yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[XPERIA X8 General] squidlicker:
loving the ROM, but my poor battery!

This is my first post on this site. doixanh, you are a legend for making this rom available to X8 users. Its smooth and pretty. stock eclair can go in the rubbish with no reservations. When I first discovered just how limited it was I regretted buying my phone. Then I discovered froyobread (which I used for 1 day) before updating to gingerDX v13. Stoked!!!!!!! My battery drains pretty badly though. I have quite a few apps installed and use live wallpaper so I guess I can put up with it. I need my koi carp dammit! lol
[XPERIA X8 General] balibesnier:
My battery was draining 20% to 30% an hour on idle mode with bluetooth, 3g and wifi off. Turned on Airplane mode and now it drains around 2%-4%.

Any ideas on how can i improve the battery life without having to turn on airplane mode?
[XPERIA X8 General] binoe766:
displays drain my battery 90% omg

when i check what uses battery it indicates 90% on display

my phone only last for about 8 hrs doing nothing just in idle mode

i follow all the instruction but it failed :((
[XPERIA X8 General] mikel_0004:
hi all... i found this thread and im about to do this tweak but has anyone here tried this?? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1248592

will this really work???
[XPERIA X8 General] zeassumpcao:
I tested it and got no significant results.

The change in values doesn't seem to improve battery life...
[XPERIA X8 General] Aessaya:
Using GingerDX 013, so far no battery drain. Yet i have noticed, that it's the cell standby that uses the most power. Although it drains 1% in 2-4 hours depending on quality of signal in my region. Usually everything's off and i have the supercharger v8 script installed. Also applied the smartass tweaks to save battery time as well. And i kill all unnecessary processes after using apps.

small update: Current uptime is 3d 22h as of this point and i still have 21% battery left. And i've drained over 15% when i was meddling with the supercharger settings. Otherwise regular use - phone calls, messages, some tinkering and wifi usage.

status update: standby was 4d 14hrs to 6% including the 15% drained when trying to set up supercharger. So it is possible it can do 5 days with small use and 6+ without any use at all.
[XPERIA X8 General] Lobialkon:
In 10 Hours and 30 Minutes (Aprox.) i lost 6% of the battery. I dont know how, it never reaches 100% of the battery, it just gets like a maximum to 97%, but well.

I almost didnt use the phone today, but anyway, it doesnt have battery drain.

Goodbye!
[XPERIA X8 General] treebill:
sounds like a battery status thing to me, have you tried clearing the battery stats in Xrecovery.

i'm getting around 4 days battery life with average use.
[XPERIA X8 General] meditas:
my batery not drain.... :)
[XPERIA X8 General] qaz.xc:
Just wait for next updates and will be fixed all i hope ;)
[XPERIA X8 General] Lobialkon:
I used the Battery Calibration app from the market, If i do it with Xrecovery, i need the phone 100% charged? or i can do it anytime?

Goodbye!
[XPERIA X8 General] gmaster47:
can yo share you setting or anything that you've done differently?

My battery keeps on draining, I am using v013
[XPERIA X8 General] luisecp:
When I make a call

When I make a call my battery drain quickly, in 10 minutos I lose 20% or more :eek:
[XPERIA X8 General] girishkaitholil:
My Battery Drains

Hello,

I am using a SE W8 loaded with GingerDX V19. I tried almost everything possible to tackle the problem of battery draining. I failed miserably, I still cant get my phone to survive a single day. I really hope to have solution for this problem to continue using GingerDX.
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
MY wassery rains!!
[XPERIA X8 General] kmilo098:
I do everything!!! to not consume too much battery...

but is not working..

i don't know, but maybe i have this problem because my phone is e15a and not e15i... i remember that GDX is for E15i..

....
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
Just giving some info. to all of you who use GingerDX and have the battery drain problem too:

Last night I froze the follow apps/processes with Titanium pro: SIM services, VPN services, "finding speech" (or something like it, in spanish is "búsqueda por voz") and Sony Ericsson Facebook. Then I restarted to xRecovery, wiped partition cache, wiped battery stats and fixed permissions.

Fully charged battery, then left it inactive from 7:00am to 1:30 pm (pacific time), and only 2% of energy was consumed.

Then I started to use imy X8 as in a normal day (music, WiFi, media, messaging, phone calling); by now I have 78% of energy. It's 6:12pm.

