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I've been noticing a weird shift in percentages of usage on my battery. Before a few days ago, display would take up a good 70+% of the battery. Now, I seem to be seeing a 40%-ish usage from Android System. My girlfriend and I have the same phone, we both unplugged at the same time and within 2 hours, hers only had about 4 minutes of CPU usage from Android System while mine had a whopping 1 hour.
I can't figure out what the problem is or what's causing this.. Anyone able to shed some light on this for me?
I noticed that Android System is using the second most battery after the display for me too. Hadn't noticed this at all until today. Are you rooted?
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mjforte said:
I noticed that Android System is using the second most battery after the display for me too. Hadn't noticed this at all until today. Are you rooted?
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I am not.
It just doesn't make any sense to me because my girlfriend and I were in the same spot for those two hours; nothing should have been different.
Yeah that is weird. Anyone else that can shed some light on this?
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Sounds like a rogue process. Reset and see what happens.
You may want to use an app like Quick System Info Pro (or something else, can anyone suggest one?) and capture logs of that process. That might shed some light on whats going on.
I had that problem, and then through elimination figured out that if I had a clockweather widget on the home screen, it caused some issues. I dunno why.
a number of things are always going to be using the battery. if the display isn't the biggest battery user and the android system is than it simply means that a number of background processes have been consuming your battery while your display has been off. how is or was your battery level compared to your girlfriend's phone? perhaps you have more things that are sync'ing in the background than your girlfriend. anyway, unless you're seeing an unusually high drain in your battery than I wouldn't worry about it.
Well, I powered off/on the phone and it doesn't seem to be doing it anymore. I would love to find an app that could help me pinpoint this next time so I don't have to power down my phone just to fix it. I have aLogcat installed but I can only see the past two minutes of logs because it goes by so fast.
shock2sys said:
a number of things are always going to be using the battery. if the display isn't the biggest battery user and the android system is than it simply means that a number of background processes have been consuming your battery while your display has been off. how is or was your battery level compared to your girlfriend's phone? perhaps you have more things that are sync'ing in the background than your girlfriend. anyway, unless you're seeing an unusually high drain in your battery than I wouldn't worry about it.
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Yeah, the problem is how much battery it was draining. Within the 2 hours it was unplugged, I lost 54%; she only lost 29%.
Ive had this same problem with Android System going crazy. I have no idea what causes it. A reboot fixes it, but it's pretty annoying.
Yup. I've seen this too.
I'm gonna guess you guys were on 4G? I've read this exact thing happening to a few people, and they've all been on 4G. It's happened to me three times -- all on 4G. I keep my phone on 3G at work because the signal is terrible and WiFi at home and haven't seen this issue in those circumstances. Some kind of 4G radio issue, most likely.
I read in another thread Verizon is aware of the problem (or so somebody was told on a support call about it), so hopefully it'll get fixed in an OTA update.
First day of owning a ChaCha. My phone lost 30% of battery just sitting overnight. What the hell? I went to bed with 75% and woke up with 45% about 7 hours later.
Battery use lists three items: Cell standby, Phone idle, and Display. Shouldn't there be more?
I really want to like this phone, but this is simply unacceptable. Is there something I'm missing here?
Also, has anyone noticed that the phone takes a ridiculous amount of time to charge when connected to a computer?
may be sth wrong with your battery.
mine performs well when standing by
jqm800 said:
may be sth wrong with your battery.
mine performs well when standing by
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Maybe. I'm also having software issues where after one call, my Dialer app begins draining my battery rapidly, using over 90% of the battery according to the Battery Use page.
Anyway, battery performance on this phone seems so far to be a bit erratic. Eh. I'm interested in trying out a CM port whenever that becomes available on this phone to see if it helps.
Hi, my bettery lasts 2-3 days (on normal usage). Also, the performance improved with more charging cycles...
d.furtuna said:
Hi, my bettery lasts 2-3 days (on normal usage). Also, the performance improved with more charging cycles...
