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[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mike.b93:
I've noticed this, too.

Last BM version drained my battery massively over night while being in flight mode.

Android OS took 87% of the battery in 8 hours.

So it's definitely a bug.

CM9 Alpha 11 is way better. In 18h 36m Android os 25%, android system 17% Display 15%.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordLugard:
Even though i appreciate the work the devs who are coming up with these ICS roms are doing, i can't use any of them as daily drivers (no flash/Google calender sync issues/performance is noticeably slow e.t.c). Played with Koush's version the other day and was mighty impressed, very. I'm still not sold on the whole ICS look in general, might take a while to get used to it. Seems too fluffy to me, too much eye candy. Battery life wasn't the best, but manageable.

Right now i'm on Oxygen+Carbon rom mix with Franco kernel, and OMG this combo is phenomenal regarding performance and battery life..
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mrcojocaru:
my battery life is the same, if not a tad better.. using kwiboos v2.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Luxferro:
You're the one that needs to chill. There was no reason to take my reply the way you did. I was just stating facts before people start rumors about ICS being a battery killer.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braneless:
Same here. No custom kernel, no tweaks, no trickery - running Koush's V10 out of the box. Runs smooth, quick, and I go from dawn to dusk on one charge with lots of browsing, app installs, etc.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickmv:
With all due respect, "Don't form an opinion of ICS until you actually run an official rom " is not a statement of fact, it is your opinion/emotional response based upon you misunderstanding of my post. I clearly acknowledged that we were working with early builds, so this is obviously not what the final product should be.

The purpose of this general forum is to have general discussions, and troubleshooting posts. I made a troubleshooting post, seeking out others experiencing the same thing, in an attempt to solve the issue, or see if the culprit has been found.

I will admit that I overreacted a bit, but I think you did the same.

I'm gonna leave it at that, otherwise this'll turn into a flame war.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickmv:
I'm curious: check your batt usage. Do you see Android OS almost equal, if not higher in batt usage than the screen?

Now remember, on phones, the screen is the biggest power drain for anyone other than a light user (never turns on screen, makes 1 call a day, etc). Typically, in my usage (usually 25-30% brightness), the screen takes anywhere from 40-50% of my batt life thru the day, with Android OS way down the list. That was Gingerbread.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braneless:
Android OS 38%

Display 29% (brightness at 12%)

Miren Browser 17%

Cell Standby 9%

74% remaining

8hrs 44min on battery

Sorry, my native screen cap won't save to disk, otherwise I'd upload it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickmv:
Yeah, I figured it'd be way up there. Now, I'm not saying batt life is BAD. I still can get a good 15-20h out of it if I dont use it much. But I'm used to going 24-36 hrs without having to charge, all with medium usage. I've tried various UV kernels to achieve this again, but Android OS is dominating the battery.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peacekeeper05:
My battery is actually good. I am on cm9 alpha 11 on franciscofranco's kernel. It lasted more than 24 hours on medium use.

more than 24 hours is already good for a smartphone.

yep. My first impressions for it were the same, too much eye candy and too much things going on the screen. Maybe I was just used to the very simple and minimalistic UI of the stock gingerbread. But after using it for a day.I am beginning to realize how amazing and beautiful ICS is.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benrees21:
Yes Android OS is top for me at 45% and on GB ROM it was 4-5%. Batt life ain't too bad but I think the Android OS usage is just something that will get sorted as the development moves forward, especially after the official update drops.

