Dialer using large amount of battery after update on Gingerbread

[Sniper31]

As said in title, I have a problem after updating to Gingerbread. In battery use it says that Dialer is using about 20% of battery. Does anyone else have this problem and are there any solutions for it?

 

[jackalac]

I have this problem too, i opened another thread, btw i made a factory reset but the problem is still present.

I think that there aren't solution now, because htc in this new 2.3.3 rom change the radio,

 

[sedatif781]

i forced mine to only wcdma mode and disabled always-on mobile data.also i disabled best wi-fi performance when wifi is enabled.also when mobile data is switched on, i turn off wifi and vice versa. far now it is much better. if anyone do like me, pls tell me if is any improvement for you.

 

[jackalac]

i forced mine to only wcdma mode and disabled always-on mobile data.also i disabled best wi-fi performance when wifi is enabled.also when mobile data is switched on, i turn off wifi and vice versa. far now it is much better. if anyone do like me, pls tell me if is there any improvement

Perhaps leaving wcda always active will consume more than ever to leave gsm mode?

However disabling always-on mobile data in 2g/3g settings menu,your apps and widgets are updated automatically?

 

[sedatif781]

when i leave only wcdma, i think will consume less power because it didnt try always and always to switch to better signal (from 2g to 3g and vice versa).i have only weather auto update on and i didnt noticed any change .

 

[jackalac]

when i leave only wcdma, i think will consume less power because it didnt try always and always to switch to better signal (from 2g to 3g and vice versa).i have only weather auto update on and i didnt noticed any change .

Now i have only GSM mode, btw i can try to disable always on mobile data keep active in the 2g/3g menu and hope that this radio will consume less power.

 

[jackalac]

I thought maybe the problem could be caused by a bug introduced with the new management processes that consume the battery, also because there is the graphic that was not there.

Let me explain:

The details of the processes that consume battery is correct because if I go on "DIALRE" the voice tells me that the CPU has been used only 6 minutes in 20 hours, so little, but shows the % is too high.

Same thing with regard to the voice "Telephone inactive", says it's been idle for less than 20 minutes that I used. but the % is too low.

So it could be a bug that we see that the phone uses too much and we blame the new radio?

 

[scungilli]

Hi everyone
Dialer uses much battery, because it's using the sensors all the time (even with screen off/standby).

You can check that for example in "Battery History for GB" app (you'll find it on xda...)

I wrote some posts about this issue on the ARHD thread in DHD Development (just search for "Dialer" on the thread).
So far no one has a solution... so I guess it's a bug HTC build in... :/

If any one has a solution or a fix please post it

EDIT:

So it could be a bug that we see that the phone uses too much and we blame the new radio?

I tried 3 different radios... I had that problem with each one of them.

 

[jackalac]

Hi everyone
Dialer uses much battery, because it's using the sensors all the time (even with screen off/standby).

You can check that for example in "Battery History for GB" app (you'll find it on xda...)

I wrote some posts about this issue on the ARHD thread in DHD Development (just search for "Dialer" on the thread).
So far no one has a solution... so I guess it's a bug HTC build in... :/

If any one has a solution or a fix please post it

EDIT:



I tried 3 different radios... I had that problem with each one of them.

So, the problem is the official 2.3.3 not the new radio?

Btw, also with dialer voice at 30% of consume, i have 28% of battery available now and the last unplugged was 1g and 15 hours ago, with medium use,.

Whit the 2.2.1 with the same use, my best was 1g and 6h.

 

[scungilli]

So, the problem is the official 2.3.3 not the new radio?

Btw, also with dialer voice at 30% of consume, i have 28% of battery available now and the last unplugged was 1g and 15 hours ago, with medium use,.

Whit the 2.2.1 with the same use, my best was 1g and 6h.

Seems like it's a problem with the official release.
If you google the issue you'll find people with other phones solving the issue by setting the "Turn to mute" feature to off...
Problem with this: We don't have that setting :/

For me Dialer doubles the standby battery use... so battery life is good, but could be much better.

 

[jackalac]

Seems like it's a problem with the official release.
If you google the issue you'll find people with other phones solving the issue by setting the "Turn to mute" feature to off...
Problem with this: We don't have that setting :/

For me Dialer doubles the standby battery use... so battery life is good, but could be much better.

So we can not do anything to solve this problem? We have to wait a patch from google? HTC will not do it then maybe never or maybe the 2.3.4

Maybe in the other Roms, cooker have solved this problem..

can we turn off the proximity sensor?

 

[scungilli]

So we can not do anything to solve this problem? We have to wait a patch from google? HTC will not do it then maybe never or maybe the 2.3.4

Maybe in the other Roms, cooker have solved this problem..

can we turn off the proximity sensor?

I think the problem is within the htc dialer app, so htc has to fix it...
Does anyone know if the "turn to mute" option was there in the official froyo roms?
Maybe it's possible to edit the setting manually then and switch off the feature in the settings file by copying the relevant settings string from the old config...

