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My wife messaged me on Facebook while I was at work and said her phone wouldn't send the text message to me, just kept spinning and said sending, and the battery was draining fast and died on her.
I got home from work and was messing with it and it's hot. Like, if I've been playing a game for a while on my S7 Edge it feels similar to that...and that was with the phone doing nothing but looking at settings.
First thing I noticed was Lookout kept cycling the same "Oculus is safe" message even after I cleared it. It would pop up like 10 seconds after clearing it. Thought maybe it was glitching so I force stopped and disabled Lookout. Didn't help.
Went into bootloader and cleared cache. Didn't help.
If I try doing an update search, it literally takes like 2 minutes to load. Like, I click check for update and nothing happens. Close everything to the home screen and all of a sudden it pops up and starts checking for an update. Scrolling through settings is noticeably laggy.
Not sure what else to check. I thought maybe she clicked power saver or something by mistake but no settings look out of place.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
exact same thing my s7 is doing... hopefully someone figures it out...
uoY_redruM said:
My wife messaged me on Facebook while I was at work and said her phone wouldn't send the text message to me, just kept spinning and said sending, and the battery was draining fast and died on her.
I got home from work and was messing with it and it's hot. Like, if I've been playing a game for a while on my S7 Edge it feels similar to that...and that was with the phone doing nothing but looking at settings.
First thing I noticed was Lookout kept cycling the same "Oculus is safe" message even after I cleared it. It would pop up like 10 seconds after clearing it. Thought maybe it was glitching so I force stopped and disabled Lookout. Didn't help.
Went into bootloader and cleared cache. Didn't help.
If I try doing an update search, it literally takes like 2 minutes to load. Like, I click check for update and nothing happens. Close everything to the home screen and all of a sudden it pops up and starts checking for an update. Scrolling through settings is noticeably laggy.
Not sure what else to check. I thought maybe she clicked power saver or something by mistake but no settings look out of place.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
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I have the exact same problem. I noticed it was after I did the System Update from AT+T yesterday. It seems that the Android System is now using 35% of my battery. My phone is very warm and the battery doesn't last but a few hours.
Same here. Rapid drain after September AT&T update. "slow" wall charger cannot charge the phone even with the screen off.
Same Problem here in Switzerland... yesterday came a Update for the Oculus and the Guy in this Forum solved it with froze the Oculus Apps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/galaxy-s7-running-hot-t3468477
Someone on the S7 Edge forums said he updated the Oculus app and it solved the problem for him.
Mr. Orange 645 said:
Someone on the S7 Edge forums said he updated the Oculus app and it solved the problem for him.
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I Dont know witch Update from Oculus, but the Update from yesterday cause this Problem. So for now i have uninstall everything from Oculus and now it works normal.
skilli said:
I Dont know witch Update from Oculus, but the Update from yesterday cause this Problem. So for now i have uninstall everything from Oculus and now it works normal.
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I'm not sure then. I have a G935F running a custom ROM so I don't have the issue. I just read his thread, because my wife has a G935T and I thought it might be helpful if she ends up with the same issue. Just wanted to pass on what his solution was. Hope you all get it figured out soon.
Remove Oculus Rooms until they send out a hotfix update
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...p-samsung-phones-causing-heavy-battery-drain/
I was about to remove Occulus when I received an occulus update, about one hour ago, and it seems that the problem is fixed. The battery looks ok, and the phone is not hot any more. I'm waiting a little bit more to be sure...
ced0072 said:
I was about to remove Occulus when I received an occulus update, about one hour ago, and it seems that the problem is fixed. The battery looks ok, and the phone is not hot any more. I'm waiting a little bit more to be sure...
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I've had around 3 updates in the last two weeks to the oculus app, now it crashes every hour and i cant even open it, **** it im disabling that ****.
Just delete it....It worked for me. Looks like the last update got stock in the downloading loop.Was draining the battery like crazy.
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nawhite82 said:
I have the exact same problem. I noticed it was after I did the System Update from AT+T yesterday. It seems that the Android System is now using 35% of my battery. My phone is very warm and the battery doesn't last but a few hours.
