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[Vibrant General] Argusi:
Since the beginning of the G1, I have always read and practiced resetting battery stats by basically charge, delete stats, run down, charge method. There are a few variants, but they are mostly similar.

I ran across this today: Double Your Battery Life on HTC Droid Incredible, Sprint EVO, Google Nexus One and Possibly Others!

This actually makes more sense to me. The cutoff point, in my mind doesn't change. When the battery drops below a certain predetermined (and unchanging without recoding, I would assume) level, it shuts the phone down to protect it from corruption. It's the upper limit that would vary in my opinion. As batteries age, then don't hold as much, temperature changes capacity, etc.

Has anyone heard of or tried this alternate method? This is what you are supposed to do:

Step 1. Charge the phone (turned on) for 8 hours.

Step 2. Unplug the phone, turn it off, plug back in and charge for an hour.

Step 3. Unplug it, turn it on for 2 minutes. Plug it in and charge for 1 additional hour.

If it works, it would take a lot less time and be far more inconvenient to rebuild the stats. I usually only can do it when I'm going to be by a charger when it runs down, which is rare. Even if it does the same thing, in the end, as the original method, I think it would be a lot easier or a viable alternative.

I am going to try to give this a shot tomorrow and see how it does. Of course, that depends on if this whole Froyo drama tonight is true or not. And dependent on what Eugene does with his next release. I thought I'd throw this out there because I haven't seen this before and I needed a break from refreshing certain threads ;)
[Vibrant General] allthrottle:
This makes more sense to me as well, based on my recent experience. I would charge my phone, get a "100%/full" notification, leave plugged in for another 10 minutes and then unplug. After less than a minute with no use it would be back down to 97%.

So what I started doing was the same method, but letting it get below 100% then plugging back in for 30 minutes to an hour.. And continuously doing this until it started taking more than 30 minutes for it to get below 100%. This seemed to help more for my battery life than the "normal" method usually posted. I'm going to try the variant you posted though.

Sent from my Team Whiskey Powered Vibrant
[Vibrant General] Saiboogu:
Wanna know the best method? Just use the phone. The ROM is always recalibrating to the battery. I swap between three different batteries, two of them are lower capacity -- it still figures it out. They don't last as long but they get accurately measured. All this wiping stats, weird charging tricks.. Just making a bigger hassle for yourself and probably making the OS work harder to get a handle on your battery.
[Vibrant General] allthrottle:
I've tried this "just use the phone" method... last week in fact. I gave my phone seven full days of normal use and normal charge cycles. My battery life started out mediocre and ended up horrible. At the end of the week, I was getting 4-5 hours total battery life with light usage.

This Monday I used the normal "charge, wipe, discharge etc" method, which did increase my battery life but didn't make it great(10 hours with medium usage). Thursday I tried the method I listed above and the phone ended up lasting about the same, but with heavy usage. Streaming pandora for 8 hours straight, 30 minutes of angry birds, and lots of web/xda app usage.

Everyone will have a different experience, but this method will definitely NOT hurt to try. Continually fully discharging your battery will eventually hurt your battery life.
[Vibrant General] lqaddict:
Plugging and unplugging the phone continuously runs down the overall battery life quicker, the Li-On batteries run down quicker when you hit a couple of hundred charge cycles.
[Vibrant General] Argusi:
I am just looking for the fastest way to get it to work. This method makes sense, because I've had it say full charge, I'll pick it up and do something, set it back down and a few minutes later it says full charge again without unplugging. I think this will just make sure it "knows" how many mah the full capacity of the battery is.

Honestly, I usually don't recalibrate because I flash constantly. It works itself out. It just takes a charge cycle to get it working okay. I also don't publicly complain about battery life. Been doing this long enough to know that most of the devs will find loops or standby issues pretty quick and there's enough people reporting it where I don't have to bother. You can pretty much tell if it's the ROM/Kernel or calibration if you pay attention.

