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[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
"How do I 'safely' uninstall applications?" or "Remove Programs"

This has been asked more than once..

"How do I 'safely' uninstall applications?" or "Remove Programs"

There are 3 ways to remove programs.

1. Deleteing manually

You can delete files and registry values manually if you know where everything sits. If you do.. you don't need this guide so this actually is meant to tell you that if you don't know how to manually delete programs, don't even try and go to either par 2 or 3.

2. Settings menu Remove Programs

There is a built in Remove Programs app in windows mobile. you can use it to uninstall programs, tho it usually leave a few files/registry values hanging around. it's good for fast removal if you know that you're removing a light program with only a few files which doesn't leave a hard trace on your system.. like iContact skins... for example.

just go to start/settings/system/Remove Programs..

3. SKTools

Official Website - http://www.s-k-tools.com/

SKTools IS NOT FREEWARE

SKTools has MANY options other than just program removal.. but i won't specify any of them since it isn't the right place to do that.

SKTools lets you use one of 2 uninstall options - Standard Uninstall and Uninstall.

The Standard Uninstall is exactly what I mentioned in par 2.

The Uninstall option, is actually the SKTools uninstall, which deletes a good amount of registry values related to the installation and deletes all files related (of course, there are sometimes glitches.. but it does the job well usually).

I won't DEFINATELY suggest using it and it also has the Clean option which you can use after installing/uninstalling lots of apps.
[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
"How to retrieve CAB Files from PC Installation Files" or "Retrieve CABs"

a good idea by anagarika to write a guide about this issue.

it is indeed very useful to have all your cabs ready for installation after a new ROM is flashed or after a hard-reset was performed.

Well, most apps come as cabs... but a lot also come as PC Installation files. some extractable, some are not. so...

"How to retrieve CAB Files from PC Installation Files" or "Retrieve CABs"

1. Download the desired EXE installation file.

2. connect your device to your PC using activesync

3. run the installer file and wait for instructions

4. At some point, a message will appear: "Please check your mobile device to see if additional steps are necessary to complete the installation"

5. At this point, you will see the installation screen on your device asking you where to install the app. DO NOT choose.

6. Instead, run your fav file explorer and conduct a search for the cab file (if you know its name) or look for it on your device in /windows/AppMgr or in /Application Data/Volatile. you can also look it up on your PC in /windows/Windows Mobile, /Porgram files/Microsoft Activesync or any other folder which was created by the installation.

7. now you can complete the installation or cancel it.

Remember, every app puts the cab in a different location. this is app dependant.. so you might have to look in all folders mentioned above till you find the cab. fortunately, this is required only once :)

cheers
[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
Next guide soon

Reserved...
[General Questions and Answers] Aegishua:
[GUIDE]Registry Tweaks for Volume

Sorry if this has already been posted but there are a couple of things that are worth outlining to most users.. for example there are registry entries that allow you to change the volume and increase it significantly beyond windows actually supports and there are various other edits.. but one edit i really would like is to disable the Incoming Call Bubble..(haven't found a solution for it yet) but i thought i'd just provide everyone else with what i've found so far. (I take no credit for these registry edits)

Volume Edits

HKCU\ControlPanel\Volume\

DWORD - Ringer

(HEX)Increase it to 0x#<change it to 5 or higher> to increase it to its maximum volume. - Only tested on the Atom Life

(DEC)Increase it to over 5 to increase the volume

DWORD - Volume

Same as Ringer DWORD

In Call Edits

REMOVE SOUNDS WHEN ADJUSTING VOLUME INCALL

HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\StandardIncallVolume

HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\QuietestIncallVolume

HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\LoudestIncallVolume

STRING - Script

Remove the 'p' in the script strings to remove the noises while in a call. This makes the volume increase smoother and removes the annoying noises.

INCREASE INCALL VOLUME

HKCU\Control Panel\SoundCategories\InCall

DWORD - InitVol

Defaults to around 2 - 5, Increase this to 5 or Higher

Ringtone Edits

HKCU\ControlPanel\Sounds\Ringtone0

STRING - Script

RINGTONE VOLUME

HKCU\Control Panel\SoundCategories\Ring

DWORD - InitVol

Defaults to around 2 - 5, Increase this to 5 or Higher

Notifications Edits

HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications

This works for any Options DWORDs in most if not all of those strings.

