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I discovered a partial wakelock bug in Handcent recently. It it not isolated to the Epic as when I went to the Handcent forum to repot it, an EVO user had already posted one, but I figured I would post the same info here that was posted on the official Handcent bug report as a fyi.
"Issue: When popup setting is enabled, phone enters partial wake lock any time a message is received. The wakelock is released after the message has been retrieved/looked at. So if a text comes in at 2am, wakelock is present until 7am when the phone is looked at again.
Screen on for popup :disabled
dim popup screen : disabled
Show when locked : disabled
In fact, every setting under popup settings contains no checkmark.
If there is a debugging mode in this software, please provide instructions how to enable. This may help in troubleshooting
Spareparts indicates partial wakelock for handcent. The longer the interval between receiving a text and actually looking at it, the longer the wakelock period. Battery drain is higher."
Handcent released an update today, but it does not address this issue. So if you are having battery drain issues and you use Handcent, this could be why. If your in the habit of checking your texts as soon as you get them, this might not affect you all that much.
I have switched to Go SMS for now as it is extremely similar to Handcent and does not exhibit this bug.
Also, forgot to add that the bug does not discriminate between Eclair or Froyo.
Right on, thanks for posting. This is really good to know. So, if i understand correctly, does hitting the 'x' and closing out the popup stop the partial wake? I.e. the partial wake is directly correlated to the popup? only?
If not for the transparent themed Handcent im using, id totally switch to Go sms as well..
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decalex said:
Right on, thanks for posting. This is really good to know. So, if i understand correctly, does hitting the 'x' and closing out the popup stop the partial wake? I.e. the partial wake is directly correlated to the popup? only?
If not for the transparent themed Handcent im using, id totally switch to Go sms as well..
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That's correct it's connected to the pop up only. If you don't use the popup you don't have to worry about it.
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I think the only time I wouldn't check a message for a lengthy time is while sleeping, and my phone is plugged in while I'm sleeping. I'd definitely like it to be fixed if it does this, but I doubt it is going to bother many people.
I made the switch to Go SMS and have been using juice defender and my battery life is crazy good compared to my Evo. Go sms is constantly updating and the dev is good about implementing user suggestions, so it should catch up with handcent soon.
JMMusic said:
I think the only time I wouldn't check a message for a lengthy time is while sleeping, and my phone is plugged in while I'm sleeping. I'd definitely like it to be fixed if it does this, but I doubt it is going to bother many people.
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I tend to be a little anal when it comes to these things, and the fact that I'm constantly beta testing stuff on my phones means I monitor this stuff pretty closely. Based on my experience, unless you have an app that is misbehaving, Android System will be the biggest user of partial wake time. It's usually around 1 minute per hour of system uptime on average. However, even if you only wait 30 seconds to a couple minutes to check SMS messages when you get them(with Handcent popups on), that partial wake time adds up pretty quick, which can more than triple your overall wake time causing a significant battery hit.
Update: Latest version of Handcent still has not addressed this issue.
Still exists in the most recent version.
The issue is not only limited to the popups part of the notifications. If led blinking is enabled, partial wake results as well.
i also have this problem on my nexus one! =/ really liked handcent, but i will try Go Sms now.
The problem still exists even with handcent version 3.9.7.
GoSMS does not drain the battery but the notification popup is not as good as handcents popup.
Hope this will be fixed soon.
Does this problem happen only with popup enabled?
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Does this problem happen only with popup enabled?
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Yes, the pop-up causes a wakelock.
Recently, a user in the Handcent forums claims that the bug does not occur in AOSP ROMs.
That's good, I've never used the popup feature anyway, its annoying to me.
Any progress on this? Because the bug is still here
This has to be my wake lock issue. I have all pop up crap off but no matter what I do I always get wake lock. Gonna try go SMS.
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I highly recommend Go SMS. If you don't like the popup for Go SMS make a recommendation to the dev. The dev(s) for Go are VERY open to feedback and recommendations and they implement upgrades quickly.
I'm using Handcent 3.9.8.5 and I don't seem to have any of these issues. I have all the popups turned off as well, and do not experience any wakelock with this app.
Definitely a battery drain
I've been able to replicate this, and it's related to the pop up notification. What's interesting is that my Droid 2 Global (Gingerbread) notifies me, if I don't close the popup, that the Handcent SMS Japanese Font Pack has been running for XX minutes, would you like to close it?
It may be related to the popup and a font pack? At any rate, my phone is blisteringly hot, and the battery goes south very quickly if I leave the popup on. If I catch the SMS very quickly and close the popup/respond, I don't get the issue.
I love Handcent, but this is a big issue for me, since I don't always get to or notice my texts right away, and I can't have it draining my battery down to nothing if I'm in a meeting and can't check my phone. Hopefully they'll fix this.
