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Hi I think I'm having problem with my galaxy Note, I went for a meeting and leave it on my desk doing nothing and make sure that I turned off the display.
But when I came back it was so hot! It feels like it never went in idle or something.
Then I check on battery usage, it was on running on battery for about 5 hours. then this Android OS was also running for almost the same time. So I'm guessing that it didn't go to idle mode and consumed my battery significantly.
Then I remember, before going in the meeting I was reading my google reader feeds, and I just turned off/locked my screen without closing the app pressing the home button. Does it matter?
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Not sure, but that could keep the Note from going to sleep, so use it some more and see if it still happens. If it does then you'll know, if it doesn't then install this and keep an eye on it (press menu and "App Sucker")
Ok. Thanks for the app suggestion!
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I've used the badass battery monitor, for about 6 hours, the app said that kernel used 98% of the battery. Is this normal? I never used my note since I unplugged it on the charger with fully charged battery. And it drained 40%!! Even when I'm not using my galaxy note.
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Wow, no that's not normal. Mine says 3.2%. Are you rooted? What ROM do you use?
My note is not rooted... Only the stock rom I think. But I updated it when an update was available. My launcher perhaps? Keeps on draining my battery. This is really frustrating.
Any suggestions?
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Hey guys,
I got my xperia t yesterday and i immediatly updated it to jelly bean. Ive done 3 full charges already and mediaserver keeps draining my battery. I put in an empty sd card and ive only got a few photos. Does this go away after a few days or should i do something about it?
spromper said:
I think I solved it. I read in the nexus4 forum that disabling keyboard sounds and/or system sounds could help. Maybe it's to soon to tell but I think it worked.
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Let it settle for a few days. It will get better. This is normal behaviour
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In my case Mediaserver stands ONLY for any app that plays music when the screen is off. So for me it's PowerAMP.
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gregbradley said:
Let it settle for a few days. It will get better. This is normal behaviour
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Okay i hope you're right. Battery is still pretty good though even with the mediaserver draining it. I find it a great phone already!
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Mm it's been three days now and somewhere.around 7 charges and mediaserver is still draining my battery. Is this still normal? Should i leave the device on as long as possible to let it settle? Or should.i reboot every day?
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Mm it's been three days now and somewhere.around 7 charges and mediaserver is still draining my battery. Is this still normal? Should i leave the device on as long as possible to let it settle? Or should.i reboot every day?
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rebooting everyday is a little extreme i reboot about once a week it takes a couple of hours for the system to settle again but i have to charge almost twice a day once fully and once a quick top me up 20 - 30 minutes max and that gets me through the day listening to music allday through a bluetooth headset phone calls texts internet and gaming
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Mm it's been three days now and somewhere.around 7 charges and mediaserver is still draining my battery. Is this still normal? Should i leave the device on as long as possible to let it settle? Or should.i reboot every day?
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This is really strange. It shouldn't be that way.
Well if you want, you could try repairing the software using PCCompanion or Sony Update Service. And then check if the problem still exist.
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It's slowly getting better im just going to wait a couple more days. Screen is highest consumer now instead of mediaserver but its still high.
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I was having the same problem. I found that when I removed the music widget from the home the drain stopped. It worked for me hope it works for you
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Whatsinthebox said:
I was having the same problem. I found that when I removed the music widget from the home the drain stopped. It worked for me hope it works for you
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Thanks, i tried it but it doesnt work. the drain actually got worse this morning. It's using 50% now. I think im going to try and flash ics tomorrow. What's the latest ics firmware for the T?
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spromper said:
Thanks, i tried it but it doesnt work. the drain actually got worse this morning. It's using 50% now. I think im going to try and flash ics tomorrow. What's the latest ics firmware for the T?
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If youre on root, download rescan media root. Disable automatic scanning.
Then download rescan media to rescan manually.
Both are available on play store
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I think I solved it. I read in the nexus4 forum that disabling keyboard sounds and/or system sounds could help. Maybe it's to soon to tell but I think it worked.
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I think I solved it. I read in the nexus4 forum that disabling keyboard sounds and/or system sounds could help. Maybe it's to soon to tell but I think it worked.
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That is one weird solution...
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Arcano said:
That is one weird solution...
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That's what i thought, but it really worked so i don't care.
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I can't believe this, disabling system sounds actually working for me.
I've never seen media server at 2 percent.
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Kirandev said:
I can't believe this, disabling system sounds actually working for me.
I've never seen media server at 2 percent.
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Wow thats one stupid way to solve it. I had all system sounds enabled. Now lets see how it goes after disabling..
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is it realy working ?
so should i even disable Dial pad touch tones and screen lock sound,touch sounds ?
what about vibration?
