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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mettleh3d:
http://gizmodo.com/5894572/in+app-ads-are-destroying-your-battery-life

In-app ads possibly draining more battery with location pinging ads even if apps are not currently active. If true, are there certain countermeasures to prevent this? I have Juice Defender Ultimate but I can't really tell if it does anything measurable when it comes to managing apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Download rom toolbox pro and use the ad blocker to block all ads. Mine blocked over 50,000 attempts in 1 day!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] gordievsky:
Does Toolbox Pro have any advantages over Adfree?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
Adfree always let ads through for me. And plus rom toolbox is absolutely everything in one app...root explorer..app manager(just like titanium backup)..font changer...rom manager..and you can theme your rom with it, change boot animation etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Melon_Bread:
Agreed, Rom Toolbox is the way to go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] c5satellite2:
And then the carriers complain about lack of spectrum and want to charge you more for data? Effing ponderous.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
been noticing the updated xda app does this... i see it eatting little bits of cpu hours after ive been using it.

Sent from my SGH-T989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
Wow ROM toolbox is the bomb...thx guys for the suggestion!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mettleh3d:
Cool. How do you know how many you've blocked per day?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Towle:
It says in rom toolbox under the ad blocker settings.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mettleh3d:
Under Total URLs blocked?

Edit: Those of you using Rom Toolbox are seeing much improved battery results? :D

if so, Great tool thanks guys!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] demonwind:
Does ROM Toolbox also block web browser ads?

I have Adaway but it doesn't always block everything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] blackangst:
For the few days I've been using it, it blocks most. Wish it blocked ads in angry birds :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funeralthirst:
i just wanted to point out this comment by jordo_99 to that article...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mettleh3d:
I disagree. I'm noticing signficantly less drain on idle and during app usage. My Data Manager tells you there's always some data transfer occuring during idle. And anytime a 4G signal is pinged for anything the battery takes a nosedive. Any opportunity to prevent a needless data connection (on 4G) is a good one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] funeralthirst:
but does it tell you where that data request is originating? more likely it's push for gmail or something like that than an ad in an app when the screen is locked...

during app usage, sure blocking the ads will reduce radio usage and thus power, but nothing noticeable... especially compared to the screen. on idle, that's all placebo.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] c5satellite2:
If any radio is being used, it will use power. If you can stop unwanted radio use, your battery will last longer. Basically if you put your phone in airplane mode, and all your radios are off, your battery will last much longer. If alot of ad requests were made, like 50000 it would impact battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Pwnzor7:
Can you summarise what jordo_99 has said? I dont really understand..:confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] grawkiller73:
Jesus, this is like 1 year old news...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
I reflashed my cm7 (phiexz) and tried to download from play when this warning shows up: anyone familiar with the problem?

View attachment 955355

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] chris_toni:
just reflash your phone again, it should fix it, but i dunno if only installing the gapps will help, but you can try it also.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] NRoach44:
Try clearing the Market's and "Download Manager" or "My Downloads" Cache and data.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Reflashed again, everything working :)

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] ekzil:
I had the same problem , reflashing is the only solution ...
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Oh god, got it once again.... i dont want to reflash :(

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] chris_toni:
hmm try to wipe data, and install old gapps that still use market.
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Yeah but i have the one with aroma installer....

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] chris_toni:
well if it doesn't work don't install it, have you already fix permision in the cwm?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Fix permissions makes everything force close

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] chris_toni:
x.x reflash it again after wipe, clear dalvik cache too, sorry for making it worst x.x
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Will do it when i come home, but have to find out, what causes it.....

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] sevantyanz:
have you tried another market app?
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Yes, getting same error, think i will flash squadzone cm7

Sent from my GT-S5660
[Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660] iok1:
Hmm, everything was going well for a while. Now i'm on phiexz latest nightly and my Google play force closes when i start it. Any ideas?

Sent from my GT-S5660
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 061189ji:
Can someone tell me if there is a way to mod the green colour theme to a blue colour found in cm7, im not talking about complete theme just tweak the colour
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylec:
As far as I know, you're gonna have to edit each of the green images in the framework-res.apk

That should be where most (if not all) the green elements are
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
I've been playing around with a Nexus S 4G that I have lying around and never used, and I've ran into a few problems, but you've all been helpful. I rooted all my old EVO 4G's without any problem, but the other day I rooted my NS4G using a one click/simple root and downloaded ClockWorkMod etc. But now for some reason It seems like I've almost lost my root? Is that possible? I still have the little unlocked symbol when booting up.

