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[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
I d like to read your experience with battery saving apps like JuiceDefender.

Do these apps really help?

I already use the phone with Bravia Engine Off,Screen Brightness at 30%,GSM only,DATA Off and Sync Off but I d like some more battery saving in order to get more than 30h out of every charge!

My phone is the XPeria Mini ST15i.

N.

Sent from one of my 4 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Driver007:
for me those apps don't help,

when phone is in sleep I get 0.3-0.5% per hour :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Have to agree.

You can't get more juice from 1200 mAh battery. You have to deal with it.

I get same results on my stock-modified LWW, I don't sleep long enough to get exact results, but I do get also 0,3-0,5% drain per hour.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] cyrrrinda:
disable sync - it means less wake-up's ...and data of course

my phone goes for two days without that using FXP rom
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Yeah,I know. :-)

Sent from one of my 4 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
JD is great for automating.

You might wanna play with different CPU governors and different MHz ranges....

No-frills CPU Control
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] ARNOB:
Try the official Sony power saver app
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Thanks but this app doesn't do something more than I ve already trying!

Is there any chance that WiFi tweaks drain the battery so fast?

I mean HT Enable,Burst mode and so on? When using Tapatalk and Twitter etc the battery drains like crazy!

Sent from one of my 4 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] luiphilip:
Try to do one thing at a time. Multitasking consumes a lot CPU power, high computer freq=high voltage. About the Wifi tweak i dnt see any difference though my phone can last 1.5 - 2 days w/o chargng with around 6-8hrs wifi usage(FB/XDA/mails), minimal gaming and walkman usage.

Try to throttle your min-max cpu freq and set your governor to brazillianwax or powersaver if you are not using it. Manually switch to smartassV2 or performance when browsing or playing games. Also use noop as I/O scheduler, most users say it is battery friendly.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Thank you for your reply.

I'm still trying to find out what's happening with the power drain.

I should mention also that the mini is V6 supercharged if it makes a difference.

Also take a look at the following photos.It s from the last 24h.

Battery 100%->7% in ~22h.

Cpu Min 122MHz Max 1024MHz.

Gov. OnDemand + NoOP.

Display 27%-Some animations-Bravia ON-Timeout 30sec.

Data OFF-GSM preferred.

Tapatalk-XDA notifications OFF.

Phone idle for 18h (!).

So all this drain was for 3h use!!!

Well,what do you think?

Does this seem normal?

N.

Sent from one of my 4 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
It is normal, however when you are using the phone, something uses battery. What did you use the phone for while using it?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Internet (Tapatalk,XDA,Seesmic and a bit of Viber),calls and SMS not so much...

That's about it.

We are talking about idle time of 18 out of 23 hours (!).

I still think something causes drain.Maybe the V6 SCharger?

I'm seriously thinking of flashing again the stock ROM and setup everything from scratch. :thumbdown:

N.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
What kernel and ROM are you using?

Rage kernel is very battery friendly.

If you want to try, link's in my sig...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Stock rooted .62 V6 supercharged.

I don't wanna unlock my bootloader atm though!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
A few suggestions:

1/ Flash .64 baseband if you don't have that already. I find it's better for batt life.

2/ Try adding these lines to build.prop

pm.sleep_mode=1
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1

3/ Remove all bloatware.

Here's a link that might help with that: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1328322

4/ You could try to flash a custom ROM. I'm not sure if every ROM requires BL to be unlocked. I've unlocked mine the minute I got it....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Thank you for the reply!

Baseband is already .64!

I have already uninstalled each and every app I don't use!

I ll try the build tweaks.

What do they do exactly?

N.

Ps.I can't find power collapse.

Sent from one of my 5 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1

Allows the phone to sleep better

pm.sleep_mode=1

Saves power when phone is sleep

Try it, it may help a bit.

BTW- kickas kernelizer can cause an increase in battery drain. At least for me it does. So if you installed it along with V6, remove it...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
No,I don't have KAK installed.

I guess I ll resort to a fresh installation and I ll take it from there a step at a time...

Also my battery never seems to charge more than 4180mV no matter how many times I ve deleted battery stats and charged to 100% etc.Weird.

Sent from one of my 5 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] brymarti:
just use power save mode + juice defender works like a charm for me
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Deleting batterystats file doesn't do anything to your phone. You are just deleting file manually, that actually is removed after every full charge.

There is no such thing as battery calibration for Androids. You just can't get more juice from there.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
Try this link: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11803458&postcount=10

Also 4180mV is ok I think.

My battery charges to max 4190mV.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Thanks,but you I must say that there s nothing magical about what these apps do.

I mean,I always have DATA disabled,SYNC off etc.These apps doesn't do anything more than what you can do by yourself,

so you don't really need them,apart maybe from the fact that they work with profiles for night time for example. ;)

This one doesn't work for my Mini.

