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Captivate Beeping?

At random times my phone tends to lock up for like half a second and make an internal beep noise. Does anyone know what this is?

click or beep?
i had a widget clicking on me, NoLoc, if i didnt turn off lock screen myself at boot it would click every hour or so to "re-disable" locking screen. widget still worked, just clicked.
i guess if all else fails. go to stock, see if it still happens.

Trusselo said:
click or beep?
i had a widget clicking on me, NoLoc, if i didnt turn off lock screen myself at boot it would click every hour or so to "re-disable" locking screen. widget still worked, just clicked.
i guess if all else fails. go to stock, see if it still happens.
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beeping. you know how when you turn on a PC and you get a beep from the mobo? something like that. tried to go stock already but it won't fix it. might try again, but i'm more curious to see if anyone else has encountered this?

I have that sometimes where the vibrate lags a little, lasts a bit longer, and makes a whining sort if noise.
Happens mostly when Swype is thinking too hard.
Sent from my Captivate.

MikeyMike01 said:
I have that sometimes where the vibrate lags a little, lasts a bit longer, and makes a whining sort if noise.
Happens mostly when Swype is thinking too hard.
Sent from my Captivate.
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I have that happen too when I'm using the Gingerbread keyboard and the phone lags.

they are tracking you....

echonc said:
they are tracking you....
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Yes! My guess is that it's the chip implanted in your head at birth sending data back to the government through your phone
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aaronv89 said:
At random times my phone tends to lock up for like half a second and make an internal beep noise. Does anyone know what this is?
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It feels like it might be the CPU when that happens to me.

Okay well sounds other people experiencing but no serious issued cause because of it. Lets hope it stays that way!
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[Q] sensation camera app crashing?

Having done a search & a bit of a google it seems the default HTC camera is prone to crashing on other devices, it's happening on my new UK voda sensation.
The camera works for a few minutes, then crashes to a black screen. If I clicked it again the screen brightens but the camera app does not run. A reboot seemed to fix this the first few times, now even after a reboot the camera app will not run.
Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this, if at all?

Same,its starting to get really annoying!
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Strange, I know a lot of people experience this issue but the camera app has never crashed on me even once. It's very stable from what I can see. I've taken lots of photos and 1080p videos too.

drblow said:
Having done a search & a bit of a google it seems the default HTC camera is prone to crashing on other devices, it's happening on my new UK voda sensation.
The camera works for a few minutes, then crashes to a black screen. If I clicked it again the screen brightens but the camera app does not run. A reboot seemed to fix this the first few times, now even after a reboot the camera app will not run.
Anybody got any ideas on how to fix this, if at all?
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Is geotagging an option? Do you have it turned on? If so, try turning it off. Just a thought.

samnada said:
Is geotagging an option? Do you have it turned on? If so, try turning it off. Just a thought.
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Nice one! That seems to have done the trick, certainly hasn't crashed again since turning off geotagging. Thanks for the good tip.
I hope this phone gets unlocked soon, the voda rom is pretty good so far but I doesn't feel like half the phone it could be with the right tweaking and optimisation.

drblow said:
Nice one! That seems to have done the trick, certainly hasn't crashed again since turning off geotagging. Thanks for the good tip.
I hope this phone gets unlocked soon, the voda rom is pretty good so far but I doesn't feel like half the phone it could be with the right tweaking and optimisation.
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Cool! Just a wild guess. I'll try to remember this if I have the problem.
Actually that brings up another possible issue. Have you used GPS much? I'd be interested if that's working ok. Good GPS is one of my key requirements. Thanks.

drblow said:
Nice one! That seems to have done the trick, certainly hasn't crashed again since turning off geotagging. Thanks for the good tip.
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I've got geotagging turned off, have had all along. Looks like there's a temporary fix then!

I haven't used GPS much. I have a little and it does work, but I will try to test it a bit this week, see how long the signal holds up on a journey, that sort of thing.
I'll let you know ;o)

My Screen keeps turning on by itself!

when i have my phone locked and im not even touching it, every few minutes the screen will turn on and sit there for around 30 seconds then will turn back on a few mins later, this is very annoying and im sure uses a ton of battery over the course of a day, im running leedroid 3.1.2 and it used to do it on 3.1.1 so idk if its rom related

Are you sure your not getting notifications??or if any app is causing it (alerts?)?

hyun18 said:
Are you sure your not getting notifications??or if any app is causing it (alerts?)?
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No thats the weird thing, i have no notifications at all when this happens

scottrod said:
No thats the weird thing, i have no notifications at all when this happens
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Check for any stray apps. Install "Battery history for GB" app from market and check for apps that are using "wake lock" excessively.

