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What are the first things that you advice to do with a new Nexus One?

I just got my Nexus One, and it's my first Android phone so my knowledge is limited. Based on what I read here and other sources, this is what I did:
Check dust and clicking
Heat the screen with a hair dryer and push the edges (if there's clicking)
Charge
Set up Google account
Install Swype
Install clients for Y!M, Twitter, Identi.ca, etc.
Install a battery monitor widget
How about you? What do you think are the necessary things to be done with a stock Nexus One? What software mods, hardware mods, and apps do you think are necessary?

anthro said:
I just got my Nexus One, and it's my first Android phone so my knowledge is limited. Based on what I read here and other sources, this is what I did:
Check dust and clicking
Heat the screen with a hair dryer and push the edges (if there's clicking)
Charge
Set up Google account
Install Swype
Install clients for Y!M, Twitter, Identi.ca, etc.
Install a battery monitor widget
How about you? What do you think are the necessary things to be done with a stock Nexus One?
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I would get rid of the battery monitor widget, it will just eat battery life, and the phone already has a good built in monitor under Settings->About Phone->Status/Battery Info

pjcforpres said:
I would get rid of the battery monitor widget, it will just eat battery life, and the phone already has a good built in monitor under Settings->About Phone->Status/Battery Info
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I agree with this. Then again, I'm a purist, so I'd also skip Swype and the 2nd to last item you had.
How about "install a screen protector"...

pjcforpres said:
I would get rid of the battery monitor widget, it will just eat battery life, and the phone already has a good built in monitor under Settings->About Phone->Status/Battery Info
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What battery widget ? Where and how do I delete this....? Thanks I'm new to the n1

temperbad said:
What battery widget ? Where and how do I delete this....? Thanks I'm new to the n1
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There is not a "battery" widget pre-installed. If you read the OP, he was talking about things he installed immediately upon getting his N1, not things already installed...

First thing to do? Use it! Have fun with it! Once you start using it you'll see what apps you want, if you want to root, etc.

gimiento said:
First thing to do? Use it! Have fun with it! Once you start using it you'll see what apps you want, if you want to root, etc.
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Holy crap I didn't see that thanks

set brightness, refresh rates
configured MMS
didn't know about the "heat screen" thing, guess I'll do that when I get my replacement phone in cause mine has dust and a scratch

CM9 ICS battery life saving's tips with Advanced CMSettings.apk

Hello to everyone.
I know that there are some similar threads in this forum, but no one is strictly related to the CM9 alpha IML74K.
I know as well that this could be part of the CM9 user discussion thread, but I'd like to share the best settings to get a good battery life with our S2 in a clean thread.
So, please:
no trolls, no dumb questions.
Just share your own experience (with a battery screenshot should be better).
Thanks a lot.
Here we go:
Developer options:
Debug usb off
Allow mock locations off
Force GPU rendering off
Windows animation scale off
Transition animation scale off
Don't keep activities on
Background process limit on
Kill app back button on
Display:
Automatic brightness off (I'm using Brightness Level widget)
Black wallpaper (search for solid black.png from wikipedia)
Sleep after 1 minute of inactivity.
Pulse notification light off.
Trebuchet options:
Scroll wallpaper off
Sync settings:
Google account
Sync calendar on
Sync Contacts on
Sync Gmail on
Whattsapp account:
Sync Contacts on
Sound Settings:
Touch sounds off
Screen lock sounds off
Vibrate on touch off
Location services:
Google's location service on
Location & Google search on
(Gps satellites on only when using Sygic or Maps)
Date and time:
Automatic date & time off
Automatic time zone off
CyanogenMod Settings app v1.0:
Interface Settings/Expanded view widget
Toggle 2G/3G checked
Toggle Mobile data checked
For a quick switch to 2G mode and save more battery.
Testing "twek levels and filtering" in automatic backlight settings.
With Titanium Backup:
Frozen all live wallpapers, tts services and uninstalled Gtalk and mail.
P.S. Be careful, you need debug usb on when using Titanium Backup
Data on all the day. I turn it off when I go to bed.
Wireless on when I'm home and need to use dropbox or download a big file from my Gmail account.
I'm using CM9 01062012 (I know, there's a new one, but I've reached a very stable daily rom, no FC, no random reboots, fast and smooth).
Modem XXKL1
Now my battery lasts two days.
Well, when my girlfriend tells me stories about her life, it lasts one day and a half.
Important:
I've uninstalled Facebook app which was causing a battery drain. I'm using the mobile web page instead and I've to tell that it is faster.
Other apps installed:
Twitter, Maps, Sygic, Whattsapp, Beatiful widgets (with manual weather update), Xda premium, ...
2012-01-14 Added CyanogenMod Settings Apk v1.0 (from SGS forums)
How to install:
Download it to your internal SD card
Enter into Recovery mode;
Wipe cache;
Advanced settings, wipe dalvik cache;
Flash zip from Sdcard,
Choose CMSettings.zip and flash it.
Reboot system
2011-01-18 Update:
I've been trying few modems and I've found the best one for me: (Vodafone Spain, data on almost all the time, good signal quality, great battery life)
NEKD5 Modem Zip package.
Flash from recovery. Follow cmsettings instructions.

