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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jazavchar:
Hello everyone,

I have a peculiar problem and hope someone more knowledgeable than me could help me eradicate it. Here is the thing, I have an old PC that I've since converted to an HTPC. When I say old, I mean really old, it can just barely play 1080p content, however for now it is adequate. It also has an older generation wireless B network card. Now what happens is, when that computer is connected to my home wireless network, my Nexus 4 battery starts suffering heavily. This manifests as high Android OS usage under battery consumption, and through the PowerManagerService.Wakelocks and suspend_backoff wakelocks in BBS. I've just now narrowed this problem to the old HTPC, because when it is connected I can see there is a lot of wireless network activity on the Nexus.

My layman's theory is that somehow, that old card is causing network congestion on my network, and in turn the router does not let my Nexus 4 into deep sleep. It might be constantly pinging it or sending some packets. My question is, what can I do to mitigate this? How can I have my cake and eat it too :D, that is, have the HTPC connected to the Internet without destroying the N4's battery life? Is there any app or PC application I can download that could help me narrow down this issue more precisely?

The peculiar thing is that no other Android phone (4 of them in total) in the house suffers from this, only my beloved Nexus 4. Would replacing the network card with a newer (n/g) network card solve the problem?

TL;DR: when an old PC is connected to the home wireless network, the Nexus 4 experiences wifi drain and cannot go into deep sleep.

Thanks everyone for reading this, and for any advice you might offer!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galaxo60:
I'm not an expert, but somewhere I read that Nexus 4 has problems with some models of WiFi routers and produce a wakelock like the one you are describing. Would be good if you have the opportunity to change the router and see what happens.

;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcwong644:
I'm having high battery drain up to 10%/hour on 4.4 with the same unchanged settings and apps as 4.3. The 1st 2 days after updating to Kit Kat 4.4 was exceptionally high on wifi or 3G and after that it's random. One day I get 2.5% an hour and the next day it goes up to 10% / hour ??
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Devhux:
Go under your Wi-Fi settings on the Nexus 4, tap the Menu button and select "Advanced." Make sure the option for "Wi-Fi Optimization" is enabled. I was noticing my phone wouldn't go into Deep Sleep when I disabled that yesterday to troubleshoot a different issue.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hondafreak513:
I got this epic as a extra phone and I'm trying to find a inactive ROM so I can use WiFi and use it as a gaming and music device.. thanks
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hondafreak513:
I guess not
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffreyjicha:
What do you mean by "inactive"? Like the phone is no longer being used for calling/texting and is not on a contract of any sort?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hondafreak513:
Exactly.. just looking for a ROM to use as a tablet for games n such.. one that takes up little space.. right now I'm on slim ROMs...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffreyjicha:
Honestly, that's probably the smallest ROM you'll get, you can remove a lot of stuff from the system like ringtones, notification sounds, etc.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hatchmt:
I let the kids play with my spare Epic as a gaming device. Just keep it in airplane mode w/ wifi enabled. Then I hide the phone app in the launcher so they're not opening it by accident.

I doubt any reasonable amount of space would be recovered by removing the phone app altogether.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonotwist:
Random king made a WiFi only version of thunder hawk... I had it somewhere if I find it I'll happily spread the goods.

Edit

http://goo.im/devs/RandomKing/epic4g/mods/ThunderHawk-WifiOnly.zip

Dudes ROMs were pretty intense. My one e4g ran beautifully on thunderhawk.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koenakker:
Hi,

I'm owning a Samsung GT-I9000 Galaxy S3. Having it for about 3 months now.

Every night my phone's always charger. But I've had several times a strange problem that my phone charged only a little bit. Or even did not charge at all. I've seen a lot of problems on the internet of S3 users that are having battery issues, but on this particular problem I couldn't find an answer.

In the attachments two screenshots of the battery usage when I had this charging problem at night. Does anyone have any idea what I have to do next to avoid this problem? Already changed the charger from Samsung for an HTC, because i read that those Samsung adapters are really crappy. But not tried another cable. Could the cable be the problem?

