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[HELP] Battery Use App has gone mad!?!

Hi folks!
I tried to search the topic before starting a new thread but I couldn't find any.
So, here's my problem. I noticed that since I flashed the stock JQ1 Gingerbread from chainfire's thread apart from everything else being fantastic, the battery use statistics in Settings -> Status -> Battery Use I can see are stranger and stranger.
First I have noticed that my the battery usage of Display had frozen to 2%. It is completely impossible, comparing it to the Froyo before, where it often went beyond 50 or even 60% of total battery usage.
Then, I saw that the Android System was taking about 90% of the stats. At first I thought it may be the infamous Gingerbread battery drain. It is not that, however, because I do not feel the battery draining any faster than before.
Then came the realization that no matter what application I am running, it does not get reflected in the Battery Use - only Android System percentage grows bigger. The funny part is that from time to time the total of all percentage goes beyond 100%
And, finally, today I unchecked the background update of the PULSE application, because I do not really use it and checking the Battery Use again what did I see. See attachment:
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Not only the display category had gone away totally, but half of the battery usage is now transferred to PULSE, which I don't use.
Please, do you have any ideas how to repair that?
I am on a European Galaxy Tab, JQ1 2.3.3 Android + CF-Root v3.3 for JQ1

Not anyone experiencing the same problem? Just a little update from me. I read half the cloud already, strange but it is the first time that I cannot really find my topic in Google.
I tried what not - no result. I wiped battery stats, which only helped to the extent that the PULSE has gone from battery use stats, and display is back but the readings are stuck at 2% no matter how much I am actually using the display.
I read somewhere that it could be the kernel, where some thing may have not been allowed or switched on??? But if that was the case I would not be the only one with the same problem, but all the people that have flashed the ROM + CF Root 3.3 from chainfire's thread????
Still no ideas?

Hey guy,
Once ago I had the same problem. I don't think that pulse realy eats your battery. But we all know that the battery statistics is incorrect. So don't worry. Do use "AntTek App Manager ☆ root" (its free) to remove the puls app and wipe the cach. Or just install the overcome rom. It's much better then the Sock Rom. Trust me Because after removing of puls, there are other false statuses. I don't remember but i think it will show you that the battery is eaten by the core apps for more then 70%.
Sorry guy... I know about my terrible english

Hey odysseus84,
don't worry about your English. I am glad that you tried to be helpful. It is not that bad. After all I understood what you mean. You are right, even without Pulse in battery stats, I am still missing statistics for practically everything.
It is interesting that the Battery Use fails to record third party apps. As you can see below, the usage for all main system processes like Idle, Standby, Bluetooth, Wi-fi, Voice Calls are there. The statistics for display usage is stuck at 2% as already mentioned, which is the most annoying part.
Another interesting thing is that everything seems to be put into Android System usage, because normally it wouldn't get more than 10% of the overall battery usage share.
May I ask for other people running Gingerbread 2.3.3 to post their battery stats here?

Look. It's just a Bug. There is "Android System"written but it means the % of the Display. There is "Display" written but it means something else. As you can see on the attached pic we have almost the same "Display" usage.
And the other thing is that the statistics nothing shows with less then 2% usage.
Finally you can just accept it or flash something else.

odysseus84 said:
Finally you can just accept it or flash something else.
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I really liked that last sentence. It really seems that I am going to just accept things or flash the OVERCOME. From what I read the dev team have done a great job! Thanks.

How to totally fix Google Service problem

Hello guys, so i think you all have had that Google Service problem in your S4 eating up to 40% battery?
Well i have fix for it
Mine runs on original rom without root!!
(I have disabled Samsung push service aswell)
Proof that it is fixed!
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1. step go to location services on Settings!
Disable all of them
2. step Disable these applications, if you do not use any!
3. step go to "google settings"
And search location
and disable these
Enjoy longer battery life
(And wow those picture seems too huge o.o)

That's not a fix is a workaround ... And it has been said multiple times already

AvelonTs said:
That's not a fix is a workaround ... And it has been said multiple times already
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Tell me the threads please.

