Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone can give me a hand on this. After installing / using gingerbreak I am getting rapid drain on the battery. The battery manage says its "Media" (?program) thats doing it. Any ideas to a solution?
Posting in that thread would be a starting point. This thread will be moved or deleted.
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Thanks for using your energy on a useful answer.
Nevermind, trying out ginger blur instead.
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Try going fresh and gingerbreak it, i have no issues so far with 1.8.3 , look for the offending service in titanium or under settings > applications > services
Use the guide to root 1.4.2. Works perfectly and just makes sure the exploit is used and nothing else but SU is copied over.
Safest way to do something is to do it yourself. No apk and you get to see what you install.
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I was actually going to post the opposite. Went to a BBQ yesterday around 4 with a full charge, on HSPA the whole time, ran a bunch of speed tests periodically, checking NFL draft updates, checking for gingerblur 3.0 a bunch of times, and other useless tomfoolery. Left at 1:30 am, got home with 70% charge. Not bad, eh?
OSNPA said:
I was actually going to post the opposite. Went to a BBQ yesterday around 4 with a full charge, on HSPA the whole time, ran a bunch of speed tests periodically, checking NFL draft updates, checking for gingerblur 3.0 a bunch of times, and other useless tomfoolery. Left at 1:30 am, got home with 70% charge. Not bad, eh?
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wow my battery goes out fast. i unplugged around 9 am 9:15 a. same things as you basically speed test tumblr xda i was down to 30ish bye 3 pm.
sal2708 said:
wow my battery goes out fast. i unplugged around 9 am 9:15 a. same things as you basically speed test tumblr xda i was down to 30ish bye 3 pm.
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thats not normal time for a reflash
Try charging to full and then wiping the battery stats. Probably won't help but it's worth a shot. Flashing a lot can confuse the battery and wiping the stats after a bunch of flashes can help regain some of the batteries lost performance due to this confusion.
Good point. I forgot to mention I had wiped the battery stats while updating to 1.8.3.
Calibrate the battery? Drain it completely once or twice and recharge to 100%. That should calibrate your battery but then try using Battery Calibration.
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Try charging to full and then wiping the battery stats. Probably won't help but it's worth a shot. Flashing a lot can confuse the battery and wiping the stats after a bunch of flashes can help regain some of the batteries lost performance due to this confusion.
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been there done that. gonna return the phone to best buy for a new as the phone is exactly a week and a day old. and the screen lag is already killing me. i belive that for some reason rooting it it causes the screen lag. i factory rested the phone and rooted and lag still there.
You done been motoblur'd. Strip away that crap.
i actually do like motoblur. when i first got it i went the whole day from 7 am to 10 pm and still had 20 % left.
They don't call it bloatware for nothing. Your choice
the bloatware that you call it can actually be uninstalled. att navigator code scanner family map yada yada yada can be uninstalled.
what you all dont really get, is that motoblur is for basically a teenager. someoen who is constantly witht hier facebook updates emails blah blah.
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I was actually going to post the opposite. Went to a BBQ yesterday around 4 with a full charge, on HSPA the whole time, ran a bunch of speed tests periodically, checking NFL draft updates, checking for gingerblur 3.0 a bunch of times, and other useless tomfoolery. Left at 1:30 am, got home with 70% charge. Not bad, eh?
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I agree I was gonna post the same thing. After 1.83 and gingerbreak i get about twice as battery. I am using the same apps as I was using before. I never got over 24 hours on Atrix before but now I get 24 hours easily with pretty heavy usage. I play with is most of the time. Checking XDA every 15 20 minutes etc. This 1.83 has definately done some battery improvements to my phone. I do not mind the stock firmware now. I just have two mods, rooted and a pretty decent Blue theme.
sal2708 said:
the bloatware that you call it can actually be uninstalled. att navigator code scanner family map yada yada yada can be uninstalled.
what you all dont really get, is that motoblur is for basically a teenager. someoen who is constantly witht hier facebook updates emails blah blah.
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I do get it. I just don't like the interface. I use launcher pro plus scrolling widgets for facebook, gmail, calendar, bookmarks, etc, way more to my liking.
i think i have tried the best of both worlds here. HTC Sense and MotoBlur.
i really dont lean towards one or the other as the both apeal to me. btu what i have learned it is HTC Sence is more media-centric while MotoBlur is for the more "socially connected" person. being my self a teen. i enjoy both.
Running stock with bloat (havent done GingerBlur until 3.0 comes out) Gingerbreak, Systemrecovery, nothing else installed except root explorer, advanced system tools, DEBAndroid, attempted Full Ubuntu (bombed as expected.)
My install was flash 1.26, OTA upgrade of 1.57, flashed 1.83.
Anyways, with little use, still at 100% unplugged for 10 hours.
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stock 2.1 rom 10% battery drain per hour when sleeping
sc 2.9.2 UV 50 kernel (dont remember the full name) 3-5% sleeping in my pocket, BUT 1% drain every 3minutes when the screen is on the LOWEST setting.
Just odined back to stock, and 2.2 was already available to me.....so i OTA upgraded and my battery battery is even worse than that of stock 2.1. 12% percent for sleeping AND crazy battery drain when using the screen... i cant get over 7 hours of using my phone moderately....
warranty is voided since i rooted right???
