yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] aalsmadi1:
this is only for phones that were purchased through a subsidized plan and were defaulted on.

your phone shouldn't be bricked, the sim should be locked out, maybe you need to get into download mode and reflash w.e. rom you had on there, it's weird that they can even wipe your phone or lock it remotely.

i believe the deal with asurion is that you have to tell them you found it, than they will send you materials to send back your phone. i once had a similar situation with my mytouch 4g, but they told me they will send materials to ship back, but they never sent materials, i even double and triple checked to make sure they don't try to pretend that i'm holding out on them, they said they resent the materials. still didn't get anything and they havn't asked for their phone back... so... idk. maybe it might happen to you. just tell them to send you materials to ship the phone back
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashyftw:
Happen to me also, lost my vibrant, got a new one, found the old one, and it was still working.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rodolfo7171:


Well that's an easy fix. Just root go info the efs folder and delete NV_data and you will have a generic imei
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jonathan3579:
Now I am sure there are ways around it like going prepaid or even using Simple Mobile and of course any other GSM carrier. I could be wrong though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Radsolutionz:
u never report it stolen

always tell the protection plan that u dropped it in the ocean!!!! thats the only sure way they wont deactivate ur device. otherwise u can try ... hes got a jtag method... might work? never know... worth a shot...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] usernotfound:
Can you tell if you got a new or refurb SG2? How fast did it arrive?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] wingnutLP:
The dailer on the note is not very good esp compared to htc's are there any better ones? The way it looks up contacts and allows you to set default phone numbers for people for example seems very clunky.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Techvir:
dialer one is the way to go. Free and the best.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] cu_ninja:
Touch pal dialer is a nice option too.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] NZtechfreak:
Contapps and Rocket Dialler also good options.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mdalacu:
Go Contacts EX

Go Contacts Ex is the best.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Phytrax:
I tried several dialers, so far I like TouchPal the best.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] stedj:
I'm having the same issue, but how do you make these alternative dialers the default, so it shows when you try to call someone?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] DMax99:
RocketDial is quite good as well
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jodeltje:
I use the MIUI dialer, Its called exDialer; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329172
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Phytrax:
A dialer is just an app. You need to replace your phone shortcut with a shortcut to whichever dialer you just installed.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] vatanatips:
go launcher ex nice
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] loonsy:
Was using Go Dialer EX, Touch Pal, Contapps, but have downloaded exDialer and find it the best. It's able to clear missed calls in notification and uses default contacts to adding new contacts or editing contacts. Wothte the dialers I had discrepancies between the 2 contacts databases with regards to linked contacts and edited contacts.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] moom999:
Which dialer allow for video call like Samsung dialer ?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Bobanovicz:
How is the exDialer able to clear missed call notification? Doesn't work for me.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] droiduser:
I vote for DW Dialer - i used to use dialer one, but it got a bit slow then i found DW Dialer (the free version does everything, the pay one just costs to much...)

Kicks ass on configurable options and does it all and looks nice on the note.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] fastguy:
There's a little ergonomics issue with all these dialers. In the Galaxy Note stock dialer, when you make a search with the number pad, the options are listed just one line above the number pad, with a dropdown box in case there are multiple options. When you click, there's a new window that pops-up, which shows the contacts. These are all reachable with your thumb when you use only one hand.

When I utilize any other dialer, they put the matching names at the top of the screen listing them down. But I can't reach the top with single hand operation.

Would you know any other dialer with "easy reach"?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] sanghaviraj:
The s3 stock dialer is blazing fast,i have searched this forum but couldn't find any port to your note, so you guys please request for the Dev to take notice, yes the stock note dialer is crap, by any standards, slow n its not even optimised to your screen size
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jasonleeg:
I prefer exDialer with the black theme, its free on the market so enjoy..........
[HTC Wildfire S] gudddu:
Hi All,

I have a problem with my Wildfire S A510e whereby the battery of the new phone does not last even 4 hours.

After fully charging the phone, the battery consumption is high even without using Wi-FI or 3G or GPS.

After fully charging the phone, all i did was attended a call and spoke for 2 Minutes.

