[Q] Are there any dangers of being a flashing addict? - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm a flashing addict. I'm flashing roms almost every day. Are there any dangers about doing that?
I just haven't found the perfect rom.
Also, are there any recommendations about battery after flashing a rom? like letting the battery drain after flashing, flashing with battery above 50%, etc.
Thanks in advance.

No harms in flashing your phone everyday,but no one know when a bad luck appear
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium

gm007 said:
No harms in flashing your phone everyday,but no one know when a bad luck appear
Sent from my C6602 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hopefully never... Thanks for your reply!

Just pray you do not get a locked bootloader!

I used to be like you when I had x arc and xs, but later I felt that I can't settle on a rom and had to do a lot of backups.
So I will not unlock my XZ any time soon.
I felt like a homeless guy
Sent from my C6602 using xda app-developers app

abd_alazeez2002 said:
I used to be like you when I had x arc and xs, but later I felt that I can't settle on a rom and had to do a lot of backups.
So I will not unlock my XZ any time soon.
I felt like a homeless guy
Sent from my C6602 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I get what you mean... When I had the S3, there were so many roms that I got tired of flashing. But now, with my brand new XZ the addiction started again!
I always say "this is the last rom until a new base comes", but then the rom gets updated

It can cripple your internal memory.
I suspect that's what happened to my incredible s.
After a while the phone wouldn't read/ write/delete/reboot properly
And now its dead.

diego9016 said:
I'm a flashing addict. I'm flashing roms almost every day. Are there any dangers about doing that?
I just haven't found the perfect rom.
Also, are there any recommendations about battery after flashing a rom? like letting the battery drain after flashing, flashing with battery above 50%, etc.
Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
as far as i know phone memory has a write cycle lifespan, but if you damage a cell they have a circuitry to avoid that hot spot preventing it to early fail. in the late 2008 Japanese scientists are working to extend memory lifespan.

Police, maybe with your personal life

@OP - There are some chip read/write cycles which are around 10,000 cycles or something like that. The chip's life gets over after completing 10,000 cycles but it will take long time to do that so no problem.
Edit:- Check this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173249&highlight=write

