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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] planetf1:
Just noticed my battery had dropped more today than usual.

Checked BBS and noticed "StartingAlertService" calendar taking 13m 49s ie 9.7% in terms of wakelocks, over a 2hr 22min period.

I do use, and need the calendar. Sync is set (via autosync account activator) for every 2 hours -- but it's been like this for a while without me seeing this process pop up.

Hopefully a one-off but wish I knew why it was there...

Everything else is done at the 1.5 min or less (twitter, google search, activity, google+)

The only thing dfifferent about this morning is I enabled gps and used maps briefly....

I also have one appt today with an alarm set (though that's a couple of hours ago now)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claimui:
I think it is the appointment notifications that set it off (hence the "starting alert"), and not the sync or anything else. You can turn off notifications in the Calendar app but I think any events in Google Calendar with reminders will still get through. A Calendar without notifications is not that helpful to me anyway, since the whole point is to remind me of all the stuff that I forgot. Anyway you can try clearing all your alarms and see if that helps.

What firmware are you using? I think this is a specific problem with the S II (since I don't see any other forums talking about it) so I was hoping Samsung would fix it in one of their newer versions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speiss:
I have also identified startingalertservice as the source of my wakelock and battery drain.

*Every time there is a meeting the phone will stay awake for an half an hour or so.

*The awake starts with the time when there should be meeting reminder not when the meeting does actually start.

*It only happens when I have calendar app notification settings set to Off

I will try to investigate further but if you have any ideas then let it out.

About my background:

latest leomar75

touchdown for Calendar and e-mails

tasker for automated silent mode when in meeting

internal calendar for tasker, that annot read TD calendar (notifications off)

I have tested and turning touchdown and tasker off does not fix the wakelock but turning off calendar does.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4ondra:
Anything new about this issue? It drives me crazy when calendar sucks my battery....

Any tips how to avoid it?

Thank you
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speiss:
After hours of digging, I did not found an solution so I came up with workaround.

If Tasker detects notification *:*mins* (meaning Touchdown calendar reminder) from app Touchdown, it will just kill the app calendar.

I think you can use same approach with diferent scenarios.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wltklah:
I have the same problem. If i don't set a reminder for a event, there is no problem. The wakelock start when a reminder alarm is about to ring, and then it stays wakelock for a long time and drain battery. I9100 is the buggiest phone I ever owned. Now I wonder what will happen when ICS is introduced to I9100. I think there will be more bugs in the Touchwiz applications.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wltklah:
I found the source code that call the wakelock of StartingAlertService here.

I am not a dev so I might look at the wrong thing, but I can see that in order for the wakelock to be released, there are 2 IF statements that have to be satisfied. I think the problem might be there. Any Devs here would like to share any insights??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itaykoren:
Looks like it might be it!

If anyone can make something out of this, I would be very grateful!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claimui:
Copying my update from a similar thread over at the AT&T forum: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316003

Regarding the last point: I think setting the Calendar notification setting to "Alert" avoids the wakelock issue. When I set it to "Status bar notification" or "Off", I get the wakelock. Give it a try and see if it helps.

Personally I'd rather just have the status bar notifications though. Having to dismiss the popup alert is a pain.

In the AT&T thread, somebody said that the problem seems limited to the Samsung app, and the original Android Calendar app doesn't trigger the wakelock. Using the AOSP Calendar might be one solution, but I actually like the Samsung apps. Maybe we can just replace the relevant smali file, like I did with my Samsung Email app "fix" (see signature).

UPDATE: Setting the Calendar notification setting to "Alert" seemed to help, but I eventually got another wakelock. So we still need to figure out something else to solve this issue.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodries:
I've done a little change in calendar app:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19173992&postcount=18
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claimui:
Thanks rodries! I tried the TouchWizCalendar.apk (based on XXKI4) instead of TouchWizCalendarV2 (based on Serendipity, which I guess is a AT&T custom rom).

