yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Samzter:
Isn't battery calibration on modern batteries just a myth? According to MKBHD's video on YouTube entitled "Top Battery Myths"..

Sounds convincing and logical..
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] tallman43:
According to this battery calibration is a myth >> http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/ << I stopped doing it a long time ago :)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] DarkRaven66:
Is there a fix for the pink photos on low light, I'm on stock non rooted htc one m7
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] theotrman:
Yes... Kinda... Contact HTC and ask if they will fix it. Then send it to them.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] DarkRaven66:
There's no other way? I don't want to send my phone
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Kraizk:
No, this has been confirmed to be a hardware issues. You cant fix a hardware issue with software.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Boosted_01 R:
Had enough of 4.4 till they fix all these issues. I was ok with the issues till my ringer stopped working and it would only vibrate (needed to be restarted)

So my question is:

- Flashing back to 4.3 .101 can I just uncheck data and cache or do I need to do a fresh install ?

Thanks
[Sony Xperia ZL] anagramgenius:
better to fresh install
[Sony Xperia ZL] Adilson Casula:
there's an official downgrade?

if i flash one that flt i'll lose my TA?
[Sony Xperia ZL] katananja:
There is none and also not necessary, just flash an older version with flashtools.

It will not harm your TA partition.
[Sony Xperia ZL] Boosted_01 R:
So long 4.4 hello 4.3...... 4.4 .230 was truly horrible.... my phone was warm at idle....crazy... with 4.4 I was getting maybe 40% MAX (with Location turned off) the battery life of 4.3 .101..... I should add to my other thread title, "Impressed with 4.4 Rollout, Disappointed with 4.4" .....

Personally 4.4 isn't worth it, nothing special, maybe end of summer they will have it running well..........
[Sony Xperia ZL] Adilson Casula:
The main problem isn't have a bug. But they took a long time to release this one, damn.

I'm not expecting for a bug corrector update so close. Does their developers did't get this one?

How about the Sony bug reporting? Does it can read a "slowly" interface and high drain battery as a bug, or just crashing on apps?
[Sony Xperia ZL] Boosted_01 R:
Not sure exactly what your asking, when I had 4.4 I had the following issues:

- 40% the battery life of 4.3 .101 (with location turned off)

- Email unresponsive pop up msg

- Ringer stopped working (only fix was resetting the phone, if you tired to go into sound, it would freeze for a few seconds)

- At idle the battery was draining a good bit and the phone was warm with no use.

- Choppy interface

- Very Laggy Keyboard

Not sure what else I am forgetting, but that's the most of it.... Don't understand how Sony could releases such a bad version

Bright side going back to 4.3 was great..... :D
[Sony Xperia ZL] enrique71:
I rolled back to 4.3 after 2 days of pain! Apart from battery drain (even with Google Play fix), and extreme lag in settings, not to mention that the Exchange Email has a bug that only allows a strong password to be used, I finally threw in the towel and went back to 4.3 where NONE of these bugs exist.

I for one don't like the 4.4 quick settings menu, it's a pain to have to go to the right and scroll where on 4.3 it's right there.

Even when Sony fixes their kitkat software, I pretty sure I'm staying on 4.3 for simply more stability and frankly I don't see really any big changes in the software.
[Sony Xperia ZL] nukharma:
Hi Guys....

Can somebuddy tell me the last 4.3 Build Number.....for a later Update....I'am running the last 4.2 Build....still happy and really wont go to 4.4....when I read about....sounds really like it sucks ;)
[Sony Xperia ZL] enrique71:
The last ZL 4.3 firmware is 10.4.1.B.0.101. This build is very stable, no real bugs to report .. Over all, this is solid.
[Sony Xperia ZL] nukharma:
Thanks [MENTION=3607000]enrique71[/MENTION]

Good to Know.....if I want to try some new, I'll take it. But pretty Happy with the 4.2 also!
[Sony Xperia ZL] felcocs:
Yeah... you are absolutely right. I don't know how it's going for other phones, but what made me want KitKat was the new Runtime... the ART thing, that we don't have at this moment.

