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I realize there are several threads about battery life, and I apologize if this has already been posted, but I'm in full-on battery drain mode right now and am having a crisis. Is there a thread that addresses this or a quick fix? Any suggestions? I've dropped 38% in an hour with 20 minutes screen time. It's been great for the week leading up to today. I've already powered down the phone. I could stop Google Now, but this hasn't been an issue all week. Not sure why it randomly would start one now. Thoughts? All help appreciated.
Haven't logged in in a few years but account is behaving as of it's a new one. I used the original Galaxy Tab 10.5 boards frequently.
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Bouleversement said:
I realize there are several threads about battery life, and I apologize if this has already been posted, but I'm in full-on battery drain mode right now and am having a crisis. Is there a thread that addresses this or a quick fix? Any suggestions? I've dropped 38% in an hour with 20 minutes screen time. It's been great for the week leading up to today. I've already powered down the phone. I could stop Google Now, but this hasn't been an issue all week. Not sure why it randomly would start one now. Thoughts? All help appreciated.
Haven't logged in in a few years but account is behaving as of it's a new one. I used the original Galaxy Tab 10.5 boards frequently.
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I would think you have a app thats constantly running looking for GPS or syncing data.
Thats with just over 2 hours screen on time and GPS being used constantly for 20 min on my run.
Also if your in poor signal area or roaming a lot you'll burn through battery.
Yeah. I'm not sure what's going on. I decided to clear the cache for Google Now. I also turned the phone off and am powering it to 100%. Once it reaches a full charge, I am going to remove the battery, hoping for some kind of reset. I'll then let it fully load for a few minutes before checking on it.
Like I said, it was working perfectly for over a week, but for some reason, it went into battery drain freefall mode. I thought it was aggressively falling upon waking this morning because it had 98% before I went to bed last night and when I looked at it after using it for an hour this morning, it was around 60ish%. I fast-charged it back to 98% before heading out the door for an appointment and turned on bluetooth so that I could listen to music in my vehicle. When I got out of my appointment an hour later, it was back down in the 60s and I was totally confused. The music had been shut off and the screen was not on. The back of the phone felt pretty warm too.
I agree. Some process must be running endlessly. When I had this issue with a G2, I was able to pinpoint it as having something to do with Google Play Music and was able to fix that by altering some settings. In this case, it looks like the culprit is either Google Now and / or Android, but as I said before, it doesn't make sense to me that it would start happening out of the blue like this when it wasn't occurring before. Usually screen is (understandably) my biggest battery drain. I don't recall seeing Android responsible for over 20% like that before, outperforming the screen that much in the battery drainage department.
I'll report back once it is fully charged and I get a feel for whether the issue went away.
Bouleversement said:
Yeah. I'm not sure what's going on. I decided to clear the cache for Google Now. I also turned the phone off and am powering it to 100%. Once it reaches a full charge, I am going to remove the battery, hoping for some kind of reset. I'll then let it fully load for a few minutes before checking on it.
Like I said, it was working perfectly for over a week, but for some reason, it went into battery drain freefall mode. I thought it was aggressively falling upon waking this morning because it had 98% before I went to bed last night and when I looked at it after using it for an hour this morning, it was around 60ish%. I fast-charged it back to 98% before heading out the door for an appointment and turned on bluetooth so that I could listen to music in my vehicle. When I got out of my appointment an hour later, it was back down in the 60s and I was totally confused. The music had been shut off and the screen was not on. The back of the phone felt pretty warm too.
I agree. Some process must be running endlessly. When I had this issue with a G2, I was able to pinpoint it as having something to do with Google Play Music and was able to fix that by altering some settings. In this case, it looks like the culprit is either Google Now and / or Android, but as I said before, it doesn't make sense to me that it would start happening out of the blue like this when it wasn't occurring before. Usually screen is (understandably) my biggest battery drain. I don't recall seeing Android responsible for over 20% like that before, outperforming the screen that much in the battery drainage department.
I'll report back once it is fully charged and I get a feel for whether the issue went away.
