So I read a few posts on bad battery life.... but I really had no complaints, I even took a screen shot or 2 of me making it over 24 hours, they way I use my phone. Very typical for me and my usage....
But then kies kept bugging about a firmware update, so I did it.... and not, I am barely getting over 10 hours out of my phone... having slept most of that!?
This is the second charge now, it seems the life is cut in half... with no increase in usage or any new apps added. Is this possible from a firmware upgrade and can I go back to the old firmware?
thanks in advance.... I did do a quick search, hopefully it is not a repost
Most people with this issue are being told to do a factory reset and see what happens. Im pretty sure it solves the problem.
anyone with firmware XWKE2 done factory reset? And did it help the battery?
jimbob_me said:
Most people with this issue are being told to do a factory reset and see what happens. Im pretty sure it solves the problem.
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weird, but like I always tell women.... I will try anything once
since I am at 100% right now, I will do it and report back. thanks
I assume you just go into privacy and do the factory reset that way?
A multitude of battery posts all say after a flash your battery drains then settles down with use .
jje
Mr.Kakarot said:
weird, but like I always tell women.... I will try anything once
since I am at 100% right now, I will do it and report back. thanks
I assume you just go into privacy and do the factory reset that way?
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A factory reset made no difference for me unfortunately.
12 hours in and I am still at 41%... so it made some at least!
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Hi,
For the better part of an hour i am trying to switch off my phone, but if I use power off button, it seems to do a reboot. I tried removing the battery and putting it back, but this also only did a reboot.
The only option I have is to keep the battery out.
I haven't upgraded firmware, so any idea what might be causing this and how do I get out of this.
Thanks,
Vishal
vishaljain said:
Hi,
For the better part of an hour i am trying to switch off my phone, but if I use power off button, it seems to do a reboot. I tried removing the battery and putting it back, but this also only did a reboot.
The only option I have is to keep the battery out.
I haven't upgraded firmware, so any idea what might be causing this and how do I get out of this.
Thanks,
Vishal
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Backup data and factory reset .
jje
Hi,
The problem is that the wipe cannot guarantee that it will be fixed. Also, I have a lot of office related stuff on phone and configuring all that again will be both painful and time consuming. So I will take that route if I am not just able to use my phone at all.
Thanks,
Vishal
Reflash your current firmware.. or if poss upgrade to a new one.
First post so please be kind.
After a short time online the SGS2 crashes and seems to think the battery is dead. A workaround is to keep the phone on charge - so it seems to be a battery related problem.
I have tried calibrating the battery a few times but the problem persists. I also tried a complete wipe and flashed the ROM again. I have searched the forums and also googled it. I found many battery problems but none like mine.
I am on Chamelion v 3.03 and this crashing thing is my only problem
thanks in advance
Replace battery.
Clamp Canaye
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Replace battery.
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thanks for your reply. Since I calibrated the battery it last for much longer than before and the problem only happens when online but if a new battery cures it I will be delighted.
Had a thought. Given batteries cost money, you might want to try doing a completely clean install of stock via Odin before you buy one. Just to rule out there's not something rom side causing your issues. It doesn't sound like that's the case, but before you go spend $30-$40 on a battery, you might as well try it if you have time/are motivated enough.
Edit - The other thing it could be is the USB/charging circuitry, but if I were in your situation I'd try the obvious first.
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Had a thought. Given batteries cost money, you might want to try doing a completely clean install of stock via Odin before you buy one. Just to rule out there's not something rom side causing your issues. It doesn't sound like that's the case, but before you go spend $30-$40 on a battery, you might as well try it if you have time/are motivated enough.
Edit - The other thing it could be is the USB/charging circuitry, but if I were in your situation I'd try the obvious first.
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Thanks again. I will try a clean install .
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Thanks again. I will try a clean install .
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Hi MistahBungle
Just to let you know I tried a clean install of stock ROM with Odin AND another battery. Seemed to be OK until battery got to around 50% at which point I tried to read a newspaper article on line and it crashed again. When I rebooted the battery was drained.
