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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fox05:
If I root with with oinkylicious's suggested program then I'm not able to install CWM nor other kernels like battery mods or overclocking mods? :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Brilliant misinformation there. The zergRush method is recommended by Chainfire here (notice that's not a Sony, and is recommended because other methods increase the custom binary counter on that device without the possibility to reset with a jig) and by Intratech in the Quick Root Guide.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fox05:
So CWM and other kernels (battery mods, overclocking) can be installed with your suggested method? :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
With Samsung, the Kernel and Recovery are built a one. So if you flash a custom kernel, more than likely you'll get a custom recovery too. Without this you cannot use Recovery to nan-backup or flash directly from sdcard etc. You can always flash or Odin to flash certain firmware. Most Devs make their work as a flashable .zip file designed for CWM. Edit: including ROMs, kernels, themes etc.

I cannot comment on the other method or its effectiveness or risks. It may work, buy I've explained my reasoning and opinion in the previous posts.

It's all up too you to make the decision and way up any risks involved. Hope this has helped. Cheers.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
So, and the jig costs like $2 on Ebay...... ;-) . I bought 2 for one price :-) . One for work, one at home .
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fox05:
Does the USB JIG work for XWKI4 bootloader? Didn't this version have the new bootloader?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
I read there is a work around, forgot where exactly.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Brilliant misinformation! The Chainfire link is for the Samsung galaxy note ! ! ! And kj1 and kj3 anyway.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fox05:
Ok. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
I specifically stated on that device without the possibility to reset with a jig, indicating I know full well the Chainfire link was for a different device (but proving that he does recommend the zergRush method for rooting), and also for a device which a jig does not reset the counter.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter, there's just multiple ways to achieve root. OP originally asked only for root, the method I suggested is straight forward but doesn't give you CWM (he didn't originally ask for it).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UpInTheAir:
Out proves Chainfire recommends it for rooting galaxy note kj1 and kj3. I have not yet read him recommending it for SGS2 (could be wrong though). Just a little misleading, even of unintentional.

The OP did ask about flashing mods, kernels etc, so even without knowing, he needed to know about CWM.

As I said, have read somewhere of a workaround to reset ki4 with a jig. Its around somewhere and remember was solved by one of the many remarkable Devs extremely fast.

Anyway, as you said there are more than one way. Cheers
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fox05:
Thanks for your help everyone! I've got it :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
Switched on 8am, more than average use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HideYoKids:
:( links are just blocked at work, nvm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
Links working fine here...

That's probably what I'd get out of my NS if I used it fairly heavily... the display is a battery killer on that too. So about average, then.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
Don't know what happened to the quality though,looked OK when I took them!

Hoping when this mobile data problem gets sorted battery life may increase as my phone was all over the place today!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atoy74:
Ouch, thats some serious drain. I was hoping for at least 18hrs. Still not a deal breaker for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rikbrown:
Gosh, why is yours so much better than mine. Feeling like I have a dud here :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] x.Orville.x:
3 hours damnm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sneakysolidbake:
Thats right around what I get on my charge on 3g only.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pewpewbangbang:
2H 55 of screen time looks to be pretty lacking if I'm not mistaken?

The Galaxy S II video run downs get like 8H or 4H on web browsing.

But yea, diff situations
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nebucatnetzer:
Your pictures are broken can't see any of them.

Edit: 3h screen on sounds pretty normal to me. Depends though on the brightness of the screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
Those are completely different. They start with a full battery and just play videos or browse the web for that amount of time. With this he was using for the phone for random things and still had the screen on for 3 hours.

On that note, how is it possible to have the screen on for 3 hours of a 12-hour day? You literally spent 1/4 of your day looking at the screen? Do you not have a job? My phone sits in a dock on my desk, but I probably use it around 15 minutes per day while at work, and then another 45 min or so after work (so total screen time, if it wasn't sitting in the dock, would be around 1 hour for an 18 hour day).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Those run down tests are from 100 to 0 doing 1 thing. This is throughout the day. The phone is still draining when the screen is off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pewpewbangbang:
yea i understand.....but basically the screen time is how long the screen has been on throughout the day correct?

I had a galaxy S and it used to get like 4-5 hrs of screen time throughout a 12hr day. With the extended battery i could get about 6-7hrs of screen time.

