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[Q] Screen light goes half-on randomly

Hi,
I have a weird issue, I hope you guys can help me.
While my phone is staying idle, after a while, even when there is no notification, the screen half-lights up after a random period, and stays like that until I press the lock button.
Has anyone experienced it? What could be the issue? May there be a setting misconfiguration?
Also, may that be related to WiFi?
I'm on stock Rom with latest update.
Thanks in advance,

SoulSmasher said:
Hi,
I have a weird issue, I hope you guys can help me.
While my phone is staying idle, after a while, even when there is no notification, the screen half-lights up after a random period, and stays like that until I press the lock button.
Has anyone experienced it? What could be the issue? May there be a setting misconfiguration?
Also, may that be related to WiFi?
I'm on stock Rom with latest update.
Thanks in advance,
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I get the same thing on stock ROM, with wifi off, bluetooth off, samsung wallpapers lock and home.

Probably a dodgy app.
Check wakelocks.
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Skander1998 said:
Probably a dodgy app.
Check wakelocks.
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Where can I check the wakelocks? Do I have to dig each installed apps separately?
Edit: Will this work?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector&hl=en

[Q] Google Keep extreme battery consumption

Hello guys,
I let my Nexus 4 charging, and when it was done, I removed the charging cable and just let it on my table. I was watching a movie and I didn't even touched the phone.
When I unlocked the phone, my battery was showing 93% with only 2h after disconnecting the charger, and the app with most battery consuption is Google Keep
I've attached a screenshot.
And also I've noticed that my device is hotter. And I can't uninstall Google Keep (I use Evernote and Springpad instead of Keep), I think it's a built in app in the Android 4.3
My Nexus 4 is 4.3 with Stock ROM and Kernel.
Anyone knows what is going on?
Thanks!

VSTOLL said:
Hello guys,
I let my Nexus 4 charging, and when it was done, I removed the charging cable and just let it on my table. I was watching a movie and I didn't even touched the phone.
When I unlocked the phone, my battery was showing 93% with only 2h after disconnecting the charger, and the app with most battery consuption is Google Keep
I've attached a screenshot.
And also I've noticed that my device is hotter. And I can't uninstall Google Keep (I use Evernote and Springpad instead of Keep), I think it's a built in app in the Android 4.3
My Nexus 4 is 4.3 with Stock ROM and Kernel.
Anyone knows what is going on?
Thanks!
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Yes you can uninstall Google keep if you are rooted. If you dont want to root just try rebooting and if you find this problem still persisting make a factory reset.
Press thanks if I helped you. :good:

If you are not rooted and you don't use Keep you can go to
settings>apps>all apps>Keep> disable
Hope this helps.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

Rohit02 said:
Yes you can uninstall Google keep if you are rooted. If you dont want to root just try rebooting and if you find this problem still persisting make a factory reset.
Press thanks if I helped you. :good:
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I've rebooted the phone several times, but nothing changed. I don't wanna root right now, my needs of the phone don't ask for a root, but thanks anyway
raul90 said:
If you are not rooted and you don't use Keep you can go to
settings>apps>all apps>Keep> disable
Hope this helps.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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Thank you! This solved my problem, first I've uninstalled all the updates of Google Keep, and it already fixed the problem, and then I've disabled it just to be sure Looks like some newer updates of Keep are bugged in some devices

I know your issue has been resolved by disabling the app, but looking at your first screenshot it could have been a sync issue. Your screenshot showed no data connection so Keep may have been trying to sync in the background and keeping your phone awake since there was no connection.

Samsung s4 shuts off by itself

Alright so recently out of the blues whenever I go on Google Maps or browse the internet on the S4. It turns off by itself, I try it again and it does it again. Not sure exactly why but I'm looking for an explanation of some sort, or if some one else is facing the same issue. It would be kindly appreciated if any one could enlighten me to as what I should do to solve such an issue.
Thanks for taking the time

does this only happen with certain apps or will it shut down by doing anything within the phone?

Mkami said:
Alright so recently out of the blues whenever I go on Google Maps or browse the internet on the S4. It turns off by itself, I try it again and it does it again. Not sure exactly why but I'm looking for an explanation of some sort, or if some one else is facing the same issue. It would be kindly appreciated if any one could enlighten me to as what I should do to solve such an issue.
Thanks for taking the time
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Try rooting, installing Xposed, installing Wanam, enabling it in Xposed, reboot, and look for the option about SystemServer Crash and try enabling it.
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You should provide more details like firmware version, the physical state of your phone at least, before asking such questions. The issue can be of software or hardware nature but you didn't provided any useful information ...

