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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aptbosox:
Hey all,

My battery life has gone to sh*t in the last couple days, and I have noticed in my battery usage settings that the top contributor to its demise is always "Shell" (screenshot below).

Here are my specs:

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Samsung Galaxy S4 AT&T

Cyanogenmod 10.2 (09/22/2013 nightly)

Rooted

Sometimes when I reboot, "Shell" does not appear for a while, but I have not been able to pinpoint what triggers it to start. I tried wiping and reinstalling CM, but it still shows up. The battery drain is so bad, in fact, that unless I use the original wall charger that came with the phone, the battery life still decreases while charging.

I am posting this in general Android questions because I literally have no idea what is causing it. It could be a CM bug, it could be an app I installed that's doing something malicious (Lookout doesn't think so, however), or it could be something else I haven't thought of. I just wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this on any version of Android and get some help debugging. Even if you have ideas for how I can pinpoint the app/service that is causing this, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Orome70:
I am experiencing the same trouble with my LG Nexus 4 with CM 10.2 nightly.

Edit: Actually it was the case with 20131001, but it seems Ok with 20131007. :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aptbosox:
Yea pretty sure it was a CM bug. I reverted to stable 10.1.3 and haven't seen the issue since. I guess that's what I have to expect for living on the bleeding edge :) I haven't seen anything about it in the changelogs, but if you say it's fixed, maybe I'll try the latest nightly.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EboMike:
I have a stock Nexus 4 ROM (rooted, but still stock), and I'm seeing 76% in "Shell" today as well, so it's presumably not related to CM.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dfroot87:
Stock Nexus 5 and I had 55% drain over 5 hours today... What in the world is causing this? Never had this problem before.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dj_aj:
1 day old stock nexus 5 and I'm having this issue...

Here's my post from another thread with screenshots:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47257309&postcount=413

Anybody have a solution to this yet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aptbosox:
What version of Android are you on? 4.3? 4.4?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EboMike:
There is no official 4.4 for the Nexus 4 yet. I'm on 4.3, JWR66Y.
[Nexus 10 General] swagginandbaggin:
Just curious as to what the next Android device you want to get? Things keep advancing so fast, quad cores are coming to trend now and with Kit-Kat, there are a lot of possibilities. I'm considering switching from Sprint to AT&T, to get the LG G2! I'm so tired of Sprint and how crazy slow they are... I can get more, and significantly faster data with AT&T. The beizels on the G2 are a huge selling point for me, fitting a 5.2 inch screen into the same form factor as an HTC One is impressive. Not to mention the quad core 2.2 GHz processor on it... That's ridiculous, and I love my Nexus, but my god, that makes this look average... What about y'all?
[Nexus 10 General] CWalkop:
I know what you mean! Things are progressing at such a ridiculous rate in the mobile world; its incredible. Especially Intel. They've made an absolutely shocking amount of progress in the past year. They've basically done what took ARM companies 3-4 years in 12 months. I'm really looking forward to Intel chips in our smartphones and tablets; we'll finally be able to crush Apple's in-house designs!

As for my next device, I'm definitely going to be getting the Nexus 5. A 5" device with a Snapdragon 800, OIS, Android 4.4 and other incredible hardware? Count me in! I sold my Galaxy Nexus a few weeks back, after the Nexus 4 price drop (I got a shockingly good price for it, too) in preparation for the N5. Now, I realize that SOME of the leaked specifications may not be totally accurate, but I am also hoping that we get the 5" display in the smaller-than-Nexus 4 frame. That would totally sell it for me.
[Nexus 10 General] moshe22:
I will probably will continue to use my galaxy nexus until it dies. It have been an excellent phone.

If it dies however I will buy the Nexus 5 midst likely.

I don't think i could use anything else other than a Nexus and be happy with it. Mainly because of the updates.
[Nexus 10 General] SeaFractor:
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition. Used the Spencer features and they can't be beat if doing a large amount of sketching.

But I may wait until spring as the N10 is still great. Use a capacitive stylus with good results.
[Nexus 10 General] CrocadileUT78:
I only got the Nexus 10 this summer, so I'm good with my tablet for a long while I hope.

