Sorry if this has been discussed previous.
Since applying the 4.4.4 OTA update 2 weeks ago I've noticed a very noticeable downturn in my battery life.
My usage has remind the same or gone down along with my routine everyday. I could easily before go 36+ hours and still have ~20% charge left. Now I'm lucky if I go 12 hours before I get a low battery alert.
Anyone else in the same boat?
chowner said:
Sorry if this has been discussed previous.
Since applying the 4.4.4 OTA update 2 weeks ago I've noticed a very noticeable downturn in my battery life.
My usage has remind the same or gone down along with my routine everyday. I could easily before go 36+ hours and still have ~20% charge left. Now I'm lucky if I go 12 hours before I get a low battery alert.
Anyone else in the same boat?
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Im right there with you, i havent been able to fix it as of yet. Though i am in the process of flashing my phone back to stock 4.4.3 and trying to take the ota again to see if something might of gone wrong the first time around.
I'd try factory data reset if I were you ... It's not likely you had a bad flash.. usually a bad flash results in a failed flash.
Ive done factory resets. Ive tried different roms. But every 4.4.4 rom that isnt aosp just gives really crappy battery life. Ive been trying to get different kernels but the only one i could find was buckmarbles kernel and my phone would keep freezing then restarting after a few seconds after boot..... So yeah i gave up on getting a 4.4.4 sense or gpe rom working
weird. I haven't seen any change in battery life on my One m8.
I feel like my battery life has gotten worse as well, mainly idle life. I'll be down to 90% in three hours which I would normally still be at 95-96 depending on how busy work is. If I don't use my phone I would still be at 99-100% after those three hours. Idk what happened but it bugs me
I've been having the same kind of issues. Though while still being a student I can't use my phone too freely in class, but it still drains to roughly 75% after my 3 hours in the morning, straight off the charger. I limit it to playing music occasionally but otherwise it's just on and in my pocket.
Just saw an idea on another thread. Someone said that doing a factory reset on a custom recovery doesnt touch the radio, and that factory resets on a stock recovery does. It is definitely possible something wrong with the radio could affect battery life so im gonna try to factory reset after returning to stock revocery seeing as ive only ever done it with TWRP
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Just saw an idea on another thread. Someone said that doing a factory reset on a custom recovery doesnt touch the radio, and that factory resets on a stock recovery does. It is definitely possible something wrong with the radio could affect battery life so im gonna try to factory reset after returning to stock revocery seeing as ive only ever done it with TWRP
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Ive been trying various 4.4.4 based roms on my phone and been using trickster kernel mod to look through my cpu usage, and on every rom thats 4.4.4 based my cpu is constantly maxed...... and idea why this is happening, even on stock this happens and its really irritating me that i cant use any of the new roms that are coming out and im scared i wont be able to use the lollipop update when it comes out.
Sorry about double post, thought i was editing my old post
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Ive been trying various 4.4.4 based roms on my phone and been using trickster kernel mod to look through my cpu usage, and on every rom thats 4.4.4 based my cpu is constantly maxed...... and idea why this is happening, even on stock this happens and its really irritating me that i cant use any of the new roms that are coming out and im scared i wont be able to use the lollipop update when it comes out.
Sorry about double post, thought i was editing my old post
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There's an app called SystemPanel that will show you what's using your cpu. If you look at the picture farthest to the left, you'll see a little vertical bar to the left of the app or process name. That bar will show you how much cpu the process is using. The more gray in the bar, the more usage. If nothing shows up as using all of your cpu, you probably have to go into the settings and set it to show system processes (it doesn't by default).
If you don't want to install that, there's a built in tool that may show you what you want to know. You have to enable developer options in settings. Then go to advanced, then enable the option that says "show cpu usage". If you do that, an overlay will appear on the screen . If there's one app or process at the top of the list most of the time, it's more than likely the culpit.
Try going into:
settings>
wifi>
advanced>
then uncheck scanning is always available
I noticed my battery life was cut nearly in half after upgrading to 4.4.4.
Now its not back to where it was before, but its around 90% of what it was before.
Hope it helps.
Well i finally fixed my issues. Turns out i had some bad media on my phone that was causing the media scanner to go out if wack.
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Well i finally fixed my issues. Turns out i had some bad media on my phone that was causing the media scanner to go out if wack.
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What media are you talking about? Like in your SD card or internal storage?
My awesome HTCm8 has gone from being a ph with great battery to one that is down to 20% by end of day.
I did wipecache on recovery mode then finally did factory reset yesterday.
Still not much luck. Android system and Android OS and cell radio consume most battery. Before the update my battery usage would only show cell standby and WiFi and phone idle. Now it's a long list including Android system and Android OS. Before update I could go 2 days without charging.
Anything I can do? Do I need to factory reset again? I want my awesome phone back. Btw I was forced to update due to constant update notification which kept plumetting my battery by keeping the phone awake orelse would never update.
