yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I have to agree with both woody and aerowinder here. When your device is awake and you are using those apps the drain does make a bit more sense. But, at least to me, it still seems a bit excessive. I would try woodys suggestion first and recheck your settings on everything and also try a different browser for different results.

If it does come down to sending it back, first flash back to stock and run normal for a while, just to be certain. This is where I'm thinking aerowinder is right and it may be hardware related. Some of what you're seeing is simply too much imo. You shouldn't have to resort to extremes just to squeeze a few hours out of your battery. I don't have any data from mine, but I know I usually get much better than what you've been seeing. And my battery is over a year old with at least 400+ charge cycles on it!

I think the last thing to do after woodys suggestion is to run clean and stock MD5 and eliminate any possibility of it being a rom/kernel issue.

Sorry its come to all of this man! But I must commend you for your persistence and willingness to do whatever was needed to hunt down the problem. Most folks wouldve given up by last monday! If I can think of anything not yet covered ill let you know of course!
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Seriously. Super patient guy. I really hope it's not a hardware issue. I just can't get over the reasonable drain while in airplane mode. Maybe there is something I'm not seeing.

I took another look at your latest screens you posted at 7AM EST. Seem to be only slightly below average (~5%). In a dark environment, autobrightness = ~3.5-4.5 minutes of screen time per % battery. That's going to be the lowest setting, or pretty close to it. And the battery stats don't show us brightness level. I know when I'm at work (I work outside), I turn off autobrightness and put it at 100%. Let's just say it's not Prius efficient.

Chrome is a hog. But so are other browsers. The only real reason to use it is the auto bookmark sync. Aside from that, it's nothing special. And you can sync with Dolphin, too. Google makes you jump through hoops, but it can be done. I just don't like it after using Chrome for so long.

Here's an idea: flash a new nightly, and leave the stock kernel in place. I think LeanKernel is undervolted by default.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
It has been very frustrating but since everyone is trying to help, it is more reasonable to give the suggestions a shot. After all, I was the one who sought help to begin with. It appears that the issue is more difficult than it initially seem. This is my first high end smart phone and I didn't really know what to expect in terms of battery life, screen time and performance. Maybe the issue was present all along and I didn't realise it.

This is what I will do. I wiped my phone again and now only download apps that I use on a daily basis: Whatsapp, color note, greenify and stuff. (no Facebook app at the moment, no chrome, no firefox) Running very lean on apps and see if that helps. If it does, then it shows that some app are giving problems. If not, then I will flash a nightly to see how it works. Which nightly rom do you all recommend?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
I've always used CM, latest one - but I want you to try without a 3rd party kernel this time.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
After leaning my phone of apps (no Facebook, no Chrome, less of all apps that i don't use on a daily basis), the ****uation didn't seem to improve. Guess flashing the latest CM rom is the last trick we have. At least we now know that chrome and facebook are not the problem at hand, especially with greenify.

ARRGH. stupid stock browser don't even allow me to upload the shots. (Tapping choose file has no response) but you all have seen enoughto know how crappy the ****uation is.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] frazbox:
You say you can't greenify WhatsApp, but do you use it a lot? Or do you type a lot? did you try adjusting the stock vibration intensity for typing? I don't think you have to greenify Facebook, just set it to not sync since it automatically syncs whenever it's open. The stock browser can sync bookmarks, and I don't use chrome because I found out it uses more cpu power than the stock browser when opening the same websites
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
Whatsapp is my main messaging tool and all my typing vibrations are off. I didn't mention it before but i dont use vibration on my keyboard.

I've installed the nightly and things seem to be the same. Here are the shots. Guess it's end of the line huh?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] frazbox:
What's your cell reception like throughout the day? In your screen shots you barely got two bars and it looks like your on the 3g but you have poor reception. Maybe the tower your getting the 3g signal from isn't too close and it's constantly switch to a nearby tower that doesn't have 3g and back again.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
Indoors can be pretty bad. 2 bars or so. But outdoors is excellent. From my previous shorts, 30min of screen use in good outdoor reception causes significant drain. So i think that perhaps reception is an area for improvement but not the lethal cause.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Try flashing tomorrow's (6/21) nightly with the newest LK that was released a day or two ago. Wipe system and flash the gapps in my signature. Wakelocks are good, deep sleep is lower than it should be. But 10% isn't making that much difference. Can be due to the signal issues.

The only possible way the screen can eat that much battery is if the brightness is cranked. Like when you're outside. It is a super hog when the brightness is cranked up. But looking at your BBS, it looks like the screen was never bright at all. This does not compute.

You were willing to turn on airplane mode for a night to test idle drain (with good result, I might add). Would you be willing to disable WhatsApp for a night? Keep radios enabled, though. At this point, it's pretty much the only untested variable remaining.

