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[Xperia Play General] Dousan:
Just saw that SE's new Walkman phone runs android gingerbread 2.3 and LiveDock supprts it and the phone even got touch to focus. Though i can't seem to find it got HDMI in the spec sheets, This should meen that SE could make it support our play. I meen almost any other xperia phone is supported, even x10 mini/mini pro. So all of those phones will have usb OTG aswell enabled in their kernels. I feel we're been left out a bit here. We might get exclusive games, but I think it's a high price to pay to be left out on the other features.

It could be awesome to play games on the big screen with the SExplay and transfer data without hooking it up to a pc/laptop/mac etc. :D

Regards Dousan...
[Xperia Play General] Dyelon:
PLEASEEEE HDMI PLEEEASEEE.....i want to play final fantasy and turok on my big screen!
[Xperia Play General] The_Newtype:
..combined with our poor camera software, I'd say we definitely did get left out.
[LG Optimus Black] karl0ss:
Sorry for double post, I asked this in the nova thread and no one answered me, a little saddening..

i wonder if someone can help me,

i have a UK T-Mobile Optimus black, and i have flashed Nova 4.5 on it, and it is a great rom.

the only issue i have found, is that the internet is very slow on the phone, even when i have a HSDPA connection, 350kb compared to my atrix on t-mobile getting 1500kbs..

i assume this is beacuse the radio in the rom isn't fully compatible with t-mobile? anyone have any ideas on how to flash and where to find the orignal uk t-mobile radio?

thanks in advance.

Karl
[LG Optimus Black] dxdiag32:
i remembered nova tweak network,maybe it's not suitable for every location...

you can try to remove those tweak:P
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibluehh:
Hi, i just want to install gingerdx, but i have cwmrecovery. so i wanted to install xrecovery. i tried dualrecovery, but i couldnt install it. How can i install xrecovery even that i have xrecovery installed? Or, how can i install gingerdx with cwm recovery?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monabi:
I think it is okay to have those two recovery programs.

Try installing xRecovery from start.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=921652
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
Hi there, hope I could have a moment of your time.

I am hoping to upgrade from 3 UK 2.3.3 to Samsung Stock 2.3.4, here is my current information:

PDA: I9100 XWKF4

Phone: I9100 NEKF2

CSC: I9100 H3GKF1

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKF4-CL280512 root@DELL151 #2

Network Information: Pay Monthly 3 UK, but Unlocked

Is it possible to do this and still have a fully functioning phone, and if so which, PDA, Phone and CSC files do I require?

P.S. I have both ODIN and Kies installed and phone is currently rooted. I have attached two images with all relevant information to this message.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazymonk12:
If your phones rooted, just grab a CWM flashable zip, boot into recovery and flash from there.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
sorry but what does this mean? Can I not just flash a firmware using odin?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Everything you need to know is here

Go for KG6 or KH3 as they are the newer 2.3.4 roms and known to work/be good.

You may have to manually enter your APN settings, from here
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraman1:
Thanks you, that's just what I was looking for
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] pallavikv:
Xperia 2011 phones to get 2.3.4 update in October..take a look here..

http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/cor.../pressreleasedetails/xperianeovfinal-20110825
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
Cool!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] dryhte:
Looks like SE have learnt from their past mistakes ;) now let's see if they can keep this up.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jtdc:
There's a video of the new 2.3.4 stuff here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejP-zWWei3I

The "USB on the Go" is wicked, better than Nokia implementation cos it supports other devices! We lose root for awhile though, but this is awesome!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] teapea:
The Mini/Pro don't have HDMI out sockets though - so not sure there is much use of being able to control your phone with a keyboard and mouse!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] jtdc:
Well yeah, I'm afraid I have to get an Xperia Ray then.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Linkinsoldier:
Why should we? Unlock bootloader, flash boot.img (if you cant use the old one, I'm pretty sure doomlord will provide us with a new image!), root phone via superoneclick and everything is fine ;)

or probably you can just flash a rooted image ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] c4sp3r:
Cool... Cant w8 for this update...

