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[Galaxy S II General] mayoj7:
By far some of the funniest stuff I have ever read on XDA.

I personally have modified a gas powered generator to fit in my pocket. Sure its a little bulky but my s2 is charged and ready to go at anytime. I also have found that if I play in traffic while making a phone call, the energy from the vehicles swerving around me some how transfers directly to my device increasing the charge as I'm yapping away!
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
I think you'll find we all have gas generators in our trousers - blaming it on the dog is the trick.
[Galaxy S II General] :
I worked on an advanced vanadium exploration/feasibility program for a while and thought, how awesome would it be to have a phone powered by a Vanadium Redox battery the size of a backpack.
[Galaxy S II General] DSA:
If i get to look like the ghostbusters, im in! :D
[Galaxy S II General] buzzboy:
Quote of the year for me.

Regards
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Just want to step in to say a BIG thank you to all who are posting on here!! :) you guys are causing me some big smiles and laughter and hopfully im returning some!! :)

Lets keep this thred as fully charged as our phones!!!!!
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Quick Top Tip

Take two egg cups and balance your phone on them whilst charging!!! For some strange reason the phone charges 5% faster!!! Aint a clue why!!! :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] DirkTeur Velserbroncx:
now on ebay, wireless power outlet charge your S2 while on the move without the need of cables i think it even has a handsfree function build in....

i have a problem with the nokia solution, nokia battery just died on me so do i have to turn on my S2 now or whill i still be able to recieve calls?
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Cheat Device!!!

Charge the NOKIA without delay! Dont touch the s2 or it will use some battery!! HOPE THIS HELPED!!! :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
Details, please, details!

Do they need to have eggs in them?

If so what colour - White? Brown?

Hard boiled, soft boiled or raw?

It's probably down to lateral induction.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Battery egg cups

I use ceramic (eggless) ones!!! maybe we should test metal and plastic ones!!! There has been some battery related paranormal activity on my other thred that you may want to explore see here >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1354530 SPOOKY STUFF :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] timlobley:
Please can you upload a CWM update zip of your 3 step battery method.
[Galaxy S II General] Computerized:
Regarding the magical 3 steps you mentioned in the first thread & the wall you and others talking about, my question is:

if I'm in a middle of a desert and my SGS2 have 20% of battery life , to make it fully charge , do i have to build a wall and place a socket in mid of it so i can charge it? or should i just use a normal car charger and build a little wall next to the car ?? :)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
A good spirit level will avoid a tilted charge

Either of these great methods should work fine Computerized!!! The key thing is to always be well prepared whilst out with your Galaxy s2 I.E plenty of cement and lots of bricks, plus a decent spirit level or you may end up with a tilted charge!!! :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
CWM Request!

I will look into this!!!! :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Egg cup feedback?

I am assuming the method is working well along with the extra fast charge time with the egg cups?? Has anybody tested the metal or plastic egg cups? need feedback for my research notes log!!! :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] ong.andrew:
Hey guys I discovered a way to keep the battery full and still be able to receive calls! As a bonus it only involved one step, which is the same as the first step in TechWizard's 3-step method. After completing this step, feel free to go about doing your thing - when you receive a call, the phone will still ring, although some users report a small bug in reaching the answer call button sometimes, but I'm sure it's covered by warranty.
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
I tried with metal ones and would caution others against this - initially thought I'd yolked the phone. I suspect the metal bifurcates the lateral induction and causes reticular feedback in the charging membranes.

Ceramic may be a better bet, especially for phones made in China...
[Galaxy S II General] zaint:
:D Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] maddada:
cool story bro.
[Galaxy S II General] Moandal:
Help! I have a problem!

When I turn my phone on, the screen on my phone is so dark I can't actually see anything. I think the problem is just that the brightness is set to minimum, but when I can't see anything, how can I access the settings to turn up the brightness?

By the way I threw away that silly rectangular slab in the back of the phone. It didn't seem to do anything and it just makes the phone so much heavier. Now all my friends are amazed at how light my phone is. I just wish the screen was brighter.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Light Darkness Amazing!!!

