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[Nexus 7 General] chrisnewton:
Hi all

I am on my 3rd nexus 7, the first one had software issues with the battery settings, the 2nd one had the dreaded glass popping out, i have just received my 3rd one and i have noticed a little problem.

With the auto brightness set to either off or on, when i go into google chrome my brightness goes up a little, it kind of goes up in increments of 4, i.e it gets brighter a little four times then stays the same. When i come out of chrome it goes darker again in increments of 4.

If brightness is set to either minimum of maximum then it does not do this.

I am still waiting for the faulty 2nd nexus to be picked up so i tried that one and it does the same thing.

Has anyone else noticed this on there's??

Thanks all

Chris
[Nexus 7 General] chrisnewton:
No one else experiences this?
[Nexus 7 General] bsoplinger:
Interesting that you ask this. I just came onto XDA to search for a thread I remembered reading mentioning an app to help with just this issue. I know its here in the main forum. If I find it I'll post the link for you.

This thread about the Trickster mod app mentions it as one of the app's features. I know it helped allot for me but read through the whole thread and consider turning off the auto brightness as well.

URL: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php...er - fix screen washout after watching videos

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Nexus 7 General] chrisnewton:
Many Thanks i appreciate that :fingers-crossed:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
So, yesterday, I had a perfectly functioning, stock 4.1.1/rooted unit.

Got a little frisky and decided to try out Liquid Smooth. Flashed that through recovery (it's a 4.2.1 Beta 2) but forgot to do the bootlocker.

The latest LS has a Bluetooth sound problem that's pretty bad. So, I thought I'd switch over to CM10.1, their 4.2.1 effort.

Well, without the bootlocker in place, you can pretty much guess how that worked out.

So now, I've odin'ed a variety of roms and so forth; no clue what happened to my backup.

My main focus has been what I call the dunce-cap routine, of going back to stock and starting over.

The problem? I did that and now I'm stuck in roaming mode and my calls don't work.

I'm dead without this phone (considering how long I've been working on this, since 8 pm or so yesterday except for a couple of hours of sleep, I might be dead, period.) and I've got to have one functioning. It's so bad that I'm considering just trashing it and buying another one, even thought THAT would hurt.

Almost everything I try winds up either getting the yellow triangle or the odin fail.

Now, thanks to some help I've gotten here that focused me into understanding this total screw up is MY fault completely, I believe I know what has to be done.

The plan was to go back to stock, root and DO THE DAMNED BOOTLOCKER, then go back into CM10.1 and make some changes in subscribing to CDMA or something (don't have that in front of me this second) to get the phone part of the phone operational but I can't get there.

In the guide here I have completed step 1, flashing the factory image.

The next step is blowing me up. I have used the file I have for the Recovery: CWM6023TouchVZW.tar.md5.tar, maybe 4 times.

NOW when I try it, odin fails and the phone tells me "secure check fail : recovery."

And help would be appreciated. Before I feed this thing to my Doberman Cavalier Spaniel. Or something.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jarredw:
Have you tried Odin with a completely stock rom?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
Yup. Completely stock rom is installed. The next step was installing the recovery... and using a file that I had used before, that's where I'm running into the problem of the secure check fail.

That very file HAS worked before, 3 or 4 times with no problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Why does the file end in ".tar.md5.tar"? It's supposed to end in ".tar.md5" Since owning this phone, I've never seen a file with ".tar" twice in the file name.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Disregard that, I'll be back in a minute with some help. I'm pretty sure the new boot chain will not except custom recovery. Try this guide.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jarredw:
If you were able to Odin a stock rom then Odin a stock rom that has been pre rooted and then just use ez recovery from the play store to flash cwm
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
OK.... working this.

Looks good. Booted into the rom with no warnings... It says "pass."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ddurandSGS3:
this was going to be my suggestion also.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
Any suggestions as to where I might get one of those?

The 5 minute time limit can be a PITA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
The problem is that when I unzip it, I don't get an md5 file, I get an "image" file of some sort.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] Jarredw:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1974114
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
Update: OK... have gone through the guide which went brilliantly.

Now, do I just boot this thing into recovery and flash the CM10.1?

Is there anything I've overlooked? Anything else I need to do?

And do I do the factory reset/wipe dalvik and the rest before, or after?

I presume I have to use ezlock to unlock the bootloader again after this, right?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] HHF2:
No, you still need to unlock bootloader and backup your IMEI. You may want to do quite a bit of reading, CM 10 is not as easy to fix some of the potential problems that you could possibly encounter.

