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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bork84:
First of all you can check the link in my signature to get a look at the problems with the latest nightly's. which you can see don't have problems :)

In my opinion any nightly from #80 and up are stable with good battery life.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpowah:
update to gb bootloaders, flash nightly #80 and up! shouldn't have any problems. At least i'm not experiencing any:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hofinho:
Thanks for your replies!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewe:
I'm trying to flash gingertazz and recovery said cannot open file(bad) I removed android secure folder with supermanager and did a nand backup. When I went to flash rom I get the error. I placed the rom and gapps in SD card. I have never had issues flashing rom's before! What did I do wrong? :confused:
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MongooseHelix:
It could just be a bad download. I would suggest downloading from a different file host than the one you used previously. Then try flashing again and see if it works this time.

I went and downloaded it from Hotfile and the MD5sum I'm getting is:

1041c8ad2b4cdddf4845e79bc9efa0f2

Does that match yours? I haven't tried flashing it since I'm working on some things but if yours is different, then one of us has a corrupted file.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matthewe:
That worked thanks! To bad its pretty much the same rom that I had already :D
[Thunderbolt General] cobeebs:
I'm looking to move to Verizon (for coverage reasons - I travel in the rural midwest and plains and have issues with AT&T coverage).

I currently have a Samsung Captivate, running a Gingerbread custom rom. I have no desire to get another Samsung phone - there post release ROM development is non-existent. Don't get me started.

It seems that all of the Android phones currently on Verizon have some issue (from my perspective), but the closest to being a good all-around smartphone is the Thunderbolt.

The primary issue with the TBolt is battery life (from what I can tell).

Here's my question:

Using a stock battery and running a custom rom is it reasonable to get 14 hours of battery life with the following usage:

- 2 hours talk time

- 1 hour email

- 30 minutes web browsing

- 1 hour streaming music (OK, I could do without this)

[edit] From browsing the TBolt Dev Forums, I am leaning towards the Cl3anTh3ory ROM. [/edit]

I would have 2 email accounts - 1 GMail, set up for push notification, 1 IMAP that would poll every 30 min (using K9). I have 6 GCal's to sync and just over 300 contacts.

If I can get 14 hours, here's a follow up question: would you personally wait for the next round of phones to be announced (Sept and Oct) or would you go ahead with a TBolt for $69 (from Amazon with 2 yr contract)?

thanks,
[Thunderbolt General] loonatik78:
Any future HTC released for Verizon is going to have the same basic guts as an EVO 3D with LTE. At this point, the Tbolt is right in the prime of development. The newer bases are much better in every area and I have no problems getting the kind of life you need doing a bit more than what your asking. My setup is in my sig. Being mostly on cdma, as it sounds like you would be, will stretch your battery even further. And if the stock battery doesn't do the job, the 1750mAh unit that's the same size certainly will.
[Thunderbolt General] sonami:
More than possible. Check out gingeritis 3d and chingys 7/17 radio leak. I get over 24+ hours with average use

Sent from my TBolt using my f***king thumbs...
[Thunderbolt General] roosterdude33:
Using custom roms, definitely
[Thunderbolt General] fixxxer2008:
id wait for the tbolt successor or the gs2 to come tbh.
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
myself, I would probably wait and see what htc announces next, or maybe the bionic if it ever hits the shelves. Depending on those releases, yeah the tbolt is a great phone that should meet your needs. It's not hard for me to swap batteries if needed, but with the newer roms, battery life is improving.
[Thunderbolt General] fixxxer2008:
by the time the bionic comes it will be outdated. verizon waits too long to release phones.
[Thunderbolt General] cobeebs:
I'm assuming the bionic will have locked boot loaders, which a deal breaker for me. Also, not sure about a 4.5" screen... I actually prefer 4", but can live with 4.3". But 4.5"? Guess it depends on overall device size and weight.
[Thunderbolt General] knothead:
It'd possible on monolithth3ory or cl3anth3ory.
[Thunderbolt General] CanesDrew:
Those are not the only two ROMs that get that life.

