[Q] Sudden battery drain. - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys!
From the last two to three days I have been experiencing quick battery drain from my s3. I just charged it 10 mins agi and now my batt r ty is down to 95%. I had my s 3 since February and never had this problem until a few days ago. Going into the settings and battety it says tha media is using the battery 49%. I dont know whats the problem. I also took out my SD card as I thought that it might the the problem but I've had no luck.
Thanks

Sameelster said:
Hey guys!
From the last two to three days I have been experiencing quick battery drain from my s3. I just charged it 10 mins agi and now my batt r ty is down to 95%. I had my s 3 since February and never had this problem until a few days ago. Going jnto the settings and battety it says tha media is using the battery 49%. I dont know whats the problem. I also took out my SD card as I thought that might he the problem but I've had no luck.
Thanks
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Please post in the correct sections. Therad moved to proper forum.

Please excuse my mistake!

seems ngnsao
Also after an hour after charging it fully its now at 85% after an hour .Usually its 93-4 percent after an hour. Also the Media is down to 34% now.

Media = downloads app
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So what should i do? force stop it? I am not downloading anything.

You say % is going down? Means not doing anything. Suggest clear data on app and pull battery firstly
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Yep After i put my SD Card back in the Media has gone up to using 65% of the battery.

use Rescan Media Root to disable it

So um i should use the rescan media after turning on my s3 always to stop it? Sorry for sounding a little thick.

Its not rooted by the way.

Hang on...
Is it media or media scanner?
All you have to do is copy all data from sd to pc, format card and copy data back.
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Media Scanner
Thanks mate will try that

Sameelster said:
So um i should use the rescan media after turning on my s3 always to stop it? Sorry for sounding a little thick.
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no, you do it once

rootSU said:
Hang on...
Is it media or media scanner?
All you have to do is copy all data from sd to pc, format card and copy data back.
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Sorry friend, it doesn't work. I'm having the same problem some days after update to MC2 standard+CF-root6.4+Philz4.96 recovery+triangle. The extSD is switched-off alleatory when the screen is off. When it's switched on, the message: "SD extracted" appear and sometimes you get "SD card corrupt" too. For this reason the system in cotinously trying to update the SD content by multimedia. The battery comsume is then extremly bigger than normal. I've check formating the sd card but only works for a few hours, then it fails again. Now I'm trying to fix it reinstalling the CF-root. At the moment it's working fine. I´ll tell you something later. Some people say to be a hardware problem, but I think it maybe a problem during the rom updating.

limeraw139 said:
Sorry friend, it doesn't work. I'm having the same problem some days after update to MC2 standard+CF-root6.4+Philz4.96 recovery+triangle. The extSD is switched-off alleatory when the screen is off. When it's switched on, the message: "SD extracted" appear and sometimes you get "SD card corrupt" too. For this reason the system in cotinously trying to update the SD content by multimedia. The battery comsume is then extremly bigger than normal. I've check formating the sd card but only works for a few hours, then it fails again. Now I'm trying to fix it reinstalling the CF-root. At the moment it's working fine. I´ll tell you something later. Some people say to be a hardware problem, but I think it maybe a problem during the rom updating.
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This is different issue. OPs problem is different. OP can fix it like I said. No need to stop scanner. Well known bug when newer OS version sees old data on sd. Just copy data off card, format and copy data should solve it.
Your problem may need a thread of its own
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rootSU said:
This is different issue. OPs problem is different. OP can fix it like I said. No need to stop scanner. Well known bug when newer OS version sees old data on sd. Just copy data off card, format and copy data should solve it.
Your problem may need a thread of its own
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Mate i did what you said but there was no difference. The only thing which did change though was that Media Scanner now uses 30% of the battery where system (*wakelock*) now uses 35% of the battery.
Maybe i am being a little superstitious. Umm if my phone is on standbye for an hour.Without wifi gps or anyting how much battery should it use?

It will still need to scan your entire sd card once you put data back on. if after 24 hours it is still doing it, maybe your sdcard is faulty. Try another one?