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Same. My phone has always gotten hot when it's struggling to find a good signal, but now it randomly heats up (up to 45C). Started happening after this newest security patch.
Also sometimes when I reboot, I'm getting the teal color screen that says initializing apps. The same screen that comes up during a regular update.
Guys, I can't, for the life of me, get the always-on screen feature to work. I've tried with the built-in watchfaces, and even made my own and tried that. No matter what, the screen turns off after about 5 seconds (regardless of what the timeout option is set to) and the AOD does not come on.
What settings do I need to make this work? I am connected to an iPhone via the leaked beta app. Everything works pretty well except for the AOD.
AOD only works when the watch is being worn.
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Guys, I can't, for the life of me, get the always-on screen feature to work. I've tried with the built-in watchfaces, and even made my own and tried that. No matter what, the screen turns off after about 5 seconds (regardless of what the timeout option is set to) and the AOD does not come on.
What settings do I need to make this work? I am connected to an iPhone via the leaked beta app. Everything works pretty well except for the AOD.
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Go into settings under display you will see the "always on" option, check that off.
klau1 said:
AOD only works when the watch is being worn.
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I am wearing the watch.
Gratchf703 said:
Go into settings under display you will see the "always on" option, check that off.
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Did this.
My AOD stopped working and a watch reboot fixed it?
Go in Settings...Style....click Watch always on.
odyseus said:
My AOD stopped working and a watch reboot fixed it?
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Mine has never worked, even with the stock watchfaces, and even after a fresh reset and re-setup. I don't get it.
chiefsalami said:
Mine has never worked, even with the stock watchfaces, and even after a fresh reset and re-setup. I don't get it.
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Did you turn the Always On Feature on in the Styles menu?
Sword Fish said:
Did you turn the Always On Feature on in the Styles menu?
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Of course. I've said I have turned it on.
chiefsalami said:
Of course. I've said I have turned it on.
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Sorry, just trying to help. You actually said you went into Display and turned it on. The actually way to turn it on is in the Styles menu, not Display.
I can't get it to work either, strange. Hopefully they update it soon to fix this bug. Seems to be the only thing not working no matter how much I mess with the songs or reset it.
JuliousJive said:
I can't get it to work either, strange. Hopefully they update it soon to fix this bug. Seems to be the only thing not working no matter how much I mess with the songs or reset it.
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I bet a hard reset would fix it.
AOD is working perfectly on my Gear S3 Classic paired to a GS7E. Can you test out AOD after linking to an Android phone? Maybe it's an iPhone thing.
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OK, I figured it out. I had a NATO strap on it, and it was covering the HR sensor. Switched back to a traditional strap and AOD started working right away. Don't know why that had anything to do with it, but it did.
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OK, I figured it out. I had a NATO strap on it, and it was covering the HR sensor. Switched back to a traditional strap and AOD started working right away. Don't know why that had anything to do with it, but it did.
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Probably due to the fact that AOD doesn't need to be on if you're not wearing it, or I guess if it thinks you're not wearing it. That's kind of a neat feature and a good find, who would have thought about that?
I own a Gear S3 classic with the latest firmware and i run the S3 in standalone mode without a mobile phone connected. The S3 has the original strap and ADO is enabled.
The ADO works only, when i wear the clock. The display goes off after approx. 5s as soon as i remove the clock from my arm.
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I own a Gear S3 classic with the latest firmware and i run the S3 in standalone mode without a mobile phone connected. The S3 has the original strap and ADO is enabled.
The ADO works only, when i wear the clock. The display goes off after approx. 5s as soon as i remove the clock from my arm.
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That's normal. It knows you aren't wearing it, so it turns AOD off. It detects heart rate to know if it's being worn or not.
I've had pretty great battery life on my Gear S3 Frontier until this week. Before I could go 3-3.5 days on a charge. This week I'm lucky to get 1-1.5 days out of the watch. Nothing has changed. Any ideas?
