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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matcarroll:
Hi. I commented on a previous post about how great my battery is on 4.1.2 with wifi on, much better than 4.1.1, was draining at about 0.7-1% per hour overnight with 5 hours screen on time.

Anyway, last night I thought I would try something else and when I went to bed I turned off wifi and left on 3g. What a mistake! Battery drained from 71% to 24% in 7 hours. Thats about 6% per hour!

Nothing else has changed, no apps were left running. My screenshot looks like it couldnt go back to sleep on 3g? I dont have wifi at work and need my phone during the day, recommendations? Flash back to 4.1.1? I've seen others complaining about same issue on 3g but as mentioned above, couldnt find the thread. On the screenshot, where wifi turns off the third time was when I went to sleep- the battery hemoragies at this point.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matcarroll:
I just checked my data usage last night and nothing was used so it wasn't a app syncing or anything, just doesn't like been on 3G!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matcarroll:
If I turn wifi off and turn mobile data also off, it hardly drains at all. As soon as mobile data is on, it's constantly awake. I have quite a good signal also. Most strange.

I will just keep wifi off and mobile data off at work, I may get more work done anyway!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] colang:
Hi check this thread out some usefull ideas and tips regarding greatly increasing battery life for heavy users .. all tips are tested ..good luck ;););)

Anyhow here is the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2058804
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matcarroll:
Ok, I have found my problem, sort of. Just realised, when wifi is not on, even though I have a h in top screen, I'm getting no data. Tried running some speed tests etc and didn't work at all. The orange download arrow is never on and the green upload arrow is nearly always on. I'm wondering if I have had a bad flash? Did it via kies. I'm on o2uk if that helps. Tried switching to 2g and I get a icon, with orange and green arrows but still no data! Just spoke to o2 and they have resent me all my 3g internet settings etc but still not working.

Can anyone help please?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matcarroll:
Thanks for all the help!

I have reflashed via Odin and that didn't resolve it. I have then done a complete factory reset and that hasn't resolved it either. What should I do now? Is it a rma job?
[Microsoft Surface] razor08350:
Hello all !

I'm new on Microsoft Surface with Windows RT, and this tablet is very good !

I search just an emulator for play resident evil. It's possible ?

Thank you a lot.
[Microsoft Surface] rilot:
No PS emulator yet. I'm sure it will come in time.
[Microsoft Surface] mr_dan:
im looking forward to dosbox and stuff like that... this device would be cool for playing f.e. Fallout :)
[Microsoft Surface] jumper62:
There is a SNES emulator so I'm sure a PS1 emulator will come soon
[Microsoft Surface] ke1n p1an:
Psone will probably not come to windows RT in playable speed,

Windows rt is can not reserve executable memory pages with virtualalloc which is needed for the dynarec that psx emulators use to get playable speed. Interpretation will most likely be too slow
[Microsoft Surface] razor08350:
Thank you very much.

I love PSone Game, i must be patient =)
[Microsoft Surface] GoodDayToDie:
Technically, I'm sure you *can* do virtualalloc (it's used by many things, including IE); it's just not available through the WinRT APIs. That means any app using it would have to use homebrew hacks, either being a non-Metro EXE or using hacks to access the relevant system call without going through the usual API layer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iammagicboy:
Hi,I was wondering if I can change the boot animation in 4.2.1

I'm using PA 2.99.8,it came with the "X" stock boot animation so I wonder if there will be a problem if the animation is changed.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rabeaoghly:
you can only try it out after backing up

some roms allow you to change the logo

so just try it and see what will happen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] iammagicboy:
No offence but your comment was,well,kind of useless.

