I noticed that with most roms that it takes 3 rings before my phone actually rings. I also noticed if I disconnect data it will ring much faster. I noticed the force 2g option but it does not seem to be working on warm donut. How can I keep the phone on 2g (is that 1x?) mode so that it still has some data but doesn't take so long for the phone to ring. Also maybe it would be possible to have the phone only go to 3g when it notices that it has been using a lot of data for a period of time then automatically drop back to 2g when the data usage falls that would be great. Thanks for everything.
have you tried running the phone prioritizer script? I used it on a few older builds and it made the phone respond much faster.. Some apps took a bit longer to respond, but you can tweak the priorities of different processes to get it running to your liking..
If you don't know where to find it, let me know and I'll throw up the APK. I know Incubus included it with a few of his recent Eclair builds.
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have you tried running the phone prioritizer script? I used it on a few older builds and it made the phone respond much faster.. Some apps took a bit longer to respond, but you can tweak the priorities of different processes to get it running to your liking..
If you don't know where to find it, let me know and I'll throw up the APK. I know Incubus included it with a few of his recent Eclair builds.
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You know if it works on Froyo?
If so, please upload it!
Thanks!
not sure, froyo is the only build I haven't tried it out on. Give it a whirl and let us know if it helps. Worst case, you can just uninstall it. I'm sure it will work though, it worked on every Eclair build I tried
Seems to install ok, haven't tested calls yet!
I was reading and I guess that I remembered it incorrectly. 1x does not allow calls to come through at all although it does save battery life. So I will try the script posted above and see if it helps on froyo. Thanks again.
bcti said:
I was reading and I guess that I remembered it incorrectly. 1x does not allow calls to come through at all although it does save battery life. So I will try the script posted above and see if it helps on froyo. Thanks again.
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i always thought on cdma all of your calls come in on 1x, i know in windows mobile every time i got a text or call it would display 1x then after it go back to 3g
How do we use this? just install the apk?
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How do we use this? just install the apk?
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install the apk and put the folder in the root of your sd card.
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nope.. no difference at all. am using myn's warm donut.
how about switching places between the vibrate and ringtone starting guys? would that be possible? because i have noticed that the vibrate starts up from the very first ring, though the ringtone starts around/after the 3rd ring only.
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thoughtlesskyle said:
i always thought on cdma all of your calls come in on 1x, i know in windows mobile every time i got a text or call it would display 1x then after it go back to 3g
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When you are not on 3g mode and in 1x mode and you are using data your phone will ring busy. So it is good for battery life but unless you had a script that killed all data most of the time you would not be able to receive a call.
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so i followed this battery fix after installing the new radio. i kinda freaked out because my first call was a trippy expierience, and every radio update ive done has been perfect. i feel i have to report back with a much better diagnosis as an apology
would you consider the best battery fix? also, a question about the fix.
when i get the force close, my radio turns off. it eventually turns back on, but my 3G doesnt come back again, unless i screw with the settings (on, then off again) or a loooong time after. is this expected? ive also noticed that when i do do the fix, and my signal comes back, i renter the command and when i get the force close it is still on GSM. is this normal, what should i expect.
im diagnosing the battery all day and will report back, but will start the eperiment over if im screwing it up, like i think i am, it still being on gsm when retested.
also, my friends eris (who is still on 1.5) and when he talks on the phone, the screen blacks out as expected, but it turns back on when its taken away from his face. does our do this?
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mountaindont said:
also, my friends eris (who is still on 1.5) and when he talks on the phone, the screen blacks out as expected, but it turns back on when its taken away from his face. does our do this?
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i think thats the proximity sensor and the hero dosent have one.
so why make a new thread why cant you ask where you got the fix from no need to clutter up the forums with these threads
1st. I've never had any problems with 3G not turning back on. Try using Curvefish's 3G/2G toggle from the market and see what that outputs.
2nd. Yes, that's normal. For some reason, when the radio service is (re)started, it defaults to GSM auto (prl).
3rd. Proximity sensor app from the market. Closest thing the Hero can get. Make sure Auto-Backlight is on.
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1st. I've never had any problems with 3G not turning back on. Try using Curvefish's 3G/2G toggle from the market and see what that outputs.
