[Q] Horrible battery life after updating to lollipop - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
My battery life was never good, even on kitkat, but a few days ago I received an update to lollipop, android 5.02, since then, the battery became much worse, it drains so quickly, even when the phone sleeps. (4-5% an hour when it sleeps, and when I use it- 1% per minute)!
GPS is off, very low brightness, and very moderate use. No games songs or videos. Just a little bit of surfing the web. When I look at the battery use, Android system is taking quite a lot. |(The CPU). My phone is not rooted.
Google play services wakelock are disabled.
SOT- only 1:30-2:00h!
Any suggestions what can I do?
Thank you

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Maya2015 said:
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Flash back CM11 05Q

How do I do that?

Maya2015 said:
How do I do that?
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Follow this steps https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-how-to-revert-back-to-cm11s-from-oxygen-guide.290605/
It's CM11S.
Easy way to revert back from any lollipop based ROM.

Have you wiped the cache from recovery? Sometimes a new update can cause issues, whether its files left behind it can help to wipe cache.
You could also backup your data and try a factory reset on Lolliopop to see if that helps before downgrading.

MaxPower84 said:
Flash back CM11 05Q
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Mr hOaX said:
Follow this steps https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-how-to-revert-back-to-cm11s-from-oxygen-guide.290605/
It's CM11S.
Easy way to revert back from any lollipop based ROM.
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Flashing back to KitKat is a pretty extreme suggestion, especially seeing as no investigating has actually been done to see what's causing the battery drain.
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Maya2015 said:
Hi there,
My battery life was never good, even on kitkat, but a few days ago I received an update to lollipop, android 5.02, since then, the battery became much worse, it drains so quickly, even when the phone sleeps. (4-5% an hour when it sleeps, and when I use it- 1% per minute)!
GPS is off, very low brightness, and very moderate use. No games songs or videos. Just a little bit of surfing the web. When I look at the battery use, Android system is taking quite a lot. |(The CPU). My phone is not rooted.
Google play services wakelock are disabled.
SOT- only 1:30-2:00h!
Any suggestions what can I do?
Thank you
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You need to use an app like BetterBatteryStats to investigate what's draining your battery.
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Hi,
My phone is not rooted, and this app needs root.

Maya2015 said:
Hi,
My phone is not rooted, and this app needs root.
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So root your phone, if you want to work out why your battery is draining this is the best solution.
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I can't, It will ruin my warranty.
It seems like android system is taking quite a lot of my battery- the cpu total.

Maya2015 said:
I can't, It will ruin my warranty.
It seems like android system is taking quite a lot of my battery- the cpu total.
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What makes you think that? That isn't true. Unlocking and rooting this phone doesn't affect your warranty at all.
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I checked it out.
The company who gives me the warranty told me that.

Maya2015 said:
I checked it out.
The company who gives me the warranty told me that.
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So you didn't actually buy the phone from OnePlus?
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Not directly from one plus.

Maya2015 said:
Not directly from one plus.
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Alright, understood. You're kinda getting screwed there though because this device is intended to be unlocked and rooted. The way I see it you have two choices:
1. Leave your phone the way it us and deal with your battery drain issues. You can't go back to KitKat without at last unlocking the bootloader, and if rooting voids your warranty then unlocking the bootloader surely will too.
2. Root the device, find out what's causing the problem, and fix it.
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[Q] Battery stats show android OS as 99% consumer

It was a one-time event. The battery was not draining faster, but in the graph it showed this(see screenshot below). Any ideas? I'm on stock rom with stock kernel
Battery stats screw up from time to time. Reboot / recharge. It will come right in the end
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soadzoor said:
It was a one-time event. The battery was not draining faster, but in the graph it showed this(see screenshot below). Any ideas? I'm on stock rom with stock kernel
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That's quite normal if you have not used the phone in that period.
The android os has consumed 99% of the the battery drain of 24% and not 99% of the total battery capacity. When the phone is on the android os is always running and will obviously use the battery.
It is obviously a screwup, cause I used the phone, and usually screen consumes the most. A fully recharge resolved the issue
soadzoor said:
It is obviously a screwup, cause I used the phone, and usually screen consumes the most. A fully recharge resolved the issue
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If the issue is resolved, please contact moderator to close the topic
Edit : Just add the tag [RESOLVED] in the topic
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Mr hOaX said:
If the issue is resolved, please contact moderator to close the topic
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Eh?
Just edit the title to put "[resolved]" or something. Topics don't get "closed" and don't need to be. Moderators have more important things to be doing.
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Eh?
Just edit the title to put "[resolved]" or something. Topics don't get "closed" and don't need to be. Moderators have more important things to be doing.
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Edited my post accordingly
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Edited my post accordingly
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It's a little awkward, but I simply cannot find where I can edit the title of the thread... :\ The question still remains though.. why did this happen?
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It's a little awkward, but I simply cannot find where I can edit the title of the thread... :\
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soadzoor said:
The question still remains though.. why did this happen?
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What more do you need to know other than sometimes it happens? It's a bug, it happens from time to time for as long as I can remember.

