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[Motorola Triumph] kneel:
My motorola Triumph's Battery Life

I have waited months to post my reviews. I had a Virgin Mobile Intercept and upgraded to this the day after it came out.

Battery life is HORRENDOUS. Not sure how anyone can possibly say its "OK". Sure if you are sitting at home or in the office all day, You can continually have it plugged in and charged. My lighter socket doesn't work in my car ATM so thank GOD I don't drive a lot, and for long periods, I would be SCREWED.

Essentially yes if you turn off GPS, Wi-Fi, Syncing your emails and such, etc etc, then your battery will last longer. But what good is the phone then? I have owned many other androids and they worked for almost a full day with moderate usage with ALL of those things turned on and sync'ing (including Latitude and automatic check-ins). I have lost all of that. I have google talk catching up for hours-old conversations whenever I hit a wifi spot that's saved in my phone.

Juice Defender was my "solution" But it has rendered my phone practically useless for anything besides just having a phone handy when needed. No apps, no moe use of all the bells and whistles that I loved about android in the first place!

I am dealing with it. It just sucks. Sure there are other smartphones with similar issues, and poor battery life, but this has to be possibly the worst or one of the worst. It just is highly unfortunate that this is the case.

Also: Bluetooth syncing works 50% of the time. Constantly have to turn it off and on to get my jawbone(s) to sync. God forbid you answer a call and want to switch over to bluetooth. In those cases it works about 20% of the time.

This is not a good phone for people who are out and about all day or drivers of any sort, unless you have it plugged in the entire day. Forget about using it as a GPS unless its plugged in either, that will drain you battery to 0% in less than an hour.

People say this is due to poor design and rushed to market with crappy signal reception and GPS reception, same with bluetooth antennae. This might be the case, I ALSO have mine suddenly have NO BARS for no reason and I have to power off and on the phone to get a signal back.

ALSO half the time I am out and about and need data connection over 3G, even with bars I get NOTHING. It's very frustrating not to be able to use the phone for what I want to use it for.

I will be getting rid of this puppy as soon as possible and I would do it sooner if I didn't want to avoid a 2year contract.

The good part about the phone is it is MUCH faster and responsive than the Intercept and Optimus. Much better camera (has a flash - FINALLY!) and HD video. Front facing camera is nice to have but of course weaksauce in the resolution dept. Overall A+ for effort, D- in execution.
[Motorola Triumph] lamenramen:
This post is harsh. But I agree with most of it. Overall, the Triumph fits with a prepaid phone reputation: niggly bugs, poor battery life, poor service quality when compared to a higher end device.

The main problem here is that you'll be totally dependent on the community for real bug fixes. Every phone has bugs. But the bugs on the Triumph affect core usability and are on a totally different level. I would not count on Motorola to fix these bugs. If you're the tinkering type and a patient person, this may be worth it. But anyone who thinks that they are getting "something for free" is sadly mistaken. You are paying $25 a month for cell phone service, which is great . But all these bugs will make you pay with your time. How? Time looking for new roms, apps to fix bad battery life, time wondering why the touchscreen response is poor, time working around the bugs in every day life. If that is fun to you (and it may be for most people on this forum), fine. But you are paying with your time. Lesson learned is not to be so quick to fall for the specs. The company offering the phone and their track record of pushing out updates should play a large part in my decision next time.
[Motorola Triumph] Fodoom:
I usually have WiFi turned on all day, and sync. I use the phone on my breaks and at lunch. When I get home I troll forums heavily and watch netflix occasionally. Not to mention Pandora for at least an hour per day. The battery will last if I dont plug it in until the next morning. Bottom line is that a lot of these issues can be fixed with quality software, and a battery cycle of 18-24 hours is something I can definitly live with. Compared to my Ascend, the Triumph is soooo much better in battery dept.

Sent from my rooted Moto Triumph
[Motorola Triumph] shub1217:
Battery issues

I am not sure why a lot of people have issues with battery, I unplugged my phone over 7 hrs ago and right now have 57% battery left, now before you hang your head at this look at my usage:

-Over 1 hour of talktime out of 7 hours.

