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[Asus Transformer TF700] PaulQ602:
I keep reading a variety of ways people approach battery issues and I meant to post this in its own thread. I'll try and do it today.

I believe I am summing it up correctly by saying... Most manufacturers ship products with the battery approximately 40% on purpose. You should charge your device to 100% when you get it. After that, you can essentially use it normally but they recommend you never let the battery drain down very low - that is not good for a Lith Ion battery. I take that to mean not letting it get below around 10%. So, the first post is essentially correct except that you shouldn't let it go to 2%.

For ongoing use, the site recommends charging when the device is off (I know we can't always do this) and never letting it drain down very low. "Top off charges" are fine.

Here is where their summary table is:

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_charge_when_to_charge_table

But.... poke around the different topics if you are really interested.

I did wonder about "battery calibration" too but I *think* that is only necessary for devices you never let run very low. For example, a laptop you leave plugged in most of the time. You can find their discussion at the link near the bottom of the left column.

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] VICIOUSVIC1:
Recently installed Aokp on my I777 n am having problems with it all my songs where doubled on apolo n my Sd card I used USB to fix now it won't read any song on SD n can't download music also any input. Also doubles all pics as well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] 122ninjas:
Umm what?

Sent from my SGH-I777
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] killman2659:
IMO, Apollo is crap. The UI is cool and unique, but it doesn't have any settings. Sure, it has themes, but they are limited as well. I hate it pushes low res album covers from the internet.

Edit: just to put it out there, I was trying it coming from using Power Amp. So I was expecting a little more.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lili81:
also just recently started having problems with apollo..have tried everything from wiping to deleting all my music then putting it back...nothing works
[Member-Found Deals] Bandage:
Hey, it's not a Nexus 7...but not bad for free!

Buy a Sprint Phone get a ZTE Optik Tablet for FREE
[Member-Found Deals] spunker88:
Not a bad tablet for free, although I imagine they will make you get a data contract for it. It has the same display the Nexus 7 has, a 1280x800 at 7". Only downside is its running HC which is still much better than GB on a tablet. Although XDA has a fix for that as there appears to be unofficial CM9/CM10 builds out there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1629630
[Member-Found Deals] Sanadrate:
It leoks nice I checked instorw
[Member-Found Deals] renzon69:
I believe theres a data plan contract tied to it,some sites are confirming this
[Member-Found Deals] Asweet:
I work for sprint, contract required for the tablet is confirmed.
[Member-Found Deals] renzon69:
So not free...man
[Member-Found Deals] Kant Phase Diz:
Sprint sucks anyways .
[Member-Found Deals] renzon69:
Yes it does,i learned that coming from verizon,3g is a no go for video streaming like youtube and stuff,at least where i am,they got good phones out though
[Member-Found Deals] Kant Phase Diz:
AT&T is the way to go :)
[Member-Found Deals] Rob4828:
Or T-Mobile

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backlashsid:
I had the same question in the HD7 thread. No ones that active so I shall post it here, hopefully someone can help me.

The pictures from my Camera Roll and Saved Pictures disappeared a few days ago. The Camera Roll folder was blank and once I took a new picture it appeared there.

However I then connected my phone to zune and I was able to see all the camera roll pictures in Zune Camera Roll album and the files say that its sync with the phone, but I CANT see it.

Then I went to DATE on my phone and I can see all the pictures there. The Camera Roll and the Saved Pics....any idea why it is not being showed in the respective albums and how i fix it ?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VSolis:
Same problem w/my Lumia 900

I have the same problem with my Lumia 900 running WP7.8. When connected to Zune, the program shows me that I have photos on my phone in the camera roll, but the camera roll on the phone shows only a few of my photos. The date section shows all of my photos. I suspect it has something to do w/syncing to Zune, but I don't know what it is causing this.

