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Hello. Tdy smthn vry unusual happened. I fully chrged my phone like 5 hours ago. . Nd with normal, actually less thn normal usage its nw at 13% :0 I mean wth..
I dnt knw wts hppn to my phone. Nd it lags a lot. Help
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Bloody hell mate if you want help at least type in English.
You probably have a misbehaving app, have you installed our changed anything recently?
Try a task manager or similar to see what is running etc and to kill and eliminate apps.
Having the decency to type in a manner that allows reading is a must here my friend.
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+1 on the whole typing using complete words point.. spectacularly lazy. and Laziness doesn't inspire help..
But yes - probably a dodgy app.. or a weak signal (local transmitter problem).. can kill your phone as quick as anything else!
I use a combination of Autokiller (never kill tasks yourself), SetCPU and Watchdog lite (Email app on X10's is a major culprit and goes over 80% CPU usage occasionally) to manage battery life. I easily get 2 days with decent amount of surfing and calling. Although if I used Juicedefender I'd get even better battery life but I like to keep 3G on since I get quite a bit of MMS.
I had a simar problem today. My battery was on 74%, the fone randomly froze. I turned off the fone from the power button turned it back on and i was down to something like 56% weird
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mackdaddy187 said:
I use a combination of Autokiller (never kill tasks yourself), SetCPU and Watchdog lite (Email app on X10's is a major culprit and goes over 80% CPU usage occasionally) to manage battery life. I easily get 2 days with decent amount of surfing and calling. Although if I used Juicedefender I'd get even better battery life but I like to keep 3G on since I get quite a bit of MMS.
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what does juicedefender exactly does? turn off 3g? is data on demand the same as juicedefender? and can u share ur setcpu profile?
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what does juicedefender exactly does? turn off 3g? is data on demand the same as juicedefender? and can u share ur setcpu profile?
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You can use juicedefender to regulate when to turn on/off 3G/Wifi. For example when screen shuts off or when you turn on the screen, maybe keep it turned off below a certain percentage of battery, etc.
As for SetCPU, I use fairly liberal settings:
Scaling is always on demand and priority is always 50.
Charge AC/Full --> 998 / 245
Charge USB/Full --> 998 / 245
Screen OFf --> 384 / 245
Battery < 10% --> 245 / 245
To save even more battery you can set your profiles to conservative, etc.
I had the same issue when I started using desktop visualizer. Battery went from 3 days to one.
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mackdaddy187 said:
I use a combination of Autokiller (never kill tasks yourself), SetCPU and Watchdog lite (Email app on X10's is a major culprit and goes over 80% CPU usage occasionally) to manage battery life. I easily get 2 days with decent amount of surfing and calling. Although if I used Juicedefender I'd get even better battery life but I like to keep 3G on since I get quite a bit of MMS.
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aaah the email app eh? Thanks I'm going to take it off the ignore list and see if it improves things
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Tasteslikeawesome said:
I had the same issue when I started using desktop visualizer. Battery went from 3 days to one.
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Same here...
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PollPixx said:
Same here...
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curious_yellow_eyes said:
aaah the email app eh? Thanks I'm going to take it off the ignore list and see if it improves things
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Tasteslikeawesome said:
I had the same issue when I started using desktop visualizer. Battery went from 3 days to one.
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mackdaddy187 said:
You can use juicedefender to regulate when to turn on/off 3G/Wifi. For example when screen shuts off or when you turn on the screen, maybe keep it turned off below a certain percentage of battery, etc.
As for SetCPU, I use fairly liberal settings:
Scaling is always on demand and priority is always 50.
Charge AC/Full --> 998 / 245
Charge USB/Full --> 998 / 245
Screen OFf --> 384 / 245
Battery < 10% --> 245 / 245
To save even more battery you can set your profiles to conservative, etc.
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the_ahmadzais said:
what does juicedefender exactly does? turn off 3g? is data on demand the same as juicedefender? and can u share ur setcpu profile?
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rkanwar said:
I had a simar problem today. My battery was on 74%, the fone randomly froze. I turned off the fone from the power button turned it back on and i was down to something like 56% weird
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mackdaddy187 said:
I use a combination of Autokiller (never kill tasks yourself), SetCPU and Watchdog lite (Email app on X10's is a major culprit and goes over 80% CPU usage occasionally) to manage battery life. I easily get 2 days with decent amount of surfing and calling. Although if I used Juicedefender I'd get even better battery life but I like to keep 3G on since I get quite a bit of MMS.
