New Samsung Link draining battery - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Is anyone else having this issue? It was fine when it was Allcast. After it updated to Link it's a really bad drain.

Nope I never use all cast though. I'd just freeze it. Unless you use it.
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I never use it either. I'm going to freeze it, later. It's like it's constantly trying to find something to sync to on its own.

metalfan78 said:
I never use it either. I'm going to freeze it, later. It's like it's constantly trying to find something to sync to on its own.
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That's Samsung for you.
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Did you make sure that allcast is turned off under settings?

Yea, it was turned off. I uninstalled the update and decided not have the battery drain now. There seems to be something wrong with the update.

metalfan78 said:
Yea, it was turned off. I uninstalled the update and decided not have the battery drain now. There seems to be something wrong with the update.
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How can I uninstall the update?

It showed up in my app list in the play store.

I'm too having the same problem in my galaxy s3 after an update to samsung link.. How can i freeze samsung link??

Battery drain with Samsunglink
I am facing the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy S3. There are no ways to stop the application which is running in the background. even if you force it stop, it has no effect.

madanambat said:
I am facing the same problem with my Samsung Galaxy S3. There are no ways to stop the application which is running in the background. even if you force it stop, it has no effect.
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Got no idea else than uninstalling the update. Uninstalling update successfully solved the problem of battery drainage..

I uninstalled my Samsung apps, which I never use anyway and disabled what I can and that seems to have fixed the issue.
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I just noticed this problem today. I also noticed that the quick settings notification for Allshare isn't displaying correctly. It's showing that Allshare is off but when you dive (deeply) into the settings you can see that it's still active. I made sure it was switched off and I'll see if this fixes the battery drain.

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Screen not turning off on its own

So lately my phone's developed the above mentioned problem. I've set it to turn off after 30 secs but obviously it's not doing that. I'm guessing it has to do with some app i installed but how do i figure out which one's causing the problem?
I'm stock with the latest firmware. Not rooted
denny_1986 said:
So lately my phone's developed the above mentioned problem. I've set it to turn off after 30 secs but obviously it's not doing that. I'm guessing it has to do with some app i installed but how do i figure out which one's causing the problem?
I'm stock with the latest firmware. Not rooted
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If you believe it is an app that is not allowing it to shutdown the screen, go see what running apps in the App Manager looks suspicious. shut them down if you find it. Or do a reboot. Do you also have smart stay enabled and staring at the screen? I only ask because I have stupidly done that...
I had that problem yesterday and then it just went away by itself
i tried battery pull n everything... nothing.
so i deleted a couple of apps and it's back to normal now. I deleted drivelink and pulse. If i were to bet i think drivelink was the culprit as it was installed as an apk
i have drivelink tooo
so thats the problem eh
perfect.. cuz it just staarted happening again
Pulse for me...
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Phone waking up on 4.2 :(

