Currently running Nero v3, want to know:
A) how to return text messaging thread layout back to original JI6 stock (orange and blue)
and
B) where I can find the battery reconditioning software or information on extending the battery life.
Nero v3 is THE best ROM hands down, lightning fast!!
negerhab said:
Currently running Nero v3, want to know:
A) how to return text messaging thread layout back to original JI6 stock (orange and blue)
and
B) where I can find the battery reconditioning software or information on extending the battery life.
Nero v3 is THE best ROM hands down, lightning fast!!
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A) you can go into the stock ROM's files and take the messaging.apk and put it into the rom you have right now, be sure to make a backup of the one you have just in case. As for me, i'm using GOSMS, it looks great, has a popup thing etc.
B) i'm looking for the same info, i heard you have to drain the battery down to 0% then 100% then erase battery data from recovery, but others told me that draining lithium batteries shortens their lifespan and makes it even more difficult for us. Theres a easier method that worked wonders for me on my previous rom; I charged till it said 100%, then shut down, and plug in usb, so it starts charging again, then wait until it beeps or says 100% again, then reboot, and charge again, till it goes to 100% it doubled my battery, but idk how at all.
Thanks, I backed up everything through TB, so I should have the original file, just didn't know what the file name was.
Yea, I also read something like that in one of the threads, I forget which one it is. I also read somewhere about a flashable mod but also forget where that is because I was a mere newbie some 36 hours ago and none of this made sense, getting the hang of it though, very addictive, lol.
If I run across anything, I'll post the link in here
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Thanks, I backed up everything through TB, so I should have the original file, just didn't know what the file name was.
Yea, I also read something like that in one of the threads, I forget which one it is. I also read somewhere about a flashable mod but also forget where that is because I was a mere newbie some 36 hours ago and none of this made sense, getting the hang of it though, very addictive, lol.
If I run across anything, I'll post the link in here
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Titanium backup might not actually back that up, but theres a easier way, you go to SYSTEM/APP using a file system (root explorer, astro) and copy the messaging.apk from there to your sd or something, but im sure TB did it too.
The Flashable Mod is already included in most of the newest and latest ROMS these days, let me see if i can find if nero has it.
Nope, i THINK it has it, but i'm not sure since the original thread states nothing about a battery mod or something.
If you find a link to the battery mod, link me i'll check it out.
and yeah lol, flashing can get addicitive, so much that you accidentally hard brick your vibrant 2 times >.> (my own story lol)
Battery life improves with time, its like the battery gets used to your behavior on the new rom.
Idk why you would ask but Nero is currently one of the best roms, and best known for its battery life as well with the themes and such...
for me... Axura is just....... like 32 hours with moderate/heavy use at random times. Heavy being playing Asphalt 5 HD and Dungeon Defenders lol.
If any more questions just ask i have nothing else to do, school starts again tomorrow, so tensed up >.<.
Yea I found MMS.apk in that directory on my internal drive, don't know if that's the one that came stock or if it's for nero 3. Guess I'll just install it and hope for the best, lol
Where do you get GOSMS from? is that an app in market? tried googling it and couldn't find it. Thanks!
Battery reconditioning;
1.charge battery full
2.with charger still plugged in boot into recovery and wipe battery stats (it's under advanced)
3. unplug and fully drain.
4.fully charge and enjoy.
I can get more than 24 hours of good use on a charge.
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cjggilbert said:
Battery reconditioning;
1.charge battery full
2.with charger still plugged in boot into recovery and wipe battery stats (it's under advanced)
3. unplug and fully drain.
4.fully charge and enjoy.
I can get more than 24 hours of good use on a charge.
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I get more than 30 WITHOUT doing that and ruining my battery
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I am so sick and tired of my battery draining so fast, i lose 10% every like 20 min WITHOUT touching my phone!
-I tried reconditioning my battery, didnt work.
-Went to stock and flashed, didnt work.
-wiped factory/reset, flashed rom, then cleared cache and dalvik + fix permissions, didnt work.
I really dont get it, i mean i know its normal for this to likely happen because you flash alot of ROM's and i do, I've been on Axura, Nero, and the M9 clone roms, but reconditioning the bbattery should have done it...but it didnt, and im sure i did it the right way, i used Master's way....
so tell me....what do i do?