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dont u guys even dare telling me to recalibrate my battery and all that nonsense. none of this works.
No its not voided, you got the update via ota right? As long as you don't bring it in there rooted you should be fine.
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Technically yes, but if your back to 100% stock, with no root, then know one well know you rooted.
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Have you checked spare parts to see whats eating your battery?
Here are some things you could have done or do.
-Clear battery stats using terminal emulator
-Use app called juice defender
-Use UV kernel (seems like you did)
-Use Set CPU and bring down max frequency to 800MHz.
-Turn off GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth when not in use.
My suggestion is Odin to DI01 and then get the two OTA's EA28 and ED01 and then just run complete stock, and do not install ANY apps, yes I know who wants to run a phone with 0 added apps, you can update any stock apps, but if you run your phone for a day or 2 with just that setup and your having the same issue then go to verizon and get your phone replaced, also keep track of any settings you change, you want to try and keep your phone stock as much as possible, the only stock setting I personally would change is not have live wallpapers.
If your phone is over a year old, you might want to consider getting a new battery for it. No rechargable batteries stay 100% for over a year.
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Domush said:
If your phone is over a year old, you might want to consider getting a new battery for it. No rechargable batteries stay 100% for over a year.
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The phone has not been out a year, so its impossible for him to have it longer then a year.
Good point
Seems like this phone has been out damn near forever. Was trying to help. You have a better idea, or do you just troll these forums looking to bust peoples' balls while offering no actual help of your own?
the fear i have with taking it to Verizon is that. i didn't originally buy the phone. i got it of craigslist....so another question i have is, is there a warranty sticker to show if its ever been taken apart? maybe the previous owner replaced it with a cheap POS screen, that why it eats more battery...
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the fear i have with taking it to Verizon is that. i didn't originally buy the phone. i got it of craigslist....so another question i have is, is there a warranty sticker to show if its ever been taken apart? maybe the previous owner replaced it with a cheap POS screen, that why it eats more battery...
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Hmm ... I'm not sure about the replacement screen theory ... that seems like a lot of work for ??? benefit.
I second the advice about going stock and not installing any apps. Also, I don't see that you listed some of the things from Battery Use and Spare Parts that are listed as taking up battery life. There are apps that start things up automatically (e.g. Pandora always starts a service when I connect my bluetooth headset, even though it doesn't do audio and I've never used Pandora over bluetooth) ... sometimes you can change this in the settings, sometimes you have to decide how much you want to live with the app.
Out of curiosity, do you leave WiFi on when not connected to a network? I find that sucks battery pretty bad. I use Locale to turn that off when not at home and only turn it back on if I need it. I also used a widget called Traffic Monitor for a little while to see what was using data.
Honestly, you won't be able to return it to Verizon. My husband bought an Ally off Ebay and found out when we got the phone that something wasn't right, so he went to Verizon store and once they found out where it was bought they didn't even want to help him out.
I would suggest calling Verizon and tell them that the phone you have now doesn't work period. You'll need to emphasize that you need a phone that works. I called Verizon the same night that the store didn't help my hubby out and after an hour with the customer rep, I was able to get a new Ally ordered for him and his upgrade date wasn't until Dec of this year. He got his new phone late Feb/March I believe.
If they say they can't help you, keep telling them that you need a phone, and then ask them if they can see if a supervisor will be able to help you out. I stayed on the call with them, until they had that new phone ordered for him-I didn't give up. If the 1st day you call doesn't pan out, call them the next day as each rep is diff and some are really wanting to help, others couldn't care less.
Hope this helps you out.
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the fear i have with taking it to Verizon is that. i didn't originally buy the phone. i got it of craigslist....so another question i have is, is there a warranty sticker to show if its ever been taken apart? maybe the previous owner replaced it with a cheap POS screen, that why it eats more battery...
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Good point
Seems like this phone has been out damn near forever. Was trying to help. You have a better idea, or do you just troll these forums looking to bust peoples' balls while offering no actual help of your own?
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I did offer a suggestion, which is the same thing that Verizon would ask you to do, and its the same suggestion even most Carriers should ask you. Same with a lot of computer companies should ask you when you are having issues with your computer.
Reset your machine to standard stock, run all your updates, don't install any apps, and see if it still happens, if your battery is just as bad, then we know its either your phone or battery, either way Verizon will trade it out for you, because honestly what else can it be? The only way Verizon can really say tough luck and deal with it is if the battery life he is saying he gets, is what everyone else gets, which we all know is not true.
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stock 2.1 rom 10% battery drain per hour when sleeping
sc 2.9.2 UV 50 kernel (dont remember the full name) 3-5% sleeping in my pocket, BUT 1% drain every 3minutes when the screen is on the LOWEST setting.
Just odined back to stock, and 2.2 was already available to me.....so i OTA upgraded and my battery battery is even worse than that of stock 2.1. 12% percent for sleeping AND crazy battery drain when using the screen... i cant get over 7 hours of using my phone moderately....
warranty is voided since i rooted right???
