is there an app out there that does this? it would really be useful for me since my nook doesn't technically sleep.
I am trying to get the same thing accomplished, and I don't think there is any app designed to do this (I've looked extensively). However there is an app called Tasker, which allows you to automate your phone(or tablet) based on a ton of different contexts/actions. I have Tasker set to run another app called "Quick Shutdown" when screen off time passes 2 hours. It works, sort of, although I am having some issues with the thing turning off when it shouldn't be. Perhaps someone else who owns tasker could make a more reliable profile than mine?
I wasnt aware of that app. Thanks for pointing it out for me. I have been looking for a way to save my battery for sooo long.
Nothing has changed on the phone in a week or two (last change was when prYde theme updated), but suddenly today it is running rather warm and rolling through its battery.
I do not see anything strange in behavior, just getting rather warm, and all of a sudden. I actually noticed it was warming my leg in my pocket. Had a look at the phone - screen was not on, but it was heating.
Shut down, pulled the battery out for a few minutes, powered back on, still doing it.
And generally I use ~4% of batt/hr. As it sits, this morning, I unplugged the phone at 06:45 - now at 08:15 I am sitting at 72%. Something is amiss.
Any suggestions or comparable experiences out there? I am at a loss, since nothing has changed...
TIA.
Very interesting. I am running stock 2.2, but rooted. I noticed yesterday my phone was also running stupid hot. The temp app listed it as 114 deg. F. while I had wifi and GPS enabled. The screen was so hot, I could not keep my finger on it.
I have read other forum threads about high temperatures and they recommend replacing the phone. Not sure I want to go that route yet.
When you think about it, 114 deg. F. is not safe.
- Tim
In another thread I dubbed this the "hot pocket" issue. I have the same problem. I've had it with community ROM 1.x and evil fascinate 3.51 and even a fresh (data wiped) 3.6. I'd love to know what is happening, as I can no longer count on my phone to survive a day, battery wise, even when it is just sitting in my pocket.
Here are the apps I have had installed EVERY time the issue has happened, so we have a beginning list to work from:
ADW Launcher
Hacked Pandora
News and weather
Titanium backup
Tune-in radio
Catch notes
AdFree
Amazon AppStore
Flashlight
GroupMe
Miren Browser
Pulse (news)
ShapeWriter keyboard
Tapatalk Pro
Wireless Tether
Seeing as the issue seems rom/kernel independent, it may be one of our apps.
What apps are you guys running?
Any in common with my list?
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are you guys running an undervolted kernel?
I have the same issue sometimes... trying to troubleshoot it as well while I wait on CM7
I have plenty of apps (meaning it will be a bear to list them all, but I am going there at the end of this post) - TiBa would be the only one listed thus far that we have in common...
Something that I opted to try this morning after I posted the question (and I apologize - I realized as I got on the highway this morning, that I had not listed any of my setup - that info will be at the end of this post...) was to swing back home and swap batteries.
To be clear, I keep 2 batteries - one charges in a Samsung stand/charger, the other in the phone. I often switch them when one is getting low as I always have a full one standing by...
I had rebooted teh phone a few times this morning and I was unable to clear the hot pocket (I love the name!), so I figured what the hell... Swing through the house, shut the phone down gracefully (long press power, choose Power Off, not just a hard batt pull...) swapped batteries, powered on and hit the road.
15 minutes later I was in traffic and thought I would have a look - I was 100% back to normal operation. Temps felt normal, battery was chillin at 99% - and it has been in great shape all day.
I want to switch batteries again - as soon as this one gets low, I will do so and report back - very curious if the Hot Pocket will return with the other battery. Honestly, I will be thrilled if it does - cause that is an EASY fix - cheap too...
For the sake of prosperity and ease for others, should the battery prove to be part of the problem, this is what I use:
http://www.google.com/search?aq=1&o...gc.r_pw.&fp=71d5c48b7cefe72f&biw=1151&bih=627
Fingers are crossed...