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im_iceman said:
+1 on the whole typing using complete words point.. spectacularly lazy. and Laziness doesn't inspire help..
But yes - probably a dodgy app.. or a weak signal (local transmitter problem).. can kill your phone as quick as anything else!
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Lord Takyon said:
Bloody hell mate if you want help at least type in English.
You probably have a misbehaving app, have you installed our changed anything recently?
Try a task manager or similar to see what is running etc and to kill and eliminate apps.
Having the decency to type in a manner that allows reading is a must here my friend.
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momerbk said:
Hello. Tdy smthn vry unusual happened. I fully chrged my phone like 5 hours ago. . Nd with normal, actually less thn normal usage its nw at 13% :0 I mean wth..
I dnt knw wts hppn to my phone. Nd it lags a lot. Help
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hello everyone
first of all i would like to apologize from all of you for typing that way. the reason for typing like that is my x10 is lagging a lot so i have to type like that so i could type a bit fast. :/
anyways... other problem im having is my x10 isnt charging properly. i plugged my x10 for charging at like 2 am.. and took off at 2 pm after i cam back from school! :s
and the battery was still at 75%
and it was warm (the phone)
i knw i shldnt hav over charged but still...
and all the battery was drained by 8 pm.
i really need your help people..
im worried.. why is this happening?
try deleting all applications and test your phone without using any 3g and wifi to chk if its a manufacturing fault. if it runs around two days without any 3g and wifi and applications your phone is good. and then just be carefull in installing applications. this is the best way to check it.
i dont know its just me or the screen is brighter than DI18 , bcz the screen even in the lowest brightness is killing the battery more than eclair .
I just got like 3 hours at screen usage , please let me know is a common "issue" or just me , or more tips to improve the battery performance bcz the phone can be like more than 5 days in standby like calibrate battery or something like that i dont know (i dont have the phone rooted)
Also the battery goes warmer than DI18 like 104 ºF i think is a normal temp for heave usage but i got less in DI18
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Gildegan said:
i dont know its just me or the screen is brighter than DI18 , bcz the screen even in the lowest brightness is killing the battery more than eclair .
I just got like 3 hours at screen usage , please let me know is a common "issue" or just me , or more tips to improve the battery performance bcz the phone can be like more than 5 days in standby like calibrate battery or something like that i dont know (i dont have the phone rooted)
Also the battery goes warmer than DI18 like 104 ºF i think is a normal temp for heave usage but i got less in DI18
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Thought it was just me. I have brightness all the way down and it's STILL bright.
Will have to try out the app Top nurse recommended. If I have my phone hooked up to my PC and the brightness all the way down and i use it to send texts or surf, it actually drains my battery. Phone also gets really hot.
i´m going to try SyndicateROM - Frozen expecting it have the same brightness level of eclair DI18
What settings are you running with this app nurse?
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sent from azeroth.
For the time being I'm done with custom roms. I find that they introduce some quirk or the other that ends up annoying me. For now, stock and rooted, crap ware removed and getting decent battery life.
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What settings are you running with this app nurse?
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All it does is choose how bright the phones screen is, but it can go dimmer than the phones settings. Set t any number you want, just (caps lock for emphasis) DO NOT use zero.
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LordLugard said:
For the time being I'm done with custom roms. I find that they introduce some quirk or the other that ends up annoying me. For now, stock and rooted, crap ware removed and getting decent battery life.
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Are you on stock EC05?
Is this is the case , how much display time you get before the battery runs out?
I think im going back to eclair , but i like the install the apps in the sd instead and flash
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I read few thread and tried like Calibrating Battery, Clearing battery stacks etc. I'm has flashed the ftf file and Pre-rooted image. The draining issue only happens if the WiFi is On. If I turn off the WiFi it works just fine. Otherwise the device will get heated and the battery will go down like crazy, Within 1 hour around 10% goes down when the phone is in idle. I turned off all the sync. I re-flashed the firmware as well still no luck. I only have Launcher Pro and Widget locker installed rest is stock. I removed few apps like Fun download etc. I also freezed Maps using Titanium backup. My only theory it could be a buggy kernel because it didn't happen in the previous build. But I also tired with DoomKernel (test version) no luck. I'm kinda scared to flash the old firmware back because I see lot of RED Light issues. What else you think could be the problem?
