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[Captivate General] CuriousTech:
Nice work!

Charging a 1500mAh battery at 500mAh for example will take 3 hours. The Captivate charges at 2 levels though depending on if it's USB (500mAh max for charge + phone use) or a charger (whatever it says on the charger up to ~1200mAh) so it can probably get done in under 2 hours.

The phone charges to 4.23V and stops charging when full but continues to run on external power, and shuts down at 3.500V where it only consumes current to monitor the power button.

Just for reference.
[Captivate General] anotherupna:
Battery Stats

Since this is the first time i had a really good battery life. I would like to share it with everyone. Please see the attached screen shots.

I am using Darky's 9.1 with SuckerPunch's 1280/500 Kernel and TLJL3 modem.

I hope this will help anyone trying to get more battery life out of their Captivate.

Thanks,

:):):):)
[Captivate General] iNFRiNGE:
Thanks Curious ;) appreciate it and thanks for the additional info.
[Captivate General] CuriousTech:
I had some other random thoughts about the calibration because I keep seeing so many posts daily.

For example "I installed a new kernel 15 minutes ago, recalibrated and the battery drain is horrible." or "After a few charges it lasted longer."

I don't think people get the idea of calibration. Recalibrating determines the capacity of the battery to convert to a % full gauge. To do that you need to fully charge until the "Battery full. Unplug charger." notification, and not rely on the display and unplugging as soon as it hits 100%. That's the inaccurate display that you're trying to calibrate.

Think of it like having an opaque container and a teaspoon. You think the container can hold 100 teaspoons, so you stop filling at 100. All you can get out of it is 100 until you try to fill until it tops off and then count how many come back out.

The phone works the same way. It has an ammeter that monitors the charge current and drain current from the battery from the time you unplug it until it shuts off and remembers that total as the capacity. Unless it's recharged in the middle which voids the data.

After that full discharge, it should stay pretty accurate even with partial discharges. At least until the next rom/kernel flash which wipes it out. At that point (I assume) it uses a simple voltage level and some relative amps drawn to display the gauge, instead of the smarter method of keeping a constant value of mAh by adding when charging and subtracting when draining to know exaclty how full the battery is.
[Captivate General] kakeeman:
hm. so if the phone switches to external power when the charge is full, is it okay to leave my phone plugged in once it's done charging? or is it just the fact that the battery is holding a full (4.2V) charge for a long time that's bad for its health?

in any case, useful post! i knew there were ways to preserve the life of li-ion batteries, but was never well-versed on the details.
[Captivate General] CuriousTech:
Yes to both. Once the battery is fully charged, the charge circuit stops completely. It doesn't even need to trickle charge, so leaving it plugged in doesn't hurt anything.

Once the charge is complete the voltage isn't being held at 4.20V so it can come back down a little. I think BatteryUniversity generalizes becuase there have been many different designs over the years that weren't as good as what we have now, and some may have trickle charged their Li-Ions which shortens the life.
[Captivate General] zerkai:
Which is it that wipes the battery stats, ROM or kernel? or is it both?
[Captivate General] iNFRiNGE:
One word of caution though is to ensure that you are using an OEM charger. Battery University recommends that you unplug once capacity is reached but perhaps this is a general statement for Li-ion batteries as you state.
[Captivate General] CuriousTech:
Both. The first thing in a ROM flash script is to format all the partitions, so that means the batterstats.bin file is erased. When flashing a new kernel the file gets reset by some other means. No idea what. It could be CWM.
[Captivate General] Sanctus Peregrinus:
Yeah but how the f^$% do I calibrate my battery?

Charge phone up and then delete your battery stats.

Unplug your phone from your wall charger and let your battery drain all the way down until phone shuts off.

While still off charge phone to 100% and then boot up as normal.

My noob question is, how do you delete the battery stats?
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
What happens when you introduce the variable of occasional car charger use?
[Captivate General] kakeeman:
the file is located at /data/system/batterystats.bin . you'll need a file browser with root access (i use root explorer, a paid app). make sure you mount the storage as read/write or you won't be able to delete the file.

after that, reboot your phone and it will rebuild the batterystats file.