After 3 hours, the phone battery was only 20% and the process that was consuming most battery was "Dialer".

This is ridiculous.

Dialer should be the one consuming least power, given that i used the phone to talk only for 2 minutes. I believe this is a problem with the Stock ROM and i hope to get an update for this problem.

I am using

Software Build Number 1.66.401.1

Kernel 2.6.35.10

Baseband 47.10g.35

Please guide.
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
Its a bug that exists in all wildfire s stock roms and from what i've read not just wildfire s but a large selection of gingerbread phones.

I would just ignore it, i dont think it has much impact really mate.

Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e
[HTC Wildfire S] gudddu:
G'day Mate...Thanks for the response.

How much is your battery lasting?

And Isn't the battery getting exhausted in no time an "Impact"?

I literally am required to be plugged in to AC Point all day long. I can't go out without worrying that my battery will get exhausted :-(
[HTC Wildfire S] nripen:
it always shows 59% for me in dialer usage , stock battery never lasted long enough. it drys off to soon. made me feel like throwing off the phone in a river, so i bought a mugen power battery.. after full charge i kept it idle for 10 hours, battery remaining was "97%"

stock battery is 1230mah mugen is 1500 mah , buying new battery is beneficial.

i have no issues with battery now.
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
I have seen my dialer in the 90ish% battery is not great think its htc sense because now I'm using CM7 port my battery life has seemed to double and that's no exaggeration.

To get more out of your battery turn off all data sync, wifi, GPS off when not needed.

Are you rooted and are you running a stock rom?

Sent from my HTC Wildfire S
[HTC Wildfire S] MoneyFist:
Dialer starts sapping battery after you've used the dialer interface once (dialing out / receiving calls).

You need to reboot the phone to stop it.

or kill the dialer storage process a few times to cause the phone to soft reboot (5sec reboot)

The long term solution is to S-Off and run a custom rom.
[HTC Wildfire S] aigaming:
I am using htc wildfire s salsa port by jikintaru and my dialer is always at 92-95% after call:(

I think he is draining my battery even when my phone is in iddle state.

My battery lasts for 1.5 day with low call,wifi usage...

Is there anything i can do to fix this couse i am on nice rom?

Thank you in advance
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
Its a gingerbread bug, but like i said earlier ignore it, don't think it has a real effect.

My girlfriend has the same dialer issue on her htc chacha
[HTC Wildfire S] nestorkg:
What CM7 port are you using, as I know no official CM7 port has been made?

On my phone it is allways showing 97% dialer battery usage, but I think it's just a false reading. If you use some other battery monitor program like Badass battery monitor you can see what apps used most power.
[HTC Wildfire S] gudddu:
New Stock ROM

A new stock ROM is available

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074445

I have installed that. Will report if that helps solve the problem.

Regards,

Guddu
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
If you goto the development section for wildfire s you will see the unofficial cm7 by alquez.

If your s-off and rooted check it out mate it really is good.

Sent from my HTC Wildfire S
[HTC Wildfire S] Pudel89:
This rom is really good and very fast but has a few bugs, for example: you must turn off flash while you taking a photo beacause the app is going to crash

I recommend to use one of "jikantaru " rom :)
[HTC Wildfire S] kikuratab:
There is a much easier fix for this.

If you go into Settings>Sound and disable "Quiet Ring on Pickup", "Pocket Mode" and "Flip for Speaker" it should improve your battery life massively. All of these constantly monitor the accelerometer via the Dialer app and drain the battery. Try it!
[HTC Wildfire S] gudddu:
Thanks. I actually tried these after looking for more info on a Android forum but it never really helped much.
[HTC Wildfire S] aigaming:
I hope they fix this dialer problem and freezing problem in this phones:(

Other then that i like it verry much...
[HTC Wildfire S] UnknownFearNG:
I have this as well. A fix I found that seems to work is, after making a call, restart the phone. It will get rid of the Dialer process. A bit frustrating to restart the phone each time, but it does work.

