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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Alex_Be:
My mic died...

Ok, first of all let me say my audio sounds fantastic right now. I don't have a Revolution, I actually flashed this to my Thunderbolt running MIUI5, so I'm assuming this is probably going to be the root of my issue.

Anyway, since flashing, the sound has been great. The problem is when I make a phone call or answer a phone call. The person on the other side of the call doesn't hear me at all. This happens on 100% of my phone calls so I don't suspect it's an app issue.

This is the only time my mic doesn't work though. When I use any apps that utilize the mic (ie, voice search, voice text, .andi, etc) it pics up my voice. Also, when making a call, if I turn on speaker phone the person on the other side can hear me. The problem with this, if I'm talking about something "sensitive" I don't want to broadcast my conversation to the world :D.

Has anyone else had this issue? Does anyone have any suggestions other than trying a different ROM? ( I REALLY want MIUI, but I have to have good sound)
[General Questions and Answers] N8ter:
Are there any? Unrelated to even the recent developments, I don't think I want a phone with this crap on it.

Is there a way to check by Network traffic if the software is on a phone?
[General Questions and Answers] sushiguy732:
What is carrier IQ software? And is that something which might be taken out of custom ROMs?
[General Questions and Answers] kidrythm:
just asked tmo (tech) if leo had it...the usual long pause...and then a slight "yeeeahhh" then a lot of jingle jangle shuck and jive to distract me.

Forget whining at the powerful multi billion dollar industry, or expecting them to lose even 1 penny by changing.

boycott smartphones, quit acting like we never lived before them.

#occupydumbphones kill their profits dead.

troll/flame away...

but you all know I'm right.
[General Questions and Answers] Div033:
I say if students can start OccupyStudentDebt expecting for all their college loans to be waived, we can do similar by starting OccupySmartPhones and expect all phones be unlocked, bloat free, and completely 100% free of charge.

Everyone wins!

Sent from my Droid Incredible using the XDA app.
[General Questions and Answers] N8ter:
The rootkit-like stuff that tracks stuff on the phone and sends it to the carrier and/or manufacturer.
[General Questions and Answers] kidrythm:
these manufacturers in bed with cell providers has created a monster that will never be killed.

get used to it, we'll be bent over and you can forget about a reach around.

how many times have we been forced to accept double standards in our contracts?

not once have we come even close to catching the ear of this monster unless they allowed it.

they'll hire up any real threat to their OS, and stay 1 step ahead.

multi billion vs. you.
[General Questions and Answers] Urban Strata:
Carrier IQ, as its name suggests, is mandated by the carrier, not the OS provider or device manufacturer. If for whatever reason you want a device that is sure not to have Carrier IQ, purchase a non-carrier, SIM-unlocked device through an independent retailer.
[General Questions and Answers] day2die:
Windows Phones and iPhones do not have Carrier IQ
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
I'm on Infected Eternity RLS 1.4.2 with my Evo 3D. And I;m kind of tired of the green overscroll color. I tried to create a mostly red edition of the ginger thyrepancy with uot kitchen but i got confused and didn't feel like breaking my rom or have a messed up theme. So basically can any one help me learn how to create the theme or just give me some zips with different over scroll colors? especially red
[HTC EVO 3D] triscuit1983:
If you use UOT, just check the overscroll color check box and pick your color , then UOT will only theme the overscroll color. Overscroll color is in framework-res.apk, and since you have to upload

your

ROMs apks (framework-res.apk, com.htc.resources.apk, and SystemUI.apk), the zip thats made will have the edited framework-res.apk that your looking for, and it will be specific to your ROM so nothing will bork.
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
Ok. Thanks. If i edit parts like the over scrool and the battery it wont edit the rest of my rom right?
[HTC EVO 3D] triscuit1983:
UOT allows you to pick and choose what you want to edit. Only what you check will be edited. Since your uploading you specific ROMs files, there is really no way to screw anything up. But I always make a nandroid backup just in case.
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
Molto bene!!!! Now i have the confidence i need to do this! Grazie amico
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
They can be flashed through TWRP 1.1 right?
[HTC EVO 3D] triscuit1983:
Yep. When making the zip in UOT, under "Select flashable zip scripting" choose "Type EMMC" for update-binary.
[HTC EVO 3D] Evo_J:
Thanks for the patience and help man. I read about the EMMC in a different thread but thanks for the reminder.
[HTC EVO 3D] Vinchenzop:
I've made a bunch of overscroll glows that can be added via the metamorph app (free in the market). No need to flash/change battery icons/etc.