Thanks in advance!

Koen
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boomboomer:
You have already worked out the next step, why not do it before asking? Hundreds of similar posts if you search.

If you are on a fully stock rom then the likely causes, in order are charger, lead, battery, charging IC inside phone. Try the first three then sent for repair.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] lunercrab:
ok so bought this phone back in may from att....anyways lately the phone is acting weird....proximity sensor seems finicky, screen sometimes goes a bit crazy like app are turning off on their own, but most of all battery is tanking big time...like today it reached temps over 120 and it lasted me like 4 hours before it went down to like 18%....i've tried doing a complete factory RUU twice with no improvement....basically i'm curious if i would have to send it to htc or if anyone has hand any luck just calling att for a replacement phone?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] jerrycoffman45:
i had one that the battery died on att replaced no problem
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] lunercrab:
Talked to att and they are sending me a new one...now currently I'm boatloader unlock but s-on...so if I s-off and relock I can hide all evidence of it ever being broken right?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] jerrycoffman45:
yes but i doubt they will check
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] lunercrab:
So I went to att...told they guy how my battery with mild use the phone will die in like 5-6 hours...he proceeded to claim...oh well that's actually really good battery life for a smart phone...u usually only get like 4 hours to a charge...I was like really...moron...anyway long story short got my replacement...the battery lasts much longer...but I do notice one issue...if I take it off the charger it drops 4% like almost immediately within like 10 mins of taking it off the charger...not sure if it's Rom related or not...but it'll drop like a tank and seem to stablize around 70 %...I dunno if I should try another...
[Moto X Q&A] sravanz:
Hi i am new to android. Rooted my device. I found that when i enter some command in adb it will return on 1 or 0 depending on which mode i am in. Is there anyway to know if i am booted in recovery or normal mode without connecting to computer and firing adb command?

Thanks
[Moto X Q&A] gunnyman:
you just need to remember what you booted to I guess.

I use recovery mode only for making changes then reboot to normal after I'm done.
[Moto X Q&A] icon123:
You could type that command in a terminal window on your phone.
[Moto X Q&A] sravanz:
Can you tell the command?

Thanks
[Moto X Q&A] o_z0ne:
getprop ro.boot.write_protect
[Moto X Q&A] sravanz:
worked :) thanks
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ArkAngel06:
I seem to have lost the option to take HDR photos in all of the 4.3 roms I've tried. CM, PA, Slim, etc. It might be more widespread than 4.3, Im not sure.

Unless they changed how it works in the new menu or something. Here's how mine looks...

Any ideas? Haven't seen anyone else with this problem yet.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjieb:
Hi all,

I bought a white N4 today since my GNexus died on me.

I played a but with the phone and went on to rooting.

I unlocked bootloader, but now the phone won't boot!!! it doesn't go pass the Google coloured cross.

I can still go to fastboot, so I flashed CWM recovery. Tried to wipe data, but it seem it can't mount /sdcard . . .

Please help I have no clue what's going on and fear I bricked a brand new phone

Thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
Boot into CWM and wipe cache. If that doesn't work, flash the stock recovery, boot into the stock recovery, and wipe cache.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjieb:
No luck with wiping. I flashed stock recovery, but when I boot to it I get a laying down droid with red exclamation mark...
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
That is the splash screen for the stock recovery. To access the menu, hold the power button and press volume up.

Then wipe cache and reboot. If that doesn't work, factory reset and reboot.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjieb:
ok got it.

Flashed stock recovery, wiped everything, locked bootloader. I guess I am 100% stock now.

Phone is booting ok.

I will try to use Nexus root toolkit to

1, unlock

2, flash CWM recovery

3, flash superSU

Hope it will work ok now.

