Related
It seems that the network is disconnected when the screen is off. It's a problem if you have something running (like a torrent download).
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I'm rooted and I have no problem editing system files...
lowpis said:
It seems that the network is disconnected when the screen is off. It's a problem if you have something running (like a torrent download).
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I'm rooted and I have no problem editing system files...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i think i may have found a way to fix it. testing now
lowpis said:
It seems that the network is disconnected when the screen is off. It's a problem if you have something running (like a torrent download).
Anyone knows how to fix this?
I'm rooted and I have no problem editing system files...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
have you set wifi sleep policy to never..? Else.. Do this: under wifi settings, go to advanced tab, select wifi sleep policy and select never....
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
Athavan said:
have you set wifi sleep policy to never..? Else.. Do this: under wifi settings, go to advanced tab, select wifi sleep policy and select never....
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
actually amazon removed access to the wifi sleep policy setting.
Set the screen to not sleep. Widgetsoid is awesome for their widget to control this.
//Tapatalk.KindleFire//
Hack into the database of the settings like what was done to enable some other settings?
Sent from my E10i using XDA App
Fixed it!
[FIX] Wifi Sleep Policy
blauciel said:
Set the screen to not sleep. Widgetsoid is awesome for their widget to control this.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm doing that now (aDownloader has this option too). But it isn't the best solution, since the screen remains on consuming power.
Since this option is present in standard Android (my SGSII has too), maybe we can just edit some hidden settings file. Any idea?
This worked for me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19592319
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk
death2all110 said:
Fixed it!
[FIX] Wifi Sleep Policy
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
WOW! Nice work!
And maybe a simpler way is to edit the settings.db directly in Fire with SQLite Editor?
lowpis said:
WOW! Nice work!
And maybe a simpler way is to edit the settings.db directly in Fire with SQLite Editor?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sure you could. I just like to do things manually Lol.
Wake lock powermanager from the Android market. It allows you to take out a variety of locks on the system one of which is the wake lock. Since the device isn't sleeping wifi shouldn't go off. It can also take out a lock for the screen to keep it on if that's what it takes on the Fire. I use it on my old Archos tablet running 1.5 (cupcake) which needs the wake lock to keep any music player working. But I think one of the lock types it supports should be something that works on the Fire. The only apps I use that need wifi also keep the screen on like the video player so I've not installed it myself on my Fire.
Hi guys,
Firstly I am no expert, however I would like share my experiences and knowledge of battery saving tips. This is probably best suited to novices like myself and some tips maybe obvious to some, but hey if they are, try the next one!
Press the thanks button if this is useful.
Tip 1 :
Turn off wifi, GPS, Bluetooth - when not using it.
Tip 2 :
If you know that you're going to be in a bad reception area (has 0 bar) for awhile, turn ON airplane mode. If you let the radio keep on searching for a signal, then it's going to drain the battery. For example, I would do this when travelling on the tube in london.
Tip 3 :
Turn off google's location service, unless you need latitude. - Settings - Location Services - Turn off all 4 boxes.
Tip 4 :
Dim screen brightness, I like to use a widget called brightness level, mainly keep brightness on 25%. Screen brightness is a big culprit for battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...XJ2ZWZpc2gud2lkZ2V0cy5icmlnaHRuZXNzbGV2ZWwiXQ..
Tip 5 :
Disable apps you dont use, e.g. email and exchange servces. You can disable apps, by going into manage apps within settings. If rooted you can freeze apps, by using titanium backup.
Tip 6 :
Turn off backround data sync within apps. Apps such as Google currents, pulse etc, regulary download data in background, turn this off and manually download when you actually use the app.
Tip 7 :
If your a facebook user, uninstall the official facebook app as this is a big battery drainer, I prefer to use :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rcm0uZmJtIl0.
Tip 8 :
Use a black or dark wallpaper and theme apps/widgets dark where possible. Thanks to b-eock here are some dark wallpapers : LINK
Theres probably some more tips I've forgotten to add, but these are the main ones I follow.
Handy checklist, thanks.
At the risk of stating the obvious, there is another even more radical power saving measure possible:
If you are in a situation where you really only need to use the phone as a simple phone, then TURN OFF BOTH MOBILE DATA AND WI-FI COMPLETELY!
I know, people will say "but what's the point of having a smartphone", but as an example, at work my only use of the phone is to be contacted in emergency. It's so easy to toggle data, I often just switch it off.