2nd. Yes, that's normal. For some reason, when the radio service is (re)started, it defaults to GSM auto (prl).
3rd. Proximity sensor app from the market. Closest thing the Hero can get. Make sure Auto-Backlight is on.
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thanks for speedy response
but if my radio dflts back to gsm after radio reboot, wouldnt it be set back after radio turns onafter applying the fix?
thanks for app recomendato, it works geat!
mountaindont said:
stsl
thanks for speedy response
but if my radio dflts back to gsm after radio reboot, wouldnt it be set back after radio turns onafter applying the fix?
thanks for app recomendato, it works geat!
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It's not actually re-starting the radio service afaik, but just re-applying the setting. During which it registers no signal, as it's mode is changing.
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but if my radio dflts back to gsm after radio reboot, wouldnt it be set back after radio turns onafter applying the fix?
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The phone will reset to the GSM option every time you go in and make it force close like that whether it was set correctly or not before looking at it. The only way to know if your phone isn't set right is if your Time Without a Signal (TWS) (Settings>About Phone>Battery>Battery Use>Cell Standby) is sitting right at 50%. After setting it to CDMA, you should notice the TWS start to drop down right away. If your TWS is much lower than that, or doesn't show on the screen at all then the phone is set up right and you don't need to worry about it.
Does anybody know why my hero might be a bit slow at dialing? When I touch a number in my contacts, it takes up to 30 seconds before it starts connecting the call. Sometimes its instant, sometimes its a long time. If I press it twice, it'll try to three way call the person later.
What causes this, and how do I fix it?
I have this problem too as does my hubby's phone.
We have tried damagecontrol and fresh roms and it happens on both of them.
We also get issues with the internet and gps not working on and off so we have to reboot. Not sure at all if this is any way related to the phone calls being so slow to take.
would LOVE an answer to how to fix this!
a dialer without haptic feedback usually solves this, here's one for damage/fresh/sprint based roms. Other wise, try zen's slide rom, dialer works GREAT, fastest yet for me even with haptic on!
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We also get issues with the internet and gps not working on and off so we have to reboot. Not sure at all if this is any way related to the phone calls being so slow to take.
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I get the same problem as well. Usually its fixed by turning wifi on then off, or turning gps off then on respectively.
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a dialer without haptic feedback usually solves this, here's one for damage/fresh/sprint based roms. Other wise, try zen's slide rom, dialer works GREAT, fastest yet for me even with haptic on!
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I get this problem without even using the dialer though. E.g. going into people, touching a contact, then touching the phone number to call it. The phone just does nothing for a little bit then suddenly it initiates the call. Would changing the dialer still fix this problem?
not entirely sure... possibly, I think it still has to load the dialer app when you do that. Best I could say is just try it. If it doesn't, and you want the old dialer, just pull it from the original zip you flashed and adb push to system/app to replace the one I posted. But that dialer works much better, in my opinion
Mine does this too and has on the stock ROM as well as every version of damagecontrol since 2.06. Sometimes it will dial right away and other times it will wait 10-20 seconds, then turn the screen off and immdiately back on and then dial and other times it just waits however long it wants to start dialing.
I know when I was still on stock and not rooted it would sometimes go into a state where it wouldn't respond to any commands that would make it dial but every other function seemed to be fine. I don't believe that's happened since I rooted and ROM'd it though.
I've used the stock dialer and well as SuperDial and Dialer One and all have had the problem. I've had this problem with haptic turned off/removed and still on. Sometimes waiting a few seconds after unlocking will help but not always.
So far for me, 100% fix has been the slide rom or darch droid (which finally booted for me today!). Both those, not one issue.
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When I had my iPhone I downloaded an application that simply turned off the 3g radio when the phone was asleep. It would switch to 2g for standby and when woken again the 3g would activate. This saved a ton of battery for me during standby. Is there such an app like this for Android? Ive done a little searching but can find nothing other then wifi sleep and 3g scheduling. I'm getting great battery life but would like to squeeze a little more out of my Captivate. Any help is appreciated!