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dont u guys even dare telling me to recalibrate my battery and all that nonsense. none of this works.
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I update OTA last week on Verizon to Froyo 2.2. My battery was overheating and draining like crazy from my CPU usage being at a constant 99%..
I found the source of the problem. An app I use for facebook called "FLOW". The CPU usage was cut to 20% when I killed it with "Advanced Task Killer".
I resolved the issue by: Opening Flow.. going to Preferences.. Notification Settings.. Refresh Type.. Checked Periodic Polling (I was using Gmail Experimental previously)
Hope this helps...
Hi,
I have been reading a lot of posts by people but did not find an answer yet to problem I am having with Atrix.
I've had like 5 Atrix phones and never had this issue before so I am thinking it might be the phone but need input/opinion on what you guys think.
I have tried CM7, Ronaldo R9, Stock GB, Aura, Alien 4.
I bought this phone used and it was not even rooted.
I unlocked it, rooted it and started messing with it. It was working fine but then I had to mess with it.
No matter what rom I run, it goes from 100% to 40% in around 4 hours without any use.
I have 2 hotmail, 1 exchange, 2 gmail accounts and 1 facebook.
Any suggestions?
I am on stock kernel right now. I used faux kernel and it got even worse.
Any idea on what I might be doing wrong? I am about to sbf 2.2 Froyo to see if that fixes the issue.
Thanks in advance for help guys.
DONT SBF TO FROYO 2.2 YOU WILL HARD BRICK YOUR PHONE! Other then that what's your setCPU at?
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I never used SetCPU, I don't even have custom Kernel. I am using stock Kernel.
Baseband Version:
N_01.77.30P
Kernel:
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I usually freeze using TiBu, but this time I uninstalled everything from Live wallpaper picker to DLNA to Quick office, I barely have anything on the phone and it's still so hot. Draining battery like crazy. Did every calibration mentioned on here using CWM or Battery calibrator.
I was going to sbf the file with pudding and preinstall root built in. Thanks for the heads up though. I know that I can't go back to stock stock so was going to flash pudding 2.2.
You will only HARD BRICK your phone IF you have done the Official OTA (Over The Air) to GingerBread. If you have never done the official OTA and you were on 1.8.3 when you unlocked and you flashed GB (Kenneth Penn or other custom GB ROM's) then you can SBF backwards but it is not recommended.. I just want to clear that up for you.
Now, there is a battery issue with faux kernel (stock or OC) so make sure you are using the 0.2.0 version of his kernels.
If you want to do a sure test and find out if its the phone or the physical battery that is bad then flash Kenth Penn's Alien ROM with the gingerbread kernel and use the free setCPU here (free for XDA members). Yes you can still use setCPU even if you are on stock kernel because you can UnderClock the CPU when you turn the screen off or set it to were if you are under a certain battery percentage it will automatically uncerclock itself.
Thank you for the heads up but I know you can't do Froyo or GB without pudding if you have unlocked the phone, which I have unlocked.
So, are you saying that one of the ROMs overclocked the CPU and now it's stuck or something? I never messed with any SetCPU. All I did was change roms.
Do I need to do something special after I install EXT4 ROM with EXT4 formatting?
Do I need to format the partitions using something else to go back to stock partitioning? I just want my phone to go back to normal where it would last a whole day of playing without charge
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Thank you for the heads up but I know you can't do Froyo or GB without pudding if you have unlocked the phone, which I have unlocked.
So, are you saying that one of the ROMs overclocked the CPU and now it's stuck or something? I never messed with any SetCPU. All I did was change roms.
Do I need to do something special after I install EXT4 ROM with EXT4 formatting?
Do I need to format the partitions using something else to go back to stock partitioning? I just want my phone to go back to normal where it would last a whole day of playing without charge
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Actually you can SBF without pudding as long as you never flashed the OTA GB. Not only have they stated that in the threads but I have done it. The OTA will give you a Hard Brick.
No, I'm not saying that the ROM's overclocked the CPU... I was saying it's good to UnderClock it when your not using it.. (saves battery life)
Also you HAVE to wipe the battery stats after each ROM flash or you will have a incorrect battery percentage display
I see what you are saying.
I know you have to recalibrate battery after change of rom, what about if you sbf?
To test it out, I installed the 2.2 using sbf and charged it to 100%.
I have been on battery for barely 3 hours and I am at 60% life.
Without using anything, battery is at 95F and phone feels pretty hot.
I have had 4 Atrix before and never had any issues like this. Seems like something is always running in bg. I use my motoblur account so I have same number of emails and stuff on every rom and phone?
S2K_MoZo said:
I see what you are saying.
I know you have to recalibrate battery after change of rom, what about if you sbf?
To test it out, I installed the 2.2 using sbf and charged it to 100%.
I have been on battery for barely 3 hours and I am at 60% life.
Without using anything, battery is at 95F and phone feels pretty hot.
I have had 4 Atrix before and never had any issues like this. Seems like something is always running in bg. I use my motoblur account so I have same number of emails and stuff on every rom and phone?
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Did you just get the phone? If it has been overheating like this since you got it, it's very likely there's a problem with the unit itself. You may need to get it replaced.
