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[LG Revolution] schick79:
I'm doing some initial research regarding buying a new phone. One of the things I've heard about all of the 4G Android phones is that 4G sucks the life out of the battery. However, reading the specs on the phone doesn't seem to indicate that, though I wouldn't expect it to either. Also, I'm really going back and forth as to whether or not I even really need 4G. I ran SpeedTest on a Revolution in a store, so I do know how much faster it is, but I'm not sure I'm willing to sacrifice halfway decent battery life for it.

What has your battery life been like in general? Is it as bad as the Verizon store people warned me? For comparison sake, I'm coming from a Touch Pro 2. It also has the extended life battery, so I realize that has spoiled me.

Also, I read in another thread that 4G can be disabled. I just wanted to be sure about what exactly that meant. Does that mean you can actually force a "downgrade" to 3G only data, or does that mean you can either have 4G data or no data (turn it off)?

Does disabling 4G (assuming it's possible) even help with the battery life?

Thanks in advance for any responses!
[LG Revolution] djembeman:
4G Greatly Reduced Battery Life!

It is true that 4G Data can suck the life out of your battery. 4G Speed Test have been extremely fast, especially in a 5 bar service area. I'm at the Colorado Springs Airport today and all ten speed tests resulted in speeds above 31 Mbps! The highest was 38 Mbps!

Before 4G came to my area I would get 12-16 hours of battery. Afterwards my phone gets 6-8 hours of battery life. I recently got the extended battery and am getting 14-16 hours of battery life.

You can choose 3G mode or 4G mode in settings. Your phone will reboot after changing the mode.

LG REVO, Stock non-rooted.
[LG Revolution] schick79:
OMG those speeds are insane!!! When I said I knew how much faster it was, I apparently didn't! I was getting 6 mbps download speeds and I thought THAT was good! Wow, this does change things.

And on top of that, I just learned that the two existing dual core handsets are not yet rootable, and the devs have been running into issues in doing so.

I'm wondering if it's better to go with one of the 3 existing phones, overclock, and be done with it...

Thanks for the info!
[LG Revolution] markapowell:
If you are not in a 4g area, you can disable the settings, to cdma only. 4g is insane, and with some mods by developers here, its even slicker. I don't know anything about the other 4g phones offered, The Charge, and the Thunderbolt. But I know, LG was unlocked in 2 days, rooted in 5 and with in 2 weeks we had a rom. It's been getting better and better since. I told my friends when their contract came up to get the LG, but they thought the slide out qwerty Moto 3 would be better. Well, he has been having issues with his. She is happy, but that's cuz I slapped a better launcher on there. It's not as slick and fast as my phone, it's not as user friendly, it's a bit heavier, bulkier than mine.

I may be a bit biased, but I love my phone, and I love what has been done to improve it. And I know, there is more to come.
[LG Revolution] schick79:
I am in a 4G area, so considering data plans cost the same regardless of what speed you're getting it at, I'm now leaning towards 4G to be able to take advantage of it.

Besides, if I can disable 4G, or go with the bigger battery, it sounds like the battery concerns all go away anyway.

My only original remaining concern was the dual core processor. However, I've been wavering on that topic now as well. I played with the X2 and all three 1GHz phones in the Verizon store. Granted the dual core phone was faster, but only slightly. Even the Quadrant benchmarks weren't that far apart. And, the Revolution's benchmark was the best out of all three 4G phones.

Plus, given the non-root status of the X2 and D3, I assume the Bionic (my original front-runner) won't be rootable, and $100 more expensive.

I just don't know if it will be worth it.
[LG Revolution] djembeman:
Don't forget Bing!

I personally like my REVO but it would be much better if Bing Search was not default. It would also be nice if the Car Home App didn't use Bing Maps and VZ Navigator as default. The only thing I haven't been able to make work the way I want it by installing other apps is the capacitive search button. If you are going to root then I'm pretty sure you could uninstall or freeze Bing Search and could set Google Search to open when the search button is pressed.

