Moto 5 2015 battery drain first use! - Moto G 2015 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i just bought the 16GB version and the moto g as you know has an excellent battery experience but when i opened it and just did some startup settings for like 10 minutes i noticed that the battery drains so fast! 2% every minute or something, is this thing normal? because it's its first use?

No it's definitely not normal. Maybe it requires a few recharging cycles to reach full potential. Or if problem persists, you can try factory reset.
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No it's definitely not normal. Maybe it requires a few recharging cycles to reach full potential. Or if problem persists, you can try factory reset.
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okay i'm charging it now and will see

Mine is 8gb edition and the first uses, the battery charged veeeery slowly, very very slow, but after some full charges, I'd say 4 or 5, it became normal. Maybe it could be as you said, because of first use, give it some time and charges, I think it will get better.

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Mine is 8gb edition and the first uses, the battery charged veeeery slowly, very very slow, but after some full charges, I'd say 4 or 5, it became normal. Maybe it could be as you said, because of first use, give it some time and charges, I think it will get better.
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i believe its normal estimated charge time is 5 hours i'm okay with that, i'll charge it multiple times and hopefully it'll become better, thanks for your reply!

thats bad! on regular use/brightness on the lowest/without any gaming
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should i upgrade it to marshmallow?
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should i upgrade it to marshmallow?
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Give it a couple of days more. You can update if you want, but I would try to wait some more days as it is getting better.
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i upgraded it to Marshmallow and the new thing is that wifi is taking so much battery, i turned off all location scanning
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hessien zaghloul said:
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i upgraded it to Marshmallow and the new thing is that wifi is taking so much battery, i turned off the all location scanning
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yeah, its a bug in MM, motorola is saying that they will release patch to it.. i have been waiting for that ... its been 5 months no patch

waiting for Android N
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Umm... What WiFi bug? Never had that, of course I did a full factory reset after taking MM upgrade.
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i didn't, after restarting my phone the bug is gone
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Excessive battery drain?

Hi, think im about 2 weeks into my ownership of my N5, and over tha last few days ive noticed that the battery seems to drain far quicker now than previously. For example, my phone was 100% when I unplugged it at 8am this morning, and at 12: you can see the drain with very light use. I notice android is using a lot? Is this normal?
Any tips etc?
Thanks
i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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JabboMaster said:
i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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if you tap on "android os" what do you see?
i was getting some random-app gps wake lock and i'm doing some trial.
JabboMaster said:
i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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i just gone to 4.4.2 last night, but was doing this yesterday too so just factory reset there will have a look in a mo to see if its resloved.
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i also have this problem, since 4.4.1 update Android OS is draining a lot
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And im getting some random battery percents, i didnt even charge my phone
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i read somewhere this could be down to fast dormancy??
I have a new "winner" in the battery drain category - this morning, I looked at mine & "Exchange Service" is now #2 on the list when I tap on the Battery.
Can I say, let's see what 4.4.3 is going to bring in terms of fixes & breaking more ...
Well, whatever it was, a factory reset resolved It! Been running sweet since i reset the old girl.
I've been having issues for a week now with Android Os/Kernel killing my battery. Just figured out in my case, it was having the "Enable Battery Stats" module in Xposed. Been running it for a few hours and everything but this Damn Audiomix wakelock seems good
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The same in nmy nexus 5
I have the same problem in my nexus 5 after updated to 4.4.3 the use of batery for Andoris OS is around 20 % higher