I have the same problem here, I monitor my phone temp. using setCPU and to monitor the processor speeds on CM7 and my normal temp is about 37C or 99F and thats when the phone is pretty cool, however i have seen it get up to around 40-42C, not really sure what to do as i havent found a solution and it gets so hot now i can feel it through my case too.
I kept playing with this last night and no matter what ROM I use with Motoblur account and 3 push email accounts, it kept getting hot.
I am wondering if it's Motoblur getting suck on something since Phone Idle, main and phone is using most of the battery when you look at %age.
Or it's my 3 push email accounts, 2 gmail and 1 facebook that are syncing like crazy and killing the phone. I did a format of system, cache, data and all from recovery and installed cm7 for now to avoid blur. I am thinking of putting in all my push accounts in CM7 and see if it gets hot too. If it doesn't then it's motoblur or if it does get hot, it might be too many accounts syncing tons and tons of time?
So, I went back to Ronaldo's R9 Rom and been keeping an eye on battery.
I skipped blur setup and just put my gmail account on there that is associated with my contacts and all.
1h 21m 2s on battery, 92% battery life left.
Display 45%
Phone Idle 32%
Cell standby 8%
com.android.inputmethod.latin 4%
Messaging 3%
Voice Calls 2%
Android OS 2%
com.android.phone 2%
Wifi 2% (turned this off like an hour ago)
Does that seem pretty normal to burn 8% battery in an hour?
If that is good then I will start adding my other emails. I think I have narrowed down the issue to blur having push emails or maybe just blur. Will keep this thread updated.
Thank you.
Honestly, my phone also gets QUITE hot. I guess it's just fail ventilation.
mine gets up to 52`C
Is your phone revving to 9k?
Thanks for the laugh dude. I actually ended up getting rid of Atrix.
I actually have another Atrix with lapdock that I am selling. I think it's time to move on from Atrix
^^I think you've had more Atrix's then the Moto developers themselves. Your an Atrix lover!
S2K_MoZo said:
Hi,
I have been reading a lot of posts by people but did not find an answer yet to problem I am having with Atrix.
I've had like 5 Atrix phones and never had this issue before so I am thinking it might be the phone but need input/opinion on what you guys think.
I have tried CM7, Ronaldo R9, Stock GB, Aura, Alien 4.
I bought this phone used and it was not even rooted.
I unlocked it, rooted it and started messing with it. It was working fine but then I had to mess with it.
No matter what rom I run, it goes from 100% to 40% in around 4 hours without any use.
I have 2 hotmail, 1 exchange, 2 gmail accounts and 1 facebook.
Any suggestions?
I am on stock kernel right now. I used faux kernel and it got even worse.
Any idea on what I might be doing wrong? I am about to sbf 2.2 Froyo to see if that fixes the issue.
Thanks in advance for help guys.
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Try disabling the exchange account for a day and see if if it helps. Some users has earlier reported that exchange was creating problems. If it's not then use watchdog to idnetify the mischievous app which is eating a lot of CPU hence the heat.
CM7 has got rid of all heating issues so there must be something else than the OS itself.
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S2K_MoZo said:
So, I went back to Ronaldo's R9 Rom and been keeping an eye on battery.
I skipped blur setup and just put my gmail account on there that is associated with my contacts and all.
1h 21m 2s on battery, 92% battery life left.
Display 45%
Phone Idle 32%
Cell standby 8%
com.android.inputmethod.latin 4%
Messaging 3%
Voice Calls 2%
Android OS 2%
com.android.phone 2%
Wifi 2% (turned this off like an hour ago)
Does that seem pretty normal to burn 8% battery in an hour?
If that is good then I will start adding my other emails. I think I have narrowed down the issue to blur having push emails or maybe just blur. Will keep this thread updated.
Thank you.
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Your Display has consumed 45% so the behavior is more or less normal. The larger the screen on time larger is the drain.
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Hmmm unlikely but still u wont loose anything by trying. That overheating thing seems like a high overclock thingy cause it has happened to me before with a different phone
Hi!
I tried to search for the solution, but didn't find one.
I've installed MIUI-NB ROM recently (unfortunately, I cannot post there, because I don't have 10 posts to post in developers' forums; if somebody can append the question to that topic, I'd appreciate).
Generally, I like this ROM very much, but today I have experienced HUGE lags when accessing the Internet via mobile data (especially noticeable on 3G). Load average jumps to 8 and more, lags are so noticeable that render the phone unusable. Did someone experience that?
Reboots do not help. Switching to WiFi cures the lags immediately, thought the load remains pretty high (about 2.5).
Did someone else experienced that and can give a bit of advice, please?
I did, I couldn't figure it out. I believe it has to do with either kernal or modem. Try miui LE 9.1 which is what I have with the kb5 modem and its super fast. I've haven't experienced any lag yet.
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Its more likely do to the fact that he adds to much bloat and useless apps....hogging up all the ram.
I also use lithium with kb5 modem....can't beat it
Hey, i was a NB supporter, and loyal too, but it started to crash on me lately so today i went to Miui PRIME and so far.. its AMAZING no lag what so ever.
