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[EVO 4G General] gthing:
I recently installed Froyo (I know, about three weeks late). One of my hopes was that it would improve my battery life (~8 hours previously) but I found the opposite. After installing Froyo I was getting about 4 hours of battery. Horrible.

So I factory reset and started installing apps one or two each day, paying close attention to see if I could find what the problem was. A stock rom would be just fine with nothing installed - lasting all day and ending the day with 40% battery with normal usage.

I discovered that my battery started sucking when I activated Latitude. With further testing I found that Latitude did not suck my battery with the GPS off, and if I left the GPS on but Latitude deactivated I also did not have any major problems with battery.

By deactivating GPS and leaving latitude on I went from a 45% drop over two hours to a 6% drop over two hours.

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Not bad! I don't want to give up hardware and I don't want to give up Latitude, so I purchased Tasker and set up the following profiles:

App - Earth: GPS ON

App - Maps: GPS ON

App - Wireless Tether: 4G ON

App - Internet: 4G ON

Battery Level below 35%: 4G OFF

Battery Level below 15: Brightness to minimum, 4G OFF, WiFI OFF, Auto-Sync OFF

I set up additional profiles to turn on WiFi when I'm at work or at home, and one that writes my battery level to a text file along with status of the hardware devices every time the battery percentage changes (for further tracking).

I now have not had to give up my GPS being on, WiFi working, auto-sync, or even 4G to keep great battery life. True that 4G takes a minute to turn on, GPS might take a few extra seconds to get a fix, but it's worth it. I've been unplugged for 6 hours now and I'm sitting at 83% so I should be able to get well over a day with this setup.

I'm interested in hearing if others having major problems are running latitude with GPS ON and if this setup solves the problem. Also, if you have ideas for additional power saving Tasker profiles.
[EVO 4G General] twilk73:
I gotta say I am really must be missunderstanding whats going on here lol.

So without this tasker your phone would die in 4 hours because all that stuff was turned on and working hard? However with the tasker your phone at 6 hours is only at 85%? This is where I am confused, if you dont already see the problem with the math here. If the tasker is only killing things at 35% and thus everything is running how it was before until you get to 35% then shouldnt your phone be down to 35% by say 3.5hours and then suddenly your tasker takes over lol. I mean everything is running exactly the same from 100%-35% as it was without the tasker so why the heck isnt it killing the phone just as fast? Well why isnt it killing the phone down to 35% just ask fast is the better question?

I dont think the tasker solved your problem I think you inadvertantly solved your own problem. Or I am wrong and I am missing something. Maybe I didnt read your post correctly.
[EVO 4G General] letshaveDEX:
This is a great development. I too noticed that my battery would drain quickly when GPS was on, and I never once thought about Latitude (of which is enabled at all times on my phone)
[EVO 4G General] uniquenameevo:
Lattitude confuses me. You are essentially allowing anyone to track you, and doing it willingly? Am I missing something?
[EVO 4G General] jerdog:
It's used to update your location to your friends - only those you explicitly approve.
[EVO 4G General] SilverZero:
I was underwhelmed with Latitude. It reports my position okay on my phone (great, I know where I am) but if my wife is right next to me on the couch, Latitude says she's a mile away in the middle of a park. What's the point? I can get general locations from Facebook updates?

And, yeah, it's also kicking GPS on all the time and draining battery. I have filed Latitude under the "gimmick" heading for now.
[EVO 4G General] gthing:
Ah sorry - that could be a little more clear. Each line is a separate profile, so I leave GPS off by default now and have it automatically turn on when I enter Google Earth or Google Maps. Since GPS was the main problem, this has completely fixed my battery issue while still allowing me to use Latitude.

The other stuff, like the extreme low battery settings, are just icing on the cake for battery savings.
[EVO 4G General] gthing:
Maybe the person you think is your wife is actually an evil doppelganger. Better knock her out and head to the park to save your real wife.

I actually like Latitude a lot. I have a bunch of my friends on there and it's always interesting to see what they are doing or be alerted when they are nearby. The cool thing is that the alerts "learn" when you would normally be by that person and only alert you if you are nearby at an unusual time or location. It's also great if someone is on their way to meet you, you can pop in and see where they are and how soon they will be there without calling or texting them (this is the most useful thing I do with it).