This is amazing and quite profound too!!! you have given an excellent example of something most would argue is an impossibility!!! You have evidenced that their are circumstances where total darkness can also be light!!! Im gonna go ponder on that!!! :confused: Thank you :)
[Galaxy S II General] buzzboy:
Battery? The phone has a battery? I wondered why it wasn't turning on.

Many thanks.

Regards
[Galaxy S II General] dave2:
Does this method work with people with Insomnia? I noticed in the first step that you have to go to sleep. Is there a workaround?

Many thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Sleep Test

Sorry mate untested without sleep!!! Let us know what happens if you try it! :)
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
Given the partial success of the egg cup method, I wonder if it would be worth popping the phone into the toaster for a few minutes for a high energy fast recharge?

Edit:

Tried this - the battery tends to get a bit hot
[Galaxy S II General] shoaibar:
Just one sentence for all of you there...

"you guys are simply amazing"

and i was curious that if someone lives in a wooden house and has no socket to charge.. but hey he has a car.. now i know that he can charge from a car charger, but was wondering would that affect the car's battery itself... its really not good na that you're stopped at a signal and your car's battery go out...

:)
[Galaxy S II General] Moandal:
Whoa - hang on a second! You mean the car charger's actually supposed to charge the phone, not the car???? No wonder my car battery's still flat! I've been stuck out here in the middle of nowhere in the freezing cold in this damn stupid car trying to get some juice back in the car battery using my phone and the CAR charger. Why the f*** is it called a CAR charger if it's for charging the PHONE???
[Galaxy S II General] ketchup07:
LOL

Why dont u just turn off your phone n only turn it on when u need to use it :p
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
Thats nice idea.. But for better results dont turn on the phone even when you need it... Use public telephones... :-)

Swyped from: GT-I9100

Sent using: XDA Premium App
[Galaxy S II General] sibero80:
This worked for me!

Hang 100ft power cord from your nearest clock tower... then get a car to run down a nearby street where part of that powercord is hanging... prefferably at 88mph.

you MUST do it during and electical storm and the car MUST go by the cable at the exact time a lighting hits the clock tower...

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Set your car clock ten minutes before the time you woke up that morning.

If you followed this steps correctly.. you'll find a fully charged phone in your home!

be careful not to wake yourself up.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Way Cool!!!!

Now this is Cool 4 Catz!!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] frankimm:
Siyah doesnt work with this method -___-

Gokhanmoral says he wont provide support! :(

Edit: Im sorry mate. Finally Siyah is working now!

How can I buy you a beer?
[Galaxy S II General] amithiel:
Life saver mate!!! simple and effective method :) should be a sticky one
[Galaxy S II General] coolbiza:
Thanks for great tips, i heard rumors that Nikola Tesla is ocasional visiting his birth house in Smiljan, Croatia. So am going there to ask him some schematics for wirelles wall or even better for wirelles charger to solve too long cord issue. Wish me luck on my expedition.

Cheers and keep on with good tips.
[Galaxy S II General] frankimm:
I wish you good luck for your quest mate.

May you save us from this first world crisis of long cords.
[Galaxy S II General] brucewein:
If you went back there is no need for the phone ;)
[Galaxy S II General] jangomango:
I have to report a problem, the plug sockets in my house are too far to walk to.?
[Galaxy S II General] ZonyX:
dammit thats where i went wrong all this time, i was humming Thriller

maybe i can squeeze another .00000001% or so if i hummed Hit Me Baby One More Time

edit :

you know what really saves battery...turn your phone off...

i have my phone off for 6weeks!!! and then i turned it on...and it still had battery! it was amazing! 6weeks!
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
I heard that smearing peanut butter gives a nice static discharge on your energy box and charges your phone infinitely! It's scientific as there's alkaline in batteries and there's alkaline in peanuts!!! My sci-fi watching friend told me and he's SUPER SMART. So here's another 4 step solution:

1. Remove backplastic thing, remove energybox

2. Smear peanut butter on energybox and press down HARD into phone

3. ?????????

