yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
They reviewed the AT&T One X.......they have International One X also dude, battery life is comparable.

Look at the tests, 3G only International One X gets 7 hours of web browsing, and 3G only Snapdragon S4 One X get over 9 hours. It's perfectly comparable, GSMArena didn't update software and retest.
[Galaxy S III General] barondebxl:
Wow LMAO!
[Galaxy S III General] bala_gamer:
ha ha ha... and the 5th one is "****! i should have went for sgs3"
[Galaxy S III General] yyhd:
holy shizz thats some amazing battery life!

---------- Post added at 12:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 AM ----------

good thing this is subjective, because i could not disagree more. ;)
[Galaxy S III General] rachitboom2:
How can you compare the results of two different sites ?

They both have different methods i.e. webpages, scripts etc that they run while testing.

For eg. battery life of Galaxy Nexus web browsing -

Anandtec - 6.2 hours

Gsmarena - 3 hours

Check out other results as well... there is a huge difference between the two sites for the same mobile phones...
[Galaxy S III General] alex9898:
Battery Life test is certainly the worst part in all the anandtech reviews.

They say that Galaxy Nexus gets 5h45 of 3G Web Browsering...

If you go to the Galaxy Nexus forum, you will see that normal battery life of the Galaxy Nexus is about 3-4h screen on. In constant web bowsering, it seems that most of users can achieve 3h-3h30 battery life.

Also, i have an iPhone 3Gs and i can tell you that i can't do 9h of WiFi Web Browsering... if i can do 5h-6h i'am pretty happy.

7h of WiFi Browsering for the LG Optimus 2X seems also pretty unrealistic. But that's not the only device wich have strange results...

Anandtech is a great site for most of part of their tests but not for battery life test.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Hilarios!
[Galaxy S III General] FISKER_Q:
Of course, real usage will vary from benchmark data which is probably under a very specific setup, like zero backlight, great reception and what not.

So yes it's probably not a good idea to compare Anandtech's results with GSMArena's, but i still feel something is wrong with the proportions of the results, i would've expected the talk time to be much higher than it is due to the battery lifetime during video playback.

I just can't see how the 4.8" display can be that power efficient (Which is why i compared it to the Galaxy Nexus as they share similar displays) that it beats having the display off, the CPU doing little work (probably all but one core enabled, at a low frequency), the gpu doing nothing and the antenna of couse transmitting.

Guess i'll have to wait for Anandtech's review of the battery lifetime so i can get some comparative results then.
[Galaxy S III General] thyttel:
Post of the year!!!! No doubt.

Almost wet myself reading that?
[Galaxy S III General] m33ts4k0z:
I really can't stop laughing... Epic!
[Galaxy S III General] :
Damn:eek::eek:
[Galaxy S III General] alex9898:
You can't compare both results because talktime is the ideal situation for One X and video playback is the ideal situation for SGS3.

In talktime, One X uses certainly the core companion wich is a low power CPU clocked at 500Mhz while SGS3 uses at least one of is four Cortex A9. So there's no suprise that One X can come close to the SGS3 despite of the bigger baterry.

Even the Qualcomm S4 can't beat the Tegra 3 in these conditions.

In video playback, AMOLED screens come with a great advantage because they consume a lot less power than LCD to display blacks and dark colors. Both One X and SGS3 use their quadcore here and with a 32nm CPU, the SGS3 comes with another advantage. So, no surprise, SGS3 is better than One X here and it's the same for almost all AMOLED smartphones.

It's not really the screen that kill the battery on the One X. It's the Tegra 3.

Check this video wich compare the autonomy of the One X (Tegra 3) vs One X AT&T (S4) and you will see that Tegra 3 consumes even more power than the screen :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUqae5_oqYM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

In the other hand, SGS3 uses a 32nm SoC (vs 40nm on Tegra 3 and 28nm on S4) and a new low power network chip.

moreover, if you look at the anandtech GSMArena results for battery life, they show almost the same gap between One X and Galaxy Nexus.

In talktime, One X does 18% better than GNexus on GSMArena and 12% better on Anandtech.

In Web Browsering, Anandtech give the victory to the One X by 24% (3G) and 43% (WiFi) and GSMArena by 42%.

