A few weeks ago I noticed my battery wouldn't last more than 6 hours. After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that gmail was the cause because it wouldn't stop syncing. Confirmed of course after deleting gmail for a couple of days.
But I really would like to keep the account on my phone. I set up that account again and for a few days it seemed fine, but my phone is constantly warm to the touch again and the battery just died... this time it hadn't even been 6 hours.
Has anyone else experienced this recently?
I'm on a lumia 1020 with black update.
RobbieRobski said:
A few weeks ago I noticed my battery wouldn't last more than 6 hours. After a lot of troubleshooting, I found that gmail was the cause because it wouldn't stop syncing. Confirmed of course after deleting gmail for a couple of days.
But I really would like to keep the account on my phone. I set up that account again and for a few days it seemed fine, but my phone is constantly warm to the touch again and the battery just died... this time it hadn't even been 6 hours.
Has anyone else experienced this recently?
I'm on a lumia 1020 with black update.
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What are your sync settings for your Gmail account? Since WP8, we couldn't set Gmail to sync "As Items Arrive", or push status. Could set as often as 15 minute only. Are there large files and/or attachments coming through?
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What are your sync settings for your Gmail account? Since WP8, we couldn't set Gmail to sync "As Items Arrive", or push status. Could set as often as 15 minute only. Are there large files and/or attachments coming through?
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I know, and I have it set to 15 minutes. I get a few photos every now and then but nothing out of the ordinary that should cause this. And as far as volume goes.... maybe 50 emails a day including the typical spam/promos that don't get filtered properly.
RobbieRobski said:
I know, and I have it set to 15 minutes. I get a few photos every now and then but nothing out of the ordinary that should cause this. And as far as volume goes.... maybe 50 emails a day including the typical spam/promos that don't get filtered properly.
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That's strange, on my ATIV S i don't occur that kind of problem, but i am not having my data turned on all the time. I turn it on just when i need to check something on internet or where there is no wi-fi spot around. And in email and accounts for Gmail i have the options "As They Arrived" to "Manualy", and ofcorse i chose "Manualy", I think we have to address this issue at Microsoft and Gmail together.
Push it to 30min for a day or two. See if that helps.
Didnt' make any changes. But it stopped doing it. So not gonnna keep digging, it was a hassle in the first place trying to figure out the cause over a couple of weeks. All I can say was deleting the account and adding it helped the first time. the 2nd time not sure. Oh well.
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I've had 2 problems with my G1, one of which for quite a while.
Starting off with the most severe and recent one, my phone has been randomly draining by data connection while I'm asleep. A couple of weeks ago, I woke up with my 3G turned off because I had reached my limit. As soon as I check my Netcounter, it seems like transfers up to 250MB had been made. But the phone was lying idle on my stand! I have no idea why this may happen and I believe I have a log that may have the problem included within.
As for my long lasting problem, my girlfriend has been complaining my phone sends her repeat message countless times, at random times. Sometimes 3 at a time, sometimes just 1.
I have no idea why this is happening either, but since I have free texts, I've been ignoring the problem so far.
Hope some of you can help me out with these.
Thanks!
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I've had 2 problems with my G1, one of which for quite a while.
Starting off with the most severe and recent one, my phone has been randomly draining by data connection while I'm asleep. A couple of weeks ago, I woke up with my 3G turned off because I had reached my limit. As soon as I check my Netcounter, it seems like transfers up to 250MB had been made. But the phone was lying idle on my stand! I have no idea why this may happen and I believe I have a log that may have the problem included within.
As for my long lasting problem, my girlfriend has been complaining my phone sends her repeat message countless times, at random times. Sometimes 3 at a time, sometimes just 1.
I have no idea why this is happening either, but since I have free texts, I've been ignoring the problem so far.
Hope some of you can help me out with these.
Thanks!
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For the first problem, hit menu->settings->accounts and sync -> turn off background data and autosync. Your phone automatically syncs your information with your google account, including gmail, contacts, calendar, market, etc. By turning this off your phone will no longer automatically update that, so make sure that you turn it on when using wifi every once in a while so you don't waste your data.
As for the second problem I have no idea, but I too noticed it does that sometimes.
Well, usually I'm not too concerned about data limits because my monthly limit is 300MB, more than acceptable for a phone, in my opinion. However, how can an idle phone sync text-based data up to a size of 250MB? It's like my phone was streaming a tv show to keep itself entertained until it had to ring the alarm!
It's happened again just now (a couple of minutes ago) and as soon as I get a USB cable, I'll transfer the log onto here. Hopefully someone can figure out the problem.
