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[Q] Battery is draining in a few hours!

Hey, please help me!
I've been using Apex for a long time, and after I upgraded from 9.1 to 9.2 the problems started showing up.
I tried to flash the version with no wipe (9.1 to 9.2) and the phone went into a bootloop, so I flashed back to JF6 and followed the Apex-Flasher package instructions.
The rom was working fine but the battery life are so bad that the phone is almost unusable.
I'm not charging the phone all night, I'm charging to 100% before I go to sleep, turning off WIFI and 3G, and when I wake up the battery is just 5-7% less.
But now with 9.2 the battery is 15%-20% less!!
I tried to flash Apex 10, but it's the same.
Maybe it's because the Apex Flasher package contains AT&T BL? I thing that before 9.2 I was using I9000 BL.
Even when the phone in flight mode and with no SIM the battery is draining in few hours!!
When I'm checking the battry use in settings, I always see "Cell standby" firse.
And another small thing, In Apex 10 you removed a lot of things, one of them was the Buddies Now widget which I like a lot. I tried to copy the APK to the app lib in system, but it didn't work. I also tried to install it but it didn't work. How can I get this widget?
Thanks in advance!

Buddies now widget does not work with JVS build. It needs to be ported again. As for battery life you have to tell which process/app eats your battery?

Check what using the battery most under the battery stats.
You could have asked this question in the Apex Q&A sticky there was no need to start a new thread.

I posted this problem in the Apex thread but no one had answered me, this thread seems to be a little dead.
Anyway, thanks for the Buddies Now answer
As for the battery drain, the first in the list in battry use is "Cell standby" even when the phone is in flight mode, or without sim at all :S
Maybe the AT&T bootloaders not working well with this rom or kernel?

Cell stanby means the phone is searching for network try a different modem, What modem did apex 9.1 had.

But I have full signal all the time.
The modem hasn't changed, it's KC1 in 9.1, 9.2 and 10

try a different modem anyway

OK, what modem can I try? How do I change the modem?
Is there a way to run this rom and kernel with I9000 bootloaders?

There is a modem sticky in the dev section DL the modem u want ro flash place on the phone memory ans flsh it through recovery, No need to change ur bootloaders as they will not effect the phone in anyway.
Sent From Infuse®

I flashed I9000UGKG3, and it's still the same :/

Elad92 said:
I flashed I9000UGKG3, and it's still the same :/
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There are many, many modems.
I believe in the dev section there is a link where people report which modem works best in certain locations, i would check that out.

OK, the problem solved in a mysterious way :O
Just went to sleep yesterday with 97% and I woke up with 92%
Thanks everyone!!

Really need help with my fast draining phone!

A month ago I posted this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650113
And I still cannot fix the problem. I sent the phone back to repair but it didn't help at all! The repair description said that they did a 'software update'. It took about 3 weeks for my phone to return so I don't really want to do it again. Unless I really have to.
I have tried many stuff to fix this problem:
Bought 2 new batteries
Clean ROM install with NVFlash
Installed different basebands and rils
Formatted the batterystats
Tried different kernels and ROMs (custom and official)
Pulled out SIM/SD Card
Please does anybody know a solution for this problem? I really want my phone back!

IntenseColor said:
A month ago I posted this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1650113
And I still cannot fix the problem. I sent the phone back to repair but it didn't help at all! The repair description said that they did a 'software update'. It took about 3 weeks for my phone to return so I don't really want to do it again. Unless I really have to.
I have tried many stuff to fix this problem:
Bought 2 new batteries
Clean ROM install with NVFlash
Installed different basebands and rils
Formatted the batterystats
Tried different kernels and ROMs (custom and official)
Pulled out SIM/SD Card
Please does anybody know a solution for this problem? I really want my phone back!
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Wow your battery drain (Screenshots from your first thread) is really huge. Let's try to solve that mystery together
But there is a chance that your phone really is faulty after all you tried already.
Please insert the original battery and fully charge it.
I don't use stock roms but think you should flash an official kdz first without any custom kernels. V20q or V20s (maybe with flix tweakpack). DONT use titanium backup etc, leave it stock.
You should install battery monitor widget by 3c to get information on your mV consumption.
In your Screenshot your reception wasn't good, please set it to "2g only" for now (or even consider to disable data totally and check how it behaves with wifi only).
Use your phone normally. How is your battery?
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA

Thanks for responding.
I have tried to install the latest firmware with the LG update tool and the drainage was about the same. I did not install anything else on the device then.
Currently I am on the latest CM7 kang by temasek and baseband version v20s with 420 ril (also v20s daemon, I don't even know what this is).
I'll try battery monitor widget.
The reception at where I live is not so good even with 2g only. But I don't think that's the case becuase I tested with airplane mode activated and have also removed the SIM card.
Thanks again.

