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[Optimus One, P500, V General] miroxz:
called tmobile this morning........

LG Optimus T p509 Gingerbread has been pushed till Sept 2012:mad::mad:
[Optimus One, P500, V General] nldxda:
Well this is surprising to me.. I thought T-Mobile already quit supporting the p509
[Optimus One, P500, V General] snipinu:
The way its looking we will get Pcs about 2014
[Optimus One, P500, V General] snipinu:
I meant ics
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] max512:
Sorry if this is a noob question but I did quite a bit of searching and could not find anything.

Is it possible to install stock google roms on a DZ? I would really like to install the latest version then have it update itself by OTA. My phone is rooted and currently running Cyanogen Mod 7.1.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowsnamebrand:
Id stick with cm7 from my personal experience its close to stock android Rome and it runs remarkably well
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomas_wlc:
Yes, it is possible to run stock android roms on a DZ, there are several different variants out there right now. Just for example there's virtuous g-lite (look in the dev section or on virtuous' homepage) which is currently on version 2.3.5 I believe. A more up-to-date rom seems to be this one: 2.3.7 (please read the op, some issues still remain).

Though, as far as I know, you will not be able to receive OTAs as these are pushed to your phone by your carrier. If you want to receive OTAs on a DZ you will have to revert back to a stock sense rom.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Any ROM that works on the G2 works on the Desire Z (as long as you are rooted and S-Off, which you obviously are if you are on CM7). So if you want, just go to the Developement section and you will find pre-rooted versions of the G2 AOSP ("stock Google") ROMs. But make sure the ROM is pre-rooted. If you install an "official" ROM that is not pre-rooted, you will lose root, and need to go through the whole process again.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
How is the battery life compared to previous state? Better, worse or about the same? Please vote
[Focus General] momadine:
It will be the same for the first 3 days and then gets better by a whole one more day (Don't know why).

For me the counter at the 1st 3 days said it will last for 1 day and 18 hours now it says that it will last for more tan 2 days and 18 hours and some times 3 days and 5 hours.

I tested it and it lasted for 2 days and 11 hours and there was still 17% of battery life (Lite usage , some 3g usage and listening for 30 minutes for music and around 2 to 3 calls of 15 minutes total).

Hope that helps :)
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
It does, thanks! Replies are welcome and there's a poll on top so please vote ;)
[Focus General] k4ce:
I leave WiFi and data connection switched on all te time ... I used to get about 18 hours ... Still get Te same ... Comparing 7720 RTM with official mango update ...
[Focus General] Bwyan Benton:
Battery life on my focus with mango and even before mango has been better than any other smartphone ive owned. I cant complain at all.
[Focus General] andreiuc:
I was going to post a message on the battery too.

Poll is a great idea.

I just finished charging it after installing Mango. I will see how much it lasts.

I wanted it to drain out and recharge it so I can see how it is with Mango. It didn't gave up easily.

My initial impression is that battery is improved.

However, when talking about battery life, it's crucial to keep in mind what services the phone is using and what apps are installed.

For example, things like sound enabled for key presses, or having WiFi on or off, whether you play games, what apps you run, etc are important.

For my test, I want to see how long the battery lasts with a very basic usage. WiFi turned off, without running too much app or play games, giving\receiving few calls(I do not talk too much on the phone).

I heard for example that Samsung app Now drains out battery pretty fast.

Also, lack of signal in some areas, also means alot for power consumption.
[Focus General] andreiuc:
6 days + 7 hours

Usage:

no WiFI enabled

no games played

max 2 hours of talks in total(I talked once like 1 hour)

How does it sound to you?

For me it looks fine although I am wondering how much would it last if I have Wifi enabled(for the same amount of talking duration).
[Focus General] momadine:
6 days, What?

I only get 3 days and 15 hours if not using the mobile phone at all.

Can you please post a screen shot of the battery saver :)
[Focus General] andreiuc:
I am in the 7th day actually now :)

The statistics displayed in battery saver are very wrong. I am not sure how it computes the remaining time.

When I posted yesterday, it showed 6 days since charging and only few hours remaining.

Now it says, 7 days and 1 hour since charging, remaining: "less then 1 hour", remaining battery life: 6%.

