Hello,
I've noticed a strange thing, that the more my battery discharges (starts at around 75% battery) the more unstable my network signal gets, and i start losing network data. at 100% battery 4g network and signal is quite good, in speedtests i get ~30mbps download and upload speeds. and at around 30% battery and below, i start having only 3g data or even 2g data and those are unstable, i get no connection and cant call/receive calls.
My problem is similair to other problems posted on this forum, but no clear solution was offered. Also, there was mention of this kind of problem on xda and some german forum when battery voltage is below 4.0 v network signal gets unstable
What i have tried:
- Flashed alternate modem files 466d, s26 , 18s etc. (almost all of them),
- tried a lot of different roms, small eui, stock 26s, stock 18s, small7 nougat, lineage os, remix 6.0, aicp etc.... ressurection remix, nougat, by andr68rus, it has 416d modem. I had best results with this rom so far, but quite not there yet (maybe it's because of custom kernel)
- Entered *#*#4636#*#* switched and set band to automatic, american, japan, pcs (all of them ) . no difference
- renewed APN settings. No difference.
-Entered APn settings mannualy
- fastboot erased modemst1/2 - no difference
- tried unlock and locking bands in QTOOL in diagnostic mode (maybe i did something wrong? but i doubt it)
-I have no case on phone, or other materials that could interfere with signal
currently on latest build AOSIP rom by moto9999999
Should i provide somekind additional logs? Please help a bro out i like the le max 2 very much, but the data and signal problems are driving me mad.....
Hey, it sounds like we have the same problem. I have to frequently charge my phone when the battery level goes down to around 70% in order for voice and data continue to work.
Maybe someone with stable network data and signal could tell me what is your battery voltage on different battery charge states? (100% , 75, and maybe 30%)
Using ampere app my battery voltage when 100% is 4.2-4.3V , 75% - 4.0-4.1V and 50% 3.9-4.0 V (this is where network data gets completely unusable)
Well, googled a bit, seems like this is normal behaviour fully charged battery with 4.2V seems to be normal and desireable, and 3V at low battery is normal. So i guess tinkering with the voltages won't save us
here is a catlog with modem filter. Maybe this causes the problem?
it looks like the battery can't get modem info, so it bugs wakelock, and keeps shutting down modem? What command shuts down mobile data, or restricts from going to 4g? when i try to reconnect log says action_any_data_connection_state
Ive tried to spoof battery parameters via terminal command dumpsys battery set status, to cap the status at current state. Unfortunately it didn't work ?
So i guess this is a hardware issue. Im hesitant to change the battery because its so much hassle to open the phone ?
Please share your ideas bros...
It does not make sense to me it's the battery issue. All functions I need work including WiFi that gives me very good connectivity even at 5% battery level (without the charger connected, of course).
Use the paid version of LTE Discovery : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery its 2 bucks and worth 10 times that amount.
I also tried everything when testing Miui v9 roms and It was widely acknowledged that there is a miui bug when installed on Leeco devices. LTE discovery sorted that issue and it's now my go to program whenever I flash a new rom. ( I haven't researched the specifics of what it does, but it works.)
tsongming said:
Use the paid version of LTE Discovery : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.simplyadvanced.ltediscovery its 2 bucks and worth 10 times that amount.
I also tried everything when testing Miui v9 roms and It was widely acknowledged that there is a miui bug when installed on Leeco devices. LTE discovery sorted that issue and it's now my go to program whenever I flash a new rom. ( I haven't researched the specifics of what it does, but it works.)
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I doubt it will help. Did you have the same issue as described?
Out of curiosity I bought and installed LTE Discovery. It has the “restart cell radio” function that resets the data connection and you can set loop it e.g. reset the radio every 30 secs.
Short story, it doesn’t help at all.
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Hi Guys
daily Phone usage (approx): GSM & WCDMA Auto, Wifi OFF, BTooth OFF, GPS OFF, Display @ 35%, 3-4 txts a day, 3 hrs Music a day (Stock music player & Radio), Email & Weather - Manual sync. Apps: EverNote, Angry Birds.. 2 - 3 hrs on Google play through wifi.
Ive had my SGS2 for a week and updated to ICS 403 through KIES. Ive noticed that the battery lasts 1 day with 'Use packet Data' ON, but Battery lasts 3.5 days with Packet Data OFF.
- Is anyone else found this issue, how did you fix it.
- Is this due to UK KIES release, rather than a Clean EU version through ODIN.
- Will using GSM Only rather than GSM/WCDMA auto help.
