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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sheppington:
Alright thanks everyone, I was hoping somebody would mention that white tpu with the clear back, I heard that it scratches up pretty easy and looks like poop after a while. Looks like I'm with the LG bumper for a little while :\ For anybody that's interested, I'm working on a modification to the silver plastic ring around the stock bumper, My plan to dremel away the part that drops down around the usb port, and glue the corners before the drop so that the part that stretches is the rubber around the port as opposed to...well now it's cracked :(... the silver plastic, which is why it cracked in the first place. Will post with pics eventually if anybody is interested in seeing how it looks, it's a minor detail, but the cracked pieces keep getting stuck in my pocket when I take it out.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] canveen:
My white Nexus is paired with a Poetic Atmosphere case. The translucent body goes well with the whites and the grey silicon sort of merges with the blacks on the screen edges.

Pair it with a gadget shield full body guard and you have a winner. At least I do...:)
[Sony Xperia ZL] JRBT24:
I am quite satisfied by my screen on time but the presence of media server taking up majority of my battery really bugs me. I have a screen on time of 1 hour 40 minutes, and media server is awake in 1 hour 10 minutes of it. I don't know if this problem is sony-specific because when I google media server porblems, most of them are wakelocks. Mine isn't; it doesn't discharge by more than 5 percent overnight. But still, I think I can get more battery life than what I currently have if I get that media server sorted out.

Note: please direct me to some other thread if this question does not belong here or had been asked before. I just have a feeling that this is sony-specific...
[Sony Xperia ZL] tudork:
I have exactly the same problem on my ZR. No wake lock, but taking battery in the background. It only started to do so a few days ago.
[Sony Xperia ZL] JRBT24:
Is there any media files or apps that you recently added before the media server started acting up? I don't know if Titanium Backup is causing this, but I don't want to uninstall yet because I'm planning to move to a custom rom. It just so happens that I noticed the drain after I backup ed my apps with TB...
[Sony Xperia ZL] tudork:
I did add some music files to my SD card, but I think it was a few days before it started. After some observation, I think it is associated with playing INGRESS (which involves using GPS and moving around). BUt I had been playing Ingress for many months before I noticed the mediaserver battery drain. I have done the following:

- deleted all my media files on my sd card. Erased my sd card using the phone.

- emptied the cache of ALL apps which I thought would be associated in some way with media content.

- reinstalled the Ingress app.

- deleted duplicates of Download folder (just made sure there is only one folder with this name).

- I will check all music file names for special characters such as & and $ and delete those. I will delete all album covers. Only then I will add back music to my sd card.

After I do all this, I will monitor for a few days. I don't use Titanium and I am not rooted. After reading about this issue, I see that it can be connected to a lot of different things, but most people complain about mediaserver keepin the phone awake which it is not doing in my case.
[Sony Xperia ZL] JRBT24:
I got 3:40 of screen on time today mainly because media server just had "35 mins keep awake time", 14 percent usage; which I still think isn't normal. The difference maker as I see it is me playing shorter amount of game today than normal - but I'm skeptic this is the cause

point 1 - That's exactly what I don't want to do yet because I don't want to go through that much hassle (I have a lot of music)

point 2 - I actually did that too, even though I am sourcing from people talking about media server causing "wakelocks"

point 3 - I don't use GPS at all, but I do have some cached maps on google maps. I'll try clearing data and check if it will do anything

point 4 - I did delete all the download folders before, no effect :(

point 5 - please do report back if doing these stuff removed the friggin media server awake time. Again, my standby time is SUPERB. it's when I use the phone screen on, that the battery drains: very fast at that

EDIT: Maybe we can post this on the Z forums? This problem, as I see it, is isolated on xperia devices due to the fact that I don't see any other forums talking about media server being awake with the screen all the time, because they are mainly talking about wakelocks?
[Sony Xperia ZL] tudork:
It will probably be more useful to post this on the Z forums, the ZR and ZL seem to be more niche phones. So, here are my conclusions: I managed to get rid of the mediaserver issue. First I was just playing with my phone to see what is associated with the process being active. It was definitely the game,. Ingress. So I did two things and I don't know which one did the trick: I turned off the gameplay sounds (pretty useless, as you play this game outdoors in public, and you don't want to bother people anyway) and I reinstalled the app. Then I started to play again, and no mediaserver appeared.

