Delete Dialer Data?

[incoehoots]

problem goes way back on GB and is mostly HTC related

Issue 17383 - android - Dialer stuck in partial wakelock - Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project - Google Project Hosting

 

[steve_ma]

I am unrooted and on the last GB update. No dialer issues for me.

Sent from my ThunderBolt using TapaTalk

 

[plumBB]

stock unrooted here with dialer issue after the OTA....its a shame, this TB can be such an amazing phone when it works correctly.

 

[mightyfacundo]

I did a factory reset before upgrading to Gingerbread. I'm just curious, but did those of you who aren't having a "dialer" issue do a reset? What about those of you are having a problem?

I'm just trying to figure out why some people are having a problem and others aren't. My Bolt is my home and work phone, so I'm on it quite a bit. At the moment, my phone has been off the charger for 10 hours, 26 minutes. My extended battery is at 72%, and the dialer is at 10%, which I think is close to accurate.

I've also checked to see if it stays on after I get off a call, but it never shows up in "running services" or anywhere else I can find. I don't know if I'm not seeing the dialer problem because I did a reset, but at the moment its the only extenuating factor I've come up.

 

[FrankXS]

I unplugged my phone today after a full charge and the monitor was telling me 100 percent charge. About a half hour later I received a phone call and talked for 5 minutes. No other calls out/in since then.

My battery is now at 88 percent and I see the Dialer entry is showing 6 percent. The way I figure this, the Dialer has used .06 times the 12 percent of my total battery usage. So, .06 x12 shows that 0.72 percent of my battery has been used by the Dialer. Not even 3/4th of one percent of the total battery.

How is this a problem?

-Frank

 

[recDNA]

It's not a problem UNLESS it still reads 6% in 12 hours!

 

[anon(394005)]

I did a factory reset before upgrading to Gingerbread. I'm just curious, but did those of you who aren't having a "dialer" issue do a reset? What about those of you are having a problem?

I'm just trying to figure out why some people are having a problem and others aren't. My Bolt is my home and work phone, so I'm on it quite a bit. At the moment, my phone has been off the charger for 10 hours, 26 minutes. My extended battery is at 72%, and the dialer is at 10%, which I think is close to accurate.

I've also checked to see if it stays on after I get off a call, but it never shows up in "running services" or anywhere else I can find. I don't know if I'm not seeing the dialer problem because I did a reset, but at the moment its the only extenuating factor I've come up.

I don't have the dialer issue and did NOT do a reset before or after the OTA update. I still wonder if it's sync settings, in particular Google contacts or calendar, even if they're not used or setup (such as after a reset). For those having the issue, unsync those, reboot and test.

I don't sync those (only mail of one GMail account and the stock Sense weather widget default of every 3 hours) and am currently at 40% battery left after almost 28 hours (with the standard battery). Dialer is NOT listed under battery use, despite having made a few outgoing calls and receiving a couple incoming.

 

[FrankXS]

It's not a problem UNLESS it still reads 6% in 12 hours!

So, time is a factor? I'm so confused.

It took about 4 hours for me to get from 100 percent battery to 88 percent battery (lots of MHS, I'm on it now). If after these 4 hours, the Dialer has used 0.72 percent of my total battery, that means that after 12 hours (three times longer) it will have used 3 x 0.72 percent of my total battery. That would be 2.16 percent of my battery after 12 hours. Still just doesn't seem like an issue to me. Hey, but I'm easy

-Frank

 

[FrankXS]

Dialer is NOT listed under battery use, despite having made a few outgoing calls and receiving a couple incoming.

That part is weird. Did you make/receive those calls while unplugged, on battery?

-Frank

 

[recDNA]

You're the one who claims time is a factor not me. I don't think the dialer should ever use a significant portion of battery and I don't think dialer should continue to use battery hours AFTER making the call. I believe you said "it is all a matter of time"

You seem to ignore the fact that some folks get a hot phone and battery drops from 90 to 60% an hour after making a call.

 

[FrankXS]

It's not a problem UNLESS it still reads 6% in 12 hours!

You're the one who claims time is a factor not me. I don't think the dialer should ever use a significant portion of battery and I don't think dialer should continue to use battery hours AFTER making the call.

Twelve hours is time.

-Frank

 

[anon(394005)]

That part is weird. Did you make/receive those calls while unplugged, on battery?

-Frank

Yes, those calls were during the last 28 hours while off charger (phone was powered up 28 hours ago after a battery swap).

 

[recDNA]

Twelve hours is time.

-Frank

I was working within your framework. Didn't u say "it is all a matter of time"? If it is 7% of battery use when you've only used 10% of time why should it continue to be 7% of battery use after 18 (I took the screen shot at 15 hrs but it remained at 7% when phone died at 18 hrs) hours of battery time when you haven't made any more calls? Shouldn't the % drop over time? To put it another way...why should dialer measure higher than any other factor except screen when email and weather apps constantly update while the dialer hasn't been used at all? I was on tapatalk for hours that day. Probably made 25 posts in different forums.

I read all the forums and you are the first knowledgeable poster I've read who even questions the existance of a dialer bug. No need to fix what ain't broke.

 

[incoehoots]

I gave my for instance earlier, plus I gave a link of over 200 posts of this problem spanning back to early this year on other phones.
Some of the TB'S had the spontaneous boot problem and some didn't. With battery life being an issue I certainly don't want any more drain on mine than possible. So WHY does the dialer need to stay awake? The replacement I got today seems better I will let you know in the morning after an overnight.

 

[anon(394005)]

Can someone affected by the dialer bug PLEASE try turning off Google contacts and calendar syncing (then reboot to start with a clean slate), so we can at least try to see if that is a source of the problem or not!

 

[recDNA]

If that works there is still a bug. I want to sync contacts and calender. Why would I turn them off?

I don't have the serious version of the bug. Some folks have the phone get so hot after a call they have to restart. I'd return the phone if that happened often. I believe it happened to me once but that was on the original gb ota, not the new one.

 

[FrankXS]

I read all the forums and you are the first knowledgeable poster I've read who even questions the existance of a dialer bug. No need to fix what ain't broke.

Well, the more I read about this the more I realize that I don't understand it. I admit it. Just throwing out fodder for discussion.

-Frank

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt 4G/LTE using Tapatalk

 

[recDNA]

Well, the more I read about this the more I realize that I don't understand it. I admit it. Just throwing out fodder for discussion.

-Frank

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt 4G/LTE using Tapatalk

But don't you get my point? Why should dialer continue to use battery when not being used?

 

[incoehoots]

Can someone affected by the dialer bug PLEASE try turning off Google contacts and calendar syncing (then reboot to start with a clean slate), so we can at least try to see if that is a source of the problem or not!

I don't sync contacts except with backup assistant. Don't use calendar and don't have syncing on.
The stupid calendar shows it's running, I used to turn it off and it stayed off pre gb.

 

[FrankXS]

But don't you get my point? Why should dialer continue to use battery when not being used?

Yes, generally I would agree. Based on what "Dialer" means to me. But, we're dealing with programmers here. They are not normal! . It could include all sorts of ancillary tasks.

Having said that... I am monitoring my Dialer entry. No more phone calls. It has risen from 6 to 10 percent since first appearing. But is now drifting back down. It's 8 percent now. Beats me.

-Frank

Sent from my HTC ThunderBolt 4G/LTE using Tapatalk