I had a similar problem with my inspire. It seemed to be caused by a faulty usb cable. After I plugged my phone into my car charger it started working fine.

I have an Inspire 4G with the same problem. I doubt that it is an app, because I changed the rom 3 times so far. And with every one of them, the problem persists. Anyway, i'm trying the Battery log now.

kevin_3_57 said:
I have an Inspire 4G with the same problem. I doubt that it is an app, because I changed the rom 3 times so far. And with every one of them, the problem persists. Anyway, i'm trying the Battery log now.
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Do you have any apps that you set up profiles for, i.e. Llama? They can be buggy sometimes with the screen commands.

I have the same problem. Going to have to waste my upgrade in august for a new inspire. I am trying battery history for gb now. IF anyone has any ideas, please lets us know. This is absolutely ridicolous.

diablo009 said:
Check for any stray apps. Install "Battery history for GB" app from market and check for apps that are using "wake lock" excessively.
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That app isnt on the market, at least not that i can tell. I found one in the desire hd forum.

gho5t82 said:
That app isnt on the market, at least not that i can tell. I found one in the desire hd forum.
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In my signature (the "here" link after you see "Targeting Battery Drain").

Thank u very much.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App

Simba501 said:
In my signature (the "here" link after you see "Targeting Battery Drain").
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The links in your sig are excellent. They should be required reading before anyone starts a "My Battery Life Sucks" thread.

meiguoguizi said:
The links in your sig are excellent. They should be required reading before anyone starts a "My Battery Life Sucks" thread.
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Thanks, hopefully people will notice them and check them out. That's my aim. Surely they'll help someone.
Sent from the most interesting device in the world.

annoying screen randomly turning on
Hey I've been having the same issue, my SGS I9000 international version keeps turning the screen on by itself randomly, I've flashed my phone back to stock Eclair 2.1 and then I went to Froyo, Cyannogen mode 7, ICS rom which I forgot the name of it, and then I'm running on the new value pack now which is 2.3.6XXJW4 however nothing has solved this damn problem, my screen keeps turning on and it's killing my battery, help please..!! I've tried to see if the sensor is not working, however I believe it's something else.. please let me know if someone has fix for this..!

I'm running LeeDroid v5.1.1 and haven't experienced this yet. I've been running it close to 2 weeks now with no real issues. Just an occasional lag spike on wake up.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using Tapatalk 2

No such problems like that for me.maybe someone is trying to contoll your phone?? Lol jk
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA

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ok peeps been searching this for a week now n ive solved i have htc one s n screen random turns on .its one of 2 things no1 is usb port clean it out n blow dust out of it and no2 is change your recovery I guarantee one of these is the issue to check if it is usb port plug in charger n wiggle it and if screen comes on its that one

I Think I *May* Have Discovered Something

I was poking around the phone today and I think I found an app' that really doesn't need to run at all times and probably doesn't need to be installed on the phone.
I noticed Adobe,which in the PC world has it's own "auto updater" ["AIR", IIRC] and I noticed HTC has their own little "widget" installed - Tell HTC.
Has anyone else notice this before?
For the guys who haven't seen it,it's in Settings/About Phone/Tell HTC.
Try turning that widget off and let me know if you see a difference.
I sure did.
My apologies if this was covered before....I'm new here and it's late.

what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".

