Do Rooting Affect Battery in J7? - Samsung Galaxy J7 Questions & Answers

Noticed my phone be like draining mad battery juice. Anyone here wit da same prob? It happened when I like rooted my phone da oda day. FYI I'm rockin da J700T on da realz. Talk to me.

yahanna said:
Noticed my phone be like draining mad battery juice. Anyone here wit da same prob? It happened when I like rooted my phone da oda day. FYI I'm rockin da J700T on da realz. Talk to me.
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Seriously?

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Seriously?
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Wassup original. Yeah seriously. I think maybe its got to do with my setup but I'm not 100% sure. I'll take a look again. But if you got suggestions about it then let me know. The more help I get the better.

yahanna said:
Wassup original. Yeah seriously. I think maybe its got to do with my setup but I'm not 100% sure. I'll take a look again. But if you got suggestions about it then let me know. The more help I get the better.
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I'm 100% certain it's some app or process that's running your battery down.
Facebook and Facebook messenger are awful on battery. I normally use xda(legacy) app but tried this newer one and found it eats my battery (sorry guys).
Look at your battery usage (settings/battery) and make a note of who is using what.
Greenify works wonders.
L Speed also works great as an all around tool (read up on it)
Most of us are starting to measure our battery life in X hours SOT or screen on time. You can have 1k hours of battery life but if aren't using your device that doesn't really count.
My daughter has issues with all those silly messaging apps the kids are using now. They chew on your battery all day.
Check your battery usage. That should point in the right direction.

See how much just this xda app has used in over 2 hours. I opened the app to respond earlier to this thread and that's it.

OriginalShinken1 said:
See how much just this xda app has used in over 2 hours. I opened the app to respond earlier to this thread and that's it.
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The new XDA App is also a market. I see your Google Services is high at 13% also. I am guessing you have a few updates pending. I wish Google would fix that drain rather than force us to update apps to get rid of it. So my guess is the new XDA app is checking for updates as soon as you open it and causing all that usage.

KennyG123 said:
The new XDA App is also a market. I see your Google Services is high at 13% also. I am guessing you have a few updates pending. I wish Google would fix that drain rather than force us to update apps to get rid of it. So my guess is the new XDA app is checking for updates as soon as you open it and causing all that usage.
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Possibly. The newer app consistently logs me out. And although it's very pretty, it seems to be all over the place. I think the "help us better..." part of the app is also a culprit.
I will say the newer xda does a better job of notifying me on mentions and quotes.
set from this device using this app....

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Not sure what happened to the Beejive thread, but you can exit now!