How do you guys find it
Night
Packet data eats a lot and it always will. Of course you may use gsm only mode and it should increase battery life but the difference you have to check yourself on particular modem. This brings me to another solution - you may check different modems. now I work on LPW and it's awful, it uses battery a lot but the signal is very strong. Best results from ICS ROMs I had on LPS - signal was weak but never lost and battery usage much much lower. Some users are very happy with nelp - is seems to have everything: good signal reception and low battery usage.
Anyway, try few modems yourself, it also much depends on the area you live in, 3G network availability, home network signal strength etc etc. however you need to be aware that using packet data will drain your battery anyway.
p.s. remember also that while having packet data on the whole day many apps may work in background using internet (maybe a little bit but still) and it will also increase total battery usage.
Well, having such a phone, all the time on the net, one day of battery life doesn't have to be bad at all, depending on how much you really use it (I mean "screen on" time).
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gaeilge said:
Packet data eats a lot and it always will. Of course you may use gsm only mode and it should increase battery life but the difference you have to check yourself on particular modem. This brings me to another solution - you may check different modems. now I work on LPW and it's awful, it uses battery a lot but the signal is very strong. Best results from ICS ROMs I had on LPS - signal was weak but never lost and battery usage much much lower. Some users are very happy with nelp - is seems to have everything: good signal reception and low battery usage.
Anyway, try few modems yourself, it also much depends on the area you live in, 3G network availability, home network signal strength etc etc. however you need to be aware that using packet data will drain your battery anyway.
p.s. remember also that while having packet data on the whole day many apps may work in background using internet (maybe a little bit but still) and it will also increase total battery usage.
Well, having such a phone, all the time on the net, one day of battery life doesn't have to be bad at all, depending on how much you really use it (I mean "screen on" time).
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Thanks for that great info, really helpful.
Where I live (Newcastle UK), I get H+ but on 1 or 2 bars.
- Ill drop to 'GSM only' and 'PacketD ON' first for a few days and let you know.
- Then PacketD OFF.
- Then ill try a few Modems.. LPS & LPW as you suggested, and ill post back, maybe it can help others as well.
Also, Im not that keen on ICS as an OS.. always having to sign in or register online for every single thing, so
- Is it possible to go back to 236 GB using ODIN after updating to 403 ICS through KIES.. KIES hasnt locked my phone has it?.. If I can find a EU/UK 236 that is .
Thanks
Night
just use Odin and don't forget to do wipe after downgrading - it can save you from lot of troubles coming from ICS leftovers... the simpliest way is to use *2767*3855# code but remember that it will wipe all your data so do backup.
while choosing modem you may help yourself with topics like these ones:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277593
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1603042
you will find some tests there but you have to read "a bit" to find suitable ones.
however, if you'd like to go back to 2.3.6 you have the battery life comparision in the 2nd post of the 1st thread. still, much depends on the network conditions in your area.
p.s. i talked to some friends of mine who where comparing modems according to signal strength, Fast Dormancy support, voice calls and video calls quality. their main subject wasn't battery usage but still they have much more experience with it than me. anyway, they say that lowest battery usage they had on nelp2 and nelp3.
Im on Virgin Mobile UK, which use both T-Mobile UK and Orange UK masts, so maybe a T-Mobile modem might be ok to test.
However, in the last 12 hours since my first post, i just set to GSM Only and what a difference, and it downloads email and data quickily, but thats not definitive though.. Im still testing it.
In Network connection in About Phone, its using a network called edge:2.. cant find anything on it at all, have you heard of it.
Also, I know this has been asked before, so i do apologise, but Ive checked in both Android Development sections, which is very confusing, and cant find a clean stock EU/UK 236, and samfirmware have removed theirs.. Could you possibly point me to one please.. . I did find one online called XWKL1 INU?.
Thanks
Night
open stock ROM for UK you may find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
search for XEU. the same here:
http://samsung-updates.com/gt-i9100-galaxy-sii/
links are available.
about Edge:2... I have the same while working GSM only and have no idea what this means. maybe it's Evolved Edge (aka Edge Evolution)?
Edge:2 could be a samsung protocol, which would be nice for a simple 3G idea.
Thanks for the links bud, much appreciated .. ill have a look through them after my testing, but it looks like im going back to 236.. not liking ICS even without the modem issues.
Im currently on LPW.. I know you gave it a thumbs down, but ill keep you posted.
Thanks
indeed it's not so easy to find 2.3.6 open for UK, just like it wasn't released at all.
anyway, I want to give you one more link:
http://androidfirmwares.net/PhoneFirmware
very usefull site if you want to get kernels, modems, CSC or even whole ROMs from Intratech's page.
