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[Droid Incredible General] byrong:
Not sure if it applies to you, but if your phone is constantly in poor signal areas, that is going to drain your battery a lot faster.

As mentioned, turning off features that you aren't currently using is a good step: GPS, Wi-Fi, etc. Some people will retort that these features shouldn't use much (if any) additional power when they aren't being directly used. This might be true if you have 100% awareness of how all of your apps are utilizing the phone's resources, but some people don't realize that their apps may be periodically using these features to gain more accurate location information (or otherwise doing things in the background).

Speaking of background processes, make sure that you don't have any rogue apps that sync too frequently. For example, some social networking apps may be using your background data far more frequently than you would care for them to. Check sync settings in suspect apps.

Most of all, just try to remain aware of how you are using your device. If you are playing Angry Birds constantly, it's going to drain your battery. Installing an app that will log power usage can be very educational (like CurrentWidget, for example).

Undervolted or underclocked kernels / cpu settings can also help a lot.

But if your phone is draining down to critical levels by mid-day, even when the phone has just been in your pocket, I would suspect apps/settings that are utilizing too many background resources.
[Droid Incredible General] toosurreal01:
Get on CM7 nightlies with the new .37 kernel and get 36hours of battery life like me :D and that's with normal use!
[Droid Incredible General] hexon:
You may have a defective phone or battery. I'm currently in the same situation just a little worse. Basically 15 minutes after my phone is off the charger my battery falls to 80%, then it'll be to 50% a couple hours later. This is with zero use and in airplane mode for the majority of the time. So I have to plug my phone in at lunch for a couple hours, but that only gets it to about 85% at which point I can keep it in airplane mode and make it home by 5pm with 50% left again. I occasionally turn back on the radio to see if I have texts or voicemails.

They are in the process of sending me another battery, but I have a feeling it's actually the phone. If I monitor CPU usage in system panel there is high CPU usage while the radio is on, but in airplane mode there is very little. The only things really taking up much CPU is android.process.acore at 6.5%.

I have no idea what's going on, but I'll just be happy to make it at least 15 hours on a charge like I could with my Droid and Droid 2.
[Droid Incredible General] hexon:
What app is this? Thats a pretty cool way to visualized usage.
[Droid Incredible General] toosurreal01:
It's just the battery use settings built in to CM7
[Droid Incredible General] johnzara:
Here's my setup...

I get great battery life (70-80* hours from full charge to dead) with these settings:

ROM: SkyRaider 3.5

Kernel: Incredikernel

I'll echo another member's post. Turn things off that you aren't using (i.e. 3g, wifi). I will only turn these things on when in use (checking email, surfing web, etc). Along with 3g, and wifi, your screen brightness is a huge battery killer. I have mine set around 20%.

Another thing I found to help is having SetCPU profiles set. Here are my settings:

main: 1075 max, 245 min. ondemand (set on boot checked)

screen off: 245 max, 128 min. priority 100

Temp>39 C: 245 max, 128 min. priority 99

Charging/Full: 1075 max, 245 min. priority 98

Battery < 20% 883 max, 245 min priority 97

Battery < 40% 998 max, 245 min priority 96

The above settings give me outstanding performance while the phone is in use, and really help to save battery power when not in use.

*This battery life was directly after a wipe of the battery stats. After a few weeks of regular use I'm seeing about 60-70 hours of life (full charge > dead).
[Droid Incredible General] cham10:
yeah, I would have to say that your poor battery life is a combination of the stock kernel and the stock sense UI, which both suck up battery like nobody's business. When I used the stock ROM and kernel, I got like 6 hours of battery life. Now, same phone, battery, everything, i get like atleast 20, more if I don't use the internet much or text all day.
[Droid Incredible General] lennie paz:
Is that with the stock battery?
[Droid Incredible General] johnzara:
yes, stock battery. These stats were directly after a battery wipe. I've gone through lots of battery cycles (full charge > dead) since than. I'm now getting 60-70 hours per charge.