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You can also try downloading CPU spy, it's a app that'll show if your device is going into deep sleep properly. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bvalosek.cpuspy.realgpp
Way-too-early impressions are that it is back to normal. I have no idea what happened. I read in the Battery Life thread a little bit ago that some were suspecting that flip cases have caused some issues. That might be relevant here as I do have a flip case even though it didn't give me any problems. I was, however, messing around with it last night because I purchased a Scosche Magic Mount and was trying to determine where to install the large plate only to discover that it didn't fit properly behind the flip case backing. This fiddling caused me to pull the battery and take the case off, among other things. I'm wondering whether the case was properly re-installed.
Another possibility is that I use UCCW for a Google Now widget and while it has worked perfectly with my previous two phones, with the Note Edge, it doesn't appear to activate the Google Now screen even though it acts as if it is listening for you. Even though I terminated Google Now when that happened this morning, I guess it could have played some kind of role.
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You can also try downloading CPU spy, it's a app that'll show if your device is going into deep sleep properly.
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Thanks! I'll check it out!
So far, I have lost 4% in 20 minutes. While that's not "great," that's about where I was. I don't use powersaving mode and use my device pretty moderately. I can usually get through most of the day without a charge.
Is anyone having issues with battery drain while not using their phone? My wife and I both have noticed pretty good battery drain while we're not using our phones. Going into settings and checking under the battery menu, all we show is phone idle. I've adjusted all my settings to be as battery friendly as possible including turning of wifi and mobile data, minimum brightness, 30 second screen time out, constantly clearing my recents, black wallpapers, daydream off. We're still losing battery life pretty quickly and for the life of me I can't figure it out.
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Does anyone have anything to add to this?
Long live doodoo
Check the thread here for some discussion on battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/how-to/battery-life-thread-t3350032
I seemed to incur significant standby drain because I disabled some apps. I just reenabled them this morning. Still need to keep an eye on things, but I will copy my days results from the other thread. To see more details on what has been going on, check the other thread.
Right now I am at 66% with 2:05 SOT and 16 hours since unplugging. The Android OS, held awake, and Google Play Services are all somewhat reduced.
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Check the thread here for some discussion on battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/how-to/battery-life-thread-t3350032
I seemed to incur significant standby drain because I disabled some apps. I just reenabled them this morning. Still need to keep an eye on things, but I will copy my days results from the other thread. To see more details on what has been going on, check the other thread.
Right now I am at 66% with 2:05 SOT and 16 hours since unplugging. The Android OS, held awake, and Google Play Services are all somewhat reduced.
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As far as disabling apps, the only thing I've disabled are the vzw apps and also the Amazon apps. There's a lot there that I don't know what they are so I just left them alone.
As far as my idle time is concerned, it had gotten a little bit better, but it is nowhere even close to what I could get out of my nexus 6. When I'm actually using the phone, the battery drains pretty quickly as well. I installed gsam battery monitor after reading through the thread that you posted above. I figure I'll need to wait a couple of days to get a true feedback from that app. Once it stabilizes, I'll report back what it says.
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As far as disabling apps, the only thing I've disabled are the vzw apps and also the Amazon apps. There's a lot there that I don't know what they are so I just left them alone.
As far as my idle time is concerned, it had gotten a little bit better, but it is nowhere even close to what I could get out of my nexus 6. When I'm actually using the phone, the battery drains pretty quickly as well. I installed gsam battery monitor after reading through the thread that you posted above. I figure I'll need to wait a couple of days to get a true feedback from that app. Once it stabilizes, I'll report back what it says.
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I have recently noticed that I get drain when I use Google (now) and/or Chrome. I don't use either too much so I am still investigating. When I use them I get a lot of held awake time in GSAM and a lot of Google Play Services and Android OS battery usage in the native battery usage app. I have to stop the apps and reboot to get the drain to stop. At least that is what is seems like at this point. Still messing around with it. If you use those apps a lot it may be a pain to deal with. If it is one or the other, hopefully an update will fix the issue.