Find a friend with a vibrant, tell him ur gonna do something cool to his phone, and switch batteries
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Find a friend with a vibrant, tell him ur gonna do something cool to his phone, and switch batteries
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BAHAHA lol I wish, haha
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"Find a friend with a vibrant, tell him ur gonna do something cool to his phone, and switch batteries"
well, he's kinda right, you need to see if it's the battery or the phone, if it's a hardware problem, there is nothing you can do about it but change the battery. and the best way to know is to use someone else's for a while to compare, knowingly preferably
i bought a 2800mah extended battery for mine.... and its SWEEEEEET, never have to worry about my phone dying on me anymore! even if i do flash several ROM's a day!
Just out of curiousity when you flash new builds on to your phone are you flashing at 100% battery? I had a similar problem until i started making sure to be charged to 100% before I flashed. Its also worth noting that I seem to get better battery on ROMS I have flashed over stock JFD, this may just be a coincidence but maybe it will help.
go to the samsung website and but a new battery for your Vibrant
i did it sao i have 2 batteries to switch them around so im always charged
The best advice I have seen regarding batteries:
1. Always flash at 100%
2. It takes a couple days fo a rom to settle in.
3. Use system tools and see what apps are constantly running.
4. You can use Titanium backup to freeze apps you don't need in the background.
5. I always turn the brightness way down. These screens are very bright and if you look at battery usage it's always the display that uses the most power.
Find the combination that works for you. Nero4 has been very good for me, I flashed Nero5 and it really ate my battery for some reason. I'm currently running Nero4 with KA7 and it seems good so far. I've heard good thing about KA6 & KA7. With Nero4 I was at 40+ hours and still had battery left. I also see good reports of Nero5 + KA7.
Good luck.
wow my batt sucked befor ka7 i got it stock tmo froyo i let my btt drain went wiped batt stats let phone xharge overnight bam i could not be more happier with my phone/music player and how long it last thru the day i also down clock cpu sometimes from now on using setcpu ill see how lont this will mke batt last,dude froyo was eatin my batt alive righ as i wad watching batt stat go down in front of my eyes now that i got rrue froyo made truly for my phone i think this helped alot my 5 cnts
btw hatic feedback is off autosync for email is off i check my emil when i need to try also dark backgrounds reducing screen cokors eatin batt and if u use widgets try samsung widgets i think they re mde for batt life more than other stuff on market also advanced task kiler hit kill once a day or two days
eugene373 ha made a rogram u cn find on mrket it hels condition ur battery and its free forgot the nme of it but i bet someone here can providethe name
Thanks for all your help guys, ill try each of your advice/techniques and report back!
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My personal issue is SuperClean 2.4 does well on my phone but 2.5/2.6 die in under 8 hrs. Battery history under settings doesn't show any suspect 3rd party and I have flashed the battery stats script. Is there a cpu sleep state bug or something in the newer versions? I saw something on irc about auto-rotation errors.
Same issue here.
It's kinda bittersweet hearing that people are still on 75% after 12 hours of moderate use
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Electrodeath0 said:
Same issue here.
It's kinda bittersweet hearing that people are still on 75% after 12 hours of moderate use
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Adryn did something with the new rom/kernel. I'm on 2.7.1 nonvoodoo and am seeing some of the best battery life out of my device. I'm currently at 70% after 16 hours of on-time, with over 1 hour of screen time.
Just wait until his next release and your woes should go away (most likely)
Im on on sc 2.6 I just switched to voodoo last night. Im noticing significant improvement over non voodoo.
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Adryn said the weather app was constantly syncing on 2.6. Thus the battery drain. I trust he'll have it straightened out on the next go 'round.
bhfd64 said:
Adryn said the weather app was constantly syncing on 2.6. Thus the battery drain. I trust he'll have it straightened out on the next go 'round.
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Wonder if he implemented the change on 2.8. Was not aware that in order to use the bstats script you have to run it in the terminal. I assumed you just ran it in CWM. By the way, was the battery data function in CWM ever fixed for Froyo?
I'm having the same battery issues. The phone won't sleep unless I do the GPS on/off then update position in maps/latitude. Then it fixes, but it doesn't stick -- have to do it each night on my wife's phone. Has there been any fixes for that?
Im having a ver similar issue as the op. several days ago i rooted and flashed from stock 2.1 to sc 2.6 voodoo. with nitrodark theme v 2.1. I noticed that since flashing to sc2.6 my batt life has been cut drastically. im at 83% batt life after about an hr or less with it unplugged. I used the phone to make a 2 quick calls (about 5 mins during one call and 10-12mins on the sec) nothing else. this is after i flashed the batt fix zip. All i did was flash the batt zip. i didnt push anything or do anything more other then flash batt zip file. Some ppl have talked about steps after flashing the zip but the initial directions only say to flash the zip. Can somebody plz help with this problem?
