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I-Mate turns ON by itself

Well,
Aside of the comatose battery life that this device has, to which one gets used after a while, now I had something new happening! While whatching the device on a table during a meeting, I was suprised to see it turn on by itself! NO, No alarms, or incomming calls, task reminders or the like. It just went on, and back off after the time set on the battery settings! I checked the settings, soft reset the device, and nothing. It seems to turn on and off every 3 to 5 minutes! This will cause battery life to drain even faster! Does anyone have a clue????
Cheers
Mceitlin

Probably it is a issue with ActiveSync on your pocket pc.
Try to have a look into ActiveSynch menu:START-Activesync-options and change Mobile schedule,etc..
Regards,
Ser

Thanks, but I already tried this. I even disabled all synching and nothing seems to solve this issue! It is anoying as it drains battery even faster ! Any other suggestion ?

join the club mate if you look around youll see a fairly big thread about it and btw its nothing to do with activesync its the phone itself lol

MCEITLIN said:
Thanks, but I already tried this. I even disabled all synching and nothing seems to solve this issue! It is anoying as it drains battery even faster ! Any other suggestion ?
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Do you have Spb Pocket Plus installed? If so, check the version. I had version 2.0 build 1178 installed and I noticed that my XDA II would just power on by itself every so often. It got to the point that the battery was being drained very fast for the PDA to be useful for a day. I also noticed that an entry is added in the notification database every so often. It has an application name of PlusReminder.exe.
I sent a technical query to Spb and they advised me to download the latest copy of Pocket Plus. I did. I now have version 2.0 build 1184 installed, and now, the notification database problem is gone. Also, even though the device still turns itself on once in a while, it's no longer as bad as before. It's back to being useful again as the battery can now last for a day.
Hope this helps.

I checked everything I had installed. Almost no 3rd party software other than Staralliance timetable, and pocket TV. No SBP or any other software mentioned on the threads to be causng any trouble. I then went over every single move I made over the past 3 days trying to remember what I had changed... Tadaaaa!!! I forgot I run spritesoftware's Sprite BackUP, which by the way I highly recommend! I had set the battery monitor to back up automatically when the battery reaches the 30% treshold. Indeed, the momet I UNchecked that option, it stopped!!!! :lol:

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thanks for helps

thanks for helps

thanks for helps

freemanquna said:
do any one know which radio is stable and consume less energy?
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I'll leave it to others to give advice on which radio to use. It might be worth installing danielherrero's (one of our own developers) bandswitch application http://www.commmgrpro.com/ You could use this to limit phone to certain bands only with an easy interface. Would allow you to check out exactly what is causing the drain on battery.
Mike

thanks for helps

Sorry, got me stumped. So with no radios on the consumption is double that when wifi is on!!
Let's see if anyone else has any suggestions.
Mike

infinite loop perhaps??
What ROM/Radio versions are you running? EDIT:: seen the ROMs, perhaps try updating to a newer dopod ROM??
Also what 3rd party apps have you got installed??
(RESCO was a ***** for doing this to my TyTN)

the exact same thing happens to me. i've charged it completely, it obviously got really hot. usually at this point, i would take out the battery and let it cool off before turning the phone on, otherwise it would get even hotter and eat 300+ mA and drain the battery fast. this time i opened the wi-fi connection and immediately the battery status dropped from 332 mA to 130, and stayed down there. the phone even cooled down a bit. after i've turned off the wi-fi, it started draining and heating again. what can i do? is it a software or hardware problem? i'm using schaps 4.31, 1.47.30.10, have google maps, palringo, opera, tcpmp installed

I have the same behavior, too.
But not yesterday evening. After restarted it for the xxx time it staid at 28mA. This was so until I left the train in the morning. It went up to 347mA and I am not able to get it back to 28.
I am using the default HTC ROM "HTC_TyTN_GER_3.54.257.2_103_6275_1.47.00.10_108".
I also tried several other ROMS (Schaps, Pays ...) and different radio versions as "HERM_Radinly_1.16.00.00_CustomRUU", "HERM_Radinly_1.47.00.00_CustomRUU", "HERM_Radinly_1.47.00.10_CustomRUU", "HERM_Radinly_1.47.30.10_CustomRUU" and "HERM_Radinly_1.54.30.10_CustomRUU"
but none of them helped me out.
I also done the Exchange Server trick, deactivated 3G and even deactivated all GPRS or EDGE possibilities from provider side.
demichef

