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[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] gooberdude:
Since your rooted, installing Xposed Framework and Wanam Xposed or Wanam DVFS Disable will work to correct the issues.

Have found a number of issues with Android itself. Google play music was disabled by me because of media issues with large storage. Would suck up battery power.

There are a number of threads and info about battery drain.

I do not recommend opening the device unless warranted, nor do I recommend using a calibration tool. Since it is not a permanent fix the tool will need to run again at a later time.

Your battery poll is not accurate enough for me to select which selection fits to the tablet. No 8.0 Note will be able to go 12 hours on internal battery.

I get 8+ hours on a full charge, with screen 1/3 to 1/2 brightness, and power save enabled. WiFi on, GPS not used but enabled, and a few Google apps and widgets disabled.

Cleaned up, and disabled image cache through Wanam Xposed. Running Greenify and enabled within Accessibility.

Battery usage will be skewed by apps and widgets installed and running in background. I use an Xposed module called Bootmanager to limit apps that I do not need at startup. Also I use Receiver Stop to limit wake ups by certain apps. I selectively found some widgets and removed them as well.

One oddity nobody has mentioned but it runs with all devices that have SD card slots. An SD card will draw power from your device. So some SD cards may draw more current than others. Not much within SD card spec, but newer tech SD cards may and have shown less current use by design.

I run a super fast SD card, so its tech may have lower current usage over HC SD cards.
[Galaxy Note 8.0 (Tablet) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooti] bob60626:
The battery disconnect worked for me; I went from kinda bleh battery life (3-4 hours screen time) to excellent (7+ with data and GPS always on).
[Micromax A110] yahiya:
Dear Devz,

Please help me to make switchable option for both sims...

Any patch available.......
[T-Mobile HTC One (M8)] newbieandroid:
Trying to figure out why the Ruu will not run! After I hit next when the Ruu extracts to the temp folder I hit Next on the License Agreement and the Ruu closes and does nothing. I used it before to restore my phone to factory settings but this time it will not launch. I tried it on 7 different computers. 6 Windows 8.1 computers and 1 Windows 7 and they all do the same thing.

Do these Ruus require Java? If so it might be due to the newest java currently out. Beside that I don't know what else is causing it not to open.

I did relock the phone, the ruu is running in admin

Found the solution here by onthezone

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2757462&page=10

Hope this helps someone else if they run across this issue.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] krazie1:
So I did the new 4.4.3 firmware update & when it rebooted I noticed I don't get 4G LTE anymore. I tried changing network mode, airplane mode & checking APNs and nothing is working. I am scared to believe it but I think my 4G LTE radio has died, do you guys have any way I can check if its working or not? Any help [MENTION=426561]scrosler[/MENTION] [MENTION=1331268]santod040[/MENTION] [MENTION=5317224]Tigerstown[/MENTION]?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
Crazy. Did you fastboot the firmware? An if so did you reflush it? Which means flash it twice?

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You can try to flash the new stock recovery an then do a factory reset an see if that repairs what got jacked up. If you do try this it will wipe your phone an remove your SD card. An backup your phone on your PC. Can't say it will work but it might. You will need the recovery from new ota ..just throwing out ideas.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] krazie1:
Man you saved my phone, I am really really grateful for your help. Thanks Tigerstown, really thanks a lot. :highfive:
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] Tigerstown:
That's what I do...lol just playing but I'm real glad to hear your all good again.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] garywojdan81:
This is good to know
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] bill3508:
When I flashed the firmware and booted up I had no LTE either. Network was set on global, reset to LTE, and rebooted and its working again.

HTC One M8/CM11/Excalibur 0.5
[General Topics] Benjamin150:
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[General Topics] Waltee:
I had an iPhone and switched over to Android and probably won't ever go back. The amount of customisation and mods you can make on Android is incredible, plus if you're not incredibly tech savvy even a custom ROM can give someone everything they'd want in a phone in a way that a jailbroken iPhone just never could for me,

Just wish there was a public release of something I came across a few months ago called "Cider for Android" which let iOS apps run natively on Android. Would be cool to have the option to have both kinds of apps on a single device.
[General Topics] doctor_droid:
Android ...

