Hello,
I'm currently running Evil Eris v1.1
I'm having issues with the battery running hot and fast. I recently installed the Wireless Tether for Root Users from the market place (Muller, Lemons, Buxton). It works great, but ever since I installed it my Eris has been having the issues I already discussed. I would assume that the wifi-tether is the culprit behind my problem; however, when I look under my battery usage it says google maps is eating up 82% of my battery life. I tried force closing it, but it's grayed out. I also tried using Advanced Task Killer and Cleaner, but to no avail.
Please help.
TIA,
bigfern63
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Hey I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. For the past couple days my time of day will be way off until I re-sync. Auto-sync is on and I am using the TOD from the carrier. Any Ideas or similar issues.
Rooted - Stock with MR1 Radio - Philadelphia Area
Do you have a super aggressive task killer that may be auto-killing system processes?
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Do you have a super aggressive task killer that may be auto-killing system processes?
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No I do not even have a task killer installed. It appears to occur when I do not have an active data connection. That being said I did not think the TOD depended on that type of connection, but this is my first smartphone.
if you go to Settings > Date & Time is the box selected next to "Automatic"?
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if you go to Settings > Date & Time is the box selected next to "Automatic"?
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Yes automatic is selected. Most of my older phones which were not smart phones did not need data connections to get the TOD.
If smart phones do need the data connection I do not understand why the phone will not free wheel correctly until it can resync with the network. It is pretty basic programming to include a free wheeling clock.
So I think I figured it out. I was using Juice Defender App to help with battery life and it was disabling the radios. Once I removed the App I have not had the issue since.
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Glad it seems that you found the problem. I have heard that JuiceDefender disables connection when the screen is off to save battery. Hopefully this will help anyone else who ends up having similar issues.
No problem here.
Hi Guys
I've got a BestBuy WIfI only Flyer and I'm running Paul O'Brien's HoneyComb 3.41.405.1 and it runs great.
The battery life seems similar to GingerBread but I've noticed that the thing using most of the battery is the mobile radio (via 'battery use' in settings). When I switch to Airplane mode and then turn on WiFi battery life does in deed seem to be much better !
I could leave it in Airplane Mode - I just have to put up with the irratating airplane mode lock screen instead of the beautiful HTC sense one but I'd like to understand why the radio circuitry appears to be turned on. It suggests something is not quite right.
Can anyone shed some light on this ?
Thanks
PS - Since the battery life is about the same as with GingerBread I wonder if the mobile radio circuitry was getting turned even in the standard HTC rom as well ?
Are you using Twitter? THat killed a lot of battery when I was on HC.
I don't think Twitter is running. It is installed but I've NEVER signed in.
In any case all data would surely be over WiFi? The Issue here is that the mobile radio (I.e the 3G circuitry) is appearing to draw some power from the battery on a WiFi Only Flyer !
On initial set up when it asks for if you use 3g of wifi you may have clicked next so it tries to use 3g. the only way is to wipe data and when it asks for wifi or 3g you pick wifi only.
There is an issue if you do not declare wifi only during initial setup screens then the cell standby code runs continuously trying to initialize a non-existent radio, and eats the battery. The only way to fix it is as described in the post above.
Thanks Guys
I'll try wiping the flyer. Whats the best way to back-up my apps under HC?
Regards
There is a way to fix this through the easter egg menus hidden in the flyer. There's a thread on how to do this somewhere, but I'll give the instructions here anyway.
Open the flyer's calculator app.
Put the flyer in landscape mode so you can see all the advanced function keys.
Enter: !+!+4636+!+! and hit = .
From the easter egg menu which comes up, select "Tablet Information."
Click "Turn off radio."
That's it!
Note that you have to do this each time the flyer reboots. It isn't sticky. Luckily the symbols entered into calculator ARE sticky, so just go into it again and hit equals (unless you have to use the calculator for something else, of course. I recommend downloading a different app, like RealCalc, for everyday use).
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Thanks Guys
I'll try wiping the flyer. Whats the best way to back-up my apps under HC?
Regards
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Titianum backup is what I use.
Battery life better now
Hi Guys
I used the Calculator 'Easter Egg' to turn off the mobile radio.
I've been running the Flyer ON-STOP for the last 8 hours and I've got 8% battery left. For 6 1/2 of those hours I've been watching YouTube videos (Just left it playing through my playlists) so it's been using WiFi for at least that long out of the 8 hours.
Seems like pretty good battery life to me !
Thanks again
I have the WiFi only Flyer and I am running the offical leaked honeycomb ROM and I noticed that cell standby was back yet again. I have fast boot disabled as well. Please someone fix this, it is getting VERY annoying.
Is this because the leaked version is GSM based? It's possibly the radio software is causing the battery drain on the wifi model(???) . Just a guess though. I remember dell streak owners going through a similar thing.
