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FRX03...GPS...Sleep Mode...

I searched for Sleep Mode and GPS problems, and of course since those are very common words in most posts, I was having a hard time actually finding if anyone else has my problem.
I am running the most current kernel of FRX03. I have a sprint Rhod400. This problem pre-dates the current kernel, and I am not sure how long it has gone on, because I was having a lot more issues with sleep mode back in the earlier kernels anyway, as I think all people were. I am running with sleep mode set to 1.
Whenever I start a GPS program, usually it is foursquare, when I kill all the apps including foursquare using Advanced Task Killer, the phone will not go back to sleep. I have also looked at the "running services" setting and nothing is running besides Android. It seems to me the GPS stays active even though the GPS icon and all hints that it is actually running ceases to be found. I am guessing this is causing the phone not to go back to sleep. I have not really tested it out with navigation or maps to see if it happens there also, but if my memory serves me right it does.
Any suggestions on possible fixes?

Disable GPS. It's a known bug, which has already been filed on the bugtracker.
If GPS is enabled, phone will not sleep - and I don't mean enabled in that there's the GPS icon in your notification bar, I mean enabled (checked) in Location & Security. Uncheck it there, and the phone will sleep.

This is all interesting, because my RHOD400 seems to sleep just fine (much of the time) with GPS enabled!

gnnash said:
This is all interesting, because my RHOD400 seems to sleep just fine (much of the time) with GPS enabled!
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Enable GPS, then open an app that uses it. Leave GPS enabled, but close the app. Now try to put your phone to sleep .
I've definitely seen intermittent issues with sleep and GPS. Not sure if it's every time, but I noticed when the phone doesn't sleep, I disable GPS in loc&sec and it'll go to sleep.
The only other serious sleep-related problems I've had is with rogue apps stealing processor cycles and keeping the phone awake.

I'm running NAND were pm.sleepmode = 1.
Yesterday I left my GPS enabled and I seemed to be getting better battery life? Maybe it is just a fluke... But you never know!
I will try it on my other phone running HARET.

Lmiller1708 said:
I'm running NAND were pm.sleepmode = 1.
Yesterday I left my GPS enabled and I seemed to be getting better battery life? Maybe it is just a fluke... But you never know!
I will try it on my other phone running HARET.
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Well better battery life is probably related to usage.
However, that would be interesting if on NAND the GPS no sleep bug is non-existent...
I honestly haven't tested it in a while. No one has specifically looked at fixing it. I guess it's possible a commit happened to fix it - just usually doesn't work like that .

I use the 11/22/10 XDAndroid build from the .cab and the bug is present. LED doesn't turn from orange to green until I turn off GPS in settings and turn off the screen.
He probably thought that it was sleeping because the screen turned off (I used to think the same thing).

gallahad2000 said:
I use the 11/22/10 XDAndroid build from the .cab and the bug is present. LED doesn't turn from orange to green until I turn off GPS in settings and turn off the screen.
He probably thought that it was sleeping because the screen turned off (I used to think the same thing).
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No I knew it wasn't sleeping. I know the purpose of the LED being on always(sleep mode debugging). I was just trying to figure out why, and if there was a fix, which there isn't. In the earlier version of XDAndroid builds it was more than just GPS that was causing sleep issues, so back then I didn't think much of it not going to sleep, as I couldn't get more than about 4 hours of battery life out of those builds anyway. Now I am getting at least 12 with heavy usage and way more than that with light usage. So things have improved indeed.

slickdaddy96 said:
No I knew it wasn't sleeping. I know the purpose of the LED being on always(sleep mode debugging). I was just trying to figure out why, and if there was a fix, which there isn't. In the earlier version of XDAndroid builds it was more than just GPS that was causing sleep issues, so back then I didn't think much of it not going to sleep, as I couldn't get more than about 4 hours of battery life out of those builds anyway. Now I am getting at least 12 with heavy usage and way more than that with light usage. So things have improved indeed.
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Indeed! So that is the fix - disable GPS. It sucks, but it's on the punchlist of things to fix. Unfortunately I don't know of anyone looking at it specifically at the moment, but I'm sure it'll get addressed.

Auto agree to location consent.

Is there any way...either an app or a tasker task/script that will automatically agree to the location consent box that pops up when GPS is turned on?. I'm finally getting annoyed by it lol. I'm hoping there's gotta be some way around it.
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I never noticed. Why not just leave GPS on always? It doesn't hurt anything.

