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Full battery drain in just 6hrs!

Battery drain in just 6hrs, 2.2.1 JPY XEU. (while idle overnight), phone was turned off in the morning from 100% before going to bed. (completly drained)
Voodoo kernal with voodoo lagfix/sound.
Ive done a full wipe and installed only the apps from the market (not installed any of my gameloft games)
Not sure yet if this has fixed it but...
Is there Any app i can use to see what the trouble is?
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Constant seeking WiFi may be the problem .
jje

Went into settings and it says scanning... Every 5-10secs or so.
And how do i fix it?
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Just installed darkyys and its still scsnning even though im connected to my home wifi
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Try the APP "Green Power" from market, it turns off wifi automatically when not in use, plus lot other power saving features.
I too have the same experience previously. now this App helps me a lot.

HellBoyX2 said:
Try the APP "Green Power" from market, it turns off wifi automatically when not in use, plus lot other power saving features.
I too have the same experience previously. now this App helps me a lot.
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I never had this constant scanning before, how do i fix it?
Flash a rom with the.3 files?
Im lost ... No idea why its doing it
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chrisjcks said:
Went into settings and it says scanning... Every 5-10secs or so.
And how do i fix it?
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Sorry to jump in but can you tell me where you found this, I have gone into settings wifi but cannat see it anywhere

If you have disabled GPS and Bluetooth read the following, if not do so and come back^^
1. Go into battery stats and look out for anomalies
2. let your phone run out of power and shut down by itself, if the drain does not change significantly after that.
3. think about your installed apps. chat apps like skype and facebook are evil battery eating bastards.
4. check out whether your modem fits your region
5. Reflash the kernel

theduckking said:
If you have disabled GPS and Bluetooth read the following, if not do so and come back^^
1. Go into battery stats and look out for anomalies
2. let your phone run out of power and shut down by itself, if the drain does not change significantly after that.
3. think about your installed apps. chat apps like skype and facebook are evil battery eating bastards.
4. check out whether your modem fits your region
5. Reflash the kernel
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how to know to best modem that feet my region please ? i have have tried many of them i all work fine but how to know the best one ?

I had sort of the same problem as well. I downloaded Android System Info and went in to tasks and killed com.seven.Z7.service, and that made it stop use my data transfer 100% of the time. Worth a shot? I think it's the SGS email client, that has been reported before as well. Weird cause I've got push email, but still...

Its definatly a wifi issue, i thought a full wipe AND and fresh rom flash would clear it - but no luck
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I just need a clue, wifi driver? Re-partition? Kernel issue?
Any developers know what could cause wifi to keep scanning when enabled?
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ive tried countless different roms and full wipes - ive heard of others having this issue on not only the galaxy s, but the galaxy tab and also HTC phones (a quick google search)
so, is this an android issue?
i refuse to believe that there isnt one developer on this forum, that doesn't know the answer and fix to this problem?

chrisjcks said:
ive tried countless different roms and full wipes - ive heard of others having this issue on not only the galaxy s, but the galaxy tab and also HTC phones (a quick google search)
so, is this an android issue?
i refuse to believe that there isnt one developer on this forum, that doesn't know the answer and fix to this problem?
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Easy Fix... (For the SGS anyway)
Go to... Menu>Wireless and network>Wi-Fi settings.
Uncheck "Network Notification"
Then tap the menu button (to the left of the home button) and tap "advanced"
Select "Wi Fi sleep policy" and set it to "When screen turns off"
Your battery life will improve drastically. Just drain the battery fully, and give it a full charge.
Let me know if this helps you.

Rom Kitchin build your own rom choose modem and csc .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
XWJS8_Wipe.zip, version: v9_9_5 ROM, coupled with a hardcore kernel and a jpx modem.
Wi Fi sleep policy" and set it to "When screen turns off"
= 4% battery drain overnight .
jje

electrotune1200 said:
Easy Fix... (For the SGS anyway)
Go to... Menu>Wireless and network>Wi-Fi settings.
Uncheck "Network Notification"
Then tap the menu button (to the left of the home button) and tap "advanced"
Select "Wi Fi sleep policy" and set it to "When screen turns off"
Your battery life will improve drastically. Just drain the battery fully, and give it a full charge.
Let me know if this helps you.
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It still keeps scanning for networks whilst im connected to my home wifi.
I dont want the wifi to disconnect when my screen goes off, i download and dont want it.switching to my data allowance just because the screeb turned off.
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Unchecking Menu>Wireless and network>Wi-Fi settings.>"Network Notification"
You get no scanning for open networks so maybe you stop to scan networks while associated.
I think this is a problem with the modem.bin try to flash other one maybe JPY, JPU or JPM