-50+ texts back and forth

-10+ emails back and forth

-5-10 youtube videos

-5-10 pages of web browsing

-dl and install apps

-facebook at least 2-3 times every hour

And some more fiddling around so basically I have been on the phone non stop for 7 hours and its lost only 43%

That said, most of that usage came from the first 4 hours where it lost 36%(1+ hour of talktime, youtube videos im not really shocked there)

6th hour i texted and browsed etc only 5% battery used.

7th hour I just sent back and forth a couple of texts and only 2% battery used.

All this when i dont use any applications like task killers etc..i just let them run the way they want. Also no wifi, everything over 3g.

so imo if it gives that kind of battery its good enough for me. I was really scared when i bought cuz people were complaining so much about its battery but im fairly surprised. One factor that could be though is that I am not running the GPS, no need for it yet, when I do ill update what kind of usage i got.
[Motorola Triumph] TheBritton:
I get 23 hours battery life with HEAVY usage and 30 if mostly idle. Many may disagree but if you live or work in a Wifi zone, keeping wifi on and setting it to never sleep greatly INCREASES battery life. 3G radio uses more juice especially if low signal or always searching. If you click on Battery Use and see your "time without a signal" is anything over 20% then you will most certainly see increase on battery life if you leave wifi locked on while in a wifi zone.

Also, side note: I have a 1500mah Anker battery that also increases juice time :) I recommend it!
[Motorola Triumph] Prey521:
23 hrs with heavy usage? Unless yours came with a 2300ma battery and not the paltry 1380ma battery, there's NO WAY you're getting 23 hours under heave usage.
[Motorola Triumph] TheBritton:
I'm using a 1500mah calibrated battery and yep, its true :) I leave wifi on and set to never sleep when I'm at home or work. If not, 3G absolutely murders my battery. My phone drops between 3% and 5% per hour.
[Motorola Triumph] TheBritton:
Well today I am having less luck with battery life. I watched two movies on Netflix and constant Facebook. I unplugged at 10:30am and it is now 4:48pm and I am at 52%.. still using 1500mah battery.
[Motorola Triumph] ziddey:
troll somewhere else
[Motorola Triumph] garrmack:
I just came from a Samsung Epic 4G. I have to say battery life it at least the same but probably better on the Triumph. The battery is also quicker to swap out on the Triumph. Between the already better battery life and ability to quickly swap, I'm more than happy.
[Motorola Triumph] Prey521:
As horrible as the Triumph batt life is then I'd hate to think how bad the Epic 4g's life was...wow!
[Android Software Development] Rootstonian:
I think I already know the answer to this, but just wanted to double-check before I code it.

I have a app that runs a count-down timer and reads GPS at every interval. If I want to add a "stop" button, coding a finish(); as we all know, won't destroy the app.

So, the question is, if I want a "true" stop button, I'll have to run the app as a Service, right?

TIA,

Roots
[Android Software Development] Innova133:
If you call finish() in the final activity, your onDestroy method will get called. Any cleanup (stopping the gps radio) should then be done.

The linux process for your application may still be running, however, if the Android system needs to reclaim the memory, then that process will also be killed.
[Android Software Development] Rootstonian:
Great, I'll give it a try.

Thank you :)

Roots

REPLY: Works as advertised, thank you very much. I'm going to run it as a Service as it is a "mission critical" app and I need more control then the standard UI thread offers. :)
[Acer Iconia A500] maltesemmelhaack:
Hey Guys,

I cant download the ROM from the developers website. It always stops downloading with 10-50%.

Would somebody please upload the ROM at RS or so?

Regards
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Are you downloading to your computer or tablet.how fast stable is your ISP.are you using a d/load manager. Have your messaged vache

More info needed

D/loaded fine for me
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Any got a guide or know how to port keyboards? Please be as detailed as possible. Or if you know how maybe you can do it for me if you'd be so kind I'm trying to port the Motorola Photon keyboard.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Normally you can just use es file manager/root explorer, go into the system/apps, find the keyboard apk, then try to install it. Perhaps get a rom from that device and then extract the apk as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
I've tried many times it says application not installed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommytomatoe:
Please post that apk here. And I wi make it work for you. I assume it is LatinIME.apk, right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
here it is:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34135478/LatinIME.apk

if you get it to work can you please tell me how you did it

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommytomatoe:
here try this

What I did was sign it. Should be able to install correctly now :-)

Whether it works or not after its installed is another story...I did not test.

