handcent sms and battery time - XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps

i read a post from a chinese forum about x10, mentioning that the handcent sms greatly impacts the battery time negatively.
i havent tested it yet. does it make sense?
after updating to 2.1, my battery time gets worse than that of 1.6, so i am going all out to find a solution.
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piercewei said:
i read a post from a chinese forum about x10, mentioning that the handcent sms greatly impacts the battery time negatively.
i havent tested it yet. does it make sense?
after updating to 2.1, my battery time gets worse than that of 1.6, so i am going all out to find a solution.
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I have ran handcent for ages and noticed no difference at all.
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Its true, i can see it in battery graph... it happens when you dont reada message for a long time.. like 2 hours for example.
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Jonika21 said:
Its true, i can see it in battery graph... it happens when you dont reada message for a long time.. like 2 hours for example.
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Meaning, if youve recieved a text and have not yet read it. Then it consumes battery more?
Wonder why!
Tbh, my battery doesn't seem as good as it use to be, Im on 2.1, lot of customisation! Hmm :/

thanks for all of your responses. i'll make an evaluation and post back soon.
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I think that if you have the blinking LED going (e.g. to notify of a new message) that reduces the battery quite a lot. So I do my best to turn all LED notifications off.
Not sure if that will help but try it out.

uninstalled handcent but didnt find obvious difference. many people here repoered longer battery time. i dont know why i got the opposite result. now i may have to root my phone to freeze some applications i dont use. hope this would be helpful.
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Anyone having issues with Handcent?

Iv had my evo for a week now and i used handcent on my samsung moment with no problem but on the evo i noticed that if i dont open a message immediatly the phone will stay awake. (screen will black out but phone is still running) Iv verified this in spare parts. I had over an hour of usage from handcent in partial wake usage.
Does anyone have a solution for this? I love the way handcent work and its layout. Iv checked in handcents settings and nothing should keep the phone from staying awake. my evo is stock with root.
I've been using Handcent since I've had the EVO. Like you I came from the Moment too. I've had no issues.
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Havent had this issue either, try re installing
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flipper12 said:
I've been using Handcent since I've had the EVO. Like you I came from the Moment too. I've had no issues.
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That helps a lot.
All I can tell you is reinstall handcent I guess.

Slow messaging app

Hey, ive noticed that the default messaging app is pretty slow to load or send messages. I even tried handcent and got the same issue. It's like a 2-3 second lag when opening the app or selecting a specific message. Does anyone else have the same issue? Wasn't this bad on my nexus :/
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I use handcent and its almost instant when I send or load messages. I don't like the stock message app so I never really tried with that one.
Do you have a specific setting to make it faster??
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I use Go sms. It is free and pretty fast. The delay could also be happening if you have a lot of messages though. That would slow down any sms app.
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The HTC messaging app had been criticized for having this slow issue before, so nothing new. Just use handcent or similar.
Handcent is instantaneous with send/receive, plus pop up text, can't go wrong.
Thunderbolt «» das BAMF Remix
Just switched to gosms, no lag so far
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+1 for GO SMS.
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ah i didnt want to start a new thread but ill throw my question here so im sorry but has anyone noticed keyboard lag when plugged in? i use the charger that came with the phone but sometimes i experience lag where ill be typing and the keyboard freezes and i literally have to wait for the phone to slowly type out what i wrote. what could be the problem?
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ah i didnt want to start a new thread but ill throw my question here so im sorry but has anyone noticed keyboard lag when plugged in? i use the charger that came with the phone but sometimes i experience lag where ill be typing and the keyboard freezes and i literally have to wait for the phone to slowly type out what i wrote. what could be the problem?
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I've had this issue. Actually i've had issues where the entire device gets so slow i have to reboot. This hasn't happened since i changed kernels. I use smartkeyboard pro too, so i reduced the length of time of the haptic feedback and that helped too.
That's why I use go sms.
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My short gingerbread review and my backlight bleed caught on camera