AuroEdge said:
My personal issue is SuperClean 2.4 does well on my phone but 2.5/2.6 die in under 8 hrs. Battery history under settings doesn't show any suspect 3rd party and I have flashed the battery stats script. Is there a cpu sleep state bug or something in the newer versions? I saw something on irc about auto-rotation errors.
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Today is the first day my battery has seemed normal since I installed 2.6sc I'm thinking it must take time to recalibrate or something. It took like 4 days where my phone would die with little use in 12 hrs or less. Today completely different though.
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CPierce said:
Today is the first day my battery has seemed normal since I installed 2.6sc I'm thinking it must take time to recalibrate or something. It took like 4 days where my phone would die with little use in 12 hrs or less. Today completely different though.
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I just came to the same realization. You really have to give a new version at least 24hrs to really see how it will behave. And that's assuming you installed and configured everything correctly. I will probably be able to get about a days worth of usage once it stabilizes. I no longer bother with JuiceDefender since it would screw up MMS messages.
I want to reiterate that the instructions for clearing your battery calibration info need augmentation. In a Terminal Emulator on your phone you have to enable su and then execute the bstats script (type su, then type bstats). It is recommended that you only run the script once your phone is fully charged and still on the charger. Don't expect miracles from this either. It is only meant for people who have royally screwed up the calibration tables i.e. they never wipe their data between flashes.
AuroEdge said:
I just came to the same realization. You really have to give a new version at least 24hrs to really see how it will behave. And that's assuming you installed and configured everything correctly. I will probably be able to get about a days worth of usage once it stabilizes. I no longer bother with JuiceDefender since it would screw up MMS messages.
I want to reiterate that the instructions for clearing your battery calibration info need augmentation. In a Terminal Emulator on your phone you have to enable su and then execute the bstats script (type su, then type bstats). It is recommended that you only run the script once your phone is fully charged and still on the charger. Don't expect miracles from this either. It is only meant for people who have royally screwed up the calibration tables i.e. they never wipe their data between flashes.
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do you need to use terminal emulator and run commands in addition to the zip that the OP provided?
Undzis said:
do you need to use terminal emulator and run commands in addition to the zip that the OP provided?
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Yes. This is what I did.
Flash the zip file in CWM
Open terminal emulator (I used ConnectBot) and connect to the phone.
You should see a $ prompt. Type su and press enter
Answer yes if prompted to grant superuser rights
Now you should see a # prompt. Type bstats and press enter
Type exit and press enter. Now back at $ prompt.
Type exit and press enter again to close the emulator
You are done.
This worked for me, although I have since been pulling the batterystats.bin file out of my previous nandroid backups (when battery life was good) and restoring them after I flash a rom. This seems to speed up the process of getting the battery calibrated. At least I think it does, ymmv.
i come from the captivate and a friend has a fascinate. he complains about battery life and i get up to 4 days. there has been much development on a couple roms for captivate that change wifi polling freqencies and kernels with lower kernelhz that matches userhz plus other mods and battery life on a few rom/kernel/modem combos with these mods is much improved. is there similar in the fascinate section? i want flash a stockish rom on his phone that is fast and has good batery life, no lagfix, over clock, undervolt is needed for the kernel. what are my options? note it can be 2.1 as the fascinate seems pretty smooth as is. ill wait for an official 2.2 for him as it is not my phone and i dont want too many indicators that it is non stock.
i know you dont have sources for froyo, cant seem to find eclair development like i expected.
Dani897 said:
i come from the captivate and a friend has a fascinate. he complains about battery life and i get up to 4 days. there has been much development on a couple roms for captivate that change wifi polling freqencies and kernels with lower kernelhz that matches userhz plus other mods and battery life on a few rom/kernel/modem combos with these mods is much improved. is there similar in the fascinate section? i want flash a stockish rom on his phone that is fast and has good batery life, no lagfix, over clock, undervolt is needed for the kernel. what are my options? note it can be 2.1 as the fascinate seems pretty smooth as is. ill wait for an official 2.2 for him as it is not my phone and i dont want too many indicators that it is non stock.
i know you dont have sources for froyo, cant seem to find eclair development like i expected.
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just so you know samsung has released source code for froyo. If I were you id wait as there is a community rom being worked on at the moment. Also if you look in the dev section there a few different custom kernels built from source. Im personally using a kernel thats uv by 100. Also theres a new radio out ecO1. look for that to help out in the battery department.
