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[Android General] maop99:
I have a Galaxy Note and updated to ICS about a month ago....

Like many of you I also experienced fast battery drain, around 10% or more per hour, without usage. even more when I use it. 5 hours with moderate usage.

I am on unlimited data plan so 4G is always on.

I also tried fully charging the phone before going to bed at 11pm, woke up at 6am and battery already at 20+%, that's when I was sleeping, no use at all.

For a month, I have been charging my phone 2x a day!

I was very frustrated and wanted to go back to GB.

I was researching for weeks for the solution (also, checking for ICS updates almost everyday, waiting to see if Android had found a solution already), no one seemed to have a concrete solution, some suggest resetting, formatting etc.

These were so complicated for me I didn't even dream of doing them.

3 days ago, I accidentally switched off my 4G connection.

I didn't realize that the connection was off..

I was happy to see my battery charge was still at 98% after an hour, after 2 hours, light usage 95%.

"What's happening?"

Then I saw that my 4G was off.

Now, I was thinking 4G connection was the culprit... but I wanted to explore more and see if there was an app that could be causing this....

I checked my apps that used data and nothing was on, then I checked my sync settings, This is where I found out that I had so many accounts that had SYNC ON! Twitter, facebook, gmail, samsung e-mail etc.

So, I tried an experiment.... I stopped SYNCING everything.

It worked!

For one day, maybe 12hrs. (light usage with 4G connection on, just light usage, I checked my gmail by using the refresh button) 75% left on the battery!!! Wow!!

Then I thought "come on...gmail and android? Same owner/company right? I'm going to try to turn ON the GMAIL SYNC, I'm sure there won't be a problem"

I was right!!!

Now on my second day with 4G connection ON, Sync Gmail ON, medium usage, maybe 20-30min of phone calls, 30 or more texts, email and around 10 minutes of internet surfing.

9 hours unplugged and battery only at 70%!!!

I am very happy!

Oh, last night, I think only about 8-10% of battery was used (6 or 7 hours of sleep only 8-10% used....) nice!

For those who have not tried it yet... please try it... I hope it also works for you.

I just wanted to share my experience and hopefully help others that are, i'm sure, also already so frustrated with ICS.

I apologize for the long post.

Cheers!
[Android General] dakunesu:
so in other words disabling sync for apps that use networks poorly, over a high power useage radio.

its not really a solution, more of avoiding the problem . I know sync falls under android os in the data usage. which means to disable its bg data disables it all, so the real solution is to apply bg data restrictions to sync list as well to cover all ways of data access.

evidence of this is that Facebook ignores bg data restrictions( no big surprise there)
[Android General] maop99:
I think there is something wrong with my twitter app?

maybe I changed my password in my home page but did not change it in my twitter app and the app kept on trying and trying to log in but can't, maybe this caused the fast battery drain?

I didn't check it yet, maybe one of these days, but now, I'm happy... I really don't need to sync twitter all the time anyway.

Guys, check your accounts and sync... let us know what happens.
[Android General] opdrago:
OLD NEWS.
[Android General] Jrockttu:
Try this. My experience is on the AT&T Skyrocket, but from the research I've done both the Skyrocket and Note have the same problem. It's probably your charger.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26733386&postcount=2412
[Android General] SXUsr:
And has worked for most Android versions.
[Android General] ngravatt:
wow.

the more stuff you have 'on' on your phone, the more battery it will use. hmmm. Do you leave GPS on when your inside a building also?
[Android General] JokerAce:
I think syncing should not be put on auto. Unless on necessary apps like email. And... email only? Facebook and what not social app, keeping track on website when you want to is prolly sufficient. Unnecessary background data mining will without doubt drain the battery.
[Android General] eybee1970:
I will PM all senior mods here on xda and suggest you for 'Elite Developer'...you deserved it like noone else :)
[Android General] Archer:
This is not development and should not be posted in a development forum.

