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[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
ive been waiting to write a new topic regarding battery drain since a while, but never got the time.

Apex_strider, I hope u can help me out.

Ive been having battery drain issues right fron the time ive bought the phone. never had more than 16hrs in an entire day after a full charge, and out of the 16 nine hours was when I was asleep.

ive been monitoring the battery drains from the inbuilt app and the main culprit is always mobile standby. never less than 30% n going as high as 39%. The 2nd culprit is almost always phone idle, which is a bummer. 20 to 30% of the entire charge.

(Mobile standby is the time when phone is on)

I had done the proper full drain n then the full charge cycle when I got the phone. got a new Sim card cause the moto service centre said so, still no help. That guy had suggested initially that there might be a problem with the motherboard, but later he suggested to get the battery changed, so I got a new battery. after that since vodafone uses a 32k Sim and since the problems I had while updating my phone, I got myself a new spare Docomo connection which is a 64k Sim(its written on the package)

now with the new non-vfne 64k Sim n fresh battery which ive been draining fully and charging fully. Theres been no change.

With Docomo

16hrs 45mins - Mobile Standy

12hrs 37 mins - Phone Idle

10hrs 20mins - Wifi

its 16hrs cos of late night charging the phone and after charging left the phone with wifi on.

Out of the 12hrs that ive got 8hrs 20min was when I wasnt using my phone at all! And this isnt just one day.. I use my phone mostly for surfing, IMs and occasional non-power consuming games. And as u can see theres not much of any power consuming apps from that list.

The whole problem comes down to either the radio hardware or my service providers (vfne n Docomo) 'service'.

My signal strength varies from 75db 19asu, 83DB 15asu and 91DB 11asu,n occasionally over that. And I vaguely remember vfne having the same numbers.

Now one thing ive noticed is that I dont always get all the 5bars of network and theres a lot of signal strength fluctuation even though the vodafone tower is right above my apartment.

Do u think it might be something to do with the fluctuating signal cause of which my phones radio has to constantly deal with finding a signal ? Or is my radio faulty ?

Btw when I was on vfne, my network selection was automatic and I used to get HSPA and now on Docomo ibe selected 2g, Edge.

to conserve battery, ive kept:

Battery mode to Maximum batt saver

Animations Off

Haptic feedback Off

Brightness is mostly on 10%

Use Wifi when m at home.

if its a radio issue dun think the batt calibration is gonna help me out.

any suggestions ??

PS: my phone is unrooted.
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
Also, Voice calls tend to drain a lot, is tjis normal ?
[Motorola Atrix 2] ITzRicardo94:
You have the same issue as me.. Try using SCv6, I used it and my battery lasted longer than any other rom, but I used SetCPU and underclocked to 800mhz using Moto Hotplug. You should give it a try :), I went from 6-7 hours of battery to like 14-16 hours of battery.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
He is unrooted, stock GB, so until (or if) he roots that isn't going to help.

To the OP, I can send you an .apk file I've used called CPU Sleeper, basically shuts the CPU down when the device is sleeping. May or may not give you much noticeable improvement, but worth trying. I'm still thinking of other possible solutions for you...
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
16% really isn't much. Think of it in terms of 16% of 100%, makes it seem less dastardly.
[Motorola Atrix 2] ITzRicardo94:
Well he's not looking for easy answer, but he might have a big change if he roots and use SCv6 and underclock to 800mhz, the device doesnt even become slow if you underclock, you wont see any difference cause of the speedy script and it's based on AT&T rom. So it might be good for him, because he is using AT&T phone I guess.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
I'm sorry, I have to disagree with this. Either his battery is bunk, or there's something causing the drain. Rooting and flashing a rom at less than STOCK ROM CPU SPEED is asinine. So, aside from him buying a brand new OEM battery, the best plan of attack is to hunt down the cause of the battery drain... and fix it.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Pilgrimtozion:
Won't sleeping the cpu negatively affect background processes?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
I've had no issues...
[Motorola Atrix 2] ITzRicardo94:
Sorry then, I'm just trying to help. I had the same problem and what I did worked for me. So it might work for him too doubling the battery life, but he will decide what he wants to do.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
I know you're trying to help, we can all appreciate that. But, think about this: if he doesn't figure out the root cause of the issue(s) he'll likely always be faced with it, or some variation of it, or some sub-par solution. Its like taking an Aspirin to try to wipe away a tumor.
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
@darkmixta - ive an AsiaRetail phone so dun think att roms gonna help, actually dun think any roms going to help if its a hardware problem.