Just leave GPS on. It doesn't use battery unless its being accessed for location for an app. You spend more battery going to settings toggling it on and off over and over.

martonikaj said:
Just leave GPS on. It doesn't use battery unless its being accessed for location for an app. You spend more battery going to settings toggling it on and off over and over.
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Somewhat true. The Facebook app is buggy, if you have GPS on... and you turn Facebook on (even though location is disabled).
GPS remains on your status bar... even if you go back to home screen. At least that's my reasoning for having it disabled.

zephiK said:
Somewhat true. The Facebook app is buggy, if you have GPS on... and you turn Facebook on (even though location is disabled).
GPS remains on your status bar... even if you go back to home screen. At least that's my reasoning for having it disabled.
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Use Facebook every day and never had that issue.

Convert whatever is asking for GPS to a system app.
Pretty sure that'll do it.

[SOLVED] Wi-Fi won't turn off in sleep [post-JB update]: how to diagnose?

SOLVED: See this follow-up post; it's one of those 7 things!
Hi! After updating to LK3 (the stock 4.1.1 JB update), my Wi-Fi stays on even after I put the phone to sleep (contrary to the setting "Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep: never (increases data usage)." See attached pics.
I have disabled thus far:
1) Google Now
2) Location Services "Use wireless networks" and "Location and Google search"
3) Location reporting: now set to "Location manually selected on the map"
4) Latitude location sharing
5) Location history
6) Automatic check-ins
7) Check-in notifications
Basically, everything I could find related to location. But, alas, that battery screenshot is after I changed all of those! Wi-Fi isn't on constantly, but it stays on way longer than just when I have the screen on.
What are my options here? How should I diagnose this sucker? I ran BetterBatteryStats, but they said it looked fine with my log (some apps, through the ambiguous "Alarms" partial wakelock, were the largest cause, but only accounted for 3.6% of the time).
I'm pretty sure this is a post-update problem, as before, whenever I unlocked my phone, I got the little notification, "Connected to #SSIDName#" and the Wi-Fi icon would obviously, then, be off for the first few seconds (and when I opened my browser too quickly, I'd get a "Page cannot be displayed" error).
Thanks in advance, I'll take any ideas/thoughts/help/sympathy/antipathy you can offer,

Same problem here. Before the update, it was doubletwist air sync forcing wifi on at all times. That's disabled now, so I have not clue. Hopefully somebody figures it out. Mine isn't even intermittent, it's always on, and I have the same setting as you.

So, I left my phone alone for the night and these programs used Wi-Fi while the screen was off:
Do you have any of the same apps? I'm going to uninstall Google+, Facebook, and GroupMe today and run this again tomorrow. But, looking at pure download amount, it's something on the OS....
If you're interested in doing the same, the app is My Data Manager ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/...e&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=my+data+manager).
Basically, install the app, but do not open it. When you're ready for bed (or any extended period of not using it), open it, and then minimize it (runs in the background). Hit your sleep button immediately (we don't want to capture anything of the phone when the screen is on). Then, when you wake up/need to use it, wake it up, immediately disable Wi-Fi (again, no artifacts from when the phone was awake), take a look at My Data Apps (2nd page), Wi-Fi.
I'll let you know how my second attempt goes.

The only one I have is Facebook, but yeah it definitely looks like the os.
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Well! Maybe I should have given it a little while longer, as it seems to be quite a bit better!
It still stays on longer than the screen, but now at least it shuts off once in a while, haha. It was either uninstalling Facebook, gMail, or GroupMe OR disabling one of those earlier settings...it's still not totally fixed, though. I found the Network Counter app which seems to be a little more specific, so we'll see how it goes tonight,
~Ibrahim~

Hmm this is what mine looks like from today. Wifi didn't go off until I did it manually.
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Have you disabled the location stuff? Those are what really helped me. I'm off to run the overnight test, with the new app!

i am having the same issues. my wifi since the jelly bean update has been always on.... the wifi bar in battery settings is solid and has never been off.... so frustrating.

Try "Green Power" app.
I use it to disable both wifi and data 20secs after screen off.
There is a Whitelist and a minimum threshold trigger too.
It works PERFECT in ICS.
At bedtime, I get .5% hr battery drain or better.

themadproducer said:
Try "Green Power" app.
I use it to disable both wifi and data 20secs after screen off.
There is a Whitelist and a minimum threshold trigger too.
It works PERFECT in ICS.
At bedtime, I get no less than .5% hr battery drain.
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Awesome, thanks for the info! Exactly, I don't mind Google Now using the Wi-Fi, but then that opens the door for everything to use the Wi-Fi which will kill the battery when I get back to work.
Network Manager didn't work for some reason, so I tried Data Detective, but the stupid app consumed 90% of the Wi-Fi last night!
The only thing I've heard against battery savers is that they force apps to not use the data, and then they keep asking (creating overhead). I wouldn't have believed it out right except it came from the developer of BetterBatteryStats. But your battery loss isn't bad at all (overnight I average 0.4%/hour with the screen off).

