Strange battery behaviors. - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Well I have charts like this. When I play game the and lock the screen I have to reboot by longpress the power button, bo cause phone does not respond. After reboot it shows low battery even if i play plugged in! It can also go to 0 and few minutes later it can bring back 15% which is enough for about 30 min of normal using. Any suggestions?

Arivald said:
Well I have charts like this. When I play game the and lock the screen I have to reboot by longpress the power button, bo cause phone does not respond. After reboot it shows low battery even if i play plugged in! It can also go to 0 and few minutes later it can bring back 15% which is enough for about 30 min of normal using. Any suggestions?
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Which ROM? Kernel? Rooted?

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sidnoit22 said:
Which ROM? Kernel? Rooted?
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N5experience CAF kernel v7.4.1. It came completely out of blue so I think it might be not software related. And what should be charged/discharged mV battery values?

Arivald said:
N5experience CAF kernel v7.4.1. It came completely out of blue so I think it might be not software related. And what should be charged/discharged mV battery values?
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How old is your Nexus ? And try with other Kernel or ROM. Maybe it ROM issue or kernel.

sidnoit22 said:
How old is your Nexus ? And try with other Kernel or ROM. Maybe it ROM issue or kernel.
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Around 7 months. I'll try to check inside and flash stock.

Arivald said:
Around 7 months. I'll try to check inside and flash stock.
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I will recommend you to flash Factory Img then Factory Reset. And try stock ROM the new Android 4.4.3.

sidnoit22 said:
I will recommend you to flash Factory Img then Factory Reset. And try stock ROM the new Android 4.4.3.
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Hmm. I discharged and recharged. Looks like it could be temperature failure due to 3g + game + charger. Cause now its normal

Arivald said:
Hmm. I discharged and recharged. Looks like it could be temperature failure due to 3g + game + charger. Cause now its normal
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It's always good to check first with BetterBatteryStats for defects with apps and then search for hardware problems.

you can also try to reset battery stats. sometimes flashing roms can screw up battery stats. search in google play there is a ton of apps. if i remember correctly when i had a similar problem i used battery calibration.

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high awake time since flash to DC

