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[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] kayode ayo:
I've done a hard reset, tried opening it from the back to access the battery but it just doesn't open after unscrewing at the back.......I am scared of forcing it open
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Carlos:
It may be too late for you, but this is what should be done when you drop any electronics in water.

First off, IMMEDIATELY remove all power sources and batteries. If it was dropped in anything but clean fresh water, rinse it with clean fresh water. Disassemble it completely right away. Clean everything with Freon TF electronics components cleaner, or if not available, clean it with common household alcohol. Use plenty; you want to remove all traces of water. If there are parts you couldn't disassemble which may contain water, make sure you get alcohol into and back out of those areas.

Completely dry the device. If there are any places where moisture could be trapped, wait a few days. Otherwise, an hour or so should be fine.

As far as disassembling the XDA, there are some instructions here on the site somewhere. After removing the four screws, you will need to unsnap the case, which has tabs that lock together. I've found it easiest to start prying near the charge connectors and work my way around. Be careful, but firm, and the tabs will unsnap. Do be careful not to press any buttons while taking it apart; that's a good way to break an internal switch (ask me how I know :? ).
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] kayode ayo:
Thanks carlos, will try the alcohol method, wish me luck
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Carlos:
You may have corrosion now or may have damaged components due to electrical short circuits across the water. Check for white powdery stuff on electrical parts, legs, pads, etc.

Trivia: Water is NOT electrically conductive... The impurities in water do that. 100% pure water won't conduct electricity.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] pdanhieux:
I had the same accident with my XDA. I went climbing, water leaked in my backpack on my xda. XDA didn't do anything anymore. I dissassembled the XDA, let it dry for some days ... and it worked again!
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] 100:
Wash nothing in FREON cleaning fluids/solutions.

I'm a refrigeration designer - I know what the consumer freon-based evaporative solvent is, however it is not recommended.

You must clean the affected device with 'Isopropyl' ('isopropyl alcohol').

Take the greatest of care however; electrical items, especially semi-sealed liquid screens and digitisers may cause unexpected consequences.

My advice; remove the rear cover. You will have to force it, it is quite strongly held on. Simply unscrew all the screws and pull the rear (camera bit) slowly but firmly away from front/screen. Then submerse the electrical boards (after disconnecting the internal ribbons).

The alcohol will evaporate within a minute, leaving you with practically factory-fresh boards. Now look for corrosion (green 'rust') on the boards.

DO NOT POWER ON THE UNIT WHILE DOING THIS. YOU MUST ONLY REMOVE THE BACK COVER 30MINS after removing the battery; therefore minimising the risk of accidental shortcircuit with the backup battery supplying current to the volatile memory.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Carlos:
This is why every electronics store sells Freon TF as the recommended electronics cleaner, right...? :roll:

I didn't say Freon as in R134a/R12/R22. I have no idea what relationship Freon TF has to those, never looked into it.

I use alcohol as a last resort because, in the US at least, it is about impossible to get pure alcohol. The best you can find is something like 80% alcohol, so there is always some water. Maybe it's not an important amount, I don't know.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] kayode ayo:
I finall succeded in disassembling my xda yesterday, my battery seems to be permanently attached to the back cover. I also cleaned out the electrical board with some methylated spirit (alcohol) and left it open to dry out. There was no evidence of corrosion. What do you guys think I should do next before resetting and charge it up.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Carlos:
You've done what you can. Make sure it is completely dry (even all the hidden spaces), then reassemble and test.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] 100:
Sorry for having a go Carlos, that wasn't my intention.

Kayode, your problem can be solved easily; let the boards dry with an aid of a hair dryer (half an hour at about 30cm away).

All liquids would have evaporated, and the solvent will have dissolved and washed away electrical conductors.

Piece together and good luck.
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] kayode ayo:
Thanks , will do that...wish me luck
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] Jupiter:
..And the moral of the story is dont use your XDA while on the toilet :shock: ....
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] kayode ayo:
I used a hair dryer on my xda after opening it, also did a hard reset before charging it. While charging, the phone doesn't come on when I press the power button......The amber charging light turned to green after charging for 3 hours but went off immediately I lifted it from the cradle. .........Any ideas on these issues?
[MDA, XDA, 1010 General] chameleon:
OPENING XDA

hey, last time i saw your post, you "knackered" your screen.

i GUESS you found a way to dismantle your XDA??? and you were still looking for the right set of screwdrivers right??

so NOW, you are an institution, knowledgeable in opening XDA 2, could you please post step by step instruction with pictures? I think this will help a lot of folks, thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Roamin64:
Anyone knows if its possible to add extra dictionaries to the optical reader? I have selected french has an extra language, but it will only detect english words. It will detect the french words in translation mode, but i'd like to have the definitions of the french words. I changed the language of the phone to french, but english is always the primary language selected in optical reader.