Well the media scanner has stopped! The system wake lock is still working but I will see till the next 24 hours
I don't think it will be a faulty SD card as it's been working for the last year or so!
But I'll keep you posted! Thanks alot for your help mate!

Sameelster said:
Well the media scanner has stopped! The system wake lock is still working but I will see till the next 24 hours
I don't think it will be a faulty SD card as it's been working for the last year or so!
But I'll keep you posted! Thanks alot for your help mate!
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This can turn faulty you know But I only said this incase what I said didnt work, but now it looks like it did

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Amazon Market App Stop Working?

So I had my amazon market up and running for 4 days straight. I downloaded the free app of the day everyday. Well I tried last night and it just said download qued then said download started it would move one little piece then go back to download qued then it would disappear. WTF lol...anyways I treid this morning same thing. Any ideas? Clear cache? Reinstall?
Doctorword said:
So I had my amazon market up and running for 4 days straight. I downloaded the free app of the day everyday. Well I tried last night and it just said download qued then said download started it would move one little piece then go back to download qued then it would disappear. WTF lol...anyways I treid this morning same thing. Any ideas? Clear cache? Reinstall?
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yea try those ideas first and see what happens, it might have something to do with amazon's servers if those two solutions don't work.
fyi i just downloaded today's free app and i had no problems, was a bit slow though but still works.
You might also try removing and reinserting your SD card.
Nice I took out the card and put it back in now the downloads are moving. How'd you know that lol and why does it do that? Thanks!
Doctorword said:
Nice I took out the card and put it back in now the downloads are moving. How'd you know that lol and why does it do that? Thanks!
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I've just noticed from time to time that the NT seems to stop recognizing the SD card. It has only happened to me a couple of times in the month or so I've had it, so I'm not too concerned about it, but since the Amazon market requires an SD card, that made me suspicious.
rebooting would fix the issue as well i have had the amazon video player say" you cannot play videos" reboot fixes the problem.
I did a reboot and it did nothing for me till i did the sd thing
Have you unplugged the NT from your computer without unmounting it? I have in the past had issues with that causing corruption of the sd card. You might need to reformat the card and start over.
Know-Fear said:
Have you unplugged the NT from your computer without unmounting it? I have in the past had issues with that causing corruption of the sd card. You might need to reformat the card and start over.
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Will this get worse over time?
mikedett91 said:
Will this get worse over time?
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Will the sun come up tomorrow? Who knows.
Every since root, my NT has intermittent brain lag when recognizing the SD card. Maybe once every 3 reboots. It's a very minor annoyance that's easily rectified with a SD card remount.

SD Card music & photos disappear.

