yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wibs:
I am running Serendipity 5.5 and my battery typically lasts between 26-30 hours with normal use. I don't use any task killers, but if you have your task killers set to be too aggressive I'm sure that would drain the battery pretty fast. I'd suggest just ditching them completely though, as I get over a day's battery without trying to manage all of that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diablo009:
Also, check if ur gallery has the sensor bug. U can find this out under battery usage using the SPARE PARTS app.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortem Tuam:
It says Gallery 2 177872ms...what am I looking for to see if there is a bug?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortem Tuam:
yup, I deleted them already. I believe that was the cause of the sudden change in life, as I didnt have many problems before them.

After my battery cal I have been running the phone on and off normal use for over an hour. Battery is now at 95%, started at 100%.

I see improvements already, but will hold off saying its fixed completely until I can give it a day or two of testing.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bugity:
sometimes the thumnails get corrupt which eats battery while trying to load and need to be "refreshed" a simple way to do this is in the app SGS TOOLS run the script "clean_thumb_db.txt" this should fix gallery issues.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortem Tuam:
Thanks for this info. This will be something I will keep an eye on for sure. Phone is still above 90% after over 2 hours. Hoping the calibration and deletion of task killers did the trick.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheDude:
Charge battery 100% then some... Power off phone and let charge longer... Boot into Clockwork and reset battery stats.... Run the phone a few charges and you should be gold.... Under normal/light use I can get 1.5 days out of my battery...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reinbeau:
Also check your wireless settings. Try setting them to turn off wireless when the screen is off. That was a huge battery drain for me.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortem Tuam:
Thanks to all here for the help and thoughts.

So last night I

1. Got rid of task killers

2. Updated Serendipity from 5.3 to 5.5

3. Adjusted wireless settings

4. Calibrated battery

I finished all this at 8:15pm CST and the phone has been unplugged since then, with moderate use between 8:15 and 10:15pm. It is now 7am CST and the phone is at 63% power which is a huge improvement from yesterday.

I am convinced it was the task killers that had the most drain on the battery.

I will give it one or two more days and see how performance is then and let you know.

You guys rock!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AReynante:
Back on Serendipity 4.3, while OC/UVing I could get about 25-28 hours with normal use, texting throughout the day, occasional calls.

Now that I'm on 5.5, I am getting about 28-32 hours, still OC/UVing.

Also, I use advanced task manager, and it doesn't kill my battery at all. Any more than other apps at least.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] integrasaurus:
Glad everything is working out for you iDroidd!

..Now back to flashing lol.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortem Tuam:
LOL :p

so I went 22 hours on one charge, now that's the initial charge of calibration. It's plugged in now we will see how it fares going forward.

:cool:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortem Tuam:
I got a NEW CAP!

Thanks to all! Just a quicky update. I had the battery problem licked and then another problem came up. My Cap kept shutting itself down randomly, I checked the web and found several others with this problem.

So.

I headed down to my local at&t corporate store and asked for a replacement. Easier said than done in their world, as I bought my Cap on ebay. They called "corporate" who said NO, they would not replace my Cap as it was not purchased by me (even though it was still under the 1 year warranty, it was born Oct 2010).

But.

The nice folks at the at&t store worked around the NO for me and replaced my ebay purchased Cap with a brand new Cap. Now that ROCKS!

Oh.

I did flash back to stock before I returned it :p

And I have my new one rooted with Serendipity 5.7 installed. No battery issues at all so far.

Sorry for the longwinded post....but a huge thanks to ALL here at xda and thanks to my at&t corporate store they really came through for me.
[Nook Color General] faceman66:
OK, this sounds stupid and it probably is, but I notice with HC's nifty 'Open Apps' status bar button, that everything I touch is still open and I can switch to it. Awesome! But what about the apps that don't have a 'close' 'exit' or whatever button or feature, and it just sits there open?

I know I can go into various places and Force Close it, but I figure there's gotta be a long press trick or something and I can't find it...

