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[Streak 5 Accessories] GT247:
I've recently purchased this battery for my streak (the streak is recently purchased as well)...what I've learned...

Froyo is what has the issue reading the battery

Mugen has an app to calibrate the extended battery

It takes a few full charge/discharge cycles for the calbration to dial in well

The first few times after calibrating the device/battery, as the device discharges the battery percentage is not accurate...an example is that it will drop to any random number, lets say 39 percent...and shortly thereafter it will jump to 74 percent...it's done this for a couple of charging/discharging cycles but it gets more and more accurate over time...currently I'm on about the 4th charging cycle and the percentage of battery has not fluctuated like that, it has been on a steady discharge rate going downward for the first time since calibration

The calibration app suggests allowing the battery to drain until the device shuts off and then charging it without break until it reaches 4200mV...this isn't easy because the charging can "time out" with an error message stating "the battery is taking too long to charge".. I remove the cable and battery, restart the device and connect the cable and allow it to resume charging...I'm also charging it on a minimum 8 hour charge rate, as Mugen recommends

It's been 36 hours since I disconnected it from the charger and Ive got a stated amount of 43 percent battery...pretty nice :)

Things I've read in the calibration thread...

A battery with 4200mV is considered full

A device is expected to shut down at 3200mV

Mine has shut down at approx 3600 mV during some of the intial charging cycles but currently at my 36 hours off of the charger I'm seeing a displayed 43 percent remaiming charge at 3763mV..I have a few charging cycles still left to do so I'll post what the end results seem to be

The added height of the back allows for a better grip of the device, and not in a small measure either, it is much easier to handle and hold

Also, there are actually two calibration apps from the same developer, one is sort of a "standard" calibration app ...it seems to struggle calibrating the huge 4800mah battery, but works well for people running a standard battery but who might have flashed a new rom

The Mugen app seems to be handling the large battery well, and it also allows for multiple battery profiles so one can use a 4800mah battery for a few days, insert a smaller battery and go to the app and run the battery profile for that battery...I havent tried it yet as I am still getting the beast to calibrate...that was just fyi for those reading this
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
mine too has the same issue....the streak wont recognise the 4800 mah battety no matter wht app i use... i have tried battery monitor as well as battery left..

with me wht is happ is tht the battety drains out and reaches 1% and till it reaches 1% all the other battery widgets and app they show proper reading but once the stock battery metet goes to 1% and turns red the other app be it battery left or battery monitor they get stuck and do not further give a reading till the time i take the battery out and reboot..

with battery monitor i used the voltage as 4200 mv as max and 3200 mv as lowest as this was suggested by mugen but the phone died way before it cud reach the 3200 mark.. wht i noticed was tht till the time the stock meter didnt show 1% the battety monitor showed a propet voltage reading but then got stuck at tht same reading.

with battery left same issue....

my streak worked for 20 hrs till my stock meter ran down till 1% and after tht worked for another 19 to 20 hrs with the meter staying at 1%... but tht is not coool...u neer know as to when the batttety wud run out and u wont have the phone with u when u need it...

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the mugen app just lets u calibratr the battery and it doesnt do any good with the meter.... i have done my 4 th charge cycke tht too for 10 hrs everytime ..just once i did for 2 hrs as it was an emergency and i had to leave home... else i wudnt have done tht.... but i have not seen any effect on the meter reporting still my phone goes down to 1% in 18 hrs to 20 hrs and then works for another 18 hrs or so with thr meter staying at 1%
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
max and min voltage of mugen 4800 mah battery for dell streak

looking for the maximum and the minimum voltage for the mugen 4800 mah battety for dell streak... no app is detecting the correct charge.... any help
[Streak 5 Accessories] jessada98:
oh i need it for my dell too
[Streak 5 Accessories] charliepie:
shame about the monitoring issues but like the sound of better battery life as mine is shocking so need to carry my charging cable everywhere with me!
[Streak 5 Accessories] GT247:
Mugen supplies two battery covers with the battery, I took one of them to a sheetmetal fabricator I've done a lot of business with to inquire as to whether he can make a metal one, he had me leave it with him to look into...he'll look into making one by hand for me but also said the tabs would be easier to do if they were laser cut (which I figured) and a shop that does laser cutting has to set up their machines for doing it and there's a charge for that which would make one battery cover pretty pricey but.....once the machine is set up, making multiple covers becomes inexpensive since the machines already set up so.....I'm curious how many people would like a metal battery door..... but don't ask how much they'll be yet because I'd need to know how many to tell the shop to make for them to give a price...mine's going to get done anyways haha

