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[Motorola Droid RAZR] xXxTehxXx:
Let this be a note to everyone, the screen should be your #1 battery killer, #2 should be Android OS, #3 should be calls (unless you don't make many calls), after that will be your background apps. If it's not in that order, one of your apps is using up way too much of the CPU. In this case, "nextsms" is using up more battery than the OS and voice calls.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] danam:
another note on screen time. I spend at least two hours a day reading books on my screen while commuting. I use the widgetsoid display control with two settings...20% and auto. I am indoors 95% of the time and 20% works fine. When I need to make a call or use the screen outside I tap the widget to auto and then switch it back when I am done. I am running 215 with hotfrog and I was at 40% after 18 hours when I went to bed yesterday.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brees75:
Easiest way to save battery is to disable (uninstall if you are rooted) Google Maps. That app is evil, it runs whether you run it or not, and can account for 10% or more of your battery usage every day. If you need a navigation app use Map Quest, it is just as good if not better, and only runs when you are using it.

As someone else already mentioned, disabling WiFi when you are not on a network can save a lot of battery as well.

The darker the wallpaper the better. Completely black pixels are off and don't use battery on an AMOLED diplay.

Turn off vibration, or only use it when sound is off.

Disable audio/vibrate notifications on apps that you can wait until you are looking at your screeen to get the status on.

Just a few things I can think of off-hand that you can do without rooting on a stock ROM. Of course the sky is the limit if you have a rooted custom ROM. For example, on my original RAZR I can get 20 hours a day on a single charge with about 3 hours of screen-on time, 4G all day, etc. All I have done is use custom build.prop tweaks, calibrate the battery, use custom backlight settings, and custom kernel and scheduler. I haven't disabled any functions of the phone.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] rockaholic112:
Clearing the cache and dalvik cache should help too.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] vash_h:
Holy ****.. I took your advice and went into recovery and wiped cache, bloody hell, been 5 hours with my usual Im, xda browsing boss tapatalk, google current news reading and Facebook, I'm only down to 81%

Before wiping cache, i would be at 61%

Wiping cache did work for me after installing ics.

Sent from my ICS Razr XT910
[Motorola Droid RAZR] speedbagger:
do this.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MattyOnXperiaX10:
You have WiFi on but your not connected. Either you suddenly disconnected when you were inside your house. Or you left your house and forgot to switch it off, which may lead to your sudden battery drain.

If your not using WiFi, switch it of and if your not using 3G ,switch to 2G and you can save so much battery

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[Motorola Droid RAZR] SoonerLater:
Since Verizon has not released .215 (at least not to my knowledge), where would you suggest that a user get .215? I assume that .215 refers to one or more "leak" versions. If there's more than one .215 (since they maybe rolled into various and sundry custom ROMs), is there a particular variant that you recommend?

I'm rooted, but otherwise running stock .211
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jeff_roey:
You can find the .215 leak file and instructions here:

http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/3422-616215-ics-update-leak-install-from-211/

I would uninstall/freeze your Handcent SMS app and make sure the phone is set to LTE/CDMA vs. the default Global and see if that has any drastic affect before flashing. That's under menu -> Settings -> More ... -> Mobile Networks -> Network Mode.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Hindle1225:
I personally recommend .214 over .215

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[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] shadymnms:
Not exactly sure how to go about this but we could not only use more devs but I don't trust Tmobile nor Samsung to release ICS in a timely manner. Seeing as it's been in the works since it was launched and now one of the few updates it has gotten is to prepare it for ICS, so don't give in to this hysteria of it coming soon. Either way this community is finally coming together but I miss the up to date cyanogen days.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] rbeier1221:
It's being worked on but will take some time.
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] Bulletblitz27:
They confirmed this? How long does it usually take for them to release a candidate?
[Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G] rbeier1221:
Didn't mean an official release from CM. Sorry.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AlexWekell:
I've search the web and here and all I can see it threads or websites about how to make pogo docks, or reviews of them. What exactly does "pogo" mean?

- Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
the 3 gold pins on the side of your nexus are the pins. they are used for charging.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_pin
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mr. Q 5:
Hi, I'm looking for an app that would allow me to use my secondary Google Voice number .. I hope this question is in the right place.

I searched Google and found only few posts where something like this was asked and no real answers there.

I am currently using GVoice with Sprint integration so the android Google voice app is being used by my sprint number and that takes the option of even signing out of the app away. What I need is a second app to let me sign in with my other Google Voice account and able to text and maybe make calls as well? but mostly I need it for the SMS.

I believe I can use grooveIP to make and receive VoIP calls with Gvoice.. but GrooveIP doesn't have SMS.

I know there are other options for SMS such as Pinger, TextMe, TextPlus and many more and I did try those three but none of them as good as Google voice and one reason is they don't give permanent number they will delete it if not used for 30 days and that's a problem for me.. also they don't save history but only for few days or weeks where with Gvoice my history is there however long I want to keep it.

I hope I made what I'm looking for clear :)

I have Sprint Evo 3D with stock rooted rom..

Thank you all in advance :)..

Mr. Q
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonDeutsch:
Hello - I didn't like the updates I heard about in the factory 2.3.6 ROM update, so I skipped it. And, I'm rooted.

So, a few questions:

Can I upgrade directly from 2.3.4 to ICS from a rooted phone? Or do I need to step-up to 2.3.6 first?

Do I need to actually unroot before I do any of this?

Can I re-root once I go ICS?

I've heard that the best bet is to do a factory reset after upgrading to ICS. If I do this, is the best bet to do a Titanium Backup app & data backup/restore process? Are there any better solutions to capture all my data that I'd lose with a reset?

Any info/insights greatly appreciated. Note: I have searched far and wide on XDA for answers to these questions, but I could not find any direct answers that made me feel confident enough to move forward. So, any direct response appreciated.

Thx.

Jon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
1. yes, you can upgrade straight from 2.3.4 I've done it.

2. you don't need to unroot before - the upgrade will unroot you.

3. your best bet is NOT TO FACTORY RESET AFTER UPGRADE - IT COULD BRICK YOU BECAUSE OF A KNOWN BUG IN FACTORY KERNEL

4. If you want rooted version of upgrade look for the odin.heimdall version the Creepyncrawly put in the development section.

or you could try Semi UCLE5 that i have linked in the signature. It looks like the stock upgrade but it is smoother, among other things.

Good luck!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] uetfreak:
Jon first of all, you can always upgrade to any new update regardless of your Android version so it's a Yes to your first question. Secondly, whenever you update to a stock ROM your device gets unrooted itself so you'll have to root it again.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] JonDeutsch:
Jack Man & uetfreak - thanks! Great feedback.

A couple follow-on questions for Jack Man:

I've read about the kernel bug, but THANK YOU for reminding me that it would affect a simple factory reset. Yeesh, that's a pretty serious bug when a standard reset could brick a phone. So, one remedy, as you say, is to go with UCLE5. Smoother sounds ideal to me (I've heard that ICS on GS2 is a bit jittery on the homescreens, which totally stinks). But if I go with OCLE5, that's a custom ROM so that means I'll lose the ability to do the OEM upgrade to keep all my apps & data intact, correct?

If that's correct, what's the best way to ensure all my settings, contacts, apps, data can be easily restored on a wiped phone? I have Titanium Backup + Root. I assume I'd keep root with OCLE5? And would I just run a TB restore on apps & data (and not system settings)? Are there any system settings I can backup/restore safely between ROMs/OS versions?

I've never flashed a custom ROM so I don't know how y'all keep all your stuff intact as you switch around!

Thx.

Jon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Well, first, since you have never flashed a custom rom I would suggest reading until you're sick of reading before flashing. It will pay off in the long run. Regarding flashing from 2.3.4 up to Custom UCLE5 and keeping all of your apps and contacts - I'm not sure how that would go, honestly. For me, my contacts and calendar are saved on my computer through MSOutlook and I sync them with MyPhoneExplorer without any problems. Most of the apps I use (which is not a lot at all) I don't bother backing up when I flash roms and wipe data clean. I have backed up some in the past with Titanium Backup (pro version is worth it), but only if I know absolutely that I need the data from them. Otherwise, I have just done fresh installs of apps because I have read so much about people having ROM issues from restoring apps with titanium.

