Android System Recovery Utility <3e> access

[MinionOfEckerd]

need to get on this quick the battery life sucks right now...even while in "sleep mode" i lost 40% at work today in 4 hours...10% per hr while in sleep mode seems like something is right...maybe the radios need to be fixed come on devs...i have my paypal waiting for you

Buy "Tasker" app, that way you can switch on and off 3G, which for me is the big battery killer

Would that essentially be the same thing as using the Airplane Mode toggle? Or does it still allow Syncing to occur?

[imnotmikal]

need to get on this quick the battery life sucks right now...even while in "sleep mode" i lost 40% at work today in 4 hours...10% per hr while in sleep mode seems like something is right...maybe the radios need to be fixed come on devs...i have my paypal waiting for you

Buy "Tasker" app, that way you can switch on and off 3G, which for me is the big battery killer

Would that essentially be the same thing as using the Airplane Mode toggle? Or does it still allow Syncing to occur?

Airplane mode would turn off your 2G as well, stopping texts/calls.
Turning off 3G is just data.

[Raptor007]

I have no major issues with battery life, I don't know what everyone is running, so far mine is just stock but I know Pulse does take some battery life.

[psouza4]

need to get on this quick the battery life sucks right now...even while in "sleep mode" i lost 40% at work today in 4 hours...10% per hr while in sleep mode seems like something is right...maybe the radios need to be fixed come on devs...i have my paypal waiting for you

That's wild. On 3G in my office, which has 1-2 bars of service most of the time (my OG Droid had some dropped calls, Droid 3 seems a bit better), loses about 20-25% battery in the 11 hours I'm there (6am-7pm Mon-Thu). I got my Droid 3 on 7/8 after ordering it via their phone sales line 7/7 (next day delivery) so got to test it all last week. Without ever charging, I get between 50-53 hours standby if I only rarely turn the screen on to dismiss alerts. I have several user-installed persistent apps running too, such as Tasker, LookOut, Circle Battery, Beautiful Widgets, and a few others. Your mileage may vary, but honestly the battery life on the Droid 3 is excellent.

[Bullitt6996]

i used the method described in the OP, now my touch screen will not respond...Help?

[Cdjones187]

i used the method described in the OP, now my touch screen will not respond...Help?

Did you try a battery pull?

[Bullitt6996]

i used the method described in the OP, now my touch screen will not respond...Help?

Did you try a battery pull?

Sure did...even tried the factory reset from the Recovery. Screen went down hard, all other functions seem alright. Big red is overnighting me a "like new" one, when I paid for a "Brand New" one...sheesh.

[oshigeru]

Yea that's what I was telling the OP...I don't see why this is news lol.

im sure its the same on all droids since...

Well for a select few, this might have been news they were unaware of, I was simply adding my two cents...

FYI, Recovery was originally accessed on the D1 with rocker volume up and the camera button... This is physically impossible on the D3 (which I'm sure your aware of). So for myself and maybe a few others switching from a D1, this might be a little tid-bit worthy of news. Maybe not front page, but worth something.

On the D1 and D2, holding X got into recovery as well.

[neilrl79]

i used the method described in the OP, now my touch screen will not respond...Help?

Did you try a battery pull?

Sure did...even tried the factory reset from the Recovery. Screen went down hard, all other functions seem alright. Big red is overnighting me a "like new" one, when I paid for a "Brand New" one...sheesh.

They'll most likely send you a "brand new" one in "like new" packaging. That what they did for me. It's still pretty early in the game to have actual CLNR phones.