I achieved some improvement compared to before. I'll keep testing.
[XPERIA X8 General] leingod0923:
try to turn of gps/2g-3g/sync and set brightness to 30%

i slept last night and my phone is 49% when i woke up its 42%

i used battery calibrator

it makes my phone fully charge at 100%

you'll notice that the charging process will become slow

because its charging 100% no less
[XPERIA X8 General] harshadura:
yeah well battery seems draining pretty fast in my X8 too.. normally it can be used only 5 hours fully working conditions.
[XPERIA X8 General] ricdem99:
My X8 running GDX v18 last for 2 days+?? hrs and i mostly use it for listening to music and tower defense game (lol). I have Supercharger script set to aggressive 1 and some tweaks from the development section. Brightness set to 30% and all other services are off until i need them. It normally drains 1% per hr if i leave it idle. Games and Music drains your battery fast. I have 2 tower defense game and i observed that one tower defense game drains faster than the other so i don't use it anymore. I left my different Angry Birds games alone for a while but i might test which kind would drain faster. So overall, the apps and how you use them is the main cause of battery drain.
[XPERIA X8 General] El Brillantinas:
One question: Auto-brightness could be a reason for a fast battery draining?
[XPERIA X8 General] ryandizon:
battery

bat last bout 2 days for average usage (chats)
[XPERIA X8 General] Zipcode33:
If i'm into gaming so much, i could charge my phone 3 times in 24 hour......but if i'm using it just for calling-texting-social media it could last for 1,5-2 days of battery! Thanks DX for such a Great ROM!
[XPERIA X8 General] dovdevan05:
Battery drain on gingerdx and gingercruzt

I've had serious battery drain on gingerdx.v19. around 20% per hour lost on normal use (no wifi no gps or BT, just calls, text and what'sapp) so i switched to gc to see if that's the problem. but i have the same problem here.

I've froze email maps and anything i don't need and know the sys doesn't also. but still nothing. over night i lost 20% just on phone being idle. most of it goes to signal. i don't know what else to do!

I saw some people talk about undervolt and supercharger. does that work? ROOTexplorer keeps crashing so i can't install any modules.

also, even with auto brightness disabled i keep noticing changes in brightness when i move my finger over the light sensor. could that effect it also?
[XPERIA X8 General] belacker:
guys, had u try this?

using cpu master, i managed to solve my battery drain when phone was idle(screen off) :D. it works like charm. even my phone got a lot of app. Notice : Freezed unused stock gingerdx app. but to solve battery drain when screen on is impposible :(..

using cpu master. about 6 hour of idle (screen off) no battery drain at all.

before sleep 61% after 61% too.. woww... usually i had about +- 10% battery drain.

here what i do.

1.install cpu master and enable sleep profile> choose powersaver.

2.freeze unused app.

3.battery stat wiped.

*gingerdx 19 + alfs kernel + vold installed.

then enjoy..XD..
[XPERIA X8 General] Sir_gpm:
Could you named the apps you freeze?...that can be freeze without system stability
[XPERIA X8 General] belacker:
Since my phone main uses is calling,texting,gaming and browsing, i used to freeze all google app such:

1)Market < prefer black market ;)

2)Gmail

3)Google backup transport

4)google calendar sync

5)google contact sync

6)google one time init

7)google partner setup

8)google search

9)google services framework

10)youtube < defrost it back if u want to use it.

11)talk < unused

*If u want to use Market, just defrost gmail,market,and google service framework.

Uninstall this.. (U can just freeze if u are worry about your phone stability)

1)DSPmanager

2)voice search

3)voice dialer

4)CMstats

5)Android keyboard < prefer to Htc_ime

6)File Manager < prefer to root explorer

7)FmRadio

That its.
[XPERIA X8 General] vesasmile:
After using ginger dx v21 with stock kernel whole month i noticed that without listening music with data-on checking mail and active gtalk, autobrigthtnes-on my batery last 3 days with normal use for calls and sms.

Only think that drain my batery is music service when i forgot to reboot phone after listening music.

If i could only find what service causes the problem, to stop him and not to reboot every time when listening a music this will be a best rom ever.

Sorry for my english.
[XPERIA X8 General] vesasmile:
After listening a music i stop the music and the media process, and after one day of using no baterry drain for me. No need to reboot.