Just wanted to report that battery monitor widget is showing a power consumption of about -130 mA while on standby.
I think this is a very big number. And I think I had about -10 mA before this problem.

IntenseColor said:
Thanks for responding.
I have tried to install the latest firmware with the LG update tool and the drainage was about the same. I did not install anything else on the device then.
Currently I am on the latest CM7 kang by temasek and baseband version v20s with 420 ril (also v20s daemon, I don't even know what this is).
I'll try battery monitor widget.
The reception at where I live is not so good even with 2g only. But I don't think that's the case becuase I tested with airplane mode activated and have also removed the SIM card.
Thanks again.
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I had the v20s deamon installed too and I also had a pretty huge battery drain.
So my suggestion : remove it (by installing clean rom again).
As Tonyp already mentioned : try to install an original LG rom with it's default BB en RIL (use NVFlash to flash it). Don't use any other kernels or tweaks. Just the default.
Also don't restore anything (for instance with Titanium Backup or other program).
And set your phone to use 2G only, because a bad reception can indeed drain your battery (and fast too !), because it constantly seeks the network. Setting it to 2G only (it's mostly the strongest signal) can avoid battery drains.
And finally try to recalibrate your battery, there are tools available for that in the Google Play store.

Recalibrating the battery is a hoax. At least if you mean to wipe the battery stats (what most tools do). Real recalibrating would be to completely drain the battery (till the 2x turns of - not more! A completely empty li-ion battery would damage it!) and fully charge it again. But that doesn't improve the battery life, it will only improve the battery reading precisness.
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA

Same results with stock based roms too?
CM roms are battery hungry

Yes, I got the same results on stock ROMs. I tried to 'cleanly' install the v10b firmware via NVFlash without installing else on my phone many times. And the problem still persist.

[Q] [T] Which files to pull from ICS to transfer its baseband to JB?

Hello. As some of you may remember - I have serious problems with wakelocks and it's related to a "SMSDispatcher" service (for those who are interested - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138980).
I had no issues at all on ICS before I upgraded to official JB. Great battery life, huge screen-on time, ~3 days on battery with small usage was something normal for me.
But after upgrading to JB I started to get wakelocks. Loads of wakelocks. I checked battery stats - the Dialer apk showed up. I installed Better Battery Stats and it showed me that "SMSDispatcher" prevents my phone from goind into deep sleep. I thought it was a bug so I flashed back my .195 4.0.4 FW. And guess what. The problem was still there. It... transfered from JB to ICS?! I have this problem for 3 weeks now and even today I still don't know how can I get rid of this.
I tried wiping every partition on the phone including both SD's. Tried deleting contacts on SIM card. Tried deleting all contacts from GMAIL and manually adding them again. Tried flashing stock JB and use my T without restoring ANYTHING. But I haven't tried one thing:
Yesterday I installed unofficial CM10 (from original android development subforum). Almost clear android could have bringed a peace to me finally. It runs great but not perfect. Why? I still have SMSDispatcher issue. LOADS of wake-ups from the Dialer apk (sometimes it shows as com.android.phone, sometimes as RILD).
What I discovered is that on ICS these wakelocks are shorter than on JB. About 1/1,5h of wakelocks for ~22h on battery. On Jelly Bean it was 3h for 8h on battery.
As far as I remember on 4.0.4 .195 FW there was -19 baseband. Both official JB and CM10 use -33 baseband which may be a problem, I don't know.
So my next step in my long path to get rid of this annoying bug is changing to ICS baseband.
And my question is - which files shoud I pull from .195 stock SONY 4.0.4 FW?
I tried to flash baseband using flashtool but the baseband didn't change. It's still -33. So I probably need binaries/files pulled from ICS and I don't know which ones.
Can you help me? Maybe with your help I could finally get rid of this or at least make the problem less annoying...

Can you just flash an ICS firmware and exclude everything except baseband?
Not sure if it wise but it may help you.

romcio47 said:
I tried to flash baseband using flashtool but the baseband didn't change. It's still -33.
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I already did that. No result.
Another idea - is it possible to repair software on the phone with unlocked BL?
EDIT:
Ok, found Jozinek's thread with .ftf to relock my bootloader. I will try to repair my software and see if this fix my problem.

Problem solved. It was my old SIM card's fault. It was more than 6 years old and I had to manually cut it from mini-SIM to micro-SIM shape. I probably damaged its inside structure or something. I went to my carrier and requested a new SIM card factory cut to a micro-SIM shape and now everything is ok! No strange wakelocks at all!

