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[Legend General] asantaga:
I get terrible battery life...

Typically 7-8hrs , now I use it for work but today I did 30ish minutes of calls, + maybe 1hr's worth of reading emails, sending data etc etc etc.

From looking at the "battery" part of the settings/about screen I can see that Display seams to be the thing EATING the battery..

is this normal?? I do use the power widget and put the screen down as low as it goes when I can however im really shocked at the power usage..

Ive tried using a task killer (advanced task killer) and JuiceDefender and neither make much difference...

any comments?? am I being realistic? I used to have a blackberry 8900 and it would easily last me a whole day , doing the same email load, websurfing, syncing etc, might even last 1.5days but I tend to plug the legend in whenever I can....

Is this normal???

Angelo
[Legend General] lessirey:
I have the same issue, display is always the best battery easter even with the bare minimal usage.

Is it normal guys?
[Legend General] rajasyaitan:
Yup. Try lowering your screen brightness and see the difference. Screen and gps is the most battery-hungary.
[Legend General] no0neX:
Everything depends on how you use your phone. Try to avoid GPS and max screen brightness. And always remember to kill aps with any of the app killers, after you finished with it.
[Legend General] rajasyaitan:
Good advice. Except on the task killing. Google around why task killing is not healthy for your phone.
[Legend General] dieseldriver:
my battery doesn't seem to show the correct level...I can charge it overnight on the mains an in the morning it has only got to 38%. Take the battery out and it goes up to 60ish%. Phone will last about a day, but can't seem to get a full charge into it.
[Legend General] Krazywrath:
My Legend's battery life has improved substantially ever since I rooted, went to 2.2, and used SetCPU. I daresay that the battery lasts ~100% longer from just over 1 day to more than 2 days.

I use wifi and sms daily, but I wouldn't consider myself a heavy user. Oh, and I do NOT use a task killer, because those things don't work (google it).

Hope this convinces some of you to root and be freed!
[Legend General] oysteivi:
Any tips on good SetCPU settings for the legend? I just got it and set it to "600 max, 122 min, ondemand". Don't know if this will noticeably impact performance and if profiles are worth bothering with.

Oh, and more on topic: Without SetCPU I normally charge the phone every third night. I keep 3g on at all times, never use wi-fi, and don't play with the phone much. Azure 1.0. (I think playing with the phone at lot less than when I first got it has the most impact on battery life;))
[Legend General] w1ckedzocki:
I also search the best settings with setcpu. For now I have:

Main profile: max 768mhz, min 245 ondemand

Screen off: 245 min and max powersave

battery <31%: 400 max and 245 min interactive

Without 3g but normal usage i can geat 3-4 days easily
[Legend General] dc/dc:
I find the Legend battery life to be fairly good compared to say, an iPhone 4, but nowhere close to that of a BlackBerry. I leave WiFi on all the time, listen to music for 30 minutes or so, manage my e-mail all day, sync Facebook every hour, and occasional SMS and calls. I end the day with 60-70%.

There is no 3G at all in Afghanistan (EDGE is the highest any of the four providers have), and AWCC only has GPRS in my village, so I know this plays a big role in my excellent battery life. We'll see how it lasts on 3G when I get to Dubai next time I transit through on my way to holiday.
[Legend General] rajasyaitan:
3g does not consume battery when it is not transmitting or receiving data. And some networking gurus said that 3g uses less power than GPRS and EDGE.
[Legend General] BlaY0:
Show me those "gurus". I would really like to meet them and exchange a word or two with them...

First... it depends on frequency band at which 3G is operating. There are several possibilities... 2100, 1900, 900, 850 MHz and they depend on your location (America, Asia, Europe...) and your provider. Most of European providers are using 2100 MHz band (some may be using 900 MHz). As we all know higher band means you have to be closer to the base station to have a good reception or you have to boost your radio power. Boosting radio power means higher battery drainage. And farther we go from base station our radio is struggling more to get a decent reception... that also means higher battery drainage.