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Ok, I installed 2.3.6 from AT&T and my bettery life has tanked.
Batter Usage shows the Android OS at 93%!!!
Not using my phone, it is dead in about 7 hours.
Kernel Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
I am not rooted and dont want to root.
HELP!
Tymong said:
Ok, I installed 2.3.6 from AT&T and my bettery life has tanked.
Batter Usage shows the Android OS at 93%!!!
Not using my phone, it is dead in about 7 hours.
Kernel Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
I am not rooted and dont want to root.
HELP!
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You have an app that is driving data to your phone, causing the wifi chip to wake the phone all the time. Apparently a system app - a lot of people have been having this issue with KK6.
Beyond this - sorry, but if you are not rooted you will have to live with it. Identifying what is triggering the wifi interrupts requires obtaining a Wireshark capture, this is not possible without root. Even if a common root cause is found for what's going on with KK6, it's most likely in /system itself so can't be fixed without a custom ROM or at least rooting.
If you're not willing to root, why are you on a firmware developer forum? Have AT&T help you instead if you're on 100% bone stock unrooted.
Well if it's an APP causing it, then many many people must be running the same app cause all of the various forums out there are a lot of people with the battery drain after updating to 2.3.6. Even a lot of my customers have mentioned it also.
I doubt it is an APP doing it. I'd bet it is just some bad coding on Samsung's part. They are probably getting a lot of complaints and are most likely already looking into it.
As far as the why he is here if he doesn't root. Well I don't root as well and have no desire to being as stock works just great. (other than the battery drain)
This is a great place to hang out and keep up on other people using various phones. He posted in the General section, not the Developer's section for this phone. So I think his/her question was valid.
If he was asking the question in the Developers section I would understand your concern. But I don't feel you have to be into cooked ROMS to value this forum.
That's like saying to the people who like the "Fast and the Furious" moves to stop watching them because they have a Chevy and not a pimped up Civic.
Tymong said:
Ok, I installed 2.3.6 from AT&T and my bettery life has tanked.
Batter Usage shows the Android OS at 93%!!!
Not using my phone, it is dead in about 7 hours.
Kernel Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
I am not rooted and dont want to root.
HELP!
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I'm not rooted with wifi on all the time just got the phone 3 days ago and I'm getting 14-15hrs with no issue down to about 15-20% battery life left before I have to stick back on charger. Could be a bad battery or device, I'm coming over from Sprint after using rooted evo3d and rooted photon.
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The forum is called xda-DEVELOPERS.com
If you don't want to root, you're probably better off in the AT&T support forums, because honestly, it isn't worth our time to try and help someone who doesn't want to root fix a problem that is almost sure to require root access to fix, or in this case, even diagnose.
I do believe many are having this issue after upgrading to kk6 (with same apps installed). I had the issue as well.
May be a system app, or something in /system causing an app to become unhappy.
Either way, it's not going to get fixed without Shark for Root captures from those encountering problems.
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I do believe many are having this issue after upgrading to kk6 (with same apps installed). I had the issue as well.
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I don't think it anything to do with KK6. As Entropy said its an app causing a wake lock. I'm run Ingram KK6 without any issues with battery.
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Having this issue as well. Phone is stock. Ive been here since the captivate but I hang around with the sgs2. Never needed to root this phone as it works perfectly for me. But I did the update this morning at 100% charge and 9 hours later with no use it's down to 9%. I could go all day with moderate use and be at 30-40% by the time I go to bed.
I read on a rather long on a google forum that many had this issue after upgrading via ota but who knows. I found that wiping dalvik and flashing unnamed update again I have much better batter life. I did read in update that he reverted to an earlier kernel signature to fix the battery drain.
Im going back to 2.3.4 via this method.
http://galaxys2root.com/att-galaxy-s2/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/
Losing 10% of my battery at idle /hour is ridiculous lol. Android os was at 87+% within 3 hours of restart.
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Okay so I did this method. Took about 5 mins after I got everything downloaded. I did not do the factory reset since it's not needed. Phones back to 2.3.4 and nothing was reset. Have all my sms's contacts, aps, wallpapers etc. Battery seems to be back to normal.
I recommend everyone who did that 2.3.6 update to revert back. To many problems with it.
I never entered download mode on this phone before. Just a tip: Keep holding all the buttons till the phone seems like it shuts off and keep holding them till you get into download mode. Do not let go or else it just powers off.
For the purposes of attempting to fix the problem, I really would like some people to take some Shark for Root captures as described in my Known Battery Drainers thread.
With that data, the root cause of the problem might be identifiable.
