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[General Questions and Answers] 95thfallout:
Lithium Ion battery technology, I am pretty sure most people on this forum have a love/hate relationship with it. However, I am hoping that some more knowledgable members of this forum would be able to assist me on this topic.

My current phone is an htc one m7 which was purchased new in September of 2013 (roughly a year and a half old). As of recently I have noticed major drops in battery percentages while the phone is discharging, something very visible on lollipops battery graph. I chalked this up to the death of the cell in my phones battery and their inability to hold the charge as they once did. To be sure of this I recalibrated my phones battery and while this did not improve battery life it has at least made the battery % indicator more reliable.

From what I have read lithium ion has about 500 charge cycles or normally 2 years or so of cell phone use. Obviously my phone seems to fit on the lower end of that median unfortunately. I was already contemplating updating to the new m9 being released this coming March however it seems I am more being forced to upgrade now rather than it being optional. This now leads me to my question:

With the newer generations of phones featuring bigger batteries and more power efficient components will this improve the overall longevity of cell phone batteries or will they still be limited to the 2 year (or in my case less than 2 year) lifespan? This is a major concern for my phone purchase in the coming weeks as I dont want to be in the same perdicement again. As much as I love HTC and have replaced a couple iphone batteries in my day HTC phones are notoriously horrible to take apart and I may opt against them for my new purchase even though Im a raving fan of what I have seen from the m9 leaks so far. Any help with my question or general battery technology knowledge would be of great assistance!
[General Questions and Answers] 95thfallout:
Also I forgot to mention my phone currently gets about 6hrs to 6.5hrs of usage on a charge. Running the newest lollipop liquidsmooth and a custom kernel. Cpu is undervolted and running smartassv2 and noop, furthermore I keep brightness as low as possible and have things such as bluetooth and nfc off. Please note 6 to 6.5hrs is if Im connected to wifi for most of the day if im running on 4gLTE Im lucky to get 4 to 5hrs before it dies.
[General Questions and Answers] 95thfallout:
Bump
[Verizon LG G3] str8boosted:
is there anyone working on a simple root method as of now since vs98512b ?
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Don't think so.
[Verizon LG G3] 318sugarhill:
I believe with 12 you can roll back still. That's the only option. And since it still works... No real need for anyone to work on another method. Sure it might be more convenient but putting the time and effort in might not be worth it just for convenience
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
You can root at 10b. Install supersu and have it maintain root across otas. Then you can take all the otas and preserve root. That's what I did. Do not bump with twrp. You must keep the original recovery in order to take the otas. Once on 12b, you can bump but if a new ota comes out, you'll have to go back to 10b first.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You should be able to restore a backup of the original 12B recovery and kernel if running stock Odex'd.

Sent from my VK810 4G
[Verizon LG G3] Smithfolk4:
You Might try This

From another thread. Verizon G3 General, VS98523A OTA Release

Note that there is some discussion as to whether this is legit. I haven't researched it.

http://androidxda.com/download-root-genius
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
Yeah, [MENTION=2560614]roirraW "edor" ehT[/MENTION] said McAfee is flagging it as a Trojan, but that could be due to what it does:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=59061762&postcount=84
[Verizon LG G3] WhistlingCaruso:
Had my stock G3, downgraded to 10B, rooted with IORoot, added SuperSU with survivability... went to do the Verizon Hidden Menu and realized I had to take the 12B OTA again. And now, it says no updates are available and that my Software Status is "Modified". Might be stuck on this one. Got a meeting in 10 minutes, then I'll get back at it.

Wrong thread, my bad.
[Verizon LG G3] iBolski:
Update - this WON'T work with complete stock 12b. So, you will have to go back to 10b and root there, preserve root across OTAs, and take the 11c and 12b OTA to get 12b rooted.
[Verizon LG G3] Eriosblood:
Well I flashed back to 10b from 12b (via tot) and it wiped my imei number. Am I supposed to remove my Sim card or something none of the guides say anything.