My current setup:
OTB 1.5 - max state enabled is 1200, no voltage settings altered. (1200, 1000, 800, 600, 400, 200 are all states in use)
KangBang 1.3 (Comm Rom 1.3)
ED01 modem
And to my apps list:
all installed (this could be embarrassing, I am a geek...):
3G Mobile Hotspot (never used)
Abduction
Abduction 2
Ad Free
Alarm Clock Plus
Alchemy
aLogcat
Angry Birds
Angry Birds Seasons
Angry Birds Rio
Apps Organizer
Amazon AppStore
Audiogalaxy (is AWESOME)
Audio Manager Pro
B Folders
Barcode Scanner
Beautiful Widgets
Blade Buddy
Blast Monkey (LAME)
Browser
Calculator
Camera
Clock
Clock
Contacts
CPU Spy
Docs (Google)
Droidiris (cool, but rarely have use for it - cooliris for the phone)
Dropbox
Google Earth
E-Mail
Epicurious
Facebook
Flickr Free
Fruit Slice
Gallery
Gmail
Goggles
Google Search
Google Sky Map
GPS Aids (have tried everything, I am glad I have a Garmin - my GPS simply rarely works - have followed all guides and suggestions, so I leave GPS off always)
HBO Go
LastPass
Latitude
Lightning Bug (if you travel, this is great to get to sleep)
LinkedIn (brand new this weekend - hmmm...)
Lookout
MagicMarker - RARELY opened, but it keeps kids busy
Maps
Market
Messaging
Moon 3D
Movela Netflix Que Manager
Music
Music
My Verizon Mobile
Navigation
News and Weather
Ninjump
Pandora (stock)
Paradise Island - LAME, but oddly addictive game
PayPal
People of Walmart
Phone
Photobucket
Places
PostSecret
Pure Calendar Widget
Pure Grid Calendar Widget
Quadrant (I know... useless, but for some reason I find it entertaining)
reddit is fun
Root Explorer
Settings (duh - I am just going down the App Drawer here...)
Smart Measure
SMS Backup+ (awesome if you flash and wipe and care about what text messages you have)
Spare Parts+
Speed Test
Speed 3D Free
Stupid Zombies
Superuser
Talk (Google)
Tapatalk (of course)
Task Manager
Tech Buzz
Terminal Emulator
Tesla LED
Texts From Last Night
Think Free Office (have never opened)
Titanium Backup
TweetCaster Premium
Twitter (never used)
Video Player
Voice (Google)
Voice Recorder (have never opened)
Voice Search
Voltage Control (settings described above)
Voodoo Control
Weather Widgets
WifiWidget
x Construction
XDA Premium (of course)
You Tube
And that is it.... Sorry if this is too much detail for anyone.
And I am down to 36%, so in a few hours, I'll swap batteries and report if the Hot Pocket returns...
Just tested and the temperature hit 109.4 deg. F.
Screen shot attached.
- Tim
dnoyeb said:
are you guys running an undervolted kernel?
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I've tried pretty much every kernel, including stock that has been released. This issue has been happening to me ever since 2.2 came out.
It has mostly happened simultaneously as a SoD (sleep of death), but not always. Sometimes it'll just get hot and I'll turn on the screen and nothing will be happening.
I should also note, I've been running ADW Launcher on every ROM, so that (hopefully not!) may be the connection. What launcher are you running when it happens?
M00NEY said:
Ad Free
Amazon AppStore
Barcode Scanner
News and Weather
Pandora (stock)
Speed Test
Tapatalk (of course)
Titanium Backup
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These are the apps we have in common which aren't just the standard apps. I have also excluded a few which don't have services running all the time, since I've had no apps running beyond ADW launcher and had hotpocket and SoD issues, which stands to reason, it is caused by either A: a common kernel flaw, B: a commonly shared, yet broken, 2.2 custom ROM file, or C: an app which has a service that always runs. I'm leaning towards C, but the other two can't be tested until we disprove C, and B can't be tested until we rule out both A and C. ...I feel like I'm writing a biology experiment
Also, what launcher are you running, stock?
