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[G2 General] fiaskow:
A bit cynnical, but if you take it to the extreme: remove the sim card, turn of all radios, put it in a closet, you'll get more than a week of battery life. Hehe. I know cause I dropped the phone which cracked the digitizer. Couldnt unlock the phone to turn it off. So I put it in the closet. Was very surprised to see the screen still come on after a week when i pressed the back button!
[G2 General] simon_lefisch:
heres another thread i found where someone was able to get 50 hours of battery life. he has a list of things he uninstalled and froze. if you combine all the lists provided in this thread, theres quite a bit you can freeze/remove. i have froze/uninstalled everything listed in all 3 lists and i now only have 2 pages of apps in my app drawer (this is only the stock apps. i have not installed other apps from the store at the time of this writing). anyway, just thought id share....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448848
[G2 General] JDROIDS:
That list is awesome. Thank you. I'm not quite at 50 hrs but much better now.
[G2 General] DopePedaler:
I've got a few things frozen, using deep sleep battery as well, stock rom. I'm at 43 hours and 46 minutes, with around 12 percent left. I am about to read the list and see what else I can freeze also.

Sent from my LG-LS980
[G2 General] simon_lefisch:
How much screen time are you guys getting? Are you running stock kernel?
[G2 General] greyhd:
Stock kernel and getting 6-7 hours screen time, 4g always on
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperorb:
I am not sure if this could be a ROM issue or app issue or is in general 4.3 issue -> I am not able to see /extSdCard or /Sdcard1 in my file manager at the base level. To elaborate - usually file managers list sdcard, extsdcard and internal storage as the first options (of course there is the absolute path to go these which is working fine)

ROM : Carbon Nighltly

Kernel : GoogyMax 1.7.9

Andorid : 4.3.1

File Manager : File Expert (Paid) / CM File manger

First I had SDcard "no write permission" issue. I searched and fixed by modifying the permissions file in /system/etc. However still I notice Sdcard1 comes under group SDCARD_R instead of SDCARD_RW or MEDIA_RW. Anyways it is not preventing me from writing into the folder, so that's ok.

Secondly, in the file managers, I cannot simply see /extSdCard at the base level. What I can see is SdCard and Phone internal storage.

Any pointers?

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Dump of init scripts

"init.smdk4x12.rc"

on init

mkdir /mnt/shell/emulated 0700 shell shell

mkdir /storage 0550 system sdcard_r

mkdir /storage/emulated 0555 root root

mkdir /storage/sdcard1 0775 system system

mkdir /storage/usbdisk0 0775 system system

export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /storage/emulated/legacy

export SECONDARY_STORAGE /storage/sdcard1

export EMULATED_STORAGE_SOURCE /mnt/shell/emulated

export EMULATED_STORAGE_TARGET /storage/emulated

# for backwards compatibility

symlink /storage/emulated/legacy /sdcard

symlink /storage/emulated/legacy /mnt/sdcard

symlink /storage/emulated/legacy /storage/sdcard0

symlink /mnt/shell/emulated/0 /storage/emulated/legacy

symlink /storage/sdcard1 /extSdCard

symlink /storage/sdcard1 /mnt/extSdCard

symlink /storage/usbdisk0 /usbdisk0

symlink /storage/usbdisk0 /mnt/usbdisk0

"init.goldfish.rc"

# on init

mkdir /storage/sdcard 0555 root root

export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /storage/sdcard

# Support legacy paths

symlink /storage/sdcard /sdcard

symlink /storage/sdcard /mnt/sdcard

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hyperorb:
Solved : Installed AOSP Rom

So the problem was the ROM. I did a complete wipe and installed NeatRom lite 5.4. Issue was resolved. On a different note... battery drain improved a lot.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xx98burak98xx:
Good

i will use this
[Google Chromecast] bipoler:
Hello everyone

To whom it may concern:

My name is Jé and I am having issues with this Chromecast. I was able to successfully set it up and begin streaming videos successfully via YouTube and Google Play Video( I rented a movie to try it out). I do not recall if this issue occurred on the YouTube video but upon casting a video from my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 to my T.V it plays just fine, as with YouTube I was able to hit my home screen and send texts, etc and the Cast window still be in my notifications panel.

