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[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
I also noticed after a full day of use, when I check my battery usage "Android System" is the number 1 use of my battery, almost 50%. I talked on the phone for half an hour, sent 5-6 text messages and looked at 3-4 web pages. The only apps I had running were FriendStream (set to update Facebook only every 4 hours), the clock widget (updating every 3), News (updating every 4 hours), WiFi and Bluetooth on. My Nexus always showed Android System as maybe 15% of my battery with a TON of apps running. It seems like the OS on this phone is doing A LOT in the background that I don't know about...

Maybe that could be the cause of the lag I'm seeing?

Any ideas?
[myTouch 4G General] s10shane:
i use a task killer so i have no problem with lag
[myTouch 4G General] heygrl:
I noticed the lag too, it was a contrast for the first myTouch 4G I saw but still, it was pretty laggy on my second visit.
[myTouch 4G General] s10shane:
well idk but i got an update yesterday ota but not to sure what it did. now my android build says 2.2.1
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
Yeah I use a task killer too. Helps some, but not a lot.
[myTouch 4G General] ekinnee:
I've had an Hero, EVO, N1, Vibrant, G2 and now the MT4G. This is the fastest most lag free phone I've used yet. Not that it helps, but I've not seen any lag at all.
[myTouch 4G General] kev2nicee:
I've had the biggest case of lag on mine as well . Turned out phone was defective. Call the store you got it from and see if they issue you a new one. I went to get my new one and experience no lag at all. :cool:
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
Yeah I just ran Quadrant on mine and I got a score of 1248...that's the lowest score I've ever seen on a MT4G....something is off.
[myTouch 4G General] dwang:
Try removing some of your widgets. Friends stream was the source of the lag for me.

I ended up switching to the google version of twitter and facebook instead of friend stream and that has reduced the lag for me.
[myTouch 4G General] PolishDude:
i have absolutely no lag on my phone, ive had a vibrant and g2, this phone is as fast as the vanilla g2 to me...faster then the vibrant, never gets hung up on anything
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
I don't have any widgets left...I took them off already. Still laggy as hell. When I tap a button or icon, it registers the tap a second or two after I've taken my finger off.
[myTouch 4G General] dwang:
Download os monitor from the market and see which process is taking up the most cpu cycles
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
Just did a factory reset to see if something got messed up. I'll download OS monitor and let it run for the day and see how it goes.
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
Well after a factory reset, I've been using the phone all day and the lag is all but gone and the battery life is MUCH improved.

I checked my battery usage and Android System is at 4%...it was at almost 50% yesterday. I have no clue what the OS was doing yesterday, but so far it's doing great since the reset!
[myTouch 4G General] splat matt:
I noticed a little lag but after the 2.2.1 ota update no more lag.

I cannot understand why engadget gave this such a poor review.
[myTouch 4G General] PlankLongBeard:
I was saying the same thing! That was a lil harsh!

Also, I am on 1.14.531.1 that's before the update right? I don't have 2.2.1 as of yet.

Sent From The Moon... From a HTC Glacier :)
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
Their review was all personal opinion, not fact.

They bashed the hardware design and the mySense UI. While I agree that vanilla Android is better, I see nothing wrong with mySense at all. I certainly wouldn't bash it in a review. They should have pointed out the good and bad points and let the readers make up their minds if they like it or not.
[myTouch 4G General] splat matt:
It is funny that they (engadget) are bashing sense while so many users what devs to port to their phones
[myTouch 4G General] CyberStorm98:
Engadget is the most opinionated review site out there. I don't trust their reviews of anything anymore.
[Off-topic] Tragicwayz:
Hello, I am looking for some help if possible, i've tried a lot of other web sites with no luck and there are a lot of bright people here, so here goes. I have a hp dv9810us laptop which came with vista after upgrading to 7 I lost my dvd writer, I tried deleting upper and lower filters and no luck, tried uninstalling, also tried reformatting hard drive and reinstall windows and still nothing, tried the microsoft fix with no luck, I also bought another dvd writer with same results. The writer is not showing in the bios either. The model of the writer is GSA-T20L Super Multi Dvd Rewriter. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Epic 4G General] Xhyperion:
Google released a newer version of the apk today at the usual place. >_<
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
What usual place?

Forgive My Brevity. To Be Or Not To Be...
[Epic 4G General] Jed Dignazio:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
[Epic 4G General] imwillzillla:
Are we supposed to download the Samsung Galaxy I7500 one?
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
You go the previously link and click the Download Tab. You want the top listed item.
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
I'm wary of messing with what isn't broken and doesn't really need fixing. My wifi tether works ok for now. Whats new about this new version, any improvements it brings perhaps?
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
Google? lol..its not made by google..