Come on off the bandwagon.
[Thunderbolt General] subsoniic:
this is the best phone ever, and ive went through alot.. sure people complain about this and that. but ultimately imho i think its the best verizon phone hands down and built rock solid (physically) and great dev support, i bought the extended battery and never looked back.. my only problem is which theory rom to run sense or aosp lol.. but i think from att to verizon + LTE would be a great upgrade for you =]
[Thunderbolt General] CanesDrew:
AT&T is no competition to Verizon.

They lack the customer service and the network to compete.
[Thunderbolt General] eraursls1984:
The only phones rumored to have larger than 4.3" screens so far are 2 Samsung phones, and they are expected to be similar to the size of current 4.3" phones because the extra screen size will most likely be in the area of the current buttons at the bottom since ice cream sandwich will not need them. The Bionic has been confirmed to be 4.3"
[Thunderbolt General] cobeebs:
Where I travel on business, there is really no comparison. Verizon's coverage is sooooo much better. Thanks for the thoughts on the tb hardware.

Agreed. Although I haven't really had major issues with customer service.
[Thunderbolt General] eddyo78:
I have pretty much the same use as you and I am getting about 1 1/2 days out of my phone. sometimes 2 days between charges and I am on stock battery. '

I am running the monolithth3ory rom and it is great so far. I also have ultimate juice defender running.

so get it, root it, and love it! I sure do :D
[HTC Sensation] Godinster:
I've scoured for answers but most of my "unlocking" searches leads to bootloader information which I've already taken care of.

I purchased a Virgin Mobile Canada/Bell Mobility HTC Sensation for my girlfriend yesterday to put on her Rogers account but I'm having a hell of a time getting an unlock code for it. I tried cellunlock.net but they said it'll be upwards of 3 days for an unlock code because the IMEI I gave them isn't on file for them. I've taken a look at a few other websites and they either look shady or they only take credit card or they are shady and charge way too much. I have no experience outside of cellunlock.net but I need this code sooner than later.

Is there another reputable unlock site with Sensation unlock codes that doesn't cost an arm and a leg and takes PayPal direct debit? Also preferably one that is fast? Sorry for making an entire thread dedicated to this but I couldn't find an answer. I'm half tempted to resort to eBay unlockers at this point
[HTC Sensation] Godinster:
I've now had two sites tell me the IMEI for my phone doesn't show up on HTC database therefore they can't get an unlock code. Anyone have any experience with this on Virgin Mobile Canada HTC Sensations?
[HTC Sensation] liquidy:
There is a thread here where you post you dump file and the OP will try to find the unlock code for you from that file hope this helps
[HTC Sensation] Godinster:
Cool, got a link by chance?
[HTC Sensation] matury:
unlock for free

here I leave you the link for unlock for free http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1232107

Hope I helped :rolleyes:
[HTC Sensation] xl VipeR lx:
Thanks Matury. No idea why people don't look in Dev section. The thread is a sticky with CAPS LOCK saying unlock for free.
[HTC Sensation] 808HD2:
Anyone with a tmo sensation having a screen shot problem?! Like everytime I hit the home it would take a screen shot, I thought if you press home and power, then it would take the shot?.. anyone else have a problem with that?
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
my brother was having that problem. if it happens, try hitting the back button & see if it stops after that. apparently the phone is thinking that home is still being held down or something like that.
[HTC Sensation] Vandam500:
Same thing is happening here...super annoying. Any ideas on a fix anybody?
[HTC Sensation] jonosono:
I just used the screenshot feature (hold power down and then tap home) for the second time tonight without any problems. Yes, I do have the T-Mobile update too.
[HTC Sensation] Vandam500:
The problem is sometimes when we press the home button it takes a screen shot and doesn't go home unless we press back and then home again :/
[HTC Sensation] jonosono:
Ah, I see. Reading comprehension fail. -_-"
[HTC Sensation] The Illest 619:
i have that problem on revolution hd 3.0 rom, (based on the new update.)

usually just go to my lockscreen and come back to fix it, but its annoying. it happened about 5 times in the last week or so.
[HTC Sensation] Bkz Bubba:
I was just about to post this issue. Good thing i found it.