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indeed it's not so easy to find 2.3.6 open for UK, just like it wasn't released at all.
anyway, I want to give you one more link:
http://androidfirmwares.net/PhoneFirmware
very usefull site if you want to get kernels, modems, CSC or even whole ROMs from Intratech's page.
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Thanks for the link, but what is a Frankenstein Rom.. In my experience there is no UK Firmware, only open EU firmware with multi CSC and you just choose UK when the S2 boots, so it can be for any EU country as long as its open, with Prefixes like "XX...", "XEU..." (i think) "XW..." .. as long as its stock.
About the test, now that Ive arrived home from scotland .. 300 miles (450km) south, I find the battery was draining quicker under LPW GSM, so I re-booted the phone and its slightly better, so something to consider.. when travelling a decent distance maybe you should reboot your phone and "Logon" to your lockal area cell/mast.
Frankenstein is a ROM made of parts of different stock ROMs. e.g. you take ROM which was released for some other region and change CSC files with the ones taken from ROM released for your region (to keep your product code). People do all kind of mixtures of kernels, modems and CSC files taken from different stock ROMs. this way you make ROM that fits you best and the same time you don't void your guarantee. Only thing that gets lost is kies/fota updates.
Talking about modem and traveling, it may be true. I live in the place on the edge of signals (one room 2G, another one 3G) and have lot of problems with home network. When I use 3G, LPW is doing great job keeping me on this signal but changes networks a lot and this way drains battery. LPS had different behavior, it was going into 2G mode in order to keep my home network rather than changing network in order to keep 3G signal. maybe the same counts when you travel - changing networks uses more battery. Anyway, there is more to it - even in 2G mode and fixed network, modem is using little bit more battery but my signal is much much stronger.
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Hello!
I've searched for help on some threads and got no answer yet.. so I'm creating a new one, to see if i can finally find someone to help me!
Here is my problem:
Since 2 days ago, after flash a new version of the rom I use (I know this may have been caused by the updated, thats why I downgraded to check, and still got the problem), I noticed a battery drain. My phone loss 10% charge overnight(10h +-), on 100% deep sleep time (according to BetterBatteryStats) with everything off, including Wi-Fi, GPS, Mobile Data, 2G network, no apps running, etc. I searched for what was draining it, and found out that Cell Standby was active 100% of the time also. Did a search on BBS, and found out that 2 things were active, again, all the night: "No or Unknown Signal" and "No data conexion". Then, changed and tried some different modems. thinking that it was the problem (matching RILs also). I was wrong.. after testing 6-7 different modems, in all of them my phone still got the drain. After that, my last alternative was to think it was a carrier fault! Well, it wasn't.. Just bought 3 different carrier Chips to test all of them.. and yet, "No or Unknown Signal" , "No data conextion" and Cell Standby were there, in top of consumption list.
I hope someone can help me.. this drain is freaking me out, because before this issue, I was losing only 1-2% over night with Android 4.2.1!
Some info:
-Model: Int SGS3(gt-i9300);
-ROM: Latest CM10.1(4.2.1) kang by Temasek;
-Kernel: Temasek's Custom Kernel;
-Modem/Ril: XXELKC (matching);
-Carrier: TIM - Brasil (gsm = 1800);
Thanks for reading
lucas.viana said:
Hello!
I've searched for help on some threads and got no answer yet.. so I'm creating a new one, to see if i can finally find someone to help me!
Here is my problem:
Since 2 days ago, after flash a new version of the rom I use (I know this may have been caused by the updated, thats why I downgraded to check, and still got the problem), I noticed a battery drain. My phone loss 10% charge overnight(10h +-), on 100% deep sleep time (according to BetterBatteryStats) with everything off, including Wi-Fi, GPS, Mobile Data, 2G network, no apps running, etc. I searched for what was draining it, and found out that Cell Standby was active 100% of the time also. Did a search on BBS, and found out that 2 things were active, again, all the night: "No or Unknown Signal" and "No data conexion". Then, changed and tried some different modems. thinking that it was the problem (matching RILs also). I was wrong.. after testing 6-7 different modems, in all of them my phone still got the drain. After that, my last alternative was to think it was a carrier fault! Well, it wasn't.. Just bought 3 different carrier Chips to test all of them.. and yet, "No or Unknown Signal" , "No data conextion" and Cell Standby were there, in top of consumption list.
I hope someone can help me.. this drain is freaking me out, because before this issue, I was losing only 1-2% over night with Android 4.2.1!
