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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinded:
Hey guys, hopefully I'm not the only one with this issue, though it seems pretty strange. I can receive most texts fine, but from 2 of my friends (as far as I know, maybe more) I only get every second or third text they send to me. This has been happening for the last few months. What these friends seem to have in common is that they both have AT&T and iPhones (one has a 4S, one a 3Gs, both with iOs5). They haven't experienced this issue with anyone else, so I'm assuming the problem is on my end, be it Sprint or my Epic.

Anyone have any idea how to resolve this issue? If it helps, I use Handcent for messaging (although the missing texts don't show up in Stock Messaging either), and rooted running EI22 modem, MarcusantROM v2 MTD with Samurai RONIN5 kernel.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
You KNOW our phones are too good to talk to iphones...LOL!

My guess is a down tower near them that is causing this. My work phone is an AT&T and all of a sudden getting "call failed" in lots of areas.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinded:
Thanks for the reply, but the issue seems to be happening too often and in too many places (DC, Northern Virginia, Southern Virginia, and South Carolina) to be a faulty tower. And also, it only seems to happen when texting my phone and no one else.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmaster1:
jin, do a prl and profile update on your phone. then power phone off, leave it for about 2 mins. turn back on, and then wait for about 2mins to completely bootup with sprint network, then tell them to text you again, 3x ... see what happens.

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it's sound more like a "switch" issue.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinded:
I tried the above, even took the battery out when powered off for ~5 minutes, but am still not receiving some texts.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmaster1:
send yourself some texts...see what happens..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinded:
I can send and receive texts from myself, it's just these 2 pesky AT&T folk..
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmaster1:
it's on their end. if you can receive messages on your end, than it's for sure on their end.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eheaps:
I had a similar issue, I was connected with Google voice and using go SMS. Some people only received every other text or singing like that and one friend was texting me all day yesterday and I never got it but she got mine. I seemed to have asked the issue by disabling Google voice completely. I didn't want to since I liked the features, but it's they only thing I child do to make it work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidmaster1:
ok..here's a question, why not just you the default text message app that the phone already has?

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in regards to google voice.. google is actually working on major improvements regarding google voice.. they know there are major delays with messaging and other things, but they are working on it.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jinded:
Hmm I used google voice for a little while half a year ago but then deactivated it (the integration with sprint at least, I still use it for international calls). I doubt that has something to do with the problem for me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ratlegion:
Why is it that some boot animations can be installed from recovery and other must be installed by adb? What makes them different?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicodroid:
It's just the packaging that changes. With clockworkmod recovery, the bootanimation's creator has created an update.zip file containing the bootanimation.zip file for people that don't know how to use adb or just maybe they like this way better.

People who distribute their bootanimations directly just don't bother to make an update.zip for clockworkmod users and let people choose the way to install the bootanimation.zip file (via adb remount/push, via creating yourself a CWM update.zip, via copying on your sd card then moving with a file explorer on the phone...).

Anyway, eventually you end up having the bootanimation.zip file copied into /system/media/.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techy101:
I've got a Droid Bionic and I'm wondering if it's possible to edit a bluetooth profile so that the phone uses the normal built-in microphone, but uses bluetooth for the speaker output. I've got a bluetooth car system with a worthless microphone, but people say that they can hear me great when the phone is in the car dock and I'm using speakerphone mode. Unfortunately the speaker on my Bionic isn't very loud, and unusable in louder situations.

Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metalheim:
Why don't you simply plug your Headphone-Jack to your Car-Radio :rolleyes:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] techy101:
Not an option with my setup, plus the BT module automatically cuts off whatever playing, and works even if the stereo is off.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ainen:
3G - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W5kmsBXVso&sns=sms

4G - http://youtu.be/8xihFQBwqfc

This is all coming when Sprint releases their LTE network.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kwazytazz:
holy facking hell! but when everyone starts jumping on LTE the speeds wont likely be like that no more. i'm quite happy with my wimax right now i get 13-17mbps :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] ainen:
True but they'll still be faster than now. There's a tower right next to where I live so I'm always getting those speeds as well :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] TheChronicDroid:
Im about to cry... D: im amazed.. Sprints done it again!! They like take a massive leap, let the rest of the carriers take a small step ahead.... Take another massive leap.. Let the other carriers catch up... And just keep pullin more crap outa there butts to flaunt in the other carriers faces! Like they were the first to offer 4g a year ahead of everyone else.. And KEEP there unlimited plan then they do this! O: the only place they lack in is a wide range of phones but theyre even catching up in that department! Nd who cares they gor the mopho!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] magui43212:
How do we know these videos are legit?
[Motorola Photon 4G] MikeyLee:
Most of us will probably never see this ever and for two reasons.

