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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
Hi there,

I've been noticing that I've been getting very poor battery life on my new S3 both on ICS and now on JB. After some googling I found the problem of S3s not going into deep sleep when left idle so I installed BBS and sure enough, overnight when not touched my phone went from 100% to 18% (9.6% drain per hour). I have the statistics and it was awake for almost all of this time. I can't yet post screenshots as a new member but I was hoping somebody could help me get to the bottom of my issue.

The total time since unplugged from 100% is 8h 12 mins 21 s as a reference point.

Other:

Wifi On 8h 11m

Awake 7h 35m

No Data Connection 3h 34 m

Good signal 3h 27m

Deep sleep 36m

Screen On 2m

Kernel Wakelock:

PowerManagerService 7h 19m 89.4%

multipdp 1h 17m 13.2%

alarm 58m 12%

secril_fd-interface 51m

l2_hsic 34m

wlan_ctrl_wake 33m

wlan_rx_wake 27m

Partial Wakelocks:

AlarmManager 2h 24m 29.4%

MediaScannerService 1h59m 24.3%

Maps app:NLP PendingIntent client in googlequicksearchbox 1h 23m

SignalCollector.ScannerThread 25m

NetworkLocationLocator 13m 22

CPU states:

1GHz 7h 9m

Deep Sleep 36m

Process:

Maps wakelock

media wakelock

android.process.media

doubletwist wakelock

com.amazon.venezia

Finally, the battery tab in OS settings says that Maps used 29%, Media 23%, gpsd 16%, device idle 10%, cell standy 9%, screen 3%, Androis OS 3%, Androis System 2%, doubletwist 2%.

I know that AlarmManager can mean a lot of things but is there any way of finding out without rooting my phone?

Any help on the above would be appreciated as I'm getting pretty frustrated at losing 10% of my battery an hour.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tomascus:
So why isn't this in the Galaxy SIII section?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
Because I thought it might have been an Android issue. I'm sorry if I've offended you but I am aware of the etiquette and rules of forums and tried to pick an appropriate place for my thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ole12:
Ye, this belong in the S3 forum.

Anyway, are you running stock kernel?

Was your wifi /gps/data on?

Tried to reboot? Wipe cache?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
I think so but I'm not entirely sure what the stock kernel is. I've not rooted it and updated to JellyBean through an automatic software update so it should be the standard one.

Wifi GPS and data were enabled all night. I was at home so it would have been connected with that. GPS was not active at all during the time according to the battery stastics.

Have tried rebooting. Just wiped the cache there.

If it helps at all I've noticed that often it seems to display the SD card symbol when I turn on the screen, don't know if that has something to do with the mediascannerservice wakelock?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
Clearing the cache and rebooting again hasn't helped.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chillz88:
Which jb rom firmware are you using?..llb?? . The jb leaks and the first jb official roms of the s3 had media scanner wakelocks .. the media kept on scanning the sd card for stuffs even when not needed.. it can be solved by going to settings..manage apps... media storage.. clear cache.. ....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
Kernel Version 3.0.31-368423

Android 4.1.1 which installed automatically via software upgrade option in settings. I'm on Orange UK.

Unfortunately in media storage it says cache 0.00b and no option to clear.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
I tried turning off a lot of sync and changing email poll frequencies. This morning, same again. 82% drain in 8h 12 mins. However this time alarm manager was responsible for a very small number of wakelocks. Mediascannerservice was by far and away the biggest culprit. Any ideas to stop this short of formatting my SD? I tried clearing the media storage cache but it wouldn't let me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh0wst0pper:
Hi mate,

have you managed to solve this yet?

I have had my phone a few months and the battery life was OK.

Since upgrading to JB it is terrible - im losing about 10% in standby mode.

I have been looking around at a few things to try but i want to leave my phone in standby for an hour to see how much i am losing and where.

This is my first Android phone and although i love it the battery is a lot worse, for me, over my iphone 4 - with the same usage.

