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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruggeman.Adam:
Hey everyone, I am having some trouble with my rooted phone. Prior to rooting the phone, I had no battery life issues. Right after Christmas, I had a little bit of time and I rooted my phone for tethering, mostly. I used the root listed on this website at the time (I couldn't use unrevoked because I had just done the OTA update to the software) and installed no further changes. Since then, I can get about 8 hours before the battery is well below 50%. This is without making any phone calls or using the internet, and maybe a few texts. I have resorted to turning off the connection to the internet, and this preserves my battery and allows me to make some calls without absolutely killing my battery. When I unplug, I can almost watch the battery life drain. I will be at 90% by the time my 15 minute drive to work is done. I have tried changing chargers, buying a new battery, and nothing works other than shutting off the connection to the internet. When I look at what has been using the battery, I not no time where I did not have a cell connection, and all the battery usage is idle and connection to network time. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentphantom:
Wow, your situation seems very strange. Are you running a custom ROM or kernel? Have you tried using spare parts to see what is actually consuming your battery? Perhaps, you can try wiping everything from the phone and installing the stock ROM or other custom ROM of your choice. Please keep us posted, good luck
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoctorComrade:
Recalibrate the battery. I would link you but kinda hard to do so. Just search the forums for it.

Sent from my Evo powered by MIUI
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rey823:
What Rom are u using?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhSoNique:
That is happening to me too. After I first rooted the battery life was good better than before. I had been using vaelpak, then a about last week my battery started to drain so fast. I would take it off the charger and do a little texting or check my emails. Shower or what not than I pick up my phone and its like 92% already. Thinking maybe I have too many apps so I deleted some and then forced stopped a few and I forgot what else and that day my battery stayed on 60%(thats what it was on when I took it off the charger before I left) for about a good two hours and i was listening to music and the internet and text and all that. Kinda scared me because I thought I messed something up, but the battery lasted longer that day. Then the next day back to the same old same old. Last night I flashed warm twopointtwo and was charging my evo last night but I put it under the pillows by accident and woke up this morning the phone was burning up and flashing red and green at the same time and it had stopped charging. I took the battery out and let it cool for a few hours. now its charged back up. I wanna see if the battery improves with warm but I think I'm going to flash another ROM but this one is too pixeled and its killing my eyes :( So upset. but let me know if you fix your battery problem
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayStation3:
hmmmm....maybe....

I'm having similar problems, though not as dramatic - mybattery life only lasts about a third of what it used to. I am running 2.2 RLS 5 witht the htc stock #15 kernel. What I am trying to do is hunt down a decent kernel that is compatable with RLS 5. I have found a few - but I am still in the process of researching information about the issue.

I have found 3 differant ways to reset your battery... I'm going with the last one (blue) for now and am currently in the process of executing it right now, but here are the three steps I have found while reading:

Charge the phone fully with it powered on

When fully charged, disconnect cable

After green LED goes off, power the phone off

When phone is fully powered off, reconnect cable, amber charging light should be on

When LED goes green, disconnect cable

Repeat previous two steps 10 times

After 10th cycle, boot into recovery and wipe battery stats.

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this is one from HTC

Charge the phone for 8 hours uninterupted with power on

turn off the phone and charge for an additional hour

turn ont he phone unplug it and let it sit for 2 minutes then plug it in for an additional hour.

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charge the phone to full

unplug and use phone till it shuts off from no battery (do not plug in until it shuts off)

charge phone to full again with out unplugging till 100% (check under about phone > battery it shoudl say full charge there)

then boot into recovery and wipe battery stats

reboot back into phone and charge too 100% with a wall charger( don not unplug until at 100%)

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After I try this out - I might or might not switch my kernel - But I wll say this - I had absolutly awesome battery life when I was running HTC stock #17 - you might could look into flashing that instead of what you are running now (flash it just like you would a ROM) - you can find it here

hope this helps out a little bit - but in reality - getting your battery the way you like it is really more of a trial and error type procedure...good luck
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nYdGeo:
Ah, welcome to an elite club...right. I rooted my 003 Evo last summer after getting it shipped to me. From then until mid-november of last year, I got great battery life. Before the switch flipped in November, I could leave it sit overnight and i'd use 1-1.5% charge per hour, so worst case after 8-hours sleeping with no use I'd be at 86-88% charge.

Then suddenly as it a switch had been flipped, I started getting horrible battery life. The ROM didn't matter, settings mattered little, it just sucks no matter what I do. If I unplug it at 6:00 AM and leave it completely unused until 2:00-3:00PM that afternoon, the stock battery is at 31-35%. The awake time will be under an hour, and every utility that I use reports nothing out of the ordinary.

