Sorry for the newbie/quick question, but I'm being offered a G and I have to decide right now (within the next 3 hours more or less).
Is the bootloader unlocked? Can I install a custom rom on any G that I get to buy today? Same for root? Or is there any restriction?
Thanks!
You can do anything on here that you can do on any other phone. Boot loader can be unlocked and you can install ROMs. Enjoy it if you decide to get it
Sent from my Nocturnal'd Optimus G
kwanbis said:
Sorry for the newbie/quick question, but I'm being offered a G and I have to decide right now (within the next 3 hours more or less).
Is the bootloader unlocked? Can I install a custom rom on any G that I get to buy today? Same for root? Or is there any restriction?
Thanks!
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Just make sure you're actually getting the AT&T variant. It's different from the Sprint/international ones in enough ways to matter.
Otherwise, you can do just about anything you could on any other phone...or convert to an N4 if you really wanted to.
kwanbis said:
Sorry for the newbie/quick question, but I'm being offered a G and I have to decide right now (within the next 3 hours more or less).
Is the bootloader unlocked? Can I install a custom rom on any G that I get to buy today? Same for root? Or is there any restriction?
Thanks!
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I've had the LGOG for a while now and am more than satisfied. The bootloader is unlockable and there are a few custom ROMs going around like CFX, AOKP and CM10.1. Though they aren't fully functional, they're still fun to mess with. We also have a ported stock JB on here that works phenomenally well. I always end up going back to it even though I love custom ROMs. If you're a flashaholic and want all of the latest ROMs, you also have the option to convert the LGOG into a Nexus 4 and use custom ROMs from them.
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The AT&T version is the e970 right?
The only thing holding me from purchasing it is the non-removable battery.
Is there any case with extended battery specifically for it?
kwanbis said:
The AT&T version is the e970 right?
The only thing holding me from purchasing it is the non-removable battery.
Is there any case with extended battery specifically for it?
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No but the battery lasts pretty long (for me at least).
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kwanbis said:
The AT&T version is the e970 right?
The only thing holding me from purchasing it is the non-removable battery.
Is there any case with extended battery specifically for it?
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That's small potatoes. What exactly is your concern over a removable battery? That it may go bad, I'm presuming. Even then plenty of people have opened up their phones and put them back together very easily.
I honestly do not see anything out there now or that's expected to be released that this phone cannot easily keep up with.
But seriously, if a removable battery and accessories are your thing, you should probably get a phone that is more highly marketed.
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Thing is, after installing a 3200mha extended battery in my S2, I do not want to go back to the days where I would be checking the battery charge.
I want my battery to last 1.5 days at least, even if I would charge it all days at night.
All the rest, I love the OG.
Removable batteries are less important now than they used to be. A portable charger makes up for not having one.
I know them and have one of them. It is not the same by a long shot.
A case with extended battery is good enough, if done right.
I'm a heavy user, I get 4 ish hours of screen time and have about 18-20% when I put the phone down to charge at night, what more do you want? This is phenomenal battery life by today's standards.
So, how long is your day normally? I mean, you wake up at what time, and put it to sleep at what time?
Is this normal duration? Cause there are some phones where people have a lot of variation on the duration (with relative same use).
Up at 645 sleep by midnight
That is wonderful use.
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Up at 645 sleep by midnight
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Same here. Usually 2.5-3 hr screen time at about 30 +/- at the end of the night.
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Same here. Usually 2.5-3 hr screen time at about 30 +/- at the end of the night.
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I concur, the only device I've had with battery life that can rival this is the Note 2.
That is very encouraging guys.
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That is very encouraging guys.
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Had 3h10m screen on with 17 hours off charger yesterday, left WiFi on all day by accident (not connected for 10 of those hours). Background data on. 40 minutes music streaming. FB and GNow turned on. Had 13% battery left when I plugged in. Battery life is notably better than stock sgs2 from which I came.
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So i bought me the SIII about two weeks ago and was excited to use the 2200mah battery. The first day i hit about 18 hours.
Since then i have:
Rooted
Installed CWM
and flashed this Kernel:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741684
Could running this ROM be the reason why i am having such horrible battery life?
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I'm also aware of the Cell Standby issue which gives the wrong reading on the battery life status screen.
