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[Galaxy S I9000 General] kikan:
Dear XDA members,

I spend last few mounts searching for best SGS configuration in order to have very long battery life for ordinary phone use..

I know, that everyone here have different methods for using and measuring battery performance and is true that if i'm using the phone for games or if i use the phone for GPS navigation or only for making phone calls the results are very different and will not help anyone understand which SGS configuration is good for us.

This tread is special for people who are using SGS for ''normal use'', making phone calls and using wifi for navigation and checking the messages.

Well i write a lot of things , but still nothing to understand what i want no???

What i want is, that all members who are using the SGS in way i described before ''normal use'' -post info about the battery life, so we can see what configuration is the best.

I was thinking that we need to write down the type of kernel we are using and what change we done to system(lagfix etc..) and what we are using all day long.

Maybe i can write down an example :

i had superslim version of doc. first froyo rom named: JPM_SuperSlimDocMod from 14/10/2010.

ROM :JPM_SuperSlimDocMod - 14/10/2010 - froyo 2.1

WiFi: always ON -

GPS :always ON

Lagfix: OCLF - ext2 -all (file-system, Data)

Battery life in order of one mount test was 3 days !!!! - it based on my use, and using my apps ..The phone response was very very fast!!!

When using XXJPY_Wipe-v8.1.1-18-01- EXT4 file-system only- with same usage, the batter last for 2 days

and now when i'm on XWJS5_Wipe-v9_6_6 EXT4 file-system only- with same usage, the batter last for 1 day, but i'm using this rom version for only 18days - but i don't think that the battery life will incrise...

If somebody thinks that is good idea to have a tread with this kind of info and if somebody have some ideas, please help me...

In this forum we all are talking only about sped but reading all around in this forum, i notice that a lot of people just want i good battery live and that everything is working fine, the benchmarks are o.k. but not all people need that one apps opens in one millisecond or in one second...

I need good balance and if i'm looking back from first froyo rom, my SGS battery life drops down in days !!! every new version...BTW we all are using the same apps and same wifi and same phone, only OS version is different more new, so it had to have more performance in battery and speed, but is not like.

Hope someone understand me...

regards
[Galaxy S I9000 General] theduckking:
Hi Kikan

I want to give you some feedback on your thread.

First, there's at least one similar thread in the general section. I think this thread would also fit better into general, you could cooperate with tndb to get the results you search.

Second, I'd advice you to use the defaults for size and color of the text. blue and huge is a bit disturbing and I think lot's of people immediately go back to the overview when they see it. I had to "force" myself to read it:)

considering my setup: it's posted in the linked thread
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kikan:
O.K. Thank you...

I will remove this tread...

Kikan
[G2 and Desire Z General] stevedawg85:
Problem: I can't use physical keyboard In my SMS prog (go sms), instead the shortcuts come up:

b - browser

s - sms program

e - email

g - gmail

etc.....

When did this start happening:

1. I updated from cm7 RC1 to RC2

2. Flashed Vivid theme from Sonny (Think thats what his name is)

Usually, if I restart the phone, the keys will work, but after a couple hours, it'll go back to shortcuts. Is there a way to disable shortcuts entirely, I never use them? Any advice how to fix my prob?
[G2 and Desire Z General] durps:
This happened to me as well, all you have to do is apply shortcuts to the quickkeys at the bottom of the hardware keyboard and you're set :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] martonikaj:
Should be stated that this can be done via CM Settings > Input > Quick key 1/2/3
[G2 and Desire Z General] KiNG OMaR:
Clearing all of the shortcuts fixes the problem for me :p

Settings > Applications > Quick Launch > LONG PRESS to clear
[G2 and Desire Z General] durps:
^^Actually, this is the best thing to do.
[G2 and Desire Z General] squbel:
This happened to me today as well. I think it's CM 7 rc2 related bug.

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z General] stevedawg85:
THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!