Also, at this time with the latest OTA, I don't believe the current rooting methods work.
[LG Revolution] markapowell:
With the Revolt Rom, you get root, you get alot of the updates, and a faster overall performance. Check it out in the development area. There are a couple snags and snaffoos, but Mtmichaelson is working diligently to fix them, or help people fix them. I have seen a couple fc's but nothing major.
[LG Revolution] wayneb02:
If you get an extended battery you can easily get over twelve hours of use while leaving it on 4g and leaving the auto sync on
[Droid Incredible Android Development] OMG_VTEC:
can someone explain to me how to push an apk using root explorer?

i cant seem to figure it out...

thanks
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TheWhiteBandito:
Are you replacing a system app that is built into the ROM? If so, the way I do it is

Go to System/App

Find the apk you want to replace, long click and click on permissions. Take a note of what the permissions are set as

Rename the apk you're replacing with .bak at the end (it's just a backup!)

Paste the new .apk into the folder

Set the permissions identically to the way it was before

Reboot your phone. Done.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jermaine151:
If you're trying to put it in /system/app (for example) from your sdcard, find it on sdcard, long press and choose copy. Then use the ".." folder at the top of root explorer to go back to the "/" (root) directory. Select "system" then "app" and touch the "Mount R/W" button. Then choose "paste". Lastly find the apk you pasted in /system/app, long press it and choose "Permissions". Make them look like this and reboot:

--------Read Write Execute

User:-----X-----X

Group:----X

Others:---X

WhiteBandito beat me to it!
[General Questions and Answers] mvmsk:
hey guys,when i try to connect my SAMSUNG GALAXY ACE to wifi...it is showing

authenticating, and then disabled..

tried using WIFI FIXER also..but noo lucks..still the same problem!!
[LG Revolution] Trigster:
New member here, so please be kind to me :p

As of this morning after pulling my LG Rev off my wall charger. I go to plug it into my desktop to move some files and what not only to find the phone is not recognizing that I'm hooked to a computer.

Thinking it was a cable issue I swapped between cables and nothing, rebooted, even did the old-battery pull, and still nothing!

However with each cable it acts as if I'm still plugging it into a wall/car charger. Only shows charging and nothing else, the computer doesn't even make a "USB" connected sound, let alone the computer doesn't even see the phone.
[LG Revolution] mtmichaelson:
Did you reboot the computer and the phone?
[LG Revolution] Trigster:
I have, let alone tried it out on several computers at home all with the same outcome. :confused:

I didn't install any app, other then did a TiB last night prior to putting it on my wall charger(only way to get a good overnight charge vs USB).

I was planning on trying to install the Revolt ROM today. Come to hook it up to my computer this morning, and now this.

I've been having all sorts of odd issues, like the Verizon OTA update doesn't install. Gets about 30% on the updating/unpacking then pops up a {!} and reboots. So at least once a day my phone will reboot for that.

I currently am rooted BTW and i have tried to un-root and even let the update attempt to go, but no avail.

NOTE: I did notice something else just a few min ago, on the stock LG ROM at least. Normally regardless what source Car/wall/usb was being used to charge the phone, It would show both red/green on the LED while charging/charged. Now its only showing green regardless of it being charged/charging.
[LG Revolution] Trigster:
I think I may just do an exchange from Amazon wireless. Seeing how its within my 30day window yet to do so.
[LG Revolution] Squiz0329:
You did change your connection to mass storage when you connected to your computer?
[LG Revolution] Trigster:
Yeah, played with all the settings and swapping modes.

Just for kicks did a factory reset still nothing.

Curious, is there any way to UN-root w/out the ability to use the USB?
[LG Revolution] Trigster:
Well I got my new Revo, and it came pre-updated already :(

And major problems since I've had it, constant reboots, almost always losing connection. WiFi wouldn't stay connected either, even if I'm 5 ft from any router/AP.

And I've tried my best to push back to the pre-update, but no avail!

So I've gotten a hold of Amazon wireless and they are doing an exchange for me, I'm going to jump on board of the HTC TB. Hopefully I'll have a better sailing experience.

