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[Atrix 4G General] Richie P:
If you don't have a problem, don't post. Sarcasm is fine, but not when people are genuinely annoyed at having a phone that sits with Android 2.2.2 using 1% every hour and lasting for ages, then in the process of unlocking bootloader and flashing a rom it suddenly consumes 10% every hour without changing their usage model.

I've had multiple android phones, flashing countless android roms, and I've done battery calibration and installed and reinstalled kenn's beta 4, alien 2 and now alien 3 with the default kernel and with faux's oc kernel and all have the same problem.

I don't know what's causing it, but this is not user error or a noob mistake, there's a genuine issue.

All I'd ask is for someone to look into it. It must be easily replicated as there are a lot of people experiencing it.

Thanks.
[Atrix 4G General] artisticcheese:
Did you try steps from this guide? I gone through all calibration attempts as well but this guide below seems to me doing things a little different and not only that it actually posting some metrics showing improvements.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198333
[Atrix 4G General] Richie P:
I guess I could've been a bit more specific but yes, I used that exact guide to do the calibration. I believe the problem is more fundamental than how much charge you have when you install the rom.
[Atrix 4G General] humjaba:
Posting here in hopes that someone finds a solution... My battery life seriously sucks now - I used to have 50% at the end of the day (6AM to 10PM) and now I typically have 10% or so. Has anyone successfully gone back to 4.1.83/Froyo and got their old battery life back?
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
Did you set up Watchdog the way I described in the thread? If you drop 10% every hour, one of the processes is seriously sucking your battery life, and it can be found... there can't be other explanation

If Watchdog doesn't catch the infringing process @ 20% threshhold, try setting it to 10%.
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
As with everyone else, I would first recommend trying out this guide -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198333

And posting back what improved and what didn't.
[Atrix 4G General] vjoom:
Im using Ken Alien Rom. Im on 19 hours and still have 24% battery left. I been using it heavily throughout the day. I have tried other rom and battery is not as good.
[Atrix 4G General] dragunbayne:
I just picked up better battery stats from the forums here. Under wakelock the fast dormancy is one of my biggest users of battery. Upon researching that I saw people saying the SGS2 get far better battery life with that off in most cases. Is this something we should all look into? Also Lookout was up there too, top five maybe, but I believe it to be worth it.
[Atrix 4G General] Magnetox:
+1000000000000
[Atrix 4G General] princeandy63:
I thought about sharing this, my best battery life yet, and top consumer is phone idle

I followed this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198333

I didn't abuse the battery as much, I usually get around 15 hours

See attached images for results
[Atrix 4G General] xploited:
If these screenshots were made with "heavy phone use", then this is very good battery life. ;)

See guys? Cailbration works :cool:
[Atrix 4G General] RogerPodacter:
Need to include the display-on time to really know how heavy it was used. Looks like pretty light usage to me from the graph with screen time.

Also I too have that awake bug. Something wakes up this phone constantly.
[Atrix 4G General] evaporic:
That issue can be fixed with a custom rom and using the task manager to "auto end" as many apps as you can
[Atrix 4G General] TheSmokingAndroid:
Using better battery stats i discovered that AlarmManager is eating a lot of my battery..i suspect that it is the reason behind the phone idle problem for me anyways
[Atrix 4G General] pukemon:
that looks like light usage to me. 12 hours off charger with some random use and 4 hours plus display time seems to be about indicative of a good day. i sometimes get 5 hours plus display time with 12-15 hours on time. i got 8 hours on time with 6.5 hours display once and heavy heavy wifi use. about 200 megs that day.
[Atrix 4G General] oOnEe:
I'm experiencing the same battery problem.

I'm running Alien #3 with the latest ATT radio and Faux123's kernel. I've configured SetCPU with undervolting params + processor limit to 600MHz when screen is off, and my battery was still draining very quickly.

I've also calibrated it several times after a full discharge/charge and some bloat **** have been frozen.

I need the data being activated 24/7. Gmail + Exchange account in push, tweetdeck every 15 minutes.