Anyways, seriously, I don't know how many people would be interested in it so if you read this and you are, send me a private message so as to not clutter this battery thread
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
I sent you a message as well, but I would LOVE a metal back. I've gone through 3 backdoors, I'm on my 4th, and have 2 more...But I'd love to have a metal back or 2, just so I don't have to worry about it anymore. Preferably the exact same material as the original Dell Streak door? Seeing as that one does NOT break. Lol.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Hey GT247 ..were u able to get the backcover fabricated for you....??
[Streak 5 Accessories] L22EEW:
haha, I LIKE that! :D
[Streak 5 Accessories] okishead:
Root your phone and use their native app: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1256862

I'm not sure it will solve the indication issue, but you can check the charge levels with mV.
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Mugen claims that their app doesn't work with the 4800mAh battery, for whatever reason. However, all that app does anyway is start a new Batterystat file. And it saves multiple batterystat files. As far as -I- know, if you reset tue battery stat file, you can calibrate the 4800mAh battery pretty well. So, I don't understand why Mugen claims that their app doesn't work with this battery... Anyway, for now I'm using my stock battery. I plan on getting that 2400mAh battery, soon. As well as a case that I can use while the phone is in it, lol.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Nah bro it will not work as Dell streak has an internal setting in the baseband which detects only 1500 mah battery and nothing above that....trust me I am using a 4800 mah and the streak only detects and displays the meter reading for the first 1500 mah and after tht the entire time till the battery drains out the meter stays on 1%. If i turn off the phone and reseat the battery the metet reading again reads the next 1500 mah part.... i have tried clearing the batterystats but no go... if u want the battery to be detected properly there is no way.... workaround use a custom rom and a custom kernel which detects the battery % based on the voltage of the battery... Sergei from DSC rom was kind enough to build me one with the voltage values i provided..but its not 100% accurate as the % fluctuates as per the voltage.

PS : i dont like the streak in cases atleast when i am using it..it spoils the beauty of the piece...yeah but while travelling or when its in my pocket i use the case of my sony psp...it fits properly with the 4800 mah battery at the back
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
This doesnt work with extended batteries on the streak
[Streak 5 Accessories] jitin02:
Sooooo

Still after reading all a above I Am confuse that whether I should buy 4800mah battery for streak except the fact of faulty battery Meter ??????????????
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
If you are ok with custom rom then go for this battery as I worked with the developer of DSC rom to forge a kernel to calculate mugen charge via the voltage and it pretty much does the trick...not 100% accurate but yes its bettrr than the earlier issue of it being stuck on 1%... the max tht this battery has given me an uptime is 95 hours as per my usage of being online 24x7 and chatting and texting and phone calls... when i watch a movie or 2 along with he chatting and texting it gives me 60+ hours
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Could you possibly give me a download link for that kernel, please?
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Search for dsc rom on xda.....its ver 0.72 but tht kernel wont work on other roms as it has specific settings.
[Streak 5 Accessories] jitin02:
I.e. am already using dsc ROM. I hate stock ROM specially of Dell . ugly style

Please can you give me A link to one of these Battery as I don't want to endup buying a wrong one

Sent from my Dell Streak
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.com/mugen-power-4800mah-extended-battery-for-dell-streak-m01m.html

Thats the link and also if u find a coupon box there enter the code FACEBOOK and u wud get a 5 or 7% discount...i got 7% when i bought it last yr
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Ohhhh. I thought you meant that there's another kernel you can use... So, 0.72 flatout has a kernel that detects % by voltage, then?
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
What i meant was that if ur on any other rom apart from DSC then tht kernel wont work.

So u need to first install the dsc rom and then from the dsc kernel page download the kernel for mugen and then flash it over the dsc rom ...just flashing 0.72 wont help as tht kernel has battery detection for original batteries.
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Alrighty, found it. Now, I assume that since this just goes by voltage, it'll still work for the stock battery. Right?
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Is flashing a kernel just like flashing a rom?
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
If u just install the Dsc rom 0.72 then it will work for the stock battery.... to detect the mugen 4800 battery u need the mugen kernel which is separately avaialble.

The mugen kernel will not work for stock battery as it is designed as per the Mad and min Mv value of the mugen 4800 so the reporting will be off for the stock.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Yes ita same..need to go to streakmod and choose the kernel and flash it..once done clear the cache and dalvik cache and fix permissions and also delete the battery stats
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Well, my phone refuses to flash things again. =.= I'm aware that it's an internal sd problem...
[Streak 5 Accessories] jitin02:
This Code is not valid.