Is this maybe a simple lack of ability in the NC (not having certain buttons) or that these apps were not made for HC, or what?
[Nook Color General] V.A.T.Juice:
wish I could help you. I am a big fan of fast reboot and advanced task killer. If HC has these new features you speak thats great. Not sure either of those Apps will work on HC either.
[Nook Color General] jtxmobile:
Remeber this is an SDK preview...perhaps that feature is available on the final release
[Nook Color General] craigeryjohn:
I use a program called prehome. It's available in the market and it does a great job of handling multitasking as well as closing apps.
[Nook Color General] tunwear:
With android you don't have to "close" a program like in windows. If a program is not being used and android needs more resources, it will automatically free that memory.
[Nook Color General] faceman66:
I understand that, but i would prefer to have control. Especially with HC since those apps still running stay in the recent buttons list.
[Nook Color General] gimmetaffy:
Any task killer on Eclair and up is occupying more clock cycles and memory than any task in the background would be. Just because you see those recent apps doesn't mean they're "running", the VM in Android will "garbage collect" if necessary and it will do it infinitely more efficiently than a task killer would.
[Nook Color General] ChrisJ951:
I think some of the older task managers still work but if not you can always go into settings, applications, manage applications and force close em from there. I believe with most launchers you can make a shortcut directly to that option under settings.
[Nook Color General] khaytsus:
In Android you hit the Back button. The system handles killing the app if it's deemed necessary.

That is all.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swifty112:
Hi,

i have a Big Problem. I was running Darkys Rom. And everything was Fine but I wanted to go back to Stock Rom beacause I want to sell the Phone. So I Flashed it to JPY. The Problem is when its boot the recovery menu says

E:Can`t mount /dev/block/stl10

(invalid argument)

E:copy_dbdata_media:Can`tmount DBATA:

your storage is not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot options.

copy default media content failed.

What can I do ??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tingen:
Flash JM8 or JM9 with ODIN. Then you got recovery e2. Go to recovery witg the 3 buttons conbo and wipe then reboot. Afterwards try to flash jpy again.
[Android Software Development] zebdor44:
Hi guys,

Okay, so I have an app backup script that I want to run through an update.zip file in recovery mode. Before running the script I was practicing making update.zip files that would run a 'test.sh' that shows a simple output countdown. When applying update.zip the test.sh runs (at least I assume it does since it pauses for about 5 seconds which is what my test.sh script does) but the output does not show up. Also, when I try to add ui_print() functions in the update-script file the zip bombs out and says "Syntax error in update script".

Does anyone know what might be causing this? I'd really like to get this to work!

I've attached my update.zip. I use 7zip to zip the file and UltraEdit to edit the scripts. If you guys need more info please let me know!

Thanks for all your help!
[Android Software Development] zebdor44:
Okay so I found I needed to use the newer Edify scripting method using updater-script to get ui_print and other functions to work properly but I am still not able to get the output from my test.sh file to show up on the recovery screen...

Any thoughts or is this even possible??
[General Questions and Answers] sitoekim:
Here is my question. Me and my wife both share the same usb chord to charge our phones. I can connect my phone to the computer and it recognizes it to transfer data. When i connect her phone to the computer it does not recogize it. But on the phone it says that it is charging. So is sharing the same usb chord not a good idea? I also went and downloaded the appropriate drivers for her samsung s fascinate but still it will not recognize her phone. What to do? Thanks in advance for help.
[General Questions and Answers] sitoekim:
Nevermind.I got it now. It was the chord
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peecs121:
Which one is better for battery life and speed?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treyvaporizer:
Between the 2, KA6 is better. But KB1 is better than both for battery and speed.

Sent from Bionix powered vibrant! If I helped, hit the thanks button!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eunkipark92:
Ka 7 stock kernel.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
This is true the KB1 seems to work better for me as well and it makes the gps way better
[General Questions and Answers] mentos84:
Hi,

I am a non tech guy and I just got my first rooted android samsung galaxy I-9000 (2.2 froyo)a few days ago.

