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OK, I have written an app to attempt and stop call wonkyness on CM7 builds. Specifically the phone locking up when making and receiving calls.
It's my observation that it's the mic that causes the phone to lock up and so this app opens and closes the mic every minute to keep it "fresh". It's a long shot, but I can't seem to duplicate wonkyness with it enabled so I'm posting it for other to try.
Now after a few positive comments to help boost my confidence in the app, I've made it's own thread to make it easy to track comments.
Just install and run (or just reboot as it auto-start on boot). To disable, uninstall it.
Please post your results!
Change Log:
Version 1.4
Made service more persistent by adding notification bar. Turns out, Android was killing off the service when memory was running low causing wonk to surface.
Version 1.3
Can only be installed on internal memory. Needed to make sure the service can started up on boot. (Thanks to mjukis for pointing this out)
Version 1.2
Only dewonkificates when screen is off to avoid conflicts with any apps you may be using.
Removed debug logging
[Post edited because the wonkyness is still there and this .apk works fine to fix it]
Dude.... As best as I can tell in 20 minutes' time, this damn thing seems to actually work! Gotta tell ya how skeptical I was....but I'm pretty flippin' pleased right now!
Good looking out!!
Much appreciated for this app.
While it's still too early to say it's 100% working, so far so good.
I have had the wonk since build 3 to 23 (except for 16).
I will keep testing and report back often.
That's great news and I'm happy that it looks like it's working for people. I was on the edge of rolling back and this was a desperate attempt to fix it.
Agree with the op. Can't say for sure its the miracle I've been waiting for... but 4 calls in (admittedly 2 from myself, ) no wonks. When I'd expect all to be wonky
If this 'wonklessisity' continues you will surely become supreme ruler of xda!
Will report back soon.
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That's great news and I'm happy that it looks like it's working for people. I was on the edge of rolling back and this was a desperate attempt to fix it.
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What are your thoughts and battery impact?....and would some timeframe greater or less than 1 min. factor in??
Does this fix it?
http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,2642
shaggy-h said:
Does this fix it?
http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,2642
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No, that's a different problem.
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makelegs said:
What are your thoughts and battery impact?....and would some timeframe greater or less than 1 min. factor in??
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Currently I can't see any measurable battery drain. Dewonkificator doesn't even show on the About phone->Battery use screen. Increasing the time between dewonkification might be work, but since battery doesn't seem to be a issue and we don't know what the source of the problem is I don't think its worth risking or investigating.
I also believe it have something to do with the mic, since all apps that use it have the same freeze, and it seems to work for me. Thanks
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Currently I can't see any measurable battery drain. Dewonkificator doesn't even show on the About phone->Battery use screen. Increasing the time between dewonkification might be work, but since battery doesn't seem to be a issue and we don't know what the source of the problem is I don't think its worth risking or investigating.
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Seems reasonable enough, to me.
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Currently I can't see any measurable battery drain. Dewonkificator doesn't even show on the About phone->Battery use screen. Increasing the time between dewonkification might be work, but since battery doesn't seem to be a issue and we don't know what the source of the problem is I don't think its worth risking or investigating.
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Maybe watchdog would be a better app for checking. Would give us a better idea of CPU use. Also juice plotter may help see prior and after install battery consumption
I've tested it,and havent got any wongkiness for today. I think its working...
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Got source?
fitsnugly said:
Got source?
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Added to the OP
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Added to the OP
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gracias!
You deserve an E-Cookie for coming up with such an awesome name
Wonky just visited me when my wife called. Installed your dewonky app for testing.
Thanks.
This bug is the reason I got off CM7 nightlies, so damn annoying. Maybe this is a Gingerbread thing rather than a Nexus S problem cause the Nexus S is supposed to be rebooting itself while in calls as I'm sure everyone knows.
running liquid aosp+ kangbang. overclocked to 1228/245 ondemand. off the charger at 9am im now down to 75% with virtually no usage. is this bad for 4g being on?
looking at battery usage is says cellular radio is taking up everything. im on the latest leaked radio too. i wonder if i should go back the the last official ota radio.
fixxxer2008 said:
running liquid aosp+ kangbang. overclocked to 1228/245 ondemand. off the charger at 9am im now down to 75% with virtually no usage. is this bad for 4g being on?
looking at battery usage is says cellular radio is taking up everything. im on the latest leaked radio too. i wonder if i should go back the the last official ota radio.
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That's about double what mine is using on standby with no use. I'm looking at about 1.6% per hour standby. I'm on the RUU 2.11 radio too. I've got my sync schedule set up to fairly conservatively, and made sure it doesn't update whether whenever the widget is viewed.
