I took screenshots to better explain. My battery has been having an awful drain in very brief periods of time; sometimes without hardly any use. Culprit shows as IndexService which I have 0 experience with so I wanted to reach out for thoughts and assistance. Thank you for any help!
If i remember correctly this has to do with files like on a Sdcard or regular storage. First thing I would try and narrow which it is. One option is remove sdcard and see what happens. If its still doing it then its internal storage. If it stops then its sdcard.. In this case you can remove junk files from sdcard or make a .nomedia (with period) file to empty directories) and also another option is using the period before the directory (like .music) just know several file managers/apps then won't be able to see the directory as it makes it invisible. So you will need to find one that will.
Thank you so much! Will start testing. Any recommendations on file managers? I use ES and FX
I use fx plus with root and its great. I also see hidden files.
I know someone that had this exact issue. She ended up sending her phone back because there were Bluetooth issues as well. If the above doesn't work I would recommend freezing the process, there's a thread on how to do that without root in the general section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/general/disable-knox-ota-root-t2972263
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hey,
so my girlfriend has a droid incredible, not rooted, and many times when she switches to her bak up battery AND BACK, her apps delete. many times she has to re-download her apps and they're not even listed under her apps in the market. she turns off the phone before ripping the battery out and changing it, but she still has the issue. the battery is supposedly OEM, and purchased off eBay. its black considering its an evo battery and it reads HTC innovation on the battery. in any case, as i mentioned before, it happens when she switches back to her regular battery as well. in addition the widgets read "problem loading gadget". (obviously because the app has deleted)
anyone have any solutions to solving this or why this might e happening. to my understanding these batteries should yield no problems. also, this is not the first time this has happened it has happened alot. perhaps if there is no direct solution, maybe i can find an app to make sure none of my apps get deleted during the transfer process? let me know,
thanks
if anyone can help i also have minor issue on my dinc with the generic batteries i ordered from ebay that when i plug it in, the battery has an exclamation point. anyway to get rid of this? its not too annoying because i use mini info widget anyway, but id rather have it solved.
thanks again
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If they're on the SD card it'll often take a few minutes for it to load up.
The problem looks like it's from the SD card, maybe it's having some issues or maybe she's accidentally knocking it out of place when she switches batteries.
POQbum said:
If they're on the SD card it'll often take a few minutes for it to load up.
The problem looks like it's from the SD card, maybe it's having some issues or maybe she's accidentally knocking it out of place when she switches batteries.
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the problem seems to be deeper than that. shes definitely not knocking out the sd card cuz its always stable. besides this is a problem for every app thats not stock. she doesnt have ALL apps2sd anyway.
if it helps.. some apps stay some apps go, but for the ones that stay, they force close. ie. hopstop wasnt deleted but FC. in addition she would re download twitter and that would FC. to confuse you even more shazam was not deleted or reinstalled but still works (all data was deleted tho)
Sounds weird. I know this is a long shot that you will actually try it, but it sounds like it'd be a good idea to reinstall that phone.
It's been known that there are a couple of mallicous apps (now removed from the market) but it's *possible* she may have downloaded one of them and that is causing a lot of the issues. It may just be some weird data corruption in important system files, it's hard to tell with just what you're telling me but as long as she doesn't mind it- reinstalling with a fresh ROM and kernel would be a good start and likely will fix the problem.
Apps can still be backed up via titanium backup, and there's apps for backing up messages and you can sync contacts to either verizon or your google account.
Just a thought.
I know you are probably wondering why would someone want to increase the amount of time it takes to boot up their Epic. This is not the case, I simply want to increase the amount of time given before the lock screen appears for the boot animation to continue playing. When my phone stops playing the boot animation and goes to the lock screen it is still not completely up and running. So I'd rather watch the boot screen animation continue to run rather then go to the lock screen where when I unlock it still shows widgets loading and such.
Thanks for help.
Sent from Epic running ViperRom.
Even if it wad possible the phone doesn't start doing the media scan until the screen comes on. I know its slow but if u have a lot of stuff on your sd card that doesn't need scanned at first put a .nomedia in the folder and it will scan faster.
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Even if it wad possible the phone doesn't start doing the media scan until the screen comes on. I know its slow but if u have a lot of stuff on your sd card that doesn't need scanned at first put a .nomedia in the folder and it will scan faster.
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and the .nomedia file is just a text file with that name correct?
It's just a file named .nomedia with anything you don't want scanned inside of it.
