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DRM Protected Content Storage eating TONS of data and battery

So I've searched and searched and searched, and cannot find someone with the same issue as me. I am using GingerVillain ROM, and have recently noticed a TON of data being eaten up every day. I mean I normally would use less than 100MB per month, all of a sudden Im up to over 120MB a DAY. Doing nothing but email push! Also my battery life has just gone to nothing. Usually at around 85% as I leave work at night, now less than 40%.
Using 3G watchdog pro, Ive found out what is eating all the data. DRM protected content storage, download, download manager are all listed under an 85MB file that is downloaded every single day, sometimes twice a day. I'm assuming its an OTA update. I have frozen DRM protected content storage, no help. Frozen Download manager, well that sucks because the market won't work at all. Finally froze "download" and we'll see if that helps.
Anyone with any ideas what could be happening? Ive narrowed down what apps Ive recently installed, the only one that comes to mind is the Amazon MP3 store. I uninstalled that last week, but still getting this issue.
Any help would be AMAZING!
john

Same here
Just like the OP i've noticed that my data usage was unusually high in the month of September . At least 75-80 mb downloaded on a daily basis! I'm using Traffic Monitor and and it lists android.media:10014 as the culprit and under that header it lists Download Manager, Downloads, DRM Protected Storage and Media Storage. When I check task manager it usually shows DRM Protected Storage Media as active.
I'm actually starting to wonder if I downloaded some rogue app.
If someone can shed some light on this issue there is a big thank you in it for you!
TMOBILE
G2
MIUI 1.8.12

Found out what's causing excessive data use, its Market trying to update itself. Only way I can stop this is to use Droidwall to block 'android.media' but then Market will not download apps.

The 70-80 meg one is the update from tmobile.
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I never truly found out what was causing the data usage myself. The issue went away once I wiped and re-installed the latest MIUI ROM.

spudata said:
Found out what's causing excessive data use, its Market trying to update itself. Only way I can stop this is to use Droidwall to block 'android.media' but then Market will not download apps.
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You could freeze market updater with titanium to keep the market from updating
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C.Flat said:
You could freeze market updater with titanium to keep the market from
I tried that, and also tried removing marketupdater.apk from system. Both methods stopped it from updating but android.media still downloads an obscene amount of data. Very strange.
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I am facing the same. Yesteday the DRM.... downloaded 114M!! Anyone knows how to stop this?? ... Thanks,

fva432010 said:
I am facing the same. Yesteday the DRM.... downloaded 114M!! Anyone knows how to stop this?? ... Thanks,
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The only way I found to stop this was to let market update itself and live with it. Its really not that bad when you've been using it for a while.
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if this is updating apps you can set the auto update on playstore to update only on wifi... Or disable the auto update at all..
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I know it's an old thread but this is what came up on google so i guess i'll post here in case someone have the same problem.

Media not showing in Gallery, QuickPick, etc?

I've noticed this problem for some time now and I don't know what to do. My media isn't showing up anywhere. I tried rebooting my phone and works fine but after that it doesn't show up again. Any ideas what's wrong? I'm running the stock November 2.3 update if that helps.
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Have you pressed "Menu/Show hidden" while using QuickPic? I find mine likes to hide the same folders every time but it shows everything once I do this. It's an annoyance but I don't look into my gallery often enough for this to be an issue.

Yeah I tried that but nothing. Now any new videos I download from Tubemate doesn't show up after downloading it. I even tried other gallery applications and nothing.
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ezegm said:
Yeah I tried that but nothing. Now any new videos I download from Tubemate doesn't show up after downloading it. I even tried other gallery applications and nothing.
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Are you using any task killers or autostart manager apps? Is it just pics or is it music and vidoes too? You may want to try an app from the market called Rescan Media Root? It rescans the phone for new media without having to reboot. It would be a temporrary fix but save you a little time mabey.

i assume you have put the sd card in your computer and everything is good, no errors, etc. maybe try copying all of your sd card to another, ideally new, formatted one, and see if any difference is made, maybe at least a variable discovered?

[Q] Media Server problem

For some reason Media server won't let my phone go to sleep. I tried clearing the cache sand Dalvik but that isn't helping. Any suggestions on how to fix this issue. I'm using 1.5 clean ROM based on the stock att code.
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I have had this problem before. It was my sd card that was causing it. You can know for sure by removing it for a battery cycle and then see if you still have a large drain from it. I had to buy a new sd card because phone kept on saying card failed or unexpectedly removed, even formatting didn't help.
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I had this happen one time after a rom flash. Media scanner would run for 20-30 minutes randomly. Here's what worked for me. .. $0 cost and will only take a few seconds, so worth a shot. Download "Rescan SD Card!" from Market. Run it...basically it is asking phone to reload the SD file-system. Don't know if this will fix your issue but again worth a try.