try the stock kernel. remove unwanted apps from system or freeze them via titanium backup
try the manual network search instead of auto. and lastly try the stock kernel
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gonemad02 said:
try the stock kernel. remove unwanted apps from system or freeze them via titanium backup
try the manual network search instead of auto. and lastly try the stock kernel
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Just a little reluctant to lose the root
ShyamSasi said:
I read few thread and tried like Calibrating Battery, Clearing battery stacks etc. I'm has flashed the ftf file and Pre-rooted image. The draining issue only happens if the WiFi is On. If I turn off the WiFi it works just fine. Otherwise the device will get heated and the battery will go down like crazy, Within 1 hour around 10% goes down when the phone is in idle. I turned off all the sync. I re-flashed the firmware as well still no luck. I only have Launcher Pro and Widget locker installed rest is stock. I removed few apps like Fun download etc. I also freezed Maps using Titanium backup. My only theory it could be a buggy kernel because it didn't happen in the previous build. But I also tired with DoomKernel (test version) no luck. I'm kinda scared to flash the old firmware back because I see lot of RED Light issues. What else you think could be the problem?
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i have exactly the same problem with a NEO, all stock no root no nothing, there is for sure a problem with this firmware.
I'm still on the 2.3.3, but i have noticed a similar effect. This was caused in my case by my email program (com.android.email). By killing the service, the batterydrain went to normal. By starting email again, the batterydrain goes to around 10% per hour and a warm phone. Also there is a lot of bandwidth used!!! up to 20 mb per hour.
I finally got off my lazy ass and jus tremoved all my email accounts and am re-adding them now one by one. Up until so far, it does seem to work.
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I'm still on the 2.3.3, but i have noticed a similar effect. This was caused in my case by my email program (com.android.email). By killing the service, the batterydrain went to normal. By starting email again, the batterydrain goes to around 10% per hour and a warm phone. Also there is a lot of bandwidth used!!! up to 20 mb per hour.
I finally got off my lazy ass and jus tremoved all my email accounts and am re-adding them now one by one. Up until so far, it does seem to work.
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in my case, on the neo the bigges power consumption is coming from the android system, and i cannot stop that process
may be the solution to this problem ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278213
The phone stops charging the moment it reaches 100%...!!! When charger is removed it goes down to 99% in few minutes...!!! Earlier it used to take 4-5 hours before coming to 99% from 100%...!!! Everything else is fine...!!! I don't think that just keeping the wifi on causes such a battery drain for me, but yes if i keep surfing and keep my display on the whole time then it drains around 15-20% an hour...!!! Is that a problem...!!!
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adiktz said:
The phone stops charging the moment it reaches 100%...!!! When charger is removed it goes down to 99% in few minutes...!!! Earlier it used to take 4-5 hours before coming to 99% from 100%...!!! Everything else is fine...!!! I don't think that just keeping the wifi on causes such a battery drain for me, but yes if i keep surfing and keep my display on the whole time then it drains around 15-20% an hour...!!! Is that a problem...!!!
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I have the same issue, it started on .368 firmware.
now I'm getting weird battery status readings, for ex: when charged to 100% after few hours of not using it reaches 60~50%, I turn it off, pull out the battery and put back in then turn it back on, it shows 80~70%
im having serious wifi problems, anyone know a safe method to flash back? i just got my phone replaced to, i dont want to run into the 0% battery issue again
I have the exact same battery issues since .368. For example, I unplugged the phone 24 minutes ago at 100% and now it's down to 97% on stock kernel (.283) and with the screen off the whole time....
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I tried the stock kernel as well. Still the same problem. I really like to know if it's hardware or software.
I am having the same problem, with lots of heat generated when making calls so much it makes my ear sweat onto the screen. Also there is a huge amount of heat generated when i use data, the battery reduces at 1 % / minute when using data, and also quite a bit when im using the music player also. I hadnt noticed this before as i wasnt using it for every day use because it was sim locked. im scared to go back firmwares because of the 0% battery issue. Im not interestd in root is it ok just to flash back and not root?
crimilde said:
I have the exact same battery issues since .368. For example, I unplugged the phone 24 minutes ago at 100% and now it's down to 97% on stock kernel (.283) and with the screen off the whole time....
