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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupaLawlCat:
I got a Nexus 4 yesterday, and so far it has been excellent. Really fast and has all the features I want. The battery life is pretty poor though. I am at 28% with a screen on time of only about 2 hours. The total time is about 8 hours. I haven't been using it a lot. The main thing consuming battery seems to be Nova Launcher for some reason. I have it on my Nexus 7 and it doesn't decrease battery life at all, but it seems to use a lot more on here. It was at 24% according to GSam Battery Monitor.

I just followed a bunch of instructions for increasing battery life from various websites so I will see how it goes. I now have all the Google syncing disabled, location services off and brightness on auto.

Is there anything I should be doing? Why is Nova Launcher's usage so high?

Thanks,

EDIT: Could it be the widgets I am using? I have two Gmail inbox widgets, the messaging widget and the circle battery widget.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Same here though I'm not sure its nova, my battery got as bad as yours when i rooted to stock.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it could, or any other apps you have working in the background. it can also be how you use the device. but before you assume anything about your battery life, give it 3-4 battery cycles before it normalizes.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupaLawlCat:
Alright. I have minor OCD kind of thing so I always close the active apps through the task manager as soon as I exit them. I'll give it a few more days and then pursue the issue further.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
im ocd about that too, lol. the back button to kill is one of my favorite custom rom features. also, autostarts and greenify are both great apps to make sure that you have mich less ctap opening in the background. anyways, im a heavy user normally, battery life on the nexus 4 id never call bad. usually i get 3.5-5.5 hours screen on time, depending on use. but then again, i use a custom kernel thats optimized for performance and battery. but, stock rom/kernel isnt bad on battery.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filthykid:
I too Force Close all the social networking apps before sleeping and turn wifi off. And i daily get around 4 hrs of OST. Will attach pics later to show. So to get 4 hrs OST you need really need to have a custom kernel. Just optimize your usage and you are fine with the stock kernel.

Phone is totally stock. Not rooted. And i got 6 pages on Apps installed.

I even used to clear RAM every now and then but I just stopped doing it as I couldn't find it doing anything better.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupaLawlCat:
The battery life is much better now. Yesterday when I got back from school it was at 40% or so, and today it was at 68%.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ninjafan:
Gets better after a few battery cycles. My battery life was average, so I rooted and with matr1x kernel it's snappier and better battery.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theabsurdman:
i'm stock and my battery life was shockingly bad on the default settings until yesterday when i tried some fixes and they have made things much better.

looking at my N4 right now, i'm still on 58% after 22 hours. that's after several voice calls, some browsing & reading emails, GPS navigation using Maps, a couple of skype video calls, wake-up alarms etc.

basic fixes as follows:

- screen brightness right down to maybe 10-15%

- data off when not being used, ditto location services

- NFC and BT off.

- i've left wifi on as it doesn't seem to take much battery if it's not being used.

that's all! after charging last night, i woke after 6 hours or so and was amazed to see it had dropped only 1-2%, so apparently nothing is waking it from sleep.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebeastglasser:
One thing that really improved my battery life (when I had a Nexus 4) and something I tell to anybody with poor battery life, is to go into maps, go to settings, location settings, and uncheck "report from this device". If you've got the app "wakelock detector" just watch the wakelocks from maps almost entirely disappear. It nearly doubled my battery life at the time.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Hey thx man that didn't work but it did start me down the path to fix my problem.

I found out it had something to do with my GPS options its in settings and location access WiFi and GPS location options i checked it off and now i am getting 1 hour screen on time for every %10 if you do the math i have about 8hours of screen on time! I also have setcpu app which is giving me about 48hours of standby time, i will upload some screens after a bit more testing.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrBelter:
My battery life is brill and i never turn owt off or force anything to close, it is only bad when i play a 3d game or something but what do you expect. over night it only drops about 1% every 4 hours which is a bit bonkers.

(screen on auto, fully stock with Nova and not rooted)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melcali:
root your ish bish and get dem kick ass kernel burnals and rom toms and you will nevers has to worry bouts turning ish off or freezing ice na saying homie foo schnickens 49 percent bombers up in this piece
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theabsurdman:
still haven't charged my N4 since my last post on this thread.

now 1 day 15h and still 40% charge left
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayMix:
Lol, so whats a custom kernel? cuzz i think I don't hav one because i hav rooted stock rom. sorry not to change subject
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] respider:
first day of full use in my nexus 4 I got 5 hours of screen on time. stock rom and kernel, just rooted. I think it's pretty decent.

just do what people say, disable location useless stuff and monitor your wake locks.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] panaut0lordv:
If you would like to risk such things as unlocking bootloader, rooting, installing custom ROM and kernel, then it'd be easier for you.

