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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dkelley:
this thread only deals with data plan connections. gms, h, cdma etc are all data plan mobile data connection technologies. it should have nothing to do with your wifi only connection.

if you have wifi only then you should have very different battery use than we have. currently I'm wifi only also since I accidentally used up my data plan this month 2 weeks early by watching too much streaming video... damn.

so I turned off mobile data fast and am learning the ins and outs of wifi with my phone. I don't know if it's my new d-link wireless router at home or the phone or the OS, but most of the time when I unlock my phone I find that it won't connect to wifi again (won't even find my home network to be within range) unless I manually turn off wifi and turn it on again, sometimes 2 or 3 times in a row, until one time it finally says that it found my home network (with great signal strength) and is obtaining an IP. from then on my wifi is excellent, until I lock my phone again, then it all happens again most of the time I unlock it again.

very frustrating!

but again - another topic entirely.

as noted, the gsm stuff won't affect you at all.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] brios86:
thank you, when you turn off your data connection will it still show a "3g" or a "E" icon??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
You shouldn't get anything showing if you switch off data, maybe 'g' if something is syncing plus your normail signal bars.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
This worked on Villain 5.5 and Cronos latest as far as I've checked. Increasing my battery lasting time by about 40-50%. Others got better results. Maybe I've got a bum cell in my battery, if so how do I check?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mardurhack:
Guys...Talking about battery draining:

http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/83797-automatic-brightness-not-adjusting.html

It seems like even Sprint's eclair suffers of "(NOT)Automatic-brigthness" problems! The default brightness is set at 50% while in 1.5 (cupcake) is set at 20-25% and in the second rom is MUCH MORE responsive than in the first! Could it be a wanted feature or a bug at all?? Waiting for your considerations ;) Mine is that even Sprint used to cook! :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jelbo:
I don't have the GSM (PRL) option, only

WCDMA preferred

GSM only

WCDMA only

Unknown

It's on WCDMA preferred now. Should I try Unknown?

Mr Bang's performance ROM, latest radio.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jd230:
This is what sold me on trying this. I can confirm that on the Telus service, this has greatly extended my battery life. Prior to this my phone would barely make it through an 8 hour work day. Now it has juice left over for the evening.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dipje:
Thin is, this is not a 'fix'. This was also possible before.

This is a trick to get extra battery life, which might or might not work for you.

But it's still no explanation - or fix - why 'WCDMA Preferred' mode costs more battery on 2.1 than on 1.x roms.

And also, why with the new kernel there are tons of 2.1 roms out there that are still on WCDMA preferred' mode, but suddenly have good battery life.

In other words, this setting wasn't the 'drain' (like devs said before). It surely will have helped some to get more out of 2.1, but you still needed tricks and fixes to get 2.1 on the level of 1.5 without tricks.

So can we please now rename the topic (it's been asked before) to something that isn't lying about the contents?!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mardurhack:
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT!! This is NOT a SOLVED problem! O_o On the contrary there is still much to do to increase 2.1 roms battery life! Because if on my 1.5 rom I can increase battery life by setting GSM Auto this means that on 2.1 rom I'm NOT increasing battery life but I'm getting it at a NORMAL level (like 1.5 WITHOUT GSM trick)! So the problem is NOT solved at all!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bubblesmoney:
thanks to the OP

thanks to the OP for starting this thread which helped me find a solution to my poor signal and poor battery life problems on the HTC Desire phone.

i now am getting a signal (2-3 bars on PRL provider) where as previously in the poor signal area at one of my work places i almost never used to get a signal in many areas of that site. but now i do get 2-3 bars of gprs signal atleast of PRL provider and at other times i get HSDPA connection too in other areas.

plus as a bonus i am getting better battery life. now 18hours and 31mins after last charge i still have 77% charge left !!!!! thats with wifi on throughout the time and synching on as well, live wall papers etc etc etc on my HTC desire.

i have NOT rooted the phone. it is a factory issue unlocked unbranded htc desire from three network in the UK. all i have done is adjusted the test settings to GSM (PRL) setting and radio band to auto setting. plus i have installed the HTC power control widgets (preinstalled on the htc desire you just have to put it on the home screen. no need to download anything or any toggle from the android market and all the toggles work perfectly unlike many toggles i tried on the market before when i didnt know the htc toggles were already there preinstalled on the phone). plus i have installed 'task panel' which i rarely use for killing tasks and it does not affect battery life like other task killers suppposedly do (advanced task killer etc).

now if i can get the froyo update without rooting the phone then it will be heaven as i am getting fed up of the no memory alerts as cant instal to SD card yet. could any of you geniuses on xda developers find a way to load apps to SD card without rooting just in case HTC play the hero game with updates for software! :)

my problems are posted on this thread on MSE forums (**** cant post urls as am a newbie, so here goes the attempt)http :// forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2523297 If you dont want to read the long story, then read the solution and my results at post 33 and 34 on page two of that thread.