I was ready to throw my phone out da window... on screen keyboard not quite for me yet, predictive txt is annoying and keys are small... but thanks again all, I can go back to my keyboard!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Malismalis:
Can someone suggest me a sense based kernel so I can just overclock cpu without reflashin stock 2.1 rom on my HTC GSM Hero?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorgen2009:
I suggest Flykernel 12a: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=730471

Should work like a charm with 2.1. You can use SetCPU for the settings
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
I have done a bunch of reading since my first flash to Cyanogen's 6.1 but not finding really satisfactory answers.

With the old rooted stock deodexed...I was getting about 14-15hrs of moderate-high use. So basically I pulled the cord at around 7am and plugged back in around 6pm with about 40%.

Was fine.

Flashed 6.1 last night and now I am two hours off charge and sitting at 58%!! I have all syncs turned off and I have no wifi/gps/4g running. The ONLY widget at the moment is weather and it only updates when I hit refresh.

My search has shown something called battery calibration...but that doesn't make sense to me. I have done the long charge, power off charge, power on charge etc... But since I have a wall battery charger I have just moved away from that and occasionally swap out my batteries for a full charge in that thing.

Does that 6.1 REALLY need another voodoo approach to battery life? Also the threads I have found seem to be for the nexus one or the HTC Magic(?).

Anyone else suffering HORRIBLE battery life after flashing 6.1?

Anyone got a link to a fix for the EVO and maybe something that I can get through the day with (do not have my charger at work)?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fazulka:
When I flashed CM7 to my wife's phone the battery was horrible (Less than 2 hours). I recalibrated the battery and the next charge lasted 2 days. Give this a try:

Battery recalibration

If you're experiencing higher than normal battery drain, try the following:

Charge the device to full battery; let it keep charging until the battery says it is fully charged. Do not just wait until the light is green, it isn't always fully charged, causing a lot of inaccuracies. (You can check by going to: Settings -> About device -> Status -> Battery Level = Full.)

Boot to recovery mode and delete the battery stats

NOTE: To have the most accurate of battery stats, reboot the device immediately after wiping the battery stats and wait for CyanogenMod to boot completely to the desktop. Once your entire boot is done and you have full access to the device, go ahead and pull the charger and continue with this troubleshooter.

Do not charge the device until after draining the battery completely, resulting in it automatically shutting off.

Recharge the device completely and then use as you normally would.

Also, CM6.1 or CM7 should get decent battery life. If it still doesn't try flashing a different kernal. I found that savaged zen bfs sbc kernal extended my life considerably.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] craigbailey1986:
Thats a old cm, cm is now cm 7... maybe try that one..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rippley05:
Yea Cm6 is dated. But that shouldn't matter.. I actually had fantactic battery when I was on cm6, much better than what I get on cm7.

First, check spare parts for wakelocks and make sure you don't have any. After that, follow Fazulkas advice to reset battery stats, follow it correctly tho. I never thought wiping stats would make a difference, but it surely does.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
Ok, I'll try that process when I get home tonight. (Guess I can survive w/o a phone for a few hours?!?! :^O) Haven't set up more than just the google account on this ROM as I wanted to test it first. So maybe tomorrow it will win me over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
DATED?!?! LOL! It was only just a final release a few months back...;^) It has all the important stuff working where as 7 doesn't and it is still a RC.

:^P

(Have you seen my sig? Old dogs only try the proven tricks thank you very much. :^)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matt2053:
CM6 is not dated. In fact CM 6.1.3 is the most current stable-release version of CM available!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sekigah84:
Its not the ROM. Anytime you flash a ROM, you need to calibrate your battery. By calibrate it isn't the plug in over and over method.

You charge to 100%, discharge it fully. Charge back to 100% then wipe battery stats in recovery. Then use your phone.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sitlet:
There is your problem. Anytime you flash a new rom, you need to give it at least a day or two to fully calibrate everything in the rom.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
HUH...this is my fourth ROM flash, first one away from stock rooted and I have never had this issue. Maybe the stock ROMs do not have this issue?
[Venue Pro General] richlee111:
Check out Anandtech's review of the DVP. They do a good job comparing it against 3 other Windows Phone 7 devices, 3 Android phones, and the iPhone4. Overall, they give high marks to it.

