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[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordcody420:
samsung mesmerize

anyone know how to unlock this phone
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esterra:
Hi boys, and girls :D

As my 2 year contract on my carrier, is getting to the finish line, i want to get something new. :) (I will keep my small litle muscle phone O1 as a second phone :cool:)

At the first i wanted the galaxy nexus, because of the great software support, and the developement, in our xda forum.

Then suddenly i saw the new Optimus 4x, but, there is one but. There is no developement in here, because of locked bootloader :(

I really don`t know what to take. Thought about the Xperia S, but nope.

The phones what i need to choose from , are - 1. Galaxy nexus

2. Optimus 4x

Maybe Acro S ?

Maybe some other suggestions? :confused:
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Koraboros:
Maybe the new LG Nexus? It'll be $399 on Google Store unsubsidized according to rumors.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esterra:
Yeah, but it will not be available in my country for a while.:(
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valent|n0:
seeing how often google release OS.

I will stick to nexus device for fastest OS update :)

I love my Google experience device motorola xoom running AOSP jelly bean
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joel Chan:
Yeah. I think I'd go for the new nexus phone. Just wait for a lil while
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Purifier:
I think getting a new LG phone is a waste, Anything other than a galaxy nexus is.

The new android OS? Availably from day 1.

Every app is tested on that first, which means closer to no bugs.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esterra:
I think that i will take Galaxy Nexus. Just because of software support, developement. The performance is also o.k No need for 4 cores.:)
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheAndroidGeek:
Galaxy nexus has a very very disappointing battery life
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esterra:
Yes, i know, but it is the only device, with the best price/performance on my carrier. I will take it on a contract.

As i said, maybe something from xperia line - The acro s?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virusshah1997:
Galaxy s3??? Htc one x???

Coz i like quad core! :)
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Esterra:
Ahh. Bought Galaxy nexus today. No need for a quad core phone,becouse there is not where to put in all potential.:) Its enough with a dualcore.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seriousia:
Me also getting a galaxy nexus by the end of this month :D
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] myawan:
Smart choice, and yes Android doesn't make use of multi core efficiently as yet.
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victag:
i was thinking of buying htc one s or the nexus

which one do u guys think is a better choise?
[Optimus One, P500, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheLockness:
Nexus of you want it right now. I say wait till the holiday is over. I bet you a slick new device will come out by then. A new nexus and HTC has already announced the HTC one x+ and also a 5 inch device. You sir must wait.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theclaytons:
Hi,

I do not have enough posts to place this in the developer forum. However I update my Defy with each nightly build and since the 2nd boot nightlies I too have experienced really poor battery drain. I have fixed this by disabling two features in Google Maps.

Go to: system settings--> Google-->Maps and Latitude

Disable both location reporting and enable location history.

Instantly my battery has gone back to previous performance and after 17 hours I have 79% left. Previously this would have been less than 30%.

some people will not like this and it disables google now (actually make sure google now is also off) but if you want better battery life over these features this works for me.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohanxpressions:
I did the same and the battery consumption is reduced.

But using Better Battery Stats app I found out that my device won't go to sleep because of my WiFi. Wlan_rx_wake is always running. Is it the same for you ? Is there anyway to switch off WiFi automatically.

My config is same as yours.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
Hi,

@theclaytons : thanks a lot for your tip about battery drain issue ! I've talked about that in Dev Thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768702&highlight=wait+and+see&page=1129). It works perfectly !

Long life on XDA !
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theclaytons:
One more thing

No problem and thanks for the stuff in dev forum. This is post number 2 so maybe 8 more I'll be able to do it myself. There is still something else going on as I get occasional battery drain. My latest theory is around the method in wich you charge the defy or airplane mode itself. The last time I charged the defy from my pc via USB and I had amazing battery life and used 12% in 8 hours with some text and data and driving I.e. no wifi. Then it went to airplane mode and the next day the battery drain was significantly worse. So either USB charging is better than wall charger for some odd reason or airplane mode triggers some battery heavy process that never dies. I can't see this in the battery stats other than phone idle and screen. Turning off phone does not resolve either.

I'm continuing to investigate optios but my last full charge got 36 hours and had 19% left before I charged.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
Ok thanks, good to know that. I will remember if necessary....
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okij:
An additional great workaround against battery drain in sleep mode!

First of all, thanks for your findings!

I think that I found a workaround for the "something else going on" on the FAQ thread in a post by -=lov=- under http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33159734&postcount=389.

Since I too am not able to post in the dev section yet, I posted myself in the FAQ thread (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33223114&postcount=398), asking that somebody gives a hint to -=lov=-'s workaround in the dev thread so that Quarx and the others can take notice.