Sent from my SK17i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] A to the Thizzle:
This is great. I was searching for a way to get swipe to work too!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kakho55:
only selected model only... sad...

======kakho55@XDA========

|-Android-Eclair-2.1.1-|

|-Malaysia-StevEn.hOe-|

=========================

_Waiting my New XperiaMini_

woohoo~~
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] saugatdb:
it applies to all 2011 xperia models
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kakho55:
Oh... Then is mean include x8/x10 mini/x10minipro n w8???

======kakho55@XDA========

|-SonyXperiaMini.ST15i-|

|-Malaysia-StevEn.hOe-|

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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] berz:
all the phone's u mentioned are 2010 model's and w8 is 2011 but thats a diff panel.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] kakho55:
oh..i see..

======kakho55@XDA========

|-SonyXperiaMini.ST15i-|

|-DoomKernel+root 2.3.3-|

=========================

StevEn.hOe®
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] r33p:
well we will have cyanogen anyway :)
[Galaxy S II General] stalker1984hh:
Thanks for this tips

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] O and O:
Does the BLN issue affect NoLED too?! Also what is this fast dormancy you speak of?
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
About NoLED I don't know as I never tried it, but I guess it's based on a wakelock too, so I guess the problem will remain the same, but I'am not sure.

About Fast dormancy, I found the tips on Cognition S2 ROM thread, some poeple sharing their expenriences here as battery life improved with disabling it.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
better battery stats .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

That is now rule one your starting point .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] LockeOn:
Why we should leave this option disabled? It says "Save power by..." so it should help getting better battery results. Did You find anything that would show it doesn't work?
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
This.

And no need to include Juice Defender, it drains more battery than saving it.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
This option is totally useless as it does absolutely nothing : automatic brightness already include it, so it's always better to untick this box as it (maybe) consum cpu for nothing concerning the sensometer.

A lot of people here on XDA and on Market definitely shows their enthusiast about this app (approx 4 dudes on 5 that I cross is happy with it and says it's much better with it), so do I. And some developpers are using it too, I don't think its so useless as that then :)
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
I think it's a good app for scheduling 3G/WiFi/Packet Data/GPS etc. I've used this app for more than one week, the Ultimate version, and it saved no battery but ended up under a big amount of time in Wakelock. So it basically drained more than saving.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] Pryda:
If you set it up correctly it's definitely a great app and it saves a lot more juice by managing your 3G than draining with wakelocks.
[Galaxy S II General] Ethys:
For BLN, is it 20% in 5h with "activated" BLN (lights on with a new(s) message(s) ) or is it all the time ?
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Only when lights goes on.
[Galaxy S II General] rumthin:
If anyone is running multiple pop3, imap, or exchange email accounts, I highly recommend setting all of them to manual sync. I had three accounts set to update every hour, and my battery was draining at a rate of about 30-50 mA in idle. After setting them to manual, my idle battery consumption is at ~5mA in idle. It made a huge difference.
[Galaxy S II General] Tinderbox (UK):
How are you monitoring you current drain , the lowest i have got is 15mah with battery monitor widget pro, though i wish we had true ma reporting like htc , not estimated :(
[Galaxy S II General] angelomaldito:
I agree that Juice Defender Ultimate is a great app for scheduling sync and turning off Wi-Fi (and/or mobile data) when the screen is off. This effectively saves battery. I have been using it for a while and I like it. Of course, its use results in wake locks, as it happens every time the app is activated when the screen goes off and when it activates the sync accordingly to the schedule set up.

The best solution would be to manually sync e-mails and everything else and to manually turn off Wi-Fi (and/or mobile data) when not using it. It would be roughly what JD Ultimate does, but without the wake locks.

However, I prefer using JD Ultimate for this, as it is much simpler than doing all the stuff manually every time you just want to quickly check an e-mail. The wake locks are the price to be paid for the simplicity.

