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Turn off 3G, turn on only when needed
Settings -> Location -> Untick ''Wireless Networks and GPS Satelites''
Settings ->Accounts -> Untick Background data (Unless you want to use market)
Settings -> Wirelless -> Advanced -> Wifi sleep policy -> Never
Use phone on 2G, unless using internet (then switch to 3G mode)
Data traffic always OFF (Use only when needed)
Backlight low or Auto Brightness (And allow light to decrease)
Turn off wireless, basically everything turned off with the power control widget, turn on when necessary
Install task manager and set auto-kill mode to crazy on switch off screen mode (Put apps that always run in ignore list e.g. Launcher, Messaging. Basically the necessities)
Install SetCPU (After rooting your phone) - Min CPU 122mhz, Max CPU ~700mhz - 'On demand' profile
SetCpu - Profiles -> Screen Off -> Min 122mhz, Max 122mhz, Performance mode
Upgrade to Froyo 2.2 - Enable JIT (Saves battery on 2.2+)
Switch to a Cyanogenmod Rom
Enable undervolting (Only for CyanogenMOD roms)
Use RenderFX widget (CyanogenMOD, best to use low red, best to use when you are heading out)
Cyanogenmod - Spare Parts -> End Button Behaviour -> Go to sleep
LAST, but NOT LEAST, if you notice no significant increase in battery life, then your battery is no calibrated right! So go to market, download 'Battery Calibration', and charge your phone to 100%. Next, if its abbout 4000v - 4200v, your phone is correctly calibrated!
If its not 4000 -4200, press the ''calibrate'' button, and let your phone die out, then fully charge it (while its still powered off). Wait till light is green, TURN ON.
After boot, battery will not be 100% yet, reboot once more, charge to 100% (while phone is on), and check your new calibrated battery! It should now be 4000 to 4200v
I know there might be programs and applications to increase your battery life, but I dont have any experience with these, so feel free to post your experiences! Some examples may include juicedefender, etc
Anyone wants to add to this list, feel free =)
royalbloodvi said:
Turn off 3G
Backlight low
Turn off wireless, basically everything turned off with the power control widget
Install task manager and set auto-kill mode to crazy on switch off screen mode
I know there might be programs and applications to increase your battery life, but I dont have any experience with these, so feel free to post your experiences! Some examples may include juicedefender, etc
Anyone wants to add to this list, feel free =)
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I will never install a task manager it's do more damage then it does good.....
My battery last 2 days and the only thing i do is install juicedefender and use my phone alot
knudsen81 said:
I will never install a task manager it's do more damage then it does good.....
My battery last 2 days and the only thing i do is install juicedefender and use my phone alot
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I don't know what goes wrong, but mine losts for only one day. If i have charged it overnight the battery is empty the next evening
No task managers. The phone manages its RAM well and the battery will last longer. For normal uses upto 1.5 days and for heavy users 1 day.
dabulcke said:
I don't know what goes wrong, but mine losts for only one day. If i have charged it overnight the battery is empty the next evening
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and here I heard installing juicedefender does more damage than good too.. what to believe? Everything is based on peoples hearsay and no evidence..
On my girl friends X10 mini I changed from ADW launcher to Helixlauncher and changed the brightness to auto. That made a HUGE difference.
Was on vacation and turned off 3G because I was not gonna use any expenisve data. That alone boosted my batterylife about 1 days worth.
junglepunk said:
Was on vacation and turned off 3G because I was not gonna use any expenisve data. That alone boosted my batterylife about 1 days worth.
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people can do much to boost battery time, like turn off 3g, brightness control, turn off gps and so on, that all helps the battery
I have switched of almost everything and still get about 1 day of battery with about 2-3Hrs of music and a few calls and videos.
is it ok?
I get over 48 hours and I use the wifi a lot and do about 30mins of calls a day.
My tips:
* turn background data off and manually update ur emails when u want - this is the best tip I put it on my blog too
* manually enable network data when u need it
* use the top button to go on standby as soon as you are done using the phone
* keep gps, 3g and wifi off unless u want to use it
Sent from my U20i using XDA App
I have background data off.
