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Battery killer

Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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redishbrown said:
Something is killing this battery some kind of fierce.
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[sarcasm]Whoah...slow down, man...the amount of information you're throwing at us is a bit overwhelming...give us time to catch up on all of this!!!![/sarcasm]

do a fresh wipe and freeze bloatware, you will see a difference, i get 17hrs plus on my phone.

id say my battery is tough!
can last me all day and maybe enough for the next.
moderate use - lots of texting, phone calls, internet use, and some apps.

*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.

LordButtersI said:
*sigh*
What rom?
What kernel?
How long of a life do you get?
Post your battery usage statistics. Settings-About Phone-Battery Use will tell you what's been using it since last charge, the app Spare Parts will tell you overall usage.
We can't help you if you don't give us any useful information.
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why even bother dude? best way to learn is to solve your own problems, trial and error...

Thanks for all the feedback sarcasim and all. I've never had a battery issue before I installed the recent apk of the new android market. That is my only guess.
Is there a way to revert back and wait for the official update from the market? (I'm still new to android so I'm feeling my way around)
I am running stock rooted. Nothing special on this end.
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I pulled the SIM outta my G2x last week after my N1 came back from the dead.
With the G2x just sitting there without a SIM, being used occasionally for Riptide or Pinball HD and some web browsing/email while watching the tube I get a solid 3 days of battery life. I forget the stupid thing is even on until the alarm goes off every morning at 6:45.
Just don't use the phone part of your $500 phone and it will work great!

solution
it was the downloaded apk for the market. i did a complete reset so this should fix my issue.

Looking for a solution to email, data, and battery life

i want my phone to check email(Gmail) , but still maintain battery life. If I leave data or wifi on 24/7 with sync, it's going to zapp the life out of my batttery. Is there any way can make my email(Gmail) automatically go turn on data or wifi and check my email at certain time during the day then turn it off when done? Or if any1 have any other suggestions I'd would really appreciate the help.

I have email on 24/7 and it doesn't impact battery by much. Are you sure its not other apps?
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there is an app called juice defender that lets you set how often the phone syncs for email. The beta version is free, and lets you set email syncing every 30 minutes. the paid versions let you change that to longer intervals.

jager555 said:
I have email on 24/7 and it doesn't impact battery by much. Are you sure its not other apps?
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may be because i'm on Gingerbread and getting mediocre reception and bad wifi.
mike-y said:
there is an app called juice defender that lets you set how often the phone syncs for email. The beta version is free, and lets you set email syncing every 30 minutes. the paid versions let you change that to longer intervals.
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I never really liked JD cause most of the time i just turn off the things i don't need, but if it lets you do that i'l definitely give it a try. thanks.

I'm checking out juice defender ultimate right now and the triggers app feature doesn't seem to work. I set the browser to connect when opened, but when i opened the browser data or wifi did not turn on.

This app is turning out pretty well. Looks like I missed judged it before. Just a few hiccups here and there but overall its pretty decent.

did you figure out getting data/wifi to turn on and off with the browser?

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qpqpqp said:
i want my phone to check email(Gmail) , but still maintain battery life. If I leave data or wifi on 24/7 with sync, it's going to zapp the life out of my batttery. Is there any way can make my email(Gmail) automatically go turn on data or wifi and check my email at certain time during the day then turn it off when done? Or if any1 have any other suggestions I'd would really appreciate the help.
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I'm using XDA Superpower now. You just need to costumize it and you will get the wifi and 4g on and off. Battery life is good also.

mike-y said:
did you figure out getting data/wifi to turn on and off with the browser?
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Yeah i did, but so far I don't seem to be getting the super battery saving like everyone else mention. It say I increase battery by 2.14 i can't really tell. The data schedule is useful too but, it's kind of pointless when my email check at it's own interval time than the time i set for juice defender (max is 2hours). I have to admit that the auto data connect for the browser is extremely useful. Other than that I don't see much use of this app.

IMO, syncing email all the time doesn't consume much battery life at all. If you stay on wifi, that'll definitely drain your battery though.
It's always on for me with two email accounts, and I'm getting 18 hours with slightly above average use. Light or moderate use puts me over 24 hours easily.

im a moderate to heavy user. i never disconnect wifi and my email is always connected. so is my trillian. my battery lasts a minimum of 20 hours. what kills your battery is the facebook, sugarsync, twitter, and all those of social apps that updates every 15 min. the problem is, if you dont have a good signal, it will keep searching nonstop and that is what kills your battery.
also, are you undervolting?

jager555 said:
im a moderate to heavy user. i never disconnect wifi and my email is always connected. so is my trillian. my battery lasts a minimum of 20 hours. what kills your battery is the facebook, sugarsync, twitter, and all those of social apps that updates every 15 min. the problem is, if you dont have a good signal, it will keep searching nonstop and that is what kills your battery.
also, are you undervolting?
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I agree. I have a weak 4g signal so I get much better battery life with wifi.

