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Juice defender on Desire S

Anyone using this on a Desire S think that it does make much of a difference to the battery?

det66 said:
Anyone using this on a Desire S think that it does make much of a difference to the battery?
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I use Tasker which can do everything juice defender does and more, but yes, it does help if your phone goes into airplane mode over night, and auto switch off wifi when you leave home.
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Thanks for the reply can't really make up my mind about it

TASKER!
det66 said:
Thanks for the reply can't really make up my mind about it
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I bought tasker after reading wnp_79's description of it within his guide and have never regretted spending the money for a minute!

wnp_79 and ben_pyett ,you've convinced me ,gonna get Tasker

I'm using a free version, and it definetly improves battery life

Am using the ultimate version and not much difference
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det66 said:
Anyone using this on a Desire S think that it does make much of a difference to the battery?
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Yes but not a huge amount. I found I used 20-30% battery per day with it turned on so I saved maybe 10%.

sharper00 said:
Yes but not a huge amount. I found I used 20-30% battery per day with it turned on so I saved maybe 10%.
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Tasker also adds all the additional automation functionally, saving you tine and effort which is far more important
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ben_pyett said:
Tasker also adds all the additional automation functionally, saving you tine and effort which is far more important
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Sure, it probably won't help with battery life much though.

sharper00 said:
Sure, it probably won't help with battery life much though.
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I disagree, tasker automates my use of my radios and sync' ing depending on location, time and date (thanks wnp_79), so it will not just save you some battery but also data which is just as important if you're on a limited data plan.
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K Guys Have a bit of OS knowledge and stuff...
So all I can say juice defender or tasker won't save battery...they would just automate things better...
So if you shut wifi evrytime you finish with its use and blah blah other such things...
It won't help a bit...
Else if you forget and stuff...then you would see improvement...
Thats the fact...So if you use your cell efficiently you won't need it...

vampire36 said:
K Guys Have a bit of OS knowledge and stuff...
So all I can say juice defender or tasker won't save battery...they would just automate things better...
So if you shut wifi evrytime you finish with its use and blah blah other such things...
It won't help a bit...
Else if you forget and stuff...then you would see improvement...
Thats the fact...So if you use your cell efficiently you won't need it...
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We're clearly not all as perfect as you in which case it will save battery,.I agree efficient use will get the same but is much harder
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ben_pyett said:
We're clearly not all as perfect as you in which case it will save battery,.I agree efficient use will get the same but is much harder
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Try treating it as ur gf...It works in my case...

Well installed Tasker and took the advice from the new owners guide and so far this is the result .
Which isn't bad as its been normal usage and quite a long chat with the Mrs as she is in England with work

We'll for me, how can I use the phone for at least 24 hrs without worrying about my battery going dead any minute......
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lynxnoon said:
We'll for me, how can I use the phone for at least 24 hrs without worrying about my battery going dead any minute......
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Great guide here on how to help maximise battery time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097538
I'm happy if it lasts through the day so I can charge it at night,thats all I want really

vampire36 said:
Try treating it as ur gf...It works in my case...
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all well and good but I'm married, when I get a gf I probably will
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ben_pyett said:
all well and good but I'm married, when I get a gf I probably will
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Aaahhhh m cornered....
Cn't tell u to treat it as ur wife...
Poor Desire S might have torrid times ahead then...

det66 said:
Great guide here on how to help maximise battery time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097538
I'm happy if it lasts through the day so I can charge it at night,thats all I want really
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With some fettling and tweaking as out-lined in my guide (and thanks to the awesome kernel from MDJ) this is typically what I get out of my battery...

New Nexus S won't charge past 94%...why?

I just got a Nexus S I9023 and i've noticed that it won't charge to 100% and just reads charged at 94/96%
Anyone know why this is?
I'm running stock 2.3.4

It will charger to 100% after some cycles of charge, I have the same nexus s i9203
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Here is the answer.

^
Really dude?

El Droid said:
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Really dude?
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It is a question that was asked here on Nexus S forum at least 100 times. If you bought your phone yesterday, at least read a little bit more here on Forum about your phone, instead of opening new threads.
The same is with your thread about Music App, I gave you the answer - use the Market enabler.

brainmaster said:
It is a question that was asked here on Nexus S forum at least 100 times. If you bought your phone yesterday, at least read a little bit more here on Forum about your phone, instead of opening new threads.
The same is with your thread about Music App, I gave you the answer - use the Market enabler.
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And I appreciate it but it didn't work for me. Also I did do a Google search but didn't really find anything definitive hence why I came here.

Did you do a search on the actual forum, not just google?
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I had the same situation 2 days ago (with the i9023), and found the other threads to not be so helpful. I think its acceptable to post this here in xda, after all what does Google know that xda doesn't?

Guys this was questioned many times and the answer is here on XDA even on Google. We want to respect the newcomers but only if you are not lazy and inform you properly before opening new threads.

dowmace said:
Did you do a search on the actual forum, not just google?
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Yup. But didn't get anything...probably because the search function on most forums suck. Either that or I suck at using it

Charging with the screen on

brainmaster said:
Here is the answer.
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Hahaha! That's a good one. I fell for the trick.

Settings >applications>development>stay stay awake
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Stay wake option does make the phone charger more
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Charge sorry
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i had the 94% issue with 2.3.3 (which was what it came with when i bought it). Once I upgraded to 2.3.4 it goes up to 99-100...regardless of how much power there is in the battery, they did change something with 2.3.4 as far as % reporting. Maybe so people would stop asking
-gk

You may want to read this to understand why it doesn't go to 100%
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/1...bump-charging-and-inconsistent-battery-drain/

gkrawiec said:
i had the 94% issue with 2.3.3 (which was what it came with when i bought it). Once I upgraded to 2.3.4 it goes up to 99-100...regardless of how much power there is in the battery, they did change something with 2.3.4 as far as % reporting. Maybe so people would stop asking
-gk
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I am running but still have it *shrug*. Thanks for all the replies.

