CPU usage this morning

[Miklb58]

Soo now I have another question lol. System (wake lock) i.e. mediaserver has kept the phone awake for 3 hours out of 11. But media is at 0.0% per GSam. System wake lock is at 8%. If media is at 0 does that not mean that it isn't searching for anything? If yes, why the wake locks? I am starting to sound like Edith Bunker.

There is a difference between mediaserver & media, at least on my phone.
For me, Mediaserver does a wakelock, while I use IHeart Radio.
Media, on the other hand seems to do be using a small amount of time and wakelocks on mine, and it shows up even when the phone has just sat idle.
Media, might be what avenged is referring to that is scanning for media...

TriciaH, I am shocked by the top line in your GSam pic. System shows over 4hrs of wakelock???
Mine shows .1% for that line item.
What is puzzling me is, in the systems battery stats, it shows Mediaserver running a wakelock for 2.5 hrs while I had IHeart Radio playing, but in GSam, it shows System (wakelock) for like 52 seconds, and when that line item is opened, it says included process is "mediaserver"

Mike
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[avenged61973]

There is a difference between mediaserver & media, at least on my phone.
For me, Mediaserver does a wakelock, while I use IHeart Radio.
Media, on the other hand seems to do be using a small amount of time and wakelocks on mine, and it shows up even when the phone has just sat idle.
Media, might be what avenged is referring to that is scanning for media...

TriciaH, I am shocked by the top line in your GSam pic. System shows over 4hrs of wakelock???
Mine shows .1% for that line item.
What is puzzling me is, in the systems battery stats, it shows Mediaserver running a wakelock for 2.5 hrs while I had IHeart Radio playing, but in GSam, it shows System (wakelock) for like 52 seconds, and when that line item is opened, it says included process is "mediaserver"

Mike
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My phone was giving me the same stats and it drove me crazy figuring it out. The media server keeps your device awake because it's searching through pictures and music and if it gets to a bad file it goes into a loop and keeps running. That's why I had to clean my internal and external memory to try and get rid of all of the junk files that didn't belong.

They must have super charged the media server on jelly bean because there are all kinds of people with this problem now.

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[avenged61973]

That is what I thought too. If I move my SD card contents to the PC and format the card, won't there still be a chance of something corrupted going back on the card? I did delete two old apk files from the internal storage when I read your previous post. I too thought an FDR cleaned that out - supposed to take it back to out of the box state.

Only put files back on your sd card that you want to keep if you didn't put it there than its probably a good idea to get rid of it and just start fresh.

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[TriciaH]

Moving the files off the SD card as we speak. Will format it and just put a few that I need back on. See what happens. Mine is not media that is keeping it up - its mediaserver and I thought they were two separate things. My wakelock has been more than that. I find that disabling background data at work keeps it down some. It has been awake 9 hours out of 10 before. Never did that before this crap update. Even on the Christmas Miracle it never did this. They did something to it and its not playing nice with others.

 

[TriciaH]

SD card emptied and formatted. BAck in the phone. I put exactly six contact photos back on it. Am going to see what happens. Mediaserver was at 5 hr 19 minutes when we pulled the card. I looked just now - it is at 5 hours 19 minutes and down to 4% of the useage. I really REALLY hope this was the problem! Man I would be SO happy! I have no photos anywhere on the internal storage. All the folders say "this folder is empty" when I tap them.

 

[avenged61973]

Hope it works out for you tricia

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[TriciaH]

Not sure if I have any joy here. Just did that simulated battery pull. Mediaserver been at 37% since I unplugged the phone. Will see what happens. Actually I am getting really sick to death of troubleshooting a mess that was made with a broken OS. In researching mediaserver it appears it has been an ongoing problem since 2010. So in 3 years they have not found a way to fix their bug that drains batteries. Let me rephrase that - they do not care enough to fix the bug. I have 0 videos, 2 ringtones and 6 photos on this phone. That is it. If its smart enough to decide a file is bad why isn't it smart enough to let me know which file is bad instead of trying to read it over and over. This phone is the definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over and over and expecting different results.

 

[avenged61973]

I know this has been a big problem and we probably won't see a fix from Motorola. Just like ics, luckily we had the. 215 leak. I honestly think you should bite the bullet and do an fdr.

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[TriciaH]

I dread that like a root canal lol. Hmmm after the simulated battery pull, wakelock is down to 1.5% and the phone has been sleeping. Things that make you go hmmmm. ICS for me was extremely stable and ran awesome. And to be honest, the mistake they OTA'd in December was much more stable than their "final" build. I had no wakelock problems in the erroneous OTA. Ha hindsight is 20/20 - I should have stuck with that!

 

[avenged61973]

I've had draining battery issues since the Christmas mistake and I don't have a max so that is a big problem for me. See how that works for you. I've read that some people fdr and it goes away and some people it doesn't.

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[TriciaH]

I am grasping at straws here lol I know that. But right now system wakelock is down to 1.0%. In checking battery stats, the phone has not been awake while the screen is off. Got my eyes, fingers and toes crossed. Last night I just did a normal power cycle. This morning I did the simulated battery pull. Do you think that could have made a difference? I thought it basically was the same thing. I am going to keep a close eye on it today. Have not added anything to the SD card except six contact photos. I am glad the Maxx was out when my DX went to cell phone heaven. Don't know how you do it with the Razr.

 

[aarong03]

I am grasping at straws here lol I know that. But right now system wakelock is down to 1.0%. In checking battery stats, the phone has not been awake while the screen is off. Got my eyes, fingers and toes crossed. Last night I just did a normal power cycle. This morning I did the simulated battery pull. Do you think that could have made a difference? I thought it basically was the same thing. I am going to keep a close eye on it today. Have not added anything to the SD card except six contact photos. I am glad the Maxx was out when my DX went to cell phone heaven. Don't know how you do it with the Razr.

I have a guy I work with that has a regular Razr with the JB update and he's getting more than 8 hrs before he has to charge the phone. It's funny how each phone is reacting differently to this update. I went through and deleted files on both internal and sd card last night, and seems to have stopped the media from running so much. But I checked this morning and the CPU was running 40.6%. I have attached the screen shots. View attachment 61547
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[TriciaH]

My Kernel OS is at 14.7%. Android System 3.1%. But i have a friend with a Maxx and his Kernel is always way way up there too. It is so weird how the same software alters how the same phones operate. I know everyone has different things on the phone but it is basically the same OS. My wake lock is only 11 seconds so far. Even with the CPU high you appear to be getting adequate battery life.

 

[Adam74]

Sounds like you may have stumbled across a solution for your phone. That is outstanding!! Sometimes it is the weirdest solutions. I wish my kernal was under 20%, but all in all, I'm back to rockin' battery life comparable to when I was on ICS. Definatly not exceeding it.

 

[avenged61973]

That could have fixed it, Every phone is acting a little different with this. We can only try something and wait and see and if that doesn't work try something else.

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