Next step, I guess, is to uninstall all of those apps in common and see if the HP returns, and if not, install each of those apps one by one until it does.. ..Sometimes I hate the scientific method.
I use LP+ - and oddly, I have never, not one time had the SoD.
I haven't recreated the hot pocket since this morning, but I also have not swapped the other battery back in. I can uninstall most of those apps with little to no impact on my life, but Titanium Backup - god it would suck for me if that were the offender.
Ad Free - I am not sure we need any longer. I think we get host files with roms a lot of the time.
I'll miss Tapatalk for a few days, but the rest are a non-issue - I can remove those if it happens again. If it doesn't, I'm not sure removing them would help learn anything...
yeah i've had similar issues as well, mine were all of comm rom 1.3 running comavolt kernel and I use ADW launcher
haven't had it happen since i updated to evil 3.6
one common thing that i thought i had noticed was it seemed to happen when i was in a location that had really crappy service, like it was stuck on searching for a signal or something
not sure if that actually had anything to do with it, i do have some of the apps that you guys do
ADW
pandora
xda
amazon app store
facebook
etc
TiBu was recently updated - could it be the "hot pocket" app?
Another Fascinating post by my XDA app...
I've had this issue as well and I'm running dark revenge and one of jts earlier 2.2 kernels. Every time has been in an area with poor reception where the phone switches back and forth between 3g and 1x.
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MIUI V5 with PB/J uv -100
Also Overheating.
I find the low signal to be very intriguing.
I have been unable to re-create the hot pocket - swapped batteries last night and no issue since.
But when it did happen to me, I too was in a low signal area. I never get more than 1 bar 3G or 2 bars 1X at teh tech bench in my office... that is where I had my issues, and back there I can watch it switch - 1X, 3G, 1X, 3G without moving myself or the phone. I know that others are moving and affecting the signals bouncing around in that cinder-block building, but still...
This could be something.
I live in a black hole of sorts and never get good signal. Although I have had hot pocket even while shopping, and I know there is full signal in the stores I frequent.
I also have had the SoD issue, so it may be an overlapping hot pocket result of the SoD, not because of the hot pocket on it's own.
Bah, this phone has made me respect the stability of feature phones. My last phone (HTC 8125, WM5) lasts for a week on a charge.. I miss that battery life.. I just don't miss the brick size of it.
i really think it has to do with the poor signal, thats the only time that it has happened to me, but i don't know what the solution is
I ran across this today, which caused a SoD issue as well as Hot Pocket. Linking the thread instead of pasting, seeing as it may be unrelated:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107529
Me too. I think it's the new updated Voltage Control.
I'm also having SOD and heating issues no matter which kernel/ROM I run, even with stock voltage. I too am running Miren.
i'm not running miren and i don't use voltage control and i've still had the issue
I've finally hit a breaking point with Maps 7.x. Has anyone else still been having problems with it, or better yet, not had problems with it?
This is a video showing some of the problems I've been seeing. Most noticeable is the jittering glitches. If I'm driving around, the screen is unreadable for directions or street names. At the end is a screenshot I took of a completely glitched out warning prompt to tell me "please enable wifi and mobile network to improve accuracy" though you'd never be able to guess that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMAVZnMx3m8
I'm running Infection 2.9.1, and I've tried several kernels (ROM default, Hiro, and Funkybean) and switched up the governors and schedules, and nothing has seemed to work. I've tried disabling/enabling hardware overlays. I'm just at a loss, and hoping someone out there knows more than I do. I just finally had it because it's cool enough outside to run now without getting heat stroke, and Endomondo (my running app) freaks out and loses signal 5 steps into a run. Downgrading to Maps 6.x makes everything happy. Is sticking with the old Maps still the best solutions for this?