Related

Phone/Battery screwed up

Hi guys!!
My phone is seriously screwed up. I'll get to the story.
A couple of nights ago, I couldn't copy files to sd card both from the phone and the computer. So I took it out and tried to format it in Windows but failed. So then I tried to format in linux and succeeded :good:
Then I tried to copy files to it, eventhough it seemed like files were copied, when I tried to read it again after ejecting the card, it was empty No files were copied!!
My SD card had failed and so I removed the SD card and let the phone be. ROM was CK MIUI 2.4.6. I noticed that battery started to drain faster through the night; around 40% for 8 hours
I tried using various other ROMs, tried the battery friendly CM9 too - both elols and rcset's. Still no avail. :crying: :crying:
I think its a hardware error. Can I claim my warranty??
whyzee said:
Hi guys!!
My phone is seriously ...
I think its a hardware error. Can I claim my warranty!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's bad :crying:
Yeah try to claim the warranty and see what happens, good luck. And please don't change your phone.
My Experience with Service Center in Bangalore was good .. they gave me a replacement phone (Some cheap dual SIM phone) when i had issues with display and wanted to replace it .
Lead time given was 1 week as it had to be sent to some central location but they guy called me up within 3 days and asked me to come and collect my phone ..
So they treat the Mi 400 owners well as it was the costliest phone in there arsenal some time back .
@whyzee, any updates on the phone and battery backup?
paarkhi said:
@whyzee, any updates on the phone and battery backup?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no bro, not yet. The phone is still with me and I'm currently getting ~19 hr usage with only calls/msg.
I'm on Bumblebee and I'm getting nice backup, can you try it once (ya I know it still has ICV) but gives nice backup and each and every feature works (excl. FM, HDMI) or sharp Modded (.35) Fix1 which also gives nice backup, but the condition is that you need to stay on any of these 2 ROMs for few days and not flash any other ROMs immediately, I've seen that constantly flashing ROMs also reduces battery backup no matter on which ROM you are on (means you don't get good battery backup even if you are on battery friendly ROM), if you want you can try it as a last solution...
paarkhi said:
I'm on Bumblebee and I'm getting nice backup, can you try it once (ya I know it still has ICV) but gives nice backup and each and every feature works (excl. FM, HDMI) or sharp Modded (.35) Fix1 which also gives nice backup, but the condition is that you need to stay on any of these 2 ROMs for few days and not flash any other ROMs immediately, I've seen that constantly flashing ROMs also reduces battery backup no matter on which ROM you are on (means you don't get good battery backup even if you are on battery friendly ROM), if you want you can try it as a last solution...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for the tip paarkhi! I guess I too have been flashing too many ROMs recently. Right now, I'm on MIUIv4. I'm gonna try to hang onto this for a while. keeping my fingers crossed ...
ok, how is your experience with MIUI4
paarkhi said:
ok, how is your experience with MIUI4
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
nice.... I havent really tested it yet - no GPS,data,wifi or anything. Just using it for calls and stuff and as I said, battery life is about 19h...
Hi Whyzee
First how old your battery is and did the service center guys replaced the battery?
Do one thing wipe everything, cache, delvik cache battery stats and revert to stock GB for sometime. then check the performance for your device and tell us
I'm on sharp mod fix 1 and getting better battery life (I think) currently testing it and update after a few days
Sent from my FIH-FB0 using XDA
Im on elol SOB ICS. This thing is kick ass battery saver. So smooth yet saves ton of battery. I've attached current stats. Been browsing wifi over an hour and battery still shows 100% I got 25 hours by charging up to 90 % yesterday. So I think that's what the secret was. When u flash a rom recharge it to 90% first time and then 100% the next time. Will report tomorrow
Sent from my FIH-FB0 using xda app-developers app
whyzee said:
Im on elol SOB ICS. This thing is kick ass battery saver. So smooth yet saves ton of battery. I've attached current stats. Been browsing wifi over an hour and battery still shows 100% I got 25 hours by charging up to 90 % yesterday. So I think that's what the secret was. When u flash a rom recharge it to 90% first time and then 100% the next time. Will report tomorrow
Sent from my FIH-FB0 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That rom is one of the best rom... I've tasted it.
May be you can taste rcset's cm9... some said it great also, but I haven't tried it yet.
Sent from my bike using Tapatalk
whyzee said:
Im on elol SOB ICS. This thing is kick ass battery saver. So smooth yet saves ton of battery. I've attached current stats. Been browsing wifi over an hour and battery still shows 100% I got 25 hours by charging up to 90 % yesterday. So I think that's what the secret was. When u flash a rom recharge it to 90% first time and then 100% the next time. Will report tomorrow
Sent from my FIH-FB0 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Congrats that now you are getting nice battery backup and very clever to go in Airplane mode (that says lot of battery) while using WiFi.
paarkhi said:
Congrats that now you are getting nice battery backup and very clever to go in Airplane mode (that says lot of battery) while using WiFi.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yeah, I guess thats what saved the battery for so long
whyzee said:
Im on elol SOB ICS. This thing is kick ass battery saver. So smooth yet saves ton of battery. I've attached current stats. Been browsing wifi over an hour and battery still shows 100% I got 25 hours by charging up to 90 % yesterday. So I think that's what the secret was. When u flash a rom recharge it to 90% first time and then 100% the next time. Will report tomorrow
Sent from my FIH-FB0 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
when i was on BB 101.3... i got this
Something is wrong with my phone! I'm sure of it!! Damn! if I could only find the bill receipt!!
whyzee said:
Something is wrong with my phone! I'm sure of it!! Damn! if I could only find the bill receipt!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Since yesterday I'm already out of warranty and now on God's support for this phone but even I've seen that Spice people asks for bill when I went for some camera problem to them so hope that you find it...
paarkhi said:
Since yesterday I'm already out of warranty and now on God's support for this phone but even I've seen that Spice people asks for bill when I went for some camera problem to them so hope that you find it...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
that sucks paarkhi!! Be careful with your phone now....
Search for this on XDA. The dev had it for free there for a while some time ago. At least have a peek. Good Luck!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.ynfo.batteryrepair
Sent from my FIH-FB0 using xda app-developers app

