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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Batteries aren't calibrated, the battery meter on the phone is calibrated (basically, so the volt meter on the phone knows what voltages correspond to "full" battery and "empty"). Li ion batteries don't need to be conditioned like the old NiCad type. Really, you don't need to do anything. Li ion batteries should be stored with about 40% charge according to the link below. They should have shipped with some charge, and hold the charge pretty well. Just check them once in a while if stored for a long time.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
No! Do not run the batteries until empty. Running a Li ion battery empty can possibly cause it to no longer take a charge. Try not to discharge below 20%. See the link below. The proper way to calibrate the battery meter is charge to full, drain to about 20%, repeat a couple times.

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

And as I've already mentioned in my previous reply, charge/drain cycles on the battery does nothing does nothing to the battery itself. Li ion batteries don't need to be (and can't be) conditioned. Charge/drain cycles only calibrate the battery meter on the phone (possibly incorrectly, if you are just going to then store that battery). So you are just wasting your time.

Also, you shouldn't store the batteries fully charged.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wileykat:
Really?....

Links added to 'to do' list for later. Thank you pal. I really should research before taking peoples word as gospel.

Nice one.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
What I've done is counter to what people always say about Lithium Ion batteries but I've had good success so I figured I'd share.

I have two batteries, one always lives in the phone and the other lives in an external charger (these can be had for as little as $5 on eBay).

Every morning I look at the phone and if the charge is <50% I pop the other battery off the charger and put it in my pocket. When the phones battery dies (may not be that day) I just swap the battery and when I get home I put the dead one on the external charger.

Periodically if I'm not in a hurry, I will even go so far as to power the phone on in recovery mode after the battery has died, it will run for a bit longer in recovery (sometimes as long as an hour) sucking a little bit more juice out of it.

I routinely get more than 2 days out of a battery charge.

I don't doubt that my method reduces the overall lifespan of my batteries but charge time is more important to me than battery lifetime and I end up picking up a new battery every 6 months ago and taking my oldest one out of service.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
No problem. I used to think the same, about draining the battery until the phone died, then charging to full, to calibrate the battery meter. Until Jackos over in the Rhodium forum informed me otherwise. I've also read pretty occasional posts over there (and likely other phones) by various users that discharged their battery too low, and then couldn't start their phones or charge the battery. Every phone is different, and I think a user on here said the Vision has better safety measures to prevent this. But best to play it safe. There is really no benefit to intentionally draining your battery to 0% versus 20%. Your battery meter will still be plenty accurate enough.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BiMU:
Ah ok thanks guys a lot of useful info here.

So to sum up:

- I can charge the batteries normally on the phone without need for calibrating either phone or battery.

And one more question:

- Are there adverse affects from charging the official battery or ebay batteries on the external charger?

Loving the Desire Z at the moment, I think I'll have one spare battery on me when at work or commuting on public transport and one in the car.

Thanks again!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
They both charge fine either on the external charger or in the phone but in general I've had better performance with OEM batteries than with the generics, I suspect that there is a wide range or quality among generic batteries where the OEMs are more consistent.

Right now I have one OEM and one Generic, despite the Generic having a higher MAh rating and being newer in general I get more time on a charge off the OEM battery.

You can check eBay for a good deal on OEM batteries, just be sure to read the item description carefully to make sure you are getting a real OEM battery as opposed to an "OEM-type".
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
If you are going to be swapping batteries frequently, then I would say that there is no point in calibrating the battery meter on the phone. Its never going to be completely correct if you keep swapping the battery. If you are going to use one battery for a long time, I'd say calibrate the battery meter. There is no such thing as calibrating the battery, so obviously no on that.

I'm not sure on this, so maybe others have a better answer. But I'd say as long as the voltage is the same, it wouldn't matter if you used the phone or an external charger to charge the batteries.

From what I've read, Li ion batteries have safety circuitry to prevent over-charge, so you don't need to worry about the charger having that.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] serge1231123:
I flashed android succesfully on an HD2 and now I can't get my SD card formated. I managed to make it work on my pc but doesn't work for any phone. Is it broken? should I go buy a new one instead? Also, I Don't know how to put CWM recovery. Do I need to download the app and flash the recovery or can that break the ROM and brick the phone?:confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] LiFE1688:
Panasonic SD Card Formatter 3

Use that, wipe the card out with a full format. Then do a FULL format in FAT32 in Windows, then plug the card in and mount it.

Installing CWM will require you to repartition the NAND if you did not already do so. Which will wipe the present ROM off. Try Titanium Backup. I have never tried it, so I can't help you with that.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] serge1231123:
Thanks, I want to flash a different android ROM like CM7 and I need to flash with zip so I need CWM Recovery. For now I'll see if the sd card fixes. I'm at school so later today I shall try it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stabilemorten:
Hello.