Anybody can confirm this?
[XPERIA X8 General] bruno_gui:
I notice some battery drain during the night, my battery was decreasing about 15%, so i decided leave Data and Sync off, kill some running process and leave 2G during teh night, now my baterry is decreasing about 1% or 2% only.

Sorry for my bas english!
[XPERIA X8 General] petric1:
Hi i tried to use ginger dx but man it consumes my battery in 12 hours(by doing nothing).It sucks to have great rom that I can use more then 12 hour .Though problem was on most of the ROM-s too like kuyadroid latest version also drain battery ,but version before not so much.I belive that developers must be aware that their product is semi finished.,and though trie to fix this big issue!
[XPERIA X8 General] x10amin:
Try to calibrate your battery.
[XPERIA X8 General] petric1:
Tried to calibrate ,delete statistic clean install,turned off 3g,killed processes and on and on and on .No use it just drain battery like hell.So it sucks.The day before some Iranian guy has put his rom(later locked)this rom fly like hell and no battery drain .But lots of crashes on app.I am not happy at all.

:mad:
[XPERIA X8 General] NarutoDroid:
me too, i got battery drain in gdx22
[XPERIA X8 General] prashanthkp:
Just uninstall all your task killer application and stop the running services not used that makes your battery last long.
[XPERIA X8 General] drjis:
wipe the battery stats with cwm
[XPERIA X8 General] Spevky:
Freaze Gmail. It helps.
[XPERIA X8 General] drjis:
is it possible to freeze google apps? i heard that is risky
[XPERIA X8 General] lucasmazon:
What's the average duration with continue using?
[XPERIA X8 General] Medo2:
I dont know..I might change the rom.

I got heavy battery drain.

One 5 minute song drains 10 percent for me!
[XPERIA X8 General] lucasmazon:
using wifi, is about 13% per hour. Using 3g is about 1% each 2 minutes :(
[XPERIA X8 General] x10amin:
Before trying to complain that GDX draining the battery, try to calibrate your battery.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1464005
[XPERIA X8 General] wilbso:
i have voted for my battery drain because i just have to charge it up like every 5 hours.
[XPERIA X8 General] 2010matej:
Everytime you stop doing something on phone you must to delete RUNING SERVICES. WARNING: Task Killer doesn't make a change you must go to APPLICATIONS/RUNNING SERVICES ! ;):)
[XPERIA X8 General] Mayank77:
Found a solution

Manually Disabling "Background Data" and not only "Sync" Improves the battery life a lot. It provided a boost to my battery. In idle mode , I can have minimum 3-4 days without charging.

Xperia X8 E15i

GingerDx V021

Stock Kernel
[XPERIA X8 General] petric1:
Now i am on the froyopro and happy no drain battery life is good.Damn that DX that doesn't respect my battery.
[XPERIA X8 General] babdxb:
WoW That is Excellent !!!!!!!!!!!
[XPERIA X8 General] republicano:
gingerdx batter lifespan is great,

i deleted alot of the apps i didnt use in system/app so i wouldnt have alot running in the background, then use the cpu governor in the cyanogen settings,turn off surface dithering ,disable animation in display,no background data.

its at 9 hours at 91% idle, a day is around 70%,
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GreenSGS:
Hi Guys,

Eventually, I managed to root XWJVH using CF-ROOT 3.2 and now playing with Tweak manager first I tried to enable all performance booster tweaks but to be honest I was not able to notice a big difference and I must mention that my phone is full with 8 pages of apps.

After that I disabled RAM:Min free, followed by reboot and now I feel,it's feels a bit better. I tried to find details or guide about tweakmanager tweaks but coundn't find anything.

You guys are experts here in these things, could you please make some time to put your own experience or knowledge here.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sos_sifou:
same here, i have disabled all the tweaks on the page and have a smoother device now !

note: gallery takes ages to load photos with tweaks ON, now OFF. its works well (just like before flashing CF-ROOT 3.3)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] alfamobil:
After flashing stock rom - only HTC logo on white screen.

