Android OS excessive battery draining - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Today I had Excessive battery draining by Android OS. Maybe somebody know what causes it? Seems that reboot solved this issue temporary. Thanks.
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I have the same problem too! Does anyone know how to stop this drain?
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Install multiboot manager.. Run a secondary ROM totally without Gapps..
Added: Multiboot manager is not supported for Nexus 5 yet.. Maybe greenifying some system apps will help..

You got app running in the background sucking the juice.

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Heating issue with new 4.2.2 Rom

Hi today I had heating issues with the new 4.2.2 rom, before rooting and after rooting.
Now with cpu control I saw it work on 99% load the whole time, I rebooted and it's gone now.
like 2% battery in 10 minutes. So yes maybe this version has a bug.
I'm still hoping for CM 10.x because we also don't have camera control on lockscreen if you use PIN to unlock.
bye
I have no problem with battery drain. Also not with over heating. But the lockscreen problem its also by me.
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For heating issue, the phone is extra hot when charging than usual, probably because of the SetCPU app incompatibility issue with 4.2.2 (1200mhz all the time).
For battery drain, yea as mentioned above, 1200mhz all the time...
Overally, we need a better kernel for this 4.2.2.
If it is really a cpu problem u can underclock ur cpu or use an another govener. But for this ur phone has to be rooted
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Yes I changed the governer to conservative / noop. I am on the lookout for this bug, it has not returned yet. I had it twice, before and after rooting. I don't know what program is doing this, if it happens now I can see what is doing it.
It's a bug in the rom.
Hmm if i can get my pc running again is would start searching too. But at the moment i have so problems with my network drivers and ndiswrapper xD
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I have flashed 4.2.2 two days ago, I haven't experienced any battery and/or heating issues as of late.
I've found that sometimes when you opened the gallery app and done some photo viewing and thing like that with the gallery, it stayes at 25-50% running cpu in the background. I don't know what I've done because sometimes it's just normal. It stops when you fully close the app.
panda00 said:
I have flashed 4.2.2 two days ago, I haven't experienced any battery and/or heating issues as of late.
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Lucky you. Enjoy !
Lets see more bugs that people report.
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ya after flashing with 4.2.2 battery draining fast.
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I also had the heating problem yesterday,and battery drained 50% in an hour...after reboot everything was fine.Could not find the cause though...
Hey guys......... don't blame the new software update released by SAMSUNG. I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL. NO HEATING ISSUE, NO BATTERY DRAIN ISSUE...... NOTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN S2+ ARE DOING THIS.
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a-n-d-r-o-i-d said:
Hey guys......... don't blame the new software update released by SAMSUNG. I HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL. NO HEATING ISSUE, NO BATTERY DRAIN ISSUE...... NOTHING LIKE THAT. I THINK OTHER PEOPLE WHO DON'T OWN S2+ ARE DOING THIS.
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Actually i do have an s2+ and noticed that my phone was heating up quite a bit and started to drain battery a bit.
What i found was that gallery was syncing all my photos with google+, and i didn't want my photos being on g+ even as a backup.
So i switched the autobackip and sync fo photos off and problem solved
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Hahaha relax relax
This auto sync features suck. It even downloads all the pictures from cloud storage or social media
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Ahhann........ so that was syncing issue. Great to know that you are out of that heating problem.
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Android OS eating battery?

