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Automatic display brightness

A friend of mine got a nexus s and his automatic display brightness doesn´t seem to work until today. His device is not rooted or has a custom rom, so I can´t test, if it´s an software bug or not.
His firmware is android 4.0 since more than 3 months.
Is there a possibility to check this issue? With an other app or something? Sending back his device is an option, he want to choose as his last possibility.

Impact7 said:
A friend of mine got a nexus s and his automatic display brightness doesn´t seem to work until today. His device is not rooted or has a custom rom, so I can´t test, if it´s an software bug or not.
His firmware is android 4.0 since more than 3 months.
Is there a possibility to check this issue? With an other app or something? Sending back his device is an option, he want to choose as his last possibility.
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Automatic brightness on ics sucks, it doesn't work properly
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DarkhShadow said:
Automatic brightness on ics sucks, it doesn't work properly
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He used it until more than 3 months without any problems. That´s why I don´t get why it shouldn´t work anymore.

Impact7 said:
He used it until more than 3 months without any problems. That´s why I don´t get why it shouldn´t work anymore.
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Idk about that, but it never works properly for me full stop
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My stoped work too, after using this rom.. Tomorrow I will flash another one to see, if my sensor work...
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keb00 said:
My stoped work too, after using this rom.. Tomorrow I will flash another one to see, if my sensor work...
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I´m waiting for your anwser^^

Should be a software bug. Ask him if he would do a factory reset.
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You can always try Sensors applcation to check if light sensor is working properly:
URL: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miian.android.sensors

shockem said:
Should be a software bug. Ask him if he would do a factory reset.
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He did a factory reset and now it seems to work again. But he also mentioned that the display is a bit darker than before. But even though it is, he must live with it

Impact7 said:
He did a factory reset and now it seems to work again. But he also mentioned that the display is a bit darker than before. But even though it is, he must live with it
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Lowest value is lower in ICS then it was in GB. IMHO crap, but it can be changed in framework-res.apk.

Impact7 said:
I´m waiting for your anwser^^
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I re-flashed and work again... A some bug....

GT N7000 -XXLT5 Stock- Looks good

Hi All,
Want to share with you, experimented the XXLT5 on GTN7000. Superb ROM....so far no issues....you name it, it works fine. Note the downloaded file is above 1GB...seems this has all the fixes required. You can root it as well....if any issues found on this stock rom do let me know....will be interested to catch the bug.
Link for download...http://www.hotfile.com/dl/213299077/83496c8/N7000XXLT5_N7000OXXLT2_XEH.zip.html
Link for root : http://d-h.st/GiO
Installation...as usual....Odin...so have a latest pack..open, select the PDA and good to go.

the hotspot works?

aftabbabar said:
the hotspot works?
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Yes...works fine.

I'm running N7000XXLT4 as my build -- is this simply an improved update that just hasn't hit my German unit yet?

And what's better in this LT5 from LT5 posted on may 7th? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2267748 Why we need another thread?
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Murshad007 said:
I upgraded ota from Gb to Ics. And i do a factory reset before. Then on ics i didnd factory due to brick bug. And ota update to JB UAE version. My cpu is always 15-35 % on idle and above 60% with any applictation like Google+ or Hangout..
I did wipe cache and factory reset in recovery.
Now i flashed LT5 And wipe and factory before and after. But still the same?
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Do you have a cracked screen? My CPU idled quite high when my screen was cracked.... Did you also experience the above problems with CyanogenMod?

Screen not cracked, outer body have some cracks. Phone is running smooth in gb and Ics
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hotweiss said:
Do you have a cracked screen? My CPU idled quite high when my screen was cracked.... Did you also experience the above problems with CyanogenMod?
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Cm10.1 nighties 29 06 2013 same issue.. Although phone not hanged up.. But CPU usage around 35-65% without any heavy usage
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Murshad007 said:
Cm10.1 nighties 29 06 2013 same issue.. Although phone not hanged up.. But CPU usage around 35-65% without any heavy usage
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Something must be wrong with the phone if you have such a high CPU usage after a fresh install. Send it in for servicing.

hotweiss said:
Something must be wrong with the phone if you have such a high CPU usage after a fresh install. Send it in for servicing.
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first, whats your upgrade procedure, try without restoring stuff and let os settle in. restoring app+data usually causes this with me.
Also what app do you use for measuring cpu usage. That may be off for some reason. Also note cpu utilization v. s. governor. Example on demand scales up frequency when e. g. uses 80%, so it will seem high, but in regard to frequency it is not. Due to battery savings lower frequencies are used, until 80% frequency is reached before going to a higher frequency, thus for same task higher utilization of that frequency it may not be a bad indication is what I am saying.
Now a rom usually needs some time to synch, perform breakin tasks, scan all media etc, try to see through settings, development options then cpu utilization what is utilizing cpu. Maybe app has gone bad, rogue, or maybe its expected.

