lytesson
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Rooted and flashed to InsertCoin ZARA_CL & ZARA_UL | 3.0.7 | 6.09.401.5. Battery problem fixed.
http://insertcoin-roms.org/category/devices/desire-601-port/
http://insertcoin-roms.org/category/devices/desire-601-port/
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Help battery problems
- Thread starter greenglitter
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Hi, I am also experiencing the same problem. Serious battery drain.
Clearing the cache helps. But the problems comes back after few days.
I tried reseting the phone, it works for about 7 days than it goes back to awake faze.
I took it to warranty, I guess they did a compelete reset but again afer a few days again awake faze....
Now I just check the battery history to see if it`s again on constant awake faze. If it is, I do a cache wipe.
Last one was yesterday, you should have seen my battery history, awake line was straight blue, all the way. Today are just little tiny pices of blue colour thanks to cache wipe. Battery was recharged this morning untill 7 am, it is 12 at the moment and it is currently at 90%.
Clearing the cache helps. But the problems comes back after few days.
I tried reseting the phone, it works for about 7 days than it goes back to awake faze.
I took it to warranty, I guess they did a compelete reset but again afer a few days again awake faze....
Now I just check the battery history to see if it`s again on constant awake faze. If it is, I do a cache wipe.
Last one was yesterday, you should have seen my battery history, awake line was straight blue, all the way. Today are just little tiny pices of blue colour thanks to cache wipe. Battery was recharged this morning untill 7 am, it is 12 at the moment and it is currently at 90%.
I'm having the same problem (HTC desire 601, battery drain) for a long time. It's driving me crazy, tried everything but still no permanent solution.
- wipe cache. Helps for some hours or days, but the problem will be back.
- returned my phone 3 times, with an explanation it was a software problem and not hardware. First time, got a new battery. Second time, new phone. Third, the problem was not found. So the problem was not fixed!!
- I decided to take matters in own hands. Got root access and denied google play services to keep my phone awake. (used permission manager from google play store). It seemed to work and my battery life was great for almost a month. But the problem came back.
- Flashed a rom that was posted above, but apparently I did something wrong or the rom is not good. Everything worked great accept my microphone was not working (extremely annoying especially during phone calls)
After all, no solution yet, a lot and a lot of frustration, a perfect phone (hardware) but no workable situation. HTC definitely lost another customer!
- wipe cache. Helps for some hours or days, but the problem will be back.
- returned my phone 3 times, with an explanation it was a software problem and not hardware. First time, got a new battery. Second time, new phone. Third, the problem was not found. So the problem was not fixed!!
- I decided to take matters in own hands. Got root access and denied google play services to keep my phone awake. (used permission manager from google play store). It seemed to work and my battery life was great for almost a month. But the problem came back.
- Flashed a rom that was posted above, but apparently I did something wrong or the rom is not good. Everything worked great accept my microphone was not working (extremely annoying especially during phone calls)
After all, no solution yet, a lot and a lot of frustration, a perfect phone (hardware) but no workable situation. HTC definitely lost another customer!
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Silex Proctor
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Not sure if this helps with diagnosis at all or not. I have been extremely frustrated with this issue as well and have used HTC live chat a couple times. My processor hovers around a steady 60% when I am experiencing the issue and the phone gets physically warm to the touch. The process KeepAlive accounts for the vast majority of this usage (40-50% of the processor).
After a factory reset, the problem returned quickly (rarely using the camera and Skype not installed so it's not likely the camera issue google admitted to). It progresses to the point where as soon as I turn on the phone, the drain begins. Cleaning cache has never helped me even temporarily. After another live chat, the support person had me boot into safe mode to rule out interference from 3rd party apps. Other than checking my email, I did not use the phone at all and I woke up in the morning with 3% battery remaining after a full charge the night before. Good to know that it is only the phone eating itself and not something I foolishly installed.
Here is my concern: is it specific to HTC or is it a Kit Kat 4.4.2 issue? VM is not currently offering anything with a newer version of Android.
After a factory reset, the problem returned quickly (rarely using the camera and Skype not installed so it's not likely the camera issue google admitted to). It progresses to the point where as soon as I turn on the phone, the drain begins. Cleaning cache has never helped me even temporarily. After another live chat, the support person had me boot into safe mode to rule out interference from 3rd party apps. Other than checking my email, I did not use the phone at all and I woke up in the morning with 3% battery remaining after a full charge the night before. Good to know that it is only the phone eating itself and not something I foolishly installed.
Here is my concern: is it specific to HTC or is it a Kit Kat 4.4.2 issue? VM is not currently offering anything with a newer version of Android.
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groo79
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I am now using the LG Volt running 4.4.2 and don't have these issues. Battery life is excellent and the only times I see unusual drain is when an app I downloaded acts up (usually leading to an uninstall). It's got to be an HTC issue.