@Apex_strider - 16% drain after 12mins of talktime is a lot acc to me.

I wouldve rooted right away if I didnt have any issues with the stock phone and tried all the batt calibration n setupcpu apps, ive read about a lot many options I had.

But then I wouldve voided my warranty and if it did turn out to be a hardware issue then I would be stuck with it.

Ive even decided to get an extended batt fron ebay. But that wont solve my problem. And the new battery that I got was an OEM from the moto service station.
[Motorola Atrix 2] prasannapmv:
It is not like once you've rooted you'll remain rooted for life, the way you root same way you can unroot as well.

Go to dev section and look into my rooting method for more info.

So if you give your phone for warranty just unroot and uninstall the orher apps.

Root and try apex_strider method it works.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
anikadam,

You're right, my apologies. 16% IS a lot of battery consumption from just 12 minutes of call time. I believe this was my 2nd oversight in reading and paying notice in the forum. Perhaps I'll take a short hiatus to avoid such embarrassment due to the onset of more sleep deprivation. :eek:

If you do suspect it's a hardware issue, are you going to try and replace the device altogether? No amount of attention given to your issue is going go do much good if, in fact, it is hardware-related. Is a return still a possibility for you at this point?
[Motorola Atrix 2] Pilgrimtozion:
Apex, can you send me that cpu apx?

Thanks!
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
I sure can, but won't have access to my laptop (or rather a Wi-Fi connection) until this evening. I'd be glad to share it with you as soon as I get to Los Angeles -I'm in the middle of the godforsaken Utah desert right now...
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
Dont think ill get a new phone, have to check motos warranty policy. But ive to convince them first that there is a problem. Lets hope they find a solid reason for this issue and get me a permanent solution.
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
Ill do tht once I get to know wht moto guys have to say, if I dont get it sorted then ill get into rooting n recalibrating n underclocking.

whats stopping me from rooting is that this is my first Android, so a bit apprehensive that I might screw it up. So taking it one step at a time.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
That is not YOUR rooting method, you just re-posted someone else's work with a little how-to, don't take credit for someone else's stuff, give credit where credit is due. Dan Rosenberg is the one who all of this work is based off of, as he did all the hard work.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
You should have a one year manufacturer warranty through Moto, so if you're okay with being without your phone for a few weeks (Moto's lead time is crazy) then ship it off to get a replacement. Then, you can rule out hardware issues if the same problems are present with the replacement.
[Motorola Atrix 2] prasannapmv:
Go and see the thread in dev section I have clearly mentioned that motofail script is not my work and I don't need any credit for that.

I just tried to give him clear picture of root. If you want I will delete that thread.

If this kind of leg pulling continues then I don't know about others but atleast I'll not be the part of XDA.
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
I know, thats the plan for now, thats why going to the service station.

I just read their list of 'What is excluded from warranty coverage?' One of the points was,

Antennas: Defects or damage of any nature (including breakage) to a Product's antenna is excluded from coverage.

I hope this isnt included for my problem.
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
As long as you've not dropped the phone, you shouldn't be concerned about damage to the antenna, as it is internal. If they don't honor your warranty, and replace the device, there's other ways of getting then to replace it (I won't mention it here, and no it doesn't involve hiring the mob). Though, they should just replace or repair, depending on what they uncover on their end...
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
No what I mean is that in this thread you said, go check out MY root method.

Next time, just say:

Hey take a look at this how-to I posted that will get you root for the ICS leaks:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1742879

That is really the proper thing to do here. This is just from all my years of experience in the IT world as well as the opensource community, coming out here.
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
Nah, havent dropped it, so im good.