I bought a 3500 mAh battery and its better of course, but gets me nowhere near the use what the stock battery used to provide. I unrooted back to stock with the same results so I rooted again of course. Might try flashing back to the 1.77 PRI and NV. Some folks are getting better battery life with those, but that may only be related to sleep issues which my phone doesn't appear to have. It may prove to be a waste of time, but I have to keep trying.

Good luck all of the club members! Thank you for your time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhSoNique:
I'm trying the first one right now I will keep you updated to see if this works :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rey823:
im using netarchy 4.3.2 havs more aggressive with both myns roms and my battery is pretty good
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OhSoNique:
**Just a update, the 1st one did nothing for me lol**
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruggeman.Adam:
I used Amon_RA backup to recalibrate the battery this AM. We'll see how that works.

Sprintlovers ROM from the initial root process. Kernel HTC #15

Tried the middle one from HTC as well... we will see how it goes. Just in the time I have been typing this message (about 2 minutes), my battery has gone from 91 to 88%.

Also forgot to add that I have been out of town every week for the last two months and noticed that the HTC weather thing on the startup screen hasn't been switching to my current location. Always shows my hometown, even if I force an update.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruggeman.Adam:
I think I figured out the problem... ran into several threads discussing PRI incompatibility with HTC kernel #15. Flashed back to 1.77 and doing much better. Didn't mess with the NV. We will see how it does for the rest of the day.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
hi there.

I just got this phone from friend. and the phone is dead. :rolleyes:

I try push power button and nothing happens. i pull the battery out for few secs and try to hard reset,

phone orange led is turn on and lights on keyboard are turned on. when turning on the phone is vibrating few times.

Can someone help repair this device. Please i really need this phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dhkr234:
Its under warranty. Return to manufacturer.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
no it's not.....
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdKeys:
what happens when you hold the volume rocker bar down and then push the power button? does the phone start up in bootloader?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
No. Nothing.

When i press both "volume up & down" then phone led and all keyboard lights are on + vibrating few times.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdKeys:
Not sure if you are understanding me. Take out the battery. Then put it back in. Hold the volume "down" ...keep holding it down and then push the power button.

Sent from the future using my highly overclocked HTC G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
I understand you. Nothing happens. same thing, black screen, no led....nothing

just When i press both "volume up & down" then phone led and all keyboard lights are on + vibrating few times.

:confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EdKeys:
It doesn't look good, sorry to say.

Sent from the future using my highly overclocked HTC G2
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ilostchild:
when you charge it does the battery light blink?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
No, but its charging. i put on empty battery after few hours i put battery on another phone its fully charged
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daughain:
Does the led come on at all?

HTC Vision 1.8 OC, CM7 RC1==HAPPY!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
The only action that phone can do is: push both volume UP and DOWN buttons and power on the phone.

Then ORANGE LED and Keyboard is lit, and phone vibrating few times.

Nothing else.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onelikeseabass:
You know to just hold volume down, not volume up, right?

Press and hold the button that makes volume go down. While holding the down volume button also press the power button.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GeneralWoo:
yes i know that. in service told me that motherboard is dead, and if i buy the motherboard they will fix him..

Where can i buy motherboard....?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xxbeanxx:
I'm experimenting with mounting a loopback image which contains some private files. I've been mounting and unmounting it using scripts executed via GScript.

Sometimes when I try to unmount the image, it gives me a failed error. I am assuming this is because a file is open by some process, but I can't figure out which one.

So finally to my question: does anybody know of an lsof busybox applet, a native lsof binary, or any application that can tell me what files are opened by which processes?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pundulum:
You can try such way

For me it's worked. I can see all open files from one mounted folder.
[Streak 5 General] ameiurus:
I would like to update my Streak to the latest ATT build but since I previously updated to the baseband 00 build 318 release, the update fails with a baseband mismatch. My question is: will a factory reset (power on holding both volume buttons select factory reset) restore my device to its original baseband? (which in my case should be 31)
[Streak 5 General] borijess:
No

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8558692&postcount=4

Sent from the Almighty Streak 1.8.0
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hough77:
I updated to Froyo from the Samsung site and rooted with 1 click root, (only did RFS). Can I flash any RFS supported rom or do I have to wait for a new rom to come out built off of the new EB13? I keep reading stuff about modems, I'm coming from an EVO which was easier to understand.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] benno0o:
Hi guys,

my first post here :)

To start with, I've just managed to succeed at installing an android rom on sd card.

here come the questions:

Why keeps my phone reinstalling android everytime I restart it and press boot ad sd, or am I doing this wrong. using MAgldr 1.13

second

After installing android my phone memory states it's full so I'm not able to install any apps nor text message someone.