As per their latest email:
Build 0.9.8.99
More enhancements and bug fixes notably
Picture thumb nails and view file for file transfers
Enhancements to Voice Notes
Enhancements to Group Chats
Exit Menu Item for exiting the app
Thank You for participating in this beta and
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Toast removed it.... Felt is warez since the devs requested not to give it out..... i would suggest removing the beta download link.... just in case they decide to ban this time
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dadoc04 said:
Toast removed it.... Felt is warez since the devs requested not to give it out..... i would suggest removing the beta download link.... just in case they decide to ban this time
Sent from my HTC Evo
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I see. Updated original post.
New version of the beta out, looks much better but has some issues with swype
is there anywhere to get the app for android since the beta stopped working for everyone today
I have the newest version which is build #0.9.9.1 and it's got the shut down button to truly close the app finally lol but they took out the ability to use voice notes which was cool... kinda like what Palringo has!! hope they put it back! it's still in beta so im sure before it becomes final they'll polish it up good!!
I just Confirmed BeejiveIM is using C2DM(Google's Push notification Service)! My EVO's battery is crying with joy. I can now leave it running in the background with barely any battery drain! HOORAY!
zeuzinn said:
I just Confirmed BeejiveIM is using C2DM(Google's Push notification Service)! My EVO's battery is crying with joy. I can now leave it running in the background with barely any battery drain! HOORAY!
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Very very interesting. Do you have the apk?
Edit: Forget it. I got it. Where did you read that it was using a true push tech?
Uninstalled. 100% wake time. Oh well.
MSmith1 said:
Edit: Forget it. I got it. Where did you read that it was using a true push tech?
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Reading ABD logcat at first, then I noticed it actually shows it when you're installing the app and it asks for permissions. "Allow app to use Cloud to Device Messaging" under Network use.
Also notice that when you open it, it takes a split second to "update" your buddy list(Unlike eBuddy,Trillian and all others), proving it wasn't doing anything in the background.
I wouldn't let the 100% uptime keep you from installing this app. I am literally online the whole day and have noticed no major impact on battery life.
can you PM the link or how to get the APK for the latest beta?
zeuzinn said:
Reading ABD logcat at first, then I noticed it actually shows it when you're installing the app and it asks for permissions. "Allow app to use Cloud to Device Messaging" under Network use.
Also notice that when you open it, it takes a split second to "update" your buddy list(Unlike eBuddy,Trillian and all others), proving it wasn't doing anything in the background.
I wouldn't let the 100% uptime keep you from installing this app. I am literally online the whole day and have noticed no major impact on battery life.
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zeuzinn said:
Reading ABD logcat at first, then I noticed it actually shows it when you're installing the app and it asks for permissions. "Allow app to use Cloud to Device Messaging" under Network use.
Also notice that when you open it, it takes a split second to "update" your buddy list(Unlike eBuddy,Trillian and all others), proving it wasn't doing anything in the background.
I wouldn't let the 100% uptime keep you from installing this app. I am literally online the whole day and have noticed no major impact on battery life.
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I dont see how the 100% wake time wouldn't have a negative effect on the battery. Its not letting the phone sleep. Isn't the purpose of push technology to let the app sleep in the background and only wake the app when there is data to be sent?
MSmith1 said:
I dont see how the 100% wake time wouldn't have a negative effect on the battery.
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First of all, my phone does not keep a 100% wake time when using Beejive. Even if it did, you need to understand what your phone is actually doing and what Android reports as "Wake time". Android can report your phone as "awake" while using 0% cpu and 0% network--Draining the same exact amount or even LESS as if the phone was being reported as "asleep".
My point is: People take the awake time too seriously. It's there to help you understand what app might be draining your battery but absolutely does not mean your battery is being raped. The system is really complex so it can and it WILL sometimes report your phone as awake, even though it's not draining any battery at all.
MSmith1 said:
Isn't the purpose of push technology to let the app sleep in the background and only wake the app when there is data to be sent?
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Yes. But like I said, Android sometimes reports the phone as Awake just because the App is sitting there-While using 0% CPU and 0% Network -- The phone is effectively asleep. It's using a push connection, and when a message comes in it will use some cpu and some network--effectively waking up the phone, using some battery.
Looks like it's getting released on the market today!
GENEius said:
Looks like it's getting released on the market today!
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Where did you get this info from?
Rican Bx Bomba said:
Where did you get this info from?
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http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/09/28/beejive-im-for-android-first-look/
It was on http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/09/28/beejive-im-for-android-first-look/
good find.. i bought this for my iphone back then.. sucks that i'll have to pay again...
Final version is now in the market for $10. You can email them if you were in the beta to get a free copy.
TheBiles said:
Final version is now in the market for $10. You can email them if you were in the beta to get a free copy.
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YESSIR!!! just emailed them. Hopefully they get it to me quickly.