Is the photon leyboard much different than the gb keyboard? I'm curious.

Btw. after you download file, don't mess with it in anyway. That will break the signture.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Thanks ill try it and post results in a bit
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Oh and yea it very differant I like it a lot its easier for me to type the shape is more squareish
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
I tried it and it won't install.

Here is a list of what I did:

I tried installing unsigned

I tired adb install unsigned

Root explorer to put unsigned apk in system/app and I also signed it and tried all the above and no go

On adb it says something like user shared not compatible

And tried your signed apk and nope
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommytomatoe:
If you have existing copy of LatinIME.apk in system/app, you need to delete it first. The signatures are different with the unsigned and signed version i posted. Please remove the apk in system/app, then try installing via adb again.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
I did but adb says user shared not compatible something like that
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommytomatoe:
After you deleted the existing file in system/app and perhaps data/app as well?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Do I have to delete the regular keyboard HTC IME as well?

I deleted the LatinIME but not htcIME
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
I found out the problem

Look at

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16939707

You need to edit the android manifest.xml but I dont know how
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommytomatoe:
Interesting. I just installed and it installed fine on my device. I'm running mikG.

Yeah I know about the user id in manifest. Very common for propietary roms like sense to have them. When i have time I will fix.it up for you
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Hmmm ok ill try it on another rom cuz right now im stock
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
Ok I got it installed but I can't get it to work any ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Long pressing in a text area didn't allow you to select it? Also go into settings > language and keyboards. and look for it there, as you might have to 'enable' it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkboy0901:
It force closes
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tilmatt:
Anyone else have the issue with their screen lifting? I noticed that it is lifting along the right side of the screen where the front facing camera is down to search button. I've never dropped my phone and although the screen still works, it's kind of annoying.
[HD Mini General] Mherry:
Hi,

I'm using a Parrot CK3100 carkit and it works fine in WM, however in Android I don't get any sound. The bluetooth connection works fine.

When a call comes in it shows the caller ID and call duration on the carkit screen but I cannot get any sound.

Please assist because I don't want to get a fine for not caller handsfree.

BTW I'm using the r167 version....

Thanks for your help and keep up the good work!!
[HD Mini General] ¨K¨:
its an issue where the devs are working on for the moment...

http://code.google.com/p/photon-android/issues/detail?id=34
[Droid 2 Global General] ahenriquez11:
N00B here! but tried to gather as much info as I could..

Got a VZW droid 2 global from ebay that the seller profiled as "unlocked"

I'm in Central America and trying to register it with a GSM 850/1900 carrier but it won't connect to the network at all.

It had a 14 IMEI code... found it's translation to 15 to 17 IMEI and bought a the unlock code on a site. I got the unlock code but the phone has nowhere to enter it.

Found a post stating that it should ask for the code after inserting a foreign sim card or waiting 30 minutes if nothing happens. tried that and there's no prompt.

I have accessed the testing menu with *#*#4636#*#* and select the GSM only and WCDMA preferred (I got an HTC Inspire 4G working with that one here) and it is recognizing the GSM 850/1900 local carriers but unable to get any network access from them.

Found that VZW locks the carrier's network ids but the phone is recognizing them.

Again: ir recognizes the networks but is not asking for an unlock code... all the posts states to enter the code but they don't say how (the phone must prompt it automatically)

Please let me know if there is any way to manually pull up the field to enter the unlock code or if I can try anything else to unlock it

Thanks!
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
First, the phone's IMEI is written on the label under the battery.

Second, if you switch it to GSM mode it will output the IMEI in *#06# and in Settings, About phone, Status.

The 14 digit code you mentioned is probably MEID in hex form.

Switching to GSM is done by going to Settings, Wireless & networks, Mobile networks, Network Mode.