***disclaimer: be careful doing this. if you delete a crucial file, you risk messing up or bricking your phone. such is life.
[Captivate General] rizzo269:
Nice write up with alot of interesting information. I have never calibrated my battery but will have to try it out. Thanks for posting.
[Captivate General] CuriousTech:
I'm not positive of this, but I don't think batterystats.bin holds any battery capacity or health info. I was looking at BatteryManager and it looks like a database of processes and what they use only. But there is info somewhere that gets lost easily, which is the capacity and current amount consumed.

I've been skipping the delete of that file (using CWM) and have noticed that it recalibrates fine anyway. This coming from the point of dropping just after unplugging, which is a good indication that the info is gone.

It doesn't matter if you use a car charger, USB, or AC. The phone has the actual smart charger in it, the external connection is just the power supply. The chip inside regulates and monitors the charge.

So think of it this way. The charger knows when the battery is empty or full, and measures what goes in and comes out. So to know the capacity, it has to go from full to empty. That's really all there is to it. Just wait for the real "Battery full" before unplugging.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboihenry:
Im trying to install cyanogen 6.1.2 with the working wimax kernel but after i install the two i get stuck at the white htc evo screen any idea why?

My steps

1) WIpe everything

2) install cyanogen alpha 3 6.1.2 wimax

3) install kernel that im told to download

4) reboot into htc evo white screen thats it:confused:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eventer289:
Have you tried running calkulin's format all before flashing CM?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboihenry:
no is that the flash radio prl thing?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computerjunkie:
Nah, it's a quick way to ensure everything is wiped clean before flashing a new rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboihenry:
well should i give that a go then try it again even tho i think i wiped everything?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computerjunkie:
wouldn't hurt. it's all a process. maybe search the thread to see if someone else had a similar problem.

see if you can get the rom to run first. once the rom is running, then go back into recovery and flash the kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboihenry:
ok ill try that then ill get back to you
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboihenry:
okay it didnt work does anyone here have any idea why i cant get pass the white boot screen after i flash the kernel
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computerjunkie:
Bad kernel. Either try re-downloading and check the checksum, or try a different kernel.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboihenry:
I have already downloaded the kernel 3 times and samething happens when i get the rom to turn on i go to settings cut wimax on and it just stalls at wimax turning on but it never does?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] computerjunkie:
Dont know what to tell you. Maybe try asking in the thread where the kernel was. maybe someone there can help u.
[Nook Color General] {Diemex}:
I'm starting to give up trying to get the nook to me in germany.

i ordered the nook at b&n on the 20. jan. now it was going to be delayed by two weeks and off course i canceled it.

at bestbuy its backordered, at wallmart its out of stock, at amazon i cant pay with paypal.

can i order it somewhere else? and do i have to pay sales taxes at ebay?

im from germany,

ive got paypal,

and about 290€ all in all,

shipping to germany is about 40-50€*

and customs about 45€.

so all in all i have about 210€~275-279$ for the nook with tax and shipping in the us.
[Nook Color General] kar_:
Hi,

I'm from Belgien and I bought mine on ebay here: http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Barnes-and-...ultDomain_0&hash=item45f7d0122e#ht_2464wt_905 It was about 249€ with shipping included but it seems she has upped the price bij around 10€ allready.

It hasn't arrived yet, according to usps it is still in Belgian customs so I don't know how much more customs will be.

Maybe this is an option for you?
[Nook Color General] {Diemex}:
ive got a cover at borderlinx, so i will ship the nook with it if i get it in the us. im going to try to order one at ebay, i hope i mustnt pay tax. but i should get that negotiated with the seller. because im from germany;

i just asked a seller if i have to pay taxes and i also saw a nook color that is getting sold via ebay in germany, but its already at 223€ with 10 bids and it will end on thursday, :(, going to get to expensive i think.

