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Battery time

Hi,
I tried to check my battery for the last couple of days.
What do you think? Good enogh?
<1 day. 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second).
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BADtoBONE said:
Hi,
I tried to check my battery for the last couple of days.
What do you think? Good enogh?
<1 day. 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second).
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To really judge it would be nice to know what did you do with your phone. For example how long screen was On, what did you run and so on.
But just looking at the attached picture I can say that phone was awake even when not in use. If you can minimize pure awake time it should potentially give you longer battery life. Good luck!

how can i do that?

What language is that? Klingon?

Sycobob said:
What language is that? Klingon?
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Probably Arabic.
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BADtoBONE said:
how can i do that?
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Previous screen on standard battery stats will show some information but much more details will be provided by BetterBetteryStats for example.

Sycobob said:
What language is that? Klingon?
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Looks like Hebrew

Deathbynukes said:
Looks like Hebrew
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Definitely Hebrew. First word is battery, at least.

Battery drain issue

Since better battery stats & co don't work on KitKat as of right now, I'm asking for your help in diagnosing the causes of my battery drain issue so here are some screenshots of my battery stats. I attached the last one to show that GPS should be deactivated.
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What's your on screen time and total time? There's only one screen shot showing

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

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

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

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

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

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

jd1639 said:
The bam dumx wakelock seems to be related to a music device. I don't use Google music but see if you can keep it from syncing
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I googled it and there's no mention of it being related to a music service.
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Random Reboots and battery drops

What's the best way to diagnose something like this? It happens randomly and I'm not sure what's causing it. I'm stock rooted.

Better battery stats
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yahoowizard said:
What's the best way to diagnose something like this? It happens randomly and I'm not sure what's causing it. I'm stock rooted.
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Your wakelocks or horrible. You need BBS as stated, but the instant drop is indicative of a bug in the stock rom or kernel. If it keeps doing that after the wakelock issues are resolved, you may need to flash another rom.

yahoowizard said:
What's the best way to diagnose something like this? It happens randomly and I'm not sure what's causing it. I'm stock rooted.
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Wakelock Detector is easier to understand tha BBS
[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector

Does this pretty much mean Google search is messing me up?
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I think Google search incorporates Google Now which yes, mega battery drain in my opinion especially if it is polling for location constantly.
edit: that looks like my battery stats when I don't try to conserve energy and have heavy usage.

mistahseller said:
I think Google search incorporates Google Now which yes, mega battery drain in my opinion especially if it is polling for location constantly.
edit: that looks like my battery stats when I don't try to conserve energy and have heavy usage.
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So how do I fix this? Turn off location would somewhat render Google Now to be useless, as does turning it off.

yahoowizard said:
So how do I fix this? Turn off location would somewhat render Google Now to be useless, as does turning it off.
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disable google location reporting/history. itvwont really affect google now.

Disabile sincro

If you're getting reboots, grab /proc/last_kmsg the next time it's on. The last few lines should give you some hints as to why it rebooted.
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Kk thanks a lot guys, I think the battery issue overall might have been Google search so now I'm going to try to fix it. If my phone reboots again I'll check the file to see the logs.
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korockinout13 said:
If you're getting reboots, grab /proc/last_kmsg the next time it's on. The last few lines should give you some hints as to why it rebooted.
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I couldn't find this file actually. Any else to do next time my phone is rebooted?

yahoowizard said:
I couldn't find this file actually. Any else to do next time my phone is rebooted?
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Its under root>proc>last_kmsg and not in sdcard

varuntis1993 said:
Its under root>proc>last_kmsg and not in sdcard
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yahoowizard said:
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I don't know what to say now...lol
Btw What sorting is that?
I can just say flash back the system and the kernel files.

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Reverse alphabetical lol. It asks me ascending or descending and I mix it up every time.
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I have my location on battery saving and Google now on and I get no extra battery usage than what I normally would.
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Nexus 5 battery and settings messed up

OK over that past few days my battery rarely last a few days. Here is my nexus battery stats. Its states my screen has been on for 1m when I have had it on for about 20mins. Also battery drops by the second. Please help. I then tried to charge the charging icon came on but it didn't charge. Left it plugged in for 30mins. Any suggestions?
Regards
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I have also tried rebooting but when I go the the battery settings everything is the same. Nothing has reset? Pls help battery going by the minute and seconds

Hi,
Are you ysing a custom rom/kernel? Go back to fully stock and see if it happens or not...

No I am not. Just rooted and full stock ROM nothing else.
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dec1153 said:
No I am not. Just rooted and full stock ROM nothing else.
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Well, does it charge while you have connected it to a Wall(AC) charger? Does the Battery indicate that it's charging??

Yes it does indicate. But the percentage did not move. This happened yesterday as well so I drained it then charged fine as normal. Any advice.
Thanks
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vin4yak said:
Well, does it charge while you have connected it to a Wall(AC) charger? Does the Battery indicate that it's charging??
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Yes it does. Now what?
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dec1153 said:
Yes it does indicate. But the percentage did not move. This happened yesterday as well so I drained it then charged fine as normal. Any advice.
Thanks
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No clue m8.. It's surely weird. You could try to flash factory images and see whether it fixes or not... Follow this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Wait for a while and see whether someone else comes up with a solution.. If not, follow the above thread..
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Yes it does. Now what?
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So it indicates that it's charging but the percentage doesn't go up.. that's what you're saying, right?
Try a different wall charger or try charging it via a computer/laptop and see if it charges? May be a faulty charger?