Check it out here: http://ow.ly/4e0NJ
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
How come these reviewers never see the obvious issues so many people have? Is dell oaying them off?
[Venue Pro General] pjfan75:
Assuming you mean the stability issues, I wouldn't be surprised if Dell is hand picking devices sent to reviewers.

Also typically reviewers don't use a device for anywhere near the amount of time an owner would, so they don't see some of the more subtle flaws (eg flaky Bluetooth).
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
The reviewer mentions he used the phone for a month, hard to believe he didnt get one of those frequent lockups in that time. At least someone posted a link to the Dell forums that details the problems. Just insane that dell continues to sell this phone and seem in no hurry to fix the problems, They would have so many satisfied customers extholling the virtues of this phone, yet they just still wont come out and say when the fix is coming, best they've said is after the MS update, and who knows when that will come to this phone.
[Venue Pro General] pjfan75:
Not to belabor the point, but many of us have had generally stable phones. The stability problem is a real problem for many as well (and apparently mostly limited to 16GB models), but it's quite possible that the reviewed phone was not one of the bad ones.
[Venue Pro General] efjay:
Who knows what the percentage of faulty phones is, its certainly enough for dell to have worked on a patch for it. I would wager that those with functioning phones are in the minority though.
[Venue Pro General] frazell:
The problem isn't really Dell's fault alone (depending on where the root of the problem lies). The patch coming with the NoDo update is going to upgrade the firmware and fix some issues. The problem is Dell can't patch the firmware without an OS update from Microsoft. So we are left waiting longer than I'm sure even Dell wants.

They can't say a date because Microsoft chooses when to push NoDo after OEMs and Carriers sign off on it.

Yea I wonder too what causes the lockups that so many get. I own three 16GB DVPs and a bud of mine owns two. We have only had the lockup fiasco on one, his. The rest seem to be working like champs.

It is impossible for us to try and guesstimate how many have problems though. Dell has those numbers and they won't share.

If the problem is the SD cards though they need to just do a recall. Swap the cards and call it a day.
[Venue Pro General] neogodless:
Count me among the few with a very stable 8GB device. I was worried that this review would mirror the others that omitted in depth camera reviews, but he caught the issues that I have. You really have to a) have lots of light, b) make sure there is no smudge on your camera lens and c) somehow keep the phone perfectly steady during the autofocus and shutter release despite that awkward button. If you do all those things, you actually get very nice photos. Go figure.

I've had the phone a little over a week. Wireless is always enabled and usually connected. I've had zero issues with the marketplace. The Facebook app has closed 2 or 3 times unexpectedly, one game crashed when I had an awesome score, and twice I've had to hold the power button in to shut down from a frozen black screen. I've been using the phone a lot, installing lots of apps and using them. Generally I'm trying to make it do a lot when I get it freeze up (trying some new app that seems slow and CPU intensive). So I'm not unhappy with the stability.
[Venue Pro General] varunverma:
I'd not blindly follow a review but these reviews certainly provide some idea about wat to expect..

In many countries especially like mine its not easy to find a retailer who keeps all these high phones on display or just for customers to fiddle around with.

U can just greedily look at them sitting in sealed boxes. I find these reviews helpful especially the video reviews with comparison with other devices in terms of physical aspects. Though I really dislike the videos with comparisons like ' which phone launches a web browser or a site first.'

As far as dvp's stability issues are concerned I am more than happy with it.

WP 7 is very young n still is a very stable OS. I remember my days when my blueangel running wm2003 used to hard reset every fortnight n all data used to get lost..

WP 7 will improve eventually n so will WP 7 devices along with our dear DVP

Sent from my HD7 T9292 using Board Express
[G Tablet General] iRobert:
hey folks,

i´m from germany and we got no "G-Tablet" ... so i wanted to ask if all the threads here are for the Tegra 2 version :-)?

i got an Olipad next to me and i love the hardware, but hate the software and want to do something bout that :-D

<3 xda ;-)
[G Tablet General] tedlogan42:
Yes, all of the threads here are for the Tegra 2 based Gtablet. And if you're talking about the device that appeared in Engadget a bit back, we were all commenting that it looked pretty identical to our Gtablet. However, you'd really want one of the devs to weigh in or not on whether the device is identical enough that the ROMs they've put together would work on it.
[G Tablet General] iRobert:
nice :-D i already tried out if i can go into recovery with vol+ & power and it worked, but i didnt flash anything though :-)

oh well, i´ll try it the next few days and lets see if i can something else on it.

and yes, it´s the one from engadget :-D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleak Morn:
I have two Windows Live ID's.

