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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Snoopo:
does it also have the BST-38 like the x10 mini pro?

You have to mention that because of the small design you can not expect that they implemented a more awesome battery that is small and has the same capacity like a battery of a large phone like the htc ones. otherwise such a awesome battery would have cost much more and would have made the price much more expensive.

As also the x10 mini pro has a lifetime of about one day I suggest it's the same here :)

Try turning of G3 and only use G2 if possible. otherwise we should wait until they ported cm7 to the mini pro where you can do this.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sxxorp:
Nope, EP500 - 1200mAh, somewhat better talktime is promised in the specifications (5.5 hours) compared to old Mini Pro. But the device is still fresh, some customizations should improve battery life :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] rotikering:
Is there any high performance EP500 battery on market? like 2000mAh maybe?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jtdc:
Perhaps give time to cycle charge the battery several times (discharge fully, charge fully) so it will run optimal. The bloatware and the apps that keeps running on the background, uninstall them as they seem to be uninstallable. For the Popcap games, only way you can get rid of that is to have root and uninstall it. Since you mentioned you're rooted, take that useless crap out.

My unit is about to get a week old but I have very light usage and looks to me it can last best 3 days, so with normal usage will be definitely less than 2 days, which is like your experience. Anyway, the full cycles I am still trying to do and squeeze out what the EP500 can muster.

This is the best choice I can find on an alternative battery

http://cgi.ebay.com/130561150352

Looks like has double the capacity, which I believe should at least provide more juice. Planning to buy, but we better see what the fully optimal EP500 can do first.

Also, I'd like to share that I use SetCPU to downclock the CPU when idle to 122.88Mhz. When the phone not rooted, the lowest clock speed is ~245Mhz. In general our phones are more idle/standby than in use, so half the clock speed reduction will be good for the battery. As a sidenote, I wonder why Xperia models are like this (lowest stock clock speeds ~245Mhz), whilst Samsung ones go as low as 100Mhz.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jtdc:
There is but not Sony Ericsson product, check my post about it here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232065
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] himuraken:
battery life

with little to moderate use i can last almost the whole day. with moderate to heavy use forget about it, always bring a charger everywhere i go. i love the compact qwerty phone and speed but the battery is getting to me.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
Youre just like me. I just want to root my phone easily using superone click too
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jtdc:
I was on the same boat but you just need a bit of confidence. The SuperOneClick even the latest one will not work because the exploit is patched on the stock firmware. That's the reason why bootloader need be unlocked so you can flash the insecure boot.img kernel (opens the exploit), which will enable the SuperOneClick to root the phone.

If you're bothered about the unlock bootloader, that can easily be relocked again following the same process, and you're back to stock.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] himuraken:
yes i am trying to understand the rooting process to uninstall apps that is killing the 1200 battery.

you can force stop it but once you use the app again you have to force stop it again, and that can get old quick.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jtdc:
that's the way android works. when you start an app it will remain there unless its programmed to terminate on quit or disable (ie. juicedefender) or have an exit option (ie. opera mobile). they say it has intelligent process management which keeps things in RAM so its instant when you relaunch, and if it needs the memory it will kill useless or sleeping processes.

there's this program "autostarts" (needs root) which you can set to disable apps to start on triggers (ie. after phone startup, or when connectivity state changes), and i use that to ensure that apps that i rarely use but still need in the phone, do not start unless i start them, thereby i save RAM. for instance, i disable TitaniumBackup, because there's no point its running unless i need to backup/restore apps.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] vijamo:
I have a disabled data, the 23 hours off wifi, bluetooth every 2 days one hour, the screen brightness to 50%, and the unchecked bravia engine, 12 hours. Generic rom installed, uninstalled all possible programs.

The battery lasts very little.

to see if we can CM7, sure but the battery lasts.

