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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Venners:
Z1 Compact with same issue

This started happening for me this week (on my Z1 compact), but only once I had unlocked the bootloader to use Multirom. It happens in stock, cyanogenmod, slimkat and others. The funny thing is, if I reboot it a couple of times, sometimes the power level comes back. I uninstalled Multirom and tried normal flashing of a custom rom, but it still happened.

I wondered if it could be the recovery somehow? Multirom uses a tweaked TWRP, which I can't seem to get rid of, even by reflashing dual recovery. Cyanogenmod installed it's own recovery, which wouldn't let me flash anything, so I re-flashed stock and recovery. Now I'm stuck with Multirom's recovery anyway, I think because I tried to re-install it over the Cyanogenmod one.

I'm trying a full reset via PC companion now to see if it makes a difference. That should completely reset the device, right?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LLars_PL:
You guys should try a xposed app idk anymore how it is called now, but you should find it easily on the xposed app section on your phone.

It turns the auto-shutdown off when the system reads -0 % battery. The phone won`t shutdown when reaching 0- and will continue too use the battery thats left - in your case guys its much juice anyway:D

But remember that it isn`t completely safe- When run out of juice the phone will shutdown and you may loose some data (when shutdown while copying for ex)

And thats not good for the battery to run fully out.

But you can trie to do it once, then full charge it. maybe it will help ? + these callibration apps ;)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mosespl:
Nice module but I can't find it could you remember name of this module It would be great I would like to test it one time

Wysłane z mojego D5503 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LLars_PL:
Here is What i mean (: hope it helps
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVonn:
I'm also having this issue, but it's always from about 30%. It'll drop so fast sometimes that I won't even get that 14% warning. I'll be browsing on my phone then all of a sudden it'll suddenly shut down. Every single day! Before I used to go all day without a charge, now I'm lucky if I can make it to late afternoon. I only have the screenshots from after the factory reset (early march), but I used to go 12 hours without a charge. Now I'm lucky if I get 6.

My phone is stock, I've tried battery calibration, I've done a complete factory reset and formatted my SD card. I don't know if the battery is on its last legs or if it's just kitkat being a jerk. (geez, I miss jellybean. stupid locked bootloader)
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AntiDroid:
I had similiar problems: 50% -> 0% or 0% after rebooting. I replaced my battery (quite easy, but be careful) and the problem is totally gone.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david azzz:
use Application

Battery Drain

I had this problem in my previous Sony arc s

And it solved my problem ;)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fuzzyoneapps.BatteryDrain
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junta_mpb:
Disabling Google Ads and Sony services seems to have worked for me. I'll keep observing.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Steve_max:
My problem isn't as obvious as yours, but I see that the final 10-15% go much faster than the first 10%. I usually get about 30 minutes of screen on for each 10% of battery, so I get from 100% to 15% with about 4h15 of screen time. Then, from 15% to zero, i get at most some 10-15 minutes more. Doesn't seem like a software issue, since this happens with any ROM, after factory reset, etc. Maybe the battery is showing its age?
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVonn:
I should certainly hope not! This was the first phone I bought outright (brand new, not used), got it in December 2013. Of course, I'm a months past the 1 year warranty. Just my luck... I bought a new battery just in case nothing else works. I'll keep you guys posted.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junta_mpb:
This didn't work for me, in the long run. The phone still had the same problem except that its no inconsistent.

I'm open to more suggestions.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yoorie016:
Battery Life

Well lucky for me. im using a custom rom that is based on .157 stock rom. it takes my phone for about 2 days in standby mode, and 1 and half day if im playing games (for about one hour or more). I also didn't notice any quite issues with my battery from the day i bought it last August 2014. Try to test some custom roms (Stock .157 based roms) then try to check if the issue is still present. if so, change you're battery.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smariob:
Facing this

Sounds like a bad issue that starts passed the year of use. I've had a month facing this problem. Started with 12% to not. But in the past days is getting worse from 30% - 35% even.

I been observing, The phone got this problem when gets hot. My batt stats past from decent 10 - 12 hours a day with 4 - 6 of screen on, to shame 6 hours of batt and 3 on screen. It's ridiculous. :mad:

I will try the metods described on the thread and see if it helps, but I'm afraid replacement of battery (Or phone) is next :(

C6906 LB Stock 5.0
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVonn:
Going to put lollipop on soon, hopefully it'll make a difference. I have a battery ordered just in case it doesn't.

Most of the time mine will die at 30%. It also seems to take MUCH longer to charge and drains MUCH faster than usual. I have to turn my phone off when I'm not using it just so I can get through the day. :(
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cingolat:
did you notice in the first screenshot that your phone is ALWAYS awake even if your screen is off? this is really bad.....maybe you have one or more apps that keep your z1 always awake.........you have to investigate further, just my 2cent.....
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVonn:
Only on the first screen, it's mostly just the wifi that's always on. I was really really hoping that it was a software issue and that the upgrade to lollipop would fix things. Sadly, that's not the case.

