Hi guys, I have a rooted S4 with no custom roms on it. But lately I have been having issues. My screen will not rotate unless the app forces it to. So no watching Netflix or YouTube in landscape. If I reboot, it will work for awhile. Also the light sensor stopped working. I have no more auto brightness or gestures control. Any ideas what I can do to fix it?
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Hi guys, I have a rooted S4 with no custom roms on it. But lately I have been having issues. My screen will not rotate unless the app forces it to. So no watching Netflix or YouTube in landscape. If I reboot, it will work for awhile. Also the light sensor stopped working. I have no more auto brightness or gestures control. Any ideas what I can do to fix it?
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Have you removed any bloatware?
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So i downloaded [email protected] battery monitor app. . Googles services had 406 wakelocks ... Is this normal??? My battery is crap on just 4g (even disabling mobile data on occasion). I get from 8am when i take the charger off till about 3pm. (maybe surf web for 10 mi.utes send a few texts, mostly the screen is off). See below... Is g services the culprit? I dont use gps either or anything for location
What app is that?
100% stock. 21 hours unplugged time and 5 hours 4 minutes screen on time. Just because they are "wakelocks" doesn't mean they are keeping your device awake. It means that they are able to. Only 35kb was sent and your device was only kept awake 69 times. That isn't much. I mean damn man, TOTAL awake time according to your screenshot is under 2 minutes lol. That isn't even denting your battery. The culprit is elsewhere.
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whats the name of this app?
I have the same app. Android services is at top for me and it says its using the gyroscope and light? Motion settings are off and my on screen time is only at 1h30min. What's up with this because its killing my battery.
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tried this on my Acer and Google services was contacts sync? has over 900 wake locks . also maps was a big offender! hmm....
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cmjkxa said:
I have the same app. Android services is at top for me and it says its using the gyroscope and light? Motion settings are off and my on screen time is only at 1h30min. What's up with this because its killing my battery.
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Light is referring to the sensor. The ambient light sensor. The gyroscope and such are used for location data and screen orientation. Screen orientation is seperate from motion controls, so check and see if it's still active.
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Yeah i dunno... It all the.sudden appeared when i put a contact widget on my.screen but i mean i took that.screenshot shortly after. I just notice that.my battery dying a lot. I tjought powerAMP and widgetlocker were issues too.. Going to monitor them.next
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Its called Badass battery
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Hey err0x what do u recommend checking? The minutes each app keeps awake or is there a better way?
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Light is referring to the sensor. The ambient light sensor. The gyroscope and such are used for location data and screen orientation. Screen orientation is seperate from motion controls, so check and see if it's still active.
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Alright. So I turned off auto brightness and set if at medium. As for the gyroscope, screen rotation is locked and has been. Its clocked in at two hours now which is right on par with on screen time. Is this because i keep GPS on because i thought it was only used when needed. Also in the location settings under Gps there's another setting to use motion sensing indoors that will improve battery life should that be checked because i have that unchecked
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Here is another pic
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Ugh now it won't let upload pics. Anyway i found the apps that use the sensor the most. Words with friends came out on top as well as the gallery. The gallery i understand because when you tilt your phone so does the UI but i don't use it for three hours. Also, since when does Wwf need the gyroscope ? I think I'm going to have to delete Wwf and see how that goes. What do you think about the gallery constantly using the sensor? Glitch?
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I am not rooted. Running stock Sprint S3. I disabled touch sounds on the S3. But whenever I change the camera to video, if I go back into settings, touch sounds is checked again. I can reproduce this everytime. Is this a bug?
Thanks!
Wrong forum, I guess ?
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I have been reading in many threads in the Xperia Sola/P/U sub forum that one should turn off auto rotation to save battery if that feature is not being used.
I used to do that. Until yesterday evening while playing Temple Run, when a doubt came to my mind.
Since auto rotation is turned off. But the guy in the TR2 picks up movement from tilting the phone also. Which means the gyroscope (on whatever device that is used to measure angular movements) must be running even after auto rotation is turned off..
So if gyroscope is still on, is there any actual battery saving?
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Yes
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Rajul said:
Yes
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What is the yes for??? :sly:
Does gyroscope still run in background?