4. Profit!
[Galaxy S II General] MemoryController:
ROFL
[Galaxy S II General] jangomango:
I just did this and now my communicator is malfunctioning, great advice, not

Sent from my peanut butter brick
[Galaxy S II General] Nokip:
Samsung shroedinger S2
[Galaxy S II General] frankimm:
Hey guys the switching off of the phone really worked.

I can live with the no call bug.

I love my S2 now...the battery life is unbelievable!

Bless you all!
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
I'm sorry, PM me and I'll send you the money for a new jar of peanut butter!
[Galaxy S II General] poppienutshell:
My S2 was on GB initially and when I charged my phone for a few hours it became really hot and turned brown. Luckily the brown layer was able to flake off after I unplugged the phone.

Meanwhile my neighbour was taunting me with a slab of honeycomb that he snitched from a nearby beefarm. I ROFL when he got badly stung.

Anyway, I heard installing ICS will really cool things down but nobody said anything about not charging the phone for more than 5mins!! I left it alone for that long only to come back to a melting mess!

Maybe the next phone will be better. I heard that kids will love it...
[Galaxy S II General] nio_insane:
Thank God... I read this. Now i have 1 week of battefy. You are the man. :D

Sent from my home using a Pidgey
[Galaxy S II General] fronti90:
thanks guys now i have the perfect phone! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] saint168:
I just upgraded to the HTC Vivid so I removed the SIM card from my old Captivate and use it as a music player. When I ran Google Music app on it, the songs I uploaded onto Google Music never show up when I connect through Wifi. However, running the same app on my current phone do. Is that an intentional limitation Google put on the app?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
As the title says - Adding libs to roms, can someone point me in the right direction? I have been a member of this forum for a while, just not a posting member, I now feel it is my time to add something back to the community, is it as simple as adding it to the rom whilst flashed to an X8? Please help me, maybe I can bring something back to the community..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nelikp:
maybe developpers little bit bz rite now..

what i can advice you is..

just flash the room and then use 'root explorer' to play with lib

make sure your phone rooted

peace!:cool:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
Thank you, I will try that, I am wishing to work on a ROM and get wifi, 3G and such working, however I have tried using ADB to push the libs but I don't know if it worked or not..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] proadi96:
You want to make wifi working on sense? If yes, cool ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
I want to make the whole sense rom work, BUT I can't access the system files without having the rom installed which is pretty gay.. I need some way of accessing it in the .img format which then I can flash to my phone to test... mshhh... plus I'm not quite sure which libs will work (ofcourse when I find out I will seek permissions before uploading the rom...)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanderbouw:
To open .img you could use Winimage or Poweriso or something similar.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
Already tried.. comes up with an error stating about unknown formats..
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanderbouw:
you could try opening it with winrar. maybe that 'll work
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smyth12:
Already tried, same problem... I found an unyaffs2 program compiled for windows which allowed me to extract the image I just need to mkyaffs2 it back to img then maybe I can get it working BUT I need to be in Linux and I can't be bothered making a VM at the moment...

Maybe someone can help me with this? We could work together to make a fully working sense rom... come on people.. someone who wants this must have a bit of knowledge on the subject...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
Wow a horrible way of explaining what I mean...

Let's say my phone is off (not turned off, but off as in stand by). Now I click the power button to light it up. What I see first is the desktop (for one sec) and only then the lock screen shows up.

I lived with this for two days now, but it's getting to me (annoying!).

Do you guys know of this? Any suggestions? Why is this happening?

THANK YOU !!!!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] C0dy:
ROMs based on LG firmware do this. I haven't had it happen to me since stock Froyo. Have you tried a custom version like Weapon G2x?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] benyben123:
I am running all stock. Untouched. It's weird that it does that. It's really annoying.