Can you please check in wi-settings and see if it keeps scanning every 5 seconds when already connected to wifi.
... It may be normal behaviour, but.i doubt it.
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chrisjcks said:
Can you please check in wi-settings and see if it keeps scanning every 5 seconds when already connected to wifi.
... It may be normal behaviour, but.i doubt it.
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I can confirm regular scanning when connected to Wi-Fi. I have never noticed this before. Interesting....
I am getting anywhere from 1 - 2.5 days out of my battery though.
Base ROM : XWJS8
Modem : XXJQ1
CSC : OPS

electrotune1200 said:
I can confirm regular scanning when connected to Wi-Fi. I have never noticed this before. Interesting....
I am getting anywhere from 1 - 2.5 days out of my battery though.
Base ROM : XWJS8
Modem : XXJQ1
CSC : OPS
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interesting.......
how regular, 3-5 seconds or so?

Save battery by keeping WI-FI alive...

This tip is one that seems counter-intuitive, but you can save a lot of wear and tear on your Android phone's battery if you tell it to keep the Wifi radio turned on and connected while the phone is sleeping. Your phone needs a lot of juice to keep pinging those cell towers, and even more to transmit data to and from them. Wifi radios use much less power because of their design, and they don't have to keep searching for a better access point. It's the way cellular data communication was designed, and it's a necessary evil.
But what if you're spending all day (or all evening) in one place, connected to Wifi? If you tell your phone to shut off Wifi when idle, it bounces back to cellular data (be it 2G, 3G, or 4G) and starts sucking down the electrons again when the screen shuts off. That's no good, and easy to fix:
Open the advanced Wifi settings by pressing the menu button, then Settings, Wireless & networks, Wi-Fi settings, and tapping the menu button again. You'll have a choice to either Scan, or go Advanced -- go Advanced.
Tap the Wi-Fi sleep policy entry, and you'll get a pop up dialog with the 3 choices. Choose Never.
Now even when your phone goes into standby mode, you'll stay connected to Wifi and be able to get mail and messages without turning the cell radio back on and trouncing your battery life. And for the times when you're not in an area with a Wifi connection, just shut Wifi off, either through the menu or with a handy toggle widget. Your battery will thank you for it.

If you're going to copy and paste directly from Android Central, the least you could do is give them credit.

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If you're going to copy and paste directly from Android Central, the least you could do is give them credit.
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i thought as much myself.

as far as i understand, this is useful if you also have and use internet from the carrier, so if you keep wifi on and use it rather than 3g, which uses more power, you will have lower battery consumption. but if you are not synchronizing data during night, by keeping all connections off, you will not need to keep wifi on, am i right?

kcaz said:
If you're going to copy and paste directly from Android Central, the least you could do is give them credit.
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Haha it was the "counter-intuitive" that gave it away right?
As soon as I came to those words I knew it was copy pasta!

Yeah I accept that I copy pasted from android central..... And also I am not taking any credit for that.. I am jst sharing it. It might cme usefull 4r sme1 aroundhere..
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I find that turning Data and WiFi off when not required is the simple solution .
jje

JJEgan said:
I find that turning Data and WiFi off when not required is the simple solution .
jje
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yep! during the night i do the same!
besides: the reason why OP got better battery with wifi turned on (when screen off) is that this avoids the android OS bug (suspend & event/0)...
with wifi turned of my battery life increased dramatically, switching data off additionally has only a minor effect then!

koolshubh said:
Yeah I accept that I copy pasted from android central..... And also I am not taking any credit for that.. I am jst sharing it. It might cme usefull 4r sme1 aroundhere..
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you are taking the credit by writing the post like its you , you should link your source and quote them not just post their post on a different website!!
yeah sure some may find it usefull but you should still do it properly and quote and link them

yea its writing down @ power save settings.

Just use JuiceDefender man. Will help you more than Android Central tips

This actually kills my battery since I have a d-link lol.

