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tfur
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Hopefully someone can help
I have a Samsung Galaxy S (first model, EU) and recently swapped the screen (I threw it so hard there wasn't even any signal anymore except for sound). However now that the screen is swapped I noticed the battery going down real fast. Like it's 100% before I go to sleep, and when I wake up it's on 15% giving me low battery warnings, it's at idle the whole time with only 3g on and my alarm.
Anything I should check on the software side before I go check in on the hardware?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S (first model, EU) and recently swapped the screen (I threw it so hard there wasn't even any signal anymore except for sound). However now that the screen is swapped I noticed the battery going down real fast. Like it's 100% before I go to sleep, and when I wake up it's on 15% giving me low battery warnings, it's at idle the whole time with only 3g on and my alarm.
Anything I should check on the software side before I go check in on the hardware?
Horsemama1956
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Holy shit, had no idea this second apps thing exsisted. Thanks for that.
Jazzy Network
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The Acer Iconia A200 just came out today. Anyone have any impressions on it? The 16GB is only $350, but it's running a Tegra 2 processor. It seems like a great deal, but alittle outdated already.
You can download it on your computer
anyone tried the samsung touchwiz ICS versions? to me touchwiz 4 always felt super smooth, and cm9 doesnt feel quite right to me. i'm guessing samsung can better accelerate the launcher too, since they made the hardware.
i know people often say touchwiz sucks but i assume they must be people unfortunate enough to have had it on an older phone. on sgs2 it was fine.
i know people often say touchwiz sucks but i assume they must be people unfortunate enough to have had it on an older phone. on sgs2 it was fine.
Dr Zhivago
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I don't use Secondapps on the Transformer because I miss the 'go to first unread post' button.
It's not just GAF though, I've had the browser bomb out elsewhere.
OriginalThinking
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I haven't used it, but my friend has it installed on his GS2 and the launcher is way laggier than on my Galaxy Nexus. CM9 is very much alpha right now though isn't it? I'm sure they will get it smooth but it's early days getting the right kernel playing well with the drivers and roms. I'm sure it will be super smooth but it isn't going to happen overnight.
Glowingmonx
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I'm running I9100XXLP2 right now. Touchwiz on ICS feels about as smooth as TW on 2.3, I did have a couple of crashes though.
But I do think that TW on ICS looks really ugly compared to CM9 so I'm probably swtiching back to CM9 again soon.
do you mean the samsung rom or CM9? i hope you're right because after seeing all the reviews saying how smooth the nexus feels, CM9 feels just like gingerbread but with nicer design. given that they are already using the samsung graphics drivers i cant imagine it will get much faster either, alpha or not.
yeah its a tough choice. there was a custom touchwiz with an ICS theme (checkrom I think) that was really nice, but no ICS version yet.
I'm probably going to try out the darkyrom version of LP2 later, bit of a pain setting up all the apps again though :S
Jazzy Network
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Well I just picked up the Iconia A200. 350 bucks 10inch tablet. Good price. Charging it right now. Hopefully it's worth the purchase.
You don't use Titanium Backup?
You can use Amazon music instead of google music.
Amazon should be the default go to for anybody buying music.
i don't think it works properly with cm9, or at least if you are switching roms.
BootlegSnackz
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uhh...Yes they are. and they're actually located in sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.music/cache/music
They just aren't named, they don't even have ID3 tags still attached. They have random number names that Google gives them, but they play just fine in my PowerAMP when I want to just shuffle.
probably going to switch to amazon for music though, don't like not being able to properly download my music yet.
I've installed XXLP2 and downloaded an ICS Launcher off the market to replace touchwiz. It seems to work fine so far, the browser crashed a couple of times but the battery seems to be handling things pretty well so far.
Ah that sucks...I am not going to like getting all of my apps back when I go to CM9. I don't see why it wouldnt work though...at least the app and not data.
DualShadow
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So I ended up rooting my Samsung Galaxy S2, I tried putting CyanogenMod onto it but got some strange issues once it was on there, so I restored to the old ROM and just kept the phone rooted.
Thanks to everyone as few pages back who helped me out.
Thanks to everyone as few pages back who helped me out.
