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[Android Software Development] BluScrnOdeth:
I'm liking the first one. But not the single idea. Not. Many people I know would want to buy a single and risk losing it when you could have a stationary device sitting right there. Plus if it could be wifi connected then you could control it from anywhere.
[Android Software Development] tamanaco:
Maybe I did not look hard enough, but I could not find a "similar" Android Universal Remote systems like the ones below for the iPhone. I'm looking for an Android UR application that allows an Android Smartphone, that has no IR, to interface to an existing IR blaster via WiFi or Blutooth to control AV components. It is possible that I miss it, so if someone can point me to one I'd appreciate it. If none is available, maybe someone can write an Android UR app that can interface with one the "existing" IR blasters that work with the iPhone. These IR blasters, as you can see below, are not that expensive.

I was impressed by how the UI is easily customizable in the iPhone app in the video for the UnityRemote... Who knows... maybe gear4 is already writing an Android app for it.

http://us.gear4.com/product/_/93/unityremote/?cid=31

http://www.slashgear.com/griffin-beacon-makes-your-iphone-4-a-universal-remote-07124546/

http://www.slashgear.com/peel-fruit-turns-iphone-into-show-suggesting-universal-remote-08118392/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svefro:
What kind of battery time are you guys getting on the original battery?

I've had my phone for about 14 days now and im not getting more than 12 hours on a charge.. the first week iv'e been using the phone alot.

I have alot of apps installed and im wondering if that could have a impact on the battery.. i have tryed using a task killer and without..

From the battery usage statistics page the screen is definitely the one that uses the most. Voice calls is number 2.

Will all applications show on the battery statistics page or is this something the applications have to implement?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Porcelina:
My battery has gotten better since I got it. But I have been doing a few things to help my battery - e.g. I completely drain the battery (until the phone doesn't even turn on anymore) and then fully charge it overnight.

Read about task killers and Android here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849974

All apps will show in the battery usage statistics. If the screen has been using the most power, that means exactly that - you've been using the phone a lot and as such the screen has been taking up a lot of power. :)

I would recommend though to try to completely drain and then overnight charge, and repeat that cycle as often as you can.. I'm no technician, but I do think how you charge the phone matters :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svefro:
i've read about the task killers and have decided to uninstall them compleetly and let android do what it wants.

Regarding the charging, i have ran the battery flat out almost every day..

Im going to try a few different charging methods and see if there is some difference..

however i suspect that if the indicator is saying 100% charge, thats exatcly what it is whatever the charging method. (i hope)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mymanchris:
It does get better. When I first got the phone I was getting about 14 hours. Now I'm getting about 30 hours or so.

JuiceDefender and setCPU help preserve battery life, too.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rewen:
I am lucky to even get 12 hours with minimal use. No calls, just some texting and maybe browsing my bank website. Screen is always the killer for me, even on 20% brightness. If I go lower the screen actually flickers.

I bought the red HTC Chichitech batteries and they didn't help me at all.

Tried overclocking module, didn't change much.

The only app that ever shows any significant battery use (over 5%) is Maps, when I use maps.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sukie:
i always thought completly draining a Lithium-ion battery is a bad idea?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rewen:
Yes, it is.

Older batteries such as Ni-MH should be completely worked out from full to dead in order to keep them going in the long run. Li-ion doesn't need to be worked out, in fact the more it is worked out the faster it will run through it's lifespan and stop holding a charge.

Now that batteries, phones, and chargers are all smart, it's supposedly good to keep them plugged in as often as you can instead of letting them run dry.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
The post (#7) above is correct on this. You should not let the battery dip below 30%, since discharging it too low may prevent it from being able to take a charge. It happens to most of us on accident every once in a while. But you should avoid it if possible.