But its a minor update that fixes some issues of pre11...but nothing to fix our 4g issue unfortunately :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nearblack:
If we ODIN to stock before flashing to a new ROM, is it still necessary to wipe battery stats?
[General Questions and Answers] Alex530:
Well once You go android you wont need keyboards. Try the epic 4g or the G2. Both best of the best at the moment.
[EVO 4G General] jhnnyblze2000:
Just came back to the evo after leaving for Verizon and the evo I got seems to be slower than I remember. I was wondering on average how long it takes everyone else to load web pages and such mine loads fairly quickly but like i said not quite as fast as i remembered them. Also my YouTube app barely loads videos in hq they just sit and takes forever to load. Wondering if their might be something wrong with the phone that its not that fast or am I just remembering this phone being faster than it is. I love this phone i never wanted to get rid of it in the first place and if this is the way its supposed to be then so be it but i just want to make sure that everything is ok and in working order.
[EVO 4G General] creyc:
These all sound like quality of service issues, which could vary widely depending on signal strength, amount of bandwidth available, and of course whether or not you're on 3G, 4G or wifi.

It's hard to really troubleshoot something without any facts or details, maybe you can start with a speedtest for network speed and a CPU test for the actual phone speed. There are both in the market.
[EVO 4G General] jhnnyblze2000:
It said my cpu speed is 662.40Mhz and my speedtest is 581kbps download and 523kbps upload.
[EVO 4G General] jhnnyblze2000:
Also these test were done on 3g. 4g isn't very reliable in my area.
[EVO 4G General] husker91:
CPU speed seems low as it is rated for 998MHZ stock. speed seems about right for 3g sadly
[EVO 4G General] jhnnyblze2000:
Not sure if I used the right program though so i could have givin the wrong number from the test what is the best program to do a cpu test? I used 2 different programs one was cpu benchmark that gave 998mhz and the first one i used was android cpu tester which gave the 662.40mhz. Should i take it back and try and get a new one or is this normal i'm not sure whats up or if its just me.
[EVO 4G General] jerryparid:
Your CPU is fine. Just do a quadrant test, you should get ~1200-1300 stock.

Youtube/website not loading is because you are on a slow 3G connection.
[EVO 4G General] jhnnyblze2000:
Thanks for the help everyone i did the quadrant test 3 times first time i got 1191 but the second and third time i got 1296 so my phone looks like it is working the way it is supposed to. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped me out on this.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
so... why did you go.. and why you come back?

the 3g speeds seam a little slow...

it should be double that in download...

maybe.. it is just busier of late.
[EVO 4G General] jdh10475:
4G + EVO = bad a$$
[EVO 4G General] jhnnyblze2000:
I thought the download speed seemed low too but I would think that has to do with the network and not my phone.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
Hello i have a Rogers dream rooted. I used speedtest.net application here are my last 10 test result in kbps...

I have a clue can it be that is lsow my connection because it always roaming?

D/U

202/1553

5/1531

2/1605

24/1697

235/533

3/7

8/-0

561/1664

19/1806

Note:those numbers are not backward!

you get the picture the download speed is very very bad upload is good.

i tryed many differents roms and kernel mix.

here is my setup for those test above

radio: 3.22.26.17

spl: dangerspl

recovery: RA-dream-v1.7.0R

rom: MT3G-test2_S + MT3G-test2-market-fix_S

kernel: ez-BiffTest2Kern_ebi1_S

i dont know how can i fix my trouble i use this phone on telus network ans tested my sim in a telus htc desire and speed is fantastic!

if you have any idea to fix my trouble it would be very very appreciated since i need some internet for my work and if i cant fic it i need a new phone and its not a good option for me now!

thank for your help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
Look up ro.rill settings, the ota being a T-Mobile stock Tom is not optimized to other networks.

But you can from recovery modify your ro.ril settings to speed things up..

(Or copy the out of the desires build.prop)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
thx for the info i will try the file from my firend desire he is on telus. i edited mine but im not sure if it worked yet!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
You just want the ril settings, since the rest will impact the operation of the rom. Also not all settings will work so keep a backup.

