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[EVO 4G General] jkinnison90:
LauncherPro has better customization.. unless adw has implemented more since I last used it..

Being able to set your own dock background and icons is nice instead of having to chose a theme.

And LP is a lot smoother. There are settings around here to make adw smoother, but LP still feels better.

And one more reason for me, I like the 3d app drawer.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
i like LP too... tried ADW..

have not seen the 3D draw yet.. or you talking about the transition????
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
3d app drawer is in LP
[EVO 4G General] orris:
Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings - Use 3D drawer.

It's awesome.
[EVO 4G General] Ranger093:
Launcher pro is 20x smoother, ADW is REALLY choppy. No clue why.
[EVO 4G General] dp92180:
I used ADW for a couple of months and really liked it, but LP is much faster. Some of the new benefits I'm enjoying with LP are faster home screen rotation, smoother scrolling and animations when opening and closing apps from the home screen.
[EVO 4G General] themassofthesun:
I use LP just for the ease of customizability that ADW just doesnt seem to have
[EVO 4G General] sph33r:
I use LP for the same reasons most people do. It's smoother than ADW out of the box. While on that subject, there are ways to set ADW to smoother operation but I don't want to fiddle with things out of the box to make them work.

I also prefer the 3 dock style of LP, it gives more options over ADW's slide up dock. Personal preference but the more quick launch options I have at my finger tips, the less messy my screens are. I prefer minimalistic setups.

The widget development by Fede is great. I don't make a lot of use of widgets personally but his work to make functional, good looking widgets is worth the few bucks for the program.

And I follow both devs on twitter and to be honest, the ADW dev seems a bit off. He's said a enough things about how hackish his program is or how he doesn't know what he's doing to make me wonder why I should use it.

Oh and the LP dev is working on a full rewrite to make his launcher more stable, faster, and expandable. I'm very excited for that product when it comes out.
[EVO 4G General] Max_Pain:
i tried LauncherPro and completely fell in love with it. it does everything i need it to, it does it well and while looking nice.

why even try ADW at that point?:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] stanglifemike:
I tried both and switched between them every few days for a few weeks just to get a real feel for both of them. I really like LP much better than ADW. LP seems better for customizing to each individuals preferences and it seems faster and smoother. LP makes everyday use with my Evo so much easier and much more enjoyable...
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
hey thanks...

it is interesting...
[EVO 4G General] drmacinyasha:
I like it for the multiple docks, and the dock swipe actions.
[EVO 4G General] Sener69:
I love Lp, so much better than ADW, I tried both for about a week & was more comfortable with Laucher Pro because its easier to customize, i like the dock that you can put apps where you want them, plus the additional swipe actions, love the 3D draw, all my friends say its so cool. And now the widgets that he has added are even beter. Plus a complete rewrite comoing soon, so he can better customize it with our ideas we give him.
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
Im in my 30 days for my Evo should I return it and wait and see what other phones will drop and just hold off on my upgrade? And maybe get a pre just for now?

Is this a bad idea or should I just wait I have 1 upgrade on my account in January and I think I can use that and give my phone to my brother...decisions, decisions. ;)
[EVO 4G General] Crossrocker:
Im not sure if theres gonna be better phones coming out anytime soon...

http://www.google.com/gwt/x?gl=us&c...honearena.com/htmls/Sprint-carrier-c_2_3.html
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Wait for wp7 if you want, other than that idk what else we're getting

Sent from my Evo beeesshh
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
I actually want the HTC 7 Pro, im sorry but I want a windows phone lol.

Would something like this be worth waiting for?
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
I actually want the HTC 7 Pro, im sorry but I want a windows phone lol.

Do you think it would be worth waiting for?

