Serious battery drain. Help! - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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i have the same problem with my s4 active too. ever since i rooted it, i've been through a good 3 batteries a day. i cannot put my sim card in this and use it until this is fixed. anyone know why?

xxreddragonxx said:
i have the same problem with my s4 active too. ever since i rooted it, i've been through a good 3 batteries a day. i cannot put my sim card in this and use it until this is fixed. anyone know why?
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Are you on KK or Lollipop?

dkeepitabuck said:
Are you on KK or Lollipop?
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im on kk atm and its rooted. i never got around to doing the lolipop root update because for some reason when i plug my phone into a computer it keeps rebooting over and over again...............

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Cappy turns itself off

Ok, so this has happened a few times now on various ROMs
I'll put my cappy on the charger for the night turned on with my alarm set. When I wake up (somehow on time luckily lol) it's turned off... I don't get it. What gives?
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Smith
smithisize said:
Ok, so this has happened a few times now on various ROMs
I'll put my cappy on the charger for the night turned on with my alarm set. When I wake up (somehow on time luckily lol) it's turned off... I don't get it. What gives?
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Smith
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Maybe its time u got urs exchanged saying urs have sleep death issue
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diablo009 said:
Maybe its time u got urs exchanged saying urs have sleep death issue
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Maybe. To do that, all I have to do it flash back to stock right? Then return?
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Smith
smithisize said:
Maybe. To do that, all I have to do it flash back to stock right? Then return?
Regards
Smith
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Yes please. Format the internal SD (optional, but I would prefer this), flash it to stock so all traces of messing with it are cleaned up.
diablo009 said:
Yes please. Format the internal SD (optional, but I would prefer this), flash it to stock so all traces of messing with it are cleaned up.
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I also security unlocked it. Do I need to take care of that or do they even check that?
Also, I have a zagg screen cover on it which I adore and I've only had this phone for a couple months now at the most, I would hate to get rid of it
Will they replace that?
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Smith
smithisize said:
I also security unlocked it. Do I need to take care of that or do they even check that?
Also, I have a zagg screen cover on it which I adore and I've only had this phone for a couple months now at the most, I would hate to get rid of it
Will they replace that?
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Smith
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By "security unlock" if u mean network unlock, once u flash back to stock it should get reset again.
I unlocked mine on stock, n then when I loaded stock back when changing roms, i found it got locked again. So shouldn't be an issue.
And well, nothing can be done abt the screen protector.
Believe, I've the 4th captivate after 3 replacements for sleep death issue.
diablo009 said:
By "security unlock" if u mean network unlock, once u flash back to stock it should get reset again.
I unlocked mine on stock, n then when I loaded stock back when changing roms, i found it got locked again. So shouldn't be an issue.
And well, nothing can be done abt the screen protector.
Believe, I've the 4th captivate after 3 replacements for sleep death issue.
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Well, at that rate, a screen protector isn't even really important lol. We'll see if the problem persists :/
