody for free as long as it's for personal and non-commercial use.

A bit technical information:

Controller is pure C++ and compiles and runs on virtually all platforms including Windows and Linux (and tons of embedded systems).

Administrator tool is a Windows .Net application that remotely configures and manages all your devices and the controller.

Of course plus Android client, it pretty much covers all technology and I waited until everything is perfect to release.

I would say it has unlimited potential in the future. Feel free to use it and recommend it to others if you like it.

Update 12/28/2011

Now the web interface is included. HTTP long poll/server push for extremely low latency two way realtime communication. Pure javascript that runns on virtually any modern web browser.

QWHA is raising the bar of home automation technology.

Update 07/22/2011 - Now SmartLinc 2412N is supported as network PLM. Also one minor bug is fixed. Next major release will add support for timers (sunset/sunrise, periodic, daily, weekly etc), triggers and SMTP transport (sending email, SMS, works with triggers). Stay tuned!

Update 08/01/2011

Version 1.0.11.728

Added scene support

Added support for new version of thermostate with devcat of 05/0E.

Android client updated to support scenes

Improved error logging with unstable PLM communication

Insteon dimmer on-level and ramp support within scene

Replaced dependency of LibXml2 with TinyXml

http://qwhomeautomation.com
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
We are now partner of smartlabs.

Still can not post links. Damn!
[Android Apps and Games] arw01:
which of the insteon to PC bridges do you support?
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Currently all PLMs. Plan to support 2412N as well.
[Android Apps and Games] Rob1968:
I just downloaded the app and excited to try it. When setting up my web address, port, name, and password I am getting the following error:

QWRemoteSession.Receive:MsgType 0 not registered

What am I doing wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Rob1968, what do you mean web address? You need to download the controller server from my website:

http://qwhomeautomation.com
[Android Apps and Games] Rob1968:
I apologize, I thought this would communicate directly with my isy99. I already have access to it via a computer and I have tried other Android apps in which I just put in my server address from dyndns with port 443 which is the port set up on my router.
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
The QW Home Automation doesn't need an ISY99. It directly talks to your PLM and provides connectivity to your android phone.
[Android Apps and Games] kizer:
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I would grab your software being the PC and the android.

Purchase a Insteon PLM

Then I could control X10 devices with my phone?

The reason I ask currently my alarm panel in my house allows me to control a few lights on the outside of my house, but sometimes when I'm outside I either have to find the switch and turn it on or go in the house and use the panel. With my phone I would be able to simply turn them on/off.
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Currently it only works with Insteon devices. PLM can control X10 but I need to test it and I'm still waiting for the shipment of the X10 device to start testing.

I'm sure it won't take too long to add and test the X10 support. You can check back my website for future release with X10 support.
[Android Apps and Games] TainT:
Super Excited to watch the development going on here.

Thanks for all the hard work. Pure Awesomesauce right here boys and girls!!:D
[Android Apps and Games] DaveBG:
What does this use to control the devices? WiFi/3G data connection? I do not have infrared on my phone so i assume WiFi or?
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
wifi/3G of course.
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Now supports SmartLinc 2412N

Update 07/22/2011 - Now SmartLinc 2412N is supported as network PLM. Also one minor bug is fixed. Next major release will add support for timers (sunset/sunrise, periodic, daily, weekly etc), triggers and SMTP transport (sending email, SMS, works with triggers). Stay tuned!
[Android Apps and Games] kizer:
Thanks for the info. I thought your website said "Future" and I should of caught that, but for some odd reason I guess I was hoping it magically worked. LOL :D

Yeah I bookmarked your website and I'm sure I'll check it out soon. I'm in the process of doing some wifi extending in my house/garage, but I'd like to start some automation.
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Version 1.0.11.728

Now scene is supported. Enjoy
[Android Apps and Games] weiqj:
Now a general purpose Web interface is added.
[Android Apps and Games] DssTrainer:
Well if Insteon supports X10, and the PLM is what actually controls everything, shouldn't it just work with x10 automatically?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pyrot1c:
:( so my g2 decided that the lower middle part of the screen should no longer be sensitive to touch and no longer detects it. Fruit ninja is HELL without being able to slice half the stuff!!