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Well, usually I'm not too concerned about data limits because my monthly limit is 300MB, more than acceptable for a phone, in my opinion. However, how can an idle phone sync text-based data up to a size of 250MB? It's like my phone was streaming a tv show to keep itself entertained until it had to ring the alarm!
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Then you must have installed an app which is using more data then you are aware of. Either try uninstalling unwanted apps or use an app that blocks internet access (I think one of them is droid firewall something, and I think autostarts does this too. check for yourself).
I'm crossposting this from the official N1 google forums in the hope that someone smarter than me knows an answer.
I installed the dev release of Froyo right when it was available and noticed immediately that my normal 48 hours of battery life had been reduced to ~ 5. Thinking it was just the development release I went back to Eclair and waited for the OTAs to happen. After FRF72 came out, I tried froyo again in conjunction with cyanogen's mod. I still had massive battery drain issues. I decided to wait more. After I heard that FRF91 would be final, I completely wiped the phone back to factory and let it OTA to FRF91. I then installed no mods, no kernels, used factory recovery, everything was factory (except the bootloader of course). I was STILL having massive battery issues. The phone essentially drains from full to 0 in less than 6 hours, and then when plugged in would take over 10 hours to charge to full.
I finally decided to try specifically removing features until I stopped having battery issues. I removed google apps, then all my contacts, then all features of the OS (animations etc) until my last step was stopping my push email from my work outlook server (this was hard for me as I use my phone all the time for work email).
As soon as I tried the phone without Exchange push the result was noticeable. I have even better battery life then I ever did with 2.1 and am now running Cyanogen 6.0 along with several other applications and maintaining excellent battery life. I am really torn though, as I need to have outlook access (and the calender sync is a much needed feature after coming from a blackberry). Am I doomed to run on Eclair forever?
What about sync frequency? Can you lower it?
Yeah that does suck though, I have two online IMAP mailboxes in K9 mail (and weather, google accounts, random other little stuff) and my idle battery usage is around 2%/hr.
I actually noticed this issue on 2.1 when I deleted an exchange account and got dramatically better battery life. I, too, had calendar sync enabled.
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What about sync frequency? Can you lower it?
Yeah that does suck though, I have two online IMAP mailboxes in K9 mail (and weather, google accounts, random other little stuff) and my idle battery usage is around 2%/hr.
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I had it set to push, which you would think is the least battery intensive. I have tried longer frequencies, but too long defeats the purpose, and the other settings didn't make a difference as fat as I could see.
Hmm... strange. Exchange push for me isn't that bad, I get about 20-25 hours of battery.
It's the Exchange NOT on push (5, 10 minute interval check) that destroys it. Every once in a while exchange sync process would go into a CPU death-spiral, taking up 100% CPU ALL THE TIME, until I manually kill the process. Needless to say, battery is just destroyed like that.
So as for me, I'm stuck to have to use Push on Exchange =(
have push enabled on my exchange address for work and its still about the same ~20-24 hours.
This is a technical issue that has already been identified with Google.
We have three code tickets that relate to this. Mine was with the SSL certificates. The way that Froyo handles SSL on exchange with or without push can create an infinite loop. This loop keeps your CPU and 3G running constantly.
I have worked with Google to address these issues and they have added the item to the Future Release.
I promise you, this is an identified bug that has been fixed in the future releases.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9455
snlu178 said:
This is a technical issue that has already been identified with Google.
We have three code tickets that relate to this. Mine was with the SSL certificates. The way that Froyo handles SSL on exchange with or without push can create an infinite loop. This loop keeps your CPU and 3G running constantly.
I have worked with Google to address these issues and they have added the item to the Future Release.
I promise you, this is an identified bug that has been fixed in the future releases.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9455
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Thats really good news, thanks. I spoke to a guy at google tech support and got a "huh what" kind of response.
since its an issue that will be fixed later...
have you tried setting up a task killer that will kill exchange every x amount of hours. since its the cpu death lopp that's draining the bat and exchange should restart itself, closing it every x hrs should give you somewhat of a useable phone...
I would create a second gmail account. Have your work email forwarded there, and then see if you can get your exchange calendar to sync to that secondary google account as well. Then just stick to the pushed gmail. I currently have two set up and its working fine, although I did not have to link the calendars.
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I would create a second gmail account. Have your work email forwarded there, and then see if you can get your exchange calendar to sync to that secondary google account as well. Then just stick to the pushed gmail. I currently have two set up and its working fine, although I did not have to link the calendars.
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For most companies that would be a huge security violation.
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For most companies that would be a huge security violation.