Thank you
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ngchoonghao:
me also facing a same problem, maybe because of im heavy in sms with my girlfriend. one day i can send out around 80 sms.

so, even im flash CM7 and rooted, it is quite same to me. >.<
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] JaffaTB:
i'm very happy with the battery on my phone, coming from x10 mini pro that needs charging every night i've had the battery on my xperia mini pro last 4 full days!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] FreeZr:
My battery lasts around 3 Days with light usage, 1,5 - 2 days heavy.

And by heavy i mean lots of texting, gaming, surfing ect
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Thom4s:
I want to buy this phone too but am worried about battery life. I'm getting it tomorrow anyway and hope I can turn a lot of stuff off. I don't want always-on facebook, custom UI's and stuff like that. A default android would be fine by me. I also put my phone on EDGE and only turn on 3G when I tether it with my laptop. Is that possible?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] FreeZr:
Sure, just root your phone and uninstall all the crapware :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] garychencool:
Yeah, I agree. I think you can get a better battery for it, if you really need more battery life. I get roughly 4-5 hours playing Pocket Legends on WiFi at max screen brigghtness. Short but it's not that bad for my use, excessive browsing, watching videos and gaming.

With MoboPlayer, an hour of video at max brightness only takes up a few %.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] nimbold:
do battery calibration by apps like This . the instruction is in the app

if i wanna do a brief instruction, you should use phone till it gets to 0% and shuts down.

then put charger in and turn on the device. go to the app and wait till hearing a beep (when 100% charged) then click on "Battery calibration" button. done!

it's better to do a full charge and discharge for 4-5 time after that(especially after clicking on the button). after several days it feels like the battery life is longer.

note: use the app only once. no need to do it after every charge.

needs ROOT!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] johndoe441:
if you want to improve battery life, root your device and delete all of the SE facebook and timecrape integration stuff, and some other useless crap.

standard facebook app could be used as before.

with all the standard stuff my ST15i only looses 25-30% per day in standby,

after cleaning up and especially removing TS & FB integration battery drains only 10% per day in standby.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tobasa:
and its easy to root now..:)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] kingston951:
i bought Xperia Play week ago.

and i dont have a lot of games.

so maybe can someone upload some games please ?
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
So.... you're asking for warez..... which is a no-no here

Slide open the controller click that little market button on the top right, or click "More games" theres plenty of choices for you to buy.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] subcu1ture:
AHHHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I just opened this post and it was so lol... Thought he was actually going to talk about the Game pack that comes with the Official Dock but no... Just some noob wanting free stuff.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] DeadlyDazza:
Someone should make a game-looking file that will actually brick his play with a black screen of death & the words "This is what your Xperia Play is worth if you pirate games".

Teach the little prick a lesson !!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Logseman:
Zealous children, aren't we...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] typikal82:
wow, come on man, the games aren't even expensive for this device
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Nows a good time to point out Gameloft's 99 cent sale on 6 games (4 of which work with the Play!) I just picked up Eternal Legacy and Assassins Creed

http://www.gameloft.com/android-hd-games/
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CapNM77:
I know what's 5 bucks a few months ago that was a gallon of gas. Get a job!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Cat_On_Droid:
Don't worry

Go to this site

Android market

And search games and look for top FREE
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
dude what are the 4 games that is on sale for our phone?

mostly i bought gameloft games for 3$.. just want to know what are those games.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
If you click that link and choose Sony Ericsson R800 (or in my case R800x) you'll see them. Its the two I bought, Spiderman, and one other I can't remember (site is blocked at work so I can't check).
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
when i click my phone then enter my mobile number it only shows the link of the game on their slideshow banner not the 4 games that is on sale..:confused:

and if i click the link they send at me, all games are still 3$ each, is it because the promo is not available in my country?

i bought 7 or 8 games from gameloft all for 3$ each, too bad i missed this promo, anyway, why i can't see eternal legacy on my list? even dungeon hunter 2.. is it because also those games are not available on my country?:confused:
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Hmm maybe its a US only thing. Its possible some games are not available in your country too. When you choose your phone did you try scanning the QR code that comes up on the screen? Thats how I got them.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Geeve:
*Facepalm*

You can find the games by a simple search on Google, but I recommend buying the games and supporting the developers.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
I can't see any QR code to scan.. can you post a screenshot of the QR code that is appearing on you.. Thanks.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Yeah no prob, I will do it for you tonight as I am at work right now and game sites are blocked.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] yourmajesty90:
Well, back in their days, Pirates were cool indeed. There are the Somalian ones, but they aren't so glamorous.

