GPS being used for something...? - Thunderbolt General

Anyone else noticing for the past few hours every time you wake the device, the gps is trying for a lock for a couple seconds? My wife is getting it on her Incredible as well. Just started tonight...
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Have you checked the stuff you downloaded? And do you have advanced app killer? That keeps everything running smooth for me.
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All android phones have a built in task killer putting a 3rd party task killer slows your phone down.
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I haven't noticed any slowing in speed since I Installed it. I have noticed that it helps save the battery a little more and everyone know every little bit counts one the thunderbolts.
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I too have noticed that. It just started yesterday for me. Very strange, I don't like it ha.

I can't pinpoint the app, I just know both our HTC devices have all of a sudden started doing it.
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rh7camaro said:
Have you checked the stuff you downloaded? And do you have advanced app killer? That keeps everything running smooth for me.
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No, task killers on android phones are pointless. They do more harm than good.

Kid_Cudi said:
Anyone else noticing for the past few hours every time you wake the device, the gps is trying for a lock for a couple seconds? My wife is getting it on her Incredible as well. Just started tonight...
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Could be android collecting the GPS data like the iPhone does. Although android doesn't collect as much info as Apple does.

I found it. The Bump 2.0 update brought GPS location services and every wake it searches for three seconds. Force stop Bump and it goes away.
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Why not turn gps off?
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Gtalk disconnecting

Hey I've started have a strange problem with gtalk, it disconnects everytime the phone goes to sleep :/ which is a slight propblem as I use it quite abit.
It seems to have come out of no where, I'm currently Running the latest cyanogen 6.1.1 with the the latest gapps. (The one you needed to install the gingerbread keyboard and new MARKET) everything was working as normal until a few days ago, burning can't think what's changed. From what I can tell its not my connection dropping or anything like that but does it a few minutes after the screen goes off.
Does anyone have a solution to this problem?
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Happen to be on wifi?
Using atk?
Autokiller killing it? Is your free memory low?
It happens on 3g, and yes I'm using Atk but I've always used it and never had a problem, as its in the ignore, and my memory is fine :/
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I have had enough issues with atk killing my services like talk. I would try getting rid of it. Talk works fine here.. so I doubt that it's an issue with the app itself.
I've tried killing atk and still have the issue :/
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Bump
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Weird glitch on android!

I've been noticing this recently, when I'm in an application and go to another one that background from the past app is still there even tho I'm in another app!, anyone have any idea of this, this is really weird.
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You mean its still open?
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Welcome to multi-tasking lol.
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if you dont like this use a task killer every few mins
brilldoctor said:
if you dont like this use a task killer every few mins
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Lmao so that's what it is, LOL I will use task killer from now on but I was just curious about this, not complaining about it
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That's strange. I never use a task killer and I've never seen anything like that before.
What's even wrong? You're hearing background music from a different app?
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seems to me like the OP is saying that the previous app can be seen through the current app - like the newly opened app is semi-transparent or something...
Anyway, that's how I read it, and that is weird, and no you shouldn't have to use a task killer to fix something like that - that's a proper bug.
ushneb said:
That's strange. I never use a task killer and I've never seen anything like that before.
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Now that's a problem, if yu don't see it I shouldn't have to see it either. Ill get in contact with tmo for a replacement, cuz I've been thru 3 already and I never notice this on the other G2s either so it has to be the phone.....
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Sounds fancy but odd.
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I had a weird YouTube bug with my MT4G running CM7 RC2. I paused a video and turned the screen off to go do something for a few minutes, and when I went back to the video, it froze and I had to force-close youtube to get any sort of control.
But the audio from the video was still going! I had to reboot to stop it--even opening another video in youtube just made two audios playing at once LOL.
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I had a weird YouTube bug with my MT4G running CM7 RC2. I paused a video and turned the screen off to go do something for a few minutes, and when I went back to the video, it froze and I had to force-close youtube to get any sort of control.
But the audio from the video was still going! I had to reboot to stop it--even opening another video in youtube just made two audios playing at once LOL.
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Lmao that's even weirder, and btw I just notice that I had just rebooted my phone and I opened up the xda app first thing and notice my backgroud wallpaper in the back ground with the enotification bar and everything, I doubt this is due to multi tasking, now I'm really concern with this.
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Woah yeah that's not normal. What if you in to another app after XDA? Does it then show XDA in the backround? You're best off getting a new one off TMo tbh.
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Some screenshots would help, it sounds like a really weird problem.
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Skellyyy said:
Woah yeah that's not normal. What if you in to another app after XDA? Does it then show XDA in the backround? You're best off getting a new one off TMo tbh.
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Yup after I exit xda app it show the back I was last in XDA, I will contact tmobile today thnx.
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I also did kill all the apps and the see thru was there anyway, so is the lcd on the G2 defective or something?
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I'd love to see a screen of this.
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This is rom related and has nothing to do with android itself.
Post this in the cynaogenmod thread in the g2 section. I have the same issue and its definitely rom related. It has only happened on the nightly's 1-20 Rc1 and rc2 but I haven't had it on nightly #30. Cm7.
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I Am Marino said:
I'd love to see a screen of this.
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Lmao wanna buy it LOL
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elracing21 said:
This is rom related and has nothing to do with android itself.
Post this in the cynaogenmod thread in the g2 section. I have the same issue and its definitely rom related. It has only happened on the nightly's 1-20 Rc1 and rc2 but I haven't had it on nightly #30. Cm7.
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Thanks I will post this on the cynaogenmod thread
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I think my inspire is slowing down

