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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] r33p:
Ehh? If its branded/simlocked - you need to buy unlockcodes online then unlock the bootloader then flash new kernel/rom... Lol good luck
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] knudsen81:
the old mini pro we could flash via flashtools a new firmware, and cant we not that with the new mini pro???

My phone is branded, but simfree. here in denmark we almost dont have simlocked phones
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] r33p:
Unlock bootloader then flash only way atm
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheArcane:
Hello,

Since the latest update I feel my battery life is significantly worse. I would like to compare the idle current draw I have with others, who have similar usage patterns to me.

My idle current (Battery Monitor Widget, idle meaning of course when the screen is off and nothing in particular is left in the background) fluctuates around 50mA which pretty much sucks. This means I lose around 3-4% every hour, and with even moderate use (about 40 minutes of kindle on the bus twice a day, some calls and minor browsing) I barely last a day.

This happens either on 3G or my home WiFi, roughly the same draw. My phone is completely stock and unrooted. I have background data on, with google, facebook and whatsapp accounts, set to push where possible (gmail for instance). I use no alternate launcher or lock screen and very little third party widgets.

I reflashed three times and nothing helped. I tried 4.X global, 4.X UK and finally 3.X French and OTA to 4.X, all the same. I also tried on advice to set network to WCDMA only and it didn't help.

I realize I have a lot of stuff "on" but nevertheless I feel my battery performed a lot better before the update. Also, my brother has a SGS II and he also has background data on. His idle currents are around 10mA only as far as I could notice. His battery performs a lot better despite the more powerful hardware.

So, is this a problem with version 4.X or my usage patterns?

I'd appreciate if people with similar usage to mine could post their idle currents for comparison, in particular people still on 3.X.

Thanks.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hygge:
I will give you my own observations but I have no app that show the exact current used.

Firmware: .368

Kernel: DoomLord v10

Data disabled

I live in an area with 2G coverage only and it will only consume 1% per 3 hours, after 15 hours of no use it had consumed 5%. It is a bit higher under 3G coverage, around 1-2 hours per 1%. That tells me that no system or user processes are running in the background consuming power.

It will consume much more power when you are moving around in a 3G coverage area, all the location area updates will increase the radio activity and power consumption as high as 4-5% an hour when you have been driving constantly. This should be the same for all devices I would guess.

I allways keep data disabled due to my very limited data plan and to conserve battery, I will just shortly activate data and my deviced would automatically sync all my accounts. I have Moxier active sync client installed to sync my work email, calender, tasks and contacts, and having this running with push and data active will consume 4-5% an hour.

There is one exemption to the above, I need to reboot my phone evertime having played ps1 games with the FPSE emulator. The phone starts consuming 5% an hour and my battery history log show the system process as consuming as much as 30-40% of the battery. This happens everytime I have used the FPSE emulator, you might have something similar with your phone with other apps, the FPSE process is not running and I have no clue what is causing this.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] HüskerDü:
Just a warning for all of you LG owners ...

Trying to update my daughter's Optimus one to Gingerbread I managed to totally brick the phone. When I say totally I mean really bricked. No sign of life !

I must say I was very surprised because I've been juggling with Android for a couple of years installing every custom rom I've found on: Samsung Galaxy ( :-(( ), HTC Hero, HTC Desire. Done all I could to brick them but never managed to succeed ;)

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With LG I did it on the second try. The poor guy wasn't even rooted.

More than this I must say that since I bought the phone via Amazon, LG Italy refuses to repair it !

Luckily Amazon is smart and they will substitute it right away no question asked ! :) The new phone is already on his way to my home.

So beware LG owners, update your phone at your own risk, expecially it your're italian .... hihihihi

For me this is my last LG, you do what you want.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Shofire91:
Was it an official release of Gingerbread? Was it a custom recovery flash or a KDZ flash?

No bootup at all? Nothing even responds to charging or the emergency mode bootup?