Google service drain?

Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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imablackhat said:
Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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Perhaps you should go into your accounts and stop many of the the Google services from syncing. I only have Calendar, Contacts and Gmail on. That might help with battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-x-att/general/guide-google-play-services-battery-t2822726
Make sure you read the last post, it streamlines the process, I just haven't had time to update the OP.
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Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
vanessaem said:
Perhaps you should go into your accounts and stop many of the the Google services from syncing. I only have Calendar, Contacts and Gmail on. That might help with battery life.
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Why would they do that? The whole point of having a smartphone is having instantaneous access to your info and using these features. This is a known bug affecting many. Supposedly oneplus one will fix this with the next ota update.
yankees45us said:
Why would they do that? The whole point of having a smartphone is having instantaneous access to your info and using these features. This is a known bug affecting many. Supposedly oneplus one will fix this with the next ota update.
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Things running constantly so that you can have instantaneous and continuous access will drain battery-operated electronics. That's nothing unique with OPO, other smartphones, or any other electronic device which runs on a battery.
vanessaem said:
Things running constantly so that you can have instantaneous and continuous access will drain battery-operated electronics. That's nothing unique with OPO, other smartphones, or any other electronic device which runs on a battery.
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Yes it will drain your battery, but not excessively like the google services bug present in cm11s. Most people don't buy a smartphone to have everything turned off on it. My g3 has all the same things constantly active and battery is a beast on it.
yankees45us said:
Yes it will drain your battery, but not excessively like the google services bug present in cm11s. Most people don't buy a smartphone to have everything turned off on it. My g3 has all the same things constantly active and battery is a beast on it.
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Well, I posted my suggestion. If you have a better one, feel free to let the OP know.
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Well, I posted my suggestion. If you have a better one, feel free to let the OP know.
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That is a great suggestion for a temporary battery life improvement but hopefully the update coming from oneplus will resolve it permanently. I hope it does, I really like this phone but will switch over to the g3 permanently if it doesn't get fixed.
this did the trick on mine. I made this video for couple friends
just stop all the services and do immediate reboot
should be fine after
Paulisan said:
Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
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Works for me.
rikardo1979 said:
this did the trick on mine. I made this video for couple friends
just stop all the services and do immediate reboot
should be fine after
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Once you reboot, the process starts again, so they are running again. Por thats TVE way it should be?.
imablackhat said:
Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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I have exact same issue !! check my posts in Franco kernel thread in original development !! Initially i thought it was due to CM11S battery drain. But then franco has already fixed it in latest kernel and i have this google search performing atleat 250 wakelocks overnight and draining the battery !!!!
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Once you reboot, the process starts again, so they are running again. Por thats TVE way it should be?.
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Yes,it have to start again but it should be fixed
put location on 'battery saving' instead of 'high accuracy'.
difference was night and day for google services wakelocks for me
timothydonohue said:
put location on 'battery saving' instead of 'high accuracy'.
difference was night and day for google services wakelocks for me
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I dont use location almost always is off. I am trying a xposed combo of greenify & wakelock terminator.

