[Solved] Draining power on standby - HTC Desire S

Hello community.
I've installed Cyanogen and noticed that the "Phone idle" and "Cell standby" apps are draining around 50% of battery power. Why can it be so? Is radio faulty?
This wasn't a problem with stock HTC Sense...
Or maybe I should just re-calibrate the battery?

Sarnetsky said:
Hello community.
I've installed Cyanogen and noticed that the "Phone idle" and "Cell standby" apps are draining around 50% of battery power. Why can it be so? Is radio faulty?
This wasn't a problem with stock HTC Sense...
Or maybe I should just re-calibrate the battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Re-calibrating the battery stats my help represent a more accurate usage of your battery, but it wont have any effect on how long it actually lasts.
Out of interest, regardless of what is being represented in battery use graph, what time are you getting between charges? How old is your phone? Don't forget a new battery takes a couple of weeks before it's performing to full potential.
I ran CM7 for a spell and got roughly 24 to 36 hours up time, depending on whether I was using the CM kernel or the Tiamat one respectively. The Tiamat kernel gets slightly longer battery life, but that is because it under-volts so is not considered as stable as the CM one.

Well, I didn't have a chance to get an average time between charges, but it'd be something like 24 hours, so I guess, everything's OK.
Anyway, can radio software update/change improve time between charges?

Is only ever change a radio if it was to fix a specific problem, that couldn't be solved by other means. It is quite risky, and can result in a total brick if it goes wrong. Plus I'm not sure you can do it if you are still s-on.
If you are getting good performance and 24 hours battery life then I'd say leave it be. Any improvement with another radio would probably be too difficult to tell.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

wnp_79 said:
It is quite risky, and can result in a total brick if it goes wrong.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just out of curiosity: is this bricking reversible?

Sarnetsky said:
Just out of curiosity: is this bricking reversible?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Depends on the nature of the "brick". Some are reversible (like a USB brick), but I believe a bad radio flash would mean it was beyond any recovery that you could do yourself.
If you have any problems like poor GPS lock or bad 3G performance and you are already on the right radio for your region (which you are likely already are) then there are usually other less risky procedures to solve any problems. Changing a radio should definitely should be left as a last resort only after all other avenues have been exhausted.
24 hours battery life with moderate/heavy use is about as much as you should expect to get. Any further improvements are better made by managing your radio use and syncing schedules well. Check my downloadable pdf guide that is one of the sticky threads in the General Section. I have done a section on battery life, where I have mentioned a few tips which have helped me push the limits of my battery life to the max.
Quite surprisingly I found the biggest improvement was made when I charged my phone to 100% at night on a timer plug, and let it have a 'rest' at 100% for several hours whilst I was asleep before resuming normal use. You'd be surprised how long it then takes your battery to drop to 99% if it's had chance to cool down after a charge. A hot battery will always discharge faster than a cool one. Charge it up during the day and immediately start using it, and it's down to 99% within minutes.
Look how long this graph shows I was at full charge, and how long I got from following this...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
See if it's the same for you.

wnp_79 said:
Quite surprisingly I found the biggest improvement was made when I charged my phone to 100% at night on a timer plug, and let it have a 'rest' at 100% for several hours whilst I was asleep before resuming normal use.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow, this is the most valuable tip on energy saving I've come upon.
Along with, may be, switching to 2G instead of 2G/3G.
Thanks a lot!
By the way, I'm looking at my battery using stats, it reads this:
- Cell standby - 38%
- Phone idle - 28%
- Wi-Fi - 13%
- Display - 13%
- *some game* - 5%
- Android system - 3%
I'm used to "Display" being top consumer, so these numbers seem kinda weird, don't they?))