BAHHH What am I saying! It is like 4 months away I will wait.I cant get enough of android!
[EVO 4G General] jkinnison90:
The HTC Pro 7 looks nice as heck, but WP7 doesn't apeal to me. Maybe it would if I actually got to use it first..
[EVO 4G General] Blitzpwnage:
Me too but when is this phone expected?
[EVO 4G General] jkinnison90:
Not until first half of 2011..
[EVO 4G General] Crossrocker:
Keep the evo lol or get that epicccc
[Epic 4G General] fookxixi:
The build-in panorama mode looks good, but the pictures taken from this mode are in really low quality/ low resolution. Is there a way to fully utilize the 5M-pixel camera to shot a high resolution panorama picture? Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] flopez76:
I've noticed this too, any help would be appreciated

Sent from Epic(MixUp kernel)
[Epic 4G General] APOLAUF:
Just use AndroPan.
[Epic 4G General] Unknown Zone:
I saw a reason for this on some other forum and it was understandable why it is in a low format/quality....remember you are taking i think 6 pics sum up into 1 one final pic which has to be compressed.

I will see if I can find it so that you can better understand why it is this way.
[Epic 4G General] issai:
... even though the 25 messages which I was notified as being unread have indeed been read, and were read a week ago. That count of 25 has stayed that way since last week. However, I received 2 new messages today, both still unread, and yet the count hasn't increased to 27!

What gives?? I've saved 3 other email accounts in the Email app, and they have some read and unread messages there as well, but no notification pops up stating that my read messages have been unread.
[Epic 4G General] a4t:
try to search by keyword: "label:unread in:inbox" (without quote)
[Epic 4G General] issai:
My question wasn't about search; it's more about why I keep getting notified of an incorrect # of unread messages.

Anyhow, all this may be for naught-- just installed K9 instead, with outstanding first impressions.
[Epic 4G General] stud_muffler:
Have same problem with yahoo email. Once in awile it notifies me that I have 11 unread emails but it's a false notification.

:cool:
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
I experienced the same issue with the stock email app. K-9 was my solution also.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scott2ride:
Great info on the battery.

And you mentioned Occams Razor... the simplest answer is the most likely!

Ok, maybe your batteries are actually no good. Many have found theirs to be faulty and that after replacing them all is well again.

I just got a spare and the new one is great!

Maybe a batch of samsung batteries has problems and they begin to lose charge quite quickly after they have been in use a month or 2 (Or they get confused after multiple Flash's of ROMS :) .

Basically, I bought a cheap aftermarket battery as a spare and decided to try it in my phone today. I have made several calls and installed some apps and have played around with the phone as per normal. After 7 hours it is at 53%. MUCH better than before. With old battery it would be at 10-15% after a day at work.

Only thing different is I did install the lag fix over the Beta 5.5 to see if it helps speed.

Is it the battery or the phones software causing the problem??? Well if they have a chip in them maybe it IS the battery...??? :D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Demented71:
Great read there! I haven't really been having any problems with battery life lately, but installed OS Monitor anyway just to see what was running. Nothing too out of the ordinary, as everything seems as you say it should be. OS Monitor is up there at 15-20%, android system is at another 8-10%, and system/bin/sensorserver_yamaha is running at anywhere from 7-16%. I assume this is the sensor that monitors what position my phone is in. Other than that, I don't see any other process taking more than a small slice of CPU or so from time to time.

I have done all of the suggestions before; bump charging, draining, and wiping stats, but I also feel that there may be differences since I am using a few different batteries. If I seem to get amazing battery life from a battery after wiping the stats and then using it til it dies, when I put in the next battery, it may work differently, thus screwing with the stats yet again. I have tried to not be as worried about battery life, especially since I have multiple batteries, but it's still something of interest to me.

I'll be subscribing to this thread, and look forward to reading some other users' thoughts/experiences with their batteries.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Scott -

In my own experience, putting lagfix on cog 5.5 has a huge beneficial effect on battery drain. I'm not sure yet but I believe the Unhelpful kernel uses a lot of cpu trying to manage swap unless you put an ext cache on it.

