yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] hardfallen87:
Facebook app was draining my battery very fast, even with sync turned off. I uninstalled and and now im getting much better battery life believe it or not.
[Android General] kensim781:
Okay now I had swich to FriendCaster, gonna monitor the battery consumption again. One thing I observed is by using Watchdog, FriendCaster only uses 10.2% CPU as compare to FB using 45.5% while in the background!! that is absurb! :eek:

Maybe that will save some juice from my battery :)
[Android General] dafabsl:
i'm now off to friendcaster, the new design looks really awesome!

the fb app drain is just tooo damn high..

uses about 30 % of my battery

sent from my Galaxy S running INFINITUM 1.1.0 + MNICS 143
[Android General] MamaSaidWhat?:
The official facebook app is AWFUL :mad:

Friendcaster is indeed the best alternative. Been using it for a while and the 5.0 update is fantastic! The themes are a great addition :D
[Android General] bobrien4975:
Yeah kinda lame

its slow but it still runs
[Android General] yacloo:
eat a lot ram but works fine on xperia neo_v
[Android General] rafa6571:
When i open facebook my gps just turn on and there's no way to turn off... Now with friendcaster everything is perfect and the new ui is awesome... I love it.
[Android General] mcord11758:
Friendcaster crashes constantly for me
[Android General] djquick:
Yeah, do that and let us know how it goes; lol
[Android General] zakee00:
Yes, I was really tired of Facebook using my GPS even though I never use the check-in feature. Going to try out FriendCaster for a while ^^ thanks for the recommendation!
[Android General] Ninja8705:
Just read this thread tried out friendcaster, should've done this alot sooner, tried ssesmic for a bit but didn't work out Facebook app can finally stay gone :-)
[Android General] coolsandie:
Yeah, its been proven since long before that Friendcaster app is good than official Facebook app. Now the updated 5.0 version of FriendCaster adds more fans. But noobs always uses the official app though.

I also likes TweetCaster better, which is a good Twitter client.
[Android General] kensim781:
Hi guys, downloaded and install Friendcaster ver 5 last night, but kinda notice that it's widget doesn't refresh on it's own... need to click the refresh button on the widget itself. Is this normal? I'm on GNex ICS 4.0.2 gsm.

Other then that Friendcaster is a PERFECT facebook subs. ;)
[Android General] sackynuts:
Thanks for the tip. Friendcaster is nice :-)

Sendt fra min GT-I9100 med Tapatalk
[Android General] Freakfly:
Friendcaster

Just a point on Friendcaster - it's an awesome app, but if any of your friends are security freaks, they probably have external apps blocked in their security settings. Since Friendcaster is a third party app, their information will be blocked, and you won't see their information. Just keep an eye open for friends that seem to never post anything anymore and ask them to allow third party apps and it should resolve the problem. Friendcaster has posted information on this problem.
[Android General] Face Of Boe:
FB under ics has been so irritating. I gave friendcaster a shot, even paid for it, but I couldn't get used to it.

High cpu usage is a pain, but I keep finding weird glitches, like when you hit "like" and it sometimes doesn't work. Or when you view a pic or comment and have to hit back two or three times.

I did find that if you "back" out of FB, it will exit and not eat CPU. I might search around for a task killer that will selectively kill only background tasks I specify when their cpu gets too high.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] TommUK:
Okay, so I've been trying to get the Android Vs Apple Boot Sound to work with the Boot Animation.

What I've done, Installed a Sound Binary from Boot Animation Changer, Renamed the sound file to Android_audio.mp3, And placed the file in /System/Media/Audio/Ui, With the Permissions Rw-rw-rw

Nothing.

I checked the Default.xml file, to see if it points to the file.

<BootAnimation animation="/system/customize/resource/htc_bootanimation.zip" audio="/system/customize/resource/android_audio.mp3" />

</BootConfiguration>

So i placed the Sound file into System/customise/resource/ and yet still no sound,

I suppose I'm a noob, so if anyone can help me out that would be great, thanks.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Reinaldo33897:
Are you running ics or gingerbread rom. Boot sound goes in phone-system-media folder and must be named Android_audio.mp3. Did you also mount bootsnd.sh thru terminal emulator for gingerbread rom. Boot sound don't work on ics roms as of yet. Don't know if non release of source codes has to do anything with that.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] TommUK:
Hey, It's a a GingerBread ROM.

