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[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] smarkyou:
Right. I disassembled the phone again late last night and traced back to the extent I could follow. I didn't find anything glaringly obvious or bad.

Also of note, if I'm in a super-quiet room and keep the earpiece near me with no call in progress, I hear literally nothing. As soon as a call is initiated, I hear a very faint "sputtering" sound from the earpiece (original or new earpiece), which means the symptom here clearly impacts either speaker.

So something upstream from it ... whatever pathway sends audio to this device isn't getting instantiated properly? That'd make me look to the kernel or driver to understand what pathway does work when routing audio output to the rear speaker that doesn't properly route it to the earpiece for the same call.

Recapping for my own sanity:

- Physical causes == none seen, mostly ruled out via disassembly and inspection, earpiece replacement with known-good part and known-good reassembly.

- Radio == upgrade to .722, .1111 and back to .622, no change.

- ROM == not likely culprit (problem persists any ROM replacement)

Can't fight off the nagging feeling that the act of starting down the road to S-Off + su + rooting did something here.

Given that there are guides to un-rooting (don't think you can un-S-off per se though, right) I may give that a shot since this phone is essentially a guinea pig now. Going to see how far down this rabbit hole I can go.

While I'm stewing on that does anyone have links to android filesystem reference material? I'm thinking the high-level relation between things like bootloader, recovery partition, user-space filesystem and on which levels I can address these with tools like adb. I want to try to understand if some bit could have been flipped at a layer lower than what flashing a ROM or kernel can recover, but perhaps higher than a baseband radio flash. Knowing where all these live and how they interrelate sounds interesting to me. Then I can form a better working theory on what could cause the stupid problem I'm having and if it's plausible to be in software/firmware somewhere.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] faehsemc:
There is an unrooting guide on YouTube. I find it hard to believe its software, but I work on a radar weapon system that has proven me wrong many times... But if you have flashed multiple roms then the kernel would've been reflashed atleast once and if you are doing a full boot and system wipe, whatever drivers previously installed would have been overwritten... I'm leading to believe there is a shorted componant on your board and because the voltage is so low on these, there moght not be any visual evidence. Unless u have schematics of what voltage is applied where, there isn't a way to test most of them. Especially if the gates are set to be low when applied, vice highs. I would s-on factory reset and of that doesn't work, its hardware
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] smarkyou:
Agreed. I work with enterprise hardware/storage/cluster systems, so I'm driven by nature to root cause this silly thing - but yeah, occam's razor seems to say here that it's just a really stupid coincidence that some random component failed just at the time I began making other changes. And I can't let it go :)

This is even more frustrating to me because I always make a point to introduce only one change at a time then test the outcome!

After poking through the SDK/reference guide about AudioManager, I was reminded that GV has access to the earpiece audio path. While I could just make test calls in/out, this saves me from burning minutes in the process.

As a quick-and-dirty workaround (for anyone who may stumble on this in the future), you can use Google Voice to act as an internal earpiece playback test tool.

Install and then go to settings and tell it to play back via the earpiece by default and not the speaker. Then (assuming you have voicemails to play), attempt playback. You can toggle between the two audio outs in a much quicker way than I've seen in any other app. Works close enough for me to serve as a test tool as I make discrete changes as I go through troubleshooting.

Maybe there are other media playback apps that'd offer a toggle to the earpiece for playback (but why?), though I didn't look. Seems like the AudioManager reference guide implied that the earpiece was a more "protected" audio path than the speaker (but that's likely just for actual carrier network voice calls).

Cheers,
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] faehsemc:
I'm really getting a kick troubleshooting.. I've been recruiting for a year and a half now.. miss working on gear.. one and a half years left and back to my ship... Can't wait
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] ccarter1184:
I actually doubt it's your ROMs --- I'm running latest unmodified vz gingerbread and all of a sudden about 5 days ago I could no longer get earpiece to function - my only guess is something shorted out because of an off-market USB charger that I got 3 of for 7 dollars off Amazon...