Therefore, since our problem is obviously related to some app or some activity we do with our phone while it is on (like you say, my standby battery consumption is very good, just like yours), I suggest monitoring for a few days to see what exactly seems to trigger the mediaserver, and then you can either reinstall the app, or empty whatever media folders associated with it, or turn off sounds if it is a game.
[Sony Xperia ZL] JRBT24:
I THINK I FOUND A REMEDY!

Using better battery stats, I checked what was causing my battery drain. It turned out: It was a partial wakelock named Audio_out2 and Audio_out3. with some research through several forums, it is already a long-time bug of android (which annoyingly haven't been fixed for now) with some devices just using the mediaserver even when it's not actually using sound.

The simple fix: Turn off touch sounds and unlock sounds

For some reason, they are the ones who keep our mediaserver "awake" and thus, unnecessarily drains battery because the device somehow thinks it has to use the mediaserver.

Mediaserver still drains the heck out of my battery when I play most games, and I'm not sure if it's already the normal android behavior. What I'm definitely happy about now though, is that I was able to get 4+ hours of screen on time now if I didn't play or play minimally in a day.

Press Thanks if I helped :)
[Sony Xperia ZL] topsbr:
Same problem here, but I have audio and video files on my SD card.

Is this the problem maybe? I think not ...

I´m testing this trick:

"The simple fix: Turn off touch sounds and unlock sounds"
[Sony Xperia ZL] einfachgaer:
Had a similar issue. I've tried to cleanup my sd card and internal storage, no difference.

After a little bit of research I found out that the game "Ingress" makes the media server active for many people.

When I deinstallated Ingress --> voilà the media server usage went down to like 20% of the amount it had before. :good:
[Sony Xperia ZL] JRBT24:
Well, were you playing other games other than Ingress? I mean, did you use your phone for game as much as you usually would when the media server usage went down? I have a strong feeling that it acts up when playing most (but not all) games.
[Sony Xperia ZL] einfachgaer:
Yes I was playing other games in that period of time. After I've deinstalled ingress I played the same amount of the other games but with much less usage of media server.

And even when I wasn't playing the media server was active, now it doesn't.
[Sony Xperia ZL] iPeck:
Might be other games to does the same cuz i still have the issue.

Problem came up not long ago and lately i have installed Dots, Tip Off Basketball and Star Wars Force Collection. Ill see if uninstalling one of these can solve the issue...

--->> Tapped with my rooted Xperia ZL (C6506) (Stock .244) via Hit'N'Yak 4
[Sony Xperia ZL] iPeck:
I didnt want to try each one so uninstalled the 3 games. Problem solved. One of these games was my problem

--->> Tapped with my rooted Xperia ZL (C6506) (Stock .244) via Hit'N'Yak 4

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Now my battery just jumped from 49% to 70% in one split sec.. Weird !!!

--->> Tapped with my rooted Xperia ZL (C6506) (Stock .244) via Hit'N'Yak 4
[Sony Xperia ZL] iPeck:
** I strongly suspect the Star Wars game though...

--->> Tapped with my rooted Xperia ZL (C6506) (Stock .244) via Hit'N'Yak 4
[Sony Xperia ZL] JRBT24:
So, playing other games other than those three doesn't ramp up the media server awake time?
[Sony Xperia ZL] iPeck:
Heres a screen of the games on my device, no problem with these... (i changed the icons so dont mind)

--->> Tapped with my rooted Xperia ZL (C6506) (Stock .244) via Hit'N'Yak 4
[Sony Xperia ZL] tudork:
I don't think it's a particular kind of game necessarily, but rather the process being stuck in a loop analysing some random media file within one of the games. I suggest going one by one if people have this kind of patience and either turn off the game sounds, or uninstall and reinstall. I am playing Ingress now and everything is fine, mediaserver does not even appear anymore.
[Sony Xperia ZL] iPeck:
Never happened with these games on my device... Coincidence only ? Not sure bout that...