When looking in the app at the About Gear battery info so you see any high battery usage other than the watch faces? I usually disregard the watch faces on my watch because mine usually runs between 60 and 80% but I still get right at 3 days. Do you use Samsung Pay, because you can disable NFC if you don't.
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Have you tried re-starting it?
I do use SPay and have always used it since I got the watch.
The only thing that uses the most battery is watch faces. I'm using a dark watch face too.
I charged the watch before I left work at 4:00PM EST today and by now (10:33PM EST) it is at 48%.
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I do use SPay and have always used it since I got the watch.
The only thing that uses the most battery is watch faces. I'm using a dark watch face too.
I charged the watch before I left work at 4:00PM EST today and by now (10:33PM EST) it is at 48%.
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Have you synced it to a new device recently? The reason I ask is because I just got the S8+ and had to factory reset my Gear S3 twice. After doing so my WiFi and mobile data was turned on for some odd reason.
Another solution may be to do a factory reset just to see if something may be causing your issue.
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Have you synced it to a new device recently? The reason I ask is because I just got the S8+ and had to factory reset my Gear S3 twice. After doing so my WiFi and mobile data was turned on for some odd reason.
Another solution may be to do a factory reset just to see if something may be causing your issue.
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I factory reset it yesterday. I haven't connected it to a new phone.
I may try to reset it again later today.
I used to get 4 days out of my S3 Frontier but recently it suddenly dropped to less than 2 days. There was no change in my use of the watch or no new apps/watch faces etc and all I made sure 'recent apps' were closed frequently. Anyway, I did a reset and I'm back up to 4 days again.
I'm trying another reset. I turned reactivation lock off this time.
I got the watch off the charger at 8:30AM EST this morning and as of now (3:45PM EST) I was at 47%. The only app I installed was a dark watch face.
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I'm trying another reset. I turned reactivation lock off this time.
I got the watch off the charger at 8:30AM EST this morning and as of now (3:45PM EST) I was at 47%. The only app I installed was a dark watch face.
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You could calibrate the battery with *#0228# on dialer but "quick button" it isn't working for me. Can you test this and tell me?
chegarito said:
You could calibrate the battery with *#0228# on dialer but "quick button" it isn't working for me. Can you test this and tell me?
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The quick button has never worked for me.
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I am having the same problem. There was an software update for me to go to Tizen 2.3.2 and has been down right horrible. I would lose about 8% battery a day now its near 45% a day. I look into battery drainage and S Health is at the top. I got everything turned off to what I could but it still counts my steps, calories burned etc. No Auto HR and that.
I took it to best buy to see if the samsung guy could reflash an older version of tizen but he couldn't. we did a factory reset so I got it on the charger now, i'll put it off at 100% and lay it down and see what happens.
I spent the extra money on this over the android wear cause S3 had the better battery life. If this keeps up, ima just return it and try to get the new LG2 watch.
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You could calibrate the battery with *#0228# on dialer but "quick button" it isn't working for me. Can you test this and tell me?
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I don't have the LTE Frontier. I've got the standard Frontier without cell service.
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I don't have the LTE Frontier. I've got the standard Frontier without cell service.
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You can still get to that menu on non-lte version just use the dialer on the watch, the "quick button" didn't work for me neither.
It took 2 resets on Saturday evening, but yesterday my battery life was back to normal. I took the Gear S3 off the charger at 8:00AM yesterday and as of now almost 24 hours later it is at 81%.
Thanks for the help.
For anyone following, I did a factory reset yesterday and that seemed to fix the issue. Took it off the charger around 9am and its at 95%. waaaaay better. Guess i can switch back to the other watch face lol.
So try factory reset first. sucks but seemed to work as of now.
v/r
Hi All,
I've had my Gear S3 for a couple of days now, and I'm really struggling with the battery life. I took it off a full charge this morning at 10:30am... it's about to go dead at 20:50. So I'm getting pretty much just over 10hrs out of a battery... no where near the 3-4 days advertised. I wouldn't mind, I've not even been really using it as I've been working.