Anyways, I had the same sorta flutter that you seem to hear when on a call and there should be sound... and otherwise silence when silence is expected... anyways I replaced it with a brand new earpiece and EXACT same issue is happening still.:confused:

Not sure whats up but this may be the world telling me to use my Bluetooth headset more anyways... I'll post if I find anything that fixes it, but I ain't gonna hold my breath given how few ppl seem to be experiencing this issue.

Good luck
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] weedolo9y:
Today ics was released for gs2 in Europe so hopefully we will get fully functional ics soon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Intub8:
View attachment 944482

No words needed.

sent from my Shostock Sgh-I777 running siyah!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] weedolo9y:
Lol found on Samsung Facebook I know there are alot of ics topics out there but I haven't seen anyone announce it is out and plus why would I post this on some other topic where it would be on the 100th page
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] alfenheim:
Samsung actually officially annouced and start to distribute ICS upgrade via Kies in Korea for all Galaxy 2 series.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Red5:
There is already an ICS thread. Please use it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Divine_Madcat:
Why? Because it is the RULES OF THE FORUM. Thats why. Until something official comes out for THIS phone, allllll ICS stuff goes in THAT topic. This is not open for debate.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MaliciousIntent69:
Running Zeus Build 6 + ICS Theme Was running fine had it running for 2 days then today Out of nowhere my service dropped and won't come back. I just paid my bill 3 days ago so I know that's not it. This is very irritating -.- Anyone have any clue why it did this or maybe how to fix it? Get back to me.

Peace out with the grease out,

Malicious.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hollywood528:
have you checked your APN settings

a lot of people have good luck with the single APN trick

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-1426476.html
[Samsung Infuse 4G] MaliciousIntent69:
Nah It's not an APN thing I set my APN everytime I flash a new ROM due to my data issues.

Thanks though :)
[Droid 2 General] RealOpty:
I need the ribbon cable that connects the lcd, digitizer, etc to the motherboard.

So if anyone has one fore sale or would like to trade droid 2 parts for the cable please let me know. I have a good digitizer, mb, just no lcd for trade
[HTC Rezound] Droopie28:
Just wondering if anyone has tethered to a pc, ran a speedtest, and it shows you in another state?

I'm in San Francisco,CA and it's saying I'm in Wichita, KS...

?

Im running the latest Clean Rom if that matters, and only google gps is on
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
Happens to me all the time too, I never get decent speedtest locations because of it, I'm guessing it's a 4G connection thing.

The fix I have to do to get a test from close to me is connect to a wifi source, let it find that location, then stay in the speed test app and turn wifi on back to 4G and keep it on the location wifi found.
[HTC Rezound] Land Master:
I believe if you turn on the GPS and let it get a lock it will update to your nearest server. Whats up in Wichita? I seem to travel there all the time :D

Edit: Re-read OP. Not sure what you mean by "google" GPS but I was talking about insuring that the actual GPS receiver is activated. And, BTW, your boys better win those 3 games they have "in-hand".
[HTC Rezound] antispiral:
are you sure you are not in Wichita,KS? ARE YOU!?!
[HTC Rezound] Droopie28:
Thanks everybody, nothing wrong with Kansas, kinda a Jayhawk fan.. Il mess around with gps locks and whatnot, just wanted to see if I was the only one :cool:
[HTC Rezound] demmo86rt:
Where at? I'm in the east bay and all my LTE tests are out of the City and my wifi tests go through San Jose.
[HTC Rezound] Droopie28:
I'm in San Bruno, about 12 miles south of sf
[HTC Rezound] Land Master:
You see my "edit". Just givin you a hard time about your Sharks.. What the H E Double Hockey Sticks has happened to them?

