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After reading some forum threads, I couldnt find any answers to my two main problems.
First of all, the battery life is horrible. After a day of medium usage the battery has to be recharged. I was trying many different things, but nothing would do any difference in battery life. I have been reading about 2-3 days of battery life. No way. Not with my device.
Isnt there anyone who has traced the problem? Is there any fix I dont know about?
Second, what is this light sensor supposed to do? There dosnt seem to be any difference having it on or off in the settings tab, nor is there any difference in various light conditions. I could hold the device in perfect dark or under a 100 Watt light, there dosnt change anything. I was wondering if this is some bug, fault or not implemented feature. A light sensor is supposed to control the keypad backlight. Am i wrong?
One last thing. Is there any setting to control the brightness setting of the device?
Thanks for your help and time.
1. battery life is great for me. have you installed any software that is doing stuff all the time ? have you changed any power settings ?
2. light sensor is only for keypad light. keypad light will not come on in bright conditions.
I don't think there is any setting for screen brightness (I have been looking all over the place). Would be a good thing for HTC to get out in the next firmware release.
First of all thank you for your reply. As it appears, the light sensor does
work as intended after doing some cleaning around the area of it.
Cant think of any reason for this as the device was never really used
outside or under heavy conditions. The battery life however still is
nowhere near good. No programs were installed at all. I did a hard
reset and avoided to install anything till I get some hold on this issue.
As for screen brightness, you are right. There are no settings to be
found in the menu and nothing seems to be posted around the web.
Any other suggestions?
I have had many pda phones. the difference is that they are full computers and can do alot more then normal phones but never have the battery life.
I have never got more then 2 days from any pda/phone, inc. nokia s60s which are supposed to have have good battery life.
I am getting around 3 days from the htc s710. This is with a few calls every day and around 30mins wifi. Although I recharge every 2 days otherwise its on 1 bar for the end of the third day which is disconcerting.
If you are getting less then this on moderate usage it might have a fault. Presumably you have it under guarantee.
I really have to recharge it every night, otherwise I am out of luck on the next
days morning. The only two reasons for this i can think of are, either its really
a fault of the device or battery, or Bluetooth is draining more energy on this
device than it did on any other I know of. Prior to this I was using a Nokia N73
with the exact same usage and was able to operate it for at least 2 days
without the need of recharging.
I am somehow disappointed by this device. While its a great smartphone overall,
the battery issue is giving me a hard time here.
How is your reception? Bad reception could be a reason for bad battery life.
Isn't the N73 a 3G phone and maybe you have better 3G reception than GSM?
Just a theory...
...i get 60 hours after the 3rd charging circle with bluetooth on all the time and two push mail accounts (company exchange server and windows live mobile push, push is active between 7 am and midnight), some phone calls and web sessions. thats absolutely acceptable.
cheers, lutz
htc-s710
same here friends
bluetooth and 1 exchange over gprs and wifi open all the time
nice battery life.
msaw said:
I really have to recharge it every night, otherwise I am out of luck on the next
days morning. The only two reasons for this i can think of are, either its really
a fault of the device or battery, or Bluetooth is draining more energy on this
device than it did on any other I know of. Prior to this I was using a Nokia N73
with the exact same usage and was able to operate it for at least 2 days
without the need of recharging.
I am somehow disappointed by this device. While its a great smartphone overall,
the battery issue is giving me a hard time here.
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I have found a bug in the power settings.
Quick qu. (before I tell you what it is)
- have you ever changed the power settings (i.e. screen shut down)
- does your screen switch off (It will always dim - but does it switch off completely) ?
rgds
msaw said:
I really have to recharge it every night, otherwise I am out of luck on the next
days morning. The only two reasons for this i can think of are, either its really
a fault of the device or battery, or Bluetooth is draining more energy on this
device than it did on any other I know of. Prior to this I was using a Nokia N73
with the exact same usage and was able to operate it for at least 2 days
without the need of recharging.
I am somehow disappointed by this device. While its a great smartphone overall,
the battery issue is giving me a hard time here.
