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[Xoom General] pecosROB:
It makes sense, but what I'm saying is there shouldn't be a fix for standby battery drain (unless of course, as mentioned, it's a hardware issue).

All I know is before the LTE upgrade my Xoom would last for days on standby. Now it can't even make it 24 hours. Either Moto messed up something with the internals or there is an issue with 3.2.2.
[Xoom General] flyer05:
Less than 1hr and down to 88% . Galary 13 % really! Why would it do that?
[Xoom General] z06mike:
There shouldn't be a fix because there shouldn't be a problem. I understand where you are coming from, but I would say more often than not the problem is software related (apps and widgets) than it is hardware!

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Have you let it drain down to 0% and then fully charged it up?
[Xoom General] PengLord:
Are you syncing with Picasa?
[Xoom General] flyer05:
No sync with Picasso and I will let it drain to 0 and recharge. Never seen the galary drain that much. I did put a bunch of pics on the SD card but that should not affect it
[Xoom General] flyer05:
Okay found it. Under accounts and sync. My Gmail was trying to sync with Picasa even though I don't have it, un-checked it and hope this will do it.
[Xoom General] MstrX:
Have you been able to resolve the issue? I can't even get through a couple of chapters of a book on the xoom anymore.
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
Think I might have fixed mine. Keep an eye on your mobile data connection even if mobile data is turned off. Seems like there is a software bug in 3.2.2 that loses the cell signal and tries indefinitely to reconnect. This sucks power like crazy. I noticed today that in the battery usage my Xoom was awake for long periods at times the screen wasn't on. I kept check on it, sure enough, unlocked my Xoom around 4 today and the signal at the bottom had 3 gray bars with "no connection" listed beside them. Opened the battery manager and the Xoom was showing usage activity for about 2 hours that the screen was locked. Turned the Xoom off, removed 4g SIM card, turned Xoom on and got the "insert SIM Card" message. At this point I put the 4g SIM back in and did a hard reset (holding volume up and power button). After Xoom fired back up from the hard reset, it uses 1ish% per hour on standby with 3g enabled. Been battery-stable for about 8 hours now. Was at 60% at 4 my time now its 12 and after moderate usage im at 50%. Give it a go and report back if you have any success. Ill update if anything changes- hope that it doesnt.

Cheers,

Landon
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
That's my last resort - My battery graph shows no specific issue - the largest consumption is display by far then some other minor stuff. Device sleeps fine as well when screen is off. Yet it went from 90% to %65 sitting idle in standby overnight about 6 hours. That seems way too much. The battery graph is constantly declining, in the past my XOOM would plateau in standby and only drop during usage.
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
Your battery graph isn't going to show an "issue." The "issue" resides with the new radio which isn't directly labeled on the battery graph. My display was showing as the culprit for the highest energy usage in my battery graph as well, read my previous posts to see how quickly my power was draining. The steps in my previous post fixed my problems thus far and my battery life is still holding as superb.

For the record, a factory reset did NOT fix this for me. I performed one and had the exact same battery drain issues with stock everything, including only stock apps. It was not until the steps in my previous post that the problem has gone away.

Landon

Sent from my Cherryπ 0.8 Atrix. Get yo' slice on.
[Xoom General] pecosROB:
So in other words, those of us that aren't rooted and backed up have a lot of apps to redownload? Jeeeeeeeeeesus. :mad:
[Xoom General] forj1:
LTE upgrade is killing my battery.

My battery on the XOOM is terrible also after the upgrade. I have done the following and still no luck. Hard Reset, turned Mobile Data, Wifi and GPS off, installed the Auto Airplane mode.

Even after all that the battery life is terrible. Plan on Calling Verizon today to hear there excuse.
[Xoom General] radi0chik:
I'm rooted and backed up and i decided to do fresh installs of all my apps JUST in case something may not work with the new setup. Still have batt probs.
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
So to summarize your steps it's basically:

- Turn off XOOM - take out SIM

- Turn on XOOM - put in SIM and then hard reboot

- That's it?

Also you said 3G data so you aren't using LTE? That might be the reason alone and forget these other steps.
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
Please read my last posts. Please.

