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[OmarF84]

there is a generic SBF for the Milestone X FYI. IT has no carrier tie-in.

Errhhh! It's generic okay but it kill my 3G can only make calls, and my sys version was Version.3.1.40.MB809.ACG.en.US and it downgrade it to Version.3.1.39.MB809.ACG.en.US, and is only for 4G networks... So I ended on my carrier reclaiming warranty and they gave me a brand new Milestone X. (they did not notice anything hehe, they thought it was a device problem) So people if you are on 3G don't use it as it will downgrade ur sys verion and kill 3G Network (Data).

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[jmkoep]

First of all. Thanks for the reply.As for mybattery problem.. The wife and I got these MilestoneXs when they were first released. Actually our carrier was the first to release them (Bluegrass Cellular). I, in the past, had made my phone purchases with battery stats deing about the most important thing. I am an outdoorsman with some major health issues. I can't be without a working phone. When we (she) got them the stats were misleading to say the very least. So as soon as I figured that out I bought the '3500' mah battery. My phone will outlast hers 2-3 to one. I, like everyone, love the battery but the issues with it are numerous. Ok... it does work vastly longer than stock but. I had to get used to the going to 5% and then staying there forever. I also have noticed when I 'fully' charge it and do a battery pull it always comes back on at 60%. So I let it charge too 100% and then turn it on. I do let it shut off on its own and fully charge including the battery pull a couple times a month. What is your opinion on this? Like I said the battery life is very important to me. I live in a rural area and I am sure my lack of a strong signal will be one of my battery drains. I can't help that. I just would like to know what people think about what I am doing as far as getting the most time out of a charge and if how I go about this is going to hurt the life of my battery.I will look into the rooting and such if it is going to help me with battery life in a big way. I always carry my stock battery with me for emergencies. I would like to know the best route to take with the '3500' though.With all the technology out there it is a shame they can't do better with the battery life and monitoring of these phones. There is absolutely NO way they can't engineer a phone/battery to last 12 hours with heavy usage. I don't understand who is benefitting from their not doing it....but there IS a reason other than not being technologically not being able to.Again. Thanks.

You're welcome glshub. I am not expert but I'll give this a shot. After doing a battery pull the reason it registers at sixty percent is the phone misreading the battery since it was unexpectedly pulled from the phone so it fails to properly register the data. Pulling the battery and charging basically supercharges the battery well over 100%. I think I have heard of people getting it at 125%. There aren't any hard numbers on how long this will take to affect the health of the battery. I know I killed a mac battery by leaving it charging on my desk for days at a time, but I don't know how long it would take to wear out your 3500 mah - I can only assuredly say it will, eventually.

I would look into rooting as a way to get more out of your battery. Yet, I'll put the disclaimer out there: you can damage your phone. I am currently dealing with data connection issues (Yay!). Anyhoo, like I said earlier some Roms are very efficient - much more so than the stock kernel. Simply doing that might save you a few hours. You can try underclocking your phone too as a way of sparing some battery life. The latest Rubix (rubix focused i believe) comes with easy (low risk) software for under/overclocking your milestone. It auto calibrates and lets you pick a mode. Rubix was the first rom I used and I am still partial to it. - it does replace the splash screen with a rubix cube though.

As for battery charge length Technology can only do so much, the physology of the battery poses limits that technology is improving on all the time, but batteries will always die / lose their charge. One of the biggest limitations on phone batteries is size. The milestone is large as is, and manufacturers are forced to juggle aesthetics with many things, including battery size. They could make a phone with a large six cell battery but compromise this for weight, size, etc. plus the average consumer wouldn't want it or need that large of a battery.

The reason smartphones drain batteries is they are much more than phones; they are small personal computers. A few years ago a phone could sit idle for days because it had relatively no drain. Modern phones have semi-constant data connections and these drain the battery.The displays are also much larger, brighter, and more colorful than older phones; the display is your biggest drain by far. Other drains include: the processor, the camera, touch screens, etc. That said, reducing the brightness of the display to 10% or so will significantly increase battery life. Though, you probably would have troubles viewing the screen. You said you were an outdoors-man so the automatic mode might have to suffice.

