Battery drain issue - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Since better battery stats & co don't work on KitKat as of right now, I'm asking for your help in diagnosing the causes of my battery drain issue so here are some screenshots of my battery stats. I attached the last one to show that GPS should be deactivated.
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nico53laval said:
Since better battery stats & co don't work on KitKat as of right now, I'm asking for your help in diagnosing the causes of my battery drain issue so here are some screenshots of my battery stats. I attached the last one to show that GPS should be deactivated.
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If you set the location service to Device only, I expect things will become much better.
The other location settings enables Googles data collection of our movements, not just our location. This is how Google Now will tell us things like how far we've walked or cycled. In order to know this, the phone is basically waking up every few seconds, getting location information and firing it back to Google.
Google have said themselves in some key note speech that their new location collection API's will use 1% of battery power an hour, which doesn't sound a lot put like that, but equals a quarter of our battery capacity in a day. If you haven't a good cell signal, I expect this 1% is very conservative.
Unfortunately there is no way to tame this collection of data, even if you opt out of everything. Basically if Wi-Fi is enabled for location gathering, it collects this data even if we ourselves don't use it. Google will be using this data to collect information about us, and also uses it for detecting traffic congestion.
Try setting location to Device only and see if things improve, even with apps then using GPS as their only option it will probably be better. While GPS does use a bit more power, it will not be pinging every 10 seconds or so.
Also in the battery page look at the Screen On and Awake blue bars. Ideally you should only have Awake shown at the same time as Screen On. If there are lots of Awakes without the screen being on, that is something using your phone when you are not, usually this is location services.
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Phil

Thank you for your answer but if I'm not mistaken this will disable all the Google now functionalities which need your location to work, right? Also, here's a screenshot of the detailed battery stats
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nico53laval said:
Since better battery stats & co don't work on KitKat as of right now, I'm asking for your help in diagnosing the causes of my battery drain issue so here are some screenshots of my battery stats. I attached the last one to show that GPS should be deactivated.
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The new better battery stats works fine in 4.4

emerica243 said:
The new better battery stats works fine in 4.4
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You're using betterbatterystats? It doesn't work for me.
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jd1639 said:
You're using betterbatterystats? It doesn't work for me.
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Are you using the new B2 made for kitkat?
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Are you using the new B2 made for kitkat?
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I'm using bbs which hasn't been upgraded to 4.4 yet.
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I'm using bbs which hasn't been upgraded to 4.4 yet.
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Install the beta from the app's thread.

These are my wakelocks right now
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nico53laval said:
These are my wakelocks right now
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Do you use Spotify?

jd1639 said:
Do you use Spotify?
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No, only Google music.
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What are your partial wakelocks and did u switch to the ART runtime?

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No, only Google music.
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The bam dumx wakelock seems to be related to a music device. I don't use Google music but see if you can keep it from syncing

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The bam dumx wakelock seems to be related to a music device. I don't use Google music but see if you can keep it from syncing
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I googled it and there's no mention of it being related to a music service.
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Insane wakelocks draining battery.

