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[Samsung Gear 2 Neo] Rostenhollander:
Improved battery life

After receiving my Gear 2 Neo device, I was shocked how fast the battery drained. But now after one week with some reading and testing it has improved significantly. First the battery drained about 3-4 % an hour when not using the device at all, now I have 1-2% battery loss in Idle conditions, yesterday I used my Gear intensively, installing apps testing them, calling and so on, at the end of the day I had 50% left !

There are 4 factors I suspect to be the reason of my battery improvement:

1 : disable wake on wrist movement

2: do not use your device to lock and unlock your Phone

3: I now only sync favorite contacts to the watch

4: I suspect the battery is better after a few times charging and discharging

Today I unplugged the charger at 8.35 am and around 12h30 i still had 95% left, after walking the dog for half an hour while testing endomondo and runtastic app and playing around some more I ended up with 79% at 15h40, at 16h40, still 79%.

By the way, runtastic uses less power than endomondo, but endomondo supports the heartbeat sensor. Also compared the live heartbeat in endomondo to my girlfriends polar watch (with heart sensor around the chest), and the heartbeat was pretty much the same!

Edit: 18h30 :76%

Edit2: Close your Gear manager when not using it.

8h30 100% 16h 93%
[Samsung Gear 2 Neo] 12gage:
Thanks for your input, when comparing the heart rate sensors was that when you were sitting/idle or during a workout? I'm curious to know if it could give you a fairly accurate CHR when working out and if sweat could damage the charging terminals
[Samsung Gear 2 Neo] dsecareanu:
I just got my neo 2 watch 2 days ago and after playing with it for a while got 41% battery left. 2 days usage, no turning off, display 2, timeout 10 secs and all notifications active.
[Samsung Gear 2 Neo] Ashganka:
Frankly saying I'm starting getting angry, and I'm willing to throw the watch out of the window, or N3 do not know it yet.

I know that battery is fine, since when G2N is disconnected, the battery lasts about 4-5 days. After some initial problems, I was very happy with battery life because it kept connected 3-4 days at ease. This situation was for about two months however this what is happening now is a nightmare.

As soon as I connect the watch to N3 they start freaking out, both the watch and the phone are discharged after 0.5 - 1 day.

Clean Master app shows me the processes of this crap, there ale 4 or 5 of them e.g Samsung Gear providers and they are being restarted in background about 120 times per hour when i freeze them battery is fine for about 2 or 3 hours and then they are showing up again. Nothing helps neither greenify nor blocking. If i do factory reset for the G2N and remove Gear manager from the N3 situation improves for 1 - 2 days and then again the same.
[Samsung Gear 2 Neo] Ipse_Tase:
When you do throw them out the window, let me know where :)

Jokes aside, I have the exact same combo and yes, there are 4-5 processes running now (compared to before getting the Gear) but I average 1%/hr for the watch and well, the phone has a lot more variation in use.

I would suggest uninstalling the Gear Manager, unpair the watch and start from scratch. Unless you installed one of those funky apps that runs on BOTH watch and phone and drains them both (like Car0, GPS Maps, etc) you should not have that big of a problem.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Naturesretard:
I'm currently on 4.3 stock rooted 0x0 flag. I'm curious about KK but heard about a HUGE flaw with apps not able to write to external sd card...Therefore rendering them practically useless.

I'm assuming I shouldn't update ota and instead flash. But what will I need? And has the sd card issue been fixed?

I'm just looking for something more stable and a little slicker. Would like to stay tw or stock/ stock debloated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chipworkz:
Since you haven't pulled the trigger yet, like me, I would hold off a little longer and wait to see what 4.4.3 brings us. It is just rumored right now but it is supposed to be a bug fix release. From what I have gathered, you really aren't missing anything big by not being on KitKat. I have had the itch to go ahead an upgrade too but I am going to wait to see when 4.4.3 is likely to hit us first.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] eudemonics:
in my humble opinion....

NO!!!!!!!!​
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Naturesretard:
So if I get any urges to want to change things up I should stay on 4.3?

I'm still debating breaking knox or not. I never plan to use knox and haven't decided if I plan to trade this in for jump or not. I'm loving the battery life and have no gripes but minor hiccups.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
If you root KK, there is an SD fix. Otherwise don't.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Naturesretard:
Why are people telling me not to then? I thought the sd issue was the only issue with KK
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
A lot of people are having problems with KK. If they have rooted, the SDcard issue is not one of them since there is a fix for it. if you don' t have root, then it is a problem with no fix.

I'm one of the minority. Rooted Stock 4.42 with no real issues. Battery is fine, SDcard is fine, WiFi is good etc...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Naturesretard:
Oh so those got it pre installed have issues but those who flash while rooted are fine.