So far I've only seen one capture, I really need more unless I can reproduce the problem myself.
Entropy512 said:
For the purposes of attempting to fix the problem, I really would like some people to take some Shark for Root captures as described in my Known Battery Drainers thread.
With that data, the root cause of the problem might be identifiable.
So far I've only seen one capture, I really need more unless I can reproduce the problem myself.
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I'm also having battery issues but would like to try to fix it before giving up.
I've searched a bunch but can't find that thread. Not at home to try it on my PC so if you'll link it here, I'll do what I can to get some captures for you.
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n7slc said:
I've searched a bunch but can't find that thread. Not at home to try it on my PC so if you'll link it here, I'll do what I can to get some captures for you.
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I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
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I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
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Placebo effect - did nothing a plain old reboot would not have done.
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Placebo effect - did nothing a plain old reboot would not have done.
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Quite possible, but still running on the same charge from this morning and am at 28% battery after 14+ hours of normal use which is all I expect (calls, texts and light web browsing during the day over data) and then couple hours of web use at night over Wi-Fi when at home.
The last few days I was charging the phone when I got home from the office if I wanted to use it at night. Android OS was way up in the 60+ range after I first updated OTA and today it has been under 20% and more near 15%, so I'll take it.
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Come to think, I probably did not do a reboot after the update and could have been all that was needed.
radeon962 said:
I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
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I did this and saw absolutely no change. 2.3.6 is draining my battery far faster than 2.3.4 ever did. The culprit is the Android OS running at 90%.
I read that it might be an issue with the wifi so I have turned that off and will report back if that seems to fix it.
I read on another forum that att and Samsung are trying to blame it on bad batteries and shipping out new batteries.
What a bunch of crap. People everywhere wouldn't suddenly all have bad batteries at the same time. Sounds like usual BS.
I personally think its just some bad coding that Samsung needs to figure out.
On a different note, I played with the Verizon Droid Razr yesterday. Man that is a really nice phone. I'm tempted to get it, but I work for att and get free cell service, so it wouldn't make sense to pay for Verizon service, even though I think their network is better.
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I read on another forum that att and Samsung are trying to blame it on bad batteries and shipping out new batteries.
What a bunch of crap. People everywhere wouldn't suddenly all have bad batteries at the same time. Sounds like usual BS.
I personally think its just some bad coding that Samsung needs to figure out.
On a different note, I played with the Verizon Droid Razr yesterday. Man that is a really nice phone. I'm tempted to get it, but I work for att and get free cell service, so it wouldn't make sense to pay for Verizon service, even though I think their network is better.
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Android OS is definately eating up the battery now. I think it does have to do with wifi, because it seems to be much improved with it off. I'll take a free battery as long as I don't need to exchange the old one.
Hello. My dell streak 5 won't shut down before the battery gets too low. It used to shut off automatically when the battery % got too low. The battery itself is good. I had Batteries Plus run their diagnostic on it. Its actually in excellent shape.
This problem was noticed the same time that I noticed the device didn't charge when turned off. I had an earlier post about that subject, and totally forgot to add this symptom of the problem. In that earlier post (Q&A titled something like "won't charge when turned off") most of you wonderfully helpful folks deduced the problem must be with the cable or the port.
However, with this new information, is there new possible solutions?
If I remember correctly, the only changes were simple updates to apps (some of which were busybox and other root apps) and possibly tinkering with froyo home switcher, launcher 7, and adw launcher.
I'm sorry I forgot this important detail in my earlier posts. I haven't even been smoking! Lol. I don't know why I spaced.
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MaggiesStreak said:
Hello. My dell streak 5 won't shut down before the battery gets too low. It used to shut off automatically when the battery % got too low. The battery itself is good. I had Batteries Plus run their diagnostic on it. Its actually in excellent shape.
This problem was noticed the same time that I noticed the device didn't charge when turned off. I had an earlier post about that subject, and totally forgot to add this symptom of the problem. In that earlier post (Q&A titled something like "won't charge when turned off") most of you wonderfully helpful folks deduced the problem must be with the cable or the port.
However, with this new information, is there new possible solutions?
If I remember correctly, the only changes were simple updates to apps (some of which were busybox and other root apps) and possibly tinkering with froyo home switcher, launcher 7, and adw launcher.
I'm sorry I forgot this important detail in my earlier posts. I haven't even been smoking! Lol. I don't know why I spaced.
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More than 100 views, but no reply. I'm thankful for the activity on this forum. It may be this issue was discussed in a sticky or answered previously. I'll search again.
