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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyCr15:
Might be useful to you -

http://hemorrdroids.net/battery-calibration/

http://hemorrdroids.net/htc-desire-hd-battery-life/

:)

I'm currently at 22 hours and still at 42%.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0w:
I get 2 to 4 hours depending on useage from full charge. 8 - 9 hours if left on standby and not used for anything.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
I'd be interested to know what kind of usage that's with?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulus_01:
Well...I think I have had similar results....

flash one of the custom roms, with one of the OCUV kernels and setting max. speed to one of the UV speeds (mine is set to 1.1 Ghz which is UV 50mV), also setup useful profiles in Setcpu (I have set screen-off to use max 384 mhz - which does cause a 1-3 sec lag when screen is on again) and <20% battery etc...

of course, if you play heavily with your dhd you will not get these results, so you can put wifi on with this , but need to think of what you want to do, because using your DHD for 2 days, does require limited screen usage (imho, this uses a lot of battery)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccart:
8-9 hours on standby??????????? :eek: :eek:

even 2-4 hours whilst using it is terrible!!! When I got my HD and unpacked it I didn't put it down after a full charge and I got 8 and a half hours with non-stop heavy use.

I think you have a faulty battery!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukesky:
I too moved from a Hero to a DHD and I can say that with similar usage, the DHD loses to the Hero by a decent margin..maybe u might get a couple of hours less of usage compared to the Hero but the difference isn't very drastic

Moreover on the Hero I'm using CM6.1 Froyo overclocked and the DHD is on Sense, so logically speaking the Hero should get slightly better battery life on CM6.1 compared to Sense. I'm sure after rooting and flashing CM6.1 and undervolting/underclock the DHD, i'd get better battery life because the DHD is like much much faster than the Hero, so I'm sure even if i underclock it, it'll still be super fast.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0w:
The battery is 'fine' i'm using current widget to track and its performing to around 1100 mah which is not too far below spec. The problem is the current draw. In use i'm drawing 500 to 800 mA and in standby around 80 to 300 mA. These figures are consistent with the battery life I'm seeing and the battery working close to spec (1230mAh i think?)

There are lots of bundled apps like Maps running all the time in standby drawing current and I haven't yet figured out how to stop them. Stopping them with task manager just sees them restart with even bigger current draw.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndyCr15:
Something is definitely wrong (as I'm sure you're aware) with only 9 hours on standby.

Out of interest, remove ALL widgets and see what difference it makes. Also, give us an example of what processes are running?

I would get rid of all task killers and also anything monitoring your system. Those themselves can draw more than you think.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccart:
wow well I'm no battery expert but it really sounds like something is not right there. I don't have any battery drain from apps in standby and I do use maps.

I got 1 day and 16 hours from a full charge today (just put it back on charge now).

Thats with wifi on for 31 hours (always on, doesnt sleep when the screen locks), 1 hour and 24 mins of talk time and the screen on for 4 hours and 5 mins.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lolmensch:
thats definitely wrong somehow.. should never drain that much, perhaps it is because you let currentwidget drain it all the time :D

(na dont know why it is like that but it definitely is way too high)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hamdir:
official firmware, medium screen brightness, default sync widgets

heavy use: 12-15 hours

light use: 24 to 36 hours

this is how its been for me ever since the battery calibrated, needs around a week or use the battery calibration trick
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dingbatt:
I too have just moved from a Hero (running VillainRom 12) to the DHD (stock Sense over FroYo) and even though I have only had it a week, the battery easily lasts a whole day with the moderate use you describe. Unless I get stuck into a session of " Angry Birds ", which seems to kill the battery pretty fast. But ABs had the same affect on my Hero. Constant screen time on that beautiful 4.3" display sucks the battery. I find the same thing when using the DHD as an in-car gps. The warmth of the back of the case is testament to how much energy has been expended. So I connect to the car charger now. I have also bought a portable backup battery (plugs into the microUSB) just in case.

