yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
No rom. Because there are far too many variables which determine battery life to say conclusively "Such and such rom/kernel is teh awesomz battery life man !"

Battery life depends on how you have the phone setup and how you use it. Any tweaks you might have made to kernel settings, and so on. There is no simple path to getting the best battery life possible from your phone, there are no quick fixes. It's a matter of experimenting with your phone setup & trying different roms/kernels until you find one that's good for you.

If that kind of thing doesn't enthuse you, as well as being in the wrong place, you might as well stick to stock tbh.

With all this in mind, IAmFrk was quite right to refer you to the forum policy of not asking for rom/kernel recommendations. There have been hundreds of these threads in the past, you should do a search & see what people recommended in those rather than start another thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nebtawi:
No no you guys understood my q wrong. I'm asking if GB is better in terms of battery than ICS and not rooting the phone is a better option than rooting or not. I'm not asking any roms or kernels since I don't need any recommendation on that for myself since I've been trying diffrent roms and kernels in that matter. I just want technical information for the stuff as I mentioned above not rom or kernel. The difference between GB and ICS, stock phone and rooted phone. Does rooting a good thing or not ofc I've read tweak battery life related posts before asking mine but couldn't find any info comparing my needs.

And I'm asking this since I upgraded her phone and didn't do anything else she is using the same settings as she did in GB but her battery lasts less. That's why I'm questioning the GB and ICS, with the same settings which one will last longer ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
But it isn't as simple as 'GB is better in terms of battery than ICS'.

Some people on here (who help a lot of people in Q&A and whose opinions I really respect a lot) say GB is better, ICS is buggy & they've had crap battery life from the roms they've tried. For me, I get the best battery life I've ever had with CM9. Why ? Because I've put in the time/effort to tweak my setup to make it that way. My point is if you ask 100 people on XDA that question, you'll get different answers to the question depending on the person.

So far as rooting/not rooting concerned, again, nothing to do with battery life per se. What rooting does is give you control over your phone, and can (it can also enable you to make your battery life/phone performance a whole lot worse) enable you to run kernels (and tweak those kernels), and enable you to set your phone up to possibly give you better battery life .

Given it's your GF's phone & I presume you want it to work well 100% of the time with no glitches (because you'll probably end up playing tech support, which from experience I know is a pain in the arse), leave it on stock.

On the other hand if you like a challenge, I've given you plenty to think about in my two posts. Every bit of info you could possibly need to tweak your phone is on XDA. It's just a matter of searching, reading, learning & then using that info to make a setup that gives you what you want.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nebtawi:
I totally agree with you I'm very happy with my rom also coz I'm tweaking kernel and also manually disabling stuff by myself but It's not possible for me to do that to my gf coz I'll have to act as tech support and I'm always checking if there is anything on wake while the screen is off and act accordingly to it, I can't do this on her phone.

So as you mentioned I'm not asking this formyself nor asking a rom reccomendetion but as you said I think I'm gonna install stock GB and do the necessary settings for her and leave it.

Thanks for your replies much appreciated.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Thread closed

Best ROM is the one that works best for you. There are too many variables. Try a few out and make your own decision.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] android947:
I have a unlocked galaxy note i717 gingerbread 207. Orginally it was locked to telus but now im using it on the rogers network. So how would I get ICS? Do I have to wait for the telus release or rogers? I also heard it better to use a custom ics rom. So when I unroot my phone what is the best ics rom out there at the moment?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpoirier587:
Why are you unrooting? As to which rom is best is in the eye of the beholder
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] android947:
I thought you need to unroot to use custom roms?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] NightHawkUndead:
U got it backwards. I think u just got ur words mixed up. Rooting gives you super user contral and flashing cwm allows u to flash custom roms. Read the general stickies for more information.

Sent from my i717 using only brain waves.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Wing_Zero_Custom:
This helped me a TON.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Rickforet:
I've already rooted my phone. But now I'm stuck in the next step : Install "Clockworkmod recovery" because it doesn't works with Gingerbread.207 version. I didn't find an answer to this problem and it seems that installing "Clockworkmod recovery" is an important step before installing a new ROM. I just want to inform you about it.

It's never easy for canadian version of mobile phones to use the same rooting and flashing tools than worldwide phones. We really have less choice for custom ROM and the few really good ROM are made for US users. Well, if I find something, I'll let you know.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] marcjuh:
Hi all

cam across this great app :cowboy:

Been using it for windows all my life and still plays all, NOW they made an app for the android and it looks , works flawless just take a look:laugh::laugh:

Its JET-AUDIO for android.....

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jetAudio is the highest rated and most downloaded Windows media player on CNET.COM.