My Droid RAZR M I got last October, so I would sooner replace that. If I decide to leave Verizon next time, then I may well go for a Nexus for a phone as well. I love getting the latest official updates OTA.
[Nexus 10 General] SeaFractor:
You are good for a long while. I fully agree. There's a lot of life left in this tablet.

Wait for the 2015 edition to be released Oct 2014 :)
[Nexus 10 General] CrocadileUT78:
I actually gave this some more thought, and I do not think I will go Nexus on my next phone for one reason, I want to keep a microsd slot. I keep a ton of music and other files on my phone I simply don't need on my tablet, and it irritates me such a simple convenience is being phased out by so many new phones. Screw the cloud model, I want my files on me when I want them without a connection.
[Nexus 10 General] midnite_blue:
open system, closed box

Sigh... me, too. I've been wanting to come on this thread and pledge allegiance to the phone I hope the Nexus 5 will be. If it's a Snapdragon 800 / Adreno 330 / 1080p / 3000 mAh G2 with standard button placement and at least 2 Gb of RAM... running pure, unbloated, updated Android... then the Nexus 5 will be a stun-gun of a phone for 2013. (darn it... just drooled on my N10.)

But... we get all that and no removable memory? I know, that would mean space, weight, cost, whatever. But Samsung can do it on their flagships (with the added benefit of replaceable batteries). Seems like such a simple thing for winning freedom from needing access to a good WiFi signal.

If the N5 overcomes the N4's hardware limitations that now prevent the use of Nexus Media Importer -- and along with it the unrooted read/write use of USB card readers & memory sticks -- that'd go a long way. Let's just say I'm not holding my breath, since Google appears to have a different agenda.

For a brand that touts such an open OS, the box they put it in sure is closed.
[Nexus 10 General] papakaliati:
I always only had 16 gb Sd cards so going from 16 gb s3 to 32 gb HTC didnt make a single difference for me :P I have 8 gb of music and about 10 gb free on device for movies, and i think thats the space i need.
[Nexus 10 General] CrocadileUT78:
OK... But you had to pay a lot more for that 32GB model I bet. My Droid RAZR M came with 8GB built in, and for only $20 I added another 32GB. I can even upgrade it to a 64GB microsd for less than $50. Good luck trying to get that kind of bargin upgrade on a non-microsd phone. Another added benefit... Let's say your phone meets an untimely death in the laundry machine, well at least with microsd your photos and music are perfectly safe.
[Nexus 10 General] mrgnex:
I'll get a Galaxy Nexus 2 when it comes (I hope it does). My Galaxy Nexus holds up for a while and I use my Nexus 10 for gaming. I'm not a fan of lg. I hope Samsung will produce a Nexus phone again.
[Nexus 10 General] midnite_blue:
one vote for Sammy, for their expandable memory

I've got my eye on a couple of future devices.

I'm hoping with the SG Note 3, the LG G2 -- and hopefully the Nexus 5 -- already or soon to be running the Snapdragon 800, we'll start to see some cool 64-bit apps. When the 64-bit world takes hold, that could be a nice time to pick up a SG S5. Samsung should have multitasking to a new level by then, too.
[Nexus 10 General] papakaliati:
Hope Snapdragon 800 has better battery management than Snapdragon 600 or else i wouldnt worth it to upgrade imho. The speed upgrade means nothing, only think that makes your phone faster is a well tuned rom/kernel. My ex Galaxy S3 with Cm10.2 and a custom kernel is the fastest thing i've ever used by a ridiculous mergin. Everything happens instanlty and its last gen,

Also my HTC ONE with the 4.3 official Rom is also like a new phone. So much faster and battery life is like 2x what it used to be.

SideNote for Lg G2. Will lg EVER make a decent looking phone? I am sorry but i dont care if Lg G2 is the best phone ever released, its so boring looking i would never consider buying.

Maybe Nexus 5, need to wait and see :)
[Nexus 10 General] midnite_blue:
I agree, the G2 looks kinda plain -- at least while viewing it on a 2D screen. Could be pretty comfortable in the hand, though, with those backside curves. I was a little surprised, papakaliati, to hear you say you're interested in the Nexus 5 after what you had to say about LG and specifically their G2. Most folks are thinking it will be LG manufacturing the Nexus 5 and that it'll look a lot like the G2.
[Nexus 10 General] rcatron:
Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 32GB model. Already have it on pre-order. I had always said that the perfect device would be the Note 10.1 with the Nexus 10 screen, and voila! Can't wait!
[Nexus 10 General] Sensamic:
An 8 inch Android tablet, probably the LG G Pad 8.3 because it's the first one to have 1080p. Or the next Note 8.0.

