Huge battery drain - Alcatel Idol 4S Questions & Answers

Anybody experiencing major battery drain on the standard idol4. Mines drains so bad and looking in the battery options I can't see what's causing it.
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adz63 said:
Anybody experiencing major battery drain on the standard idol4. Mines drains so bad and looking in the battery options I can't see what's causing it.
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No issues experienced personally with my 4S.
I did experience issues with my Idol 3 where the battery would drain +20% overnight, but that was after certain updates that made everything wonky.

adz63 said:
Anybody experiencing major battery drain on the standard idol4. Mines drains so bad and looking in the battery options I can't see what's causing it.
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See what programs you have opened. Normally it's a program running in the background.

adz63 said:
Anybody experiencing major battery drain on the standard idol4. Mines drains so bad and looking in the battery options I can't see what's causing it.
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What do you mean by major drain? My 6055p battery doesn't seem to drain faster than expected.

I mean fully charged to 80% just for looking at fb twitter and Instagram for 10 mins. All background processes only to what I need. Screen brightness about 20%
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There is a new update in my place for 6055K.
version: 6.0.1-010 02

I got that 2weeks ago
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eyeyousee said:
There is a new update in my place for 6055K.
version: 6.0.1-010 02
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Still haven't gotten an update personally. Might have came pre-loaded on the phone since I bought the phone a bit after the launch

adz63 said:
Anybody experiencing major battery drain on the standard idol4. Mines drains so bad and looking in the battery options I can't see what's causing it.
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It is a big drain from "App Optimization" under the battery section. I have the standard Idol 4 as well and I went through 2 of them. They both do the same exact thing. I had an update the other day thinking it would fix it, but it didn't. I am not sure it could have something to do with doze. That is all I can think of. I tried everything, but whatever it is will most likely have to be fixed in an update. I called Alcatel to complain and have them take note of it so lets hope for the best.
*edit* It was fixed after a factory reset and a few days time of letting it do it's thing.

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On-screen app sucking the life out of battery

Have any of you guys experienced this? This stock LG app is eating all my battery after updating to gingerbread! And I haven't used it once. Never saw this before updating to gingerbread. Guess this gives me yet another reason to root and clean up the bloat-ware.
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adam.eno said:
Have any of you guys experienced this? This stock LG app is eating all my battery after updating to gingerbread! And I haven't used it once. Never saw this before updating to gingerbread. Guess this gives me yet another reason to root and clean up the bloat-ware.
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Seems to be a common problem, I experienced it myself on one of the leaks. The service restarted, found a problem and exited, got restarted etc. ad infinitum.
Agree, just root, and take a look at this post.
If you open dialer immeditely after the phone boots up, on screen phone starts to hog battery. So let the phone sit for a while, 10 minutes or so, and this doesn't happen. Same applies for camera, at least for me. Youtube app does the same regardless of when you open it, haven't found a solution for this one yet.
I had the same issue on V20L. So I removed OSP and the problem is solved.
i have some other doubts about this app and situation in general. if you see actual usage stats, that this app is not running at all (some sec of cpu time). what i noticed, after updating to v20l battery stats are total messed up. f i launch for exaple some other app jus after chargeing...thiss first app will always have 25-30% of battery usage in the end...even if i have used and than killed it seconds.
anyway, i will go for rooting and removin all those unnessesary aps.
Flix123 said:
I had the same issue on V20L. So I removed OSP and the problem is solved.
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+1 ............
I had the same issue however I would question the accuracy of the battery meter. Anyway. froze the OSP app and it doesn't show in stats anymore.
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I had 2 days ago the same problem with the OSP. I fully charged the phone last evening and left it to discharge with wifi on over night. It would have consumed over 8h 10% max, however GB took 25%.
The odd part: this time it wasn't OSP consuming 50% of the drain anymore, but Gallery! wtf?
maybe stupid question..but what is OSP? :/
I'm having trouble with batterylife on my o2x..it drains in 4-5 hours of very little usage.
Thinking of rooting..but can I do that with Superoneclick? when I have 2.3
Vertigood said:
maybe stupid question..but what is OSP? :/
I'm having trouble with batterylife on my o2x..it drains in 4-5 hours of very little usage.
Thinking of rooting..but can I do that with Superoneclick? when I have 2.3
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OSP = On Screen Phone
its an app pre-installed with the phone.
Thank you. So if I root I can freeze that app and save some battery? What other apps would you say I should freeze to improve batterylife?
Vertigood said:
Thank you. So if I root I can freeze that app and save some battery? What other apps would you say I should freeze to improve batterylife?
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If you root you can freeze it ...
IMO kill what ever you are not using I'm not using Facebook so sns for me is out also all the live wallpaper etc...
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Ok. So how much of a difference does freezing apps really do? But can I root my o2x with the latest SuperOneclick?
Vertigood said:
Ok. So how much of a difference does freezing apps really do? <---- ALLLOOOOOTTT!!!!!! one of the biggest issues with android and the pre-loaded bloatware.
But can I root my o2x with the latest SuperOneclick? <----Nope,
use this link for how-to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327599
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Green Power drains battery