ikjadoon said:
(overnight I average 0.4%/hour with the screen off).
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I slightly edited my statement. I get .5% hr or better.
Curious...if you average .4%...
- what rom?
- and what is your lowest cpu freq?
- and is that with data and wifi off?

themadproducer said:
I slightly edited my statement. I get .5% hr or better.
Curious...if you average .4%...
- what rom?
- and what is your lowest cpu freq?
- and is that with data and wifi off?
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Haha, right, I thought that's what you meant!
I'm on stock AT&T. Everything is stock; CPU Spy tells me 384Mhz. WiFi on, data off.

Why don't you guys disable it in settings? Open Wi-Fi in settings. Click menu button. Click advanced. Turn off Wi-Fi during sleep. Ta-da!
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Why don't you guys disable it in settings? Open Wi-Fi in settings. Click menu button. Click advanced. Turn off Wi-Fi during sleep. Ta-da!
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Yeah, that's an alternative...but if I have a setting that's supposed to turn it off when it goes to sleep, I'd like it to do that.

stbtigerr said:
Yeah, that's an alternative...but if I have a setting that's supposed to turn it off when it goes to sleep, I'd like it to do that.
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That's right, well said....hence the opening post!

I have the same issue, wi-fi is always on unless I turn it off.

I'm happy. It's one of those location settings in the first post that caused the locks! Let me know if it works for you guys,

GPS Signal Lost in IGO when not in focus

Anyone else have an issue with IGO, that when I switch to desktop or another app, after a few seconds i hear "GPS Signal Lost"
Its rather quick to re-establish a connection when i switch back but seems weird to not get a signal only because its not in focus.
While in focus its rock solid, never drops out.
Setting or known issue?

Always, but I've been got used and don't care...

Snap. Always does it.
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It has to be an Android issue I had a Pioneer Navi unit (they use iGO) never lost signal once locked in, well as long as I didn't go in to a tunnel or parking structure, switched to Android and every time I look away it drops GPS but only for a second or two. I believe there is an advanced audio setting to mute the announcement of GPS signal loss, but I cannot remember if it's a GUI option or if it needs to be put in the sys.txt.

Try this settings in SYS.TXT:
[sound.announcer]
gps_signal_lost = 0; disables voicemail alert "lost signal GPS"
gps_disconnected = 0; disables voice notification "GPS turned off"

themissionimpossible said:
Try this settings in SYS.TXT:
[sound.announcer]
gps_signal_lost = 0; disables voicemail alert "lost signal GPS"
gps_disconnected = 0; disables voice notification "GPS turned off"
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That may be a viable option, when its in focus i never loose signal....so really its just the voice announcement that annoys me when i switch to another App.

I used to use an app called active GPS, can be set to acquire a gps lock and keep it on boot, not sure if you are really losing the gps lock or if Igo just thinks it is.

jakejm79 said:
I used to use an app called active GPS, can be set to acquire a gps lock and keep it on boot, not sure if you are really losing the gps lock or if Igo just thinks it is.
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Im not losing signal no......Its approx 5 seconds after IGO loses focus and it regains the signal immediately after i switch back.
Perhaps this is intentional to allow another App access to the GPS Signal.....ie only 1 App can have access at once, so they only keep it during focus?
Not sure but its peeing me off
Ill check if theres anything buried in IGO settings or the alternative (Not that i like working around a problem) is to quieten the "Lost signal" audio.

pants001 said:
Perhaps this is intentional to allow another App access to the GPS Signal.....ie only 1 App can have access at once, so they only keep it during focus?
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Do you also have a weather widget running with its location based on GPS signal?
Maybe that app requires a temporary connection to the GPS port (that might not be shareable between more apps)...

themissionimpossible said:
Do you also have a weather widget running with its location based on GPS signal?
Maybe that app requires a temporary connection to the GPS port (that might not be shareable between more apps)...
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Ye possible, I also noticed a setting in GPS menu to allow location based services. So might try with that off.
I'll have a play around and report back. :silly:

pants001 said:
Ye possible, I also noticed a setting in GPS menu to allow location based services. So might try with that off.
I'll have a play around and report back. :silly:
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In Android there is no problem for multiple applications to use GPS signal at the same time. You can run 5 navigation apps and another 5 tracking apps at the same time if you have enough RAM. The OS access the GPS sensor and shares the information to apps.
The question is, what really happens. If you continue with iGo in the background, is it still navigating you? Do you hear the correct voice commands or is it really lost and has no idea where you are?
For me all Navigation application work even in background. They have a service (identified by an icon in notification bar) that runs even if the main app is in background. You should also check the GPS icon in navigation bar to see if GPS is shut down.