Well I got a phone call and went to answer it and the Chromecast window disappeared :( . I tried going into Google Play and even the Chromecast application and got nothing….I even restarted my phone and the movie was still PLAYING!...o and I was OFF Wi-Fi! My device said Wi-Fi was on but my data was coming from 4G LTE!

Again the movie still played with no hiccups or nothing even when I restarted my cellphone and played just fine when I accepted the phone call.

I had to unplug it from the back of my T.V, re connect it, and then go back into it works just fine I scrub to where I was and again after a short while the cast icon disappears but the movie is still playing and the phone drops from Wi-Fi. I even turned Wi-Fi off this time and it still played just fine! This is weird! I put a call into Google but to no avail.

I was wondering if anyone else experienced this issue. Why does the icon go away? How was it even working with me being off Wi-Fi ?
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Not sure why the icon goes away, it should stay on your Notifications: Ongoing, but if your phone's WiFi is dropping out, that's probably why.

As for why the movie continues to play, this is normal. In normal circumstances* Chromecast does not stream from your phone/tablet's data connection. Instead your phone/tablet "hands off" the request (YouTube link, etc) to Chromecast and Chromecast goes online and retrieves it for playback on its own. Essentially, Chromecast is streaming the content directly from the source, rather than things going to your phone/tablet them to Chromecast. At the same time, your phone/tablet keeps a status/control connection open to the Chromecast so it can show you what's happening (play position, etc) and control it.

Likely the cast icon is disappearing when your phone drops off WiFi, as it loses the status/control connection to Chromecast.

* exceptions to this are apps that stream phone/tablet-stored content like AllCast/AirCast/KoushCast (currently requires root and KyoCast mod) and Chrome browser tab casting (this gets transcoded on-the-fly by the PC then sent to Chromecast)
[Google Chromecast] bipoler:
Thanks for replying

my Wi-Fi does not drop its gotta be something to do with this app because it never drops when I am just connected to it regularly. And the fact that the icon goes away is annoying I missed so many parts of the movie because I had no way of scrubbing back unless I unplugged it from the back of the TV
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Maybe I misunderstood, but you said your phone dropped off WiFi... I get that your router/AP isn't dropping the WiFi signal (I hope), otherwise there'd be all sorts of other problems. :)

Regardless, you shouldn't have to reboot your Chromecast - just re-launch whatever app was playing, then tap the Cast icon to connect again - it should then link up and give you status.

HBO GO seems to remember where you were at even across device reboots - must save it in your profile.

Try this:

Launch YouTube

Find a sufficiently-long video (at least a few minutes)

Tap the Cast icon to start casting it to your Chromecast

Watch the playback indicator - it should be counting...

Check TV - it should be playing

Go back to home screen

Kill YouTube app via task manager (or reboot your phone, if you want)

Check TV - it should still be playing

Launch YouTube app again

Don't choose a video, just tap the Cast icon to connect to your Chromecast

That should get your back to the video that's currently playing and give you a playback indicator that shows that the video never stopped playing
[Google Chromecast] bipoler:
Yes you just might be on to something. But I did go back into Google play movies and clicked the movie and it started playing from my phone ! At a different point from my tv. And I went into the Chrome app and nothing, the cast wasn't even available. I keep my phone on wifi when I'm home. Never lost a signal, however since using this I noticed the wifi toggle was still on, but my device was on 4G. I turn off cast go back on wifi and it stays connected , this is weird lol
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Wow, that is weird. The Cast icon should be available. I just launched something in YouTube then ran HBO GO and hit the Cast icon there (which then interrupted the YouTube that was already running on the TV, a little bit of a security/concurrency bump there).

What firmware build is your Chromecast on?
[Google Chromecast] bipoler:
Not sure I had just bought it last night and it downloaded an update
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Run the Chromecast app and select your device - it'll tell you the build at the bottom.

