Hey,
i just had the feeling that theres something wrong with my battery stats. Cell Standby drains about 25% battery up to 50% sometimes.
Is there something wrong with my nexus 5?
casiok said:
Hey,
i just had the feeling that theres something wrong with my battery stats. Cell Standby drains about 25% battery up to 50% sometimes.
Is there something wrong with my nexus 5?
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well it looks like you were in an area of no service for quite a while (the red bars). The battery gets crushed when there is no service and it is searching for service. I would put your phone in airplane mode if you know you have no service in an area. For example, when I enter the subway I put it into airplane mode to save battery.
I always recommend DS Battery Saver on the Play Store. When your screen is off, it turns off data (3g/4g).
To give you an idea of the benefits, I've been at work for 8 hours now, used my phone heavily at lunch, and my battery is still at 84%.
well, i tried using noBars or Autopilot but both arent working with 4.4. Instead of enabling flightmode they just crash..
So besides teh cell standby the battery stats seem ok? i was just wondering if there might be something wrong with the actual battery hardware.
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I know this has been discussed in the Gummycharge thread, but its buried pretty deep.
I know kej said that it has to do with the gallery, but I have uninstalled the Gallery3D.apk using the toolbox and I still seem to be losing about 10% per hour with the phone sitting idle on my desk.
Is there something we can use to quantify the appropriate battery drain rate? We all use our phones differently, so we need a way to standardize the battery drain so we can discuss it.
I saw someone mentioned that they were only losing 2% per hour while idle.
Currently, If i unplug the phone, and leave it sit for an hour (after a full charge) with only wifi on (gps, and bluetooth off) I lose about 10% per hour. If i use the phone at all, for example, When i wake up in the morning after a full charge and read the latest XDA posts, or some news articles, I can go from 100% to 85% in about 20 min.
this doesnt seem right.
Can we consolidate the battery drain issue to this post and post fixes and discuss reasons here?
This should have been posted in General first off.
Also, do you have SpareParts installed? If so, use that to check if your phone is entering sleep mode. You may have an app that is preventing your phone from sleeping, which will cause excessive battery drain like you are experiencing. My battery drain is <<1%/hr in airplane mode (I lose 1-2% over 8-9hrs in airplane mode) and when not in airplane mode, I'd say I loose at most 2-3%/hr if the phone is only sitting idle and I'm not using it.
imnuts said:
This should have been posted in General first off.
Also, do you have SpareParts installed? If so, use that to check if your phone is entering sleep mode. You may have an app that is preventing your phone from sleeping, which will cause excessive battery drain like you are experiencing. My battery drain is <<1%/hr in airplane mode (I lose 1-2% over 8-9hrs in airplane mode) and when not in airplane mode, I'd say I loose at most 2-3%/hr if the phone is only sitting idle and I'm not using it.
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OK cool, I wasnt sure if this was a general issue or not. Can a Mod move it? Or should I just delete and Remake?
Ive looked in spare parts and Im not sure where it would give that information, under battery history ive got running at 38.2%, screen on 25.2% phone on 14.5% and wifi on 100%
nothing mentions sleep mode
imnuts said:
This should have been posted in General first off.
Also, do you have SpareParts installed? If so, use that to check if your phone is entering sleep mode. You may have an app that is preventing your phone from sleeping, which will cause excessive battery drain like you are experiencing. My battery drain is <<1%/hr in airplane mode (I lose 1-2% over 8-9hrs in airplane mode) and when not in airplane mode, I'd say I loose at most 2-3%/hr if the phone is only sitting idle and I'm not using it.
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I get a drain of about 3-4% an hour if mine sits. However I leave it on LTE and at the office there is no LTE service yet. Yeah I'm just lazy......lol.
Curious on your SpareParts thing tho. I've never used it much really. Where does it show/display whether or not it is going into sleep mode. now I'm kinda curiosu if mine is correctly or not. Not that I'm very concerned about 4% and hr as I make it threw a full day fine. TIA
msticlaru said:
OK cool, I wasnt sure if this was a general issue or not. Can a Mod move it? Or should I just delete and Remake?
Ive looked in spare parts and Im not sure where it would give that information, under battery history ive got running at 38.2%, screen on 25.2% phone on 14.5% and wifi on 100%
nothing mentions sleep mode
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If it's not running, it's sleeping. You're battery drain is likely caused by wifi being one 100%. If you are leaving the cell radio on, LTE, and also wifi, that is 3 radios on all at once, draining power.
