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So for the second day straight my phone battery has dropped to half in about 4 hours screen off in my pocket... After closing every program and turning off data sync, the 3G connection is still constantly in use. I downloaded a network traffic program to check usage, and to my surprise my phone had downloaded over 60MB in just 1 hour. I restarted the phone and the problem seemed to be fixed, however it's started back up again, even after restarts and switch from airplane mode and back.
I'm already using SwitchPro, I have all sync options turned off already. The problem didn't come up until a few days ago.
I haven't installed any new programs or widgets in the last couple of daysIs anyone else having a similar issue? Have you been able to solve it?
I had the same issue then I flashed Fresh. Now it is working proper. I would suggest flashing a dif ROM or factory reset.
Load aLogcat or Quicksysteminfo , from market and look at your logcat file. The cause will be obvious from there. If the phone is "idle" and the logcat is recording what's doing the data moving, you can then kill it.
Is it me or is the hands free Bluetooth constantly running even when unchecked.Maybe im looking at the log cat wrong but it appears that way
It looks like location services was using all that data. I think anyway, I'm not sure If read the logcat right, but a lot of that information dealt with location stuff. I went to settings, privacy, and disable google services from using my location and the constant 3g seems to have stopped.
Why would it just go ape **** like that after having the phone for 3 weeks?
I just noticed the same problem, turns out it was the people app that was causing it. I killed it and data traffic stopped. You can launch it from the menu and it loads back up and is fine. Just seems to be when it starts by itself when you first boot up the phone.
hi
last night my phone was unable to launch sense. after uninstalling most of my programs -- none of them new in the last week--and several soft resets I resorted to a hard reset.
I reinstalled my most critical programs but this time I made sure that I put most of them on the device with only a select few (games, etc) to the card. I charged it all night and have used the phone slightly less then normal but in comparison it is 430pm and i have 76% battery left. I'm usually at 76% at 10am and recharging by 3pm.
the biggest difference is that i actually think my enable/disable data connection is working as intended. I have the wifi set to turn off after 30 sec of inactivity and now when I grab the phone and unlock it the wifi has to reconnect. Minor inconvenience in my book. I'm not sure why it didn't work like that before. the only other thing i haven't done is used the bluetooth today. I'll connect that later and report findings.
thanks
the more I think about it the less I believe it has anything to do with the wifi because i was out of town 3 days last week and didn't use wifi at all--(had it off completely) and I had the same bad battery performance.
If this is your first hard reset since new, then its not such a huge surprise. The first weeks we have a new phone, we are installing/removing/forgetting to remove/incorrectly removing/'uninstalling failed' apps, themes, tweaks left right and center.
Once you get to the first reset, we only reinstal the stuff we know works, and know we want, onto a nice fresh canvas, so any bugs and glitches that have built up are gone.
Plus you know more about running the phone, more aware of when data/wifi is on/off, closing apps, stuff like that, all small things, but which together can make a big difference overall.
samsamuel said:
If this is your first hard reset since new, then its not such a huge surprise. The first weeks we have a new phone, we are installing/removing/forgetting to remove/incorrectly removing/'uninstalling failed' apps, themes, tweaks left right and center.
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I think you got it...that pretty much sums it up. in a weird way, I'm glad I had the problem that forced a reset. although next time I'll remember to backup my opera bookmarks...lol
I have selected 30 seconds time-out as well and something (not sure what) kept trying to connect and actually connected and then 30 secs later disconnected... all that disconnecting ate my battery overnight for 25%.
I simply did this - disabled Tmobile Data and Tmobile Internet - and when I want to use it - I enable it for the time being and then disable it after. WORKS LIKE A CHARM!
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although next time I'll remember to backup my opera bookmarks...lol
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and thats why i use opera 9.7, because it uses my synced shortcuts from the PC/activesync(though they only seem to sync TO the phone, not from, sometimes, but i can live with that)
I never could get opera 10 to see them, even though they were there on the phone.
I had exactly the same experience to the letter, i wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of memory left on the internal memory as mine was running pretty slow when sense stopped working.
kupz said:
I had exactly the same experience to the letter, i wonder if it has anything to do with the amount of memory left on the internal memory as mine was running pretty slow when sense stopped working.
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Welcome to the forum...
I think it has something to do with it...combined with a multitude of other issues.
It should be mandatory for everyone to reset after their first 30 days--that's exactly where I'm at.
i guess my luck ran out...today has been less then optimal. about 30% left right now compared to 74% at this point yesterday. usage hasn't changed significantly and i didn't screw with any settings that i can think of.
i did notice that when i wake the phone the wifi is still running unlike yesterday.
i can't figure out why that's different.
