Just got my N5 last week and I'm having some battery issues.
Battery life seems to be just fine when I'm at work (after 8 hours, it's only down to 85% or so, with minimal use). However, when I'm at home, the battery drops off rapidly. It was down to 25% after just 6 hours, also with just minimal use.
What gives? I haven't changed any settings. It looks like my signal is weaker at the office (2 bars) vs. home (5 bars). At both locations I leave WiFi on and can connect to the local network.
I checked battery settings now (at home) and Google Play Services is using 30%. Not sure what it was at when I was at work.
Any ideas?
jarros said:
Just got my N5 last week and I'm having some battery issues.
Battery life seems to be just fine when I'm at work (after 8 hours, it's only down to 85% or so, with minimal use). However, when I'm at home, the battery drops off rapidly. It was down to 25% after just 6 hours, also with just minimal use.
What gives? I haven't changed any settings. It looks like my signal is weaker at the office (2 bars) vs. home (5 bars). At both locations I leave WiFi on and can connect to the local network.
I checked battery settings now (at home) and Google Play Services is using 30%. Not sure what it was at when I was at work.
Any ideas?
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I don't know this for a fact, but I was having a similar thing happen to me. I disabled Google Now (for testing purposes) and my "Google Play Services" on the battery list had lowered. The Google Play Services was not what was using most of my battery but it went down significantly. Do you have that enabled? If so, maybe try disabling that feature and testing it to see if it helps. Having that enabled will pull your location constantly and something small like there being more businesses or things to visit around your home it may try and pull info more than when you're at work.
Also, surely you had the right of mind to make sure GPS itself is disabled in your OS? Are either of the routers you use, at work or home, dual band as opposed to single? Have you tried restarting your phone when you get to work initially to make sure it connects to a closer cellular tower?
FourPointedFreak said:
I don't know this for a fact, but I was having a similar thing happen to me. I disabled Google Now (for testing purposes) and my "Google Play Services" on the battery list had lowered. The Google Play Services was not what was using most of my battery but it went down significantly. Do you have that enabled? If so, maybe try disabling that feature and testing it to see if it helps. Having that enabled will pull your location constantly and something small like there being more businesses or things to visit around your home it may try and pull info more than when you're at work.
Also, surely you had the right of mind to make sure GPS itself is disabled in your OS? Are either of the routers you use, at work or home, dual band as opposed to single? Have you tried restarting your phone when you get to work initially to make sure it connects to a closer cellular tower?
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Thanks for the quick response. I had Google Now running, so I'll try disabling it and see if it helps with the battery. Google Play Services is still running at 30% under battery settings (and Android OS at 18%, Screen 17% - same as before).
Maybe it is something to do with the router? I'm pretty sure my home wifi router is single band (Linksys WRT160N). Would single band greatly decrease the battery life? I have no idea what we use at work. Something Cisco, I'm pretty sure, but don't know how old it is.
jarros said:
Thanks for the quick response. I had Google Now running, so I'll try disabling it and see if it helps with the battery. Google Play Services is still running at 30% under battery settings (and Android OS at 18%, Screen 17% - same as before).
Maybe it is something to do with the router? I'm pretty sure my home wifi router is single band (Linksys WRT160N). Would single band greatly decrease the battery life? I have no idea what we use at work. Something Cisco, I'm pretty sure, but don't know how old it is.
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Well the biggest thing is dual band provides a signal over a greater length than single band. So if something like Google Now is running and you're connected to a dual band router, it'll suck more power and info at greater distances. That's all I was referring to Plus with dual band routers you will get a better speed depending on your internet provider so typically people do more because their phone responds faster.
Try it for a few days without Google Now enabled and it should make a difference, at least a little.
The other thing to keep an eye on is your Mediaserver process. Some apps will keep it open, which keeps an ongoing wakelock. So even if your device is "sleeping" (you're not using it) it's actually awake and chewing up battery. I have a couple of games that I have noticed this with and am now in the habit of closing the app out instead of just switching apps.
Predictably mediaserver shouldn't be anymore than a few % through the day, but it's kind of random how much it affects the battery.
jarros said:
Just got my N5 last week and I'm having some battery issues.