Anyhow, I'm going to take your advice and give it a try.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Khizar:
you can change it.. just make sure to make a backup just in case
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VTENGR:
are the boot animations still in the /system/media folder? I keep on putting my bootanimation.zip file there (with the correct permissions) but the boot doesn't stick.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kliw:
/data/local directory is searched first for a bootanimation.zip file . If it is not there, /system/media is searched
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] stillaiaiai:
Hi,

Usually, when I have a problem, I usually search for it and try to see if others have found a solution to it, but after hours of searching, I'm nearly at my wit's end.

I've had my Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 for a while now and I flashed it the first day I got it, with alice90's ROM found here.

In the beginning, the custom ROM worked fine, but after a while, my device started periodically crashing and rebooting seemingly randomly, but especially during times of heavy usage. After one of these episodes, my device just wouldn't boot up at all and was stuck at the Samsung loading screen. After searching around for a while, I found out how to enter Recovery Mode and tried to reset it to factory default that way. However, this had no effect on the problem and made it even worse, as the condition is as the same as before, but now I can't even enter Recovery Mode or Download Mode. I think that it is soft bricked, but can't be sure. Every time that I do try to boot it up, it stays stuck on the Samsung screen for a while then tries to restart.

The model is YP-GI1CB/XXA, if it helps.

Can it be restored at all, and if so, how? Thanks in advance for any answers.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] jutley:
Use odin and flash it there is a guide with the stock rom for 4.2 here in the forums flash the stock rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1884071

The above is for international 4.2
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] stillaiaiai:
I did this and tried to flash it with Odin to revert back to the stock ROM, but since my device can't go into Download Mode, Odin can't do anything. Is there a way to force it to go into Download Mode?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ti-pich:
Could you describe a little more what your device is doing, like bootlooping or black screen and how you flashed it(did you put the rom in the pda section). Also you could try a usb jig to get in download mode.

Edit: Sorry I've just readed your first post and now I Know it's bootlooping. Wich way did you try to get into download mode?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] FuzzyMonshta:
If you want to force it in download mode remove battery then put back in and hold power and both volume buttons at the same time
[Windows Phone 8 General] nikufellow:
Well rumour has it that - Microsoft are thinking seriously about the possibility of adding a notification system/bar/centre/hub in upcoming major update to Apollo !

Well the current implementations on other platforms like android or ios (which are essentially the same)- wouldn't blend with 'modern ui' .

My guess is they'll include maybe silent pop ups or even expand lock screen notification system - a universally accessible notification centre is also not out of the equation .

Don't know if this has been discussed earlier - but anyway share your ideas and opinions on what you guys think of this ;)
[Windows Phone 8 General] link68759:
I hate the idea of a notification center. iOS got it all wrong and it's useless- android's less so but still prone to the same issues.

Live tiles are meant to get rid of the need for a notification center- thus the only logical solution for WP is a live tile that shows missed notifications FOR MANUALLY SELECTED APPS.

Otherwise all live tiles will become redundant. WPHacker's version of a notification center is fine (live tile, shows a list which lets you "replay" notifications), so long as he figures out how to exclude apps, because I swear- WP had the first system to eliminate data redundancy and if they **** that up I will refuse to update for as long as I can.
[Windows Phone 8 General] nikufellow:
Agreed completely there - a tile based solution will be more feasible and look native and its the only way i can think of implementing a notification centre without disturbing the simplicity of ui work flow.But the thing that worries me is whether what MS is planning is going be as simple a solution as this , well there is always a probability of them screwing it up talking too much of outside opinions into consideration .
[Windows Phone 8 General] link68759:
I agree. If MS listens to and just delivers a traditional notification center as demanded by all the android users coming to WP, then they're going to royally screw the platform.

They should patch the gaping hole in the current system, not add another redundant one.

Edit- I just read one of the ideas on windowsphone uservoice: turning the app list into a hub (a la photo hub), which provides an easy way to integrate a notification center (as part of the hub and as a pinnable tile.
[Windows Phone 8 General] mcosmin222:
Well, right now users can create their own notification center. Simply put all the tiles giving you notifications as small tiles in the first row of the start screen. It's how I fixed the issue when I moved over from Android.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Dr.Paul:
Live tiles are useless for a notification centre because they don't necessarily capture all notifications, like toast notifications.