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Possibly. I have Stock unrooted for now as i don't have any reason to root and flash other ROMs yet. I consistently get 22 hours wih about the same screen On time you have. I have Auto Brightness, GPS On all the time, Sync On all the time and widgets running on every page.
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So i bought me the SIII about two weeks ago and was excited to use the 2200mah battery. The first day i hit about 18 hours.
Since then i have:
Rooted
Installed CWM
and flashed this ROM:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741684
Could running this ROM be the reason why i am having such horrible battery life?
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I'm also aware of the Cell Standby issue which gives the wrong reading on the battery life status screen.
:silly:
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Run Bettery Battery Stats and see what's eating your battery up.
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Possibly. I have Stock unrooted for now as i don't have any reason to root and flash other ROMs yet. I consistently get 22 hours wih about the same screen On time you have. I have Auto Brightness, GPS On all the time, Sync On all the time and widgets running on every page.
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i am incredibly jealous of your battery life lol
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Run Bettery Battery Stats and see what's eating your battery up.
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never heard of that, but will definitely be doing that right now. The kernel i used overclocks the cpu so that might be a big reason
When i had my HTC Amaze 4G, i get around 12-14 hour battery life. I was even running Energy ROM at the time. I am thinking i might keep it 100% stock for now lol.
Okay, found a screenshot from the first battery cycle. I had Power Save On at the time. I had since been running without it on and of course using the phone more.
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I forgot to mention that I've been running Juice Defender Ultimate since day 1.
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Okay, found a screenshot from the first battery cycle. I had Power Save On at the time. I had since been running without it on and of course using the phone more.
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jesus lawwwwwwd look at that battery life
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never heard of that, but will definitely be doing that right now. The kernel i used overclocks the cpu so that might be a big reason
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What are you OC to?
I tried OC a couple times and my battery would get hot. I quit when I read that some good Dev's say not to do it.
oc will definitely drain your battery faster.
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Im running blazers Rom on the Sprint variant of the S3. On my evo 4g lte i had b4 switching to the s3 i would get like 40-50 hours with light/medium usage. With the same amount of usage im getting half of that with the s3. Much less then half if i actually do something with my s3. No widgets- no mobile data turned on- no syncing-no gps. Only wifi is turned on while Im home. 24 hours without a charge seems to be the cap for these phones. and thats with very minimal usage.
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What are you OC to?
I tried OC a couple times and my battery would get hot. I quit when I read that some good Dev's say not to do it.
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I'm running about 1.8ghz right now
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I'm running about 1.8ghz right now
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Man just from reading a lot I would trying to not oc. You can actually read where a lot of the experienced phone guys stay away from OC and a few actually uc to trade off for battery. More power needs more power
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Man just from reading a lot I would trying to not oc. You can actually read where a lot of the experienced phone guys stay away from OC and a few actually uc to trade off for battery. More power needs more power
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I think thats where im at right now, the phone is plenty fast as it is. So i just recently (about an hour ago) flashed back to the stock rom and am going to re-root and then run the clock down a little bit. OC is a little overrated for my usage!
Motorola aiming to upgrade all possible devices to Jelly Bean, promises to give you $100 credit if it can't
http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/05/motorola-jelly-bean-upgrades/
That's actually pretty interesting.
Thinking about it a bit it seems to work out in Moto's favor quite a bit. They'll update their newest phones and the people who are using their older phones will have incentive to get a newer model and thus give them more money.
HTC could do something like this.
I don't know that I'd buy another motorola, don't get me wrong, I love the phones, but the locked bootloader and slowness of updates kinda kills it for me. They're probably doing this to keep business from going elsewhere due to these problems.
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Pre-emptive strikes pre iPhone & to climb back up. The RAZR Maxx needs to go multi-carrier , well really just the 3,300 mAh spec on the bar phones.
Good moves.
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Neontc said:
I don't know that I'd buy another motorola, don't get me wrong, I love the phones, but the locked bootloader and slowness of updates kinda kills it for me. They're probably doing this to keep business from going elsewhere due to these problems.
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I second that the wifes atrix i had to reflash it 4 times in one month because the hardware sucked
Sent From my skyrocket Lesmany Nunez.
Its $100 off a new handset.