M using CPU Z, thanx for utilization info
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Murshad007 said:
M using CPU Z, thanx for utilization info
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your welcome, you can check also cooltool, that has a nice overlay you can position anywhere. You can configure and show e.g. frequency, cpu utilization, temp(battery I think), pretty fun.
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RIL-FD, help plese

RIL-FD
anybody knows what this wakelock is?
its always keeping my phone awake for 3 to 5 hours when im not using it
its killing my battery life, because my phone is practically unable to sleep
i tried google but all i get are secril fd results
if anyone knows what this is or how to fix it would be a big help
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guess im the only one with this issue
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negrobembon said:
guess im the only one with this issue
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i do know it, i have been investigating about it without much success.
Mainly i can make it dissapear for half day if i use WIFI, once wifi is enabled the wake lock dissapears when i stop using wifi or do an experiment with it.
but somehow the error comes back once in a while, after a reboot, or after charging it.
no kernel fix it, no Rom fix it, im putting my hopes on CM

negrobembon said:
guess im the only one with this issue
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i removed fast dormancy and ril-fd is no more (im on crash rom atm where i found a cooked setting to turn off FD).

so this might be related to fast dormancy, i dont want to root this phone yet for certain reasons so i might try switching carriers, maybe it'll help
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negrobembon said:
so this might be related to fast dormancy, i dont want to root this phone yet for certain reasons so i might try switching carriers, maybe it'll help
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there are pre-rooted stock roms which are not supposed to increase the flash counter.
And i confirmed it, i toggled FD and the wakelockappeared, changed roms and tried that again, and the WL dissapeared.
But still my battery life sucks though, getting a honami when its out.

Asadroid said:
there are pre-rooted stock roms which are not supposed to increase the flash counter.
And i confirmed it, i toggled FD and the wakelockappeared, changed roms and tried that again, and the WL dissapeared.
But still my battery life sucks though, getting a honami when its out.
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honami? thats a sony right? is that the Z ultra? if so then, man how can you use such a monster as a phone?
i'd buy the xperia z if i were you
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Nah Honami is Sony new phone. Looks awesome! 20mp camera! Yeeeaaah! I'm also getting this when it's released
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Obagleyfreer said:
Nah Honami is Sony new phone. Looks awesome! 20mp camera! Yeeeaaah! I'm also getting this when it's released
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sounds good, gonna look it up, ive been eyeing tge sony stuff for a while now and was super close to buying a Z, but i may wait for this Honami if its good
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negrobembon said:
sounds good, gonna look it up, ive been eyeing tge sony stuff for a while now and was super close to buying a Z, but i may wait for this Honami if its good
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honami is the code name for the i1(naming confirmation pending from sony, will be disclosed at IFA or so we hope).
after A LOT of hate which went throught the phone, i updated the arrow rom to 5.1, deactivated FD, and nothing,i was getting 10% in 3 hours, for some reason i dont remember i rebooted the phone, and the darn phone still have the same charge from yesterday te phone have 24 hours of uptime (taking in account i have done some serious undervolt to the phone). i was getting about an hour per % an a half with hangouts and whatsapp freezed and in NO use or just checking the bat.
Not bad but too much work to have a "regulary updated" phone to work properly.
now i dont even know what will happen when i recharge the phone again what kind of behaivor will have this darn non-optimized phone I'll be reporting what happens.
Obagleyfreer said:
Nah Honami is Sony new phone. Looks awesome! 20mp camera! Yeeeaaah! I'm also getting this when it's released
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jumping off the fine i9505? that one should not give problems at all

Asadroid said:
i removed fast dormancy and ril-fd is no more (im on crash rom atm where i found a cooked setting to turn off FD).
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Where do I find the setting for Fast Dormancy?

Would a custom ROM be better for the screen ?

