yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G General] cts627:
well i had the hero and the battery life sucked the worst ever had to change the battery 2x a day my epic lasts all day no charge from 5am to 8pm work hours and yes you should close an app if your not using it bcause its just running for no reason. kinda makes sense to me, there are certain customizations that if u add your phone will let u know it will use more batt life also why have yor screen shining bright all day if not in use. or maybe its just me but it kinda sounds like comon sense..
[Epic 4G General] 2k4mach:
No change in battery life for me since rooting. Sits right around 49% when i get home from work. Usually pull it off the charger at 4am and im back home at 3pm
[Epic 4G General] InfDaMarvel:
Just here to report.

Advanced task killer - set to autokill

Juice Defender

Managed to go 8 hours with moderate use(Web, Apps, Text) at work and only dropped to 70% battery.

My last results of this at work ended up in 1% percent battery. (Post Juice Defender and task killer set to auto)
[Epic 4G General] eturk01:
Went back in to Sprint yesterday and they gave me a new phone. Battery was really low and in 1.5 hours it seemed 70% (on previous battery). Maybe first was a bad unit? I'll test it again.

Be curious to see some actual times on changing from completely dead, phone off.
[Epic 4G General] stud_muffler:
Mine takes about 4 hrs from complete dead to 100% on standard wall charger which came with the phone.

:cool:
[Epic 4G General] Six-Deuce:
I don't really know how to gauge the battery on my Epic just yet, at my job there's 0 signal from sprint so my phone is always on roam, or trying to roam, so I get to see my battery drop percentage everytime I check the phone. But I do have a charger at my desk so I leave it plugged in constantly. Unfortunately, the Evo got great roam signal at the desk, and later on got PRL hacked so it ran on Verizon towers and the battery life was amazing. The Epic still doesnt have that hack and at my desk gets no signal at all, roam or sprint, so I'm stuck for now. However it does feel as if it drains faster than the Evo, but I'll give it another week.

My main reason for the post is that there is a method of calibarating the battery to display the correct percentage, and it works. You can find it in the forums here... I did it about a week ago when I first switched from the Evo to the Epic. Goes something like this (don't quote me on this, do try to find the actual thread):

1. Plug the phone in when on until it says that it's fully charged and to disconnect.

2. Unplug it, turn it off, and then leaving it off plug it in till it says the same thing (full charge, disconnect).

3. Unplug it again, turn the phone on and when back up, plug the charger back in.

4. When it says fully charged again, unplug, and restart and you're set, it should be calibrated.

Should help with actual percentage indicator.
[Epic 4G General] oktanedroid:
Roam Control now works on the Epic.
[Epic 4G General] buminthealley:
I've had my Epic for a week now and I haven't really seen a huge issue with battery life. I run Juice Defender and my brightness is still at its default setting. I just turned it way down, so next charge I should see a lot better results.

Currently 10h 6m 50s since unplugged

57% display

17% voice calls

14% phone idle

8% Cell standby

3% Android system

2% Angry Birds

I'm at 35% battery.

I'm coming from the original Samsung Instinct failure of a phone and the battery life is actually quite similar so far.

I also have had zero problems with GPS (Used it 5 times now for about 30 minutes each time) and my TWS is always 0-2%. I see so many complaints about this phone, but I'm just not having the issues that others are. I also just got my update notification while typing this.
[Epic 4G General] InfDaMarvel:
I came from havn to original instinct and its battery life is about 2x better. But on note the instinct cannot do near as much this fast.
[Epic 4G General] styckx:
Ok I have had the update running all day now and I must say any of those optimizations didn't improve battery usage at all. Even with brightness set at zero and everything except 3g off I can still manage to make the battery level drop while on the wall charger. Mind you I tried both the kit charger and a Sprint 1amp charger. Also mind you I use my phone more like a laptop than I do a phone. Which shouldn't matter a bit when I am plugged into the wall. I get that it would drop fast while on battery. But while plugged in? What a joke. It charges nice and fast when I am not using it.