My battery drain happened using 3g, 4g, wifi, radios off, radios on, airplane mode- did not matter. Battery would drain 4-6% per hour REGARDLESS of what radio I was using.

With the new radio you can't even get access to 3g if that SIM card isn't inserted, so no, dont skip other steps. Battery is still great with 4g on since I did those steps but even better with 3g.

Yes those were the steps I performed and my Xoom battery woes are still gone. Been almost a day now.
[Xoom General] gordy_2001:
Trying the airplane app, we'll see...
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
So far battery is still doing well; however, another problem has arisen. Mobile data goes out completely in sporatic intervals and won't come back unless I restart the Xoom. This affects both 3g and 4g. Anyone else experiencing this?

Landon

Sent from my Cherryπ 0.8 Atrix. Get yo' slice on.
[Xoom General] modma:
Encryption make a difference?

Landon, I followed your steps but still experiencing horrific battery life. Actually, unless I missed something, it never gave me the "insert SIM" message (even when rebooting without a SIM) but I did follow the instructions otherwise.

I was curious to hear everyone's experience on whether or not they encrypted their tablet. I DID encrypt mine prior to sending it off and I'm experiencing horrible battery life. For those of you that are not getting bad battery life, did you encrypt?

I'm debating factory resetting and going without encryption to try, but don't want to waste my time re-setting up everything if that doesn't help.

Thanks in advance!
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
Interesting that you didn't get the insert SIM message. I get it whenever the SIM isn't in.

I encrypted my tablet prior to sending it in and did a factory reset to try and alleviate my battery problems when I got the tablet back. Factory reset did not help my issues, only the steps I listed did.

Been a couple of days now, I've restored all my apps and have everything back to normal- battery life issue seems to be fixed for me. 20h on battery with screen on time of 5h and I'm at 49%- that's with 4g enabled. I'd hazard to say battery life is better than before. My steps fixed it for me, though I'm not sure why it doesn't help others. Weird problem indeed.

I wish you all the best of luck!

Landon
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
Also, remember the Motorola shipped back honeycomb 3.2.2 with these Xooms. I've found some apps to seriously screw up with this version. Accuweather, CloudPrint, AppBrain, Print Share and Documents to Go have caused serious problems on 3.2.2 Xooms. These apps have caused the android com.vending.apk error, when trying to access "My Apps" in the new market and Accuweather can get stuck in an update loop trying to update forecast information because it doesn't recognize the 4g connection, thus absolutely murdering the battery. So far Weatherbug and BeautifulWidgets Weather seem compatible - have both and no issues yet.

If you notice in battery settings that your device is "Awake" when the screen is off, and battery drain seems horrid, try uninstalling apps that auto-update at intervals, beginning with weather/forecast apps. Based on other forums and off personal experience with friends that also have 4g Xooms, these auto update and weather apps seems to be hardcore hit-or-miss with 3.2.2 and 4g compatibility. DO NOT rely on apps that show per-app CPU usage to try and diagnose ones that are killing battery- weather apps, while getting stuck in an update loop and running your wireless modem full throttle, use very little CPU but keeping the wireless modem so busy eats the power. Since the app is incompatible with some level of software and/or hardware, no data is actually transferred yet the app keeps trying to update.

My battery and such is still performing well after I seemingly solved my problems, good luck to others!

Landon
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
A factory reset seems to have fixed the battery issue for me. Nothing else worked, mine was encrypted before the reset and isn't now. I think its just that when you reset it reactivates with Verizon that fixes it.
[Xoom General] Err0xx:
When I reset mine, didn't help at all. Some people have reset and fixed the problem temporarily, then it suddenly comes back. Have you reinstalled all apps yet?
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
Yes it automatically reinstalled all the apps I had before. Overall seems more stable and faster. Maybe encryption screws it up.
[Xoom General] mmellis:
I'm having the same battery problems. In airplane mode, i'm losing 3-4% an hour. So now I'm not even getting a full day out of it, when I got 2-3 days before the 4G upgrade.

I tried the suggestions above w/ removing the SIM card and rebooting, but no luck. Going to try a factory reset now. I'll post results when I'm done.

