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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twisted03:
Ok not sure if a stupid question but I've searched and still have questions...

I am on antonX's rom and kernel with lighting zap... Now I thought by having lighting zap installed and underclocked that I would get good battery life... But it turns out that after a full charge I barely get 8 hours out of it... I'm constantly on wifi and since my service is off I can only use go SMS chat and tango video chat... I do get on fb and twitter but other than that I'm never on it really... Question is what can I do to get longer life out of it for when I do get my service back cuz once that happens I will be on it all the time...

All suggestions are greatly appreciated and thanked...

From the grave
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Wifi will use more battery because it will scan every so often to make sure you are still in range. Plus the farther you get from the router the weaker the signal and it will turn on and off frequently.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twisted03:
I only use it while at home... When I go out or leave I just turn the wifi off

From the grave
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] AntonX:
Is the battery draining too much when the phone sleeps? You need to check wakelocks, it's probably some app that doesn't let the phone sleep. I wrote about it couple of times already, probably need to create a FAQ page about it.

OK, found my old post, try to follow the steps:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25594711&postcount=195
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
On my old phone they experimented with changing how often the wifi scan was done. IIRC they increased it to a point it would end up causing you to lose wifi then brought it down five minutes at a time.

Another thing to consider is how powerful your wifi router is. I use a netgear with dd-wrt and I can crank up the output power so I have mine turn real high. I can actually get a 3 bars two houses away. So my wifi doesnt drop as often.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Curiousn00b:
Hi Eollie. :)

Cranking it up high, does that affect anything?

Or is it something like, people are afraid of getting " Hacked " so they keep it on minimum?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
If you turn up the transmit power it will extend the reach of the router. However you risk overheating. My router sits about two feet from a ac vent in the summer. During the winter I move it away from the vents.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twisted03:
When it sleeps it does excellent I can go over 24 hours of sleep without charging but that is just in sleep mode... But when I try to force close some apps that I'm not using they don't go anywhere they continue to run...even running task manager to close them isn't working...

From the grave
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] twisted03:
At the moment I'm using my brothers mifi from verzion and it about a foot from me...

From the grave
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zamorph:
My Galaxy s4g doesn't like to receive or send photos, anyone know why? I can receive photos if I reboot my phone, but the trick doesn't work when I want to send them. I can't send photos period :(.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
Are you running the stock ROM (Froyo or GB?) or a custom ROM? For how long have you had the issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
She is on VB.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
Yeah, I don't know enough about VB to help. I've no clue if it uses stock MMS apps, 3rd party, etc.

I wonder if doing a backup of the phone and then doing a factory reset would help?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
It uses a themed stock. Try clearing cache partition and dalvik cache then fix permissions - then reboot and let phone sit 5 - 10 mins. If that doesn't help it may be time for a factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zamorph:
Thank you Lum, I will give it a go. :)

UPDATE:

That did the trick :) YAY! No reset for me >:D

Btw, what exactly is my phone doing when I fix permissions? Im just curious.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
It, quite literally, goes through the filesystem and puts the correct permissions back in place on various files and directories. I can't tell you exactly which ones it touches, though.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
The scripts where posted in the twrp q&a thread by fb. But pretty much everything on your phone has the permissions set properly.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Glad you fixed it ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ooMOSSBERGoo:
Stupid question can I pay someone to help fix internet on a flashed sgs s2 epic 4g to straight talk I cant get pic text or YouTube calls and regular text working please help im paying
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] josepresas:
Hi guys, Stupid question here, so im trying to get on miui V4 and it is required to be on cm7 first. I am on the old non mtd miui, I found the cm7 installation instructions here http://xdaforums.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V/Installing_CyanogenMod_7

And theres the instructions on how to flash via cwm. So, do I just download the files and flash? Because I scroll down some more and theres more instructions but those are for installing via heimdall. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
You can flash from CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] josepresas:
But thats it? No efs backup/restore?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
That is no longer necessary. The updater.sh takes care of that. However if you want to be safe make a backup save it to your computer and flash away.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] metro77279:
What is the difference between odex and deodex?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] metro77279:
How do you make a boot.img file?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jigglynuts:
Ok so this is a stupid question so I found this to be the most fitting. However it is not galaxy s 4g specific. If this is not the place to ask let me know and I will remove the post.

Ok so it is pretty much across the board a rule ... after you flash your custom rom, to let it sit for 10 minutes. I have always heard it was to build the caches and prevents problems during the cache building process. I have always done it on my phones, more as a precautionary measure because the rom flashing instructions say so.