Nice post. Going to try some your suggestions.
I'm sure loads of other xdaers are going find this useful too.
So many posts in the cm9 discussion thread about battery life and how to achieve optimum performance good to have a thread about it.
Big props
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I also agree on removing the Facebook app ATM its killing of battery life.
We have similar settings besides using Facebook let me see if things improve tmr
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BTW what's ur android os % at? I'm.constantly at 40+ % while idling
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lckuok said:
BTW what's ur android os % at? I'm.constantly at 40+ % while idling
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Apparently its a bug. It makes the OS look like its working over time but actually it won't be. Its somewhere in the cm discussion thread if you want to see the posts about it. As far as aware its not fixed yet with any of the builds.
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lckuok said:
BTW what's ur android os % at? I'm.constantly at 40+ % while idling
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The same here. But I've noticed that using Fastreboot app, it seems to kill/restart stuck apps/processes.
Anyway, rebooting the system before the night helps a lot.
Unless you're not a modern vampire...

Agree with others - excellent thread. There seem to be so many battery challenges with CM9 that a separate thread will lessen clutter in the discussion thread.
I've tried a number of your settings and have also flashed the KL1 modem. I had high hopes for KP4 at first, but it seems to have slipped back into old habits!

Has anyone looked into the FB-app? Why its causing battery problems?

DaddyCool08 said:
Has anyone looked into the FB-app? Why its causing battery problems?
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The app and the process are still running after you close them.
I have tried to logout, but it's still there. I think the process keeps going for notifications and photo uploading.
I've tried to kill it, but it comes back after few seconds.
Finally I gave up and used the mobile web page.
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ciccio83q said:
The app and the process are still running after you close it.
I have tried to logout, but it's still there. I think the process keeps going for notifications and photo uploading.
I've tried to kill it, but it comes back after few seconds.
Finally I gave up and used the mobile web page.
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But that isn't related to CM9, i had the same issues on gingerbread.

Yes, sir.
I knew it.
But it seems to me that Facebook app is eating more battery on ICS.
Checked my battery info and found out FB app percentage was 15% in 6 hours and I've used it just to read few messages. Then I've logged out.
I could be wrong, but I think it needs an update to control battery drain.

Indeed. I'll bet there are a host of apps that will need subtle tweaks and optimisations for ICS. Another reason not to expect too much from CM9 in terms of performance as yet...although access to kernal sources is obviously the big one!

CM settings
Trying right now CyanogenMod Settings app.
Flashable zip from recovery. The apk goes to /system.
It comes from GTi9000 forum and as I can see, it works perfectly on my S2.
It doesn't have so many options, but few are very important.
Let's have a look...

I'd be very interested on your feedback on this app.
On a different subject, I seem to have my battery back behaving reasonably well again with KP1 modem. In my tons of testing it seems like Nova Launcher - as much as I like it - is a significant contributor to my battery drain issues.
This could be because I have installed a bunch more stuff on Nova than I have with Trebuchet, so my next tactic is to gradually reintroduce some of my favourite widgets to Trebuchet to see if one of them suddenly starts killing my battery.
On the down side it may mean that I can't use one of my widgets for a while but on the plus side it may eliminate Nova as a battery drain meaning that I can go back to using it.

Have you tried FBM for facebook?
Basically the same look as the facebook app. But supposedly a lot cleaner!

Gustopher said:
I'd be very interested on your feedback on this app.
On a different subject, I seem to have my battery back behaving reasonably well again with KP1 modem. In my tons of testing it seems like Nova Launcher - as much as I like it - is a significant contributor to my battery drain issues.
This could be because I have installed a bunch more stuff on Nova than I have with Trebuchet, so my next tactic is to gradually reintroduce some of my favourite widgets to Trebuchet to see if one of them suddenly starts killing my battery.
On the down side it may mean that I can't use one of my widgets for a while but on the plus side it may eliminate Nova as a battery drain meaning that I can go back to using it.
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As I said before, don't expect a very useful app. It's the 1.0 version, and hopefully it will be a great app. But for now I've tried only some settings in the automatic backlight and modified the notification power widget.
At the moment, that's all we have. Anyway, give it a try, if you'd like.
Screenshots added in the first post.

Anyone able to disable button's backlight? Its still on even though i set it to "0" in the custom settings..
Another thing,is it possible to the haptic feedback tweaks like in cm7 settings?