EDIT:
Maybe it's possible to use the old dialer app from froyo in GB...
Somebody has to try ^^

EDIT2:
Turning off the proximity sensor completely would resolve in dropping calls with your ear, because display doesn't turn off when you move your phone to your ear ^^

Update:
Installing HTCDialer.apk from ARHD 3.7 on 5.1.4 does not work...

 

[samsenteur]

Same issue for me : the dialer is supposed to be using 10 to 20% of battery, eventhough it only used the CPU for less than one minute...

I'm quite sure this wasn't the case on Froyo...

 

[jackalac]

I am investigating this problem, the point is that I have heard other people with the desire hd on an Italian forum, and apparently almost no one experience this problem.

I'm thinking that maybe the problem is due to some app, widget, or maybe some setting of the carrier.

 

[scungilli]

I am investigating this problem, the point is that I have heard other people with the desire hd on an Italian forum, and apparently almost no one experience this problem.

I'm thinking that maybe the problem is due to some app, widget, or maybe some setting of the carrier.

I made a fullwipe twice and reflashed the rom, I restored nothing, really nothing - and the issue was there.
So it must have something to do with provider or maybe the hardware (some components from another manufacturer than most phones?) I don't now. Maybe just an ultra rare random bug in the original firmware, that happens when your IMEI starts with what not (just joking).

I can also confirm that the bug was not in froyo but in many gingerbread Roms on different phones. So maybe a general bug in gingerbread. If only someone could figure out a way to disable the "turn to mute" feature.
After what I read that should solve our problem...

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

 

[jackalac]

I made a fullwipe twice and reflashed the rom, I restored nothing, really nothing - and the issue was there.
So it must have something to do with provider or maybe the hardware (some components from another manufacturer than most phones?) I don't now. Maybe just an ultra rare random bug in the original firmware, that happens when your IMEI starts with what not (just joking). No clue really :/

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Or maybe just those who are not experiencing the issue is why does not realize it because they use the phone so heavy, and more % are given by other processes, so that they see "dialer" is a 6% 7% max.

 

[scungilli]

Or maybe just those who are not experiencing the issue is why does not realize it because they use the phone so heavy, and more % are given by other processes, so that they see "dialer" is a 6% 7% max.

Yeah could be... We need to turn this feature off, my best guess at the moment...


Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

 

[samsenteur]

Mine is around 11% at the end of the day, but I only made a 1mn call...
And it was always nearly 0% in Froyo...

Is it increasing with phone call lengh?

I'm also wondering if this is just a new way to compute the battery usage : maybe Froyo wasn't able to "see" this usage, so the percentage was allocated to other items, but in this case the battery lengh would be the same. Just the ratio per item would be different. What do you think?

My screen battery usage was around 80% before upgrading, now it is only 58%, Dialer increased, system increased, but I'm under the feeling that my battery still last the same time...

 

[scungilli]

Mine is around 11% at the end of the day, but I only made a 1mn call...
And it was always nearly 0% in Froyo...

Is it increasing with phone call lengh?

I'm also wondering if this is just a new way to compute the battery usage : maybe Froyo wasn't able to "see" this usage, so the percentage was allocated to other items, but in this case the battery lengh would be the same. Just the ratio per item would be different. What do you think?

My screen battery usage was around 80% before upgrading, now it is only 58%, Dialer increased, system increased, but I'm under the feeling that my battery still last the same time...

Hi,
as far as I noticed it's not increasing with call lenght.
It actually starts to drain battery, when you make a one second call, then it uses the sensors the whole time.
If you reboot your phone and don't start the dialer or take a call, then it will not drain your battery.
That leads to my conclusion, that it is a bug in the dialer, because it should'nt use the sensors when my phone is in standby overnight.

EDIT:
My battery life seems to have decreased comparing to froyo.

 

[jackalac]

Hi,
as far as I noticed it's not increasing with call lenght.
It actually starts to drain battery, when you make a one second call, then it uses the sensors the whole time.
If you reboot your phone and don't start the dialer or take a call, then it will not drain your battery.
That leads to my conclusion, that it is a bug in the dialer, because it should'nt use the sensors when my phone is in standby overnight.

EDIT:
My battery life seems to have decreased comparing to froyo.

I have the voice "dialer" with high % of consume also when removed from charge and I leave the dhd on the desk, inactive in standby, and I do not make any phone call.

That's why I say that I think the problem is not the proximity sensor problem, but maybe other.

However to me the battery lasts much longer but even with this problem, I can do at least 10 hours in more than Froyo with the same usage.

@ samsenteur: I asked on another Italian forum, and many users do not have this problem, perhaps because the % of telephone as it changes when the high screen and system are high, so with a heavy phone during the day.

Edit : scungilli Many thanks for your help and willingness to resolve that you giving ...