yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy 3 General] Gurjot95:
But replacing batterystats.bin to test before spending money on new one would do no harm :)
[Galaxy 3 General] Gurjot95:
Scrap that, looks only replacing is option. So want to know if my battery is in warranty and I want to replace it, will I need to flash stock ROM or I can just hand them only battery not whole phone?
[Galaxy 3 General] satishynd:
If your phone is not more than 6 months old from buying date.. then your battery is in warranty.

you see service center people are most probably leaned to soo-off an customer complaint so they'll probably looking for problems with your phone or might say battery got damaged and stuff like that..

so on a safe side, go with STOCK firmware and deny any damage done to battery, just say it doesn't give backup and i want a replacement.

cheerio :)
[Galaxy 3 General] qaysedcftgb:
The battery stat myth is busted...

want to know more

h*tps://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT#105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
[Galaxy 3 General] dhirend_6d:
That s good info I guess if its really a myth.

(8 thanks per day).
[Galaxy 3 General] Dharam_Maniar:
IMO replacing the batterystats file wont do anygood, as it depends on the battery health and the usage of the original phone...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosmic Blue:
you can intall app on your external dcard.

you can also move some app from internal to external to make some pace.

Currently there i no method to delete the limit or alter the file structure with regard to allocation of memory on the phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hughfollett:
I've nerver had problems with app space... 2gb are are a lot of space for apps... Sometimes i gets six pages of the app drawer and there 1.3 gb still free.... So, don't worry!!!

Inviato dal mio GT-I9100 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mega_bite:
Seriuosly?

If you go to settings and apps, if you click on the app you get the option to transfer (or install or sumut) on the sd card, about 90% can be moved.

Before my last flash I had over 300 apps...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Hi everyone, just got the epic last night coming from evo 3d....bought the phone used and it seems like it was already rooted as I have superuser on it....I spent the last 2 hours trying to figure this out with no results.....problem is I cant seem to flash anything because when I go into the ODIN menu it says downloading and never gets out of that screen. I have the Kies installed and usb drivers installed but for some reason my phone is not connecting to it....i see MTP driver is not installed and when I do try to install it says that the INF file is invalid. Also there is a yellow triangle when booting phone not sure if that helps to explain the issue....Im on 32 bit XP ....not sure what else I can inform you with to help me....Thanks in advance
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
When in downloading mode that is what It.is supposed to do. U need to plug it in and run Odin from the computer. Go into the development section and find one of The stock from images from sfhub. The last official release is ek02. Follow the directions in there.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Umm Ok I think I over thought this process....just figured out that to go into recovery its VOL Up and home.....now getting some kind of a registration error when trying to flash im attempting to figure that out....jeez sucks being a noob....again lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Thanks that is exactly what i have just lined up to do :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beseenwithgreen:
Finally!!!! got it where it needs to be :))))))))) Love this beast!!!!! Thanks for helping
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] LeFeverts:
Hey dear X8 and XGIN users!

Here is my first bootanimation for XGin.

Its a kind of simple and minimalistic boot animation, because i dont like the icandy animations.

I hope you enjoy it!

How to install:

Download the bootanimation.zip

Copy to your SD-card

Use ROOTEXPLORER or something like that

Copy to system and set permission

x x o

x o o

x o o

Then copy the zip to the media folder, overwrite the other anim

Reboot & Enjoy

Here is some screenshot:

Thanks to Rieken Yuki for this ROM and all the XDA devs to improve our X8

I'm not responsible if this anim burn your phone to ashes!:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xriest:
I am LOVING this phone but this is a bit ridiculous.

I was browsing xda and various other forums on wifi @ 30% brightness for 1.5hr tops.

Seems like the browser is draining way too much juice, I have the GSM 1750mah version all stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] notluK:
Try force stopping the Browser then temporarily disabling it. Install Opera or Dolphin and browse for awhile.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Looks normal to me. If all you did with your phone was read XDA via the browser with the screen on as much as it looks like it was on, then yeah, you're gonna get like 5 hours of battery life with the majority of that battery life being occupied by the screen and the browser. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] miketoasty:
Why were you not using the app to surf the forums? Not that it should matter too much but it does make a difference. And yes that is normal for screen on for 3 hours straight and using network the whole time. Also, changing the browser isn't going to magically fix your battery woes. Finally, watch how many tabs you have open, just checked my browser and had about 13 tabs open since yesterday.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Also not to mention, you're using the browser where you're seeing a lot of whites.

Whites on AMOLED screens use more power than blacks.

