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[Milestone XT720 Android Development] c19932:
hey guys, Im a battery freak and I've removed/disabled almost every app that is unnecessary to extend battery life (I even disabled motorola thumbnailservice and hiddenmenu, lol). My memory is almost 99% above 60mb at all time. does that mean doing such changes suggested in this thread is pointless for me? Is there any diadvantages to set all the values to 60mb? thank you
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Vistaus:
Is there any way to remove Google Talk? It keeps running as a service, but I don't use Talk at all.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] c19932:
correct me if im wrong, but I think the gtalk service is needed for market and calling
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] mchlbenner:
Yes get a system app remover it will do the job.
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] khalpowers:
Guys...download super box from market.Can free ram up to 80+ without kill the apps,.:)
[Milestone XT720 Android Development] Woody:
How? I have Superbox and want 80mb of ram and am pretty stationary at around 35-40. Might spike at 51 or so but never higher than that. I have looked at background and forground and just maybe not seeing the right things.

Btw using your Steelblue rom.
[Droid 2 General] k_minlam01:
Ok so I had rooted my D2 a few days ago and had been looking into backup/recovery apps. Now however it seems as if my phone is no longer rooted. Is this possible? I thought I had read another thread where someone else was having this problem but was unable to find it. I tried to open up my superuser app and titanium backup app, but both ended in a failure and asked if my phone was rooted. Thanks in advance for anyone's help with this! :o

Also, just noticed that my superuser app isn't working correctly. The widget changed from being labeled "superuser" to "superuser permissions". I had assumed that this was after my phone had updated some other applications, however the superuser app won't turn on, it just gives me a black screen. When I tried to update through the market it said "Package file was not signed correctly". I'm unable to find the app on my phone so I can delete and try to download it again fresh. Thanks again for any advice anyone has! :-)

~noob
[Droid 2 General] darkonion:
Yeah. Phones can unroot themselves. This usually happens when the phone updates itself. Don't stress though... just root your phone again.
[Droid 2 General] k_minlam01:
So, then with the superuser permissions app that I found on my phone...if I were to re-root my D2 with a different method of rooting vs the first way, would I be able to uninstall that superuser permissions app if I wanted? Thanks for such a quick response! :-)
[Droid 2 General] orkillakilla:
What was your first method. I would just use z4root. Also, did you install a custom rom? If so maybe reflash the rom after you are rooted again.

Sent from my ultra fast Liberated Droid 2
[Droid 2 General] k_minlam01:
I had used the 1-2-3 step for rooting as my husband had suggested that. I have z4root installed now but haven't done anything yet. My husband had suggested I get some back-up apps for my phones system and also one for my apps in case I kill my phone. Will the droid 2 bootstrap back-up/restore my original phone system in case I do mess it up?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwong365:
The display seems to consistently use too much power.

After six hours unplugged today:

The battery usage screen shows

Display - 98%

Cell Standby - 2%

That's kind of ridiculous since the battery history menu shows the screen having been on for only 1hr 43 minutes

As said in the title the remaining battery is currently 34% after 6 hours in from 100%

Any advice? I've had terrible luck with the SGS's so far (1 soft key sticking, 1 fried internal SD card). None of them were spectacular on battery life but this is by far the worst unit.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Battery drain you must have loads of stuff turned on .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HM.Carbide:
Do you have android 2.2?

it shows all the not standby usage as display usage. a bug in 2.2 i think.

So the usage you see is display + the programs you are using.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwong365:
Yeah it is 2.2, I didn't realize the usage stats were bugged. As for loads of programs, I don't run that many but I've only been using the Level 2 Clear Memory function in the RAM manager to end programs. Too much debate around task killers for me.

OS Monitor shows only a few non-stock programs running right now, are any of them battery drains?:

OS Monitor

Facebook

Tango

Trillian

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianGto:
well all of them drain battery when they are used.