Likely you're on 13300, or newer if there is one. I had all kinds of weird WiFi trouble with the first build (12072) - I couldn't even get through setup, but it all got better after I got 13300. Now it occasionally give me "connected by can't reach the Internet" after boot but it reconnects in a couple of minutes.
[Google Chromecast] bipoler:
Thank you for your time you've been very helpful
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
You're welcome. Hope you get it figured out soon. My Chromecast experience (past the setup troubles I described earlier) has been solid so far. Only hiccup currently is sometimes if I'm casting from YouTube it doesn't smoothly transition from the end of one video to the start of the next and I have to disconnect and reconnect to the Chromecast (switch back to phone/tablet/computer then go back to cast).
[Google Chromecast] The_Stranger:
I have the same problems, mostly in the netflix app. But also a lot times the icon doesn't even show up in netflix (but also youtube) so I can't start casting. When I connect using the chromecast app, it does find the device.

I am on the latest fw and it is plugged in with the original charger.

The only thing I can think of, next to a faulty chromecast, might be the router, I have put dd-wrt on it so I can watch netflix from outside the us. But I don't have any other problems besides the same problem as the OP.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
YouTube just had an application update (on the Android device side) for the oddities with the Cast icon when Bluetooth was connected... I wonder if it's related?
[Google Chromecast] The_Stranger:
Still have the problems...

When on my desktop though, I get the icon to show a lot more consistently, in youtube, chrome and netflix..
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
I had no issues until 13300 with the "robustness" update for wifi.

Others have reported this same problem -

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2443288

I went through it for about 30 minutes last night, Chromecast coming and going.

Resetting wifi through the Chromecast app on two phones was sometimes making Chromecast appear - for a few minutes.

I reset my router and that's cured it for now.

And my router is 2 days old, I just upgraded from an older model.

So for me, problem didn't start until the 13300 update, is much better with the latest versions of Netflix and YouTube but is independent of phones and routers.

Doesn't happen a lot but it's a real problem.
[Google Chromecast] The_Stranger:
Could be that my prtoblems also started with the update, but can't say for sure...
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Funny, those are the same symptoms I had that 13300 cured, guess you can't win em all.

One thing to add since you've changed routers - if you're using the same SSID is best to clear the WiFi configuration for your devices and set it up from scratch (looks like you've already done this on your Chromecast).

Some devices get confused when the BSSID is different from what it was set up with. Essentially your new router has a different MAC address and some devices get weird about it, connecting but dropping or just sitting in a half connected state.
[Google Chromecast] bipoler:
Google just wrote this back to me, I will try this the next time I use the cast option on my device

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Google. It was my pleasure speaking with you about your Chromecast device. With the issues that happened while watching the movie on Google Play, I have a quick question. Do you have battery saving mode on your phone? If so, please disable the battery saving mode.

The Battery Saver feature can be found under Apps > Settings > General Tab > Battery
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Good tip on clearing the configuration for the SSID, not everyone knows to do that.

Google is just not getting it.

I have no battery saving anything going on, no task killing, no snake oil.

I've sat, watching the app in question and have watched the icon disappear.

Go to Chromecast right away, it's nowhere to be found.

But if you want to leave it alone, it'll play a two hour movie in that state.

Aside - maybe if I'd ran the previous version longer I'd have seen it there as well.

---------- Post added at 02:36 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 PM ----------

PS - I usually have close to 200 MB free ram, so it's not Android doing any task or service killing either.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
I've captured several views of logcat during the problem.

Chromecast says it's timed out looking for it.

Netflix says E/venom media error.

Nothing to see there.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
Very strange... Hopefully it's better nowadays, but my old HTC would stop doing stuff if it didn't have 300 MB or more free. *shrug*

Just for 100% certainty, can you check your Settings > WiFi > Advanced > Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep setting?
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
I can do better than that, I can guarantee that it's working. :)

My OOM settings are pretty reasonable, I don't lose things needing lots of free ram.

And I keep a memory indicator just a touch away in my status bar thanks to Quick System Info Pro.