And I already had it in System/media but it didn't work there.

But nevermind got it working now in Sytem/Customise/resource

Cheers anyway :)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Reinaldo33897:
You need to load the bootsnd.sh file and reboot for it to work. I'm on the road but if you go over the inspire thread and go to theme section and boot animation request page at the end page I have a link to my drop box there that has the file and installation instructions if you want. It should make sound work after reboot. Just unzip copy bootsnd file to root of SD and type command in terminal emulator. If you don't have term emu go to market and download it its free.

Edit: Oh OK good.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] D1358531:
Any way to get this to work on a Samsung Mini? I tried everything (following all the steps in other threads here) and can't get it to work.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dud3me:
Hey so if anyone knows how to test roms on android sdk emulator with your pc please help me!

I found a really old guide from modaco and the problem I first enountered was that it wouldn't give me some ID number or something on cmd.

So a step-by-step guide would be great! :D
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StefDrums:
I have the same problem too...

what can we do?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olokos:
Old topic but my answer would help for people using search button or google :)

1. Download the Android SDK (which includes the emulator) from here.

2. Extract the downloaded zip.

3. Run a command prompt, and change to the 'tools' directory of the SDK (or add the tools directory to your path).

4. Type 'android list target'

5. Note the 'id' number of the '1.5' target (in my case it's '2')

6. Type 'android create avd -n enhanced -t 2' (substitute 2 with the target number determined above if required)

7. You will be prompted to create a hardware profile. This is optional, but I selected 'yes' and accepted the defaults for everything except RAM, where I gave it 256MB. wink.gif

8. Download and unzip THIS image file.(in this step you can just use your own rom)

9. Copy the above file to the location of the enhanced.avd directory ('C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\.android\enhanced.avd' on Windows XP, and 'C:\Users\<user>\.android\enhanced.avd' on Windows Vista).

10. You're ready! Type 'emulator -avd enhanced' to run! Note: inital boot may take a few minutes!

If you get Java errors, you need to download the JDK for your system from here!

Mac OSX

1. Download the Android SDK (which includes the emulator) from here.

2. Extract the downloaded zip.

3. Run Terminal, and change to the 'tools' directory of the SDK (or add the tools directory to the path settings in ~/.profile).

4. Type './android list target'

5. Note the 'id' number of the '1.5' target (in my case it's '2')

6. Type './android create avd -n enhanced -t 2' (substitute 2 with the target number determined above if required)

7. You will be prompted to create a hardware profile. This is optional, but I selected 'yes' and accepted the defaults for everything except RAM, where I gave it 256MB. wink.gif

8. Download and unzip this image file.(again, here is where you can use your custom rom)

9. Copy the above file to ~/.android/avd/enhanced.avd/system.img (e.g. if you saved it to and unzipped it to downloads enter 'cp ~/Downloads/system.img ~/.android/avd/enhanced.avd/system.img')

10. You're ready! Type './emulator -avd enhanced' to run! Note: inital boot may take a few minutes!

If you get Java errors, you need to download the JDK for your system from here!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mainak007:
Help me please........

I've downloaded the android studio & sdk tool separately (both from official website) :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Now my question is : can I use them together??......if yes.....then tell me the process :confused::confused::confused:
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhavanishankar871998:
Why do u people just copy and paste the stuff from other websites?

Pls. Do specify in ur own way or pls make a video on this!!
[HTC Desire S] elschnorelli:
Hi,

I have an issue with CM 9. I can't change the CPU governor and mhz settings.

OC/UVBeater freezes at starting the gui and setCPU is like I know just available as a paid version.

Any suggestions?

Is OC/UVBeater working in your case?

Greetz
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
Have you tried the built in one? Go to settings and scroll down to performance.
[HTC Desire S] Makerhack:
You can also try NSTools, maybe that one will work, in any case, don't overclock using CM9 default and otherone simultaneuslly
[HTC Desire S] rockdrilla:
Try using SetCPU for setting min/max MHz, governor and scheduler - not because builtin tool won't work.

Check newer CM builds for your phone - `bleeding edge` isn't so scary as people said. I have such one on my HTC Desire S (unstable, but I don't care so much).

