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Has anybody else had trouble with rapid battery drain and Cell Standby being the process that's taken up most of the battery? I'm completely stock and unrooted at the moment
JoeyBert said:
Has anybody else had trouble with rapid battery drain and Cell Standby being the process that's taken up most of the battery? I'm completely stock and unrooted at the moment
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It's a known issue. They apparently added the wrong power draw amount when calculating the percentages so those are wrong but it's not really using more battery, just misreporting.
PJnc284 said:
It's a known issue. They apparently added the wrong power draw amount when calculating the percentages so those are wrong but it's not really using more battery, just misreporting.
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Any fixes out there?
You need to be rooted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
PJnc284 said:
You need to be rooted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732722
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Do you know if this works only with a custom ROM or can I just use the non-Odin root method?
JoeyBert said:
Do you know if this works only with a custom ROM or can I use the non-Odin root method?
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I used the non-odin route and just installed it on mine. Cell standby dropped from about 30% to only 3% after install.
PJnc284 said:
I used the non-odin route and just installed it on mine. Cell standby dropped from about 30% to only 3% after install.
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Thanks, appreciate the quick responses
PJnc284 said:
It's a known issue. They apparently added the wrong power draw amount when calculating the percentages so those are wrong but it's not really using more battery, just misreporting.
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So with that calculation being incorrect does that result in your battery life draining faster? I just got mine on 9/22 and battery is draining significantly due to cell standby (cell radio being at the top of the list) I heard through a friend that this will be fixed with jelly bean update?
Can anyone shed some light as I just switched over from iPhone 4 and this whole battery issue is disappointing, thanks!
Frankiej1978 said:
So with that calculation being incorrect does that result in your battery life draining faster? I just got mine on 9/22 and battery is draining significantly due to cell standby (cell radio being at the top of the list) I heard through a friend that this will be fixed with jelly bean update?
Can anyone shed some light as I just switched over from iPhone 4 and this whole battery issue is disappointing, thanks!
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Battery not draining faster. Percentage reported in stats is wrong. 30% shown is actually 3% and should be at bottom of list.
prdog1 said:
Battery not draining faster. Percentage reported in stats is wrong. 30% shown is actually 3% and should be at bottom of list.
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Thanks for the reply prdog..one more question cuz I just came back from the Verizon Store and they can give me a new one if I go back since I just got this on Saturday..
So the reported stats is wrong as you stated in Battery setting..so thats the reason why I see my battery level indicator draining? Because it does drain pretty fast.
I have an odd issue that happened twice so far over the last couple months.
I'm well aware of the common issues that cause battery drains, such as app wakelocks, Google Play Services, wifi scanning, location etc... Sometimes my phone's battery just tanks @ idle, dropping like 5-10% per hour, with nothing causing wakelocks at all. Normally, my phone probably drains < 1% per hour, so obviously it's an issue.
I was able to fix the issue after going into recovery and wiping cache/dalvik and what not, but it's really odd. It seems like the phone sometimes just can't measure the % correctly.
And again, my phone generally drains <1% per hour, and when the issue occurs, I check my phone and I see it tank to like 40% after 5-6 hours idling when settings were not altered.
Does anyone else have similar issues as this??
As you stated above, there are wakelocks. I don't know how you would lose 10% every hour on idle mode. Normal loss is 1%- 4%. Please install a wake lock app such as betterbatterystats and report back with a screenshot or look up what the wakelock means. Majority of the time, it's just a app sucking your battery. If this is a major concern to you however, just factory reset.
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Anyway to not have everything off in airplane mode and get less than 1% drain an hour?
I think thats substantial battery drain lol
Aria807 said:
I have an odd issue that happened twice so far over the last couple months.
I'm well aware of the common issues that cause battery drains, such as app wakelocks, Google Play Services, wifi scanning, location etc... Sometimes my phone's battery just tanks @ idle, dropping like 5-10% per hour, with nothing causing wakelocks at all. Normally, my phone probably drains < 1% per hour, so obviously it's an issue.
I was able to fix the issue after going into recovery and wiping cache/dalvik and what not, but it's really odd. It seems like the phone sometimes just can't measure the % correctly.
