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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] krwkenn:
No, you won't mess up your battery by charging it when it is at 50%.

A full charge cycle is considered going from 0% to 100%, therefore going from 50% to 100% would be half of a cycle. With lithium ion batteries, typically the more cycles that have accumulated the more wear you will see on the battery (it won't hold as much of a charge).

Keep in mind that batteries will deteriorate over time regardless since they are a consumable item, that's just how it works. I wouldn't worry about it too much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] JVogler:
That is strictly to get a more accurate % reading. If it doesn't know where 0% and 100% are it cant calculate in the middle correctly. It's actually not good to spend too much time near either end of the spectrum.

-- Note II, TapaTalk II--
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] saud__19:
my elder brother just purchased a new 8s.

actually he is facing a problem which everyone on this forum face.

So, the question is it possible to replace the internal memory with 8GB or 16 or etc.. as what we already done on HD7..?
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] jaythang:
probably. but i dont wanna try it yet :)
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] saud__19:
i already saw a guy disassembling the device on youtube. i will try to find it and send him a message. if htc still uses micro sd as internal memory, that's mean we can extend the internal memory and solve the issue.

:)
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] felgueiras:
That would be great!!!
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] Neeosx:
any update on post above ?
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] ionutzsava:
"The microSD﻿ card slot is soldered into the motherboard."
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] felgueiras:
Crazy Idea: Could be possible to use the SD Card memory as internal memory making some mod on a custom 8s rom?
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] Bobby89:
pls extend it :) it makes me crazy..... :( cant install 1 good game....
[Windows Phone 8s by HTC] cevi:
I`ve asked the guys from "Rounded" who made this repair tutorial.They said that this phone does not have a microsd slot for the internal memory.But i am still optimist and believe that this will be fixed by the MS guys.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsnowmanl:
Hi Guys,

I was searching the forums but found no similar thread. do we need to defrag our samsung 10.1? (internal memory 16GB).

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dudu7559:
Never heard of such a need. Due to the extreme I/O speed a flash/NAND memory can boast, I think it's not a real issue.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafiatounes:
I don't think defrag is a good thing on flash memory, i know this because after installing a ssd in my laptop it was strongly advised to turn off automatic defrag. You can format a sd card if you want or hard reset the GNote but that's it.

Verstuurd van mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsnowmanl:
Thanks!

Thanks dudu7559! :cyclops:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsnowmanl:
Great!

Thanks Mafiatounes! will keep that in mind :) great forum! great people! :cyclops:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dusko75:
Defrag is for regular hard drives (with moving parts). SDD works different, it writes all over the place on purpose to prolonge its r/w life. And having no moving parts the data is accesed instantly no matter where it's located.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Stafford:
Hi there, when I first brought my SII I manually updated my rom to an updated one from samfirm, no I have trouble auto updating to newer android versions, when I search for newer firmware it doesn't find any
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donnie Sins:
Please be more informative next time you post a question. Are you on 4.0.4 or what? And are you running stock rom (rooted/not rooted) or a custom one?

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tinchomey:
If you have the ROM that you get when you got the cellphone, then you will adviced if you have a update from samsung.

If you have a Custom ROM based on CM 10.1 [Google It] or AOKP [Google it] you can update in CWM [google it] without any wipe [Google it]

If you have a custom ROM based on Samsung, you need to wipe all the data and install it via CWM or ODIN.

^_^

sry for my english.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donnie Sins:
About your first point: thats the whole problem he stated.

About the second part: you're not completely right. If the OP indeed has a custom rom, then the updates from it (AOSP, AOKP or Samsung based) must be done like the developer says in his thread. @OP: in that case you won't get a 'Software Update'-notification, but maybe your rom has the Update Me-app or anything like it, so you can flash it through CWM.

If you (OP) are on a stock rom, then you have to flash the updates manually through Odin. However, if you're on 4.0.4, there is no update because it's the latest firmware.