The Nexus 10 is too big to play games, etc.

Also maybe the next Nexus 5.
[Nexus 10 General] midnite_blue:
I agree that there's no point in trying to go any faster than 'instantly' ...sounds like you had a sweet setup with your S3! :cool:

With Kit Kat supposedly supporting ARM-64 and with Qualcomm, Tegra & Exynos -- and AMD & Intel? -- all producing 64-bit mobile processors in 2014, some interesting 64-bit applications might not be far behind, as well as some significant energy demands, like you've pointed to. I bet power-management & battery-design teams are putting in all-nighters to bring us more innovations like big.LITTLE... and to overcome the downsides of lithium-sulfur technology, which

could

increase battery life by a factor of 4.

Yeah, I wasn't talking about new processors running 32-bit apps faster, though there will, of course, be some performance gains as we'll as some overhead hits. I was thinking about the new capabilities heading our way once applications cross over into 64-bit territory -- whenever that is -- and not just better encryption and data-bunkering.

We'll be looking at real-time audio and image editing, providing such things as on-the-fly video-effects management... and faster vector processing, which game devs will surely take advantage of, like Infinity Blade III has for Apple's new phone. I'm eager to see the impact of 64 bit on multimedia multitasking. General improvements in multitasking could get us to the 32-bit 4Gb RAM ceiling surprisingly soon.

After that, the 64-bit RAM upper limit of 16 Exbibytes -- 17.18B Gigabytes -- should hold us a while!
[Nexus 10 General] papakaliati:
I am hoping it will keep a more nexus line than LG but then again I might be just dreaming. New Note would be an instant by if I didn't have the nexus 10.
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
They already have pics of the nexus 5 and a 3d rendering. You should check them out. The phone is a. Little plain. They got rid of the glass back and went with that rubbery plastic which is better durability i guess but not as good looking. They also got a bigger screen then nexus 4 with a smaller frame. :sly:

Sent from my LG-P970g
[Nexus 10 General] midnite_blue:
In the G2's favor, this is an interesting market differentiation:

QuickWindow (3 examples)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussellJ:
I have the Sprint Note 2. I just went to flash the revolution HD ROM and the phone did not take the rom. When I restored it from my backup prior to the flash, the phone now has no service. When I try to update the PRL is says the username is null. I restored the phone to the original factory with the qbkin77's method using odin and still has no signal... The sprint store has no idea whats wrong with it (no surprise).

Is there anything I can do to fix it or do I just need to pay the 50 bucks from sprint and get a replacement phone.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussellJ:
Anyone have an idea? I have flashed this and phones many times before without this problem.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wada7o:
What imei do you have check it out if it is still the same not changed try to patch it using arizapatch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32338426
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RussellJ:
Thank you for that! But my IMEI is actually gone I found today and i have no backup of the efs... and that says it will not bring back the IMEI? I will probably try it anyway tomorrow though.
[Design, Prototyping, UI, Graphics] dunc1n:
Hi guys,

I am currently building a mobile application, but I am at the stage where my programmers are coding the app fine enough, but they are not very creative when it comes to creating the theme or style (which seems to be a common problem).

Now luckily enough, I myself graduated from college as a graphic designer, so I can create the theme (each screenshot) in photoshop and hand it to my developers to implement into the build of the app, BUT my question is to you guys...

Does anyone know of any good websites which have examples of lots of nice app styles and themes???

I also have a "carousel" feature within my app but its looking quite basic at the moment, does anyone know where i can find examples of carousel features???

Having a look at examples of good design work gives me insparation when starting design work.

So can anyone help me with this??