And in response to turning off pocket mode, speaker, etc., they do help with battery improvement. I'd strongly recommend everyone turns these settings OFF for better battery life :)
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
I can confirm that the latest ruu 2.13.401.2 euro which is the latest htc rom that upgrades gingerbread to 2.3.5 and gives the new lock screen does NOT have the dialer issue.

It does not even show dialer at all in battery usage.

Edit:

Didn't realise i was charging, now im off the charger im a 98%.

Sent from my HTC Wildfire S
[HTC Wildfire S] cjford:
Figured it out!!

The issue for me was that the Maps app had not been used before and was waiting at the initial Accept screen. Once I accepted, battery usage is completely normal! The problem is in the Maps app, not in the Dialer. There must be an infinite loop around waiting for the Accept button to be clicked.

Thanks for the advice here about using Badass Battery Monitor. It helped me figure out that the real offender was Maps, not Dialer (there must be some bug here that results in the mis-reporting).
[HTC Wildfire S] aigaming:
Did they fix dialer problem in 2.3.5 version?Can anyone confim this?

I am using method

"I've disable gsm proximity sensor and now this issue gone! Yeah! I've set 'gsm.proximity.enable=false' in build.prop before flashing a 2.3.3 rom."

With this method i dont have proximity sensor so when on call you have to press power button to hang-up,turn on screen or turn on speakerphone but there is no dialer issues no more for days for me...
[HTC Wildfire S] intel007:
Dialer seems ok on mine, been updated to 2.3.5 for 24 hours made and received few calls and dialer is only 13% and to be honest the battery life is an amazing improvement from HTC.

Will carry on testing. The battery is as good if not better than cm7.
[HTC Wildfire S] effry:
i noticed that on 2.3.5 the bug is still present, btw i fixed this using app proximity screen off from the market and this actually fix the dialer problem but now is this app that drain too much battery lol. I'll try disabling pocket mode etc...
[HTC Wildfire S] aigaming:
To be honest i dont see any battery improvement on my phone even with proximity sensor completely off,(dialer is not even in battery usage)it looks the same like when dailer was at 98% :)

Will try 2.3.5 version for improvement...
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
battery usage stats get reset on restart

my phone's battery lasts 15-20 hrs on moderate use but im facing a different issue.

the battery usage statistics of my phone (settings>about phone>battery>battery use>) "d h m s on battery" gets reset when i restart the phone.

EDIT:

anyone facing this issue?

Pls test this on your phone. I noticed the issue after 2.3.5 upgrade:

1. fully charge your phone (required).

2. wait for 5-10 minutes and check the battery stats.

3. uncheck Fast Boot from Settings>Power (required).

4. turn off the phone and switch it on again.

5. check the battery stats -" d h m s on battery" again.

Does it retain its value from step 2. or is it reset?

Once the battery level comes down to 88-85%, it functions normally and the stats persists after a restart.

I did factory reset but its not resolved.

Pls test this and let me know so that I can give it to the service centre (in case something is wrong with the hardware) before rooting the phone.

Mine is virgin WFS updated to 2.3.5 via FOTA.
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
Charging while phone switched off

Guys,

does your phone shows any charging screen while you charge it in switched off mode?
[HTC Wildfire S] matt5eo:
No, just the LED :)
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
thanks for the update mat5eo.

does any custom rom provides this option?
[HTC Wildfire S] matt5eo:
Hmm, you could flash a new lock screen, but what you want is to see something like a charging battery all the time on the screen or just if you click the screen on buttom?
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
Just wn I touch th screen or vol button.
[HTC Wildfire S] matt5eo:
Try those apps:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.appsbeyond.android.screensuite&feature=search_result
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
thanks man!

can you pls test ur phone according to my post on "battery usage stats get reset on restart" in this thread (few messages above).

im desparately looking fwd to root my cell but I want to confirm that everything is fine with the hardware.
[HTC Wildfire S] zarelf:
is so strange, my g.frend wildfire go up to 5-6 days, and my wildfire s go to max 3 days.
[HTC Wildfire S] sourabh1510:
5-6 days, now that's strange!
[HTC Wildfire S] Pyloge:
I think people need to begin to charge the phone before going to bed.