BTW, any one want an LG extend battery cheap? lol
[LG Revolution] RootThese:
usb prob on mine just fixed

omg...I just had a similar problem, except mine popped up on my phone saying that the factory cable is plugged in and can not be used to switch usb modes. I was like...what the frick man...this is the same cable I have always used. I tried alll sorts of crap to no avail. Finally, I reinstalled the lg drivers on my laptop and rebooted both my phone and laptop and voila! It all worked again, using the same factory cable that my phone and laptop just had a so-called problem with. Hope that works for you too...I know how frustrating things can be.
[LG Revolution] gr33nT:
had a very similar issue several days ago. all of a sudden, the phone was no longer recognized. tried everything (different cables, different computers, different operating systems, toggled several different options in settings)......to no avail. had to take it back to best buy....exchanged it for a new revo...everything is good now (including the fact that it was loaded with v4).
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] fserve:
Hi,

I have two galaxy 5, one with original "TIM" rom and another with Cyanogen 7.1

How can i get the original rom that came in my phone?

I want do that cos i like the original one (modified by my carrier, TIM), and i have 2 phones, one still with the original.

I want to get the original to flash the other that i've modified with Cyanogen 7.1.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
Install Clockworkmod - http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(development)-ltsecret-projectgt/

Then, it will reboot into the new recovery mode.

Go down to Backup/restore > Backup. it will show a load of processes being done. when it has finished your rom will have been backed up onto your sdcard. Copy it, put it onto the phone with cyanogen's sdcard, flash clockworkmod onto that phone and this time go to Backup/restore > Restore from sdcard. go to the place you put the rom and select it. it will do a load of processes and you're all done

Simple

: Install Clockworkmod. Backup. Move to other phones sdcard. install clockworkmod. restore. done :)

any problems, just ask :D:D
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] psyke83:
No, ClockworkMod can't backup stock roms yet. I don't recommend this.

You cannot safely extract the entire rom (including baseband, etc.), but you can download an official ROM update from the Kies server. This would be valid for sending the phone for warranty repair, etc.

See: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-europa-5/321656-manual-device-cant-updated-workaround.html
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] fserve:
Thanks :D

But for now i will stay in Cyanogen :D
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scmguru:
I can't seem to find a way to do this.. the google search on the main screen doesn't return email results and the default email client 3.1 (non UX) does not have a search dialog box (that I can find)

Thanks!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgtuser:
open your email and look at the top right hand corner you see the symble that looks like a magnify glass, click on that and search away :)
[LG Revolution] K0G:
View attachment 695159

WARNING..WARNING

DON'T PANIC!

MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP

I have created this CWM zip to overwrite the settings for ADW EX 1.3.3.1 only. If you use this on any other versions it will cause ADW EX to freeze at opening giving you a black screen. Found out the hard way.

Thanks to nu y0rk for the original icons from his black theme for

ADW.

Just a note. I created this all from my phone. Thanks thecubed and mtmichaelson. You turned a great phone into treasure worthy of envy.

Don't eat the cake.
[LG Revolution] jackpot08:
Thanks will try now!
[LG Revolution] jackpot08:
Love it. I do have one problem. My application dock keeps disappearing. Any ideas?
[LG Revolution] jamRwoo:
Worked like a charm. Thanks for the effort.
[LG Revolution] K0G:
It is likely hiding the dock. You can disable that setting in that ADW.

Sent from my revolting VS910, we shall not eat cake.
[LG Revolution] jamRwoo:
I just had an idea...

What if Revolt had its own custom theme?

If nothing else, it contributes to the PRing of the ROM. The first thing people notice about a phone is when it looks different than it does when you first buy it. When I had my Droid, I got several friends to switch to Cyanogen because they saw my phone and wanted to know "how to make my phone look like yours." Not to mention the added benefit of mocking iPhone users for their inability to customize...well, anything.

ADW is a great Launcher (and EX is the best I have used), and including it by default (if possible) is a great idea for many reasons (greater speed being the foremost). I doubt ADW's devs would mind, as it would probably boost the sales of the EX version.

Even if it started as nothing more than the basics...custom icons, background, dockbar, notification bar...it could evolve from there and become a defining feature of the Revolt. Most of us know that what happens in the background is more important than slick looks, but slick looks increase the appeal of an object, 'tis human nature.