1. It's Sprint and they are absolutely full of crap. Promised people around the country 4g nearly 2 years ago and still nothing.

2. See #1
[Motorola Photon 4G] lucidvtec:
Thats just crazy...how long would ur battery last..lol

And its prob a beta tester with no load on the network
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Its not legit until they show a picture of either the test device or hotspot. They could have just renamed it to sprintetc. If that video is real so are Pamela Andersons tits 0_o
[Motorola Photon 4G] kennypow3rs:
Actually better signal would = better battery life on cdma networks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ainen:
Yea I can guarantee that the speeds will be much lower with more than a few people connected to the network. I'm just impressed that Sprint is capable of this is all.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FanBoy_Hunter:
Check out the company called light squared and search it with sprint in the same search. Sprint is paying out the ass to make it work. I'm a recruiter and I work with the company they have recently had some break through and even some test. If it works out. Sprint will be able to use the tech to transfer their LTE anywhere you can receive a GPS signal.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ainen:
My friend has actually told me a little about them, I still need to look them up.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
Awww we are friends haha.

Sent from my MoPho!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
I've recently come back to a sense based ROM from CM7 using a tiamat sbc kernel. are there any sbc (trickle charging) kernels available for sense ROMs?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
No there isn't for gingerbread roms. But there is sbc kernels for froyo roms
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
I just flashed lithids aggressive freedom kernel, is there a more battery efficient kernel out there? this one undervolts
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious:
Every phone is different for example on aggressive freedom my phone hates it the battery just drops tremendously but on less freedom it doesnt. The kernel im using that i love right now is the anthrax kernel
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
ya I just unplugged mine at 90% charge a minute ago, now am at 83%. I'm going to check out anthrax.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
what features and benefits are expected with anthrax?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
im already liking the battery life on anthrax. strange thing tho, flashing it doesn't update my kernel info in the settings menu. it shows the last used kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] otroguero:
+1 This dude ^ knows his stuff, I've learned a ton from reading his posts. (thank you, evo4gnoob!) I'm running Anthrax also and it rules. It's the best kernel 'nikita' (my EVO) has ever known...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
agreed. battery life on this kernel is noticeably better. I just read a post that the kernel is gone now due to some cease and desist letters from beats and qualcomm? crazy
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rammv:
Definitly Antrax, have used a few kernels. My phone acts the same as evo4gnoobs on those kernels.chopsuey kernel was just behind antrax though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gnarlynick:
anthrax is the ****. best battery life I've seen on sense and with my beats headphones it sounds amazing. I used to think beats headphones were overrated cuz i didnt notice a difference when using them on my phone from skullcandys, now i hear it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] detta123:
Not sure if I'm the only one with this issue, but near the ASUS logo, if I push down anywhere in that area, I can fanilty here the screen press down and creek. While this isn't a major issue, I am OCD and if I paid 500 bucks or a device, I expect everything to be functioning normally. It happens in that part of the touch screen only, everything else it like it should.

Does anyone else have this issue?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Doesn't happen with my Prime. I do have some creaking with my Samsung Epic 4G Touch and Motorola Photon smartphones, but my wife doesn't with her Epic 4G Touch. Had some creaking on my Epic 4G. Also have some with my Panasonic camcorder. Don't have any with either of my Zune 80GB media players. A part of the dash on my Infiniti G37 has a tiny bit of give that rattles a little after 14K miles. Have a little bit of creaking in my HP Envy 14 notebook, but my wife's Toshiba M400 Tablet PC doesn't have any. None in my original Transformer, but the Xoom I owned had a little bit.

So, yeah, a little bit of off-tolerance creaking is pretty common in the things I own. Some have it, some don't. So far, I haven't had any that's caused me to want to return any of them, and I've pretty much reserved myself to the fact that unless I'm paying millions of dollars for something, it's possible to have some variance.

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Oh, and, I don't get the poll. What do updates have to do with creaking?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
No, no creaking at all like you described. plus your poll doesn't make sense. what does having a software update have to do with your screen creaking? lol. that's why I didn't vote yet. software and screen creaking is not related :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] detta123:
Thanks for your input. Depending on where and when you get your prime, it could determine how "up to date" it is, and you can tell how long it has been sitting in its box, etc. If it was a bad model, and it had the latest updates, you can tell it is ether faulty, or something is up when manufacturing.