Media Server is eating my battery

Hello everybody,
Media server is eating my battery so fast, i had read a lot of topics before i decided to post my problem
mainly Media Server seems to eat the phone battery when we use any kind of media (pictures, music or videos)
well, i do not have any kind of media on my device at all, but i also removed the sd card and restored the device to the factory setting but still the Media server is eating up my battery...
what should i do guys? any advises?
Thanks in Advance

Mohamedloza said:
Hello everybody,
Media server is eating my battery so fast, i had read a lot of topics before i decided to post my problem
mainly Media Server seems to eat the phone battery when we use any kind of media (pictures, music or videos)
well, i do not have any kind of media on my device at all, but i also removed the sd card and restored the device to the factory setting but still the Media server is eating up my battery...
what should i do guys? any advises?
Thanks in Advance
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What did you do to make the media server kick in and start draining the battery? Streaming, gaming, etc!
I say that because when I play some games my media server will pop up with high usage! Something is making it come on.
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Bajanman said:
What did you do to make the media server kick in and start draining the battery? Streaming, gaming, etc!
I say that because when I play some games my media server will pop up with high usage! Something is making it come on.
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no streaming, no gaming nothing at all
after resting the device to factory setting i just installed back everything i had before and then restarted the phone, i did not even made any phone calls
but the media server appeared and eating up my battery....
so weird ........

Media server is scanning your sd card and external sd card. Whenever you flashed a new rom or reset the phone to factory default, media server will run depending on how much stuffs you have in those SD.
Best way is format the internal SD card with twrp or cwm(of cuz backing up all the files that you will need first). Check the external SD card with chkdsk make sure everything is working properly. To test it out, take out the external SD as well. Let your phone run for a day or so. Check with better battery status and your media server will not/should not be running anymore.
Mine only run about 5% the most.

you probably have a samsung ultra 32 gb memory card that is about to be fried. LIke was posted, take the card out or put another card in. You can check the phone after a short period of time and your media process will probably be normal.
Probably time to transfer your files to your computer and attempt to reformat the sd card or trash it and get a new one

mutantblack said:
Media server is scanning your sd card and external sd card. Whenever you flashed a new rom or reset the phone to factory default, media server will run depending on how much stuffs you have in those SD.
Best way is format the internal SD card with twrp or cwm(of cuz backing up all the files that you will need first). Check the external SD card with chkdsk make sure everything is working properly. To test it out, take out the external SD as well. Let your phone run for a day or so. Check with better battery status and your media server will not/should not be running anymore.
Mine only run about 5% the most.
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I have removed my external sd card already, even if I know it does not have any kind of media
Also my device memory does not have any kind of media after and before restoring the factory settings
And am still having the exact same problem
My device is not rooted can I still use cwm to format it, I do not know plz advise
livingaboard said:
you probably have a samsung ultra 32 gb memory card that is about to be fried. LIke was posted, take the card out or put another card in. You can check the phone after a short period of time and your media process will probably be normal.
Probably time to transfer your files to your computer and attempt to reformat the sd card or trash it and get a new one
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As I said I already removed the external card but am still facing the dame issue
Any other advices.?
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Mohamedloza said:
I have removed my external sd card already, even if I know it does not have any kind of media
Also my device memory does not have any kind of media after and before restoring the factory settings
And am still having the exact same problem
My device is not rooted can I still use cwm to format it, I do not know plz advise
As I said I already removed the external card but am still facing the dame issue
Any other advices.?
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Question did you try clearing media storage by any chance? Since your facing the same issuers.. That's helped me one b4, with a similar issue. Not sure if it'll help you but worth, a try.
Another thing try turning off everything. No data, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc, nothing few hours or so if you don't need your phone! And see if it's still running. If not then it's something that's pulling in data from somewhere
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Bajanman said:
Question did you try clearing media storage by any chance? Since your facing the same issuers.. That's helped me one b4, with a similar issue. Not sure if it'll help you but worth, a try.
Another thing try turning off everything. No data, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc, nothing few hours or so if you don't need your phone! And see if it's still running. If not then it's something that's pulling in data from somewhere
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i formatted the device, and also formatted the sd card and then restored the device to factory settings, but still the same problem
i removed the sd card, still the same issue
the device does not have any kind of media (pictures, music or videos) i did not even opened the gallery to change the wallpaper
i can root the device if its necessary but as i read here in the forums there are some friends here who had rooted their devices and still facing the same problem
any other tips or advises?
Thanks

Mohamedloza said:
i formatted the device, and also formatted the sd card and then restored the device to factory settings, but still the same problem
i removed the sd card, still the same issue
the device does not have any kind of media (pictures, music or videos) i did not even opened the gallery to change the wallpaper
i can root the device if its necessary but as i read here in the forums there are some friends here who had rooted their devices and still facing the same problem
any other tips or advises?
Thanks
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I'll do some research! Hope you have been using the same changer. And not mixing with those 1 amps. Those are also problems!
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Bajanman said:
I'll do some research! Hope you have been using the same changer. And not mixing with those 1 amps. Those are also problems!
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same changer? mixing with 1amps???
sorry i can not understand that? what do you mean?