No emailing whatsoever till now....
Almost 75% of the time in standby
Gps 3G wifi bluetooth are off.
Yet with stock launcer i get 24Hrs
Helix 30Hrs..
Why?
Its been two weeks(or 3) since i bought the phone...
Please reply.
BTW when did you buy the phone?
^^Ok.
I have come to know the problem.
Running any apps in background like Battery Indicator or task manager brings down the battery so much(the latter not much though)..
Because daily i used to get the above with battery indicator pro on.
But after uninstalling it i got about double that battery life..
So people better don't run them all the time.
task manager can be used sometimes about once every 2 hrs o so.
This increased my battery life so much on stock launcher
Just got the pro today. Will be ditching my X2 depending on the performance of this one after a week. So far, I love the mini pro for the fact that I can now hear my incoming messages and calls!
A couple of questions though:
1) Is there a way to wake up the screen when an SMS arrives?
2) Custom ringtone per contact?
3) Is there a way to disable screen lock when the phone goes to sleep by itself (not pressing the power button) ?
4) Is there a way to unlock the screen without the need to press the left button, I was hoping to go directly to the pattern unlock after i turn on the phone
Still getting used to the keyboard lay-out as I've been using X2 for almost 6 months.
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1) Is there a way to wake up the screen when an SMS arrives?
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I use Chomp SMS app and this allows the screen to wake-up, I think Handcent SMS does too. I never used the stock SMS app so not sure if there is a way to do it with that.
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3) Is there a way to disable screen lock when the phone goes to sleep by itself (not pressing the power button) ?
4) Is there a way to unlock the screen without the need to press the left button, I was hoping to go directly to the pattern unlock after i turn on the phone
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Not sure if this answers your question, I just press the Menu button twice to unlock the phone, never used the power button to wake it up funnily enough, only used the power button go in to sleep mode. When I press Menu button it wakes up to the pattern unlock.
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I use Chomp SMS app and this allows the screen to wake-up, I think Handcent SMS does too. I never used the stock SMS app so not sure if there is a way to do it with that.
Not sure if this answers your question, I just press the Menu button twice to unlock the phone, never used the power button to wake it up funnily enough, only used the power button go in to sleep mode. When I press Menu button it wakes up to the pattern unlock.
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Nice, i'll try to look for those apps. I did try the menu button and it worked. At least this relieves stress on the power button since I won't be using it to wake-up the phone anymore.
How's about not locking the phone when it goes to sleep? Unless I press the power button?
After a day with it, battery is now @ 30%+. Hope it improves or SE comes out with a high capacity.
Hi, where is the disable 3G button?
I can't seem to find it. I found wifi on and off.
and I unchecked location with gps.
thanks
Helix launcher is the best thing I installed to my mini pro. Batt life is now 3-4 days regular use and 5 days if i don't play games. Games are draining the batt quickly.
I'm totally getting rid of my X2.
3 to 4 days? Lol how can that be possible.. Did you use 3g?
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3 to 4 days? Lol how can that be possible.. Did you use 3g?
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I can prove it, there's a display in the phone where it says # of hours unplugged. If it's not working for you, doesn't mean it shouldn't for others as well. If you barely make 2 days, then that's what we should be LOLing about.
My setting is as follows:
- 2g only
- 1 to 2 hours of wifi and bluetooth per day
- 1 to 2 hours of games (love the games) per day
- tried GPS for 1 hour using mapdroyd
- a couple of calls and text messages per day
- tried watching a movie (AVI) for an hour using yxflash
- tried the media, played MP3s for an hour
- tried meebo for an hour
- I got my alarms ON always
- notifications ON always
- custom led lights for new SMS (using ringo pro) always
- max volume for the entire day
- medium volume at night
- data connection off
- background data off
- screen brightness to zero but the sensor is still working (weird), the screens still adjusts to the surrounding
This is after installing helix. Before helix, I got a max of 1 and a half days only.
Ray_jai said:
Hi, where is the disable 3G button?
I can't seem to find it. I found wifi on and off.
and I unchecked location with gps.
thanks
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Im finding the same issue. Im looking for the "use only 2g" as found on the g1 (my other phone) but I can find it. Some help would be excellent on locating this option!!