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Hey everyone, thanks for looking at this and hopefully helping me out. I'm new to rooting my phone and installing new roms and stuff, but I researched about as much as I could for about a week before I even rooted.
Now I've moved on and installed a new rom (CM7). Before installing I used clockwork and formated the /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik. At first everything was ok, but after about 15 minutes it turned off. I read up on battery problems, so kept my phone plugged in all weekend (got up to 4.196V-ish, with 0mA in or out) then deleted the battery file, rebooted, unplugged the phone and let it drain completely (even while it still had a charge it would turn off randomly but I figured it would be ok). After it was completely drained I completely charged it again and it still randomly turns off.
At first I thought maybe it was just the rom, but no one else seems to have the same problem as me (that I can find), so I downloaded an ICS rom to try that. Same problems. So far I have done the following to try and find out WTF is going on...
Installed Elixr to see battery drainage (sitting at main screen doing nothing its roughly -8mA, but right after boot or opening a program it jumps to -300mA to -480mA)
Done NUMEROUS battery pulls (with and without deleting the battery config file)
Switched ROMS
Any help would be amazing
PS: Before rooting or flashing a new mod my phone would shut off on its own, but only once a week, maybe. Now it turns off as soon as I unlock my sim card. However, it doesn't turn off at all if I have it plugged in.
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Hey everyone, thanks for looking at this and hopefully helping me out. I'm new to rooting my phone and installing new roms and stuff, but I researched about as much as I could for about a week before I even rooted.
Now I've moved on and installed a new rom (CM7). Before installing I used clockwork and formated the /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik. At first everything was ok, but after about 15 minutes it turned off. I read up on battery problems, so kept my phone plugged in all weekend (got up to 4.196V-ish, with 0mA in or out) then deleted the battery file, rebooted, unplugged the phone and let it drain completely (even while it still had a charge it would turn off randomly but I figured it would be ok). After it was completely drained I completely charged it again and it still randomly turns off.
At first I thought maybe it was just the rom, but no one else seems to have the same problem as me (that I can find), so I downloaded an ICS rom to try that. Same problems. So far I have done the following to try and find out WTF is going on...
Installed Elixr to see battery drainage (sitting at main screen doing nothing its roughly -8mA, but right after boot or opening a program it jumps to -300mA to -480mA)
Done NUMEROUS battery pulls (with and without deleting the battery config file)
Switched ROMS
Any help would be amazing
PS: Before rooting or flashing a new mod my phone would shut off on its own, but only once a week, maybe. Now it turns off as soon as I unlock my sim card. However, it doesn't turn off at all if I have it plugged in.
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Well, if you were having this issue before the rooting took place, this very well may be hardware related. There are a few things I recommend before the dreaded unroot and send back to manufacturer route (assuming the phone is under warranty still). It's been proven or at least shown that battery calibration (the whole charge to 0Ma and then fully discharge and then recharge) is a pipe dream.
I would first say find out if the CM7 ROM you're using is OCing or UVing, while you may see some people OCing to 1.3 or higher and UVing -75, not all phones are created equal in capabilities and some phones will randomly freeze/turn off if they don't like your OC and UV settings. I would also suggest flashing a different ROM to see if this problem persists. Cleardroid is what I recommend just to get an idea if it is in fact a OC or UV problem as I believe cleardroid is set up to default stock settings.
You can also try a new battery, I have heard/read/seen that bad batteries can cause reboots. Again though if this was an issue you were sometimes experiencing before, you may have hit the tip of the iceberg on a hardware issue and its finally starting to show now. Hope this helps.
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Hey everyone, thanks for looking at this and hopefully helping me out. I'm new to rooting my phone and installing new roms and stuff, but I researched about as much as I could for about a week before I even rooted.
Now I've moved on and installed a new rom (CM7). Before installing I used clockwork and formated the /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik. At first everything was ok, but after about 15 minutes it turned off. I read up on battery problems, so kept my phone plugged in all weekend (got up to 4.196V-ish, with 0mA in or out) then deleted the battery file, rebooted, unplugged the phone and let it drain completely (even while it still had a charge it would turn off randomly but I figured it would be ok). After it was completely drained I completely charged it again and it still randomly turns off.
At first I thought maybe it was just the rom, but no one else seems to have the same problem as me (that I can find), so I downloaded an ICS rom to try that. Same problems. So far I have done the following to try and find out WTF is going on...
Installed Elixr to see battery drainage (sitting at main screen doing nothing its roughly -8mA, but right after boot or opening a program it jumps to -300mA to -480mA)
Done NUMEROUS battery pulls (with and without deleting the battery config file)
Switched ROMS
Any help would be amazing
PS: Before rooting or flashing a new mod my phone would shut off on its own, but only once a week, maybe. Now it turns off as soon as I unlock my sim card. However, it doesn't turn off at all if I have it plugged in.