Wow what a fix! I have a better one -
1. put phone in garbage
2. buy a nokia 3100
OR:
put phone on flight mode and use it ONLY to tell time.
And on a more serious note:
C'mon dude, are you serious?.. a "fix" means you don't loose any functionality of the device, what you did there was disabling almost every good and important feature that in the first place is the reason people buy these phones, so disabling them to get around a bug which drains the battery?.. that's.. well I don't need to say it.
And for the fix that does work - turn off "Location reporting" only - from my experience this will not make you loose any location based functionality as I use every thing that has to do with locations, Google can still tell where I am, and Google now still tells me time to work\home, flight times, packages dispatched, weather updates etc. turning "location reporting" off fixed the Google services battery drain issue I had, and I still turn it on from time to time to see if Google had fixed this, last time I checked it was still draining the battery.

i wanna know how fix the high android os drain

skivnit said:
i wanna know how fix the high android os drain
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Hi.
U just have to follow the OP.
That will fix it.
omricn said:
Wow what a fix! I have a better one -
1. put phone in garbage
2. buy a nokia 3100
OR:
put phone on flight mode and use it ONLY to tell time.
And on a more serious note:
C'mon dude, are you serious?.. a "fix" means you don't loose any functionality of the device, what you did there was disabling almost every good and important feature that in the first place is the reason people buy these phones, so disabling them to get around a bug which drains the battery?.. that's.. well I don't need to say it.
And for the fix that does work - turn off "Location reporting" only - from my experience this will not make you loose any location based functionality as I use every thing that has to do with locations, Google can still tell where I am, and Google now still tells me time to work\home, flight times, packages dispatched, weather updates etc. turning "location reporting" off fixed the Google services battery drain issue I had, and I still turn it on from time to time to see if Google had fixed this, last time I checked it was still draining the battery.
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I think the guide is not for u, mate.
But this guide is for people who wants to prolong the battery life.
Location reporting is one of the main battery factor on an android device.
I personally don't use it as I don't want any apps (facebook, etc) to do this and I have disable more google-related things than what the OP has posted.

Are you for real or is this just some kind of joke?
Firstly, this fix isn't a fix, its just turning some things off.
Secondly, this information has been around for a long time now and is relevant to any Android phone, not just the S4.
And no, I am not going to post links to the hundreds of threads and posts on the many websites and forums out there who have already posted this before you and with more detailed information.
Seriously, why have you bothered posting this rubbish?

The most suitble statement is the tip for prolong the battery life. Tks OP for yr sharing.

Ranop11 said:
Tell me the threads please.
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Here is magic trick, this time I will show you, but please do not populate it, as it is VERY confidential: The secret tool to find the threads you want

Google turns up tons of results for this, as does the search... Sorry the top secret search on this forum.
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More battery problems

As soon as I enable Google Now on my phone (Android 4.4.2 root, stock ROM and kernel) my battery starts to drain incredibly fast (it lasts about two hours idle). This problem doesn't happen if I disable Google Now and Location Services. I also tried with Greenify with no results. Will I ever be able to use Google Now?

Jaggions said:
As soon as I enable Google Now on my phone (Android 4.4.2 root, stock ROM and kernel) my battery starts to drain incredibly fast (it lasts about two hours idle). This problem doesn't happen if I disable Google Now and Location Services. I also tried with Greenify with no results. Will I ever be able to use Google Now?
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I have a bone stock N5, and have Google Now enabled; my battery life is awesome. I poll 3 email accounts every 15 minutes, and have an exchange email account on push. I end the day at 30 - 50% most days. There has to be another issue at play on your phone.

download wakelock detector or use better battery stats to show us a log of what is happening on the phone so that we and YOU can better assess what is going on with your phone. :good:

mistahseller said:
download wakelock detector or use better battery stats to show us a log of what is happening on the phone so that we and YOU can better assess what is going on with your phone. :good:
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After some days of testing I used Wakelock Terminator to kill some wakelocks, but I noticed that these wakelocks can't be killed and they are making some problems.
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try clearing date & uninstalling updates for google play services.
then reinstalling via the playstore.

shilton.charles said:
try clearing date & uninstalling updates for google play services.
then reinstalling via the playstore.
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It worked the first time, but now it doesn't anymore

Guys I really need help! GCM services are killing my battery!

Can you give the wakelock log of a full day? or a full night?

Nikueltrasgu said:
Can you give the wakelock log of a full day? or a full night?
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I can't: my battery only lasts 2-3 hours idle!