Does anyone know what would cause this? its like a deadzone. IM thinking about going through warranty replacement, or just replacing the digitizer. Any thoughts?

Idk if its relavent but i just got back from traveling overseas, I live in California but spent my last month in Beirut Lebanon. Its much more humid there, but every phone ive ever taken there has worked fine, and i see no evidence of water damage.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nospin:
It very well could be a hardware problem. Before you result to warranty do a little research and see if it's possible to calibrate the screen on this device.

I know it is possible to do it on a gtab, and that fixed a few unresponsive spots on the screen, but I haven't read if you can on the G2/Desire Z.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pyrot1c:
Thanks for the response mate :)

I just went ahead and restores to stock, and filed for a warranty replacement, new phones on the way :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f0xy:
What's the most you people get out of stock battery?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TopGear63z:
18-24 hours- IC nightly v49, almost full brightness always- moderate to heavy usage.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Balu:
4 to 5 days when I don't use it often (about 1 hour per day)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erklat:
Without data connection laying on the table? What a waste of phone's potential.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
I did not test it out. I use my phone as much as I need it. And there it carries from bed to bed, which is what I want. ;)

Sent from Oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ybt973:
With RCMix S v2.1 Test 4 battery life is 1 day with heavy use. Brightness automatic, 3G always on, 1-2 hours wifi.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waterstof:
Depends on how my phone is used, but most times I can use it for two days before charging.

(data on, gps on, bluetooth on when necessary)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f0xy:
I'm not getting good results but I am a constant user more or less lol
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuldaoo:
with leeDroid 3.0.8.2 about 1 day. internet ON, brightness auto. If I try i can get 2 days but it's not confortable
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuldaoo:
I would like to see that :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f0xy:
Got new battery on minuit, alot cooler but only get 1 day. Not really a lover of sense Rome though, may try oxygen
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iocar:
10 hours :confused: wifi always on, data always off, medium brightness.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Balu:
You can: just fly to austria and stay here for a few days ;) or you can just install GV the Vipermod and give the kernel only 800 mV (min).

When I use it "heavy" (a few :p hours internet, gaming,...) I can use it for about one day.

Per night it drains about 1 to 4% (in about 8 to 11 hours)

I disabled auto brightness an set to to about 22%.

On "normal" use I can get about 3(to 4) days.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dantata:
I usually get around two days with moderate usage.

* wifi always on

* 3g always on

* brightness lowered significantly

* auto-sync disabled

I'm using LeeDrOiD V3.0.8.2.

Last night I plugged it on at 32%, and it was almost 3 days up. I think that's because I used a simple "trick" - disabled wifi/3g while sleeping. :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AssassinSvK:
so you buy desire and you use it 1hour per day? strange :D ilmao most important is whats your battery lifetime with moderate/average usage not with minimal usage

with normal usage, calls,sms,mobile network on when needed, sync disabled, 25-50%brightness and so on i reach 2 days!

S-off, CM7 table and custom rom SGBS 1.5
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bcroc:
With Reflex I used to have 1 day with heavy use, which means:

- 2 hours music

- data always on

- wifi on at home (5-6 hours)

- moderate browsing

- sync on

- some games

- auto brightness

- remains 20-30%
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mexxxico:
Using a ICv51 on cm7r2 hboot.

With 4-5 hours using wifi and 1 hour talk battery lasts me on average about 16-18 hours.

In general, I'm pretty satisfied.
[General Questions and Answers] rookie8155:
I have Xoom which was rooted on 3.1. yesterday, I decided to upgrade it version 3.2 by following the instructions on this site.

This is how I did it:

First of all I flashed it ClockworkMod Recovery (Recovery Zip (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150)

Then performed update with Recovery Zip (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150).

