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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
Take a look at my wakelocks. For some reason, calendar is holding one entirely too long. My Gmail wakelock seems a little high too, but not out of the ordinary (I receive and send a lot of emails during the day). I noticed the calendar wakelock when it was at 37 minutes. I thought it may have been because I leave calendar notifications in the status bar. Cleared them - no luck, still holding it. Went to calendar settings and turned off notifications - no luck, still holding it. Weird thing is my battery life has still been pretty good, but my device shouldn't be working that hard, for that long.

Does anyone know what "StartingAlertService" (associated with calendar) is? I need some help in pinpointing exactly how to stop this wakelock. Not using the calendar (or using an alternate one) is not an option.

Solution:

The touchwiz calendar from his thread fixes the problem. It will work on any Samsung-based rom, 9100 hellraised or i777 bases.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Man that's weird... High sync wakelock usage seems like what I call "gmail weak-signal battery rape". Battery would start dropping like a rock if the phone lost signal at certain points during the sync cycle without the cpuidle fix. Things got much better after implementing the cpuidle fix in the kernel, but drain would still be much higher than normal. However your calendar wakelock doesn't seem to be related to sync. I suggest Googling it, or try temporarily disabling calendar sync.

Does this only happen when in weak signal areas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Simba501:
I know, I thought the same thing. I'll keep looking around. It finally stopped at 1 hr 14 mins of wakelock. I hadn't figured out anything else to change so it stopped on its own. If it picks back up again, I'll disable sync in an attempt to gather more information. I've been in a pretty weak signal area for most of the day. I'll monitor it when in other coverage situations.

Update: So I found a HTC Hero thread over a year old over at AndroidForums and it appears that the remedy is to clear data of the calendar application (there were 3 in manage applications that were associated with calendar, so I cleared them all) and re-sync. I had to uncheck and recheck the sync option for Google Calendar, which is what brought my events back. Like I mentioned, the wakelock ended up stopping on its own, but hopefully this will prevent it from occurring again.

Solution thread link
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
OK, so it was a variation on sync battery rape.

I know if you have a Google service that doesn't seem to be syncing reliably (missing events in Calendar, missing emails in Gmail), clearing data for that app usually fixes it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] foxbat121:
I have the similar issue but uncheck the calendar sync for my Hotmail solves the problem (just as it did on my Captivate 2.3 ROM). I can't believe Samsung hasn't address the Hotmail calendar sync bug yet.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psyracer:
hi to everyone, im new her (well been checking for a while since i goy my first epic but i just decided to register) i have a question that i havent been able to find out, i just got a galaxy S2, and i want to root it, first to remove al unwanted apps (belive me in mexico, Telcel charges phones with a lot of useless ****) i already read how to root it, i know about the insecure kernel and all that stuff (i have a little previous experience with Epic 4G) but here is the thing

the version on mi cel is 2.3.4 and kernel UMKG4, from what i'd understand i must install an unsecure kernel (the same as the OEM one but unsecure version) so i can root it and then get CMV, super user, etc

so i havent been able to find this kernel version, what happens if i install another kernel version? and then if i want to flash back to OEM to remove the yellow triangle at boot, will it work with another kernel version even if its not the oem one?

i thank you in advance for clearing this doubts
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HellcatDroid:
A different kernel version should not cause any trouble as long it's not an "ancient" one (like KE2 or KE7).

Also see that it's a kernel that comes from/for a ROM with the same Android version - 2.3.4, in your case, so XXKG3 should work fine for you.

For XXKG3 there's root kernels, stock kernel and everything else you need floating around.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $pitacular1:
Previously, when I flashed the Stock GB update by putting the PD15IMG.zip on the root of the SD card etc. the phone would return to Stock GB with S=ON

I later downgraded to re-root and turn S=OFF, but I am now giving my phone to another user and wanted to restore to stock. Since it is so easy to run the GB update and have it automatically turn S=ON, I figured I'd do it that way.