I hope Froyo is out before my 30 days. If that does not fix this unacceptable power usage the epic, and Samsung are dead to me. Strike 1 and 2 was the abomination called the Moment, this will be strike 3.
[Epic 4G General] sryans2004:
My battery is alright. Today it has been really good with light to moderate useage. I have 27% battery left 11 hours unplugged. I did some surfing the net, text message, pic sending, even recorded a 10 minute long 720p video of my son playing outside. Also had the brightness turned all the way up during that time so about an hour with the brightness all the way turned up.

I normally have the brightness all the way down. WiFi turned on when I'm at home.. Syncing is turned off. I also turned Wifi sleep policy to never (which i really think helps) I read an artical or post somewhere saying if you turn that off to never it should really help. Also if you are in an wifi area all day keep wifi turned on so 3G is turned off because 3G kills battery more then wifi. Also use juice defender.

The battery on my EVO was better, but not when I first got it. I believe once we figure out more ways to help battery we should be good. Just like on the EVO.
[Epic 4G General] beejmeister:
I too have been very disappointed in the battery life... and have been told by everyone that it has to do with 3G, BlueTooth... White LEDs, my Shoe Size.... etc.

Over the weekend I had done a Hard Reset on Saturday Night and forgot to setup my Exchange Server connection.... I was on vacation and didn't notice all day on Sunday that I hadn't done so.... and my battery life went through the roof! While in the car I was even connected to my Car's Bluetooth connection (and GPS) and my phone after ~9 hours still had 70% battery life on it....

So even with BT and GPS enabled... I still was able to get incredible battery life.

SO! My question is.... is it possible that one of the commonalities that isn't being discussed as far as Good vs. Bad battery life has to do with whether or not we are using Push Email/Calendar/Contact updating from an Exchange Server vs. POP or IMAP?

I'm just asking.... I ain't smart like the rest of you.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
Samsung claimed that they sorted out the GPS issue's and got it working right on the Epic 4G:

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Epi...g-and-all-systems-are-go-article-a_12831.html

Yet when tested, the 4G cannot obtain good accuracy like other android devices:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3891/samsung-epic-4g-review-the-fastest-android-phone/10

So, while they may have improved the GPS lock time on the Epic (perhaps by correctly implementing agps?), they clearly haven't solved the accuracy and tracking issues.

Here is another link showing the Epic vs Captivate for GPS:

http://briefmobile.com/samsung-epic-4g-gps-test

The above video shows that the Epic locks much faster, but you can also see that it never obtains good accuracy (always has the blue circle), which means it will likely jump around in places with dense streets.

Since the Epic represents what Samsung considers to be a tested and working GPS, I think we are in big trouble. The GPS "update" that we have all been waiting for is just going to give us the same fix the Epic shipped with, which is clearly no where near the standard of today's smartphones. Maybe someday further down the road Samsung/Broadcom will be able to fix the accuracy and tracking issues, but it really seems doubtful at this point. That being said, I wonder what options we'll have to get a different phone from AT&T. I can't live with poor GPS performance for the whole 2 year contract I signed when I got the Captivate.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Maybe the longer it takes the better for us. We'll see.
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
Getting a new phone through att after your 30 days up could be an pain in the butt. I could see att saying that the gps is working how its intended and wont let you out of your two year , and make you pay full price for a new phone like 500+ for an smartphone.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I agree, I doubt they'll offer any type of deal or discount on a new phone. Especially since it appears to be the whole Galaxy S line of phones and since over a million have already sold in the US. If they let 1 person switch phones, they have to let everybody and that will likely never happen.

Overall, I'm just really discouraged to see Samsung claim the GPS is fixed on the Epic and then have a review come in describing the GPS so poorly. It gives me little hope for a fix for our Captivates, especially not in any September fix they are releasing.
[Captivate General] chudy:
if epic 4g is fixed according to samsung then we're screwed indeed.

after trying the epic 4g gps fix zip file floating around, i saw the same locking performance issues. there is no way this device behaves as expected. i compared my captivate to g1, droid 1, nexus one and they all worked way better and quicker than the captivate.

for now i returned the captivate back to amazon. if they ever fix it i'll buy it again but im not gambling with my money hoping they fix this properly.

it's a shame it's got such a fatal flaw cause otherwise it's one of the best phones.
[Captivate General] matthewpapa:
quit with the pessimism

just wait and see when the update comes out
[Captivate General] dakine:
What update? Everything points to jf7 having the "fix" if you want better buy a different phone because its obvious they are just trying to fix a hardware problem with software tricks. This can work to a certain extent but my guess is that the sgs will always have a somewhat inferior gps.
[Captivate General] l7777:
Everyone should learn two things from this.