I wanted the call recording feature from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10859131&postcount=132

So I downloaded the file , signed it using autosign.bat ( even tried other ways to sign) .

I copied the signed update.zip file to \sdcard ( I even tried \mnt\sdcard)

I booted into recovery 3e and when I try to install update.zip , it always says signature verification failed.

Can someone please advise if I am missing something?

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] OMGrant:
This has been bothering me for quite a while, so I conjured a little story to help sooth my frustration.

Lets say my Android device is the new tenant of a nicely formated loft, this loft being 16gb of square space. To commemorate this new exciting space my device throws a house party. Most of the Apps he invites are pretty well behaved, but some start spilling drinks, then puking on the carpet, then having an orgy, then bukkake-ing the root directory. After discovering such acts, the device politely requests the disruptive guests force quit and leave. "I need more space on my phone." the device replied as each questioned on their way out. To his disbelief, NONE of the Apps cleaned up their mess! Even worse it seems some of the classier Apps, though more organized seem to have been influenced too. Unfortunately the device is forced to live with it, as the police force stopped responding to calls in his neighborhood. One man tries, but it always returns to a mess.

I hope that entertained someone.
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
i know exactly how you feel... there is at least 7 unused folders just wasting space on my phone. not to mention random mp3's hidden deep within my phone...
[General Questions and Answers] Scudderb:
I hope you understand about the unused folders and

NOT

the bukkake-ing!! :eek::eek:
[General Questions and Answers] George tam:
hello, nice story!

I won't say that I am even close to being a developer but I do develop some apps and the thing that I wan't to point out is that apps do not run when they are installed or uninstalled. It's not each application job to clear up the mess it may have created but package manager's which apparently leaves some files be just in case you would like to reinstall the app later(?)...

I would propose to look for a more efficient package manager or doorman/janitor for your loft ;)
[General Questions and Answers] LondonMpee:
That's why I don't invite the guy whos only existence is to make farting noises! :p
[General Questions and Answers] cordoni:
Very good point. However, one thing I don't know is if uninstalling through the market cleans up the SD card better than using a third party mass uninstall app. Something you may want to experiment with.
[General Questions and Answers] OMGrant:
Back at it again...

Here I am again, and I still don't flippin get it!

After reading some of your comments I realized my main point kind of got glazed over(no pun intended @Scudderb)

My big issue is that there's no hierarchy in place for this crap. In windows, program files are stored in the 'Program Files' directory. In Android (and I credit google and the developers for this sloppy BS) Apps are just throwing all their **** in with my stuff on the ROOT.

How is this acceptable. Seriously, HOW? And if its all cache files and/or temporary documents than WHY THE **** ISN'T ALL THIS CRAP BEING PUT INTO A TEMP/CACHE FOLDER.

I'm PISSED! Why does every app I install get to put their own folder on the ROOT WITH the FOLDERS and FILES that actually matter to me ex: like my music, pictures, movies, documents (OH and by the way, a lot of apps developers do a REALLY ****ty job with their NAMING CONVENTIONS so the folders being created may or may not even look related to the app that put it there!)

::end rant::

My apologies for the colorful language, folder structure and hierarchy are something I design as a web designer so when I see this crap going on in my phone like the inmates are running the asylum... I get angry.

Today I was cleaning up my SD card for the umteen'th time, and found that Foursquare was dumping its temp files directly onto the root of my directory. I blew my top and had to get it out of my system... so..

A MESSAGE TO ALL THE APPS PULLING THESE SHENANIGANS: GROW UP!
[General Questions and Answers] Stripeymilk:
The problem here is that it's hard to do it right :)

For custom data, files are supposed to be saved into "/data/data/com.appname/blah" (that's from the top of my head, could differ slightly). That's the directory to use for data files, but there's one big issue with it: it's on the internal memory storage. We all know that internal memory on Android (without custom ROMs) is.. limited. That's probably why most devs are using SD for larger files.

