yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid 3] :
My solution to this was to change my e-mail settings from "push" to scheduled every 30 minutes (you can do more frequent if this is a high priority thing for you), and to make sure to custom configure apps so that internet access will automatically re-enable when these programs were launched. You may also want to deselect wifi preferred if the delay for internet connection bothers you, but this will increase your data usage.

The advantage of Juice Defender has increased a lot since it's newest version since it provides much more support for this phone. Most noteworthy is the automatic screen dimmer, which when set to its second lowest setting increases your battery life dramatically (I'm at 2.42x now) while still being usable. At it's lowest setting, the screen is difficult to read. My phone now lasts all day with moderate usage, so it was the best $4 I spent on my Android.
[General Questions and Answers] IndyRoadie:
Inquiring minds want to know :)
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19148305#post19148305

petition here^

one vote only so far.....
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
Sooooo basically I've never actually gotten all technical with the the theming on android. Nothing legit like you guys. But isn't it just a series of file replacements? Im an artist and have spent all my life drawing n such, and if someone would show me what to replace and how to safely do it I would give then whatever they need to release a flashable theme if anyone likes It. Im a very picky person. I like change on my phone baaddddd. If shown how; expect to see new themes like every other week if possible (depending on how difficult it is). Along with wallpapers that I usually spend hours trying to find.

Any takers?
[Motorola Droid X2] X0dus:
Use search. I found some great links in this forum alone on theme creation.
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
I'm new to theming, but for my theme, UOT Kitchen helped me out! The only downside is that you can't do status bar, boot animation, or lock screen. There's a thread for UOT Kitchen some where around this forum. But your right, just file replacements. Look under the systemUI.apk and framework-res drawable-hdpi files with 7zip (or something similar). You can edit the images without unzipping the file!

I started with a UOT Kitchen file and added/changed stuff in the file. If you can't find an image or need help with changing something, try asking the ROM creator, the would probably know where the stuff is in the ROM.

If you fail, try and try again! I epically failed my first time and SBF a couple times because I was an idiot. Then I asked some questions and got started the right way. But make sure you do a back up before you flash a new file. I learned the hard way. A file can look fine to the phone at first, then it deletes everything it should, and then starts to copy files over like normal until a part of the file is bad. Then you have to SBF or restore.

Backing up is easy, just go into recovery and go to advanced, then back up, and choose to put the back up file under internal or external SD card. I do external, just my preference.
[Motorola Droid X2] hedwig34:
A lot of it is file replacement. However to change some of the colors such as text and the color of the volume indicator (those are the only ones that I can think of right now) will involve replacing the color hex values in XML files. In order to get the xml files in a readable/editable format you'll need to use apkmanager or apktool. Those are used to decompile the apk packages. You can then edit what you need to (including images) then re-compile the package. Search around in this themes forum for Navenedrobs post about android tools. He includes a download for apkmanager, apktool and some other necessary tools. I use apkmanager myself.

I also use 7zip for some small edits as mentioned in the last post but I prefer to decompile then edit. Apkmanager makes it easy to then optimize the images prior to recompile.

Oh another that required xml edits for colors is AOSP calendar. Not too many images in there but lots of colors are defined.

Here's a link to naven's android tools post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1261198
[Motorola Droid X2] Kevin3328:
Theming is time consuming... its not quite as easy as simple image replacement especially on stretchable images also known as 9 pngs ... also if u want to start creating your own images that too could get tricky as u will need to use a program like gimp or another photo editing program.. gimp is the best in my opinion... sometimes it is necessary to add layers when creating your own images.... Hedwig... do use draw 9 patch for your. 9 pngs.... if not how do u edit those... I use apk manager to decompile and recompile each apk.. just curious if u know of a better tool for editing the. 9 pngs .. neways the way I started theming is with 7 zip... I went in and changed the images regular pngs and then tested it out uot kitchen is a good start but u r limited as far as how much u can theme
[Motorola Droid X2] hedwig34:
If you decompile the apk the 9.png images gain the one pixel border where the patch is drawn. I'm just careful not to edit any of the black pixels around the edges. When you re-compile the border is lost (values of those are stored). So, no, I don't use draw 9 patch at all. If you're making new images that you plan to compile into the apk the you can just draw the patches in gimp, photoshop, or whatever you use. Just remember to add a one pixel border all around to the size of your new image.

So, XGrinder911. Any of this discussion helping out or are we all just blah, blah, blah?
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
Well I was considering Adobe Illustrator? Might that program work to create images? And so I get this apk manager, it decompiles and whatnot then I edit the files. Recompiles and voila theme? I get using apk manager on like the calendar cause its an actuall app but what about things like the status bar n notification pull down? they are in serious need of a make over.

And I tried using the kitchen. Didn't work out for me. Got my loving boot loops. Even when replacing the framework res apk.