With lollipop, my phone drains SO much faster and will randomly shut off anywhere from 30-70% (usually at 60%). When I try to turn it on immediately after, it'll show 1%. If I wait a few minutes or charge it, it'll resume at the percentage that it left off at, but will generally shut down again within a few minutes. I usually can only get an hour out of my phone now, 3 if I'm not using it. I have a replacement battery coming, it can't get here fast enough! Hopefully that will do the trick.

I'm never paying full price for a phone again, I love the sony xperia line but they don't love me back. :crying:
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junta_mpb:
I solved my battery drain issue by replacing my battery. Its been two weeks and I haven't had any issue.

EDIT

Any issue regarding the battery, that is.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Velnica:
I've yet to try the battery calibration but it seems like battery replacement is the only permanent solution at the moment, sucks. I've been having this problem a fair bit, some apps seem to accelerate the drain (from whatever to instant shutdown) like Camera ZOOM, some games and doing Google Play stuff like install/uninstalling apps.

As you can see below this happened in Kit Kat and Lollipop. Sometimes turning it back on immediately while charged will procure enough battery power (pic 1 & 2) but some other time it would just be actually 0%.

So frustrating grrr, I'm in 2 minds whether I should get it replaced (have to check warranty) or whether I can live with it long enough till I upgrade around October.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AVonn:
The only thing that worked for me was replacing the battery. You might be better off changing it out now if you can instead of waiting. Nothing worse than needing your phone in an emergency and it's playing battery games with you. It just gets worse and worse where it'll have to be plugged in all the time.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guitarfreak26:
Random question guys but i was wondering how you guys hold your nexus in daily usage?

Im used to big phones but seem to be getting finger aches and that from resting it on the pinky when trying to swipe type etc.

Its a real shame it doesnt have a one handed mode
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
im not a big guy, 5'7", and hold it in my left hand usually, without issue.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
I'm pretty short too. I'm 5'8". I hold it iny left hand and my last 3 phones, I've rested the bottom edge on my little finger
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Guitarfreak26:
Yeah ive been using the note series for the last few years, even had a z ultra at one point.. Maybe im just getting old :P
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
i turned 43 on sunday :D
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strikerdj2011:
hold it with my right hand and only ever need the one had got hands like shovels lol
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimax98:
I hold it in my left hand with the point of the phone right into my hand between my pinky and ring fingers. If I dont need to access the whole screen I will slide it down to the bottom mid of the phone rests on my pinky knuckle. I can pretty much access the whole device this way.

I have held all my phones the same way, the Note 3 was the worst though since my pinky covered the speaker -_-
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
I usually use my left hand but since I've gotten the N6, I've used my right hand. I just use my thumb to navigate through the screen with my other fingers loosely on the back.

Anybody use the dimple to hold their phone? Would love to read more on that.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
na. its too high up to in any way balance the phone. i usually hold it much lower then there.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mnsportsguy1978:
Flygrip
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PaisanNYC:
Very carefully
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spectre Nine:
I'm left handed and I hold it in my left, sort of resting on my 4 fingers so that my thumb is free to reach anywhere on the screen. Sometimes you just have to use it with 2 hands but most of the time I can manage.

Sent from my Nexus 6
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pilz:
I hold it with either hand and use my pinky as a bottom support when I need to. This phone is remarkably easy to handle one handed compared to a boxy phone.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dennistpm:
I also use a FlyGrip. There's really no other viable alternative. Saves on all of the digital (finger) gymnastics and makes for a more secure grip.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] californiarailroader:
This comes to mind-

LOL
[HTC Excalibur] suhsix:
Hello fellow Dash/Excalibur users!

So lately I've been getting quite a few annoying prank calls from a blocked number. These actually don't bother me too much except for when its the middle of the night :X So I wanted to create a profile where "unknown" (blocked) numbers wouldn't ring and normal calls with caller ID's would ring. For the life of me I can not figure out how to do this. It appears that on the Dash you can only have ALL calls as silent or ALL calls set to ring thru. Maybe someone knows a good program for this purpose.

Right now I have it set to completely silent when I go to sleep but it would be really nice to figure this out so that other people can still call me if they need to.

Thanks a ton.

PS- I'm running WM6 Beta on a T-Mo Dash if that matters.
[HTC Excalibur] Kevin61981:
eyeoncall.
[HTC Excalibur] suhsix:
Thanks! Works great.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackomegatm:
Hello guys, after a extensive research I decided to post thia thread and ask for help.

I recieved this phone (i9505 international version) from my cousin after it was washed in a wash machine inside his pants pocket'.