Maybe I'll make a thread
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chowlz:
Not sure if this would be the correct subforum to ask (sorry if it isn't). But I'm wondering (because I haven't found one yet) if there's an office app that supports MS equation objects in a doc/docx format. Still don't have a tablet yet since I'm still considering...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueis300:
http://www.quickoffice.com/device-selection/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chowlz:
So.... Is that a yes or a no? I looked at the feature list under quick office and they list nothing about equations.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bswann:
I have a 16gb card with a 1gb partition and my phone is telling me I have 13.77 available. If 1gb is 1024 MB then where is the rest of my storage at?

Sent from within my pocket.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mihir287:
The manufacturer uses a conversion factor of 1 mb = 1000 kb (and same for GBs) while manufacturing the card and the computer/phone uses the factor 1024 to calculate the size. Thus it seems that you lose storage. This happens in all storage devices.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] bswann:
OK, Thanks. I did the math using 1024MB=1GB / 16GB=15.62GB and I'm still coming up almost 500MB short but, I guess that's used for formatting or something.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] PeartFan40:
I'm looking for a 5 segment signal meter for Criskelo ROM. I found one that I liked, which is the Tapered 5 segment meter in green. I have no idea how to use the kitchen, and am asking for a little help with this. If someone could please create one for me, and send it to me, I would really appreciate it.

Here is a preview of the signal meter: http://81.91.242.79/duomlink/theme/...ork/drawable-hdpi/stat_sys_5signal_000000.gif
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Adelaide.:
Try the how to page in the kitchen. The kitchen itself pretty much walks you through step by step.
[General Topics] donk232:
Well first off I have a year left on my contract so is it even worth replacing my captivate? It works great and development seems to still be going strong.

But if I go with a new phone should it be the skyrocket or gs2? (My carrier is art)
[General Topics] sushiguy732:
The only thing I will tell you is that if you switch to another phone, you might not get all the phone branded widgets. Personally I like the samsung widgets.
[General Topics] donk232:
The Samsung gs2 or Samsung skyrocket are the 2 I'm looking at now
[General Topics] Captjet:
I would get the GS2 IMO. The size is perfect and it has the Exynos processor. The skyrocket has 4g but that won't be fully deployed until 2013-2014 when you should be eligible for a new upgrade :)
[General Topics] JWingWangWong:
If your looking at Samsung I would get their Galaxy S II right now, however if you have a year left to go there is probably going to be a lot more powerful phones. HTC is coming out with a quad core phone and google is going to be realsing the nexus prime.
[General Topics] donk232:
so is my best bet to just wait? and skip the GS2 and get what comes next?

unless it does something crazy better then my galaxy s 1 thats what i was going to do anyway
[General Topics] inv3stment:
I have S1 and I am waiting to see what S3 will look like, hopefully they get rid of the pentile screen.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
What prompted me to write this 3 Step guide?

Well having read about the threds for Samsung Galaxy S2 it became evident that many users are becomming obsessed by battery life!! Fine tuning this setting bumpin it up a notch, turning it down a tad, installing this that and the other. Uninstalling this that and the other. Would not suprise me to find that pointing your Galaxy S2 24.6 degrees east whilst humming brittney spears hit me baby one more time three times a day IMPROVES BATTERY BY 4.8% especially when its a full moon. :eek:

Good luck to all the battery worshippers out there!!! Whatever method you employ, to each their own!!! Plus you no doubt get hours of pleasure from your never ending quest. Who knows one day we may come on XDA and find the following: :)

I tweaked my settings and last re-charged my battery 6 weeks back been making 2hrs of calls each day, had games running for at least 3 hours and searched the internet as required still on 67% battery!!!

P.S Just fed up of humming hit me baby one more time!!!!! :confused:

Advantages of my 3 Step Battery Method?