Phone before have nand android, i put in bootloader mode and flash stock RUU_Leo_HTC_WWE_1.43.405.1_Radio_Signed_15.26.50.07U_2.04.50_22_2_Ship now only on HTC logo, can't start. can any body help me?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] duttythroy:
downgrade your hspl to earlier version to match your stock rom so HSPL 1.66
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] alfamobil:
Still same, and when i connect usb to phone when is htc logo stucked - phone was organized by pc normaly :/ just can't start up WM system.

now i will try with other rom's and energy
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] giacominos:
try task29
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Stephen:
There are plenty of threads on this, but go to HTC website, download the correct rom for your phone. You can use the serial number to get the right one.

Then extract the files. Take the .nbh file and rename it to leoimg.nbh. Put it onto your SD card and go into the boot loader and it will flash your phone back to stock settings.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymania:
Hi, I'm thinking about making the switch to windows phone 7 but I have some questions.

If I don't use zune and add music from my iTunes library, will I get the same experience on my wp7 phone, like the artwork in the hubs and artwork on the lock screen (mango feature) ?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] singularity0821:
You have to use Zune to get Music on your WP7. I imported my music from my iTunes library to Zune, and everything worked fine. I can't tell you anything about the artwork though, because it's not available for countries without Zune music store..
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] happy2011:
remove DRM and play itunes movies freely

Because of the protection, you can't transfer itunes files directly. To edit and remove protection from iTunes DRM protected video, or convert itunes files to iphone and other devices, you can download a m4v Converter free trial to convert files to any popular format easily.

Get it from: m4vconverter4mac.com/m4v-converter.html
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiliyo:
once imported, the artist info will either be pulled by the phone itself or transferred when synced with the zune software.

but as stated, you can't sync a windows phone with itunes, just like you can't sync an iphone with zune.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] huzhye:
How to restore my IMEI?I do not know what the operation was, garbled my IMEI, enter * 2767 * 3855 # does not work, what to do? Thank you!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
A few times now, I've noticed that when I pick up my "closed" transformer (docked and folded closed), that the screen is illuminated! I'm afraid this will cause my battery to drain unknowingly while in transit....

Anyone know what could cause the screen to come on when the TF is docked and folded closed??

Thanks!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eutherin:
Maybe you left an app running that has perimission to turn on the screen?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
THanks for the reply... I'll have to look into that. I had assumed that when the transformer is docked and in the closed-up position, that the screen would not be allowed to be turned on regardless (can't think of a reason you'd actually want that).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpavich:
Isn't that the "wake on keypress" issue that everyone talks about? Powersave mode?

It's supposed to go to sleep and not wake until the TF is opened or the power button is pushed but due to a hardware issue, you can wake the TF by pushing any key.
[XPERIA X8 General] Tommolo:
Hi everyone, I've changed my rom because it was giving me some problems (WiFi doesn't work anymore even after the full wipe), so I've installed Kuyadroid. I remember there was an "hacked" apk of the Sony Ericsson Backup and Restore that worked with the roms. I had it in the previous rom and I did backup my sms, now I want to restore them and I don't find this apk. Any help?
[XPERIA X8 General] fifo171:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=982051

:)
[XPERIA X8 General] Tommolo:
Thank you so much, I saved the page in the bookmarks! :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Tommolo:
I've installed it but it says "can't read the selected backup file" when I try to restore it, why?
[XPERIA X8 General] fifo171:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11908011&postcount=4

"IF YOU GET ERROR ''CANT READ FILE'' WHILE RESTORING A BACKUP DOWNLOAD THIS

Installing update

1. Download DeskClock.apk above

2. Using root explorer, paste it in system/app

3. Set permissions to 777 (all boxes checked)

4. Now try restoring the file that previously said ''cant read file''; it should work now"
[XPERIA X8 General] madaks8:
hey i am using xperia x8 2.1...when i was using 2.3 i created a backup file..den i switched to 2.1 and now when i try to restore my .sbf file cannot do it coz it says "cannot read the selected backup file"...i have to tried to use the following solution...