Strange overheating problem

Hey guys. A couple of minutes ago something strange happened to my phone. I just don't understand what's going on with it. I'm so disappointed. I mean... this phone costed me some money and experiencing such a thing makes me regret so much I bought my Nexus 5. It is indeed the best phone I've ever had but if this is what it takes to have a phone for such a small period of time and already have so many problems with it then... I think it's just a waste of money.
I don't know what's going on with it - It just overheated horribly while scrolling down on Facebook. Never happened this before. I was just scrolling like normal and using FB like normal and all of a sudden my phone becomes so hot - quickly I opened System Monitor and CPU temp was at 60-67ºC.
Also if I go to the Battery Tab in System Monitor the graph is pretty strange in my opinion, I mean the battery´s temperature is going up and down all over again it's like the graph of a heartbeat record or something.
Don't get me wrong, the Nexus 5 is the best phone but if this is really what it takes to own a phone for straight two months.... I mean, really?
Uninstall Facebook
dicecuber said:
Uninstall Facebook
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I don't think that's the problem... as I said I never had this issue using Facebook and any other app (except Autorun Manager)
What ROM? are you using stock kernel?
a g bell said:
What ROM? are you using stock kernel?
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Stock ROM and Kernel. Only rooted.
KodRoute said:
Stock ROM and Kernel. Only rooted.
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Though it sounds like a app causing you problems there l would recommend trying a custom rom and kernel l have always found the stock ROM to run a little warm. But maybe before doing that have a look at trickster in the play store you change many more things to help keep things cooler.
The stock kernels the culprit I'd say. It's set in a narrow freq towards the top end causing it to run hot. Use Elemental X.
KodRoute said:
I don't know what's going on with it - It just overheated horribly while scrolling down on Facebook. Never happened this before. I was just scrolling like normal and using FB like normal and all of a sudden my phone becomes so hot - quickly I opened System Monitor and CPU temp was at 60-67ºC.
Also if I go to the Battery Tab in System Monitor the graph is pretty strange in my opinion, I mean the battery´s temperature is going up and down all over again it's like the graph of a heartbeat record or something.
Don't get me wrong, the Nexus 5 is the best phone but if this is really what it takes to own a phone for straight two months.... I mean, really?
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Perhaps it's those monitoring apps that you have installed. Just reboot the phone, should be fine.
beekay201 said:
Perhaps it's those monitoring apps that you have installed. Just reboot the phone, should be fine.
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It was indeed because of these apps. Uninstalling them seems to have solved the issue. Thank you for pointing it out! I guess I was a lil bit scared at first.
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Tablet having a plethora of issues

I'm beyond confused on what to do right now. The tablet is having problems left and right and Im just so confused, and no answers from Google are helping me.
Basically, I have three problems. First, the tablet cannot boot past the Nvidia logo. Second, the battery charges EXTREMELY SLOWLY. It took ten hours to get to 35%, and I fell asleep waiting for it to get one percent. And third, it discharges rapidly while on with the charger.
To note what I did, I installed TWRP, did numerous factory resets, and installed LineageOS. However, it just won't boot. Sp I am now here. Please help, I have no more options.
Why didn't you leave it on stock?
Niii4 said:
Why didn't you leave it on stock?
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I can revert it to stock. Will that work?
It's best to not update the OS ever. As long as it works. Also, Google auto update should be deactivated. In general, updates are bad. They take storage and eat performance in 80% of the case.
Niii4 said:
Why didn't you leave it on stock?
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Niii4 said:
It's best to not update the OS ever. As long as it works. Also, Google auto update should be deactivated. In general, updates are bad. They take storage and eat performance in 80% of the case.
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Regardless, this means nothig for the battery. I've also never seen updates ruin a device. For example, updates actually saved my phone out of brick.If not for Cyanogen, this phone would've stayed bricked.
OEM updates usual ruin the performance. That's my experience.
I've tried numerous 7.1.2 custom Nougat roms and have recently gone back to stock 5.2 and have to say that the device works a lot better.
Niii4 said:
In general, updates are bad. They take storage and eat performance in 80% of the case.
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70% of statistics are made up.
After the 5.2 update, my K1 is running a bit smoother/faster than before. Particularly screen rotation, opening keyboard, opening apps & going back to home screen.
Battery life is as it was before the update.
One of the previous updates (5.1?) similarly improved performance a bit.
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Niii4 said:
OEM updates usual ruin the performance. That's my experience.
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Experiences will vary. But that goes with just about any software change, be it an OEM update, custom ROM, kernel, etc. For every person that says the performance, battery, etc. is better; there will be another that says it's worse.
There are lots of variables in how you use the device, what apps, etc.
For every person that says the performance, battery, etc. is better; there will be another that says it's worse.
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That is the placebo effect.
I can only speak for my own experience. Why fix something that isn't broken?
Oh yeah! Newer version number. And there must be something better about it then. Maybe more ads, or more data tracking.. who knows? Well, the devs know.^^
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I can only speak for my own experience. Why fix something that isn't broken?
Oh yeah! Newer version number. And there must be something better about it then. Maybe more ads, or more data tracking.. who knows? Well, the devs know.^^
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Security updates, for one thing.
As for ads and data tracking, you're making up problems that don't even exist.
Security updates,
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So the device wasn't secure to begin with?
In essence, I could blame the OEM when I got hacked? Really?
Quite frankly, that's yet another excuse to make people more gullible. 1984 all the way..
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Security updates, for one thing.
As for ads and data tracking, you're making up problems that don't even exist.
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He posted the same kind of comments in one of my posts where i was asking for help...
stefer09 said:
He posted the same kind of comments in one of my posts where i was asking for help...
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Yes, the comments by this user are over-generalized, hyperbolic, and nonsensical. They add little value to this forum. Just sounds like a guy that had a bad experience once or twice, and now has an axe to grind with every update on every device. Ever.
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Yes, the comments by this user are over-generalized, hyperbolic, and nonsensical. They add little value to this forum. Just sounds like a guy that had a bad experience once or twice, and now has an axe to grind with every update on every device. Ever.
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Generic tinfoil hat... telling me apps like evernote and facebook spy on you...
What if you're using an Android tablet, nah... google doesn't track anything, does it?