Last time I charged, I noticed that battery doesn't get to 0%, most probably it needs some energy to preserve data, so it will probably only keep me for few hours today.

I will post a photo soon, right now I don't have other device to take a photo of it.

Last time I fully charged the phone was when it was completely empty. Maybe it's important.

I can only hope the battery life won't degrade in the next year.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Ok, so now we have some votes so I can share my bits and why I started this thread.

Before 7720 I was on 7660 (Mango Beta1, not 7712)

The battery was certainly better than in NoDo. Actually, I'd say my phone had the best battery lifespan in 7660, than in all other versions.

7660:

Standby: 3+ days.

Night stand-by: 3% consumed (cca 7-8h)

On average use: 1 day and 20h

For me, average use means:

- Cellular data connection on during the day (I switch it off during the night)

- Some wi-fi to check new apps, say 20 mins daily

- About 1-2h playing.

- Minimal calling (several minutes).

7720:

Standby: almost 3 days

Night stand-by: 4%

On average use: 1 day and 10h

Stand-by means no data connections.

As an observation, stand-by time is almost similar. There is a noticeable drop in battery time once data connections come in play (cca 10-20% for me, compared to 7660). I am not going to revert to 7660 to re-test.

One more thing: after upgrading to Mango, I had AccuWeather app installed and running in background. I had to disable it because the battery life was getting under 24h (actually more like 20h). So if you have apps that run in the background, that might be one of the reasons why the battery life dropped for you. Once I disabled it from working on the background, I'm experiencing very similar times to 7660, but still the data connections consume just a bit more.
[Focus General] rkremers:
How are people getting 3+ days!? When at 100%, my Focus usually says like 12-13 hours. I have a Gmail email account set to push, and a Hotmail account set to receive email every hour. I have Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn linked on my phone. I have Messenger and Facebook Chat set to off. I always have wifi/bluetooth off, unless I need it for a few minutes.

I am thinking I should flash to 7004 again and update to Mango from the beginning.

I walshed my phone for Nodo, then did the fix, then used the windowsphonehacker method for Mango and got the "Samsung Update" when Mango was released.

Thinking maybe my install is just a little off due to the route I took to get here.

Anyone else have battery life as bad as I do? If I use my phone non-stop for like an hour (people hub, web browsing, facebook app, etc...) I can burn through a ton of battery.
[Focus General] MartyLK:
Make sure to do a reset immediately after the update to the *official* Mango (not the tricked one).

The BL seems to be much better and is a small cost for the rewards. You will erase your phone, but it's worth it. The BL seems to be much better than NoDo.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
To increase battery life when you have data connections on:

- keep the brightness to low

- keep the ringer on vibrate when you can

- disable background apps

- don't keep applications opened in the background

These save me a good % of battery on a daily basis.

Also, unless really necessary, disable data connections during the night.

@rkremers: with the above settings and no data connection I get 3-4% loss evey 8h or so. If you calculate, that's about 12% per day. Which gives about 9 days for standby, as someone else on the forum was saying, which I incline to believe. This weekend I will test this too. I won't touch the phone at all until Sunday evening. So I'll have the power consumption on standby for 2 days.
[Focus General] rkremers:
dang enderpsp... Now I'm for sure gonna flash to 7004 and start from scratch, to see if it gets better. Probably do it Sunday sometime due to busy Friday night/Saturday.

Thanks for weighing in...
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
You're welcome. Keep in mind that a "tired" battery can also be responsible. I see lots of wrong advice given across the forum.

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries is a long read, but in the long run, you'll benefit from it, as a lot of devices use nowadays these types of batteries, including cars! :)

LE: As a refresher for me, I searched again and found this. While it's not as detailed as the one above, it contains good advice.
[Focus General] rkremers:
so, I flashed to 7004, then let Zune upgrade to Mango... I'm at 95% battery now, and it says 1 day 5 hours... 1 day 10 hours with battery saver on.

Not sure if it will actually last that long, but before I did this, it would say about 13 hours on a full charge with battery saver on... so clearly my phone did not like being walshed, unwalshed, hacked to mango, etc... Guess in the future I'll install leaked versions of WP7, but go back to zero when they officially release.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
I finished the weekend standby test (2 days). This battery is 9 months old.