Battery life seems to be just fine when I'm at work (after 8 hours, it's only down to 85% or so, with minimal use). However, when I'm at home, the battery drops off rapidly. It was down to 25% after just 6 hours, also with just minimal use.
What gives? I haven't changed any settings. It looks like my signal is weaker at the office (2 bars) vs. home (5 bars). At both locations I leave WiFi on and can connect to the local network.
I checked battery settings now (at home) and Google Play Services is using 30%. Not sure what it was at when I was at work.
Any ideas?
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Everything is a shot in the dark without a BetterBatteryStats log. Head over to the app section and grab the beta.
It could be the router. You say you can connect to the wifi at work and at home, but do you?
Please attach a BBS log to your next reply. Give us at least 2-4 hours of data to interpret.
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Everything is a shot in the dark without a BetterBatteryStats log. Head over to the app section and grab the beta.
It could be the router. You say you can connect to the wifi at work and at home, but do you?
Please attach a BBS log to your next reply. Give us at least 2-4 hours of data to interpret.
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Thanks for the help. I installed BetterBatteryStats and have attached the two log files. Hopefully you can read it, it looks a bit garbled when I open it with notepad.
It looks like the top kernels at home are:
bam_dmux_wakelock (): 1 h 42 m 37 s (6157 s) Cntc/wc/ec)1291/12/0 45.7%
wlan_rx_wake (): 1 h 10 m 9 s (4209 s) Cntc/wc/ec)3140/628/3139 31.3%
PowerManagerService.WakeLocks (): 1 h 6 m 10 s (3970 s) Cntc/wc/ec)12000/289/0 29.5%
wlan_ctrl_wake (): 45 m 20 s (2720 s) Cntc/wc/ec)2053/56/2053 20.2%
radio-interface (): 32 m 46 s (1966 s) Cntc/wc/ec)1972/7/0 14.6%
wlan_wd_wake (): 26 m 26 s (1586 s) Cntc/wc/ec)12433/230/0 11.8%
While at work they are:
PowerManagerService.WakeLocks (): 15 m 25 s (925 s) Cntc/wc/ec)665/59/0 6.5%
wlan_ctrl_wake (): 11 m 2 s (662 s) Cntc/wc/ec)189/88/190 4.6%
wlan_rx_wake (): 3 m 53 s (233 s) Cntc/wc/ec)204/30/203 1.6%
wlan_wd_wake (): 2 m 57 s (177 s) Cntc/wc/ec)2477/60/0 1.2%
Again, I don't change any of the settings on my phone when I go to work. I connect to and access the wifi network at both locations (both show the up/down arrows by the WiFi button in the menu).
Any thoughts on what this means? It's time to do some googling...
jarros said:
Thanks for the help. I installed BetterBatteryStats and have attached the two log files. Hopefully you can read it, it looks a bit garbled when I open it with notepad.
It looks like the top kernels at home are:
bam_dmux_wakelock (): 1 h 42 m 37 s (6157 s) Cntc/wc/ec)1291/12/0 45.7%
wlan_rx_wake (): 1 h 10 m 9 s (4209 s) Cntc/wc/ec)3140/628/3139 31.3%
PowerManagerService.WakeLocks (): 1 h 6 m 10 s (3970 s) Cntc/wc/ec)12000/289/0 29.5%
wlan_ctrl_wake (): 45 m 20 s (2720 s) Cntc/wc/ec)2053/56/2053 20.2%
radio-interface (): 32 m 46 s (1966 s) Cntc/wc/ec)1972/7/0 14.6%
wlan_wd_wake (): 26 m 26 s (1586 s) Cntc/wc/ec)12433/230/0 11.8%
While at work they are:
PowerManagerService.WakeLocks (): 15 m 25 s (925 s) Cntc/wc/ec)665/59/0 6.5%
wlan_ctrl_wake (): 11 m 2 s (662 s) Cntc/wc/ec)189/88/190 4.6%
wlan_rx_wake (): 3 m 53 s (233 s) Cntc/wc/ec)204/30/203 1.6%
wlan_wd_wake (): 2 m 57 s (177 s) Cntc/wc/ec)2477/60/0 1.2%
Again, I don't change any of the settings on my phone when I go to work. I connect to and access the wifi network at both locations (both show the up/down arrows by the WiFi button in the menu).