Moved to general.
[Android General] ragz:
Sure ,but glad it was revisited as it is still a good idea.So old news is still good news.lol
[LG Revolution] death2all110:
Info removed for reasons that I am not at liberty to discuss
[LG Revolution] death2all110:
*Bump*

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[LG Revolution] Billy Madison:
I think we could use subsection now here for VS930 and F160S/F160L/F160K all of them being clones of 4X with different SoC. Also I've got F160L with 2Gig on hand, its damn FAAAST after P930, and has about 1Gig RAM FREE even when I play GTA3. Ma BEEAAAST :good:

And did I mentioned 4300 mAh power source (2150 mAh + 2150 mAh) which gives about 4days with moderate usage pattern and "should be enough for just about everyone"?
[LG Revolution] Billy Madison:
Now we know the name of Verison`s LTEII, it`ll be Spectrum 2

And we still don`t have dedicated section
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] jianC:
This rom is based off the HTC Aria/Gratia (codename liberty) 2.37.709.11 RUU, which can be found on shipped-roms.

Note it is quite buggy and various functions don't work.. (Radio(RIL)/Camera/etc) Obviously not for daily use just yet :)

and last note.. the CALL button is mapped to "home", all other buttons will work as they should

Please do not kang this rom without my permission.. thanks!

Kang this if you want, i don't see too much hope for this project.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Japamala:
This is rather interesting, and quite fitting. Is there anything you need tested? (I have a Rhodium100, if it matters)

I'll try this out later.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] jianC:
I would appreciate it if you could test out wifi and see if it works on gsm variants of rhod (I have rhod400).. but I'm sure everything else is broken..

Tell me what bugs you see (other than those listed), and I will attempt to fix them, along with the listed bugs..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Japamala:
-- Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(status 2)
Installation aborted.

Doesn't work for me. Will try flashing a different rom to double check.

Probably because of me being GSM

[EDIT] Just tried installing omgb, that works fine. It's the GSM then.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] jianC:
Does anyone have a clue how ACL/klinux ported Desire apps to their hero build?

I've tried various combination of framework mixing (with HDPI apps) but it always results in crashing/error..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] jianC:
Just FYI, I am abandoning this project since I don't have any froyo sensors for nand (froyo xdandroid sensors were meant for sdcard use) and I'm missing quite a few drivers that I don't have the skill/patient to create/modify..

@ mods: Please close thread, I'm not updating this anymore Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzakir:
Hi,

I am totally new to this. i have been reading a lot about rooting, S-off, custom ROM etc.

I have a HTC Desire and the last time i updated the phone was when HTC issued 2.3.3 Gingerbread.

All i need is to increase my internal memory.

I have downloaded runnymede aio, supernova etc custom rom and when read the instrution to install i just go bonker as i dont understand.

I will really appreciate if someone can help me in increase my internal memory which a stable working rom.

I have my contacts synced with google so i am not worried about data being lost.

I have a 8GB external memory installed.

Please help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
Have a good read and it will be pretty much straight forward and simple, if u dont understand then read it again because its very important that u understand and have some idea of what ur doing to ur phone, trust me its well worth it. have fun :)

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=696189

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
as above about the reading, though personally i would recommend starting here, as opposed to diving straight into a how to s-off guide, as it covers a lot of useful terminology.

take your time to understand it before you do anything, much easier to accomplish what you want to do that way.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrzakir:
Thank Eddie and J for your reply,

I have read most of this but dude i just dont get it. I may sound daft but if dont i dont.

Probably a simpler method would be appreciated.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cronus101:
tbh, the guides are fairly simple, so if you still don't understand, it might not be such a good idea to mess with your phone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
agree with cronus. hacking your phone is not for everyone.

you're not expected to understand everything straight away. read the guides slowly, several times, no shortcuts (rushing into it is a sure way to mess things up :eek:).

plenty of people (including myself) have managed to follow through with everything having absolutely no prior experience with rooting etc.

many of us here would agree that it is definitley worth it if you do take the time :victory:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
+1

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Motorola Atrix 2] hemanbond:
How can i improve my reception? ?

Sometimes when people call me they complain that my phone was not reachable..

Sometimes i dont get any speed over gprs even on full bars

what should i do?? Im on stock rooted an supercharged script v6
[Motorola Atrix 2] john1989:
That could possibly be your service provider fault.