Disfected said:
This actually kills my battery since I have a d-link lol.
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You should try Cisco then
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This is the worst thing you can do in terms of battery life on SGS2, since this kicks the famous Android OS bug into high gear, especially on D-Link class routers. With wifi sleep set to never, my SGS2 loses around 10% an hour just sitting completely idle.

Mine was set to never as default.

aydc said:
This is the worst thing you can do in terms of battery life on SGS2, since this kicks the famous Android OS bug into high gear, especially on D-Link class routers. With wifi sleep set to never, my SGS2 loses around 10% an hour just sitting completely idle.
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How do I prevent Chromecast from stalling music when my Note 3's screen turns off?

It's been very bothersome. I did look on the web and found this thread about it, but there hasn't been an all-encompassing answer yet.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...lay-music-stopping-when-screen-turns-off.html

I don't appear to be running into this issue. Used Note 3 to start a freebie song on Google Music to play on Chromecast and it continues to play when Note 3 screen times out or when I hit the power button manually. If you've rooted/modified your Note 3 then you probably want to reflash back to stock to rule out any issues that were introduced.

This might be a really pointless suggestion, but as I don't use any of those I'll take a shot in the dark:
Does this setup use WiFi? If so, is WiFi set to disable during sleep?

Bump bump
Anyone a clue? (Evident causes are already ruled out). Regpon wifi KeepAlive app is a solution but it pretty much drains the battery.

Ha!! Just installed a new MK2 firmware ROM (Polish). Runs like a charm now. No issues.
EDIT: forget it. Worked the first time . A bit later .... crap, crap, crap....
With the faulty bluetooth connection with my carkit this is the worst device I've ever had... Next big thing turns out to be the next crappy thing for me...

appelflap said:
Ha!! Just installed a new MK2 firmware ROM (Polish). Runs like a charm now. No issues.
EDIT: forget it. Worked the first time . A bit later .... crap, crap, crap....
With the faulty bluetooth connection with my carkit this is the worst device I've ever had... Next big thing turns out to be the next crappy thing for me...
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Check under Wi-Fi -> Menu -> Advanced if you have "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" set to Always. That (and the resulting Note 3 behavior and power consumption) might also be heavily influence by some of the power-saving / special broadcasting done in your WiFi router/AP.

xclub_101 said:
Check under Wi-Fi -> Menu -> Advanced if you have "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" set to Always. That (and the resulting Note 3 behavior and power consumption) might also be heavily influence by some of the power-saving / special broadcasting done in your WiFi router/AP.
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Interesting, power-saving option in my router. What kind of parameters are you thinking about.
But do you have it working? Take a look at this forum thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...0-google-chromecast-note-3-disconnecting.html . This is a pain in the ass for a lot of users.

appelflap said:
Interesting, power-saving option in my router. What kind of parameters are you thinking about.
But do you have it working? Take a look at this forum thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...0-google-chromecast-note-3-disconnecting.html . This is a pain in the ass for a lot of users.
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I have no Chromecast yet, so I can not test that, but when those WiFi settings are set badly you either don't go to full sleep with the phone (and power consumption is large) or you go without the correct wake-up wifi stuff and then you miss radio packets.

xclub_101 said:
I have no Chromecast yet, so I can not test that, but when those WiFi settings are set badly you either don't go to full sleep with the phone (and power consumption is large) or you go without the correct wake-up wifi stuff and then you miss radio packets.
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Let's assume for simplicity that I literally tried everything on the Note when it comes to tweaking the WiFi setting (there's even a hidden settings menu, accessible by dialing *#0011#, in which you can set the WiFi Power saving off. That didn't work either).
So I know, theoretically you can speculate a lot but it won't help. There's something wrong with the Note or the play music app.
Sometimes the Play Music app force closes with a IllegalArgumentException, saying that a messagestream with namespace Ramp is already registered (that is definitely related to the chromecast API) . It happened a few times (very rarely though) when waking the device up when casting music via Chromecast.
But what was that about the Wifi router? What kind of parameters did you have in mind?

Same issue. All the settings on my phone are fine. Any other Chromecast supported app works regardless of my screen being on or off. WiFi on during sleep. Router configured properly... If I run Google Play Music from my desktop, and stream to my Chromecast I can play entire albums without a problem. On the phone, I can not. This is definitely a Note 3 problem.
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Save your Note 3 battery.

