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[T-Mobile LG G2x] Kingfanpaul:
I've had the toughest time with this phone. I originally bought it from a guy off craigslist to replace my wife's MyTouch 3G. It was completely stock when I bought it and after messing around with it for a few hours I decided the phone seemed to be in good working condition. I have plenty of experience rooting/flashing the MyTouch 3G and my Samsung Vibrant and I have never had any problems. So I read around here for the LG G2x and went ahead and rooted it/ flashed ROM and soon after I updated to the newest baseband. I started noticing that the battery drained really quickly, to the point that my wife couldn't use her phone for long. She would play Scramble with Friends for maybe an hour and the phone would be dead. I tried flashing other ROMs to no avail. I went back to stock ROM and unrooted it but the battery still was terrible.

I started thinking maybe it is the battery, so I bought a 3500mAh battery off Amazon, but no luck. I have searched and read many many threads about this phone trying to fix this issue. I've tried downgrading the baseband but was never able to get it done. I'm sorta stumped on what to do next. The phone seems to hold a charge magnificently if nobody uses it lol. I charged the 3500mAh battery to 100% and then I left the phone for 24 hours and it was still at 99%, but as soon as you use the phone it dies quickly. My wife already gave up on the phone and I ended up getting her a Samsung Blaze which has been fantastic. Now I have to fix this phone and sell it or use it myself, but I don't know what to do. Any ideas or detailed instructions? I'm tired of searching for help on this issue, was about to make a new thread about this when I saw your thread.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] booch137:
Stock has good battery life but I actually got the best on EB 2.3.7. Decided I would try an ICS ROM again but it seems they all burn up battery like crazy and there's no way (that I've seen at least) to turn off background data which I've noticed is the biggest culprit as it drains the battery fairly quickly when the phone is idle.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] thehumble1:
This ROM by BuROM is really good. It's only slightly modded Stock and gets great battery life because of that.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1661610

Another problem may be that you are using different services on the stock kernel. If the battery is draining really fast when there is a network connection then something is probably constantly on the network. I always (meaning sometimes) test ROMs on airplane mode overnight, on WiFi only and on 4G only just to see what their drain times are. The stock kernel is pretty good but the newer CM7 kernels are fine too. I only get about a 1 hour difference after 2 days on a ROM. For some ROMS the first day is horrible as the software is doing all sorts of things. After about 2-3 resets and as many fix permissions it usually settles down into a similar battery drain to the stock kernel.

@Kingfanpaul: If that G2X drains the battery with only BuROM installed and gapps (without any other apps) then it's a hardware problem. I'd NVflash stock, check APN settings and then run it for a day to see what happens.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] airnique23:
I have the EXACT same problem. I've already gone through 5 different batteries but still cant manage to get my G2x to last more than 8 hours and thats best case scenario with VERY lite use. Your post is making me think it's these custom roms. Going to try stock 2.3.4 and hopefully I get the same result as you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Bulletblitz27:
What is your screen on time? I'm on latest stock CM7 with stock CM kernel and I get 2+ of screen on time easily with a 1year+ old battery. Battery depends on how you use your phone too. mAh and kernel can only do so much.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] stormageddon:
Something odd that I have noticed is that while my phone has more consistent battery life, some of the issues that I have had with this phone are due to a bad device. My phone tends to go crazy every so often and just burn through the battery to the point of over heating. From what I can tell this is just a problem at the hardware level with my device, so while sometimes going to back to stock does help the battery if it keeps up it may be more than just the ROM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] abced123:
Try to turn mobile data off / wifi off ? I have similar problem with battery drain... Right now, at deep sleep the phone sometimes works as expected : 4-7mAh, but sometimes it drains way higher : 20-50mAh.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] airnique23:
Not sure my on screen time. I know its definitely less than an hour. I'm averaging about 5 to 6 hours of use. About 20% drain per hour on light/medium use and 10% a hour when idle.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] TwitchyEye:
I used to have this issue on my old g2x even on stock roms and it seemed hopeless no matter what I did it came back. Then that phone got run over by a car. The one I have now doesn't have this issue at all on any rom or kernel....well.. almost. Some kernels are sorta battery hungry, but nothing like what I had before.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] airnique23:
So you think it just may be a hardware issue? Bad phone?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] TwitchyEye:
I guess it's possible. Have you tried a new battery?