Any thoughts on what this means? It's time to do some googling...
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There are no partial wakelocks. Make sure your BBS is the latest beta, and enable root access through advanced settings.
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There are no partial wakelocks. Make sure your BBS is the latest beta, and enable root access through advanced settings.
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OK, enabled root access. Here's another log from the past 3hrs (minimal use, just a few sms and checked email once or twice).
Top wakelocks:
GCM_CONN_ALARM (Google Play services): 8 m (480 s) Count:687 26.8%
Checkin Service (Google Play services): 6 m 16 s (376 s) Count:2782 21.0%
ConnectivityService (0): 5 m 10 s (310 s) Count:348 17.3%
And alarms:
com.google.android.gms (): Wakeups: 189
Alarms: 69, Intent: com.google.android.intent.action.GCM_RECONNECT
Alarms: 90, Intent: com.google.android.gms.nlp.ALARM_WAKEUP_LOCATOR
Alarms: 22, Intent: com.google.android.gms.nlp.ALARM_WAKEUP_ACTIVITY_DETECTION
jarros said:
OK, enabled root access. Here's another log from the past 3hrs (minimal use, just a few sms and checked email once or twice).
Top wakelocks:
GCM_CONN_ALARM (Google Play services): 8 m (480 s) Count:687 26.8%
Checkin Service (Google Play services): 6 m 16 s (376 s) Count:2782 21.0%
ConnectivityService (0): 5 m 10 s (310 s) Count:348 17.3%
And alarms:
com.google.android.gms (): Wakeups: 189
Alarms: 69, Intent: com.google.android.intent.action.GCM_RECONNECT
Alarms: 90, Intent: com.google.android.gms.nlp.ALARM_WAKEUP_LOCATOR
Alarms: 22, Intent: com.google.android.gms.nlp.ALARM_WAKEUP_ACTIVITY_DETECTION
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Set location services to device only. Then pull an overnight log (not using the device - use BBS custom ref point), and we will go from there
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Set location services to device only. Then pull an overnight log (not using the device - use BBS custom ref point), and we will go from there
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OK, it appears to be MUCH better after setting location to "Device Only". 87% after 2hrs idle instead of 70% before. :good: Still not quite as good as when I'm at work (where both the wifi and cell signal are weaker). I've attached a log file from the past two hours.
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Set location services to device only. Then pull an overnight log (not using the device - use BBS custom ref point), and we will go from there
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Hi Aerowinder, could u help have a look at my BBS log and see if there's something weird? Thx. Google play services seem to eat a lot of battery from my Nexus 5, especially when it's on wifi.
Phantom_11 said:
Hi Aerowinder, could u help have a look at my BBS log and see if there's something weird? Thx. Google play services seem to eat a lot of battery from my Nexus 5, especially when it's on wifi.
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Same advice I gave to jarros.
Aerowinder said:
Same advice I gave to jarros.
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Thx, buddy
Aerowinder said:
Set location services to device only. Then pull an overnight log (not using the device - use BBS custom ref point), and we will go from there
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I thought I had this issue resolved, but since yesterday it has come back with a vengeance. (any way to check what system changes took place?)
I've attached a BBS log from the past 3 hours.
Here's what I've done so far:
Turned off system backup (which really helped cut down data usage and save battery)
Turned off Google Now
Location services are set to Device Only
Google play store: turned off auto-update apps AND Notifications
In the last 2 days data usage for Android OS went up from almost zero (and I had great battery life at the time) to 17.5mb (ALL BACKGROUND), and I have no idea why.
This morning I tried uninstalling Viber, and I turned off facebook notifications, but neither of those helped.
Any ideas?
jarros said:
I thought I had this issue resolved, but since yesterday it has come back with a vengeance. (any way to check what system changes took place?)
I've attached a BBS log from the past 3 hours.
