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Calendar rinsing the battery?

Just got my Galaxy S yesterday, but had big problems with the Samsung apps right out of the box.
The main launcher would repeatedly lock up, it was totally unusable. After being frozen for a few minutes I would be able to kill twlauncher process, then it would start up again and run for a few seconds before freezing. I managed to download LauncherPro from the market place to replace it, which is much better.
However, the calendar is causing me grief now. It takes a long time to load, and is not particularly responsive, but the big issue is the battery usage.
1 hour 40 since unplugging and I'm down to 50% battery left (from a full overnight charge) - calendar is responsible for 17% of this(!) with 47 minutes of CPU usage. What is going on?!
Any advice on how to either fix this, or blitz the Samsung calendar app and use the standard google one?

Hi Meza1,
First thing to be aware of is that it takes about 5-7 days before the battery starts to settle down, the first 2 days are a little scary.
Your launcher locking up doesnt sound normal, so I'd keep an eye on that.
As for calendar, I've not noticed it being an issue. The usual battery hogs are when apps are set to high frequency updates. So recently I installed twitter on a 15min update and it took my battery from 2-3days standby down to 6hours!
You could reset your phone to factory and start again and if its still locking up you might want to get it exchanged. We all suffer lag of a few seconds here and there which we hope will be fixed, but not to the level you've just reported.

Root your phone and install "AutoKiller". Great app, it automatically cleans out your ram and uneeded background applications. Phone runs smoothly with no lag. I use "LauncherPro" instead of "TouchWiz".
My GPS also fixes almost instantly, less than 30 secs in most cases. This is in both Google Maps and Co-Pilot.

I really think that it would be unwise to root the phone at this stage, because it would appear to have problems that are not seen on most SGS's and therefore the chances are that the phone needs to be returned.
This would not be possible if "rooted".

Thanks for the responses. I think I'll try one of the lag-fix ROMs that are being mentioned and see how it goes. Is there a way to back up my apps and settings before doing this?

I would agree with Geryatrix and hold off rooting or upgrading your phone just yet, in case you need to return it.

Strange issues by removing DRM services - running DK28

I am currently running ViperROM(DK28) version 3.0.3. I followed all of the instructions for fixing GPS on 2.2 and then flashed to this ROM.
Whenever I remove the DRM services I notice 2 strange things that happen:
1. Quadrant is not able to complete, it gets stuck on the first test at the Video Decoding.
2. I'm unable to select a new ringtone notification in handcent, when I press OK for my selection it hangs and I have to FC it.
The reason I want to remove the DRM services is that it appears to negatively affect battery life. I notice an improvement when they are removed. If I restore the DRM services everything starts working good again.
Any ideas?

I wont flame you,but this has been discussed plenty,search please...Anyway,you cant remove any of the 3 without losing some funcionaliy.So the only thing you can do is disable the one that runs at boot,not uninstall.I have tried this tip that orked for a day,once you have a fresh rom installed,play some music,watch a ripped movie,change a ringtone and notification,then remove all 3 services with sdx app removal or any other method you like.But like I said this will not work for more then 2 days at most
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You're not the only one running into this issue.
I ended up rooting my Epic to get rid of all the sprint bloatware and what-not. Everything seemed to be going smooth from the stock standpoint. I removed Samsung Media hub first. Rebooted the phone and noticed nothing bad. Played around with the setup like that for a few days with no problems.
I next got rid of both the DRM service .apk's that were still running even after I got rid of the media hub... and then the problems started. For the first couple days I noticed DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED battery life and EXTRAORDINARY performance so I imagined what I did was a good thing: WRONG! A few days later, I noticed that if I assigned a sound to a notification or a ringtone *from the SD card*, that it would not work. I couldn't play sounds anymore and instead whenever I went to adjust the volume with said notes/tones selected, the Sound_service would crash.
However, I'm the only person I knew before now who has reported this issue so I'm sure there's not a lot of hubob to fix it. Every Epic is built different. Same parts or not. It's a mass-manufactured phone and each one will have its own quirks. There's my 2 cents.

I just froze the apps when I rooted with Titanium Backup but I thought I did something wrong and figured out that sound from apps seems to trigger the software crashes. No point if fixing it now. Flash DI18 and get the EC05 update and/or get EB13.

dyehya said:
I just froze the apps when I rooted with Titanium Backup but I thought I did something wrong and figured out that sound from apps seems to trigger the software crashes. No point if fixing it now. Flash DI18 and get the EC05 update and/or get EB13.
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So can anyone confirm that the EC05 fixes the DRM issue? Otherwise there's no point in upgrading. I saw the release thread on here. Hecka people already having problems with the EC05. To upgrade for the Sprint ID packs? Won't see me do it...