Would you say you notice any stability or noteworthy features over 4.3?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] mike102871:
Yes. Absolutely no problems on stock rooted KK. Flash wicked and its even better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] krelvinaz:
I didn't say that.

I was rooted before on 4.43 however, keeping root was not an option when I did the update. I used Odin to flash 4.42 and re-rooted (triggered Knox), loaded the sdcard fix and loaded TWRP in the process.

I was not having any issues on 4.43 though. KK got me better battery usage and access to new software.

If you are rooted, you can apply the sdcard fix. If you are not rooted, I don't think there it's a fix for that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] CravingMender9:
Since you are still on 4.3, you can easily root using Kingo or de la vega method without triggering knox.

After that, upgrading to 4.4.2 is very easy and you still have root and warranty.

If you don't care about knox, then you can just update and use Chainfire to root 4.4.2 (knox warranty void). It is pretty simple.

I have 4.4.2, root (from my previous rooted 4.3) and warranty intact + SD fix and xposed mods. The phone is just amazing now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
Thats Like Saying Should I Buy These New BOSS rims for my car HAVING the money.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Liquorsicc92:
The only issues I've heard due to the kitkat update are terrible battery life and the SD card issue. There's a flashable zip to fix the SD card issue and I believe installing the Foldermount app does some kind of fix. The battery life issue seems to be fixed after a simple factory reset, however, you'd have to root the device like others have stated. My phone runs great on KK. I'm getting awesome battery life and I have not experienced any problems whatsoever.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Frank Westlake:
You can get improved battery life on 4.3 by removing bloat, and there's no need to apply a fix so you can use the sdcard normally. Is there any real improvement in 4.4.2?

Frank
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
After a week of hearing about the problems I just went ahead and upgraded why? Who doesn't like to have the newest? Plus there are fixes if your rooted. If not well maybe you are screwed but who wouldn't want to root? Been doing it since OG evo 4G
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Neva Eva Forget 1984:
Does anyone have any issues recording video with KK? I updated the just the modem (running Slimkat) and can't record videos or sometimes can't play youtube videos in HD. It's not a rom issues. Might go to stock KK and than try reinstalling everything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Naturesretard:
Funny, me too. I still have my og Evo 4g. Have you noticed any difference in battery life compared to 4.3? I have root and knox In-tact and apparently it's easy to upgrade...but I don't want worse battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] chuko303:
You won't have worse battery life bud. I'm pretty sure that will be rom and kernel related. Theirs like 4 to 5 kit Kat toms out their now. All good. All different, over in the international forum the rom that made me go to kitkat was XNOTE v11. Was a great rom but build international of course, hyperdrive is great one too good battery life I can't complain. Lean kernel will save the most battery
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Naturesretard:
Alright I'll have to do some digging and find a flash able rom...and finish my root by breaking knox finally and flashing a recovery.

As easy as it makes things, I'm worried to break knox. Not because of warranty. Lol I know tmo doesn't give 2 ****s about root...

My concern is when I want to sell the device, maybe retaining knox flag will help increase the price point.

This phone is a powerhouse. Easily able to last for the next few years until EoD. Throw In the obvious office features and a still working knox (albeit being able to be reset at samsung warehouses (I'd cite the info but I'm not in front of my desktop)) who wouldn't want this phone for work?

Thoughts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] xEVILFREDx:
I did the same but I am having issues with my network sticking on the new baseband. Do you have any issues Mike ? I feel like my phone goes to 4G / 3G more then what it did before. LTE was working before I jump to KK. Also when I got phone calls before, my network would go from LTE to 4g on calls. Now it goes to 3G. What is going on ????
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] toddao:
It seems that since I upgraded to the new HTC Rom that whenever I'm at work for extended periods of time where the network strength is sketchy, the phone will eventually fail to reconnect to the network. I won't know this until I check the phone and can't make a call. Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks,

Todd
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Fortunato:
I don't think your problem is related to the ROM - I have this problem on the 8125 with stock ROMs.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Juicy J:
Hey i have had that happend to me twice, where it wont find the signal the second time i had to wait a whole day for it to come back, i dont kno if it was where i was located. I called a cingular rep and told me to put my sim card in another cingular phone and switch it back. And it works, but i dont want to carry to phones with my, i just upgrade my ROM from HTC and it seem to be doing pretty good.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canonaac:
I have a nook color with CM7 (7.2). I want to upgrade to the new 10.2. How ever I seem to be having issues doing so. I tried going into the boot menu and doing the recovery mode but it never works. Sometimes the Barnes and Noble error comes up and asks if I want to restore to factory and even that brings back the old CM7. So can someone please help me either get this thing back to stock B&N so I can root it again fresh, or is there a way to upgrade this I am not getting? I installed the rom on the eMMC.

