yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spitefulcheerio:
all roms are gonna be similar in terms of battery life. Battery life really depends on what measures you take to reduce idle usage.

-download "green power / premium" and set it to turn off data while the screen is off

-keep wi-fi, btooth and gps off when you're not using them

-use "setcpu" and create a profile for when the screen is off, limiting processor load

-download "battery calibration" and charge phone to 100%. Use the app.

I do all these things (I use battery calibration after flashing every new rom / kernel/ ect) and on CM7 with a 1.3ghz OC, I got 18 hours of battery life with high usage. I've only used 5% of my battery in 4 hours with little use (mostly idle)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plaster:
I've tried pretty much every ROM. The one I got the best battery life out of was pi crust 0.7. I'm currently on Aura 1.1.3.8 bloat with the stock att kernel and battery life isn't horrible, but nowhere near as good as pi crust.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bamastang:
+1 on πcrust 0.7 I can can 30hours + on a single charge with moderate use. Over Clocked 1.1hghz and Under volted slightly.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IUH1991:
Yeah, I used to be on Picrust and the battery life was really good. I got tired of the stock experience though so I installed Alien w/ theme. The ROM is really good, but the battery life is not consistent. Sometimes it's as good as PiCrust and other times it barely gets through the night.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spitefulcheerio:
if you do the things I told you to, the alien rom will get much better battery life. I used to be on alien 4 and got 30+ hours on a full charge
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XanSama:
Ninja SpeedFreak gives me by far the best battery life over anything else. 40-50hours. Tried Alien, RedPill, Aura Debloat, Aura Accounts, PiCrust, Froyo stock, GB stock (Bell). Nothing but SpeedFreak will consistently get me more than 20 hours.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] ErwinP:
Hello

I'm using LauncherPro and just yesterday I stumbled on this post on xda.

Now, I don't care about the wallpaper, but I really like those buttons. So first I did try to find the icon pack (it is called "Manup's Simple Word Icons 116SET") and then tried to make some of the icons myself, but each time I noticed that the words just aren't readable on the screen (too small!).

So I was wondering, does anybody use such a theme and is willing to shear it, or does somebody has a solution for this? Or is our resolution really that bad? :-)

Thank you in advance!
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Scratch0805:
Hey, I tried using this app too once and had the same problem, I'm not very clued up on Photoshop so never tried to solve it that way......

Instead I used another app custom launcher icons, which gave me the text icons that we're readable. There wasn't much customization in it though so got bored quickly, I think the icons in that picture are actually blank icons placed over a custom dock background which has the text on it.

I've done it that way before a while ago, let me have a search for the theme which came with blank icons n ill get back to you.

EDIT: The theme I used for the blank icons was called sense adw theme by androidfeens.

You can use the blank icons from that then find a custom dock with the text on.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Scratch0805:
No I tell a lie he did actually use that app to make the text icons and then placed them on top of a custom dock. Must be our resolution that sucks with the app, oh well glad you reminded me about this just made my own custom dock again.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] ErwinP:
Interesting approach, but the only restriction is that this way of working limits the amount of docks to just one, as the dock-background is the same for every dock..
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Scratch0805:
Yeh that is a problem for multi dock users, doesn't affect me as I only use one, for the basic phone functions.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] Lmasta:
Same when I used it u i forget I have them, and found it easier to just use shortcuts ;)
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] ErwinP:
A bit late, but I've found an app that creates readable word icons! It is called 'Simple text - text icon creator', is made by 'redphx' and can be found in the market for free. For a screenshot, check attachment.

Erwin
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hassaan123:
Hello guys, well atm i have samsung galaxy ace and today a friend gave me offer for exchange with x5. Should i exchange? For me galaxy ace is good but few things really create problems e.g low ram,200mb internal memory,processor 800mhz but cant be oc and no good roms available. So i need some advice here.

Also i had some questions. How is the touch screen of x5? Battery life? (my ace only lasts 10 hours :-\ ) any other major cons?