Just got my Nexus 5 after having a Nexus 4 for approximately a year. This is my third or fourth cycle and out of nowhere I'm getting a horrid amount of wakelocks. I usually run Google Now, and have without issue (battery wise) for months and months (at least on my N⁴ running 4.2/.3 AND 4.4). I had Google now on for the first half of the day but it had nearly 80% of battery usage and kept my phone awake relentlessly. Upon shutting it off a few hours ago,I'm still experiencing terrible drain. Can someone give me some insight? I've already rebooted multiple times, cleared cache in Play Services/play store/Google search, etc.
The battery is down to about 30% at 2:30 pm with very little sot (less than an hour) unplugged at 7am at almost 90%. At this point on a regular day I'd have 80% remaining with the same usage on my Nexus 4
Check my screenshots for the bbs stats. These wakelocks are mostly unfamiliar to me.
Thanks in advance for any help.
PS: running latest version of Cataclysm and FK r14.
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Hello
I think it will be good if you go to Google Settings > Localization > Off
Sorry for my english, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't understand.
Otalgia said:
I think it will be good if you go to Google Settings > Localization > Off
Sorry for my english, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't understand.
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Between that and and always on Google Now, seems to be most of the problem.
OK Google is a battery hogging gimmick. It has zero real world purpose. Use Nova/Apex/Action Launcher.
Otalgia said:
Hello
I think it will be good if you go to Google Settings > Localization > Off
Sorry for my english, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't understand.
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Location is already off.
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Location is already off.
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Also suffering from this, seemed ok to start with but now it is horrendous even after turning off Google Now, Location off and only syncing the basics
ricey1986 said:
Also suffering from this, seemed ok to start with but now it is horrendous even after turning off Google Now, Location off and only syncing the basics
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Battery is so bad I'm about to go charge up my old Nexus 4 and use that until this issue is sorted out. At least that won't die on me for a while and I can actually use all the gimmicky goodies.
Even shutting off EVERYTHING on this phone (mobile data, sync, low brightness, Google now, location, device manager, OK Google, etc.) does nothing to improve battery longevity.
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Turn off the key sounds and vibration. That should take care of the audioin.
Ps, how did you get bbs to work on 4.4? I'm using the rc's but can't get bbs to have root privileges
I have the same problem too. It all started with the Google now update.
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Best way to get rid of the wake lock is to reboot the phone.
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jd1639 said:
Turn off the key sounds and vibration. That should take care of the audioin.
Ps, how did you get bbs to work on 4.4? I'm using the rc's but can't get bbs to have root privileges
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These are already off! I'm getting so fed up with this!
And it just works for me, I'm using RC5 at the moment and going into advanced settings and enabling root works fine on my end.
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musclehead84 said:
I have the same problem too. It all started with the Google now update.
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Best way to get rid of the wake lock is to reboot the phone.
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I rebooted multiple times, as stated in the OP. Wakelocks came right back.
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nyyankees1237 said:
I rebooted multiple times, as stated in the OP. Wakelocks came right back.
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Is your wifi on during sleep? I'm experiencing really bad standby battery drain IF I leave my Wifi on, but if I use mobile data I end up getting excellent battery life (down from 8-12% / hr to 0.5-1% / hr) Really strange...
littleemp said:
Is your wifi on during sleep? I'm experiencing really bad standby battery drain IF I leave my Wifi on, but if I use mobile data I end up getting excellent battery life (down from 8-12% / hr to 0.5-1% / hr) Really strange...
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This was on mobile data (mix of LTE and HSPA+)
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This was on mobile data (mix of LTE and HSPA+)
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Try the reverse then?
Have you Google the "event" wake lock?
Have you tried a (what may seem drastic but actually is not) factory reset?
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I had similar problems losing at least 5% an hour most of the time, but in the end I returned the phone to google. Maybe I will buy one again later while this gets all sorted.
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Try the reverse then?
Have you Google the "event" wake lock?
Have you tried a (what may seem drastic but actually is not) factory reset?
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Ok, did a little research on my phone. Turn off the "ok Google" thing in the Google search bar, just change your language to English UK. That'll get rid of the audio in and a lot if the other stuff.
I think its the new Google search update, I had this issue since the update and uninstalled the updates in the apps section and the problem has gone away.
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I just wiped the phone and installed a new ROM and kernel (PSX and Linaro FK 13). Let's see if the problem resolves itself. Will update at the end of today! Thanks everyone for the help but it seems as if Google needs to fix this problem on their end. Me having to constantly wipe/reset/reboot/shut off features/etc. my phone just to get it to function properly is a great annoyance.
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Well, the same thing happens with pretty much every 4.4 rom I install on my Nexus 4. The only way I was able to fix this craziness is installing Matrix kernel. I have a feeling its some kind of conflict with superuser. My battery was reporting screen on all the time for some reason. And yes, my locations have been turned off and left on GPS only
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I just wiped the phone and installed a new ROM and kernel (PSX and Linaro FK 13). Let's see if the problem resolves itself. Will update at the end of today! Thanks everyone for the help but it seems as if Google needs to fix this problem on their end. Me having to constantly wipe/reset/reboot/shut off features/etc. my phone just to get it to function properly is a great annoyance.
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Hopefully this will fix it for you. It seemed like from the screen shots the app better battery status or whatever it was you were using to analyze your phones state had a lot of wakelocks itself.
If you still have issues I'd try a different app to analyze the problem tho. I still havn't even bothered to root mine yet I'm hitting around 75% after 20 hrs.
if you use the following in combo w/ greenify it helped me huge on my old phone.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector

Random Reboots and battery drops

What's the best way to diagnose something like this? It happens randomly and I'm not sure what's causing it. I'm stock rooted.
Better battery stats
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yahoowizard said:
What's the best way to diagnose something like this? It happens randomly and I'm not sure what's causing it. I'm stock rooted.
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Your wakelocks or horrible. You need BBS as stated, but the instant drop is indicative of a bug in the stock rom or kernel. If it keeps doing that after the wakelock issues are resolved, you may need to flash another rom.
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What's the best way to diagnose something like this? It happens randomly and I'm not sure what's causing it. I'm stock rooted.
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Wakelock Detector is easier to understand tha BBS
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Does this pretty much mean Google search is messing me up?
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I think Google search incorporates Google Now which yes, mega battery drain in my opinion especially if it is polling for location constantly.
edit: that looks like my battery stats when I don't try to conserve energy and have heavy usage.
mistahseller said:
I think Google search incorporates Google Now which yes, mega battery drain in my opinion especially if it is polling for location constantly.
edit: that looks like my battery stats when I don't try to conserve energy and have heavy usage.
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So how do I fix this? Turn off location would somewhat render Google Now to be useless, as does turning it off.
yahoowizard said:
So how do I fix this? Turn off location would somewhat render Google Now to be useless, as does turning it off.
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disable google location reporting/history. itvwont really affect google now.
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If you're getting reboots, grab /proc/last_kmsg the next time it's on. The last few lines should give you some hints as to why it rebooted.
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Kk thanks a lot guys, I think the battery issue overall might have been Google search so now I'm going to try to fix it. If my phone reboots again I'll check the file to see the logs.
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If you're getting reboots, grab /proc/last_kmsg the next time it's on. The last few lines should give you some hints as to why it rebooted.
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I couldn't find this file actually. Any else to do next time my phone is rebooted?
yahoowizard said:
I couldn't find this file actually. Any else to do next time my phone is rebooted?
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Its under root>proc>last_kmsg and not in sdcard
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Its under root>proc>last_kmsg and not in sdcard
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I don't know what to say now...lol
Btw What sorting is that?
I can just say flash back the system and the kernel files.
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Reverse alphabetical lol. It asks me ascending or descending and I mix it up every time.
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I have my location on battery saving and Google now on and I get no extra battery usage than what I normally would.
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Battery usage