What is your take on what happened ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
What method did you use to unlock the bootloader the first time?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efrant:
Have a read of the "return to stock" sticky in the General section. Sometimes the N4 won't boot if you have flashed images. You need to either format userdata (i.e., factory reset) or wipe cache.

No need to use a toolkit to do what you want.

1) Unlock the bootloader: fastboot oem unlock

2) Flash CWM: fastboot flash recovery cwm.img

3) Boot into recovery and flash a superuser zip.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjieb:
everything is now fine!

Thanks Efrant!
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_77:
Hi all,

is there a way to debrand the tablet LTE version (TIM Italy operator).

Can I use flashtool for this operation??

Tnks in advace.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E7ite:
Download stock rom and just flash it!
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeus2602:
Yes.

Yes.

Before you unlock the Bootloader, i would recommend you to get root access to the tablet. BACKUP your DRM Keys. Download the same Version as your branded Version. Install it, and try to restore your DRM Keys. Maybe it works. After that install a new version.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arcsuser:
Also u can post this on Q&A section :)
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E7ite:
No need to unlock the Bootloader for debranding stock rom.
[Xperia Tablet Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_77:
Tnks all
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ph4824:
I have 2 XDAIIi and I upgraded my last one only to have a serious problem during in the process.

I thought I followed everything ok. set it all up and left my XDA to update, when I got back about 20min later my XDA was black and the software on my PC had dissapeared?

Went to reboot XDA and nothing except Serial v1.01

I think its dead and needs to be sorted by a repairer but as a last resort, can anyone advise me please if this is fixable?

Thanks

Paul.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Sebi:
Rerun the upgrade program and wait for several minutes.

Don't worry! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dark_ente:
I have the exact same problem.

How can I rerun the program? I can´t even reset my Magician, and even if I tried, it can´t connect to the comp with Active Sync.

´cause I´ve tried it before, but it turned off after some minutes, and everything go back to before... Serial v1.0.2
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Olipro:
it's stuck in bootloader mode, put the PDA in, run the update application and stop worrying.

you know the sequence you sue to put the PDA in Bootloader mode? pretend you've done it already and run the update.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dark_ente:
thanks guy, it worked!

So that´s why... I was stucked in Boot Loader mode.

Just a minor question : is there a way to exit the Boot Loader mode without install the program again?
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] tjtenor4:
Hey all, a (hopefully) quick question here. I have the T-Mobile branded HTC One. Obviously, it came with a T-Mobile micro SIM, and the T-Mobile APN settings already on it.

I had the phone unlocked (by T-Mobile, under their international travelers unlock policy) over the summer, and I used it in Scandinavia on both Tre Sweden and Saunalahti in Finland with prepaid micro SIM cards (that I bought in stores there). It worked perfectly fine, with full HSPA+ speeds - I was really thrilled.

I did run into one minor annoyance, though: my wife has an AT&T-branded Galaxy S III (unlocked by AT&T under their unlock policy, and which she now uses on our T-Mobile account). When she put the Tre Sweden or Saunalahti prepaid micro SIM cards into her GS3, her GS3 automatically read the APN settings off of the SIM cards, and updated the APN settings on her phone - so she was able to use data immediately with no tinkering.

However, on my HTC One, when I put in the prepaid micro SIM cards from the foreign wireless carriers, the APN settings did not automatically update: I had to read them off of my wife's GS3 and manually enter them into my One. Obviously, this wasn't a huge deal - it only took a couple of minutes each time. But it's certainly conceivable that I will be traveling on my own in the future, and not have her GS3 to read the APN settings from.

So, is there any setting I'm missing, or any way to have the T-Mobile-branded HTC One automatically update the APN settings when a new SIM card is inserted? Or does that always have to be done manually on the One? If so, that's a pain - why does it automatically work on the GS3, but not on the One?

Thanks in advance!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burningembers:
On my past phones with external storage, a factory reset would keep my pictures/music intact, even if they were on the internal SD card.

My LG G2, as I learned last night, does not. It nukes the entirety of internal storage, internal SD card and all.