When I lock the phone using the power key after certain time it wakes up again automatically... It keeps happening... Any way to resolve this, which application is causing such an issue
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cldwar said:
When I lock the phone using the power key after certain time it wakes up again automatically... It keeps happening... Any way to resolve this, which application is causing such an issue
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man, that's already the 3rd if not 4th thread abut this issue, one being opened by myself...
glad that I'm not the only one...
at beginning I thought it'd be a faulty/bent usb connector, as experienced by others, but since I am redaing of others with the same problem after upgrading, then it cannot be...
have you install;ed the OTA or started from cratch? have you cleaned dalvik cache? (I did with no avail) do you see a pattern in your wakeups? is it every x minutes? is it at random?
as regards me, it happens also when wifi and 3g and sync is off (but 2g on, that is I can only receive calls), so it cannot be anything related to signals...
I have installed BetterBatteryStats and will be sending a couple of resports to the developer trying to see if he can understand what is going on and what wakes up the phone...
I did a completely clean install... Wipe data and cache... Installed the OTA rom available on developers section.
Do tell me if you are able to find a solution.
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Check this bugreport:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39829
Yeah, the same thing happens to me. VZW Toro. Stock AOSP Rom. I think it's related to daydream. It didn't start happening until I enabled that functionality.
angel.de.marc said:
Yeah, the same thing happens to me. VZW Toro. Stock AOSP Rom. I think it's related to daydream. It didn't start happening until I enabled that functionality.
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nope... daydream is off on my phone
It seems to be an issue with the WeChat app:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39625#c12
That's the original bug report. Star it for news and increase its visibility.
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It seems to be an issue with the WeChat app:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39625#c12
That's the original bug report. Star it for news and increase its visibility.
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what's wechat? something stock? new in 4.2?
Dunno, but follow the issue on that link. Answers ougta be there soon...
I do use WeChat .. let me delete this application and check ...
Deleted WeChat and disabled Day dream ... 7 minutes and phone is not waking up .. seems like the problem is resolved. ..
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Deleted WeChat and disabled Day dream ... 7 minutes and phone is not waking up .. seems like the problem is resolved. ..
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I don't have wechat and the problem is there so no it's not wechat
I am in the same boat, Thegios.
No Wechat... No Daydream.
I have noticed my screen waking about every 10-15 minutes. It only happens when connected to my Wifi. My N7 does not wake at all. I have wiped the Cache and noticed my "Android System" hogging my battery stats.
I am trying to search what Apps I have settings for something like "sync only on wifi"... from there I should be able to find what is turning the screen on. I have BetterBattery Stats installed, and am trying to dig a little deeper there as well.
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I am in the same boat, Thegios.
No Wechat... No Daydream.
I have noticed my screen waking about every 10-15 minutes. It only happens when connected to my Wifi. My N7 does not wake at all. I have wiped the Cache and noticed my "Android System" hogging my battery stats.
I am trying to search what Apps I have settings for something like "sync only on wifi"... from there I should be able to find what is turning the screen on. I have BetterBattery Stats installed, and am trying to dig a little deeper there as well.
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cant b wifi, , mine wakes up also when wifi is off and 3g is off and sync is off
I have tried with bbs as well but found notjing wrong
i've read all the reports of bugs, and the people with issues seem to have flashed the stock AOSP rom.. i dont have any of the issues described and the way i installed 4.2 was first flashing the takju 4.1.2 with nexus toolkit and then i got the 4.2 OTA from "about phone"->update.. oh and i have daydream activated.
For those of you with high android system usage, are you downloading music from Google pay music for offline usage? I did and I got this sudden increase. this has never happened to my phone before. Maybe Google play music needs update?
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tanmack33 said:
I am in the same boat, Thegios.
No Wechat... No Daydream.
I have noticed my screen waking about every 10-15 minutes. It only happens when connected to my Wifi. My N7 does not wake at all. I have wiped the Cache and noticed my "Android System" hogging my battery stats.
I am trying to search what Apps I have settings for something like "sync only on wifi"... from there I should be able to find what is turning the screen on. I have BetterBattery Stats installed, and am trying to dig a little deeper there as well.
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My problem is resolved by removing WeChat and daydream disabled...waited for like an hour and confirmed about the problem solution that worked for me.
You can try disabling that sleep mode apps in Apps settings.
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cldwar said:
You can try disabling that sleep mode apps in Apps settings.
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it didn't work
cldwar said:
My problem is resolved by removing WeChat and daydream disabled...waited for like an hour and confirmed about the problem solution that worked for me.
You can try disabling that sleep mode apps in Apps settings.
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Your problem may have been resolved but wechat and daydream is not the solution to this as many of us aren't using either and still having this issue. I think I'm going back to bone stock 4.1.2 and going to let the OTA upgrade me to 4.2 and see what happens.
wechat is NOT the solution people, as the Google Code page suggest this is a sync issue that could be caused by a number of apps.
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Your problem may have been resolved but wechat and daydream is not the solution to this as many of us aren't using either and still having this issue. I think I'm going back to bone stock 4.1.2 and going to let the OTA upgrade me to 4.2 and see what happens.
wechat is NOT the solution people, as the Google Code page suggest this is a sync issue that could be caused by a number of apps.
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Sorry to report this but my phone has been bone stock since I bought it, got the 4.2 OTA, not using wechat or daydream and I still have this issue.

Nexus randomly reboots, stock 4.2.. what gives?

