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Hi all, I just got my first Android phone (which is obviously the Nexus One) and I've gone through and set up some widgets, got apps, etc. I have a few questions.
Does running multiple widgets kill the battery faster?
(I guess that was really it).
Also, are there any really good getting started with Android guides out there? Maybe some mods you guys recommend (Cyanogen, etc) that really make this thing shine?
Thanks,
T.J.
I will second this topic, also a new user here. How to make that battery last?
catzilla said:
I will second this topic, also a new user here. How to make that battery last?
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http://www.myhangoutonline.com/tutorials/nexus-one
Follow those tutorials, Do #3, then #2, then #1. Enjoy!
depending on the Widgets used. The ones that always update can use a lot of the battery. Tbh though it all depends on what you do with your phone. In addition, searching the forums for what you want to do is the best way of figuring out how you want to pimp out your phone. Gl
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mrandroid said:
Follow those tutorials, Do #3, then #2, then #1. Enjoy!
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That's great, but too late, I am already rooted on Froyo.
I don't have Froyo yet, I'm on an AT&T N1. I do have a question about trying these different ROMs: what are the chances I'm going to permanently brick my phone? I'd hate to just pay $530 for this thing and then somehow cause it to stop working.
tjsimmons said:
Hi all, I just got my first Android phone (which is obviously the Nexus One) and I've gone through and set up some widgets, got apps, etc. I have a few questions.
Does running multiple widgets kill the battery faster?
(I guess that was really it).
Also, are there any really good getting started with Android guides out there? Maybe some mods you guys recommend (Cyanogen, etc) that really make this thing shine?
Thanks,
T.J.
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Juice Defender is a great app that is available on the Android Marketplace and is guaranteed to at least double your battery life. If you choose to purchase the full version, you get some advanced features which can lead to even more battery power.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850
That link will take you to the guide that explains how to go from stock to cyanogen (or desire....personally I like cyanogen) with little effort, just make sure you follow the steps exactly, and read every step twice to ensure you understand it.
SphericalPuma said:
That link will take you to the guide that explains how to go from stock to cyanogen (or desire....personally I like cyanogen) with little effort, just make sure you follow the steps exactly, and read every step twice to ensure you understand it.
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Oh, I can follow steps. I'm just afraid of changing the baseband/radio inadvertently or somesuch, and bricking the phone. Is there a good way to recover from something like that, if it happens?
just got my N1. is there HTC keyboard i can download and use?
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tjsimmons said:
Hi all, I just got my first Android phone (which is obviously the Nexus One) and I've gone through and set up some widgets, got apps, etc. I have a few questions.
Does running multiple widgets kill the battery faster?
(I guess that was really it).
Also, are there any really good getting started with Android guides out there? Maybe some mods you guys recommend (Cyanogen, etc) that really make this thing shine?
Thanks,
T.J.
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u can try this site aswell
http://theunlockr.com/category/howto/android_how_tos/nexus-one-how-tos
just got my N1. is there HTC keyboard i can download and use?
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Yes there is and It's much better than the stock one, but I don't have a link. It's posted here somewhere.
tjsimmons said:
Oh, I can follow steps. I'm just afraid of changing the baseband/radio inadvertently or somesuch, and bricking the phone. Is there a good way to recover from something like that, if it happens?
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The guide includes the all-important step "Create a NANDROID backup" Should you run into major problems, thanks to your custom recovery, you'll be able to do a nand restore. But as long as you stay away from flashing radios on your phone you should be fine. A lot of people will tell you they aren't worth the risk, and the reward is often marginal, and I tend to agree
Alright, I'm rooted. Now, I want to have the WiFi tethering and I'd like to overclock. Can I do both? Is there a kernel that does both, or do I run em one at a time? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ShredNasty said:
Alright, I'm rooted. Now, I want to have the WiFi tethering and I'd like to overclock. Can I do both? Is there a kernel that does both, or do I run em one at a time? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Depends, setiroN puts out a very nice kernel. I use his in my ROMs. On a side note, I would move this to the Q&A before the army shows up!
