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[Vibrant General] GTASouthPark:
I have pretty good battery life, mine lasts about 1.5 days on these settings.

-- No Wifi -- (I turn it on when I need it).

-- No GPS -- (I turn it on when I need it).

-- 2G only networks -- (Yes I use 3G when I'm downloading stuff or using apps that need to connect to the network).

-- Few widgets! -- (every widget takes more CPU power, slowing your phone down and draining your battery. I have 2 widgets).

-- Fewer screen -- (I use 3 screens, probably doesn't do much).

-- Black background!!!!! -- Samsung turns off black pixels, with a black background that's a lot of pixels being turned off. My display consumes 25% - 40% of my battery life! And i'm using automatic brightness.

I don't use that antivirous app that runs all of the time. I had it on when I first got my phone but I also had terrible battery life. It's useless, I don't have GPS on so if I lost my phone I would get a 1 mile radius estimate of where it is.... so it's either in my apartment somewhere or somewhere on my college campus.. cool thanks. Also, linux doesn't get virus', if it did I would just restore my phone.

I could do many other things to save bettery life like turn my screen brightness all the way down, turn off auto sync, turn off push notifications, etc etc etc... but I bought a phone with an amazing screen and lots of features so I'm not going to limit it's potential. I still use 3G, Wifi, and GPS when I need it. my screen is bright. I play 3D games, etc etc. Also I am not using a task manager or task killer, I probably could but meh, android now does that on its own and they just slow your phone down some.
[Vibrant General] Relikk356:
4 hrs 2 minutes and I'm now at 91%. That's APX 2.25% an hour.

I've made one phone call (lasted about 20 sec)

Received phone call ( about 4 minutes)

Played about 3 games of Homerun Battle 3D

Looked at Email once. Received two emails.

my setup.

Greyscale background ( all black is boring)

Manually Removed bloatware

Running Autokiller (my sweet spot is about 150mb free.)

Switch brightness all the way down.

Run in 2g mode only (will switch when needed).

GPS, Bluetooth, and WIFI OFF.

Data Roaming OFF.

RyanZa Lagfix 2.3 (This fix might help as processes cache better, so it's less stressfull on cpu and I/O interface.)
[Vibrant General] trunkstar1:
Is it true that the WiFi radio uses less battery than the 3G radio? I've read that if you know you'll consistently be around a Wifi source for a length of time, that it's better to leave WiFi on. This is what I do when I'm at my apartment all day.
[Vibrant General] GTASouthPark:
Well to get phone calls, texts etc you'll need to use at least the 2G networks. Wifi wont do it. But Wifi probably does use less than the networks because most of my battery life goes to cell standby.. so where it's connecting to a network.
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
1% in 2 hrs? you must have everything turned off, and you just put your phone in a casket, and let it play dead for 2 hrs.

if your phone gets 1% in two hrs, that is a miracle, give me some of that battery steroid:eek:

btw, my battery life never goes down, I pull the sim card out, and I pull the battery out, and I let my phone just sit there, best battery life ever.
[Vibrant General] grennis:
I assume he meant is wifi using more power than the 3G radio - meaning he still has data (Edge) connectivity. I would also like to know this
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
if i am to understand correctly, wifi draws less power than comparable 3g data. it is important to set wifi settings to leave it always on, as the wifi radio barely uses any battery when it is not in use. the default settings put wifi to sleep when the phone sleeps, so then the phone kicks back to 3g data, and has to find a network and connect to wifi upon waking up.

3g/2g data is inactive when connected to wifi

(i'm pretty sure)
[Vibrant General] Rodriguez92:
Wait I don't get it because I can receive text and calls when I'm on wifi so what are you saying?
[Vibrant General] elkavayo:
This is the absolute way to get the best battery life:

- put the phone in airplane mode

- uninstall all your applications

- set the screen brightness to 0

- delete all files from the phone

- use public or friends phones to make calls

- use your public library computers to check email and internet.