NOTE: DOESN'T WORK WITH the PHONE STRING (ring notification)
[General Questions and Answers] nir36:
Flashing ROMS from SD card/Internal Storage/Bootloader

A lot of people are asking about flashing from cards/internal storage as this can solve a lot of problems.

Flashing ROMS from SD card/Internal Storage

For instance, if you flashed a wrong ROM on your Polaris, and it wouldn't load, you can flash the new ROM image without loading using the CustomRUU on your PC, which also doesn't require you to have those mentioned 50% of battery power (tho it's recommended to have a decent amount so you don't misflash).

use the following steps to flash a new ROM from your SD Card:

1. Copy the ROM's nbh file to the root dir of your card.

2. Rename the nbh file to ****img.nbh - **** being 4 letters which differ from device to device (for instance, Diamond is diamimg.nbh, Blackstone is blacimg.nbh, Polaris is polaimg.nbh, Kaiser is kaisimg.nbh... and so and so. You can find those 4 letters for each device that supports SD ROM Flashing in this forum. Just conduct a search or go to the specified section for your device in the XDA-Wiki).

3. Find the combination of hardware keys needed to be pressed to go to the flashing screen (you can find the combination in the forum/xda-wiki as well.. for each device).

4. Follow the instructions on the screen

5. When the device is done flashing and you get a confirmation, reset your device.

In the case of Internal Storage, if you can't load WM, you can't move a new ROM Image File to your device, thus you won't be able to flash one, unless you use the bootloader screen to flash, which doesn't require loading the OS.

You can use the bootloader method on devices with SD Cards as well..

use the following steps to flash a new ROM from your Internal Storage-Bootloader:

1. find the combination of hardware keys refering your device to the bootloader menu (a stripe-colored screen)

2. Connect your device to the PC and wait for the device to be recognized and driver to be installed.

3. You will then be able to load the regular RUU ROM loader and follow the regular instructions fitting your device and flash the ROM.

Cheers
[General Questions and Answers] selyb:
url associations are located under HKCR\'protocol'

e.g. if the address begins with http then the association for it is under HKCR\http

ditto for ftp, mms, etc.

so, to change the association for http, open your favorite registry editor, navigate to HKCR\http\shell\open\command and change it (default is iexplore %1)

note: typically you would want to edit https to match http
[General Questions and Answers] Farmer Ted:
I've found recently that some desktop installers can be opened up with 7-zip (these were sk software installers from handango). You can get the cab that way as well.

Another way to do it is with Sk Tools (you need one of the two latest versions). Install the software through your pc, then go to the 'Installed Programs' tool. Highlight the program, and select 'make cab.' Done! Now, if you want to get tricky, you can register the program (if it's paid for) and tweak the settings. Do a deep scan to see if any additional reg keys have been created. If so, after selecting 'make cab,' go to the Action menu and select 'Add registry value.' Add all of the new values to the cab. You can also add files that may have appeared (such as setup databases-or a start menu shortcut, if you moved the shortcut). Now, when you create the cab, it will have all your settings cooked in. Be sure to name it properly, so you don't do something dumb like post it on the web with your registration info in it. This has worked pretty well for me, although I've had problems re-packing opera mini 4.2.
[General Questions and Answers] netightman:
A few tips;

Discharge the battery to 0% and then up to 100% at least once a month will help a lot.

If you are not using the internet turn off; 3G, cellular data, wifi. And if you want to connect only use one at a time. (Having wifi on without using it still uses battery)

Turn off bluetooth until you need it.

Turn off push notifications if you don't need them.

Do not use jailbreaks as they often make the battery performance worse.

Turn down the brightness.
[General Questions and Answers] timmymarsh:
Hey Guys

Hey guys,

If you found the guides in this thread helpful, please hit the relevant guys 'THANKS' button and help me to keep this thread clean.