I would try apple only when it leaves the motor cycle segment and comes back to mobile segment..:p
[General Topics] Burt Macklin FBI:
I love everything you can do on an Android that you can't on an iPhone. Customizations, rooting, custom ROMS, being free from iTunes, etc.
[General Topics] blade2k11:
Well I came back to Apple

Well my first smartphone was 3 GS jailbroken. Ran good, but customization sucked, even with cydia. So got a Desire HD, and Played around with different ROMS. It was cool for a while, then got Samsung Note, and Note 2. they were both ok, but not that many ROMs for them. So when I got sick of that, went back to an iPhone 5. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. Functionality is the main reason I went back I guess, asa with Android, if you customized it you had to almost always give something up.
[General Topics] doctor_droid:
U didnt tried a nexus :p ?

Root + xposed is only thing needed to achieve extreme customization without giving up anything...

I would try a iphone 5s if my dad allows me to exchange my nexus 5 wid it....lol
[General Topics] gremtu1:
Chose android because there's so much more you can do with it it seems. Like when it comes to customization. You can choose different ROMs, kernals, etc. Just seem to have more freedom on android.
[General Topics] Planterz:
Originally I went with Android simply because I didn't like Apple/iTunes. I've always preferred PCs, and iTunes is one of the worst programs created (along with Real Player and Windows Vista). It wasn't until later on I learned the limitations of iOS outside of jailbreaking, short battery life, lack of 3rd party keyboards, and other such things. As time went on, I was increasingly happy I went with Android. I had LTE while everybody's iPhones topped out at 14.4Mb/s 3G. Expanding storage cost way less (and still does). Apple kickstarted the smartphone market; they weren't the first, but they were the ones that spurred on the revolution. But refusing to evolve outside their own little box that they prided themselves on thinking outside of made them fall way behind.

Obviously, many people will still and always love iPhones. The larger screens of the 6 and 6 Plus are obvious confessions by Apple that they've had their head up their collective ass for years. 4 years ago Steve Jobs said nobody will buy a phone that big (referring to the "huge" 4.3" screen of the Motorola Droid X). Samsung proved him wrong 3 years ago with the Galaxy S2, then the Note series, and have been proving him wrong ever since.

Frankly, I think iOS is just fine as an operating system. Is it the OS for me? Hell no. But I can't deny that it's well designed, well rounded, and nobody can deny the apps and games available for it. And if I had to, I could "get by" with an iPhone, since it will do pretty much anything I would want a smartphone to do throughout my day. But I also know I'd grow bored with it, and frustrated that I can't modify/customize/optimize it like I can an Android phone. And I'd never actually pay for an iPhone, unless it was an absurdly good deal (and I'd probably resell it anyway).
[General Topics] braddock84:
android

I went with Android over apple because my friend had just got the new Galaxy Nexus back in 2011 and he was talking about how badass it was and how you could root it and unlock it so after I saw his I had to get my own and I also was told that you cant install roms on Apple phones.

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what is a 3GS? is that a Nexus S?
[General Topics] Monotoko:
iPhone 3GS I imagine, one of these things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3GS
[General Topics] asmoroth:
Android... Widgets, customizations, opened system... And definitely hardware. I had iPhone and this is not bad device but not for me.
[General Topics] methuselah:
Pretty Interesting Question Though

nexus
[General Topics] Horizone:
I think up till now iPhone was the way to go. As much as android might have customisability and whatnot Apple was always superior in the UI and experience department in my opinion. However L is going a long way and will change things I think :)
[General Topics] NishaYume:
Android first place.

Im waiting to firefox os,can be installed easy in android phones.