**DamianGTO Steam kernel. 350MB Ram. 500HZ. all ext2. Steam Rom. Js5**
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
Try this it worked for mine :)

1. Use your phone until the phone switches itself off (battery empty)

2. Switch on once more to make sure battery really is 0% (it will then immediately switch off once more)

3. Now, keep switched off (!), plug in charger & leave in charging until 100%

4. When battery is full, switch the phone on, unplug & check if the batter immediately drops 1 or 2 %

5. If battery immediately drops, plug in charger once more (while running phone) & let it charge completely

6. Once charging to 100% is done, keep charger plugged in & Reboot into Recovery Mode

7. in Recovery Mode go to: advanced --> Wipe Battery Stats --> Yes-Wipe Battery Stats

8. When done: Go To --> reboot system now

9. Once system has rebooted, unplug charger

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After 3-4 full charge/full drain -cycles, do the following:

1. Charge the battery up to fullest.

2. Keep it plugged in to charger, and reboot to recovery.

3. On the recovery, go advanced, wipe battery stats, scroll on to yes BUT Don't wipe them yet. When you're ready, quickly remove the battery cable and push to wipe the battery stats.

4. Reboot the phone, use normally. Let it run completely out of battery.

5. Charge the phone back to full. Turn off phone. Charge until it says 100% on the green bar and vibrates for full charge.

6. The Important Part. Remove the charge cable for 0-0.5 seconds and plug it back in instantly. Let it charge to 100% again. Do this 1-2 times again, so you've done this 2-3 times total.

7. Reboot to recovery, wipe the battery stats again as on the step 3.

8. After wiping the battery stats, plug the charger back in the phone.

9. Reboot to ROM. Keep the cable plugged in. Keep it plugged in for about 30 mins to 2 hrs. Unplug. Should say 100%, mine did for about 40 mins after it depleted onto 99%. And this is the way you should really gain great battery performance.

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First 2 times I drained it heavily, WiFi on, 2, 3 music players on etc. (charge up while phone isn't started).. The last 3 times whith a normal usage..

and charging while phone is running.. every time it says it was 100% and when I got the full-battery-notification, reboot into recovery.. clear battery stats..

************************************************** *********

1) Turn OFF phone

2) Charge till it says it is FULL

3) Start in RECOVERY (volume UP+Home+Power), here WIPE battery stats (it is in the "advanced" menu)

4) RESTART android (yes, it might already be on 98% or so)

5) USE phone heavily. Don't worry if it drops too fast. Use it till the Android system turns OFF automatically (it happens when your battery is below 1% - for me the phone was on 1% for about 40 mins. This is where it heavily miscalculated

6) PLUG IN your charger, TURN ON android and wait till it is FULLY charged again. (It is better if you don't use the phone at this charging up)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamge:
To follow all those instructions would literally take 2 weeks. No phone is worth that much effort.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
It's not that bad just try the first option if that don't work, move on two the next one, really not two much hard work: )
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwong365:
Yeah I meant an abnormal drain on the magnitude of 70% with 1.5 hours of use and 4.5 hours of basically idle
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
just try this option

1. Use your phone until the phone switches itself off (battery empty)

2. Switch on once more to make sure battery really is 0% (it will then immediately switch off once more)

3. Now, keep switched off (!), plug in charger & leave in charging until 100%

4. When battery is full, switch the phone on, unplug & check if the batter immediately drops 1 or 2 %

5. If battery immediately drops, plug in charger once more (while running phone) & let it charge completely

6. Once charging to 100% is done, keep charger plugged in & Reboot into Recovery Mode

7. in Recovery Mode go to: advanced --> Wipe Battery Stats --> Yes-Wipe Battery Stats

8. When done: Go To --> reboot system now

9. Once system has rebooted, unplug charger
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
what apps have u got running,things like gps wifi turned on all time will drain battery life.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aadis:
change modem file,or filmware i think js5 is good filmware(stoke) ,or if you like install superpower application that will help you to stop drain bettary,but its complicated,good luck
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwong365:
I can't find the "Advanced" menu in the Recovery Mode, is it there stock?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
have you got ( clockwork recovery v2.5.1.3 ) installed you need this two use the option i give in the thread,if not try and install rom manager,i think rom manager installs cwm not sure ? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
ps, has the phone been rooted,and is it stock rom or custom rom.:D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwong365:
Epic Fail...

I've never felt comfortable with rooting or custom ROMs so I don't have any of that.

