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[Moto X General] sonic1675:
Bad Bad battery life

I went from decent battery life on dalvik to art and my battery life was horrible so than went back to dalvik and my battery seems just as bad as it was on art. Android os is the biggest problem. I turned of wifi, bluetooth, all device administrators, location, data, auto-sync, and background data and deleted all my accounts than factory reset and flashed back to stock, updated again, and still the same problem.i dont have the dev version so i cant freeze bloatware and im not rooted. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Moto X General] dpw2atox:
I've tried a few things and my Android OS also continues to take up a good bit of my CPU. I hope Motorola is aware of this issue and is working on a fix. The only thing I haven't tried yet is a factory reset but I can't do that easily as I use my X for work as well and there are app/license issues that would need to be resolved.

The only thing I did find is that after updating to Kit Kat, my battery stats were a bit off and I had to do a full drain to fix it as it would stay at 1% for almost an hour before dying. That should slightly improve my battery meter accuracy now but my phone still dies a lot faster than it did with 4.2.
[Moto X General] ssoares01:
no experience on 4.2 but on 4.4, I've been seeing consistently around 15-20% of battery life left after 4.25 to 4.5 hours of screen on time, over a span over about 14-15 hours. About 9 of those hours the phone is connected to WiFi here at work. Coming from a Rezound that ate the battery, this thing is freakin great on batteries...
[Moto X General] icon123:
I haven't gotten to the bottom of it yet, but I have been able to determine that wifi was killing my battery since I moved to 4.4. Even when I turned it off, it was still using a ton of battery. So I had to disable battery saver mode in location by turning on the gps and now things seem back to normal. It appears this was happening both at home and work. We have very different routers between the two places, however, we both run dd-wrt for the firmware. I wonder if this has sometime to do with it.
[Moto X General] imnuts:
Possibly due to the new location service that can use wifi at any point for location services.
[Moto X General] poena:
I find this really funny because I came from a VZW gnex and I think the moto x on 4.4 has AMAZING battery life. I'm getting over 2 hour screen on time and i'm more than happy. The other day I went about 17 hours with 2.5 hr screen on time and still had like 20% left. To me this is amazing.

I can't even imagine 4+ hour screen on time. plus when my screen is on for long periods of time it's usually playing games anyways and that is a big drain.
[Moto X General] Turb0wned:
Crazy, I got my best battery life on 4.4. 5 hours 3 mins on screen time.
[Moto X General] sicmadek:
Is it possible the gel launcher could cause battery drain? I really like using it so I hope not.
[Moto X General] sonic1675:
I hope not. it's perfect. But it would explain allot
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluegizmo83:
Ok here is an easy Step-By-Step. You will need to buy and download SQLite Editor from the play store ($2.99). I have tried a few different free editors and could not get any of them to work. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speedsoftware.sqleditor&hl=en

I did not come up with this fix, I'm just detailing how to do it, with images. If anyone knows who is responsible for finding this fix, please let me know and I will add they're name here for credit.

Same always, I am not responsible for boot loops, bricking, overheating, tornados, flash floods, alien attacks, or angry girlfriends. Use at your own risk.

Step 1: Open the SQLite Editor app (approve root privileges) and navigate to "/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/" and then click on the "settings.db" file

Step 2: Click on "Global"

Step 3: Click on the + icon in the upper left corner

Step 4: Leave the _id field on (auto). In the Name field type "tether_dun_required". In the Value field type "0" (the number zero). Click SAVE.

Now just back out of the SQLite Editor app and then reboot your phone!

Perhaps someone could sticky this for easy finding?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
Nice, but you don't identify what the problem is and how this fixes that problem. What is tether blocking? Is this something that the carrier imposes to restrict tethering?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Han Solo 1:
Yeah, what is this supposed to fix?