Is there a way to do a so-called "factory reset" without losing all my things? Re-copying 10+ gigs of photos/music every time is super annoying.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bodom_hc:
on stock roms i think it wipes everything, but if rooted with custom roms it wont wipe photos , etc.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmill75:
Have Google + keep your photos backed up. This will save you the headache and they show right up in your gallery.

Edit: and have Google Music backup (up to 20,000) songs on your PC
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Geekybiker:
Not even all stock ROMs are full wipes. OTA updates typically aren't wipes. Usually its leaks of factory installs, or dumps like we have now.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] F9zSlavik:
I went with an S4 simply because the ONE wasn't in stock. I'm looking ot get either a Note 3 or ONE MAX. One has been out for sometime now, are you guys happy with it? Giving a chance, would you switch? How do you feel about the available ROMS? Reason I asked about the ROMS was because I took a look and didn't much activity compare to S4.

I am liking the HTC ONE MAX, looking at the ONE gives me an idea of what to expect as far as ROMS are concerns. I like supporting the little guy the ONE is a beautiful phone.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] saucyross:
The One Max is rumored to be released with an S4 processor, the same one used in the Nexus 4- which is pretty lackluster for a device such as the Max. It opens the possibility of longer lasting battery but the Note 3 is coming with the Snapdragon S800 processor which is going to be an absolute beast of a processor. I love my One, it's my favorite phone I've ever used. It's extremely fast and I wouldn't trade up to either of the phones previously mentioned, but I'm not a fan of bigger phones anyways. If you are content with you S4 then I'd say the trade to the One isn't necessary, but if you aren't liking the S4, maybe the One is for you.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] F9zSlavik:
I'm making a jump to either a Note 3 or a MAX. I have a business and for me it makes sense.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] ronnyhawks:
Honestly coming from using the Nexus 4 for almost a year and coming to the One - the Nexus 4 is a way better all around device. The only better qualities the One possesses is the speakers, and the screen clarity. It lags way too much no matter what you do and the data speeds are far worse than those on the Nexus 4 - including LTE (on T-Mobile) I'd recommend the Note 3 for the reason of - the Note 2 has no lag whatsoever. Now this is my personal opinion. I haven't done much research on the One max but being as its a larger device than the One with a smaller processor, I'm guessing its gonna be disappointing. Also the battery life on the One is not any better than the Nexus 4 either
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] AntonJart:
My Nexus 4 mysteriously cracked a few days ago in my pocket, so I went to local wireless store and picked up what was in stock - HTC One. My initial preference was either Nokia Lumia 1020, Sony Xperia Z, or HTC One.

I had nexus 4 since the day it was released and since I am a sort of perfectionist - I was not too happy. The first day I got 2 hairline scratches on it out of blue, chassis was creaking, usb port was wobbling and creaking, and also little buzzing noise in the speaker.

Now when I picked up HTC One - it is a different world. First impression was - WOW what an amazing device! Appears to be very solid and of premium quality. Battery life so far not bad, although I had a charging issue (and hopefully it went away). This phone apparently was discharged for some time.

I have it for two days now and its awesome. Slow Motion camera is sick!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] T-Macgnolia:
I have cleaned the thread and will be watching this thread for a couple of days. Please stay on topic and refrain from being abusive to other members as theses are the rules of XDA.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alex4523:
Hey everyone, so I got a quick question and im hoping it can be answered. I've been reading about the "newer" sprint phones and how they don't allow a custom recovery, yet the developers on this site have found a work around (thank you very much!) Another problem has came up where your "newer" sprint phone doesn't allow AOSP roms to be flashed only Touchwiz. Im a AOSP lover myself and while touch wiz based roms are nice i prefer an AOSP rom. So my question is has there been any progress made on this issue, is this still believed to be a execution within the start code and the kernel rejecting the AOSP rom? or is it something bigger and is there any idea on when this problem may be fixed?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
I don't think they've got it working yet. Those things take time. I'm sure there will be a thread about it when it happens.

sent from my GS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bigpappags3:
There is thread for donations so that an xda member can send his wife's phone to a developer who will be working on it. If you would like r on help the cause you can head to that thread and donate a buck or two or if possible send him ur phone. Other than that patience must endure!

