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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phishie:
So as everyone knows our brilliant screen and auto brightness eat batteries like candy. Many people, understandably, disable auto brightness to conserve battery life. I haven't gone that far yet as I do use my phone in many different environments and enjoy the dynamic brightness. With that said auto brightness does set the brightness unnecessarily high.

Would it be possible to adjust auto brightness so that it still functions but sets brightness 10-20% (or a user specified value) lower than normally?

I'm not sure this would save as much battery as statically setting the brightness (is it the "auto" adjustment that drains battery or the brightness it sets it at?) but I'm sure it would be better than stock auto brightness.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lobrau:
You cannot do this from stock rom to my knowledge, but I'm sure there is a custom rom that will allow you to do this. You might have to search around a bit though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cyb3rGlitch:
I wrote an app that allows you to set custom auto brightness behaviour. You can check out the free version here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phishie:
Cool, question: will this actually reduce battery usage or possibly cause more by enabling so many extra features?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] textshell:
If you're willing to rebuild android from source you could try changing device/samsung/tuna/overlay/frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml to have a more subtle brightness adjustment.

Or maybe running yet another app is easier in the meantime... But maybe someone who builds custom roms might want to hack at it...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wish777:
The juice defender app has a schedule for brightness i believe, So it will come on automatic during the times frames you set..good luck
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phishie:
Ah thanks that's what I was looking for. You can't mod this file directly without rebuilding from source? Would be cool to be able to apply this to any ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phishie:
Thanks, not exactly what I was looking for though. It has to be more dynamic than a hard schedule.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cmstlist:
Editing default auto brightness levels was a Cyanogen 7 feature. If it hasn't yet been added into CM9, it'll eventually get there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] textshell:
Seems this thread has figured out a lot more about this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1377410

I don't know how easy it is to patch the existing apk. Seems possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pesho00:
Sounds good, unfortunately useless in free version and I have no card to buy payed one:(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pascanu:
Why is it useless? I have been playing with it since yesterday and really like it, much better than system auto brightness. I don't really feel it's missing anything it the free version though I'm pretty sure I'll buy it just to support the developer. Very nice app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Madmanden:
Same here, it is a very nice app! I love how I can customize the brightness to match my environment and needs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] magarto:
In my case, I selected "auto brightness inly on wake" in Lux Auto Brightness and it is draining battery. I paid for it but I am going to uninstall it.

Please Vito, let us know how to improve battery with Lux configurations. Thaks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nevod:
While I can't provide any input on Lux, I also wrote an custom auto brightness application which can be found on Market here.

The market version isn't really good on Gnex though, you may just contact me and I'll send you the last dev version, it is now alright. I myself have a GNex and now it's alright. It would take me about 2 weeks till I'll be able to update Market version, most likely - there are enough things to add.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] toussant:
Hey guys, I've had a motorolla droid X on pageplus with the 40$ plan.

It has talk/text/ and 20mb of web. But they just released a 55$ plan with talk text and 1gb of data. Pageplus is the verizon network.

I gave them my E4GT Hex code and they said the phone was eligible. ( its great that they take sprint phones )

For those of you who don't want to flash the samsung incognito esn, just to get on boost mobile this is a great substitute. Especially if, you prefer verizon towers and dont mind a cap on your data... I dont use that much (yet).

check it out >>

https://www.pagepluscellular.com/Online Store/Minutes/55 Plan Card.aspx
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] zaping18:
that's good news! I'm thinking about in buying a new samsung galaxy s2 epic 4g White model for sprint that I'm gonna flash to page plus, Do you think it will work on page plus? because the white is a new model so I'm not sure if it will work, and if it work do i have to flash it or all i need to do is give the esn or hex to pageplus and they will activate it? Please answerrrr me Thanksssssss.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lexvdub1:
1GB is a joke, I'm at 3GB with 20 days left on billing cycle. How do people manage to have a E4GT without unlimited is crazy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
That's okay... I see you saying you used 3GB in 10 days, and think you are crazy. :)

I am on wifi at home, so no data use there. And at work, I'm on wifi, so no data use there. Even if I didn't have wifi, I don't see how I would use that much data at work, since there is a radio or PC for streaming music.