Edit:

just to be sure there are no other stores besides

b&n

bestbuy

wallmart

amazon

ebay

where i can get the nook color?

Edit2:

ordered the nook at booksamillion
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiki1217:
Can anyone install gameloft game on Archos 101?

If can ? Please tell me how to do that .

Thanks !:p
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zizoom:
You can't do this the bright and loyal way ... But some games work.

Here is a hint, first buy a game for your smartphone (assuming you have one).

Then legaly you can use the same apk to install it on your tablet.

In this forum you'll find the list of working versions for a lot of games (search is your friend) :)

Edit : I'm talking about Gameloft games of course (Dungeon hunter 3.4.6 works flawlessly as an example)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiki1217:
The gameloft games need sdcard location for game data.

When I install the game of gameloft( I download it from MARKET),and want to download the game dat to the location of sdcard.But always show message " need sdcard free space"!

This is why I ask.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melax:
From what I read on another forum, the Samsung Gameloft games work. On my 70, I got NFS working after it connected and downloaded 100mg to the sd card. But tried two other games and they didn't work and got the same error you mentioned.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hondaracer:
On my Archos 70S, the following Gameloft games work:

Asphalt 5

Assassin's Creed - Altair's Chronicles (Great game!)

Avatar

Gangstar: West Coast Hustle (Not very fluid but playable)

Let's Golf!

Modern Combat: Sandstorm

Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X

UNO

All working using Galaxy S or Fascinate version. I bet some more will work, but I haven't tested all games. Gangstar: Miami Vindication and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction do not work :mad:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiki1217:
Yes , I can play NFS too.

But I find the NFS game data location is sdcard/android/data/..

And Gameloft game data location is sdcard/gameloft/....

There are different.:o
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cyberomain:
Can you tell me what version did you install for Modern Combat 2 and Avatar ? Is it work fully ?

PS : sorry for my english !
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flix123:
NFS works well on my Archos.

But Asphalt 5 HD doesn't find my SD card. So, it doesn't start.:(
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draky50110:
Tried Assassin Creed but it is not fullscreen so command like pad are... don't know how to tell : i must tap screen ABOVE the choice, not on the choice itself.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zinloos1:
Hi,

Can you tell me where you got all the APK's and additional files?

Can't find them for galaxy s or archos.

I'm dutch to so maybe you could send me them by e-mail/msn?

Edit: I have an A43IT btw, don't know if it will work for that device?
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hondaracer:
Modern Combat 2 V3.3.0 Galaxy S (download the SD data from somewhere on your desktop)

Avatar V3.2.7 Galaxy S (download the SD data on your device)

Use Asphalt 5 HD V3.1.9 Galaxy S and download the SD data on your device.

Which games do you exactly want? For some games you also need pre-downloaded SD data files for on the internal storage.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zinloos1:
I would like to play:

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X

Asphalt 5

and

Let's Golf

Can you give me the links/downloads? (maybe over PM or something)

thanks!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hondaracer:
I will send you a PM.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiki1217:
Please send PM to me too. Thanks!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hondaracer:
I can send you an PM but the games will only work properly on the A43 and A70.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Catophey:
If not difficultly and me,please(I have A70)...
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zinloos1:
I can't get Hawx, Assasins Creed or Avatar to work on my A43IT

All the others work just fine..

I don't know what the problem is, when I click on install for these three they start installing and then quit with the message Application not installed. And the only thing I can click is close.

I have the latest firmware (2.1.4).

Do I need a hack to run this on the A43IT or is it just my device failing?

All the other games work like crazy...

I hope someone has a fix for this... Really want to play hawx.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 80wp:
hi,

can you pls pm me the download link as well, please

i have an Archos70

thanks!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alwe17:
people please read the initial question in this thread . . . .

"The gameloft games need sdcard location for game data.

When I install the game of gameloft( I download it from MARKET),and want to download the game dat to the location of sdcard.But always show message " need sdcard free space"!