And again, my phone generally drains <1% per hour, and when the issue occurs, I check my phone and I see it tank to like 40% after 5-6 hours idling when settings were not altered.
Does anyone else have similar issues as this??
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I posted about what I think is the same issue I've seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589036. Look familiar? Happens more frequently to me than it does to you, but I reboot often due to kernel updates, Xposed module updates, etc.
I hope it's a software bug, but honestly, I haven't seen anyone else complain about it. Until now. I find it impossible to believe nobody else has noticed it. It's impossible to miss.
Aerowinder said:
I posted about what I think is the same issue I've seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589036. Look familiar? Happens more frequently to me than it does to you, but I reboot often due to kernel updates, Xposed module updates, etc.
I hope it's a software bug, but honestly, I haven't seen anyone else complain about it. Until now. I find it impossible to believe nobody else has noticed it. It's impossible to miss.
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I've been on Cataclysm rom for a while now and it's very random. Only experienced twice and I preordered my phone (so however long I've had it).
And as to the other posts above, like I said, I'm not a novice to identifying wakelocks... I'm well aware of the typical wakelock issues this phone has, and my device generally doesn't experience this drain. Unfortunately I don't have any screenshots, but basically everything looks normal in BetterBatteryStats, but the battery % just tanks in a linear line with hardly any awakes.
I'm personally thinking it's a bug with the software regarding reading battery %.
jetlitheone said:
Anyway to not have everything off in airplane mode and get less than 1% drain an hour?
I think thats substantial battery drain lol
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Not on this phone no. When I had my HTC one I would regularly get around 0.4% per hour standby drain. That was the best I've ever gotten on any phone except the iPhone.
aooga said:
Not on this phone no. When I had my HTC one I would regularly get around 0.4% per hour standby drain. That was the best I've ever gotten on any phone except the iPhone.
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My HTC One was at about 1%/hr. My Moto X on it's best night lost only 1% over 8 hours but I usually lose 2-3%. My Nexus 5 is at 3-4% overnight. I've seen it do less though. I have to leave wifi off (on both my X and my N5), otherwise the drain becomes more substantial. As long as it's on LTE, when it sleeps, it SLEEPS.
Aria807 said:
Does anyone else have similar issues as this??
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I did last night for the first time, and a friend of mine had it a few times too, but it mysteriously fixed itself... At least it's a while that it doesn't happen anymore
I noticed battery draining fast since I installed gravity box. Without even touching the phone in the morning it will go down to 99%
I attached the screenshot of wakelock detector from this morning. an hour commute with just listening to music dropped 15%
You need to be a bit clearer with your reports about 'drain'
Are you reporting 1% battery drop as a 'drain' definitely due to gravitybox?
Are you using a custom rom with a feature conflicting with gravitybox?
Can you uninstall gravitybox and immediately confirm the drain goes away?
Your 15% drop, were you streaming via 3G on your hour commute? If so that sounds reasonable as it works harder to keep the signal
Try betterbatterystats as well to look at other wakelocks
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You need to be a bit clearer with your reports about 'drain'
Are you reporting 1% battery drop as a 'drain' definitely due to gravitybox?
Are you using a custom rom with a feature conflicting with gravitybox?
Can you uninstall gravitybox and immediately confirm the drain goes away?
Your 15% drop, were you streaming via 3G on your hour commute? If so that sounds reasonable as it works harder to keep the signal
Try betterbatterystats as well to look at other wakelocks
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I am stock but rooted.
I am on lte but half of my commute i have no signal from being on a train. but usually my phone lasts a day or at least 12 hours now i am only getting 6 hours.
I will try better battery stats and then post a screenshot before uninstall gravity body
I have the same problem. I Ajay lost 3%in one minute after using this for 4 minutes. Something not right with that gravity box. I'll be lucky to get 2.5 hours of screen time compared to my 3.5 I used to get.
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here is the better battery stats
not sure if accurate reading since it was installed with 80% battery left.
I will have to try again when it is fully charged
Gravity box won't drain your battery.
Not having a signal on the train will tho....big time. Unless you switched to airplane mode? Anytime the phone has to look for a signal, the battery takes a real beating.
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kj2112 said:
Gravity box won't drain your battery.
Not having a signal on the train will tho....big time. Unless you switched to airplane mode? Anytime the phone has to look for a signal, the battery takes a real beating.
