Hey,
Something's wrong with the HTC U11 GPS, and it is not my unit because I had two units and both behave the same way.
When I review my chronology in Google Maps, and see the routes from my days, what I see are straight lines going through streets and roads instead of a precise tracking. It looks like the phone is taking position samples not often enough.
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Any reason why this happens? Is that a GPS issue, or software?
I am guessing the U11 saves battery minimizing stuff like this?
Any idea on how to solve it?
Thank you.!
esmuz said:
Hey,
Something's wrong with the HTC U11 GPS, and it is not my unit because I had two units and both behave the same way.
When I review my chronology in Google Maps, and see the routes from my days, what I see are straight lines going through streets and roads instead of a precise tracking. It looks like the phone is taking position samples not often enough.
Any reason why this happens? Is that a GPS issue, or software?
I am guessing the U11 saves battery minimizing stuff like this?
Any idea on how to solve it?
Thank you.!
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Have you tried different apps?
dgronjord said:
Have you tried different apps?
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Not with apps that track like running stuff and so.. I'll try, but my wife's Xiaomi A1 does the job perfectly in Google Maps, I am pretty sure HTC minimizes the use of the GPS module to save battery..
esmuz said:
Not with apps that track like running stuff and so.. I'll try, but my wife's Xiaomi A1 does the job perfectly in Google Maps, I am pretty sure HTC minimizes the use of the GPS module to save battery..
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I saw the same thing in the Fitbit app. I know it always happens if battery saver is on. I think it was hit or miss without battery saver but its been a while.
Turn battery saving off and use high accuracy under location settings and make sure google location settings are correct.
If you have any apps like HTC boost+ that shuts apps down then omit Google maps + Google play services from the list so they can have free reign.
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I know this is pretty heavy usage but i was hoping that the infamous 17day standby time nexus s would handle much better.
My phone is used but it is new to me. I reset the battery stat file yesterday afternoon. Does my battery need more time to recalibrate?
here is my usage graph for today.
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Dr_Ownage said:
I know this is pretty heavy usage but i was hoping that the infamous 17day standby time nexus s would handle much better.
My phone is used but it is new to me. I reset the battery stat file yesterday afternoon. Does my battery need more time to recalibrate?
here is my usage graph for today.
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normal. i see that your phone ia awake often and has its screen on often. for that amount of use, its normal.
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i see you biting your tongue there
simms22 said:
i see you biting your tongue there
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I made a comment about GPS being on because my eyes decieved me and I thought he had had it on the whole time. I was wrong lol
I was on the internet most of the day and I read somewhere that google maps and latitude were using lots of battery... you can see from this graph that there was a slight drop in battery discharge rate.
Anyone else finding this?
Dr_Ownage said:
I was on the internet most of the day and I read somewhere that google maps and latitude were using lots of battery... you can see from this graph that there was a slight drop in battery discharge rate.
Anyone else finding this?
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Latitude seems like one of the reason since it constantly requires GPS.
johnkim0011 said:
Latitude seems like one of the reason since it constantly requires GPS.
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latitude doenst need gps. Latitude can also use radio. So you dont need wifi or gps on for that.
radio doenst use lot of battery with latitude for me
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I have no intention of using the phone as a media server. Anyone know how I can prevent this from draining my battery?
You can try settings>apps and stopping dlna and media server services. but not sure if they won't just restart later.
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You can try settings>apps and stopping dlna and media server services. but not sure if they won't just restart later.
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Couldn't find this DLNA service you're referring to under Settings>Apps>Running Services. This issue doesn't seem to always exist either. But it did just pop up and this time taking a huge % of my battery use.
Media server cannot be removed. It is a part of the android central process. WTF is that thing called, i keep botching the order of it but something like android.process.acore
It isn't used to be a mediaserver. In fact part of it controls at least one of the sensors on the phone... maybe the orientation sensing. but at 3 percent, you are doing very good. When people mess it up in custom kernels and whatnot it can freak the hell out and pull like 40 lol.
Anyways, don't worry about it, nothing you can do and 3 percent is awesome.
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Media server cannot be removed. It is a part of the android central process. WTF is that thing called, i keep botching the order of it but something like android.process.acore
It isn't used to be a mediaserver. In fact part of it controls at least one of the sensors on the phone... maybe the orientation sensing. but at 3 percent, you are doing very good. When people mess it up in custom kernels and whatnot it can freak the hell out and pull like 40 lol.
Anyways, don't worry about it, nothing you can do and 3 percent is awesome.
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3% was over a short period of time. I seen it take up much more as shown in the later pic. But if it can't be removed then I guess I'll just have to reboot the phone when it's draining the battery.
