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[General Questions and Answers] nikzDHD:
I've got all three, launcher pro plus, adw ex, and go launcher ex.

Adw is smoother, but I use go due to its useful widgets.

It's smooth and has great dev behind it who updates regular. Best of all it's free.

Both will serve you well if you don't need the widgets that go provide then use adw.
[General Questions and Answers] nico88:
I personally prefer GO to ADW Launcher ... 1000 times ...

It is much more customizable and complete! then we can add GO Locker, GO, GO SMS Contact with different themes to choose from a wide choice! so is all complete with launcher GO!

I recommend and use it forever!

Sorry for my English ...
[General Questions and Answers] KonceptB:
Go Launcher is the way to go in my opinion.

But it really is all about preference. I recommend trying them both regardless of what people use.

I have at one point or another liked both of them but Go Launcher stole me away with the calendar widget.
[General Questions and Answers] srumiQ:
It's only up to you. Go Launcher provides much more ''GO'' widgets but your phone will look like someone's else. If you are skilled in graphics or photoshop editing, I recommend ADW Ex where you can literally make everything on your own. I have been using ADW Ex for a couple of months and it's very smooth, stable and like I said fully customizable.
[General Questions and Answers] TabletGeek:
I have been using Go Launcher EX on my rooted Nook Tablet and it seems to work quite well; although the task manager widget does occasionally crash. I have not yet seen anyone respond to the question: How does RAM usage of Go Launcher compare to that of ADW. Has anyone done this comparison and care to share with the group? For some reason I have not been able to get ADW to install properly on my NT yet (need a little more time).
[General Questions and Answers] dave-n-md:
ADW issue on Nook Tablet

Disregard - Like TabletGeek, I too rooted my Nook Tablet but with ADW as the launcher. It works almost perfectly.. The only issue I have is on boot up or navigating to the home screen, I get a "Problem Loading Widget" error. If you go to the all apps screen, it works fine. I've looked all over for a cause but can't find anything that might be the issue so I'm wondering if jumping over to Go is worth it. I'm also not sure how to get from a rooted NT with ADW to load with Go. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Adw is smoother, looks clean (icon graphics) runs great
[General Questions and Answers] jmpantani:
I usually use go launcher and i think its the best launcher for android.

Maybe in the future other launcher will be best, who knows?
[General Questions and Answers] Orishaz:
GO, because of all the GO widgets and far more customizable
[General Questions and Answers] mohan_17:
go launcher for its sheer range of skins and apps
[General Questions and Answers] nickhearta:
adw is better ..i love york's black theme ..i recommend adw launcher..:)
[General Questions and Answers] Android311:
Finally someone that's like adw better haha I was lonely on this thread :p

NookColor ICS 9 Nightly "Overclocked"
[General Questions and Answers] Rajamia:
Optimus 2X using xda premium
[General Questions and Answers] soubz70:
GO LAUNCHER for sure... ADW restarts when i press home key while playing a game or while browsing...comparatively go launcher has no such problems... also would recommend SPB shell 3d (paid app**) ... having a basic android phone made me realize many things... \m/
[General Questions and Answers] yohobojo:
I like both, but I use adw. It has no problems on my fascinate.
[General Questions and Answers] sky_net:
in a video on xda tv the dev there did not prefer go launcher that much

but i guess its just about the themes and anyway i would prefer adw over go launcher since i ve been using it (as it comes default with cm)
[General Questions and Answers] nevrlow:
Neither use lp or zeam. OP

Sent From Space Using My ICS Flavored Sensation
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hemulen:
Hello,

Whenever I shutdown my phone and press arrow down + power I can only see "Start" and "Downloading" in the bottom. If I press the arrow keys to select recovery mode nothing happends.

I tried to reflash recovery through Rom Manager with no luck.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nxt:
Volume Down and Power is not how to get to recovery on the Galaxy nexus.