Just let it do its thing. The amount of functonality you lose removing it is not worth the minute amount of battery life you'll save.

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Just let it do its thing. The amount of functonality you lose removing it is not worth the minute amount of battery life you'll save.
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I have to disagree about the amount of battery life I'm saving being minute. When I had this damned DRM service running, I maybe got 10-12 hours with moderate usage. Without it running and now with SRF1.0.2 running (gets rid of IQ), plus SetCPU to (clocking 200-400 when screen off, undervolting 1.0-1.2 during usage) I'm getting a good 20 hours with heavy usage or I can go 2 days without charging if I only use texting.

I do actually remember getting a good bit more battery from deleting the DRM but at the end of the day I'd rather have my music files and apps work properly. I'm used to keeping a charger on me, its just the nature of owning a smart phone.

Yeah I'm with you on that one. Hopefully this will be one challenge [ACS] will be up to digging into.

I just tried stopping it in the running services menu and tested it on a few things with no issues. Doesn't take more than 15 seconds. I'll probably start incorporating it in to my TWS/Airplane mode routine (which just happens to need around 15 seconds supposedly) whenever I reboot.

That's what alot of other people have been saying too. I guess that's what I have to do.
Some threads on SDX about this say you can use some killers to stop it at bootup (personally I've always hated killers since Android 2.0, you don't need them anymore). As long as the .apk and .odex's are there. It's only when you uninstall or freeze it that you start to run into problems 1-3 days down the line.

I use Startup Auditor and it only kills it briefly. I've read all the arguments against Task Killer but I'm still a fan of it. Its especially useful to see what programs start up on their own and I do notice better performance after killing the ones that have no business being open. For everything else I just set it to ignore them.

Am I the only one? (battery life and transition issues post TW update)

I keep reading all the posts here and elsewhere referencing people's overwhelmingly positive experiences with the touchwiz update. Since applying the update, however, my battery life has gotten much worse, even though I have the same homescreen setup (ie., I'm not using any of Samsung's widgets. I also would say the experience has gotten laggier and less smooth. There is often a "catch " at the pivot point between homescreen, very momentary, and but not there for me before the update. The browser too force closes for me often, unless I regularly remember to open up Samsung's task manager and clear memory. I like some features of the update, like being able to type in the forums without lag, for instance, the but wish these other issues hadn't come along with it.

danwc said:
I keep reading all the posts here and elsewhere referencing people's overwhelmingly positive experiences with the touchwiz update. Since applying the update, however, my battery life has gotten much worse, even though I have the same homescreen setup (ie., I'm not using any of Samsung's widgets. I also would say the experience has gotten laggier and less smooth. There is often a "catch " at the pivot point between homescreen, very momentary, and but not there for me before the update. The browser too force closes for me often, unless I regularly remember to open up Samsung's task manager and clear memory. I like some features of the update, like being able to type in the forums without lag, for instance, the but wish these other issues hadn't come along with it.
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Sounds like something went wrong with your update imo. A lot of people are happy about TW not for the UI changes etc, but for the performance and stability improvements.
Have you tried a factory reset?

Hello doesn't know if it can be helpfull...but i experienced a laggy TW...and in order to try chrome bookmark to sync i tried to delete browser cache and data, and to stop it. The i relaunch the browser...and reconfigure my account for bookmarks sync...now there is a new folder called chrome, but still no my chrome bookmarks...but..tadaaa...i have no more lag on my honeycomb desk, and even the application draxer are very smooth...i was nearly decided to make a full wipe ...but right now i'm not, and i'm really happy with the smoothy interface of honeycomb...i will post a video for new features on my blog so you will be able to see if you consider it laggy or not, but i don't. It's in french but, well videos are videos ;-)
http://honeytab.eklablog.net/

Figured out some things, much happier camper now
Just to update:. I did a factory reset which didn't seem to make all that much difference, but in looking through the settings I noticed the gps was set continuously on and the screen brightness was not on auto. Turned off the gps and set brightness to auto and battery life has more than doubled now. A huge improvement, and and the "catch" when pivoting between homescreens seems gone too. Don't knowing it was any one of those things by themselves or the combination, and but I feel much better about the update now.