Edit: o. I see lol

The things I tried were the nullifier and the other wipe tool who's name escapes me... nvflash based. By mansa_noob. And the day it got ran over I had flashed buru's rom and I was hoping that took care of it but I didn't get the chance to find out.
[Motorola Droid 4] alex94kumar:
http://www.motorola.com/us/consumer...,pd.html?selectedTab=tab-2&cgid=mobile-phones

At first glance, I thought this was a Droid 4. But then I saw that Moto took off the capacitive buttons on the bottom of the front of the phone. The Photon Q gets an upgraded 1.5gz dual core processor, and the display apparently has ColorBoost technology (resolution is the same, however).

I always wondered what Moto would do as a one-up on the droid 4. Looks like we have an answer
[Motorola Droid 4] maddeath:
Motorola has stated that it'll have an unlockable bootloader. Also i think someone said that it has an s4, srsly the only real drawback so far to this phone is Sprint and that qhd display. Still very nice though
[Motorola Droid 4] Sjaakbanaan:
* raises fist * Damn you, Motorola! I just got the Droid 4!

* settles down * I still prefer a menu button though

* enables puppy-eyes * Please release an unlocked version in Europe?
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
I think the SIM card of the photon Q is not removable, so don't worry about getting it.
[Motorola Droid 4] olegfusion:
If it'll be non-removable SIM card, it's dead phone
[Motorola Droid 4] GermanGuy:
It sure is not removable. I hope this is not going to be a new trend. Does not bode well for the Droid 5 on Verizon whenever it will be out.

From the Spec sheets:

Frequency: LTE, CDMA 800/1900 EVDO Rev A, World Phone - GSM 850/1900/1800/900, UMTS 850/1900/2100 (SIM is embedded in the phone, GSM SIM is locked and not removable)
[Motorola Droid 4] dewhashish:
hey all i care about is the fact that they will let you unlock the bootloader, they better do it for the Droid 4 and RAZR too!
[Motorola Droid 4] maddeath:
Fat chance of that. Verizon thinks that rooted phones can impair the quality of the service they provide. /:
[Motorola Droid 4] alex94kumar:
**** Verizon, all they do is pack their phones with bull**** bloatware, delay OTAs by months, overprice, and all that. the only good thing they've ever done for me is not get rid of my unlimited data plan yet. ....yet.... *knocks on wood*
[Motorola Droid 4] rubixcube:
@sjaakbaanan i had the same reaction when reading OP
[Motorola Droid 4] Sjaakbanaan:
Haha, good to see I'm not the only one!

I'm still keeping my hopes up that one day they'll release this or a newer QWERTY over here too, with unlocked SIM. If not this phone, then the next.. and I'll buy it right away!

Maybe we should start some kind of internet petition to bring Motorola QWERTY phones than Europe and see if more than 5 people sign it :P
[Motorola Droid 4] alex94kumar:
Didn't Samsung succumb to internet users when it offered a "developer version" (unlocked bootloader) of the GS3 on verizon (for way more money, of course)? If I'm correct, then it can be done
[Motorola Droid 4] Sjaakbanaan:
Yes, and they offered it for 600 USD I believe, which is actually still cheaper than the S3's unsubsidized price over here. So I'm already taking into account that I need to spend that amount of money, as long as they give me the chance :P

But I think more people want an unlocked S3 (which already existed for Europe anyway) than an unlocked Photon Q, so the power of the internet may be smaller here. Ah well, if I get data to work, I'm fully happy with my Droid 4!
[Motorola Droid 4] silverfang77:
No microSD cards, non-removable batteries and now embedded SIM cards. Are we noticing a trend yet?

Tappin' and talkin' with Tapatalk.
[Motorola Droid 4] The Kraken!:
This one takes a microsd, but yeah there's definitely a trend...
[Motorola Droid 4] 640k:
my guess is the trend is actually carriers trying to hold on to the old way of doing things. they don't like device hopping and by forcing you to buy a new phone, they are able to bring in additional revenue.