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See what apps are running, I have this problem when my maps are running in the background, then I do a force stop, or undo the update on maps
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adiktz said:
The phone stops charging the moment it reaches 100%...!!! When charger is removed it goes down to 99% in few minutes...!!! Earlier it used to take 4-5 hours before coming to 99% from 100%...!!! Everything else is fine...!!! I don't think that just keeping the wifi on causes such a battery drain for me, but yes if i keep surfing and keep my display on the whole time then it drains around 15-20% an hour...!!! Is that a problem...!!!
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I have the same problem, I turn off the phone charge unplug turn on the phone and charge again, also if you are running a battery app turn it off before charging
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Poker gypsy said:
See what apps are running, I have this problem when my maps are running in the background, then I do a force stop, or undo the update on maps
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Thanks for the reply.
There are just the system apps, the keyboard, the clock widget, music player equalizer, e-mail client and setcpu... basically the same apps as before, as I didn't do any major change since I was on .145.
I checked for maps and it wasn't running.
I guess the battery life is indeed poorer since the last two updates, but at least they have better RAM management than in .145.
Anyways, I have a computer around most of the time (either at home or at work) so I can always charge it, but it's a bit frustrating to see the battery go down like hell when I'm not even doing much with the phone. I mean even a friend of mine who owns an SGS II has slightly better battery life, and that's a dual-core...
ShyamSasi said:
I tried the stock kernel as well. Still the same problem. I really like to know if it's hardware or software.
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i'm all on stock and have this problem, and i'm sure this is a kernel/firmware problem that everybody has, just that they didn't realize it yet.... hope they will bring a new firmware out soon that will fix this.
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i'm all on stock and have this problem, and i'm sure this is a kernel/firmware problem that everybody has, just that they didn't realize it yet.... hope they will bring a new firmware out soon that will fix this.
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same with me ... AGREE
It's not great news. I am still on .145 and battery life is AMAZING.
Poker gypsy said:
I have the same problem, I turn off the phone charge unplug turn on the phone and charge again, also if you are running a battery app turn it off before charging
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Don't have anything like battery app installed...!!!
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Since I tried to install The MIDteam's 1.4.2 Update 3 BETA 3, my Galaxy Note has been getting really hot even when I just open the Play Store for 5 minutes...
I'm now back on CheckRom HD the latest version and the only kernel I can get into deep sleep with is the AbyssNote kernel. My problem is that my phone goes straight from deep sleep to 1.2 or 1.4 GHz so if it has happened to anyone please help me !!! I've tried flashing every single rom but none of them do the trick and it's always super laggy.
also, I don't know if there's a link but whenever I try wiping everything from recovery it won't wipe .androidsecure and my external sd card is shown in the recovery menu but not the zip files on it.
Thank you in advance !
Have you tried other kernels? Are you using CPU Spy to see what state your CPU is in most of the time? The problems your describing isn't a rom issue, its a kernel issue.
Your phone will run hot from time to time. Mine does too. If something wasn't right I'm sure you would be getting a ton of FC`s and random reboots.
Im currently running KindDroid and SpeedMod kernel with no issues. Gets warm but nothing out of the ordinary.
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Try flashing a different modem
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Have you tried other kernels? Are you using CPU Spy to see what state your CPU is in most of the time? The problems your describing isn't a rom issue, its a kernel issue.
Your phone will run hot from time to time. Mine does too. If something wasn't right I'm sure you would be getting a ton of FC`s and random reboots.
Im currently running KindDroid and SpeedMod kernel with no issues. Gets warm but nothing out of the ordinary.
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I have tried flashing speedmod kernel too but it didn't make things better...
I'll try your configuration though thank you !
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Try flashing a different modem
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Not a modem problem I've tried every single one you can find on CheckRom Kitchen app !
Also consider BetterBatteryStats from the Play store. It will give you a better idea if your getting any wakelock problems as well.
My phone last night got stuck on 1.4Ghz from 12am till I woke up (6:00am). It was warm but nothing different then normal use. I found out by setting my alarm clock somehow caused the phone to get stuck and not sleep. Almost like I changed the governor to performance (which I didn't lol)
Such is why I'm on speed mod now. Phone can sleep now and almost zero lag
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Also consider BetterBatteryStats from the Play store. It will give you a better idea if your getting any wakelock problems as well.