Ooohhhh! Is It that? That's the apk?

PS- Hedwig your my new best friend.
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Just want to say you DO NOT go to advanced for backup(nandroid)

You go to backup/restore

just clarifying ;)

Good luck OP....hope to see some awesome theme soon....don't give up PLEASE! !!
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
Oh yeah! Your right! Sorry about that!
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
Wasn't trying to "get on your case" :)

just wanted to clarify ;)
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
Haha didn't even notice it. :P I make a backup everydayyyy (flashaholic).

Question: is there anything I can do about those lil lines that separate lists like in messaging and settings? I hate them and we all know on this phone's screen they basically become invisible while scrolling anyway. Get them out of here.

DX2 Eclipse 1.3
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
I used UOT Kitchen to color. Not sure what file you would change to take them away. Ain't no shame in being a flashaholic! I bootlooped my phone on purpose when I for bored :)

Ash, no worries. Glad you clarified. Don't know what I was thinking with the advanced haha
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
To "take them away" can't u just make em the same color as the menu
[Motorola Droid X2] hedwig34:
The file is in framework-res.apk

framework-res.apk\res\drawable-hdpi\dark_header.9.png

Do what ashclepdia said and change the color in the bottom of that image to match the top. You'll see what I mean when you look at the image.

(Or light_header.9.png if you're working with a light framework.)
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
What is this exactly? All I see is a long rectangle with a hint of blue at the bottom.

DX2 Eclipse 1.3
[Motorola Droid X2] hedwig34:
That image is streatched across the width of the screen. Creating the menu item that has the blue line at the bottom.

Think of it as that image repeating over and over again side by side.
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
Wait so where exactly is this rectangle?

DX2 Eclipse 1.3
[Motorola Droid X2] XGrinder911:
Its a vertical rectangle repeated over and over again to make a skinny little horizontal line?? Wow, that's deep.

DX2 Eclipse 1.3
[Motorola Droid X2] IDMA.DROID.X2:
I have a question too. How do you devs mod the build.prop? Is that mostly the difference between ROMs?

(Thought it would be better here instead if a new thread. Don't mean to thread jack)
[Motorola Droid X2] ashclepdia:
No the differences between roms isn't mostly the build.prop

the build.prop can easily(usually) be modified using root explorer or similar.(I am having trouble editing the additions that kejar has made to build.prop tho. Never had this problem before. But its just the extra entries at bottom I can't change.

The biggest differences in roms come from the UI and system frameworks and scripts inside init.d

There are a few performance tweaks and edits u can make inside build.prop but ur.choices are kinda limited in what can be.done. even the line in eclipse build.prop that mentions raising the touch points recognized by the screen to 5 requires changes elsewhere in the "framework" to allow it to actually recognize that amount.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nv1dia:
Hi guys.

So im working on an i727 that was flashed with a att gs2 kernel. I was hoping someone rootedcould hook me up with a stock kernel or something. I am unable to find a working kernel to reflash this device.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] burr:
I used a kernel on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1325168 before. It allowed me to boot up the phone but the menu buttons didn't work.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mbze430:
damn, once again it's the button.. it's always the damn buttons.

We need the source of the kernel from the SkyRocket before we can start modding kernels

T-Mobile released the source for their TSGS2 about 9-10 days after the phone was launch. We'll see what happens from here on out... but we need the source code
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] quarlow:
This is a great example of why this phone needs its own forum. It is different from the i777 in so many ways. The only thing from the i777 that will work on the i727 would probably be themes ... but that's about it. Kernals, ROMs, etc will not work.

Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Nv1dia:
I found one. Use the T989 insecured kernel. Itll give you what seems like full functionality except the acceleromator is backwards.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] burr:
Switched to this kernel here at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1337311. Works fine now with the buttons.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crispy1805:
How did you flash this Kernel with a soft brick?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tejones36:
A USB jig still works, I tested mine right after I got the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crispy1805:
I can get into download mode or the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue mode" with the phone--!--computer graphic. Did you use Odin?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tejones36:
I'm not the guy with the soft-brick, I just thought someone might want to know that the USB Jig still works. I've had that error though on another phone and could still flash it via Odin.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] crispy1805:
Lol of course. Yea, I used my jig too.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] t3chn0v1k1ng:
Help

I also need this stock Kernel...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] greenlitego70:
Anyone get the Jig to reset the flash counter? Like the noob that I am after rooting the phone, I wanted to try returning it to stock with the one posted in the thread, but something happened and my phone bricked. I was able to get it back up and did a restore, but now the phone shows current binary: custom and flash counter reads yes (2 counts) I know with the OGSGII you had to do something with the secondary bootloader if you had tried running Gingerbread 2.3.5 at some point and time. Just wondering if anyone has developed a workaround for this phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nbelo:
Samsung S2 Bricked - Any software solution update?