GSMArena are more close to real performances of mobiles in Battey Life (according to GNexus et One X Forum) but gap is the same.
[Galaxy S III General] Entvex:
Very good battery life! It is a big plus for me. I am so getting this phone
[Galaxy S III General] interpid16:
Thanks for the post. This will be very useful for the people who have planned to buy SIII.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Tegra 3 is 45nm
[Galaxy S III General] AndreiLux:
No it's 40nm. All the other SoCs are 45nm.
[Galaxy S III General] alex9898:
No, Tegra 3 is 40nm.

Source : http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-superchip.html
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
With the larger screen and extra cores, that is pretty impressive :-)

Nice work, Samsung :-)
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
My bad, carry on. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III General] jonny68:
ALSO the good thing is the Samsung bloatware can be frozen in Titanium Backup which will increase the battery life even further so happy days :cool:
[Galaxy S III General] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
If root is available, yes.
[Galaxy S III General] SiNJiN76:
:cool:
[Galaxy S III General] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
Lol true.
[Galaxy S III General] nory82688:
Damn I cant wait to get this device! I have really grown on samsungs phones. Very impressive!
[Galaxy S III General] Huck33:
battery life seems great but S3 is comprae to the S2 with a std battery

what will be the result if the S2 use a 2000mAh?
[Galaxy S III General] CoNsPiRiSiZe:
Interesting point. But it is obvious that if something is pulling less power, it uses less. We are more interested in the actual battery usage from each hardware on the device. Screen and CPU and GPU being the 3 biggest pullees of power.

We will not figure out, however, how much each pulls until some custom kernels are developed and we can UC and OC and whatnot.

People are excited simply because this is a glimpse into our future devices.
[Galaxy S III General] DSF:
Don't forget the bigger battery which means also that it takes longer to charge.

And this exynos soc was promoted (by samsung, there is a video comparing performance & power efficiency) to be more power eficient that the one from s2.

Honestly I'm disappointed by browser battery life. I've expected more, especially because of higher capacity battery and power efficient cpu. You got aproximate browser times with sgs2 1650mah stock battery.
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
New exynos is more power efficient since its basically using the same cores but die shrinked them to 32nm so will use a bit less energy at same speeds etc...

Take into account Sgs3 is pushing out 1280x720 pixels now and 4.8 inches vs 4.3 inches so it about evens out in terms of battery life.
[Galaxy S III General] NZtechfreak:
You're disappointed because your expectations were unrealistic. What did you think would happen with a screen that is half an inch larger on the diagonal? The fact it even has parity is impressive.
[Galaxy S III General] radeonxt:
obviously it's because of the whites.
[Galaxy S III General] eletro:
What i like about s2 & s3

If your not satisfy with the stock battery life or storage, you have the choice/option to upgrade it.
[Galaxy S III General] Geengeld:
Buy couple of those docks made for s3 and stuff your pants full of extra batteries.
[Galaxy S III General] SlimJ87D:
Yeah... but what if the S2 had a quad core and half inch bigger screen? Wait that's the SGS3 lol.

There is a 2000 mah one out there. I wonder if there is a review of its battery.
[Galaxy S III General] pewpewbangbang:
There is, and the result isn't astronomical.

It depends on usage but when I had an S2, it was like maybe up to 1 hr of display time which isn't too bad
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] nate.mcbride:
I got a phone that I'm trying to restore. Currently it only gets as far as the HTC logo. Hboot had the following information:

-revolutionary-

Vivo_w xb ship s-off rl

Hboot-6.13.1002

Radio-1.09.01.1111

Tried several pg32img.zip files but nothing gets me past HTC.

Amy ideas?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] juzz86:
Try an RUU .exe, you aren't the first with this issue it seems :)

Link for you here.

You may also need to look into something like gparted, as it could be your partitions on internal NAND are borked.
[HTC One S] BH505:
How much will it affect my battery if I charge it when its 40% full?
[HTC One S] KillaHurtz:
This question makes no sense. The "effect" will be it will increase the level. lol

This is no negative repercussions of charging at any given level.
[HTC One S] JohnHenrySDM:
The ghost of NiCad shall haunt these forums forever.
[HTC One S] KillaHurtz:
I hope that's not a reference to Nickel-Cadmium batteries, because our phones use LI-Ion batteries.
[HTC One S] JohnHenrySDM:
Sigh... really?
[HTC One S] Komadyret:
Yeah, really....

It IS a reference to NiCad batteries. To be presise; the GHOST of NiCad batteries.

Li-Ion batteries does not suffer any ill-effects from charging when "not empty". NiCad did....
[HTC One S] JohnHenrySDM:
Exactly, and thus my joke about NiCad's 'ghost'.
[Nook Touch Accessories] bigjohnman:
I would like to swap the factory 2Gb HD in my Nook Touch with Glowlight. To do this, I realize that I must first open up the device. I must take off the back cover. Do I need a special tool for this?