My phone last night got stuck on 1.4Ghz from 12am till I woke up (6:00am). It was warm but nothing different then normal use. I found out by setting my alarm clock somehow caused the phone to get stuck and not sleep. Almost like I changed the governor to performance (which I didn't lol)
Such is why I'm on speed mod now. Phone can sleep now and almost zero lag
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I'll be sure to get that app !
Oh and another bug, my phone won't turn off. When i tap turn off then yes the buttons led stay on and my phone gets really hot !
Switching to KingDroid with speedmod tonight, I'll keep you updated
anatole78 said:
I'll be sure to get that app !
Oh and another bug, my phone won't turn off. When i tap turn off then yes the buttons led stay on and my phone gets really hot !
Switching to KingDroid with speedmod tonight, I'll keep you updated
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Not a clean install use cpuspy to see whats eateb you alive, and next use a cleaning script and reflash kernel you can use the current one ymtoo just flash again after cleaning, now check if everything works, just in case wipe dalvik code.
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Yikes. Let me know. Had a similar issue with a Skyrocket a month ago. Ended up getting to the point that I couldn't even connect the phone to USB anymore. It would only charge. Even Odin couldn't see it. Turned out being a hardware issue with the phone.
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Ok so flashing KingDroid's rom and the speedmod did the trick but now the superuser rights are gone. Could you tell me how you rooted the speedmod kernel please ?
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Are you on 2.0? If so your rooted. I just installed Superuser from the market.
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Are you on 2.0? If so your rooted. I just installed Superuser from the market.
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Yes I am on 2.0 and even after flashing speedmod kernel through Odin I don't have root permissions even though Superuser app is installed...
Interesting. I flashed with CWM. Can't say I can help you my friend. Sorry.
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Actually try this. Go to SuperUser, tap on the top right icon (wrench), go to the bottom list and look for check SU binary (underneath says check for update). Check for update, install update and done.
Hope that helps.
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Doesn't work either, when trying to update the su binary I get stuck at trying to obtain root access --'
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Doesn't work either, when trying to update the su binary I get stuck at trying to obtain root access --'
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Reflash and reROOt and try again..
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[FiX] Galaxy Note ICS OVERHEATING PROBLEM SOLVED
[FiX] Galaxy Note ICS OVERHEATING PROBLEM SOLVED:
1 Go to settings- developer options - UNCHECK "Dont keep activities"
2 Use go launcher ex (or some other good launcher...) instead of default launcher
3 Instal from google play android assistant and use it to clean cache and stop most of background process
4 install from google play "cpu master free" (MUST HAVE ROOTED PHONE) and set 1000 MHz for MAXIMUM, and check box "set on boot"
5 Turn off gps, bluetooth, sinc, WiFi, Packet Data and all other stuff that you dont use at moment...
P.S. DO NOT expect that your phone will be cold as ice after you do this...
ICS is build that you can use max. out of dual core, and galaxy note is pretty slim and back is made out of plastic...All that increase heating problem...
Hope i helped! =D
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The OMAP4 Cortex A9 platform specification shows that its operating temperature is 40° to 85° C (104° to 185° F). Then why the Galaxy Note overheats but other phones do not? It is very thin so you are holding your hands very close to processor and you feel heat.
There is nothing you can do about the Galaxy Note overheating and you have to live with it. If you don’t use it for gaming or videos you won’t notice heat. If your Galaxy Note gets warm while you are using it only few minutes without pushing it to limits then it could be some other issue with your device.
As long as you can’t fry eggs on the Galaxy Note, it doesn’t melt, and you can still hold it in your hands its absolutely normal. So it’s not a big deal and there is no fix for it unless you want to stop playing games and watching videos.
battery manufacturers say this ...
Notice:
1. Do not remove battery at will charging.
2. Do not place the battery stored in more than 45 ° C high temperature environm-ent or in fire, otherwise it may cause the battery explosion. :laugh:
3. Don't exert external force to the battery or rendered from falling.
4. Do not place the battery with conductor such as key, coins, etc, to avoid short-Circuit.
5. Do not let battery be moist or put it in water.
6. Suggest choosing original charger or performance reliable charger for charging.
if you live at a place where the environmental temperature reaches 43° C then overheating of your note is natural.. lol
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So, I got a Galaxy S4 back at the beginning of December, and the battery life has just been awful since I got it. I'm talking 5 hours max.. of juice. Its bugging me because I have tried so many different options and nothing makes it last any longer. One time I got 8 hours and I was like planning on throwing a parade because it was so groundbreaking for my GS4.
