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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] falex007:
Yes, I have standard battery. At that time I didn't browse internet. I have latest CWM by amit.bagaria, and partially enabled animation. But I made some modifications:

1. installed DroidWall to filter what applications can go to internet

2. removed unused stock applications, sounds

3. used Autostarts to switch off some applications (like gmail, market and so on) from autostart (if I need to update software I will start market manually, the same with email: I don't need it immediately because I almost always near PC or laptop)

With listening streams on XXKPE I took lesser then 8 hours (on XXKB3 I can listen for 8 hours and have about 20÷30% charge). This is most bad thing I got from flashing to XXKPE. But I receive more :)

EDIT: I have about 40% of brightness
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
Let me tell you my battery life its 6 or 7 hours lol...

See I don't know why media scanner eats my battery?

I have 29 battery left During upload.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] falex007:
First: did you recalibrate your battery? As you can see my device was going from 15% to 0% in about 8 hours (with WiFi on)

Second: do you mount your phone to PC? after unmounting Media scanner starts to rescan and find all new media.

Else, do you look flash banners or something like this while browsing? I can eat battery too
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ephraim:
Amen to that brother, mine eats up display :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
I have done battery recalibrate 2 times and no rarely I put my phone to pc for data. I'm also shock to see that media server eating battery..

IM again going to do battery recalibration let's see what happens currently I am at 1%.

I usually get a good battery life when I just flashed kpe but things changed from last two mods like cf root and legend theme.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
I need the sync on at all times as although I'm mostly at my computer, its my studio machine and thus is kept away from the internet & any other standard applications.

Anyway, I'm quite happy with the battery life according to my usage. All the streaming and stuff is not done everyday anyway. I have frozen most of the bloat and anything else I don't need.

Maps, unfortunately, takes a lot of battery and there's no way to stop the service. Same with Skype.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] edmund101:
Battery cant charge when turned off to charge

I alrdy flashed twice of XXKPE, everythings works great but just I dont know why everytime i turn off the handphone to charge , it will stuck at loading screen.. and i neeeded to take out my battery to disable it..

I just can charge when my phone is on.. Can any1 fix this?

FYI: i can use my phone up to 1 day+ .. it's so amazing~~

PLz fix my battery charge problem when turned off.. TQ :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
Which apps have you removed? Can you make a sticky of apps which can be removed safely? I had started a thread but it was moved to i9000 forum to obscurity

Sent from GT-I9003 using XDA app.

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GT-I9003, GB XXKPE, Rooted, Deodexed, CWM, Legend-X

Wave 2, 8530, Bada 1.2, DDKA1
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] VFRPS3:
BT issue with car

Hi,

I upgraded to XXKPE last Friday. So far, everything works fine (especially battery life).

Except BT connection to my car. It is paired and connected (before with KB1 it was paired only but no working connection), but I have no audio and I'm not able to make calls.

I read similar issues on different phones using GB.

Did someone experience the same issue? Do you know if there will be a patch on GB for BT ?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] falex007:
read about this in my FAQ :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] falex007:
OK. I don't use Skype :) Only sometime. And I don't have problem with Maps, because I don't use them too (I have another map application, that shows traffic in my city and has free internet traffic in network of my operator). But I stop any services, when I don't use them

I'm happy with the battery life too, it's not like my previous Nokia 5800, but I use SGSL more than Nokia.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
so after reading all this praise of xxkpe (and being betrayed by samsung), I flashed it and it's great so far (flashed at 12 noon). except now some live wallpapers make the phone a little jerky (the wallpaper stutters while scrolling, as do the home screens and the shop drawer stutters while opening but works fine after that)

is this is a beta thing or a problem that can be solved? (yes, I flashed twice. and wallpapers that cause the problem are nightfall, sun set, fireflies and skyrocket, all downloaded from the market)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] manrock111:
flash skin latest cwm for your firmware from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1151704
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Actually the wallpapers lag a bit because of certain compatibility issues since XXKPE is new and the issues faced are new, but do post a feedback to the devs of that app since the GB release for most phones aren't that stable either, but a small work around would be converting to ext4 and using Juwe Ram script that should boost FPS
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Go to Skin's CWM thread and flash the last version - CWM BATTERY FIX.

