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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] android4sunny:
Our GS2 does have 1 GB of RAM and the 784 MB we are shown is what is available for use by the apps we install. Rest of the RAM is reserved for system, GPU, etc and is not available for applications use. This is same as in laptops where if you have 4 GB on RAM installed and you check in system properties you will not see 4 GB available, rest is used by graphics card, system, etc. The international and AT&T version has different hardware so there memory requirement is also different.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
It doesn't have to be running, it's taking up RAM.

Look, on my old Vibrant running 2.2 - if ANY essential services had a ram leak or if I kept the phone on too long I would be running on 50-60mb of ram with no other apps open. Trying to run Opera Mobile would be a nightmare. It would hang mercilessly and would just close itself out eventually. So believe it or not but free ram is essential, and Android is not full proof. If there isn't enough ram your performance will suffer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
The vibrant wasn't that great of a device not to mention 2.2 is different than gingerbread as gingerbread has a far more aggressive management. When apps have a memory leak its the programmers fault not the phones. Touch wiz 3.0 wasn't even good. It was actually slower than sense then. Samsung had tons of problems with the original galaxy s. This is just bad programming. Though 2.3 gingerbread just looks like an ui change a lot underneath changed. I never said android was full proof if it was they wouldn't need a task managers. A g2 a phone with only 512 ram can run sense 3.0 smoothly. Some of the processes on sense alone take up 80 mb each to give a good example. But it doesn't lag due to good programming.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] heygrl:
The only reason why I didn't mention 2.3 is because I have had to wipe it. It would barely run Maps+PowerAmp+Browser without it running out of ram with the other apps I had installed and running background services. It runs fine now but that's only because I wiped all of the apps and only have a few on it.

512MB of ram is not enough to multitask reliably, I'm sorry but Sense 3.0 + Opera Mobile running flash + Background app services taking up ram = SLOW phone with actively backgrounded apps being pushed out of the memory as soon as the home button is pushed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
You wouldn't use opera with the sense browser they are essentially the same except the sense browser has better flash performance. We both know how bloated Sense is but due to developers they got a phone that shouldn't even be able to run sense. To run it smoothly. A lot of it has to do with programming software right. If you make good software you won't need the best hardware. Think of how powerful the palm pre was with web os. Though it still needed a lot of work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jdiddy_ub:
do you have an app that shows you how much free RAM you have? if the number is extremely slow, then yes that could cause lag
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
Yeah I have the active application touchwiz widget on and it usually uses 600MB of Ram of 784MB Avaliable.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jdiddy_ub:
so thats 184 available...that is a low number, but shouldnt be low enough to cause lag...i have like 130 apps and i always generally have between 280-350MB free...no lag whatsoever

you should get an app that shows you exactly what is running...then leave your phone on for a while..and then see what background apps have opened...if there are any apps that you dont use ever (i dont mean at that particular moment), uninstall them...theres no point of keeping them on your phone..a lot of apps run services in the background...most apps take up like 5-10MB when they do..so for example if there are 4 apps running that you dont ever use..thats anywhere between 20-50MB RAM being used for nothing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
this is my current usage
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
Yeah thats exactly what happening all this apps running in the background for no damn reason. like slacker player,T-Mobile App,slacker radio list goes on. is there any ways of deciding what apps you want running in the background? is not super laggy just a minor lag that didn't bother me until i saw all the damn apps running for no damn reason.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
i use TI to freeze all the bloatware that i don't use, or those that constantly keeps running in the background just because it's downloading ADs from the internet
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jdiddy_ub:
you don't want to use an app that constantly kills background services, that itself will use up resources...i just try to monitor the apps that i have..even when apps open on their own and run in the background on my phone, i still have 300 MB free RAM..just be smart about the apps you keep
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rawsx:
Mann i only have 783 megs of ram ive been jipped !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] iloveandroid16:
This thread needs to be closed becuase everoney knows the 1GB of ram wont show because your system has so much reserved for certain functions.
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
Would anyone be interested in creating a 100% transparent lock screen slider?