I hate how we're basically the only market that's this way. meanwhile the rest of the world is "free to roam" and prices remain competitive.
[Motorola Droid 4] KrellaKrentoshi:
Me too

I hate how the phones seem to be built to break after 2 years. My mom got a phone 13 years ago that is still kicking..its even been dropped in a drink cup....6 years after the cup incident the pixels in the display are finally going out. She loves that thing and is very upset that she has to get a new phone, I am very surprised it's still working. She's even using the original battery! :eek: As for me, I love the keyboard on my D4, and now that I have my much-beloved FM radio on it, I probably won't upgrade again, it's just too expensive to. I will just surf ebay and get other D4s. :silly: Anyone else notice that as Verizon gets bigger, the more expensive, dumber and ruder they become? I wish we had more competition.

I have noticed that trend too, and I don't like it. If they wanted to keep things like they were, they would still be making indestructible bricks like what my mom is using. I like the thinner phones, yet I want to be able to rip out the battery if I get frustrated, and I hate needing a SIM card

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Rooted Moto Droid 4 with Spirit FM

Stock Samsung Galaxy S (Samsung Facinate)....Why does it have 2 names?
[Motorola Droid 4] BigRitz:
+10

I have been trying to point this out to eveyone I work with especially with all of the HTC devices every time a new ver of the evo is coming out all of sudden the old ver starts to fall apart physically and software !! coincident? i dont think so!!!
[Motorola Droid 4] 640k:
I do like my D4. Its been the first DROID phone I've been happy with since the 1. Some other slider is going to have to have some prett decent features to get me to switch. Like a better screen and battery life that lasts days.
[Motorola Droid 4] supraket:
What should I do now?

Am one of those who'll want a physical keyboard on Android for sure.

Last year waited so much for Droid 3, but bad reviews didn't let me go for it. Early this year got Xperia Pro, which was working very much fine, and then few weeks ago, STOLEN. :(

Now on a prowl for another Android + keyboard handset. Found Droid 4, but thanks to GSM radio still off (am from India and on GSM) have been more than eagerly waiting for ICS on Droid 4. Now that it is just rolling out, come across Photon Q.

Very much confused which one to go for, Droid 4 or Photon Q?

# Droid 4 has higher battery life among the two (of the data in hand at present), with ICS so late, Jelly Bean would be light years away.

# Photon Q will launch with ICS, so have a chance for Jelly Bean. But battery life doesn't look promising (reviews after the launch will give exact idea). Apart from that, Photon Q looks better with better processor and bigger screen.

Please advice which one should I really go with.

Thanks!
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
Photon Q does not have a removable SIM card. Droid4 allows for GSM now, and ICS is officially released. Not sure how jelly bean is coming along for any Motorola device... But you could find Droid4 on Ebay for under 300US, so out might be a better deal.

Sent from my XT894 running ICS
[Motorola Droid 4] dewhashish:
well the good thing about the Q is it will have an unlockable bootloader, meaning you can downclock it and flash custom kernels to help with battery life
[Motorola Droid 4] supraket:
If it doesn't have removable SIM card, why are they calling it phone with global roaming capabilities??

Can you explain me what's a Locked SIM?

Does that mean that before I insert it in the slot, that's the last time I have the SIM on my hand?

Is it at all unusable on GSM connections in India? :rolleyes:

---------- Post added at 06:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:35 PM ----------

Can you explain a little more on this? Downclock and flash custom kernels?

Am not a heavy user, as most of the times my social networking apps on my phone is off. Had Xperia Pro which sufficiently used to last for one full day. If Photon Q will have similar battery life, I really don't mind going for this one.

Now the only mystery left is that of Lock SIM. Anyone explain me this concept too.

Am a noob in these area and trying to learn.

Thanks everyone! :good:
[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
Doesn't the Photon Q have a non-removable SIM? That would be a deal-breaker for me.

The new Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G might also be something to consider, though it's not out yet.
[Motorola Droid 4] danifunker:
I think you're confusing the 2 phones.

Photon Q is an upcoming phone coming out for the Sprint network. It has a non-removable SIM card which means you must use Sprint as the carrier wherever you go.