I don't regret spending NZD1000 on the DHD. My son is looking forward to inheriting the Hero.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbrizz:
Well I charged it up overnight when I got it, my first full day was today and I got 7 am till 8:30 pm using it almost constantly (quiet day at work). I don't know how people can run them flat a day with normal use. And I know it'll improve a lot after a few charge cycles.

It doesn't look like it's going to be much worse than my Hero.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] l0w:
Thanks for all the advice. I uninstalled all widgets and it improved a little. But still things like maps/maps sync were constantly burning juice and no way of stopping them running.

I installed Launcher Pro and can report that my battery life has approximately doubled. Typically i was getting 4 - 6 hrs use and sometimes only 2 (light use). Now getting between 8 and 12 hours of fairly heavy use. Its still not up to some of the figures others are reporting but Launcher Pro has helped a lot as all those constantly running apps that were draining my battery just dont start themselves up any more!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MattSkeet:
My DHD lasts about 12 hours with moderate usage. However I have whatsapp constantly running and that's on push so I reckon that when I uninstal it battery life will greatly improve. Although, DHD with its big screen and new cpu is very good. And really it performs better than my old desire with super power app whereas DHD has not got it installed at the moment
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
Sold my DHD because of battery, turning data enable off, using 2g and setcpu profile helped but why should I have to do that because HTC put a crap 1250mah battery in such a big phone.

I tried different kernels,roms,settings....I found myself turning the phone off when I was out all day just to make the battery last...

The fact is not matter what you do you are stuck with a 1250mah battery..

Gone back to my SGS, last night 95% woke up this morning 94% ....thats with data enbled on and 3g.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftgg99:
Mugen are selling superior 1300 batteries for $40...

Id rather pay that than go back to the plastiky lightness of the SGS!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadeInRu:
Hmmmm, weird, the other day did that battery trick.

Tested it afterwards. After 26 hrs unplugged still had 26% left. In that time I've played tower raiders for 1 hr 50 min, screen total on time was 3 hrs and brightness was set to 100%. Plus calls for about 30 min and browsing for about 30 min. Updates are set to 4-8 (50%-50%) hrs for everything.

So if i consider average use, like mine, i really can't imagine how it could run out in 8 hrs. It should really be a none-stop use or a bad configuration for updates and such.

Checked right now: Unplugged for 36 hrs. 57% left. In that time I had screen on for 35 min and made calls for 30 min as well. Updates are set to 4-8 (50%-50%) hrs for everything, WiFi is on all the time and 3G as well.

Battery Indicator Pro tells me that i still have usage left: Light 20hrs, normal 9hrs, heavy 4.30 hrs and none-stop 2hrs 14min.

@ftgg99

Have you tried it, is it better then the stock battery?

Сколько она в Москве стоит?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burning_aces:
whats the battery trick? does it work with clockworkmod on the phone?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadeInRu:
It's when you charge it for 8 or more hrs straight, then switch it off and charge for 1 hr more, then switch it on for 2 min and switch it off after and charge for 1 hr more.

I'm not sure about Clockwork mode. But it give a more robust felling to the battery sort of speaking, like it uses the energy in a better way or something. Hard to explain, you just get more juice out of it :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftgg99:
Havent tried it - but i had the milestone one and it was defo superior to original. Its about 55$ including 2-6 day delivery. Mugen russia linky.

edit - theres a thread in that oft forgotten accessories section - dhd mugen battery
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MadeInRu:
It's true that their batteries are better or much better in general, in this case however it only offers additional 70 mah, not sure it will give you an improvement enough to notice, if any at all.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ftgg99:
Actually the capacity is not always as important as the quality... but you can also go for one of these 1800 ones. But they will be cheap chinese ones, not the nice japanese-manufactured ones from mugen.

I imagine squeezing 1800 into the form factor cant be all that efficient, or htc would have opted for a higher value too...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Burning_aces:
cheers mate.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thtcpapa:
Sorry, both iphone battery and HTC HD's one both sucks.

Terrible!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rixsta:
Yep...Glad I got shot of mine now....awful.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mrwadim:
Hi all!