He told me he had sent it to a repair shop to have it cleaned and repaired before he sent it to me.

I recieved it, charged it's battery on a externalismo charger, put it back and it turns on ok, but gets stuck on The boot screen with a little blue message on the top that says "recovery booting" and never changes from there.

So , i tried The obvious, downloaded a official ROM, and tried to flash it. Flash was sucessful but i still had the same problems with it getting stuck in The first boot screen with the little blue text at The top.

Then i tried flashing The ROM with a pit file to rebuild The partittions. Flash was sucessful again, no errors at all, but I still had the same problem getting stuck at The boot screen.

The I tried flashing a custom recovery.

Clockwork recovery got me a error screen after i flashed it saying something got wrong during flash ask me to flash again.

Reflashed The oficial ROM with the pit file, tried again, same error. Had to reflash again.

Then I tried twrp.

This time something went different. I was still stuck at The boot screen, but The blue text changed to a red/orange 3 line text saying something like "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing".

I've read that this hás something to do with a locked bootloader and knox security.

Also, I've read that some people had this problems when their /data partition got corrupted.

So, I could not clear or format the data partition because I can't get into the recovery. The pit file never touches /data, and I don't really know if flashing the oficial ROM is enough to fix any problems in /data.

I have no idea if the data on /EFS is still OK.

And I'm still stuck with this problem.

Does anyone have any idea what else I can try in order to unbrick this phone?

I think the 3 possible problems are:

Corruption on /data

Corruption on /EFS (still it should boot)

Something wrong with bootloader vs rom version or region or something with Knox security.

Oh, I Aldo tried flashing another modem/radio. Got the same "something went wrong while flashing, try again" error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sorry if you find any typos, I'm fighting my word corrector (which is in pt-br) as I type this from my phone (n7000).

PS: flashed Samsung 4.4.2 zto (brazil) to the i9505
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blap017:
Another possibility is that the volume rocker shorted and when holding power it is also holding volume. Therefore booting recovery. I would check this by removing the volume rocker ribbon from the board and powering on. I know it sounds silly but could be the problem
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackomegatm:
I openned the phone a few minutes ago to check this. Acctualy the button is soldered into the mainboard. I wasn't able to disconnect it.

I get a new multimeter (mine broke a few weeks ago) and check the contacts, but I don't think this is the problem, because if it was just a problem with a key getting stuck it should still boot into the recovery and do something, but it's not the case, it gets stuck in the bootscreen before booting and never really enters the recovery.

and when I go into download mode, there is a screen that asks me to presse vol up to go into download mode or vol down to cancel, I acctually have to press vol up to enter download mode, so it's probably not the problem. Thanks for the sugestion tho'.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
I've tried searching but couldn't find a current answer. I'm kinda late to the party and still running stock rooted kk and don't want to update to lp. So how can I disable the OTA nag. Thanks in advance
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] May.Assem:
I have the same problem. It's my mother's tablet so I don't want to take things into my own hands when I'm not constantly around to monitor the device's performance. :/
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nijom:
here you go!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2429820

search XDA. search google. we can post a question if we dont find the answer.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elevatorguy:
Will give this a shot. Last post in the thread says may not work all the way without breaking some notifications.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Accessories] frodo_lives:
http://www.knomobags.com/usa/knomad-ipad-surfacepro3-tablet-sleeve-black-1815.html

It is for a surface, but it holds my chromebook, my note 10.1 (2014), my moto x, pens and paper, usb drives and some random cables. Love it. I used to have a messenger bag but this is much easier to tote around. Check it out
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] tjeeeeee:
Was curious if anyone running lollipop gpe would want to test a potential fix/work around for phantom voicemail as its worked for me so far
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] pmacevad:
I just block it with hangouts or messenger.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] tjeeeeee:
If your talking about the 9016 or whatever that's easy I meant the notification that continuously pops up
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] pmacevad:
Oh, I don't get that. Running dh gpe with Sprint vvm installed and working. No vvm phantom vm here (thankfully not yet anyways).
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] tjeeeeee:
I was getting it, I don't since I've applied a temp kind of fix that has stopped the notification and I know I'm not the only one experiencing it
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] gunfromsako:
I'll test it out but it might be a day or 2. I was going to do the same thing but I haven't got around to rummaging through smali and xmls...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] tjeeeeee:
Yeah it's a teleservice.apk that I edited and haven't seen the notification since

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1KrqT9hFsfYZncyTzBSM1hXb0k/edit?usp=docslist_api

Just change permissions and replace then reboot.(the usual lol)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] gunfromsako:
Smali?

