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Why is my battery dying so fast?

It seems like my battery is draining very quickly. Android is the highest on my battery list. I don't have anything weird installed or syncing and my screen is set to 50% brightness. Any ideas?
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If you have root access you can install Better Battery Stats (Free here: http://goo.gl/EjdB8) and choose partial wakelocks since unplugged. That will tell you what's keeping your phone from deep sleep.

Nothing is standing out in partial wake locks. Every bar is pretty much empty. And that app isn't free anymore according to that post.
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if your battery life is bad, then what's good?

mustbepbs said:
Nothing is standing out in partial wake locks. Every bar is pretty much empty. And that app isn't free anymore according to that post.
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App is still free. OP includes it in the bottom of the second post.

bradys said:
App is still free. OP includes it in the bottom of the second post.
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I'm sorry! I'm blind >.<
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KrisPeezy said:
if your battery life is bad, then what's good?
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Maybe it's not bad. I'm not one to complain about the battery life, but it just seemed like it was tanking fast. Like percentage points per minute.
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mustbepbs said:
Maybe it's not bad. I'm not one to complain about the battery life, but it just seemed like it was tanking fast. Like percentage points per minute.
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What were you doing with your phone while the screen was on?

d1ez3 said:
What were you doing with your phone while the screen was on?
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Just normal stuff like browsing pulse or Tapatalk. Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Maybe try disabling wifi during sleep?

Op, are you rooted? I noticed my battery goes a little quicker since I rooted and flashed cm10. I also noticed you are on 3g, did you disable 4g, is 4G available in your area? Maybe the phone constantly searching for 4G is draining. Not sure how that would show up in battery usage stats though.
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Obrien8403 said:
Op, are you rooted? I noticed my battery goes a little quicker since I rooted and flashed cm10. I also noticed you are on 3g, did you disable 4g, is 4G available in your area? Maybe the phone constantly searching for 4G is draining. Not sure how that would show up in battery usage stats though.
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Yes I am rooted. I noticed the battery draining faster after I flashed Google Wallet. I am stock rooted though. I turn off NFC when I don't need it, and the app doesn't sync often.
I'm not in a 4G area, but that has never drained my battery before. I can't imagine Wallet would be draining my battery..
I should also note that my brightness is set to full at all times. What's of interest to me is the fact that it isn't draining so much when the screen is on, it's when the screen is off is when it drains the most it seems. I'll leave the phone off for at least 20 minutes and when I turn it back on it'll have lost a few points.
Can't seem to figure it out. Like I said, it seems like I started noticing the battery draining quicker after I installed Google Wallet.
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Here's an update from better battery stats
For some reason I can't figure out how to stop the top app. I've disabled all I could think of with maps. The only other change I've made is installing Google Now, but this started before that.
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sir, all samsung android phone is like that.. the battery is draining so past

Post Your Battery Usage here

Hey Guys! Post your Battery usage here! Lets see some stats... Specify if you have SM-900 or 9005 also. If it's first cycle, say so too...
Cheers!
- SM-900 (Exynos)
- Phone is Rooted
- Greenified all apps except WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram and Twitter
- I got my 2 emails syncing automatically
- And of course the above apps running in background the entire time!
- Disabled many bloat, including Maps (I almost never use it)
- Google Now also turned off. Brightness set to Auto '0'
Here are my own stats!
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stanley08 said:
Hey Guys! Post your Battery usage here! Lets see some stats... Specify if you have SM-900 or 9005 also. If it's first cycle, say so too...
Cheers!
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I posted detailed battery stats and info of my first charge cycle, along with charging speed, in my thread over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458416&page=4
The short version: I got over 18 hours on battery with 6:30 hours screen on-time (snapdragon)

MohJee said:
I posted detailed battery stats and info of my first charge cycle, along with charging speed, in my thread over here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458416&page=4
The short version: I got over 18 hours on battery with 6:30 hours screen on-time (snapdragon)
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Hmmnnn... Seems decent. And it's ur first cycle so, lets not trust it too much. I guess the Exynos version should have better battery...

stanley08 said:
Hmmnnn... Seems decent. And it's ur first cycle so, lets not trust it too much. I guess the Exynos version should have better battery...
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From what I've seen so far, I think it's just the opposite. Could be wrong though.

vapotrini said:
From what I've seen so far, I think it's just the opposite. Could be wrong though.
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Lol. Dat should be wrong, because I expect the Exynos one to have better battery. But sadly, no one will post stats here.. :crying:
I guess I might even be the first to post mine here when I get mine in a few days.

this is my first charge , battery will get better over week
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stesteste said:
this is my first charge , battery will get better over week
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I also got 6 hours on my first cycle, though I didn't let the battery get below 15% before charging it back up.
Is there a certain way to condition the battery the first few cycles? Or does it not matter too much?