Phone gets hot
Hi,
I am not an expert but I had the same problem with my phone, I solved the problem by moving some software I had on my storage card to the internal memory, (in my case it was the encryption and additional language support software I had)
Another way is to look for the Power management tweak in this forum which helps to manage your storage cards power draining,
Sound strange but it worked for me.
Good luck

Hi,
the new battery has arrived.
There is no change in battery draining
What I recognized is, that if the battery is "cold" the power consumtion is around 28mA. But after a call it is getting warm and uses 10 time so much of power.
Please don't laugh now:
I put the battery inside my freezer for 5 minutes. Put it back inside the mobile ...
... 28mA.
If I keep it cold it stays fine for 3 days.
There must be any solution on that.
demichef

Battery Status?

Has anyone gotten Battery Status beta or .04 running on the mogul? I am having EXTREME difficulty. It says in settings that it is on the today screen and yet its not. Any help would be super!!

I'm using the beta with no issues...
I've found that you need to go into your today settings and turn it off and then back on maybe?
Make sure that you are using the beta...I have found that it works well with our moguls and WM6 specifically.

werd>?
the ext beta? mine freezes and and i have to soft reset like 3 times and then just let it sit with no battery in. and thats another thing, why is the f***ing battery so huge? my wizard batt is like 1/2 the size. crazy htc.
thanks for the response.

theblackhandx said:
the ext beta? mine freezes and and i have to soft reset like 3 times and then just let it sit with no battery in. and thats another thing, why is the f***ing battery so huge? my wizard batt is like 1/2 the size. crazy htc.
thanks for the response.
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I know, I used to have a wizard too. the battery is huge on the mogul.
I am specifically using the 1.0.4.023 beta4 build 0219. I think that's the extbeta, but not sure offhand.
The reason your setup is freezing is probably because you turned on too many indicators. I haven't quite put my finger on which one causes it, but I suspect it's the wifi rows indicator. I currently only have the cpu utilization and the power drain indicators on, but it did used to freeze if I turned on all of them. Try those two and you should be just fine.
Also, when I used this on the wizard, the new versions of the beta caused a huge memory leak with wm6, but this version has been working really well for me the past month that I have had it on. Since removing the sddaemon and htc_guardian startup links as suggested in one of the other threads on here, I don't notice the memory leak I was having anymore.
We just need a new rom

i turned everything off but cpu and power drain still froze the crap out of itself. so let it sit for ten minutes and try again. uninstalled battery status. and voila soft reset no freeze. but i will try it again with sddaemon and htc_guardian removed.

Diamond II Battery life

I recently upgraded to the Diamond 2 and I love the handset, but every other morning when wake up there is a msg saying opera performed a illegal operation and stopped working (or something similar ) or the battery has just run down during the night.
This morning I caught it just before it shut down, the power button switches the screen on and off, but nothing is updated (Time 0:12) And after reset the battery is a critical. I charged the handset at 15:00 yesterday.
Does anybody know if this is a known issue?

Well do you have turned Wifi or BT ON whole night?
What rom and radio are you using?
As I understand you left some programs in background running. Like opera. What else?

ROM version 2.17.421.1 (68613)
Radio 4.49.25.17
Opera never really closes. (want to use a cab file to disable it, but don't know if i should)
BT and WIFI not running.
I don't have any other applications running in the background that I am aware of. Haven't really installed anything. Except phone weaver. And GPS software

Well and how much power it has when You go to sleep?
If I charge at the morning I got battery sucked at the afternoon because I am using it as work tool.
But If I have 20% at the evening I got about 10% morning.
I use Energy Leo rom, radio same as You. At night I have only g-alarm in the background.

savagezaing said:
ROM version 2.17.421.1 (68613)
Radio 4.49.25.17
Opera never really closes. (want to use a cab file to disable it, but don't know if i should)
BT and WIFI not running.
I don't have any other applications running in the background that I am aware of. Haven't really installed anything. Except phone weaver. And GPS software
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Stop Opera running in background:
Change:
HKLM\\Software\HTC\PushInternetEngine\Enable
1--->0

Use TD2 tools 3, go to Performance Tab, disable push internet. It will prevent Opera to activate, but also will stop updating internet pages if you have select these options. This will keep your battery alive longer also.