Boosting Apps

Well I downloaded the app called Spare Parts and I have seen a noticeable increase in the snappiness of this beat of an infuse of mine and I was wondering was there any other Apps like spare parts? Apps that can improve the phone WITHOUT root
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Juice Defender can help wonders in terms of battery life. There are also numerous task managers out there but you really have to understand when/how/with what to use them or they often do more harm than good!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
Come on read the forums!

iStatiK said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
Come on read the forums!
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Come on read the first post! The
op is asking for apps to help
Boost performance of the phone, not mods/kernels/roms, did you skip the line where he said WITHOUT root!
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I did NOT see without root. Haha sorry. I think you should root it it will make phone go real fast 0:
SkeetSkeetMachine

New sk4g inbound.

So the wife's sk4g us in the fed ex system to be delivered on Friday. Much reading to do.
She wants me to root it so I can get her some good battery life. And lack of lag!
Her first smart phone!
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Rootings one click away, the rest is a cake walk aswell, this was my first smart phone aswell. Btw glorius overdose has the least amount of lag iv seen, its simply stunning how there is now lag.
sent from my.....WAIT THIS ISN'T MY PHONE!

I have a mytouch 4g. Almost got a sk4g. had a dash once.
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It's nice to have you on board dude, but this isn't facebook so please don't start threads unless you have something beneficial to say

Dude you need to qwit being so ****ing rude ass hole no body ask for your mouth
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casper82384 said:
Dude you need to qwit being so ****ing rude ass hole no body ask for your mouth
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Excuse me? You are the one being rude, and learn how to spell you sound like a moron

To xmeatizmurderx:
not trying to be mean but you comment on everyone's thread and say something like this thread is stupid the thread isn't dumb he was looking for suggestions and input on the device root etc!

true , but i understand where he's coming from also because casper made that thread and comment's so .
tylermaciaszek said:
To xmeatizmurderx:
not trying to be mean but you comment on everyone's thread and say something like this thread is stupid the thread isn't dumb he was looking for suggestions and input on the device root etc!
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So back to me, I do have a quick question.
How is the screen on this? As far as scratch resistance etc.
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@Tyler we have a noob faq stickied here as well as a guide stickied in the dev section. We don't need every person who gets a sidekick to start a thread announcing that they are new and don't know where to start because it's obvious where to start.
@wolfpakt it's got gorilla glass which is pretty standard nowadays, it'll protect against most things but sand/gravel will still scratch it

xmeatizmurderx said:
@wolfpakt it's got gorills glass which is pretty standard nowadays, it'l protect against most things but sand/gravel will still scratch it
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I had read that on some website reviews, and read conflicting info on others. I suppose I was looking for real world experience since I haven't found definite info from Corning or Tmobile.
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wolfepakt said:
I had read that on some website reviews, and read conflicting info on others. I suppose I was looking for real world experience since I haven't found definite info from Corning or Tmobile.
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I read somewhere someone called samsung and confirmed, I've also held it along side a droid x, an incredible, and an evo 3D and the glass feels the same.
I rocked it without a screen protector for awhile with keys in my pocket and never got those tiny scratches other phones get. I use a protector now because i can still be scratched by a grain of sand, (sand= unfinished glass)

It came in today. The hinge for the screen seem quite sturdy.
Next question:
As a geek I have never really considered what a first time smartphone user would want by way of apps. I have on my short list:
1 lookout
2 rhapsody (I have an acct.)
3 zedge
4 hotmail
5 juice defender
Any other suggestions? (not games, she doesn't want the distraction)
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I would get jucie plotter along with juice defender juice plotter has a widget which after tiem becomes acc in remaining time life and if she love music she should use google music to sync her music so she can listen to it
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xtrem88 said:
I would get jucie plotter along with juice defender juice plotter has a widget which after tiem becomes acc in remaining time life and if she love music she should use google music to sync her music so she can listen to it
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Got to get her a bigger memory card before I do too much music.
This does have an fm radio right?
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no fm radio but u can use iheartradio to support raido stations and btw the music can be streamed (uses data ALOt) and it cna be toggled to download only via wifi and or select only certain songs out of your album

I would skip on the juice defender apps, they take up more resources than they save. Get the amazon marketplace cuz there's a free paid app every day, if you got cable there are apps to turn your phone into a remote (comcast or direct tv) definitely get an alternative browser like opera mini or firefox and set it as main. Qik video chat, pandora, that's all I can think of off the top of my head

Were can I get the apk for that market place
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casper82384 said:
Were can I get the apk for that market place
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Go to Amazon from your phones browser, and make sure you have unknown sources checked.
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wolfepakt said:
So the wife's sk4g us in the fed ex system to be delivered on Friday. Much reading to do.
She wants me to root it so I can get her some good battery life. And lack of lag!
Her first smart phone!
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hey go to my youtube channel ihave a one click root + CWM way go to youtube and type BD1692

Skyrocket battery life

I have cm9 stable and I don't know why but it doesn't seem like my battery has even improved. I was on non rooted phone 2day ago and I rooted my phone yesterday and I haven't noticed a better battery. Should I be using a better theme or something can you help thanks in advance
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Go read all the battery threads in general and learn how to manage your battery, I'm not going to write down anything here because it's all written well and you're just lazy.

This is exactly what I was talking about in other threads we can't have some of the other good threads Cruz these guys start these without reading or searching
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