UPD:

SetCPU is paid application, and it does much more than it costs.

Probably, you have `tight' kernel in ROM without governor/scheduler choice (can't believe that somebody releases CM-based kernel with such features).
[HTC Wildfire S] hardikrajgor123:
I have a 32GB card. Was using CM7 with scripts mounted for 280 MB internal memory. Wanted to change ROM so.

1. Reflashed CWM (didn't flash the boot.zip before reflashing CWM)

2. Wiped everything

3. Installed another ROM (3 ROM's actually :p )

Now I just can't locate the ext3 and swap partition on any software including Paragon or Gparted. It's like the partition just got lost. Any help will be appreciated. :(
[HTC Wildfire S] ONeill123:
Have you partitions with unallocated space or is the sd card so big like it be? For example, that the SD-Card has 32 GB in gparted or paragorn?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fewesttwo:
Long story short, someone took my phone and launched it off the ground. Screen doesnt turn on, but the phone still works.

Can someone please tell me the button pressing order to make a nandroid backup and then do a full data wipe and cache wipe.

Thanks

I am using CM9 nightlies with the CWM that comes with that. 5.x I think

Edit: I would be willing to do it over ADB, I assume I can wipe data etc with that. I just need to be able to recover that onto the phone if it gets replaced or Samsung do a factory wipe
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krico:
Press volume up + home + power button at the same time to reboot into recovery mode.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fewesttwo:
Hey thanks for the reply.

I was actually looking for how many times I need to press up and down etc to navigate CWM to actually get to the backup and clear data menus.

Doesnt matter now though, I just ADB pulled my /system and file mounted and copied off an old nandroid backup I had.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rustli:
Hi, i try to create my own boot animation, but if i reboot my TF i can see only black screen. I look to almost all threads in this forum, but it still not works. I tried jpg and Png files. I will upload the files and you will be very nice ,if you say me whats wrong. I have tried make jpg from avi. First i convert every frame(it was something over 3000 jpg - 150 mb) so i set speed 30 frames per second, amd then i tried make image from every 1 sec, which means 104 pictures so i se speed 1 frame per second. I will not uplod the 150 MB files, because of my internet connection.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Hazerd:
Hi Forum

I am Jp Ore Hazerd, Developer and Founder Of Mhygen Rom's

Mhyegen Rom Is (Hopefully) going to be an opensource project.

I am Looking For A Great team of :

Developers

Themers

Hosters

Beta Testers

I want My rom to Be On More Phone , Like : HTC One X , Galaxy Nexus , Galaxy s

If you Are A Good

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Hosters

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[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
Hmmm?

Sent from my i9100. No HyDrOG3NICS? No SWAGG..
[Galaxy S II General] krico:
Yup.
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
No obvious evidence of anything previous... not exactly selling yourself. Not clear about what it is you are trying to achieve, and why. What's the USP?

Your credentials?
[Galaxy S II General] Paradoxxx:
Yeah.. who are you?!

Sent from my i9100. No HyDrOG3NICS? No SWAGG..
[Galaxy S II General] beston94:
People need a bit more information and probably a bit more experience..
[Galaxy S II General] AshleyTayles:
This is the ROM he has made:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583910
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
As he says he is 14 years old so may not be up to speed on posting this sort of ask .

But any 14 year old should be encouraged in my view .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Hazerd:
I Have Edited my post a bit.

Hopefully Good :p

xda is hard hard hard (lol)
[Galaxy S II General] snowwhite007:
im willing to help with roms/themes aswell

Mod or Die
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
Will that include your little helpers ???

Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to Mod we go .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] LenAsh:
Wholeheartedly agree... there are numerous young and keen devs and themers on the SE Xperia and the ZTE Blade XDA and MoDaCo boards (those I'm aware of) and they are generally very promising.

Perhaps the OP has taken something from this in terms of the intro... :)
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
Just got the extended battery from a VZW store for 50% off. That's $25. Can't beat that. Just figured I'd pass this along. It might just be a weekend sale to go along with the sale of the phone for $50 this weekend.
[HTC Rezound] Jimi Mack:
I just checked on their website and there it is going for $59.99 so you got a great deal.
[HTC Rezound] CharliesTheMan:
Just in case this information is useful, I think all corporate stores are selling their HTC batteries 50% off still. It has to be a verizon corporate store though meaning not a third party reseller.