Some info:
-Model: Int SGS3(gt-i9300);
-ROM: Latest CM10.1(4.2.1) kang by Temasek;
-Kernel: Temasek's Custom Kernel;
-Modem/Ril: XXELKC (matching);
-Carrier: TIM - Brasil (gsm = 1800);
Thanks for reading
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Problem solved.. Just reporting here, someone may need ^-^
Here's what I did (ofc I don't really know this whole process is necessary, but it worked):
1. Mega Wipe Script (Formats the whole internal sd card; BE CAREFUL);
2. Flash stock 4.0.4 rom;
3. Wipe Data/Factory Reset;
4. Flash CM10.1;
5. Discharged the phone completely (untill it doesn't boot anymore);
6. Charged the phone to 100%;
7. Yet with the AC plugged in, deletted batterystats.bin;
8. Turn the phone off;
9. Unplug the cable;
10. Boot phone :good:
This thing about deleting the batterystats.bin is not to calibrate battery, because it only containts data about processes and their battery consumption.
Was just a way to fix a wrong value the phone was getting from the Cell Standby, idk if the fix is there ^-^
Peace.
Basically two days is not long enough to recalibrate or test a battery .
jje
Hello!
I've searched for help on some threads and got no answer yet.. so I'm creating a new one, to see if i can finally find someone to help me!
Here is my problem:
Since 2 days ago, after flash a new version of the rom I use (I know this may have been caused by the updated, thats why I downgraded to check, and still got the problem), I noticed a battery drain. My phone loss 10% charge overnight(10h +-), on 100% deep sleep time (according to BetterBatteryStats) with everything off, including Wi-Fi, GPS, Mobile Data, 2G network, no apps running, etc. I searched for what was draining it, and found out that Cell Standby was active 100% of the time also. Did a search on BBS, and found out that 2 things were active, again, all the night: "No or Unknown Signal" and "No data conexion". Then, changed and tried some different modems. thinking that it was the problem (matching RILs also). I was wrong.. after testing 6-7 different modems, in all of them my phone still got the drain. After that, my last alternative was to think it was a carrier fault! Well, it wasn't.. Just bought 3 different carrier Chips to test all of them.. and yet, "No or Unknown Signal" , "No data conextion" and Cell Standby were there, in top of consumption list.
I hope someone can help me.. this drain is freaking me out, because before this issue, I was losing only 1-2% over night with Android 4.2.1!
Some info:
-Model: Int SGS3(gt-i9300);
-ROM: Latest CM10.1(4.2.1) kang by Temasek;
-Kernel: Temasek's Custom Kernel (CM10.1 stock kernel + up to date linux stuff + OC/UV hability);
-Modem/Ril: XXELKC (matching);
-Carrier: TIM - Brasil (gsm = 1800);
Thanks for reading
lucas.viana said:
Hello!
I've searched for help on some threads and got no answer yet.. so I'm creating a new one, to see if i can finally find someone to help me!
Here is my problem:
Since 2 days ago, after flash a new version of the rom I use (I know this may have been caused by the updated, thats why I downgraded to check, and still got the problem), I noticed a battery drain. My phone loss 10% charge overnight(10h +-), on 100% deep sleep time (according to BetterBatteryStats) with everything off, including Wi-Fi, GPS, Mobile Data, 2G network, no apps running, etc. I searched for what was draining it, and found out that Cell Standby was active 100% of the time also. Did a search on BBS, and found out that 2 things were active, again, all the night: "No or Unknown Signal" and "No data conexion". Then, changed and tried some different modems. thinking that it was the problem (matching RILs also). I was wrong.. after testing 6-7 different modems, in all of them my phone still got the drain. After that, my last alternative was to think it was a carrier fault! Well, it wasn't.. Just bought 3 different carrier Chips to test all of them.. and yet, "No or Unknown Signal" , "No data conextion" and Cell Standby were there, in top of consumption list.
I hope someone can help me.. this drain is freaking me out, because before this issue, I was losing only 1-2% over night with Android 4.2.1!
Some info:
-Model: Int SGS3(gt-i9300);
-ROM: Latest CM10.1(4.2.1) kang by Temasek;
-Kernel: Temasek's Custom Kernel (CM10.1 stock kernel + up to date linux stuff + OC/UV hability);
-Modem/Ril: XXELKC (matching);
-Carrier: TIM - Brasil (gsm = 1800);
Thanks for reading
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Problem solved.. Just reporting here, someone may need ^-^
Here's what I did (ofc I don't really know this whole process is necessary, but it worked):
1. Mega Wipe Script (Formats the whole internal sd card; BE CAREFUL);
2. Flash stock 4.0.4 rom;
3. Wipe Data/Factory Reset;
4. Flash CM10.1;
5. Discharged the phone completely (untill it doesn't boot anymore);
6. Charged the phone to 100%;
7. Yet with the AC plugged in, deletted batterystats.bin;
8. Turn the phone off;
9. Unplug the cable;
10. Boot phone
This thing about deleting the batterystats.bin is not to calibrate battery, because it only containts data about processes and their battery consumption.
