Guest Gemmac Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 (edited) Paul, please talk/type to me like Im an idiot. whats does this mean exactly and how do i do it: "recommend first flashing the Portugese HG5 complete flash via 'Grand Prix', then flashing HH1 using chaimd's updater. " thanks :D ITS OK I got it now lol hey Paul, just to let you know my flatmate is on DXHG5! so that explains it. Yes Fizz it's kinda annoying, guys I'm taking a deep breath and I'm gonna go for it. Will I lose everything on it so far? thanks xGem Edited August 27, 2008 by Gemmac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gemmac Posted September 3, 2008 Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 ok, so just to let you know my battery has definitely improved. I can now get 2.5 days out of it, medium usage. Before it was dying by the afternoon when I had fully charged over night. Not sure if it's just settled down or def due to upgrade but cheers anyway Paul and others, I like my newly updated Omnia! (still hate the video recording quality though! lol) xGem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jonnyw2k Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 Hey im on t-mobile and my firmware version is PDA i900XXHH7/BOHH5 Phone i900BOHH2 and my battery life is appauling about a day(14hours) with low usage another thing i noticed, the power button was lit up green but it seemed to stop charging at around 90% earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Top_Cat Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 I started out on XXHG5 when first got the phone, battery lasted about 3 days light usage 3G mostly. Then upgraded to DXHH3 battery life dropped dramatically all same settings about 1.5 days :wacko: Couple of days ago upgraded again to DXHI1 and the excellent battery life has been restored been going 1.5 days now with 60% left and thats with abit of GPS usage too on google maps TT7 and Garmin Mobile (not all at once ofcourse ;)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jonnyw2k Posted September 29, 2008 Report Share Posted September 29, 2008 thats soo wierd how firmware can make such an issue, do you know if a samsung repair center will update the firmware for you? or do you have to do it yourself and send it to them if it goes rong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CashMonkey Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I have been testing the ROM's - G4, HH1, HH3 and now I1...they absoluetly dictate the perofrmance of the battery. So far G4 and I1 have been the best. Currently on I1 (sick of updating ROM's and only done it three times...). The HH ROM's in my view simply did not have any power management capability - something was seriously wrong with the operating system. I would barely get a day on HH3 and previously with G4 I got 3, sometimes 4 days. Back on I1 I get very similar to G4 - maybe slightly less but it is so little it could be perception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest respider Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 maybe mine got a problem? Im using HI1 and with light use I'm getting like 30% in the end of the day 8am -> 23pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jonnyw2k Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 So does the green light mean its fully charged? 8hours after plugging my phone in: http://rapidshare.com/files/149595927/30092008012.mp4.html So either a problem with firmware or dodgy battery, Think im going to send it back for a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c0n3 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 My battery is dead after a day of not using it, i.e. 10 mins phone, 15 mins browsing that's all and after a day 8-22 it's completely empty. I'm on HI1 firmware now, according to battery life for me HH3 was a lot better and lasted at least 2 days! Dunno what to do now, upgrade to HI2 or downgrade to HH3 or wait... :S Really strange to see other ppl are experiencing the opposite?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OrphanJoe Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Hi all, I am using my omina with I1 rom and its got an excellent battery life without connecting any bluetooth handsfree 10 to 20 phone calls, wifi for 1 hr per day can still have 80% left (8:00 a.m to 23:30 p.m) However when I connected omina to my bt headset, the battery indicator will drop very fast in 20% each whatever you don't use the phone, and after 10~14 hrs it will turn off because of no battery. I've been try the rom G8, G9, H1, H3 & I1 and have the same issues. Does anyone have the same problem? My bluetooth headset is Sony DSC-BT15N Thanks for the reply and sorry for my poor english ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CashMonkey Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Strange to hear all these battery issues with same ROM's. Typically now my usage is this: - 30 mins phone calls - 10 of them via blue tooth - Maybe 10 PIM lookups - 5 texts - Some photo viewing And at the end of the day I'll have 80% left....very happy. I am not NOT doing another ROM up(down)grade based on your reports fellow Omnians. I wish you the best in trying to succeed with this obvious issue. CHeers CM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jonnyw2k Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Just wondering is anyone else with t-mobile branded firmware experience the same issues as me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fychan Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Hi guys... the following are my results on Music listening using Hi1 ROM.... Blank Screen Continuons Music Listening without Bluetooth...no phonecalls/Data connection: 4Hrs (20% left) Blank Screen Continuous Music Listening With Bluetooh...no phonecalls/Data connection: 3Hrs+ (20% left) I also noticed my battery drains real fast whenever data conection/phonecall is active. Hence, I have now switched to scheduled 15mins sync for activesync....in addition set it to disconnect upon no data connection within 60 sec. Overall, Hi1 ROM is the best rom so far...... very big improvement over G4 and HH3... regards FY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geronymous Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 ...in addition set it to disconnect upon no data connection within 60 sec. How do you do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thegoodly Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 my battery was ok with HG5, verging on ridiculas on HH3, but both HI1 and HI2 have been outstanding. my last charge was sunday night and im just on 30% as i type..... typical usage using power save, and hsdpa disabled. average per day.... 25ish txts, 15-30 mins phone calls, 20 mins web/ email, 60 mins games, bit of camera action, and a bit of picture viewing.. so im lovin it!!! well impressed.