Is android OS destroying anyone else's battery? Its using like 40% for me. Anyone else? Any fix?
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JPOKeefe said:
Is android OS destroying anyone else's battery? Its using like 40% for me. Anyone else? Any fix?
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No, i'm at 6%.
something you are running is causing the activity to spike.
Percentages like this are meaningless without something to compare it to. 40% isn't unheard of if you never use the phone, for instance.
I was having this issue yesterday. I installed FAUX kernel and it went away; screen: 28%, mediaserver 16%, rocket player 13%, android os 10%. Yesterday at this time my battery meter was 40% ; today 67%.
That could be coincidence and not correlation though. If you are up for the challenge, a custom kernel could help.
However, like vincent law said, it's all relative. If android os is 40% and your battery is at 95%, that's not really so bad is it...
When android os is high... It's an app keeping your phone awake 90% of the time
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JPOKeefe said:
Is android OS destroying anyone else's battery? Its using like 40% for me. Anyone else? Any fix?
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im at 4%...... not sure whats wrong with your. im not running any custom roms either. just rooted and unlocked bootloader
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Reboot when you see this happening.
I've seen it once before... I didn't think to check OS monitor before rebooting to see exactly which process it was though.
I have this problem. Anyone got solutions to it?
Try disabling some location features in Google now. I found the traffic cards to give big battery drains in Android OS. Or you can check which in settings - double slide down from top > location, to see which app is using the highest request. Google play service was usually high when I had huge android os drain.
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inspiron41 said:
Try disabling some location features in Google now. I found the traffic cards to give big battery drains in Android OS. Or you can check which in settings - double slide down from top > location, to see which app is using the highest request. Google play service was usually high when I had huge android os drain.
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+1
I have also noticed that at times google play services has a huge drain on the battery. I was wondering if play store setting had anything to do with it. I have mine set to " do not automatically update".
I have both facebook and google search on low battery use. For Google location reporting, I only have location history turned on. I don't know if this helps.
I start getting the same issue since yesterday.
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I've also been experiencing the same issue. Started a few days ago. Checked tonight right before I put my phone on the charger after a full day of use, and Android OS had 9+ hours of awake time. It's driving me crazy and I can't figure out what is causing it.
I am so disappointed!!! I have the same bug. I had it on my old Phone (Samsung Galaxy S). I flashed 3 different firmwares on my i9000. Nothing helped. Now I bought the Nexus 5 and after one day it starts again
I went to bed with 97% Battery. Woke up and it looked like this:
It is stock Firmware with no changes. Maybe it is because of my google account? I am using the same google account for my nexus5 and i9000.
Check your WiFi connection. I don't really know why (yet) but sometimes, being connected to certain WiFi networks increases Android OS usage. This happens a lot in my college's network so I believe it's a problem with that, because it does not happen at my home's WiFi. You could try disabling WiFi in the different networks you use and check which is draining.
Hope this helps.
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Is android OS destroying anyone else's battery? Its using like 40% for me. Anyone else? Any fix?
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Yes I had this problem. I flashed factory image and enable high accuracy location AND reporting. My problem I pinpointed was Google Now NOT refreshing.
It would hang there trying to update and without location it didn't have anything to report and it would eat battery. I would force close the launcher and notice the wakelock stopped shortly, to return to Now not updating.
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I found a way to prevent the Play Services and the Android System from eating my battery.
First I noticed that it was only happening, when the location services were enabled, and then I found the App Ops App for KitKat.
All I did was disable the rights for those two Apps to use location and to keep the device awake.
I'm having the location services on - and working in 4sq, Maps, etc,.. - and no more drain.
Maybe you can verify this?
Try this
My Android OS is at 3% after 19 hours.
Google services not enough to even show.
Battery 75%.
Light use 55 minutes screen time.
Google auto sync off, i sync when i need to.
I don't let play store check for app updates .
I turn location on when i need it.
I use mostly wifi some LTE
Unchecked wifi scanning always available.
Keep wifi on during sleep
Minimize battery use when wifi is on is checked.
I refresh my email accounts when i open them so it's not being checked automatically.
No battery or services complaints (Google services is so low it doesn't even register), give it a try?
raul90 said:
Check your WiFi connection. I don't really know why (yet) but sometimes, being connected to certain WiFi networks increases Android OS usage. This happens a lot in my college's network so I believe it's a problem with that, because it does not happen at my home's WiFi. You could try disabling WiFi in the different networks you use and check which is draining.
Hope this helps.
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The problem is definitely caused by the Wifi! I am using my College-Dorm-Wifi over night. When turning it off, the battery life is normal.
But turning off the Wifi is no solution! I don't have data so I am only using my phone in college networks
There musts be another way.
legendnexus said:
I start getting the same issue since yesterday.
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Me too. I have disabled wifi when i'm out... i will check if this changes something!

Excessive battery drain?