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When I had my iPhone I downloaded an application that simply turned off the 3g radio when the phone was asleep. It would switch to 2g for standby and when woken again the 3g would activate. This saved a ton of battery for me during standby. Is there such an app like this for Android? Ive done a little searching but can find nothing other then wifi sleep and 3g scheduling. I'm getting great battery life but would like to squeeze a little more out of my Captivate. Any help is appreciated!
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Thats would be cool..... I'm sure it could save battery life.
EDIT: Have you tried Juice defender?
EDIT2: Now that I'm thinking about it..... I would like that as it would change not only data but vouce to 2g(GSM) so if I were to get a voice call while in 2g... it would more than likely continue that way once answered... and IMHO the voice quality on 3g is superior.
When I had the app on my iPhone there were several options, you could set a delay for the 3g radio to turn back on, leave it off completely,etc. When I woke the phone, it instantly (since thats the option I chose) kicked back into 3g from 2g. It was very nice. I had 2g sleep state to save battery but still had 3g for data and calls.
Im sure there is nothing out there like this for android but I figured I would at least check here first before I decided it was pointless to look, we do have a great community of people whom are willing to help, you know.
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When I had the app on my iPhone there were several options, you could set a delay for the 3g radio to turn back on, leave it off completely,etc. When I woke the phone, it instantly (since thats the option I chose) kicked back into 3g from 2g. It was very nice. I had 2g sleep state to save battery but still had 3g for data and calls.
Im sure there is nothing out there like this for android but I figured I would at least check here first before I decided it was pointless to look, we do have a great community of people whom are willing to help, you know.
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Well... like I said.... juicedefender has that option.... you could try that out....
I was reading up about Juicedefender on some site earlier. It said it was only a scheduler to turn the 3g on and off at specific times. From the sounds of it theres a few apps out there that do the same thing, I guess ill have to download it and see for myself.
I think there's an app that does what you are looking for called superpower, try googling that or market search it. Hope it works out for you
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I was reading up about Juicedefender on some site earlier. It said it was only a scheduler to turn the 3g on and off at specific times. From the sounds of it theres a few apps out there that do the same thing, I guess ill have to download it and see for myself.
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Juice Defender switches off mobile data, not switches to Edge. It does save battery though.
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Juice Defender switches off mobile data, not switches to Edge. It does save battery though.
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Use 'Super Power'. Has lots of options and features.
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Use 'Super Power'. Has lots of options and features.
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Thanks guys, this has what I was looking for. I looked over a thread for this app months ago but didnt do to much more with it. It works well but the 30 second delay to switch to 2g isnt to intriguing. Ill play with it more though, its just what I needed. It sucks when you go to shoot a quick text though and have to wait on the data to reactivate though
When I turn off my phone because the memory gets real low even when i auto kill my apps or my phone simply dies due to low battery, i turn it on but somehow it resends a bunch of txts to my friends that i was txting with. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else and if there is a way to fix it? Thanks in advance
Which rom are you using?
I get what I call ghost notifications of text messages kind of the same way. I'll look at the message which clears the notification bar. When I turn off my phone at night and then back on in the morning I sometimes get a notification of the message I have all ready looked at. I think this was a problem in the international 2.2 roms hence the update to 2.2.1.
Oh, I'm using Cognition 4.1.1 ..... for now.
I am using the stock one. I haven't messed with the phone at all.
Oh ok thanks, to me it only happens when i turn it off it resends txts that i previously sent. It's kind of annoying not a big deal but gets old after a while. Thanks
I never had this problem with all ROMs I flashed. Or possibly I never noticed that happening. But I have to say that sometimes I still get double notifications for messages I have received previously after rebooting. personally I don't know why. I've tried cognition, phoenix, serendipity and now on firefly.
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When I turn off my phone because the memory gets real low even when i auto kill my apps or my phone simply dies due to low battery, i turn it on but somehow it resends a bunch of txts to my friends that i was txting with. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else and if there is a way to fix it? Thanks in advance
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What do you mean by "I turn off my phone because the memory gets real low even when I auto kill my apps"? Are you checking how much ram is free and shutting your phone down because of that?
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What do you mean by "I turn off my phone because the memory gets real low even when I auto kill my apps"? Are you checking how much ram is free and shutting your phone down because of that?