UPDATE 1: I performed a factory reset. I did not load any 3rd party apps, stuck it in sleep mode, and monitored the battery. So far so good. Last night, 8 hours of standby with radio's off only drained 1%. (Much better than the 3-4% per hour). I'm starting to load 3rd party apps now and monitoring the battery. One other thing to note, I was encrypted when I sent in my Xoom. I have not re-encrypted my xoom after the factory reset.

UPDATE 2: 44 hours on a charge with 33%. Looks like the factory reset solved the problem for me.
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
To be clear, I'm not getting the same battery life before the upgrade but I think that's just due to the 4G Radio and such. It's not as horrible as before the reset but it's not as great as before the upgrade.

I think partly because where I live is marginal 3G/4G and WiFi is not always super strong everywhere. I haven't tried airplane mode.
[Xoom General] pecosROB:
Messed around with the Xoom, still crappy battery life. What gives??
[Xoom General] mobilehavoc:
I honestly think it's the LTE radio - the current chipsets are known to be battery hogs so that's probably what's causing it. Also it's a separate chip from the SOC (Tegra2) whereas newer versions will probably be integrated.

i.e. My Sensation has a Qualcomm SOC that has an integrated modem so the standby/battery life is pretty amazing. A G2X has a Tegra2 SOC and a separate modem so the battery life can be bad with data.

Don't think there's any solution than to just charge it more. Oh well.
[Xoom General] Didact74:
I shut down the Xoom

Removed SIM card

Booted into recovery and wiped battery cache/stats

Booted back up (asked to insert SIM in the lock screen)

Inserted SIM and charged the battery to 100%

Since then its been used off and on in WiFi only and is sitting at 92% since coming off the charger almost 19hrs ago. The above steps improved my Batt life 10 fold. When I first got it back I had the same crappy battery issue as reported by others. Those few steps aboved solved it for me for now.
[Xoom General] joebob652:
wakelock

FWIW. I recently factory reset my device (w/full battery) and have had awesome battery life since. Also, prior to resetting I used CPUSPY to track CPU times and noticed that deep sleep and 216 MHz ran at equal amounts no matter what i did (including sim card pull from previous post). However, since the reset i am holding strong with the xoom now actually going into deep sleep and not experiencing the wakelocks from whatever Mot's contractors did to the device when they had it for upgrade.
[Xoom General] bstirling2307:
still having issues

Howdy all,

I am still having the issue and I have noticed that the Tablet Idle battery usage is up. has anyone found a fix? or contacted VZ?
[Xoom General] eganraC:
bump for a fix?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirchichamu:
Hi all.

In order to save battery, I am curious whether it is possible to turn the text white in black background in any browser? Any browser support this function?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mv1968:
hi there

i have a question about Kies.

today i was trying to install some videos from my gs2 to kies.

when i want to watch the videos there came a message that there where no codes found. and some link to an codec site.

could someone tell me how to get the right codes. i`ve installed kies allready again on my computer and reset my phone to factory install but nothing worked..

marcel
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
Codecs are for video formats, follow the link and install what it recommends, or you can install the klite codec pack, get the mega version and install everything apart from players.

Link: http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Codecs not codes. Why not follow the instructions on whatever site Kies sent you to?

Failing that, you probably have two main choices; either install codecs on your computer (probably ffdshow) or use a standalone player with codecs built in, like videolanclient (vlc).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mv1968:
i have allready tried to installed some of the recommended programs witch i was linked to.

they all didn`t work. i never had any problems with kies and playing any recorded videos from my phone. till today. if some of you have any other options please tell me.

or could one of you explain me how to use the klite codec pack. because i cant find any files to convert.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
You shouldn't need to convert, klite should let you play any video file.

I an not sure how kies works as i have never used it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trigger911:
Hi, I am new here I have modded a few droid phones and windows phones following guides here. I wanted to ask the gurus around here about getting an android phone on boost mobile. I see that they are selling them now but the phones are not all the great.

What I was wondering if there is a list of compatible phones and what options I might have. I would love to duel boot with Debian and have a decently moderate CPU and amount of ram. I have been using a blackberry 8350i for years and its starting to fall apart and I think it is time for an upgrade. I do work in IT and I do a of networking setups and such and being able to use Debian on the side would be a huge plus as I would not need to carry my laptop as much.

