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[Hero, G2 Touch General] whitealien:
Thanks for advice. I was not using ShopSavvy, but I had doubts that either I got faulty device or some app is draining battery.

I called customer service and they advice me to put phone in safe mode and test it for awhile. It extended a little my battery life, but still recharge every day. Next step was to reset to factory default. This is what I did yesterday and now I'm at the end of second day since last charge and I still have 40% left, what seems to be normal, but still a little to early to judge that everything is good.

I still don't know from where battery drain was coming. Probably from some app.

I'm putting my bet on NewsRob - google feed reader. It was the only app that was using network in background (apart from mail and tweeter sync).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Shahpur.Azizpour:
too often. mostly once a day.

but when i'm at home im ususally plugging the as adaptor in either way, because i'm afraid to have to little battery left if i leave the house without a 100% battery level. (this can happen fast if you sync a lot of rss feeds, surf the net, have an exchange server connection and gmail push and so on...)

They really need to make better batteries. They should last 2-3 days on full force usage.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] whitealien:
I wish it could
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Stafflover:
I think once every 2 days, but at night I have the ''phonestuff'' turned of using it as an alarm clock only. I do use the mobile internet connection all day. Tried once without that and got almost 4 days out of one charge.

I agree they have to make better battery's but I don't think the hero's that bad.

I had a diamond wich I had to charge almost twice a day when data was on...

So for me the hero's a big improvement.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] BlueHawk:
I too get 2 to 3 days use out of a charge. Got rid of standard HTC Twitter client and replaced with Twidroid Pro. Only have Gmail push synchronization on.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] klaus27:
I am pretty sure you are aware if the standard HTC SMS app battery drain issue?

Someone pointed out that HTCs SMS app constantly drains the battery, because it stopps the phone from entering standby mode. You can replace it by going into Applications menu, open "Messages", "Clear defaults" and install HandCent. As soon as a new SMS comes in, it will ask you which app you want to handle SMS messages. Choose HandCent, make it default and you are set.

Gave me a huge battery performance boost.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] xlxl:
every day. that is the only bad issue of my hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] CitizenLee:
I charge mine daily when I go to bed as it's usually giving me the 15% warning about 24hrs after I last charged it.

The joys of smartphones ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sambartle:
At least once a day.

I've got a desk stand so it sit's in that for a constant juicing up, when im in the car I put it on to charge.. At work its on USB charge.. Basically I just juice it whenever I can..

I dont think theres anything wrong with yours.. they just have bad battery life.

If you think thats bad try the fossil palm powered watches.. i have to take it off every couple of hours to charge it!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] pauliusba:
Too often. Exchange, gmail, 1 additional pop3 inbox, facebook every 2hrs, twitter every 2hrs is enough for my phone to barelly hold a charge for a day. But when actually using the phone (music, calling), it doesn't hold even a day.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tombond:
Tried it. I installed Handcent, but when I want to want to make it default, the button is greyed out. What am I doing wrong?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tatwamasi:
That's a US only thing though, right? The European ones don't suffer with that issue AFAIK.

...Which I'm glad about as I sometimes have to charge my hero twice a day. Data is on all the time when I'm out and I'm a pretty heavy user of it. In terms of calls perhaps an hour a day, and not a huge number of texts (more than ten would be unusual). I do use the phone to listen to music quite often too.

I think the apps in the background thing is what needs to be checked. I use a news widget and Facebook and Weather and a travel one which I think adds up to a lot of refreshes. I'm thinking about making a Sense Profile (or whatever it's called) that has nothing on the homescreens at all for times when I might want to be a bit more frugal with battery life.

I do think it's somewhat ridiculous that the phone is capable of doing so many things but that if you have it do them it withers and dies. I would've thought the way to calculate battery life would be to have the phone doing the things that people will want to do with it and work from there. It seems that battery life is calculated by turning the phone into as dormant a state as possible and then tip toeing around it trying not to disturb it.