Has it significantly improved my life? Not really. Is it still fun? I open it up 3 or 4 times a week, so it must be. :)
[EVO 4G General] twilk73:
Oh I see now. I also read in another thread that GPS with latitude on was a battery death blow lol. I dont use latitude so that probably why I was so confused with your post to begine with. My bad.
[Droid 2 General] jschoef:
I found this thread where they talked about a hack for the original droid to get 30fps. I wondered if it could be applied to the D2 to get 720p? I tried changing all the 720x480 to 1440x720 but it didnt work. I didnt change the bitrate but I did bring down the fps to 24.

/system/etc/, adb pull media_profiles.xml or edit with root explorer. scroll down to:

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="high" fileFormat="mp4" duration="60">

<Video codec="h264"

bitRate="3000000"

width="720"

height="480"

frameRate="24" />change to:

Code:

<EncoderProfile quality="high" fileFormat="mp4" duration="60">

<Video codec="h264"

bitRate="8000000"

width="720"

height="480"

frameRate="30" />
[Droid 2 General] destroyerbmx:
currently working on it, I will fool with the bitrate and crap and see whats we can come up with.
[Droid 2 General] destroyerbmx:
that file is just for the codecs used, I have opened up the camera app and that is all encrypted, is there a way for me to read it?
[Droid 2 General] bigtexas13:
really interesting topic, hopefully someone looks into this
[Droid 2 General] jschoef:
Well doing some research (reading the motodeveloper site and reviews)...turns out the Droid 2 comes with a 3620 processor which is only capable of 480p. The Milestone 2 (which is almost identical to the Droid 2) comes with a 3630 processor which can produce 720p.

So I am unsure if a system dump of the Milestone 2 will help...I think someone will have to come up a with a software solution/hack to make it work with 720p.
[Droid 2 General] walcs:
there is that much of a difference between the two processors that cause the CPU not be able to compute 720p? If that's the case then I think Motorola really rushed the Droid 2 to compete with the iPhone, and that's not a good thing

Sent from my DROID2
[Droid 2 General] jschoef:
I dont think they rushed, I think they were cheap and used a lesser processor to make more money.

The 2 processors are exactly the same except that the 3620 cannot record or play 720p video.
[Droid 2 General] ljbaumer:
don't you think you could just install some milestone files that tell the processor what it can record? It would be sort of like overclocking i guess lol. I mean the boot loader dosen't lock that also right?

please tell me if I am completely wrong about this.
[Droid 2 General] facelessuser:
It doesn't quite work like this.

Overclocking works because the potential exists in the chip, or the chip has been underclocked by design. You can crank it up beacause the option exists in the chip (now overheating is still a potential problem, but the point is you can do it).

If the 720p feature does not exist, it doesn't exist. You can try to emulate the hardware functionality with software, the processing overhead will be taken on by the main chip which may or may not be too much. It may give you a choppy experience or lack luster performance.
[Droid 2 General] walcs:
So if my understanding is correct, shooting 720p on the droid 2 maybe never possible and it is possible we wouldn't be able to shoot smooth videos?

Sent from my DROID2
[Droid 2 General] facelessuser:
Maybe. If the hardware feature isn't there, we have to emulate it with software (someone has to provide this emulation). It could work well, or it may be kind of weak.

If the hardware feature is there, then all we need to do is turn it on.

The phone is pretty powerful, so there may be a way, it just may not be the easy way people are hoping for.
[Droid 2 General] mrkite38:
Right.
[Droid 2 General] walcs:
God this makes me hate motorola even more, locked bootloader, cheap hardware, what do they have to compete with other company like HTC

Sent from my DROID2
[Droid 2 General] one.:
You felt the best way to express your hatred was to purchase their products?