OK, my panic was kinda premature...
I tried not to waste energy and switched off 3G (turning it on on demand). Voila

Sarnetsky said:
OK, my panic was kinda premature...
View attachment 900570
I tried not to waste energy and switched off 3G (turning it on on demand). Voila
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice. That's problem solved then!
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium

@wn9
pls wat app or how can i set my fone to charge to 100% n den have it rest for several hours without doing this manually...i.e while am sleeping?
Tnx
---------- Post added at 09:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:54 AM ----------
@wn9
pls wat app or how can i set my fone to charge to 100% n den have it rest for several hours without doing this manually...i.e while am sleeping?
Tnx

lynxnoon said:
@wn9
pls wat app or how can i set my fone to charge to 100% n den have it rest for several hours without doing this manually...i.e while am sleeping?
Tnx
---------- Post added at 09:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:54 AM ----------
@wn9
pls wat app or how can i set my fone to charge to 100% n den have it rest for several hours without doing this manually...i.e while am sleeping?
Tnx
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it's not an app, it's plug in timer like this

Not an app, but one of those timer plugs you can get from a hardware store. Mine is set to come on between 2am and 4am.
Edit: Nuts. Beaten to it! Yes one of those.
Sent from my SK17i using xda premium

Thanks for the info
SwiftKey Xed from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

Related

uptime. share your record

i am curious about achievable uptimes. e.g without reboots. because some reboots may be missed,I usually put an icon on notification bar (drocap or connectbot), when it disappear I check the recent applications and usually discover a reboot.
my record is 112 hours
usual uptime is less than 36 hours
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using Tapatalk
By uptime do you mean how much it lasts on one charge? Or do you mean how long youve been without a reboot and just charging your battery inbetween?
without reboot
I charge my nightly
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using Tapatalk
For me the longest was probably around 100 hours. I use the fjfalcon kernel so sometimes when my phone gets a lil sluggish, I reboot using adb and have to fastboot into the kernel. So I guess 36 hours is the normal uptime for me.
Not using fastboot until all these little kinks get worked out, bc I can't adb at work. Would say around 24-36. Would definately say once a day. Maybe in morning or at night bc of market hangs or just plain freezing.
183 hours and still working
It will turn out that the sdcard was the problem.
The previous almost 112 hours record, was with umount-ed sdcard (both partitions, ext2 and fat).
This uptime (almost 184 hours and counting up) is with sdcard removed (physically from the slot)
p.s. by working i mean even without warm reboot, quick reboot or whatever name is the process of system_server restarting
20 minutes. I reflash my phone a lot!
I reboot usually once week
Sent from my XT720 using XDA Premium App
battery life?