~Dark
So I have set my power saving mode to come on at 30% and for it to disable everything except wifi. The problem is that after I charge my phone back up, those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off, so I have to manually enable them each time. Is there a way around this?
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So I have set my power saving mode to come on at 30% and for it to disable everything except wifi. The problem is that after I charge my phone back up, those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off, so I have to manually enable them each time. Is there a way around this?
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What ROM and kernel is on your phone?
If you enable user specified power saving with your customized settings (30% battery => shut down everything accept wifi), and you did not disable this power saving mode, when exactly is the power saving mode disabled?
As soon as you plug in the power cable?
And is it not re-enabled automatically, after pulling the power cable out?
Sorry, but I did not exactly understand your issue.
"those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off" => Yes, that's correct. If the power saving mode is turned off, all power saving settings should be disabled.
This sounds to me like "normal" behavior.
Maybe I misunderstood something in your description.
It_ler said:
What ROM and kernel is on your phone?
If you enable user specified power saving with your customized settings (30% battery => shut down everything accept wifi), and you did not disable this power saving mode, when exactly is the power saving mode disabled?
As soon as you plug in the power cable?
And is it not re-enabled automatically, after pulling the power cable out?
Sorry, but I did not exactly understand your issue.
"those settings remain disabled even though power saving mode is turned off" => Yes, that's correct. If the power saving mode is turned off, all power saving settings should be disabled.
This sounds to me like "normal" behavior.
Maybe I misunderstood something in your description.
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I'm on stock 2.3.3 and KG2
And I meant that these settings do not revert themselves after I finish charging the battery. For example, at less than 30%, my power saving mode turns off syncing. But once I finish charging my phone back to 100%, the syncing is remained off, so essentially, my power saving mode never really turns itself off even after charging.
I noticed the same thing - it's very annoying to set my screen timeout to 2 minutes, and when power-save mode comes on, it gets reset to 30 seconds and stays there.
I ended up turning off almost all of the power-saving features, and setting the threshold to 5%. I'm running the stock rooted kernel with NoCIQ, so I already have a pretty substantial battery life (~24-30 hrs with normal usage and wifi at home).
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I'm on stock 2.3.3 and KG2
And I meant that these settings do not revert themselves after I finish charging the battery. For example, at less than 30%, my power saving mode turns off syncing. But once I finish charging my phone back to 100%, the syncing is remained off, so essentially, my power saving mode never really turns itself off even after charging.
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Have a look at MyProfiles app from the Market.
Maybe it can help you to switch between different profiles based on system triggers.
Or use AutomateIt app to define rules when to toggle wifi, bt, gps, etc.
Just worth a try...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
It_ler said:
Have a look at MyProfiles app from the Market.
Maybe it can help you to switch between different profiles based on system triggers.
Or use AutomateIt app to define rules when to toggle wifi, bt, gps, etc.
Just worth a try...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I kinda want to get to the root of the problem here as opposed to installing an app to mask it. Does anyone else know what's wrong with my phone?
There's nothing wrong, that's just the way it works, it change your setting when activates but doesn't change them back.
I no longer use it, since I have GPS/wifi/BT disabled unless I use them anyway.
I've only just started using the phone. Have some Qs.
1. Other than the aural indication for an incoming email/text message, is it also possible to have the screen light up?
2. What is the best way to:
a. Wake the phone - use of the Power button or Home button?
b. Return to home screen w/out use of the Home button.
3. Is it normal for a full charge from 2-5% to take anywhere between 3-3.5 hrs?
4. Is NoLED the more popular free notifications app, or is there anything better available from the market.
5. Do you guys advise on selecting System power saving? What is the optimum selection for the Touch key light duration?
Any other battery-saving tips would be appreciated.
6. Lastly, are all of you currently running 4.0.3?
Thanks
1) You can use No LED, or Siyah/BLN. Up to you. Either way there's a cost so far as battery drain is concerned if you use either of these.
2) Makes no difference. Use whatever button you like. I'm not aware of any other way to return to your home screen. That's why there's a home button (logical, no ?).