I don't follow.
[Droid 2 General] walcs:
I needed something with a keyboard but still fast, so Motorola was my only choice
[Droid 2 General] HerroMoto:
I like Motorola a lot. I've had their products for a while, I've jumped around from LG to Motorola, to Samsung, back to lg, and then finally back to Motorola agaiin. I really wish they didn't lock the bootloader. If anything, I think it makes the sales of their phones go up if they leave it unlocked so more people can buy it. I don't really think the hardware is cheap either. I guess I'm just a dedicated customer because I've been loyal for a long time.
[Droid 2 General] one.:
I too certainly wish they didn't lock the bootloader, and while I generally agree that they would sell more just because of that, the % of people who would buy a phone for that reason alone is quite small, and the bigger issue I imagine is all the $$ lost in warranty replacement phones, or the potential of that happening.

Say there was some kernel that a significant % of people were running, and there was some horrific bug that started bricking phones left and right. They'll be able to screw some people, but at the end of the day, someone is gonna be paying out a lot in the form of replacement phones. The fact that the community is non-retarded enough to see that this happening is basically impossible doesn't really matter to them, because you can imagine how potentially damaging dishing out 20% more phones than you were paid for can be.

So while it's kind of like a helmet law situation where they're protecting you from yourself, they're really protecting themselves from a catastrophic loss. It sucks the big one, but I can't blame them.

Also I would suspsect it was more of a request/demand by verizon than a prerogative of Motorola. You can imagine how badly Verizon wants you to love your phone -- just long enough for them to sell you another one. Can't begin to imagine how many millions they lose a year due to replacing phones.

It's strange, but my phones always seems to start exhibiting "very strange behavior" a week or less before my warranty expires. I guess I'm part of the problem.
[Droid 2 General] Mackattack:
Is this the same for the D2G and the Droid Pro or are they using the 720p cpu of the M2?
[Droid 2 General] snowblind64:
Some have mentioned that the Droid 2 has a 3620 that lacks the hardware capabilities to encode 720p. However iFixit's Droid 2 tear down clearly shows a 3630 SOC.

Perhaps the Milestone 2's camera software could be hacked and applied to the Droid 2. Hopefully someone will look into this.
[Droid 2 General] newk8600:
I'm not sure about that because according to Motorola who made the phone the Droid 2 comes with the 3620-1000. You can see for yourself here. I'm not saying iFixit is wrong but according to the Motorola the phone should have the 3620-1000 processor. What is actually floating around could be different.
[Droid 2 General] leobg:
Droid 2 Global reportedly has TI OMAP3630-1200

Droid Pro - TI OMAP3620-1000

Sorry - I just noticed newk8600 has actually answered this question in his reply!
[Droid 2 General] Mackattack:
So then the D2G can do 720p then?
[Droid 2 General] gunz.jones:
D2g has 720 capability. The ifixit states it appears to be, but they do not say for sure.
[Droid 2 General] leobg:
Specs say D1 720x480 max. But chip/technology is there. Maybe future upgrade will enable 720p. Or hack :)
[Droid 2 General] snowblind64:
I don't have enough posts to add a link but if you go to iFixit's Droid 2 teardown page it's the second image on step 14.

Perhaps Motorola just wanted to differentiate the D2 and DX. Or maybe their product page has a typo. Or maybe this is just a random D2 with a 3630. Who knows but it would be great if someone with dev skills could get 720p video on the D2.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] serjkiborg:
Hi everybody,

I have searched thoroughly through the website and can't find anything about installing a Romanian language for swipe? I would appreciate any ideas.

Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] lealdud1:
Take a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7417594&postcount=4

