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Hi,
I've recently discovered that very large amounts of data are being transferred from my Nexus S which is pushing me over my data limit of 750mb. I downloaded 3G watchdog and monitored traffic for a while and noticed that every hour or so data use goes wild running into the tens of mb over a very short period of time.
I'm currently running MIUI-109020 and have a fairly standard range of apps installed. I've tried killing all of the apps that might possibly transfer data but this makes no difference. So, at the moment I've turned off mobile data before it bankrupts me but obviously I'd like to have it back on again.
Anyone, anywhere have any thoughts or pointers as to what might be going on or how I could solve it?
BTW I'm in the UK on Vodaphone's network.
Cheers
David McNorton
davidmcnorton said:
Hi,
I've recently discovered that very large amounts of data are being transferred from my Nexus S which is pushing me over my data limit of 750mb. I downloaded 3G watchdog and monitored traffic for a while and noticed that every hour or so data use goes wild running into the tens of mb over a very short period of time.
I'm currently running MIUI-109020 and have a fairly standard range of apps installed. I've tried killing all of the apps that might possibly transfer data but this makes no difference. So, at the moment I've turned off mobile data before it bankrupts me but obviously I'd like to have it back on again.
Anyone, anywhere have any thoughts or pointers as to what might be going on or how I could solve it?
BTW I'm in the UK on Vodaphone's network.
Cheers
David McNorton
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That much data? Email, gmail, facebook sync.
Install Droidwall and prevent some apps from the network.
I would also like to see what exactly Android is doing all the time...
MIUI has a built in Monitor app. Use that to see which app is using up your data.
You may also want to opt-out of MIUI stats. I'm not sure of how much data it sends, but it will cut down on some of your data usage.
Droidwall is a great suggestion as well. Prevent some apps from connecting on 3G but allow them on wifi. If you want some apps to connect on 3G, check your sync settings.
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Thanks for your replies. I've now installed droidwall and that looks like it could help. I've also purchased the pro version of 3G Watchdog (hadn't realised MIUI had a monitor app) and that's showing me what how much data my apps are using.
I phoned Vodaphone and they increased my data plan to 1GB which gives me a little leeway while I try to work this out. So I'll test it again tomorrow and see if I can work out what's going on.
Cheers
David McNorton
Is your Gallery app syncing pictures to Picassa? It's the only thing i can think of that would explain that much data in a short period of time.
Problem solved. Google+ was the culprit. By default the app had Instant Upload of all photo's and video's set to on. That has cost me about £50 since installing the app in late September when it first came out. Thank's Google
Thanks for all your tips. At least now I have a better handle on data monitoring and firewall protection.
Cheers
David McNorton
Wow, never thought Google Plus would use that much, even though it syncs a ton. Good think I have unlimited, may want to look into it yourself.
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Hello there, this is almost my first post around here (I hope the first one in the right place)
I had heavy battery draining a couple of days ago and they went away after wipe data and cache. Now I have reinstalled everything I had, I looking to solve an issue that also have before wipes related to battery draining. In BetterBatteryStats shows a wakelock called bam_dmux_wakelock that wakes my phone one time per two seconds. It only appears when phone is using mobile network for the internet (I mean, the way I could make a call and surf the internet only if I'm using wifi).
I've been writing a thread on reddit the last days about that.
The post it's on the MotoG subreddit and it's called "Any solution to idle battery draining?" (I would post the url, but I'm not still able)
Here is a copy of the (I think) more relevant part:
I found some things about the wakelock bam_dmux_wakelock that means nothing to me, but maybe somebody could tell me more about them.
I think is related to Qualcomm hardware, because if you browse to the MotoG kernel you'll found the next folder: kernel/arch/arm/mach-msm, and a fast look for around the web shows that is qualcomm related.