1st charge cycle. No such heavy tasks but normal browsing and xda. Im impressed..

SM-N900 and 3rd charging. It's great. Today i travelled to south and use phone a lot on car. 3G on during the trip. 7h screen time on and battery now 15%.
Now i am impressed
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First cycle, using it for a bit of everything moderate to heavy use, very happy so far
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I did only 3hrs of screen time. Did you put brightness to 100%???
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How does the screen time and battery compare to the Note 2?

boilerkim said:
How does the screen time and battery compare to the Note 2?
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So far, Note 3 seems better out of the box.

joehandel said:
I also got 6 hours on my first cycle, though I didn't let the battery get below 15% before charging it back up.
Is there a certain way to condition the battery the first few cycles? Or does it not matter too much?
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It shouldn't matter too much, li-ion or li-poly batteries don't have a memory, or shouldn't... I usually run it dead then charge to 100% the first few times ( no top offs) of course with my iPhone that's like 2 or 3 hrs

These are mine..
Edit: Guys, i just noticed that in my usage graph, wifi seems to be always on even though I set it to "only when plugged in"... hmm, a bug perhaps? Can anyone check theirs and report back here..?
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I'm not a heavy user but i've made a few calls and done quite a bit of texting and messaging, i'm really impressed with the battery so far. This is my first cycle, i charged to 100% as soon as i got it out the box.
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beasty54 said:
I'm not a heavy user but i've made a few calls and done quite a bit of texting and messaging, i'm really impressed with the battery so far. This is my first cycle, i charged to 100% as soon as i got it out the box.
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Great stats guys! U didn't specify SM-900 or 9005?

N9005 with a few charges.
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Other screen
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mab71 said:
These are mine..
Edit: Guys, i just noticed that in my usage graph, wifi seems to be always on even though I set it to "only when plugged in"... hmm, a bug perhaps? Can anyone check theirs and report back here..?
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Yes it's probably a bug. It does the same thing on my phone.

POST Your Wake Lock Detector Percentage!

With an APP called Wake Lock Detector, you can easily see what's keeping your phone awake (and using precious battery power) EVEN when the screen is off.
Wake Lock Detector
Here are mine:
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What are your wake lock percentage stats?

I am using this app. Its good but I feel bbs gives more detailed view of whats chopping your battery.
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Mine is attached

Wow, we are both 26% lol

sohebq said:
I am using this app. Its good but I feel bbs gives more detailed view of whats chopping your battery.
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What is BBS please?

dehaani said:
What is BBS please?
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BetterBatteryStats

Is this any good guys? Screens hot attached.. I'm New to the gn3 btw
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This is my wakelock detectors screen?..is it okay I download it now just To compare mine. .thanks
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ShadowLea said:
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Thank you kindly.

Guys any idea what's that ??
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Could be related to sensors we r using.
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demmo81 said:
Guys any idea what's that ??
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Never seen that wake lock before, ever tried googling it?
13% that looks pretty good!

This is completely nonsense, EVERYONE will have a different wakelock percent unless you're all on a completely fresh factory reset....

Mine

---------- Post added at 10:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 PM ----------

How do i fix this guys?! It's killing my battery!!
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How much do you use email n calendar?
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Wow, what is the total time spent on calendar storage out of 7h11m?

The percentage doesn't mean much. Ideally, we like to have the awake time very close to the screen on time. That means, the device was working only when we actively use it (screen on). If the awake time is much higher than the screen on time, that means the device is doing lots of stuffs in the background while the screen was off and therefore consumed battery.
so for example, if mine gets 80% : out of 10 hours, mine slept for 2, awake for 8, screen on for 8. Mine is doing much better than your 20%, if yours awake for 2, slept for 8, but with a screen on time of 1.
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What you say in your example is right, but we still need a way to represent that in terms of efficiency.
That can be defined as:
Deep Sleep / (Total Time Measured - Screen On Time)
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This means, for every unit of time (ie: 1 minute) where sleep is possible, how much of it was actually spent sleeping?
Which is also the same as saying inversely:
Awake time,while screen off / (Total Time Measured - Screen On Time)
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How much time was spent being awake, (while screen was off) for every unit time where it is possible to be sleeping?

Extreme battery drain using Instagram

Has anyone else experienced this? Screen shot from yesterday afternoon, unplugged the phone that morning.
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Looking at BBS, there are no associated PWLs or KWLs. Its just there killing my battery.

I use Greenify to block applications that consume too much battery
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S_mario said:
I use Greenify to block applications that consume too much battery
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Right, but this seems a bit out of place. This one app just dominating my battery?

terribly written apps are still terribly written apps, even if they are functional for you.
anyways, you might have a file stuck uploading.. try killing the app or just reboot.