Here's what I've done so far:
Turned off system backup (which really helped cut down data usage and save battery)
Turned off Google Now
Location services are set to Device Only
Google play store: turned off auto-update apps AND Notifications
In the last 2 days data usage for Android OS went up from almost zero (and I had great battery life at the time) to 17.5mb (ALL BACKGROUND), and I have no idea why.
This morning I tried uninstalling Viber, and I turned off facebook notifications, but neither of those helped.
Any ideas?
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Does it persist through a reboot?
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Does it persist through a reboot?
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Unfortunately yes... I'm getting really tired of this. What's the next step? Full factory reset and reinstall all my apps?
Go into your router settings and change your Beacon Interval to 150 (default 100), and DTM to 7 (from 1)
Reboot router, reboot phone.
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I have posted this on Titan forum as that's the handset I noticed it on.
After 8107 updated,
With Location services turned on - I was getting average 12 hours of usage.
With Location serivices turned off - I am getting average 38 hours and still counting with 23% battery remaining.
All the usage patterns are identifcal, may be an email or two more or less. The travel, network coverage etc is same from home to work on all days.
Does anyone else see on other handsets?
Before I write to HTC, I just wanted to check if any other OEMs had same experience on more/less serious scale after 8107 update. It might help to find out if it is OS or OEM issue.
Just a bump as it seemed to have gone unnoticed
Hoping a BBS (Better Battery Stats) expert can advise… I’ve noticed that last couple of weeks that under BBS Alarms, that “com.google.android.apps.maps” is generating about 70-80 wakeups per hour for the first few hours after removing device from charger… then stabilizers to about 40-50 wakeups per hour thereafter (see attached screen-shot). Phone is going into Deep Sleep… and under “Partial Wakelocks” it seems to tie to “SignalCollector.ScannerThread” process (after 11 hrs since full charge it shows 12min 55s of wakelock time). So averaging just over 1min per hour of wakelock. But as stated, after 11 hrs since full charge, I’m up to around 600 alarm wakeups.
What I’ve tried: (1) clearing Maps data and cache; (2) uninstalling Maps and reinstalling
Under “Settings… Location Services”, I have “Google Location Service” and “GPS satellites” checked… and “Location and Google Search” has always been unchecked
GPS works fantastic, just wondering if ROM is making too many calls to G-Maps? Anything else I can try to reduce the number of Alarm wakeups? Running SkyICS 4.2F6 Update 2.4B. Honestly, couldn’t be happier with this ROM and it’s performance… best I’ve run on my i727. Just would like to understand what’s happening with G-maps and these wakelocks? Thx.
I've been monitoring wakelocks for a while now with SKYICS and I had a similar issue with gallery. I eventually froze it with TiBu and am using quickpic instead. Maps shouldn't be causing wakelocks and definitely not 40-50 an hour. Try starting again with 2.4A after formatting etc etc.
sandman97289 said:
I've been monitoring wakelocks for a while now with SKYICS and I had a similar issue with gallery. I eventually froze it with TiBu and am using quickpic instead. Maps shouldn't be causing wakelocks and definitely not 40-50 an hour. Try starting again with 2.4A after formatting etc etc.
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Thanks for the reply... I think this would be my last resort. By reflashing 2.4A, it will rewrite my systemUI and framework-res files... I've added custom PNGs to both, so I'd have to redo all of these plus all the add-on zips (although I may have to!). Any other suggestions regarding the maps wakelocks? (BTW, tracked again today when I took phone off charger... got 65 wakeups in first 51 minutes (com.google.android.apps.maps)... and Partial Wakelocks on BBS shows the process culprit as "SignalCollector.ScannerThread" (2m 1s for these).
DoctorQMM said:
Hoping a BBS (Better Battery Stats) expert can advise… I’ve noticed that last couple of weeks that under BBS Alarms, that “com.google.android.apps.maps” is generating about 70-80 wakeups per hour for the first few hours after removing device from charger… then stabilizers to about 40-50 wakeups per hour thereafter (see attached screen-shot). Phone is going into Deep Sleep… and under “Partial Wakelocks” it seems to tie to “SignalCollector.ScannerThread” process (after 11 hrs since full charge it shows 12min 55s of wakelock time). So averaging just over 1min per hour of wakelock. But as stated, after 11 hrs since full charge, I’m up to around 600 alarm wakeups.
