Hi guys,
i have a question about the battery life of my nexus 5, since i installed kernel Franco r25, the battery life seems not so good
i turned off almost everything (wifi, bluetooth, etc) before going to sleep, the battery was at 93%, and after 7 hours, it lost 17%
here are some pictures, hope that there will be some useful information.
(i am not allowed to post pictures yet, so please see the attachment)
you guys think this is bad or good?
thanks so much :victory:
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The last photo looks like you have poor signal, and the "phone idle" on your battery chart would suggest that as well. If this is the case, your best bet is to just leave the phone on the charger over night because low signal will destroy your battery faster than even the screen.
joshnichols189 said:
The last photo looks like you have poor signal, and the "phone idle" on your battery chart would suggest that as well. If this is the case, your best bet is to just leave the phone on the charger over night because low signal will destroy your battery faster than even the screen.
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Thank you so much
i though about this too, maybe there is no other ways to fix this, mobile signal in my department is always low :crying::crying:
quanggiao said:
Thank you so much
i though about this too, maybe there is no other ways to fix this, mobile signal in my department is always low :crying::crying:
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Yeah unfortunately the best thing you can do is enable airplane mode and wifi and use Google Voice if you need to send texts. Otherwise the phone will just send more power to the radio which drains the battery in this situation.
You probably have some apps waking up your phone and eating up your battery
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OptimusVDarwin said:
You probably have some apps waking up your phone and eating up your battery
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i don't think so, i did carefully check everything and make sure that no big apps were running
you can see that in the picture too
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Hey,
3 days ago my mobile Internet flatrate ran out, I don't really think that this has anything to do with this but I try to provide as much information as I can.
My Nexus S was bought December last year and never really had any problems.
But now for 3 Days I have to charge that thing every damn day and the battery only lasts 18-19 hours instead of 2+ days. I haven't really used the phone in the last 3 days except from recieving calls and using whatsapp.
I have also not installed any apps in this time.
Here a screenshot from my current battery live. (Seems to be always awake)
(ICS 4.0.4 Rooted, Stock Kernel, Stock Launcher.)
Thank you guys in advance!
What does it say is the top consumer of power on the battery usage percent chart. We can't help you very much without that. Also, grab BetterBatteryStats. That will help tremendously as it can damn near narrow it down to a single culprit.
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What does it say is the top consumer of power on the battery usage percent chart. We can't help you very much without that. Also, grab BetterBatteryStats. That will help tremendously as it can damn near narrow it down to a single culprit.
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Oh damn haven't even looked at it.
Says 45% Whattsapp
32% Google Services
will download better Batterystats now. But first I will just reinstall whatsapp.
EDIT: I just reinstalled Whatsapp and will now wait what the battery says in a few hours before I buy betterbatterystats.
Thank you so far, will report back.
Yeah. Those two are probably trying to "phone home" constantly, thus causing a drain. That may be what the issue is. From the looks of it, it looks like your signal isn't stellar either. How good is Whatsapp over EDGE speeds? The 3g connection just might not be strong enough, trying to search for a signal and also draining the battery.
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Yeah. Those two are probably trying to "phone home" constantly, thus causing a drain. That may be what the issue is. From the looks of it, it looks like your signal isn't stellar either. How good is Whatsapp over EDGE speeds? The 3g connection just might not be strong enough, trying to search for a signal and also draining the battery.
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Your guess is quite good, because in my room and ONLY in my room there are some severe problems with network connectivity for almost everyone.
(But battery life was good just a few days ago?)
I currently have no mobile Internet and only use WLAN. Just disconnected phone from charger and will now see how it runs.
bobdowl said:
Your guess is quite good, because in my room and ONLY in my room there are some severe problems with network connectivity for almost everyone.
(But battery life was good just a few days ago?)
I currently have no mobile Internet and only use WLAN. Just disconnected phone from charger and will now see how it runs.
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If you have "no mobile Internet" and WiFi is off (as in screenshot), this is your issue. The android processes are trying to re-connect keeping your phone from deep sleep. In Mobile Network Settings, disable Data. Turn on WiFi, and set Keep WiFi on during sleep to Always. When you are out of WiFi range, disable background sync.
I've noticed something on 4.0, at least in my case. Huge wake locks for no reason in airplane mode. The phone home thing is most likely the cause. Google must have changed something in the way their apps operate because this never happened in gingerbread for me.