However, it's also true that you can great great life out of a new battery for the first 2 or 3 charge cycles. But a battery suddenly draining faster than normal is probably something your phone system is doing and not a bad battery.

Cog 2.2 beta 5.5 with OCLF
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Also, Demented, don't forget to look at antennae/network abuse, not just CPU. I once had a malfunctioning weather widget that wasn't using much CPU but was going berserk on my 3G and sucking batt juice so fast that you could hear the battery whimpering a little bit.

Cognition 2.2 Beta 5.5 with OCLF
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shiftylock:
There should be a college class on correct battery usage. :P

Thank you so much for this thread, my battery thanks you as well!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roadrash7:
Sorry if i shouldnt be posting this here. But i just read that wiki link at top and i was wondering what you guys think about leaving use wireless networks and power saving mode checked on to save battery???
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m7ia:
Good thread; subscribed. I'll be trying some of this stuff out and reporting back here.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m7ia:
Some of the stuff there is valid; not sure I agree with using the task killer or the advice about leaving "Use Wireless Networks" on and GPS off. I leave both off, and when I want GPS access I turn on the GPS from the power control widget.There's no need for your Wi-Fi adapter to always be searching for networks and associating with Skyhook, etc.

Regarding leaving Wi-Fi on rather than 3G, it does make sense when you are using data. However, if the phone is idle, I doubt leaving the Wi-Fi card enabled will actually save battery life, as it will have to maintain connection with the access point (see your Wi-Fi sleep settings). I think a few short bursts of 3G download/upload when syncing, etc. will be less drain on the battery than leaving Wi-Fi enabled just for those small amounts of data that will be used when syncing. But, if you always want to be ready to browse, or do a lot of DL/UL at a moment's notice, I could see how keeping it on would be justified.

If manually syncing is acceptable to you, then by all means turn off the background data and auto syncing... personally I feel like the phone is really being limited and you have to balance utility and battery life, so I leave those options enabled.

Just some thoughts, if anyone can correct me on anything, I'm eager to learn.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unhelpful:
I'm not really sure what you mean by that? There is no swap in use unless you add your own script to mount a swapfile.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Update

Updated the OP with some other items I forgot.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Sorry I wasn't being very accurately descriptive there of what I've seen. I rarely know for certain what caused or fixed a battery drain issue. Thanks for calling me out on this one, because going back over my history on this it looks like I was largely mistaken in thinking your kernel had much to do with it. One of my worst experiences with battery drain, it seemed that I had some apps/widgets that just didn't work well after the kernel swap, but Cog also made some non-specific references at that time to battery issues with the kernel and that stuck in my head. Another time with a Cog ROM I believe I may have misread the changelog and I was under the impression that I was on a new Unhelpful kernel, when I wasn't. Looks like that time it was actually a stock kernel partly responsible for the drain, which makes sense. Was I totally confused thinking Cog 2.2B5.5 uses an Unhelpful kernel?

As for what I was seeing (thinking now it was actually not on your kernel), kswapd0 was going berserk on my CPU. All I know is that is generally the name of kswapd0 is referring to virtual memory management, and putting OCLF on fixed it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unhelpful:
Well, vm also allows clean pages that are backed by files to be "swapped" out by freeing them, without using a swapfile, because the data already exists in storage.

A release or two ago I had some battery drain issues that were resolved by reverting some config changes.

Cognition 2.2 can't use any of my kernels, the froyo leak uses a different kernel version, and we don't have Samsung's modified sources yet.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Right, which makes sense when I look back over my flashing history. DG had two versions in one changelog, and a line about re-adding your kernel to Cog 2.1.7 slipped in between some changelogs about Cog 2.2 beta releases. So I originally misread and figured that you'd somehow made a 2.2 kernel. It started draining my battery like crazy, which is exactly what happened the previous time I used an Unhelpful kernel (though again probably unrelated or only somewhat related to the kernel), and so I figured I was on to something. I was wrong. My b.