I get by though.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] klaus27:
Well, I cannot confirm that. I have a European one and mine drained the battery. I searched the net and with this trick I came from ~1 day to over 2 days with moderate usage and push enabled all the time.

Well, have you cleared the default for message application?

You probably want to google it or just read over this posts:

http://www.phonenews.com/improving-sprint-htc-hero-battery-life-9720/

My battery went even better once I configured Locale to go into airplane mode during night time and stopping sync services during work time. I don't need push when I am at work (timescal set, no GPS), because there I have all my mailboxes open and directly connected.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] klaus27:
Some more tipps to improve battery performance.

Disable 3G - Set to "only 2G" in mobile network settings

Set display timeout to 30s or lower

Remove as many widgets from your homescreens as possible (I only have calendar)

use task killer app to check which apps are still running in the background and try to tweak their settings to not autoload or don't notify you on updates - and of course kill them :)

disable screen animations

uncheck WLAN for location checking

don't check your mailboxes too regular ;)

disable vibration totally. disable haptic feedback for the keyboard as well
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tombond:
I cant even do that because that button is grey, too.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] streetdaddy:
generally every day, tho task killing app seems to help.

tho as I type I've noticed that my phone is almost flat after about 6 hours in which i made some calls, took some photos and uploaded them to flickr.

Sometimes I find a process/app will just chew power really fast.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] badantii:
Everyday, cause im using it as a music player and gps so I can't rely on the phone that it will work the next day if I don't charge it..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] klaus27:
Forget about clearing the defaults.

Just install Handcent, open it up, configure it and receive a SMS. Then click on the notification and it will (hopefully) give you a selection of apps. There you choose "make it default" and select Handcent. Make sure that automatically receiving and downloading of messages and notifications in the messages app are disabled and kick it with task killer.

Then check your battery (think it's settings -> phone info -> status) and see if handy standby time increases.

PS: I want to add here that I am synchronizing two mailboxes on two different servers (Exchange with default mail app and IMAP with K-9) with push enabled and I still get more than two days. So you guys with less than one day (excluding music listeners) are probably doing something wrong.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] heyodee:
Hero is way too (Apps, utilities, this, games, that) much at a price though, battery life. The rate at wish battery discharge will depend on the # of apps. "spare parts" show some of the apps eating up resources. If you have terminal program, you can run top, or ps. Long story short, i was sick and tired of playing watch on battery life, so i set for a new battery, and purchased the HTC hero 3000mAh extended battery. Its however adds a little bulk to the hero though. So, if you don't mind the added inches and have a some $$, search online an extended battery. Also, found extended battery capacity 1500, 2200, 2600, 3200 mAH
[Hero, G2 Touch General] marcovit:
4-5 days :D thats without use of wifi/internet/gps

I used myCPU to downclock my CPU to 120 if its on sleep mode and 500+ when active..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] hav0c:
I always charge it in my car. So that's usually twice a day.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tatwamasi:
I trialed Handcent today and I'm not sure I gained any battery life or not, if I did it was only a small amount. HOWEVER I am a convert and prefer Handcent so thanks for that at least!

I had the greyed out option for defaults btw, I'm not sure if this method's any better but what I did was used Autostarts to prevent the native messaging from loading up at any point and then taskilled it, so it won't even get loaded at boot now, which would happen even after handcent has been chosen as the default, I think, since it was still on the "at boot" list in Autostarts after I'd selected Handcent as my default.

I'm not saying that definitive or anything, it's just how it seemed to me.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] streetdaddy:
Sounds great, but I can't find any app by that name in the Market or Androlib.com

Can you post a link to the app or apk download?

I have found an app SetCPU, but many Hero users are commenting that it doesn't work for them...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] klaus27:
I used overclocker and it seemed to work fine
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ICO187:
mine sits in the cradle when home all the time if not using it.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] marinierb:
I found that after Sprite Backup ran a scheduled backup, the CPU would not sleep anymore when the screen is off. It was killing my battery. Uninstalled.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] 1diamond:
More or less every 2-3 days with my GSM Hero. I learned that one shouldn´t recharge the battery over night cause it will keep charging and charging.