what bout battery life? cos im not sure if my battery is damaged or something. usually i spend most of the time in one app at a time, like facebook, twitter or read books on adobe reader. then about 1-2 hours later battery drops from full to half. is that usual?
eejin2 said:
what bout battery life? cos im not sure if my battery is damaged or something. usually i spend most of the time in one app at a time, like facebook, twitter or read books on adobe reader. then about 1-2 hours later battery drops from full to half. is that usual?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try recalibrating ur battery with a "battery calibration" app. i had the exact same problem; my battery only lasted 1 day at most. after calibrating, i was able to get two days worth. btw i live in singapore so our phones should be the same..... hope that helps!
My XT have a cronic issue.. i dont know why but it reboot itself averytime... my record was 24hrs with miuixt, but sometimes it reboot like 4 times in 1 hour...
damn
androidlover123 said:
Try recalibrating ur battery with a "battery calibration" app. i had the exact same problem; my battery only lasted 1 day at most. after calibrating, i was able to get two days worth. btw i live in singapore so our phones should be the same..... hope that helps!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hello fellow SG! i tried calibrating last night, but felt no difference. ive never tried using it until its totally flat. cos im still in sec school, cant charge in school, haha. dont wanna risk getting battery flat, if not i cant use it on the train. btw, how much did u overclock? and the vsel?
eejin2 said:
hello fellow SG! i tried calibrating last night, but felt no difference. ive never tried using it until its totally flat. cos im still in sec school, cant charge in school, haha. dont wanna risk getting battery flat, if not i cant use it on the train. btw, how much did u overclock? and the vsel?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh I use 1ghz 65vsel and use auto killer memory optimizer at strict level. Btw I drained mine on the way home so that I could charge my phone for a good 6 hours after battery drained. Hope that helps!
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using XDA App
Here is my current uptime. Hope it will get past 200hrs.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
$ Running MIUI 2.2.1
$ 1.1Ghz @ 77vsel
$ Autokill Memory Optimizer
$ SetCPU
For the first time, 200hrs++
jackfrost3821 said:
For the first time, 200hrs++
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was coming up on you here real soon but turns out my wife's XT's battery is crapping out, so I'll have to pull mine to restart hers and lose my uptime. Anyway by end of day I should hit close to 175hrs.
Woodrube said:
I was coming up on you here real soon but turns out my wife's XT's battery is crapping out, so I'll have to pull mine to restart hers and lose my uptime. Anyway by end of day I should hit close to 175hrs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's great! My phone is now heading towards uptime of 300hrs.
Once I reach that milestone(hopefully) I'll post the results.
(Uptime of 1000hrs is that even possible )
EDIT :
Finally