Thanks for all your advice, you're great!
Regards
Smith
smithisize said:
Well, at that rate, a screen protector isn't even really important lol. We'll see if the problem persists :/
Thanks for all your advice, you're great!
Regards
Smith
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Thanks Smith. When u get ur replacement I would recommend u wait for 3-4 days, confirm it does not have sleep death or charge death issues, and then apply screen protector.
Like the dood said - Flash back to stock.. but I would test to see if it keeps happening. If you have a Build 1008 phone - it seems to be more prevalent on that build then others.
Mine happens when the phone is fully charged especially. I would test that to see if you can get it to repeat or AT&T will just give you a replacement battery instead of a refurbed phone.
Will do, if I even get one this time around. We will see...
Thanks again!
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Smith
I have a 1008 build phone and I'm hoping to exchange mine within the week. I flashed back to stock with Odin 1Click on Tuesday and I noticed it isn't entirely the same as when I bought the phone. There are some default apps missing, QuickOffice for one. Anyone have ideas?
avgjoegeek said:
Like the dood said - Flash back to stock.. but I would test to see if it keeps happening. If you have a Build 1008 phone - it seems to be more prevalent on that build then others.
Mine happens when the phone is fully charged especially. I would test that to see if you can get it to repeat or AT&T will just give you a replacement battery instead of a refurbed phone.
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Hmm. How would I get it to repeat lol, charge it all the way and wait? And do you think they would really sit there and wait for the battery to charge to 100 to test or just swap?
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Smith
You can download Quick Office from ATT Market. It's not needed for returning it back to AT&T. All of the base bloatware is returned to the phone after you Odin it.
avgjoegeek said:
You can download Quick Office from ATT Market. It's not needed for returning it back to AT&T. All of the base bloatware is returned to the phone after you Odin it.
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Don't think too much. Format the internal SD, and revert to stock and return in. One click odin to stock gets it close to how AT&T gave u the phone. A couple optional apps missing shouldn't matter.
avgjoegeek said:
You can download Quick Office from ATT Market. It's not needed for returning it back to AT&T. All of the base bloatware is returned to the phone after you Odin it.
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diablo009 said:
Don't think too much. Format the internal SD, and revert to stock and return in. One click odin to stock gets it close to how AT&T gave u the phone. A couple optional apps missing shouldn't matter.
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Great, thanks. That is all I needed to hear. Hopefully returning it today. Then as long as I can use the three-button mode to get into download and recovery, I think I'm going to try flashing my first ROM bundle.
So I exchanged my phone tonight. They gave me a 1007 build, however my IMEI ends in 0652. The guy at AT&T told me that Samsung had replaced the bad component causing the shutdown problem and was re-issuing old phones. They apparently don't change the IMEI. I'll see what happens. If it starts shutting down again, I'm back in the store for a new one.
trekie86 said:
So I exchanged my phone tonight. They gave me a 1007 build, however my IMEI ends in 0652. The guy at AT&T told me that Samsung had replaced the bad component causing the shutdown problem and was re-issuing old phones. They apparently don't change the IMEI. I'll see what happens. If it starts shutting down again, I'm back in the store for a new one.
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Yes. AT&T person is right. After multiple exchanges, my 4th n current phone is a 10.07 build, been using for over 2 months now n its been good.