Well the wakelock log of a full 2-3 hours using BBS
What does the battery chart says?

Nikueltrasgu said:
Well the wakelock log of a full 2-3 hours using BBS
What does the battery chart says?
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See attachment. One more thing: the phone is always hot and it charges really slowly. Thank you.

Thanks!
Which google play service version are you using?
It appears that Google Cloud Messaging is messing up, trying to do something and getting an error... What are the apps installed and what did you tweaked in the phone?

Personally, with such a severe battery issue, I'd just wipe clean and reinstall. Problem should be gone.
You'll spend more time trying to troubleshoot it than just wiping.
Sent from my cell phone telephone....

Nikueltrasgu said:
Thanks!
Which google play service version are you using?
It appears that Google Cloud Messaging is messing up, trying to do something and getting an error... What are the apps installed and what did you tweaked in the phone?
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Google Play Services 4.2.43 (1035512-038). I'm on the stock ROM (rooted). Here's some of my apps which may use GCM:
Code:
Facebook
[STRIKE]Freedom[/STRIKE]
Gmail
Hangouts
Hushed
IM+ Pro
PayPal
Plus Donation
Reminder
Skype
Twitter
WhatsApp+
Xposed
kj2112 said:
Personally, with such a severe battery issue, I'd just wipe clean and reinstall. Problem should be gone.
You'll spend more time trying to troubleshoot it than just wiping.
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You may be right. If I can't succeed within a few days I'll wipe. Thank you

System ui memory leak

Do any of you facing an issue of system ui taking a lot of memory? It happens with me daily and only way to a temporary fix is reboot.

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Do any of you facing an issue of system ui taking a lot of memory? It happens with me daily and only way to a temporary fix is reboot.
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What device? What ROM? What mods? What's running in the background? What makes you think it's specifically a memory leak, instead of something else like a runaway process?
Without details, we cannot help you.

Moto turbo xt1225, stock marshmallow with December security patch. Everything stock, no mods or root. I think it's a memory leak because system ui takes as much as 400-500 mb in couple of days after rebooting.

mujeeb999 said:
Do any of you facing an issue of system ui taking a lot of memory? It happens with me daily and only way to a temporary fix is reboot.
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mujeeb999 said:
Moto turbo xt1225, stock marshmallow with December security patch. Everything stock, no mods or root. I think it's a memory leak because system ui takes as much as 400-500 mb in couple of days after rebooting.
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1) What is causing YOUR memory leaks? Could be anything. Lots of apps like to run in the background, even if you are not using them, so that when you do "open" them, they will snap open in an instant. (Since they are already running as a background process.) The developer thinks HIS app is so important it needs priority. Meanwhile all the time you don't have it actively open, it's still running in the background sucking up RAM. Every app developer thinks their app should be your most important app.
Greenify
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en
This is why an app like Greenify give you control back. Historically it was an app that needed root, but reportedly now also runs without root?
NEW: "Aggressive Doze" and "Doze on the Go" to maximize the battery saving on Android 6+, even without root!
(details explained in settings)
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I don't know, as I've always been rooted and will always be rooted, but check it out. Anyway at least on my rooted phone Greenify will let you forcefully HIBERNATE all apps on a list of your apps that you choose, so that they will NOT run until you manually open them. Like my flashlight app doesn't need to be running in the background until I NEED my flashlight. HIBERNATE. Until I open the app. Then upon closing the app, will go back into HIBERNATION. Greenify will suggest apps to hibernate, but you can expand to a larger list of ALL your apps to choose from. I have over 200 apps, so I just went down through the list and checked most of them off.
Of course, you don't want to hibernate stuff like your email app or messaging app or weather widget. Those DO need to run in the background. But most everything else, yes.
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2) This won't necessarily help you, since you are not rooted, but I also use Auto Reboot to perform a daily scheduled reboot of my phone when I'm not using it. Like 4am, but would depend on each person's preference. Rebooting clears the RAM, prompts app updates, and generally just refreshes your phone. Same speed benefits as rebooting any PC. I have this set on my phone, my wife's phone, as well as all my friends' Androids who I tech support. We're all rooted of course.
Rebooting daily prevents a lot of the lag that seems to accumulate over time. So, I know you are thinking the reboot is "temporary fix", but rebooting daily can prevent any memory leaks from becoming a runaway process.
Auto Reboot (Root only)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pereira.autoreboot&hl=en
This scheduled pre-emptive rebooting when you are NOT using the phone is better than having to reboot when you are actively using the phone, yes? At work, we have a server that seems to freeze up about once a week. It would freeze up when we were using it, really needing it! Finally our engineering staff got the idea to schedule a weekly reboot of this server during a down time when we were NOT using it, and now it never freezes up!

