yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate General] irus:
Ok so i tested again last night and I did not have my im+ app running and the battery life was soooo much better. I also did not have system panel running which records all the battery and cpu stats but i'm think its the im+ app that was taking up all the juice. Can anyone think of another app that does skype and facebook but that also does not take up sooo much batter life??? Thanks
[Captivate General] sevenvt:
Possible he has his set to stay on. While yours may turn off when sleeping.
[Captivate General] m_1000rr6:
Open up the dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#*

Go to BATTERY HISTORY>PARTIAL WAKE USAGE and maybe that will show you which app is sucking up your battery life while you sleep.

Also try, if you don't absolutely need an internet connection while you sleep, SMODA widget to turn off your mobile internet. It's quick, free, and painless.
[Captivate General] irus:
yeah the app that took the most juice was im+
[Captivate General] kevinwatson5:
I drained mine down to 5% and charged full a few times and still only got 8 - 10 hours on mine until i flashed to jh2 and now have been getting almost 16 hours with same usage and apps installed. I charge mine at night. I use ebuddy with the piwer saver option turbed on abd it does an ok job.
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
I have the stock ROM and stock launcher and my battery is awsome! 8 hours and I will still be above 80%.

Brightness: Lowest (manually control via stock stock gesture)

GPS: OFF

Wifi: ON all day

BT: OFF

GMail manual

Other emails accounts hourly for the most part.

Widgets: Google/Fancy Weather

BG: Mostly Black

I have never seen such good battery life on a smart phone.

I could easily get 2 days, but i rather charge every night and then not worry about battery usage.

The wifi/gmail/gps made a big difference, its too bad you can't set gmail to hourly or something lik e that. Some of my email accounts i would like to set longer than hourly.
[Captivate General] tysj:
The last few days have been pretty good one my phone. Used to get maybe 16 hours but my last charge lasted me about 50 hours with moderate browsing, gaming, and voice/text. Juiceplotter is telling me I'll be getting about 47 hours :)
[Captivate General] tytdfn:
How many hours with the display on?

Sent from my phone so I apologize for any spelling mistakes
[Captivate General] khoavuong:
My battery icon depletes one notch when I'm using the screen for about an hour. Some people recommend cycling the battery, in which you do a full drain and immediate full charge, 3 or 4 times. I've done it, but it's hard to say if it explains my good battery life.
[Captivate General] Berserk87:
let the battery drain COMPLETELY until the phone turns off a couple times, then charge it till 100% without unplugging it.
[Captivate General] wgarrido:
You don't want to drain the battery that much, those kind of batteries can be damaged. The phone turns off for a reason.

I haven't done the cycle thing and its fine. A lot of that comes from older batteries with the memory problem.
[Captivate General] Svietlana:
irus, software which is based on data connection drains the battery one way or another. Some apps now support push notifications and IM+ does too. Did you try to use push?
[Captivate General] Shuggins:
These claims of multiple day charges with moderate use is crazy to me. I have the newest ROM, a black screen, display all the way down, gps off, wifi on when in range, make zero voice calls, run juice, and only have 2 widgets that update every 4 hours. I use my phone for a maximum of 3 hours browsing the web, reading XDA and feedR, checking facebook and the occasional text message. My phone lasts a total of 12 to 14 hours. My battery has a manufacture date of late July. Is there some secret I am not aware of?
[Captivate General] MikalCarbine:
I'm I'm your boat Shuggins, except I don't use juice, I have it installed though
[Captivate General] sfernandez:
Brightness: Lowest 0% inside 25% outside(Brightness level.apk)

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-curvefish-widgets-brightnesslevel-jDiB.aspx

GPS: OFF

Wifi:Off

BT: OFF

GMail manual

Backgroung data off

Widgets:Fancy Weather/Launcher Pro default icons & only 1 Home screen

BG: Solid Black

Juice defender & Advanced task killer( set 2 kill every time screen off)

With light to modderate usage I get 3 1/2 -4 full days

With heavy usage I get 1 1/2 - 2days

I also did this & has helped out alot...needs to be done only once unless you change roms

1.Charge till full when powered on

2.power off

3.charge till full again

4.boot into recovery(adb reboot recovery or Power off the phone and then hold the volume up + Volume down + the power key. When it goes black the 2nd time release the power button and keep holding the volume buttons.)