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n73 is known for having an above average battery life, so expecting the s710 to be anywhere close to that is asking for dissapointment
I have an E650 and have bluetooth on all day syncd with my tom tom for handsfree calling. Spend about 3 hours a day on the phone, send about 30 txts. if battery is fully charged before i go out i'll have at least 60% left by the time i go to bed. The battery life beats the old xda exec I used to have hands down, so no complaints from me.
colonel said:
I have found a bug in the power settings.
Quick qu. (before I tell you what it is)
- have you ever changed the power settings (i.e. screen shut down)
- does your screen switch off (It will always dim - but does it switch off completely) ?
rgds
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Yes, I have changed the power settings.
Yes the screen switches off after the set period of time.
msaw said:
Yes, I have changed the power settings.
Yes the screen switches off after the set period of time.
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But, screen switches off or backlight switches off...is different!
Byee
Sky_Lab said:
But, screen switches off or backlight switches off...is different!
Byee
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Backlight switches off. I cant see anything on the screen, its going black.
Cant comment if its just the backlight or the screen as well.
The problem you have is well known.
Tomtom is causing this.
You have to change some things in the registry settings.
"\HKCU\Control Panel\Power\ value display"
Make this value 30 and after 30 seconds the display is completly off.
This should solve the problem.
Found this on www.pocketinfo.nl
rademaar said:
The problem you have is well known.
Tomtom is causing this.
You have to change some things in the registry settings.
"\HKCU\Control Panel\Power\ value display"
Make this value 30 and after 30 seconds the display is completly off.
This should solve the problem.
Found this on www.pocketinfo.nl
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Dear rademaar, I appreciate you advice and help, but I havent ever installed
or used TomTom. While I think that others programs might as well alter
some registry settings and be the cause of the problem, I have to say that we
are talking about a Hard-Reseted, no software-installed Vox here wich cant do
more than a day without charge.
Someone stated that the GSM coverage might be the cause of the problem.
I am starting to think that this might be possible.
rademaar said:
The problem you have is well known.
Tomtom is causing this.
You have to change some things in the registry settings.
value display"
Make this value 30 and after 30 seconds the display is completly off.
This should solve the problem.
Found this on www.pocketinfo.nl
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I did however check the value you mentioned, and it appears that I dont have
any values inside "\HKCU\Control Panel\Power\", it goes deeper into
"\HKCU\Control Panel\Power\LockLevel" value display gives key "Locklevel=0".
Do you suggest to alter this value or create a new one?
if you backlight is turning off (after dimming), then its not the cause of any issue.
the backlight issue is comprehensively covered here:
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=254042
BIG WIFI problem..
Hi, I have just bought it and after trying the wifi (while the phone was charging) I encountered in a problem. First connection ok, then I disable the connection tries again and the wifi status was always connecting...
So I reboot the phone and now I have no wifi status and it say to me that the driver is not loaded!!!!!
impossible to connect to wifi.
I have already done a clean of the system but it still dont work.
No program has been installet yet!
thank you for your help
Problem w/Vox Keyboard - Anyone Else?
Hey all...
First I want to qualify this post by saying that I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SMARTPHONE! I've finally found the convergence of one-handed use w/a full keyboard that does all my contact/appointment tracking, emails, etc.
Now...my problem: I've had the phone about 30 days now, and just last week have had problems with the backspace, carriage-return, shift, function and space keys on the QWERTY keyboard. They will just stop responding in the middle of typing (doesn't matter if it's a message, email, calendar notes, etc.) The only way I can fix the problem is to slightly close & reopen the keypad with a little flex-pressure on either end of the phone.
Luckily Mobile Planet will exchange the phone for me with no charge, but I was just wondering if anyone else was having this problem.
Hi,
I am having an issue with my battery: it drains really really fast, I mean I am loosing 10% per hour. It all started when I flushed my first 128mb compatible rom. I went from Mo3ulla latest to Ivans and back to Mo3ulla and all three had this issue. I also noticed that phone doesn't go to standby, backlight off - works, but turning power off after 2 min setting just doesn't do anything.
Apps I have are:
SPB PocketPlus 4, pBar, A2DPToggle, TCPMP, AEButton and that is pretty much it.
Any ideas and help is very much appreciated.