It got upgraded to version 3.2 and everything seems to be working fine except for SD card. It was enabled in my previous root upgrade 3.1 but now it does not work. If I go in recovery mode, I still see files on SD card but not in Xoom any more. I will appreciate any help to resolve the issue.
[General Questions and Answers] Skila15:
I just upgraded mine this morning to 3.2 and the SD card works. shows up as External1
[General Questions and Answers] rookie8155:
Did you use the same files, I used?
[Desire General] BorgCymru:
I really would love a basic ROM of the stranded ROM. No stocks,footprints,Facebook,twitter. Etc

Is there such a thing ?
[Desire General] jordan.harris01:
Not too sure if you can get a Sense ROM without those.
[Desire General] BorgCymru:
I keep looking in at the ROM development stuff, but to me its all to much tech speak :) Guess I'm getting to old. And some threads have 12,000+ posts to wade through.
[Desire General] jordan.harris01:
Does it need to be Sense? Have you tried any AOSP ROMs?

Oxygen is a great, clean and fast ROM based on AOSP.
[Desire General] dzumagos:
just download the ROM.zip open it with WinRAR and delete .apk of the files that you dont want.
[Desire General] dexter93:
And if you're lucky, it might boot

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] Lothaen:
look for the rom editor on here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122372

it is a little tool for removing apk's that you don't want and adding some that you do - it's nice for if you don't feel brave enough to start wading through the zip yourself

you can't remove all sense - as then you'd just have AOSP anyway - but you can remove a lot of junk you might not want like teeter, stocks, peep etc.
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
So I've rooted my first android phone yesterday!

I've noticed the battery is a bit better.

My battery is down to 67% after 1 hour and 23 mintues of display turned on. I've barely installed anything on the phone.

Is this okay? Should it be better?

Another thing: is there a way to "underclock" or reduce the voltage and save battery like that?

I want to get as much out of the battery as possible.

Thank you :)
[Galaxy S II General] Frostfree:
33% drain in that time is pretty poor, I'd expect no more than 10%, but ideally less.
[Galaxy S II General] rasikh.n:
The phone automatically underclocks when youre not using the phone. I had system monitor installed and noticed that when im not doing anything on the phone, the processor goes to 200mhz, and as soon as i click around it jumps to 500 800 1200mhz depending on use.

As for your battery issue, i noticed some apps keep your processor busy at 1200, and then your battery drains even with the screen off. And no thats not normal, in one hour it should at the most go down to 90% on idle. The battery is actually impressive.

And sometimes, when you're on 3g networks and the signals are low, your phone will still drain the battery. And you will notice the back of the phone heating up, oth from running the processor at 1200mhz and using 3g
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Rooting has nothing to do with battery .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] dummy138:
My friend tell me root will cause battery run out faster, is that true?
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
No root is gaining administrators rights to a lower level of the OS .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
It's not 1:26 of idle, it's of screen time use.

I've got in my funning services stuff like, email, social hub, music, google+, juicedefender, google maps. Could any of these be draining my battery?

How can I keep some of these apps from not being in my running apps?

For instance, when I force close the google maps, it turn back on after a few seconds.
[Galaxy S II General] rasikh.n:
Google maps and gmail app never bugged me, but i did have issues with social hub and email. Use to drain my battery, so i just signed out because there was no way to stop the background services. Besides that i always have gmaps, gmail, gtalk, go chat for Facebook, Facebook app, whatsapp running in the background and no issues.
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
Here are a few screen shots that I took with the battery and screen on stats. Can anyone tell me if it's normal or if I've still got a battery issue?
[Galaxy S II General] rasikh.n:
Do you set the brightness to full often?
[Galaxy S II General] healer999:
Set automatic at the screen menu.
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
No, my brightness is almost always on the lowest setting. I turn it on fully only when I am in direct sunlight and need to use the phone for browsing etc (which doesn't happen often, mostly calls which I can do with minimum brightness).
[Galaxy S II General] rasikh.n:
I dont really know where the problem is, but it doesn't sound normal, the timing you say you are getting. Try to keep a black back ground and dark themes ( because in Amoled displays although low power consumption they use more energy to display white and colors rather tha black). And ley your phone turn off with low battery and charge it to full without disconnecting, to complete a cycle for better efficiency
[Galaxy S II General] goldbergx:
so 1.5 hrs for 1/3rd battery usage?