Hi mate!
I just was wondering after all that u've experienced what do you thing about JB , which is better for performance and battery life management ICS or JB? I'm just thinking is it worth it to upgrade to JB or stay on ICS

Stay on ICS if you don't like charging your phone once a day (in good scenario). Or twice.
ICS has definitely much better working Extended Standby Mode. It gives you amazing battery life sometimes. I'm on JB because of better multitasking and higher RAM available but speaking about the battery - ICS wins. JB just has to be fixed and tweaked by SONY. It's just a first public release. So bugs are something common. We have to wait.

Flashing stock firmware using Odin/Smar Switch - does not work

Hi all,
I'm having an odd issue. No matter whether I used Odin or Smart Switch I can simply not flash a stock firmware. Regardless of the method, the following always happens.
Downloads firmware to device
Reboots
Shows Android dude with "Installing update"
Stops half way through
Shows Android dude with "Erasing"
Disappears after few seconds
Reboots
Nothing is changed. Same as before the whole process...
EDIT: I actually got somewhere. I flashed an older firmware than the one on my device and it did change the firmware and baseband, but it didn't erase all the data... Is this the normal procedure when you flash a firmware using Odin?

Is it possible Android stops the software update if it sees the battery life is not high enough?
EDIT: nope. Charged to 100%, tried again in Odin. Same story...

Try changing usb cables or ports on your computer..make sure you are using a usb 2.0 port on your computer.

I actually got somewhere. I flashed an older firmware than the one on my device and it did change the firmware and baseband, but it didn't erase all the data... Is this the normal procedure when you flash a firmware using Odin? I was sure it would completely wipe the device. Is there a setting I'm missing?

Stock firmware not correct work...
Good morning guys,
I have a problem installing a new firmware with Odin often you accept it as an update of the same non-erasing the data partition and then of course creates problems of battery drain absurd.
Other times aa deletion is successful but the phone has an abnormal battery consumption by approximately 6% per hour, in first place in consumption are the Android operating system entries and operating system that have a 40% higher consumption .. .
I also tried setting then further OTA but the situation does not change.
Can someone help me?

Have you rooted the phone previously? Rooting causes battery drain issues on the Note 5 which are fixed by installing the latest version of SuperSU.
giorgioagatone said:
Good morning guys,
I have a problem installing a new firmware with Odin often you accept it as an update of the same non-erasing the data partition and then of course creates problems of battery drain absurd.
Other times aa deletion is successful but the phone has an abnormal battery consumption by approximately 6% per hour, in first place in consumption are the Android operating system entries and operating system that have a 40% higher consumption .. .
I also tried setting then further OTA but the situation does not change.
Can someone help me?
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krazykirk said:
Have you rooted the phone previously? Rooting causes battery drain issues on the Note 5 which are fixed by installing the latest version of SuperSU.
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Hi krazykirk thank you for your interest, I no longer want to root the device as I'd like to sell it. Anyway by the time here I install supersu with twrp o auto-root the battery drain disappears.

N920C Randomly freezing then rebooting

It happens randomly when using the phone (it doesn't happen when it's locked). The phone just freezes then restarts randomly.
I tried to find a pattern when this is happening, and found there isn't much of a pattern, but it won't let me add a fingerprint lock (crashes after the 3rd / 4th reading).
I've tried to factory reset and clear cache. I'm running out of options and am preparing to flash a stock ROM via Odin. I'd like to avoid this, since it'll trip knox and this is a new phone so I wanted to avoid flashing anything for now.
Any suggestions, ideas?
I'd say this is a kernel related crash, since it doesn't give any error, just goes out. But I hope I'm wrong.
Baseband: N920CXXU2BPD5
Build Number: MMB29K.N920CXXU2BPD6
Knox untripped.
EDIT: This seems to be a rule: it always crashes when I get to 32% of adding a fingerprint lock.

Here's an update:
Tried flashing other stock ROMs for other regions, still the same problem.
Flashed a custom kernel, still the same problem. -> Not a kernel problem
Flashed TWRP and used it for some time (to test if the phone will do the same). No problem whatsoever. I'm convinced that this is a firmware issue then.

Tried flashing every possible combination of everything. Nothing seems to have any effect. This isn't a software problem.
It's probably a faulty motherboard. The rebooting subsided though.
I'd also like to add that the S Pen holding area (the place where the S Pen is kept inside the phone) has a specific electronic smell (kindda like the soldering smell, but not quite). Really weird.
I voided my warranty by flashing stuff, so I'll probably be looking at a motherboard replacement if anyone's wondering.

Do u have xposed install?

Nah.
I've been running the stock rom for 90% of the time.

RexGrammer said:
Nah.
I've been running the stock rom for 90% of the time.
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U solved it already? Mine used to have this problem before but its xposed that cause (in my case :highfive

Still haven't.
I'm almost certain it's a faulty motherboard.