It is likely part of services.jar or framework.jar and trying to remove the service would likely be a huge undertaking as it controls anything media related, and some sound events are included in that.
This is pretty messed up. On airplane mode. Running greenify.
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This is pretty messed up. On airplane mode. Running greenify.
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Yet your battery still looks to be very close to full (actually, it looks like it's full). 85.7% of jack squat is jack squat.
Point is it kept it awake the entire time I was in a movie with the phone on airplane mode.
Always in search for app updates!
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Always in search for app updates!
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Definitely needs to be an easier way to stop it.
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Definitely needs to be an easier way to stop it.
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can't just ''Force close at application list ? '' I've tried that one and my task manager did not saw it or just try to find some app blocker when airplane is for special profiles/modes etc. Did not get in deep enough to just understand but mostly as he said ''Finding all time updates'' when i do not use it, i just disable google updates and when i need then just simply enable them.
Hope this could help you !
Fyi - Maybe Some task killlers may do this the same while blacklisting them
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can't just ''Force close at application list ? '' I've tried that one and my task manager did not saw it or just try to find some app blocker when airplane is for special profiles/modes etc. Did not get in deep enough to just understand but mostly as he said ''Finding all time updates'' when i do not use it, i just disable google updates and when i need then just simply enable them.
Hope this could help you !
Fyi - Maybe Some task killlers may do this the same while blacklisting them
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just freeze it. you can use several apps to freeze google play and google play services. as for me my favorites are Link2SD and LuckyPatcher. everytime you have to go to the movies just quickly freeze it (and reboot if want to make sure).
currently my S20FE 5G is running a rooted stock based custom rom that has a few OneUI 4 elements in it somewhere, no idea what those actually are.
I'm getting some steep battery drain but otherwise I'm quite happy with the rom and want to keep it.
I've got a partial wakelock called VK_WakeLock, it's keeping the phone from sleeping when the screen is off. I searched for a while and can't find a method that would help me find the app that's causing it or even better the specific service or process.
if we know the name of a wakelock is there any terminal commands or apps that could lead me to a package / process name ?
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What's accessing the internet when that happens?
blackhawk said:
What's accessing the internet when that happens?
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I have background data off, I have a firewall that keeps the majority of apps without internet. most of my user apps (which aren't involved) don't do background stuff, so basically I've got no idea right now.
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I have background data off, I have a firewall that keeps the majority of apps without internet. most of my user apps (which aren't involved) don't do background stuff, so basically I've got no idea right now.
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Try temporarily disabling Google play Services at night. It's a blood sucker, day and night.
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Try temporarily disabling Google play Services at night. It's a blood sucker, day and night.
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it hasn't been a battery drain for me previously, if it was an update that brought this effect the internet would be full of posts regarding it. as it stands their are only a handful of search results for VK_WakeLock.
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it hasn't been a battery drain for me previously, if it was an update that brought this effect the internet would be full of posts regarding it. as it stands their are only a handful of search results for VK_WakeLock.
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Well you know how I feel about updates...
You can try making sure all system apps are updated or roll them back to their factory load versions.
Clear system cache. Clear system app caches or data.
Find the root cause. You need to ID that apk responsible for your mystery name.
or
Factory reset and hope that gets it.
This is why I don't update. Cleaning up an update mess is time consuming.
Hi all
Hopefully this question thread is not break the rule.
Just trying to find some info and help from the community. Thank you.
It's been a while that I realize this Flip 4 have different behavior related to location reporting. As previously use Xiaomi and Realme, I never have this issue. At first, I thought there's something wrong with my Google Maps setup, then I 100% sure it's because of the phone, as I change back to my old phone the issue is disappear.
If you go to Google Maps timeline, it will show you the location history of your phone. With Flip 4, my journey is almost every time showing straight lines, it should be showing the road I drive, not straight lines like flying. See attached image.
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What I did so far
- Location allowed all the time for Maps and also Google
- No battery/background restriction
- Power saving ON or OFF doesn't matter
- I intentionally open Maps and not closing it
Nothing is working, Maps timeline still showing straight lines every time I commute.
I try several phones using same account, it's positive something wrong with my phone.
Permission usage history also showing there's very minimum background usage of location, it should be periodically reporting location.
I have been using galaxy series long before maps have this feature and i thought this is normal, on every phone.
badai said:
I have been using galaxy series long before maps have this feature and i thought this is normal, on every phone.
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Thank for replying, but as my experience is not like that.
This is how Maps timeline look like when using Realme phone back then.
It showing the drive path, following road not straight lines like previous attachment.