Because I find this workaround important for everybody using the current custom kernel, I copy/paste my post from the FAQ threat to here too:

This is a really great workaround against battery drain in sleep mode! :good: :good: :good:

This method works very well for me and is always reproducable!

Before I had about 45 mA/h (2,5 %/h) while deepsleep during day (with 3G on) and about 30 mA/h (1,8 %/h) while deepsleep during night (by using JuiceDefender app, 3G and WIFI are off most of the time).

After appliing this method (which unfortunately has to be done after every reboot), i have just about 25 mA/h (1,5 %/h) while deepsleep during day and about 8 mA/h (0,5 %/h) while deepsleep during night, which are similar to the good numbers I had under Gingerbread.

BTW, using KSM, zRam and Swap don't influence battery drain, at least not significantly, in my experience. I got the above mentioned drains with KSM and zRAM enabled!

However, disabling "settings > location > access to my location" and "google > maps and latitude" options, as posted a couple of times on the development thread, *does* have some impact on battery drain, so I keep these options disabled.

I'm reading the development thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768702 for a couple of weeks now and unfortunately it seems that they haven't taken notice of -=lov=-'s great finding yet. :( I think that there is something about the USB drivers not properly initialized in the Custom Kernels yet, which leads to the much discussed battery drains. I'm quite sure that this should be fixable by Quarx.

Unfortunately, I cannot post in the development thread yet (actually this is my very first post because I found this topic this so important).

Therefore I would like to ask somebody on this FAQ thread to try this method himself and give a hint

on the development thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1768702, so that the

developers and especially Quarx can take notice and finally fix the battery drain caused by the USB driver

bug (or whatever it is). :fingers-crossed: :highfive: :victory:

Thank you for your support!​

Thanks to -=lov=- for his great finding and to Quarx for his superb CM10 ROM and Custom Kernel (if he is reading this thread nonetheless...) :D

Okij

My current config: Defy+, Quarx CM10 2012-10-18 NIGHTLY + Custom Kernel from 24.10.,

19@300, 34@600, 49@900, 59@1100 / Interactive / SIO / KSM enabled / zRam 18%
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
Hi okij,

I've just shared your last post in dev thread. I hope -=lov=- findings will work for everybody and also that Quarx will take a look at this USB fail...

Sent from my Defy green lens running last cm10 Quarx build
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okij:
Hi @frpriot,

thanks a lot for forwarding the link so quickly to the dev thread! :highfive:

So far there hasn't been a direct response to the USB drivers issue (besides 1 or 2 thanks), but as always there are a lot of issues talked about on this main dev thread at the same time... :)

So let's wait and hope that the right people pick this issue up! If this shouldn't happen, it might be a good idea to give a hint in the thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908687 too, since Quarx seems to take part actively there himself. Could you in this case post there too? (I'm now still missing 7 posts to reach the magic 10 first posts... ;))

BTW, there already are some positive responses to the described workaround in a German forum at http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-ha...el-jb-defy-update-11-10-a-18.html#post4325150 ff.

Cheers

Okij
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staarbreaker:
I had a similar problem some time ago, with the phone connected to my home wifi network it would have unusual awake times, draining the battery very quickly.

I found out using the Network Log app (it's in the Play Store) that something on my network keep sending broadcast packets, that the phone would respond, thus the wifi wakelock.

That something was the NetBios name discovery service, enabled by default on Windows, but hardly used anymore, at least on home networks, turning it off solved the issue for me.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theclaytons:
Thanks for this post. I have just plugged phone into USB attached to PC for 30 seconds. After only 10 minutes I can see the battery life has improved. See attached screenshot.Just after plugging in USB the battery stops draining at the same rate and the % has stayed the same.

Something gets triggered when the USB cable gets connected that stops the battery draining. I wonder if by charging the phone via the wall charger their is a process triggered that does not get killed when the phone is fully charged. By connecting to USB the process gets killed "nicely" at disconnect?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyank.tapuria:
Hey I am currently on JB build 18.10.12 having 4.1.2 and the same kernel on which I had previously flashed 24.09.12 which had 4.1.1.

I am a begginer in this and have read a lot of posts before. But this particular thread has interested me more . Thanks for that but I still facing

1. Battery drain issues.

2. Battery doesn't charge beyond 79%

3. 2G toggle also doesn't work as soon as I switch it on it just says no network found.

The ROM is really good.. love the interface, hats off to those who did it..

Please can someone help me in this..

If u want any logs or screen shot will be posting it.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
Hi,

Your kernel is not up to date...

First you should flash last update (update_for_18.10_v3.zip). You can d/l it on Quarx's ftp! After that you will probably have less issues !