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That's about double what mine is using on standby with no use. I'm looking at about 1.6% per hour standby. I'm on the RUU 2.11 radio too. I've got my sync schedule set up to fairly conservatively, and made sure it doesn't update whether whenever the widget is viewed.
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well it must be the new radio then.
fixxxer2008 said:
well it must be the new radio then.
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I'd point the finger at the ROM. I'm using the same radio and getting much better results than you're showing, and I'm using a Sense ROM. Your's should be equal or better than that. Even under moderately heavy use I can eek out 10 to 12 hours on a charge. You should definitely be doing better than that on an AOSP ROM, I would think.
I would stay off LTE unless you're actually using it. It's just a waste if your phone is just idling.
loonatik78 said:
I'd point the finger at the ROM. I'm using the same radio and getting much better results than you're showing, and I'm using a Sense ROM. Your's should be equal or better than that. Even under moderately heavy use I can eek out 10 to 12 hours on a charge. You should definitely be doing better than that on an AOSP ROM, I would think.
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i doubt its the rom as i never had this until i used the leaked radio. id use a sense rom but the volume is too low for me. the aosp kernels have the audio tweaks.
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I would stay off LTE unless you're actually using it. It's just a waste if your phone is just idling.
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well then there would be no point in having a 4g phone.
i loaded up the latest official ota radio and will test tonight. worse comes to worse ill have to look for a different rom.
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well then there would be no point in having a 4g phone.
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i said turn it off when not in use, not when you are letting your phone sleep. back in the day when 3g came out, it was a battery drainer too.
yareally said:
i said turn it off when not in use, not when you are letting your phone sleep. back in the day when 3g came out, it was a battery drainer too.
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CDMA is STILL a battery killer. It can kill a battery FAR, FAR faster than LTE ever could. I'm inclined to agree with Fixxxer2008; what's the point in having LTE if you can't just use it? And at 1.4 percent per hour idling, I'm not sure that qualifies as a grotesque overuse of power. I think that's conservative by ANY measure.
Buy the extended battery.
I refuse to neuter my phone.
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If the OP wants to take the time to deal with it, I would wipe /system, /cache, dalvik cache and /data and redo their rom over again with only restoring user data at the most. Perhaps something just coincidentally went out of wack with the latest update you did for the ROM. I doubt it's the radio doing it, but it would take more time/effort to know like reading through the logcat to see if there's anything weird going on and such.
i was gettibg pretty decent battery with CM7 + DreamKernal + MR 3.5 radio
i could watch a whole movie and it would use abour 10% battery
that and when i'd go to sleep(normally 5 - 6 hours), when i woke up it lost about 7 - 8% battery.
i switched to the latest Synergy + DreamKernal + MR 3.5 radio
only did so because of issues with Skype
now it consumes 13 - 15% battery watching a movie, and wheb i wake up it's used more then 20% battery.
i have the 2750 extended battery
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If the OP wants to take the time to deal with it, I would wipe /system, /cache, dalvik cache and /data and redo their rom over again with only restoring user data at the most. Perhaps something just coincidentally went out of wack with the latest update you did for the ROM. I doubt it's the radio doing it, but it would take more time/effort to know like reading through the logcat to see if there's anything weird going on and such.
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Im testing a new kernel. I already wiped cache and dalvik.
fixxxer2008 said:
well then there would be no point in having a 4g phone.
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Use a ROM that allows you to toggle between 3 and 4g. That way you can switch to 4g when you'really in data-heavy mode and idle in 3g.
I believe at least a Chingy related ROM has such a toggle.
OffcerClancy said:
Use a ROM that allows you to toggle between 3 and 4g. That way you can switch to 4g when you'really in data-heavy mode and idle in 3g.
I believe at least a Chingy related ROM has such a toggle.
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Go back and read the thread. I'm using about 1.3 percent an hour at idle. I'm running a Chingy ROM. I don't toggle LTE. Cutting the balls off your device isn't much of an answer. That's like cutting your arm off to cure an infection. That answer ain't good enough for me, and I'm feeling its not good enough for him.
im testing the 3.5.8 lean kernel today. if it doesn't get any better ill be moving back to a sense rom. aosp is giving me alot of headaches.
CanesDrew said:
Buy the extended battery.
I refuse to neuter my phone.
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nah...i don't want my phone to look like a brick. i may get an extended slimline one though.
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im testing the 3.5.8 lean kernel today. if it doesn't get any better ill be moving back to a sense rom. aosp is giving me alot of headaches.
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I have been using the same kernel and I get awesome numbers?