Does it mask tethering data?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danaconda1:
Does this somehow hide tethering from the carrier?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluegizmo83:
On the nexus 5 alot of people on T-Mobile (sprint too I'm told) have trouble with the Wifi Tethering, either it doesn't work at all or it redirects you to the Up Sell Website to buy a tethering plan. From what I've read, Android flags all tethering data so that carriers can know you are trying to tether. This bypasses that issue and allows tethering to work. As I said though I did not come up with this fix myself, so maybe the person who did can enlighten us all a little better as to exactly what this fix does. All I know is that I could not get Wifi Tethering to work before I did this fix.

I do not know for sure that it masks tethering data, but I would assume it does since people were getting the upsell website before applying this fix, and then after this fix tethering works fine...

edit: I'm on the T-Mobile $30 a month plan (100 anytime minutes, unlimited Texting and unlimited Data)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bluegizmo83:
After searching around on Google I found this information regarding the TETHER_DUN_REQUIRED string. http://www.androidjavadoc.com/2.3/android/provider/Settings.Secure.html

static String TETHER_DUN_REQUIRED

Used to require DUN APN on the device or not - defaults to a build config value which defaults to false

So it would appear that there is a special APN that your get routed through when trying to tether. Setting Tether_Dun_Required to 0 bypasses that APN and uses the normal data APN for your carrier just as if you were surfing the web (or whatever) from your phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackpollard:
Add AT&T to the carriers it works on, so I'm told by a "friend".
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maidenboston:
or you can use this free sql app to do the editing

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xuecs.sqlitemanager&hl=en

worked for me
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicknoxx:
Well, I just tried this and it didn't work for me. I'm using a Nexus 4 with 4.4.2 and I still get 'Error' when I try to turn on wifi hotspot. It's not a problem with my carrier as I have used it on earlier version of Android on the same phone and same network.

Edit. I've just realised this is Nexus 5 forum not Nexus 4 but it's still interesting.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben503:
Credit goes to yakman66.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47203243

---------- Post added at 08:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:32 PM ----------

It will work. You need to edit APN. check out the link above

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:34 PM ----------

[MENTION=2661410]bluegizmo83[/MENTION] Someone being a D*** for you posting this in 3 2 1....
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicknoxx:
You were right! Thanks.

I re-edited settings.db, re-edited my APN to IPv4 (I had to do it twice to get the value to 'stick') and re-booted and WiFi hotspot now works on my Nexus 4

Cheers

UPDATE: It didn't work the first time because I hadn't changed the ownership of settings.db back to system after editing it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ubergeekinc:
just an FYI https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.htsoft.sqleditor&hl=en works just fine and it is free
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave__:
I've tried installing SQLite Editor a few times now and it FC's every time I open it. Are others having success with the app on the N5/4.4.2?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liamwli:
You could do this via command line without an app, as long as you have the sqlite3 binary:

su
sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
UPDATE settings.global SET tether_dun_required=0;

Note: will only work if column already exists...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cytomat:
Thank You

This was very clear and easy to follow. I can now tether on T-Mobile with my Nexus 5, thanks!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanwarrior:
I currently own an AT&T Galaxy S4 Active and planning to buy a Nexus 5.

I've always thought that the Nexus 5, IF purchased directly from Google, will NOT have any carrier specific restriction apps, including tethering. But it seems that this applies to even Nexus 5 bought from Google?

FYI, my AT&T Galaxy S4 Active is using stock ROM but I have no restriction on tethering, even though I did not sign-up for data tethering.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jd1639:
Tethering is a carrier issue. It doesn't depend on the phone.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanwarrior:
Yeah, I am surprised T-Mobile actually is actively pursuing this.

On my AT&T S4 Active, I didn't implement the solution provided by OP but AT&T never give me any grief, given that I've been tethering for a long time.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanwarrior:
I just got a Nexus 5 (4.4.2) from Google (not T-Mobile) and coupled this with my T-Mobile SIM (I have Simple Plan - NOT $30 plan), I did a tethering test. Started tethering on my N5, connect my MacBook Air and...voila... it works.