So I have had good battery from my note 2 - recently got a s4 love it! But 65 percent of the battery is used by the screen on automatic battery. I had a custom ROM it said the screen was taking a smaller percentage of my screen. Is this a fact or was I dreaming?
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The screen using the battery is because of you, the user. When the screen is off, it uses no battery. When it is on, it is using battery.
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It all depends on the user...heres some tips ive learned to lower that precentage:
1) lower brightness (I know obvious)
2) use dark themes/wallpapers (lighter colors use up kore battery than dark ones on amoled screen...and I believe pure black actualy turns off the pixels, so a pure black background may help)
Ehh thats actually all I can think of...thought I had more lol
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graydiggy said:
The screen using the battery is because of you, the user. When the screen is off, it uses no battery. When it is on, it is using battery.
But I don't understand. I had the note 2 and had auto brightness because I want to see the phone in the day light. It never had 62 percent or 50 whatever percent using the screen. With a custom ROM I had more battery with clean rom
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It depends on your usage. I am pretty sure that your daily usage is not the same. You do not get any screen usage with the screen turned off. Screen usage comes into play when the screen is on. For instance, yesterday, my screen took up 60% of my total usage. Today it was at 45%. A custom ROM has little to do with how the screen works.
Auto brightness varies as well... Too many factors that has nothing to do with the ROM. It is all user based.
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graydiggy said:
It depends on your usage. I am pretty sure that your daily usage is not the same. You do not get any screen usage with the screen turned off. Screen usage comes into play when the screen is on. For instance, yesterday, my screen took up 60% of my total usage. Today it was at 45%. A custom ROM has little to do with how the screen works.
Auto brightness varies as well... Too many factors that has nothing to do with the ROM. It is all user based.
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Alright. Well, it said using auto brightness could save battery usage. But sometimes I have the save battery option on. Thought I'm not sure it helps more. I actually went to try and look for a post about " better battery stats" but for some odd reason, when going to it using my phone, it lags ridiculously bad! I haven't gone on a computer to see if it was in fact my phone. But, all other posts and topics are fine
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The screen will always be number one user unless you didn't use your phone that day.
Like other people said, darker (black) themes. Set the time out really short and turn on Smart Screen. Auto brightness works fine for me, or you can manually turn it lower.
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Look into other kernels and what settings to use in those kernels. I use MDOB MF3 and CHRONIC kernel and I use my xda app,internet,videos,msgs,and a bunch of other apps like even Facebook.I unplugged my phone Saturday at 10:27am and m on xda replying now at 5:09am with 57% battery.
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jball said:
Look into other kernels and what settings to use in those kernels. I use MDOB MF3 and CHRONIC kernel and I use my xda app,internet,videos,msgs,and a bunch of other apps like even Facebook.I unplugged my phone Saturday at 10:27am and m on xda replying now at 5:09am with 57% battery.
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But I thought I couldn't flash anything since having the latest update ?
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my bad
vividblu2020 said:
But I thought I couldn't flash anything since having the latest update ?
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I m sorry I didn't read in your post that u r on the stock out of the box MF3.I m MDL base and run MF3 ROM .sorry again

jball said:
I m sorry I didn't read in your post that u r on the stock out of the box MF3.I m MDL base and run MF3 ROM .sorry again
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Ohh. Yea I wanna flash a ROM and root !
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you CAN root with MF3 and its locked bootloader -- you just can't flash any other roms!

Nexus 4, KitKat 4.4.2: 100% CPU

Hi!
Sometimes, out of nothing, my Nexus 4 heats and the 2nd core locks down at 100%. The temperatures raises to more than 34 (battery) and 48 (cpu) Celusius.
I tried to kill every application and service, one by one, but none of them changed anything. The only solution is reboot.
Anyone knows what's happening?
Thanks.
Regards.

1.What are those app icons in the status bar?
2. Is this stock?
3. Did you try factory reset?
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Ace42 said:
What are those app icons in the status bar?
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Chess.com
AirDroid
AdWay.
AirDroid is not the culprit. It was started just to take the screenshot (my skills to press power and volume down buttons are compromised... )
Yes, I'm using stock KitKat 4.2.2.
The last reset was when I installed KitKat...

zamana said:
Chess.com
AirDroid
AdWay.
AirDroid is not the culprit. It was started just to take the screenshot (my skills to press power and volume down buttons are compromised... )
Yes, I'm using stock KitKat 4.2.2.
The last reset was when I installed KitKat...
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Why don't you do volume+down for screenshot, android has it built in...And is your phone rooted? If it is can you try greenify then see if CPU usage drops?
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And can you upload a picture of running services?
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Ace42 said:
Why don't you do volume+down for screenshot, android has it built in...And is your phone rooted? If it is can you try greenify then see if CPU usage drops?
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Yes, my phone is rooted. What is "greenify"?

Greenify is an app and is mainly used for maintaining a good battery life. U can find it in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
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a2441918 said:
Greenify is an app and is mainly used for maintaining a good battery life. U can find it in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
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Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try. But I still would like to know which app is causing this...
And (weird), why only the 2nd core? It seems like a very specific bug.

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And can you upload a picture of running services?
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Sure.

Even after killing all apps/services with SystemPanel the 2nd core is still at 100% and the CPU is at more than 54 Celsius...
I'll need to reboot.

Ace42 said:
And can you upload a picture of running services?
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@Ace42 do you using cm11 or trebuchet apk like stand alone laucher? If yes from where you grabed it? Thnx
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I assume it's the 4.2.2 camera bug that was in the news this week.
I have seen it many times on my Nexus 7.

I've finally found out what's causing the problem. It's AdAway.
When it can't download the hosts' file updating, it locks down one core and that's causes the cpu heating.
There is a bug (#476) about this problem.
Thank you everyone who tried to help me.
Regards.

grgana said:
@Ace42 do you using cm11 or trebuchet apk like stand alone laucher? If yes from where you grabed it? Thnx
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I use my optimus G, not nexus 4. I'm using CM11 from the e970 section.
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