Personally, I've found codefireX ROM and faux123 kernel to be battery friendly and very responsive, but of course you've got to be a bit fixed on such things as playing with your devices and getting fun from it to do that :D
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theabsurdman:
another update:

after 20m browsing/ emails this morning and a couple of calls, i'm down to:

2d 9h 18m and 11%
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gelisp:
disable auto brightness
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theabsurdman:
OK, I finally got the "connect to charger" message just now after 2d 13h. here are my final battery stats:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Untraceable:
hello,

i got my Samsung Galaxy S4 from EE in England .. I9505 version .. and i found out that the Bootloader is locked .. so dose any one have any idea how to unlock it ..coz i need to root the device and change things up.. thanks in advance
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Untraceable:
well i tried to flash the root from Odin and it WORKS .... thank god the bootloader is not locked :good::good::good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akrontomaz:
I dont think that "write protection" means bootloader locked, i flashed chainfire's root and worked, I could be wrong but I think it's all good bro :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tietherope:
As said, "write protection" is not the bootloader.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akrontomaz:
bro look at the first post. :laugh: :good: :good:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilcabrone:
I have the same message coming up.WRITE PROTECTION :ENABLED

DOWNLOADING.... DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET.

I connect usb and opened Odin.<ID:0/005> Added!!

nothing more happeneds .cant get passed this.

Please guide me throug the steps.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hunhool:
if yo've got xxuamdf rom you can use CF-root without any problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Untraceable:
yeah i'v got xxuamdf and i flashed the CF-Root and its working just great . thanks mate
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tietherope:
The one with the picture that points out "Write protection enabled" and they think that means the bootloader is locked? I'm missing your point.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tranvietky:
Me too, I can't flash different firmware original on it.

Can you help me?....unlock bootloader, or write protection: disable"not enable".
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tranvietky:
Can you help me????????????????????????????????????
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maverick366:
S4 I9505X Live Demo Unit

Mine "live demo unit" has the same "write protection: enable" message but i can flash CF-Auto Root with Odin, no problems :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2219803

So can i flash custom ROM now on? Thanks.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Friedtofux:
I'm Currently running android revolution hd 7.1, I notice a huge signal degradation so I guess I need to go back to stock.

Is there any an go back to fully stock?

I've searched for RUU, but they do not have 1.29.707 WWE, and mandrels doesn't seems to work on me (it just restored to default setting for ARHD)

Any help is appreciated
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumball:
You mean you didn't create a nandroid backup of your device before flashing a custom ROM? You should always do that. I think you'll have to wait until a RUU is released, or if someone is willing to post a nandroid of their device
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shief24:
I know theres a stock zip found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2224752. Just flash it and you'd be back to stock. Your bootloader would still show as tampered. I did it and went back to stock as well.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Friedtofux:
I am still new to android, I thought a simple backup of apps and data is sufficient. Do you have any idea how long will it be released?

Totally regretted...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Friedtofux:
Hey thanks for your help, but this is for build 1.29.401.13 which is not for my region, which is 1.29.707.3...
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rumball:
Ya, a Nandroid takes a complete mirror copy of your device (excluding any files on your internal storage like music, pictures, and videos) and saves it in a single file. You'll want to get in the habit of making these before flashing custom ROMs. The backup apps just saves the apps you've installed from the Google Play Store as well as SOME of it's configuration data.

I would post a request to see if someone with the same regional device as yours could upload a nandroid. Give your country and operator details...maybe someone has a nandroid you can restore to.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Friedtofux:
Singapore, Singtel. I wouldn't expect to find any nandroid from my country given the small number of users.

I guess my my region for HTC Build is 1.29.707.X

Thanks for your help. I have learnt from my experience...:crying:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zecoolerking:
Does anyone know about HTC's warning about the DRM keys being lost when you flash custom roms? I'm thinking about getting the Dev edition but is anything lost when you flash back to stock or another rom? I know with the Xperia Z, if you unlock the bootloader you'll lose the Bravia engine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] v-b-n:
Singapore Stock backup is here -> http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/h...ot-recovery-htc-one-1-29-707-3-a-4188771.html

I created using TWRP so you have to switch to it instead of CWM first
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Friedtofux:
Is it for singtel?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] troyboytn:
Just curious how your new S4 compares to your previous phone's signal performance. Better reception? Worse?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Shadow_God:
Better....
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ravizzle:
How's the GPS?

Had horrible GPS and long lock times on both my gs1 epic and gs2 epic touch.

Sent from my Galaxy S2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] boodies:
I don't think gps has been an issue starting with the GS3. My Note 2 insta locks everytime.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] nemesis93:
Wish I could duplicate something similar in my area...

