Cpu always running high

golpeen420

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So I checked my kernel setting earlier today to tweak some things, and I notice that my cpu is always running all 4 cores, all of which are are running at the highest frequency. I'm using the stock kernel from the official cm builds, and I even updated to make sure it wasn't a rom issue, I've had this device for over a year and it's never done this, and it's really eating my battery up now, anyone have any suggestions for me?

Edit: I've noticed that taking my micro SD card out seems to solve the issue, why would my micro SD causing so much strain on my cpu? I've had the same card for three years and two different phones and never had this problem till now and I've noticed under my battery settings that "media" has killed 20% of my total battery and I've literally used no media at all, I've tried wiping my cache/dalvik, I've tried reflashing my rom, nothing works, any help is appreciated
 
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RayTrue04

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Common issue with sd cards. I used to get that problem a lot on my Samsung phones. Sounds like your card has a lot of stuff in it and something in it is not playing well. Time for a clean up. That's the only suggestion that ever worked for me.

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