1. kill resident programs on device such us SPB PocketPlus 4, pBar,
2. check device battery status // they may be in charging status (due hardware bug)
3. execute instructions which i write in theme
mo3ulla said:
1. kill resident programs on device such us SPB PocketPlus 4, pBar,
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Did that, nothing changes
mo3ulla said:
2. check device battery status // they may be in charging status (due hardware bug)
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checked, didn't see any issues
mo3ulla said:
3. execute instructions which i write in theme
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did all of the things you mentioned in the thread, problem still exists.
The reason I started a new thread is beause it doesn't seem to be rom related. Could the reason be just old or defective battery?
How old is your device/battery?
If it is older than six-eight months, most likely it is soon going to die. That's how it started for me too. Then it'll get worse, like losing charge when plugged into the mains, and your device suddenly dying at around 50%, which will increase later.
The easiest solution would be to buy a new battery. If that solves the case, then cool. If it doesn't, you'll have a backup battery when your current one dies
Getting worse
I've had the device for about 4-6 month, not sure how long previous owner has had it for. New battery is on the way.
Tried everything. I flushed official rom form i-Mate and then Mo3ulla's latest and radio 1.15 - no luck. On one of the forums here I've read that taking battery out for about 5 min helps with fast draining, I've tried it and think it did help for a bit (I could be wrong) but then all problems came back.
Problems:
1. Registered applications after working properly for few days - now gives an error that the app license data can not be red.
PBar 1.5 top bar indicator moving around on the bar, it starts in the original right position and then moves to the middle of the bar.
2. "Turn device OFF if not used for"... option in power settings doesn't work - the device never turns off. "Turn backlight off" - works fine.
As Mo3ulla suggested I checked the GSM band settings - it is set for PCS1900 which I believe is correct for T-Mobile USA. Is it?
I just hope is is not a hardware issue as I am in USA and there are no UNI repair shops in the area.
If you have any idea on what to do please let me know as I am close to desperate mode and will try anything at this point.
when my battery started dying at 50% within 2 weeks i could only get 1 1/2 minutes of use out of it. i tried different ROMS, followed the instructions in the wiki but none of that worked for me.
Basically it was just the battery, i have used it everyday for about 2 years so i had my use out of it. I would definately buy a new battery for what they cost. i got mine on ebay for about £7 ($14 or so)
Yep
shoulders said:
when my battery started dying at 50% within 2 weeks i could only get 1 1/2 minutes of use out of it. i tried different ROMS, followed the instructions in the wiki but none of that worked for me.
Basically it was just the battery, i have used it everyday for about 2 years so i had my use out of it. I would definately buy a new battery for what they cost. i got mine on ebay for about £7 ($14 or so)
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NEw batter is on the way already, I am just affraid that it is something else, like hardware error, and if that's the case - I am screwed.
I've noticed the same thing with my Universe. It started after new ROM upgrade just 3 days ago.
Best way
Belka77 said:
Hi,
I am having an issue with my battery: it drains really really fast, I mean I am loosing 10% per hour. It all started when I flushed my first 128mb compatible rom. I went from Mo3ulla latest to Ivans and back to Mo3ulla and all three had this issue. I also noticed that phone doesn't go to standby, backlight off - works, but turning power off after 2 min setting just doesn't do anything.
Apps I have are:
SPB PocketPlus 4, pBar, A2DPToggle, TCPMP, AEButton and that is pretty much it.
Any ideas and help is very much appreciated.
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Beasty and Lairentius 2.08.01 Rom
5 hours of wifi ( 3400 mah battery )
3 hours of wifi ( standart battery )
Standby mode really works
but this rom have another problems
Whatever
Battery life is first important thing for me.
and i will not change this rom ever.
Belka77 said:
As Mo3ulla suggested I checked the GSM band settings - it is set for PCS1900 which I believe is correct for T-Mobile USA. Is it?
I just hope is is not a hardware issue as I am in USA and there are no UNI repair shops in the area.
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this information you can obtain from operator itself ... just call to operator
Belka77 said:
NEw batter is on the way already, I am just affraid that it is something else, like hardware error, and if that's the case - I am screwed.
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no its not hardware .. in your case its battery ... when battery arrives you will need to proper start use it ....