Thanks for the help. If this doent make sense or you need more info please dont hesitate to ask. My terminology isnt to sharp on this stuff.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
You probably don't have CWM installed to internal memory. That B&N error is the stock recovery. You must make a bootable CWM SD to get CWM. Go to my NC Tips thread linked in my signature and make one per item A10.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canonaac:
Thanks for replying.

I followed the instructions but Im not sure what to do exactly. I used 6.0.1.2 and put the image on the SD card. What do I do from there? Or was I supposed to add more files to the SD?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leapinlar:
After you make the SD, put the CM zip and gapps zip on the SD and boot to it. Then use the CWM to install zip from SD.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canonaac:
Hey it worked!

Thank you so much for your time and patience. Your guide was very helpful :P

:good::good::good::good::good:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] shanda5303:
Hello! I'm trying to help a friend root his phone and I totally f'd it up and now I have no wifi or data and I can't figure out for the life of me how to get bypasslkm.zip installed I've tried installing it from SD card with invalid signature message and I've tried adb sideload and adb push as per the post

"adb push bypasslkm /data/local/tmp

cd /data/local/tmp

chmod 755 bypasslkm

./bypasslkm"

I keep getting "error: closed" what am I doing wrong? I'm a total noob :crying:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] DeadlySin9:
You ran the last commands in adb shell or Terminal Emulator right? Also it's easier to get the flashable bypasslkm zip from the downgrade thread, flash that in safestrap, and run it with init.d

Sent from my SGH-I337 running Blackbox 3.0
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kruxy Nuylla:
Good Night guys,

First, I'm sorry if this is the wrong place, I'm new here. I want to root my LG Optimus L3 II e435f dual, 'cause, just like any Linux user, I need freedom... well, I've been trying two ways:

First One:

Software: Kingo Root Android 1.2.2

It fails in the end, saying "NeedRoot" as error message. I've tried even shutdown de antivirus, but didn't work :(

I think I did everything ok, but I can't understand :(

Second:

Software: framaroot

In framaroot 1.4.1, any exploit gives me this message: "Faile :(... Try other exploit if available". In 1.6.0 or above, the program crashes with SuperSU and Gandalf, and gives the same message in other configurations.

Also, I've tried with unlockroot one-click-"something", but nothing :(

Please, help me understande this issue. Thanks for the help ;)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IGGYVIP:
Need 2 more details

what operating system your pc uses ?

what is your current firmware ? (v10a? v10b? v10c? v10d?)

for blind guess try vroot (found in my signature) :)
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zlata:
did u try rageagainsthecage ?
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kruxy Nuylla:
I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate x64.

How can I see my firmware?

I'll try vroot... Is it secure? What about bricking chances?

Thanks For the Help :laugh:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kruxy Nuylla:
No, I didn't. Is it secure? What about chances of damage to my fone?

Thanks for the Help :laugh:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daniolki:
huh, I think that VROOT can't damage your phone. Just don't be scared if you successfully root your phone and you find the chinese superuser app :D
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 4Freedom:
only root tipycally dont create brick:good:
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kruxy Nuylla:
Thank You

Thank You everybody!

I've used vRoot and my phone is rooted. :laugh:

Also thanks about the brick information. :good:
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
I have a 1st gen fire, and I attempted to root it, it froze on the startup logo screen. Now I tried to reconnect it to my computer to use unbrock utility and it won't recognize the device. Did a clean install of adb drivers and I still cant find my kindle.

Thanks for the time.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SwoRNLeaDejZ:
You are probably stuck in fastboot. Get the necessary fastboot executable and files and run command 'fastboot devices' to ses if your serial number comes up.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
And i do that how?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
I tried installing twrp recovery using kfu 0.9.9 and it stops at fast reboot says waiting for device.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
[fastboot] stock 6.2.1 fastboot mode without rooting or cables

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1414832
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
So i downloaded the file, what do i do with it? Im very noob at this, i rooted my HTC one no problem but this is kicking my butt lol
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
Wish I could just pay someone to fix this.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
You need to use the adb and fastboot.exe files that are included with KFU, to push the files to the kindle.

Some basic adb instructions in my list. sd_shadow's collection of links for: Kindle Fire 1
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
Im doing the manual install of the drivers and when i select the "findle fire drivers" in my download folder, it says was unable to install driver could not find driver for your device.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Did you unzip drivers?

Did you uninstall old drivers?

May need to reboot pc a couple of times
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
Yes

Yes

No

Im running 8.1 if that makes a difference.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
I restarted the computer and it says the same thing.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
I tried to manually install the drivers from KFU and it gave me this.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
Tried another driver and got this.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] primerars:
Omg I finally fixed it. Just a quick run down of what I did.