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M Azmin Ishak Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 I am running on HI1/HI2 (pda/phone) and really satisfied with the battery performance. still retain more than 50% after 24 hours. No other Windows Mobile phones out there can last that long... Just to share about this battery issue, before I upgrade to this HI1, I even managed to get a new battery from Samsung service centre when I went there to complaint on the battery issue. They are so kind you know....easily I can get a new battery. But then I realised it is not the battery but the so-called official ROM from Samsung (at that time i am using HH1 ROM). Really glad that Secany produced this HI1/HI2 ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deeoo Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 How do you do that? I'd like to know that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeOS Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 (edited) How do you do that? HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\ConnMgr\Planner\Settings\ SuspendResume = GPRS_bye_if_device_off CacheTime = xxx (where xxx are seconds before auto disconnect, for me the best value is 60) Edited October 2, 2008 by DeOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Core Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 I just upgraded from HG4 to HI2 and the battery life is not as good as HG4 and HI3 is slightly slower but it had got better features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest testerr Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Blank Screen Continuons Music Listening without Bluetooth...no phonecalls/Data connection: 4Hrs (20% left) Blank Screen Continuous Music Listening With Bluetooh...no phonecalls/Data connection: 3Hrs+ (20% left) Which player you have used? (Some time ago I make similar tests on HTC Prophet with differents players and I found that MortPlayer was most battery optimized mp3 player) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest terrob Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 My new Omnia had a bad battery life also less than a few hours....i thought myabe all the gps, wifi and bluetooth apps ive installed so i did a hard reset. Now on a clean phone the battery life is perfect. I reinstalled port splitter and GPS test software and now the battery life has gone down a couple of bars already in 3 hours. So there the programs draining the life out of my new Omnia what do i do now if i want to use some new GPS software to navigate with (was going to install Garmin XT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Quist09 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Of course battery life can be affected by the rom installed, but generally it has to do with how you use it from there. I've only had a problem with HH3, but otherwise on all of the roms I installed it was pretty much the same. I thrash the power with ActiveSync always on, about 20-30 received emails with as many replies, fring is always on, I also use Today 2 which seems to drain more than the widgets (I have rss and weather today apps that download data as well), I make maybe 3-4 mobile calls a day and occasionally surf heavily. All of this leaves me with about 20-40% in a day starting at 8am (greenlight charged indicator) to about 3am. I should also mention I'm in a very good 3G connection area. I also have my vibrate set to the strongest setting possible. If I use the internal GPS without connecting to a charger, it will eat through my battery FAST. The camera app also seems to be a battery hog, unfortunately. Still, given the fact that I can reliably use my phone for my business, be ready to receive Internet calls at all hours of the day and surf quite a bit, I'm thrilled about knowing I'll make it through the day. On my TyTN, I was lucky to get half way through a business day, much less a real day. On my various Nokia smart phones, the battery wasn't so much an issue, but I had to keep turning them on and off throughout the day for various hangs (I know I'm in the minority to have been able to abuse the stable Symbian platform.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aar0n_91 Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 (edited) how do i disable the little 3g icon from being in the top of my home screen. ie i want to only use 2g network because battery life is shocking when 3g is enabled this is the rom ism using: PDA i900DXHH3/DZHH3 PHONE i900DXHH3 i got that from the official samsung mobile website. im a vista ultimate user so i dont want to upgrade to DXHJ1 incase of bricking it. my point is, is that rom draining my battery aswell?? okay thanx in advance cheers guys Edited October 16, 2008 by aar0n_91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DCturbo Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hello, my maiden post! B) I can confirm that upgrading to the latest firmware of HJ1 ... saw my batt life being conserved muchx10 better!!!! Used to have the batt life drained overnight to 40% ..... But now .... my batt life is at 60-80% after similar usage ... incredible .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jokes On You Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I have a question for everyone. Are you battery usage figures based on your phone running with no third party home screens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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