I have a fully officially updated ion, at 4.1.2, rooted, but bootloader is locked
I have xposed and gravity box installed and i have a few questions
i can't seem to find any options in the dev in settings, or gravity box where i have turn on the option to hold on back button to force close an app
brightness seems messed up, i like to use this spare phone in the bed as an alarm clock and use during night time before bed, so i go to minimum brightness long with rootdim to get it to the lowest possible brightness possible, but for some reason, it at any time could randomly change brightness to 25%
if i lock the phone and unlock it, it would default to 25%
(this happens even without using rootdim)
it's really annoying if anyone knows what's up and how to stop it
is there any reason why i should install custom rom on it?
the battery is not the best, not sure if custom rom will help, i've already disabled/uninstalled ALOT of sony crap immediately after getting rooted and it runs pretty smoothly
i'd like to update to 4.4.x but if things are buggy or stuff isnt working properly like bluetooth or wifi, i'm perfectly fine with staying on stock because gravity box is awesome
seems like ion wont be getting custom roms past 4.4.x
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I have an Xperia Play currently on the stock ROM, fully updated.
I noticed that sometimes when playing some games, the screen seems to flicker as if it is changing the brightness settings very rapidly.
I did a Google and could only find a few other people having the same issue.
Is this just a normal thing with auto brightness? Sucks that you can't turn it off...
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I think it's normal (or a universal bug?) because mine would do the same on stock... since changing from stock it no longer did that.
Well if you're truly fully updated (Firmware version 4.0.2.A.0.42) then you can find the setting for auto-brightness right above the slider that adjusts the brightness, which is under settings>display>brightness
I flashed the fully updating ROM and it seems to be OK now. Haven't noticed it at all since... Would be nice to know if anyone else did actually notice it though.
I'm facing a terrible and insane battery drain with the official CM10.2!, It looks like the "phone" process is the problem, when Airplane mode is Off, the "phone" process kills the battery, about 10% in just a few minutes!, Idle state is useless too, in just 7 hours my phone lost more than 40% of battery, (in stock 4.3 it used to be around 2-4%!!!) I checked almost everything, the typical problem with the "google service" and with "locations", the sync, vibration, system sounds, haptic feedback etc, the only solution is turn on the airplane mode, but that has no sense...
I disabled some options such as browser, voice dialing, movie studio, mail and apollo cuz I don't use them, but the problem is still there.
The only one "no common" app in my phone is "Xposed", with "Smooth System Progress Bars","Tinted Statusbar" and "YouTube AdAway", I was using Gravitybox too but I thought it was the problem, so I deleted it.
CM10.2 is really fast and runs smooth, but with that battery drain is IMPOSIBLE to keep it for a long time :S!
What I should do? keep looking for the problem or switch again to stock rom?
Jerber said:
I'm facing a terrible and insane battery drain with the official CM10.2!, It looks like the "phone" process is the problem, when Airplane mode is Off, the "phone" process kills the battery, about 10% in just a few minutes!, Idle state is useless too, in just 7 hours my phone lost more than 40% of battery, (in stock 4.3 it used to be around 2-4%!!!) I checked almost everything, the typical problem with the "google service" and with "locations", the sync, vibration, system sounds, haptic feedback etc, the only solution is turn on the airplane mode, but that has no sense...
I disabled some options such as browser, voice dialing, movie studio, mail and apollo cuz I don't use them, but the problem is still there.
The only one "no common" app in my phone is "Xposed", with "Smooth System Progress Bars","Tinted Statusbar" and "YouTube AdAway", I was using Gravitybox too but I thought it was the problem, so I deleted it.
CM10.2 is really fast and runs smooth, but with that battery drain is IMPOSIBLE to keep it for a long time :S!
What I should do? keep looking for the problem or switch again to stock rom?
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One question, are you using a SIM with this device?
Disable Airplane mode. Check for wakelocks with BBS (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809) - use the thread to understand what wakelocks are and learn how to deal with them.
Could be Xposed framework, I don't know. One way to go about that would be wiping data, formatting /system, and reflashing CM10.2 (whatever you flashed before or downloading another nightly or whatever you want and flash that instead)
Are you flashing compatible gapps right? Note, CM10.2 is 4.3, not 4.4.x.