It is good to run through a couple charge/discharge cycles to calibrate the battery meter. Many people still think this is to "condition" the battery, but battery conditioning is only the case with the older NiCad type of rechargeable batteries. Charging/discharging the battery just helps calibrate the battery meter on the phone. For new phones or a new ROM flash, I usually charge the battery to 100%, then let it drain to 30%, and repeat a couple times.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mymanchris:
It's also a bad idea to charge a cold Li battery, but I believe that affects lifespan more than charge. For those of us in colder climes, remember to wait for the battery to warm up to room temp before plugging in.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pouic:
On my DZ I usually get 15~20h of battery life and it's O/C @ 1.4Ghz

3G & wifi : always on

facebook, gmail, emails, news, weather updates each hour

about 1h per day of audio streaming (deezer, Synology DS audio)

1~2h of internet and games per day (baseball superstars, angry birds, psx4droid...)

less than 30min of calls per day and about 20-30 sms...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
It depends what you mean by "completely". If you drain the voltage of a LiIon battery too low, you will damage it. But the circuitry of the phone is normally designed that there's a cut-off before you get to this, i.e. "completely" discharging it by running it till the phone turns off will be before this dangerous level, so should be safe.

It's unnecessary though, your phone can tolerate a *lot* more partial discharges/charges than full discharges/charges. If you drain it ten times from 100% to 90% and charge again, then that's roughly equivalent to one whole discharge/charge from 100% to 0% and back again.

As redpoint73 said, the main issues it "training" Android to get the battery calibration right, not conditioning the battery (which only applies to NiMH, NiCad, etc).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacina:
Li-Ion batteries are protected from deep discharges in two ways:

1. The Phone, it will stop you from discharging too low.

2. The battery itself. Each Li-Ion battery contains circuitry that stops it from discharging too low.

Basically both have to fail to have you end up with a dead battery -> rarely happens.

Li-Ions take the heaviest duty when charging the top 90-100% charge, charging just that bit stresses the battery more than from 0-80% (ofc 0 not really being 0 ;) ) Note: This only has an effect on battery LIFE, not battery capacity! -> if you keep charging your battery from 90-100% (for example by keeping it plugged in after driving to work, then recharge after driving home, basically always going from 100-90-100 you're really doing your battery a disservice life-cycle wise)

If Li-Ions are not in use for a while they should be stored at around 60-70% charge.

Now as for batteries in Android devices, I'd estimate that most causes of extreme battery drain are due to rampant programs/too many internet accesses.

Everytime you log onto the internet, or change speeds (3G -> Edge-> whatever) you take a lot more power than usual. Try to ensure that all your programs that regularly access the net, do so together (HTC Sense interface tries to do this)

Rampant Programs: Especially services that need to poll the clock a lot, or keep updating their info, keep their FPS high (games) It is for this reason I try to avoid installing a lot of programs at once, and keep it one at a time (especially for system programs) to see if there's a inordinate change in battery life.

Oh and do turn off unneeded things like bluetooth, wifi, and GPS if you don't need them... but thats a given.

Gee typed more than I was planning, just get tired of seeing these threads all over :P
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
Sorry but I disagree with that. Have you got any evidence to back that up ? Continually charging the battery from 90% to 100% should be fine and shouldn't shorten its life at all. Chargers will sometimes reduce their charge when the battery is nearly full, and a slower/lesser charge will actually increase its life (I have no idea whether the DZ's charger does this or not).
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Coming from the Touch Pro 2 forum, there are somewhat occasional posts by users that discharged their batteries too low, and get stuck in a boot loop. Leaving the battery on the wall charger (USB is not enough) for a long period of time seems to solve the issue in some instances, while others are forced to replace the battery.

As you said, instances of this are relatively rare. I've drained my battery until the phone shuts down plenty of times on accident, with no ill results. But best to play it safe and not do it intentionally.

When you mention the phone prevents the battery from discharging too low, is that the hardware, or the OS? I guess either way, maybe the Desire Z or the Android OS are better at this then Windows Mobile and the Touch Pro 2. But I still wouldn't discharge the battery too low intentionally.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jacina:
I'm pretty sure on the Touch Pro 2 it was software based (hence actually allowing you to boot before saying "not enough charge" )

I doubt that ANY charger that comes with a phone is anything but a normal "charge till full" charger...