It plays almost any type of digital music files you have (.wav, .mp3, .ogg, .flac, .m4a, .mpc, .tta, .wv, .ape, .mod, .spx and more),

also provides very high quality sound with various effects and enhancements such as Wide, Reverb, X-Bass.

It comes with 32 equalizer presets that will provide a wide array of listening experience.

For those who would like to customize their own sound experience, it also allows 10 band graphic equalizer and other advanced playback functions

including playback speed control, crossfading, AGC and much more.

* 10 band graphic equalizer with 32 presets (Plus only)

* Wide, Reverb, X-Bass sound effects

* AGC (automatic gain control) to avoid volume fluctuations between tracks

* Speed control from 0.5x to 2.0x (pitch adjusted)

* Crossfading, Gap-less playback

* Fade-in/Fade-out

* Balance/Volume control

* Sleep timer up to 24 hours

* Supporting formats:

MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, MPC, TTA, WV, APE, MOD (module formats S3M, IT), SPX, AIFF

hope you all like it as much as i do

http://www.jetaudio.com/news/details_202.html
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] s-X-s:
Great... Has got lot of features in basic version that other pro players have... Would have been nice b4 i bought the Players pro... but still it rocks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EwOkie:
As the title suggests I would like to know what kernel people are using with what Rom and why.

Do you use the same Kernel with every Rom you flash?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foggydisaster:
Well im on stock 2.2.1 froyo:P with CF-ROOT kernel. got this phone as present lats week. haven`t flash it yet xD but ,as anyone here, i just love flashing:P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ajoslaf:
I am using cm9 nightlies - based on 4.0.4 because of its stability, good battery life and performance, settings + twics - tw launcher, weather widget and some other things from sgs3, atm with devil3 .79 kernel, with stock ram (378mb, if needed, i can increase it up to 403mb), stable oc up to 1400mhz (with semaphore 1140max., 1200 -> bootloop), also gpu is oc-able ... but if u dont want to oc, semaphore kernel is better for u
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Frank_9.5:
I'm reinstalling right now the miui speed ics by lucainno, with devil3 kernel. I really love this rom expecially for the layout, which is different from any other rom! The speed is great and battery life as well. And the kernel is simply... awesome! For its customization :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicocolegyneco:
Hi, I'm using ics 4.0.4 cna by franzy with the midnight kernel. I had the devil before but i got a bootloop. With the last midnight the phone is smooth, no lags, good battery life, no bugs until now !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] izznoobie:
Saurom jw5 + semaphore + ext4 works for me.. very smooth ops. Sticking to 2.3.6 for the fm radio
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hr Kristian:
I'm running the CM9 nightlies as well, with a Semaphore kernel. Very stable and good batteri life, although I'm thinking about comparing with a devil3 kernel. Right now, with the battery life I'm having the most important thing for me is the stability, though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeltaBlast:
This is my first android phone and I just came from a htc touch pro 2 that had a real keyboard. Now with the GS3 keyboard I'm completely lost when I'm trying to use symbols other than a .

It took me a while to notice that you got ? and ! under the . as well, but I'm still typing waaay to slow. I was actually typing "questionmark" at the end of my sentences as it's faster than actually finding the damn question mark.

So my question, you guessed it, is this: Is there a way to change the keyboard to something that includes other characters, maybe with help of a shift/alt/fn key?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starchini:
Try downloading SwiftKey 3 from the playstore. That app helped sort my typing issues out no problem. (this is also my first android).

Thx.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeltaBlast:
I'm downloading it now. What's the difference between the free and paid version?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Starchini:
As far as I'm aware the difference between paid and unpaid is the usual 'more advanced features and customisation are available with paid' . However I used the free version without any hitches for a week. After which I wanted to pay for it because it's one of the best apps on my android (I'm a terrible texter) and the devs deserve my money.

I hope it helps you as it helped me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Isadora:
OP: If you actually read the description ;) in the store, you will see that in the case of Swiftkey, the free version is a month free trial of the full version. Given that they've got a bit of a sale on at the moment, you might want to give the free version a quick try and buy it soon-ish if you like it.

Been using their keyboards (phone and tablet) for many months and I it's well worth the price, though I'm still adjusting to the new version :p
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeltaBlast:
I just bought it after using it this afternoon for a while... much better than the original keyboard. Still, if someone knows any keyboard that actually utilizes a (multitouch?) shiftkey, let me know :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1Android:
A.I. type keyboard for the win
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] switchblade696:
I'm having problems accesing the hboot menu. It all started after I flashed a stock rooted ICS ROM (this one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583028). I flashed the kernel manually as I always do, then flashed the zip. Everything was going fine, I uninstalled the bloatware using root explorer and the phone runs smooth.