This means you'll get about 4-4.5 hrs of screen usage (assuming normal drainage during screen-offs). This is normal I would say.

On my undervolted phone, I usually get about 5 hours of display time + about 10-12 hours of screen-off time which carries me through the day quite easily.

You can Undervolt your phone using Tegrak's app. More on that here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101355&highlight=tegrak

Also, you can freeze system apps etc that you don't use by checking this list (using Titanium Backup). (Credit to shanume)

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...SENVeXlqUm5vV0E&single=true&gid=0&output=html
[Galaxy S II General] Devowa:
What's your phone carrier?

If your are in Japan, You need to configure build.prop.

If your not in JP, I don't know.. Try flight mode. or running without SIM.

so that you can check if the issue related with signal or not. at least...
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
I'm not from Japan, but you guys make it sound like something is wrong.

Is there an app that can monitor the usage so I can post results somehow?

Maybe monitor it for all running apps etc?

I did this little test yesterday:

I played a video on my phone (from the SD card) for 20 min with no sound. It took down around 4% of the battery. It was a 720p (1.4GB for 50 min).

Is that normal?

Edit: Just tested it again: 30 min of 720p video, with max volume took down from 25% to 17% (so 8% battery for 30 min 720p video from SD card).
[Galaxy S II General] goldbergx:
Again - both 4% for 20 mins and 8% for 30 mins sound normal. You can post these numbers on the Litening Rom thread (quick link in my signature) and other users can confirm.
[Galaxy S II General] aks1447:
this is poor... not sure what the hell original ROM doing with you.. in case you dont mind you might give it a shot to try litening or criskelo ROM..
[Galaxy S II General] goldbergx:
And what battery drain do you normally see if you play a video for 30 mins?
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
I'm using VillainROM 2.0 if I didn't mention it before
[Galaxy S II General] (•.•):
So the battery drain problem isn't solved yet ?

And its clear that the Display causes the most drain.

Try to set the DISPLAY to 25% brightness, it uses less power then 10% or 50%.

Someone made a test, just search around in battery drain threads.
[Galaxy S II General] ZedWings:
Your battery drain isn't that bad. The most I've ever got 'screen on' is 4 hours, and I only got that once. On average, I get 2 hours screen on time. The worst I got was 57 minutes. This is my second s2, I had the last one replaced because I thought the poor battery was a defect. Turns out it's just a phone with poor battery life...imo.
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
It's on the minumum brightness, not on auto brightness or anything like that. In that case, is 4 hours okay? or is 4 hours for lowest brightness bad?
[Galaxy S II General] ZedWings:
It depends what youre doing. 4 hours 3g browsing is good but if youre mainly texting, not so good. Regardless of what im doing, the display is my biggest drain.
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
all runtime +11h and screen on time 4,5h im VERY pleased with this. now turned brightness from 100% to 60% and i'll see how it goes tomorrow.

also upgraded juice defender to plus version. juice defender is a MUST have!!

before - screen on barely 3h

after - screen on over 4h!!

this with free version! and full brightness! 2.3.4 rooted.

cant wait for tomorrow results w/ 60% bightness and defender+, goal is 5h
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
System panel paid version is superb and the best app to monitor all apps and their CPU usage. Just enable monitoring then check history.

And yes your numbers seem normal. I think 4 hours of screen on time is poor, but that's what this phone gets as well as mist other android phones.
[Galaxy S II General] matanc1:
How about the fact that the Android System takes 20%, Android OS 11% and Phone Idle 12%?