You press BOTH volume buttons and power. This will take you to Fastboot, then use the volume buttons to select Recovery then press Power to select.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Hemulen:
Lol, now I feel stupid. Thanks ! :)
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] 424aca:
Need help unrooting my nook i know about the one click unroot thing, but if fails me every time with an error message
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] ShinnAsuka:
looks like you don't have superuser installed...
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] lavero.burgos:
sideload superuser and try again, one click unroot is based on the default factory system reset so you may try that after instead.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Watoy:
Hey i am running bamf soab and was just wondering if anyone could mod the quick settings tab for me because the wifi isn't toggleable like flashligh, mobile data, etc etc. I would like to be able to do that instead of going to going to quick tab setting then i click wifi and itll open wifi settings. Thanks i hope that made sense
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
I've had my new HTC Amaze 4G for 4 days now and absolutely love it, what a great phone! The battery life is great (I'm careful with all my settings) and I'm only finding issues with the charging TIME.

It's the second time I've charged it and after noticing how excessively long it took the first time, I clocked it this time and it took 4 hours and 45 minutes. I used a charger that I've used on many other devices with no issues (5 volts 1 amp).

The battery level increases 1% every 3 minutes, which adds up to 5 hours. I calculated this both with the screen on and by averaging out over a longer period of time with the screen off. I also tried with the phone completely off and the results were the same.

I made sure there were no processes hogging up processor time or excessive RAM usage.

When I go into to "Settings -> About Phone -> Battery" Battery status clearly states: Charging (AC).

I have also read somewhere that this can possibly be set this way by design (possibly to prevent the battery from heating or overcharging and saving its life in the long run).

I also realize that the phone is new, and the battery needs a few charges to be settled, but 5 hours to charge on the second charge just seems like too much.

On the HTC product support website, on the faq there is the following question/answer:

How long should it take to charge my battery?

"Your battery can take up to 4 hours to fully charge using the AC charger. It will take much longer using the USB as that is the trickle charge function."

Can anyone out there with an HTC Amaze 4G confirm how long their phone takes to fully charge from the AC charger?

I'm thinking/hoping this is a defective device/battery/setting...I don't like having to wait 5 hours to have my phone fully charged.

Thanks in advance,

Filipe
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
Ok, I'd like to add one more thing. I finished charging the phone last night (about midnight), by the time I went to bed (around 2 am), after barely having used it, it was still at 100%, now at 9:30 am (7.5 hours later) the battery level is at 95%. I had everything off and very little background services and apps running. Even the network type, is only set to the basic, no data connection was live/standby.When I check the battery status/histogram this is what I get:

-44% went to Cell Standby

-42% to Phone Idle

-8% Display

-6% Wifi (I think I used it before I went to bed, but turned it off right then, and it remained at 100% battery)

I'm not too happy...this can't be right...it shouldn't take 5 hours to charge and discharge this fast? Can anyone shed some light please?

Thanks
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
Come on....anyone? Please? This is driving me nuts!!
[HTC Amaze 4G] zelendel:
Yeah that sounds about right. Don't complain man. Your battery life is pretty good compared to other devices. My device takes 3 hours to fully charge and can last 24 hours with minor use. Just charge it when you go to bed and you won't notice the time it takes
[HTC Amaze 4G] 314:
My desire hd takes almost as much (Around 3 hours) and my Optimus 3d prolly takes even more (5?) to fully charge from a full discharge...

(With Stock HTC/LG Charger. The HTC's AC Adapter is 5V/1A [Shouldn't that charge a battery in under 1 1/2 hrs?]. Not too sure about the LG)

They take Much longer to charge on Computer/Laptop USB Ports. The Optimus 3d actually loses battery while charging (With screen on) with a USB port.

Also, 5% a night is pretty good. My desire hd goes down 3-5% per night (2g, no data enabled.) or 0-1% with Airplane Mode. (Rooted, Revolution 6.31)

And my optimus 3d pretty much runs out of battery in <100 mins with full brightness while Playing Games - It goes down more than 1% per minute depending on the game being played, especially if 3d Converter is used. This is pretty much the same for all GB/Froyo ROMs.

I Agree. Both phones usually last around a day at least for me. You could always try a battery monitor such as GB Battery Stats or watchdog (The CPU One). CPU Intensive applications and Awake time during sleep are usually what cause bad battery life. Faster chargers such as 2A ones should also charge the battery faster, but they might reduce the overall battery life.

I would suggest buying a wall charger and cheap batteries from ebay. They last almost as long as stock batteries and cost only ~$2-4 each. [They apparently explode though. Never happened to me.]