so ever snice i flashed my hero to damage 2.1 rom my awake time is always so high. its always only about 10 minutes BELOW he uptime. therefore, KILLING my battery life. =(
I've been running DC off and on for almost a month now and have had excellent battery life. My awake times fluctuate (right now I'm at 13:30 Up time and 8:37 Awake time) but it hasn't been crazy.
Just curious, what is considered a "good" awake time/up time ratio? Are there better numbers on any of the other ROMs?
before if flashed it. lets say my uptime would be 50 minutes. my awake time would prob only be 2 minutes if i didnt use my phone at all. but now that i flashed it, my uptime would be 50 minutes and my awake time will prob like 40 minutes.
The current Damage Control ROM is bugged and has an extremely strange wake lock issue. I'd suggest using Fresh ROM 2.0d until this is fixed.
is the freshrom 2.0 just like damagecontrol ? i mean i LOVE evertying about DC. i wouldnt want something so different.
Warrior 3000 said:
is the freshrom 2.0 just like damagecontrol ? i mean i LOVE evertying about DC. i wouldnt want something so different.
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it shouldnt be totally different, but even if it isn't it works...or you could live with your battery life.
I don't think it's the ROM. I am running DC 2.7.02 and right now my up time is 21:45 while my awake time is 2:48.
My battery life has been fantastic. Have you tried looking at various radios?
doojer said:
I don't think it's the ROM. I am running DC 2.7.02 and right now my up time is 21:45 while my awake time is 2:48.
My battery life has been fantastic. Have you tried looking at various radios?
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yea after a search...weird i didnt think it worked...i found that this complaint is on almost every rom by at least one person. There are quite a few fixes. biggest one is disabling stock messaging app if used and using handcent or chomp.
Also you can go to settings, about phone, battery, and see what is using the battery.
This isnt for you dooj just quoted on your statement.
Warrior 3000 said:
so ever since i flashed my hero to damage 2.1 rom my awake time is always so high. its always only about 10 minutes BELOW he uptime. therefore, KILLING my battery life. =(
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I had that happen recently to a friend. Try just doing a factory reset.
Settings -> privacy -> factory reset.
Your phone will still remain rooted and the rom will still remain too.
This fixed it for him.
how do i disable the stock messanger fully ?
Warrior 3000 said:
how do i disable the stock messanger fully ?
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go to messages, then press menu and go to setting. uncheck auto-retrieve, and uncheck received notifications.
edit* i did this to my wifes phone a few weeks ago as she was having a problem on another rom and her awake time still shows high but her battery is much better and she quit hitting me.
yeah i have thoese unchecked. everytime i open up advacned task killer i always see these apps running tho...
voicemail
clock
handcent
messages
Warrior 3000 said:
yeah i have thoese unchecked. everytime i open up advacned task killer i always see these apps running tho...
voicemail
clock
handcent
messages
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whats your time without signal? go to settings, about phone, battery, battery use and see whats using the battery and if click on the cell standby i think to see time without signal.
also go to menu, applications, running services, and see whats running and how long. stop the ones you dont use that have been running the entire time your phone was awake.
Warrior 3000 said:
how do i disable the stock messanger fully ?
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If you want to remove it, then at the windows command prompt assuming you have your SDK tools path set up correctly:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm [messaging app].apk
I dont know what the name of the messaging app is, but I think it might be Mms.apk You are at your own risk if that removes the wrong app.
You dont have to tecnically remove it. Just disable auto retrieve and notifications in that app.
jackal424 said:
If you want to remove it, then at the windows command prompt assuming you have your SDK tools path set up correctly:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm [messaging app].apk
I dont know what the name of the messaging app is, but I think it might be Mms.apk You are at your own risk if that removes the wrong app.
You dont have to tecnically remove it. Just disable auto retrieve and notifications in that app.
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It is mms.apk.
I have been running the stock messaging with no problems.
sdotcarlisle said:
whats your time without signal? go to settings, about phone, battery, battery use and see whats using the battery and if click on the cell standby i think to see time without signal.
also go to menu, applications, running services, and see whats running and how long. stop the ones you dont use that have been running the entire time your phone was awake.
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My time without signal is 0% or non-existant.
mrinehart93 said:
The current Damage Control ROM is bugged and has an extremely strange wake lock issue. I'd suggest using Fresh ROM 2.0d until this is fixed.
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As for the current Damage Control ROM having a wake-lock issue, what IS the latest version? I am running v2.07.2 (the one before the TrevE mod) and I have no wake-lock, random reboots, or time without signal.
I have not found it to be the rom that is keeping things awake technically. I have tried to figure this one out, and all I can say it seems to be tied to some apps that I have downloaded that starts to throw the awake issue off.
This has happened to me on all 2.1 roms.......after a couple weeks of downloading some apps.
I only use root explorer and mixzing for now and have not had a problem with just those two.
I think I even confirmed that Pac-man was keeping the phone awake, although this is probably not the only one.
anyway, hope it helps.

Frozen Dimmed Screen

My sister has a Nexus S 4g that she purchased used from Cowboom. Within the past 2 days the phone has started to freeze up when she attempts to turn it on with a dimmed screen. She ends up having to pull the battery to get it to reboot. She also woke up to a dead battery today after having the battery at 90% last night (I am assuming this is caused by the same issue).
Any ideas as to what might be going on, or any recommendations to try to fix it? She is on the last day of the cowboom 30 day return policy, so she is trying to figure out what to do.
maybe she has some problem with cpu clock or voltage at wakelock.
SuuK80 said:
maybe she has some problem with cpu clock or voltage at wakelock.
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What's the best way to diagnose that?
happened to me with cyanogen 7.1 and default clock and voltage.
try to install antutu cpu master and cpu voltage and make some try.
or change kernel for example air kernel or matr1x
SuuK80 said:
happened to me with cyanogen 7.1 and default clock and voltage.
try to install antutu cpu master and cpu voltage and make some try.
or change kernel for example air kernel or matr1x
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I would really rather not flash it with a different kernel, or change the cpu settings. The device is stock, and as I am not the one with the device, I would rather leave it that way. Is this a bug with stock ICS or something? Or does it sound like it is caused by the phone?
is difficult that can be a ICS bug.
if you are not sure and you don't wont do some attempt to fix it, send it back...
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My sister has a Nexus S 4g that she purchased used from Cowboom. Within the past 2 days the phone has started to freeze up when she attempts to turn it on with a dimmed screen. She ends up having to pull the battery to get it to reboot. She also woke up to a dead battery today after having the battery at 90% last night (I am assuming this is caused by the same issue).
Any ideas as to what might be going on, or any recommendations to try to fix it? She is on the last day of the cowboom 30 day return policy, so she is trying to figure out what to do.
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It does happens to me too, its the kernel related problem... Solution is you flash a custom kernel....
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk 2
SuuK80 said:
is difficult that can be a ICS bug.
if you are not sure and you don't wont do some attempt to fix it, send it back...
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My sister just did an online chat with them, and they are sending her a different device. Unfortunately she has to send her device back first though, so she will be without a phone for a few days.
Since she only has a week to return it, it would be hard to verify that whatever I do actually fixed the phone in that time.