The Radius Kid said:
I was poking around the phone today and I think I found an app' that really doesn't need to run at all times and probably doesn't need to be installed on the phone.
I noticed Adobe,which in the PC world has it's own "auto updater" ["AIR", IIRC] and I noticed HTC has their own little "widget" installed - Tell HTC.
Has anyone else notice this before?
For the guys who haven't seen it,it's in Settings/About Phone/Tell HTC.
Try turning that widget off and let me know if you see a difference.
I sure did.
My apologies if this was covered before....I'm new here and it's late.
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The Adobe reader app updates through the market so it is the market that checks every so often or when you go to it not like on a pc where it is the program that checks.
The Tell Htc widget/app is to report system errors to Htc, so it wont really make any difference. The only difference you will see if it is turned off is that when you have a system crash the pop-up asking if can send the crash info to Htc wont happen any more and no info will be sent.

steve austin said:
what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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I noticed the screen was much more responsive to touch gestures.
I didn't take notice of any change in memory usage.
I guess I'll have to look at a few more things.

steve austin said:
what type of difference? i don't see this app/program running in my task manager. the only time i have seen it come up was when the phone crashed and i got a screen prompt that said "notify htc about unexpected shutdown with Tell HTC".
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It may not be in the USA T-Mobile version

nccu_eagles said:
It may not be in the USA T-Mobile version
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its in settings > about phone...turn off both report usage and problem...it does hv sm impact on speed...tried it myself

lalitsehgal21 said:
its in settings > about phone...turn off both report usage and problem...it does hv sm impact on speed...tried it myself
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Thanks for clarifying that so I don't need to hunt through menus and menus looking for it.
Probably a total placebo effect, but I feel like things are a little snappier? I'll keep an eye on the screen responsiveness as I go through this power cycle and will report back with some thoroughly unscientific results.

that is good trick. I also don't like the "show me" which is part of sync.
Don't know how to uncheck it.

this makes my phone no faster or snapier than what it is

henrik.dk said:
that is good trick. I also don't like the "show me" which is part of sync.
Don't know how to uncheck it.
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I just looked at that one.
Settings/Accounts and Sync - uncheck Background data.

The Radius Kid said:
I just looked at that one.
Settings/Accounts and Sync - uncheck Background data.
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You need to keep that enabled to use the Market, unless you want to enable it every time you do.

aNYthing24 said:
You need to keep that enabled to use the Market, unless you want to enable it every time you do.
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Good to know,but I put that one up there with spyware.
I'll turn it on if I ever need it.

Yup, this definitely speeds your phone up. It worked for me by making everything more responsive. I thought everyone already knew about this. Its not placebo. Its legit.
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Thanks my screen is wicked fast.

Just to follow up from my post earlier today with a quick, anecdotal report:
I disabled the HTC reporting as suggested by the OP around noon today, while I was at ~80% charge. It's about 9 hours later after moderate to heavy use today, and at ~15% charge my screen still has yet to lag out on me during unlocking or swiping between screens.
For reference, I would usually notice little stutters throughout the day, and especially more so once my battery dropped below the 25% threshold.
No idea why something as seemingly innocuous as error reporting would have such a marked effect, but that is honestly the only variable that I can recall changing all day today.
The responses in this thread seem like a mixed bag of results, but hopefully these good results continue for me and some lucky others!

just disable "show me" with fre3vo way better than to turn off background data..

Glad it helped some people.

Big issue with light sensor

I explain you my issue...
First thing to say is that I had the same problem on my Galaxy S5 and of this reason I think that there is some app that causes this issue.
The problem is that the light sensor works normally when the outdoor luminosity increases, but the brightness of the screen doesn't reduces if the outside luminosity is going down until I block/unlock the phone again.
The result is that if I'm ouside during a sunny day and the brightness is set to the maximum level, also if I go to a cellar the brightness doesn't change.
Does anyone else have the sam issue?
Thanks

I'm having the same issue. Wish I knew what was causing it, but haven't a clue. Hopefully someone can help.

croweski said:
I'm having the same issue. Wish I knew what was causing it, but haven't a clue. Hopefully someone can help.
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It's a very strange issue. I'm using Lux that is working fine but it would nice to be able to use also the default brightness slider in the notification panel.

I've used lux in the past on previous devices, but forgot all about it. Gonna give it a try!

croweski said:
I've used lux in the past on previous devices, but forgot all about it. Gonna give it a try!
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Can you make a list of the apps you have installed in your device so we can check which are the same apps we are using...:good:

I ve noticed the same issue on my s6 please someone find a fix

ninohs said:
I ve noticed the same issue on my s6 please someone find a fix
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I tried to check if also the Galaxy S4 has the same problem and I noticed the same issue on the one I tested.
It's so strange...

I found this: http://gs5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/f...djustments-any-samsung-galaxy-device-0159022/

I ve tried this...i thnks there was a improvement but still not fix the issue