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Both phones seem to charge from 0-90% much faster than 91-100% as well. I'm not sure why, since 100-90 wastes just as fast as 90-0. (Charging from 90%-100% battery practically takes a third of the full charging time)
[HTC Amaze 4G] fengle:
many thanks
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
RESOLVED (Sort of...lol)

Thanks for your feedback guys!

I just finished charging it this morning, and it's FASTER NOW!

Took exactly 2 hours and 37 minutes (Battery Moniter is a great app!).

I think it actually may be due to the phone having some sort of smart charging system which "looks after" the battery. Since the phone is new, it might be wanting to start it off with some slowww charges and gradually speed them up.

But I still have to narrow it down some more since this time I'm actually using the supplied cable and charger (the ones I tried before were also 5V/1A).

The cable I was using (had it for a while now) had a pinch or two, it didn't look that bad, but I'm thinking it could also be the cable (could be shorting)!

I'm gonna do some testing on this cable now and report back my findings!

Thanks again! :cool:
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
RESOLVED!!!

Ok, so it actually turned out to be the cable. I really feel like a dumb ass...lol. Oh well, at least I figured it out!

So yeah, one good way to see if your cable / charger is good is to use Battery Monitor, and on the main screen where it says your device is charging (AC) and etc..it will also say the actual amperage (in mA) being fed to the battery...that number should be within the 500 to 750 range, if its lower, there is likely something wrong. (Mine was at 16...lol).

Thank you all for your help!!

Cheers!
[HTC Amaze 4G] mtarabichi:
can you explain to me more !!! i just had the phone and the battary run out like 5 hrs after ,,, what s about your cable-charger problem i didn t get your point !!! can you help me plz
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
My problem was the cable, and it was causing the phone to take five hours to CHARGE, not discharge.

These phones don't hold charge for too long, and the more activity you got going on, the more power it will consume. The screen hogs up the most power, so using the device constantly (especially with high intensity background light) will drain the battery very quick. First smart move would be to set the screen intensity to the lowest setting. Wi-fi and bluetooth, if you're not using them, shut them off. Open your task manager (or get a decent one from the market) and kill all the apps you got running in the background.

Games also require a lot of graphics/processing power, so naturally they will drain a lot of battery too.

Edit: There are some special cases where it could also be related to your network or even simply coverage zones exposed to the device. If it's stuck in a zone where it has weak 4g and 3g signals, it will keep bouncing back and forth causing more drain than normal on the battery as well.

If you've taken all these things into account, then you may have a defective device, then you will want to setup an RMA...or just take it back wherever you bought it and ask to exchange.

Hope this helps,

Cheers
[HTC Amaze 4G] silkshocker:
My skyrocket takes about 3.5 hours to charge from 10% to full charge. If I plugged it in the car charger and run google map with the radio on the background, it would slowly drain the battery even though it was plugged in. My iphone 4 did not do this. It charges very fast and does not drain the battery even when I had several apps running in the background. I think the skyrocket consumes more power whether it is plugged in or not.
[HTC Amaze 4G] venceslau86:
Hi, what you need is a charger with a higher amperage rating than 500mA (or 0.5A). Buy a charger that is rated for 5V/1Amp like this one and your problems should go away.

The phone is basically "burning" more energy than it is receiving from the USB charger, hence the discharge.

To know the amperage rating of your charger look on the label for numbers that look like "5V/500mA"...

Hope this helps,

Cheers :cool:

EDIT: The link I provided does include an iPhone cable, but I'm just referring to the charger itself, the cable would obviously have to be a micro-usb.
[HTC Amaze 4G] orb3000:
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Thread moved. Would advise you to read forum rules and post in correct section.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Totòòò:
thread moved to...mexico?
[HTC Amaze 4G] lazypc:
Most illegal threads are trying to move from Mexico.