I don't have google now activated, but I do use chrome. I don't see out rubbing in any background services though.
I did forget to mention that I revived nova launcher and all apps associated with it, (tesla unread, nova prime, unused icon packs), I also uninstalled any apps that I have not been using or rarely use.
Having said that, i did give google maps full permissions, went back to the stock launcher that came with the phone, and I did keep all my disabled apps....disabled. I charged my battery to 100%. I pulled my phone off the charger and it took over 30 minutes for the battery to get below 100%. I just got home about 15 minutes ago, and all I've done is Check my email and reply this post and my battery has dropped 5%. It hasn't even been 10 minutes. That's pretty bad. That would equate to roughly 30% an hour.
I'll keep updating as i search for things. I'll try dialing chrome and see what happens.
I've bought the international version of the S7 (the only one available here in Portugal) which is the SM-930F on the last tuestday (2016-09-16).
During the wednesday, I've noticed that the battery drained really fast, but I thought that it was because of the whole first-day configuration / installing 50 apps thing.
On thursday (yesterday), I removed it from the charger at 8h30, barely used it, and at around 13h00 it had 44% battery. I don't have a lot of background syncing or anything like that, just the normal I've used on other phones before the S7.
I've read somewhere from people that had similar problems and they said a factory reset solved. I did a factory reset but the battery kept draining at the same rate.
So, at around 20h30 I went to the store and asked for a replacement. Exactly the same model and color.
I went home, installed all apps and updated everything so I could test it today without updates and downloads. I didn't restore any settings from previous installations.
Today I took it off from the charger again at around 9h00, it's 14h30 and it has 64% and I barely touched it! I've checked some stuff at lunch time for like 10min, that's all.
What can possibly be wrong here? Everyone on the internet says that this phone's battery life is one of the best out there, but it's draining faster than any of my previous phones!
Both the original and replacement phones were sealed in the box.
Any ideas?
Some screenshots of installed apps and battery usage:
https://goo.gl/photos/isCRB88NgZhShe1H8
UPDATE:
For those that come to this thread looking for answers to the same problem, read my update here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68758433&postcount=10
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I've bought the international version of the S7 (the only one available here in Portugal) which is the SM-930F on the last tuestday (2016-09-16).
During the wednesday, I've noticed that the battery drained really fast, but I thought that it was because of the whole first-day configuration / installing 50 apps thing.
On thursday (yesterday), I removed it from the charger at 8h30, barely used it, and at around 13h00 it had 44% battery. I don't have a lot of background syncing or anything like that, just the normal I've used on other phones before the S7.
I've read somewhere from people that had similar problems and they said a factory reset solved. I did a factory reset but the battery kept draining at the same rate.
So, at around 20h30 I went to the store and asked for a replacement. Exactly the same model and color.
I went home, installed all apps and updated everything so I could test it today without updates and downloads. I didn't restore any settings from previous installations.
Today I took it off from the charger again at around 9h00, it's 14h30 and it has 64% and I barely touched it! I've checked some stuff at lunch time for like 10min, that's all.
What can possibly be wrong here? Everyone on the internet says that this phone's battery life is one of the best out there, but it's draining faster than any of my previous phones!
Both the original and replacement phones were sealed in the box.
Any ideas?
Some screenshots of installed apps and battery usage:
https://goo.gl/photos/isCRB88NgZhShe1H8
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Hi
Most of times battery consumption is due to settings , WIFI , e-mail sync , location , rogue app , facebook..... review them......maybe do a factory reset , install nothing and see how it behaves , install app in smaller lots to see if there an increase on battery drainage , if you where root there is an app that is great to see exactly who is the culprit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Anyhow also check some of this threads for ideas
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/battery-life-discussion-t3316305
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/standby-drain-2-8-hours-wifi-bit-4g-t3416864
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Hi
Most of times battery consumption is due to settings , WIFI , e-mail sync , location , rogue app , facebook..... review them......maybe do a factory reset , install nothing and see how it behaves , install app in smaller lots to see if there an increase on battery drainage , if you where root there is an app that is great to see exactly who is the culprit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Anyhow also check some of this threads for ideas
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/battery-life-discussion-t3316305
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/standby-drain-2-8-hours-wifi-bit-4g-t3416864
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If it was a rogue app, wouldn't that show up in battery usage?