It should fix your issue.

Edit: manrock beat me to it.. :p

@Misledz - Liking your avatar.. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
you know what, samsung says gingerbread's coming next week, so I'll static wallpapera till then
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Really? But which region it will be is unknown for sure. I hope its a EUR release. For all I know XXKPE was another one of their Pre-Final test dummies to make sure everything goes as planned. But do post the twitter post if they tweeted, I stopped going there for some reasons :rolleyes:.

@spacebar, Yeah did you see the new babies I got? :D MOS Headphones :D They're EPIC :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Sorry abt the OT.. but ..

MOS headphones?? :eek:

I literally live there but haven't heard of any hdphones..

Edit: Gav mentioned the 006 cans but I never realized they were MOS branded.. I'm too much into the music.. lol :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
OT:

http://www.ministryofsound.com/shop/electronics/ >:]

They're not the best, But they really know what user's really need.

I've had them for almost 4Hrs since purchase today, The sound is phenomenal!

The review's are intense and bought MOS003, Tried it with your combo of PwrAmp+Equaliser+YourSettings = Eargasm! :D

I think the release is for India, But I could be wrong, Since officials were told aswell Mid August. I wonder if it's true ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
I saw the lineup. It strange that I went to MOS's website after months. LOL.. Its so matter-of-fact that I have almost no need to visit the site, I'm there every Friday! :p

And members have jump entry, so don't need to go online for tix either..

But they look sweet and I've heard good things abt the 006, just didn't know they were MOS branded! Don't know abt the others but they should be pretty decent too. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I'm pretty sure they are! It's as you said some time ago "We learn something new everyday" ;D

When I hit the stores I was pretty surprised if it was fake or real, I decided to google up the model since I was pretty hesitant to buy it already, Price was a little expensive but I had my doubt's it was 40% real. When I read the reviews online, It was get earphone, Wear earphone, fly.

The 006 i've heard about it aswell. They showcased the 002 and 004 series with the difference in bass vs clarity and I was pretty stunned, Like you, I never knew they made/sold earphones till today!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
My review of the new rom is a mixed bag of surprises!

Phone feels faster than before!

And the overall responsiveness is quite high!

But battery life is a big let down..

Today's review -

With just 20minutes of phone calls, approximately 10smses in the whole day and one and a half hour of internet surfing on 3g since switching the phone on @ 7am in the morning I am currently at 35 percent battery it is 11pm right now! (didn't use wifi or GPS either!) :(

I have properly calibrated the battery as taught by misledz! :D

Swype feels more responsive and its ability to add new words is, in my opinion not very good.

Currently I have skin's cwm with deodex, root and legend-x theme applied.... touchwiz 4 didn't work for me in that theme so using touchwiz 3! (no cf root no ram script applied... didn't have good experience with ram script too much keyboard lag! So I reflashed the whole thing!)

Google maps taking up approximately 29mb in the background for no reason whatsoever this was quite less in froyo!

Voice dialler and rate places unable to kill with android assistant ... they run again and again .... I'll try some other app to kill 'em!

Mostly common bloatware has been deleted by me...

Somehow the phone is faster but its not giving the same feel and battery life as the modded xxkb3!

EDIT : BRIGHTNESS @ APPROX 20% with automatic brightness option set to - off

EDIT : no sync has been run since the morning and I am not using Facebook or Google + apps also! And no music player or video player has been run...

ONLY using opera mini, tapatalk forum app and IMO messenger and a bit of gtalk....