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If it's not running, it's sleeping. You're battery drain is likely caused by wifi being one 100%. If you are leaving the cell radio on, LTE, and also wifi, that is 3 radios on all at once, draining power.
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is that just an issue with the charge? with my Incredible, leaving wifi on saved battery as it did not need to talk to the cell tower and try to get a 3g signal. Also, Before I flashed, I was able to sit all day in school and still be at %80ish power.
I will see what turning wifi off does.. but to be perfectly honest. that seems a little inefficient, that would mean every time i turn on the phone to use it, i would have to turn on wifi and sync, then turn it back off again.
For example, since I wrote this post, my battery has gone from 87% to 70%. 17% in 66 min even with wifi on, that cant be "normal drain". And All i have done is looked at 2 text messages.
Please do not get me wrong, I am not complaining at all. but I would like to get to the bottom of this.
I was on my way to the store to return the charge I hated it so much, but after flashing gummy and your kernel, I love the thing more than any phone ive ever had. So please do not mis-judge my intentions here. I simply want to know if this is normal. In my experience with sell phones (Droid Incredible for over a year, Wife has htc thunderbolt, and now the charge both stock and now custom rom) It is draining much much faster than any phone I have used before.
If this is normal, then I will just deal with it.
I am going to put it in airplane mode for the next hour and see what happens
It is def something in connectivity. Still at 75% after 1 hour in airplane mode. going go turn on 3g only and check again in 30 min.
I was going through battery stats and saw that wifi ON was at 100% and Wifi running was also at 100%..
seems like maybe somethign is using my data. so if that is true, it should try while on 3g and I should get huge battery drain.
will report back
Dude you are NOT alone. my phone drains like a siv, when its nt even being used. I always have LTE off, unless i tether wifi and I always plug it in when i tether so i dont drain. Itll just sit and be idle with NO use and lose 30%. i have gps, wifi and bluetooth off..... wth? this phone is looking ro get returned if i cant sort it out. i cant sit on a charger all the time.
If you are running Gummy, the gallery thing should not be an issue anymore (he fixed it a few versions ago).
When you go into spare parts, go to battery history and change to sensor usage. That will tell you immediately if you have some app that is draining your battery (ie the Gallery).
For the most part the battery killer for people is network searching. 3G,4G and WiFi are all in the same boat in that they will kill your battery if your phone has to constantly scan for them. To my knowledge using WiFi is better on power than 3/4G, but that is only if you are connected to a good signal and your phone doesn't have to search.
Also, I have noticed that the WiFi antenna on my charge isn't all that good, so you may want to keep an eye on it during your day. You may find that it is losing WiFi and scanning without you realizing.
The LTE radio in the Charge can be a huge hog. Especially if your in an area that likes to switch between 4G and 3G. Both my work and my home switch between 3G and 4G a lot and its not uncommon to see my phone drain almost 10% in an hour. On a good day it will be 5% an hour with LTE enabled. With mobile data and wifi off it can go down 0-2% per hour.
As far as I know, this is most likely just a sign of the Charge's battery. I'm not sure what Engadget was smoking in their review, but my Charge gets pretty horrendous battery life, especially in areas with dodgy signal (think constant switching between 3G and 4G). This is the first phone I've bought extra cables for charging in the car and office, but honestly, with these things getting as crazy as they are, I think this might be the norm in the future, what with battery technology lagging behind so much.
Some tips I've learned: turn the Wi-Fi radio off when not in use, and if you're in a really low-coverage area, consider even turning data off (you'll still be able to receive calls).
I live in NY, which is absolutely blanketed by 4g. I get better 4g reception than 3g in some places. I am getting horrific battery life. I just wiped, then mounted each partition individually and wiped and then reinstalled gummy 1.8.5 and per imnuts' recommendation, not install the reboot options. I had a custom rom on this phone within an hour of purchasing this phone, so I can't compare stock to a custom rom's battery life. I just know over the few days I've had this phone, my battery has been terrible. I shudder to think what the Thunderbolt must be like.
Your battery may be draining fast the first boot. Just reboot it. If that doesn't work then it didnt flash properly. Just reflash everything and remember to clear data, cache... hope it helps.
You can download an overclocking app and reduce battery use IF you already solved the battery drain problem.
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I recently got my battery changed..
Somehow the battery feels the same. 100-99 only couple of seconds...
I already re-calibrate my battery, but still no luck....
What should i do?