Hehe, thats great to hear, will definitely PM u if moto refuse to do anything about it this !
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Okay. Keep me posted, and good luck!
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Attached...
[Motorola Atrix 2] razholio:
I don't think it's the battery stats

I checked the battery voltage with 'battery calibration' and it says 4280mv at 99% which is about right. This tells me that the max voltage is being read correctly.
[Motorola Atrix 2] razholio:
just to get OT

Apex: that godforsaken utah desert is my playground... ;) if you haven't already, give it a quick stop-by some time.

thanks for your input on the battery drain issues (I'm the OP)

Jim: saw you have the SGSIII, probably due to the bootloader and dev effort behind it. The screen is a big compromise for me, but I was wondering how you liked yours?
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
I love it, and I have been running, and porting code for the SGS 3 CM9 release for the last few weeks. Honestly I was worried about the screen and build quality, but I was happily surprised at the SGS 3. The SGS3 is just so easy to develop for, since all the source both kernel and ROM were released on day 4 of the phone being "officially" released.

I had a captivate the first day it was out and I hated that thing, it was just frought with issues, I had it for 6 months like all my phones, the ONLY nice thing was running CM7 on it... My 60+ year old mom still uses the captivate (I gave it to her when I got my inspire last year), and it works great and it has been running CM9 since Nov last year, so...
[Motorola Atrix 2] razholio:
thanks, man. Everything other than the screen is solid hardware on the SGSIII, and with the bootloader, the open-source friendliness, and solid CM support behind it, I'm really, REALLY tempted to just tolerate the screen. I've seen it, and while it's a big improvement over the SGSI and II, it's still SAMOLED, and it's still pentile... I'm not gonna be able to hold out much longer....
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Yeah I was a little worried about it, but the pentile, is not that noticeable, and the only thing about SAMOLED is that bluish tint.. they have fixed the burn in, I had them replace the screen on the captivate after 18 months of having it, and it has not had one spot burn in since...

The NFC is awesome so is the face recognition and all the other things too that you get with it. So far this is the best phone I have had yet, the only drawback is the bluish tint on the screen, but it sort of fades away after using it a while.
[Motorola Atrix 2] razholio:
yeah, that's the other worry. the blue oleds require like 10X the power of the red and green, and last about a tenth as long, so they push the blue when the displays are new to hedge against the fading blue oleds. There's definitely a lifespan on the samoled displays, but if you use samsungs stats on half-life (time to half luminescence), you should easily get 4+ years out of it unless you leave it on all the time, so... I dunno.
[Motorola Atrix 2] jimbridgman:
Actually the screen battery use-age is really good... I get 20 hours pretty hefty use out of a charge on the SGS 3 each day, so I am happy, I don't have to charge before the end of the day like I had to with my HTCs and the captivate. The only phone I had some crazy battery life with is my Hero, which still runs great with CM9, and is now my second backup, it could go a week with out charging with a decent amount of use....
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
My battery issue got solved !!!

Just used the 64k Sim and did an OTA update ! Thats it.

Should've tried this as soon as I got the Docomo Sim.. Dammit !!

Got 37+ hrs after one full charge, I was on complete unrooted stock and just with stock apps, no downloaded apps.

And today with all the old apps installed, except games, 22hrs, with 20% battery still left..

For me its like getting an entirely new phone !

Thanks to everyone who helped !!
[Motorola Atrix 2] Apex:
Glad you got it all sorted out!
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
Thanks for all the help !
[Motorola Atrix 2] girishvk:
Any way to identify if its a 32k sim or a 64k one?.

I have a year old vodafone sim, and its got no mention of the memory size on it.
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
nope, but I had got a new vfne Sim last month after I started having this prob and that didnt work either. So m guessing its a 32k Sim.

U having the same battery issue ?
[Motorola Atrix 2] girishvk:
no battery issues yet. But was just curious. :o
[Motorola Atrix 2] hoodlikegaza:
I'm having this very same problem on ATT with my week old atrix 2..... I am using the sim from my OG atrix. Is this confirmed to be a sim issue that causes battery drain?
[Motorola Atrix 2] anikadam:
dunno about at&t, call em up and check which kind of Sim they use, itll be better to get a new Sim.