About losing the ability to do the OEM upgrade - If you ever want to you can, it'll just take time, and yes, you would have to wipe data anyway to go back to 2.3.4 then use KIES. Kind of a pain if you ask me. Plus, ask anyone here on custom stuff - once you go with a custom ROM, you won't want to go back to stock - EVER.

Hope this helps. feel free to pm me if you need. I'll be on the road for the next few days. remember - READ as much as you can. start with the "stickies" in the top of the main thread with a little pin on the left.

p.s. one more thing. Get yourself a usb jig. it's only a few buck online. once you start flashing roms you may want to try other ones. If you make a mistake somewhere, a jig can get you out of a jam quick.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Make sure to factory reset after. Ive read many problems with notifications messing up until the reset was done. I've done it no problems. On two seperate s2 i777s. Its always best to do this after a big update to the next version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] jack man:
Good idea. I do resets if I come from gingerbread too. But I know with this ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1650948) you have to make sure you have the kernel that is based off of the stock kernel - AJ's kernel to safely factory reset. I think you will get a boot loop if you factory reset with the Siyah installed. I could be wrong, but I remember getting a boot loop on mine when I had siyah installed. Maybe it was because i did a reset from settings/back up and reset/factory reset and then formatted the sd card (since I had so much useless crap on there, luckily backed up on my pc).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Nick281051:
You're kidding right? No do not tell him to factory reset with the stock kernel. If his phone has the big he could burn out his emmc chip. Then he would need to pay mobile tech videos to jtag it.

Sent from my Sony Xperia Ion
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Pirateghost:
you have to flash iOS on your phone first before you can upgrade to cupcake, immediately update to donut before rebooting, then you have to go through eclair, froyo, and you will find yourself at gingerbread. DO NOT REBOOT AFTER FLASHING GINGERBREAD!! you have to flash ICS during the shutdown process....if you miss your cue, you will have to start all over
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] radnou974:
HI, all

i search a rom lagfree; stable,with performance, and STABLE.
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] galaxy mini:
Try, cm official, MoRev1.4, cm mebiteks build, gingermod or emanoNv6!!

Search next time by yourself before open a new thread cause this question was asked lots of times already!!

Happy flashing :-)
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] WinDestroyeR:
try mebitek rom cm7,you can try cm7 oficial also
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] anshul sood:
I agree. Use Mebitek's rom. I have been using it since about 3 months and have yet to encounter any bug. It can be found at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1475504
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] -NickHalden-:
Try cm9

Try the latest cm9 based ROm mini s3..no lags,running on ics 4.0.4 and nightvision cam working.Or read this blog

Hit like if I helped you,It's free
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Daigo:
Use the aokp build 40 is the best ics, in milestone 6 is not part of the deep sleep (maybe just me)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikica90:
Anyone who wants to help me have skype? It will be easier to explain me
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lo2ay:
-.-

Seriously, flash Gapps.........
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roxicodine:
Exactly what the title says, Is it possible to use a APEX theme for a GB launcher?

I just recently downgraded from cm9 to cm7 and if I cant use my theme from apex i'll go back ]:

The theme is http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1576814, Is it possible to use this theme on any GB launcher?

Thanks.

EDIT: was this a stupid question? Or can someone point me in a direction to make this compatable?
[General Questions and Answers] SachinShekhar:
Do you know: Gmail app doesn't display or sync "All Mails" label. So what?

It means, you can't list those emails having no labels. So, you shouldn't just Archive an email without applying other labels. Otherwise, you'd be out of luck with official Gmail app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ryanryan007:
As the title suggests, I am looking to purchase an extended battery and found reviews for a Samsung produced 2000mah battery for the i9100. I own the Rogers LTE i727r and wanted to know if this battery is compatible. If you have any inputs please feel free to share with me as I am struggling with power issues and hoping this will help if not I can keep both charged and carry the other with me.