I ended up using the imei converter and fixing my imei but I couldn't connect to 4G very well and it kept saying I had voice and data roaming. I rooted my phone but since the 4g wasn't working I unrooted it so the software status said official again.

I ended up taking the otas back to 12b and took it to Verizon and they gave me a new sim card and now it is working again but I want to root my phone and flash back to 10b again but I don't want to mess the Sim card up again. Anyone help?
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
take the sim out? smh
[Verizon LG G3] Eriosblood:
Yeah that's what I'm asking....none of the guides say to take the Sim out...am I supposed to. You took the time to quote my post and write a smart-ass comment but no straightforward answer. Guess this is is the reason I'm a long time lurker and never post.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
You've answered the question yourself. Supposed to or not, does it really matter? If you want to be sure nothing happens to the SIM next time, then by all means take it out. The directions don't say to take the SIM out for a very good reason: it's not required.

I've largely sat on the sidelines recently because all sorts of users who don't usually post refuse to help themselves by using the tools available to them, besides their brains and their eyes (and this part isn't directed at you): reading and the forum's search tools, are coming out of the woodwork and expecting information to be repeated ad nauseum. Or even Google, even if googling specifically for info on XDA.

There's nothing wrong with wanting help or asking for help, but it gets tiresome holding user's hands 1000 at a time on a daily basis. This is why I've all but refrained from posting my true feelings regarding all this demanding going on.

Maybe you don't deserve this whole rant but guess what? Like someone else I recall recently on here, you just happen to have been the straw to break the camel's back in my case.

99% of the time, if anyone...anyone at all has experienced something similar, it's been reported and you can find the information yourself. If you can't find the information, more than likely it's because the information isn't there to be had. Pure speculation here: I have no idea if others have taken their SIM out when flashing using TOT or KDZ method. I haven't yet, but I haven't once been able to TOT on four different PCs from desktops to laptops, with different cables and with different USB ports on the same PCs, under both Windows 7 and 8.

At this point I sincerely don't expect you to read all this because I am definitely on a rant, but if you do, good for you.

His answer might've been slightly smart, but your reply to him was downright rude and I don't think he deserved it. You, on the other hand, posed a question you can answer yourself. For god's sakes, try it! Try it with the SIM out and see what happens. Then you'll have your answer.

If you or anyone else feel you must direct any sort of response regarding this to me, PLEASE PM me. For anyone responding to this in this thread, I'll block you if I'm nice.

Sincerely: good day, take care, good night.

P.S. Maybe you don't feel the way we do because we are *NOT* lurkers. We do help people and take part of these forums for years and nearly each and every day. Nobody's forcing us to do so, but it does mean that we notice a lot more of the BS that comes from users who are expecting help.

AND I'M A LIBERAL EX-MILITARY!
[Verizon LG G3] Eriosblood:
Lol you just took it too far...TLDR

His post was just sarcastic and I didn't know if he was 'smh' at the idea of taking out my Sim card or not. I've done my research and nobody agrees upon taking the Sim card out or not. I just don't want to **** up my phone again. I've rooted unlocked flash Roms and gone the whole nine yards on my G2. I am not at all new to this.

Guess I was just hoping someone had a plain answer instead of long paragraphs saying why they are so butthurt.

Toodaloo.
[Verizon LG G3] Eriosblood:
Guess I just like to be sure what I'm doing is what I should be doing and won't mess up my phone..I apologize for any curt responses as I can't afford for any mistakes..
[Verizon LG G3] bweN diorD:
You asked a really dumb question, so I posted I really dumb answer, if you took it as smart arse, ohh well.

Toasting a SIM is pretty rare that's why it's not instructed to do. If it's happening to you, what do you think you should do, leave it In and keep frying them? No, you should take it out, because you have proven you are one of the rare ones this happens to.

I mean, really, if you walk into traffic and get hit by a car, should you coninue to walk into traffic? Only if you want to keep getting hit by cars.

See, if I really wanted to post a smart arse answer, it would have looked more like this ^^.

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Really, you can't get tot or kdz to work? I must have missed you mentioning that before, or I just forgot.