Maybe its too early to have a french dictionary?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] NEOAethyr:
Oui darned opera and it's stupid gestures I just lost my entire post...

Anyways I'll make this short.

I'de like to add Ukraine to it.

Also I don't like how it's only able to read one word at a time, and it take forever to do that.

But that's not really on topic.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aetherion90:
Hi guys, I'm worried about the battery life of my HTC One.

When the phone is on lock mode, meaning screen is off, within one hour battery can go down from 1-3%. Power saver is on, brightness is auto. And 4G/LTE is on.

Also, I only play around with my settings, checking out GSAM battery monitor, within 15 minutes battery can go down 1-2%.

Now it's been 6 hours 22 minutes since I unplugged from charger, battery level is 74%.

Is it normal?

Thanks.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECEXCURSION:
Gsam should be able to tell you where your battery is being used and what app. Look at what the offending app is (most likely Google maps and Google+ or facebook) and use an app like greenify to hibernate them when not in use.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikufellow:
Check with betterbatterystats app to see if anything is keeping it awake at
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
You do realize that the phone is still doing stuff when the screen is off, yes? Syncing e-mails/facebook/news stories, communicating the the network, etc. Even if the phone were completely off, lithium-ion batteries will still deplete(albeit very, very slowly) over time. 1-3% loss in an hour is pretty normal in standby. If you're really concerned about it, you can check out an app called BetterBatteryStats and it'll show you what's waking your phone up from sleep and/or preventing it from sleeping to help identify apps whos sync settings are too aggressive.

Your battery has depleted 26% in 6hrs 22minutes... you're losing roughly 4.08% per hour, at that rate it would take you ~24.5hrs to deplete the battery. Battery depletion is, can be, and should be accelerated when you're using the phone, so 1-2% within 15minutes while looking at a battery monitor... yeah. The more stuff you do with your phone, the sooner the battery will run out.

TL;DR: your battery life is fine.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aetherion90:
Thanks for the info. However I noticed in some threads that for certain people, their HTC One can last for 1 days 9 hours. For example:
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unremarked:
It's going to be very difficult for you to replicate the results of someone else(and we are lacking a ton of information from that post--is he running a custom rom, custom kernel, are screen off/on profiles being used, what apps are syncing, how often, how many, etc).

Beyond usage, phones can vary greatly from within the same model based on the manufacturing process/location/materials. For instance, there's a thread in the General Section exploring the differences in various HTC One's screen maximum screen brightness. Even down the chemistry of the batteries themselves. I know from personal experience that one of the biggest impacts on battery life can be how strong of a signal you're receiving from your carrier. If you life/work in a low signal area, the phone will increase power to the antennae to maintain the connection whereas if you're in a good signal area, it doesn't have to work as hard.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aetherion90:
Anyone use GSAM Battery Monitor app? Why does the battery usage % doesn't add up to 100% when you add it with the remaining battery % sometime?

Yesterday it's still fine. But today my battery usage % + remaining battery % only add up to 93%.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECEXCURSION:
Most people use that app. I'm not sure why it isn't working 100%. Did you plug your phone in for a very short amount of time? That might make errors. After you charge it overnight everything should be fine. Try using it for another day.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aetherion90:
In GSAM Battery Monitor, my App Usage is always the highest contributor to battery usage, usually around 85%-90%. Screen is only 10.8%.

When I dig deeper into the App Usage, Kernel (Android OS) 23.8%, and Android System 15.7% are the top 2.

Is it normal?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmedandDangerous:
Do you have Auto Sync turned on?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aetherion90:
If you are referring to Facebook, email, and such, then yes Auto Sync is on. So Auto Sync is included in Kernel or Android System?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArmedandDangerous:
It's a standard Android feature. Auto Sync drains a ton of battery :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aetherion90:
So for those who can get 5 hours+ screen on time, meaning auto sync is turned off?

Btw, do you know what is AsyncCollectorListener wakelocks that come from Maps? It also contributes to high partial wakelocks percentage most of the time.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peterboi:
Is it me or when taking the picture it actually takes a worst picture then what was displayed on screen? Like when i look at the screen to autofocus it looks amazing but when i take the actual picture it loses some colour and definition.

ScreenShot

Picture when taken

Is there a way to take picture and make it look like what appears on screen?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Slade8525:
In default browser, every time i open the browser, it directs me to the 'home page', often opening a new tab to do so, when i would strongly prefer to go to the last browser tab i had been at.

is there a way to change this? i am using Go Launcher EX and default browser. This is different from the behavior of my Galaxy S III, which always went to the last page i was visiting. I cannot find a setting in any menu to do this. Technically its my girlfriends' problem, but shes not very into this sort of thing, i love my GS3, and its annoying the hell out of her.

