Guest Goldmaxx Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 I recently read a thread about much impoved battery performance by turning off something to do with phone system which runs automatically on Android even though its not used on the Vega. Is it possible for this to be turned off by those super brains during the writing of a custom rom. I ask this because reading the instructions lost me after the first sentence. It talked about Adb I think.
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 (edited) I recently read a thread about much impoved battery performance by turning off something to do with phone system which runs automatically on Android even though its not used on the Vega. Is it possible for this to be turned off by those super brains during the writing of a custom rom. I ask this because reading the instructions lost me after the first sentence. It talked about Adb I think. I presume you mean this post in another forum which give the instructions I followed to make it work. If you have managed to apply the Modaco ROM to your Vega then doing this power saver enhancement should be well within your capabilities. All you need to do is on your PC (assuming Windows) click on START > RUN > type cmd > OK then use CD command to change directory to where you have the file called 'adb-windows' installed. Connect the Vega with the USB cable to the PC (make sure USB Debugging is set) then highlight each of the following lines one at a time > right click > COPY then in the CMD window paste the string and click on return key. adb-windows shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system adb-windows shell mv /system/app/Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.OLD adb-windows shell mv /system/app/TelephonyProvider.apk /system/app/TelephonyProvider.OLD adb-windows reboot Do that for each of the 4 lines shown above and it will reboot the Vega and it's all done. That simple or what ?? EDIT:- Apologies forgot to mention the first part of each line should read 'adb-windows' rather than just 'adb' as in the linked post have added what it should look like in the above edit so I would recommend copying/pasting from here instead Edited March 13, 2011 by trevor432990
Guest rferrett Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 Sounds good i'll give this a try Trevor. Out of interest what sort of an improvement have oyu seen when doing this?
Guest Goldmaxx Posted March 12, 2011 Report Posted March 12, 2011 I presume you mean this post in another forum which give the instructions I followed to make it work. If you have managed to apply the Modaco ROM to your Vega then doing this power saver enhancement should be well within your capabilities. All you need to do is on your PC (assuming Windows) click on START > RUN > type cmd > OK then use CD command to change directory to where you have the file called 'adb-windows' installed. Connect the Vega with the USB cable to the PC (make sure USB Debugging is set) then have the above link page open in another window then highlight each line one at a time > right click > COPY then in the CMD window paste the string and click on return key. Do that for the 4 lines shown and it will reboot the Vega and it's all done. That simple or what ?? Give it a try you won't bust the Vega whatever you do :D Thank you for that Trevor, I will give it a go :-)
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Sounds good i'll give this a try Trevor. Out of interest what sort of an improvement have oyu seen when doing this? To be honest I've never really measured it but did the change as it sounded like a practical step to take (though if I was using a 3G dongle I guess I'd have to reverse this change). Anyway my current stats say :- 19h 9m 1s since unplugged - Device Idle 92% Display 6% Wi-fi 4% But my current battery level still shows 85% which assuming it was 100% when power adapter unplugged means when idling it's using 1% of battery life each 70 minutes which equates to a total standby time of approx 4.8 days which exceeds the advertised 4 days standby. Edited March 13, 2011 by trevor432990
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Bit more of an update copied from another topic I've been adding to which might be of interest to you as well. I've been doing some delving and found that Android keeps more detailed battery usage information which it keeps squirreled away and the only way to get to it (as far as I know) is by using an app. If you download the free app called 'Any Cut' from the Market then pick a free area on your HOME screen and long press on it a menu will pop-up then select SHORTCUT > ANY CUT > ACTIVITY > BATTERY HISTORY. You can then use the icon it creates to carry out more detailed investigation into what might be causing your battery to drain so fast. Still getting to grips with it myself but it should hopefully aid the process.