Thanx for your time

P.S - how do i confirm his device is u8800 and not u8800H?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] priestx:
Hello!

The X5 is great (for its price), with the default ROM it runs ok, no glitches and lags. I tried ADW and other launchers but due to the lack of gpu acceleration I wasn't impressed (maybe with overclock...). The battery life is pretty good (with heavy usage wifi, some gps, rss, browser, music, some gaming I get at 20% until night).

The screen is pretty good, I've got it for some time now and without a screen protector I don't have any visible scratches.

The only cons on stock rom are the preinstalled apps and I hate the touch keys (home, back etc) I accidentally touch them a lot.

Also no front facing camera (if you really care).

I don't think there is any significant difference in the "H" version
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
go for it!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] liangse:
For me it's very good bargain cause he/she saved you from your mistake.

3 of my friends use ace and they want to snatch x5 from my hand everytine they saw it. X5 wins every sector except for the brand name. People still believe on brand name
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] priestx:
Band name has some Pros when it comes to comes to service and peripherals (docking stations, headsets etc...), thank god all phones use the same USB port for charging...

Other than that I wouldn't spent more than 50$ for a same spec brand VS a non-well-known-brand phone.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
Well x5 battery life also is **** if you are using it. It takes 2% of battery per 7minutes sms writting. 5% of battery for 25minutes 175mb size video playing with lowest brightness.

Stock rom is absolutely ****!!! mine was so **** that it took 50% of battery per 20minutes and it was lagging! so you must upgrade to 2.3 custom rom for best berformance. Talk to friend with phone and listen is his phone do not have bad sound quality when he talks from his x5 - then x5 is better. BTW x5 uses 353MB of ram not 512MB.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
128 is reserved for gpu tommi.

500 minutes of video playing! that's amazing.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
Yes i know that, but it's not used for programs and performance but reserved for GPU but when we do not use any hardcore gpu game it's sad that we must sacrifice our 128MB of ram for it :D Anyway what about the video playback time i last night watched futurama and it took ~5% of battery life on minimal light and everything was turned off, but this doesn't mean that if we play continually video it will run 500 minutes :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
it is used for everything the screen displays.

you should know that that android "uses" the first 10% lightning fast and that the second 50% last a lot longer than first 50%. anyway battery life is standard if not a little better than other high spec android phones (excluding amoled screen ones) and everything above 4 hours of screen on time is good.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hassaan123:
How is the touch screen? Is it responsive and good? And how do i figure out if its u8800 or u8800H??
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
For me touchscreen si too much responsive!! i'm not kidding!! it's so damn responsive that it's hard to type correctly sms :DD i use GoKeyboard it's very nice and larger than android :)

i think H version should be written on back of phone when removed battery. MAYBE.

Anyway you should try it by yourself first. But hardware is good for this phone the only bad thing about it is battery. :( if you use it offten it won't last 12 hours.

Now i would trade my X5 to Sony Xperia mini pro (NOT x10).. it has better cpu and external keyboard. i hate onscreen typing..it's not for me :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
and a worse screen.

everyone should know that it's up to the manufacturer to set the clock speed.

btw. x5's cpu is newer than xperia mini pro's
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
for me 3" screen is nice thing not bad, i hate big screens. And phone will not discharged so quick. :) Yes it's maybe older but better.. little and ****ing fast! :D Te only bad thing for Xperia is his height it's almost 2cm.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] darkado:
i meant resolution.

anyway, it's not a better cpu. they're pretty much the same, only x5's is a little newer.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
I would go for it, just because the screen is much bigger and is virtually unbrickable. :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] onkelbonus:
Hey guys, here in germany I can get this phone for 175€, should i get it if I want a cheap, working smartphone? I think there is no alternative in this price range, is there?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] XphX:
Sure go for it if you are okay with installing custom ROMs which is quite easy. You can get it for about EUR 210,- on Amazon, I'd choose that and take the full warranty.
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
Hey guys,

Got both these partitions now all I need is a dd image of the system partition from stock d3 so I can put in the SBF.