My credentials:

I've been searching all day for any information on this, even remotely similar.

This would fall under battery replacement, FYI.

Rooting forums are not opening the nook anymore to get to the Nook Software.

Yes I have been rooting Nooks since they first came out.

I don't plan on rooting this device, just upgrading the HD.

I plan on using Linux and doing a "dd to nook.iso" (if you don't understand that, you probably can't help me.)

I don't need any help with the software side, just removing the plastic back without breaking it.

Thank you to anyone who can help me.
[Nook Touch Accessories] apeine:
I don't think it would work this way. Probably those are IC soldered to a board, and pretty much useless to remove it. Ever tried using a larger capacity SD card?
[Nook Touch Accessories] nvel:
There is no HD inside nook, memory IC is sandisk SDIN5D2 iNAND flash in TFBGA package which is soldered to pcb.

Have you got the skills to desolder/solder this kind of package?
[Nook Touch Accessories] bigjohnman:
No SD???

There is NO SD card that they put the Android OS on? That is strange since it is exactly 2gb on the Nook Touch Simple with Glow Light.

Haven't they always used Micro SD cards?

Is this a new attempt at trying to stop people from rooting?
[Nook Touch Accessories] met67:
Errr.... No!

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/...barnes-noble-nook-e-book-reader-wi-fi/6243892
[Nook Touch Accessories] apeine:
Ooh! Side loaded SD card! Neat!
[TouchPad Themes and Apps] Jedipottsy:
Hi,

Here are some quick moboot themes i have created, all you have to do is rename the file as moboot.background.tga and copy it to /boot

easiest way is to load up clockwork mod, go to mount and mount /boot/ then using adb push the file

adb push moboot5.tga /boot/moboot.background.tga

http://mythreed.com/files/moboot/Moboot.zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoDriouch:
Can i use Instagram on my HTC Desire? I'm using CM7.

I got it installed, but i get a message that it's not supported.

Is this normal and/or is there someother possibility to get it working?

Thnx in advance :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] I Am Marino:
Change your build.prop?

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliebigpot:
Ehm, I have been using it for more than a week on my Desire: first on the latest (original) Oxygen rom and now on the Siberia CM7r2 rom (xda-link).

Anyhow, I extracted the app with Es fileexplorer (I hope I don't break any rules).. here you go --> link
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidewalk_:
Maybe u can download the apk from google?

Its not warez..

Btw, care to follow me on instagram (the username is on my sig, follow me and i will follow you back ..) or leave a username if u want :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoDriouch:
Thank u very much! It's working now :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoDriouch:
I had instagram installed on SYSTEM and not in DATA thats why i got the error. It works now. BTW i just followed u :p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidewalk_:
Nice to hear that :)

Andddd i just followed you back :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itachilinux:
hey, my instagram is not yet working properly T_T
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victory015:
I installed Android 4.2.2 on HTC desire. Then i installed Instagram. Everytime i run Instagram and apply any changes on image file, the phone will freeze. I have to remove battery and re-power on the phone. Is this a known problem?

thanks,

vic
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erosorlando:
I've the same problem...
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
We're trying to complete the list of known components for the GT-I9100, but have a huge

problem trying to identify and find the correct chip specifications for a few of the chips.

One of them (U504) can be seen in the photograph and schematic below.

EDIT: This chip have probably been resolved to be the MAX8922L as shown in post #6.

So the next chip we would like to resolve is the U303 shown in post #9.

U303 has been resolved as shown in post #13.
​

We need this info in order to complete the "The all-in-one Galaxy S2 Hack Pack" in the

add-on post "The GT-I9100 Hack Pack AddOn-1". (For further details see that thread.)

As is shown in that link, it is listed by its Samsung part-number as:

"SS6000GQW / IC-POWER SUPERVISOR". But that chip is nowhere to be found on internet,

so it must be something else, or at least very similar to something else.

The other chips we need info about, are:

[SIZE=2]U101 Duplexer/Antenna Switch Module
[/SIZE][strike][SIZE=2]U303 Samsung:1203-006847 ? ? "AA1 114" / "IC-POWER SUPERVISOR"[/SIZE][/strike]
[SIZE=2] [strike]U504 Samsung:1203-006884 ? ? "SS6000GQW / IC-POWER SUPERVISOR"[/strike][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2] F100 Samsung:2910-000125 ? ? "DUPLEXER-SAW" [/SIZE]

Thanks in advance.
[Hardware Hacking General] HeliumX10:
I think that some kind of voltage comparator which enables the charging, see connected to power mosfet.