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I guess the issue is with the battery itself. Try getting a new battery. I heard some guys experiencing the same and sorting things out replacing the battery....
Leave the charger plugged in. If it doesn't reboot then that will let you know most likely it is the battery.
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Leave the charger plugged in. If it doesn't reboot then that will let you know most likely it is the battery.
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That was my thoughts exactly. However, if the ROM or kernel or whatever is set to shut off the phone at a certain reading of discharge from the battery, ie -500mA, this could also be the problem.
I thought it could have been a problem with the phone as well, but before it would shut off on its own MAYBE once a month. 90% of those I attributed to overloading the phone, closing facebook, opening the internet, starting to load a webpage then open a new txt I just recieved while the phone was still vibrating type things.
Now it still feels like it's just quitting on me, it never turns off while the screen is locked or while its charging. So far after the new ROM it has shut off when I place a call, when I receive a call, clicking on a notification, opening the messaging app, clicking download in the market, and my favorite when I unlock it from sleep.
I will download a different rom right now and try it. Just to double check this is what I've been doing to install a new rom... I boot my phone into recovery (vol- and power), go to recovery from the boot screen (opens clockworkmod), scroll down to mounts and storage, have it format /system, /data and /cache, go back to wipe data/factory reset, then install zip from sdcard, select the rom and go... I know some roms require inspiremod, should I still install this if I'm USING an inspire??
Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate it
If it does turn out to be the battery or you just decide to get a new one to test it out. I recommend these, they are awesome and the only thing anyone should try besides HTC factory replacements. Good luck and I hope this works out for you.
Anker Batteries
i only skimmed this. but cleaning battery contacts can help also check the side door, sometimes that can cause issues as well. air can out everything and clean metal contacts with rubbing (ipa) alcohol.
So I installed cleardroid. Once again everything worked fine for the first 10-15 minutes and then the shutdowns started again, always when making the phone do something (unlocking, clicking a notification, opening a program, etc) but never when the phone is charging.
I'll clean off every bronze or gold contact I can find but I think I might be fighting a lost cause lol. Three different ROMS, all with the same problem leads me to believe its a hardware issue. Since all the chips in these phones are all small and use multilayer boards I won't be able to replace anything myself so I see a new phone in my near future.
Thanks guys!
If it doesn't do it when its chargeing then it is the battery. I had bought my inspire from someone and it was having those issues ordered a new HTC stock battery from newegg for like $12 and has been working perfectly since then and honestly if you want the best battery rom absolution is the rom you should check out. It's a non sense rom but again I'd just buy a new battery. I had mine timed it'd reset at 92% 74% and 49% xD
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So I installed cleardroid. Once again everything worked fine for the first 10-15 minutes and then the shutdowns started again, always when making the phone do something (unlocking, clicking a notification, opening a program, etc) but never when the phone is charging.
I'll clean off every bronze or gold contact I can find but I think I might be fighting a lost cause lol. Three different ROMS, all with the same problem leads me to believe its a hardware issue. Since all the chips in these phones are all small and use multilayer boards I won't be able to replace anything myself so I see a new phone in my near future.
Thanks guys!
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hmm, I would say try a new battery before getting a new phone. Worst case scenario is that you spent $15 to learn you need a new phone as opposed to spending $100+ on a new phone...this is of course assuming you want to keep the inspire and not just looking for a reason to get upgrade ahaha
I agree. It still sounds like a battery issue.
I would agree this definitely sounds like an internal short in the battery. Sounds like it's shutting off whenever it gets a significant load on it. Try a new battery first.
I had a similar issue though I was tweaking the CPU. Learned my lesson.
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Yeah, Id bet money that its a bad battery. I had this same exact issue with my Inspire. If it shuts off more in low reception areas but it isn't shutting off when plugged in, its definitely the battery. I would try to find someone with an Inspire and try switching them batteries and see if it stops.
If I tried to use the flash with my camera, the phone would shut off. My phone would randomly reboot or turn off. ATT told me they had "some" bad batches of batteries. My phone was still under warranty so ATT sent me a new battery. All the problems went away!
The battery door on the Inspire becomes wonky the more you open it, I was having a problem like yours, new battery and new door has me going good.
For some reason my sensation appears to have gotten into the habit of randomly turning itself off, and I can't figure out why.
It's rooted, and was using InsertCoin's GB rom for a bit until ICS roms got more stable. I've tried InsertCoin's ICS rom and also Virtuous Inquisition, and had been using the 3.24 firmware. I'm also using an anker battery that's three months old.
I first noticed the random shut downs on the ICS InsertCoin rom, but I'd been using it for a few weeks before it started happening, no apps had been changed or updated at around that time, it simply started shutting off. No menus or dialogs, just an instant loss of power, and could happen at any time, in my pocket when sleeping, in a call, or otherwise active in my hand. Totally random. I could turn it back on, but more often that not it'd just die again within a few seconds of finishing the bootanimation. It appeared to happen most when the battery level was below say 50%. The only thing that seemed to stop it at the time was plugging it into a power source, as then it'd be fine.