I think I've reduced my reboots/screen-off crash

I'm sure I will still have reboots/issues like others because LG obviously knows of a bug in the phone BUT...in the meantime it appears I've reduced the reboots by uninstalling one bloody app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidapps.widget.battery
I didn't use the widget but just the notification icon that shows battery %. I know this definitely has to have something to do with my earlier issues because prior to this I was getting freezes (screen is off and won't turn on without battery pull) and reboots quite frequently.
Since I uninstalled this junk, I've used the phone heavily and so far *KNOCK ON WOOD* it appears to be more stable.
Right now I'm sitting at 18h of uptime. Like I said, if I can get 4-5 days of uptime before a reboot I can live with it until a fix. But I can't have the thing reboot/freeze on me multiple times a day - that's not acceptable.
I'm using guage battery widget as I did on my Incredible without issue.
aw1974 said:
I'm using guage battery widget as I did on my Incredible without issue.
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24 hr of uptime so far since I removed that battery crap. Let's hope it can keep this up for a few days at a time!
mobilehavoc said:
I'm sure I will still have reboots/issues like others because LG obviously knows of a bug in the phone BUT...in the meantime it appears I've reduced the reboots by uninstalling one bloody app.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidapps.widget.battery
I didn't use the widget but just the notification icon that shows battery %. I know this definitely has to have something to do with my earlier issues because prior to this I was getting freezes (screen is off and won't turn on without battery pull) and reboots quite frequently.
Since I uninstalled this junk, I've used the phone heavily and so far *KNOCK ON WOOD* it appears to be more stable.
Right now I'm sitting at 18h of uptime. Like I said, if I can get 4-5 days of uptime before a reboot I can live with it until a fix. But I can't have the thing reboot/freeze on me multiple times a day - that's not acceptable.
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Maybe I missed it in your post but what app are you referring to?
jlevy73 said:
Maybe I missed it in your post but what app are you referring to?
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Here you go...It's called Battery Status - Donate
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidapps.widget.battery
Click the link above.
mobilehavoc said:
Here you go...It's called Battery Status - Donate
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.androidapps.widget.battery
Click the link above.
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In your post it says you uninstalled one app, didn't realize you mean to say "install" one app
jlevy73 said:
In your post it says you uninstalled one app, didn't realize you mean to say "install" one app
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No no...I did. I UNinstalled the Battery Status - Donate. That was causing problems on my phone. Not sure where the confusion is. I linked it so people can see the exact app.
So no crashes today? Did you receive your replacement yet?
Just rebooted while sitting idle on desk with wifi on and wifi calling enabled. So after 25 hours which is not bad. Better than before. The hunt goes on.
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That app does not come stock on the phone so I think we are wondering why you are telling us to uninstall something that none of us previously started with... uninstalling an app that is not even on my phone will not fix any reboot problems i might have lol
not that i have had any reboot problems anyway...
2daye heavy use no freezes or reboots...
My only issue is LCD bleeding
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Yeah was an FYI if people had it or were thinking of using it. Just trying to share my results.
JHaste said:
That app does not come stock on the phone so I think we are wondering why you are telling us to uninstall something that none of us previously started with... uninstalling an app that is not even on my phone will not fix any reboot problems i might have lol
not that i have had any reboot problems anyway...
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back light bleeding
ur back light bleeding is not an issue its something for u to ***** about. if u don't like it take it back or turn down the brightness. its not that bad unless u text in the dark with ur nose to screen which in that case you are a douche bag. sorry to be so harsh but u could have looked at a demo model before buying and *****ing it gets old. do ur research it is still a better screen than the samold line other than the deep blacks that they are very much ahead of the game in regards to that on the samold.