Hey everyone,
after flashing thousands of kernels and ROMs I finally found out what drains my battery: It's Green Power (I even bought premium...)!
This app is supposed to SAVE battery via toggling data on and off like Juice Defender but somehow it makes my CPU run mad... Has anyone else experienced this so far? I'm really upset cuz I paid money for this crappy app but I'm also glad that I found eventually out the cause of draining
Cheers!
pfff.. discovery... GreenPiss is draining my wallet, so it is logic that GreenPower will drain your battery...
I use green power premium too, but so far I haven't any problem with battery drain.
Why you think that it's the cause?
Brutalibus said:
I use green power premium too, but so far I haven't any problem with battery drain.
Why you think that it's the cause?
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Well since I uninstalled it, my battery life has increased a lot! That's why
Check battery use from settings,there you can see if it causes the battery drain
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BlueFlame4 said:
Well since I uninstalled it, my battery life has increased a lot! That's why
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Well... so now ur data connection is always on or off?
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Brutalibus said:
Well... so now ur data connection is always on or off?
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Switched to Juice Defender, so it's same as before.
Delete all these stupid apps and allow phone for a great deep sleep.
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Battery burning super fast?

Whilst I have been having the screen on, it shouldn't be burning this fast and it certainly didn't use to. 23 minutes on battery and 20% burned?
Did you install a new rom or new kernel? You can install an app like BetterBatteryStats to check out what might be causing this battery drain.
Vrayhem said:
Did you install a new rom or new kernel? You can install an app like BetterBatteryStats to check out what might be causing this battery drain.
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Stock ROM 4.0.4 and have never rooted or flashed anything on before. It is completely stock and unaltered in every way. All I've done is install apps. It just seems to have been a little bad recently. I have BetterBatteryStats on, but the it isn't wakelocks. As I said, I've got the screen on consistently so the phone will always be awake. It is just that 20% in that amount of time seems really high, even for constant use, and I swear it didn't use to be that bad. I've installed Juice Defender because it tends to be good in how it managers network and WiFi. So far, things seem to be stabilising. But, I still want to know what can cause such sharp drainage...
Do you have a lot of apps running in the background? This is most likely the cause. Brightness is a big issue also. Flash a kernal!
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ross231 said:
Brightness is a big issue also. Flash a kernal!
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Check that you have Auto-brightness enabled. Also, I found that certain apps can drain battery big time. I agree with checking via a battery stats program. Maybe an APP is running in the background causing the cpu to stay at max speed?
A-mak said:
Check that you have Auto-brightness enabled. Also, I found that certain apps can drain battery big time. I agree with checking via a battery stats program. Maybe an APP is running in the background causing the cpu to stay at max speed?
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Totally agree. Before I root my Note to delete some unuse apps from stock 4.0.4, the battery drains very fast. The most reason is some apps running in the background.
Did you change your sim recently? Sometimes the culprit is sim card.
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Not fixes, but suggestions:
- An app like Green Power will stop data usage when screen off
- As others said, look into your display. My favourite app is Display Brightness as it adds an invisible slider on your screen
- For some reason, Chrome in the last week began to EAT my phone. I uninstalled it and I'm back to a blessed 1% an hour drain
check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828
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Hey bazz, good to see you here.
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jonpaslim said:
Hey bazz, good to see you here.
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Hey bro, that sim card is a good one, am adding that to my knowledge base
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baz77 said:
check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828
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Thanks for your link, really helpful for me:good:
You may have to check your battery. Will it be hot when you are using it? Look at your battery, does it look "fat"? It happened once to me before, after changing a new battery. It's fine now. It was caused by overcharging it during the night.
I experienced it on my previous phone, now im going to prove it again in my note because i changed my sim recently and now i cannot achieved the 5 hrs i had before that my original sim card, best phone can do now is 3.5 hrs. I try to contact my provider if they can restore my previous sim card and see what will happen, its just a suspect.
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knightrazor said:
You may have to check your battery. Will it be hot when you are using it? Look at your battery, does it look "fat"? It happened once to me before, after changing a new battery. It's fine now. It was caused by overcharging it during the night.
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how can it be over charging. Doesnt it has built in function that cut-off power when charging complete. all modern chargers have that..
really would like to know cause i always charge the phone before going to sleep..
mistajoe83 said:
how can it be over charging. Doesnt it has built in function that cut-off power when charging complete. all modern chargers have that..
really would like to know cause i always charge the phone before going to sleep..
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u r right..all modern chargers hv that..so, it will cut off the power when charging is complete..even I do put my Note for charging & go to sleep
So, dont worry..put your charger for charging & u can confidently go to sleep :good:
If you have network location checked and or GPS in /setting/location and security.
that's your suck battery problem.
Network location awake the phone constantly in accord with weather widget and lot apps in background that use this feature.
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Xperia V - Huge battery drain (Google Services)

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:
zandm7 said:
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%.
fmlogin said:
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...
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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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:

Massive battery drain after JB update.