Not exactly the same. If they failed to upgrade I wouldnt want to buy another phone they'll fail with
thats not exactly hard to do since they have the line in there all "new and currently selling devices..."....doesn't cover stuff sold 1yr ago...so in that case HTC could easily cover this as the ONE series as a whole should be able to get it....ie they could say it and NOT upgrade the EVO3D and not have to pay 100bux as the evo3d isn't being sold anymore brand new since its EOL at sprint...
I'd take a HTC running ICS over moto running JB any day of the week!
Can't stand the subpar display moto uses.
Slightly off topic but HTC should have hired Steve Kondik
Got stuck with a permalock bootloader on the photon and complained until I got an early upgrade to this phone. Plus they promised ics for the phone right outta the gate and peeps will be lucky to get it before 2013. I will not buy moto again, no way no how.
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om4 said:
Slightly off topic but HTC should have hired Steve Kondik
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He doesn't do anything for Samsung with cm
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Now that Google owns Motorola mobility things might get better....ah who am I kidding Google buys and shelves things all the time
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Slightly off topic but HTC should have hired Steve Kondik
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That's funny. I just today found out he works for Samsung. I'm SURE some of his ideas make it into their SW.
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I'm sure they just handed the source over and said fix it lmao
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Now that Google owns Motorola mobility things might get better....ah who am I kidding Google buys and shelves things all the time
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This I want to be hopeful that things will change but then I remember Google is add always good ideas just don't always follow through or it isn't time for it yet.
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HTC should do the same AS WELL AS make it mandatory that all their phones have removable batteries AND make them last all day because NONE of the current crop of phones has a battery that can last 24 hours. All the screen shots that show that much time are from people that don't really use the phone much at all.
Also a micro sd in addition to internal storage should have been mandatory
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Rxpert said:
He doesn't do anything for Samsung with cm
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I know, they hired him for their software, i wasnt saying it was for cm, never did
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the_hustleman said:
HTC should do the same AS WELL AS make it mandatory that all their phones have removable batteries AND make them last all day because NONE of the current crop of phones has a battery that can last 24 hours. All the screen shots that show that much time are from people that don't really use the phone much at all.
Also a micro sd in addition to internal storage should have been mandatory
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i managed 2 1/2 days mediium use and almost 3 days with light to no use, using it hardcore on 3g for hours on end i managed 5 before i started running the battery down (using phone while charging) and even now that i definitely know ive shortened the battery life i can still manage 2.75 hours non stop hardcore use on 3g, when i switch to wifi this phone becomes the terminator and refuses to die lol if only i got that kind of use on cm, but hey its a nightly and these last 2 update are very close to my normal life, pretty soon they will surpass it
the_hustleman said:
HTC should do the same AS WELL AS make it mandatory that all their phones have removable batteries AND make them last all day because NONE of the current crop of phones has a battery that can last 24 hours. All the screen shots that show that much time are from people that don't really use the phone much at all.
Also a micro sd in addition to internal storage should have been mandatory
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Over a day with over 3 hours of screen on time which included video streaming is pretty damn impressive considering how I was using a high brightness setting and how big the screen on this phone is.
You're expecting too much without showing any understanding of why it isn't easy to get a high end phone to last all day. It has high powered components that draw more power, as well as a bigger screen than most phones on the market. What we get from it is impressive and it isn't going to dramatically improve anytime soon, unless they start to include DROID RAZR MAXX sized batteries, which I doubt will happen soon.
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Over a day with over 3 hours of screen on time which included video streaming is pretty damn impressive considering how I was using a high brightness setting and how big the screen on this phone is.
You're expecting too much without showing any understanding of why it isn't easy to get a high end phone to last all day. It has high powered components that draw more power, as well as a bigger screen than most phones on the market. What we get from it is impressive and it isn't going to dramatically improve anytime soon, unless they start to include DROID RAZR MAXX sized batteries, which I doubt will happen soon.
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I don't think i expect too much, just a battery that can last 24 hours with normal usage.
I couldn't even get 24 hours out of the raxr maxx although it came the closest.
Basically you're saying you get over a day while only using the phone for 3 hours. On a work day I'll do 4 hours just to and from work, then time during lunch and sporadic phone checks during the day and after so many hours of use, phone dies.
My galaxy s 3 had gotten me 17 hours once, but the phone was just sitting there for the most part.