The new code is MUGENRULEZ.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Oh ok...they might have changed it....i bought the battery last yr in june
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Did this custom kernel disable the 'This phone has been charging too long. It will stop charging' crap?...
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Uptil now i havent got that error at all....my mugen charges completely in 7 hrs
[Streak 5 Accessories] sanyokt4j:
So it's been 2 days since I'd gotten mine and so far i'm loving the battery, the only thing i dislike is the battery cover for 2 reasons:

1.the little plastic hangers are bound to break off(knock on wood)

2.I think it would've been nice if the cover tapered off a bit on both top(near camera) and bottom(speaker) ends, it would make the phone a bit easier to put/take out of pockets IMHO
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Yeah the plastic hooks are very flimsy.....do follow the calibration process mentioned by mugen as it helps the battery last more
[Streak 5 Accessories] sanyokt4j:
Thanks for the advice so far I'd been following their instructions pretty religiously
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
Calibrating does nothing for the Extended Battery. If you mean the whole 'For the first 6 charges, fully drain and fully charge'? Yeah, that will extend its life. But calibrating won't. And calibrating won't work, either. As for the plastic hooks... They WILL break. There's no knock on wood, lol. They will. I've gone through 6 of them.
[Streak 5 Accessories] sanyokt4j:
Yeah i know that calibrating it will do nothing for the level indicator, I meant fully charge/discharge for first 6 charges.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Level indicator can only be solved if u use the custom kernel which n0p from DSC built for me with the values tht i provided after long testing diff values..so finally i got a stable battery indicator...if ur not on the custom kernel then calibrating wont help but yes once u install the dsc rom and the kernel and then calibrate the battery it surely helps...what i wud suggest is even after the initiat charge cycles suggested by mugen finish , still go ahead and charge the battery only when its drained out fully...i have been doing that ever since...it takes 5 hours to fully charge it. Max backup i have got is 95 hours which didnt involve watching movies and the min was 54 hrs which included movie watching along with the usuak emails, messengers, facebook, songs, calls, texting.

Its been 45 hours now and battery is still 47% left
[Streak 5 Accessories] sanyokt4j:
thanks for the advice, I'd installed the dsc kernel as soon as i put the battery in, so far I'd gotten it to last 3 days with lots of texting and two hours of youtube videos IMO this is probably the best accessory you can get for the phone even though its pricey.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Yup the best...i agre its totally worth the cost
[Streak 5 Accessories] xtonda:
What is Mugen kernel and where can I find it?

Why is that so complicated, battery capacity is obviously hardwired somewhere so why it cannot be simply changed from 1500 to 4800?
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
On the first page of the DSC rom post if you check there is a llink regarding pheonix kernel project...click that and you would find the mugen kernel..the battery capacity cannot be changed that simple as dell has put a cap in the baseband that the streak should only detect the original 1500 mah battery.
[Streak 5 Accessories] _n0p_:
Battery capacity is "hardcoded" in BB (AMSS).

So the only workaround i could do - is to modify battery driver to calculate % from mV value.

As this value is changing often depending on usage scenario, i've interpolated % calculations to make curve smoother.

I think it's more or less OK now.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Sergei : yes its proper...no issues at all...
[Streak 5 Accessories] _n0p_:
Kartikaye, would you provide sample usage curve screenshot?
[Streak 5 Accessories] Dude_Virus:
Sure...

That drop was due to the kernel change which i tried...
[Streak 5 Accessories] guesirwowghr:
It's hardwired that the battery can only be detected up to 1560mAh. The mugen kernel changes the battery detection so that it detecs mAv, instead. You can find it in the DSC thread, and it only works with DSC.
[Streak 5 Accessories] Aaryana:
Delete
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] atoyu:
as title, thx
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] Buckaru11:
minimod open recovery by FUFU
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Themes and Apps] sunlicbh:
app2card, very handy!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] munwaioblivious:
Hi. I've tried download several times via 3G media files like mp3. It is not fully downloaded and it says download complete. Giving me a htm file instead. I wonder what could have caused it. A friend of mine got it working flawlessly without any problem at all. Im using a galaxy s2 and is he . I post it here because i used to have a same problem with my previous android phone, galaxy s. Would really appreciate it if you could help. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] munwaioblivious:
Anyone
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] munwaioblivious:
Anyone can help? Its annoying
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d19375:
I was formatting my SD card on my comp thru my phone, but I also thought it would be a good idea to format my phone's internal memory to free up space. Since then I can't text or do other various abilities with my GSII. What can I do? Currently running Litening ROM. Tried flashing and updating other roms but nothing has worked. Thanks.

edit:

just thought I should mention I'm on Vodafone UK monthly contract APN.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cykalu:
have you checked your imei to see if it's intact?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d19375:
Can you explain how would i check that?

Attempted to flash stock vodaphone firmware and now stuck in continous boot loop.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prodygee:
He can't text and call. He deleted his folder. Not so smart, this is a not recoverable mistake when this is not backed up if I am correctly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d19375:
that's what I thought... formatted the wrong drive and it messed me up :( Thanks anyways.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Canadian DJ:
did you select repartition and wipe?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Intratech:
recovery, wipe cache.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
As only the /sdcard partition will be mounted by windows automatically im pretty sure that's what he formatted.