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0PqF91o3U&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Not a pro.just thought I'd give a short review on my findings and my backlight bleeding..
Have a good day all..
Nice video, would mind sharing the wallpaper you are using
aim1126 said:
Nice video, would mind sharing the wallpaper you are using
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Which wallpaper? The live ones? Or the nvidia green one?
smashpunks said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0PqF91o3U&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Not a pro.just thought I'd give a short review on my findings and my backlight bleeding..
Have a good day all..
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Yours doesn't have a bleed you are one of the lucky ones! Mine is way worse.
Pecata said:
Yours doesn't have a bleed you are one of the lucky ones! Mine is way worse.
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Seems so.I've had no reboots either side from accident holding the power button too long and it rebooting on me... lol
This is an example of people not understanding what issues are. I had to stop your video when I saw it.
The keyboard lags in the MESSAGING app. Not anywhere else. Any SMS client with any keyboard will have the lag. To repeat, the actual bug is "lags when typing text messages." So no, people aren't smoking crack. Just you and several others don't seem to understand the actual issue.
Not trying to dog you out, just misinformation is one of my pet peeves.
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kangxi said:
This is an example of people not understanding what issues are. I had to stop your video when I saw it.
The keyboard lags in the MESSAGING app. Not anywhere else. Any SMS client with any keyboard will have the lag. To repeat, the actual bug is "lags when typing text messages." So no, people aren't smoking crack. Just you and several others don't seem to understand the actual issue.
Not trying to dog you out, just misinformation is one of my pet peeves.
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Well there home slice. Sounds like this video made you all upset..
Maybe a easy solution is use, ready? Handcent word
LOL OMG I AINT BEEN ON MOCOSPACE IN YEARSSSSS
too many hoezzzzzzz
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Lol.. you still don't get it.. switching the SMS app doesn't get rid of the lag. My point exactly.
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smashpunks said:
Which wallpaper? The live ones? Or the nvidia green one?
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the nvidia one
kangxi said:
Lol.. you still don't get it.. switching the SMS app doesn't get rid of the lag. My point exactly.
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Sure does, ill post proof if needed..
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Lol.. you still don't get it.. switching the SMS app doesn't get rid of the lag. My point exactly.
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Strange... I use handcent and better keyboard fully customized and I have no lag on this or stock keyboard in messaging or any app for that matter
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Well if using handcent fixes the lag, then I stand corrected. I used the default keyboard, gingerbread keyboard from the market, swype, default SMS app and go SMS. All combinations produced the lag after a bit of texting, not just just one sentence.
If you can type out a paragraph using handcent without it slowing down then I will shut up. And thank you for finding a workaround.
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kangxi said:
Well if using handcent fixes the lag, then I stand corrected. I used the default keyboard, gingerbread keyboard from the market, swype, default SMS app and go SMS. All combinations produced the lag after a bit of texting, not just just one sentence.
If you can type out a paragraph using handcent without it slowing down then I will shut up. And thank you for finding a workaround.
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Not doubting what u have had happen with your phone but I would give handcent a shot..
I use gingerbread and better keyboard and haven't had any lag whatsoever except when I type 4page ttext it converts to mms but u can change that setting
usually I don't use handcent but I grew tired of go and just like trying different apps
I am curious to now if this helps u at all so please post your results
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Can't upload from phone atm but..
Get zedge from market place and search nvidia.....
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Can't upload from phone aim but..
Get zedge from market place and search nvidia.....
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thanks a lot

Battery life draining fast

I have no idea how to fix this. I've tried three roms eaglssblood ice singhui and Hellfire Phoenix. I installed Trinity on Phoenix yet it is still draining battery. Why?
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Try calibrating your battery.
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There is a rogue app in your drawer. download watchlist app, it will keep track on other apps which are hogging your system.
Battery calibration won't and doesn't do anything useful... its more then likely an app or something running constantly. What's your screen on times? Post a screenshot of your battery usage.
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Get the app BetterBatteryStats.
Use it to check partial wakelocks.
It will change your life.
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I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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mt3g said:
I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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Alright deleted it, will report tomorrow, phone is fully charged now so I will unplug it, and let it sit over night on 4g and report back tomorrow.
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mt3g said:
I'm on 2.3.4 with practically all the bloat and more removed, holy hell battery is terrible for me... if testing to find rouge apps doesn't work I'm gonna factory reset and just not install any thing. Today I didn't hardly use my phone (no work) sat around on the computer, paid some bills watched some movies and TV, sent two text messages and read 3 emails battery was at 65% after 3 ½ hours... 3 of which was idle time and screen off. Never had it so bad before.
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and i thought it was just me...
kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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gonna give this a shot
lowrider262 said:
and i thought it was just me...
gonna give this a shot
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Same here. Hopefully this will help but will also dig deeper
Lost 20% in 7 hours, much better!!!! Thanks kwes
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mt3g said:
Lost 20% in 7 hours, much better!!!! Thanks kwes
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Anytime. That's usually the first thing I do when I install a rom based on lg stock. That app runs constantly eating data and ram. You will usually gain almost 1mb of open ram by just deleting it.
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Ya I knew there was something I was missing, considering my average use on most 2.3.3 roms would be at least 16-20 hours, I was barely getting 10-11 hours after the update. So thanks again!
mt3g said:
Ya I knew there was something I was missing, considering my average use on most 2.3.3 roms would be at least 16-20 hours, I was barely getting 10-11 hours after the update. So thanks again!
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On what type of usage? I can hardly get more than 8 hrs on medium usage .
What the hell is qem_warlock .it's been on my kernel warlock since I unplugged.
I pretty much don't play games and don't stream music or anything like large data usage. I call text browse and read articles and such, XDA and Facebook is about it for other usage though, light in most eyes, and I under-clock the phone to 700's usually.
mt3g said:
I pretty much don't play games and don't stream music or anything like large data usage. I call text browse and read articles and such, XDA and Facebook is about it for other usage though, light in most eyes, and I under-clock the phone to 700's usually.
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Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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As far as these phone have come battery are a step behind,more on dual core phones.Although if battery is such a big deal and you absolutely need it just buy extra battery and chargeable adapter,problem solved
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daxecutioner24 said:
Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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Ya I agree, the phone at 600ish on stock kernel runs just fine for texting and calls and checking Facebook... usually what I run when I'm out at bars with my friends cause it usually ends up being a weekend without my charger, I've over clocked the phone maybe twice, no point in my eyes lol.
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daxecutioner24 said:
Not to say anyone wont do it, but that's a hard thing to do, 700 underclock Most Oc of to 1.4 lol.
Funny though at 700 it probably runs just as fast as default 1ghz speed.
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When underclocked to 750 or below 1 processor is not running and vice versa
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kwes1020 said:
Look for odmaclientprovider.apk or something like that name wise in system/app and freeze it or delete it. Its lgs ota update app and its always running in the background.
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i can confirm this helped battery life, thanks! also if any of you still have telenav on the 2.3.4 update, getting rid of that helped me out too