[Q] xPosed caused signal loss??

After installing xposed on my S5, I kept losing service. Sometimes wouldn't even realize for a while (had my daughter call me on my work phone asking what's up with my phone)
Just wondering if anyone else had this problem or if it was caused by a specific module I used?? I had most of the Galaxy ones installed as well as the Framework (only mod that worked was to add custom text to my notification bar)
No signal issues here. I'm using wanam, app settings, gravity box (to swap recents/menu), greenify, isis root bypass and g touchwiz.
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Same issue here on xperia Z1, android 4.4.4. Installed Xposed, activate framework and reboot -> signal loss. Restoring ROM, ejecting and then inserting SIM card did not help
It's not xposed... I went back to stock unrooted and the problem still existed. Called AT&T and they had me go to get a new SIM card... it's doing it still today GRRRRR I've gotta get rid of my custom boot image (flashing android) and Dr. Who sound byte on boot then I'm calling them back and getting a warranty replacement. I'm honestly severely dissatisfied with this phone. When it's time for an upgrade I will NOT be purchasing another Samsung device.
rachelm920 said:
It's not xposed... I went back to stock unrooted and the problem still existed. Called AT&T and they had me go to get a new SIM card... it's doing it still today GRRRRR I've gotta get rid of my custom boot image (flashing android) and Dr. Who sound byte on boot then I'm calling them back and getting a warranty replacement. I'm honestly severely dissatisfied with this phone. When it's time for an upgrade I will NOT be purchasing another Samsung device.
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I would just flash back to stock & see if it comes back. If that doesn't work, the radio may have just coincidentally gone bad in the middle of modding. I see a lot of S5's & no problems with signal so I wouldn't give up on Samsung yet if this is your only issue.
BTW if you go into your settings, about device, status screen, does your imei still show up?
zoso28 said:
I would just flash back to stock & see if it comes back. If that doesn't work, the radio may have just coincidentally gone bad in the middle of modding. I see a lot of S5's & no problems with signal so I wouldn't give up on Samsung yet if this is your only issue.
BTW if you go into your settings, about device, status screen, does your imei still show up?
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That's not the only issue...I'm upset about the bootloader being locked and the charging port flap no longer stays shut.
My IMEI is still there it only works on WiFi now AT&T is sending me a warranty replacement in 4 business days I'm about to use my BF's old S4 in the meantime
rachelm920 said:
That's not the only issue...I'm upset about the bootloader being locked and the charging port flap no longer stays shut.
My IMEI is still there it only works on WiFi now AT&T is sending me a warranty replacement in 4 business days I'm about to use my BF's old S4 in the meantime
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I feel you on the bootloader issue.. everyone here does lol. I haven't seen the flap problem but you're definitely not having the best luck with the S5. Hopefully it's a fluke but make sure you're completely stock when you send the old one back b/c if they find any evidence that you voided the warranty (flashing, rooting, etc) they don't notify you, they just bill your account $400 and keep the phone.
rachelm920 said:
That's not the only issue...I'm upset about the bootloader being locked and the charging port flap no longer stays shut.
My IMEI is still there it only works on WiFi now AT&T is sending me a warranty replacement in 4 business days I'm about to use my BF's old S4 in the meantime
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Mad about the bootloader? check this out.
https://www.change.org/petitions/att-give-us-the-freedom-to-modify-and-build-unlock-our-bootloaders
Need signatures please.
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zoso28 said:
I feel you on the bootloader issue.. everyone here does lol. I haven't seen the flap problem but you're definitely not having the best luck with the S5. Hopefully it's a fluke but make sure you're completely stock when you send the old one back b/c if they find any evidence that you voided the warranty (flashing, rooting, etc) they don't notify you, they just bill your account $400 and keep the phone.
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Oh yeah I odin'd it yesterday, it's back to stock completely. Didn't even install an app on it since it has no signal LOL. I'm using my BF's old S4 and running 4.4.4 AOSP ROM right now... I don't know if I'll want to go back to my S5 when it comes in... Oh how I missed AOSP
GDofWR420 said:
Mad about the bootloader? check this out.
https://www.change.org/petitions/att-give-us-the-freedom-to-modify-and-build-unlock-our-bootloaders
Need signatures please.
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I signed... would share to my FB but none of my friends would know what I'm talking about LOL
rachelm920 said:
That's not the only issue...I'm upset about the bootloader being locked and the charging port flap no longer stays shut.
My IMEI is still there it only works on WiFi now AT&T is sending me a warranty replacement in 4 business days I'm about to use my BF's old S4 in the meantime
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Did you try one of the USSD codes for a Hard reset on your old S5 (*2767*3855#)? Sometimes they fix a little bit more than a normal factory reset.
rachelm920 said:
I signed... would share to my FB but none of my friends would know what I'm talking about LOL
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I thank you. Yea I'm finding it hard to get signitures as I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, just don't want my info allover the net. So if you would help spread the word amongst the developing community that would help, this applies to anyone who cares about what we do here. Again I thank you for your support.
The Gods Approve This Post, From The Ghost Of Sparta's S5 active.

DEFECTIVE?!? Please help! I need your advise.