I think that you'd agree if you could use it that I have a very well-behaved setup.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
I'm stumped. Maybe it's specific to a particular Android version. I'm on 4.1.2
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Yeah. Thought of that.

4.0.4, 4.1.2 Sense and 4.3 AOSP.

I choose my own wifi channel so there are no conflicts, the Chromecast home screen shows full bars and I've even run an extension to put the router near the TV thinking it could be that.

Extended speed test consistently shows no packet loss and 1 ms jitter, in case it's something upstream which I doubt.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
If you happen to have a spare router or AP that you can set up an isolated network on, that would help rule out the router.

Perhaps a better question - did it ever work reliably?
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Yes.

I don't recall the numbers, but, it worked reliably for the first several days I had it, then got an update and it worked reliably for several weeks or however long with that, then updated to 13300 and that's when the trouble started.

I got a new router last week, different model, repeated all troubleshooting steps.

I've blamed the 13300 update because they explicitly said that it contains wifi robustness enhancements.

But - I have no way of knowing if the update applied properly and without root, I can't reflash it.

I intend to wait it out, I hope that the next update fixes it for whatever reason.

Btw - sometimes it disappears on both of our phones at the same time. LOL
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
I'm pretty sure if the update didn't "take" properly you'd get the "Uhoh, something went wrong, we're working to fix it..." (not exact wording) screen that I saw once or twice. I'm not sure what caused that. I think that was the CC that I ended up exchanging...

My guess is we'll see a new firmware either just before or just after the hackathon, so wait and see is probably a good choice... well, not like you really can do anything else without root, as you said.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
I still think that this is just some weird glitch and I remain a Chromecast fan regardless.

It's an occasional nuisance, not a show stopper.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
I've been using the included extender from day one.

I wonder about that, so last night I pulled it off - fingers crossed.

Edit - that's not it.
[Google Chromecast] tpak44:
Just chiming in here as I have the exact same issue as the OP. My Chromecast was working perfectly fine until the 13300 update. Now I have to reboot Chromecast every single time I want to use it. When I reboot it, my devices can see it and I can start streaming. After a short period, the cast icon dissapears from the app I'm using (whether it be Netflix, Youtube, etc). The content is still being streamed to my TV (as it does for the OP) ...but I have no control over it.

I've replaced my router, applied tons of tips I've picked up here and there while researching this issue, and still the issue remains.
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
I'm going to just jump in here because you said you have a new router....

What Brand/Model Router did you get?

Not all routers are created equal and I have found that there are different routers with levels of how many devices can be connected at once on them.

Linksys (Cisco) had this noted on it's box.

They have four groups of Routers

A - for 3 or less Wireless Devices

B - for 6 or less

C - 7+ devices at a time.

D - 7+ with HD streaming

It is possible that maybe you have so many devices on the network that some are getting kicked off the Wireless?

I had this issue with my old router where the Phone would say connected but not actually get any data via WiFi until something else disconnected.

I'm thinking longshot that this is relevant but it was worth noting...
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
That's not it in my case.

I thought the 14651 update was the fix, it dropped often but turned around and picked up within a few seconds. Until it didn't and I had to reboot.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
14975 came out pretty quick (2-3 weeks?) after 14651, so maybe it fixed something related to your issue?
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
I put in 14975 originally but then changed it going by memory - because I was offline again and couldn't check without a reboot.

I meant 14975 above, 14651 was no different than earlier.
[Google Chromecast] leecavturbo:
I think this thread is also my issue too.

I have no idea what update I have etc, but to describe my issue:

Again using android phone (htc one x,power saver off,WiFi always on)

I can cast a YouTube playlist and this plays great with each new video playing in the order I choose. But as this thread the phone will loose sync/connection to chromecast and loose the notification icon. The cast item continues to play which is great but If I reconnect the currently playing video is stopped and the tv displays the chromecast splash screen. The icon is returned and functions as normal are restored but at the expense of stopped play. They either need to fix the loss in sync/connection or ensure reconnecting does not interrupt the playing item/playlist
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Edit - ignore the following, it was a one time thing, strictly anecdotal.