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i did notice that when i wake the phone the wifi is still running unlike yesterday.
i can't figure out why that's different.
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I figured out what is different and why the wifi stayed on in standby. I changed the very first BsB Tweak for Power Saving Mode. I had the Power Save Mode "ON" all day today and as a result the wifi was on all day too--hence my horrible battery usage. I don't understand how that qualifies as power saving.
I have switched it to Power Save OFF and so far the wifi turns off when the phone is in standby.
fingers crossed for tomorrow....
People most of the time forget that the oscilations on power consumption have to do with the crap mobile networks we have to have our highly sophisticated smartphones on. They are so sophisticated that automatically look for a signal whenever there's none. That 'eats' battery like there's no end! Even when we are not using the HD2 - or have its screen turned off - it is looking for network just in case we switch it back on for a bit of surfing or to download something. In fact, it consumes even more battery when it is looking for a connection than when it is not. Keep that in mind, guys.
Just wanted to say here that my HD2 hasnt been near a mains charger (or any other kind) since 8am YESTERDAY (29th June 2010).
It is 10:14am on 30th June and i still have 56% left.
i thought things were going to improve...but, about half way through the day my wifi stopped shutting off in standby. so here I am with 30% left wondering what's going on.
Ok, although I do not have a solution it seems that their are a small percentage of people on here that have the same problem as me.
This is what I know:
The EVO has a bigger display, a faster proccessor, 4G, and alot of advanced features this means battery is not going to be the greatest.
However, I am now rooted running CM6 RC2, and although I love this ROM I have been having terrible battery. Also, I was using Fresh's and stock unrooted ROM and had bad battery also, AFTER I PUT IN ALL MY SETTINGS.
When I would hard reset my phone, it would sleep like normal, and the battery would run great, however, I think their is a setting that I use with my phone that is keeping it awake.
Now I am going to give all the settings that I use on my phone without installing any apps from the market. Because I know some apps keep your phone awake but I did a factory reset, put in my settings without installing any apps and my phone stayed awake.
***I have already tried the HTC and Sprint method of "conditioning your battery" I know their are 2 methods I have done both. I have setCPU, juice defender, spare parts, all that stuff that supposedly saves battery, but so far none have helped. Also my phone is set to auto CDMA, i tried that*****
Here is what I think. I am changing some setting in the phone that is keeping it awake and I can't seem to find what it is, I had this same problem with google sync setting and thankfully someone helped me fix it and it solved the problem however, after that I am still having the issue.
Keep in mind I HAVE NOT INSTALLED ANYTHING FROM THE MARKET YET, I have only entered my settings in apps that came with the phone because I believe that is the culprit.
My settings
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Battery history, since last unplugged
running: 14.6%
Screen on: 10.4%
Phone on: 3.5%
Wireless and network
Airplane mode, wifi, bluetooth, tethering and portable hot spot VPN are all off
Under Mobile network
The options are: data enabled: Checked
data roaming: unchecked
System select (change the cdma roaming guide) options are either home only, affiliated networks, or automatic. I have automatic set.
Voicemail service my carrier
Nothing in the CM6 settings have been changed
Auto brightness, screen timeout 30 sec
Location: wireless network:checked
Use GPS sattelite: unchecked
Accounts and Sync:
Background data: enabled (checked)
auto sync: Enabled (checked)
Facebook-sync if off, I have not synced contacts with Facebook, and the problem I had last time was with google sync, I had google sync turned off and that kept my phone on. Now I have facebook sync turned off, COULD THAT BE THE PROBLEM?
Privacy: Back up my data-checked
automatic restore-checked
Mail settings, never update, I manually update.
News and weather is same thing, could google be trying to update even though its set not too and keep my phone awake?
Under facebook settings: refresh interval is set to never
Notifications are inactive.
About phone
Cell standby:37%
Phone idle:28%
Android system:20%
Voice calls:11%
Display:7%
If anything looks not right, or you think something as little as it may be may be causing the problem, even if it doesn't make sense please suggest it, I have tried everything, thanks.
Not to burst your bubble, but it's been pretty much proven that CM6 has unsatisfactory battery life.
Try Burnt Droid v1 + netarchy-toastmod kernel for optimum battery life.
I know,
but after reading through the thread it seems that about half of them half pretty good battery life, however I had poor battery with other roms, because something was keeping my phone awake.
I'm having a similar problem. On any ROM that's based of HTC's 2.2, my phone will run fine for about a day and then it will begin to stop sleeping. Once that happens the only way to get it to stop is to do a factory reset. What's funny is that using the exact same settings with CM6-RC2 I don't get the 100% awake issue. I've tried everything and can't figure it out.