And look in the Market for free games, or get some Emulators.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Bad news... Guess it was like a 1 or 2 day thing because when I go back now the promo is gone. Sorrry bro...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] subcu1ture:
I think it was only for the weekend.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] brochador:
Awtsz, it's ok bro, I'll just keep myself posted here..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] yavuzyilmaz28:
After rooting the device with Super Boot as "That-Guy" at Modaco forums said, the view of the camera started to show upside down. Also some color changes occured like brown appears as blue and etc.

Apart from this there weren't any problems and the rooting was successful and I could mount as r/w in /system/ and /etc/ folders.

Because of the camera problem I returned to the original boot.img file and installed z4root app. Everything seemed alrignt at the beginning but then I found that I could not mount as r/w in /system/ or /etc/ folders.

The device has the stock rom prepared for Turkey which is b136 sp02 and the Android version is 2.2.1.

Anyone has an idea about the solution for this?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] superstars85:
same problem with me, but after rooting i replace the boot.img and recovery.img with the original then voila.... it back normal again :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
I rooted mine with GingerBreak. That didn't make my camera reversed.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gurung_vishwas1:
I don't think rooting has anything to do with creating camera problem.

Do you mean your all images comes reverse ? Is it only during taking snap for preview ?

I am currently using MIUI latest build and in that as well, CAMERA snapshot preview comes reverse, but image is O.K. But this has been acknowledged by developer and for me it is not an issue at all. Also video recording is perfectly fine.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] JaymzBond:
actually thats a known issue happens on most devices for a specific root method

i dont remember that problem with z4root too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sri.brock:
hi, can someone tell me how to install slade87_minicm_v6.01
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
Since so many fight about whether the application speed tests are correct, I made a simple script that will test your speeds for you with no bs (with just 33 lines of code) and display the average speed for you in MB/s Mb/s and kB/s. It will let you choose 1 of 5 locations within the US and UK to test your speed against. The files are hosted by my vps hosting provider to test their data center speeds so they are pretty fast as well as provide a decent set of locations as well as keep me from paying for the bandwith :) . These are 100MB files so it'll give your connection some time to average out the speed. To run it just do the following:

NOTE: THIS TAKES AN AVERAGE OF YOUR SPEED, NOT THE PEAK SPEED. If it seems like it's slower than you think, it's because it's taking how long it took to download and the file size.

1) Download the script

2) Move it to a directory you can execute it from, such as /data/local/tmp by a file explorer or by the terminal.

3) gain super user privileges on the terminal (type "su" without quotes)

4) go to the directory you put the file and modify the permissions so you can run it:

cd /data/local/tmp
chown root speedtest.sh
chmod 755 speedtest.sh

5) run the file, picking a data center as an argument like so

atlanta, georgia:

./speedtest.sh a

dallas, texas:

./speedtest.sh d

fremont, california:

./speedtest.sh f

newark, new jersey:

./speedtest.sh n

london, england:

./speedtest.sh l

If you don't enter any letter after the script name, it defaults to dallas, since it's geographically in the center of the US.

Questions/Comments/Feedback, feel free to let me know. It's just a simple script, nothing impressive, but it does the job.

Currently it is only taking the integer values for the data output, because busybox doesn't include bc to do the floating point (decimal) math easily. I can pipe it through awk, but have not gotten to that yet.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] JBO1018:
Thanks for this! I'm going to give it a run this afternoon.