You will find that with the latest firmware and data off, the battery life is truly amazing.
Agree mobile data does eat a lot of battery to and if your phone is just sitting there idle or you are in desperate need then turning it off could be an option.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
It's a small point, but on AMOLED screens, it takes less power to produce black than anything else. If you're desperate to squeeze every ounce of battery out of your device, theme your apps darker, if you can.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app
thanks. have updated original post.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Ebty32 said:
Great Post
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cheers. Nice to be helpful for a change.
Tip 1 :
Turn off wifi, GPS, Bluetooth - when not using it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I always leave those toggled on.
Tip 2 :
When connected to wifi, turn off mobile data
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I always leave it toggled on.
Tip 3 :
Turn off google's location service, unless you need latitude. - Settings - Location Services - Turn off all 4 boxes.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All check boxes checked and I also turned on Location History in Latitude.
Tip 4 :
Dim screen brightness, I like to use a widget called brightness level, mainly keep brightness on 25%. Screen brightness is a big culprit for battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...XJ2ZWZpc2gud2lkZ2V0cy5icmlnaHRuZXNzbGV2ZWwiXQ..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Brightness always set to Auto. I never dim it.
Tip 5 :
Disable apps you dont use, e.g. email and exchange servces. You can disable apps, by going into manage apps within settings. If rooted you can freeze apps, by using titanium backup.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't disable or freeze any apps.
Tip 6 :
Turn off backround data sync within apps. Apps such as Google currents, pulse etc, regulary download data in background, turn this off and manually download when you actually use the app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Everything is set to sync and working in the background. nothing is done manually on my phone. gReader is set to sync every hour pulling images and snippets. BeWeather is set to sync every 6 hours. Built in lockscreen weather is set to sync every 3 hours. I have some other stuff with push notifications too.
Tip 7 :
If your a facebook user, uninstall the official facebook app as this is a big battery drainer, I prefer to use :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rcm0uZmJtIl0.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use the official facebook app.
Tip 8 :
Use a black or dark wallpaper and theme apps/widgets dark where possible.
Theres probably some more tips I've forgotten to add, but these are the main ones I follow.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lockscreen is lightish blue, and homescreen is live wallpaper.
So it seems, I go against all this tip LMAO. Battery still last a whole day for me.
I hate turning things off and putting phone in airplane mode and all these tips to save battery. The S3 has a capable enough battery. Just use your smartphone to the fullest.
I'm pleased for you, if one day you wanted to get even more battery life, at least you know what to do! How much on screen time do you get? Screenshots?
Using juice defender is easier and a more consequent method of achieving better battery life.
I used to do everything manually but it felt stupid because I kept repeating myself. Leaving the house: turn off this and that. Arrive at work turn on something else again.
Why have a computer and perform the tedious and repetisios task ourselves?
daz_2000 said:
I'm pleased for you, if one day you wanted to get even more battery life, at least you know what to do! How much on screen time do you get? Screenshots?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not saying I get the most optimum battery life, but it gets me through a day. I get around 2 hour screen time and 19+ hours. I just like to keep every on for convenience.
I will post a screen shot when I deplete my battery.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
whatever works for you and your happy with is the main thing. personally I'm not happy unless I get minimum 3.5 hours screen on time.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
sargasso said:
Using juice defender is easier and a more consequent method of achieving better battery life.
I used to do everything manually but it felt stupid because I kept repeating myself. Leaving the house: turn off this and that. Arrive at work turn on something else again.
Why have a computer and perform the tedious and repetisios task ourselves?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Again whatever works for you. Personally I prefer the manual approach. Think I found juice defender made things worse for me.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Good idea. Just a couple of points.
GPS uses no battery unless an application specifically is using GPS to locate you. In other words, it only uses power if its flashing away in the status bar.
No need to turn mobile data off when on wifi. The connection is not using power unless an MMS wants to come in.
battery saving tips
thanks for the useful tips. Although my battery lasts most of the day also and it seems sometimes more frivilous to be turning apps on and off rather than to keep them all on and have your phone last a little shorter....
illusion787 said:
thanks for the useful tips. Although my battery lasts most of the day also and it seems sometimes more frivilous to be turning apps on and off rather than to keep them all on and have your phone last a little shorter....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm only suggesting to disable apps you don't use such as email and exchange. As I only use gmail. The other point I made is to turn off background data. Classic example is Google currents. I just sync when I go into the app and have background data off which is a setting within currents.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
rootSU said:
Good idea. Just a couple of points.