I think it would create a nice clean minimalistic look on are phones. I had it on my old droid X. Only way currently to do so on droid X2 is to used widget locker which I have purchased, but it seems to drain batt significantly since it is all way running.

If some one is able to do this it would be sweet, and not be a drain.
[Motorola Droid X2] AtLemacks:
I have been using widget locker for months now. I don't see any batter drain. I get 20-30 hours on a single charge with normal usage. Have you actually looked at your battery stats and seen anything more than a 2% drain? Also, what did you have on the lock screen itself? Did you have a lot of widgets running?
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
On widget locker I only use clear lockscreen and time. On my regular home screens I use launcher pro plus. Its configured to use 3 screens. One has lpp bookmarks widget. 2 has be weather pro widget and lpp Calender at bottom. 3 has lpp messaging widget and Google voice inbox widget. I don't think that's too much.

My normally useage is surfing three or four sites a day and checking the x2 forums within the sites. About 4 5 to 10 min phone calls.

I've cleared batt stats several times and checked usage a couple days later and if I add up all the percentages on the screen and divide them by he's I tend to get 3% or more and hour. I've seen it as high as six%
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
On widget locker I only use clear lockscreen and time. On my regular home screens I use launcher pro plus. Its configured to use 3 screens. One has lpp bookmarks widget. 2 has be weather pro widget and lpp Calender at bottom. 3 has lpp messaging widget and Google voice inbox widget. I don't think that's too much.

My normally useage is surfing three or four sites a day and checking the x2 forums within the sites. About 4 5 to 10 min phone calls.

I've cleared batt stats several times and checked usage a couple days later and if I add up all the percentages on the screen and divide them by he's I tend to get 3% or more and hour. I've seen it as high as six%

Right now after 5 he's and 20 min I have 73% phone idle. 13% cell standby. Display 12%. Browser 2%. My phone idle is always very high I don't understand why.
[Motorola Droid X2] AtLemacks:
2.3.4 Eclipse 1.2RC1

I am using ADW Launcher EX with ADW Notifier, 3 screens (7 widgets: Twitter, G+, FB, Google Music v4, Digital Clock, Google Search, YouTube), Widget Locker with 4 sliders and a digital clock.

85% Battery Remaining

5 Hours 5 Minutes 53 Seconds on Battery:

47% Phone Idle

17% Display

9% Mediaserver

9% Music

9% Cell Standby

5% WiFi

3% Android OS

I cooked a big lunch this afternoon, about an hour in the kitchen/grill with Google Music v4 playing the entire time.
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
How can I figure out why my phone idle is so damn high. I suspected that to be my problem but couldn't figure what the heck it is. Im on the atrix port which shouldnt make things that drastically different. It seems like you use your phone more as well.
[Motorola Droid X2] AtLemacks:
Well, the phone idle % represents the amount of time you are

not

using your phone. So phone idle will always be a dominant percent unless you are constantly using it. That doesn't mean it is eating your battery power. What % was your battery at that same time?

If you use your phone less than me, and at 5 hours you are at <75-80% and phone idle is still high then you have a lot of background processes eating up power. I mean, I leave my WiFi antenna on, unless I am driving or somewhere I know I wont get WiFi and I will had 85% while using it for Music for an hour.
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
So best way to calculate is batt% used divided by hrs? After a calibration.
[Motorola Droid X2] quadjacks:
This is a lil off topic and I hope not to assist in highjacking the thread! Where can I find a GOOD calibration method?
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
I use battery calibration from the market from mariosaige. You can also do it in recovery from the same place you would wipe davlik cache and fix permissions. The specific name of the section in recovery has slipped my mind right now.
[Motorola Droid X2] AtLemacks:
No, no. What it is saying is if you battery is 85% at 5 hours, of the 15% battery drain 73% of it was due to phone idle. They are just telling your percents of percents lol. To put it in easier terms, assume the battery is calculated in 100 units instead of %, so out of 100 units you are down to 85 units. 73% of that loss is Phone Idle, meaning, you did nothing on your phone probably the majority of the time. If you see significant overall loss(in units) while your Idle % is high, you have too many background process' that are abusing the battery.