javlada said:
In Android there is no problem for multiple applications to use GPS signal at the same time..
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I'm not completely sure about the following, but IMHO there is a difference between the smartphones and the MTCB head units for which regards the GPS receiver.
In fact, while generally in a smartphone processor (ex. Qualcomm) the GPS receiver is included in the chip itself, AFAIK in a Rockchip processor (ex. RK3188) the GPS chip is not present, but should be externally connected to the system through an internal serial connection (USB?) and managed by the MCU: for this reason there might be some sharing problems among apps, problems not occurring on a smartphone integrated architecture.

javlada said:
The question is, what really happens. If you continue with iGo in the background, is it still navigating you? Do you hear the correct voice commands or is it really lost and has no idea where you are?
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Ye thats interesting coz this morning i had to go somewhere and used navigation as apposed to just having IGO open on Map.
When Navigating to a destination, you can swap to desktop and other apps and it still guides you with no Lost Signal being mention.
So its only when you have maps open, not using a route navigation and you put IGO into the background.
I assume its IGO giving up the lock on the signal for some reason.

Same issue. IGO drops GPS when focus is lost.
pants001 said:
Ye possible, I also noticed a setting in GPS menu to allow location based services. So might try with that off.
I'll have a play around and report back. :silly:
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I just installed a new head unit 4.4.2 and I have the same issue with IGO. I will try a few things and see what I can find as well.
Will report back if I solve it. It is bloody annoying. I am positive it is an Android thing, not an IGO issue.

pants001 said:
Ye thats interesting coz this morning i had to go somewhere and used navigation as apposed to just having IGO open on Map.
When Navigating to a destination, you can swap to desktop and other apps and it still guides you with no Lost Signal being mention.
So its only when you have maps open, not using a route navigation and you put IGO into the background.
I assume its IGO giving up the lock on the signal for some reason.
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That would make sense, it would be a battery saving feature, no need for a persistent GPS lock (that sucks battery life) if you are just following your location on a map (when the map isn't in focus anymore) but when navigating you want the persistent lock so you can continue receiving directions regardless of what app has focus. I suspect a lot of GPS apps act this way, they just don't announce it.

jakejm79 said:
That would make sense, it would be a battery saving feature, no need for a persistent GPS lock (that sucks battery life) if you are just following your location on a map (when the map isn't in focus anymore) but when navigating you want the persistent lock so you can continue receiving directions regardless of what app has focus. I suspect a lot of GPS apps act this way, they just don't announce it.
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I think your right!

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I think your right!
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Possibly
Google maps acts that way, with maps open, if you open another app, the GPS icon disappears on my phone, but comes back as soon as I refocus on maps, but if I am navigating somewhere then the icon stays there.

Not that it offers you any help but my gps icon is on all the time regardless of what app is or isn't running.
If the above theory is correct then your answer may lie in the power saving and lox location settings.
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jakejm79 said:
I suspect a lot of GPS apps act this way, they just don't announce it.
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But on a smartphone this battery saving behavior doesn't happen...
And on a HU there is no battery at all and no battery saving needs, on Android all apps should be able to detect if the device is on battery power or currently external power supplied...

themissionimpossible said:
But on a smartphone this battery saving behavior doesn't happen...
And on a HU there is no battery at all and no battery saving needs, on Android all apps should be able to detect if the device is on battery power or currently external power supplied...
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It does happen, test for yourself, but the battery will drain quicker with Maps open and an active GPS lock rather than when another app is in focus and no GPS lock, that is also why the mode to not use active GPS is called battery saving.
Take that up with the developer, but I doubt they will build in an option that is only useful to a very small number of users.
Personally I don't understand why you need the map window open if you aren't actively navigating somewhere anyway.

I don't think Doze mode is working on my phone...

Hi there,
Please look at the attached screenshot. The red area shows the time I was sleeping. The phone was stationery all night long. It shouldn't decrease like that, right? It should show something more horizontal if Doze is actually working, right? I believe I read something about this somewhere on these forums.
Yes, I do have "WiFi: Always On" enabled. Is that the problem?
My thinking is that I want WiFi always turned on, but I also want Doze. Meaning, if the phone is stationery, not doing anything, it should kick Doze in (which will periodically check for stuff, temporarily turning on/off the WiFi). Is this thinking wrong? If I have "WiFi: Always On" disabled, will Doze work properly and I'll still be notified of any push notifications and whatnot?
What am I missing here?