I set up a number of dummy appointments just to test the behavior. For each appointment, I set reminders to 15 minutes prior. I set my notification to "status bar only"

At first I got a wakelock, but I realized I needed to clear my Dalvik cache. Rebooted into recovery and cleared Dalvik cache, then tried again.

Haven't gotten any wakelocks since. I am going to do some more testing but I think this might have fixed it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jneefs:
Google issue

May I invite all people annoyed by this issue to go to google's official issue 20817 "Calendar drains battery (StartingAlertService)" (sorry I cannot put URL because it's my 1st post. Use google search to get to the page) and then Click on the Vote button at the bottom

This way they will see how many people affected and maybe work on it seriously

Just an idea...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poofish:
hmm for some reason after i replaced the original calendar with the fixed one, it worked for a little while, then when i restarted my phone i can no longer see it.

i made sure the permissions and file name were all correct as well. replacing the file again doesn't seem to do anything for me either. has this happened to anyone or does anyone know how i can fix this?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] claimui:
I think it is a problem with the Samsung Calendar app, not Google's original Calendar app, because I don't see anybody other than Galaxy S II users complaining about this. However we don't have the source code for Samsung's Calendar app so we don't know for sure.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seifer1975:
For those affected by this problem, like me, just use titanium backup and uninstall the calendar app, then install calendroid from the market. It is much better, and no more wakelocks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LightningShark:
Set Notification to Alert seems to help

Had a significant percentage wakelock due to said 'StartingAlertService' and it seems that changing Calender Notification settings from 'Status Bar notification' to 'Alert' has reduced my Awake time to a reasonable figure.. Hope it's sorted now :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodries:
I've found the bug in Samsung code, the explanation and the fix.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20138812
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jneefs:
I have been surveying with betterBatteryStats for the last 3 months and can confirm that the Calendroid alternative worked like a charm. I also prefer its interface. I recommend this to users familiar with Titanium Backup.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinus:
for me, for this issue, helped setting notification to "alarm" and i dont have drains anymore.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] z33dev33l:
ok, as of now most of the artwork is not implemented aside from a few areas so screenshots would be in essence pointless as they'd show a detailed 2d avatar running at a bunch of very basic squares and walking through walls where ill be putting doors but I'm working on an RPG similar in graphics to final fantasy 5 (though a lot of the npcs are the same as I'm no artist and I'm certainly not a team of developers.) the game is called "icari- the descent" and will be my first game for wp7. The story centralizes around a girl named fayth in her quest to escape the city of the icari who are a group of winged humes that are essentially elitist douchebag dictators." during her quest she befriends 2 other characters I i don't want to reveal much of the plot there is a rebel icari involved so you do get to play as them too.

like I said, the graphics are pretty weak by modern standards as I'm no artist but one thing that sets this RPG apart from the rest is that it implements a lot of things that weren't available then. Here's a few examples.

-late in the first chapter there is a dungeon where you are struck with paralysis, you have to tilt the level to slide your character through the dungeon avoiding holes and fighting monsters using only magic or guns if that's what you choose for one of your characters to utilize.

-early on, you can't even get out of the first dungeon without reading a sign that informs you that shaking your phone will help clear a boulder that blocks your path.

-at some points you will have to look around for something, using the tilt sensor on the phone you can look in all directions during these points (at my terrible graphics but eh, i do what I can)

And there's others but again, I don't want to give it all away. I'm planning on releasing a fully loaded ad supported version, the only things the paid version at 1.99 will get you is full access to some secret dungeons with some epic gear and secret bosses. I will be releasing it in 3 separate parts but you only have to buy it once if you so choose. I've been working on this since the wp7 dev environment was made readily available and I i have left to do to finish chapter one is finish my drag and drop equip menu (which has proven tougher than I expected) and implement some of the graphics, most of which are done though again, I'm no pro artist. I like to think i did fairly well though. anyway, sorry i don't have more to share but i promise ill update as soon as i get this puzzle pieced together.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Sounds cool. However, it may be more on-topic in the more "normal" WP7 development forums, like http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=851. This one is almost entirely devoted to homebrew and phone hacks.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] z33dev33l:
Yeah, I know. I tapped the wrong link and already requested a move. Thanks.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] arses:
hi

I add some apps to a custom rom .zip but when I use androidsigner it gives a 0KB file-signed.zip

what should I do for add apps to a custom rom and do flashable??

thanks for answering
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xerravon:
Hi,

I am new to the android OS and, after seeing netflix still doesn't work after the 3.2 update, I am ready to root my TF.