For apps, syncing, location and network, I have the exact same settings I had in my previous Note 4 and LG G2, and nothing like this ever happened.
Location is on all the time, I'm connected to my company's WiFi, 4G always on (overriden by the WiFi most of the time).
The only thing I didn't have in those phones was the "screen always on" of the S7 that shows the time, which reviewers say that it's so optimized that it barely makes a difference.
I wouldn't be complaining if it were draining a bit faster than the Note 4 or the old LG G2, but it's actually draining like 4-5 times faster!
Yesterday I had both the G2 and the S7 with me, with all the same apps, with a SIM card from the same network/account.
When I reached the store, the S7 had almost critical battery, while the G2 had around 80%...
The S7 didn't get hot or anything.
I will wait a couple days to see if it improves, but it's extremely disappointing, after spending 730€ on a new phone (around $820).
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If it was a rogue app, wouldn't that show up in battery usage?
For apps, syncing, location and network, I have the exact same settings I had in my previous Note 4 and LG G2, and nothing like this ever happened.
Location is on all the time, I'm connected to my company's WiFi, 4G always on (overriden by the WiFi most of the time).
The only thing I didn't have in those phones was the "screen always on" of the S7 that shows the time, which reviewers say that it's so optimized that it barely makes a difference.
I wouldn't be complaining if it were draining a bit faster than the Note 4 or the old LG G2, but it's actually draining like 4-5 times faster!
Yesterday I had both the G2 and the S7 with me, with all the same apps, with a SIM card from the same network/account.
When I reached the store, the S7 had almost critical battery, while the G2 had around 80%...
The S7 didn't get hot or anything.
I will wait a couple days to see if it improves, but it's extremely disappointing, after spending 730€ on a new phone (around $820).
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Battery drainage is a Bit** , some time is hard to find out what is going on and you need to be patient and methodical
to your questions
If it was a rogue app, wouldn't that show up in battery usage?
Not necessary , may be is a process and do not show in there , most times you need a better app (BBS the link i gave you) and be root to see those process , or by discarding apps to find out
For apps, syncing, location and network, I have the exact same settings I had in my previous Note 4 and LG G2, and nothing like this ever happened.
Different phones , not necessarily the apps behave the same in different phones
Location is on all the time, I'm connected to my company's WiFi, 4G always on (overriden by the WiFi most of the time).
Try different settings and see if they make a difference , see what apps are using location , do not have wifi on all the time during sleep......
In my case i do not have even half of that drainage , of course we all use the phone in different ways and have different apps......as i said is a royal pain in the a** and need to be patient and methodical to find out if is a real hardware problem or a configuration problem
After reading this,
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/c..._s7_edge_battery_drains_20_overnight_8_hours/
I've decided to wait for a few days to see if it improves. The poster seemed to have the same problem I have and he said it stabilized after a few days.
If he problem persists, I will try the things you said.
Thank you.
Maybe you can install Better Battery Stats and wait for it to give you some answers.
I would suspect that the phone has trouble connecting to network, WiFi or mobile network or tries to constantly fix to gps signals. A constant search for better connection results problems like yours. If you can, try another operator sim for a day, or try another location.
Perhaps do not use wifi for a day to rule out bad compatibility with your routers settings.
My S7 SM-930F do not lose ever one percent per hour if left unused with everything on and no powersaving.
Did you use Memory card ? I had similar issue on S4. There was damaged file and phone tried read it whole time.
I had the similar problem which was caused by Email App. Try to install Wakelock Detector Lite and see which app drains the battery most. In my case, Email app was preventing phone to enter deep sleep mode and it can not be seen in Android battery statistics.