Thinking it could have been down to the rom's power management stuff (and me getting sick of the frequent sense reboots anyway), I then tried another rom, Virtuous Inquisition. And as soon as I'd flashed that and set all my apps up again (backups created while using the ICS InsertCoin rom right before flashing the new rom), it ran perfectly for weeks. So that seemed to suggest it was the old rom to blame.
Except recently the random shutdowns have started again, exactly the same behaviour as before. I then thought it could have been the SebastianFM undervolted kernels if my phone didn't like being undervolted, but flashing the regular ones made no difference either. I then found the new 3.30 firmware was available a few days ago, so flashed that. The phone instantly ran a bit quicker and had better mobile and gps reception, and it didn't seem to shut down randomly again. Until today that is.
What the hell could it be? It can't really be software because I've tried different roms, though they're probably based off the same leak. But if it was the rom, why haven't more people reported this issue? I've also tried different kernels and firmware, which haven't helped stop it shutting off either. I've checked the battery terminals and there isn't a loose connection, but could it be the battery itself at fault? Thinking about it, I fitted the anker battery before this started happening, but I'd had it a few weeks before the shutdowns started happening. I've not tried putting the standard battery back in yet as I quite like my battery lasting a day, but I suppose it's worth a shot if for some reason my anker is a dud. Is there any way I could check it?
What are your thoughts? I really want to get to the bottom of it...
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For some reason my sensation appears to have gotten into the habit of randomly turning itself off, and I can't figure out why.
It's rooted, and was using InsertCoin's GB rom for a bit until ICS roms got more stable. I've tried InsertCoin's ICS rom and also Virtuous Inquisition, and had been using the 3.24 firmware. I'm also using an anker battery that's three months old.
I first noticed the random shut downs on the ICS InsertCoin rom, but I'd been using it for a few weeks before it started happening, no apps had been changed or updated at around that time, it simply started shutting off. No menus or dialogs, just an instant loss of power, and could happen at any time, in my pocket when sleeping, in a call, or otherwise active in my hand. Totally random. I could turn it back on, but more often that not it'd just die again within a few seconds of finishing the bootanimation. It appeared to happen most when the battery level was below say 50%. The only thing that seemed to stop it at the time was plugging it into a power source, as then it'd be fine.
Thinking it could have been down to the rom's power management stuff (and me getting sick of the frequent sense reboots anyway), I then tried another rom, Virtuous Inquisition. And as soon as I'd flashed that and set all my apps up again (backups created while using the ICS InsertCoin rom right before flashing the new rom), it ran perfectly for weeks. So that seemed to suggest it was the old rom to blame.
Except recently the random shutdowns have started again, exactly the same behaviour as before. I then thought it could have been the SebastianFM undervolted kernels if my phone didn't like being undervolted, but flashing the regular ones made no difference either. I then found the new 3.30 firmware was available a few days ago, so flashed that. The phone instantly ran a bit quicker and had better mobile and gps reception, and it didn't seem to shut down randomly again. Until today that is.
What the hell could it be? It can't really be software because I've tried different roms, though they're probably based off the same leak. But if it was the rom, why haven't more people reported this issue? I've also tried different kernels and firmware, which haven't helped stop it shutting off either. I've checked the battery terminals and there isn't a loose connection, but could it be the battery itself at fault? Thinking about it, I fitted the anker battery before this started happening, but I'd had it a few weeks before the shutdowns started happening. I've not tried putting the standard battery back in yet as I quite like my battery lasting a day, but I suppose it's worth a shot if for some reason my anker is a dud. Is there any way I could check it?
What are your thoughts? I really want to get to the bottom of it...
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Hi,
Do you have any apps on your sd card?
Apparently,this can cause problems.
Go to settings-->apps-->on sd card and untick anything there...
I do at the moment, but I've tried with all apps on internal memory and it made no difference, the shutdowns still happened. In fact I've found no issues with apps2sd on ICS roms whatsoever.
I had the EXACT same issue with ALL ROMS, GB and ICS. Like you it would begin when the battery was below 50% and everything:/ I just sent it to HTC the other day hopefully it gets fixed. And I doubt it was the battery because i was using the stock battery.
I was thinking about opening a thread about this were everyone would post their setup and every detail possible to get to the bottom of this. But i decided not to since it was most likely a hardware problem and would get flamed since there are already countless threads about someone complaining about this.
Well the stock battery is charging back up now anyway so I'll give it a go. I really don't want to have to send it back though given it's rooted, s-off, etc etc. I don't fancy trying to get it back to stock just to see if they might possibly fix it.
same here
Exactly same problem here with virtuous inquisition 3.5.0 and an banker battery...
