hi guys i have unlimited data on the bionic and tether it to my pc using easy tether pro right right now i have used 70gb of data and seen no signs of Verizon punishing me or throttling (still getting an average of 2.1 megabytes down off filesonic love that 4g lte). anyway the 4g uses so much power that it kills the battery wile downloading at that speed is their any way to solve this problem? It is sad that even though it is plunged up and charging it still dies. thanks for reading my stupid block or text.
Are you using a wall charger? Not all chargers are created equal. The stock charger should provide enough current to keep the phone alive through whatever you can throw at it, but charging it via USB will not.
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I use my phone as a hotspot for my laptop an ipod. Whenever I have a big data transfer my phone dies after a bit. This happens whenit is plugged into tha wall charger or usb. This only seems to happen onthe newer roms cyn's 4.0.2 is what I'm on now.
Does anyone know why the phone can't charge fast enuf?
jady said:
I use my phone as a hotspot for my laptop an ipod. Whenever I have a big data transfer my phone dies after a bit. This happens whenit is plugged into tha wall charger or usb. This only seems to happen onthe newer roms cyn's 4.0.2 is what I'm on now.
Does anyone know why the phone can't charge fast enuf?
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i believe your phone always charges at the same rate unless you have bad cells in your current batter, which you most likely dont
my g1 also does the same thing, this is because your phone is using 3g (or edge depending on connection) as well as wifi at the same time, for heavy data traffic. This, along with other processes running on your g1, cause the battery to die quicker than normal usage. The only thing id suggest is to turn off wifi, and aut sync and so on while using wifi tether, also turn your screen off while tethering, basically anything to limit the power consumption of your g1 to a minimum. But even then, when downloading large amounts of data to my netbook, my g1 still does die, its a slow death, but its inevitable for me.
Same thing with my phone, so it's not isolated. I think it's due to a known problem of the battery not reporting the correct level. I have found that a reboot or shutdown and reboot usually works well, also, I don't know if it's related or not, but leaving the phone sitting on a well ventilated surface and having it lcd screen down seems to keep it cooler and the charging normal as well. I hope the battery level thing gets fixed soon.
Wootroot pretty much said it all.
So is there a usb tethering app other than pdanet? Pdanet seemed pretty slow when I used it b4......
I am trying to setup USB tethering on my phone. Instead of bringing the old threads back from the dead I just linked them below.
First lets get the obvious stuff out of the way.
1. I do use wifi tether, but if I want a file to download all night this isn't a good solution, battery goes dead after about an hour hooked up to the wall charger.
2.PDAnet - this works well if you have time to constantly monitor the connection or for casual surfing on a dead or close to dead battery, it randomly drops and doesn't reconnect on its own.
3. AziLink - The OpenVPN thing ruins this option, to big of a pain in the butt. Having to install an run in a VMAppliance.
I have looked at the other 2 options for USB tether. -
The Race condition between Mobile Network Connection and Mobile Network sharing here I just can't seem to "beat the clock" the network always connects first and gives me error 67. I was thinking this may have been patched since the thread is old, pre-update.
And this other one no one can seem to get to work.
So what I want to know - Does any one actually have a working USB tether option? I more or less want to be able to hook my phone up start a download and walk away with out having to worry too much about the connection droping (like pdanet).
I find that charging via usb doesn't heat up the battery as much, and it lasts longer.
but this is relevant to my interests
I find that charging via usb doesn't heat up the battery as much, and it lasts longer.
but this is relevant to my interests
This thread makes me really very thankful for my 40 dollar a month roadrunner high speed. 2 mbps and I don't have to worry about anything.
Ps I am not an employee of time warner cable nor am I receiving any compensation for this post
AT&T has great DSL, for low prices available in most areas.
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DirecTV and AT&T are in no way business partners, and I do not get compensated if I convince you to sign up for their services...
Even though I'm supposed to...
****ing payroll.
I cant get anything except the "race" one to work. I have gotten it to work with every ROM ive tried as well. Usually takes a few tries and you eventually get the feel for the timing.
Very difficult to explain the timing . My internet went down one night and i did it desperately for god knows how long until i figured it out. I guess it takes a serious catastrophe like network outage for 10+ hours to make you desperate enough to fail, repeat, fail, repeat...
I figured out if you hit it to soon, it doesn't work, and if you hit it too late it doesn't work.
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This thread makes me really very thankful for my 40 dollar a month roadrunner high speed. 2 mbps and I don't have to worry about anything.
Ps I am not an employee of time warner cable nor am I receiving any compensation for this post
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AT&T has great DSL, for low prices available in most areas.
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I don't get either of these services up where I live, and I absolutly refuse to deal with Comcast. USB Tether has always been my primary access point until WiFi tether which is just not near as helpful since my battery goes dead so quickly with it.