At least I cannot get it to work no matter what I try.

Thanks for the suggestion anyway! :)

I m currently thinking of trying a MIUI ROM w/custom KERNEL.

But this is until we get the official ICS for the Xperia Mini later this month.

N.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
I know it doesn't say it's for the mini, but I tried that method myself, and it worked.

I pulled the battery while the phone was booting, and from100% it declined to 80%.

MIUI or ICS kernel is not that battery efficient yet as far as I tried it.

Xkernel&Rage are the best I've tried. Or Rage for CM.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
I'll say once again.

You can't get more juice from the battery, also batterystats.bin file includes info only about battery usage. Only the info, that is shown on Battery Use page in settings.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
I do agree with you.

After all it's an OS,not magic!

Still,the aforementioned post makes you think,doesn't it?!

Actually,I also remember my

phone charging up to 4200mV

when I first got it...

At which stage of the boot sequence did you pull the battery out?

Sent from one of my 5 iPads.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
First of all, I understand what someguyfromhell is saying.

The batt capacity is 1200mAh. And you can't get more than that.

I'm completely aware of that.

I'm also sceptical to this method, but zeppelinrox is a recognized dev, and I don't think that he would post false or unrealistic info.

Anyway, I tried this battery pulling method sometime ago.

It went from 100% to I think 80 or 90%. I can't remember.

So I don't know what that's saying :confused:

Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't...

If I remember correctly, this is what I did:

(I'm on CM now, and it doesn't work with it)

Fully charge the phone.

reboot it.

when it shows the boot anim, wait a few seconds until it vibrates.

Pull the batt out while it's still connected to AC power.

The phone should finish booting the ROM.

Once it does, plug in the battery, and look at the percentage.

It should be below 100%, so charge to 100%.

If you take out the batt at a wrong time, the phone will just turn off.

I tried this a few times actually and it did no harm to my phone.

Still, I have to say, do it on your own risk.

Still, the best way to extend bett life is a good kernel :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] BlackArtsInc:
Thanks! I ll give it a try! :-)

N.

***EDIT***

No go.I just couldn't make it boot.

I have the HTC SENSE framework installed and the vibrate is lighter so I m not sure but maybe also the timing is different with this.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] iONEx:
Take a look at this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1621808
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1445698
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] zeppelinrox:
If you read my battery calibration tutorial or ran the die-hard battery calibrator script, you'd know that it's all about getting a right reading ie. ensuring that it's properly charged or charging it as good as it's gonna get.

I also say that using the mV reading is alot more reliable that looking at the % anyway.

And this was BEFORE the google girl made the batterystats comments.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] coolbuy:
I'm using xperia mini pro with stock battery. Wiping battery status helps a lot. I dont know how its affecting our phone. but i noticed great improvement after implimenting a script to clean the battery stats files.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] gandhar:
thats not possible

classic placebo effect:D
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] killar_aka_arabu:
can i use power control widget from 2.3.7 to cm9 ics?
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
you can use an app called notification power widget
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedtriplee:
Dear All,

having trouble with 2 things on my nexus.

I recently updated the latest firmware.

Now my emails are very slow to open and take a long time to load the full text. happens with my pop account and also my gmail same slow speeds.

The second thing is that i cannot get a search function in my pop account?? it's only available with my gmail one. Is there any solutions to this?

Thanks for any help
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] speedtriplee:
can anyone help me?
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Reserved.
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
This ones for me :p
[Blade General] Gokh:
Very nice thread, i think a mod should pin it :thumbup:

Send from my Blade!
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Lol..;)
[Blade General] saaransh9:
yeah i didn't knew kartik u wrote this one was thinking to write one great job.

will like u to edit it with all roms like stock based roms and cm based roms etc

there are a lot of roms available for blade if u list the most important ones then it will be good.

i can help u out with it.
[Blade General] karthiknr:
I wanted to add the CM KANG builds and Stock builds but I felt there we're many many builds.. So,i have linked to the threads of the stock builds and the KANG dev thread.. Even now,if you want me to add them separately here,ill do so..

Edit: Have added some more ROMs and threads of ICS Development and KANG Development.
[Blade General] saaransh9:
Link joyos and LG home

There is aosp gingerbread by Tommie

Add mega bassbeat its a good mod
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Will add them today. Was busy with an exam..

Edit: Sorry for delay. Added Joyos ROM and Tommie B's AOSP Build.

Couldn't find the mega bassbeat mod though..
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Added Mega Bass Beats and SRS Dolby Sound Mods.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Help Me, Dont Know Anything...