For the past month I've noticed my inspire has been lagging its not as smooth as it used to be and Ive been getting random reboots more often..I have done a full wipe,cache and dalvik and reflashed the rom and I have the same problems
I am currently running the newest version of miui..
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disobayish said:
For the past month I've noticed my inspire has been lagging its not as smooth as it used to be and Ive been getting random reboots more often..I have done a full wipe,cache and dalvik and reflashed the rom and I have the same problems
I am currently running the newest version of miui..
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There are countless things that can cause this. apps being the most common. Check under applications in the settings menu, and any app that can have it's data cleared, clear it. Mine did that with facebook, so I turned off the facebook sync completely and works fine now.
tribalartgod said:
There are countless things that can cause this. apps being the most common. Check under applications in the settings menu, and any app that can have it's data cleared, clear it. Mine did that with facebook, so I turned off the facebook sync completely and works fine now.
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Thanks ill try that
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tribalartgod said:
There are countless things that can cause this. apps being the most common. Check under applications in the settings menu, and any app that can have it's data cleared, clear it. Mine did that with facebook, so I turned off the facebook sync completely and works fine now.
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OP, also give a glance at services. I had an app installed that I hadn't even run a single time, end up running as a service, unbeknownst to me, that was making my keyboard lag badly.
Couldn't figure it out for awhile, since I had never intentionally run the app, and it wasn't showing in list of running apps.
But there it was, in services. Promptly uninstalled. Problem solved.
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I reboot my phone every other day or so. That can help clear out old running services that should be running 24/7 also.
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OP, also give a glance at services. I had an app installed that I hadn't even run a single time, end up running as a service, unbeknownst to me, that was making my keyboard lag badly.
Couldn't figure it out for awhile, since I had never intentionally run the app, and it wasn't showing in list of running apps.
But there it was, in services. Promptly uninstalled. Problem solved.
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I took a glance in services everything was fine..I do notice my scrolling is choppy also
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UberEgo said:
I reboot my phone every other day or so. That can help clear out old running services that should be running 24/7 also.
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I also do a reboot everyday but it usually didn't help
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I had Better Business Calendar installed and it was constantly running and really slowing stuff down. Uninstalled and bam, no more lag.
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TheBassman369 said:
I had Better Business Calendar installed and it was constantly running and really slowing stuff down. Uninstalled and bam, no more lag.
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Was that the one amazon had for free one day recently?
If so, interesting coincidence, as the app I mentioned prior post that was causing me problems was wave launcher, which I downloaded just because amazon had it free one day.
Never even ran the ****er, next thing you know its running as a service, lagging my ****.
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I got the wave launcher, works good...
Scott_S said:
Was that the one amazon had for free one day recently?
If so, interesting coincidence, as the app I mentioned prior post that was causing me problems was wave launcher, which I downloaded just because amazon had it free one day.
Never even ran the ****er, next thing you know its running as a service, lagging my ****.
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Sure was. I've download every one of their free apps, even though I haven't used half of them.
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Good point
UberEgo said:
I reboot my phone every other day or so. That can help clear out old running services that should be running 24/7 also.
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Very good point! Reboot whenever it slows...
Thremix said:
I got the wave launcher, works good...
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I'm sure it does.
I just prefer my apps to wait until I run them at least once before initializing themselves as a service.
None of the popular launchers that I'm aware of, for example, automatically replace your current launcher until you tell it to.
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TheBassman369 said:
Sure was. I've download every one of their free apps, even though I haven't used half of them.
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Lol. I definitely check the free app of the day, every day, and if it strikes my fancy, I'll grab it.
Only difference now is, I'm more attentive to uninstalling it immediately if I'm not quite ready to play around with it, in light of yours and my similar experience of goofy **** happening in the background.
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I always get the free app but don't install until i can play with it.
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Solved my poor battery life problem!

