yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mike-y:
Also, I would check your running processes, and see if you have any "bad apps" that are running in the background hogging up memory, and/or fetching updates every 15 minutes or something.

i.e. Facebook
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] HB66:
What would be a good app to see what is running and how long (how much power) they are using?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitallure:
Yeah, I've been using that since you released it.

I found an app that does that but it's showing my usual apps I use plus a few others that just run, but it wouldn't make my battery drop dramatically like the screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
When you restore your data, are you only restoring your apps/data that you downloaded and not system apps/data?

How long have you onwed your phone? How often do you let the battery die out completely? It has been brought to our attention, fairly recently, that allowing our batteries to die fully and recharge can be a bad thing. The effect is much similar to a laptop battery in the since, if you leave the laptop plugged in and never let the battery die fully, then it will burn out. However, our batteries, being of a different type, are just the opposite, in that, the more often we recharge, the better battery life expectancy we will have. With that being said, it is possible that your battery has reached the end of it's life, and you may need a new one since you have performed the Gremlin Remover, and I can only pressume that you have tried all 3 parts of the Gremlin Remover.

Try SuperManager, it is a very useful app for finding out what is running, removing useless apps, clearing data cache a dalvik cache, etc. But it can be a memory/battery hog if you use the app killer and what not. I personally just keep the apk on my sdcard and only install it when needed, then uninstall it when I am done (as well as titanium backup and a few other tool type apps that I use).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitallure:
I've had my phone for I guess a year now. I'm using titanium backup to restore my apps and data. No I don't restore the system apps all but Facebook and YouTube. (always seem to be in the system apps) I guess as of recent I don't let it die out much but when I get home from work, sometimes I let it die out then charge overnight. I may try and uninstall apps I don't use much and install them on a need basis. I guess from the response, my battery may be bad. When I went to t-Mobile,the guy said it sounds like a battery issue and to see what the new battery does. It should be here Friday or next week.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mike-y:
Go to settings/apps/running services and list them here.

Also go to settings/accounts and sync and list the accounts that are there and if they have sync "on".

I only have my gmail account set to sync. All others (like facebook) are off - I can manually sync them when I decide to open them
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sdollx:
Battery Info

Where did you get this information Thomas? I would like to read this and investigate further since I have been one of those people that let my battery die out completely every time before I charge it. It worked fine for my razr phone but maybe the sgs4g is different. Perhaps it is time I change my charging habits.

As always, your work is appreciated and your comments are insightful.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Lots of reading on this site:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thomas.raines:
Skip to the end of the article to get the short and skinny...

How many times has this been posted in these forums? You guys really need to learn how to educate yourselves...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mituzora:
My phone sometimes has this problem, but not to this extent. I think the quick battery drop has something to do with a hanging process eating up your battery, and not letting your phone sleep. now the charge going up thing may just be a weird read on the battery(mine's done this before.) I don't know where to start on that one.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitallure:
So i got my new battery this morning. Charging it up and gonna run a fresh install starting with the gremlin cleaner then val black final. I'll give an update this evening.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] HB66:
I kind of have the same problem, not as severe but I can go about 18 hours with kess thwn moderated use, about 2 to 2.5 hours screen time and less then 1 hour talk time.

I have a new 2300 mah. I have flashed many roms, stock, gremlin remover, did stuff with charging the battery. I am stuck, I shoukd be getting 24 to 36 hours for the little use of the phone. If any one coukd please help that woukd be great.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Hopefully you used Gremlin Remover between flashings of new ROMs. Also you need to give the ROMs time to 'soak in' for a couple of days to see the full benefits. You don't mention trying any of the tweaks available. They can help - let them 'soak in' also.

dsexton has some battery saving u/v settings you can try in his A.S. Shot v15 (beta) thread in the Dev forum you can try using Tegrak Overclock Ultimate ($2.34).

Gemini App Manager (free) or Autostarts ($1.03) will help by letting you disable scripts that let apps automatically start and run in the background - as many like to do. Juice Defender can help. Turning off sync and adjusting your auto sync settings has really helped my battery. Dark backgrounds and adjusting screen brightness is a factor.

Other than that - the suggestions recommended in this thread. If nothing works - you might have received a not-so-great aftermarket battery.

Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] HB66:
will do thanks for the info, i do use the gremlin remover, i just got autostarts yesterday . it could be sync settings, ill look into that. thanks again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
How did it go?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitallure:
It's been a lot better. No unexpected drop in battery life. I even flashed a tweak after charging the battery and no haggle. Towards the end of the life, no sluggishness.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
Definitely sounds like the battery was dying a slow death. Glad you got it working. Please update the OP & change the title of this thread by adding [SOLVED] at the beginning of the title.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] digitallure:
Yeah definitely a battery going bad. Thanks for the input guys. Really helped out.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hipsterindian:
Thomas I tried that previously and then reflashed my from and this is my battery stats. Can you help me out?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Tried what previously? GR? DL Better Battery Stats and CPUspy. Use BBS to check for wakelocks and CPUspy to confirm you're phone is going into deep sleep. How much of those five hours where screen on time? Looks like a lot. How many cycles and what ROM? And finally buy a new battery if you can afford it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hipsterindian:
I tried your gremlin removal tool. I'll try those two applications and I have a second battery back at college (on break right now).

---------- Post added at 09:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:59 PM ----------

Also on cm9 team acid rom. Its going into deep sleep 57% of the time it was active.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
That's fine for deep sleep but it also means that screen on was upwards of two hours. Wakelocks are most likely not a huge issue either if you're getting that much deep sleep. Here's the link to the free version of BBS for XDA members:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

I'd install it then check for wakelocks. Other than that batteries on these phones are starting to get old so that might be part of the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hipsterindian:
Yeah I managed to get a bbs apk from online which showed that the only wake lock was audio and it was only for 26 min.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snc-tr:
hello guys,

before installing ics, is it matter which version of official GB installed first?

should we install last build of GB? Does the changes or fixes of GB effect ICS?

thank you.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] julle131:
Install beta 1 or 2. That way you will get unlocked bootloader.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] reubenray:
On my previous HTC Tilt2 phone I was able to listen to my music through my Bluetooth. So far I have not been able to do it with the Note.

Is there a setting somewhere to get this working?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] powdered_donuts:
bt streaming works fine for me through ford sync. well, it did when i was completely stock at least. havent used it since flashing and oc'ing but should still be ok
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] camaroz28:
No issues here, I just connected the phone to my car and it was immediately able to stream music. Didn't have to mess with any settings.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] netw0lf:
Not really. If your Bluetooth supports A2DP it should be working. Goto settings, wireless and networks, Bluetooth and make sure your Bluetooth device is paired properly and shows connected to phone audio and media audio. If not, delete and repair it to see if it works. Sometimes it's just a setting thing. Should work with stock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] reubenray:
I checked my Bluetooth settings on the Note and it shows phone audio, but does not show media audio.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] netw0lf:
Did the bluetooth connect to your old phone with media audio? Which one are you using? Look up the specs for your device and see if there are any updates available
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] reubenray:
It is the Motorola H17. The spec's on Motorola's website does not show it to be A2DP capable, but there are websites that says it is.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] netw0lf:
No it does not. H17txt does. Older versions of android had a mono option that routed the media over to the bluetooth via mono (not stereo - which means better quality). Time to update. If you are in the market for buying a bluetooth headset checkout the bose bluetooth headsets. The newer v2 supports A2DP, noise cancelling and fits very snugly and can be worn all day. I wrote about it in another thread today....its really the best!!!
[HTC Sensation] furkey:
Hi there everybody. I want to ask you a question. I have a issue with Asphalt 6. It's a cencor issue. When i look it to calibrate the cencor it seems normally. But in asphalt game the cencor is very very uncalibrated. I have to turn my phone nearly 80 degree (almost vertical) to drive it on a line. I am not sure but i think there will be another issues with another games. So any solution?

Sorry for my bad english.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] JRV78:
First off, I'd like to thank everyone for their very useful posts! I 'kinda' understand now what everyone here is talking about...Kinda...

Anyway, I just bought my 8.9 around two weeks ago and decided to upgrade my OS to 3.2. I tried it through Kies, but Kies was not able to recognize my device, tried OTA update but was not able to connect to server...So I tried manually updating it myself, and now, based on what I read here, I think I softbricked my GTAB...The boot screen keeps loading and it does not want to push through...

My TAB is not rooted, and based from the threads that I have read here, i need to root my TAB first but unfortunately, I could not do that anymore..

Can someone please help me out? Noob here...Would really appreciate a step-by-step Noob guide on how to fix my tab...Thank you so much in advance!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Is this a 3G or Wi-Fi only model?

Sent from my GT-P7310
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] JRV78:
3G model...
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
To restore functionality (and I mean to enter the ROM itself) you must use ODIN. There are several images to select in the Development forum for your 7300 unit. A how-to use it is also available in my signature's guide. Don't worry about your SDcard contents, ODIN doesn't touch them, but it does delete the apps.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] JRV78:
ok, i tried odin3 v1.85 and I downloaded a stock rom from sammy thats suppose to be compatible for my region. ODIN status was fail after a few seconds and I got a 'binary' error message in my TAB.

I'll try and read your how-to use now..