I've tried turning off all automatic syncing, turning off network time and network location...didn't work. I deleted my Exchange account since I had heard that some people were having Exchange problems...didn't help. This last time around I didn't install anything from the market, it was just the stock apps. I did connect the phone to Sync in my truck and used it quite a bit before the problem cropped up.
I've got a sneaking suspicion that it's some kind background process that tries to run after a specified amount of time, but there's some kind of problem with the Sense-based ROMs that I've tried that won't allow it to run properly. So we need to figure out what the process is and either stop it from running in the first place, or figure out a way to take it out of the ROM so it isn't there to begin with.
I'm going to wipe everything and try installing Fresh 3.1.0.2 again. I'm going to try to remember to reboot my phone every night when I plug it in to charge and see if that helps. While it isn't ideal, it's way easier than having to do a factory reset every other day. I'll post back and let everyone know what happens.
I haven't installed this yet but I was hoping to get some feedback as to what improvements (or bugs, oye) people have actually seen. I have read some posts about much better GPS locking, but what about 3G radio issues, Hotspot functionality, the mic being disabled when using Bluetooth, battery performance, etc? Post the changes you've seen! FYI, here is the official list:
Optimized, HotSpot in 3G idle mode to help conserve battery power
Optimized, Applied Qualcomm patch for performance enhancement
Added, Media Hub
Modified, WiMAX exit delay
Modified, UI "Noisey" One to "Noisy One"
Fixed, 32GB mSD card is not recongized when formatted in device
Fixed, When playing video, the playback is paused if a headset is connected/disconnected
Fixed, Sorry popup when DRM file is selected in the Gallery
Fixed, Hotspot registration/deregistration
I'll let you know when I get it... if I get it.............
My GPS actually works. Wierd.
Last night I attempted to use Cardio Trainer without the "Use Wireless Networks" turned on and it never got a satellite lock. I rebooted the phone and it still had the same behavior.
Today, after I updated, I tested just for the fun of it and it got a satellite lock almost immediately with wireless networks turned off.
It appears that's the first thing I've noticed other than the hub that is better.
For me it has fixed my only known issue. I am new to Android so might not know about all that is happening but I only had one problem with the Epic. That is whenever I tried to send videos via MMS or Email it would lock the phone until the message was sent. I am very pleased to report that the problem no longer exists with the update. I never had a GPS problem or a back button problem or any other issues that I knew of. So I am very happy. Now bring on 2.2!
Just noticed something.
Before the update, it used to say "Flight Mode" instead of "Airplane Mode". Now it's saying "Airplane Mode" like my daughters' moments.
GPS is still fail for me, after ephemeris data expires.
hydralisk said:
I'll let you know when I get it... if I get it.............
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You know you can update manually even without root? Original info found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785028
-download this:http://www.droidbin.com/index.php/files/get/iv_p2mYBQH/cec94babb124.update-dg27-to-di07.zip
-rename to update keep zip extension
-put on root of sd card
-power off phone
-hold down volume down + camera button + power until recovery screen shows
-use volume buttons to highlight flash update.zip file
-press home key on front of phone to select
My TWS has dropped to 8% without the airplane mode toggle. It used to be around 50% without toggling airplane mode.
krazyflipj said:
You know you can update manually even without root? Original info found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785028
-download this:http://www.droidbin.com/index.php/files/get/iv_p2mYBQH/cec94babb124.update-dg27-to-di07.zip
-rename to update keep zip extension
-put on root of sd card
-power off phone
-hold down volume down + camera button + power until recovery screen shows
-use volume buttons to highlight flash update.zip file
-press home key on front of phone to select
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I didn't realize this worked for non-rooted users. Thanks for the info Just applied it and it works. Yay for no longer having to wait for Sprint
oh ya gps is definitely much better
I know I'm not the only one, but I noticed that I have 10-20mb more free memory according to ATK.
jaig said:
My TWS has dropped to 8% without the airplane mode toggle. It used to be around 50% without toggling airplane mode.
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I was hoping that the "Qualcomm patch" would take care of this issue. Looks like it did for you. I haven't applied the update yet, need to de-root and flash to stock first.
My upload still causes my phone to be choppy as hell ****ing epic is pissing me off.
J3ff said:
My upload still causes my phone to be choppy as hell ****ing epic is pissing me off.
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Sprint just confirmed this issue on the 13th. No way was that fix going to be in this update. Gonna be a while before they can pressure Samsung into fixing it.
Nothing for me.
Uploading on 3g still causes LOTS of locking up.