third,

probably asked before but what are the pro's of nand over sdad

I hope i gave enough information, if not tell me. I hope as well that you guys can help me.
[EVO 4G General] engelsione:
I like always to have 2 forms of navigations options, my sprint navi is gone after flashing kings unleashed, can i install this app by itself?
[EVO 4G General] abanh:
Yes you can. I'm not familiar with that particular Rom, but most Rom makers put a removed apps folder so you can install the Sprint apps (sprint tv, nav, nascar, etc).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1mpd1ddy:
hi all, i'm a noobie android user (coming from 3GS) .. I noticed a little lag with the browser.. but it was only with a certain website...

if you load cracked.com in the browser, and then go back to homescreen or any other app.. and then go back to your browser, theres like a 2-3 second lag.... anyone have any issues with that too? It's not a big deal.. but it could get annoying later on down the road.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsxrx7:
change the flash to on-demand

you might *think* theres less / no lag on the iphone because theres no flash available at all

i use MIREN browser from the market and it has been pretty awesome
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1mpd1ddy:
thanks, that browser is pretty slick.

I don't know where that option you mentioned for "Flash on demand" is..... is it under settings in browser or on homescreen?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lsxrx7:
if you using Miren browser it should be under advanced setting
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bobby Buggs:
Hoping to hook up with someone on AOL or Gmail chat to help walk me through this to avoid Bricking. I have read so many things I think I have confused my self:o I will hook you up for your effort. Pm me
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeremyritzmann:
Ill help. Gtalk is jeremyritzmann
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brilldoctor:
Or you could try the galaxy tab irc channel (search the fourm)
[Nook Color General] loribuono:
I've seen this happening to some other people, but I wasn't doing anything they were doing when this happened, so I'm unsure of what caused this.

Background: I updated to 1.1, then used AutoNooter 3.0. It's been great for about a week. Used Launcher Pro, Dolphin HD. Had Titanium Backup on it, although I hadn't used it to create one yet, so can't restore.

From what others have said, and what I'm seeing on mine (NookColor Tools, Market, etc.) it seems it's still nooted, but can't see loaded apps or books I've purchased or anything other than stock stuff. I'm guessing that stuff's in there somewhere.

Anyone know if I can get this back, without having to start all over again?

Thanks!
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Verizon contacted Engadget and stated today that the activation fee and month of service for those buying the Xoom at full price is no longer necessary.

I'm curious if you had to pay the fee or not. I intend on purchasing from Costco when they open in about 3 hours. I'm going to show them the article if they give me any flack, and I'll post back here.
[Xoom General] bogatyr:
I bought from a VZW corporate store this morning, full price, no activation required. She asked me if I was just using for wifi or if I wanted data, I said wifi and that was it.
[Xoom General] generic.imitation:
I'm in Iraq currently, so i had to get it overnighted to my wife and she has to activate it. I paid the activation fee...then, immediately after it is activated I am calling vzw and placing it on military suspension, and getting the activation fee credited to my account. they don't ship to APO addresses, and it has to be activated over the cell network if you get it subsidized. :(

hopefully, I can cancel the contract later this year. I've done it on ATT before.
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
I need to know too. I am going to Costco in 3 hours and would like to just purchase the unit without activation and data plan
[Xoom General] Jrockttu:
The official statement is from Verizon, and it's my understanding that it's the Verizon booth in Costco that activates the 3g on the device. If someone tells me I must get 3g, I'm going to mention to them the official Verizon stance and ask if they can contact their corporate office to check.
[Xoom General] setite:
ditto tenchar
[Xoom General] harajuka:
Got mine at Costco this morning, and they made me signup for a plan... I told him Verizon doesn't require this anymore but rep insisted he has to sign me up for plan. He even proceeds to fill out a rebate form for me, even though I told him im going to cancel within the 72hr period anyways. Oh well...
[Xoom General] setite:
I was afraid of this. Verizon probably has no intention of rushing to get the information out there hoping to still snag some undeserved money.
[Xoom General] Adam B.:
I got mine at Best Buy and they let me sign up without a plan... But the girl at the register didn't really know what she was doing.
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
I am taking my EVO with me. I already have the Engadget page ready to show if they give me an crap about fees. They are a Verizon kiosk (Verizon Representative) and should honor what Verizon is doing. If they are doing it in the Verizon stores, they should do it at their kiosks as well.
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
That's when the Costco Verizon Rep needs to call a Corp store and ask them. This is what I will tell them when I get there
[Xoom General] setite:
I'm ahead of you, I already printed out the Engadget article to show them :). I will most definitely be forcing them to call whoever would be up to date.
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
That's a good idea. I will print it out as well
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
At costco they make you sign up for the month to month. He even gave me the number to cancel it. Up front you pay for the device, everything else is billed later. If you cancel within 3 days everything will be good to go.
[Xoom General] setite:
I suppose that's okay. The damage is done to my credit since I let Best Buy run it two days ago and Costco yesterday.