Thanks once again to all at xda developers for documenting their findings and solutions for problems, this guided me in finding a solution to my problem of poor signals and battery life on the htc desire. could any kind soul who has link posting rights please post the link i have given so that people can see what i did and my successful results to the battery and signal issues on the htc desire
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sproit:
For those who get a drain at WCDMA preferred and get improved battery life at PRL auto or whatever other option:

Consider using a decent ROM.

I get 3 % drain after 4 hours on WCDMA preferred, on a 2.1 ROM with sense. What is described in this thread is definitely not a fix, just some option that seems to lower the high battery usage of some bad ROMs a little bit. Please change the topic title to something like: battery life: 'useful tips and test results' instead of claiming that this is a fix.

note: my phone is always on HSDPA and syncs whatever it can sync.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bubblesmoney:
this absolutely worked for me on a factory settings htc desire phone which is NOT ROOTED [i set it to GSM(PRL) and also automatic setting for radio setting]. my phone is on wifi all the time since i last charged 21hours and 21mins ago and on continuous synching with max screen brightness for about 3hours and mid screen brightness for the rest of the time, live wall nexus 1 papers, also had gps, bluetooth on for about 2-3 hours on my htc desire. inspite of all that after 21hours 21mins after previous charging time i still have 75% battery left to use :eek::). but for power control i have installed the htc power control widgets (preinstalled on the phone but you have to instal it on the home screen yourself, absolutely no need to download anyother widget or toggle from the market as these htc widgets work beautifully without a single hitch and also they take less space as 5 widgets can be crammed into the place of 4 widgets. plus also have task panel app which i rarely use for task killing.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
Most battery drain issues people would have been having in 2.1 roms is down to the Kernel. Until recently we didn't have the sources to the Kernel so we were unable to make any changes or tweaks that could greatly improve battery life.

This can now be done and infact is being done.

(check out Kernels by Ninpo on VR10.x series)

Switching radio band as suggested will probably do something but I can't see it making a huge difference, unless your stuck between radio towers and your phone is constantly switching between 3g and H.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Detol Loki:
This thread has always been a load of bollocks. Disabling bands is not a solved issue. It was the kernel compiles that were the issue with battery life. I'm not saying this doesn't help a bit but thinking this was the issue with 2.1 roms = uninformed. This thread should be changed to info, not [SOLVED] <- what a joke.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bubblesmoney:
sometimes the problem might be an incompetent mechanic putting useless addon parts trying to mod a car that ruins the car rather than the problem being the car itself! so in such cases a seasoned user of the car might have better sense on what is more useful to the end user than what a seasoned but useless mechanic suggests or does!

In my case, as i said, i still get HSDPA access speeds of upto 5400kbps and download of upto 540kbps and still get hsdpa access, the real benefit has been getting a PRL signal when parent signal is lost. so the phone is actually usable as a phone in such poor signal areas because of this advantage as the phone is not bonking the airwaves endlessly without getting a signal and wasting battery juice. the consequent improvement in battery times is just an added bonus which i wasnt greatly interested in but still enjoy it just the same.

as an idea of the battery time i am now getting on my htc desire (not rooted and in factory settings other than just the GSM(PRL) adjustement and automatic radio band adjustment by me and use of HTC factory installed power control widgets etc now is from last charge 68% battery still left after 25hours and 44mins after last charge! :eek::) all that with live wall papers on (nexus 1 style) and continuous wifi on and synching on, few calls, etc etc. NOT SO LONG AGO I WAS CHARGING THIS SAME PHONE ATLEAST TWICE A DAY AND SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A DAY! so THIS DOES WORK as i have two desires to compare, one of which is still in factory settings. see full details of the tests i did in the moneysavingexpert forums link i gave above.

what a software is supposed to do and what a software actually does are two different things as anyone who has used software long enough will attest! :) so my answer is based on what this setting actually does rather that what it is supposed to do in a book.

have a nice day

edit: i got 40hours on a single charge and still had 23% charge left, but was scheduled for working the entire day in a poorsignal area and hence charged the phone without waiting to see how much further a single charge lasted.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Davith:
Does anyone know how to stop calendar sync when the phone is sleeping? When I check on Partial wake usage in Spare Parts I always see 'Calendar' between 'Android system' and 'Email'.

I've tried going into the sync menu and unticking Gmail agenda, and I also when into the calendar app settings to untick 'All calendar'. I then rebooted my phone.