IF YOU GET ERROR ''CANT READ FILE'' WHILE RESTORING A BACKUP DOWNLOAD THIS

Installing update

1. Download DeskClock.apk above

2. Using root explorer, paste it in system/app

3. Set permissions to 777 (all boxes checked)

4. Now try restoring the file that previously said ''cant read file''; it should work now

Installing Backup & restore app

Goto system folder using root explorer and edit the below entry in build.prop

From

ro.product.manufacturer= "whatever name here''

To

ro.product.manufacturer= Sony Ericsson

Then download BACKUP & RESTORE here and install.

i have rooted my phone and done everything above.....

i did this but it was not helpful it is still showing the same message"cannot read the selected backup file"

plz help me out need my backup badly!!
[XPERIA X8 General] hrmohseni:
I get back up and then update phone using PC companion with repair option. after that when I want to restore got this error "cannot read selected backup file".

the link for DeskClock.apk is missed, and I'm unable to move files or change permission in system/app/ using root browser lite ("Operation failed" error occurred ).

please help to figure out this problem.

many thanks in advance
[XPERIA X8 General] Superuser_:
backup one option at time

e.x:

one backup sms only

one backup bookmarks only

one backup contacts only

one...........

that I did on a gingerbread rom

and restored one at time again to official eclair

some apps may not restored because not compatible with eclair and maybe that the reason of error

try to not backup the apps with this method..

use astro file manager for the apps
[XPERIA X8 General] hrmohseni:
unfortunately I have no access to my old data and the only thing I have is my latest backup with spf format.

any other suggestion?
[XPERIA X8 General] Superuser_:
always we keep a recovery backup..

The most important data is your contacts.. the other staff can you find manually

The only way is to flash again your previous custom rom install again backup and restore app and restore data with the app(maybe it will work on the rom you make the backup),and backup your data again but with other method..

Also look and this old thread

I think you can't restore the sbf file with other tool..but you can read it with a windows app(Google it)

The path of your sbf backup file is in: sd card/data/backup
[XPERIA X8 General] tomcom007:
Dont work with GingerDX - is locked by sony...

How run it?

I change ro.product.manufacturer= Sony Ericsson

but is dont work
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VleNiK:
Hello!

I've got a little problem here with my Samsung Galaxy SII I9100

I've recently updated my firmware to the latest Kernel XWKF3

and wanted to copy all of my pictures to my PC with Samsung KIES.

Everytime I click on 'Export' or I want to browse to the 'Camera' folder, my phone disconnects :confused:

Does anyone know what this is causing? Or able to help me?

Thanks in advance!

*EDIT*

It's not only the Camera folder, its every folder I want to browse..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You updated kernel but not the firmware ???..

Copy and paste pictures via USB mass storage mode .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VleNiK:
Ye I did with KIES program!

But its not the pictures only, its with most of the folders I want to browse
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
You cannot update a kernel with Kies its official Samsung full firmware only .

Modem kernel OS the lot .

Kernels are updated via Odin or CWM .

Copy and paste pictures via USB mass storage mode .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VleNiK:
Yes sorry for the misunderstanding, but thats what I did. I just updated my Samsung (Firmware) with KIES.. But unable to browse 'normal'

But anyway, I've tried that it keeps disconnecting when I open a folder.
[LG Optimus 3D] lorgie:
hello everybody.

I can connect every wireless router, but I have problems with connecting an easybox 803A from vodafone. It tries to get an IP address all the time. Disabling the dhcp server and set static IP doesn't work.

Have anyone a solution for me to make it work?
[LG Optimus 3D] lorgie:
No one has a solution for me? :-(
[LG Optimus 3D] lorgie:
Problem solved. Just made a factory reset of the router. Set the same settings like before.

And it works. don't know what the error was..
[Acer Iconia A500] v_lestat:
Anyone having an unresponsive (to touch) screen when the a500 wakes up?

I thought it was just me or the rom i had or some app doing it but a coworker just got his a500, hasnt installed anything really and is not rooted.

I can sometimes push the sleep/power button a few times and it will come to life but not always.

I think twice i have had to use the hard reset button.

Almost seems as if the screen is not responding to touch when you wake it up and it has to rotate the screen to the orientation you are holding it, but that is 100% speculation and i only say that because the l9ckscreen is unresponsive
[Acer Iconia A500] entropy.of.avarice:
Once in a while. Usually only when the device has been asleep for a long time. Not sure how to prevent this issue - i usually find hitting the power button a few times clears it up, but I have been forced to reboot from the issue once in a while.
[LG Optimus 3D] vbeli:
Is there any hope for miui rom for LG O3D?
[LG Optimus 3D] gismo918:
I wished ;)
[LG Optimus 3D] aremcee:
MIUI is modified CyanogenMod. So you'll have to at least wait for CM to be out.
[LG Optimus 3D] DUCCKKE:
no, in a short future...