--->> Tapped with my rooted Xperia ZL (C6506) (Stock .244) via Hit'N'Yak 4
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Crumplet:
XDA Premium 4-released-August 17, 2013 is not working on my xt910.Can XDA please release me the previous version of XDA Premium thank you.Delete this post i fixed problem.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nijom:
Just write to the Dev via Play Store in the XDA App's page.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
I got my Chromecast just a few weeks ago and I'm a Best Buy "Reward Zone" Member. Being a Reward Zone Member gives me up to 60 days to return purchased items back to the store....with a receipt, obviously. When I got mine, it was quickly automatically updated and I was never afforded the opportunity to root my Chromecast. Do ya'll think I can package my Chromecast back up and return it to Best Buy and purchase another one that is HOPEFULLY still running the original version that allows for it to be rooted? Basically what I'm wondering is if I return my Chromecast back to my local Best Buy retail store and buy another one, will the "newer" one that I pick up still be running the original system that they initially shipped with that enabled for users to root it? I'm asking because I really have wanted to root this thing, but just never have been able to, due to it receiving the automatic OTA shortly after using it for the first time a few weeks ago. I wouldn't think that the more recent Chromecasts would come shipped with the newer OTA's already, would they? I'm just hoping to pick up another one that I can actually root. Ya'lls thoughts?
[Google Chromecast] Maggard:
Why?

The number of unrooted devices is truly tiny, so developers for it are fleetingly few. Also there's no significant advantage to being unrooted.

Couple that with the infetesimal chance of getting an original release device from Best Buy begs the effort.

I don't mean to be unduly negative but such little chance for such minor gain, again, why?
[Google Chromecast] scott14719:
I think you mean "rooted"
[Google Chromecast] Maggard:
Thank you, correct, rooted.
[Google Chromecast] HowardZ:
I think that if you can have a rooted chromecast, it's a good thing.

I do admit that at present there are no advantages to being rooted.

But the future is unknown.

Example : what if google decides to never permit the general developer casting apps like fling or allcast? Theoretically, developers can totally rewrite the chromecast firmware to be the device they want it to be. However it will be very difficult or impossible to install such new firmware on an unrooted chromecast.

So the only benefits are unknown future imaginative features which google may never allow.
[Google Chromecast] ften:
I bought another Chromecast from BestBuy on Friday and it still had the original firmware. This BestBuy had been sold out of Chromecast already, so this was probably their second or third shipment. So it's definitely possible to get an original firmware Chromecast, although there is no guarantee.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
I'm not for sure, likewise for anyone else, when Google will be shipping these devices with updated firmware, so I'm gonna take my chances and get another one soon. And the reasons mentioned in the above posts are the main driving factors for my decision. If I'm going to spend $35 of my hard earned money, I'm gonna get every penny out of it that I can. Being locked down like Google has us now, was not in my plans when I first bought this thing.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
Well, guys...I did it today. I returned my Chromecast and switched it out for another one. I haven't hooked it up yet, but hopefully it's the original version.
[Google Chromecast] hachuelo:
How can you check if it is the original version without getting the OTA firmware installed?
[Google Chromecast] HowardZ:
You must not allow the chromecast to connect to a wifi ssid / network which has Internet.

In my case, I had an old asus (dd-wrt) router laying around. I powered it up with nothing plugged into it. No rj45 cat 5/6 cables connected. Switched my phone wifi to this wireless ssid network. Ran the chromecast app, it found the chromecast, set up the chromecast to use this no Internet network by selecting it & typing in the router's password. After setting up the chromecast, the app shows the firmware version as being 12072.