High android system usage

Hi all, after owning my S7 G930FD for about 6 months, i've got huge battery drain caused by android system always in top of my battery stats,draining more than the screen. Yesterday i flashed the latest firmware with a FULL wipe, also formatted my sd card, waited until the second cycle and it's back again,i have no idea what the hell is going on, it also happened when the phone still didnt update or install any app after the firmware installation. I remember having similar problem with the S6 on latest MM builds and Nougat, are they doing this on purpose ? Check my screenshot below i just took it right now, my only guess left now is the sd card,i'm not really sure, please tell if you have similar problem or if possible provide your battery stats so i can compare android system usage,thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
Soufiansky said:
Hi all, after owning my S7 G930FD for about 6 months, i've got huge battery drain caused by android system always in top of my battery stats,draining more than the screen. Yesterday i flashed the latest firmware with a FULL wipe, also formatted my sd card, waited until the second cycle and it's back again,i have no idea what the hell is going on, it also happened when the phone still didnt update or install any app after the firmware installation. I remember having similar problem with the S6 on latest MM builds and Nougat, are they doing this on purpose ? Check my screenshot below i just took it right now, my only guess left now is the sd card,i'm not really sure, please tell if you have similar problem or if possible provide your battery stats so i can compare android system usage,thanks in advance :fingers-crossed:
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Get Accubattery and monitor current draw. If it is at more than 500mA while on the home screen then something is up.
DarkerJava said:
Get Accubattery and monitor current draw. If it is at more than 500mA while on the home screen then something is up.
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Those apps doesnt show much about android system..Can you share your battery stats ? To see its usage for you ?
Soufiansky said:
Those apps doesnt show much about android system..Can you share your battery stats ? To see its usage for you ?
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I suggested it as a way to check if something abnormal actually going on.
Soufiansky said:
Those apps doesnt show much about android system..Can you share your battery stats ? To see its usage for you ?
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Oops I posted a duplicate photo... Here's the one I wanted to post.
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I suggested it as a way to check if something abnormal actually going on.
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Really impressive stats, is this the edge variant ?
Flat.
DarkerJava said:
Flat.
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Really, which rom and kernel please ? Mine is still full stock.
@Soufiansky
Your Battery-Usage is perfect. This drain which you can see is normal, i think.
Below you can see my battery stats with 14 minutes SOT, and no background Apps running.
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@Soufiansky
Your Battery-Usage is perfect. This drain which you can see is normal, i think.
Below you can see my battery stats with 14 minutes SOT, and no background Apps running.
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Thank you for the feedback mate, yes i guess so I just re-flashed the firmware and did a full wipe,seems ok thanks thanks all :victory:
@DarkerJava
Check this, no sign of android system seems like samsung numbers are *****d up. Think i'll come back to accubattery was a long user of this app before.
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Really, which rom and kernel please ? Mine is still full stock.
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Fine is full stock as well, with some disabled apps using Adhell.
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Fine is full stock as well, with some disabled apps using Adhell.
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Ah okay thanks :victory:

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