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Android 2.3 update Safe?

Hi all,
I was just reading up on the 2.3 update, trying to decide if I should, and I saw that some of you are having troubles with battery life. I too had battery issues when I first got the phone, but found out that the Dialer app is a big culprit. It would suck up half of my battery in an hour or two.

Now I'm not exactly sure what the Dialer app does (besides use a lot of power), but I did find out how to see if its running continuously.

Go to your phone and dial *#*#4636#*#*
That will open some info, including Battery History. Select that. From the usage drop down select Partial Wake Usage. If the Dialer shows more usage than other apps, its eating your battery.

So then go to Settings, Manage Apps, click menu button and select Filter, then Running. Scroll down to the Dialer and kill it (Force stop). I also kill the Dialer Storage app too for good measure. Your cellular signal will "reset", comes back in a few seconds.

The funny thing about this is I hardly ever use my phone for calls, so I have no idea how the Dialer gets in this state, so I keep a close eye on the battery % (using Battery Widget on my home screen).

Hope this helps someone.
Cheers!
 
Hi all,
I was just reading up on the 2.3 update, trying to decide if I should, and I saw that some of you are having troubles with battery life. I too had battery issues when I first got the phone, but found out that the Dialer app is a big culprit. It would suck up half of my battery in an hour or two.

Now I'm not exactly sure what the Dialer app does (besides use a lot of power), but I did find out how to see if its running continuously.

Go to your phone and dial *#*#4636#*#*
That will open some info, including Battery History. Select that. From the usage drop down select Partial Wake Usage. If the Dialer shows more usage than other apps, its eating your battery.

So then go to Settings, Manage Apps, click menu button and select Filter, then Running. Scroll down to the Dialer and kill it (Force stop). I also kill the Dialer Storage app too for good measure. Your cellular signal will "reset", comes back in a few seconds.

The funny thing about this is I hardly ever use my phone for calls, so I have no idea how the Dialer gets in this state, so I keep a close eye on the battery % (using Battery Widget on my home screen).

Hope this helps someone.
Cheers!

Anyone else give this a shot? I went into that diagnostics menu and saw no battery history item (probably because I calibrated my battery today).

Anyways, I tried to freeze dialer storage. DO NOT do that! Your phone will choke when you hang up a call. You obviously can't freeze the dialer because that's what you use to make calls.

I wonder if we can set to auto kill these two items for a day and see if it makes a difference.
 
I use Advance Task Killer for any apps I have used and are running in the back ground. This program will "kill" the app if not used after a certain time period, or u can manual "kill" the apps as well.

My Lg still has 2.1 for firmware and v10d for the software. If I wanted to do the update,how do I?. I went to the telus website and it says my phone is up to date,but the rep at the telus store I went to says there is an update.

Also,if I try the update, will this allow me to download apps and be able to store to SD card as I am getting the error about insufficient room which I know I have plenty on the internal memory.

Thanks for any help that will be givin
 
Read all the posts above you. There was a 2.3.3 update from the LG support website about 5 months ago. It caused a lot of problems and has been pulled by LG. I updated to 2.3.3 and returned about 5 phones under warranty. There have been promises to come out with a fixed update, but so far nothing. You are better off waiting. I am currently on 2.1 and have learned to accept that this is as good as it gets with this phone. If you want an updated OS, I suggest that you buy a new phone (IMO, that is why there are so many Android sales).
 
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