This keeps happening to me all the time.

I keep having to delete 20 screenshot a day.

Any fixes?
[HTC Sensation] Vandam500:
Haven't found one yet :S
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
Yeah, sometimes the phone takes a screenshot for no reason. It only happened to me 2-3 times though.
[HTC Sensation] 808HD2:
Glad that I'm not the only one with this problem. Good feature but So annoying to keep taking screenshots every time you press home..
[HTC Sensation] jelliottz:
My wife is having the same problem. She applied the OTA update and it will now randomly take screenshots when she presses Home. Not sure what the setting is to disable the feature, but if anyone knows where it is that would be of great assistance. She has no need for this.
[HTC Sensation] MoreGone:
A buddy at work asked me about this today to, wanted to subscribe and keep this thread going. Hopefully the culprit will be found and dealt a swift fair well
[HTC Sensation] bigorthy:
Temporary Fix

I found a way to temporarily fix the screenshot problem once it suddenly starts doing it. Note, this doesn't SOLVE the problem, it's simply a work around for each time it happens:

Press the Home button and Lock button

at the same time

and it somehow tricks the phone back to recognizing you're not pressing both when you are only pressing the Home button.

If it doesn't work after doing it once, try doing it again a couple times and it should make it stop taking Screenshots each time you only press the Home button.

Simply just pressing the back button a bunch of times didn't do the trick for me.

Hope this helped someone? It definitely saved me the stress of restarting my phone about once an hour...
[HTC Sensation] 808HD2:
^ I have done that to.. just annoying :( and makes my phone feel like s**t.. hope there's a fix soon..
[HTC Sensation] 808HD2:
Ok so I found a solution to it. You can do the power+home to take a screenshot, but don't lock your phone with the power button, seems to work ok!!
[HTC Sensation] Bkz Bubba:
Dont understand, So how do we lock our phones?
[HTC Sensation] f3nd3r:
Having the same problem. So very annoying! Also related to the issue whereby the screen lights up again a few seconds after turning it off with the power button. Very annoying and never happened in 2.3.3.
[HTC Sensation] bigorthy:
You still lock your phone with the lock button, you just press Lock + Home button a couple times to get your phone to stop taking screenshots. Once you do that, you don't need to continually press them at the same time to lock your phone. It just stops your phone from taking the screenshots when you happen to only be pressing the Home button.
[HTC Sensation] civicvx94:
The only "fix" I've found is to delete the screenshot line from the build.prop and use drocap for screenshots. no biggie.
[HTC Sensation] f3nd3r:
This does not work. There is something else causing the intermittent power button.
[HTC Sensation] ufokid22:
My screen shot works and I have Kno root and I am on factory rom ... ....
[HTC Sensation] dupsatou:
I just wanted to add to the list of people with the problem. I hadn't tried the back button to get out of it, I jut turn the device off and back on but it got annoying enough that I went looking for a solution and found this... Hope they fix it soon! Is it possible to just disable the screenshot feature? I don't need this.
[HTC Sensation] dhdcdarchy:
Lock/unlock/screenshot issue

This happens to me like 10 times a day and its getting super annoying, i usually just kill all my tasks a few times and it stops doing it.

Im not sure if the two issues are linked but as well as the screenshot issue, i am experiencing a problem when i lock/unlock my phone, like ill get a text message and press the lock button to unlock and read the message but the screen doesnt come on just the buttons along the bottom of the phone light up for a second and then go off and as i said the screen doesn't come on, I have to try a few times and then it will finally come on and i can unlock and read my message, as well as unlocking when i lock my phone the screen goes off but then sometimes it randomly comes back on and sometimes even stays on until i press the lock button a few more times which is a massive issue as ive had this happen in my pocket and drained all my battery :P, ive read other people having the same issues but no solutions.

