[Q] Sudden battery drops - Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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Are these drops considered normal? They always happen around the ~30% mark and goes down 3 to 5% per drop, suddenly.

You may use Battery Calibrater. But it is not necessary that it will work, this may also be battery problem. I am facing the same problem since a week. My battery is a year old and now its battery life is reduced much.
Try your luck or google for more about calibrating battery.

Actually my battery life is good as ever, it just seems to be reading the gage wrong.
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I have this problem too, and can't find solution. I think it has something to do with rooting the phone, because it happened for me since then

It would help if you guys state the ROM you use.

lost101 said:
It would help if you guys state the ROM you use.
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Stock 4.4.4 (I have the 1st gen LTE)
When the battery reaches around 60 ~ 55 % it's starting to update itself every ~5% so I can use my phone intensively for some time, and it will stuck on the same percentage or drop 1-2% and after a while it drops 5% instantly.
Another thing that happens to me is when the battery reaches 95% while charging it's jumping straight to 100% and after a few hours drains to 95% instantly.
This problem doesn't seem to affect battery life, just annoying. I just got 5.5h screen time yesterday.

CJMom said:
Stock 4.4.4 (I have the 1st gen LTE)
When the battery reaches around 60 ~ 55 % it's starting to update itself every ~5% so I can use my phone intensively for some time, and it will stuck on the same percentage or drop 1-2% and after a while it drops 5% instantly.
Another thing that happens to me is when the battery reaches 95% while charging it's jumping straight to 100% and after a few hours drains to 95% instantly.
This problem doesn't seem to affect battery life, just annoying. I just got 5.5h screen time yesterday.
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Prior to 4.4.3 there was a serious bug related to the Battery Sensor. Some measurement quirks where introduced as a result of the fix included in 4.4.3 / 4.4.4. This is what you are seeing and why you are seeing it.
More here: https://forums.motorola.com/posts/7a7b068df1?commentId=774000#774000

lost101 said:
Prior to 4.4.3 there was a serious bug related to the Battery Sensor. Some measurement quirks where introduced as a result of the fix included in 4.4.3 / 4.4.4. This is what you are seeing and why you are seeing it.
More here: https://forums.motorola.com/posts/7a7b068df1?commentId=774000#774000
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my LTE came with 4.4.3 so I don't think that's the problem, I never had the famous "drop" to 1% only the issues i described before.
Thanks anyway!

CJMom said:
my LTE came with 4.4.3 so I don't think that's the problem, I never had the famous "drop" to 1% only the issues i described before.
Thanks anyway!
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According to gsmarena Moto G LTE shipped with Android 4.4.2. The same behaviour occurs with non-LTE Moto G running 4.4.3 or newer - it seems likely that the fix applied there was also included in LTE's 4.4.3 / 4.4.4 firmware.

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[Q] AT&T Nexus S - Insane battery drain for no apparent reason?

I have had this Nexus S for nearly two years and recently I ran into an issue with the battery draining BIG TIME for no apparent reason. With any sort of use, the phone will die in 1-2 hours. If it sits by idly doing absolutely nothing, it will go from 100% to dead in ~6 hours.
It is bone stock - never been rooted. It's running on 2.3.4 GB at the moment. I have completely wiped it and set it to factory default. There are no apps installed, no accounts synced up but the drain continues. I even swapped it with a brand new battery and it still does this. Would anyone happen to know what I can do to fix the issue? The phone does have a few scuffs but it has never been severely dropped or gotten wet. It seems to have just started doing this on it's own.
This is the phone after a 100% charge and full wipe. It put it next to me and did not touch it at all. It was down to 50% after about 4 hours.
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Its time for a new battery bro
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krt41 said:
I have had this Nexus S for nearly two years and recently I ran into an issue with the battery draining BIG TIME for no apparent reason. With any sort of use, the phone will die in 1-2 hours. If it sits by idly doing absolutely nothing, it will go from 100% to dead in ~6 hours.
It is bone stock - never been rooted. It's running on 2.3.4 GB at the moment. I have completely wiped it and set it to factory default. There are no apps installed, no accounts synced up but the drain continues. I even swapped it with a brand new battery and it still does this. Would anyone happen to know what I can do to fix the issue? The phone does have a few scuffs but it has never been severely dropped or gotten wet. It seems to have just started doing this on it's own.
This is the phone after a 100% charge and full wipe. It put it next to me and did not touch it at all. It was down to 50% after about 4 hours.
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I'm no expert, but it looks like you don't have WiFi connected, and from your picture it appears that your cell signal is so weak that its only intermittently connected. When the cell radio has to work that hard constantly to maintain a connection, it will drain the battery very quickly.
On the other hand, if you're stock and unrooted, the phone should be prompting you to update the OS to 2.3.6, then 4.0.4., then 4.1. Any of those may cure whatever is currently ailing it.
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Its time for a new battery bro
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I have already tried another battery bro. I said that in my original post.
DavRoc said:
I'm no expert, but it looks like you don't have WiFi connected, and from your picture it appears that your cell signal is so weak that its only intermittently connected. When the cell radio has to work that hard constantly to maintain a connection, it will drain the battery very quickly.
On the other hand, if you're stock and unrooted, the phone should be prompting you to update the OS to 2.3.6, then 4.0.4., then 4.1. Any of those may cure whatever is currently ailing it.
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I have checked, there are no updates. I think AT&T pushes them out. The phone is stuck on 2.3.4 either way.
There is no SIM card in it. It is not looking for a network at all. True, WiFi is turned on but I seriously doubt that it would drain battery from 100% to 0% in a matter of hours with the screen totally off.