On the otherhand, the Motorola Droid 4 is a Verizon phone with a removeable SIM card. I am currently using this phone as my main device on the Rogers Canada network.
[Motorola Droid 4] rightonred:
Noob question:

What does a non-removable sim mean? is it just glued in or hidden behind a panel, or is the sim integrated into the radio or carrier locked?
[Motorola Droid 4] Dave Lister:
Global roaming means it will work in other countries where Sprint has roaming agreements. The SIM card in the Photon Q is pre-installed and you cannot remove it to put in a different one. That means the phone is useless for anyone not a Sprint customer.
[Motorola Droid 4] supraket:
Really?!?! Are they out of their mind?!? Why have a SIM then? Why not convert themselves to CDMA?

Guess will take Photon Q off the list (unless people find a way to crack the locked SIM issue) and will compare Droid 4 and Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G, which has a keyboard too. And is supposedly the keyboard version of Galaxy S III. :eek:
[Motorola Droid 4] Lum_UK:
I know which article you are referring to there, and it appears to be mistaken. It's actually the keyboard version of the original Galaxy S, meaning that the specs aren't actually much different to the Droid 4.

As for converting themselves to CDMA, that would require replacing all their cellphone masts and quite a lot of other stuff. By having a non-removable SIM they get all the benefits of vendor lock-in that Verizon have enjoyed for years, without the need to replace infrastructure.
[Motorola Droid 4] podspi:
Sprint is CDMA...

I was very excited to hear that LTE would use Sims (and that CDMA authentication would go through the LTE SIM). I really hope this doesn't become a trend... But it probably will.
[Motorola Droid 4] Gibson99:
did anyone else notice that this new sprint phone looks like it has a dedicated camera button? it also seems to have some sort of removable cover at the edge between the volume rocker and camera button.

camera button is the thing i miss the most from my d2 now that i have a d4. actually i take that back - it's what i miss second to most. the thing i miss the most is my d2's big fat 3500mah extended battery.

also worth noting for the person in India - the d4 uses a MICRO-SIM, which is just slightly larger (maybe 1-2mm) than a microsd card. i don't know how readily available those are yet. but i've also heard of people using scissors/razor blades to actually cut a normal SIM card down to size to fit the micro sim slot. i wouldn't recommend that of course, but to each his own!
[Motorola Droid 4] supraket:
Hey Gibson! Thanks to the advent of iPhones, Micro-SIM are very much in existence here in India, so not a problem.

To everyone else, now that Photon Q is out, anyone came across a way to remove the locked SIM and able to insert a GSM SIM? If the answer is yes, including the fact that the phone is working very well on GSM card, will opt for this one. Else am heading for Droid 4.

Need physical keyboard for sure. :cowboy:
[Motorola Droid 4] Gibson99:
ah - i've never worked with an iphone so i didn't know they used microsims.

i certainly understand the need for a physical keyboard, which is why i bought the d4... i just wish it had a replaceable battery. the d4 battery is not removable, and even if it were, there are no extended capacity batteries available to replace it with. so keep that in mind. that's really about the only thing i hate about my d4. most days i only get about 12-15 hours before the phone runs out of battery. if i am out running errands or working in the yard, not really using the phone, it will last all weekend on a single charge... but actively using it? forget it. also, being on the 36th floor of my office building, in an interior office, the phone tends to drain itself just trying to find a signal, so i have to stay plugged in whenever i'm at my desk, or the phone will be nearly dead by 5pm.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] f3liC:
Since this is my first NFC device, I always wanted to play with it. However, I can't stand the sight of touchwiz so here I am on cm9. I've tried this:

http://www.modaco.com/topic/354635-region-device-root-patched-google-wallet-apk-11-r67-v12/

and looked at this even though it says its for touchwiz only (so I haven't tried it):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769083

My question is, is it possible at the moment for cm9 and google wallet to work together at the moment? If so, how can it be done?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] erept0r:
I haven't seen it working on anything but stock yet. I've tried it on 4 or 5 different ROMs.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puneethv:
Please help I installted this rom on stock ICS rom from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1707876....how ever my mistake i forgot that the phone was in MTP mode and NOT in MSC mode.....after the installation of this rom...the phone boots and hangs on the sony boot logo....it is not even getting into the recovery mode.....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] tanny90:
You need to try it with flasher . .

Look for the tutorial in forum. . .

Sent from my SK17i
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] mihahn:
which recovery mode do you mean? Clockworkmod recovery?