Please try this and let me know if it works:

dd if=/dev/block/system of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
[Motorola Droid 3] techdigital:
System dump download

http://androidcommunity.com/motorol...-wallpapers-boot-animation-and-more-20110711/
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
That is a dump of the system partition, I need the CDT partition.
[Motorola Droid 3] techdigital:
ill see what i can get, my droid 3 is one of the soft bricked ones so i have to depend on others. http://www.multiupload.com/IGD0S3J8LK
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
Thats a link to the CRC of the test ROM, someone pointed that out to me earlier, thanks though. I'm on to looking for a dd of the system image, final thing I'm missing. All I have found so far are zips of the files which isn't what I'm looking for.

I'll let you know when the SBF is ready, more testers the better.
[Motorola Droid 3] suzook:
Whats the easiest method to get a dd image of the /sysytem?
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
I don't know what the system partition is, but I think this will work:

dd if=/dev/block/system of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
[Motorola Droid 3] suzook:
Using terminal on the phone?
[Motorola Droid 3] suzook:
Ok, got it. Its big. How do i get it to you?
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
if you could zip it up and upload it to megaupload or something that would be perfect!
[Motorola Droid 3] suzook:
Ok, does it contain any personal info? Also, i modified sytemui.apk, and frameworkres.apk to look like gb theme. Is that a problem? If so, maybe someonelse should upload theirs.
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
I would prefer a stock one so people can go back to stock, but no the system partition doesn't contain any personal info at all, its designed to be run read-only which is why you need root to mount it rw to edit it :)
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
C'mon guys someone must have a dd of stock system partition :confused:
[Motorola Droid 3] erismaster:
ill do it,ive renamed like 10 apps to .bak though. is it cool to leave those as .bak or do those need to be put back to .apk
[Motorola Droid 3] nullness:
I want a system image as it shipped with the phone, apps and all. I really need a completely stock never touched one.
[Motorola Droid 3] erismaster:
alright ill rename them back to .apk. wont take long. ill post the link as soon as i get it up

Here it is

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X2OPU8V1
[Motorola Droid 3] royolpunk:
WOOHOO ^^^^
[Motorola Droid 3] jrobin:
Would this reverse the ota leak install if it turned out to be a dead end?
[Motorola Droid 3] saintlikesniper:
Does this mean user created SBF?
[Motorola Droid 3] jrobin:
Yes that is it exactly.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] catapult1234:
Good news for the dutch Ace users. Update from kies available for the Netherlands.

S5830XWKPO (CSC = XENKP2) (Android 2.3.3)

Happy updating :)

Cheers

-edit- its available via samfirmware.com (Thanks KoGi77GR). Dont be confused about the CSC. They made a mistake at samfirmware and switched baseband(XWKP7) and csc(XENKP2) numbers. So if you prefer Odin over Kies, go get it at samfirmware.com :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] KoGi77GR:
At samfirmware.com I see a new one available, quite similar:

S5830XWKPO ##	CSC - S5830XENKP7 ##	2.3.3 ##	2011 July
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] catapult1234:
I guess thats a leaked one, not official. Since there is different csc.

Cheers

-edit- nope. You are right. They switched baseband and csc numbers. Its the same firmware, just checked at samfirmware.com
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Sgace:
Hey,

thnx, finally it's there.

Dankjewel man.

Cheers.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mroneeyedboh:
Im new to the tablet world, and Im interested in a 10.1 tablet. I want to use it USB tethering off of my cell phone and other areas, for movies, netflix etc.

Also, are these lagging or going to start to diminish in the android hacking world? Or does the future look good on these still? Any reason to stay away form the 10.1 tablet? I know I might hit biased reviews here, but Id like to look at it from a technological standpoint. From reading these seem to be the better of the bunch currently.

Thanks fellas, any and all help/pointers is appreciated.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] jbh00jh:
Most of the reviews say the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is the best Android tablet on the market at the present time. 3-6 months from now , who knows.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Step666:
If you're in no rush, the rumoured Amazon tablet(s) sound like they could be a force to be reckoned with, as well as potentially priced very competitively.