I don't have to do the SQL editing per OP. Is this because I have a Simple Plan? Thought I have no issue with tethering, just wondering...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ben503:
That's because T-Mobile gives out 2.5gb for free
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Yunus34Tr:
hey guys I found a way into the recovery

1-long press power button

2-click restart button and click okay

3-when phone is off hold volume up+ power button and you see recovery

NOTE:IF THIS METHOD WORKED PLEASE REPLY

NOTE2:Its ONLY WORKING 4.1.2 DOESNT WORK 4.1.1 (Stock ROM-TUR)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] fmlrocha:
Power button + midlle button + volume up

That's how. But man, srly? There are several threads about this...
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
I created this survey for my marketing research class at the University of Washington and I need some more data to work with. The survey is in regards to tablet computers and general attitudes towards tech brands. All responses are anonymous and it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes. You can access the survey from the link below and I appreciate your help!

Let me know if you have any questions.

http://uwbbusiness.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_2h6NMnlHM77o5QF
[Off-topic] DowntownJeffBrown:
Done

>^·^< Sent From Meow LG G2
[Off-topic] heavy_metal_man:
done and Done :)

Hope it helps pal.
[Off-topic] Android Pizza:
"Are you 18 or older?"

>No

"You have completed the survey"

:banghead:

Sent from my Atrix HD :)

Check out this thread!
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Sorry bud! We didn't account for posting on more tech-savvy forums where the younger demographic is represented. Thanks for taking the time either way!!
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Every little bit helps! Thanks man!
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Appreciate the help, brother!
[Off-topic] DowntownJeffBrown:
No problem :)

>^·^< Sent From Meow LG G2
[Off-topic] veeman:
Done. Good luck.
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Thanks a bunch my friend.
[Off-topic] roofrider:
Done.
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Thanks for taking the time, roofrider!
[Off-topic] Whiplashh:
Done

-Whiplashh

"I think a ducks opinion of me is heavily influenced by whether I have bread or not."
[Off-topic] DowntownJeffBrown:
Will you post the results after your done with the survey?

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[Off-topic] IXChicharitoXI:
Just finished. Post the final results when you're done, bro.
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Thanks for All Your Help

Thanks everyone that took the survey!! I received a 4.0 in the class as a result of this project. I have included a link to download the survey results for those of you that were interested. Thanks again!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86759607/Tablet Survey Report.pdf
[Off-topic] Jamil13:
Survey Results

You can download a PDF of the results from this link. Thanks for the help buddy!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86759607/Tablet Survey Report.pdf
[Off-topic] DowntownJeffBrown:
Very interesting results. Thank u

>^.^< Sent From Meow nexus5
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] naughty:
Guys,

I can't setup ActiveSync 4.1 to work over BT

Can you please give me more details on how to do that?

I have a Win XP laptop with builtin BT.

Martin
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] majdi:
did you do the normal procedure? i mean pairing the two devices?

you should do it though from the device, it's more certain to work.

anyway if it didn't, try to do the following:

check the connectiond settings in AS 4.1 & make sure to check the box where it says "allow connections to one of the following:" and take note of the port #.

then go to the advance configurations on the bluetooth icon on the task bar, click on the "local services" tab, and click on "add serial port" button, choose the same port # you noted in the connection settings in AS.

that's it, you should be able to sync over BT.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] naughty:
funny today work perfectly, yesterday coudn't get it to work..?

thanks anyway, it is a nice way not to have wires around.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ara Seferian:
Is there any way to make our XS buttons to work like onscreen buttons, I mean menu button launches recent apps,holding home launches Google now, back button same.

For menu button we can activate 3dot feature using Xposed

Is there anyway to make this work?

That would be great and help to fix 4.2.2 recent apps bug ;)
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] luigi0824:
Try this one and press thanks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spazedog.xposed.additionsgb
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Saeedblack:
Try xposed installer and there moudols like gravity box,

I use it and also it have unlimited customize. See this screenshot. At below screen. I even transparent and resize it.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] kysirong0512:
I installed Gravity Box but I have a problem here.

It seems that Gravity Box has splitted volume of notification and ringrone althought in Gravity Box settings, I set Link volume of notification and ringtone.

