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sentraman wrote:I am wondering if it a problem with the battery or if it is the phone. It was purchased On Friday from bmobile.
sentraman wrote:X-Axis wrote:sentraman wrote:trini_champ wrote:sentraman wrote:what kind of battery life do you get from the SGS2?
From 100% this morning at 7am I still have 60% at 7:26pm.
what kind of use are you giving it?
I just charged mine and was just going through some of the settings for about half hour or less. No bluetooth and no wifi on. Battery dropped to 91%. This is the second time i am using it after a full discharge and same crappy battery life. Phone was charged to 100% after it discharged and was not powered on until it was complete.
Wondering what I buy here.
I use full brightness, live wallpaper and quite a few widgets, plus I use approximately 1 hour of browsing, about an hour of gaming (HD games),wifi is always on, I'm always texting or using some messaging app, and a few phone calls in between. My phone is unplugged from the charger at 7am and usually dies around 8pm if I don't charge it in between. Considering what I put the phone through I think that is fair battery life.
Did you "condition" the battery when you first got it or did you just charge it whenever you felt like it?
Well I hardly use it today except for some calls and a brief 5 mins on the net and its been unplugged for 14hrs 30mins and is at 78%.
Unlike HTC devices, battery calibration doesn't apply to our devices (SGS2)
Google MAX17040 for more info - while our fuel gauge chip (MAX17042) does have advanced features that would require calibration if used, those features are not yet enabled and it basically behaves identically to a 17040. Maxim specifically designs their fuel gauge chips to not require special calibration procedures..
zcarz wrote:ok.. so i'm on the verge of buying an ipad 2.. someone convince me otherwise (i have a htc desire hd which for the most part i've been satisfied with)
Swisha wrote:zcarz wrote:ok.. so i'm on the verge of buying an ipad 2.. someone convince me otherwise (i have a htc desire hd which for the most part i've been satisfied with)
fallen18 wrote:Screen filter and juice defender will help with battery drains.
MadCrix wrote:anyone root their kindle fire yet? gonna root mine this week
original_lollybob wrote:so...
Have a friend who managed to throw down her 10.1 tab...
screen "looks like lightening streaked across it"
options available to replace screen, or new unit required?
original_lollybob wrote:so...
Have a friend who managed to throw down her 10.1 tab...
screen "looks like lightening streaked across it"
options available to replace screen, or new unit required?
pete wrote:Got a quote of 3995 from a place in Chaguanas, booth in TCM has it for 4300.
BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps
Researcher says seeing is believing
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Security, 30th November 2011 02:34 GMT
Free whitepaper – 2011 Lippis Report
An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users.
In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration. Using a packet sniffer while his device was in airplane mode, he demonstrated how each numeric tap and every received text message is logged by the software.
Ironically, he says, the Carrier IQ software recorded the “hello world” dispatch even before it was displayed on his handset.
Eckhart then connected the device to a Wi-Fi network and pointed his browser at Google. Even though he denied the search giant's request that he share his physical location, the Carrier IQ software recorded it. The secret app then recorded the precise input of his search query – again, “hello world” – even though he typed it into a page that uses the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol to encrypt data sent between the device and the servers.
“We can see that Carrier IQ is querying these strings over my wireless network [with] no 3G connectivity and it is reading HTTPS,” the 25-year-old Eckhart says.
The video was posted four days after Carrier IQ withdrew legal threats against Eckhart for calling its software a “rootkit.” The Connecticut-based programmer said the characterization is accurate because the software is designed to obscure its presence by bypassing typical operating-system functions.
In an interview last week, Carrier IQ VP of Marketing Andrew Coward rejected claims the software posed a privacy threat because it never captured key presses.
“Our technology is not real time,” he said at the time. "It's not constantly reporting back. It's gathering information up and is usually transmitted in small doses.”
Coward went on to say that Carrier IQ was a diagnostic tool designed to give network carriers and device manufacturers detailed information about the causes of dropped calls and other performance issues.
Eckhart said he chose the HTC phone purely for demonstration purposes. Blackberrys, other Android-powered handsets, and smartphones from Nokia contain the same snooping software, he claims.
The 17-minute video concluded with questions, including: “Why does SMSNotify get called and show to be dispatching text messages to [Carrier IQ]?” and “Why is my browser data being read, especially HTTPS on my Wi-Fi?”
The Register has put the same questions to Carrier IQ, and will update this post if the company responds. ®
Update
More than 19 hours after this post was first published, Carrier IQ representatives have yet to respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, computer scientists have uncovered an unrelated Android glitch that could also invade smartphone users' privacy.
r3iXmann wrote:original_lollybob wrote:so...
Have a friend who managed to throw down her 10.1 tab...
screen "looks like lightening streaked across it"
options available to replace screen, or new unit required?
she selling as is?
shaneelal wrote:Not sure how true it is, but Android fans take note..BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps
Researcher says seeing is believing
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Security, 30th November 2011 02:34 GMT
Free whitepaper – 2011 Lippis Report
An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users.