However, for some reason, when I ran the update from PD15IMG.zip it did not turn S back on.

So now I'm stuck with an unrooted, stock GB phone and S=OFF.

I can of course go through the whole downgrade again, and reverse gfree (yes I kept the file to revert back) and then re-update to Stock GB, but I am wondering why in the world it did not just turn S=ON like it did before?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DistrictDigital:
Did it remove the eng bootloader?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
because when you ./gfree completely removes the security flags. Where as the root.sh just turns them off. By reverting the ./gfree method you are replacing them.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saranhai:
Should've, since the update reflashes everything.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $pitacular1:
Then why did it work twice on two different phones? I always use gfree to get S=OFF when I permaroot, and twice previously restored the phones to stock & S=ON by flashing the "official" GB update.

Used the same file, same techniques.. different results.

I'm actually wondering if someone isn't playing around with their ROMs.. or apps.. and rewriting system files for questionable reasons.

I'm fairly consistent with what I do on my phone(s), and I did notice some interesting things after rooting, turning S=OFF and trying two different GB ROMs on my latest MT4G

I think I'm going to piece apart these two ROMs and look for anything that shouldn't be there. Which means, I'm going to be busy figuring all of that out. But I've been meaning to get into Android at a deeper level anyway, so I guess here we go!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] $pitacular1:
yes it did....
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
A few days ago I was thinking Microsoft was taking too much time with Mango and with improving the OS in general but after seeing the iPhone 4S I think Windows Phone is pretty much one (massive) update away to match Apple.

Really all they need to do is support higher resolutions and dual-core processors and the rest should follow (e.g. Unreal Engine). Question is, are they willing to do that already with Apollo (Tango will be minor)? I'm not so sure...
[Windows Phone 7 General] albertleao:
To be honest, I was hoping for the Iphone 4s to be good. It would keep Microsoft and Google on their feet. But jesus, the Iphone 4s is terrible. There is NOTHING on the 4s that can't be found on a high end android of 6 months ago.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
Thanks. Just said what was in my mouth.

I must thank Apple too. My WP7 looks lot better now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
It is good. Look at the internals. The iPhone 4 external design is already excellent. They didn't really have to change that. No one was complaining when they used basically the same chasis on the iPhone, 3G, and 3GS TBQH.

The internals, however, are excellent.

Keep it in perspective:

iPhone 3GS 8GB - Free on Contract

iPhone 4 8GB - $99 on Contract

iPhone 4S 16/32/64 GB - $1/2/399 on Contract

The iPhone 4S will be on 3 US carriers.

iTunes is now up to 20 Million Tracks in their Library.

That's not even touching on the changes in iOS5 that are coming, which seem about as big as the Mango update, and it'll be going to devices back to iTouch 3rd Gen and iPhone 3GS.

This is good for apple, not so good for their competitors.

How does HTC expect to sell Titan/Radar for the prices we've seen thus far and compete with that, seriously?

---------- Post added at 02:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:10 PM ----------

Apollo is at least a year away, going by their NoDo (Tango) and Mango (Apollo) update schedules.

By the tiem Apollo is out, Apple will be getting ready to Announce iOS 6 and Google will have moved up 2-3 versions in Android.

The whole point of the first year of WP7 was for them to position themselves in a way where they didn't have to play catch up so much.

From watching what has happened in Mango and iOS 5, Honeycomb, RIM QNX, etc... There is still a lot of innovation to be done for smartphones and tablets - bother in hardware and software.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, the iPhone 4S will be bother CDMA and GSM, so it will be probably the only phone that allows you to go between carriers (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon) without losing 3G capabilities, in addition to being a "World Phone." That will sell highly to businesses, people who travel, and consumers who aren't devout to any single carrier.

That being said, the only way I'll get it is if I switch carriers. I'm moving soon, so that's not completely out of the quesiton. But it's not worth ETFing and running after it withouto at least a 4" screen. I already have an iTouch 4.
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
Came here to say this exactly.