But, you need a charging source more powerful then the base 500ma, (or whatever that term of measurement is) computers are only supposed to supply 500ma to a USB port so AC adapters are typically better for charging. But feel free to follow the post above and check the rating on the charger.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rich2thad:
i just got my amaze, and i have auto sync off and screen on dim and it still takes for everrrrrrr to charge.. ive used a few different chargers and cords but i just got the phone so maybe after a few charges it will speed up? not sure my mytouch 4g never took this long although it would get verrrry hot
[HTC Amaze 4G] EclipzeRemix:
Well the amaze does have a hefty battery, mine is charging a bit faster than when I first had it
[HTC Amaze 4G] hasoon2000:
Make sure to use the original charger and cable that was supplied to you by T-Mobile/HTC
[HTC Amaze 4G] soundping:
I noticed the 12-pin cable is faster than the 5-pin.
[HTC Amaze 4G] edgerunner_423:
Sounds about right. If you want better battery life either root it or buy another battery.

To get really good battery life ?...you got the wrong phone man.
[HTC Amaze 4G] JesseMT4G:
Only time mine took 4 hours to charge was using the Amazon Kindles charger and streaming movies off the tablet, which means I had hotspot enabled on the Amaze.

Usually charges in 2 hours give or take and that is without the factory Amaze cable. I use that when I go to bed, but no idea how long it takes as I am dead to the world, lol!
[HTC Amaze 4G] dubt17:
Using my kindle fire charger (2Amps) I can go from 10% to 90% in an hour and 30min!
[HTC Amaze 4G] mahgninnuc93:
I figured out great battery life.

1. Go to pet store.

2. Buy hamster and cage with little wheel.

3. Give hamster food and watch him run.

4.Hook up charger to hamster wheel and it will charge as fast as the hamster runs.

Or buy an aftermarket battery.

Sent from your moms bedroom using XDA app
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
My experiences with the standard universal cables vary. Even if they were all 5v/1amp. Also noticed that the actual power thing that connects to the wall where you connect the usb cord has A LOT to do. The phone sometimes won't recognize it as an AC charger and will think it's USB charging. Thus it takes forever 4-5 hrs.

You can find out when you start charging go to settings/power/battery use (next to the percentage)

Now when I use original charger it only takes 1hr45 to 2hrs15 min

Also notice that using too many different chargers with inappropriate voltages will damage your battery. I also bought an aftermarket battery and bc the voltage is 3.7 and not 3.8 like it should with time the phone started rebooting itself (auto shut down)

I've come to realize the phone performs best and last longer with oem accessories. I called HTC and bc phone has 1 yr warranty got new battery new cable.
[HTC Amaze 4G] kisoon:
Be thankfully for the long battery life. Image if you had a short battery life and end up trying to charge during the day when you need it the most. With the new ICS roms, this battery last a long time.
[HTC Amaze 4G] oryan_dunn:
Which battery monitor is it that shows the mA during the charge?

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=battery+monitor
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Welcome to the Amaze forums btw :)

Are you on ICS or gingerbread? If you're on ICS, I think the second core of the processor - the way it gets used now gives us much better performance, but disabling it increases my battery life more than anything else has.. and even one core at full speed keeps the phone pretty zippy.

Anyways, I saw you were new, and you already seem to be making contributions, so I figured I would welcome you! If you want to do more research into things you can see the amaze bible in my signature.. and somewhere around here there's a thread you can introduce yourself in!