Battery now dying...

So I'm like wtf all of a sudden my battery is like at 40% by noon, and I recharge and it gets to the same within a couple of hours }
I don't get it not even a year yet
BTW I'm stock froyo/ rooted
Bad battery ? Any one else experience this? I have juice defender set CPU
Battery stats say main cause is "cell standby" any tricks to fix this?
No I'm not going to gb
meh...
Well, in the end, that's the best that froyo can do for the G2X...
I had Froyo and i pulled off 6hrs, when i got GB i was able to pull off 8, so yea, juice defender really wouldn't give you that much more battery life, the best shot is to upgrade the ROM.
i would consider updating it :/ i've never had froyo but since i've been using gb i get 15+ hours out of my phone and that's with heavy texting, internet browsing, some netflix watching and a little gaming. but cell standby seems to be my biggest problem too i wish i could fix that
iasookia said:
Well, in the end, that's the best that froyo can do for the G2X...
I had Froyo and i pulled off 6hrs, when i got GB i was able to pull off 8, so yea, juice defender really wouldn't give you that much more battery life, the best shot is to upgrade the ROM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Running froyo I was getting at least 14-16 hours.
Usually bad battery life can be accredited to less-than-optimal user settings, heavy device usage, or there's a rogue app that's sucking your battery down.
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
and as you can see i still have about half a battery left. the only precaution i really take is that my brightness is almost down to zero. and on my old phone it used to show in the battery settings if i used a certain application such as internet or ebuddy. i have no idea why it won't show those on this device so you can't see my heavy internet usage, gaming and some netflix watching.
and just for reference i'm running complete stock no root or anything. i'm now on one day and two hours worth of battery with 30% still left
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
tokimaromi said:
and as you can see i still have about half a battery left. the only precaution i really take is that my brightness is almost down to zero. and on my old phone it used to show in the battery settings if i used a certain application such as internet or ebuddy. i have no idea why it won't show those on this device so you can't see my heavy internet usage, gaming and some netflix watching.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wish I got that kind of battery usage out of mine. Cell standby is just sucking everything it can out of my battery...
barqers said:
I wish I got that kind of battery usage out of mine. Cell standby is just sucking everything it can out of my battery...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i hope someone can help you with that! cell standby is one of my worst battery suckers but obviously it's not doing too bad. it's still alive right now at 18% i'm trying to see how much i can milk it for
tokimaromi said:
i hope someone can help you with that! cell standby is one of my worst battery suckers but obviously it's not doing too bad. it's still alive right now at 18% i'm trying to see how much i can milk it for
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Lol I'd be lucky if I got 12 hours out of my phone with my display OFF -.-
I'm probably going to switch back to Froyo.
barqers said:
Lol I'd be lucky if I got 12 hours out of my phone with my display OFF -.-
I'm probably going to switch back to Froyo.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you got better battery life using froyo? that's the exact opposite of what i've been hearing
tokimaromi said:
you got better battery life using froyo? that's the exact opposite of what i've been hearing
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had froyo on my phone for about 3 hours and I lost 10%. I have any version of GB on my phone and I lost 10%/hour. So it's a huge jump ATM.
---------- Post added at 02:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:39 AM ----------
Hey OP, can you post a list of your apps? Use listables. I want to compare it against mine. If there are any similar apps then I'm going to disable/uninstall mine and check battery life and report back.
Have you tried booting into recovery and erasing battery data? That greatly improved battery life on my Nexus S after it had undergone multiple ROM flashes.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
The ROM you're using is a huge matter. With CM7, i couldn't go a day without charging. Now, with MIUI, I'm pretty sure I can get 3 days, with normal brightness, and my normal use, which is email and texting.
aplsux said:
The ROM you're using is a huge matter. With CM7, i couldn't go a day without charging. Now, with MIUI, I'm pretty sure I can get 3 days, with normal brightness, and my normal use, which is email and texting.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Holy **** I finally found someone with WIND Lol! Okay, what are your settings though? Do you have it set to WCDMA Only?
Is 3G turned on? Cause I can barely get like 14 hours moderate usage with dim brightness :S
I noticed that with cell radio on I used 10% in 57 minutes and with it off I used 1% in 1.5 hours...
bjlefebvre said:
Have you tried booting into recovery and erasing battery data? That greatly improved battery life on my Nexus S after it had undergone multiple ROM flashes.
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'll try tonight! Just letting it fully charge, then wiping/calibrating!
I found that if I turn data off sync off the battery lasts over twice as long. I don't need it consistently on, so I turn it on when I'm not busy. Works for me
aceofserenity said:
I found that if I turn data off sync off the battery lasts over twice as long. I don't need it consistently on, so I turn it on when I'm not busy. Works for me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You know what I find weird. It doesn't matter if I turn data off or not cell standby will still use the same amount of battery and my battery still drains at the same rate.
Sent from my LG-P999
Just realized both threads were started by u..
3 Words. Juice Defender Plus.