Anyway, i don't use mobile data, i'm using wifi + airplane mode, so it must be not drain this quick
....so you're saying you're losing 1% in a few seconds, when it's fully charged. Honestly, that isn't going to explain or even give you much information on how your battery is, just because of that fact.
How long does your battery actually last with normal use? I get about 10-12 hours from my phone, it's almost two years old and I think I still think it gets good battery life, mind you, when certain services aren't acting up...hrrmm hrrmm... google play services and the such.
So I had the S6 last year and ended up returning it due to the poor battery performance. I ended up back on an iPhone. When the news of a larger battery and better chip performance come out for the S7 I was ready to jump back on the ANdroid bandwagon.
So fast forward. I just unplugged my phone at 100%. It's been a half hour and I'm already at 95%. I have to consistently keep the power save mode on to conserve battery. It's getting somewhat annoying because it screws up updates and notifications as well as some app don't work well.
I've tried conserving battery by shutting off certain features, keeping display brightness down etc while having power save mode off. It just seems that Android System is chewing through the battery. I don't know what the hell is doing it either.
I don't want to cripple the phone by keeping it on power save mode all the time. Does anyone have any recommendations that will help me or I might have to return this phone and ALL the free stuff I got with it.
Thanks
Half hour of use at 95%? Cus that's not bad at all. I'm consistently getting 5-7 hours of SoT.
I think OP meant half hour of standby because im experiencing the same type of battery drain. But even with this drain im getting about 10-12 hrs of moderate use with 4.5 hrs SoT
Turn AOD off. Let the battery run down... Turn off fast charge. Fully charged the phone. Don't disable anything else. Go through a couple cycles like this. You'll see a difference. Then use package Disabler pro and disable what you don't use. You'll be happy...
So for the hell of it I turned off location in the drop down menu so see how it affects battery life. I have been off the charger for about 2.5 hours now. I have used the phone here and there throughout that time. When it came off the charger it was at 98% and it's at 91% now.
That's 7 percent with use in 2.5 hours whereas before it lost 5% in a half hour on standby with no use.
What the hell is pinging location over and over? If you hold down the location drop down menu option the phone displays the apps that use location. All of them say low battery use.
Is there a way to set these up to only use location when the app is being used?
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What the hell is pinging location over and over?
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Probably this
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline
whelmar said:
Turn AOD off. Let the battery run down... Turn off fast charge. Fully charged the phone. Don't disable anything else. Go through a couple cycles like this. You'll see a difference. Then use package Disabler pro and disable what you don't use. You'll be happy...
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Is fast charge bad for the battery or something? I've gone through about 3 cycles with fast charge on and battery still isn't great. Hoping it will improve after about 3-4 more cycles
All I know is that it made a huge difference for me. I think that it's more of a battery calibration thing. It really doesn't take that much longer to charge the phone with fast charge off...
So as you can see in the top of the screen shot my htc u11 went from 80% to 67% in 8 hours even though it was on standby with Wi-Fi turned off and on airplane mode and with also powersaving mode and hibernation manager.. I mean like what the hell.. Someonen tell me how this is possible. This is rhe worst standby i ever had on any phone
Btw my u11 is running the latest update
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So as you can see in the top of the screen shot my htc u11 went from 80% to 67% in 8 hours even though it was on standby with Wi-Fi turned off and on airplane mode and with also powersaving mode and hibernation manager.. I mean like what the hell.. Someonen tell me how this is possible. This is rhe worst standby i ever had on any phone
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Please post battery usage details while in aereo mode to see who is responsible of this battery drain.
aferende said:
Please post battery usage details while in aereo mode to see who is responsible of this battery drain.
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It shows nothing
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It shows nothing
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That's not battery usage...I know you're a newbie here, but you should know the basic battery information comes from phone settings.
Have u updated to 1.27? It fixes the standby drain. Used to have 60-70% drain overnight to 30+%
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That's not battery usage...I know you're a newbie here, but you should know the basic battery information comes from phone settings.
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I know that but the phone settings will show usage for like over a day or so unless i charge it to 100%..
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I know that but the phone settings will show usage for like over a day or so unless i charge it to 100%..
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If you really want to determine which app drains your battery, a full charge is recommended.
Otherwise use Gsam and use adb to enable advanced mode, add a rule for "since now".
calvinfoo said:
Have u updated to 1.27? It fixes the standby drain. Used to have 60-70% drain overnight to 30+%
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Wow 30% overnight? That doesn't sound right either...I probably lose 0.5%/hour on 1.13...my phone doesn't go into airplane mode over night either, I just turn off WiFi anr 4g...