3) Yes.
4) No LED seems to be the most popular notification app that mimics BLN. Why not search Google Play & see if there are others ? (I'd be surprised if there isn't).
5) No idea. There are no shortcuts to saving battery/getting the most out of every charge. It takes research, reading & learning. There is no "Do such & such & get such and such battery life". Every phone is setup & used differently, it's a case of experimenting & finding out what works for you. There is a wealth of info on this stuff on here, you just have to search for it (Use Google with XDA appended to your search terms rather than XDA search), read, learn & try stuff out.
6) No. I'm running CM9. But please don't turn this thread into a 'recommend me a rom' thread. Mods will close it post haste if you do. Try a bunch of roms/kernels out until you find a combo that works well for you. This is very simple if you use CWM to backup/flash/restore (takes all of a few minutes to backup your current setup, flash a rom & then restore it if you find you don't like a rom/kernel).
Edit - You haven't read the Stickies, have you ? I highly recommend you do. There is an treasure trove of information in those threads.
1. Other than the aural indication for an incoming email/text message, is it also possible to have the screen light up?
A) u can search play store r google for the same
2. What is the best way to:
a. Wake the phone - use of the Power button or Home button?
A) both way its ok r even the vol keys
b. Return to home screen w/out use of the Home button.
A) simply scroll back to home screen
3. Is it normal for a full charge from 2-5% to take anywhere between 3-3.5 hrs?
A) yes its quite normal
4. Is NoLED the more popular free notifications app, or is there anything better available from the market.
A) u can try NSTools app from play stores
5. Do you guys advise on selecting System power saving? What is the optimum selection for the Touch key light duration?
Any other battery-saving tips would be appreciated.
A) touch key light duration of 1.5 secs is good and also disable all auto sync ,wifi and data when not in use, brightness to Auto etc will help saving battery
6. Lastly, are all of you currently running 4.0.3?
A) no i am running 4.0.4
C56X said:
I've only just started using the phone. Have some Qs.
1. Other than the aural indication for an incoming email/text message, is it also possible to have the screen light up?
2. What is the best way to:
a. Wake the phone - use of the Power button or Home button?
b. Return to home screen w/out use of the Home button.
3. Is it normal for a full charge from 2-5% to take anywhere between 3-3.5 hrs?
4. Is NoLED the more popular free notifications app, or is there anything better available from the market.
5. Do you guys advise on selecting System power saving? What is the optimum selection for the Touch key light duration?
Any other battery-saving tips would be appreciated.
6. Lastly, are all of you currently running 4.0.3?
Thanks
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Here are some answers:
1. Yes, there are different methods of visually showing an incoming sms or email. Some message/email apps support some kind of "light", or just flash a custom kernel with Back Light Notifcation (BLN), such as SiyahKernel. Has to be enabled and configured with ExTweaks app.
2.a. Wake up from screensaver/screen off by pushing the Home button.
2.b. Return to home screen by pushing the Home button or the Home "link" on the left at the bottom if you are in the apps menu.
3. Yes. Charging will be faster if the phone is turned off, but it will still take about 3-3,5 hours for fully charging.
4. Notification app ... as I am using the stock message and email apps, no suggestion from me.
5. Have a look here => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16973603. Very good battery saving tips. And I am not using custom power saving.
6. No, not all. Have a look at my kernel/ROM tests => http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26775950, and make up your own mind. I am very satisfied with my current ICS ROM XWLPD and won't go back to GB. BTW, with some custom ROMs, you can install Android 4.0.4 on the SGS2, but I haven't checked this, as I prefer stock/Sammy ROMs.
@MistahBungle, Sun90, It_ler, thanks for getting back, & for the links!
I am running stock everything and do not plan on rooting/installing a custom ROM. That said, is it still possible to get the latest 4.0.4 update?
Is Kies the way to go, to get an update?
The only reason I ask about the Home button is that with continuous use over time, it just might not be as effective.
Each time there is new email/text message, I was wondering if there was a way for the screen to light up, indicating the type of message (email/text message); not the NoLED icons.