Just try it and feedback.

Enjoy !

Sent from my Defy green lens running last cm10 Quarx build
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyank.tapuria:
Thanks will do that right away.. :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
You're welcome :)

Sent from my Defy green lens running last cm10 Quarx build
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyank.tapuria:
The 2G toggle doesn't seem to work it suffers .. goes into offline mode as soon as I press on it
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
Is 2g mode works if you select it in network parameters ?

Did you try a clean install ?

Sent from my Defy green lens running last cm10 Quarx build
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] priyank.tapuria:
Okay .. I installed another custom ROM.. over which I installed CW10

Let's see how it goes this time...

Okay the 2G still doesn't work..

Rest will have to find out...

Fingers crossed..

---------- Post added at 07:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 AM ----------

Is there a difference between 24.09 and 18.10 other than 18.10 is better and newer..

What exactly is a 2nd boot..

how exactly is it different from other nightlys ?

May be I am installing this ROM wrong..

Just guessing.. I read the FAQs nothing that I could find could help me
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashoks89:
18.10 is not just better and newer. It's way better. No lags. With v4, really good battery life. If your battery is not charging above 84, then take off the battery and wipe battery stats. Then you'll be good to go!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodman:
2ndboot method allows you to run a custom Kernel. But don't worry about it. Just install nighlies as you always do.

Last 1018 build includes the custom kernel and last v4 zip is the last kernel update from Quarx.

If after installation, you can't boot (stuck on first boot logo), just pull battery, replace it and retry...

Yes maybe you did something wrong... try to read this thread or just use search function on it (or on another thread talking about this rom)... Sorry but I think you have to learn more...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CodeVanya:
thanx @okij i'l try this!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leonardoporro:
I tried everything, but 4.2.2 is not for daily use on my defy because of the high battery consumption.

It produces a lot of wakelocks, even with WI-FI disabled.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
I just received my 3rd tablet in the mail today under warranty. The first one became unresponsive to the touch screen and since it was in the Texas morning sun I thought it was my fault and bought another. The 2nd one did the same thing 4 months later even though I had taken extreme care with it, I sent this one back to the factory. I had rooted both tablets and was running versions of ICS from this site. Neither was overclocked although I do have the software to do that. I'm thinking I should stay with stock OS for a while and see if the 3rd time is the charm.

Anyone else have their tablet just mysteriously stop responding for no apparent reason? Other than the screen, everything else worked including mail and internet; I just could not unlock it to read anything.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trevd:
Hi There

My touch screen stop working months ago!! I'm pretty sure it's a loose connection, If I build a fresh android from source and squeeze the top of the tab It sometimes comes back to life, I should have really sent it back but I've got a heavily modified version of adb that allows me to easily send input to it and I just plug a keyboard and mouse into a usb hub. I had another one that had "ghost touches".

I found the screen doesn't seem to like temperature changes and would get very cold to the touch If had it in my bag when travelling and really the build quality is terrible but It doesn't move off my desk as it is used only for development and I'm too lazy to send it back. meh! :)

With regard roms. if you were using stock rooted then the only difference between them and the stock is su, and extra busybox, everything else is as archos intended there shouldn't be anything detrimental in there. If you don't need root for anything then you might as well use stock.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
--Thanks for the feedback. If someone gets Jellybean 4.1 operating for this tablet, I will root it again.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwnedu46:
I'm on my second. Three first one had a problem worth the screen where it became greyscale soon after I started playing a youtube video. The first time it happened, I was somehow able to get it working again. The second time, I tried reloading the OS (honeycomb at the time) and resetting to factory settings and was unsuccessful.

I sent it back to QVC and got a replacement under warranty. I haven't had any problems with this one. I dropped it when getting into my car. The back came loose, but it easily snapped back into place with nothing but a few scratches on the side where it hit.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quinny899:
If my second dies, I'm getting a refund, not a replacement.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve adams:
I'm on my two original tablets. Both have been dropped. My sons a lot, mine took its first spill the other night. Popped it right on the corner with the kickstand. There is a small crack where the small screw is under the stand. Its causing the stand to pop open easy. Other than that the hardware is working perfectly.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
So my replacement tablet is still working well, so now I want to root it again. The latest Archos firmware makes it a *****. Would it be better to use the console and reset the tablet before rooting?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Extreme_One:
I had three 101G9 tablets, each with separate faults.

When I sent the last one back they upgraded me to a 101XS ... which has a faulty touchscreen!