Undervolting helps,also depends on what ROM you use...so far,Valhalla has given me the best battery life personally..

Anyone running Valhalla 1.1 wanna give me some UV settings? ...I tired dsexton's settings for icbinb but it just makes my phone reboot.
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Then it is not stable for your phone.... That's weird that it reboots on gb...
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I've been using BatteryCalibration when loading new ROMs. I felt a bit of an improvement on battery life since I started using it.

Woot. This is normal use, though. Not heavy use.
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Google now?

I'm curious to know how many people are using Google now on their nexus s. I find it to be a huge battery drain so always turn it off. Do other users feel the same?
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Jamalsid said:
I'm curious to know how many people are using Google now on their nexus s. I find it to be a huge battery drain so always turn it off. Do other users feel the same?
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I use it regularly since the start, I have no noticeable battery drain.

I use it and don't mind it, I get around 2 days of battery with moderate use and some calls. Wi-fi is always on, localization services are always on, mobile data (3G) is always off. It lasts me more than one day even if I keep using the phone so I'm fine with it.
I would say it 'eats' 10 to 50% more battery per charge depending on usage. If you have it mostly in standby you are more likely to notice the battery hit. If you keep using the phone for one thing or another, it won't make much difference.
With 4.2.1 it seems to hold pretty well while being very snappy. The official 4.1.2 follows the same trend (lasting around 2 days with the same use), but I really liked how fast it got with Air Kernel. I usually have around 200 MB free.
I'm currently using Rasbeanjelly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028718) with Air Kernel #270 (CM,Voodoo Colors http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469842) and noop+SmartAssV2 setup. So far battery seems to hold up fine through the day. The only real downside I got from this was the occasional sleep of death (while using the phone, very weird, I would report it to the maintainer but I can't as I'm new around here), a FC when accessing Chrome settings (seems to be related with google sync feature) and the less stellar performance when changing orientation (same kernel and official 4.1.2 ROM doesn't have the issue).
Although it is handy sometimes, I think the worst aspect is the 'nagging' that Google Now has. Last time I got a "WTF" expression was with it saying that I walked 40Km that month more 20 than the last month, a nice feature, but completely unexpected, I would like to have a proper access to that kind of cards and the information that they provide... If you search weather it won't give you the same weather card shown automatically by it (at least for me).... one of these says it will be ready to take over the world...

G next should do you pretty well
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Never used it so far.
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I find it useless. I have my weather app, and I have my lottery app. Hockey has been cancelled, so I have no scores to keep checking. What would I use it for? Random google search? Meh.

I hate every time I accidentally hit the search button.
~Nexus S 4G~AOKP JB~Marmite Kernel~

I use Google Now because I'm fascinated by the creepiness of it. I like that when I'm at work, it tells me how long it will take me to get home if I leave now. I was confused when one Saturday at 11:45 am it was giving me the locations of nearby restaurants, then my wife said it's probably because it's almost lunch time. Google Now knows what I want before I do!
I haven't tried turning it off to save battery life yet, but I unplug from the charger at 6:30 am and plug in at midnight no problem.
I hate every time I accidentally hit the search button.
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I just disabled the search key in CM10. Check if your ROM has the option?

Kolero said:
I use Google Now because I'm fascinated by the creepiness of it. I like that when I'm at work, it tells me how long it will take me to get home if I leave now. I was confused when one Saturday at 11:45 am it was giving me the locations of nearby restaurants, then my wife said it's probably because it's almost lunch time. Google Now knows what I want before I do!
I haven't tried turning it off to save battery life yet, but I unplug from the charger at 6:30 am and plug in at midnight no problem.
I just disabled the search key in CM10. Check if your ROM has the option?
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thank God, I always hated that.
google now / voice search is miserable on the nexus s.

I've been using it since I got it and I like it. No noticeable battery drain as far as I'm concerned. Never used the search key in-app, so I don't miss it.
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....I use it every day-it works fine for me since I put system-language to us-english. As I am in Germany it was not so rich on info in my home- language settings.
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I use it every day because it is fantastic! I can get lots of information from it. I love it.