Hi guys, I've just bought a Motorola moto g 16gb and then I've installed android 4.4.2 and I noticed that the battery stats doesn't show the battery usage of many user apps..
Is it a bug or not?
(Before this phone I had a HTC desire c with android 4.1.2 cyanogenmod)
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It is not a bug.. android does not show user apps battery data anymore..
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Ah.. I found it very useful sometime..
And is it normal the percentage of battery used by the screen? (I keep it around 30/40% during the day)
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zazzy24 said:
It is not a bug.. android does not show user apps battery data anymore..
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It does, but it won't show any user app that is less than (I think) 4% use. He's got a user app showing up on the list in his screenshot.
What has changed is that some user app use of core OS features now get reported as Android OS/Android System where as under JB they were reported as the originating app.
smoza said:
Ah.. I found it very useful sometime..
And is it normal the percentage of battery used by the screen? (I keep it around 30/40% during the day)
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What was your screen on time? (Long press Screen/Shermo)
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What was your screen on time? (Long press Screen/Shermo)
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Yesterday I recharged it so the old screen on time is gone.. But today I didn't used it a lot but the percentage of used battery is 53%
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Hey @smoza I noticed in your screenshots you're using a battery percentage app. Did you know that KitKat already supports battery percentage? You can enable it with this app, without root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
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smoza said:
Yesterday I recharged it so the old screen on time is gone.. But today I didn't used it a lot but the percentage of used battery is 53%
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OK, really need to know battery consumed, how much of that is reported to be the screen and the screen on time to see if that is an issue. It is normal for screen to be top of the list with regular usage but how much it drains (and how much screen on time you get) is basically going to be a function of your brightness settings.
Looking at your second screen shot I can see a couple of things you might want to investigate/change.
Wifi is always on - fine if you are actually connected to wifi - but if you are out and about and not using a wifi connection having wifi enabled will add a significant amount to your idle drain rate. You should also disable 'Scanning always available' in the Advanced Wifi Settings (Settings/Wifi/Menu Button.Advanced).
Your cell signal is often quite poor - not a lot you can do about it but that will cause faster drain when you are connected to mobile data.
Your phone is waking up regularly when not in use. There could be numerous causes for this, but most likely it is having location set to High Accuracy or Battery Saver - the phone is regularly collecting info from your cell tower connections and surrounding wifi networks to feed back to Google to get a location fix, and apps that like to know your location may be asking for a fix regularly. Depending on what you use location for you may wish to consider turning it off entirely or running in Device Only mode.
You've used GPS - some people have experienced an issue with a continually higher drain rate after using GPS - it's intermittent - for some it is everytime after using GPS, some most of the time, others very occasionally. A reboot will fix if this is an issue (it doesn't look like it is a problem but it's hard to tell - it's most obvious if the battery drains in airplane mode).
I turned off the GPS right now, disabled 'scanning always available' and set the brightness as auto.. I'll write here if this will increase my battery life or not, thank you anyway
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smoza said:
I turned off the GPS right now, disabled 'scanning always available' and set the brightness as auto.. I'll write here if this will increase my battery life or not, thank you anyway
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You might want to keep it between 10 to 20% manually adjusting to higher levels if you're going outside, for the brightness sensor to not be working and therefore, consuming more battery.
From this morning at 10a.m. with 94% of battery I reached the 9p.m. with 7% of battery and I used it a bit more of my average use.. That's better than before (I had to charge my phone at 8p.m.), so thank you guys
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smoza said:
From this morning at 10a.m. with 94% of battery I reached the 9p.m. with 7% of battery and I used it a bit more of my average use.. That's better than before (I had to charge my phone at 8p.m.), so thank you guys
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just curious.. which launcher app are you using? by any chance are you using the google now/experience launcher?
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pisherthefisher said:
Hey @smoza I noticed in your screenshots you're using a battery percentage app. Did you know that KitKat already supports battery percentage? You can enable it with this app, without root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
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this app is pretty much useless as till your battery is very low it won't show the battery %... wish someone came up with a circle battery with text app for moto g..
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There is anything to do to fix. this bug? The phone had aroun 70% of battery and the phone shootdown it self and you can see the results, 0% of battery but the phone is still working.
Here you can see the screenshot, i'm running stock ROM with aerokernel, and xposed and Gravity box.
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just curious.. which launcher app are you using? by any chance are you using the google now/experience launcher?
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I'm using google now launcher, why?
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smoza said:
I'm using google now launcher, why?
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try using nova for a day and tell me if u notice a difference in the battery drain...
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It's not bug.
will try something....latters