'THANKS' ;)
[General Questions and Answers] jade12:
I would say to improve battery life on any android device and yet preserve the loveliness of the device is simple:

1. Allow less apps to push updates to the phone (use higher sync/push/retrieval time such 30 minutes or up).

2. Have less apps running in the background.

3. Turn down your screen brightness. (I would recommend turning off auto brightness and adjust it to a more lower %).

4. Use 3G/WiFi less, turn off Bluetooth etc when you don't need it.

5. You could choose a static wallpaper instead of a live one.
[General Questions and Answers] sysreb:
thanks............
[General Questions and Answers] tianjunyuan:
lots of help,thank you!:D
[General Questions and Answers] badjasonn:
How would I turn off push notifications?
[General Questions and Answers] asah123:
wow, it's really good one.
[General Questions and Answers] sameer_xlnc:
Nice

Thank you for info.
[General Questions and Answers] chetansachdeva:
thanx alot

realy worked for me, thanks
[General Questions and Answers] mantas9971:
Thanks

Thanks man, helped a lot
[General Questions and Answers] anon117:
Thank you so much. This really helped me with flashing roms.
[General Questions and Answers] ryufeliz:
thank you very much for the recommendations, I will take into account to improve the battery of my android .... the truth is that both use that gives you not long enough:(
[General Questions and Answers] EmanSan:
Nice guide :) will try it later. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] RoadToNever:
I'd like to recommend a tool for recovering deleted files and partitions: TestDisk

Has saved my ass many a times.
[General Questions and Answers] OptimusDevLG:
Very nice guide! Thanks man:)
[General Questions and Answers] z555:
1. Use a clean device a few days. You will get preliminary information about the battery life.

2. Installing and removing programs will not allow a deviation greater than 20 % battery life.

3. Deviation of more than 20% indicates soft / hard failures.
[General Questions and Answers] kitty007:
Thanks for the excellent guides.
[General Questions and Answers] hilmymiun:
thanks for guide :good:
[General Questions and Answers] arsima:
great

Thanks .... Great document: D
[General Questions and Answers] kinhvan017:
nice guide thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] formula44:
Nice Guide...thanks :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Android.Works.:
Reduce your battery life! :)

uumm actually these are simple things that causes reduced battery life:

1. GPS, WiFi, Mobile data. (As you mentioned be4, but make sure these are turned off to save battery.

2. Delete / kill running apps.

3. Uninstall apps you dont use any longer.

4. (Try to) Download JuiceDefender for the GPlay.

5. If you charge your phone for a night (or exactly more than 2-3 hours, turn on your airplane mode, GPS and Mobile data are off, then turn off your phone.

6. (If so) Delete unused theme.

7. (If rooted..) Reduce the clockspeed of your CPU, and set it 'ONDEMAND'.

8. Lower the brightness

9. Portable WiFi (make sure that it is turned off)

(OPTIONAL) IF THIS ALL ADVICES DONT HELP YOU, GO RECOVERY MODE AND WIPE CACHE AND DATA (FACTORY RESET), AND KEEP IN MIND THIS ALL WILL DELETE ALL AAPPS AND DATA ON YOUR DEVICE, AND DOWNLOAD JUICE DEFENDER.
[General Questions and Answers] xmannox:
thank you very much, this is a very useful guide!
[General Questions and Answers] loneguyy:
Thanks a lot for this wonderful post. Really useful indeed. Trust I would be able to improve my knowledge just reading through all. Thanks once more :cowboy:
[General Questions and Answers] yulaw88:
thanks for this helpfull guide! this is really works! ;)
[General Questions and Answers] AndiMischka:
Great guides, thank you :)
[General Questions and Answers] inyunkgem:
very useful

thanks then :good:
[General Questions and Answers] aniamaclain:
GUIDES [WM]: How to Increase Battery Charge Life (On Android - Pre"Android Guides")

This is so nice all post and replay i fallow this one

Thanks u so much

Ania Maclain

Pacific app design LA
[General Questions and Answers] Jinix0r:
Thanks bro

Very useful, solved my battery issues xD!
[General Questions and Answers] vantrox:
thx this informatio help
[General Questions and Answers] lth8284:
good basic guides! thank you
[General Questions and Answers] yulaw88:
wow.. very usefull guides.. Thanks bro for the guides.. :good:
[General Questions and Answers] yang1:
Great. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] sarahSRG:
very helpfull basic guide. thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] userprince:
App that might help

I use juice defender and it helps me out and it has a user friendly interface to.
[General Questions and Answers] TurkOwner:
Hey, my battery live is good in case of Snapdragon Battery Pro !