Source: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-note-3/862515-note-3-horrable-battery-life.html
1. Reboot daily, and do it when the phone is fully charged AND STILL ON THE CHARGER! Let it sit on the charger for a good five minutes so it goes through the whole boot process without taking any battery usage.
2. find the best (lowest) screen brightness you can live with and set that as your fixed screen brightness. Using Auto-brightness is NOT a good battery saver.
3. Active Apps Manager. I also put this right on the front screen. It's a little number inside a circle. The number is for how many apps are currently running in your phone's memory. The circle around the number turns colors from green to orange to red. If it's red then at least one of your running apps is using the cpu and therefore battery. If it's green then the apps are idle and not using much battery. You can press the button and it will show you what apps are open and what percentage of cpu is being used.
This little widget is invaluable in telling you which apps are notorious for using the cpu (and battery) even though you are not actively using them. It helps you understand which apps you need to kill off each time you use them. For instance I have found that almost all my news apps that have notifications activated will continued to run and eat battery. Also, my chess app, Chess.com. So now I just know to kill them off after I'm done using them.
4. Turn off wifi, bluetooth, gps, 4G, syncing and don't use any live wallpapers.
5. Enable Developer Options and check 'disable hardware overlays' and then 'enable MSAA' (automatically turned off on reboot)

Whats the point in having WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G if you're suggesting to turn it off?? Might want to think that part over again buddy lol

speedyjay said:
Whats the point in having WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G if you're suggesting to turn it off?? Might want to think that part over again buddy lol
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Off when you are not using them.
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Thats too simple

thahim said:
Off when you are not using them.
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You can still have them on....but turn scanning off. Seriously dude, i think you need to get to know android a bit better.

speedyjay said:
You can still have them on....but turn scanning off. Seriously dude, i think you need to get to know android a bit better.
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hardware uses battery power, when its on, even when not using it or its not scanning.

thahim said:
hardware uses battery power, when its on, even when not using it or its not scanning.
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No it really doesnt....how can it possibly use power when its not doing anything? With 4G and wifi on....i could easily get 2 days usage out of my device.

speedyjay said:
No it really doesnt....how can it possibly use power when its not doing anything? With 4G and wifi on....i could easily get 2 days usage out of my device.
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ok, i don't know about this.

Turn off the Nexus Player?

Hi,
How do you turn off the Nexus player? I can't find an option for it, I had to just switch off the power instead.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

kaznad said:
Hi,
How do you turn off the Nexus player? I can't find an option for it, I had to just switch off the power instead.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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There is no "off" on the Nexus Player, just like the Chromecast. It goes into a low powered standby mode after a few minutes, waiting for any Google Cast connections to wake it up and start playing (with HDMI-CEC enabled on TV or receiver, it'll automatically turn on, switch inputs, etc to start playing your cast immediately).

kaznad said:
Hi,
How do you turn off the Nexus player? I can't find an option for it, I had to just switch off the power instead.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Like @Elrondolio already mentioned, there is no "Power Off" feature (which I HATE!!!). However, you could look for some kind of switch that you could attach to the power adapter cord so that you don't have to unplug every time that you want to turn the device off...something like this: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1125 (though, I have no idea whether or not that specific cord actually will work...I'm just presenting the concept). I've done this with my raspberry pi and it's awesome!
Another option would be to plug the player into an outlet that is controlled by a light switch (which would be much nicer than the cord IMO).

bsara said:
Like @Elrondolio already mentioned, there is no "Power Off" feature (which I HATE!!!).
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I'm truly not trying to be confrontational here, simply curious: why do you hate that it's always on (in low power mode) so much?
To me, I see it no different than another phone or tablet in my home as it has nearly the exact same innards... all of my family's phones and tablets are on 24/7 as well, either on battery or charging on the mains. Having to boot up the box for a quick cast to show a quick video/trailer/etc to the family or start playing some music would be an inconvenience, I'd think, as having to wait for a receiver to boot its OS every time would be.
Again, simply curious as to your reasoning is all. Thanks!

Thanks everyone for your explanation.
I also have a Chromecast installed on my TV and I don't have any problem with it being always on WHEN my TV is turned on. However for the nexus player it will be truly always on unless you switch off the main.
I just got my nexus player yesterday so I dunno if it will be warm/hot if it's always on even when not in use. Anyway if it's not warm/hot if not in use then I've got no problem with it.
Thanks again everyone!