Update: It's alive
Well it is all better now. I installed Mo3ullas v1(not 128 MB) and device behaved much better: "Turn off power" setting worked and all in all this was excellent rom except for one thing - no A2DP. Then I went with Ivan's V1 and it all looks good now, no strange behavior from apps, power of works. A2DP works and so on, so I guess it was the issue of compatibility of Rom and Device. For some reason 128MB roms don't agree with my (and only my) device. I am looking to by the 64MB ram chips and do the upgrade will see what happens. Thank you all for you help.
mo3ulla said:
no its not hardware .. in your case its battery ... when battery arrives you will need to proper start use it ....
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Mo3ulla could you clarify what you mean by proper start use it?
Also if anyone knows where I can order just a couple of those 64MB chips - would be greatly appreciated. So far all distributors I contacted want to sell them by thousands and the site that was mentioned here (don't remember the url) that does sell them individually wants $80 and that is way too steep.
Hello,
I have a question. I read that in the diamond and the touch pro htc doesnt use the sirfstar 3 anymore but the qualcomm gps receiver.
The sirf 3 is a very good receiver but i dont have any experince with qualcomm. I read a review on the internet that qualcomm's performance is less effective than the sirf 3.
(http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=175&page=6)
Does anyone have any experience with the new qualcomm in htc's diamond or touch pro?
Look in the Diamond section, there's plenty of talk of issues with the GPS. No one has the Touch Pro yet since it hasn't released, so no one here could answer your question.
Black93300ZX said:
Look in the Diamond section, there's plenty of talk of issues with the GPS. No one has the Touch Pro yet since it hasn't released, so no one here could answer your question.
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But can't you summarize it??
So, I had Sirf Star 3, now I have Diamond (Qualcomm navigation). For a car use, Qualcomm performs as well as SirfStar 3, for pedestrian use, it is unusable, due to Static navigation can not be swithced. Diamond least for 2 hrs and 20 minutes of navigation, due to small batery, but like I said, for pedestrian it is unuseable, and in car you can recharge it permanently, so, iGO and TomTom works well. COM4 baud 4600.
pokevitek said:
So, I had Sirf Star 3, now I have Diamond (Qualcomm navigation). For a car use, Qualcomm performs as well as SirfStar 3, for pedestrian use, it is unusable, due to Static navigation can not be swithced. Diamond least for 2 hrs and 20 minutes of navigation, due to small batery, but like I said, for pedestrian it is unuseable, and in car you can recharge it permanently, so, iGO and TomTom works well. COM4 baud 4600.
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Is this a software or hardware limitation?
pokevitek said:
for pedestrian use, it is unusable, due to Static navigation can not be swithced.
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I have some difficulties to understand that. What is the point with "static navigation"?
First, someone thinks it is a software problem, someone thinks its hardware. Anyway, static navigation solves the probem with "jumping" GPS coordinates when staying on one place (in car, coordinates mey be +- 5 meters off), so, navigation will not actualise location in car if speed is under 3 km/s. That is it.
Ah okay, I understand.
But this "static navigation" should be handled by the application not by the GPS driver. So the navigation software can and should decide by itself if there is some advanced map-matching applied to the coordinates.
Is this "static navigation" feature only an issue with TomTom or does this apply to GoogleMaps as well?
As far as I can remember my old TomTom 6 application had a pedestrian mode as well. I would assume this "static navigation" feature would be turned off in this case.
Does TomTom 7 have no pedestrian mode or is this really something that is handled by the GPS driver?
foo said:
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Is this "static navigation" feature only an issue with TomTom or does this apply to GoogleMaps as well?
...
Does TomTom 7 have no pedestrian mode or is this really something that is handled by the GPS driver?
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I think you should ask this on the Diamond forum, because almost noone has this phone right now. But if you manage to get an answer, pls let me know, because I'm really interested in this question (I mean the 1st one).
Barkeeper1979 said:
Hello,
I have a question. I read that in the diamond and the touch pro htc doesnt use the sirfstar 3 anymore but the qualcomm gps receiver.
The sirf 3 is a very good receiver but i dont have any experince with qualcomm. I read a review on the internet that qualcomm's performance is less effective than the sirf 3.