See above.

If it really bothers you that much, I will uncheck it as a question. This is a general discussion about the screen creeking.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Orion66:
well my prime creeks like my previous tf101. am also mad. it should not happen in a 500$ device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
what app you used to write over the screenshot? the included supernote?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damnfine:
On the right edge in the middle quarter my screen is slightly loose and creaks as a result , everything else works fine so undecided wether to return.

I probably should on principle but international so would be a hassle and worried that a replacement would be worse with other issues.

To be honest i rarely notice it , its more that i know there is an issue that is annoying.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Then your poll is confusing. It should have been, "What update was your tablet at when you received it?" Because of course, most people have already updated their Primes to the latest version regardless of when they received it.

I'm not sure that this kind of issue is really all that related to when a particular unit is manufactured. Every device, no matter how long it's been on the market, will have occasional lemons produced, not to mention units that are the slightest fraction off-tolerance. In the case of a device like the Prime with such tight tolerances, it's bound to happen.

Maybe the person who did this production step on your unit sneezed at just the wrong moment. Boom, there you go. Creaking. And if this particular pressure point is even checked in QA, either yours wasn't sampled or THAT person got distracted by the hottie that walked by at that particular moment.

Again, these aren't low-volume, multi-million dollar products being made. They're high-volume, low-margin, relatively low-cost products where spending the resources for absolute perfection on every unit is simply cost-prohibitive. We'd be paying $10K for these things to have every single one be absolutely perfect build-wise.

Just venting here, because I think folks get WAY too picky about such things. If something literally doesn't function (like the haptic feedback on one of my Primes), then that's something to complain about. But a tiny difference in fit and finish just seems a bit ticky-tacky to me.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MrGiggles:
Photoshop CS5.1?

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it was a question that you are looking for answers about? Sounds like a Q and A to me.. Renaming it does not change anything.. but you now re worded it.. so I guess its ok.. :rolleyes:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flight777:
I got it too on the left part of the screen. It is really annoying, when you accidently tap instead of just touch it clicks.. Gonna return it for another one as I also have some pixels issues and dust on the lens of the front camera. All the units they had at the ASUS Benelux launch party did not have this creaking issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] detta123:
A question that opens discussion. If it was a question like, does the Prime have a built in USB port? Answer: No. That would break the rules. :rolleyes:

I see what your saying, but I don't think I'm being picky. Is it too much to ask that the main part of the tablet works as it should? I don't think so. But I get what you are saying, yeah it happens, which is unfortunate. :/

Thanks for posting, at least I'm not the only one. lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] DMerrill:
Yep. Left side of my Prime had click/creak. It was extremely annoying when using the tablet in a quiet room. The tablet just didn't feel solid - not like my wife's GT 10.1 or even my cheapy GTablet. I'm really surprised at the "don't be so picky" responses. $500 must be pocket change for some of you guys.

My Prime went back today. I'll pick one up again when/if they get the issues worked out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kassar:
Mine has one small area (Black bezel, just to the right of the power connector) that when pushed on seems to go down a little, with a faint creek.

Annoyed me at first, think I've gotten used to it now (Not exactly a place I touch regularly). Would return it, but being in Australia, could take too long to get a replacement.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] damnfine:
I forgot that it had international warranty so i will ring service centre in my city and see if i can get it fixed , i would think of all the problems that this device has fixing the screen looseness would be pretty straight forward unless i am missing something. Doing a search found some people who said asus even had courier come and pick it up for them so i will give them a call tomorrow!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Paulb_:
I can confirm that I have the same issue in the same area as OP.

Also when I shake the device it sometimes rattles form the inside which seems to be coming from the top right somewhere.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Orion66:
man and i thought am unlucky and have faulty device. Now I see... asus still sucks with their quality control. Shame on them. 500$ ****
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] detta123:
Hopefully my exchange wont have the same issue. :cool:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Paulb_:
I found the source of the rattle noise. It comes from the right hand dock connector.
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Just wondering how all of you are finding battery life on CM7 (or possibly other AOSP based ROMs)

One of the main reasons I decided to ditch Sense 3.5 and use CM7 was the battery gain (as Sense is known to be a heavy resource hog)

The speed is amazing. Much faster than Sense, no doubt.