Then I tried to install a camera mod,and I needed to access hboot, I proceed to turn off the phone and then power+vol down... I press those buttons for almost 1 minute and nothing happens, when I let go the power button the phone turns on again (as it should) but without accesing the hboot.

Is there any other way to access the hboot?

Thanks
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jerrycoffman45:
Try pulling the battery put it back in then do the volume+ power or try quick boot from the market
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Chavisca1:
Or use ADB commands to reboot into it.

I believe it's something like adb reboot bootloader.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] switchblade696:
Thank you, I removed the battery and it did work!!!
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
If password for any website is saved in the native browser of the phone, then can we retrieve the password like we can do in Firefox on desktop?

The phone has Android 2.2
[Galaxy 3 General] Jason-EX:
Search the browser's data in system or sdcard, I'm pretty sure you'll find it :D
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Thanks Jason for the reply. Can you please let me know the exact folder where browser data is saved as I looked but could not find it?
[Galaxy 3 General] Jason-EX:
Which browser are you using?
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Phone's native browser
[Galaxy 3 General] Jason-EX:
Oh yeah, sorry for not reading carefully :p

Go inside "/data/data/com.android.browser/" with

Root Explorer or maybe other same kind of app

, then search for the things you need. I'm sure all of your data is there! :D
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
I use ES Explorer to view Files and in the data folder in my sdcard, there is only one folder: com.keramidas.Titanium Backup

Am I doing something wrong?
[Galaxy 3 General] Jason-EX:
No, it's in /data

not

/sdcard/data :p You must use a file explorer like "Root Explorer", which can navigate to the root :good: Also, you'll need to root your phone first! Here's the guide

hit "thanks" if i helped you ;)
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
I already rooted my phone and I go to \data. Inside\data, there is no file shown...
[Galaxy 3 General] pchenna143:
you can navigate any files from Es file explorer.

just change the path from sdcard to system, there you can find all system files including cache also

you can change directory in settins after this exit the explorer then open the explorer again.

IF I HELPED YOU HIT THANKS
[Galaxy 3 General] Jason-EX:
No, the data is not located in /system, it is located in /data :p he'll need to change the path to the root of everything "/"

@OP: Go inside /data/data/com.android.browser/

with Root Explorer (highly recommended)

, all the browser data are stored in there! :D
[Galaxy 3 General] GuestK0091:
Just to clarify some things :

If you are on the sd-card you're acctually in /mnt/sdcard

You will need to go two steps back, to /

From there follow the path Jason described :)...

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy 3 General] stubborn_d0nkey:
Es explorer can also be used as a root explorer, you have to go to settings, scroll down, check the box and approve it when the superuser dialog appears
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
ya..done that...now I am in data/data/com.android.browser, now, there are 9 folders here and in each folder there are many files. I dont know how to open these files and do I need to open each file?

and how to know that which file I need to open?
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Can anyone please give me direction on which folder to open at least?

cache, database or something else?
[Galaxy 3 General] Jason-EX:
I'm not really sure, but I'm sure that every browser data is in that directory.
[Galaxy 3 General] vijay.gupta:
Thanks Jason for the reply. Can you please check after saving password for any website that where it stores the password?

Meanwhile, I am also trying....will post if I find out anything
[Galaxy 3 General] -Panther-:
An android app for that...

I found a cool Android app, which can recover and edit stored browser Passwords. Very easy: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tkstudio.browserpasswordrecovery
[Galaxy 3 General] kind kind:
turn on root explorer option from option menu . then you can access

turn on root explorer option from option menu . then you can access ;)

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[Galaxy 3 General] mankokoma:
can't help it. whoever store's password in a device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] XERO_Racer:
I've done all my searching and nobody has asked this so ill post it here.

I currently own a car holder for my S2 and after looking up the official car dock im tempted to buy one. My only drawback is that, its only meant to fit just the phone without a case. i currently have a ballistic case on the way and i dont want to keep putting it on and off everytime.

Is there a car dock thats similar(charging and aux output) but can fit an S2 with a case?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] phermey:
i would think if you could find a non-oem dock that says it will fit the razr maxx... you would be fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] gsrrr:
This should have been asked in the accessories section.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1303

and

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1712935

Good luck with your search.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] britoskates:
I had the infuse before... I have the home dock from att and it fits my gs2 perfect with a case
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wooty:
Hey all,

I just bought myself a cradle for my Xperia S, so I can put in on my desk horizontally without having to hold it.

Now my question is, is there a way to run the TV Starter that normal runs when you plug in an HDMI cable from your TV?

That should be very handy, my homescreen now isn't orientated correctly when the phone is standing horizontally...