These are my views after approximately 1 and a half day of usage! Will keep posted for more!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
Bro I didn't use the cf root but I had the theme legend-x applied so I was not having the same level of battery backup as others and it seems you have a similar issue...

By the way without these 2 mods and with just the stock rom plus cwm with deodex ;

how was the battery life? As good as others claim it ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
Wow man you achieved such a huge backup with the battery? Amazing!

What app do you use for killing auto starting services and apps ...

And what app do you use to block internet access? ???
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
I agree with you misledz! :)

this rom is probably the final test dummy! Or might be pre final...

The ram usage without any Widgets is way too higher than my stock froyo setup, when i always had approximately 3 or 4 Widgets running!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
well, I live in the uae, so it's probably for middle east. I find it curious that they would release it here before anywhere else; other regions can expect it real soon

I actually called at the end of july and they said it would come in the second week of august, but when I called today, they said next week (their reasoning being that the galaxy tab's gingerbread was also coming next week)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Samsung service center in abu dhabi or dubai?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] imarvind:
Hi, Have been using this firmware for about 2 days now. Was using XXKB3 prior to this. Some observations

- Home screen sometimes goes blank immediately after unlocking. Comes back to normal after opening and closing app drawer

- Battery life is not as good as XXKB3 (which used to give me ~32 hrs quite regularly)

- Push mail has a glitch. Mails not delivered immediately and it works more like fetched mail

- Usability is no problem. Everything is very smooth and responsive. Got just one kernel panic while flashing + rooting and none afterwards

Overall:

This FW does not deliver something beyond what KB3 does. Therefore, there is no justification to upgrade and put up with the minor glitches that come with KPE. One can tolerate small issues if compensated by awesome functionality / features ; which sadly is lacking in KPE.

Hope this helps
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
After reading many user experience I felt the same & waiting for the final polished version of gb 2.3.4 sometime soon.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jjangjojo:
Its coming to September which is said by falex that gb official will arrive for our device.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I agreed with some of your view points, But also highly disagreed with some.

- Home screen goes blank only if your using TouchWiz, The touchwiz lags with the ext4 support. That's a commonly known issue. If you don't use ext4, The same applied with using alternate launchers. Some launcher's don't manage well with the beta version, Which is XXKPE. GoLauncherEX had this issue before but their current update rectified it and hence no more blank screen. Problem solved.

- Battery life is amazing, I don't really know what drugs your on, But its been clearly mentioned for about 20 pages worth that,

you need to recalibrate it

, Simply quoting "Battery is horrible" won't help. Let me separate this.

* If you used mods - Battery drain is indeed fast with the Default CWM, CFRoot however fixes this issue, You might need to recalibrate it in order to get the best benefit's as CFRoot by Skin is based off XXKPE. That should fix the battery drain issue. There's also the system which runs intensely fast with ext4 so that eats up a little bit. But this isn't a problem.

* If you didn't use mods - Battery drain again can be fixed by recalibration. Ironically some apps tend to drain battery more, like the ever so famous Maps. If you had Maps and other social apps closed properly then you will realize the intense gap vs battery drain. Falex has indeed proven this with Autostarts which disables reopening of apps. It's not free. But also def worth it.

- Push Mail ? It works properly. I get constant updates properly regarding it. If you use GMail, Update it to the latest one, then reconfigure your priority settings so you can set the interval it will recache. Then again, Problem Solved.

I'm not being harsh but rather pointing out that there's a reason why we have the feedback and have these issues discussed and reworked. This is the n'th time probably that someone has posted the exact same issues and time again we post back the exact same solution. I appreciate your feedback, regardless.

Also take note. When you compare firmwares, Realize Beta vs

Stable

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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sgsI9003:
has anyone tested any call recorder working both ways in XXKPE on i9003 or we are locked permanently?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Sorry, I'm not a spy! :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
probably abu dhabi (the number was given to me by an eros showroom in abu dhabi. i would check the number just to be sure, but i accidentally lost it while flashing)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
There are ways to fix all of what you mentioned if you look around enough. This is a Beta release and as Misledz said, there's no point saying "it not worth upgrading".