Was just a way to fix a wrong value the phone was getting from the Cell Standby, idk if the fix is there ^-^
Peace.
Just got my new Redmi Note 3 Pro (kenzo) last week. Decided to jump onto a custom ROM after using MIUI for a few days. Here's what I've done:
1. Official bootloader unlocked
2. Installed alka TWRP
3. Wipe all partitions
4. Installed CM13 Radios.zip , then installed official CM13 ROM + OpenGapps + SuperSU
Booted into the ROM fine, used it for a few days and everything works well (including fingerprint). Problem is, I keep getting orange/yellow/red signal bars under battery stats. It's not constantly either. If I leave the phone at the same spot, the signal fluctuates between orange and light green constantly. The entire cellular network signal under my battery graph looks like a traffic light.
I'm not using LTE, just standard 3G. I get about -85db to ~91db, which is high. At the same spot on a different phone (also on 3G), I get about -75db (the lower the better). The thing is, on my kenzo, the signal bar is usually full or almost full, so I don't understand why the signal is so bad. So I thought, maybe I just need to flash another radio/modem. I then took the official MIUI 7.x ROM and flashed the NON-HLOS.bin via fastboot, but the result is still the same.
I've tested a different ROM as well, but same result. I don't seem to have any issues with call qualities and battery seems to be OK and unaffected by this. Not sure if it's a bug (unlikely, as I've tested both a CM and AOSP ROM), or perhaps an issue with the modem/radios or more likely a hardware fault with my phone? Someone else reported this issue as well, but apparently it works fine for them on ZephyrOS or something (I haven't tested this).
I must also point out that while I was on stock MIUI, I don't see any bad signals on my phone. It's always green.
Anyone?
Hi, I'm the one who posted it works on Zephyr. But it doesn't, actually. I solved this problem by putting it on airplane mode, waiting ~10secs and the problem stops(mostly, if it didn't, try again). You can check in *#*#4636#*#*, it doesn't drop to -113dBm. I thought it might not drain battery but I'm on ressurection remixed and there's a phone idle drain of about 131mAh.
Hi mate, thanks for your reply.
I've noticed that as well, tried putting it in airplane mode and then back to normal mode, the signal seems to be a lot more stable. My phone has never went to -113dBm though, just averaging high -80dbm ~ -95dbm. I've noticed that if you hold the phone with your left hand, the signal is much better. I think this may be similar to iPhone 4's signalgate issue, where the modem chip/band is sitting at a bad spot that is blocked depending on how you hold the phone. Disappointing to be honest.....but anyway, signal seems to be stable so far on the leaked 5.1 Qualcomm AOSP ROM. Same thing on MIUI.
Update:
BTW, it's not just the phone signal, even GPS is affected as well. When I'm inside buildings, I can't get any GPS signal at all using Device Only. If I select High Accuracy (which uses GPS and WiFi for fetching signals), I can then lock on a signal. In other words, the Device Only option (which solely relies on GPS itself) will fail when I'm inside buildings. This tells me that the chip for fetching phone and GPS signals is either crap, or that Xiaomi has packaged them in a bad layout design or position within the phone. It doesn't matter what ROM I try, the result is the same. Even using apps like FasterGPS (which downloads the gps.conf file for your country) doesn't help.
However, it's not really a big deal. I can get a lock on the GPS signal inside buildings if I use High Accuracy. Once a signal is locked, I can then switch back to Device Only and GPS will continue to work. Also, when I'm outside of the building, I can get a fast lock on using Device Only straight away, so it's not really a problem. It's just that compared to my Galaxy S5 (a 2 year old phone), the Redmi Note 3 doesn't seem much better. I know it's a budget phone, but the specs of the phone should be a lot better than my 2 year old S5.
One last thing I should point out is that the building I'm in isn't a big building with multiple floors. It's actually a small house and I get about -75dbm for my phone signal. So it's not like I'm in a bad spot with no reception. GPS just doesn't work well when you're inside a house/building on this phone.