But as jbh00jh says, the Tab is probably the best on the market right now.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] thering1975:
I have owned 2 android tablets and an ipad gen 1, hardware wise the galaxy tab rules at the moment but will be superceeded very quickly but then isnt all tech.

Android requires a bit of work to set it up as you want whereas the ipad is pick up and go however more limited in its abilities and customization imho. I feel apple has the edge on polished apps and developers more likely to do ipad versions first as apple users are more adept at paying for stuff as they are used to the itunes / app store eco system, whereas android offers better rev through free apps with advertising.

one reason i love the tab and the same reason for me to own a galaxy s is supercurios voodoo sound. It really does make a difference if you love good quality audio from headphones / line out.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mroneeyedboh:
Oh OK. Well I have a potential trade in the works for one. I still have my HTC evo. And I'm more than happy. I'm not really into chasing down the latest tech anymore...

Is it really worth hacking/ rooting the tab, does it open more possibilities similar to rooting an Android cell phone?

Guessing if so, then we can swap kernels, roms, etc.

Sent from a miui HTC evo.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Step666:
Starting with your second question first...

Yes.

Android tablets are basically just giant phones which don't call/text, rooting a tablet opens up exactly the same options as rooting a phone.

And yes, it's definitely worth rooting IMO - I couldn't imagine using an un-rooted Android device any more than I could imagine using one without internet access.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mroneeyedboh:
Haha yeah I figured that. Thanks fellas. Can we run aosp roms, or are these roms a different breed.

Sent from a miui HTC evo.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Step666:
Yeah, though they're not really referred to as AOSP, just 'stock'.

The two types are 'stock' and TouchWiz which is Samsung's custom UI.

TouchWiz isn't terrible but it's not my cup of tea.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mroneeyedboh:
Thanks man.

Sent from a miui HTC evo.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Step666:
You're welcome.

Oh, one other thing, stock Honeycomb doesn't really look like AOSP for phones, so don't be surprised if your first reaction is that what you're seeing isn't stock...
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] mroneeyedboh:
OK. Good to know. It would be cool if we could get miui on it... haha I love it. Can we get CM?

Sent from a miui HTC evo.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Step666:
I haven't heard anything about CM7, no.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Corvette Dave:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/08/31/report-doj-opposes-atts-t-mobile-usa-buy/
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Longcat14:
Well, that's good for T-Mobile customers. My speeds and service are amazing on AT&T, so it doesn't matter to me, but this is interesting none the less.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MartyLK:
Same for mine. I'm seeing speeds much faster than 3Mb/s DSL on AT&T. The fastest I saw on T-Mobile was around 2500Kb/s.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Tomdg07:
Only time will tell if this merger goes through or not and im really getting sick of hearing about it. But thanks to the OP i have been wondering why the at&t's stocks were taking a nose dive today (new think ive been doing at work,wathcing the stocks to pass time lol).
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ZeroIsntTheHero:
Seems kind of funny to offer a company 3 billion dollars and some of your spectrum(that you claim you are already lacking in) if the deal doesn't go through.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Corvette Dave:
The promise to bring jobs back to America if the deal is approved was almost funny. I said almost...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
I don't know if anyone else is getting this.. but I was just throttled yesterday, and I got the msg twice.. saying I have gone over 5gb of data and am now throttled for the reminder of the cycle. Today I get the msg again.. does anyone have an idea what's going on..ooh I do have the Throttle Reset apk installed and used it.. funny I had installed in from the begining of cycle and hope I didn't get throttled but no luck.. now I dialed #932# and noticed that the data reading was different from my T-Mobile account.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
I've never seen that message before, i've had tmo for quite some time and even went over 5GB before. I would turn on 2G, for a few moments, then return to 3G/4G, and speeds should be fine.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
I just get upset when I hear you guys say I don't get throttled or when I get throttled I get a decent speed.. now am in new York city. I don't know where you guys are from but its just frustrating to see others get throttled to decent speed and others not getting throttled.. Damn feel like am missing out.. when I get throttled the most I get when I run speed test is 60kbs. Either from edge to 4g..as gas as network modes goes, I use 2g when am running Pandora, when surfing and downloading I use 4g.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
I'm in nyc too, but i've been going over since I first got my G1, do you have the premium data or the classic one? And I think they only throttle some people, b/c I would tether w/ my laptop and they didn't do anything.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
Yes. The 5gb data plan...this is bull****..msg to you T-Mobile guy(those who work for t-mobile) who are here(Getting all our secrets and sharing it to tmobile). I'll choke you.. lol just kidding.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
Now am told by T-Mobile that throttled speed is affected by your location.. I guess if the towers ain't that crowded you might be in luck..
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coupetastic-droid:
Everyone gets throttled no matter who you are or where you live. Some get lucky and don't get throttled, some probably do not even use their web as much to go over the cap to get throttled or some just don't notice. I've gotten away without getting throttled after going over my gb cap a few times.