This is driving me insane. I'm running stock 4.2, and my phone keeps randomly rebooting in my pocket. I've never used a different ROM, only rooted. Only thing I could say is that I tried to use SuperUser to keep my root after the OTA upgrade, and it did not keep it successfully (is that actually possible yet, btw? I know the GNex Toolkit doesn't seem to support it).
No ideas here. I know I can reset, and I probably will at this point, but.. any causes?
I had the same problem and I find out that hd widget app is making my phone to reboot. After I uninstalled the app I don't have the rebooting problems. If you have the same app try to uninstall it and see if the revolting stops.
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darko.baruh said:
I had the same problem and I find out that hd widget app is making my phone to reboot. After I uninstalled the app I don't have the rebooting problems. If you have the same app try to uninstall it and see if the revolting stops.
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I do have that app, and the thought crossed my mind - I was wracking my brain to remember whether or not the rebooting began before or after that install a few days ago.. I will uninstall it and see what happens. Thank you!
Shoot, because I hate the stock lockscreen clock on 4.2
EDIT: Went to uninstall, and my phone soft-rebooted. Guess that answers that..
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I do have that app, and the thought crossed my mind - I was wracking my brain to remember whether or not the rebooting began before or after that install a few days ago.. I will uninstall it and see what happens. Thank you!
Shoot, because I hate the stock lockscreen clock on 4.2
EDIT: Went to uninstall, and my phone soft-rebooted. Guess that answers that..
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Pretty sure the reboots are location service related and a bug in 4.2. Hard for me to tell, because I am on AOSP which is a bit different in that regard.
adrynalyne said:
Pretty sure the reboots are location service related and a bug in 4.2. Hard for me to tell, because I am on AOSP which is a bit different in that regard.
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That's what I hear. Which I don't get because I don't use the weather widget, only the clock (unless you're talking time zones or something). Or unless you mean I don't have GPS enabled and it's trying to use it?
I also heard it's from a bug with Google on the 3rd party lockscreen widgets in general.

Random reboots - possibly BT 4.0 (Fitbit Flex) related?