Thoughts?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Crystallux:
Hi all. For anyone who installed a custom ROM and is wondering why the world hates you and won't let you connect to some WiFi well boy have I got some help for you.

First try shutting off WiFi (on phone) and going to root explorer data -> misc -> dchp and delete any file there.

No file? Continue on.

Now turn your WiFi back on (on phone) is your WiFi WEP?

If so turn it off on router. Make no pass code. Can you get on now?

If so then take your same pass code and make it a WPA (will accept same as your WEP) now you can connect!

If not do the same as before but reversed. Try a WEP if WPA doesn't work. But this is more for WEP issues because WEP is old and decrepit.

Hope this helps!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] knives of ice:
i've never seen anything like this in all my years now with android. no matter what rom i am on comletely stock or any of the custom roms when i make a phone call my phone call and the person doesn't answer my phone is black and locked up. i can't hit the power button to turn it on the only way to get my phone back is a battery pull.

basically, when i make a call i cannnot turn the screen on to hit the keypad, can't do anything. if i make a call and the person answers everything will be ok - after they hangup. i can't hangup since i can't get to my onscreen buttons to hangup.

things i've tried

stock and custom roms with no apps loaded

wiping multiple times

fixing permissions

dialer one from the market

any ideas what could be wrong? it must be a hardware problem or something.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrao_n:
Is your proximity sensor working correctly? Try using some of the motions in settings.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] knives of ice:
yeah, i was thinking the proximity sensor must be broken. but even if it is broken why would i not be able to hit power to turn the phone screen back on.

ive never used motions before not sure i'm doing it correctly to determine if its broke for sure
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sparytrainor:
I think what he's saying is go into settings>motions and check quick glance. Then with ur screen off wave ur hand over ur prox sensor and ur screen should turn on with info about ur phone and current time and such..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] knives of ice:
yep, i'd say the proximity sensor is broken. doing this in the motion settings works fine on my brothers note 2 and will not work with mine

any idea what my options are if the prox sensor is indeed broken? i suposse the only option is to try to take it back to sprint.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] sparytrainor:
Yeah, first thing I would try is a warranty claim through sprint.. As long as there's no physical sign of abuse, they will prob take care of ya..
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] patrao_n:
Go the sprint route for sure. Unless you are feeling ballsy and open it up to make sure one of the cables didnt come loose
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 49ml:
I'm having the same issue. Just did a factory reset and no luck so I guess I'll go to the sprint store. Will I get a new device?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] LuigiBull23:
Perform a FULL wipe and reflash your ROM
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 49ml:
I am on stock. I just took apart my phone and blew air at the proximity senor and reattached it and now it is fixed.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chispas109:
There has been a lot of discussion about this topic on the development section which is the wrong section for this topic. So i decided to open this thread.

Members tell us what you know or what you have investigated on this topic.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
Look up one post from your thread.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] saranhai:
dude you're kidding right..?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1996837'

i know you're trying to help out, and i appreciate your intentions, but please do a search before posting, it'll save you from looking like a dork :p

Thread Reported.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mt3g:
I always report these type of things if I post. I agree, his intentions are in the right though.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chispas109:
I guess all of us look like dorks when talking about topics not related to the actual thread. Anyway like you said just trying to help. But my bad.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] photolarry:
Yes!

I am 100% sure as I have consulted with Samsung internal people and Tmobile managers. The S3 is the SAME device for all carriers in the USA hardware wise. Each Carrier then gets source from google, and samsung modifies it (like adding TouchWiz for example). Then they dispense the devices. So if you believe that much....it would be logical to reason that our T999 can use LTE once ready with android updated to a version similar to the one running stock on Verizon handsets for example, which currently does. Also the point about FCC making some rule against it is wrong. I know for a fact that T-Mobile is deploying LTE in a few test cities now! And over coming months some large cities including NYC, LA, etc will be turned on to LTE. I believe at that point we should get another OTA just like the MD5 example (a new radio and Touchwiz and Android updates) will be pushed and also devs will make rooted versions as Jovy does for us now. Again I am unsure why everyone wants to piss and moan and argue that this is not true. I would think most people such as myself are thrilled I do not have to spend several hundred dollars more at the end of the Fall to upgrade to the S4 since I do not believe that phone has really tons more things I need (13mpx camera I dont care...quad core...slightly larger screen....so on....all minor stuff to me). I like the S3 and wish to use it for a while. So say what you like but I am certain our phone with same Qualcom chipset MSM8960 (review this for proof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(system_on_chip) will work on LTE network once it is updated in coming months.