Hi all,

I've read too many threads or blogs about this.

Tested Odin and Heimdall... but nothing seems to be working.

The only thing that gives me some hope it's the Zadig Utility that cames with Heimdall... that seems to be able to install a device driver properly, in spite that is a not a WCDI (Windows compatible ID)

My Samsung Galaxy S2 i727 is bricked (No download mode, no logo, nothing... it's like a brick)

So my question is: What is the magical solution for this?

Software?

Hardware?

Thank you guys. Xda rocks!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
You can not fix it yourself. Mobile tech videos offers a jtag service. So u have to ship the device to them for it to be fixed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shoobiedoobiiwhompwop:
two words : silver knows
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] droid512:
lol true the above is correct... If you get nothing at all jtag is the only way our use a warranty
[Sony Tablet S] Silver-Eye:
Hey guys, maybe a stupid question.. but how tp stop the apps?

I know we can go to settings and stop them there, but is there a quicker way? sometimes when we go to the multitasking section, we have many apps open and games.. I think that if we close them, we will save a bit of battery.. iv seen that in ice cream sandwich. We just need to slide them to the right (in the multitasking sec.) but in honeycomb still didnt find anything like that..

Any ideas?
[Sony Tablet S] Lunat1c:
Works fine for me with Android Assistant or ZDBox. Just place the quickboost/kill all widget on ur homescreen and press it when needed. Will close all unused apps. U'll still see them in the multitasking section, but thats mearly a dead shortcut...if u klick one they'll start up new.

In addition Android Assistant has a configurable widget. With it u can jump directly to the process screen and select the ones u wanna close.

Hope this helps. ;)
[Sony Tablet S] Silver-Eye:
Thanks, I will give it a try!
[HTC Amaze 4G] ls1xtreme:
i don't have the amaze yet but found this today while looking online...i know the anker 1900mAh battery fits so wanted to put htis up for anyone intrested...enjoy...

http://www.amazon.com/2010mAh-AceSoft-Replacement-Sensation-T-Mobile/dp/B0057L72Z8
[HTC Amaze 4G] bmbrad:
Looks nice. Wonder how much more life it would add from the stock battery
[HTC Amaze 4G] Radio_Dude:
i'm interested in buying a top of the line amaze battery to use in my sensation. the problem is I've never heard of this brand of battery. For price this cheap, it almost sounds too good to be true.
[HTC Amaze 4G] BlackElvis79:
I just got the amaze yesterday and am already getting frustrated waiting for the battery to die so I can calibrate it. Point being, battery life is already hella good as is.
[HTC Amaze 4G] xboarder56:
How you like the new BeastMOD :D
[HTC Amaze 4G] BlackElvis79:
IM LOVIN IT!! Excellent ROM. Thanks putting it out there for us X.
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
Acesoft 2010mah battery

I ordered this battery the other day. Will update post after I have it for a few days.

X, BeastMod rules!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
Dont buy these

I now have these Batteries, I have the Amaze my finacee the Sensation...

This morning I had to use my old battery because my phone would not boot.

We got the batteries on Sunday. Put them in our phones and let them die. We then over night left them powered off to charge.

As stated mine would not boot with the battery. My fiancee went to get her hair done and said that her battery was just about dead and she had been in a chair all morning without being able to use the phone

TL; DR DO NOT BUY THESE POS BATTERIES

I am not mad though... it was cheap for 2. Guess it was too good to be true... Trying to get with Amazon to return this crap...
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
I guess I was lucky. Here's my first 2 full charges. I live and work in an area where it switches off of 4g quite often.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
How do you get to that screen on the post above mine?
[HTC Amaze 4G] evohog:
Settings,about phone,then battery, and battery use. Tap the graph to enlarge it.

amaze
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
Its in settings, about phone, battery, what's been using battery, then click the the bar at the top above all the percentages.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bigv69er:
Settings>About phone >battery>battery use>clixk on graph
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
Wonder how many more people are going to tell the guy how to find his battery graph... I think 3 is enough... LOL
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
oh... i was gonna make a video tutorial on how to get there for him.. i guess i'm not anymore.... lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
Hahaha! A video tutorial would have been awesome!

But for real...how do I get to the graph again? =P LOL!

I KID, I KID!
[HTC Amaze 4G] stevedebi:
I'm finding the anker batteries to be acceptable. Not quite as good as the stock, but then they are 3.7v not 3.8v.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324826
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
I actually got the one battery to charge last night. I am running it again today after getting a full charge last night. We shall see how I do. I am going to run a few days and get a base line and see if they are any better than the stocker.
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
This is the results from my 3rd full charge. My first results were actually from 97percent. This time it was 100 percent. I believe, way better than stock which couldn't last half a day for me. I wouldn't consider myself a heavy user, although I live and work where it switches off 4g quite often and I spend most of my day at work or home.
[HTC Amaze 4G] funkadesi:
What about the fitment? Does it fit nice and snug? Build quality. This is the acesoft correct?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Turboboxer:
There is nothing you need to know about fitment... it is like butter.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dredd0606:
I just bought 2 of these from eBay, and I happen to have industrial grade battery analyzers at work, so I will test these over multiple cycles and see what we get.