Tinup93 said:
is it realy working ?
so should i even disable Dial pad touch tones and screen lock sound,touch sounds ?
what about vibration?
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Yes, Disable everything under system sounds including vibrate on touch, hope it works for you too
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Thanks for this mate, has made a big difference with media server.
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media server
my media server just went down straight to 7% after 100% usage on bar with android system 7% too is that still good ?
My Xperia V was draining much battery while sleeping, so yesterday I flashed cm-10.1.3-RC2 hoping it could get better.
But it's still draining almost 30% in a period of 8 hours, while I'm sleeping.
I can notice a huge drain caused by Google Services and have already greenified some apps.
It can't be normal, right?! Could someone help me?
Despite this problem, now I have a really better smartphone... So, thank FXP and, please, keep supporting Xperia V. :thumbup:
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Not sure if this question belongs to be an own thread...but ok. here we go.
from my experience with Cm i can tell you, if you want better battery life, then you maybe should use a stock firmware!
I used CM and AOKP some weeks before, but the battery drain wasnt normal, not to say horrible.
But this is my experience. You should ask in your CM-Rom Thread, or CM Q/A Thread i think.
I'm a new member and I couldn't ask this in CM thread
I understood what you've said, but even using stock rom I was having that percentage of draining at night...
Do you have a Xperia V?
Could you (or someone else) tell me how much draining is considered normal in the period I've mentioned before?
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30% in 8 hours means that on average your battery will last a day.
That is perfectly normal.
Also, if you keep flashing stuff and installing apps then it drains battery quicker. Leave it alone for a week and see if it settles down.
Sorry, i have a Xperia T.
in the xperia T thread of tilals unofficial CM build (development section) someone mentions also such problems:
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Seriously though this ROM is great. All that needs to be fixed are the camera bug, music wakelock thing, and heavy battery usage from Android System and Google Services and then it's basically perfect.
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So, i guess its normal? But an actual CM User can give you better report. Not using it anymore.
awww, gregbradley?
30% in 8hours sleeping? horrible....but you are right, let it settle, fmlogin
Omg, my Galaxy s3 loses only 2% in the same period while sleeping, it's a BIG difference
I had been facing this problem since I bought this phone (2 months ago), that's why I tried to flash CM yesterday... So, I think that nothing will change if I just wait...
Anyway, thank you guys...
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apologies, I didn't see that it was 8 hours while you were asleep. That is not right. But it may be because its working hard after a flash. Please leave it for a while and it should settle, or install better battery stats app (Free on xda) and see whats keeping the phone awake.
Also check what your cpu is set at and the governor, if its on performance it will be maxing out all the time..
The governor is ondemand and I didn't change the clock of cpu...
I'll install the app and come back with a screenshot, so I think it'll be easier to find some problem
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fmlogin said:
I'm a new member and I couldn't ask this in CM thread
I understood what you've said, but even using stock rom I was having that percentage of draining at night...
Do you have a Xperia V?
Could you (or someone else) tell me how much draining is considered normal in the period I've mentioned before?
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Hi,
I'm running the stock firmware. The battery drain during one night (about 8 hours) is ~ 5%.
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The governor is ondemand and I didn't change the clock of cpu...
I'll install the app and come back with a screenshot, so I think it'll be easier to find some problem
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try experiment with scheduler also.
xcyber_knightx said:
try experiment with scheduler also.
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Is this an app?
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fmlogin said:
Is this an app?
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nope.it cpu scheduler.maybe can give another result.
larditi said:
Hi,
I'm running the stock firmware. The battery drain during one night (about 8 hours) is ~ 5%.
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are u using Xperia V?
my XV drain ~ 30% in the stock firmware
Mavhia, can you notice an unusual consume from google services?
Good to know that this isn't happening only with my phone.
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Some screenshots.
The graphs show another problem: it is like the phone just know that lost some battery when I turn on the screen.
For example: if I leave the phone with 95%, it pass the hole night "thinking" it has this value, but when I turn on the screen the battery instantly loses around 15%, this "fast drain" stabilizes when it reaches the "real percentage".
Could it be a hardware problem? The battery itself...
Has already someone noticed something similar?
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i m facing the exact same problem .... please anyone help us out... google play serivces is draining batttery like hell and also my battery is lossing its charge like say 5% instantly ..... i have also re-calibrated battery but no luck here is battery graph for google play services i have also freezed this app in titanium backup but still drain and wake locks
Thanks for share it here too.
Except for this problem, I really appreciate this phone.
I hope someone could help us.
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fmlogin said:
Thanks for share it here too.
Except for this problem, I really appreciate this phone.
I hope someone could help us.
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ok but i have to say something..... these are two different issues..... one is that google play services is causing battery drain and wake locks and the other issue is when i turn on screen to use my phone after say 1 or 2 hour the battery level instantly drops by 5 or 6 percent..... i donno whats happening i m on stock rom
Got the same problem about 3 months ago..