(http://www.gpspassion.com/fr/articles.asp?id=175&page=6)
Does anyone have any experience with the new qualcomm in htc's diamond or touch pro?
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mydexterid said:
I think you should ask this on the Diamond forum, because almost noone has this phone right now. But if you manage to get an answer, pls let me know, because I'm really interested in this question (I mean the 1st one).
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My experience with the Touch Diamond and iGO8 is that there is a time lag (when you stop the car the GPS continues moving 10 - 15 meters) and a lag consistently showing that my position is some 10 - 30 m behind the actual position. At least I have never seen iGO8 showing my position ahead of the actual. The latter becomes a problem when using smart or auto zoom when zoomed to the highest level. In that case it may look like i should turn at the next intersection and not the one I am in, and that is anoying. However, I believe its possible to set max zoom level also in the auto or smart mode somewhere, and that should improve matters (have not taken the time to do so).
However, the article you refer to does tell me that I'll have to live with some sort of issue, but by-and-large I find it is quite OK, especially if I zoom to a fixed level showing a little more than just 20 m road. I may add that iGO 8 in principle only runs on devices with SD support due to copy protection.
I tested (on the road) both Diamond and Touch PRO.
Diamond:
Worse performance than SirfIII receivers I've had. No GPS lag. Still, the performance is acceptable.
Touch PRO:
Performance comparable to SirfIII. Got GPS lag though.
I'm sure that the put a better GPS antenna to Touch PRO, since it gets stronger signal, faster TTF and more reliable navigation.
I hope that GPS lag is software issue that will get fixed.
Cheers,
robal said:
I tested (on the road) both Diamond and Touch PRO.
Diamond:
Worse performance than SirfIII receivers I've had. No GPS lag. Still, the performance is acceptable.
Touch PRO:
Performance comparable to SirfIII. Got GPS lag though.
I'm sure that the put a better GPS antenna to Touch PRO, since it gets stronger signal, faster TTF and more reliable navigation.
I hope that GPS lag is software issue that will get fixed.
Cheers,
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Sounds a bit wierd as TD and TPro is the same processor (and not up to the Sifr chip's performance - but that can be compensated by a well made software). Have you tried it using google map, that could be interesting. Or alternatively put it in pedestrian/off road mode and leave the road.
Lag on Raphael is driving me crazy......
Yeah, I'm seeing some pretty nasty lag myself... Just tested it out going from work to home last night, using iGo8. Seems when I stop my car, it keeps moving for a while, speed decreases quite slowly... Not quite as good as my Holux M-1200, but I'll keep testing and see...
Does anyone know/think that a software/radio/rom upgrade might fix this? Or is it just a hardware limitation?
I'm not getting hardly any lag using TomTom Navigator 6, seems perfect to me. I did set the baud rate to maximum, maybe that's why or maybe it's a software issue with IGo?
ukdj78 said:
I'm not getting hardly any lag using TomTom Navigator 6, seems perfect to me. I did set the baud rate to maximum, maybe that's why or maybe it's a software issue with IGo?
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Hmm, I'll try that tomorrow if I get a chance, although I have my doubts it'll make any difference. I was using the same setup on my Elfin, and although there was some very slight lag, nothing like what I see with the Raph....
But I'll try setting the baud rate to max and retry... I'll let y'all know...
ukdj78 said:
I'm not getting hardly any lag using TomTom Navigator 6, seems perfect to me. I did set the baud rate to maximum, maybe that's why or maybe it's a software issue with IGo?
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Most people report lag time regardless the navigationsoft. Maybe the iGO is a bit worse. I surely observe a speed dependend lag sometimes, but even while waiting in an intersection I sometimes observe that iGO informs up to 20 m to the intersection. Sometimes the turn indicator reads 0 m while the main screen surely shows that I am not yet at the intersection. Never I observerd that iGO showed a position ahead of the true position.
It is known that the TD processor is not as accurate as the Sifr chipset so I wonder if it's because the navi soft is averaging the position locking you to the road. Try to let it track your position in a mode not locking to the road (or use google map) and you'll see that the curser is moving even up to 20 m even the phone is left steady on the table.
i notice allot of gps lag with garmin mobile xt and little with tomtom 7 but it's there. Also i notice that the gps bars on tomtom or garmin do not maintain fixed, not the signal, that would be normal, but the satellite number. This is very strange when i have a few satellites with a very good signal and suddenly the gps software stops using it, why ??? If i was moving around i would accept that, but since i'm not moving why doesn't it maintain the same satellites ??