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Do you make calls often? Next time you make a call, could you check your Battery Use page under "Settings -> About phone -> Battery -> Battery use" and see if "Dialer" takes up a large percent.
Thanks!
In fact, could anyone else who has a ChaCha please reply to let me know if they experience Dialer taking up a huge percent of the battery after making a call? You can check under "Settings -> About phone -> Battery -> Battery use".
I know one person on another forum who brought up this issue before I even experienced it myself, so I know I'm not alone, but I don't know whether this is bug is specific to my phone or for all ChaChas.
Thanks!
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Mine says nothing about dialer app, have just made a call so will check later.
battery is poor tho, won't last a day if I actaually use if for any thing other than text or email.
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qbert456 said:
Mine says nothing about dialer app, have just made a call so will check later.
battery is poor tho, won't last a day if I actaually use if for any thing other than text or email.
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Hm, okay, thanks.
Yeah, the battery life seems to be quite bad for me as well even when the Dialer issue isn't happening. Oh well.
So since my last post I made a 3 sec call that was it.
Stats show, 10h since charge,
Dialer has used 96% !!! Of battery, that's why the standby is so bad, I'm going to email HTC.
Can the dialer app be changed?
Or is that a root luxury, cyanogen 6 had a decent dialer on my legend....
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On my phone, 49% is dialer app, and for me, it's too much, since I do not use phone for too many calls.
exactly the same here ... after 2 mins of phone call - battery stats said that it takes more than 60% of battery use... And the weirdest thing is, that I used internet browser, tweetdeck and greader before for more than 2 hours...
I suggest everyone write in to HTC support so they might get a fix out soon. I've already contacted them.
Another question: how much battery drains overnight while your phone is just on standby? Mine loses about 40% in about 9 hours overnight.
Mine runs like forever, when i just use it for email, sms and a few calls.
I charged mine on Thursday and last evening the battery bar went to orange.
da-vid said:
Another question: how much battery drains overnight while your phone is just on standby? Mine loses about 40% in about 9 hours overnight.
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In 7 hours of standby, battery dropped for about 3%.
Mine drains about 15-20% during the night (00:00 - 7:00)
Is your mobile network turned on while you are in standby?
Go to settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile network.
It's not checked here. I check it only when I want to use mobile operator data package.
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Is your mobile network turned on while you are in standby?
Go to settings - Wireless & Networks - Mobile network.
It's not checked here. I check it only when I want to use mobile operator data package.
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Yeah, but why should I have to uncheck that?! I even have push email disabled during non-peak hours.
My iPhone loses like 5% overnight with push and full 3G data still enabled. I'm not expecting iPhone performance, but 40%? What could possibly be happening on the phone that it uses that much battery overnight? I checked my battery use page and my phone is in fact going to sleep when I lock it.
Ah well. I'll try to see if I can isolate this issue to a certain app or something when I have time.
Well, I turned on mobile network, and I lost about 2% within 10 minutes in standby mode, but I will test this a little better tomorrow.
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My HTC ChaCha has the dialler issue.
I charge my phone overnight and would expect it to last all day, even with heavy usage. By 1pm (i leave for work at 7.30am) battery life is becoming a serious issue. I then have to charge the phone in order for it to last till i get home at 6pm.
The dialer is always using 95/96% of my battery.
I only make or receive 1 or 2 very short calls during the day.
This isnt such a problem in work as I can charge the phone, but im going away next week and wont be able to charge it every couple of hours.
I was going to buy another battery as i thought this would be a solution but its obviously not the battery, its something to do with the software.
Hey, I was wondering if anyone that is on Verizon if their Cell Standby has been going crazy and draining all your battery over night?
I had no problems with the phone at all until 2 days ago where i left it off charge over night and the cell standby was beyond crazy high.
http://i.imgur.com/Oqy1L.png
I was wondering if there could be anything from an app that I downloaded (I seriously have maybe 5 apps downloaded) or that Verizon has been doing cell work over night which is trying to find data? I'm not sure and it's really bothering me.