My phone is now 6 months old and its running froyo 2.2.1 firmware I9000XXJPY.

And what ever i do i get this error UIDs inconsistent.....perform...and som on.

I have tried clockwork and formatet data partition and internal sd-card. Nothing works. Tried 5-6 diffrents rom same error(used odin for flash). The phone boots and just hangs after typing in pinn code.

So is there anybody out there that can help me get the phone back in working order.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] FirefighterDown:
- No WiFi Tether

- No USB Tether

Is the first thing I noticed. Seriously? :( so I switched back to Android.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] FireMAN999:
Microsoft have said from the beginning that WM7 would not support tethering.

So its no great surprise, well to some it is. :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] bountygiver:
There are MUCH MORE features that WP7 has missed out

but it's the 1st version of OS, what did you expect?

the 1st version of iOS and Android are even suckier than WP7
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] bountygiver:
I gonna list out some features WP7 missed out...

MMS support other than pictures (Audio/Contacts) (Only 1 MMS at a time)

Contacts Sharing

Custom Fields in Contacts

IE Homepage

Text Reflow (Mail/IE)

WiFi static IP

HomeScreen Wallpaper

Customize Dictionary

Turn Off Auto-Rotate

Mail ability to add attachments other than Pictures

Voice Recorder

Chinese/Unicode Input

Local Search (The Local in Bing Search means places around you, not in-phone)

SkyDrive support

Flash

Pictures Editing

Audio Trimming

Grid View for Apps (HTC Android can toggle Grid/List)

Backup? (For apps data I mean, games data will be saved in xbox live)

External Storage

Touch Focus for Camera (Auto focus while video is already impressive, but I need some manual focus)

Silent mode/Voicemail mode (I don't always want vibrate, I want to COMPLETELY IGNORE sometimes)

Integration of Facebook User's Birthday to Calander

Battery Percentage/Usage Statistics

And Most IMPORTANT... Homebrew apps!! (.xap files w/o DRM can be installed w/o a developer's account)

That's all for now... or maybe that's all I need for a ultimate phone for now...

I think I have played around WP7 enough for now... It's not enough for everyday use YET.... going back to Android and wait for a few WP7 updates before returning
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Airborne Aircrew:
It's going to drive all the corporate users away too... I spend 3 1/2 hours trying to get an intermediate certificate installed so that it can sync with my Exchange server. The cert needs to be in the Root store but WP7 puts it in the Intermediate store. I have no control over the stores themselves. I don't want or need to pay for a Root cert from Verisign or whatever - I only use the cert for encryption. Without it being in the Root store synchronization errors out with a certificate error. I can't "go through the cloud" because my business is regulated in a way that would preclude that.

Android simply ignores the fact that it isn't a "valid" Root cert and simply uses it for encryption and WM 6.5 etc. accepts the cert "as is". Since I'm replacing a user's broken HD2 and it will have to last 18 months I'm going with an Android. I'd stick with the HD2 but they are going to start becoming scarce and the user is our COO who is "technology aware" so I'm going in a direction that I believe she will be happiest with.

Sorry MS but you really screwed the pooch with WP7...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dddrko:
- skype

- batery info

...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] bates_1974:
I'd have to agree totally, after having it on for 24 hours and messing around with it I'm finding it extremely basic as to what it offers. It looks good don't get me wrong, but I'm going joining you in going back to Android until there's a few updates applied
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheATHEiST:
Well tbh WP7 isnt really supposed to be a business phone, If you want it for business go for the legacy OS as that was designed specifically for business needs.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Idhor Naergon:
Camera flash led

Did you realise that only one led is really working or it is only with me? If not, is there any solution??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keegster:
Hello i am new to this whole thing about rooting androids ive looked around at 99% of the threads and online but i just dont get it and i need help

maybe you guys can help me or direct me to a link that has a guide/dictionary to help me

i need help with almost everything from the bottom up and definitions for things like kernels flashing and all that sort and anything and everything else

please help i would greatly appreciate
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tenniech:
you can start here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865204 or here : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=881747 it's sticky.. and there's reason why it's a sticky.. :D

for rooting, this one is the easiest.. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895208
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dan138zig:
Hello guys,

I'm buying a new standard battery because my current one is going bad. Meanwhile, MAGLDR is known of not charging battery correctly while the phone is off. What should I do know since I heard that new battery must be charged first while the phone is off. Thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nobnut:
The new battery will come with some charge in it. It will not be empty. Lithium batteries do not have 'memories', you do not need to give it a full charge to get the best performance out of it as you used to have to do in the old days. Google for Lithium battery information if you are unsure.