Always jumping around satellites instead of maintaining them and this is probably caused by the driver that decodes the gps/satellite information.
I really think that the problem comes from the driver that windows uses for the gps + the radio version.
I'm really confident that future ""HTC"" updates will solve the problem, not cooked roms having has base the actual htc rom(s)
Only time will tell , we will have to wait for the next htc update.
adolfotregosa said:
i notice allot of gps lag with garmin mobile xt and little with tomtom 7 but it's there. Also i notice that the gps bars on tomtom or garmin do not maintain fixed, not the signal, that would be normal, but the satellite number. This is very strange when i have a few satellites with a very good signal and suddenly the gps software stops using it, why ??? If i was moving around i would accept that, but since i'm not moving why doesn't it maintain the same satellites ??
Always jumping around satellites instead of maintaining them and this is probably caused by the driver that decodes the gps/satellite information.
I really think that the problem comes from the driver that windows uses for the gps + the radio version.
I'm really confident that future ""HTC"" updates will solve the problem, not cooked roms having has base the actual htc rom(s)
Only time will tell , we will have to wait for the next htc update.
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Satellites are moving and the atmospharical conditions changing all the time affecting the signal you receive.
The chipset used by HTC is also not performing as well as the the Sirf III having a lower accuraccy, but that doesn't change the signal strength received of course.
guitarguy said:
Yeah, I'm seeing some pretty nasty lag myself... Just tested it out going from work to home last night, using iGo8. Seems when I stop my car, it keeps moving for a while, speed decreases quite slowly... Not quite as good as my Holux M-1200, but I'll keep testing and see...
Does anyone know/think that a software/radio/rom upgrade might fix this? Or is it just a hardware limitation?
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its an IGO8 issue. i believe its programmed in so that if you lose sattelite it makes assumptions about where you are going (since you gave it the end point anyway, its fair to assume that you are continuing in that direction). What i wish they would do is put you 3 secs ahead of where it currently shows you, more often than not it would be an accurate assumption. I love igo8 but in a complicated intersection i often miss the correct turn.
Bit of a noob question for my first post - sorry
Bought myself an SPV M5000 (remember them??) running WM6... didn't realise how big this thing was till it turned up
Anyway - the issue - in standby alone I seem to be getting about a days worth of battery out of it before it dies. This is not acceptable.
Running radio version 1.18.00 (Dunno if the rest is important, but ROM 2.07.00 WWE, Protocol 42.54.P8)
Now I've found some archived threads about rolling the radio version back to help solve this - was 1.18.00 one of the problem versions (should have fixed it by now surely??) and if so, how far back should I be looking?
Anything I could/should try before this? and...being really lazy now...could anyone post/show me to an idiot's guide for doing this
Thanks (and I promise to contribute more on future posts...if I don't just bin this paperweight first)
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TllEWL said:
Bit of a noob question for my first post - sorry
Bought myself an SPV M5000 (remember them??) running WM6... didn't realise how big this thing was till it turned up
Anyway - the issue - in standby alone I seem to be getting about a days worth of battery out of it before it dies. This is not acceptable.
Running radio version 1.18.00 (Dunno if the rest is important, but ROM 2.07.00 WWE, Protocol 42.54.P8)
Now I've found some archived threads about rolling the radio version back to help solve this - was 1.18.00 one of the problem versions (should have fixed it by now surely??) and if so, how far back should I be looking?
Anything I could/should try before this? and...being really lazy now...could anyone post/show me to an idiot's guide for doing this
Thanks (and I promise to contribute more on future posts...if I don't just bin this paperweight first)
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Welcome to the forum
I would recommend you to enter to Universal forum and read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=267448
I have heard that some radios drain the battery fastet than others, I´m using 1.08 and my original battery from 2005 last me day and a half using a lot of calls and some BT and WIFI
Good luck and don´t forget to vote!
