yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO Shift 4G General] HTCotta:
GB source code was always coming, we were quite literally entitled to it (GPL). This is not the case with an ICS update. I know that getting an official update helps immensely, but we're certainly not gonna get one by trolling HTC. It's Sprint's decision.
[EVO Shift 4G General] sparksco:
Yes your right it is important that we get a official update. A new kernel could really help a lot even if it was a sense kernel.
[EVO Shift 4G General] sparksco:
It's not just sprints choice. It's a partnership between sprint and htc. We just need to express that we do want a official update to htc because htc will listen to us, and might come up with something with sprint. Sprint will not listen to us about a official update because all the do is tell htc which phones are more popular and which ones they think should get the updates first, and then htc goes on it's happy way to make a update. Meanwhile they throw in some of sprints apps (big deal). Htc does most of the work. They do all the kernels, and most of the rom development.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtmark:
Hi

Can see a number of threads about short battery life, none quite match mine:

When I got the phone about 6 months ago I took it abroad with me in the first few weeks. Battery life with normal usage was about 24 to 36 hours with fair use.

Dropped the phone, back came off, battery fell out and gold contacts got damaged.

Ordered replacement OE battery from Amazon. Looks identical to original. Battery life as before, for about the first two weeks. Then got worse and worse until down to about 4 hours. Sent it back, replaced. Replacement is going the same way.

Haven't done anything with the ROM, it's all as it originally was, albeit I've installed more apps since it was new.

Battery meter thing built into the phone (in Settings) shows nothing remarkable.

What is odd, and coincidental: if I leave the phone next to me in the house, it won't always pick up emails on ActiveSync (Exchange) unless I activate it (e.g. bring it out of power down mode). At which point you can see it's dropped Wi-Fi. The icon has gone. A second or two later it reconnects (though not before it's used some 3G data - 3G is OK upstairs, barely a signal downstairs as we live at the bottom of a hill so often drops to "G") and then brings down the emails.

This means it churns through 500MB+ of data over its own 3G connection in a month even if I don't take it out of the house, and even when Wi-Fi is available to it, it chooses not to use it. Wi-Fi reception is pretty poor, compared with e.g. our laptop (that shows excellent strength downstairs, phone shows one bar). It did not do this when I first got it. Curiously my old HTC phone did this too, it struggled to switch properly between its own 3G and Wi-Fi and just got stuck on one or the other. We are in a weak signal area.

Are these things related?

Has the phone become faulty? (Bearing in mind battery life much better with the original one)

Is it just a duff batch of batteries and I should send the battery back for a refund, and get one somewhere else?

Thanks

Mark
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogem_kk:
Typical behavior for a counterfeit battery but the other symptoms suggest that something got damaged and is stressing the battery. Try re flashing the phone. A sudden loss of power could potentially damage some system files.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtmark:
Thanks rogem_kk - can I just clarify, when you say "reflashing the phone" do you mean resetting it back to its original state (I'm guessing there's a key sequence you press, I can look in the manual to find that out) or completely reloading the OS?

As regards "sudden loss of power" sadly this happens quite often, because the phone crashes now and again and I have to take the battery off the back and put it back in again. The Android OS seems able to be completely taken down by a failing application (I think Flash movies on web pages are the main culprits) quite readily :( but I'd got very used to that since my last phone was a Windows Mobile one (the old one not the new one) which had the stability of a damp cardboard box in a strong wind.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogem_kk:
I mean wiping it clean and installing the ROM from scratch. Factory reset only removes your data and does not restore/replace system files.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J 3 M:
Now may be a great time to flash a custom rom, if it all goes well then do a back up with Nitrality app or similar, while you're at it try out a modem i9000 ZSJPG, you can flash it separately via ClockWorkMod, doubled my battery usage with it, great reception & coverage, that way if you at least get a genuine SGS battery you'll get the most from it.

If you're unsure of flashing you'll need to get reading in the rom section, not too hard to learn.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtmark:
Many thanks.

Down to 3 hours idle time now - it drops by the day.

Have emailed Samsung on the off-chance they can identify a counterfeit battery from the serial number, so I'll see what they say. Could make for an interesting exchange with Amazon (direct, not via a reseller or third party).

Argos appear to be the "official" resellers for Samsung products in our area but they don't actually sell batteries. As otherwise I'd be tempted to buy one there on the basis that it ought to be genuine, and compare. But haven't rebuilt the phone yet, waiting to see what Samsung come back with.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtmark:
Hmmm...

"Problems like this, although seemingly severe, can occur when the

Android software on your phone becomes out of date. You can update the

software by simply downloading our Samsung Kies programme. Follow the

link below and choose option ‘save’. Then for safe installation of the

drivers, once save is complete, turn your computer off for a few minutes

and reboot the PC. Once fully loaded again, without opening any

applications on the computer, simply connect your phone to the PC with

the USB lead, and your phone should be automatically set you finish the

installation of Kies. When Kies loads and finds your device, you should

be offered an update that will iron out these issues.