We need a proper notification centre implementation. One where we can see notifications without unlocking the screen (customisable of course).

IOS has the best implementation of a notification centre so far. Fantastic customisation. I just hope wp8 gets it sooner rather than later. It wil never be competitive otherwise.
[Windows Phone 8 General] :
Long press search key to open Notification HUB and it'll also have search notification feature, just to justify the use of long press search key action.
[Windows Phone 8 General] nikufellow:
But how would an ios style implementation blend with modern ui :confused: it'd look ugly :rolleyes:
[Windows Phone 8 General] mcosmin222:
The toast notifications are not shown forever because they are not important. They are usually used in games, to notify achievements, or to bring something to your attention.

Live tiles, and now I am referring to properly programmed live tiles, do exactly what a notification center does, they warn you about the existence of something you are yet to review. You have a missing call? fine...look at the phone tile. You have a new message? fine...look at the message tile. Oh look, someone posted some meaningless thing on your facebook...np, just check the "Me" tile.

IMO, people have to get used to interacting with the live tiles first....

Do not bring in poorly constructed apps. There are a lot of developers who do not take advantage of the live tile.
[Windows Phone 8 General] ohgood:
I had thought livetiles were a pre-notification adoption by microsoft. Wp7 had tiles well under developement when android was released. Then androids notifications were revised a good deal, and microsofts implementation was rethought as a result, which is why this thread is happening. The live tiles are fine for what they can display, but need a supplement for folks that prefer all their info in one place. There is nothing wrong or bad about allowing folks to turn on a feature to show more information in a dedicated (hidden) huge tile or drawer like android/ios have done.

I think wpx could benefit from not neccisarily forcing people to a notification area, but allowing them to choose a more sensible full area as opposed to only a snippet of info in each tile. It would be cool to choose tile, toast, or full one note area.
[Windows Phone 8 General] badboy70:
I would like a notification center, because I'm not pinning all the possible apps that have push notifications on my home screen.

For example, I have WhatsApp and Skype, but they're not pinned because I don't frequently use them.

However, when someone messages me and I'm too late, I'll never know. This just happened yesterday, I got a message on WhatsApp so I tapped the push notification but appareantly I missed a message back from december 9th, because I didn't see the push notification there was no way for me to tell I had a message. Since I'm not a regular user of the app I won't randomly open it just to check for new messages, I just don't think of doing that.

If there'd be a notification center, I could easily pin that and it could show an overall number of notifications I haven't responded to (either tapped or swiped away).

It would work just like an app, once you tap the tile it opens the notification center app and shows the ones I didn't respond to. You could also show the number on your lock screen.

That way you're still free to choose wether you want to use it or not. Don't like the notification center? Fine, don't pin it or use it, nobody's forcing you to do so, but it's convenient for the people who do want one.
[Windows Phone 8 General] mclark2112:
I like the idea of a swipe to the left on the homescreen to reveal a notification center. My problem with the live tiles, is that they only show the latest email, or message, etc. no matter how big you make the tile, it should scale or rotate, something.. I would like to be able to see a quick list. And the lockscreen just gives you numbers, I understand the security of not showing previews, but I would like the choice.

I like t
[Windows Phone 8 General] StevieBallz:
I have at least one hope: Microsoft so far has not opted to simply adopt something "as is" from another system since they launched WP. So I actually believe that when a notification center arrives it well blend in well with the system.

Aside from that: I don't really miss a notification center. Actually the notification bar drives me nuts on my SGS2. It's always full of stuff I just don't want to know or don't care about. 10 Apps updated, every single one of them creates an entry that stays there *yuk*

So yes, I believe that if there is a notification center I have to be able to filter which notifications end up in there. But of course Microsoft mandated that the user must be able to turn notifications off in every App so at least I'll have that possibility.