A few days on with the standard battery, and no random shut downs yet. It's lasting me a day with moderate use too.
I have the same problem before. Sent back to Bell, and they can't fix it. Then I found this app called Captivate Keep Alive. It take a bit of the battery life and ram, but it solve the problem. The phone never shutdown by itself any more. Hope that helps.
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I have the same problem before. Sent back to Bell, and they can't fix it. Then I found this app called Captivate Keep Alive. It take a bit of the battery life and ram, but it solve the problem. The phone never shutdown by itself any more. Hope that helps.
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damn, this is a good fix but uninstalled because the ongoing notification. I'm not buying the pro version when the developers might come up with a fix in their roms
Same problem here, the problem was more often with the anker battery than with the original battery.
Now i'm back to S-ON and stock roms, it isn't turning off anymore but the problem went over in rebooting...
Only thing i have to do is find an Vodafone RUU for the netherlands , because it was branded and then I will send it back to HTC...
Really annoying... sometimes people ask why they always get your voicemail -> phone turned off in my pocket again...
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I have the same problem before. Sent back to Bell, and they can't fix it. Then I found this app called Captivate Keep Alive. It take a bit of the battery life and ram, but it solve the problem. The phone never shutdown by itself any more. Hope that helps.
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Unfortunately my issue was the other way round. Mine used to do it below 50%, not when fully charged. It also never happened when it was plugged in. It isn't down to the CPU going to sleep, as I could be using the phone at the time it happened, literally just as if the battery was pulled. Then if I turned it back on it would repeatedly shut off again, until plugged back in.
It's still fine on my standard battery by the way.
my dad on bell is experiencing this issue with his Sensation "4g" lol, with stock battery stock rom s-off stock stock stock.
constantly turning off in pocket, never heard of it happening while in use. waiting for ICS update, if it doesnt fix going for warranty.
Yup, if it's not the original battery, then that problem can happen quite often. Not just phones, it's other electronics also. I had a MacBook, I bought a battery from a third party and the computer shut off randomly. Same with an Asus laptop I bought afterwards and changed the battery.
Ok so I've been having this same problem myself since Christmas.. it started happening on my original battery and on various firmwares ,kernels and rims.. so I bought an anker battery..
It was fine then for a week or two but started happening again.. I read oh about 10 different threads on this subject and what works for me to stop this is switching 3g gsm mode from auto to 3g only.. haven't had a problem while this is switched.. coverage in my house isn't great so I hope there is a permenant fix for this soon
Exactly the same problem.. Turns off when in pocket, hand and even when kept aside .
And Everything's stock. Battery, version etc etc.
Still can't figure out what the problem is.
It can also happen with a standard battery if it's faulty. Get HTC to send a replacement.
Mine is still having it... really annoying, even with the new ICS. Everything is stock now.
I also want to send it back to HTC, but I think they are going to test it first... chance is high that it wont shut off then -> phone back and the problem is still there..... That would be an endless story
have you guys seen this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475602
Seems kind of silly to have two parallel conversations on the same topic...
I had this exact problem on a stock battery with any rom. The fix that worked for me was changing the network settings from Auto WCDMA/GSM to WCDMA only. It was something to do with transition between 2g and 3g.
Bizarre problem and I hope there is a better fix available soon!
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Not happy, I thought it was the battery but it's started doing it again, even with the standard battery instead.
Just had a look, and on my ics ROM I can't find the option to change the wcdma settings, so I can't try that. Not sure how that could cause it though, because it can even shut off while showing the boot animation! The only thing that seems to stop it is plugging it in, meaning it was no longer using the battery. Hence my assumption that the battery was at fault, but I've tried three different batteries on it now and it happened with any of them. Not much chance that all of them have exactly the same fault.
It can't be a loose connection since if it was I wouldn't be able to turn the phone back on in the first place, so what the hell could it be? I don't think I ever had the issue until going to ics, but I've tried different ROM's and the issue didn't go away. I've tried different kernels over time, and also upgraded the firmware and radio a couple of times too. None of which cured it, so I can't see how any of them could be the cause since it happens on all of them.
Any ideas?
Hey guys, I was using the miui rom but after a month or so it just kept turning off repeatedly and whatever I tried didn't stop it. I tried wiping dalvik cache, wipe data/factory reset, reflashig the entire rom but it didn't work so after a while I got fed up so I switched back to cm7 but the phone keeps restarting. Are there any solutions?
try a different firmware?
I've been on the same firmware for months. I can't Change it because I am hboot 1.23
Are you also having problems with the battery level jumping around by any chance?
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are you also having problems with the battery level jumping around by any chance?
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yes. Unfortunately ........
Same problems here...
seems that more and more people are getting those problems.
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Same problems here...
seems that more and more people are getting those problems.
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I hope that somebody will find a solution.