First, buy a device based on what it does NOW, not what someone promises it can do in the future. This holds true for anything you may buy.

Second, buy a device based on its primary use. While having gps in a phone can be a useful and handy tool, the device is a PHONE first and should be phone centric when it comes to performance and features. This is the same thing I tell people who whine about camera performance, if you want a good camera, go buy one. If you want a good GPS, go buy one. Integrated devices are great but rarely can an all in one package best or equal stand alone devices.
[Captivate General] Krad:
With stock JF6 and supl settings it is dismal.

However i am running JH3 with the google settings and it is not super bad. Sure it goes out once or twice a ride, and i some times skip on roads... but it does get me to where i need to go with the navigation app.

I gave up on copilot because it wasn't working as well as the google nav.

The gps with current settings is below par... but livable for now... A fix of some sorts making it a little better would make me happy, but i probably won't buy another samsung phone because of the gps fiasco.
[Captivate General] GermanGuy:
I am also running JH3 with the google settings. It is working ok. Used my iPhone4 on a recent trip and the gps got me off the track a few times as well. I don't know that there is the UberPhone that does everything well. It seems phones improve year by year in some areas but there is always one thing that does not work well. Evo 4G - Wifi issues, Droid X - low call volume etc.
[Captivate General] chudy:
there is a long standing precedent that a phone's gps is going to work and work properly. you can not seriously say the galaxy s line, as it stands, has an acceptable gps performance. not being able to get a lock or getting a 15,30,90m accuracy is bull crap. i can not think of a single phone that has gps performance that's worse than captivate's and there is a reason for it.

with all the location services and navigation software out there there is no excuse for it.

at the same place and time, i've directly compared the captivate (with combinations of all/any "fixes" out there) to samsung blackjack2, iphone4, t-mobile g1, htc nexus one and bunch of others. it's night and day difference man. samsung needs to fess up.

i want what i paid for.
[Captivate General] Kanzeon:
Samsung

My last Samsung phone was an Epix: it was plagued by software bugs and the GPS never worked on most of the phones.

Samsung has much more riding on the Galaxy S phones than the Epix (the Epix always destined to be an also-ran, and never promoted by Samsung), so perhaps they'll do a better job. But I'm kicking myself now for buying another Samsung phone and waiting on another GPS fix.

GPS isn't a primary feature for me, so a minor lag is no big deal. Right now, the GPS on my Captivate is next to worthless.
[Captivate General] TheSopranos16:
I agree with Chudy. It is 100 percent not acceptable that a phones GPS will not work well. So much of what is available for Android relies on location: Navigation, GPS photos, Location based searches like Yelp or Places...just to name a few common ones. And lets not even start with the fact that the Compass is extremely jumpy, inconsistent and slow to react to changes in the phone's orientation.

That being said, as you can see from my initial post, even after they push the Epic's GPS fix to our Captivates, we are NOT going to be in very good shape...
[Captivate General] ewingr:
While I've read many times about "Epic and Fascinate" being good on GPS, I have not read anywhere that it is Samsung that says that.

Anyone else read that from Samsung?
[Captivate General] mrpiggae:
I came to my Captivate from two years of iPhones, and I have to admit that the GPS is the only real downer to the device. In my opinion, it does everything better than my wife's iPhone 4 except GPS.

However, I rarely ever use GPS. Even when I go places I usually just look it up on the Maps app and remember the turns. That's how I've always done it, even with my iPhones.

So for me, it's relatively easy for this GPS problem to not really be too much of a concern. I would be much more upset if I relied on it like some members seem to.