[Q] Can I get some help with my logcat file

These couple of days, my battery drain has been abnormal. I just got a tablet and have not been paying much attention to my nexus S, but strangely enough, the nexus S battery drain seems to be more now than I am using it less.
I have been pouring over my logcat for the whole of last night and this morning but I cannot seem to make head or tails with it.
Could any experts have a look at it and see where the problem lies, I don't know if I have caught myself one of those malwares or some app is misbehaving?
Much appreciated.
Could some please help me have a look at this because its driving me insane, trying to figure out the misbehaving apps.
Would really appreciate any help at all.
You seem to be using a lot of activities/Intents without stopping any of them.
Maybe try downloading an advanced task killer from the market and make sure to stop several tasks as even leaving ur phone idle with them running drains the battery.
So yeah, try getting one of those and stopping the tasks running at times.
I don't recommend atk it will season the same if not more if you have run away activities and keep killing them you need to get to the root of the issue. What does settings say about your battery use?
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On the settings > phone > battery, it looks normal. Thats why I went into logcat. However over night I am losing about 30% whereas I know with my current settings, i would only lose 2-3% maximum.
Really no one? I got a Google plus invite for the person who is willing to help
Lol I forgot about this will look in a minute
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Thanks man, did you wanted that google + invite? I believe that it is still open
suomaf said:
Thanks man, did you wanted that google + invite? I believe that it is still open
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I'm good I already have g+, but thanks anyway
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I really do not know what to say. Initially, the battery was fine. Then I am not sure what happened, the battery life became adnormal. Pouring through the logcat file, I was not able to find anything wrong. I tend went to try another rom Miui to be specific. Found that that was not my cup of tea. I could not install swype to save my life. I reverted back to my backed up ROM, which is really a rooted stock build number GRJ22 and now the battery life has gone back to what is was before but now its giving me too much battery life??!!
My usage is very light at best, because I am still playing around a lot with the new tablet that I got.
Sorry bro dropped the rom and was busy I got time today but did you get rid of the issue?
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Yeah no problems man. The problem seem to have fixed itself.
suomaf said:
Yeah no problems man. The problem seem to have fixed itself.
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glad to hear! Next time I'll try harder to follow through on a promise lol
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Dude, I would much rather you spend the time doing awesome roms and mods! Cheers though.
suomaf said:
Dude, I would much rather you spend the time doing awesome roms and mods! Cheers though.
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Lol I still try to find time to help
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Battery killer

Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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redishbrown said:
Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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[sarcasm]Whoah...slow down, man...the amount of information you're throwing at us is a bit overwhelming...give us time to catch up on all of this!!!![/sarcasm]
do a fresh wipe and freeze bloatware, you will see a difference, i get 17hrs plus on my phone.
id say my battery is tough!
can last me all day and maybe enough for the next.
moderate use - lots of texting, phone calls, internet use, and some apps.
*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.
LordButtersI said:
*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.
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why even bother dude? best way to learn is to solve your own problems, trial and error...
Thanks for all the feedback sarcasim and all. I've never had a battery issue before I installed the recent apk of the new android market. That is my only guess.
Is there a way to revert back and wait for the official update from the market? (I'm still new to android so I'm feeling my way around)
I am running stock rooted. Nothing special on this end.
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I pulled the SIM outta my G2x last week after my N1 came back from the dead.
With the G2x just sitting there without a SIM, being used occasionally for Riptide or Pinball HD and some web browsing/email while watching the tube I get a solid 3 days of battery life. I forget the stupid thing is even on until the alarm goes off every morning at 6:45.
Just don't use the phone part of your $500 phone and it will work great!
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it was the downloaded apk for the market. i did a complete reset so this should fix my issue.

thank you LG for gingerbread works great!!!