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Ok, I didn't see that mentioned. If that is your case, I would get a blackberry than. I need my work email. 6 hours of battery life does not cut it, I hope google fixes this soon. I have seen careers ruined by the iphone 3g.
I can confirm I have this issue as well. I hope Google fixes this quick as its a pretty serious flaw with an important feature.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9455
If you are rooted there is a libactivator.so you can push to your phone that fixes the issue.
I usually turn off my phone when I go to bed and turn it on again when I get up but since I've had the Note, I've noticed that it will not receive any push email until I actually go into Settings-->Accounts & sync and click Sync Now. From then on, it's fine for the rest of the day, receiving email at the same time as my iOS devices. If I don't do the manual sync in the morning, it simply will not get any email for the whole day!
My old Galaxy S used to just get all the accumulated email as soon as it was turned on in the morning but even with all the settings replicated, the Note just doesn't do it!
Can anyone shed any light on this crazy (and infuriating) behaviour?
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I usually turn off my phone when I go to bed and turn it on again when I get up but since I've had the Note, I've noticed that it will not receive any push email until I actually go into Settings-->Accounts & sync and click Sync Now. From then on, it's fine for the rest of the day, receiving email at the same time as my iOS devices. If I don't do the manual sync in the morning, it simply will not get any email for the whole day!
My old Galaxy S used to just get all the accumulated email as soon as it was turned on in the morning but even with all the settings replicated, the Note just doesn't do it!
Can anyone shed any light on this crazy (and infuriating) behaviour?
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Just check your 'synch schedule' in email>setting and see if you have not disable push mail in off-peak schedule.
Thx, only the weekend is defined as off peak and in any case, both peak and off peak are set to push.
please forgive me if this has been asked before. i have seen a few posts and been searching for 24 hours but cant get a definitive up to date answer so here goes.
i have just purchased my first windows phone the hd7 to see if its worth spending on a more expensive one.
i hacked the phone and installed HD7 ROM: Windows Phone 7.8 Deepshining v8.1 (build 8862.144) on it.
for some reason i dont get ANY notifications at all on anything except for email. this includes
1. facebook
2. me live tile
3. zune player now playing.
there is probably more but i dont know as its still new. now i need facebook pushes more than anything as i do a lot of buying / selling / trading on facebook and need to be informed the minute someone posts. i dont care if its in the facbook app or the me live tile, anything would be ok. setting up email notifications isnt an option as its a business email and need to keep it clean of facebook crap and need to know the difference between an email and a facebook update.i noticed that the HD7 ROM: Windows Phone 7.8 Deepshining v8.1 (build 8862.144) says it fixes the live tile bug. was this bug the bug i am mentioning now?
so any advice would be welcome on how to get it set up. i have linked my facebook account to my live account and tried installing / uninstalling facebook with a reboot inbetween and also tuned pushes off then on again with a reboot inbetween. i havent done a hard reset as it took me ages to add photos to my 200+ contacts and dont want to restart doing all that again.
*edit* bit the bullet and did a hard reset and still the same..lost all my contacts as well even though i backed them up to windows live account.
*edit2* just found out searching that hd7 defaults to using 3g instead of wifi for most things, i dont have a data package on my phone and rely on wifi as i have it here and at work. could this be the problem?
i am starting to think its something simple but then again its very annoying. i have bought an all singing all dancing windows phone that is advertised as being able to personalise and recieve notifications from various sources keeping me up to date and connected. where as in this state i have a phone that can make calls and look pretty..
please somebody help me. even if its not for facebook push notifications just a live me tile would do.
*edit3 just flashed dynamics 2.0 rom and still same..no push notifications at all.
and to make matters worse i thought i would set up email notifications from facebook as a quick dirty fix. i sent myself an email which took 10 mins to arrive. so attempted it again from gmail and its been 20 mins so far and still hasnt arrived. i have noticed that the wireless icon only comes on when i click a live tile..could that be a problem or is there a way of keeping wifi on at all times while the phone is awake
think i may just sell the phone lol..this has put me off a windows phone for good. how can ANY phone take that long to recieve an email lol..not acceptable on an old nokia brick from 2000 never mind a £100+ top of the range windows phone..absolutely disgraceful
*edit4* found the setting for time frame for email. it was set to check every hour. settings ranged from 1 hour to 15 mins to instant. after setting to straight away emails got sent instantly from live, although for some strange reason gmail can only be set to 15 mins as its lowest setting.
Hello. Apologies. Windows Phone has gone through quite some changes and fixes keep coming. We have support till next year. HD7 is a wonderful device. I have a new on too. I have the same issues on whatsapp notifications that don't show up but it might be some minor flaws that they will fix in the next updates. MS is aware. HD7 and HD2 will be good for testing updated software as "it entry level" specs prove to be powerful enough to update OS. Keep hanging on to it.
