Posts tagged Linux

Some may have notices that trying to access “Battery History” in SpareParts on Gingerbread Force Closes. The reason is detailed here.

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We all know Unity has a special way to manage menus. I installed Eclipse (motodev studio) on my Ubuntu 11.04 today to find out that my menu was not showing. This happens to Eclipse and all SWT based apps (read more).

The workaround is to export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 before starting the app so I added that to my motodevstudio.sh.

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In combination with dropbear or QuickSSH rsync allows you to back up your android. Here's how to.

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I'M a big fan of last.fm and have always wished to be able to listen to my favorite streams on the devices that don't offer the possibility to install the proprietary client (e.g. my Asus O!Play). I've been using lastfmproxy in the past and decided to put all the info together. Fortunately there are some guys keeping lastfm proxy up-to-date. (hang-on, more to come)

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I found an interesting thread on XDA: what seems to be a bug leads under certain conditions to the Calendar app preventing the phone to go to sleep on HTC Desire. The known workaround is to remove Flickr sync.

Now that does not affect my phone but the method for finding out is interesting any may help you understand what is going on by analysing your battery stats. To do so:

• dial *#*#4636#*#*
• go to Battery history
• Display Partial wake usage

Now if there is anything responsible for the partial wake in large proportions you should try to get rid of it as it is for sure counter productive: your phone's battery life is all about sleeping for long periods of time when you don't use it so whatever prevents that is not meant to be. These conditions are due by wakelock conditions, a status where an application (or the system) explicitely tells the system to stay awake.

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