I've edited my above post with updated SetCPU settings and denoted the battery wipe.
[Droid Incredible General] lennie paz:
Which version of Incredikernel are you using, there are so many different releases?
[Droid Incredible General] johnzara:
2.6.32.27

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=848453

it's the first link in the first post.
[Droid Incredible General] g00s3y:
I get awesome battery life with CM7 RC1 and SavageZen .37 kernel
[Droid Incredible General] lennie paz:
Thank you very much. The signed one or the plus25v? There are so many of that release on this page:

http://chad0989.dyndns.org/
[Droid Incredible General] Derrtydozen:
Was this with normal use?
[Droid Incredible General] POQbum:
I second this. I get amazing battery life (~1% every hour) but that's with:

- screen off

- using the HTC extended battery - 2150mAh

- without bump charging [see: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871051]

- I also don't worry about 3G, GPS, or location and leave them on all the time (but I keep wifi off when not using it).

But the above setup is excellent for battery life compared to dozens of other ROM's and Kernels I've tried.

The 25plus is what I'm using, the other one had a few issues but still overall ran pretty solid.

setCPU usually isn't recommended with this kernel because it already has one built in but I never experimented much with this so I don't have anything to really say about it.
[Droid Incredible General] g00s3y:
yeah i didn't do any music streaming from subsonic that day, but even when I do (about 2 hours worth) i still get at least a full 24 hour use period out of it.
[Droid Incredible General] Derrtydozen:
My battery life is alright i guess. One thing that worries me is the huge drop I get right after i charge it to a full charge. It drops about 7-10 percent within minutes. After that its slows down.
[Droid Incredible General] POQbum:
Read this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871051

It's normal because your phone is really suppose to use 80% (top 10% and bottom percent unused).

You can bypass the top 10% by bump-charging, but you will decrease overall battery life.
[Droid Incredible General] Derrtydozen:
Wow I would have never known. Thanks, in that case my battery life is pretty sweet after it gets to around %90 ;)
[Droid Incredible General] blckngldhwk:
Okay, I have battery usage issues and it's one of my biggest complaints about the current generation of smart phones. My complaint isn't that I can't make a battery last a really long time, my complaint is that batteries are not capable of withstanding actual use of a smart phone. I do not want to have to turn off all of the features of a smart phone just in order to have the battery last an entire day. We talk about different phones and which ones have better specs and better screens and then we turn around after purchasing and underclock our hardware, dim our screens and disable all the features of the phone in the name of saving battery. It's always seemed unintuitive to me. "Hey you can make your battery last longer if you just turn your phone completely off!" Well obviously, but then I can't do the things I would like to be able to do with my phone.

Anyway, sorry for the rant.
[Droid Incredible General] POQbum:
Battery development is slow, but the processor manufacturers are creating faster processors that eat up less battery (dual and quad cores running at slower speeds). The processor is what sucks the battery the most by far.

Anyway I don't think you should turn off 3G, or any of the location services (as long as you don't have widgets or apps that use them all day long).

With new ROM's and Kernels you can easily make your battery last 2-5x longer.
[Droid Incredible General] zerocool79346:
I was lasting 30+ hours on the stock ROM unrooted and stock battery with nothing turned off besides news sync and Backup Assistant. I had Gmail pushing, my school email account pushing, and Facebook set to only sync once a day since it really wasn't that important to me. This was with normal use mind you, I was playing Audio Galaxy for at least an hour a day and sending 150+ texts with a few 5-10 phone calls thrown in. I'm not the least bit disappointed with this phone battery.
[Droid Incredible General] johnzara:
Point taken. Your right, battery technology just doesn't advance as fast as the hardware has. The battery can't keep up.

But why would you want to have everything on your phone enabled all at once (wifi, 3g, etc)? That would be like driving your car with all the lights on in (and outside) the car, running the windshield wipers, playing the radio on full bast with the AC running and the hazard lights on. While the vehilce may be capable of all of these funcitons at once, it's not neccesary in all conditions.

What's the point in having your data connection enabled if your not using it? What if I'm at work sitting in front a computer all day (internet connected)? I don't need my phone struggling to find a 3g or wifi signal I'm not even using it. What's the point of having your screen brightness maxed out if your in a well lit room?