I am not hating on them, but don't think it is as simple as one of the TW ROMS.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
When I try this method to back up the IMEI it doesn't do anything after entering the *#7284# and if I hit the phone, it just sends me to a Verizon intercept operator.

The only reason I'm trying to get into a 4.2.1 ROM again was this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36396278&postcount=5

Just flash cm10.1 and fix your mobile settings. CDMA subscription > ruim/sim and toggle airplane mode.

This isn't the first time someone has had this problem.

4.1.1 doesn't have this capability, and up to now, I haven't seen any other way to address the original issue.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Of you followed the guide I linked you are unlocked with cwm so boot into recovery wipe caches and reset and flash cm10.1 and gapps. First verify you are unlocked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
OK, using EZLock I unlocked it successfully, but the status in EZLock is still listed as "unknown."
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ajrty33:
If you can't figure it out you can pm me
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Just power on your phone if Samsung flashes very fast you're unlocked
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
OK... it did... I'm going for it.

Stuck on "waiting for network."

Used the four taps method to get past it

I have no APN listed..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Have you changed the subscription type to sim and toggled airplane mode
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
so far, unable to find that setting. Also, my phone number shows as 000-000-5705... which it ain't. IMEI is intact.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Is under system settings, more, mobile networks, the CDMA subscription
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
OK... when I get to mobile network settings, the options are data enabled, data roaming, national data roaming, network mode, access point names, use only 2g networks and network operators.

And, though I didn't add them, the APN now has 5 different Verizon entries, but the info in them are pretty scarce.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ajrty33:
What's you flash?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
I second, what did you flash? Also under network operators what are your options?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
the CM10.1 daily... and in "network operators" it says "search networks" and "choose automatically" When I go to that, it says "error searching for networks."

When I press the "search networks" it repeats that message. When I press "choose automatically" it says "registered on network" and then kicks me back to the "mobile networks settings" page.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kintwofan:
Okay forget it, I'm gonna suggest what I normally do and it works everytime. I was trying to fix it the way your wanted, but it's not working so here you go

Odin root66 from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=28520441

Then open dialer and enter *2767*3855#

You'll be good now!

BY THE WAY BACK UP ANY FILES FROM PHONE YOU WANT THIS IS GONNA ERASE THEM
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] kage87z:
OK... I'm gonna do it... and so I did and I do love it when a plan comes together.

Absolutely perfect. You sir, are a gentlemen and a scholar. Thank you for putting up with this complete noob, above and beyond the call.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
OK. The title is probably confusing but here are the details. I'll be running my tf700 with fully charged dock and tablet while it is docked. Well, the tablet's seems to be the main battery used; it drains while the dock battery remains 97%-100%. Has anyone experienced something like this? Does anyone know if the performance/balanced/power-saving modes have any say in which battery gets used first? Thank you.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Yes, that is perfectly normal. As soon as the tablet battery drops to lower than about 70%, the dock will start recharging the tablet.
[Asus Transformer TF700] rivera151:
Ah, good to know. I did notice it start charging. I was confused since this behavior is different from my tf100 withthe dock.
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
I just checked mine and it started with the tablet battery first, but when it reached 89%, the dock battery kicked in and recharge the tablet battery.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Mine does it at 70% as well.

Sounds like you got a better one buhohitr! :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] johnlgalt:
Same here as well.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialdj:
I have gingerdx v29 with nAa & my battery drains in a day without even touching the phone... (on stock rom it lasted few days longer)

I tried with changing recomended settings to save battery & cleaning battery stats in recovery mode but it doesn't help...

is there any fix or some other custom rom that I can flash to improve my battery life to a descent level ?

Tnx in advance & sorry for bothering you but I'm desperate :\
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xWhiskey:
I'm not an expert on this, but I think it would be a good idea to download both CPUSpy and GSam Battery Monitor to find out what exactly drains your battery so much.

CPUSpy is to see if the sleep states activate normally as they usually would. (mine is at >80%)

GSam is to see if there are any rogue apps or system processes that eat the battery up.

Then report back here :)

EDIT: Also, I heard that it is recommended to calibrate your battery after you flash a new ROM. I think this can be done via recovery by wiping the battery stats.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tulasiram.neelam:
Please check this..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1464005

Hit thanks if i helped:p
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kikzz:
i gt da same problem once, so i re flash the rom, & wipe everything, after that i used " battery calibration" tool from market & used it, now everything is fine. . . .
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] serialdj:
thank you guys. I flashed another rom & wiped everything... I will try that callibration method & see what happens :)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orangzeb:
yes plz , please someone confirm if this works on GingerDX 029 the max batter time I get is 1 day.
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmgaikwad:
try fresh re installation.... and before installing wipe data/ factory reset, wipe cache partiotion
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leecorp:
For save battery in lock mode try a app called juice defender.

