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Huge Battery Drain Culprit on Official Froyo

System Process Suspend. I noticed it runs at a constant 30% until i restart my phone. Anyone else having this problem or even know what event triggers this?
Flash is nice and all, but its not enough to compensate for all the crap froyo is dishing out.
so far my issues with this are wifi not connecting, any audio out ( mp3 or stream ) sounds like utter crap, and now this battery drain.

crunchyevo said:
System Process Suspend. I noticed it runs at a constant 30% until i restart my phone. Anyone else having this problem or even know what event triggers this?
Flash is nice and all, but its not enough to compensate for all the crap froyo is dishing out.
so far my issues with this are wifi not connecting, any audio out ( mp3 or stream ) sounds like utter crap, and now this battery drain.
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I am not having any of these issues at all, my wifi connects, my battery doesn't drain like crazy, and my Pandora sounds like I am in a concert hall!!
Were you rooted before the update? Have you tried factory reset?

nope i was never rooted. i dunno, i search around the interwebs and it seems the things i am mentioning are common occurances to froyo.
however, none of these have an answer of why it happens in the first place, besides the streaming audio part.
its funny how for the past month or so that people have reported these problems to google, they do not even give it the customary "taking it seriously" line.
so has no one noticed their locally stored music sounds flat also?? this is the one part that intrigues me since that was how i first noticed the music quality suffered.

my music sounds fine with froyo :\ however i am on a custom rom not stock froyo. Also have no wifi problems and battery so far is on par with 2.1 (was hoping for a big increase in life but oh well least it doesnt seem worse to me)

crunchyevo said:
System Process Suspend. I noticed it runs at a constant 30% until i restart my phone. Anyone else having this problem or even know what event triggers this?
Flash is nice and all, but its not enough to compensate for all the crap froyo is dishing out.
so far my issues with this are wifi not connecting, any audio out ( mp3 or stream ) sounds like utter crap, and now this battery drain.
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Looks like for me the initial battery drain was because Market was syncing the apps. Go to Market, menu, downloads - do you see all your apps, or just paid apps? If you only see paid apps there may be some kind of sync going on between the actual installed apps and the market service. I had a lot of apps, so it took almost a day for all apps to show up. Once they did, the battery was about the same as with 2.1.
Also Market was slow throughout the "syncing period" as well.

Pandora does have two settings now, high or regular quality. After I updated to 2.2 and used it for the first time, it sounded like crap. Checked settings and it was set to the lower quality output to conserve data/power etc. I switched to the high quality and it's been back to normal.

hahaha what version are you running 2.1 2.2 cause for me i get better sound with low quality over the headphone jack then i did with high quality.
for the op i noticed a big increase in battery life with froyo maybe do a factory reset or start removing certain apps maybe remove your task killer

this sucks man

maybe this is the cause
http://www.droid-life.com/2010/08/05/new-facebook-update-is-draining-batteries/

i do not think it is the facebook app, i dont use facebook.
the main source of my battery woes is that suspend process, i saw a few posts about it, but it seems like either there is no solution or it just happens to us unlucky few so no one cares.
just out of curiosity, if you were to use systempanel and look at the percentage of that process, what are your values? my phone was on for like 6-7 hrs and i got like 2hrs of cpu time on this process.
the wifi thing is very well reported in about every forum out there and the single point failure has been the update to froyo.
the audio issue is still a mystery to me because everyone else has issues when it comes to streaming, however i also get it with local mp3's.
i am starting to extremely dislike the qc of googles product. it does not seem to be a sense integration issue, so the fault lies in froyo it seems.

Pandora / Streaming Audio fix
tinyurl.com/33cmqbt

that is only for rooted phones

We don't have this issue in CyanogenMod...

that may be the case.
correct me if I am wrong but that is not possibilityfor people who did not root beforehand

I for one have noticed a slight decline in battery performance with froyo. What I've noticed is that I have a lot of apps opening in the background that somehow are not getting closed by autostarts or autokiller. I may have just not targetted every instance where they're triggered to open in the background but this was not happening in 2.1.

Facebook 1.3 definitely caused a huge battery decline for me. After I turned off notifications in the facebook settings the battery went back to normal. It's causing partial wake time, which is killing the battery. According to the android app facebook page they are working on fixing it.

i thought i read somewhere that froyo is not working with task killers and stuff like that? correct me if i am wrong

ok so another observation based on a suggestion from another forum.
when i look at the systempanel app for my cpu usage. i will never drop below 500.
some have stated that they use setcpu for force it under and it will not.
this still has nothing to do with my crazy suspend process chugging along, but it doesnt help my battery life any either

crunchyevo said:
i am starting to extremely dislike the qc of googles product. it does not seem to be a sense integration issue, so the fault lies in froyo it seems.
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Personally, I think that everything that's at fault isn't Googles code, but porting that code to different hardware then what it was designed for (Nexus one).

mistersquirrle said:
Personally, I think that everything that's at fault isn't Googles code, but porting that code to different hardware then what it was designed for (Nexus one).
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i feel that does fall under quality control of a release, but you are possibly right, they just half assed the port.