Remember to use the settings in terminal it recommends so you can choose how much it will undervolt and which governor it will use.
And exit the menu using 14 otherwise what you choose will not be saved.
Bryan
fixxxer2008 said:
im testing the 3.5.8 lean kernel today. if it doesn't get any better ill be moving back to a sense rom. aosp is giving me alot of headaches.
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my friend was having drain issues with some of imo's latest aosp kernels on cm7 so they ended up going back to the default kernel for cm7 and that cleared it up
What exactly is the difference between night build and experimental version?
Do they mean its not the final stable version??
Also when I try switch my phone off.. it just reboots itself.
I flashed the latest version of CM9 but the problem still exists.
Battery life, there is a lot of debate about this on the forums. For me personally, this is the first day of the rom and at the moment I'm sitting at 25% , being unplugged for 5 and a half hours with 69% on screen use. is that normal?
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What exactly is the difference between night build and experimental version?
Do they mean its not the final stable version??
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That question got asked and answered earlier today already.
There are NO final stable versions for CM9... for any device. However that doesn't mean the ROM is not stable, the developers are just aware of some bugs, tweaks and additions they want to have done before claiming it final.
Here's a table to get the relation between CM9 and Samsung ROM's:
CM9 Preview ==> Samsung Presentation
CM9 Alpha ==> Samsung Stable
CM9 Nightly ==> Samsung stable after 1. year
CM9 Stable ==> not present for Samsung ROM's
Experimental versions are builds manually compiled by the developers.
Nightly builds are automatically built every night from the source code and usually feature one of the pacman ghosts as compiler.
Also when I try switch my phone off.. it just reboots itself.
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Is it attached to a cable?
Have you COMPLETELY wiped your phone when changing Rom?
his is the first day of the rom and at the moment I'm sitting at 25% , being unplugged for 5 and a half hours with 69% on screen use. is that normal?
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Yes that's normal. Simple reason; you're playing with it far more the first few days than usually even if you are not aware of it.
Wait 2-3 days and start comparing. I have 1-2% standby battery drain on CM9 an CM10 preview with Sync enabled and 3G connectivity.
I'd recommend getting BetterBatteryStats though (free APK here on Xda) to see if anything drains your battery.
d4fseeker said:
Is it attached to a cable?
Have you COMPLETELY wiped your phone when changing Rom?
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Thank you for your in depth answer. I did exactly that when installing the new ROM. It doesn't bother me that much, if need be I can take the battery out (when I'm over seas). Just seeing if it was a known issue or if there is something wrong on my end..
I don't really want to wipe and flash again as its taken a while to finally customize my phone the way I want it.
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Don't want to add to Omega ROM's 2000+ page thread.
I've been running the last few Omega JB ROMs and they're very decent speed-wise, however my battery life has basically gone to hell compared to the ICS ROMs. Are all JB ROMs like this? Can you suggest a different JB ROM?
And before anyone makes suggestions, thank you, but I have already done all the usual checking to make sure it's not my apps causing the problem.
Are you sure you haven't got the media scanner problem?
slaphead20 said:
Are you sure you haven't got the media scanner problem?
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The media scanner problem? Please enlighten me
setspeed said:
The media scanner problem? Please enlighten me
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Media scanner goes crazy keeping the device busy, like... at full 1,4GHz speed for long periods of time, some people reported about an hour of this behavior.
The easy way around is disabling it with Rescan Media Root
You can identify this issue using BBS, look for partial wakelocks.
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Media scanner goes crazy keeping the device busy, like... at full 1,4GHz speed for long periods of time, some people reported about an hour of this behavior.
The easy way around is disabling it with Rescan Media Root
You can identify this issue using BBS, look for partial wakelocks.
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Don't think I'm suffering from that. Since boot 10h 41m ago my biggest partial wakelock is Google Maps NetworkLocationLocator 25m 50s, 4% of my battery. Thanks for suggestion, hadn't heard of that issue.
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Don't think I'm suffering from that. Since boot 10h 41m ago my biggest partial wakelock is Google Maps NetworkLocationLocator 25m 50s, 4% of my battery. Thanks for suggestion, hadn't heard of that issue.
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The Google maps thing is related to Google now I'm pretty sure, it adds a bit of drain but imho worth it for the usefulness of it, downloading bus timetables is a thing of the past now
Are all JB ROMs like this?
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No JB rom, be it AOSP-based like Cyanogenmod or Samsung-created, are out of dev-preview/beta so give it some time to mature and get better.
ICS battery life has greatly improved from the first ROM, you cannot expect Jelly bean to be at that point just yet.