My job is selling cell phones. I have a lot of people, that purchase brand new phones and come back the next day and the Android OS is using 70% (could be more or less, but the point is more than it should be by a large margin.) It is a relatively easy fix of just factory resetting the phone and the problems go away.

So I started to do an experiment of sorts. It may be really dumb and pointless but that is where my question comes in. I began turning on all of my phones and letting them sit for 10 minutes as soon as I get the order. Once they sit, I power them off and box them up again, that way when I sell them, they have sat for 10 minutes already (to build their caches hopefully).

Over the past few months that I have been doing that I have noticed a large decrease in the amount of issues. My question is, is it really doing anything or is it just a placebo affect? Is there any reason that this would have an impact on phones that are coming from the manufacturer, most likely freshly flashed?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Manumission:
What advantages do these new Paranoid ROMs have over, say, a freight train, which I can also afford?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Maruska42:
Download mode a myth?

My phone is Bjorked. I am getting a boot loop. I See the Samsung logo for a few seconds then it blinks off and comes back on. over and over. I have Clockwork Recovery mod installed and think it might be the problem.

I have been searching for 6 hours, this site, google, and many others. All the fixes I find require me to go into download mode so I can connect to Odin and try to fix from there. My phone does not want to go into down load mode. Found several ways to get into download mode by holding key combinations and they all say different combinations.

Can someone please help me get into download mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] leo321:
Do a battery pull, and with the USB inserted, push and hold the volume down button. Then replace the battery while holding that button. If that doesn't work, try holding up instead, or both up and down. Once you're in download mode, your best bet is bhundven's one click heimdall GB. Go from there :) I hope this helps!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Maruska42:
Thanks for responding Leo. I pulled Battery, plugged USB in while holding Volume down,Volume up , and both. All I got on the screen was the battery status (like when charging with the power off) for just a few moments then it flickered off like the samsung logo then came back.

Additionally I also tried Volume up, down and both with the power button also to no avail. I don't think my phone is staying on long enough to go into download mode.

I can get into clockwork recovery mod by holding power camera and volume down. Is there anything I can do from there that might help? I have access to another Galaxy S 4g that is working fine so I can access my sd card if it helps. I think bhundven's one click heimdall GB is exactly what I need thanks.

Any additional help is appreciated, and thank you again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
If you can get into recovery just wipe data/factory reset then fix permissions. Reboot and see if it helped? If not boot back into CWM and flash another ROM from there. The one-clicks are for using with a computer which you need DL mode to be able to do.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Is "adb reboot download" not working in cm based roms still? Because isnt adb active in recovery?

If we knew what rom he was on previously it would also help.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Yes ADB is active in recovery but he already can access CWM so why even worry about DL mode? He has everything he needs to just flash a new ROM from there if the factory reset doesn't work. With the other phone he can put whatever ROM he wants on his sdcard then put it the screwed phone and flash away. Sometimes simple really is the best solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Maruska42:
Tried Wipe data/factory reset, then fix permissions and reboot. No Luck on there.

Am dling cyanogenMod 7.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip will let you know what happens.

---------- Post added at 06:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:54 PM ----------

Tried flashing cyanogenMod and got status 7 error

then flashed blackice-Voodoo and it worked sort of, the screen was fuzzy and unresponsive.

Then flashed cyanogenMod 7 rc2 and got status 7 error.

I was on RandomRom before all this happened, going to dl and try flashing that ROM again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Can you give me a link to that ROM? As far as I know know one has ported that to this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
If you look, he's not d/ling Cyanogenmod for our phone, but the regular Galaxy S... Also, His best bet if he reads this, is get into a working ROM, and use Gremlin Remover and START OVER. Read the directions for the roms in THIS forum, if this is his device.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Maruska42:
randomkings.wordpress.com/android/samsung-epic-4g/gingerbread-2/

lol found one problem lol

Flashed it and now the phone is just showing the boot screen. Any suggestions on What ROM to use?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
First let's figure out what phone you have. Look under the battery and tell me what the model number is. If it's SGH-T959V your in the right forum if not you might need to go to the Epic 4g forum. Either way you need to figure that out so you can flash the ROMs made for your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Maruska42:
Model SPH-D700 The rear of my phone says Galaxy S Sprint 4g I hope Im in the right place. *slightly embarrassed*
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Wrong place. lol Pretty glad that CM7 failed on you. You should be able to get the right ROM's for your phone here. Good luck.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=713
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] metro77279:
1 + power
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Maruska42:
Well I guess its a good thing I posted in the Stupid Questions thread lol