Wakelock Detector does not need root but you need to enable developer mode and use adb shell. Code is below, you can Google it for how to.
Code:
"adb -d shell pm grant com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector.noroot android.permission.BATTERY_STATS"
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So I've waited a couple days and the battery seems perfect now. I've unplugged it yesterday at around 12h30, used 9gag, browser, facebook, youtube, gmail (a bit of everything, actually) and now it's almost 10h00 and it still has 44%.
I've installed that GSam app and it seems that the phone was transferring lots of stuff through WiFi in the first 2 days, I assume that was the cause.
Thanks everyone for the tips!
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Here's an update:
So I've waited a couple days and the battery seems perfect now. I've unplugged it yesterday at around 12h30, used 9gag, browser, facebook, youtube, gmail (a bit of everything, actually) and now it's almost 10h00 and it still has 44%.
I've installed that GSam app and it seems that the phone was transferring lots of stuff through WiFi in the first 2 days, I assume that was the cause.
Thanks everyone for the tips!
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Thank you for reporting back on how this went for you! Not everyone is so good at doing us this favour!
A lot is going on with a newly initiated mobile and perhaps it was a new firmware too that was downloading in the first days and together with everything else the battery life seems terrible to start with. My S7 downloaded a new firmware and flashed it in my first few hours with the phone and I didn’t notice before it wanted to reboot to flash. Together with all other updating going on if you reinstall apps and set things up it takes a while for the poor thing to settle!
The switching of phones did of course make the whole process start from scratch again and this made the problem seem even worse to you!
Well, Samsung should put some kind of warning in the box or something, I was getting extremely disappointed. I'm very happy now though, the phone seems to be amazing.
I have all the bells and whistles turned off, uninstalled a ton of bloatware via ADB commands, and everything's been fine - great battery life. But then I charged up to 100% last night and when I awoke it was at 80%, then by 12 noon i was at 64% and this was with battery saver turned on. I checked battery usage and nothing was amiss. I don't get it, how is my battery draining so fast when I'm not even using it? There wasn't any firmware update, so I'm at a loss as to what the issue is.
So I reset the phone and set it up again, charged it back to 100%, then lost 4% in 90 minutes without even touching it. I'm guessing it's a hardware/battery problem.
Anyone else having this issue?
Try temporarily disabling Google play Services.
Google backup Transport and Playstore are dependencies of it. Backup Transport can do this. Normally I keep Play Services disabled unless I need it.
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Try temporarily disabling Google play Services.
Google backup Transport and Playstore are dependencies of it. Backup Transport can do this. Normally I keep Play Services disabled unless I need it.
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I've just charged to 100%, heading to bed. If I wake up and I have excessive drain again, I'm going to try your suggestion. Thanks for the tip!
Well still had huge battery drain with play services disabled. I factory reset yet again, removed all the bloatware I could, yet a charge to 100% is down to 94% after 2 hours of just sitting on table. I got a lemon. This is a straight talk pre-pay phone, so I'm not sure what to do next.
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Well still had huge battery drain with play services disabled. I factory reset yet again, removed all the bloatware I could, yet a charge to 100% is down to 94% after 2 hours of just sitting on table. I got a lemon. This is a straight talk pre-pay phone, so I'm not sure what to do next.
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Disabling Google play Services may not fully stop the Backup Transport drain....
You need to find the apps causing the power drain, this is common on Samsung's.
Disable adaptive battery and the other power management junk*.
Factory resets are generally worthless; you need to find the root causes!!!
Disable only apps that are proven power hogs or are just to terrible to look at like Digital Wellbeing. If you disable a service needed by an app it may constantly keep polling for it. Use discression on what is removed.
Install a logging firewall if you can or otherwise see what apps are using bandwidth. Kill by altering their settings ie no background data/battery.
All cloud apps will likely be hogs. Social media apps shouldn't be on the device. Activate Developer options and use its tools. Use the tools in Device Care.
Turn off all Google, Samsung and carrier feedback. Android 12 may give tracking tools as well, I don't run anything higher than 10.