[Q] Music Player Skipping

Recently I noticed my Fascinate would skip constantly while playing music - like every 30 seconds maybe even more often. For me, the mp3 player is one of the most used things for me on my phone. I don't want to double fist a phone and an ipod or something if I don't need to!
After looking back I realized that although the problem was recent I had been having minor skipping for quite a while - but not often enough to really take notice. Anyway, when it finally started skipping all the time I couldn't stand it anymore.
I've done a lot of searching and testing with this issue and have resolved my problem.... sort of. Lot's of people seem to have this problem and others don't...
So, it seems a lot of times widgets can be the problem. So after uninstalling "battstat" the skipping went down to 1-2 times a song... Hooray? Still less then ideal - I shouldn't have any skipping! Then I got rid of "beautiful widgets" and that minimalized the skipping even more. I finally got rid of "widget locker" while I was at my widget uninstalling spree. So far NO MORE SKIPPING!!! Hooray! ... ...
BUT
This is less then ideal. Many people have perfectly working music playback AND have all their widgets. I on the other hand, it would seem, can only have widgets OR flawless playback - not both. Say it ain't so Joe! Is my phone just one of the flawed, I should return this because all hope is lost, phones? Or is there still a chance to get this phone working like a charm?
Seems like a software thing to me though which should suggest that my phone itself is ok... otherwise playback would be constantly bad... But I'm no IT person so I can only make educated guesses based on limited research really.
Anywho, I guess I'm just reaching out to the community to see if anyone has any idea on if I'm screwed and can no longer have my widgets. Or if there is something else that can be. Hotfixes? 2.2 fix?
I've very sad about my very plain looking phone right now. =( To a point that I have actually stopped stalking the forums and finally posted something...
EDIT: Not sure if it really matters but I should just note. My phone is rooted, de-bing'ed, de-bloated and of course has clockwork recovery. NOT de-odexed, NO voodoo or lagfixes, and NOT running any roms (just used Titanium Backup to freeze all the bloated stuff) - waiting for 2.2 before I start getting really deep into phone fiddling.
Thanks,
-Andrea

Yea same for me. I deleted Battstat because Winamp was skipping. Sad to remove such an awesome widget.

I too have had this problem but haven't been able to figure out what is causing it. I noticed that if I load a rom and wipe first it starts doing it, but if I start with my stock backup and load the rom without wiping, it doesn't do it. I actually returned one to the store for this issue. Do you happen to have anything on your sd card that you had on another phone? I have a theory that had something to do with it, but I have nothing to back that up with.
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No, my SD is clean from any old phone's data. I was having playback problems on Pandora as well. =/ Also tried all sorts of different music players but they all skipped just the same.
Been playing around with different widgets... Beautiful widgets was causing problems but I put it back on for the 3rd time and my phone is happy... for now at least (knock on wood ). The two main culprits are Battstatt (MAJOR ISSUES) and very sadly TypoClock was causing problems too (not nearly as bad as battstatt but problems none the less). With these two widgets removed I've had almost no skipping. Think I heard 1 during my 30 minute drive home (yay traffic!) - which could have just been the phone lagging b/c of an update or sync or whatever.
But this still leaves me with the same issue. Basically there is just a band-aid over the problem. But why are only certain phones doing this... and more importantly can anything be done to have a happy phone - widgets, music, and all?
At the very least, I hope this thread has helped or can help others who have been having problems with their music playback.

I've noticed this when frequently flashing ROMS. I have concluded that following these steps fixes the problem. Disable voodoo(if applicable) restore original mbr. Odin all the was back to stock after backing up everything wipe data/cache and load the ROM of your choice on a clean slate and then restore all and problem should be fixed. Worked for me. Music playing skip free.
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It seems to do this when there is an app poling for data.
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Talek said:
No, my SD is clean from any old phone's data. I was having playback problems on Pandora as well. =/ Also tried all sorts of different music players but they all skipped just the same.
Been playing around with different widgets... Beautiful widgets was causing problems but I put it back on for the 3rd time and my phone is happy... for now at least (knock on wood ). The two main culprits are Battstatt (MAJOR ISSUES) and very sadly TypoClock was causing problems too (not nearly as bad as battstatt but problems none the less). With these two widgets removed I've had almost no skipping. Think I heard 1 during my 30 minute drive home (yay traffic!) - which could have just been the phone lagging b/c of an update or sync or whatever.
But this still leaves me with the same issue. Basically there is just a band-aid over the problem. But why are only certain phones doing this... and more importantly can anything be done to have a happy phone - widgets, music, and all?
At the very least, I hope this thread has helped or can help others who have been having problems with their music playback.
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Same thing here. Removed TypoClock and it went away. It still concerns me though.