I heard Lithium was good too but i asked one guy and he said he got 8 hrs from light usage... so i was like ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
I was also on NB but it was too laggy ...so had to move on to lithium 9.1 ...which is working great
I had to go back to cm7, I started to get reboots during calls and had to take the battery out to shut it off. If i put the battery in it would fire up on its own. That was a first.
Ok here's an update I'm on LE 9 and I'm at 72% battery at 7 hours. Ill give you guys a total of hours when down to 2%.
This is with light to moderate usage, YouTube, FB, xda, web, texts and calls
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Don't expect great battery life with any miui...I think the best I've gotten was around 12 hrs with lite use....I went and got cpu master and uv'd to 800 but im not sure it really helps but it definitely oc's very well
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Battery usage isnt a huge prob for me, my problem is after a week or two ive gotta reflash the same rom, setup my apps. hate too but im thinking of flashing back to stock and running bionix. not having a stable build is getting frustrating.
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Hey, i was a NB supporter, and loyal too, but it started to crash on me lately so today i went to Miui PRIME and so far.. its AMAZING no lag what so ever.
I heard Lithium was good too but i asked one guy and he said he got 8 hrs from light usage... so i was like ehhhhhhhhhhhhh
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How's the battery life on MIUI Prime? My phone, too, has been crashing after a day's use. I would have to restart it every 1-2 days in order for it to become responsive again. It gets annoying and I'm already contemplating on going back to 2.2 again. lol
Agreed I've been thinking the same thing.
Ok guys last update on my battery before I go to sleep. I'm at 6% battery left and it has lasted me 16 hours. I am using juice defender so that is helping. I used the phone to listen to music, FB, text, calls.
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I was on bionix, and it was starting to drag and GPS wouldn't lock. so I wanted to try a newer ROM, just flashed MIUI-NB, but the low battery life worries me.
OK look at it this way....you know how your computer starts out really fast and all...then after awhile ....after so many downloads and websites visited it starts to slow down and then starts freezin up and all that....well that's what's happening to your phone,after all...it is a computer.
What I do is completely wipe everything including formatting system and SD and external SD...reflash your favorite rom and WHAM! Fast as hell again.
Thing to remember is all the BS you install and uninstall,isn't completely gone....its there and its hogging up your ram.
Just a hint guys... this rom your talking about is slap full of bloat alot of it is needed just to get fair results becuz of all the crap that's been done to it .
I'm back to 2.2 after almost 8 months of playing with miui and gingerbread,and I've realized something....the grass isn't greener on the other side.....especially when the proper files have not been released.
I do not mean to offend anyone...I am just posting my opinion off what I see after many many flashings.
I love miui with all the customizing that is made available with it but its just not what it could or should be and probably never will be and you can thank Samsung and T-Mobile for that.....unfortunately the vibrant is fading out as with the smartphone before it and the one before that.
One thing is for sure though.....the vibrant was the beginning of a Great Era. and that is a fact
Ok, I installed 2.3.6 from AT&T and my bettery life has tanked.
Batter Usage shows the Android OS at 93%!!!
Not using my phone, it is dead in about 7 hours.
Kernel Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
I am not rooted and dont want to root.
HELP!
Tymong said:
Ok, I installed 2.3.6 from AT&T and my bettery life has tanked.
Batter Usage shows the Android OS at 93%!!!
Not using my phone, it is dead in about 7 hours.
Kernel Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
I am not rooted and dont want to root.
HELP!
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You have an app that is driving data to your phone, causing the wifi chip to wake the phone all the time. Apparently a system app - a lot of people have been having this issue with KK6.
Beyond this - sorry, but if you are not rooted you will have to live with it. Identifying what is triggering the wifi interrupts requires obtaining a Wireshark capture, this is not possible without root. Even if a common root cause is found for what's going on with KK6, it's most likely in /system itself so can't be fixed without a custom ROM or at least rooting.
If you're not willing to root, why are you on a firmware developer forum? Have AT&T help you instead if you're on 100% bone stock unrooted.
Well if it's an APP causing it, then many many people must be running the same app cause all of the various forums out there are a lot of people with the battery drain after updating to 2.3.6. Even a lot of my customers have mentioned it also.
I doubt it is an APP doing it. I'd bet it is just some bad coding on Samsung's part. They are probably getting a lot of complaints and are most likely already looking into it.
As far as the why he is here if he doesn't root. Well I don't root as well and have no desire to being as stock works just great. (other than the battery drain)
This is a great place to hang out and keep up on other people using various phones. He posted in the General section, not the Developer's section for this phone. So I think his/her question was valid.
If he was asking the question in the Developers section I would understand your concern. But I don't feel you have to be into cooked ROMS to value this forum.
That's like saying to the people who like the "Fast and the Furious" moves to stop watching them because they have a Chevy and not a pimped up Civic.
Tymong said:
Ok, I installed 2.3.6 from AT&T and my bettery life has tanked.
Batter Usage shows the Android OS at 93%!!!
Not using my phone, it is dead in about 7 hours.
Kernel Version
2.6.35.7
Build Number
GINGERBREAD.UCKK6
I am not rooted and dont want to root.
HELP!