Jerber said:
What I should do? keep looking for the problem or switch again to stock rom?
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Backup and reflash the ROM to see if there's a hardware issue (likely not). Also, check for wakelocks.
Sent from Samsung Galaxy Nexus @ CM11
beekay201 said:
One question, are you using a SIM with this device?
Disable Airplane mode. Check for wakelocks with BBS (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809) - use the thread to understand what wakelocks are and learn how to deal with them.
Could be Xposed framework, I don't know. One way to go about that would be wiping data, formatting /system, and reflashing CM10.2 (whatever you flashed before or downloading another nightly or whatever you want and flash that instead)
Are you flashing compatible gapps right? Note, CM10.2 is 4.3, not 4.4.x.
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Yes!, my GN is GSM and I use a Sim card, but I never had a problem before with stock rom
And yes, I Know CM10.2 is 4.3
I installed CM with the CMInstaller, so, I think rom and gapps are correct
I did the next after install "BBS"
1: Delete Xposed third modules = still insane drain battery (BBS says Phone is always awake, so weird)
2: Delete Xposed module itself = battery drain reduced a LOT, but the drain is still high (BBS says Phone is awake all time yet...but the drain is about 6%/hour, so in 5 hours my phone lost more than 20%)
3: Disable mobile data = battery drain seems almost disappeared!, Im still checking (using wi-fi enabled) (BBS says that phone NOW changed from always awake to Deep sleep!)
So I can say that Xposed was a big problem, but there is a problem when "mobile data" is On, and the phone never change to deeps sleep...
So, I dont know how to fix the problem, or what I should do, I really need mobile data active, is something essential
Any ideas guys? I really like this room, phone runs amazing but this annoying problem makes me crazy!
Well, I'm gonna install again the CM rom, a clean install,if the problem keeps on it I will be forced to switch again to other rom...(with this about flash a few times, sometimes I think I'm gonna screw up my phone :/) but I have a doubt, I want to try AOKP rom, Can I Install the Official AOKP through CM? (I mean, install the rom with CWM)
Hi there.
My wife has been using her Redmi 1S for quite a while now and she is more than happy with it. Not being the adventurous type (and being as far as a geek as one could possibly imagine) she doesn't care about upgrading from V5 or any other stuff. Problem is battery drain, she's become quite a power user having to do a lot of work related stuff from her phone. This can mean that many days her phone can run out of juice in half a day.
I installed Green Power for her, in my phone (Xperia SP) has always worked great. The problem is that in her phone the app always shuts itself off. I open it, everything seems ok, next time I check, the app is off and I have to re-start it again. This, basically, means the app cannot do its job. I have tried locking it in memory but it doesn't matter, whenever I switch on the screen the app is off. edit: Ok, this is a bit extreme, If I check shortly after opening the app it will be there, but if I forget about it and check a few hours later then it is gone.
Is there anything I can do about it? Many thanks!
It's a MIUI feature, you can disable it through settings
Just open security app, there's an option to set up related battery use and auto start apps permission and more as you want. Try to install latest version of official miui rom for redmi 1s (i suggest you global stable/dev rom).
Hello guys,
For years (since I bought my first Android phone) I've asked myself: "Why the heck these smartphones can not turn on at a given time, as did my old java / symbian phones?!?!?!. Man, its a must-have feature, for those like me, that use the phone's alarm clock to wake up every working day! With all my old non-android phones, I could simply turn the phone off and let it "sleep" over night, saving A LOT OF BATTERY JUICE!
But unfortunately, when I bought my first android phone (in 2009), I simply "learned" that, tecnically, it is "impossible" to make it fire an alarm when it is powered off. I simply took it as an undisputed truth, and resigned myself from trying to find a workaround, because the apps on Play Store that claim "auto power on/off" don't REALLY do it, they just make the phone a little bit more battery-friendly over night by disabling phone calls, wifi, bluetooth, etc., but they DONT POWER THE PHONE OFF. Yeah, its better than nothing, but it is NOT like it was on symbian phones.