Did you use stock battery or extended battery?
If I use extended battery, when battery on 1% it still can run about 10 hours more before shut down itself. You can fix it by flash nop dsc kernel with mugen power option.
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Did you use stock battery or extended battery?
If I use extended battery, when battery on 1% it still can run about 10 hours more before shut down itself. You can fix it by flash nop dsc kernel with mugen power option.
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well... what she said earlier is that the phone cant even charged when it is powered off... so..... never really have the answer for the problem...
No auto shut off:no charge when off
deysmacro said:
well... what she said earlier is that the phone cant even charged when it is powered off... so..... never really have the answer for the problem...
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I am using stock battery. I am using stock/official AT&T 2.2 froyo. The only tinkering I've done is gingerbreak to root and added some root required apps like superuser, busybox, titanium backup, etc. I listed them all in a previous post.
I am really suspect of the busybox program. It's way over my head. I try not to do anything to it, but I updated it once and I remember a warning message that said to not mess with it if I didn't know a lot. And, I don't know a lot. But, I may have done something to busbox anyway becausr it ran for a little while, then went back to the menu screen. But, maybe that was just part of the update process.
I'mThinking of starting over. But, I haven't researched it yet. I know there is a thread/sticky to tell me how to get back to the very beginning. I would like the streak to be rooted, but with everything else start point. Then, I'll install titanium and starrt deleting bloat apps.
I wonder if the very few root apps I use even needs busybox?
Thank you so much for your help, guys. It's awesome that an older device has such an active community.
MaggiesStreak said:
I am using stock battery. I am using stock/official AT&T 2.2 froyo. The only tinkering I've done is gingerbreak to root and added some root required apps like superuser, busybox, titanium backup, etc. I listed them all in a previous post.
I am really suspect of the busybox program. It's way over my head. I try not to do anything to it, but I updated it once and I remember a warning message that said to not mess with it if I didn't know a lot. And, I don't know a lot. But, I may have done something to busbox anyway becausr it ran for a little while, then went back to the menu screen. But, maybe that was just part of the update process.
I'mThinking of starting over. But, I haven't researched it yet. I know there is a thread/sticky to tell me how to get back to the very beginning. I would like the streak to be rooted, but with everything else start point. Then, I'll install titanium and starrt deleting bloat apps.
I wonder if the very few root apps I use even needs busybox?
Thank you so much for your help, guys. It's awesome that an older device has such an active community.
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stock 2.2? wow... i really dont know what to say anymore...
4) and it's very very annoying... so much so that I sometimes (multiple times in a day, actually) wish to get back to Android 2.3.3, which I had before updating to Samsung's (India) version of Android 4.1.2 for my GS2.
What could be the problem? I rarely ever connect to WiFi (am always connected to GPRS/EDGE, but that has never been a problem in the last 2 years... the phone still used to get nearly a day of battery life) and the brightness is almost always at the lowest. I rarely use Bluetooth, GPS, etc. I don't even use Facebook and WhatsApp anymore, so the screen isn't used to the max. I've turned off all the Location Sharing settings for Google Maps and/or other apps (I use very few apps anyway, but have a bunch of them installed on the phone... none that execute in the background though | also not more than a couple new apps after my OS upgrade).
It's been nearly a week since upgrading the OS on my phone. Last night when I hit the bed at 1.15AM my time, the battery was at 100% (after charging). With no activity whatsoever in the night, the charge had dropped to 88% by 9.35AM. That's less than 8.5 hours of no use and 12% charge gone. That never was the case earlier.
Also, for each minute of using the phone with the screen on, I notice 1-1.5% drop in the battery. That is, to put it very very mildly, PATHETIC!!!
I don't know what to do. Would a "clean rom" install help? If so, what exactly is a "clean rom" install?
Or should I be doing something else?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.: Please let me know if any other info is needed too. BIG BIG Thanks in advance to anyone reading this
5) Read about jb settings/issues.
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Hi OP,
I haven't been on the i9100 for that long, but have also been annoyed with short battery life. As have many others from what I read. A 12% drop over about 8 hours of sleep, I'm sorry to say, doesn't seem that bad actually for an SGS2 with stock jb 4.1.2 and stock battery.
Personally, I tried different lightweight ROMs that are known to spare your battery. The advice to turn off 3g and other core functions never made sense to me, as I want an operable phone, not some sort of deflated piece of junk.
After reading on xda I went through Slimbean , Liquidsmooth, and other ROMs to see if they would increase battery life.