Hi,
I was so satisfied with how good battery lasts till JB update came. Before that I would rarely charge before night but now I have to do it every night I am sort of light to average user. My main concern brought this stats you can see screen shot where android system uses most of the battery. What is going onhhere? I have a few apps that using but not much changed in my habits. I am with 3UK
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Did you do a full wipe after the update?
Yes I did. All from the scratch. I just red that one htc one owner had similar issue and his fast boot option was off he enabled it and things got way better. so was mine off just enabled it.
Why is everyone so surprised at Android System being at the top of the new battery stats?
It makes sense really. If you don't use your phone a lot, and nothing else is running taking up power, the system is going to be at the top...
As far as an actual drop in battery life, I'd download GSM battery monitor or Better Battery Stats and check for wakelocks.
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CoryTallman said:
Why is everyone so surprised at Android System being at the top of the new battery stats?
It makes sense really. If you don't use your phone a lot, and nothing else is running taking up power, the system is going to be at the top...
As far as an actual drop in battery life, I'd download GSM battery monitor or Better Battery Stats and check for wakelocks.
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Yeah I agree, especially if you reset your battery monitoring often, it can be highly confusing and misleading to read battery usage stats. I use Du Battery Monitor which I've been happy with.
I have wakelock detector installed. And also noticed android system wakelocks on cpu wakelocks are high on the high. Higher than anything else. And this happend in the first half an hour I am on the phone. First screenshot is cpu wakelock and second is wakelock triggers.
What would you guys advice to monitor for battery usage : over what time period and what to pay attention most. My wake lock detector is on now and I will do more screenshots tonight.
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I have wakelock detector installed. And also noticed android system wakelocks on cpu wakelocks are high on the high. Higher than anything else. And this happend in the first half an hour I am on the phone. First screenshot is cpu wakelock and second is wakelock triggers.
What would you guys advice to monitor for battery usage : over what time period and what to pay attention most. My wake lock detector is on now and I will do more screenshots tonight.
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Well at least your phone is going into deep sleep and doesn't look like any rogue app. You may want to Greenify facebook though.
Also look here for a battery "calibration", some say it worked for them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105
And don't forget you need to let your battery "settle" which takes a couple of days.
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Well at least your phone is going into deep sleep and doesn't look like any rogue app. You may want to Greenify facebook though.
Also look here for a battery "calibration", some say it worked for them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105
And don't forget you need to let your battery "settle" which takes a couple of days.
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How would you advice to tackle FB. It looks FB is persistent though on battery guru it's set to refresh it self ,,only when you open it,,
I will do factory reset again and then battery calibration later.
nebulaoperator said:
How would you advice to tackle FB. It looks FB is persistent though on battery guru it's set to refresh it self ,,only when you open it,,
I will do factory reset again and then battery calibration later.
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Use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en to hibernate FB when not in use.
EDIT: you have to have root
nkk71 said:
Use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en to hibernate FB when not in use.
EDIT: you have to have root
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I don't have root. But thanks anyway
So here are new stats from last day. I have concern over qualcom wake locks. Wonder if this might cause battery drain. Screenshots attached. What are your thoughts guys? Thanks
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Why are there 3 battery guru icons in your bar? When I used it there was only 1. I got rid of it though after doing a custom ROM. Had no use for it.
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bbinder said:
Why are there 3 battery guru icons in your bar? When I used it there was only 1. I got rid of it though after doing a custom ROM. Had no use for it.
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Third one appears when low battery for extra savings. Second one I don't have a clue now. I normally have two icons.
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nebulaoperator said:
Hi,
I was so satisfied with how good battery lasts till JB update came. Before that I would rarely charge before night but now I have to do it every night I am sort of light to average user. My main concern brought this stats you can see screen shot where android system uses most of the battery. What is going onhhere? I have a few apps that using but not much changed in my habits. I am with 3UK
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Are your network location services on or off? If they are on, try turning them all off (as well as any Google Now network location service stuff). I found that sometimes the Google services updated badly and went into a situation where the battery would drain rapidly due to constant wakelocks.
tuxkamen said:
Are your network location services on or off? If they are on, try turning them all off (as well as any Google Now network location service stuff). I found that sometimes the Google services updated badly and went into a situation where the battery would drain rapidly due to constant wakelocks.
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Just checked location services it was on. Off from now... Will see how it goes. Thanks for the tip
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So here are new stats. Fresh reset from scratch power save mode on. What do you think guys if there is more to be desired?
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nebulaoperator said:
So here are new stats. Fresh reset from scratch power save mode on. What do you think guys if there is more to be desired?
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I...don't think 16 hours is terrible considering that you seem to have been doing some Youtube and PDF-reading. The percentage on that PDF viewer seems pretty high but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Facebook is obviously the biggest culprit remaining.
I would try to use Facebook in your browser instead of the app. I'm not a heavy Facebook user and don't need the notifications. It gave me a big battery boost after deinstalling the app. Facebook is constantly syncing and tracking your location, it's very batterie unfriendly
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Brembo109 said:
I would try to use Facebook in your browser instead of the app. I'm not a heavy Facebook user and don't need the notifications. It gave me a big battery boost after deinstalling the app. Facebook is constantly syncing and tracking your location, it's very batterie unfriendly
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I have thought the same today to have FB on browser rather than app. It is strange I have tweaked FB app a lot like refresh only 4 hours, no notifications left on but app still awakening mad. Now only FB bothers me other apps behave well and I get pretty good battery consumption.
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I am using ARHD 21.0 and it's got 4.3 in it. Android system reports it's taking up like 50 Percent of my battery but I still get more time out of my phone than I did when I was on 4.2.2.
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