A question i have for people - when i had bad battery on my iphone i restored it in itunes and set it back up again. This seemed to fix the issue.

Should i do this on my S3? Have people managed to get a seemingly bad battery to perform better with a restore?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
I did a factory reset and the problem was gone. For a few days it worked absolutely fine until last week, when I spotted the battery draining excessively, checked BBS and noticed that media scanner was back. I hadn't added any media files for a while before or installed any new media applications. I cleared the cache for all media applications and it seemed to fix the problem again for about a day but then it came back. I'm really frustrated by this as I can't seem to stop the mediascannerservice from sucking up all my battery life.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh0wst0pper:
OK so i left my phone untouched for 1 hour and 5 minutes and I lost 11% battery!

Any ideas guys?

FYI - the phone was in standby with no apps running for 1 hour.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh0wst0pper:
I have read that this can be due to a faulty mp3 track.

I would suggest removing all your media and see if you still have battery issues.

If you dont then I have no idea how you would find out which track has the problem?! Do a chunk, check battery and then filter them out that way!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
Thanks for the suggestion but after reading that issue elsewhere on this site I have already tried that including going as far as formatting the SD card completely.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh0wst0pper:
Not much help on these forums are there?!

Im gonna try and reset my phone tonight to see if that fixes the problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AT4RFC:
Try charging it and then letting it run for an hour from when you unplug it as that'll give a better indicator. Those usage statistics there take in to account all your usage. If you don't already have it you could get better battery statistics to help diagnose the issue. I believe it can be had for free somewhere around this forum.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh0wst0pper:
Yeah i installed GSAM battery monitor as well and it showed me i was using 11% in 1 hour 5 minutes.

It is telling me that Exchange Services is using 20% of the battery. The thing is that I have always had this on since I had the phone but my battery only seems to be getting worse after JB update.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sh0wst0pper:
Just to update this thread. My battery is now MUCH better. I think it was the 2 exchange email accounts I need to have.

I completely restarted fresh and everytime I load email i then clear the RAM. This has helped hugely!

Hope you manage to sort your problem out.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seeafish:
I'm having issues with the media application as well. Now sure what the hell it's doing, but from a 100% (powered off) charge, I dropped to 95% within 10 minutes. GSAM says Media is taking 54.5% of the battery... lovely!

Sadly, the biggest issue with this is that the phone never deep sleeps, so if I am below 40% battery before I sleep, there's a big chance my alarm won't go off in the morning...sucks!

I'll do some more research on this and report back if I manage to fix it.

Update 1:

Removed my card and let GSAM monitor usage. Surprise, surprise! Media went from top drainer to bottom of the list (actually showed as -2.8% lol).

Put the card back and in and mounted it, and media immediately jumped to the top of the list.

Currently in the process of backing up my card data. Gonna format it and put my stuff back and see what happens.

Update 2:

Yeah, formatting seems to do the trick, but as I soon as I copy across my camera roll, it starts flipping out again. Not sure what's going on tbh.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffnz:
mine strated doing that yesterday, quite frustrating, search ' rescan media ' in play store and install that it worked for me.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yyqsg:
FInally an app that solves this issue!

Just to add on, it is the root version, Rescan Media Root app
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SpacePenguin98:
Many thanks to both of you! This gave me back hours of battery life for my GS3.
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] ishay_maimon:
Post here
[Nexus 7 Themes and Apps] Aiwa:
Um... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740482
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beerfly:
Thats what happenes here - HTC Desire HD – won’t boot, buzzes three times and flashes orange. Is there any solution guys ?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
What happened to get it in that state?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beerfly:
I decided to turn it off , so I can clean it a bit with air duster. Thats it. before that the battery % 92, almost fully charged.. If i try to put it in recovery it vibrates 5 times then green light flashes constantly. Display doesnt start , nothing . Something is preventing software to start and I have no Idea what. :(