Bug of dialer fixed in 2.3.5 because before the update dialer process stopping at 35 percent. But now 10 or 15 percent.
[HTC Wildfire S] amraving:
Hi mate. My wife's phone developed this issue to where the battery would barely last a day. To solve it I cleared any downloads pending in android market and do a software update setting > check for updates. It then pulled the update down and now the battery lasts 7 days easily on idle. Anyone asking how she gets this, it's becauhse she barely uses it.

I hope that helps mate.
[HTC Wildfire S] dajc12:
Dialer shows 86% on mine phone.Ive updated everything,bootloader unlocked,rooted and new Hboot.

Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e
[HTC Wildfire S] matt5eo:
Try JxMatteo_ROM_V1.1 for higher battery life. The dialer want get more than about 5% :)

Model: Wildfire S A510e

Recovery: unofficial CWM

Rom: JxMatteo_ROM_V1. 1 with Link2sd - OC - Rooted
[HTC Wildfire S] hex.linux:
How We can set this on any ROM?

It would be very usefull
[HTC Wildfire S] SpyMike:
i am using this rom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1432259

and the dialer process shows 98%

any fix yet?
[HTC Wildfire S] djthebogan:
Have you tried this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1389821

I used ES File Explorer to open Build.prop and then looked for the line...

# try to disable proximity sensor in call by default

#gsm.proximity.enable=false

then i deleted the # in front of gsm.proximity.enable=false

saved and rebooted. It worked for me.

Just read through the different posts on the thread, it tells you on there how to do it step by step from your phone, without the need for adb or a computer.
[HTC Wildfire S] insink71:
funny fix

So, I've been reading on this subject. Seems only fix right now for Sense users is to turn the proximity sensor off [as indicated in above post] through build.prop

CyanogenMod team seems to have it sorted out for the most part.

Basically, if you were bug tracking, there was a SoD [Sleep of Death] issue. This was a black screen after calls. What was it caused by? Proximity sensor.

Well not so fast... The proximity sensor works, but fails to wake. Problem was in the code [or could be coded around].

The dialer issue is in this same vein of "problems with proximity sensor" If you read carefully enough though you can find the fixes in CyanogenMod's github and recent commits. Problem is HTC didn't build the fixes into their code. So unless a developer wants to build 2.3.4 and/or 2.3.5, add opensense, and try to build back up, your just going to have to wait for the manufacturer to see the ommission of code and write it in. Honestly, just makes me look at CM7 all the more.

Hope this helps someone.

Regards,

Rob
[HTC Wildfire S] r4ven3:
I'm assuming that a phone has to be rooted before the above technique will work.

Is that so?

My Wildfire S is S-ON, so cannot root it, although would love to, as the glitches on this phone are annoying. :mad:

I had found that the hard reset worked - until today. I made 2 calls and hard reset after each one. The Dialer still shows up at around 90% of battery usage, and there was a dramatic drop in battery after these calls. Will have to recharge after around 24 hours instead of the normal 2 days+.

Is there any way to turn off the proximity meter on an unrooted phone?? :cool:

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[HTC Wildfire S] mhrsolanki2020:
bro you can root your cell with s-on.. :D i guess you dont google..

www.htcdev.com (unlock your bootloader here)

then you can root your phone.. but warranty gone :D
[HTC Wildfire S] honda_hany:
try hard reset it will fix it, i had this problem and now solved

then go to menu, settings, account and sync and uncheck background data.

about dailer its a bug in lots of gingerbread phones.
[HTC Wildfire S] r4ven3:
mhrsolanki...........

[I'm a sis, not a bro!!........and I'm an older person, so go gently.......]

And yes, I've googled this, but did not get led to the HTCdev site. The only root for my phone which I had found was a temporary one, which seemed pointless to me.

Thanks for the link.