Using the service menu you mentioned is wrong and can lead to the phone being unable to connect to GSM at all, in which case you must reflash the SBF.
[Droid 2 Global General] ahenriquez11:
Actually I got the unlock code but there is nowhere to enter it.

Also it allowed to me to at least view the available networks after changing it to GSM/WCDMA and seems to be trying to connect to one but there's no signal at all.

If I do a network search now it will show me the available networks 5 or 6 (2G&3G), selected one and it just shows that it is not able to connect to that network

BTW, found that the radio was off as well and had to switch it on using the testing menu because by going to Settings, Wireless & networks, Mobile networks didn't allow me to access it at all, it was just grayed out and there was no way I could turn on the radio using that option..... sorry... I think I got everything I need except where to enter the unlock code :(
[Droid 2 Global General] Gasai Yuno:
It looks like you have successfully (like other people before you) fried the GSM radio settings. Congratulations.

You need to flash the SBF to reset the phone's radio module to its original state.

If you actually bought a phone that was already unlocked it won't ask for an unlock code.

A locked phone asks for the code the moment you power it on and let it boot with a non-Verizon SIM card.

The code you supposedly bought is not for your phone at all, because you requested it for an IMEI you made yourself from something that was never an IMEI.
[Droid 2 Global General] AdmOd:
For me, The unlock screen appear only on original rom with non-verizon sim.

not appear on custom rom.
[HTC EVO 3D] rudyp9:
wich kernel its the best to save battery on the 3vo?:confused:
[HTC EVO 3D] life64x:
What I am finding out is it's not the kernels that save battery life for the 3d, but the scripts people use. Viper as a example and synergies.
[HTC EVO 3D] chillfancy:
Couldn't have said it better. Do you know if you can install the scripts on any ROM?
[HTC EVO 3D] life64x:
Off the top of my head..nope. I ust,use what they provide.
[HTC EVO 3D] r0cky0790:
Yep. If your kernel supports them.

My "DU4L C0R3 SH00T3R" shot you down in 3D! -Security Off-
[HTC EVO 3D] thisguyinoc:
My SD card suddenly became unreadable and I have lost everything on it. I had to buy a new one. My question is, are there any apps that will sync my entire SD card with my PC remotely over the internet (WIFI or 4G) using SMB or FTP?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] backlund:
I searched quite a bit about this same issue about a month ago. I tried every app I could, and in the end 0 Backup Gold seemed to work the best. It dumps my SD card to my PC every night over wifi while the phone is charging.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.Odroid.ObackupGold

The other one I liked was FolderSync Lite, but I ran into an issue with it. The first time it copied, the power went out over night for a moment, dropping my wifi router temporarily. The next day I checked to see how the backup went and found that it was copying the Green Hornet file when the drop happened. The file copied on my PC was only about 100 megabytes, instead of the 1gb+ that the file on the SD card is. The next time FolderSync ran it skipped over the Green Hornet file instead of recopying it. So basically, it just looks for if the file name exists in the destination and copies it if it isn't there, leaving the corrupted file in the destination. I also had some memory leak problems with it. When I would run a sync overnight, my phone usually needed rebooting in the morning or was pretty much unresponsive.

0 Backup doesn't have a pretty UI, but I've found it to be reliable. It seems to know when something didn't copy correctly and recopies it on the next backup if need be. The silver version is free too, but doesn't have the scheduling capability. Might be nice if you just want to try it out first.

The other one I tried that worked OK was PCFileSync, but it keeps a huge ugly icon in the notification bar that just drove me nuts.
[HTC EVO 3D] thisguyinoc:
Thanks for your response. I can't believe I only got one response. I found FolderSync and ended up buying the full version, it was only $2.34, and its been working great so far. I'll look into those corrupt files though. I'll also give 0 Backup a look as well.
[Milestone 2 General] savior333:
hi ,everyone.

this toolbox works well on MS for CM.MS2 also can use it. But some function is not work .For example the overclocking and so on.So,I hope someone can fix it works well on MS2.It is really a good toolbox.Thanks your work.:D
[Milestone 2 General] dangpzanco:
sw_acer made an app called Milestone2Toolbox, which he is planning to release in english (he is chinese).