No, it's not possible to get a '4.0.4 update' with a stock rom. There might be an app that lights up the whole screen (why you'd want to do that I have absolutely no idea) rather than an 'icon' on the screen like No LED. As suggested, search Google Play yourself & see if such a thing exists.
I have searched everywhere for a solution to this problem and trust me, the search button has never had this many presses before
I have a HTC HD2 and 'almost' everything works, but there are a few issues I have.
I'm not a noob in ANY sense and I always try and find a solution to my problems before posting about them, that is IF I can't solve the problems myself
First off, this is my current setup for the HD2:
HD2: International 512mb HTC HD2
Radio: 2.15.50.14
HSPL2.08
MAGLDR V1.13
Recovery: MAGLDR CWM Recovery v3.0.2.4
Current ROM: NexusHD2 JellyBean CM10.1.3 V2.7 by Tytung
Previous ROM: PACman HD2 v1.2a by Xylograph
Kernel: tytung_jellybean_r2
Ok, the problems. What are they?
First off, the phone will NEVER, and I really mean NEVER, enter Deep Sleep. Deep Sleep is always amongst the unused CPU states. I have tried everything to get it to go to Deep Sleep to no avail. I tried another ROM to see if the ROM/kernel was at fault, but it isn't. They all have that problem. There are no apps that are causing wake-locks and even using an app that forces Deep Sleep will not work. The lowest the CPU will go is 96Mhz and never below it. I have the Max CPU speed set to 1190Mhz and the lowest set at 96Mhz. I also can never confirm a time when Deep Sleep did work, because it never did
Second problem, the physical buttons on the device act very erratically. I don't have the well-known power button issue, but I have something similar. The power button doesn't work on a long-press. If you long-press the power button it should give you the power menu, right? In my case, that never happens. What will happen is the display will turn off, as if I simply pressed and released it, like when you lock the phone. No matter how long you hold it in, the power menu will never appear.
Other buttons also act odd. The volume down button does work, but it also triggers the multitasking window to appear, every time I press it. This behaviour is not restricted to being in Android. Scrolling in CWM with the volume rocker, because that is the only way you can navigate this version of CWM, also does this. The log window will disappear and re-appear constantly, but sometimes it doesn't do this. This problem is only with the volume down button. The volume up button works just like it should. Other buttons do give problems, but they are not ever-persistent like the ones I mentioned above. The others just have constantly changing behaviour. They will perform different tasks at random when pressed, like open the dialer, or go home, or open the multitasking window as well, or even go back sometimes.
Now, I don't know what happened to Tytung on XDA, nor do I want to find out because it isn't important to me, but I'm not trying to advertise his work. I'm just trying every ROM I can find.
The phone does have water damage, but that was many years ago. No repairs were done to it, but it still works just like it should. The only problems are the ones I mentioned above. I do think that the water damage did do something to the buttons of the phone, but is it even possible that Deep Sleep can be affected by this? Isn't Deep Sleep something that is software-based?
I really would like to know what the is going on here
Any help would be greatly appreciated
I hope I provided enough information about this problem
D395267 said:
I have searched everywhere for a solution to this problem and trust me, the search button has never had this many presses before
I have a HTC HD2 and 'almost' everything works, but there are a few issues I have.
I'm not a noob in ANY sense and I always try and find a solution to my problems before posting about them, that is IF I can't solve the problems myself
First off, this is my current setup for the HD2:
HD2: International 512mb HTC HD2
Radio: 2.15.50.14
HSPL2.08
MAGLDR V1.13
Recovery: MAGLDR CWM Recovery v3.0.2.4
Current ROM: NexusHD2 JellyBean CM10.1.3 V2.7 by Tytung
Previous ROM: PACman HD2 v1.2a by Xylograph
Kernel: tytung_jellybean_r2
Ok, the problems. What are they?
