Like the title says, my AT&T G3 will not play audio through speakers if the battery is below 80%. It falls to 79% and it no longer works. It works with headphones at all battery %, but speakers simply do not work below 80. I've tried with stock (no root, nothing), Cloudy G3, and now I'm using Candy 5 ROM. The same issue. I have tried this with 4 different aux cables and it's really frustrating. Has anyone had this issue? Have you resolved it?
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I just purchased PowerAmp and I'm blown away with the sound quality of Motorola Defy and how PowerAmp can utilise it.
I never thought I would be happy to use a mobile phone over my Sony Walkman NWZ-S639F. This Motorola Defy thing is simply a jewel : )
BTW, I've been worried about using my in-ear headphone in case I'm going to damage the speaker as it was reported. I'll report back if that was the case over the time of using the jack.
please do!, how long of music playback can you get before your battery dies?
poweramp + defy = awesome
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please do!, how long of music playback can you get before your battery dies?
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I'm running a test for you and I'll let you know based on my two hours test. The battery was fully charged when started playing back...
Here is the battery test after 4 hours playback.
Network Type: GSM
Software: PowerAmp
MP3: Most tracks were ripped with 320 bit rates
Volume Level: 60%-65%
The battery was fully charged to start with and after 2 hours the battery status was at 10% usage. Two more hours later the battery status still remained at 10%. The battery icon on notification bar didn't lose any bars.
I was so puzzled and impressed at same time that I restarted the phone to make sure all status info remain the same and they were.
Notes:
I hear that the headphone type can impact the battery life. The lower frequency response is the less battery is used.
wicked! so it used less then 10% over 4 hours very good, no idea why i havn't bought this phone yet!
edit: im not sure if you know or not but apparently the battery only changes in 10% increments so its charge would be anywhere between 90-100%
Further test result under the same condition apart from using the phone ever so lightly...
2 Hours more playback + 8 hours standby + a phone call (5 mins)
Battery usage was increased to 30% losing one bar battery icon on the notification bar.
sound quality
Cant wait to get this phone, my current phone a HTC desire has poor sound quality .
I am quite amazed about your statement. Since the first day of my defy ownership, I have been worrying about the poor sound quality compared to my previous Sony Ericsson P1. Since the earphones have a cheap (IMO) feel to them, and dont fit me well either, I decided to hunt for a replacement.
I grabbed some Sony DR-EX39PP earphones, but found that even worsened the situatiuon. I also tried my wife's Defy (yes, I was once quite excited about this device), but hers isn't any better.
I have to turn volume all the way up to get a decent sound level, and the sound itself is thin and like metal. Using PowerAmp even lowers the available volume, and doesnt improve the sound much.
All in all NOT really usable, IMO. On my next android device purchase, I'll make sound quality a high priority item which I will be checking closely. The defy is not a candidate in that race, IMO.
just my opinion, for a balance
chris
So, here's the problem I'm having as of late. I really can't remember when I didn't have it, even on my Epic 4G. My GNex (and all the others I've had) has been having problems with the battery overheating (as confirmed by Trickster Mod) while not having much going on. It occurs with all three of my batteries. At screen off with nothing running it idles at about 41 degrees Celsius. Streaming music and looking at Reddit can put it to 50. My main problem is in my car in my pogo pin dock. If I had the choice I would be using Navigation, streaming TuneIn, hooked up to an FM transmitter with Bluetooth, and using AutoGuard as a dashcam. This puts the battery temperature to a minimum of 54 degrees Celsius, making it refuse to charge. I've also tried removing the back cover to help heat dissipation as well. Is this just normal behavior? Am I expecting too much from my device? Do any of you know how I can make this work?
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So, here's the problem I'm having as of late. I really can't remember when I didn't have it, even on my Epic 4G. My GNex (and all the others I've had) has been having problems with the battery overheating (as confirmed by Trickster Mod) while not having much going on. It occurs with all three of my batteries. At screen off with nothing running it idles at about 41 degrees Celsius. Streaming music and looking at Reddit can put it to 50. My main problem is in my car in my pogo pin dock. If I had the choice I would be using Navigation, streaming TuneIn, hooked up to an FM transmitter with Bluetooth, and using AutoGuard as a dashcam. This puts the battery temperature to a minimum of 54 degrees Celsius, making it refuse to charge. I've also tried removing the back cover to help heat dissipation as well. Is this just normal behavior? Am I expecting too much from my device? Do any of you know how I can make this work?
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I have had the same problem with my Sprint Galaxy Nexus the entire time I have had it, rooted or not. It is really very disappointing. I really need sombody to help on this subject. It seems as though it is when the screen is on and you are doing a lot of multitasking, it will overheat extremely fast. My battery is at around 119 F when I am trying to use 3G or 4G and doing something else.
Same problem here.
But I think I just noticed that overheating problem when I updated to the latest android 4.3
Another thing... The heating came from behind the camera lens not the battery I guess.