Anyone else having the same issue?
Unless your battery is really draining faster, it is a display bug.
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Unless your battery is really draining faster, it is a display bug.
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Well it's been happening for a few days so I don't know what to do. I just factory re set the device and hoping the cell standby isn't high again. If it is I'm just going to go replace the phone.
Hi folks,
since some days my battery drives me crazy...
Last week i flashed CM10 by nk111. Nice ROM, but my battery lasted only for some hours with normal usage. So I went back to MIUI...problem stayed.
Yesterday I flashed Jellytime and replaced the battery. The problem stayed as well. At 6 pm battery was full, I restored my apps with Titanium, used it a bit and when I was going to bed at 10 p.m. battery was 81%. Getting up at 5:30 this morning --> battery was 41%.
After the battery was full yesterday night I used display for maybe 10 minutes, why there are 36% battery usage by th display?
WTF happened to my system by flashing CM10 by nk111???
Any help is appreciated!
PS:
Baseband-Version: 20.72.30.0833U_3831.17.00.310
Kernel-Version: 3.0.50-g6ea80e4
First, do you have Google now on. It really drains the battery. If that doesn't help install better battery stats and let it go through a couple of cycles, it will help you pinpoint if any apps or wakelocks are draining your battery.
“Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.” – Erik Naggum
I don't use Google Now. I use the same apps withe the same intensity than in better battery times...
Could you please give me a recommendation for a battery stats tool?
Thanks!
flsch said:
I don't use Google Now. I use the same apps withe the same intensity than in better battery times...
Could you please give me a recommendation for a battery stats tool?
Thanks!
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Use the search, you'll find it in both xda and playstore it's called better battery stats
“Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.” – Erik Naggum
U have an app or something that is running when screen is off.
Find the app and del it.
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app called carat could also help you find the battery sucking thing. It's a bit more simple than battery stats, you'll like it if you're not an expert.
it doesn't need to be a new app that is sucking power, it could be the poorly made update of some app that you're using for a long time.
I installed both apps.
But in both I can't find any kind of statistics about consumed power by apps or something similar, am I that stupid?
flsch said:
I installed both apps.
But in both I can't find any kind of statistics about consumed power by apps or something similar, am I that stupid?
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Bbs needs to run for at least a full battery cycle to give you a clear picture, if recommend running it for at least a day
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I get max 24 hours battery life , sometimes 12 hours , so it's not something to worry. If you speak 2-3 hours and WiFi on another 2-3 hours that is the battery în my case 12 hours max.
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spavian said:
I get max 24 hours battery life , sometimes 12 hours , so it's not something to worry. If you speak 2-3 hours and WiFi on another 2-3 hours that is the battery în my case 12 hours max.
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IT IS something to worry, cause battery behaviour changed dramatically while I didn't change my usage of the phone.
40% battery loss over night should be a clear indication of abnormal behaviour.
@jugg1es: thanks for the advice!
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I installed both apps.
But in both I can't find any kind of statistics about consumed power by apps or something similar, am I that stupid?
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you must run carot a day or two, than it will display some apps on the first page and the approximate battery life you get if you kill them. read the manual also..
Yesterday in the evening I realized a 96% entry in the Partial Wavelocks section - AndroidMediaScanner. I freezed it (I know where my pictures and music is located...), did a full load on the battery and for 4 hours the battery remained at 100%. I really thought the problem is solved...but in the morning...31%
But - the 'Media' entry in the android accu stats is gone, I think this is a partial success.
In the BBS app, there is no remarkable value - the biggest is 3,8%.
When I watch the graphs - WiFi and Awake is nearly completetly blue over the whole night (unfortunately, I can't take screenshots right now for any reason).
I'm a bit helpless right now, will charge the phone now and keep an eye on BBS the next hours/days.
androidmediascanner shouldn't be the bad guy, it's a system app that we all have. maybe your battery is the problem...