Try investing into XDA Premium ($0.99) and set it to black. It'll help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xriest:
Can you guys recommend a rom with good battery life
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
Up until this morning I had considered myself one of the lucky prime owners that had no problems with their device. The My prime has not suffered any of the defects I have seen other users having issues with, no screen bleed, great wifi, only a little issue with gps, and I purchased the unit from the one extra stock that the gamestop in SF received on the day they're delivered. Very happy overall with my firs tablet.... Until this morning..

Last night with my battery hovering around 15% I plugged into to charge, and got the wonderful little sound letting me know that night the morning I would have another full charge to waste f'in about.. When I woke up at 4 my prime was at 71% and status said not charging..... Strange I thought, and maybe a fuse had blown? No.... Every outlet in my house produces the same result.... No power getting to the prime :(

It was charged through a protected outlet in my server cabinet, so I know the power was clean and surge free.... Has anyone out there experienced anything like this before? I am thinking now that I will have RMA the unit because the charge circuits somehow failed.. I have no provision test another power supply for charging purposes and do nothing I have even seen extras available yet.. When I get to work I will verify that I still have connectivity to my pc and see what happens.

Please I would like some constructive thoughts on this matter.... I do not want to start another thread that catalyzes everyoneone into a fit of prime bashing or or telling me why I should returnitand buy a new device.... I am lookingfor hopefully a resolution or similar experience that can help me out before I make the decision to RMA for a new unit :(.... Damn and I only had a few days left to waitfor ICS

If it helps I am on the latest update 33, and rooted with jcase and viperboys (thanks guys, awesome work) tool....

Sent from my Transformer Prime.... Which is sadly going away.....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
put the charger in a ziplock bag, then in the freezer for 20 minutes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
... What purpose would this serve?

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RussianMenace:
Your charger is overheating. Did the same thing with mine, an hour in the freezer worked like a charm. Remember to put it in a bag though.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
There is a temperature trip circuit in the charger, which evidently kills charging if the charger passes a temp threshold. This was apparently a very prevalent problem on the tf101, and has been known to carry over to the TF201 occasionally. I have not experienced it, but i have seen this 'fix' used successfully.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
Definitely sounds worth a try then... I can try this fix when I get to work and report back... Is this something I should expect on a regular basis? I Can do it for a while until I can source a new charger, that I do not mind... At this point anything that keeps this thing in my hand and up and running is good news in my book. Thanks for the suggestion guys!

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Xparent Blue Tapatalk
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
Please keep us posted. One of the first things I noticed when I got my Prime was how damn hot the charger got when charging. You can literally burn yourself if you squeeze it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kokusho:
The charger is a piece of ****. Instable, overheating, buzzing, the one on my TF died a long time ago.

If it doesn't work anymore, find yourself a new one (that provide 12v output and not the regular 5v) with a USB port, it cost something like 10$ and you won't risk to set your house on fire each time you charge your TFP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] UmbraeSoulsbane:
Takes the cake of the oddiest workaround I have heard of. Can't wait to see if the OP confirms the fix.

Freezing a charger. Wow. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slayer69:
Well its not that strange.....I used to do this with clicking Hard Drives after they over heat. This would allow you at least an hour to access your files to recover them. Its a long known data recovery secret. ;-)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Meanee:
Not very odd. This trick been used to fix hard drives too.

Example: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/01/freeze-your-hard-drive-to-recover-data.html
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
I noticed this as well... seemed a bit much for my like but as everything seemed to working ok I left it alone. I am at work now and chager has been in the feezer for approx 20 min... gonna leave it till the hour mark and I will update as to the progress of this very strange yet intresting adventure....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
Alright... so my update on the problem.... Put the charger in the freezer for a good couple of hours to see if it could be reset... after letting come back to room temp, I plugged it in and nothing.... charger is blown. Had to go to office depot to get a new one, but the good news is that it was not the prime itself! Thanks for the ideas everyone!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] the_game_master:
Have anyone been able to charge their Prime from their PC like it says you can do in the manual.

I tried and the Prime didn't show any indication that it was being charged, in fact it still said to connect it to a charger.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Wordlywisewiz:
you can but it has to be in sleeping or off even then it will charge so slow unless you have a usb 3.0 port like me :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flyingwolf:
Op,

I have been watching people complain about this, if you plan to throw the charger away could I get you to toss it into an envelope and send it to me, I want to do some research on it to see if I can figure out why it is burning out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nyijedi:
Does anyone have a link to a cheap, compatible charger? I guess the voltage can vary as long as it's not too low, but the current should match that of the original charger, from what I understand.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
Flyingwolf, being an engineer myself I was very curious about doing a little investigation of my own... But I only have a multimeter. I would hope this should be enough to get a general idea of what's going on. If you would like I would love collaborate with you on this and see if we can figure out what is going on. If I get to deep over my head (I am a mechanical engineer not electrical after all ;)) I would have no problem at all sending it along! Let me know and we can go from there. Was planning on cracking it open this weekend.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 through a rift in time and space....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flyingwolf:
Far from being an engineer myself, however my love of all things electronic and my hobby of RC has forced me to learn as much as I can, I have become rather proficient lol.

