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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LostAlone:
My experiences with my SGS have taught me to be conservative with its battery. Anytime you turn the screen on, you eat power like crazy. The best bet is to just top her off whenever the need arises. Personally, I have found that I'm fine just topping her off in the car when I'm driving, so that I start my work day at high 90's, and especially once I've got my morning browsing out of the way, I don't eat a big chunk of battery at any other time.

But yes, if you find you are running low, you can happily just take a half hour to charge from a USB port to give you an extra boost. Alternatively, spare batteries and so forth do the same thing, although it can be annoying if you don't have a charger that will do the phone and a spare battery at once.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robnil:
im experimenting with apndroid now to turn of 3g then i dont specifacly need it. It comes with an on/off widget. Looks promising so far. 40% at 2300 hour and then i have used wifi a bit, played angry birds and talked for about 2 hours in total.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leecavturbo:
After pressing the power button!

What needs setting?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Chances are an application is preventing the phone from sleeping.

Install Spare Parts (or type *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer) and select "Battery History", and the "Partial Wake Usage" from the first drop down.

This should help you identify any apps which are keeping the phone awake.

Regards,

Dave
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] helowrenchturn2:
Went in and changed background on facebook app and pandora...now my facebook account is gone and won't come back and pandora widget disappeared. All I did was change backgrounds...ideas?

Sent From My CELB2.3 Eris
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] malpracti:
Mine did the same thing running kaosfroyo v32. Not sure about Pandora, but for Facebook, go into the Facebook app, go to settings, then under other settings where it says sync contacts it probably says "don't sync". Change that and you should be good. You may have to go into your contacts and manually link them, but it should work. It worked for me.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] ahjee:
You may have better luck with an answer if you post in the Q&A section, sorry I can't help you though. Hope you solve this.

Sent using an Eris running in beast mode aka KaosFroYo v32 using the XDA App
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] jsuh:
My best suggestion would be to uninstall Pandora, remove your Facebook accts on Settings and resync Facebook. Make the changes you want, then redownload and install Pandora.
[Droid Eris Themes and Apps] es0tericcha0s:
Had this issue as well for Transparent Chaos. A couple different things might help, one, rebooting. Two, make sure that when you change something in Market apks, it often helps, or is even necessary to sign the apks. Apk Manager is helpful for this (suggested by Daneshm90). So, all that combined with jsuh's suggestions should put you on the right track.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncieslacco:
Hi everyone,

I have question. My result in Quadrant Standard is something about 800. A lot of people have higher result that's mine. There is any method to do SGS faster and get better results or where is problem in my phone ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stockfeed:
if you want higher quadrant scores you need to do a lagfix. the market has one called one click lag fix but it roots your phone. imo quadrant scores arent indicative of real world phone speed. if it feels fast, it is fast. go to the development section and read up on why this pone lags and all the different lag fixes available. but basically samsung uses a slow file system which causes 'lag' but i guess its all relative to what you are used to.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] doncieslacco:
Everything is ok now. Thanks for your help :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewk369:
Hi I am new to this stuff so bear with me. I recently installed cm 6.0.0 on my g1 and everything runs great but when i try to flash my gapps file it bricks my phone so i have to do a phone recovery. I just want to be able to have the android market on my phone can someone help me figure this one out? Thanks! I also used clockwork and not the other one.
[Vibrant Android Development] zerosource:
Interesting! I'll give it a try.
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
UPDATE: I have successfully reflashed my vibrant... now I will reinsert the SD card and SIM card... and back in business!!!

I am 100% positive my phone was a newer "locked" model... I was unable to access the downloader OR the stock recovery and out of frustration.. I figured out how to access ADB and reboot my phone into downloader or stock recovery!

Hope this works for everyone!

For those of you that just want to test this method out... it does not seem to work for me now that my phone boots past the vibrant screen.... this method only seems to work if you are STUCK at the vibrant screen...
[Vibrant Android Development] mr2t32:
I wonder if this will work for people that are stuck at the computer ! screen... I am unable to get to download mode or recovery with the vol. buttons. tried all the methods that i can find in the forum.
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
That sucks... give my method a try play around with it... follow the guide.... see if the computer ! screen flashes... if it flashes.. release all three buttons when the computer ! screen reappears and see if it shows up when you connect the USB cable and type adb devices
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
reserved ....

(removed what I previously typed)
[Vibrant Android Development] mr2t32:
Oh, I don't have the problem. I'm just thinking if this will work for it. This is the main reason why i'm not messing with different roms/firmware until i can figure out a sure way to get into download if anything would to go wrong. As of right now, i'm just rooted and running Vibrant6. Will not go any further until i figure out the download mode on these newer batch.
[Vibrant Android Development] monnietron:
This actually does not work for me. I have to 1) Pull the battery to make sure the phone is off, 2) Put it back in, 3) plug into USB, and immediately press and hold vol up/down.