Because I flash so much, if the family and I are going to be spending the day away, I just want a quick method to recalibrate so I don't "run out of battery" in the middle of the day. The original method takes a full day. If I flash Friday night and it hoses up the stats, I can most likely have it at least better before we leave or at least have it in the charger in the car before we get to where we're going.

The plugging in and unplugging from the charger is not necessarily good, but it's not practical for me to follow anyways.I flash ROMs/Kernels/Radios, whatever as soon as they come out. Heck, I've flashed 3 ROMs in a day easily for testing. I keep it plugged in when I'm at my desk, and I move around a lot, so it's constantly on and off the charger. Did this for the G1 and used the same battery for the life of the phone (upgraded one). I don't expect the battery to die before I upgrade to the Galaxy S2 :) If it does, I replace it. I remember worrying about the life of my SDcard in the G1 because of apps2sd. Remember all that discussion about wear leveling and all that? It's the same 8gb that is in my current phone. No issues. They last as long as they last.

Just looking for a quicker method. That's all. Currently in the last 1 hour charging cycle. I'll see.

Edit: Eugene released Macnut R8 and is now uploading R9. No testing this out until tomorrow :)
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
i had my phone shut off and just turned it back on and i have this huge white out spot on my lcd near where the keyboard pops up. you can plainly see it on a white background. i know it didn't get wet because it is in a body glove case.

anyways i pulled the back cover off and there is no water damage sticker on the phone at all, just on the battery. and it doesn't show it got wet at all. are new phones shipping without them because i may have to take this back for an exchange and i don't want to be accused of getting it wet. :mad:

also what is the latest 2.2 version these phone ship with, so i can run the RUU if need be.
[EVO 4G General] Systemfraud:
It's a screen defunct. I have it on my phone as well, probably almost the same exact spot. You can try and get them to replace the phone for you, doesn't really bother me too much so I didn't bother trying to get a new one.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
well i just bought the phone 2 days ago so im sure i can go in an exchange it. the area is large, it wasn't there when i shut my phone off earlier. my issue is my phone does not have a water indicator sticker on the body itself.
[EVO 4G General] JUST2SUAVE:
They will tell you because its missing the warranty is voided, happened to me when I brought my old touch pro 2 in.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
yeah but i didn't remove it, first time ive had the back off. it's not there anywhere. :(

the phone is only two days old.
[EVO 4G General] looneylu:
if the phone is two days old, go return it... they shouldn't have a problem taking it back
[EVO 4G General] latoso:
I got another evo on friday and has no sticker either im gonna go ask tomorrow if is something they do now
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
good to know, maybe they stopped doing it? i know there's one on the battery. anyways it seems to be a bit worse, it looks horrid, the bottom half of my lcd is brighter than the top half.

does anybody know what version of droid these ship with? like the latest shipped sprint RUU so i can flash it in the morning and unroot?

i hate dealing with sprint, took me alot to get my evo, if they give me **** ill just sell the darn thing as is or replace the lcd myself. maybe i just wont say a word and return it and get an epic instead. i know how sprint corporate stores can be.
[EVO 4G General] latoso:
Mine came with software version 3.29
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
thanks. im trying to decide what to do tomorrow. my god a replacement lcd is like $100 on ebay, no way.