Some people say its a problem with the physical lock/power button but ive had the case and back off my phone and cleaned it all up and there is a definitive click within the button there is no way im not pressing it properly or its being held down by the gel case I am using its a definite action when its being pressed, im convinced this is a software glitch I am just wondering if i am best off just smashing a custom rom on my phone and having done with it.

Sorry about the very poorly written rant, I wrote this in a rush :P

If anyone else has any light to shed on this it'd be much appreciated.
[HTC Sensation] dhdcdarchy:
Shameless self bump
[HTC Sensation] jslim38:
Sary to here that when I received my first up date everything went smoothly and no problems after and then I s off and installed a custom room you should s off and and install cwm and flash a custom rom

sent from Core Droid v2.5 sensation 4g useing xda
[HTC Sensation] dhdcdarchy:
How do I go about doing that because my phone is s-on
[HTC Sensation] jslim38:
To gain s off go to WWW.alpharevolutionary.io and once your on the site there will be a link to download the htc driver's and you will do that first and while the driver are installing take the battery out of your phone and put back in and hold the lower volume key down and press power this is were you will get you hboot number write it down and you will also need the serial number to your device you should be able to locate that in settings and scroll all the way down to about phone and this where you will find your serial number write down one that is done make sure you have usb debugging checked and unknown apps checked ignore all warning signs now back out of that and go back to the phone's home screen and plug in the usb cable and go back to the alpharev tool you should see a box in this box you will typ in your hboot number and just below that typ in your serial number and after that it give you a beta key write down or copy and past it and is case sensitive once you done that it should say found your device from there it will reboot your phone 3 or 4 times and then it ask you do won't to install a custom recovery typ y and press enter on the key bord and let it do It's thing and when the comand screen shutdowns your done
[HTC Sensation] erraggy:
OMG! Thank you @jonosono! I have seen so many posts about this feature and your reply is the 1st I've seen that details the process correctly. The little fact that you hold the power button down first was all I needed.

thanks again,

-- robbie
[HTC Sensation] QuantumX123:
What an annoying bug. Happens to me about 10-15 times a day. I've noticed people are stating that pressing back or restarting the phone solves the problem...but simply pressing the power button takes it out of screenshot mode for me. I'm sure HTC knows about this and they haven't done anything in months, they're too busy pumping out new phones to take care of older ones, pfft.

The only reason it happens 10-15 times for me is because i never leave the screen to timeout cause sometimes it DOESN'T. Sometimes i wonder why my pocket is on fire and I realize the screen has been on for 30 minutes. Not sure if I should try to get a replacement phone or wait for ice cream sandwich..
[HTC Sensation] Android_Guy:
I dealt with this on a lot of Custom ROMs with this enabled...Was happening at the worst times and VERY annoying.

What I found is is to do one of two things. Lightly/quickly tap the button on top of the phone (but not enough to turn off screen). Then press home to test...90% of the time this solves the problem.

-or-

Lightly/quickly press button on top of phone to turn off screen....then do again to turn on screen....press home to test.

I believe that the Lock button is still making a connection and therefore, performing screen caps. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has turned off the screen only to have it come right back on...crummy setup on lock button but thats what we got!

Good luck...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jerigar:
I would like to download the original rom zte xiang. that installed the TMN but not worked well. please.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
I have this S2 for about a month now and up 'til about 2 days ago I was getting quite frustrated with the battery life. From 8am to about noon I'd be down to sometimes 50% and by 3pm I'd be getting ready to put it on the charger at about 20-30%.

So a couple days ago I decided to uninstall Advanced Task Killer Pro (with advice from some members on XDA) and installed Watchdog and blacklisted at 1% threshold a whole bunch of stuff. ie. Wifi Sharing, Social Hubs, etc.