?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] tjeeeeee:
Yup saw the edit in a other thread and tried it out for digitals gpe and haven't had the issue since I've used it keep it for whenever I run gpe now since I'm an unfortunate soul who has the phantom voicemail and can't swap phones thanks to Sprint easy pay
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] gunfromsako:
Yeah that was the main reason I left that rom... So annoying. And I've been so busy during the holidays that I've never attempted to solve it.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] tjeeeeee:
I've actually had it since early December I just didn't think it worked but I think I kept forgetting to reboot it and I was flashing too frequently so I could never remember if it was applied or not digital is gonna implement it if someone else confirms its working
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] qualitymove13:
This seems to work for me. I tested incoming and outgoing calls and all is well so far. Running DH's latest. Thanks! That icon was such a pain...
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Mentalmuso:
Yeah this has worked for me. Thanks! I'm using skydragon gpe on at&t.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] tonyt3rry:
I dont want to go the custom recovery root just plain basic stock android thank you :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] CSKing1995:
Towelroot Google it. Works just fine if root is all you want.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] yosmokinman:
You can boot twrp instead of flashing it then flash the su zip. This won't overwrite the stock recovery. run fastboot boot twrp-name.img
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] khaytsus:
If you don't want a custom recovery, you can re-flash stock recovery. The way to root a Nexus device is simple, you use fastboot, flash twrp, flash superu. Yes, it requires wiping data.

Using exploits, especially sketchy ones, is a bad idea.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] CSKing1995:
Ha. So I'm assuming the sketchy remark was aimed at my answer. Look man you can do whichever you'd like according to your skills and level of comfort. The fact is this, any of the above mentioned routes would work. That being said, the "sketchy" route I suggested is a well documented working exploit. And by far the simplest of all you want is root. But the wugfresh toolkit is just as easy if you have access to a PC. It will do all of the above and more. Good luck.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] yosmokinman:
^Why **** with that bull****. Just flash or boot twrp and flash the su.zip
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] nhizzat:
Boot a custom recovery, flash su.zip, boot into system. This way you have root but retain the stock recovery.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] Fastbird:
I used that w something toolkit. Worked like a champ on both my 5.0.2 N7's, kept the stock recovery, simply attained root access.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] CSKing1995:
Your welcome. Glad I could help
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] _MetalHead_:
I'm glad it worked for you but in the future, you should avoid using toolkits like the plague. I can't tell you how many "such and such toolkit bricked my phone!" threads I've seen over the years. People try and take the "easy route" and then have no clue how to fix their phones/tablets when a problem occurs. I recommend to every person that wants to root their devices that they familiarize themselves with ADB and fastboot, it's actually much easier than it seems, and the knowledge is invaluable. Like people mentioned, you should have booted a custom recovery and flashed SU, it's just as simple as using a toolkit, and again, the knowledge and experience would have served you well.
[Samsung Gear S] vasko002:
I've been trying to get Ultimate Music Control to work on a non-Samsung custom ROM. I have the app on the watch, but I lost my backup when reflashing my phone(oops), and it's only available on the Galaxy store so I can't download it.

Can someone get the .apk with Titanium backup, or with anything really?

If it works, I'll write a tutorial.

Thanks a lot!
[Samsung Gear S] vasko002:
UPDATE

So I installed it, but it shows no sign of connection between the phone and the watch. It still seems to rely on the Gear Manager bullcrap.
[Samsung Gear S] wigglitz:
And you tried changing through the different methods on the phone app side of the player? I had to switch between them for different music players. For the majority of the music apps I use it for, most of them won't show any track information on the watch. I am also using a custom ROM. It is still a Touchwiz based ROM. They stripped as much Touchwiz out of it that they could to get it as close to AOSP as possible. I initially had issues when accessing the Galaxy app store saying something like " Error This device does not support Samsung GALAXY Apps." I re-flashed a couple times and finally got it working by not allowing it to update itself as much as I could get away with. I have a feeling with a little mucking around you can get it to at least connect/control music.
[Samsung Gear S] vasko002:
I did try the different methods. I just use stock CyanogenMod, which has none of the Touchwiz/Galaxy apps software.

EDIT: What ROM are you using?
[Samsung Gear S] wigglitz:
I'm using Eclipse S5 TW for my S5 Verizon since it is the closest I can get to AOSP with locked bootloader.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] `sazabi:
It seems like the phone couldn't connect to the camera when I use Lollipop rom (tried Nameless , UB , CM 12 , RR.... none of them working)

This is sad :( I couldn't use any of the L roms due to this issue . Had to stay with TW roms cause the camera works just fine there .

Any of you facing a similar issue ? Any suggestion for this ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giovait:
Sadly samsung tw roms or stock rom have the best code for camera (well they build it for their hardware so..) and Lollipop roms are like betas at the moment. Try posting in Q&A topic (or in the dev topic) of the rom that are you using, maybe some dev could give you a fix or someone got it working
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxger:
Hi,

does anyone have a wokling heimdall (linux odin) for the device?

the official is not working.

thanks...