I got the race condition to catch one time last night in an hour and a half of trying, but when it did work my computer wouldn't actually show a network connection.
Just to make sure, when I turn on MNS it shows up as "HTC RNDIS Driver". Is that what everyone else is getting?
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I find that charging via usb doesn't heat up the battery as much, and it lasts longer.
but this is relevant to my interests
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That's because USB charges at 500 mA, half of the wall charger's current.
When using WiFi tethering, USB charging cannot keep up with the current draw, and the battery will be completely dead in an hour or two. I've taken to plugging the phone in the wall charger, turning off the screen, removing the back cover, and placing the phone face down while doing WiFi tethering. This keeps the battery from overheating.
I can go all day with wifi tether via usb charging. I download a lot too
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I can go all day with wifi tether via usb charging. I download a lot too
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Really? I definitely can't. Lucky you
If I connect to wifi tether and let the torrents go, plugged into the wall I am lucky to get a little over an hour. Plugged in USB isn't a whole lot different if I start with a full battery. Just browsing the web I can go a few hours.
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If I connect to wifi tether and let the torrents go, plugged into the wall I am lucky to get a little over an hour. Plugged in USB isn't a whole lot different if I start with a full battery. Just browsing the web I can go a few hours.
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my computer has a metal case, and I use it as a heat sink.
I have an unrooted (never been) un-modified Bionic with the original OEM battery and OEM charger and Standard dock.
Fairly regularly I can plug my phone in and it will show charging (both on the lock screen and in the notification bar) but will fail to charge (at least the percentage never increases and often decreases normally as if it were not plugged in. I can usually remedy this by rebooting the phone, and then it will take a charge normally, however, this is inconvenient, especially if I don't catch it until I take it off the charger expecting a full battery.
It is not due to something running using battery as sometimes even after a reboot, it will not charge.
Is this a known issue with the Bionic? Is there any fix? Should I be talking to motorola about a replacement?
Thanks for the advice.
I'd be talking to Verizon or Motorola about the issue, definitely not a common issue.
I think my girlfriend has this issue with her Bionic. Either way she has infinitely more problems than my Rezound.
What type of charger do you have for your bionic? Some non-Verizon chargers have problems as Verizon has it so you actually need a Verizon charger on some Bionics. Fortunately for me, I'm able to charge from a nonbranded.charger but if I want to sync up to my computer, I need a Verizon USB or I can't sync or even read the SD card. Kind of messed up if you ask me, but I guess Verizon has to make every last dollar they can to keep Wall St happy.
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As above really.
I'm using my phone as a wireless tether for my laptop. The screen is turned off during this usage and the phone is plugged into the mains via the std adapter. I've noticed that the battery life goes down rather than charging. Oh, also, I'm using the phone in forced 3G mode when the signal is pretty low.
Is this normal for this sort of use? With the SII it still charged, all be it a tiny bit slower. Just wondering if it's an issue with the phone.
Thanks
Anyone? Am I doing something wrong here, I never seem to get any replies on here.
Hi all, I have never experienced this kind of wierd issue with any of my past phones. When i would play games or say watch a movie on phone,( my last one was Htc One X), i would usually connect it to a charger so that the battery keeps charging slowly, and it worked with each of my past and even my gf's galaxy s4. But with XZ, the battery keeps continuously discharging. Anyone got any fix for this? With the kind of weak battery XZ has, it is a highly needed basic feature. I even tried with a 2A S4 charger, but to no effect. I even tried the modding of usb cable by shorting the data wires (the green and the white wire cut and insulated), still no improvement.
I have been using existenz v1.5.5 kk, and i can see that there is an option of fast charge in performance control. But turning it on doesnt make any change. Does the kernel not support fast-charge?Can anyone share any insights? It feels stupid to have to lay the phone down letting it to charge by itself olny to get all discharged within 3 hours.
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Hi all, I have never experienced this kind of wierd issue with any of my past phones. When i would play games or say watch a movie on phone,( my last one was Htc One X), i would usually connect it to a charger so that the battery keeps charging slowly, and it worked with each of my past and even my gf's galaxy s4. But with XZ, the battery keeps continuously discharging. Anyone got any fix for this? With the kind of weak battery XZ has, it is a highly needed basic feature. I even tried with a 2A S4 charger, but to no effect. I even tried the modding of usb cable by shorting the data wires (the green and the white wire cut and insulated), still no improvement.
I have been using existenz v1.5.5 kk, and i can see that there is an option of fast charge in performance control. But turning it on doesnt make any change. Does the kernel not support fast-charge?Can anyone share any insights? It feels stupid to have to lay the phone down letting it to charge by itself olny to get all discharged within 3 hours.
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Charging is really a problem for XZ. Anyways, shorting the data wires won't help, try switch to a stronger cable that's capable of transferring larger amount of electricity when you're using the 2A charger (many of those cables aren't able to transfer enough amount of electricity).