Out of curiosity, just turn off GPS and try to reproduce the issue. If you don't want to root and use the tools to trace the logs, the process of elimination is the only way to narrow the issue down.

Fixed the issue.
Hey guys, thanks for taking the time to reply, it seems I have found what caused this issue. It was actually my battery, one of the gold plates within it needed to be properly cleaned, in which I did and everything went back to normal. I thought maybe perhaps it had something to do with the custom ROM itself.
Thanks for taking the time guys, really means a lot XDA community has always been amazing!

Alarm clocks fail in morning S7 edge 935F (fixed)

I just got a new S7 edge 935f. I rooted it with magisk after installing twrp. I have tried a few Nougat stock roms and in all of them, my alarm clock fails to go off first thing in the morning. It will come on when I push the home button and for the rest of the day all alarms work fine. It is only the first morning alarm that fails.
I wonder if this is due to something wrong with the kernel, and if installing a custom kernel may fix this. Or is the a lib file that may be corrupt.
Anyone else experience this kind of problem? I read in a few articles and forums that it is linked possibly to a SOD (sleep of death) bug. Hoping some information can come from anyone else who knows of this.
Thanks in advance.

So a custom rom and kernel failed to fix this. In the kernel settings with mtweaks I even allowed all wake locks. Mos puzzling and even slightly frustrating...

bobfrantic said:
So a custom rom and kernel failed to fix this. In the kernel settings with mtweaks I even allowed all wake locks. Mos puzzling and even slightly frustrating...
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Hey have you tried using a third party alarm clock so you can test if it's an isolated case or with all of them ?

jaimep01 said:
Hey have you tried using a third party alarm clock so you can test if it's an isolated case or with all of them ?
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yes I have and all have same issue. For the first alarm I have to manually wake up the phone, all others work through the day.

Surely I am not the only one to have this trouble....

bobfrantic said:
Surely I am not the only one to have this trouble....
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Check the battery saver app in maintanance it miht have picked up the clock app which I soubt but it is a good idea to check it.

jaimep01 said:
Check the battery saver app in maintanance it miht have picked up the clock app which I soubt but it is a good idea to check it.
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Yes, I checked all those things... I wonder about MM 6.0.1 if the issue would remain or not. I found an app "SOD Killer" that I will test. It results in some battery being used to keep it from going into deep sleep. Have googled this and there are a lot of others with the situation but not a lot of fixes around.

bobfrantic said:
Yes, I checked all those things... I wonder about MM 6.0.1 if the issue would remain or not. I found an app "SOD Killer" that I will test. It results in some battery being used to keep it from going into deep sleep. Have googled this and there are a lot of others with the situation but not a lot of fixes around.
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I feel my alarms fail as well from time to time, but i think the culprit is, in advance features the easy mute function have you tried turning it off ?
It might have a bug or something with the sensor.

jaimep01 said:
I feel my alarms fail as well from time to time, but i think the culprit is, in advance features the easy mute function have you tried turning it off ?
It might have a bug or something with the sensor.
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No I haven't tried that. I have mine working now. It woke me up this morning. What did it is the app "SOD Killer" which is on google play. It increases battery useage a little but until I find out which file is keeping phone asleep, it's a small price imho.

do not "freeze" or "doze" or use any similar apps to "kill" clock app in background.
which means, clock app needs to run to have alarm working.

yaibakt said:
do not "freeze" or "doze" or use any similar apps to "kill" clock app in background.
which means, clock app needs to run to have alarm working.
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I don't kill or freeze anything. Only thing I have to make alarm work is the SOD Killer app that keeps phone from going into deep sleep.

So a funny thing happened on the way back to Marshmallow 6.0.1 as I had just finished getting through setup and was about to start doing things on my phone, I got a notification that there was a firmware update downloading. It was taking me back to 7.0 and it upgraded my phone to the first version of Nougat for Luxembourg. Then a few minutes later another system update was downloading and I installed it and my phone now had the latest Nougat for Luxembourg. So first thing I checked was the alarm. I set one for 4 hours later, and it worked. I also tested an overnight alarm and it also worked. So now I have working alarms. Still going to downgrade back to 6.0.1 though, just feels better than Nougat to me.

