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[Motorola Droid 3] Savior057:
It has to have something to do with Bell Mobility. Mine has no battery problem; lasts up to 30-37 hours on one full charge. It never connects to Bell's networks (only AT&T), so I'm thinking, what if there is some Bell bloatware or low-level network reporting/feedback software that is constantly communicating to some server on Bell's networks, and since my phone has no access to Bell's networks then the software is prevented from working its evil battery-draining magic..?

I don't know. Just a suggestion; why would the exact same phone model not eat battery on AT&T's networks when it does on Bell's?
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
"Mototola" and "better battery life" in the same sentence ? :p
[Motorola Droid 3] LifeInAnalog:
I'm on the Telus network with my 860. Presently I'm at 14hours with 40% battery left, with moderate to heavy usage. Seems pretty normal to me, like my original Milestone.
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Motorola phones are too dependent on the network.

When I got my milestone, with the first firmware, I barely reached the 2pm, with the vodafone sim, with the same FW it lasted almost a whole day with a three.it SIM.

Looks like the situation is almost unchanged
[Motorola Droid 3] SX86:
I read in other threads that the Verizon Droid 3 had the same problem when it was released, but after the update, this problem was fixed. I'm on TELUS with my XT860.

I unplug it at 7h30 in the morning and plug it at 23h00 at night with 30% left.

Also, I read the whole CM7 ROM thread and talk about how Motorola seems to have purposefully decided to attenuate cell phone reception (in system files, fixable) to make it seem like the US Droid 3 has a better radio reception.... that last part could be speculation about how Motorola decided to program the device, but this reminds me of how Apple "fixed" the iPhone 4 deathgrip issue by only reprogramming how the device displays and understands the radio signal strenght level.
[Motorola Droid 3] gbarayah:
I'm using an XT860 on AT&T's network. Only had it for a few days but the battery life isn't too terrible - about on par with my Desire Z.

Right now I have been unplugged for 17 hours and am down to 17% battery life remaining. While its nothing to shout about its not too terrible either, considering it is still completely stock. Here's my usage for the day (pretty typical day for me):

Gmail and Work Email 'Pushing' to device constantly

Send/Receive approx 150 texts

Playing Wordfeud throughout the day - +/- 30 moves

30 minutes of calling - all using bluetooth connection to headset

Wifi on when at home - approx 7 hours

Display brightness at 50%

About 30 minutes of web browsing and digging around in market

According to the battery stats, cell standby is still the biggest culprit at 36% followed by phone idle at 33% and wifi at 16%. Everything else is below 10% (although not sure how much I trust the accuracy of these numbers)

We will see how it does over the next week or so. I still may decide to go with the larger 1930 mah battery for days where I use the phone more heavily but as long as I can make it from the time I rise from bed to the time I go to sleep on one charge, I'm happy.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
Wow that is good battery life. My battery seems weaker.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
This is a known issue. The Droid 3 had the same problem until the 5.6.980 update was released. I read in a thread somewhere an experiment someone had done. Short story is he found the phone acted like it was constantly searching for signal, despite having strong signal. I emailed Motorola asking if and when we could see an update to fix this and some other known issues on the xt860 and they were pretty useless. I think every xt860 owner should email them, maybe we can get some support here.

My battery lasts maybe 10 hours if I'm lucky, less if I actually use it. I have to plug it in every chance I get. There are so many things I love about this phone, but battery life and lack of ROM dev are 2 things I hate. I'm thinking about getting a D3 and unlocking it.

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
Is it the 50% w/o signal bug? Does airplane mode every boot fix it? I had that problem witness my Droid Eris and that fixed it.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I had to Google that. No I don't believe so. Keeping in mind this is not info I've gotten from moto/bell/Verizon but rather because I spend too much time reading these forums. The speculation was that the radio searches for a signal, like it was in a low/no signal area, even if it had full strength. To elaborate on my previous post, someone who owned an OG droid and a D3 brought them around with him all day, in his office he never had any cell reception and at home he had great reception. At the office both phones lost battery at about the same rate and had similar battery usage stats, as they both spent all their time searching for signal. At home the droid3 continued to lose battery at the same rate, like it was still searching for signal, even though it had full, while the OG battery loss slowed way down.

I'd find the thread except it was awhile ago and I'm way too lazy to look for it. I also know that when Verizon released the 5.6.890 update, this issue seemed to be fixed.

Also I sometimes have to toggle airplane mode as my data seems to stop working and it never fixes this problem. I think these are 2 very separate bugs

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
I can report same here. Mine is primarily on Rogers, but does same on Telus too.