I have doubts, however, whether the other versions of the JD are of any help or not, as they don't have the schedule functionality. JD Ultimate is useful, but it is not cheap. One might prefer to do things manually or leave Wi-Fi (or mobile data) and sync on all the time (but then the battery will go very fast).
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
this is nonsense, Juice Defender Ultimate has saved me hours of battery
[Galaxy S II General] rumthin:
I'm using Battery Monitor Widget, but I wasn't aware that it was inaccurate... Oh wellz. Regardless, the mA readings I get seem to reflect the battery percentage drain.
[Galaxy S II General] ithehappy:
Well it didn't do for me. Now if you are a person always connected to WiFi/3G and do not turn them off manually then JDU could have saved some juice but if you don't use them all time and have time to disable them manually then no way JDU will save any but drain it. I always had JDU as the first list under Wakelocks in BBS. Stats can't be wrong, can they?

Anyway, I am not going with this any far. Just to say if anyone likes JD then keep using but I, for me, will never use it.

EOD.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
Yes my 3G would always be on when the phone is switched on so in that regard yes it definitely does save a lot of battery.
[Galaxy S II General] Tinderbox (UK):
I am good at tuning wifi, gps, blutooth on and off myself as needed , so Juice Defender is not of benefit, though i did buy Green Power battery saver, and it worked with another android phone i had, but i would only use the function to turn off all transmitters at bed time, eg airplane mode, but it does not seem to work on the S2 :(
[Galaxy S II General] prabu33:
Nice info ;)
[Galaxy S II General] antoniosergius:
very good tips...thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] tdiddy1987:
after applying all settings ( on ics lp7 ) everything seemed good

however make sure you do a backup before deleting all those apps.. i deleted them all with root explorer and my phone has a seizure.. then i tried to reboot and i got stuck at the bootscreen...

not saying its the list or maybe it was my fault somehow ...... just a warning

thanks clockwork mod and making a backup first

ALWAYS BACK UP BEFORE PLAYING AROUND!!

cheers
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Yes, it's because maybe you used already those apps in the past, and was incruste to the rom with some data, related data with some other apps, and when you remove all those apps in 1 time, you can have some problems like you encountered.

That's why I always recommand to nandroid backup before doing this (just in case), but the best way for me is definitely to get rid of them if the rom's zip before flashing it :)
[Galaxy S II General] theman22:
thanks for the great info! I didn't realize 2.3.5 made such a big difference. I'm feeling silly that I had not bothered to upgrade sooner!
[Galaxy S II General] orreu65:
thanks
[Galaxy S II General] simixox:
simo

Thanx fora tips :)
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Thanks guys!

I'am planning to add CyanogenMod 9 tips as soon as a stable release will be published ! :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] ram3n:
Thank to you matey !

This topic is getting better every weeks :D

Bonne journée bro'
[Galaxy S II General] RS08:
thanks for the great list.

Just a quick question: "Settings > Display > Auto adjust screen power > [TICK]" is this the same as the automatic brightness setting? If yes I would assume that keeping it on the lowest level (at least inside) should save more battery.

Thanks for the comments,
[Galaxy S II General] mj0lnir:
thanks for this tips
[Galaxy S II General] filip88888888:
great tips, thanks
[Galaxy S II General] ritawb:
Great colection, thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] Skrilow:
Thanks man :D I use your tips now ;)
[Galaxy S II General] CarsnGadgets:
I have seen about a 25-30% battery time gain from uninstalling AVG antivirus from my SGS2!

Since the last update 25.04.12 I have had a huge reduction in battery life, and after trying everything I could think of, I began uninstalling apps 1 by 1 and found the app causing the drain was AVG.

If you have worse battery life since the update and have AVG installed, try taking it off the phone.
[Galaxy S II General] kosmos2012:
thanks for the tips
[Galaxy S II General] furyau:
This is actually worse for battery in ICS, same as GB.

Its best being left on.

There are two problems with ICS that make it appear as this setting actually helps.

1. Spammy routers and/or IPv6 broadcasts from your network.

2. "Download attachments when connected to WiFi" in your email account settings.

So if you fix those, you can leave WiFi connect all the time and the drain will be less than with it disconnected.