Hi, i have a Dell XCD35 which my friend gave me cuz it was not starting and i want to fix it now. the phone starts but dell logo animation keeps on repeating (with start sound). also it goes into FTM mode by pressing vol - and power. the problem is that i have never used this phone ever and know nothing about flashing this model (though i m kinda gud at Motorola Droid 2 Global) and i dont even know whether it is gen 1 or 2, hungarian, europian or chinese....

plz help me....
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
This isn't exactly a solution, but one thing I can say for sure. The Dell XCD35 is a European Blade. Ask you're friend what Android version the phone came with

2.1 : Gen 1

2.2 : Gen 2
[Blade General] rocker86:
Hey Karthik thanks for a wonderful guide and step by step procedure..I have installed latest CM 7.2 Rc3 and wanted to know whether http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1602753&page=13 it will work on our device as You have provided the link in OP also in the given thread there are 2 files one for Galaxy3 and other for X8. So which one is compatible? Also I have an idea blade so if it is for our device, Can I flash the files on the idea blade?
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Try the Galaxy3's file first. Look for audio improvement when your earphones are connected. If the result is a bootloop, flash the x8 file. I suggest you make a cwm backup anyway.
[Blade General] Gokh:
Yes it work good! As it's made for g3's cm7, it should work on all cm7

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1606725

Envoyé depuis mon Blade
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Thanx dear for the reply and sorry for responding late (problem wid net). i asked my friend about the version and he says its 2.2 and please keep in mind that i live in india (so that you can know which made his phone is)....

plz i need immediate help...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
So it's a Gen2 European Blade
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
please guide now...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
Is it rooted?
[Blade General] reasoOne:
I have the same Z982 and found a lead in how to root using twrp but I don't know which twrp image file is is the right one
[Blade General] exs.advocate:
Could you please cite the sources you found for the rest of us, please? Thanks in advance.
[Blade General] exs.advocate:
Yeah like the others I call BS
[Blade General] markboston:
I have a z559dl is there a way to root it?
[Blade General] s4goa:
this 2012 thread sounds kinda dated... like old... kinda outdated , almost obsolete is whadda mean to say
[Blade General] akba01:
ZTE Blade V0800 imperméable

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I have a ZTE Blade V0800, and i canot root it, help:(
[Blade General] s4goa:
blade A5 2019

ZTE blade A5 2019 --- spreadtrum CPU --- rootable or not ?
[Blade General] bajanrose:
Can the ZTE Blade A3 2020 model be rooted?
[Blade General] Alotheone:
Hello to anyone who'll read this. I recently bought a ZTE Blade A3 2020 and to my surprise, it will not go into recovery menu. Is something wrong with my phone or is this a problem for this model specifically?
[Blade General] hawkwind212:
I'll not get another ZTE android device again, because just like CCP, ZTE applies the same repressive philosophy to their device. You can't root the device, and the device only operates in the exact ways that the manufacture have allowed. So when you say you can't get into the recovery mode, I'll not be surprised if that's not allowed by ZTE.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
no, its not...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
Then I suggest u take it back to the Dell service center
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
tell me a way to flash on my own. going to dell service centre is a big dent on my pocket. i wanna give it a try...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
Read the guide above . The only thing u can try is a TPT
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
pleaase do a favor by telling me briefly how to do it, i have read it but i am being very cautious, so understand...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
I'm not very sure as I have never TPTd before and wouldn't want to risk somebody's device.

@Karthik, any ideas?
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
please tell me how how to TPT and what are the files needed ???? :confused:

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i went to this site http://amphoras.co.uk/index.php/downloads/blade-tpts and downloaded Gen2 v1a and did as it was mentioned at the bottom and now my phone is only booting to ClockworkMod Recovery.

Now i dont know what rom to flash and where to get it from....

guys i need some real help...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Ok. So now you need to download a ROM file which is a .zip file. After downloading it,place it in your SD card wherever you want. Next,go to clockwork recovery and choose 'install .zip from SD card/storage' whatever it is. Choose the ROM file and flash it. I suggest you read the Flashing a ROM section in the guide above. Flash the CyanogenMod 7 ROM. The links are in the guide above.