Also, when your phone is really fully loaded and became very hot, just as when you use it for navigation in your car under the sun, the charging speed will decrease (I don't even know why). The charging speed decreases either when you're touching the screen or when it's hot.
Anyways, try better cables first and see if it helps. The docking system is also likely to charge faster.
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Charging is really a problem for XZ. Anyways, shorting the data wires won't help, try switch to a stronger cable that's capable of transferring larger amount of electricity when you're using the 2A charger (many of those cables aren't able to transfer enough amount of electricity).
Also, when your phone is really fully loaded and became very hot, just as when you use it for navigation in your car under the sun, the charging speed will decrease (I don't even know why). The charging speed decreases either when you're touching the screen or when it's hot.
Anyways, try better cables first and see if it helps. The docking system is also likely to charge faster.
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I used a whole bunch of cables. The HTC one actually works as an anti-charge cable lol, it eats up battery even when the phone is left on charge unused. I had high hopes with the S4 cable, which turned out to perform same as the stock Sony one. Guess I have to live like this..
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I used a whole bunch of cables. The HTC one actually works as an anti-charge cable lol, it eats up battery even when the phone is left on charge unused. I had high hopes with the S4 cable, which turned out to perform same as the stock Sony one. Guess I have to live like this..
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Sorry to hear that the cables you tried all failed. Did you try using the docking system? They should perform better though.
I mentioned switching cables because I had a "anti-charge" cable before, lol. I did some research afterwards and finally got some 22AWG cables and they really made a difference. It's said that they're capable of transferring 3A electricity and it's really different from all other cables I've used. They're just about $2 each because they're handmade, I can give you one if you wanna have a try.
Also, charging by AC power should be better than using the power of cars' lighter. I'm using my docking system with the SONY stock charger w/ ac power. Never disappointed me.
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Sorry to hear that the cables you tried all failed. Did you try using the docking system? They should perform better though.
I mentioned switching cables because I had a "anti-charge" cable before, lol. I did some research afterwards and finally got some 22AWG cables and they really made a difference. It's said that they're capable of transferring 3A electricity and it's really different from all other cables I've used. They're just about $2 each because they're handmade, I can give you one if you wanna have a try.
Also, charging by AC power should be better than using the power of cars' lighter. I'm using my docking system with the SONY stock charger w/ ac power. Never disappointed me.
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Dude you might not be able to give me even if you wanted to.. I am in india and the shipment cost will be excessive. Thanks a lot btw.
I flashed Carbon KK rom and the charging is comparatively better. Atleast it doesnt drain while i use the phone for browsing etc, connected to a wall charger. But if I play games or watch videos on speaker, it does to some extent. I bought one more charger, a Nokia made 750 maH charger (AC 20N) which again is wierdly same in performance compared to both the 1.5A Sony and 2A Samsung. What I think is as you said, the wire makes all the difference. A 2A non detachable is the need of the moment for XZ it seems..
Anti-charge cable?
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From my experience usually Google Play Services is the culprit for hot phones and battery drain. What I did when on stock 4.4.2 was i uninstalled updates for the services and my battery life improved by a lot. Although it does come with the downside that some apps like youtube won't work with the older version (easy work-around by using chrome to go to youtube instead =P)
Since I own that phone, I've been facing the same problem of slow charging speed (actually discharging when using some applications)
The more problematic case in when I'm using the phone in car when driving even if I'm using a powerful car charger (Anker).
In the past I also have tested number of diffferent charger and cables (including original Sony car charger) without seeing *any* improvement.
Recently I've decided to took time to make a comparison test with a colleague Nexus 5. We have connected it in my car to the same charger and used in the exact same configuration (Waze navigation app running) for a one hour drive on the same work->home daily path where I use usually my Xperia.
The measured results have shown for the Nexus a 30%/hour increase of battery level opposed to the Xperia 10%/hour decrease I'm facing every other day.
Later, using "Android tuner" application battery monitoring tools, I've been able to measure that, even when using a 2.2 Amp capable charger, the Xperia isn't able to "suck" more that 700/800mAmp input current most of the time.
To go further I've asked in the french forum where I've posted those figures if any people had been successful to have the Xperia battery level increasing in the same configuration. I have got only answers of other people acknowledging having the same problem as myself.
Then I've also asked people in the "accessories" section of a car owners (Toyota) vehicle forum: found people having the same issue are also owning Sony models.
Also asked another colleague who who owns a Xperia model Z1: ditto.
I definitively start to think that there is a defect is a in the battery charging regulation system of the whole Xperia range.
BTW: I will be very interested if anyone using an Xperia Z in car with navigation application running without those issues could post details about his charger brand and model, and how much battery percent/hour increase he his actually getting with that setup.
Sorry for the long message and thanks for your attention