You could try to hold volume down key and then you connect the phone with usb cable to your pc. Then you flash the rom using flashtool. Do it like this. Then you can try to install the rom again :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] sandy7:
Bro u should flash the kernal using flashtool..

After that u have to install the Rom..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] puneethv:
Thanks guys for the response....i just flashed to stock rom using flashtool and it worked great....
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] eltonpestana:
Reflash Kernel Mode FastBoot.

Friend. You can follow my tutorial. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=29406690 "The tutorial was done on Wt19 LWW, but nothing problem that can also be applied to his brother SK17i" from the 7th step. Find Your Kernel http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1709032 this Post. Follow the next steps of the tutorial. In time you install the ROM by Aroma check SK17. If all these procedures can not solve. Then Try flash ROM FTF Stock Mode FlashBoot

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Device:WT19@ MiniCMSandwich Lite AOSP [LOCKED/UNLOCKED BL]

Kernel:KRsH Kernel v3.0 ICS
[Xperia Arc General] MitsCooKieHH:
Hello,

I have a problem trying to flash a new kernel. I'm currently on android GB 2.3.7 with DoomKernel GB. So I tried to update to ICS (MooDeD's ROM) but that didn't work, so I figured I had to update to the DoomKernel for ICS. I did everything right following the instructions but in the command, when I try to send the boot.img, it takes FOREVER. Literary 1 hour, and it isn't even done yet! I checked if it was recognized with the test command and it was responding so idk what I'm doing wrong. Please help.

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, MooDeD GB 2.3.7, and DoomKernel GB, PC is Windows Vista.

Thanks. :)
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
Restarted your P.C, rebooted your Phone?
[Xperia Arc General] Cuerrix:
On my old pc the android sdk didn't work so i just used flashtool. You can use it to flash a kernel too. Just select fastboot mode and then flash kernel.
[Xperia Arc General] MitsCooKieHH:
Did that, even tried another usb port. Its finished now, took over 2 hours. Don't want to go through this pain again so plz help. Can flashtool flash .img?

EDIT: Oh great, after I updated my kernel to a ICS one the MooDeD ROM still doesn't work. Any idea how to fix this?
[Xperia Arc General] Lorenzoz:
Yes, and is very simple to use..

look here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1000012
[Xperia Arc General] Cuerrix:
What's the problem?
[Xperia Arc General] MitsCooKieHH:
I'm on my new ICS kernel now, after a few hours ._. But when I install MooDeD's ICS ROM it still doesn't boot. I just get a black screen after the kernel logo.
[Xperia Arc General] Cuerrix:
Flash a clean sony stock ics rom. Don't forget to wipe cache and dalvik cache and try again.
[Xperia Arc General] MitsCooKieHH:
Problem is, I can't get into my sd card now. So I won't be able to copy the file to my sd card :(
[Xperia Arc General] Cuerrix:
I mean a .ftf file that you can flash with flashtool.
[Xperia Arc General] SXUsr:
Flash whichever is for your Phone from HERE using the flashtool, then start all over.
[Xperia Arc General] MitsCooKieHH:
Thanks it works now. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cadillac Kid:
My CDMA Nexus froze....battery pull, boot looped. Recovery restore backup....."error while restoring /data"

Been trying to get back to stock ever since and I can't get the fricken ADB command prompt stuff to work.

I have installed drivers like 10 times, and it shows "Android phone" in device manager when the phone is plugged in with fastboot on.

Everytime I try and do the fastboot commands it just says "error: device not found"
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eqjunkie829:
Does it let you mount usb so you can stick a new rom file on it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] animal24:
edit/disregard

does "fastboot devices" reveal your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cadillac Kid:
It doesn't show up as a drive, just in the device manager as Android ADB Interface.

I just restarted my computer to see if the drivers needed that....this time I ran the 'adb reboot bootloader' and I got daemon not running. Now starting on port 5037. Daemon started successfully. Then it still said error: device not found
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biscuitownz:
This
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cadillac Kid:
Yeah.....it returns the phone serial number....

So I dunno what the deal is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cadillac Kid:
yeah...I know....that has been my goal for the past 4 hours.

The command prompt wont push to a device it doesn't find...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] IINexusII:
if the serial number comes up then it should be able to push the factory images back into it.

try fastboot erase userdata
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cadillac Kid:
that did it.........weird. THANKS!!!!