Battery problem

Hi Folks, I hve had my note for 1 year now and haven't had any battery problems until 2 days ago when I flashed a jb rom. All was fine for about 10 hours when I started to recharge the battery again that went fine, charged to 100% and unplugged, the phone said it was at 100%. After another few hours the phone cut out, no warning just cut out. I could get the phone back on but only when plugged into the charger. So, heres my problem, phone says battery is fully charged but when I unplug the charger it cuts out now. if I boot in to recovery with out the charger it stays on for hours. if I try to start the phone up normally with out charger it doesn't work. I have tried another battery again it started fine for almost a day then the same problems again. I have tried several kernels and roms in case it was one of those that was causing the problem but its the same every time. Im not a newb when it comes to flashing roms some im 100% sure its all ok in that department. any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Graham
My note is also about 10 months old. I want to know if my battery stats. I feel like my phone is giving me short time.
My question is do i need a replacement with these stats????
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
qazibasit said:
My note is also about 10 months old. I want to know if my battery stats. I feel like my phone is giving me short time.
My question is do i need a replacement with these stats????
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What really matters here is your screen on time (I can get around 4h30 with heavy use). I also see you have a few notifications so there might be some draining apps running in the background (like that *** Facebook app which is constantly running in the background even with notifications off). In any case BBS should help you identify the "rogue" app (if any). Also I don't use Google Now as it's kind of a battery killer.
this problem is same with me...after 1 year use gnote
and this is battery problem..i dont know whats is causing it...
i try to enter recovery mode and ..battery is good..almost 4 hours screen on recovery mode
but if I try to start the phone up normally phone is reboot after 1minute in homescreen android
trying with different rom jb ..same problem ..
after replace my battery ..problem is gone..
@strachg If the phone used to work well before you flashed JB I'd recommend going back to ICS to see if the problem persists. If it disappears the reason is JB which would not supprise me since all JB roms for the Note are not really bug free. If the phone continues to behave like you described and changing the battery does not help either I'd say it's a hardware failure.
Sent from my revived Galaxy Note
altae said:
@strachg If the phone used to work well before you flashed JB I'd recommend going back to ICS to see if the problem persists. If it disappears the reason is JB which would not supprise me since all JB roms for the Note are not really bug free. If the phone continues to behave like you described and changing the battery does not help either I'd say it's a hardware failure.
Sent from my revived Galaxy Note
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi, Yeah I already tried going back to ics and it was just the same, it just seems like a bit of coincidence and really annoying lol. The only thing I can think off that is causing it is as you say that its a hardware fault and it must be overcharging the battery and breaking it. If it was JB that was causing it im sure I wouldn't have been the only one by now.
thanks
Graham
how did you install jb? Was it clean on safe kernel? You havent eliminated the possibility of software issues.
Qazibazit, it looks ok.
Guideline 3,5-4,5 hours on screen time is normal (if you play games can be less, thus is from full to 1%). Total standby time, usually more then 24 hours is normal.
If you have a lot less, go read ahalfords sticky on wakelocks. All you need to know to optimize battery.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Hi baz 77 yeah using safe kernel, tried a few actually. And using utackas. Version of paranoid android now again tried a few Roms. Everything was wiped and redone the process about 20 times. I looked through all the roms. And kernel threads and no one has had this problem. New battery coming so will see how it goes now.
Cheers
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
strachg said:
Hi baz 77 yeah using safe kernel, tried a few actually. And using utackas. Version of paranoid android now again tried a few Roms. Everything was wiped and redone the process about 20 times. I looked through all the roms. And kernel threads and no one has had this problem. New battery coming so will see how it goes now.
Cheers
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yep thats pretty definitive, at least if all those roms are not having same base and thus posibly same issues.
Your new battery will improve your experience quite a bit if its a good one!
Have fun with it and let us know if it worked for you

Cap is bootlooping on MPD 2.0 .