Besides this I never recharge unless the battery level is below 75 % and I never let the battery level drop below 25 %.

So what I do is. Every 2-3 day I turn the phone off about 2 - 3 hours before I go to bed an recharge it untill the LED is green. I leave it off over night and turn it on in the morning.

E.G.: Turn it on monday morning --> leave it on thru monday to tuesday night --> 70 % - 80 % ... in case I had a heavy use day on Tuesday and the level plunged below 55 % I will do as posted above. In case it´s still above 55% I will leave it on and use it untill wednesday evening. By then it should usually stay above 30 %.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cymru:
GSM Hero i recharge every 10-12 hours. My trackball LED is stuck on and i cant get it off. So now my battery is continuously raped!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] wywywywy:
The Hero is way better compared to the G1 already.

With my old G1 I had to charge that twice a day on moderate usage.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] UnD:
Every day when DATA is enabled for "always keep on"

every 2 days when DATA is disabled for "always keep on"

dont know how to improve more... since i need my email, gmail, twitter...

its the only **** thing on HTC Hero :(...
[Hero, G2 Touch General] josepma1:
Check your radio version, with the last version the battery goes down around 18 hours. I'm checking 08.29 version, it seems goes better (+2 days).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] D L M:
everyday after about 12 hours of use
[Hero, G2 Touch General] UnD:
im just a noob at mobiles phones hehe, dunno where can i see my radio version and how to update it hehe :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Quazar0:
Every night, btw charging over night is fine, it goes into trickle mode once its at 100%.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] danmullen:
That's exactly what I do - I find that a GSM Hero after a day's moderate use is down to < 15% by the time I go to bed.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tmc_adio07:
I have flashed the new CyanogenMod and the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 and when I wipe everything and flash, it'll load up and I can use the phone 100% perfectly, but once I reboot my phone, or turn it off and on, it never goes past the green boot screen. Anyone have any solutions/reasons why it does that? It's with every single Cyanogen mod too, i've tried several of them.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] fezypoo:
Probably because you have a lot of apps?

If not, reflash it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mt3g:
what do you actually flash and what is the actual process, you shouldnt have any issues after it boots up the first time, wipe everything and make an exterior partition meaning get rid of your cyanogen recovery 1.4 and get amon ra's latest... look in the dev section and read up on cyan's page on how to flash the rom
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] tmc_adio07:
Thanks for help man, right now I'm running dwang's rom 100% perfect w/ no issues at all. it can reboot and everything just fine. I'm just a little worried on going back and trying to flash cyanogens.

When I installed it, I first did the root process, downloading the .apk file and going through all that part smooth, then I downloaded and flashed the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4, and from there I downloaded the two files (DRC83_base and the latest cyan's rom, i forgot the version #) and applied update from SD, first doing DRC83 and right after doing the rom itself, without rebooting the phone. It loads up A-OK and I can installl the apps and go about my business, but once I need to restart my phone, it just never turns back on. I'm puzzled completely...I even did the whole unroot and reroot thing and STILL i'm not having any luck. :confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mt3g:
K I got confused in there some where did you flash a cyan rom at all in there I read that you flashed the drc83 zip file but sounds like you just flashed that and booted the phone lol... never tried that but.... any way it seems like you are doing everything correct onlything I could suggest is make sure you have the correct htc base image, and make sure you wipe and repair everything!!!!! and also try a differant download of cyanogen as you might have gotten a bad one or something I have never had any issues with a cyanogen rom except maybe a FC back on 4.0xx or something
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] QQ43431:
兄弟，估计你刷成砖了。同情ing。。
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] freibergisch:
How to perform a hard reset??

I pressed power button and softreset..

But I can't see any changes..

How could I do right Hardreset???