Setup:

- Battery saver off

- No data connections/wifi

- Sound on

- Low brightness

- No alarms

- No background apps

- No touching the phone

After 24h: 91%

After 48h: 79%

Had a phone call (didn't answer) and one alert (didn't dismiss), in the second day. After 24h I just turned on to check battery status (<20s).

The end result speaks for itself, approx 10% battery per day. So, it can give 9+ days on standby.

Next weekend I'll do the same test with battery saver on and update here.
[Focus General] Tornado54:
I just got a Samsung Focus and the battery seems to lose power at the rate of 2% an hour. Is this normal? data connection is not active, no games, no youtube videos just a quick e-mail check and 2-3 min call.

Is this likely to improve after a few more battery charge cycles? I have followed all instructions like disabling location services and background apps.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
How is the antenna signal? What type of connection?
[Focus General] Tornado54:
Antenna signal is pretty good 4-5 bars. Just regular connection not 3g. E-mail auto syncs have been set to manual.

Battery seems to be original Samsung.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
2% per hour with strong signal isn't normal in the light usage conditions you mentioned.

I'm getting 2% per hour on this setup with: 2h play/day, few mins call and full e-mail data sync (push on)

I would have suspected initially a weak cell signal but if that's not the case, I'd say some Dianosis setup or weak battery? How much time do you get on the battery test with WP Bench?
[Focus General] Tornado54:
Sorry about the long delay. I ran a WP Bench battery test and I got 03:37:08. Is this normal?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Yes, it's okay, seems like the battery is getting a bit weary. See this thread here:

Focus stock battery: (5.55Wh 1500 mAh)

3h 50m (mine is 1 year old) - 4h 12m (Supersport)

Focus Chinese battery (6.66Wh 1800 mAh - allegedly)

3h 10m

Galaxy SII Battery (6.66Wh 1800 mAh - yes, they are the same sizes)

4h 44m
[Focus General] Tornado54:
uh oh. It's just been a month since I got this phone oh well. Thanks for the link to the thread my friend told me that she gets 3 days on her Galaxy SII. The higher capacity probably explains it.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
That test was on 7720, I haven't done one yet on 8107 build but I'll do one today and let you know. I also get 3 days with average 2h+ daily usage, data connection on during day, turned off nightly.
[Focus General] yakaaithiri:
Where can i get this galaxy s2 battery. ?

Do you have any link for the same. ?
[Focus General] Tornado54:
By data do you mean 3g or WiFi?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Search on Amazon (eg here or here) or eBay for any of these:

Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch d710 (1800 mAh)

Samsung Galaxy S I9000 (1500 mAh)

Galaxy S Vibrant T959 (1500 mAh)

Samsung Captivate I897 (1500 mAh)

Samsung Epic 4G SPH-D700 (1500 mAh)

Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V (1500 mAh)

The 1500 mAh battery type is EB575152VA (left) and the 1800 mAh one is EB625152VA (right)

The batteries for these are the same type, form factor and size as the ones for Focus.

3G, 10-15 min max WiFi (for Marketplace) per day.
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
The test I did last night on my 8107 Focus clocked 4:33:06 which is not bad at all for a battery that's 1 year and 3 months old (I always turn the screen off from the button during the test).

I already suggested in post 15 in this thread how to better preserve your battery life and it resumes basically to one simple advice: charge often and never leave your battery to drain completely. After a lot of reading I understood that it's important not to go under 40% unless there's no choice (thus a charge cycle is not complete - as a battery has a limited number of recharge cycles).
[Focus General] yakaaithiri:
hi, i got a Samsung EB625152VA (OEM) battery of 1800 mAh.

But it seems the back cover doesnt fit so properly with this battery inside.

Do i need to do any modifications in order to make it fit ?
[Focus General] EnderPsp:
Interesting, the 1800 one I have is also 1mm thicker but it doesn't really affect the cover closing. Sizes for the batteries are:

EB575152VA

51mm x 52mm x 5mm

EB625152VA

51mm x 51mm x 6mm

I would assume the difference would be in the build of the phones, although Amazon and several other websites are giving these as compatible. Something to consider if you're going for the larger battery, I suppose.

yakaaithiri, you shouldn't do any modifications. Does the back cover close or just partly? Could you post a photo, please?
[Focus General] yakaaithiri:
EnderPsp,

Thanks for the reply . Actually the back cover is closing. But it doesnt get closed fully. There are 5 contact points in the back cover to close it completely. Of which 4 gets set.