Also check apex_strider's method in this post, maybe that can help
[General Questions and Answers] jtitcomb:
Would it be possible to put a google doc in supernote so it could be signed?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kitch9:
I'm trying to download Real Racing 2,and I can install the app from the store ok , but when it's downloading the main game files it always sticks at 42% and will go no further.

Is anyone else experiencing this? It downloaded ok on my S3.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsmforlife92:
Does the same thing to me
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gigalabz:
just do a google search for Real Racing 2 Hd Game Data download and place it in the correct directory on the mass storage and away u go!
[LG Optimus Black] Meko07:
Hello i have a quastion can i plugg in my OB to my tv to use my tv as screen for my OB

SRRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH
[LG Optimus Black] RomWiz:
Try ;)
[LG Optimus Black] Meko07:
???HOW???
[LG Optimus Black] Cedlad:
you should have a cable with the one port going at the end with 3port with different colors, red, yellow and white. i think :D
[LG Optimus Black] Meko07:
Do you mean the chinch cable?

:)
[LG Optimus Black] Cedlad:
i dunno the cable name, but the description did :)
[LG Optimus Black] REAPER1992:
sorry you can not use that feature because our optimus balck does not support HDMI but instead you can use lg pc suit onscreen to that on ur computer it will work
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimrodm:
Hi,

I have a new AT&T atrix 4g.

I unlocked the bootloader and found out that i have the famous wifi error problem.

I want to return the phone to the seller but would like to remove the unlocked text from the startup.

I read in the forum about hard brick during flashing 4.5.141 sbf. So im afraid of doing so.

I have no experience in flashing/rooting/etc... the only thing i did was unlock the bootloader with the automatic script. I still have the original at&t os.

Here is all my phone details:

4.5.141.BM860.ATT.en.US

android 2.3.6

kernel 2.6.32.9

build

4.5.141

I'd be happy if someone could help me out here...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sikkijazz:
I have also atrix 4g ...I have also unlocked the bootloader for rooting the mobile ...

I did this to my own Motorola Atrix 4g running rom: HB 2.3.4 oc 1.3ghz ext4 with the newest cwm installed

***i take no responsibility if this messes up your phone. I just did it to mine tonight before the replacement arives and wanted to help anyone else worried about being charged $399 for unlocking our bootloader

1) you need to download

//www35.megaupload.com/files/70b7d352e9514672c426f9dda58d3f6e/AUTOMATIC_UNLOCK_V4.2.zip

just incase something goes wrong you can unbrick it

2) RSD lite 5.3.1

//crackflashers.com/b16/Atrix/RSDLite5.3.1.msi

3) Newest moto update 2.3.4

//gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/android/atrix/1FF-olympus-user-2.3.4-4.5.91-110625-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf.gz

boot into rsd mode and flash the official update using rsd lite, it will stop at 100% but never finish. once you see the at&t logo you can unplug if it takes forever and just wait for it to load.

after you will no longer have cwm or the "unlocked" text at boot, but all your data will still be on the phone so dont forget to wipe after.

***link #1 is only if you have problems booting after using rsd lite (i didnt need it)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nimrodm:
Hi,

What you are writing is correct for 2.3.4. I have the a 2.3.6 and 4.5.141.

I know this worked for 4.5.91 But im afraid that on my version it won't work...

Anyone?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
My bookmarks widget doesn't seem to want to grab screen caps from some of my websites. Anyone else with this issue or a trick to force it to update them?

View attachment 1202816
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timbermill:
None of my synced bookmarks have acquired an image yet. A couple of the new ones I've added on the N7 have got an image, but so far I've only added 5 new ones in total.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
These are all new ones that were added directly to Chrome, none were synced. I've clicked on all of them numerous times in an attempt to get it to grab the images, but to no avail.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lilphil240:
Anyone find a solution? I am also having this problem. The widget looks terrible without the thumbnails. Out of about 25 bookmarks, my widget only displays one thumbnail (Google News)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunder9111:
mine stopped grabbing screenshots also. anyone can help?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Slice:
I am also experiencing this issue. Anyone find a solution yet?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaneydroid:
I have tried all sorts of things to get the thumbnails working, such as clicking on them in the widget, browsing manually to the sites in chrome etc.