/Apple fail
[Windows Phone 7 General] vangrieg:
People are so wrong writing 4S off...

It's a huge upgrade over 3GS, so folks on expiring two year contracts are in for a treat. Check.

It's better than 4, while still being awesome, so new adopters will get what they want. Check.

Apple also covers all [subsidized market] price points, so it'll be impossible to beat them on the price for anyone. Check.

Apple has a winner on their hands.

And no, nothing is lost for WP7, but for different reasons.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
I agree, it is bad for now (although people might be tired of the iPhone design) which is why I was talking future prospect. Microsoft has a huge opportunity with Apollo, they could easily match what Apple is doing and more.

They do need a flagship device though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] morpheuszg:
Well, that may be true but what about performance? Android needs so much CPU power to be smooth. An iP4 just needed 1GHz and now this thing has a dualcore. No phone on the market today will match the smoothness and graphics power of the 4S. Even the speech recognition on iOS5 seems to be superior to the one in WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
That Siri voice assistant thing looks pretty neat, still wouldn't buy an iphone though, screen too small for my ageing eyes!
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I don't think people care about the design, TBQH. They care more about the ecosystem. Most people I know with iPhone - maybe all of them - have it in an Otterbox. They don't even get to see the actual build of the device after the first 10 minutes of taking it out the box.

---------- Post added at 02:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 PM ----------

The person you quoted is wrong, anyways.

Android performs well on 1GHz processors. It's badly coded TouchWiz interfaces, for example, and ill-optimize apps that bog it down. The same thing happens on iOS when an app is badly coded. There is lots of complaints in the app store about the "sluggish" performance of Facebook's latest app update, for example... However, iOS (and WP7) are saved by the way they "Multi-Task" applications. That means once you tombstone a sluggish application, it won't bog your system down. That's not the case on Android, Blackberry, or Symbian. A Rogue Application (and especially system component) can bring your (or any) system to a halt.

Samsung Fixed TouchWiz in TW 4.0. It stays out of your way a lot. That's why the Galaxy S II flies while getting some incredible battery life on top of that (8.5+ hours of continuous video on the AT&T variant, which is almost comparable to an iPhone and better than OS7 Blackberries)... That shows that good hardware and decent coding in Android can produce a top-notch phone. That's why they're selling like hotcakes.

The issue Microsoft ran into with WP7 is that they released it missing a few too many things off the bat, so when they worked on Mango, they STILL had to make concessions are pretty expected things just to make sure they could make good time. They already had their consumers waiting for almost a year, so even though they "finished" it early, there was no good PR benefit in holding out a couple/few more months to add in more stuff because of that. People would have been way too pissed. They will be really reliant on Word of Mouth to propagate WP7 in the face of Apple's onslaught - Android was similar, in the beginning. However, Android was playing in a much different market. RIM was still HUGE here, and Apple was on the iPhone 3G back then...

One of the biggest features in iOS 5 is the new Notification System. That's pretty ironic, becuase WP7 basically lacks a decent notification system. Also, Apple stole WP7 Toast Notifications and made them like 10x better.

But Like I said, the lack of a 4" screen is a bit of a stopper for me. Maybe I'll get used to that size from using the iTouch. I'm not sure, though. It's a ***** to type on a screen that small...
[Windows Phone 7 General] vicious2500:
There android phones out now with dual core processors what improvements did tha tbring? To date none developers aren't using the extra core so its pointless.
[Windows Phone 7 General] BlackDino:
Ever heard of tegra zone?
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
My replies above in blue.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tmak22:
I love my hd7 but iphone & android is far ahead of wp7. I feel as though windows phone is still playing catch up. For me the mango update was just about everything that should've been in its initial release, as if it was rushed to market
[Windows Phone 7 General] vicious2500:
Thats just games.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Spud1:
All I can say is that Apple have just convinced me to buy a Windows Phone, most likely when Nokia's hit the shelves.