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I'm not rooted with wifi on all the time just got the phone 3 days ago and I'm getting 14-15hrs with no issue down to about 15-20% battery life left before I have to stick back on charger. Could be a bad battery or device, I'm coming over from Sprint after using rooted evo3d and rooted photon.
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The forum is called xda-DEVELOPERS.com
If you don't want to root, you're probably better off in the AT&T support forums, because honestly, it isn't worth our time to try and help someone who doesn't want to root fix a problem that is almost sure to require root access to fix, or in this case, even diagnose.
I do believe many are having this issue after upgrading to kk6 (with same apps installed). I had the issue as well.
May be a system app, or something in /system causing an app to become unhappy.
Either way, it's not going to get fixed without Shark for Root captures from those encountering problems.
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browncarpet said:
I do believe many are having this issue after upgrading to kk6 (with same apps installed). I had the issue as well.
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I don't think it anything to do with KK6. As Entropy said its an app causing a wake lock. I'm run Ingram KK6 without any issues with battery.
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Having this issue as well. Phone is stock. Ive been here since the captivate but I hang around with the sgs2. Never needed to root this phone as it works perfectly for me. But I did the update this morning at 100% charge and 9 hours later with no use it's down to 9%. I could go all day with moderate use and be at 30-40% by the time I go to bed.
I read on a rather long on a google forum that many had this issue after upgrading via ota but who knows. I found that wiping dalvik and flashing unnamed update again I have much better batter life. I did read in update that he reverted to an earlier kernel signature to fix the battery drain.
Im going back to 2.3.4 via this method.
http://galaxys2root.com/att-galaxy-s2/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s2-sgh-i777/
Losing 10% of my battery at idle /hour is ridiculous lol. Android os was at 87+% within 3 hours of restart.
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Okay so I did this method. Took about 5 mins after I got everything downloaded. I did not do the factory reset since it's not needed. Phones back to 2.3.4 and nothing was reset. Have all my sms's contacts, aps, wallpapers etc. Battery seems to be back to normal.
I recommend everyone who did that 2.3.6 update to revert back. To many problems with it.
I never entered download mode on this phone before. Just a tip: Keep holding all the buttons till the phone seems like it shuts off and keep holding them till you get into download mode. Do not let go or else it just powers off.
For the purposes of attempting to fix the problem, I really would like some people to take some Shark for Root captures as described in my Known Battery Drainers thread.
With that data, the root cause of the problem might be identifiable.
So far I've only seen one capture, I really need more unless I can reproduce the problem myself.
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For the purposes of attempting to fix the problem, I really would like some people to take some Shark for Root captures as described in my Known Battery Drainers thread.
With that data, the root cause of the problem might be identifiable.
So far I've only seen one capture, I really need more unless I can reproduce the problem myself.
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I'm also having battery issues but would like to try to fix it before giving up.
I've searched a bunch but can't find that thread. Not at home to try it on my PC so if you'll link it here, I'll do what I can to get some captures for you.
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[REF] Known identified battery drainers
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I've searched a bunch but can't find that thread. Not at home to try it on my PC so if you'll link it here, I'll do what I can to get some captures for you.
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I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
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I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
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Placebo effect - did nothing a plain old reboot would not have done.
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Placebo effect - did nothing a plain old reboot would not have done.
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Quite possible, but still running on the same charge from this morning and am at 28% battery after 14+ hours of normal use which is all I expect (calls, texts and light web browsing during the day over data) and then couple hours of web use at night over Wi-Fi when at home.
The last few days I was charging the phone when I got home from the office if I wanted to use it at night. Android OS was way up in the 60+ range after I first updated OTA and today it has been under 20% and more near 15%, so I'll take it.
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Come to think, I probably did not do a reboot after the update and could have been all that was needed.
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I read a possible solution on another forum and tried it with my SGS2 today and am amazed at the difference today in my battery life.
Worth a shot as it does not require anything more than charging your phone and pulling the battery.
Charge your phone to 100% with the phone off (hold the power button for 3 seconds or so until the menu comes up and select power off). When you reach 100%, unplug the charger and remove your battery (some said keep the battery removed for 90 seconds while others said 3-5 minutes). I left my battery out for 5 minutes or so. Put the battery back in and power on.
That was it. My Android OS went back to normal and the battery life today has been great if not better then with 2.3.6 than before I updated.
Screen grab of my current battery use after trying this method this morning is attached.
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I did this and saw absolutely no change. 2.3.6 is draining my battery far faster than 2.3.4 ever did. The culprit is the Android OS running at 90%.
I read that it might be an issue with the wifi so I have turned that off and will report back if that seems to fix it.
I read on another forum that att and Samsung are trying to blame it on bad batteries and shipping out new batteries.
What a bunch of crap. People everywhere wouldn't suddenly all have bad batteries at the same time. Sounds like usual BS.
I personally think its just some bad coding that Samsung needs to figure out.
On a different note, I played with the Verizon Droid Razr yesterday. Man that is a really nice phone. I'm tempted to get it, but I work for att and get free cell service, so it wouldn't make sense to pay for Verizon service, even though I think their network is better.