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well when my phone gets to a certain point as far as RAM it will turn off on its own. kind of like it resets itself i guess or i will turn it off myself and turn it back on otherwise it will be really slow and that's when the resent text message thing happens.
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well when my phone gets to a certain point as far as RAM it will turn off on its own. kind of like it resets itself i guess or i will turn it off myself and turn it back on otherwise it will be really slow and that's when the resent text message thing happens.
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That doesn't sound right at all.. Android is supposed to try to fill up the ram with the most recently used apps for quick access, but still manages a pool of free ram to keep things running smoothly. It should never get to a point where it "runs out" or shuts itself down, or even causes the phone to 'run slow'.
If you're running the stock official KB1 rom, then it's probably some app you're running that launches a very poorly coded service in the background that is eating all of your resources. You can try using a program called "Watchtower" that will tell you how much memory and cpu cycles each program is using to debug your situation, or simply uninstalling suspect apps until the situation improves.
Also, what batch is your phone from? You can find the build number under the battery, it's a four digit number like 1007, 1008, etc. Some of the earlier batches have a random shutdown problem affecting them (hardware defect), and if yours falls into the range of affected phones, you can go to an ATT store and they'll replace it with a new one.
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That doesn't sound right at all.. Android is supposed to try to fill up the ram with the most recently used apps for quick access, but still manages a pool of free ram to keep things running smoothly. It should never get to a point where it "runs out" or shuts itself down, or even causes the phone to 'run slow'.
If you're running the stock official KB1 rom, then it's probably some app you're running that launches a very poorly coded service in the background that is eating all of your resources. You can try using a program called "Watchtower" that will tell you how much memory and cpu cycles each program is using to debug your situation, or simply uninstalling suspect apps until the situation improves.
Also, what batch is your phone from? You can find the build number under the battery, it's a four digit number like 1007, 1008, etc. Some of the earlier batches have a random shutdown problem affecting them (hardware defect), and if yours falls into the range of affected phones, you can go to an ATT store and they'll replace it with a new one.
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Let me try the watchtower app first and I'll see if that helps me find the issue.
My build number is 1012, do you know the range for the ones affected by it? Thanks for your help
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Let me try the watchtower app first and I'll see if that helps me find the issue.
My build number is 1012, do you know the range for the ones affected by it? Thanks for your help
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I don't know the specific range, but I remember hearing that if you bought your phone before Nov 2010, you were eligible for a replacement. I could be wrong though.. I think there's a thread about it in the general section.
i'm not completely sure, but i remember seeing an option on CM7 somewhere that said incoming calls to speakerphone. i turned it on, then i updated to 7.02, now i can't find that option anywhere, but it's still turned on. and ALL my incoming calls turn the speakerphone on without any way to stop it.
i've spent hours going through all 120 apps in my phone and in every single setting trying to find something to turn it off. I've even used titanium backup to try and wipe the settings and CM settings with no luck.
I don't mind this being a toggle on/off like the carmode app, but i can't have it always on. I have to ignore important calls now just because it takes 10 seconds for the phone to actually let me turn off the speaker.
so please, if anyone can help me here. i'm about ready to wipe the phone but i seriously don't want to waste and entire day doing that so someone please help.
I font remember ever seeing this option in my cyan 7. Interesting.
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I font remember ever seeing this option in my cyan 7. Interesting.
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Yeah I don't recall that settings.
maybe it wasn't and i'm just crazy, but i'm still having this issue, and i'm about to wipe my phone to fix it, so if anyone knows any other way i'd seriously appreciate it.
Maybe try to wipe Cyanogenmod Settings using Titanium Backup? If all else fails...instead of doing a full wipe...try the /system only wipe that tamasek has in the nightly forum somewhere...that way...your data and apps are still in tact...and can just flash a new nightly...then if it still doesn't work...I guess you already know what to do.
I can't believe it but this actually happened to me today. I hung up and had the caller call back and it went back to normal.
Did you ever get it fixed? I put the newest stable version on my EVO and I have the same issue all outgoing calls go right to speakerphone and all incoming go right to speakerphone..
Also I notice carmode starts up on it's own as well.. but turning it off incoming/outgoing calls will still right to the speakerphone