Also, we don't need 20 BBS screenshots, just post the log instead. Faster and contains all information in one area. And include nightly/kernel/firmware version.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
I've installed the nightly but haven't gotten to testing it yet.

The situation is not that the screen is hogging more power than it is supposed to. Most apps have been behaving as they should but just that somehow screen time is extremely limited.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
Ok, i have installed the said nightly, disabled whatsapp and it turns out to be 91% after 6 hrs. Frustrated that i didn't turn bbs on and as a result no reference point was created and i didn't get any stats. ZZZZ.

Can certainly repeat this if the bbs data is crucial.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Aerowinder:
Seems about right, with poor cell reception. Since the 100% mark doesn't stay for as long as say 99-98%, I've omitted it. That's 1.3% per hour. Acceptable for poor reception. On wifi, mine is 0.6-0.9% per hour, depending on where in the % I set up the custom ref point, and where I took it off. You will see a little fluctuation.

I'm also presiding over a Verizon S3, it drains inconsistently at 1.5-2.5% per hour. Maybe it's the firmware, because it's not wakelocking or signal.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
Reception is definitely not ideal but the idle drain seems reasonable nonetheless, with or without whatsapp. It's only when screen is on and who knows what else is going on, that the drain starts to be really bad. In fact, it reads 84% right now after less than 15 min of screen use. Frustrating especially when idling drain is reasonable.

Perhaps I can wipe everything on a new nightly, only gapps, no other apps, and see how the drain is.

Edit: Oh maybe see how's the screen time on flight mode to see if cell reception and data connection play any role.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Hairy07:
Here's some calculations i made to make sense out of the flightmode test. If we extrapolate the screen use time, it will last about 7.6 hrs before battery runs out.

Assume that under normal non flightmode use, 50% of the power is used for the cell radio and whatever background processes, apps etc(is that excessive? 50% is not arbitrary but based on the fact that usually, the screen consumes about 50% power according to the stock battery app), the screen will last just under 4 hrs which is reasonable but not exactly stellar.

So folks, what else could possibly be done to find out more? I will really dread to send the phone back. Let's exhaust all possibilities before that.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] DocHoliday77:
I don't recall if this has been mentioned yet, but if you go into Developer Options there's a few things that may help.

Set Limit Background Processes to none, as well as truning on airplane mode. It may help isolate the screen further.

Also show cpu usage will show you on screen what is running in real time.

Never used it before, but enable traces could help. Also you can disable animations, hw rendering, etc to see if the gpu has any effect.

Sorry if you've tried all that. Couldn't remember and can't go back thru the thread right now.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ev0d3vil:
Anyone knows how? I dont have the .tar.gz files. I assume its inside the img file but when i open it in windows, it says its corrupted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] genius.lizard2:
Bump
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] orangzeb:
Hi I've been using xperia x8 since last 3 years and gingerdx 0.30 since it's been release on it... I'm planning to sell xperia x8 and buy xperia u . what is the best rom like GingerDX for xperia U ? or stock is better enough ?

Thanks in advance for reply
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Veam:
Wrong forum. We have a Q&A forum for that. You should also decide on your own which is best by testing it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] orangzeb:
Sorry I created a thread there, please close this thread.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Clark Joseph Kent:
There is no best, it is whats best for you...which may not be best for others....
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neflhiem:
Ok, so Im going on a trip and i have the Note 10.1 (sooo much better than my old IPad) and the GS3. Im buying the cables now to be able to watch the movies on my note on the tv of my hotel. Check and Check. Now. If im in bed or something, and my note is laying next to the tv streaming the movie via hdmi to the tv, is there a way, any way to control the playback on the GS3? Maybe some sort of player extention or something? I will be in a hotel in a foreign country so no cell signal, only hotel wifi.

any help woud be incredible.

thanks
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Axel_:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tournesol.tabletremote might do the trick for you?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wohli:
Hi community

I don't have access to a computer and want to update my phone to the latest Swiss stock FW (yes, I'm in the hospital and very bored...). I can find the file on Sammobile but am not able to download it. It starts, but stops after a short time.

Now is there a way to download the file directly on my phone? I've read about perka file stash, but am not able to find any Swiss (aut) FW.

Thanks for your help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartdetodos:
hi dude,

please confirm this link from sammobile:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=14706

Model: GT-I9300

Country: Switzerland

Version: Android 4.1.2

Changelist: N/A

Build date: N/A

Product Code: AUT

PDA: I9300XXEMC2

CSC: I9300AUTEMC1

MODEM: I9300XXEMC2

if correct I will provide ASAP the torrent download, and I seed until you can download it (my link'speed isn't very fast LOL)

best regards

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Galaxy S III - Omega v45 Jelly Bean 4.2.2

Galaxy S II - [ROM][02 Apr][LSN][4.1.2][V14.4] WanamLite Clean & Fast & Pure Stock Themed

Galaxy Tab 2 7" P3100 - [Sungsonic™ HD][Version-2] [P31XX][JB 4.1.2]

Galaxy I5500B - CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC2+ Galaxy 5 Port - Psyke83
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wohli:
Hi,

Yes, this should be the latest Swiss stock FW. Very kind of you!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartdetodos:
try this ... i will seed ... copy the magnet link and have fun!!!