Windows 8.1

Stuck on boot logo

Drivers wouldn't load.

Had to disable driver signature

manually installed adb drivers (ignored the warnings)

unpluged kindle and plugged it back in

ran KFU hit recovery.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
great, I don't have win 8, and forgot about the disabling driver signature trick
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minix51:
kfu

Try to get your kindle fire recognize by your Pc... run Krupp. Get your adb status online..enter boot menu boot normal mode 4000
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] h0n3y:
Can anyone port Google Camera for 4.1.2?

It only support for 4.4. This app have len blur and very excited.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] Troubadour666:
Hi,

i dont know if you are in right section to ask but i have this old tool

V3-CWM-ActivatedSphere-GoogleCamera-GalleryGoogle.zip - 16.08 MB

maybe he should work on your neatrom. Make nandroid before use.

thanks.
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] h0n3y:
This is Google Camera of Google. But it support for 4.4 only. :crying:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] the-bomber:
it's inside neatrom update app O.O
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] bondlolo:
Could you download a post here? O PM?
[Galaxy S II Themes and Apps] BryanChia:
i thought they are both different ?

like they look different @@ cause i flashed trounadour666's file before and its different compare to this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera @@
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexte:
Factory defect or are they going to say I caused this? the phone was never dropped and shows no signs of being dropped. I can only assume this is a result of taking my phone out of the case often. I have a tech21 case and I do take the phone out daily. Either way T-Mobile said they would credit me the charge if any. I just wanted to get some ideas on how this happened and what you think they will say caused it.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Kawaisa:
Well it's plastic, weak plastic for that matter. I remember that my Note 2 trim was damaged from removing a stiff TPU case a few times.

Maybe Samsung should quit producing theses phones with plastic trims.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Medic1013:
Mine broke in the exact same place yesterday. I haven't used a case much at all but I did think that when I have the taking in and out might be the reason.

I never got insurance with t mobile so didn't think about taking in. I guess I can live with it for now. Maybe put a case on :)

Grande Note 3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] princeasi:
That type of breakage is from user error.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexte:
And that post was from an idiot. Unless you can prove your comments please leave them to yourself. Still laughing as I finish this post. I Used the phone to make calls improperly..... my kung fu grip is too strong?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] princeasi:
.....but your the one with a broken note 3. Now it's ugly lolll good day to you sir ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] hucesar1017:
True, I dinged my volume rocker to the point that it bent. Took it back to Costco (you get 90 days return there) and swapped it out for a new one. I hated just knowing my volume rocker was dinged on a brand new note 3.

My advice working for tmobile tech support (the guys that exchange your phone). Your worrying too much, this is a manufacturer defect. They will not charge you a out of warranty fee as long as the rep notes that it NOT user error.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexte:
Learn to read. My NEW one is coming today and I will not have to pay the deductible. troll feeding over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexte:
The Rep was some old lady that i have to repeat my name to 3 times. I don't even think she understood what the exact damage was. Good thing is she said i would be credited if i was charged.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] princeasi:
No matter how many times you may throw insults, the fact of the matter is, that damage is from user error, and now you'll be receiving a refurbished phone that someone else probably abused, like the one pictured in the 1st post lol. Good luck on your refurbished phone ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] PrettyPryncess:
My first one did the same thing and I didn't know what happened. I sent it back and got a replacement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Lorettaa:
How's the new one you got?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexte:
Mine lasted 6 months not a scratch, no chipping and worked fine until this happened over the weekend. if it is happening it to everyone in the same place its a stress area that wasn't picked up during testing. I can only assume it had to do with case removal. Can someone else that did not have this problem confirm they did or did not remove the phone from a tight case on a regular basis? A store rep looked at mine and asked if i sat on the phone which I never have.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Medic1013:
How did you get your phone replaced? Does t mobile have insurance for this sort of stuff?

Grande Note 3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] princeasi:
Not trying to be a smart@ss but if you broke it from removing a "tight" case, then it's your fault. If the case was other than an official Samsung product, it's your fault. It's a defect if you open the box and the crack was there, or suddenly you looked at it and the breakage manifested before eyes without your intervention none whatsoever. Anything else, it's user error!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] flexte:
I have a business account and have been with tmobile for years so the gave me a one time replacement free of charge. As far as explaining to them how it happened i have no clue. User error ks hard to phathom because these phones should me able to be taken in and out of the case i bought from tmobile. I am not even sure thats how it happened because it did not break in front of my eyes. Good luck. And to the troll if a refurbished phone bothers you how do uou have sex with women other than virgins. That beat up ***** has got to bother u more than a previously used phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] Lorettaa:
Well now I wont be surprised in the future when this happens to my phone too.