ill just do my 30 day exchange. im just worried about that sticker not being there.
[EVO 4G General] latoso:
Oh one more thing dont get an epic i had 3 of them in my family plan they suck terrible signal problems i went and changed two of them samething. So i just return them and got evos since i changed two of them i cant change them so i told him that i was gonna cancel my contract and had no choice and since than no problems with the evos i have 5 now
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
seems alot of these phones have issues. im just worried they are going to try to blame me for this. i just have a sticky "no water" screen protector on it. i may just call sprint and have them ship me out a new replacement.
[EVO 4G General] latoso:
If u still on the 30 day trial they will do anything to keep you trust me i have one evo out of contract to improve signal where i work they even gave me a free. Airave and if they give trouble just say im gonna cancel my contract and see how they change.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
i am i just upgraded 2 days ago.
[EVO 4G General] latoso:
Where did you buy ur phone sprint radioshack best buy ? I had exchanged phone is the past heros pres if is during the 30 day they had to give you a new one last year my girl droped soap into her hero i went and just told them the screen was acting up and no problem i got a new one.. is not ur fault just take it where you got it im going there tomorrow to see about the sticker
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
i got it at a sprint corporate store. so they didn't check out the hero for damage at all? every store is different.
[EVO 4G General] latoso:
No i had at least 8 phones return to sprint they r always fine with me. If u have the receipt they change the phone right on the spot im in new york and is always busy where i go they no time to check. And have many friends with sprint service never had problems returning phones
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
just saw sprint will charge a $35 dollar restocking fee if i change to a different phone. :mad:
[EVO 4G General] looneylu:
Threaten to cancel and they cant. They have that thirty day worry free, remember?
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Its within 30 days just replace it
[EVO 4G General] jdh10475:
If you didn't get it wet you have nothing to worry about. There is a LD sticker inside the phone.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
what a bunch of asses at sprint. went back to the store i bought it at and after flashing the RUU my camera wouldn't work, i asked for an exchange within my 30 days. they looked at it and saw the screen and said they cannot, it's water damage but the sticker was in tact.

they sent me to another store and they gave me a new one without question. tech didn't even look at it. see it all depends on who you deal with, some can be really difficult.

btw my new evo is one of the new v004 models.
[Vibrant General] blinksilver:
I'm putting together an AOSP rom for the Vibrant and am trying to get my hands on the stock 2.1 videoplayer apk.

According to:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Barebones

the cm music player is also the video player. Except that its not, I grabbed the version of the cm music apk (found in the themes forums) that was modded to work with the notifications controls, but it does not play video.

Would someone be willing to shoot me an apk?

EDIT: Just to clarify, The video I am using in on device and came straight from the camera app. So, in theory, the needed codecs are already present.
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Here you go www.mediafire.com/?4oa0nn5qs9ciba7
[Vibrant General] blinksilver:
Thanks! But are you sure that is the aosp one? I only ask because its seem to be the same one that came with the vibrant. I was under the impression that vibrant used a custom videoplayer.
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Well thats the stock vibrant player(5:1) wasnt that the one you were asking?
[Vibrant General] blinksilver:
Not quiet, I was looking for the player that you might find on the n1 or cm6, or the G2. Something AOSP.
[Vibrant General] iwillkillyou:
Oh ok, ill try searching for it. If I find it ill post it here

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Ok, posted the thread in two forums, hopely my tomorrow ill have a link
[Vibrant General] blinksilver:
Thanks a lot!
[Vibrant General] Anderdroid:
Screw CM, go grab a deodexed Nexus stock froyo Zip.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby4059:
Is there anyway to keep ringtones and other mp3 files out of the music app besides renaming a folder with a "." in front of it?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XfooYen:
Place a .nomedia file in the folder containing audio/video files you want to keep the system from seeing. This will, however, prevent you from selecting those files from your ringtones settings.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby4059:
Thats what I want to avoid, I just want to keep my ringtones out of my music but I still want my ringtones. Before, on my G1 (Cyanogen), I could put my music ringtones in an "audio" folder and that would keep them out but that doesn't work now.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XfooYen:
That sux. The same problem existed on the Vibrant. Not sure which system folder preinstalled ringtones are kept in, but if it's not in the protected part of NAND you could temp root and push the files to internal.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
I've heard you need to have a Notifications and Ringtones folders at the *root* of the SD card.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toby4059:
I tried that and i didnt work. I also tried getting root and placing the files into the media folder on root and that didnt work either. Anyone have any other ideas?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
I purchased a set of ringtones on my previous device that were installed in the SD cards with the following path on the card:

audio/media/ringtones/

audio/media/notifications/

audio/media/alarms/

Probably won't work, but worth a try.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
I believe you have media and audio backwards in those directory trees. That's how mine are anyway. Unfortunately a quick check shows that media room sees every sound file in there. So I hate to burst your bubble ;) but, you're right, it won't help with this.