1. Once the method is maintained no messing about changing settings on your Galaxy S2.

2. No swapping this changing that or constant monitoring

3. With moderate phone use, your phone will remain charged perpetually!

4. Will not harm your phone

5. No humming hit me baby one more time

6. More time to enjoy your amazing Galaxy S2

The 3 Step Battery Method (NOOB FRIENDLY GUIDE)

Step 1. Last thing at night find that thing on your wall! whats it called emm emmmm emmmmmmm Thats it a plug socket. Plug your Galaxy S2 charger into the plug socket then (this is important) switch the socket on!!! then plug the other end into your phone. Then go to sleep.

Step 2. When you wake up unplug the Galaxy S2 and charger.

Step 3. Repete step 1.

Hope you all enjoyed this guide and found it usefull!! :) If you did hit the thanks button and keep smiling!!!! :D

Enjoy your Galaxy S2 Tiz Cool 4 Katz :cool:
[Galaxy S II General] bungknees:
WOW Suprisingly simple method, I always wanted to know that thing was, I think you called it a "charger" (I may have pronounced that wrong).

I will try out this method and post back with my in depth findings. (or not)

P.S Nice one.
[Galaxy S II General] knightnz:
I've also found that you can MASSIVELY extend battery life by leaving the phone turned off, although there seems to be a bug with the firmware as it won't receive calls in this state.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Cool pronouncing

Thank you! and you pronounced it 100% perfect.... Char-as in Charming then Ger-as in German :)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Fault found in off method

Pitty about the off method drawbacks!!! maybe we will find a workaround to recieve calls whilst the phone is off one day!!! nice try mate!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] cooza:
Can anyone tell me where i can buy one of those wall socket things to increase my battery life please.Ive looked in the market app on my phone but cant find one.Maybe on ebay or sumfing.Untill i can find one i guess ill just have to keep charging my phone.Thanks:D
[Galaxy S II General] stoney73:
Can anyone help me buy a wall so I can fit one of those wall socket thingy to it?
[Galaxy S II General] darrenjdoc:
PMSL :D

10 thingeys
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
LOL. This thread made me giggle. Haha. Thank for the laugh guys. :-)
[Galaxy S II General] hooligan007:
Mark zukerberg is selling "Wall"..don't know if its chargable
[Galaxy S II General] jebiga:
Thank you :)
[Galaxy S II General] ZRong223:
What if I used my phone heavily and the battery life is depleted in the evening or at night? Also find that thing on the wall? Lol~
[Galaxy S II General] jayc1980:
After painstakingly racking my brains over the "turning phone off" method not recieving calls i have finally designed a hard mod to rectify this.

I have destroyed 8 phones,drew blood from my fingers and been divorced due to the hours i have spent on this project....so donations will be gratefully accepted.

Step 1: purchase an original nokia from ebay or if you have one lying around even better.

Step 2: now this gets complecated, you may want to get an adult to help you with thia if you dont feel confident......turn off galaxy 2, peel off the back of the galaxy 2, remove battery (do NOT put battery in mouth) then remove sim card.

Step 3: insert sim card in old nokia (check instructions for phone or take to a phone repair shop if you dont feel you can do this yourself).

Now for the amazing part, turn the nokia on, use your house phone to ring your number. If you have done this correctly, you will notice you are recieving calls even though your samsung is "turned off"

Hope this helps
[Galaxy S II General] Bartapuce:
Ok if i understood well i will look for a "Nokia Wall" on Ebay.:p
[Galaxy S II General] ricey1986:
take it yo never turn your screen on pal?

Ricey
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Dont let the mobile shops con you!

Wont name the place but went into one of those mobile shops today they are really stupid!! I asked for a charger and he was silly enugh to ask if i wanted a wall socket charger!!!! Told him straight i want to charge the phone not the wall socket! durrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! Some people eh!!!!!! :eek:
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
FANTASTIC FEEDBACK!!! Im gonna test this one out!!!!! 10/10 for Origanality too!!! :) Thank you!!!

Just tried it out have found a bug in the method!!! cant find my ANDROID S2 apps on the nokia!!!! is anybody else having this problem?
[Galaxy S II General] mudferret:
Thanks, but where's the f#*kin' app already?

:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Not sure i know which app you mean? but if you go to a certain well known mobile phone shop they are selling wall socket chargers!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
No need, mine converts my sense of self entitlement and my hatred of batteries into a source of battery power.
[Galaxy S II General] roni2915:
hahaha

this is hilarious!
[Galaxy S II General] du.renato:
Worked fine for me! Which Kernel are you using?
[Galaxy S II General] rasinell:
Lmfao. This is without doubt the light side this forum of flamers will flock too. Personally I choose the 'leave the gs2 in the box and get out the 3310 method' but hey, each to his own... Oh wait, sorry I forgot where I was ... Lol. Nice one :-)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Currently using kernal sanders any idea how to stop the usb cable getting slippy? :)
[Galaxy S II General] :
I certainly hope you calibrated your usb cable.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Any Ideas?

Currently looking for a KFC Modem? :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Moandal:
My secret battery tip

After a lot of experimentation, I've found the best way to get extra juice from your battery is to take a male-to-male micro usb adaptor, plug it into the phone, and then stick the other end into an orange. The acidity of the orange gets the electrons flowing and gives you some extra juice. Look what I achieved using this method:
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
lol lol lol lol LOVE IT!!!!!!! :) DID YOU HUM HIT ME BABY ONE MORE TIME???
[Galaxy S II General] Sparksltd:
I was thinking if a convenient way to fast charge my s2 while out and about so I would no longer need to worry if my battery was to deplete before I got home or to a conventional socket outlet. So I invented a devise that would fire 3 miniature rockets with high precision lock-on attachment modules that would be able to interact and combine with a HV power line. My phone now is able to be fully charged within 2.356 seconds!

My only worry is it gets a little warm while charging and the screen flickers occasionally.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
After launching the mini rockets try lowering the status bar and make sure you volume level is on six in the video player!!! usually fixes this issue!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] bungknees:
Just curious, but do you get the touch srceen sensitivity issue charging this way?
[Galaxy S II General] sebarkh:
I'm new to Android, do you know some good app that will force the phone not to turn itself off when the battery gets empty??
[Galaxy S II General] bungknees:
I think its called "No Charge", and you get it from the Market, only problem Ive had with it is the wake locks cause terrible battery drain.

Just cant win.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Hey Sebarkh you may have really touched on something big time!!! if we could stop the phone turning off when the battery runs out!!! we could remove the need for power!!! really like this concept you have!!! Thanks big time mate :) Im gonna try some testing on a few ideas you have sparked got three lemons and a roll of tin foil in the kitchen!!! Will feedback laterz
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Well said!!! maybe his plug socket was faulty and he got frustrated trying to charge with an orange :)
[Galaxy S II General] -SKYLINE-:
a FEATURE, not a bug

don't you guys get it? it's a built-in feature of the GS2 called Battery Vampire Hunter. It's a life-like on going game that requires your constant attention, like those tamagochi from way back... if you forget to feed it , care for it, etc, your GS2 will die! then just reset the game by recharging and play once more.

now if you simply plug the GS2 in the wall all day, that's like using God-mode, it's just cheating.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Im gonna buy a mobile generator and GOD MOD MY S2 Yehhhhhhhh!!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] supermult:
Wow.. i finally figured out what that weird black thing in the box is.. it's this so called wall-plug.. thank you.. i only had 1% left and was scared because i didn't want to buy a new phone
[Galaxy S II General] Simonetti2011:
I was going to try your method. I found the thing at the wall you mentioned, but there was a cable going in there. The other end of this cable was going to my grandpa`s life support machine. Is it ok for me to remove the thing from the wall so I can use the black little box ("charger") that came in my SGS2 box there instead?

BTW, I find it funny you call the black little box with long black thin wire a "charger", because I always thought a charger was a car made by Dodge.
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
This is a terrific start but there is a step missing. Following your method I left my phone plugged into the wall for four days and nights, all the while my battery was draining slowly but steadily. I then googled 'power socket issues' and discovered that there is a switch on the power socket that needs to be invoked before it will operate in phone charge mode. Hope this helps others.