You should try it !
[General Questions and Answers] javamonkey:
Thanks for the useful guide.
[General Questions and Answers] Twopennywizard:
Kernel use

To use a kernel you must root your device with information in the forum regarding your phone it can brick your phone if not done properly. The benefits of this out weight the danger.:cool:
[General Questions and Answers] MyAndroTech:
Great thread. Thank you so much.
[General Questions and Answers] zanarkand007:
Good work.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] kangalex:
definitely needed all these tips. thanks! :good:
[General Questions and Answers] abdelmaksoud:
done

done applied
[General Questions and Answers] JynAlek:
Thanks man, helped a lot in life of my battery
[General Questions and Answers] Sippay:
Always wait until the charge goes off completely before charging the phone.

And never use the phone while connected to power supply.
[General Questions and Answers] najaboy:
That's an excellent way to shorten a lithium-based battery's life. It is the polar opposite of best practice.
[General Questions and Answers] clementcyril:
Extending Battery Life

settings

systems

performance

ok

CPU governor

Powersave

processor

maximum cpu frequency......312MHz

this settings helps extend my battery life on Android 4.2.2 flashed rom.

Phone doesnt heat up......battery last for hours now.

would have post this on a different thread, but am new to xda.....this is my first post.:good:
[General Questions and Answers] xRECKSx:
Some of these helped on top of a tweaked rom + ZeroLemon batteries my phone now last about 2 days with regular use.
[General Questions and Answers] lije:
turn off nfc

turn off bluetooth

turn off gps

turn off auto wifi discovery

turn off auto rotate (if u dont need it)

clear the memory when u stop using your phone.

Done.
[General Questions and Answers] scalperfx:
tq all..my battery got power now :good:
[General Questions and Answers] GhsVilela:
Thanks man ! :)
[General Questions and Answers] coolcoder001:
Informative thread

It is really nice and informative post. Thanks for posting
[General Questions and Answers] palco2:
Excellent. Helpful. Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] sasaphrazz:
thanks for this
[General Questions and Answers] shifau00:
Helpful...thanks
[General Questions and Answers] sanmander:
Thanks for this! it really helped me out.
[General Questions and Answers] ilsoleminvidia:
thanks, this was a very helpfull guide..
[General Questions and Answers] sunkenship:
very helpfull

thanks :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Pier G:
:good:
[General Questions and Answers] manly107:
very useful , thank you very much:good:
[General Questions and Answers] live_online:
Sync Contacts with MS Outlook 2007

How do I sync all my Android contacts with MS Outlook 2007, on Nokia Symbian, I can easily do this with 1 click with Nokia PC suite.
[General Questions and Answers] epicdirector:
turn off Auto-rotation

The auto-rotate function keeps on the g-sensor so if you keep it off, it will turn off the sensor, hence saving battery
[General Questions and Answers] wendyrose:
How to Increase Battery Charge Life (On Android -Android Guides

Good 10 Tips see here:

1.Dial down the brightness or set it to automatic:

2.Stay cool

3.Don’t worry about overcharging.

4.Turn off the features you don’t need (Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi, LTE)

5.Check for email on your own

6.Update your phone’s software and apps.

7.Close out background apps

8.Stay out of poor-signal areas (or use Airplane mode)

9.Use built-in power management software (or download some)

10.Get a battery case

More see Moonar Store
[General Questions and Answers] chukygandia:
Calibrate battery

Why sammy roms have better battery life? I love the speed and options from cyanogenmod, but for me its very important have minium 4 screen hours. I miss too in cyanogenmod roms (Samsung galaxy s3) the option in the hidden menu dial * # 0228 #, because it works for me very well to calibrate battery. If someone tries, the battery charged at a minimum of 60%.
[General Questions and Answers] :
Alternative to File Recovery

For people looking to recovery accidentally deleted files, follow the guide as presented, a step up would be to remove the SD card immediately to prevent any cache being generated. Instead of Active Recovery I suggest using Recuva from Piriform, it's just as stable now and made by a great team, and as always, recover your files to another drive.
[General Questions and Answers] scissor721:
tinyurl . com/mo2d2ot

This App is a little bit better i think.