Nexus 5 battery and settings messed up

OK over that past few days my battery rarely last a few days. Here is my nexus battery stats. Its states my screen has been on for 1m when I have had it on for about 20mins. Also battery drops by the second. Please help. I then tried to charge the charging icon came on but it didn't charge. Left it plugged in for 30mins. Any suggestions?
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I have also tried rebooting but when I go the the battery settings everything is the same. Nothing has reset? Pls help battery going by the minute and seconds
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Are you ysing a custom rom/kernel? Go back to fully stock and see if it happens or not...
No I am not. Just rooted and full stock ROM nothing else.
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dec1153 said:
No I am not. Just rooted and full stock ROM nothing else.
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Well, does it charge while you have connected it to a Wall(AC) charger? Does the Battery indicate that it's charging??
Yes it does indicate. But the percentage did not move. This happened yesterday as well so I drained it then charged fine as normal. Any advice.
Thanks
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Well, does it charge while you have connected it to a Wall(AC) charger? Does the Battery indicate that it's charging??
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Yes it does. Now what?
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dec1153 said:
Yes it does indicate. But the percentage did not move. This happened yesterday as well so I drained it then charged fine as normal. Any advice.
Thanks
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No clue m8.. It's surely weird. You could try to flash factory images and see whether it fixes or not... Follow this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Wait for a while and see whether someone else comes up with a solution.. If not, follow the above thread..
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Yes it does. Now what?
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So it indicates that it's charging but the percentage doesn't go up.. that's what you're saying, right?
Try a different wall charger or try charging it via a computer/laptop and see if it charges? May be a faulty charger?
Yes I'll do what I did yesterday. I'll keep u updated, thanks for the help so far though,much appreciated!!! I currently have 53% for 45mine screen on. I might try a battery calibration app too because I am rooted....
dec1153 said:
Yes I'll do what I did yesterday. I'll keep u updated, thanks for the help so far though,much appreciated!!! I currently have 53% for 45mine screen on. I might try a battery calibration app too because I am rooted....
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Np. Always happy to help... Battery calibration apps are useless.. Here's a useful post about the same : https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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Np. Always happy to help... Battery calibration apps are useless.. Here's a useful post about the same : https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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OK now device is charging as it should be ( I drained it to 4% which took 1hr). Plugged in as we speak. Will report tonight or tomorrow
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OK now device is charging as it should be ( I drained it to 4% which took 1hr). Plugged in as we speak. Will report tonight or tomorrow
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That's great news... Do keep us posted! :good:
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That's great news... Do keep us posted! :good:
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OK, device is working but battery drain from Google play services and android os seems sucking my juice like hell! Screen on time option has disappeared but so far battery has dropped as quickly as expected. Fingers crossed
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dec1153 said:
OK, device is working but battery drain from Google play services and android os seems sucking my juice like hell! Screen on time option has disappeared but so far battery has dropped as quickly as expected. Fingers crossed
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Disable location services / Google reporting widen you're not using it...
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Yes I have. So far everything is back to normal but the android OS is still at the top of the battery, but battery doesn't drain like before...... Fingers crossed again!
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Yes I have. So far everything is back to normal but the android OS is still at the top of the battery, but battery doesn't drain like before...... Fingers crossed again!
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If you aren't using your phone regularly then Android OS/SystemUI/phone idle will always be at the top of the list!
Since you're rooted, install BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector and see which apps are preventing your device from sleeping... Also, Install greenify and hibernate all apps except the ones which you would like to get notifications from like whatsapp...
OK thanks, will do that now. Any idea what is draining my battery ( see PIC)
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OK thanks, will do that now. Any idea what is draining my battery ( see PIC)
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Seems normal... Even I have the same... You can't make out by looking at it... You need apps Like Wakelock Detector : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Follow these steps:
1. Open Wakelock Detector settings and put a tick on "Statistics Since unplug"
2. Charge your device for sometime.
3. As soon as you remove the device from charge, turn off the screen and don't use it for few hours.
After few hours, Turn on the screen and open wakelock detector and check "Wakeup Triggers", "Kernel Wakelock" and "CPU Wakelock" and see what's preventing the device from sleeping...
Now once you Greenify those applications, you ought to have a good battery life!
vin4yak said:
Seems normal... Even I have the same... You can't make out by looking at it... You need apps Like Wakelock Detector : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Follow these steps:
1. Open Wakelock Detector settings and put a tick on "Statistics Since unplug"
2. Charge your device for sometime.
3. As soon as you remove the device from charge, turn off the screen and don't use it for few hours.
After few hours, Turn on the screen and open wakelock detector and check "Wakeup Triggers", "Kernel Wakelock" and "CPU Wakelock" and see what's preventing the device from sleeping...
Now once you Greenify those applications, you ought to have a good battery life!
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Thanks!!! How do I use greenify!!! Thanks
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dec1153 said:
Thanks!!! How do I use greenify!!! Thanks
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Here's the official thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
Everything's explained in detail + how it works!