I want my phone to adapt to my environment and needs. I can achieve this by taking complete control over settings you mentioned. If I want to check email, surf the web adjust screen brightness or whatever, it's only a widget flick away.

As for underclocking, most underclock in screen-off or battery temp situations. I dont' need 1Ghz pumping while the phone is off or if the battery temp is 120 F. I'm actually overclocked while the phone is in use. I have no complaints about my battery life. It's way faster than stock and my phone does everything as advertised.

Everyone uses their phone differently. Do what's best for your day to day activity.
[Droid Incredible General] AKHincredible:
What he said.
[Droid Incredible General] lennie paz:
I'm confused, does WiFi eat battery life or save it? I always thought by keeping WiFi on at home, I was conserving the battery.
[Droid Incredible General] POQbum:
If you have WiFi on *instead* of 3G you'll most likely be saving, and that's if you're actually using the connection (like streaming pandora or or youtube vids) Otherwise it's just a waste :p

I think idle 3G is less than idle WiFi.
[Droid Incredible General] mkuhn29:
Droid Inc Battery Life

I easily get 24-26 hours of battery life using Juice Defender. It is works extremely well! I also use Advanced Task Killer Pro. I set the auto kill to "crazy" and the frequency to "when screen off".

Also look for kernels with smartass scaling. I find Invisiblek to work well for me.
[Droid Incredible General] byrong:
Very bad idea
[Droid Incredible General] i8qbert:
I get a full days use with the stock rom. The only thing I do is turn the screen brightness down and turn off syncing. I put the sync widget on my first screen and sync up every now and then. I have no use for instant email or anything like that anyways. Charge it at night, good for tomorrow. There is also a larger capacity battery that fits with the standard backplate, saw it on amazon once.
[Droid Incredible General] smoonyheim:
I hope he's being sarcastic about the advanced task killer recommendation. Please, don't follow that advice.

Tips to make battery last longer? Use common sense. If you aren't using something, TURN IT OFF. Roms and kernels also help as well. But seriously the best things have already been said by others here. If you aren't using data, turn it off, same with wifi or syncing. Or just get a seidio 3500. Gets me through 3-5 days of heavy use
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sira.:
Hey guys ... =S ... i've bricked my phone while trying 2 install an update.zip file .. from the xrecovery mod and now all that it does . is keep restarting =| dunno what 2 do ..

please help !
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] option94:
nvm

Im gonna stop pretending I know anything about these phones until i actually do.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Many of us have been here. I had it REAAAAAAAALY bad one time.

Leave phone DISconnected from computer

Leave on finger on the BACK button.

Now Hold POWER button and MENU (center) buttons together for 3 seconds

With finger still on BACK, connect to computer with SEUS open

Click repair phone/reinstall, continue, continue,

It should start downloading firmware, and says release BACK button

If this doesn't work first time, try again and again until you do it right - it will work.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sira.:
Thanks man ... but i dunno how 2 use those applications ... yes i am a noob .. i had the xrecovery on my phone .. and i pressed on the format system and every thing was gone ... =/ ... now am waitin a friend he's a pro .. he might be able 2 fix it .. if not ... we'll talk ... thanks man .. ill try that for now ..
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kiwiBratwurst:
Snap.. Xrecovery resides in System.. so I guess formatting it would have wiped that too.. (in the original X-recovery threads they warn not to do that on the X10 version of xrecovery) A couple of ways to fix it tho using Bin4ry's Flashtool or with SEUS (I would go for Flashtool) no biggie.. the little mini's and Pro's are highly resilliant little critters, I have stuffed mine up so many times.. boot loops etc, never anything flashtool can't fix.

Good luck!