Thank you for reading sorry if this sounds noobish but I was search Google and this forum and I did not really find any relevant information.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trigger911:
Thanks for moving and sorry for posting in the wrong spot
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talderon:
Boost (in my area and I think most area's) run off the Sprint CDMA network.

What you need to do is get any Sprint Android Phone with a clean ESN and call Boost to have them activate it on their network.

If they tell you no, keep calling back until you get a Rep that will do it. It's not against any of their policies, but some Reps don't want to do it.

My brother is on Boost and has done this successfully.

What we have found that they WON'T do (at least any/all we have talked too) is activate an Unlocked Verizon phone on their network (I think Sprint may really hate that).
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trigger911:
So it wont be like my Blackberry where i had to mod the service books and such to make it work it will just work? ... any recommendations on a phone to get? I would like to get something with 8 gig internal storage that will handle duel booting and handle a lot of network tools that run off debian ... I was also thinking of getting a nook color but Id rather have a phone as its not so bulky i am trying to minimize what i gotta lug around ... Thank you so much for the info.

I should just be able to bypass the reps and do it online right?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talderon:
This is not like GSM phone where you just pop in a SIM card and go. They have to actually have the ESN of the phone, validate that it is clean (not stolen or the person you bought it from had is account closed for non-payment or something else) before they will activate it.

They have to actually provision the phone onto their network and allow it to access it. no way to By pass this unless you work for Boost. :p

As for which phone to get, just go to their website and take a look at their devices. You can even go into the store and check them out. Asking a question like that won't get you far as everyone has different tastes so best to just go look on your own.

I, personally, could not make a recommendation as I am a GSM only user. I refuse to go to anything CDMA for the sheer fact that it makes it almost impossible to travel internationally, at the present.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trigger911:
Ok thank you so much ... I am looking at the Samsung Epic at the moment
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trigger911:
Well I went with the epic ... thanks everyone for the help I am very happy going from a blackberry to a droid ... now to figure out how to skin and and such !
[HTC EVO 3D] jsc15:
I just flashed the latest infected rom. I think something went wrong with the flash (phone was stable and working, but almost none of the mods went into effect), so I powered off the phone, and went into recovery (twrp 1.1.1). I wiped everything (data, cache, dalvik), and went to restore my compressed nandroid of cm7. Everything was going fine, but suddenly the screen went black. I tried holding vol down + power to get into hboot, but absolutely no response. I don't want to try anything else before I get some input. Any help is appreciated! My hboot is 1.4, rooted using revolutionary.
[HTC EVO 3D] ranger61878:
Battery pull, then reflash ROM. Might be a bad download also. Try redownloading it before reflashing.

And do a FULL wipe.

-- Sent from my 3D Shooter --
[HTC EVO 3D] jsc15:
Ok, everything is good. I pulled the battery, and was able to get back into recovery. I didn't want to try that nandroid again, so I wiped everything, and did a fresh install of cm7 (I had the zip on my sd card). Got everything back up and running, deleted the infected rom zip, went back into recovery and made a new nandroid of cm7. I wonder why it went dead when I tried to restore? Maybe a problem with the compression, or some kind of a conflict with infected rom (I wiped data, cache, and dalvik before going to restore)? Either way, that's enough adventure for me for one day. I'll try a new download and flash of infected later. Thanks so much!
[TouchPad Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Thought I would post up pictures of my skinned Touchpad.

I skinned it myself using Drawer liner (Contact paper/contact vinyl). Dollar Store!

Other than that. Use some scissors and Xacto knife.

I made a post about how to on my blog a while ago.

http://doesitpew.blogspot.com/2011/09/dollar-store-finds-make-your-own-device.html

Enjoy!

