Hey guys
I'm running black bean 3.1.6, and before that I was running energyRom. I have my SD card partitioned for use with some of my apps, but any time the RAM is cleared (battery dies or complete restart) I lose a few settings. Namely, my keyboard doesn't stay. I think it's related to having the apps on my SD card, but I can't figure out why it doesn't save some settings. On the other ROM it was acting funny too. From cleared RAM, it wouldn't even load the apps that were on the SD card until I warm rebooted.
Any ideas? Thanks
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I was helping my friend fixing an iPhone and I removed my sim card to test it on the iPhone (shut off the phone before removing!) - it worked on the iPhone and I put it back in my own and booted it up. For some reason it did not do its famous Quick Boot (it booted as if I had removed the battery! Does it also do this when removing the sim card?!)
Since day 1 of my phone I've been using Simple Task Manager, and I've got a task-killer widget I press frequently to kill whatever might be running in the background. Since day 1, it had always told me:
Boost Completed.
Memory Freed: x.xmb
Available Memory: 210-220mb.
Now, when I click the widget, 'Available Memory' is showing 400-410mb. So... Like the topic says, what just happend?
I'm not sure about the memory thing but I know that using a Task Killer uses more battery and CPU than just letting an app or process sit idle in the background. Android does a good job of task management itself. See below for info:
http://lifehacker.com/?_escaped_fra...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
all that happend it that you did a full reboot.
All apps and services were closed,
then when booted barely any memory is used because barrely anything has cached.
for example, when using the browser a lot, it wil start to cach and if you kill it you free that memory.
there are other part in the phone who also cach and you might not close with your killer.
i have the same thing.
normally i'm around 200 mb memory, but i leave open things like my contacts list and whatsapp ect.
when i do a full reboot (no quick boot tricks) all the apps havent started using memory yet.
using the quick boot is just using sleep mode and doesnt close all apps and services.
Hi All,
I created this thread as I can't post at the developers section yet, however I noticed a huge battery drain after I flashed TermaROM and used DT A2SD, I never encountered this problem before when I was on a BancetDEV ROM using Link2SD (as BancetDEV DT A2SD is a buggy after installing several apps). I can also say that this applies to Creed's ROM when I tested it at version 2.1
Anyway, I got the same apps and widgets on my screen, wi-fi, data, 3G are all turned off, however I am losing battery so fast even at idle mode, whilst if I am playing music - using Player Pro - I am losing battery at average of 10 to 12% per hour, unlike before it was around 5 to 8%.
I am still investigating this and currently using better battery stats, however I hope anyone can also share experiences with battery drain on this ROM or maybe with DT A2SD overall.
Furthermore I already under-clock my CPU at 312 MHZ every time I turned off my screen, v6 supercharger, and definitely the battery is calibrated properly. I also searched the forum for possible answers but I can't find any nor in google lol or maybe I am just poor in searching for answers.
Additional Info: I know this is a hassle, however DT A2SD is better than link2sd, as link2sd got an issue w/ dalvik cache if your hoarding a lot of apps.
Update:
* I also got a battery level drop to 1% after reboot, but eventually it will go back to the correct value and battery level drop to 95-98% when disconnecting charger wherein its pretty normal so its not an issue, but maybe the level drop to 1% after reboot could be a related problem.
i think so too,battery drain when using A2SD by terma kernel
it might be...not sure thou..
but since you moved the app and data to ext..it takes more "juice" to retrieve them...specially if you have dalvik on ext too...
cause instead on the normal process..of android os retrieving data directly form phone it checks phone first and since no data on phone it checks ext..
then retrieccves it there...
unlike if no a2sd..
os-then phone back to os...
with a2sd
os-phone-ext-phone-os...
thanks for the reply guys, hope we can solve this issue or get an answer, by the way when I was using Player Pro it was installed in system memory not on sd-ext, including my widgets (battery widget monitor, system tuner), I look up at different post in here but I can't find anything in regard to DT A2SD excessive battery drain so it might be with the ROM itself?...
it depend in your memory card
ive got that battery drain too, overnight i sleep at 80% then after 6 hours it's 0%. then sometimes it just shut off itself. i stop using a2sd, my phone works just fine.
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be calm...thats totally normal. the system use a lot more power to read and run the app in the SD. thats the reason why your battery drain quickly when using this feature.
kurotsugi said:
be calm...thats totally normal. the system use a lot more power to read and run the app in the SD. thats the reason why your battery drain quickly when using this feature.
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I also considered that aspect specifically in terms of reading / writing on the sd card, however even at idle mode it takes a lot of power? I just killed everything via android task manager, and running services doesn't state any third party apps running at this point, yet its still eating a lot of power....
eyjay1991 said:
ive got that battery drain too, overnight i sleep at 80% then after 6 hours it's 0%. then sometimes it just shut off itself. i stop using a2sd, my phone works just fine.
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thanks mate, guess I don't have a choice too lol, however its really weird as Link2SD doesn't take a lot of power, and as far as I know the only difference between A2SD and Link2SD is how they generated the symlink - as for symlink - Link2SD is creating a link for every item, whilst A2SD is creating a link for the whole folder itself (which might explain pulling up a single app takes a lot of power as its pulling up the whole folder that contains the app? lol)
Anyway the only advantage of A2SD is handling the dalvik cache and saving the hassle to relink dalvik cache during reboot.
EDIT: I apologize for double post
using a2sd script means you're not only move the 3rd party app to the sd. basicly you're also move all dalvik-cache in /data to your sdcard too. even you turn off your 3rd party app that doesn't mean you're not access your sdcard.
thanks for the reply guys, my phone got wipe out after testing different roms and a kernel that was being develop by someone here in xda, lol anyway guess its really eating a lot of resources on the background, although it can't be seen in the processes... hope we could have more answers soon
1)
Does anyone know why I keep losing my data usage information on my Rogers S3?
I want to say its related to when I restart, turn off, or battery pull my phone.
The chart itself is blank, but the individual apps still show total usage.
2) When uploading to dropbox/google drive, it would keep failing, requiring me to continue mukltiple times. Im not sure if the backup is succesful?
3) also when i restarted one time, some of my widget's texts were a bit messed up. The spacing seemed off.
4) when im restarting my phone, i realize a quick message that says no memory card appears ( i have one), is this normal? ("No memory card. phone photo, image, audio, video, album and moments features disabled")
Thanks
Does anyone know the answers?
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Why is my android system taking so much power all of a sudden? Worrying.
Welcome to the sad party We have been discussing this in the OTA update thread as well. I've never had Android even close to Screen usage before. Now it's constantly there. And sadly no root for greenify or wakelock viewing.
Mine just started this after a very long charge. Plugged it up at like 9:00 am and it just finished about 10 minutes ago, very strange. It seems to be going back down to normal though.....
It's been higher since the last OTA update. Hopefully it will be fixed when lollipop gets released.
That happens to me on the original build maybe once a month. I just restart my phone and it goes back to normal.
Android System battry drain after OTA update
I haven't read through the other forums, so forgive me if I'm suggesting something that's been suggested elsewhere, but I was able to fix mine by disabling HDVoice..
Settings>Data Usage>Mobile Data>Enhanced 4G LTE Services
After I unchecked that I'm back to where I was pre-OTA.
All of you having Android System running at high %'s, can you answer two questions?
1) When you go to Settings> General > Battery and tap on the graph, does your Awake graph show as mostly awake (solid blue lines) when the screen is off (no lines next to Screen On)?
2) Do you have an external SD card in your phone?
I'm asking because I'm also having high Android System battery drain. My phone is also always "Awake" according to the battery graph (in other words, it isn't deep sleeping, so my battery is draining faster than it should). I just removed my external SD card for a while and now my phone is magically deep sleeping. Well, obviously not using your SD card is not an option for many people... myself included... all my music is on mine! So I'm trying a few things to allow me to keep my card in and to have my phone deep sleep. I'm just wondering if there's any similarities between me and anyone else.
UPDATE:
OK, so what I did worked.
If you have an external SD card, then do this:
1) In Settings>Applications>SD Card, I moved any checked apps to internal storage.
2) I then copied all my music, photos, videos, etc to my computer.
3) Then, with the SD card in the phone, I went to Settings>Storage and formatted the SD card.
4) I then copied the files from (2) back to the card.
After that, your phone should not only sleep better, but Android System should begin to move down the battery usage list after many hours. Just over night, it went from about 38% usage to 20% usage and is now #2 on the list. Cell Standby is now #1. By the end of the day, I expect it be even lower.
spexwood said:
All of you having Android System running at high %'s, can you answer two questions?
1) When you go to Settings> General > Battery and tap on the graph, does your Awake graph show as mostly awake (solid blue lines) when the screen is off (no lines next to Screen On)?
2) Do you have an external SD card in your phone?
I'm asking because I'm also having high Android System battery drain. My phone is also always "Awake" according to the battery graph (in other words, it isn't deep sleeping, so my battery is draining faster than it should). I just removed my external SD card for a while and now my phone is magically deep sleeping. Well, obviously not using your SD card is not an option for many people... myself included... all my music is on mine! So I'm trying a few things to allow me to keep my card in and to have my phone deep sleep. I'm just wondering if there's any similarities between me and anyone else.
UPDATE:
OK, so what I did worked.
If you have an external SD card, then do this:
1) In Settings>Applications>SD Card, I moved any checked apps to internal storage.
2) I then copied all my music, photos, videos, etc to my computer.
3) Then, with the SD card in the phone, I went to Settings>Storage and formatted the SD card.
4) I then copied the files from (2) back to the card.
After that, your phone should not only sleep better, but Android System should begin to move down the battery usage list after many hours. Just over night, it went from about 38% usage to 20% usage and is now #2 on the list. Cell Standby is now #1. By the end of the day, I expect it be even lower.
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awake matches almost identical to screen time,
And i haven't tried the sd card one, although i've gotten a new one.
Anyone try this with success?
masri1987 said:
awake matches almost identical to screen time,
And i haven't tried the sd card one, although i've gotten a new one.
Anyone try this with success?
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It worked for me (obviously), but it wasn't exactly meant to be a solution for everyone. Eventually, Android System became the highest drainer again, but on Lollipop, it no longer is. Again, that's for me.
Try removing the card and leaving the phone asleep (screen off and not doing anything) for a few hours. If the awake time decreases dramatically, then it may be the SD card causing problems.
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I had a severe battery drain, so I decided to disable some process (visionprovider and some other samsung crap stuff). Battery drain has gone, but now I am experiencing some annoying issue: SD Card is being removed unexpectedly. It happens more or less after I leave the phone untouched (maybe when it enters Doze mode); after the following sleeping period the phone recognizes the SD Card, then it disappears again, and so on. It seems that it continuously mounts/unmounts the SD card every time it goes in Doze/deep sleep/screen off mode.
Here's the list of processes that I've disabled: it doesn't seem there's something related to mount/unmount SD card:
package:com.osp.app.signin
package:com.samsung.faceservice
package:com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
package:com.dsi.ant.service.socket
package:com.samsung.cmh
package:com.samsung.mlp
package:com.dsi.ant.sample.acquirechannels
package:com.samsung.android.aircommandmanager
package:com.sec.android.gallery3d
package:com.samsung.android.hmt.vrsvc
package:com.samsung.android.bixby.es.globalaction
package:com.samsung.storyservice
package:com.samsung.android.game.gametools
package:com.dsi.ant.plugins.antplus
package:com.google.android.webview
package:com.dsi.ant.server
package:com.samsung.visionprovider
package:com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework
package:com.samsung.enhanceservice
package:com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup
package:com.samsung.android.bixby.plmsync
package:com.sec.android.emergencylauncher
package:com.samsung.android.dlp.service
package:com.samsung.android.visionintelligence
package:com.enhance.gameservice
package:com.samsung.android.bixby.voiceinput
package:com.samsung.dcmservice
package:com.samsung.systemui.bixby
package:com.samsung.upsmtheme
package:com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy
Any ideas?
PS: I thought it was Greenify's fault, but I've uninstalled it and the problem is still there.