Another bug I noticed is car dock triggers very high battery drain. Just insert and remove the phone from the car dock and battery starts draining about 3-4 times faster, device gets warm too. Nothing fixes it but reboot. I had 2 XT860 (first one got replaced due to faulty memory) both show same issues. Media dock also has a bug - disables the auto backlight, but at least has no battery drain issue. Not to mention the crappy smurf camera...

Motorola, where is our "890" update???
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I emailed Motorola about it and was told they could not give a timeframe onwhen an update would be made available

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] pfak:
Has anyone else looked at the logs for the radio on the XT860 with the Bell firmware? It's absolutely being spammed!

If you have the Android SDK installed, you can see the radio messages by executing the following command:

adb logcat -b radio

I suspect this part of the issue, and would like to see what the results are like on the XT862 (from Verizon.)
[Motorola Droid 3] gbarayah:
Interesting. I don't have the SDK installed but will try and get it up and running this weekend and report the results. I have the XT860 but on AT&T, wonder if Bell can reach me all the way down here? =P
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
Holly smokes!! Logging isn't as intense when screen is off though. And so many errors (like unsupported functions/etc)..

10-27 16:24:46.640 398 564 D RILJ : [0565]< REQUEST_GET_NEIGHBORING_CELL_IDS error: com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: REQUEST_NOT_SUPPORTED

Mine is on Rogers.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I'm not a developer so I don't really know what that means but would I by correct in guessing you're saying the radio is more active then it should be(working harder and draining battery)

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] LifeInAnalog:
Could some of those errors be because we're using unlocked phones on networks other than Ma Bell...with Bell bloat frozen?
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I on bell and I have the same cell standby issue.

Is adb difficult to install? Do I need the whole sdk?

I'm running Ubuntu with KDE plasma desktop if that matters

If I can get it running easily I'll pull the radio log from mine

Sent from my rooted xt860

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I've installed the sdk, and added the platform-tools. how do i run adb commands? i tried running it from a terminal, but i got "command not found"

when i try to just execute it, nothing happens

help?
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Either

add the adb folder path to the standard windows path

cd to the adb folder before using it

or

provide the full path when you launch the command.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I haven't learned how to add folders to my path, but I did cd to the folder before attempting to run. I tried the logcat command given above, just adb, and adb --help nothing worked. I'm sure I'm missing something somehow but I'm not sure what

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
you must have the drivers installed and the phone with the usb development mode enabled, also the exact error you get could be helpful to understand what's going on.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
"Command not found" is the error its giving. And as I said I've cd'd to the android-sdk-linux/platform-tools where adb is located.

I do not have the drivers installed on my phone, but either way my computer should still recognize the command I would think

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] eww245:
If your in the directory wherethe binary is located you must precede the command with ./

./adb logcat
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Thank you, ill try that when I get home

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Indeed, i guessed (wrongly) you were using windows.

For the record this one of the very first things that one learn about linux.

The first is that all the OS is case sensitive, the second is that (unlike the DOS) the current directory is not included in the path.

So you must provide it.

In full form like

/whatever/adbfolder/adb

or (if the command is in the current directory) shortened like

./adb
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
I knew both those, but did not know that I had to include the ./ if I was already in the directory containing the binary. That actually answers a few problems I've been having

I'm pretty fresh to Linux(installed 2 weeks ago) so I appreciate the tip

It works now, and I've googled how to add to my path because its rather a bit of typing to cd there

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Third thing to know, tab autocompletes almost everything

Try to type cd /us --> tab to understand how it works

and up/down arrows will present you the latest command given.

(command line lovers are lazy as the other people :) )
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
Knew the up/down, works good on a long command when you made a spelling mistake. Didn't know tab though

I can run a few basic commands, move copy change file permissions and change directories apt-get etc

Thanks

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
OK, one last. I've got adb working, added it to the path, and set up a udev file. Adb recognised my device as an alphanumeric string, is this right? And when I try running adb logcat -b radio, it says waiting for device, waited a few minutes, it still said that so I killed the process. Is that normal or am I missing a step still?

Sent from my rooted xt860
[Motorola Droid 3] eww245:
Try to turn off/on USB debugging, mine does the same and this helps.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
ok, finally got it all working!

to get this thread back on

i'm xt860, on bell. i also have

10-28 18:58:54.968 402 522 D RILJ : [6146]< REQUEST_GET_NEIGHBORING_CELL_IDS error: com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: REQUEST_NOT_SUPPORTED

not much other errors(as far as i can tell, it's gibberish to me). Very active though

I would guess then that all the errors others have seen are due to being on a different network.
[Motorola Droid 3] danifunker:
If Endroid is on the Bell network, with XT860 and is only getting 10 hours there must be some kind of issue where the phone is constantly searching for signal EVEN on the bell network.