Cheers

Dunc1n
[Design, Prototyping, UI, Graphics] nikwen:
Have a look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2237994

I particularly like this tool: http://android-ui-utils.googlecode.com/hg/asset-studio/dist/index.html
[Design, Prototyping, UI, Graphics] staltal:
wow cool!!

very cool
[Design, Prototyping, UI, Graphics] zeekforit:
Thanks

thanks. this will help us designing our application for school project.
[Other SmartWatches] davidam091:
Having an issue pairing my Motoactv to the new bluetooth headset I just bought, the LG Tone+ (HBS-730). Motoactv won't even see it. Headset connects just fine to the phone, and Motoactv connects to phone and old headset (Motorola S10-HD) without a hitch. Tried removing all existing bluetooth connections on all devices. On Motorola's advice, factory reset Motoactv. Nothing seems to be helping.

Does anyone know if this is something that a dev could fix? If it's a simple "no, there's no way modding will fix that", please let me know, so I can return this headset. I really appreciate any help. I bought this thing because it can connect to 2 devices, where the S10 could not. Doesn't do much good if it won't pair, does it?

I couldn't find a better place to put this, since Motoactv doesn't have its own section. Hope that was OK.
[Other SmartWatches] Xenocide83:
If the MotoACTV does not see the headset while the headset is in pairing mode then it won't work. It will not pair with something it cannot see. Not sure why it wouldn't see it though. The MotoACTV uses bluetooth 4.0 so the LG's bluetooth 2.0 should be seen with ease. My suggestion would be to remove all bluetooth devices from MotoACTV. Reboot the MotoACTV and try again. Also make sure that ALL other devices have their bluetooth turned as so they don't see the LG and try to pair with it. If that doesn't work then odds are it won't work at all.
[Other SmartWatches] davidam091:
I think this new version of the headset is Bluetooth 3.0. It's the Tone+ 730, not the Tone 700 original (which, apparently, has no issues pairing with the Motoactv).
[Other SmartWatches] Xenocide83:
MotoACTV is still 4.0 so it should be compatible with 3.0, good luck
[Other SmartWatches] t0mat3:
pairing

Ill let you know i own one of these headsets and should be recieving my motoactv in the mail soon.
[Other SmartWatches] heat22:
Any ideas on the issue guys? I have a Motorola h500 and an LG-HBM 235 and neither will pair with the motoactv. It drives me absolutely nuts that the Motorola headset doesn't even work with the motorola motoactv. I mean really, WTF man? I don't want a big stereo headset. SMH. If i could finally get bluetooth audio, this thing would be great. In fact, they need to make a new model with a speaker and mic then it would be the greatest!
[Other SmartWatches] heat22:
Figured it out. Your bluetooth earpiece/headset must be A2DP compatible.
[Other SmartWatches] davidam091:
I can't post links yet, but on the LG site, it says the 730 has A2DP...

Man, this is driving me nuts. I love these headphones, and they seem awesome for running. But I'll never know at this rate...
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
I have these headphones as well but have always had them paired to the phone. I just tried to pair them with my actv just to see if my results were any different but unfortunately, I have the same issue.

It may be possible to pair them through a third party app but I haven't tried.
[Other SmartWatches] davidam091:
Any suggestions for 3rd party apps that would do this? I'm willing to try.

Also, does anyone think that modding the ACTV with some of the work the guys here on XDA have done will have any effect? I'm reading threads dealing with similar problems with other devices (e.g. car kits) and some are saying its a bluetooth driver issue. Maybe a custom UI will include different bluetooth drivers?

I know it's annoying to hear people ask for free work, but if any of you ACTV programmers/modders think you can tackle this issue, we'd all really appreciate it. It's incredibly frustrating when you buy 2 things that should work together just fine, but for some unknown reason, just don't.

Thanks!
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
Perhaps something like this could work? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.IG.BluetoothManager

Alternatively, if your device is rooted there are .conf files under /system/etc/bluetooth/ that could potentially be modified to get this working. For example, audio.conf could be modified to remove "Disable=Headset" as well as enable HFP. These changes could possibly resolve the issue but I haven't tried tinkering with them.
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
Ok, so I decided to tinker a little and the app I mentioned did not work.....neither did some of the modifications I made to to the audio.conf file.

However, I did download this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.qrr.android.btoolkit

In the app settings, I enabled experimental mode and was able to find the HBS-730 headset and pair with it. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to go any further than that. Even though it is paired, music wasn't routing to it (granted I didn't use the stock music player -- that may have worked).