I need a little help. My I897 is running on MPD 2.0 ROM, w/ EyeCandy v 3.15 and Corn Kernel 7.06, and it is stuck bootlooping at the swirling optical illusion at start-up. I don't know why, all I was doing was playing a couple of games and it was really lagging, and freezing up and it has been a lot lately. I even posted about it yesterday or the day before? Whatever?
So tonight, it just froze while playing a game and it was totally unresponsive so I let it sit. After about 10 minutes, I noticed it was on the optical illusion and stuck with the illusion spinning away. I pulled the battery, restart the phone same thing. Goes through the first start up screens and gets to the swirl thing and goes no further.
I pulled the battery again and replaced it, went into recovery and hit the reboot device and started it up. Same thing.
Should I reflash the Rom? If I do, I have to do a full wipe and that will suck.
Has anyone had this problem on MPD 2.0?
Maybe someone has an answer.
Thanks, whoever tries to help me with this.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
kaiserXDA said:
I need a little help. My I897 is running on MPD 2.0 ROM, w/ EyeCandy v 3.15 and Corn Kernel 7.06, and it is stuck bootlooping at the swirling optical illusion at start-up. I don't know why, all I was doing was playing a couple of games and it was really lagging, and freezing up and it has been a lot lately. I even posted about it yesterday or the day before? Whatever?
So tonight, it just froze while playing a game and it was totally unresponsive so I let it sit. After about 10 minutes, I noticed it was on the optical illusion and stuck with the illusion spinning away. I pulled the battery, restart the phone same thing. Goes through the first start up screens and gets to the swirl thing and goes no further.
I pulled the battery again and replaced it, went into recovery and hit the reboot device and started it up. Same thing.
Should I reflash the Rom? If I do, I have to do a full wipe and that will suck.
Has anyone had this problem on MPD 2.0?
Maybe someone has an answer.
Thanks, whoever tries to help me with this.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not so sure what MPD is but Corn kernel is on GB. Therefor, there's no developping nor support being made for it, which could explain why you got no answer on your previous post.
Luckily, you can get in recovery. Make a backup, wipe cache/dalvik and try to boot up. If that doesn't work, back in recovery, wipe cache/dalvik, factory reset and reflash your ROM. Altough, I would suggest looking at the newer ROMs out there as we're up to JB 4.2.1 (you're on GB 2.3.5).
If you go ahead with the upgrade, make sure you follow the full instructions in the OP.
Thanks, I already reflshed and its running. I know that there are newer Roms I only flashed it because I hadn't yet flashed anything from the Collective and the eyecandy theme I wanted to check out also.
But after running great for a couple weeks, it started getting buggy. Now I'm gonna do something else. My SII is running darkside Evolution #5 4.03 by thederekjay w/venom kernel, and I wanted an older Rom in my Cap, for contrast.
I'm not sure what I'll do next. I just needed it running. It is my business line for my electrical contracting company. And it will start ringing in about a ½ hour.
Thanks, for your response and have a great day.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
kaiserXDA said:
Thanks, I already reflshed and its running. I know that there are newer Roms I only flashed it because I hadn't yet flashed anything from the Collective and the eyecandy theme I wanted to check out also.
But after running great for a couple weeks, it started getting buggy. Now I'm gonna do something else. My SII is running darkside Evolution #5 4.03 by thederekjay w/venom kernel, and I wanted an older Rom in my Cap, for contrast.
I'm not sure what I'll do next. I just needed it running. It is my business line for my electrical contracting company. And it will start ringing in about a ½ hour.
Thanks, for your response and have a great day.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wait, the collective? The Collective and The Family used to be one team.. Yet I dunno what you mean by MPD?
And if you're looking into something stable, I would highly suggest either AOKP or AoCP (4.1.2).
MPD is a KK4 based Rom put together by robm1911 of the Collective. The Multiple Personality Disorder ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27985912
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
4-2ndtwin said:
MPD is a KK4 based Rom put together by robm1911 of the Collective. The Multiple Personality Disorder ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27985912
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh I see, was made while I was away. Thanks for the clarification 4-2ndtwin
What would you recommend for a stable build? I use my Cap as my business line. So it has to be reliable. Camera, GPS, texting, etc..., all have to function. But I also like to have the little extras. As you know I'm on the kk4 kernel, and I'm OK with flashing, not okay with having to run anything that needs me to use Linux or do any command lines that kinda thing. I still new to everything. Thanks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
Sorry, but I forgot to mention that it running pretty normal now. I got rid of the eyecandy theme. It is the culprit from what I can tell. Without it the phone is better. Still a little laggy though.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