FYI: in step 5 you wrote speedtweak.sh not speedtest.sh. Just so ya know. Thanks again.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] theoneownz:
Changing servers can be considered a tweak.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
Thanks for pointing out the typos. I shouldn't write out directions when I'm half asleep.

If anyone had any other high performance server locations with static IPs, I will add them to the script.

The current ones are at least likely to be of similar performance, just farther from you, so they could be slower from too many network hops. Busybox includes traceroute, so if you wanted, you could type the IP for the server in with that and find out which is closest to you by network hops (which may not be the same as actual physical distance).
[Thunderbolt Android Development] JBO1018:
# su

#chown root speedtest.sh

# chmod 755 speedtest.sh

# ./speedtest.sh

Connecting to 69.164.200.100 (69.164.200.100:80)

testfile 100% |***********| 100M 0:00:00 ETA

./speedtest.sh: arithmetic expression: syntax error: "( / 1048576) / "

#

Thats what I got when I ran it, but it could be my fault. When I clicked the d/l link it just took me to a page of text so I copy/pasted it to a blank txt file and renamed it. So not sure if I did that right lol.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
Cant say for sure, but looks like it's missing a ) or something. Check to see if it copy and pasted okay.

Might try this as well so it will display all output:

sh -x speedtest.sh

And give me the output if you can.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] JBO1018:
This is what I get when I run that:

export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

# export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH

# su

# cd /data/local/tmp

# ls

speedtest.sh

testfile

# rm testfile

# sh -x speedtest.sh

+ URL=http://69.164.200.100/100MB-dallas.bin

+ date +%s

+ BEFORE_TIME=1314065975

+ wget -O testfile http://69.164.200.100/100MB-dallas.bin

Connecting to 69.164.200.100 (69.164.200.100:80)

testfile 100% |***********| 100M 0:00:00 ETA

+ date +%s

+ ls -l -a testfile

+ awk { print $5}

speedtest.sh: arithmetic expression: syntax error: "( / 1048576) / "

#

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
I think it's crapping out on line 24:

MB_FILE_SIZE=$((($FILE_SIZE / 1048576) / $TOTAL_TIME))

see if your lines in it match the following exactly:

FILE_SIZE=`ls -l -a testfile | awk '{ print $5}'`

TOTAL_TIME=$(($AFTER_TIME - $BEFORE_TIME))

MB_FILE_SIZE=$((($FILE_SIZE / 1048576) / $TOTAL_TIME))

kB_FILE_SIZE=$((($FILE_SIZE / 1024) / $TOTAL_TIME))

Mb_FILE_SIZE=$(((($FILE_SIZE / 1048576) * 8) / $TOTAL_TIME))

echo "Average download Speeds:"

echo "$MB_FILE_SIZE MB/s"

echo "$kB_FILE_SIZE kB/s"

echo "$Mb_FILE_SIZE Mb/s"

rm -f testfile

Also, if you downloaded it to a windows pc and then put it on your phone, it might have made something go screwy due to the line endings. Windows does \n\r and linux does \n. I'll attach the download to the top posting if that helps and redownload it. If it's the line endings, you typically cant see those without a text editor that shows them.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ScottIsMyName:
I am getting a similar error

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
Hmm. What folder are you guys trying it in offhand?

Certain places might need you to mount your /system in rw mode, but /data/local/tmp doesn't. That error just seems like it's not downloading the file and saving it, thus when it tries to use the filesize in the equations after to determine how long it takes, it divides by zero, because the file didnt exist.

Anyways, try mounting your system in rw and see if that works with:

mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

and to unmount:

mount -o remount,ro -t ext3 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system

I'll add some debugging statements to the script so you guys can tell me a bit more details as well if things still don't work. It works on my end, but adding some stuff might help us to figure out why it isn't on your end.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] nrfitchett4:
got the same error as everyone else.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] JBO1018:
I'm running it from /data/local/tmp but I went ahead and tried it after running remount but still got the same results. It does go through the whole process of d/ling the file and everything but as soon as the d/l finishes is when it gives the syntax error. Also after its done there is another file in tmp called test file. I am using the pre-made file you put up later. Because I do think the txt editor on my phone I used to make the file was screwing up the line formatting.