You will get the best battery life.
[Vibrant General] bdveteran18:
Your setup is exactly like mine and my battery life is fine. Except I keep 3G on. Used to be better but now that I don't have a need for my iPod I use my phone 6 hours a day everyday almost for music and still manage to get through all of work and the rest of my night if I'm not gaming or browsing heavily.

That's roughly 12-13 hours of use.
[Vibrant General] javacody:
Best Post EVAR!!! :D
[Vibrant General] rakeshchn:
On a serious note, I need some info guys.

I left the phone on standby 100% charged at 12 AM and woke up at 7 AM to see 83%. Not bad considering it was

- connected to 3G

- checking email once an hour

- refreshing daily briefing once in 2 hours

- refreshing friends and feeds once in 2 hours

- gmail service running

How ever look at the attached screenshot.

Phone idle is taking 33%. What is the difference between cell standby and phone idle? How to shorten phone idle and increase cell standby as I would assune it will give more battery

Astro is taking 10%. It should take 0% when I am not using phone. I always exit it by pressing back button untill it says "press one more back to exit". How to close Astro completely?
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
Is astro even necessary? The stock file manager is quite sufficient

I put my phone in airplane mode when I sleep and it only loses about 2% over 8 hours. (need to get tasker or some app to automate this)
[Vibrant General] rakeshchn:
Have been using ASTRO for sometime so I am more comfortable with it. I have seen many saying to put phone in airplane mode when sleeping. But what if there is something urgent and someone wants to reach you? Things like that could happen.
[Vibrant General] goldeman:
coming from a g1 and htc hd2 this phone has amazing battery life LOL ...

the fact that i look at my phone every 5 minutes (literally, i recieve espn alerts, twitter alerts, on top of my regular text messages) , leave 3g and gps on all day on top of sync emails and i can still get 8 to 10 hours is amazing to me. and carrying around a spare battery! im good to go

stop your crying ! buy a spare battery keep it moving!
[Vibrant General] Kubernetes:
JuiceDefender has a widget that lets you switch off all mobile data. I use it at home so all I'm connected to is WiFi and GSM. I believe texts come through in this mode as well, and it's pretty nice on your battery.

The real killer is the display, so I normally keep it at the minimum brightness that it's usable, usually under 50% unless in super bright sun. The other thing that can kill is that a lot of things wake up the screen, so it might be sitting in your pocket and then the screen goes on for 30 seconds. Email and txt notifications can do this unless you switch them off. The screen also turns on if you fiddle with the volume when listening to music. I switched to a bluetooth headset so I can change volume and tracks without waking the screen.

BTW, I don't really think widgets burn much battery unless they're updating. My general use when about (3G on, autosync on) burns about 5-7% an hour just on standby. Normally I"m listening to music through a bluetooth headset, which jacks up the rate to about 10% an hour, but that's acceptable to me. I can easily get through a 10-12 hour day, and I've got a spare battery now (courtesy of T-Mobile --call them and complain about battery life and they'll send you another battery), so I'm pretty good.
[Vibrant General] lrobles787:
This is what I did to get more life battery. First when I got my phone I drain the battery then charge the phone while the phone was off. Did it twice... that's what T-Mobile & every other carrier recommend also bloggers. Turn down the screen resolution & install a take manager. After that I get 15hrs & hlf with moderate use. No I have not rooted my phone.
[Vibrant General] lolcopter:
you mean brightness? why would you need to install a task manager when you can force stop apps with the stock rom? (settings > applications > manage applications > menu+filter+running > select app > force stop)

killing apps that constantly start back up will burn more battery than just letting them sit in the background

i've been averaging 24-30 hours with moderate use

(currently sitting at 45% with 20 hours since unplugged)
[Vibrant General] jaker.the.skater:
why does no one understand that task killers are useless? if something is hanging, just do what ^ said and go into settings and kill the troublesome app. I get the same, if not more, battery life without a task killer.
[Vibrant General] dullknives:
i use airplane mode at night also (tasker automated) and was only using about 4% batter overnight, but lately it's been using 30-40% under the same conditions.

either i have some rogue app (nothing shows up in batt stats screen) or tasker may possibly not be engaging. i've noticed it's a bit buggy sometimes and it won't pick up on my conditions.

time to do some digging.
[Vibrant General] robo21:
Biggest Potential Battery Drain

One of the biggest drains on the battery is having 3G enabled in a fringe or weak 3G area. The Vibrant will boost/waste power attempting to locate and maintain a connection with a 3G (WCDMA) tower.