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No JB rom, be it AOSP-based like Cyanogenmod or Samsung-created, are out of dev-preview/beta so give it some time to mature and get better.
ICS battery life has greatly improved from the first ROM, you cannot expect Jelly bean to be at that point just yet.
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So basically they're all pretty bad on battery life then? That's fine, all I needed to know - I'll not waste my time flashing loads of different ROMs, and just stick with Omega for now
just had 18+ hours up and 7+ hours screen on time of the jb I'm running...I'm ok with that
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just had 18+ hours up and 7+ hours screen on time of the jb I'm running...I'm ok with that
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I'm getting less than 4hrs screen-on time, and limp to about 14hrs between charges, compared with almost 6hrs/20+hrs on ICS on the exact same usage.
setspeed said:
I'm getting less than 4hrs screen-on time, and limp to about 14hrs between charges, compared with almost 6hrs/20+hrs on ICS on the exact same usage.
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Fyi....I'm running siyah on rgui,, all Samsung cr*p frozen, JD running, auto synch on, location services on for Google now
Omega was horrible for my battery, then I switched to wanamlite.
In the meanwhile i cleared my user data and performed a heavy cleaning of the rom by means of ROMCleaner and removing even more stuff than mentioned in the ROMCleaner thread.
Therefore I cannot guarantee whether it is a problem in omega's rom or in my data.
After a night the results were satisfactory, as shown in the screenshot. Soon I will start a thread to explain my approach.
Maybe I'll give Wanamlite a try then...
Hi Guys,
You might wana use the Better Battery Stats XDA version. you will see what's eating your battery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
On my phone battery life went down from 20+ hours on stdby to 8 hours on stdby with JB update!
I'll go back to ICS.
-J-
I've made a new version of the 70°,75° and 80° thermal mods which I'm hoping will improve battery life without sacrificing performance at all. If you've been running any my original thermal mods and would like to test out the new versions and give me your feedback it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Rob
Just head on over to my original CTT thread to download it
Here's the link to the original thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/thermal-mod-t2907363
Also I just added a new beta 3 version of the 75° mod here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60916030&postcount=626
They're towards the bottom of the op
Just flash in recovery and wipe the caches
Wow, I'm the first one.
phillymade said:
Wow, I'm the first one.
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Lol I just posted it not more than 5 minutes ago
Robshr said:
Lol I just posted it not more than 5 minutes ago
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So we are the only ones awake at this hour on a Sunday morning!
phillymade said:
So we are the only ones awake at this hour on a Sunday morning!
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Looks that way. I've only been up since 1 when I woke up with the idea and started working on it I'm really hoping for some good results
Gonna try this!
Later though... planning on doing a total wipe and start from scratch.
It booted up no problem. First boot was no too long, a little less than flashing a ROM. I'm at 100% battery, going to see what happens throughout the day.
Suscribed to the thread !
So the purpose of this new release is battery saving ?
Marcovanbasten said:
Suscribed to the thread !
So the purpose of this new release is battery saving ?
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Yes though it may be minor but I'm trying to get the best battery without decreasing the performance at all
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Yes though it may be minor but I'm trying to get the best battery without decreasing the performance at all
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Thanks for your work Rob.
Battery saving would be awesome !
I know this was build for stock roms but I flashed it on cm12.1 and it seems to be working fine. Is there a reason it wouldn't work on cm12.1 or if I can check to see if it is working? Thanks
Perhaps it's just the excitement of the new mod, but I feel as though there is a reduction of heat being produced by the device. Has anyone else noticed this?
Got it installed. What specifically do you want feedback on?
I imagine I won't have a feel for the battery difference for a couple days. Anything else?
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Got it installed. What specifically do you want feedback on?
I imagine I won't have a feel for the battery difference for a couple days. Anything else?
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That's pretty much it is battery life I want to see if the changes I've made have made any difference if not I've got a few more tweaks I'll try but this is just a start
Testing on D851 LP.
Testing on D855 flashed over last 75 version
I just installed your new 70° mod on my vs985... Let you know how it goes... Thanks
-SD 4.0/SD 4.1 Kernel-
just installed on international D855.. i'll return in a few days
I also just installed on International D855 running ChupaChups 4.2 and will report back in a few days.
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I know this was build for stock roms but I flashed it on cm12.1 and it seems to be working fine. Is there a reason it wouldn't work on cm12.1 or if I can check to see if it is working? Thanks
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To check to see if it's working you can download 3c toolbox formally known as android tuner and under CPU you can see the temp and see if it throttles down at the correct temperature and I don't see any reason why it shouldn't work with cm12
Please let me know if it works and how well so I can post it in the op