So the solution is to call customer care. Doing this today will hopefully avoid having to give them a single red cent in prorated data.
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
On the phone with Verizon right now. She tried to tell me i can't cancel it. After i said a few things, she did it for me. Said i would be charged a pro-rated amount for any use, and if i bought under contract i would have to pay the ETF. I told her i haven't turned the device on so there better not me a charge.
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
What's the warranty like. Do you get the Costco 90 day warranty OR the Verizon 14 day warranty? Was there other people there getting the Xoom as well
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
You have to break your contract within 14 days if you sign a 2 year. You have 90 days to return the device. You have a 1 year manufactur warranty. You have 3 days to cancel and not pay the activation fee. I was the only one :)
[Xoom General] Legacy2385:
I got mine from VZW and they tried their hardest to get me to activate it for at least one month and charge me an activation fee. I told them I didn't want to do that and that verizon released information saying that it was not necessary. After about a half hour of them constantly asking me they finally sold it to me for full price.
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
Thanks Bro. I will use this unit until the WIFi only model comes out. return it and get that one $200 cheaper
[Xoom General] bwcorvus:
I was told by the same guy that gave me all the other info, it will be out in 30 days from today :).
[Xoom General] Old MuckenMire:
I ended up paying everything ...I never get lucky enough to find someone who will waive a fee. Either that or I just have easy written all over my face
[Xoom General] ghodzilla5150:
That's what I figured. I will use this 30 days as a trial run to see if I like it. If so, I will just get the WiFi unit and save $200 off my AMEX card.
[Xoom General] setite:
I called costco and they were told minutes asho that they still have to activate. Verizon is not very friendly to their partners.
[Xoom General] djunio:
Sure isn't, that's y I went to bb. They told me I needed to activate it and pay a 400 deposit.
[Xoom General] jasbur17:
I purchased at the verizon store in Mt. Laurel, NJ. They made me activate.

It was a hot girl, so I couldn't bring myself to argue - it's a weakness I have.

I guess I'll have to call and cancel.
[Xoom General] Jrockttu:
I just purchased from costco and had to activate :(
[Xoom General] epik151:
costco, $35 fee w/ Mir to reimburse
[Xoom General] keitht:
I was first at costco. The guy told me I had to activate one month. I told him that is no longer the case. He called 3 people until one of them said it was OK not to activate service.

I love the device although it is a little heavier than I would like. Also, a little laggy on the text input in the browser.
[Xoom General] TheZuneLune:
Went to Verizon. I asked about corporate discount. She said no discount on the plan but she waived the activation fee and gave me 25% off of accessories. I showed her my phone (OG Droid - touchscreen broken) and she said she would send me a new one free. She is also going to call me when they get a Thunderbolt date.
[Xoom General] gigglebox:
I didn't, just checked the receipt. $599 + $129 protection plan (figured screw it, i'll probably drop it or something) + $35.75 in tax.

This was at Best buy.

In fact, the guy wasn't even going to mess with verizon until I told him that I wanted a plan. Also, the vzw paperwork lists the ETF at $0.
[Xoom General] epik151:
She just offered to replace your broken phone?
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
At costco right now, they require activation. He just got an email that stated activation free is a Verizon direct only option.
[Xoom General] unknown_owner:
Seems like with a lot of people doing this, the 3G Xoom might be discounted as open box when the wifi one comes out. might be a good time to invest in one.
[Xoom General] nunyabiziz:
No activation at my local bestbuy.
[Xoom General] unknown_owner:
Best Buy looks like the best place to get no activation needed. I hope mine will be no activation either when I pick it up in 5 hrs.
[Xoom General] kenhunt:
Just wanted to say thanks for serving our country, come home safe!
[Xoom General] kenhunt:
I got it at my vzw store, no fee.
[Xoom General] TheNibbler:
I went to best buy, they were going to make me pay the activation fee. I walked across the street to the Verizon store and I didn't have to pay for it. Also I got 25% off my accessories. :)
[Xoom General] Sirchuk:
Called my bestbuy, no activation but sold out.
[Xoom General] Dgree03:
I got a discount off my $35 3gb plan.. now it is 26.25
[Xoom General] sddenizen:
Got my zoom at Verizon and told them that Bestbuy was waiving activation fee so mine got waived as well.
[Xoom General] Droid.Modr:
I got mine from Costco. All I had to pay for in the store was the tablet, but the activation fee and first month of service will be coming!
[Xoom General] gigglebox:
What Im having a hard time with is that (as far as I can tell) I got the Xoom, signed up for a 2yr contract and STILL didnt have to pay for activation...

That doesnt seem to track, but then again, given the wide-range of experiences today... I guess anything is possible.
[Xoom General] setite:
Happy Xoom Day!!! I love this thing already.. its so pretty. The screen looks great to me.

I skipped the activation on the device and disabled data, and I will call Verizon later today to cancel. It looks, from what they said, that I will still get the Mail In Rebate...