I tested the standby time and just let it drain and got 3 days it of it, would have been more of i didn't send that text lol
I just want a better battery
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the_hustleman said:
I don't think i expect too much, just a battery that can last 24 hours with normal usage.
I couldn't even get 24 hours out of the raxr maxx although it came the closest.
Basically you're saying you get over a day while only using the phone for 3 hours. On a work day I'll do 4 hours just to and from work, then time during lunch and sporadic phone checks during the day and after so many hours of use, phone dies.
My galaxy s 3 had gotten me 17 hours once, but the phone was just sitting there for the most part.
I tested the standby time and just let it drain and got 3 days it of it, would have been more of i didn't send that text lol
I just want a better battery
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You're getting stuck on the concept that you're only "using" your phone for as long as the screen is on. Even when the screen is off, it's doing a lot of work.
With current battery technology paired with high powered phones, you just aren't going to get that full day with a ton of screen on use that you want. We all want that. It's just not really possible right now.
My phone's battery is draining drastically. Immediately i start doing something with the phone, the battery starts draining heavily. The highest i can get is about 4 hours of use. I've considered buying the Mugen Power 1950mAh Extended
Battery for the Amaze 4G but i want to know if anyone can testify that the battery actually does what they promised. The phone is gradually driving me crazy. I've even tried different roms, no of them stopped the battery drain. I just need testimonies on this battery or any other 100% sure method that can work.. thanks!
freekizito said:
My phone's battery is draining drastically. Immediately i start doing something with the phone, the battery starts draining heavily. The highest i can get is about 4 hours of use. I've considered buying the Mugen Power 1950mAh Extended
Battery for the Amaze 4G but i want to know if anyone can testify that the battery actually does what they promised. The phone is gradually driving me crazy. I've even tried different roms, no of them stopped the battery drain. I just need testimonies on this battery or any other 100% sure method that can work.. thanks!
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Mine last only bout 2-3 hours :s from whre you actually going to buy that mugen battery??
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From their site, but need confirmation
ravike14 said:
Mine last only bout 2-3 hours :s from whre you actually going to buy that mugen battery??
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From their website, but i need confirmation from people who have used it. I wonder what is really causing this battery drain. Is it the screen or what? I've even lowered my screen brightness. The phone uses same battery with the sensation but the sensation lasts much longer. I really need help! Something that works!
freekizito said:
From their website, but i need confirmation from people who have used it. I wonder what is really causing this battery drain. Is it the screen or what? I've even lowered my screen brightness. The phone uses same battery with the sensation but the sensation lasts much longer. I really need help! Something that works!
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Well they have only the 3600 or something like that when I last watched :/ ther people are having a great battery life either our stock battery sucks big time or a hardware circuit short I hope it's not something like that :S
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freekizito said:
From their website, but i need confirmation from people who have used it. I wonder what is really causing this battery drain. Is it the screen or what? I've even lowered my screen brightness. The phone uses same battery with the sensation but the sensation lasts much longer. I really need help! Something that works!
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Even though the sensation battery does work on the amaze, it is smaller than stock amaze battery. Secondly, are you on the latest updated radio and base build? What ROM are you running? If you want decent battery life then try speedrom, miui (older version haven't tried the new one), sense 4 ROM and cm10 has decent battery life as well given you have the right settings enabled. If you keep your 4g data connection on all the time then you will end up with horrendous battery life on any ROM; good luck
Don't get mugen, go to eBay and get EC battery (1900mA). I got a package that included 2 EC branded batteries and a separate dock charger (basically you can charge one battery while using the other in phone) for only 16 bucks and battery life is way better than the stock on these cheap Chinese batteries (I get anywhere between 3 to 3 1/2 hours of screen on time on average and a total time of around 16-17 hours with that kind of usage which is amazing and I have been using these batteries for about 6 months)
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hatlesssandman said:
Even though the sensation battery does work on the amaze, it is smaller than stock amaze battery. Secondly, are you on the latest updated radio and base build? What ROM are you running? If you want decent battery life then try speedrom, miui (older version haven't tried the new one), sense 4 ROM and cm10 has decent battery life as well given you have the right settings enabled. If you keep your 4g data connection on all the time then you will end up with horrendous battery life on any ROM; good luck
Don't get mugen, go to eBay and get EC battery (1900mA). I got a package that included 2 EC branded batteries and a separate dock charger (basically you can charge one battery while using the other in phone) for only 16 bucks and battery life is way better than the stock on these cheap Chinese batteries (I get anywhere between 3 to 3 1/2 hours of screen on time on average and a total time of around 16-17 hours with that kind of usage which is amazing and I have been using these batteries for about 6 months)
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please how do i get the latest radio and base build? am running energy rom now.. i've tried nightmare sense, go sense and speed rom. all gave me a poor battery life.. as for CM10, i dont even know where to get it, all i see is the CM9 which is still unstable.... please help me if you can. Thanks..