I've searched this forum and Google and haven't found anything, which could possibly be because I don't know what to look for. I've never had this happen :/

Currently running the stock 2.3.7
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
Nobody? I just need a little help.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stellar:
Did you flash a superuser.zip after you installed clockworkmod? :o
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
I thought I had... But no :( lol

Thank you. Sorry for pretty much making a useless thread :/
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stellar:
Its the Q&A forum ask away! Lol :)

Did flashing it work for you though?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
Yes, it did. Thank you!

Now I just need to re figure out how to backup my stock rom on rom manager. I need to do that if I'm going to flash a custom rom onto my NS4G correct? I've never actually gone that far with my phones lol. :o
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stellar:
Okay lol hold on so just go make sure you

1. Unlocked the bootloader right?

2. Flashed a custom recovery (clockworkmod)?

3. Flashed superuser for root access?

4. Now you have a stock rooted ROM?

If you have/did all that then yeah you could backup your stock rooted ROM, you don't need to back it up but its helpful just incase you mess something you could always restore it to start all over :)

And you could backup any ROM you install incase you didn't know, just remember when you install different ROMS make sure to do a proper full wipe which includes data/factory reset/wiping DALVIK cache, and formatting system and boot in the "mount" option in CWM. And now I think your good lol :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
Unlocked Bootloader? If I boot in fastboot it says Unlocked. Is this what you mean?

I have ClockWorkMod, but I haven't done anything with it.

I have superuser from the root

and I was working with a stock ROM the whole time....

I think I'm ok lol

So I'll back up my ROM, and flash a Nightly CM9? And back that up as well? Just perform a factory data reset before doing so, right?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stellar:
Yeah if it says unlocked your good to go. The super user.zip you first flashed won't be needed once you flash different ROMS, it was only needed for stock because you didn't install a ROM you just unlocked the boot loader and super user just gave you root access that didn't come with stock.

Yeah backup your stock ROM JUST in case you encounter a boot loop so you can just restore and start over, you don't need to back up CM9 that's completely your choice if you want . Its convenient though if you like CM9 but still like to flash other ROMS that way you can just go back if you miss CM9 without doing the whole setup process.

And a full wipe is

Data/factory reset

Then wipe dalvik under "advanced"

Then wipe system and boot under the "mount" option in CWM :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slap-Yourself :):
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to post links to videos or not. But I'm in love with some of the features this guy has on his NS4G

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdyAm3CgHc

He said it was a nightly etc.

The hidden status bar and bottom menu hidden is amazing. I also like the inverted G-Mail and Facebook. Is this all separate from the Nightly ROM?
[LG Thrill 4G] gdawson6:
I bought a thrill off of ebay, that was stated as being bricked and that it wouldn't boot. I've fixed a bricked g2x so I thought I would likely be able to fix it.

Problem is, the seller didn't tell me that all the water damage sensors were activated. The phone's screen will turn on when you plug it in, and show the lg logo then the charging screen, but nothing happens at all when you try pressing the power button. I tried an alternate battery on it just to rule out the battery.

I was going to try stock recovery, but after seeing the water damage sensors being deep red I realized it will possibly do nothing.

I'm familiar with flashing the baseband of thrill so I flashed the baseband to stock thrill p925, and it acted just like a working thrill would, which I thought was hopeful.

Does anyone have any reccomendations to try to see if this phone has any hope? Anything else I should try? Would you reccomend trying to flash back to stock to see if that does anything? Thanks!!
[LG Thrill 4G] winb87:
If its water damage try putting it in the freezer without the battery in. For like 15-20 min take out try to boot. If no go Try again for 5-10. Dont listen to over zelous hardware guys i've fixed THREE phones with this method. One was sitting in a friends drawer for a month and presto. Sounds crazy but all else might have failed. Good luck.
[LG Thrill 4G] gdawson6:
no luck

no luck with the freezer trick, tried it for 20 minutes, then another 10.

The seller has agreed to accept a return, which I'm going to do.

I couldn't even find any guides to reflash stock firmware without the phone already being rooted. It was so easy when I bought a g2x bricked (stuck on s/w upgrade screen).

Thanks for the tip, I'll keep it in mind if I ever have water damaged phones in the future (actually going to try it on another phone right now, crossing my fingers).
[LG Thrill 4G] xstokerx:
use the kdz method in the developers form
[LG Thrill 4G] ehabb3:
try this with any rom you want

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1527160
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xMini:
It's extremely annoying!

Is there any solution?

When is ASUS fixing this?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureum:
You can go and downgrade to HC with some custom rom and wait until sombody (probably not Asus) find a solution.. On Honey Comb everything was fine...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] No_u:
Just did a 24 hour cylce without any reboots. Honestly don't what you guys are having problems with.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eminembdg:
Well lucky you! Grats
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flacoff:
I'm on 9.2.1.17. I did a factory reset, turned off tegra notifications (read a blurb about this, but I have no idea if this works), wifi on sleep setting to never.

