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Hello,
since last night my Hermes has the battery always at 100%...
I have tried to browse the net for some time thru wireless, listening to music, use the gps functions, but the battery show up always at full charge.
Tried a soft reset many times but did not help... and I don't wanna hard reset it because I've installed black 2.5 since it came out and I have installed all my applications and data.. I don't wanna spend anymore hours to import everything.
By the way.. the only thing new i have installed last night is the jasjamming "buzzing" cab patch.
Anyone had the same problem before?
Thanks
i want your battery, it must be "buzzing"....
seriously though, not sure what has happened here or why it is happening.
haha.. yea right, my battery felt that buzzing effect for sure!
Maybe it will last forever... who knows
The obvious problem is that I just can't know how much battery I have left now... Since none of the solutions I've tried seemed to work (including "buzzing" uninstallation) I think i'm gonna wait till my device goes off by itself, then recharge completely the battery from the AC adapter (I never use it) and see what happens...
I think a HR would solve it for sure cause till yesterday it worked fine... I recharged it as always thru USB
something must have changed in the registry as its not polling the battery level anymore.
what 3rd party apps do u have installed, and
have u made any reg changes yourself?
Hi mates..
First- Jas... thanks for black.. testing since yesterday and I feel almost ecstatic. my rom of choice...
Second- gotta same problem.. batt always 100%. first I though it is caused by this option in htweakc to increase batt life, but I've switched it off... no luck.
I dunno, but when I was testing htweakc on wm5 it didn't let me chose wma ringtones, so maybe this app is a damn bugger??
oh yeah.. one more thing- reporting, that softick card export II is not working properly aswell.. cannot connect as a drive.
sorry for off top and thanks 4 help Jas. keep it up mate.
Hi bronx,
may I know which Hermes you have? Mine is a O2 XDA Trion HTC100.
Last night I did the Hard Reset I was NOT planning to do and guess what, after reboot battery was recognized at 80 percent (so all fine again, I tought) but now its not going down anymore stays stuck at 80 percent.
All this is so strange, 2 days ago it was running all fine... and now even after a HR ... without installing apps, well, I really don't know.
Do you remember what you've done before having this problem?
If you can, try a HR too, and let me know.
Thanks.
well... guess what?? today while I was working my batt went down 10%. heh
I guess it's coming back to normal.. I dunno what causes this weird thing with battery, but I was playing with HTweakC options abit and I switched increase batt life (on) and show batt indicator (on).
seems to be ok since then.
maybe with black 2.5 we get wonderbatt... one week on one charging.. well... that would be great
THANK'S ANYWAY JAS! will donate soon...
btw - I use mda vario II
Hey everyone, last weekend I unrooted and wiped my phone, went back to factory settings, rerooted and installed CM6.1 RC2. I've been enjoying it so far (because I hate Sense UI) but I've got a couple of questions that need answered. Hopefully you all can help me.
CM6
1. Is there a setting to turn off always-on mobile data? I cannot find it.
2. For some odd reason, I cannot turn on bluetooth. I've not had a problem with turning on bluetooth with any other rom. In fact, I remember testing bluetooth the night I installed CM6. Is this an issue with the phone or the rom?
3. No matter how much I turn off Auto-Sync, it turns back on. What is doing this?
Battery Life
1. On average, I get around 10-14 hours battery life a day, maybe a little more if I barely use my phone all day. I've heard a lot of people say that an ideal battery drain with the screen off should be 1-2%/hour, but mine will drain from 6% to even 10% in 40-50 minutes (EDIT: Currently 75% battery left, unplugged for 2hrs 30min, done nothing but use the browser for 5 minutes, download something, and install it)! I use systempanel and spareparts to monitor which apps could possibly be doing this, but none look like they're eating up too much of the battery. I check Facebook 4-5 times a day, use the browser, and check Gmail. I don't use Google Talk. My screen brightness is around 30-40% and I have underclocked when the screen is off with setcpu. What is draining my battery so fast? It's a shame that there are so many cool things to do with this phone but I can't do them in fear of my battery dying before the end of the day
Sorry, that last question was long, but I did not want 2 separate posts. Thanks guys, I hope you can help!