The issue that still remains is that I believe many people who flash to Cog 2.2.B5.5 (and perhaps 6), without master clearing and stocking first, end up with some odd behavior with whatever kswapd0 does (e.g., odd behavior like constantly using up to 90% of CPU for no dang reason). This is probably a cause, or the cause, of the Lagfixgate scandal and maybe Sudden Rapid Battery Drain Syndrome. And for whatever reason, OCLF fixes it.

I master-cleared and flashed 2.1 stock and then Cog 2.2B6, and kswapd0 and lag are no longer an issue even without OCLF. Battery is too soon to tell, though. Seems to be fairly normal, but not as good as some of what I used to see on Eclair with various other kernels swapped in.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tahoeski:
Great resource here. Please keep updating! Subscribed...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Although you can't see it so well in the vid, the lagfix demo I captured also demonstrated a couple of points of battery life improvement.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8631303&postcount=15
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
Bumped for updates in the OP.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokestack76:
With any of the 2.2 builds my cpu runs at constant 10%. We know its beta but worth looking into. Only info i have seen on my phone was android system. So im unsure what it is. Havent tore into it yet. But that was all stock with no apps installed. Even cog 6 i have the same cpu readings. So who knows.

Guess its not really 10% but up there :rolleyes:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roadrash7:
Just a tip. I was using latitude and wasnt getting the normal battery life i usually was when i wasnt using it.

I didnt know it was effecting it though cause you dont see it in task manager but you will in applications/running services. Anyways i signed out of latitude and battery life is back to normal.

It wont be remarkably better but it was noticeable to me. Just a tip.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheYar:
How does that compare to when you're on earlier (eclair) builds? I expect there'd always be a little utilization going on.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maniep:
Until about a month ago, I did not know much about Android.

I was using the stock TMobile ROM and Radio on my Hd2, with only the regular tweaks and add-ons that we all get. Ex: LeoCPU, Cookie Add-on, and some registry improvements and programs.

I started reading about the topic of ROM Flashing, Hard SPL, New Radio, Android, and that is how I got started.

Here are some test I did on my HD2.

Using the Energy ROM from Sept 29, 2010, Leo_21680 and the phireMOD_SkinnyEVO V1.3.

With this combination, it is amazing at the results I got from the HD2.

The Windows ROM is amazing fast, stable and very good looking.

The Android Port is just as good looking, and also stable and lighting fast as you can see by the results.

Who would have thought that the HD2 would achieve this speeds and performance on 3G Network

.

From what I have been reading, this results are better than some Android Devices on 4G that run Android as their native OS.

Thank you XDA Developers and Members for making the HD2 such an enjoyable Device to own. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maniep:
Here are some of the Windows Mobile Energy ROM shoots.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RobertsDF:
I wish my download speed was that fast! mine is usually about 1400KBps and upload is usually about 1700KBps. T-Mobile - Utah - USA.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zweetz32:
this is definitely a mistake.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] HectiQ:
all speedtests are inaccurate.. you can only mesure it by downloading a large file from a server that has a faster connection than you have. Also the server has to be on the same network WLAN or on a fast (better than yours) network when using 3g because I think this caused the mistake
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maniep:
I did more than speed tests on those screens.

But as long as everyone uses the same test, at least you can compare how one device rates againts another.

That is also the reason I tested on 3 different types of networks.

All of the tests seem to be very close to each other. At least that helps to see that the Device is true and consistant.

At any rate, the tests show that the HD2 is a very quick and snappy Device :).

Tmobile Network and HD2 is awesome combination. :cool: And the Windows ROM and the Type of Android Port helps a little too. ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maniep:
Here are the latest test I did a little while ago.

I updated to the new version of my Android ROM a few days ago and did not had time to test again.

It looks like HD2 keeps getting faster with each update :).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shadiku:
Impressive. Mine only just qualifies as 3G. :p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] maniep:
:)

More ENERGY ROM updates and now using Radio 2.15.