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Yes is for Turing it off disable sensors and it saves battery
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By turing off auto rotation means
Screen will not rotate while in normal apps, gallery, brpwser etc
It doest mean it will completely turn ur senor off...
Games require gyroscope so it will run while playing
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That will turn off sensor for screen rotation but not for games.
But if you arent playing game and you have autorot turned off you are saving battery
Ps sorry for my bad english
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Yes is for Turing it off disable sensors and it saves battery
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If Auto Rotation off disables sensors, how are games still able to sense movement.
If auto rotation off does not disable sensor, how is battery being saved?
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If Auto Rotation off disables sensors, how are games still able to sense movement.
If auto rotation off does not disable sensor, how is battery being saved?
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Games are exceptions tell me rotation of ui is more frequent or playing of games use common sense and if you don't believe thn observe it
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If Auto Rotation off disables sensors, how are games still able to sense movement.
If auto rotation off does not disable sensor, how is battery being saved?
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It does disable the sensor, but when you install some apps (games in paticular that use the gyroscope and stuff) they have the permission to turn it on, but outside of that app it will be off. Very simple actually
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It does disable the sensor, but when you install some apps (games in paticular that use the gyroscope and stuff) they have the permission to turn it on, but outside of that app it will be off. Very simple actually
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Exactly
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It does disable the sensor, but when you install some apps (games in paticular that use the gyroscope and stuff) they have the permission to turn it on, but outside of that app it will be off. Very simple actually
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Okay... Your explanation nailed the question.
Got my answer.
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I have been reading in many threads in the Xperia Sola/P/U sub forum that one should turn off auto rotation to save battery if that feature is not being used.
I used to do that. Until yesterday evening while playing Temple Run, when a doubt came to my mind.
Since auto rotation is turned off. But the guy in the TR2 picks up movement from tilting the phone also. Which means the gyroscope (on whatever device that is used to measure angular movements) must be running even after auto rotation is turned off..
So if gyroscope is still on, is there any actual battery saving?
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Turning off autorotate will not save your battery.
Also factor in the negligible savings from cpu not polling sensors, or processing animation for rotation.
It will NOT save your battery at all...
hellakarsh said:
It will NOT save your battery at all...
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See my previous post. However small, a saving is a saving.
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theperson333 said:
See my previous post. However small, a saving is a saving.
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But it is almost unnoticeable...
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But it is almost unnoticeable...
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I know. Just wanted to point out that your previous post was factually incorrect. The quoted one is true tho.
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I know. Just wanted to point out that your previous post was factually incorrect. The quoted one is true tho.
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Ok...
My gyro just stopped working I can't rotate my screen I can't play any games that use the movement of the device. I tried rebooting while rotate was off and then turning it on still no go. If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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Hmm that sux mang..try downloading gps status from the play sore it give readings fromall the sensors maybee see if it gives any reading from it so you can try to narrow it down??
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My gyro just stopped working I can't rotate my screen I can't play any games that use the movement of the device. I tried rebooting while rotate was off and then turning it on still no go. If anyone can help me I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
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If your stock root, you might be able to try hitting on your phone keypad *#0#* it will take you into your phone hidden settings theres all your sensors in there...im pretty sure that's the numerical sequence,theres a video on you tube search galaxy note 2 tricks
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Or just take it back for warranty repair or replacement.
Hello i dont know what is problem but rotation is disabled . i have install rom fresh with full wipe but no success, when i sent to someone pics from whatsapp i take pic potrait then pic rotate when i sent. and normaly without whatsapp..... below are screenshots. any idea what causes this
NetRom Lite 4.6.1 current
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Have you tried to disable motion? Even if the screen rotation is off on some android versions you still get screen turned, such as camera and videos.
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Scatrix said:
Have you tried to disable motion? Even if the screen rotation is off on some android versions you still get screen turned, such as camera and videos.
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Yes motion are disabled..
yeah i`ve got problem like this one...my camera can`t stop rotating even with rotation and motion turned off.. i snap a picture holding the phone straight(portrait) and the pictures come randomly...one is upside down , the other is sideways. And i have the same problem with different roms?
Yes i have too this problem with other rom. I dnt know why ;
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