There's also the "Android/data/com.package_name.blah/blah" directory on the SD card. This directory should be used by apps to store files into and is automatically deleted when the user removes the associated app (but only when you're running Froyo or greater).

The issue with this approach is that users (and developers too, when testing the app) will lose all their data when removing an old version of a specific app. Let's say there's a bug with the Market again and the app suddenly gets uninstalled. User will have to reinstall, result: data will be all gone. That's only one of the many doom scenarios.

I can't speak for other developers, but that's more or less the reason why I started to use a common directory outside of the preferred ones when I was doing apps. It's not a great situation, I fully agree. But would you rather have your data accidentally deleted?

If anyone knows a good way to get around this issue, I'd love to know more about it...
[General Questions and Answers] OMGrant:
orly

Thanks for the reply @Stripeymilk

I can think of multiple solutions:

#1 Development community adopts a universal directory for files deemed 'User' or 'Save' data that should be stored for future use. (or Google creates this for developers)

#2 Development community adopts the practice of allowing users to pick the directory users want to store an apps data in. (prompt at app's first start)

#3 Store files/data in the cloud.

#4 Users dump trash in the lobbys/living-rooms of developer's and see how quickly they find a solution.

#5 USE THE "Android/data/com.package_name.blah/" FOLDER WHEN ALL YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS STORING CACHE/TEMP FILES!!!

BOTTOM LINE: Its not hard to do it right, Its just hard to get people to do it.
[General Questions and Answers] Stripeymilk:
You make it sound so easy :)

1) I'm all for it, but Google needs to put its weight behind an approach like that because otherwise people will say "I like /Data better than /data or /Mydata or /MyData". It's a bit like coding conventions: everyone wants to be different.

2) Good for techy people, not so good for "normal" users. Could make it easier with a small "file manager", but that's too much work for indie devs. Could be a nice idea for a new open source project though.

3) Great idea, could actually work if the associated account would be created automatically (like in Cut the Rope for Android with Scoreloop), but:

- The backup functionality in Android for storing data in the cloud is available for API level 8 and greater, making it of not so much use when you're targeting API level 5 or 6 and greater. Could be fixed by using something like Google Storage combined with Jets3t instead, but that would be useless for apps written in C++, like many games are.

- Cloud storage isn't free. Developers can't pay for that as it would be too expensive. If every Android user would've gotten free cloud storage from Google it could be a nice alternative, but (yeah, there's always a but) most current users don't have that.

4) If you're prepared to send your trash by plane to another country, go for it!

5) Agreed. Useful for temp data.
[General Questions and Answers] OMGrant:
I'm not trying to make it sound easy, believe me I know how it isn't. I'm trying to make it sound simple, because really.. it is...

In response:

1) I agree and this is exactly what I mean by the real hard part is getting people to do it. This requires widespread endorsement by developers big and small - that this is a 'best practice' that should be adhered to. I think the gate swings both ways though.

example: Twitter didn't invent hash tags, their users did, and with its widespread adoption, Twitter adopted/implemented it too.

2) Another good point, though this process can be curated to drive the user in the right direction (holding their hand). The XBOX 360 does this for every game you play, the first thing it does is ask you which storage device you want to use for game saves.

example: in combination with solution # 1, the default folder the app saves to could be '/data/theAppsName' and the prompt could say "This app saves files to your SD CARD in '/data/theAppName'. Would you like to choose a new location?" [Yes] [No] [?]. The [Yes] option brings up a simple file manager, the [No] option uses that location, the [?] option brings up an easy to understand write up on what its asking and why its asking it.

3) We'll get there eventually, my point really was if you've got the resources, why not. Its a solution better than #1 and #2

4) I plan on sending human clones to create trash individually and exponentially :P

5) AMIRITE~!

In all seriousness though, thank you @Stripeymilk for taking the time to go in depth and have a conversation about this. I seriously think it doesn't take an act of Godogle to solve this (to what I beleive) is a big issue!
[General Questions and Answers] ARos77:
I can't agree more with you.