I apologize if this theory has already been debunked or addressed. Haven't been following the development thread.
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Well I had the issue with LeeDroid 2.3.4 so I disabled fastboot and that fixed it. However fastboot is already disabled on the honeycomb ROM.
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Well I had the issue with LeeDroid 2.3.4 so I disabled fastboot and that fixed it. However fastboot is already disabled on the honeycomb ROM.
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Leedroids (awesome DHD dev) is GSM based too I believe. Did you experience the cell standby on the stock wifi rom?
If you're running Globatron's version you may want to try his development thread. I understand the support has been awesome.
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If you are running the latest HC from GLobaltron, you should not see this IF.
at the start-up initial screens you picked Wifi only, NOT wifi / 3g when you selected your language, Google account etc. If you did not do that correctly, then the Flyer is trying to initialize a non-existing 3g radio. You might have to reset to factory default and go through user setup again.
I know that I chose WiFi only. I didn't have the issue in stock gingerbread ROM. I did use Globatrons method.
I'm on GLobaltron's leaked official HC and at first everything was great. Standby battery is fine, no mobile network. After installing some apps (I feel Skype might be the one to blame) I suddenly noticed that Cell network (whatever it is called in settings) was eating battery on Wifi only Flyer. After some research I got to several fixes:
1) Disable Fastboot (was already disabled)
2) Open Calculator and punch in !+!+4636+!+! to get to the setting and turn mobile network off. For some reason that thing doesn't want to stay off on my flyer. I'm suspecting some stupid app is doing something wrong there.
3) Open up Root Explorer and delete/move/rename phone.apk, telephony..apk and mms.apk.
After some screwing around with this, my Standby Battery run time is back to normal. For some reason "Mobile Network Signal" shows yellow (in battery info) instead of not showing anything like before. Well at least it isn't Red anymore, like it was when I was having problems (I guess because it was actively looking for signal). I usually turn Wifi off when screen is off, and last time I checked it Flyer lost only 1% of battery during 9 hour night sleep (from 100% to 99%) which is OK in my book.
I try to delete them in File Expert with root permissions and they don't delete.
If you have a wifi only Flyer and the HC latest root ROM, ( the wifi version, not the 3g version ) is installed you should not see any 3g signal bars. So I suspect you installed the wrong version perhaps.
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If you have a wifi only Flyer and the HC latest root ROM, ( the wifi version, not the 3g version ) is installed you should not see any 3g signal bars. So I suspect you installed the wrong version perhaps.
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What he said.
That's what it sounds like.
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DigitalMD said:
If you have a wifi only Flyer and the HC latest root ROM, ( the wifi version, not the 3g version ) is installed you should not see any 3g signal bars. So I suspect you installed the wrong version perhaps.
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I don't know about OP, but I personally have installed Wifi only version on my Wifi only Flyer. I didn't see any bars, but when my Flyer was misbehaving I went to battery stats and have seen Cell standby (of something like this) eating battery. It showed something like 10h (or whatever time it was disconnected) on battery, 100% without signal. And once again, I didn't have that issue right away. That issue came up after some apps where installed. I have tried to track it down, but after some time didn't feel like dealing with it anymore and just renamed system files. It fixed my issue.
My Wifi only Flyer on Wifi only ROM shows Mobile Network Signal in battery stats as a Yellow line. Have no clue what that means, but at least now it doesn't drain my battery.
I did download the WiFi only ROM. Tried using the calc trick, and it was working fine for a bit then the radio was on again.
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I did download the WiFi only ROM. Tried using the calc trick, and it was working fine for a bit then the radio was on again.
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Mikey, try flashing this from recovery:
http://www.multiupload.com/7CEDYMOSRZ
I already downgraded. I prefer GB personally.
I am currently running ICS Passion v13rc1 w/ flashed cleanup:
If I boot my Vibrant I can get deep sleep normally; however after I've opened my maps with GPS on I can no longer get into deep sleep. BetterBatteryStats shows that the partial wakelock is due to GPSLocationProvider; and the only way to get back to deep sleeping is to reboot my phone.
I've tried turning off the GPS & all the things in the Locations settings. I just flashed from Odin -> CM7 (wait 10 minutes, reboot) -> v13rc1 (wait 15 minutes, reboot) -> cleanup (wait 15 minutes, reboot) -> update SU. The GPSLocationProvider only starts to show in partial wakelocks and burn battery after I've opened the Maps app.
I've looked through the Passion v13 thread and have only seen this come up in one post (from back in v10, where the user said that rebooting after using the maps was the only way to get back into deep sleep).
Has anyone else ran into this problem and figured out a way to remedy (without having to restart everytime you open up the map)?
I have the same problem, and the only way I've figured out to fix it is with a reboot. Still searching for a better solution.
I have the exact same problem, don't know how to fix it.