My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
Well, that's the path installed by the RCP Ringtones in Market. And, on the Vibrant, at least, they didn't appear in the Music app, and I could select them as ringtones.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grankin01:
That's cool. I think some people have one directory with no subs and android still sees them. I know they can be set up a multitude of ways. :)

My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
[Desire HD General] lyleuk:
Hi,

This isn't a problem related only to the Desire HD, my Desire did this also. I purchased my Desire HD from the UK, so the browser by default searches with a "gb" tag in the URL, which means all my results are related to the UK. To fix this, I have to manually change gb to au (Australia) in the URL.

Is there any way to change the URL the browser uses to make searches so that I can put AU in there for my Australia-specific results?
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
umm im not sure but it might be in the debug settings i think you goto something like about:debug in the browser i sold my only android phone and im still waiting for the DHD to come so i cant check for you but if you stumble across the answer please post back as i to would want to change it to aus :)
[Desire HD General] lyleuk:
Nope doesn't seem to be any relevant option in the additional debug settings. :(
[Desire HD General] lyleuk:
Bump. Surely all the people who import their phones from the UK to their countries have this problem.
[Desire HD General] olivierlee:
Nope mate. Mine goes direct to google.com.au. All searches from the .au website too. It never went to the UK one.

My Desire never did this either.
[Legend General] FNHA:
Hi all, my Legend has suddenly started having the Wifi "Error" message every time I try to turn it on. I'm rooted and am running Azure 1.0.1. It was just today that I noticed it happening and it was still working fine yesterday. I didn't make any changes to the system before this happened. I read on the other phone threads that the goldcard needs to be inserted and that it happens with OTAs, but mine is not. Is there any other cause for the problem? Now I can't connect to any wifi network any more.

Update: I found it's because of the editing of the wpa_supplicant.conf based on a solution found on page 125 of the Azure thread. It's for connecting to my university network. It worked only until my next reboot. Is there a more reliable way to connect to WPA2 Enterprise networks? Searched the whole night but couldn't find any.
[Legend General] Rapier:
I also had some problems with WI-FI connecting to all kind of networks (hidden or not but all with WPA/WPA2), while I was running Azure. Though I'm not sure it was an issue with this ROM since not many are complaining about this. I made it work after switching to the "nightly builds". I'm running 43 now and don't have any problems connecting to WI-FI for more than a week
[EVO 4G General] fatapia:
didn't know where to post this but jus sharing the info

www engadget com/2010/11/06/dells-stage-ui-leaks-out-for-streak-also-works-on-evo-4g-vide/

android modaco com/content/dell-streak-streak-modaco-com/322247/dell-stage-ui-widgets-home-launcher-apk-pack/

just place a period where the breaks are, still new to the forum so I cant post links
[EVO 4G General] david279:
I tried it. Not all that. Uninstalled it.

gave up on 8pening from my supersonic on the xda app.
[EVO 4G General] xHausx:
looks interesting, if no one else wants to take it up here I may start a thread to try and help get it properly ported.

Edit: I didn't realize it was just the launcher they were talking about, I was looking forward to the home screen being in portrait mode. Should be easy to port everything over with it though.
[EVO 4G General] Systemfraud:
I think that would be pretty awesome! +1
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
+1 also. I would like to play around with it

Sent from your Moms EVO using 4G speed
[EVO 4G General] kevinniven:
very cool

we should give it a try! buckle your seat belts im going in. ill let u know
[EVO 4G General] riassan:
Hey xhausx

Incredibledoes has ported this to the inc already, if he relased it yet not sure, but check there first
[EVO 4G General] asj2583:
Go! Bwaaah!
[EVO 4G General] notown775:
I love that video!!!!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
This seems to have just died...is there any interest to perfect this??

