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[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
I hope I was clear. WiFi is faster data transfer, but the battery lasts longer on 3G only. The thing that uses the battery is the WiFi modem, which does not idle. One can adjust settings to turn it off when the screen is off, but otherwise it runs all the time - unless you want to manually turn it off and on.

Also, i forgot to mention that the S7 won't connect WiFi to an"ad hoc" device. Some cellphones make their teathering that way. My HD2 won't work with the S7 for this reason. I have heard that some cellphones will work.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
What OS are you using on your HD2? I assume it's some build of android, CM7 mabye?

Yea the Streak family (S5/S7/Venue) dont do ad-hoc connections, but at least the S5 can tether in AP mode and not ad-hoc mode. If I had a S7 it would be able to wifi tether that way. just throwin out my 2¢.

I cant check 100% but I beleve at least the S5 on wifi disables cell data on 2.2.x. For a brief moment when it's connecting to the AP both the wifi and cell data icons are visible but data dissappears once it's fully connected. As the S7 cant do calls you could completely disable the cell radio if you tether. Though if you're tethering sporadicly you'd still have to constantly turn tethering on/off on your phone anyway.

At this point I believe I'm just thinking out loud for whoever else is reading.

It's likely a sliding scale with [wifi-only <--------> data-only] and it really depends on how you use it. It's clearly not black and white and if you (the hypotheical reader, not you specificly stevedebi) think that it's only one or the other you're clearly wrong.

At least on my old iphone3g the cell radio was so power hungry, even leaving wifi on constantly (including idleing) saves a huge amount of battery vs using cell. Leaving wifi constantly on doubled effective idle battery life. But clearly S1 snaps and tegra2s are more efficient the other way around. (or close enough and technically the t2 requires an external radio so it's dependant on that)

On my s5 the most efficient way is: use wifi when available, turn wifi off when idle and 3g elsewhere. As my usage is mainly large bursts and little streaming I believe this is the most efficient for my usage (which is just web browsing, i use gps too but I cache maps ahead of time).

From the other threads, the cell radio is the most power hungry part on a s7 you can turn off. (and strangely this is even more true for the wifi ones, it's still 'on' and drains power but clearly there's no radio).

Of course this doesnt take the tethering phone into account, but at least when i tether my laptop to my s5 it really doesnt drain the battery much. The phone in tether mode doesnt process anything, it's merely relaying. If it was any other tab then the s7 you could likely even charge it actively if you're using it long enough to sit down. (though it'd look really silly, but 8.9-10.1" devices have huge batteries, the s7 not so much)

Off topic-rambling aside:

If it was me in your position I would merely tether all the time as I use at&t, as they charge an inordinate amount for tablet data. It's much cheaper to have a single (largest available) phone data plan instead of a small phone and small tab data plan. Ultimately which ever is the better deal is just as huge a factor as battery life on either device. (as apparently tmo has much better rates)
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
I'm using the stock wm Rom. I don't use android on this phone.
[Dell Streak 7] StreakNuBee:
Did you ever get this to work?

I'm not part of a familiy plan, but I finally got SMS text and data. I now have 3 SIM cards of various flavors. (the original, phone only (no data), and the working one)
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
Wm? The steak 7 only runs android...

EDIT: oh, you mean you run wm on the phone you use for tethering. I successfully tethered my HD2 using the nrg rom, with the wifi supplicant patch. I do have gingerbreak on my s7.
[General Topics] NCX Designs:
Aside from being bored out of my mind, I just thought I would show off my work so far based on the Vigor thanks to the leaked images.