Mohamedloza said:
same changer? mixing with 1amps???
sorry i can not understand that? what do you mean?
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Meaning are you only using the same changer that came with the phone. Because it's a 2.1 amp changer which your phone needs. But older chargers for our older phones were 1 amp chargers. That's why I'm saying we're you using just only one charger or different ones. Sometimes chargers can give you problems was my reason for that statement!
Did a lil searching and like I taught its something that's on there. Either a file you loaded or downloaded? Just not sure what it is. But check this link out to see if it helps you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980575
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Media server on my device was eating up battery before I could make it through a day with zero use...just sitting all day. I didn't know what the issue was, so I rooted, fomatted the sd card and flashed cleanrom 4.5 and phone has been perfect since.

Bajanman said:
Meaning are you only using the same changer that came with the phone. Because it's a 2.1 amp changer which your phone needs. But older chargers for our older phones were 1 amp chargers. That's why I'm saying we're you using just only one charger or different ones. Sometimes chargers can give you problems was my reason for that statement!
Did a lil searching and like I taught its something that's on there. Either a file you loaded or downloaded? Just not sure what it is. But check this link out to see if it helps you..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980575
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faded03cobra said:
Media server on my device was eating up battery before I could make it through a day with zero use...just sitting all day. I didn't know what the issue was, so I rooted, fomatted the sd card and flashed cleanrom 4.5 and phone has been perfect since.
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Thanks everybody, i tested every single app on my device and after installing Viber the media server shown up , so i just removed it and now the problem solved... i think its something with the JB and the new Viber update, i do know but i think i can live without viber for a while
Thanks again everybody for your support and help

Google Play Music crashing

I am getting crashes constantly with the update to this app. Is anyone experiencing the same problem?

Same here, running CM10.1.
Tried clearing data, re-installing, and it still crashes.
EDIT: Attached is the log of my crash if anyone finds it helpful
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_jEdC1HigcINEpzV1JOeENtMVE/edit?usp=sharing

I'm experiencing bad battery and really slow charging times. I actually loose battery while plugged in and using phone. I have no partial wakelocks but when I go into the built in task manager Google play music is always running even after a reboot. Looks like the latest update has some bugs.
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The same thing happened to me and I'm on Macksrom.
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RayTrue04 said:
I'm experiencing bad battery and really slow charging times. I actually loose battery while plugged in and using phone. I have no partial wakelocks but when I go into the built in task manager Google play music is always running even after a reboot. Looks like the latest update has some bugs.
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Yes this is tje same problem for me. Even when i force close the app it somehow will start running in task manager again and it drains my battery. It needs to be fixed.
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A clue to the issue?
I've been following this issue for a few days.
I have a T-mobile GS3 on CM 10.1. Ran the update to Play Music and it crashes as well.
It looks like the issue might be too many songs on the device. Not sure what the threshold is, but unmounting my SD (which has about 5500 songs on it) prevented Play Music from crashing. So this looks like a confirmation of the cause, at least on my device. Hopefully they fix this soon.
I'm not sure I dig the new version, though. Where did the Instant Mix go?? I guess it's a radio station now, but that pulls things in from Listen Now. What if I just want my music?

muppas82 said:
I've been following this issue for a few days.
I have a T-mobile GS3 on CM 10.1. Ran the update to Play Music and it crashes as well.
It looks like the issue might be too many songs on the device. Not sure what the threshold is, but unmounting my SD (which has about 5500 songs on it) prevented Play Music from crashing. So this looks like a confirmation of the cause, at least on my device. Hopefully they fix this soon.
I'm not sure I dig the new version, though. Where did the Instant Mix go?? I guess it's a radio station now, but that pulls things in from Listen Now. What if I just want my music?
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It seems that this is the likely problem. I noticed that it was unable to read anything on my SD card, including my playlists.
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muppas82 said:
I've been following this issue for a few days.
I have a T-mobile GS3 on CM 10.1. Ran the update to Play Music and it crashes as well.
It looks like the issue might be too many songs on the device. Not sure what the threshold is, but unmounting my SD (which has about 5500 songs on it) prevented Play Music from crashing. So this looks like a confirmation of the cause, at least on my device. Hopefully they fix this soon.
I'm not sure I dig the new version, though. Where did the Instant Mix go?? I guess it's a radio station now, but that pulls things in from Listen Now. What if I just want my music?
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No dice for me. Thanks for the suggestion though.

One of the best things we can do is report the error when it force closes. I think Google reads them.
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sparhawk6 said:
One of the best things we can do is report the error when it force closes. I think Google reads them.
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Unfortunately when mine crashes it does not let me report it,

Looks like the update doesn't like too many songs. Deleted a few hundred and it works.

It's being fixed. Saw an article about the same issue and Google was working on an update to fix the issues with crashing and not properly closing its background process.
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New update went live today, however it still crashes for me.

lil_jimmy_norton said:
New update went live today, however it still crashes for me.
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I was getting the errors opening it and even errors after I had closed it (presumably something in background) so I uninstalled it.
After reading that people were saying they had issues related to SD card storage I turned on the 'apps must request permission to read sd card' in case that was somehow related and re-installed. working for 5 mins without a crash now (never happened before)....
Maybe anyone having a problem try re-installing now?

Google Play Music Crashes
Hey, bought my Note 3 in February 2014. My Google Play music keeps crashing. There hasn't been a post on here in a long time. Does anyone know how to fix this?? Please help!