My tabs not rooted...will that be a problem?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
No, root is independent of the device's bootloader, so no, it is not related. You can try any image as long as it's 7300.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] JRV78:
sorry, noob question...when you say 'image', your talking about the .tar file right? so as long as its 7300, it should work?

i have the: P7300XWKK5_P7300ODDKJ1_P7300XXKJ6_HOME.tar.md5
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] JRV78:
IT WORKED!!!!!!! :D

Thanks nirogu325!!! I will spread the word!!! :p
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] nirogu325:
Yes, the biggest-size file.

No worries. Good to know it worked! Enjoy! ;)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demeteor:
Hello Before I say anything I have searched in the forum and did not found any help with my problem though others had the same and got it resolved

well Here is the problem

I tried to isntal MiniXD or how ever you call the room that everyone uses

but the problem here is that when I did the mobile phone would not boot up

so I have downloaded the SEUS as I have seen in these forums but still it can't find my mobile it tells me to do something from inside the android system but the funny part is that I can't access the system so I can't do what it ask to format my mobile phone.

So What I have to do? I am stuck in the Boot up screen sayin "Sony Ericson" and can't do anything
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bolussimo:
You may download stock ROM in .ftf format and flash it using FlashTool (search for any B.Jay's post and look at his signature - there's a link to mediafire folder). And I'm a little bit surprise that SEUS doesn't recognize Your mobile, cause You pick it by yourself. Maybe You're talking about Pc Companion?

Anyway - this problem is popular so I'm sure You will find the answer.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .:gogi:.:
*post deleted*
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demeteor:
Ohh you are right, can you guide me where is that SEUS coz I can't find it in their website ?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uremytoy:
ftp://ftp.szybkidownload.pl/Mobilne...rvice_2_7/Update_Service_Setup-2.10.11.10.exe
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demeteor:
I have downloaded the software on that link, and its the program I need I guess but it tells me it fails to connect, I have Interent connection as you can see hence I can post here, lol any idea?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bolussimo:
Cause it's old version. Check that one that I send as PM.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] B.Jay:
OR, as previously suggested ...

Click the link in my signature and find the "Sony Ericsson" folder.

Download the 2.1.1.C.0.0 Stock ROM Flashtool image.

Unpack to get to the .ftf

Download the Unbrick .txt file.

If need be download Flashtool from my Flashtool folder

Open the txt file and follow instructions to flash back to Stock by Flashtool
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] bambotcha:
Hi all!

i was trying to install xperia s dump files by moving them to the system app folder on my neo V but apparently it doesnt work on the ics beta and now some applications are gone.

The xperia launcher , the music player and other apk's are gone so can any one kindly upload these files for me again?

the missing files are

ClockWidgets.apk

Home.apk

MusicWidget.apk

PhotoWidget.apk

SemcCalendar.apk

SemcMusic.apk

WeatherWidget.apk

Thanks for your help!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Madfysh:
Did you changed permissions of replaced apk's? Installed them after that?

Here you go.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] bambotcha:
Yes i did change the permissions and tried to install them but installations failed

anyway thank you so much for your help !!!! much appreciated :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SysTem-X:
Hi everyone, I am looking for the Google IO 2011 apk file. Does anyone have it by any chance? If you do, could you please upload it?

I've come across the 2010 versions, but that is not what I am looking for. Thanks in advance!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrkrabs:
I'm new to Verizon..and 4g..so I'm trying to decide whether i have a defective phone. It constantly drops the 4g signal...about 3 or 4 times an hour at least...where there should be a good 4g signal....when i drive with the phone it drops signal alot..is this a defective phone or just the way gnex and 4g is?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Taebom:
You could try to a replacement, but it's the gnex. Mine acts the same way.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrkrabs:
Thanks....hopefully they will come up with a.fix for this soon...its really annoying at times...I've tried all the diff radios.including 4.04 and nothing really better
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KeithRVA:
I think it depends on where you are at. Certain parts of town I always have 4g. I think the gnex and Samsung in general dont get as good 4g reception as HTC or Moto. My old Rezound got 4g everywhere, even indoors some places where my gnex has never picked up 4g. So not sure if you have a defective phone or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrkrabs:
ok...so i did get a replacement phone....seems like it is better so far....but wil post back once i have more time with it..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
If you're driving and losing connection that's normal cause you know....you're moving and your connection is bound to weaken and certain areas of you town/city may not be covered....but if you're stationary....that's different...that's a defect.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psicop:
Hi

I asking how much ram is you getting in a g1

I'm running froyobylazlo and getting beetween 20 - 30 mb free ram

Is any possibility to increase the amount of avaliable ram?