Hello everyone,
I come with a problem that I've been having for two months now: every custom ROM I have installed (unofficial LOS13, LOS14.1, Omni 7.1, RR) has a huge battery drain of about 4-5% per hour in idle state if it's using data. It's 3G HSPA+ with the signal being mostly on the green side, mind you. This is not a problem of the battery itself, because I have switched back to MIUI and the idle battery drain is reasonable (around 2% every three or four hours). It doesn't seem to be a deep sleep problem either, as wakelock detectors have detected the phone in deep sleep and I've even used ForceDoze. I also turn off most sync options by default.
The problem seems to come when I install those ROMs with either GApps or MicroG; the battery stats show Google/MicroG Services making this huge battery drain and it's attributed to it being Mobile Radio Active.
I have tried submitting a bug report to LOS14.1's bug tracker a month and a half ago, but I've got no response at all from the maintainer, only people mentioning they have the same problem. The developer of the Radon kernel also tried to help, but in the end it seemed like this problem may not have to do with the kernel (tried his kernel on MIUI and there was no drain, but I got drain in any Custom ROMs with it, same as any Custom ROM default kernel).
I've tried everything I can think of, but I'm at a loss of what to do. I'd like to stay far away from MIUI, but at the same time I don't want to have to charge my battery every day with a very light usage. Can anyone with some technical knowledge help?
Thanks
EDIT: Should add that I've done the tests with no other app installed besides the default ones plus Open GApps Pico/MicroG.
1% every two hours isn't good either, maybe your carrier doesn't have fast dormancy and that's why you get battery drain. Might be a long shot but worth trying to disable it.
Can't help with how to do it though since I didn't look into it.
vkass said:
1% every two hours isn't good either, maybe your carrier doesn't have fast dormancy and that's why you get battery drain. Might be a long shot but worth trying to disable it.
Can't help with how to do it though since I didn't look into it.
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Well, MIUI is kinda very bloated, and I'm using dual SIM (GSM connection to the second one), so to me it seems normal it has drain when there's so much stuff waking the device up. Anyway, I'm trying the disabled fast dormancy now on RR, but it seems like the mobile radio is still very active during doze (although it seems to me to be a bit less active than with it on). It's just a bit, but thanks for the help!
I have the exact same problem the standby time for me is great but the battery life is bad when I use my phone (SOT) with or without 3G/4G or wifi on
I'm on RR
Nowowo said:
Well, MIUI is kinda very bloated, and I'm using dual SIM (GSM connection to the second one), so to me it seems normal it has drain when there's so much stuff waking the device up. Anyway, I'm trying the disabled fast dormancy now on RR, but it seems like the mobile radio is still very active during doze (although it seems to me to be a bit less active than with it on). It's just a bit, but thanks for the help!
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I think atm android is reporting play services drain wrongly.
Mine shows play services kept the device awake for 2 hours but GSam shows play services held it for 47 seconds and total is 42 minutes, at least half of it was Bluetooth streaming.
So use GSam and maybe bbs to figure out what's going on and if mobile radio drains too much.
vkass said:
I think atm android is reporting play services drain wrongly.
Mine shows play services kept the device awake for 2 hours but GSam shows play services held it for 47 seconds and total is 42 minutes, at least half of it was Bluetooth streaming.
So use GSam and maybe bbs to figure out what's going on and if mobile radio drains too much.
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Well, the battery drain is definitely there, and it only happens when I install GApps (Open GApss Pico)/MicroG. Also, I've done these tests with no other app installed, so there's no other possible culprit that I see besides something from the system, which seems to be the case, as I only have the drain in custom ROMs and not official MIUI with Google stuff.
Nowowo said:
Well, the battery drain is definitely there, and it only happens when I install GApps (Open GApss Pico)/MicroG. Also, I've done these tests with no other app installed, so there's no other possible culprit that I see besides something from the system, which seems to be the case, as I only have the drain in custom ROMs and not official MIUI with Google stuff.
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Really bizarre you get drain even with microg, well sorry can't help anymore.
Nowowo said:
Well, the battery drain is definitely there, and it only happens when I install GApps (Open GApss Pico)/MicroG. Also, I've done these tests with no other app installed, so there's no other possible culprit that I see besides something from the system, which seems to be the case, as I only have the drain in custom ROMs and not official MIUI with Google stuff.
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@Nowowo
So I'm one of those which have this exact problem.
So I have two main theories about this problem:
1-I'm beginning to think that this is not related to some kind of bug that is in the custom rom's firmware, but to SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING in every custom rom, in every kernel and in every firmware later than a certain time, that was supposed to always stay in the phone from the factory condition.