I asked Motorola Canada support about the issue and here was their response:

I think they have some kind of issue with this firmware. Is anybody good enough with Android guts in order to control the radio better? I thikn we need to have it stop searching... Since this is android I bet there is just some kind of config we can alter.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Would this also go for the XT862 verizon?
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
I laughed out loud when I read that! Such a BS they gave you! Of course this is totally not correct. Still laughing!!

How does this explain Bell user having exactly same issues??
[Motorola Droid 3] LifeInAnalog:
...probably the firmware update that the D3 received, that supposedly fixed a few issues, will look after this as well. When will the 860 get it? That's the question.
[Motorola Droid 3] Nanostrike:
I have this problem as well with my XT883 in China. Using the original ROM, cell standby consumes 40%. Can barely last 6-7 hours on a battery charge.

I am using the ChinaTelecom network for which the phone was intended.

I tried to remove apps, motoblur, but it keeps draining so it looks to be the radio indeed.

Anyone with ideas on how to fix, please do tell :)
[Motorola Droid 3] gbarayah:
So after a few days of use, the battery life seems to be pretty standard between 14 and 18 hours of use before I need to plug in (down to 15% or below).

Cell Standby is still always the biggest 'consumer' according to the battery stats. The funny thing is that the battery seems to drain regardless of whether or not I am using the phone. So it seems that the radio is definitely 'hyper active'.
[Motorola Droid 3] :
I've had quite a bit of luck with Juice Defender in improving my battery life with the XT860. According to the software, I've more than doubled the battery life -- which seems to reflect my typical up-time. The less you use your phone, the more Juice Defender helps (as it turns off data, wifi, etc. automatically when the screen is off), so highly active users won't notice much benefit from it.
[Motorola Droid 3] danifunker:
Initially I purchased the ultimate version of JuiceDefender, but found it was slowing my phone down too much, and that it kept disabling all of my connections all the time so it was a pain for me to use. I am a frequent user.
[Motorola Droid 3] Pulverizer:
I've been same problem appeard in south korea on SKTelecom network.

Yes our skt network always support hspa+.(H+ icon)

Is this cause battery drain?

In currently "cell stand by" display 36%.
[Motorola Droid 3] mvp3:
XT883 have same problem in GMS network
[Motorola Droid 3] :
You need to play around with the custom settings to minimize those problems -- e.g., configure apps, traffic, and location. The newest version also has support for automatically configuring screen brightness, bluetooth, and even a CPU control similar to SetCPU (although this has caused some problems with freezing). I had the same issues when I first installed JuiceDefender.
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] goochkaz:
trying to find this download for my tablets

.help
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] 6stringandy:
What is spd shell, and what is supposed to be the function?

Having just a weeee bit more information may help in pointing you in the right direction :)

ummmmm............ could you repeat that?
[Acer Iconia Tab A100] painter_:
I do not believe that there is a honeycomb version yet. There is a beta floating around but does not work correctly. SPB website shows it is not working on tablets yet.

Back in the days of Windows Mobile I have found links for the betas in the SPB forums

I did not look to see if a beta is there for Android as SPB shell has a history of being crap software, IMHO. Looks cool but it is form over function.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpc21:
Hi guys!

Sorry if this already has posted but i couldnt find.

We just love to flash, update roms but sometimes we forget the essential and wanna go back.

So my question is: is there a way to backup and save from a original stock Atrix, things like pds, kernel, webtop, do a whole full backup of everything?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
You mean like a Nandroid backup?...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandroid717:
if you do a nandroid backup from cwm or rom manager it will back up everything on your current rom.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpc21:
Thanks a lot for your attentio guys!

Doing these backup, even system unique files like pds, kernel, webtop, boot?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mandroid717:
yes, its kinda like a ghost backup for a pc. it takes an image more or less.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccrows:
It makes an image of your current phone setup that you can come back to like if you get stuck, or if you want to come back from another ROM...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpc21:
Thanks a lot guys! But to use CWM or Rom manager i will have to unlock my boot, so i was wondering if there is a way to do this keeping Atrix untouchable and with this backup?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AizenSousuke92:
I think nandroid backup requires root and if you want to flash another rom you'll have to unlock the phone.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xpc21:
Hum, thanks but to flash another rom i dont need to. I can enter in RSD and flash it without doind anything. Only if i had to flash in fastboot prompt i will need to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnchad14:
I read in another thread a new LTE modem will ship in Verizon's model. Is there any info yet on as to whether it will offer much improvement? I suppose likely not or it would be hyped...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CanaganD:
What do you mean by a new modem?

Verizon is the only carrier that will support LTE on the GxN. Finally, while LTE does theoretically have very very high bandwidth capabilities, in practice, you may not get much faster speeds than HSPA (however, I believe this will change in the next year)

The other thing is about the release date for the Verzi version. There are rumors that it WILL launch on the 10th... but there are many conflicting reports.