I have uptime of almost 2 days with no strange reboots, boot loops or other crap.

Seems like the wifi setting has the most effect, although not an ideal setting for me. I think that's a better solution than airplane mode (which seemed to work for me too)

edit: I'm rooted with razorclaw (option 1), if that helps
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghost0001:
I am now experiencing random shutdowns. Not reboots, but shutdowns. I leave my transformer locked and closed(if docked) and come back to it not on at all. I power up by long pressing the power button, like 10 seconds. It worked great on the old ICS, this new Mercury update is killing me. How can i downgrade back to Neptune?

EDIT: Added Softkey Locker Free and now it has been off the charger for six hours with no random shutdowns. Battery usage is normal, haven't experienced a leaky battery yet. I will keep you posted if I experience another random shutdown.

NOTE: Brought my Transformer to work in a pad case and it did go to sleep, however with Softkey Locker, it did not go to deep sleep.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xMini:
I don't want to go back to HC!

It's really troublesome to change from ROM to another! more specifically from ICS to HC!

Backup & Restore... worst thing to do!

Reboots happen 10+ times a day!

Sometimes.. the device is stuck and I have to hold down the Power+Volume Down buttons!
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aureum:
xMini You can try this trick with:

settings>developer options> stay awake when charging option,

enable it and then disable it again...

I do it and now i'm over 45 hours without bootloop and reboots... :eek:

Have no idea why it helps but it helps for me...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xMini:
I tried it and waiting for the results...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swibawa:
i try this trick just now, reboots after 5 min :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xMini:
Yeah..

Trick doesn't work :(
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweaked:
Contact asus. No one here works there. You don't want to go back to HC. There are no solutions otherwise.

:rolleyes:
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flacoff:
my uptime is 2 days and 7 hours, have u tried my suggestion to change wifi on setting to never?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xMini:
Yeah!

No luck... :(

I tried Airplane mode but still...
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theemstra:
Have had multiple times that my transformer didn't reboot for over 24 hours, but then in 3 hours it reboots 4 times...

Can't think of anything strange me (the user) did to make this happen.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] NateTheGreatt:
I was previously running MIUI (not sure which version) and something went wrong with it. Random processes just kept "unexpectedly stopping." I found the Heimdall One-Click and tried it. The process never finished (failed to upload FACTORYFS everytime :/). I tried checking the Flash Bootloaders option. It got the FACTORYFS upload percent a bit further along, but still failed. Opened up Odin, and it wouldn't find any device plugged in.

After a couple more tries at this, suddenly, no matter which USB port I plug in to, my computer fails to recognize the device when previously it would on a couple specific ports. Odin will not recognize it, either.

Am I screwed?

Edit:

I've gotten the USB to recognize. I'm scared to do anything now, for fear I won't get it to recognize again. Odin still does not see the device. What other tools can I use to unbrick this?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rxnelson:
I believe the driver for heimdall "takes over" the port. You have to use a different port or uninstall the driver to use Odin on it again. Also it seems when the upload won't complete most have success with another cable....nothing wrong with qksters uclb3 return to stock. I've used it several times.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Chaplain Dennis:
I had the same issue a few days ago. SCARED me to...

Powered the phone off.

Unpluged USB

Rebooted Windows PC

Rebooted phone

Started at step one again

This time try another USB Port on computer

This time everything worked
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dde333:
I've had this happen before. After much panicking, I used GTG unbrick.

Thread located here → http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

download is here → http://www.mediafire.com/?i57410xodydx5l1

Follow it verbatim. Worked like a charm!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cobraa783:
unistall

i had the same thing happen the other day i opened device manager and unistalled the driver for the phone then pluged the phone back in let it reistall and away i went may have to reistall drivers from kies
[Samsung Infuse 4G] AdamOutler:
All you need to do is install Samsung drivers again or switch USB ports. The LibUSB Zadig drivers are installed on a single USB port. No need to uninstall anything at all. Heimdall drivers are only installed to the USB port you had the device plugged into when you installed the drivers.

A better option would be to dual boot into Linux and One-Click just works every time.