If you require any further assistance, please contact Samsung again and

we will be more than happy to help."
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trex3491:
I had one of those so called 'original batties' it was a load of rubbish. Still using original one but its no holding charge for as well after a year of use. Maybe time for a real replacement...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtmark:
Thanks for taking the time.

Sorted out the Wi-Fi sleep issue, CPU Spy showed the phone was going into deep sleep when idle, so no "smoking gun" discovered with that.

Reset phone, and set it back up again with basic email and no new installed apps. Have left it on default (minimal) donwload settings. Had already got rid of Facebook.

Battery life is better. Have begun reinstalling a few apps now and keeping an eye on it.

Will report back - thanks again all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wogfella:
No dramas - just be careful as CPU Spy will show length of time in deep sleep but a high proportion of wakelocks won't really be detected and those wakelocks are the ones that smash your battery when sitting "idle"

As you have reset then I think you need to let your battery calibrate first (let it drain fully and recharge fully a few times and that's all you can do if you haven't rooted your phone)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dtmark:
.. one more update..

Battery life is better, but not much better. It still won't last a day without charge even with very light use, 7 hours is about the maximum. I'm certain it used to be better than that when I got it e.g. it survived a whole day on holiday using email and maps quite a bit.

Have changed to 3 from O2 but will have to revert back as 3 doesn't get a signal at all downstairs in some parts of the house. Does mean the phone is going on and off network a lot at the moment.

I reverted to Samsung to tell them their link didn't work and they have sent a link to an authorised dealer for parts if I wanted to buy another battery. I'm all for buying the real thing which is why I bought an (apparently) OE one from Amazon which was about £16 not the £5 that some were.

However this is, er, forty four pounds for a tiny little battery.

http://www.4mysamsung.co.uk/cgi-bin/product.pl?PID=2986318&brand=&model=galaxy s&part=

They also sent links to repair centres.

Now I plugged it into charge earlier, and even after 8 hours, it was dead. Plugged it in again - beeps once as normal - nothing on the display - still not charging. Take battery out, put back in, repeat. Charging now.

Might make you wonder if that part of the phone got damaged e.g. the "socket" where the mini USB thing/charger goes in, but, it's always worked before. It doesn't for instance fail to detect if I plug into the PC and it's never done this before either.

Given how much the battery is and the fact it might be getting to the point of dying altogether I wonder whether to just get a quote for repair and go that way for certainty.

One might have thought it's as simple as: take the thing somewhere and have the battery tested to prove one way or the other.. but I'm really not sure where would do that other than the repair place.

I'd be prepared to try replacing the OS as suggested, but it does remain the fact that the thing worked better when I first got it and even after a complete reset it's still playing up so I feel a sort of mental paralysis over what's best to do now :(

I'll have a look at the wakelocks thing next when it charges again. If it charges :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
So my macbook is slated to come on friday and i want to get a lot of work done on that theme i promised i would do so i started to download all the freeware i could early and i found out there is no 7zip for mac so now im wondering anyone else herbthat has a mac or know of ann app that can extract apk files
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
Pea zip as well.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wabem:
Stuffit Expander is free and should unzip any 7zip files.

http://www.stuffit.com/mac-expander.html
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gtuansdiamm:
Thanks for the replys tommorow ill try them and see which one i like the besg
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] b1g.p0ppa:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/19139/ez7z

Ez7z is an easy-to-use archiver that allows users to perform a number of tasks:

Expand 7z, bzip2, gz, rar, tar, and zip files.

Shrink files into 7z, bzip2, gz, tar, and zip formats.

View the contents of an archive without opening it.

Delete files from an archive without opening it.

Create, verify, and repair par2 files.

Process multiple files with ease.

I haven't used this before but I think I'll try it out the next time I'm on my Mac.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mocoxk:
can i use this in Icecream Sunday v2? Fix for camera/video rendering problems.

sorry i dont put [Q] =D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] droidtwoseven:
i don't think so..you should give a try. :D

nandroid backup will be necessary..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mocoxk:
Thx, i try and work fine.

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jrxtepan:
What do you mean by working fine?:confused:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mocoxk:
Fix me the barcode scanner app and others with a line in the middle.

Pd:sorry my bad english

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] jrxtepan:
Ok, thanks bro.. I don't use barcode scanner... But this is good to know! :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] edgedamage:
Hello how do I apply this fix?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mocoxk:
Install from recovery.

Enviado desde mi GT-S5830 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] espada87:
hi guys, i'm sorry if such thread existed but i tried to search but found nothing similar.