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androidmediascanner shouldn't be the bad guy, it's a system app that we all have. maybe your battery is the problem...
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I inserted a new battery last week without any change. Don't think both batteries are broken.
The common way to solve this is to do a fresh install. Leave it for a day without any apps yo see if it is ROM related. See if the battery life improve. Install one app per day and monitor your phone awake period with screen on, it should be almost same.
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Yesterday night I made a full wipe, installed Jellytime and Gapps and went to sleep...
In the morning --> 67%.
Very odd, normally this would probably indicating a defect battery, but it is new!
Maybe a hardware defect?
Maybe RRU Problem?
Hi,
I have a similar problem here. I was using the desire s for a long timne with stock rom (2.x android), a full battery was enough for ~2 days. Then I rooted the device and installed CM10 (NK111 alpha build).
2 things changed:
The battery is empty after 24h or less.
The wireless network is worse than before. This is my subjective impression but there are places at home or in the office where wifi worked before and stopped working.
I'm starting excessive tests (disabling everything, removing apps, running carat) during xmas holidays to find the reason.
My guess what it might be: to root the device I did a downgrade, including a radio downgrade. Now I run baseband 20.23.30.0802U_38.02.01.11 which is known as "Saga Test RUU" and has the lowest version number of the RRUs listed in the forum. I did not found anything about this in the forum or with google but maybe this is the reason.
My average battery stats with normal use (whole day, used the phone a few minutes):
~30% Display
~25% Wifi
~17% Mobile Standby
~5% Android Os
For comparison, my Motorola Defy has in a similar scenario ~5% Wifi and ~3% Mobile Standby
I've never got that great of battery life on the skyrocket, but lately I've noticed it declined to really quite terrible. I've flashed many different ROMs/kernels and have never been able to tell a difference. I've also used better battery stats to check for rogue apps and wake locks.
I have hardly any talk time on the phone and use moderate screen time. In about 10 minutes of browsing the web the battery has dropped almost 15%.
My question is that I've had the phone for a year and a couple months, is that about the lifespan of the battery before it needs replacing? How long do you all go before replacing the battery on the skyrocket?
Thanks
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I'm about the same life as you on my battery with similar use. Battery is still working pretty good for me. Not like new but not as bad as yours sounds.
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SeaDonkey said:
I've never got that great of battery life on the skyrocket, but lately I've noticed it declined to really quite terrible. I've flashed many different ROMs/kernels and have never been able to tell a difference. I've also used better battery stats to check for rogue apps and wake locks.
I have hardly any talk time on the phone and use moderate screen time. In about 10 minutes of browsing the web the battery has dropped almost 15%.
My question is that I've had the phone for a year and a couple months, is that about the lifespan of the battery before it needs replacing? How long do you all go before replacing the battery on the skyrocket?
Thanks
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I had the same issue except I found my devices heat was bouncing like crazy causing overheat/cooling issues I did replace my battery but after that I did a full wipe and flash then I only installed just primary apps I used to see where the issues was found out it was a total of 3 apps causing data hoggers and wakelocks that's were at low percentages
crashpsycho said:
I had the same issue except I found my devices heat was bouncing like crazy causing overheat/cooling issues I did replace my battery but after that I did a full wipe and flash then I only installed just primary apps I used to see where the issues was found out it was a total of 3 apps causing data hoggers and wakelocks that's were at low percentages
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I have noticed that my phone will get very hot sometimes even when just idling in my pocket. Do you remember where you bought the battery from?
If you're having battery life problems try installing Better Battery Stats and see what you've got for wakelocks before you blame the battery. Same thing happened to me. It'd take forever to charge and discharge within 5 hours, not even using the phone. Turns out I had partial wakelocks from the media scanner,my G+ app, and lock/unlock sounds killing my battery.
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I have noticed that my phone will get very hot sometimes even when just idling in my pocket. Do you remember where you bought the battery from?
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you can buy one on ebay or you can buy an exteneded one from ebay as well thats where i always go