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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimmy34742:
I've seen this problem discussed before, but not specifically in the context of using BitTorrent Sync. Since I've started using BitTorrent Sync as a Dropbox replacement to sync about 16GB and 24,000 files, every 1-3 days (sometimes more frequently) my S4 goes into a period of high CPU usage (30-40% capacity, all cores pinned at 1.6GHz) that lasts 2-4 hours, while it consumes battery at about 20% per hour. Using performance analyzers such as Android Tuner, I've ruled out any single app hogging CPU, and the culprit is the Android system itself. I've tried many things to try to stave off or reduce the battery drain if it happens at a bad time, but there seems to be no way to exert any kind of control at this level. I figure that putting governors on the cores won't help because it will reduce my phone's performance while merely extending the time the maintenance requires before it will let my people go, saving no power in the end. Yes, I shut as much stuff down as possible--even going into airplane mode--but once this annoyance begins, it overwhelms any energy conservation efforts. My only viable strategy is then to find an AC outlet and weather the storm there, or plan to finish using my phone within a couple of hours.

I gather from comments people have made in other contexts that if a lot of files change status, then the system needs to do a bunch of stuff, but I'm really not changing that many files, or moving folders around, etc. But it could be that BitTorrent Sync changes a lot if its own system files (while checking in with peers, maintaining its db, and whatever it does), so in response Android then has to do a lot of work maintaining files that the user never directly sees or uses. I do use BitTorrent Sync's auto sleep function, but still.

So I'm wondering if the scenario I'm describing sounds plausible. I'd have to shutdown data sync completely for several days just to do one trial, and it would take several trials to confirm more positively that using BitTorrent Sync is the root of the problem. But I need my data to sync more than I need my battery, so I'm willing to live with short battery times. But it's still a pain in the a$$--and the instances of 2-3 hours battery time are really crippling--so I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions how to analyze or improve this situation because I don't really know enough. Then maybe I'll be able to suggest something to the BitTorrent Sync devs. I don't want to raise the problem in the BitTorrent Sync forums because very few of the active people there are well-versed in Android, the Windows/Linux/OSX crowd being much more numerous. Any comments are welcome: I want to start collecting info on this issue so that it can be discussed more profitably at the BT forums.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polobunny:
I imagine most of the file you are syncing are media files, and here probably lies your problem/solution.

Your drain is more than likely Android Mediaserver which analyzes media files (images, sounds, videos).

You should troubleshoot using BetterBatteryStats to confirm this.

You can always "kill" the Mediaserver, however you'll lose functionality (your phone won't find new media, quite annoying).

The alternative and the better solution in my opinion is to create a .nomedia file in the root directory where all your files are synced so mediaserver skips them completely. This might not be possible if you have a strange hierarchy though.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimmy34742:
The vast majority of files are not media files (mostly docx, pdf, and txt), but there are a large number of media files scattered about. The media files don't change much, but if a few changes trigger the media server to perform major operations, then that might explain it.

If I put a ".nomedia" file at the top of a highly nested file hierarchy, will that suppress finding new media throughout the entire tree? That behavior would be fine in my case because the media that I actually use with any frequency is all in its own tree. But if I use the .nomedia trick, will file browsing apps still be able to list the files that are in media format? In that case, I don't see why I'd care if Android's media server ever runs or not. I mean, I do take some photos, but very few. And I always have to use PowerAmp's media scanning function to listen to my mp3's, which are all in their own file hierarchy.

EDIT: I should that I never use any of the stock Android media apps. In that case, do I even need Android's Mediaserver at all?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimmy34742:
I put .nomedia files at the top of all my file trees, but I'm still getting, periodically, massive batter drain from the Media Storage process. It will run for hours constantly using more than 25-30% CPU, thus running down my battery entire in a few hours. I don't know how to check for sure, but this seems to indicate that Media Storage does a lot of work involving the trees where the .nomedia files are. I mean, there's no way my phone could be running at a constant 30% without me being able to account for it. Do I need to put .nomedia files in every folder under the same hierarchy? Is Media Server known to sometimes just ignore the .nomedia directive?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3c:
Since Android 4.0/1 the media server now references every files on your SD cards. So even those are not actual media files, that might still be the issue.