The difference on my phone was night and day as my home is located in a weak 3G area.
[Vibrant General] techpreneur:
Get rid of lookout and ATK. You don't need them.
[Vibrant General] ELStiko:
My battery can last 2 days without charging. why? Cuz I only asks my phone to retrieve information when I want it to. I don't need to know what everyone is doing on Facebook every 15 mins. I dont need my phone to keep updating the weather when I dont need to know. I can easily press the refresh button on any task/service/app and get the information I need in a timely manner.
[Vibrant General] Seby.Gurău:
Well,i have right now 66% and 1h and 54m screen on time.. Is that good for an 1500 mha battery? i'm now using my favorite apps Like Whatsapp Facebook Instagram very intense.. How can i get Better screen on time? I had Much Better screen on time past weeks.. Now i think is horrible.. Sorry for my english..
[XPERIA X10 General] chriskuk76:
I noticed after shooting a 3 min video, upon playback I see a slight jerk in the motion maybe 2-3 times.

Anyone else noticed this or is it something to do with my phone/setup?

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
Just wondering, what class is your SD card? I think some had issues with Class 2 cards lagging significantly...
[XPERIA X10 General] chriskuk76:
Hi

I am guessing this is the number to the right of the card? If so it is class 4, is that correct?

It reads Micro SDHC 8GB and what looks like a number 4 in a circle.

Just noticed that this is unbranded, I have another one lying around a 8GB Sandisk, but this has a number 2 in a circle, so this will be class 2 right and be problematic as well?

So, which class should I be looking to get?

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 General] chris_knows:
Class 4 should be ok...I just tried it on my phone, and it does that too.

It seems like if you set recording to Sports Mode, it won't lag, but unfortunately, that only works in well-lit areas.
[HD2 General] cruz_azul:
I want to know if other people have the same problem. My phones camera has no fill effect. The little lightning bolt icon is to turn on flashlight but on my phone it works as an auto flash effect instead, so it doesnt stay on. This is just for taking pictures, when I record video, the flashlight stays on and it works fine. I bought my phone used and im wondering if its a hardware problem or programed to be like that. Is there anyway to fix this problem, like a CAB file installation, or a rom? I see that the UK hd2 has fill light and an auto, so my guess is that the USA version had the option removed due to the blinding double LEDs, but im not sure, it might just be my phone. Does anyone know?
[HD2 General] SuperSport:
Mine functions the same way. No fill. I think it's programmed that way. It does take nice pictures though... :)
[HD2 General] cruz_azul:
Yea it takes real nice photos. Zoom could be better. Ive been trying to fix my flash for some time but i havent found any solutions yet, im hoping someone will reply with an answer. :)
[HD2 General] suburban78:
Thats how its suppose to work. As referenced, FILL flash is used in bright overhead or back light situations to eliminate shadows on subjects. Thats why you have the Auto Flash, Flash On, No Flash. The auto mode will not flash if more then 40% of the metered area is bright enough. It would be great if someone could make a CAB. to turn the light on when you touched the screen to focus in dark situations.
[HD2 General] cruz_azul:
That makes sense. But I think there might be a way to keep it on. Before i bought the phone 4 months ago i looked up some reviews and demonstrations on youtube and it seems that the UK hd2 had the flash on effect. He had an options that said flashlight on and when clicked the light stayed on, ill find the link later. It was the same lightning bolt icon. But at least now i know its not a hardware issue.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LuckyMethod:
When I use GPS navigation, after a while the screen becomes unresponsive, and the unit itself gets really hot. This happens both with the car dock and without, without car dock it just takes more time.