I have an iPhone 4 at the moment, and my contract is up for renewal next month..if they had bothered to release an iPhone 5, I would renew there and then and upgrade to that..no question. Instead they released the 4S, which has practically zero advantage for me over the 4. Faster CPU + GPU? Big deal, my iPhone 4 never lags with what its got..so I don't need that. Siri? Purely a gimmick, the few times I would have a use for this are not worth £500. I will still have an iPhone 4 for work, but for my personal phone..i'm jumping ship as soon as I spot a Windows phone that's worth it.

Definitely an epic failure by Apple when it comes to existing iPhone 4 owners..great for new adopters and 3Gs owners, but for the rest of us? We have no reason to upgrade.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
Oh, and about iOS 5. Whats so great about it?

Notification center is just a copy from Android. You can tweet from almost everywhere (i give a **** to twitter).

What else? iMessage? Really, I would like something like that, but I still prefer multiplatforms like WhatsApp or Kik. Or even Facebook (though MS should have added some option to message too).

iOS 5 still an pretty app launcher and nothing more.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
The problem is Microsoft schedule. They're in a pretty good spot with Mango but if they stick to that one big update a year they will always play catch up. At least for the first couple of years they should have had fast, regular updates like they promised. Still they could be in a position to have a iPhone 4S-like device in a year if they go all out on Apollo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] feygor:
I don't care how much you shoot down apple for making a safe move, it's a smart one. Plus Siri takes the mick out of WP7 voice commands, the only use I have for voice texting is when I want a laugh, it doesn't pick up any slight accent. I'm from the north east england and it's translations are just embarrassing. I can almost guarantee that Siri will have no problem, Microsoft needs to work a little harder!
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
When they will be competing with the iPhone 5 and Android God-knows-what. The cycle will just continue.

Consumer expectations tend to move with the market. 2 years ago Mango would have been a slam dunk, and it would have decimated iOS and Android around those time frames, but as always... When you wait, the competition doesn't stand still.

They needed to Update a bit faster. I'd say the first 2 years or so they should have taken the Google Route of 1 major update per ~6 months and after that they could have backed off to 1 major update a year.

An iPhone 4S like device in a year is like an iPhone 3GS now.

For the person above... Get your WP7 device. iPhone 4S basically is an iPhone 5 from a hardware standpoint. The only thing they kepc, was the chasis design (i.e., the general look). The iPhone, 3G, and 3GS all looked very similar and no one *****ed about it. What matters is how it performs and what's inside. That's what you're paying for. Most people put these things in a case anyways, cause those iPhones with Glass on teh Front and back are fragile, expensive devices. They don't care how it looks, as long as the internals and the software is new - which they are.

Apple knows this, better than you. That's why they are able to make this move confortably. Don't think they have had any issues making some design changes if they didn't feel that way...
[Windows Phone 7 General] vicious2500:
Do us all a favor get your Iphone 4S and leave the WP7 forums u never have anything to contribute but hate and malice.
[Windows Phone 7 General] skynetwork:
most "new" things came up und androids even earlier :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
And so the fkamewar starts. I'm surprised this thread has been allowed to grow to three pages. Usually the mods lock anything that isn't specifically pro wp7.

Odd.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
I can't see what you find outrageous in his post, he's actually right.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vicious2500:
Damn near every thread he pops into turns into trash seconds later...
[Windows Phone 7 General] naplesbill:
Umm, yeah! We are just now closing the first year for WP7. So, we still have the entire 2nd year you speak of.
[Windows Phone 7 General] BiG K:
I do love WP7 but I wish Microsoft would work out how to easily update WP7 like they do with windows (Windows Update - Installs and or patches, reboots and then its done) that way, they could keep rolling out updates as and when the software is component is done. Also they could hand the reigns over to manufacturers for hardware driver updates etc. Only then would be it be able to match the iPhone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
IPhone 4s is cool. I almost drank the Apple Kool-aid. I can't accept anything under 4" though.

Smart move by Apple. I see them stealing sales in emerging markets with the prices. Especially the free iPhone or the $99 iPhone. Articles already popping up about them beating Nokia feature phone sales.