But maybe I am wrong, could you post block diagram with higher res? Text on pins is mostly unreadable...

And it also has current monitor, see a voltage divider which acts surely as current meter (for battery I guess)
[Hardware Hacking General] zylor:
This part in bold! And afterwards the answers :D
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
According to the diagram above, the pinouts are as follows:

[SIZE=2]pin name i/o path/connection path-end-point
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 VIN
2 ISET o CHG_CUR_M
3 GND
4 LDO V_BUS_LDO_5V
5 IEOC GND
6 EN|SET i CHG_EN ("Q500")

7 GND
8 CHGSB o CHG_ING_IN
9 PGB o TA_nCONNECTED MAX8922 ?? ?GPIO charging connected?
10 BATT V_BAT
11 GND [/SIZE]

This shows an 11th pin connected to GND. However, looking at the photo you can easily see that there are only 5 pins on each side, so unless there is also a grounded (not-visible) mid-pad, the schematics cannot be trusted. Which is also not anything new, for Samsung's service manuals.
[Hardware Hacking General] HeliumX10:
Yes, also there is maybe not 11th pin present, its grounded as two others.

What about notice of MAX8922 - it really could be it! Same pinout (yes other called pin names but with same functions), same package type. Will continue in its studying and comparing ;)
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
^^ Ha! You're right, I had a second look at that datasheet. Dammit, I can't remember why I made that note! I might have seen it as a potential candidate on Maxim website, but didn't have time to check datasheet... However, I do remember thinking that the package doesn't (according to datasheet) have the exact same form factor. I.e. The side pins are too far from the edge. But reading the package notes, they also say that package shape may vary...

Pin descriptions fit best to the Maxim MAX8922L which has a "10 TDFN-EP" package. The "EP" part stand for Exposed Pad, and should be grounded, as it is, including the factory test input pin, #7.

In addition, we know the resistor values, and can calculate the maximum "fast_charge" current,

that depend on what is connected to the "CHG_CUR_M" line. (No Connection => Maximum)

ISET is connected to GND via 3 resistors in series:
R529 = 300 ohm,1%,1/16W,TP,1005
R531 = 300 ohm,1%,1/16W,TP,1005
R533 = 215 ohm,1%,1/16W,TP,1005
--------------------------------
= 815 Ohm
=> [B]I([I]fast_charge[/I])[/B] = 1500V/815Ohm = [B]1.84 A[/B]

while IEOC is connected to GND via R532:
R532 = 6.34K ohm,1%,1/16W,TP,1005.
=> [B]I([I]top_off[/I])[/B] = 150V/6340Ohm = 0.0236 A = [B]23.6 mA[/B]

However, I doubt any of the PCB traces can handle this kind of current to/from the micro-USB port. Please let me know, if you know more about this...
[Hardware Hacking General] Entropy512:
Is there a possibility there are more resistors in parallel with those at the other end of CHG_CUR_M?

Actual charge current setting is 650 mA.

Edit: never mind, that would make the current higher not lower... brain is fried...
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
That chip is a funny little devil, in that it can supply up to 2.3A in short periods (576 μs / 217 Hz) when in "GSM RF Test Mode". In addition, I now believe that the "M" part of "CHG_CUR_M", stand for "measurement", and is used by the PMIC to determine charging current. (I have not traced these lines, so don't take it as a fact.)
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
U303 [1203-006847] "Power Supervisor"

The next chip we would like to document is the chip "U303". This is a 8-pin chip which is probably a power supervisor for the "UME300" MoviNAND memory. However, the only thing known about this chip is the following.