All in all the battery is alright, admittedly it could be better, but with tweaking and phone discipline you can get quite a lot out of these phones. I generally get two days out of mine, but when I first got it I played with it a lot (simply flicking through homescreens because I could. It was a little pathetic. ) and usually only got a few hours out of it.

Juice defender does work well, but I can't really say how much it would give you. Basically it spares you from having to continually manually shut down all your services, like wifi, data, etc.

Anyways, I hope that helps you out. Let me know if you have any other questions, or have questions about rooting, etc.

James

[Gunnar2]

Cna any help... I am with cellsouth trying to root but dunno if posible any suggestions or links to further my search would be great...

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[deepsix]

Cna any help... I am with cellsouth trying to root but dunno if posible any suggestions or links to further my search would be great...

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Super one click worked for me. I found it on xda, this link might get you there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
[APP]SuperOneClick v2.1.1 (Finally fixed!)

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[OmarF84]

I used gingerbreak v1.2 and it worked flawlessly. Try it, find it on XDA forums.

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[w4ymt]

Hi Guys!
I need some advice on where to start. I've got the generic branded (MB809) Milestone X from a small regional carrier. I rooted it with Super1CLick with no probs. I've got ROM manager and toolbox and installed the Droid2 bootstrap and am able to get into clockwork recovery. Im ready to sit a new ROM on this little machine. One thing I'm missing. I havent been able to locate the SBF file for my carrier. I know its out there. I'll eventually find it. Meantime, Im afraid if I try a rom designed for the DroidX, I'll mess up my baseband and not be able to SBF. Are there any ROMS out there that will work with this phone and not mess with my connectivity?

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[stilltrying]

CM7 dosen't change any settings. just install bootstrap recovery on whatever stock version of the alltel ROM you have and away you go. IF you try installing one of the nighties instead of the first beta than you need to change some code in the nighties and re-zip the package this is how you do that:

The Install of CM4DX runs a check_kernel script that looks for the Verizon version of the Kernel, but the alltel one is different
The check_kernel script looks for:

This is Verizon's Kernel
"Linux localhost 2.6.32.9-g55626e1 #1 PREEMPT Sun Nov 7 23:24:32 CST 2010 armv7l GNU/Linux"

This is Alltel's Kernel
"Linux localhost 2.6.32.9-gace4441 #2 PREEMPT Mon Feb 7 18:23:06 CST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux"

so to make the install not even look for the check_kernel we have to change some code, don't worry doesn't do anything except make the install not check for the kernel version.

extract any of the nightly zips and go to here
META-INF\com\google\android

Look for the file updater-script

right click on it and click open with... notepad or if on mac right click open with... text edit

remove these three lines from the code, it should be at the very top of the code
package_extract_file("system/etc/releaseutils/check_kernel", "/tmp/check_kernel");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/check_kernel");
assert(run_program("/tmp/check_kernel") == 0);

save the updater-script

repackage the zip

install in clockwork, and after it successfully installs let it reboot, it will do a boot loop, go into stock recovery clear data and cache and reboot

You now have CM4DX on A Milestone X

This is a HUGE HUGE help in getting MIUI 1.8.19 on mine. Thanks alot. Had been trying and trying with no luck.

[Fawkes]

Defiantly rocking the Milestone X Here Got CM4DX 7.10 RC On here, Its very nice, What I'm wondering, Does anyone know when the Milestone X Will get OTA .602?

Not that I'm considering returning to Stock, I actually plan on updating to GB on my own, just need to find a method that doesn't break the Stock Recovery (having issues selecting the option to wipe data/cache..) Although I find the Stock GB blur very plain and actually really annoying.. but that is another rant for somewhere else.. Just curiouss.

[stevgunt]

New forum member here, Milestone x running stock GB rooted on nTelos regional Carrier......

[wsick]

I currently have a droid from VZW rooted with CM7 , i wanted to know how and where do i flash the baseband so it can work on an alltel's network ? Id prefer the data to not work as i dont have a data plan as of yet. thanks for the help in advance.