Could be my card but only after I performed my 1st reset, this Houdini act started.
The content is still on the card but the Music & Gallery application will randomly decide you don't have any. Of course I panicked at 1st, even with a backup on the PC but looking in Astro file manager, it was all still there.
A little annoying.
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WTF, only Astro sees the content. Google Music didn't either.
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I have a somewhat similar problem in that the phone reads the card but not the music.
Mine was after a restart as well (though it wasn't by choice, I was out Saturday night and pulled my phone out to see that it had reset and recovered from an error and wanted to send a report to HTC).
I assume you haven't made any headway on yours without a post, I tried removing and reseating the SD card but it didn't help. It reads the space correctly and everything, but nothing will read the MP3s on there.
Kind of annoying, really liked rocking out with the Beats on this phone.
U guys using the HTC app and what not? My phone has yet to have pics or music disappear.... Have you taken everything off your sd card did a scan for bad sectors on it and then did a full format on windows then on the phone...
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It does come back eventually but it could be either bad sectors, the way the OS scans the new SD location or the card speed is slow. Like right now, everything is working fine. I might clean the card & keep the mp3s & pics on the root of the card.
I was going to get an 64GB sxdc card before the month is out.
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Noiro said:
It does come back eventually but it could be either bad sectors, the way the OS scans the new SD location or the card speed is slow. Like right now, everything is working fine. I might clean the card & keep the mp3s & pics on the root of the card.
I was going to get an 64GB sxdc card before the month is out.
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Yeah I know on the 3d and what not the card had issues often with things disappearing unroll I formated it and scanned it... Then eventually I had to swap it out lol I used it as a USB stick basically always transferring files...
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Try this app out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&hl=en
It'll force the OS to rescan the memory for media files.
If all else fails, try this. I had to do this when running into a similar issue.
Are you guys using quality sd cards or knock-off! I ran into similar problems with cheap eBay knock-offs.
I buy genuine SanDisk now and never have sd trouble anymore!
aliwho said:
Try this app out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.addz.mediascanner&hl=en
It'll force the OS to rescan the memory for media files.
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It'll give that a shot
fachadick said:
If all else fails, try this. I had to do this when running into a similar issue.
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I'll try this if the other fails.
gutrrob said:
Are you guys using quality sd cards or knock-off! I ran into similar problems with cheap eBay knock-offs.
I buy genuine SanDisk now and never have sd trouble anymore!
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The card in my case is a 32GB SanDisk (no class listed) from Verizon.
Tried both & still getting a headache over it. Pissed that Astro has no problem seeing it but Gallery & Music play peek-a-boo with my content.
I seem to be the only one having this issue so I guess it's the speed of the card maybe? I hope anyway.
For now I moved my Photos & Music to the phone's 9GB.
I am having a similar issue. I've had my EVO LTE for 7 days and bought a new 32GB microsd card for it as well. After almost every restart or power off my sd card will unmount and I have to go into settings to remount it.
This also sometimes happens after the phone has been sitting for several hours, such as when I woke this morning (this is rare).
In my case it is either mounted and all date intact or NOT mounted and therefore inaccessible. The same card works fine in my EVO 3D so i'm thinking this is a bug in the ROM or perhaps the port for the card.
I'm LOVING this phone... getting great battery life, can't keep it out of my hands but there are a few annoying minor bugs so far but I do not regret purchase at all.
I have hardware version 003 and also suffer from the WiFi sleep bug even though I have it set to never sleep and have dedicated it to a single frequency (it sleeps whether on 2.4 or 5GHZ dedicated).
Beginning to wonder if this ROM has some issues managing services after prolonged idle times.
Via Settings>Storage
I formatted my card through HTC's Storage options in settings (done by 1. UnMount & 2. Earse Storage Card) & moved my music & photos from Phone Storage to Storage card.
I noticed Android will auto create folders so hopefully this act means things will work as intended.
So far so good.
I used this option exclusively to move the files rather than moving them by other means.
So far so good. Expecting the worst every 15 minutes, lying with the claim that I have nothing.
I had an issue with Google music not seeing mp3s on my sd card. Going to settings and erasing the cache/data fixed it.
fachadick said:
If all else fails, try this. I had to do this when running into a similar issue.
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This worked great!. thanks for the help
Still doesn't work for me :'( I guess no music for me
Happened to me with my music and some photos after a reset or fresh flash..I noticed that for.some reason the files moved to internal storage ..I just copied and pasted the whole file where the music and photos were located to where the they were on my sd card..and it worked..I'm not used to having internal storage..taking a little while to get used to
Sd Card
I had this happen yesterday. Music and gallery disappeared. I am using the 8 gig card from my ogevo4g. I believe the problem is the card slot. If you push the card all the way down into the slot the intermittent disappearing of gallery and music happens. I pulled the card and put it back in but not pushing it all the way to the bottom of the slot and no more issues.
I love the phone but I'm not sure the htc build quality is there on this one like it was with the original evo?