Not sure BBS or Android Tuner battery stats will reveal anything particular in this situation, but might be worth adding a .nomedia file at the root of your sync folder, at least to confirm.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimmy34742:
Since my original post, I've concluded that BitTorrent Sync is the source of Media Storage running so frequently. It's not an error exactly, but because I sync about 16GB in 20,000 files, then each time a file changes on one of the sync peers, then when the phone syncs and changes the file, it causes Media Storage to want to run again. So Media Storage was running 1 or 2 times a day, every day, at the cost of 20-30% battery each time. It looks like bad software design rather than an error. The only thing I could think of was to freeze Media Storage, which turns out not to be as annoying as one might think because apps seems to be able to find the media files, and my file explorer works fine. But I have the annoyance of missing basic things in the Android UI, like ringtones, so my phone never rings for a phone call, only vibrates. I don't care about the other stuff in the OS UI that I'm missing because I have no interest in any kind of theming, but I don't think many people would like freezing their Media Storage process.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nde123456:
The note3 vibrate after i tap call button, but not vibrate when the call is through.

Is there any way to let it vibrate when the call is through?
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSman74:
Settings/call/call alerts
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nde123456:
I checked the first option and just like i said before, vibrate after i tap call button, but not vibrate when the call is through.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSman74:
Do you have the second option checked? That's the one you want.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nde123456:
The second option means virbrate when i ring off. But what I want is to vibrate when the man i'm calling answer/pickup the phone.
[Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TSman74:
Misunderstood. Sorry. Don't know if that is possible.
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klausagnoletti:
I just installed CM10.2 (10.2-20131124-UNOFFICIAL-codina) on my GT-i8160 - and I love it.

Only problem is that it uses a lot of battery when idling - the past few days around 60% battery is used on the Android OS process. Also, for some reason, the phone refuses to charge in my car (no problems when connected to a computer or the wall charger).

Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it? I haven't been able to verify that it's a common issue on my phone - on the contrary I haven't been able to find any reports on the same issues.

Thanks

/klaus
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahate:
I have same problem. Is there anyone who knows to resolve this problem :confused:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xiscoj:
Try the version from 29th

http://d-h.st/Zng

works fine for me sinch 26th version

:good:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahate:
Today i flash that rom (cm-10.2-20131129-UNOFFICIAL-codina)

battery drops very quick, dont know what's problem...is there any solution :eek:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limpangpong:
Yeah I have same problem with battery life.. I lost 20 % with airplane mode on in 6 hours , usually I just lost about 2-4 %..

---------- Post added at 06:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:37 AM ----------

I'm on 20131129 build
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdfzz:
Check on performance if CPU speed is 200/800mhz

Btw post some screen somethings..
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fatboytr:
Did you wipe data / factory reset and wipe dalvik cache?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Oh, i fprgot to mention that after fixing CPU freq settigs , freqnon startup is 800/800 ( at least for me )

Set to 200/800 for normal usage

Set to 200/400 for less usage + saving battery

Set 200/200 for battery saving

Shen setting 200/800 check "set on boot"

;)

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdfzz:
Yeah i got too 800/800 ;)
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahate:
Sorry, i am begginer. Can you explain to me where to find that proccesor fixing. Really don't know :confused:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limpangpong:
Any advice , what governor & I/O Scheduler settings to make battery life better ?
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Settings-Performance-processor
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahate:
watch ih, it's defult setup for min 200MHz and max 800MHz....check this is my battery usage...it drops quick when i am using phone expectelly wifi...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Post your screen usage time

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahate:
here you are...
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
It is normal screen time, i dont see any problems
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bahate:
Is this normal? for one hour battery drops from 100% to 80% :eek:
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rox:
Post screen time again -.-

Man if you are using ypur phone for 1 hour with screen on it is normall to loose even 35% not only 20%...

Sent from my GT-I8160
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klausagnoletti:
Setting CPU does the trick

Thanks for the help. It seems that tweaking cpu freq did the trick..

/klaus
[Galaxy Ace II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] in.visible:
dps manager, apollo n notofication

sorry if this OT :o

i have try cm 10.2 but have some problem with dps manager, apollo n notification. When play apollo n get notification, dps FC n apollo play next song :crying:

anybody have same problem :confused:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] scorpio_K:
N7 and android 4.4 don't go together I am gonna revert what's ur idea?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
They go together just fine.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] z0phi3l:
Been great in my N7 from the moment I sideloaded it, to today