It's really worth so......:thumbdown:

Officially corp via W8 using ixperia
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] fahadshaikh:
asalam.o.alaikum.hi...in cm10 alpha4 chain fire 3d not intalling then chainfire perform installing after device reboot and stuck on htc logo and not go frwrd then i reflash rom.plz help
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Neel.Aryan:
It's a problem with the superuser.apk. Which can sometimes get you unrooted. Now, the same has happened with you. And as you know you were in a bootloop, do check if you have root access now or not.

And btw, flash cm10 beta 3.... ;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] fahadshaikh:
root cheker app show is rooted.plz give me link cm10 beta.thnx
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Neel.Aryan:
Here it is :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1847002

Still under development, has few bugs.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] fahadshaikh:
one more question ask u in jaggy rom 4.0 is not rooted.how to root it
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Neel.Aryan:
Sorry, i have not used Jaggyrom yet. Maybe, you can try flashing superuser.zip.

You will find this file link in this thread : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1415223
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] nit_in:
Chainfire is only working with gingerbread.

Wait until the chainfire updated to use with jellybean
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] c_martini:
I am having a problem with this rom whereby any google accounts (except gmail) are not syncing for some reason. I am getting an error stating the gapps process has stopped repeatedly. Any ideas what could be the problem?

Chris
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arroba3:
Hello!

I have a N8000 with the latest Spanish official rom (4.1.1) and I am about to get a 64GB SD card. My question is, does someone have a modified vold.fstab file to swap the internal and external SD cards?

Thank you very much!

Enviado desde mi GT-N8000 usando Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
This is against the rules its not development .

jje
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arroba3:
No one?

Enviado desde mi Galaxia de 10'!
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] flexfulton:
Okay I have a question for the masses here. Why are YOU obsessed with battery life on your SGS3?

I've been through my fair share of cell phones with the latest 3 being the Galaxy S, SII and now the SIII. I've been through a long list of custom roms as well as time spent on stock roms and not once I have I installed a battery monitoring app like Juice Defender, nor have I been interested in undervolting or underclocking as I don't feel the extra battery life outweighs the instability of the phone and the time spend finding the exact perfect values to prevent reboots. As long as I have battery life to get my through the day (which I always have MORE than enough, I'm happy. I'm not a heavy user but my phone gets a workout during the day and I'm never far from a charger which is the awesome thing about having a USB connector to do the charging.

So I ask the question, what is the obsession with battery life? Are you trying to go green and get the most between charges as to not waste power recharging? Do you use your phone so much during the day that you can't make it through the school or work day without it going dead? Are you off the grid living in the bush and only get to charge when you are in town every couple days? Is it bragging rights you are looking for? Why did you spend big bucks to buy an extended battery? Why don't you use the phone the way it was intended to be used and turn off syncing apps just to save a bit of battery? Why do you turn screen brightness down to minimum and leave it there all the time when we have big beautiful screens that look so much better when they are correctly lit up for our surroundings?

I just find it interesting that every ROM thread and every kernel thread and a good portion of the threads in Q/A sections are littered with questions and discussions and arguments about battery life. How to get better battery life, why is my battery draining so fast on such and such rom, what is a good screen on time amount per charge. I don't understand nor can I find an interest in spending time to dissect and analyze everything just to squeeze an extra half hour of screen time out of my phone.

So why? Why are YOU so interested in the battery life of your phone. I'm not looking to make fun of anyone here. Just curious what the obsession is all about and why you are so interested. How does it make your phone or your life easier and better. Maybe I'm missing something.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] djtiko:
Well for me, my battery life really sucked and didnt understand why so I started researching and i found out from stock you can do tweaks to improve it and so on and so on.

When I say my battery sucked on stock though it was really bad. I couldnt go a whole day. I would get about 10-15 hours of on time with less than a hour of screen time and my phone would be dead.

I dont care for going 2 days without a charge, I just wanted to go morning to night and still have some juice left. which i wasnt able to do before.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] BWolf56:
Actually, battery life can have quite a few hours difference depending on your settings, apps, kernel settings and ROM you run. So yes, it does matter if you can get 3.5hrs on screen instead of 1.5hrs.