Thanks,

Ryan
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rpr69:
The Galaxy Nexus battery works, there is a thread in the Accessories forum.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] overlord727:
I just got my Optimus 4x HD today (off of craigslist, I am in the USA) and I noticed that the homescreen says "User Debug Mode" in red right above the home dock (where the messaging, phone, and contacts are). Does anyone know what this means? I am on AT&T and everything is working. I will try to post a picture soon.

EDIT:

This should probably be in Q/A, sorry if this is the wrong forum!

EDIT2:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Sorry for the poor quality, the only other camera I have is the nexus 7 front facing one.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LostInNorth805:
Sorry for off topic but how the did that person have the 4X ?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] overlord727:
He said he got it from Mobile World Congress or something and it was a tester phone.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LostInNorth805:
From the looks of it its a developer phone. Is it already rooted?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] LostInNorth805:
Mobile world congress? Never heard of that so I Google it and its like a convention of all the OEM and network providers showing off their new product. So you are really lucky to have it...and I hate you :-)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Dexter_nlb:
if you goto market and download a terminal app, and you open it and login on your mobile. do you see if the prompt is "#" or "$" and does su - work?

do you know how to use adb? can you connect from a pc to it?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] overlord727:
It says /system/bin/sh: su-: not found

However, I can get into root explorer and go to the root directory. All of the other root apps say that I don't have the right permissions (like root checker, titanium backup, etc). I do know how to use ADB as well. I tried the rooting method that the one guy used on the development thread and that did not work. Also in the secret menu, the bootloader said unknown just like everyone elses.

I do know how to get into ADB on my computer and have the right drivers, but I don't know what you would want me to do.

EDIT:

Does anyone know how to take a screenshot natively?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] muellersmattes:
Have you tried to push su directly?
[LG Optimus 4X HD] meld:
Screenshot?

Power Button + Volume -

At the same time
[LG Optimus 4X HD] overlord727:
I actually just rooted and used screenshot ER to screenshot before I saw that method. Thanks! The root method in development worked, I tried again and second time was the charm :)
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Dexter_nlb:
if you can dump /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 and /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 from that terminal it would be so great and share it here.

commands after your "su" are;

# cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 >/sdcard/dump_mmcblk0p1

# cat /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 >/sdcard/dump_mmcblk0p2

(of course leaving out "#" in those commands)

2 simple lines, can you help out here?

connect the mobile to your pc after and access internal memory card/storage and you see the 2 files,

zip them and upload somewhere , thanks.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] overlord727:
I will do this as soon as I am off work!
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Dexter_nlb:
xda community for o4x will so gratefully happy :) it might just help us on the rooting issue all others got.

thanks!

hoping to have some files to play with this evening then, and maybe even some hacking to do.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] overlord727:
Got the files, sent you a PM!
[LG Optimus 4X HD] arx-7-arbalest:
I cannot post in the android development section, so I ask here...

the procedure for the optimus L7 might work for the optimus 4x? the root.bat pushes files in data\local\tmp, which is not locked, like in our phone...

here's the root.bat...

maybe we have to flash the V10a firmware...?

Spoiler content hidden.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Maatje:
Some info on "Android.os.Build.FINGERPRINT"

If you look at this website : glbenchmark.com/phonedetails.jsp?benchmark=glpro21&D=LG+P880&testgroup=system, there is a list of firmwares. There are three types of firmware releases I think, which are marked 1) 'user' (that's us end-consumers, market released locked devices), 2) 'userdebug' (test devices rootable) and 'eng' (I think this stands for engineer test sample) .