<End Hijack>
[HTC Rezound] Droopie28:
While having wifi tether running, I ran maps and got a lock on my real location, refreshed speedtest.net on my pc,... still Kansas lol, It really wants me to be there
[HTC Rezound] Droopie28:
lol, yeah, if they don't make the playoffs, they will be ripped apart and traded away... I dont mind either way
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
Location finding can take several routes...

via provider towers: this is the one that generally has you in your neighborhood, or part of town, but never the right street.

via gps: dead on.

via wifi: usually dead on if your routers mac address has been sniffed/mapped out by those google cars and other 3rd parties that pick up signals all over town and pinpoint their locations.

via ip: generally pretty good in getting your region, but if the ip isn't in the big database in the cloud accurately it'll just say 'USA' and puts you in Wichita, KS because that's pretty close to dead center of the US ;)
[HTC Rezound] I Am Marino:
I use the phone's GPS and I still get stuck out in Lexington, KY, or Wichita, so I do the fix I did on he first page and it fixes it.
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Post here with whatever options, and questions, or data you have.. Even show off if you want.. And you won't get yelled at! For example you can be on CM9 with a custom kernel and not be yelled at.. Post what you want.. Even ask the best rom and say what combination you use!
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I am running AOKP using blue infinitum (from ns). I am running shadow kernel and using the v6 supercharger and associated tweaks. I also have the AOKP power saver on.

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
You rebel you!

So what is the best ROM?
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
¬AOKP in my opinion due to the vast majority of features that it has.

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox.
[Epic 4G General] ÜBER™:
That and you are the one who ported it XD
[Epic 4G General] blong82:
my look...

Cm9 beta 0

Shadow kernel v 0.6

Goochs blue mist theme

Beats mod.

I love this setup....runs smooth, battery life is decent..

Thanks to all the devs....much thanks
[Epic 4G General] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Technically the cm team ported it and I applied their port.

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox.
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
I want that wallpaper! XD

Might as well post my stuff to contribute,

Cm7 beta 1

KernelSanders v5

Great battery life, smooth as butter balls

Marcusant, are you using stock battery??
[Epic 4G General] omair2005:
Hey marcusant, could you link the theme you are using? I have similar setup with aokp..
[Epic 4G General] Fire n mage:
View attachment 952452 it's been more like 14 hrs, first time i had my phone be off a charger all day. Granted all i did was normal phone stuff, no overclocking n gaming.

AOKP rom (Milestone 4 port)

Shadowkernel cm9 0.6.0.

Smartassv2 200-800mhz uv -100

OEM samsung epic 4g touch battery

Lol just realized power saving wasnt even on. :D it'll be better tomorrow!
[Epic 4G General] kynolin:
I know the phone was in my pocket all day, but CM9 gets way better battery life on standby; not to mention way better experience when in use.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ashkan78:
hi guys

anybody knows about MIUI RC4,i mean ringtone fixed or no?

i realy want this rom:(.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] adobrakic:
Ringtone issue not yet fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Shortbus-Driver:
It really is an amazing rom.....i ran it for 3 days before i got sick of missing calls lol.

It truely is a great rom....like you....i cant wait for the ring tone fix.

But be patient ,they are working hard on it.....and believe me when its fixed..... you will know about it
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harwood0808:
Is anyone else having trouble with chrome beta? For the last 2 days chrome does not work. It opens up, but just sits there and then doesn't respond and have to close it. I have cleared data, uninstalled then reinstalled. I have reinstalled older version from titanium backup, and still it does nothing!!! Does anybody have any suggestion? Plz help!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
What rom are you on? I am on aokp and it works fine.

Sent from my modded Epic 1x that I cannot love more.. Thank you EpicCM team, bbelos, and zeppelinrox.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razorlove:
im on CM9 beta and i have the same issue of chrome not working - just recently too
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harwood0808:
My bad!