Mindspin_311 said:
Has anyone else experienced this? Screen shot from yesterday afternoon, unplugged the phone that morning.
Looking at BBS, there are no associated PWLs or KWLs. Its just there killing my battery.
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That's very odd. I'm on Instagram pretty much all day and do not see that kind of drain.
Maybe clear cache in apps, delete it and reinstall?
You seem to be having an isolated issue there.
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Neurotica said:
That's very odd. I'm on Instagram pretty much all day and do not see that kind of drain.
Maybe clear cache in apps, delete it and reinstall?
You seem to be having an isolated issue there.
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I have uninstalled and reinstalled, did not seem to fix.
Will mess with it more this weekend.
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Mindspin_311 said:
Right, but this seems a bit out of place. This one app just dominating my battery?
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you can try to remove it and install it again
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mellevdlinde said:
Try what happens if you turn off your notifications. If that does not work, just hibernate it using Greenify. Greenify almost does not use battery att al.
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The only solution so far was uninstall INSTAGRAM, after that my phone is working perfectly.
Now I'm using Instagram by web browser only (untill new Instagram apk is released)

You can also swipe away after using it. Much of battery drain happens in the background.

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You can also swipe away after using it. Much of battery drain happens in the background.
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Yup, that's what I do after every session of instragram. I had the battery drain issue before and after swiping away it doesn't happen.

Been experiencing this since last week. Never had the problem before then.
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I've been having absolutely insane drain as well––nearly 50% of the battery. I went from stock to Elementalx, now on Bricked w/ Greenify and I can't get around this outside of swiping it away and then Greenifying the app every single time. This happened randomly after a new app update about a week ago for me. Any help appreciated.

I've had this happen one time, after which I greenified it and it hasn't occurred since.

Heavy wakelocks on Nexus 5

Hello mates I'm facing these 3 wakelocks on my Nexus 5 (see the BBS screenshot attached below) . Can anyone plz help me out to solve it ?
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anshmiester78900 said:
Hello mates I'm facing these 3 wakelocks on my Nexus 5 (see the BBS screenshot attached below) . Can anyone plz help me out to solve it ?
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Looks like you need Greenify. Greenify all the things.
Oh, Clean Master is garbage. Please remove.

Aerowinder said:
Looks like you need Greenify. Greenify all the things.
Oh, Clean Master is garbage. Please remove.
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I have Greenify but how I'm supposed to greenify system apps like Google play services ?
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anshmiester78900 said:
I have Greenify but how I'm supposed to greenify system apps like Google play services ?
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It's an experimental feature which can be accessed by installing the donation package! It's totally worth it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify.pro

better battery stats itself is a big wakelock.

bradputt said:
better battery stats itself is a big wakelock.
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Can you prove that?
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Its an app causing them. Not google services itself. You'll need to track it down.
Greenifying Google play services will mess other things up. And again, it isn't the reason for the wake locks. Its an app.
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kj2112 said:
Its an app causing them. Not google services itself. You'll need to track it down.
Greenifying Google play services will mess other things up. And again, it isn't the reason for the wake locks. Its an app.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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vin4yak said:
It's an experimental feature which can be accessed by installing the donation package! It's totally worth it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify.pro
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Thanks guys :good::laugh:

rootSU said:
Can you prove that?
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the uninstall button is just one click away.

Wakelock Detector is far superior to BBS, and is XDA approved
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector

CitizenLee said:
Wakelock Detector is far superior to BBS, and is XDA approved
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
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Where is the option to save the log? Just not enough options for me.

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the uninstall button is just one click away.
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So no, then?
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CitizenLee said:
Wakelock Detector is far superior to BBS, and is XDA approved
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BBS isn't 'XDA approved'? Hasn't it been around here for years?

Aerowinder said:
Where is the option to save the log? Just not enough options for me.
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It's not something I need, but you could contact the dev and request it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179651
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BBS isn't 'XDA approved'? Hasn't it been around here for years?
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I don't know about BBS being approved, I just remember people moaning about it on the Note 2.
Wakelock Detector got a write up on the XDA Portal:
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/defend-your-battery-with-wakelock-detector/

I use Gsam and wakelock detector. Always have. Gsam is just laid out way better, and much easier to read. And wakelock detector just gives a more indepth look at wake locks.
I never recommend BBS when trying to help anyone with a battery issue....its not near as user friendly and easy to understand.
But to each their own....everyone likes what they like. At the end of the day, they're mostly all the same.
Except the stock battery usage screen.... It tells you nothing useful. Yet people always post screens of it for others to help find issues. And they always get told, download gsam or whatever and try again. Lol.