I managed to make a render (not finished) based on the leaked image

And I played around with the idea of maybe making some wallpapers based on this old OG DROID Incredible ad

and then there's the forum thread header i'm working on, (by no means finished yet) its using parts of the Vigor as well as the design cues from both Vigor and Incredible, which I may end up changing in the final design.

and then my new sig

just thought i would show everyone what i've been up to lol

if I can get the support from devs i will port my Incredible clocks to the Vigor, i just don't have the time or the patience to deal with M10 and Sense 3.x porting, i might dip my hand in the pot with some new ones though. Definitely want to make some matching color themes using the black/red color scheme, they just go so well together, as does my Acid clocks with black and metal black
[General Topics] psufan5:
Just really hard to see myself buying another HTC product after this TBOLT battery issue...
[General Topics] CanesDrew:
This does not belong in a Thunderbolt forum and as such is being reported to the MODS.
[General Topics] NCX Designs:
Thank you forum police

Seriously? Vigor doesn't have a forum yet, and alot of Vigor threads are ending up here in ThunderBolt section. Why? maybe because the Vigor is the successor to the ThunderBolt? I can understand why alot of devs and members have left XDA for RootzWiki.

to the other post, the battery for the Vigor is going to have a 1620mAh in size

ThunderBolt has a first gen LTE antenna/chipset, Vigor is likely to have a second generation chipset which could improve battery life. Only problem is, with LTE and CDMA, any dualmode chipsets are going to eat battery life, I mean look at the Bionic, they hyped up the battery life on it and its not that much better than the ThunderBolt's 1400mAh battery compared to the Bionics 1750mAh

I guess we'll have to see, hopefully next week we'll see some news on it at the HTC event in NYC.
[General Topics] kierandill:
Hope not, because that means they won't be released in October....
[General Topics] Fab985:
Vigor test rom

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Extracted from Vigor verizon test rom
[General Topics] smccue:
Really, it is no big deal.
[General Topics] Icculus760:
Damn OP, those pics you posted are totally fake! :D

looks really smooth though...nice work!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
I just noticed that my proximity sensor is not working. Any suggestions on how to check if it is hardware or some type of file issue? Thanks to anyone with help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well what did you do to your phone prior to it not working?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
The only thing I can think of is I flashed Miui for a few days. No modes no nothing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playya:
Its not working with all your saved and newly flashed roms? Or you have not tested it with nandroids. Also there are sensors files out there that you can try and push over to test it out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgomez720:
*#*#3424#*#* of a physical hardware test for your phone. (: that test everything from your touchscreen to your sensors. A well as your speaker n earpiece. Hope this helps ya
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Not working on any Rom is nands. Will run test and report back.

Thanks for your help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Can not find option to test proximity sensor in the test. Am I missing it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgomez720:
Oh I'm sorry! I got the galaxy s test mixed with the htc test! Lol I forgot the galaxy s family is the one with the option to test the sensors, im so sorry
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
No not at all. Thanks for your help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Thanks all for your help. Looks like its toast. Time to unroot and return. Sucks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airportcabbie:
Not sure if it'll help or not....but this can tell you if the system even sees the sensor and will test it for you too.

Elixir: http://market.android.com/details?id=bt.android.elixir

Go to the sensors tab & see if your proximity sensor is even recognized.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Thanks a lot for the suggestion. I down loaded app.

I'm not sure how to read it. I know. Noob ! Can anyone tell me what they see?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Is there a way to turn it off and reset it?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airportcabbie:
What I see is that the prox sensor shows up, which is good. What will determine if you have a software issue is when you are on that screen, put your thumb over the sensor. Does the reading of "far" change to "near"? The sensor is on the front of the phone just below the silver speaker grille and just to the right of "hTC". If the reading changes, then it's most likely a software issue.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Ok. So the reading does not change. I guess that means hardware fail?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airportcabbie:
I do believe so.

unroot, put it back to stock. Doublecheck sensor again, then take it to sprint.:(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaaye:
Thanks all. Un rooted, sprint store, can not fix, ordered me a new one, in on Monday.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delman420:
before you unroot one question do you have a screene protector on you phone i had one one mine made my sreene go nuts for like a week peeled it back poked a hole in it bingo working again for some reason the protector was messing with it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] airportcabbie:
Oh, Duh, I hadn't even thought of that. Good call. I try to remind myself to do the simple stuff first!!:o
[EVO 4G General] j_shelton1988:
Can anyone post a direct download link to the synergy rls1 without godmode? I tried downloading off the thread and it won't dl for some reason. Thanks
[EVO 4G General] sitlet:
there is no direct download, you need to go through the hosting site's links in the thread.
[EVO 4G General] sha4000:
there you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1144447
[EVO 4G General] j_shelton1988:
Thanks! Appreciate it
[EVO 4G General] sha4000:
your welcome
[EVO 4G General] doodymus:
Download link is dead.

