[Confirmed solution/work around] dialer battery drain issue on gingerbread 2.3.3.

[ranger4740]

Hi I don't know if this is the right place to put this info.

I see lots of people are having the dialer battery drain issue in pretty much every version of android 2.3.3. And I haven't seen a working solution anywhere other than upgrade to a newer version of android.
Any way, I'm using a HTC legend a gingerbread version 2.3.3, and I have always had the dreaded dialer battery drain issue.
I have found a work around that helps stop the drain, at least on the HTC legend 2.3.3 version I'm using.
In my case it is simply having the line

gsm.proximity.enable=false

In the build.prop

It would seam to stop the proximity sensor from working with the dialer part of phone.
The only side effect I have seen so far is that the screen won't turn off when u hold phone upto your ear, you can of course turn screen off with power button, at least from a legend point of view.

I hope this information will help others with android 2.3.3 on other phones that also have dialer battery drain.

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[ranger4740]

Hi, here's a bit of an update for those that are interested, even though the proximity sensor has been disabled for phone calls after adding the line to build.prop, here is a work around to allow the proxy to turn off screen again.
Down load "proximity screen off" from the market, in the settings, select enable during calls only.
Now on my phone the other settings seam to be a bit screwy so you'll have to play with them to suite your device for the way you want it to work.
I am still testing to see how battery life is, but so far its looking good.
If you feel like it, I would appreciate some feedback regarding these mods.
Thanks

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[insink71]

another point of attack

So.. It seems CyanogenMod team has identified these proximity sensor issues and actually fixed most all of them (on the devices they support). The answer is complicated and nestled into the code. But basically one could say there has been an omission of suspend and wake calls that now make MANY HTC devices not function properly. So, besides this there are SoD issues with some devices after a call.. Same type fix used to resolve and that one usually is resolved with an OTA fairly quickly... But ummm, why can't HTC users ban together and make HTC perfect their sources? They are after all the manufacturer and Sense roms are just copies of their source (modified here and there perhaps)... so the problems have been identified, solutions have been committed by an OPEN SOURCE team... good lord HTC, this has been going on since the Desire.. and just browsing I found Legend, Wildfire S and several others effected..
Great work-a-rounds btw... I just really think the consumers should petition on these issues as they are all related and fixable. Most just hear battery life sucks on the Android and assume their phone going dead after 5 hrs is normal... Well it's not. Just my 2c.

Rob

 

[akashj17]

helppp...!!! pls

im also usin ogoo's rom having battery drain problem.. im kinda noob
cn u tel me specifically wht to do?

nd wht is? build.prop

 

[ranger4740]

im also usin ogoo's rom having battery drain problem.. im kinda noob
cn u tel me specifically wht to do?

nd wht is? build.prop

Well my friend , I was a noob about 7 or 8 months ago too, I did lots of reading and learning and used Google to find my answers.

But here's some quick help to get you started....

Before you do anything if you haven't already do a nandroid backup.

You are using ogos gingerbread so you must be rooted yeah, OK so next we need to find out how u rooted, if you went down the hboot 1.02 and unlocked boot loader method, that is great makes my job much easier.

Build.prop is a file located in the
/system/ folder
It is basically a text file that contains a list of settings/commands/startup options.
In my ogos rom the command in question has a # in front of it which disables that line.
You need to edit that file and remove the #. To do this I used es file explorer with root turned on in settings, then just went to /system and opened it with es file explorer.
Or you could get build.prop editor from market and add the line that way, however you need to leave out the = and put the stuff in front in the top field and the 1 In the other.

Simple as that....

If you are say hboot 1.01 and s-on then that's a lot harder for me :-(
You'll only be able to do it via fastboot method, reboot phone into fast boot menu volume down then power. Connect to your PC, it is properly set up isn't it yeah? use android commander to copy that file to your PC, edit file using notepad then copy it back.

If you done it right, good if not, ummm you might need to search for answers for to what you need.

You could always send your phone to me and pay me I only charge $100 per hour lolol

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[akashj17]

Thnxxx........ Ranger