Thanks everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Sistema1927:
Deleted because I had a brain fart.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] KotsChopShop:
why are there no flashable CWMs? (update from 3.0.x.x to 5.0.x.x for example)

when we return to stock; we need to flash an entire ROM, in order to get the correct CWM, so we can flash a ROM ..seems redundant
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
you can ....flash a kernel like anton's? flash the boot.img for cm7?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] KotsChopShop:
LOL I just found Anton's kernel thread *facepalm*

well, at least I posted in the right place xD

thanks for the Re Erik, appreciato
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
Np n yep u did lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] r0zj0k3r:
I hate Samsungs touchWIz, and would really like to see a stock gb kernel for the 4g. Is this possible? I tried to find one on here, found a lot of great themes, but didn't find the google stock gb. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
when will cm7 come to our phones? (<-- i am being sarcastic, this question was asked about a billion times....)

can we use rom manager on this phone? (again, sarcasm. i am bored at work...)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] darkspeck:
SGS2 ICS Root

I rooted my SGS2 when it was on GB then i went and did a stupid thing and ran the update to ICS, which unrooted my phone i have been trying to run the Instructions to root an ICS SGS2 but when i try to install a new Recovery i get errors. i followed the instructions on this Website for the GB and ICS root. http://galaxys2root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s2/how-to-root-icsgb-on-t-mobile-galaxy-s2-sgh-t989/. i know i should have come here first. when i use the Odin program it never runs. do i need to do a factory wipe and then attempt again. or is there a way to overwrite the previous recovery ROM. whatever help received would be greatly appreciated. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Try this sub-forum you are currently in the wrong sub-forum for your phone.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1055
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jellysandwich:
Hey guys, I'm planning to sell this phone off and upgrade. How can I reset it back to default (aka, remove the custom rom)?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sbeef:
Ok, I hope this is the right place to post this...

So, I've been flashing rooms for a while now without incident. Recently I have been using team acids CM7 builds, I went away for a while, so I was on an early June build. I came back, saw team acids CM9 build, downloaded, booted into CWM, did a factory reset and formatted /system then tried to flash the zip. It said that it couldn't open it, but I also couldn't get anywhere besides CWM, I assume because I formatted /system. I tried to flash another rom I had on my SD card, a version of ICBN or something if I recall correctly. It seemed to work, but now when I boot up, it stops at the team acid logo. I can't seem to boot into download or recovery. What should I do to get my phone to work somehow, even if it's stock froyo or something.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
If you do want CM9 I recommend you download it again and put it on your sdcard and try flashing it again. It's likely you had a bad download.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sbeef:
The problem is, I can't boot into CWM or download mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] darryshine4real:
What does people do on facebook and why does people follow people on tweeter??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sakkyoku:
email issues - random zooming and picture loading

Sometimes when I open an email the text slowly zooms in, step by step, and I can't stop it. If I hit the back button to bring me back to the inbox and then open the email again, sometimes it begins the auto/random zoom and sometimes it doesn't.

A separate (but maybe related) issue I've had with email is automatic opening of pictures that are part of people's email signatures. It seems like it happens on forwarded emails when the signature images are sent to me as attachments...I open the email and then the screen goes blank while the phone loads one of the images...note that I haven't clicked the images when this happens, just clicked on one of the messages in my inbox. If this begins and there are multiple images, I can press back only to get to another image, and then another until they have all been cycled through.

Any ideas or solutions? This happened on the stock froyo, tmobile-authorized gingerbread update, and now also after I installed the Valhalla black FB rom (which I assume hasn't changed anything on the email app (2.3.6).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Try MailDroid in the Playstore. I tried many of the email apps and really like MailDroid. Otherwise, try going to manage apps and clear data to reset the app. You will then have to reenter your email information.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] fataltech:
ill help. first whats the modle of the galaxy?

were did you got stuck in the process of rooting your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sbeef:
It's been fixed by a combination of continued button pushing and Heimdall!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ArmyofTracy:
flashing back to GB from ICS

Am running ICS IMM76L and would like to go back to Valhalla Black or equivelant, how to do that with ODIN?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Using the gremlin remover one click is the easiest way.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sakkyoku:
email issues - random zooming and picture loading

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried MailDroid, but it wouldn't connect to my work email server... Any other suggestions? Or is it possible to disable downloading of images in email? I feel like both of these issues are 100% related to the mail program's handling of html signature images. I looked more closely and the action I called 'zooming' looks more like it's reloading one of the images over and over and and the text gets shifted around.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
I used k-9 mail for a while. At one point on my old phone gmail was borked and k-9 worked fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ShadyAce80:
Am I able to just delete and add apk files from /system/apps before I flash a ROM so I have just the apps I want and not the ones I don't use or is there more that I need to do?