5.wipe stats Clockworkmod recovery -> advanced -> wipe battery stats.

6.boot and continue to use as normal
[Captivate General] eunique:
I am vacationing in Spain right now..usually on AT&T San Francisco Bay Area, here

operating on Movistar mobile carrier. Im roaming from ATT.

I have not done any much special stuff when it comes to battery...just the

Unleash the Beast and unlock. I have everything turned off (wifi, Enable data, GPS, Wireless connections) and put it in airplane mode for almost an hour when I was in church.

I turned on and used wifi for approximately an hour..and more here and there to update FB and check email when I had free wifi connection.

My phone has been on for 2 days and I'm probably only 20% down.

Oh also, I have drained my phone down almost completely before charging it completely for at least 5 cycles since new. One of those times, the phone completely shut off because the battery was so low. Supposedly that is not too good to let these types of batteries go that low.

So, I would recomment to only let it go down to where it is red and very low batt, then charge it all the way up to full and then some.
[Captivate General] mesasone:
I keep my phone in EDGE mode unless I need the 3G speeds. At home I use wifi, and EDGE is fast enough for basic facebook usage, fetching e-mails, etc. I think that helps a good bit.
[Captivate General] graveheart_82:
GPS: OFF

Wifi:On (when in range)

Brightness: Lowest

GMail manual

Backgroung data On (used for G.Voice)

Widgets:BattStatt/ADW Launcher/5-6 icons shared between screens (have 5 home screens but use only 3)

BG: Mostly Black

Apps running in BG: Lookout mostly besides what the OS runs automatically. No auto-update for anything app like FB, Gmail etc.

With talktime of no more than 2 hrs/day and extremely light surfing, I hardly get any battery left at the end of the day. I'm rooted with plenty of apps installed but I hardly ever use them as I'm at work all day.

I had a fully charged battery when I unplugged my phone this morning and I came to work around 3 hrs ago. I turned on WiFi and used phone for voice call for about 20 mins tops. No internet usage yet, 5 texts thru G.Voice. BattStatt shows I'm down to 79%. 21% drop for just this? Am I missing something here? :mad:

Did *#*#4636#*#* and saw Wifi idle was ~40% and used was ~20%. Everything else was very low. I just turned off my wifi. Any suggestions?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaudio_t:
I have a Nexus for a couple of months, last week I downloaded the Universal Androot to root my phone and works great now I have more apps to use, now I want install the last Cyanogen rom to shoot 720p video. I also downloaded ROM Manager from the market but I don't know what to do.

My question are: What I have to do next? There's a application to shot 720p video without change the ROM?

Thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
No, that's a rom level change.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
Use ROM manager, download cyan ROM. It will ask you to backup first, do that so you can return to your phone as it is now just in case. Then let it do its thing and enjoy the new ROM.

At that point when you're running cyan, read thru all the threads in development section, and themes, and get to work flashing away:-)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herrwinkler:
Also click to download Google Apps too. Click to wipe and back up and Rom Manager takes care of the rest. CM6 RC3 it awesome, have fun.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klaudio_t:
Hi everyone

I did all you told me to do and now I have my Nexus with Cyanogen 6.0 running thanks for the help.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SeEsAw12:
Enjoy your awesome Nexus One ;)

Haven't tried CM's final release yet but I'm sure looking forward to it!
[Windows Phone 7 General] theomni:
Halo! There needs to be some kind of a Halo game released with the phone. Halo has been such an iconic presence in my generation, that I would say its equivalent to Star Wars of the generation before. I'm surprised that MS isn't bringing it to launch of an important moment of the company.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nizzon:
Equivalent to star wars?!

Haha, get real!

