Anyone else having this issue, did a google search as well as a forum search.. Haven't seen this anywhere.
When I try to preview a sound in the settings for ringtones/notifications in any of the categories other than My Sounds, they just spin.
Actually the problem is well known, for example, that thread was started Dec 16 2017. Also the Issue Tracker report at Google's resources was filled Feb 23 2018 and claimed to be fixed in Dec 30 2018. Still isn't fixed - last comment about the issue was Feb 28 2019. In XDA thread there is a fix with Tasker since it appeared the problem is with connection/disconnection of a bluetooth device and Tasker's fix works with that. In my case it doesn't work (or at least sometimes doesn't work - it seems problem happens now less often, than before). Tasker is not free app, but has 14 days trial period. The comment about that fix. For now you can temporarily fix it by reboot - till the next occurrence. I'm going to open another issue, since there is no reaction in the issue thread, or you can do it yourself.
Thanks for the reply. It actually turned out to be the 1.1.1.1 app. As soon as I disabled it, the sounds loaded. I tried that on a hunch and it worked. Definitely not sure if that is the issue for all the reports I have seen posted on the app review.
Not at all how the DNS app and the Sounds app could be related.
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Thanks for the reply. It actually turned out to be the 1.1.1.1 app. As soon as I disabled it, the sounds loaded. I tried that on a hunch and it worked. Definitely not sure if that is the issue for all the reports I have seen posted on the app review.
Not at all how the DNS app and the Sounds app could be related.
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Possible, coincidence. After Feb update I caught the same problem, but was busy and didn't reboot my phone and after some time it fixed itself. So, possible, the fix works, but needs some time to act. Will keep an eye at that, especially after your discovery of seems to be unrelated app's interference. Weird...
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I have been using YouMail's service on my phones for quite some time and was excited to see there was an app for Android, but after 2+ months of use (and several versions of the .apk, including the most recent Beta) I am still experiencing 100% awake time when the app is running.
If I kill it my phone will immedietly because to sleep normally. But each time I receive a phone call or open the app it will keep the phone from sleeping again.
I have been in contact with their support (which is how I received the Beta version) and have been sending Dumps their way, but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue.
Info: Running Fresh 1.1 on a newly 1.56 RUU'ed hero.
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I have been using YouMail's service on my phones for quite some time and was excited to see there was an app for Android, but after 2+ months of use (and several versions of the .apk, including the most recent Beta) I am still experiencing 100% awake time when the app is running.
If I kill it my phone will immedietly because to sleep normally. But each time I receive a phone call or open the app it will keep the phone from sleeping again.
I have been in contact with their support (which is how I received the Beta version) and have been sending Dumps their way, but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue.
Info: Running Fresh 1.1 on a newly 1.56 RUU'ed hero.
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I stopped using the app because of this. I tried contacting support and was brushed off. I love the app but not the lack letting my phone sleep.
I am working with a developer of the app to fix the problem and have tested several versions. Will keep you updated of the progress.
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I am working with a developer of the app to fix the problem and have tested several versions. Will keep you updated of the progress.
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That would be great. Thanks for helping him out with this as I would love to use the app.
I don't mean to thread jack this, but.
Whats the difference in YouMail and our Sprint Visual Voice Mail? I have never used youMail.
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I don't mean to thread jack this, but.
Whats the difference in YouMail and our Sprint Visual Voice Mail? I have never used youMail.
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YouMail http://www.youmail.com/home/index.do is a service that replaces Sprint's (or any other provider) voice mail service with their own. It allows you to set custom "smart" greetings for each caller in your contacts, among other things. Check out the site for more info.
Here is the latest response from the developer I have been working with.
Hi [Name],
I did some more research and can confirm that I see the same behavior as you when I run the YouMail app ('active' @ 100%)
I'm not exactly sure what the cause is, as the application is indeed going to sleep when it has nothing to do. The problem also seems to be quite widespread, affecting what seems to be "most" applications that loiter around in the background doing nothing for most of the time.
Since you use 'Spare Parts' you should notice that in there is a way of viewing the 'Partial Wake Lock' usage of a given application. According to the Android developer documentation this is the ONLY way an application can keep the phone "awake" other than 'prodding' it every 30 seconds or so (and you'd notice that 'coz the screen would never go off).