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The weird thing is even with traveling on the train i used to get at least 12. Even on the weekends when I am home it is draining fast unless I don't touch the phone at all
jj71787 said:
I am stock but rooted.
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rooting does not necessarily mean you will have better or wore battery. Try changing the kernel, stock kernel gives you 3-3.5 hrs SOT normal usage.(unless you use it to read books)
I had 0% drain overnight when i first bough the phone, but after a while 1-3% drain overnight is normal.
gamer.11 said:
rooting does not necessarily mean you will have better or wore battery. Try changing the kernel, stock kernel gives you 3-3.5 hrs SOT normal usage.(unless you use it to read books)
I had 0% drain overnight when i first bough the phone, but after a while 1-3% drain overnight is normal.
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I understand that. I was just stating that I was not on a custom rom.
I heard that franco kernal is the same battery stats as stock.
any suggestions?
Thanks
There was some problem with old version of KitKat. Google Now constantly was accessing location services and draining the battery like hell. I don't know if it got fixed or not.
Try turning off location and use phone normally.
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cooolforce said:
There was some problem with old version of KitKat. Google Now constantly was accessing location services and draining the battery like hell. I don't know if it got fixed or not.
Try turning off location and use phone normally.
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I was thinking of that. I never had the problem with keeping it in battery saving mode. I will have to try turning it off
jj71787 said:
I was thinking of that. I never had the problem with keeping it in battery saving mode. I will have to try turning it off
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Great! So let us know the results
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jj71787 said:
here is the better battery stats
not sure if accurate reading since it was installed with 80% battery left.
I will have to try again when it is fully charged
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jj71787 said:
I understand that. I was just stating that I was not on a custom rom.
I heard that franco kernal is the same battery stats as stock.
any suggestions?
Thanks
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Different kernels behave differently for everyone's device and usage. You need to experiment yourself.
But before you do, work out what is using your battery first, electricity doesn't just disappear, tends to obey the laws of physics...
Then determine if it's definitely gravity box, or if you're experiencing phone 'usage' as opposed to battery 'drain'
Leave wakelock detector and betterbatterystats for collecting data for much longer. Put your phone down for a while...
eddiehk6 said:
Different kernels behave differently for everyone's device and usage. You need to experiment yourself.
But before you do, work out what is using your battery first, electricity doesn't just disappear, tends to obey the laws of physics...
Then determine if it's definitely gravity box, or if you're experiencing phone 'usage' as opposed to battery 'drain'
Leave wakelock detector and betterbatterystats for collecting data for much longer. Put your phone down for a while...
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I turned location off to see if it is that. I am going to try better battery stats tomorrow after i gets a full charge
jj71787 said:
I turned location off to see if it is that. I am going to try better battery stats tomorrow after i gets a full charge
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So man, did turning off location services help ?
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Are you performing soft restarts? If so, that's probably the reason. For some reason, Android doesn't take well to soft restarts, so when you soft reset it never initializes properly and you end up with strange things like excessive battery drainage.
BirchBarlow said:
Are you performing soft restarts? If so, that's probably the reason. For some reason, Android doesn't take well to soft restarts, so when you soft reset it never initializes properly and you end up with strange things like excessive battery drainage.
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Interesting...I've been having erratic drain patterns lately with no visible culprits. I've noticed it happens sometimes after updating gravity box and I always do a soft reboot, so that might explain it. Do you have any more information about it?
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I only did 1 softboot.
I think the culprit is google music it drains the battery like crazy. I tried not listening to music on my commute and got to work with 98% battery. With google music I will get to work with 90%
BirchBarlow said:
Are you performing soft restarts? If so, that's probably the reason. For some reason, Android doesn't take well to soft restarts, so when you soft reset it never initializes properly and you end up with strange things like excessive battery drainage.
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soft reboots do fine on android. your "never initializes properly" is inaccurate and just plain wrong.
jj71787 said:
I only did 1 softboot.
I think the culprit is google music it drains the battery like crazy. I tried not listening to music on my commute and got to work with 98% battery. With google music I will get to work with 90%
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To be honest this looks like phone usage, rather than particularly bad battery 'drain'. Are you expecting that your battery should be 98% if you listen to music while on the move for an hour? Or what would a reasonable expected level be?