Ok. So I had previously disabled Google Now because it drained so much battery. But I was wanting to use it since the updates keep getting better so here's what I did to where it isn't destroying battery anymore.
I have Latitude and location updating turned off in Maps, but found out enabling Google Now turned location updating back on. So once you have Now enabled, go into Maps and uncheck where it says "Update my location from this device". It still works fine because I have location reporting (or something like that) turned on in Google sync in Settings. It still uses wifi and/or the towers to update your cards, but Maps isn't taking chunks out of the battery anymore.
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zebarnabe said:
With 4.2.1 it seems to hold pretty well while being very snappy. The official 4.1.2 follows the same trend (lasting around 2 days with the same use), but I really liked how fast it got with Air Kernel. I usually have around 200 MB free.
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I'd like to know how the heck you have around 200mb free and still have a functioning system... At most I can get is around 170mb free... But at that, the phone becomes unstable because I had to shut off some system apps...
I'm using Matr1x now... But was using Air for a long while before switching... I'm also on the same ROM but for crespo4g
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really bad battery performance

Hi,
I bought my Nexus a week ago. During the first day the battery life seemed to be ok but since 2 oder 3 days it is really bad.
I didn´t really use the phone today (checked some emails and used for 2 or 3 really short calls) and the battery is emtpy after 11 hours...
Phone is rooted stock rom (CF) 4.4.2 since the first day. Any ideas?

Need much more information to get an idea what you do with your phone and how its setup. What features are running and stuff like that.
Rooted?
And do yourself a favor and get Gsam from play store, as well as gsam root companion after, if you're rooted. It has much more detailed information. The stock battery usage screen says very little to help find an issue.
Also, read through some of the following thread...start on last page and go back a bit. Tonnes of good info and tips there. A better place to discuss issues as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509132
Good luck!!
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topaza said:
Hi,
I bought my Nexus a week ago. During the first day the battery life seemed to be ok but since 2 oder 3 days it is really bad.
I didn´t really use the phone today (checked some emails and used for 2 or 3 really short calls) and the battery is emtpy after 11 hours...
Phone is rooted stock rom (CF) 4.4.2 since the first day. Any ideas?
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Same story of mine, you are lucky enough that your phone battery empty after 11 hours in my case it was around 8 hrs its gone.
Nexus 5 not smart enough regarding its battery backup. It is very normal problem in smartphones but N5 performance is worst among them.
Go through this , may it will help you out as we both are in the same ship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus...ips-tricks-lg-android-kitkat-flagship-1543865
Thanks

joannn said:
Same story of mine, you are lucky enough that your phone battery empty after 11 hours in my case it was around 8 hrs its gone.
Nexus 5 not smart enough regarding its battery backup. It is very normal problem in smartphones but N5 performance is worst among them.
Go through this , may it will help you out as we both are in the same ship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus...ips-tricks-lg-android-kitkat-flagship-1543865
Thanks
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All battery issues can be solved. Just takes a bit of work sometimes.
See my post above.

Download a battery management app it will help
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joannn said:
Same story of mine, you are lucky enough that your phone battery empty after 11 hours in my case it was around 8 hrs its gone.
Nexus 5 not smart enough regarding its battery backup. It is very normal problem in smartphones but N5 performance is worst among them.
Go through this , may it will help you out as we both are in the same ship.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-nexus...ips-tricks-lg-android-kitkat-flagship-1543865
Thanks
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Sorry but that is not true. It's been proven time and again that the N5 is one of the more battery efficient phones to date. Just because you're having issues with it doesn't mean we all are, there are many things for you to try but complaining won't help.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3

bblzd said:
Sorry but that is not true. It's been proven time and again that the N5 is one of the more battery efficient phones to date. Just because you're having issues with it doesn't mean we all are, there are many things for you to try but complaining won't help.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7517/google-nexus-5-review/3
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Some people just don't seem to want to spend the time troubleshooting, unfortunately.
And they just live with it, unhappily.

kj2112 said:
Some people just don't seem to want to spend the time troubleshooting, unfortunately.
And they just live with it, unhappily.
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thats because most people are clueless(even though there is lots of info available).

simms22 said:
thats because most people are clueless(even though there is lots of info available).
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Yup. And many feel things should just work, without any tweaking or fixing.....so they just leave things as is and are resentful.
But what can ya do. Lol

kj2112 said:
..so they just leave things as is and are resentful.
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i see this too often, but not as much on xda, more here in real life.

OP...there are threads about the possible battery issues with the N5 and how they can be fixed all over the N5 forum. Perhaps you could've checked those out first before opening a thread. However, I do agree with the assessment that it takes a bit more investigating on your part to figure out why you're having battery drain issues.
The picture you posted is just a microcosm of what things could also be draining your battery. Do you have apps running in the background? Are your apps syncing too frequently? Are Google apps running or syncing too often?
What fixed my drain issues was going into my Accounts settings and ticking only the Google apps I used on a regular basis (Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts) and unticking the others.

Seems just another post a question, then don't bother to return to see responses....or at least not comment on any of it...kinda thread. Lol
You can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink.