Here's what I normally have going on:
Admittedly I use my phone quite a bit and it's always on full brightness because hey its a $600 1080p phone so I want to be able to use it to its full potential.
I do not have one game installed. Never been a huge fan of mobile gaming.
I usually have a 4-5 bar 4G signal and barely use my wifi because it's like 300kb/s down.. And really spotty.
I may listen to 30 minutes of music a day.
Most of the time I'm on twitter and looking up stuff on Chrome.
This is not a battery issue I do not believe because my brother got the same phone and he has had similar issues. My brother uses his phone maybe half the time I do, so I doubt it is my usage that is bringing it down. I seriously do not want to have to contact Samsung for them to tell me it probably has water damage and then ask me to wait 2 weeks to get my phone back. My phone does tend to get warm from time to time but I've seen multiple reports of that. My iPhone 4 that I upgraded got 8 or 9 hours of battery life on similar use. (Android rocks)
So what is the problem?
P. S. my phone ran down 8% while typing this.
Kwwolves2012 said:
So, I got a Galaxy S4 back at the beginning of December, and the battery life has just been awful since I got it. I'm talking 5 hours max.. of juice. Its bugging me because I have tried so many different options and nothing makes it last any longer. One time I got 8 hours and I was like planning on throwing a parade because it was so groundbreaking for my GS4.
Here's what I normally have going on:
Admittedly I use my phone quite a bit and it's always on full brightness because hey its a $600 1080p phone so I want to be able to use it to its full potential.
I do not have one game installed. Never been a huge fan of mobile gaming.
I usually have a 4-5 bar 4G signal and barely use my wifi because it's like 300kb/s down.. And really spotty.
I may listen to 30 minutes of music a day.
Most of the time I'm on twitter and looking up stuff on Chrome.
This is not a battery issue I do not believe because my brother got the same phone and he has had similar issues. My brother uses his phone maybe half the time I do, so I doubt it is my usage that is bringing it down. I seriously do not want to have to contact Samsung for them to tell me it probably has water damage and then ask me to wait 2 weeks to get my phone back. My phone does tend to get warm from time to time but I've seen multiple reports of that. My iPhone 4 that I upgraded got 8 or 9 hours of battery life on similar use. (Android rocks)
So what is the problem?
P. S. my phone ran down 8% while typing this.
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Are you running a custom or stock rom? And are you rooted?
Look at your battery usage in settings. Screen should be number 1. What's after that? Get betterbatterystats and see where your wake locks are. Without some additional info it's hard to help you
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Are you running a custom or stock rom? And are you rooted?
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No I am not rooted anymore. My phone had a locked bootloader so I just uninstalled some bloatware and unrooted. I have had the problems since I got it.
Android 4.3
AT&T i337
MK2 Firmware
jd1639 said:
Look at your battery usage in settings. Screen should be number 1. What's after that? Get betterbatterystats and see where your wake locks are. Without some additional info it's hard to help you
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It depends on what I am using the most. Most of the time its below 10% of total battery use. I would say it is mostly Chrome at 4-8%.
Right now it has been on for 37 minutes and is at 85% battery.
84% screen
7% Chrome
Kwwolves2012 said:
It depends on what I am using the most. Most of the time its below 10% of total battery use. I would say it is mostly Chrome at 4-8%.
Right now it has been on for 37 minutes and is at 85% battery.
84% screen
7% Chrome
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so under battery usage it's just screen and chrome usually ? (iId dump chrome to begin with anyway)
Is GPS on ? Any other apps that would be constantly syncing like facebook, twitter, etc ?
hednik said:
so under battery usage it's just screen and chrome usually ? (iId dump chrome to begin with anyway)
Is GPS on ? Any other apps that would be constantly syncing like facebook, twitter, etc ?
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Yes, normally screen and chrome are the biggest consumers but I do use a few more apps. I've been wanting a Chrome alternative, but nothing I've tried has been as efficient.
I do use Twitter and Facebook(rarely), but at the same time, my brother doesn't use any social media and his battery isn't much better.
Kwwolves2012 said:
Yes, normally screen and chrome are the biggest consumers but I do use a few more apps. I've been wanting a Chrome alternative, but nothing I've tried has been as efficient.