Have you figured out a solution to our problem?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maya79:
Transfer pics to your PC, then delete them from the phone, then re-upload them to the phone using Zune?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VSolis:
The photos are getting saved to my PC via Zune each time I plug in and to Skydrive as soon as I take a photo, so I'm not too concerned that I will lose any pictures. What I want to know is why they disappear from the camera roll, but are viewable when I tap "date" from the picture hub.

The problem started a few weeks ago so I uninstalled the last few apps that I downloaded as a troubleshooting measure. I will sync w/Zune this evening and report back.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesmo_sft:
How many pictures do you estimate you have? Have you turned off your phone by removing the battery frequently? Has the phone ran out of battery frequently?

My phone recently had a problem with the loss of some settings, like groups in the People Hub, and some missing tiles. And this happened shortly after I dropped my phone, the battery got out and I were using it with low battery most of the time (I plugged it to my PC to keep it alive, and then to the car charger and then go about my life with the little heart icon on the battery icon and close to no battery).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VSolis:
The Lumia 900 does not have a removable battery. I have already tried rebooting the phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lesmo_sft:
Did you ever see a little message saying something like "We're sorry, we had some troubles and some data could've been lost. Don't worry, we tried to save as much as we could. We're sorry for the inconvenience"?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VSolis:
I have not seen that error message. After I'm done syncing w/Zune and I unplug my phone, the photos from my camera roll do not appear. If click "date", they are there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViRuS3k:
Looking for the device tree of that folder so i know what files are ment to be in there and what files arent.

need people that have backed up there`s right after they rooted from stock.

not after they installed and backed up after flashing custom ect.

Not sure there are meny out there that backedup there efs folder right after first ever flashing root and backing up but if there is could i get your device tree of that folder so i know what files are in there.

samsung galaxy 3 international phones.

Here is a picture below of what mine looks like, i want to be able to compaire it ect to what others have in there to see if mine are the same.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Id Arcanum:
and what does flashing custom rom has to do with content of /efs?

anyway, I don't have crypto and edk files in there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViRuS3k:
Its for the purpose of warantee if we have to send it back ect, cant sent it back with custom rom stuff in there can we ? as even when flashed back to stock and triangled back to 0 its still going to show that folder as having none stock files in there.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nodstuff:
Flashing a custom rom doesn't do anything to efs folder, or at least it shouldn't.

That's a different partition afaik
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Id Arcanum:
well I would stay away from any custom rom that touches /efs folder.. but that's just me.

told you what I don't have, cannot upload screenshot atm, sure someone will.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mopral:
here is a screenshot of my efs folder on stock rooted LG8
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] yazyazoo:
I have the problem where the 3.5mm audio jack doesn't work if BT headset is plugged in as seen in this thread. I usually drive with 3.5mm audio jack for podcast and answer calls with my BT headset. However for some reason the SGS2 and SGS3 has this problem of disabling BT if the headphone jack is plugged in.

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/576056-can-not-use-bluetooth-when-audio-jack-plugged.html

I was wondering if there are any ROMS that solve this problems such as going to a CM9 Stock ICS build.

I would root and try it out myself but I am on a trial period with the phone and don't want to root and place a rom in the risk of breaking or bricking the phone.

If you guys can give me your input with ROMS that fix this problem that would be great!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Compusmurf:
Probably not because hardware connection would probably always override software.
[General Questions and Answers] unrequitedluna:
Hi people i flashed my htc explorer/pico with cranium kernel build 3 and it has soft bricked my phone, this is the kernel i used - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1632895, sorry for linking another thread it is just for reference

any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Edit: this has now been fixed
[Motorola Droid 3] jburke90:
Im trying to ROOT my Droid 3 but keep running into issues. I am bone stock 5.7.906. I tried running the One-Click-Root, it works til the last step then fails. I was told to try going down to 5.6.890. So I tried that using RSD Lite, and it fails on step 6/18. Now everytime I reboot it goes into fast boot. I can get it to boot normally but only after being brought to fastboot (its just annoying). But basically nothing I try works. I cant ROOT, I cant downgrade software. I cant even reset my phone cuz when it reboots it goes into fastboot, cancelling the reset. Any help would be great. Thanks =)

Please dont tell me to search because I have and I couldnt find anything that helped me. Links and how to's would be a great help :good:
[Motorola Droid 3] ZionCorps:
Seaaarch!