What do you do to use that much data?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lexvdub1:
I don't work behind a desk , so i have to use my phone as a pc.

Here's a pic of my usage.

Here's my friends Iphone, he's on my plan.

I've seen post on this website where people are using 16gb+, so i thought my usage was moderate.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] toussant:
Voice and text WORK

Here's what im working on with 3g.

I'm having trouble getting it to work though.

( There is also a write up here with PRL files and a word DOC with screen shots for more information. )

- I changed

Profile 1

in QPST when I first tried this out through the phones data programming menu. by typing ##DATA#

I got data settings from kitty wireless right here>>

http://www.kittywireless.com/pageplus/pageplusmanualprogramming.html

Primary Proxy Address ppcgw1.vzwreseller.com
Secondary Proxy Address ppcgw2.vzwreseller.com
Primary Port 8080
Primary LXL Port 443
Secondary Port 8080
Secondary LXL Port 443
User Password vzw
Homepage http://homepage

-

Profile 2

is on the settings in the write up at the top of the page. I think I might be doing something wrong with profile 1, cause i didnt know what I was doing when I set those settings. But 2 doesnt work either. I'm going to figure this all out in the next few days though. :0)

*I'm going to post screen shots of QPST when I have more details. *

*AS OF NOW I HAVENT GOTTEN THIS TO WORK, LET ME CONFIRM EVERYTHING FIRST BEFORE YOU TRY THIS.*
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] toussant:
3g DATA, TALK, and TEXT WORKING

a more comprhensive write-up for the epic 4g is coming soon.

Now if only I could get 4G then I'm really winning. But I may instead just switch to boost for that :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] shuderchen:
I made epic 4g to work on pageplus only for voice and text. I'm looking forward for your instructions to configure 3g data.

Also the epic alwayse shows as roming for some strange reasons. Any help on that would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kainppc6700:
1XRTT Reply

Thanks, we're looking forward to getting proper EvDo working on our machines.

- 2B
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cocoapapi:
I have heard about it. Is it difficult to switch your carrier? I currently use Boost Mobile and had someone flash it for me. I would prefer to do the flash myself just to save money.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kainppc6700:
CARRIER Reply

People say "flash" to avoid the "change ESN" term that seems to perk up trolls like live flesh attracts walkers. If you've got a normal Samsung Epic, I'd encourage you to check out this nearly comprehensive guide (things can be a little dicey in the "data" step, and you'll have to force 1xRTT on the phone end until somebody can figure out how to get EvDo working - also, I'd use a more up to date PRL if you can find one):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E4nNITQnzEoEkkVp4j7k_N_yghvNh_SozuKe3az_Nx4/edit?hl=en_US

- 2 Bunny
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] toussant:
I've heard you can get 3G if you can pull the DMU

keys from a working verizon phone. I have a Droid D X sitting around

if anyone can confirm this please reply.

Right now I'm running 1X and I hate it. I may flash to boost if I can overcome the hassle. might be worth it to me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kainppc6700:
ADVICE Reply

Trust me - It's NOT. Boost Mobile sucks big time and PagePlus is a miracle in comparison, even with their 1xRTT data. I actually ended up switching back to Sprint's legendary $30 a month unlimited data plan and have never looked back to Boost's sickly plans or PagePlus's mediocre amounts of included data (and lack of roaming on Sprint). Whatever you do, do NOT go to Boost.

- 2 Bunny
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timer1:
I'm on boost and I get fast 3g on the 40 unlimited plan. I think its worth it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kainppc6700:
But you had to pay an outrageous $50 a month for a while to get that. If you're gonna pay a Sprint MVNO for unlimited data without roaming, at least try Virgin Mobile since their unlimited is $35 (still no roaming though) right off the bat.