Now on the iPhone 4, i get 2hrs of screen time with 80% battery left and had a standby of 6hrs. But yea....its iOS

Idk, 3hrs of screen time seems ehh to me. Im still probably gonna get the phone though, tired of iOS once again. Went from 3GS to Galaxy S to iPhone 4 and now possibly Galaxy Nexus....or wait for GS III
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VoicesX:
Wifi radio power on all day?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Clancy_s:
Several people who've had the phone for a few days have said the battery life gets better after a few charging cycles.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kindiboy:
Calibrate the device, leave it off then charge it till it's full. Then use it till it is dead, then charge it again while switched off and keep doing that for the first week when you buy a device any device that uses a battery. I've always done this to my phone and my wife's sometimes friends too. After that the battery is calibrated, then if something goes wrong with the drain you would know, or if the battery life actually sucked Case 'n point EVO 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aphexjuggalo:
yea, 3 hours used 56% of the 85% of the battery that was used. so really should be able to get 5 to 6 hours of just screen on time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
I uninstalled my virus protection yesterday and turned off sync and wifi whilst at work today about 11am and battery stats better today. Haven't been in a low signal area today so no problems or slowdowns caused by 2g/3g.

Taken off charge about 9.30am

Wondering if its the virus protection taken off or disabling sync and Wi-Fi or the fact I was in 3g area all day that's improved it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] keatre:
Signal strength is usually the main problem I have...

Is there a native ability in ICS to disable WiFi scanning? ie - Leave WiFi on, but disable scanning for networks...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RVDigital:
OP, I'll bet your batt life would be 3x better with something like Tasker managing your Wi-Fi connection. :D

IMO, BEST.ANDROID. APP. EVER.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
Thanks,will take a look. Think its going back in 2 days unless a fix is released for volume problem and it doesn't look likely!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RVDigital:
Relevant

Retailer Handtec stops Galaxy Nexus shipments after confirming volume bug
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
All of those things help improve battery, but most people leave sync on because they want to keep getting their e-mail and everything.

Turning off virus protection is a good idea (just don't be stupid with what u download), and its a good idea to manage your WiFi and turn it off when you're not using it (or use something like others have recommended such as "Tasker" to do it for you).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Matcarroll:
If I don't have sync on do I not get my emails?

Is there a app that will manage my Wi-Fi like tasker that I don't have to pay for?

I am a android noob, just switched from iPhone 3gs.

Thanks for all your help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TonyHoyle:
It's not a given that switching wifi off will save power, if it makes the phone fall back to 3G data it could increase power usage, as 3G is less efficient than wifi.

There are apps that'll manage this stuff by time/location.. personally I'm happy if the phone lasts well enough between coming off charge in the morning and going back on in the evening, and don't worry about it otherwise.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
You won't get push e-mail. If you turn off sync... it

stops syncing

. You can choose to sync specific items, such as e-mail but not calendar though, for example. Turn on syncing then go into your gmail account and check the boxes you want to regularly sync.

I think Juice Defender might, but I'm not sure if thats part of the paid version or not. Paying for Tasker to only switch on/off wifi isn't really worth it. Tasker is so much more powerful than that.

Lots of differences. You'll figure it out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ruthlesset:
I use my Nexus S lightly. I used the phone with the screen ON anywhere between 30 mins to 1 hour each day. At work I use it mostly for music with my screen off. NFC and bluetooth are OFF with manual email sync and auto screen brightness. The only apps that have notifications turned ON are gmail, gvoice and yahoo mail.

Will the phone last 24hrs on a full charge with this kind of usage?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hotleadsingerguy:
People need to stop saying turn off WiFi. Have any of you ever even done tests to figure out the battery drain difference? I'll sum it up in one word: minimal.

I wake up at exactly 7:30am every day, and my phone gets unplugged immediately (it's one of my alarms). I go to bed between 11:30 and 12:30 every night, and my phone gets plugged in when I go to bed. I drive 40 minutes to work and 40 minutes home. I, on average, am at work 8 hours a day. During my drive my phone is connected to my car via WiFi and Bluetooth. At work, it's usually in my dock, but either way it's connected to WiFi. At home, WiFi.

I've done a full day of having WiFi and Bluetooth off, and I've done a full day with both of them on (neither time was the phone placed in a charger or dock from wake-up to sleep). With *very* normal usage (almost the same percentages in the battery list), there was a 4% difference in battery at the end of the day. Both days I downloaded around 20-30MB (my average of mostly *all* days, as well). With WiFi and Bluetooth turned on (and connected at almost all times) I ended the day around 40% battery (it was 41%, but dropped before I plugged it in at night). With both of those things turned off, I ended up with 45%.

Granted, these aren't conclusive tests, as I only tested one time each, but I use almost the same amount of data every day and have within 2-5% the same amount of battery remaining at the end of the day. Both of these days I tried to do the exact same things for the same amounts of time. The difference, if I listened to this forum, should be *massive*; however, it's not.

For reference, I use a Task Killer, but I don't use Juice Defender, Tasker, or any other optimization apps. The Task Killer I just use to close apps after I'm done with them. I have full sync enabled, all location services enabled, and Facebook/Twitter both updating every 15 minutes. I'm using a Galaxy S II on AT&T.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techsafe:
anyone tried Skype, Yahoo or Paltalk Video call on I9003? I think. there is some camera driver problem. I can see others video on skype. but they cant see mine.