Sent from my Nexus S on CM9, Morfic's SEUV Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moon-unit:
No issues here, display top and OS a fair amount less. Running Kwiboo V3.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akalias1981:
For what it's worth, I'm running a stock Galaxy Nexus with what is obviously the final release version of 4.0.1, and I am not overjoyed with the battery life, and I am seeing the same thing as you with regards to Android OS. It never used to appear near the top of my battery usage on previous android versions regardless of phone usage. Now it is always in the top 2 jostling with display. The screenshot shows that I am at 66% after 6h42m with less than 30 mins of screen on time. This doesn't feel right to me. Any suggestions would be welcomed?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genexxa72:
Same problem here... installed ICS (CM9 Alpha 11) 2 days ago and everything was fine until today... look at that

6% - Discharching

8h32m49s

Android OS 67%

Screen 10%

Wifi 6%

Cell Standby 5%

9 hours on a full charge is definitly not normal.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 00Droid00:
Could be it deep idle being on causing the drain. Deep idle causes my phone to drain very fast. You can try disabling it with nstools in the market.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZiggSVO:
Normally I wouldn't care either way because i'm still getting good battery life. Here are some screen shots of my phone right now. And Simms. I know you're being the devils advocate and all. But the OS is keeping my phone awake and that's why is eating my battery more than the screen :p.

Total:

Screen:

Android OS:

Graph:

Still love my ics though lol

Edit: and my deep idle is always off :p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilgrass71:
I have a nook color on cm7 that has this same exact problem but was subsequently fixed in a nightly
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
so today i decided to force stop the android os app/process(listed in app settings, all), and my clock(in the notification bar) stopped while the beautiful widgets clock kept going :eek:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benrees21:
So does that mean it's linked to the clock and that's what's killing battery?

Sent from my Nexus S on CM9, Morfic's SEUV Kernel and some help from Tapatalk!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rockr4Christ:
hey guys, not that im complaining...just curious, but barely eeked out 8 hours of battery on my nexus s with stock Koush v11 (no special kernels...etc), whereas with CM7 ive gotten 16+ hours with the same kind of (medium) use. I know that it will be better in the official OTA, but is there a solution, workaround so i can keep working on ics?

Regards

trev :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyhdownsouth:
No problems here, running oICSv13/franco, got almost 20 hours. Had Koush's ICS/kernal, battery lasted 9 hours.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinuweera:
Try smartassv2 or lazy governor. It saves more battery when the phone sleeps
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dinuweera:
I got 20 hrs in drews ics beta 1
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcuadrado:
did any of you check the wifi usage in sleep mode policy? in my case it was set to always use wifi instead of only when charging or never, and this was causing the mayor battery drown.

the setting is back to default when you wipe the device, so I take some time to figure about this setting.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braneless:
What? No. Using wifi SAVES battery. You want to leave the sleep setting to Always use wifi, otherwise the phone will switch to 3g and murder the battery.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bringonblink:
... i think he meant with data set to OFF
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
Hello, I'm kinda new at this... I learn fast and I am not completely out of this 'world' though :P.

First, I was looking for a solution to install apps on my SD card... but I found a new Android world over here lols. I rooted my Xperia x8, installed link2sd and xrecovery. But I realized that when I try to upgrade the firmware or something, it says I have the latest one... but I don't, I have this:

model e15a

android 2.1 update1

m76xx-tsncjolym-53404006

kernel

2.6.29

2.0.1.a.0.47

So... I wanted to upgrade to GingerDX and it says I need baseband 15, not 06. And I read this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=976538

but some ppl say they don't have service to call other ppl when they flash their phone :/... I also read that some ppl had issues installing kernels and stuff...

so, my question is: How can I upgrade my phone without experiencing those problems? I mean, there are some ppl that did that without any problems, so, what should I do??? and about kernels... is it good to upgrade them?

thanks

ooooh and I was reading about JIT... i really want to install it, so any suggestion or tips on how to make my phone faster would be appreciated!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
The easy way would be to install PC Companion to update your phone to 2.1.1.C.0.0, which also updates the Baseband to 015.

The harder way would be ...

Flash the E15a 015 Baseband with Flashtool.

Flash Android 2.1.1.C.0.0 with Flashtool.

Root the device (through Flashtool)

Inject xRecovery (through Flashtool)

Flash GingerDX v013 (in xRecovery)

Flash GingerDX v020 (from GingerDX v013 in CWM)

Like you pointed out there's some risk involved, though for as long as you pay attention to what you do and what the Tools instruct you to do you're on the safe side.