But it would be nice with Halo on wp7 even though Ive never played it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] OndraSter:
HALO was my first 3D shooter that was really good, that I played. I actually won it in some competition many years ago. But I never finished it. If I could, lets say, play at home on PC, save game, and then continue on phone -- we know that this is possible -- in HALO, I would buy wp7 device rightaway.
[Windows Phone 7 General] paperclips:
I wouldn't say equivalent to star wars or anywhere close to that. I'd say more like mortal kombat or something or that nature. Halo would be a nice game to add for the fps lovers.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
Gears of War > Halo

I think part of Halo's allure is it's story, but honestly I couldn't get past the bad gameplay to find out.

Halo takes mechanics best suited on the PC and puts them into a console, which feels horrible. I prefer the way Gears of War approached the issue, while a mouse & keyboard would probably still feel better, it was at least some thought went into how the controls of the game work on a gamepad.
[Windows Phone 7 General] IM0001:
If you haven't heard already their is some form of Halo game coming out on release day. :cool:

No other info as of yet.

But a list of 60+ games to be ready on launch day shows some good dev backbone. Hopefully their is like 600 apps to go with that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gom99:
If you're talking about Halo: Waypoint that's not a game, it's some sort of Halo Network program.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
A full HALO game with real time XBOX Live multiplay. That would be too much fun!

Reality hits; its not going to happen. Possible but not going to happen.

Plus AT&T users would ruin the fun with their bad network. Imagine all the pauses because of people with slow net speeds.
[Windows Phone 7 General] theomni:
As long as MS releases some realtime multiplayer games, then I will be happy. MS has stated perhaps by next year (Q1 or Q2).
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Did some searching Apple has it now!

NOVA

other multiplayer games
[Windows Phone 7 General] satchef1:
Never really liked touch screen fps games, analogue sticks ain't great for shooters as it is without making them virtual. Think a Halo Wars game would probably suit the format a lot better.
[Streak 5 General] Jezza0:
Anyone else found they can't play WMA encoded files after update? Tried MixZing and stock player, both can't find them. If I browse to the dir in Astro, it says "File type wma not found."

Any fix?
[Streak 5 General] flumps:
rockplayer! its better than sex with a midget. guaranteed!
[Streak 5 General] Jezza0:
OK thanks it looks like RockPlayer works -- if I unselect "show media file only" in the menu.

Erm... why do we love RockPlayer so? No playlists? No library to play all by artist, etc? No widget? What's the big deal? :confused:
[Streak 5 General] flumps:
blasphemy! rockplayer plays EVERYTHING period. for music its a nono but all those lovely .avi/mkv files its fan freaking tastic, it even plays .srt!
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
Could not have put it better myself lol:)
[Streak 5 General] a042349:
1. OP complains that the stock and after market music players do not play WMA music files.

2. Somebody suggests RockPlayer which indeed does play WMA files.

3. OP notes that as a music player Rock leaves a lot to be desired.

4. Everybody agrees that Rock is NOT a great music player, but nobody should be critical of that because it's NOT a music player it's really for videos.

5. OP still has problem, no music player will play his WMA files, but now he knows that Rock can do this, but is a ****ty music player.

6. So OP problem remains. Sigh...

:)
[Streak 5 General] Jezza0:
LOL nice summary!

Well I've decided I'm going to roll back to 1.6 for the moment (once I've managed to restore my Streak - it's not booting at the moment). There's a lot I miss from 1.6 - Dell's FB and Twitter widgets, the keyboard, restricted apps in the market, the browser tab toggler, etc. 2.1 is pretty, the dialer is great, 720p video recording is great, etc., but these don't compensate for the other missing features.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] dh4645:
is there an app that will let you increase the volume past maximum?

thanks

EDIT: i didnt specify....for the external speaker like when watching to a video or last.fm.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mickie0483:
U can use the meltus volume hack i use it n it works great
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] superchilpil:
Could you post a link, the one I found u type in a number and once I do that it just closes it
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ryan92084:
pretty sure he's referring to the app "louder volume hack" by meltus. just search for meltus on the market. or there is a maual version, check out androidaudiohacks.com . no idea if either works
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] superchilpil:
I'd rather use the manual method because I don't want to pay for something that simple
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ioft:
And that is?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] superchilpil:
ive read there is a code that can be punched into the dialer to bring up the settings

the version i found just shuts down the dialer

maybe its the wrong code for our devices
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ioft:
The only thing I wish I could increase the volume of is the external speaker. Meltus' app doesn't appear to do that.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ryan92084:
Which would be why I linked it, so did you give it a shot?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] superchilpil:
Yes and I looked up alot if alternative ways