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries

All information is gathered there. (other articles there are also highly informative)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nighte:
That is intense, are you serious?!

I barely make it through the day and I don't game or make many calls. usually just texts and emails.

My update intervals for emails are much more frequent though.

Lucky !
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sh0rty007:
im usually not getting more than 10 hours on a charge... :s thinking about getting the 1800mAh mugen battery...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Are you using it pretty heavily? I just got the phone Tuesday, and still playing with it a lot, so I can't comment on battery life yet. But what is your screen brightness set to? If you look at the battery use graph, you will see that the display uses the most power, and with any smartphone, the biggest culprit of short battery life. Turn the brightness as low as you can tolerate for your "average" viewing conditions. Also, be sure you've calibrated the battery meter as I've described in Post #8 above.

A word of caution as far as the Mugen extended battaries: one of the users here did a bunch of battary tests on OEM and different aftermarket brands, on various phones. The Mugen 1800 mAh batteries did not rate any better than the OEM 1400 mAh. Mugen tried to explain away the test results. But judge for yourself.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=583927
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sh0rty007:
My screen brightness is just 25 or 45%. And i really don't make it to the end of the day.

I now have setcpu, so that when my screen is off my cpu is running on 300mhz. Think i can make it now through the day.

I use my phone a lot, thats true. But only to view the market or twitter things..

Ow and i don't use live wallpapers...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evvy73:
I think there is a lot to be said for keeping things turned off if you do not use/need them too much.

I leave my phone charging overnight (between 11pm and 6:30am). So when I leave the house in the morning it is fully charged.

I keep Wifi and 3G turned off unless I need to use it and I keep brightness to a minimum - again, only increasing it if I need it.

Normal usage for me would be about 1 hours music listening during my commute to work, a couple of texts a day and about 10mins worth of calls a day.

On top of that about 4 hours worth of data use (both Wifi and 3G) and I usually find I still have over 50% battery life left when I plug it back in around 11pm before going to bed (according to the Mini Info widget).

Granted this is fairly light use compared to some people, but I think if you take the time to control your app usage you should see better performance results!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vish112:
i had the same problem , the display would take up 70% of the battery even if it the phone was off the whole day , i sent it back to handtec ( where i got it from) and they sent me a replacement and now the battery is fine.

if you search this forum there has been a few people with the same issue where battery was draining for no reason , got it replaced and now its fine , you probably have a faulty display like i did . Its covered under warranty anyway , so if your reseller wont rma it im pretty sure HTC will .
[G2 and Desire Z General] stiscooby:
Got my Desire Z yesterday ;)

Got a couple of questions if someone could answer them for me please?

1) If Wi-Fi is turned on and I browse the web etc, does the phone use the wi-fi (my home wi-fi this is) over the phone network, i.e. so I don't get charged as I'm currently waiting for my contract plan to renew and my free data does not kick in until next month.

2) Is there a way of closing off apps that I have previously opened, or do I need another app to do this as I assume leaving apps running in the background will be a bigger drain on the battery?

3) I have setup a HTC Sense account, does the phone remain connected to this the whole time? (just want to make sure nothing racks up my data usage as I'm not on free data as yet).

Thanks for any info.

Oh, and PS - can anyone recommend some good apps? ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Porcelina:
If your Wi-fi is on and you are connected to a wireless network, the traffic will go over this network. You can also edit your settings so that the phone doesn't use phone network to update facebook, weather, etc. This goes for all apps and functions, including HTC Sense, email sync, etc.