Sorry i guess i forgot to post that I am on cm9 beta 0. It had been working fine before on same rom and I tried 2 different roms last night with same results even with clean installs on all! I even tried side loading the apk and had same results!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s89281b:
my chrome stopped working after flashing blue mist theme. gooch updated so is working now. may not be your prob since its not working with fresh install or different rom but if anybody else is having prob and running theme grab the new release.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razorlove:
thanks bro - that did it:)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Riomaru:
Omg the battery life sucks so much, is there anything I could do to fix this, its terrible... Like I would fully charge it then use it for 5 minutes and it will drain to about 5-6%
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] becandl:
Did you just get the phone? You shouldn't be draining to 5% after 5 minutes no matter what you are doing... that's unreal. Unless you are starting from 10%...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Aus_Azn:
You've gotta be a bit more specific than that. Exaggeration prevents us from helping you.

A few basic questions:

What ROM are you on?

Describe your "us[ing] it for 5 minutes".

Take a screenshot of your battery use screen and post it here or something (both the expanded graph and the app list would be good enough).
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] watcherliu:
which rom you are using？ Normally it should not like what you said.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] DownTheCross:
O_O

Do you have GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth, Brightness maxed out, Downloading multiple things at once while playing multiple games or something?

Have you tried recalibrating your battery?

i have experienced amazing battery life on my Vivid, running Rum Float Beta 1, I can browse the web, play store, and download a few things over the course of two hours and my battery MIGHT drop down to 97% at the ,most.

Calibrated my battery stats though and let it fully cycle a few times.

just in case you don't know how.

Step 1: Let battery get VERY low.

Step 2: Boot into CWM Recovery.

Step 3: Clear battery stats (Advanced Settings > Clear Battery Stats)

Step 4: Reboot device.

Step 5: Let battery die fully.

Step 6: Plug in, do NOT turn on until FULLY charged.

Step 7: Before turning it on, boot into recovery and clear your battery stats once more.

Step 8: Use phone as normal, until battery gets critically low.

Step 9: Mercilessly kill your battery. Charge w/o turning it on again.

Step 10: When fully charged you may turn it on normally and resume regular usage.

That should help a bit with your battery issues. I know mine was dying pretty easily before I did the above.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Riomaru:
I am using HoliRaider, Like a couple of days ago I was texting multiple people, without tuning of the screen and go use other apps and such.. It willl go from 100 to 96 in a few minutes.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] woodsytattooman:
Just some observations i took today using my vivid lightly to medium use i guess.Checked email several times,checked facebook several times,sent and received several text,3 short phone calls,checked and updated weather several times,Took 3 pictures and uploaded them to facebook,read a few pages of news on the web,and checked battery status throughout the day.I think that's about it lol.Anyways i took 3 screenshots of the battery level during the whole day today.To say the least im very impressed with the battery of this phone.Im running the new ICS 4.0 Sense 3.6 that was leaked.I have my sync setting to min needs.All vibration is off except for when typing in a message only because i haven't figured out how to disable it yet.Of course my battery has been cycled and is broke in well now.

Im still looking for ways to extend the battery even further.

6 Hours 22 Minutes

12 Hours 16 Minutes

15 Hours 43 Minutes

17 Hours 18 Minutes

History Details @ 17 Hours 18 Minutes

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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] charlyee:
The screen is what kills my battery, it is usually over 70%. What is your brightness setting at?

Thanks
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] woodsytattooman:
Using this ICS it really don't say a percentage but looks like around 30%.Automatic is way to bright and really kills the battery.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] UnrealPancake:
Juice defender ultimate does wonders...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] becandl:
Dang, that's some killer battery life. I'm not getting nearly as much as that on RumRaider (GB), and I keep my Wifi and Mobile Data off whenever I'm not using it.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] woodsytattooman:
Yes it is but i don't get near that with heavy use or if i get alot of email's etc.

At 14 hours today its down to 14% right now.Loading webpages and facebook really drains it quick.Plus watching videos.I wish there was a way to disable the led i think this would help greatly.I have all the notification flash settings off for everything but it still flashes when i get an email or missed call.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] woodsytattooman:
I managed to get even more time on one charge.Used the phone on WIFI most of the time during this charge and it seemed to do even better.

One Day One Hour & Seven Minutes with 14% left
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] willgill:
On stock battery I struggle to get 6 hours.

However, this weekend I was able to get 16 HOURS!