Well, so I have observed it a little more and battery usage by google services is now up to 70%.
Thank you for the suggestions I'll try now.
But why the hell does this issue come just now? I have 4.0.4 since it came out and the issue just appeared about 5 days ago.
I wish I knew. I've got mine in airplane mode now, but no SIM in it. I've got a G2 as my daily driver now. The Nexus hasn't had any more of the airplane mode wakeups strangely enough though. Wish I knew what was actually causing mine.
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I wish I knew. I've got mine in airplane mode now, but no SIM in it. I've got a G2 as my daily driver now. The Nexus hasn't had any more of the airplane mode wakeups strangely enough though. Wish I knew what was actually causing mine.
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So to report back again, I tried SpookyTunes suggestion for one cycle of battery life.
Then after recharging I went into the app management and force-stopped the google services framework and deleted the cached files afterwards.
So now I'm back to 3% battery usage (from Google Services Framework) for the last hour.
I would give it more time to see what it uses over the course of the day.
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Okay just to deliver on my part and report back.
Here's a screenshot of my battery life now.
Google Service isn't even shown in the battery list anymore!
any news????
nearly was late for work because my phone died and i was using it as an alarm. what could have drained 50% battery in 6 hours and not show? wifi was off
while the graph is nice, better battery stats is what we need.
ihatelolcats said:
nearly was late for work because my phone died and i was using it as an alarm. what could have drained 50% battery in 6 hours and not show? wifi was off
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Poor mobile network signal
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Poor mobile network signal
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Except it's green meaning full signal all the way to death...
ihatelolcats said:
Except it's green meaning full signal all the way to death...
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what you didnt post is the page with what was using your battery by %. now how are we supposed to tell you what happened and what used your battery? this thread is pointless because you gave us no usable information. what i got from the info that you did post is that a UFO flew by you and drained your battery of its power. and the thing is, my guess will be just as good as any other guess.
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what you didnt post is the page with what was using your battery by %. now how are we supposed to tell you what happened and what used your battery? this thread is pointless because you gave us no usable information. what i got from the info that you did post is that a UFO flew by you and drained your battery of its power. and the thing is, my guess will be just as good as any other guess.
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sorry but there was nothing out of the ordinary there so i didnt even think to screenshot it. by a large margin the screen used the most % battery. i thought it might have stuck on but that's not shown in the above shot
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sorry but there was nothing out of the ordinary there so i didnt even think to screenshot it. by a large margin the screen used the most % battery. i thought it might have stuck on but that's not shown in the above shot
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right, not in the posted shot. could have been an app that decided not to go away and drain your battery instead.
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right, not in the posted shot. could have been an app that decided not to go away and drain your battery instead.
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+1 to this theory
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is that a known problem with the alarm app itself? stock rom
there just wasn't anything that stood out to me on the app battery use list
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is that a known problem with the alarm app itself? stock rom
there just wasn't anything that stood out to me on the app battery use list
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stock alarm app, no. but you do have a lot of wakelocks. when the screen is shown off, your device should be asleep. your device shows a lot of activity when your screens off(ironically, not when the supposed battery drain happened though, so i cant say thats why it drained).
Do you have the horrid camera bug?
Do you use exchange at all? I've had a lot of phones (android mostly htc and iphones) hit bugs from exchange in push mode and burn through their battery really quickly constantly trying to sync and hitting an error.
I charge mine on my dresser next to my head, and also use it as an alarm, I'd recommend charging it over night
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Do you have the horrid camera bug?
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god i hope not. what is that?
i don't use exchange
davidcampbell said:
Do you use exchange at all? I've had a lot of phones (android mostly htc and iphones) hit bugs from exchange in push mode and burn through their battery really quickly constantly trying to sync and hitting an error.
I charge mine on my dresser next to my head, and also use it as an alarm, I'd recommend charging it over night
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i charge it every night, and its also by me every night, as its also my only alarm.
