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Some issues after jelly bean update.... Verizon

HookEmHorns*UT* said:
With the phone off hold the volume up and the home button then hold the power button. The phone will boot into recovery and then use the volume rocker to scroll to clear cache partition. To select it press the power button. You can also factory reset from here. Then scroll to reboot and press power to select.
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TY, hopefully this will fix the battery drain...
 
kasper007 said:
What is foxfi?

One more thing I'm noticing ....When I check what running on the battery in settings, "media" is killing battery not "media server" It's media and the icon is orange arrow pointed down....What is this, never saw that on ICS.
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Its for those who want to illegally tether without paying, so people complaining about them essentially stealing shouldn't.
 
I dont like that if i wake the phone with the home button, it closes the app that is open. I dont recall that happening in ics.
 
rushmore said:
1. The battery does appear to run out quicker. I am noticing and have a 4000mah battery, so cringe at the thought of stock size.
2. The radio seems no better or worse
3. I am not seeing it any faster or slower
4. Foxfi issue blows.

IMO, this update was a complete waste of time and for Foxfi users, a net negative.
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Just updated to 4.1.1 on my Verizon Galaxy S3 32GB....

1. The battery does appear to run out quicker. I am noticing and have a 4000mah battery, so cringe at the thought of stock size.

Haven't really tracked this one way or the other.

2. The radio seems no better or worse

Mine seems to be *much* better, at least as far as About device Status reports:

Before: -119 dBm
After: -91 dBm

3. I am not seeing it any faster or slower

Anecdotally seems faster to me..

4. Foxfi issue blows.

Sucks that the previous 'free' version was disabled, but at least the new one still seems to work on my 4.1.1 on my Verizon Galaxy S3 32GB as a WIFI hot spot. Just need to convince myself that it isn't a aberration before I buy the full version.

Even if it does work, the Foxfi folks really need to be taken to task for how they handled things :(
 
HookEmHorns*UT* said:
With the phone off hold the volume up and the home button then hold the power button. The phone will boot into recovery and then use the volume rocker to scroll to clear cache partition. To select it press the power button. You can also factory reset from here. Then scroll to reboot and press power to select.
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This seems to be the fix my battery life is back to what it was with ICS.
 
Seems a cache clean is arbitrary if it is dynamic and purges itself as needed. If it does not, it would be a problem all the time (update or not) unless you always use the same exact apps and the same data.

Unless the address allocation changed for the cache, seems cache is app rather than OS version dependent.
 
Ok going to start here since it's an issue after upgrade. Battery has been draining like mad. Here is a screen shot .... Media is eating me alive. What is that and how do I fix!!
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kasper007 said:
Just updated yesterday and heres the issues I'm having....

1.my phone noticeably gets hotter, and my battery drains much faster! What is up with that!
2. My led light when changing is not bright like it used to be. Its very dim...

Is anyone else having these issues, and if so is there something i can do to resolve this?
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When you first install a new OS version there will be several days of more intensive use as the OS does a lot of extra stuff in the background. After a few days it will even out and your battery usage will return to normal.

The LED brightness is a feature. They added two brightness levels to the LEDs and it brightens or darkens depending on the ambient light brightness in the room. This way to don't have massively bright LEDs at night. It darkens or brightens automatically.

Some third party apps allow you control over the brightness levels if you want to customize it.
 
Doesn't seem like anyone else has noticed this, but my battery life drop with JB is somehow tied to my home router. Never had the problem before on ICS. I've connected to other wifi networks without as significant of drain since the update. I've set my router to work on 802.11N only, set it to what I think is a less crowded channel, WPA2 security. I'm not sure that this is something a reset would resolve. Any suggestions?
 
HookEmHorns*UT* said:
With the phone off hold the volume up and the home button then hold the power button. The phone will boot into recovery and then use the volume rocker to scroll to clear cache partition. To select it press the power button. You can also factory reset from here. Then scroll to reboot and press power to select.
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Thanks for this. I was loosing 10% an hour after the update. I'm back to normal now. With out the hassle of a factory reset.
 
My battery life has definitely gone down since the Jelly Bean (Verizon) update. I use to be able to last until bed time before charging, but now I have to charge it usually early evening now. No new apps installed since update. did not do a factory reset.

PS: I don't have the Blocking Mode on my phone. looked in Settings where it suppose to be right under Home Screen Mode, but not there.....did Verizon prevent this feature? thanks
 
davidmanvell said:
When you first install a new OS version there will be several days of more intensive use as the OS does a lot of extra stuff in the background. After a few days it will even out and your battery usage will return to normal.

The LED brightness is a feature. They added two brightness levels to the LEDs and it brightens or darkens depending on the ambient light brightness in the room. This way to don't have massively bright LEDs at night. It darkens or brightens automatically.

Some third party apps allow you control over the brightness levels if you want to customize it.
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I hope your right about giving it some time. I really don't want to reset.
 
rapidsandroid said:
PS: I don't have the Blocking Mode on my phone. looked in Settings where it suppose to be right under Home Screen Mode, but not there.....did Verizon prevent this feature? thanks
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Yep, they did. Apparently they determined we didn't really need it...
 
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