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I read on another forum that att and Samsung are trying to blame it on bad batteries and shipping out new batteries.
What a bunch of crap. People everywhere wouldn't suddenly all have bad batteries at the same time. Sounds like usual BS.
I personally think its just some bad coding that Samsung needs to figure out.
On a different note, I played with the Verizon Droid Razr yesterday. Man that is a really nice phone. I'm tempted to get it, but I work for att and get free cell service, so it wouldn't make sense to pay for Verizon service, even though I think their network is better.
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Android OS is definately eating up the battery now. I think it does have to do with wifi, because it seems to be much improved with it off. I'll take a free battery as long as I don't need to exchange the old one.
Is anyone else getting Android OS around 50-60% battery use?
I have tried every ROM included going back to stock. I have ran the phone with nothing but Stock and no apps installed for a day and still get the same drain so I can only assume its a kernel issue.
I am not familiar with LG products in the slightest, but I had a yellow screen of death the other day...something I have never seen in my years with samsung android products. Anyone have any idea what this is maybe it is pointing to a hardware issue?
LG made a great phone, but I don't think I will keep it much longer. Locked boot loaders, no sources, and history of terrible updates have me regretting purchasing this phone. I tried my hand at building a working jb release when I first got the phone and it is going to take a skill set I do not have and I hate waiting on a company to do what they've never done in the past..
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Is anyone else getting Android OS around 50-60% battery use?
I have tried every ROM included going back to stock. I have ran the phone with nothing but Stock and no apps installed for a day and still get the same drain so I can only assume its a kernel issue.
I am not familiar with LG products in the slightest, but I had a yellow screen of death the other day...something I have never seen in my years with samsung android products. Anyone have any idea what this is maybe it is pointing to a hardware issue?
LG made a great phone, but I don't think I will keep it much longer. Locked boot loaders, no sources, and history of terrible updates have me regretting purchasing this phone. I tried my hand at building a working jb release when I first got the phone and it is going to take a skill set I do not have and I hate waiting on a company to do what they've never done in the past..
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Easy, brother. I have only had one of my apps/utilities run higher than AndroidOS ever on this phone; however, that said, I think there is a problem with the way it's being calculated. I'm getting really good battery life with good sleep and still AndroidOS shows the highest by far. I know that's abnormal for it to be so high and still get good battery life, but it is what it is.
Edit: you've installed the fast dormancy toggle, right? As for the yellow screen, I've seen it once in my two months with the phone, just rebooted and carried on. Forgot what they said it was...but it is here in this forum somewhere.
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I was just about to post something similar. Andriod OS being high kind of makes sense if nothing else is using the battery, although you would expect that number to fall significantly with increased screen on time and heavy app usage, which it doesn't ever seem to.
I've been having horrible battery drain lately. I'm currently traveling for business, and just use my OG for web surfing and stuff when I'm in my hotel. I leave the phone in airplane mode, with WiFi on. About two weeks ago, when I was on The Base 0.4 in that same configuration, my battery would drain maybe 1% an hour while I was sleeping.
Recently I've been on The Base 0.7.3, and my battery drains over 5% an hour while I'm sleeping. This means no screen on, no apps running, and even turning WiFi off! How does it use that much battery when it's not doing anything? Now, I'm not entirely sure what kernel I'm running. The first time I installed The Base 0.7.3 I used sk8's kernel. After getting poor battery life, I reflashed 0.7 and 0.7.3, this time choosing the freegee kernel. I'm not actually sure if the kernel changed though.
Anyway, I think I'll post again tomorrow with some screenshots from Better Battery Stats+ and CPU Spy.
I'm wondering if this recent botched update had the battery fixes we need. Hopefully they'll re-release it soon.
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Easy, brother. I have only had one of my apps/utilities run higher than AndroidOS ever on this phone; however, that said, I think there is a problem with the way it's being calculated. I'm getting really good battery life with good sleep and still AndroidOS shows the highest by far. I know that's abnormal for it to be so high and still get good battery life, but it is what it is.
Edit: you've installed the fast dormancy toggle, right? As for the yellow screen, I've seen it once in my two months with the phone, just rebooted and carried on. Forgot what they said it was...but it is here in this forum somewhere.
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Yea I've tried fdt but I think it has to be kernel related drain issues
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Digil said:
I was just about to post something similar. Andriod OS being high kind of makes sense if nothing else is using the battery, although you would expect that number to fall significantly with increased screen on time and heavy app usage, which it doesn't ever seem to.
I've been having horrible battery drain lately. I'm currently traveling for business, and just use my OG for web surfing and stuff when I'm in my hotel. I leave the phone in airplane mode, with WiFi on. About two weeks ago, when I was on The Base 0.4 in that same configuration, my battery would drain maybe 1% an hour while I was sleeping.
Recently I've been on The Base 0.7.3, and my battery drains over 5% an hour while I'm sleeping. This means no screen on, no apps running, and even turning WiFi off! How does it use that much battery when it's not doing anything? Now, I'm not entirely sure what kernel I'm running. The first time I installed The Base 0.7.3 I used sk8's kernel. After getting poor battery life, I reflashed 0.7 and 0.7.3, this time choosing the freegee kernel. I'm not actually sure if the kernel changed though.