Inside that folder there is two files: bam_dmux.c and inside include folder bam_dmux.h Another file called bam_dmux.txt is in kernel/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm, but it isn't in the online kernel repository: link
The content of that file is the following:
Qualcomm BAM Data Multiplexer Driver
Required properties: - compatible : should be "qcom,bam_dmux" - reg : the location and size of the BAM hardware - interrupts : the BAM hardware to apps processor interrupt line
Optional properties: -qcom,satellite-mode: the hardware needs to be configured in satellite mode -qcom,rx-ring-size: the size of the receive ring buffer pool, default is 32
Example:
qcom,[email protected] {
compatible = "qcom,bam_dmux";
reg = <0xfc834000 0x7000>;
interrupts = <0 29 1>;
qcom,satellite-mode;
qcom,rx-ring-size = <64>;
};
BAM seems to mean Bus Access Manager, and of course I don't have a clue about what that means.
In addition I look for files on my MotoG with the string bam_dmux in its name, and two folders came out: /d/bam_dmux and /d/ipc_loggin/bam_dmux In the first one there is three files: * stats * tbl * ul_pkt_cnt
In the second one there is only one file where it keeps the log_cont.
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In the post in reddit theres links to the log and others contents.
Any idea how could I stop that? Thank you in advance.
P.d.: sorry for my english, maybe there is some glitch in the post
You probably have an app that is causing this. I would factory reset and install one app at a time until I found the one causing the problem. Then just uninstall that app.
For example I found the BBC weather app caused a wakelock which showed up in 'android OS'. Took a while for me to figure out which app caused it.
Does wakelock detector show any user apps with high wakeup triggers. If so you may find one of them is the cause.
Broadband Access Multiplexor.
There's another thread on XDA (going back a year or two) trying to diagnose causes for high incidence of this wakelock, which came to the conclusion it is caused by some other app trying to keep a mobile data server connection open. Your pattern of repeated every couple of seconds wakelock suggests something is trying to sync / ping a server and is failing to do so, but won't give up.
A look at what is showing up as using a lot of mobile date might help in diagnosing the problem app, and also checking what your sync settings are. Try disabling autosync for a while to see if it continues to show up.
Google+ auto backup of photos is something I would expect to cause a high incidence of this wakelock if you you the camera regularly.
Well, it looks like k9-mail and telegram were eating muy battery.
Thank you!
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Well, it looks like k9-mail and telegram were eating muy battery.
Thank you!
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Have been using K9 as well on my XT1032 but I did not have battery drain.
So I can not confirm that K9 will be causing this.
Or did you maybe have setup in your configuration that K9 had to check your mail every 5 minutes.
I had two accounts with IMAP push and refresh idle conection every 60 minutes, and another three with IMAP but without push and check every 6 hours or so.
Now I only have one of the two first ones and draining have decreased, but still there is a bit.
I'm using mainly WiFi (no wakelocks) since right now have a lot of work and I cannot spend enough time with this.
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Have been using K9 as well on my XT1032 but I did not have battery drain.
So I can not confirm that K9 will be causing this.
Or did you maybe have setup in your configuration that K9 had to check your mail every 5 minutes.
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I've reconfigured all my accounts with IMAP, two of them with push and anotherone with sync every 24 hours . Now I'll check if still is making some wakelocks. Also I've switched the telegram client: from unofficial to the official one.
I hope it solves my issue with K9 because I really love that email client.
Let's see
Any idea why the wakelock only appears using mobile data and no wifi?
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Any idea why the wakelock only appears using mobile data and no wifi?
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No but I also have this annoying problem. And I don't have k9 or telegram installed.
@elfio: in your case wakelock is caused by k9 when using data right?
So the only way to find out is to uninstall one app at the time and re-install it and test? I have root is there any more sophisticated method to find out app in question?
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No but I also have this annoying problem. And I don't have k9 or telegram installed.
@elfio: in your case wakelock is caused by k9 when using data right?
So the only way to find out is to uninstall one app at the time and re-install it and test? I have root is there any more sophisticated method to find out app in question?