I currently am getting less than 1% per hr drain with 2xPUSH and 1xIMAP (1hr interval) accounts.
[Galaxy S II General] ram3n:
You really sure ?

It will be interesting (at least for me) if you could develop more about your sentence... ;)
[Galaxy S II General] furyau:
Finaly got my ICS to better battery performance than GB had.

Battery drain is lowest with WiFi permantly on. 3G uses more battery, same as it does in GB.

The reason the drain is worse for many people with WiFi on, is not because of the WiFi itself, but a third party problem such as the two I suggested but I bet there is also others.

FYI, I am using CM9 ICS.

BTW, I am not sure about screen on, or when using the phone. I have only been testing idle battery drain for a few weeks now. At least now I can forget to charge the phone overnight and wake up with it only having lost 5% - 8%.
[Galaxy S II General] vee4410:
Thanks for the great tips...really makes a difference.
[Galaxy S II General] OnePhantom:
I have also read that it is best to leave the WiFi on as having it turn on and off constantly drains more battery than just leaving it on.
[Galaxy S II General] snOwjAwk:
just recognized that lol.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
I decided to let "Only when plugged in" because I saw this tips on WanamLite ICS ROM thread which he recommanded to set like this to save battery. I was a bit sceptical about this, because like you I think let this option to always on is much better. I had few days ago a bad surprise : at night I let idle my phone very often starting 100% and I go sleep myself, then the morning I saw the wifi was turned off to let 3G back, that I never wanted. It resulted a lost of 3% this night. Decided to put back "Always on" option and it's much better like this as 3G eat more battery than wifi.

I go change the option now on first page, thanks for giving your opinion ;)

And thanks guys! very glad that you enjoy the tips :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] furyau:
Thanks for the thread AndroidGX, I refer everyone to it!!!

The SGS2 out of the box, does not have the best battery life but with tweaking its awesome.
[Galaxy S II General] kosmos2012:
thanks for this tips.

its very good to begin optimized batterie
[Galaxy S II General] alvin551:
just changed all my settings thanks
[Galaxy S II General] rajlesta:
thanks for the great tips..helpful
[Galaxy S II General] silverstorm:
Now that ICS has a new option under 'Settings' > 'Applications' to force stop and then Disable an app (instead of deleting it), maybe this should be added to the original post.

I've noticed when you disable an app this way, it also disappears from your app drawer.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Thanks for your idea but I don't really understand what you mean :confused: because, except force stop, there is no "disabling" option, and if there was it should be the same as installing tasks killer apps which I don't recommand at all since they consum more battery by killing everytime background apps ;)
[Galaxy S II General] silverstorm:
Ok, this option seems to be only available for some system applications. Others only give you the option to 'uninstall'. Examples attached in screenshot.

I've disabled 10+ apps including the various 'hubs' (social, music, games, reader etc) and the accuweather apps.

Once they are disabled from 'Setting' > 'Applications' > 'All (tab), the app is moved to the bottom of the list (not arranged alphabetically with rest of installed apps) and also disappears from the drawer. This is persistent and apps stays disabled after reboot.

To 're-enable' go to the bottom of ''Setting' > 'Applications' > 'All (tab)' and click on disabled app name and click 'enable button'.

Interestingly, when I go into the Titanium Backup (I am using free version), apps I have disabled through Settings are treated as if they are frozen (highlighted in purple).
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Ok now seems more clear to me ;)

Exactly, as states your screenies, it's the same as freezing apps via TitaniuBackup. It's useful for some kind of manipulations (experienced users) and may help in some cases. But its not related to saving battery at all. Sounds more like removing some critical apps tips that I talked in the end of first post ;)

I prefer the way to remove all unnecessary apk's before flashing any new rom.

Anyway, thanks for your report :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] darkpollo:
Thank you for the tips.

I am trying to use the DialPad commands and after i type them on the dialpad, nothing happens.

Do i need to activate something on the phone to use them?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
You mean the tips about disabling fast dormancy ?