After updating to Froyo 2.2 I have some issues. One os these is text selection problem. I couldn't see this small blue circle tool to select text in browser but it appears for example in text messaging and Ebay APP. I have also made video of what exactly is wrong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qxEH0oZFEk

I am not able to post links, so please delete all "_" between characters to see the link.

Any ideas how it could be solved?

Thank you!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mrwadim:
Anyone? :o
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Adevem:
the browser simply don't support it. no workarounds as far as i know, sorry.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kenkiller:
The popup only appears in text fields in apps and the system, not in browser.

You can still copy and paste by highlighting the portion you want and holding down ur finger in the text field.
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
Hi guys,

Just thought I would let you know about my game Rat's Retaliation - its been in the market for a couple of months but never posted about it.

I have just released a big update and thought you might be interested.

The game is a remake/clone of the classic Windows game Rodent's Revenge. It is a skill based arcade game where you take the roll of a Rat. You have to push blocks around to trap cats and turn them into cheese. There are obstacles and threats in later levels making it very challenging.

If you were familiar with the original this remake stays very true to the original game play but also offers survival gameplay mode. If you aren't familiar with it then give it a go and experience a classic arcade game.

Use the links below to download this free game, or scan the code below. Up to date news on updates can be found at my blog or on twitter.

Download Rat's Retaliation through android market

Download Rat's Retaliation through appbrain

I have been working on the controls which a few people have commented are tricky, any suggestions on improving them would be very much appreciated! And of course any comments, feedback or ideas would be brilliant!

If you enjoy the game please leave a positive rating in the market :)

Dan
[Android Apps and Games] worker1:
When I "click here" on my N1 I get "Not Found Error 404"
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
I just tested that link and it works fine on my phone. I have uploaded an APK installer file to the original post so you can directly install it or you can search in the android market for rat's retaliation and it should be there.

Sorry for any inconvenience!

Dan
[Android Apps and Games] black spirit:
Holy crap, as soon as I saw the screenshot, memories from so long ago came back. Downloading now.!
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
All the hours wasted playing this on Win 95/98 are going to come back to haunt me now! Downloading and installing as I type!
[Android Apps and Games] jackeh070:
The game is fun, as it was always fun.

As for controls, the onscreed dpad in portrait mode isn't really good for me, being a rectangle. I would put it in 'normal' square setup (the same as in landscape, maybe little bigger), even though it'd mean leaving some space empty.
[Android Apps and Games] bland.life:
This brings back memories!!

My favorite game back in the Win95/98 days!

Another favorite is Chip's Challenge.
[Android Apps and Games] daktah:
beautiful! ahh the memories...

can you make chips challenge with the level packs too?

info on level packs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chips_challenge#Internet_community
[Android Apps and Games] devil-kin:
This brings back memories... Thanks! :D
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
Thanks for the great feedback!

@jackeh070 I will definitely try this idea out thanks alot!
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
Chips Challenge was also one of my favourites - I would like to remake it but depends on time constraints. Will let you know if I do :)
[Android Apps and Games] camwinnn:
Wow very nice, cheese melted cats are all i remember from an old win98 system.

Oh and a snowman that eats you, ever thought about skifree?
[Android Apps and Games] MattKilla:
THIS IS THE BEST ****ING THING EVER FOR ANYTHING.

I am in awe. I haven't seen this game even MENTIONED in almost 15 years.

OP, give me your address. I am sending you a blow-job.
[Android Apps and Games] Dave the Knave:
If you do that, I think my head might explode out of sheer joy

Sent from my Captivate
[Android Apps and Games] Sk17z0:
Im might try this. I never played this game before.
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
Hey guys,

thanks so much for the positive feedback!

Mattkilla I will have to pass, but thanks for the offer and the great reaction lol

I am very open to any suggestions to improve the game in any way if any one has any ideas or suggestions.

Also please support this game by rating it in android market - it encourages me to make more classics :). Ski free would be an obvious choice for android devices, specially as the controls are so simple.
[Android Apps and Games] MattKilla:
This seriously made my decade, man. 201X was marked with the second-coming of Rodent's Revenge. I will tell my children of this when they are old enough to pretend to care. Seriously, though, this game brought back a flood of Windows 3.1 memories, when I used to sit at OfficeDepot/Max/whatever that was and play on their demo computers and play Rodent's Revenge, Chip's Challenge, Minesweeper and -WISH- I could ever have something like it at home. Not too long later, we got a Hewlett-Packard 33MHz 486. And all was good.