If you don't know how to use ADB, take a look here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7239659&postcount=3
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] serjkiborg:
Oh. Thanks a lot. I'll look into it. Using HTC IME keyboard at this point.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nopenope:
Hello, me and another Android App Developer are working on an App based off the website www.urcarfails.com in which users like your self can actually submit stories of cars they see and take pictures of that should be on the road. While you can view the site, rank the car's on how bad they fail( monthly prizes of carfail of the month is why) we are trying to make it easier for the Android users to go on. The app will be a version of the website where you can register/log-in and either vote,comment, and even upload your own stories. As of now those are the features but we are looking for the public to see what "they" would like to see. Please let us know :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] nopenope:
We are also having a contest on the site for a new logo and logo for the Application thats being built. Figured I'd post here since there some of the best artist here that wouldn't mind a crack at it to win some cash and some custom Android gear from Androidswag :)
[Epic 4G General] richse:
I just noticed today that my time without signal in the battery monitor is at 50% even though I seem to have a good signal all the time. This is causing my battery to drain really really fast. I remember this was a problem with my Hero and there was some sort of fix. Anyone else having this problem? I think it might be because I updated my prl. I'm now on 60670.
[Epic 4G General] TheMostToys:
Same problem here. Very concerning.
[Epic 4G General] icantdrawanime:
Yea, I've also got this problem. I downloaded the Network app from the marketplace and tried setting it to WCDMA only... Not sure what the difference is between WCDMA and CDMA... I'm hoping one of the settings in that app will reduce my time without signal...
[Streak 5 General] zgmf-x322a:
will there be anyone tweaking the streak to make it run faster or dumping another android rom into the Streak just like tweaking HTC or Motorola?

just curious only :D
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
I'm currently working on a "lite" build But don't have much time with school and work.

also waiting on dell to release the kernel source which would allow us to port over 2.2 and cyanogen roms.

And I just switched over from windows mobile so still learning the ins and outs of android. On top of that I'm using a mac so most of the time I have to piece together information for linux and windows to get it done on a mac.
[Streak 5 General] smokku:
Hardly possible until Dell releases kernel source. (Which they are required by GNU Public License...)
[Streak 5 General] zgmf-x322a:
fingers crossed that they will release it and thanks for replying :rolleyes:

good luck on the lite build and hoping to see ur release when i get my streak in a week or so :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marscook:
I'm trying to setup my companies email and the server port is 2626. The phone won't allow me to put in more than 3 digits. Is there another way to do this?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
you could try doing it in the server name field - note the colon -

pop.mwyserver.com:2626

I am not sure what that will do when it reads the default port setting, unless you can leave that empty.
[Epic 4G Accessories] greatzak:
Im looking into purchasing a leather case, but im curious if the magnet in the case can have any effect on the phone? Especially the ones in the cheap cases.

like this one... ( i cant post link)

so type

Leather Case Skin for Samsung Galaxy S Epic 4G Sprint in the ebay search box and it should come up.

If anyone has any recommendations for other leather cases please let me know. Also feel free to share your experiences with leather cases.

Thank You
[Epic 4G Accessories] betatech:
Havent had a problem, use a leather magnetic case from eddie bauer that I found at Best Buy mobile.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Masterface7:
Does anybody have or use the Seidio leather case for the epic? Just wondering how well it fits the phone or how well the phone slides in and out of it. Also how easily can the magnet be clamped and unclamped while not looking at it.
[Epic 4G Accessories] ldrn:
I bought the bestsources (seller's name, not necessarily a description, though I've had good experiences with them ;)) case -- I had one for my Touch Pro, one for my N900, and now one for my Epic when it gets here.

In the meantime, I'm using the N900's case for it. Fitting, since I usually used the Touch Pro's case for the N900... :/ I wonder if I'm even going to use the Epic's case.

The magnet hasn't caused any problems at all with the Epic that I've noticed.
[Epic 4G Accessories] betatech:
The leather case is designed to fit a bare device so it will slide in/out smoothly, The magnet is pretty strong but works fluently with the case.

The magnet does not affect the phone.
[Epic 4G Accessories] Kcarpenter:
I bought a leather holster at the Sprint store today actually.

It has a magnet, but it is not near as strong as some of the ones I have had in the past, but it still holds the flap strong against the case.

This particular case even has the Galaxy S logo etched into the metal in the middle of the flap - yeah its sexy. :D

$34 at Sprint, and since its Galaxy S Branded, I think it's a good deal.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prep.krypton:
For some odd strange reasons, my text messages are coming in with with the pop up notication from handcent. They scroll across the notifivation bar as they should. But when I go to to the text messages, its not in their thread. Its in a thread from UnknownAddress and it displays a blank message there.