So far, no luck. I'm not even using the Calendar, so where does it sync from?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sparksco:
Only wcdma preferred works the best for the area I live in on my G1.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] zorxd:
WCDMA only is probably the best option for Bell and Telus users in Canada because they don't have any 2g GSM coverage. The only thing you loose is the ability to call 911 on the rogers network if there is no WCDMA where you are.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fallos:
but can anyone write : do you always have mobile network ON or you turn it on only when you need it ?

if you turn it ON only if needed , it better for battery or ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fadil_94:
anybody have tested it on htc diamond with android 2.1............if its work plz reply me.............i am really having problem with my battery life..............i full charge my diamond from 6.00 p.m to 8.00 p.m ,after i unplugged the charger ,the battery bar show that it is already 55%..........i didn,t even open anything...........

NEED HELP GUYZ and GIRLZ: anyone
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
This is a month old hero thread you just bumped. Why not ask in your device's forum? I'll move this post in a few minutes...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Guys,

I would appreciate help in locating these clear widgets since I can't find them. Im interested in the small and large digital clock; and small and large weather as well as the clear calendar.

I got spoiled by the "clear as a bell" theme for hero 1.5 roms and now would like the same for 2.1.

I found the clear lockbar but am still missing the rest.

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
EEK Now I wanna make a all clear theme... See what you have done. :P umm you can get some of these clear widgets from a app called Beautiful Widgets... Its in the android market, but its a paid app.. IMO its worth it.

EDIT: surprising enough i think you are one of the only people to ask this..

Search id: http://xdaforums.com/search.php?searchid=36576626
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Thanks. Someone else suggested Beautiful Widgets but I think it would be a good idea to have a free solution for all the peeps.

I can't believe Im the only one asking about this since so many people loved the "clear as a bell" theme and widgets. That thread had a ton of hits.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
Lockscreen is from JsChiSurf, clock is Beautiful widgets, appointments is pure calendar, powerbar is a metamorph theme. Not pictured is pure messenger which lists sms messages.

It's available, but the good stuff are paid apps in the market.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] smstutler:
Here. Push this in place of the htc clock widget. clear weather and digital.

http://www.4shared.com/file/EkZgESRd/HtcClockWidgetclear.html
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rootbeer001:
i was hoping for a port of the clear as a bell set for 2.1 as well. i was comparing the apk's of the 1.5 widgets to the 2.1 widgets, and saw a bunch of png's that were in common. however, the 2.1 set has more png's, so i am not sure of the implications if we just copy and replace the old png's into the 2.1.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
I tried Beautiful Widgets and looks like the most customizable widgets I have ever seen. They are great. I just wish they had the extra small digital clock and extra small weather.

Thanks, will check that out.

I seriously doubt that they will work but you never know. Worst case I think the widget will stop working (I hope). Anyone know for sure?

What would be the commands to push the png's and to where exactly?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] rhotondm:
I also love the clear clock and weather widgets. I am not sure what 2.1 rom you are using but if it is DC 2.7 then what I did was flash darkstars theme which has the clear main clock/weather widget. Then I flashed back to markstheme cause I like the overall color/taskbar stuff better and the clear clock/weather widget stayed for some reason, which I am happy about. I didn't feel like paying for the beautiful widget app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Heaterz16:
You don't want to push the png's. You would need to put the png's in the proper place in the proper apk file, then you would push the apk file like this:

adb push HtcClockWidget.apk /system/app

I might be able to help you out, but I am not sure which clocks you are talking about. I see a small digital clock widget and am guessing the large one is the one with weather. Not sure what you mean by small and large weather.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
I am talking about:

Clocks:

The large digital clock with weather and the smallest digital clock without weather.

Weather:

The medium and smallest weather widgets.

Sorry, I mentioned a medium digital clock, but I was mistaken. The only medium digital clock is the one in Beautiful Widgets. It takes up about half the space as the HTC one. That one is clear already though.

Here is a pic with the 4 widgets:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Heaterz16:
There are a couple different ways to make them clear, so look at the pic of the two clocks - attached here - and see if that is what you want. I wasn't sure if you wanted the white to be clear too. Side note, screencasting won't work here at work, sorry for the bad pics.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Yeah, that would be great. Only the text and numbers without the white part. Also if the sun could show up on there...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Heaterz16:
Not sure what you mean if the sun could show up on there... Anyways, here is a flashable zip for the two clocks - try them out and see if they are what you are looking for. Let me know - after you flash them over.

I haven't had time to work on the others, but will work on them when I get a chance.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] smstutler:
My apk had that.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
K, will try that one. I meant the graphic with the sun/moon, but of course, it would have that also. Don't know why I felt the need to point that out.

Thanks.

Had what?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Hey, sorry I didn't reply to your post earlier, got caught up with other stuff and forgot I had the file. I pushed it and it worked.

Here is a screenshot. The only issue are two white dots on top of the big digital clock. Everything else looks great.