Question How can I stop battery drain on "screen off"?

I'm happy with the battery performance, but only when the screen is on. When I use the phone mostly with the screen on, I get good SOT(6-9 hours), but with the screen off, the battery consumption is terrible. How can I pull this down?

Probably a cloud app; try temporarily disabling Google play Services, Google backup is a dependency as is Playstore, Gmail. Some apps also need it to run. I enable it once or twice a day. Disabled saves 1+%@hr.
Trashware social media apps like fb, WhatsApp etc shouldn't be installed. It all adds up.
6 hours SOT with a 5002 mAh battery isn't good, 9 hrs is fair to poor. That said all Samsung's should be optimized for best performance.

Thanks for your opininon. Are you saying we shouldn't use Whatsapp? Is it real solution?

Unfortunately, because of SD 8 gen 1 limitations (probably worse on Exynos variant), about 6-7 hours SOT is best you're going to get on the S22 ultra.
Try the following guide here & see if it helps your battery life.

I have the Exynos version. My phone has a SOT of about 10 to 12 hours. Rooted and bebloated. I do have the brightness very low though.
Android 13.
OneUI 5.
Latest.
Lightly debloated.

That's interesting. I guess depends on what apps the phone is using during SOT.......
Mind sharing your battery usage breakdown screenshot?

TheKaptan23 said:
Thanks for your opininon. Are you saying we shouldn't use Whatsapp? Is it real solution?
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Real as it gets. All social media apps should never be installed. Many should even be logged on to. WhatsApp track record is stunningly bad.
Lots of users means its got a huge bullseye on it even if they try to secure it, it will hacked again like the sun rises in the morning... for sure. Meanwhile phishing scams run under the radar and count on you screwing up. And many do.
You got to ask yourself one question,
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TheKaptan23 said:
Thanks for your opininon. Are you saying we shouldn't use Whatsapp? Is it real solution?
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No really. The problem is that all the apps developed by Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp) are power hogs. Meta does not care if it chews up battery. The primary reason is that Meta is shoving ads in your face. Even when your screen is off, those apps are running in the background. Meta is not the only offender. There are plenty of other app developers that do the same thing.
Also, there are different "flavors" of Android. Each OEM implements it differently (even within the OEMs). This makes it less cost effective to customize their apps for each OEM. There is only one flavor of iOS and iPadOS, so it is much easier to tweak it for iPhones and iPads than it is for Android devices.

I understand. Thanks. I have another question. You said you turned off google play services. When I turn it off, notifications do not work and many applications do not work. How do you overcome this situation?

TheKaptan23 said:
I understand. Thanks. I have another question. You said you turned off google play services. When I turn it off, notifications do not work and many applications do not work. How do you overcome this situation?
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It doesn't effect any notifications for me that I use except Gmail. Most my apps run without it. I tend to shun those that do.
Some of the Samsung apps take the place of Google apps, no need to run both.
If killing Google play Services helps at night it's likely Google backup Transport running.

Hello, I have something to ask about. I need to know if there is any ability to store a system application variables usin adb. Imagine that I want to open my settings app and do something mabye a confirmation dialog will be shown in order to say something such as alert for something supposed that I did click on OK, i the normal case this alert will never be shown even if you clear the settings app data or clear the cash, is there any way to use adb to store the settings app data before opening it the if anything as the previous senario happened I can restore the settings app to the moment before clicking on the OK button or even before this alert has shown

TheKaptan23 said:
I understand. Thanks. I have another question. You said you turned off google play services. When I turn it off, notifications do not work and many applications do not work. How do you overcome this situation?
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Many apps that "need" Google play Services are Playstore pay apps. This can be circumvented by first allowing the app to activate, then firewall blocking their internet connection. Firewall block Playstore as well although it should be disabled except when needed.
If an app doesn't need internet access to function it should be firewall blocked anyway.