- 2B
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] timer1:
Ur right I did have to pay 50 for six months but I still get good service.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
The MVNO I use - KDDI Mobile - has a similar plan for single phone users:

500 "Anytime" minutes

Free nights & weekends

Unlimited text & web

$69.99 /mo

The added benefit is for those who call Japan - free landline calls in the "Anytime" minutes.

Phone is stock Sprint and behaves just like a Sprint phone, which is why I jumped on the E4GT. Our family plan + unlimited web for my phone is still only about $140 for 1000 minutes.... and it's unlikely that we'll exceed that again anytime soon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kainppc6700:
That's even worse. I actually do the Sprint SERO thing and get everything you're talking about for $30 - plus free roaming. Outside of Sprint SERO, only Virgin Mobile or TMobile has a good affordable data plan (unfortunately, they operate only on inferior GSM devices and have worse coverage than Sprint).

- 2 Bunny
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mjstallion:
Those of you using Page Plus on your Epic 4G Touch, are you having problems with dropped calls?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
anyway someone could help me with this when I get an sg2? please?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gadgetdaddy:
Whats the best ROM to use the phone on PagePlus, so that you get the best including talk, text, MMS and 3G and voicemail notification?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] galaxys11:
page plus

hey nice work

iam still waiting for more comprehensive write up.

it would greatly be appreciated.

thank you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 11secEVO:
I have an Epic 4G Touch and I wanted to know if these instructions would work on my phone. Can you please help me because I have tried everything. I have no mms and the media player would not play my music. The phone also does not recognize my sd card.

I appreciate the help.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
Without using hiapn.apk as a system app.... you can enter your own mmsc URL in go SMS to fix MMS. Media player issue? Just use a different or reinstall your music playing app. As for reading SD card.... try unmounting and remounting
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gadgetdaddy:
No one has found a stable ROM that has MMS and VoiceMail Notification working?

I have Talk, Text and 3G data/Internet working.

Just can't find a good ROM that has them working.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
Is there an app that could give viicemaul notification? Google one doesn't work:(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] moparfreak426:
For those messaging me about flashing to pp.... plz gtalk me @ 426moparfreak@gmail.com or text me even @ 4233688083

THe xda app is messes up and I usually don't get notified when I get messages
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] badname:
I guess its the new thing, so I want it.

Found this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380094

After a few experiences with a few phones recently i will hold off doing random nonsense without asking.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] badname:
so does anyone have any ideas?

this thread left the first page real fast.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Khilbron:
That is far from the "New Thing", It doesn't even apply to our device.

1. The thread was shutdown, and has been trashed

2. Read the final posts of the thread
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] badname:
im aware if that, and also this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1386774

i swear somewhere in our forums ive seen a comment of miui on e4gt with bravia, figured id ask

edit: also im aware thats not our phone, else i wouldnt ask
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] barnacles10:
This does nothing on the sgs2 =P

So, don't worry about it. Your screen tech is quite good as it stands :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ykkfive:
read my posts for a working bravia

http://ykkfive.blogspot.com/2011/12/sgs2-gallery3d-with-sony-bravia-engine.html

http://ykkfive.blogspot.com/2011/12/it-works-sony-bravia-engine-and-samsung.html

http://ykkfive.blogspot.com/2011/12/some-good-news-for-sony-bravia-engine.html
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalDragan:
Bought a Desire HD :)I rooted the phone with ace hack kit,whole procedure,downgrade root and all,everything went perfect. Didnt wanna flash a newer radio,cuz everything worked fine with any rom i flashed. I flashed it so far like 50 times,going back and forth with Erebus,Energy,SmartDroid, Android Revolution, Coredroid,etc.. after some weeks first time i plugged in my earphones,and trust me i have 3 pairs,all HTC all working. I get no sound at all on them,except some crackling and loud clicks. It is the same with every rom. When i plug them in,phone detects the earphones and puts out the icon of the phones,but no sound. When i try play music,or especially when i move the volume sliders in settings,the sliders quick freeze bit and give me these loud crackle sounds in the phones. Tried newest radio,no changes. Everything else works perfectly with the phone. if anyone can help with some idea,or at least help me convince that its hardware related and that i cant do a damn thing about it :) Worst is,i didnt try the phones BEFORE rooting :S cuz i rooted and flashed the phone like one hour after buying it :D

Thanks in advance for any help or idea,i searched and searched and couldnt find any answer yet
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flacid Monkey:
Sounds work ok without headphones?