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K9-mail is not the only app causing this wakelock, but after I disabled the push imap it the wakelock went down a lot. Now I have a power consume around 0.6~1%/hour with 2G on and screen off. I think this is a great consume, and there is still some wakelock and I don't know wich app it is causing it.
I have no rooted the phone and I don't know how it could be solved this issue. I hope the next update solves it.
Anything I can help you, just tell me
I've uploaded a screenshot of my batterystats after a few hours of normal use. I hope you find it useful.
Ever since the 5.1 OTA (Or Google Services 7.0.99, I'm not sure), I've been experiencing bad battery life.
I downloaded Better Battery Stats and Wakelock Detector to try to find the culprit and this is what I've found.
- Connected to my wifi at home my Nexus 5 sleeps just fine.
- At work (wifi) I'm having a lot of wlan_rx and wlan_wd wakelocks and high awaken times due to this.
- When on mobile data it all gets worse: I'm getting hundreds of instances of RILJ wakelock in a matter of minutes, and sometimes Gmail often appears first on the list with high wakelock counts and times. Google+ and Keep also make frequent appearances I'm Wakelock Detector
- BBS ALWAYS shows bam_dmux_wakelock as the main culprit and sometimes sensor_ind (on mobile data), but I don't know what to make of that, since WD shows other things (RILJ etc).
Regarding RILJ: almost everything I've found online says that it has something to do with network location and that turning off location history removes it, but I rarely have location services on (GPS or network location) and location history is off anyway. I've tried disabled NetworkLocationService and every other service regarding location using disable service to no avail. It doesn't seem to happen when the phone is in 2G only.
Gmail frequently shows up in WD with high counts and times, I've seen Keep and Google+ in there too, first on lists. I've disabled them both for now.
In the battery stats the activity bars doesn't seem to be all that different from the screen on bars, but both WD and BBS show high awake times (sometimes as high as +20%). This is when on mobile data or connected to the wifi at work (wifi at home is just fine).
I tried downgrading to 5.0.1 (there now), installing Google Services 7.3.29, disabling a bunch of services, but nothing helps.
Google Services shows up as using more energy than anything else, sometimes even more than the screen, but only when mobile data is enable, it doesn't use energy when on wifi. There's no high data traffic as some people is experiencing with 7.X versions. The wlan wakelocks are awful at work though. So there are like several, independent problems.
I'd appreciate any insight on this matter. I don't seem to be the only one experiencing this.
I'm leaving a few screen shots. I'll post BBS screenshot by the end of the day.
Did you solve this? Nobody seems to know what really is RILJ.. If I restrict it to "7200" (2 hours) at Amplify it's safe to receive calls/sms ???
Luckzzz said:
Did you solve this? Nobody seems to know what really is RILJ.. If I restrict it to "7200" (2 hours) at Amplify it's safe to receive calls/sms ???
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Easy way to find out is to test it. Restrict and then phone/text yourself from another phone. Test periodically until you're comfortable with the results.
I've having troubles with this from some months ago now. It dissapeared at some time, but it's back again.
Anyway, in my case, the problem happen when i'm connected to a WIFI network, with mobile data activated. If I deactivate it, everything is just fine. Don't really know what is causing this, but at least I discovered my problem.
Hope this help someone else.
