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I want to start off by saying that I am a NOOB at this rooting and custom ROM stuff. I was getting ready to toss this Vibrant in the trash when I said to read up on rooting, follow the steps provided, and install a custom rom. XDA you have saved my phone. I want to thank all of you who provide all of the support here. I installed Bionix 1.3 and I am in shock at this phone now. GPS actually works in real time. The phone is superfast as well. The only issue I have is that I can't surf the web or check FB without my battery draining like 3-5% in a ten minute span. Its crazy. Battery does well in standby mode. Extremely well as a matter of fact. not sure why it drains so quickly when I actually use it. I have wiped the battery stats and done the battery cycle. Overall still love the new look. Keep em coming.

Glad you found a new appreciation for your phone through xda. As we all did.
Your issue is with the kernal used in 1.3. The OverStock kernel. I've had the same issue. Great life in standby 1% an hour vs on a vanilla kernel + voodoo 3-4% an hour drain. Whenever I have my screen on battery drain is insane. 30% increase with the screen on vs how it norally would be. I would recommend flashing ka7/kb1 + voodoo kernel. That should fix it right up.

2 things
Check and make sure there are not background apps engaged when using those apps (sounds like there may be)
Also if you want you can buy a 4g battery it is 1650 mah that will help. But I use my phone alot and Battery really not an issue anymore.
check your background apps see what is not necessary to run.

i believe Team Whiskey removed the OverStock kernel and replaced it with the regualar VooDoo kernel in Bionix-V 1.3.1....
Maybe you should try that....
I'm using Categorically Worthless kernel on Binix-V 1.3.1 and my battery life is great

I must say THANKS as well. Tried rooting yesterday but something went wrong, was on official 2.2 and couldn't get 3e-2e fix to work. Nearly bricked phone. Searched xda. Now rooted with Bionix v (not tw version). Loving this speed. Battery isn't an issue since I have a spare w/charger.
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Go to team whiskey's website,register,go to forums look for shory's files near top of page download kb1+voodoo kernal and flash it w/clockwork ...that will overwrite the over clock kernal and give you much better battery life or you can just flash bionix 1.3.1,personaly i like 1.3 and i just switch back and forth between kb1 and overstock it only takes about 20 seconds to flash
Bionix-V 1.3 w/a Splash of Color

Thanks for the response everyone. Will flashing the kernel wipe everything? I will be doing a backup though clockwork anyway. I was just wondering..... Thanks.

moeluv09 said:
Thanks for the response everyone. Will flashing the kernel wipe everything? I will be doing a backup though clockwork anyway. I was just wondering..... Thanks.
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No, it will just overwrite the kernal files, so your sd card and all that should be fine, but go ahead and get in the habit of making backups regularly. Trust me, it can happen.

IMPORTANT!! Regarding VisionKernel 1.2

This is a warning to everyone who is running VisionKernel v1.2 by ACS.
I highly recommend you rollback to v1.1 immediately. Several people have wound up with bricked phones using this new kernel version (completely unrelated to overclocking). It appears the source may be RAM corruption due to the UV added in this new release. I am unfortunate enough to be one of the people with a bricked phone, if anyone knows a way to come back from this problem please post here. My screen is cracked and being that sprint changed the cracked screen policy BACK I can't get my phone replaced .
NOTE: It appears that MANY users are suffering from this issue and haven't realized it yet (because they haven't yet shut their phone down). If you reboot to flash another kernel, please know you may suffer from this problem so do so at your own risk. This is extremely unfortunate as this means there's no way to prevent the problem from getting worse.

ok..hmmm..so I saw this thread and decided to power off my phone and go back to genocide since visionkernal has been acting weird here and there anyways..so i power off my phone and now it doesn't turn on lol
DO NOT PANIC AND POWER OFF/REBOOT THE PHONE OR YOU MIGHT BRICK!!! WAIT TILL A SAFE METHOD TO TURN YOUR PHONE OFF IS CONFIRMED!!!
If YOU ALREADY BRICKED, POST IN HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043240
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SO FAR THE FOLLOWING METHODS WERE CONFIRMED TO BRICK:
Power down/Reboot via menu
Battery pull
BRICK DOES NOT HAPPEN FOR EVERYONE, AND MAY HAPPEN AFTER TIME BUT IF IT DOES HAPPEN TO YOU ITS A PERMA BRICK