kaiserXDA said:
What would you recommend for a stable build? I use my Cap as my business line. So it has to be reliable. Camera, GPS, texting, etc..., all have to function. But I also like to have the little extras. As you know I'm on the kk4 kernel, and I'm OK with flashing, not okay with having to run anything that needs me to use Linux or do any command lines that kinda thing. I still new to everything. Thanks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
kaiserXDA said:
Sorry, but I forgot to mention that it running pretty normal now. I got rid of the eyecandy theme. It is the culprit from what I can tell. Without it the phone is better. Still a little laggy though.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you look up, I already made 2 suggestions
AoCP or AOKP (4.1.2)
kaiserXDA said:
Sorry, but I forgot to mention that it running pretty normal now. I got rid of the eyecandy theme. It is the culprit from what I can tell. Without it the phone is better. Still a little laggy though.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There are also tweaks in recovery that u can choose from and even the ability to change the partitions to Ext4. Check the kk4 corn kernel's op for info on these things.
I use my cappy for work and pretty much have stock kk4, with Root, debloated, Ext4 on all partitions and the tweaks i have are sio Scheduler and smartassv2 Governor. Runs great !
Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda premium
I have it running on deadline and smartass v2 and it runs pretty damn well, I dont know too much about partinoning so I have stayed clear just in case I screw something up.
What about the kernel tweaks (ROM toolbox pro) the voltage controlsyscti tweaks? What is that for, signalling the different MHz -0mV? I'm an electrician and have been for 20 years but electronics is a new hobby and the phones my new medium. I would love to know more, so if you could tell me what I should read or??? That would help me learn more I would be stoked.
Thanks KK
kaiserXDA said:
I have it running on deadline and smartass v2 and it runs pretty damn well, I dont know too much about partinoning so I have stayed clear just in case I screw something up.
What about the kernel tweaks (ROM toolbox pro) the voltage controlsyscti tweaks? What is that for, signalling the different MHz -0mV? I'm an electrician and have been for 20 years but electronics is a new hobby and the phones my new medium. I would love to know more, so if you could tell me what I should read or??? That would help me learn more I would be stoked.
Thanks KK
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OC = Overclock
UV = Undervolt
SoD = Sleep of Death
I don't suggest changing voltage on the cappy (UV). The processor isn't strong/fast enough, therefor it takes more time to process what you ask of it = more screen time = more battery drain. While screen off though, your battery will be better (can also cause black screen and SoD at unstable state). Screen on is the main battery drain for androids. So basically, reducing your voltage (UV) will lower your battery consumption, of course at a price = slower processing and despite you intention to reduce battery drain, it might increase it. The Captivate has proved to be quite unstable with OC/UV on GB and up.
Up'in your Mhz (OC) will make your phone faster but at the cost of faster battery drain and faster hardware usage. On top of that, both can make your phone unstable. Finding the right combination can take some time if you really wanna get into it. There are guides about it which you can find with a little search, altough, once again, I don't recommend it.
Thanks Bwolf, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain some of that. I have read some some of that stuff in other posts, over the past year or more that I've been on XDA, although it was Greek to me at the time. Now I knowwhat you guys are saying, I just don't know the hows or whys. In time.
I will follow your advice on the voltage and the OC and leave it alone.
There was a time a while back when I first started messing around and I changed something it might have been voltage, and my Cap went nuts. It was sucking down my battery right before my eyes, so fast and getting hot, I pulled the battery and I don't remember how I got it straightened out, but I did. Crazy! So, I know better, curiosity killed the cat (cap) lOL. Thanks Again
kaiserXDA said:
Thanks Bwolf, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain some of that. I have read some some of that stuff in other posts, over the past year or more that I've been on XDA, although it was Greek to me at the time. Now I knowwhat you guys are saying, I just don't know the hows or whys. In time.
I will follow your advice on the voltage and the OC and leave it alone.
There was a time a while back when I first started messing around and I changed something it might have been voltage, and my Cap went nuts. It was sucking down my battery right before my eyes, so fast and getting hot, I pulled the battery and I don't remember how I got it straightened out, but I did. Crazy! So, I know better, curiosity killed the cat (cap) lOL. Thanks Again
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hehe np. As for what happened before, pulling the battery most likely reseted your kernel settings (OC in this case) as it probably wasn't ''set on boot''. Probably saved you a lot of hastle too