[Q] Icons keep changing to little green android guys

Hello everyone, I seem to keep having an issue with my desktop (no sure if that is the right word to describe the main pages where you icons and widgets are) icons will change to images of the android guy. It seems to happen randomly and frequently when I reboot my phone. It never happened on stock but I am currently running Team Perfection's Objection #2 with its RC1. I have flashed it twice and still have the same problem. Both times I flashed, I did a clean install. I flashed the dalviek cache, wiped the partition, fixed permissions...... This issue has also come when I tried Goldie 5 rom also. So far to remedy the problem, I delete all the icons and then I add the shortcuts back. Not a deal breaker, just annoying and I am curious as to why. I have tried searching on the web and in the forums here but having no luck. I think it may be the way I'm typing in the search. Any help or suggestions will be much appreciated. I have included a screenshot of my issue.
p.s. this is my first question post so please tell me if I need and how to improve my posting skills.
Go into settings/applications, and move the apps from sdcard to phone.
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+1
They will show like this when the OS has lost connection with your sd card. You can.go thru setting unmount and then remount your sd card and they should show up. Not to be a doomsayer, but there is a possibility that your sd card is getting ready to go out on you. Mine exhibited the same thing and then died 2 weeks later.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
I can't seem to thank either of your guys posts. I just wanted to say thanks for both suggestions. Totally makes sense, kicking my self for not thinking of it. This is why I love this site and flashing roms. Thanks to both of you again!
Mad383Max said:
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They will show like this when the OS has lost connection with your sd card. You can.go thru setting unmount and then remount your sd card and they should show up. Not to be a doomsayer, but there is a possibility that your sd card is getting ready to go out on you. Mine exhibited the same thing and then died 2 weeks later.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
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Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
Unmounting the SD card and remounting didn't work but moving the apps back to the phone worked. I may invest in a new sd card with a higher class. I am currently using a san disk 4 class. I want to keep my apps on the sd card because the partition seem so small on the phone and I find it easier for backing up purposes.
itsnowornever said:
Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
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Not saying it is absolutely going to happen, but that is what happened to me. New card, no crazy icons.
Would at least back up everything important from the sd card.
Cosmo D from outer space!
I came to rock the human race!
This has happened to me as well. I just go into app manager and clear the ram then all my icons return.
itsnowornever said:
Please dont say that! This has been happening to me too, and I figured it was because the apps were on the SD card....so if the card dies, I will loose everything wont i?
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I mean its possible. I learned from loosing over 500 pictures and videos how important it is to back up SD cards. There are many apps that can back it up for you. I personally use Google+ for backing up pictures and videos only when connected to a charger.
When my SD crapped out, it put my phone into a boot loop, which made me panic since I was an avid flasher on my atrix. Not sure every SD card acts that way. Of course, once removed, phone booted up normally
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ILuvRice said:
Unmounting the SD card and remounting didn't work but moving the apps back to the phone worked. I may invest in a new sd card with a higher class. I am currently using a san disk 4 class. I want to keep my apps on the sd card because the partition seem so small on the phone and I find it easier for backing up purposes.
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This phone has almost 2GB of storage memory for apps. And that is about the most I have seen for about any phone. So if you are using it up you must have alot of apps. Maybe too many as the phone is having issues keeping them alll in memory. Had similiar issues to this on previous phones when they were simply over loaded.
Also, I don't believe it is your SD card going bad. The phone doesn't save/move apps to your external (physical) sd card. It saves them to the built in internal/usb memory which is about 11GB. Even the EA/Gameloft extra downloads are saved on the internal/usb memory. You can connect your phone to your computer and see this. However when you unmout the external sd card the apps disappear. So how the 2 are linked is unknown to me. But that link may be the issue.
Got a 32 gb card just to be safe. I need a larger card anyway so I'll throw this older one on my camera. LOL
Thanks for saving me time
rsfinsrq said:
This has happened to me as well. I just go into app manager and clear the ram then all my icons return.
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Thanks for the simple but effective tip. Don't know why I spend hours reading the non-geek forums, xda is the only one that has real, expert answers. Rather than "well if u press vol sideways and spin around three times while chanting gnusmas " or something like that.