One is for Hotmail (it's my primary account and I *must* have access to it on my phone).

The other is for ZunePass and Xbox Live.

Anyone know if it's possible to use one account for Hotmail sync and another for ZunePass or Xbox Live? :confused:

I had to split the two accounts a while back because Xbox Live Messenger could only handle 100 IM contacts and it was failing.

Just hoping I don't have to switch the Live ID on my Xbox Live and ZunePass subscriptions. Sounds like a PITA.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emigrating:
Yeah, that's not a problem. Just set up your current 'secondary' account (ie. the one with Xbox/Zune subs) as the primary one on your phone. Then set up your current primary account as an extra email accnt.

You can then customize email/calendary/contact syncing from the two.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prjkthack:
The Windows Phone 7 support documentation covers these items.

Basically, the first Windows Live ID you use needs to be the one that has your Zune Pass and Xbox Live Gamertag if you want to use those features. You cannot add a secondary Windows Live ID and use the Zune Pass/Gamertag on it.

When you say that you must have access to your Hotmail, I am assuming you mean that you just need access to the e-mail and contacts on that account. If that is the case, then set your Hotmail as your secondary Windows Live ID, and initially sign in to your phone with the Windows Live ID that has your Zune Pass/Gamertag. Though just remember that this also means that whatever Zune/application purchases you make through the phone will be tied to the first Windows Live ID.

Also remember that if you have any contacts on that Zune/Gamertag Windows Live ID, that it will automatically sync with your phone, so you may want to go ahead and delete those so that it doesn't mess up your address book on the phone (you cannot turn off contact syncing with the first Windows Live ID tied to the phone). You can turn off the email though.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bleak Morn:
I was checking into it and it seems that MS may now offer the ability to access non-Hotmail accounts via the web-based Hotmail UI (and presumably similar services). So I may be able to check all of my email from the old Live ID account tied to my XBL and ZunePass anyway.
[Defy General] viishrugged:
I've got an option of getting either the Motorola Defy or the Huawei Ideos X5 on a new contract.

Here are the Ideos X5's specs:

I'm a new user so it won't let me post the GSM arena or device DB links. Sorry to make you guys search.

I'd like to hear from you since you already have a defy, which would you prefer.

The facts:

The x5 has slightly better hardware.

The x5 has a .1 inch larger screen.

Defy is much smaller(the x5 has a lot of dead space around the screen)

Defy is stronger and waterproof...etc

The x5 has 2.2 and has stock android.

Defy has 2.1 and is all motoblurry.

x5 has little to no developer support as far as I can tell, so custom roms are not really an option.

Defy appears to have awesome developer support.

I played around with the x5 in the store today and it feels a bit plasticy and prone to fall damage.

When i have both side by side the Defy's screen seems ages smaller... How is it in terms of size for you guys? Is it good/acceptable? Can you properly play some games on it?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. I just can't seem to decide which to pick.
[Defy General] maltloaf:
I had a ZTE Blade before my defy, which feels similar in build quality to the huawei. I was forever worried about damaging it - especially the screen which had a soft feel to it (plastic rather than glass)

Huawei's (like the ZTE's) are built for the budget market and the specs aren't that far apart, so as a choice between the two, i'd definitely go for the defy.
[Defy General] 999phonebug:
Had to face a similar situation back then, the X5 was delayed so I got the Defy.

The X5 got 720p recording IIRC. But the size is larger. And certain X5 (U8800H) got higher speed HSDPA/HSUPA than Defy.

The X5 was released at a lower price than I expected through.