EDIT: As for using a custom kernel ...

That's something you need to decide for yourself. Unlocking the bootloader voids your warranty big time, if you still have any on your phone.

In case of a bad ROM flash (not entirely unheard of as it already happened to me as well) there's always the possibility to recover your phone by flashing back Stock 2.1.1 and going onwards from there.

If you somehow manage to put your device into a state from where you can't recover it yourself - i.e. you made a boo boo at unlocking the bootloader - the repair won't be covered through warranty once the service center is able to tell you tinkered around with the device at the lowest level.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
PCCompanion says I have the latest version but I don't... thats why I have to do it the hard way. Hm, about the kernel... does it worth it to risk the warranty?

Oh and... I already rooted my phone, will that affect on the process of flashing and then rooting again?

Flash GingerDX v013 (in xRecovery)

Flash GingerDX v020 (from GingerDX v013 in CWM)

about that... should i download the v013 and then the v020??? i don't understand that xD, also, whats CWM? xDDD

OH CWM IS ClockworkMod Recovery (v014+).... LOL.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
From my point of view it's not really worth the trouble (though I'm sure others will tell you otherwise - in the end it's a matter of perspective).

While the devs are doing a great job at the custom kernels I think they are too "bug" riddled... just look through the custom kernel threads in the Development section and make up your own judgment.

No. This does not have any impact on flashing.

Like you already worked out - re-rooting is required after you finished flashing the current bits.

Well, after you rooted the phone and injected xRecovery all you will have is Stock 2.1.1.C.0.0 + xRecovery

To update to GingerDX you need to tackle that job in two steps.

You download BOTH versions and copy them to your phone's SD card. The reason is that GingerDX v013 is the LAST version you can flash through xRecovery. Starting with GingerDX v014 you need to flash through CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery). That's why you need v013 and v020.

NOTE: If you're going with the default kernel also download the "StockKernelModules" Add-On!!!

Once you got everything copied onto your SD card and are ready to replace the Stock ROM:

- Reboot your phone

- Once the Sony Ericsson logo shows up keep on pressing the back key to get into xRecovery.

- Flash GingerDX v013

- Reboot

- Once the Sony Ericsson logo shows up keep on tapping on the screen to get into CWM.

- Flash GingerDX v020

- Flash the StockKernelModules Add-On

- Full Wipe ("Factory Reset")

- Reboot

Welcome to GingerDX ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
Ok thanks, I'll try it.

One more thing though... where do I find StockKernelModules? i googled it but its quite confusing xD. Oh and CWM is now called Rom Manager? will that work too?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
GingerDX v013

GingerDX v020

Modules for Stock Kernel

All of it listed here in the first post ;)

No, CWM is NOT ROM Manager! Keep your hands away from ROM Manager!

It's NOT meant for the X8!

IF you would want to implement the dual-recovery (xRecovery + CWM) into 2.1.1 yourself - which takes way longer than flashing the two ROMs - you need to look into this thread. That would enable you to flash GingerDX v020 directly without the need to flash v013 in xRecovery first ... though the procedure will most likely take longer than doing as suggested above.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
Ooooh so that means CWM comes with gingerdx v013... cuz I thought u had to install bot of em, xrec and cwm. Ok thanks!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
Correctly ... the sole reason for flashing GingerDX v013 in xRecovery is to have the dual-recovery. Hence the reason why you don't even need to let v013 boot-up but interrupt the boot process by tapping onto the screen so you get into CWM to continue flashing with CWM to the currect GDX version.

Sorry if I was a bit unclear about that.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] - Swift -:
I do believe your baseband must end in 015

Leave a thanks if I helped! :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ali_ign:
upgrade with SE updater and root ... recover... gingerdx !!! have fun
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
We know kids, you can't read ...

xwalero wrote in Post #1:

So... I wanted to upgrade to GingerDX and it says I need baseband 15, not 06.

to which I OBVIOUSLY replied in Post #2:

Flash the E15a 015 Baseband with Flashtool.

xwalero wrote in Post #3:

PCCompanion says I have the latest version but I don't...