Cheers
Hi folks,
I scoured through all the battery related discussions and wasn't able to find an issue similar to mine, so I hope it's okay to post a new thread on this topic. I have an AT&T (Snapdragon) Galaxy S7 with stock software and about a month and a half ago I started experiencing horrible battery life. I have been desperately trying to figure out what the issue is. At first I thought it was AT&T WiFi calling because it was forcing my WiFi and data connections to toggle back and forth and disabling that did help. However my battery life was still poor and I could never get more than about 10.5 hours of moderate use (see pictures below). Also the phone gets hot randomly (Above 95 Fahrenheit) even when doing minor tasks like browsing through Chrome. Since then I have made the following changes with no noticeable improvement:
Disabled advanced LTE services
Disabled Always on Display
Disabled WiFi and Bluetooth location scanning
Disabled nearby device scanning
Wiped cache multiple times
Temporarily disabled Bluetooth and WiFi to monitor the difference
Used Greenify Aggressive Dose
Disabled all diagnostic reporting
Uninstalled Oculus when that battery issue came up
Side note: I disabled a bunch of bloatware right when I got the phone, not through Package Disabler but through the standard Android disable method
I kept digging and found that my phone doesn't enter dose unless I use Greenify, and even then I don't notice a difference. I then decided to do a hard reset but no luck. Afterwards I used Safe Mode to see if any 3rd party apps were misbehaving, but again the drain was consistent both while idle and while using the phone. Today I installed Wakelock Detector Lite and found that PowerManagerService is keeping my phone from dosing, but from what I've read online it seems that info doesn't really point to a specific app, and it's hard to identify unless I root the phone which I don't want to do.
I am going crazy trying to figure out if this is a software/settings issue or if I should just replace the phone through AT&T and risk getting a defective refurb. Any help would be much appreciated.
Battery stats:
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Wakelock Stats (taken on a different day):
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Many people have similar problems. One reason was the buggy oculus app (you might wanna disable that when it came pre installed, depending on your CSC).
However the main reason behind the high "android-system" usage is still unclear. Some people experience it, some dont. Some people have better battery results with the firmware from March.
Personally, I believe that it is firmware related. I tried the N7 rom port and did not have a problem at all.
You might wanna wait for the October update that will hit soon and see if this fixes anything.
I notice you have 'media server' showing in your battery stats. My wife had that showing too and also had terrible battery life. Her fix was disabling the auto streaming in her Facebook app which plays videos while you scroll through posts. Now she has great battery life!
I have the Facebook app disabled on my phone altogether. I've also used safe mode where 3rd party apps are disabled but the battery still drains at around 5% an hour while idle.
WiFi calling was draining one members battery, disabled that and everything returned to normal
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WiFi calling was draining one members battery, disabled that and everything returned to normal
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How?
iamnotkurtcobain said:
How?
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https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-203686/
I had that issue too but have since disabled WiFi calling
most likely a software issue. my version is G930FXXU1APEQ and i'm been getting 11 hour on batty with around 6- 7 hour of screen on.
Try disabling Google backup. It's a huge battery drainer
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Try manually updating Google play services for the lastest ver sion.
Hi,
Have the same Problem with my Galaxy S7.....Last Week, become an Little Update */- 20,8 MB
Now I have strong Accu consumption. ( Sorry Speake German
Test with Galaxy Note Edge, and Galaxy S7 .....both Smartphones have an 3000 m/Ah Accu. On Galaxy Edge have 178 own apps installed,
The Galaxy S7 - 3 Times Reset with Wipe Factory Reset and Wipe Cache, and from the Phone Settings.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d7pvlnccr6y5dgc/Screenshot_2016-10-06-10-48-32%20NOTE%20EDGE.png?dl=0
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/175imcgv3n9bugi/Screenshot_20161006-094012%20GALAXY%20S7.png?dl=0
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Nothing has helped so far so I decided to uninstall my apps in batches until battery life improves. I'll then slowly reinstall them one by one until I find the culprit. I'll report back with my findings. Thanks for all the suggestions.
I have a Pixel 2 64 GB, and I've been seeing astounding battery drain by Google Play Services lately (I believe it started with the November OTA update, but I can't be 100% sure). Some days are worse than others, and on those days Play Services will be responsible for 30% or more of the battery usage. I haven't been able to pin down when it happens, other than that disabling location services doesn't seem to affect it. Deleting data for Google Play Services as well as the Google app, and rebooting the phone, seems to fix the issue for a day or two (during which I'll get fantastic battery life), but then it comes back.
Are there any other fixes I could try? Anyone experiencing similar issues?
Try turning off wifi and Bluetooth scanning.
gm007 said:
Try turning off wifi and Bluetooth scanning.