Not sure it would help, but on a previous device (i forget which) it would only flash on a clean pc, and only once. After one flash or try it would never work again until I re-flashed the pc. Really weird I know. I have a spare laptop I used so it wasn't a huge inconvenience, but no matter what I did, or sugestions I tried from the community, it just would not work until I cleaned the pc again.
[Verizon LG G3] roirraW "edor" ehT:
LOL!!

I meant to specifically mention that KDZ works for me every time and on any PC. It's just TOT that always says waiting for connection. I've searched and followed at least four alternate sets of directions, even for problems I haven't had the opportunity to have, like TOT finishing with the wrong number. Tried unplugging and re-plugging, different versions of drivers and the TOT program.

I hadn't mentioned it anywhere so you're not going crazy. ☺ I do have spare computer hardware and considered trying it on a fresh install but I didn't feel I had much hope of that working. I had even thought about using Windows 7 32-bit or XP.

With your experience, now it makes me curious if it would work for me. I might try that next time just to see, whenever that may be. Thank you! I'll let you know either way what the result is.

Sent from my VK810 4G
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Brava27:
So I purchased my note 4 for $850 and so far so good. Last week I noticed a dust particle under the front facing camera affecting my selphies so I opened the note quite nervously to remove the dust and all is perfect.

I researched on YouTube, voided my warranty and after opening my note 4 10 times already, I feel like an expert on opening this thing and know that I can replace almost any component of the note.

I have the black version and recently just ordered a white replacement home button to spice things up a bit.

If anyone has any questions about repair, shoot me a PM.

Sent from the first Samsung Galaxy ever
[Galaxy Note 4 General] zurkx:
did you follow :

https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Note+4+Teardown/34359
[Galaxy Note 4 General] Brava27:
Yup

Sent from the first Samsung Galaxy ever
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] MinerBoy004:
Hey guys, I have a Kindle Fire HDX 7" (THOR) that is fully bricked, impossible to flash anything... :crying: But, Amazon said they would give me a replacement! :) But, they know I rooted it so they won't give me a refund in till I unroot. I could lie and say I unrooted, but is it possible to unroot a bricked Kindle Fire? Or is it already unrooted? Hope you guys could answer ASAP.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
No - not possible given the level of access (essentially none).
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EncryptedCurse:
If you wiped your /system partition, then logically there's nothing to undo.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] jeryll:
So technically by deleting /system partition your kindle IS unrooted - but also unusable.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkery:
Hi all,

Because my android system etc were using alot % of my usage (more than my SOT), I used betterbatterystats to look into it.

Now I ran it a full day, but to be honest I don't understand a thing from this app.

How do I find what is causing my battery drain?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
Go into the Kernel Wakelocks, Partial Wakelocks, and Alarms sections and post screenshots of the stats please.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkery:
Is this enough info?
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
That's good, please also post a screen of the Other section too.

Transmitted via Bacon
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkery:
What other section? Process etc?

So i went to bed and put my phone on airplane mode when it was 27%

I wake up 9 hours later and see that i have 15% left.

That is not normal!
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
I meant literally the section that is titled "other". You've shown it in one of those screenshots. You have the device awake for about an hour longer than the screen was actually on. Do you use Greenify to.stop apps from running in the background when you're not using them? Are you turning off non-essential services (GPS etc) when not in use?

Transmitted via Bacon
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkery:
I don't use greenify.

Gps, nfc and bluetooth are always off (unless i use them).

I use lux for auto brightness.

My performance profile is always on balanced.

Those last screens were frome when i woke up.

So the phone was indeed longer in usethan my wake up time.

I saw before i went to sleep, that my wakeup time was 1hour and 20mins more than my screen on time
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Heisenberg:
It's probably worth looking into using Greenify, and auto-brightness is usually a battery killer.

Transmitted via Bacon
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkery:
Ok, thanx
[General Questions and Answers] I PWN ZTE:
ZTE Z830: As some of you (who have recently broke your high-end devices like me!) know this is a cheap "GoPhone" you might have purchased as a replacement. As some of us know: the phones Hardware isn't bad for a low-end device. All very capable. The problem however; THE DAMN RESTRICTIONS ZTE HAS PUT ON THE PHONE.