During Yahoo video call, when my front camera turns ON. Device gets reboot.. sometime When auto rotate is enable. camera preview shows just green color on Paltalk,

No problem on video recording and still photo works fine. problem only with internet video call.

tested with 2.3.5 XXKPM, XXKPN and 2.3.6 XXKPQ

please reply. if anyone faced same ?

Thanks
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https://sites.google.com/site/androidsummary/home
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] supergaijin:
cool stuff :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] damanrob:
Hey just bought this phone for my wife. I do a lot of flashing on my phone(evo3d) and just wanted to get some opinions on the best rom for this phone. Also there appears to be many ways to root this phone as well. Couple things I'm looking for in a rom is the best battery life and easy to use. And which rooting method works best. Thanks so much everyone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ajamucamphor:
my vote goes to viper rom. a ice cream sandwich rom is soon approaching
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] _MetalHead_:
The stock ROM. It's pretty much perfect as is, aside from the bloatware which can be removed once rooted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] C3jay:
Starburst is best

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] acrown:
With the los issues I'd say keep stock, unless you like to hear your wife complain. With stock you can't be complained to. If it was for you, I'd recommend something else. Keep stock on your wife's phone until a fix for los rolls out.

Edit: Don't even root until the los fix, unless you're wife is into the modding process. Or have app data you need to transfer over.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
try getting your feet wet with one of Strong Steve's ODEX ROM's to get the benefit of aftermarket but still being ODEX. Personally i am running Calk's ROM but you are in the same boat as the rest of us, too many good ROM's, not enough time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
Either stock with removed bloat or one of strongsteves odexed roms. They are fast. I am a believer in odexed roms. Always have been and this is the first phone that someone develops odex for.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dj21o:
My two cents, stay stock deodexed with bloat removed. And stock kernel, my phone never dies. And it is still crazy fast.

But if you want custom, definitely get ready to use ICS. Hopefully that will be here shortly. :)

Sent from my Galaxy S II.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wxcolon:
I see people are saying remove bloat... How do go about doing this? Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Robbzilla:
Caulkin's ROM.

My battery is better, the performance is about the same, but my GPS is MUCH MUCH MUCH improved! So much that I can't say enough about it. I also seem to be getting better radio performance with 1.5a from anything else I've used. I work in a large building, and the oh-so important bathroom time is enhanced because I'm getting better connectivity... :D Our bathrooms could double as tornado shelters... Seriously! My Moment wouldn't even connect, and my Epic I would choke as well. This ROM makes reading articles on the internet or tapatalk actually doable.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Crafall:
I'm currently still using starburst, I'm thinking about going back to stock with the recent release from squishy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] snake4812:
I have been running absolutely amazingly doing this:

Stock EG 31 Tar

Automated Root

Calkulin E4GT 1.5a
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revile:
CM6 was great for me until I bought a new phone, have you not tried?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 2later2never:
Syndicated Ice Hands down.. ill put it against all your favorites in free memory, responsiveness, speed, battery and Function.

I dont like the theme so i got casino universal on it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
both great roms.

viper rom and midnight are my first choice.... until ics! havent had a los yet using the clockwork repacked stock kernel!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Duce HD2:
Calkulin's #1 crazy speed and stable. Syndicated rom is very nice and smooth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zilla1000:
Calk's ROM for stability and battery life.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pheno.menon:
Calkulin's ROM, for sure.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jrock32:
I'll have to give the nod to Calkulin's ROM for sure... Tried Starburst and ICE and like Calk's the best...

I just wanted something smooth, fast and most importantly reliable... I also wanted longer battery life! That's exactly what I got with this ROM.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bryanh85:
Calkulin's 1.5a rom. As others said, it's snappy, stable and provides excellent battery life
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bpditty:
I am running Starburst 1.98r and I like it, battery life is not the best though. He is releasing a new version soon, not sure what the revisions are though.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HondaCop:
Calkulins 1.5a, without a doubt.

- My name is HondaCop and I am a troll.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Calk's 1.5a. ROM with ICS and ics twist theme
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jrock32:
How did you flash Calkulin's 1.5a ROM? Via CWM or Odin? How did you remove the zImage? Is there a tar file i can download, remove the zImage and Odin it? (I think that would be the correct way.)

Thanks for your time.