Task killers are not supposed to be used with Android. You can read more about that here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849974

What a good app for you is, depends on what you're looking for. But as for games, I do recommend Angry Birds and Doodle Jump (Santa doodle is just too cute these days :p)
[G2 and Desire Z General] mymanchris:
A couple of must-have apps for me:

ChompSMS - replaces built-in text messaging app

Winamp - media player

Astro File Manager - does so much more than file management

ScoreMobile - real-time updates on sports scores

BuzzBox - RSS reader

Kayak - itinerary manager and travel application

Barcode Scanner

Tim Hortons Finder - for Canadians jonesing for their cup of Timmy's

JuiceDefender -

setCPU - set up CPU profiles for

Battery Graph - tracks drain on battery

TED Mobile

Some games and lighter fare:

Air Control Lite - fun game

Paper Toss

Angry Birds

Hungry Shark

Kobo reader

Aldiko reader

Hope this helps kick you off in the right direction.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
You don't need to worry, Android handles this automatically. The app won't be doing anything to drain the battery unless there's something seriously wrong with the app.

You can control how often the phone syncs with your HTC Sense account just like you control the other things is syncs with such as Gmail, Facebook, etc, etc. So you can set those to sync manually so you have more control, and then only go and sync particular things when you need them.

HTCSense.com doesn't work too well for a lot of people at the moment (though you might be lucky), see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849410
[G2 and Desire Z General] stiscooby:
Thanks for the replies.

So is there one overall setting to turn the data off or is there a setting within each app, where I can turn it off (just for the time being).

Oh, and one other question :D is there a way of checking how much battery is remaining apart from the little symbol at the top of the screen? Only got it yesterday and it's showing about a 3rd remaining. Seems to have gone down quickly, although I have probably been fiddling a bit more than what I will do once I "get use to it".

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Go into Menu->Settings->Accounts & Sync and you'll see all the settings in there. One overall setting to sync automatically or not, and then individual sections for each account where you can sync them manually.

You can also go into Menu->Settings->About Phone->Battery, and if you choose the "Battery Use" section you can see what's been using the battery.

There are loads of extra battery widgets you can install on the Android market, to give you a percentage display. I'm using this one - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724778
[G2 and Desire Z General] burtcom:
I've installed the "Mobile Network" widget so I can turn data off and on at will.

Widgets > Settings... > Mobile Network
[Epic 4G General] usfslacker:
I know 2.2 was supposed to start support for bluetooth voice dialing, but I have no idea how to get it to work. On old phones I would just sync them up and tap the main button on the headset and hear "say a command." Is there additional setup I need to do to get this working on android?

Sent from my Epic 4G via the XDA App!
[Epic 4G General] xeonbuilder:
I just posted the same thing. I dont see anyway to get it working which leads me to beleive that its not actually available.
[Desire General] guye:
I've just installed a fresh new copy of RC2 with all the wipes.

1. When running AdFree i get the "Update Found" message.

2. when trying to "Download & Install Hosts" i get the the error:

"Error: Failed to replace your hosts file. Error message:"

3. When trying to "Revert" first i get "Failed to revert your hosts file, the 'echo' command seems to be missing"

Any ideas?

Thanks,

G
[Desire General] 4stronomyD0mine:
I had the same issue running CM. S-OFF seemed to resolve it, just flashed and tested it now.
[Desire General] AndroHero:
do you have s-off? if not s-off lol
[Desire General] Roscopcoletrain:
I always had the same issue. I s-off'd yesterday. Saw this post and tried the app again. Win!
[Droid 2 General] infiltwb:
I've found a handfull of issues with this int he DX stuff but nothing real substantial or conclusive in the d2 forums i've looked at. The only complaint i've had with this phone is the unlock slider is choppy as hell. I remember seeing somewhere that someone modified something in the build.prop to alleviate this however I have been unable to find that thread. I've noticed it on every rom ive run, fission 2.2.2, epic 2.0, 2.5.

What am i missing!?!?!? lol.