Or ADB Reboot Download, but only sometimes. :)
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
If you are about to immediately press and hold up/down you are clearly not using a locked phone... and believe me.. this method works.... i tested it out about 10 different times trying to make the how to as easy as possible... if you are STUCK at the vibrant screen... how were you accessing ADB?

LIKE I SAID... This seems to only work for phones that wont boot past the VIBRANT screen.. My phone is locked out of hardware access to downloading mode and recovery... If you arent locked out of hardware access... then this would be a pretty irrelevant GUIDE..

Here is what makes me believe I am locked out of hardware access... when I follow any of the tutorials on how to access download mode... my phone just flashes and goes back to the vibrant screen... or back to the battery.... it NEVER does anything else...

can anyone confirm that that is what happens with "locked" phones?

I have seen a few posts... in this thread as well as the general Q & A thread .. regarding people having this exact same problem... and having to take their phone back to t-mo to swap it out..
[Vibrant Android Development] Essien:
Heh seems like a lot of work. Here's what I normally do and always get into the desired mode.

Download Mode:

With the phone powered off

Plug in the USB cable.

Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down

Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should say Downloading.

Recovery Mode:

With the phone powered off

UnPlug the USB cable.

Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down

Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should be on the recovery screen.

Get to Download mode while displaying the Phone to Computer Icon"

Plug in the USB cable.

Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold Vol Up and Vol Down

Press and hold the power button with your right index finger.

The screen will go black, continue holding.

The screen will come back on, you'll see the same Phone to Computer icon

Continue holding, the screen will go black

The screen will come back on, you should see "Vibrant" release the power button and you it should go into Downloading
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
Yes... my method seems difficult... BUT IT IS ALSO FOR NEWER VIBRANT PHONES THAT CANNOT ACCESS DOWNLOAD OR RECOVERY VIA YOUR METHOD OR ANYONE ELSES METHOD... because t-moble disabled hardware access...
[Vibrant Android Development] mr2t32:
That is exactly what happens with my phone. Either reboots or goes to the battery screen.
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
Well hopefully between your method and mine.... nobody should have a problem accessing the downloader.... I have tried your method about 15 times with zero success accessing downloader or recovery... and I am pretty savvy... not sure what the differences are between our phones...
[Vibrant Android Development] kolyan:
I just got new Vibrant and everything works fine. No need for any of that.....just have to hold volume buttons and release power button at the exact specific time with usb pluged in, phone goes straght to download mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] xavyi:
RIP vibrant

just tried this method, and it didn't work for me. My Vibrant has the phone-!-computer error and it's the newer phone that doesn't load to recovery/dl mode via hard keys. I so happened to be loading a rom using odin and unplugged it because the process didn't show a status bar, it basically sat there doing nothing. Once i unplugged the phone it showed nothing but that error message on power up, hardreboot, charging ect. Thanks, tmo for locking hardkey recovery mode =(
[Vibrant Android Development] kolyan:
had this happen twice and those steps worked for me both times:

"have your usb in, press down both the volume up/down toggle and the power button.... hold them until the screen goes black and as soon as it does, let go only the power button and it should appear there again

however, i found out that you need to take out the battery and get into download mode freshly again...."
[Vibrant Android Development] GuestK0080:
This is exactly what I do on my phone. Actually had to do all three of this last weekend when I made a bonehead move and damn near bricked my phone. ODIN and Titanium backup saved my bacon. :D

I still do not fully understand this whole disabled recovery access thing. Has Samsung acknowledged it as a bug or a new permanent change? I heard they were going to fix it in the Froyo release?
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
I am unsure of what phones are locked and which ones arent... its kind of weird that some phones are locked out... my question for Eugene or JAC...

Is it possible to take an unlocked phone... and flash everything over to a locked phone... "unlocking it" so that the hardware buttons work?

and by unlocked I mean... able to access downloader/recovery via hardware buttons...

Those of you that ended up on the Phone ! Computer screen... if your phone is hardware locked... you are screwed... the method I originally posted only works if your phone will at least boot to the Vibrant screen (and have a hardware locked phone)

If your phone is not hardware locked... you can follow the millions of posts telling you how they access download mode... no need to follow my guide
[Vibrant Android Development] Unrenowned:
Recently, I bricked my phone due to the hardware recovery/download feature being disabled.

Sitting here waiting (for 3 days) for the prepaid UPS return sticker from TMo I had a thought...

What if TMo/Samsung did not actually lock some of these phones down.

Follow along...