GPS uses no battery unless an application specifically is using GPS to locate you. In other words, it only uses power if its flashing away in the status bar.
No need to turn mobile data off when on wifi. The connection is not using power unless an MMS wants to come in.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
:good: Good to know.
When i reading long white pages with black text i often use negative colour widget. Saved battery and better for my eyes.
Odoslané z GT-I9300 cez Tapatalk 2
patospatos said:
When i reading long white pages with black text i often use negative colour widget. Saved battery and better for my eyes.
Odoslané z GT-I9300 cez Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tis a good tip. Actually, rooted users with the latest Siyah kernel can tap home 4 times and do this too.
ekjl said:
Not saying I get the most optimum battery life, but it gets me through a day. I get around 2 hour screen time and 19+ hours. I just like to keep every on for convenience.
I will post a screen shot when I deplete my battery.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's not good life at all. You just let it set there... 2 hours of screen time for a 19+ hour day... I can get over about 60 Hours with 5+ hours of screen time easily
daz_2000 said:
Hi guys,
Firstly I am no expert, however I would like share my experiences and knowledge of battery saving tips. This is probably best suited to novices like myself and some tips maybe obvious to some, but hey if they are, try the next one!
Press the thanks button if this is useful.
Tip 1 :
Turn off wifi, GPS, Bluetooth - when not using it.
Tip 2 :
When connected to wifi, turn off mobile data
Tip 3 :
Turn off google's location service, unless you need latitude. - Settings - Location Services - Turn off all 4 boxes.
Tip 4 :
Dim screen brightness, I like to use a widget called brightness level, mainly keep brightness on 25%. Screen brightness is a big culprit for battery drain.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...XJ2ZWZpc2gud2lkZ2V0cy5icmlnaHRuZXNzbGV2ZWwiXQ..
Tip 5 :
Disable apps you dont use, e.g. email and exchange servces. You can disable apps, by going into manage apps within settings. If rooted you can freeze apps, by using titanium backup.
Tip 6 :
Turn off backround data sync within apps. Apps such as Google currents, pulse etc, regulary download data in background, turn this off and manually download when you actually use the app.
Tip 7 :
If your a facebook user, uninstall the official facebook app as this is a big battery drainer, I prefer to use :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rcm0uZmJtIl0.
Tip 8 :
Use a black or dark wallpaper and theme apps/widgets dark where possible.
Theres probably some more tips I've forgotten to add, but these are the main ones I follow.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tip 9: buy a Nokia dumb phone as using the above you just will be able to the same thing with it.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
Need some help. Since the last update from whatsapp (2days ago) my n4 won't go into deepsleep cause of whatsapp. What can i do beside deleting whatsapp?
Thanks for your help.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Chintao said:
Need some help. Since the last update from whatsapp (2days ago) my n4 won't go into deepsleep cause of whatsapp. What can i do beside deleting whatsapp?
Thanks for your help.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use Greenify
Chintao said:
Need some help. Since the last update from whatsapp (2days ago) my n4 won't go into deepsleep cause of whatsapp. What can i do beside deleting whatsapp?
Thanks for your help.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Go to settings, scroll down to accounts, tap on whatsapp. There you can turn off contacts synchronization, which is causing the wakelocks.
It will not interfere with your messages as this only sycs your contacts.
Do check once in a while if it stays of as with me it sometimes turns on automatically
Thanks for your help. I will try it
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Bram89 said:
Go to settings, scroll down to accounts, tap on whatsapp. There you can turn off contacts synchronization, which is causing the wakelocks.
It will not interfere with your messages as this only sycs your contacts.
Do check once in a while if it stays of as with me it sometimes turns on automatically
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll give this a shot. I was shocked to see that Whatsapp was keeping my phone awake for more than 7 hours over the course of a day. Thanks.
I AM having this problem too. My auto sync is already offline and I still get a huge amount of wakelocks.
What else can I do?
after opening whatsapp..just go to settings->apps-> whtsapp.. and click force close.. u wil have no wakelocks
Try and find the previous apk.
saikat_ace said:
after opening whatsapp..just go to settings->apps-> whtsapp.. and click force close.. u wil have no wakelocks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Having the same issue... Don't think that's the best solution - using your method, I'll have to do this everytime I finish conversation.