Edit: you need a custom ROM to gain access to the tethering function.
ShredNasty said:
Alright, I'm rooted. Now, I want to have the WiFi tethering and I'd like to overclock. Can I do both? Is there a kernel that does both, or do I run em one at a time? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If you haven't done it yet, flash Perception or Cognition, they both have wifi and usb tethering on. I haven't played with the others, but if you do some reading you find out about the others.
adamholden85 said:
Depends, setiroN puts out a very nice kernel. I use his in my ROMs. On a side note, I would move this to the Q&A before the army shows up!
Edit: you need a custom ROM to gain access to the tethering function.
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Yeah, I saw more technical stuff over here so I posted. My bad. I think I want to stay away from ROMs. Idk though. I've heard they're cool, but always break something. I just came from iPhone and I was up to speed. Now I'm such a lost n00b! My goal WAS to overclock and enable tethering and stay with the stock ROM. Are there any ROMs that don't break ANYTHING? Thanks dude.
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Yeah, I saw more technical stuff over here so I posted. My bad. I think I want to stay away from ROMs. Idk though. I've heard they're cool, but always break something. I just came from iPhone and I was up to speed. Now I'm such a lost n00b! My goal WAS to overclock and enable tethering and stay with the stock ROM. Are there any ROMs that don't break ANYTHING? Thanks dude.
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You can always go back to stock, but you never will once you play with some lagfixed kernels and custom roms. I thought this thing blew the iCrap out of the water stock, and its amazing now. Overclocking sounds cool, but unless you are a gamer and actually need the extra clock speed, i'm not sure its worth the effort. I have had ridiculous battery life just using 1GHz and Voodoo lagfix. I would def recommend you try P9.5 (perception) as I have no problems with anything and the best GPS ever.
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You can always go back to stock, but you never will once you play with some lagfixed kernels and custom roms. I thought this thing blew the iCrap out of the water stock, and its amazing now. Overclocking sounds cool, but unless you are a gamer and actually need the extra clock speed, i'm not sure its worth the effort. I have had ridiculous battery life just using 1GHz and Voodoo lagfix. I would def recommend you try P9.5 (perception) as I have no problems with anything and the best GPS ever.
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Right on dude. I'm gonna give it a shot! P9.5 it is.....
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Right on dude. I'm gonna give it a shot! P9.5 it is.....
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Cool, lemme know what you think.
used2hvatreo said:
Cool, lemme know what you think.
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Dude. Could you PM me a link to a how to? Haha!
ShredNasty said:
Dude. Could you PM me a link to a how to? Haha!
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Don't forget to check out Axura!! I will be putting out 2.6 by the end of the week most likely.
Here is the link if you are interested:
Axura 2.5.1
adamholden85 said:
Don't forget to check out Axura!! I will be putting out 2.6 by the end of the week most likely.
Here is the link if you are interested:
www.kizzmiazz.com/AXURA/AxuraCE_2.5_1.zip
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No disrespect meant to the other ROM devs. I am a DG fanboy and found what I was comfortable with and haven't looked around at all, but I know there are a lot of people out there that like roms made by other devs, and I'm sure they are just as good.
the Perception 9.5 in my signature is the link to the perception thread. The sticky at the top of the thread has all of the guides for beginning to flash roms.
check this out as well, haven't watched it but it should give you an idea of whats going on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
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Cool, lemme know what you think.
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Alright. Finally got back home and got it flashed. Seems fine. Battery life seems a little shorter. I only have about an hour with it. A few questions, what is Blinky? And what is BLN?
bln is back light notification. it can sometimes be turned off in recovery if the kernel has a modded recovery. basically if you get a text email or other alert the phone will put on the soft key back lights. i dont care for it because im never looking at my phone at it is never in a visable location for the lights to catch my attention. basically if i can see the lights im probably about to unlock my phone anyway in which case i can see the notification in the status bar.
blinky is an app that has something to do with bln but it didnt work when i tried to use it.
give the battery a couple days to calibrate. the batstats file can get all screwy making you think you have battery drain. if you charge the phone while it is off and then start the phone the two battery meters should be close to each other. if they are not then the batstats are likely off. you can clear them in clockworkmod recovery. over the coarse of a few days you may see the battery life appear to get longer.
i believe the accepted procedure for calibrating is charge to full. clear batstats. charge to full +1-2hrs. turn off phone and charge to full again +1hr, turn on phone and charge to full.
but i tend to just clear bat stats once and use the phone. im not gonna dis anyones method but i see no point in the calibration thing.