There are in this list two rootable "userdebug" firmwares:

lge/x3_open_eu/x3:4.0.3/IML74K/LGP880-V08c.1c0336ea88:userdebug/test-keys

lge/x3_open_eu/x3:4.0.3/IML74K/LGP880-V08c.1c03755587:userdebug/test-keys

There is one earlier "eng" firmware mentioned:

lge/x3_open_eu/x3:4.0.3/IML74K/LGP880-V07j.:eng/test-keys

Interestingly there are also v10c open Europe firmares in the list:

lge/x3_open_eu/x3:4.0.3/IML74K/LG-P880-V10c.1c1b3c0ab1:user/release-keys

lge/x3_open_eu/x3:4.0.3/IML74K/LG-P880-V10c.1c1b5b721a:user/release-keys

My own device has a "user" firmware, and that is:

lge/x3_open_eu/x3:4.0.3/IML74K/LG-P880-V10b.1c14fd118b:user/release-keys

My device systeminfo listes this version as: LG-P880-V10b-JUN-11-2012

the text "V10b.1c14fd118b" is listed in the hidden service menu.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] arx-7-arbalest:
i saw that, too.... unfortunately we cannot download those firmwares.... I cannot find firmwares before the V10a :( :( :(
[LG Optimus 4X HD] Maatje:
Yeah, searched my ass off to find other firmwares, or to tweak the lg service site. but nothing.
[LG Optimus 4X HD] xavierleonelbr:
Extract the firmware to us!

My phone is a developer edition! And i need those files to restore my phone! My phone was stuck on S/W update mode! Help me plz!:silly:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nutzzer:
All,

Finally got JellyBean up and running after a scare with semi bricked phone. Everything was running cool when I started accidentally put .nomedia into the music folder. I realized that, deleted that file, delete data from "Media Storage" service, reboot(thinking that will make phone rescan all the media.

Now, it still doesn't the my music, and when I plug the phone to the computer, all I see is one folder which is the Notification folder. I've had this happen before and I really rather not wipe my phone again.

Any pointers on fixing this?

Thanks!
[HTC Sensation] realsis:
Please could someone tell me the command prompt for terminal emulator to check your firmware ? To see what firmware a device is running ? Thank you in advance!
[HTC Sensation] gsmyth:
Try the command getprop it will display a lot of info about your device, look for a line called ro.build.display.id, should show your ROM name.
[HTC Sensation] panochapower:
Wow, I finally feel like I'm getting somewhere (I am an accursed Newb)...

ro.build.display.id is ROM NAME?

Here's mine: [ro.build.display.id]: [nuclear_708h9-eng 4.0.4 IMM76D 20120808 test-keys]

This is also the "build number" I can get from settings>about tablet.

The entire thing is the ROM name?

Is this where I learn the name of the ROM & the name of the firmware flashed on it are 2 different things?

Is there a command that will display the name & version of firmware factory-flashed or currently flashed to the ROM?

This is an Allwinner (A13) 2G tablet (ICS 4.0.4). I got it as a gift without the packaging. I've sent email inquiries to AllWinner & AllWinnerTech - maybe I'll get lucky. Meanwhile I'm just stuck on the belief that there must be a way to make this device "tell on itself" - I merely need to find out what it is.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
I've tried everything! Different browsers, settings within FB, even disabled FB app.

Any help will be appreciated..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
I'm having the same issue. I use dolphin and it's set to desktop. Then in browser I open Facebook.com and go to bottom left and click desktop and it keeps reverting back to mobile version.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Dannydeez:
I use Opera Mobile. Have the options set to desktop. Facebook comes up just as it would on my laptop. Never shows the mobile version.

Opera Mobile settings...Settings>Advanced>User Agent
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
I'll check it out thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] carlos64030:
I use Dolphin too. UNFORTUNATELY, you'll have to toggle the desktop top switch every time the mobile version tries to load.

1. Load the Facebook page.

2. When you see m.facebook.com in the browser, immediately stop the load.

3. Toggle the desktop switch to Android mode and then right back to Desktop mode.

4. Type the letter 'F' which should pull up the desktop version of Facebook if you were ever able to access it. If not, go into the browser bar and edit out the 'm.' in the mobile Facebook web address and then load the page.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cswtexas9:
Change from mob

You have to open your browser and open the menu. Make sure that view desktop site has a check next to it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] rc51rider:
What a pain in the a**! Glad the rest of the sites I visit doesn't do this or I'd be returning the phone. :(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] carlos64030:
Try using Google Chrome. It's not as feature packed or convenient like Dolphin, but it won't give you Facebook mobile issues either.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] djscissorhands:
I never had to do this with og evo. Pita