Try holding the home+volume up button and hitting the power button. Any response from the phone?
[Streak 5 General] dead101:
I have got dell streak 5 from more than a year now and have put loads of different ROMS in it from DJ Steve to Simple streak but now I am facing a problem. My streak is not loading the clockwork recovery at all. Things I have tried

Rom manager (showing latest version of Clockwork)

Vol Up & Down -----update from sd card--- leads to nothing just a black screen

Simple Answer “ Flash clockwork or Streak mode recovery again”

Thanks but I have already tried it recently I have installed Window 7 with x86 bit version so after downloading all Drivers i.e Suit + Adb + Android 1.0 ( all three). But as soon as I put my streak in fast boot mode (apparently it shows fast boot mode on streak) whereas in CMD line it shows waiting for device 

Please someone help me, gone through the basic troubleshoot but leads nowhere

Been out of this forum for a while so no idea if there another way to flash clockwork recovery

Thanks
[Streak 5 General] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
Are you attempting to use ROM Manager and Clockworkmod on a Streak? If you are, both don't work properly - if at all - on the Streak. For recovery, the recommended tool is Streakmod Recovery. Don't install ROM Manager at all.

If uninstalling ROM Manager doesn't allow you to change to Streakmod Recovery, you have an issue that may be repairable with the QDL tool. However, I would wait for the more knowledgeable owners of Streaks to chime in, rather than taking my word on it.
[Streak 5 General] dead101:
thanks mate

the problem is after installing all the drivers it goes on"Fastboot mode" on phone but waiting for the device on pc . not sure what I am missing :(

Update: install-recovery.sh" in /system/etc is missing grrrr
[Streak 5 General] dead101:
Solved with MBF
[Streak 5 General] jamierooney:
I've hit a similar brick wall today in that LCD Density changer semi-bricked mine when pushing the value to the system setting. Basically screen is black, but the device is running.

Only today did I then find out that CWM doesn't do Nandroid backups too well ! so migrated these backups to the Streakmod Nandroid folder location. Hit another brick wall with both though in that I get an MD5 error when attempting ANY type of a restore using the 3 most recent Nandroid backups I have.

Factory reset and Recovery (CMS and SM) failed.

ADB was fine up to the factory reset, and now its spitting out: "error: closed" upon trying to launch then shell, yet it will report the device state, serial, etc...

Currently running a Checkdisk on the SD card to find a way past the MD5 error, and will rebuild a Nandroid.md5 file (again) - did this earlier today, the .md5 file, using a Windows MD5 maker, but it didnt resolve it.

Going to look into reloading the stock 354 image onto it if the MD5 brick wall stays in my way :S

Just wondering though, can you elaborate a bit on your resolution ....
[Streak 5 General] jamierooney:
I'm guessing you meant MultiRecovery Flasher here - think I may have a solution for my issue by going back to stock via the stock recovery

will update ;)
[Streak 5 General] asusgarb:
CWM Recovery 2.5.0.1

Now i dont remember exactly in witch session of the streak forum is, but there is a thread that talks about the cwm. That version is the only one that works with streak, so try that one.
[Streak 5 General] chrisrotolo:
I had this issue when going from 2.2 (stock rom and rec.) down to 1.6 (recovery to use update.pkg), and just a black screen, tried diff 1.6's, no emergency recovery screen, etc. maybe an unrelated issue.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Passi0509:
i want to make a custom rom on my desire hd and now i have to downgrade my smartphone but windows cmd ever tells me "error:device not found" what can i do?

sry for my english and im new in android (get it tody it´s my bday:D)

Passi0509
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Patrics83:
I guess you won't get any DHD specific help here.

Please visit DHD development section and look for downgrade guides etc.

Good luck!

/Patric

Sent from my Desire HD
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] francescod:
Hi, I need your help. I rebooted the phone and now is stuck on boot animation! I wiped Dalvik and Cache reflashed FroyoMod 2.9.3, with no results. I would like to backup "sms" and "call log" and then do a factory reset.

These are the options on nandroid backup menu:

System

Data

Cache

Cust

Cdrom

Boot

Baseband software

Linux bootloader

Logo

Device tree

Wich should I choose?

I can also try to copy the sms database stored here "data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db" from OR console, but I don't know how to do it!
[HTC EVO 3D] shaanwarrior:
This is a noobish question, so I apologize. But haha I'll just go ahead and ask in case.