I am thinking of moving to MIUI, but I am kind of lazy going for the process of rooting, CWMing, flashing and so on....
[HTC EVO 3D] JCory88:
Well thought I might help some people who may be interested in turning their phone into a mobile gaming device currently I have set up Super gnes from market. On my evo 3d but the fun comes with better game play using my ps3 controller to play. Alot smoother than using touch screen controls if interested let me know. Must be rooted with AOSP rom first I'm currently using miui. And yes I'm sure alot of you may already know but we were all noobs at one point so this threads for you guys if interested
[HTC EVO 3D] Ruki_Uki:
Hmmm last I knew the PS3 controller couldn't be used, but that was a long time ago, and stopped following. I'm glad to hear that its possible. I'm defiantly interested :)

Support TrevE! Fah Q CIQ!!
[HTC EVO 3D] demo27vol1:
If you buy the Sixaxis controller app you can pair your ps3 control with your phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] JCory88:
It can be used but before buying the app get the free pairing tool and must have an aosp rom currently does not work with sense so cm7 or miui are your best bets if you find it does work about $6 in the market and your ready to go $2 for siaxis controller application and $4 for snes emulator there is a free version of emulator but it doesn't have as many features plus I like to stay updated
[HTC EVO 3D] JCory88:
Well I'm also a father and student so I will try and stay as up to date with those who would like help as I can so first steps always backup make a nand back up and find a aosp rom I recommend miui then get the free sixaxis application from market and read the directions in the application you will need a pc to change your controlers Bluetooth address don't worry your control will still work with your ps3 however make sure your ps3 is off when changing the address otherwise it will keep trying to connect to your ps3 rather than your phone. Will check in tomorrow to see what else I can help with for now try that out and goodnight
[HTC EVO 3D] demo27vol1:
the Infamous Youzh's emu apps are still free if you want to take a look (except the N64, but $5 is way worth it.)

https://slideme.org/user/yongzh
[HTC EVO 3D] Jrex:
For the record I installed snesoid, gensoid, and nesoid (Google to find cause they were pulled from the market, I had purchased these prior btw but had to hunt them down) and the sixaxis app was like $1.79, and as mentioned the pairing tool is free. Works flawlessly on Miui...
[HTC EVO 3D] Sad Panda:
Nice contribution, thank you sirs. I didn't know this, will take a look later.
[HTC EVO 3D] munsterrr:
I have run the paired sixaxis with my 3d and my transformer. great time passer

cant stop playing shadowgun though. best 6$ ever
[HTC EVO 3D] aznmode:
Will this work for most other games like Gameloft, Glu, Unity games?
[HTC EVO 3D] JCory88:
Good question haven't tried yet as my time is very limited but I can look into it unless some one else already has. I will be the first to say I'm not the best at anything here just trying to help where I feel I can everything I know has been someone else's exploits that I taught myself through reading and you tube, and lemme tell ya YouTube can be your best friend when in a bind
[HTC EVO 3D] SLver:
nou, because gameloft games not have the option to "key mappings" ( :confused: ) but shadowgun had that option and i heard someone playing it with ps3 controller on evo3d :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] UtCollector@gmail.com:
Sow i wanted to able to see a movie on my gio with out big black boarders on all sides. I dislike black boarders. After a bit of trying if found good settings.:)

I used the free program Format Factory:)

Use the option: All to mobile > Mp4 320x240 mpeg4 > 320x240 qvga

bite rate 384 ore better

fps 18 ore automatic

rato: 16:9

audio:

default ore nicer:D

I did play the movie file with: mobo video player pro and default player. Should work with winamp to if you are able to open the file with it!?

Testen on movie file: The.Walking.Dead.S02E06.HDTV.XviD

Happy movie watching on you're gio. Oh make me happy telling what settings worked great for you and what rom. I used stock rom 2.3.3 Dutch.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] SaMsUnG_GiO:
Reply

Weel I suggest use Rock Player. It play all reselution videos! ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Amadeus01:
I use QQplayer.

Works like a charme.

For videoconversion i use Flv2Avi.

Most, so not al formats are present.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] eightballbill:
+1 for Rockplayer. It even has support for subtitles.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] kajjtan:
Mx player is 2 times better thank Rock :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] einsal:
somehow i still using gio native player... i just converted all the videos that i want to watch on my gio with the kies things... i think that's optimized that way... but i'd like to try this to optimized with the other 3rd app player...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] kajjtan:
Converting takes a lot of time, I am watching 2gb not converted .avi movies on gio full screen and no lag :) just with free MX player
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] trackIDtracker:
Avoid laggy video

its about pixel man!