CarterF said:
Hey everyone, last weekend I unrooted and wiped my phone, went back to factory settings, rerooted and installed CM6.1 RC2. I've been enjoying it so far (because I hate Sense UI) but I've got a couple of questions that need answered. Hopefully you all can help me.
CM6
1. Is there a setting to turn off always-on mobile data? I cannot find it.
2. For some odd reason, I cannot turn on bluetooth. I've not had a problem with turning on bluetooth with any other rom. In fact, I remember testing bluetooth the night I installed CM6. Is this an issue with the phone or the rom?
3. No matter how much I turn off Auto-Sync, it turns back on. What is doing this?
Battery Life
1. On average, I get around 10-14 hours battery life a day, maybe a little more if I barely use my phone all day. I've heard a lot of people say that an ideal battery drain with the screen off should be 1-2%/hour, but mine will drain from 6% to even 10% in 40-50 minutes! I use systempanel and spareparts to monitor which apps could possibly be doing this, but none look like they're eating up too much of the battery. I check Facebook 4-5 times a day, use the browser, and check Gmail. I don't use Google Talk. My screen brightness is around 30-40% and I have underclocked when the screen is off with setcpu. What is draining my battery so fast? It's a shame that there are so many cool things to do with this phone but I can't do them in fear of my battery dying before the end of the day
Sorry, that last question was long, but I did not want 2 separate posts. Thanks guys, I hope you can help!
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1. no. you could however turn data roaming off or use a program to accomplish this such as "tasker"
2. what do you mean you cant turn it on? what does it do when you enable it? use the widget in your notification drop down.
3. turn off background data as well and that should fix your problem.
and as for you other question. 10-14hrs is perfectly normal for battery life on cm6.1. and fyi: its RC1. there is no RC2 for 6.1 as of yet
t3project said:
1. no. you could however turn data roaming off or use a program to accomplish this such as "tasker"
2. what do you mean you cant turn it on? what does it do when you enable it? use the widget in your notification drop down.
3. turn off background data as well and that should fix your problem.
and as for you other question. 10-14hrs is perfectly normal for battery life on cm6.1. and fyi: its RC1. there is no RC2 for 6.1 as of yet
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Ah thanks for correcting my mistake, and answering my questions. My battery life isn't terrible per se, but I guess I was asking more on how I could make it better (and if I had a rogue app/other battery eater), especially because I see people claiming anywhere from 20-40 hours with a few tweaks.
And regarding the bluetooth issue, it just won't turn on. The option grays out for a few seconds like it usually does when it's initializing, and then it doesn't turn on. The notification widget method does not work either.
Also, there's no other way to turn off auto-sync? I just think it would be a hassle having to turn background data back on everytime I want to use the market. I use JuiceDefender, too, could there possibly be a conflict between the app and my phone's settings?
Man i'm with you here, I use CM6.1 too and love it but the first 30 minutes i unplug the phone from charging i'm already at like 90% battery =/
CarterF said:
Ah thanks for correcting my mistake, and answering my questions. My battery life isn't terrible per se, but I guess I was asking more on how I could make it better (and if I had a rogue app/other battery eater), especially because I see people claiming anywhere from 20-40 hours with a few tweaks.
And regarding the bluetooth issue, it just won't turn on. The option grays out for a few seconds like it usually does when it's initializing, and then it doesn't turn on. The notification widget method does not work either.
Also, there's no other way to turn off auto-sync? I just think it would be a hassle having to turn background data back on everytime I want to use the market. I use JuiceDefender, too, could there possibly be a conflict between the app and my phone's settings?
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I had the same problem with my Bluetooth recently. When I try to search for devices the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. Wonder if this is a kernel issue. I am on snap
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michaelvibe said:
I had the same problem with my Bluetooth recently. When I try to search for devices the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. Wonder if this is a kernel issue. I am on snap
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Yep, I'm on Snap too; must be it.