Also I just tried the 1st batch of instructions, except without the ability to erase battery stats I did a Factory Reset instead... the results: (I kid you not) 100-0% in 3 hours.

The screen's been on for 1hr 30min, with the phone awake for only 10min more than that

I'm really hoping the phone's just super inaccurate right now, and "critical battery" actually lasts several more hours... although I'm not sure how any phone could be that inaccurate.

I realize that calibration isn't supposed to make it worse, but this time it actually made it about twice as bad
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwong365:
Definitely just died...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
when charged does it read 99% or 98% when u unplug the charger :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
When i use my phone with internet and downloading i get about 8 hour's of use,when on standbye,it will last for about 3 days, it all depends on what u use it for how many app are running,but for me just installed darky's rom 9.2 now get longer battery life, but still the battery life on sgs is really bad compaired two my last phone that would last for 7 days without charge.i would flash darky's rom would someone else flash your phone for u,or read up on flashing on xda they are loads threads about flashing custom roms :D

mark204
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark204:
if you are thinking of flashing a custom rom make sure you have the three button combo working vol up home key and power buttons two enter recovery mode and vol down home and power for download mode,you need two have this before considering flashing any custom rom :D
[Off-topic] criticalmass24:
I am a database administrator and i have a lot of time where i sit and read the internet. i was wondering what games that you all may play on your phones to help me maybe kill sometime.

Games I have:

Angry Birds

Age of Conquest

Crush the Castle

Gem Minder: Dig Deeper

Plants vs Zombies

Anyone know of any other good games?
[Off-topic] Pinktank:
some pretty good memory games on there, also scrabble
[Off-topic] kaesekuchen667:
Guns and Glory (kind of tower defense), but I think it is only available in german.
[Off-topic] souljaboy:
crysis2 stolen leaked beta torrented

and on phone ...

pocket legends

dungeon defenders

mmos all the way baby
[Off-topic] jordivf:
Right now a bit of:

Star Traders RPG Lite

Gurk 8bit RPG

Andor's Trail

Old school RPGer indeed :D
[Off-topic] Ampicillin:
One and only Fruit ninja , damn addictive :p

PC games i play wow, Crysis And counter strike sometimes :D
[Off-topic] firtvid20:
I don't really work but I go to school. I play Paper Toss on my phone. On pc: Garry's Mod, Counter Strike: Source, Left 4 Dead 2, COD 1 on school wireless LAN with friends and Minecraft when I really have nothing else to do.
[Off-topic] imotz:
im playing http://www.miniclip.com/games/fling funny
[Off-topic] ironman14:
I play Plants vs Zombies! I love this game.. I always play this everyday...
[Off-topic] jaszek:
I'm just waiting for a game tester to post. Lol.

In school I like to play Super Mario Bros on my phone.
[Off-topic] Gonbroh:
Angry birds

And some gba games

And some random arcade games
[Off-topic] SciFiSurfer:
Such a pity there isn't a game on the market called "With Myself". Can you imagine explaining to a co-worker (or a boss) what you were doing then?

BOSS: So, Smith, what are you doing?

SMITH: Oh, I'm playing "With Myself".

BOSS: What did you say?
[Off-topic] husam666:
Haha lol, I play a lot "with myself" xD:D

The only game I have here on my xdandroid is wings of steel, good game to pass time :)
[Off-topic] avgjoegeek:
Sad to say mafia wars in db

Oh and scrabble with coworkers
[Off-topic] klquicksall:
Angry birds
[Off-topic] A2Aegis:
Angry Birds and Game Dev Story. Games that are easy to pick up and put a few minutes into them.
[Off-topic] eadm:
call of duty 4 plants vs zombies
[Off-topic] Pieksjoemanne:
I play my secretery :D
[Off-topic] twitch351:
Haha nice!

-If ignorance is bliss why aren't you smiling?-
[Off-topic] DanWilson:
Not work but school.

I piss people off. Very fun.
[Off-topic] Pieksjoemanne:
we all now the power of female's. Actually they play us ;).

I see the big picture.... Stay foces, and keep on :D
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
Oooh... getting played by your secretary... naughty boy :p
[Off-topic] obsidianchao:
In school, I play Pokemon under the desk.

