Recent content by dcdtrax

And I do appreciate your input -- thanks. I think it's time for me to get a new phone.

I have no idea if there are a lot of cell towers in Mexico. However, I'd be surprised if there were a lot of cell towers and having a lot of towers drains cell phone batteries. This would seem expensive and counterproductive. I'd find it hard to believe if everyone in Mexico (or at least the...

Unfortunately I can't test this right now as I'm not in Mexico. However, once again this won't address the overnight scenario where the phone is almost never awake. To me this is the most important scenario since if I could get a full charge at the beginning of the day I'd be much better off...

I'm back in Cali now so I can't test what is keeping my phone awake in Mexico. However, I get a similar Awake pattern here as well and no severe battery drain so there must be more to it than simply being awake. I downloaded Wakelock Detector and it gave me the following status for the same...

If you look at my screenshots, you'll see details for "media". It appears to be a group of internal Android processes -- beyond that I don't have any more information. As with being awake, that is a normal amount of awakedness for me. Also, you'll see that despite being frequently awake, the...

Somebody please help me with my battery drain problem! I have an AT&T Galaxy Note i717 and when I travel, I bring 4 spare batteries to help avoid getting stuck with no juice. A full charge at home (California) usually lasts most of the day, and charging the phone (via AC outlet) takes a couple...