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Stafford:
Sorry guys, I'm on 4.0.3, when I first had my phone I downloaded a updated rom from SamFirmware and used Odin to update but now when I search for a new update it never finds one
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donnie Sins:
So, flash a new one with Odin if you want to..?:p

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Stafford:
I could do but I consider this too much effort inseam of just auto updating OTA plus I have a MacBook so no access to Odin anymore
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donnie Sins:
And did you considered rooting your device? In that way you have to access to the latest build that are available.

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Stafford:
How can I root my SII without connecting it to windows and How do I update to the latest rom without connecting to Odin
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Donnie Sins:
I'm sorry, I've missed that part about Windows/Mac. I believe there's a different method for that, but I personally wouldn't know how..

Sent from the Matrix
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
Then get a better PC/Laptop or install a real PC/Laptop OS in a Virtual Machine like VMWare.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Stafford:
OK I've found Heimdall which is a Mac application that let's me update my phone but the next question is I can only find one file on sammobile for my phone on the 3 uk network but it's for PDA: I9100XWLPY CSC: I9100H3GLP7 but mine is PDA: I9100XXLPQ CSC: I9100H3GLP2 so the question is will this be OK on my phone cuz it's the only 4.0.4 version showing for 3 UK
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_Stafford:
That's a very productive reply "get a better PC/Laptop"
[Microsoft Surface] supernononey:
So I bought the surface about a week ago and decided to write up a review for it. Before I purchased it I went on a 2 day "journey" examining why not to buy it. See I already own a nexus 7, but since Microsoft debut the surface I've been in love with its beauty, plus I'm realizing that 7 inches is enough for me. So I was going to choose between a Nexus 10 and a Surface, and.....an iPad.....

My initial thought was to go with the Nexus 10, I mean, I love android on my phone, HTC One X, my apps would all be able to be re-downloaded, I use google everything, music, drive, docs, etc.... So no brainer right? Wrong, actually the first thing I did was eliminate all Android tablets from thought, for one reason, they are pointless. My nexus 7 was literally a 7 inch version of my HTC One X, not a new experience, it was a big phone. I don't want a big phone, I love my phone, I want a tablet, and in my opinion, the Android OS does not do enough to differentiate the two. So suprisingly I was left with the Surface vs the new iPad. This became an easy choice of do I wan't flash or not, and I choose flash, like I already have.

The specs of the surface don't do it justice, you have to use the device to see the difference. The screen is beautiful, I wouldn't say as beautiful as the iPad screen but the colors are certainly better than the Nexus 10. Plus it shows more on the screen at once than both of the those tablets while having the same clarity in text thanks to Clear Type. Just spend 5 minutes with one at a Best buy and you'll see what I mean. I don't do a lot of tablet gaming, any really sans emulators. And the GPU in the surface is just behind the one in the iPad according to tech sites like anadtech, which still puts it in front of the amazing Exynos in the Nexus 10. Plus, the only browser benchmark I found for it says it scores a 994ms in the sunspider test, which is better than the Nexus 10's 1384ms by a decent amount. So this is a good example of specs being worthless, mostly.

Now to what I love the most about the Surface, IE 10. Feels like I'm browsing on my desktop, not a tablet. I browsed to youtube.com as soon as the tablet booted up for the first time, it loaded right away, fast, and was youtube.com. Not youtube mobile which my nexus 7 likes to send me too, even in chrome.... The video played fine and I cannot overstate how amazing the touch accuracy is, even when using dolphin browser on my nexus the process of selecting 1080p option or even skipping through video is frustrating to say the least... In IE 10 it works exactly like it does on my desktop. And then there is multitasking! Example, yesterday I had google music playing in one tab, was at gmail.com in another g chatting, and used the multi-window feature thingy reading espn news in the espn app, and it felt almost as natural as on my desktop. Another thing that was nice was g-chatting while watching twitch.tv, it feels nice not to have to re-buffer the video, just because I wanted to answer a message on facebook chat. Things like that tell me that I have something more than just a big phone.
[Microsoft Surface] Talderon:
Great write-up.

I get what you mean when you say that an Android Tablet is just like having a big phone, and even then, not everything with Android likes the larger screen.