Cheers.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Ads8111:
Mine takes just under 2.5 hours. If you want a faster charge use a charger with a little higher output (not of volts clearly). Just be really careful how high, use common sense.
[HTC Amaze 4G] The Analog Kid:
Well, I can clearly see this is an old thread. Perhaps, many of those starting it doesn't even own the Amaze 4g anymore. But in the merge of 2015 year there is people (like me) still struggling with Amaze 4g... and, with time, it became a proven fact, almost four years from its launch, that the Amaze 4g has indeed, the most horrid battery performance ever. You know, I get this phone second hand (maybe third!) very well cared, already on 4.0.3, and the battery takes, you guessed: 4+ hours to charge. Ok, ok, the stock battery that came with it, may possibly surpassed it's own lifespan by now. But compared to those who had the phone brand new in 2012, this one behaves exactly the same. In order to somehow fix things, I immediately rooted the phone (I would have done it, anyway) and flashed Revolution HD 5.0 (first time flashing a ROM, scared as hell) No fix. Tried the so called 1amp charger. Things only get worst (took forever, started doing some strange things and the phone overheated even more than ever before, and it likes to get REALLY hot)... Today, I'm buying a new battery. I would love to have one of those MUGEN wonders which as far as I know, are the greatest performers around but, at about 50 bucks a piece... so a generic would be. Frankly, I see no reliable way to turn the Amaze 4g into a battery friendly device. It has the nature of a big, twin turbo V8 Vector (without the speed). But I love the phone, even though it's becoming outdated. Is not that fast, but has a big enough memory, one of the greatest cameras I've ever experienced on a cell phone, it's well designed and looks and feels great in your hand. Finally, as a result, the Amaze 4g is not my primary phone anymore, but I want to keep it for long. It's like a... that Vector sportscar you would only take for a ride every now and then. The rest of the time, you're happy just staring at. And this way, they both won't suck any juice!
[HTC Amaze 4G] The Analog Kid:
You're welcome, pbergonzi
[Droid X General] clichename122:
At first, I tried installing ROM Manager. However, that didn't work at all, so I just uninstalled it. Then I tried Droid X Bootstrap. That booted up, but it was a black screen. I read online that it didn't work with GB, so I installed Droid 2 Bootstrap. This time, it showed the main menu, but upon selecting a menu entry, I got a black screen. Then, thinking that the DX bootstrapper may not have been completely removed, I followed a guide on deleting the DX bootstrapper files. Tried it again, didn't work. I turned off USB Debugging, and it still didn't work. However, I then reinstalled the DX bootstrapper (I read that DX bootstrapper worked when USB debugging was turned off), and I got the same result: black screen when selecting any option.

What problem could this be? =/

Thanks in advance!
[Droid X General] programmer8922:
If I understand you correctly, it sounds like you might just be pressing the incorrect button in the menu. Use the camera button to make your selection, not the power button as this will just turn the screen off and on.
[Droid X General] clichename122:
I don't have the DX with me right now, but I am pretty sure that'll be it! I'm quite used to the bionic and GN controls. :)

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] momentarylapseofreason:
If it's not AT LEAST as stable as stock 4.0.2, not interested. Are there any ROMs out there that fix Facebook sync (and the other 4.0.2 bugs) that are not just stable, but no one is having issues with anymore than stock?

I miss FB sync and the alternative software from the market just plain sucks.

I know Modaco has a nice kitchen... is it worth the small investment or should I just hold off to it comes OTA and people begin hacking it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] momentarylapseofreason:
Nothin, huh?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kk4df:
AOKP works perfectly for me, but I don't use the FB app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joshnichols189:
Facebook sync isn't broken it isn't a feature anymore. And the 4.0.3 roms that do sync with fb still have low quality pictures. Haxsync works great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PaulG1488:
I've ran every rom for the gnex and they're all pretty stable not sure what bugs you're talking about
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
same rom but different name. if i were you, i will stick with stock and wait for 4.0.3 to release.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] momentarylapseofreason:
Thank you, person that doesn't know what they're talking about. I have friends whom work with both companies but outside of software development. There are "political" issues between the companies, but this is a software issue with sharing certain data. They have made up off the books and are looking toward a compromise. 4.0.3. is easily switched to "on" with sharing if you have root. It's just not official yet. They need to hug it out first.
[Nokia Lumia 800] kevinsaint:
Hi,

Does anyone know where can get the NetMonitor/RF Signalling app for Lumia 800?

Or if you have, could you please upload or send to me, thanks!!

:)
[Nokia Lumia 800] dlads:
Wrong thread my friend, however id like to know this too.
[Nokia Lumia 800] Briefcase:
As far as I can see the Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango) SDK doesn't support reading out data usage information therefor currently no app in the market place will provide this functionality. I guess WP8 will make this possible as I already read MS is working hard to extend the sdk for future releases.

It might be possible by homebrew using the DllImport project, but as far as i know nobody has looked into this.
[Nokia Lumia 800] kevinsaint:
I believe each phone has its own NetMonitor app, before a new phone launch, it must do lots of test to know its performance....:-P

few years ago, I use HTC Windows Phone, it has a app "FiledTest" to check the WCDMA/GSM network information. I wish someone can release Nokia Lumia version.... :-)

Seems I need to wait.... wait for someone release or make a app.... :-)