How about describing type problem and actually being some help?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] IIIIkoolaidIIII:
They're a perfect match in my opinion. Just came from the old N7. Vast improvement over that for one. Only missed a few things, but root it add xposed mod, gravity box and touch control and sorted. One very happy camper ?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] samirspatil:
I didnt notice any problems,. there was a significant improvement in the performance. the response time seem faster
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] digitalexplr:
No problem here. The system is running without issue with ART, as well.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Paten:
I bought the Nexus 7 LTE to take the place of my T-mobile hotspot. This update breaks the 2 reasons I use the hotspot for, wireless connectivity on the go when I need it for my laptop and native sms messaging. Both of these features are included in the service I pay T-mobile for on this account. Not only did Google disable these 2 features without notice in KitKat, but they don't acknowledge that they have or give a reason or resolution for the issue anywhere that I can find. I can't even find a way to contact Google directly to ask them a question about the issue with any guarantee that they will even read my questions, let alone answer them. Until this is resolved, I'm stuck on 4.3.1.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] oldblue910:
So you're saying that the 4.4/KRT16S update removed the option to tether with a T-Mobile SIM? Can anyone else confirm that? If that's true, that totally sucks. For people on AT&T, their tethering has been disabled from the start. I know for a fact that tethering still works with Verizon, though, even after the KitKat update. I'd love to know how carriers get their demands integrated into a carrier-free, SIM unlocked device like the Nexus 7, especially when no Nexus phone has ever disabled tethering. The Google Play Edition phones don't disable tethering either. This "selective disabling of tethering based on carrier" seems to be unique to tablets.

As for native SMS on a tablet, though, that's a feature very few people will miss because so few people would ever even think to do it in the first place. Tablets are designed by default to be data consumption devices, not giant phones. You probably won't find much sympathy on that one.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jnehama:
I'm tying to understand why it should be different on theN7 from the N5 running Kitkat. I use my N5 on T-Mobile and the tethering works fine. I can't say I love Hangouts as the native SMS client but it does work for sms/mms. It should work on the N7. Hopefully someone might chip in who uses t mobile with their N7. You might want a thread title that is clearer what your issues are. The current title is unclear.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Paten:
I don't need anyone's sympathy. As a matter of fact, there is already someone who has claimed a fix for the SMS problem in the LTE android development forum for the Nexus 7 (2013). So obviously there is sympathy. Just because you don't use a feature, don't make the assumption that others don't use it and find it useful. ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] scorpio_K:
Where ate they???
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] heorung:
Hmm , i missed the aosp browser so much , chrome was laggy and drain battery like hell
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ccrows:
That's exactly why I reverted to CM10.2 a while back.

TBH I have yet to see one real benefit of KitKat, and the ASOP install issues with KK was a total deal breaker for me.

XPrivacy having issues with KK didn't help either.

Went back to 10.2 and now I'm extremely happy again!... :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] scorpio_K:
Aosp browser is available at GPS.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Kenshiro79:
Having N 7 2013 root and TWRP recovery notification update in step 4.4 and came anyway. Now the question is: Can you do the same upgrade to the next version even though you have the terminal with root permissions? Thanks
[Android Software Development] cloooned:
Hi

I tried to re-partition my Samsung S3 mini with a custom pit file with Odin v3.07. This is Odin output, looks ok:

I'd like to remove the recovery partition and resize following system partition instead. The download menu on the device prints a red warning "Custom pit file", which I ignore.

After rebooting the device, I can't see any change, the recovery image still boots and the red flag in the download mode disappeared.

Why does it not work, I tried already different checkbox combinations on Odin.

Regards

Edit:

The problem was, that I tried to repartition the device without flashing the images. Instead of Odin, Heimdall throws an error.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fjcaetano:
Hey guys, I've posted this on CM's forum, but I got no answer, so I came here to beg for help.

This is not just another charging issue where the battery doesn't charge to full. I'm desperate and I couldn't find anything that remotely relates to what's happening to me.

My phone doesn't charge. I may plug the USB from the computer or directly from the power outlet, absolutely nothing happens.

This problem started when I was on CM 10.1 and tried a 10.2 nightly, I don't remember which, but if it's relevant I may figure it out. Then, the phone started having a weird behaviour where it randomly started getting into Car Mode. I read elsewhere to try and freeze the Car Mode app, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Anyways, when this happened, the phone stopped charging. I tried other cables, other computers, other phones with my cables but I couldn't find the source of the problem. Even when powered off it wouldn't charge. Eventually the battery drained completely and then I was finally able to charge it. For a while, the phone worked perfectly, until it all started again...

Eventually I gave up the nightly and downgraded back to 10.1 and the problem stopped. But, recently there was the release of CM 10.2 M1 and I tried my luck and upgraded. My phone was damn perfect! The update was marvellous! Until, a few days ago, that god damned Car Mode went on again. And even weirder, I wasn't able to turn the phone off!!! Whenever I tried, it simply rebooted, never staying off. I tried removing the battery and putting it back on, but the phone would immediately switch on again. When the problem starts, sometimes I'm able to get some connectivity from USB but then it toggles the connection lots and lots of time. Through one night, that popup in Windows that tells that a new driver was connected appears about 30, 40 times... it's really annoying.