In the past,

every single

phone that I have ever owned would power up via USB connection (from the wall) even if the battery was not installed.

Tonight I noticed that my Vibrant will not power up unless the battery is installed.

USB (from PC) - Battery = No Power

USB (from wall) - Battery = No Power

Battery +/- USB (any) = Phone--!--PC icon

If someone who has a fully functional Vibrant (hardware recovery/download feature works) could try this out?

I'm curious to see if this is a possible pattern...
[Vibrant Android Development] youneek:
People keep saying to hold power in some way or another to get to download mode... You dont need to ever touch the power button!

Turn phone off, plug usb into computer, hold both volume buttons in and plug usb into phone. It will instantly go into download mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] :
I'm starting to wonder if dates have nothing to do with this problem. Mine is dated 09/01/2010 and buttons work fine with both download and recovery modes.
[Vibrant Android Development] takato23:
hey i have this problem, somebody can help me?:

My problem is even worse as I explained in a different thread before. I don't even see the charging battery when I plug in the USB cable. All I see is the depleted looking grey color battery that doesn't charge. ADB commands don't work - device is not found. So it's a brick and none of the methods worked.

I heard from someone who has 3 different Vibrants, was always able to get into download mode on one of them and never on the other 2. Sounds like some phones got this feature internally blocked and some did not. I guess those that easily enter into the recovery/download modes are the lucky ones.
[Vibrant Android Development] Gad13:
Is the phone connected to the wall charger or to the PC?

If is connected to the PC make sure it is connected to a USB port on the back of the PC. Back ports are better then front ones. Are you sure your battery is fine?
[Vibrant Android Development] takato23:
yes, it's on the back pc usb... i've tried every possible combination. Now i'm testing with kies
[Vibrant Android Development] Gad13:
Check the device manager and see is there a Samsung Modem device when the phone is connected. If so then you can try to restore it with Odin.
[Vibrant Android Development] djnutz:
Can someone help me out and do a key test with a phone that CAN get into recovery mode?

I bought my Vibrant and could get into recovery via hardware buttons (vol + up and vol + down) no problem. I then flashed the euro 2.2 a month or so ago and haven't been able to access recovery unless I use ADB commands or quick boot.

Reading around, it seems the Euro and other versions use different key combo's to access recovery even the menu and or home keys depending on what is flashed. I've flashed back from that 2.2 rom to the 2.1 variants by Bionics and Eugene, etc...so I'm back on our "regions" firmware.

That being said this is what I want to confirm IF and ONLY if you have a phone that can get into recovery.

Get into Clockwork > Advanced > Key test

Run the key test for volume up, volume down, menu, power, back and the search key. Post the number if you can - it would be appreciated.

Mine are:

Vol up - Key 42

Vol down - Key 58

Menu - Key 158

Home - Key 139

Back - Key 28

Search - Key 27

Power - Key 26

If those match up with yours then it's something other than the 2.2 i flashed changing the key mapping.

I'm hoping (and this would make sense) if my key mappings are different, I could map the proper keys and reboot via hardware keys into recovery.

Currently, I can access Download Mode each and everytime with volume up + power. Volume down + power gives me the phone!

This should be interesting...thanks for your help.
[Vibrant Android Development] tjsynkral:
Vol Up and Vol Down are switched on the euro phones. Your experience is consistent with that - the batch that are easy to get into DLM normally would use Vol Down + Power.

Try powering down, holding Vol Up + Vol Down, and then pressing Power. If you see a Vibrant logo release Power but keep holding Vol Up + Down. Unplug the USB/charger so the battery icon/DLM doesn't mess you up.
[Vibrant Android Development] djnutz:
Yup - which is as far as I've got with it. Problem is that Vol up and volume down with power no matter what variant doesn't work either. Whether it's holding down and releasing on first, or second vibrant appearance, or removing the battery, sim, sdcard, and trying that way.

If anyone does have the time for the clockwork key test or other ideas lemme know.

Thanks for the help.
[Vibrant Android Development] tjsynkral:
Which euro rom exactly did you flash?
[Vibrant Android Development] Gerr1985:
My new replacement phone works fine with hardware keys for recovery and download (last one did not) and the key mappings are as follows (almost the same besides search)

Vol up - Key 42

Vol down - Key 58

Menu - Key 158

Home - Key 139

Back - Key 28

Search - Key 107

Power - Key 26

Edit* I also think date is a non issue somewhat. My last phone I dont know what the date was, but the new one says 08/30/2010 and it works, I read someone had a phone dated 8/31. I think there was just a huge set of bad boards placed in the phones, but they all boot up so they work.... riiiiiight.
[Vibrant Android Development] djnutz:
Modaco's 2.2. Flashed, ran fine, lol, then realized that I couldn't set the APN settings to work here. No data or voice. Woe is me (until i fixed it by flashing back :).