Thanks :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pruikki:
dunno, but fiddle with it some time, ull figure it out. u need to 90 degree turn.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wooty:
I'm wondering if there is a way to run the application for the TV Starter without a TV...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] wooty:
Anyone got any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noobnl:
Team Epic Blog: CWM Recovery for all SGS3 LTE variants

Downloads and instructions for CWM recovery to enable rooting and customization of all SGS3 LTE variants.

Team Epic Blog: Root from Recovery

Simply flash this.zip in CWM and your phone is rooted! This is the easiest method to root the stock Samsung ROM.

Team Epic Blog: Unroot from Recovery

Simply flash this.zip in CWM and your phone is unrooted! This is the easiest method to unroot the stock Samsung ROM.

**Version 2 released, adding volume key scrolling and external sdcard support. Tested so far on Sprint SGS3. Requesting confirmation from AT&T and T-Mobile users

CyanogenMod's Team Epic specializes in Sprint's flagship Android phones on Sprint.

If you appreciate our work, please consider supporting us with a tiny contribution. Thanks!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
This is great, thanks.

But when you say buggy, what do you mean exactly? Which parts are buggy?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] humdrum2009:
So is this installing a rooted

kernel as well?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noobnl:
Nope it doesn't install rooted kernel
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
so at this point can we flash super su, ect?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] humdrum2009:
Nice

good to see you here man, i miss testing for you on the og epic.;)

so how did you install superuser?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Its been a while since I used a samsung, how do I get into recovery again?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noobnl:
in recovery, download the superuser 3.0.7, extract it, then

adb push Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed/system /system

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

No, it isn't magic and it isn't hard...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dtr145r:
Volume up and power and home button
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
See, did that, and it didn't boot into recovery for me, but odin said all went well, so i was confused.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] noobnl:
home, volume up, and power
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
I knew it, thank you, was doing that as I typed this.

Edit: Still nothing, I saw a quick blue text like it was going into recovery, but then nothing.

Edit 2: I remembered you basically have to let it go at that point. All is good in my hood.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dtr145r:
On the et4g it was volume up and power..

Find an application in the market that will reboot to recovery.

There are a bunch.

Rom Manager

Rom tool box

Absolute system root

You can also adb recovery as well..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Now how do we get into download mode for odin?

Nevermind, vol down + home +power.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] magoo5289:
Volume down, power and home
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] TeamERA:
Thanks noobnl, who all on the team has an sgs3, just wondering?

Sent from my SPH-D710 using prefetch engrish...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] obender:
Would you please post a link to su 3.0.7?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
Can I flash superuser zip from recovery?

I can't get adb working from recovery... What am I doing wrong?

EDIT:

I installed Samsung USB drivers, but the phone isn't recognized as an adb device while in recover,,,
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
http://goo.im/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

I generally use adb when booted into the OS, and then do the remount on a pc with the sdk installed. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
Can't do remount w/o root.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
Well I thought you meant in general. I know we're all anxious. Noob posted some instructions on the first page.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
I'm sure qbking77 will have a how to video by the time I get home from work. :cyclops:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nabbed:
Ok, I got it. I manually updated the driver - select driver to install, android devices, samsung, first samsung adb.

Adb works from recovery now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
If you have trouble just download quick reboot its a free app in the market itll take you to recovery download mode bootloader or just a normal reboot it also has alot of widgets comes in handy you don't need to hurt your fingers holding the buttons anymore lol
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sekigah84:
Is there a yellow triangle issue when using this or does it raise the flash count in the odin screen?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] obender:
Can we get the success stories with this method?

How many of those who tried got the rooted device with no problems?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Paul627g:
I was wondering the same thing.. I'm assuming since it was present on the SGSII there will also be the need for the work around on the Odin flash counter for the SGSIII.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] coldheater:
http://androidsu.com/superuser/
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] shane6374:
Didn't Chainfire already come up with a method on the intl version?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] obender:
Actually Chainfire himself said it will not work with Sprint model.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] sekigah84:
Anyone who has rooted with this method, restart your phone and see if you get a yellow triangle with an exclamation point at boot.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rgregg504:
Will a jig do it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] spidyspidey:
didn't see a yellow triangle
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] teh roxxorz:
trying to install kies here at work, already have cwm on the phone, but i don't THINK it should increase the count as it doesn't flash a root kernel.

I still need to do the chmod part, which i need adb, which is being held up by kies. :p
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] magoo5289:
Updating the driver whilst in recovery is what got it all to work for me.

No triangle.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] master acehole:
Should a triangle appear you can always install triangle away apk =)

edit : I just saw that triangle apk won't work with sprint model ><
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jbadboy2007:
Can't we flash Su.zip like on og epic instead of web?