I then remember an issue I had with the battery of my late Motorola Milestone where I had to delete the battery_stats.bin, but what was my surprise when I got into the /data folder and it was empty! I tried searching for the file with ES Explorer but it isn't anywhere.

Right now my battery is now completely drained, but I'm not able to charge the phone anymore. I had to swap batteries with a friend of mine and he's charging my battery with his phone while I'm using his...

So I beg for your help. I can only charge my phone after the battery gets completely drained. Oftenly, when I go to sleep, there's still a few percents left and I have to do stuff to drain it to zero.

If there's any logs you may need, please ask. I love it, but I'm almost giving up on this phone.

UPDATE: I connected it to a friend's USB and it's now charging... go figure!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Your question has been posted multiple times . Forum rules require you to search before posting .

Google <<< I9300 your search terms > xda

No need to go figure a search would have revealed the answer USB Cable .
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fjcaetano:
I have searched and I have only found issues concerning battery drain or battery issues. There was nothing like what is happening to me, that's why I thought it was worth asking.

The problem is not that simple. I have tested my phone with different cables and other phones with my cables. The cables are not the problem. Also not a battery issue, since my battery works in different phones.

The only thing I can come up with is a problem, maybe bad contact in my phone's plug. But this theory may not be accurate since the problem is intermittent.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quasion:
Intermitent misbehaviour too

I have the same problem. It works fine for some time and suddenly the car mode starts switching on and of, the screen rotates and then refuses to be charged. I tried the provided power source with the original USB cable, the laptop with another thicker USB cable. I opted to let the phone connected to the original charger all night. After several hours the flash awaken me. It was firing at random. Then I pressed the home button, the all grey battery appeared, and suddenly it started charging and the green level started up.

This is the second time it happens. The only thing that I notice afterwards is that windows 7 stopped recognizing the phone. I am not able anymore to send files with the thick USB cable nor the original USB cable provided. I changed the drivers (the 1.5.14.0), removed an reinstalled the previous KIES version. I think this may be hardware related. My phone has a valid warranty so I plan to send it to Samsung to be checked.

greetings
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarastalian:
I have the same problem too. I'm going to send it to samsung.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarastalian:
Solved, almost

Wow, I'd installed the omnirom, archirom, the last version 2.3.2, selected the option to install the mk6 modem and the USB started to work again with Windows 7,so it's a software related thing. I'd restored a 4.3 backup, andyrom, and it doesn't work again.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarastalian:
8-( i'd tried reinstalling archirom, but it doesn't work.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarastalian:
Anyone know anything about this?

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Madness.:
Clear microUSB port with thin brush, change charger cable or adapter, give one more chance to your phone ;)

GT-I9300 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tarastalian:
Thanks, I'd cleaned again with no luck. It's weird because the charge works perfectly.

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickpeh:
s3

Hi,

I have similar problem regard to charging, it took unusual duration to full charge a phone (like over 10hrs). when on AC charged, it reflected on the battery page as usb charging, why? I understood if it recognized as AC charging the amphere will be higher like 1A, when on usb charging only able to get 460mA.

Anyone changed their charging port due this problem? Will it help? I tried swapping few chargers and cables, still slow.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] pilot11:
On some sites I read news about memory upgrade for S100/Jam from 64 to 128 Mb RAM.

May be anyone know, what chip I need to buy for this memory upgrade?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] boomshaker:
With Upgrade is meaning that you must buy an Qtek S110

(it has 128MB RAM),

u cant buy a chip or any other hardware...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] oltp:
not entirely true, you can get a 128MB ram chip for your magician. There are more posts about it. Use search to find them.

[edit]http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=19763&highlight=128+magician
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] kuangtian:
In China,there are lots of guys updated although I don't think it's necessary plus i didn't find any store in UK is able to update the chip...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] rustoss:
One more

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=20928

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=23781&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=128mb&start=25
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DroidModderXtreme:
Hallo everyone. I told with my italian friend [MENTION=1982207]DariosF[/MENTION] and we told about the official support of kumquat and nypon for his awesome PurityROM

Which kinda version you prefer?

JB4.2

JB4.3

KitKat

So,come on,VOTE !!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] satya-1998:
KitKat, now that it's about to be stable and has better RAM than 4.2 and 4.3
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] king960:
Kitkat
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DroidModderXtreme:
OK thanks for votin'

Come on..someone else?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Joker.:
KitKat for sure
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] olamide_24@hotmail.co.uk:
kit kat:D