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I am currently running ICS Passion v13rc1 w/ flashed cleanup:
If I boot my Vibrant I can get deep sleep normally; however after I've opened my maps with GPS on I can no longer get into deep sleep. BetterBatteryStats shows that the partial wakelock is due to GPSLocationProvider; and the only way to get back to deep sleeping is to reboot my phone.
(without having to restart everytime you open up the map)?
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GPS does not work for me. Eats battery too.
I have been trying to get my GPS to stop using Network and only use GPS. I have the exact same issue you have, but I have to reboot to get GPS to work again. I had to stop Data, reboot for the GPS to operate on GPS instead of network. Once I use Map, it converts my GPS to Network and I am done. Reboot for GPS to work. And yes I tried everything except the hardware hack.
Formatted the system/data/cache etc etc and reinstall from scratch. I cannot use the *#*#DIGITS#*#* to get into the LBS Menu. Does not work after the upgrade to ICS, too bad.
Anyways, any help with this would be appreciated. I know its a bit differnt than your issue, but its soo close because IF I could restart the GPS without rebooting, I would be happy with the Passion build very much!
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GPS does not work for me. Eats battery too.
I have been trying to get my GPS to stop using Network and only use GPS. I have the exact same issue you have, but I have to reboot to get GPS to work again. I had to stop Data, reboot for the GPS to operate on GPS instead of network. Once I use Map, it converts my GPS to Network and I am done. Reboot for GPS to work. And yes I tried everything except the hardware hack.
Formatted the system/data/cache etc etc and reinstall from scratch. I cannot use the *#*#DIGITS#*#* to get into the LBS Menu. Does not work after the upgrade to ICS, too bad.
Anyways, any help with this would be appreciated. I know its a bit differnt than your issue, but its soo close because IF I could restart the GPS without rebooting, I would be happy with the Passion build very much!
Vibrant
ICS Passion 13rc1
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Same here GPS won't start, nothing helps until I reboot.
please help
Install the new kernel for Passion. It fixes the GPS DS issue. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22733142&postcount=10214
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Install the new kernel for Passion. It fixes the GPS DS issue. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22733142&postcount=10214
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F**k ME this kernel is awesome it fix the GPS problem and my battery last for almost a day
thank you thank you thank you
I was too quick to celebrate. after a grate week the problem has returned, battery gets eaten and GPS won't wake.
having the same problem on cm9 with glitch installed.
yagf2-GPS Fix for ICS
I had the GPS problem where it would not work after installation of v13rc1. To solve the GPS problem, I used the following: yagf2-GPS Fix for ICS.zip. After flashing this, my GPS worked with no issues, no battery or sleep issues.
I hope this helps.
I found that a lot of the battery drainage, inability to go into deep sleep for me has been from 2 sources of partial wake lock.
1. GPSlocationprovider
2. Mediascannerservice
I found that 2 apps that are fairly common that cause the wake lock on the GPSlocationprovider has been official facebook app and google maps. I can easily uninstall facebook and never use it again, but unfortunately can't go without google maps...
Also found that freezing DRMcontent... service using titanium backup stops the mediascanner wakelock from occuring, but with each reboot of the phone, I need to defrost and then freeze the service again, in order to stop the wakelock.
I'm running AOPK Build 28 with Kiss 5.1 kernel.
Hi!
I have been having an issue with my S III lately. For some time I have been trying to understand and configure my gps settings so that I could have gps always activated, without it draining the battery too heavily. I mainly tried manipulating my apps' location settings.
With no consistent results, I ultimately decided to try and turn gps off altogether in the pull down bar. Now, here's the issue; even with gps off, both the stock battery tool and GSam Battery Monitor report a 25% battery drain by "gpsd".
What am I doing wrong, and what can be done about it?
Thanks!
Stock S III, 4.1.2, unrooted.
Didn't wipe data when you upgraded?
Wipe the data of the service responsible.
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Thanks! If you are referring to the Android update, I simply installed it without wiping anything.
What exactly would wiping data entail?
Might be Google now working overtime
Questions go in the QA section, not general
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Might be Google now working overtime
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I am pretty sure I disabled everything connected with Google and location...
Sorry for posting in the wrong place, will do next time!
it seems there is a bug in gpsd. sometime it hangs at 100% cpu (25% -> 1 of 4 cores) you can check this in shell with "top" cmd
if it hangs only a reboot help.
you will notice a bit lag when you switch your phone on and it gets a bit warm when this happens
for me it happens once every 1-4 days and i have allready disabled all google location settings and samsung security settings
any idea ? i dont find anything else on google.
btw. it looks like this started happen with XELLA but cant say it for sure
/inteks
That sounds exactly like the issue I have been having, especially it happening only one in every few days.
I can confirm that it seems to have had a definitive starting point, but not sure what changes I made at that point. What do you mean by XELLA? And are any other ways of telling when this happens?