ravike14 said:
Well they have only the 3600 or something like that when I last watched :/ ther people are having a great battery life either our stock battery sucks big time or a hardware circuit short I hope it's not something like that :S
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they said it would be available on the 26th of this month
you have not replied me yet
hatlesssandman said:
Even though the sensation battery does work on the amaze, it is smaller than stock amaze battery. Secondly, are you on the latest updated radio and base build? What ROM are you running? If you want decent battery life then try speedrom, miui (older version haven't tried the new one), sense 4 ROM and cm10 has decent battery life as well given you have the right settings enabled. If you keep your 4g data connection on all the time then you will end up with horrendous battery life on any ROM; good luck
Don't get mugen, go to eBay and get EC battery (1900mA). I got a package that included 2 EC branded batteries and a separate dock charger (basically you can charge one battery while using the other in phone) for only 16 bucks and battery life is way better than the stock on these cheap Chinese batteries (I get anywhere between 3 to 3 1/2 hours of screen on time on average and a total time of around 16-17 hours with that kind of usage which is amazing and I have been using these batteries for about 6 months)
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you have not replied me yet
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you have not replied me yet
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S off or s on??
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S off or s on??
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it is S-OFF...
freekizito said:
it is S-OFF...
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Well if your on a tmobile firmware just download the firmware from arhd thread and rename it PH85IMG.zip and run it from bootloader if your not in a tmobile firmware according to my knowledge it's best if you run a tmobile ruu and then proceed
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ravike14 said:
Well if your on a tmobile firmware just download the firmware from arhd thread and rename it PH85IMG.zip and run it from bootloader if your not in a tmobile firmware according to my knowledge it's best if you run a tmobile ruu and then proceed
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can you post a link to the thread please? and am currently running energy ROM...
freekizito said:
can you post a link to the thread please? and am currently running energy ROM...
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Follow my guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39789671
And download ARHD from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342291
PeterC18st said:
Follow my guide here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39789671
And download ARHD from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342291
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thanks for your help.. before i proceed, let me explain exactly how the battery drain happens....
when i charge it up to 100%, immediately i unplug it and leave it for 5 minutes without use, it goes down to 96%, and soon goes down to 89% within another few minutes and continues that way.. when am using the phone, the battery drain is even worse. what do you think? should i still proceed with your method?
freekizito said:
thanks for your help.. before i proceed, let me explain exactly how the battery drain happens....
when i charge it up to 100%, immediately i unplug it and leave it for 5 minutes without use, it goes down to 96%, and soon goes down to 89% within another few minutes and continues that way.. when am using the phone, the battery drain is even worse. what do you think? should i still proceed with your method?
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The latest OTA update from tmobile did a lot of optimization for our Rom. Battery sees an improvement. Follow my guide and report back. ARHD 4.0 is based off of the latest OTA and I can't complain.
PeterC18st said:
The latest OTA update from tmobile did a lot of optimization for our Rom. Battery sees an improvement. Follow my guide and report back. ARHD 4.0 is based off of the latest OTA and I can't complain.
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Sorry i've been out of town for a while so i've not done what you asked me to... please, am kinda new to this whole thing...do u mean i should flash the ARHD after doing the one in the other thread you posted? it even says i should relock the amaze which i dont know how to do. please i need your step by step guide to avoid any mistakes.. just tell me what to do..... you are my only hope right now.. Thanks, and dont be angry with me for being a novice..
freekizito said:
Sorry i've been out of town for a while so i've not done what you asked me to... please, am kinda new to this whole thing...do u mean i should flash the ARHD after doing the one in the other thread you posted? it even says i should relock the amaze which i dont know how to do. please i need your step by step guide to avoid any mistakes.. just tell me what to do..... you are my only hope right now.. Thanks, and dont be angry with me for being a novice..