If you like to improve your network you can try build.prop tweaks from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1512368
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Before you start digging into build.prop settings, take your SIM card out and get your service provider to replace it. Start there! Otherwise, if you are still having issues with reception, you may need to try and re-flash the rom you are running, as the radio may be somehow borked. But, start off with the obvious possibilities first, then if need be we can look at some other possible solutions for you...
[Motorola Atrix 2] hemanbond:
Ill replace the sim ... nd flash a stock rom ....

Will get back to you after i do that.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] vizzy:
Hi all

Ive rooted my phone using the update.zip but i then decided i want to flash custom roms etc. So i flashed CWM flashable zip and when i go into CWM i get these errors:

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

I dont want to flash a custom for if it goes wrong due to these errors?

Any idea what is wrong with my phone? Ive tried a different sd card and copyied everything across to it....but well the same happened.

Thanks

Vizzy

edit: i can still boot the phone etc, everything works fine except i get these errors on CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] dheeraj (dhlalit11):
if you can browse sdcard through the option of "install zip from sdcard" then everything is ok to flash the rom
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] TheWhisp:
Let me guess, you're using 4.x.x.x ? If so, it's normal.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] galaxy mini:
If nothing works flash cwm recovery again thru odin!!
[HTC One V] tintin_77:
I just have less ram free all the time ( less than 100 mb ). I have only few applications running. can anyone tell me why is this happen and how to increase free ram.
[HTC One V] Paresh Kalinani:
This will help

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1749825 :laugh::victory:
[HTC One V] sohamssd:
Try downloading "ram booster" from google play

Hope it helped.
[HTC One V] tintin_77:
Thanks dude i will check
[HTC One V] tintin_77:
Will see
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
That's such an idiotic advice!!!

You have 100mb free ram all the time and you are COMPLAINING ABOUT IT? How about to have 20 MB FREE ALL THE TIME? THEN WHAT?

You should really stop about complaining ram and read/understand how android/linux works. I am tired to say the same fu%%ing thing over and over again.

Don't use apps from playstore that boosts whatever part of the phone even if it is ram or battery...

Having 100mb free ram on your phone is good for the system.
[HTC One V] Paresh Kalinani:
Eeven I was wondering...

Even I was wondering why will anyone complain about 100MB? :rolleyes: So what do you want 512MB of RAM free? ::eek:
[HTC One V] Passa91:
Free RAM is irrelevant, Android memory management is unlike your desktop computer. It fills the memory with commonly used applications and only clears them out when you need the room for something else. So uninstall Advanced Task Killer, that sort of crap was deemed dumb/harmful years ago.
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1

None of these new guys want to understand how this works.... and they keep opening threads about how small ram they have when viewing the ram from settings, that they have small amount of free ram... pff.... android can work stable even if it has 10 mb free ram. it is not like windows as Passa91 said...

When you play a game that requires alot of resources (512ram lets say), everything gets killed or resides in cached apps and the game runs smooth! When you close the game, the rest of the apps are restored....
[HTC One V] tintin_77:
Thanks all who reply to my Q.

I just wan a tell you guys im new to android so i dont have much idea about how its worked ok. and i dont had any issue with ram since i couldn't play temple run on my phone. It stuck my phone. then only i looked what is the issue. so i thought thats issue with ram.

Since im new to android from 512 ram its showing 90 -100 as free without running much application. That is why i ask about this.

any way thanks again for reply and i got the answer.
[HTC One V] shubhamchamaria:
Use the freakin search button....there are atleast 20 threads with the same question.....

Sent from my HTC One V Running SuPrimo v4.1(28/6/12)
[HTC One V] Paresh Kalinani:
Why only with HTC?

I'm not arguing and I know how Android manages the Memory but still... :(

Why is this only with HTC? .:confused:

I have an Xperia Mini and my friend has Karbonn A9. :)

ALWAYS Karbonn A9 had more than 210MB of Free RAM and Xperia Mini had 120MB of Free RAM. I never thought like why is my phone having less RAM, etc. etc. but now I realize that it's actually a little sluggish/slow.