I don't know if this is common knowledge or not but over the past few weeks I have had HORRIBLE battery life using the Das BAMF 1.6.2 ROM and I thought it was the ROM or the Kernel.
I realized around the same time that my battery life went to crap that I had also flashed to the new leaked radio.
Tonight I flashed back to the stock radio that comes with the phone - and VOILA! Battery life is amazing again - overclocked to 1.5 ghz and using smartass governor.
So if you haven't tried this give it a shot.
tried that that hasnt worked for me. im getting about 7 hrs of use on either 3g or 4g with extended battery. tried all different kernels. same battery on stock and cm7. dont know what else to do
wrong section...
and not true.
Das Bamf 1.6.2 i was getting 2 days ish with the leaked radio.
nosympathy said:
wrong section...
and not true.
Das Bamf 1.6.2 i was getting 2 days ish with the leaked radio.
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I very much doubt that. Mine never lasted even half a day no matter what rom or kernel I tried.
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nosympathy said:
wrong section...
and not true.
Das Bamf 1.6.2 i was getting 2 days ish with the leaked radio.
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LOL of course it's true. What do you think I am doing, lying?
Is it going to hold true for everyone? Who knows.
Amazing battery life? What do you consider amazing? I can go about 10 hours with some pandora use and a bit of texting.
New leaked radio is required for GB ROMS :-(
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Yeah with the extended battery and froyo based das bamf I was getting over 30 hours while on 4g the whole time. Using the battery sipper kernel. That was the best. On das bamf latest gingerbread now. Definitely less battery life. Also I toggled to 3g only and now no matter what I can't get 4g back. It's the first issue I've had with the 4g since I got the phone. Strange.
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darkrom said:
Yeah with the extended battery and froyo based das bamf I was getting over 30 hours while on 4g the whole time. Using the battery sipper kernel. That was the best. On das bamf latest gingerbread now. Definitely less battery life. Also I toggled to 3g only and now no matter what I can't get 4g back. It's the first issue I've had with the 4g since I got the phone. Strange.
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I had the same problem in a way.. juice defender must not work as well with GB as froyo, but it disabled my 4G and wouldn't give me data back.. reboots didn't work I was stuck on 3G.. so what I did was toss the phone in LTE mode and 4G popped up.. might wanna try it
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darkrom said:
Yeah with the extended battery and froyo based das bamf I was getting over 30 hours while on 4g the whole time. Using the battery sipper kernel. That was the best. On das bamf latest gingerbread now. Definitely less battery life. Also I toggled to 3g only and now no matter what I can't get 4g back. It's the first issue I've had with the 4g since I got the phone. Strange.
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30 hours? on 4g the whole time? how is that even possible?
nosympathy said:
wrong section...
and not true.
Das Bamf 1.6.2 i was getting 2 days ish with the leaked radio.
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Yes, it's true for YOU. But what's true for you is not for everyone else.
This phone is in alpha stages. We are all beta testing this phone for HTC and Verizon.
I have great days and horrid days. This morning? 10% battery per hour with the screen off. Battery pull. I have an extended battery.
Lets all keep testing this phone and perhaps we will all have a great phone in the end.
I fixed mine too. I bought the extended battery.
Just joking.
Trying to get my post count over 10.
jaben2 said:
I fixed mine too. I bought the extended battery.
Just joking.
Trying to get my post count over 10.
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Haha very nice
qman66 said:
30 hours? on 4g the whole time? how is that even possible?
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I was wondering the exact same thing. 30 hours. Holy f***!
qman66 said:
30 hours? on 4g the whole time? how is that even possible?
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TheStick13 said:
I was wondering the exact same thing. 30 hours. Holy f***!
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its VERY possible, because of the extended battery.
i have das bamf 1.6.3 with leaked radio and the stock bamf kernel and the extended battery. juice defender and i also use super manager pro to kill tasks when i unsleep the phone. i also turned off 'Enable always-on mobile data' (settings -> wireless and networks -> mobile networks), turned off auto-sync under accounts and sync, changed all my accounts to manual sync, and turned my brightness down. I get great battery life but i dont think i could ever go back to the stock battery (even though i want to so badly because this thing is FREAKIN HUGE).
hope that helps some people
Cool. Thanks for the tips.
Also,
... this thing is FREAKIN HUGE
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that's what she said.
TheStick13 said:
Cool. Thanks for the tips.
Also,that's what she said.
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lol true! haha...
also... SetCPU is $1.00 from the app store and you can set a profile to underclock your processor when you sleep/lock the phone which would definitely save some battery life as well, haven't got around to that yet but still working on it.
ElectroFetish said:
also... SetCPU is $1.00 from the app store and you can set a profile to underclock your processor when you sleep/lock the phone which would definitely save some battery life as well, haven't got around to that yet but still working on it.
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Yeah, I've been doing this one for a while now. Good call.
i simply do not get how u guys say u get such great battery life. i guess its cuz i barely put my phone down