Try checkrom v4. It's fast, completely stable and so many features
I don't think that's right, I can't find any mp3s tied to the google music app.
RadAndrew502
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Leaked and fully functional CyanogenMod 9 based off ICS 4.0.3 for Motorola Xoom makes it the tablet I always wanted. Its overclocked to 1.4Ghz and fully stable. It has smooth screen transitions, smooth web scrolling, no more keyboard input lag, and all around much more polished. Cyanogenmod's Trebuchet Launcher is so nice compared to to the default.
Just thought I'd share.
Just thought I'd share.
Unknown Soldier
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Circle T
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Are you guys talking about multiple artist albums, like soundtracks? The music player sorts those types of things just fine for me.
Yup, for me too. On ICS Passion on my Vibrant.
DualShadow
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Thanks, I'll check it out when I get a chance.
I'm not sure what the issue with CM was, but I just did a restore cause I didn't have time to mess with it.
DualShadow
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I would assume it's the International version. As I live in Australia.
Model Number: GT-I9100T
Android version: 2.3.3
Hmmm...that's interest, I don't see any .mp3s in that same location for me.
Fixed.
so I tried testing CM9 with nova, fixe LP2 with TouchWiz and the latest gingerbread MIUI on my SGS2, for science.
LP2 was laggy as a motherlagger and felt really buggy and bad.
in gingerbread MIUI the launcher was super smooth. I couldnt stay on it now I'm used to the ICS features though
CM9 feels ok mostly, except scrolling desktops in the launcher looks kind of jumpy and bad, even with a static wallpaper.
I kind of can't tell anymore if its an FPS thing, or that in CM9 the scrolling follows your finger movement input too literally, so it ends up having to jump around to follow it, whereas MIUI seems to smooth it out a bit. but it could just be that CM9 has a bad framerate in the launcher.
LP2 was laggy as a motherlagger and felt really buggy and bad.
in gingerbread MIUI the launcher was super smooth. I couldnt stay on it now I'm used to the ICS features though
CM9 feels ok mostly, except scrolling desktops in the launcher looks kind of jumpy and bad, even with a static wallpaper.
I kind of can't tell anymore if its an FPS thing, or that in CM9 the scrolling follows your finger movement input too literally, so it ends up having to jump around to follow it, whereas MIUI seems to smooth it out a bit. but it could just be that CM9 has a bad framerate in the launcher.
Battersea Power Station
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What do you mean by "supporting ICS?"
Circle T
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The Note has arrived!!! Finally!!! Pretty crazy that the Skyrocket I'm using for work is my smallest phone. My Captivate (which took the pic) looks utterly dwarfed by the others.
Only had the Note up and running for an hour or so, but DAAAAMN is it awesome!! So happy I pulled the trigger. Really like the white as well.
Only had the Note up and running for an hour or so, but DAAAAMN is it awesome!! So happy I pulled the trigger. Really like the white as well.
you can't exchange it?
So I am pretty close to buying a note over here in Taiwan (its been here since it first came out in Korea) and I look at the ads.
I can get a not so good phone + tablet (dated) for cheap.
Like a motorola flip something + 32GB WiFi xoom. Or like a samsung gio + the 10.1..
God damn...
For around 300 USD.
I can get a not so good phone + tablet (dated) for cheap.
Like a motorola flip something + 32GB WiFi xoom. Or like a samsung gio + the 10.1..
God damn...
For around 300 USD.
I have, and it was the same. Asked around on XDA and this warm, almost yellow color is normal for ATT's GS2. Just my luck. None of them are cool blue. The most white I have heard on the forums is a "milky" white. Exchanging it one more time to see if I get that one. The yellow really bugs me.
Thinking of selling it and using the money to buy the Tmobile GS2, depending on ROM support for it.
Circle T
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Before getting the Skyrocket, I had the standard AT&T GSII, and it had white buttons. They weren't as bright as the Skyrocket's, but they were white. My old Captivate, though, had what you mention. It's buttons were fairly dim, and sort of off-white.
Yea apparently it fluctuates between warm/off white, and milky white. Nobody has the cool blue white though. I even took apart the phone to see if I could find the LED or whatever the backlight is to change it, but I couldn't see it..
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