[Q] Abnormal (?) battery life

I'm using Cyanogenmod 11 M5 on a D820 32GB. Lately I've noticed that idle battery life is not as it should be; I got frustrated enough last night that I wiped everything and left it sitting. Battery started at 82% and dropped to 63% with about 15min of SOT::
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This doesn't feel right; as I recall from when the phone was new (and as I have seen others talking about), standby time is supposed to be great. Is this normal?
I'm flashing stock right now; I'll see if that helps.
thirtythreeforty said:
I'm using Cyanogenmod 11 M5 on a D820 32GB. Lately I've noticed that idle battery life is not as it should be; I got frustrated enough last night that I wiped everything and left it sitting. Battery started at 82% and dropped to 63% with about 15min of SOT::
This doesn't feel right; as I recall from when the phone was new (and as I have seen others talking about), standby time is supposed to be great. Is this normal?
I'm flashing stock right now; I'll see if that helps.
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Show us some BBS logs. Most likely CM issue though. More precisely, the CM kernel. But without BBS, it's just speculation.
Aerowinder said:
Show us some BBS logs. Most likely CM issue though. More precisely, the CM kernel. But without BBS, it's just speculation.
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Okay. I'll try this with stock Android and see what happens. If it's not better, I'll post BBS logs for it too.
I also think it's CM's fault, and if this happens with stock as well, you may have a faulty battery.
I usually get 1 hour SOT/20%, give or take 10 minutes.
I can get this with my usage patterns, obviously this is going to change (for better or worse) depending on how you use and configure your phone.
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Try carbon ROM with Franco kernel I am getting awesome battery life
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spinninbsod said:
Try carbon ROM with Franco kernel I am getting awesome battery life
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Awesome as in how long?
At any rate, after totally paving my device the drain seems to be better on M5. Not sure what the issue is/was.

Terrible battery life on Cyanogen 13

Flashed cm13 a few days ago and have been getting awful battery life. Usually on Chroma (ROM) I was getting 2-3 hours SOT, with CM13 I can barely get past 1.30hrs, it dies at 1hr. Is this normal or expected because its a nightly?
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dec1153 said:
Flashed cm13 a few days ago and have been getting awful battery life. Usually on Chroma (ROM) I was getting 2-3 hours SOT, with CM13 I can barely get past 1.30hrs, it dies at 1hr. Is this normal or expected because its a nightly?
Thanks
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You likely have high-power consumption features enabled. You may want to try another nightly but I have never noticed such a battery drain with CM nightlies or any other custom rom.
Did you compare the idle battery drain?
Primokorn said:
You likely have high-power consumption features enabled. You may want to try another nightly but I have never noticed such a battery drain with CM nightlies or any other custom rom.
Did you compare the idle battery drain?
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Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I flashed Hellscore Kernel and battery life is much better. I'm getting around 2-3hours SOT now. Thanks again
Declan
dec1153 said:
Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I flashed Hellscore Kernel and battery life is much better. I'm getting around 2-3hours SOT now. Thanks again
Declan
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Glad to see that your SOT returned to normal but switching to another kernel shouldn't have a huge impact for your battery life (FYI).
There was probably something else, like wakelocks or bugs in CM kernel.
I have CM13 for aprox half year and last few days I have this terrible battery drain. Now I have cm-13.0-20160325-NIGHTLY. Its really annoying, have no wakelocks, batterystats says that most power is consumed by system and surfaceflinger. I dont know if I have to wait for another update or try to restore phone or what. Is there anybody else with the same problem?
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hixo said:
I have CM13 for aprox half year and last few days I have this terrible battery drain. Now I have cm-13.0-20160325-NIGHTLY. Its really annoying, have no wakelocks, batterystats says that most power is consumed by system and surfaceflinger. I dont know if I have to wait for another update or try to restore phone or what. Is there anybody else with the same problem?
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You my friend , are a victim of a nasty bug of android 6+ . that battery drain is caused by wifi
Go to location setting , and turn wifi scanning off . it might (70%) fix it .
Also check THIS topic
dlb4all said:
You my friend , are a victim of a nasty bug of android 6+ . that battery drain is caused by wifi
Go to location setting , and turn wifi scanning off . it might (70%) fix it .
Also check THIS topic
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Thanks, it looks better now
hixo said:
Thanks, it looks better now
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Glad it helped