As long as that "Partial Wake Lock" value is low (and it should be unless you're constantly hitting "Menu -> Poll") it means the application is indeed behaving correctly.
All I can offer is that we develop a new feature into the app so that you can tell it to automatically exit when all of the automatic polling settings are disabled - that way the phone would literally shut down the app "sometime" after you back out of the message list. Do you think that's worth it? Or should we wait for HTC/T-Mobile to fix the root cause of the problem?
Doug
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And my response:
Do you mind if I share some of our conversation with a community forum? It might help get others involved and more feedback for you to use in further development.
As far as other apps loitering in the background, my understanding is that Android (using the same process as other Linux distros) keeps recently used applications in RAM to make them more quickly accessible to the user, and will clear them as the RAM is needed by other apps.
I have seen this issue in the past with other apps (i.e. the HTC messaging app locking the dialer and maintaining 100% awake time) but has all been resolved by updates to the apps themselves.
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Lastly, his response:
Feel free, I don't think I said anything bad
I we get enough requests from "the community" I'll be given time to add the 'exit when done' option (basically it'll become a "dumb" app that only checks for messages when you start it up instead of waking up every so often to check [like after you miss a call])
And yes, Android is a little stranger than normal in that it tends to leave applications running for an unspecified time after you "close" them. (basically until it needs to run something else, or it runs out of memory, or .....)
The YouMail app is a little different in that it runs as a background service and schedules the phone to wake it up whenever "events of interest" occur (you get a TXT, your phone rings, it needs to poll, etc) - so even if the OS does close the app because you logged onto "hugebitmaps.com" and the phone ran out of memory, it'll start it up again as soon as it can.
I suspect the HERO OS is not allowing the phone to sleep, even though the application is literally doing nothing. I don't recall this problem on my trusty G1 when it had Android 1.5, so maybe some of HTC's customizations have broken something
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I can post more of the conversation history if it would help. Anyone have any ideas what might be causing this beyond coding issues?
If anyone wants to send their YouMail log for inspection just enter this code in the dialer *#*#963867#*#* (*#*#YMDUMP#*#*) and it will let you send an email with the log's text.
Tried in 2.1 beta
"I suspect the HERO OS is not allowing the phone to sleep, even though the application is literally doing nothing. I don't recall this problem on my trusty G1 when it had Android 1.5, so maybe some of HTC's customizations have broken something "
I also tried using this app on the 2.1 ROM that Flipz and company have been working on, and had the same issue. I do not know enough programing to determine if this is a problem with OS or the app. I can only give you my experience and try other stuff out to see what the results are. I hope this helps.
Kevin
Hi, Doug from YouMail here.
Just noticed my words and thought I'd give an update - although not much good news.
I basically spent the last 2 days completely reworking the YouMail app's back end code so that anything and everything that could possibly be shut down when it isn't actually doing anything is indeed shut down.
When it came time to test it out -- 100% awake time again (although I stand by my earlier comments that "its not just us").
If I run the same app on a HTC G1 the phone will last a good 2 days (maybe more) without battery issues. If I uninstall the app the difference is minor.
This information, added to all the discussion on the Sprint forums about how the HTC "extras" that this phone comes bundled with have caused the same problem leads me to think that there is something in the Hero that's not behaving properly.
I see other comments like "It does the same on my <insert phone model here>" - well, we don't have unlimited resources, so if you can put the small amount of effort in to dial the 'dump' code mentioned above (*#*#963867#*#*) then maybe we can start to find a pattern here (maybe it's all the Android 1.5 based devices for example).
I'd also like to thank crunchybutternut for all of his assistance and time in trying to sort this issue out.
Doug
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I also tried using this app on the 2.1 ROM that Flipz and company have been working on, and had the same issue. I do not know enough programing to determine if this is a problem with OS or the app. I can only give you my experience and try other stuff out to see what the results are. I hope this helps.
Kevin
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If I can get in touch with someone who has access to the "guts" of the device and that can help me determine whats going wrong then that would be great. Neither the Android developer list nor the HTC forums are particularly helpful when it comes to tricky problems.
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Anyone have some insight on this?