First off, the phone will NEVER, and I really mean NEVER, enter Deep Sleep. Deep Sleep is always amongst the unused CPU states. I have tried everything to get it to go to Deep Sleep to no avail. I tried another ROM to see if the ROM/kernel was at fault, but it isn't. They all have that problem. There are no apps that are causing wake-locks and even using an app that forces Deep Sleep will not work. The lowest the CPU will go is 96Mhz and never below it. I have the Max CPU speed set to 1190Mhz and the lowest set at 96Mhz. I also can never confirm a time when Deep Sleep did work, because it never did
Second problem, the physical buttons on the device act very erratically. I don't have the well-known power button issue, but I have something similar. The power button doesn't work on a long-press. If you long-press the power button it should give you the power menu, right? In my case, that never happens. What will happen is the display will turn off, as if I simply pressed and released it, like when you lock the phone. No matter how long you hold it in, the power menu will never appear.
Other buttons also act odd. The volume down button does work, but it also triggers the multitasking window to appear, every time I press it. This behaviour is not restricted to being in Android. Scrolling in CWM with the volume rocker, because that is the only way you can navigate this version of CWM, also does this. The log window will disappear and re-appear constantly, but sometimes it doesn't do this. This problem is only with the volume down button. The volume up button works just like it should. Other buttons do give problems, but they are not ever-persistent like the ones I mentioned above. The others just have constantly changing behaviour. They will perform different tasks at random when pressed, like open the dialer, or go home, or open the multitasking window as well, or even go back sometimes.
Now, I don't know what happened to Tytung on XDA, nor do I want to find out because it isn't important to me, but I'm not trying to advertise his work. I'm just trying every ROM I can find.
The phone does have water damage, but that was many years ago. No repairs were done to it, but it still works just like it should. The only problems are the ones I mentioned above. I do think that the water damage did do something to the buttons of the phone, but is it even possible that Deep Sleep can be affected by this? Isn't Deep Sleep something that is software-based?
I really would like to know what the is going on here
Any help would be greatly appreciated
I hope I provided enough information about this problem
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I have a similar set up with the opposite problem: won't come out of deep sleep! Hate to hijack your topic but if anyone knows what could be causing this...?
My wife recently upgraded to the new HD 10 after her HDX 8.9 began refusing to wake when the cover was opened or when you press the power button. I thought that it may have been due to a recent OTA update as there are a number of people complaining of similar issues with the new HD 8 (including myself). I was able to root, unlock the BL, and flash a new ROM onto the Apollo unit (thanks to all of the info here), but I am still having issues with it refusing to wake up.
A few minutes after the screen has timed out, you will have to hold the power button to force a reboot in order to get the screen to come back on. I have attached a portion of my log after I turned on Airplane Mode to cut down on some of the chatter. Thoughts??
CivilE
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My wife recently upgraded to the new HD 10 after her HDX 8.9 began refusing to wake when the cover was opened or when you press the power button. I thought that it may have been due to a recent OTA update as there are a number of people complaining of similar issues with the new HD 8 (including myself). I was able to root, unlock the BL, and flash a new ROM onto the Apollo unit (thanks to all of the info here), but I am still having issues with it refusing to wake up.
A few minutes after the screen has timed out, you will have to hold the power button to force a reboot in order to get the screen to come back on. I have attached a portion of my log after I turned on Airplane Mode to cut down on some of the chatter. Thoughts??
CivilE
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Didn't look at log. Which ROM is currently on the device? I assume no Xposed Framework or battery saving apps.
AospExtended with Magisk and no Xposed or other battery apps.
Also, just to be clear, these problems were present on the stock fw and still exist after flashing ROM
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Didn't look at log. Which ROM is currently on the device? I assume no Xposed Framework or battery saving apps.
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AospExtended with Magisk and no Xposed or other battery apps.
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Also, just to be clear, these problems were present on the stock fw and still exist after flashing ROM
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Curious - if you boot into TWRP and leave the device untouched the screen should timeout after 60 sec or whatever value is indicated under settings. This is not a true 'sleep' mode but does quite most idle activity. Do you experience a 'wake' freeze under those conditions? How about Android "safe mode"?
My guess is the behavior will NOT occur under TWRP; will under Safe Mode. Let's see if that plays out.
Note: to boot into "safe mode" long press the power button while AEX is unlocked then long press the "power off"; you'll be prompted from there.
Your assumption is correct. It does NOT occur under TWRP, but DOES under Safe Mode.