The download links for this ROM seems to be dead :( . Is there an updated one?
[EVO 4G General] m20120:
This ROM has not been updated in quite a while. Not sure if it is still being maintained. I moved on some time ago. I do have the non god version. PM me if you want it.

Edit: Or try the mirrors that are here.
[Xperia Play General] phat_cow:
My xperia play randomly goes to no service then a few seconds later it goes back to full service. Has this ever happened to anyone else?
[Xperia Play General] letspoint:
Sort of.

Right now I cannot get onto tbe android market or google maps. I can get onto google on opera and of course xda, im thinking its google. Reset doesnt help either.

If I find out whats the cause ill post back or pm.
[Xperia Play General] cutthroat31:
That happens to me somewhat when I send MMS... but it comes out fine in the end... I don't know if that's the same issue with yours.
[Xperia Play General] antispiral:
It used to do that a while back when I had just gotten the play, but now it never drops below 2 bars and always has 3g. I'm suspecting it has something to do with the enhanced 3g coverage upgrade they did in our area recently.
[Xperia Play General] LemonPlusTea:
yeah. most of the time though, the zero signal comes when I wake my phone from sleep mode. other than that, full bars. :D
[Xperia Play General] letspoint:
I did manage to get it working after some snooping. I went onto settings, applications, all, market and uninstalled the updates. Reverting back to the market I had when I first got the phone.

Ill mention that I messed about with download manager in the same directory in the settings, but I assume that rolling back the market did the trick.

Next day the same problem occurs, rolling back and clearing cache didnt help this time. Later In the day it fixed itself.

Im new to android so take what ive said with caution. At your own risk, but thought id mention as it could work for others. At the very least it could narrow your searching for a solution.

Hope it helps
[Xperia Play General] Rogue Leader:
Depends on the area where you are and the strength of your service.

For example theres a lot of interference at my job, to the point if I do any text messaging or facebook checking during the day my battery is near dead by the time I leave. However when I'm at home the battery will last all weekend if I don't play any games.

While I'm at work you will see it jump from 3G to nothing and back almost randomly and sometimes Facebook/market/etc work fine, other times they refuse to conenct for hours.
[Xperia Play General] letspoint:
I get max signal at work, where I still had the problem. Signal wasnt my problem, I could get onto google through opera and on the xda app.
[Xperia Play General] letspoint:
Settings/privacy settings/reset settings (NOT FACTORY RESET)

Resets all settings but leaves appa etc alone. I sync data with google so im not 100% what you might lose if you dont sync. For me the only change ive noticed is that now everything works as it should've.

The same problem keeps coming and going, im hoping that the above will work for me. Seems to be working, however if it doesnt ill post back.
[Xperia Play General] Logseman:
It is a firmware problem, at least for people with R800i models. The update 3.0.A.145 (first 2.3.3 pre xLoud update) did not have any Wifi or phone drops. The xLoud update crippled the modem terribly, making it work horribly where there was no issue before...
[Xperia Play General] ripley6:
Yep, but for me its not the phones fault, its big reds crappy service here in Houston.
[Xperia Play General] phat_cow:
Hmmm I have a R800a with the R800i firmware. When the phone goes to no service it does drop cell signal AND wifi signal to nothing. I hope they fix this soon.
[Xperia Play General] letspoint:
Ok problems back for me...again...

Sorry, I kind of hijacked this thread. I will start my own (after some searching) as my problem seems to be with google apps.

I can get on the internet, opera and xda come to mind immediately. But google mail, maps and the market all refuse to connect.