In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration. Using a packet sniffer while his device was in airplane mode, he demonstrated how each numeric tap and every received text message is logged by the software.
Ironically, he says, the Carrier IQ software recorded the “hello world” dispatch even before it was displayed on his handset.
Eckhart then connected the device to a Wi-Fi network and pointed his browser at Google. Even though he denied the search giant's request that he share his physical location, the Carrier IQ software recorded it. The secret app then recorded the precise input of his search query – again, “hello world” – even though he typed it into a page that uses the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol to encrypt data sent between the device and the servers.
“We can see that Carrier IQ is querying these strings over my wireless network [with] no 3G connectivity and it is reading HTTPS,” the 25-year-old Eckhart says.
The video was posted four days after Carrier IQ withdrew legal threats against Eckhart for calling its software a “rootkit.” The Connecticut-based programmer said the characterization is accurate because the software is designed to obscure its presence by bypassing typical operating-system functions.
In an interview last week, Carrier IQ VP of Marketing Andrew Coward rejected claims the software posed a privacy threat because it never captured key presses.
“Our technology is not real time,” he said at the time. "It's not constantly reporting back. It's gathering information up and is usually transmitted in small doses.”
Coward went on to say that Carrier IQ was a diagnostic tool designed to give network carriers and device manufacturers detailed information about the causes of dropped calls and other performance issues.
Eckhart said he chose the HTC phone purely for demonstration purposes. Blackberrys, other Android-powered handsets, and smartphones from Nokia contain the same snooping software, he claims.
The 17-minute video concluded with questions, including: “Why does SMSNotify get called and show to be dispatching text messages to [Carrier IQ]?” and “Why is my browser data being read, especially HTTPS on my Wi-Fi?”
The Register has put the same questions to Carrier IQ, and will update this post if the company responds. ®
Update
More than 19 hours after this post was first published, Carrier IQ representatives have yet to respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, computer scientists have uncovered an unrelated Android glitch that could also invade smartphone users' privacy.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/smartphone_spying_app/
Note also that if you're running an Android Open Source Project (AOSP) based ROM—like CyanogenMod—you do not have Carrier IQ installed on your system.
shaneelal wrote:Not sure how true it is, but Android fans take note..BUSTED! Secret app on millions of phones logs key taps
Researcher says seeing is believing
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Security, 30th November 2011 02:34 GMT
Free whitepaper – 2011 Lippis Report
An Android app developer has published what he says is conclusive proof that millions of smartphones are secretly monitoring the key presses, geographic locations, and received messages of its users.
In a YouTube video posted on Monday, Trevor Eckhart showed how software from a Silicon Valley company known as Carrier IQ recorded in real time the keys he pressed into a stock EVO handset, which he had reset to factory settings just prior to the demonstration. Using a packet sniffer while his device was in airplane mode, he demonstrated how each numeric tap and every received text message is logged by the software.
Ironically, he says, the Carrier IQ software recorded the “hello world” dispatch even before it was displayed on his handset.
Eckhart then connected the device to a Wi-Fi network and pointed his browser at Google. Even though he denied the search giant's request that he share his physical location, the Carrier IQ software recorded it. The secret app then recorded the precise input of his search query – again, “hello world” – even though he typed it into a page that uses the SSL, or secure sockets layer, protocol to encrypt data sent between the device and the servers.
“We can see that Carrier IQ is querying these strings over my wireless network [with] no 3G connectivity and it is reading HTTPS,” the 25-year-old Eckhart says.
The video was posted four days after Carrier IQ withdrew legal threats against Eckhart for calling its software a “rootkit.” The Connecticut-based programmer said the characterization is accurate because the software is designed to obscure its presence by bypassing typical operating-system functions.
In an interview last week, Carrier IQ VP of Marketing Andrew Coward rejected claims the software posed a privacy threat because it never captured key presses.
“Our technology is not real time,” he said at the time. "It's not constantly reporting back. It's gathering information up and is usually transmitted in small doses.”
Coward went on to say that Carrier IQ was a diagnostic tool designed to give network carriers and device manufacturers detailed information about the causes of dropped calls and other performance issues.
Eckhart said he chose the HTC phone purely for demonstration purposes. Blackberrys, other Android-powered handsets, and smartphones from Nokia contain the same snooping software, he claims.
The 17-minute video concluded with questions, including: “Why does SMSNotify get called and show to be dispatching text messages to [Carrier IQ]?” and “Why is my browser data being read, especially HTTPS on my Wi-Fi?”
The Register has put the same questions to Carrier IQ, and will update this post if the company responds. ®
Update
More than 19 hours after this post was first published, Carrier IQ representatives have yet to respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, computer scientists have uncovered an unrelated Android glitch that could also invade smartphone users' privacy.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/30/smartphone_spying_app/
trini_champ wrote:I paid $540 on amazon but the price changes all the time. 2 weeks before I bought it it cost $529 and 1 week after it was up to $580.
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