Edit...The donation thread has been closed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alex4523:
rumor?

Heard a rumor that 10.2 cyogen is now working on the newer gs3 any truth to this
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] CNexus:
Yes, as of the 9/22 CM nightly

If you grab the boot.img from the 9/22 CM nightly or later, you can use it to boot other 4.3, roms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] alex4523:
Would u mind being a little more specific, how exactly do I grab the boot.IMG or can I flash any 4.3 and they come standard with the boot.IMG built in?
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Danton_:
When I was preparing my OUYA to transfer the files su was still working.

But then the OUYA suddenly got an update without asking, and now su is broken.

What will I have to do?

Will a factory reset work, or do I need to go into recovery mode?

Thanks!
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasuke1981:
ya i saw the update too...just root ouya again and then do the same process for put google store etc...
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TadeoNYC:
Install the mod package and disable updates, so it doesn't happen again.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swagginandbaggin:
Can I plug in the Pogo charger and the Micro USB at the same time, and have a faster charge? I've tried it but I don't really know what to compare it to since I'm new to the Nexus and don't know really how long a full charge takes lol

It would be super sick if somehow this could slice the charge time in half.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3DSammy:
No. The charging icon will display but the N10 is not charging. That feature would need to be included in a ROM but neither stock nor any custom ROM has the capability. This limitation extends to using an OTG cable and pogo plug.
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swagginandbaggin:
Thanks man. But I have a portable micro USB charger, if I connected that via an OTG cable, and pogo charged it as well, would that work?
[Nexus 10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3DSammy:
No, there simply is no ROM that supports concurrent charging. In fact both stock and custom ROM's block pogo changing when the Micro USB port is used.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickylims:
when i wanna play youtube always get "connection to server lost, touch to retry", i'm in sprint stock rom with mobile package data active, for internet is no problem, on wifi can play, when i tethering my phone as modem and i connect to my computer for play youtube is ok. it just cant play only in a phone.

somebody can help thanks.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] joeyhdownsouth:
Did you try clearing data and cache in apps? Or even uninstall and reinstall the app itself

sent from my GS3
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Usually I just exit the app, hold the home button and clear all recent apps and then it works again.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Easy fast simple solution when this occurs and usually after an update. Just uninstall the app completely and then go back to google play store and redownload the app.

Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rickylims:
I have been tried all the way ( clear, uninstall update etc) but still error... I tried to install other program 'tubemate' still cant connect /play the video, but when i download the video first and play later is no problem..

Maybe something wrong with my data package on my carrier??? Hmmm..

Thanks for all advise...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrotenlu:
Im getting the same thing on my tablets now (nexus 7 and 10). Uninstalling updates solves the issue, but then again I want the new sweet app... Any solution for this?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ragnar:
Remove (uninstall) the app completely, go back to play store and get the new updated app again fresh install.

Have a great day!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MuWu:
i did this also, but i get again the same error... what the $%#& is up with youtube !??
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mrotenlu:
Same issue here. Reinstalling doesn't fix it.

Edit: But disabling Adblock Plus does fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] peej4ygee:
Ty, I've been hunting for a solution for some time now, and I didn't think of something like that.... It is true, when I disabled AdBlock Plus, I didn't see the error again.

Guess I either need a replacement for Adblock Plus, or something in it's settings to change?? hmmmm.

Again though, thanks again!!!!

:good::good::good::good::good::laugh:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] X82X:
wow thanks for this. It's been driving me insane. I removed Adblock Plus and it worked. So I installed AdAway and rebooted. Seems to still work fine also. So try that ad blocking app out. So far so good.