Ok - If someone working on one of these custom builds is prepared to lend a little assistance I'm willing to put a custom build on my phone and try to debug this a little deeper. However, with the number of hours that I get to work on this app.... and all the "fun" blocks that Google have been putting in our way w.r.t Android 2.x, I may not get much more time to work this problem.
That being said, I'm going to try experimenting with a new test app that just adds (one at a time) the raw features of the YouMail app in the hope that a single change triggers this wonderful problem you guys have. If that's the case then I'll put on my Sherlock Holmes hat and try to work around whatever is causing it.
Doug
Any news ?
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Got this from ymDoug:
No progress as yet - not seen anything from xda folks either.
I've made *massive* changes to ensure the app is shutting down absolutely everything it can when it has nothing to do - still no joy.
I've even gone through a lot of the Android source code and can't find anything that would indicate I'm doing anything wrong. There is one debugging method I'd dearly love to call inside the Google Android code (it dumps out a list of who is keeping the phone awake at any point in time) but the method is only accessible to (a) Google, and (b) People who cook their own ROMs. The official Android people are doing their usual stand-up job of ignoring the difficult questions
I am still making the odd change here and there, and my test app doesn't seem to be having the same problems (of course)
Regardless, there will be an updated version on the web site in the next day or so - I'll need to ensure my changes haven't completely screwed things up
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Doug has made some changes, does not seem to completely resolve the sleep issue though.
Here's the link to the change log:
http://forums.youmail.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=18
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FYI: The version in the market is several revisions behind.
Greetings all, first time post / long time watcher. Love the forums, been on Android since the very first G1 and these forums have been fantastic over the years.
I have Cyanogenmod 3.4.0 June 7th nightly and have been having this same issue since the first. Headphones work great for music, movies, etc... Even can hear emulated DTMF tones just fine, however when I get into a call there is no far end audio coming through, pretty weird. If i unplug the headset, i can hear just fine from the phone speaker. It is only when the headset is plugged in... What gives? Just wanted to make sure that someone was aware and that there is a bug worth fixing. I noticed in the nightly thread (which i am not authorized to post to yet) that others have complained about this as well. Wish I could collaborate there, but alas I cannot so here I sit on Q&A.
Outside of that, GPS issue is a bother. Must disable "Wi-Fi & mobile network location" in order to sync up with a GPS. Doing this kills the location features which is a super downer, so I find myself toggling this on and off all the time just depending on what I need to do.
I am able and willing to provide technical feedback in the form of logs, images and whatever is needed to help resolve. Just let me know what I can do. Thanks a bunch!
Robert
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
At least you have that. Nothing fixes mine. Won't even see one bird. ..
Having the same problem with GPS
ogonzoo,
I'm having the same problem with GPS. So far, I haven't been able to get it to work except by toggling off the Wifi/Mobile Network location. I did run across a post mentioning a possible fix involving a Touchwiz ROM, but I'm not sure I understood.
I found this other thread seeming to explain the procedure for actually implementing that fix, but I don't know how to apply it to the Cyanogenmod Nightly ROM (assuming that's even possible). Hopefully someone else here will.
EDIT:
Apparently, there's a pretty extensive discussion of this problem in the thread where I read invisiblek's post (first link above), starting at about page 31. It seems to be an acknowledged bug and the Cyanogenmod devs are supposed to address it in a forthcoming build.
Hello guys. I have noticed a strange issue and was wondering if anyone else is experiencing anything similar. I noticed that when I don't use my phone for a while it seems to stop syncing as hangouts messages aren't notifying me (unless I force the app to refresh) also youtube videos tell me I lose connection (in the app) facebook feed doesn't always load when I scroll to the bottom, etc etc.
I was wondering if this is some sort of battery saver feature or some setting that interrupts the connection after certain amount of inactivity with the device.
I have seen the other post about wifi but I seem to be fine when I run my speed test (almost identical speeds to my pc which is running a wired connection)..
Any help is appreciated
There are known issues with the notifications not arriving in "real-time". However, it seems like this problem is only for Miui-based ROMs and not CM/Mokee, so maybe you should try out that.
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There are known issues with the notifications not arriving in "real-time". However, it seems like this problem is only for Miui-based ROMs and not CM/Mokee, so maybe you should try out that.