Well I've gone a while with arhd and it didn't happen but being sense it was laggy so I went back to miui and its rebooted 8 times in one hour.
I'm having the same problems, and while watching my battery voltage graph, it spikes down a lot, which indicates a bad battery, but it might be kernel. I'm downloading the update for virtuous now and seeing if its fixed. You should flash the update as well. In any case, it'll stop those web browser lockups. Looks like a lot of people are in the same boat here, which is why I'm hesitant to instantly assume its our batteries frying themselves.
I'm not sure about this but I just switched back to my stock battery and it stopped randomly turning off. I went about 3 hours use with no turn offs but I switched back to the banker battery and so far no restarts but I will need to see fully tomorrow. I don't think that it is due to overheating,I was in my garage and its ****ing freezing in there. I went to check the time on my phone and it was off but cold and hadn't been used.
Will just have to see what tomorrow brings.
Hey guys
My nexus 5 has been playing up for a very long time. At first I thought android 5.0 was the issue. Upgraded to cataclysm 5.1 hoping it would be the answer to all my problems. And it wasn't.
Firstly, the battery life is just damn awful. At first I was like can't expect much from the phone but this is a fresh install and the battery lasts half a day with probably less than an hour of screen on time and not doing much on it. Then today I put the phone on charge and it went from 0-35% charge in about 2 minutes. I don't know if this is some fast charge thing but it seemed ridiculously fast. Checking GSAM shows nothing sucking up the battery.
The camera. This thing is also damn awful. It works fine on the first unlock and then it will just refuse to work (Snapchat says failed to connect to camera; google camera just a black screen). I have to restart the phone to get it to work.
Forgive me if its been posted, I had a look around and saw just about everyone with battery life issues but nobody with the camera issues. Also I haven't been able to keep up with the rapid pace of this sub forum so sorry if these are known issues, but from my knowledge I don't think they are.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
For the battery, this phone is not supposed to charge that fast, it's probably not in the best condition. Make sure wifi always scanning is off in wifi settings, advanced.
As for the camera, that never happened to me. When upgrading, did you start from the 5.1 factory image? Because it has a new bootloader and radio, so you need those to make any 5.1 ROM work fine.
I flashed the radio and boot loader before flashing the ROM but didn't start with the factory image. If the battery thing is weird I might take it back. I've turned off all the google crapware that loves to stay awake and will check if that makes any difference. I think I'll also reflash the boot loader and radio to make sure
Same. Snapchat can't connect but works somewhat. But google camera crashed twice today on me. 2 reboots just for camera? Google get your ass straightened out and fix all these issues. Where is the flawless experience
Hello Note Edge user...i have seen in some threads that post 6.0 upgrade many users are facing reboots issue @ 30% (some where around) battery level and some not facing even @10% ...Hence i have created this thread so that they can help us in any way... Its an request to non rebot user to provide their firmware version details so that we can try it out..
Also anyone can suggest whether there is any way to overcome this.
Thanks in advance..
mujaid714 said:
Hello Note Edge user...i have seen in some threads that post 6.0 upgrade many users are facing reboots issue @ 30% (some where around) battery level and some not facing even @10% ...Hence i have created this thread so that they can help us in any way... Its an request to non rebot user to provide their firmware version details so that we can try it out..
Also anyone can suggest whether there is any way to overcome this.
Thanks in advance..
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Hey man, sorry to hear that you are also facing the same problem Can you share some specifics?
- Have you ever rooted your phone?
- Does your phone shut down within seconds of opening snapchat, regardless of the current battery level?
- Have you experienced totally unstable performance, like sudden battery level drops of 20-30%?
- Have you tried going back to a lower firmware?
- Have you tried removing the SD card, if any?
Let's work together to understand our problem better and hope for a solution
zsmalik1 said:
Hey man, sorry to hear that you are also facing the same problem Can you share some specifics?
- Have you ever rooted your phone?
- Does your phone shut down within seconds of opening snapchat, regardless of the current battery level?
- Have you experienced totally unstable performance, like sudden battery level drops of 20-30%?
- Have you tried going back to a lower firmware?
- Have you tried removing the SD card, if any?
Let's work together to understand our problem better and hope for a solution
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hey bro thanks for ur response....
Here are my answer
1. Currently not rooted as on fresh firmware 5.1.1
2.no.. battery level dropping is normal...it also never drops after reboot too... But some time from 40 to 14 then battery low warning and shut down.....and some time it automatically reboot...only samsung logo appear again reboot.and i dont usw snapchat.
3.i faced this issue in 6.0 so i lowered it to 5.1.1 but still same..
4.no i havet tried removing sd card...i have 64gb sd card installed.
Over all i think its firmware problem...hence waiting for reply from edge users as some are not facing.
Hope i have answered ur query. We will work and get out a solution.
mujaid714 said:
hey bro thanks for ur response....