And you are suggesting using something that didn't work?

You know kids, instead of improving your meaningless post-count with useless replies you're better off taking reading lessons.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] - Swift -:
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[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] - Swift -:
I'm honestly not in the mood for a fight right now.....

Leave a thanks if I helped! :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
Lol i have a new question... how do i flash android with flashtool? xD

oooh right, its the same thing but with the ftf file.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
First, you flash the .FTF file of the baseband (I assume the file you got from Blagus' MediaFire Folder contains a baseband FTF). Once that's done you repeat with the .FTF of Android.

;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
Yeaaah, thank you so much! I finally did it :D

now I have a last question hahahhaa... I made a Fat32 partition before, for Link2SD... now I have the option to install the apps directly to the SD, should I erase the second Fat32 partition I made? thanks.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
Well, apart from the "App2SD" storage space it would seem you need some additional space for storing data (in /sdcard). So...

No, keep the second partition as there are several apps which store data to /sdcard (and NOT in the phone's "/data" partition as the memory there is rather low). An example of Apps that store stuff to /sdcard would be Google Music (music cache), Titanium Backup (settings and backups), Google Maps (map cache) and so on.

EDIT: Just make sure that your second partition is mounted at /mnt/sdcard (/sdcard is just a link pointing to /mnt/sdcard).

EDIT2: On a second thought ... why Link2SD? You can actually move apps to the SD card since Android 2.2 by using the built-in function of the OS ... there's a setting where you can set the default destination for app installations ("Auto" / "Phone" / "SD card").
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xwalero:
Lol, sorry if I didn't explain it...

What I was trying to say is... I used to have link2sd, but now with gingerXD I don't have it anymore because of the android 2.2 functions. But the partition is still there, so... since I dont have link2sd anymore, should i just erase that partition?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
Depends on your usage. Leaving/Changing the partition as "sd-ext" so you can move apps to the SD card would make sense in case you're playing Games on your phone.

"Angry Birds", for example, is rather large (after installation it can easily take up 40-50MB) so moving such a "hog" to the SD would make sense. Other games like "Need for Speed" only install the game into the phone memory but store game data in /sdcard themselves.

If you know you're only using small applications that will nicely fit into just the phone memory it's safe to erase the partitions, create just one large partition on the SD card and format it afterwards.

EDIT: As a practical example ...

Let us assume you have a 8GB+ micro SD card installed.

Create a 1GB partition and format it with the ext filesystem (from CWM).

Will be mounted in /mnt/sd-ext

Partition the rest and format it as a normal FAT32 partion.

Will be mounted in /mnt/sdcard
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamikaze_in:
can you tell me where exactly is this setting?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x8sharrock3x:
Ok I am rooted and clockwork mode and how do I change my boot animation and if I can please post links or description on how and y I can just flash new splash screens and it works but not boot animation sorry if lack of info I am new
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dased14:
Could be a number of things

1) wrong script for cwm(believe everyone above 3 needs editify script

2) not the correct location for the rom your running

3) the one your try to flash may not be flashable

4) could be made for a different phone(if you followed links to get that is)

5) not named correctly for your rom inside the zip

So after all that lets try this

1) what rom are you using

2)what bootanimation are you trying to flash

Give us those and i'm sure someone on here can help you get the one you want on the rom your running.

Tapa away from a galaxy far away
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DertyDOH:
I use root explorer to move bootanimation.zip to system/media, but depends on the rom
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x8sharrock3x:
Not running any Rom I am rooted and clockwork installed...I can't find any good roms that work perfect like 100% and I like my HTC sense.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Mikg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Deleted member 2842059:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=981297

What might the best way for me to get Pixie Dust onto my GN? It is my absolute favorite Android sound. Many thanks for any help, it's the last piece of home I need.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
In the root of your storage make a folder named media. Then inside that folder make one named notifications. Place the file in the notification folder. It should then show up in your list of notifications.