If you are on a Samsung rom, *#9900# is normally working and a menu should appear without any problem, which is not the case about AOSP/AOKP roms.
[Galaxy S II General] darkpollo:
I tried again and after typing the latest # nothing happens. The numbers just dissapear from the screen but it does not show any menu.

I have the Dynamic ROM 1.4 so i am not sure if it is AOSP/AOKP.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1582217

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] pustbunker:
Thanks for the tips. Havent had much luck undervolting, so using any help I can get :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] saar17:
When i type *#9900# or *#*#9900#*#* nothing happens, and my rrs state is idle.

How can i disable the fb?

---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:54 PM ----------

When i type *#9900# or *#*#9900#*#* nothing happens, and my rrs state is idle.

How can i disable the fb?
[Galaxy S II General] randomseasons:
Too many reduction in performance to have the battery, I will NEVER sacrifice my galaxy s2 power like that, we pay a lot of money for that and it's supposed to be strong, instead doing all these tweaks, why dont u buy a cheaper phone ?

Im having 6 hours of screen on with only half of these tweaks
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
I would say that it depends a lot about the kernel you are with.

For battery tests/reviews, HERE is a excellent thread for this.

Anyway it's not because I show all writed all these tips that I'am applying them :D I do like you, something half, maybe less, since I want to get more nicely features than spending my time having the best battery life if we should at the end only get the phone feature only :p
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Your signature shows that you are on a CM9 rom, meaning that it will not have this tips working, as stated on my first post.
[Galaxy S II General] naveediftikhar:
as stated by androidgx..it all depends upon what kernel you are using...i personally myself get around 7hrs of screen time with my uv's and uc's and iam using the latest siyah...thing is not too much power is compromised..if you underclock ur cpu to 1000mhz then your benchmark score will drop only around 200-300..besides benchmarks are not even true..under clock your gpu and ull save power without compromising that much power...you have to understand that reducing freq's reduces more battery usage compared to powers...!
[Galaxy S II General] ashishvirmani:
I hope u r not using a third party dialer. This works only with the stock dialler
[Galaxy S II General] saar17:
So how can I enabled the FD?

SOMEONE??
[Galaxy S II General] mar.ioo:
Very helpful thread! Thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] henriquesb:
You can add another tip: sign out of the Google+ client after using it, or else you'll have lots of AudioOut_1 and Realtimechat wakelocks, even if you disable all Google+ notifications.
[Galaxy S II General] xelra:
ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=1

This goes in build.prop

Cheers, mate!

But only enable it if your carrier supports fast dormancy. Check with your favorite search engine first.
[Galaxy S II General] AndroidGX:
Thanks for your suggestion and tips about Google+.

The problem is that I can't add every saving tips for each apps available for Android.

All "chats" are recognized to be battery eaters since they need to receive in live every packets/data.

I would say the best way to save battery for Google+ is to disable sync for this app (in main sync google account).

By the way, AudioOut_x wakelocks are absolutely not related to Google+, it's more a kernel story.
[Galaxy S II General] henriquesb:
AudioOut_x wakelocks seem to be triggered by any application using notifications in my experience, even if kernel related.

Plus Google+ came as default in my Vodafone branded ICS ROM, and despite being generated by the Google+ Messenger it does not have any logout option, you need to use "Sign Out" from the main Google+ instead.

IMHO you should have a tip regarding keeping logged out of the included chat applications like Talk and Google+, also this weird usability reference about logging out of the Google+ chat.

It made a huge difference for me, and I was getting these wakelocks just by using the included Google+ without ever having touched the Messenger, as it signs in automatically on chat and does not provide any options for not doing it.

Also, disabling Sync for Google+ did not avoid these wakelocks, I've tried it.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Just checked the option for auto sync one (Google) account (only with Calender and Contacts enabled) => http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27695152&postcount=158

About 15% less battery life which is about 11 hours for the whole capacity of my stock battery.
[Galaxy S II General] It_ler:
Just checked the option for auto brightness => http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27740579&postcount=163

About 26% less battery life which is about 19 hours for the whole capacity of my stock battery compared to fixed brightness on lowest level.