When I applied the ICS BOOT Live Wallpaper on all the 3 phones, Karbonn A9 and Xperia Mini could handle it very smoothly at 60FPS (it's a setting for that live wallpaper), but, HTC One V was very slow and sluggish. :(

Again when I played Raging Thunder 2 Lite on A9 and Xperia Mini, it was very smooth and my One V just couldn't handle it. :(

Any answers for this?? :confused:

Is this just because of HTC Sense? :confused:
[HTC One V] cpie20:
It's because of ics, its not the phone.
[HTC One V] paarthdesai:
sell your phone if u don't love it.. don't criticize it

Sent from my HTC One V
[HTC One V] Paresh Kalinani:
OK...

Oh I see... :rolleyes:
[HTC One V] manymarius73:
My lack of RAM knowledge

I am going to show my lack of knowledge, but I really wanna know. I thought that the One V had 512mb of RAM, but in my taskkiller and running programs, it shows 360..adding used and free. So......

Thanks.
[HTC One V] kevindual:
HTC One V, CDMA, running "Unofficial CM10 for PrimoC".

When I go into Settings > About Phone, it shows Memory: 333 MB.

The same exact phone running the stock ROM showed 512 MB.

However, when you add up the used and free numbers in both under Settings > Apps > Running, I get 334 MB on the CM10 rom and 362 MB on the stock ROM. I think there's just confusion about how the memory is being used and what numbers are exactly being displayed.
[HTC One V] 1ceb0x:
The memory displayed in settings is retrieved by the build.prop file. That doesn't tell you the total amount of ram the phone has. That's the total amount of ram 'free for user usage'. The rest of it is managed by the system but if you really want to see how much ram you have left on your phone go to Settings - apps and select running. Down there you should see the free ram you have, like in my screenshot below!

View attachment 1593674

Sent by a PA proud user!
[HTC One V] piratz:
Haha.. Still got people using RAM Booster... I always said to my friend using advance task killer is useless... Even him using Note 2 complaining about RAM usage... :eek:
[HTC One V] BobbaLouie:
Holy crap.

So many threads like this where people spend more time *****ing then actually helping the person.

Shame really, with all the phones being sold on Cybermonday and the recent RS $49 sale this community could be awesome.
[HTC One S] phin586:
Just noticed this happening again! Damn it! Just started happening after 2 months. This would be my 3rd device. I am not happy. :(
[HTC One S] x1tyme:
Can you make a video? Or details

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[HTC One S] phin586:
its random. the screen just blinks really quick out of nowhere.
[HTC One S] N3xU5one:
I to have noticed this, mine displays top left and has a shadow box effect of a quarter of the screen.... Ended up flashing a different Rom to see if it was that and so far no more issues. Hopefully not a ongoing issue
[HTC One S] glacierguy:
I noticed too... especially with texting. I think if u turn off auto brightness... it will fix. But I haven't noticed it on any rom other than stock.

Try trickdroid or cm9
[HTC One S] x1tyme:
It's normal. My phone does it too. I call HTC cs about this. He told its part of ICS sofware.

Also, I sent my phone back because of this n my replacement still does it.

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[HTC One S] superjohan:
Its not droplist related like it was before HTC released patch for it? Or was it only the one x that had it?

( just got my one S )
[HTC One S] glacierguy:
Mine hasn't done it for over a week... just saying
[HTC One S] shoffobroff:
Same here although it only seems to happen with the apex launcher.
[HTC One S] glacierguy:
Happened for me only on sense 4
[HTC One S] dekesask:
I have this as well, I notice it mostly in the stock messaging app when typing, I have contacted HTC (canada) see what they say. I also use swift key exclusively but am not sure if that would cause the issue. Perhaps I may suck up the stock keyboard and see if that helps.