I do use Twitter and Facebook(rarely), but at the same time, my brother doesn't use any social media and his battery isn't much better.
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The biggest user of battery would be the screen, LTE, and GPS or location based processes. Honestly LTE that doesn't use much unless you are streaming all the time. Something isn't letting you phone go to sleep and if you can root I would just do it to be able to use an app like greenify or another wakelock killer that lets you keep apps from keeping you phone awake. Also turning off sync in general helps i.e making you refresh stuff manually.
hednik said:
The biggest user of battery would be the screen, LTE, and GPS or location based processes. Honestly LTE that doesn't use much unless you are streaming all the time. Something isn't letting you phone go to sleep and if you can root I would just do it to be able to use an app like greenify or another wakelock killer that lets you keep apps from keeping you phone awake. Also turning off sync in general helps i.e making you refresh stuff manually.
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Thanks for your help so by the way. I always have gps off and I only get regular 4G in my area. I will check with Facebook and try to turn off automatic syncing. Rooting is an option, last time I went through kingo and did it just fine until I tried to flash Cm over my locked bootloader *facepalm* Haha. I haven't heard anything definitive on the downside of using that tool. It was very simple. Would you suggest me going that route for Greenway?
Kwwolves2012 said:
Thanks for your help so by the way. I always have gps off and I only get regular 4G in my area. I will check with Facebook and try to turn off automatic syncing. Rooting is an option, last time I went through kingo and did it just fine until I tried to flash Cm over my locked bootloader *facepalm* Haha. I haven't heard anything definitive on the downside of using that tool. It was very simple. Would you suggest me going that route for Greenway?
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No problem just hit the thank button
I'd root and just leave it stock the rest of the way. With battery life it's always YMMV. The battery stats given in the setting menu don't tell you much so apps like wakelock detector or Greenify allow you to stop apps from "waking" the device all the time to either push notifications, sysnc, do whatever crap they do in the background. You could also get something called better battery stats, the app in on xda just google it, and let it run from full charge to dead and then take some screenshots of partial wake locks, how often CPU is in deep sleep etc and others can help sort some out.
Just root with Kingo as its easy and leave the custom rom's alone haha.
BTW how did you fix the brick form flashing a custom rom on MK2 ? I'm on the good MDL firmware so not sure how others fixed the MK2 brick
hednik said:
No problem just hit the thank button
I'd root and just leave it stock the rest of the way. With battery life it's always YMMV. The battery stats given in the setting menu don't tell you much so apps like wakelock detector or Greenify allow you to stop apps from "waking" the device all the time to either push notifications, sysnc, do whatever crap they do in the background. You could also get something called better battery stats, the app in on xda just google it, and let it run from full charge to dead and then take some screenshots of partial wake locks, how often CPU is in deep sleep etc and others can help sort some out.
Just root with Kingo as its easy and leave the custom rom's alone haha.
BTW how did you fix the brick form flashing a custom rom on MK2 ? I'm on the good MDL firmware so not sure how others fixed the MK2 brick
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Well after about a zillion tries on Google I finally found where someone got out of soft brick. It was something like hold down volume down, home, and power buttons until two options come up after you first power on the device. They are like "proceed to recovery mode" or "boot regularly" (something close to those anyways) and then you hit the volume down key to select boot regular and it boots up the phone without seeing that Oden screen. I was so relieved, I had already BSed my chat with a Samsung rep so they probably would have fixed it do to "accidental" downloads caused my phone to brick.
Watch out having your brightness to 100%. My statusbar got burnt into my phone. Just be careful. I can see the clock numbers(blurry) as well as battery and such. It sucks.
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toxicpaulution said:
Watch out having your brightness to 100%. My statusbar got burnt into my phone. Just be careful. I can see the clock numbers(blurry) as well as battery and such. It sucks.
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Thanks for the heads up.
toxicpaulution said:
Watch out having your brightness to 100%. My statusbar got burnt into my phone. Just be careful. I can see the clock numbers(blurry) as well as battery and such. It sucks.
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Reminds me of my cappy having screen burn in on that old amoled. Good heads up
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hednik said:
Reminds me of my cappy having screen burn in on that old amoled. Good heads up
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Yeah I just wish I would have been warned as well, now I just keep my status bar off. It's not directly noticeable if I don't look at it but it's still there.
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