Sincerely,
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] chispas109:
You have really put a lot of investigation into this topic. Not my case. But you have made very good points. I just cannot wait then for lte.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LoopDoGG79:
Then, why is tmobile coming out with THE T999l? Otherwise known as T999 WITH LTE.

http://upcomingnewphones.com/upcomi...xy-s-iii-with-lte-sgh-t999l-release-date.html

Logic alone will tell you, the reason why is because the current generation, DOES NOT HAVE LTE!! The phones are identical, except, ours lacks LTE components. You want a T999 with LTE, wait for the T999L. Case closed!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] edboy21:
Out of curiosity, why would T-mobile release an S3 with LTE, while the S4 is already capable of LTE? That just doesn't make sense especially at the fact that they will most likely cost about the same. If this ends up being true, T-mobile makes the dumbest decisions imho.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] LoopDoGG79:
Lol, I've been with Tmobile for 6 years, nothing they do surprises me. But, the T999L is fact, and on its way. The S4 is more then a S3 with LTE, at least that's what Tmobile is betting on people think.

Edit: I think it came out last month! :eek:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Conan Kudo:
Teardowns of the T999 have indicated that the LTE hardware does exist, but remains dormant. The baseband and duplexers can support it, of course. The band 4 power amplifier supports WCDMA and LTE. In fact, so does the band 1, band 2, and band 5 power amplifiers. Also notably, the T999 features a band 12/17 LTE power amplifier with a band 17 duplexer.

The better question is: would flashing the T999L firmware work properly on a T999?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] SeaFractor:
You know what would be ironic? What if the T999L was simply T999's that have had their "dormant" LTE components activated and then resold? That the T999L is the T999 recertifed by the FCC and requiring a new designation but not actually a new phone?

Thus one runs out and purchases the T999L for LTE and has the same phone in hand (with possible solder pad jump or other non-software override for LTE).

That's my tinfoil hat conspiracy for the day. :cyclops:

This would be a closely held secret. Especially if the customer turns in their old phone and it's turned into a T999L for the spares/replacement stock.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] warriorsnut:
But, how does one tell which board rev is in his phone? is there an app?

I don't get the same kind of dashboard details on my (now stock) GS3.

About Device says:

Model: SGH-T999

Android Version 4.3

Baseband version T999UVUENC2

Kernel version 3.0.31-1962493 (Sat Mar 8 2014)

Build Number JSS15JT999UVUENC2

nothing about Board version or Device.

One local TMobile store said it wasn't finding 4G/LTE only because I had rooted it (I since unrooted it and ran all updates).

Another store insisted on the T99l designated models had LTE.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] sbaeder:
yours is NOT lte enabled. rooted or not doesn't matter.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raziruelas:
Hi I've been experiencing this issue with my navbar since day one. After a while a random time my navbar becomes unresponsive. I then have to reboot the nexus to get it working again.

My younger brother is also experiencing this isuue.

My phone is on Jellybam 7.8 and Franco kernel r134.

Any help word be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lopezk38:
You might want to upgrade your kernel (r137 is out now I think), does your younger brother use the same rom?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
is your brothers phone on jellybam also? if, id suggest trying a different rom.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raziruelas:
yes he is. I have tried CM10, AOKP, Rootbox, paranoid and i get the same results. i set my nav bar to 40% in the paranoid settings and sometimes can get it working by changing it above 50% but eventually it stops responding and i have to reboot again. i would replaced it with a different phone but its happening to my brother, so i figured something software wise must be the culprit.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
try rasbean, or rassaber, both solid roms. the thread is in the original development subforum.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kevinkdc:
What's the best setting that provides the best gaming experience?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedyvirus:
i always use this setting

min: 249 or 364 mhz

max: 1401 mhz

govern: interactivex/smartassh3/smartassv2

in some roms smart ass v2 or h3 is best govern but in some of them its better to use interactivex
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raminta:
min : 249

max : 1209

governor : smartassv2 or smartassh3
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kevinkdc:
Thanks. And what about the scheduler?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raminta:
Sio
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
Mine

min : 364

max : 1408

governor : interactivex/sio
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartmw:
Maybe little off topic but what difference between Smartass v2 and h3?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pedyvirus:
better battry life in h3
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bartmw:
Thanks. So h3 is more battery saver?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chery2k:
In theory yes. But you will sacrifice gaming fps.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mihir7714:
Lupus kernel takes time to boot

I'm using Neo V with cm10 and Lupus480p kernel, but this Lupus logo which appears during boot takes like forever before the cyanogenmod animation starts, any way to improve the boot time? If not which is the best kernel to go with my configuration.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiamondBond:
My stuff

min= 0.1ghz - Standby clocks to lowest saving alot of battery!

max= 1.2ghz - little tiny bump for gaming as my rom can already handle most games i play

govenor= inteldemand2

schedular= row

Sent from my R800 - Currently testing the Pizza Engine
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r4gw33d:
Usually I use max 1,6 Ghz with performance governor and sio i/o, this always runs the CPU @ 1,6. Drains battery fast, but great gaming...
[HTC Sensation] anonymous0612:
Hi guys,

Has anybody had any problems updating the su binary?