Best battery life thread...

Title says it all. Post your best battery life screen shot. And say what combo you used.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Ok...
CM7 nightly 56, Tiamat 1.1.1 kernel. Wifi on, but not in use. Droid Incredible 2 OC'd to 1.2 ghz no voltage mods.
25 hours... 54 percent battery left
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
PacerguyDon said:
Ok...
CM7 nightly 56, Tiamat 1.1.1 kernel. Wifi on, but not in use. Droid Incredible 2 OC'd to 1.2 ghz no voltage mods.
25 hours... 54 percent battery left
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
lol how hard was it to keep ur screen basically off for 24 hours?
faugnom1 said:
lol how hard was it to keep ur screen basically off for 24 hours?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't see you showing a better screenshot.
I have never been over 24 hours with my normal usage.With heavy usage it's maybe 18 or less hours.I really don't understand people say they have still %54 battery life after 30 hours since they unplug the battery.
Are you connecting continously on wifi/3g?
Are you getting gmail/facebook/twitter synch.about hourly?
Are you surfing on web min.1 hours in a day?
These are what i do with juice defender 15.minutes interval connection with not too much talk on phone.
If you do these and your battery goes 2 days,please tell me how to do.
dream4 said:
I have never been over 24 hours with my normal usage.With heavy usage it's maybe 18 or less hours.I really don't understand people say they have still %54 battery life after 30 hours since they unplug the battery.
Are you connecting continously on wifi/3g?
Are you getting gmail/facebook/twitter synch.about hourly?
Are you surfing on web min.1 hours in a day?
These are what i do with juice defender 15.minutes interval connection with not too much talk on phone.
If you do these and your battery goes 2 days,please tell me how to do.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For the most part, people don't use their phone. I don't have a picture of it, but yesterday I had 32% left when I started charging my phone, and it's up-time was 2 days and 2 hours. That was only possibly because my total screen on time was only 1.5 hours—in 2 days, remind you. I also disable Wifi, 3G, etc. when I'm not using it.
This is what i mean.We are not observing stand-by time.We should talk about our battery life according to our usage.
dream4 said:
This is what i mean.We are not observing stand-by time.We should talk about our battery life according to our usage.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Different people use their phones for different things, and for a largely different amount of time each day. I find the most accurate representation of "daily usage" is to have the time since unplugged and the display on-time figures. Maybe the OP would consider adding a 2 picture requirement for this thread?
Also guys put into consideration extended batteries. I just put one in my evolution and omg incredible I've only lost 20% since 330pm and its now 950pm. running juice defender with tia 337 on evodeck 1.3d
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Also not everyone is a power user. Me I'm a super power user.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Can people please post screen on time too please its a necessity
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
Sent from my SCH-I500 using xda premium
So ok, my screenshot wasn't a typical day of use for me A normal day I would plug in the phone at the end of the day with roughly 25-30 percent left (so on average roughly 14 hours between time unplugged and plugged in). My screen shot was a weekend shot, when I don't use the phone much, as you can tell.
This shot is more typical of a normal day for me.
Miui rom, tiamat kernel, Oc'd 1.2ghz... this was taken a few months back.
I don't know anyone having an Android phone, and to have enough battery for more than 2 days. It's because of the touch screen and hardware, not the OS.
I agree. Its totally pointless having a single screen shot that shows a %.
I think we should ask each person to show the "on" time for the the top 2-3 % hoggers to see how much was actually "used".
This is especially helpful when it comes to the display.
For ex: My screen shot will also show display as 45-50% of the battery hog....BUT I only get 90 minutes of "on" time as opposed to 3-4 hours like many seem to get.
That's at the lowest brightness setting mind you
Also---what device are we using with which rom etc etc might be useful to know as well.
I think the kernel is the biggest indicator. When I run a rom on stock kernel (Sense 2.2 for example) on 1ghz I get about 50% less use (both standby and screen on time) than the same kernel but with overclock and undervolt. Undervolt kernels are really the best thing and I think the time that it takes to tune it to the lowest stable voltages for your specific phone really pay off.
i made a post few months back in the SGS2 forum showing nearly 2 days on battery stats with stock rom (i left my SGS2 at home and carried around my bb the whole weekend)
deejay4angels said:
I don't know anyone having an Android phone, and to have enough battery for more than 2 days. It's because of the touch screen and hardware, not the OS.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, it's the OS. The OS requires insane hw to run smoothly, so you can't blame the hw makers.
On the other hand, I can easily get 2+ days with very light GPS usage, lots of Facebook and web, ton of SMS and Spotify streaming. Of course my OS had about 10 years to mature and doesn't insist on constantly being connected to the 'net. Oh, all this without any programs or custom ROMs or the undervolting nonsense.
ph00ny said:
i made a post few months back in the SGS2 forum showing nearly 2 days on battery stats with stock rom (i left my SGS2 at home and carried around my bb the whole weekend)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cheater... lol
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
stinky_pinky said:
cheater... lol
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
except before i left it at home, i was using it to listen to pandora all day long

[q] why does mobile data cause so much heat!!?