I know the rezound regular and extended have been 50% off for quite sometime and I think I remember it applies to more phones than the rezound, either all their batteries or all their HTC batteries.

I have the extended battery and really like it a lot, the phone still feels great in my hand, back cover is high quality and the battery I got has been of great quality.

Also, Verizon has a pretty decent extended battery case, I believe it's the one that comes with the snap in holster clip but I'm not positive about that. There are other companies making cases that you might like better, just depends on preference. But I wanted to mention it so you could at least look at it if you go to get a battery.
[HTC Rezound] Eurynomus:
For what its worth..

Logged into my vzw acct and it only gave me a discount of 44.99 for the extended battery, cleared my cart and logged out of my account now it gave me the 50% discount of 29.99 (from 59.99), logged back in and it kept the price. You won't see the discount until you add it to your cart.

Not sure if it was a glitch or Verizon trying to get more money out of its customers.

But hopefully this helps anyone looking to buy this.
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
I think you mean 29.99? At least that is what it gives me. I just ordered the rezound this afternoon.

Edit, just bought it for 29.99.
[HTC Rezound] jemadar:
in for one, thx
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
i only get a 25% discount. $44.99 :(
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
Did you add it to your cart? I didn't show up for me until I logged out and logged back in, then added it to my cart. I think I paid 32.16 after taxes. But it showed up as 44.99 for me before logging out and back in.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Hmm I'll try again

EDIT: got the $29.99 price in cart! thanks!
[HTC Rezound] maxearing:
i got mine for that price on march 29th when i bought my phone.
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
I think Verizon has been doing 50% off extended batteries for 4G phones to alleviate the issues that people are having with batteries not lasting through the day. I remember something being said on phones arena back a few months ago.
[HTC Rezound] RKight:
A month ago, when I bought my phone (at a corporate store), I got my extended battery and a gel case, that fit the extended battery, for $40 plus tax.
[HTC Rezound] txkorm:
The sale has been on forever it seems. If you are ordering online, make sure you're not logged in to your account. If you are at the store, make them ring it up to see the sale price. I know it's hard to believe but the corporate verizon store sales people don't know sh!t.

KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
[HTC Rezound] Deron Baker:
And if you're looking for an additional extended battery (you already have the extended back), you can get a Thunderbolt extended battery real cheap here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0055OTNK4/ref=mp_s_a_13?qid=1334231529&sr=8-13

Note that the picture in the description does not match the actual battery. But go to the htcpedia.com Site and look at the Rezound extended battery options and you'll see that the Thunderbolt extended battery fits just fine in the Rezound and has the exact same model number that is listed in the Amazon link. Mnfg Part #: 35H00149-01M

http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-rezound-oem-2750mah-extended-battery.html

And yes, the Thunderbolt extended battery works perfectly fine in the Rezound. Here is my video proving it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikSJgbn5D6Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[HTC Rezound] homer169:
What I have read its that the thunderbolt battery does work in the rezound, however, it doesn't report the voltages and temperature correctly. Are you experiencing something different?
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
After watching his video, it seems the extended battery from the Thunderbolt is the exact same extended battery in the rezound. Just a different color, he showed that it was reading the percentages the same as the stock extended.
[HTC Rezound] texascbx:
I ordered the battery and extended door yesterday from Verizon for 29.99 too. I was not logged in. The 29.99 did not show up until I checked my cart and there it was.:D
[HTC Rezound] killahrey:
the extended one works fine, the standard ones do not.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
Thanks for the vid. do you know anywhere to get the back??

EDIT:

the thunderbolt battery is 5$

the rezound battery door is 25$

25+5=30 plus tax and seperate shipping(cant get at same place for those prices)