This is a bit high isn't it? Shouldn't it be lower after the 2.3.4 update? On my Galaxy Tab 10.1 the android OS and Android System are 4% each.
[Galaxy S II General] tonycfc:
It is quite normal to have a very short battery life considering you're having your screen turned on for most of the time. The display is in fact the biggest contributor to battery drain so make sure you set your display time-out time between 1 - 5 minutes. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Bratag:
Based on what. He has over 1hr of screen on time. During that time he might have been playing games etc. Its impossible to gauge if this is acceptable battery drain based on the details given.
[Galaxy S II General] goldbergx:
@OP - Your battery life is fine. Do not let others let you believe otherwise.
[Galaxy S II General] SuperbQ:
Did you do Battery Calibration after changing ROMs? It helps. (download it from the Market)
[Galaxy S II General] galinha:
What rom and kernel are you using ?

I need a bat life yours

My best regards

Luis
[Xperia Arc General] macklobell:
I called the xperia helpline today and they indicated that the US firmware version that comes on the xperia arc that sony style is selling is 3.0.a.2.30. Can anyone post this firmware? They started shipping this week to customers.
[Xperia Arc General] batman_112:
Whoever told you that is mistaken. I just got mine from Sony Style USA and the firmware is 3.0.1.A.0.145.
[Xperia Arc General] Nimche:
Mine is US version too but not from SS and it @ 145
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai4u:
ive been using the phone for a few weeks now and it was fine until today, i cant connect to the internet via edge . ive tweaked with all the settings but nothing seems to work. everything else is fine . ie i can make calls and send text's but i cant connect to the internet. i checked under the status and it shows the mobile network state is disconnected. i have no clue as to wat this is since im new to android.

pls help!:eek:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Have you turned MOBILE DATA off via the power on/off menu .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai4u:
ive checked that too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
Go to Settings- Wireless and Network- Mobile Networks- Access Point Names and see if the APN is ticked or not or the correct APN is ticked.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sai4u:
everything is back to normal again,it connected to the internet, by itself . must be a random bug in the os

problem solved. peace
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techjunkieza:
I have experienced the same thing with my phone, except that it shows "activated". After a while it just started working again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonah_yx:
I've had the phone for a couple of months now and everything has worked fine till now, a little bugs here and there but no issues. A few weeks back (on android 2.3.3) I was unable to make or receive calls, but surprisingly was able to make text messages. I tried everything, turning flight mode on/off; the phone on/off; etc. I was on the verge of contacting Samsung but then suddenly the thing started working once I came back home from the office.

There has been no problems till then but today suddenly (now on android 2.3.6) the outgoing calls no longer work, same for outgoing text message; but I still get incoming calls and messages.

Just to be sure that this wasn't a SIM or service issue, I tried changing SIM's (different SIM did not work on the phone) and used my SIM on different phone (where it worked).

Also 3G doesn't work as well, but connection here is spotty so I wouldn't trust that. The only message I see different on the 'About Phone' tab is 'Mobile State-Disconnected'. I have full signal strength and all that.

My thoughts are that it was, or rather is a phone specific issue and would appreciate someone else's thoughts on the matter. As to my problem I assume it will sort itself out in a little while.

FYI: Samsung Galaxy S2; Android 2.3.6; NOT rooted; Indian version; On Airtel Mobile Network.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wolf112:
Mobile network state disconnected.

Hi guys, I have the same problem with my network connection also my 3g does not work anymore, I`m play with some secret codes like a ##72786# on my epic 4g touch sprint phone flashed to metro pcs and now I have no 3G service. In the setting menu under network status say Sprint. How can I get my 3g back?. The mobile net. 3G is on and the wifi is off. I need to change the network to metro pcs in the status setting and how can do that? Thanks for your help and sorry for my bad English. :(
[Epic 4G General] TheRob44:
So, this morning, I got a notification that my phone had failed to log into Google Talk, which I never even use. In addition, my Gmail application completely stopped working. It wouldn't send or receive emails, even when trying to manually refresh. Any ideas? SRF 1.2, EC05, Genocide 2.0.

Thanks!

-Rob
[Epic 4G General] dkechitkid:
Try booting into CWM and repair permissions. Seems to have helped a lot of people with google apps crashing and force closing.