Regarding BetterBatteryStats it seems that AlarmManager is on the top under Wakelocks. I've already frozen Date & Time but I don't know if it has something to do with that AlarmManager... What's more I can't find it in the application list to be frozen...

I've also noticed a wifi problem. It was setup to stay always ON but in fact it gets OFF each time the screen gets OFF... At my office, I've to reconnect on a web portal each time a wifi connection is made. WifiWebLogin is handling that odd job but I find out that it was a top battery consumer. I've disabled the wifi and lost only 1% in about 40 minutes (would have lost ~5% otherwise).

IMHO fixing the battery issue will require a fix of the wifi (re)connection.

edit : I find something weird in the Wi-Fi sleep policy (at least in Alien #3). It seems that the options are inverted, i.e when When screen turns off is checked it stays UP even when the screen is off, when Never is checked the wifi gets down with the screen, forcing it to browse for a new connection each time I wake the screen up. This was most likely the root cause of my battery draining issue :)
[Atrix 4G General] dragunbayne:
As far as Alarm Manager goes, here is some info from the Android Developers site:

As you can see it isn't really the actual alarm like thought.
[Atrix 4G General] princeandy63:
Yes it was relative light usage, like I said, I did not abuse the battery like I usually do because that was the weekends, weekdays are something different, I stream Music, do some gaming, check emails, facebook, etc. I'll post weekday usage sometime this week.
[Atrix 4G General] humjaba:
I followed this in addition to installing watchdog lite and my battery seems to be fine now. Social networking and media storage were killing my battery, so I used TI Backup to freeze social networking and cleared data on media storage. Then, I followed that guide. So far today 2.5 hours off charge and 20 minutes of display time I'm at 92% battery, which is much better.
[Atrix 4G General] Rickroller:
Nice find! I was also having this issue and this seems to have resolved it. Has anyone else noticed weird battery activity when its fully charged? If I fully charge my battery ..and then power off the phone and take my battery out and then plug the charger back in..it boots up to the question mark (cuz its looking for a battery). If I then insert the "fully charged" battery..it only shows 5%..and will continue to charge to 10% at which point it stops. I know before it used to show full if it was full ..and charge to 100% if it was chargeable. Im wondering if my battery is pooched or if something else is going on..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csp2510:
Hey all,

I've been browsing around the XDA forums for quite a while now, and normally always have been able to find a solution if not at least some relevant information to any of my issues regarding my S2.

I'm currently on Vodafone AU and have the Skype pack on my account, which allows me to use Skype via the Vodafone network rather than over data.

The problem that I am facing is that after Skype was updated to the latest version, I can no longer connect. The app (Skype on Vodafone, not the Market one) tells me 'Couldn't connect to Skype'.

The previous version of it worked just fine, however I never anticipated this problem so I did not make a backup of the old app.

From testing I have been able to get it working on the stock Vodafone ROM, but not on a Custom ROM. I am currently running Cognition S2 1.15.

I assume they coded the app in a way to verify the type of ROM that you are using so you can only connect if you are using the Vodafone ROM.

Does anyone have any idea on how to get a workaround on this issue? or for that matter does anyone out there have the previous version of the app?

I do use Skype quite often, but don't really want to use the Market Skype since that goes over metered data; and I really do not want to go back to the stock Vodafone ROM.

I've uploaded the current version of the Skype App, if someone needs it or it proves to be helpful.

h**p:// multiupload /EU2QQP4AFS

If there's any extra info I can provide that I might've omitted please let me know.

Thanks in advance for any useful information in the matter.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sancuso:
Hey mate do you still have the problem? I have installed LeoMar ROM, but my Skype on Vodafone app works fine, also I used to have the Lite'ning ROM in wich it worked perefctly as well... I have the last app update in a Samsung GS2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sleepycat3:
How did you install the Voda Skype app on Cognition Rom? Find that source APK and install that over.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] qwerty1q:
Is this card working properly with S2, please?