First off, there are no screenshots. Doze mode is supposed to remove wifi scans and wifi connection regardless if wifi is on. You will get a periodically sync with emails and push notifications( they will be delayed). You will also still recieve sms and mms. How steong is the network connection? Maybe with a weak connection that is what is draining battery.

schmeggy929 said:
First off, there are no screenshots. Doze mode is supposed to remove wifi scans and wifi connection regardless if wifi is on. You will get a periodically sync with emails and push notifications( they will be delayed). You will also still recieve sms and mms. How steong is the network connection? Maybe with a weak connection that is what is draining battery.
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Sorry, just keep forgetting attachments... Please check the first post again. No, I don't think my connection at home is a weak one. I am connected to a 5GHz network instead of 2.4GHz one. Not sure if that's relevant.

Nazgulled said:
Sorry, just keep forgetting attachments... Please check the first post again. No, I don't think my connection at home is a weak one. I am connected to a 5GHz network instead of 2.4GHz one. Not sure if that's relevant.
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i think wifi on does prevent from doze and gives wake locks for many... tried by turning off wifi for a night to narrow down the issue?
i might be wrong here but that was afeedback from many users the battery leak/wake locks with wifi always on

SacredDeviL666 said:
i think wifi on does prevent from doze and gives wake locks for many... tried by turning off wifi for a night to narrow down the issue?
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Not yet, I'll have to try that... However, it doesn't make much sense to me to have it off. I mean, if it's off, even in the doze open windows, wifi will be off, and I won't get any notifications at all unless I turn the screen on. Not a very good user experience. But I'll test it nonetheless to narrow down possible issues.

You may be suffering from the bug discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/wifi-constant-suspend-resume-leading-to-t3392562
At the last page is a kernel that has a fix that seems to be working.

Try out GSam Battery Monitor for some stats.

tkoreaper said:
You may be suffering from the bug discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/wifi-constant-suspend-resume-leading-to-t3392562
At the last page is a kernel that has a fix that seems to be working.
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Based on your post these seem are most likely the same issue. I just flashed the fix from that thread and it helped TONS. It is still being tweaked before it goes to elementalx officially, but it is working great for me so far!

Yeah, it might be that issue, or not, I'm not really sure. But I used the GSam Battery Monitor app suggested above and I don't think the problem is Doze.
I used that app and start monitoring just before I went to sleep. I've also used ForceDoze just to be sure Doze kicks in (this app will force Doze immediately on screen off instead of just stationery and waiting 30mins). Look at the screenshots. Something is not right, my phone doesn't deep sleep, it's awake all the time.

schmeggy929 said:
..... Doze mode is supposed to remove wifi scans and wifi connection regardless if wifi is on. You will get a periodically sync with emails and push notifications( they will be delayed). You will also still recieve sms and mms.
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What? Doze is supposed to remove wifi Scans?
If you take a look at the blue "WiFi Scan" line you see the same pause between intervals before doze kicks in as while doze is active.
Doze Mode hasn't really helped me getting less Wakelocks or less battery drain on this device. I just get the feeling there are way to many system/kernel related wakelocks due to HTC's crappy software which ignore doze mode
Oh yeah, the Wifi signal strength was really bad there.... simply because the phone decided NOT to switch to the stronger Network with the same SSID.... well thank you android....

I've used Greenify (which has a notification for Doze mode statistics) and other battery stats apps and I've realized that Doze is in fact working... So, my battery problems are something else.
I just don't get that flat battery graph when doze mode is active, but it must be due to something else...
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Nazgulled said:
I've used Greenify (which has a notification for Doze mode statistics) and other battery stats apps and I've realized that Doze is in fact working... So, my battery problems are something else.
I just don't get that flat battery graph when doze mode is active, but it must be due to something else...
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To me it look as though a rouge app could be the culprit.
Have you tried a removing all apps, or doing a clean flash of whatever ROM your on, and if not rooted, an RUU flash and then see if the phone works as should, then this sucks, but you install apps 1 but 1 until you find out which on is the bad apple.
Your phone is def being held awake though by that Gsam battery chart.

I haven't done that and I'm not going to. I don't have time for debugging this issue like that, I need a working phone with the apps I use.
Not trying to sound rude or anything, I know you're just trying to help and I appreciate that. But I just can't do what you're suggesting.
Anyway, shouldn't some battery app help with that. I'm now using BetterBatteryStats. If there's a rogue app, that should allow me to pinpoint the sucker...