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god i hope not. what is that?
i don't use exchange
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I'm guessing this http://www.androidcentral.com/googl...cpu-usage-bug-fix-coming-next-android-release
I found it by googling "Nexus 5 horrid camera bug" lol, first link
Stock apps have no such issue as till date.Except for apps that use internet /wifi consume a lot of battery. So switch of those frst or keep ur cell on flight mode. The battery consumption may be due to gplay service, account sync,gmaps etc. I don't own a nexus device but I have experienced this kind of behaviour with my phone sometimes with a hot back cover sometimes.Try using apps like greenify to control this prob(or switch of ur network @ night/use lower cpu values + governers like powersave/conservative)
I recently bought a nexus 5. I was really happy till i noticed that the battery drains super fast. It only lasts 8 to 9 hours i even flashed francos kernel whit cataclyst rom still no improvement. I boughted new battery and replaced it. I had like 12 hours first time i charged now its 8/9 hours again. What can i do ?
first, you need to provide screenshots of your battery AND a better battery stats before we can help you
Droidbox. said:
I recently bought a nexus 5. I was really happy till i noticed that the battery drains super fast. It only lasts 8 to 9 hours i even flashed francos kernel whit cataclyst rom still no improvement. I boughted new battery and replaced it. I had like 12 hours first time i charged now its 8/9 hours again. What can i do ?
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battery life is not dependent on what you flash. there is no such thing as a magic pill to flash to automatically give you good battery life. battery life is dependent on how you personally use your phone, how you personally set up your phone, what apps you chose to install, and very much depending on the quality of your phone/data connection.
...you bought and manually installed a new battery on your recently bought N5 before finding out what apps were causing the drain? Yikes. But yeah try better battery stats or wakelock detector to see what apps are draining it.
Mine's been off the charger for 29 hours so far and I still have 37% left. Depends how you use it. A good signal helps.
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dicecuber said:
The nexus 5 battery sucks
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it follows your lead
Droidbox. said:
I recently bought a nexus 5. I was really happy till i noticed that the battery drains super fast. It only lasts 8 to 9 hours i even flashed francos kernel whit cataclyst rom still no improvement. I boughted new battery and replaced it. I had like 12 hours first time i charged now its 8/9 hours again. What can i do ?
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i call BS on replacing the battery
dicecuber said:
The nexus 5 battery sucks
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funny im sitting on 24 hours with moderate use ...
battery status
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battery life is not dependent on what you flash. there is no such thing as a magic pill to flash to automatically give you good battery life. battery life is dependent on how you personally use your phone, how you personally set up your phone, what apps you chose to install, and very much depending on the quality of your phone/data connection.
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Alroght , here are the battery stats
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Alroght , here are the battery stats
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Make screenshots from wakelock detector and betterbatterystats too
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i call BS on replacing the battery
funny im sitting on 24 hours with moderate use ...
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press on the screen use percentage, whats the screen on time?
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Make screenshots from wakelock detector and betterbatterystats too
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Here you go i hope there is a solution
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Here you go i hope there is a solution
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I think it's google now that ia taking so much (probably location service too)
Turn off google now if you dont use it or at least the ''Ok Google'' feature
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Here you go i hope there is a solution
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your battery life seems pretty average, not bad and not great. youll get about 3.5 hours screen on time total. sure, you can play with your settings/set up some to try to get it a little better. but, depending on your data/phone connection(quality of), you might not get much better(or you can get it much better).
You can also try going into your location settings and ticking the "Battery saving" mode.
I can confirm that data/phone connection quality has a huge impact.
At work my office is on the second of five floors with its windows faced to a very narrow court. So there is almost no connection and often the phone is switching between 2G, 3G and 4G all the time. If additionally the screen is on very often (due to messages, mails, etc.) the battery usually doesn't last longer than 5 to 6 hours.
A dutch guy . So am I.
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K...just for one day do the following. ....start at 100 percent too.
Turn off location services. Turn off Google now. In the Google settings app, go into android device manager and uncheck both items. Turn off sync. Uninstall or freeze Facebook app and fitness app your screen shot listed. Freeze Google plus as well, if you're rooted. If not....sign out of it, or turn its sync off at least. Use browser for Facebook and google plus for the day.
Don't play ANY games.
Also, see how your signal strength is. If you are losing signal completely ....that will destroy your battery.
Do these things and see how your battery is. If its much better, then you can try turning things back on....one thing per day. And when your battery gets bad again....you know its the last thing you turned on.
See how it goes.
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K...just for one day do the following. ....start at 100 percent too.