Thanks in advance.
[Droid 2 General] mikeyinid:
Check out the Apex rom thats been ported over from DX. I know exactly what your talkin about with the slider, but the rom has an awesome animation when you unlock and it better than any rom ive run before. Plus,its just a great rom :D
[Droid 2 General] Quacker:
You're not missing anything, really; it's just an unfortunate but minor characteristic of the D2 slider. I have also run several different ROMs with no change, so it must be inherent to the D2 system itself.
[Droid 2 General] infiltwb:
Dammit jim!

I am liking fission a little too much to give it up atm lol.
[Droid 2 General] mikeyinid:
And, just to see what would happen, I flashed 2 DX roms on my d2 yesterday. Not only did they flash, but they were, ummm, id say 90% functional. The slider on those roms are faster and smoother than any on D2 roms. So they will get better in time. The slider and the haptic feeback on the capacitive buttons are the 2 things I dislike the most about my D2 :)
[Droid 2 General] mikeyinid:
Widgetlocker

Spend 2 dollars on the widgetlocker app. You will never have another issue with lockscreen sliders :)
[Droid 2 General] lintmail:
This doesn't eliminate the issue, but it greatly reduces it. The Squidly 2.3.20 ROM with the "hapticless" add-on (i.e. zip file) did the trick for me. I've been using it for months now. I'ved tried other ROMs but keep coming back to this. Links below (or if I can't post them you need to google; they are on droidforums net).

It looks like squidly is up to 2.3.20.1 but I've only tested hapticless (or nohaptic) on 2.3.20.

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/squidlymandingo/95156-hapticless-d2-regular-bottom-lock-bar.html
[Droid 2 General] Master_Tak:
I have Fission 2.3 and at first I noticed some slider lag when unlocking until I ran the overclocking 1200 mhz @ 58v script in the rom manager and sure enough the lag went away. I'd suggest doing this if you wanted to keep the Fission rom.

EDIT: Nevermind sorry saw that you were OC'ed already in your sig haha, my bad. Just thought it may help.
[Epic 4G General] dwallersv:
Damn thing is pinning CPU at 100%, doesn't stop or "finish" whatever it's doing, and doesn't "reset" with a reboot.

Any ideas before I wipe and reinstall everything? I really want to avoid that if possible.

Also, that damn Media Scanning crap that happens every time I boot -- any way to disable that, and just invoke it manually when the media changes on my SD card? I'm assuming it's building a DB for the Media Player. Well, the only thing that matters in that regard is music, and that changes rarely on my 32GB card.

Any and all help appreciated!

EDIT: Problem solved. Using MixGet to boost audio volume; wiped and reinstalled everything yesterday, forgot to reinstall the Alsa framework that MixGet uses.

So, if you install MixGet but don't install Alsa, mediaserver goes postal.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] mateen.anis:
Hi Folks.

I have HTC TYTN II ..i just want my sms frm cell to my pc..pls give a solution.there are many and important messages need to be transferred.

Thanks in Advance !!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] Hakim Rahman:
use. ActiveSync and Ms. Look Out I think it can help you..
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] borodin1:
Here's MIUI music app. ADB push it to system app (or use root explorer or whatever other means you use). Works nicely and IMHO the best looking music player.

Original thread is HERE. All credit to MIUI team.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] billydroid:
It won't install. I pushed it and apk is there but it does install

Edit: never mind restarted my phone and all is well. Thanks for this, it is really nice app.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] em2drvr03:
how do i install through root explorer?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] billydroid:
Make your on r/w and just copy it over to system/app and restart your phone. Done.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] borodin1:
Copy to /system/app and reboot or, to install in /data/app, just short press and choose "Install" option.

This is just a regular app, no addt'l libs or tweaks needed.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] em2drvr03:
it wont install either way
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] borodin1:
What kind of error does it give you?

Sent from MT4G.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] aditya104:
thanks for posting. push it to system/app

not much changes. only noticeable change in color. was better before. still no equalizer. no volume button. widget bug not fixed. uninstalled until next update.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] borodin1:
What widget bug? As far as features go...I've never used MIUI before so I don't know if where are any changes. For all I care, I did not know there were any previous versions :-)

Sent from MT4G.