Can be interesting test it.
[General Topics] mojito13:
I think both OS have their benefits, which I won't go into because it's a long-winded talk we've all heard before. I used to use Apple and liked it fine. Eventually it slowed down after an iOS update and it became out-of-date and I got frustrated with it. Moved over to Android and I like it, though it's not without faults. The main thing I like about Android is the ability to get another battery instead of relying on Apple's in-house repairs and service.
[General Topics] pjt12:
android forever...hahaha:laugh:
[General Topics] joisrevi1:
The operating system no longer reaches Appel Android, but it has going for it ... a very important therefore it is designed only for your own devices, while Galaxy is an android devices, all with different specifications, measurements, etc ...
[General Topics] Stuart Little:
Apple is too overpriced, i would pick an iPhone for €400 and a good Android phone for €400 also.

Tablets will be forever Android.

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[General Topics] chou_ik:
i prefer android
[General Topics] Edwin Bos:
Went for Android because they had more choice in hardware and were more configurable.

Leaning towards the Windows phone atm though...
[General Topics] lesliescott06:
iOS in all the way is better than android. The only demerit I found on iOS is there is no provision to open the battery. Apart from that there is no approach one would like android more than iOS. But again the choice varies from person to person.
[General Topics] tj426:
Its android for me...

I think Iphones are overpriced. You have a wide variety of hardware, customization and apps in android.
[General Topics] khsh97:
Show us few ways in which iOS is better than Android?
[General Topics] mojito13:
I like both OS and I've used both before, but currently I favor Android. I'm interested to play with iOS 8 and the iphone6, but I have some time left on my current contract so I'll be using it for awhile. I switched from Apple to Android because my 3GS was really just annoying me a great deal. It had slowed down significantly and started to frustrate me and I switched over. I like Android quite a bit but I see the appeal in Apple as well.
[General Topics] HuaweiVogue:
Android is my favorite because I can change what I want.

I like that I have option to flash custom roms and kernels.

And I am poor, I really don´t have enough money to buy 600€ phone :D
[General Topics] nbdc:
I owned an iPhone 3G and broke contract to upgrade to a 3GS because the 3G was just too slow, it was a pretty decent phone but even from when I bought the 3G I knew I would switch to Android when those phones got better, Android was far more open, being able to use the phone as an external hard drive, dragging and dropping my music, being able to use MicroSD, and also the freedom in the OS with widgets and being able to install stuff from outside the Play Store without having to root/jb.

Android trying to kill off the MicroSD and USB UMS mode is a pretty big deal for me so if they ever succeed or someone else comes along that has good app support (banking apps etc) that does do that then I will possibly jump ship, but what I really want is a dockable phone that just has a full blown PC OS on it, it's what WindowsPhone should have been IMO (Windows RT should have been on phones and Tablets, and as hardware got better they should have started making it like the x86 windows).
[General Topics] bjacks12:
LOL. Good one.

I don't know about 'in all the way'

Here are some areas where Android is better than iOS(my subjective opinion):

1) Customization. On a basic level, you get widgets, the ability to have as few as ZERO icons on the home page(thanks to the App Drawer), custom launchers, etc. If you dive further down the rabbit hole, you have Xposed, ROMs, etc to really give your phone its own flavor.

2) Options. Up until last year, Apple released one iPhone a year. So you had the choice of A) Current iPhone or B) Prior iPhone. And they were often very similar. They're marginally better now. With Android, you can choose expandable memory and replaceable batteries(Samsung), metal finishes(HTC), insane battery life, stock-ish experience, and a few really handy features such as always listening(Motorola), or completely stock and fast updates(Nexus). So much differentiation that is beneficial for the industry. Cupertino can suck it.

3) Settings. I can't express this one enough. My biggest frustration with iOS when I had my iPod(4th gen) was that you had to back out to the home screen and find the Settings app to change any settings. I know they've improved this(slightly) with iOS 7, giving you a rip off of the quick settings menu, but it still is lacking IMO versus android.