I hand cut out all of the ports, being very careful not to scratch or damage the Touchpad. Looks nice eh?
[TouchPad Accessories] Moon2:
Not quite my taste, but yh - it does :)
[TouchPad Accessories] Isadora:
Yep, it does :)
[TouchPad Accessories] Solidus_n313:
lol ive seen that drawer liner pattern before :P excellent use of an abstract resource!

i also like the great job you did on the corners, looks really smooth
[TouchPad Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Don't worry boys, I did my fiance's TP in a wood Vinyl. You can get this stuff at the Dollar store and I find it does a better job than most of the other commercial options. The Vinyl is many times marked as 3M. Guys, we are royally getting ripped when it comes to the Vinyl (unless its Di-Noc).
[TouchPad Accessories] Solidus_n313:
that would look amazing! with a wood panel BG? nature et la technologie, ensemble!

can you post pics of the other TP? if it looks good, i might do mine up
[TouchPad Accessories] scrizz:
+1 of pics of the wood one.

thanks!
[TouchPad Accessories] BodenM:
Agreed, +1 for pics of wood one.
[TouchPad Accessories] 17ninjaz:
lookin good

I do have to agree, looks great! :D Cant wait to check out the wood panel

+1
[TouchPad Accessories] SpunkyHeffer:
http://housewares.hardwarestore.com/37-188-contact-papers.aspx

Have utilized this site before when working on my kitchen (lots of contact paper :P).

Has a ton of different kinds too. Chalkboard, Wood, etc. Could be neat to see what flourishes.
[TouchPad Accessories] scrizz:
that black marble looks pretty sweet.

:)
[TouchPad Accessories] Phireman:
I really like the Stainless steel look, but might that affect WiFi signal, Bluetooth or the touchstone charging?
[TouchPad Accessories] xHovi:
Not much for that design, but love the idea!
[TouchPad Accessories] mannmotor:
yes most likely if it made out of some type of metal. the charging dock uses a electromagnetic field to charge. on that note you do not want to put anything metal inbetween your touchpad and touchstone it will get really hot and cause problems
[TouchPad Accessories] Axecaster:
Any touchpad cut template you figured out?
[TouchPad Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Sorry for the Delay in getting back to you all.

I JUST GOT ENGAGED!!!!!!!!! and it was my birthday yesterday.

Anyways, I am working on a pattern for people to DIY it easier. I will try to verctorize it in inkscape so those with laser cutters (evil grin) can get perfect results. The pattern wouldn't take longer than a couple of minutes on a laser cutter tops.
[TouchPad Accessories] Axecaster:
Congrats on the engagement. Used to have access to all kinds of cool cut machines at a previous employer. At least I still have plenty of xacto and mat blades. Picked up a roll of the woodgrain. Figured, "why not?" Uninterested in the $30 skins, even if they look a bit cooler.
[TouchPad Accessories] scrizz:
Congratulations on both counts!!!

:):D:D:)
[TouchPad Accessories] DJ_MiX:
Just tried what the OP suggested. But I went with a clear/mat finish contact paper. None of the patterns work for me so went for clear came out nice will post pics tomorrow. I took me less then 3 mins complete the task (stuck it on used black marker to mark where to cut, then lift edges cut and stick back on and used a heat source near corners to smooth if out). I did not go all the way around to the front edge, instead trim it at the back side.

Next one I will remove old one and measure dimensions and make perfect template.

But very happy with results
[TouchPad Accessories] DJ_MiX:
Images

http://www.box.net/shared/hkgo3hhm45sijv9g7afg

http://www.box.net/shared/7nm08zldxa0gs8xs7mfl
[TouchPad Accessories] ace9988:
I'm putting together a design for my touchpad soon, will post pictures of it
[TouchPad Accessories] Phireman:
That matte looks great! How is the template coming along?
[TouchPad Accessories] DJ_MiX:
Sorry, wasn't too clear. I will make a template once this one is worn out.

it might be months til then.
[TouchPad Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Guys, I am working on my template.

Right now though, the AndroBox project that I have has taken priority along with some microcontroller projects and code for tablets (blueZ mods, etc.). The windows version of AndroBox is out and the Linux version should be out in the next few hours. That testing to have code that runs universally on all linux builds is VERY time consuming.
[TouchPad Accessories] zexco:
That doesn't end up messing up the plastic case of the TP in any way?
[TouchPad Accessories] Childofthehorn:
Not at all, this kind of skin comes off with NO RESIDUE since the adhesive layer is very thin and meant NOT to be too sticky. Imagine if this ruined your wood cabinets? Get my point?
[TouchPad Accessories] ace9988:
could i get a photoshop psd of the template if possible please? give me an idea of all the dimensions

thanks