I think I had read enough before the 3.2 update to root the 3.1, but now with the 3.2 installed, I have a question.

I have been looking at the thread called

"Batch script Pure Root Method for 8.4.4.11 & 8.6.5.6US - v5 beta update"

and am thinking if this is the one I use to root my stock unrooted 3.2 TF to a rooted TF. Is that correct? Oh and do I have to use the v5 or can I use the v4. I just want to make sure before I do something that's not reversible.

Actually I am quite a bit confused, but I think I am slowly getting there..

thanks for any help,

John
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rtadams89:
8.5.5.6 is the 3.2 update, so if a method says it will work with 8.5.5.6 (and the comments on that thread concur), then that one should work for you. I don't know if you can use the v4 version of the script, but since v5 is available, I would use that.

If you follow the steps carefully, you can be rooted in under 10 minutes with no skills other than being able to read and operate a mouse required. Then once you are rooted, you can learn as much or as little about the android OS as you want.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xerravon:
Hi,

Thanks, Yes someone answered my question in that thread after I had read through it. I think what was throwing me off was the date the thread was created (which was before the 3.2 update) I guess the thread was updated.

I read through some older threads where commands were entered through the DOS prompt and I took a look at the bat file. I guess I just like to know what is going on incase there is a problem. Still seeing the problems, others have had, which I guess most are from missing drivers, etc...

Thanks for the help, I will let you know what happens when I get the nerve to try this

Oh, I didnt see anything about it in the thread, instructions or FAQ in the batch file. do you know if I need a sd card in it for that method?

thanks again

John
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xerravon:
Hi,

I am wanting to root my TF but I am still not exactly sure, I am looking at the thread/method

Batch script Pure Root Method for 8.4.4.11 & 8.6.5.6 US and TW - v5 beta2 update

here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1185104

the thing is, the faq (instructions) in the bat file for v5 havent been updated (or I totally do not understand what I am doing) some of the menu options have changed there number, etc...

One question I have is, do I want to back up my current boot and recovery image before I flash root? in the bat, flash root is steps 1 and 2 where back up current boot.img and recovery.img is step 3. then 4 and 5 are to flash the stock images but there are 2 versions in this method (8.4.4.11 & 8.6.5.6) so I am not sure which gets restored (I will leave that part alone.

If anyone knows, or has used this to root a stock unrooted 3.2 tf please help if you can.

thanks,

John
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abprie:
I used this guide to root my stock non-root tf 3.2, it was really very easy:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1198303&highlight=root+3.2
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnunez1000:
i was just needing help flashing miui without losing my 3g and not needing to use odin or anything because im bad with that stuff! thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deziguy420:
what rom are you using...?

r u on GB bootloader or Froyo bootloader...?

is your phone rooted? if yes then install CWM (download a rom manager from market-free version and install CWM from there)

there are tons of MIUI roms under Vibrant Android Development Section....
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnunez1000:
i am using project v

i guess ihave a froyo bootloader

and it is rooted

i was hoping to flash miui-us's miui
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deziguy420:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shortbus-Driver:
From a 2.2 to miui.us you can flash fine without flashing bootloaders,you will still get very good 3g,good gps,and soooo much more.

But to flash back to anything other than miui you will have to Odin back to stock.