I've had several random reboots since I got a Fitbit Flex on 5/3. It links to the phone via BT 4.0.
I run Perseus kernel, so it could be the newest update, but my wife runs full stock unrooted and said her phone restarted this weekend. She has a Fitbit Flex paired with her phone also.
Anybody else have a Fitbit Flex or other BT 4.0 device and getting random reboots?
No! but now that you say that. Glad I'm thinkin on getting the Jawbone up. In a week or so.
I would try that one and see if you get the same results. I'm quite sure they both do the same thing!!
Just my 2¢®
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Jrockttu said:
I've had several random reboots since I got a Fitbit Flex on 5/3. It links to the phone via BT 4.0.
I run Perseus kernel, so it could be the newest update, but my wife runs full stock unrooted and said her phone restarted this weekend. She has a Fitbit Flex paired with her phone also.
Anybody else have a Fitbit Flex or other BT 4.0 device and getting random reboots?
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define "several"....
Bajanman said:
No! but now that you say that. Glad I'm thinkin on getting the Jawbone up. In a week or so.
I would try that one and see if you get the same results. I'm quite sure they both do the same thing!!
Just my 2¢®
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I did a lot of research into these things, and I looked at the UP. A few things I didn't like about the UP: It's too thick all around, isn't comfortable to use while typing on a keyboard, have to take it off and plug it into your phone to sync, people lose the little cap on the device all the time. I'm happy with the Flex so far, just noticed this freezing and reboot the past few days (which could be kernel related, not ruling it out).
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At least 2 a day. It's hard to judge because I'll pull it out and notice that the keyboard has been reset to the Samsung default, which occurs after a reboot. I was using it today and it just froze up and restarted, stuck at the Samsung logo, and required a battery pull.
are you over clocked or underclocked? What perseus settings did you mess with?
Try flashing a different rom/kermel..
wase4711 said:
are you over clocked or underclocked? What perseus settings did you mess with?
Try flashing a different rom/kermel..
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I've been on SKY ROM 8.2 for months and haven't had restarts. Always on the newest Perseus, currently 36.3. I don't change the settings.
I flashed Sean Z's stock modded ma4 kernel and still had reboots.
Think I might try going back to Perseus 35 to see how that works for me today.
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Well, I'm pretty certain that this is either Fitbit or bluetooth 4.0 related.
I tried several different remedies, and my phone was still frozen each morning when woke up. Finally, I disabled background BT 4.0 syncing in the Fitbit app, and have not had a freeze/reboot since then.
Anybody else have a Fitbit Flex or other BT 4.0 device and experience this same behavior?
I have had a fitbit since Christmas, but only recently started having reboot/freezing issues. If I turn off my bluetooth at night, it is never frozen in the morning. Forgot last night and it was frozen this morning.
As for talk of the Jawbone Up, I had six of them over the course of about 5 months, would never recommend one. It will also catch on things since it doesn't link. It was a nice idea, just didn't seem executed very well.
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Astom22 said:
I have had a fitbit since Christmas, but only recently started having reboot/freezing issues. If I turn off my bluetooth at night, it is never frozen in the morning. Forgot last night and it was frozen this morning.
As for talk of the Jawbone Up, I had six of them over the course of about 5 months, would never recommend one. It will also catch on things since it doesn't link. It was a nice idea, just didn't seem executed very well.
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If you've had it since Christmas, I assume it's a One instead of a Flex? I see that the One has BT 4.0 syncing also. I think they just recently enabled the BT 4.0 syncing in an app update, so that may be why yours started freezing.
I recommend you try the same thing I did. Go into the device settings in the Fitbit app and disable background syncing. The app will still sync when you open it, but won't do it periodically overnight. I don't know if it's background syncing that causes an issue, or if it's the higher frequency of syncs when background sync is enabled that causes a higher probability of freezing.
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If you've had it since Christmas, I assume it's a One instead of a Flex? I see that the One has BT 4.0 syncing also. I think they just recently enabled the BT 4.0 syncing in an app update, so that may be why yours started freezing.
I recommend you try the same thing I did. Go into the device settings in the Fitbit app and disable background syncing. The app will still sync when you open it, but won't do it periodically overnight. I don't know if it's background syncing that causes an issue, or if it's the higher frequency of syncs when background sync is enabled that causes a higher probability of freezing.
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You are correct, I have the One, with problems starting with the latest update. I didn't have the lockups with the background synch before it.
It doesn't really bother me to much, just inconvenient to have to pull the cover and battery occasionally for a freeze.
I will try your suggestion though and disable background synch and see if it solves the problem. Thanks.
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Ive had the same problems ever since Ive gotten my fitbit flex as well, and Im on stock and have never rooted
Glad to see I'm not crazy. I'm 100% sure this is something to do with the Note II and Fitbit Flex. I updated the Fitbit app last week and noticed that day that my phone was unresponsive at work. I had to pull the battery and restart it, then I saw the Fitbit app had gone back to background updates when I updated it, causing the freeze.
Prior to that, it had been almost 2 months since my phone froze, corresponding exactly with when I turned off background sync.
What a bummer, because I like background sync. I'm not sure if this is caused by the Fitbit app (or service), or if it's the Note II's BT 4.0.
Same problem here with Fitbit Flex and G Note II on T-Mobile
I've been experiencing the same thing with my Flex and Note II on T-Mobile. Running Jedi Master 14.
Phone will lockup overnight, or at random times during the day.
Going to try and disable the background syncing and will report back.
Random reboots - Fitbit Flex and BT 4.0
I am also having random reboots. I originally thought it was my device and took it to the device support center three times. I finally determined it was one of my apps. After a little trial and error determined it was my Fitbit App. I haven't reinstalled it yet -- my phone hasn't rebooted in 5 days.
Does anyone know for sure if it's just turning off the background sync that resolves the issue? I use NFC and typically open and sync that way.
leecj02 said:
I am also having random reboots. I originally thought it was my device and took it to the device support center three times. I finally determined it was one of my apps. After a little trial and error determined it was my Fitbit App. I haven't reinstalled it yet -- my phone hasn't rebooted in 5 days.
Does anyone know for sure if it's just turning off the background sync that resolves the issue? I use NFC and typically open and sync that way.
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Sorry I didn't reply sooner. As soon as I disabled background sync, the problem went away. I actually did a market research study at their HQ in SF this week and shared my experience. They mentioned knowing about some problems with Samsung phones and that they are working on it.
Jeff
TahoeBigDawg said:
Sorry I didn't reply sooner. As soon as I disabled background sync, the problem went away. I actually did a market research study at their HQ in SF this week and shared my experience. They mentioned knowing about some problems with Samsung phones and that they are working on it.
Jeff
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Excellent! Thanks for the quick reply -- I was certainly missing my Fitbit app. I'll give it a go! Here's to no more random reboots :good:
I'll report back to also confirm for everyone.:fingers-crossed:
I can also confirm with absolute certainty that it's the background sync. I've always encountered random reboots or freezing daily when Fitbit background sync is enabled, and never experienced them when it's disabled.