Ok, this is new to 14975 for me - when the phone loses it, I can still tab cast.

Turning wifi off/on on the phone doesn't work, resetting the router does.

And so does putting the phone in and out of airplane mode.

Could be anecdotal but that's a first.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Ok, so here's my latest try, it seems to be holding.

Ever since I got it, I've always named it Chromecast.

I don't think that Chromecast1234, "Living room" or "man cave" really works for me.

Without a full up promiscuous network sniffer I have no idea what's going on. But I've seen a lot of dumb mistakes in my time as have we all.

So on a lark I've named it "CC LR" or, Chromecast living room in the dumbest way possible.

And it seems to be holding. :p :rolleyes:
[Google Chromecast] Asphyx:
Well there are probably other things at play....

Could even be a change of IP messing with you if the DHCP Lease expires!

Best practice is to set DHCP reservations on your Router so whenever a particular device connects to the network it gets the same IP address every time.

It is kind of like assigning a static IP only not messing with the Network settings of each unit which might mess you up on some other network (like taking a Laptop home and at work)
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Yeah. I know.

My DHCP leases run for a year.

And some of my devices are set to DHCP with a static IP. That's pretty handy for network printers for example.

And I've seen dumber lookup mistakes in code than the one I'm suggesting.
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
It's quite possible that at least some of the Chromecast code ignores SSIDs starting with Chromecast, as to avoid trying to connect to another Chromecast that's in setup mode.
[Google Chromecast] EarlyMon:
Sounds plausible, thank you.

If this continues to work for me, I'll update the bug report I submitted with them.

Will be interesting to see if this works for others.
[Google Chromecast] TexasFlyer:
I'm having the same issue

I'm having the exact same issue. I tried changing my Chromecast name to not include "Chromecast". At first I thought it might have helped, but I still lose the connection after a period of time.

The easiest way I have found to get it back is to unplug the Chromecast USB power cable for 10 seconds, then I can reconnect after it boots up. Anyone else find a quicker way?

BTW, here's a tip. If your TV is not near your router, plug the Chromecast into the front HDMI port instead of the back. Why? The metal in the TV deflects the WiFi signal if the router is that direction. I was having lots of issues loading videos and buffering, but when I moved it to the front where the TV was not in the way, all the buffering issues went away :).

Alan
[Google Chromecast] nacho73:
same problem.

what i do, is to use the fing application that searches for devices connected to the network.

After scanning, the chromecast icon appears.
[Google Chromecast] nacho73:
And if you do a wake on land works too

Enviado desde mi GT-I9103 mediante Tapatalk
[Google Chromecast] bhiga:
+1 - TVs (and electronics in general) unfortunately make great signal blockers/scramblers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3] bipoler:
Hello everyone

To whom it may concern:

My name is Jé and I am having issues with this Chromecast. I was able to successfully set it up and begin streaming videos successfully via YouTube and Google Play Video( I rented a movie to try it out). I do not recall if this issue occurred on the YouTube video but upon casting a video from my T-Mobile Galaxy Note 3 to my T.V it plays just fine, as with YouTube I was able to hit my home screen and send texts, etc and the Cast window still be in my notifications panel.

Well I got a phone call and went to answer it and the Chromecast window disappeared :( . I tried going into Google Play and even the Chromecast application and got nothing….I even restarted my phone and the movie was still PLAYING!...o and I was OFF Wi-Fi! My device said Wi-Fi was on but my data was coming from 4G LTE!

Again the movie still played with no hiccups or nothing even when I restarted my cellphone and played just fine when I accepted the phone call.

I had to unplug it from the back of my T.V, re connect it, and then go back into it works just fine I scrub to where I was and again after a short while the cast icon disappears but the movie is still playing and the phone drops from Wi-Fi. I even turned Wi-Fi off this time and it still played just fine! This is weird! I put a call into Google but to no avail.

I was wondering if anyone else experienced this issue. Why does the icon go away? How was it even working with me being off Wi-Fi ?