ICS OTA Bugs!

[mikeny]

I installed the .12 leak on my wife's phone as it wasn't getting the update. I saw the 'Sorry, settings has stopped' error that I was on seeing on the .10 leak. I haven't seen that bug on my own phone yet which I also flashed.

This happens every so often when you press 'settings'. If you press it again it goes to it.

[mountainbikermark]

They are linked now. You have to use an app to unlink them. One app that can do it is Audio Control. It's in the market. In Audio Control settings, choose Custom Ringer and unlink ringer and notifications.

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Having to BUY an app to unlock embedded features is giving me flash backs to my nightmare time with ios. I don't mind paying if it's to add something, and have spent a lot on well done and/or feature adding apps but $3 to unlock a feature I used to have is just more than I'm willing to pay. The lite version didn't work, said I have to buy full version.
Sorry. Rant over.


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[corki2]

Having to BUY an app to unlock embedded features is giving me flash backs to my nightmare time with ios. I don't mind paying if it's to add something, and have spent a lot on well done and/or feature adding apps but $3 to unlock a feature I used to have is just more than I'm willing to pay. The lite version didn't work, said I have to buy full version.
Sorry. Rant over.


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I agree, you shouldn't have to buy an app to have what should be there in the first place. I will say that I do like the versatility of Audio Control and am glad I found it and would find it very useful even if I didn't need it to unlink stuff. At least it's a quality app with profiles and customizable widgets. That's the bright side, I suppose.

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[mountainbikermark]

I agree, you shouldn't have to buy an app to have what should be there in the first place. I will say that I do like the versatility of Audio Control and am glad I found it and would find it very useful even if I didn't need it to unlink stuff. At least it's a quality app with profiles and customizable widgets. That's the bright side, I suppose.

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Pm sent to not get too far off topic. Got a couple questions

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[mountainbikermark]

A question about a gsam reading. On th's screen usage it shows mostly dark but used 49% power. Does dark mean off and shouldn't off be a much lower usage?

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[Caesars]

I don't believe dark is off.

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[TisMyDroid]

Dark would be the lowest brightness setting you use while screen is on, which you use almost all of the time. It is interesting... 88% of the time your screen is on is at your lowest two settings but the lowest settings only contributed to 58% of the power used by the screen. The other 12% of the time on medium & bright, contributed to 42% of the power used by the screen. You can really see how much less power your display uses at the lower settings.

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[mountainbikermark]

Dark would be the lowest brightness setting you use while screen is on, which you use almost all of the time. It is interesting... 88% of the time your screen is on is at your lowest two settings but the lowest settings only contributed to 58% of the power used by the screen. The other 12% of the time on medium & bright, contributed to 42% of the power used by the screen. You can really see how much less power your display uses at the lower settings.

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Thank you.
Yes when inside, at night, etc, anything above the screen shot showing my brightness setting is too bright for me with ICS but I use an app called Auto Bright to toggle on auto brightness (no step up stuff just straight to auto) when I go outside and even then it only was in direct sunlight a few minutes today and ate up some whole lot of battery in that time .

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[VooDooCC]

I just checked mine, and dim is 100% of the screen usage. I have it set to 25% (using notification toggle) as 10% is a little too dim and almost hurts my eyes.

[JeffDenver]

A question about a gsam reading. On th's screen usage it shows mostly dark but used 49% power. Does dark mean off and shouldn't off be a much lower usage?

Power usage is mostly coming from the backlight. Ironically, if the screen is "black" on LCDs, it is using a little bit more power than when the screen is white. Because of the way LCDs work. A "black" screen is using all the power of a "white" screen because the backlight is still on. A black screen with the backlight on is just blocking out the backlight with the little LCD squares.

Dimming the brightness itself will save power because it is actually reducing the backlight.

I keep my brightness at full all the time. I have auto dimming and auto brightness disabled. I simply turn the display off when I am not using it. So when I am not using the phone, the display is consuming zero power. This has worked far better for me over the years than the various auto-dim schemes.