Basic features/functions breaking? - HTC 10 Questions & Answers

Over the past few months, I've noticed that some standard functions of my phone routinely fail and no longer seem to work properly until I reboot and/or wait a certain number of days until they magically start to work again (only to break again).
1) The auto-adjust sensor is waaaaay off at gauging ambient light. Whenever I'm in bright, sunny environments (like outdoors or by a window with sun coming through it), the brightness and backlight adjust to the lowest level so that it looks like my screen isn't on. The opposite happens whenever I'm in a room with low or no lighting, making it look like a supernova is in my hand and hurting my eyes. In the past, the sensor would eventually adjust to correctly accommodate the lighting, but now it just doesn't.
2) A large number of apps that are set up for fingerprint login immediately give me an error notification that I've exceeded my fingerprint login attempts whenever I open them, forcing me to instead log in with a pin number. Closing and reopening these apps doesn't fix the error, rebooting doesn't fix it, and clearing the app's cache and/or data doesn't fix it. I just have to wait it out until it works again, which is usually 2 days to 1 week after I've last used the app.
3) Holding the Power + Homes button no longer takes screenshots. I can fix this one by rebooting, but eventually this combo stops working again.
4) Several apps, specifically Google Maps and Chrome, will often crash up to 3 times before they're able to stay open and work. I also routinely hard crash out of everything whenever a foreground app I'm currently using (like Chrome) crashes, which causes everything open in the background (like my music or YouTube app that are playing) to also crash.
5) My battery level is stuck at 69% and won't drop. For the past 4 hours, Android OS, GSAM and BetterBatteryStats all show that I have 69% percent battery remaining and continue to show that percentage even though I have nearly 1 hour SoT. I can only get 2 hrs 15 min of SoT before my battery runs out, so I know this isn't right. This battery thing just started today.
Why is everything breaking?!? Since December, I've not installed any new apps, system updates or really traveled anywhere. Before I flashed the ROM I'm on (LeeDroid v5.2.3-R151) last November or so, I did a full wipe and did not restore any apps or settings so that everything was fresh.

macschwag14 said:
Over the past few months, I've noticed that some standard functions of my phone routinely fail and no longer seem to work properly until I reboot and/or wait a certain number of days until they magically start to work again (only to break again).
1) The auto-adjust sensor is waaaaay off at gauging ambient light. Whenever I'm in bright, sunny environments (like outdoors or by a window with sun coming through it), the brightness and backlight adjust to the lowest level so that it looks like my screen isn't on. The opposite happens whenever I'm in a room with low or no lighting, making it look like a supernova is in my hand and hurting my eyes. In the past, the sensor would eventually adjust to correctly accommodate the lighting, but now it just doesn't.
2) A large number of apps that are set up for fingerprint login immediately give me an error notification that I've exceeded my fingerprint login attempts whenever I open them, forcing me to instead log in with a pin number. Closing and reopening these apps doesn't fix the error, rebooting doesn't fix it, and clearing the app's cache and/or data doesn't fix it. I just have to wait it out until it works again, which is usually 2 days to 1 week after I've last used the app.
3) Holding the Power + Homes button no longer takes screenshots. I can fix this one by rebooting, but eventually this combo stops working again.
4) Several apps, specifically Google Maps and Chrome, will often crash up to 3 times before they're able to stay open and work. I also routinely hard crash out of everything whenever a foreground app I'm currently using (like Chrome) crashes, which causes everything open in the background (like my music or YouTube app that are playing) to also crash.
5) My battery level is stuck at 69% and won't drop. For the past 4 hours, Android OS, GSAM and BetterBatteryStats all show that I have 69% percent battery remaining and continue to show that percentage even though I have nearly 1 hour SoT. I can only get 2 hrs 15 min of SoT before my battery runs out, so I know this isn't right. This battery thing just started today.
Why is everything breaking?!? Since December, I've not installed any new apps, system updates or really traveled anywhere. Before I flashed the ROM I'm on (LeeDroid v5.2.3-R151) last November or so, I did a full wipe and did not restore any apps or settings so that everything was fresh.
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Since you're having multiple, seemingly unrelated issues, there is no way for anyone to tell why it's happening in your specific case. Why don't you try dirty flashing your leedroid rom, and if that still fails, start from scratch?