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Accessories] stevehy:
Had it for a month now (through Amazon) and no problems.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] rickgillyon:
Yes, works fine.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] evox84:
Where I can buy a good class 4 32 Gb microsd for the GS2?
[Wildfire General] DNM862:
Hi,

i have been using my android phone for about 3 months now, good experiences :)

i reboot the system quite oftern (personal preference)

however what i have noticed is that when i first boot up and use for about a few weeks the phone is VERY fast and snappy, after that doing things such as updating friendStream cause the phone to freeze for about 10-15 Seconds. i have a few apps installed, not an excessive amount.

Quick System Info - task killer

GPS/ location = OFF

WiFi = ON

GSM Only - save battery

any ideas?

i understand the Wildfire is slow hardware, but why would it be fast to start?

Thanks
[Wildfire General] Deleted member 3005899:
Dude don't use task killers. It's not Windows Phone times when task killers where a way to go. Android has a biult in task killer which kills apps on his own decision. A app that YOU killed on YOUR task killer will start itself. So with task killing you not only load the proccesor a LOT but you make the system eat more RAM because it's starting apps.

Task killers increase battery drainage, and overall slower performance.
[Wildfire General] Lesicnik1:
Well, I took some advice and am now running a 7day no task-killer test.

Day 2 so far and I don't even notice the difference ._.
[Wildfire General] Frosty666:
Yeah don't use task killers, no point. If you must, just get AutoKiller from the market so android kills background apps a little faster. (Only if you have root) set it to moderate or strict.

Another idea is to get a different launcher app off the market. Sense is a big memory hog.

(Off topic alert!)

You sound a bit like my brother... he was asking me tonight why his Wildfire is so laggy now and my x10 is so snappy...
[Wildfire General] Aca902:
dont use task killers, never... tell just eat battery and etc... use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1111145
[Wildfire General] DNM862:
Thanks for all the advice, going to uninstall the task killer in a few mins.

as for the launcher i am using LauncherProPlus - even that lags sometimes, sure that shouldnt happen. any advice about overclock?

RAM usage stays below 40% (usually)

CPU averages around 80% (100% in apps such as Drop)

Thanks again :)
[Wildfire General] Deleted member 3005899:
The diffrence will be noticed young padawan :D *read in yoda's voice*
[Wildfire General] 3xeno:
Besides, if there is no difference is using and not using an app, IMO, it is better to not use it in the first place. ;)
[HTC Desire S] nodeffect:
Hi guys, we all manage to make our phone to s-off easily using alpharevx.. but I have a question, if I need my phone for warranty, how can I make it back to s-on ? Need some info guys, thanks..... ;)
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
i don't think you can do it yet but i believe it's being worked on.
[HTC Desire S] neomis:
It should be possible:

1. Download old europe rom 1.28.401.1

2. Extract the hboot and flash via fastboot (fastboot flash hboot example.img)
[HTC Desire S] Bubaaak:
But someone says that AlpharevX hboot is protected , and is need to wait till they made unprotected hboot...
[HTC Desire S] evmt:
You can probably replace your HBoot through adb and then flash RUU. Well, I'm sure you can do the first part at least.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stkiswr:
Posted on Facebook...am I to understand kernel source codes for Evo gb have been released?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neitmrh15:
Unfortunately that was not one of the kernels released yesterday.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stkiswr:
:-( figures. Didn't see Xda light up about it lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BonkyMoon:
I periodically go to http://developer.htc.com and check the list. When the source is released, it'll be on that site.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stkiswr:
Cook thanks for the link
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
I'm sending my Xoom for repair to Motorola and I can't seem to locate the receipt. I traded my iPad 2 on CL for the Xoom and the guy gave me the receipt. I believe I still have it but in the event that I don't am I out of luck?

I had the receipt in my drawer but my g/f has a habit of moving my things from where I put them. Any help would be appreciated.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ffttgghh:
I had an issue with mine, didn't have the receipt, but went online with the serial number, opened a case, then called in. they sent me a box (had it the next day, which was a friday.)

They never asked where I bought it or anything, just repaired it. As for turnaround, I shipped it on a friday, got it back on tuesday, which I thought was incredible.