So i downloaded the Synergy ROM, and wanted to take a look at the themes in Synergy Updater. When I tapped "check now", no themes showed up. What's going on? The server is all up and there too. Do I have to change the server?
[HTC EVO 3D] shaanwarrior:
haha even though this is a dumb question, could I get one response? ^_^
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
Lol Couldn't help ya playa. Don't use it. Are there server alternates?
[HTC EVO 3D] shaanwarrior:
haha well that's what I'm trying to find out. do you know if there are any alternates?
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
Don't know pimpin. Might want to let the experts handle this in the Synergy thread. Have you asked over there yet?
[HTC EVO 3D] shaanwarrior:
not yet, but I will now haha! thx!
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
No prob. If you find the solution, update it here in your thread. That way if someone comes across that same issue, they can have the answer here. :)
[HTC EVO 3D] EricSS619:
Prettyy sure that the senergy updater is not being used.
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
I just flashed Synergy and i dont even have synergy updater. unless i cant find it. It came with Dconfig and thats it.
[HTC EVO 3D] neoslayer:
I do not think the Synergy updater works... I used Synergy for about two months and never could get it to work (don't think they use it).
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
Well I made a similar thread in the mini pro a few months back and it was pretty sweet so I decided to start one here so I'll start!

I use zeam launcher basically because its light and fast and it has the features that I like

Now its your turn

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Device: HTC G2

Rom: MexDroidMod PreGhostChilli

Kernel: Tiamat v1.2.1

Gingerbread 2.3.4
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] antinerd:
These days, Go Launcher, its free, its skinable, and also has a bunch of free widgests (for me, a sense-like calendar, and a messaging widget).
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] evilcuber:
lol stock rosie launcher on sense 3.0
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] heybobitsme:
LauncherPro Plus. I just switched my wife's G2 to LPP because the default ADW in CM7 is laggy as hell.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] virtualflyer:
Go Launcher, I love the sphere effect.:D
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] .BetaBoy:
ADW EX :) i like all the customizations
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] G1ForFun:
+1 for ADW EX.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Stargazer418:
I'm using the stock MIUI launcher since I'm on an MIUI ROM. Also, how much smoother is ADW EX than the free ADW, because my experience with ADW has always been an awful slow lag-fest.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] blackknightavalon:
dxTop Pro, mostly because it was Amazon's free app of the day a few days ago.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ptesmoke:
i normally used go launcher, but it seems to be getting awefully bloated lately. i just tried launcher7 for the hell of it and im amazed, cool interface once you get used to it. and fassssst. giver a shot..its free..
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] sk8erboystijn:
Launcher Pro Plus, its the fastest (not most stable) launcher in my opinion.

I'm running CM7 and the default ADW is really laggy..
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] convolution:
Launcher Pro Plus:

Zippy, and I like their widgets.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Saenzscene:
I was using adw since it is the launcher for cm7 but I tried go launcher ex and I love it! It's very fast with no lag at all. Tons of customization is available and I use android pro Widgets or apw in the market. Sense like Widgets. I highly recommend go launcher ex. It's free so it's worth a try. I think it's the best of the bunch. Just my two cents.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] chronophase1:
LauncherPro. It isn't really customized. I just have the Gingerbread dock to give my phone a pretty stock look. I tried the actual GB launcher and it was really slow doing screen transitions. So with LP, I have the look and all the quickness I need. I've also tried Zeam and Go and they weren't bad at all.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
Hey if you guys want you. Can upload some screenshots

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Device: HTC G2

Rom: MexDroidMod GhostChilli

Kernel: Tiamat v1.1.2

Gingerbread 2.3.5

Themed with UOT Kitchen
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Saenzscene:
Here are three. Just to get an idea. I have seven lol
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Saenzscene:
Ahhh they came out blah. Uploaded from phone I guess that's why.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ptesmoke:
same here lol...oh well
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Saenzscene:
Lol like the look. Is that windows seven launcher?
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] HeaT420:
I'm using ILWT CM7 with LauncherPro. Very fast launcher and gets the job done. On CM10.1-11, I used Trebucket and tried Nova and Apex. Didn't notice any difference in speed.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Martinezz123:
Go Launcher ex - it has folders in app drawer, it's fast and it is the only one that has notifications working on kitkat.