[q](STUCK) MULTIPLE ISSUES

Hey guys.
there are several major problems with my device.
first of all, lets see what we have here.
Exynos powered SM-N900 note 3 device
About 2 months old
rooted with CF- Auto Root
4.4.2 N900XXUDNA6_N900SERDNA6_SER firmware
that was the situation of device when the first problem showed itself.
Whiel i was watching video from an sd card, suddenly ı realised even if the device is on charge, (wall type) the battery percentage was dropping. when ı saw that, ı stopped watching the video, put down the phone and went to sleep. (it was 15 % at that time)
after 8 hours of proper sleep, I took my phone and saw that it was just 60%.
then ı began searching for slow charging issues. tried exactly everything about it, no luck. ( 5 different brands of different cables, 3 different brands of wall chargers, 2 different original note 3 batteries. tried both for AC and USB charging.)
All of them gave me the same result of charging current of 300 mah.
then ı tried all the wipe options, (wipe from recovery, factory reset from the settings menu, flashing another firmware which is CAC-N900XXUDNA8-20140210150816. ) still no luck. and things started to get worse.
a pain in the ass lag showed up, I'cant even use the camera. its like it comes and goes, but most of the time its there.
slow charging still continues, sometimes it does not charge at all,(had to reset couple of times) and when it charges, it's always 300 Mah and shows in the battery section as USB all the time ( even if I'm charging with the wall charger) ( already tried cache wipe for this, didn't make any difference.)
When I plug it to the PC, it does not recognize the device as a usb device, nor Kies, but ODİN does. (thankfully).
got this really weird screen, and some other screens close to it. (the screen actually faded away like in the picture ı uploaded. waited for it to go out for 10-15 seconds when ı pushed the wake button, the screen came itself just like nothing else happened 10 seconds ago!)
those are my problems, and the device is rooted, there is no warranty issue, so that means I'm stuck. it's not my first android device, and i consider myself just above average android user, but my hands are tied for this. any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!!
Really? No one can answer that?
rompinpumpkin said:
Really? No one can answer that?
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Did u try charging when mobile is off?if not give a try
Thanks for the reply.
Yeah I tried that. It kind of shortens the time of charging, but still, there are also other problems and some way ı think all of them are connected. That can be a solution only for slow charging, but the other issues still there.
rompinpumpkin said:
Thanks for the reply.
Yeah I tried that. It kind of shortens the time of charging, but still, there are also other problems and some way ı think all of them are connected. That can be a solution only for slow charging, but the other issues still there.
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may all your problems linked each other possible, try to uninstall third party apps you have installed, may some app is causing all the problems.
jdomadia said:
may all your problems linked each other possible, try to uninstall third party apps you have installed, may some app is causing all the problems.
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I'm afraid that is also not a solution, because i already performed a full wipe and flashed a clean firmware, which cleared all 3rd party apps, still problems go on.
appreciate the effort though!
rompinpumpkin said:
I'm afraid that is also not a solution, because i already performed a full wipe and flashed a clean firmware, which cleared all 3rd party apps, still problems go on.
appreciate the effort though!
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Read carefully & flash from below link, hop u will get your all problems sort out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519897
jdomadia said:
Read carefully & flash from below link, hop u will get your all problems sort out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519897
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are you suggesting EFS back-up /restore?
By the way, i have fresh brand new issues!!
now device doesn't close, if i close it and connect it to a charger, it reboots itself to recovery mode!!!
ı discovered something about the lag issue. if i run the cpu enough, (like playing games) lag goes out. when ı quit the game, it turns back!!
I opened up cpu monitor from the developer options, everytime lag shows up, i see from the cpu list this thing:
irq/563-sii8240
I think this causes all of my problems.
any ideas???
rompinpumpkin said:
are you suggesting EFS back-up /restore?
By the way, i have fresh brand new issues!!
now device doesn't close, if i close it and connect it to a charger, it reboots itself to recovery mode!!!
ı discovered something about the lag issue. if i run the cpu enough, (like playing games) lag goes out. when ı quit the game, it turns back!!
I opened up cpu monitor from the developer options, everytime lag shows up, i see from the cpu list this thing:
irq/563-sii8240
I think this causes all of my problems.
any ideas???
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EFS backup is very IMPORTANT, no Idea about what u say about CPU
jdomadia said:
Read carefully & flash from below link, hop u will get your all problems sort out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2519897
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jdomadia said:
EFS backup is very IMPORTANT, no Idea about what u say about CPU
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I know the importance of the EFS, just couldn't figure out the relevance.
rompinpumpkin said:
I know the importance of the EFS, just couldn't figure out the relevance.
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It looks like a problem with a interrupt of the video driver. I read you already flashed a other firmware, correct?
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Have you installed any apps to monitor battery drain? I use GSAM Battery Monitor and every time I start to see weird things with my battery, I have a look to see which app is running wild. Removing the app usually sets my phone back to very good battery life. The other day HD Widgets updated their app and all of a sudden I was dropping battery life about 15% per hour when hardly using the phone. HD was the culprit, removing it put me back to normal again. This happens often when companies update their apps.
One other thing, does you phone run hot? In the notification screen, you can see the current temp of your phone. If your battery is draining fast, it will run hot.
Thank you for the feedback. I downloaded the app, here are my first results. Do you think its normal that my kernel alone 74% ? I recently turned into cvm recovery, any ideas for alternative kernels?
SM-N900 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi

[Q] Display or CPU problem on S4 GT I9500

Hi Guys,
in the video attached, the problem of my S4. At the end of the video noise and after the black screen the Phone is dead. Restart only if disconnect the battery and put the phone in the freezer. When it's cold the problem start after 2 min, at room temperature after 3-4 sec.
Thanks in advance!
antonuik62 said:
Hi Guys,
in the video attached, the problem of my S4. At the end of the video noise and after the black screen the Phone is dead. Restart only if disconnect the battery and put the phone in the freezer. When it's cold the problem start after 2 min, at room temperature after 3-4 sec.
Thanks in advance!
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Please mention the ROM or modifications that you are using.
Not everybody is going to watch the video
"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
Thanks for the reply,
CM 11 is now installed, but the problem is the same of the stock rom 4.4.2 . In fact was born on the stock rom and I have tried to flash CM11 to solve the problem but I'm have not been successful. I'm afraid it's a hardware problem.
antonuik62 said:
Thanks for the reply,
CM 11 is now installed, but the problem is the same of the stock rom 4.4.2 . In fact was born on the stock rom and I have tried to flash CM11 to solve the problem but I'm have not been successful. I'm afraid it's a hardware problem.
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Most probably your battery has gone kaputt.
Get a new on/replace/borrow for a day and try if this happens again.
Edit: WAIT WHAT!! PHONE IN THE FREEZER? DUDE!!
Also
Use "kernel tuner *root*" from the playstore and underclock your CPU.
Check and Monitor the CPU and Battery temperatures too.
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Thanks for help! Ok I will try. Yes in the freezer with the palstic bag, because it is only way to make works it for about 2 minuts. I have tried to start it with a stabilized power supply, without battery but to no avail.
antonuik62 said:
Thanks for help! Ok I will try. Yes in the freezer with the palstic bag, because it is only way to make works it for about 2 minuts. I have tried to start it with a stabilized power supply, without battery but to no avail.
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Does it get hot right? That is where it snaps to avoid certain things.
Underclock your CPU using kernel tuner *root* and switch 2 cores off. (There are toggles in the app to switch cpus off)
Attached screenshot of the app.
This app..
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DeepankarS said:
Does it get hot right? That is where it snaps to avoid certain things.
Underclock your CPU using kernel tuner *root* and switch 2 cores off. (There are toggles in the app to switch cpus off)
Attached screenshot of the app.
This app..
"If someone helps, never forget to hit thanks ? "
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Unfortunately the problem is not the battery and the smartphone will not start unless I put it in a cool place, and it works for 1 minute maximum 2. It is impossible to install anything. Do not even start the animation of the battery charge.