Me personally I would just being doing some simple probe tests, figuring out if there was an issue with manufacturing (cold solder joint, too tight wire that pulls with heat expansion etc).

I am sure as a mechanical engineer you should have no problem figuring it out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
I paid 30 at office Depot for an OEM unit... I would recommend you always use the stock system to charge as it may have integrated circuitry to actually talk back and for to the prime for charging to correct levels. Further investigation as noted in my last post should hint at this so stay tuned. I will note that they keep the chargers in the back at my local store and when I called had no idea what I ws taking about. I had to give them the item number from online before they could find it... So I would check availability online and find a store that has them in stock before you go on a wander to find one. Hope that helps

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 through a rift in time and space....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flyingwolf:
According to one user over at the TF forums thereis no talking going on, just that the USB3 cor grounds a set of needed pins which allows the full 12 volts through, you can mod the charge to use an off the shelf USB extension (since the cord is so short), just make sure you never again use that charger for a 5v device, otherwise, magic blue smoke, and well once the smoke is out...

Edit, relevant post.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1087321
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Element_01303:
Well I hope so! From everything this board has given me I would really like this to be the device that sees me giving back to the community. I will keep you updated on my findings via this thread, hopefully we can find a fix for anyone that might have the same little nightmare I woke up too this morning.... Just glad the faulty unit to catch alight and torch the server cabinet it was charging in... Would have been out of a prime and several HP servers :banghead:!

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 through a rift in time and space....
[G2 and Desire Z General] bloodfart:
This claims to root any android phone. Only works with windows.

Who will be brave enough to try it?

http://sinfulandroid.com/rooting-40/how-root-any-android-phone-using-unlock-root-12694/

Sent from my HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] bloodfart:
O nm it only does 12 phones

Sent from my HTC Desire Z
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mach3te:
Any way this can be packaged up into a CWM flashable zip file to make it easier on those who are not familiar with using ADB?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] birkholze:
Second this. I tend to surf XDA for and apply mods like this while on the toilet at work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kichard:
Best time for m0dz. Please zip :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fiveoh:
You can also use soemthing like Root Explorer to make these changes directly on the phone.

Change the directory to R/W

Long press on the file and when the menu pops up, select Open with Text editor.

Make your changes

Save and exit.

Make sure the permissions are RW R R

Pull the battery and reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kjwalker:
This man knows what's up. Especially since I'm on the toilet right now :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deyna:
[OT]now I'm wondering if I should be too[/OT]

Have you tried taking two videos that are as close to identical as possible, one with the stock settings and the other with the mod? That would show if it effects the quality at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] C.Hatfield:
Root Explorer Method

I just used the 'RE' method and it worked just fine [MAKE SURE TO TOGGLE RW, LONG-PRESS ON FILE, OPEN IN TEXT EDITOR, MAKE MOD's (BE CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE MOD'ing EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THE OP !!) THEN SAVE CHANGES & EXIT > AFTER THAT, HOPEFULLY WE PROFIT :cool:

... however, I cannot comment on the difference the modifications have made. If the OP is correct in his research, then I can't see why this MOD wouldn't be a PLUS !

BTW, Just to be SAFE, I moved a copy of my unmodified media_profiles.xml to my sdcard ... 'RE' will automatically create a .bak file when changes are made, but im extra cautious when modifying certain system files that I haven't dealt with before .... better safe than sorry, they say :rolleyes:;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CouttsPhotog:
Glad to see some replies! :)

I haven't done an exact side by side test yet, but typically higher bitrate will produce better quality gradients in videos (things like smoke, color changes in walls, etc) and should be especially noticeable in low light video where the ISO is very high.

I got the idea because I was a developer of Magic Lantern for a while this past year, and one of the great features it adds to canon dslr cameras is the ability to raise the bitrate (from 25mbps or so up to almost 80mbps), and makes a huge difference in quality.

Generally things with high complexity cause it to shoot at a higher bitrate as well (since it is a variable bitrate, it changes). Examples would be trees with lots of tree branches and stuff.

I'll try to get a comparison up later this week, I'm still waiting for my macbook pro to be shipped back from applecare.

---

I just shot a video walking around outside and it ended up being 45mbps. I can't upload though, youtube is having some issues.. will try again later today and post it here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jamdev12:
Thanks for the MOD. Since I like modding as well, I've put this into Axi0m2.3 and saved as a personal Clockwork image. Only thing that I notice is that since my sdcard file system is fat32, I can only capture about 5 minutes worth of video. I'll have to check out the difference as well and either format my sdcard ext4 or disable the mod.