Tried the .nomedia, did not seem to make any noticable difference. Did find a nice app on the Market called StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager which easily adds .nomedia files to any folder you want. Even went to excess and tagged everything on my sdcard with .nomedia, then had fun undoing that and resetting my ringtones and notification tones.
Now I'm just gonna try going with a new ROM since I'm ready for something new so I'll just clear and start fresh again.
Now before anyone flames me, I did search first "DUH". I could not find any clear solution that doesn't involve flashing roms, rooting etc etc.
All of a sudden, when phone has been on standby overnight, the battery is draining mega fast and it shows that the culprit is this "Mediaserver". What is this and how do I kill the SOB?
Usually my phone battery goes from 100% to about 95% when I wake up in the morning, which is about right. Now for the past 2 days, it goes from 100% to around 50% overnight!!!!!!
Please help someone as I have searched everywhere and I have not found a clear answer. I have not installed anything new, I do not stream media etc.
Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980575
FYI I typed "media server android battery" in to google and this was the first link.
Maybe try that next time
Umm...thanks very much but that was the first thing I tried. I actually saw that thread of the link you provided but it tells me absolutely nothing. Like I said, I did search first. I am not new here
I would like to know how one kills mediaserver.
I actually restarted my phone and up to now it has gone back to normal. Mediaserver appears near the bottom now with only 2% and the display is back at the top with 65% battery usage.
I must have read through about 10 different threads on the same issue with no clear resolution! Very frustrating indeed.
no worries, I can see you're not new here and I'm sure you've been pulling your hair out searching and reading the same thing over and over. When I read your OP it seemed like the answers in that thread covered things you might not have tried:
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The answers in that thread suggest moving all of your media off your sd, nothing to do with rooting or flashing
But anyway I clearly underestimated how frustrating this problem has been for you, I don't think I could suggest anything you haven't already tried!
Possibly solved mediaserver issue!
Well, I did a soft reset and everything has gone back to normal. Medaserver does not even feature now. It is only visible when I am streaming music via bluetooth stereo headset.
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Well, I did a soft reset and everything has gone back to normal. Medaserver does not even feature now. It is only visible when I am streaming music via bluetooth stereo headset.
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Hi I am facing the same issue. would like to know what exactly you mean by soft reset? is it holding power button for about 10sec till phone switches off or do u mean a factory reset ?
Some of them said it worked when they cleaned up a corrupted file so i used a new SD card with just one song to test but everytime i play the song MediaServer wakes up and sucks out my batt. SO this method fails!
Second thing that i tried out was to disable stagefright settings in Build.prop which again has not worked! running out of ideas
device: Galaxy ace
ROM: Miracle V4.
Help would be much appreciated
I was facing similar issues.
here is what i observed
STOCK ROM: No issues.
Miracle ROM V4: Media server prob. Used a clean formatted SDcard with just one song on it and the problem still persisted
Other CM7.2 based ROMs: Media server prob. Used a clean formatted SDcard with just one song on it and the problem still persisted
Factory reset: On CM7.2 based ROMs: No use. problem no solved
Finally i used OmegaROMV4.: No media server problem here. Looks like its only for CM7.2 based ROMS.
I'm getting this on UNOFFICIAL CM9 for Evo. Started after I installed 5 different Portal Soundboards as well as a theme for CM9's Theme Chooser. Going to look into BetterBatteryStats but I'm not too confident based on other forums I've looked through. Also may consider a cache/dalvik wipe... If anyone has tracked this problem down please let me know.
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I'm getting this on UNOFFICIAL CM9 for Evo. Started after I installed 5 different Portal Soundboards as well as a theme for CM9's Theme Chooser. Going to look into BetterBatteryStats but I'm not too confident based on other forums I've looked through. Also may consider a cache/dalvik wipe... If anyone has tracked this problem down please let me know.
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I'm using a Nexus 7 that I've only had for a few days, so it was fairly easy to track down the culprit responsible for MediaServer gobbling up my battery.
The Internet did not provide any real solutions, just suggestions, so what I did was disable and/or uninstall any apps that I had installed today (the problem only started today) and also disabled other apps that keep popping up in the task manager, even after killing them a minute before, all to no avail.
One of the things I had also done was copy over a folder of wallpapers that I also have on my HP Touchpad.
I reconnected the N7 to the PC, open the N7's storage, deleted the folder and INSTANTANEOUSLY, MediaServer disappeared from my battery stats. I can't say if this will happen to any folder of pix or music that I might copy over, as this just happened to me a few minutes ago.
Some have spoken about corrupt files, and there is that small chance that one of my pics is corrupt, but it's a darn good start for anyone else, at least knowing where to look first.
