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
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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
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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$$ trying to get everything set back right. I still don't have it the way that I want it. It DOES seem to have helped with the battery.
Buckeyefan1
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Ok. I can help you a little bit.
#1: You have "airview" activated. Go to Settings-My Device-Motions and Gestures and make sure that Air Gesture is turned off.
#2: I have seen this a lot. But I don't know how to get it to work. Mine seems to work.
#3: No clue
#4: Settings-My Device-Display- Scroll down to the More Settings Heading and underthat the 2nd one down you can check to "Show Battery Percentage".
I hope these help. I just said [email protected]#K !T and did a factory resest over the weekend. Pain in the A$$ 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.
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Thanks, you are right, that did help a little..
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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
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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!
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the phone powered off it self until i pressed the power button to turn on again. i noticed this often happened when i put in my pocket for a while. but when i put it on table over night it didn't happen.
roms that i tried that had the same problem:
batista 3.7++
lightening 3+,6+
cognition 1.4+
apps that i tried uninstalled but no avail:
-setcpu
-daemon control(batista rom)
-juice defender
is it due to motherboard issue? appreciate your advice. thanks.
have u tired wiping data and dalvik cache before installing any rom?
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have u tired wiping data and dalvik cache before installing any rom?
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thanks, yes, i in fact wiped all and even install stock rom before any mod roms. and i also changed few kernels(stock, nipo, CF..)but still the same..
now trying to use kh4 stock rom and see..
So the this issue s only occurring when the phone is in your pocket and never when out of your pocket.
this happens to my Phone as well.. its kinda random...
sometimes when am listening to music and sometimes when its just on standby
for example it just restarted which reminded me to search for this error...
few days ago it was on standby and had shut itself down and the battery was completely drained after 5 hours without anything on.
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So the this issue s only occurring when the phone is in your pocket and never when out of your pocket.
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this happens to my Phone as well.. its kinda random...
sometimes when am listening to music and sometimes when its just on standby
for example it just restarted which reminded me to search for this error...
few days ago it was on standby and had shut itself down and the battery was completely drained after 5 hours without anything on.
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yes, found it only happens when putting in my pocket. when charging over night or putting on my work desk, it didn't happen.
and yes, it happened few times when it turned off it self, it lost about 10% to 20% battery in just few minutes... the phone was warm when it happened. that was why i took out to check and found it already powered off..
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this happens to my Phone as well.. its kinda random...
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What firmware you have? I run on XXKH3 for 3 days (previously on XXKG3 for 2 weeks), no boot issues.
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What firmware you have? I run on XXKH3 for 3 days (previously on XXKG3 for 2 weeks), no boot issues.
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lightening 3.2 = KG2
Batista 3.7 = KH3
Cognition 1.4 = KG6
all happened to shut down it self. so i guess it is not rom issue..
I would try a stock ROM for a week, just to be safe (no apps/tweaks/kernel, etc., really stock). I'm pretty sure a recent stock ROM will not give you issues, I would not worry about the hardware.
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I would try a stock ROM for a week, just to be safe (no apps/tweaks/kernel, etc., really stock). I'm pretty sure a recent stock ROM will not give you issues, I would not worry about the hardware.
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thanks for your advice, will try stock rom then
Ya, do that... just to see what is going on.
More on the technical side, the screen needs minimum 500Mhz to get out of Sleep Mode. Some custom Rom's use a low voltage or "underclock" feature that reduces the power consumption but also the number of CPU steps. That is what makes your phone crash and reboot randomly.
Once you put the stock ROM, do a sdcard wipe (if you use one), just to be safe. It should take several hours, so do it over the night. Personally I would not use an external sdcard during the one week test, just be sure.
You could also have a RAM (hardware) issue, ya. But 99% of the time is related to software. Bad memory degrades fast so you will see your random reboots pop at a faster frequency. If you did all the above and still experience random reboots, run adb logcat to see what is going on at that specific moment. If you get error codes like:
Code:
code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 00000000
you are dealing with bad memory unfortunately and need to service your phone.