Back from some modem testings, I'd like to say that NEKD5 has surprised me.
Never loosing data at all, best battery life and no problem with sms and sync.
Here you've got it.
Flash from CWM recovery

xeigen said:
Anyone able to disable button's backlight? Its still on even though i set it to "0" in the custom settings..
Another thing,is it possible to the haptic feedback tweaks like in cm7 settings?
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+1
Not working
But I think had the same problem under gingerbread till the devs optimized the kernel...

What can be the cause of not having cm settings working correctly? I only have tabs like these:
Thanks in advance!

Bugs/Suggestions of Samsung official Jellybean [XXLSJ]

Hello. Well have this last update for our devices official from samsung. And I thought on helping samsung perfecting it. So in order to so that I think we should make this thread where we all together say wich are the bugs we found. I find already 2 bugs on the email app wich leads to a lot of wakeup calls, makes the phone use alot cpu and force closes when we touch on priority mail. There are other bugs wich people found here so I think we should list them.
Rules are simple, if you find a bug, report here and say how to replicate it. We together see it, and list here to report to samsung. Also suggestions to make things better. (of bugs or things you think that could be better) ​
Since they give us a ROM. At least a perfect well done one. What do you think? They need happy costumers. Or well go elsewhere.
Ps: if you can leave logcat, I'll leave on the email all log cats attached to each bug
List of bugs:
The Email app crashes when the general options, and priority email sections are accessed.
Buggy Microsoft Exchange integration. It seems to use an excessive amount of resources causing battery drain. This problem only seems to exist within the default Email app.
Smart stay not working properly.
Samsung keyboard's gesture typing is unable to properly detect and type the whole word.
Swype Keyboard won't automatically insert a space (I don't think this is a bug due to the text field being an address bar)
Sometimes, lock screen is unresponsive.
In the app drawer, when the apps are sorted alphabetically, then as downloaded apps it crashes Touchwiz Home.
In Car Mode, TalkBack is not functioning and is very unresponsive.
Google Maps and Samsung Push Services uses an excessive amount of battery when it is not used.
Throughout the OS, there are issues with stuttering and lack of responsiveness.
Wi-Fi connection often freezes after deep sleep of around 10 - 15 minutes ("Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" is set to "Always"). Wi-Fi notification icon shows that it's connected, but no data can be sent or received. (Only solution found so far is to manually disconnect and reconnect.)
In the camera, there is a reddish blemish on the center when the camera is used in low-light situations(I believe this is a hardware issue.)
Project Butter seems to be improperly implemented.
Unable to use the handwriting function on the Samsung Keyboard because it force closes.
Nasty color banding
After reboot , changes made in launcher menu will go back to how it was in begining (for example Folders created, disapear, or just the apps inside it, will be offside)
Suggestions list:
Music Controls (most members suggest this)
Lock screen more costumizable with possibility of more than three icons, something new I found ugly the way we unlucky the screen. (votes?)
Quick reply as cm has (i find this really useful, votes?)
Option to set if we want zoom in or zoom out option in the rear of the phone while browsing
in powermore , on the browser, instead of blue, an option to keep the white.
More sms before converting to mms, or if possible a manual option for that.

Lockscreen sometimes unresponsive, and the hand writing (?
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Messaging app and contact need optimization they are laggy
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Samsung Keyboard Swype wont type all word .
Swype Keyboard wont auto space in browser only
Smart Stay doesn't work at all. and yes I have it turned on.
Sometimes lock screen is not responsive.
Change app view to alphabetical list then click the down arrow for downloaded app will force close TW.
Car Mode there is no talk back ( IE Would would you like me to do ) and very unresponsive.
Make sure to complete at leased 5 of the 7 steps on dropbox getting started to get your 50GB ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726160 )
Used Mobile Odin to Flash and Got Root
Thats all I can think of for now

Awful dark-grey notification bar.

RAM management isn't good like ICS I've noticed

Please try leave some evidence. I want to make an good written email for them. Let's collect bugs for a week and report. And do it again and again on the following days. Mainly bugs wich FC
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sometimes i cnt install apps from sd card when open source is clicked restarted and working fine till now..
sometimes when wifi is on lockscreen becomes unresponsive...
hope official release will be around the corner and will be free of bugs...

