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[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] msg555:
It may be possible that PowerTutor played a part in using your battery. Depending on your type of phone the PowerTutor profiling service takes between 3-15% of your phone's CPU, though we're always trying to reduce this.

Now as far as PowerTutor draining your battery from 80% to zero goes, perhaps what you should really be asking yourself is what is keeping your phone from sleeping during this time? PowerTutor won't (and indeed doesn't have permission to) do this.

So the built in app monitor is a bit simplistic. The source code is publicly available and I encourage you to take a look android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Settings.git;a=blob_plain;f=src/com/android/settings/fuelgauge/PowerUsageSummary.java;hb=HEAD. The built in monitor is only useful to calculate very rough relative power consumption between apps. PowerTutor uses accurate models of the phone's hardware, offers absolute power figures, displays recent power history charts, and offers a log for later inspection.

As for me, I run PowerTutor all the time and never have any problem with it draining the battery. To answer the original poster's question my greatest consumers come from a crossword app, google's music player (in a future release it will be possible to see what apps are using audio with some tinkering), solitaire, and then the browser. However most of the energy for these apps (except the music player) comes from the OLED screen.

I have been working on a website where some of the data collected through PowerTutor may be made available. This would display some basic power profile information for popular apps and perhaps some other usage characteristics. I've been a little busy recently but hopefully we can get this out sometime in the next couple weeks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mundano:
I havent used PowerTutor for some time, so I may be missing recent improvements. But from my experience I agree that it is a a serious batery drainer...

I don't use my mobile phone when at work. And normally it drains from full to 98~97% from 7H30, when I leave home and unplug it from charger, to 13H00 when I leave my work place to lunch. With BateryTutor the battery drained to +/- 80% in the same period. Tested it 2 or 3 times, always the same result.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] huxflux2003:
I am giving it a try. It looks very informative and functional. I don't think it is to be constantly used, instead it would be more useful to have it running for a couple of days and see what is draining battery and tweak your phone accordingly.

Something that got my attention is that there is a android process called "download manager" that constantly drains 400mW. What is this? Can I somehow stop it? I am not downloading anything.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] sirphunkee:
Thread moved to themes/apps section
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] upp3rd0g:
Is anybody aware of any similar programs like Powertutor which gives similar detailed information?

I suspect Powertutor doesn't give correct information for the Samsung Galaxy S (it was developped for HTC G1/G2 and Google Nexus One).

According to Powertutor these 2 processes eat a lot of juice:

50% => Android Download Manager which translates to android.media process (from Powertutor logfile) <= I suspect this is incorrectly reported by Powertutor

10 - 15% => Samsung Power Monitor widget which translates to com.sec.android.app.controlpanel (from Powertutor logfile)

A program like Powertutor is clearly not meant to be running all the time but is very usefull in identifying processes which take above average power.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] upp3rd0g:
More information on Powertutor's working and energy-models can be found here:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...sg=AFQjCNGwU_2TaxWE8TcwqHQLbfmU9A67AA&cad=rja

I strongly suspect incorrect readings for our Galaxy S...

Again I raise my question: anybody aware of a similar tool?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] SuperJMN:
Please, info about an application like PowerTutor for our Galaxy S!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] upp3rd0g:
Latest version of Powertutor (1.3.1) works a lot better now with my Galaxy S. The fact I upgraded to Froyo may be of influence.

It least Powertutor doesn't report 1 process (Android download manager) to consume all energy anymore!
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] steve austin:
looking also

The closest thing I have come across is BetterBatteryStats http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809. It lets you know about wakelock drains and gives fairly accurate reading of processes and alarms using battery since the device is unplugged. I still want another Power tutor -like app though.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uqbar:
Hi all.

I just managed to go back to v2.1 with unrevoked 3.14.

The HBOOT screen is reporting 0.80 back.

When I powercycle the phone with the volume down pressed I go in HBOOT but as soon as I press volume down to reach the "recovery" menu item I get again the flashing of the v2.1.

If I refuse to flash at the reboot I get an "error" icon on the screen and I have to pull the battery to reboot.

Where's my error?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jsel:
You still have the update.zip in the sd-card?

Do you have usb-cable connected at this point? You should have, if haven't got fake_flash installed.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
If the OP has used UnrEVOked, they should have a permanent custom recovery on their device, meaning that the need neither "fake flash" or a PC connected via USB to enter recovery.

To the OP: I've no idea what you are saying when you say that going into recovery is flashing 2.1. If you try to enter recovery, are you see ClockwordMod recovery at all? What options are you selecting?

EDIT: Just thought of something - do you have the PB99IMG file on your SD card? If so, this is what is causing your problem and you should delete it!