I have perfect gps

This was the last thing I was expecting from this phone. Did they finally fix it or am I an anomaly?
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i dont know about fixing it because this is my first android phone but it works well for me too
today, I tried it out for the first time.. and omfg. it was fine for about 3 seconds, then it started jumping around on the map like I was teleporting or something.
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today, I tried it out for the first time.. and omfg. it was fine for about 3 seconds, then it started jumping around on the map like I was teleporting or something.
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That's what samsung gps usually does and what my gf's captivate always did. That was the reason I got her the inspire.
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Phateless said:
That's what samsung gps usually does and what my gf's captivate always did. That was the reason I got her the inspire.
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gps has been working perfectly for me since out of the box
I can't complain. Mine has always been perfect.
Same here. Never had a gps issue. Even at street level. Must have been fixed with the first ota maybe?
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I get 15 sec cold locks with 9ft. accuracy all the way down to 4ft. after a min or so. my vibrant takes 45sec to lock with 20-40ft accuracy. (and thats with gps mods). id say they fixed it.
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I get 15 sec cold locks with 9ft. accuracy all the way down to 4ft. after a min or so. my vibrant takes 45sec to lock with 20-40ft accuracy. (and thats with gps mods). id say they fixed it.
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I agree. GPS was always my biggest reservation with Samsung phones. That and lack of a stable cm7.
When cm7 finally comes out for this phone I might sell my mt4g.
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