I updated..must restore stock recovery and unroot...wow everything works great...lets talk about positive changes this update has done to our beloved g2x's.
Plugging in a USB cable the mass storage notification now pops up so fast it startles me.
Finally a positive thread.. My phones doing good as well.. No update will be bugless..
Everything I use works great. But there are some tiny things...... but its the best gingerbread build I've ever run on the g2x that's for sure.
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Spyvie said:
Plugging in a USB cable the mass storage notification now pops up so fast it startles me.
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Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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moshe22 said:
Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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+1 same here!
slickerxcuh said:
+1 same here!
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Is almost unreal, I'm so happy
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moshe22 said:
Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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Yes it does. Wohoo!
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Could someone answer these two questions please?
1. How's the battery life after the upgrade?
2. Can it be rooted? Is everything such as bluetooth ADP working fine?
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On my 3rd G2x and it has been solid cept for a few things, such as GPS taking up to 20 minutes to lock, apps being unable to be moved to SD-card, whenever adding an app or widget to the homescreen would lock up the phone for a bit and would take up to 5 minutes to pull up a list, eating through a battery down to 40% after a full charge within 3 hours of light use.
Granted I fixed almost all those issues by rooting it and applying fixes I discovered through this wonderful forum. From the GPS fix (it locked within about 20sec-3minutes, much better than before) and the pre-opt-dex patch that was put up here which totally helped when adding apps/widgets to the homescreen(3-10 seconds compared to the 5 minutes). To some battery monitoring apps and charging techniques that helped me get the best out of my battery, which saw a full charge last about 9 hours before it squealed to be plugged back in.
Now with Gingerbread finally installed the GPS lock is virtually instant, the apps/widgets are likewise, almost instant. The battery seems to be a bit better. I took it off the charger at 4pm and its still at 25% at this time (12:49am).
As odd as it seems, I look back and am thankful for the buggy G2X. While I really liked my Nexus One, I never really delved into the community much. It was a solid phone and never had any problem, save for the complete lack of space to put apps on it. The buggy G2x lead me to this wonderful forum which was full of people with helpful opinions and great tips. Through the assistance of everyone here I learned a lot more about the Android system and about phones in general. Coming from a big PC background (I like building and fixing them) I liked that the Android OS provided me with similar work around that I did when working on PC's.
So, while the initial experience with the phone was nightmarish, in retrospect I really learned something, it's good to know that there is a group of people dedicated to making sure we get the best out of our phones and freeing us from the shackles of the providers limitations on the phones (rooting rocks!!)
A note to T-Mobile and LG. Why did you rush this phone?!?! I would have gladly waited till July for a fully functional phone. Without Gingerbread this is one of the most powerful phones in the universe, with Gingerbread it can now take advantage of that power. It's not like the competition was putting out anything much better than the MyTouch4g at that time, yes the Atrix, but that was a buggy nightmare too. So what if the Sensation beat this to market, this has stock android, an arguably better (supported at least) GPU, and is rootable. I would have waited. Look right now, for my criteriahttp://blogs.computerworld.com/16755/android_user_interface for a phone my options are currently the G2X, Nexus S and....can't really think of anything else... So seriously, coming from a Nexus One, the obvious choice is the G2X. I would think that a decent chunk of the people reading this would agree.
same here
I was one of the lucky ones to have a G2x without issues
stock phone not rooted, update went thru without problems and the phone feels snappier; I do miss the original LG camera app though
It's good to hear everyone is happy with their phone...now I won't have to read about everyone jumping ship to the sensation.
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After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
mr.johnsexydavis911 said:
After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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try doing a factory reset.
What's the process to get the Gingerbread? Is everyone updating through LG update then what are you flashing?
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mr.johnsexydavis911 said:
After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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uhhhh try restarting the phone first and see if that fixes it... otherwise you are going to have to throw CWM on there and restore to stock and try doing the update again OR wait until there is a flashable bootloader posted up which is likely to be soon...
You guys seem giddy as school girls. I'm going to have to try this rom today.
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And was it my imagination, or is the universally-despised "battery fully charged" pop-up gone now? (I charge overnight while I'm sleeping, so it could well be that I dismissed it in my sleep.)
Updated mine as i couldn't resist anymore. Only thing now is getting root access again.
I tried Super 1 Click Root 1.9.5 but no go. Has anyone succeeded in getting root after updating to 2.3.3? Please share your root info.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748
wmm said:
And was it my imagination, or is the universally-despised "battery fully charged" pop-up gone now? (I charge overnight while I'm sleeping, so it could well be that I dismissed it in my sleep.)
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It's still there, :-( I guess I must have hit the dismiss button in my sleep yesterday morning when the alarm went off. I woke up before the alarm sounded this morning, and there was the pop-up, same as always. Oh, well...

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