So as topic, is there a way to find out does Carrier IQ is installed on our phone or not?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dany__:
Hi,

According to some news, it's specific to US carriers.

And there's an application on the market that costs $1 that delete it if it's already installed on your phone.

Check the link below

http://www.gsmarena.com/whats_the_deal_with_carrier_iq_and_what_it_means_to_you-news-3460.php
[HTC EVO 3D] PMGRANDS:
I was Lucky enough to Not Break my Screen, But Now All my Keyboard Touches are Off... Almost Every Letter I press on the keyboard Recognizes the Above Letter!

Ex. If I press the Arrow Up it'll Select the Letter (A) If I Press the Spacebar it Selects the Letter (V)...

Anyone know How to Fix this?

Thanx in Advance!
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
Take it to sprint and get a new phone. Don't tell them you dropped it unless you don't have a case. Then you'll pay $100 for a new one if you have insurance. Other than that, you're out of my experience.
[HTC EVO 3D] PMGRANDS:
Thanx for the Advice, but I just got LUCKY and FIXED IT! I Remembered that I had a Backup ROM with a HTC Calibrate app in it, so I just Extracted it and Installed it into my System/Apps and it Worked Perfectly!!

Thank God... Lol!

Oh and Thanx for you Suggestion...
[HTC EVO 3D] Twolazyg:
Can you post a link to the app for other people who have this issue?
[HTC EVO 3D] PMGRANDS:
My Computer's (Laptop) Down but if you Want I'll Send it to your Email for you to Post... PM me your Email!
[HTC EVO 3D] :
Here you go:

http://db.tt/tmKGsHhi
[HTC EVO 3D] PMGRANDS:
@ J4n87

Thanx for Uploading it man... Hey that Link you Posted was DropBox Right?

When you have a DropBox account and Upload a file Link, How do you get it to Automatically let the person Download it when Clicked?
[HTC EVO 3D] Rydah:
Just copy a direct link.

Via My HTC Evo 3D On The Now Network From Sprint.
[Windows 8 General] mkskeith@gmail.com:
is there a way to make the windows 8 tabtip.exe work in windows 7? it is a much better touchpad and stored in the same location, but won't run when I just copied the .exe over to windows 7.

Thanks,
[Windows 8 General] Blagus:
What error do you have? Are you copying from x86/64 version Win 8 to x86/64 Win 7?
[Windows 8 General] Ludacris:
It will not work as it relies on some DLL files which can not simply be copied over. You would either have to write a wrapper similar to that sidebar patching project from Windows Vista to Windows XP OR you hack the exe and change the value from lets say

abc.dll to abx.dll but it is still unlikely that it would work ;)
[Windows 8 General] mkskeith@gmail.com:
thanks for the info,

I'm going from x86 to x86 and it is telling me Windows cannot verify the digital signature for this file. A recent hardware or software change might have installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might be malicious software from an unknown source.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiquau:
I used root explorer to edit a system file, then save & exit. But the file reverts back to its original. Using root explorer, I mounted the system with Read & write access and I was able to cut and paste the files but can't save file after editing. I googled and saw few people had the same problem but could not find a solution for it.

Any help would be appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
Fix permissions and try again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiquau:
Thank you for your response. Just tried but still not work.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nickolaskg:
Are u trying to change your screen density? If so it's specific rom related. Try using a different rom or lcd density from the market. Or lcd resolution. If that's not what your doing then disregard this post lol.

Sent from my Galaxy S2 Using the XDA premium app.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
also make sure in RE you enabled the R/W as it defaults to R/O ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tiquau:
Still no luck. I knew the system mount with R/W access because I was able to cut and paste files, just can't save files though.

BTW thank you for moving my thread to the proper place. :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelbydz:
Hi all, I just installed the ASOP ICS rom on my S 4G. Love it. Beautiful and fast.

I thought I would add some music to the device, but when I connect it to my Ubuntu desktop it doesn't get recognized. The phone sees that it's connected to USB and has the options for MTP and PTP. It basically won't let me switch to PTP.

I run dmesg and it looks like it got connected:

[1121267.152118] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4

I can't seem to get it to mount though, either automatically or through mount /dev/bla /bla/bla . Any ideas?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
download the dual mount sd app from the market. its free and it works. or you can use an usb storage option in your recovery(cwm and twrp).
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shelbydz:
awesome. that's what I needed to know.

thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vtdroidguy:
This fuse solution to get MTP working worked swimmingly for me

Because I'm a new user I can't post a link to a solution that worked for me. Having said this if you google for "[How to] Connect your Android Ice Cream Sandwich Phone to Ubuntu for File Access" - the solution in the first link worked great.

Fwiw.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Silly22:
My friend almost lost his nuts! He said he heard a sound, a burning sensation on his leg and as he pulled this piece of junk out of his pocket he smelled burning. There was smoke coming out of his pocket and out of the phone. LoL, He said he was scared.