Imo, you really do not understand what 2.3 brings. It brings a whole host of features absent in 2.2 (which KB3 is). Its not just what you see on the outside, there's a lot of changes on the inside. So, its not as simple as the 3 or 4 points you laid out to decide about upgrading.

Sure, some issues are present but then, its a Beta!

Home screen issue is easily fixed with other launchers.

Battery life is BETTER than KB3. You just need to know how to get it right.

No issues whatsoever with any sync or push notifications or exchange service, don't know why you're having trouble.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
I've lived in AUH for almost 22 years of my life tbh, And as far as I know, they get their information from the same place we do. SamFirmware :D, Some aren't even aware the phone can be modded. The arabic firmware will be released on Sept. I highly doubt the arabic firmware is releasing this mid June as SamFirmware had tweeted the same thing. Most countries would release regional firmware's only when there is a stable firmware. If you noticed how XXKB3 can be compatible with DDKB2 and etc is because they're all based off the stable XXKB3 EUR Release but with language packs and regional settings embedded. The firmware which my phone came with *From Abu Dhabi Marina Mall* came prefixed with DDKB2. Only when GB has a stable release of 2.3.4 of EUR, will there be a stable GB release for Middle East.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] maverickts:
Has anybody else noticed that we're now able to play full HD videos without any problems? :D :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] maverickts:
As mentioned on some posts, sometimes after flashing CSC would be showing 'Unknown'. In my case, everything was fine after flashing; CSC showed some version. But after ext4 conversion and rooting, now CSC read 'None'. But I have no problem using the phone i.e I can place calls, send sms, access internet etc. Will the CSC being 'None' create any problems in future?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Yes, some have. While some still say that its not possible. I have no issues with .mp4 fullHD and .vob. Mkv fullHD still don't play.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kirankowshik:
Multiple Options for Rooting

Hi..I am preparing myself to root my SGSL..but have a question after seeing so many posts..there are multiple options to root my phone..vivekklady's..amit's..Skin1980's..which one should I use..I am very confused here..If anyone can tell me what difference is there between these options, it would be very helpful..Also, which one's better?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
How so? I tried 1 SD mp4, 1 1080p mp4 and 1 720p mkv, all do not play. I gave up but I don't downgrade because I don't watch video at all on my phone. Just tried it out to know.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
The one that is suitable to your config and you feel comfortable with.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] soodgautam:
Use skin's CWM - used by most of the people and quite stable - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1151704
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kirankowshik:
Skin CWM is for XXKB3 i.e. 2.2.1..I am on XXKPE 2.3.4..so it does not work..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Pralinos:
Use CF Root by Skin, it includes CWM for XXKPE + root + many other features

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1201062
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Please check properly before you say things like that. It may mislead others.

Skin's CWM has different versions for many f/w's including KB3 and KPE.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] sakindia123:
sry unwanted post double post
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Pralinos:
I think this firmware is very good, i should recommand it ;)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
then that means i've been lied to again! :mad:

well, i flashed kpe anyway, it should tide my excitement for gingerbread over till september. by the way, did you find out about the september release from samfirmware?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] -Cronos-:
i wanted to ask if porting the sgs2 lockscreen would be possible
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] PondaRox:
oh, and one other thing, is it normal that the battery notification sounds that play when plugging the phone into a charger or when it charges fully are gone?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] imarvind:
Agree with your points mate. I didn't say battery life was 'horrible' ; merely that my experience was that the life was shorter compared to KB3. And yes, I did recalibrate ( I would think that goes without saying )

I do know that it is beta and one cannot expect it to be flawless. The essence of my feedback was that are the flaws (however minor ) worth putting up with in exchange for a much enhanced user experience. My answer to this was No.