Turn off location services. Turn off Google now. In the Google settings app, go into android device manager and uncheck both items. Turn off sync. Uninstall or freeze Facebook app and fitness app your screen shot listed. Freeze Google plus as well, if you're rooted. If not....sign out of it, or turn its sync off at least. Use browser for Facebook and google plus for the day.
Don't play ANY games.
Also, see how your signal strength is. If you are losing signal completely ....that will destroy your battery.
Do these things and see how your battery is. If its much better, then you can try turning things back on....one thing per day. And when your battery gets bad again....you know its the last thing you turned on.
See how it goes.
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Thank you very much im taking your advice
some of you guys complain way to much, be glad you have a nexus 5.
Also try what the above user said, turn all social networking and weather/fitness/gps apps off as well as un-used radios ie: bluethooth,wifi, ect :good:
oh & it helps to have a nice kernel -- flash ElementalX / lower screen brightness as well. I dont get the BEST battery life but it last through most of the day for me. cheers :highfive:
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Thank you very much im taking your advice
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Hi there,
I've had my Google Nexus 5 for a few weeks now and the battery life on it seems to be very hit and miss. Sometimes it'll make it through the day ok and others it won't. Today I haven't really used my phone very much and the battery is already down to 17%! I've followed the suggestions in the forum but any ideas as to what is causing this? I don't have my email set to push (I just check it when I need to), Facebook isn't set to automatically get notifications, Google Now is off (and the location settings are set to preserve battery) but I'm puzzled as to how the battery life is so bad. In terms of brightness, it's set down to around 20%.
My old Samsung S3 was never this bad!
use GSAM or better battery stats to find what is keeping your phone awake.
There were no other battery threads to post this in?
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Apologies, I should have posted this in another battery post. Do I have to be rooted to use better battery stats?
Your cellular signal looks low. Your phone could be spending a lot of time hunting for a tower. Try using WiFi. You can also try putting your phone into either airplane mode or turn cellular data off.
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You don't need root for gsam, tho with root you get more useful stats.
just a guess, but I agree, your Poor signal is likely destroying your battery.
I'd have to agree with others based on the minimal amount of information provided. Low signal + Google services (Auto Sync, etc.) trying to use that low signal is going to eat through any phones battery no matter how big.
Ok so I used Greenify to clear out any apps that I thought could have been causing the battery drain but to no avail. I've also installed GSAM battery monitor and that reports my battery usage as 5% per hour. The funny thing is I've come from a Samsung S3 which only had a 2100mah battery and my Nexus 5 gets nowhere near that in terms of battery life.
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Ok so I used Greenify to clear out any apps that I thought could have been causing the battery drain but to no avail. I've also installed GSAM battery monitor and that reports my battery usage as 5% per hour. The funny thing is I've come from a Samsung S3 which only had a 2100mah battery and my Nexus 5 gets nowhere near that in terms of battery life.
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apps do not make a difference if your signal is garbage.
based on the 2 screen shots you provided, your signal is crap and eating your battery.
Hi there,
Thank you for your reply. I'm working at a place where the signal is much better (at least 3 bars) and still the battery drain is high.
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apps do not make a difference if your signal is garbage.
based on the 2 screen shots you provided, your signal is crap and eating your battery.
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Hi there,
Thank you for your reply. I'm working at a place where the signal is much better (at least 3 bars) and still the battery drain is high.
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yet you still wont provide us more than the 2 screenshots.
i've asked for GSAM or betterybatterystats and you have provided neither.
until i see differently, your signal sucks and is killing your battery.
We do need gsam or equivalent screen shots. Or you will only get guesses as replies.
Let's get those shots and get it solved.
Root your phone. Install slimkat Rom and Use greenify. on average day I get around 3 hours of SOT
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Apologies. I'll post some screenshots when I've used it a bit more.
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i see nothing really wrong. you have 3 hrs of SoT which is more than acceptable.
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i see nothing really wrong. you have 3 hrs of SoT which is more than acceptable.
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But that's 3 hours out of 7 hours of up time. Maybe if it was 3 hours of SoT and around 12-15 hours up.
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If you click phone radio in gsam... It shows you time looking for signal.
Anyway, its your signal. It doesn't show up as big usage on any app. you're signal is very poor. That's your issue.
Not a lot you can do. Except turn off data. Or use WiFi. Or even airplane mode.
That's about it.
Nothing will save your battery with data on with such a low signal.