Don't worry about it :)

Insert the battery, boot into Android and charge it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nobnut:
Afterthought...

If you are worried however. Just backup your build, flash Windows Mobile back on to the phone. Turn the phone off and charge it with the phone off. Then flash MAGLDR again and recover your backup build.

:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dan138zig:
thanks man, I heard about that too but what makes me doubtful is if that's correct then why almost all phone manuals instruct us to charge the battery until full before turning phone on for the first time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lms1407:
From personal experience I can say it's pointless to charge full while the phone is off.

All i do everytime is use the charge the battery came with untill the phone turns off by itself, then turn on and plug the charger for 16 hours.

If you do this - full cicle - several times in the begining, the battery is working perfectly.

This way the cells are loaded to the maximum in the begining and the battery is "conditioned"

the use of HD2 with Android is quite a different issue... :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aHadar:
Dont know bout all builds(I have nexusHD2 1.9a) but I charged my battery after my phone went comatose-just connect the phone to power with battery and -then- turn it on.If that doesnt work you can always buy el cheapo charger from Ebay.

I bought new battery from ebay,which works great.10$(M | less)for battery+charger.

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dan138zig:
damn, so many different thoughts about li-ion battery i don't know which is the best one.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dan138zig:
anyone else? before i receive my new battery tomorrow :p
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tr.slate:
I am trying to create an icon pack similar to the one by smithtech, which can be found here: http://androidspin.com/2011/01/13/app-drawer-icon-pack-for-adw-launcher/

Having made icons for metamorph before, its not the images that are giving me an issue, but finding documentation on how to create the xml and arsc code files that are built into the zip file.

Any help is appreciated, thx in advance.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bennettvonbennett:
exact same question!

posted this several times on some other Droid forums but haven't had any luck yet.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] homescrub:
i know this is old, but I've been searching it as well for a few hours. lol.

I went on LauncherPro forums, and they posted how to do them, dated May 19: http://www.launcherpro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=7754
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bbyob:
Hi.

I am sufin' the web to find clues about custom adw icons packs to create mine.

I found a wiki explaining how to create themes for ADW. There is a vid on custom icons on this page : code.google(dot)com/p/adw-launcher-android/wiki/ADWThemeGuide#Getting_Started_On_Your_ADW.Launcher_Theme

I'm currently testing it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bbyob:
Hi.

I found figured out a simple method to create an kind of icon pack for ADW.

Using an already existing theme.apk, i inserted the custom.png in the drawables folders and finally resigned it.

Using adw i can select to apply only the icons from a given theme. It works if i only add/replace .png. Howewer adw crashed when i tried to suppress the unwanted icons in drawable-hdpi (i only wanted to change the icons appearing in the drawer)

Since i'm a beginner in themeing, I would be thankful if someone could give me some help or advices if it is possible to remove those unneeded icons.png without crashing the theme adw.

Edit: Removng original png files is not allowed with simply winrar and such. However the ADWLauncher theme wiki allows to create own themes/icon packs
[TG01 General] jonnyhall1bmx1:
i have found this website just wondering if we will see wp7 running on the tg01 in the future.

:D

http://issard.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/android-powered-toshiba-tg01/
[Venue Pro General] benjaminries:
I'm returning my Venue Pro (can't get a satisfactory SIM unlock for use in Canada) but I'm too late to return the Otterbox case - do any of you want it for $15?
[Venue Pro General] Wyn6:
Maybe. How would you want to go about payment and shipping and what not?
[Venue Pro General] benjaminries:
You would send me a PayPal payment, and then I would send the case via regular mail to whatever address you want. Registered mail from me to the USA would cost $8, and priority shipping would be even more. Hardly worth it at this price, eh?
[Venue Pro General] fathamburger:
got a picture? I'd be interested and of course I'd pick it up from ya in person
[Venue Pro General] Wyn6:
Well, there's a fellow canuck there to grab it from ya. I wouldn't mind paying $8 shipping, though. If ya got any pics that'd be nice.
[Venue Pro General] clervius:
I want it. Let me know the steps I have to go through in order to buy it from you. I live in Florida. I will send you a PM with my information
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bokechukwu1:
Haven't found this out yet and sorry if this is in the wrong section but how do you change the font on NAND builds without suffering the boot loop I tried and just got constant bootloop on various builds if someone could plz help or point me in the right direction that would be awesome
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dejazz:
Check lesjaw miui thread.

If u r using bliss HD theme, go to miui-dev and download the latest version from theme releases
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
wrong forum. this is for posting dev.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mmduluth:
I use absolute system root tools found in the market. let's me pick between like 200 fonts and it's fast.
[Captivate General] flama72:
Hi, I was flashing my phone with Odin and got a blue screen on my phone, then i took the battery off and on again, but now the phone does not even turn it on... Does any one have any idea, what can i do?

