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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] slvrap1:
I was only having a issue when sync was experiencing issues.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starkillers:
That's weird. My accounts are syncing fine yet still remains in battery stats.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starkillers:
I have even removed account and Re added. Still in the battery list.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
Google Services accounted for 68% of my battery, but yet somehow I still managed to get awesome battery life (25hrs).
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starkillers:
I am getting pretty good battery as well. I'm starting to think that perhaps with the new update that something has changed in the way Google services is being reported. Nonetheless, would still like to know what others are showing since the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] s.lee1993:
I had this issue as well.

Turning off location services, google now, and clearing cache and data for google services framework.

Dirty fix, but does the trick
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] JoeFCaputo113:
And then turn them back on?? I use Location Services and Google Now all the time!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] saj070:
i have google service use up 40% of my battery life never use to do that

i guess with GPS - and Apps try to use your location and Google now what causing the google services to use up battery
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] troyboytn:
OK, so after some Googling, it seems this is a widespread problem across many different devices, not just specific to our S4 or to Samsung. This must be on Googles end...possibly network location servers or such? This seems to be happening at random, over the past few months and magically cures itself just ass randomly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] starkillers:
It's still appearing in my battery stats list somewhere in the middle, but what's odd is even with that, I got 27 hours of battery life with half that time over 3g network... Google now on, 2 hours voice calls and 3.5 hours screen time. Perhaps something with Google servers reporting Google services changed but not affecting battery? What type of battery life is everyone else getting?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] s.lee1993:
Yea i like them too, but its a dirty fix for the problem
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Fam Money:
I've been having this issue since I updated to MF9. I'd see Google Services as the main battery culprit in the built in battery usage display. When looking in BBS it showed up as NLPwakelock. While searching for an answer I came across a post in the International S4 forum talking about the nlpwakelocks.

In the thread rl421403 states the issue is caused by Play 4.1.6, which I had. I just updated my Play Store to 4.1.10 to see if that resolves the issue for me. I'll report back in a few days but this looks very promising.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=43676594&postcount=35
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fireattack7:
Is there a way to change the way CM10.1 displays the contacts?

I'd like to have my contacts displayed first then last name, but sorted by last name.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] fireattack7:
Anyone?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 60r3cut:
Hi all,

I wondered if there is a program for watching the current memory of my MDA Compact (Magician) when it is running. I need this for modifying the software. Exactly I want to read out the boot code of my MDA. I want to know which adresses currently are used in memory after starting the MDA. Maybe you can help me, thanks a lot

Patrick
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
Since day one both of those icons are always on together. Why would I need 4G if my WiFi is in use? I wouldn't. So why show the stupid icon? I'm on the original stock ROM and rooted but it has been doing this since I got it before ever doing so much as downloading an app. It used to happen randomly and now it's constant. What gives? Is that just how Verizon rolls or what? MDK Stock.

...SENT FROM MY S4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rami98:
Happened to me too. Its caused by the City-Id/ Caller-id app that verizon has preinstalled because it automatically gives you a free trial and it needs to connect back to verizon through the cellular network. All you have to do is disable the app or open the app and stop the trial (disabling works best).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
Ahhh. Didn't know that was a trial. Thought it was included. Haha. Thanks.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] rami98:
It's actually a ripoff. There is a better app on the playstore that has the same functionality as the verizon city-id, but it's free, and also adds the weather of the person who's calling. It's called Current Caller ID (by whitepages). Take a look at it when you get the chance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Delakit:
Very nice. I'm going to check that out for sure. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wheelsup:
I have a Motorola Droid X2. I wanted to try rooting it for fun just to say I did it. Well I did using the .exe file out there that basically does everything for you, real easy. I checked that it was rooted using Root Checker in the Market and it was.

Well then I started having issues with the market and Youtube losing connectivity to the internet, 3G and wifi. It could not connect to the server. Hitting the refresh button worked, but since I really have no need for a rooted phone I wanted to go back to where it was before to not have issues.

I downloaded RSD Lite and downloaded the 2.3.5 SBF file. I successfully flashed it back to 2.3.5 and verified that it was no longer rooted.

My confusion is that the phone is still updated to before. It still has the apps, and the phone has all my Google account contacts/etc and home page layout etc.

If I do a factory reset it will wipe that all out.

I was under the impression the SBF should have done the exact same thing, but it appears as though it did not. I even tried it again and still it did not wipe the phone memory.

Confused...is this right or did something not go right?

I followed this tutorial:

Edit, it won't let me post it.