How does the YouTube app sound?

If it's the same on every rom its probably hardware or a bad flash of something.

It's stupid but try this

Turn up the volume when the headphones are plugged in, work?

Turn off the phone and remove the batt for a few mins. It's important to remove the batt.

Work? Only solutions i can offer
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalDragan:
Thanks for the suggestions.

Nothing of the above steps changed anything.

Youtube player works fine,tried it the first time now.

Without headphones everything works perfect.

When i turn up the volume while having headphones plugged in,i get these crackling clicking noises, when i move the sliders in the sound volume settings left right,i get these short freezes and crackle sounds

removing battery ( 5 minutes and more ) also changed nothing

Before every flash i do full wipe of everything,sometimes even 2 times (paranoia hm)

So basically,same thing on 5 different roms,fresh flashed or filled with apps to the max,and even without sd card or sim card
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flacid Monkey:
Right we'll start the process....

Can you force close some apps

Twitter

Facebook

Internet

Any others that you can, don't touch the main processes. Just basic apps.

Sound work?

If not, is fast boot on? Try turning that off and do the batt thing again for a few minutes and try again.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PalDragan:
:)

i force closed all i could and tried,no change

fastboot is one of the first things i turn off when i flash a new rom

tried both ways now,also again removing battery

but what i realise now,i discovered an artifact i didnt pay attention to (stupid of me)

without headphones sound on the phone speaker works perfect and all

but i realised,when i plug in the headphones,i was so focused on the crackle noises and clicks,that i missed the fact that from the moment when i plug them in (while playing a ringtone or any sound) the phone stops the sound on the speaker for like 1.4 second,and then again you can hear the sound on the phone speaker but very silent :) when i unplug,the sound gets back to normal loudness :D crazy

i tried 2 days ago to reverse the root process,with ace hack kit,but the process hanged,thought i bricked it,but brought it back to life :D everything else works perfect perfect,only this thing not

well,regardless of fixing this or not,i keep this beast,its an amazing device,and cant afford any servicing here,will be just sad not to be able to listen to music and play games enjoying on headphones :) i still hope its some software related business,and that i eventually find whats wrong :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flacid Monkey:
Not really any further information anywhere, I could only find

http://www.htcdesireforum.com/htc-desire-troubleshooting/headphonejack-problem/

Some solutions say to plug headphones in and turn off phone, remove the batt and then boot.

Other than that, you don't seem to be alone! Might be a software problem with the specific hardware so could be worth posting feedback in the dev thread as only a minority of users are affected.

I think it must be something in the original downgrade that it didn't quite like.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnyfarm001:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! After suffering with no speaker sound and no phone ringing, relying solely on headphones or vibrate to know a call was coming or an alarm was ringing, I found your post and tried it.

As you can see by my delight ... IT WORKED! :highfive: :D

Thanks again :victory:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -SmOgER:
Ok, that's weird. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenazrael:
Can a user save a post for access later?

For example, I can subscribe to the Unamed thread, and as I read through all 168+ pages of information, from time to time, I will stumble on a post that is just brilliant.

Can I subscribe to just that post as I would to an entire thread?

Or is the only way to save an awesome post is to copy the URL for the specific post and store in google docs or notepad on your computer?
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
Quick question i am using a custom rom and I have to flash a kernel to get my wifi working. Is their a way to flash it into the rom so i don't have to flash it every time i do a wipe. Sort of out box tweak
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
We can't flash kernels by recovery so you shouldn't have to worry about having to reflash the same kernel over again.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
I thought so, every time i use the super wipe function and i install the rom i have to reflash the kernel to get my wifi working.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
That's because the kernel modules are different than the rom modules.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
So which kernel is best to use that will work on all amaze roms ? One that will wrk with all if possible

Also roms that have stock kernel should wrk with all amazes right?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
You only have a few to chose from.