Adi - given your countless threads of issues you've had so far, why haven't you returned the phone or gone to a help centre or something...it seems you have one problem after another...
I meant 30% of total stanby drain. Not 30% loss
adi.97 said:
So as you can see in the top of the screen shot my htc u11 went from 80% to 67% in 8 hours even though it was on standby with Wi-Fi turned off and on airplane mode and with also powersaving mode and hibernation manager.. I mean like what the hell.. Someonen tell me how this is possible. This is rhe worst standby i ever had on any phone
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If you're really serious about putting an HTC phone aside and bot touching it for several hours you should use the extreme power saving mode. It will still alert for calls. I come back after 12 hours to just a few percentage less.
That's why I sold my HTC U11, lost 5% an hour on cell standby, very poor battery life on this phone, the dongle stopped working and cracked the curved edge glass. Good camera though, and Iike HTC Sense. Bought a Moto Z Play, amazing battery life, easily 2 day battery life, has a headphone jack and a great Amoled display. Love this phone and nearly stock android.
adi.97 said:
So as you can see in the top of the screen shot my htc u11 went from 80% to 67% in 8 hours even though it was on standby with Wi-Fi turned off and on airplane mode and with also powersaving mode and hibernation manager.. I mean like what the hell.. Someonen tell me how this is possible. This is rhe worst standby i ever had on any phone
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Ad servers running in the background. That's what murders battery on all android phones.
So, I have noticed an increased drain on my phone's battery since the OTA 8.1 update. But these last few days it feels like it has been getting worse, even with battery saver mode on, no background activities and rooted Greenify. Today it drained 3% of battery in less than 25 minutes, battery saver on, no Wi-Fi n but not connected and mobile data off.
Somehow my old iPhone 5 has better battery life than this one. Also, the AccuBattery app I installed says the phone has already lost 10% of the battery's original capacity.
Am I the only one who has noticed this after the update? Have you guys felt that this has been happening as well, or am I just paranoid?
And do you happen to know any good apps for checking battery health besides AccuBattery?
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So, I have noticed an increased drain on my phone's battery since the OTA 8.1 update. But these last few days it feels like it has been getting worse, even with battery saver mode on, no background activities and rooted Greenify. Today it drained 3% of battery in less than 25 minutes, battery saver on, no Wi-Fi n but not connected and mobile data off.
Somehow my old iPhone 5 has better battery life than this one. Also, the AccuBattery app I installed says the phone has already lost 10% of the battery's original capacity.
Am I the only one who has noticed this after the update? Have you guys felt that this has been happening as well, or am I just paranoid?
And do you happen to know any good apps for checking battery health besides AccuBattery?
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Ok... Just stop for a second...
I learned a thing the past few years about Android...
Looking for battery... Actively... Usually sets you up for higher drain...
Do this...
Put everything back to stock... Then take out the stuff you'll never use... Like... WiFi/Bluetooth scanning (if you don't live in the city)... Turn Bluetooth off (if applicable)...
Then... Make sure you've trained everything... Like Ok Google... Then turn it off if you don't use it...
If you're not on Sprint... Disable anything Sprint related in apps... To make sure they don't receive the ON_BOOT intent...
Then... Don't reboot unnecessarily... You'll get better battery the longer the device is booted... To a point
Shiro744760 said:
So, I have noticed an increased drain on my phone's battery since the OTA 8.1 update. But these last few days it feels like it has been getting worse, even with battery saver mode on, no background activities and rooted Greenify. Today it drained 3% of battery in less than 25 minutes, battery saver on, no Wi-Fi n but not connected and mobile data off.
Somehow my old iPhone 5 has better battery life than this one. Also, the AccuBattery app I installed says the phone has already lost 10% of the battery's original capacity.
Am I the only one who has noticed this after the update? Have you guys felt that this has been happening as well, or am I just paranoid?
And do you happen to know any good apps for checking battery health besides AccuBattery?
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Noticed that lately as well, resetting network setting fixed it for me YMMV
Just reset everything, also flashed back to 7.1.1
Just deciding now if I should sideload the 8.0 or OTA update to 8.1 already to see how it will respond. Will discard everything but the apps I commonly use
make sure you do not disable WiFi IF you have WiFi calling enabled... causes wakelocks during idle/sleep which drains battery.