I've tried Nova but I have to go back to go launcher again.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] misiu173:
GoLauncher ofc.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] arsonist63086:
I use zeam launcher its a small fast simple little thing and love it . Its fast and small mem footprint.. I even replaced the stock launcher with zeam 2.8.8 in system and just updated once it was in system ... good launcher
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ptesmoke:
yup launcher7 from market, it is a cool change :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
I keep looking into more launcher but I just keep coming back to zeam

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Device: HTC G2

Rom: MexDroidMod GhostChilli

Kernel: Tiamat v1.1.2

Gingerbread 2.3.5

Themed with UOT Kitchen
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] martonikaj:
I use CM7 primarily, and when I'm on there I remove the stock ADW launcher and replace it with the stock GB 2.3 launcher. Smooth, fast, and no crashes or bugs.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] lemonoid:
I have ADWEX its way better than free. Other than that I like GO and Regina is nice but there are just a few things I can't deal with all the time
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Cid-Vox:
most of the time I use the MIUI Launcher

the only thing missing are the scrollable widgets

but I got LauncherPro, Launcher7 and SPB as well :)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
You guys should try out adw ex

Its nice and fast

And it has a lot of themes

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Device: HTC G2

Rom: MexDroidMod GhostChilli

Kernel: Tiamat v1.1.2

Gingerbread 2.3.5

Themed with UOT Kitchen
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] blast0id:
I second both of these... I'm using Go Launcher EX + Transparency theme + ALL go widgets... I started using it because see below...

I purchased LPP, and it was great on virtuous 0.8 - 1.0, but after version 0.8.5 on it just got to be horrible... always force closing, laggy as hell and just plain horrible... also with "auto-rotate" off, when you open the keyboard it doesn't rotate the homescreen as it should...

really frustrating cause I not only purchased it, I purchased the LP Sense theme for the built-in LP widgets so they would look exactly like sense, as I use sense roms... can't do it anymore... every time you come out of an app back to LPP, or if you open the keyboard when on a homescreen with LPP widget, it freezes up for almost a minute and then force closes and takes almost another minute to "refresh" everything on that homescreen...

Go Launcher EX has none of these issues, it is very slight lag when opening keyboard, but I can handle a 0.5-2sec lag depending on what all is running in the background... 60-90seconds with LPP I CAN NOT... federico needs to get it together and finish up his complete rewrite, hopefully then it will be useable... but I still think it will be too little too late as I have come to absolutely LOVE GoLauncherEX + horizontal looping app drawer + cylinder effect...
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ~SilverLad~:
I switched to Android about 4 months ago (I can't believe what I have been missing all this time!) and having tested quite a few ROMs and launchers, I have settled (at least for the moment being) for Virtuous Unity 2.35.0 with ADW EX.

Reason being: This particular ROM (with the corresponding kernel + bulletproof tweaks) is the one I find to give me longer battery life whilst being very fast and complete despite it being a Sense ROM - which I'm not particularly keen on - otherwise I actually prefer MIUI (except for its launchers original iPhone looks and the problem it seems to have with battery life). As per the launcher, ADW EX seems to me the cleanest and fastest of the "no so simple" launchers I have tried! (That being: GO EX, ADW EX and LauncherPRO) - ADW EX is as customizable as GO EX but not so laggy as the latter, and in comparison to LauncherPRO, I find ADW much more complete and customizable. I'm on HTC Desire Z

PS: (Apologies if my English is not 100% correct)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Bigt2003:
I'm using GO Launcher EX on MIUI. ADW and LPP had lag issues for me on my G1 so I tried GO and carried it over to my G2. I get all the customization and themes like ADW and LPP, without the lag.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] miked79928:
I use Go Launcher EX as well. The main reason I do so is because it is very similar to Launcher Pro in terms of widgets. However, Go Launcher seems to be a little faster and has more themes that I like. Also, there is no lag after reboot with Go Launcher as there is with Launcher Pro.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
Hey you guys should try out adw ex its fast and it has nice themes

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Device: HTC G2

Rom: MexDroidMod GhostChilli

Kernel: Tiamat v1.1.3

Gingerbread 2.3.5

Themed with UOT Kitchen
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] n1ck75:
Sweeterhome!