If you allow the chromecast to connect to a wifi network which has Internet, then it will quickly auto update to a firmware version which can not currently be rooted.
[Google Chromecast] hachuelo:
Ok.So in the case that I can have a device with an older "rootable" firmware is there any way to stop the the firmware upgrade from Google if I connect a rooted Cromecast to the Internet?
[Google Chromecast] HowardZ:
The rooted firmware bin files from tvall have the auto update function disabled.
[Google Chromecast] deercreek:
I just got my Chromecast a couple of days ago and have been reading several threads. I connected it to WiFi with no Internet and found that it still has 12072. Is there any way ti still use Allcast or Fling if I use one of tvall's images to disable updates? I found a previous version of the Chromecast apk and installed Allcast B4 but Allcast just comes up with a blank page. I thought it might be possible to stream local content with no Internet access.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
Technically, I'd say that you would be able to, since it wouldn't be using the internet to stream the video. I'm FAR from an expert on all this though...lol
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
I was actually wondering the same thing too...if we would be able to use the "Fling" PC Java program and/or the "AllCast"/"AirCast" Android apps, just as long as our Chromecasts are on the original (v.12072) firmware..
[Google Chromecast] hachuelo:
Couple of questions:Where I can find Fling? The link in dropbox is dead. The firmware in my Chromecast shows 12072 can I still root the device?
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
You had better do it QUICK, and I mean SUPER-HUMAN QUICK !! lol You're probably up the creek if it's been on for any decent amount of time. As far as I know, as soon as you turn it off and whenever you power it back up, it'll install that automatically downloaded OTA that it has already downloaded behind the scenes and stored on its memory. This is what *SHOULD* happen...just what I've heard by things I've read on here.
[Google Chromecast] hachuelo:
Have you rooted yours? I'm gonna try tomorrow I got to borrow an USB otg cable from a friend.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
Nope, my first Chromecast installed the auto-OTA and each following update after leaving it plugged in, so I just went and got another Chromecast a few days ago. I ordered the recommended OTG cable from Amazon.com this past Thurs or Fri night. It's scheduled to arrive here at our house sometime around the end of this week(Thurs-Sat) sometime. After it gets here, I'm gonna root it before playin around with it. And if you're wondering, YES, the 2nd Chromecast that I got is STILL sitting in the box, just waiting for the OTG cable to arrive. It's too tempting to take it out and play around with it, but I know I had better just hold off till that cable gets here, otherwise I'd be just throwing that money that I spent on the cable down the drain.
[Google Chromecast] qnc:
Any ideal of which OTG cable from amazon to get? I see them from 1.00 to 10.00. I don't want to spend more than I have to.

Just ordered my chromecast to pick up in our local best buy and want to root it in case it has the older firmware.

Thanks
[Google Chromecast] jahfry:
I got pretty lucky ... I connected it to a network with access for a good 5 minutes but never got the auto-update. However I did connect it to a non-access network at first while it was initially setting up (as much as I could, setup program wouldn't go past "no internet") so perhaps it tried to autoupdate during this time, failed, and then hadn't tried again yet.

Either way, I've got a 12072. Was shipped by Google 2 weeks ago but only showed up today.
[Google Chromecast] HowardZ:
Perhaps google changed the Android chromecast setup app?

I was able to setup the chromecast a few weeks ago on a no-internet wifi network.

Good luck

Howard
[Google Chromecast] qnc:
Got mine from Best Buy Tuesday and got cable today 12072 version, Rooted no problem. appears that best buy still has the old version of firmware in stock.
[Google Chromecast] hachuelo:
I used this cable with no problems

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009YPYORM/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?qid=1379072638&sr=8-14&pi=AC_SX110_SY165
[Google Chromecast] namurt:
my local best buy has chromecasts with the 12072 firmware. i've already purchased one and allowed it to update. i was thinking about purchasing a second, ordering an OTG cable, and rooting it.

i'm sort of in the same boat as the OP, though. is it truly worth it to bother rooting a chromecast? i realize that in doing so, i'll have an easier time of playing local media, but such methods (namely aircast) are entirely unsupported at this point. other than that, what else does rooting offer? do you really think we'll see other apps requiring root once the SDK is finalized?

i guess i'm just on the fence as to whether i feel like screwing around with the whole process. although, the main reason i purchased a chromecast was for local content streaming. thus far, plex is kinda working out for me, but tab casting is pretty screwy.
[Google Chromecast] qnc:
Just a thought, but isn't the reason to root it now on 12072 is to allow streaming from any application once the app is released from koush or am I mistaken.
[Google Chromecast] namurt:
you are not mistaken. as far as i can tell, being able to use allcast is pretty much the

only

reason to root at this point in time. my concern is that koush isn't going to continue to support allcast. why would he if only a very small user base (those who have rooted) can use the app?