What I really would like to see is the possibility to add an arbitrary number of Apps to my Lock Screen. If I have 3 Mail-Adresses + Phone Calls and Short Messages there simply is no room for an Icon for Skype or WhatsApp or Whatever. And most of the time not all of them show notifications. It might be beneficial to have certain notifications at fixed positions but overall I would love to have more space for them.

Aside from that I don't see myself using a notification center too often. Just keep me from the Android hell of notification spam.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Akiainavas:
I don't understand why people keep complaining about Windows Phone not having a notification center. I really think most of them think they need one just because iOS and Android do... I never actually missed notification center on WP.

But still... if they're going to introduce some kind of NC, how about swiping to the right ? To the left we get a list of apps, so the other side is free and could present us with a list of notifications. I'm sure im not the first to think about this solution.

Whatever you do Microsoft, just don't treat us to another lame swipe-down-pull notifications list...
[Windows Phone 8 General] ohgood:
people explained why they want one.
[Windows Phone 8 General] clonednull:
i think a notification center is a necessary evil in a smartphone.

the current (and future) purpose of this device is comunication and exchange.

over time we develeped and are still developing varous forms thereof.

it is not a single system and will never be.

our phones currently try to merge it for us and present it in the most comfortable form.

so the flood of notifications will just grow.

the winner will be the one wich can present them best to us and therefore any form of a (global) notification center is needed imho.
[Windows Phone 8 General] Manafest:
I´m a WP user for years. And i really miss a notifications centre like on Android.

I´m really based on the "latest" news, so i use many news apps with the "pop-up feature".

I dont need a smae centre like on android, but i would have a place where i can see my latest informations about some news, or messages.
[Windows Phone 8 General] symwpapps:
There is an app called unification that is trying to do that. If you want notification so badly maybe you support it? http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/unification/6e861d4d-a072-46ee-a878-14917ce2c7b7
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwlj:
I really love JB, but battery drain on every one i tested is unacceptable (i.e. 30% loss or more overnight). On gb with THE SAME modem - 2%.

In result i always go back to GB immidiately, even if I hate it.

The only good rom besides GB i've had was some old Slim ICS version... Was lasting long as GB.

So, does anyone can point me to the JB rom with no crazy battery drain?

I've even bought new original samsung battery (1650mah), but still with my usage phone lasts half day.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1Ishara:
Yap i have problem too.. but now im using c ron mix v9. Its quite good fir better batter .. its better you flash mcky kernel.. or newest semaphore 2.6.6...

If someone help me i definitely HIT THANKS.... :)

---------- Post added at 11:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:31 AM ----------

And its better if you post this type of question in q & a thread..

If someone help me i definitely HIT THANKS.... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rudswa:
adjust cpu governors .... u have to try every ROM available.... at least one of the ROM will give better battery life.....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwlj:
@up

it's not that. idle killing battery isn't governor related

well, MesoROM is great gb rom, but ffs, android 2.3 is so ugly and feels like an awkward beta version... damn
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blusydays:
I am on Slimbean JB Beta 1, and when it is in standby ( without wifi or 3G ) the battery drain is very low, less than 1% in 6 hours.

But as for Slimbean or any other JB roms I tried, the battery drain very fast when I use the 3G.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MintiIceCream:
Paranoid Android by droidjam :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwlj:
i'll try mentioned above. slim bean based on 3.1 was one of the worse in terms of battery though
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] salomann:
I'm on CM 10.1 and battery drain is acceptable (about 1.5 days) with quite heavy usage. But it's only possible with:

* network switched to 2G only most of a day

* Google backup and restore disabled (using TB only)

* location services switched off or at least with GPS disabled

* WiFi turned off when not at home (using lama to do automate it).