Yes I'll do what I did yesterday. I'll keep u updated, thanks for the help so far though,much appreciated!!! I currently have 53% for 45mine screen on. I might try a battery calibration app too because I am rooted....

dec1153 said:
Yes I'll do what I did yesterday. I'll keep u updated, thanks for the help so far though,much appreciated!!! I currently have 53% for 45mine screen on. I might try a battery calibration app too because I am rooted....
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Np. Always happy to help... Battery calibration apps are useless.. Here's a useful post about the same : https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

vin4yak said:
Np. Always happy to help... Battery calibration apps are useless.. Here's a useful post about the same : https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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OK now device is charging as it should be ( I drained it to 4% which took 1hr). Plugged in as we speak. Will report tonight or tomorrow
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dec1153 said:
OK now device is charging as it should be ( I drained it to 4% which took 1hr). Plugged in as we speak. Will report tonight or tomorrow
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That's great news... Do keep us posted! :good:
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vin4yak said:
That's great news... Do keep us posted! :good:
-Flowed from an IceCold Hammerhead!
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OK, device is working but battery drain from Google play services and android os seems sucking my juice like hell! Screen on time option has disappeared but so far battery has dropped as quickly as expected. Fingers crossed
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dec1153 said:
OK, device is working but battery drain from Google play services and android os seems sucking my juice like hell! Screen on time option has disappeared but so far battery has dropped as quickly as expected. Fingers crossed
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Disable location services / Google reporting widen you're not using it...
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Yes I have. So far everything is back to normal but the android OS is still at the top of the battery, but battery doesn't drain like before...... Fingers crossed again!
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dec1153 said:
Yes I have. So far everything is back to normal but the android OS is still at the top of the battery, but battery doesn't drain like before...... Fingers crossed again!
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If you aren't using your phone regularly then Android OS/SystemUI/phone idle will always be at the top of the list!
Since you're rooted, install BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector and see which apps are preventing your device from sleeping... Also, Install greenify and hibernate all apps except the ones which you would like to get notifications from like whatsapp...

OK thanks, will do that now. Any idea what is draining my battery ( see PIC)
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dec1153 said:
OK thanks, will do that now. Any idea what is draining my battery ( see PIC)
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Seems normal... Even I have the same... You can't make out by looking at it... You need apps Like Wakelock Detector : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Follow these steps:
1. Open Wakelock Detector settings and put a tick on "Statistics Since unplug"
2. Charge your device for sometime.
3. As soon as you remove the device from charge, turn off the screen and don't use it for few hours.
After few hours, Turn on the screen and open wakelock detector and check "Wakeup Triggers", "Kernel Wakelock" and "CPU Wakelock" and see what's preventing the device from sleeping...
Now once you Greenify those applications, you ought to have a good battery life!

vin4yak said:
Seems normal... Even I have the same... You can't make out by looking at it... You need apps Like Wakelock Detector : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Follow these steps:
1. Open Wakelock Detector settings and put a tick on "Statistics Since unplug"
2. Charge your device for sometime.
3. As soon as you remove the device from charge, turn off the screen and don't use it for few hours.
After few hours, Turn on the screen and open wakelock detector and check "Wakeup Triggers", "Kernel Wakelock" and "CPU Wakelock" and see what's preventing the device from sleeping...
Now once you Greenify those applications, you ought to have a good battery life!
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Thanks!!! How do I use greenify!!! Thanks
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dec1153 said:
Thanks!!! How do I use greenify!!! Thanks
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Here's the official thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
Everything's explained in detail + how it works!

[Q] Battery Sudden drop

From last two weeks i am facing sudden battery drop. When i charge my phone it charges upto 100% and then when i reboot it shows only 14-15% and also my battery work only for 1-2 hour.
I rooted my phone also because of this problem.And then used battery caliberation. But nothing helped. So after all this I come to xda forum again for helping me. Please help me.

hrharshrao said:
From last two weeks i am facing sudden battery drop. When i charge my phone it charges upto 100% and then when i reboot it shows only 14-15% and also my battery work only for 1-2 hour.
I rooted my phone also because of this problem.And then used battery caliberation. But nothing helped. So after all this I come to xda forum again for helping me. Please help me.
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did you install any battery saving apps before the drain ???

Sakthivel_Subbiah said:
did you install any battery saving apps before the drain ???
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Yes i used many apps like du battery saver,juice defender,battery doctor

hrharshrao said:
Yes i used many apps like du battery saver,juice defender,battery doctor
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last battery saving app you used before the drain?

Sakthivel_Subbiah said:
last battery saving app you used before the drain?
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Du battery saver. I used it last

Change your charger and see.. And uninstall du battery saver and see if it works... Beacause unsupported battery savers may cause calibration problems...
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Sakthivel_Subbiah said:
Change your charger and see.. And uninstall du battery saver and see if it works... Beacause unsupported battery savers may cause calibration problems...
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Thanks alot.
One more thing i want to tell you is that my battery is thickened from the middle. Can this be the reason of sudden drop.

hrharshrao said:
Thanks alot.
One more thing i want to tell you is that my battery is thickened from the middle. Can this be the reason of sudden drop.
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Ya .. It also a reason for the drain .. The thickening is due to overloading and overcharging... Only way is to replace your battery with a new one...
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Sakthivel_Subbiah said:
Ya .. It also a reason for the drain .. The thickening is due to overloading and overcharging... Only way is to replace your battery with a new one...
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Thanks buddy. Thats very kind of you.