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I noticed this often happened when i put in my pocket for a while. but when i put it on table over night it didn't happen.
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I also heard that some people had bad battery contacts on their S2. Clean them with some audio head tape cleaner and cotton swabs, than make sure the contacts are proper... it should eliminate this possibility. In a way, it makes sense since you move a lot with your phone in your pocket.
Edit: I just clicked on Thank You button for your OP, instead of Quote.
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Ya, do that... just to see what is going on.
More on the technical side, the screen needs minimum 500Mhz to get out of Sleep Mode. Some custom Rom's use a low voltage or "underclock" feature that reduces the power consumption but also the number of CPU steps. That is what makes your phone crash and reboot randomly.
Once you put the stock ROM, do a sdcard wipe (if you use one), just to be safe. It should take several hours, so do it over the night. Personally I would not use an external sdcard during the one week test, just be sure.
You could also have a RAM (hardware) issue, ya. But 99% of the time is related to software. Bad memory degrades fast so you will see your random reboots pop at a faster frequency. If you did all the above and still experience random reboots, run adb logcat to see what is going on at that specific moment. If you get error codes like:
Code:
code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 00000000
you are dealing with bad memory unfortunately and need to service your phone.
I also heard that some people had bad battery contacts on their S2. Clean them with some audio head tape cleaner and cotton swabs, than make sure the contacts are proper... it should eliminate this possibility. In a way, it makes sense since you move a lot with your phone in your pocket.
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you got my THANK button too. but how to run "adb logcat"?
Is all explained into link. Time to read?
However, I have a feeling this is your problem, since the phone restarts in your pocket only. Don't smack it like the guy did, heh. Go easier, think like it is your girlfriend...
Just clean the battery contacts and make sure they touch properly.
is there a guide on how to install Stock ROM back on? cant find any...
how can i root my sgs2...?
it also happened to my phone. so i brought it back to the store where i purchased it and told them that it was shutting down randomly when i put it in my pocket. after 15 days of waiting i called them for follow up because they told me it will take 7-10 working days. they told me that the phone never shut down in the service center. what can i do about it? i don't know how to flash or root. this is my first android phone.
I have finally found a solution... installed XXKH3 FW stock, not rooted yet, and installed an application from the android market called Load Monitor
Code:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.landak.loadmon
and enabled only Add Notifications, only notify high load, autostart and only screen on... seems to do the job, no battery drainage and most of all NO SOD (Sleep Of Death) or restarts anymore
If you still have problems try checkin wake lock from the options of the app...
Hope it helps
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it also happened to my phone. so i brought it back to the store where i purchased it and told them that it was shutting down randomly when i put it in my pocket. after 15 days of waiting i called them for follow up because they told me it will take 7-10 working days. they told me that the phone never shut down in the service center. what can i do about it? i don't know how to flash or root. this is my first android phone.
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The phone did not rebooted in their store because they did not move it, you have a bad battery contact that can be fixed easy.
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I have finally found a solution... installed XXKH3 FW stock, not rooted yet, and installed an application from the android market called Load Monitor
Code:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.landak.loadmon
and enabled only Add Notifications, only notify high load, autostart and only screen on... seems to do the job, no battery drainage and most of all NO SOD (Sleep Of Death) or restarts anymore
If you still have problems try checkin wake lock from the options of the app...
Hope it helps
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Weird, people reported that app adds load to the phone. Why not use terminal instead to check the stats?
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Is all explained into link. Time to read?
However, I have a feeling this is your problem, since the phone restarts in your pocket only. Don't smack it like the guy did, heh. Go easier, think like it is your girlfriend...
Just clean the battery contacts and make sure they touch properly.
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ops..missed you link..ok will read it.
lol, i do hope it's my problem and not my phone's.. i've been modding this and that on it for the past 3months since i bought it, i think it's time to treat it nicely like my girl friend and see what is her response to me.. it's been one day testing, so far ok.. thanks..