Anyone here has working the smart stay?
Don't forget if you have same bugs as others, quote it and say I have this bug also. This is to try see if is something we've done ourselfs or something of samsung
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jgcaap said:
Anyone here has working the smart stay?
Don't forget if you have same bugs as others, quote it and say I have this bug also. This is to try see if is something we've done ourselfs or something of samsung
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Yeah, working perfectly here.

kicksilver said:
Yeah, working perfectly here.
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Hmm 3 users don't have this working well. Neither me. I'll list as a bug. Let's see how many have this working
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jgcaap said:
Hmm 3 users don't have this working well. Neither me. I'll list as a bug. Let's see how many have this working
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it works fine for me...but direct all function doesnt work for me though....i havent seen anyone talking bout direct call thing so i guess its only me...

kisssin said:
it works fine for me...but direct all function doesnt work for me though....i havent seen anyone talking bout direct call thing so i guess its only me...
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Is working great for me that option. Try deactivating and activate again.
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Good idea!
Indeed, the dark grey notification bar seems not right.
Also, the lock screen doesn't always work...and music controls aren't there yet.
The screen stays on when you leave it on the table..it sometimes registers a face when it's not there.

fejth said:
Good idea!
Indeed, the dark grey notification bar seems not right.
Also, the lock screen doesn't always work...and music controls aren't there yet.
The screen stays on when you leave it on the table..it sometimes registers a face when it's not there.
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Thanks
And when is, inclined? I'll test this after sleep 7 am. Lol hope we sort this well hehe
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Battery battery & battery.

rajarshi10 said:
Battery battery & battery.
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This is not a bug. Use better battery stats to see what problem you have. I was able to get 6 hours of scree, time with standard battery
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copytec said:
Samsung Keyboard Swype wont type all word .
Swype Keyboard wont auto space in browser only
Smart Stay doesn't work at all. and yes I have it turned on.
Sometimes lock screen is not responsive.
Change app view to alphabetical list then click the down arrow for downloaded app will force close TW.
Car Mode there is no talk back ( IE Would would you like me to do ) and very unresponsive.
Make sure to complete at leased 5 of the 7 steps on dropbox getting started to get your 50GB ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726160 )
Used Mobile Odin to Flash and Got Root
Thats all I can think of for now
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Top 4 points mentioned above and also higher battery consumption

fejth said:
Good idea!
Indeed, the dark grey notification bar seems not right.
Also, the lock screen doesn't always work...and music controls aren't there yet.
The screen stays on when you leave it on the table..it sometimes registers a face when it's not there.
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Yes my screen stays on also
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I noticed that the unlock screen very sensitive but harder to open?
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After Upgrade to 4.1.2 my battery cany chrage more then 67%
i have updated to JB 4.1.2, 2 days back but i am facing a strange problem. My battery is not charging more than 67% even charging for more than 5 hours. its becoming HOT and after 67% its not charging more .. it is OK on all other Stock and Custom ROMS.

[APP] Battery History

Due to the lack of the battery history feature in the stock ROM I wrote this application that simply shows the usual battery usage graph.
mediafire.com/download/6me1i52442y0m2t/BatteryHistory.apk

xxk89xx said:
Due to the lack of the battery history feature in the stock ROM I wrote this application that simply shows the usual battery usage graph.
mediafire.com/download/6me1i52442y0m2t/BatteryHistory.apk
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Thanks ! It works well !

Perfect! Odd that it was left/taken out of the current stable stock ROM.
-- From my Find 5

xxk89xx said:
Due to the lack of the battery history feature in the stock ROM I wrote this application that simply shows the usual battery usage graph.
mediafire.com/download/6me1i52442y0m2t/BatteryHistory.apk
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Adjust the link please, Thanks!

Very high "app usage" battery drain

Is it normal that the app usage drain is over 50%???
"Taschenlampe" is flash, and it was accidently on for 3h, so thats why it's 7%. But the rest??

Mine is the same.

Aj-jss said:
Mine is the same.
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Are you on mifavor 5.0?
Because of the status bar

Kantastisch said:
Are you on mifavor 5.0?
Because of the status bar
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Yes A2017V2.0.0B13 MiFavor 5.0

@Kantastisch,
Hi, are these APPs download from the third party or not? If you download many APP, there is no doubt such APP would cost your phone's battery. Also you can choose the better battery usage in the settings. It can be helpful if you choose the right battery save modes.

Kantastisch said:
Is it normal that the app usage drain is over 50%???
"Taschenlampe" is flash, and it was accidently on for 3h, so thats why it's 7%. But the rest??
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Are you running MF5.0 too ? If so, lock the app in system/app/flash/flash.apk or just delete it. I guess it's that one making trouble
I removed it in mine .

raystef66 said:
Are you running MF5.0 too ? If so, lock the app in system/app/flash/flash.apk or just delete it. I guess it's that one making trouble
I removed it in mine .
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No, I am running official 4.2

William Guo said:
@Kantastisch,
Hi, are these APPs download from the third party or not? If you download many APP, there is no doubt such APP would cost your phone's battery. Also you can choose the better battery usage in the settings. It can be helpful if you choose the right battery save modes.
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No, directly from play store