If I had the skills to do this I would offer them, but graphics are not my forte. However, I will gladly donate to support the continued development of RR, and I'm sure many of us feel the same.

I'll be quiet now before K0G and mtmichaelson blackbag me in the parking lot for suggesting they do even more work. =D
[LG Revolution] ybrian:
Love the theme looks great! I am having an issue tho. Hopefully its cause I'm a noob to all this. I had no issues installing everything. But once I set up my desktop with all the apps I use I uninstalled an app and when I did this it deleted everything I had on my desktop. I put everything back on there and I continued to add widgits. And again when I removed one of the widgits it deleted all my icons on my desktop. Like I said I hope it cause I'm new to all this and just doing something wrong. BTW I am running revolt 1.3 and downloaded adw ex 1.3.3.1 before I installed this zip.
[LG Revolution] K0G:
Good bug. I have yet to have this issue.

1. Uninstall ADW EX.

2. Reinstall ADW EX.

3. Using the ADW default theme, setup desktop items. Uninstall an app to confirm the desktop stays as configured. If desktop losses its configuration this might bee another issue.

4. If the desktop configuration remains unchanged you can install the zip again.

5. In the CWM recovery make sure to run the "Fix Permissions" under the "Advanced" menu. If you skip the fix permissions step it causes a lot of issues.

I will try to replicate this issue

on my phone and see if it was user or dev error ;)

Edit: I can replicate this error if I don't repair permissions after installing the zip.

Hope you get this zussed.
[LG Revolution] ybrian:
Yep! This was user error lol. It works perfect now. Guess I just forgot the fix permission step the first time. Appreciate the help though!! Thanks.
[LG Revolution] vikramghuman:
Kog I love it that looking awesome thanks buddy ....

Sent from the GhumanStreak
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
Might want to give credits for the icons to "nu y0rk." Unless you are him.
[LG Revolution] K0G:
Done. Feel like such an ass for not remembering.

Thanks scp_hicks09!

"Home-Less Dev, anything helps"
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csjhun:
i just updated to 4.1 from 3.6, now i got wifi signal, the phone can connect, but not get internet via my wireless router.(restricted connection)

I retyped the wifi password, restarted both phone and router. Reinstall not helped.

Any way to get it work?

1st edit:28 read and no ideas?

2nd edit: just got the blade wifi fix from my friend, now its running
[Galaxy S II General] darkixion:
Hi all,

My firmware has been the same since the day I bought it, which also was the day of release here in the UK, so it was 2.3.3. Today it said that a firmware upgrade was available, so I selected to download and install it. After a while it rebooted, showed it installing, then booted up normally. I got the main screen again and it said there were more software updates available, so I said to install those too. Again it rebooted, showed installation progress, then when booting up, it now gets permanently stuck on the boot screen where it just shows the Samsung Gaiaxy S II logo (along with the GT-I9100 text). I've left it for over 30 mins and nothing changes. I've tried rebooting several times, both with charging cable in and out, removed the battery for a few minutes and tried again, but it won't get beyond this screen anymore.

I looked at the thread about what to do about this situation (boot loop) which involved erasing user data, so I did this. The message that also came up during erasure said that it wiped the cache too. Tried rebooting after that but it's still stuck.

Is there a way to fix this?

Note that I've never installed custom firmware and never rooted my phone. I also don't have a 32-bit version of Windows, so can't use Odin (it never picks the device up). Plus I don't wish to void the warranty. Is it possible to get the official update zip package which I can flash from the recovery menu?

Thanks

Thom
[Galaxy S II General] xijar:
Is there not a warranty provided by your cell carrier? I know in the us most carriers provide a 1 year warranty with all devices. They would exchange it gladly especially since you did everything by the rules.

Sent from my i897 running MIUI 1.8.19 with TalonMTD kernel.
[Galaxy S II General] darkixion:
Yes, it's under standard warranty. I bought it sim-free without being tied to a network. I have already contacted Samsung and they said they'll email me details of the service centre to return it to, but I was hoping for a solution before needing to do that.
[Galaxy S II General] veyka:
Nothing you can do without odin picking the phone up.