Sent from your Moms EVO using 4G speed
[EVO 4G General] mrniceguy715:
it looks kinda cool but it ran so slow I uninstalled.
[EVO 4G General] jlewis11:
I wanted to try it....but it seems like no one wants it, doesnt like it, or doesnt care...oh well
[Vibrant General] mikey7436:
My girlfriend has all her contacts saved to her sim card. Is there a way to transfer all them to her google account?
[Vibrant General] lralexl:
I searched the web and forums for this exact same issue for hours, couldn't find anything so I just copied them all manually.
[Vibrant General] Moped_Ryder:
Try this:

Save all your contacts to your SD card (if needed)

open your address book

Select menu >> more > Import/Export

Select export >> Export to SD card

When done repeat

Select menu >> more >> Import/ Export

Select Import >> Then select your gmail account (not phone)

See if that works.
[Vibrant General] kangxi:
Don't think so.

Edit: What he said above should work. I was looking at the option earlier but the SD card thing through me off.
[Vibrant General] Moped_Ryder:
Point to note here:

When I reflash a new rom I usually import from SD card to the phone. The reason is after you import the gmail account (stuff saved to the SD card) to phone you then have option to use ringtones per contact.

Long press contact >> edit >> you will then see a ring tone option.
[Vibrant General] mikey7436:
I did the export and when I go to import it just give me the option to import from sd card or export from sd card
[Vibrant General] mikey7436:
Never mind I fugured it out

Thanks
[Vibrant General] Moped_Ryder:
May want to try and export them all to SD card - then do it again and import from SD card to the gmail account.

You are basically exporting all contacts to a file. then importing those contacts back into the phone under the gmail account.

**Edit - cool you got it then
[Vibrant General] g.sembhi:
when u sync it automatically copies to your google account.
[Vibrant General] holmser:
I ran into this problem with my wife's eris. There is an app that will export all of your contacts into vcard format, which you can then import into gmail. I'll take a peek and see if I can find the app again.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chuunarusamurai:
I've been looking around at a few apps and was curious if any could do customizable widgets.. any answers is greatly appreciated
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] spiicytuna:
What are you seeking?

Sent on the go from my HTC EVO
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chuunarusamurai:
Just the basics gps, 4g, Bluetooth and wifi
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
I know the Siedio is the way to go, but my dad is thinking of getting this battery and back..

Honestly I like the look of this back MUCH MORE than the Siedio, but don't know about the quality of the battery..

http://cgi.ebay.com/3500mAh-extende...519248?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item45f66469d0

THANKS
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HiddenKnight:
3500mAh extended battery, thats the best you can get at the moment, and let me tell you, this battery and a good kernel and/or battery tweak will keep you going for more then a good day!

Recommend a 3500mAh battery. you'll be amazed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankpreyes:
I have both batteries. I also like the back on the ebay battery better, but it will not fit in the seidio car dock. I've noticed no difference between the two batteries.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fastfed:
Yea it does look MUCH better than the Siedio style.. I don't know why Siedio didn't make their back like this one.. But I am going to be ordering two of them from this guy (Guy is located in USA too, not CHINA)

I'll post back here with some reviews and pictures..

It looks like the fit of the cover is good, what about the materiel for the cover? I see so many that looks like CHEAP PLASTIC, how does this one feel? Like the rubbery feeling of the stock one?

THANKS
[General Questions and Answers] technovice:
Hi. I just purchased the Aria from AT&T. I am physically disabled in a wheelchair and generally use a bluetooth device with the phone set to auto answer after a few rings. The ATT store manager downloaded the auto answer app from the app store, but when the phone answers a call it loops the call back to the phone unless you hit the button on the bluetooth... I physically cannot reach up and do this and thus cannot use a wireless earpiece (we tried new hi-end motorola and basic samsung devices and neither worked). My previous non-htc, non-smart phones worked easily with any bluetooth earpiece I tried. Without a bluetooth I cant use my phone except for very limited situations.

Does anyone have any solutions or suggestions as to how I can remedy this problem? Please help! Thanks.