D
[HTC One S] nikzDHD:
My sister just asked me about this said it's been happening on hers so came here to see its common then, also happens when she is using the messaging app. Hopefully we will see a fix for this.
[HTC One S] phin586:
happens to me on stock and miui offical.
[HTC One S] ickedmel:
I get the same thing my whole screen flickers randomly
[HTC One S] iheartn1:
it seems if your screen flickers, its a sign your phone will have a motherboard failure sometime in the near future:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28158077#post28158077
[HTC One S] konfidential:
Yea you're right...it happen when using apex launcher....I'm using trebechet launcher...no problems...it's software not hardware problem
[LG Optimus Black] hiteshmali:
after flashing from 6.33b to 6.34 ,i have problem in music player ,while playing music it gets structing n playing :(,can anyone help
[LG Optimus Black] Rance1006:
Flash 6.33 without K2 patch.
[LG Optimus Black] Inferbubu:
flash v6.35... laggs issues are fixed :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
The patent wars having became stupid. To be more precise apple suing everyone. I know we all know of Google's Glass project which they have patents for. However I now see possible problems once it becomes public IF Apple keeps up their ways.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/apple-patent-hud-display/

As the article says Apples patent is very broad. I don't understand how they can be granted patents that are very broad. Just like a general shape of devices.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Kcarpenter:
I don't think this particular patent will be an issue. Glass uses a single clear prism and apples uses oled screens above each eye.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SoraX64:
Google already patented Glass.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thatotherguy..:
Apple just needs to be blown up lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4ever1lov3:
hi guys. i've just flash a new miui rom on my o2x. and i found that the battery drain much faster than it was before. last night i had 14% of battery left on my phone, and this morning it shut down due to out of battery. so i pluged in my wall charger while my phone was off. and when it showed the green fully chargeed bar i disconnected the charger and boot my phone in to CWM recovery to wipe battery stats. then i reboot the phone into android and u know what? the phone show 100% of battery only in 3 secconds and then it show 1% left, please connect the charger. huh? what the f*** is going on? i connect the charger and the phone show that it's being charged? how can it charge a fully charged battery? and the charging speed is faster as light. it's has been charging about 15 mins now and it show 46% charged. :eek: may be google was wrong saying that batterystats.bin does not affect the measurement of battery level.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robogoflow:
Seems to be a bug issue.

What i would do is reinstall the rom.

Wipe data, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache.

Make sure you wipe both at least 3 times then reinstall because sometime android doesnt get everything the first time.

If still fails flash a custom kernel.

These help adjust the phones hardware to correspond with the settings of your software.

good luck to you.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sherwood1:
I just got a new razor Max. I hated ICS on it. Can I block the OTA or do I have to keep hitting cancel?

GINGERBREAD just runs better in my eyes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Torres77an:
You thunk they would of fixed ICS by now but still the Razr isn't the only phone that has problems with it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nitin_ko:
dont connect to the internet :p:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] heeroyun:
Free the "updater" with Titanium Backup Pro.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vash_h:
Or just install ics, and use some launcher to make it look like gb.

Sent from my ICS Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sherwood1:
Updater??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] 1234567188:
Do you have titanium backup?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] heeroyun:
Install titanium backup Pro.

Open the middle tab, find the apps named "Updater"

Click on it -> choose "free app" option. Done

Now you won't have to worry about the update reminder anymore

Thanks me later
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ov3rd0se:
best troll ever
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iolinux333:
I don't know if i'd call it a troll. I've yet to see a convincing reason for why I should upgrade. I'm still not sure whether I will do it, especially since it is a one way trip!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ExtraDan:
Wait till gingerbread out to razr.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] cbreze:
A troll to not like Ics? I don't get that one. I don't want it either and used titanium to freeze the updater. Worked great. Ya'll enjoy ICS and I'll enjoy GB. Nice to have a choice.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Sherwood1:
Thanks for the help!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] joshw0000:
I've got a copy of Windows 95 if you want it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] heeroyun:
I do enjoy ICS for Razr: better battery, better wifi and 3G connection, smooth screen, no more locked sim... but I guess everybody has their own liking so If you like GB, go ahead :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vash_h:
Lol.. I'll still have the floppies for windows 3.1

Reminder the old days? Insert disk 1.. Grrrk grrrk grrk... Grrrrrrrrrk.. Insert disk 2.. Grrrk grtrk... Lol

Sent from my ICS Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] iolinux333:
so you're running vista now?