This is why I ask."

this question is not what gameloft games work on archos but rather how to play games without using the SD card . . like my archos70IT 250gb . . gameloft games want to install their files on the SD card, but since the 250gb version doesn't have an SD card . . i can't play gameloft games

how can people like me in this situation play gameloft games ?? thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeMarzo:
Well, I try to help out as much as I can with everyone... Now it's my turn for some help

I've just flashed FF 2.5 and ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!

But I themed it with Generation X and the blue dialer. Now I've come to the conclusion that I liked it better without the theme.

Is there any way to remove the theme/dialer without having to re-flash the ROM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10tonhammr:
You need to flash a revert.zip that has the "stock" components from the rom file. I made one for firefly (not phoenix) to "remove" the Dark Fire 4.0.1 port I made for Dfuse's original theme. Its uploading now, and I'll post the d/l link for you when it finishes.

Here you go: FIREFLY 2.0+ only!

Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16724383/Firefly_Stock_Revert.zip

Flash this through clockworkmod just like any other theme. It will take you back to stock firefly 2.0.5.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DeMarzo:
Thanks!

This is essentially just flashing the "Stock" theme back?

Just for future reference, this is only gonna be good for reverting back to FF 2.x?

CWM?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jetdite:
Is there any way to return to stock theme on Serendipity 5.0? I love the rom but still want to stick with stock theme.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10tonhammr:
Are you talking about a TRUE stock look? Like "fresh out of the box, the first time you turned on the phone" stock? Or stock Serendipity with no themes applied?

The "theme" I posted above is not true Captivate touchwiz stock. Its stock Firefly rom, so it restores the framework to look like the first time you boot the phone AFTER flashing Firefly. Its only purpose is to remove any theme you may have applied over the Firefly rom.

If you have not flashed a theme over Serendipity, you have stock Serendipity.

If you have flashed a theme over Serendipity, and want to return to stock Serendipity, you need a revert theme that is specific to Serendipity. The one I posted above will not work.

If you want a true stock Captivate theme that works on Serendipity, that's a whole nother beast entirely.
[Defy General] inteks:
hi all,

i postet in the thread of my overclocking tool that i have problems with the StabilityTest tool.

so i contactet the autor of this tool because i can unJit the 2.1 FrozenEclair but i have the same problems with CN2.2.

he pointed me to this thread ->

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10942

and it looks like the Defy (and other devices) are simply not Jit compatible :(

so if you like it really stable (i do) you disable jit on froyo. or is it fixed on the new UK version ???

/inteks
[Defy General] madlive:
I am running 2.2US and I believe JIT is on by default right? Anyways, running @1100mhz/56Vsel without any problems.
[Defy General] mick711:
When i have the 2.34 Blurless ROM with 2.34 JIT all work fine no bug .

I don't undersatand why JIT on Android 2.2 is bugger :confused: if it is all Android phone with Froyo have a bad issu .

Try a full WIP and try to flash with an other computer, i have a bad issu because my RAM on my computer is corrupt .
[Defy General] inteks:
@madlive

i have this problems only sometimes with stabilitytest and a few other apps

it runs stable most time with vsel of 66@1200 but stabilitytest crashes sometimes even with default values!

@mick711

it has somethings to do how the cache works. so it seems hardware related
[Defy General] chaihg:
OK then what does the stability tests say after disabling the JIT on froyo?
[Defy General] inteks:
after disabling JIT streetest runs stable or throw a errormessage. but not a FC
[Defy General] naenee:
I'd sooner blame any instablity on overclocking than on a default feature of a ROM.
[Defy General] K r i ll e:
Running 2.21 FR rom with frozenEclair and jit enabled and I must raise the vsel to get the phone stable. Before, with no jit, I could run stable with this settings:

900 46

600 32

300 22

With jit the phone reboots sometimes.

Sent from my Defy
[Defy General] naenee:
I think you are misinterpreting the bug report. The conclusion I draw is not that JIT or the Defy in combination with JIT is to blame.

I feel that users have been altering their phone to such an extent that reliable defaults are no longer reliable.