Can also do the same for alarms and ringtones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] farfromovin:
I copied the .ogg out of that thread and put it in the /system/media/audio/notifications folder that's already there. Make sure to set the file permissions to r-w-r-r with root explorer after moving it or it won't play. Obviously, you need root for this way to work. Thanks for that audio file, its nice and loud!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stew32:
I have searched and search for the screen capture apk and I get everything but what I'm searching to find. I really don't know how people find anything, but does anyone have the screen capture apk for stock 2.3.3, please?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milton.bain:
Search market for screenshot

CheersS! :)

Milton --> From X10i on ROM : "ThGo2 v10. 0_RC4"

using XDA premium
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gregbradley:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sc...rtPage=1&redir_esc=&ei=p2rSTpObDcqT8gPbku3oDw

just a start.....

and then

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sc....,cf.osb&fp=4172fdb06821c3b6&biw=1051&bih=705
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybaster89:
androidss is great for screenshot
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterjet:
screenshot can easily be done with programs line EAT (easy android toolz) or My Phone Explorer
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caguas56:
Hi, What is a changelog and how can I added to an existing rom?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lacedaemon:
A changelog, I would think, is basically a list of changes and new features your ROM or kernel or project has gotten from the time you started it to present. :o
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caguas56:
is that for info only or an update to be flash to the rom?.

thanks for your explanation.:)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ironromulas:
It would start out as info but if there was an update or a change then you might want to list the changes with each update as you progress.
[Atrix 4G General] rakesh219:
Hey guys need some help to fix the wifi connectivity

I have just recently decided to take the risk and unlock my boot-loader which worked out successfully.....I also have the ClockworkMod Recovery installed....instead of flashing Gingerbread directly I installed the Cyanogenmod7 rom from here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1336232

Then i tried fixing the dual mic issue for skype via lib-audio but on doing so it has messed up my wifi connectivity (it will not obtain the IP) so I was thinking of doing one of two things

1. SBF flash to froyo

2. SBF flash to 2.3.4 Gingerbread to fix the connectivity

but dont know which.....

NOTE: I did try flashboot 2.3.4 via http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1163342 but on system.img flash the command failed do not know why :confused:

Also I have been trying to do a clean flash of roms but for some reason all the folders within the internal drive persist and dont get deleted is there any way I can wipe the phone CLEAN...i did do the fastboot erase and all but it did not work.

Additional Info:

Android Version : 2.3.7

Baseband Version : N_01.77.06P

Kernel Version : 2.6.32.39-MB680...

Build Number : GWK74
[Atrix 4G General] acruxksa:
Use CWM to reset.

Boot into android recovery and choose wipe data/factory reset.

You should have also done this initially when going from the factory rom to cm7.
[Atrix 4G General] rakesh219:
I already did that but it did not change anything....
[Atrix 4G General] rakesh219:
Okay i was able to flash the system.img of 2.3.4 and boot.img....then i reinstall CM7 and did the wipe cache and factory reset and the wifi is now not even scanning.....

PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!! THANKS
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Reedddd:
Questions in the title, here are the cases: http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-Soft-Cry...583540?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item35b3aad334. They look pretty good and the seller has got very good feedback, what do you guys think? I mean, there isn't that much you could do wrong with gel cases (I mean in terms of manufacturing ...), right? So has anyone tried these out or any similar ones and wants to share his thoughts?

Thanks in advance
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastaeit:
I bought one just like theese cases, but never delivered to me.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsilvawashington:
The 'soft crystal', or TPU, cases are great. I usually buy mine from amazon or ebay. Optimus V and S cases are the same. Make sure that you get one that has all the proper cut-outs (the ebay link above doesn't have the hole for the speaker next to the camera).