OMG! Soo much information
Thanks for the steer to the Universal section (may have found that eventually, but god knows how long it would have taken)
3hrs later, I think I've established that although I don't have the randomly dying battery (still going at .... 21%) Radio 1.18 works for others, so I probably do need a new battery - the phone's still got its protective screen covers on it, but that's not to say that the battery was new.
I'll switch back to my Treo (7days+ with use) for now and just use the brick for the SatNav till I get a new battery.
Don't think I'm gonna be able to spare the time to read up on how to do all this flashing stuff safely so hope the new battery works
TllEWL said:
OMG! Soo much information
Thanks for the steer to the Universal section (may have found that eventually, but god knows how long it would have taken)
3hrs later, I think I've established that although I don't have the randomly dying battery (still going at .... 21%) Radio 1.18 works for others, so I probably do need a new battery - the phone's still got its protective screen covers on it, but that's not to say that the battery was new.
I'll switch back to my Treo (7days+ with use) for now and just use the brick for the SatNav till I get a new battery.
Don't think I'm gonna be able to spare the time to read up on how to do all this flashing stuff safely so hope the new battery works
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Yes a new battery is the best solution, try to get the original!
On Universal forum there is a member called Dukenukem that sells the original ones at good price
You actually don´t have to spend so much hours reading and it´s worth!
Cheers and don,t forget to vote!
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Bit of a noob question for my first post - sorry
Bought myself an SPV M5000 (remember them??) running WM6... didn't realise how big this thing was till it turned up
Anyway - the issue - in standby alone I seem to be getting about a days worth of battery out of it before it dies. This is not acceptable.
Running radio version 1.18.00 (Dunno if the rest is important, but ROM 2.07.00 WWE, Protocol 42.54.P8)
Now I've found some archived threads about rolling the radio version back to help solve this - was 1.18.00 one of the problem versions (should have fixed it by now surely??) and if so, how far back should I be looking?
Anything I could/should try before this? and...being really lazy now...could anyone post/show me to an idiot's guide for doing this
Thanks (and I promise to contribute more on future posts...if I don't just bin this paperweight first)
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First: Yes Exec is a brick and Since I have it, I have given up to carry my 45 Magnum. HTC Universal (Exec) can do the same job
Be Frank IMHO Exec had never good battery live.. I hear some people saying they can last 1-3 days with it, but in my case: Push mail 80-100 mails, calls, a lot reminders and PIM use it has never lasted full one day.
My suggestion to stretch your battery live:
1) Low Phone Signal increase the power connection:
2) Radio Version depends on your service provider or Country.. In some countrys or locations the 118 has no problem but in others it leads to high power consumption or even device freezes. The best thing you can do is try different version and observe your phone Signal; call Quality and Battery live. Here you can find most Radio versions to download: http://vidmes.com/xda/Uni/Radios/
3) Changing frequent location (Driving) also decrease Battery live.
4) Set your Phone Band Manually to GSM or 3G dont use the setting "Auto"
5) Set your backlight settings to min brightness. ( in my case only to first line!!! Lower then that is Darkness)
6) Set Your Beam off to Incoming Beams
8) Backlight Time.. Set to min time ( in my case is 1min after that bcklight goes off)
9)Turn off device if not used... (In my case time: 1 min)
10) Find the Right ROM.. According my experiences some ROMs have high CPU usage.. even though nothing is active but CPU is running high. In most cases Shell32.exe leading to high CPU. ( My current ROM is Tomal 8.5 standard. very happy with it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=454906 )
11) If you don’t use push mail or don’t Sync. Kill the process repllog.exe. Again in Some ROM the Activesync. runs even though there is nothing to sync. (Push mail or Desktop Sync.) That leads additional CPU usage and also unnecessarily memory consumption.
At the end you will find out that you might need one more spare battery or one with higher capacity as it has been discussed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432099.
Furthermore if you plan to carry the exec on your belt you may also need one of these:http://www.suspenderstore.com/susu60.html
Bulldog said:
Furthermore if you plan to carry the exec on your belt you may also need one of these:http://www.suspenderstore.com/susu60.html
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Oh boy, that link does not carry well across the water, it conjures up totally different images here in the UK.
deedee said:
Oh boy, that link does not carry well across the water, it conjures up totally different images here in the UK.