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3g constantly in use???...

I am having battery issues, almost to the point that I want to take this beautiful phone back. I have adjusted every setting I know to adjust, including the CDMA fix (was already on cdma). I am getting about 6 hours max out of my phone with light usage (maybe 20 mins worth of calls, 10-15 emails, 10-20 text, 15 mins. or so of internet/facebook usage). One thing I notice a lot throughout the day is that my 3g upload and download arrows seem as though they are lit up more times than not. I am wondering if there is some hidden fix that maybe I am missing that would help with this. I checked sprint.com's data usage tool and see that I have downloaded 1.2gigs of info in 3 days (seems excessively high to me). I also notice today that my phone was pretty warm to the touch for a few hours straight. Back to being cool now.
any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Alan
Get a task killer, that is most likely caused by background application traffic.
You can also uninstall some apps that may "poll" the internet that you happen to not use.
Got Advanced Task Killer already set up to kill on screen close. Appears as though my damn calendar is literally sucking the life out of my battery and I have no idea how to turn it off. Went in to Applications and did a "touch to close" deal, but returns. This phone may be making a return back to sprint...nice toy, but actually need it to last more than a few hours at a time. Any way to delete calendar without rooting?
admorris said:
Got Advanced Task Killer already set up to kill on screen close. Appears as though my damn calendar is literally sucking the life out of my battery and I have no idea how to turn it off. Went in to Applications and did a "touch to close" deal, but returns. This phone may be making a return back to sprint...nice toy, but actually need it to last more than a few hours at a time. Any way to delete calendar without rooting?
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Do you also have a sync symbol always lit up? My EVO had some problems with syncing and wouldn't allow me to go into the Accounts and Sync settings. My fault - I had removed some .apks that it turns out I needed so my phone was constantly trying to poll it and giving me 100% Running time. Download Spare Parts and look at your battery history and see if you're getting Running to be high, or look at your Up Time versus Awake Time.
If they're high, go into Accounts and Sync in your settings and look at the options there. You may just need to turn off Auto-Sync to fix your battery issue so that it stops constantly polling your calendar.

Gallery app burning huge amount of battery - can't get advanced task killer to work

Ok, I have a problem. Something, and I have no idea what, is launching Gallery periodically. About five or six times I've noticed my battery being very low, and when I check the battery stats, Gallery will have used 50% or more of the battery. When I look at the stats, it might show it's been open for 8 hours or longer (I don't remember the exact breakdown of wake time, etc.) and I restarted my phone last night, so it's gone.
Last night, I finally got fed up and disabled the gallery app, but that means I lose the gallery app for those times I actually wanted to use it (versus when it's getting launched by a program, or maybe I inadvertently launch it and then launch something else and Gallery is sitting in the background chewing up battery).
Before disabling it, I tried installing advanced task killer, and I could never get it to kill any apps automatically, which included it not killing Gallery. I tried both safe and aggressive (or whatever the next setting is) and tried setting the kill frequency to screen off and every 30 minutes (or maybe it was an hour) and it never auto-killed any app.
So, any suggestions on what I can do to re-enable Gallery, but not have it periodically sitting in the background, burning battery like crazy?

After 4.4.3 (Problems/Features)