After much messing I finally had all my thumbnails on the widget.

When I turned my nexus on later, all but two of them had blanked again.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solutions Etcetera:
So... 4.1.2 is here and this still seems broken. Has ne1 discovered why some bookmarks create thumbnails and others don't?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solutions Etcetera:
Still broken in 4.2.1. I am relatively new to Android, do common things just stay broken forever?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnn357:
Hi,

I am also having this problem...this has been happening since I got my first nexus 7...i am on my third one now. It also happens on my galaxy s2...it's so odd that there is no fix this...Is it just me, or do the generic thumbnail icons look like Mortal Kombat signs?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genesis0x0:
Clearing the browsing history has solved this problem for me.

1) Open a new tab in your Chrome app and press the menu button on your Android device to access History.

2) Select 'Clear Browsing Data' at the bottom of your screen.

3) Only select 'Clear browsing history' and press Clear. You do not need to clear your cache, cookies, saved passwords, or autofill data.

4) Exit out of Chrome and also kill Chrome's application process. On most Android devices, you can do this by long pressing the home button to bring up a list of active apps or task manager.

5) All bookmark thumbnails on your widget should now be clear. If not, then enter and exit a bookmark folder on your widget. If you do not have folders, then open and close Chrome. Basically you need to refresh the screen. If your old thumbnails have not cleared, repeat step 4.

6) Now rebuild your bookmark thumbnails by visting each bookmark from INSIDE Chrome. Visiting bookmarks directly from the widget will NOT work. Open a new tab and press the menu button on your Android device to access Bookmarks. Visit a bookmark and allow the page to load completely. Press the menu Button again to access Bookmarks and repeat as needed.

About 22 to 24 thumbnails will be created assuming after you cleared the History, you only visited your bookmarked pages. After a certain thumbnail cache limit is reached within Chrome, it will stop generating thumbnails for your widget.

Through many tests I've come to determine that Chrome is creating thumbnails of pages in your History regardless of the page being a bookmark. So if you visit 20 non-bookmarked websites, and then 10 bookmarks, only the first few bookmarks' thumbnails will be created on the widget. However if you revisit one of the non-bookmarked website and bookmark it, then you will see it on the widget with a thumbnail.

I hope this works for other people and that my explanation was helpful.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faiyo:
THANKS A LOT IT WORKS

You're a genius :)

I set my mother up with android by getting her a phone and two tablets. She only knows how to use the bookmark widget (full size of home screen, single page). Hopefully the chrome devs can fix their shiet within another year or two :rolleyes:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] semperlux:
I'm on day #2 of playing with this new phone. So far I'm impressed with:

Camera and camcorder (OMG!!)

Sound (get some nice headphones! Without them it won't sound any different than a pos walkman.)

speed (Quadrant standard has it at the top "Your device ************************ " NICE!")

weight (it's so light!!)

Don't like:

Reading that it might not get Jelly Bean (deal breaker)

Compared to an iPhone, speed and utility are better but stylistically an ugly GUI. IOS still feels more solid to me.

need to find a battery pull solution--one of the main reasons that I didn't get an iPhone.

Don't want to have to root this phone to make it better.

I'd say that about covers it. I have 12 days left to see if I'm going to keep this phone or not as I bought through a special that Radio Shack's having. But yeah, the Jelly Bean thing is a real crusher if it's true. I've read many different opinions on this an nothing concrete. Does anyone have more information on this?

Also, does anyone know how to disable the Gmail app? In my other rooted phones I used to delete it and use Maildroid or the native Android email app--much better.

I really want to keep this phone, the camera's just amazing (for a phone). thoughts?

Thanks.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] starplaya93:
where did you hear that the LTE won't get jelly bean?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Steven 1:
Google made it mandatory for OEMs to support their product for 18 months...the EVO, without a doubt in my mind, will recieve the jellybean update...disable gmail app under apps>all> click gmail and top right button disables it. Or don't sync your google account?

Battery pull is as easy as holding your power button for 10 seconds until it reboots..you're chilling