Edit: BTW the test file that ends up in tmp is the full 100 MB.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ScottIsMyName:
The problem is your awk statement is grabbing the date field instead of the file size. For me it is the forth column instead of the fifth. Not sure why your phone is different then ours, but maybe it is the rom?

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ScottIsMyName:
./speedtest.sh f

Connecting to 64.71.152.17 (64.71.152.17:80)

testfile 100% |***********| 100M 0:00:00 ETA

Average download Speeds:

1 MB/s

1896 kB/s

14 Mb/s

Seemed to work fine after I changed the 5 to a 4 on the line I mentioned above.

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
very weird. I'm running cyanogen mod 7. Probably the reason though. I wouldnt have evend had to use awk if busybox had a stat -c option. Stupid busybox, lol.

Glad it worked for you though.

What roms are you guys running offhand? That would be useful for me to try to make a workaround for.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] JBO1018:
Changing the 5 to a 4 worked for me too. Thanks

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ScottIsMyName:
I think an easier fix would be to check if field 5 has a dash, and if it does, use 4 instead.

Sent from my Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] yareally:
Good idea :)
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
Which background effect do you use?

If you're not familiar with it, go to settings display background effect

Edit: I'm guessing that polls are too difficult for some members, as there's been 46 views and only 8 votes. Come on people - it only takes a couple of seconds to click something!
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Standard, always.

Dynamic is too rich for me. Movie is, poor.
[Galaxy S II General] aaronsoup:
I actually prefer movie, apart from when I watch a movie, when I change to standard... Retarded right?
[Galaxy S II General] aydc:
I use Dynamic. It's like a constant live HDR mode. This is the single reason why I return to stock each time I try a new CM7 nightly.
[Galaxy S II General] DaveyT:
Movie. Switched to Standard for a day and got poor battery life so I put it back onto movie. Standard is a lot nicer picture though.
[Galaxy S II General] fr3quency:
Dynamic!! The colours in dynamic mode make my eyes have orgasm. Yeah, I cry from happiness. :PPP
[Galaxy S II General] temp9300:
Dynamic has too much contrast, you will loose a lot of detail in shadows.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Standard, Dynamic offers too much saturation for my taste.
[Galaxy S II General] maranello69:
Dynamic ftw, specially if u have a screen protector on, they kinda level out one another
[Galaxy S II General] jhernand1102:
Standard for me....
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
ditto.......
[Galaxy S II General] Moandal:
Movie is best. The other two are harsh and over saturated.
[Galaxy S II General] scorpion667:
I am using standard, never played around with it really.
[Galaxy S II General] ronni.rasmussen:
Used Standard for now but will try movie to see how much difference there is in battery life.

Dynamic is plain folly to use unless you have a very bad eye sight already.
[Galaxy S II General] viper98:
dynamic

or movie if i'm viewing photos
[Galaxy S II General] Limpperi:
this thread made me switch it to dynamic. I used standard. lul dynamic ftw :p
[Galaxy S II General] conantroutman:
Standard......

also, bump......
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
Haha for real ?
[Galaxy S II General] lufc:
Looks like we are both retarded that's what i do :)
[Galaxy S II General] cez10:
ditto

10 chars
[Galaxy S II General] jr866gooner:
You may find the poll doesn't show in the xda app which a lot of people use!

I could be wrong but I certainly don't see it! Lol
[Galaxy S II General] SGS-II:
Standard works best for me. ;)
[Galaxy S II General] akbarhash:
Used to use standard but nowadays am using movie.
[Galaxy S II General] mustaine8661:
Do you guys that use Movie not think that it looks really washed out compared to the other two?

I'm a Standard.
[Galaxy S II General] avidahiya:
Standard

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] nkiwi:
I used to use the dynamic to avoid the warmish tone ... however since the mod for fixing warmish, I moved to use the standard ...