I wouldn't worry about the receipt.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
Thanks.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqstatus0685:
I called Moto today and the lady stated that they are replacing my Xoom with a new one. I hope I get it tomorrow! I'm having withdrawals and my G/F is telling me I'm talking in my sleep about recovery.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] albundy2010:
What is the reason for repair/replacement?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zabihjan:
i setup pattern instead of pin numbers.

the problem is anyway i swype through patterns, my phone unlocks.

pls help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archer:
I got this after flashing firmware when I already had a pattern set up. Just go through the setup for the pattern again and it should persist.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zabihjan:
thank you

all sorted
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d3l1:
do you experience a bad recognition, too? sometimes when I try to enter my pattern it recognizes my finger not from the beginning but in the middle of the movement. kind of annoying sometimes to swipe the pattern again and again.

That mostly happens when in a hurry. Doing it slowly and calmly works 100% but doing it in a hurry (while driving, ...) sometimes doesn't work right.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIBUBO BCJ:
After a few days, I noticed both ROM (CyalogenMod and MIUI) is almost finished and fix most bugs. But I don't know the difference between 2 ROM ( About performance, signal, battery... which is faster and smooth over? ) Anyone can give me some advice ? I'm using Evil Fascination and I want to try AOSP ROM ^_^
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobloblaw1:
Honestly it's a matter of fact preference. They share many similarities but miui has a radically different ui which is often compared to iOS. I'd recommend that you try each over a week or so. One really can't objectively say that cm7 is better than miui or vice versa.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BIBUBO BCJ:
Yes, and because of that reason that I hesitate between the CM7 and MIUI. I don't know which one is better, but I don't want to spend time just to try those ROM.
[HTC EVO 3D] metko:
So anyone knows when will htc release evo 3d gsm for europe?I cant wait to get a new device but if htc doesnt release the evo 3d soon than it will be the galaxy s2 :)
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
Vodafone is getting it 1st, check here for updates when.

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/htc-evo-3d
[HTC EVO 3D] borgqueenx:
Well if it doesnt come out before august the 16th my choice is made. Optimus 3d ftw. (netherlands, t-mobile)
[HTC EVO 3D] metko:
im in serbia but here we get new phones prety fast so once its released (no matter where) we will get it we have already sensation.galaxy s2,arc.optimus 3d.....and etc but problem is when is evo 3d going to be released i hope til 1 august if not then i can wait for iphone 5 or 4s :) wich will eat the competition cause apple saw what the competition did now they will do better :D
[HTC EVO 3D] borgqueenx:
And btw that link you gave puts up vodafone saying there is mainentance...while the shop works.
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
THat means it'll probably be anyday now. ;) It was a page just to input your number & email so they could you know the realease. They might be setting up the launch page.

Trust your CDMA cousins here, it'll be worth getting. :cool:
[HTC EVO 3D] metko:
ohhhhhhhh i realy hope cuz i love this device the first time i looked at it :D i realy hope you are right htc has time till 28 july if htcdoenst release it im waiting for ice scream sandwitch devices or new iphone i curently have an iphone 4 wich rocks :D best device for multimedia :)
[HTC EVO 3D] borgqueenx:
I rather think they just deleted the link.
[HTC EVO 3D] metko:
bite your tung :p
[HTC EVO 3D] dan-says:
Does anybody know if the bands will be compatible with ATT US?
[HTC EVO 3D] borgqueenx:
Well the vodafone link works again. No info though.
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
I'm told its August 6.
[HTC EVO 3D] metko:
by who??i hate htc they are so anoying why wont tjey give a release date....:mad::mad::mad:
[HTC EVO 3D] borgqueenx:
august 6 for europe i hope...not just for the UK..:(
[HTC EVO 3D] Raspster:
The euro one will NOT work with AT&T 3g but the one coming to Rogers WILL work on the AT&T 3G/4G 850/1900 bands just fine. I'm waiting for that one!
[HTC EVO 3D] dan-says:
I'll be waiting for that one too then! Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] metko:
i dont know every day i lose interest on the evo 3d and love my iphone 4 :D i dont know if it doenst show up on the market till 28 july bye htc and waiting for new iphone or ice screem sandwitch devices :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dk206:
Hey guys sorry its been a long time on the SGS thread. I wanted to ask something quickly (need a quick response for my friend)

What is the latest OFFICIAL stock U.K (via Kies) firmware out for i9000? is it 2.3.3? or is 2.3.4 out yet?