Overclocking is, by definition, increasing the clock-speed of a device to values higher than factory tested stable defaults, which may cause instability.

*update* Hm. Well, since 2.1 is not, by default JIT-enabled, I do agree that it is possible that it may not be default for a good reason.

However, 2.2 - Froyo - does have it as a default feature, so by that token, if you choose to upgrade, JIT should cause no problems.
[Defy General] inteks:
that is NOT a overclocking problem and NOT a eclair problem. this problem also exist on froyo !!!!

on Froyo the problem is even bigger because till now i found no way to disable JIT !!!

on eclair you can disable jit by adding "dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:fast" at the end of your build.prop
[Defy General] naenee:
That's odd. Let me run the tool as well and see if I can reproduce your error.

Well, StabilityTest is killed for some reason, but as the phone itself is not unstable, and no other application segfaults/dies/is killed for me, I tend to suspect there is a problem with StabilityTest itself.

I will try to find another tool to stress-test and see what that says. Afterall, another tool should produce the same problem, providing there is a problem with stability, and not a problem with the application that tests stability.

*update* Ah, I see SetCPU has such a feature.

*update 2* I ran the SetCPU stress test for 797943 milliseconds (13.30 minutes), without any stability issues.

Note: I did not alter the voltage of clockspeed of my Defy in any way.
[Defy General] toogoody:
There is a new StabilityTest version on the market that seems to fix this problem.
[Defy General] naenee:
Then I think we can safely say that JIT is not causing any instability. Case closed :)
[Defy General] inteks:
this new version just disable jit.....

> http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2.html

do a search for 'vmsavemode'
[Defy General] chaihg:
Inteks, so what is the difference when you disable jit now?
[Defy General] naenee:
It strikes me as a bit odd, that a tool designed to test stability, needs to disable an integral part of a system before it can be stable itself.

To me, it means that this test can not be used for stability testing with any phone that without this test running, uses JIT.
[Defy General] inteks:
i've see other apps that crashes randomly. most off them use native libs.

you can fix it your self by modding the androidmanifest.xml inside the apk.

add "android:vmSafeMode="true"" to the application tag
[Defy General] inteks:
yepp. but i want to test the hardware runs stable !!!

that jit isnt stable is a known problem, and the test crashes even at default speed before
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Vile375:
Hello everyone.

Is there a way to turn off the fade-in feature when receiving calls? It's really annoying and not even too smooth. I would prefer having my full volume instead. After mik_os's kernel this is the only thing that is bugging me with the phone.

I believe this is software related and can be fixed with messing in certain config files, right?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] naturist:
+1 if someone do some magic to get back the full volume in lg p500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] adi4motion:
+1 would like that too
[Optimus One, P500, V General] peacekeeper05:
yes. this Fade-in problem also bugs me. :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] staticxx:
+1 i hate the fade-in thing...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sugaritos:
+1 its really annoying... please do somethinggggggg!!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] janitux:
I think that this is fixed on 2.2.1 (Prime rom is 2.2.1)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] staticxx:
then it can be fixed in void rom?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] sugaritos:
No.. i have used prime rom but its the same with others..

because there is not a solution yet, you can use the application called "Volume Locker" instead. its on the market.

Just set the notification timeout to zero and select the same ringtone. it works but its not the best solution.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] naturist:
I will give it a try, usually i receive miss calls from my friends on group network as my calls are free, due to the fade-in I miss those calls most of the time :(
[XPERIA X10 General] xGary:
Lets all post some cool apps/games that we know about. Preferably ones that aren't really common and everyone knows about it (EX/ ADW Launcher)

[App or Game] Name (Link)

[Cost] ?

[Description] Keep it short and to the point

Video If You Want

Let me start~

[Game] Pocket Legends http://www.appbrain.com/app/pocket-legends-%283d-mmo%29/sts.pl

[Cost] Free

[Description] World of Warcraft type MMORPG. Graphics are pretty nice.

[Video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYE6nZ9qD08