After doing some research, this morning I turned the brightness right down, and disabled NFC - thinking that would help. It didn't.
Do you think it could be a defective device? Or am I doing something wrong?
Appreciate any help/advice.
Cheers,
Leigh
Sounds defective. I would exchange or return. Should last over a day at least.
two days all off only notification on bluetooth it is normal
if you are using gps n more 5 hours
and depends also with watchface
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I had the same problem on a brand new S3 that I purchased from Verizon last week. Almost returned the watch. I did a couple things right in a row so I'm not sure which one actually helped but I will try in remember everything I did.
Remove Samsung Gear from your phone.. Re start and log back in.
Reset watch to factory... Then restart watch and let it connect to the watch and re sync everything.
Then shut off Bluetooth on the watch and power down.... Restart watch and then turn on Bluetooth.
There was one more thing that I did but I will have to research it on a different device I can't remember exactly what I did it had to do with the secret menu on the watch. I'm at work right now and will probably be able to find out the instructions sometime tomorrow during the day and will repost.
Long story short whatever I did totally fixed my watch period before I did all that I was getting about 7 hours and now afterwards, I'm getting two and a half days with Bluetooth always on screen always on and multiple watch faces.
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leighjones123 said:
Hi All,
I've had my Gear S3 for a couple of days now, and I'm really struggling with the battery life. I took it off a full charge this morning at 10:30am... it's about to go dead at 20:50. So I'm getting pretty much just over 10hrs out of a battery... no where near the 3-4 days advertised. I wouldn't mind, I've not even been really using it as I've been working.
After doing some research, this morning I turned the brightness right down, and disabled NFC - thinking that would help. It didn't.
Do you think it could be a defective device? Or am I doing something wrong?
Appreciate any help/advice.
Cheers,
Leigh
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What is the firmware version?
Wait... there a "secret menu"?
If you enable the front camera you can see a small circle spin round the lens before appearing as a solid light alongside it.
I look forward to seeing what custom ROM developers can do with this, perhaps this LED can be triggered to light up (and stay on, until cleared) when notifications come through.
It is already available below. It works very well on my 8T and I purchased the premium version because it's so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.notificationlightled
zellleonhart said:
It is already available below. It works very well on my 8T and I purchased the premium version because it's so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.notificationlightled
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Does this also works as battery indicator? Or only notifications?
Bewildered Wolf said:
Does this also works as battery indicator? Or only notifications?
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It can show charging, low battery or fully charged indicator too. It's free, just download and give it a try. Premium features are optional
zellleonhart said:
It can show charging, low battery or fully charged indicator too. It's free, just download and give it a try. Premium features are optional
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What's about the effects on battery life bro?
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What's about the effects on battery life bro?
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I set it to only show for 5 minutes max after a notification and slow down the interval. I don't notice any significant effects on battery compared with a normal always on display.
I use the same app and battery life is fine. I have set it to repeat for 45 min maximum
Salty Wagyu said:
If you enable the front camera you can see a small circle spin round the lens before appearing as a solid light alongside it.
I look forward to seeing what custom ROM developers can do with this, perhaps this LED can be triggered to light up (and stay on, until cleared) when notifications come through.
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I like this one the best.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
zellleonhart said:
It is already available below. It works very well on my 8T and I purchased the premium version because it's so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.notificationlightled
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I've started using this and it is awesome. Only one thing I'm getting is my phone locking up. (Unable to wake up screen)
I have to hard power off and restart.
Uninstalled the app and no lockups. Install the app and I'll start experiencing them again. I'm rooted with only Adaway and V4A. Maybe it's a setting in A11 I have as well? I really like the app and already bought it but it does cause my phone to lockup.
JWhetstone02 said:
I've started using this and it is awesome. Only one thing I'm getting is my phone locking up. (Unable to wake up screen)
I have to hard power off and restart.