Another thing; I've got a friend on Stock 2.2 Sense (battery sucking widgets filling the home screen, etc) with 100% brightness and mobile data constantly on and he gets better battery life than me (20+ hours!) What is going on!?!?!
CarterF said:
Another thing; I've got a friend on Stock 2.2 Sense (battery sucking widgets filling the home screen, etc) with 100% brightness and mobile data constantly on and he gets better battery life than me (20+ hours!) What is going on!?!?!
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never heard of such a thing on stock......
Klk450 said:
never heard of such a thing on stock......
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I couldn't believe it either, he had 3G on all day and everything and we barely get any signal at all in class. On for almost 8hrs with more than 70% left. I was at about 53%
I'm running the SupernovaROM and when I go into spare parts...my time without sleeping isn't at 100%....but It never fails that it gradually always creeps farthr and farther away from the screen time on number...it might start off (time without sleeping & Time with screen on) 1 or 2% apart..and by the end of the day its almost double..and this is consistant.
I've tried clearing the dalvic and regular cahes...I even fix the permissions in CWM 3....its fine for a couple days but the problem always creeps back...don't know what else I can do?
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What you do is when you notice that it's doubled on the top drop down box that says "other usage" click on that and change it to "partial wake usage" and anything listed under there is keeping your phone awake. See what is continually running.
musclehead84 said:
What you do is when you notice that it's doubled on the top drop down box that says "other usage" click on that and change it to "partial wake usage" and anything listed under there is keeping your phone awake. See what is continually running.
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Thank you...I saw that facebook was running for an extra amount of time...and I also saw that "android system" was running a little extra..what could that be? (Besides the obvious) could it be a problem with the radio or something along those lines?
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I actually had a ton of trouble with this, but not on CW3. My problem was different, but I still want to talk about it. No matter what I did or what rom (including the stock), my time for not sleeping would reach 80% to 90%. I even tried without any applications installed. Sometimes this would even happen with the radio turned off. I finally fixed it within the last week.
My problem was fixed when I flashed EXT4 and midNIGHT rom v2.9. Now, my phone always sleeps. By the end of the day, the time without sleep I about 15%. Depending on usage, I have 40% to 60% battery life remaining after 16 or 17 hours. This is with push gmail, exchange, and gps turned on.
Maybe there was some glitch on my phone that wasn't being wiped in CW that was cleared when my file system was converted.
Good luck!
ggoldfingerd said:
I actually had a ton of trouble with this, but not on CW3. My problem was different, but I still want to talk about it. No matter what I did or what rom (including the stock), my time for not sleeping would reach 80% to 90%. I even tried without any applications installed. Sometimes this would even happen with the radio turned off. I finally fixed it within the last week.
My problem was fixed when I flashed EXT4 and midNIGHT rom v2.9. Now, my phone always sleeps. By the end of the day, the time without sleep I about 15%. Depending on usage, I have 40% to 60% battery life remaining after 16 or 17 hours. This is with push gmail, exchange, and gps turned on.
Maybe there was some glitch on my phone that wasn't being wiped in CW that was cleared when my file system was converted.
Good luck!
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I really appreciate the help...only bad thing is I'm lready converted to EXT4 with CWM3....and I used to have the same issue with the sleep time being 80+ no matter the apps, I switched to Froyo and now the problm is more subtle with respect to the screen on and time WO sleeping %'s...they just crawl away from each other...I'm on supernova ROM 1.5...and I might have to take a look at that midNIGHT Rom....I have the Emotionless beast theme and I move around allot of Apk files through root explorer...(everything is compatable and works BTW).
But anyway I'll try that ROM out and see if I can get my Epic running as smooth as youres thanks again mane!
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Noticed an issue, thought I'd see if anyone else was seeing it. I don't know if it's isolated to Netflix or not, but it is the only time I've had my phone freeze up on me. I have had it happen twice so far. I don't know how to recreate it though. I'll play Netflix for a while, and then all of the sudden it freezes. I have to pull the battery and restart the phone. Once frozen, it won't accept any input.
Hey. I just had the same problem as you. I was watching netflix and within 10 minutes, the epic 4g touch froze and none of the button worked, not even the power button. I had to removed the battery to reset it. Then it happened again 1 hour into my movie on netflix so I decided to search and saw your post. This is the first time my phone has ever locked up like this.
I use netflix all the time and haven't had it happen to me.
If you look at the Netflix app I'm the market, you will see this started with the latest app update...its the app not the phone. Glad I didn't up date mine...still works great.
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chazglenn3 said:
If you look at the Netflix app I'm the market, you will see this started with the latest app update...its the app not the phone. Glad I didn't up date mine...still works great.
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I have the latest update, and it still works fine on my phone.
I did have this once in a while. Maybe once a week? Exact symptoms as you describe. I couldn't repeat the bug consistently. Although it seemed to happen when watching more than 45 mins on the phone.
As of the latest update (a week ago), I haven't seen the problem come up actually. It has something to do with the app, not the phone.
Since having the issue I have done an update or two on Netflix. I have been watching a significant amount of video using it too.. I think i'm over 10GB on my plan lol... Anyway, I haven't seen it since. Must just have been Netflix like many of you have noted.
glad to find this post. I've had the same issue on my AT&T GS2 and was about to return the phone.
It's odd to me that an app without root access can freeze the phone and all buttons so easily. Doesn't speak well for the phone's stability. Perhaps something's overheating...
Netflix locks up, no buttons or anything work. First time I pulled my battery to reset it. Didnt think anything about it. So I noticed my phone was getting low on battery so I hooked up my charger and went back to watching X-Files. After an episode and a half I had a little bit of a charge so I pulled the plug and moved to my desk to work while I watched. Couple mins later, blam...lockup. This time I held the power button down and the phone did reset itself, but then I noticed my battery was at 6% when it had been at 60ish before I unplugged it. Then oddly enough, it started climbing about 1% every ten minutes. Wtf?
So anyway. All that novel of a post us to say that i've tested and can recreate the lockup regularly while watching on battery, but haven't had it happen yet when connected to the charger. I'm running unnamed ROM with no other mods or themes. Is it possible this has something to do with CPU profiles changing as the battery drains?
I just wanted to add that the same thing happens to me as momentary.
I'll be watching Netflix while plugged in (USB in this case), phone locks, have to remove the battery, reboot and the battery reads almost dead. It'll go from like 70% to 7%.
This has happened 3-4x.
Anyone have a solution?
I have two sgs2's in the household, its happened on both phones.
Has happened to me on stock,midnight,and unnamed.
Netflix is a buggy app in general. I had to use an old version until recently because it would freeze on both my phone and my CM7 touchpad.
Calkulin 2.9.1 EL29. I have a hunch that this happens only while using Wifi. I've been testing Netflix on 3g and have yet to run across it. It sucks because I only use Netflix while at home and work, and at home I have a lousy 3g signal, especially while downstairs...
Anybody's phone locking up while using Netflix on 3g?
I have been having the same problem for the last few weeks, I usually use 4G on battery and it does freeze on me occasionally. When I am out of 4G, I use 3G with no issues so far. I have yet to use it with WIFI to see if that could be a problem as well.
I hook my phone up to my TV via MHL and run Netflix off my Wifi...
First episode of Deep Space Nine always plays flawless.
Second episode typically locks up the phone and stutters the last half-second of audio until I reset it.
Hey guys
So i recently updated my S3 to 4.4.2 (about 2 weeks ago) and my battery life has become completely horrible afterwards. My phone is rooted and im using the stock Telus 4.4.2 update.
Some days the battery seems ok and other days its completely terrible. Yesterday and today for example i charged up my phone over night (like ive always done), and within an hour the battery dropped about 20% and i did nothing but check the weather for today.
Someone told me there was a camera issue and to just open and close the app and that would fix that issue...... made no difference. I dont have skype installed since i heard there was a battery drain issue with that app as well.
The only thing i have running in the background constantly is WeatherBug, WidgetLocker, NiLS, & GSAM Battery Monitor (both of which i used before the update to 4.4.2). I tried rebooting into recovery mode and clearing my cache and that made no difference either.
I even use an app called Greenify to put some apps in hibernate that i dont use often.
I have location turned off (like always) and i changed all my sync settings to sync only the stuff i need (work email and contacts basically). I dont have the cloud setup to backup anything, nor do i have anything setup under Backup and Reset either (again like always).
I have very limited data so ive gone though every single app under Data Usage and told them all to restrict background data. Im on wifi 99% of the time anyways (at work and home. the only time im not on wifi is when im driving). Ive turned off the stupid HP and Samsung print service plug-ins as well.
The only thing i really do on my phone is check my email when it comes through (which is set to sync every hour). Mayyyybe the odd quick facebook check, and text back and forth with my wife. And whenever im not using the phone i always lock it immediately after, otherwise the screen timeout is set to 30 seconds. Ive also got my brightness adjustment set to low.
Basically im at my wit's end on what to try next. Here are a couple screen shots ive just taken. Please help?
Edit: I should also mention that before i updated to 4.4.2 i was on 4.3 and my battery life was way better. At the end of the day i would be at roughly 30-50% battery life on average. It all depends on what i did with my phone during the day. I also notice that for some reason when the battery gets below 40-50% now it will drop off like crazy, especially when im at home for some reason.
JohnnyV84 said:
Hey guys
So i recently updated my S3 to 4.4.2 (about 2 weeks ago) and my battery life has become completely horrible afterwards. My phone is rooted and im using the stock Telus 4.4.2 update.
Some days the battery seems ok and other days its completely terrible. Yesterday and today for example i charged up my phone over night (like ive always done), and within an hour the battery dropped about 20% and i did nothing but check the weather for today.
Someone told me there was a camera issue and to just open and close the app and that would fix that issue...... made no difference. I dont have skype installed since i heard there was a battery drain issue with that app as well.
The only thing i have running in the background constantly is WeatherBug, WidgetLocker, NiLS, & GSAM Battery Monitor (both of which i used before the update to 4.4.2). I tried rebooting into recovery mode and clearing my cache and that made no difference either.
I even use an app called Greenify to put some apps in hibernate that i dont use often.
I have location turned off (like always) and i changed all my sync settings to sync only the stuff i need (work email and contacts basically). I dont have the cloud setup to backup anything, nor do i have anything setup under Backup and Reset either (again like always).
I have very limited data so ive gone though every single app under Data Usage and told them all to restrict background data. Im on wifi 99% of the time anyways (at work and home. the only time im not on wifi is when im driving). Ive turned off the stupid HP and Samsung print service plug-ins as well.
The only thing i really do on my phone is check my email when it comes through (which is set to sync every hour). Mayyyybe the odd quick facebook check, and text back and forth with my wife. And whenever im not using the phone i always lock it immediately after, otherwise the screen timeout is set to 30 seconds. Ive also got my brightness adjustment set to low.
Basically im at my wit's end on what to try next. Here are a couple screen shots ive just taken. Please help?
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Well the stats you posted don't look bad.
To really know what's draining your battery though, you should install BBS (BetterBatteryStats), which can be found on here, in the app section. Let it monitor a full charge and post the results.
Alright i'll install that and post the results when i get them.
Said to hell with it and installed CM 11 on my S3 and now the phone is a HELL of alot faster and the battery life is just insane!
Thanks anyways!
I noticed you said your data is limited. To save data and battery life, give my lightweight app a shot, LeanDroid. There's a thread here on XDA with thousands of happy users
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2743316
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Same issue with 4.4.2 update
I took the OTA 4.4.2 update and my battery life took a big dump as well as the battery / phone started getting hot. At first I just thought my extended 4200 mah battery was on the way out ....so I bought a new one and still have the same problem. So upset that I took that update ....and surprised not to find more complaints here. I assume I can go back to 4.3 or whatever the previous version is ?? Anyone have any suggestions??
(Conspiracy theory) This is probably AT&T 's way of getting people to buy new phones.
The SG3 is stock / unrooted