Excessive battery drain from Google play services

I am running stock 4.4.2 rooted with xposed installed. The title pretty much explains it as well as the picture. I have a lot of apps greenified and have location set to battery saving and have rebooted several times but still get terrible battery drain from Google services
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trich_28 said:
I am running stock 4.4.2 rooted with xposed installed. The title pretty much explains it as well as the picture. I have a lot of apps greenified and have location set to battery saving and have rebooted several times but still get terrible battery drain from Google services
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first off, it being your first post, ill be nice. questions/help/troubleshooting does not go in general, it goes in the q&a/help/troubleshooting section. secondly, you should have searched xda before posting another thread, as we already have many threads about this. here is one that we have been using mainly, for this issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/normal-google-play-services-to-drain-20-t2519831
Sorry man just trying to solve this issue asap. You people should try not to be so stuck up to the newbies. I see it everywhere on this site
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trich_28 said:
Sorry man just trying to solve this issue asap. You people should try not to be so stuck up to the newbies. I see it everywhere on this site
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lol, i was even being nice! didnt say anything that would be considered mean or nasty, or just not nice. i know that youre new, and just trying to solve an issue, and i pointed you towards help. i was just explaining to you about how to post correctly. but we do have our own rules here, which everyone is expected to read and follow, even noobs.
Sorry won't happen again! I went to the thread you directed me to and disabled all the location ones in Google play services using "disable services" and it didn't work for me. Thanks for your help! I'll send a few thanks your way for the misunderstanding
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trich_28 said:
Sorry won't happen again! I went to the thread you directed me to and disabled all the location ones in Google play services using "disable services" and it didn't work for me. Thanks for your help! I'll send a few thanks your way for the misunderstanding
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if you disabled those that are shown in a screenshot, did you reboot first? if not, try again. then let the phone sit there for like 10 minutes, then check.
btw, i do agree with you about some of the meanness that goes on in xda. im not like that, i enjoy helping people too much. and the nexus 5 forums here also, it isnt as bad like the rest of xda. there are many here like me, that actually keep an eye on the forums, to make sure that meanness doesnt go on
Disable them all. Reboot. Then charge the phone fully so battery stats reset
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Ben36 said:
Disable them all. Reboot. Then charge the phone fully so battery stats reset
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dont disable them all.
im sure that he wants a phone that will function like it should, not one thats fully disabled.
simms22 said:
dont disable them all.
im sure that he wants a phone that will function like it should, not one thats fully disabled.
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I would like my phone to function like it should yes lol. I tried to reboot after disabling the ones with location and rebooted and waiting 10 minutes but Google play services time awake is still rising and has been awake for pretty much the whole batter cycle. Could greenify be causing such issues?
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trich_28 said:
I would like my phone to function like it should yes lol. I tried to reboot after disabling the ones with location and rebooted and waiting 10 minutes but Google play services time awake is still rising and has been awake for pretty much the whole batter cycle. Could greenify be causing such issues?
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no, greenify is innocent. if you got all the location, i wonder what else it could be..
would you post this screen from your default battery stats please..
Here ya go
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Here ya go
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thanks. yea, you definitely have something preventing your phone from syncing. check your google sync in main phone settings, check if any of the stuff that you normally sync isnt stuck syncing(either continuous spinning or stopped spinning). alsi, would you post the battery stats page with your apps % battery use.
I checked and it is not stuck syncing :/
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trich_28 said:
I checked and it is not stuck syncing :/
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were you listening to music for a while with the screen off?
simms22 said:
were you listening to music for a while with the screen off?
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Ya I listen to a lot of music with the screen turned off. Could that really cause this?
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trich_28 said:
Ya I listen to a lot of music with the screen turned off. Could that really cause this?
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well.. its probably what actually is keeping your phone awake. dont listen to any music for a while then post the history detail screenshot again.
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well.. its probably what actually is keeping your phone awake. dont listen to any music for a while then post the history detail screenshot again.
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Well I really like to listen to music lol but anyways play music is greenified every time after I use it
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trich_28 said:
Well I really like to listen to music lol but anyways play music is greenified every time after I use it
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maybe so, but at least i will be able to see how your phone actually sleeps, if it does or not, and how much it gets woken
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maybe so, but at least i will be able to see how your phone actually sleeps, if it does or not, and how much it gets woken
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I got this from wake lock detector. I hope it helps. Its Google services
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Could it not be your Google play music using Google services? Just a suggestion
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