Uninstalled the app and no lockups. Install the app and I'll start experiencing them again. I'm rooted with only Adaway and V4A. Maybe it's a setting in A11 I have as well? I really like the app and already bought it but it does cause my phone to lockup.
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Hi, what's the key for hard power off on 8T.
Also, how did you install V4A.
JWhetstone02 said:
I've started using this and it is awesome. Only one thing I'm getting is my phone locking up. (Unable to wake up screen)
I have to hard power off and restart.
Uninstalled the app and no lockups. Install the app and I'll start experiencing them again. I'm rooted with only Adaway and V4A. Maybe it's a setting in A11 I have as well? I really like the app and already bought it but it does cause my phone to lockup.
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I have no idea why it happened to yours, mine is working perfectly fine. It does override the stock AOD when it happens, but doesn't freeze my phone at all.
Bewildered Wolf said:
Hi, what's the key for hard power off on 8T.
Also, how did you install V4A.
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Hold power button + volume up.
Bewildered Wolf said:
Hi, what's the key for hard power off on 8T.
Also, how did you install V4A.
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Hold volume up + power for 10 seconds
and V4A has been updated to support Android 11. Version 2.7.2.1 is available in magisk now. Install, open viper and follow prompts, it'll reboot. Some have had to use legacy mode in settings of v4a for it to work
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I have no idea why it happened to yours, mine is working perfectly fine. It does override the stock AOD when it happens, but doesn't freeze my phone at all.
Hold power button + volume up.
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Yea it is strange. But removing the application, and I can go all day without my phone locking up. May try the other one in this thread someone posted.
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It is already available below. It works very well on my 8T and I purchased the premium version because it's so good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jamworks.notificationlightled
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I downloaded this yesterday and enjoy the notification ring. However it's definitely causing battery drain for me, so it will probably get uninstalled soon. I only have it on for a few messaging apps, not facebook or anything like that.
Also since installing, the screen doesn't always want to turn on, I had no issues prior and this app is the only thing that changed.
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I downloaded this yesterday and enjoy the notification ring. However it's definitely causing battery drain for me, so it will probably get uninstalled soon. I only have it on for a few messaging apps, not facebook or anything like that.
Also since installing, the screen doesn't always want to turn on, I had no issues prior and this app is the only thing that changed.
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What do you mean when you say it doesn't want to turn on. Are you having to reboot your phone to get it to turn on. That's The issue I'm having.
I've disabled ambient display completely within the system settings and so far my screen hasn't locked up. Still testing it though.
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What do you mean when you say it doesn't want to turn on. Are you having to reboot your phone to get it to turn on. That's The issue I'm having.
I've disabled ambient display completely within the system settings and so far my screen hasn't locked up. Still testing it though.
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More of it doesn't respond until I push the power button a few times. It doesn't happen every time, it's occasionally. But it's frustrating when it does that.
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I downloaded this yesterday and enjoy the notification ring. However it's definitely causing battery drain for me, so it will probably get uninstalled soon. I only have it on for a few messaging apps, not facebook or anything like that.
Also since installing, the screen doesn't always want to turn on, I had no issues prior and this app is the only thing that changed.
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I got the app yesterday as well, works really well as you said, apart from the fact that the battery drains with this app.
Anyone know any way to make it less drain?
I'll say it again...this is the one to use...no battery drain, no lockups. It can notify you around the ring, or around the entire screen.
Just try it...what have you got to lose?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.used.aoe
This is why I made this thread, third party notification apps tend to be a mixed experience as you can tell by the responses in this thread. I tried AodNotify today and I'm already annoyed by the fact I have to double tap to wake twice in order to wake the phone. Other users are experiencing crashes, battery drains and/or inconsistent notification alerts etc.
When the feature is built-in in a custom ROM, it just works. As in the screenshot below (from an older phone with LED):
Tried aodNotify app. Posting the battery usage screenshots.
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Tried aodNotify app. Posting the battery usage screenshots.
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This doesn't show the reality. Use the the dots on the top left to show the total device usage. It gives a much better impression.
I for myself don't see any impact on battery life using that app.