Naw, jk. I'm looking into it right now, because I don't remember exactly how I did it, but if I remember correctly you can not return to previous versions once you have the .906 firmware. I'm sure someone'll correct me if I'm wrong. x3 So you'll probably have to find a way to SBF the .906 before you can proceed to rooting.

When you went to .890, did you use a modified version with .906 bits or did you use an actual .890 SBF?

Edit Edit: And now if I remember correctly, I used MotoFail to obtain Root and then threw Hash-Code's SafeStrap on before flashing a new ROM.
[Motorola Droid 3] jburke90:
I believe its the actual .890 BUT, I never got it to go back, so Im still on .906. It failed to go to .890 which is now why everytime I reboot it goes into fastboot saying Flash Failed. But i just hit normal boot and it boots up. Superuser is on it, and safestrap but safestrap force closes every time I try to open it. I downloaded ROOT Checker to see if Im actually rooted and it says that Im not.
[Motorola Droid 3] ZionCorps:
Aah.. I would recommend you use the .906 to .890 one-click.

Just note at the bottom of the post it says you'll have to reinstall the .906 update either OTA or put the download on your external card. But I'm no pro. In your case, it would be my mindset to restart from the beginning.

Oh no, I assumed you're even using the XT862 version of the Droid 3, which that thread I linked states it is only for that model.
[Motorola Droid 3] Endoroid:
There is a sticky that has a sbf that works to bring you back to .890 as it has parts of 906 in it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1686911
[Motorola Droid 3] jburke90:
Im downloading this right now. ---> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1686911
[Motorola Droid 3] ZionCorps:
Yep! Looks like they're all the same link. :] Should work well for you as long as you follow the instructions and use the MotoFail link provided down in that same thread.
[Motorola Droid 3] jburke90:
Use motofail afterwords right?
[Motorola Droid 3] ZionCorps:
Correct. After you've done the one-click SBF and you've got your phone all up and running you can use the MotoFail.
[Motorola Droid 3] jburke90:
Well, everything is good except one thing. Im running Steel Droid 4.8 smoothly. But, when I go into widgets to add Quick Contacts, it doesn't show on the home screen. Like it takes up space, i can remove it (if i hit the right spot), but it doesn't show up. Like its there but invisible. Why...?
[Motorola Droid 3] Juicy555:
Most likely a bug in the rom or the widget.
[HTC Rezound] Slainez916:
Has anyone else come across camera problems on Sense 4.0? Every time I use a 4.0 rom, the camera closes and shuts down when I take a picture. I've tried different 4.0roms but the same problem persists. This doesn't happen on Sense 3.6 roms. Can I flash a 4.0 romantic and switch out the camera? If so, do I just install the camera apk? Or would it involve deeper mods to the rom before flashing?
[HTC Rezound] Squirrel1620:
Turn off face/smile detection :p
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satje:
Hi!

I tried different ICS rom's for my GT-P7500, (the UK and Italian versions)

All the time i got no PIN screen for my simcard, nor can't i add a APN.

Also when plugging in the USB i get a "missing hardware-id"

Hope someone can get me on track here.

BTW: Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P7500 (3G/WiFi Netherlands T-Mobile)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marco.michel:
do you really flashed a rom for the 7500. I ask because when you flashed a ROM for the 7510 (wifi only models) you get the same error. everything works except 3g.

Please post some more details of your current rom which have this error.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satje:
These are not working for me (got the Ita en UK ones froms Sammobile) see below:

GT-P7500	Italy 2012 July Android 4.0.4	P7500XXLQ8	P7500OXALQ8

Indeed the UK one was for the 7510, hope i didn't mess up my tab :(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marco.michel:
how do you flashed? with Odin?