PS.: I don't know if the ART is even viable, in any KitKat out there, BUT that's what I was waiting for...
[Sony Xperia ZL] rayzaweirdooo:
My phone is 10.4.1.B.0.569(4.3)

Sent from my C6502
[Sony Xperia ZL] enrique71:
. 101 is newer than .569
[Sony Xperia ZL] sTOrM41:
i just refleshed 4.3 (from 4.4)

and now its bootlooping..

****..

any idea?!
[Sony Xperia ZL] JiroPrinz8:
Guys would anyone be kind enough to point me where i can download the. 101 fw? I hate kitkat. Just got this phone and i hate.the.lag
[Sony Xperia ZL] enrique71:
You must have not flashed the kernel or you flashed the wrong FTF. Be sure you are flashing the right file for your C65xx. Hold the reset button until it vibrates 3 times and turns off, then flash your file again.
[Sony Xperia ZL] sTOrM41:
i flashed C6503_10.4.1.B.0.101 R1C_Generic DE.ftf

shouldnt this work?!

i managed to reflash kitkat,

but i cant get my ZL working with 4.3
[Sony Xperia ZL] JiroPrinz8:
Anyone can give a good download link for.101?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] tvtung:
Anybody has tried to up new ROM of Dopod (released on 22 Aug 2006)? Does it solve the misalignment problem ? :o

Tung
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sectorlord:
No and yes... depends how lucky u are ... :wink:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] tvtung:
How about yours now ? Any issue ? One week already?

Tung
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] slash68:
The best way to fix the alignment problem is to replace the hardware. I tried all combinations of the new ROMs but I then replaced my handset and everything works a treat and has done for 2 weeks. The replacement was a 626 v1605, this definitely is a hardware problem.

Save your time and replace the handset :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] shark1:
I have been lucky with one of my tytn's, i have 2 for testing in our organization, one has the alignment problem and other does not, both were brought at the same time, both had the same rom.

I think it is a hardware problem as I have tried all sorts of fixs and none work.

I will return the bad one as I am sure its a hardware problem.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sectorlord:
My alignmnet issue juts disappear for no reason ..good now 1 week..

:evil: BUT MY SLIDER is now loose,,,...

and having deep sleep problem....

:oops: this baby is going back..
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bydandie:
How'd you get Voda to take the device back after flashing different roms on it?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] vpacIIman:
FIXED

:D Well my Screen was fixed by the Dopod ROM.

Had Problems with original O2 ROM (german) and I-Mate ROM.

I use the Dopod ROM for 4 Days now an everything is fine.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] tvtung:
Re: FIXED

Yours is still ok till today! No more misalignment problem ?

Do you use often the unit?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] bydandie:
@slash68 did you just call voda and replace the flashed v1605?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] vpacIIman:
Re: FIXED

It is perfect now, I use it every day!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] yak86:
where can i find this new rom release on august 22nd? I don't see it on the Wiki?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] pof:
The dopod ROM 1.23.707.4 dated 07/21/06 was released on August 22nd, and it is on the wiki.

See the forum announcement here:

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=60046
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] sectorlord:
my alignmnet issue is not fixed by any of the ROM....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DBThanatos:
Hello.

Here's what happened in short form

Model: i9300

Android Stock 4.1.x

1. Sim-Unlocked it via "hidden menu"

2. Used new carrier without issues

3. Switched back to original carrier (after a few months)

4. Flashed ROMs to hell and back. 4.2, 4.3 & 4.4.

5. Change to a new carrier (after about a year)

6. Phone is SIM locked.

7. Check with original carrier, they say "NOPE; you wont unlock it with us because of reasons"

8. Take phone downtown where shady people do magic

9. They flashed the "leaked" 4.2.2 and phone is UNLOCKED

10. I ask if I will be able to flash newer ROMs and they say "nope. Stick with this one"

11. Did nandroid backup

12. Flashed Neatrom android v4.3: WORKS

13. Flashed any non-stock ROM: No network

14. Went back to neatrom: works again

15. Used Archi's Archiport: WORKS

16. Flash any non stock ROM over it, whether 4.3 or 4.4: No network

So, im not sure what did the people downtown did. But everytime I want to flash a non stock ROM, it wont work.I tried making a backup of EFS while in STOCK, then flash non stock ROM, and restore the backup, but no luck.