What I’ve tried: (1) clearing Maps data and cache; (2) uninstalling Maps and reinstalling
Under “Settings… Location Services”, I have “Google Location Service” and “GPS satellites” checked… and “Location and Google Search” has always been unchecked
GPS works fantastic, just wondering if ROM is making too many calls to G-Maps? Anything else I can try to reduce the number of Alarm wakeups? Running SkyICS 4.2F6 Update 2.4B. Honestly, couldn’t be happier with this ROM and it’s performance… best I’ve run on my i727. Just would like to understand what’s happening with G-maps and these wakelocks? Thx.
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I would clear maps cache and turn off google location service and try that
My approach to the problem:
1. Install MapQuest, OSMAnd and Waze
2. Clear Google Maps cache and data
3. Uninstall Google Maps
4. Problem solved
Bruno2123 said:
I would clear maps cache and turn off google location service and try that
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Thanks for reply... I already tried clearing map data and cache... wakelock issue returned. But did not turn off "Google Location Service".. so will try that next. My concern of course is by turning off Google Location Service, will that degrade the accuracy/performance of G-Maps when I need it?
If this doesn't work, I'll try T.J. Bender's recommendation (thanks for that). No one else is experiencing these high BBS wakeups with G-Maps? Started when I flashed 2.2B or 2.3B, can't recall which.
DoctorQMM said:
Thanks for reply... I already tried clearing map data and cache... wakelock issue returned. But did not turn off "Google Location Service".. so will try that next. My concern of course is by turning off Google Location Service, will that degrade the accuracy/performance of G-Maps when I need it?
If this doesn't work, I'll try T.J. Bender's recommendation (thanks for that). No one else is experiencing these high BBS wakeups with G-Maps? Started when I flashed 2.2B or 2.3B, can't recall which.
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You can keep clearing it till it stops doing it after you close maps i know it seems kinda pointless but it will work. With the gps fixes on skyics it helps connect you to multiple satellites so you dont need google location service even with it clicked off and the right fix you can get gps locked on in seconds with accuracy under 5 meters you just have to have to find the right fix for you if it doesnt already do that.
So I've noticed that my phone pretty much never sleeps, and the battery drain is substantial. I installed Wakelock Detector and have narrowed the culprit down to the AlarmManager service in the Android System. I understand that this service itself is not the problem as it's simply used by other apps to keep the phone awake, but I have no way of narrowing down which apps are triggering the alarms. I understand it's possible by running sysdump alarm > file.txt from the terminal, but I've tried that and realized this requires root privilege, which I don't have. I'm at a complete loss as to how to nail the problematic app, so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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So I've noticed that my phone pretty much never sleeps, and the battery drain is substantial. I installed Wakelock Detector and have narrowed the culprit down to the AlarmManager service in the Android System. I understand that this service itself is not the problem as it's simply used by other apps to keep the phone awake, but I have no way of narrowing down which apps are triggering the alarms. I understand it's possible by running sysdump alarm > file.txt from the terminal, but I've tried that and realized this requires root privilege, which I don't have. I'm at a complete loss as to how to nail the problematic app, so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Same here. Do you have high times of SyncLoopWakelock? I have a graph like yours when I had Instant Upload activated. If due to any settings it couldn't upload the pictures instantly (eg. taking a photo while under 3G and Instant Upload is set to upload only when connected to wifi) it would try sync every minute.