These results were with full bars and the "4G" icon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] opz187:
My gps is fine but seeing as to how theres no 4g around my area, the 3g blows, hard. I just switched over from verizon. One good thing about big red is their network is solid. Super solid
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] screaming01l:
Min is OK, I have a Verizon s3 and Sprint s4, the 4g on the sprint isn't as good as my 3s 4g but that's a carrier issue. I went from an S2 to an S4. Big difference between the 3g and 4g there. and so far battery life is good as well. a lot better than the s2
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Shadow_God:
Wow...thats not good there...I wonder if they havent fully upgraded the towers over there....

On 4G LTE here I avg around 15-25 mbps down and around 7-14 upload
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Ascertion:
The signal bars do not show your 4G signal strength. It only shows you cellular signal (voice). You can get SignalCheck Pro and see what your LTE signal is.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blueline.signalchecklite

This is the lite version I've linked. With those speeds, you're likely connected to a very distant tower for 4G, but connected to a nearby tower for 2g/3g. LTE signal is best at -65dBm and can be very quick up to the mid -90s dBm. To pull those speeds, you're likely hitting around -115dBm in that spot, possibly worse. The closer the dBm value is to 0, the better. Lte loses it's signal the closer it gets to -120 dBm.

Whenever your nearby site is upgraded, you'll see amazing LTE speeds.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] M3wThr33:
The GPS should be much better than a lot of older devices.

It has a barometer inside of it, which isn't just for measuring weather, but also estimating height, which speeds up the GPS calculations.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] nemesis93:
You're right that was at my house and it was in the 105db range evdo. Even though I've noticed that when I have good voice connection I also have a better data connection.

Much better results at work:

I remember reading on some site that in the miami area they're only 23% done with the ugraded lte towers. Should be complete by the end of this year though.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] crawrj:
Coming from the S2 here. The signal strength is better. I get 4 and 5 bars where I used to get 2 and 3. I don't have 4G so can't speak on that. My Wi-Fi reception is stronger. And GPS is WAY better. I can get a lock within 3 meters before the map finishes loading in Google Maps. I mean 1 maybe 2 seconds. My GPS wasn't horrible before but it would take much longer to get a lock like that. Same speeds on navigation and places also. Very impressed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] eyecon82:
same, if not better than sgs3

correct...sucked up until sg3

Cell & data signal/reception are same as SGS3

wifi is MUCH MUCH better

that is true
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] WheresTrent:
Exactly the kind of information I was looking for. GPS on my GS2 stinks; flashing Blu Kuban has helped, but I still sometimes get random drops, or it will take ten minutes to lock, or it will randomly place me in South Carolina or something while I'm navigating. Like a lot of others, I'm deciding between the GS4 and HTC One, and Sprint or Verizon. Thanks everyone.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] GiantJay:
I remember the GPS issues with the S2. I don't miss those days. My S3 and now S4 locks on anywhere within 5 seconds even in my house. No problems ever.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] myphone12345:
Yes, the S2 was notorious for its poor GPS performance. Seems like that was completely resolved in the S3 though.

Any more folks' experience and input regarding the S4's overall signal reception would be greatly appreciated! Please let us know in this thread.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] eyecon82:
I can't believe i stuck with that phone for almost a year

i rememeber being stuck in parking lots waiting 20+ minutes for a GPS lock trying to get to my next destination....ended up buying a dedicated nav because of that stupid phone
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ravizzle:
Had same problems on my S2.

The s4 is super quick on GPS! Just went on roadtrip this weekend and GPS was excellent getting qwick locks and accurate directions.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andyroid232:
Hello,

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum - please feel free to remove it.

I installed Kaspersky on my device yesterday at approximately 1100 GMT.

Since then there has been a huge amount of data activity originating from the application. Approximately 430 MB worth of background data has been used...

What exactly is this?

At the end of yesterday it was approximately 230MB however, at the end of today it has now nearly doubled to 430MB.

I am trying to scratch my head and wondering what is going on here?

Please find attached screenshots displaying data usage...

Process for installation -

1) I used Android Chrome to navigate to kaspersky.com/downloads/product...ile_for_android

2) Because I downloaded the APK direct from the site I was asked to allow downloads and installations from "Unknown Sources" - I didn't think this was a problem as it is Kaspersky after all....

3) Downloaded and entered my serial and that was it....

Any help or assistance would really be greatly appreciated.