Also ...if you don't like the battery drain in 2.2....you are so NOT going to like it in miui.....just a little warning

smokin that ReVamped Miui.us. ;-)
[HTC EVO 3D] Droga:
So I rooted and installed CWM, and now when I try to charge my phone WHILE it is off, the charging light wont come on, which means is not charging while off at all. Has this happened to anyone else? When the phone is on, it charges just fine.

EDIT: Just tried it with FastBoot on, and now it charges when powered off. So to anyone having the issue, try this.

EDIT 2: It appears this only happens when on CWM recovery. TWRP does not exhibit this problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] HBNH:
I've noticed the same on my end.
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Try a different recovery.

Locked & Loaded
[HTC EVO 3D] SmOoThEm:
same

Same result here, i woke up to a dead phone this morning.
[HTC EVO 3D] bartendersimon:
Happen to me too with different recovery.
[HTC EVO 3D] blakejohnson86:
Out of curiosity, were your phones _off_, or in the hibernation state that is used for Fast Boot?
[HTC EVO 3D] Droga:
Mine was in the "hibernation" state, but before I had root, I could charge the phone while off with either FastBoot off or on. Anyway, I already changed recoveries to TeamWin's, and Im in the process of a Nandroid backup, so as soon as its done, I will try to charge with both FB on and off to see what happens, and I will post results. BTW, I've seen that this has happened to quite a few more people, so it might be a widespread problem that not a lot of people know because most of us dont ever turn off the phone to charge it.
[HTC EVO 3D] brownhornet:
I dunno.. havent tried that but why do u turn your phone off to charge it anyways lol
[HTC EVO 3D] mwalt2:
Well, if you run your battery until the phone turns off, it'd be great to be able to charge it in your own phone instead of an external charger or non-rooted/s-on phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Droga:
For one, the phone charges faster this way because its not using any power at all.
[HTC EVO 3D] devgrp:
I have fastboot turned off in the menu and mine charges fine when I turn it off. I'm using Teamwin Recovery
[HTC EVO 3D] Droga:
I can also confirm this, so it appears to be a bug related to CWM recovery, can any of the guys that still have that recovery and is experiencing this problem try to charge with FB off while the phone is off and confirm if it works or not?
[HTC EVO 3D] Bamba1260:
Same here. I did notice however, the light would not turn green while off... It was on the charger for 7+ hours. Weird. I'm using TWPR.
[HTC EVO 3D] mwalt2:
It's definitely the cwm-4.0.1.4-shooter.img recovery. I just tested with both twrp and cwm. twrp allows the phone to charge with fastboot off and phone off.

Fastboot on isn't really a 'fix' because the phone never goes off completely from what I understand. I just want to know I can charge a dead battery in my phone if I ever needed to.
[HTC EVO 3D] Droga:
This.

This might be a serious problem to anyone whos using this recovery and their phone dies before they can get to an A/C outlet (for example, on a car w/o a car charger, etc). I will send the developers a quick note for them to check this out.
[HTC EVO 3D] dadoc04:
Good work on figuring this out... Im sure we will see more folks wondering wtf is goin on with their batteries

Sent from my Evo3D
[HTC EVO 3D] DozeBeatS:
I can confirm this. Using CWM the phone does not charge when powered off. Whats the best way to remove CWM and install TWR?
[HTC EVO 3D] c19932:
when you turn off the phone and plug in the charger, the red light does go off in a few seconds, but my phone was fully charged overnight (without the red light on)
[HTC EVO 3D] str8upx:
Mine charged to 100% this morning. I stuck with CWM, I also flashed OMJ deodexed rom before I went to bed. I plugged it in when the phone was on and awake.
[HTC EVO 3D] mwalt2:
I also wondered if it was just that the led wasn't on, but was really charging. I tried having the phone off with cwm, plugged in charger, led came on/went off, and left it for 30 minutes. It did not charge my battery at all.