So i relised that when i habe. Mobole data enabled and im browsing the web my phone gets really hot 44C when i have wifi on my phoke doesnt go past 35! Battery drain using mobile data is awful to... Any ideas why?
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
+1 on this..weird.
Mine also on mobile get as high 47c, while wifi only 34.6c
;(
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
I want this to be somehow fixed i hate the feel of it when its hot!! Causes my battery to drain more to
The phone getting hot doesn't drain your battery more... the fact that mobile data uses more power than wifi makes your battery drain more. That is also the reason for it getting warm... nearly every smartphone I have had with 3G has done this. Normal.
My dhd never got hot when using mobile data
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio
Neither did my Hero.
This sucks. My Sensation apparently can only browse the Internet using mobile data for 2.5 hours before the battery dies. I'm pretty sure that's not the case for the SGSII either
My sensation gets pretty hot to, but that wouldnt be such a problem if the batterylife would be good. At the moment my battery drains about 8%/hour when it's idle... so i have 12,5 hours stanby time! that sucks -.- I'm gonna get a Anker battery soon and hope it's gonna get better with that...
Sent from my Sensation using XDA App
torken said:
My sensation gets pretty hot to, but that wouldnt be such a problem if the batterylife would be good. At the moment my battery drains about 8%/hour when it's idle... so i have 12,5 hours stanby time! that sucks -.- I'm gonna get a Anker battery soon and hope it's gonna get better with that...
Sent from my Sensation using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you get 8%/hour drain while idle, and truly idle (i.e. your phone is truly in sleep mode) then you've a faulty model - bring it back
See my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16582630&postcount=30
manuelkuhs said:
If you get 8%/hour drain while idle, and truly idle (i.e. your phone is truly in sleep mode) then you've a faulty model - bring it back
See my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16582630&postcount=30
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well i don't know how it was with the stock rom and anything. And i don't have any longtime informations with custom roms, kernels and so on, because i just recently flashed a cr.
But today I unplugged it at 8:30am and it had 100% at 10:30 it had 84% and now it has 70% and from 8:30 to 10:30 i was only on facebook and surfed a little for maybe 10 minutes or so :S
Now I flashed Bricked Kernle v.1.5 i hope that its gonna be better with that.
torken said:
Well i don't know how it was with the stock rom and anything. And i don't have any longtime informations with custom roms, kernels and so on, because i just recently flashed a cr.
But today I unplugged it at 8:30am and it had 100% at 10:30 it had 84% and now it has 70% and from 8:30 to 10:30 i was only on facebook and surfed a little for maybe 10 minutes or so :S
Now I flashed Bricked Kernle v.1.5 i hope that its gonna be better with that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you know if you're phone is actually sleeping when the screen is off? To check, go Settings - About Phone - Battery. Here you can see Up & Awake Time, but to see more accurately, click on Battery Use, then click on the graph. Look at the Awake bars and make sure they correspond to the Screen On bars.
The screen on/off and active bar are almost identical. There are some little tiny active times when the screen is off, but thats probably some syncing...
As you can see here:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from my Sensation using XDA App
I think almost every sensation phone users is facing the problem too...including me.
I really hate it when my phone gets heated up and when i put it in my pocket it feels like a boiled egg inside.
torken said:
The screen on/off and active bar are almost identical. There are some little tiny active times when the screen is off, but thats probably some syncing...
As you can see here:
Sent from my Sensation using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Faulty model, return it! On (real) standby (which the image shows you have) you should get only 1-2% battery drain, even on Sensation
TransporterxJ said:
I think almost every sensation phone users is facing the problem too...including me.
I really hate it when my phone gets heated up and when i put it in my pocket it feels like a boiled egg inside.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't think that's true.
For one, there was a few weeks when my phone did not heat up like crazy from normal usage and I could make it last 2 days. Then one day it started heating up like crazy... also plenty people report 2 days battery on moderate usage with Sensation - i.e. no crazy battery drain.
Could it be that my phone is alright and only the battery is faulty? It would suck to return it -.-
It's not a faulty model. There are no known issues with standby drain on any sensation.
Notice the image shows times with poor signal too. Additionally he may have auto sync handling too many accounts.
It's getting better with the ROM I'm using at the moment and i orderd a Anker battery. I hope it's gonna get even better with that beauty
I can't explain any facts, but I really don't think slightly higher battery drain is because of a faulty phone. I've owned two Androids and tinkered extensively with many, many others. Most Android phones seem to be awake similarly to that one user's battery graph. It's normal.