I keep the display at what looks like about 30%. I always leave GPS on. My battery life is fine.
However, on the first day after the download it went down much quicker than normal. I believe that's because it was a Saturday and I was spending a lot of time lurking around TouchWiz. Since then I see no difference than before TW.

My battery used to last a couple of days with light usage. Now im lucky if i can get 6 hours. I even wiped battery stats but still battery life is terrible....
UPDATE
I fully charged my battery, reset battery stats in recovery, unplugged and rebooted. After 10 minutes im at 78% battery. I hope its not pershoots new kernel thats causing it....

no issues here; try a reflash

Yeah i went ahead and did that. Went to stock, updated to 3.1, updated to google movie, and now when I go to update, it says no update available. Is the touchwiz update fully available yet? I would rather get the ota instead of a rom version...

[Q] Screen redraws on going home

Hi,
So my G2 (completely stock) has been great for the past year or so until recently.
Now, when I hit home, it often will stutter for a second or two to redraw all the icons. It seems in general the performance has dropped alot. I'm wondering if the problem is the RAM is being eaten by something, but when i check the app manager there is usually around 500 MB free.
It got so bad that swiftkey was lagging on keystrokes (i would type then wait a few seconds as a bunch of letters finally appeared) and I had to go to the stock keyboard.
When I am in a game however, the performance seems normal.
Anyone have any ideas on what is causing this?
Thank you!

This sounds normal considering you've been running it stock for a year. Sometimes it's good to do a factory reset and start fresh when things get laggy. Reboot if you haven't and see what it's like.

Was hoping NOT to hear that response Mostly because of app data.
Any suggestions for saving app data without root (so i dont think i can titanium backup).

Moto x force lags

Hello,
I have a stock Moto X force for about 20 months.
I've been suffering from lagging lately (sometimes it takes a few seconds when trying to switch between apps or the keyboard becomes unresponsive). I think it got worse after the 7.0 update.
I've downloaded an app for system monitoring and I've noticed that at times of lag the internal disk activity is maxed (Read & Write are 100% (not sure exactly what that means)) (Can't add attachments). But, cpu performance and ram usage seems fine. I assume some app is causing this but have no suspects at the moment. How should I continue my debug from here ?
Thanks

Hello Juvesss,
Exactly the same phone with the same problem since one week ago... If you solved it please explain me, this is a pain!
No OS upgrade was involved in my case, I have Nougat since a long ago.
Cache wipe did not help. Limiting background processes to 3 helped just a little (developer menu).
juvesss said:
Hello,
I have a stock Moto X force for about 20 months.
I've been suffering from lagging lately (sometimes it takes a few seconds when trying to switch between apps or the keyboard becomes unresponsive). I think it got worse after the 7.0 update.
I've downloaded an app for system monitoring and I've noticed that at times of lag the internal disk activity is maxed (Read & Write are 100% (not sure exactly what that means)) (Can't add attachments). But, cpu performance and ram usage seems fine. I assume some app is causing this but have no suspects at the moment. How should I continue my debug from here ?
Thanks
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I've been noticing this problem too.
Not sure what the cause is.
I've factory reset and that seems to fix the problem for awhile, but it seems to come back over time.
Something in the stock rom must be cluttering the phone.

Dear roweboat56,
It happened to me after 12 months of having it, so for my experience it is not so frequent. How often happened it to you? (To understand better how long will I "enjoy" the factory reset solution...)

Move to a custom rom!
I faced that issue too! The last update was buggy maybe..and the moto services and rest apps by moto are eating a lot of ram and using a good amount of I/O
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Try this rom by me (on the latest 7.1.2 build with 5th February 2018 security patch)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo-2/general/lineageos-14-1-build-7-1-2-heating-t3757565
Change battery profile to power save, and see the magic
No heating at all!

oniscidea said:
Dear roweboat56,
It happened to me after 12 months of having it, so for my experience it is not so frequent. How often happened it to you? (To understand better how long will I "enjoy" the factory reset solution...)
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Hm I noticed after maybe 2 months of use or so?

Im on Latest Stock FW Android N ,using the device since 8months and not find any lag, in my case it lacks a bit when heated a lot.
I didnt disable any of the Moto Services though.
Try using Greenify if it solves the issue. I will not unlock my phone till it gets 14-15month old and see whether the same happens to me

It is strange... In my case the phenomenon suddenly disappeared some weeks ago, so I think some system update messed it all and later another update solved it. I have the impression it was a system problem and not a particular app, because I tried to uninstall the more suspicious apps without appreciating any change.