My current ROM is NeatROM 4.8, which actually seemed to give better results. Please note that this is purely subjective, though, I have no fancy battery analyses to back up my statement.
What REALLY helped was getting a replacement battery.
I tried Qcell 1950 mAh batteries. Stay away from those. They are clearly not 1950 mAh. Now running with a genuine Samsung 2000 mAh which is worth every dime.
Now I imagine you would be frustrated having to buy a new battery just because you updated your firmware and I do understand. I never owned the SGS2 before jb, so my choice was simple I guess. That having been said, though, the 2000 mAh battery really turned the phone into a whole new sort of usable. It easily lasts through the day even with regular use.
Just my 2 cents.
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jsiv said:
Hi OP,
I haven't been on the i9100 for that long, but have also been annoyed with short battery life. As have many others from what I read. A 12% drop over about 8 hours of sleep, I'm sorry to say, doesn't seem that bad actually for an SGS2 with stock jb 4.1.2 and stock battery.
Personally, I tried different lightweight ROMs that are known to spare your battery. The advice to turn off 3g and other core functions never made sense to me, as I want an operable phone, not some sort of deflated piece of junk.
After reading on xda I went through Slimbean , Liquidsmooth, and other ROMs to see if they would increase battery life.
My current ROM is NeatROM 4.8, which actually seemed to give better results. Please note that this is purely subjective, though, I have no fancy battery analyses to back up my statement.
What REALLY helped was getting a replacement battery.
I tried Qcell 1950 mAh batteries. Stay away from those. They are clearly not 1950 mAh. Now running with a genuine Samsung 2000 mAh which is worth every dime.
Now I imagine you would be frustrated having to buy a new battery just because you updated your firmware and I do understand. I never owned the SGS2 before jb, so my choice was simple I guess. That having been said, though, the 2000 mAh battery really turned the phone into a whole new sort of usable. It easily lasts through the day even with regular use.
Just my 2 cents.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
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yea.. u said it...even i have tried several custom roms ( NeatRom, WanamLite,RR etc) all give 15-19 Hrs max.. and this also by tweaking all the settings..
S2 is a undoubted beast, but the cost in terms of battery is very hight..my previous Android Motorola Defy was a Mammoth in itself..huge custom fanbase and loads of ROMS + Awsome battery.
Any ways i got no regretts for having a S2..but battery s a lil concern..
Currently am on Asnet MIUI V5 and its going good..fast, responsive, smooth and decent battery of 18 hours avg..
@jsiv - i wanted to ask u a question.. which country u hail from ?? because the stock 2000 mah battery is not available in India, my region.
Cheers:angel:
Do you calibrate battery after every ROM change?
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5) Read about jb settings/issues.
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Can you please point me in the "settings" direction? I think I'm doing all things right, going real low on app usage, sync-ing of apps, screen settings, etc.
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Do you calibrate battery after every ROM change?
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What exactly is battery calibration here? Please pardon my ignorance. I did a full charge when my phone hit got switched off the day after upgrading the OS. Is there something else I must be doing here?
I've had this problem right after the upgrade. So, I don't think it's an issue with my battery per se. It could just be JB.
How good is the Cynaogen Mod ROM in terms of battery life?
Or would it be wiser to switch to Android 4.0/ ICS?
I live in Denmark. I ordered it off Ebay, but I see now that the UK shop I got it from doesn't ship to India.
You searched Ebay for "Samsung genuine 2000 mAh battery" or similar?
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Can you please point me in the "settings" direction? I think I'm doing all things right, going real low on app usage, sync-ing of apps, screen settings, etc.
What exactly is battery calibration here? Please pardon my ignorance. I did a full charge when my phone hit got switched off the day after upgrading the OS. Is there something else I must be doing here?
I've had this problem right after the upgrade. So, I don't think it's an issue with my battery per se. It could just be JB.
How good is the Cynaogen Mod ROM in terms of battery life?
Or would it be wiser to switch to Android 4.0/ ICS?
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Cyanogenmod roms are very fast ROM they are good as hell
Ur problem is genuine go to the playstore and download battery calibration app and follow the instructions in the app charge or battery up to 100 % and caliberate the battery u should have made an nandroid backup before upgrading
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theultimate1 said:
Can you please point me in the "settings" direction? I think I'm doing all things right, going real low on app usage, sync-ing of apps, screen settings, etc.
What exactly is battery calibration here? Please pardon my ignorance. I did a full charge when my phone hit got switched off the day after upgrading the OS. Is there something else I must be doing here?