I bought a brand new Note 4 from my local T-Mobile store. I rooted it, and only added Wanam Xposed.
I used Wanam to hide my root status so that I could use T-Mobiles softcard payment app.
I wanted to sleep for an hour, and I shut off my phone. When I woke up, I turned on my phone, and it got stuck on the white T-Mobile screen.
I could not get by it. I pulled the battery, etc, and it only would boot to the white t-mobile screen,
I was able to restore the phone to original with Samsungs online restoration program.
Here is my concern. Do I have a defective phone? I think I can still return it. (They may charge me $50.00)
The phone works now, but im just worried that I might have a bad one? Could it be defective? or did I cause the freeze by installing Wanam? or something else I did?
I would appreciate your comments and advise since there are many people on xda with much more experience and technical knowledge about this than I have.
Thanks in advance!
Mr Global said:
I bought a brand new Note 4 from my local T-Mobile store. I rooted it, and only added Wanam Xposed.
I used Wanam to hide my root status so that I could use T-Mobiles softcard payment app.
I wanted to sleep for an hour, and I shut off my phone. When I woke up, I turned on my phone, and it got stuck on the white T-Mobile screen.
I could not get by it. I pulled the battery, etc, and it only would boot to the white t-mobile screen,
I was able to restore the phone to original with Samsungs online restoration program.
Here is my concern. Do I have a defective phone? I think I can still return it. (They may charge me $50.00)
The phone works now, but im just worried that I might have a bad one? Could it be defective? or did I cause the freeze by installing Wanam? or something else I did?
I would appreciate your comments and advise since there are many people on xda with much more experience and technical knowledge about this than I have.
Thanks in advance!
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No need to return the phone, as you were able to restore it. The freeze was likely caused by something you installed that didn't play nicely with another app/program. Fresh install and make sure to pay close attention to what you're putting on your phone, and what settings w/i Wanam may or may not bork something else. Enjoy!
Mr Global said:
I bought a brand new Note 4 from my local T-Mobile store. I rooted it, and only added Wanam Xposed.
I used Wanam to hide my root status so that I could use T-Mobiles softcard payment app.
I wanted to sleep for an hour, and I shut off my phone. When I woke up, I turned on my phone, and it got stuck on the white T-Mobile screen.
I could not get by it. I pulled the battery, etc, and it only would boot to the white t-mobile screen,
I was able to restore the phone to original with Samsungs online restoration program.
Here is my concern. Do I have a defective phone? I think I can still return it. (They may charge me $50.00)
The phone works now, but im just worried that I might have a bad one? Could it be defective? or did I cause the freeze by installing Wanam? or something else I did?
I would appreciate your comments and advise since there are many people on xda with much more experience and technical knowledge about this than I have.
Thanks in advance!
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You have a defective xposed. No need to return it.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
BACARDILIMON said:
You have a defective xposed. No need to return it.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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Milagro you aren't telling people to just go return it
nano303 said:
Milagro you aren't telling people to just go return it
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I only say that when people to stupid to take the advise given to them. Arguing that it can't possibly be the dirty flash they just did. They post to cry not for advice. So I give them what they wanna hear lol.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
BACARDILIMON said:
I only say that when people to stupid to take the advise given to them. Arguing that it can't possibly be the dirty flash they just did. They post to cry not for advice. So I give them what they wanna hear lol.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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People can be stupid man I agree lol. Do you think it's worth rooting my phone now? Was waiting for lollipop but my new laptop came in and I'm ready to root! Been waiting for 5.0 for a while
nano303 said:
People can be stupid man I agree lol. Do you think it's worth rooting my phone now? Was waiting for lollipop but my new laptop came in and I'm ready to root! Been waiting for 5.0 for a while
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See this I would say depends. I have had the best battery life ever with stock. I rooted to remove bloat but it broke a lot. They tied everything together. So went back to stock and haven't moved. Gonna stay till official deodex 5.0 drops lol.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
BACARDILIMON said:
See this I would say depends. I have had the best battery life ever with stock. I rooted to remove bloat but it broke a lot. They tied everything together. So went back to stock and haven't moved. Gonna stay till official deodex 5.0 drops lol.
BAD ASS NOTE 4 & GEAR S
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Lol Wanam is now updated to work with 5.0. so really, what's a couple more weeks to wait. Don't want to go thru the hassle of downloading the whole update and Odin back to stock. Rather just let it drop via OTA. Honestly my first phone since the Evo I have not rooted yet. It's crazy because once I do. I know it'll be like having a new phone. Can't wait bud!