Thanks and goodluck

(will post back if I find a lasting solution)
[Xperia Play General] letspoint:
Think its working now...shouldnt have said (typed) that.

Either way thought id mention the latest solution thats working for me. Push the power button until you get the air plane mode option come up, put it into airplane mode, then turn off air plane mode. Turn the phone off, then back on, then with any luck it should work.

I have a funny feeling that the problem was due to an ota update, I also think the solution was an ota update. New to android so im not too sure sorry. Thought id post just incase though.

If I dont post back then my phones all working, or at least not suffering from this problem.

Goodluck

Dan.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkaLV:
First of, sorry if there is already an answer somewhere but I just couldnt find it.

All the guides I find online about instaling the official 2.3 give me the same download link (I cant post it, forum doesn't let new users do that). It's a link to htc developer site, it redirects me to htc developer site with a slightly different adress. For the life of me I cant find the download on that page. I tried htc.com, nothing there too. Tried googling, tried searching this forum, tried searching other forum :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] name.vic:
htcdev.com
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
http://htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads

TouchPaled from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
[LG Optimus 2x] tomsi91:
Its nice, O2x can play full hd video. i have hdmi cable, full hd screen, but how can i play it, when its not posible to store it on SD card? does anyone have solution to play 1080p videos larger than 4GB on O2x?

-when i format SD card to other FS than fat32, it cant be recognized by phone.

-i havent found any kernel with other fs support on sd card.

-all old questions in other forums end that the phone have small screen resolution and i dont need full hd movies.
[LG Optimus 2x] smokeweedevery:
use dlna and stream from a pc, i dont think we can have files larger when 4gb on android
[LG Optimus 2x] tomsi91:
it isnt solution of the problem
[LG Optimus 2x] smokeweedevery:
it's not a problem android can't use files larger when 4gb and where is nothing to do abort it, so dlna is the only solution, or you can use handbrake to make the file smaller
[LG Optimus 2x] lintz:
If you use a Linux desktop system (think mac works to) you can format the sd card to ext2. It should make it possible to store the files that's bigger then 4GB. Since Its rather a limit of the fat32 file system then android it self.

I have tested ext2 on Cyanogenmods kernel and works for me. Didn't test the file size limit since I tried with a spare 2GB card, will make my 16GB card to ext2 soon to try.
[LG Optimus 2x] antec123:
you have to resize your size of 1080p movies, because the limit of fat32
[LG Optimus 2x] lintz:
I did make my 16GB card to ext2 and it mounted an worked perfectly fine. Only problem I found was the lack of ext support in cwm recovery.

Might be able to fix if source code to cwm is available. Since its just the mount line rhat needs to be changed to auto.
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
It's not an Android limitation but a VFAT filesystem limitation. This filesystem is very old and at that time hard disks were small and so 4GB limit sounded sufficient...

NTFS, HFS+ (Mac), and all linux filesystem (ext2, ext3, ext4, XFS, and so on) can manage files > 4 GB.

The only problem is that if you format your card in Ext4, it won't be recognised directly by Windows (no free driver, I think a commercial product exists). Ext2 and ext3 can be read from Windows (there are free apps to do that), but it won't be as simple as VFAT as you'll have to install this specific program on each computer you plug your phone in. (With Mac non problem as it is Unix based OS).
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Queetschi:
Hi

I'm just wundering what custom rom you are using :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgarzonjr:
I can change the icons in a rosie by editing the Rosie.apk, but the background is white and I'd like it to be black transparent. What files do I need to edit to get the black background (or any color) with white text?

Thanks for any help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
If you use ninjamorph, select the rosie.apk, I BELIEVE it should be the /res folder, find the img of the image you want to replace, then swap it in. Though backup before hand.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgarzonjr:
Right, I understand the process, but there is no background.png file (or whatever it is). I need to know either the name of the file or if that particular background is in a different apk suh as systemUI or framwork, etc...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edgarzonjr:
...anyone?
[Epic 4G General] Neckberg:
Here is a link the E4GT system dump http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-galaxy-s-ii-epic-4g-touch/118781-epic-4g-touch-system-dump-ringtones-wallpapers.html. Is there anything, other than the wp's and ringers, we can use on the Epic?