Try these if you do not need them on all the time and see if your battery lasts longer.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ihateceva:
Upgrade Android without having to wait on whenever T-mobile decide to do it. Cool themes, over clock, and it's legit, and easy.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Pennycake:
Rooting doesn't do anything magical, it just gives you super-user permissions. No, you don't get a cape with that.

Don't root it unless you have a reason. If you have a reason, go right on ahead as long as you understand the risks.

I only rooted my phone because I wanted to install Google Wallet. I'm rooting my TF101 because I want to try out non-stock ROMs for it.

Since I need TW's wifi calling, I'm happy with a launcher instead of a totally new ROM. I've used some apps that needed SU, but it wasn't really for anything 100% vital and I probably wouldn't have bothered if it wasn't for Google Wallet.

Don't have a reason, why bother ? Rooting doesn't do anything except get you root. It doesn't make the phone more awesomer.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] flipq88:
The question should be "What can't you do with a rooted S3"

Sent from Flip's S3
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] track 1:
there are a lot of bugs when rooting. navigation doesnt work very well. sometimes not at all....you'll be stuck on searching for location for 10 mins before you decide to exit out. it has a huge homescreen wakeup issue. sometimes you need to press the home button 4 times to wake up the phone. battery life is a bit better

there is no reason to root unless you get bored of how your phone looks. ive flashed almost every rom and their basically the same.

to sum it all up......if you want themes, make your phone look cool. have the phone run not as smooth then go ahead and root it.

my suggestion is root your phone install a custom rom for a week to see how you like it. you can always unroot it and go back to stock
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ÜBER™:
If you have to ask you probably should just stay stock. Root comes with a lot of responsibility.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] moxis:
ive been rooted since day one.. i have never seen a gps or lock screen issue... my gps locks within seconds and my home screen wakes up every time. only time ive seen an issue with the lock screen is when i was on cm 10.0 nightly. on that note like what every one else said root if you need it or want to try new roms or kernals. some apps require root but not many for everyday use.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Psychotic-Cerebellum:
I used to have serious gps issues with a lot of ROMs on my SG2, but haven't encountered any yet with my SG3. No lock screen issues, and but to answer the man's question. What can you do with root? Whatever the f***k you want! Lol. Seriously though do some research. I just rooted my first phone a few months ago and now it's like an obsession trying out new ROMs, themes, and trying all kinds of stuff. It definitely comes with its dangers though. You really gotta read carefully and tread lightly. Hard Bricking your shiny new super expensive toy be a tragedy. Luckily I've never experienced that but with plenty of soft bricks (more than I'd care to admit) under my belt I will say if your not too great at trouble shooting then really think about if it's for you. As far as technical knowledge, I had none really. Rooted my SG2 2 weeks after I got it, and it was the very first android phone I had even ever used. There have been plenty of nights too where I spent half the night trying to fix my soft bricks, lol. Overall though I'm super glad I did root. Opened up a whole new past time for me, and the technological knowledge I'm gaining is just another skill to add to my market value. Hope that big ramble helps I some way at least
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] EclipzeRemix:
if you root your phone it will grow into a tree once water is applied
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] VibrantThemer:
lolz. Very good question. And the answer is?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] osmosizzz:
Go to YouTube and look for the xda channel and there is a recent video that very well explains why root

Sent from my Rooted Gameboy
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] JodyBreeze901:
I'm thinking about rooting my s3 as well. I mainly just want to extend my battery life and over lock my cpu. I'm still doing some research to see if I'm going to install a custom ROM or not.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] osmosizzz:
I'm not going to lie, I like knowing that when my s3 is over clocked, its faster than everyone else's around me but truth is, under clocking to 1.2ghz the phone will still be speedy and as time goes on you can over clock to get good performance from non Samsung supported ROMs. I rooted because I like tweaking phones. And I like aosp. So I have a custom tw ROM and a aosp to satisfy my needs. Also having tweaks too like gwallet, sound mods, edit build.prop and other things.

Sent from my Rooted Gameboy