Hello,
Is there any app toy control my Galaxy Tab life? And if yes, which one? Im using Overcome 3.0.0 Icarus!
you can try juice defender from the market
k0sh said:
you can try juice defender from the market
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you found this app good?
i don't use it since along time , but is the best in the market , go check it in the market and read the comments about it
k0sh said:
i don't use it since along time , but is the best in the market , go check it in the market and read the comments about it
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i'm asking coz i read something before for this app, and the conclusion is that, this app cant do anything better for battery life..., and i speak for the Ultimate version! So maybe i wont try anything, i will keep my tab as is it....! But btw, thanks for your reply!
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i'm asking coz i read something before for this app, and the conclusion is that, this app cant do anything better for battery life..., and i speak for the Ultimate version! So maybe i wont try anything, i will keep my tab as is it....! But btw, thanks for your reply!
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why you are angry , we all have this issue , nothing comes perfect , there is always something wrong in perfect thing , so live with it like we all live with it
k0sh said:
why you are angry , we all have this issue , nothing comes perfect , there is always something wrong in perfect thing , so live with it like we all live with it
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No no man, you misunderstood me! Im not angry, i'm saying only what i read before! Relax, i never get angry for something like this! We have a conversation, i asked something, you answered, thats all!
laxanoulis1 said:
No no man, you misunderstood me! Im not angry, i'm saying only what i read before! Relax, i never get angry for something like this! We have a conversation, i asked something, you answered, thats all!
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you misunderstand me
i just notice that you are angry of your tab that's all , because you can't do something for the battery life
k0sh said:
you misunderstand me
i just notice that you are angry of your tab that's all , because you can't do something for the battery life
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ahahahah.... no im not angry with my Tab too! I love my Tab, Its ok that i cant do anything for its battery, i think i will try to save battery from the open apps and from the screen light! Or maybe i will try this app to see the difference, i wont see anything it is simple, i will uninstall it!
laxanoulis1 said:
ahahahah.... no im not angry with my Tab too! I love my Tab, Its ok that i cant do anything for its battery, i think i will try to save battery from the open apps and from the screen light! Or maybe i will try this app to see the difference, i wont see anything it is simple, i will uninstall it!
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cool , so perhaps you wanna try my theme , check it out in the themes and apps section , the longest title thread ever this will be mine
Yeah I bought that app too and later found it useless for me. All it does is basically periodically turn things off. I generally uninstall things I don't use every day or every other day. It reduces bloat, helps boot/reboot/shutdown speeds, and gives the system more free resources to use if it needs them. No use having stuff run that you don't use often or at all.
My Fiancée has been using my SGT since I got my Flyer last year, and has had no problems until recently. A few days ago, it stopped taking a charge altogether. It says it's charging, but is stuck at 8%.
I'm wondering if any one else has experienced this, and if it can be corrected without a factory reset (she doesn't want to lose progress in her apps, and won't let me root because I soft bricked it soon after I got it, and couldn't find the fix for a month.)
I know the fix is probably a factory reset... Can someone please remind me how to get into stock recovery to clear the cache? I can't remember the key combination.
Most likely I'll have to root it, and back up all her junk, factory reset, and leave it on a stock rooted rom (I'll just tell her I unrooted... Lol)
I chose the red pill... Now I'm in the mAtrix and I know Kung Fu...
http://android-gz.com
recovery is always via Vol-up + power
priyana said:
recovery is always via Vol-up + power
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Thanks, hadn't had to do that in a while... I thought about it, and I don't think I'd even be able to root/flash with 8% battery... Any thoughts on how I could pull this off?