I work for sprint, If you don't have insurance and the screen is cracked take it to a tech center and they will fix it for $35. If it is a larger crack than 2 inches they might give you some hassle just haggle with them or go to a different store cause my store does it no problem
Sent from my harmonious Bonsai 4.0.1 tree

trobertson said:
This is a warning to everyone who is running VisionKernel v1.2 by ACS.
I highly recommend you rollback to v1.1 immediately. Several people have wound up with bricked phones using this new kernel version (completely unrelated to overclocking). It appears the source may be RAM corruption due to the UV added in this new release. I am unfortunate enough to be one of the people with a bricked phone, if anyone knows a way to come back from this problem please post here. My screen is cracked and being that sprint changed the cracked screen policy BACK I can't get my phone replaced .
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If this **** happened to me id be highly pissed...literally...did you have any symptoms before this happened?
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Custodian said:
If this **** happened to me id be highly pissed...literally...did you have any symptoms before this happened?
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For me what I noticed was phone randomly shut off at night even though it was stable all day long...
The battery was good...like lost 3-5% in 7 hours of idling and stuff..then when I turned it on after it crashed it instantly lost 50% battery.

You can't get your phone replaced for problems unrelated to cracked screens???
I was actually hoping to brick my phone some day

Dude, WTF!
My phone has acs rom 1.1 and visionkernel 1.2. It started hanging on me so I held down the power button and pressed reboot. Now it wont turn on, and it won't charge either! WTF I AM SO ANGRY RIGHT NOW. IT WAS JUST FINE.

Finally I'm not alone.. I had this issue as well and fixed it by pulling my sd card and battery out a few times and then pressing the power button. After I finally got the phone back on I had to odin back to eclair. Hope this helps...
Note: I also formatted my sdcard. Because just pulling the battery didn't work. So I suspect something on the sdcard was making the phone not turn on..

Hmm..,maybe powering off is the cause of the issue..hmm..I think its safer maybe to crash the phone rather then turning it off/rebooting it then reflash another kernal..

I had an issue flashing 1.2 also. Got stuck at a boot loop after first installing, had to do a battery pull that corrupted everything. None of my back up works so I had to start fresh with eb13 then flash the ec05 modem and then flash my backup after all of that. Glad I had a back up but still a bit of run around having to odin first.

I flashed another kernel and the same thing still happend to me -- phone would shutdown and not power on. Odin back to eclair and formatting the sdcard was the only thing that fixed it for me atleast.

cerchiara said:
I flashed another kernel and the same thing still happend to me -- phone would shutdown and not power on. Odin back to eclair and formatting the sdcard was the only thing that fixed it for me atleast.
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which kernel? also I tried with taking out the sd card altogether and putting in a new one..didn't work....

it has been working fine for me and I only used Voltage and overclocked only to 1300. What applications are you guys using to set your speeds/governor?

Isnt this two kernals in two weeks causing perm bricks? Isnt that kinda rare? Is the EPIC that much of a pain does or does this happen much on other platforms? BTW this is NOT any kind of complaint against our devs they are busting their ass's for some free coffee/beer money just seems odd to have some really bad failures that are not from people being tards flashing

To those others that may be affected by this problem, is your phone charging? Does the red light come on when you plug your phone in?

quik99 said:
Isnt this two kernals in two weeks causing perm bricks? Isnt that kinda rare? Is the EPIC that much of a pain does or does this happen much on other platforms? BTW this is NOT any kind of complaint against our devs they are busting their ass's for some free coffee/beer money just seems odd to have some really bad failures that are not from people being tards flashing
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Well bricks happen..its nothing new..mostly when experimenting with things...
What other kernel was causing perma bricks?
fhurricane said:
To those others that may be affected by this problem, is your phone charging? Does the red light come on when you plug your phone in?
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nope, my phone didnt charge, tried it already

I think I just joined
I think I've just joined the brick club. Running SRF & vision 1.2 kernel. Turned my phone off today, won't turn on.

Light does not turn on when plugged in, tried two different full batteries, can't even turn it on to get to recovery or download mode.

hussmanne said:
I think I've just joined the brick club. Running SRF & vision 1.2 kernel. Turned my phone off today, won't turn on.
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you did "power off" or "reboot" via menu right?
if so can op update the OP telling people NOT to power off their phones! cause thsi thread make get more people to brick their phones as is...it made me break mine lol

I think I chose power off from menu, I remember the phone vibrating faster than usual before turning off. Twas its last breathe.