the battery+door on Verizon=30$ plus tax and one shipping fee. Verizon suprisingly have a good deal...
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
Amazon had some the other day. But its 20 bucks Plus shipping, so for another 10 you get the official battery itself. I have a tbolt extended battery but I went ahead and got the official one because I wasn't really saving anything by just buying the battery door.
[HTC Rezound] antp121:
yeah i posted an edit right before you posted saying exactly the same thing
[HTC Rezound] chaos254:
Just ordered mine for 29.99. Ive only had the phone for about a week and was already frustrated with battery life. I'll probably pick up an extended on amazon as a backup
[HTC Rezound] Evocm7:
I purchased this same battery and I'm somewhat happy with it. It's bigger than the extended battery from my EVO 4g but doesnt last as long. Disappointed but I got it for $29.99 as well so not bad. That should be regular price. Not worth $60
[HTC Rezound] brisdaddy1207:
I got one online for 25 and a free mhl cable because I went to the corporate Niles Ohio store and got treated like sh.t twice in a week..
[HTC Rezound] TheMuffStuff:
I have one too, but it makes the phone a brick, why would anyone want one lol.
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
Because they are a heavy user and they would like to make it an entire day on a charge. I've gotten used to the extra bulk. Had one with my tbolt, bionic, and now the zound.
[HTC Rezound] OLDsJUNKIE:
Two full work days on a charge. No car charger for a day trip. Love my extended, has made the already sweet Rezound experience that much better. Unless of course you got little girlie hands and can't handle it! ;)
[HTC Rezound] Wendemixda:
I got one at a corporate Verizon store but so far I don't see a difference between that battery and the standard one in term of duration. 12-13 hours with moderate use. BTW, does having LTE/CDMA instead of CDMA only selected drain battery? I just realized that it was what I had been using.
[HTC Rezound] 1454:
Make sure you door is making good contact. Because if it's not and you're running lte, as you say, then that will kill the extended battery in no time. because the antenna is in the battery door. Try battery monitor also, that can some times help you find a specific drain. I'm a heavy user I kill the extended battery in about 14 hours. I was lucky to see 6 out of the stock one.
[HTC Rezound] TheMuffStuff:
LTE/CDMA Kills your battery over just CDMA, only reason being is when LTE is on it constantly searches for an LTE signal, whether your area has one or not.
[HTC Rezound] dyetheskin:
can someone post a proper voltage reading? preferably one after the ext has been used for a few charge cycles and has settled. I bought one of these and I'll need to compare after I charge full/drain a few times. hoping it's not like stock where it was 4353mV
[HTC Rezound] dg4prez:
you leave my little girlie hands out of this!
[HTC Rezound] pkopalek:
I already posted this in another thread (but there are tons of extended battery threads).

Anyone who ALREADY HAS an extended battery (and the back that goes with it), here is an extended battery (WITHOUT the back) that is the EXACT same part number as Rezounds. It's worked in 3 rezounds for me without issue. It behaves exactly as the Rezound one (it's the same part number.)

ITS $4!!!!!!!

FOUR DOLLARS, from HTC (not some x-brand).

It's worth charging, and tossing in your glove compartment. It's legit. Get it!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055OTNK4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
[HTC Rezound] blestsol:
Thanks grabbing two!
[HTC Rezound] 318sugarhill:
are you the seller? :)

Just kidding. Good deal. I bought one like this for my dinc on ebay. Everyone swore it was junk, and it would last 3 months tops. I just retired the dinc, and after 18 months of using that battery alongside the stock battery (used a seidio charger for the batteries...I never plugged the phone in, just shut down and swapped batteries when it was dead) that battery was still working fine. It was starting to not last as long as when I first got it, but so was the stock battery. I'd say they had lost about 20% of their capacity based on the usage I was getting. For $8 (with shipping) it's worth the risk.

Now if I can only find the adapter piece for the Seidio chargers for the Rezound battery so I don't have to buy a whole new charger.......
[HTC Rezound] killahrey:
Just buy the thunderbolt adapter. Its the same. Works fine for me.
[HTC Rezound] TheDesignated1:
The VZW "sale" was still going this past Friday. Now I'm frantically looking for the clear insert for extended battery that came with my windshield mount. :-/
[HTC Rezound] jbuffethed:
I read this while laying in bed. I ran downstairs and ordered one. Cant go wrong at that price. Should've gotten 2.
[HTC Rezound] rsage:
Question for those who have the extended battery already - if you lay the Rezound on its back, does it lay flat with the extended battery cover? At work I leave mine on my desk and type on it without picking it up - just wondering if the curvature of the extended battery cover is such that the phone no longer lays flat without moving around when typing...
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
ive tried one on at my store and can confirm it does NOT lay flat. it's like a rounded edge so it bobs front and back
[HTC Rezound] rsage:
Ok thanks