So it really depends of your provider and the coverage of base stations the place you're moving around has. So if you are living in a village covered by 2 base station towers that are few km from you, I'd say your gizmo autonomy would be significantly shorter than one's who lives in the city. There are also few other factors like are you living in a celler or on 20th floor... if you are too low in a concrete celler you may have "dark spots" in your appartment where the signal is really low. On the other hand if you are living too high you don't get the signal from the closest antenna because it maybe is below you and tilted a few degrees down so it doesn't cover you, instead you will be switching between few other base station towers which are few km's from your position thus your radio would again struggle to get a good reception.

In situations I've just explained your gizmo would do better if on GSM network because it is using lower frequency band (mostly 900 MHz) thus having a better coverage than 3G.

My SetCPU profiles:

default 245 - 600 MHz ondemand

charging/full 245 - 600 ondemand

battery < 16% 122 MHz powersave (enough to receive calls, msgs and sync data)

screen off 122 - 245 MHz ondemand

battery < 31% 245 - 480 MHz ondemand (480 MHz and below run at 1.2V)

ondemand governor settings:

sampling rate 50000 microseconds

up treshold 95%

powersave bias 500

You also have to know that SetCPU doesn't know how to set those settings upon governor switching so they are reset to defaults if you switch.
[Legend General] grandioso:
I recently stopped using System panel's "stop all apps" button (I can't think of anything else that could affect it) and I just got 3 days of battery (for the first time) life on average usage (calls, SMS, mails, as usual, even played angrybirds for about 20-30 mins). Awesome :)

3G is on all day, off at night, wifi & gps allways off (except a few minutes playing with SkyMap).
[Legend General] m.klinge:
Well i get around 15-18 hours out of my legend at best :(

Using the following:

- Exchange mail/calendar always on

- Gmail/Calendar sync every 5 mins

- Around 5-10 SMS a day

- No facebook/twitter/whatever other social media crap

- No HTC weather update, but uses danish weather app

- 2-4 hours talk time

- 15-30 mins of GPS on using endomondo

- 30 mins browsing

- Using no app killers

- Using SWYPE

- Bluetooth rarely on (When not plugged to power)

- Autoset display light

Its not a big problem - unless i forget to charge it every night :S

Soo would you recon i would gain anything from wiping my phone and/or use a cooked rom to get froyo?

//M
[Legend General] jjs87:
well wieth 2-4 hours calling thats seems averry good really ;)
[Legend General] Calex93:
Mine drains really fast if I'm on 3g. Problem is there's no WiFi in my house so I don't have a choice really..

With processor overclocked to 787mhz I get around 10-12 hours with moderate browsing using hsdpa. Plus a couple or so hours of music with the usual occasional calls and texts.

One thing I did notice is if I simply leave it on standby the battery seems to last really long. 2 days is totally plausible even with apn on (no sync).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackDaniels7:
what the title says i have friends all over that i talk to but none have an evo (yet) they all have pc's so is there an app that will let me do this?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tstinnett62:
Qik also has a desktop version
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JackDaniels7:
if it does i can't find it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superlinkx:
Its in testing right now. Just look for qik in touch beta.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gudda1:
are you aware of any other apps that use Skype? Not many people use Qik, but Skype is pretty big...
[HTC Aria Accessories] msgnyc:
Get them while they are still free. Just pay shipping. $2.85 each.

http://www.stealthguards.com/index.php

Since I have an Aria, thought I'd share.

I also submitted the news to the XDA Portal in hopes of attempting to let everyone else know aswell.
[HTC Aria Accessories] j.clark.90:
thanks for that link i think im gonna order me one
[HTC Aria Accessories] msgnyc:
They include 2 full guards per order too, incase you mess up putting it on.

If you don't you've got a backup. Pretty cool of them. Plus, they offer lifetime replacements.
[HTC Aria Accessories] Gorilla800lbs:
Thanks for the headsup. Have you received your order yet? Are the wraparound parts fitting well to the back of the phone?
[HTC Aria Accessories] msgnyc:
not yet, i wasn't informed about the deal until late yesterday. Should be here hopefully by this weekend. I'll know then.