I did a factory reset....back up all your apps and data,factory reset your phone if you can't find any other solutions...
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Thanks for share it here too.
Except for this problem, I really appreciate this phone.
I hope someone could help us.
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MetalDaRyl said:
I did a factory reset....back up all your apps and data,factory reset your phone if you can't find any other solutions...
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oh its a like a pain in @ ss to backup and restore all apps and games... actually i am considering to completely remove google play store and all google apps and google services to see what happens and to find the culprit..:silly:
I have auto brightness off, auto adjust screen tone off and brightness set to max. My screen randomly dims and then gets bright again...anyone know what's causing this?
sEnt from thE noTe 3
Hmm is it this adapt display option maybe?
sEnt from thE noTe 3
Same here then I went into my settings to check the brightness (settings, display, brightness) and it said brightness decreased to prevent over heating or something like that ..check it next time you notice it dimming and see if it's the same thing ..pretty annoying
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power saver uses the dimming option for low consumption of battery and make sure auto adjust is off in display settings
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I'm willing to bet adapt display
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Power saving isn't on. Adapt display didn't fix it either
sEnt from thE noTe 3
I have everything turned off also ..I checked in my settings every time my screen dimmed and every time the same message ..it was driving me nuts for days (still is)
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I've had this happened to me also.
It seems to be more frequent when I'm using Chrome ( not stock browser ). It suddenly gets dim and then may or may not eventually brighten up again, it's pretty random
Also happens when I'm on the launcher but not as frequent
- Automatic Brightness / Off
- Screen Mode / Professional Photo
- Power saving mode / Off
- Auto adjust screen tone / Off
Is there something else I may be missing?
It happens to me while using the xda app. Annoying as hell. It has the same message as Melissa
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Rippley05 said:
It happens to me while using the xda app. Annoying as hell. It has the same message as Melissa
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Does anyone know if this processor does thermal throttling? That could possibly trigger a power save dim with overheating. If we get root this can be disabled using trickster mod.
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The Otimus G Pro had a setting in the hidden menu to disable thermal throttling.
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
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PeartFan40 said:
The Otimus G Pro had a setting in the hidden menu to disable thermal throttling.
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice"
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Hmm I wonder if t his is hidden somewhere? It is incredibly annoying
Rippley05 said:
Hmm I wonder if t his is hidden somewhere? It is incredibly annoying
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Agree..
If you find something, let me know
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xxmelissaxx said:
Agree..
If you find something, let me know
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Will do, you as well plz :good:
Thought this was an issue with my phone when I got it from AT&T yesterday. Glad to know it isn't just me. It seems to only have the issue when I am in a low-lite area (at least on mine) but when I am in an area with good lighting and the back light is 75% or more it doesn't dim nearly as much. Would be interested to see what a fix would be for this.
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Thought this was an issue with my phone when I got it from AT&T yesterday. Glad to know it isn't just me. It seems to only have the issue when I am in a low-lite area (at least on mine) but when I am in an area with good lighting and the back light is 75% or more it doesn't dim nearly as much. Would be interested to see what a fix would be for this.
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Same for me, it does it in low light obly, with or without power saving enabled. I have the same problem on my galaxy tab 2 (7) and couldn't find a fix yet.
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Will do, you as well plz :good:
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The service mode is brought up by typing *#0011# in the dialer on this phone but aside from that i havent had a chance to mess around in there. I do know that key imput 1 doesnt bring up the main menu anymore.
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Bladerunner1825us said:
The service mode is brought up by typing *#0011# in the dialer on this phone but aside from that i havent had a chance to mess around in there. I do know that key imput 1 doesnt bring up the main menu anymore.
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Hmm says invalid MMI code.
Hmmm thats weird it worked on mine. Theres another code that didnt work for me. As soon as i find it ill edit and paste it here
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So I've been having this issue and noticed it like two days ago, and reading all your responses I looked through and noticed I had one of the features that I thought I turned off. Smart Stay says that it starts to turn the screen off when we look away maybe it's a buggy feature (one I never intended to use but it might be the one doing this dimming thing (being one of the first steps to turn off the screen)
this ain't normal right guys? since I rooted and play with the system, android os is always on the top of consuming the battery instead the display. ;(
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this ain't normal right guys? since I rooted and play with the system, android os is always on the top of consuming the battery instead the display. ;(
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Mine is at the top sometimes too but never that many hours awake.
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I'm digging in to this also. The Android OS process(?) wasn't on top of the list, now it is for 3-4 hours a day. Try to find what causes it. Fortunately the battery life isn't affected by much.
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Add me to the list now too
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I'm getting this also.