They either don't work or force the phone to reboot
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] dh4645:
yeah, i meant for the external speaker like when watching to a video or last.fm.

i guess i didnt specify.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] asiancuta:
go into Settings -- > Call settings and choose hearing-aids. it increases the call volume so you can actually hear the other person quite well.

i miss my Tilt2's external speaker...perfection.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ioft:
I'm running CM6.0/FroYo and that isn't an available option.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ninestraycats:
Copied from another thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15406689

"I am surprised at the lack of information and help on the net for this issue. The in-call volume, and the speakerphone, are very quiet. Forget the radio and driving with the windows down, a moderate breeze is enough... I press the phone hard against my ear and still don't catch everything.

I've used CM's DSP manager to boost the speaker signal, and this isn't enough.

Even with full volume & the DSP boost, there is very little crackle. It's as if the speaker is barely utilized.

I haven't met anyone else with an Aria, but every other Android phone I've seen works perfectly fine as, you know, a phone."

There must be a way to overdrive the speaker, right?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MerlinOfLore:
I've seen a ton of links for every possible Opera 9.5 version except 9.5.17658 which was the stock version on my Tilt2 before I upgraded to 9.7. Long story short... Every version of 9.7 I've tried has had it's own issues... some small .. some not so small and I've been considering 'downgrading' to what was on the phone originally but can't find a .cab file for it..... any ideas?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
The last resort would be to hard reset.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] aijalon:
for some reason when i try to input a registry hack it goes right back to what it was before. i ran hard spl it didn't help what to should i do?
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacaronyMax:
Hello

Was looking on the portal and saw this http://www.xda-developers.com/android/get-higher-resolution-on-your-captivate/ :D it insterested me, so i tried to do it on My Hero and actualy it came out prety good i espaecialy like the status bar because it makes it thiner and realy it doesnt need to be anythicker (looks like X10 or atleast the one i got demoed :p :D)

ScreenShots

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Turns in to

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Okay so the

tut.

First step is to get your phones build.prop located at /system/ either use adb or a different method like android commander.

*ADB commands further down if you don't know what to type.

Secondly open up build.prop (windows users i reccomending opening with word pad instead of note pad as it puts it in collumns like it is laid out here.)

Once opened scrool down untill you find something similar to the below

now what we need from that is that number 160

experiment changing that round if you wish but i reccomend 120 note most apps do work, if anything you will notice widgets being the wrong proportion most, even if you dont keep it its nice to see what it could look like.

It should then look like

Then save and push to your phone :D

Hope you find this useful o though it's old im not sure many people have seen or tried this :D

ADB commands: make sure you are in your sdk tools folder before usong these commands.

first type

next pull the file

Now go and folow the instructions above

to push back make sure the build.prop file is in your sdk tools folder then type

All |Done :D

(This sticks after reboot by the way to change to normal change the value back to 160, if to many things are not working for you i recomend a higher dpi like 140 or 150 :D if you find thinks hard to read try 200 /180 its definatley 'insteresting' :p)
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Lucaryholt:
This is amazing! Thanks!

EDIT: Not so amazing now i have used for a little time and my calender widget doesn't work and a lot of my apps are kinda wierd. But thanks for sharing.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacaronyMax:
oh okay :D geussing you've changed it back then if not maybe try something more like 140 or 150 :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] btdag:
Seems awesome. I might give this a go as i'm planning on flashing a new build pretty soon.... hmmm. Nice find.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacaronyMax:
Thank-You :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Lucaryholt:
Actually i just flashed FroydVillian 1.4.1 and now i'm using this on 120.