Anyway, I think I'll post again tomorrow with some screenshots from BatteryStats+ and CPU Spy.
I'm wondering if this recent botched update had the battery fixes we need. Hopefully they'll re-release it soon.
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When I would get bad drain, which has happened several times, I could narrow it down to a couple things in order to solve the problem.
In my case it would always happen after installing Google+. Uninstall and reboot would usually fix the issue. If I got drain on a fresh install without g+ installed, I found that if I installed the 2.2 kernel separately as a stand alone zip, that would fix it. Don't know why but it may work for you too.
I don't have screen shots, but today I recharged at 38% after 3:10 of phone use and 1:55 screen on time and about 15 hours off charger. That's with Wi-Fi on the whole time and Bluetooth for about 9 hours. I have my work exchange account on active sync with push notifications. Facebook and Twitterer to 4 hour intervals. I'm underclocked to 1350 and using powersave gov with deadline.
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Yea I've tried fdt but I think it has to be kernel related drain issues
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Believe you are correct. There were issues on the Samsung Infuse and even the international SGS3 for a while... it was referred to as 'memory leak.' Has been worked out by devs on XDA. You can put memory leak in the XDA search above... it's above my pay grade.
Edit: It's great to see another RD here... hope you will reconsider keeping the phone and stay !!
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When I would get bad drain, which has happened several times, I could narrow it down to a couple things in order to solve the problem.
In my case it would always happen after installing Google+. Uninstall and reboot would usually fix the issue. If I got drain on a fresh install without g+ installed, I found that if I installed the 2.2 kernel separately as a stand alone zip, that would fix it. Don't know why but it may work for you too.
I don't have screen shots, but today I recharged at 38% after 3:10 of phone use and 1:55 screen on time and about 15 hours off charger. That's with Wi-Fi on the whole time and Bluetooth for about 9 hours. I have my work exchange account on active sync with push notifications. Facebook and Twitterer to 4 hour intervals. I'm underclocked to 1350 and using powersave gov with deadline.
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have Google+ uninstalled, but part of me thinks Google Now may be partially the culprit (although why that would be the case with all radios off, I don't know).
I'll try a fresh install of the 2.2 kernel and see if that helps. Thanks.
I can't speak for anyone else but FDT did wonders for my battery life. I was only able to go about 12 hours prior to disabling FD.
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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I have Google+ uninstalled, but part of me thinks Google Now may be partially the culprit (although why that would be the case with all radios off, I don't know).
I'll try a fresh install of the 2.2 kernel and see if that helps. Thanks.
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I always install GNow, love the inverted version.
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johnbyebye said:
I can't speak for anyone else but FDT did wonders for my battery life. I was only able to go about 12 hours prior to disabling FD.
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This is good for sure... it's just that compared to other phones, Android OS and Android System should not be that high.
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This is good for sure... it's just that compared to other phones, Android OS and Android System should not be that high.
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That's what leads me to believe it's a faulty measure...
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That's what leads me to believe it's a faulty measure...
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^^^ This is indeed worth considering.... I think the question then becomes why is it consistent among the 3 roms we are using? Maybe when JB source is out and something is built from source all will be good.
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^^^ This is indeed worth considering.... I think the question then becomes why is it consistent among the 3 roms we are using? Maybe when JB source is out and something is built from source all will be good.
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I would be less inclined to believe it is a faulty measure if we had a different ROM not built off stock (AOKP/CM10) that could produce different values. However, I seriously doubt anything built into either of the two custom ROM's is geared toward normalizing that reading. That's why they are both the same as the stock AndroidOS percentages. Jivy is probably right that it's a kernel issue. With the size battery we have, imagine the potential if it is a true reading (androidOS out-of-control) and we can get it under control down the road. We're talking double the current best battery life you've ever had on this phone at the very least.
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Get BetterBatteryStats, select Since unplugged and Alarms to see what is waking the device (making it not go into a deep sleep). eBay was a big culprit for me.
The wakelock that keeps the phone awake during background data transfer (screen off) lasts 6 seconds (I am guessing it does it in multiples of 6s) regardless of how long the sync takes. Everytime email, facebook, gmail, drive, picasa, twitter, g+, google maps, ebay, calendar, contacts.. whatever wakes the phone to check something, it will be a minimum of 6 seconds.. This adds up over the course of the day and it is counted in the Android OS. Shut down syncs you don't absolutely want/need and this number will go down. All phones with the Snapdragon S4 Pro has it, especially the Nexus4. It seems they've done some kernel work to fix/reduce it but I havent really looked into it since I don't have that phone. I've seen complaints in the Droid DNA forum as well.
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Get BetterBatteryStats, select Since unplugged and Alarms to see what is waking the device (making it not go into a deep sleep). eBay was a big culprit for me.
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This. EBay for me too. BetterBatteryStats is your friend.
Anyone else experiencing scrolling lag or delay. Clearing cache and wiping dalvik fixes it but the issue returns after about two days.
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Anyone else experiencing scrolling lag or delay. Clearing cache and wiping dalvik fixes it but the issue returns after about two days.
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Check out this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987032