Is this good battery life???

This was my battery life today... I downloaded a 1.4G movie on this life today. And watched two episodes of burn notice... is this good for our stock battery....?
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stebomurkn420 said:
This was my battery life today... I downloaded a 1.4G movie on this life today. And watched two episodes of burn notice... is this good for our stock battery....?
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...and what was this battery life then?
JihadSquad said:
...and what was this battery life then?
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My screen capture photo isn't loading for some reason.. gonna try to repost...
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This jpeg has the incorrect file extension...? What should I do to get my phone to stop saying this when I try to uploaded an image on here...?
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stebomurkn420 said:
This jpeg has the incorrect file extension...? What should I do to get my phone to stop saying this when I try to uploaded an image on here...?
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Upload the picture (screen shot) to picsa with your google account and Upload via XDA thru your Chrome browser on your computer.
jager420 said:
Upload the picture (screen shot) to picsa with your google account and Upload via XDA thru your Chrome browser on your computer.
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Well yes I could do that... but I was uploading screen captures before straight from my phone no problem... I want that again!!!! Haha... thank you very much for your feedback though jager420...
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If you're using ShootMe there's an option to change your screencaps to save as jpg
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...and what was this battery life then?
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Its not bad, but it could be better. It looks like u lose signal a few times throughout the day. The phone searchin for signal will def drain ur battery. That was really the only thing i noticed. Looks like ur awake time and screen on time r pretty dead on (better than mine) so ur peob not havin wakelock problems. Do u use the facebook app? It is a huge battery hog.
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cnoevl21 said:
Its not bad, but it could be better. It looks like u lose signal a few times throughout the day. The phone searchin for signal will def drain ur battery. That was really the only thing i noticed. Looks like ur awake time and screen on time r pretty dead on (better than mine) so ur peob not havin wakelock problems. Do u use the facebook app? It is a huge battery hog.
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Yea I use the fb app... maybe I should start using the browser..? I would say I'm a pretty heavy user thanks for the pointers any other advice is greatly appreciated...
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I like the Friendcaster app for Facebook. It does everything the official app does and it's a lot more resource-lean. It's also easier to use, IMO.
I use the mobile sites for fb and twitter n it def saves on batt life. I also turn off google location (only turn it on wen i need navigation). And also lower the brightness of ur display to abt 20% or so
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shrike1978 said:
I like the Friendcaster app for Facebook. It does everything the official app does and it's a lot more resource-lean. It's also easier to use, IMO.
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Friendcaster is less of a hog, but still a hog none the less. Mobile site looks exactly like the app, but only runs wen its open instead of 24/7
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cnoevl21 said:
Friendcaster is less of a hog, but still a hog none the less. Mobile site looks exactly like the app, but only runs wen its open instead of 24/7
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Also runs a ton faster.
Properly configured, Friendcaster uses C2DM for notifications which is already running anyway, so there's nothing extra polling in the background.
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cnoevl21 said:
Friendcaster is less of a hog, but still a hog none the less. Mobile site looks exactly like the app, but only runs wen its open instead of 24/7
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I've got notifications disabled with Friendcaster and it uses 1mb of RAM when it runs in the background. The upside is that I have the option of "sharing" with my other apps.
I'm one of those annoying people who always posts pics of their kids and articles that no one else likes to read, so having this option is important to me.

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