What was the difference? This weekend I was on vacation. I talked much less on it and I was out of 4G area.

All the tweaking with screen brightness, data connections, CPU speed all make a small difference in comparison to voice.

Look at battery screenshots of people with long battery life. They don't talk on the phone. If you want good battery life,

get a bigger battery. Motorola gets it.... they doubled the size of their Razr Maxx battery. You'll see more of these 3000mah+ battery phones in the future.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
also i've found out if you turn off auto-sync it helps alot. i turned off auto-sync recently and expierienced at least a 2-3 hour increase in battery life
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
The issue is the battery size is absolutely ridiculous. Why in gods name they put such a small battery on an lte phone is beyond me. And alot of other htc phones at least have a name brand extended battery where you can still get a case. Me personally I have an aftermarket second battery and external charger as well as an external battery but it gets old. I'm not that bad but I probably if I'm lucky get 8 hours a charge. I really think ultimately its why I might look for something else when I get caught up financially, probably a nexus.

I just got better battery stats in hopes I can locate the source of the problem
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bswann:
I'm getting 12-14 hours with my regular use. I have data/wifi always on, screen brightness is half way, and I'm happy with my battery life.

Sent from Illuminati land.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
Is your brightness on auto or did you uncheck it?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mg2195:
he said he has it on half way...

anyways...i get 13-15 hours with 20% left

I leave my screen brightness on auto

WiFi and Data is always on (i live in an LTE area too...so im almost always connected to LTE)

I leave accounts and Sync on

i get anywhere between 3-4 and a half hours of screen on time

My bro has the same phone...he gets about 8 hours of battery life, with about 1-2 hours of screen on time...we both have the same exact setup...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
get the wcx illuminati rom.. the battery life gets increased by a ton. :victory: the only problem is you have to sign up and have ten posts before being able to download:(
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
I don't get why there isn't an extended battery for this phone. The Rezound has one as well as the thunderbolt. I keep looking at all the cheap Chinese ones and everyone has the same complaint, cheap plastic battery covers with clips that break off very easy. I don't get why they don't just make an otterbox commuter style case with an extended battery that forgoes the battery cover and uses the case to hold the battery in. And also one that's not that much larger like maybe 2250 mah that doesn't make the phone look pregnant
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] xPyromaniac:
They do make a case with a batttery built in I can't remember by who though ill take a look and let you know
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Awesome thanks for the tip!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] thatguy1985:
way to be a douche

i just want to say that i followed these instructions exactly and my phone will not even charge the battery when i know its completely dead. i plug it in and 2 sec later it flashes its charged. i just wanted to say thanks for trolling and being a tool.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] XxSHaDoWxSLaYeRxX:
we all know how much this phones battery sucks. it sucks ass. and not in the good way. i bought an extended batt. and just stuck it in there. but it looks way sexier with the original batt. so i only use the big batt. for road trips, etc.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
He was trying to help. If that's what your battery is doing you obviously have a bad battery or a recovery that doesn't support off mode charging. Before you jump on someone who's trying to help for 'being a tool'..search the forum a bit and both of those topics have been covered. Don't let this forum turn into what it did in April
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rignfool:
Andida make a 2000 mah battery...

I use one
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
I saw those how well do they work?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] camo_flage:
I'm from canada and i got in using a usa proxy
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bruce7373:
I'm curious about the Andida as well, or any other stock sized anyone can suggest.

I'm also thinking about getting the GTMax extended as it is less than $15 at Amazon and Newegg, but not unless I can get a sturdier Mugen cover. There are some on Ebay, but not for the Vivid.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] camo_flage:
Don't get andida they make crap batteries I bought one and it doesn't even longer than the stock one ans it claimed to be 2000 mah

Sent from my HTC Raider on the Rogers Wireless Network
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Cor-master:
Thats what I was afraid of. I read that the stated mah doesn't mean much on the Chinese batteries because there are no set standards on how to rate mah, so it says 2000 but it might be 1250 by HTCs rating system