Here are the problems in case you don't own a Z830:

No Apps are allowed on the SD-card

The bloatware cannot be uninstalled

Almost no internal memory (ZTE claims "4 Gigs of internal storage" but there is only around 800MB when disabling all unnecessary apps)

Anyways if you are stuck like me and have been suckered into buying this prepackaged paperweight. You most likely have one goal: ROOT IT. Which is the main point of this thread; as all of the other forum posts about this phone seem to be with people who have even less knowledge than I have about rooting. I want to figure out how to root this phone so it can live up to its capabilities.

I'm posting here about the methods I've been trying to root this phone with; so someone who has more knowledge about general rooting and coding then they can chime in and add some info.

First Attempt (FAILED) to Root the Device

ALSO KNOWN AS UPDATE.ZIP​

The BREAKTHROUGH Information: I've managed to find the stock recovery from the phone's firmware. By pressing Volume Up + Power I got into the phones menu with various options to "update the firmware" It looks like this:

Android system recovery <

Z830V1 . 0 . 0B14

Volume up/down to move

highlight;

Press power to select.

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

apply update from sdcard

apply update from cache

md5 cache

So I tried to the original rooting method and this is what happened

-- Install /sdcard ...

(Installs about 25%)

Package corrupt.

Installation aborted.​

So anyways: I would love some help trying to discover how to root this damn thing. If you own one of these and find some more breakthrough info I would love to know; because I am as well messing with this thing to see if this will ever work.
[General Questions and Answers] I PWN ZTE:
Just Tried TowelRoot. Doesn't support the z830.
[General Questions and Answers] RollAcosta:
Bump

I didn't want to post a new thread, is there any new information on this front? It doesn't seem like this was a popular enough phone to warrant it's own set of instructions :rolleyes:

**************************************

A few of us were successful in finding a perm root. I know the phone has aged a bit now, but it really is a nice cheap spare phone without the bloatware.

The following instructions for the ZMAX worked perfectly but TWRP does not support the touch screen for the z830 so you have to use an OTG mouse to use TWRP. Touch functionality works fine once the entire process is complete. Uninstalling bloatware seems to have to be done with a 3rd party app such as Purify.

https://boycracked.com/2016/04/16/how-to-root-installing-twrp-v3-0-1-recovery-on-zte-zmax-z970/
[General Questions and Answers] qaz1233:
I have this phone and have been trying various automatic root programs for some time. No luck.
[General Questions and Answers] I PWN ZTE:
Yeah it seems like the phone uses some sort of bizarre coding.
[General Questions and Answers] shadowcla01:
........

I try everthing... nothing works.... :(

all apps and PC methods fail...
[General Questions and Answers] TecheTag:
Does adb work on your device? What are the different modes for your devices? Can you get into the bootloader?
[General Questions and Answers] 830ingarg:
Hey, I decided to pitch in as I also have this unfortunate phone. adb does in fact work, but it is crippled. I cannot perform "adb reboot bootloader" as it will simply reboot the phone normally. I tried to boot into the bootloader by pressing volume down+power and was entered into field test mode, as I have come to understand (says FTM on a white rectangle). Volume UP + power does put me in recovery mode, which is cool. Most interestingly, hold UP+DOWN+POWER mounts on my windows machine as ZTE handset diagnostic interface DFU... which apparently is made for flashing firmware with zte's own utility. adb reboot fastboot also just rebooted it normally.

if anyone knows of a useful test i could perform or a could point me towards new strategies i would appreciate it.
[General Questions and Answers] RollAcosta:
Well that sounds promising. It seems like we're breaking new ground here though.
[General Questions and Answers] I PWN ZTE:
Do you think there is something that can be used to flash our own custom firmware on it?
[General Questions and Answers] Takamoshi:
Please someone bump
[General Questions and Answers] mazhole:
I have the same phone and it's about worthless without root. Hopefully someone cam figure it out. I would even donate some cash for a solution.
[General Questions and Answers] pippinstrano:
Sort of temporary root achieved with KingRoot