Kiwi
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Nouatik:
Wont reflashing solve this?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] donetus:
it should fix the problem. SEUS, PC Companion or Bin4ry's FlasherTool :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sira.:
Dude .. SEUS doesnt have the reinstall software thing .. unfortunately .. and the FLASHTOOLS doesnt recognize my phone .. cause its OFF .. =/
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sira.:
i dunno how 2 flash it .. i downloaded the software .. nd put it in the firmware FILE .. but the phone still wont connect even after i hock it up 2 the pc ... it tells me 2 connect the phone and enable USP debugging or however ..

am hopeless
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sira.:
You seem 2 be a Great man right there ... if i can get an advanced help from u .. it would be GREAT ! .. cause i dunno how 2 flash the phone .. FLASHTOOLS asks me 2 connect the phone and enable USP debugging .. even though its connected .. but the phone wont even go on .. ?? what shall i do .. ?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kiwiBratwurst:
Did you let the battery in the phone drain down to empty? if you did you may need to leave it plugged into the charger for a few hours to get some juice in it..

you need to have the phone drivers on the computer too (have you connected it with PC companion or SEUS before now? if so then you will already have the drivers installed, lucky you ;)

Also check you have the right files in the firmware folder (are you using the .sin files or the .ftf file? I always use the .sin files and never have problems)

When the flashtool asks you to connect the phone..

With the phone NOT connected to USB reboot the phone (if its a mini and you can't remove the battery) hold down the power and center button for 3-4sec.. (thats like pulling the battery)

When the phone is OFF (or between reboots) Hold down the back button as you plug the phone into USB. (that should start it in flash mode)

And keep trying, I have heard some people have tried about 5-10 times before they got it flashed.. (I always get it first try but then perhaps I am just lucky)

I hope you can follow that :o .. and good luck.

Kiwi
[A7 General] daredairmen:
Need to be able to connect a USB Hard drive to my A7.

Need to have a working Video Chatting program(Skype,Yahoo,Fring,Tango)...

Need to have my SD card recognized and still have my Google apps...

Has any of this been resolved? Will it? I truly and honestly appreciate Dexter and all he has done... If I can get these things to work on this device then I can begin to feel like my $300 weren't spent foolishly.. Thanks in advance..
[A7 General] hudd333:
need

I have connected an external USB drive successfully to my A7. I didn't do anything special. It may depend on the power requirements. I may have had it connected with the AC adapter powering the A7.

Not sure what you mean about the SD card. I have a 16GB SD card in mine and other than not properly showing space and not storing apps there it is accessible. I use the google apps fine.

I thought Fring worked for both audio and video chatting? Skype now works for audio. I believe I tried yahoo with the video plug-in but it was very choppy video.

Jim
[A7 General] durango99:
fring works fine on the a7 with both video and voice
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mod777:
If you have a rom that has the voice dialer app and you want to hear the app say "say a command" or "calling NAME".

You will need to go to the market and install the SpeechSynthesis Data Installer.

I am using the ENG version.

If that doesn't work. I got it to work when I downloaded Choice Dialer and the app asked me to install the voice synthesis using Pico.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] quimboyo:
Hello everyone. I wonder if there is any cable that add output Video / Audio (RCA) and connection to the charger.

From what I was looking in the dock with HDMI is used for the original cable connection and charging. However on the video cable (for RCA) plugs directly. That is if you are connected by RCA does not bind to both charger. So I ask if there is a cable (or adapter) that make this effect (Video Output and charger).

Or how can I make a cable craft with these characteristics.

Sorry for my English but it is not my mother tongue.

Already my thanks.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] civ122:
Is there a way to hack the Captivate volume buttons to change tracks on the music player?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crupp:
I know Galaxy tuner offers key mapping for those buttons. You may want to check that out. If not currently offered maybe the dev could add
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nosenuggets45:
I went to unlock my phone (which is currently running Darky 9.2 and a PIN code screen) and I typed in my correct password and keep getting "Wrong Password, try again." Is this a known issue or is there even a fix for it other than factory restore? It's a bit of a PITA, since this happened about a month ago and I had to restore it then...
[Xoom General] StirCwazy:
A hint at the release of the Moto XOOM wifi only model was posted on Droid Life minutes ago.