People don't want to have to carry their charger with them all the time in fear of their phone dying on them in the middle of the day.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
For me it is just the simple fact that I can run my phone for almost 2 full days without a charge (not kidding either). But I would venture to say that for most, it is because of the whole reason why many are here. We're Tweakers and no I don't mean Meth addicts. We do it because we can. I don't undervolt at all but I do overclock my kernels a bit (not max) but have found a really nice balance that will give me plenty of time using my phone and not having to worry about charging. Yup, I use my phone.

I smile to myself when I see these screen shots and the line is smooth and flat. Not sure if you are a skier or not but a good analogy is if you see a Double-Black Diamond (expert/steep), there is something wrong. If you see a Blue-Square (intermediate/nice slope) then you are good to go. Green-Circle (begginner/very low gradiant) means that noting is running.

Btw moving to Q&A
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] t3chn0s1s:
I feel the same as the OP. I don't OC/UV for pretty much the same reasons. I don't care. I have run Juice Defender in the past on stock setting values because I was basically lazy and didn't feel like tweaking the sh*t out of it to get the "best" battery life. Not to mention I don't like that it literally turns off your cell radio and initializes it in incremental intervals. I have actually been running an app called One Power that is free on the Play Store and have found it does improve my battery life mostly when my device is idle. But I, like you, am hardly obsessed with getting the best battery life. I don't use extended batteries because I hate how they make the phone twice as thick and I tend to avoid anything non-OEM for obvious reasons. I'm basically happy if I can get through a day on a single charge. I do have a 2nd OEM battery I keep charged in case I don't have time to fully charge up. Our expectations of getting days worth of use on a single charge is just ridiculous and unrealistic. If I cared that much I'd switch to Verizon and get a RAZR Maxx. But that ain't happening anytime soon! Besides, not all phones are created equal so - what works for one person may not work for another. I feel discussions of battery life in ROM development threads are a waste of time and serve only to clutter and detract from development of the ROM. Apps, use, etc are huge variables and will vary greatly from one user to the next. So, when people say "battery life on this ROM is great!" I usually roll my eyes and ignore the post.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Woody:
Hey, can you shoot me a PM with more about that App. I'll check it out tonight but can you give me more info on it from a real-life user and not some Market desc/review.

Also, report those stupid posts in the Dev threads and we can delete those. I saw one the other day about 5 hours after a ROM came out (new thread and all) stating that the battery life was "Awesome!!!". How in the heck could you know after 5 hours of the ROM being posted (he was not a tester either), let alone being flashed. Rediculousness.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] t3chn0s1s:
Sure. I just use the default settings the app comes with but you can tweak it to your liking. Will send you a PM shortly.

Edit: I couldn't agree with you more on the battery life postings 5 hours after a ROM has dropped. That's absolutely ridiculous and impossible to gauge so soon. You gotta give it at least a couple days to be able to accurately judge the battery life.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] atrix4nag:
to use the app, root is mandatory? i didnt root my phone, i installed the app, and it shows all the required settings, but when I try to customize, it needs root, my question is, if we use the existing mods, i can use the app, without rooting the device. right?

TIA
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] t3chn0s1s:
Yes. My dad uses the app on his unrooted Galaxy Nexus with no problems. You just can't tweak the settings unless you have root.

Sent from my Galaxy S III
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] flexfulton:
Well it didn't take long for even this thread to turn into people discussing how to get better battery life out of their phone! haha. Figures eh?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] paniro187:
I work a blue collar job so I need my battery to last all day. I'm not at a desk whee I can charge.......
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Deggy:
My friend lost his son and since his phone didn't have juice, he couldn't call 911 fast enough. Had to plug in the charger for like 2 mins first. That's why.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] howlingmoon12:
I'm generally indifferent about battery life and attempts to prolong it for 2 reasons.

1. The settings and customization done by the manufacturer are stable values tested and balancing between battery life and the features of the phone.

2.Everyone know what they're getting jnto when they buy a phone with ~4 inch screen,has LTE and top of the line features. It's rather obvious that battery life won't be great, if it isn't then you might as well just go back to the candy bar phones, if you expect the best and the newest AND battery life.I certainly didn't expect my phone to run for 10+ hours when I got it... and besides buying the best phone on the market and then turning everything off to conserve battery life just defeats the purpose. Just buy an extended battery, buy the extra battery OEM and bring a spare along, or have an external charger as well as a 2amp usb charger.

Edit: When I initially got the phone, it was getting 6-8 hours on a charge after a couple of months 12-14 hours per charge. The same thing happen on the JB OTA, Im getting between 10-18 hours depending on my Reddit, Twitter, Gmail and Engadget usage, though I have to admit there are sometimes problems with some apps preventing deep sleep and occasionally what seems to be memory leaks with apps constantly using the data connection.