Thanks!
[Microsoft Surface] equisbox:
Wow. I was practically in the same scenario as you. I'm not gonna rewrite it here cuz I already have explained why I chose the surface cuz I already have in numerous other threads but ..I too purchased a htc flyer over a year ago thinking it would be awesome cuz its android and I love android...but it was just like my htc phone. even then, my phone was better cuz it was always connected to the internet. So I returned it a week later.

Anyhow, great write up.

Sent from my Windows 8 device using Board Express
[Microsoft Surface] rilot:
You pretty much summed up my own thoughts on the Surface.

Many people slate (excuse the pun) the Surface for not having as many apps or for having a low-res screen or for having poor hardware specs. I can only assume those people have never used one. I have yet to meet someone who owns a Surface who doesn't absolutely love it.

I've owned Asus Transformer, Nexus 7, and every iPad from 1 to 3 and the Surface is the only tablet that I can actually do some work on.
[Microsoft Surface] Trig0r:
I updated the EOS3 to 4 on my Xoom yesterday night and found it really counter intuitive compared to the Surface, I've got loads of apps on Play though but the kids can use that and I'll use the Surface as I can see myself shifting from Google to Microsoft, have a Surface now and a Nokia 920 on order..
[Microsoft Surface] Talderon:
I made the shift in total.

Android Tablets to Surface

Android Phones to WP8 (920 here as well)

GMail to Outlook.com (I hate what Goggle did to their IMAP that makes it almost useless for non-android phones)

Google Calendar to Outlook

Google Drive to SkyDrive

I am not totally untethered from Google and love it! I have not lost a thing and in some respects, gained a lot!!
[Microsoft Surface] lqaddict:
I looked at a surface next to a new iPad, sorry iPad's screen alone beats the crap out the MSFT offering.

If I need a smaller factor tablet I think Nexus 7 is a top contender tied with NoteII, I just despise Samsung TouchWiz interface.
[Microsoft Surface] Trig0r:
Nice to hear, I wasnt a huge Google fan to start with but then I got my DHD and then a few tablets, the only thing that I'll end up keeping on Google is my YouTube account by the looks of it..

One thing I do want to be able to do it have a map that shows all friends in a group by address as I run a club that I have everyones address for, if I could show that on a map, either with google or bing that'd be pretty neat..
[Microsoft Surface] GaresTaylan:
Have to agree here. As an iPad 3rd gen owner and a new Surface RT owner - the iPad screen wins hands down. I am enjoying my time with Surface, but I cant help but feel in the back of my mind that I will be missing out on a LOT when the Pro comes out. After checking out some of the hands-on across the web regarding the Pro I have to say I am very impressed.

I'll have to give it a lot of thought, as the Pro variant will be a lot more $$. There are some things I have been using as a workaround, such as using RDC when I want to use desktop apps - but the trade-off is how slow it is if I am working remote. I also am not a fan of IE10 at all, TBH - but all the other offerings are terrible.

As someone that was an early adopter of the 1st gen iPad, I remember what that was like and how much more restricted I felt then than I do now with the iPad. In a lot of ways I feel the same with Surface in the sense that I pick it up to do a few things but get an itch to want to switch to another device to get it done easier and/or more quickly.
[Microsoft Surface] zacsxe:
What device do you switch to in an attempt to get more work done? Just wondering.
[Microsoft Surface] GaresTaylan:
I am still using both my 3rd gen iPad and my Surface RT. I use both for work. Depending on the task, I keep switching between the two. I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 as well - but I primarily just use it as a media consumption device, and its usually in the hands of my wife.

The company I work for, like many Im sure, is primarily a windows shop. The Surface does integrate much easier with native Office for example. On the iPad, I was using Pages, Numbers & Keynote for Word, Excel and PPT. As a heavy mac user at home, I was used to these apps, but if I need to convert docs from Pages to Word for example, so others can open the doc - sometimes I run into compatibility issues.