Now it's almost 4pm, same usage as before and I'm at 73%! Compared to before it's a major breakthrough. This is battery life that is expected. So maybe some of you guys should try the same and see how it works for you. Cheers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walie:
what are all the apps you blacklisted?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
Here's some screens of apps I whitelisted and blacklisted.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
More.....................
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ithehappy:
You just need to know what processes are running on background, for that install Better Battery Stats, search in XDA, and see under 'Partial Wakelocks'.

And stop using ATK, its advised, don't know why!

Regards.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saffant:
I thought task managers/killers were a big "no-no" for gingerbread..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borchgrevink:
You have root, right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
Here's the best part... NO ROOT!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
I just downloaded Watchdog pro, you did not make it did you :rolleyes:, I don't want to root as i paid a lot for my simfree S2 and i have only had it a couple of days.

I see you are using "Battery Monitor Widget Pro" , I have been using it for months with a few android phones, I wish Samsung had realtime mah/current usage like HTC.

I have my S2 on charge at the moment with an 650mah Sony Ericsson charger, and "Battery Monitor Widget Pro" is saying it`s charging my S2 at 989mah :confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
Check out my post history and you'll see where I discovered Watchdog. I have nothing to do with that app.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
5:30pm and I'm at 61%. This is outrageous. Normally the battery would be completely dead at this time and already on the charger. Screens attached.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
Blacklist is only in pro version?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
how long was the display on, as that uses most power,

EDIT : not a lot by the second picture in post 11
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
Regardless though, this is the exact same usage for me except right now I'm at double the battery life as compared to before.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
What % did you do the cpu threshold?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThaiM:
I set the threshold at 1%.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cwepruk:
Mine is very odd. Overnight, everything on (no special settings), I typically lose 10-15%. Nothing changed. During the day, I lose 40% with maybe 10 minutes of use. Display is always listed as high, but with 10 minutes of use, that seems really weird.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
This whole battery thing is also temprature related. Yesterday was kinda warm here. Had to charge my phone twice. While normaly on a lot of use I can get 12+15hours.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] David Roosendaal:
If I download "watchdog" I get a game.

There is no "watchdog pro".

So, please share the EXACT app name.

Thanks,

David
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpxdude:
It's called 'Watchdog Task Manager Lite' or 'Watchdog Task Manager Pro'

The Pro version has the blacklist feature, the lite version works more like a task manager, monitoring CPU and killing apps when they reach a certain threshold use of your CPU. In the UK the Pro version costs £2.14 (exVAT).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
This is the one you want.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zomut.watchdog&feature=search_result
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daz_2000:
so does this work or not, anyone else tried it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jake-CT:
On KH3 I was down to 40% left after two days. Not a lot of intensive usage in that time but when I first got it there is no way I would have made it through a day.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daz_2000:
ok, so have installed this and think I understand the concept that it alerts you when an app is eating cpu, so you kill it before it eats away too much!

I have blacklisted the following with 1%

Wi-Fi Sharing

Wi-Fi Sharing manager

com.sec.android.app.samsungapps.una

com.sec.android.socialhub:service

So far I have in my whitelist :

Antivirus

Gmail

Messaging

Watchdog

Can anyone see any issues with that? My CPU threshold in general is 1% and I have put pollin interval to 5 mins.

Should I include phone processes?

Cheers

Daz
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tinderbox (UK):
If you add phone processes you will have events/0 and suspend popping up every 30 mins or so with 99% cpu usage :eek: , I suppose you could white list them.

I dont have, Wi-Fi Sharing, Wi-Fi Sharing manager , I have not bothered using it on this S2 , but one my last two i did, once it`s activated does it not go away?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daz_2000:
Thanks - so does my black list look ok, anything else I should add? Am I right in syaing I can add anything in here, e.g gmail, messenger, internet etc, it wont stop me using them right?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
After 1/2 days use I can say it does really doe something.

Normal my drain was 6/8* a hour.

Now I noticed it was around 2% a hour.

On 3G :O
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr866gooner:
So you all know you can switch off notifications so they dont constantly tap you on the shoulder! Its somewhete in the preferences iirc!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blossom:
is this the same process like freeze the applications using titanium backup?