I'm also using the radio hack
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
yes, use a smaller rom, use cmtd or possibly update your radio/spl.

i assume your radio hack refers to the 2708+ (dont think fbl works with out it) so you should be good here. search for a thread on custom mtd. this is the mapping layout for your phone. you can adjust how much space is given to the system and cache. with fbl i think you can gain at least 20mb this way. and if you dont mind changing roms there are some that are a bit smaller that can help you trim down a bit too.

good luck!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndDiSa:
... are you sure you understood the difference between RAM and internal memory?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gsminhas:
Try advance task killer app it always worked for me.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
i should pay more attention to what i read!

ram something like 96mb, remember these phones are the dinosaurs of smartphones, well android anyway. the hardware is around 4 years old and wasnt set up to run todays android or todays apps. so it will always seem slow. you will find that using a task killer isnt always the best way to free up ram, you could end up with lost text messages or alarms not going off and such, i know we wont to try anything for our old phones so try something more like watchdog that will tell you if an app is actually slowing the cpu or not.

ram in our android phones is not like ram in your pc, for android ram almost full isnt bad it means things will load faster

im guessing you asking this because your phone is slow, the best fix is a 1.6 rom or a new phone! even with overclocking our phones cpu arent fast enough for what we need, froyobylaszlo is a good rom, not much better or faster so with out a good way of freeing ram or adding speed just be happy with what you have!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhaz420:
running COS-DS, have 40+MB ram free all the time
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo:
Lets look closer at 0x000000E3 on the misc partition. IMO, it's the some king of flag that command fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin changes.

I notices that after flashing HTCDEV hboot (1.09.0099/1.08.0099) it is not necessary to use Unlock_code.bin. It is enough to change 0x000000E3 to U (unlocked). Also you can relock bootlader changing it to L (locked).

As you now RUU cannot flash ROM if the bootloader is unlocked. By doing thing above it is possible to flash. Question is if unlocking bootloader is only changing 0x000000E3 or 0x000000E3 is only the info flag and unlocking makes more changes in ROM.

IMHO, looks like Unlock_code.bin is a bullsh*t.
[HTC Wildfire S] theq86:
Well, I doubt this will work. the misc partition will be changed according to the unlock status, it is not the place where the status origins from.

it is the same with the many secu_flag strings to be found in radio.img.

changing this may affect what HBOOT reports the bootloader to be, but will not change the actual status of the bootloader.

Okay, here why this will not work:

1.

On a never unlocked S-ON Phone, after flashing unlockable hboot, it reports: LOCKED (OOW)

After unlocking it, it will report UNLOCKED

After locking again, it will report RELOCKED

2.

The misc partition contains the byte 0x000000E3 which is 4C (ANSI for L) for locked status and 55 (ANSI for U) for unlocked status.

It is highly improbable that this is the unlock state (which is probably also in the unmapped area of the radio)

Plus, this is no flag. It is a char value. It is not inversable like a bit flag.

3.

After downgrading the whole device and thus also the hboot to a not unlockable version and reinstalling the unlockable hboot, the status is reported as RELOCKED. This proofs, that the real status (locked, unlocked, relocked) is not within the mtd partitions (because they all are overwritten, including misc partition)
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo:
I thought about it but...

Strange, isn't it?

Next thing:

One of the old RUU has the line hbootpreupdate:12 in android-info.txt, so everything is overwritten except hboot. But you are stiil able to unlock bootloader by the metioned way. So conclusion is:

1. Unlocking hboot is just replacing HTCL to HTCU in misc partition.

2. Hboot is being patched, but RUU checks only misc partition befere flashing.
[HTC Wildfire S] theq86:
I edited above answer, please read.

Yes, but this is because the RUU only looks at the misc partition.

Why?

Easy! Even a RUU can not access the radio data. A RUU works like this:

* Reading the misc partition to get data about installed software version and unlock state

* Uploading the rom.zip

* Tell hboot to load it

This is everything a RUU does. It eventually gets return values about the progress of the operations, but the flashing is done by hboot, the signature check is done by hboot, too.

The RUU never has any access to the area, where the real unlock status resides.

This is also the only reason why the misc partition is necessary at all.

Changing it will change the information a RUU gets, but not the real status.

Proof:

I locked bootloader and changed MISC partition to Unlocked. Bootloader was not unlocked and the RUU refused flashing although the device was locked. Misc partition is only an information for the RUU.

Yes, this is also the reason why downgrading will not in every case overwrite the hboot. However, if you downgrade, the unlockable hboots are revertible, the standard hboots are not. The least downgradeable hboot after unlocking is 1.08.0000

so you can go

from 1.08.0099 to 1.08.0000

from 1.09.0099 to 1.08.0000

but everything lower than 1.08.0000 will not work.