With thanks,

AD
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
you dont need an anti-virus for android, uninstall it. it was probably downloading/uploading data/libs to check for any malware/adware/viruses. besides, its wifi data usage, does it matter, or is your wifi limited?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andyroid232:
But I always hear about malware on Android? Why would you say it isn't required? I'm quite interested to know....
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andyroid232:
Bumpity bump

Anybody here?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Johmama:
I've never heard of anyone getting malware on their Android device. Not to say it doesn't exist, but I'm pretty sure it's rare. You can easily monitor what apps are using what resources with the various Android menus. If something is suspicious, you can easily uninstall it. Worst-case scenario, you can just reflash your ROM and since you have a Nexus device, it's pretty simple to do. I would uninstall Kaspersky.
[General Questions and Answers] AlloyToy:
Hello everyone i currently own a htc one x 4.1.1 android. I would love to know how to root it and unlock the bootloader. I tried to do this with many methods but there all outdated. Is there anyone out there that knows how to unlock the bootloader then root it? this would be really appreciated!
[General Questions and Answers] aaleksan:
I need the same thing. Hope someone is working on it.
[General Questions and Answers] speed_3d:
help

Hello

I also want to root for Htc One x 4.1.1

Please help want solve
[General Questions and Answers] Ryanrioz:
:what:.. did u unlocked ur bootloader and S-off ur devices? :confused:

turn off ur devices and hold the combo button..(i forgotten) :P

u go for Microsoft cmd

type fastboot boot.img→ plug ur USB to phone and connect to PC that before u to do this

and type boot xxx .zip
[General Questions and Answers] rasoulcarrera:
Hi buddy

first you need to download HTC fast-boot&Driver;

install driver and extract fast-boot in your C:/ drive location;

go to the htcdev.com .login then goto bootloader link;

goto step 10 and put your device into fastboot mode(turn off device hold Vol-down+POWER) then connect your device to CPU;

go to your extracted fastboot folder hold SHIFT and right click select open-commend -prompt and input(fastboot oem get_identifier_token);

copy Identifier Token in HTC site(My Device Identifier Token:)jutst like step 8-10 in HTCdev site;

they send you a Email that include a key with name(Unlock_code.bin)copy that in your fastboot folder and input this commend (fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin)

download recovery.img for your device put that into fastboot folder and input (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)

for root you can find a superuser (many in internet) put that in sdcard and install with recovery

Done! Enjoy;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] Alexcwb:
I cannot install the latest CleanRom... It freezes on booting. It does tell me that it's been successfully installed.

I have used the GOOMANAGER to install the TWRP V2.5.0.0 and downloaded the CROMI and the TF700_421_US_Flasher_signed.zip for the updated boot . The TWRP does not recognize the TF700....._signed.zip even though it's in the same folder as the CleanRom file, so I can't flash that. Any idea what's going on?﻿
[Asus Transformer TF700] buhohitr:
Check the file again (file size), sometimes is file you copied is not good (0kb). I don't know where you downloaded the file but try from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2223492 (included bootloader and twrp in one package).
[Off-topic] JesusWazBlack:
This is injustice.
[Off-topic] mark manning:
I pretty sure you can figure that one out all by your self

Thread Closed
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riahc3:
Hello

I want a app/widget/etc that as soon as I press it, it starts recording video. Where can i find this quick camcorder like function? Thanks
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] leolipop:
I live in greece and have a vodafone sim.The phone is unlocked and worked perfectly.

Today i tried to put another sim and it didn'y read it so i tried to change the band (to 1900 from 900) nothing happened.

So I wanted to restore the band but then i realised that i couldn't access the band tab because it wasn't there.

There are no phone settings to change

I tried a hard-reset but nothing changed

Now every time i try to reinstall the T-mobile ROM 4.00.21 i get an error message telling me something about the connection while the same time activesync is on.I put the rom in the SD card but nothing appears.

I'm depressed and don't know what to do

Is there a way to change the band to 900

If not how can i install the same ROM or an older one.

I'm crying for help :cry:

Please help!!

1)In case i forgot now it has 1900 band selected

2)when i open thephne it says something to turn on the wireless radio and prompts me to enter a code i think what do i do there

Other times the phone wont open at all
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Biso007:
Use the GSM band selector from the boot loader GSM menu
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] leolipop:
Could you please tell me the steps to do that.

I'm not very experienced with these thing.

The more you analyze the easier for me.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Rudegar:
to get into the bootloader

you softreset the device while holding

down the power button
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] leolipop:
i got in the bootloader then...
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] leolipop:
IT says :

WALLABY Bootloader V5.15

GSM OK

By pressing action :

GSM TURN ON

already on reset

???
[Android Apps and Games] feracon:
High definition modeled lily flower swaying in the wind with butterfly perched calmly stretching its wings.

Missing features only available in paid app.

Available on the Google Play Store

Thank you for your support and feedback!
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Levaru:
Hey guys!

Im a first time rooter but somehow managed to root my Dell, flash Streakmod on it and install the DSC 2.0 ROM and then upgrade it to 2.3.

My problem is that the moment I unlock the screen after rebooting the phone I get a wall of notifications telling me that googlewhateversystem stopped working along with other applications. It seems that somewhow the whole introduction part of the phone went to ****.

Help?