Easily the most modifiable launcher out there. Not to bad on system resources either.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] andslide:
Pure gingerbread stock cyan
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] mapin0518:
Can someone provide a link to the latest stock GB launcher I can flash on my gf's G2 phone running CM7.1 ? (yes she's wants stock)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Rozza C:
Go Launcher EX for me.

Easily the best launcher that I have used so far...
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] androidtoy09:
I'm not sure it’s the latest but you can get it from the Market. Just search for ginger bread launcher.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Stargazer418:
Download it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=933517

Flash it in recovery and it removes the free ADW launcher and installs the stock launcher. It includes the 3D app drawer, which the one off the market does not.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] HaJeeEs:
Though only for HTC, but I like Sense 3.5 a lot. After removing some unused (by me) apps from the great rom, it even runs fine on my Desire Z.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] EndOfSource:
LauncherPro Plus with Cyanogen (:
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
Isn't launcher pro outdated?

Stewie just said that!
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ~SilverLad~:
They all are (LauncherPRO and ADW/ADW EX...) :(

I have been using ADW EX (paid version) for a long time but it hasnt been updated since last August! :( ...and the "free version" of ADW hasnt been touched since DECEMBER last year... therefore I had no choice but to switch to Go EX recently which is the launcher I do recommend.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] kingston73:
Go gets updated regularly, my current favorite.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Dog'sGonads:
Launcher Pro seems to be the smoothest for me by far. And I've tried practically everything under the sun.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ~SilverLad~:
GREAT! Well, I have to take it all back - At some point between my last comment and today, ADW EX has FINALLY been updated!! :) ...hope my comments here didnt have anything to do with it! ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] rirozizo:
ADW stock launcher of CM... baisically because its the stock launcher of CM (duh!) :D

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sent from a phone... 'nuf said ;)

btw... justin bieber sucks

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[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Gwanatu:
I've been using GO Launcher since it came on the Market, and in the last 2 weeks I've switched back to Launcher Pro. GO was just getting really slow and bloated, and I was getting sick of the constant icon reloads and stupid things that would come up. I miss one of the features like the built-in task manager and the ability to un-install apps straight from the app launcher menu, but the speed and stability of Launcher Pro have me content for now.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] killed:
Go launcher <= I'm using it
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ~SilverLad~:
...AMAZING! 3 months without updates and suddenly 3 updates in 24h! :D Going back to ADW EX! ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Critical Jeff:
I've been using Launcher seven for about a half a year now. it's responsive, simple and to the point and every customizable.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ttamirt:
currently using ics launcher, on [BETA 4r1]Desire S ICS AOSP PORT
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ablivian:
I'm using Miui Extended Launcher(from miui extended settings). It's better than the default launcher, because it supports scrollable widgets.

check : http://forums.miuiandroid.com/showthread.php?7738-MOD-Extended-Settings-Menu-Options
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Shadow-Nexus:
1+ to that ans I gotta say its amazing I really love the dock ans the folders but definitely miss the 10 x 10 screens that I had with adw launcher ex
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] Athrun88:
GoLauncherEX.. it combines MIUI with LauncherPRO into one great launcher. Convenience of LP, customizability of MIUI and Sense-like widgets all in one.
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] jethro650:
Still stuck on Launcher Pro Plus. Bought it for my Cliq and carried it over to my Desire Z. Tried a few others but this is what I know....
[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] snc74:
Well for me seems a tie between adw ex and go launcher because it can be more customizable than lpp and believe me, those launchers runs butterly-smooth on my g2, imho. One more thing: try Pyro mecha rom. I think that is the fastest (besides cm7) when you combine with Tiamat kernel and the battery usually last me 20+ hours.

Cm7 7.1 stable

Tiamat kernel @ 1.1 ghz

And a few launchers!