Battery drain out

Hi guys, it's the second time when my phone drain the battery overnight, it's happened to you? Wich maybe the cause?
Hello,
Same here, it appened 3 times.. I went to sleep with 70% and at wake up no battery.. Today i've not used my phone between 3 hours, it was at 78% i just verify right now if a have notification and i see than the battery is at 48%. It's very strange.. phone is very hot, all apps cleared..
After I have wrote this problem my phone is stuck and I need to restarted,is very hot,cache memory is clean,no apps in background....why? maybe the new miui solve this problem?
I had this problem one time.. It was so hot, black screen, after 5min on "power" button the phone have restarted and stay on the Mi logo during 20minutes.. Can't help you.. I've see than we aren't alone with this problem but don't know how to resolve
cristeasavu said:
After I have wrote this problem my phone is stuck and I need to restarted,is very hot,cache memory is clean,no apps in background....why? maybe the new miui solve this problem?
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Your phone isn't entering in to deepsleep
I would say it isn't an OS fault, but it is an app that you are installed that is doing it.
I'm positive even that this is the issue.
Now, do you have root to use a Wakelock monitor?
No,I have not Root,I will install and try to figure out the app guilty for this thx ,this answer help us
any news on this? Still have this problem, phone gets hot, processors at max freq until the battery runs out... Only a reboot fix for some hours or days... then it happen again
maxionline said:
any news on this? Still have this problem, phone gets hot, processors at max freq until the battery runs out... Only a reboot fix for some hours or days... then it happen again
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As i said, it's an App that is taking the deepsleep out.
Try to point it out with an wakelolock monitor app
Pupet_Master said:
As i said, it's an App that is taking the deepsleep out.
Try to point it out with an wakelolock monitor app
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This is the process that are wakelocking the phone and drains all the batt, check the screenshot.
maxionline said:
This is the process that are wakelocking the phone and drains all the batt, check the screenshot.
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DRM = Another App is accessing it or Persist Partition is fuzzy.
I think it's another App who access it, usually Video Streaming Apps
Pupet_Master said:
DRM = Another App is accessing it or Persist Partition is fuzzy.
I think it's another App who access it, usually Video Streaming Apps
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Thanks for the information! The only app that i have is youtube, but i never use it. I debloated the phone thinking it will fix the sudden battery drain. but no. so there is no other streaming app that i know
maxionline said:
Thanks for the information! The only app that i have is youtube, but i never use it. I debloated the phone thinking it will fix the sudden battery drain. but no. so there is no other streaming app that i know
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Youtube and Google apps are notorious to drain the battery.
Try to uninstall it and see if it fix.
Pupet_Master said:
Youtube and Google apps are notorious to drain the battery.
Try to uninstall it and see if it fix.
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Uninstalled by adb windows tool. testing if the issue persist. I will return here to report the result. Thanks!
Found that browser (just kiwi deskrop shortcut) version of the app is both faster, less drainy and does not show you that many ads also can flip to desktop mode to access creator studio functions
Pupet_Master said:
DRM = Another App is accessing it or Persist Partition is fuzzy.
I think it's another App who access it, usually Video Streaming Apps
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Hey Puppet_Master since i uninstalled youtube app i do not experienced anymore sudden battery drain, you was right that youtube was triggering the DRM services. Thanks you very much for your help. You saved me!!!!
maxionline said:
Hey Puppet_Master since i uninstalled youtube app i do not experienced anymore sudden battery drain, you was right that youtube was triggering the DRM services. Thanks you very much for your help. You saved me!!!!
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Sadly it happened again yesterday, was 10:30am, touched the phone for taht reason, check the temperature... and was warm, unlock, and the two big cores was stuck at 2208mhz again... battery at 30%, was at 65% two hours before. Again the android.hardware.drm...
I dont have any video player installed, nothing new installed. I hope that android 10 fix this issue, but i doubt..
maxionline said:
Sadly it happened again yesterday, was 10:30am, touched the phone for taht reason, check the temperature... and was warm, unlock, and the two big cores was stuck at 2208mhz again... battery at 30%, was at 65% two hours before. Again the android.hardware.drm...
I dont have any video player installed, nothing new installed. I hope that android 10 fix this issue, but i doubt..
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I guess playstore os Chrome is doing it.
DRM isn't something from Android but an app that access it
Do you watch google play videos?
Perhaps you can try to set back the theme to the original theme. I have done mine and the draining stopped. If I use any custom theme, suddenly the phone will get hot and then drain battery like hell.
I've reverted to original theme and so far there's no issue apart from sometimes the phone suddenly hang and have to do a reboot.
Pupet_Master said:
I guess playstore os Chrome is doing it.
DRM isn't something from Android but an app that access it
Do you watch google play videos?
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Never use google playa vídeos, well, i dont even play videos in the phone
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lavenderyew said:
Perhaps you can try to set back the theme to the original theme. I have done mine and the draining stopped. If I use any custom theme, suddenly the phone will get hot and then drain battery like hell.
I've reverted to original theme and so far there's no issue apart from sometimes the phone suddenly hang and have to do a reboot.
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I have the original theme, never changed it

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