For the last two days my phone has been anything off at random... nothing has been changed... I'm on the cm9 nightly from the two days ago... this is the thing tho... If I gentely tap the phone it will shut off or shake it... so I figured maybe after time the batter is lose... but it also is turning off if it sits completely still...unless its playing music. It has not turned off since Round 8 ad I have just had it playing music this full time ...any ideas??
I already did a full wipe and re install and when I get home I'm going to Oden back to stock and redo everything.
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For the last two days my phone has been anything off at random... nothing has been changed... I'm on the cm9 nightly from the two days ago... this is the thing tho... If I gentely tap the phone it will shut off or shake it... so I figured maybe after time the batter is lose... but it also is turning off if it sits completely still...unless its playing music. It has not turned off since Round 8 ad I have just had it playing music this full time ...any ideas??
I already did a full wipe and re install and when I get home I'm going to Oden back to stock and redo everything.
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My only suggestion at this point is odin back to stock 2.1.
Unfortunately this sounds like symptoms of hardware failure. I had a phone (cliq) which would do the exact thing as you described...the phone would vibrate shut off and reboot unexpectedly. I would open the physical keyboard and it would also shut off...this is totally hardware related from my understanding. But that is the worst case scenario.
Hopefully it is a software related issue in your case. Not much else i can say.
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Overclocked? Voltages changed at all from default? If you have anything set in voltage control or setcpu, get rid of them and try it. You could also try booting into recovery and see if you can reproduce the problem. That should also help determine if it is software or hardware related.
If the phone is plugged in it does not seem to reboot. i have not had time to mess with it i will check it out this weekend. Weird because it only seems to be doing this at work? I have not had it restart on me at all while at home.
Also if i have the music playing it will not turn off. This weekend im going to oden back to stock and see how it goes. otherwise gonna try to deal with it long enough till the gs3 comes out, ha.
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If the phone is plugged in it does not seem to reboot. i have not had time to mess with it i will check it out this weekend. Weird because it only seems to be doing this at work? I have not had it restart on me at all while at home.
Also if i have the music playing it will not turn off. This weekend im going to oden back to stock and see how it goes. otherwise gonna try to deal with it long enough till the gs3 comes out, ha.
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You ever find a solution, I have a vibrant with the same problems. probably dropped mine too much lol
drago10029 said:
You ever find a solution, I have a vibrant with the same problems. probably dropped mine too much lol
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hey i know its been a while but i havent been on here at all. Never found a solution for it but for some reason it doesnt turn off random anymore
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hey i know its been a while but i havent been on here at all. Never found a solution for it but for some reason it doesnt turn off random anymore
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thanks for the response. and I found my problem already too, I had a bad power ribbon inside the phone that was torn.
My setup is in my sig and has run perfectly for months.
All of a sudden, something is waking it up constantly & I need to figure out what it is.
What app can I load to diagnose this??
Better Battery Stats, download it and let it run for atleast an hour. Or Badass battery monitor in the market, slightly easier to read, but may not make you aware of every since wakelock
BetterBatteryStats in the market. Go to partial wakelocks. Should tell you there. Just make sure you let it run without waking it up for a bit like the above post said.
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BetterBatteryStats in the market. Go to partial wakelocks. Should tell you there. Just make sure you let it run without waking it up for a bit like the above post said.
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Tried that, it's not showing anything at all.
The thing just went crazy while sitting here plugged it. It suddenly woke up & started making all kinds of loud repeated clicking noises.
That went on for maybe 60 seconds & then stopped. Now, everything seems fine again.
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Tried that, it's not showing anything at all.
The thing just went crazy while sitting here plugged it. It suddenly woke up & started making all kinds of loud repeated clicking noises.
That went on for maybe 60 seconds & then stopped. Now, everything seems fine again.
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Uhhh that sounds like a serious issue. I would try it without the phone plugged in though.
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Uhhh that sounds like a serious issue.
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Yea, it's weird. I've never had anything like this happen to a phone before.
It's like something is hammering it with a port scan.