They beat Google with the Dual cores. (Read again and completely understand the sentence)
[Windows Phone 7 General] mickfarr:
Very dissapointing effort from Apple, looks like they didn't really bother that much. Just throw in a new processor and build up the hype. I think they will sell ok but they'll lose a lot of customers as well. The first thing potential customers will see is it looks like the old iphone.

Apples share price dropped 5% after they revealed the iphone 4s.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
You didn't read, at least not correctly. Microsoft will certainly have another year.

And...

So will their competitors.

The point isn't to question whether Microsoft will improve the platform. They will. It was to acknowledge that other platforms will not suspend themselves in time while Microsoft does just that.

If Mango and iOS 5 (and soon ICS for Android) isn't an indication of that, then I dunno what to tell you. Wake up?
[Windows Phone 7 General] enjoythemusic:
Apple... Android... WP7... the debate makes me yawn. They are just little computers and of course every year something newer and 'far better' in hardware will be launched.

The REAL trick is built-in software and capabilities plus of course available apps. This is where WP7 #fail on launch and even mango has problems with Bluetooth and no flash support plus other letdowns. Apple at least gets some respect so certain streaming video sites have Apple-based services instead of flash and WP7 has HTML5 yet good luch with many popular streaming media sites.

As i see it, Android seems to be #winning at the moment. MSoft could truly be outstanding if they just put in some effort for better mainstream features (Bluetooth protocols, flash, removable memory card, etc). Msoft does truly excellent is some reguards, then drops the ball on certain very big items for many users.

Look, i have been with MS since Win 3.1 for Workgroups, an early WinCE and AutoPC adopter plus have a WP7 Focus for daily use. My love for Msoft is almost that of WANTING to love them, HOPING they get it right, then being let down. Hopefully in a few years they get it right with Win8 and newer phones. Let us hope they finally figure it all out, because Apple fanboys remind me of those foolish sheeple who think Bose speakers are the best in the world (FYI: like Apple, Bose's main efforts are great marketing and giving MOST people what they THINK they want... and not a true high-end product of course but the appearance of one).

And for the record, the HTC Jetstream is seriously amazing. Ok, that is a tablet and not a phone. Perhaps a bit pricy, yet such is life for those wanting the best and handles virtually everything you can throw at it. Maybe the new Win8 tablet will be King... maybe... Q1 release to perhaps being pushed back to Q2.

So see, i hope and cheer for MSoft, yet over the years they have let me down time and time again. Still, i do LIKE my WP7 phone... just not IN LOVE with it.

PS: If anyone from MS is reading this, WTF were you thinking using that woman for your important CES presentation of the WP7? Apple gets the marketing sizzle right. Seriously, fire your PR agency and find one that has a clue how to launch a product from early promotion to dazling demo with someone who presents themselves well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gcianc:
at&t already has "free" wp7 devices and $49 top shelf ones.

verizon/sprint don't have "free" iPhone 3Gs FYI. ;-)

apple left the door wide open for WP7 and Android. The 3.5" screen alone is a real buzz kill for many, nevermind lack of "4G" (hype) when you are locked into the device for 2 years. Plus eventually apple greed will trickle down and turn off customers.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PG2G:
I think iOS 5 and ICS (what they have discussed at least) is proof that Microsoft will catch up. The lack of innovation and new features in those software updates tells me that both platforms have reached a level of maturity that will make it difficult to grow at the same pace as Windows Phone.

Can you really say that the gap between iOS 4 and the original release of WP7 is the same as the gap between iOS 5 and Mango?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
Sorry to be negative, but I agree with this. Before we start talking about WP7 having dual core processors and 4G, they need to get the basics right; important smartphone functions like proper bluetooth support and an official way to back up your phone data are still missing!

Also I don't think Siri is just a gimmick. *Natural* voice recognition is pretty revolutionary and will be a big selling point; wait until people start testing it on video and they start circulating around web, it'll be big news.