Dredd
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
Awesome, nothing worse than buying a battery that performs well for a short amount of cycles then becomes garbage.
[HTC Amaze 4G] edyts:
settings/about/battery/battery use. if that helps hit thanks
[HTC Amaze 4G] seansk:
can someone explain why the phone signal is different shades of yellow, then green. sometimes...mine is always on green...what does this signify?

EDIT: NEVER MIND GOT IT
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
What does it signify? Now I want to know.
[HTC Amaze 4G] funkadesi:
signal strength ?
[HTC Amaze 4G] stevedebi:
I think battery state; it goes red as the battery runs down.
[HTC Amaze 4G] xboarder56:
I like that rom lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] Babydollll:
It signifies how strong the signal was (green is strongest and varying shades of yellow show a weaker signal)
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
After a few weeks and charges, battery still seems pretty good. As you can see like I said previously, my phone signal sucks at work and at home with barely any green spots. I just leave it on 4g. Im sure I could make the battery last a lot longer if I switched to GSM only.
[HTC Amaze 4G] claud_face:
So is this an improvement to stock?

Opinions? :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
I believe so. I couldn't get my stock one to last more than 13 hoirs in the exact same conditions. Although like anything else, individual results may vary.
[HTC Amaze 4G] claud_face:
Hmm I just might have to give it a try then.

Idk why this amaze burns through battery so much faster then my sensation did.

Maybe cause the screens so much brighter in auto brightness??

At least I feel like it is.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
hey napaj i noticed your screen is barely on and when it is, it drops drastically. I was wondering what is your display on time with this battery?
[HTC Amaze 4G] napajs13:
When my display is on, I usually have it at 50% and am usually playing a game, youtube, internet etc. I am not a heavy user that is constantly using my phone. The only thing that I think really kills my battery is that at home and at work where I spend almost all my time, my reception is horrible as you can see. So for me, compared to my stock battery that lasted less than 13 hours, its way better for me. I'm not sure how long this battery would last for a heavy user, but I would think it would still be somewhat better. Just need to find a heavy user to try it out. It was cheap, so I wanted to try it out. I haven't removed it from my phone since it went in.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
Or you can click on DISPLAY under battery use.. where it shows that it's 50%. once you click on it, it says TIME ON. so on your next cycle can you upload a picture of that and the regular graph one as you did earlier? I'm deciding between this and anker.

BTW fwiw, the percentages signifies what is using the battery the most, not how long it's been on. For example, 50% does not signify that it's been on 50% of the time, but 50% of the battery usage is used up by the battery.

@napaj "cell standby" usually signifies the use of the cell phone's reception. mine is usually under 10%, so you can use that to see if the reception is killing the battery.

But yeah from the graph, it looks like the battery holds really well on standby, but when the display is on, it drops really quick. I usually measure by the display on time.
[HTC Amaze 4G] xboarder56:
what you guys think about this battery i might buy one
[HTC Amaze 4G] vhtran:
I love to try this one also.
[HTC Amaze 4G] dk_gh0st_:
I might get this on Wednesday along my with my case

One of our strengths is our lack of direction- Eris Schmidt
[HTC Amaze 4G] mapleleafs89:
Hopefully these have been working out for people, going to order one off ebay.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Bling_Diggity:
Got mine in a few days ago. Came with an external battery charger.

As far as results go, I'd say it's done its job in extending usage time, but not by any really significant amount.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28001443/IMAG0061.jpg
[HTC Amaze 4G] mapleleafs89:
Hmm that looks interesting. 2500 mah would surely give us a big boost in battery life.
[HTC Amaze 4G] gregb882:
Do a quick Google search. Posters on other Android sights report being less than impressed. One person even stated that he pulled back the label on a 2000 mah battery and found it stamped 1000. Please let us know, though, if you or anyone else gives it a try.
[HTC Amaze 4G] FranzDages:
See my post on this in the anker battery thread. With current battery technology, the size limits the mAh's. Not saying that the 1730mAh stock battery is actually maximized, but with current technology your not going to squeeze terribly much more into a battery of the same size. I'm using a Seido 1900mAh battery, and it does better than stock. I haven't done any in-depth testing to see if it is actually 1900mAh, but I'd probably believe it. I really doubt you could get 2500 mAh into the same physical size.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Azeus101:
My amaze battery life is about 5hours shorter then my sensation was :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] Neo3D:
it's been almost 2wks, how do you like those acesoft batteries?