[Q] Auto Brightness Keeps Turning Itself Off?

I know there's another auto brightness thread but I think my problem is different. I'll turn it on, leave the phone in standby for a while, and when I use the phone again I find the auto brightness doesn't have the check mark there anymore? Has anyone else noticed this?
I was wondering why my battery was draining so fast when I was using it. That's when I realized my setting was at full brightness but the Auto had become unchecked so it was running at 100 constantly without auto adjusting. I've used the 100/Auto checked on all my other Samsung devices dating back to the Note 2 and S3.
I'm thinking it's a software glitch which will hopefully be fixed in a future update. If it is, I'll live with it for now...
I actually had the same issue and I found that the issue was related to game recorder app I just uninstalled and now is fine
Interesting... I don't have any kind of recorder apps so I'm kind of at a loss as to what other app could cause that...
diehardbattery said:
Interesting... I don't have any kind of recorder apps so I'm kind of at a loss as to what other app could cause that...
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I'm suffering from this exact same issue. Very annoying because the auto brightness works well when it actually stays on.
NCSUgolfer01 said:
I'm suffering from this exact same issue. Very annoying because the auto brightness works well when it actually stays on.
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For what it's worth, I started having other issues yesterday morning. When I first got the phone, and did the OTA, I did a factory reset as was widely recommended to do. Apparently it din't clear up everything.
What I ended up doing was, yesterday, I did another reset using the Samsung Smart Switch software. I backed up what I could, let it reset, and restored afterward. So far it's been 24 hrs and no issues.
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
jekuper said:
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
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I'll try that and report back
jekuper said:
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
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I also uninstalled the car app and restarted the phone.
it was still happening, but now it ain't anymore.
if it does will post here again
godsboy7777 said:
I also uninstalled the car app and restarted the phone.
it was still happening, but now it ain't anymore.
if it does will post here again
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Interesting.. car mode is the culprit? That's not the only bug in that app then. There's an option to auto close the app when the bluetooth connection is disconnected from the car.. it doesn't work for me.
But I'll just be sitting there doing something and if I'm in a dark room... WHAM I get blinded LOL...
I got a replacement today so I guess the saga continues...
diehardbattery said:
Interesting.. car mode is the culprit? That's not the only bug in that app then. There's an option to auto close the app when the bluetooth connection is disconnected from the car.. it doesn't work for me.
But I'll just be sitting there doing something and if I'm in a dark room... WHAM I get blinded LOL...
I got a replacement today so I guess the saga continues...
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I installed Samsung Switch for pc and did a backup for my edge.
I then did a factory reset.
Restored the backup from Switch.
I also un-installed a Go battery saver application.
Since then no more auto-brightness switching itself off.
godsboy7777 said:
I installed Samsung Switch for pc and did a backup for my edge.
I then did a factory reset.
Restored the backup from Switch.
I also un-installed a Go battery saver application.
Since then no more auto-brightness switching itself off.
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I did all of that, except for the app you removed. It behaved itself for a about 24 hrs and still came back. How long has it been for you?
jekuper said:
I have the same problem with the auto brigthness with my galaxy S6 edge . but when i uninstall the car app from samsung its gone
maybe it works for you too
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diehardbattery said:
Interesting.. car mode is the culprit? That's not the only bug in that app then. There's an option to auto close the app when the bluetooth connection is disconnected from the car.. it doesn't work for me.
But I'll just be sitting there doing something and if I'm in a dark room... WHAM I get blinded LOL...
I got a replacement today so I guess the saga continues...
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diehardbattery said:
I did all of that, except for the app you removed. It behaved itself for a about 24 hrs and still came back. How long has it been for you?
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It has been more than 24 hours no probs, but I also have to say since doing this I have not touched the auto checkbox or slided the bar left or right at all.
did you?
I'm pretty sure I didn't... I don't remember doing anything of the sort LOL...
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I'm pretty sure I didn't... I don't remember doing anything of the sort LOL...
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Have you updated all apps recently?
What is your specific phone model number?
All updates were done right after the restore. SM-G925T
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All updates were done right after the restore. SM-G925T
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My phone model is SM-G925F

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