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uqbar:
Apart of the radio and the CM update zips I have an mtd0bak.img and a PB99IMG.ZIP in the root of the SD.

Correct, I chose unrevoked in order to have the fakeflash stuff.

I never saw anything similar to Clockwork or Amon Ra recovery stuff. Either reboot, or re-flash the v2.1 or freeze.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uqbar:
I deleted PB99IMG.ZIP.

I booted into HBOOT.

I used volume keys to select "recovery".

I pushed the power button to select and ...

... I went to the green and white screen and then to a black one showing a

red triangle with a red exclamation mark in it.

The background is black with a picture of a Desire ...

the desire to flash CM 6!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diego4t:
if its showing that, then a custom recovery hasnt been applied using unrevoked.....

try it again.

(im getting pissed at unrevoked cause i manged to root 3 desires easily enough and now the 4th one wont work!!! arghhh :( )
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uqbar:
New attempt (with v3.2) worked fine.
[HD2 General] sswindows:
I've been running android for about a month now and am extremely pleased with how well this platform works on the HD2. Of course there are still a few bugs that have been covered repeatedly on these forums, but one issue I havent seen discussed much is with the camera quality. I am running the darkstone HD2Froyo V2.1 build, so I have 5MP capability, but still when I run the device in windows (which is rare lately) it takes far better pictures, which fill the entire screen. I do have the BSB camera tweak activated on windows, which I believe improved the quality, but if we could at least get full size photos while running android I would be content. I'm actually hoping that I am just missing something, and wondering if there is a quick fix. If not, thats ok - this phone just works

so

much better running android. Thanks for any replies...
[HD2 General] gaarry:
Android isn't perfected yet, I think the max MP is 3 currently.
[HD2 General] sswindows:
I realize that, and am in no rush. I just wanted to see if there was a quick fix or perhaps a camera program in the market that anyone knew of... The build I am using actually takes 5MP pictures which don't look bad, but for some reason they look much nicer when taken on windows.
[HD2 General] jinsoku3g:
I'm rubbing 2.2 froyo V2 as well, in the build it says that its a 3MP camera. If we are running the same Android, then I doubt you have 5mp, as a 3MP would result in smaller pics
[HD2 General] sswindows:
Here is a list of the upgrades stated for this version:

Release Notes:

- Bluetooth is now functioning

- Camera flash overexposure issue resolved

- Custom theme

- Stock build with no additional changes

- Full ram

- CPU speed set to scaling for better battery performance and heat reduction

- Flashlight app included

- Creates 512 MB data.img

- For better performance and better battery life change wallpaper to a static one.

- Use default launcher, not launcherpro or ADW Launcher. May lower chances of touchscreen freezes.

- Reboot after first boot to complete configuration. All apps will work fine after this. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

- Camera is 5 megapixel

- Using conservative cpu scaling

- Capped to 883mhz at the maximum by default, use SETCPU to uncap this speed if you wish to benchmark

- USING TITANIUM BACKUP TO RESTORE DATA MAY CORRUPT THIS BUILD AND CAUSE ISSUES.

- First boot may use a lot of battery and make your HD2 warm, this is normal.

- Bluetooth Headset now supported in calls, press the Bluetooth option during the call twice, one time to disable the headset, and the second time to re-enable. After this, bluetooth headset functions.

This is the HD2Froyo V2.1 build. If it is still 3MP I would feel better as the quality is not as good as the stock windows and perhaps that would explain why the pictures do not fill the screen.

But since it states 5MP I thought maybe there was tweak such as the BSB setting for windows that could improve the quality. I also figured that the reason the images do not fill the screen is because the build was taken off of a phone with a smaller screen.

Again, I'm in no rush here, and am happy to wait for these bugs to be worked out, just wanted to be sure I wasnt missing something simple along the way...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robnil:
Hi

I have noticed that even if the quadrant score is high now after the lagfix (1-click version) i have more lag now than ever before!

I even missed a call today because the dialer didnt show up until 4 signals.

I beleave this can be due to autokiller. I have tried all the presets and are now down to "system default" again. The thing is I think it kills too agressive. All the widgets are killed so scrolling the homescreen can be painful untill everyting is loaded again. The dialer is slow first time I start it. Then if I close it and restart it its fine again. Same with camera etc.

Is there a way to fix this? Is there an option for excluding applications from autokiller?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tyxerakias:
Yes, you put them in the ignore list....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] robnil:
no there are no such option. Its the autokiller thats demands root

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-rs-autokiller-wEwp.aspx
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
ok, phone was on charge, phone rang, went to answer, phone rebooted!. Left it but it stayed on 02 screen??.. Battery out, reboot - same thing!

Tried going into recovery but again it hangs on the o2 boot screen?