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It was not my attention to indicate to the guys with less hair.. it should be protection for not losing his pants.
Bulldog said:
It was not my attention to indicate to the guys with less hair.. it should be protection for not losing his pants.
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Has to be said that comparison isn't a huge amount better, , UK pants are under garments, the outer ones are trousers.
And i am missing the guys with less hair connection, suspenders in the UK are a female lingerie item.
deedee said:
Has to be said that comparison isn't a huge amount better, , UK pants are under garments, the outer ones are trousers.
And i am missing the guys with less hair connection, suspenders in the UK are a female lingerie item.
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Thanks for the “Pants” correction in British English.
According the Dictionary it seems in American English meaning of Pants can be also trousers. But hey how I would know..English is just my 4th language.
However Somehow I start to miss your connection to female lingerie items. Frankly speaking it appears to me that you did not see the suspender pictures in the link that I have given or else you would have seen those are the one of two straps worn over the shoulders to hold up trousers (pants). I believe to have seen that such suspender are also worn by Skinheads which some call them “the guys with less hair”
In Order to make it short, I suggest after you seen the pictures in the link, if you would still insist that such suspenders are in UK under the category lingerie items then I might need talk to the Web Company that sells those. They have somehow categorised that suspender under “BIG & TALL GUYS suspenders”????
Anyhow you have a Great day
I didi look at the link and hence my comments, i had missed the reference to skinheads, what is being sold as suspenders are called braces in the UK.
deedee said:
Has to be said that comparison isn't a huge amount better, , UK pants are under garments, the outer ones are trousers.
And i am missing the guys with less hair connection, suspenders in the UK are a female lingerie item.
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hello deedee one simple question for you. Which UK online store has best range of lingerie items? I hope you will post some quick reply. Thanks in advance
has anyone been able to find any bugs? only bug i found so far is that the touch sounds are insanely annoying and make me have to pee a lot.
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has anyone been able to find any bugs? only bug i found so far is that the touch sounds are insanely annoying and make me have to pee a lot.
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try this mod works well if not you can just delete the sounds from system/media/audio/ui
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i disabled them in the settings somewhere. mainly wanting to know what people have found as bugs. thanks for the tip though ima check it out.
Maybe not a bug, but the Bluetooth pairing sequence with my iogear hands free leaves room for improvement.
It seems to work best when I turn on SR's BT first then follow with the hands free. Every so often it forces extra steps before Phone Audio is included in the pairing.
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Not sure if it was a bad flash, wakelock, or something I did but my battery life sucked when I was using it. Other than that it was pretty solid.
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yea the battery life seems like its being drained by the screen moreso than normal. probably a new color management system or something. and as for the bluetooth issue, what do you mean by forces extra steps? i figure the more info we make public the more chance samsung has of seeing and fixing the bug since they do crawl the site.
pc103 said:
Maybe not a bug, but the Bluetooth pairing sequence with my iogear hands free leaves room for improvement.
It seems to work best when I turn on SR's BT first then follow with the hands free. Every so often it forces extra steps before Phone Audio is included in the pairing.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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BloodSkin said:
yea the battery life seems like its being drained by the screen moreso than normal. probably a new color management system or something. and as for the bluetooth issue, what do you mean by forces extra steps? i figure the more info we make public the more chance samsung has of seeing and fixing the bug since they do crawl the site.
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Sure ... by "extra steps" I mean
Most times I only need to turn on SR's BT first, then turn on my iomega, then the grey BT status text on screen that says (paired) under the iomega's model name will automatically turn bright blue; indicating it is paired + Phone audio. Ready to use.
The other 6% of the time the grey status text stays grey, so I click on GBHFK231. I just now noticed there is an empty [Call audio / Use for phone audio] checkbox on the resulting screen, but I never noticed it while in my car. Based on that other 94% of the times I start BT to a complete pairing with audio, I am spoiled, so without using any check boxes, I just restart both BTs in order and usually get the full pairing.
I can't agree about battery drain though. I toggle Data off most of the time and use wifi whenever possible. Battery discharge at rest on wifi (no data) is 2 - 3% / hr.