I have high times of Facebook AlarmManager and other AlarmManager probably from Google Now:
AlarmManager (Sistema Android): 6 m 17 s (377 s) Count:2539 1,7%
*sync*_com.android.contacts_Account_{name=3e06adb4738d4a831f95b21c71720167,_type=fm.last.android.account} (fm.last.android.Last.fm): 4 m 8 s (248 s) Count:4 1,1%
AlarmManager (com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox.Pesquisa do Google): 3 m 48 s (228 s) Count:34 1,0%
ActivityManager-Launch (Sistema Android): 3 m 46 s (226 s) Count:843 1,0%
show_keyguard (Sistema Android): 3 m 40 s (220 s) Count:49 1,0%
AlarmManager (com.facebook.katana.Facebook): 3 m 6 s (186 s) Count:190 0,8%
This is from my dump, but I think is not reliable because I was using the phone. By the way, you should install BetterBatteryStats if you don't have it. It's available on Play Store for a few bucks. You can get the apk for free in a thread in this forum, but if you don't mind support the developer I suggest to do it. He's a nice guy doing an awesome job.
So you just need to run BBS before sleeping, go to set custom ref and lock your screen. First thing you should as soon as you wake up is unlock your screen and save/share your dump.
As I'm experiencing the same issue we can compare our dumps and try to narrow what apps we have in common. Maybe it helps.
Hi vctrrl, thanks for responding.
Instant Upload is disabled on my device and I can't say I've come across SyncLoopWakelock. I posted this same question on another forum here: forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/272555-pinpoint-alarmmanager-wakelocks.html
... along with many more screenshots and information with regards to my system. Let me know if you get anything from it.
Nothing much to add, but maybe a a wipe data can be helpful. You'll loose all you data and apps but will be able to know if it's an app thing.
If you have Google Now activated as I do you may have some AlarmManager from it. Did you tried to disable it?
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Nothing much to add, but maybe a a wipe data can be helpful. You'll loose all you data and apps but will be able to know if it's an app thing.
If you have Google Now activated as I do you may have some AlarmManager from it. Did you tried to disable it?
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Google Now is disabled. As for wiping my data, I'd really like to avoid doing that if possible.
Did you tried to run the adb command to get a dump saying what apps are triggering the alarm manager?
vctrrl said:
Did you tried to run the adb command to get a dump saying what apps are triggering the alarm manager?
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Yup: docs.google.com/file/d/0B1cYQ9EY6A25WEhtZnFUbkZGWXM/edit?usp=sharing
PartialTotality said:
Yup: docs.google.com/file/d/0B1cYQ9EY6A25WEhtZnFUbkZGWXM/edit?usp=sharing
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I don't have permission to see this file. Make it public or simply copy paste it here.
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I don't have permission to see this file. Make it public or simply copy paste it here.
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Whoops, sorry about that. Should be good now.
This alarm manager state refers to overnight? I'm not an expert understanding alarm manager, but seems too short.
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This alarm manager state refers to overnight? I'm not an expert understanding alarm manager, but seems too short.
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Overnight, yes.
To me seems like it comes more from Maps and G+. Do you have location services turned on? Like latitude etc.
vctrrl said:
To me seems like it comes more from Maps and G+. Do you have location services turned on? Like latitude etc.
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Nope, everything I could disable has been disabled in both of those apps.
Alarm Stats:
android
27370ms running, 3 wakeups
116 alarms: act=android.intent.action.TIME_TICK flg=0x40000014
20 alarms: act=com.android.server.action.NETWORK_STATS_POLL flg=0x14
41 alarms: act=com.android.server.ThrottleManager.action.POLL flg=0x14
1 alarms: act=com.android.server.NetworkTimeUpdateService.action.POLL flg=0x14
3 alarms: act=android.content.syncmanager.SYNC_ALARM flg=0x14
Seems like you're issue is here, but I don't know what to do about it and as I'm no specialist and can't say for sure. I think it's beter wait someone with more knowledge than me to help you.
Yea, that one does seem suspicious. No worries, thanks anyway for the help. =)
Hi,
I'm Fabio and I have an annoying problem.
I have:
- N5 fully stock (bootloader locked and not root) with M 6.0.1 updated to last patch (February 2016)
- few apps (for example, I used Facebook in browser)
With a normal use of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, mail, etc...I have a good battery response: over 2 hours of screen and during night, with only data disabled, batteria drops of 1/2%. In general, in standby, the consumption is near to zero...
...until I activate GPS: from this moment, even if disable it, there is an embarassing battery drain (1% in an hour). At the end of battery, before charge it, screen and apps are near to 4/5%.