Where I run into issues though... since I cant install legacy apps on the surface I can work in software such as IBM Access, Mochasoft, etc. There are apps for these in the app store for the iPad. Once the Surface Pro comes out, I have a feeling that my iPad will be moving more and more to the side as a straight media consumption device.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikoal:
So , when asked what are some useful apps for android often times a lot of the answers that would come back are fairly similar, because the apps have been proven useful. I’ve been looking at many useful apps and below is a small list of what I’ve tried.

-	Adaway

-	SetCPU

-	Terminal Emulator

-	Mobile odin

-	Twrp (I know not an app)

-	TiBu

-	SD Maid

-	RAM Manager

I haven’t been using SD maid and RAM manager long, not sure if its really that great.

Then I started to run into these “combo” apps.

-	Andromizer Pro

o	App delete restore: similar to TiBu

o	CPU setting: SetCPU

o	RAM Setting: RAM Manager

o	3G/4G network optimizer: Similar to 3g/4g optimizer app I’ve seen

o	Wifi scan interval setting

o	LCD density setting

o	IMEI backup: I don’t know if this works

o	Etc.

-	Rom Toolbox Pro

o	Rom managent: Similar to Rom manager, mobile odin, twrp/cwm for the rom?

o	App manager: Similar to TiBu

o	Root explorer: Similar to RE

o	Scripter/TE: Similar to Terminal Emulator

o	Ad blocker: similar to adaway

o	SetCPU: similar to setCPU

o	Etc.

-	System Tuner Pro

o	Backup/restore app similar to TiBu

o	TE: similar to Terminal Emulator

o	CPU manager: similar to SetCPU

o	CPU memory control similar to RAM manager?

o	Etc.

So here are my questions:

1)	Are these combo apps recommended?

2)	How come I rarely hear about these apps, but instead the individual apps listed in the beginning of this post are mentioned? Are these not as great?

3)	These combo apps seems like a great deal, they seem to include all the individual app’s feature. So are they useful? Reliable? Should I buy these combo apps instead of the single apps?

4)	Even in these combo apps there are overlaps, is one more reliable/stable than the other? Preferred over another?

Being still a noob, some individual android tweaking apps are overwhelming let alone these combo apps.

These combo apps almost seem too good to be true. I know that I tried to change my boot animation with Rom toolbox pro but didn’t work. I’m not sure if andromizer’s IMEI backup works.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Megaritis:
Among the combo apps you mentioned I have only used ROM Toolbox Pro. Imho it is worth its money since it packs a lot of features and has a nice user interface for a low price. However, I personally only use its AD blocker, font installer and the "Auto start manager", which is the main reason I bought this app (Auto start manager allows you to manage which intents you want your applications to catch a.k.a. "broadcast receivers"). Regarding the other features it's not that they are bad, but that I've either got alternative apps which I prefer (i.e. I use Stweaks for CPU/Kernel tweaking and Titanium Backup PRO for individual application backups) or I don't use them at all.

Individual apps are suggested for their individual features. If someone asks how to do "A" then the answers will most probably involve an application which is focused on "A" and not on an application which can do "A", but can also do "B", "C", "D" and "E", unless it is really good at doing "A".

They are possibly reliable in a manner that you won't have as many conflicts as you'd have when having many applications that are doing similar things. Also, buying the combo apps instead of individual apps will probably cost you less in total but I'm pretty sure that in the end you'll end up using a combo app for some of its features and use other apps which are closer to your taste for the rest.

I haven't used all three, so I can't give you an answer for that. :( I suggest choosing the one which does something you'd like to do where the others can't.

Last time I changed my boot animation using R.T.P. (ICS era) it worked. Not sure what went wrong.

There are so many useful apps, that no matter what I or anyone else will tell you it is you who will finally decide which is the best app combination for you ;)

In a nutshell, for Android, almost every choice is a matter of personal taste. That's the magic of it, so good luck choosing!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikoal:
thanks a lot bro, that was an awesome answer!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Been using ST Pro since I got my phone, it does almost everything I've wanted to do with my phone so far as tweaking CPU/governors goes; very much recommended. Had a bad experience with Rom Toolbox & got jack all help from the dev, so I don't recommend it (tho obviously other people find it's a good app; in other words, YMMV)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikoal:
I'm starting to get the feeling that choosing these types of apps are similar to answering if juice defender works or which is the best ROM.