Jordan
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
After running the stock EG31 tar they ran auroroot which allows you to flash stock EG31 kernel and cwm without getting yellow triangle. I did just that today and then flashed a modified version of ICS twist,theme afterwards then rebooted, all I have to say is................ Wow
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] digweed4me:
This is exactly what i did loving this rom and after battery calibration and two three cycles i am also getting amazing battery life.

caulkin is the best rom right now
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MJCS:
Hmmm... I just found some really neat things in the zunezmdb.mobile.dll found in the zune desktop folder:

FreeLibraryòEnterCriticalSectionA

GetFileSizeÃ

ReadFileCreateFileWe

MoveFileWb

FoldStringW

RegCloseKeya

RegOpenKeyExWn

RegQueryValueExWd

RegOpenKeyW´

If we can deploy a provxml to the root directory (or even keep it in the ISO store) and then use this dll to copy the file to \windows (or overwrite) we might be able to unlock ANY device. :)

I suck at calling dlls over COM so I was hoping that someone here can.

Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Heathcliff74:
These functions you describe are imported functions that are used on the desktop computer. These are not performed on the WP7 device. Unfortunately, I don't think this is of any value.

Ciao,

Heathcliff74
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastalero:
I was excited to see Warm 2.3, even with the ICS buzz going on. What's the word?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SynisterWolf:
you haven't heard? ICS
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickster2369:
Now that was great news.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastalero:
Warm cupcake?
[HTC Sensation] cjonesfan921:
How can I do this? I want to get the Android eating the Apple boot on my phone. Is it just a simple flash in CWM?
[HTC Sensation] rddocke:
no you will need to find that boot animation (or create it using this guide) then you will need use a file explorer to navigate to system/resources/customize and change bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.,zip.bak.

then place the new boot animation you found (android eating an apple) and place it in the system/resources/cuustomize folder. reboot and you will see it.
[HTC Sensation] cjonesfan921:
So, I would have to re-flash the current ROM?
[HTC Sensation] mexxxico:
No, no, no.... In my sig you have all info what you need.

With RootExplorer or EStrong file manager you only replace a boot & downanimation.

And you must change a permits for the new file (rw-,r--,r--)
[HTC Sensation] cjonesfan921:
I have ES Explorer, yet can't find a way to it. U went into settings and checked off root explorer.
[HTC Sensation] cjonesfan921:
I downloaded Root Explorer, and got it to work. Thanks guys!

I'm becoming less of a newb!!!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] VityaSmith:
Hey guys, so one of the biggest things I really want on my NT is GameBoid, the Android GBA emulator. I'm still pre-rooted because I don't want to mess up my NT on accident, so I'm patiently waiting for a step by step guide for noobs such as I on either YouTube or XDA to appear.

All of my attempts to get GameBoid to work as desired have failed. I have been able to install it, and have it recognize the gba_bios.bin that is needed for it to function, but after selecting the ROM I'd like to play, it shows a screen for a split second, and then quickly quits.

ZdBox says it still runs in the background, and it'll continue to do that until I uninstall GameBoid.

So I was wondering if anybody who has rooted has gotten it to work (or anybody not rooted for that matter), this is my first Android device so I have really no clue what I'm doing.

Thanks :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] boxerfangg:
It works for me. Make sure to use version 2.4.7: http://www.4shared.com/get/85dFUVSY/GameBoid_v247.html
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] VityaSmith:
Thanks, works like a charm!
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DennisR00s:
Worked for me too! thanks a bunch
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] chinita18:
Can I ask how did you guys install the Gameboid to your Nook tab? This is the first time I am going to try Gameboid. Thanks for the help. :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] phon00b:
Get on your tablet and come to this Page. Download the file through the link posted above. Once downloaded, open it. In the prompt / pop-up, select package installer. As far as the gba bios bin file, you can find that with a quick google search. Just download it and when you open Gameboid, it'll ask you for the file. Then you just browse to the file and you should be all set.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] Drewmungus:
Does anybody know how to move the L and R buttons down near the bottom? It's a real pain
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ShinnAsuka:
wow awesome find guys! gonna try this out!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momomuffins:
Someone made a thread here looking for a way to fully disable the annoying search button that is SO sensitive that it basically makes you hate wanting to use the phone. I'm in that same boat...I never 'purposely' use that Bing search button and would muchly prefer to kill it....for lack of a better word LOL Someone replied to that post saying "you can remove the button completely by copying a 0kb websearch.exe to /windows/". I have registry editor but I want to make sure I'm completely understanding what they're saying so I don't end up screwing up my phone and needing to re-flash the ROM. The poster of that comment hasn't been online in a few days so I figured I'd ask here instead of waiting for he/she to answer a PM. Can anyone expound on this? Thx! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexrodri0:
you dont use a reg edit, use something like touchxplorer to copy a blank file that you create named websearch.exe

you run touchxplorer and copy the file into the /windows/ directory

it should be on the main directory

ill post some pics in a bit
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Momomuffins:
Awesome thanks! I'll keep an eye out :)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexrodri0:
first put a blank file on your phone by copying it to an xap file then deploy it to your phone

deploy touchxplorer.xap to your phone

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