EDIT: I managed to run it - just plugged the usb cable in pc, it startet automaticly in recovery mode, I choosed restart device option and it rebooted the phone and started loading my custom rom. Now I am afraid if it goes off again what I gonna do. For now, I will get my cable out with me . Thanks god there are PCs everywhere nowadays. But my question still remains , so I still look for an answer !
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsnow1985:
Could be the compressed air could have jogged something loose, the recovery mod or rom you are using could have become unstable and is unable to read your hardware configurations. Try installing your preferred recovery application the full wipe and try reflashing your custom Rom. If it still occurs try another Rom. The Rom you are using may become unstable over time, which has happened to me a couple times when I was testing roms. I hope you find the cause. Good luck to ya.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] night_stalker_z:
I had that happen to me a few days ago when I rebooted my phone.

I fixed it by taking out the battery for about 10 seconds and rebooting the phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beerfly:
Yes I did almost the same as replacing battery only didnt solve the problem and just used usb cable , I still cant figure out why is the problem and what is this vibrating code meaning. Anyway, now I have to find a way to fix my volume buttons - they dont work at all anymore..
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zerrudo:
My headphone jack decided to stop working, wondering if theres a fix that does not require flashing. I hope I don't need to send this out for repair

Thanks
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
Try a set of speakers that you would hook up to a pc if it still wont work its probably a bad jack
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] zerrudo:
just flashed to At&t ICS now its stuck on headphone mode and won't play through the speakers

UPDATE: weird it just fixed itself...

When I plug it in, I have to twist it for the headphones to work.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] andersenk:
I just started experiencing this today. The phone "is not recognizing" when I plug in or unplug the headphones.

I was listening to a podcast, got a call, unplugged my headphones, the person could hear me but I couldn't hear them. Restarted phone, everything was good. 30 minutes later, another call, same thing. Then I tested it by starting the podcast then plugging in the headphones. Had to plug them in 4 or 5 times to get it to "catch".

The fact that restarting fixes it, makes me feel like it a software issue. I've been having other issues, so I think I'm going to reflash.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] thanitos:
Take a pin and clean out the jack this happened on my brothers iPod and he pulled out about a pound of pocket lint
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btemtd:
Hi i have applications where I do not need the icon for, I know you can hide this but I do not want to hide it, I would like it removed permantley.

There has got to be a way if your phone is rooted, even if theres a way to go into the root and find the icons and remove them ?

Any clues guys?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kostagge:
What can i (jb) room in this issue (mz 607 wifi)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
Please read the forum rules: questions go in the Q&A section, not in the development section. Thanks. Thread moved.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Chicaned_UK:
Guys,

I've looked long and hard on t'interwebs for an answer to this. I'm currently trying to do do a fresh reinstall on my Prime. My Prime hasn't been unlocked, it was rooted before I did the Jellybean update though and I removed a few Asus apps with Titanium backup. I'm trying to get it to run super smooth so that's why I want the complete fresh reinstall.

I've downloaded the latest V10.4.2.15 WW firmware off the Asus website, and upzipped the file so I'm left with the 2nd zip file which is contains. Put this on a FAT32 formatted SD card. I've also tried to copy this onto the root of the internal memory of the Prime. I just can't get the device to see the firmware and reinstall though. Is this because the device is already running V10.4.2.15? Is their any way around this without unlocking the Prime? I've also tried to reinstall using the boot menu, but it won't give me the option either.

Please help!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xxbeanxx:
I also tried to reinstall the update by putting it on a sdcard and had no luck. I concluded that this method must only work for a true upgrade.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Outside of trying in flash/recovery mode try this:

Rename the Zip file you put on the SDCard for JB to the same name as the last 9.4 OS: US_epad-user-9.4.2.28.zip

With that on the SDCard it may take a removal/reinsert of the SDCard but it should offer to "Downgrade" but once you reboot in to recovery it will be a full flash of new OS. It did NOT wipe my data. I would recommend doing that after. Shutting down and then booting with vol down and power on until the recovery menu comes on then using vol down I believe it is to move the selected option over to "WIPE" then vol up to initiate.