Also in other threads it's noted it may take a few restarts for it to work.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
Im not able to write to system i tryed some guide in terminal and one apllication from the marking but im notable to copy prop.buil to system.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
Boot into recovery, atatch your USB wire and run the following adb comands from your computer:

To pull build.prop to your computer:

adb shell mount /system
adb pull /system/build.prop build.prop

Edit the file

Then to push back:

adb push build.prop /tmp/build.prop
adb shell dos2unix /tmp/build.prop
adb shell cat /tmp/build.prop /system/build.prop
adb shell sync
adb shell um
adb shell reboot
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
I finally managed to change the setting from 10 to 12 and its faster but not like the desire. i get 1000 kbps somes times and upload is still faster. Thx for the help whit this !! im still wondering if roaming can make the connection slower.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
You have a telus sim on the telus network correct? [That combo is not roaming]

There are many factors in network speed. Personally for most things I use phone data for latency is more of a problem than speed.

One other note: if you are no longer with rogers you might try changing 3.22.26.17 -> 3.22.20.17 by fastboot. (not sure it will help speed but is know to solve some other gotchas without impacting the current rom)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
do i need to flash a new recovery at the same time?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ezterry:
No .. if you are just going between 3.22.* radios using fastboot to flash:

The current system (including recovery, boot, system, and userdata) ought to work without any modification..

In case of problems however: so long as you flash the radio via fastboot [AND NOT recovery] you can use fastboot to restore a -R recovery and wipe the rest of the system if something goes wrong.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
ok i flashed this older radio but i think froyo rom wont work whit it im not 100% sure about this.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
i got good spped then checked 2g only by mistake and whas not able to change it back i wiped and now im not able to get good speed again :(
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0cess0r:
Finally i got some speed one of my trouble is that i cant test iut at home the signal is bad just here.I listened to internet radio for 100 KM today whit no trouble.Little cut when i whas changing tower i think!
[Vibrant General] explodingboy70:
Just wondering if anyone has thought about adding a flash to the camera. Don't know if or how it could be donebut there a people here a lot smarter than myself in these types of things.
[Vibrant General] sj_martin:
I never thought about it. I'm fine with what I have.
[Vibrant General] Alex530:
Discussed many times in the ffc thread. Never attempted though. Care to be the 1st?
[Vibrant General] explodingboy70:
Yeah I'd try...on my wife's Vibrant first though
[Vibrant General] Diesel73:
I have no use for a ffc but a flash, that would make this phone ab?out perfect. Is the hardware available? This is one I would like to try.
[Vibrant General] techgeek2008:
...

I'd love to try this if someone could tell me how!:D
[Vibrant General] m509272:
Could have used one at last Saturday night's Halloween party. Totally forgot that it didn't have one. Was thinking of my Nokia E63.
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
I'd be all over this. It is beyond me how a high end handset such as the Vibrant is released with no flash function essentially rendering a great camera useless at night.
[Vibrant General] samnada:
Until someone actually figures out how to hack a LED onto the back of the phone (?), there's always this:

http://www.amazon.com/LED-Keychain-Flashlight-Teardrop-Squeeze/dp/B002GVXCGA?&camp=212361&linkCode=wey&tag=freeinindi-20&creative=391825

What I have a hard time comprehending is why someone would buy a phone that lacks a feature they consider essential. Maybe a life lesson? :)
[Vibrant General] explodingboy70:
And the answer is that I wanted the best phone I could get. My other choice at the time was the Evo but I sacrificed a flash for 48gb of storage and slightly lower TMobile mmonthly bill. The flash is a minor issue and I was only curious if anyone had modded one on the Vibrant.
[Vibrant General] turbosix:
there's already a thread about this :o
[Vibrant General] samnada:
Cool. So you weren't who I was referring to, since for you it was a minor issue, and you made a conscious decision.
[Vibrant General] Alex530:
Quit being a thread nazi
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
how about taking the entire camera including the LED from a fascinate or a European Galaxy S and doing a little hacking of the back cover??

And while at it, taking the FF camera form the I9000 too?

I'm sure someone can come up with a software mod that will work.
[Vibrant General] ipeench:
get a cheap case(the silicone? ones pry would work the best) and hack it up so a small LED can be placed near the camera with a button or switch that will be on the back of the phone.
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
European Galaxy S doesn't have a flash.

:p ;)
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Doesn't need it

With the software I have loaded in my phone i really have not needed it or missed. There is a low light setting and it works well enough. If I want more then i ll bring my Nikon
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
oh ****. ok but the fascinate does.
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
this kind of response annoys me so much. I don't care what kind of software you got loaded. It is no replacement for a flash. Try taking a picture of people while out at night in bar lighting. It ain't good. Not unless you're taking pictures of statues using a tripod.