Then, I bought my Lenovo Vibe K5, and... SURPRISE!!! In the stock rom's Settings pannel, there is a new option that let the user configure the phone to auto power on/off at a given date/time!!!! Then, I asked myself "why on eart this feature is not available on other Android Phones?!?!?!?!
- Edit: I know that, tecnically, to be able to turn a phone on automatically, the phone can not be completely off (the battery needs to be in place and with some juice available - duhhh!!!). I know that it needs a triggerer (in other words, something like a computer's bios), but the fact is that my K5 Stock Rom really starts the Android system from boot. I wrote this because there are a lot of "experts" out there who uses to blame those who ask for this feature, saying that it is an impossible thing to accomplish, and bla-bla-bla...
Back to subject: Fact is that, because of this feature, I became even more fond of my K5: it powers off at night, saves battery, powers back on at morning, and fires the alarm. Sweeeet!
But unfortunately, after installing the AOSP Extended Rom, I noticed that this feature is gone. To be fair, it's a rock-solid rom, that I recommend to every K5 Plus user - but I really miss the feature (hey, rom developers, what about it?)
Before I decide if I do or do not reverse to stock rom, I ask you guys:
Why on Earth isn't the auto-power on/off feature available on all Android Phones?!?!?!?!
Edit 2: Sorry for my bad English.
Edit 3: To moderators: Sorry for posting in this category. Feel free to change this thread to the "Qhestions & Answers" thread.
Well, that feature isn't exactly needed anymore. Android's Doze features make sure the phone doesn't lose a lot of battery when left unused for long periods of time. If you lose more than ~5% of battery juice overnight (when it's already below 90%) on Marshmallow or Nougat, that's something to worry about.
Of course, you can turn Airplane Mode on every night and turn it off when you wake up, or write a script to do it for you, if you want to get the best out of your battery life. The "auto power on/off" feature existed in the stock ROM because of popular demand, and I doubt it's that important a feature to people using other phones and ROMs.
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Hello guys, could simply turn the phone off and let it "sleep" over night, saving A LOT OF BATTERY JUICE!
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Android's since Marshmallow takes care of idling sleep. (see Doze mode: https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/diving-into-doze-mode-for-developers/)
If you have high drain during idle, you probably have an issue with wakelocks preventing your phone to sleep (i.e. enter Doze).
Naptime's great if you want to make sure the go on Doze early, and to make sure it's reapplied after waking up.
Can be found here (free): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.doze&hl=en
Resources on wakelocks:
https://youtu.be/reMau7d0yeg
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=1827676
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=2171461
Better Battery Stats:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=1179809
Hi!
I have bought OnePlus 7T T-mobile locked. After some time of usage I've unlocked it (so I can use every network right now) but my phone still got T-mobile firmware on it. Hence my three question about this phone.
Is it worth to change T-mobile soft version to global one? Could someone point me some pros and cons please?
Next question is about battery life. I'm using it all the time in battery saving mode and I'd set screen to 60 Hz but still battery goes fast. Could You share what are you doing to improve battery life?
One more thing which irritates me is that screen turns off time always comes back to 30 sec (I think every charging) and I need to set it back to 2 mins manually. Is there any way to fix this?
I didn't install any tweaks or something like that. My phone is just like it was from the box but Android updated itself to version 10.0.13.HD63CB. Phone version: HD1907.
It is my first OnePlus so if someone have some advices or something about this car I will willingly read those ^_^.
Thanks for help in advance,
Tom.
Unlocked bootloader allows custom roms and more brick-proof. Custom roms and/or custom kernels can help prolong battery while improve performance
I think so I have the tmo version that I unlocked and switched if I could do it again I would I feel it runs better
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I think so I have the tmo version that I unlocked and switched if I could do it again I would I feel it runs better
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Now that you have unlocked and switched to the global ROM, can you still use banking apps/GPay and HD Netflix, or does it fail security checks? That's the biggest question in my mind. I don't want to give that up just to have a non-T-Mobile ROM.
@bryantthesmith From what I've read everything should work fine just don't root Your phone and after You've installed global firmware You need to do OTA update and then lock bootloader again. It's important to do that OTA update before locking bootloader. BUT I'm just a noob so it would be better if someone smarter express his opinion on it.