This missing thing might be the DRIVERS for the MODEMS that drive the antenna in our cell, that connects to the carriers bands.
2-It might be that our cellular carriers are switching things around (like updating to 4g networks), and since our phone is not compatible with band 20 (800 mHz) our snartphone can't receive 3g as well as before.
So, for starting to organize a real troubleshoot guide for this big problem, we need to start with small steps.
The first maybe to ask each other (the ones who refer to this exact problem) some questions, for clearing the path of trouble shooting:
1-Which is the country where you live (approximately)?
2-What carrier do you have?
3-Have you ever unlocked the phone using the unofficial way?
.Carlocarnev2000: I live in Italy, I have coopvoce carrier (a vitual carrier under TIM networks, which are most powerful here in Italy), I have always unlocked the phone with the official way.
We can stay strong and find a way to solve this!
Nowowo said:
Well, MIUI is kinda very bloated, and I'm using dual SIM (GSM connection to the second one), so to me it seems normal it has drain when there's so much stuff waking the device up. Anyway, I'm trying the disabled fast dormancy now on RR, but it seems like the mobile radio is still very active during doze (although it seems to me to be a bit less active than with it on). It's just a bit, but thanks for the help!
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How did you disable fast dormancy? Can you please share the steps. Thank you
{s3rious} said:
How did you disable fast dormancy? Can you please share the steps. Thank you
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I have tried to disable fast dormancy too... But trust me, it will just reduce your battery drain a bit, but because it's a forced way to make the cell modem to connect always with the same frequencies without changing them. Fast dormancy these days is integrated in every phone and in every firmware, and it is a wide spread technology in all over the world. It is useless to try to disable it.
We need to find why this problem affects our phones.
Carlocarnev2000 said:
@Nowowo
So I'm one of those which have this exact problem.
So I have two main theories about this problem:
1-I'm beginning to think that this is not related to some kind of bug that is in the custom rom's firmware, but to SOMETHING THAT IS MISSING in every custom rom, in every kernel and in every firmware later than a certain time, that was supposed to always stay in the phone from the factory condition.
This missing thing might be the DRIVERS for the MODEMS that drive the antenna in our cell, that connects to the carriers bands.
2-It might be that our cellular carriers are switching things around (like updating to 4g networks), and since our phone is not compatible with band 20 (800 mHz) our snartphone can't receive 3g as well as before.
So, for starting to organize a real troubleshoot guide for this big problem, we need to start with small steps.
The first maybe to ask each other (the ones who refer to this exact problem) some questions, for clearing the path of trouble shooting:
1-Which is the country where you live (approximately)?
2-What carrier do you have?
3-Have you ever unlocked the phone using the unofficial way?
.Carlocarnev2000: I live in Italy, I have coopvoce carrier (a vitual carrier under TIM networks, which are most powerful here in Italy), I have always unlocked the phone with the official way.
We can stay strong and find a way to solve this!
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I agree with your point 1, maybe Xiaomi added something to their official ROM that custom ROMs are missing. As for 2, that should be a problem only with 4G in Europe, I believe, but it happens to me in 3G with voice over LTE disabled and the connection option being one of those that don't have 4G.
As for the questions, I'm from Western Europe, my carrier uses band 900 for 3G (Orange), which is the only connection I use and my phone has been officially unlocked.
{s3rious} said:
How did you disable fast dormancy? Can you please share the steps. Thank you
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I just edited the build.prop to add a line about it (don't have my phone at hand right now), but in the end it doesn't seem to really help with battery life.
Nowowo said:
I agree with your point 1, maybe Xiaomi added something to their official ROM that custom ROMs are missing. As for 2, that should be a problem only with 4G in Europe, I believe, but it happens to me in 3G with voice over LTE disabled and the connection option being one of those that don't have 4G.
As for the questions, I'm from Western Europe, my carrier uses band 900 for 3G (Orange), which is the only connection I use and my phone has been officially unlocked.
I just edited the build.prop to add a line about it (don't have my phone at hand right now), but in the end it doesn't seem to really help with battery life.
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It is definetily the fault of the modem drivers that are baked in every single rom.
It maybe that our modem antenna in our device is different (by version or manufacturer) and that the drivers right for our antenna are missing. @Nowowo @{s3rious}Where did you buy your kenzo's from?
I personally bought it from Gearbest almost a year ago (20/07/2016).
I'm doing some research on the antenna versions...
Oh I forgot to mention, firmware from official roms suck.
That's the one posted in official Los thread too.