So, I have this goofy phone and I did manage to get something that appears to be root using KingRoot. The PC version didn't work, and neither did TowelRoot or OneClickRoot. Downloading the apk for KingRoot and running it gave me root access, but only until I rebooted the phone. I managed to install SuperSU which allowed me to confirm that I had root. Unfortunately I was not able to uninstall any pre-loaded software while rooted via KingRoot or KingUser. KingRoot acted like it had successfully uninstalled the pre-installed software, but all it uninstalled were the updates. I didn't get a list of software when I tried to uninstall software via KingUser.

So we can boot into Recovery, and can get temporary root. Any ideas on how to get farther with this crippled phone?
[General Questions and Answers] AardvarkSagus:
Did you actually gain any space when you uninstalled items with that temporary root? I am able to uninstall updates on default apps even without root. I had one time with KingoApp where it claimed to be rooted, but I lost it with reboot and haven't gotten it back. Very frustrating. Wish I had avoided the reboot.
[General Questions and Answers] gustavogaldino15:
nothing works :(
[General Questions and Answers] ilmcgee:
I too got temporary root with kingroot, got to ambitious with uninstalling system apps and got into a force close loop. A factory reset from the stock recovery got me back in business. I didn't think that a factory reset was supposed to recover apps deleted while in root access. Also kingroot didn't work the first time for me, had to try several times, that was with latest apk, 4.1 I think.
[General Questions and Answers] ilmcgee:
Has anyone contacted zte about a bootloader unlock code? I know most phones it is necessary to unlock the bootloader to gain permanent root access. Plus then maybe we could get a custom recovery. I tried contacting them with no luck.
[General Questions and Answers] ilmcgee:
Talked to zte today, won't give unlock code since it will void warranty. Told them I didn't care about warranty since phone is worthless as is, no luck.
[General Questions and Answers] joses444:
It could work the method used in the ZTE Z970? http://xdaforums.com/general/help/zte-zmax-rooted-kingroot-t3110178
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Master_Anakin:
Sorry but i've tried searching the threads for answer yet with no luck.

Does the 1.13 ROM supports 1gb or higher SD/MMC?

Thanks in advance!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] zerimar:
I've been using both 1 and 2 gb Sandisk SD normal and ultra versions without any problems.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Master_Anakin:
Thank you Sir for your reply, It seems i have a problem with my Magician, I upgraded it to the 1.13 ROM and Radio Version, now it couldnt read my 1gb SD.

Im not sure what went wrong, might be restoring my previous ROM. Thanks again.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] zerimar:
Before you go to the restoring process, backup your SD card to your PC then try to reformat the SD card using your device then restore the data.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] edgar0825:
how to reformat our sd with our magician?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] 2234jones:
Well i have installed version 1.13 radio rom, 2.03TX rom and it work fab with 2gb cards.

cheers Mark:)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] erwinsie:
definetely works with 1GB SD... never try 2GB (goz.. should wait bit longer and bought 2GB instead of 1GB!! now memory price is like a peanut)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] Keeper:
It does work with 1,2,4 Gb SD Disks but be carefull which brands you buy...

(don't you go for the cheapest SD cards since there's an high chance of not working on your magician).

My advice is to try the SD disk you'll buy BEFORE leaving the store...

Keeper
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] dafnis:
Most likely the problem is with your SD card, I've tried a lot of cards from 8mb to 4gb in my Magician and all worked fine.

As someone already said, format the card using a PC, and try every card you buy before paying it.
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
I purchased a new Straight Talk SIM card, all the forums I have looked at say that I need to root it? I am not sure what this means, and if it will be necessary to do.
[XDA Assist] clothednblack:
Should be able to just put the sim in and that's it, won't hurt to try it.

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http://www.xda-developers.com/root-the-verizon-galaxy-note-ii-with-odin/