[Q] Razr getting hot so fast / charging.

hi guys, few days ago i put my razr on charge and after full charge (~2.5 hours later) it was so much hot, so i unplugged and wait some minutes to get at normal temperature.
nothing happens on rom/any software.
but since that day the phone gets hot too fast, like 1-2 minutes using it and it already hot, if i stay 5 minutes on it, the feel is like it getting explode.
did this happens to you? should i search for warranty?
* another question, when i use RSDlite to update the rom, it does not clear all data on phone, my internal storage remains there, have a way to do a total/full/mega/super wipe so i can take it to warranty without preocupations?
rafaelsartori said:
hi guys, few days ago i put my razr on charge and after full charge (~2.5 hours later) it was so much hot, so i unplugged and wait some minutes to get at normal temperature.
nothing happens on rom/any software.
but since that day the phone gets hot too fast, like 1-2 minutes using it and it already hot, if i stay 5 minutes on it, the feel is like it getting explode.
did this happens to you? should i search for warranty?
* another question, when i use RSDlite to update the rom, it does not clear all data on phone, my internal storage remains there, have a way to do a total/full/mega/super wipe so i can take it to warranty without preocupations?
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mine was quite the opposite, it is the coolest phone i've ever used (in normal condition). if you're already tried to flash ROM, then flash it back to stock will clear the matter a bit. if you haven't, better ask for RMA.
hansip87 said:
mine was quite the opposite, it is the coolest phone i've ever used (in normal condition). if you're already tried to flash ROM, then flash it back to stock will clear the matter a bit. if you haven't, better ask for RMA.
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yeah i agree, my phone never got hot, already said a lot of times that was the coolest ever, but since few days ago something is wrong.
im on stock now, but with some modifications, i will try to re-flash it.
AW: [Q] Razr getting hot so fast / charging.
rafaelsartori said:
hi guys, few days ago i put my razr on charge and after full charge (~2.5 hours later) it was so much hot, so i unplugged and wait some minutes to get at normal temperature.
nothing happens on rom/any software.
but since that day the phone gets hot too fast, like 1-2 minutes using it and it already hot, if i stay 5 minutes on it, the feel is like it getting explode.
did this happens to you? should i search for warranty?
* another question, when i use RSDlite to update the rom, it does not clear all data on phone, my internal storage remains there, have a way to do a total/full/mega/super wipe so i can take it to warranty without preocupations?
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Already heard of that problem...
I've read that it could be related to external sdcard... I dont know why, i dont know how, but some people confirm that this works... Do you have one? Did you format it over your pc?
If you did, format it again over Android : Settings -> Storage -> Format External SD-Card. Maybe this solves your problem.
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Lokimitsu said:
Already heard of that problem...
I've read that it could be related to external sdcard... I dont know why, i dont know how, but some people confirm that this works... Do you have one? Did you format it over your pc?
If you did, format it again over Android : Settings -> Storage -> Format External SD-Card. Maybe this solves your problem.
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Instead of formatting the SD card you could just remove it and use the phone without it long wnough to see if the problem lingers. I ended up returning a razr for a warranty replacement because of it running hot like you described. The device during normal operation and charging would get so hot it was uncomfortable in my hand. That was right around the time one or two report of GS III melting started to surface. i called VZW, told them I felt it was unsafe, didn't feel comfortable letting my kids use it to play games, that kind of thing and they sent me a replacement without hesitation or issue.
Lokimitsu said:
Already heard of that problem...
I've read that it could be related to external sdcard... I dont know why, i dont know how, but some people confirm that this works... Do you have one? Did you format it over your pc?
If you did, format it again over Android : Settings -> Storage -> Format External SD-Card. Maybe this solves your problem.
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jeff_roey said:
Instead of formatting the SD card you could just remove it and use the phone without it long wnough to see if the problem lingers. I ended up returning a razr for a warranty replacement because of it running hot like you described. The device during normal operation and charging would get so hot it was uncomfortable in my hand. That was right around the time one or two report of GS III melting started to surface. i called VZW, told them I felt it was unsafe, didn't feel comfortable letting my kids use it to play games, that kind of thing and they sent me a replacement without hesitation or issue.
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Oh my god! im so glad you both are here, i could never expected that an MicroSD could cause so many problems. thats awesome,
i really thank you for that answer, you got right in place. i removed SD and it is freezing my hand now.
thanks once more.