Oops?

<3 Yongzh emulators, though.

Samsung Fascinate, Verizon

EB01 Superclean 2.4

Kenesis' TransMyst GBKB (EPIIIIIC)

Mob87's Honeycomb Theme

Stock Kernel
[Off-topic] Pieksjoemanne:
Hmmm... Pokemon under the table. ;)
[Off-topic] Box287:
I play "do as little work as possible whilst still looking busy and keeping your job"

I've just reached Level 10 Prestige as well and unlocked a few perks such as "go home 10 mins early", "arrive 5 mins late" and "extended lunch".

:p
[G Tablet General] jmacnak:
I can't post a link because of new member status but if you search "hulu andriod app" in google, there is a link to absolutelyandriodDOTcom (5th link down) about debuging the web browser. I tried doing this on with the web browser that comes with TnT Lite v4.2.4 without any luck. I don't know the technical details, but would this be possible through some other means?

Thanks :D
[G Tablet General] squashpile:
Playon.tv mobile will work if you set browser user agent to Android. Watching SNL now.
[G Tablet General] DGoward:
Hulu works...

Hulu isn't that hard to get working on our G-Tabs. I'm running TNT-Lite 4.2.2 and it works pretty good. A little stutter here and there on HD show but all in all very watchable.

Read this post to see how to do it...

w w w androidpolice.com/2010/12/29/viewsonic-g-tablet-from-drags-to-riches-an-owners-guide-to-making-the-best-of-a-great-tablet/

Cant post links yet so I'm sure you can figure out how to make the link above work...
[G Tablet General] jmacnak:
Just what I was looking for!!! Thanks
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
I downloaded the dolphin browser, set the user agent to Android, and set dolphin as the default browser. I launch playon, go to the hulu video I want to watch, and all I see is a thumbnail of the video and some information about the episode. How do you get the video to play?
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
Touch the thumbnail. It should play. I have dolphin hd and it works good. Have flash?
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
I press the thumbnail, nothing happens.

Yes. I have flash installed.
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
I did the "get hulu to play" hex hack on the lib file for flash where you change AND to WIN. not sure if that makes a difference. didn't try playon till after i did that. Maybe try that. Otherwise I am running VEGan 5.1.1
[G Tablet General] DGoward:
You have to HEX edit the one flash file from you phone on your PC as per the instructions at the link I gave above. After that it works fine...
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
works good with playon but still no go on hulu or other sites. I get through the first comerical if im lucky and then the infamous exclamation point on those sites.
[G Tablet General] DGoward:
I installed the version of flash listed in the right-up I posted the link to. Did the HEX edit of the file and I can go to Hulu and watch all videos in Dolphin HD or even the regular browser that comes with TNT-Lite 4.2.2.

It works the same in either browser. Smooth except in 720p or 1080p it stutters some but still very watchable...
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
I'm on vegan 5.1.1 maybe thats the difference. I did the same as you and still no worky on the sites. oh well playon works great and was already on my pc.
[G Tablet General] DGoward:
As long as it works...... :D
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
Thanks for everyone's help on this. I am still not successful using Playon on the gtab, but with the Adobe Flash Player hack, I am now able to watch videos on Fancast.com
[G Tablet General] DGoward:
Glad you got it working for yourself.....
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
Got this working yesterday in vegan 5.1

without playon

. Used the fixed flash and the recommended settings for dolphin HD. Works great in mid range resolution. All main hulu streaming works perfect but some redirects like the WB (getting my fiancée hooked on fringe:-D) lose sound/video sync after about 45 minutes. Totally worth the time to do.
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
Playon now has an app in the market. Are you setting up playon while on the same wifi as the computer running it for the first time?

Sent from my G Tab.
[G Tablet General] Butch1326:
My Media Center PC (which has the PlayOn Server software) is ethernet wired to the router. My gtab is access it on the same network. I see the list of applications (Hulu, CBS, CNN, etc.) and shows, just when I click on the thumbnail image, nothing happens.
[G Tablet General] DGoward:
Do you have Flash installed and working?

If not try this:

Cut & Paste From - " scsione889 " post - Thanks goes to him for how to install flash...