The only temporary workaround is to reboot, because the problem reappears when I enable GPS.
I have tried all "solutions" proposed into forum:
- reinstallazione factory
- wipe
- GPS in device only
- disabled location history
- etc...
but the problem persists.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Fabio
il_fabio said:
Hi,
I'm Fabio and I have an annoying problem.
I have:
- N5 fully stock (bootloader locked and not root) with M 6.0.1 updated to last patch (February 2016)
- few apps (for example, I used Facebook in browser)
With a normal use of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, mail, etc...I have a good battery response: over 2 hours of screen and during night, with only data disabled, batteria drops of 1/2%. In general, in standby, the consumption is near to zero...
...until I activate GPS: from this moment, even if disable it, there is an embarassing battery drain (1% in an hour). At the end of battery, before charge it, screen and apps are near to 4/5%.
The only temporary workaround is to reboot, because the problem reappears when I enable GPS.
I have tried all "solutions" proposed into forum:
- reinstallazione factory
- wipe
- GPS in device only
- disabled location history
- etc...
but the problem persists.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Fabio
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see workaround from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guys-call-wifi-battery-drain-6-0-t3219870
and use it evey time after you turn off GPS or don't give permission to scan in background when you open Map after tuning off scan.
jineshpatel30 said:
see workaround from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guys-call-wifi-battery-drain-6-0-t3219870
and use it evey time after you turn off GPS or don't give permission to scan in background when you open Map after tuning off scan.
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Hi jineshpatel30,
I have already follow the workarounds listed in that thread, but they are related only for WiFi bug...is it correct? If not, is there a specific change?
For the second point, can you explain me better?
Thanks.
il_fabio said:
Hi jineshpatel30,
I have already follow the workarounds listed in that thread, but they are related only for WiFi bug...is it correct? If not, is there a specific change?
For the second point, can you explain me better?
Thanks.
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Apparently, wifi scan starts in background when we use Map/gps (i think Google asks permission for the same while 1st time setting up device)
and though it's related to wifi, it doesn't really require wifi to be ON for this drain ! It's little bit difficult for me to explain in words but if you see "wifi scan" ON in network tab in setting after using GPS (even through mobile data) turn it off and your battery will not drain away.
It happens to me many times after using navigation and above workaround always helps.
il_fabio said:
Hi,
I'm Fabio and I have an annoying problem.
I have:
- N5 fully stock (bootloader locked and not root) with M 6.0.1 updated to last patch (February 2016)
- few apps (for example, I used Facebook in browser)
With a normal use of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, mail, etc...I have a good battery response: over 2 hours of screen and during night, with only data disabled, batteria drops of 1/2%. In general, in standby, the consumption is near to zero...
...until I activate GPS: from this moment, even if disable it, there is an embarassing battery drain (1% in an hour). At the end of battery, before charge it, screen and apps are near to 4/5%.
The only temporary workaround is to reboot, because the problem reappears when I enable GPS.
I have tried all "solutions" proposed into forum:
- reinstallazione factory
- wipe
- GPS in device only
- disabled location history
- etc...
but the problem persists.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Fabio
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Hi Fabio.
My name is Dainis. I have the same problem. N5 I bought a year ago and immediately noticed that sometimes the battery discharges much faster. It took me a month to understand that that the cause in GPS. Without GPS, the phone in standby mode, can run for more than 2 weeks, but if previously used the navigation, then from the fully charged discharged in 3 days. The LG support center advised not to use GPS )). At the moment, my phone is in the warranty service for the sixth time (I'm very patient), but I doubt that they will be able to solve something. Maybe you have got to solve the problem?
I have a Pixel 2 64 GB, and I've been seeing astounding battery drain by Google Play Services lately (I believe it started with the November OTA update, but I can't be 100% sure). Some days are worse than others, and on those days Play Services will be responsible for 30% or more of the battery usage. I haven't been able to pin down when it happens, other than that disabling location services doesn't seem to affect it. Deleting data for Google Play Services as well as the Google app, and rebooting the phone, seems to fix the issue for a day or two (during which I'll get fantastic battery life), but then it comes back.