Possible soluition to fix 60mA: Enable GPS and wait for full sync

Hi friends.
I found the following coincedence.
When I install new build aparently CurrentWindget shows 60mA in stand by and no way to fix it to 5-7mA as it should be.
The solution which helps me to fix it is the following:
- enable GPS module in settings
- open Maps and wait for it to find where you are located
- go back to homescreen and put phone to stand by
It should be fixed now to 5-7mA current.
Hope it will help everyone.

I can even leave GPS module on all the time after that - standby current stays at 5-7mA level.

hlvl said:
I can even leave GPS module on all the time after that - standby current stays at 5-7mA level.
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Very strange, but very cool if it works for you! I will give it a shot next time I see high battery drain. Thanks for sharing, it will help at least one other person if it helps you.

I've also found that switching Bluetooth off, then back on again, fixes this 60mA drain !

Common misconception: leaving GPS enabled in settings doesn't leave the GPS chip on the whole time. It just means that an app can enable it when it needs to (e.g. when you open Maps). As long as there's no GPS icon in your status bar, it doesn't drain *any* battery.
OT: that trick would be way faster than rebooting! Gonna try if it works for me too.

Really strange solution for this issue. I have the same problem but for this moment have drain about 5mA after quick boot with dualbootloader (wait time 3sec for Android load). For this moment 5mA in standby mode - with any enabled comm modules (WiFi,Bluetooth,GPS).

My experince of fixing the problem(temporary) is not using taskkiller too often, but it not always works

Curarpikt said:
My experince of fixing the problem(temporary) is not using taskkiller too often, but it not always works
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Don't ever use your task killer again, it only causes problems.

Tried the above however no sucess..........please check out my post and tell me what you think
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857606&highlight=battery+wifi
I'm getting better battery life with wifi on

StephanV said:
Don't ever use your task killer again, it only causes problems.
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Why? I use it a lot...

To solve 60mA problem, each time you want to boot android:
1) when you are in windows mobile, lock the phone and turn the screen off by press end call button
2) wait few seconds and press it again to turn on screen
3) you see lock screen, unlock your phone
4) after that boot your android quickly within 10 seconds! (you can do it by creat shortcut of android on your home sceen)
I test it and solve problem for me on both mccm and mdeejay builds!

Phantoml337 said:
Why? I use it a lot...
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It was discussed hunderd of times. You dont need to free up mem in android 2.x
It has already a memory management built inside.
The only reason to use a task killer is to close an app that hangs or not properly close itself.
If you continue to kill your processes and backround apps just to free up ram, you will definitively drain more battery becaouse some of that apps will just load again automatically from SD or, when you open again one of them, it needs to load again from SD.

rafpigna said:
It was discussed hunderd of times. You dont need to free up mem in android 2.x
It has already a memory management built inside.
The only reason to use a task killer is to close an app that hangs or not properly close itself.
If you continue to kill your processes and backround apps just to free up ram, you will definitively drain more battery becaouse some of that apps will just load again automatically from SD or, when you open again one of them, it needs to load again from SD.
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Exactly. And apps not closing properly is still not an excuse for using it. If the app is bad uninstall it or mail the dev to fixit, but don't go around screwing stuff up with a task killer.

Phantoml337 said:
Why? I use it a lot...
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Me to....i use 2!
Autokiller on agressive,and a taskkiller....never troubles with drain etc

Or everyone check my signiture for my thread on battery drain solution

I think the OP is really onto something here. I tried this trick & my drain has gone from a steady 55-65mA down to around 5. I'm impressed!

Just one question, those of you that having issues with battery drain what WM do u use? I've recently had a problem on my HD2 (no USB) and i installed a stock ROM. Before i had the VBN Droid Reloaded 2 and with Mdeejay kernel current widget never showed me values above 300mA (witch i believe i only saw that value 1 time). Usually i'd get from 1-2mA to 250mA tops. Now i'll never go below 60mA and i've seen the record of 600mA. Today it drain me from 95% to 35% in about 2 hours. A bit too much for my taste...

I always find if you boot Android with Win Mo fully booted, it's over 60mA, but if I use Exceller Dual Boot to boot Android before Win Mo has finished loading, then it's 5-6mA.

Yea man task_killer - problem

Everything is working for me fine, i am using futureShocks MIUI build, the only thing is when i switch on bluetooth, my battery drain is about 60-80 mAh without bluetooth i have 3-6 mAh... no task killer, no setcpu, with other builds like mdeejays sense roms this problem is not !?
Everyone an idea how to solve the problem ?