Step 1.

Download “Adobe Flash Player 10.1.120.1.apk” which you will find attached at the bottom of this post and save it on your tablet (I recommend creating a separate folder to save .apk files in).

Step 2.

On your tablet open up whatever file explorer comes pre-installed with the ROM you’ve selected. In there, open up where you saved your .apk, then select Adobe Flash Player, and follow the on screen instructions to finish installing that.

Flash Download:

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=478615&d=1293950875
[G Tablet General] gunkle:
Just installed Bitrix gingerbread beta 6.43f and flash from market. Did no flash hacks and playon works great from the web browser or the app. All stock settings.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrokenWall:
So on the 10th I bought my first Android phone. I picked up a Nexus S, because I like things pure and untouched as far as the OS goes, I didn't want to be required to use a custom rom in order to remove HTC Sense, Motoblur, TouchWiz or whatever.

I also like the fact that the update process is much quicker on Google Nexus phones then on the other branded phones. I have no issues with the base Android 2.3 and Im really getting use to it. But I am curious about some of the issues I have read about with the Nexus S and custom kernels. I am going to root my phone. I did find the how-to on that.

Now I am curious about the custom kernels. I do have linux experience on the back end with some of my workstations I use. But I was thinking about if I could go the route of doing these things without needing to completely reflash a custom kernel.

I would like to switch my phone completely to EXT4 and yes I even mean the 16GB internal for the speed boost and performance. I would like to install a better kernel that allows for the VooDoo Audio (I have noticed a few of the audio issues with my phone) and also the BrainFuckScheduler option as well. Could someone please help point me in the right direction for these or maybe with some how-tos.

As far as mounting my phone's internal SD for storage. I can use it on my linux box for EXT4 support if i need to copy files over. but I am using wireless sync for my music and movies so that shouldn't be a major issue.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peeturr:
You could flash netarchy's kernel in the dev section. It essentially has all that you're asking for: BFS, voodoo sound, and ext4 hack. It comes clocked at stock speed unless you choose to overclock it.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrokenWall:
So what would be the best recommended option, as far as battery and performance goes is the stock ROM great or would a custom ROM really fair me much better performance and battery power.

When I mean stock I mean the stock ROM with the custom kernal with extra additions like ext4.

by the way that ext4 will change all mount points over to ext4 correct? requiring a wipe of the phone and start from stratch
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaimyn:
I'd be interested in hearing everyones opinion as well.

So far, I've installed CM7 (now on RC1) and Netarchy's 1.2.3 CFS kernel. I just installed the kernel from Team Whiskey today and can't tell if it's either faster or better with battery. Would be interested in hearing what the community has to say about that. One difference is that the Team Whiskey kernel can OC up to 1.6 if your phone can handle it.

CM7 does seem to do better than the stock kernel, but I dont' think any of the custom launchers beat the stock launchers in terms of buttery smooth app drawer. I think it's because the stock one is hw accelerated but none of the other launchers are.

Installing the ext4 mod will not wipe your phone. There's a forum in the development section with the mods that you need. You will have to root your phone though (there's also a way to do that without wiping your phone, check the forum).

Hope that helps, and I hope other people weigh in on the kernel question.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrokenWall:
I have rooted my phone, I choose to not unlock the bootloader cause after looking it, it doesn't seem like something I really need for what I want to do.

I installed the Trinity Stock kernel which has Voodoo Audio, BFS, and says EXT4 with no overclocking.

I ran a quadrant and my highest scores after 3 runs in a row where:

Stock Kernel: 1660

Trinity Kernel: 1675

Im not sure if there really is a major performance improvement or not or am I missing something here. The audio does sound better and the analog control of the headphone amp is amazing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
I get 2100+ with CM7 + Netarchy 1.2.3 CFS; also, benchmarking doesn't really mean much. it doesn't record the performance on a daily basis.

I highly recommend trying out CM7; you could perform a nandroid backup; wipe dalvik/cache/factory and then flash CM7 and gapps. Don't like it? (I seriously doubt it; you wont be disappointed) then just nandroid restore and you're back to where you were before ;)

P.S. I'm not responsible if you get addicted to flashing ROMs ;)