Interesting find. so our keys are mapped the same. I just went from being able to get into recovery to unable after I flashed Modaco's 2.2. I don't know what version it was at that time but it was approx a month or month and a half ago. Either way, that's what messed up my ability to access recovery via hardware.

Also, my search key was a typo - it's 107 just like yours. So they're mapped the same in clockwork. Now i wonder if that carry's over to before clockwork recovery being loaded (meaning same key mappings) or if the keys are mapped differently before you load the stock recovery, then clockwork.
[Vibrant Android Development] takato23:
maybe a jtag fix could make it work again?
[Vibrant Android Development] djnutz:
I would have to start googling for jtag, what it is, and how it can help fix this. I just know of jtag from people attempting to unbrick phones from flashing the wrong radio with the "Death" SPL.
[Vibrant Android Development] eugene373:
This Needs to be added to the Recovery How-to

Though I did figure out how to boot recovery finally... Pull battery, Hold all 3 buttons, while still holding the buttons put the battery back in, once you see the vibrant screen let go of the power button.. only way I can boot recovery without adb or Rom Manager.

I posted this before but I think it was over looked...

~Eugene
[Vibrant Android Development] micric100:
I ACCESSED DOWNLOAD MODE!

I thought my phone was hardware locked because I tried every possible combination imaginable. I was always able to boot into recovery mode, and if I plugged in my phone to my computer it would still boot into recovery mode and not download mode. I have a stock phone, it's not rooted or anything.

Anyways, I was playing with this again, and I tried to install the drivers for windows from xda, and windows didn't accept them and it said it failed to install "biometric device." I plugged in my phone and tried to access download mode by pressing the volume up and down and power and then releasing the power at the vibrant screen and it went into recovery mode and then installed a bunch of drivers on my windows computer. I then rebooted from the recovery screen and kept the phone plugged in and once the phone started, windows automatically installed some more drivers. Then I powered down, and I tried to access download mode the same way again, and it worked! I'm not sure if I started pressing the buttons as soon as the goodbye message went away or as the goodbye message was still there though, and I think that's what did it!

Anyways, I've tried to access it again the same way but I can't get back into download mode :(. Has anyone else experienced this, or know what's going on? There are so many threads and pages of threads about this subject so I didn't look through them all. In the meantime I'll keep trying to get into download mode.

Edit: I accessed download mode again. With the phone plugged in, as I was shutting down, I had to start pressing both volume buttons halfway through the goodbye message, then only start pressing the power button right when the goodbye disappears, and then the battery charge image will appear and right when it disappears and the screen goes black I had to release the power button. If I wait too long after the battery image disappears and the vibrant message comes up, then I go into recovery instead of download mode.

Edit2: I realized that it could actually be accessed pretty easily. I had to access it the same way as method 1 except that I had to release the power button when the screen is black (the battery image disappears) before the vibrant writing comes up.

- sorry for exciting people for nothing but maybe this small change to method 1 will help people because I thought I had tried everything, and something this small helped me get into download mode.
[Vibrant Android Development] tjsynkral:
Ummm, have you tried just NOT pressing power at all like my advice in post 150?
[Vibrant Android Development] nermie:
following this method with out usb plugged in results in phone booting as normal.

Doing this WITH usb plugged in, holding down all 3 buttons and popping in the battery, the vibrant screen never even shows up. It just keeps going from black screen to battery screen. When i let go of power while keeping both vol keys pressed it goes back to battery charging screen and just stays there.
[Vibrant Android Development] grabiarz:
+1, I have the same behavior on mine. Maybe we could build a db of locked/unlocked phones and see if there's a way to ID the locked models?
[Vibrant Android Development] Generic112:
If you can access recovery mode, then you aren't hardware locked. My previous Vibrant was hardware locked, and could not access recovery or download mode without adb. My new phone, however, can easily access both. So your inability to reach download mode is probably some form of user error. Make sure you try multiple methods, since it seems that each phone tends to work with a different method. For me, holding volume up and down while the phone is off, then plugging it into a computer gets me to download.
[Vibrant Android Development] Munk0:
Aaah junk! Add mine to the growing list of bricked Vibrant's. So, just to contribute in any way possible for the next dummy my mfg date is "10.07"

Yes, I have tried all of the current suggestions.
[Vibrant Android Development] grabiarz:
How did u brick yours?
[Vibrant Android Development] intruda119:
Mine also, im trying to hold off on putting it up on ebay. I have never had a bricked phone until this phone. This is my second one and unlike most its unlocked for use on ATT. Would calling Samsung help at all?