Let us know what your have found after the update. Good and bad.
Since the update my WiFi has dropped out on my home network twice. Have to restart or turn airplane mode on/off.
Also I don't think the battery has improved any....
Terra1 said:
Let us know what your have found after the update. Good and bad.
Since the update my WiFi has dropped out on my home network twice. Have to restart or turn airplane mode on/off.
Also I don't think the battery has improved any....
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I just noticed a bit longer restart times. Thats it !:cyclops:
I've noticed darker video recording in low light l...
After the update, at the settings / power the scrolling is laggy. This module was updated, something is just not right at my device. I did a factory reset, no avail. It's lagging only over here, pretty annoying...
vistvan83 said:
After the update, at the settings / power the scrolling is laggy. This module was updated, something is just not right at my device. I did a factory reset, no avail. It's lagging only over here, pretty annoying...
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Yeah, its true. It slipped my mind. Probably this particular portion of the software was developed at the last moment, and they didn't have enough time to test it thoroughly
I have narrowed my wifi drop outs to the beyond pod app.
My camera won't focus after updating. I had the problem prior, but did the alcohol microfiber run to get the coating off and it was working great. After I updated the camera now seems like it won't focus, only objects within 5 inches are in focus. I did a factory reset and made sure that the camera wasn't set to macro mode. Nothing is working to fix this problem. I think my camera might just be broken now.
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Now after a few days i think that the battery cannot hold on so long as with 4.4.2. Previously i could run it two days with moderate use, now the battery level drops to 20% after 24 hours.
At the update the battery was not fully charged. Is this behavior normal after the update, did i make a mistake, or does anybody else have the same problem?
I'm on 19% after 13 hours. WTF is going on? I cannot see any suspicious app causing this. Can i revert to 4.4.2? LOL...
vistvan83 said:
Now after a few days i think that the battery cannot hold on so long as with 4.4.2. Previously i could run it two days with moderate use, now the battery level drops to 20% after 24 hours.
At the update the battery was not fully charged. Is this behavior normal after the update, did i make a mistake, or does anybody else have the same problem?
I'm on 19% after 13 hours. WTF is going on? I cannot see any suspicious app causing this. Can i revert to 4.4.2? LOL...
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I have (or had) the same problem as you with the new update. Try clearing the cache partition (that's what I've been told). I'm still keeping my eye on the battery to see if it's fixed. The problem for me was that Android Kernel and Android System was using too much battery.
Here are some screenshots:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkTkJwOV9mQk5ucG8/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkTlc3ODYzcUotQlE/edit?usp=sharing
These battery results are pretty bad compared to what I was getting prior to 4.4.3 (i got 2d5h once with 4h on screen and 7 hours awake).
Hi! I think i was able to fix it, the issue appeared on other devices which received 4.4.3. I cleared the cache for Google Play Store and for GP Services. Now i'm at 50% after 20 hours.
vistvan83 said:
Hi! I think i was able to fix it, the issue appeared on other devices which received 4.4.3. I cleared the cache for Google Play Store and for GP Services. Now i'm at 50% after 20 hours.
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just tried that and hoping it works. I've tried turning off fast boot but having the same issues others are reporting also.
here is a post from another user:
Hi, everyone, this is my first time here, so bear with me. On Wednesday, August 28, I downloaded the new Kit Kat 4.4.3 update from AT&T onto my One M8. Right after and for a few hours after, everything was in great condition as always. I've had my M8 since launch and haven't had a problem since and hold it very dear to me. Then, after about four hours, I noticed the phone was getting hot, really hot. I had power saver on as always and I saw that the CPU was taxed at 97%, just having Instagram running and YouTube actively showing a video. So I restarted the phone, clearing the cache and making sure that nothing was working too hard. That's when the problems really started coming up. It was getting hot but I ignored it and went to the Play Store to update my banking app and download Reddit News. After seven minutes of a normally one minute (if that) update, I stopped the download, cleared the cache and tried again. Nothing. So Google Play won't download, update, or install apps, Google, or third-party. That's not all. Hangouts will not send messages. Even in full LTE connectivity and 5 GHz Wifi AC, message could not send both to Android users (one used messages, the other Hangouts) and to an iPhone. It was like deja vu with my old iPhone 4S. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. YouTube was giving me hell, too. When I would type into the search bar to search for a video, the search bar would clear. For example, if I'm looking up and type into the search bar on YouTube "Linus Tech Tips," then it'll work. But if after that I backspace or "x" out "Linus Tech Tips," and type something else, say, "Build a Gaming PC," If I use Swype (Swiftkey, Google Keyboard, or HTC Sense), the first word shows up, but as I'm typing, the subsequent words are erased and "Linus Tech Tips" shows up in the search bar (check him out if you don't already). This is EXTREMELY frustrating and now I can't watch The Joy of Painting. Damn. Finally, the CPU and heat I mentioned before is crazy. The CPU is always between 79% and 99% at all times. the RAM is usually at about 75% as normal, but the CPU is running nuclear hot. It's going to 105-115 degrees Fahrenheit. This worries me, all of this, because I wonder if this is the fault of the new 4.4.3 update for the AT&T M8 model or maybe underlying causes. I've had Malwarebytes scan my phone and find nothing. That caches are cleared and nothing seems to work. If anyone can help I would be extremely grateful because my only option in my mind is to do a hard factory reset of the device. Thanks to anoye who can help, and if not, then, oh well. Thanks, and sorry I made an essay out of this, this is really a big problem for me.
another user just posted:
Well, I think that the factory reset fixed it. It's been over an hour now, and the phone isn't overheating anymore. Battery life has only dropped 2% in that hour instead of the 2% every five minutes after the update.
After the 4.4.3 update the camera's manual mode doesnt change the exposure the same way as it did in 4.4.2 so i cant see the pics in the viewfinder at night before i actually take the pic and look at it, and that really sucks.