I may experiment with it later and if I have anything to report, I'll post it.
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After experimenting with the wallpapers folder, copying it over to the N7, then removing it, using the wallpaper, rebooting, plugging the USB cable into the PC, then the charger, and disabling and enabling "Gallery", I have found that there is a relationship between having that folder on the N7, and MediaServer coming on and using a lot of battery power. Getting the Media Server to come on, or go off, is not as instantaneous as it was the first time I did it, thus all the other actions mentioned above, until Media Server turned off. One thing for sure is that when the Wallpapers folder was on the N7, there was nothing I could do to stop the Media Server, and to get it to turn off, amongst other things, I had to remove the folder and disable "Gallery".
Once the Media Server is off, it stays off, even after enabling "Gallery", as long as the Wallpapers folder isn't present.
I hope I explained that well enough to be useful.
good evening guys, i have the problem, that the process "media" is draining my battery down. i flashed the newest firmware, different roms, nothing helps. i have 10,000 png on the internal sdcard (football manager player pictures). after that, the process media kills my battery. this is a generell android problem, i found a lot problems by google, not a right solution. is there a solution there, not killing this proces after every restart? i wont sell my note 2 but this problem makes me crazy and i dont have a choice, if i cant fix this problem...:crying:
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good evening guys, i have the problem, that the process "media" is draining my battery down. i flashed the newest firmware, different roms, nothing helps. i have 10,000 png on the internal sdcard (football manager player pictures). after that, the process media kills my battery. this is a generell android problem, i found a lot problems by google, not a right solution. is there a solution there, not killing this proces after every restart? i wont sell my note 2 but this problem makes me crazy and i dont have a choice, if i cant fix this problem...:crying:
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Why the heck were you thinkimg of selling your Note 2?
Did you full wipe correctly?
Are you sure your sync does not cause that?
There are several app on the store and forum for this - Rescan Media, Media scan ... do not remember all the names.
Have you tried just placing a ".nomedia" file into the folder those pngs are stored?
nomedia doesent work, i manuelly disabled mediascanner and scan with media scanner after the restart, thx
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nomedia doesent work, i manuelly disabled mediascanner and scan with media scanner after the restart, thx
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Hi there
Just wondering, if you have disabled mediascanner, can you still set your ringtones? Once i've disabled my mediascanner, my ringtones all no longer work, and i'm not able to set them.
Mine had the same problem, turned out to be a corrupt MP3 (it stilled played though). I used a program on desktop to fix all the MP3's and now Media doesn't occupy more than 2%. I found disabling the Media Scanner process is a band aid fix that leads to other annoyances.
It's a known bug in Android. This thread has a bit more info: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=37199
Dear fellow users,
Below are some issues I have faced on my unrooted set and i hope someone will come forth with some helpful workarounds if they indeed encountered it before.
1. Under settings> storage> internal storage, clicking on photos or videos show media that I have already moved physically to the external sdcard. I am mainly using open camera and despite the new sdcard writing restrictions, it seem to be able to write to the external sdcard with no issues. I was able to verify so using explorer and quickpic
2. Backup and restore is broken no matter for backup to sdcard or Google drive. It just keeps getting stuck at 50%.
Also I realise using disk usage that the phone has been trying to back up to the internal storage instead. Do'h!
3. Because of pt 2, I have resorted to installing Helium. I managed to install the required adb drivers. Seems like the phone just won't stay in ptp mode. Ok it doesn't as it seems like I was able to proceed to backup but then it just seem to get stuck as evident from the progress bar.
4. LCD display acquiring a pinkish tint. It is especially on the top right hand corner along the bezel. Someone told me that it was heat that has caused the adhesive used in the LCD assembly to melt resulting in this. In the mean time, I realised that the max brightness output is no longer the same as before. Now it is barely readable under the strong glare from the sun.
5. Headphone jack detection just stopped working for no reason and using soundabout didn't work at all. Wanted to send in to the local Sony service centre but with the issues in pt 2 and 3, it is foolhardy to send it for servicing. High chance the phone might be wiped.
Any useful contributions will be helpful guys.
For your LCD display, try an app called CF.Lumen and mess around with the colors on there to fix your display. I believe 6500 is the best color display through that app.
I don't know about #2 since I use titanium backup to backup all my apps and stuff, but that is because I am rooted. But you can backup your apps and such through other methods besides google. Try doing a search for that one.
For #1, try a different file manager such as ES explorer, file manager, or more when moving files. It could be due to having low space on your phone or sd card, or low RAM (free memory) at the time when transferring the files. Also make sure to use the updated version of any apps you use.