I am using XS, ROM Trinity v4.0 and DoomKernel v6.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] Ara Seferian:
Thnx alot gusy it worked

Everything seems Ok ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iann:
Hello everyone,

i just bought my nexus 5 and i'm quite afraid now.

I bought D820 witch is obviously not designed for Europe, I knew before buying it that i wouldn't be able to connect to 4G but I didn't know that i would have such a bad signal.

At home, I hadn't problem with other phones (Htc one, iphone 5 note 2, s3 etc) but with this one, i can't call, except in my kitchen :( and open areas (not always!)

Is there a way to have a better signal? (radio?modem?)

Or do I have to resell it because D820 is definitly not compatible with french networks? (bouygues)

Thanks in advance and have a good day!

(Sorry for my bad english)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iann:
Hi again,

obviously no one knows.

Anyway, I think i found a "trick" to improve it when you're in the same boat as mine :

In order to improve the signal when you have a D820 in Europe, you have to choose "3g" instead of "4g" (default choice) in settings.

Now I have better signal, still not as good as previous phones but functionnal.

Hope it will help!

Bye everyone!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saprer:
hello,

i have got an problem with my new nexus 7.

i have massive battery problems since 2-3 months , when i bought it it was okay and the battery was lasting very long.

i have send it to repair and it still got the problem. i dont know what to do maybe you can help me ?

ROM + Kernel is Stock so no changes.

I have tried anything e.g. flight mode etc but no changes the battery is going down so fast that i cant play with my tablet without a charger

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/3453/xf2ahyqe_jpg.htm
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
I have the international version of the LG G2 32gb. Stock rooted with exposed framework, one or two navbar/statusbar modules installed.

I have tried a small 4gb usb drive and the G2 recognises it just fine. I have nothing bigger except for an old (perfectly working) 100gb usb external hard disk drive ntfs format. it doesn't rely on any power. USB cable from PC powers it just fine.

So when I connect this drive via USB OTG, my G2 simply doesn't see it. I've waited more than half hour to see if it is performing a media scan silently but it still doesn't show on any of my file explorers such solid and root explorer and stock one ofcourse.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Is it because it is an external hdd?

Is it because the phone can't power it on its own?

Is it that it can read only smaller cards less than 100gb? I don't have access to anything else to test.

Is USB OTG supported in aosp roms like pac man?

Thanks guys.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
NTFS

That's your problem friend... Format it to FAT32 or root and use this

Cheers!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
Really? Wow, I'm gonna have to transfer all those files from the hard drive first and then format right? I hope my G2 would recognise it then. I'll post an update soon as I can get my hands on another HDD to back up to before format.

Thanks.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
The only thing is, my other small USB drive which did work via USB OTG is also NTFS format. Why would this work and not the larger capacity external HDD?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rayan:
Are you 100% certain the other one is NTFS? :confused:

Android is not NTFS compatible out of the box (unless rooted).

Cheers!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
Yes I'm sure. The 4gb USB stick that works over otg cable is actually what I used to create a quick recovery drive of my win8 laptop as soon as I unboxed it. Win8 requires the flash drive to be NTFS for the recovery image to be created. So I did as it asked and formated and it produced the recovery drive on it.

I now connect it to my G2 and it recognises the flash drive and it shows the contents as recovery files for windows.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subhani:
Tldr both drives are NTFS format.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maracxos:
Greatings to all,

I need factory rom for gsmart tuku t2, i need it in odin format, to remove cwm recovery,

I am very disapointed with this device and i tried to flash it with other roms i have succesfuly rooted device with framaroot and then succesfully instaled cwm and i have tried custom roms for rio r1 orange nivo and miui for huawei 8850d, as they are on same chip msm8225 but every time the phone is stuck on boot screen.

after that i have flashed with factory rom and it works again now i want to remove cwm recovery as the cwm is on chinese and i don know chinese...

i have tried with cwm loob disabler and remover but it wont work and as i have only factory zip file i cannot use odin...

and if someone can help me find a way for better sound in conversation it is chopped and canot recognize the words and i canot make conversation is there some way or is this just a bad phone (as for waranty they have sayed to me it is normal as they tried other phones and they have bad sound too) so this is the reason why i have tried to flash phone

I am sorry if this is no place for this post and i have use the search engine for this problem for last 3 days and i cannot find sollution for this....