I got sick of trying to figure out what's doing it and restored a three week old nandroid backup from when I know things where fine and it hasn't happened since, so go figure??
boot into recovery and wipe cache/dalvik...see if that takes care of it.
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boot into recovery and wipe cache/dalvik...see if that takes care of it.
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So far, it hasn't done it since I did the nandroid restore.....
I can't say its because of any one app. I have all apps not in use hibernated. The battery percentage goes down about 1 percent per minute while I'm using it. Anyone have any suggestions?
No one else's phone has excessive battery drain?
New update available this morning. Did not fix issue
Keep things like location services turned off when not in use. Wifi should also be off for same reason. I turn off those plus data when I'm sleeping, and loose maybe 2 percent over night.
Clear system cache.
Reset network settings.
Hard reboot.
Clear system app caches.
If still doing it clear Google data. Recreate Google account.
Or hunt it down using Karma Firewall, Battery Tracker, Running Services, etc.
Tried to clear system cache but couldn't see the screen because of fade issue. Ended up factory resetting by mistake. Nightmare.
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Tried to clear system cache but couldn't see the screen because of fade issue. Ended up factory resetting by mistake. Nightmare.
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Oh my... you should have backed out if not sure.
Well nothing like a nice minty fresh OS load...
Play with the clear the cache thing as this is something you should do after major updates or if suffering erratic behavior. It can cure a lot of issues.
After a reload and installing all apps/updates I always do it as well as once every couple weeks.
I'd love to, but i don't know how far down it is (3clicks?) In the list since I can't see the screen. I've muddled through and gotten it back but I'd rather not have to go blindly through that again. Thanks for the tip, though. Is there any other way to clear system cache?
Not that I'm aware of.
Ok, well thanks for the tip. I'll look into some way to wipe the system cache without going into reecovery. Wish me luck!
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Ok, well thanks for the tip. I'll look into some way to wipe the system cache without going into reecovery. Wish me luck!
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Why can't you see the screen to do it?
If the display is blown you might want to replace it along with the battery if you plan to keep the device.
It's on the boot menu; on my devices the hard reset option is always directly below it, of course.
The warning 2nd click deal with clearing the system cache always makes wonder if I... really?
Who cares about clearing the bloody system cache? It's like a bad gf.
Good luck.
I can't see the choices on the screen in recovery mode because there's something wrong with the screen. I think you're right, time for ANOTHER new phone
Price the repair cost for a replacement screen/battery.
May not be that bad... if you like the phone.
That's running on Pie?
You might not like Q... I don't; still running on Pie.
You can still find some 10+'s with Pie but beware they may have been upgraded to Q.
The 10+'s are still pricey; demand is still high.
That tell you something?
I actually like this phone.. Sucks you can not root or unlock the bootloader. But it has been debloated updated and it runs fine.
It may not be the display, in fact I find that unlikely as it's an OLED. When it started was it gradually or sudden with no apparent reason?
Found this:
Colors are suddenly dull/washed out
All the colors are suddenly dull/washed out on my S9 and turning off blue filter seems to make them even more washed out, I checked the Red Green and Blue from *#0*# and Red looks more like orange, Green looks very bright and Blue looks more like...
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You might want to chase this down. Could be a firmware issue. A reflash to the original factory rom it came with might be the fix.
Sammy can do this.
Really? Refresh my memory(it's been a while) what is Sammy, samsung? How would I do it? Odin? How do I find what the original firmware was? I really like this phone and fixing it would be great!
It was gradual. At first I would just close the screen and wake it up and it would be fine. Then I had to close the screen, touch the screen, and wake it up to fix it. Then it progressed to where there was no fixing it. Maybe a month in total.
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It was gradual. At first I would just close the screen and wake it up and it would be fine. Then I had to close the screen, touch the screen, and wake it up to fix it. Then it progressed to where there was no fixing it. Maybe a month in total.
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Yeah that sounds more like hardware, sorry.
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.
DeXel55 said:
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
DeXel55 said:
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.