That's weird. I have both Typoclock and Battstatt on my Eris and music plays awesome. Lag can't be a problem with this issue. Just my 2 cents.
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Random Pandora Playing

Hi Everyone, I've owned my TF w/ dock for a few months now, and sometimes it just frustrates me...
I know i'm not alone on that one, but man it sure is dissapointing. Things are getting better with each honeycomb update, but we all paid quite a bit of money for this experiment.
Anyways, the latest issue i have is that Pandora will randomly start playing. As in, i used it on sunday for a few hours, and it randomly started monday morning some time. I didn't do anything to the tablet, besides have it on the charger over night, and it randomly started playing again this morning. I hadn't even opened it up in the time between. This time it woke my girlfriend up and she has to work tonight overnight.
Anyone else have this issue or something similar? Is it a random reboot? I really haven't opened it up so i haven't checked the status/runtime.
ugh. I'm really trying to like this thing and there things that i think are great, but some things that i didn't expect to be an issue are. Random pandora playing and a crappy browser are not things i expected...as well as docking station battery drain issues.

Ok, i just checked my system status and it's been up for over 171 hours, so no reboot. Any thoughts on what could be going on?

First of all, considering running on that many hours, I would suggest rebooting. Android is built on Linux and all PC platforms requires an occasional reboot. I would try uninstalling Pandora, reboot and then reinstall. Also, its goes without saying that when you buy a device when it first comes out, you are taking a risk of the increased possibility of faulty equipment as the manufacturer isn't aware of the faults yet.
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i agree, give it a fresh boot and see if it helps

cavsoldier19d said:
First of all, considering running on that many hours, I would suggest rebooting. Android is built on Linux and all PC platforms requires an occasional reboot. I would try uninstalling Pandora, reboot and then reinstall. Also, its goes without saying that when you buy a device when it first comes out, you are taking a risk of the increased possibility of faulty equipment as the manufacturer isn't aware of the faults yet.
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I know a reboot may be necessary from time to time. I generally do it with mobile devices when something starts to act up while i'm using it or it appears sluggish. This wasn't the case so i hadn't done it. The first time it had done it was probably after 5 days of being online. It just seemed odd that it decided to start playing while shut with the screen off. I will also make sure i quit the app before leaving it overnight.
It only did it while the unit was asleep and pandora was alive in the background. it didn't start up pandora and start playing.
Just because bugs can be expected, doesn't mean i can't be frustrated

True. Well the main benefit to rebooting is that it allows the system to purge and reallocate memory, which memory is usually the main culprit of alot if minor issues. Its possible that for whatever reason, when you exited the app, if it didn't fully clear all processes and services out of memory, for all intents and purposes, the app could still be running to an extent in the background, causing anomalies like such. Not saying that this explains your issue, but its plausible.
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[Q] random freezing/crashing when listening to audio

Ever since the Gingerbread update (and subsequent 2 patches) I’ve noticed that my DX will occasionally shut down(?) while listening to audio, it doesn’t matter if it’s streaming or a local file, podcast or music, at some random moment everything stops on my phone and the only way to get it restarted is by pulling/reinserting the battery.
So far it has happened while using Google Listen, Pocket Casts, Pandora, and Winamp
Other audio players where it hasn’t happened it is Google Music (both stock and beta), TuneinPro, SoundCloud, and Scanner Radio, though I don’t know if it hasn’t happened on these by design or it’s just that I haven’t used them as much as the ones were the freeze/crash happens.
The reason why I’m not sure if it’s a freeze or a crash is that it seems like theirs is still power, it’s just that nothing is responding, the screen is black, nothing lights up, and pressing and holding the power button does nothing so I get the impression it’s stuck in some strange loop that clears once I pull the battery.
This is my second DX this is happening to, my 1st DX was replaced by Verizon for dead pixels so this doesn't seem to be related to just a bad phone.
Is anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions of a resolution?