Also, keep in mind, 2.3.4 has erratic battery reporting on most devices right now. It may say 65% when you really have 80% or vice versa.

---------- Post added at 11:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 PM ----------

Advanced, lol. But it doesn't help on 2.3.4
[Motorola Droid X2] gkitab:
I'm back on attic port now. How do I figure out how much is lost per hour. People have said 2 to 3 % is normal.
[Motorola Droid X2] AtLemacks:
I have never used the Atrix ports. I would assume in settings you should still have a battery settings area. If not, hit up the dev that ported the rom and see if you can find an alternative way.
[Motorola Droid X2] Robin M:
"Battery Calibration" works well. I usually leave the phone plugged in about 30 minutes after it indicates full before calibrating. After calibration, I also think it is helpful to let it run all the way down and recharge to full without interruption, as suggested by this app. The times that I have done that, I have let the battery drain down with normal use, rather than accellerating the drain with high-engergy consuming processes. I don't seem to be having the problems that others have reported since the GB 2.3.4 update - especially beyond the frist day or two after flashing a new ROM update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tanisloray:
I wonder if anyone else is having this issue!

With my vibrant, pictures/videos sent quickly and usually got through the first time.

Now, with my SGSII, it takes pictures FOREVER to send. I tried sending one to MYSELF and I still haven't received it and that was over 3 hours ago. It keeps trying to send send send send, nothing. I have had the phone for a week and this has been an ongoing issue for the past week, not just something that cropped up today. Once in awhile, my pictures will send to other people, but that is usually after about an hour or 2.

Has anyone else experienced this as well?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ronin4740:
Actually mine sends much faster than my vibrant did when it was running CM7... Both are about the same to me on stock roms

Using tapatalk on my Galaxy 2 to post this!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonesla9:
I think heard someone else mention they was having this problem some where around here
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tanisloray:
Also, just to be clear, I have full 4G coverage and I have changed my APN settings to other ones I have seen on here, as well as the default ones, all with the same taking forever to send results.

I finally just received a picture from myself after about 30min of it "sending". D:

Just wondering if it's my phone, or the network....I don't know.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KaneHusky:
I have also been experiencing slow MMS speeds - both sending and receiving. I've had more problems receiving at times than anything else. My problems are intermittent, making it hard to diagnose.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tanisloray:
:D:D:D:D

Kaaaaannneeeeeeeee!

A fellow furry! :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] KaneHusky:
Nice to meet you! :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tanisloray:
You too! :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehrawk:
I just finished backing up my phone using Titanium Backup Pro. I backed up all my user apps. Then applied a filter, to only show the system apps. I then backed up all the green coloured system apps individually. It was my first time attempting to backup my data.

When I got back to my home screen it was washed out looking. Like an overexposed image. It affects everything. I factory reset all data in CWM, flashed to stock, and tried two custom roms, and its still the same. I'm thinking its a GPU issue. But I'm clutching at straws, hoping someone knows a fix.

hxxp://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww316/Tehrawk/GS2Washedoutscreen.jpg

Sorry cant post links, but if you change the hxxp to http, you can see my notification bar.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simes6600:
sounds like the screen mode (settings>display>screen mode) is set to dynamic.

try changing it to standard.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tehrawk:
Oh yeah, I tried all the display options. A full reset should have fixed any problems there also. Thanks anyway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bcam117:
Something similar happened to me when using chainfire. If your using it uninstall it maybe.
[Nexus S General] bee mcfly:
I just bought a nexus s 4g about a month ago. I came from a Samsung intercept (worst phone ever) . I'm familiar with Android, and his everything works. Going through the app store I stumbled upon voodoo control by super curio. Since I love music it only made since that I dl it. Now that I have it I have a few quick questions.