[Q] Battery Problem..

Hello Friends,
Nowadays, I am facing a weird problem. Everytime when i was using my phone for a while, screen flickers and phone shutdown. When starting the phone, it says battery discharged or 1%, needs to recharge again and it happen in every 2-3 hours.
Also, i tried different roms thinking might be problem with the ROMs (i tried STOCK as well other ROMS). I also tried to calliberate the battery with different paid and free application but no luck.
Could you please suggest is my battery dead or some tweaks needs to be done?
Early help is really appreciated.
Thanks.
--Shankar
We first need to know what Rom you're using.
Also try taking a look at this topic: helped me a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Dsteppa said:
We first need to know what Rom you're using.
Also try taking a look at this topic: helped me a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
Currently i am using ultimate jellybean version 5.1 for N7000.
--Shankar
dba.shankar said:
Hi,
Currently i am using ultimate jellybean version 5.1 for N7000.
--Shankar
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How old is the battery?
Shyam said:
How old is the battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It is almost 1 year.
Need a new battery mate, this is normal around this time, I've had mine since November 2011 and it had the same thing happen. Have just ordered a new stock.
A lot of people started suffering with this after 10 months so you've done quite well to get 12 out of it.
For your info, thread on this matter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36865944
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
SpyderTracks said:
Need a new battery mate, this is normal around this time, I've had mine since November 2011 and it had the same thing happen. Have just ordered a new stock.
A lot of people started suffering with this after 10 months so you've done quite well to get 12 out of it.
For your info, thread on this matter:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36865944
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
First try to clean(if needed) contacts from your phone and battery
m3i said:
First try to clean(if needed) contacts from your phone and battery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
Could you please explain the what steps needs to be performed " to clean(if needed) contacts from your phone and battery" ?
--Shankar
dba.shankar said:
Hi,
Could you please explain the what steps needs to be performed " to clean(if needed) contacts from your phone and battery" ?
--Shankar
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Use pure alcohol and cotton buds and clean the pins. Don't think it will make a difference but can't hurt.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Possible AOIP battery life issue???