Battery drains incredibly fast

Hey, so lately I've been experiencing incredibly fast battery drain, I am confused of why this is happening, I rooted my phone and tried doing some things to improve it, but that didn't help. When I first got my phone the battery was extremely good. I've just recently flashed stock firmware but it's still terrible, does anyone know any tips or tricks, maybe the root of my problem? I'll drop some screenshots as well.
https://imgur.com/a/dWnJl
https://imgur.com/kyEtmtH
https://imgur.com/PTxxwFS
(Sorry for only links, couldn't get the images showing here :/ )

SheepSaysBaah said:
Hey, so lately I've been experiencing incredibly fast battery drain, I am confused of why this is happening, I rooted my phone and tried doing some things to improve it, but that didn't help. When I first got my phone the battery was extremely good. I've just recently flashed stock firmware but it's still terrible, does anyone know any tips or tricks, maybe the root of my problem? I'll drop some screenshots as well.
https://imgur.com/a/dWnJl
https://imgur.com/kyEtmtH
https://imgur.com/PTxxwFS
(Sorry for only links, couldn't get the images showing here :/ )
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Hello what is your current system version? January patch?

SheepSaysBaah said:
Hey, so lately I've been experiencing incredibly fast battery drain, I am confused of why this is happening, I rooted my phone and tried doing some things to improve it, but that didn't help. When I first got my phone the battery was extremely good. I've just recently flashed stock firmware but it's still terrible, does anyone know any tips or tricks, maybe the root of my problem? I'll drop some screenshots as well.
https://imgur.com/a/dWnJl
https://imgur.com/kyEtmtH
https://imgur.com/PTxxwFS
(Sorry for only links, couldn't get the images showing here :/ )
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may be you have done this already. on stock it helped me when i force stopped the quickmemo+ every time i reboot. Give it a shot if you haven't.

rahulkrathod said:
may be you have done this already. on stock it helped me when i force stopped the quickmemo+ every time i reboot. Give it a shot if you haven't.
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Try running "diagnose" under Smart Doctor and see if it comes up with a misbehaving app.

adamsek said:
Hello what is your current system version? January patch?
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Yeah

rahulkrathod said:
may be you have done this already. on stock it helped me when i force stopped the quickmemo+ every time i reboot. Give it a shot if you haven't.
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot

SheepSaysBaah said:
Thanks, I'll give it a shot
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You should try update system apps from dedicated menu.

This does not look THAT bad. Really.
Snapchat... Facebook Messenger... Facebook dedicated app.
Also that battery monitor crap. Anything else similar to that installed?
These are true battery suckers, also try dealing with QuickMemo+ app, as previously mentioned.

romcio47 said:
This does not look THAT bad. Really.
Snapchat... Facebook Messenger... Facebook dedicated app.
Also that battery monitor crap. Anything else similar to that installed?
These are true battery suckers, also try dealing with QuickMemo+ app, as previously mentioned.
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You've got a point, will remove one of the battery monitors. I seem to be some improvement after the QuickMemo+ trick.
Although I really don't know any good Facebook & Facebook Messenger replacements. Those I tried were just not giving me full performance and they're not looking good.

Isn't there a way to disable Quickmemo+ without root ?

maxismuzz said:
Isn't there a way to disable Quickmemo+ without root ?
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I've always been able to do it with or without root, H870 no carrier.

SheepSaysBaah said:
I've always been able to do it with or without root, H870 no carrier.
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How? I'm also on European H870 without Carrier , and I can't

I'm experiencing the similar starting this month, and seems like the battery drain comes with heating surrounding the power button, are you seeing the same symptom?
SheepSaysBaah said:
Hey, so lately I've been experiencing incredibly fast battery drain, I am confused of why this is happening, I rooted my phone and tried doing some things to improve it, but that didn't help. When I first got my phone the battery was extremely good. I've just recently flashed stock firmware but it's still terrible, does anyone know any tips or tricks, maybe the root of my problem? I'll drop some screenshots as well.
(Sorry for only links, couldn't get the images showing here :/ )
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Did you try LG hidden menu trick? To do that, you need to type *#546368#*870# in dialer and you'll see a hidden menu. Then, tap on SVC Menu > LDB > Untick "enable" (both options needs to be unticked) close the menu and restart it. Most of the users says that this method is also useable, you can give it a try.

Hey,i have been experiencing the same thing.For me is like android system and android os and phone idle eat battery as the same time as the screen.So that means i am using the phone and three things at the same time are eating the battery.I went down from 5 hrs sot to 3 and a half.I have done a lot of things like the hidden menu,the quicknote,conserve memory thing.I don't know why it does that and the phone is really heating up.I have not experience this level of heat ever on my g6.I use the h870 europe with january security patch.

You all call this bad backup?? Plz get your phone tested. See my phones's backup.. this backup with no in between charge

sounds like a rogue app, install better battery stats from play store and check results (it will ID apps chowing battery).