For logging firewall, there's this one I'm using nowadays. Show you how many requests all your apps do (spoiler : it's a lot)
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For logging firewall, there's this one I'm using nowadays. Show you how many requests all your apps do (spoiler : it's a lot)
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I have no idea what im looking at with that app. I'm losing 2% battery per hour overnight with it sitting on my nightstand. The only things i see being used is "google play store" , " play services". "netd" & weather. I don't see anything out of the ordinary.
I did a factory reset yesterday, removed all the bloat (disabled or uninstalled) everything not needed that the phone would let me. I used ADB to set RAM + to zero only. This drain started 2 days ago and there's been no updates so I'm at a loss & actually think its a hardware problem. Phone is only 3 weeks old. I contacted Straight talk and they said I have send phone in and they'll send me a used one once they get it. I'm pissed.
I hope you are aware of the risks with uninstalling "bloatware" with ADB. This may result in problems. Return the phone to default (factory reset) to get all back and only remove stuff you can without using ADB.
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I hope you are aware of the risks with uninstalling "bloatware" with ADB. This may result in problems. Return the phone to default (factory reset) to get all back and only remove stuff you can without using ADB.
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You can temporarily screw up the OS but nothing that can't be reversed it with a factory data reset, which I did. Anyway, it was fine. Let's just say I may have dropped it from waist height and that's when this battery drain came up. I have it in a UAG case and a glass screen protector (I've dropped my iPhone much worse about 50 times and never had an issue). The phone and the case are in mint condition, it shouldn't be malfunctioning from a 3 foot fall on a sheet vinyl floor with a case on it. But it is. Maybe its just my unit, but this is a fragile phone.
If you're in an area with a poor cell signal, your smartphone will try to connect to the nearest cell tower and drain your battery quickly. I thought there was an issue with my Pixel 6 battery but after buying an iPhone 13, I later found out that poor cell signal does drain your battery rather quickly.
Try enabling WiFi Calling and choose WiFi as your preference, then enable Airplane Mode with just WiFi turned on. This is what I do when I'm at home and then turn off Airplane mode when I'm out and about (obviously).
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If you're in an area with a poor cell signal, your smartphone will try to connect to the nearest cell tower and drain your battery quickly. I thought there was an issue with my Pixel 6 battery but after buying an iPhone 13, I later found out that poor cell signal does drain your battery rather quickly.
Try enabling WiFi Calling and choose WiFi as your preference, then enable Airplane Mode with just WiFi turned on. This is what I do when I'm at home and then turn off Airplane mode when I'm out and about (obviously).
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That's not true itself. I'm in a poor cell area and normally only see 4% drain overnight with phones over the years. This is the amount I expect, no more. If any phone ever sees 10% or more overnight then it has a problem either software or hardware.
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I have all the bells and whistles turned off, uninstalled a ton of bloatware via ADB commands, and everything's been fine - great battery life. But then I charged up to 100% last night and when I awoke it was at 80%, then by 12 noon i was at 64% and this was with battery saver turned on. I checked battery usage and nothing was amiss. I don't get it, how is my battery draining so fast when I'm not even using it? There wasn't any firmware update, so I'm at a loss as to what the issue is.
So I reset the phone and set it up again, charged it back to 100%, then lost 4% in 90 minutes without even touching it. I'm guessing it's a hardware/battery problem.
Anyone else having this issue?
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I've seen this with my last Samsung but 1-3 reboots in a row always fixes it for a week or two. Normally only needs 1 reboot a week. Its in a system installed app or code.
However, battery drains can be caused by literally anything lol. Any app can cause it. Any system app can cause it. Even the OS can cause it. It could be in anything technically.
Batteries can go bad but you'd likely see something else happening if the battery was going bad or if the fall did it. I really don't think that's the issue here but suppose if it is then you have an odd situation where the battery drains from 100% to 0% smoothly.