Google: "how to unroot droid x2" and it's the first link
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MetalicMan:
Hi!!

I'm having terrible battery drain with my Arc S. Bought new last November, had a normal battery life span. In March phone started to lose battery on deepsleep mode (over night, airplane mode on).

I've tried every single rom from GB to ICS to JB, I've spent hundreds of hours reading diferent threads here and every forum I found on google! I've tried everything I've read, made dozens of factory restore on Sony SUS.

Facts:

- Locked BootLoader

- Currently on GB 2.3.4 with Xperia Slim V2.20

- Don't have data plan

- 2G every time

- Drains 3.5% per hour over night with Airplane mode on, after a fresh restart)

- tried a new 2350mAh battery

- Formatted Micro SD Card

- App sync when reinstall programs is off

- Every rom I've tried, made full clean (userdata/system/cache/dalvik) or followed specific rom instructions.

- Tried battery calibration methods from the forum

These battery drain symptoms exists on every single rom I flash!! Stock or custom, GB or ICS. I'm desperate, and to help me out, I don't have the invoice to send it to Sony...

I'm trully desperate, I'm not a noob and I've search and read every singe thing I've found!!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
Seems like one of the apps, that you have installed yourself.

Battery drain does not just start suddenly. Either a newly installed app or something other modification.

Try using BetterBatteryStats and try to see, what consumes juice.

By the way, those battery calibration things are waste of time - they do not help nor improve anything.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MetalicMan:
Thanks for your input!

It's strange, I have I only have:

- CPU master Free - Max: 768 Min122.88

- CWM

- PlayStore

- Total Commander

Will use batterystats and post tomorrow a log from the evening!!
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chigz01:
which baseband are you using ??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MetalicMan:
Stock from .42 as I'm on locked bootloader

Gathered some info this morning from BBS .

3hours on deepsleep, plain mode, took 2,5% per hour, clibing to 4,5% during the day, almost no wifi and just a couple of calls
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MetalicMan:
Good morning.

This time got 2.9% per hour overnight as BBS states.

Could someone check this log please??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MetalicMan:
I genuinely can't understand what's wrong with the phone!

If I take the battery off for some minutes, and put it back on, the battery drops.

On a clean rom from Sony SUS, airplane mode, deepsleep, battery drops!

Please bare in mind that I have more than one battery, and the problem occurs on both!!

Worst damn phone ever had!!Even my nokia 3310 was better than this!! Will not buy Sony Ericson for sure again :( :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
Some basics - WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, Sync (also within apps) turned on?

Do you have low signal in your area?

And by the way, do not compare today's smartphones with Nokia 3310. None of today's smartphones can get 2 weeks on a single charge.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4988456:
Your phone sleeps well so your battery drain problem is not software related. I think that your phone is damaged and If you still have warranty then it's time to use it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veemill:
Sony Xperia Arc S Battery Drain

Hey MM

I've got the same model phone as you which also started with normal battery life but recently started draining the battery to the point where I couldn't get 6 hours on standby (powersave mode) without it going flat pffft! All I could pinpoint it to was that it kind of started draining out after I installed the latest facebook app update. I uninstalled it last night & my battery is back to normal. I've had 8 hours on idle time and 3 hours of mild usage (internet & texts) and battery power is still at 92% woohoo! Even though I had all notifcations for facebook turned off, there was something within that friggin app that was draining my battery big time, even when the phone was idle. I now just have the basic facebook app which is pathetic & takes forever to load, so I'm just logging onto facebook via internet browser & all is sweet.

QUOTE=MetalicMan;43463912]Hi!!

I'm having terrible battery drain with my Arc S. Bought new last November, had a normal battery life span. In March phone started to lose battery on deepsleep mode (over night, airplane mode on).

I've tried every single rom from GB to ICS to JB, I've spent hundreds of hours reading diferent threads here and every forum I found on google! I've tried everything I've read, made dozens of factory restore on Sony SUS.

Facts:

- Locked BootLoader

- Currently on GB 2.3.4 with Xperia Slim V2.20

- Don't have data plan

- 2G every time

- Drains 3.5% per hour over night with Airplane mode on, after a fresh restart)

- tried a new 2350mAh battery

- Formatted Micro SD Card

- App sync when reinstall programs is off

- Every rom I've tried, made full clean (userdata/system/cache/dalvik) or followed specific rom instructions.

- Tried battery calibration methods from the forum

These battery drain symptoms exists on every single rom I flash!! Stock or custom, GB or ICS. I'm desperate, and to help me out, I don't have the invoice to send it to Sony...