Theres so many people who swear by JD, and a lot that says any battery saving app is useless.....I guess the only true way to know is to test it out yourself.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Yep, that's a good observation ;) For every person that says a particular app is crap, you'll find another two who says it's great.

So yeah, testing them out with your phone/the way you have it setup/the way you use it (which is after all, unique) is the way to go. That (difference in phone setup/use & rom/kernel used) probably explains people's varying experiences with the same app I'd reckon.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jony1512:
sorry my english is not so good

how to get at the s3 gt-i8190 in fastboot mode???

and how can i flash my recovery mode?? With cyanogenmod??

the recovery image so you can download here

cyanogenmod there is something for even the gt-i8190??

works this recovery from the side

http://jenkins.cyanogenmod.com/job/recovery/14184/

would be nice if I could get some tips
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shapeshift:
galaxy s III mini has NO fastbooot mode. also there is no CM rom and NO CWM recovery
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kicker63:
So we won't have CWM then damn.
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leather.face:
Hi, Samsung mobile phones have not a fastboot mode ... Samsung has a download mode and you wipe & flash the rom at the S3 mini with the tool "Odin". In the future (I hope) come a custom recovery (CWM or ?), we will see.

You come for example in the stock recovery with a reboot app (you need a root rom). I take this.

For a insecured binary, I take this app. Thanks to Chainfire!

Greeting,

leather.face (formerly Prototyp1981)
[Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phaker:
Try this. Maybe I'll help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM5O-BJv_40

PS: try to write a bit smaller ;)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Wait, I am beyond confused. If you are going back to stock with AAHK you are already S-OFF. You can just flash a recovery (if you don't already have one) and use that to flash a custom ROM if you want, or use AAHK to unroot and return to stock.

And...what does a radio have to do with anything?

And...why would you disconnect your phone while running AAHK?

And...AAHK doesn't provide corrupted RUUs. Maybe your download is corrupted?

Again, confused...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AADAM H. AKHTAR:
You cant flash clockwork mod on if you dont have USB debugging mode on, when the phone is stuck on the htc logo the only way is to flash a radio that works with the phone through bootloader/fastboot.

also when you flash a radio it wipes clockwork mod off it so you cant flash a recovery.

The radio file either was corrupted or either the wrong one for the phone because most of the time when you flash it is going to go perfectly but there is a chance where it will crash the process.

Again.. I said the radio might not have been corrupted it might just of crashed but you cannot access AAHK through fastboot/bootloader.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
Wrong. All you say is wrong and misleading. To flash a recovery you need fastboot drivers working...if you don't have fastboot drivers working, that means that you can not access hboot. Therefore, your phone is bricked.

Second, when you flash a radio it wipes nothing...a ruu wipes partitions not any other stuff. AAHK, does not flash radios but flashes partition to gain ENG S-OFF, but wipes nothing. If the radio was corrupted and you were flashing in PD98IMG.zip way, then it won't flash as it get parsed before doing it, as it is the case in the Hack Kit.

A corrupted radio is bricked device. There is no chance to flash a corrupted radio and have a working phone. Flashing a wrong partition is a insurance to get a paperweight. Maybe you should read and do some research instead of trolling the forum.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AADAM H. AKHTAR:
AAHK does flash radio's but most of the time when you flash radios via a toolkit it will go perfectly, but there will be a time where it will go wrong and you will end up with no clockwork mod recovery or a bad radio flash. When you go on the AAHK you can return to stockrom which flashes radios or whatever but when you have a bad radio on your phone you cant access USB debugging mode because you need that on so you can access the AAHK. Flashing a new and updated radio will work because if your phone was bricked it will not let you into HBOOT/FASTBOOT.