Are there any other fixes I could try? Anyone experiencing similar issues?
Try turning off wifi and Bluetooth scanning.
gm007 said:
Try turning off wifi and Bluetooth scanning.
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Thanks! Bluetooth is off, but wifi scanning was turned on. I'll report back here if I see any effect at all.
I'm having the same issue. Factory reset didn't resolve the issue. Giving the scanning off a try.
Same here... does not have a pixel phone but latest oneplus. google play service goes to nearly 30 % in GSAM monitor. I have searched in web and someone says that google updates play service in the background in the last days. and many, many users are talking about massive battery drain because of google play service.
What can we do?
PS: Wifi seraching is off, bluetooth, too... no difference!!
Same here - 50 % battery drain.
Same here, tried a factory reset twice and still got the same thing.
Hi, OP here again. So, yesterday, with Wi-Fi Scanning turned off, Play Services seemed to behave well on my phone—ended up with about 3% of total battery usage at the end of the day (~ 15 hours). Hopefully it goes just as well today.
Is turning off WiFi scanning the Settings > WiFi > WiFi Preferences and the three options..
-Turn on WiFi automatically
-Connect to Open Networks
-Open Network Notifications
Or is that something else?
Today my Google Play Services ballooned back up to > 20% usage
foghorn67 said:
Is turning off WiFi scanning the Settings > WiFi > WiFi Preferences and the three options..
-Turn on WiFi automatically
-Connect to Open Networks
-Open Network Notifications
Or is that something else?
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It's in location settings.
Dropping by to say that I am experiencing the same thing, only when I have wifi turned on. I'm fairly confident that it's caused by wifi.
junkimchi said:
Dropping by to say that I am experiencing the same thing, only when I have wifi turned on. I'm fairly confident that it's caused by wifi.
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It's not wifi, it's all sync activity that happen when connected to wifi,like Google backup and photo backup...
Whats funny is that while having problems with Play Services on my Pixel 2, my Pixel XL 2016 has been a champ. Until I re-activated it as a phone on Project Fi, now Play Services is starting to go beserk. Not sure if it just needed a few moments, or if this is an all day thing that will just follow me around no matter what phone I use.
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Dropping by AGAIN to confirm that its happening with these conditions:
- The drain never happens when I'm off wifi
- Drain stops when I reboot the phone
- After I reboot the phone I can get on wifi without drain
- When I connect the charger to the phone while on wifi it starts the Google Play Services drain again
I've tested this sequence for almost a whole week now and I'm fairly confident in my findings, I do this type of **** for a living. Try it yourselves.
junkimchi said:
Dropping by AGAIN to confirm that its happening with these conditions:
- The drain never happens when I'm off wifi
- Drain stops when I reboot the phone
- After I reboot the phone I can get on wifi without drain
- When I connect the charger to the phone while on wifi it starts the Google Play Services drain again
I've tested this sequence for almost a whole week now and I'm fairly confident in my findings, I do this type of **** for a living. Try it yourselves.
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Are you on Project Fi?
I am, so I called them and asked for escalation and told them it follows me on my 2016 Pixel XL and factory resets don't do anything. They asked for a bug report so they could send it to the engineers. Hopefully they will get back to me.
Google Play Services is still API 23 here.
It should be updated to API 26 for Oreo users and API 27 for Oreo 8.1 DP users.......
Sent from my Pixel 2
thesebastian said:
Google Play Services is still API 23 here.
It should be updated to API 26 for Oreo users and API 27 for Oreo 8.1 DP users.......
Sent from my Pixel 2
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I don't know what this means.....
Anyway, my issues seemed to have vanished. I'm finally experiencing all that excellent battery life people have been talking about.
I don't know if it's something Google did on their end that is now changed, or if it's the following:
-On my Google Now feed, there was a ton of stuff checked in the "you showed interest" section. Every NFL team, several political figures, a few movie franchises, and it kept going. It was like 5 minutes of unchecking stuff.
-I uninstalled Pandora. Even without firing up the app after a boot, it was causing issues.
I've had play services randomly draining battery with no real understanding why. I did toggle off its background activity and haven't had it since