I experienced lag when playing high Res video in mx after watching xda noob vid when registering this account in tube mate with default res (no lag) and downloaded it with high Res and suddenly it remained laggy in mx

but when playing pretty big film after converted into Gio default (480*320) I have no laggy problem. it has NOTHING to do with SIZE, its about pixel...

here are some tips: :)

*the video ll not remained laggy in tge pixel res not too far away from default (480*320)

ex. 640*480 in some cases

*the high Res, ex. 1024*800, will remained laggy in ur gio device unless u convert to default...

*the size of video wont be the problem of lag, but it is because of PIX RESOLUTION

sorry for mistakes

thx...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] kajjtan:
Its you who dont understand video format does very big difrence in perfomance for example I can run smooth avi xvid rips but .mkv video lags no matter which is resolution and some 720p works some lags its depends on format not resolution ofcourse bigger than 720p will lag no matter what format you choose because of our weak phone so I will stick with xvid rips in avi format :) and I covert 720p videos and mkv files :)
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] trackIDtracker:
hi! sorry...

hi!

sorry man

i was just explaining about something i know, really... u didn't say that your avi. format is avi xvid rips...

im truly a beginner user android or smartphone so i dont mind at all

but can you mention about on which part my mistakes are?

and also can u explain on which format the 720p video will run well smooth on gio, im realy wondering now...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] Wmbruckner:
mkv format is generally more cpu consuming than avi, because of the container the video is embedded in.

But of course the gio is not designed to do heavy cpu work, so 720 is really not the best resolution, better convert to gio resolution to avioid the downscaling process.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] kajjtan:
Dont really know about 720p I tryed randomly I think its better stick with xvid rips :) there isnt any purpose because of hvga on gio to watch 720p anyways and poster above one post you didnt made any mistake but I just think that video format is first point in performance and resolution is second
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] UtCollector@gmail.com:
Why is it better that the Rock player?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] UtCollector@gmail.com:
Hej what program do you use to convert the movies?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] hsrars-d:
+1 for MX video player.

It has support for subtitles, and can stretch the video to screen to avoid black borders.

If you can live with borders, you can use BS Player lite.

It downloads subtitles for movies automatically for user defined language!

Its very useful if you watch movies from Gio.

I dont watch any .mkv films, 'cause they are too heavy for Gio.

Best format for gio is .avi

You can use AVS video converter to convert videos, just dl it with torrent :p
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] kajjtan19:
Just try it.... its has a lot of options and is in market for free (plus adfree) while rock player not
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] voetbalremco:
Mp4 files run fine
[LG Optimus Black] johnnyli97:
Hi! anyones who know any stock roms working with openvpn.

My from is from mexico and has stock v10a and is not working on it.
[LG Optimus Black] s4pt4:
OpenVPN working only on rooted devices.

whether your device (your stock rom v10a) has been rooted ?
[LG Optimus Black] johnnyli97:
s4pt4, thanks for your answer.

s4pt4, thanks for your answer.

Yes my v10a is rooted, but when i connect to the openvpn there is a log saying (Can not find TCP/TUN dev dinamically)

I already found the tun.ko and installed into the sdcard, but nothing.

The only rom working for it is the customs made of CM7 V20.

Any idea?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pennie57:
My wifi works great until I use Google search then its stops on status bar
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hemlocke:
First, let me say that as a long-time iPhone user, I was surprised by how much I like Android and my SGS II. I still like a lot of things about the iPhone, but I don't see myself going back anytime soon. With that in mind, I am seriously considering swapping for the Nitro when it gets released. I'm not sure dev support will be as good as it is for the i777, and I think those devs are awesome, but the Nitro looks like a great device. Thoughts?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HyperMatrix:
Assuming that it is the same device as the lg optimus lte released in Korea and Canada, there is a huge problem in that the phone is actually a 1.2ghz apq8060 processor over clocked to 1.5ghz which causes large battery drain and provides a measly 3 hours of talk time, even on an 1830mah beast of a battery. So I'd pass....