I have to say, though: I would be much more upset if I were in my wife's shoes, paying the same amount for her iPhone 4 that I paid for my Captivate that may have better GPS performance, but is lacking in every other way compared to my Captivate. Even the mighty EVO has choppy 720p recording and a lackluster LCD screen. The Galaxy S excels in so many other areas, but falls on it's face when it comes to GPS.

I guess that I'm trying to say that the GPS doesn't bother me too much because I don't use it enough to allow it to. I have gotten frustrated sometimes when I open up the Maps app and the best I get is the 3200 meters circle...I really have to know my general area in order to get any use out of it.

Here's to hoping for a decent fix!
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
Nope. That language comes from a few blogers heard from samsung support CSR. We all know how reliable that was.

EPIC 4G definitely does not contain the final GPS fixes. Broadcom only gave Samsung the proper driver in late August (8/23 or around that time from what I heard). There is no way in hell EPIC 4G can contain that driver in time for 8/31 release. The firmware in EPIC is probably 1 month old (or at least couple weeks old).

The new leaks of XFJM6 and JM7 showed some promise as these firmwares were produced after Samsung received the new driver.
[Captivate General] rahlquist:
Everyone is getting all worked up on pure speculation. Also note, if they had developed the patch on eclair, it would be out by now. It is more likely by the time the captivate was released all eclair development had ceased, knowing froyo was coming there was no point in doing a patch for it. I'll be happy to give them the benefit of the doubt till I have froyo. I doubt they want to tarnish the galaxy name before the tablets come out. That could prove quite costly.
[Captivate General] ewingr:
I'm in agreement with you.
[Captivate General] l7777:
And you two completely missed the point of my post. If GPS is a critical feature for you, then you should return the device. There is no other option. Moaning and groaning about how poor it is will not push Samsung to fix it any faster if at all. Coming from HTC WinMo devices I can tell you that every one had the same complaint, video performance was terrible. The problem was that HTC didn't make use of the devices' video accelerator because they didn't include the proper drivers. Many hours were wasted with people signing online petitions and complaining that their four plus year old devices had better video performance but in the end, HTC did nothing. Thus, if the Galaxy S phones don't have a GPS good enough for you, you should return it and select a different phone. That's why you have a 30 day return policy. As for my own view on the GPS, it's not a garmin, but it'll get me where I want to be. GPS is nice to have, but I can read a map well enough to make it to my destination even if the GPS puts me one street over.
[Captivate General] N8ter:
Yep, reading maps solo in the car while driving down an interstate@ 70 mph. Some of you people are complete idiots, seriously... The GPS doesn't work.if you think it does you're delusional or trying way too hard to be a galaxy s fanboy.

2 contents and they both basically have no gps.

Saying that is like trinh people to stfu if their phone refuses to let them get any type of data connection...

You can do that on your laptop or netbook, so why should it matter.

Stop posting idiotic crap.

The phones should not have ben released with this problem. It's unacceptable, and its not even hard to test and se the gps is awol...
[Captivate General] migsims:
I'd just like to add that if they are going to issue a fix, why would they release it seperately from the 2.2 update? It would make more sense to release it along with the froyo ota update from purely a production and cost standpoint. Not that I am in any way defending that it sucks. Cause it's not even that it sucks, it's that it doesn't work.
[Captivate General] dajeoo:
I love my captivate but my old ass G1 gps worked like a charm. I have 9 days left on my 30 day return policy and i will return it and wait until they fix the GPS and buy another one after. I need GPs to work, it sucks that in 2010 samsung cant make a working GPS. :mad:
[Captivate General] mongstradamus:
Well its not samsung job to release froyo update has to go thru att first so they can add all thier lovely bloatware to it, I dont know about you but i dont want to wait for gps fix in possibly oct/nov when froyo will be officially released by att.