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thing is it seems to be occuring usually when the screen is off for a while though.. or in general when the device is idle.. I am wondering if it is a matter of a battery saving function in a setting somewhere, like a deep sleep/wakelock thing
As for the CM build, I wouldn't touch it at this point in time its SUPER with the few issues stated at the current unnoficial build
(Flashlight not working.
FM(probably remove this in the future).
some problem with CDMA2000.(You need to change prefered network type at first boot or your phone will be no signal)
WiFi mac issue.)
I wonder if anyone has said anything in the xiaomi forums.. I haven't got around to doing some research in there
Hm.. it might be a battery saving feature. I found this thread at the Xiaomi.eu forums, where they posted a possible solution and some people reported it seems to work for them. Worth giving it a try for sure!
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Hm.. it might be a battery saving feature. I found this thread at the Xiaomi.eu forums, where they posted a possible solution and some people reported it seems to work for them. Worth giving it a try for sure!
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thanks buddy ill take a look at it once I am in front of a pc
Try this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andqlimax.pushfixer
I'm on 7.1.1, completely stock. Suddenly I have issues with calling people - when I call them I can't hear the dial tone, nothing, but they can pick up and can hear me.
I tried several solutions on the internet - disabling bluetooth, disabling Google Asssistant and all the "OK" Google options. Tried waping Phone app cache. Nothing fixed it.
This issue happened suddenly, no changes were made to the phone. The issue is fixed with a reboot - when I reboot my phone I can call people again and can hear them but the issue keeps happening again and I have to reboot everytime.
I have dropped my phone lately but there were no visible damage - I hope it's not a HW issue as the issue gets fixed after a reboot.
Any suggestions?
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I'm on 7.1.1, completely stock. Suddenly I have issues with calling people - when I call them I can't hear the dial tone, nothing, but they can pick up and can hear me.
I tried several solutions on the internet - disabling bluetooth, disabling Google Asssistant and all the "OK" Google options. Tried waping Phone app cache. Nothing fixed it.
This issue happened suddenly, no changes were made to the phone. The issue is fixed with a reboot - when I reboot my phone I can call people again and can hear them but the issue keeps happening again and I have to reboot everytime.
I have dropped my phone lately but there were no visible damage - I hope it's not a HW issue as the issue gets fixed after a reboot.
Any suggestions?
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Its not hardware related. Others here have had the same problem. Me included. I turned off advanced calling a couple months ago and haven't had a problem since. If you have it enabled, try disabling it. Settings>More>Cellular Networks.
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:fingers-crossed: Its not hardware related. Others here have had the same problem. Me included. I turned off advanced calling a couple months ago and haven't had a problem since. If you have it enabled, try disabling it. Settings>More>Cellular Networks.
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Thanks for the reply - but i don't have this Advanced Calling option in Cellular Networks. I'm from Switzerland and I don't have any Wifi Calling features from my provider.
It must be some software bug but I don't want to do a hard reset...
This is a known issue. Look at the google Product Forum Pixel forum. There is a thread called Severe Microphone Issues.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/IW_gxTpXX3s
On my third pixel now...the second one failed per the discussion in the link above. Hope this helps.
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This is a known issue. Look at the google Product Forum Pixel forum. There is a thread called Severe Microphone Issues.
https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!category-topic/phone-by-google/IW_gxTpXX3s
On my third pixel now...the second one failed per the discussion in the link above. Hope this helps.
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Are you sure it's a microphone issue? The other's can hear me but I can't hear them and it works after a reboot.
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Are you sure it's a microphone issue? The other's can hear me but I can't hear them and it works after a reboot.
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In the thread Google states it is a hardware issue and to return phones. The mic failure is part of a larger issue which they seem to be believe involves software and hardware. Wipes and reboots temp fix. But the problems come back and magnify.
I'm rooted on Pie June update (PQ3B.190605.006) and suffering from infamous "CaptivePortalLogin keeps stopping" issue reported on Reddit ( can't post link due to policy, sorry).
As a temporary solution I use CAPTIVE_PORTAL_MODE_IGNORE in Settings.java to prevent Android from detection of captive portals.
To do that in root shell on device run:
settings put global captive_portal_mode 0
The same could be accomplished over ADB.
After updating that setting I don't get notifications until opening page in browser, which redirects me to the login page of the Wi-Fi provider.
