Hi,
I've got problem with my Vox: when on battery, backlight is randomly switching on after some time (few seconds to about few minutes) - even after display switching off. This significantly reduces time on battery - with fully charged unit, it took about 7-8 hours to have 50% charge.
I've tried different display settings in registry and few roms with WM 6.0 and 6.1, it still happens though.
When I plug in cable/charger, phone behaves like it should (display stays off as long as I don't press anything or unlock the keyboard).
What could be the reason of it?
Best regards,
niski
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Guys, I installed a few apps recently, and now it seems my power always stays on, even though the screen and backlight turn off. This makes the device burn through the battery in 4-5 hours instead of days. How can I find out which app is causing this? Any idea?
The sleep option in the power menu, is it any different than taping the power button to to turn of the screen? (or letting the screen time out)
Sleep mode on a computer is a true low power state, does Android support this? I know that when the screen is off on my N1 that the OS is still running, because it has to for proper function as a phone. Now the Gtab does not need to keep running when you shut off the screen, so a true sleep mode would be great.
I have selected the sleep mode before, and to me it did not seem to take any long to "wake up" when I tapped the power button.
I think that if it is a true sleep mode, then it would be nice if we had options like a standard computer. Set the screen time out and then a separate time to enter sleep mode automatically when there is no user activity. Have it function like that when you tap the power button as well, auto sleep mode after 5 minutes or so.
It's the same as tapping the power button. Try to charge the battery full, and put it to sleep mode overnight. Do the same thing for tapping the power button. I've done this and next morning the battery is still at 100 percent full.
The battery indicator is slow to refresh upon waking back up I noticed, I guess experimenting could show if there is any real difference. Still , I would like to know from a deeper perspective, If the source is ever released someone with more knowledge than me could examine the code.
I too was wondering about the affect of sleep vs auto timeout on battery life, so I put my TnT Lite 2.0.0 to test:
(1) with sleep: after 12 hours the battery meter drops by 17% (I actually did this twice and got basically the same result)
(2) with auto-time out: after 8 hours the battery meter drops by 12%
So it seems that sleep and auto-timeout have the same affect on battery.
I am surprised to hear in post #2 that there was no change in battery life; after all, the CPU still runs, albeit at a lower clock. I do notice that when the unit comes back on -- from sleep or auto-timeout -- it takes a few seconds before the battery meter updates itself. Maybe that's the reason why in post #2 it looks as if there's not change at all?
In any case, I can live with dropping 17% over 12 hours, esp since wifi reconnects within seconds. The more I use the g-tab the more I'm amazed how well-built it is as a piece of hardware, and how much it was weight down by the stock TnT... Thanks to roebeet/rothnic/bekriebel et al for making this useable (and fun!).
I do not think the CPU runs on a lower clock when the screen is off, that is why SetCPU has the option have a profile to lower the clock with the screen off.
If we can get SetCPU to work correctly, this thing would hardly use any battery if set to minimum clock speeds.
Hello all,
First of all, apologies if this is in the wrong forum.
I have an HTC EVO 4G on Sprint. I am looking for an app that will manage the backlight in a way more like Windows Mobile's own built-in management. Here's what I am looking for more specifically. When charging or plugged in, the backlight should be full brightness and the screen should never dim or turn off. When on battery, the backlight could be set to dim after xx minutes, or not dim. The device should then shut the screen off after xx minutes.
With Android's built-in settings, all I can come up with is the setting for the screen to never sleep when charging, which is oddly placed under Applications -> Development. The screen timeout setting applies to both battery and charging statuses.
Why? When the phone is plugged in, I like to be able to quickly glance at it for time or notifications. I don't like having to hit the power button to check these. When on battery, the phone is usually in my pocket so taking it out and pressing the power button are almost one motion. It saves battery as well.
Also, in the car, I always have the phone charging. I've noticed that some GPS and other programs will keep the backlight on, but others will not. I've seen some applications just allow the backlight to dim, so I have to keep touching the display to wake it up.
Does such an application exist? If not, doesn't anyone else want to see such an application made?
This is one of the little things that I miss about Windows Mobile 6.5.
My LG G Flex 2 H950 was working fine, running google maps and playing music, plugged in to the car charger. Within minutes of leaving the car the phone was dead - I could not power it on. I can usually get it to show the LG logo by trying to start in Recovery Mode (holding the power and volume-down buttons for several seconds) but then the logo just disappears after a few seconds and the phone does not power on. But sometimes when I try this the red LED blinks on the phone screen and the logo may or may not appear. Sometimes (50%) when I plug the phone in to my Windows 10 desktop, the computer plays a tone to indicate a new device has been connected, but no icon appears in the list of hard drives or devices.
I think the battery is charging normally - when I connect the phone to a USB volt meter it usually (but not always) shows a normal amount of amperage flowing, and just now when I tried to start the phone it showed the battery charge icon on the phone screen (it doesn't usually do this) and showed 100% charge.
Is there anything else I can try, even if just to get the phone running long enough to backup my text messages etc?
Is there any way to test what's actually wrong? I'd hate to spend money on a new battery or charging port etc for a slim chance to temporarily fix a phone that seems like it's dying.
Thanks for any advice or suggestions...
Hey, i've got the same problem since today. i was watching youtube videos when the phone suddenly stopped working. did you already find the problem?
Sorry for my bad englisch ( Dutch)
No - not solved, phone still dead. Still would love to hear any advice...
I used to have the exact same problem as you - bootloops at the LG logo, no recovery etc. After some reading it seemed that the battery was the root of the problem, and after replacing the battery my phone was back to life - no issues ever since. I recommend you check if the battery is the issue by connecting it to a normal charger (i.e. not charging from a PC) and powering it on, by holding the power button at the battery charging screen. If it powers on normally then it's most likely a battery issue, which can be easily fixed. Cheers!
On some random day i was on my pc, not aware of the fact that my Q6 had to be charged. I looked over and noticed that the battery died (the phone was in perfect condition and had never had problems before) but then when i tried charging it, it didn't turn back on.
Basically all it does now is show that it's charging, it then proceeds to try and turn on, it vibrates and the screen remains black, after about 2-5 minutes it vibrates again and again until i let the battery drain, then it just shows a battery icon with 0% on top of it.
I have tried booting into recovery or maybe plugging it into my pc but nothing worked, has anyone had experience with this and knows how to fix this?