On a side note, maybe samsung may be on the right track with one of their more recent test firmwares, i seem to be getting more solid lock quicker. Running GPS test was getting 8-10/10 locks in less then 15 seconds so who knows.
[Captivate General] galaxyjeff:
I have a little longer on my return. I have until Sept 25th. If they don't release an update for it by then it's history. I think Samsung will be under a lot of pressure to update all Galaxy S phones or possibly face a lawsuit. If one can be filed over a faulty GPS. They're going to have a Galaxy S phone on all major carriers with Verizon being the biggest and Verizon will probable be putting pressure on them to repair the phones if they start to lose customers over it. That's if the Fascinate GPS is just as bad which we should know in a few days or so.
[Captivate General] jeepin95:
I asked AT&T for an extension on my 30 day return period to await the "fix" but they would not extent it. At first the AT&T agent claimed to know nothing about the GPS problems, then talked to a manager and did some researching claiming to find an AT&T memo that the Captivate GPS problems did not qualify for warranty coverage so since it wasn't covered by warranty they would not be able to extent my return period. If there is a memo indicating it is not a warranty issue I doubt they will give any wiggle room on returning after 30 days.
[Captivate General] galaxyjeff:
They've sold to many of them by now. I got mine from Wirefly so I have to return it to them but I think Samsung should be releasing some update soon. They are working on a Froyo update for the Galaxy S phones because the roms floating around so it is a matter of time before Froyo gets sent out. Maybe then the GPS issue will be resolved or "improved".
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willhill:
Some quick searching tells me that Froyo automatically removes autorun.inf from the internal storage or SD card when they are mounted. I was using these to display custom icons, but that functionality has been removed care of Google.

Anyone know of a possible fix? Also, feel free to move this thread.

Completely unrelated - Thanks to andrynalyne, koush, ihtfp69, rmk40, and all the others working to make our Incredibles a joy to use.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmoney:
Bumping this to see if anyone knows of any work around or solutions.

Would be awesome to have iSyncr run when I plug my phone in, instead of having to navigate to it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brett3rThanU:
I just put a 32GB Sandisk Class 2 MicroSD card in my N1 and tried recording a video in 720p (CM6 ROM) and it doesn't appear to work. The sound records, but all I record is a still image. I know I read that card speed plays a role in the ability to record 720p, but I also saw that the Class 2 Sandisk cards should be fast enough. Any ideas what my problem may be? 720p recording worked with my old card.

Also, I didn't format the card when I first got it. I just installed it and saw 32GB free so I went on my way.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Brett3rThanU:
RESOLVED!

No idea why, but I went into recovery and wiped Cache and Dalvik-Cache and it works fine now.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikhey:
Thanks for mentioning that, I'm having issues with no sound being recorded but the video looks great. I'm going to try wiping the Cache & Dalvik Cache and see if that fixes it.

EDIT:

Wiping the Cache and Dalvik Cache didn't have any effect for me. I was using an older micro sd card and have since upgraded to a Class 10 32 GB card, which works great, still no audio while recording HD video. I'll test wiping the Cache and Dalvik Cache now that I have the new card and see if that does the trick. If not, then I'll take the quality/resolution down little by little until I get sound.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hackest:
Maybe it does not actually "32GB".
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
Hey guys and gals. i'm done with BakedSnack. it started out well, but it's gotten so laggy that it's simply not usable. so i'm looking for suggestions for a new rom.

so far i've tried two OMJ's, three BakedSnack, a real early DamageControl and an early Fresh.

basically i'm looking for all the standard hardware(wifi, 4g, cam, etc) to continue functioning. i'd also like decent battery life(a whole day is more then enough) i don't want to lose my 50fps unlock. i'm also looking for something optimized for performance. apps opening and closing smoothly and quickly, screens animating smoothly and most importantly no lag while using swype(that happens now with BS and it's giving my all kinds of strange phrases when i try to type)

can someone suggest some new roms? and yes, i know i could go read through dozens of postings and look at features, but id much rather hear about their behavior in the real world.

thanks!!
[EVO 4G General] beatblaster:
Calkulin's EViO is what you're looking for. It's located here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=745205
[EVO 4G General] SilverStone641:
that looks really promising! but do i need to install a new kernel? i'm currently running bakedsnacks latest and i'm worried that it's part of my speed problem