My friend didn't even own this phone for two weeks before it nearly burned him! He said he wasn't even using it; just idling in his pocket and hadn't been used for awhile.

Here's some photos:

Buy another one!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] androidpixar:
Hmm defense something to be concerned about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CZ Eddie:
Funny, I was just reading a day or so ago about an iPhone 4s that caught fire and thought to myself.... "Well, that'll never happen with a Skyrocket".

doh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Yup didnt you guys here yet? Because of this there is now a recall...all skyrocket owners must reaturn them to the closest at&t store they will be exchanged at no cost for a at&t galaxy nexus which was not supposed to be released until christmass day... but they are releasing tomarrow instead

---------- Post added at 01:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:14 AM ----------

Wait fot it............wait for it.............

---------- Post added at 01:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:15 AM ----------

Lol ok ok.....thats not true i lied ......sorry guys.......be hey that would be neat
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Daedalus_:
How did he charge it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] biofilter69:
Most battery fires are caused by liquid shorts or crappy chargers :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Pirateghost:
i loved reading that in my half sleep stupor.

'most battery fires are caused by liquid in crappy shorts'

i need some sleep
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] diomed:
For sure let us know what AT&T does about it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tylerdurdin:
Well rockets always have had a history of blowing up. Guess a better name for this phone was the

POCKET ROCKET

LMAO

Sent from a HD2 ICS
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Simba501:
hahaha...lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CXENTE:
Oh man? Law suit :) lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rg400smarttowel:
pretty sure he will get compensated pretty good from samsung.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bdpyo:
I hope he sues the balls off of them! No pun intended

Sent from my Google Nexus S.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] the2rrell:
was probably a fluke, i dont know how you would cross battery connections without some sort of a jumper/maybe a liquid that would cuase this. its like putting 2 nine volt batteries ( the square ones end to end ) eventually they will melt/maybe explode from the heat building up.

i can see this happening if something small got caught in between the battery and phone connection while re-seating the battery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] artiemon:
If it is truely an AT&T skyrocket, maybe AT&T sent the remote distruct command when your friend put a Roger's SIM in his phone.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Lol to funny
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] epicstar1:
lolwow. Report this to @galaxyssupport on twitter. They seem to respond fast to issues. But I don't know how connected they are to the company.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] expertzero1:
this thread would be on bgr
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
Will be interesting to see unfold. We had a local Guy claim that a motodroid exploded near his face last year. He went public and went after Motorola claiming glass shards cut up his face etc. I want to say they determined dude had dropped the phone which cracked the screen and everything beyond that was staged.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AllGamer:
the problem was obviously a battery fire, not the phone itself

this could mean it was a faulty battery or the contacts might have got wet by the closest source of spill

after all it was near his balls, according to the OP

just return it to rogers and get an exchange, you'll need a new SIM card & SGH-i727R anyways
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] SamsungJohn:
Samsung Would Like to Speak With You

Hello,

Samsung takes all allegations involving product safety seriously. We invite the customer to contact us so that we can examine the phone to determine the cause of this incident. If you send us your name, phone number, phone IMEI, where the product was purchased, and email address to Social_Support_Mobile@sta.samsung.com, we will contact you to see how we can help.

Sincerely,

SamsungCarla

Samsung Support
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Wow samsungjohn how ya doing? Havent seen u around since you introduced yourself in the epic forum

---------- Post added at 04:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:07 PM ----------

Any clue of an eta for our icecream sandwich update ? Lol i kidding i know u can not answer that question
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bdpyo:
You should read a little more.

"SamsungCarla" you dolt.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tehgyb:
Ba dum tissss
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Mabye you should read a little better look at the username , and read some of.his.posts in other forums Samsungjohn.

Looks like samsung john copy and pasted a message from samsung carla.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alex8683:
I noticed my wi-fi stopped working today.

My phone is rooted with stock rom.

I ran fix permissions under clockwork mod,,

then noticed i get this error on a wireless tethering app I installed that never worked

error says

Sorry!

The application TetheringManager (process com.tecace.tetheringmanager) has stopped

unexpectedly. Please try again.

Force close

This still pops up after I did a factory reset and phone remained rooted.

I can see my wifi network but it keeps saying "obtaining IP address" and it never connects.

I'm at a loss... any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] DeXel55:
You can try format /data and /system through CWR advanced menu and install your Rom again (you have to install something, since you are formating system). Hope it helps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alex8683:
Thanks for responding.

I actually uninstalled tetheringmanager with TIbackup.

Wifi still doesn't work. I can't log in to any wifi network. It gets stuck at "obtaining IP address" and it never connects.

It detects all nearby wifi networks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] XL2001:
http://eee.asus.com/en/eeepad/transformer-prime/features