There is a small opening in the bottom where the battery lies.

However the cover doesnt gets free fall. Its fitted (not completely fitted)
[Focus General] hrothnir:
fake oem batteries

It seems most of the aftermarket batteries for sale are knockoffs or out of date batteries(even though they sorta look official).

Official price: 39.99 from AT&T.

I saw some being sold by Amazon itself for around $18--they may be real ones.

The rest on Amazon, for $3-7 each, aren't worth buying --don't hold a charge as long and fail in half the time as a Samsung one.

Official ones that I have gotten say 'Made in Korea, finished in China' and have a recent manufactured date of < 6 months ago.

---------- Post added at 12:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:51 PM ----------

Battery saver saves me--without it, my phone dies in <24 hours, even in standby. Wifi on, bluetooth. Reception is poor out here, so I use a ATT microcell.

I would love to have the battery saver turn on at 50% power left, rather than 20%.

I would also like it to turn on automatically during certain hours, like night time.

No api's or even shortcuts to make getting to the the battery saver easier. I wanted a live tile to easily see status and turn the battery saver on/off. Not currently possible--at least not officially.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] camoto:
I can get into recovery, but none of the menu options work and I get:

CWM-based Recovery v5.0.2.3

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted.

Did I do something wrong?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dorf71:
how?

i screwed up my flash of a rom, now i can't even GET into recovery - and all the HowTo's i read are about the i9100 and require a home button.

what are you using to boot into recovery?

thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] abacon15:
I'm pretty sure its vol up + vol down + power to get into stock recovery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] camoto:
Yeah, it's the same as it was on the infuse. Hold Vol up AND down. Press power, release power. Release volume keys when you are in recovery.

I followed the CWM instructions here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1285823

and it was completely borked. I had to Odin the PDA from the root thread...:mad:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] camoto:
Wow nevermind....

It did work.

a.) you HAVE to do the 3 finger salute to get into it. You can't boot into CWM from ROM manager

b.) the select button is NOT the power button (as it was on the infuse). It's now the "Home" button (the house).

Duh. Sorry.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] daverup:
I think we could really use a new sticky at the top of the SGS 2 section.

I should say somewhere obvious, "DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER ON SGS 2". In the posting should be the explanation that CWM comes with the kernel.

Moving between different android OS types where rom manager is used, this can be confusing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] fapulous:
I'm getting that error too. I gave up and went with cognition. I'm just gonna wait for a more stable rom from cyanogen.
[HTC Sensation] Jerald2:
I'm wondering if its possible to download a song that your listening to on pandora.

Kind of like how on a computer using download helper it finds where its cached at and you can save the file.

I'm thinking that you could find where the file is cached at in root explorer and save file as a mp3.

Any one have any ideas?
[HTC Sensation] SoFaKiNgStOkeD:
No way to download directly from Pandora because they don't sell music themselves directly, but I believe they give you a link to download each song right on your screen. Pandora is amazing, enjoy it!
[HTC Sensation] jdelforge5684:
I think he's talking about a sneaky route to catch the cached song and save it before Pandora deletes it in order to bypass a music store. If that's so, be careful as I'm pretty sure that's illegal and possibly against xda rules. I have no moral quandries with it and think its a clever trick if u can make it work.
[HTC Sensation] Jerald2:
Haha ya that's more along the lines I'm thinking.