Any idea?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Money2g:
Hey everyone. I wanted to ask a question about the GPE HTC one m8. I was wondering if it's possible to put the stock HTC one m8 Rom on it. I've tried the stock Rom on the Verizon version and I liked it but am unsure if I can put the stock Rom on the gpe HTC one.
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Money2g:
Anyone?
[One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Radixtrator:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2722578

There you go
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AgentTran:
I recently just got a plan on the Canadian cell service provider, WIND, on my Roger's phone. I unlocked it and make it able to use AWS bands, which is what WIND is on. The phone read WIND fine when I was getting the plan, but only a few hours later the signal died and now I'm getting "Your SIM does not allow a connection to the network".

I tried using ODIN and flashing back to stock 4.1.1, but that has not worked. I don't know what to do right now.

I also tried turning the radio on and off, and that has not worked.

I'm stumped. Can anybody help?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Darkshado:
You have to reapply the AWS mod the moment you flash another modem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] abonides:
My phone was was modded and has had SEVERAL different modems and never had to re apply the mod is a hardware firmware flash and should stick. You could try I suppose but it may b with all the ownership changes with carriers here they may have changed frequencies. Like Telus screwed 90% of Public mobile customers.

When I modded mine I went through QPST there is a thread in development.

Sent from my AWS enabled I317m ❤ Running DN3 v5.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SaHiLzZ:
Blacklisted maybe?
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fede37:
Hi all. I was wandering. Is there an app that measures how much time are you on mobile data and on WiFi? I know that the built-in battery stats give similar information. But I mean, I need to know EXACTLY how long I have been on WiFi and on mobile data. Because it is more accurate to measure battery life. We could use total battery life in hours + screen-on time + WiFi-on time + mobile data-on time so we can get a super accurate way od measuring battery life. Thanks for your time
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lockyvamp:
maybe you need to try onavo count
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fede37:
Will try. Thanks

EDIT: I tried it. It's a nice app but it doesn't meet my needs. I need an app to measure the time that I spend on mobile data and on WiFi in hours (like screen-on time in battery settings).
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] Jessica.alba:
Are you satisfied with your phone's battery backup??? If not,follow the tutorial,you will surely have a better battery life.

Calibration needs to be done after flashing a new ROM, but you can calibrate any time you think your battery is miscalibrated. An app called battery stats caliberator does it by removing the batterystats.bin system file. The OS generates a new clean batterystats file soon, thus any fake information from the previous ROM is removed.

It's suggested, but not necessary, to let the phone fully

discharge after calibration, then charged to 100% without break.

The app shows your actual battery status, and only allows

you to start the calibration (i.e. removes the file) when

it's fully charged, unless you force earlier calibration. The voltage meter can be useful too. Full charge is around

4200mV.

There is an option to beep when 100% is reached so you

don't have to closley follow the changes.

Get this app and deatils ==>> http://www.techmaafias.com/2014/05/how-to-clear-battery-stats-for-better.html
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 Themes and Apps] hamada3381:
Thanks very useful post
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bindu4t5:
i cant install cyanogen mod updates. i am using clockwork and everytime i try it just says failed. i tried unrooting my phone and the rerooting it and then trying to install cyanogenmod with clockwork and twrp but it says that it failed. can someone help me?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikon120:
Sounds like a bad download. Be sure to compare MD5 checksums of your downloads.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bindu4t5:
well i first tried downloading it to my phone and when that didnt work. i used my laptop to download it and put it into my phone what else can i do?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] justinisloco:
Are you sure you downloaded the correct version for the Nexus 5 Hammerhead? That sounds like you downloaded a copy for another phone
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You should give the error message if you want accurate answers
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcboosted:
I searched the forums and found some threads regarding this but I didn't find my answer.