Yeah, the problem does not happen if the phone is on and charging.
[HTC EVO 3D] Droga:
Just flash the TWRP zip file following the instructions. It's a straight -forward flash, and the TWRP doesn't have the problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] pauldavid77:
Where are you all finding TWRP for the sensation? I can find it for the EVO 3D but not the sensation.
[HTC EVO 3D] krat0s123:
+1

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[Acer Iconia A500] tu3218:
Well I just purchased my Acer tablet this evening and loving every bit of it. I tried plugging an external HDD into the USB and go into astro and I'm not too sure where to go from there. I kept clicking home and saw something about USB but kept saying it was empty. Any help here.
[Acer Iconia A500] The Odom Project:
The path is /mnt/usb_storage or /mnt/usbdrive. But keep in mind that the external hard drive must be formatted to fat32, not NTFS as most large usb drives are. A workaround to this is any of several custom legals floating around, that will slow NTFS mounting, but I will let you get used to your device first before we go flashing anything :)
[Acer Iconia A500] tu3218:
ahh thanks! Well, looks like I'll be rooting. After I root, what do I need to get this functionality?
[Acer Iconia A500] strider_mt2k:
I installed "Drive Mount" from the Market and it gave me access to my external HD that is NTFS formatted.

It does require root access, but once the drive is mounted it plays my movies and such without any problems.

You dismount the drive in the application before you unplug.

So far I haven't needed anything special to see and use flash drives or card readers.
[Acer Iconia A500] tu3218:
awesome..thanks a lot. So do you just have root access and running stock everything else?
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
I'm doing the same thing as Strider and I'm just rooted with stock 3.1 with the .13_GEN2 OTA update. My phone (HTC EVO 4G) is rooted, rom'd, kernel'ed, modded, etc., but I haven't felt the need to do that with my A500 and Honeycomb.
[Acer Iconia A500] tu3218:
sorry for more questions, but what is that update you posted? I just rooted using iconiaroot and now looking for the next best step I should take. Like you said, I have my thunderbolt completely revamped but I as well don't feel the need to do that to my tablet. Main thing is I just want to see my HDD and be able to watch netflix.

Also for the USB mount, it said I needed busybox. Can I just get that from the app in the market?
[Acer Iconia A500] The Odom Project:
Yes, you can get busybox from the market-it comes in the form of an installer. So once installed, open up busybox and follow the instructions. Then you can install the other drive mounter :) as for the update, its minor; you don't even have to re root your device afterwords!
[Acer Iconia A500] tu3218:
Okay lol So I installed busybox, installed mount drive. I go into drive mount and I mounted my HDD but when I go into Astro file manager and USB storage, it just says empty. Is there a certain app I'm suppose to be using?
[Acer Iconia A500] The Odom Project:
Its not labeled as usb drive when mounted in the app, its /mnt/(whatever your device name is)

For instance, I have a flash drive that in drive mount is labeled as sda1, so its path is /mnt/sda1. FYI I just downloaded this app to help you out lol but I got it to work. And though astro is nice, I recommend es file explorer
[Acer Iconia A500] cfrock:
A bit of advice.

Do yourself a favor, do a full backup of your current rom/setup through CWM before going too much further down the rabbit hole.
[LG Optimus 2x] Agustus:
I did a test on my LG Optimus 2X (P990) using 2 independent software

that I downloaded from Android Market.

The SW used is: Elixir and Phone Tester.

The result on both tests showed like this:

Total RAM: 372 MB

Free: 132 MB

Memory Limit 32 MB

Threshold 12 MB

Max Memory for VM 32 MB

But the specs for this phone show - Total RAM size to be 512 MB.

See GSM Arena Website: 512 MB RAM

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_optimus_2x-3598.php

Where is the remaining 140 MB ?..Why is it missing ?

Please, does anyone here know the reason or explanation for this ?

Thank you.
[LG Optimus 2x] Acti666:
it's used by the gpu.

Sent from my O2x with CM7
[LG Optimus 2x] Piter1225:
128 MB is used by GPU

384 MB is available for user

128 + 384 = 512