OK, I know the battery life issue for 4.2 ROMs has been beat to death, but I've got something weird happening with AOIP on my phone that doesn't happen with other ROMs.
Basically, when I'm at work, the battery graph (from Battery Monitor Widget Pro) looks like in the AOIPbattery image attached below.
As you can see, it ate all but 3% of the battery in about 11 hours. At times Battery Monitor Widget Pro indicated it was using the battery at 11%/hr or more! This is while I'm at work, and the phone is not doing anything, just sitting on the desk with the screen off, connected to a wifi network but not doing anything with that either.
After a few days of that, I decided I needed to try something else. Originally was going to go back to my "old reliable" backup of 4.1 Rootbox, then thought instead that I'd try the last build of 4.2 Slimbean I still had as a backup. Restored that and got all my current data for the apps reloaded, seemed to be working fine (though still had the stuttering and dumping of apps issues, which was why I wuit using it). Thing is, it's using battery not much faster than the Rootbox one did. See the SlimbeanBattery image to see how it did at work. Same scenario (sitting on the desk, connected to wifi, screen off almost all day). The little bit of high usage was while I was at lunch, reading some web pages and rss feeds, so the screen was on for about a half hour.
So, I'm wondering what the heck is making it use batter so fast on AOIP? I tried several things before switching to Slimbean. Airplane mode made no difference. Used Wakelock Detector to see what was using it up, and it was some part of Android OS making AlarmManager go nuts with wakelocks.
I even backed everything up, factory wiped it a couple times, then loaded the base AOIP 6/3 ROM and loaded GAPPS to see if it still did it.
Nothing seemed to make any difference.
In one sense, I'm hoping the new build that keeps getting hinted at might correct some of this, but I kinda doubt it considering how everyone who brings up battery issues usually gets treated.
That's normal for 4.2 Roms
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
I see your point, why does one 4.2 room use that much more battery life then the other, it makes no sense to me. Maybe camcory can shed some light in this issue
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
That's how my battery life has been on all 4.2 Roms. If aoip is worse for you then most obviously you need to switch Roms.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
I really was hoping that you would see that there might be something wrong with AOIP and take a look at it at least, and not throw out the same tired response. While I do appreciate the work put into AOIP, forum thanks have not happened due to the refusal to notice the glaring issue that everyone else does.
I would really like to know if you even read my post, Smartguy? Seems not or you would have noticed that AOIP in that scenario eats battery three times faster than another 4.2 ROM. Why?
I'm not trying to upset anyone, just trying to hopefully get this resolved in an amicable manner.
Some people don't have battery drain issues that bad with AOIP. You should keep in mind that this phone was never intended to run anything above gingerbread. Every one of these phones handles issues differently, which is unfortunate, but if a Dev doesn't have the same issue it is hard to address. Its just how it is.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
Yes I read your post I wouldn't respond if I didn't. I have ran all the 4.2 Roms and with all of them I might get 10-11 hours of life. So no I don't see a problem with the ROM and if you do use another one.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
smartguy044 said:
Yes I read your post I wouldn't respond if I didn't. I have ran all the 4.2 Roms and with all of them I might get 10-11 hours of life. So no I don't see a problem with the ROM and if you do use another one.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow hard to believe (well not really) this horse has been beat to death more times than a cat has lives! I'm pretty happy with battery life for the performance and OS I'm getting with AOIP. No hiccups and I have access to all the latest android features. The phone has a small battery anyway so if you want better battery life, time for a new phone or switch to a Gingerbread OS. I charge the phone once a day typically so that's hardly an inconvenience.
Thing is there is something major different in AOIP, as I can typically get just over 24 hours out of this battery in anything other than AOIP, including while I'm at work where the battery usage is a little higher than at home in every ROM I've tried (4.1 and 4.2 based included).
AOIP for some reason eats battery at more than 10% per hour only when I'm at work (less than 3% per hour at home) even when I haven't loaded any apps.