Hi, think im about 2 weeks into my ownership of my N5, and over tha last few days ive noticed that the battery seems to drain far quicker now than previously. For example, my phone was 100% when I unplugged it at 8am this morning, and at 12: you can see the drain with very light use. I notice android is using a lot? Is this normal?
Any tips etc?
Thanks
i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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JabboMaster said:
i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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if you tap on "android os" what do you see?
i was getting some random-app gps wake lock and i'm doing some trial.
JabboMaster said:
i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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i just gone to 4.4.2 last night, but was doing this yesterday too so just factory reset there will have a look in a mo to see if its resloved.
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i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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And im getting some random battery percents, i didnt even charge my phone
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i read somewhere this could be down to fast dormancy??
I have a new "winner" in the battery drain category - this morning, I looked at mine & "Exchange Service" is now #2 on the list when I tap on the Battery.
Can I say, let's see what 4.4.3 is going to bring in terms of fixes & breaking more ...
Well, whatever it was, a factory reset resolved It! Been running sweet since i reset the old girl.
I've been having issues for a week now with Android Os/Kernel killing my battery. Just figured out in my case, it was having the "Enable Battery Stats" module in Xposed. Been running it for a few hours and everything but this Damn Audiomix wakelock seems good
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The same in nmy nexus 5
I have the same problem in my nexus 5 after updated to 4.4.3 the use of batery for Andoris OS is around 20 % higher

Android system

So I have flashed three different ROMs and for every ROM I have ran over 1 week. What is weird is that every time I see why my battery is kinda not as good is that I see on all the battery stats android system is taking like 15-20 percent on each charge . Is anyone else experiencing this?
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havy15 said:
So I have flashed three different ROMs and for every ROM I have ran over 1 week. What is weird is that every time I see why my battery is kinda not as good is that I see on all the battery stats android system is taking like 15-20 percent on each charge . Is anyone else experiencing this?
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In most of the cases when you see abnormal "Android System" battery drain, it's becouse you are using Google Now and didn't deactivated location hystory and position
havy15 said:
So I have flashed three different ROMs and for every ROM I have ran over 1 week. What is weird is that every time I see why my battery is kinda not as good is that I see on all the battery stats android system is taking like 15-20 percent on each charge . Is anyone else experiencing this?
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wait for official android 4.4.3 has many power related bug fixes such as Power Manager display wakelock fix and the mm-qcamera-daemon
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wait for official android 4.4.3 has many power related bug fixes such as Power Manager display wakelock fix and the mm-qcamera-daemon
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Alright thanks for the info . just this just recently started happening lol
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havy15 said:
Alright thanks for the info . just this just recently started happening lol
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Atleast your drain is 15-20% my HTC one has Android system at 84% and this only happened after 4.4.2
I've had the n5 since DEC and I thought it was just cuz I just flashed the ROM and in reality its just every day haa
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markdapimp said:
Atleast your drain is 15-20% my HTC one has Android system at 84% and this only happened after 4.4.2
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The HTC Sense phones display battery usage a lot differently from the stock Android phones. They specifically minimize the battery usage of the screen which is almost always your biggest drain.

[Q] Xposed framework battery drainage

Hi i have a nexus 5 rooted on the stock rom and when i install the xposed frame work i have significant idle drain even when i have no moduels enabled. if any one knows what could be causing this please let me know thanks.
What do the battery stats show?
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its the same as when i dont have it enabled. only with alot more battery drain not really much out of the ordianary in the battery stats
Well I would remove the framework and see if it goes back to normal. It might be a coincidence, you could have a bad signal or something. The framework doesn't change my battery life at all
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I dont know really its kinda weird because when i uninstall it,it goes back to normal and as soon as i enable it the intense battery drain starts again
brandon131995 said:
I dont know really its kinda weird because when i uninstall it,it goes back to normal and as soon as i enable it the intense battery drain starts again
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How many times have you tried it? I would download GSam or BBS. These are battery stat apps that can help detect where the drain is coming from.
ive tried it a few times now with same result
Gsam and screen shots. Will be much easier to help you.
What Xposed modules do you use?
I can't see how framework would drain battery on it's own.
brandon131995 said:
Hi i have a nexus 5 rooted on the stock rom and when i install the xposed frame work i have significant idle drain even when i have no moduels enabled. if any one knows what could be causing this please let me know thanks.
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I had the same issue, all i wanted was customizable quick panel, battery icon and reboot menu. So I found Cataclysm Rom and have been using that ever since with no issues
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