What the hell has happened????? :(

Was running DeFrost 3.6 with no problems!

Someone please tell me my phone is not kaput!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] @ngel:
First of all, pull off your sdcard.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Tried that - removed sdcard - still same.. o2 boot screen...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Can anyone help me please?? I cant even get into recovery to to a nandroid restore.. everything i try the phone just sits there on the o2 screen... is there a way to reflash an original rom incase i have to send it back???

I just dont undestand why answering the phone on charge i have ended up with a f**cked phone???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b6rt:
So i imagine you can see hboot screen.

You may try to flash a new recovery with unrevoked.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Yes i can see the Hboot screens.. i tried the unrevoked methos but it wont go any further than saying: waiting for device enable usb debugging... as the phone wont startup.

Vicious circle eh.. thanks for quick reply though..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jshields:
What i was going to say .... if you cant get to the hboot screen well then bad times indeed :(
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivus:
Extreme solution

If you can get the Hboot screen, as extreme solution, just copy in your SDcard (root directory)the file PB99IMG.zip or similar (I have no brand phone, maybe O2 requires a different file).

Be carefull, because this method will reset completely your phone. You will loose Root, every data, and you'll come back to the original branded phone.

You can search for this file at:

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bravo/

Download the zip file corresponding to your version and rename it in PB99IMG.zip

Put this file in the root directory of your sdcard, start the device in Hboot mode and it should start automatically!

I hope this can help you.

If anyone more expert has a better solution, please help him :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
No i CAN get into hboot screen.. i just have no idea as to what to do now???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Ok, i will lose root but will i be able to use the unrevoked method again??.. or am i completey screwed then as hboot will be too high etc...

I have put my goldcard in.. but just cant do anything
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivus:
So...the alternative is to have a not working phone. In any case, Unrevoked or not, you should give it a try if you don't have other solutions. But I suggest you to read a lot of threads before you proceed... many similar experiences could help you to understand the procedure.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Yeah agreed.. would rather a working phone.. I have been looking at the bricked threads but they are not so easy to understand.. Appreciate the help though..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jshields:
follow the hboot steps using the .zip file everthing will return to default so then you can use unrevoked to root you phone again :)#

Edit quoting this -

If you can get the Hboot screen, as extreme solution, just copy in your SDcard (root directory)the file PB99IMG.zip or similar (I have no brand phone, maybe O2 requires a different file).

Be carefull, because this method will reset completely your phone. You will loose Root, every data, and you'll come back to the original branded phone.

You can search for this file at:

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bravo/

Download the zip file corresponding to your version and rename it in PB99IMG.zip

Put this file in the root directory of your sdcard, start the device in Hboot mode and it should start automatically!

I hope this can help you.

If anyone more expert has a better solution, please help him :-)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Ok, i am completely stuck now.. I think i can repair the phone but i just have no idea how. I have trawled through bricked threads..just cant find a solution.

I think if i could get usb debugging enabled unrevoked might just work.

Using the cmd tool i can use enableqxdm 0 and it says okay - however unrevoked still does not see it as neither does my pc!

I have no idea how to restore my nandroid without getting into recovery???

I am unsure weather to flash the PB99img.zip as i have a branded phone and i am worried i will completely brick it!

Just so so lost....

Heres a tip though - dont answer your phone when its on charge!!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Can i use any of the PB99IMG.zips then as it was an o2 branded phone??? Or can i use the update.zip (is this the nandroid backup??) thats already on my sd card - have card reader so can mess about with that no probs..

I have just seen where it checks for the image afetr getting to Hboot so i understand what its looking for now... Question is what image do i use..

Really do appreciate all the help guys
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Ok, i tried flashing one of the pb99img and i get a CID error (incorrect). It says this is because goldcard is not present but it is???? Is it because i am using a different standard rom to the one that was on the phone???
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
I give up for today - i gotta go to work. If i could get USB debugging to work i would probably be ok, but when i do the commands via cmd prompt it says okay but it doesnt seem to do anything!

My goldcard now seems like it doesnt want to be one, thus the cid error..

I am just going round in circles here..

Think i might just throw the damn thing out of a window - Its doing my head in!!!!!

All from answering the poxy phone whilst plugged in!!!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
wow.. was hoping for a few replies.. guess no one has any ideas.. guess i am buggered then... ok so if i send the phone back to o2 - what is worse case scenario if they do see its flashed??.. will they just charge me for the fix or just not touch it at all??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
I would suggest you put your SD card in your computer and verify the content. Or even better, I hope you have a backup of your SD Card after you rooted your phone. I think your partition may have gone, so you can't boot up anymore. Try to format your sd card, partition it with Gpartition or whatever prog you have and copy back the content of your SD Crad back up on your newly formated SD card. It should do the trick. The same happened to me when I changed my 8gb SD Card for a 16gb one.