Here are my answer
1. Currently not rooted as on fresh firmware 5.1.1
2.no.. battery level dropping is normal...it also never drops after reboot too... But some time from 40 to 14 then battery low warning and shut down.....and some time it automatically reboot...only samsung logo appear again reboot.and i dont usw snapchat.
3.i faced this issue in 6.0 so i lowered it to 5.1.1 but still same..
4.no i havet tried removing sd card...i have 64gb sd card installed.
Over all i think its firmware problem...hence waiting for reply from edge users as some are not facing.
Hope i have answered ur query. We will work and get out a solution.
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Hey man,
So,
Couple of things about my problem so that we can maybe point out similarities and maybe a common cause.
- I had my phone rooted the first time the problem appeared (android 4.4.4)
- I updated my phone to Lollipop, and that's when i first started getting hints of this problem
- At first i thought, it was a charging issue. but it started happening more and more often.
- now, it pretty much happens everyday and is making my life miserable.
- I started to notice that my battery roughly dies around 37%. From what i've read online, this battery level can be different from person to person.
- From the moment it dies, it restarts itself and goes into a bootloop.
- The moment i plug it back in, it show a battery level of 0%.
- And then, within a few minutes, the battery level goes back to where it initially was when it first died.
- My battery discharge was really turbulent, the whole graph was a mess. I would see sharp drop till I would reach the dreaded 30% area.
- I noticed that right after I enter snapchat, it takes about 3-5 seconds for the reboot to happen. This happens regardless of the battery level as it has once happened to me at about 80% battery.
- The best thing that ever happened to me was when i first took out my SD card. It was 64 GB samsung sd card so i thought it would really mesh together well. I never thought about it being a possible cause. Boy was i wrong, turns out my battery performance almost returned to normal. Got to about 75% after 9 hours. No snapchat but again around the 11 hour mark. I launched chrome and the BAM, it happened again :'(
- I decided to unroot and return to 4.4.4 thinking that a custom kernel was the problem.
- Still No Luck
I have read many places online that it maybe an issue with the battery. But, I refuse to believe that is the issue. i have also tried another battery. although i think it may have been fake. Haven't tried a replacement OEM battery yet.
I would suggest a few things you can do:
- For starters take a screenshot of your current battery usage charts and then once the problem happens, remove the SD card and charge your phone while powered off and report back with another screenshot so that we can compare and see if removing the SD card has had any positive effect.
- Please clarify if you have ever rooted? sorry I was unable to fully understand from your answer.
Dear Note edge users (the ones with normally performing batteries),
Please Chime in and help us.
This phone is a special phone for all of us and we are only a small community privileged enough to have it. We should help each other out.
Best,
Zee
Hi
i tried everything still was a lot of lags and reboots.....
i install WAKE LOCK-CPU awake application from Play store
Settings :
check :ulimited time , Phone start , Display off ..
and activate.
No reboots and lags works perfect.
zsmalik1 said:
Hey man,
So,
Couple of things about my problem so that we can maybe point out similarities and maybe a common cause.
- I had my phone rooted the first time the problem appeared (android 4.4.4)
- I updated my phone to Lollipop, and that's when i first started getting hints of this problem
- At first i thought, it was a charging issue. but it started happening more and more often.
- now, it pretty much happens everyday and is making my life miserable.
- I started to notice that my battery roughly dies around 37%. From what i've read online, this battery level can be different from person to person.
- From the moment it dies, it restarts itself and goes into a bootloop.
- The moment i plug it back in, it show a battery level of 0%.
- And then, within a few minutes, the battery level goes back to where it initially was when it first died.
- My battery discharge was really turbulent, the whole graph was a mess. I would see sharp drop till I would reach the dreaded 30% area.
- I noticed that right after I enter snapchat, it takes about 3-5 seconds for the reboot to happen. This happens regardless of the battery level as it has once happened to me at about 80% battery.
- The best thing that ever happened to me was when i first took out my SD card. It was 64 GB samsung sd card so i thought it would really mesh together well. I never thought about it being a possible cause. Boy was i wrong, turns out my battery performance almost returned to normal. Got to about 75% after 9 hours. No snapchat but again around the 11 hour mark. I launched chrome and the BAM, it happened again :'(
- I decided to unroot and return to 4.4.4 thinking that a custom kernel was the problem.
- Still No Luck
I have read many places online that it maybe an issue with the battery. But, I refuse to believe that is the issue. i have also tried another battery. although i think it may have been fake. Haven't tried a replacement OEM battery yet.
I would suggest a few things you can do:
- For starters take a screenshot of your current battery usage charts and then once the problem happens, remove the SD card and charge your phone while powered off and report back with another screenshot so that we can compare and see if removing the SD card has had any positive effect.
- Please clarify if you have ever rooted? sorry I was unable to fully understand from your answer.