You have the stock and you have Faux123 kernel.

You may need to use the computer to flash the Faux123 kernel since the Flash Image GUI app doesn't always properly flash the modules.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
Using command prompt or terminal right?

One last question if I flash using terminal will that allow me to switch roms and not have to keep on reflashing the kernel everytime ?

Thanks for all your help it's much appreciated
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
It's suggested to use the Easy Kernel Flasher if it's a dedicated kernel.

If you're trying to flash the kernel that came with the rom then you can use the Flash Image GUI app on the Market.

I actually just composed an even easier kernel flasher for Faux123's latest kernel.

If you want to try it?

All you should need to do is double click, plug your phone in and click Install.

Let me know if it works or not should you decide to try it.

Faux123 Easier Kernel Updater Executable
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
I am going to try it right now.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
Okay just let me know how well it works for you.

You're a tester. ;)
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
it works perfectly, just plugged in and it did all the work. i rebooted and wifi is working as usual. good job.

hopefully i wont have to reflash the kernel every time i need to wipe haha
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
Thanks for the update. I don't think that I can set it up any easier. :o
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
No worries if you need to test anything else i am willing to test :-)
[HTC Amaze 4G] joeykrim:
I haven't heard of this issue or bug report yet from the over 6k active users of the application. I'm all for fixing the issue but I can't afford to buy all android devices to test with so I rely heavily on users reporting issues and a few knowlegdable testers!

Can you provide an example where Flash Image GUI doesn't properly flash the modules? A link to the .zip file would be most helpful along with the specific module/modules which didn't properly load?

I've been answering this exact question on the EVO 3D boards since HTC released their unlock method back in August. The best answer I've been able to formulate, and feel free to critique or post additional questions is as follows:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18793336&postcount=2

In summary, there is no WiFi module which will work across all kernels as the WiFi module is compiled at the same time the kernel is compiled and are required to be used together as a pair.

Hope that helps clarify!
[HTC Amaze 4G] Binary100100:
I noticed the issue while applying the Faux123 kernel with the Energy ROM

It's likely because it's not set up to be flashed by recovery but by a computer script.

The directory of the kernel flashing script directory goes like this

Amaze-EKF-008b13-sense

-Kernel-Here

---boot.img

-Modules

---system

-----etc

--------init.post_boot.sh

--------st_drv.ko

--------thermald.conf

--------ti_hci_drv.ko

-----lib

--------modules

-----------kineto_gan.ko

-----------tiap_drv.ko

-----------tiwlan_drv.ko
[HTC Amaze 4G] nofroyo:
Once again thanks for this information it clearly answers my questions I had. The app you made solved my initial inquiry and works perfectly. Thanks for all you help and support :=)
[HTC Amaze 4G] joeykrim:
Yea, definitely not designed to be flashed by the recovery. They're using unique scripts which could easily be modified to follow the same standards as required by a recovery .zip. In fact, it is very easy to package up one .zip file which will do both, be flashable in recovery but also contain all the files and scripts to be flashable from a desktop via adb/fastboot.

Appreciate the link and info. Made it very easy to narrow down the issue!

Will definitely keep this in mind. Good to see/know there are some unique kernel .zip files be distributed which don't follow the "standards".

Glad the information helped and appreciate the feedback!
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Phoenix84118:
My wife has the Captivate Glide.

She had to get a hard case for it, but she prefers the TPU cases. However They don't seem to make them for this phone.

Well, as expected, the top part of the plastic case broke. Now's she needs a new one.

Has anyone seen a TPU case for the glide? I know there are TPU cases for sliders, as her Desire Z had one. I just haven't found one for this phone.

OT: I was going to post this in the Accessories forum, but it's a question, and the little checkbox told me I was breaking the rules.

So do Accessory Q's go in the Q/A forum too?