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All these instructions are for the HTC Amaze. I am on the T-Mobile North American version.
If my instructions below cause thermal nuclear war I am not responsible for what you did or didn't do.
Here is my guide updated.
Obtaining S-Off and being SuperCID allow for this process to run smoothly as well as having 4ext as your recovery.
S-Off http://unlimited.io/juopunutbear.htm
SuperCID http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25154672&postcount=1
Hasoon's AIO Toolkit helps you accomplish a lot of these steps quickly. http://d-h.st/8d0
1. RELOCK Amaze (On your computer with htc drivers installed and your device in fastboot and connected to your computer enter
Code:
fastboot oem lock
2. Download 2.14.531.3 from here http://d-h.st/z70 CHECK MD5 SUMS!!!!!!!!
3. Renamed it to PH85IMG.zip
4. Place it onto SD-Card
5. Reboot into bootloader.
6. Let bootloader find the update and let it finish its update.
7. Reboot phone.
8. Go to Settings>About Phone>Software update and checked for updates.
9. Download the system update for 30 megs and install the update.
10. Allow devices to finish update
11. Software number is 2.14.531.30 710RD
12. Baseband version is 1.15.550L.08DC_30.80.550L16D
13. Build number 2.14.531.30 CL449991
14. Unlock your device with Hasoons AIO Kit.
15. Update recovery to 4ext. (Use Hasoons AIO toolkit)
16. Download ARHD 4.0 from here
17. CHECK MD5 SUMS!!!!!!!!
18. Place it onto your sd-card
19. Flash in 4ext recovery
20. Let device boot.
21. Enjoy ARHD 4.0
i really need more battery life than what im getting with cm10 or stock jb
what rom should i try??
BlackJelly. Best one.
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sternpimp1 said:
i really need more battery life than what im getting with cm10 or stock jb
what rom should i try??
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its aaaaalllll going to depend on you buddy. its going to depend on you habits.
gaming, music, wifi scanning, live wallpapers. all going to affect.
remember, every phone is different as every ROM is different.
finding a ROM where you can OC/UV or alternative kernel with option. but if you go kernel route, go with one recommended by others for compatibility.
FOR ME, I have had good success with Padawan. OC/UV features on Trickster mod working well once dialed in. I don't game, but am on social media quite a bit an listen to a LOT of music and run live wallpaper on the Next Launcher. oh yeah, XDA quite a bit too.
I get 16 or 17+ hours and have roughly 30% to spare at the end of the day.
good luck and read, read, read. help yourself first
The i717 is limited from the beginning due to screen type and smaller battery then what should be I this thing .......I just bought a ravpower 2750 mah battery to help... I didn't like the 5200mah battery .. But I have pulled good battery life before but its hard to pull off unless you know your doing.
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what's the metric? "better battery life" is meaningless without a reference point.
i get 2 days. turn off everything except wifi... i charge it every other night when i go to sleep.stock t-mo kernel rooted/debloated, and everything remotely possible on the ext sd...
cognus said:
what's the metric? "better battery life" is meaningless without a reference point.
i get 2 days. turn off everything except wifi... i charge it every other night when i go to sleep.stock t-mo kernel rooted/debloated, and everything remotely possible on the ext sd...
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isn't that like buying a new microwave and only heating things up 5 seconds at a time?
not much labor for me to plug phone in at night. mine gets me through the day, actually using it, and I have 30% or more to spare.
So I just got my HTC one on Sunday night. The first thing I did is let the battery charge up and then drained it to less than 3% and recharged. Ive been getting horrible battery usage since Sunday and am starting to worry that I might have a hw issue. For example, today I woke up at 5:30 and unplugged my phone. Its now 10:15 and I am at less than 30% with less than 30min of screen time (in battery save mode). Should I just go back and replace with my 30 day warranty? Or should I try to calibrate it? I have yet to root it because I just got it, so no custom kernels or roms that might be draining it. The idle and HTC Sense seem to be the programs draining it the worst based on the stock battery usage report.