It is called Beat.Power Saver!
[General Questions and Answers] bittuvns:
very helpful

wow...didnt knew that so much extra can be done with android..thanks
[General Questions and Answers] rayanspawn1:
Reduce using applications
[General Questions and Answers] Xav71:
They do in their own way (I use Battery Doctor myself), but mostly but doing automatically or at the press of one button what you could also do yourself through multiple operations (turn off WiFi, turn off data, reduce screen brightness ....)

So for me I like it as I have set it to do exactly what I want depending where I am (work, home, travelling) with one button.
[General Questions and Answers] berry7009:
Greenify apps, lower brightness.
[General Questions and Answers] kozmin31:
In my opinion Grenify is the best power saving app !
[General Questions and Answers] Mickey Darling:
Increasing Your Battery

Dude, increasing your battery depends on what apps you are running on your phone. You might wanna delete the battery saver you have and download Android Mobile care or Ram Booster from the play store. They just closed the less important apps that uses more ram cpu, leaving more free ram for the other apps. I dont know what phone you using but any of these two apps should be supported on your phone and will work perfectly...:fingers-crossed:
[General Questions and Answers] :
If I understand your post correctly it's simply the way your phone was designed. I know it's how a lot of Samsung phones work. IMO it's a poor design choice, but with good intentions. The idea behind it is apparently to increase your safety & privacy.

Here's how my phone breaks down. I have a 16GB Samsung Epic Touch 4G. On my phone this shows up as...

1.97GB - Internal Storage

11.50GB - USB Storage

Basically, in my case, what Samsung did was to take the 16GB of physical memory in the phone and to separate it into two partitions. The first being the smaller internal storage. This 2GB is meant to be the equivalent of your main drive, the remainder is the USB storage which is used as a "fake" SD card (for lack of a better term). All of the apps you download and install are limited to these sections. You can add a physical SD card in order to have more space to store pictures and videos that you take or to store things like music.

I was told they did this because many apps allow you to move them to the SD card and there is a privacy issue if someone were to steal your phone or more specifically you SD card. Your phone can be password protected so to some degree it's protected from the average phone thief, where as in most cases anyone with a computer would be able to read your SD card. They could potentially get a lot of personal information from that SD card. Things like usernames, passwords, financial information, contact information... pretty much anything that you could put on that SD card. By separating the two in this way it helps limit where you're able to store things like apps and personal information and in turn that limits what a potential thief would have access to. In theory they would only get some pictures and videos that you've taken, but all of the apps and other personal information would be somewhat protected on the internal memory itself assuming your phone was secured with a passcode. My advice is to just tell yourself that despite it being labeled "Memory Card" it is simply more "Internal Storage". I hope that helps... or even more I hope that's the question you were asking. I know it confused me a bit at first.
[General Questions and Answers] laoneid:
thanks, this is so very important for me :good:
[General Questions and Answers] marcosbz:
thanks, helped me with my s4 9505
[General Questions and Answers] appviz:
The idea behind this is, reducing clock speed as low as possible. But this will have an impact on the responsiveness of your phone. You can use the app One Power Guard for this. You would have to chose whatever best for you. You can also use Greenify which closes the apps running in background and there by saves battery life.

For both of these apps to work your phone must be rooted. Those who says these don't have any impacts simply don't know how to use them !!!

And follow the well known tips to save battery further. 95% of battery saver apps in market are not effective. Most of them are just doing things that you can do easily by manual ( like Turning off WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC, GPS, Backlight, hotspot, Autorotate, reducing brightness, removing Live wall paper, Reduce sleep time to minimum etc ). These apps might have a clean User Interface which will misguide you, but nothing else.
[General Questions and Answers] Omzz888:
I have an LG G2 and for some reason, I was never able to get more than 3-4hrs SOC time and compared to others, that result is horrendous. However, I managed to load a custom rom and kernel, and for the first time I've just achieved 5hr 30mins SOC with WiFi and Sync turned on all the time. Been watching videos and Whatsapp messaging all day so I'm pretty pleased.
[General Questions and Answers] rudrapratap03:
I fully agree with your words saying that "95% of battery saver apps in the market are not effective". The reason behind this is that those apps not working from the root of the system, rather they just temporarily stop the application from working.

But I would like to ask you one point that you have written that by reducing the clock speed of mobile, the battery life can be enhanced. So, I want to ask that do slowing down the clock speed affect the smartphone inversely.