I've done some digging around and found out that the Kernel has some long wake locks.
Namely :
bam_dmux_wakelock
msm_serial_hs_dma
msm_serial_hs_rx
I've never had these wakelocks before and they are popping up out of nowhere. My phone's battery was great when I first got the phone, but now its not as good anymore due to the phone not deep sleeping as much.
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I'm getting this also.
I've done some digging around and found out that the Kernel has some long wake locks.
Namely :
bam_dmux_wakelock
msm_serial_hs_dma
msm_serial_hs_rx
I've never had these wakelocks before and they are popping up out of nowhere. My phone's battery was great when I first got the phone, but now its not as good anymore due to the phone not deep sleeping as much.
For those that are curious, install betterbatterystats from the playstore and you can see what is causing your phone to not go to deepsleep.
Same here, I already did a full wipe still happening, and I feel its affecting my battery. Going to give this a couple of days doing some different tests to see if I can nail out the issue.
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Same here, I already did a full wipe still happening, and I feel its affecting my battery. Going to give this a couple of days doing some different tests to see if I can nail out the issue.
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Still don't know what causes it. The problem started right around when I configured lookout, so I uninstalled. I also disabled locations on any possible app but still no go.
Then got pissed, reinstalled lookout, enable location and stuff, pretty much everything stock, now the problem went away. No more android os on top, battery life is back. Don't know what to think of it, I'd like to know what exactly caused it.
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Same problem here too, after removing some apps android os is always right under screen time for me.
delete
A factory reset didn't fix it?
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having the same issue....
Didn't plug phone in over night (was at 100% when I went to sleep), woke up with it at 70%. That's a HUGE drain from Android OS.
Weird thing. I've played with the wifi settings, switched from dhcp to static ip and it disabled the connection due to slow conn mesage that appeared, although I was right next to the router. Anyways, I reverted back to automatic dhcp then just a thought to go back to processes and this is what I've found: android os for over 15 hours although i plugged the phone from charger about 5 hours ago...
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Try removing the Samsung WatchOn app and disabling/deleting/freeze the system apk for it. I believe it's called "peel.apk"
It randomly goes crazy for me too. I just disabled the watch on app and the browser bar. Hopefully this helps as it constantly runs eating memory when I don't even use it
Android OS battery drain!
Hey Y'all,
So I've been having some really bad battery drain issues involving Android OS on my new Note 3. I've been looking around for days trying to find the culprit and stumbled upon this:
(SORRY, it's not letting me post the link I don't have enough posts so I'll change HTTP for hteeteep, mods I apologize but I can't easily summarize the processes and explanations offered on this page.)
hteeteep://gs3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/reduce-battery-drain-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-by-fixing-android-system-usage-0142361/
It has to do with gsiff_daemon a non-utilized but highly active GPS sensor daemon. I followed the instructions posted there and renamed the file. After that Android OS went back to normal % of CPU usage. When you look at CPU usage under developer option you can see that gsiff_daemon is constantly using resources. Since I disabled it my battery life has improved dramatically and I have yet to notice any "side effects". The phone works perfectly and all other apps are working properly. I think between this fix and staying away from "Enable location over Wi-Fi " should help most people with battery drain issues. I hope this helps!
I noticed the same issue since Sunday. Android OS is always under screen. I'm rooted and have freezed Knox related items in TiBU.
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My phone is unrooted, and I'm pretty sure that these stats are messed up, is it that GPS part that's running all the time probably?
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rooted and battery life for me is AWESOME..but i also have power save mode enabled and then unchecked cpu power save...hope this helps...
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Hey Y'all,
So I've been having some really bad battery drain issues involving Android OS on my new Note 3. I've been looking around for days trying to find the culprit and stumbled upon this:
(SORRY, it's not letting me post the link I don't have enough posts so I'll change HTTP for hteeteep, mods I apologize but I can't easily summarize the processes and explanations offered on this page.)
hteeteep://gs3.wonderhowto.com/how-to/reduce-battery-drain-your-samsung-galaxy-s3-by-fixing-android-system-usage-0142361/
It has to do with gsiff_daemon a non-utilized but highly active GPS sensor daemon. I followed the instructions posted there and renamed the file. After that Android OS went back to normal % of CPU usage. When you look at CPU usage under developer option you can see that gsiff_daemon is constantly using resources. Since I disabled it my battery life has improved dramatically and I have yet to notice any "side effects". The phone works perfectly and all other apps are working properly. I think between this fix and staying away from "Enable location over Wi-Fi " should help most people with battery drain issues. I hope this helps!
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but my phone isn't rooted and I'm getting this problem. I have the watch on remote enabled in the notification menu. And I changed the WiFi power save typing in the code. What else can I do?
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