Have a friend with a phone with good camera take a picture of the same thing in low lighting using flash and you with your fancy software then compare. Not even close.

Who wants to take their Nikon around everywhere with them?
[Vibrant General] mrkrag:
Still a mystery why some models have it and others don't, but regardless, anyone know of an add on case/cover with a light? I know they were made for the original iphones...
[Vibrant General] willsnews:
Someone with a camera that doesn't have flash? i think if you put a flash on this phone somehow you would probably have it running in the background raining all over your battery parade and this phone does not need help eating battery power however if someone figured out a way to make it work it would be useful if like I said it didn't run nonstop in the background id mod it

Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
[Vibrant General] m4r10:
I'm sayin! Somebody out there will figure this out soon. I'll be waiting.
[Vibrant General] kponti:
WTH are you talking about? Flash does not need to run anytime but when the camera is on and you are actually using it
[Vibrant General] willsnews:
Ok smart guy post a pic of your vibrant with the camera flash mod oh what's that you don't have one oh me neither apps and other things run in the background all the time there's no way to know how the phone will react till someone does it

Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmy22:
OK, I've been reading here for 6 days all manner of Captivate unbricking. Here is my story...

I picked up a Captivate on the Rogers network. I connected it to my email server (Exchange 2010) with no problems, poked around, noticed the lag, noticed the SMS time issue, then promptly rooted, installed clockwork, and then threw cognition 2.2 beta 9.1.3. Quite frankly I was shocked at how much faster it was.

Anyways, after a day of poking around, I could not get my email to my exchange server running (tried the email.pak floating about), so I actually decided I was going to go back to the backup I made of my phone using clockwork before I installed cognition. When I restored my backup, I thought I had bricked my phone.

I let it rest for a day, then came back here, and found one of the 3-4 different variations of the 4 button download mode combo that permitted me to do the 1 click restore. This restored me to the AT&T version of 2.1. It worked, but was less than desirable.

I decided that at that point I really wanted to go back to stock, so I downloaded the stock backup on the Rogers Captivate wiki page, and did the restore using clockwork. The phone has not been the same since.

When i turn it on, I get an at&t splash screen, then in about 20 seconds I get the at&t "jingle", but the splash screen stays on. I can't seem to find any key combination that will permit me to get back into download mode so I can restore using the One Click that worked for me the first time. I have tried:

1. 3 button salute with USB in first, battery out initially.

2. 3 button salute with USB plugged in *as* I was inserting the battery.

3. Power and volume down (both with and without USB, and with battery being plugged in after USB and "during" insertion of battery)

4.Power and volume up with same combo's as #3.

5. Just volume up and volume down with same combo's as #3.

In all cases Odin was running before USB connected, running as administrator. I'm running 64bit windows, but I'm sure I have the correct drivers because I did this the first time with Odin and download mode and I haven't added or changed anything. But just for arguements sake I did uninstall, and then install the drivers again.

Any combination of power and volume buttons just gives me a battery charging logo. Occasionally when holding up until the second black screen I will get a quick indication that the computer might see something, but it dissappears withing a handful of seconds showing it promptly removed.

I'm downloading the Android SDK in the hopes that when I get the normal at&t splash screen after the "jingle" that something might actually be running in the background and maybe I can adb reboot download it but I'm not holding my breath.

Anyone seen this that has managed to get out of it? I'm starting to think the "unbrickable captivate" can be bricked. :) Assuming it is bricked, short of taking it back, is there anyone on the internet that can jtag these and in some fashion bring back to life?

Cheers,

Tim
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeyMike01:
This doesn't belong in Development.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
ditto

and download mode is easy.

1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer

2. insert proper files if needed

3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.

4. start flash

5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it :)

alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmy22:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmy22:
Could a moderator move this to Captivate General then? Sorry about that...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dani897:
just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them after you plug in usb untill something shows on the screen?

if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.

there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time

Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10tonhammr:
Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.

If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmy22:
Yes, that's exactly correct. I do this:

1. everything pulled (battery, USB, sim, sd)

2. Open Oden (1 click)

3. Install battery

4. hold down (and keep holding) volume up and volume down

5. insert USB cable

6. depress (i.e. don't hold) power button

Goes straight to battery charging indicator.

If I swap #6 with holding the power button down, it continually reboots while just barely showing the battery charging indicator. I've tried letting go between black screens on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th black screen. Still no android dude with the shovel.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny13oi:
Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmy22:
Goes straight to battery charging.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timmy22:
Goes straight to battery charging. :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brafrog:
Pull out battery for 10 seconds, hold volume up + down, connect usb into other usb port.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatttire:
Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.