Nexus 4 @ stock 4.2.2
Alex_Dreyk said:
Use Greenify
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Greenify will probably "kill" message notifications?
My problem went away after I installed the newest version off their website.
@clankfu,
Thanks, will try it. Seems that Play has 2.10.*** and the latest on their website is 2.11.***
Had this issue with website versions weeks and months ago. Might be that the bug came into the playstore version (although I don't have any issues right now)
gzesku said:
Having the same issue... Don't think that's the best solution - using your method, I'll have to do this everytime I finish conversation.
Nexus 4 @ stock 4.2.2
Greenify will probably "kill" message notifications?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It will take it to sleep mode.
I see this once in a while and it'd be good to understand WTF is going on. Why does it take a full 5 minute wakelock?
I'm not even sure if its the contacts sync because I clicked on Whatsapp in the Android Settings menu and it showed that the last sync was at 7pm last night. Yet this morning I had a 5-6 minute wakelock. I unchecked and rechecked and it completed the sync in a second or two.
download LLama or Tasker and you can create a task so that when you are backing out of whats app it will FC it for you. I do this with some system apps that stay open longer than I would like. Although its not the way Android may want it its what I do
specify the tasker profile
playya said:
download LLama or Tasker and you can create a task so that when you are backing out of whats app it will FC it for you. I do this with some system apps that stay open longer than I would like. Although its not the way Android may want it its what I do
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
could you specify the way you do this on tasker? will this action stop the notifications in new message?
I couldn't find a solution anywhere that was causing the battery drain for "MediaServer". The two process were "AudioOut_2" and DirectTrack. I don't have viber installed. What are these processes in the "MediaServer" and what purpose do they serve?
UPDATE: I found out that the process using those services is called "1013". How do i figure out what application is it?
Screenshot attached:
SUDroid said:
I couldn't find a solution anywhere that was causing the battery drain for "MediaServer". The two process were "AudioOut_2" and DirectTrack. I don't have viber installed. What are these processes in the "MediaServer" and what purpose do they serve?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To reduce or eliminate the audio out, turn off all key tones and vibration. Don't know what direct track is.
This might be of interest too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31974989
jd1639 said:
To reduce or eliminate the audio out, turn off all key tones and vibration. Don't know what direct track is.
This might be of interest too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31974989
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok thanks for providing the link.
Now i need someone to find out what "DirectTrack_2" is and the process "1013" is.
SUDroid said:
Ok thanks for providing the link.
Now i need someone to find out what "DirectTrack_2" is and the process "1013" is.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try freezing Apollo or use greenify on it.
jd1639 said:
Try freezing Apollo or use greenify on it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont have Apollo. I only have PowerAmp and the Stock Samsung player.
Settings > Sound
Uncheck "Touch sounds"
Uncheck "Screen lock sound"
monitor your battery performance. i believe 1013 is system sounds. someone correct me if i am wrong.
xBeerdroiDx said:
Settings > Sound
Uncheck "Touch sounds"
Uncheck "Screen lock sound"
monitor your battery performance. i believe 1013 is system sounds. someone correct me if i am wrong.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks i'll try it and report back if the issue persists.
UPDATE: The issue has returned again but this time MediaServer and Android System are draining battery. Screenshots attached
I wouldn't worry about this issue I've seen this on every android device ive owned. It will randomly come and go.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4
Andrew149 said:
I wouldn't worry about this issue I've seen this on every android device ive owned. It will randomly come and go.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So ur saying tht the battery drain will eventually disappear?
SUDroid said:
So ur saying tht the battery drain will eventually disappear?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes even my nexus 7 2013 does this. Its been like this ever since ics
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4
Hi, I have got Note 4 with stock firmware build "DPH1" and E-motion kernel r26 MM.
Sometimes I get the save energy app alert. How can I do?
What does it mean?
What do you suggest me?
Thanks..
Sent from Note 4 device - Rome - Italy
its a feature called doze and its coming with android marshmallow. it sleeps backgroud apps it you are not using tham anymore. if its realy annoying you delete smart manager from system/priv-app.
valinor61 said:
its a feature called doze and its coming with android marshmallow. it sleeps backgroud apps it you are not using tham anymore. if its realy annoying you delete smart manager from system/priv-app.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just now I read your message.
I enabled this feature after suggestions by users. But sometimes sincerely I don't know what do I need to do when I get this alert..
Sent from Note 4 device - Rome - Italy