I have just rooted the phone again and did a restore to my previous ROM
My solution will be to carry a spare battery
Thanks again for your input
Alright then. Description of my problem first I guess. I was not at home and running out of battery on my S2, but play store asked me to update some application so I agreed. After this I got the message that my phones internaly storage was running low, and keep in mind that I had near to no battery life (like 5%) and was not near any sort of charge point. I tried to access the applications page, to delete some apps that I never used and when I did my phone randomly and crazily got stuck and switched off. I'm assuming it somehow drained the 5% battery life I had left.
I got home thinking I could just switch on my phone and delete some applications that I wasn't using...that was 2 days ago...I can't even get past the samsung splash screen. It goes on a horrible boot loop and I've just about tried everything apart from hard resetting and I don't want to do that as I haven't backed my phone up recently...
If anyone knows any other methods, could you please please help? I would really appreciate it if I could keep my files and just enter my phone to delete a couple applications...which I'm assuming is the problem.
What have you tried? What firmware do you have? More info would be nice :thumbup:
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What have you tried? What firmware do you have? More info would be nice :thumbup:
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yay for quick replies. I have tried cold booting, and soft resetting...I also went into recovery and cleared the cache partition to see if it would help and so far nothing... I have absolutely no idea what firmware I have and I have no idea how to check. I never tried to root my phone or install other roms.
OK so if you have no idea what firmware you was on don't reset Cuz if you was on 4.0.4 kiss good by to your phone. Was it ICS or jb? Do you know this? Pull battery out leave for a bit "5 mins" and try again. If that don't work and your not sure on firmware you need Odin to replace firmware yes data will be lost. Can you get to download mode?
Anyone who updated to 4.3 STOCK, let me know if your battery is running out faster. For some apparent reason, I feel as f mine is dying faster than naturally or ORIGINALLY!
<<Scary>> I just wanna know is it just me or is it this update
my battery life is fine after the update, bone stock on my end. my device actually appears to have BETTER battery life. if you aren't worried about losing anything you could always do a full wipe. and start from scratch.
th3bl3d said:
my battery life is fine after the update, bone stock on my end. my device actually appears to have BETTER battery life. if you aren't worried about losing anything you could always do a full wipe. and start from scratch.
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im seriously thinking about it.. But ill try removing battery and recharging again completely and see how long that lasts!
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im seriously thinking about it.. But ill try removing battery and recharging again completely and see how long that lasts!
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You're not alone with battery drain. My battery is draining about 1/3 quicker than before the 4.3 update, and I also am running bone stock 4.3 unrooted. I have been extremely reluctant to do a factory reset, but it seems that I may end up doing just that. I have stopped about 10-15 processes since the update and haven't found the right one. I just stopped most of my Google services from syncing. Only the ones that I know for sure I don't use such as Google+. Just did that today. My display seems to be eating up a lot more of my battery than before. If you do a reset, please post here your results.
buckeyefan1
Verizon SCH-I545
guys before wiping i guess try doing a clear data on "google play store" and "google services framework" see if that helps
UGH!!
buckeyefan1 said:
You're not alone with battery drain. My battery is draining about 1/3 quicker than before the 4.3 update, and I also am running bone stock 4.3 unrooted. I have been extremely reluctant to do a factory reset, but it seems that I may end up doing just that. I have stopped about 10-15 processes since the update and haven't found the right one. I just stopped most of my Google services from syncing. Only the ones that I know for sure I don't use such as Google+. Just did that today. My display seems to be eating up a lot more of my battery than before. If you do a reset, please post here your results.
buckeyefan1
Verizon SCH-I545
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I will, im startign to notice a bunch of changes i really dont like.. They mihht be fixable, but i didnt ask for it.
1. Keep in mind, i face FACE UNLOCK enabled. and the bypass for it is a pattern. . Now all of a sudden, randomly, i get some screen saver. That shows a summarry, O missed calls and 0 New msgs, and what notifications. Then when i pick the phone up it dissapears.!! STUPID. The blue blinking LED is enuf notification for me.
2. The brain of this thing is going crazy. I got to keypad and type (2,2,7,7) and the number or person im looking for doesnt come up. looking for (Carrie). So i look in phone book, she's there, but the phone isnt reading her i guess
3. Typing a message, and its like im not typing anything.. Nothing is showing up!
4.Now from front screen i cant tell how much my battery has charged. Used to have numbers telling u, now thats gone and been replaced with a scrolling line that says "Unlock your device to use it as a media device".. I hate to loose my games !!