1. What's the best way to root my phone?

2. What's the best way to flash the kernel required for voodoo control?

3. Will I still receive OTA updates (such as ice cream sandwich) when rooted ?

4. Can I flash the kernel without root?

Thanks in advance feel free to answer any other questions you feel necessary.
[Nexus S General] jaestreetss:
theres a youtube video that shows you how to root your phone its by qbking or youtube it . that how i did mine then the flashinf a kernel is just like flashing a rom.....root your phone 1st then post back and you take it from there

and yes you NEED to be rooted to flash a kernal or flash anything

by the way imho the best kernal ive put on my ns4g is matrix

the best rom is anything cm based. or brainmasters miui with the new ics launcher
[Nexus S General] 063_XOBX:
That should just about cover it.
[Nexus S General] Si_NZ:
It's a common myth that you need to root to flash a kernel. You do not. You can flash anything as long as your bootloader is unlocked.
[Nexus S General] Rem3Dy:
No the issue is people misuse the term root and it becomes synonymous with unlocking bootloaders.
[Nexus S General] jaestreetss:
I learned something new tonight.

√
[Nexus S General] bee mcfly:
Thanks for all the info so far, probably gonna attempt either this weekend or next week
[Motorola Droid X2] KiaraTheDragon:
where are all the app icons for things that i install and if they are in the apk how do i extract them and then re inject them after im done?
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
Copy the apk to your computer and use 7zip to open the apk and you can edit the icon with out even unzipping or rezipping! Not sure where the icon is in the apk, if I was at a computer I'd look.
[Motorola Droid X2] KiaraTheDragon:
now i know they are two different os' but.... on ipod/iphone there was a way to with winterboard too just put files into a folder of let's say where the app was located and it replaced the files with the ones in winterboard is there any app or tweak like that?
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
I haven't heard of an Android version of Winterboard, but I haven't been on Android long. Winterboard was a neat app. I loved having it on my itouch after I jailbroke it haha
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
Anyone playing games on their Epic 4G Touch seem to have a common problem:

During intense gaming, the game either freezes or crashes returning you back to home screen. Everyone I know is experiencing this and yet we tend to ignore it for the love of our device, but this doesn't mean Samsung should pretend their $600 device is functioning as normal.

Dear XDA'er

If you are experiencing this problem, please post something here. Let's see how wide spread this problem truly is.

I for 1 am having problems playing "Galcon and Airport Mainia", since these are the only two games I play, I get frequent crash often. Post, post, post... I hope this thread grows to the attention of Samsung so that atleast they could acknowledge there is a problem!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
There's already a starred issue, or what ever it is about it, and a thread here.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
You got link?

Btw, more threads on this the better? I read a post and someone said they contacted Samsung but they refused the problem. Are you experiencing crash?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
There is a code issue out, I couldn't find it. Maybe it was closed already. I remember seeing another thread about it with the link a few weeks ago, if I find it ill link it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sycobob:
I thought it was just me. I figured it was the result of me screwing up a file when playing with things or a bug with the kernel I was using. Kind of wish it was....woulda been able to fix it then.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] manekineko:
Here is a detailed explanation of what's going wrong:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1284086

Here is another thread on the issue:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1283712

There are a ton of games that didn't give me this issue, but I've been having this problem on Robotek and Zenonia 3.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ipetloudog:
Read my posts. Only reason I dropped tmo and came over was this phone for gaming and my vibrant had none of these god damn.....just check my profile and read my posts. Pisses me off to no extent.

Sent from my SPH-D710 Galaxy S II [suck it]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] phatmanxxl:
Yea that's what I was talking about.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1x:
My Evo3D works just fine... This phone is on my nerves with crashes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nonstop14:
I don't game a ton on my phone but I do like to game occasionally. This is just a rough estimate but I'd say half of the 20 or so games I've tried will crash on me within 20 minutes of playing. Out of the ones that crash about a quarter can be fixed by disabling some portion of the audio; either music, sf or both. The other quarter continue to crash in the same manner no matter what you do with the games audio.