Possible Fix for Battery Drain / Overheat

I think I stumbled upon a simple fix for an issue, my phone had. The phone would get hot, and drain the battery at a rate of more than 20% an hour. It didn't matter if I had a good, or bad signal, or if I was on wifi, or what I was doing with it, as long as the screen was on, it would drain. I monitored the CPU clock speeds, and noticed all the cores were usually close to being "maxed out". I found "IndexService" (com.samsung.indexservice) was the culprit. As a test, I went to /system/app/, and renamed 'ContentSearch.apk' to 'ContentSearch.bak', and rebooted. The heat/drain was instantly gone. The only problem was, now, my phone's storage wasn't being indexed (obviously). I renamed the file, back to it's original name, and replaced my 64gb micro SD card, with a blank smaller card, I had lying around. Problem gone!.
I copied the contents of the 64gb card, to my computer, and deleted most of the files from the card. I re-inserted it, and added files back, a few at a time, until I found the folder that was causing the problem.
Let me know if this works for you.
tldr; Problem is caused by a file (possibly PDF) on the SD card.
So simply renaming the file and reboot? Lack of indexing has negative effects?
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Borii said:
So simply renaming the file and reboot? Lack of indexing has negative effects?
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Well, yes, I guess you could just rename it, but that's not the best solution. You have something on your micro SD, or internal memory. You need to delete files, until you find the problem file. I backed up my card to my computer, and deleted most of the stuff on my card. It took more than an hour for the phone to index what was left on the card. Eventually all of the CPU cores went to idle, and my phone cooled off. I then added files back to the card, and gave it few minutes, each time, to stabilize. After putting one particular folder back, that contained a lot of PDFs, my heat/battery drain problem, returned. I had found my problem. I re-deleted that folder, and everything was good, again. I just googled it and found some other people in Italy (had to google translate), that came to the same conclusion.
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LMMT said:
Well, yes, I guess you could just rename it, but that's not the best solution. You have something on your micro SD, or internal memory. You need to delete files, until you find the problem file. I backed up my card to my computer, and deleted most of the stuff on my card. It took more than an hour for the phone to index what was left on the card. Eventually all of the CPU cores went to idle, and my phone cooled off. I then added files back to the card, and gave it few minutes, each time, to stabilize. After putting one particular folder back, that contained a lot of PDFs, my heat/battery drain problem, returned. I had found my problem. I re-deleted that folder, and everything was good, again. I just googled it and found some other people in Italy (had to google translate), that came to the same conclusion.
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All this makes sense, nice research. BTW what App did you use to monitor the CPU cores?
sec1rxg said:
All this makes sense, nice research. BTW what App did you use to monitor the CPU cores?
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System Panel Lite:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel
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LMMT said:
System Panel Lite:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel
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I LOVE System Panel. Been a pro user for years. I feel it is the best system monitoring software on the play store. I could be wrong, but I believe it is. Good find on this. I haven't encountered overheating yet, but when I do I'll already know what to do, all thanks to you. Good work my friend.
I have around 4500 pictures on my 32gb micro SD card and I did have camera upload "on" on the drop box app....this was causing the same issue.... I did turn it off and erased whatever was inside a folder named "cloudagent" on the phone and the problem was gone... I guess the index service was constantly transferring cache and thumbnails from the SD card to the phone
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I have around 4500 pictures on my 32gb micro SD card and I did have camera upload "on" on the drop box app....this was causing the same issue.... I did turn it off and erased whatever was inside a folder named "cloudagent" on the phone and the problem was gone... I guess the index service was constantly transferring cache and thumbnails from the SD card to the phone
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Good info, thanks for the feedback.
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Good info, thanks for the feedback.
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you welcome!
same problem on galaxy note 3
LMMT said:
I think I stumbled upon a simple fix for an issue, my phone had. The phone would get hot, and drain the battery at a rate of more than 20% an hour. It didn't matter if I had a good, or bad signal, or if I was on wifi, or what I was doing with it, as long as the screen was on, it would drain. I monitored the CPU clock speeds, and noticed all the cores were usually close to being "maxed out". I found "IndexService" (com.samsung.indexservice) was the culprit. As a test, I went to /system/app/, and renamed 'ContentSearch.apk' to 'ContentSearch.bak', and rebooted. The heat/drain was instantly gone. The only problem was, now, my phone's storage wasn't being indexed (obviously). I renamed the file, back to it's original name, and replaced my 64gb micro SD card, with a blank smaller card, I had lying around. Problem gone!.
I copied the contents of the 64gb card, to my computer, and deleted most of the files from the card. I re-inserted it, and added files back, a few at a time, until I found the folder that was causing the problem.
Let me know if this works for you.
tldr; Problem is caused by a file (possibly PDF) on the SD card.
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I had the same problem on my Galaxy note 3 and solved it by removing the SD Card ... I don't have any PDF files on it but I'll back up the data and format it and keep the files that needed
eliasif3 said:
I had the same problem on my Galaxy note 3 and solved it by removing the SD Card ... I don't have any PDF files on it but I'll back up the data and format it and keep the files that needed
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Good. I've also heard of corrupt mp3s causing the problem. Let us know if you figure out what file caused yours.
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Simple fix, @freeza BeastMode kernel v1.5
Herk718 said:
Simple fix, @freeza BeastMode kernel v1.5
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Uhhhh, NO. Excellent kernel, though.
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LMMT said:
Uhhhh, NO. Excellent kernel, though.
Sent from my SM-N900P
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Well sorry but I don't suffer from battery drain nor overheating dued mainly in part to beast mode
Herk718 said:
Well sorry but I don't suffer from battery drain nor overheating dued mainly in part to beast mode
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I don't either, anymore, lol. But thanks for trying to help.
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and............. you failed to mention THE FOLDER that caused the problem as you copied the files back to the card ??
so what was it?
I have the same problem, I'm using a note 3 and i didn't have this problem before. I had a water damage and after drying, changing the charging port everything is working fine except my battery would die within hours; even if i Do Not use the phone it would drain within 6-8 hours. I just tried it without the sd card today and so far in 4 hours i have 80+ % and i have over an hour of screen time. Im not sure what the causes this problem, i'm thinking of cleaning the motherboard with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol Antispetic Solution to make sure the is no power leakage.
Also how much data do you guys have on the sd card, could i be because we have more then 32gb ? Any ideas what i should look for on the sd card ? i mostly have music and pictures.
Thank you
Vitsya818 said:
I have the same problem, I'm using a note 3 and i didn't have this problem before. I had a water damage and after drying, changing the charging port everything is working fine except my battery would die within hours; even if i Do Not use the phone it would drain within 6-8 hours. I just tried it without the sd card today and so far in 4 hours i have 80+ % and i have over an hour of screen time. Im not sure what the causes this problem, i'm thinking of cleaning the motherboard with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol Antispetic Solution to make sure the is no power leakage.
Also how much data do you guys have on the sd card, could i be because we have more then 32gb ? Any ideas what i should look for on the sd card ? i mostly have music and pictures.
Thank you
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My 64gb card, was almost full (about 52gb), when I transferred it from my Note 2. I've deleted enough files now, to get it down to 35-40gb used. From what I've read, it can be a corrupt mp3, or video. My problem was a pdf document. I backed up, reformatted card, and added files back a little at a time, until I found the folder, causing my problem. I haven't bothered checking to see which pdf in the folder, was actually causing my problem.
Sent from my SM-N900P
LMMT said:
My 64gb card, was almost full (about 52gb), when I transferred it from my Note 2. I've deleted enough files now, to get it down to 35-40gb used. From what I've read, it can be a corrupt mp3, or video. My problem was a pdf document. I backed up, reformatted card, and added files back a little at a time, until I found the folder, causing my problem. I haven't bothered checking to see which pdf in the folder, was actually causing my problem.
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Thank you LMMT
I'll format my sd card and try adding a folder at a time as well, hopefully i can figure out too. :good:
wow i hadn't heard of an overheating issue before but thanks for the heads up. it funny how naming a file with a different destination can cure something like this.

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