4) No f***ing iTunes. If i loved everything about the iPhone, I would still buy an Android to avoid using iTunes. I'll leave it at that.

5) Not having to hear stupid words such as 'Reachability' from my fellow Android fans. F*** that hipster lingo bullcrap that Apple peddles to their zombie herd.

6) Screen sizes. Apple and its cult mocked bigger screens for way too long to be given any credit for upsizing now.
[General Topics] Joshmccullough:
I started out admiring Android from afar. I'd played with iPhones at the local Apple store, and if I had the cash I'd have snatched one up with a quickness, but as finances (and a loving wife :) ) prevented such an impulse buy, I got to see Android phones start to come into their own with the advent of the Evo 4G (my first Android phone), the Motorola Droid X, and the Samsung Galaxy S II models. I would hit different cell phone stores every so often just to go in and play with them, and I was just so excited with the prospect of having everything all in one: email, the web, information whenever I wanted it.

Somehow, in doing research in preparation for our first smartphone purchases, I found out about rooting and Cyanogenmod and XDA Developers, and it seemed like there was this whole other world out there in terms of customizing phones and making them even better than they were to begin with. It seemed like whereas everyone had an iPhone and they were all basically the same aside from specific apps that people would download, you could get 10 Android phones in a room and they'd all be almost completely different in terms of rooted/non-rooted, custom recoveries, custom ROMs, extra features, etc.

This isn't to knock the iPhone, it's a great piece of tech and I think that it paved the way for people to accept something like Android-based phones as something that everyday people could have and use and enjoy; Blackberry was kind of for business people, and with more people wanting smartphones I think it helped drive the prices of service down from where they were to more manageable levels for the every-person.

So I did TONS of research to convince the wife to go with the venerable Evo 4G as our first purchases; those lasted us about 3 years until we upgraded to the Nexus 5 and switched from Sprint to T-Mobile. She always hated the idea of smartphones, thought they were just expensive wastes of money and time, until she got one. She especially loves the Nexus and using Netflix on our Chromecast; I only had to show her once how to get it working and she was off to the races with it. Now she's even wondering about switching carriers as T-Mobile doesn't have coverage at all above the middle of the state of Michigan, and we vacation above their coverage area 1-2x/year where AT&T/Cricket have coverage.

In any case, I think it was the individuality of Android that pulled me to it, and also the cost factor: just cheaper all-around than an iPhone.
[General Topics] Rebekka_Sun:
I picked android because of the possibility that I can design the phone and change most things I want. In ios my possibility is not so big to change that I want.
[General Topics] Lexyyy:
Android oneplus one because im sick of apple
[General Topics] Pa_Ul_27:
Android... <3

You can change everything you want simply, you can customize it...

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[General Topics] snafu7x7:
I recently won a free IPad Air and after playing with it for awhile I really liked the interface much better than my stock Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 so I planned to take it on vacation with me. But you can't do anything with the stupid thing! Couldn't even copy some movies onto it for the plane ride, the damn thing makes you use ITunes for everything. It's so frustrating to own a device you paid good money for (well not in this case, but you get the idea) and not be able to use it as you choose. I hated it, gonna sell it and flash the Samsung to get a better experience.
[General Topics] Planterz:
iTunes is the worst. Myself I wouldn't have even opened the box and tried it out before reselling it.
[General Topics] ShadowLea:
MicroSD

No iTunes

Better hardware specs/value for money/screen size

XDA.

I started with an HD2, so after that freedom and brilliant device Android was the most obvious choice.
[General Topics] rhmsoft:
I am an Android developer and has lots of testing android phones, such as Nexus 5 and Galaxy Note 3.

Fairly speaking, I like iPhone more since all testing devices are often flashed to reproduce bugs. I need a daily use device:laugh:
[General Topics] tuankhiyeuemi:
Depend on...