Flashing MM firmware via Odin

I'm considering flashing firmware via odin but it's been a while have a few simple questions someone could help me with.
I've got tablet from O2 and it's SM-T715 version.
Can I flash any firmware?
Are there any issues with MM update?
Will I lose warranty?
riz157 said:
I'm considering flashing firmware via odin but it's been a while have a few simple questions someone could help me with.
I've got tablet from O2 and it's SM-T715 version.
Can I flash any firmware?
Are there any issues with MM update?
Will I lose warranty?
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I got a S2 a few days ago and it was stuck on an EE version of 5.0.2 and said there were no updates. :crying:
I then followed this thread below to flash MM using Odin. It was a breeze and is certainly worth it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/general/guide-download-install-mm-sm-t715-t3372991
Good Luck. :highfive:
Masteryates said:
I got a S2 a few days ago and it was stuck on an EE version of 5.0.2 and said there were no updates. :crying:
I then followed this thread below to flash MM using Odin. It was a breeze and is certainly worth it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/general/guide-download-install-mm-sm-t715-t3372991
Good Luck. :highfive:
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tanks i'll give that try see if it works, does this process trip your knox effecting your warranty?
riz157 said:
tanks i'll give that try see if it works, does this process trip your knox effecting your warranty?
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I don't know. What I do know is that I wasn't paying so much for a tablet still stuck in the dark ages.
Maybe someone with more experience can enlighten us?
Masteryates said:
I don't know. What I do know is that I wasn't paying so much for a tablet still stuck in the dark ages.
Maybe someone with more experience can enlighten us?
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Fair enough does you're data work fine, make calls and are there any issues?
riz157 said:
Fair enough does you're data work fine, make calls and are there any issues?
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I've not encountered any issues but it was midnight when I flashed it so I've had little time to inspect.
Can't comment on the data as I use it Wifi only even though its the 715. (Tip to anyone using a 715 wifi only, put on airplane mode then turn on wifi to stop cell battery drain even without a sim card in the device.)
Way less bloat on MM though!
Masteryates said:
I've not encountered any issues but it was midnight when I flashed it so I've had little time to inspect.
Can't comment on the data as I use it Wifi only even though its the 715. (Tip to anyone using a 715 wifi only, put on airplane mode then turn on wifi to stop cell battery drain even without a sim card in the device.)
Way less bloat on MM though!
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Took the plunge and data calling etc works.
Also knox wasn't tripped so warranty is OK.
Just bought mine few days ago.
riz157 said:
Took the plunge and data calling etc works.
Also knox was tripped so warranty is OK.
Just bought mine few days ago.
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Has anyone tried DirtyCow based root method on the GS6 yet?

I did not see anything here, but it might be a bit early. I am curious if anyone has tried it yet? :cyclops:
I'm wondering what's the deal also. You would think we would have had root 24 hours after that video.
sounreal said:
I'm wondering what's the deal also. You would think we would have had root 24 hours after that video.
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Still can't disable SELinux which prevents writing to system. We're a long ways off from a useful root.
So I'm holding on to a Att 64gb s6 for nothing... ?
sounreal said:
So I'm holding on to a Att 64gb s6 for nothing... ?
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Even if we ever do get root, it's not likely we'll ever see much development, as all the devs have likely moved on to new hardware long ago.
If you want a root able phone, buy something unlocked that's dev friendly (one plus, nexus, moto z line maybe, zte axon7 maybe). Anything att Branded from here on out will likely be locked down.
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