Maybe you can talk to him, it is already translated in his sources in his github (KyleTang user) and maybe you can compile it yourself.

Sent from my Milestone 2 XDA App
[Milestone 2 General] Jos1ah:
Oh, this is the MS1 use, useful software, but to us it does not support the:mad:
[HD2 General] r44f4rman:
My HD2 died today - was stuck on booting logo, MAGLDR menu wasn't coming up. I booted the phone to HSPL and attempted to flash the 2.15.50.14 radio (was temporarily using 2.12.50.02 earlier due to poor network coverage in my area). During the flash the phone's screen went black with the backlight still on and I got the flashing error in CustomRUU. I booted the HSPL again and discovered a strange issue: the HSPL screen goes black after a few seconds and the USB connection gets lost. HSPL obviously shows the ROM update error now but I can't flash the radio as the HSPL dies after a few seconds... In all occasions the backlight is still left on but nothing on the screen. Tried two batteries, both fully charged.

Please help...

P.S. Earlier configuration: HSPL 2.08, radio 2.12.50.02, MAGLDR 1.13, ClockworkMod 3.0.0.5 and Typhoon CM7 in NAND

UPDATE: I tested the phone further and it seems that until I connect the USB cable the HSPL stays on. Right after connecting the USB cable the screen goes blank. Tested using different cables, different PCs with different OSs (Win7 and Ubuntu Natty). I attempted to flash Stock ROM 1.66 from SD card (renamed extracted nbh file to leoimg.nbh) but the HSPL blinks "no image file".
[HTC Aria Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr72:
Recently my Aria has started an annoying habit, which now seems to be happening all the time.

Basically, it is not checking my email. The schedule is set for every 15 minutes during peak times for two accounts, and once per day for off-peak times for those accounts. A third account is once per day peak of off-peak.

In the past it would ignore the off-peak and check mail every 15 minutes even in off-peak times.

Now suddenly it has quit checking mail AT ALL unless I open the app.

Perhaps related, I also have recently installed Juice Defender Ultimate, but I have the schedules turned off. Is this perhaps interrupting the checking of the mail? JDF also has "Moblle data" management "disabled", which according to the docs, should mean it won't try and turn off mobile data. JD has "WiFi" set to "enabled" to auto-manage wifi only (should work, right?), and "3G" is "disabled", "Autosync" is "disabled". Basically I am trying to use JD to automatically manage my wifi. I wonder if JD is affecting the mail sync?
[Windows Mobile] sker100:
Hi all,

I always use a custom rom from others, because there are many people cooking for the devices i had, butt now i return to my htc touch 3g or htc jade and see that the roms are old.

I try cook to my topaz once and i remember that i change sys to have the newest release of win mobile 6.5.

i don't remember the kitchen i use.

I want ask wich kitchen i use to cook win 6.5 in my htc jade?

thanks
[Windows Mobile] raving_nanza:
jade kitchen is here dude
[Windows Mobile] sker100:
thanks for your answer, i already made a kitchen with oskitchen, and eliminate some packages and try and it and run on the jade.

Now I'm try to see witch build is the recent one of win 6.5 with the bottoms in the inferior corner and putt it run.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile] raving_nanza:
np dude,

the latest WM6.5 builds are here

you will need to ask which is the most recent build.
[Windows Mobile] sker100:
thanks i will seach the build, and then try to port things from htc mega to complete the rom.
[Windows Mobile] raving_nanza:
good luck with your rom dude :)

(im thinking about porting my blackstone rom to Artemis, a big job though, plus ill need to fix my Artemis :cool:)
[Windows Mobile] sker100:
yes butt are to different models and with very different memory's and all.

butt htc jade and htc mega are very similar, had the same processor, memory is bigger in htc mega...

i will try port some apps and things, i have to search about that, because there people who have did that...
[Windows Mobile] raving_nanza:
yeah i know what you meen dude, some stuff can be copied to artemis, or slightly modified for it.

(it wont be for a while, but definatly thinking about doing it.. another project :rolleyes:)
[Windows Mobile] sker100:
so, do you know how to port things from other devices? can you help me port the htc mega things to htc jade?