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:967E4B296A1B82D0D5A583A67F60313600ADC0F7&dn=I9300XXEMC2_I9300AUTEMC1_AUT.zip&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.publicbt.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.ccc.de%3a80%2fannounce

i hope you have a "nice time" in hospital ... lol

best regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krs360:
Thought I'd help... Nice quick work connection will be left on overnight!

What's with all the crazy spaces in the magnet link??
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wohli:
Thank you very much, I started downloading. It will be pretty slow, I've got no WiFi connection here
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartdetodos:
I will seed this until you download it

to this seed: 150kB/s bandwidth

sorry for magnet link... i used utorrent to create ... tpb was very slowly ... :)

torrent file in my skydrive: http://sdrv.ms/11psfcL

best regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wohli:
Thank you for your patience!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartdetodos:
[MENTION=3362982]wohli[/MENTION] Do you downloaded and tested the swiss fw?

Is It necessary yet seed this? If Do u need I will let active that torrent?

Please, let me known (I will seed It today, 20:00 gmt -3, overnight I will change to inactive)

I hope that you send me news with your "new" rom ...

best regards :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wohli:
No thank you, I've downloaded it completely and am running it at the moment. I thought you have seen it, sorry

Thank you once more
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] king_below_my_lord:
I appreciate helpful people like you, hats off to you, seeding a torrent for a single person lol very very kind of you. I accidentally came up this thread and was very surprised by your kindness.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smartdetodos:
thanks [MENTION=4986553]king_below_my_lord[/MENTION]

I really not a :angel: ... lol ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wohli:
Couldn't have expressed myself better :thumbup:
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AZIZI_K:
Dear Xda,

On 3/6/2013,once again my hp screen shut off & cannot ON even I've press power button like usual to wake up the screen,this is 3rd time it's happened on 25/5&27/5.

I made a reset by pressing power button+vol then phone able to switch ON.

I didn't install any harm apps that not from market

Each times this issue happened,the 'trending' for battery is always look as attached pic.The hp will feel hot too.

Kindly need advise,thank you
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wawyed:
The battery gap is because of the reset. What rom/kernel/mods are you using?
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AZIZI_K:
Sony Xperia Z screen OFF

I attached the ROM & Kernel printscreen from the phone.

Kindly need your advice.

Thank you
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
It's just the battery calibrating. That's why you lost that huge amount. (No clue why the phone restarted though)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AZIZI_K:
Sony Xperia Z screen OFF

1)Can you explain to me in details on what you quote just now?

2)What is your solution regarding this matter?

thank you
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Repair by SUS

If problem remains take it for replacing

Sent via my Google Nexus 7 | 32GB.WiFi
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dsteppa:
I quoted nothing.

It's quite simple, I had this with any other phone, the battery is being read by a sensor, sometimes the sensor receives incorrect info from the battery, that's the simple reason.

Only thing you can do is restart your phone once a while to recalibrate.
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] ch_lapl:
Intellidialer seems to reduce drasticcally the speed of my 9090.

Trying to remove it does not work : some dll are in use and can't be removed.

Does someone as a solution for me?

It could be for instance a way not to launch intellidialer after a soft reset ?

Thanks
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leokan:
Hi fellow nexus 10 owners.. after couple of months with this awesome tablet i was wondering if is it only me or your nexus is also a dust magnet? I am using my tablet a lot outdoors or in clients offices and my second most favourite accessory is a samsung cleaning cloth for monitors.. Is there any way to keep dust off like a screen protector or something?:fingers-crossed:
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dibblebill:
Not normally, no. It IS a fingerprint magnet, though.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leokan:
lol yup that's true but as i mostly use an adonit pen it's not that bad... however it seems like a cant keep it dust free not even for 10 minutes!
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ThugosaurusRex:
Sounds like you need to replace the air filters in your house
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowboarda42:
Try a bit of rain-x on there, makes it easy to slide your fingers and resists smudging a little better. I do it by spraying a cloth then wiping and polishing until it's clear.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ByeByeBlackbird_:
After installing this rom everything seems to be working great, apart from the fact that I cannot join a mobile network.

I would really appreciate any advice as I need my phone back up and running as soon as possible.