My question isn't related to any issues you guys are having, just curious on the possibilities of the following.
Is it possible to only have the popup and not the notification come up on the notification bar?
I find it pointless to have my notification sound go off twice for each individual message, when I only want the popups, and not a notification on the notification bar.
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Shinydude100 said:
My question isn't related to any issues you guys are having, just curious on the possibilities of the following.
Is it possible to only have the popup and not the notification come up on the notification bar?
I find it pointless to have my notification sound go off twice for each individual message, when I only want the popups, and not a notification on the notification bar.
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Disable (uncheck) autoretrieve and notifications in the "standard" messaging app.
It seems to be just some bug fixing: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-updates-active-display-bugfixes-renames-motorola-care-help
freeintruth said:
It seems to be just some bug fixing: http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-updates-active-display-bugfixes-renames-motorola-care-help
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Yeah, there were quite a few bugs with 1.2.8. I had to send a full bug report to Motorola, as did others.
Some issues included:
Notifications not working with certain apps
AN failing to wake the screen when device was moved
AN failing to wake the screen when a notification arrived
AN failing to open an app from the AN screen
Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
trevorftard said:
Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
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Same here. It was showing notifications for a few days then stopped.
The Tallest said:
Same here. It was showing notifications for a few days then stopped.
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I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
Mine was working perfect, did a factory reset to try and fix the high android OS usage and now it's not working. This is very annoying.
evilp8ntballer7 said:
I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
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If you go into the Apps side of the Activity Display you should be able to un-check the Clock and it won't show it anymore.
tu3218 said:
Mine was working perfect, did a factory reset to try and fix the high android OS usage and now it's not working. This is very annoying.
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I did that. Then remembered I took the Navigation buttons out via the Build.prop and had a hell of a time trying to reinstall everything without them. :laugh: I use LMT Pie Controls so I had to reinstall them through the Play Store before I could reinstall all my other apps. I then took LMT Pie Controls and made them flashable so that the next time I do a factory reset I can just reinstall them via recovery.
What irks me most is that half my notifications aren't working a week after buying the phone. When they worked the day I got it. Gmail doesn't show up, 1Weather doesn't show up, the battery no longer shows up. Outlook does and Messaging does. I know Motorola said there was a problem with 1Weather not working properly but the day I set my phone up a little over a week ago it worked. Now all of a sudden it doesn't, and Gmail should work but doesn't.
Also, does the image verification thing for the forum ever go away? It's kind of a PITA to remember it's there when I post. Guys, I'm not a robot. Seriously.
I turned off the sleep function of active display and now my notifications are working. I haven't tried turning it back on to see if it would work but just something to try for those who are having an issue.
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Active display STILL doesn't show any notifications for me.
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Did you reboot the phone after updating? It's a highly integrated system function. It should require a reboot after updating. I noticed it acted the same as 1.2.8 until I restarted the phone.
evilp8ntballer7 said:
I turned off active display because any movement and it would turn on the clock and catch my eye which is very distracting and annoying, anyway to disable that without disabling the whole feature?
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Turn the phone face down or cover the proximity sensor face-up.
Just a suggestion. When some apps get updated like line app and some other apps, they get unchecked in that active notification select apps menu/setting. I have to go back and manually check them again to show up on active display.
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tu3218 said:
I turned off the sleep function of active display and now my notifications are working. I haven't tried turning it back on to see if it would work but just something to try for those who are having an issue.
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I'll have to try this.
Seems we should have a thread with bugs and if anyone knows how to fix them, solutions since we finally have Lollipop now.
First bug I've encountered is in Google Voice.
If you open the advanced settings, two of the options are grayed out that should be available... they allow google voice to hear you if you have an app open, or the screen turned off, and also to allow you to train it.
If you reboot your phone, you WILL have access to these settings for a short period of time before it dies again. just retain it then.
Voice search works if you have a homescreen open, or if you have google search open, but the additional functionality is busted.
I also searched, and it looks like Sprint users ran into the same thing when they got lollipop a month ago.
Where the hell is the samsung app store? Kind die for Samsung keeps crashing too! Wtf?
Its called either galaxy gifts, or galaxy apps.
I'd just clear the cache on it though instead of turning it off.. they offer some apps with exclusive add ons, and some freebies you might want.
Also, I remembered something mentioned a few days ago.. go into application settings and turn off dm-ignite.
(Its a browsing snoop app that collects your data, and send it to Verizon so they can share it with marketing partners so they can serve you advertisements in browsers and applications.)
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Where the hell is the samsung app store? Kind die for Samsung keeps crashing too! Wtf?
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Go to Widgets and add the Galaxy widget to get to the Samsung store.