I've had this problem right after the upgrade. So, I don't think it's an issue with my battery per se. It could just be JB.
How good is the Cynaogen Mod ROM in terms of battery life?
Or would it be wiser to switch to Android 4.0/ ICS?
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Battery calibration: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273
This has to be done every time you do a ROM upgrade or change ROMs.
CM has excellent battery life when compared to other ROMs.
If you are switching over to ICS stay away from version 4.0.4 as it has EMMC brick bug.Any other version would be fine.
theultimate1 said:
4) and it's very very annoying... so much so that I sometimes (multiple times in a day, actually) wish to get back to Android 2.3.3, which I had before updating to Samsung's (India) version of Android 4.1.2 for my GS2.
What could be the problem? I rarely ever connect to WiFi (am always connected to GPRS/EDGE, but that has never been a problem in the last 2 years... the phone still used to get nearly a day of battery life) and the brightness is almost always at the lowest. I rarely use Bluetooth, GPS, etc. I don't even use Facebook and WhatsApp anymore, so the screen isn't used to the max. I've turned off all the Location Sharing settings for Google Maps and/or other apps (I use very few apps anyway, but have a bunch of them installed on the phone... none that execute in the background though | also not more than a couple new apps after my OS upgrade).
It's been nearly a week since upgrading the OS on my phone. Last night when I hit the bed at 1.15AM my time, the battery was at 100% (after charging). With no activity whatsoever in the night, the charge had dropped to 88% by 9.35AM. That's less than 8.5 hours of no use and 12% charge gone. That never was the case earlier.
Also, for each minute of using the phone with the screen on, I notice 1-1.5% drop in the battery. That is, to put it very very mildly, PATHETIC!!!
I don't know what to do. Would a "clean rom" install help? If so, what exactly is a "clean rom" install?
Or should I be doing something else?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.: Please let me know if any other info is needed too. BIG BIG Thanks in advance to anyone reading this
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As reported before, it seems that many official JB ROMS are not as optimized as other national versions and are battery hungry. It was suggested to upgrade to the French release (XEF).
vish91 said:
Battery calibration: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312273
This has to be done every time you do a ROM upgrade or change ROMs.
CM has excellent battery life when compared to other ROMs.
If you are switching over to ICS stay away from version 4.0.4 as it has EMMC brick bug.Any other version would be fine.
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I did this... and unfortunately, it did nothing in my case.
I went to the CM site, but I didn't find any stable build for SGS2. Is there a thread on this site I can refer to for the same?
Also, what's the best way to go about installing a different ROM? I have so many apps, sms messages, pics, mp3 files, 3gp files, etc. Sure I can take a back-up onto my SD card. But won't I lose all the apps once I flash the current Android installation and install a new ROM? Any article or video on YouTube that addresses these points? Please point me in the right direction. I practically don't use my phone even half as much as before and I'm having to charge it twice a day, as against once a day earlier.
Also, the rapid battery loss seems to be causing the phone to heat up a lot if I'm on a call longer than 15 minutes or having the screen on for 2-3 minutes straight.
theultimate1 said:
I did this... and unfortunately, it did nothing in my case.
I went to the CM site, but I didn't find any stable build for SGS2. Is there a thread on this site I can refer to for the same?
Also, what's the best way to go about installing a different ROM? I have so many apps, sms messages, pics, mp3 files, 3gp files, etc. Sure I can take a back-up onto my SD card. But won't I lose all the apps once I flash the current Android installation and install a new ROM? Any article or video on YouTube that addresses these points? Please point me in the right direction. I practically don't use my phone even half as much as before and I'm having to charge it twice a day, as against once a day earlier.
Also, the rapid battery loss seems to be causing the phone to heat up a lot if I'm on a call longer than 15 minutes or having the screen on for 2-3 minutes straight.
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There is no stable version of CM 10 on I9100 because of the some issues. You can flash one of the nightly builds.They might not be necessarily unstable.
No you wont be losing everything when you install a new ROM.You lose once you do a data wipe.It is suggested you wipe everything before you install a new ROM.
With a data wipe you'll lose the following - SMS,contacts,call logs,apps installed and respective data.
What you wont lose - Anything stored in the sdcard partition - Pictures, Videos, Music, Apk files and Anything stored on the Ext SD card.(unless you format them specifically)
Best solution is to use titanium backup app(You need root). This way you can backup your apps and resp. data,wipe data-install ROM,and restore the previous backup on the new ROM.
Tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1972455
As far as the battery issue is concerned,do a clean ROM install through Odin.
Index of guides : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1826497