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/09/did-a-wifi-only-motorola-xoom-pass-through-the-fcc-today/
[Xoom General] asianxtreme:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/10/wifi-only-motorola-xoom-tablet-does-its-fcc-duty-silver-version/
[Xoom General] Homan13PSU:
This is good news to see. I saw on Phandroid that Moto quickly pulled back the term "tablet" from the filing. But good to hear this news none the less.
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
when you all watched that video with the silver xoom, did you want him to open angry birds? I soo wanted to see it on the xoom, but he just wouldn't hit it lol.
[Xoom General] Eclair~:
You can see Angry Birds on the Xoom here, I don't find it too exciting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWB4AMlnV4Y&t=5m23s
[Xoom General] Lothaen:
wi-fi only is what i want :)
[Xoom General] JKChad:
Wifi only is all I'm gonna be able to afford at the rate Moto is shooting for.
[Xoom General] Old MuckenMire:
I cannot believe that at this supposedly late stage we are having to watch videos filmed in the Middle East in a language I don't even understand, to freaking see Angry Birds on the Xoom.
[Xoom General] setite:
I fear you might all be disappointed when you see that the wifi only version isn't much cheaper. On all the Notion Ink Adams the price difference between wifi-only and wifi + 3g is 50$. If the 3G is 800$.. and the wifi-only is 750$... then is the savings really going to make a difference in the grand scheme? I suppose with the forced month of 3G the price difference gets bigger. All I care about is whether or not the device will be locked down.
[Nook Color General] Squale279:
Hi all,

I'm new here.

First of all, i'd like to thank XDA for this great board.

As i should receive my Nook soon, i'm happy to be here.

I have some technical questions.

What is eMMC technology is used in the Nook Color ?

Can it be replaced by a faster one or one with more memory?

Is it better to boot with internal eMMC or a speed SD card (Class 10)?
[Android Themes] aaronvlee:
can someone please tell me what font this is?
[Android Themes] GANJDROID:
Looks familiar to the fonts used in DarkEdge themes. Not sure what the actual font it called, but it could be worth a search.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Android Themes] artukas613:
Looks like Caviar Dream font.

Just google it.

:-)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fezzy102:
what would be the best kernal and modem combo for this rom i really want good battery life I just got my captivate 6 days ago and out of 3 roms i like this one just want to know the best choices.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dupontrocks11:
Speedmod k12t kernel and KP1 modem.

Take a look at my signature, results speak!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flashman2002:
Nothing against what any particular person will state or tell you to use, not all combination's will necessarily have the same effect from phone to phone. This is really the same as which ROM is the best because what works well on phone "A" might not work the same as phone "B". Just try different combos to find what your phone likes because these phones are very finicky.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fezzy102:
i've been reading and this is what i come up with looking at the rom i flashed this is what is says.

model #sgh-i897

firmware 2.2

baseband i9000ugjk3

kernal version 2.6.32.9

build # gingerr5

off this info which kernal would i flash the one for captvate or the one for galaxy s i9000.i just dont want to do something stupid sorry for the questions.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dupontrocks11:
You would flash an sgh-i897 kernel.

Here's a link to hardcore's kernel, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893880.

you can use sgs kernel flasher to install it.

The link is at the bottom of the original post in the attached files box
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fezzy102:
not to ask more ? but is that because my phone is still based on captivate but with just a base rom.and what is really a base rom 2.2 mod to work on captivate?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dupontrocks11:
Yes, the captivate sgh-i897 doesn't have 2.2 froyo yet, because it hasn't been released yet, but developers used the leaked version of froyo to base their roms off of. An i9000 rom is actually a rom from an i9000 galaxy s phone that was adapted for the captivate. But basically, all you have to worry about is whether or not the numbers match up.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mod777:
Anyone know where I can get different transition (between windows) animations for JPY 2.2.1? +1 thanks for best response...lol
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corruptfate:
Hey guys I'm thinking about buying these and i want some input from the people who have them. Do they sound good and have good bass? How is the reception for radio and is the connectivity to the phone good? I also want to know if there are any specific features on the MW600 that do not work with the x10. My final question is if anyone knows where to buy it in Canada or if there are some sites or good Ebay sellers that ship and sell legitimate White ones to canada.

Thanks in Advance
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rogem_kk:
Just search this forum. Already been discussed.