Pretty big bug IMO, can't believe there's not more hype about it.
[GT540 Optimus General] conics:
hi all, can anyone suggest a good task killer for gt540 running on switfblade 2.0 rc5

edit: updated post
[GT540 Optimus General] androidboss7:
Advance task killer!!!

I recommend you do not use

task killers!!!
[GT540 Optimus General] spockvk:
explain why
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
some people think if you kill tasks you can stop them from running and so saving battery. yes its true but some times you may kill system apps and stuff needed to run the phone and so the phone needs to reopen them causing more power to be used. but if you know what you are closing then of course why not use it.
[GT540 Optimus General] truonghaf4:
you can try taskiller from go launch ex

these're beautyfull
[GT540 Optimus General] androidboss7:
yeah but you need the launcher 2 use

the app
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
I'm drunk andnthought you should know, discuss
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
*farts*

...
[Acer Iconia A500] T-Macgnolia:
Oh gosh you should have went to off topic. It is a on going drunk thread there lol.
[Acer Iconia A500] JdgM3NT4L:
Thanks man... And right back atcha Bro. I ain't exactly drunk, but I have had a pain pill. Great excuse to say the same thing to everyone. I can't wait to get here and see what you guys are up to everyday.
[Acer Iconia A500] GMC7000:
So great, drunk, gf has gone to bed, so I grabbed my A500 to see what was new on here. This thread was made for me. Good stuff. I've been here (well, on xda) for a while now, but my low post count comes from the forum mantra of reading everything first before bothering anyone with questions, which, when done, leaves me little to ask/talk about.

I am an X10 owner, which is how I found this forum, so this was the first place I came after picking up my A500. I've been reading all your posts with great interest, I realize the Iconia isn't the most popular, but it's been a world of enjoyment for me as my first tablet, and the folks who post in these forums seem quite passionate about it.

Kudos before the lock!
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
Wow I forgot I posted this last night lol
[Acer Iconia A500] Caz666:
Hungover?
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
nah kinda of a early night just two pitchers
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
Awwwwww.

So sweet hugged and kisses (on cheek) .

So for development and education purposes.

1.how was it typing on Iconia while intoxicated

2.does this require a Iconia designed Tyler.

3.was the wifi good in the bar where this was happening.

I have trouble with some wifi hot spots others work great. Im starting to think that our wifi hardware is not 100 %competable .

Thanks
[Acer Iconia A500] BrianDigital:
It was after i made my way home when I wrote that lol I dont think I ever dare bring the ol'acer out for drinks
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KazeOne:
So ya Im looking for an App that turns on both the front and rear facing camera and records both sources at the same time, maybe in a split screen fashion into one video file or separate? Does this exist or even possible?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] live_free:
I used to have a 1.77.30P on CM7 pure stock. Then wanted to get a 1.5Ghz OC. So I installed a 1.97 radio like I need to and installed the stock 1GHZ clock to then install the 1.5Ghz clock no problem. I just installed the stock 1GHZ clock made for CM7 and I cannot move any of my widgets around and am unable to really interact with the home screens. I can launch stuff and add widgets via the menu button though, any ideas?
[TouchPad General] hki_peter:
I have install Android on touchpad, The reboot function on silde power menu stop working from last night? anyone got same problem?

I need press power + center buttem to resume power-on when I select reboot function on silde power menu! the reboot is working before, I have not idea why shop working from last night!

all my apps are install from market or copy from my phone to touchpad
[TouchPad General] hki_peter:
At the end, my solution is run ACMEUninstaller and install anything again !!!!!!
[TouchPad General] mountaindewmi:
Occasionally I click reboot from CM7 but it just shuts down instead (reboot or reboot to WebOS). I have to do a regular 'power on' but holding just the power button, not power+center button.

But if yours is fixed, great! =)