And also has there been a final final stable version of Cynogenmod7 out for SGS too?

Thanks don't have time right now to search through threads since I'm out of the country.

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] count0zero:
Read the latest news on GSMArena. 2.3.3 is official current version from Kies
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] john8099577:
Is there any new firmware of Android 2.3 for G8?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fzelle:
There was never an official 2.3 firmware, so there can't be a new one.

The only ROM that is based on 2.3.4 is the CM7, that still is in alpha.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lenn:
And we should be lucky that we have someony like Bubu, who created the whole port alone:):)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrysilis:
I have since worked out a solution, and posted it in the CM7 Q&A thread here.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] atinm:
Can you confirm that everything is working? Or at least, you're not seeing crazy crashes etc that would imply that the partition layout is different? In fact, can you pastebin the output of the mount command?

$ adb shell
# mount

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrysilis:
Everything is working fine, have reinstalled apps from the market and am currently listening to podcasts off the SD card through BeyondPod and all is good :) No crashes nor FCs.

Here is the output of mount http://pastebin.com/YaVBTnJt

Thanks for all your hard work!
[General Questions and Answers] sdequant:
Hi guys,

I'm trying to create a goldcard and therefore I need to do some work in HxD.

When I get down to this step (in the xda-thread of downgrading & rooting for HTC Desire Z) "Go to Extras > Open Disk. IMPORTANT: Select your memory card UNDER the Physical Drives category. DO NOT open the logical drive" I see "hard disk 1" and "hard disk 2" under the physical drives.

Which one should I choose, or where can I find what each drive is?

Thank you so much!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gh123man:
the stock 3d launcher runs really well on our devices. only issue is due to the high screen resolution the app drawer does not seem to play that well with positioning and input. does anyone know what needs to be done to fix this issue?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] rickbubello:
I cant understand why a 200 dollar phone has such horrible signal strength. I have stock rom gb ( i am rooted though) running on my incredible 2, and my db level is always between -90 to -102 showing 1 bar or none while my wifes droid x shows -72db to -70 at all times all over our house and everywhere we go. It gets even worse when I put a silicone case from verizon on it. Is there anything I can do"? I had a thunderbolt that had slightly better signal but this is ridiculous, anyone else experiencing this?

I think if this continues , I might not have a choice but to trade this phone for something else. I would really like to keep this though so any suggestions would really be appreciated thanks
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nimdae:
Unless the devices were calibrated on the same equipment, you can't rely on the accuracy of their signal strength measurements.

Are you having any REAL problems or do you just not like what your phone displays and perceive a problem? Mine shows between -80 and -100 usually and I get great call and data performance out of it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] 420fan:
Try going into settings-calls-then network. I changed from global to cdma and it seemed to help. Ymmv
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Bob-o:
Try a different back cover. The antenna is in that. May have a bad cover. Mine came with two and one of them gave me better signal than the other. Take it to verizon, they should switch it out for free. Mine gets awesome signal everywere.

Bob

Sent from my Dinc2.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] bik2101:
that's really interestiing.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] presence06:
Can anyone confirm or have you tried factory reset after GB? On Froyo I had decent/good signal, but after GB it's been horrible. I am steady with 1-2 bars even in areas I used to get full bars and my dBm is around 90-102. My battery has seriously been crap since and I keep hearing and have been told by HTC/Verizon to do a factory reset to fix it but I don't know if I want to. Just curious if anyone has done it.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] voxigenboy:
that is correct. the antenna is in the back cover. try removing the back cover and watch as it loses signal completely. to make things worse though, it seems the antenna is focused at the bottom of the case.. so similiar issue to what the iphone 4 was having.

i wonder if there's small booster antennas you could stick on to the phone somewhere(sure sounds like nonsense but i'd give it a try).
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] voxigenboy:
yeah of course they are going to tell you that b.s. just like if you go to the geek squad with a pc problem and they'll say "oh you need to reinstall windows".

i just know if you did a reset it wouldn't fix anything.