Hi, I didn't have any more issues so far. Right after creating this thread the issue disappeared without any changes except installing the battery app mentioned in the first reply (and maybe a reboot).
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Mate 9 : overheating and battery drain on 1st day

Good evening
I Buy the phone 2 days ago on Amazon USA - yesterday arrived at night and has been an absolute disaster.
1. It overheats on the back side - top right
2. The battery does NOT last for 2 days. Today on its first day of actual use disconnect it at 6am and it's 1.26pm at 10% battery life
3. The LEICA camera is ... basic and normal nothing surprising in the quality of photos
3. 30 mins ago I asked Amazon today, to replace it with a new one, I hope it is a hardware problem and that it is not a global problem in the device s
4. Huawei my first experience with the Brand has been Fatal a real #EPICFAIL
5. I will continue to tell you my experience ... I hope I can say something good
Any Advice ? Any tweaks? To get a 2 day battery and superb performance as they promised!

Day 3 for me and I had serious battery drain issues today. I was constantly notified of the power hogging apps, something I never experienced the previous 2 days. Not sure what happened but I was extremely happy the first 2 days.
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I can't comment on the US edition, but with international versions, sometimes doing a factory reset helps a lot.

Anyone have a little yellowish darkness at the bottom of the screen? That's my only beef. My god this thing charges fast.

Yeah I have the international version but the included Facebook app(3 total) were killing my battery.
No issues after that and disabling wifi scan in location settings. Getting a solid 7hrs of sot. Was almost 10hrs sot before I updated to newer firmware but I couldn't deal with the number notification thingy.
Like any phone I don't expect perfect without some tweaks.

intruda119 said:
Yeah I have the international version but the included Facebook app(3 total) were killing my battery.
No issues after that and disabling wifi scan in location settings. Getting a solid 7hrs of sot. Was almost 10hrs sot before I updated to newer firmware but I couldn't deal with the number notification thingy.
Like any phone I don't expect perfect without some tweaks.
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Let's hope a new update comes out soon to get us the 10 hours again.

duraaraa said:
Let's hope a new update comes out soon to get us the 10 hours again.
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But it is supposed to have a 2 day battery . Why expect only 10h

HectorL_U_co said:
But it is supposed to have a 2 day battery . Why expect only 10h
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He was talking about SOT not standby time.

HectorL_U_co said:
But it is supposed to have a 2 day battery . Why expect only 10h
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You need to sell your phone immediately

intruda119 said:
You need to sell your phone immediately
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lol wut?
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Governa said:
lol wut?
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I got a good feeling he wasnt being sarcastic about the 2 day battery life.
If he wasnt, thats the reason im no dev.

victorlht88 said:
The Facebook and messenger app have been reported to cause overheating and battery drainage.
Do try to uninstall them and see if it fixes the problem. Had a similar problem on my phone and deleted both of these junks after monitoring what's causing it
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Yep. This has hit Reddit: "Is there something mysterious about FB Messenger using a ton of background data lately?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapp...here_something_mysterious_about_fb_messenger/
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Did you insert a MicroSD on the phone ?

Just goto app settings and activate 'close when sleep' option for all the suspected app. Its like an inbuilt version of Greenify app

HectorL_U_co said:
Good evening
I Buy the phone 2 days ago on Amazon USA - yesterday arrived at night and has been an absolute disaster.
1. It overheats on the back side - top right
2. The battery does NOT last for 2 days. Today on its first day of actual use disconnect it at 6am and it's 1.26pm at 10% battery life
3. The LEICA camera is ... basic and normal nothing surprising in the quality of photos
3. 30 mins ago I asked Amazon today, to replace it with a new one, I hope it is a hardware problem and that it is not a global problem in the device s
4. Huawei my first experience with the Brand has been Fatal a real #EPICFAIL
5. I will continue to tell you my experience ... I hope I can say something good
Any Advice ? Any tweaks? To get a 2 day battery and superb performance as they promised!
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Everytime your phone gets hot ( and it's the same for all brands) you should turn off your phone and then back on. An app is keeping your processor at 100%. Two days ago I had the same problem with facebook and messenger.
The camera it's on top of all available phones. I have the latest firmware available and it's capable of very very good results, even better then S7/edge.
All the android phones, at first use are scanning all the files. It's ususal that first charge or two to last less.
Huawei has this prompt for apps runnng in backgroud. It's annoying but at least we know witch apps are more power hungry.
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No overheating at all. My Note 4 often got a little warm/hot, but this phone is just cold most of the time. I use it with dual sim, work and private, lot of sync actions, working fine. No Facebook or FB Messenger
The power consumption warning can be turned off for apps that you trust.

Uninstall Facebook and Messenger
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This phone has the best battery life and SOT of any Android or iPhone that I've used. The control over individual apps is great.
And the camera is pretty damn good too.
Sounds like the OP has been sent a dud.

RR-99 said:
Sounds like the OP has been sent a dud.
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Nah I bet it's just a rogue app. Also he seems to be confusing SOT with standby time.
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intruda119 said:
You need to sell your phone immediately
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Cleverness ALERT