I extracted the firmware from a Xiaomi. Eu rom and got a more stable signal, maybe it will solve the drain.
vkass said:
Oh I forgot to mention, firmware from official roms suck.
That's the one posted in official Los thread too.
I extracted the firmware from a Xiaomi. Eu rom and got a more stable signal, maybe it will solve the drain.
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Yeah I think that, since we live in europe, and the developers live in eastern and western countries (like arabia and america), they have totally forgotten our device from europe, and they stopped putting in the right versions of drivers for europe.
@vkass But the point is: since TheStrix's firmware is extracted directly from the xiaomi global developer firmware without any changes.
This all means that the official Xiaomi firmware has forgotten the european users!
So now we have to tell TheStrix to somehow include the firmware from Xiaomi.eu into his version, so that in the future it will be integrated and we will not have the need to flash the one from xiaomi.eu.
Carlocarnev2000 said:
Yeah I think that, since we live in europe, and the developers live in eastern and western countries (like arabia and america), they have totally forgotten our device from europe, and they stopped putting in the right versions of drivers for europe.
@vkass But the point is: since TheStrix's firmware is extracted directly from the xiaomi global developer firmware without any changes.
This all means that the official Xiaomi firmware has forgotten the european users!
So now we have to tell TheStrix to somehow include the firmware from Xiaomi.eu into his version, so that in the future it will be integrated and we will not have the need to flash the one from xiaomi.eu.
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Or you can just make it yourself, here is what I use:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B07L1gEMBKWCMkZvLUNBZnlBYUE
vkass said:
Oh I forgot to mention, firmware from official roms suck.
That's the one posted in official Los thread too.
I extracted the firmware from a Xiaomi. Eu rom and got a more stable signal, maybe it will solve the drain.
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Carlocarnev2000 said:
Yeah I think that, since we live in europe, and the developers live in eastern and western countries (like arabia and america), they have totally forgotten our device from europe, and they stopped putting in the right versions of drivers for europe.
@vkass But the point is: since TheStrix's firmware is extracted directly from the xiaomi global developer firmware without any changes.
This all means that the official Xiaomi firmware has forgotten the european users!
So now we have to tell TheStrix to somehow include the firmware from Xiaomi.eu into his version, so that in the future it will be integrated and we will not have the need to flash the one from xiaomi.eu.
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I don't think that is the problem. I did one of my installs over a xiaomi.eu ROM and it stayed the same. Also, my signal is practically the same both in MIUI and LOS (as per *#*#4636#*#* phone command). It stays in the green side, don't listen to the signal bar thing because in MIUI it requires less signal strength than on LOS to show a full bar.
If it were something from the bundled firmware, I believe it would affect the official ROM, but it doesn't. I think it is the ROM, that maybe can't make full use of the firmware or is missing something.
As for me, I bought my phone off some aliexpress shop with good rating around 8 months ago.
Nowowo said:
I don't think that is the problem. I did one of my installs over a xiaomi.eu ROM and it stayed the same. Also, my signal is practically the same both in MIUI and LOS (as per *#*#4636#*#* phone command). It stays in the green side, don't listen to the signal bar thing because in MIUI it requires less signal strength than on LOS to show a full bar.
If it were something from the bundled firmware, I believe it would affect the official ROM, but it doesn't. I think it is the ROM, that maybe can't make full use of the firmware or is missing something.
As for me, I bought my phone off some aliexpress shop with good rating around 8 months ago.
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@Nowowo What I am trying to say is that the signal fluctuaitions are a bad bug that afflicts us european users that try to use custom roms as a whole. And it's because the official miui software lacks the support for europe. In fact now I'm on miui beta (global developer) 7.6.29 and the 3g signal reception is as bad as the one from the custom roms (if not worse).
The only ones that support in some way the our device (kenzo) at a european level is the xiaomi.eu team, in fact there not only the antenna sensitivity is improoved, but also the gps and the compass is optimized for our satellites far better.
What I am trying to say is that the official xiaomi software leaves out on the most important parts such as those said before.
If it isn't at firmware level what is it then?
@vkass I'll try the latest xiaomi.eu firmware.
I bought the device from HonorBuy. So you think that it has something to do with the firmware. Have you seen any improvements after you flashed xiaomi eu firmware?
{s3rious} said:
I bought the device from HonorBuy. So you think that it has something to do with the firmware. Have you seen any improvements after you flashed xiaomi eu firmware?
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Now I'm on holiday for one week! When I will be back I will try vkass's firmware and xiaomi.eu firmware and do some tests!
Can you upload those firmwares online, or share the steps how to export them from rom?