I contacted HTC's support and they arranged a phone swap. I'm wondering if I'm going to get in trouble with this, since my phone is rooted. I would like to understand if this is a real problem, or something due to the rooting process.

Anybody experiencing the same problem?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LuLuBaby86:
I have experienced the same thing with my phone when using GPS for awhile. To solve the unresponsiveness I just press the power button and press it again to unlock my phone and the screen starts to respond again.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msavic6:
I dont think it should be a problem with HTC if it is a genuine hardware problem and your phone wasnt treated poorly (dropped)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dafnoula:
Hi , can someone help me ?

I want to change the name of my storage card,

actually the name is "καρτα αποθηκευσης" and i want to change to

"storage card".

Please help...

Thanks...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mimisb13:
With a registry editor go to

HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\PROFILES\SDMMC and

HKLM\SYSTEM\STORAGEMANAGER\PROFILES\SDMemory

and change both from "καρτα αποθηκευσης" to "storage card"
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dafnoula:
thanks you ....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] FRANQ_23_PL:
Yeah, but remember - if you change memory card default name you lost path's to installed apps on it and other functions which need access to memory card.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EmadCT:
Hi Friends,

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ANDROID on HD2

I am also a kernel developer, but my free time is less than 5min in Day :( Excuse me :(

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Its totally free, lets look a sample QR Barcode Parsing:

barcode scanner.jpg

They try the website:

h++p://qrcode.kaywa.com

To create a QR Barcode 2D Image in SMS type:

barcodeqr.gif

and it generates:

barcodeqr1.gif

NOW!!!

Start the Barcode Scanner on Your Android Device, it Scans Camera, Place the Camera Lens in Front of Generated QR Barcode and It Popups a Message Very Fast:

SEND SMS ? or SEND MMS ?

Its really Good and Easy :D

Another Important Functionality is Product Search, This Software Scans 1D Usual Bar-codes on Devices, Products, Books(ISBN) and Everything with bar-code and easily searches it using Google Shopping, You can get the final price, the nearest store, Pros, Cons, and User's Comments.

Feel Happy, Feel Android
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] joshkoss:
Moved you over to the new general area since you posted this in the development section and it really doesn't have anything to do with android dev.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EmadCT:
Thanx for your efficient movement :)
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] jutaejrtouch:
I am selling my girlfriend's Droid. I want to be able to let potential buyers view the phone (Android Os, programs etc); however, I reset the phone to factory state. Now when I turn on the phone, it wants to activate the phone but she turned her service off and switched it to her Droid X. Is there anyway to bypass the activation process ( on my Evo I can just keep hitting skip and you can view everything on the phone) to let them see and use the phone?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] citanes-26:
On the touch to begin screen, Tap all 4 corners of the screen, starting from top left , going clockwise
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] jutaejrevo4g:
Didn't work
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] citanes-26:
Just reset my droid and it worked, the bottom touch right above the skip buttons. I didn't get it to work first try.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
http://db.tt/GKuWKFo

I dont have a comp to take a screenshot... I actually made this with my vibrant, uploaded with dropbox from my vibrant, and posted this thread from my vibrant...

My phone has been flashed more times than Girls Gone Wild..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Here is Ver. 2

This is the Froyo Sense icons i think... IDK but they look good as hell...

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?uz01j6h1gclr511

DO A NANDROID FIRST!!!

I have this on my phone and it works.... no breakages... If it breaks parts of your settings revert back to the stock apk and flash this settings morph before mine..

this is what I had to do... IDK why...