ROM + Battery = Fail???

ok im not really sure wtf is going in here but. ive been on Bonsai 1.5 rom for a couple of weeks. i then switched to Starburst ROM but didnt care for it so i went back to Bonsai but updated to 3.0. So i take my fully charged tab to a friends house whom i spend te nite and barely use it while im there. I get home in the morning maybe 10-12 hours later and my tab is almost dead(approx 15%). I plug it in and not an hour later itsays %100 ( yeah rite). I unplug it and use it and notice the battery is on a terminal downslide. Its liteally goin throug a percent about evey minute. I try reflashing roms multiple times but this now seems to be the case on every ROM i attemp outside of plain old vanilla stock rom. I literally started writing this post with 99% battery and as of this sentence am down to 70%. I dont know why this is. Has anyine else experienced anything similar??

If you go into the Dev section of the 10.1 tabs.. there is a heap of people complaining of the same things... there are some things you can do... reflashing ROMS is not good... because each time you do that, it seems to make the battery worse... it needs to have the battery recalibrated under the current ROM.. I was having the same issues... stopped flashing ROMS and did the battery calibration on mine and now its back to what it was on the stock ROM

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16771651&postcount=41

thanks alot guys ill give those tips a shot

A battery issue that's driving me insane.

Ok, my battery(atleast I believe it's my battery) is having a serious issue, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out on this one. After flashing multiple roms and such over time now, this has never happened till now, basically whats going on is my phone will be completely charged, then ill unplug it and mess around with it for a short time then say the battery percentage is at 75% well randomly the phone will just completely shut off. When turning it back on the battery will be completely dead, or on occasion it will either be slightly the same percentage or lower, but most of the time completely dead. Ive been running the same old stock evo battery since the day the evo came out and im currently running Gruesomwolf's shooter e3d rom which ironically this all started happening the first time I flashed it. So hopefully someone can help out with this, been thinking the battery is just done for, but im not sure. So I figured i'd ask for some help and opinions on what to do haha

Sounds like the battery is done to me.

Your battery is toast.
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Yep new battery time send tommy tomato a pm he has stock battery for cheap and he ships ASAP tell him Austin sent u LOL I was having this exact same problem I guess stock batteries are only good for a year idk
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since no one's said it, I think your battery is pining for the fjords.
Might want to clear battery stats and charge to full once while the phone is turned off, but I really think daisies are being pushed up...

Check and clean the contacts on both the battery and on the phone itself, being careful not to short the battery while cleaning it. Then, reinstall the battery and make sure theres not too much or any play where contact may be lost. If you do that and still have a problem, its definitely new battery time.

wtwildnateis said:
Ok, my battery(atleast I believe it's my battery) is having a serious issue, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out on this one. After flashing multiple roms and such over time now, this has never happened till now, basically whats going on is my phone will be completely charged, then ill unplug it and mess around with it for a short time then say the battery percentage is at 75% well randomly the phone will just completely shut off. When turning it back on the battery will be completely dead, or on occasion it will either be slightly the same percentage or lower, but most of the time completely dead. Ive been running the same old stock evo battery since the day the evo came out and im currently running Gruesomwolf's shooter e3d rom which ironically this all started happening the first time I flashed it. So hopefully someone can help out with this, been thinking the battery is just done for, but im not sure. So I figured i'd ask for some help and opinions on what to do haha
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your battery might be dead but you should either try 1 of 3 things first:
1 - you can calibrate your battery
2 - Flash a new Kernel
3 - Flash a new Rom
you may find aosp roms/kernels in the link in my sig, if you are interested. hope i helped ^_^

Calibrating Without Downtime!
wtwildnateis said:
Ok, my battery(atleast I believe it's my battery) is having a serious issue, so hopefully someone will be able to help me out on this one. After flashing multiple roms and such over time now, this has never happened till now, basically whats going on is my phone will be completely charged, then ill unplug it and mess around with it for a short time then say the battery percentage is at 75% well randomly the phone will just completely shut off. When turning it back on the battery will be completely dead, or on occasion it will either be slightly the same percentage or lower, but most of the time completely dead. Ive been running the same old stock evo battery since the day the evo came out and im currently running Gruesomwolf's shooter e3d rom which ironically this all started happening the first time I flashed it. So hopefully someone can help out with this, been thinking the battery is just done for, but im not sure. So I figured i'd ask for some help and opinions on what to do haha
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Try this trick by zeppelinrox: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11803458&postcount=10

Sounds like its toast to me as well. But you can try calibrating like others have mentioned just for sh*ts and giggles. It may or may not help.