I don't know whether this helps, but I have a titanium backup made prior to installing the rom.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Look at your APN settings.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyloncrack:
You may have to flash a different modem depending on where you live.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybertechx1:
Hello.

I have a Problem with the preinstalled remote app from sony.

My Panasonic TV needs a long Signal from the remote to Start.

This works normally, but if I do the programming for a macro

it does only a short signal and the TV does not start.

How can I solve the problem?

Best regards

cyber
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cybertechx1:
Nobody got an idea or solution?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alharaka:
I have an old HTC Vision I want to use while my daily driver gets repaired. It is in good condition. It sits in a safe most of its life, and I have taken it out twice to use as a temp phone for family visits.

I used this phone well before I was knowledgeable about Android and do not have proper backups from that time (we are talking 3+ years ago). I had flash an updated ROM (2.3 -> 4.x) foolishly before my family arrived without doing a backup; the first time I did not expect to take the phone out of mothballed state. Everything worked except wifi. It always says searching for network, and no active or inactive networks are ever listed; it just hangs there. They were not using it for anything but phone calls, so no biggie.

Now, I need it. Not sure what happened I have tried flashing different variants of CyanogenMOD or AOSP from 4.x. I had the same problem persist with full wipe and resets and everything. So, I knew I must have screwed something up. Lo and behold.

So, what did I try? Well, I found very little mention of this problem. First I found this thread, so I touched the ipconfig.txt file myself.

Now I get loops of this in logcat.

So that did not go so well. I also tried Wifix 1.2 as recommended in this other thread and from a Mimcry dev, but it seems to do nothing either. First off, the permissions are bad.

I do that like so:

So I try WiFix again, and post install it does not get better. Now I see more errors, but for a wlan0 file that exists but is not accessible (bad permissions maybe).

I have tried my Google-fu and cannot determine what to do at this point. Does anyone have any idea how to resolve this issue? Rather:

Do I need a properly formatted ipconfig.txt? Can anyone send me one?

What are the proper permissions for the /data/misc/wifi/wlan0 file that cannot be accessed?

Any other troubleshooting tips or workarounds to fix this nonsense?

Please help, this has been driving me nuts for two days and I am not that amateur!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alharaka:
It turns out maybe this regional regulatory domain stuff that Wifix has does work. So, two things in my case.

Was not using the most updated version of Wifix Manager. Download and install 1.32.

In the advanced settings, from many different recommendations on threads, set country code to EU to open all wifi network channels.

And now, the phone finally has wireless. I guess those error messages in the logcat led me to far astray. Everything works now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] richs10:
I seem to be having a problem reading threads on xda forums with my S4. One post in a thread will be at a normal, readable font and the next post may appear in a micro-sized font. Very random. I am constantly having to pinch and zoom to read the smaller font and it does not word-wrap. Very annoying.

I'm using Chrome since I learned my lesson moving from the S3 to the S4. The stock browser had no ability to transfer my bookmarks from the S3 to the S4. Chrome syncs my bookmarks with my other devices (so just a little more info for Google to know about me!)

Is anyone else seeing this font problem?

Thanks in advance,

Rich
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] collindv:
Same here
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] richs10:
FWIW, your post came thru in a micro-font on my S4........
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] richs10:
Weird.....

Both collindv's post and my follow-up post appear in micro-font on my S4 but normal on my laptop.

Any ideas what is causing this?

Rich
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] collindv:
I wonder if it relates to how it was posted (I used tapatalk to post both comments)

---------- Post added at 10:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 AM ----------

Now I'm posting from chrome on my phone. All the comments above show in micro except the op
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] KidCarter93:
All posts are showing fine for me both via the app and through the desktop, as shown below.

View attachment 2016792View attachment 2016793

The only thing I can suggest would be to create a thread in the About xda-developers.com forum along with screenshots to show what's happening :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] richs10:
I dont think tapatalk is the problem. I dont use it. I'm curious if we are seeing the same thing. On my phone only my first post is in the normal font. All the rest are appearing in the micro font. Is it the same on your phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] collindv:
Yep. Screenshot attached.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] chrishoyt2012:
Noticed that on desktop pc. I use taptalk on my phone...but if you wanna try it...there is a xda forum app on google play store you can try.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] viceversa:
Same thing happens to me and on any vBulletin based forum while using chrome only. Any other browser displays fine....I've switched to xscope and love it except not being able to have easy access to by bookmarks.

should also note I had this problem with chrome and chrome beta. along with not doing a good job of reflowing/resizing text block to fit the zoom level...I couldn't stand it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] richs10:
The problem definitely seems to be caused by the Chrome browser. I hope a fix is in the works because the stock browser won't import or export bookmarks as far as I know. I learned that lesson when I switched from my S3 to the S4. Big pain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] viceversa:
stock browser connects to google account and syncs bookmarks fine. stock as in google stock browser.