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
root is quick.
flash may take a while.
but depending on how good is the charge holding. 8% may still pull it.
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Thanks, hadn't had to do that in a while... I thought about it, and I don't think I'd even be able to root/flash with 8% battery... Any thoughts on how I could pull this off?
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
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One thing you might want to try is to turn your tab off completely and let it charge. Once you figure out how to root, you can try battery calibration app. It may fix ur prob. Worst case you may need new cable/adapter/battery.
yappoe said:
One thing you might want to try is to turn your tab off completely and let it charge. Once you figure out how to root, you can try battery calibration app. It may fix ur prob. Worst case you may need new cable/adapter/battery.
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I did that actually, and no difference in result... I'm hoping I don't need to replace the battery...
Does the bootstrap app still work? Thats how I rooted originally, but I think it was still on froyo?
I chose the red pill... Now I'm in the mAtrix and I know Kung Fu...
http://android-gz.com
well, this is how i solved it...
if it's rooted...
use battery calibrator....
or keep tab switched off for 4 hours or so...and then connect it to charger while switched off
if this also doesn't help then after connecting to charger while it's still off you can see a battery icon charging...simultaneously press switch on button and touch the screen ....if on aokp rom your tab will instantly reboot as i've noticed....if on stock rom which i was on when this thing happened to me....your tab will show a black screen and then again the battery charging icon shoots up....
One of the above things worked for me....i was enjoying my vacations when i encountered this problem and so i cannot remember exactly which of these things worked....
Hit thanks if i've helped..
calibrate your battery.. use third apps on play store
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Thanks guys, but it's not rooted...
So I was about to factory reset it, and took the SD out, then decided to wait so that I could at least copy the files from the internal to my laptop to give her SOMETHING back... I went back a few hours later, and it had a 73% charge... I don't know what it was, but somehow, taking the SD out, and putting it back in fixed the problem...
I think I'm still gonna root it for safety's sake, but it's still taking a charge, and is up to 80% now...
My tab's Flyer than yours (unless this is posted in a Flyer thread... Then it's just as Flyer...)
http://android-gz.com
Keep an eye on it
My tab also suddenly started charging....but after an increase of about 20% or so it again stuck....many people here got this problem....
Did u try the other two solutions.......try them......one of these three things worked for me and after that I never had this problem...
Best of luck...
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Maybe wipe battery stats.
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unbrick tab3 T211
But they in USA
I am in india
How to send tab to USA?
Hello all,
I was just curious as I am thinking of buying on one the simple touch light readers and know that it can run other android apps
I was wondering if anyone knows if this device can run FanFiction reader work on this device?
Here is the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apps.webreader
If anyone can please try this and let me know that would be fantastic. Thank you
Can anyone try that?
Please
TheArtiszan said:
Can anyone try that?
Please
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FYI, play.google.com says it's compatible with my rooted Nook. I haven't actually tested it works well, however.
Ahh so market direct would not work would need to side load the apk.
If I post the apk can you please try it?
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Ahh so market direct would not work would need to side load the apk.
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You didn't read my post properly; I said the Google market said it was compatible with my rooted Nook.
I do understand that.
That does not mean however that it shouldn't work.
When I had a nook color, before it broke, there was many apps that it told me were not compatible but I could download on my phone and side load would work just fine.
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I do understand that.
That does not mean however that it shouldn't work.
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I...don't think you're understanding him.
He's saying that the Play store says that it is compatible. Meaning that it can be installed from the store directly onto the Nook Simple Touch.
TheArtiszan said:
When I had a nook color, before it broke, there was many apps that it told me were not compatible but I could download on my phone and side load would work just fine.
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What you're describing is not the case here. You won't need to sideload this app, because the Google Play store is able to install it.
Ha ha sorry
I need to learn not to post when I am sleep deprived.
I read as incompatible.
Sorry.my mistake
By chance can you please let me know if it can download and read a story?
I just got a coupon for 10% off that expires soon and would like to know before I buy one.
Thank you again.
Anyone?
Can anyone please let me know"