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I will, im startign to notice a bunch of changes i really dont like.. They mihht be fixable, but i didnt ask for it.
1. Keep in mind, i face FACE UNLOCK enabled. and the bypass for it is a pattern. . Now all of a sudden, randomly, i get some screen saver. That shows a summarry, O missed calls and 0 New msgs, and what notifications. Then when i pick the phone up it dissapears.!! STUPID. The blue blinking LED is enuf notification for me.
2. The brain of this thing is going crazy. I got to keypad and type (2,2,7,7) and the number or person im looking for doesnt come up. looking for (Carrie). So i look in phone book, she's there, but the phone isnt reading her i guess
3. Typing a message, and its like im not typing anything.. Nothing is showing up!
4.Now from front screen i cant tell how much my battery has charged. Used to have numbers telling u, now thats gone and been replaced with a scrolling line that says "Unlock your device to use it as a media device".. I hate to loose my games !!
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Ok. I can help you a little bit.
#1: You have "airview" activated. Go to Settings-My Device-Motions and Gestures and make sure that Air Gesture is turned off.
#2: I have seen this a lot. But I don't know how to get it to work. Mine seems to work.
#3: No clue
#4: Settings-My Device-Display- Scroll down to the More Settings Heading and underthat the 2nd one down you can check to "Show Battery Percentage".
I hope these help. I just said [email protected]#K !T and did a factory resest over the weekend. Pain in the A$$ trying to get everything set back right. I still don't have it the way that I want it. It DOES seem to have helped with the battery.
Buckeyefan1
buckeyefan1 said:
Ok. I can help you a little bit.
#1: You have "airview" activated. Go to Settings-My Device-Motions and Gestures and make sure that Air Gesture is turned off.
#2: I have seen this a lot. But I don't know how to get it to work. Mine seems to work.
#3: No clue
#4: Settings-My Device-Display- Scroll down to the More Settings Heading and underthat the 2nd one down you can check to "Show Battery Percentage".
I hope these help. I just said [email protected]#K !T and did a factory resest over the weekend. Pain in the A$$ trying to get everything set back right. I still don't have it the way that I want it. It DOES seem to have helped with the battery.
Buckeyefan1
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Thanks, you are right, that did help a little..
buckeyefan1 said:
Ok. I can help you a little bit.
#1: You have "airview" activated. Go to Settings-My Device-Motions and Gestures and make sure that Air Gesture is turned off.
#2: I have seen this a lot. But I don't know how to get it to work. Mine seems to work.
#3: No clue
#4: Settings-My Device-Display- Scroll down to the More Settings Heading and underthat the 2nd one down you can check to "Show Battery Percentage".
I hope these help. I just said [email protected]#K !T and did a factory resest over the weekend. Pain in the A$$ trying to get everything set back right. I still don't have it the way that I want it. It DOES seem to have helped with the battery.
Buckeyefan1
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Also by the way, i dont think im going to do a factory reset, i think i going to just ODIN this fone back to out of box condition.
Here goes some more problems im noticing at well i cant call CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM MY FONE. it just keeps refreshing me back to the MY VZW app. ugh. I even tried dialing the 1800# direct, same crap, the app. Also, although this may not be the same for you, it seems the browser has changed completely. I like to go on FACEBOOK in the browser, i hate unnecessary apps. Now i cant barely see any of the pictures, i have to dl each pic to see it now... Yea, i give up on this 4.3 crap. I think this has got to be the worst update of all time!
With the latest firmware (61.0.A.15.35), having Gestures:Tap to show lock screen enabled causes the lockscreen to display continuously while the phone is in your pocket and you're walking. You can feel the warmth of the phone as the battery drains. Running pulls up the emergency dialer.
If you're wondering battery drain is worse when you're busy and using the phone less, this is it.
Lol, might even get warmer than my Zippo hand warmer
Seriously turn the display facing away from your skin. I disable emergency dialer... don't need that kind of excitement.
This phone has a pretty big camera lump.