I'm trully desperate, I'm not a noob and I've search and read every singe thing I've found!!![/QUOTE]
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gauravj:
!!!!!

:

dude booting the kernel or starting the kernel takes to much of battery thats not xperia problem :silly:
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] condudad:
True that. Just booting my phone with Rush Kernel V13 + init.d scripts takes 5% of my battery :eek:
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
Hi,

I've noticed a huge performance difference between kernels and the roms they're used with.

For example:

I was using AOKP and Franco kernel and got around 20000 antutu points, I've switched to Carbon Rom (because of the build in pie control) and Franco kernel and only get around 13000 points, that's a huge difference.

As a test I've installed Matr1x-kenel on Carbon and get around 21000 points.

I really like Franco-kernel and all the tweaks it offers but don't like the huge drop in benchmarks, I know benchmarks are not a real representation of actual performance but it's still a big difference.

This also occurs in Quadrant and Geekbench.

So my question is why does this happen?

Aren't most roms supposed to be compatible with most kernels?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nigeldg:
I can't answer your question as to why that happens (no doubt someone else will) but you seriously should just stop bothering with benchmarks and use your own eyes and experiences as a measure of how good a kernel/ROM is. I doubt you could find a kernel which made the phone visibly slow or that affected usability so I don't see what your concern is tbh.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
Thanks for your answer.

Yeah, I read that a lot on XDA, don't trust benchmarks...I understand that but they must have some meaning.

I mean, if not why do they exist or do people bother using them?

To be honest I don't really notice any real performance difference between most kernels I've tested.

Best regards
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
some roms include many optimizations(like skia/dalvik, krait optimizations, and others), while some dont. its not thekernel thats crapping out on you, its the rom.

---------- Post added at 07:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:58 PM ----------

your eyes can be decieved.. they can see whats happening in the ui for example, but you can not see the complex calculations that are being performed or how your cpu is really performing. you can have a slow device whos ui is quick.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
OK, I can understand that not all roms are equal but why does changing the kernel have such a seamingly big impact?

If a rom is bad to begin with it should stay that way no matter what kernel you use with it.

Offcourse what do I know, I'm not a developer so my knowledge on the subject is limited.

I'm just trying to understand what's going on...

Best regards
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
kernels vary too, and they impact greatly because they control just about everything in the phone, kinda like a brain. since the kernels themselves vary, one kernel might be better set up than another to deal with certain code from a certain rom. and then also, every phone reacts differently to each kernel(and roms to a point). thats why its recommended to try out different kernels, combos. only then you can find the perfect combo for you/your device. what works great for somebody, can be lousy for another.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
OK, so if i understand correctly it boils down to this:

1. You can do benchmarks but don't base your opinion on just the benchmark scores.

2. Roms can vary greatly in optimizations and efficiency of coding.

3. Kernels can also vary greatly in optimizations and efficiency of coding.

4. There's no such thing as a "best for everyone rom/kernel combo".

5. Not all roms/kernels play equally nice with each other.

6. Play around with as many roms / kernels as possible and decide what works best for ME based on MY experience.

Thanks for the advice.

Best regards.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] username8611:
Its been well over a year since I ran any benchmark of any sort but I tested Franco and carbon because that's what I'm on and you mentioned low scores. I'm on Franco m3 with some tweaked settings and carbon nightly from 7-5. Antutu gave me 20636. I'm using stock CPU and GPU frequencies.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
Maybe the nightly Carbon rom is more optimized?

I'm on Carbon 1.7 Stable and used Franco nightly 162 to test with.

When I benchmark I try to be as consistent as possible ie same temperature, performance governor, airplane mode etc.

I even cooled my Nexus in the freezer for some minutes to eliminate thermal throttling (yeah I know, watchout for condensation) but still got the same low scores.

Best regards.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] username8611:
It might be, I didn't do anything special. I left all my background apps running, didnt close anything in the recents, didn't cool the phone first. I just downloaded it and hit start. I use the interactive governor tweaked a bit, and I also tweaked the hotplug settings so it more readily onlines all 4 cores instead of waiting for some of the higher loads to trigger it.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
Well, I had to try it myself so I did a factory reset, cleared system,data and dalvik, installed latest carbon nightly.

With stock kernel I almost reached 21000 points, with franco I barely get 17000 points.