I am aware of all the workarounds you have mentioned; but I reiterate; does KPE offer a user experience (im not talking about under the hood / imperceptible improvements) which makes all the trouble of implementing those workarounds worthwhile ? IMHO NO. Thats all. No offence meant to any enthusiasts

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Umm, possible, yes. But worthwhile, maybe not. Esp when you have apps like WidgetLocker to rock out ANY kind of lockscreen you want with the hundreds of themes available.

Maybe someone here can give it a shot though.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
Ah fair enough mate, fair enough. What you say is true, but for who? Its worth upgrading for enthusiasts and modders. When was this site meant for the other lot anyway? ;)

If you (don't mean "you", but just a 3rd person reference) just wanted a stable end-user rounded off ROM, you wouldn't come here, would you? You'd just wait (all eternity perhaps..) for KIES to give you an update. That doesn't sound very exciting, does it? :p

Btw, yeah, those sounds have been done away with since KP9. Why?

No clue.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] imarvind:
Would really appreciate it if you could elucidate the differences in terms of user experience. I do not consider an increase of 200-400 points on Quadrant score to be something that a user would perceive while using his device normally. Are there any improvements that can be readily felt ? (Genuine question, not condescension)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
Pretty much SamFirmware had announced it way back that the release of India was bound to be on Sept. If India get's it's version on Sept, Then that makes the final stable this late AUG as they mentioned. Cause really, you can't have regional ports with a stable ROM. It just makes a copy of a bad version, worse. :D

@imarvind, Well I appreciate the POV, But then again, One way or another your going to find yourself clearly immersed with the phone as intense dev's like Skin and Namaless soak us with their ROMs vs Mods, I mean that's the whole point of xda-developers. Getting to know ones phone well enough the in's and out's, to's and fro's. Sooner or later there might be advanced flashing methods, Advanced fixes, and likewise you might have one of those moment's where you get to test a firmware, increase your knowledge about how to fix error's and so on, Like me, spacebar, etc, even though I agree with you, the work around's might be hectic and somewhat tiresome, It does add to your user base knowledge on rectifying future problems (:

Also no offence taken, atleast for my side.

Edit: Also in regards to your post with spacebar, A small bump in quadrant could change the way you play or browse your phone, Could set the difference between a blazing fast to a moderate usage. Improvement's which would regard performance ? Cause other than that, Apart from movie format's, Video encoders and decoders, Battery life, and also last but not least, Volume boost. I'd say they're about the most obvious improvements compared to the XXKB3.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
I'd like to clear a few things for you. Don't take any offence, its just to bring things into perspective. Your questions are genuine, but there's a method to stuff here.

1> Things are here for you to try for yourself. Its a community that's built on mutual support. Its not Answers.com

2> You try things you want to try. You don't ask others to justify something. We discuss issues and enhancements, not philosophy.

3> All kinds of detail and feedback is provided by people who actually jump in and dirty their hands first. You should be able to make an informed decision for yourself after that.

4> Quadrant scores are just an indication. Real-life feedback posts far outnumber the Quadrant or any other benchmark-related posts. So, the experiences shared here are mostly real-world experiences.

5> Improvements readily felt include better memory management, smoother UI experience, sound effects API, improved touchscreen keyboard in both landscape and portrait mode, new copy/paste functionality, improved power management which means much better battery life, better application management, new download manager, NFC (yes, you can even slap a NFC sticker on this phone once they're available), support for VoIP/SIP calls, new Camera application for accessing multiple cameras, better support for 3D view of Maps etc.

Enough reasons to flash up from Froyo I'd say.

Hope this helps.

Edit: Misledz, you got there earlier, yet again!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Misledz:
OT:

@space :P I was trying not to be a troll compared to what I did on Nama thread, But oh well, looks like you went straightforward here *Salute*
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] spacebar2011:
I just tried to be honest in explaining a few things.. and whatever you said was essentially the same too. So, point made without any offence to anybody. :)