Thank you very much,
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qerten:
stuck on bootscreen = you have to manually flash boot.img via adb
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] tupacpsp:
Is it possible to rearrange the line up for the soft keys?

There's an xposed module for my G2, Is it also possible on my Nexus 7 2nd?

I'd rather have the back button on the right side.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] aresbv2000:
Try GravityBox Xposed Module...it has some features that overrides stock navbar.Or...you can hide stock navbar and install UltimateDinamicNavbar from Playstore.It's very customizable.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] tupacpsp:
Some xposed plugin with works perfect!

Thank you
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ciphercode:
Would anyone happen to have a copy of the Credo Voicemail app.
[Asus Transformer TF700] velicusorin:
Hi.

After I managed to get my Asus TF700KL rooted using Framaroot (Gandalph exploit), I decided to try another animation logo. After I change the original bootanimation.zip file with another one and I reboot, the tablet freeze after display the new animation added by me.

Now I can't start anymore the TF700KL to put back the original bootanimation.zip file.

Can you please tell me if exist a solution for my problem ?

I have to take the TF700KL to the ASUS service to recover it ? Can be recovered ?

Thank you.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
This is the danger of messing with system files when just rooted but not unlocked.

Anyway , download the full Rom from the Asus support site and unzip onto a Microsd. I think you can refresh factory from that. It will wipe all your data though.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chiadrum:
So I have been doing a lot of flashing and I wanted to clean up my phone so I did a full wipe,factory reset and then rooted,unlocked bootloader and flashed TWRP 2.6.3.Then I backed up my fresh image of Samsung Touchwiz.Then I moved my TWRP backup of my Carbon setup into the backup directory created by my initial backup.then I did a restore of that backup.Now my problem is that my directory structure is out of whack.I plug the phone into the PC and all I see is Rocket Player,Android and clockworkmod folders in that order.I can't access Music or set a custom ringtone,those directories are not found.I can no longer see the original backup either,Trying to figure out what I did wrong.Did I need to flash Carbon and Gapps first and then do a restore?I missed a step somewhere just wondering if anyone can shed any light.

Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
When you cleaned house on your internal storage while on TW, everything was in /sdcard. When you flashed Carbon (AOSP JB) Jellybean moved your internal storage to /0/sdcard and everything from TW is sort of hidden from that directory now. You should be able to see it or unhide that data in /data/media, /legacy, or /emulated if you switch back to TW. Idk if you'll be able to find it while currently on AOSP, someone correct me if I'm mistaken.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] chiadrum:
Hey man thanks for the reply-I repeated the whole process,doing a complete TWRP wipe as in no OS at all,flashed back to stock,flashed a "virgin" Carbon and Gapps,THEN did my TWRP restore (After a backup of the virgin Carbon).Now everything seems to be working normally.Evernote had to reformat and Swiftkey needed to download languages again but so far so good.

Hope this helps someone in the future-couldn't find any procedures for a restore AFTER doing a Full wipe,starting over from scratch.Now I know,first flash the ROM you will be restoring.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] SlimSnoopOS:
Glad you're all set! :good:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] UnlockBR:
Hi,

I need a protuguese (from Portugal or Brazil) flash for a Qtek9100. Flash may be from i-Mate, Qtek or any other similar.

Thanks in advance,
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario Software Upgrading] dcoelho:
See in the ftp. there you have a portuguses (PT) rom.
[General Questions and Answers] droid3923:
This is a nice phone but the volume is a Little low, i was expecting it to have more of a Samsung volume for the price. i guess it has the same firmware as the other F optimus series phones i think, so is there anything i can do ?

Lg optimus F7 (us780) Boost mobile (Sim Card Version)