I believe the actv is treating the HBS-730 like a phone, tablet, or comp rather than just a headset which is why it is not interacting directly with it. There may be another app with root privileges (like the original app I suggested) that could possibly route the audio correctly but I haven't had the time to tinker with it and don't typically need audio output from my actv anyway.

Hope this somewhat helps.
[Other SmartWatches] jiexi:
I had similiar problems pairing my motoactv with a pair of UE 9000's. It could see the device, but would not pair through the stock menus. Tried downloading some third party bluetooth managers and was unable to get any audio. I believe it has something to do with Apt-X codec for bluetooth not being implemented in 2.3 gingberbread on the motoactv
[Other SmartWatches] davidam091:
Here's where I lose all credibility (and help)...

You mean download the app to my ACTV, right? So... How do I do that?

How do I download 3rd party apps to the ACTV? I haven't modded mine at all. Do I need to do anything to it?

I realize I have just exposed myself as a NOOB. Alas, I had no choice. Please continue to speak to me. :o
[Other SmartWatches] Artimis:
No worries :).

Yes, you'll need to download the app to the ACTV. It will require rooting of the device and installing a custom ROM is the best way to get everything necessary for the market to work so that you can install these apps.

There is a step-by-step tutorial in the MOTOActv rooting thread in this forum.
[Other SmartWatches] mizcrys:
Any further updates?

Just curious to see how this solution worked out. I am having the same problem and am definitely a NOOB. Attempting to download an app to my Motoactv seem a bit daunting to me...
[G2 General] idanva:
how much available storage left on lg g2?

Thanks
[G2 General] frandre813:
Well on my 32gb version 8.57 gb is being used by the system. With my 65 apps installed and no pictures yet I have 22gb of space so I assume with 16gb less storage you would be around 8gb free space
[G2 General] shaungregg:
I'm used to not having SD cards anymore, I have several clouds but I just use Dropbox and Google Drive. I have 100 gigs with Dropbox all free, my photos all go straight to their as well as Picasa and Google Plus. Theres no need to fill your phone up with photos when you can access them thru the gallery in the cloud. I don't store music on my phone either, I use a paid subscription to Rhapsody and before that I streamed my music using Google. Honestly the only things that should fill up space on the device these days is applications and once you debloat the phone having between 25 and 30 gigs for apps is more than enough for anyone.
[G2 General] idanva:
im not sure if is it enough for regular user (like me).
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] timetex:
I've been using TT Mobile on my C500, so am used to full postcode lookup, which I assumed was also part of the TTN5 as well...

There is a ZIP folder on the root of the storage card, with a couple of files in, but when I try and search for an address via postcode, it is only giving me access to the first couple of digits (eg B30) and not the full postcode database.

What am I doing wrong?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Carnivor:
i have a 8mb file in the zip folder, Great_Britain.Postal

you can find it around somewhere. lookups in advanced planning then use the full postal search
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] markyhedgehog73:
Create an empty folder called tomtom on the root of your sd card and it should work fine (as long as the postal zip folder is there with its contents).

Then just navigate to postcode as normal :)
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] rilot:
To navigate to postcode you do it in a different way.

Select "navigate to"

Select the next page arrow

Select "postcode"

It's a bit crap that you have to specifically go to the postcode entry screen rather than just do it with the address screen.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] timetex:
Thanks all = marky had it. I created the TOMTOM folder in the root (empty) and it worked straight away.

I'll be glad when they've fixed the installer properly!
[Desire General] rickwind:
Hello

My question is what do you recommend ROM with 2WRC (2 way call recording) - is most important to me?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmash:
Well this phone doesnt change sms notifications, even when I renamed the tone I want to the default, it worked for all notifications apart sms is still the default even tho I changed it , change the ringtone works fine , I have one these phone uk virgin branded , and my mate and his wife both have a unbranded one ,all three have the same problem notifications changes but sms stay default , please help and need mt6575 powervr 150mb Rom and kernel for this phone if anyone can help or point to a similiar base , I see a few phones use same internals
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] aSpirit81:
Cant see sd card,only see in cwm mode.What can be?