Very strange...

edit:

I stand corrected, did a second benchmark and am now getting 20880 points...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
are you benchmarking with your cpu speed benchmarked set as highest and lowest cpu speed? you should. if you dont put the same cpu speed as highest and lowest then itll scale up and down. if it scales, you dont actually know what speed its testing and it gives you inconsistamt scores. you want the cpu speed to be the same throughout the test.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
When I benchmark I set the governor to performance, this should keep the cpu running at maximum speed without scaling unless I'm mistaking...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
meh, performance is the worst for benchmarking. its such a deceiving name. try either ondemand or interactive. set your cpu speed to be the same high and low.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pihkal:
Woow, that's a great tip, I now get 22003 points with Matr1x-kernel.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
better :highfive:
[General Questions and Answers] katypeaceperry:
ok took it apart put the lcd in put it back togther runs fine besides no video so what can be the issue here
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] cowkong:
Sooooo today I read this article (http://www.androidcentral.com/google-play-edition-htc-one-bootloader-and-recovery-now-available) and I was siked to try to get vanilla android on my One. Unfortunately, I'm no whiz when it comes to these things and usually just try and follow step by step directions I find on forums. I found this page (cdxdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2316726) and in all my excitement I completely missed where it said S-off is required and began the process. Booted the phone into bootloader, flashed the zips, and ended up with "error: cannot load 'descenpet_HBOOT_1.54_2.24_MOD'. Now I'm stuck with my phone still plugged into my computer only showing the black screen with the HTC logo. I read on to find out if I mess with it anymore it could possibly be bricked...not something I want.

Some quick facts, it's running stock sense software which came on it when I bought it and I rooted it a month or two ago. I hadn't even upgraded the software version to .10 (instead I still have the .7 at the end). Any kind of help would be great and please feel free to ask questions because I'm completely out of my element here and I don't what else you guys need to know in order to help me out. Thanks anyways!
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] nerv8765:
its a bad idea to flash GSM firmware onto a CDMA phone... I would just RUU the whole thing back to stock
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Rirere:
RUU may be your best option, but if you managed to flash the modified hboot/bootloader with S-ON you may be hosed OP. S-ON won't let the tampered boot-time code run if you overwrote it. Look in the forums for the RUU guide (search tool) and give it a go, but it doesn't look great.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Aldo101t:
you may just need to flash the kernel for .10, don't know your whole situation.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
help :(

my arc s was brick, my arc stats unlock bootloader, using uhd 3.0.2 and lupus kernel

chronologis : my phone suddenly always restarting, then i try to re install uhd again, when install processing my phone dead, cz low battery (red led blink). I try charge my phone bt not working, then i use desktop to charge it. After battery full i flash my arc s with stock rom using flash tool, when its complete i turn on my arc s. when i push power button its show green led blink then vibrate, after that no respone, my phone wont booting, just blank screen :(

any solution?? :(

sorry for my bad english
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moonheart:
What exactly does it show at the kernel screen?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
kernel screen?? i dont understand
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] popthosegaskets:
What does the phone show when you press the power button?

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[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
nothing, just vibrate and blank screen
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moonheart:
Try to flash another kernel.When the phone is switched off, press the menu button and plugin the usb cable.It will start in the fastboot mode.Try to flash a stock kernel with cwm.Also if you need any custom rom zip, you can remove the microsd and put any Installation zip files in it via your computer and install them view CWM
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
still wont booting, just vibrate than blank screen :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Someguyfromhell:
Use Sony's own flash tool called EMMA.

Everything you need can be found from there: http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/12/06/new-flash-tool-from-sony-for-unlocked-xperia-smartphones-video-beta-download/

And read every instruction you find. Every single one of them.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
I've been relock my phone, then repair/ update software via pcc/ sony update service, bt no change :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
How are you relocking your bootloader on a custom kernel? Of course it won't boot.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
im using tutorial here xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1324703

before im relocking, ive been flash my arc s with stock rom, that mean stok kernel too rite??

i relocking cz i wanna try repair/update using pcc + sony update service bt after done, same just vibrate and wont boot
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tangosierra_:
oh sorry didnt know you flashed the stock ROM already. it .still doesn't boot?

Edit: any errors from flashtool/PCC, and have you charged battery?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
flash tool/ pcc flash complete no eror, bt still wont boot

i have charge my bttery using desktop

huft, could it be hardware problem?? :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
up :(
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] harriie:
still wont boot :(

help plz
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abderrezak:
what's up
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aakashcool:
i guess i can fix your arc s brick issue

contact me fb.com/aakashisverycool