We've been getting the released date for the Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE for Rogers Canada pushed back repeatedly, otherwise, I'd have bought the S2 already.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Any idea if GN on Verizon can do simultaneous voice and data on LTE and 1xRTT, like the HTC Thunderbolt can? I read somewhere that not all LTE phones will be able to do that. I even read that the HTC Thunderbolt can do simultaneous voice and data on EV-DO and 1xRTT, which I thought CDMA technology didn't permit. Any idea how this is done, and if the GN can do it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] johnchad14:
New LTE modem with possibly improved connectivity and I pray better standby drain than the earlier Verizon offerings. I know the combined chip models aren't out til later, but I did read this has a new modem with no specific data given about it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
as far as I know you can use data and voice at the same time with LTE, but everywhere I read, LTE kills battery pretty quickly. I read that tethering can kill full battery in just under 3 hour...if that is so, I would prefer 3g+
[LG Revolution] magesticschu:
So I'm running revolt 1.5 n was just wondering if someone could be kind enough to send me a zip of city id to install in clockwork. Thanks.
[LG Revolution] markapowell:
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If this link doesn't show up all pretty, go to the forum search, and type in "city caller id apk" its in this forum.

Yep, I would just search for it.
[LG Revolution] magesticschu:
yeah that one is the free version but im looking for the original that came on the phone...mine keeps saying network error when i test the one you sent me...

anyone got the original?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] my1zamboni:
Hey everyone.

I have a question that hopefully someone ca help me out with.

I am not new to rooting but am new to CWM.

I have found how to clear dalvik cache but how do I clear cache, system & data?

Please just let me know where they are located and which is which.

Thank you very much
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Will of fire:
Factory reset is the data, cache is the third one I think.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mad__max:
Factory reset
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] my1zamboni:
Thank you both very much
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rabican:
Under mounts also wipe the system.

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Under mounts also wipe the system.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Omegapsy:
Good noobs guide.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Please do rate the thread and take the poll !

Ohh yeah and the thanks button is always there ! ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] viv_jen:
Nice guide

but try this

it is a all in one android theme kitchen

easy to make bootanimations,change icons,edit status bar etc..

try it ;)

http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Maniacu:
nice.. tnx
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
I didn't find the sound folder to put a boot sound.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Are you rooted ?
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Didn't know about this..

Pretty useful !
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
Of course. I'm using CM7 6.5.8. No boot sound folder.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Please read my NOTES section, point #2
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] omgpk:
Hey....just wondering, would it work for my optumus v? And if so do I really need to use a pc? It seems to me you could just use root explorer and move it just from the get go....correct me if I am wrong
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Umm well..if you do have the 'lge sounds' folder then it will definitely work.

And yeah you dont neccesarily need to use your PC everytime..As long as your sound file is 'PowerOn.mp3' You're good to go !

Sometimes, instead of converting the file to mp3 format you could just rename your file to 'PowerOn.mp3' but I personally have experienced that only renaming the file doesn't work always i.e it works sometimes and sometimes doesnt..But converting AND renaming it is a sureshot method :D

Please tell me whether it works for your optimus V.. :)
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] MaKTaiL:
I followed the tutorial and I couldn't make the boot sound to work. I followed everything by the book. I don't know what to do.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
The method works for sure..I tried it on Mik'o Void which IS a CM ROM..

Make sure u convert the file to an mp3 format and also rename it to android_audio.mp3. Before using the terminal emulator to use the script, go to root explorer and click on mount r/w and you are good to go.

This is the reference :
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] venomate:
Gotta say, this worked like a charm! Now I have to decide which one I like best. The Transformers one would be awesome if it had a corresponding sound file simliar to the movie sound of heavy metal joining into its shape!

Thanks again for the share as well as the awesome tutorial!
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Its easier to click on the THANKS button than to say thanks ! :D
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] royalflusher9:
Wow it worked like a charm ^_^ !!

What an amazing guide bro..

My new bootanimation looks awesome !

the stock one is pretty trash mate.

I still wonder, how do u increase the fps of the bootanimation, i want the BIOS to work faster.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Well, the bootanimation is actually a series of PNG images which are displayed in quick succession. The fps actually depends majorly on the number of images.

If u wanna create ur own BAnim there are many threads on XDA for that matter.
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] royalflusher9:
Thanks a lot.

Once again - Amazing Guide !

A newbie to XDA (me as such :p) could understand this well written guide very well.

Keep posting such tutorials ! :D:D
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] Lycan:
Thanks a Lot !

There are many more to come.

Keep looking !
[Optimus One, P500, V Themes and Apps] timlambesis1:
Excellent tutorial brooo

Works on cm 6.5.8 new method