A case might help. Yeah I don't like the phone hump growing trend.
I probably shouldn't say this but maybe those Samsung jeans might help...
I have horrible battery drain with the phone sitting on my desk (4-5% an hour). It's so bad that I tried to remove the SIM card to see if it's reception related, but it drained at the same rate over the day. I guess, the next step is to factory reset, and see if that happens with stock apps...
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I have horrible battery drain with the phone sitting on my desk (4-5% an hour). It's so bad that I tried to remove the SIM card to see if it's reception related, but it drained at the same rate over the day. I guess, the next step is to factory reset, and see if that happens with stock apps...
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Try disabling all power management.
Clear system cache.
What you got now?
Try temporarily disabling Google play Services.
See what happens.
Try rolling back system apps to their factory versions if updated.
Unless you did a major firmware upgrade a factory reset will likely solve nothing as the issue will likely reoccur. Find the root cause(s) and correct them. This is a common problem on many Androids and is correctable. It will take some time, trial and error, deduction... to chase them down.
Each user and device variant are unique so there's no one solution that fits all even on the same device.
Why factory reset would solve nothing? I did not say I'm going to restore my backups. I was planning to let it sit for a day with just logged to my Google account to rollout hardware defects like a bad battery.
I'll try less intrusive things like cleaning system cache first though. Thanks for suggestion.
I don't see any crazy wake locks in better battery stats.
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Why factory reset would solve nothing? I did not say I'm going to restore my backups. I was planning to let it sit for a day with just logged to my Google account to rollout hardware defects like a bad battery.
I'll try less intrusive things like cleaning system cache first though. Thanks for suggestion.
I don't see any crazy wake locks in better battery stats.
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A factory reset may well get rid of it or maybe not.
If it does, what keeps you from recreating it a second time? Factory resets are useful for boot loops, large firmware updates, malware, and apps that altered hidden user settings.
For too many "techs" a factory reset is a painless way (for them) to solve a problem.
Once you do a reset you lose the opportunity to find, understand and correct the root cause(s).
You know the definition of insanity, right? It applies here.
My current OS load wasn't always smooth running. It needed to be optimized. If I do a factory reset, I know what to do now... otherwise I'll have a bandwidth/battery eating, hot running hog in my hands.
Or you could waste hours of your time going app by app and they realizing you have a hardware defect. Factory reset rules out a hardware defect.
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Or you could waste hours of your time going app by app and they realizing you have a hardware defect. Factory reset rules out a hardware defect.
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Not at all. It could still be firmware or software.
All a reset does in put user data settings back to default. A clean slate for what you, apps or malware screwed up.
Any original factory load defects will remain... or if you reload, update or misconfigure settings and create the problem again. Which is likely if you don't know what caused it to begin with.
Putting it in safe mode helps to rule out 3rd party apps but not system apps.
Hot running Androids are common and it's rarely hardware. If the device has a specific known hardware issue then it may apply.
What I meant to say it's not user's fault if it's behaving like that with the factory reset. It becomes Sony's fault either way (whether it's factory software or hardware).
I was thinking about using safe mode as well.
Looks like HookMsgTunnel is the culprit. It's part of com.sonymobile.hook package.
BTW Sorry for hijacking the thread!
Data encrypt on new android could also be at fault.
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I have horrible battery drain with the phone sitting on my desk (4-5% an hour). It's so bad that I tried to remove the SIM card to see if it's reception related, but it drained at the same rate over the day. I guess, the next step is to factory reset, and see if that happens with stock apps...
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Same here, battery life has been utter pap in the last few weeks and I can't work out what has gone wrong as it was fine before...drained 20% overnight on airplane mode the other night
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Looks like HookMsgTunnel is the culprit. It's part of com.sonymobile.hook package.
BTW Sorry for hijacking the thread!
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Could you explain further please, what should I do with that "file"?
Thanks
murrayalex said:
Could you explain further please, what should I do with that "file"?
Thanks
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That's the package name (essentially long apk name).
You can disable any package in android via adb shell https://www.xda-developers.com/disable-system-app-bloatware-android
I don't know what it does btw, so disable at your own risk, but my battery drain has improved.