You can't really tell if X5 has good dev-support bcs. it's not released long enough.
[Defy General] George Jetson:
moto defy 4ever
[Defy General] eiben_robert:
The Defy has stock Froyo deblurred ROM. You will have to flash it yourself but it is not an issue.

The display size is similar for all practical aspects. However as the Defy is smaller overall also the display seems smaller (optical illusion).

If Huawei commits to upgrade to Gingerbread I would consider it. Otherwise, for the same money I would go for Defy.
[Defy General] ABC_Universal:
I tried x5 briefly and the first thing came to mind was the very narrow screen viewing angle, probably narrower than ATM machine screens. Scrolling through home screens and application drawer was noticeably smoother than stock defy, but launcherpro's more than making up for that. Also tried surfing a little but didn't notice much speed difference, maybe just the network.

For comparable price and performance I won't consider Chinese phones (I'm Chinese if that matters), especially after watching another Chinese phone, meizu m9, turning high quality components to a low quality product. Huawei, while very established, is not known for making phones. And the previous ideos was a low quality entrance level product.
[Defy General] rashero1:
Defy. Its just brilliant. WATERPROOF! \m/
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Themes and Apps] Pete_S:
Not my app, but it has transformed the experience of using my Topaz and can confirm it's very stable after several weeks use (on a wm6.1 ROM, but 6.5 should be fine too).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=829813

I originally assigned it to long press on the "send" button but it works so much nicer when given a button of its own, for which I used Topaz Keyboard Controller for GSM models (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=555821) and reassigned the useless "back" button.

The other killer app for the Topaz is WiMoSpeed (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=887469 which works perfectly for me on 650MHz.

Apologies if these have been mentioned already but together they changed a 2 year old machine into one which feels like a new model!
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
Here are the steps to get VVM going in CM7:

Just flash my attatched zip :) This seems to work for some

OR:

Ensure you have backed up the data of the VVM app with titanium with an EB13 rom. THIS IS VITAL! You must do this before you upgrade to CM7!

Once CM7 is flashed and running, flash my zip attached to this post

After booting back up, (may take a good 3-4 minutes) go to titanium backup, and restore your data for the VVM app.

Open up VVM, and you should be good to go!

:D
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
Reserved. For what, I have no clue, but just in case ;)
[Epic 4G Themes] yogi2010:
so just to be sure, the data i save in Titanium will be preserved when i flash to Cyanogen. i just redownload Titanium and it will pull the data off my sd card??
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
Correct :) And then after flashing the zip on CM7, restore the data with titanium.
[Epic 4G Themes] yogi2010:
coolness, thx :)
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
No problem, and I just got a VM and listened to it, so this should most certainly work :D
[Epic 4G Themes] NYYFan325:
Is doing this any different then just installing the apk or copying it to system/app?
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
The zip does that for you, and you need to have the data already backed up with tb.

Sent from a truly Epic phone running CM7 with the XDA premium app ;)
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Can someone post the data because I didn't back it up.
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
I don't think you should ask for that, it may have personalized elements to it ;) You can always utilize nandroid :)
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Ill just take one from a rom zip. What are the files?
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
Hmm, not sure if that'll work. Try and let me know though :)
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
What files does it back up? And yes. I will tell you and maybe you can incorperate it in your zip. It should work because vvm works on the roms you flash.
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
TB will back up your data and installation data most likely. Just try flashing my zip then and see if it works for you.
[Epic 4G Themes] chhaggerty:
Thanks Vlad,

PS: The battery icon mod would look good on CM7 as well.
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
No problem man, and you're darn right they will ;) :D I'm waiting for RCs though before I'll make them :)
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Worked
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
With just my zip?
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
I didn't use a zip. I went manual and copied the apk from /system/app
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
I wish you would've used just my zip, to see if that's all that's needed. So you just copied the app? That's all? Then my zip is all that's needed ;)
[Epic 4G Themes] MДЯCЦSДИT:
For the full battery mod, there are cm7 themes ( themes don't have to be epic specific anymore!!) That have the battery mod.
[Epic 4G Themes] theimpaler747:
But they are not nice in an app and only change the battery ;)