furthermore, judging from the various threads here at xda and g+ discussions i've read regarding allcast, it's far from perfect as koush had to reverse engineer from an SDK that's still in a preview stage. so my thinking is that it's probably not worth going to the trouble of rooting for a so-so experience as an end result.

some might argue that rooting is actually pretty easy, but in my particular case, i'd have to go pick up a second chromecast and also order an OTG cable and wait for it to ship. i dunno if i i feel like doing all that. i guess i'm waiting for someone to step in here and tell me they've had great results with allcast and that rooting is absolutely worth it. :p

i'm not going to use my chromecast at all if i can't stream local content. plex has been an ok solution, but it's quite quirky.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
That's the same exact cable that I ordered and I rooted mine last night with success. Very, very easy process, just as long as you have the right stuff....THAT cable or one similar, a usb thumb drive, a tv, one of the images posted on here(preferably tvall's image), and a fully functional brain. The last is the most important though! lol
[Google Chromecast] qnc:
[MENTION=4118598]namurt[/MENTION] I had to do the exact thing you are describing. Did not want to at first, but my inner geek took over. Found the chromecast at best buy and the ordered the cable on Amazon and waited.

I do have to say that the root was very easy it took me longer to get the file to dd to the USB drive than it took to root. I had to switch over to Linux to do that.

I guess I'm just hoping that a final version will be released because if I can't stream all content to my chromecast then it will just go in a junk drawer

Waiting just like you for a good report.

I'll have to look into Plex. I have not had good experience with it in the past.
[Google Chromecast] jsdecker10:
I just used win32diskimager and flashed it correctly in NO TIME. It was a piece o cake!
[Google Chromecast] FireRaider:
I purchased mine direct from Google Play and got it yesterday and it came with the 12072 build.

I am going to flash it after a little more research.
[Google Chromecast] downwiththebanksters:
So might I be correct in assuming that, of this date, all devices from either the Play store, or American retailers are shipped from the factory with 12072 as the firmware version? Has anyone gotten one, out of the box, with the newer (12080?) firmware?
[Google Chromecast] hachuelo:
Received mine from Playstore like 10 days ago with the 12072 firmware.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] life256:
Had some soccer games to ref this morning and didn't set my phone out of the sunlight. Came out to the car after the games and it was off and very warm. Tried turning it on and it wouldn't. After I got home and it cooled down on the car A/C the whole way home it only does the below things.

The phone will flash the LG logo and then go to a black screen with the backlight running. nothing further happens after that. I can put it in download mode and such, but I really don't want to wipe my phone. Any ideas as to why it is only stuck at the bootloader.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
If you plug in charger what does light on power button do?
[AT&T LG Optimus G] life256:
turns red.

everything seems to be normal.

Just nothing past the first blip of the LG logo.

Thanks for any help!
[AT&T LG Optimus G] adfurgerson:
It should blink slowly or maybe pulse would better describe it. I had that happen from heat when running benchmarks. Was able to get it to boot by plugging it in , powering it on and off then unplugging, then plugging it in and powering it on until the light blinked and charging animation showed. Others have taken phone apart and diconnected battery.
[AT&T LG Optimus G] life256:
Just moments before you replied I began a re-flash of stock ROM. (probably a somewhat hasty decision in hind sight.)

I am beginning to fear more... It just show the battery charging animation on the screen now and will only make it to the AT&T music before locking up and going no further.

I read stories elsewhere of serious battery problems from leaving it get that hot. I hope I am just being paranoid and that the phone is truly just a dead battery. Although that doesn't make any sense considering it was at 100% this morning and the phone has been off more than on since then with no use at all.

Many thanks again for any help! I am certainly not new to rooting and such and have been an XDA lurker for many years. I am very proficient with phone issues and if there is anything else more technical to try I am not afraid to try that as well.