Shame about the odd curmudgeon on the site these days...
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
Hey guys... Im a noob to this kind of things... So pls bear with me and answer my noob questions..

Can I start the procedure today night itself?

Or I should wait for full moon day?

Im going to install ics alpha build, will charging via wall socket will affect this in any way?

And I want to make sure that charging the battery to 100% will not affect my rom? Has anyone done it before...

:-) :-)

TIA....:-)
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
He is making xda users laugh out loud.. Its a gr8 work and help... We guys like it... If you dont, its not his problem.. No offense.. Keep it cool dude...
[Galaxy S II General] Moandal:
Help!

I find when charging my GS2 at the wall socket it severely affects the mobility of this otherwise excellent "mobile" phone. Has anyone found a way round this? Thankfully I live close to my work, but I'm still trying to find a wall charger with a 7-mile long cable. Does such a thing exist?
[Galaxy S II General] D3_:
This methods seems to work well, but I'd have to say that my method of leaving it in the box without opening it is better, seeing as I've never had to charge my phone.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
I would not advise pulling the plug or you could end up in the awful position i was in many years age, see below:

"I played with my grandfather a lot when I was a kid. He was

dead, but my parents had him cremated and put his ashes in my

Etch-a-Sketch."

So you guys be carful (buy a double adaptor)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Cant thank you enugh for this technical point!!! You are 100% correct after working out what you meant I followed it up with a bit of technical research and have edited the 3 step guide on page 1.

If anybody has any other amendments that would make the 3 step battery guide more user friendly (i know thats not easy due to its complex content) please feel free to suggest!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
The leave in the box method suits some very true, and im glad its meeting your needs mate!! But i feel it has some drawbacks as you cant actually see if the phone is really switched off!!! it may turn on and off and you would never know!!! so its a bit of a cheat method in my eyes!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
I tried the long cable method and ended up in bother!!! lol My workplace is 2.2 miles away but i only managed to get a 2 mile cable!!!! you would not believe how inconsiderate the local neighbourhood people were when i broke into their houses to do a run through so the cable would reach my workplace!!! I even took the time to hide it under their floor covering, but when a few of them spotted it they did nothing but complain and moan!!! so i ended up having to remove it!!! (maybe if i had asked beforehand may have been fine) Overall not a good method as during the three weeks it went undetected i accidently throttled 3 bike riders and caused a moped driver to dismount at 30 miles per hour!!! AVOID THIS METHOD IF IT REQUIRES OVER 300 YARDS OF CABLE!!! :)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
It works 100% and should not effect the rom, full moon is highly recommended for first charge but not essential :)
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
I seem to recall a number of threads started in very early April this year that promote a new wireless charging app.
[Galaxy S II General] Gustopher:
Found the wireless charging app and installed it - works great - see below. It's so advanced it's got space writing on it.
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Top tip for hot battery

When your battery gets hot just pop the Galaxy s2 in the fridge for 2 min 45 sec SORTED :)

If out mobile take a picnic bag with ice packs just in case SORTED :)
[Galaxy S II General] AqueousBor:
I must admit this thread has me ROFL. Thanks all for a good laugh!!!
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
Thank you for the positive feedback! Tis nice to know some people see the thred in its proper context! :)
[Galaxy S II General] TechWizard:
FEEDBACK

Has anybody used the cool battery method trick? Feedback wanted!!! Please remember only 2min 45sec also frozen peas are a good substitute! :D
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Thanks for posting these tips. Oddly enough, this is the method I have been using since my WM6 days to iPhone Era and now on the SGS II.

Simple, Quick and ensures that you will always be at 100% when you are ready to go.
[Galaxy S II General] adotkdotjh:
This made me laugh so hard at 2 in the morning
[Galaxy S II General] DSA:
i have a spare wall!!

all i have to do is move the house somewhere else and its yours, dont think it has a wall socket thingy in it though...

i tried using a midget in a wheel, but it wouldnt charge the phone properly, something about 'short charging'....
[Galaxy S II General] Athavan:
I have a rarely used wall with wall socket installed(omg tats great) in perfect and mint condition..

I bought the wall for review purpose and its over...

I remind you again its perfectly in working condition...

So if anybody wants just PM me..