I have had similar issues a well, maybe happens once a week though. Mainly when I have my cassette adapter running and doing other things at the same time. Haven't gotten too bad to try repairing it yet though.
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MrWall said:
Ever since the Gingerbread update (and subsequent 2 patches) I’ve noticed that my DX will occasionally shut down(?) while listening to audio, it doesn’t matter if it’s streaming or a local file, podcast or music, at some random moment everything stops on my phone and the only way to get it restarted is by pulling/reinserting the battery.
So far it has happened while using Google Listen, Pocket Casts, Pandora, and Winamp
Other audio players where it hasn’t happened it is Google Music (both stock and beta), TuneinPro, SoundCloud, and Scanner Radio, though I don’t know if it hasn’t happened on these by design or it’s just that I haven’t used them as much as the ones were the freeze/crash happens.
The reason why I’m not sure if it’s a freeze or a crash is that it seems like theirs is still power, it’s just that nothing is responding, the screen is black, nothing lights up, and pressing and holding the power button does nothing so I get the impression it’s stuck in some strange loop that clears once I pull the battery.
This is my second DX this is happening to, my 1st DX was replaced by Verizon for dead pixels so this doesn't seem to be related to just a bad phone.
Is anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions of a resolution?
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Only time I ever had an issue like this was one of 2 things happened... either the phone overheated, or I ran the memory out... do you use a task killer? I personally like using a task killer, even though they say GB automatically shuts down background apps when needed, I always found my phone faster and more responsive using a task killer. Just a preference but TaskXP for multitasking works very well for me and it is free on the market. If you have any questions about setting it up you can pm me.
On another note... if you are using so many apps to listen to audio, I'm assuming you probably have it hooked up in your car, maybe on a dash mount... check and see how warm your phone gets, as my DX runs pretty warm too, I had to modify my mount to allow for heat dissipation and I never had a problem after that.
SGT+CM7=:-D

I don't use a task killer mostly as you stated because gb is supposed to manage it well enough but also because it doesn't suppress apps so I kept noticing things restarting right after the app killer did it's thing.
actually I mostly get around on motorcycle and I'm not a fan of using headphones while riding. for the most part, when I'm listening to my dx that's all I'm doing with it because I'm usually preoccupied with something else at the same time.
So in short, when it crashes it's when it's only playing audio
Good suggestions though since I didn't cover what I was doing when it crashes
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A factory reset will cure this.

rocko73 said:
A factory reset will cure this.
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one would think but I've tried that a few times with the first DX and it didn't resolve the situation.

rocko73 said:
A factory reset will cure this.
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I'm sure there is more than one issue that could lead to the unexpected reboots, so I doubt there is any easy and universal panacea, much as I wish there were. Factory resets haven't worked for me on either of my 2 DX's, and I can guarantee that overheating is not relevant on mine. It comes and goes, and I thought that perhaps I had it beat, but it's still there.
I've been through a number of SBF's, cache clearing, data clearing, factory data resets, etc., app removals with no resolution. It's most prone to spontaneous reboots while running audio apps, or navigating with Google Maps.

I am not too familiar with some of the acronyms used here but I am having the same problem. The reboots started to happen after I downloaded the latet OS update code. So far Verizon has been unable to help me fix the problem,. I will be going back to Verizon today and will update you with the outcome. So far Verizon has not been all that helpful.

Verizon reloaded the OS yesterday. I will know if that cured the problem after I do an hour on the bike this morning in the gym.

Same issue
I'm having the same issue; it happens when using Google Listen or Audible, more frequently with the latter. I've noticed the problem happens most frequently when I hit the power button to turn off the screen; about a half-second after the screen turns off, the phone crashes. Sometimes it reboots itself, but most of the time I have to remove the battery and then turn it back on. This happens only when listening to audio, and it doesn't matter whether it's through the audio jack, Bluetooth or the speaker. I've formatted the SD card and done multiple hard resets, but the problem continues.

I noticed that my DroidX only seems to do it when the screen is off. As far as I can tell if you keep the screen on it should not crash.
Nobody seems to know what to do about it. Verizon knows about it but Motorola seems to be clueless. Their crappy tech support only said it was a problem with the phone, but didn't know if it was a hardware or software bug. I have has the issue across 2 Droid X devices so I figure it is more likely just Motorolas crappy software.
I have installed the latest revnumbers daily build and it hasn't conked out yet.
Verizon is of course happy to keep swapping them out under extended warranty coverage at no cost. Not that it actually helps much.

GPS/location issues

Hello all,
My only gripe besides battery life on this phone is the GPS is just wonky. Never had a problem like that before with any other Android phone I've had.
Does anyone experience GPS issues? Using google maps or Waze...
Google maps puts me off the road and it just doesn't realize I'm on a highway. I've good signal and all of that so I know it's not a problem with that. It doesn't always happen either, but mostly when I first start it up, it takes quite awhile, 5+ minutes sometimes to put me on a road.-----Waze tells me to constantly go outside...
Anyone experience anything like this?