Every time I look at what is using it, it is either "cell standby" or "android os" that is using the most with the other of those two second and the screen usage following in a distant third.
I've tried to figure out what specific item in those two are the source, but it always comes back to some generic service or component in the os that is used by almost everything.
Really any advice to try and improve this, other than "use another ROM", would be appreciated.
Try putting your phone in airplane mode while at work and turn on WiFi. That might help with eating the battery. Especially if where you work had a poor cell reception
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
get a new battery. i dont know what else to tell you. if you are getting 24 hours out of every other 4.2 rom youll be the only one. as i stated i get 10-11 tops on ANY 4.2 rom. so you have 2 choices new battery or different rom
Best thing to to is kill background data turn off Bluetooth WiFi sync and locations when not using your phone for a couple of hours. But your best bet would spring for an 2900mh battery.
tazmaniondvl said:
Try putting your phone in airplane mode while at work and turn on WiFi. That might help with eating the battery. Especially if where you work had a poor cell reception
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That was the first thing I thought, but it acts the same.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
im going to vote you get a new battery if its that big a deal....:good:
go back to gingerbread OS. we gave you suggestions already. 1) new battery. 2) gingerbread OS. simple as that
I just don't understand this. Why is it that everyone refuses to see that there might be something wrong with AOIP compared to other _4.2_ ROMs?
I wasn't complaining about battery life on 4.2 ROMs, just noting that ONLY AOIP has this issue that I saw.
All other 4.2 ROMs used less than half the percent per hour as AOIP.
Telling me to just buy a larger battery when I don't have the money for it is not an acceptable answer. Neither is telling me to go back to the crapload called "gingerbread", whose only advantage is battery life, at the drawback of making everything else run like crap.
Guess I shouldn't have bothered, since it seems the developers may be able to code, but sure could learn a thing or two about listening to others with valid issues they should be addressing in their code.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
dwolfman said:
I just don't understand this. Why is it that everyone refuses to see that there might be something wrong with AOIP compared to other _4.2_ ROMs?
I wasn't complaining about battery life on 4.2 ROMs, just noting that ONLY AOIP has this issue that I saw.
All other 4.2 ROMs used less than half the percent per hour as AOIP.
Telling me to just buy a larger battery when I don't have the money for it is not an acceptable answer. Neither is telling me to go back to the crapload called "gingerbread", whose only advantage is battery life, at the drawback of making everything else run like crap.
Guess I shouldn't have bothered, since it seems the developers may be able to code, but sure could learn a thing or two about listening to others with valid issues they should be addressing in their code.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
sorry dude, i think your the one refusing to see. you seem to understand your way around, you sure your not doing something goofy on the install ?
dwolfman said:
since it seems the developers may be able to code, but sure could learn a thing or two about listening to others with valid issues they should be addressing in their code.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
maybe you can code in a "battery fix" and share it with all of us.
Just use a different ROM. Jesus Christ!
teerout said:
sorry dude, i think your the one refusing to see. you seem to understand your way around, you sure your not doing something goofy on the install ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It didn't matter what I installed or didn't install. Once I got the phone at work with AOIP on it, it ate the battery three times faster than any other 4.2 ROM. One time, to rule out anything I was setting or loading, I loaded AOIP, gapps, then put in my account info and disabled auto updates with nothing else changed. It still did it.
As QA software tester, I know how to identify software issues and bugs. The only explanation for what I have happening is there is something going on with AOIP itself to cause this. Like I've already demonstrated other 4.2 ROMs only use the battery a little faster than RootBox 4.1 (RB about 0.6%/hr vs slimbean 4.2 using 1.1 to 1.5 %/hr) with that screenshot in my OP. AOIP uses about 2.5 %/hr at home but over 10%/hr at work.
In any case, it's quite apparent now that this little group of ostriches with their heads still stuck in the sand isn't interested in hearing the truth, so consider this a closed thread.
Sent from my SGH-T679 using xda app-developers app

Categories

Resources