It sounds like you are using a bad cable. Try using Heimdall one-click with a good cable. It works every time.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cobraa783:
That works if you don't have to jumble things around to switch USB ports and/or your computer is set up for dual boot the other option would be to run a virtual disk that runs linux
[Samsung Infuse 4G] AdamOutler:
No. The device is controlled by windows in a virtual machine.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cobraa783:
Actually ur windows didn't even need drivers for the device ur using in a vm
[Samsung Infuse 4G] AdamOutler:
It does. Otherwise it will be an unrecognized device and you can't connect it to the VM.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradbusa:
just wanted to chime in here and verify. had a similar problem with odin not working after using heimdall.. used another usb port and odin now sees my infuse.. no problems. thanks guys
[Samsung Infuse 4G] dde333:
Also, wanna say that, for some reason, I had better luck using different version of Odin. Can't remember exactly but I think 1.7 worked & 1.8 didn't - not at PC right now to verify.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
once you install zadig...driver installation for heimdall, it takes over that 1 port.

you can always go back to that 1 port or designate it for heimdall.

odin will not be usable for that port unless you re install samsung drivers again.

I have an (old -6yrs) pc with 1 usb same cord ($1) and 1 usb back port...same 1 for 6 months with heimdall - never had to mess with anything else...successful restore everytime...

use what you're comfortable with.

save that 1 configuration as your rescue if possible.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Zen Arcade:
The custom GB kernels for infuse start a file system conversion immediately upon reboot (from rfs to ext4). If your sound was working, you would hear a robotic female voice providing status updates. This process typically takes no more than 20 minutes to complete, usually less.

If the phone is just sitting there at a samsung logo, try leaving it longer to see if it completes and boots the phone OS.

If it still doesn't work, try the jscott30 Odin package instead:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=27286083

Here are the custom kernels in Odin packages:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1698367

IMPORTANT: If you try Odin, use a different USB port than the one you set up for Heimdall. Reserve the Heimdall port for only Heimdall flashing.

For Heimdall, make sure you are using this one (kernels in posts 2 & 3):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524081

(looks like you are based on the files you referenced above)

Regardless, make sure your USB connection is 100% reliable and you do not interrupt the flashing process - otherwise you may brick the phone.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] grtdrgn:
Thanks for the reply, Zen. I'll try it again when I get home and just let it run for at least an hour.

I have a minor aversion to using Odin, just because it is closed source as opposed to open source for Heimdall. I will take it under advisement, though.

Thanks for all the words of wisdom you give to all the members of xda. :thumbup:

*edit* - Well, decided to just let it ride for over an hour. Took an extended nap after I got home, so after flashing, the phone has been on the Samsung screen for well over 3 hours. I am going to presume that the Heimdall kernel install packages are a no go for me. I will read up on Odin and give it a shot. Thanks again. - *edit*
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixcro:
is possible to have ultra brightness on froyopro v2.4 some peogram or etc...when i'm outside is too dark...
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saipro:
Look in the DEV section. There's an auto-brightness fix that allows rapid screen brightness changes - as I suspect that's what the problem is. Unless you have a screen protector that's messing with you :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mayank77:
This worked for me

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nnevod.loggraph&feature=search_result
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixcro:
@Mayank

p

on 2.2 i can't download (:
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobilelash:
Try install GingerDX v23b

It has got ultra brightness modules.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsaklein:
What do you meant when you said that cant download?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Godra:
No, it doesnt have Ultra brightness.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RomWiz:
PrimeHD 5.1 Has ultra brightnes.

Tested and it works.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Godra:
Thats because its based on source of MiniCM which has that option.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixcro:
say not compabilite (soz 4 english)... and yes can't install any android with 2.3.x have a wifi bug (rebooting wifi)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shineworld:
What is Ultra Brightness ?

I only a way to pass from x to 100% of Brightness or a trick to increase to more than native 100% LCD value ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
so I was on vacation in europe and my wifi wouldn't connect, so I flashed CM9 as on a whim and the wifi worked great (for google voice wifi calling). The phone was acting wacky so I went into recovery to wipe cache and I accidentally did a full wipe (I blame the jet lag) using the included recovery and rebooted..and my phone was bricked. no samsung screen, no download mode, just solid blue light.

here's my question...

I read in another post that you can try holding the vol down and power until the blue light does the single blink and see if odin recognizes it and trying oding el29. I'm at work, so before I drive all the way home to try it, is there any truth to this idea or should I just wait patiently for my replacement phone?

thanks in advance
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dante32278:
I have heard it doesn't work for a full brick, which it sounds like you have. Wouldn't hurt to try though. Usually if you can't access the download screen you're done.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Wizard Knight:
I know. and I knew immediately what I did. Not my first brick, lol. having TEP removes all safety protocols I should take when flashing, which I do about 10 times a week :)

but seeing that post gave me a glimmer of hope that I won't have to keep using my old blackberry until my replacement comes
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You'll probably be able to get into ODIN D/L mode and flash everything but your /data partition. The problem is that usually when people do what you did, their /data partition memory gets corrupted in hardware, so you can try, but be prepared to get a replacement.