[Q] why is my phone awake so much?? [SOLVED] - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey for all the time in the chart the screen was off, about 12 hours, my phone has been awake. I don't understand how though as I have frozen all the hubs, and wifi sharing. Do any of you have this problem? Thanks very much for any help.
Oh yeah I'm also running stock Rom with latest UK updates.
Thanks,
John
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UPDATE: Yeah it is definately the facebook app that is the problem, now that i've uninstalled it i have only lost about 1~2% in the past 8 hours of idle time It seems that there is a problem with the official facebook app which keeps phones awake permanently, even when notifications are disabled within the app. It also seems to affect all android devices having done a few google searches of the issue. Now that I know what the problem is I may reinstall and have a fiddle about with it as I did really like the integration with the contacts list on my phone (display pictures auto appearing for all contacts, etc)
Thanks everyone for your suggestions and trying to help.

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More important, what apps are installed. Can you post a list of your apps (appbrain) and/or a screenshot of battery graph and processes that used the battery.
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Thanks for replying, here is my appbrain thing: [email protected]@com/user/jbm1991/apps-on-the-phone
I'll go and boost my post count and i'll post the screenshots shortly when i'm allowed too.
I have all of my widgets on manual sync aswell by the way (facebook, accuweather, battery monitor widget, the google search bar thing, and the active applications one)
thanks
John

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Does battery monitoring widget or os-monitor show up in the list below the battery graph?
Edit: Or facebook, this has been reported to mess up sleep as well.

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no, neither of them have ever shown up there. not even 1% worth.
John

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I think I have the same issue, but it only happend after I updated my phone.
When I have my phone locked the screen stays on.

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when your phone is locked the screen stays on?? so the display is on permanently? or does it just say it is on permanently in the battery thing?
For my phone it says the display is off, just that the phone is awake permanently.
quick update though, I restarted the phone and charged it up to 100% and ive just had a quick look at the battery thing and the awake solidly problem seems to have gone for now. So i presume it must be an app i've used which has some sort of problem when it comes to closing itself down and its keeping my phone awake for some reason.
John

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Actually no, i tell a lie. I've just looked again and the graph has changed and is now reading the display as being on, even though it isn't, and the phone being awake for the past half an hour. which is how long its been running off this charge so far, still 100% though. hmm strange.

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Here's the battery chart from earlier.
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Lay off the red bull....
Seriously dude give more info about apps, logcat, battery stats and usage otherwise no one can help u...
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dude,,,am i seeing wrong,,,or is ur wi-fi is permanently on??....
ur phone wont sleep if the wi-fi remains on...just switch it off and see if that helps,,

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Got no way to check right now but i highly doubt that wifi prevents the phone from sleeping.
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I agree. Wifi shouldn't affect sleep
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I had this problem this morning out of nowhere.
I uninstalled apps I had recently downloaded and froze some bloat.
System update
Voice command
Social hub
Stock email
Ap news
Digital clock
Thats fixed it for me.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....

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Thanks for the suggestions everyone. wifi being on doesn't keep the phone awake for the record. The problem turned out to be the Facebook app, even though I had notifications disabled it was keeping my phone awake for no reason. So I've uninstalled it and my awake time is back to corresponding with my screen on time.
Thanks everyone.
John
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I've updated the original post now that i've found my solution
Thanks everyone,
John

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conantroutman said:
I had this problem this morning out of nowhere.
I uninstalled apps I had recently downloaded and froze some bloat.
System update
Voice command
Social hub
Stock email
Ap news
Digital clock
Thats fixed it for me.
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
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I'd like to do that, too, but I still couldn't bring myself to rooting (still worried about the warranty with the custom counter)
jbm1991 said:
Thanks for the suggestions everyone. wifi being on doesn't keep the phone awake for the record. The problem turned out to be the Facebook app, even though I had notifications disabled it was keeping my phone awake for no reason. So I've uninstalled it and my awake time is back to corresponding with my screen on time.
Thanks everyone.
John
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I'm glad it worked for you, though my phone is hardly awake and I still have the fb app installed and it is set to sync every hour. That app is buggy like hell, maybe uninstalling it will give me even better battery life, who knows. If so, what's a good alternative to the fb app?

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d3l1 said:
I'd like to do that, too, but I still couldn't bring myself to rooting (still worried about the warranty with the custom counter)
I'm glad it worked for you, though my phone is hardly awake and I still have the fb app installed and it is set to sync every hour. That app is buggy like hell, maybe uninstalling it will give me even better battery life, who knows. If so, what's a good alternative to the fb app?
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Seriously, root your phone, you won't regret it in the slightest. And you can just buy a jig off ebay for like 5 dollars or pounds or whatever which resets the ROM counter after you've reset and flashed the original non-rooted stock ROM which essentially revalidates your warranty. I was a bit aprehensive too, but using ChainFires guide it took me like 5 minutes and couldn't be easier.
As for an alternative to the facebook app, i've just bookmarked iphone.facebook.com in the web browser and stuck the bookmark as a link on my home screen. Works just as well, although no automatic notifications in the notification bar, you have to look manually on the web browser. But that's a sacrifice i'm willing to make seeing as facebook was destroying my battery life. I've been using my phone quite a bit today and i've only dropped about 10% so far.
But yeah, root your phone and freeze all the hubs and wifi sharing and wifi sharing manager and your battery life will get considerably better.
If you need a hand rooting give me a shout and i'll help
John

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Something like "Seesmic" or "Tweetdeck" will allow you view facebook feeds...
If that helps any...
Also yeah, go for the root, its easy, safe (as long as you read the instructions) and can be reset with a jig. The benefits easily outweigh the negatives..

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Facebook app has kept my nexus one awake for half a year now or more. Its been like that forever. Using system panel easily shows it.