I won't buy an Archos tablet again.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 55mls:
I've got several Archos tablets, and overall... and oddly... I've had very few problems with any of them other that some bad firmware upgrades or a few bad apps (including some of Google's own stuff) that eventually got fixed. I guess I've been just lucky somehow with all of my G9's being older ones with only 512M RAM (which is a bit sad because I know 1G RAM would increase performance).

The MAJOR problem I've had all started when Archos released the newer 4.0.2x firmware releases. Had to find out how to install rooted stock 4.0.7 to get a usable device again.

I will agree though, that if Archos wants to being totally idiotic with their firmware and REFUSES to provide a clean way back to a previous firmware (that actually works)... well, I too will NEVER be buying any new Archos device. Only way I would buy another Archos is *IF* it was a G9 model and I was absolutely certain that it did not come shipped with firmware higher than 4.0.7. Otherwise, forget Archos completely!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
I put in rooted 4.0.7 last night, than 4.0.28. Some odd things happening like games dropping out and unable to find wi-fi when moved to a different network unless I reboot the tablet. If this continues it's back to 4.07 for me.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 55mls:
The really sad part is that if you have ever installed ANY of the 4.0.2x official firmware is that even when trying to go back to a 'rooted' 4.0.7 there are a bunch of leftovers that just don't clear out. I've done some seriously drastic things like AFTER installing rooted stock 4.0.7 of going back with ADB and deleting several syestem/app files and the dalvick-cache... and then doing some of that a second time again. Even then though there still does seem to be some odd things left that ARE NOT part of the official Archos 4.0.7 firmware.

If you are interested send me a PM, otherwise it's really too hard to explain what I'm talking about (and might not even make sense in any reply I send you).

Anyway, as far as "I" am concerned, Archos just tried to screw up as many of the G9 tablets they could with the 4.0.2x firmware simply to try to FORCE people to buy their newer G10 tablets (which DO NOT WORK RIGHT either). Kind of the same STUPID attitude several other companies had before.... "Oh, that don't work, buy this one then".... Only real difference is THAT IDIOTIC APPROACH to marketing failed for the other companies... yet, Archos seems to 'think' they can still keep doing it.

In short, SIMPLY DO *NOT* BUY ANYTHING FROM ARCHOS! Some people wonder why most of the world hates the French, but Archos keeps giving more reasons to NOT TRUST a company based in France. The Archos G9 tablets COULD have become a world leader, but for whatever reason Archos decided they would rather kill of as many of a 'good thing' as they could just to push other even worse devices on the market... something to do with EVERYONE (mostly morons) that absolutely wanted Jelly Bean (and I'm not going to buy any new Android device with that worthless crap). So I'm not only done with Archso, but also any newer Android device... never wanted, still don't want, and never will want the crap Google is trying to turn the Android OS into.

After all, *IF* I wanted a device with a dozen apps that are constantly sending info back... well, I might just as well go with a Windows 8 device (since I know my Windows computers are already sending all kinds of feedback to Microsoft as it is, Google is trying to go BEYOND what Microsoft has already been doing for years.).

In other words... all *I* want is a device that actually works, NOT ONE THAT SPENDS ALL OF ITS TIME REPORTING EVERYTHING I DO BACK TO SOMEBODY ELSE. And don't give me any of the bogus 'anonymous' nonsense because EVERY device has a certain device number, and EVERY internet connection has an IP address. As soon as you register a device or set up an e-mail address THEY KNOW. And, Google is going FAR BEYOND what anyone should ever allow them to know about (your location, what websites you view, what your interests are, etc.).
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TXFI:
Fingers crossed but I haven't had _any_ HW quality issues with my G9 80 8GB 1GB. I've tried most of the ROMs available and have noticed that every now and then it makes things a lot easier if I just completely format the device and re-install stock using a .aos file.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
Thinking about doing the same thing as it wigs out sometimes and goes real slow.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btrcp2000:
Mine is crap. Battery blew up like a capri sun pouch just after the warranty expired, archos wants $77 to fix it. This is after I gave them a second chance when my 70 quit charging and they wanted $125 to fix that. Not even so much as a "sucks to be you", when i told them the story of their own products, they just reply with their repair costs. ill never touch their products again
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
I might still have the battery of my original one. Let me know if you want to try and use it. The wires are soldered, so its not plug n play.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noaddress:
101 g9

I got a 101 g9 and have touchscreen problems sometimes. when i get ghost inputs just recalibrate the touchscreen and when it stops working just "draw" and swipe with 4 fingers on the screen for a while. after a few seconds it comes back to usual behaviour. hope that helps others with that idiotic touchscreen...
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btrcp2000:
sure, if you have no use for it anyway. I will PM you
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tweakurr:
I had planned on keeping it as a spare, but have decided if it dies on me a DNR order is in effect.:rolleyes: