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Weird Vibrations

I have a weird problem with my phone. Every so often, my phone wjll vibrate twice, in two really short bursts that arent powerful at all. It is completely random. And whenever im playing music, it will stop the music for 5 seconds. If anyone knows what this is it would be greatly appreciated because this is happening on my new phone, as well as my last two galaxy s 2's (ive gotten 3 replacements)
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I think this happens to me too, may just be my head, but I really do believe.

Do you get a notification?
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new ion? said:
Do you get a notification?
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Nope. Nothing. It just randomly vibrates ALOT. And im on stock ROM ans unrooted so...idk its weird
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Do you have a case on your phone? If so, which one?

G1ForFun said:
Do you have a case on your phone? If so, which one?
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Nope. No case at all
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What apps do you have that give off frequent notification? Do you have facebook, friendcaster, word w/f, etc.? Can you give us a small run down?
you can also download betterbatterystats (free here on XDA) and look at what frequently runs perhaps it appears as a wakelock.
or you can always look at logcat

Scoutamis said:
I have a weird problem with my phone. Every so often, my phone wjll vibrate twice, in two really short bursts that arent powerful at all. It is completely random. And whenever im playing music, it will stop the music for 5 seconds. If anyone knows what this is it would be greatly appreciated because this is happening on my new phone, as well as my last two galaxy s 2's (ive gotten 3 replacements)
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It's a kernel crash. It's a part of android. It usually happens to let you know that it crashed but android reloads where it last left off. Hence the reason for the gap in music. If you press home immediately after you will catch it trying to finish reloading.
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It's a kernel crash. It's a part of android. It usually happens to let you know that it crashed but android reloads where it last left off. Hence the reason for the gap in music. If you press home immediately after you will catch it trying to finish reloading.
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Is there anyway to fix it? Cause i happens like once every 10minutes
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Try running master's kernel cleanser and reinstalling the kernel, that's a place to start
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You will have to root first... Unless someone with more experience chimes in with a different idea
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new ion? said:
You will have to root first... Unless someone with more experience chimes in with a different idea
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I shouldnt have to root my phone to get something simple working Ugh
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Is the same app running every time it happens? It may be a 3rd party app that isn't completely compatible running on your phone. Try deleting any third party widgeta.. then going into your task manager and clearing your memory. Then add one widget at at time til it starts doing it. If it doesn't do it, then open one of your e eryday apps at a time till you have the vibrating again. You may find some crappy lil app that you installed is causing all the problems.
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Ill try that thanks
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Is the same app running every time it happens? It may be a 3rd party app that isn't completely compatible running on your phone. Try deleting any third party widgeta.. then going into your task manager and clearing your memory. Then add one widget at at time til it starts doing it. If it doesn't do it, then open one of your e eryday apps at a time till you have the vibrating again. You may find some crappy lil app that you installed is causing all the problems.
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any updates?
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any updates?
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I just got the phone replaced and it has completely stopped. Thank the lord!
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Epic battery drain on T99VVLH2

I have the latest update from videotron and since then the standby time is just horrible and its driving me nuts !!! I have the t99vvllh2 update and im kinda pissed :/
Anything that can be done !?
Thanks.
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How about screenshots without the volume indicator? You can also try GSam Battery Monitor from the Play Store, to get a little more information on what is eating the battery.

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How about screenshots without the volume indicator? You can also try GSam Battery Monitor from the Play Store, to get a little more information on what is eating the battery.
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Ahh sorry about that cant seem to get it right ! All i see in betterbatterystats is wakelocks over and over check this out...
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Did you install any app after or before update? Main reason for all drain is from app.
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What's your screen on time.

Looked kinda like liteflow might be causing problems?
Cell Standby i think is the one that is coded wrong and is lying, ignore that one.
If you press Android System in settings, battery it will show you the top components being used
Also in dev options look for and check Show CPU Usage. It will show whats using the cpu in the top right of your screen. Watch for what stays in the top few spots in the list.
There may have been something that didnt like the update. Try first uninstalling apps and if that helps reinstall them clean, no data restore. If you continue to have problems backup all data and factory reset. Start clean.
If all else fails use odin to flash the full LH2 fw.
LH2 should be a fairly stable build. Most have no issues and many get outstanding battery life. Im willing to bet its either an app or the way you updated or both.
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The only app i installed was liteflow which i deleted and screen on time is 3h30 mins max ...
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DocHoliday77 said:
Looked kinda like liteflow might be causing problems?
Cell Standby i think is the one that is coded wrong and is lying, ignore that one.
If you press Android System in settings, battery it will show you the top components being used
Also in dev options look for and check Show CPU Usage. It will show whats using the cpu in the top right of your screen. Watch for what stays in the top few spots in the list.
There may have been something that didnt like the update. Try first uninstalling apps and if that helps reinstall them clean, no data restore. If you continue to have problems backup all data and factory reset. Start clean.
If all else fails use odin to flash the full LH2 fw.
LH2 should be a fairly stable build. Most have no issues and many get outstanding battery life. Im willing to bet its either an app or the way you updated or both.
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Yesterday before i delete liteflow the android system was always ontop of the list but now it is at the very end i hope that it was simply that because i have way too many apps to delete and re install :/ but ill see how it goes today i got root and cwm so ill probably odin the lh2 as you suggested ..
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shahkam said:
The only app i installed was liteflow which i deleted and screen on time is 3h30 mins max ...
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That's really not THAT bad for a screen on time. I saw your screenshots in the OP, and you were down to 80% in only two hours of being on the battery, but you had the screen on for almost an hour of those two hours; 20%/hr for the first few hours is pretty normal. It's not stellar, but I wouldn't say it's an epic drain that being said, I'm sure you could squeeze some more juice out of it, and prob is just an app causing more drain than usual.
Also when doing a screenshot, it helps to hit the power button first, then the volume, so you don't get the volume pop up every time.
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liteflow causes battery drain. I had to uninstall mine as well.

Aria807 said:
liteflow causes battery drain. I had to uninstall mine as well.
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I confirm and googletalk also deleted both getting decent standby time..
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That's really not THAT bad for a screen on time. I saw your screenshots in the OP, and you were down to 80% in only two hours of being on the battery, but you had the screen on for almost an hour of those two hours; 20%/hr for the first few hours is pretty normal. It's not stellar, but I wouldn't say it's an epic drain that being said, I'm sure you could squeeze some more juice out of it, and prob is just an app causing more drain than usual.
Also when doing a screenshot, it helps to hit the power button first, then the volume, so you don't get the volume pop up every time.
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Yeah it wasnt epic epic but just more then the usual i uninstalled google talk and liteflow now im gaining deep sleep ! I couldnt do that before will post results end of the day
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3:30 screen on time it's good no matter how you use your phone. I got 2.45 hours on screen with 1day and 6 hours. I've had issues with liteflow and battery as well. Others say they don't, it seems to depend on how you set the phone and liteflow to work.
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3:30 screen on time it's good no matter how you use your phone. I got 2.45 hours on screen with 1day and 6 hours. I've had issues with liteflow and battery as well. Others say they don't, it seems to depend on how you set the phone and liteflow to work.
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Yeah i had setup a whole lot of stuff so idk if that may be it but it was 100% sure that liteflow was the issue anyways could anyone help me get cwm to stick whit my t999v from videotron ? I dont want to start another thread and clutter up..
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q: why is my home screen loading so slow?

After exiting my programs and pressing home button..my load screen is extremtly slow in loading the clock and icons.
Also my typing is super laggy. Seems to have half a second delay when typing or deleting.
I feel after i rooted and flashed its been much slower
How can i solve this?

Without knowing more it would be hard to troubleshoot.
First thing I would look at is memory and cpu usage with something like system tuner.
Then look at your rom/kernel (most likely the problem)
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waiters said:
Without knowing more it would be hard to troubleshoot.
First thing I would look at is memory and cpu usage with something like system tuner.
Then look at your rom/kernel (most likely the problem)
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What am i looking for when i look at my Rom and kernel?
Also how do i use system tuner?

Normal stuff like cpu usage.. If you notice you have a lot of third party widgets taking a lot of cpu etc..
Regarding rom, might want to ask in that thread see if others have the same problem.. Also might want to try basic stuff like wiping cache..
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Normal stuff like cpu usage.. If you notice you have a lot of third party widgets taking a lot of cpu etc..
Regarding rom, might want to ask in that thread see if others have the same problem.. Also might want to try basic stuff like wiping cache..
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I have no idea where to look for cpu usage and widget usage...any help would be appreciated. I almost regret rooting...

enomi said:
I have no idea where to look for cpu usage and widget usage...any help would be appreciated. I almost regret rooting...
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why would you regret rooting? Seems silly I've rooted a bunch of devices with no issues like yours, its obviously something else that's slowing you down
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why would you regret rooting? Seems silly I've rooted a bunch of devices with no issues like yours, its obviously something else that's slowing you down. Maybe just do a reflash back to all stock and see if that fixes everything
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why would you regret rooting? Seems silly I've rooted a bunch of devices with no issues like yours, its obviously something else that's slowing you down
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I guess just the fact i am not tech saavy makes it hard to fix things. Confused as to what to do. Whole phone seems laggy

Is power saving on?
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cmjkxa said:
Is power saving on?
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Yes but ive had it in before and it wasn't an issue. I also turned it off and still laggy

Well what I would do is just start over from the beginning, wipe everything then reflash your rom and then see if everything goes back to normal
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Android System using a ton of battery

Ever since I got the Jelly Bean update, Androud System has been using almost as much power as the screen? Anyone else having his problem? Any idea how to fix?
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Vanillamarble said:
Ever since I got the Jelly Bean update, Androud System has been using almost as much power as the screen? Anyone else having his problem? Any idea how to fix?
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My phone sucks more juice overall, but since I previously had great battery life , its not that bad.
Never the less, this update is getting more pathetic every day.

Vanillamarble said:
Ever since I got the Jelly Bean update, Androud System has been using almost as much power as the screen? Anyone else having his problem? Any idea how to fix?
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JB has been known to use more battery than ICS(At least with the port releases) I've seen upwards of 65%

If you're rooted use betterbatterystats and see exactly what is draining it. A known source of major drain (for me 10% an hour) was an unknown service in /system/bin called gsiff_daemon. It has something to do with gps, but that's besides the point. On every rom I flash, I go in and rename it to gsiff_daemon.bak this will make it so it won't run. I have done this the entire time I've had a gs3 and never once have run into an issue from disabling this service, but I have saved my battery by doing it
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If you're rooted use betterbatterystats and see exactly what is draining it. A known source of major drain (for me 10% an hour) was an unknown service in /system/bin called gsiff_daemon. It has something to do with gps, but that's besides the point. On every rom I flash, I go in and rename it to gsiff_daemon.bak this will make it so it won't run. I have done this the entire time I've had a gs3 and never once have run into an issue from disabling this service, but I have saved my battery by doing it
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So this doesn't mess up your GPS or maps changing that file?
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I have deleted those two files in question months ago and have no issue with GPS I always get fast locks and lots of sats. I average around 1 day 5 hours on a full charge using Koontz kernel with SIO and Ktoonservative governor with some custom settings. Normally 4 hours of screen on time.
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Android system uses more battery than anything else. The core background processes running there must be incredibly draining.

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So this doesn't mess up your GPS or maps changing that file?
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Nope. As the guy below you said even if you delete it you should be okay. I just rename is just in case I need it later I can remove the .bak and the file is still there.
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Let me know how it works out for you when you delete that file.

I renamed it. No sense in deleting it. Hopefully it helps! Thanks!
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Renamed gsiff_daemon
Renamed the file, will see if it makes a difference in my battery usage in the next few days.

In my attempt to figure out wtf that file did, I noticed that it didn't trigger every day. So give it a few days. I wish I knew what it did exactly...
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When i updated to jellybean and rooted, i wiped a ton and i mean a ton of bloat and crap from my phone. My battery life is killer right now. Can't complain at all.
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Mr Patchy Patch said:
When i updated to jellybean and rooted, i wiped a ton and i mean a ton of bloat and crap from my phone. My battery life is killer right now. Can't complain at all.
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Could you provide what new bloat was added that you removed (or point to a thread you used as advice)? I'm not a fan of deleting stuff like that, just in case, but I'd love to disable anything that's useless to me.
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Batteryguru by qualcomm

Found this new battery saver app specifically for ur snapdragon. It's in beta version in the play store.
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gentledroid17 said:
Found this new battery saver app specifically for ur snapdragon. It's in beta version in the play store.
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Currently in training mode, but kind of doubtful of it's usefulness.
I feel like the cost of keeping google location on will offset the savings if not surpass it.

jiexi said:
Currently in training mode, but kind of doubtful of it's usefulness.
I feel like the cost of keeping google location on will offset the savings if not surpass it.
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I never have Google location turned on so we will see....... Just the fact that there is a training mode give me some hope plus the app being specifically for snapdragon there may be some code in the app other general battery apps lack.
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I never have Google location turned on so we will see....... Just the fact that there is a training mode give me some hope plus the app being specifically for snapdragon there may be some code in the app other general battery apps lack.
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You need location access enabled for the app to function. I don't know why... Normally I leave it off as well.
EDIT: Also do you freeze apps? I'm trying to figure out which ones are safe to get rid of.

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You need location access enabled for the app to function. I don't know why... Normally I leave it off as well.
EDIT: Also do you freeze apps? I'm trying to figure out which ones are safe to get rid of.
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Yes this is true but I have it set for WiFi only.
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causes quite a bit of wakelocks, so we'll see if it's worth it.

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causes quite a bit of wakelocks, so we'll see if it's worth it.
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none on this end. update was just released.
Not sure if this makes a difference but i am running houstonn 4.1.2

thanks for that bit of info, haha let me know if it updates again please
I am also on houston's JB build. It hasn't caused considerable battery life loss, but under BBS, it says that
ConsiaBattery (Battery Guru) has caused partial wakelocks a total of 6062 times for 1 hour and 42 minutes.
My phone has been unplugged for 14 hours 43 minutes. That's quite a bit of wakelock if you ask me

I'm getting better battery life, although I do see it using a bit up itself, it does pay for itself, so-to-speak
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After batteryguru learned my phone, im down to 4%/hr from 12%, i will try it for few more days.
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have been using this app for about a week now but see no significant increase in battery life.
Can't see why but I wonder if my phone being rooted makes a difference. ....

Meh. Play store says my device is not compatible...
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breakone9 said:
Meh. Play store says my device is not compatible...
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It's country restriction, nothing to do with the app being not compatible with your OG

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Meh. Play store says my device is not compatible...
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Market unlock.... And i see a significant change with heavy usage.... 4-5 hours of heavy browsing and clips... Searching and gaming and dropped to 31%
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I could not see any significant effect... but will try little bit more..
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I only set it to learn yesterday and havent seen any change yet but am intrigued as to whether or not it will change over time..