Grabbed a few for all my various phones. lol

For the Aria, I really only want the front guard. I like the feel of the soft touch., but I may use the full guard for a little while.
[HTC Aria Accessories] FZ1Darren:
thanks for the heads up.
[HTC Aria Accessories] seboj:
Thanks, ordered mine last night. I have a silicon case for the body, but I may still use the wrap-around.
[HTC Aria Accessories] FFXTDS:
the website is down
[HTC Aria Accessories] FZ1Darren:
i was able to get on the website just now. it's slow but working. 9:35 am pdt.
[HTC Aria Accessories] FFXTDS:
they up it to 2000 now
[HTC Aria Accessories] eortizr:
funny thing is they charge you the shipping for each item even if the go to the same address
[HTC Aria Accessories] breakeven:
I would almost do this, but what is the catch? I mean they can't just have free stuff without some sort of forkover of currency, whether it be money or info. To those of you who have done it explain please to the rest of us. Otherwise I am putting this in my pyramid scheme/spam file.
[HTC Aria Accessories] cdinz:
Jus got my Aria and ordered one of these... In the video on the website on how to apply the guard they spray some liquid on the phone and the screen guard... Does anyone know what it is?
[HTC Aria Accessories] msgnyc:
Just a promo they are running to get people to try their protectors. The catch is, you pay for shipping and you've got to be one of the first 2000 (originally 1000) orders.

Most likely just water or a windex type solution. Just makes it easier to install. You can slide the protecter around to get the perfect fitiment then squeegee the liquid and air bubbles out. Thats how I've always installed screen protectors.

Came in today, but havn't put them on yet. Got to leave for work. XD
[HTC Aria Accessories] mrandyp69:
thanks

for 3 bucks you cant beat trying it out. ordered mine.
[HTC Aria Accessories] msgnyc:
well I'm disappointed. Thr skins themselves are of very good quality however some off the skins I received were perfect while others were not.

The Magic and Evo skins were perfect.

Some off them were cut so close to perfect but ever so slightly to large which made it impossible to set it correctly without trimming it back after install else it would lift when touched. Thr arias was this way.

The nexus one skin however, wasn't cut properly. You can see were it was supposed to be cut, but it wasnt cut all the way thru so there is just an outline were the cut should be.

I guess it's hit out miss with these skins. Hows everyone elses?
[HTC Aria Accessories] sluzi26:
I ordered on Tuesday morning and still no shipping confirmation.
[HTC Aria Accessories] eortizr:
I ordered like 10 days ago.. still nothing
[HTC Aria Accessories] seboj:
Ordered mine two weeks ago. After the first week, I hadn't received anything, so I emailed them. They promptly sent a shipping confirmation, but no tracking number. Said delivery could be up to 9 days. Still waiting. Only paid 3 dollars though, so I'm not really that frustrated yet.
[HTC Aria Accessories] duped:
Ordered mine on 8/12, email with shipment # on 8/17, received product today.
[HTC Aria Accessories] FFXTDS:
ordered mine on the 11 and got it today to
[HTC Aria Accessories] desaille:
Just ordered mine, they bumped it up to first 2000
[HTC Aria Accessories] eortizr:
got mine today.... IT SUCKSSSSS. worst ever tried.... it is to big and it get scratches very easy....
[HTC Aria Accessories] seboj:
Got mine today. What a piece. The backside was traced, but not cut out, so all I really had was a giant sticky rectangle. The optical button on the front was traced, but not cut out. The front side didn't fit at all. No matter what way I tried to maneuver it, there was always a side sticking off, so it would come undone whenever I put my skin on.

What a joke. Glad I only paid $2.99 for it.
[HTC Aria Accessories] crossix:
I got mine and its not great, but it works.. I definitely wouldn't order another one or recommend them to anyone, the pack of 5 I bought from wal-mart for 6 bucks is better. At least this one is staying on so far (unlike the cheapo wal-mart ones), it was a pain to get it on. I was really disappointed though that they didn't send the back guard just the front and they shipped it in a plain envelope so at first I thought it was a bill of some sort or junk mail.

I found another site that sold similar guards like this one and they gave the following directions:

"For the solution mix 10oz of distilled water with 1/4th teaspoon of liquid dish soap (the less additives in the soap the better). The reason for distilled water is so that there arn't minerals to cause mineral build up when you apply the skin. Minerals will cause the guard to be less transparent and you'll see little spots all over the screen. Also with the dish soap try to use one without additives (like one without enhanced grease removal), so that it doesn't dissolve the skin. The reason for the soap is so that it removes grease from your fingers that might have been built up and so that it won't leave any greasy smudges when you apply the skin."