Thanks again for the tweaks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CouttsPhotog:
Awesome. I have edited the OP to include a youtube link to a demo video I just shot, make sure to check it for me (I can't play HD videos on this computer, I'm curious how it looks on youtube).

That is the only problem, the higher bitrate will cause all videos to be quite a bit larger. The video I just uploaded to youtube was 262mb.

Another note on fat32: a limit of the FAT filesystem is that it has a file size limit of 4gb, so that could be an issue we run into (people trying to record longer videos).

Also this mod could be problematic for phones other than the Galaxy Nexus which use an internal SD card. Read/Write speed for the card limits bitrate a lot. Luckily the g nexus has internal memory though which is very fast, so it shouldn't be an issue for us.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] christianpeso:
Video looks good to me. Just changed my media file to your setting. Will try out today when I go out. Need some comparison videos of the same scene with stock settings and then yours.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
24fps is the stand rate. 30fps is just for marketing trick.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nic85:
50mbps give huge file size...

can you please make a 25mbps MAX mod?:p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] arasky:
+1 please and thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Trongable:
Do you have any comparison clips of the stock settings?

EDIT: Woops, missed the replies right above.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RjsShadows:
Where it says image encoding why not make them all 100 instead of leaving 80 and 70?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PlUmPaSsChIcKeN:
Can anyone post some pictures comparing the stock and this mod?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
Not sure if serious. :/

24fps is just the film standard. 30fps is standard for a consumer videocamera, that and 60fps (which is far preferable, in my opinion). I seem to be one of the few people that feels this way, but I would prefer that films be shot at 60fps as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drtchocky:
Echoing an earlier post, I'd love to see if anyone can change the JPEG compression on this beast... it's got to have more in it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Treken:
If someone knows how^^ then I can make a zip
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NuclearEMP:
I dont think the part about changing the quality value to 100 makes any change.

In the sames file you will find

<!ATTLIST ImageEncoding quality (90|80|70|60|50|40) #Required>

I dont think it recognizes 100
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] holmes6:
I fooled around with this some.. Firstly, testing out video before mod:

Bit rate : 6 419 Kbps

Width : 1 280 pixels

Height : 720 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Variable

Frame rate : 24.000 fps

Minimum frame rate : 15.515 fps

Maximum frame rate : 24.026 fps

Then after modifying the media_properties.xml file with less aggressive values vs. the OP.

Line 130: bitRate="10000000"

Line 142: bitRate="25000000"

Line 342: minBitRate="8000000" maxBitRate="25000000"

Then a quick video test:

After Mod:

Bit rate : 9 731 Kbps

Width : 1 280 pixels

Height : 720 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Variable

Frame rate : 30.000 fps

Minimum frame rate : 22.294 fps

Maximum frame rate : 30.120 fps

So this seems to work.

I've put a few modified files in .zip flashable format here. Please check readme.txt there for more info on each.

I tested these on my own galaxy nexus cdma lte vzw with francisco #10 kernel and aokp build 14.. I cannot promise this will work for you and cannot take responsibility for any damage, flash at your own risk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nic85:
can you please post info about bitrate of as full HD video? i never record in 720p :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] holmes6:
Here it is...

Modified 1080p results:

Bit rate : 20.1 Mbps

Width : 1 920 pixels

Height : 1 080 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Variable

Frame rate : 24.000 fps

Minimum frame rate : 23.968 fps

Maximum frame rate : 24.026 fps

Stock 1080p results:

Bit rate : 9 599 Kbps

Width : 1 920 pixels

Height : 1 080 pixels

Display aspect ratio : 16:9

Frame rate mode : Variable

Frame rate : 24.000 fps

Minimum frame rate : 13.902 fps

Maximum frame rate : 24.026 fps

I think it's time to experiment more with the variables in the OP and extend to some other ones.. I'd imagine a more steady framerate would be desirable. My zip file was just a stab in the dark at settings, but it appears just based on numbers that it should already be an improvement over stock (at the cost of space)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bunklung:
Interested if getting higher frame rates in lower resolutions is posible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
This. 1280x720 or even 640x480 @ 60 fps would be awesome. I may experiment some with this myself after work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] holmes6:
I added a few zip files (including one with the op values) and details on what was changed in each in readme.txt file.

Link

Venturing outside the directives he changed seems to cause camera to FC, so experimentation could be tedious.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nic85:
nice results
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CouttsPhotog:
Good results. You wont get a steady bitrate, thats impossible since it uses a VBR (variable bitrate), it changes around. Scenes with a lot of motion would produce a higher bitrate.

6000000 or w/e value i used is the roof. Anything higher will most likely crash the camera.

btw anyone know how to enable spell checking in the browser? This message is probably full of errors lol.