So you could imagine my JUBILATION when I read the tweet from @xda-developers, "Android: Game: Rat's Retaliation for Android"; the name was exactly as familiar enough to make me giddy.
[Android Apps and Games] sffsi_pete:
OMG the memories!!

tried installing it on Hero but it always comes up with 'install unsuccessful' :(
[Android Apps and Games] scramble@gmail.com:
Everything but the blow-job :-) Good job.
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
This is an old market problem which I thought they had solved. but anyway try removing your SD card then installing it.

Let me know if that doesn't work and I will try and work out whats happening!
[Android Apps and Games] sffsi_pete:
it did work! thanks!!!
[Android Apps and Games] scoob55:
fun fun fun!!
[Android Apps and Games] SIAS87:
Just released a large update adding lots of great features!

including:

+ SWIPE INPUT. Swipe the screen to move the rat.

+ Can now move diagonally by selecting 8-way swipe in options!

+ New PRO version removes ads and loading time

+ New menu system to complete the nostalgic experience

+ New version of OpenFeint which supports tablets

Check it out now in the market http://bit.ly/freeRat
[Android Apps and Games] zonex5:
nice

Very nice game. Tanks
[Android Apps and Games] SBC_games:
brings memories...
[Desire HD General] Disruptor4:
Hi guys,

I was going to attempt to root my recently purchased Desire HD to the custom ROM of LeeDrOiD V2.2f.

I was using these following instructions:

1. Install the latest version of HTCSync.

2. Uninstall HTC Sync, but leave the drivers on. Your Start menu should have HTC. As an additional note, uninstall everything that can and will sync the phone with the computer (like doubletwist) to be safe.

3. Set-up the HBOOT drivers by following the instructions as provided. I'd post a summary here, but they got everything down pat, including screenshots.

4. Go to unrevoked.com, download the latest (Version 3.21 at time of press) unrEVOked one click root, and wait...

5. Do the following in the phone first.

5a. “Settings” > “Application” > “Development” > Check “USB Debugging”

5b. “Settings” > “Connect to PC” > “Default connection type” > “Disk Drive”

5c. “Settings” > “Connect to PC” > un-check “Ask me”

6. Run the unrEVOked package, and it will prompt you to plug your phone in USB debug mode. BEFORE connecting, in the “File” menu, un-check “Disable Security on Phone”.

7. Plug the phone in and follow the on-screen instructions.

8. Phone will re-start at least twice, and the whole process will take less than 30 minutes.

Now I couldn't even get past step 2. It wouldn't boot into HBOOT when I was holding down the power button and the - volume button. I'm assuming I'm doing something wrong so is someone able to give me better instructions on how to do it? I'm not a novice with computers it's just I'm new to android.

Thanks in advance.
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
STOP!!

Firstly, there is no Leedroid 2.2f for the Desire HD - sounds like you are following the guide for the Desire here! Latest Leedroid for the DHD is v1.2.

The whole rooting process is actually easier with the DHD thanks to Visionary+

Not sure you can get this in the market anymore but I'm sure a quick google search will turn something up :-)
[Desire HD General] fkofilee:
Install Visionary From POB.

(Click the app title below)

Root your device then once rooted make your way here and follow the guide

then your done :)
[Desire HD General] Disruptor4:
Right. Thanks for informing me of that haha!

So basically I just connect my DHD in one of the modes to my computer, run visionary and follow the rest of the steps in the guide?

What rom would you recommend then? I like the sense UI so would like to keep that. If you think Leedroid is good for that then I'll stick with it :)

I'm guessing I can follow this guide then?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841076

Or is it not necessary and just follow the one you linked me?

P.S. How do you install visionary? Do I place it on my SDCard in a dir called /DHD/ ???
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
That's the guide I followed and all went well :-)

Visionary runs on the phone not the computer. In fact once the relevant files are copied to the DHD it's possible to root, flash clockworkmod and set s-off all from the phone itself, just read the instructions you linked to carefully.