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That's not true itself. I'm in a poor cell area and normally only see 4% drain overnight with phones over the years. This is the amount I expect, no more. If any phone ever sees 10% or more overnight then it has a problem either software or hardware.
I've seen this with my last Samsung but 1-3 reboots in a row always fixes it for a week or two. Normally only needs 1 reboot a week. Its in a system installed app or code.
However, battery drains can be caused by literally anything lol. Any app can cause it. Any system app can cause it. Even the OS can cause it. It could be in anything technically.
Batteries can go bad but you'd likely see something else happening if the battery was going bad or if the fall did it. I really don't think that's the issue here but suppose if it is then you have an odd situation where the battery drains from 100% to 0% smoothly.
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No, it was dropped from 3 feet onto a sheet vinyl floor, no visible damage but that's when it started. Something internally got messed up. It took a month but Straight Talk sent me a new A53, and no battery drain at all now. Straight Talk is another issue...smh
Oh, I didn't notice the data gap with the last reply just made last week lol.
Really though a phone replacement doesn't mean it wasn't software. I'm an app developer and can't even go simply based on that.
Is it possible to have a smoothly draining battery from a drop? Probably in some rare weirdly odd corner of the universe lol. Maybe you did find the corner.
At least its solved anyway. That's really all that counts.
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Oh, I didn't notice the data gap with the last reply just made last week lol.
Really though a phone replacement doesn't mean it wasn't software. I'm an app developer and can't even go simply based on that.
Is it possible to have a smoothly draining battery from a drop? Probably in some rare weirdly odd corner of the universe lol. Maybe you did find the corner.
At least its solved anyway. That's really all that counts.
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Yeah, the small drop was definitely the issue; Wi-Fi was not connecting or not staying connected. It wasn't software, I reset the device and same issue. It must've popped Wi-Fi antenna loose or caused a short somewhere. New phone and now I lose 1 - 2% overnight. Now to unlock it from straight Talk.
Did anyone encounter the same problem??
Two 5ii of mine are draining too fast this month.
I don't think it's a hardware problem, but a software problem.
Anyone??
Shilddop22 said:
Did anyone encounter the same problem??
Two 5ii of mine are draining too fast this month.
I don't think it's a hardware problem, but a software problem.
Anyone??
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I noticed that too for a week.
It must have been some Google service update that generated a lot of unusual wakelocks.
In my case, it's gone and back to normal.
reboot your device just in case
Same here as I texted this. I've getting SOT like less than 4 hours per day even I've restricted battery on some apps and restricting background data. However the issue still persists.
Kinda agree with the Google Service Update thingy since after some play store or updates installed and the battery drainage is just absurd.
Also throttling the CPU a lot and temperature is higher than usual, almost achieving 40°C in just usual social media, browsing and working.
Worst is that I've reboot in safe mode, and multiple restarts and is still draining battery vigorously.
Hope some software or google updates can solve this issue quickly.
From my experience (see my previous post) i had the problem for about 1 week and then it went away.
And lately, I'm getting the best-ever deep sleep battery consumption during night: ~3% .
I did not tweak any app battery policy in settings and I'm using stock A12 latest update.
You may have some rogue app update that is not in tune with the correct power management posture.
I have the same issue. It seems to have been triggered by poor network connectivity or something. The first time I had this issue, I had to solve it via software repair. I'm not keen to go through the process for the second time. I have shut down and restarted my phone several times.
There have been a number of posts on Reddit recently about massive battery drain with Sony phones.
Here and here and here and here
Seems like it's a Sony Vs Google problem
I have had the same huge battery drain, with my phone going from lasting two days between charges, to now getting hot and lasting just 15 hours
When I look at running apps, I see Gooogle Play Services has 2 or 3 instancnces. Some with 13 services. In the last two weeks Play Services has used 825Mb of data. Feels like my phone has become an AV transmitter.
Hello guys, today I noticed that the battery is finally back to normal. I turned on auto-update for everything and let it update whatever it needs to at the very first place.
Hope this kind of **** don't happen ever again.
I don't have auto-update and that issue only lasted a few days