My N7 running CM 10.2.1 and Motley kernel for OC was low on battery one day, I plugged it in overnight and woke to find it completely dead. Attempted to charge it while it is turned off a few times over night, no go. I took the battery out and it was really low in voltage. Used my RC gear to charge it up to 91%. Reinstalled into N7, it boots fine and I connected to USB charger from the wall. Instead of charging, the battery is slowing draining.

I tried different cables, different chargers, return to factory cpu frequency nothing seems to be working. I suspected the usb port on the N7, but fastboot devices is able to detect it. Any idea what's going on?

I'm currently restoring to a nandroid backup before the Motley kernel since someone mentioned in a thread that restoring to a older kernel fixed it for him. Pending result.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rcboosted:
restoring to CM default kernel did not help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] originalspic:
Pretty much the title. i have looked around and nothing has been found so i figured maybe i over looked something simple. which i do often. lol

any help would be greatly appreciated

its the alcatel one touch pop 7 p310a
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stefanthehuman:
Use the same method for the Alcatel one touch idol mini

this: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2784451&d=1402084843

And I believe its the third option down, try it out. No recovery that I know of yet though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steelwolf411:
Yes

You can root it with Kingo android root. Worked for me anyway.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] auburn2eugene:
This is my 1st post. I wanted to 2nd this. I just got my tablet for free from T-Mobile, AND they knocked $40 off my bill for giving me this tablet and 5gb of data on the tablet. I rooted it this morning with Kingo as well. It was extremely easy once I actually got the tablet to connect to their program. With the difficulty of connecting included, I would rate the total difficulty to root this tablet using Kingo as a 3/10. If you can actually get the tablet to connect to their program easily, then I would rate it as a 0.25/10.

Not to mention this was my first time rooting anything. Now if an exploit could come out for my XTE Xmax, I would be one happy camper.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reynierpm:
I am not able to root mine it says something related to Java:

My tablet has Lookout enable by default and I can't uninstall it or disable, don't know if this is the cause why I can't root mine, any advice? Any other method around? Any recovery or ROM?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OffDatGoGo:
I finally have root! I used the KingRoot app found here in XDA (I will link it later). It took about a day and many attempts. Bye bye bloat!

Update: it seems to be a temporary root as root didn't survive a reboot. KingRooting it again as I type this
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sbm888:
The GN3 is an amazing phone - I love it, even with stock rom it easily lasts 2 days with about 3-5 hours screen time - which makes me ask, do/should you still charge every night?

For Note 1 and Note 2, going 2 days was pushing it, so I always charged nightly, but with Note 3, I'm wondering whether I shouldn't charge as much since it easily does 2 days?

the reason I ask is, the myths about charging too much, or leaving charged for too long, etc may ruin or reduce the life of your battery.

I still charge every time I'm next to a charger (at the office) even though I know my phone will last me another day or so.... I just like to see the battery over 50% - but is this going to ruin my batter quicker? always charging? and unplug and replug many times a day....

what does everyone else do? :confused: to charge or not to charge?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] xclub_101:
The number of recharges (the lifetime of the battery) is clearly limited so if possible I am charging in a very conservative way - once every 2 days if it works that way. But that is not always possible (and in some days I charge after a single day), plus as a backup I have a 2nd battery (fully-charged) in my backpack.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dnsp:
Well, I recharge it every night with no worries. If the battery loses its capacity to a point that it cannot handle a full day I'll just buy another one.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jvarzim:
Yes there are limited life cycles to a batery so you have to charge smart. Well if you use it... you should at least once a month use up all the battery and leave it uncharged for 4 to 6 hours after it shuts down. If it turns on its not the time to charge ot yet... let it rest another couple of hours. That way you always have the full battery at your disposal, not only a part of it... thats my experience...

Enviado do meu LG-V500 através de Tapatalk
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jerverg:
That's the beauty of having a removeable battery. You can charge everynight without worries of shortening the battery's lifespan.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] HSD-Pilot:
Yeah, actually the worst you can do to an modern battery is to discharge it to deep...This will kill lifetime everytime you're doing this.