Guest scooby_d0o Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 To be honest I've never really measured it but did the change as it sounded like a practical step to take (though if I was using a 3G dongle I guess I'd have to reverse this change). Anyway my current stats say :- 19h 9m 1s since unplugged - Device Idle 92% Display 6% Wi-fi 4% But my current battery level still shows 85% which assuming it was 100% when power adapter unplugged means when idling it's using 1% of battery life each 70 minutes which equates to a total standby time of approx 4.8 days which exceeds the advertised 4 days standby. hi, trying to get this mod to work, and cant. am i doing something wrong... i open a command prompt, cd to the folder i made when i upacked my modaco custom rom so in my case c:\vega (this folder contains the adb-windows file) when i try to copy and paste each line (from the other post) i get the following error: adb is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable programme or bath file i have literally done nothing to my laptop since reflashing the rom on my vega (i did read somehting elsewhere about android sdk - do i need to do this?) cheers
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) hi, trying to get this mod to work, and cant. am i doing something wrong... i open a command prompt, cd to the folder i made when i upacked my modaco custom rom so in my case c:\vega (this folder contains the adb-windows file) when i try to copy and paste each line (from the other post) i get the following error: adb is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable programme or bath file i have literally done nothing to my laptop since reflashing the rom on my vega (i did read somehting elsewhere about android sdk - do i need to do this?) cheers Sorry it's been a while since I did it myself. Here are the lines you need to input to the directory with 'adb-windows' in it not those in the web page :- adb-windows shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system adb-windows shell mv /system/app/Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.OLD adb-windows shell mv /system/app/TelephonyProvider.apk /system/app/TelephonyProvider.OLD adb-windows reboot It just adds the chars -windows to the command lines as this is how Modaco released the roms. Apologies for my confusion Edited March 13, 2011 by trevor432990
Guest scooby_d0o Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Sorry it's been a while since I did it myself. Here are the lines you need to input to the directory with 'adb-windows' in it not those in the web page :- adb-windows shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system adb-windows shell mv /system/app/Phone.apk /system/app/Phone.OLD adb-windows shell mv /system/app/TelephonyProvider.apk /system/app/TelephonyProvider.OLD adb-windows reboot It just adds the chars -windows to the command lines as this is how Modaco released the roms. Apologies for my confusion thats exactlt what i did, maybe an easier way (to save confussion as there are loads of the adb hacks) would be to copy the adb-windows file and rename just adb (as the standard seems to be adb not adb-windows for all the commands in the hacks ive seen) not sure after flash if adb-windows is needed at a later date hence making a second file - maybe adb-windows is never needed again so maybe only a rename is needed anyway cheers, now onto increasing the volume (similar way with the adb shell) :D
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 thats exactlt what i did, maybe an easier way (to save confussion as there are loads of the adb hacks) would be to copy the adb-windows file and rename just adb (as the standard seems to be adb not adb-windows for all the commands in the hacks ive seen) not sure after flash if adb-windows is needed at a later date hence making a second file - maybe adb-windows is never needed again so maybe only a rename is needed anyway cheers, now onto increasing the volume (similar way with the adb shell) :D OK good thinking that man glad it has worked for you. I may have found an easier way of increasing sound level too rather than using adb but will post it as a new topic today when I have figured it out.
Guest scooby_d0o Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 OK good thinking that man glad it has worked for you. I may have found an easier way of increasing sound level too rather than using adb but will post it as a new topic today when I have figured it out. are you talking from external speakers? i found a way using adb - but not done it yet, for sum reason i can get the page to load on tablet but not on laptop, an cba typing it all out, ill find a way around it an post results |:D
Guest goldenbolux Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 was worried about doing this but had a few black screens the other day so after reinstall i have decided to give it a go went smoothly and better than i thought i didnt have too much trouble with my battery but i suppose every little helps i have had my vega shut down a couple of times when it has had about 60% left fires back up again and shows the same percentage anyone else had this trouble ?
Guest goldenbolux Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 just a quick word as i said in last post i have applies the mod via adb after modding i went to settings / about device / status when i press this it force closes i have checked battery use and cell is no longer in the list is this correct ie have i managed to do the mod correctly also on a side note where is the volume boost via adb i have searched and cant seem to find it anywhere thanks once again
Guest trevor432990 Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) just a quick word as i said in last post i have applies the mod via adb after modding i went to settings / about device / status when i press this it force closes i have checked battery use and cell is no longer in the list is this correct ie have i managed to do the mod correctly The force close on the STATUS line is normal but I cannot remember the reason but don't worry about it. When you apply the tweak the cell line is no longer there which proves the tweak has worked also you will notice a new icon in your notification bar like a graph with a 'x' on it which is just showing there is no 3G signal being received which also proves the tweak has worked. :D Don't know about the volume adb but Scooby will probably answer that for us. The battery level takes a few minutes to come up with the correct reading after you turn on or reboot the Vega so if it shows the same as it was wait 2 minutes and it should change. Edited March 13, 2011 by trevor432990
Guest matthijskox Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Spare your energy. I've done this trick on my Vega but it still loses more than 5% an hour in standby.....
Guest matthijskox Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Oh and other battery stats reports that nearly everything is used up by email while in standby. I have push email (gmail and exchange) enabled but it cannot be using this much power, can it? Edited March 13, 2011 by matthijskox
Guest scooby_d0o Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 Found the vol thing here (could nt view on laptop for some reason, can on phone n vega tho) http://android-simplicity.blogspot.com/200...max-volume.html I have not tried this yet so cannot confirm
Guest goldenbolux Posted March 13, 2011 Report Posted March 13, 2011 haha that looks a bit complicated i will maybe be brave and give it a go
Guest Diveokidoki Posted March 16, 2011 Report Posted March 16, 2011 Hi Scooby doo Did you have any luck yet getting this task done because I keep getting the same message "ad-windows not recognised as internal or external command, operable program or batch file" cheers thats exactlt what i did, maybe an easier way (to save confussion as there are loads of the adb hacks) would be to copy the adb-windows file and rename just adb (as the standard seems to be adb not adb-windows for all the commands in the hacks ive seen) not sure after flash if adb-windows is needed at a later date hence making a second file - maybe adb-windows is never needed again so maybe only a rename is needed anyway cheers, now onto increasing the volume (similar way with the adb shell) :D
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