It will be interesting to see the results of your study. Mind sharing via PM when the results are in?

Thanks.

May I suggest you look for the forumer brotan who has a sales thread site here:

http://www.vendio.com/stores/brotan

He has supplied a few guys at the Note 2 thread and others as well, and he has invested some effort into researching accurate power output for power banks and chargers. He is also an authorised reseller for Yoobao powerbanks with 1 year full local warranty.

Good SOT, but it is strange why you observe it drains faster in an airconditioned room.

Man you really did this extended observation?

To put an apk to your phone, you firstly need to enable:Settings>Security>Unknown sources under the Device administration heading. This allows installation from non Play Store apks.

1. Download APK via your phone's browser. It will automatically give you some options on how to deal with it. Choose the option for "Installer" or something.
2. Download APK to your PC or other device and transfer via cable or bluetooth or one of those Airdroid type apps. Go to the directory where you downloaded the APK on the phone and click it to install.

Yes you may delete the file from your PC after transfer. If you transfer via cable, you will see your MTP device and you can view the folders on your phone. Put it somewhere meaningful.

If you transfer via bluetooth, go to the Bluetooth directory using your file manager.

Too many "Run of Start" permission apps?

This is perhaps used by the PPS app to download videos. There are all kinds of folders that apps create, so I can't tell whether it's safe to remove or not. You have to spend some time getting familiar with your device's folder structure then you can guess whether it's safe or not.

You can try SDMaid to help you find orphan folders. And use a REAL file explorer like Ghost Commander.

Stock is fast. Stopped using dolphin after they did some update about 2 months ago. Now I use stock for speed and opera for pc-like operations.

For tagging, use :



If you are not rooted, the phone should start its own update checks whenever it detects a network connection. Unless you froze the service. It's called Samsung Update or SNS or something like that.

Yes you got me.

Haven't taken my sim out since inserting it. You can try PUSHING it in until u feel something like a click then it should eject. This is known as a push-push mechanism. Same goes for yr sdcard.

No it won't affect

It is probably due to some settings in the ROM for this region where it is legal requirement that cameras cannot be muted

You could root it and rename the .ogg files for the camera sounds or switch to a ROM that allows muting, OR use some Camera app that has the mute function. I'm told that Camera 360 has this function, but I personally do not like the app.

Uh, please don't call me "master" or "sifu" as I'm not one.

I can suggest you use Kingston or Sandisk, but Sandisk has admitted they have some cards which are bad.

Get a class 10 card.

Tried it for reading my passport, it works. Haven't tried it for anything else.

Class refers to the write speed of the card. SDcards are up to Class 10, then they switched to UHS numbering which I'm not yet familiar with.

Waze, if you didn't turn it on, doesn't consume any battery ... It exits properly and is a well behaved app. All GPS apps suck battery massively when they are used, so you should get a good quality car charger and a good quality cable. Unfortunately due to the length, there is current loss thru resistance, but I'm not going to buy a "Monster" type USB cable for a ripoff price.

My solution to this is to stick a powebank just behind the steering wheel and charge my phone from that for long trips.

I checked with GCC. Lousy bro. I put in some extension USB cables into my dashboard. The readings never exceeded 700.

Look for brotan in Garage Sales. He is an authorized dealer for Yoobao and provides 1 year full local warranty. Choose any size that fits your budget and preference but the get the largest that you are comfortable with.

I have a Yoobao 11200 and a 13000. They are both about the size of a filled men's wallet, or slightly smaller than a 3.5" HDD.

I don't know, but brotan has conducted his own testing to verify that the products he carries are reputable. A number of people in the Note 2 thread got stuff from him, including myself. We use the GCC app to test and confirm that output current is as advertised. However the GCC app only works for the S3 and Note 2. My Yoobao 11200 and 13000 do give consistent 1300-1800 for the 2A port depending on cable.

Some products may not work as advertised, but I haven't tested the item in your link.

UPDATE: Anything larger than 13000mAh, IMHO, should come under those universal power banks that can charge Notebooks as well.

This post has been edited by joytest: Mar 28 2013, 09:21 PM

Heheh very good. When I first saw the Sony "Stamina" mode, the first thing that came to mind was "WTF...this looks just like Airplane mode".

So now all you need is SOT around 5hrs+. But seriously I don't know why people can't be bothered to charge their phones nightly before they go to sleep. It's just like brushing teeth.....

Why don't you let someone with an S3 or Note 2 try it and use the GCC app to report its TRUE output? Be sure to use several cables to try.