Thanks

Marcus
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] Chef_Tony:
well, that is not the way to hard reset in wm5 and above, the exact procedure is to be found here:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=BlueAngel_WM5_For_Beginners
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] josefcrist:
thanks that helped me too
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] refthemc:
Has anyone had any success trying to get this thing to work? I tried but failed miserably lol. I tried installing it using "Java/J2me runner" from the market and everything installed perfectly, except when I tried to launch Opera Mini it failed....
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] riotkid976:
I was a big fan of opera mini on my crackberry (it was a must have) but I've never had good luck with it on Android...

:(
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jjjjayd13:
Link?

Do you have a link?

TIA!:confused:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] lazydev:
Don't you want Opera Mobile, and not Opera Mini?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] refthemc:
http://www.opera.com/mini/next/

Mini...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dr1fhr:
Opera mini 5 beta 2

I also tryed to install opera mini 5 beta 2 with J2me and installation failed.

I am currently using the beta 1 version which works fine in my DSTL 1
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Mr. Biggz:
If you're using the fresh rom the java app that comes with it can run it. Just download the jad to your sdcard and open with java and it will download the program and install it. I have actually downloaded this beta and it works very well just don't tilt the phone.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] refthemc:
I'm not running fresh rom....Could someone post the APK for it?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nelson8403:
it's not an apk it's a jar, and i don't like it.. it uses its own on screen keyboard.. dolphin is better for now

oh you mean for the java?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] nelson8403:
Here you go, sorry for the double post, you can't attach to an edit i guess.. unless i missed something
[Android Software Development] squidmaster:
Anyone know where it is? I'm assuming the G1 doesn't come with the algorithm pre-installed so you can only use one network unlock code. It must be stored somewhere, where's that hex at?

edit: It would seem that it does use an algorithm with only one possible outcome. After receiving the IMEI from hardware ROM it spits out a code to be matched up with the network unlock code.... Gotta see how I'm going to work this out.
[Touch Cruise 2 General] roo303oom:
I found that registry in app.reg of manila2D

So i thought that there is other clock on Home Tab of Manila

I changed it to 0 and received analog clock but it isn't very nice

I opend file HTCHomeSettings.xml of Manila to see how to make it more beautiful and after some changes, I received that

If you like that, you can do in this way

Backup you files HTCHomeSettings.xml and bg_clock_assets_000x.png (x from 0 to 9) in your windows folder if you want to go back digital clock

Go to Settings\Today\Items and uncheck TouchFLO

Change ClockType under registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Manila2D\Home to 0

Copy below files to windows folder (choose ovewrite if you are asked)

Go to Settings\Today\Items and check TouchFLO

Go to Home Tab and wait awhile when Manila is running

There is a problem with this clock. The minute digit don't display correcttly after while (lower 1 minute). If you refresh Home Tab, it will display correctly:D
[Touch Cruise 2 General] Blubster:
Nice trick!

Thanks a lot for sharing! ;)
[Touch Cruise 2 General] Frank C:
Ah, ok this is for WM 6.5 only........:o .......good to know when I change my mind.......
[Touch Cruise 2 General] codf4ther:
Thats pretty cool. I'm going to try changing the hh_hm_clock_bg.png to have an analog clock background to see what it looks like.

nm, when you enable the analog clock the clock_bg isn't used
[HD2 General] muthalif:
How is it possible to video chat using HD2, since there is not front side camera and how can we see other end's video? :)
[HD2 General] Richy99:
its not possible
[HD2 General] nicelad_uk:
I thought you could use the main camera as the video camera, at least when a new dialler comes out anyway?
[HD2 General] PhoTonic:
Yea, this is the most disipointing act from HTC. Its like removing the ability to sms
[HD2 General] Archer:
I think there's a MASSIVE difference between sending SMS and video calling. The majority of people on this forum, before the HD2 came out, had agreed that it was a bit strange, but they could live without it. The majority of people also admitted that they'd only ever used video calling once or twice, and that was just to play with it.

I think you may have exaggerated slightly!