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Thanks! Bluetooth is off, but wifi scanning was turned on. I'll report back here if I see any effect at all.
I'm having the same issue. Factory reset didn't resolve the issue. Giving the scanning off a try.
Same here... does not have a pixel phone but latest oneplus. google play service goes to nearly 30 % in GSAM monitor. I have searched in web and someone says that google updates play service in the background in the last days. and many, many users are talking about massive battery drain because of google play service.
What can we do?
PS: Wifi seraching is off, bluetooth, too... no difference!!
Same here - 50 % battery drain.
Same here, tried a factory reset twice and still got the same thing.
Hi, OP here again. So, yesterday, with Wi-Fi Scanning turned off, Play Services seemed to behave well on my phone—ended up with about 3% of total battery usage at the end of the day (~ 15 hours). Hopefully it goes just as well today.
Is turning off WiFi scanning the Settings > WiFi > WiFi Preferences and the three options..
-Turn on WiFi automatically
-Connect to Open Networks
-Open Network Notifications
Or is that something else?
Today my Google Play Services ballooned back up to > 20% usage
foghorn67 said:
Is turning off WiFi scanning the Settings > WiFi > WiFi Preferences and the three options..
-Turn on WiFi automatically
-Connect to Open Networks
-Open Network Notifications
Or is that something else?
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It's in location settings.
Dropping by to say that I am experiencing the same thing, only when I have wifi turned on. I'm fairly confident that it's caused by wifi.
junkimchi said:
Dropping by to say that I am experiencing the same thing, only when I have wifi turned on. I'm fairly confident that it's caused by wifi.
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It's not wifi, it's all sync activity that happen when connected to wifi,like Google backup and photo backup...
Whats funny is that while having problems with Play Services on my Pixel 2, my Pixel XL 2016 has been a champ. Until I re-activated it as a phone on Project Fi, now Play Services is starting to go beserk. Not sure if it just needed a few moments, or if this is an all day thing that will just follow me around no matter what phone I use.
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Dropping by AGAIN to confirm that its happening with these conditions:
- The drain never happens when I'm off wifi
- Drain stops when I reboot the phone
- After I reboot the phone I can get on wifi without drain
- When I connect the charger to the phone while on wifi it starts the Google Play Services drain again
I've tested this sequence for almost a whole week now and I'm fairly confident in my findings, I do this type of **** for a living. Try it yourselves.
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Dropping by AGAIN to confirm that its happening with these conditions:
- The drain never happens when I'm off wifi
- Drain stops when I reboot the phone
- After I reboot the phone I can get on wifi without drain
- When I connect the charger to the phone while on wifi it starts the Google Play Services drain again
I've tested this sequence for almost a whole week now and I'm fairly confident in my findings, I do this type of **** for a living. Try it yourselves.
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Are you on Project Fi?
I am, so I called them and asked for escalation and told them it follows me on my 2016 Pixel XL and factory resets don't do anything. They asked for a bug report so they could send it to the engineers. Hopefully they will get back to me.
Google Play Services is still API 23 here.
It should be updated to API 26 for Oreo users and API 27 for Oreo 8.1 DP users.......
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thesebastian said:
Google Play Services is still API 23 here.
It should be updated to API 26 for Oreo users and API 27 for Oreo 8.1 DP users.......
Sent from my Pixel 2
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I don't know what this means.....
Anyway, my issues seemed to have vanished. I'm finally experiencing all that excellent battery life people have been talking about.
I don't know if it's something Google did on their end that is now changed, or if it's the following:
-On my Google Now feed, there was a ton of stuff checked in the "you showed interest" section. Every NFL team, several political figures, a few movie franchises, and it kept going. It was like 5 minutes of unchecking stuff.
-I uninstalled Pandora. Even without firing up the app after a boot, it was causing issues.
I've had play services randomly draining battery with no real understanding why. I did toggle off its background activity and haven't had it since