Give it a few cycles
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I really dont understand the "give it a few cycles" or "let it settle in" statements when it comes to battery life. This is software, not some mechanical machine. how does cycles or settling in effect anything? Can someone please explain
ExcelonGT said:
I really dont understand the "give it a few cycles" or "let it settle in" statements when it comes to battery life. This is software, not some mechanical machine. how does cycles or settling in effect anything? Can someone please explain
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I don't know the exact mechanics of it but battery life almost always improves after using it for a little while, that's the way phones work
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Wow, that's a lot. You may want to check apps running in the background. The culprit on mine is the Kernel and there's nothing I can do about it.
I'm actually getting pretty much the same battery life. Prior to the update my average was 13 hrs. 4 hrs screen time. All on stock.
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I've never heard of the whole settling of the battery with my previous phones. Usually just the whole make sure to drain it all the way the first time and get a full charge, then it would be good. That being said, I could very well be wrong and you may be right, but if it is a hardware issue I would like to return before its too late
ExcelonGT said:
I really dont understand the "give it a few cycles" or "let it settle in" statements when it comes to battery life. This is software, not some mechanical machine. how does cycles or settling in effect anything? Can someone please explain
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a battery is not software
saucyross said:
a battery is not software
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I see how this could make sense for a device that is fresh from the factory (no cycles on it)
I'm referring to when someone has had a device for months and flashes a new ROM. people use the "let it settle" justification for when new roms are flashed. I'm just trying to understand what exactly happens during this "settling" period improves battery life over time
ExcelonGT said:
I see how this could make sense for a device that is fresh from the factory (no cycles on it)
I'm referring to when someone has had a device for months and flashes a new ROM. people use the "let it settle" justification for when new roms are flashed. I'm just trying to understand what exactly happens during this "settling" period improves battery life over time
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i'm not 100% sure but my assumption would be that, new ROMs change your phone entirely. they assign different values to resources, it pretty much changes everything that your battery has grown custom to, so maybe the battery needs to settle in and get used to how resources are now being used.
i also notice reduce battery life. went back to 4.1.2.
varuun said:
i also notice reduce battery life. went back to 4.1.2.
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Thinking of downgrade too
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Yeah, this is obviously not a good thing
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Me the same. Andoird system has the most battery consumption...! Any solution?
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ExcelonGT said:
I see how this could make sense for a device that is fresh from the factory (no cycles on it)
I'm referring to when someone has had a device for months and flashes a new ROM. people use the "let it settle" justification for when new roms are flashed. I'm just trying to understand what exactly happens during this "settling" period improves battery life over time
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It's mainly for the kernel. It has to run thousands of lines of new code, build the caches, add thumbnails, sync all your stuff, etc. It usually doesn't take a few cycles though, just one.
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It's a reported problem with several devices from what I've researched.the nexus 4 and 7 have had the same issues.Sprint has acknowledged the issue also.now it's just a waiting game.
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When I updated to 4.3 my battery life was horrible. I would get 3 hours and it was dead. I factory reset and all is well! I've been on battery for 11 hours and have 40% left!
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As people have said, you have to let it go through a few cycles before it proforms stably. When I first got mine it was the same situation you describe, couldn't even make it through half a day without charging. Without changing anything (seriously, everything is still stock), that increased to regularly getting 40hrs per charge with about 2hrs screen on time. I could claim that the software is learning or that the hardware handling the battery is improving, but I don't know, I just know that this is a pretty universal phenomenon and it is real. And for me 4.3 had only made it better (not much though, but definitely not worse).
Just give it time, it's about to get good
Also, I can tell you from my tests earlier on that wifi was one of my biggest battery drains, so I just don't use it at all now. But you could just get in the habit of turning it off at certain times or get tasker to handle that). Also power saver is useful, I do notice it slow down but only in the text message app, everything else is still very smooth and fast. And yes, even now the Android system averages 80% of total drain for me. A large portion of that is wakelocks, and there's lots of excellent tutorials on xda about how to find and deal with some of them. Personally I've made my peace with the ones I encounter, so although people tell me losing 5-8%overnight to them is too much, I'm fine with that. Again, much better now than my initial use led me to believe.
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xcrazydx said:
It's mainly for the kernel. It has to run thousands of lines of new code, build the caches, add thumbnails, sync all your stuff, etc. It usually doesn't take a few cycles though, just one.
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Makes sense. Thanks
If it's draining as fast as you say suggestion is charge it up, put it in airplane mode over night. If it still drains, bring it back for a replacement.
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