Now for the weather... I will try heaterz next.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Ok, I rebooted and flashed the zip. The clocks worked great.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Guys, any update on the weather widgets? Thanks.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pipskicks:
Anyone look at Gmorrah's theme???? (The Black and Blue theme up on the first page) Is that not what you want??
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
Not really. Even though Gomorrah's theme looks great I was looking for just the clear widgets. Plus he didn't make his clock completely clear (the background is still there). I also did not see his weather widgets..

Not sure what he did with those.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Heaterz16:
Sorry man, I must be missing something really easy but I looked for a couple hours and can't figure out what is driving the weather widgets backgrounds. It must be a common panel in the framework somewhere. I have given up on it for now. Hope the clocks are working out well.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] killabee44:
No problem. Thanks for trying.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KitsapAndroid:
I know I'm reviving the dead here, but I just wanted to say thanks to Heaterz for the clear clock widget. I'm loving it! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Guri:
I have been reading for a while and this is a great site, with a lot of information. Thanks to all in the community. I need some help. I have search about this but have not found a solution.

When I am on a call I can hear and speak without problems when speaking to another cellphone user. But when I call or receive calls from landlines I hear myself speaking, like echo. The other person can hear me perfectly.

My phone is a HTC Hero Telus model. I am using VillainRom 5.4 and the latest radio 09.26. Also tried going back to 08.29 but still having the problem.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ian_4614:
sorry mate,, no idea on that one.... good luck though..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Guri:
Thanks Ian. Hopefully someone has a solution.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] n00b001:
Have you tried multiple tests, EG: lots of different landlines, different area (signal), calling different phones from same landline, calling different phones with same landline + same sim, ect...

I have encountered this problem before - I think it's just to do with a combination of above ^
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Guri:
I am going to try your suggestion.

Thanks for your help n00b001
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
crossover talking is not a device problem. and for sure not a development related one.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Guri:
Ok, Kendong2, I understand. So it might be a carrier problem then. I posted on development because I thought it might be a radio issue.

Thanks again
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gunnyman:
Sine I have an addiction and suck at typing I was wondering, does the touch interface intro we get at first boot CALIBRATE the touch interface? Does calibrating do any good. If calibration works, and this little intro doesn't calibrate, wouldn't it make sense for the first thing to happen on firstboot would be calibration? I'm bored today, can you tell?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mountaindont:
it doesnt calibrate afaik

its just to show you the long press and other functions like that
[XPERIA X10 General] Marcus Geezer:
Hopefully someone can help. Using yahoo mail on my X10 and up to about a few days ago all good. Still able to receive mail no problem but just realised I have an outbox full of unsent messages due to the X10 suffering 'connection errors' when trying to send mail.

Am able to access internet and everything seems good but just cant send any emails? Tried setting up a new account for the same account but had exactly the same problem.

Can anyone help at all?
[XPERIA X10 General] proatiku:
the issue has to do with you being a subscriber of Yahoo Plus, coz it aint free. so can receive pop mail free, but cant send till you subscribe.
[XPERIA X10 General] jehdesai:
im getting this error on my dell streak for my company pop mails and regular yahoo mails earlier it was all fine...any solu anybody??
[XPERIA X10 General] kanchigo:
Use this for out going Mail smtp.mail.yahoo.com ssl 465.
[XPERIA X10 General] topshotta647:
Hi I'm just unboxing my white x10 now and notice a black dot a bit bigger then a pinhole but noticeable on the back cover towards the bottom. I am wondering if anyone elese has that aswell?

Thank you
[XPERIA X10 General] Tri3Dent:
Picture please
[XPERIA X10 General] wai_lai416:
there's nothing black on the x10 battery cover. it has a SE logo, the word sony ericsson xperia in silver. nothing black. i'll go as far as there's nothing black at all on the white x10 other than the front sensor, the camera, and the 3.5mm jack
[XPERIA X10 General] topshotta647:
It appears to be a chip on the cover looks like I got a defective back cover
[XPERIA X10 General] figofigo:
give us a screen shot for ur x10
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PulpzillA:
I'm currently using villainROM 5.4 and was wondering whats the best radio to use with it? im currently using the stock one 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18

some say that the lastest radio isnt neccessarily the best, and will it save battery life?

Thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] stud3379:
I am currently looking for an expert Windows Mobile developer or 2 who would be interested in making a little extra money. The payout is not huge but will lead to more immediate projects following. Anyone interested please PM and and send links or screenshots of previous work. Also looking for a graphics designer who has experience in UI design. Thanks for the time guys.

JW
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] xanderkaiber:
I'm a silverlight developer and designer. What kind of project are you looking into? I'll get some samples of my work later today for you.

I've allready developed one application for Windows Phone 7, which is an online bookviewing app powered by my companies upcoming photobook website and software.

I'm pretty interested in working with you on this project :)
[Windows Phone 7 Software Development] ruairi:
I'm a WP7 developer that does both Silverlight and XNA so if you need help PM me!