Your first post said that an hour commute dropped 15%, now it's dropping 10%? Sounds like an improvement to me.
My battery drains about 17% over the night. This is way too much. I have a N5 and it doesnt drain like that.
Phone is not rooted or anything.
I can assume (or atleast i hope) that theres an app or something that causes that. How can I tell what drains the bat?
mazinya said:
My battery drains about 17% over the night. This is way too much. I have a N5 and it doesnt drain like that.
Phone is not rooted or anything.
I can assume (or atleast i hope) that theres an app or something that causes that. How can I tell what drains the bat?
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You can start by posting here a screenshot from Settings > Battery
Can you tell me how to take a screenshot? which buttons to press?
mazinya said:
Can you tell me how to take a screenshot? which buttons to press?
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Power and Volume Down simultaneously.
Hello guys,
I have a problem with my new Galaxy S7. The battery is draining way too fast.. I'm constantly getting around 2 hours of SOT a day and the battery lasts about 12 hours... I'm desperate... I have tried everything from turning off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, uninstalling apps to even factory resetting the phone. The problem is still there.. Please help me
BTW, my battery level is dropping 1% every 2-3 minutes
justforlgp500 said:
BTW, my battery level is dropping 1% every 2-3 minutes
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Exynos or snapdragon?
Travis Bickle said:
Exynos or snapdragon?
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Exynos
justforlgp500 said:
Exynos
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So after resetting it and without installing any app you still have 4-5% battery drain per hour on standby ?
Travis Bickle said:
So after resetting it and without installing any app you still have 4-5% battery drain per hour on standby ?
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No, I have 1% drain every 2 minutes when using the phone on light tasks( Internet, messaging, Facebook and email). Little to no battery drain is visible when not using the phone. But I can'tell get more than two hours of SOT on a full charge
justforlgp500 said:
No, I have 1% drain every 2 minutes when using the phone on light tasks( Internet, messaging, Facebook and email). Little to no battery drain is visible when not using the phone. But I can'tell get more than two hours of SOT on a full charge
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I'll suggest you do something that worked for me, charge your phone to 100% and then restart it. Idk if it will work for you but tell me if you see any difference.
justforlgp500 said:
No, I have 1% drain every 2 minutes when using the phone on light tasks( Internet, messaging, Facebook and email). Little to no battery drain is visible when not using the phone. But I can'tell get more than two hours of SOT on a full charge
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Facebook app is draining battery like that for me at the moment.
Uninstalled Facebook and it's still there... Nothing funky in battery stats apart from high usage on Android System
Update: just done another factory reset, the problem still persists
justforlgp500 said:
Update: just done another factory reset, the problem still persists
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That's weird, try disabling everything you don't need like Bluetooth, NFC if you haven't already. Turn screen brightness lower, disable fast charging and "nearby device scanning", optimize the apps in settings/battery. Then do a restart and see if it makes any difference.
Hi mate,
I was in the same boat on Monday with a faulty device that overheating and kept freezing.
What I found was I had a weird bug, and 'Mediaserver' was constantly the biggest battery drain.
So saying that, when you go to your battery stats, what is your phone telling you is the main culprit?
Try this: charge your device to 100% restart it and then unplug the charger.
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Eurofighter_ty said:
Try this: charge your device to 100% restart it and then unplug the charger.
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Did that work for you?
Yep, now I got about 4 hours of SOT (I did this once)
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sstanton86 said:
Hi mate,
I was in the same boat on Monday with a faulty device that overheating and kept freezing.
What I found was I had a weird bug, and 'Mediaserver' was constantly the biggest battery drain.
So saying that, when you go to your battery stats, what is your phone telling you is the main culprit?
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Hello,
The main battery consumer when looking at the battery stats is Android System.
Take a look at this
After a couple days of owning the S7, I checked battery usage of apps
OM Customise = 10%
KNOX = 10%
I've installed Package Disabler Pro, and disabled both the above, charging the phone now and will see if it makes any difference
If the above is true, that should give me 20% back by the end of the day
justforlgp500 said:
Take a look at this
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How much SOT did you have at that point?
Travis Bickle said:
How much SOT did you have at that point?
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About 30 mins