Nexus 5 battery problems

Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
Jaggions said:
Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What does the battery settings show?
Paste your battery screenie, please..
wideasleep1 said:
What does the battery settings show?
Paste your battery screenie, please..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here you go:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Just buy another phone that has higher than 2300 milliampz
Jaggions said:
Here you go:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Looks like wakelocking. You'll need root and BetterBatteryStats to fix it (without guessing).
dicecuber said:
Just buy another phone that has higher than 2300 milliampz
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The Nexus 5 has been proven to last longer then an SGS4 which has a bigger battery, and the HTC one with the same size battery (under proper testing conditions) all while using a faster SoC. Do you troll the forums for those phones as well?
Maybe a Moto G or LG G2 would suit some people better for their increased battery life, but that doesn't mean you need to troll every thread on here with false accusations.
If you'd like any more proof on how the N5 battery lasts longer and is more efficient than competing phones of higher prices, just let me know.
Aerowinder said:
Looks like wakelocking. You'll need root and BetterBatteryStats to fix it (without guessing).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did what you said; I have attached some screenshots. I'm not an expert about this, but it seems like you were right. What shall I do?
The most important stat to look at is partial wakelocks - it lets you see which app or apps are waking.
Mort said:
I'll have to check on that... I think it might not be that easy...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just attach the log, missing info from those screenshots.
Aerowinder said:
Just attach the log, missing info from those screenshots.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for the delay. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5og53439mj8b5cg/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-28_175226040.txt
Jaggions said:
Sorry for the delay. Here you go:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5og53439mj8b5cg/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-28_175226040.txt
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Go into device settings > Location. Set Mode to Device only. Ensure that the Google location reporting in that same area is off.
Take another BBS log and post it.
I experience the same issues. Not charging when connected or even lose charge when connected. I am still figuring out what causes it. First of all try using the original cable and charger. Second, disconnect the charger when the screen is on, I read somewhere that can help as well.
Today I had the same issue again, but just before I started charging, the battery would lose 1% per 2 minutes and my phone became very warm.
If I find out more, I will let you know.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
Aerowinder said:
Go into device settings > Location. Set Mode to Device only. Ensure that the Google location reporting in that same area is off.
Take another BBS log and post it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
Jaggions said:
I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
EntriesRefresh_wakelock (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.Google Search): 4 h 47 m 17 s (17237 s) Count:0 98.6%
That is the problem. That particular wakelock belongs to Google Now. I hope you don't use it, because the solution is to turn it off (from within the program). You could try force stopping and/or wiping it's data. But the fact of the matter is that it's a bug in the app.
Google Now has been this way since it was released. The only conclusion I can draw is that Google doesn't care. It's never behaved properly. And that location reporting (that you've now disabled) is completely out of control, been that way for a year now. I actually greenify the Google apps now. I'm tired of putting up with the lazy programming. Keep, Now, Chrome, Drive, Maps, I greenify all of those. I still allow them to sync, but Greenify will kill them again after they are finished.
Jaggions said:
I did what you said and today the battery drained much faster then before. Here you have the logs: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5temccnzh1mnky/BetterBatteryStats-2014-01-29_121755481.txt
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you. I'll try disabling google now and I'll let you know.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using xda app-developers app
I can confirm that I have no battery problems anymore (today after 6 hours of average usage it was still at 80%!!). Thank you all for your help!
Good to hear. If anyone else see's Android OS or Search taking up 50% or more of your battery that can be mitigated.
Jaggions said:
Hi. I have a two-months-old Nexus 5 (stock ROM & kernel; rooted). Two days ago my battery suddenly started having some problems. First of all, it doesn't last more than 1-2 hours with normal phone usage. Then it often becomes hot, even when not charging. Last but not least, if I keep using my phone while charging, it charges incredibly slowly, or it doesn't charge at all (the charge remains stable). I'm using the stock charger. Any suggestion?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Take out your Battery, put it on a flat surface say a table. Try to Spin it....if it spins over 2 rounds then you need to buy a new battery.

Categories

Resources