Good luck and let me know how it works (or not).

forelli, in Darth Sidious mode.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
The sd card seems ok in a card reader? I did do a backup a while back but i have a spare sd card so i will try that? Would the sd card problem stop me going into recovery though??? I thought that was phone based and not sd card based??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
Your recovery is in your sd card (the rooted recovery), so if there is a SD card problem, your phone won't boot because he won't find the recovery update.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
I see.. understanding more now.. ok the problem i have is that i did the sd card backup BEFORE i rooted.. have not made one since... i am not bothered about losing everything.. so what are my options??.. cheers for the help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
If on your Sd card you still have the Clockworkmod folder and the update.zip file, then backup your SD card, FAT32 format it, partition it to ext2 or ext/3 (I always put 512 mb) and copy back your back up on the card. You should be able to boot.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
I do still have those settings.. you may be right about the ext partition as in ext2fsd program it shows the linux partition as raw??

Ok next question is how do i format the card with an ext 2 or 3 partition within windows? I have used gparted before so i will try that... can i confirm its an ext2 or 3 partition and do i put it at the end of the disk or the beginning??..Sorry for the questions but not so sure or confident on this part..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
Where you see all your drives, in Windows, right-click on your sd card, it will give you the option to format it. Normally, the only choice is FAT32 (at least under Vista).

For the partition thing, I did it with Rom manager, from my phone, so I dunno how it works with Gparted, but I think it should not make any difference where the partition is, I would put it at the end of the disk. If it does not work, well, put it at the beginning.

f.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
FYI, the FAT32 partition must be the first partition on the SD card.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
Thanks Dave for your confirmation, I was also thinking that the ext2/ or ext/3 partition should be put at the end, was my intuition.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
This is long but it should get you working again...

Download this file:

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra..._32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_124865.exe

and boot your phone into FASTBOOT (hold the back arrow and press power). Once in FASTBOOT connect your USB cable and once it says FASTBOOT USB run the RUU file. It should pick up the phone (assuming the drivers are installed from HTC Sync) and put your phone back to stock. From here you can re-root and set the phone up...you will loose your apps/settings etc but at least you're working again
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Well bugger me sideways - its only gone and worked eh!!!!! :D

I love everyone who replied to this thread!!!!!!!

THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Glad to have been of help!1 :D

Just don't go flashing the O2 2.2 update yet as it's bricking phones!!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
You're very welcome, I'm happy your Desire is back to life :)

EDIT: Could you please change the title of the thread by adding "[SOLVED]"?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wingnutta:
Sure.. how do i do that?? lol
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
by editing your first post
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uqbar:
FASTBOOT?

Where on earth is this fastboot tool?

It's not in the android sdk, though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hoss_n2:
i have heared that galaxy s Gpu can give 90M triangles/sec is that true as some sources claming that it only gives 28M tri/sec http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerVR , and the higher one sgx 545 gives 40 m so how the sgx 540 gives 90M
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LevitateJay:
I don't think the number listed on wikipedia is 'triangles' per second... It just says polys... So it could be a different shape thats harder to render?

Just my guess.

Besides if the 90M claimed is actually the 28 million then don't worry because the same thing for the iPhone's GPU (the 535) claims around 22m and wiki is listing it as 14.

Aaannnnddd if you're worried about the GPU feel comforted that no 3D benchmarks I've seen have even slowed it down so far and you can see tons of videos on youtube of Galaxy S series phones face rolling every single other Android device in gaming FPS benchmarks. Even if it isn't as amazing as the numbers they claimed there is no doubt that it's the best in the market at the moment, and by quite a lot too! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alovell83:
I'm not going to pretend that I read the comment thoroughly, but I've read a similar question. The person who seemed to know what they were talking about, said that essentially the 90m is a "theoretical number" and that about half of that number is what the phone should? can? will? potentially? do...(skimming, memory and probably comprehension make that a very difficult word to fill in accurately)....but this is how all manufacturers report their graphics capabilities (at least in smartphones, but I'll assume the same holds true for the desktop/laptop graphics cards).

So, while the number is definitely overstated, it's within the standard reporting convention...and relative to other numbers, still accurate (2x as many triangles is 2x as many whether everything gets cut in half of cut by a factor of 3).

*I'll remove my fuzzy language when someone better informed than me responds*
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LevitateJay:
I also read a good article (don't know where it is now sorry) all about how the GPU relies heavily on the memory and bus between them etc and for example there could be a phone running the same GPU as another and have much less performance because they don't use much memory, or use slow memory. Apparently our SGS have done pretty well in all departments.