As developer (Windows, iSeries) I try to make my programs as structured and readable as possible. The same goes for the files and folders used used by the programs, but sadly, even with all the available resources, some people (colleagues) make a complete mess of it, cause "that's not/less important", as long as the program does what it's intended to do ...

It's all about the resources and people using them the right way!
[General Questions and Answers] Stripeymilk:
Cool, didn't know about the hash tags on Twitter :)

Well, we're on a great site here with developers on it. If everyone here would adhere to the same standard, it could at least be a nice push to make the Android SD card world a better place.

What's the directory we're going to settle on? Any pros and cons?
[Android Themes] sundar2012:
The T-mobile theme changer appears to break the app autostarts. After applying a theme, only Android System shows up as a recieving any sort of intents. I don't know if this is a bug in Autostarts or in the Theme changer, but it prevents me from using custom themes.

Has anyone else run into this issue on CM7?
[Android Themes] dcwiker05:
I have autostarts and CM7 haven't had any issues with either one of them not working correctly...
[Android Themes] aagvain:
nice find!!!

i have been having the autostarts issue and couldnt figure it out until your post. i was running the cyan theme and like you was only getting Android System within autostarts. i switched the theme to system and autostarts is fine again.
[Streak 5 General] creiz:
It seems there are a lot of talking about this over at engadget and other sites on the 'net...

this one here got a video up and running, if you want to peek at it,

http://bakaiti.com/honeycomb-dell-streak/
[Streak 5 General] RussianSolja:
dj steve has already started a thread about this.
[Streak 5 General] lufc:
Thread Closed as we already have a thread on this topic
[G2 and Desire Z General] JuiceHD2:
I want to know whats wrong with my battery because evertime i would charge it. It would charge extremely slow. For example last night it was at 1% and and 5 hours later it was at 30%. And I remember when I first got the G2 it would charge fully in like 2 hours. What gives. Another thing is I'm using a universal charger with the G2 cable.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ihateusernames:
Are you not using the charger that shipped with it? The charger it comes with is 1000mA. It sounds like you may be using a 500 or 300mA charger.
[G2 and Desire Z General] JuiceHD2:
That's what it was thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] IIWAT:
I have the same problem, over an 4 hours charge, it only goes up to ~75% from 27%. It is much slower than before. . .
[G2 and Desire Z General] ihateusernames:
Using the original charger?
[Nook Color General] nphil:
So, I've been trying to get this working for a while now and I have had some success. I edited the build.prop file and changed a few lines where it said brand /device product names to Motorola Droid and it seems to have done the trick.

Now all apps do not install properly, some say device not supported so maybe changing the product name to something else might help.

I should also mention that I changed the build fingerprint to "ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.2.1/FRG83D/75603:user/release-keys" to get the market to show some protected apps.

Let me know if anybody wants to try my build.prop
[Nook Color General] nphil:
Update: Changed my build.prop to make my Nook look like a Galaxy Tab, and more apps can be installed. Yay for web sync!
[Nook Color General] yan2000kee:
post the build prop - would like to see the changes.

thanks
[Nook Color General] Fishfoot:
Found this on the web...

ro.build.description=GT-P1000-user 2.2 FROYO XXJM6 release-keys

ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/GT-P1000/GT-P1000/GT-P1000:2.2/FROYO/XXJM6:user/release-keys
[Nook Color General] 18.4009:
This is very interesting to me. I install many of my apps and games through the web interface due to the market being funky on my nook. but still I have ran across many apps that say my device is unsupported.

If you drop a build.prop I will give it a try.
[Nook Color General] Fishfoot:
...but that didn't work.
[Samsung Mesmerize] plsports:
I bought this app on my phone when I had 2.1 installed. I went to the new 2.2 Froyo and it is no longer available in the market.my friend still has 2.1 and he still shows it in the market. I checked on our USCC tab in the store because it has 2.2 and it still shows on their tab. Any ideas?

Sent from my SCH-I500
[Samsung Mesmerize] monthlymixcd:
Can you get to it by going through the appbrain.com web page?