No matter what they are always going to get you.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
That's true. My theory is that there's still a glitch on T-Mobile server. I wanted to know those who didn't get throttled where are you located at.. am in nyc...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coupetastic-droid:
I'm in cali. I'm already 1.37gb over my 10gb data cap and I have not gotten throttled this month. My bill cycles tomorrow either way.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
See what I think is that if your new cycle is less than 24hrs, most times I don't think you get throttled.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coupetastic-droid:
Not true. When I used to be on the 5gb plan I used to go over it all the time. Usually pretty quick. Sometimes a week or 2 before mt bill cycle
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jr_718:
Well I guess sometimes.. and sometimes some people get lucky.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sunlaw2:
Mt4G on manny pacquiaos leftover roids,and gassed up wth tdj's miui.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] GeoRCZ:
Good afternoon,

I'm looking for this ROM, but the page is down from Huawei.

V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTESTC205D001 (Esthonia Elisa)

It also serves any of these below.

U8800 V100R001C00B138SP03CUSTC316D002 (South Africa vodacom)

U8800 V100R001C00B138SP04CUSTC185D002 (Poland AB)

Someone has them stored?

Thanks
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
SAD but there is no way to get those... don't know why but huawei website do not provide them. I would also love to have Estonian ROM cause i'm from Lithuania so it's almost the same.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
Check your PMs, both of you... :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iakoboss7:
can you pm it to me also please?

thank you allot :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] GeoRCZ:
Many many thanks Katu2006! :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Blefish:
katu2006, if you have the Estonian Elisa B138 ROM, can you send it? In case something happens to my phone and I have to send it to warranty.

-e-

Got it from two posts below.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] JoonasL:
Me too please, same reason as above :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
Deleted...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
Remove the link Tommi, or I'll remove the files and do not make my upload public again.

Edit: Link down...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
sorry i was not thinking that this may be in any way bad thing. sorry.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
That's fine, as long as you're learning...:)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Could I get the link? :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] adamnz:
I would appreciate the link also, maybe someone could upload it somewhere and make the link public?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] cokratex:
Yes, I would also appreciate the link very much.

Thanks in advance!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
Did you actually managed to get anything from the new Huawei site?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
yes bun only things that are listed in download section in their website.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
yeah, but that's useless... :(
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] M1ST4K3:
Could you send it to me, too?

Thanks a lot.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
read the topic you dumbass. i already posted the link.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] M1ST4K3:
Wow... Hostile stuff around here...

It was late, I was tired... Sorry. Anyway, Thanks.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] katu2006:
Don't worry, it happens to all of us...Tommixoft is out of line sometimes...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] M1ST4K3:
I know that ;) That's why I didn't freak out...

We all have those days!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Tommixoft:
If you look here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85V1Xewv20k what was my influence you will laugh at my post.
[Epic 4G General] BigOnes69:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/feds-...mobile-purchase-the-fallout/56891?tag=nl.e539

This should add to the upcoming Sprint announcement.