[SIZE=2]Type: ? Power Supervisor
Package: 8-pin
Label: "AA1 114"
SamDesc: "Samsung IC-POWER SUPERVISOR;"
SamPartNo: 1203-006847

Description:

Located close to the Modem (UPC300) and next to the Dual Comparator, LDO
(U603,U610) and the SD card slot, it does look related to power, as it
would not make any sense to place this chip here, if not. In addition it
is surrounded by the resistors and capacitors: C300, C304, C356, C358,
R623. It could be a power chip for the UME300 MoviNAND chip.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pin Function Description Path/Connection
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 ?? Seem connected to "TP_eMMC_EN" test point
2
3
4
5
6 C358 1000nF,10%,10V,X5R,TP,1005
7 C356 1000nF,10%,10V,X5R,TP,1005
8 C300 100nF,10%,6.3V,X5R,0603
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[/SIZE]

Here is the picture:
[Hardware Hacking General] HeliumX10:
Youre right - as I expect standarts for most phones is 1,5 Amps (discharge) or 1.0 A (fast charge) max (myself measurment in other phones and battery internal circuit shuts down when 2.0 amps so 1,67 Amps is a little overdimensed for measurements because of standarts +-15% tolerances in resistors.

Could you post (or link) the full schematics of this phone ? Maybe it was posted before, but dont have so much time to spend with searching (hate me :D).

I could participate even with next searched chip, but want to look at the full wirings first.
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
^^ There are no full schematics available AFAIK. The ones I have above are only the ones present in the GT-I9100 Service Manual in the "Hack Pack". Look there.
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
As I discuss in the thread linked below, we have the full PCB schematics of the GT-N7000 (Galaxy Note) which is very similar to that of the I9100. I think tracing some of those chips can be very informative!

"[GT-N7000][REF] Service Manual and Full Schematics"
[Hardware Hacking General] E:V:A:
U303 has been resolved to be the "Low Noise Dual 300mA LDO Regulator": Ricoh RP150K011B

[URL="http://www.samsungonderdelen.com/product-1203-006847.htm"]1203-006847[/URL] IC-MULTI REG.;RP150K011B,PLP,8P,4x4x1.6m

This is almost the same as for U704 (RP150K009A).
[Hardware Hacking General] blacktatto:
What is this chip?

Hi everybody.....This is picture of my GT-I9100 motherboard,when I connect on charger this is happened and warranty not cover this they said that is water damage,they not believe me that is not water damage...anybody know what is this component and can I (in service) replace it,thanks....
[Hardware Hacking General] rxsr:
charging corrent

some one in this topic says he manged to get 1A charging current by shorting r529 or r531:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/accessories/charging-current-t1085999/page2

did some one else test it?

is it really possible to achieve 1A charge current?

also did someone mange to get otg+charging at the same time?

according to the otg spec it is supposed to be possible, but with a different resistor between id pin and gnd of the micro usb connector in the otg adapter.

i tried different resistors with no success
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sandydude:
Hi,

I am facing this issue from past few weeks. First time I noticed that my phone is heating up very fast when I was playing Angry Birds Space, after few days I uninstalled it fearing my phone my blow as its reaching high temps.

Next time I noticed I was watching Live tv through 3G and within 5 minutes it started heating up. I turned off the BRAVIA engine and on to see if there is any difference and to my vain there is no change.

I went to Sony support center as my phone freezed and I didnt know how to come out of it. I tried pressing the power button for few secs and it did nothing, later at the support center I learned we have to press power button and press volume button to restart or shut down the phone. Anyway I informed the tech person about the heating problem and he informed to update the software and I allowed him to update the software to see if it makes any difference.

Now after owning this phone for 1 month, I understood whenever I am browsing, downloading or watching tv through 3G the phone is heating up.

Can anyone help me with this problem and by the way I dont have the yellow tint which few people have experienced.

Thank in advance.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
3G is widely know for hungry battery consuption and big heating up.

That is not an problem.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Rashkae:
There is no problem.

Also, I used to have an iPhone... MAN that thing could get hot when there was a looped process!!!

It is normal for the phone to heat up when you are playing CPU/GPU intensive games, or are using 3G heavily. It should get warm, but not so hot that you have problems holding it (happened to my old iPhone).
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Scratchling:
You live in a warm climate so heating is exacerbated. Not much you can do other than underclock.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Efe64:
Ogw..

Its an phone.. Not an fridge.. You know..?

It has an cpu in it.. Memory a battery a screen etc..

Also dual core phone..

You know this phone is fast?

Yes!?

Power = Heat
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chrstphrbrnnn:
There seems to be widespread disappointment in the SIII, but I don't fully understand why. The specs aren't jaw dropping, but they aren't much less than I expected. Other than the very valid "it's not Nexus" and "touchwiz" comments, why would you not upgrade/get a GNexus rather than an SIII? I just ask because I had purchased a GNex but took it back to wait out and see the SIII. However, despite the specs being upgrade over the GNex, people don't see to think it's all that great. Is development worse on the SGS phones?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rayiskon:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1642801