You'll find the CyanogenMod 7 ROM .zip file under the Various ROMs section above.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
I am grateful to you but can i install CM7 because my cell is not rooted and please give me the link to the file, i am very confused as i hav read so much which only confused me like gen1, gen2, hungarian, chinese, european.......
[Blade General] karthiknr:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/335328-romgen2cyanogenmod-7-android-237/
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
thanx alot and i am downloading CM 7.2.0 RC but i need to know whether i can install it without my device being rooted...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
@karthik, which build is that? Sej's or BurgerZ'?
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Got no idea sir, i got this phone in this condition only (dell logo loop).

shud i go ahead with it...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Default CM7.
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Yes you can.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Link for the gapps is not working. where shud i download it from...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
The link for all Gapps is working.

goo.im/gapps/
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
sory to bug u again but tell me the apropriate gapps version from there (i am a noob)
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Just download from this.

goo.im/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Many many thanx to you for helping me so much.... i'l get bak to you after flashing it and tell you the result

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Thanx karthiknr, you helped me so much and i have fixed my phone.....

cant thank u enough
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
because of ur help, i was able to fix my phone but GAPPS ddnt work at all....

if u cud also help me on this as well...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
What do you mean gapps doesn't work? After you flashed CM7,can you boot into Clockworkmod recovery?
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Dear what i mean is that after installing CM 7.2 rom i flashed gapps and then rebooted the phone. The phone started well and is working well but none of the google apps is installed...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
It should have installed. Download the gapps package once again and try. Maybe it was corrupt.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
ok as you say.... one more thing i want to install CM 9.0.0 alpha 7 blade (blame my curious nature :-)... how shud i go about it...

as far as i know like this but i need ur confirmation:

1. download the rom and gapps and place it on MC

2. Reboot phone into ClockworkMod Recovery

3. Flash ROM, wipe data

4. Flash gapps

5. Reboot and enjoy...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
I would recommend ColdFusionX over the CM9 Alpha build.

The procedure is-

1.Download rom file and the ICS gapps file and place it on the MC.

2.Go into recovery.

3.Wipe data,wipe cache,wipe dalvik cache and format system in advanced.

4.Flash ROM.

5.Flash Gapps.

5.Reboot.

Download ColdfusionX from here-http://goo.im/devs/tilal6991/blade/ROMs/CFX/update-cm-9-20120531-SNAPSHOT-blade-ColdFusionX-tilal6991-signed.zip

Download ICS Gapps from here-http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Oh Man thanx for you kind suggestion and i wud surely install the ColdFusion Rom as u said.....
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Dear i installed ColdFusionX and GAPPS just like u said and now my phone is stuck at android logo animation from the last 15 minutes..... what to do now...
[Blade General] Gokh:
I have a question: gen2 blade dont have tpt? In a french forum, they are gen2 and gen3 tpt, and it says what you can use normal tpt after

And you can add alternative root methode: Androot, and recovery flasher: OneClickRecovery

Envoyé depuis mon Blade
[Blade General] bladebuddy:
Amazing post Karthiknr , one of the more useful posts I have read in a long time and a good source of information for beginner's and more seasoned users, you could possibly add " V6 super charger" scripts + link which is also quiet useful, if you have and I have missed it then sorry.

Anyway a big thanks from me.:)
[Blade General] karthiknr:
So basically your partition is not meeting the ColdfusionX requirements. You will have to perform a TPT. I will link you to it in some time.
[Blade General] karthiknr:
Thanks.:) Will add the method. I haven't talked about GEN3 here because I haven't found enough information regarding it. Any info on GEN3 would be appreciated.
[Blade General] karthiknr:
I will add the V6 super charger scripts. Quite frankly I've no idea what it does.:p Will look into it.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Friend after the loop i installed CM9 alpha 7 blade kang and then the phone started but it was slow and the biggest issue was it was not searching for any radio signals. so it was useless as making and receiving calls is what phone is made for. So again i installed ColdFusionX and funny thing was it had the same bootup animation as CM9 alpha 7 blade kang (because when i yesterday installed it for the 1st time the phone got stuck at 'android' logo (i mean it was written 'android,)). But again it had signal issues and was not searching for any.

So i though it wud be right to install CM 7.2 RC and after flashing, the phone is running gud with no problem with signals but again no GAPPS installed even after downloading it again... now i just want to install GAPPS nothing else...
[Blade General] karthiknr:
The method below is risky and can damage your phone permanently. I'm losing my patience here and i strongly SUGGEST you READ the above guide once and for all.

Download Gen2 TPT v10 from here.

http://code.google.com/p/ics4blade/downloads/detail?name=Gen2-TPT-v10-stock.zip&can=2&q=

Extract the file and place the "image" folder in the root of the SD Card.

Switch off the phone and boot the phone pressing the power,menu and vol+ keys together. Some green text will appear and your phone will boot into Clockwork recovery. Now flash CM7 or ColdFusionX and boot into it. Flash Clockwork Recovery and flash Gapps for Gingerbread or ICS respectively.
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
if its that risky, is there a way to install all the gapps while phone runnin from market or somewhere else...
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
Sure. Go to the market and search gapps download.

Of course its not possible. Don't u think someone would have tried that by now?
[Blade General] chetansaraf:
Ha Ha Ha... funny you are.... :D
[Blade General] Faiz Malkani:
.....And now you're talking like Master Yoda.

Talking like him, you are.

Gapps worked, did it?