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Now that you have unlocked and switched to the global ROM, can you still use banking apps/GPay and HD Netflix, or does it fail security checks? That's the biggest question in my mind. I don't want to give that up just to have a non-T-Mobile ROM.
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Yes I have no issues with it I did use magisk hide as certain banking apps would not work because of root but not because of what version software.so yes if I root just use magisk hide and I may have to change the name of the app besides that no issues
thardy00 said:
Hi!
I have bought OnePlus 7T T-mobile locked. After some time of usage I've unlocked it (so I can use every network right now) but my phone still got T-mobile firmware on it. Hence my three question about this phone.
Is it worth to change T-mobile soft version to global one? Could someone point me some pros and cons please?
Next question is about battery life. I'm using it all the time in battery saving mode and I'd set screen to 60 Hz but still battery goes fast. Could You share what are you doing to improve battery life?
One more thing which irritates me is that screen turns off time always comes back to 30 sec (I think every charging) and I need to set it back to 2 mins manually. Is there any way to fix this?
I didn't install any tweaks or something like that. My phone is just like it was from the box but Android updated itself to version 10.0.13.HD63CB. Phone version: HD1907.
It is my first OnePlus so if someone have some advices or something about this car I will willingly read those ^_^.
Thanks for help in advance,
Tom.
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Assuming you don't want to run custom software, or root your device, switching to global gives you faster and probably more frequent updates, and also if you are so inclined, to be able to run beta software. You lose the t-mobile bloat, you can get a dual sim tray and run 2 sim cards.
the only perceivable downside i've run into is the shelf page that you can switch with discover goes to shelf only.
Once switched over you can relock the bootloader and google pay works fine.
Battery life - what shows as the biggest drain? How often do you reboot? rebooting regularly(1-2 weeks) can fix a lot of little issues - like a pc, did you turn it off and on again.
Screen auto off may be affected by running in battery saver mode - try in regular mode.
Thanks for your reply @andycu . I didn't notice any app draining battery. Maybe it's running down normally but I'm coming from phone with 4500 mah so there must be a difference. Also maybe You are right with that screen auto off because I'm using this phone all the time in battery saver mode, because I don't need that much power lol. Phone seems super fast to me even in power saving mode. Is there a way to hide notification which says that my phone is in battery saving mode? I'm coming to android from iphone and I didn't find how to hide it.
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Thanks for your reply @andycu . I didn't notice any app draining battery. Maybe it's running down normally but I'm coming from phone with 4500 mah so there must be a difference. Also maybe You are right with that screen auto off because I'm using this phone all the time in battery saver mode, because I don't need that much power lol. Phone seems super fast to me even in power saving mode. Is there a way to hide notification which says that my phone is in battery saving mode? I'm coming to android from iphone and I didn't find how to hide it.
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I didn't see a notification, just an outline around the battery, possibly another difference with the t mobile software. what is your screen on time like? Normal use, not using battery saver, with no hardcore gaming i get close to 7 hrs, call of duty and other heavy games suck down the battery pretty quick, as will bad wifi or data connections. The people getting 9 plus hours are streaming wifi video, or downloaded content, not real world use.
By notification I mean when You take down your upper bar with wifi, data switch etc. there's always first notification (when in battery saver mode) that you are using battery saver mode and red caption to turn it off. I cannot tell You about usage without battery saver mode because I'm using it all the time and I don't have any data haha
Just for someones information.
1) Yesterday I moved from Tmobile to global. Short description:
Unlocked bootloader.
Flashed global.
Do OTA.
Locked bootloader again so I don't have any messege at start that device is unsafe etc.
(PLEASE IF U WANT TO DO THE SAME OTA IS VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU WILL LOCK BOOTLOADER WITHOUT DOING OTA BAD THINGS MAY HAPPEN. SO ONCE AGAIN FLASH FLOBAL -> DO OTA -> LOCK BOOTLOADER (IF U WANT)
2) I'm pretty happy with the results. Not much is change tho but battery life seems better and I don't have that ugly notification when I'm using battery saver mode.
If someone got any questions I will try to answer.