Thanks.
Android Wear App keeps crashing With the usual Unfortunately. ..message. Any ideas why?
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This happened to me too repeatedly and out of the blue last night and continued on until the early afternoon... Now it seems to have fixed itself... Try uninstalling and reinstalling and restarting the phone
Clear app cache and app data, force close it and then re launch it. If that doesn't work uninstall it then reinstall.
what kind of phone are you using? custom rom/kernel, etc?
mine has been super stable since i installed it (one time it didn't want to connect to the phone but it has never crashed)
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Android Wear App keeps crashing With the usual Unfortunately. ..message. Any ideas why?
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Do you happen to have a MS Exchange account logged onto your phone? If so, and I bet you do, that is what causes the issue. Something happens on the MS exchange server once per week (for me it's every Fri morning) that causes the Wear app to crash constantly. To test this, go into your accounts and remove your MS Exchange Activesync account and poof your wear app will function normally again. Otherwise just wait until the late morning and whatever happens will finish and wear will work normally again (with exchange logged in) until the same time next week ?
FYI, no amount of clearing cache or data or uninstalling will remedy this until either the exchange process is complete or you remove the exchange account temporarily.
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Do you happen to have a MS Exchange account logged onto your phone? If so, and I bet you do, that is what causes the issue. Something happens on the MS exchange server once per week (for me it's every Fri morning) that causes the Wear app to crash constantly. To test this, go into your accounts and remove your MS Exchange Activesync account and poof your wear app will function normally again. Otherwise just wait until the late morning and whatever happens will finish and wear will work normally again (with exchange logged in) until the same time next week ?
FYI, no amount of clearing cache or data or uninstalling will remedy this until either the exchange process is complete or you remove the exchange account temporarily.
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Thank you this fixed it! Do we know what causes this? I would love to keep my exchange email.
Haychy said:
Thank you this fixed it! Do we know what causes this? I would love to keep my exchange email.
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I have no idea what causes this and I'm not the one who figured it out. There was one guy who figured this out. Since noticing this and confirming it I've emailed google and called them, etc, but they haven't returned NY emails yet. It will eventually go away usually the same day. You just have to put up with it for a few hours each week if you want to continue using your exchange on the phone. Then after the few hrs it ends up working fine again. That's what I do
Same problem and completely unacceptable...I require my exchange account every day for work, can't remove it and redo it once a week.
Until google resolves this it kills android wear devices for me.
Appointment
I had a recurring appointment coming up this morning at 9h, deleted the appointment, did an exchange sync and everything is working now.... I had deleted the yesterday occurrence of this appointment a few week back, maybe it don't handle this correctly.
Did any of you had any recurring appointment set on the day that the app started crashing?
Androidious said:
Do you happen to have a MS Exchange account logged onto your phone? If so, and I bet you do, that is what causes the issue. Something happens on the MS exchange server once per week (for me it's every Fri morning) that causes the Wear app to crash constantly. To test this, go into your accounts and remove your MS Exchange Activesync account and poof your wear app will function normally again. Otherwise just wait until the late morning and whatever happens will finish and wear will work normally again (with exchange logged in) until the same time next week ?
FYI, no amount of clearing cache or data or uninstalling will remedy this until either the exchange process is complete or you remove the exchange account temporarily.
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Thanks. Saved me a lot of a me.
Androidious said:
Do you happen to have a MS Exchange account logged onto your phone? If so, and I bet you do, that is what causes the issue. Something happens on the MS exchange server once per week (for me it's every Fri morning) that causes the Wear app to crash constantly. To test this, go into your accounts and remove your MS Exchange Activesync account and poof your wear app will function normally again. Otherwise just wait until the late morning and whatever happens will finish and wear will work normally again (with exchange logged in) until the same time next week ?
FYI, no amount of clearing cache or data or uninstalling will remedy this until either the exchange process is complete or you remove the exchange account temporarily.
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I don't have any such exchange services, but still seem to be facing this same issue. Log reads something about a ExchangeSecurity issue... . I just got my G watch today.. haven't even been able to get passed the second screen.
Edit: was in fact my ROM, clean flashed a PA build... Worked like a charm.
I require exchange too, use "Touchdown" have had no issues.
This just started happening last week, I thought I got something out of whack on my device. I switched to a new device and the same problem cropped up, then I found this thread. I was able to workaround it for now by removing my account, then re-adding it but leaving off calendar sync. My guess is that I have some calendar event has a weirdly formatted contact which causes this problem.