Rooted Verizon Galaxy S5 running on stock KitKat 4.4.2, NCG.
I've had absolutely zero problems for the past 1.5 years owning this phone. Went to see Star Wars yesterday morning and halfway through I noticed my phone getting unusually hot in my pocket. Saw the battery percentage at 20% and a quick look at the battery history showed "gsiff_daemon" as the most likely culprit with ~35% use. Turned off my phone for the rest of the movie; went home afterwards and charged back to full.
Left the house again, and a couple of hours later my phone gets hot again. Lo and behold it's the same "gsiff_daemon" at the top of my battery use list, and my battery has been drained all the way to 15% this time.
Google results turn up somewhat inconclusive and all over the place, but I did end up going through the *#0*# menu and found out that my gyroscope and accelerometer both seem fried. Gyroscope test fails and using any accelerometer apps result in no data. I'm guessing the hotness of my phone from "gsiff_daemon" usage has burned the accelerometer and gyroscope...
At the moment "gsiff_daemon" is still showing up in my battery stats although the drain doesn't seem to be as bad based on today's usage.
I haven't installed any apps recently, only a few updates to things that don't use location or gyroscope as far as I know. I've done multiple reboots, tried safe mode, etc., but nothing fixes the gyroscope or accelerometer.
Should I bother trying a factory reset? I doubt it will resolve the accelerometer/gyroscope issue but it might help with the "gsiff_daemon" process. At this point I'd rather just rename the file and see if that helps.
tl;dr: gsiff_daemon battery drain & possible overheating of hardware (gyroscope/accelerometer not working anymore after). Should I factory reset or just rename gsiff_daemon?
I've had absolutely zero problems for the past 1.5 years owning this phone. Went to see Star Wars yesterday morning and halfway through I noticed my phone getting unusually hot in my pocket. Saw the battery percentage at 20% and a quick look at the battery history showed "gsiff_daemon" as the most likely culprit with ~35% use. Turned off my phone for the rest of the movie; went home afterwards and charged back to full.
Left the house again, and a couple of hours later my phone gets hot again. Lo and behold it's the same "gsiff_daemon" at the top of my battery use list, and my battery has been drained all the way to 15% this time.
Google results turn up somewhat inconclusive and all over the place, but I did end up going through the *#0*# menu and found out that my gyroscope and accelerometer both seem fried. Gyroscope test fails and using any accelerometer apps result in no data. I'm guessing the hotness of my phone from "gsiff_daemon" usage has burned the accelerometer and gyroscope...
At the moment "gsiff_daemon" is still showing up in my battery stats although the drain doesn't seem to be as bad based on today's usage.
I haven't installed any apps recently, only a few updates to things that don't use location or gyroscope as far as I know. I've done multiple reboots, tried safe mode, etc., but nothing fixes the gyroscope or accelerometer.
Should I bother trying a factory reset? I doubt it will resolve the accelerometer/gyroscope issue but it might help with the "gsiff_daemon" process. At this point I'd rather just rename the file and see if that helps.
tl;dr: gsiff_daemon battery drain & possible overheating of hardware (gyroscope/accelerometer not working anymore after). Should I factory reset or just rename gsiff_daemon?
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