Haha I know how to buy music :) thanks any ways though
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jcjackjay:
It would be like a complete look-alike of the Nexus S. It'd be pretty epic since there is no AOSP for Galaxy S 4G Gingerbread. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Fluidification:
Are you saying that you haven't done any research. I am the created of GBTHEME for valhalla. FYI i am releasing the 1.3 edition tonight. I am just testing out a few things. Before you ask or pm someone to make a look alike of my theme and then give credit to him. It is an AOSP gingerbread theme. You first need to update to valhalla 1.3, it doesn't wipe data so you don't have to re setup your rom. Valhalla has the aosp lock screen in it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] phreshjoker:
Will it work for icbinb ki3?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jsorvik:
I guess the the title says it all. I have these installed on my nook color. When I go to market they show up as purchased, but when I try to install them, it just goes to the "Loading" screen and hangs there. Any ideas?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattyb1085:
Go into manage apps and clear market data and try to download again. I had the same issue with ADW EX and this fixed it for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jsorvik:
Thanks for the suggestion! But nope . . . after I hit install for ADW EX it just goes off into LOADING la la land . . . .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jsorvik:
Added one step and had success!!!

1. Clear Market Data

2. Reboot before reopening Market

Then all was well!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mattyb1085:
Good deal. I have had this issue ever since the new market rolled out.
[HTC Sensation] rawtek:
This is my second ROM for the HTC Sensation Enjoy...

----ChangeLOG--- Ratwek_StockMOD v.2.0

Based of Stock Gingerbread 2.3.4 Build 1.45.531.1 CL125597

Added Root

Deodexed System

Removed some T-mobile Bloat

Some Build.prop edits

Re-Enabled Built in Screenshot feature

Forced GPU rendering

Added Bash

Added Some apps: ( All of the following have been pushed to data/App for easy removal )

Opera mini

G+

Tubemate

WiFi Analyzer

Rom Manager

Netfix

Facebook

Free Music Downloader ( removed from market )

Google voce

Rom Will NOT wipe data

Works best with latest T-Mobile Radio ( Although Any will Do )

Some other minor stuff I forgot….

Enjoy.

Like others I am not responsible for any BRICKS!!!!!!! Use at your own risk..

Download Here:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27145315/Rawtek_StockMOD_v.2.0_TMOUS.zip

----ChangeLOG--- Ratweq_StockMOD v.1.0

Based off TMOUS 1.29.531.2 Android 2.3.3 Stock Gingerbread Release.

Added Root

Deodexed SystemFramework & System APP

Added BUSY BOX

ZipAligned All Apps

Disabled Boot Sounds

Removed Teeter APP

Pushed All Bloatware to Data/App or easy removal

Put Some STANK on it

Added Bash Shell

ROM Will WIPE YOUR DATA PARTITION( Make Nandroid )

Some Other Minor Stuff

Stable ( no fc's yet )

Everything works perfect

****Tested with Radio 10.42.9007.00P_10.11.9007.15_M ( Should Work with other radios but it has not been tested**** Use at your own risk******

Like others I am not responsible for any BRICKS!!!!!!! Use at your own risk..
[HTC Sensation] SCossio:
Pictures please?
[HTC Sensation] TricH:
Just a little advice, always reserve a few spots for screenies, changelog, etc.
[HTC Sensation] Dano79:
Its gonna look like your phone did out of the box from whoever you got it from 2.3.3 is the original platform. Should be ultra stable
[HTC Sensation] rawtek:
Ultra stable it is...
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] phantom200580:
DOWNLOAD
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] stefano2626:
downloading right now....will be back with feedbacks...btw,where did u find it???looks cool....thanks
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] 3xeno:
I have been using that for a long time, but it has some way to go still:

Pros:

- Looks good

- Able to update the location properly. When travelling, it actually updates the location accurately.

- Has a lot of skins and fonts to go with a lot of themes you might be using

- Free App

Cons:

- Memory use is very high. ~25MB. It was fixed in one of the versions (~8MB), but it is again back to 25.

- Day and night calculation is bugged. It will show the Sun icon during the night and vice-versa. The dev claimed to have fixed it, but, its not, for me.

- Local time showed in the weather forecast screen is off by half an hour. (Probably because I am in a GMT +x.30 Zone)

- Skins are just colour variations of the clock. I would have expected some 'proper' skins, and, the ability to change the colour via a picker.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] jhbakerstreet:
Sorry (I need this word very often, but i mean it seriously)

Is there a widget like this (or even better), with 3D Flip clock and weather, which i can place on the desktop (i don't have the right word for the android screen), and when i tip with my finger on it, it shows the normal clock (Clock, Alarms..) options.

Thanks for your answers.
[Wildfire Themes and Apps] revan1993:
looks awesome will download ;)