This should yield a "Clean install".

For those nay-sayers out there, I had partial root until I did the above and lost it so I know it overwrites the OS paritition.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Chicaned_UK:
Cheers. I'll give that a go when I get home. I'm not too fussed about losing root. I'm even thinking about trading my Prime in for a Nexus 10 depending on the performance of my Prime after the rebuild.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Chicaned_UK:
Hmm.. renamed the .zip to WW_epad-user-9.4.2.28.zip but when I when the Prime sees it, I get no notification :( Tried a reboot but still get nothing. Anyone with any other ideas for this? Can anyone else confirm this works for them?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hx4700 Killer:
Hrm, I just did it again with the US version because my exchange syncing broke.

My file was called US_epad-user-9.4.2.28.zip

Again, this assumes you have unzipped the official ASUS ROM download from their site and unzipped that file. This will yield a new zip file which is what I renambed and put on the ROOT of my SD card formated as FAT.

I just wrapped it up too, did a full app backup with the asus tool, wiped, reflashed this ROM again and restored and resynced exchange.

You might try giving it the US name. I don't think it would matter because the contents are correct for your device.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Chicaned_UK:
I'll try and format the card as FAT instead of FAT32. I'll also try US. Really hope this works!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Chicaned_UK:
No dice I'm afraid. Tried a different SD card and renaming it US but get no option to update :mad:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KramitDfrog:
Hi guys, I got an oem MHL to hdmi cable from eBay, one specifically for the galaxy s3.

I received it today and while the phone seems to detect it's attached to a screen (audio set to hdmi out, landscape mode), the two devices I can connect it to both register nothing connected.

Is there something missing? The first device is a monitor using a hdmi to dvi adapter, the second is a 720p tv with hdmi in. The tv allows me to select the hdmi it's plugged into but says there's no signal.

Does anyone have any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
maybe the adapter does not work with the S3 after all.

Maybe you will find some solution in the accessories threat or here
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthropolyte:
Can you post up the link to the advert you bought it from?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KramitDfrog:
Thanks. I think it should work, the item description is pretty clear.. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com.au/viewitem?itemId=200829302467

I might see if I can test it on some more tvs. There was a suggestion it may not work with a 720p device.

Sad thing is, they're all Samsung screens. :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Simonetti2011:
Are you powering the device from another USB port.

All MHL adapters and cables for the Galaxy S2/3 need to be powered by an external USB port.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KramitDfrog:
Yep, powered by an external wall adapter.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KramitDfrog:
Ok it looks like it might be an issue with the ROM, using an AOKP build of JB 4.1.2

Apparently it doesn't support the TV out - shame, I thought I'd finally found the ROM I was going to stick with :(

Does anyone know a way of getting it working under AOKP?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] optimuschile:
sorry man, but only on stock roms you can use tv-out. At least for now, lets hope the sources promised for november include mhl tv-out propietary driver from samsung.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KramitDfrog:
Thanks man - I might go to omega's stock-based rom and see if I can get any love with that. Cheers for the help everyone :)

Edit: For anyone finding this by search later, using a stock ROM does fix the issue. God I can't wait to go back to AOKP though, stock is terrible :P
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3g0d:
I gotta bring this up again... i had same issues when i was on aokp roms. But now.. 4 samsung roms and numerous kernels later i cant get the MHL to work! It did work like 6months ago when i was on a sammy rom, but ever since I flashed the aokp rom once I can't get the cable work again :/ any ideas? My friend just tested the cable on note2 and the cable is fine. Pls help?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3g0d:
So no1 can help me? :/ i really got no clue what to do :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashley1987:
If you get the cheap ones there's a huge chance of it not working just from looking through feedback on the Internet. Just spend a bit extra and get a samsung one.

Ive tried mine on many different roms and kernels and it always works.

P.s has anyone managed to get netflix in 16.9 widescreen using the mhl adaptor on jelly bean?:crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3g0d:
It's the samsungs 1, that i bought from my carrier. And adapter is fine since my friend got it work with note 2 :/
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eboosted:
Have you guys get this MHL feature enabled on AOKP roms?