I've had my lean back launcher crash a few times, losing recommendations. It would be nice to have reboot

volwrath said:
I've had my lean back launcher crash a few times, losing recommendations. It would be nice to have reboot
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agreed, a reboot option would be nice. a 3rd party app can achieve this with root. such as: power menu

Elrondolio said:
I'm truly not trying to be confrontational here, simply curious: why do you hate that it's always on (in low power mode) so much?
To me, I see it no different than another phone or tablet in my home as it has nearly the exact same innards... all of my family's phones and tablets are on 24/7 as well, either on battery or charging on the mains. Having to boot up the box for a quick cast to show a quick video/trailer/etc to the family or start playing some music would be an inconvenience, I'd think, as having to wait for a receiver to boot its OS every time would be.
Again, simply curious as to your reasoning is all. Thanks!
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No worries about being confrontational, everybody has there own likes/dislikes...nothing wrong with that. Part of it is the made desire for efficiency that I have...why have something consuming power and bandwidth when it's not being used? Also, the amount of time that I and my family are using it is far less than the time that we aren't using it, if I was using it all day, I might not mind so much. Also, it's nice to do a reboot without unplugging the device, especially since I want to put it in a cabinet that is somewhat of a tight space. But, probably one of the biggest things that comes to my mind is connection to the internet on a 24/7 basis really bugs me. I know that my phone and my wife's phone is always connected...but it needs to be to notify me of things, my TV isn't notifying me of anything, I just want to use it when I want some good old couch potato entertainment, so why take up my bandwidth (I assume that it does some kind of check) and use any amount of power (which I do pay for, no matter how little the power usage is) when it isn't needed?
Personally, I believe that the following principle (highly advocated by Google) should have been followed: "Decide for me but let me have the final say" (http://developer.android.com/design/get-started/principles.html#decide-for-me). In other words, give the option to leave it on all the time for those that want it...but allow for powering off for those who don't. That way, everybody is happy.

I know this isn't an on-device fix, but if you're seriously concerned about your TV accessories only being on when the TV is on, there are many power strips out there that have a "master" outlet that toggles power to the rest of the outlets based on when the master device is on. So turning your TV on and off will switch power to the rest of your devices.

A reboot option would be nice. As for turning the NP off, I am using a TRIPP LITE TLP76MSG Eco Green Switched 7 Outlet Conserve Energy Surge Protector from Amazon.

Just an update, I found that when not in use the player is cool to the touch. As such I believe it goes into a low power/power saving mode. I have no issues with it being always on now. Way to go, google/asus. :good:

Confirmation of sleep mode
My nexus player's light is always on. Does anyone know if this means the unit is on or in sleep mode after the 30 minutes of inactivity? I have set it to 30 minutes and daydream does come on. Based on the manual, when the light is on the unit is on.
Thanks
https://support.google.com/androidtv/answer/6123074?hl=en&ref_topic=6121506

I think the light just means it has power, so it can be in sleep mode even when the light is on.

This was my main concern yesterday.
(I had since a week ago the Nexus Player but due my Internet provider's laziness, it was not until last night I could FINALLY setup my account and the device).
I noticed the DayDream options but I agree that the same OS needs an reboot option.

Mine doesn't switch back on when the TV is turned on again. Just a black screen and doesn't respond to pressing buttons on the remote.

wotandsdwys said:
Mine doesn't switch back on when the TV is turned on again. Just a black screen and doesn't respond to pressing buttons on the remote.
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I recently brought a Nexus Player, I am having the same problem like you. Is this a problem with the software?

Understand that you can't power off the Nexus Player, but will it damage the internal components of the player (flash drive, etc) in the long run if you just simply cut off the power supply, which is apparently the only way to off the device?

Blank screen
xblues said:
I recently brought a Nexus Player, I am having the same problem like you. Is this a problem with the software?
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Me too.. Screen is blank and will not come back to the launcher when a remote button is pressed. Does anyone know why? is it a hardware fault? Thanks in advance

shabba007 said:
Me too.. Screen is blank and will not come back to the launcher when a remote button is pressed. Does anyone know why? is it a hardware fault? Thanks in advance
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I actually got it exchanged at the store. The problem disappeared with the new one (also using 5.1.1). So get a replacement!

kaznad said:
Hi,
How do you turn off the Nexus player? I can't find an option for it, I had to just switch off the power instead.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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yeah i can't find it too. i switch off instead power off