Apparently you mix the above into a spray bottle or cup and dip / spray your finger tips and the guard in it (you don't have to soak it). Let it drip a little then apply to your Aria..

Once you get it on and in the right position, take a paper towel and wipe up the excess water. Then take a credit card or a hard piece of plastic and push the excess water / air bubbles out from between the guard and the screen. Be sure to have the paper towel handy to soak up that as well. There won't be too much excess water to deal with, but still you don't want it getting down in your aria and causing damage to its electronics...

Oh by the way be sure to take the battery out and leave it unplugged while doing this. Let it dry for a while (took mine about 12 hours to dry) and I put it on right before I went to bed and let it dry overnight. When I got up in the morning to look at it, it wasn't bad but did have some scuff marks on the guard from where I had to work like crazy to get all the air bubbles out. I didn't use distilled water so mine is pretty much ruined as it has little while specks trapped between the screen and the guard. When its on it doesn't bother me too much, but turned off it looks fuggly. I guess it would be an ok guard if I had used the right water.
[HTC Aria Accessories] sluzi26:
Got mine today. One set did not have the trackball cut out, the other did. I used a small bit of spray for screen cleaning while I applied it using a credit card to squeege it as I pushed up.

Works great, looks great and feels infinitely smoother than the Zag shield I had previously (which arrived with a motherfing hair under it).
[HTC Aria Accessories] t41n7ed:
http://www.bodyguardz.com/htc-aria-cases-screen-protectors-covers-shields-skins-films.html

Don't know if this was posted but, they have pics of the application on their site.
[HTC Aria Accessories] kaschenberg:
LMAO!!! :D
[HTC Aria Accessories] racercf:
I got mine the other day and it fits...I have no complaints
[HTC Aria Accessories] seboj:
First one arrived uncut and didn't fit. So I sent them some hatemail. They sent me another one, which again, was uncut and didn't fit. They fail.
[HTC Aria Accessories] Cinderous:
I ordered the day the OP posted and I still haven't recieved mine. They did send me an email saying it shipped about a week or so ago but it's going on over a month now. These guys need to get their act together based on a lot of these comments. :p
[HTC Aria Accessories] ryan92084:
i almost tossed mine as junk mail so you and others might have. It comes in a plain white unmarked envelope.
[HTC Aria Accessories] kaschenberg:
Now that's what I call professionalism!! :D
[HTC Aria Accessories] Cinderous:
Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

Sent from my CM6 Liberty
[HTC Aria Accessories] ryan92084:
i don't even think it had a return address
[HTC Aria Accessories] kaschenberg:
The business is probably operated out of a trailer park. They have 8 year olds cutting out pieces of sticky plastic with scissors and stuffing them in plain white envelopes.
[HTC Aria Accessories] le nitro:
Received mine in about 5 business days. I bought 2 for 4.85, good deal.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] msgnyc:
Get them while they are still free. Just pay shipping. $2.85 each.

Since I'm a Magic owner, thought I'd share. Dun feel like posting this in every single forum for the phones that they have.

I also submitted the news to the XDA Portal in hopes of attempting to let everyone else know aswell.

[edited] they include 2 full guards per order, incase you mess up putting it on. If you don't you've got a backup. Pretty cool of them. Plus they offer lifetime replacements.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] lugi93:
Thanks :cool:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] MRCLrider:
Just placed my order, thank you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] appledroid:
Issue

When I place my order, the final step, I get this: Transaction cannot complete:

The transaction cannot complete successfully. Instruct the customer to use an alternative payment method.

Any Help?

Thanks for the info btw!

EDIT: Got it fixed and made my order :DDDD
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] funnycow:
i just placed my order. thank you very much
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] DreamWalkerGuy:
placed an order on thursday but has not shipped yet, has yours OP?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] |Black_BoX|:
I placed an order on the 11th (wed) and it didn't ship until the 16th (mon). Not super quick but I can't complain for $2.85. I'll try to remember to post what I think of it when it arrives, but I'm not getting my hopes up too much. :p
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] ramersonw:
I already ordered 2. Thanks for the info.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] konstadinos:
I cant find bodyguard for the htc magic on the site...
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] konstadinos:
Thanks for the info! I didnt know that my touch and magic are the same.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] msgnyc:
well I'm disappointed. Thr skins themselves are of very good quality however some off the skins I received were perfect while others were not.