If I go away from my pop up, I wont be able to read the text message at all. The drop down notification window shows new blank text from UnknownAddress

I provided a picture for visual referals.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasboodah:
Anyone encounter a FC when recording for long periods of time?

I have a clean 16gb Class 10 card in it, so space and transfer shouldn't have been an issue.

Did some quick searching on this forum, didn't find anything relevant. Feel free to school me with proper search terms if it's been asked/commented elsewhere.

Edit:

It's 30 minutes not seconds (title updated).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasboodah:
I guess I was caught off guard at the fact that it FC'd at 30 minutes; there are settings that I didn't see before that limit you to a maximum of 30 minutes. Really wish it would go longer though.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timtlm:
Wow, you actually recorded for 30 constant minutes!? I'm not sure why you need to record that long with an evo. If you are recording a play or dance recital you should be using a real camera with a tripod.

A lot of still camera video will cap out at an hour or 4GB whatever comes first. Usually the 4GB comes first. The FAT32 file system is limited to 4GB files.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dasboodah:
Only hitting 1.4 gig at 30 minutes.

Was recording a work meeting for my boss whom couldn't attend.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] joefarar:
The advice I provide is mainly for the stock 2.1 sense ui roms - 2.27.651.6 (+) but users will find the advice in here applies universally to several other rom builds, android versions, and problems many people will encounter as root - even if you follow dev directions for the rom...even if it is a final release...most of the info I posted is based off much testing, and, I have found the rom recommendations to be most stable for the recommended build 2.1 eclair build stock deoxed cdma sprint hero - again the advice, even apks I provide you may find useful for other roms you currently use). I cannot post large text due to spam regulations and since I am a new user so directions and info are attached in the word document. Trust me, this is a good read. I wish I had this advice when I first started modding my roms or even when I got good at it. Would have saved me days of time.

See attached ENJOY!

I attached one fix for the rom version as well as the circle battery mod which I think is awesome for ALL android phones. Kernals as well for the recommended 2.1 sense ui.

P.S.

Use the engineering boot flashable file at your own risk - it's optional - I happen to like it.

Also, if you brick your phone or you have problems with recovery - there is a way to fix this. Use the Unrevoked 3 for Windows on the hero (it is for the easy root) - this is not compatible yet - but go to load custom recovery and find your boot.img nandroid file which you may have trouble recovering from your current recovery or if you are having load up problems etc...this may get you temporarilly into the custom recovery for just enough time to use the proprietary recovery on the nand backup to recover your last most stable back up! This happens a lot to people who upgrade backup programs or alternate between them - read the document regarding recovery dos and don't. I also recommend reviewing some basic commands for adb shell and terminal programs.

Enjoy good luck. Comments or suggestions for improvements - re-wording is always appreciated - I'll see if I can modify as such and thank appropriate contributors. Oh and sorry for the typos ;)

Cheers again,

Joe.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ro_bro:
Hi,

Believe it or not, I read your whole Word doc. I am using ZenFX Lite ROM, which I like. I also tried the ZenROM.

Anyways, I'm run into the same problem. When I have JIT on, it always always locks and/or reboots when I use Google Navigation (turn by turn mode), or when I'm downloading about 3 or more apps at once from the Market. When JIT is off, I don't get reboots.

Can you confirm if you get this issue or not with JIT on with your solution?
[XPERIA X10 General] jatt101:
Hi,

Today i got a force close message on my x10, and all my messages were gone, I have no clue what happened, does anyone know what happened?

Is it possible to get them back?
[XPERIA X10 General] pngface:
Did you back them up with the Back up/Restore app?
[XPERIA X10 General] jatt101:
yeh i did, but i did that long time ago, i have restored those messages, but im confused why this happened
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
Ok i just had my phone freeze cause it data locked up then i kept trying to get to respond and then it reset!!!

i wonder what caused it thrird day then it messes up. :( maybe it has to do with my sh*tty signal in my office?
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
im just assuming its going to be my signal being wack in my office its always going to 3g to 1x to roam so annoying!!! plus it might be not enough memory even. time to root and delete stock apps.
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
does yours show 1x icon cuz mine doesnt
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Was it just blue a circle w/ a cross through it instead of 3G?