Try to flash the stock rom for your gtab. After that, flash the Italy version for the gtab.

By the way: have you root your tab or installed a custom kernel?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satje:
Id it all...

From stock via Odin, Root, ICS

All the resets needed and so on...

Not realy a N00B overhere, got loads of experience but this is blowing my mind :eek:

Even did a try HEX-editing the files in /elf/ (and yes backing it up b4)

Back to stock now and 3G is fine.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marco.michel:
As I have a p7501 I can't really test it, but I will try it tomorrow.

What I've tested is the jelly bean rom out of the dev section. It's ics 4.0.4 based on the Italy room. Really closed to the stock. 3g works fine on my gtab. May have a look.

So if the italy ics firmware file is not corrupt, I've no answer till now.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satje:
Well, i found out my Device ID / Serial number are gone.

Anyway to restore it?

(also mailed Samsung and waiting for their answer)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msedek:
Do you have a backup of your efs folder?

I mean as you said you are not a noob and have loads of experience.. I do have a backup of my efs.. Of every single device I own... If you flashed a wifi only rom you even lose you imei and so that's why your 3G is not working
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] satje:
Yes got backups...

Thanks for this suggestion!

Gonna restore an old /efs/ but furst have to see the read/write rights on these files inside.
[HTC One S] randomnoob83:
im running trickdroid 7.1 and i want to change the recent app button to the menu button is this possible?
[HTC One S] kaiser347:
Go to settings, then to display and gestures, tap on recent apps button and change to desired option.

Sent from my HTC One S
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LS1_01:
Recently I've been seeing a lot of T-Mobile USA & AT&T phones on eBay and such that have their IMEI blocked by the provider they are made for. I was thinking if there's a way to prevent getting scammed and buying one of these used phones where the IMEI ends up getting blocked (perhaps months later) because the original owner didn't make a phone or service payment & I was wondering if T-Mobile USA or AT&T would ever block the IMEI of a Galaxy Nexus GSM Unlocked Phone?

It obviously has an IMEI but does anyone know if T-Mobile USA or AT&T would block the IMEI of a phone like the Nexus that they don't sell themselves if someone reported it stolen, didn't make a bill payment of some kind, etc.?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewNY:
Not for missing a bill payment. The phone isn't sold or subsidized by them so they would have no right to block it.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whatsitsnamenow:
I was wondering the same thing too. If I buy a used international Galaxy S3 i9300 would they block the imei if the previous owner report it stolen a short while after selling it? Also will the phone be block if the insurance is from third party?

These new imei blocking idea seems to create a whole new set of problems (for us consumers at least). The big carriers would probably benefit from sales of new device as people are too afraid to buy devices that can be blacklisted whenever.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] netscorer:
Don't blame the carriers . Blame criminals who benefit by reselling stolen phones on the used market. The theft of smartphones is huge right now as this is so easy and profits are huge. Anything that can slow this down is worth doing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LS1_01:
Never thought about the insurance aspect but when I called T-Mobile they said that any phone could be blocked if reported stolen including something like a Nexus...but who knows if it ever happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whatsitsnamenow:
Its not about blaming who. I just think this is not very thought out solution. It puts a dent on phones that are actually stolen but does nothing to stop fraud. Example

I buy new Galaxy S3 from Att

I buy insurance for phone

I sell phone for $450 (good imei standing currently) on Craigslist or on Marketplace

One week later I report my phone stolen and pay my $100 deductible

Phone gets blocked and buyer gets screwed.

I receive new Samsung Galaxy S3

Next week I sell my new Galaxy S3 for $450 and start the whole process over again.

In this scenario there is no way to check for IMEI clean or not because at the time of sale the IMEI is clean.