The Magic and Evo skins were perfect.

Some off them were cut so close to perfect but ever so slightly to large which made it impossible to set it correctly without trimming it back after install else it would lift when touched. Thr arias was this way.

The nexus one skin however, wasn't cut properly. You can see were it was supposed to be cut, but it wasnt cut all the way thru so there is just an outline were the cut should be.

I guess it's hit out miss with these skins. Hows everyone elses?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] appledroid:
Still haven't got mine, whats the shipping time on these?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] inlovewithandroid:
I ordered 2 about an hour ago. I can't wait for them to arrive. I am hoping they are somewhat as good as invisibleshields. I will post a review when I get it and then again after I have had it for a while.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] lannister80:
A lot of people on other forums are saying the shields are complete crap.

Google "stealthguards scam"
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] skinnyveganboy:
thanks a bunch, i just got one. that was a great deal. :D:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] moezsayani:
I got mine yesterday, and i love it! the back part of my phone hasnt competely cured yet, so there are a couple of small air bubbles, but if thode dont't go away, i'll just poke a hole and squeeze the air out.

i got them in 5 business days.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] Dexreyes:
where to order?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Accessories] rob_32gonzo:
How did these covers hold up?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eeney:
Guys, at the risk of sounding dim, I have used startup manager to disable the media scanner on reboot. However I now want to re-nable it but cannot see how to, I forget to make a note of the service/app I removed (I expected it to be disabled, but it just disappeared from the list)

I have uninstalled start-up manager which hasn't helped. Could someone check and tell me the name of the service/app that I need to re-enable to get my media scanning back.

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] eeney:
Ignore this thread, problem solved!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latino147:
Next time you might post what you did to solve the problem ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] $omator:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=753294

---this app---> http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=595157&d=1305318192

works perfect till restart =) so i gues it is handy
[Galaxy S I9000 General] latino147:
Actually I ended up using that :p thanks!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] HeyItsLou:
http://developer.htc.com/

Now lets have at this and get some over-clocked under-volted kernels up!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] HeyItsLou:
I know bro!!!! I was pumped when I saw Cyanogen comment on twitter that new source code was up I ran over to the HTC site and there it was...the beautiful source code lol
[Droid Incredible Android Development] HeyItsLou:
Just in case by some freak of nature something happened to the link I downloaded the source code already lol I have no clue what to do with it I'll just hold on to it for safe keeping.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] jdkoreclipse:
Thats good. If the linl ever dissappears, at least we got something.

-jd
[Droid Incredible Android Development] bhazard451:
Great news! Been waiting forever for this and a new hydra kernel.
[Droid Incredible Android Development] TrailBlazer31:
best news ever. been waiting! glad I checked the forum before going to bed :)
[Droid Incredible Android Development] SLOflatlander:
hell yeah!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] gmonox:
Amazing news! I love CyanogenMod but certain limitations kept me from using it, so I switched to sky raider. Anxious to go back to CM6 though. This and s_off soon made my day.

Thank you, devs, for all the amazing work you all put into this phone!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] whewstoosae:
Awesome news. Thanks for the post!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] zeke1988:
1.Dinc

2.this

3.s-off

4.????

5.PROFIT!!!
[Droid Incredible Android Development] trombone dixie:
what does this kernel entail exactly?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] PaulG1488:
Overclocking undervolted kernels can now be developed for 2.2 roms
[Droid Incredible Android Development] trombone dixie:
Please don't shoot me for asking, but I'm extremely new to all of this. What is an example of overclocking undervolted kernels?
[Droid Incredible Android Development] seanhassars:
basically with this we can now have some great stuff going on

1. CM6 will most likely fully support our phone now

2. we can have UV/OC kernels, which allow our cpu to be faster, while not using as much battery (theoretically)

3. whatever else the awesome devs out there can come up with

4. ???????

5. Profit (of course)