Not a bug, but it seems like one... this game is impossible! Has anyone had any luck with it? (Settings - About Phone - 5 taps on android version to get the lollipop logo, then swipe to get the game)
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When using the power button to lock the device, there is an ever slight delay. The screen goes black but I can still accidentally open an app when setting it down. I did the OTA without factory reset and then ended up doing a factory reset. Still there. It reminds me of what used to happen on some roms back in the SGIII days. It's not a deal breaker and if that's the biggest issue, I can live with it.
Major problems with graphics inside of games. Marvel contest of champions looks like [email protected]#t now. Everything is dark and dull. Have been unable to find any fix for it
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Where the hell is the samsung app store? Kind die for Samsung keeps crashing too! Wtf?
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Fyi, when on home if you click the all apps icon, and when browsing all your installed apps hit the menu ellipsis, galaxy apps is an option in that menu. Just lucked out when I found d it.
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Last night at 3am, got awoken to my phone vibrating for a notification even though do not disturb mode was on. Even had Llama put the phone to silent, still happened.
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Where the hell is the samsung app store? Kind die for Samsung keeps crashing too! Wtf?
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In the stock touchwiz launcher with the app drawer open, hit the top right button (menu) and at the bottom is "Galaxy Essentials"
bond32 said:
In the stock touchwiz launcher with the app drawer open, hit the top right button (menu) and at the bottom is "Galaxy Essentials"
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Now that is odd. I have not seen that option since I had my Galaxy S5. Thought it was a Note thing. To confirm, it is not there and was never there on my Note 4. Wonder if it's because I purchased from Samsung rather than Verizon. Seems Samsung would include their own Essentials app though. All Verizon apps were present.
S health pedometer doesn't show on lock screen if lock screen notifications are enabled. And also with wifi on the mobile data arrows don't disappear and I'm still seeing some upload traffic on 4g while using wifi.
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S health pedometer doesn't show on lock screen if lock screen notifications are enabled. And also with wifi on the mobile data arrows don't disappear and I'm still seeing some upload traffic on 4g while using wifi.
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Make sure that Download Booster is shut off...
dr12volt1338 said:
Make sure that Download Booster is shut off...
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It is. It's not transferring a lot of data but a very small amount.
Mobalized said:
It is. It's not transferring a lot of data but a very small amount.
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You might need to FDR. I also have notifications on lock screen enabled and as long as I don't have any notifications my pedometer shows up
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dr12volt1338 said:
You might need to FDR. I also have notifications on lock screen enabled and as long as I don't have any notifications my pedometer shows up
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Do you have weather bug that displays the current temperature in the notification bar? That seems to count as a notification so as long as that's on no pedometer.
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Do you have weather bug that displays the current temperature in the notification bar? That seems to count as a notification so as long as that's on no pedometer.
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No I keep my notification bar clear on the left. I think there is a way to set the priority level of weather bug notifications that will keep them off the lock screen. Seems I did it for play store on my S5 as I hated the lock screen notifications for app updates. I just can't remember how I did it.
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No I keep my notification bar clear on the left. I think there is a way to set the priority level of weather bug notifications that will keep them off the lock screen. Seems I did it for play store on my S5 as I hated the lock screen notifications for app updates. I just can't remember how I did it.
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Changing priority either blocks the notifications on the bar all together, allows them, or leaves them saying "sensitive information blocked". I don't think there is anyway around it.
My Note 4 seemed very slow at first after the update, so I entered the recovery menu and cleaned the cache partition, and that seems to have fixed it.
Swappiness == 130?
I installed on 4/3. BOAF. I didn't factory reset, I did clear the system cache (several times). Pretty much everything seems great! For a while- except, it is burning the hell out of my battery/CPU (which 4.4.4 never did) and I notice (via OS Monitor) that kswapd0 is running A LOT. Even when I am showing 450mb free, kswapd0 is using 6-10%. Often it goes up to 23% and my battery lasts 1/2 what it did before. I've rebooted a number of times, no change.
So, I started looking into kswapd0 and one parameter that is important is 'swappiness'.
I checked : cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
And it says : 130
Yes, 130! That's pretty insane - the standard default is usually around 60 (and could stand to be even less, frankly on a 3gb device like this). But anyhow, 130 is causing major issues!
Has anyone been able to get the advanced calling to work? I activated it but the option to video call is grayed out? Any ideas?
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I'm not sure if this is only me or not.
I got my phone for abour 3-4 days now and I noticed that some app notifications don't come through. For instance game notifications that something is happening in the game that I was getting on my previous phone don't appear at all. I also have a Series Guide app on my phone that notifies me with new episodes of the series that I watch daily but now I don't get these notification unless I open the app and then all them come together.
Sometimes viber doesn't pop up at all. E-mail (using Inbox Google) seems to be fine.
I checked all settings (wifi is on Always on) apps permissions etc. Nothings seems to be out of place.
Does anyone else have this problem?
Check in settings - clear background app
And add your app to the white list.
This is the most useless and annoying 'feature' on this phone. Hope elephone removes it or allows us to turn it off.
FunkiBluDawg said:
Check in settings - clear background app
And add your app to the white list.
This is the most useless and annoying 'feature' on this phone. Hope elephone removes it or allows us to turn it off.
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Thank you so much!
Somehow i missed this option when I was messing with phone! Hopefully this fixes my problem :fingers-crossed:
You are awesome! :victory:
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Hi
About notification problem. - Is it possible in some way to get the screen turn on when receiving sms/mms/ notification ?
Normally, on other phones, the screen turns on, or a pop-up turns on, but on this phone nothings happens...
/Ole
OleRas1 said:
Hi
About notification problem. - Is it possible in some way to get the screen turn on when receiving sms/mms/ notification ?
Normally, on other phones, the screen turns on, or a pop-up turns on, but on this phone nothings happens...
/Ole
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Use this app to screen on,works fine.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silverfinger.wake&hl=el
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Ok, Thanks, it works !
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Hey guys.
Just got my new S10+ and I've notice that when my screen is asleep, I don't receive any notifications until I either lift the device or push the power button to wake it up.
I've checked my battery optimization settings, made sure the apps I wanted weren't controlled in the background
I have the regular S10 but I get that too, mainly with gmail but even now when I used the phone the notification of a new gmail doesn't come up. sometimes they come through, half the time not. never had such problems with my old phone
yep, same thing here on 10+. driving me nuts !! and edge light doesn't work as well.
i tried every option and can't figure it out what's the problem.
I also have never seen the edge lightning when the screen is off
latino147 said:
I also have never seen the edge lightning when the screen is off
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It's pretty cool. I like how when are In a movie app you can still interact without leaving the movie app.
But to clarify mine is working with the screen off. Dumb question I know but are you sure it's enabled?
To me this is one of the coolest features of the device.
Tweety78 said:
I have the regular S10 but I get that too, mainly with gmail but even now when I used the phone the notification of a new gmail doesn't come up. sometimes they come through, half the time not. never had such problems with my old phone
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You have to be more specific with your issue... But, go into your message setting and make sure message pop up is turned on. If it's turned on, it could be a glitch. Just go into your your phone's settings, hit apps, find messages and then tap on it. Then find storage and hit Clear cache and storage. See if that helps.
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You have to be more specific with your issue... But, go into your message setting and make sure message pop up is turned on. If it's turned on, it could be a glitch. Just go into your your phone's settings, hit apps, find messages and then tap on it. Then find storage and hit Clear cache and storage. See if that helps.
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Yes, pop up setting is turned on but with gmail is a hit or miss, sometimes I get notified, sometimes not and it's mostly when screen is off. my main problem is with another app that I'm not receiving any notifications even though everything is enabled and I cleared cache, re-installed and what not. I have no problem getting notifications from whatsapp, missed calls, sms etc.
Also, when I clear the notifications, the badges on the app's icons also dissapear even though I didn't yet go inside the app to see it. is it possible to keep showing the badges after I clear the notifications? I don't know if it's unique to android pie but it shouldn't be like this.
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Yes, pop up setting is turned on but with gmail is a hit or miss, sometimes I get notified, sometimes not and it's mostly when screen is off. my main problem is with another app that I'm not receiving any notifications even though everything is enabled and I cleared cache, re-installed and what not. I have no problem getting notifications from whatsapp, missed calls, sms etc.
Also, when I clear the notifications, the badges on the app's icons also dissapear even though I didn't yet go inside the app to see it. is it possible to keep showing the badges after I clear the notifications? I don't know if it's unique to android pie but it shouldn't be like this.
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I believe that the pop up messages only work on certain applications to my knowledge. I've seen messages come up but, I've never really payed attention to my gmail yet because i usually get notified on my galaxy watch. The phone is still too new even for me. I'll test it out some more.
I'd just be happy to get all notifications from all my apps and keep badges even after I cleared the notification.
yesterday i saw edge light for first time, but it only works when screen is ON. what really cancels the purpose of it.
screen OFF "edge light" doesn't work.
fernando sor said:
It's pretty cool. I like how when are In a movie app you can still interact without leaving the movie app.
But to clarify mine is working with the screen off. Dumb question I know but are you sure it's enabled?
To me this is one of the coolest features of the device.
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Yup, the feature is enabled, and I have assigned 6 apps to show notifications with the light. They do work when the screen is on, but not when they're on.
I got workaround by installing Glimpse Notification. The edge lighting showing while screen is off but what disappoint me it not showing the notification text.
My s7 with s9 rom showing edge lighting with notification text without using any apps though. I think maybe is pie rom? Or just s10 rom?
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Yup, the feature is enabled, and I have assigned 6 apps to show notifications with the light. They do work when the screen is on, but not when they're on.
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Actually I'm finding it hit or miss. Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not