Apple: Easy to user, nice interface. But android, you can modify ^^
[General Topics] higherway:
i think i'll choose the apple for its fashionable design and its good operational
[General Topics] seanmalto:
In my opinion

Apple is an expensive thing, its sooooo fashionable,

Android is reachable, even its not as fashionable as apple :p

but i think both of them has the same function.
[General Topics] Skippyjan:
Android, because more control about privacy. Not by google but by root access and the use of xprivacy and openpdroid.
[General Topics] Iceursus:
I made the mistake of trying iOS. Never. Ever. Again.... NEVER.

Guess one is better off with a Windows Phone than iOS.

Everything iOS can do for you, Android preforms better.

Basically you can make Android preform pretty close iOS but... not the other way around.
[General Topics] janebrewer:
I would prefer Android, Why? because i see Android phones perform better and there are varied options to choose from when it comes to buy a smart-phone. Apple iPhone is the only product, the costliest product where many cannot even afford to buy it. In all i want to say my choice is Android.
[General Topics] Riza:
i do agree with janebrewer, i prefer android more, because it's customizable, apple product is customizable too, but it's just too strict (apple)

and android has a wide range of mod available, but of course it has its lacking point, it's too common, many people use android nowadays, so if u want to stand out... maybe you can try apple product, but personally, i don't think you would stand out just because of that :p :o
[General Topics] AuXBoX:
android is better

Android beats Apple in so many ways

Itunes sucks to use.

Android is much more compatible other devices

Android devices most of the time have external storage capabilities.
[General Topics] Juice3250:
I definitely agree that iTunes really does suck to use. A lot more difficult to use. Not as easy or user friendly to be able transfer files to and from an iPhone. I am currently using a 5S and am stuck with it for another 1 1/2 years.

I also read another post that said that iOS apps are better and I would have to agree. It's hard to put my finger on it. But they just look better and more polished. But the drawback is that the size of the apps are huge. Someone on android tell me how big the facebook app is? Facebook on iOS is 67.6 MB in size. This just seems way too big.

I do love some of the iOS specific apps like podcasts and iMovie.

I also love the camera on my iPhone much better than any android I've used in the past. It is fast and creates very accurate colors and the pictures are less grainy. I remember the camera on my S3 that I used to have, the colors looked washed out and too white and both that phone and my current iphone have 8MP cameras. Of course there are better cameras than the S3.

The apps and camera are definitely the main features on iPhones. The UI is definitely boring and the new "features" of iOS 8 are a joke. The widgets in the notification pull down are really a joke and aren't practical or something that I find myself using. Third party keyboards are very limited. There are literally no settings or options to customize keyboards. Swift key and swype keyboards are available but have no settings to customize them.

I also despise transferring files to and from my iPhone. You can drag and drop pictures and videos using a file explorer on a PC but other file types or downloads are hidden. Makes it difficult to figure out what files and apps are taking up the most space on my phone.

Some days, I find myself falling more in love with iOS, then I will try and do something that android does well or something that iOS is copying that will just frustrate me.

One last thing that seems pointless to me on iOS is setting wallpapers. With the screens being filled up with icons, it's impossible to enjoy any picture or wallpaper that is being used. If iOS would just allow users to move icons anywhere on the screen, I would be happy and satisfied with it. Or at least have scrolling wallpapers.

Needless to say, I am constantly following what Google and android are doing as well as new phones being released. I am paying an extra $37 a month on edge on verizon for my phone. This is the main reason I am stuck till this phone is paid off. Otherwise I'd sell or trade my phone in a heartbeat. My top phone choices would probably be the HTC Desire Eye that was just announced yesterday and the Sony Xperia Z3.
[General Topics] davidherron:
I came to android after the iPhone 3 and never looked back. Once they discontinued the os on it I was useless. Apps couldn't install on it as they needed the latest os, one thing I can say about Android 2.+ on up apps work with.