Also, WTF? My gf's Optimus S is getting GB already and have source and we have ****!

Sorry for the rant on that, but I hope the system dump can be useful.

EDIT - so really nothing is usable? No widgets or anything! If so, sorry for the post.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nguyendqh:
Is the Wifi Calling App working with the newest version of Unity?

When I open the app it says "please wait" and then exits.

It doesn't force close or anything just simply exits out the app.

Any known issue here?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] febycv:
The latest version is 2.37 . The wifi calling issue is fixed in this version.

Download it for smooth use.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaekebbler:
I have ns4g rooted with kernel Matr1x 6.5 and no custom rom just stock. Im installing OTA update 22mb i think is 2.3.5.

Im stuck on the screen where theres an exclumation and android. The phone been on this screen for about 20mins

How do I fix this problem????

I dont want to flash the update. I want to install the OTA way.

Please Help

Thank you
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
I believe you need a stock recovery to accept the ota.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
So, I've been using every GB leak and now I'm fed up. I've been getting random reboots here and there. I'm sure many factors come into play like signal strength, apps, background services, Oc/uV..Sometimes I don't get any for like a couple days, then out of nowhere I get two in the same day and important times when I needed to use my phone, and it makes me :mad: (EX: Taking a picture at a special time, or getting a phone number, or playing music while Google Navigating, etc). So now I'm back on EC05. I forgot I could OC/UV, navigate, listen to music, and check a number for a friend all without my phone overheating :eek:. But I do wish themers didn't give up on EC05! We do have a great set of themes, but if you check any of the other Galaxy S theme section there are several that we should get ported! So to conclude my rant, are you on EC05 or GB?
[Epic 4G General] BubZX:
i switched back to EC05 cuz i need my gps and had alot of random reboots and battery life sucked
[Epic 4G General] Gavisann:
I am on GB currently, but I have been contemplating the switch back to EC05, more specifically, back to SRF 1.2. The only thing holding me back is I love my theme, and if I went back to EC05 I would lose a few things, such as transparent apps and my lock screen. I have had my fair share of problems with GB including random reboots, the back lit keys do not turn off when running Netflix, and a few other minor annoyances.

Also, one main problem with switching back, is I would need to reinstall all my apps and I can't use Titanium Backup. People have noted problems when restoring GB apps on EC05.
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
For the theme, the stock SRF1.2 theme is awesome. If thats not your taste, then MattedBlue or Emotionless Beast are up there. Lockscreen mod is def better in the GB builds, BUT if you use LiveLocker or my personal fav WidgetLocker, you'll forget about the lockscreen mod!

Personally, I've used TBackup everytime. I even used it to restore my apps from GB to Froyo. What I do is first restore all my apps without data. Then I go through the apps that I need the data (ie: wavelauncher, handcent, widgetlocker); pretty much any app that I have setup to my liking and I don't want to go through each one and fiddle with the settings again. Then I reboot my phone. There are some apps that don't restore that I wanted to, so just load up Tbackup, let it refresh the app list, then scroll all the way to the bottom, and restore the apps you want one by one (on average there are like 4 apps that don't restore properly the first time but restore perfectly WITH data after. IE: Amazon appstore, miui compass, battery calibration..). Hope this helps
[Epic 4G General] malcolmXman:
Back on EC05 also. I have a feeling a new EC05 theme from ERA is coming soon ;)

Help support ERA and Android4Autism...

http://xdaforums.com/donatetome.php?u=331067
[Epic 4G General] pgdeaner:
Back to stock EC05. Had the phone reboot on me a couple of times when it was quite inconvenient. Have to have it now also because my wife is sick and I can't afford to miss a call if she needs me.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
Battery life was excellent for me on GB but the random reboots were not. I'm so OC about things that I couldn't stand it anymore, I didn't even try EH17 I'll wait for official GB or upgrade in December.