Is there any more information that I can provide to eventually get this resolved?
nu Maps stinks on Rezound
I unwisely installed the new Maps from Google Play Store.
It forgot my Favorite places and cached location. Experienced
poor location finding and not-fun routing to locations.
After hating it for a week, I searched for Maps 6.14.4.apk
and installed it with Root Explorer. I am very glad to have
a good working version of Maps running again now.
dbighead77 said:
I've finally hit a breaking point with Maps 7.x. Has anyone else still been having problems with it, or better yet, not had problems with it?
This is a video showing some of the problems I've been seeing. Most noticeable is the jittering glitches. If I'm driving around, the screen is unreadable for directions or street names. At the end is a screenshot I took of a completely glitched out warning prompt to tell me "please enable wifi and mobile network to improve accuracy" though you'd never be able to guess that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMAVZnMx3m8
I'm running Infection 2.9.1, and I've tried several kernels (ROM default, Hiro, and Funkybean) and switched up the governors and schedules, and nothing has seemed to work. I've tried disabling/enabling hardware overlays. I'm just at a loss, and hoping someone out there knows more than I do. I just finally had it because it's cool enough outside to run now without getting heat stroke, and Endomondo (my running app) freaks out and loses signal 5 steps into a run. Downgrading to Maps 6.x makes everything happy. Is sticking with the old Maps still the best solutions for this?
Is there any more information that I can provide to eventually get this resolved?
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To be honest google has been messing up alot of things for the Rez lately and maps being one of them....no matter what kernel you are on or what rom you are on its not gonna fix this maps issue...personally i prefer waze as it is not only free on google play but just works alot better and are even more up to date than google maps....plus it has many cool features like it lets you know if theres a cop or accident up ahead...also to note theres a gps test app out there that gives you a much better lock on your gps so it wont loose its signal as much
I have the same flickering issue until I close the app and reopen it. Seems to work fine after that.
Hello guys!
I have one question for you. When i use my iPhone 5 i was i huge fan of all step counters. I always use day by day app called Moves, but i works on GPS and really fast drain iphone's battery. What about the xperia? Have it got built in pedometer, or simple step counters wors on GPS too? What about the battery drain whit Lifelog or Moves on in my Xperia? That's my first post here, hello everybody!
The short answer is yes, the Z2 has its own 'pedometer'. By that I mean that the device captures 'steps' by itself. You can install a third party app (there are loads on the Play Store - here is an example) to view the number of steps taken. The sensor actually counts the steps constantly, the apps just 'plug into' this data and present it to you.
'Moves' as you are aware does this too, but it also tracks your location. it is in my experience too battery hungry to be worth the installation.
The 'Lifelog' app along with the smartband is quite useful, but it is the smartband which counts the steps taken. The app shows more than just steps, it shows time spent browsing etc.
The other issue is the difference between counting steps via the phone and via a third party piece of hardware (smartband etc). If you have your phone with you always, then it's not too bad, but if like me, you leave your phone for periods (when I go out for lunch at work), then it won't be counting your steps whilst sat on your desk.
My own preferred choice is a Fitbit device, which I can use via all of my devices (PC, tablet, windows phone etc). But it is all a matter of personal preference.
I download Fitbit app but it shows only calories burned, Lifelog from sony is not count well. One time it shows 1500 steps, then 9000, then one more refresh and no change. Moves is draining battery, because from time to time as you said it is using GPS cords. Now I'm thinking about smartband, i really enjoy steps count, because I know when i need to move a little more What should i choose Sony smartband, fitbit flex or maby add some extra cash and take some Pebble Watch?
Pebble as far as I know does not count steps. I would recommend to go with some wristband what shows time as well, I'm using the SmartBand and it's the feature I'm missing. Smartband talk comes out soon which has display as well.
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