Edit again: If you are running mostly stock (none of my previous morphs) this should work fine... its when we start adding more and more to it settings start to break
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Yeah so this breaks some off the settings.. Wifi and bluetooth fc now.. Idk why it would break settings.. Will look into it..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] s15274n:
Any update?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
So this has been bugging me since I made this.... Started from scratch and it was still breaking settings... Flak_Munky made an inverted icon set and it aggrevated the **** outta me.. So I started all over again and it still wasnt working...

while troubleshooting I flashed his on top of mine and the settings were still broke.. so I pushed the stock apk back to my phone.. This time i flashed his then mine and it worked.. IT FREAKING WORKS!!!!

so just flash this first then my morph... I know, a lot of work but I finally got the settings acceptable for my everyday use..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] s15274n:
Odd man, I am able to morph the Settings you linked too.... but when i try and do your's over the top, no dice.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
do you have any of my other morphs applied? bc with just this on my phone everything is fine... but after flashing all my morphs, no good...idk what is wrong... built them both from scratch... just changed the icon images..

Can I get some feedback from people on their setup and if this is working?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] s15274n:
I have the clear notification. I will try and go back to 100% stock (well, keeping the swype theme) and see if that works.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] fit333:
Very nice thankyou

Sent from my vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] boystuff:
worked great first shot, thanks alot!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] musky:
This worked perfect for me first shot as well. No fc's at all! Thank you! This is much better to look at than the white stock icons.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Ok so I don't have this installed and I just started getting the fc issue again... I guess I'm about to rebuild all my morphs..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] LovellKid:
It worked like a charm for me.. applied yours first, selected the XML and rebooted. Looks AWESOME thanks drunkjuggler.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ejamin73:
Have this issue been fixed?

I really like this theme.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Yeah this Morph works fine... it was something else I built that was the problem...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ejamin73:
Nice!

I install it a few hours ago. No problems so far. Love it!

THANKS!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
glad you like it... the bigger versions are the ones on my phone...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] serge1231123:
Link Fix

can you fix the link for the first set of icons please. I prefer those as they are smaller.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
I can't find them anywhere... If someone has it please upload a mirror..
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] serge1231123:
All I need for my phone is these icons and notification bar icons. If someone has these please upload. Thank you.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] blackoakx22:
Will this work for bionix fusion1.1?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] :
Same question a the guy on top of me lol
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Yes
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] henreeg:
hey junk, correct me if i'm wrong, but the FC's you were getting had to do with something else, correct?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
Yeah.. There is nothing wrong with this morph.. The fcs I was getting had to do with something else I changed...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] henreeg:
have you tried this with bionix fusion?

I tried it, but didn't work.

:(
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] junkdruggler:
No I don't run bionix roms.. He is a douche.. Im not sure why it wouldn't work tho..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyandrwew:
Today i decided to go from Cyan 6 Nightly to Stock OTA 2.2.

so i tried flashing PASSIMG.zip and all the tests pass, except for USERDATA.img: I want to downgrade to 2.1 first, then ill upgrade

so i tried running

fastboot erase userdata

and it faild saying that it was not allowed.

i did have an unlocked bootloader with Amon RA Recovery 1.7.0.1

i also wiped data in the recovery so it can boot up into the launcher.

my phone still thinks its unlocked because i ran the code

fastboot oem unlock

and it said:

C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries>fastboot oem unlock
... INFODevice was already unlocked!
OKAY [ 0.070s]
finished. total time: 0.070s

my entire command looked like this:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Family>cd C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries

C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries>fastboot devices
HT065P800670 fastboot

C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries>fastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.068s

C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries>fastboot oem unlock
... INFODevice was already unlocked!
OKAY [ 0.070s]
finished. total time: 0.070s

C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries>fastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.068s

C:\Users\Family\Documents\Android\Nexus One\Root\Recoveries>
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
I was under the impression PASSIMG.zip was for the stock recovery, not Amon RA.

Try the Stock 2.2 image for users with custom recoveries.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyandrwew:
sorry i forgot to mention, i wanted to downgrade to Shipped 2.1 and ill use stock recovery to upgrade to 2.2
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
I still think my answer stands. You can't flash it with Amon RA. Someone else may chime in and say otherwise, but until then I think I am right.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyandrwew:
i have stock recovery now bc passimg returned it to stock
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clarkster:
Good to know I was completely wrong then :)

Do you know what the problem was in case I see someone else asking this?