Dear Note edge users (the ones with normally performing batteries),
Please Chime in and help us.
This phone is a special phone for all of us and we are only a small community privileged enough to have it. We should help each other out.
Best,
Zee
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Yup bro i will try out your suggestion.....i was rooted on 6.0 but not now i downgraded to 5.1.1 to check what actual problem is but..still no luck...
Can u tell ur model no and firmware version....and currently rom in use.
zpie19 said:
Hi
i tried everything still was a lot of lags and reboots.....
i install WAKE LOCK-CPU awake application from Play store
Settings :
check :ulimited time , Phone start , Display off ..
and activate.
No reboots and lags works perfect.
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Do u mean by installing this ur battery last upto 0%. Without reboots / bootloop....
Can u confirm ur model no and firmware version.
Guys after a lot of search found something to save much more battery life, worked for me, give a try:
1,open dialer and dial *#0228#
2,after dialing *#0228# the battery status menu will popup.
3,hit ( quick start ) at bottom of the screen in red color
4,hit ( yes ) and go to settings/battery and disable fast charging for 1 charge only.
5,power off the phone and charge to 100%.
6,turn on the phone and if it shows 97,98,99 plug in charger again and charge to 100%.
7,once it charge to 100% unplug charger and this will create new battery calibration status automatically.now you can enable fast charge again.
8, Next go to play store and download wakelock power app and install it. Open the app and hit (PARTIAL WAKE LOCK) as in screenshot below.
This app will help the cpu to run much more efficient and smoother and also prevent device from over heating and this app does not require root access.
Download wakelock power app link below.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...u.thedarken.wl
THIS METOHOD WORKS ONLY WITH STOCK OFFICIAL FIRMWARE IF YOU ARE RUNNING AOSP ROMS/CYANOGENMOD ROMS/NOTE7 ROMS/S7EDGE ROMS/ OR OTHER PORTED ROMS DIALING *#0228# MAY NOT WORK. (SOME PORTS COULD WORK LIKE Dr. KetanRom, EnhancedRom, RamRom.)
HIT THANKS IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU
mujaid714 said:
Do u mean by installing this ur battery last upto 0%. Without reboots / bootloop....
Can u confirm ur model no and firmware version.
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Everything works Perfect now.
Model SM-N915FY , Android 6.01 PDA N915FYXXS1DQA2 code XEO
zpie19 said:
Everything works Perfect now.
Model SM-N915FY , Android 6.01 PDA N915FYXXS1DQA2 code XEO
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Can this firmware be flashed on n915f.....pleas confirm.
mujaid714 said:
Can this firmware be flashed on n915f.....pleas confirm.
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find good for you :
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-N915F/
Come on edge user....please reply....we need to find out the solution
mujaid714 said:
Come on edge user....please reply....we need to find out the solution
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My bad brother. I was away from the computer for a bit.
Sorry for the late reply
My model number is SM-N915F
My most recent ROM that is flashed is the stock samsung 4.4.4 TouchWiz:
KSA-N915FXXU1ANL6
Gentlemen, zpie19 & ufukan
Thanks a mil for your suggestions and replies, we definitely try your suggestions asap and report back here...
Btw, im glad your phone problems have been sorted out
Hopefully mine and mujaid714s get sorted out as well
Best,
Zee
zpie19 said:
Hi
i tried everything still was a lot of lags and reboots.....
i install WAKE LOCK-CPU awake application from Play store
Settings :
check :ulimited time , Phone start , Display off ..
and activate.
No reboots and lags works perfect.
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What do I do after installing wake lock?
Sent from my SM-N915V using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Open Cpu awake app ...
Check :unlimited time , phone start , display off, and activate
Restart Phone
zpie19 said:
Open Cpu awake app ...
Check :unlimited time , phone start , display off, and activate
Restart Phone
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I don't have those options??? Any ideas?
Sent from my SM-N915V using XDA-Developers Legacy app
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lh8f1mmfl9wbkw2/IMG-20170223-WA0000.jpg?dl=0
zpie19 said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lh8f1mmfl9wbkw2/IMG-20170223-WA0000.jpg?dl=0
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Thanks for the help,I appreciate it but unfortunately it's still restarting and getting stuck in a boot loop and this continues until I plug my phone in. This battery is only 8 months old. And this problem didn't start until the last security update. It's getting worse every day. It started happening at 80%, now when my phone gets to 98% it goes into this boot loop. I have the Verizon version. Maybe I'll try a factory reset
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kieso said:
And this problem didn't start until the last security update. It's getting worse every day. It started happening at 80%, now when my phone gets to 98% it goes into this boot loop. I have the Verizon version. Maybe I'll try a factory reset
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Now you're getting somewhere,from the sounds of it.
It almost sounds like the security system in the phone is seeing something it doesn't like on startup and doing a reboot to try and purge it.
I really hate Samsung's built in security.