Running apps force close when in use (Runkeeper, Strava)

Hi!
Since the first (official) upgrade to Android 7, and even now with the new 7.1, I've been having this issue everytime I use any of these apps.
I always used runkeeper to track my mtb trails and it always worked perfectly. When this started to happen once, twice, etc, I decided to change to Strava, as I assumed it was an app problem.
The same thing happened on strava!
This situation happens on a random time (it happened once after 10 minutes of use, it happened other time after 2 hours of use, completely random). I have kept with strava as, after a force close, when I open the app again, it recognizes that a problem has happened and it restarts from the last recorded place.
Anyhow, this is a very annoying situation, as if I don't notice that the app closed, I will loose most of the trail.
I have disabled "Agressive doze & app hibernation".
Any other ideas?
Thanks
I have the same on 8.0. Compleate stopper for using OP.
All fitnes apps that use gps stop after 10 or 20 or 30 min of bacground work.
Also i use heart rate sensor and it does not restarts itself. It stales Bluetooth and you can not reconnect hr sensor without rebooting device
Considering to swith to Samsung)
Try turning battery optimization off in settings for those apps. I am not sure if this works but give it a try.

[Q] Abnormally Fast Battery Drain

I'm not sure if it's more appropriate to post here
or on the custom ROM forum itself, but here's my battery issue:
Issue: Abnormally fast battery drain. My battery would
be fully charged, and almost immediately start draining until
it'd show 1% within 2 hrs. Screen would be off mostly (normal
use).
Been on a custom ROM since January 2017 (crDroid) and have had no problems with it since,
except 3 days ago, when the problem first appeared.
Things that are ON: LTE data (or Wi-fi), Auto apps update on
Google Play Store (never been problematic before), Location,
Things that are OFF: Bluetooth, ScreenCast, Caffeine
When I check Battery in Settings, the numbers don't add up.
I'd have battery indicator at 70% for example, but Screen,
Android System, all other apps would add up to only 7%. So
that's a whopping 23% unaccounted for.
But here's the weird thing: it drains fast until 1%, then at 1%,
the phone is supposed to initiate automatic shutdown like it has before.
When this issue cropped up, the phone keeps going for about 6 hours
or so before shutdown is started. Checking Kernel Adiutor occasionally,
I'd see a much slower decrease in voltage which probably reflects
more accurately the power drawdown situation.
Things I've done:
-clear cache (both through File Explorer and TWRP Recovery)
-clear batterystats.bin
-calibrate battery after full charge/discharge (via Root Essentials,
which basically does the same thing as manually deleting batterystat.bin,
if I'm not mistaken)
-Resetting App Preferences via Setting/Battery
None of the above has worked. Any idea what might be wrong?
My device is a Zuk Z1, with a 4100mAh battery. It usually lasts me more
than a day on normal use, but as the attached pic shows, it's at 96%
yet without having used any apps yet, has only 2 hrs of juice left.
I've tried reflashing my ROM, wiping everything including formatting data
yet nothing has worked.
I'm a light user, as I don't play games or watch videos on my phone.
Neither do I use graphics-intensive apps. I haven't used processor-intensive apps
that require constant GPS (like Google Maps, Waze) since then.
OK, I've flashed 3 other ROMs: Citrus-CAF, NucleaROM and stock, and the problem persists.
By doing the above, I've crossed out the possibility of it being the ROM. Neither is it the battery
itself, because it would've shut down by itself at 1%, yet at 1% I can last 6 or 7 hours of light use.
Anyone out there have any idea?

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