Thanks honda-hany for the info about turning off background data. I'd turned off almost everything but that!!
[HTC Wildfire S] mhrsolanki2020:
olright sowie.. what ever you need will be here in video tutorials.. :D

http://www.youtube.com/user/mhrsolanki2020?feature=guide

and post back if you cant acces the htcdev.com .. i will give you the link for requiered ruu update :D
[HTC Wildfire S] honda_hany:
if u have battery indicator u can view battery use by apps and when background data is on it try to auto refresh all the widgets u have even in there is no connection, u will see in battery indicator that the phone is awake but screen is off, after u close the background data the battery lasts for 2 days with me,

u have to enable it again if u will use the market and u can close it again after u finish and give us feedback about what happens to u
[HTC Wildfire S] hemantshah3:
Try...to flash...ur Rom again
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I take no credit for this mod, just made it work for myself, thought I'd share it. rmk40 and viperboy are the ones that made it happen.

I used this OC daemon on my MT4G, it worked very well. Ive noticed that cpu tuning apps seem to not play well with our phones. So I changed the updater script to make this mod work for our phone. Im running it with Bullet 2.2 and Juggernaut 3.1 and its very smooth, it really works.

So what makes this mod cool? When you set a screen off profile in setcpu, it takes a few seconds for the changes to take effect when the screen goes off/on. With this daemon, its instant. Ive checked it with shell commands and it always changes min/max and the gov as it should. I will share the shell commands to get the available clock speeds and govs. for the kernel you are using, you have to manually set them.

The daemon is configured with 6 files in the folder /system/etc/virtuous_oc/.

There are 3 files for the wake state and 3 for the sleep state. For each state one file for the governor, one for the minimal frequency and one for the maximal frequency.

You can easily edit these files eg. with RootExplorer or any other app which can edit system files. So you can adjust the frequencies and the governor for each state just like with SetCPU.

In order to get the available frequencies for the current kernel, just open your favorite terminal app and type

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies

You could also use adb shell to show the frequencies on your computer.

To get the available govenors use a similar approach

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors

To make sure its working, you can use these commands the same as the ones above.

Current CPU frequency

Code:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq

Current CPU governor

Code:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

Current min CPU Freq

Code:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq

Current max CPU Freq

Code:

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq

The kernel and ROM you are using have to support init.d scripts. As I said, Ive tested with Juggernaut 3.1 and bullet 2.2, the files are set by default at:

screen on gov-lagfree

screen on max-1620

screen on min-384

screen off gov-conservative

screen off max-540

screen off min-384

These are the available speeds and govs. for bullet 2.2

192000 384000 432000 486000 540000 594000 648000 702000 756000 810000 864000

918000 972000 1026000 1080000 1134000 1188000 1242000 1296000 1350000 1404000

1458000 1512000 1566000 1620000 1674000 1728000 1782000 1836000

conservative ondemand userspace powersave lagfree performance

Installation: Make sure you uninstall any CPU apps before flashing, or this won't work.

Boot into recovery, wipe dalvik, flash zip, reboot.

YOU CAN USE THIS APP TO CONTROL THE DAEMON. IT ALLOWS 3 OC PROFILES AND 2 UV PROFILES. WORKS VERY WELL! THANKS TO Killbynature FOR SHARING THIS!

*MAKE SURE YOUR ROM/KERNEL SUPPORT INIT.D!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
Word......
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I've been messing around with jugs 3 and if you just change screen on gov to ondemand, leaving all the other settings, it really runs smooth. I also learned that the app I linked in the op to control the daemon doesn't work on jugs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zmodp:
Thank you!!!

I used this on my mt4g and was wondering when it would be available for

my sgs2.

if anyone else is considering giving this a shot, I strongly recommend doing so.

Get Root Explorer and get familiar with the text editor. This is a more natural, more efficient, and faster way to control your CPU.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I had the defaults jacked up in the first zip i posted. If you tried the mod, used default settings and had issues, try the new one. I was getting sod's because I had the sleep freq's backwards.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] setzer715:
Thanks for this! Love OC Daemon! Much smoother than any app controlling the CPU. I'm currently on Juggernaut 3.7 with Faux's latest kernel. I'm trying out that new Daemon controller you linked on your fist page but UV doesn't seem to work. Faux said his kernel was capable of it. Are you undervolting using that app? If so, what kernel are you running right now?

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One more thing, I cannot believe this thread hasn't received more attention. Maybe most people here don't know what OC Daemon is?