Gesendet von meinem SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] HanZie82:
Read this: http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

TL:DR

Only empty the batterie once! (at first start to calibrate the phone)

Charge before below 30%

Charge as slowly as possible

Use google before posting nonsense

Thanks to the rest who know what they're talking about!

ps. This can be noticed when charging when dead it will be dead within a day after 2weeks of letting the batterie die everytime.

If you then charge every night again it will recover some and last longer after a while.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ShadowLea:
Let's bust a few myths here, first.

Drain cycle: Not needed. On the old batteries, you needed to do a full drain every month or some because it build up a memory. That's ancient history. It is infact very bad for your battery to do so on these new ones. Refrain from fully draining it unless you're having issues with the calibration. (Ex. if it shuts down at 20%.) Drain it once the very first time you get it. Not ever again after that without serious cause.

Best to keep at 100%: Hell no. Fully charged, particularly keeping it at fully charged, is actually quite bad for a Lithium-Ion battery.

Lithium-Ion batteries in consumer products last about 300-500 full charges before they start showing serious degradation in strength. The fuller you charge it and the longer you keep it on the charger, the lower that number becomes. Charging from 50% to 90% might make you 800 charges, where 10% to 100% will only last 300 charges.

It is best to keep the device between 30% and 90%. It is also better to charge small increments than long charges. So it's preferable to charge from 70 to 90% each time as opposed to waiting 3 days and charging from 5% to 100%.

There's been quite a number of threads all over XDA for various devices with this same question ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jvarzim:
Technology is always evolving.

But when you post a link to a specialist website you must have seen the first link who talks exacly of what I was talking about.

batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/battery_calibration

None the less it's possible, and I agree with the last post (it makes perfect sense) that things are now diferent.

That's why we use foruns in the first place. There are not smart users, and the others...

We all want to learn something...

Thank you for bringing some new knowledge to me.

:)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] adem54:
If my battery level below %50 I do.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Biker1121:
Hi guys,

I've a short time my note 3 but Im a little bit dissapointed because of battery life, I have note 3 for 3 days and battery life is terrible, I did factory reset and now it seems look good. Just tell me if this is normal that Android system drains battery almost like display. Is this stats good ?

Thank you
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ShadowLea:
Yes, that's normal. It's a KitKat thing. Most people have it sitting somewhere around 25%, so 15% is nice.

A highly inaccuate KitKat thing, at that. Yesterday I played Oh Edu! Towns (a town building game that's quite heavy) for 8 hours straight, and it(stock, BBS and GSAM) said the game used 2% and Android OS 22%. Somehow I doubt that. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Biker1121:
Do u think that custom rom like Omega will solve problem with battery life? I've got root I will just flash rcovery and rom.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stormage:
I'm charging whenever I have the chance, always need to be on a high-level charge, preferably 90% and more.

There are some myths regarding charging habits that might extend the life span of the battery, one of which is to unplug the phone when the charge level hits 100%.

That works for me so far, I have been charging this way since July 2013 :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] knightblaze:
I charge it several times a day after the KitKat update. My HTC one was great with the update, yet my Note 3 battery life took a dive. I used to get well over a day (24 hours and some minutes) with about 4-5 hours screen time with jelly bean. Now I get 14 or so with 3 hours screen time. I've factory reset, tried greenify (no root, sucks) disabled everything and still don't get much more.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ultramag69:
Lets be honest, most of the people here tend to upgrade to the newer phone when it comes out, depending on how much better it is of course, so we tend to have a phone for 2 years or less...

Most batteries will live that long with no problem and by the time you're ready to offload you "old" phone for an upgrade, batteries cost a few $on ebay so even if it requires a new battery it isn't too expensive...

A battery should easily last you for the amount of time you're going to be using it barring of course power surges, misuse or just a faulty battery....

Charge away and be happy. If it dies it's replaceable...:D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] ShadowLea:
Impressive, considering this phone was announced 4 September 2013.. ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stormage:
Oh Man, sorry for that...:o

I own a Note 3 and a S4, and I just wanted to share my experience with the battery charging habits of the S4, since in this category I'm quite sure it applies to the Note 3 also.

BTW, I've been doing the same (Battery charging) for the Note 3 also.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] killa12222:
I do but usually at 500mah when I sleep.