Your best bet is to go into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache.

If that doesn't work, do a backup and wipe user data from recovery.

To check IMEI go to settings > about phone > status

It should be down the bottom.

If its not there, you are kinda buggered and it will need to go back to a service centre (so make sure you flash back to stock and reset your flash counter with a jig).

Unless of cause you backed up your EFS folder.

But if you had formatted your whole internal storage, the root dir, then the phone wouldnt boot at all, so its probs just a cache problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d19375:
Ok I wiped the caches and reinstalled the original firmware from Voda, the only thing that doesn't work is sending text messages. I can recieve them though but when I send I get a message saying it fails. Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
The settings in message centre Voda number etc .

jje
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Im using the stock rom but i cant play mkv files with any video player wtf? None of the players can see the mkv files only my 3gp and mp4 files show up.
[LG Optimus 2x] Kickasskev:
your point being????????
[LG Optimus 2x] tonyp:
Maybe he means "can't" ?
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Yes i meant cant.
[LG Optimus 2x] Kickasskev:
try this, you will need somthing like root explorer to put it in system/app if it doesn't install automatically.

it's the newest one pulled from Gr2, and it defo works because I have recently watched the Khan fight which was in .MKV 720p
[LG Optimus 2x] Sckank:
Tried this in CM7 and it do work indeed :-)
[LG Optimus 2x] smokeweedevery:
why can't i get it to work, or push it with root explorer, its install fine but i can't see the videoplayer ?
[LG Optimus 2x] Sckank:
Actually I cant see the videoplayer too but the codecs there so I just use the other videoplayers.
[LG Optimus 2x] Dac0908:
This thread is not informative enough: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183398 ?
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Wont allow me to install it.
[LG Optimus 2x] ergoen:
The issue here is not the video player application, but the codecs installed on the device. Are you sure you're using the latest rom?
[LG Optimus 2x] kruppin:
What? 720p mkv works on CM? When and how did that happen? :p
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Im using the latest stock rom yes.
[LG Optimus 2x] ergoen:
Well, to be honest, most mkvs don't play well at all on lateststock rom, you need gingerbread for that. Those with header compression/header stripping enabled don't play at all, you can check this using for example mediainfo ( http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net ), and even those without it usually lag horribly and/or crash the media player for me. So you're not missing a working feature.
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Ok now iv got a 720p mkv video running using mx videoplayers, runs pretty well both sound and video, some very very minor video distrotion on occasion but nothing serious, stock video player says unknown video format or something.

I thought the lg video player was supposed to support mkv natively.
[LG Optimus 2x] noxxious:
it does support it natively. but as stagefright is enabled by default, mkv playback is broken. disabling it allowed me to play mkv's on stock player. i had to put the following strings in my o2x's build.prop to make it work.

media.stagefright.enable-player=false

media.stagefright.enable-meta=false

media.stagefright.enable-scan=false

media.stagefright.enable-http=true

media.stagefright.enable-rtsp=false
[LG Optimus 2x] bluesalmon:
make sure you are rooted and unknown sources enabled
[LG Optimus 2x] ergoen:
Really? Because mine plays mkvs (rather poorly) without any modifications to anything, I'll try this later and see if there is a difference!
[LG Optimus 2x] ergoen:
Thanks for the informative post spawndk!
[LG Optimus 2x] eraldo:
Thats what i thought, im trying to play dawn of the dead 1979 and the audio is h264 which also runs in my portable media player, but the lg video player isnt playing it.

Iv had it examined by a program that tells you how its encoded and it was h264 and mp4 video i think.

Im on v10D
[LG Optimus 2x] fallout0:
Thats not entirely true. The later firmware releases do support the high profiles for 720p MKVs.
[LG Optimus 2x] susnoduadjii:
is it already solved

in computer it's usually codec problem
[LG Optimus 2x] inci55:
Re: mkv

i use mvideoplayer, play mkv files and show subtitles... i suggest you also...
[LG Optimus 2x] spawndk:
ok great, thats new, Ill test it out :)
[LG Optimus 2x] juami:
Try diceplayer v1.5.3

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.inisoft.mediaplayer.trial

It use HW video decoder in Tegra2.
[LG Optimus 2x] markop90:
Dualcore videoplayer with Tegra2/ARMv7 optimized codec: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad

Inviato dal mio Optimus 2X usando Tapatalk
[LG Optimus 2x] Dwin-d:
could anyone tell me if the O2X can play without stuttering this video (high profile h.264+aac) : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Z7GH68ZS with the last firmware ?

Thanks ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] fabarati:
I had a high L4.1 720p mkv play smoothly for most of the time, except for a few places where the bandwith went up. But for the most part, smooth. This was in the stock videoplayer on FR19.