But I'll be honest. I'm not too impressed so far. Battery seems to be more or less the same for me on CM7 as on Sense ROMs. I thought many people said it was better?!

I was using Endymion Sense ROM 3.2 before.

What about everyone else? Is battery life for you good or bad on CM7?

Cheers!

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[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Say what you may oly... There are only two ways to go for you... I've been there and done that... And I know how you use your phone... It's either going to be Endymion or ICS for you. Nothing else will keep you happy!!! It's only a matter of time before you restore that nandroid!!! Lol. Wanna bet?

Beamed from the Dark Side using xda premium.
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
I found the same with cm7. People kept going on about amazing battery life and I got about a day. But yeah I think enigmaamit is right :p
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Thanks guys! :D

Damn you read my mind, enigmaamit hehe!

Was just considering that!

Well how do you personally find it?

If my memory serves me right, I recall you telling me when you were on MIUI (CM7 based) you got better battery life than Endymion?

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[HTC Desire S] noponies:
CM7 increased my battery life quite alot. I usually get 2-3 days out of it. I think that the main advantage to CM7 is that it turns off my wireless when I'm not using my phone, which saves alot of battery drain.
[HTC Desire S] enigmaamit:
Oly, battery consumption figures will only differ significantly between good ROMs in their sleep state, and not really that much during the "awake" state. What i mean is that if a ROM is properly compiled, and there is no undue drain element, then most ROMs have a relatively stable, characteristic baseline battery drain, which usually remains constant for that ROM.

You have to remember that the difference between battery life of any ROM stems from 3 main variables, if app usage (games etc) and call usage are kept constant...and these are :

1) Active Radio Stacks : Network [Signal strength, Data type (3G>2G>WiFi)]; Bluetooth; GPS

2) Screen (On time and Brightness)

3) Data Traffic (Auto-Sync, polling frequency and net data transferred)

and maybe add Sensor polling frequency to the above (light sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer, etc - i do not have conclusive evidence how much these affect the battery actually)

So if you do not use a phone too much, and it is in sleep state most of the time, the overall battery consumption values, and consequently the battery life, for different ROMs may differ significantly. But if you start using your phone, with apps launching, screen on, data traffic, etc... there is not much difference there...all ROMs will eventually die within a couple of hours of each other with normal usage (provided you dont mess around with CPU clockspeeds)

So when people report insanely high battery life like 6 days (on CM, etc), it's all mostly spent in sleep (confirmed by analyzing the screen-shots of their battery graph, looking for "awake" and "screen on" states)

With Endymion, I've realized that Sense is no longer the kind of battery guzzler it has had the misfortune of being labelled previously. It gives me a sleep state drain of 6-9 mA. MIUI has always given me a sleep drain of around 5-8 mA, and i don't really care for CM drain, as it looks too.....eh ugly. (No disrespect to CM users... but GB is not ICS, and it does look kinda retarded after using Sense and MIUI):p So eventually, all of them get me through to the end of my typical day. But even if there is only 10% battery remaining on the Sense ROM, 15% on MIUI and 20% on the CM, what good will it do me? I still need to charge all of them at night to meet my requirements for the next day of regular use!

If you use your phone like a smartphone is meant to be use, you WILL run out of battery by the evening, so get into the habit of top-up charging. And if you want to use it as a paperweight....does it really matter how many days it can go without a charge? What's the point?

P.S. : BTW Oly, Congrats on the new Advent Vega!!
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Cheers enigmaamit!!!

I really appreciate your lengthy explanation! I sort of understand where your coming from too :)

I end up charging my phone every night too, so I guess it doesn't make much of a difference whether my battery is 10%, or 20% on either ROM :)

I remember feeling like you at first about CM. It is ugly, Gingerbread lacks the Polish on ICS

However with a little tweaking, it can become a beautiful UI ;)

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Here is my current set up:) I think it looks nice IMO! !

As you can see it quite themeable like MIUI, with the built I'm Theme Chooser App. I have given it a sense look :D

I think in standby usage, CM has better battery life than Sense, although, I haven't done any battery measurements so far!

Haha, what make you think I got a Advent Vega? :D

Haven't got it yet, but I'm looking to get one!!

They are dirt cheap At the moment, going for £129 here in UK.

They are awesome! It can run ICS and Honeycomb, and its dualcore 10" :eek:

Fantastic!

Cheers buddy!

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