I use 64bit windows and it picks up fine, make sure you have the drivers installed (see the link in my sig, for my 4shared, where you can get them) or if you have kies installed you have them but make sure to kill all kies processes first in task manager.

But in the end, best bet is just to send it in, to make sure you dont void your warranty :)
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
How did you erase user data?
[Galaxy S II General] darkixion:
When it was switched off, I held down Vol-Up, Home and the power button. There was an option in the menu called "wipe data/factory reset". There's also a "wipe cache partition" option, the action of which is performed in the wipe data option anyway.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricz100:
[Q] Titanium back up, restoring contacts, people app not working.....HELP!!!!!>>>>>

Right a long day this has been, I have moved from one Leedroid rom to another today (a gingerbread one).

Did a titanium back up before I flashed and now cannot restore my contacts.

When I do by restoring those two green icons such as contacts/calls and the messages one then the people app does not work at all.

Little help on what I need to do would be much appreciated.

And unfortunately they are not backed up through google.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4rm45:
Did you restore only data or app+data in titanium?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
Make sure you restored app+data.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ricz100:
Been there, done that.

Didnt work, best solution me thinks is restore the Nandroid back up, export contacts to sd and do it all over again unless someone has a better solution.

Wont do it now because im drunk.
[Galaxy Tab General] sam008:
Guys

I'm helping a senior get used to the Tab 10.1 and although I'm spending time with them, it'll also be nice if they had a bunch of video tutorials to see. Apple does a good job of that on its website but I could not find anything on Samsung. I'm looking for video tutorials for all general usage on the Tab

Anybody know of a few helpful links?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllanonMage:
Wow, XDA found my original thread back in the day (it does a search when you create a title):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=984254

I've come a little ways since that thread, but I'm still in "clear as mud" territory.

I am running Synergy (just flashed a few days ago):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144447&page=1544

and would like to add CIFS support. This is a networking component, not a scheduling component (I'm getting pointed to CFS/BFS kernels is why I point that out).

I have downloaded CIFS manager and it seems that CIFS is not built into the Synergy kernel (I get an error: Mounting the share has failed with an error. Mount: no such device) so I would like to add it. Problem is, I'm having a hard time finding a sense kernel that adds CIFS.

I found this guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894880

and this one

http://forum.savaged-zen.com/showthread.php?6-HTC-Evo-(Supersonic)-Megathread&daysprune=-1

while researching kernels and how to load them. I think I have the process down, I just need to find one.

*edit* I found this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192796 Golden Monkey. He says it's still in development though. I'd prefer a release version if I could get one.

In case I wound up looking at the wrong ROM/kernel, I would like recommendation(s) for ROM/kernels with the following criteria:

Must-have's

sense 2.x or 3.x based

gingerbread based

working 4g (I do have 4g in my area)

working HDMI (I would like to start using webtop)

Really want's:

CIFS kernal (a must have, but if I can flash a kernel onto a ROM I'm good)

Would really like:

bluetooth profiles like keyboard, mouse

USB host support

Not interested in:

overclocking/underclocking

adjusting voltage

changing scheduling (CFS/BFS)

god mode (not at the moment anyways, maybe later)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllanonMage:
Well I tried Synergy-Kingdom 7/23 and it was kinda slow, so I dropped back to Synergy and flashed the Golden Monkey kernel So far, it seems I have everything I want, although I haven't tested 4G and HDMI yet today.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bwbishop:
I noticed my battery draining quickly now and again, instead of its usual 1% per hour, so someone recommended that I install BetterBatteryStats. After installing it and seeing the problem again, I checked out the Wakelocks, and noticed that Facebook was running for 2.5 hours which corresponds to when my better really started to take a dive. Now every time I see a battery start to dive off, I look at the Wakelocks and it's always Facebook. In the meantime after I use facebook I just use Advanced Task Killer and it seems to fix it, but is there any other way to ensure that FB doesn't chew up my battery all the time? (yet another reason to stick with G+)

I'm running Cyanogenmod 7.031 with Savaged Zen 2.21 kernel on an HTC Evo.

Thanks