Oh.. and wait for the obvious childish post of "They did remove the ability to sms"
[HD2 General] masondoctorjt:
If you are running android you can download Tango and video chat using main camera. you just need a mirror.
[HD2 General] olde_shrimp:
This works. i tested it earlier
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
THEME (Clocks-Icons..etc )

http://www.mediafire.com/?mmj4zimgw35

Golden Wallpapers

http://www.mediafire.com/?d43ntm1qvz3

The theme works with or without MaxManila

(Without MaxManila you will have the Digital Clock Only)

The Wallpaper Package contains the wallpapers+Taskbar&SoftKeybar CABs)

Enjoy........
​

http://multi-hoster.com/
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] antoniomistretta:
No problem bro!

You did a great job! :)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] abumhmmd1:
Wow . . . Wow

Great work .... keep your mesion

will be waiting for it .

:)​
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] zaxos3:
is it possible to have this in sense 2.5 without max manila?

only the 2 clocks nothing else
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] XRAY MAN:
Great work bro

can u change the red color of taps icons ?? coz it not matching with golden color :)

thanks alot
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] abumhmmd1:
Hi all

from ce4arab >> http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=186907

NP: OMEGA clock needs MaxManila.

THANKs jaguaralani

ENJOy
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
I am not keeping the red icons !!!

look at the last line in the first thread " I AM WORKING ON THE AB ICONS NOW "

it will all be golden,do don't worry
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
Latest Updates

1-Animated Screen

2-Welcome Screen

3-6 Tab Icons so far
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] oaldawe:
wow great work
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dimisxxx:
THAT IS FANTASTIC MAN THIS IS WHAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR A LONG TIME.....CONGRATULATIONS ....one question.....:rolleyes: are you gonna change in gold all the buttons in tf3d sense like arrows up down and etc......:confused:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dr.egypt:
Wooooow its good i wait for download link
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dimisxxx:
Are you planning my friend to create gold phone pad also???????:p:p
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dineshh:
Hi

Wonderful Job

Eagerly awaited:o
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
I am finishing the theme, few final touches only
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] timetraveler:
here are some pictures of gold for the background hoppe you like at least one lol love the gold theme helping out
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] timetraveler:
need more got more lol

good luck on the gold theme
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] timetraveler:
here are some more i know you will like picture gold 11
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dineshh:
Hi

I have a request

can we have attached image as Gold clock

:o
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
No problem dude, get me the background only without the hands, circular, and I will be glad to do it :D
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ai6908:
Man wish I can melt this theme and take the gold out of it! LOL...thanks..
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] envoy_467:
hi!! is it possible to have only the analog gold watch in the center of the Home instead of the two clocks together?

thank you!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Aranbas:
can someone help me because i have installed theme and all works fine (i have golden watch, tabs are ok to ....) but my notification bar is still the same (battery icon, signal status and sound controler) and on the bottom phone and menu buttons are red. i have installed all from Wallpaper Package and still nothing. help!!!!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] cis314:
thanks does this work with imagio
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
the taskbar icons are not included , u can get them from the forum
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sciobel:
Can you post the link or give the name of the task bar icons you have used in your great theme?
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] dineshh:
Startup

Can you provide just the d/l link for startup gold animation page?

Thanks:o
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] jaguaralani:
:cool:

Sorry, I do not break my themes into parts :cool:
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] sciobel:
And what about the task bar icons? Link or the name.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Zahurtex:
Stainless Steel Silver

Hi jaguaralani

Your work is Excellent!!! and with the addition of HYBRID your work is getting expanded..I wonder how you manage to keep up with so many work and threads>>>Bravo

I just wanted to ask if it is possible to have Gold theme in all Silver stainless steel silver just the opposite of gold...and that will be for mostly the Touch Pro2 users as it has silver back case and keys. I know it will be an extra thread to manage believe me it will be a nice addition to your work collection too:)
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] borg28:
very slick theme remind me to armani cool!!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ebb:
A Request for 6.5.3 ROMS

Love this theme. Have you considered a gold coloring for the bottom soft key buttons on the new 6.5.3 versions? That would definitely complete the look on those ROMs. See below (sorry about the double post). I'm referring to the gray buttons on the bottom.
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] ebb:
Here's the pic