Thanks
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Can you get into download mode
[Captivate General] flama72:
No, not even download mode... it does not turn it on at all...
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
Have you tried all the button combos to get into Download Mode. The one I remember is:

1. Remove battery, SIM, microSD (if you have one) from your phone

2. Wait at least 10 seconds with the phone in this state

3. Hold volume up/down, do not let go

4. While holding the volume keys, insert the battery

If the above worked, your phone should almost immediately be in Download Mode. If not, do some searching for the other variations of key combo/process to get into Download Mode.

You might also want to try a JIG. You can build/buy them, and it's something that will force the phone into Download Mode if at all possible still.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] hariprasadiit:
will galaxy get 3d drivers or not?spica already got.and wokin good.what about this galaxy??this phone graphics sucking me to play many games.:mad:
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Gsam101:
It already has 3D drivers ;).
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] JoHnNy08PL:
First, we need a source of 2.2, with all drivers. Then we can make some optimalizations, but don't think it will run every game at good framerate!

I think it will only let you play some games at better FPS (like Raging Thunder 2), games that doesn't work now (like Modern Combat: Sandstorm) I think will not work ever on this phone
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] madhuranand007:
But can you please share your 3D drivers with us. So that we can also use it with our i5800. It would really be very nice of you.

Thanks in advance.

--------------------------------------------------

Current Device = Samsung GT-i5801

JPF Clean ROM FroYo + JPB Kernel and some perf tweaks.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Gsam101:
Well, they are included in the phone aren't they ? And they work not so bad..
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] madhuranand007:
But whenever i try to play HD games or Sims 3 it only gives me white textures.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Gsam101:
Spica does not have a GPU too...
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] stubborn_d0nkey:
with jpf+mod jpb kernel+lagfix2 quadrant says i have opengl es-cm 1.1 which is weird since i think i had 2.0 before :S. Could it be do to the jpb kernel?

P.S. I can play tank hero which says: "OpenGlL 3D graphics"
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] hariprasadiit:
what u have them already??:confused:

can u please share them?i'm not able to play so many games on my galaxy i5801.

thanks in advance.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] snowcloud:
if anyone have galaxy 5 then please check its GPU name using Quadrant sys info and share with us so that we can figure out WHY our galaxy 3 performs bad compared to galaxy 5.

Even galaxy 3 has better cpu.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] hamsiro:
i5500-Galaxy 5-has a Qualcomm 7227 processor which features a real dedicated GPU, Adreno 200, which happens to be the SAME GPU that is found in the first generation Snapdragon processors! Galaxy 3 processor is SC56442A6E, which is not better than 7227, only the max operating frequency is higher.

That's why Galaxy 5 performs better than Galaxy 3...
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] rdass3646:
I want to inform every galaxy 3 owner that guys dont loose hope about 3d gameplay

I just bought galaxy 551 for my brother and to my surprise even though both the phones have identical processor and clocking frequency galaxy 551 scores 373 in 3d graphics in quadrant advanced.So maybe samsung or developers can do something to improve the 3d graphic drivers.

Cheers
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Gsam101:
Galaxy 551 DOES NOT HAVE the same processor than the Galaxy 3 ! Try to compile/run a Galaxy 551 kernel on the Galaxy 3 and you'll see why i say that.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] rdass3646:
Well you might be correct on that aspect but the main problem about galaxy 3 is bad texture. compression which can be resolved via proper programing as the chipset in galaxy 3 does not require any dedicated gpu to run 3d programmes or games.but just to confirm I will try the 3d drivers of galaxy 551 on galaxy 3 as I have both the phones at my home.

Will post the results soon.

Thank s
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] spikywits:
disappointed that a lower priced Galaxy 5 has got a 3d processor while the higher version galaxy 3 didn't.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] jovt:
5800 does not support 3D cpu is not it?
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Criminal23:
G3 dosn't had any opengl hardware.
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] Pauri:
why does the galaxy 551 supports 3d
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] kaman237:
Our G3 already supports OpenGL 1.1 :P

Swypnięte z i5800
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] JoHnNy08PL:
Yes, It supports OpenGL 1.1, but CPU is rendering all, so that means we don't have OpenGL hardware
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] unreal3000:
so come on guys!! dont let this topic go......

with someone with a little experience im sure we can improve graphics!!
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] thebenefactor:
But even after updating my g3 with new official froyo.. when i m playing raging thunder 2 its still showing white textures instead of car color :((
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] medkab93:
On full version textures are not white
[Galaxy 3 Themes and Apps] dilzo:
Something tells me that we aren't going to see 3D Drivers for a very very long time. Also we haven't even got flash player yet. And I'd rather choose that then 3d drivers.