Unplugging your battery and dropping a ton of percentage...that's normal with most evos...lack of an SBC kernel
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If u clean the contacts use a qtip and 91% rubbing alcohol. Let it sit for 30 mins so the alcohol can completely evaporate. Then charge til green light with phone off, boot into recovery wipe battery stats, and cache and dalvik while ur there, reboot to phone run it completely dead recharge to green while phone is still off. Use like normal afterwards if battery is still acting up time to euthanize it and get a replacement
Edit: by 91% alcohol I mean the bottle says 91% on it not like 91% alcohol mixed with 9% water its the purest alcohol u can buy at the store
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Having this issue too after installing CM a few days ago. My extended 3500mAh dies out a few hours quicker than with stock. I heard Tiamat and Savages Zen kernels help battery life. But having major problems trying to flash it.
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If u are using AmonRa try wiping the battery from recovery but before u do let charge for atleast a couple hours maybe that well help if not yep you need a new batter what kernel where u using and on what rom
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JUN10R831 said:
If u are using AmonRa try wiping the battery from recovery but before u do let charge for atleast a couple hours maybe that well help if not yep you need a new batter what kernel where u using and on what rom
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Using Clockwork Mod here. Even then on having major issues getting into recovery. Stalls at the white "HTC EVO 4G" screen every single time. No matter what method I try.
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[Q]Battery or other problem?

Hey guys I need a little troubleshooting help from the community! I have a rooted(of course) mt4g. Recently I have been having an issue that I think may be battery related. Dont think its rom related but just for info, it happened to me on darkside ROM and capy's port, both sense 3.5. I thought it was a kernel or overclock/voltage problem but it happens on any kernel and i dont mess with voltages nor overclock more than stock. So now to the problem:
My phone randomly just shuts off at times. Usually when I'm on the phone or even when I'm just scrolling on a screen! I have noticed that when I go into recovery it shows me a battery percentage at the top but when I boot the phone without the charger connected, the rom shows a much lower percentage! However if I boot the phone with the charger connected, the rom shows the same percentage as recovery does! I have the battery calibration app from the market and used that as well as wiping batt stats from recovery and nothing has worked! So with that, I'm thinking I have a fried battery! Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated! If more info is needed, I will be happy to answer!
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dominicanman912 said:
Hey guys I need a little troubleshooting help from the community! I have a rooted(of course) mt4g. Recently I have been having an issue that I think may be battery related. Dont think its rom related but just for info, it happened to me on darkside ROM and capy's port, both sense 3.5. I thought it was a kernel or overclock/voltage problem but it happens on any kernel and i dont mess with voltages nor overclock more than stock. So now to the problem:
My phone randomly just shuts off at times. Usually when I'm on the phone or even when I'm just scrolling on a screen! I have noticed that when I go into recovery it shows me a battery percentage at the top but when I boot the phone without the charger connected, the rom shows a much lower percentage! However if I boot the phone with the charger connected, the rom shows the same percentage as recovery does! I have the battery calibration app from the market and used that as well as wiping batt stats from recovery and nothing has worked! So with that, I'm thinking I have a fried battery! Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated! If more info is needed, I will be happy to answer!
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From reading this, i can say it's likely the battery, but a suggestion would be to try another battery on your phone before jumping to conclusions...i've had my phone reboot itself several times, especially when i first bought the phone, but has stopped.. am currently using the Darkside Rom as well.. there's an updated version 4.0 out.... so try another battery.Also not to bash any app developer, but 4ext recovery battery stats basically does the same things as the other battery app used..For me, i shut down my phone, and plug it till i get the green light(100%), then take out the battery, wait like 1minute, put it back have the charger plugged in, reboot in recovery clear battery stats.. reboot when fully booted take out the charger..it should be good..i don't do this all the time, but i noticed doing this helps my battery in terms of fully charging..

Thanks! I will try your method while i'm waiting on the battery I ordered to come in.
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