I am using leedroid and loving it as it retains the feel of stock sense but adds so much at the same time. Seems stable so far running with an overclocked kernel and setcpu / ultimatejuice.

I wouldn't worry about kernels until you have your DHD rooted and installed with a custom rom though.

If it's any consolation I was exactly where you are now only a few days ago but once you start to dabble it all becomes clear :-)
[Desire HD General] Disruptor4:
Ok cool. Seems pretty straightforward if I make sure I follow the instructions. I shall be doing this tomorrow then :D

Another quick question, i'm guessing clockwork recovery manager lets you select which rom/mod you wish to use/run and it installs it for you? Or am I misunderstanding that?
[Desire HD General] xspyda:
Rom manager or nandroid is the easiest method of installing custom Rom, clockworkmod recovery just makes it possible after s-off. Clockworkmod can be used to flash the zip from SD card though, quite right.
[Desire HD General] Disruptor4:
Ok so I plugged my phone into the computer and selected "Disk Drive" and copied the main folder across to the main dir folder. Rebooted the phone and I cannot find visionary in the menu anywhere.
[Epic 4G General] mikeschevelle:
So I miss the vibrate on call connect feature I had on my old WinMo HTC Touch, any way to get this feature on my Epic
[Epic 4G General] Koadic:
I believe there is a way... I haven't tested it out, but the setting is there. To access this, you need to create a shortcut to the proper settings menu, and therefore must have LauncherPro installed (dont need to be using it though)

Hold down on the screen like your going to add a widget or shortcut, select 'Shortcut->Activities->Call Settings->All Calls'. Then a shortcut will be copied to the screen on your phone, open it up and scroll to the bottom of that menu and select "Outgoing call vibration"
[Epic 4G General] mikeschevelle:
I was so excited.....but the setting didnt work, but wow I didnt know launcher pro could access so many hidden menus
[Epic 4G General] nom303:
does this work like regisrty edt on tp2? i sure do miss that app...if not, is there one for android like it?
[Fascinate General] DroiDAddicT14:
my phone randomly stopped getting 3g services. verizon said they did nothing to my service so i dont know what the problem is. please help
[Fascinate General] NOsquid:
Restore your backup
[Fascinate General] ilogik:
Try reprogramming it *228
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beholder121:
This is probably not the right place for this post, but this is the kinda of phone I have...

I recently rooted my phone and installed CM (yay!) and I noticed the new keyboard that comes with froyo, I like it already.

I have two questions:

1 - what happened to some of the special characters, for example the carrot ^ ? I used it for some of my passwords and I can't find it. It's not under the . or O or the numbers or anywhere else..?

2 - I see I can install additional languages (I can read Hebrew now on my phone, that's a first ever...!) so I installed Hebrew, it says to swipe across the space key but.. nothing really happens? Is there a "secert swiping gesture" or something? hmmm.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Souzhi:
Hit the ALT button on the symbols keyboard and it will bring up a lot of other characters, including the ^
[Captivate Themes and Apps] playin4sheezy:
Could not find this info anywhere and no luck digging around the file system either, but does anyone know where the files and configurations are stored for the Captivates built-in copy and paste? Thanks in advance!
[Desire General] al89nut:
[Q] Mount the desire as a USB disk drive & all the icons for apps on the SD drive go

The generic icon is there. If I tap on it it says "The linked program is no longer installed on your phone" and When I unplug, the proper icon comes back and the programme works again.

I'm sure this didn't use to happen. I installed Co-Pilot maps and it seems to date from then.
[Desire General] waebi:
it's apps2sd. Get used to it, move the apps to the phone or install a custom ROM with apps2sd+ support.

Technical reason behind it: The apps are on the partition that is mounted for use by the PC, and the phone itself has no access to it during that time.
[Desire General] al89nut:
So it's normal? Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pre2epic4g:
is it possible or might someone already be developing a so called "Preware" app for the Android Platform thereby making installing things much easier?