Also to avoid obvious responses to this, I'm not talking about files in that folder needed to make the phone work.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
I think your talking about things like the launcher, live wallpapers, and such right? Yes as long as you know they arent link to a needed app. My suggestion is to freeze them via tib or something similar first and make sure they dont make the rom moon you and stop working properly.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ShadyAce80:
that is what I normally do but I want to just delete the apps I don't use prior to flashing and add a few that I do. And yeah those are some of the things I was talking about
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sakkyoku:
Thank you for the suggestion. K-9 didn't work with my workplace's email server either...such a bummer. I wish there were just a way to disable automatic downloading of pictures in emails without just decreasing the download size of the email. Is there some sort of hack for that? Some way to access more options in the stock email program?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Yep you can pull out whatever you usually get rid of with TB and replace it with whatever you usually replace it with. Just make sure to replace them. lol Once I pulled out the launcher that came with a ROM and forgot to put mine back into the zip. Let's just say that didn't go so well. Also just make a copy of the zip and store the original somewhere so you won't have to re-DL it if things go south.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lonoguge:
Hey just wondering, with the release of Jelly Bean to open source and stuff is anyone working on a jellly bean based rom for the gs4g. Maybe like a port from the nexus s jelly bean rom??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
/sigh
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] randdawg08:
Ringer Volume Adjustment on Valhalla Black with Black Booster

I'm running Valhalla Black Final with Valhalla Black Booster and whenever I receive a call the first ring is a standard, preset volume, then on the second ring it goes up to the volume I have it set at. Is there any way to have the first ring be at the volume I set it at? I know, it is a stupid question and I debated even posting it, but the title of the thread persuaded me. Thanks for any help.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lonoguge:
where does this forum say anything about ics?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Ding ding ding!! Congratulations! You just won Stupid Qustion of the Year! Your prize is to do a search if necessary or look in the dev forum. Most of them are currently at the top of the list. Congratulations again!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lonoguge:
I know it's a stupid question..this is the best place to ask it. Have you not read the title?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Have you not read who created the thread? And that is a lazy question, not just a stupid question.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Oh my god, I'm so glad he got that one, and not me!

lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mertis:
sgs4g UNROOTED?!??

I think my phone unrooted itself? Can that happen? I was having issues with some dl'd apps so I just wiped it and did a factory reset. SU is still there but when I update it the root access fails. None of my root programs work either. Everything else seems to be in order....Oh dl'd a root checker also but it just freezes after I give it root access. Any solutions out there? :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
I don't think a phone can unroot it'self unless you load a rom from scratch that isn't rooted. (could be wrong) It sounds to me like when you factory reset, you accidentally may have gotten rid of some important stuff. Try fixing permissions in CWM, and if that doesn't do the trick, try re-flashing your ROM..
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mynameisnafe:
Stupid Questions

Okay Its been a while since I posted a stupid question here!

I think I have a few.

0.SD Cards..

Q. Is the class denoted by the number in the circle on the front, right? I have a 8GB Class 6? Does that sound right?

1. Cook a ROM, however, its (possibly) not (all) android based..

Q.What goes in boot.img, what goes in system.img, and what goes in data.img? are those just the folders?

-I.e if I have Ubuntu .img and I want to split it into those 3, how would I do that? (I'd like to run it natively..)

2. CWM (I have 5.0.7.2 maybe?)

Q. Can I put a self-extracting tarball with a script (.tar.gz?) on my SD and "install from SD" it?

Q. Can you run a script?

Q. Whats the latest version for my fairly-stock ICS Arc S?

-is it the touch recovery version?

3. Did anyone ever actually get round to dualboot?

EDIT:

4. On a completely different note..

Q. My homescreen does landscape when my phone is charging, but it doesn't otherwise.. WTF is up with that?!

Thanks in advance guys, appreciated muchly :)