Thank you all for your feedback. I'll try using the Wi-Fi and switching off data and see if that helps.
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Thank you all for your feedback. I'll try using the Wi-Fi and switching off data and see if that helps.
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You have normal and low awake time....so almost the only other possibility is radio signal. Or a rogue and sneaky app. Is location services on? That's usually what rogue apps interact with to cause bad drain. Just if that's the case, android o/s is usually real high. The last thing is screen brightness...if its real bright it will drain fast.
Try WiFi.....then look at those other options I said.
Good luck! ?
Hey guys. I recently bought a GS6 and I love everything about the phone....except the battery! This is literally a deciding factor for me vs the iPhone 6.
I know it has a quad HD screen but my battery drains WHEN THE SCREEN IS OFF. My provider (T-Mobile) says one reason could be that I used all my data (T-Mobile just slows down your speeds). This can also mean it's constantly searching for a better signal. Sometimes I don't get reception indoors but usually my reception is good.
Now, I would understand if my battery was dropping IF I had the screen on, but it's not. It's dropping a percent every 2-3 minutes.
Anyone have this issue and can combat it? My data plan reloads in two days so I can see if it gets better but if not, I will be switching to an iPhone....
Thanks in advance.
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Hey guys. I recently bought a GS6 and I love everything about the phone....except the battery! This is literally a deciding factor for me vs the iPhone 6.
I know it has a quad HD screen but my battery drains WHEN THE SCREEN IS OFF. My provider (T-Mobile) says one reason could be that I used all my data (T-Mobile just slows down your speeds). This can also mean it's constantly searching for a better signal. Sometimes I don't get reception indoors but usually my reception is good.
Now, I would understand if my battery was dropping IF I had the screen on, but it's not. It's dropping a percent every 2-3 minutes.
Anyone have this issue and can combat it? My data plan reloads in two days so I can see if it gets better but if not, I will be switching to an iPhone....
Thanks in advance.
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Wow 1% every couple minutes? That is abysmal. Have you tried a factory reset?
If yes, have you installed something like GSam or Better Battery Stats to figure out what is using your battery?
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Wow 1% every couple minutes? That is abysmal. Have you tried a factory reset?
If yes, have you installed something like GSam or Better Battery Stats to figure out what is using your battery?
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Well, okay, honestly not THAT much but it drains really frequently...my phone will drain from 100% to 95% in about an hour/hour and a half without screen on time and only wifi connected. I have not tried those options.
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Well, okay, honestly not THAT much but it drains really frequently...my phone will drain from 100% to 95% in about an hour/hour and a half without screen on time and only wifi connected. I have not tried those options.
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When was the last time you restarted your phone?
Definitely a rogue app. Check battery stats and if google play services are high, you could try clearing data on it.
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Definitely a rogue app. Check battery stats and if google play services are high, you could try clearing data on it.
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I'll try GSam or better battery stats. Is there a free version of better battery stats?
Japultra: I don't always restart my phone but occasionally I do.
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I'll try GSam or better battery stats. Is there a free version of better battery stats?
Japultra: I don't always restart my phone but occasionally I do.
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If you're on T Mobile I've read about a really nasty WiFi bug that's draining the battery. Try turning off WiFi calling. I'm in Canada and we don't have that here (I don't think) but it should be under settings-wifi-more. From there you'll have to find it.
I've also read turning off VoLTE makes a difference. Again, Canada, and we don't have it so I can't say for sure if it helps. To turn that off open your dialer, click more and it should be tucked away in your settings. Good luck!
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If you're on T Mobile I've read about a really nasty WiFi bug that's draining the battery. Try turning off WiFi calling. I'm in Canada and we don't have that here (I don't think) but it should be under settings-wifi-more. From there you'll have to find it.
I've also read turning off VoLTE makes a difference. Again, Canada, and we don't have it so I can't say for sure if it helps. To turn that off open your dialer, click more and it should be tucked away in your settings. Good luck!
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Thank you for the reply! I have disabled wifi calling and VoLTE and yes, I am on USA T-Mobile and many seem to be having this issue. They say Lollipop 5.1.1 will alleviate this issue and I really hope it does because I love this phone but hate the battery.
Guys, found a really nice debloater tool you can use on stock too!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
I just need to know which ones to remove (or a list of what app does what now so I can remove it)