I'm looking for ideas how to make CaptivePortalLogin to work on PQ3B.190605.006 version.
Tried to remove Magisk, reflash clean and replace CaptivePortalLogin in /system/apps with different APK provided here on XDA, sideloaded July PQ3B.190705.003 version, but nothing helped.
SOLUTION: Clean flash of July update PQ3B.190705.003 on both A/B and full factory reset.
my workaround for this is basically turning on airplane mode -> turn on wifi and connect to network -> open browser and load a random page to be redirected to the captive portal.
Did it work with the march version? Looks like even stock phones seem to have a problem with it according to reddit. It worked just fine for me on june when it wasnt rooted..
Thank you so much for workaround! It works.
For your question about March version, I don't have an answer if it worked out of the box, as I didn't try it.
It would be nice to fix CaptivePortalLogin, not sure how to attack it though.
While waiting on support to fix CaptivePortalLogin, I came up with a temporary solution, to avoid a brute force "Airplane mode" method. I decided to use CAPTIVE_PORTAL_MODE_IGNORE in Settings.java to prevent Android from detection of captive portals.
Solution:
in root shell on device run:
settings put global captive_portal_mode 0
The same could be accomplished over ADB.
After updating that setting I don't get notifications until opening page in browser, which redirects me to the login page of the Wi-Fi provider.
I hope someone can benefit from this solution until we get a real fix for CaptivePortalLogin.
I have disabled MAC address randomization in the advanced options of the WiFi network and it seems to solve the issue. Many captive portals use the MAC address to identify the device, so this would be a good explanation of the problem.
Thanks for suggestion. That option was off on my device by default and I didn't play with it. And in my case Captive Portal Login crashed on every network implementation from my corporate one to coffee shop.
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my workaround for this is basically turning on airplane mode -> turn on wifi and connect to network -> open browser and load a random page to be redirected to the captive portal.
Did it work with the march version? Looks like even stock phones seem to have a problem with it according to reddit. It worked just fine for me on june when it wasnt rooted..
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This did not help
Still keep getting captiveportal crashed.
Any other suggestions?
Look at my original post or post #4 how to use CAPTIVE_PORTAL_MODE_IGNORE to disable Captive Portal login.
Wow! I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this issue!
I have the google pixel 3a with June security patch and rooted with Magisk via patched boot image.
Im wondering, is this due to Magisk or is this an actual issue with the June 2019 Factory Images/OTA?
Thanks!
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Wow! I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this issue!
I have the google pixel 3a with June security patch and rooted with Magisk via patched boot image.
Im wondering, is this due to Magisk or is this an actual issue with the June 2019 Factory Images/OTA?
Thanks!
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I speculate it's a bug in June update, because it did crash for me with or without Magisk. But on another hand I would expect more activity on this thread if it is a widespread issue.
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I speculate it's a bug in June update, because it did crash for me with or without Magisk. But on another hand I would expect more activity on this thread if it is a widespread issue.
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Looked at some threads on Reddit and it seems like even new devices are having this issue.
I don't think anyone knows what's causing it but this is a big deal. What scares me is one thread that said a replacement device works now with June security update. How could this be hardware though? Especially if it was working prior to June 2019 security update ...
The July security patch did not resolve this issue. How do we escalate this?
Issue had already been raised... No fix yet.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/135711621
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Issue had already been raised... No fix yet.
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/135711621
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Not sure where they're going to fix it though, maybe in Q only. I'm looking for a fix in Pie.
Here is the post from assigned developer from Google:
vi.. @google.com <vi.. @google.com> #83 Jul 9, 2019 02:26AM
Marked as fixed.
The issue has been fixed and it will become available in a future Android release. Please keep an eye on the release notes(https://developer.android.com/preview/release-notes)
It crashes for me too. Bummer!
Stock and non-rooted.
Pasha_d posted a solution that worked for me. You need to be rooted.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3a/help/captiveportallogin-apk-t3940042
Pasha, did you ever find a copy of the March version of the captiveportallogin.apk?
No I didn't. The only ones I found on APK mirror were from February. Nobody replied to my original request here on XDA.
I was able to turn off data. Load a web page and sign in over wifi.
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No I didn't. The only ones I found on APK mirror were from February. Nobody replied to my original request here on XDA.
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March apk