Any idea or help?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there knows if the version of Bluetooth on an accessory effects the amount of power drain on the phone? I am asking because I noticed that talking on my old HM1100 Bluetooth 2.1 earpiece for an hour earlier today with the screen off and no other programs running on my AT&T stock G Pro caused about a 30% battery drain and I was wondering if I picked up a newer Bluetooth earpiece (like a version 4) would the drain on the phone be less?
I recently updated to software version 4.18.720.8.
At first everything seemed good, fast and fluid. But I am facing battery issues now.
I charge my phone at night and it comes down to about 98% before I sleep, but in the morning i find it to be around 88%, almost 10% reduction without me even touching it.
Till 4 in the evening I'm in college, don't use it much but when I reach home at 5 it gets down to 50%, while I hardly use it for 15 mins in between.
Normal usage doesn't seem to be affected, but standby times have vastly reduced since 4.4.4
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Another issue that I'm facing is that the bass is weaker than before from the BoomSound speakers in every song that I play.
The effect is very clear to me, and I hate listening to 'ordinary' sounding speakers now :crying: :crying:
Hello everybody,
I'm planning a quite long road trip in some days, and noticed recently that my battery drains "quickly" using the GPS (with Sygic app) when the phone is plugged.
The route will be something around 12h, and I can clearly see that the phone will not stand this long (tried using Sygic in simulation mode).
It happens also when using some apps like i-display, the phone won't last forever when plugged.
Is there any thing I can do to prevent this drain, like disabling/closing apps (which ones / how to detect ? method ? any tools ?), or even changing my rom (don't know if the rom can be the cause).
I've also seen this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2512421 . Can it be related ?
I'm running on Resurrection Remix 5.5.7
For closing apps, I tried force closing facebook/twitter... in the application setting, but they always reappear.
Thanks for help.
you can turn off screen and set it to give voice guide or turn off screen on long, straight part of the trip.
usb charger in car is about 5 times less powerful than standard wall charger.
the only thing you can do is get car inverter to plug normal charger
I'm pretty sure that I did not have this issue when I was using my phone as a GPS a while ago, when I had a Samsung based rom (dito note).
But it sounds strange that my current rom drains more than the one with all Samsung additions, no ? (Even though I noticed a small loss in battery life ... should I test an other rom ?)
Or maybe the battery is getting old ?
I did my "simulation" test while plugged in a USB port of my desktop, how does it compare to a car charger ?
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Even I get less power, even while using a wall charger on a cm ROM, to the extent that the phone discharges when if is plugged in even at 30% brightness. This is even after using Agni kernel (and without also). I downloaded a free app from the play store "galaxy charging current" from the play store and the app helped me figure out that I get different charging rates with charger and cable combinations. But even then the best I have been able to get is 1400 ma( that too not consistently) after using a new cable. Maybe the charging port itself has become faulty due to accumulation of carbon(don't know to to clean it without risk of damaging it!)
If it helps, I can confirm that this also happens on a full stock 4.4.2 Samsung ROM. On a 1A output, with 100% brightness, GPS and Data Connection, the battery continues to drain instead of charge. Haven't tried with only 30% brightness and GPS, though.
I did a quick test this evening with a new rom : android 4.4.4 Eclipse V4 , not installed many apps, had Sygic running a simulation, gps active and no data or wifi (like I would probably do while driving), charging on the usb front port of my desktop :no battery loss, the battery level fluctuated between 77 an 78% for 4 hours ... seems good.
I still try to understand where this difference comes from : touchwizz rom that better handles the stylus digitizer ? Android 4.x consumes less power ? Because I had less apps (so maybe less background apps) ? Samsung touchwizz has less power consumption then google now / cyanogen trebuchet ?
I like the idea to have android 5.x (latest version an feature), but this difference in battery time disappoints me a bit.
I'm no expert, but I suppose it all comes down to ROM optimisation. After all, you are comparing something made by a little team (or even by a single developer!) to something made by one of largest (if not the largest) smartphone makers! And I know that it is dissapointing to go from 6,5 hours screen on time (on stock) to 4 hours, but we can't have them all, right?
I totally agree with the point, but in fact, small team already do great jobs compared to the smartphones makers, just look at all the custom TW roms for the Note 2 : tweak, better battery, galaxy note 3&4 and s 4&5 features ...
What I don't understand, is why a rom like this seems to drain more energy than an android 5.x "stock" rom (shouldn't android 5.x have a better battery life btw, compared to 4.x ?).
Get a decent charger and a good cable. 2A charger is the minimum, and forget about cheap Chinese cables.
I had the same issues with both cheap chargers and expensive Nokia "2.1A" car charger (which I guess was no more than 1A in reality). Now I installed this in my car and forgot about these issues:
"DC 9V-40V 4 USB port 12 24V to 5V mobile phone pad Step Down DC 5V 5A Car Charger Power Supply" on Aliexpress (sorry, cant post links)