SuperSonic? :rolleyes:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hetman6:
i followed this, copied the zip, flashed it and ran a2sd

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715116

i read that cm6 doesnt support a2sd until the next version... but this appears to be working.

is it just dumb luck for now and i'll regret doing this? or is it safe to leave.

sorry forgot to add that i did obvioulsy partition my sd card for a2sd when i installed cm6
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mokurex:
Yes, it is safe to use.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krabman:
Nandroid first and you can commit a lot of sins...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hetman6:
strange. since i installed and used this my market app installs are failing :(

download works, install fails. 6/6 tries
[G2 and Desire Z General] ezcape:
I'm looking for a app that I can use to provide wifi to my GF itouch when were not around wifi. Or is it a wait to be rooted type deal?

- Fly like a G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperFly03:
Wait to be rooted.

You can search in the dev section for access to the wifi AP settings and there is something supposedly but I haven't tried it myself.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stryf3:
Just wait for th OTA update!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Malike25:
Received an OTA update to my GF G2 & she now has Wifi tethering & the wifi calling application.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tubaking182:
Proof or it didn't happen.

Mods please ban troll
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stryf3:
So quick to pull out the troll hammer....

http://picasaweb.google.com/art.quijada/G2#
[G2 and Desire Z General] tubaking182:
Ok so if you have recived OTA then why didn't you get the download link and post it here so others may update as well?
[G2 and Desire Z General] ericc191:
Jeez, chill with the troll crap.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stryf3:
If you tell me how to do it, I'll be happy to!
[G2 and Desire Z General] aedillor:
it's an OTA update i dont think there's a link, correct me if am wrong
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperFly03:
Calm...

So much anger in your posts...

The OTA is legit. It's all good.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ShaunMichael80:
U can wifi tether? All i saw was usb tethering... where is wifi?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stryf3:
Yes there is wifi tethering.
[G2 and Desire Z General] fastludeh22:
Using one of the many posted temp root methods will allow "wifi for root users" app to work perfectly. I tested myself last night. Use the newest one posted on the google code page.

Anyone that received the ota update already, pm me, it can help the cause! If you have the notifaction saying update but haven't done it yet even better...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Malike25:
Dam! Calling me a troll once again. Since I haven't been banned I guess the Mods don't think I'm a troll :p.

You don't even use a G2 so why does it bother you so much?
[G2 and Desire Z General] hawaiian.monzta:
Its funny how EVERYONE that says they got the OTA update shows proof that they have it by uploading pics showing the update. But the funny part is, they ALL post the same EXACT

pics that ive seen in other threads from a user claiming they have the update. I smell.......bull
[G2 and Desire Z General] pReTTyUnG1:
The VISIONary app will allow a 1 click root and u can wireless tether :) very simple and easy with the press of a button.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Malike25:
So you've seen the pics from at least 1 user showing you the wifi tether but you still say it's bull.

The OTA was stopped by TMO due to it being released before they wanted it. Only TMO employees and demo devices (used by vendors)received the updates and not all of them received it. TMO has halted all OTA updates to the G2 until the tethering data plan is ready to launch. From what I've heard you're looking at $10-$15 per month for tethering w/a cap of 5GB just like the broadband cards. Give it about 2-3 weeks and you'll see an official release.

Before you ask how I know this...well lets just say I work w/TMO released and unreleased devices. I get to test them out and use them before the release date. I can tell you the myTouch 4G, otherwise known in the blog world as the myTouch HD, will have wifi tethering and wifi calling out of the box. The wifi tethering data feature will be ready before/or on the launch of this phone in November.

PS. Don't ask me for pics of unreleased devices...not gonna happen since I like my job.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Malike25:
This is good news...many people will be happy to see/use this.
[G2 and Desire Z General] arich:
Wasn't that on engadget....
[G2 and Desire Z General] manny0:
using someone elses picture link

The original guy to post those photos didn't have your user name bro. Your girlfriend doesn't have an OTA update, i doubt she even has a G2 either.