I'm currently running Slimbean 4.2.2 and I have no MHL
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
You never will have it working.stock or bust!
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
Hi all i just tryed the root method for gsm, i have now unlocked bootloader and s-on with 1.58 and ota update to ics. All went well but i cannot for the love of me get into recovery i have used your image an tryed another 1 but i either get it stuck on the htc emblem or it just boots normal. How long should it stay on the htc emblem, most i let it sit was about 15 minutes. Any help will be much appreciated.

Cheers

John
[HTC EVO 3D] Quantenhall:
Which root method? Htc-dev + rooted sense rom ?

Did you intall a custom recovery like 4ext?

Did you choose recovery in bootloader ?

Normally it should just stay a few seconds in the htc screen...
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
I got unlock fine via htc unlock and installed 2 different recoverys and then go back to recovery it just sits on the htc emblem or boots normal.i have done this over a dozen times with reboots inbetwen and with no reboots So in the end i cant get root as i cant get to recovery. I have seen this qestion asked a few times on different sites to get no answer so as i said earlier any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

John
[HTC EVO 3D] Quantenhall:
Did u trie to flash recovery and reboot to recovery via adb ?
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
That's what I'm saying ive flashed 2 different ones with no errors through adb and still no recovery.

Cheers

John
[HTC EVO 3D] EM|NEM:
Are you sure you are gsm? because the 1.58 hboot is for cdma.
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
It is the model x515m and every where i google it states its gsm.i can turn cdma on and when im in a telstra 3g area i get reception,i dont know if that means anything.

android 4.0.3

sense 3.6

software 3.28.720.1

h boot 1.58

unlocked

s-on

cheers

John
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
Bump.

Surely some one out there has an idea,i havent tryed the cdma root as i have thought its gsm and worried i might brick my phone .Please help as i tryed again last night and still the same , no recovery even though in adb it says successful.

Cheers

John
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
Have you using fastboot? Try fastboot flash recovery recovery.img where that's the name of the recovery file.
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
Coal tryed that idea allready ,what gets me is adb tells me it was successful with the recovery install but then just boots like normal or stays on the htc emblem.i have seen a few ppl with the same problem on evohacks but again no one can answer the question for any of us.From what i gathered the htc dev unlock was the hardest bit with ppl having problems but that part went smooth as for me.

Cheers

John
[HTC EVO 3D] snake65:
I have even uninstalled htc sync to try but still no luck.
[HTC EVO 3D] strykerider:
Have you try to flash another recovery like cwm or twrp?

Or try re download the recovery.img file, I'm suspecting the recovery file maybe corrupt.. Btw are you sure your devices gsm? AFAIK 1.58xxx should be CMDA, GSM is 1.53xxx..
[Atrix 4G Android Development] blttalas:
TWRP 2.3.1.0

Hi! I made a flashable zip for twrp.

You can flash with cwm.

Edit: I am not creator of this recovery. Only i made a cwm flashable zip.​
[Atrix 4G Android Development] lonepal:
Thanks dude.

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[Atrix 4G Android Development] madmax59:
thanks, i will try it
[Atrix 4G Android Development] honghk0126:
Thx very much!!
[Atrix 4G Android Development] yogi-4:
Thank you for this!! You might want to post this in the TWRP thread as well. Just a suggestion.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] euros60:
Hello,

I installed the last CM10 Quarx's nightly with his custom kernel but my screen have problem, it appeared dead pixels, it's an hardware problem. So, I would to send my Defy+ to SAV but I voided my warranty with rooting, installating of BootLoader and flashing an unofficial rom and kernel. Thus I ask you if I can re install my older kernel with a SBF in order to at end unroot my phone to send it to SAV (for details, I have made a nandroid backup before the installation of CM10 rom and custom kernel)

PS : SAV is french, in english it's "after-sales service"