And it works excellent! Thanks again. lol
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] MacaronyMax:
Thanks :o :D Your welcome :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Mrog:
Hi,

I'm trying to recreate my original ROM and have a problem with creating the nbh file with buildOS. Whole process seems doing fine, but at the end there is no RUU_Signed.NBH file in the main directory. Last thing which buildOS do is "creating registry" and then simply show "done". Pagepool Changer doesn't start and i don't get any error message. Any idea where can be problem?

I'm noob in cooking ROMs, so if someone can create nbh file for me, it would be great. Here are my raw files:

rapidshare.com/files/409577803/Part01.raw

rapidshare.com/files/409599604/Part02.raw

Is still here anyone who can help? Thank you very much, have to reclaim my Raph.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Can't you just download the stock rom? There are a lot of them available, if you search around or check the wiki. It's a lot easier than re-building.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Mrog:
Thank you for your response. There was some special Czech ROM by O2 and I can't find it anywhere. Maybe they will not care about type of ROM because It's hardware malfunction but I want to be sure.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] m52power:
This is really starting to get annoying, I love this program for texting but when it comes to MMS it doesn't work. On my end it appears the MMS is sent without error but the receiver never gets the MMS! I have to text them asking if they got it.

It's really clunky to switch between handcent and the stock messaging program. Is there any know fix for this issue?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] g00s3y:
some more details about what you are running on your phone would help. I use handcent and MMS works fine for me. What rom, tweaks, and other things are on your phone?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] m52power:
skyraider 2.5.2 with 2.15 radio. Are you sure people are receiving your MMS? You won't know unless you ask them because it acts like it sends it correctly. I have tried a few different roms and it has happened on all of them.

Also I have no problem receiving MMS.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] LeoD:
Are you sending to someone who has an iphone?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] m52power:
Yes I am. I didn't think that would matter.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] digitalicecream:
Same problem here. using dInc with 8/5 leak, modded with "more red" theme. Not sending to iphone user.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] LeoD:
Yep its a prob. Not sure if its just handcent or the reason. I send and receive just fine except to my son's iphone. He don't receive my pics
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] LeoD:
Prob cause the ipone is junk! :D
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] LeoD:
Actually just did a google search and what a surprise it is a known issue and it IS what at&t says a third party issue with the iphone.
[Android Software Development] developerdroid:
Hello,

I have an application that adds an event to the calendar on the device. I have the following URLs for the Calendar ContentProvider:

Pre Froyo: content://calendar/calendars
Froyo: content://com.android.calendar/calendars

I know this is unpublished API. My app is too small to include a 2.8M library and use GData API.

These urls work fine for Nexus One but do not return any calendars on HTC Desire and Incredible. Has anybody run into this problem before and has any workarounds?
[Android Software Development] mbaird:
Did you ever find a work-around for this? I'm encountering the same issue.
[Captivate General] nbs11:
This guide is for if you are on Android 2.1 if you are on 2.2 or you want 2.2 use this guide.

UPDATED 10/11

This new guide was created to replace the aging Pimp my Captivate guide by systoxity and myself. It has been updated with ALL NEW information updated to the latest developments. Chapters include:

New additions in red:

Drivers

Rooting

Clockwork Recovery

Sideloading

Removing AT&T Apps

Market Access

Unlock

Desktop Syncing

Launcher Pro

Battery Optimizations

Wireless Tether

Super Circle Battery

TV Out

LCD Density Hack

ODIN

This guide was created to be as user friendly as possible, so the easiest method was was shown for all of the above, even if it is not the best.

PLEASE READ THIS GUIDE BEFORE POSTING ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT IS MOST LIKELY ALREADY POSTED

You can download the guide from this link.

If you would like to help out with the guide that would be great. Just PM me the section and I may include it in the next version of the guide.

This guide took a lot of work. If it helped you please consider donating a few dollars. http://bit.ly/cplmLk
[Captivate General] Main Target:
I must ask the reasoning behind the pdf versus just formatting a nice post. Seems like a meaningless extra step
[Captivate General] fugeelama:
Nicely done! But I have to agree with MT, why doesn't someone put all of this info in the Wiki?