Also CDMA phones are better protected against this scenario as the CDMA phone's ESN is link to the account holder.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CodeMonkey:
I bought a G1 from eBay when they were first released (listed as new in box) and it was blocked after a month.

It took me 4 months to get my money back from the seller and I only succeeded because I got the police involved. Personally I just wouldn't buy a phone again from a private seller.

In the UK at least there is no process to appeal an IMEI block.

That said, I still think its a good way of reducing phone theft - they just really need some kind of escrow / transfer service for IMEIs
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akr884:
Blacklisting a Phone that's not lost or stolen

I just bought an HTC One X on ebay that the seller said was a return by someone who decided on a different phone. I can confirm that the device was unlocked because it worked for a day on Straight Talk before the phone was blacklisted with the message "This device has been blocked for network use". I contacted the ebay seller to let them know what the situation was and I called AT&T to see if I could figure out why the device was blocked, thinking that maybe it could be unblocked or returned to the original purchaser in case it had been lost or stolen.

When I talked to the AT&T rep they said that the phone was not lost or stolen, just that it wasn't eligible to be unlocked until November - but the device itself was unlocked. I suspected that the phone had been blocked for being unlocked and told them that I thought that that was unethical and maybe even ilegal. They refused to give me more information and I left a different, working phone number for my girlfriend for the original owner to contact just in case the phone was lost or stolen (they wouldn't confirm whether it was or not despite assuring me it wasn't before I talked with a manager).

Today, I just got this message back from the ebay seller "we received the phone , i tried getting another out to you but att will not unlock it unless its under contarct , its some new policy."

So, apparently if the phone isn't unlocked by the person with the contract AT&T will blacklist it even though the device is unlocked and they are abusing the "lost or stolen" blacklist to carry this out. This is nothing short of an attempt to kill off the market for used phones under the guise of protecting consumers from theft or lost phones. I can't believe this isn't ilegal and I can barely believe that AT&T is cynical enough to do this.

For the time being, be warned that in the US, a used phone now must be physically unlocked as well as blessed by the carrier to not be blacklisted. It seems like a fairly risky proposal to do something as straight forward as buying a used phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] afma_afma:
This is unacceptable and illegal.

You should ask them to show proof of documentation......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LS1_01:
Are you sure the phone is unlocked? Were you using a Straight Talk AT&T Compatible SIM or a Straight Talk T-Mobile Compatible SIM? If the AT&T one that will work on all AT&T phones even if it is not unlocked but if you put a ST T-Mobile SIM into an AT&T phone like AT&T's version of the HTC One X then it needs to be unlocked...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ceejay83:
No, I highly doubt T-mobile/ATT would block it because it's not sold, or covered by them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fedz7:
Imei blocking

My phone was stolen 2 days ago, i then called att and have them block the imei but i would like to know if the phone still can be unlocked to work on another network abroad lets say in the Caribbean??? the phone in question is the samsung s 3 i747........please can someone verify if it is possible to work on a foreign network even though att has blacklisted the imei????
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
Funny story.

I bought my gf an unlocked iPhone 3GS from gamestop as a refurbished unit a few months ago. Traded some games and got a good discount. Anyway I tried to unlock it through AT&T and was told it had a stolen IMEI.... although she was using it for like 6 months.

I called Gamestop corporate and they issued me a full refund of $185, after 6 months of use. I only spent like $60 on it after one of their 20-30-40-50% trade in bonus and 10% gamers club.

So you can use stolen IMEI phones on the carrier but probably not with new service. She used her existing service. Had she tried to activate it in a store it woulda been different. The phone still worked... they just wouldn't unlock it.

I turned around and bought a 4S from a buddy for $150 and profit!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fedz7:
Ok thanks for that bit of info...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I would be very upset if I spent a few hundred on a phone and had it shut down or repossessed.

I've had my Nexus 7 stolen out of my car recently so it goes both ways. The only people getting hurt are the good guys who actually purchase things.