Upload is still 150k or less.
Gps will probably still suck after 24 hours
I'm pretty pissed about this phone to be honest.
Just (and I mean JUST) got a notification aboot the Epic software update, but my battery is too low to apply, irony, heh. Will report back with any findings soon.
I tried to use the update.zip method, but didnt work on my phone.
got an assert failed: apply_patch_check blahblahblah error message
E:Error in /sdcard/update.ip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
And when I try to look for update via Update Android, it shows system up to date
Updated but now cell standby is eating up my battery bad. Tried doing the Airplane toggle but still is hitting 55%+ when it used to be display eating it.
I have noticed that my battery "seems" to discharge when being used, just a little bit slower. Another thing I have observed is that when the phone is being charged by a "more than capable" charger, the battery will read a full charge after the level has been sitting at 100% for a while per battery indicator pro. Another thing I've noticed is that I can charge the battery (with a beefy charger) and use the phone (a online radio or pandora radio) at the same time and the battery will actually charge and run the phone. Even after it stops charging at 100%, it will stay there and not run down as long as I keep it on the charger. My test was running streaming radio with the screen off and charging. I have not tried anything more than that.
Receive signal from the tower seems a little better. There is one strange thing going on though. I can sit in a spot that I am getting full signal strength from the tower, yet sometimes signal goes completely to no bars for a few seconds then goes back to full. I don't have any theories with that one.
That's all I've found so far that seems different than before. I haven't tried much else, just normal everyday usage. I am running completely stock everything at the moment. I'm not going to install clockwork until it's completely working and all the bugs are ironed out. The same thing with any mods or roms or kernels. I'm gonna run stock until all the extra stuff gets most of the major bugs ironed out. The phone is running good for now so I ain't gonna fix it.
I'm downloading the update to apply manually myself ATM.. rather than waiting for Sprint to push it OTA to me.. heh....
I'll report back anything that I notice that may be better.. currently my phone has the TWS illness as well.. Juice Defender has helped but I shouldn't have to resort to an add-on app to get a day's use out of a brand new device..
Hopefully this will work well..
So, here's my issue: I started to notice that bluetooth audio, which was usually good, started to suddenly cut in and out. At the same time, my battery life went to pot, and the top battery sucker was the Bluetooth share. I also noticed that the phone got really hot and very slow when charging when all of this was happening (usually I don't have to worry about the phone getting super hot when charging and using bluetooth).
I installed BBS and GSAM, and they both basically told me that the phone was not going to sleep because the bluetooth share was keeping it away. I even tried installing Naptime, and the phone still refuses to go into deep sleep, and the bluetooth share keeps sucking battery.
So here's what I've done so far...
- Uninstalled recent apps, no change
- Clear Bluetooth share, restart phone, no change
- Unpair all bluetooth devices, no change
- Restart phone (several times), no change
- Start the phone in safe mode, phone behaves normally....
In the course of trying to figure out what's going on, I basically uninstalled every app and the bluetooth share was still keeping my phone awake.
The only way I've found that fixes this issue is to completely format the phone and reinstall stock firmware. And I don't mean just to fastboot flash system system.img, I mean I have to fastboot erase system and then flash the system in order for bluetooth to behave. After I do this, and reinstall all my usual apps (I allow Google to download them, then I use titanium backup to restore the data on apps that don't sync their own data), the phone works brilliantly for about a week and a half, then the ordeal starts all over again.
The only thing I haven't tried is going bone stock... when I reinstall my phone I root and put Frankenclar on it. I used to use Xposed, but I tried going without to see if that made a difference... and, nope. Even without Xposed the bluetooth share keeps the phone awake.
I've started going through the steps to contact Moto, but they may balk because I've unlocked my phone (even though the warranty says valid).
Any ideas??
Oh, I'm on Verizon, so my choice of roms are limited... and I really like the wake on approach, twist for camera, chop for flashlight, and being able to call to my phone when the screen is off and it's not charging.
Thanks for your time!
Okay, so for anyone else who may be having an issue like this... here was my problem:
After doing a lot of searching online, I discovered that the CVS app was causing the issue. Apparently CVS uses bluetooth beacons to discover your location and push "deals" to your phone. Only, this causes the phone to never go to sleep and causes the bluetooth to stay active and scanning.
So I uninstalled the CVS app, restarted the phone, and have been happy ever since. The app was handy, and some people have said that disabling the location ability in the app permissions may fix it, so I might try that later.
In addition, the Gasbuddy app has also caused similar issues, so if you have random battery drain and have either Gasbuddy or CVS installed, try uninstalling those and see if it helps.