Question Battery Life

I am interested in this battery performance? What SOT are you getting? What do you get for battery time the medium power saver mode?
Any screen shots are appreciated.
It's on Friday and I feel like the first 48 hours it was draining pretty quick. I upgraded from the OnePlus 6t and I certainly feel the slower charge.
Waiting for it to fully discharge and then I'm going to give it a full charge and then I will post my battery stats after seeing how long it lasts.
Full charge before bed last night .. and I drove around a bit today with it plugged in for about 30 minutes. Going to bed now at around 50%. Not going to charge until tomorrow.
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I am still trying to figure out if I have a battery drain issue. I am getting the same usage as what I did as my A70. After full charge it says it will last around 22 hours. Usage is the same as with my A70, not sure if that is right.
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I am still trying to figure out if I have a battery drain issue. I am getting the same usage as what I did as my A70. After full charge it says it will last around 22 hours. Usage is the same as with my A70, not sure if that is right.
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Standby uses about 1% for every two hours for me with Always On Display. That is always my benchmark even for my last Samsung. There's something using battery wildly if it goes too high after some many hours or even within one hour.
A hint there, try rebooting 3 times in an hour or so. My last Samsung had an issue where normally one reboot would fix the battery drain but it would every now and then require two more to fix the drain.
The battery use stats might help you narrow down to something but if not then you have to factory reset or disable or remove stuff. If its with the rom then it gets more difficult.
If you are seeing the 1% standby for even an hour or two then it should be fine there and the drain is only while the screen is on.
You might also be able to spot certain things the the logcat.
Thank you for your reply. I will try to reboot it. I have done a factory reset but it hasn't helped. I will test it for a few days.
I have 9hours Screen On Time on a pixel experience rom.
AOSP does wonders to this device.
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Thank you for your reply. I will try to reboot it. I have done a factory reset but it hasn't helped. I will test it for a few days.
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You never know. Funny how much reboots fix things that shouldn't need fixing in the first place

Question Terrible Battery Life on XT2131-1 Model

My brand new Moto G Stylus 5G 2021 (the "Denver" model) has horrid battery life. It won't even last one day. This was the case out of the box on 11. I tried rooting on 11 and freezing apps, no change. Relocked bootloader and did OTA to 12. Running stock everything now and still no change. I'll return it if this can't be fixed but wondering if anyone has experienced similar problems and has a fix?
noob2264534 said:
My brand new Moto G Stylus 5G 2021 (the "Denver" model) has horrid battery life. It won't even last one day. This was the case out of the box on 11. I tried rooting on 11 and freezing apps, no change. Relocked bootloader and did OTA to 12. Running stock everything now and still no change. I'll return it if this can't be fixed but wondering if anyone has experienced similar problems and has a fix?
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Bought my mother this phone for Christmas, battery lasts half a day.
noob2264534 said:
My brand new Moto G Stylus 5G 2021 (the "Denver" model) has horrid battery life. It won't even last one day. This was the case out of the box on 11. I tried rooting on 11 and freezing apps, no change. Relocked bootloader and did OTA to 12. Running stock everything now and still no change. I'll return it if this can't be fixed but wondering if anyone has experienced similar problems and has a fix?
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I have the same phone, my battery was lasting a day to a day & a half. Then it started getting hot & battery draining fast. I replaced the battery, the original battery was swollen & damaged. New battery hasn't helped with fast draining. My first Moto had a 3 day battery life, I wish I had not upgraded to this phone.
I get 5 days off 1 charge....
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I bought a newer (2022) Moto g stylus 5g I hope it fixes the problem.
This really doesn't mean anything seeing as your usage isn't very high. Most phones can last over a week with that sort of usage
valueignorance said:
This really doesn't mean anything seeing as your usage isn't very high. Most phones can last over a week with that sort of usage
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Your supposition I would assume based on the lower half of the screenshot are incorrect but thank you for your banter anyways

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