Battery usage

Hi guys, I've just bought a Motorola moto g 16gb and then I've installed android 4.4.2 and I noticed that the battery stats doesn't show the battery usage of many user apps..
Is it a bug or not?
(Before this phone I had a HTC desire c with android 4.1.2 cyanogenmod)
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It is not a bug.. android does not show user apps battery data anymore..
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Ah.. I found it very useful sometime..
And is it normal the percentage of battery used by the screen? (I keep it around 30/40% during the day)
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zazzy24 said:
It is not a bug.. android does not show user apps battery data anymore..
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It does, but it won't show any user app that is less than (I think) 4% use. He's got a user app showing up on the list in his screenshot.
What has changed is that some user app use of core OS features now get reported as Android OS/Android System where as under JB they were reported as the originating app.
smoza said:
Ah.. I found it very useful sometime..
And is it normal the percentage of battery used by the screen? (I keep it around 30/40% during the day)
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What was your screen on time? (Long press Screen/Shermo)
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What was your screen on time? (Long press Screen/Shermo)
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Yesterday I recharged it so the old screen on time is gone.. But today I didn't used it a lot but the percentage of used battery is 53%
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Hey @smoza I noticed in your screenshots you're using a battery percentage app. Did you know that KitKat already supports battery percentage? You can enable it with this app, without root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
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smoza said:
Yesterday I recharged it so the old screen on time is gone.. But today I didn't used it a lot but the percentage of used battery is 53%
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OK, really need to know battery consumed, how much of that is reported to be the screen and the screen on time to see if that is an issue. It is normal for screen to be top of the list with regular usage but how much it drains (and how much screen on time you get) is basically going to be a function of your brightness settings.
Looking at your second screen shot I can see a couple of things you might want to investigate/change.
Wifi is always on - fine if you are actually connected to wifi - but if you are out and about and not using a wifi connection having wifi enabled will add a significant amount to your idle drain rate. You should also disable 'Scanning always available' in the Advanced Wifi Settings (Settings/Wifi/Menu Button.Advanced).
Your cell signal is often quite poor - not a lot you can do about it but that will cause faster drain when you are connected to mobile data.
Your phone is waking up regularly when not in use. There could be numerous causes for this, but most likely it is having location set to High Accuracy or Battery Saver - the phone is regularly collecting info from your cell tower connections and surrounding wifi networks to feed back to Google to get a location fix, and apps that like to know your location may be asking for a fix regularly. Depending on what you use location for you may wish to consider turning it off entirely or running in Device Only mode.
You've used GPS - some people have experienced an issue with a continually higher drain rate after using GPS - it's intermittent - for some it is everytime after using GPS, some most of the time, others very occasionally. A reboot will fix if this is an issue (it doesn't look like it is a problem but it's hard to tell - it's most obvious if the battery drains in airplane mode).
I turned off the GPS right now, disabled 'scanning always available' and set the brightness as auto.. I'll write here if this will increase my battery life or not, thank you anyway
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smoza said:
I turned off the GPS right now, disabled 'scanning always available' and set the brightness as auto.. I'll write here if this will increase my battery life or not, thank you anyway
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You might want to keep it between 10 to 20% manually adjusting to higher levels if you're going outside, for the brightness sensor to not be working and therefore, consuming more battery.
From this morning at 10a.m. with 94% of battery I reached the 9p.m. with 7% of battery and I used it a bit more of my average use.. That's better than before (I had to charge my phone at 8p.m.), so thank you guys
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smoza said:
From this morning at 10a.m. with 94% of battery I reached the 9p.m. with 7% of battery and I used it a bit more of my average use.. That's better than before (I had to charge my phone at 8p.m.), so thank you guys
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just curious.. which launcher app are you using? by any chance are you using the google now/experience launcher?
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pisherthefisher said:
Hey @smoza I noticed in your screenshots you're using a battery percentage app. Did you know that KitKat already supports battery percentage? You can enable it with this app, without root https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.kroegerama.android4batpercent
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this app is pretty much useless as till your battery is very low it won't show the battery %... wish someone came up with a circle battery with text app for moto g..
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There is anything to do to fix. this bug? The phone had aroun 70% of battery and the phone shootdown it self and you can see the results, 0% of battery but the phone is still working.
Here you can see the screenshot, i'm running stock ROM with aerokernel, and xposed and Gravity box.
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just curious.. which launcher app are you using? by any chance are you using the google now/experience launcher?
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I'm using google now launcher, why?
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smoza said:
I'm using google now launcher, why?
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try using nova for a day and tell me if u notice a difference in the battery drain...
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It's not bug.
will try something....latters

Nexus 5 battery and settings messed up

OK over that past few days my battery rarely last a few days. Here is my nexus battery stats. Its states my screen has been on for 1m when I have had it on for about 20mins. Also battery drops by the second. Please help. I then tried to charge the charging icon came on but it didn't charge. Left it plugged in for 30mins. Any suggestions?
Regards
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I have also tried rebooting but when I go the the battery settings everything is the same. Nothing has reset? Pls help battery going by the minute and seconds
Hi,
Are you ysing a custom rom/kernel? Go back to fully stock and see if it happens or not...
No I am not. Just rooted and full stock ROM nothing else.
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dec1153 said:
No I am not. Just rooted and full stock ROM nothing else.
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Well, does it charge while you have connected it to a Wall(AC) charger? Does the Battery indicate that it's charging??
Yes it does indicate. But the percentage did not move. This happened yesterday as well so I drained it then charged fine as normal. Any advice.
Thanks
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vin4yak said:
Well, does it charge while you have connected it to a Wall(AC) charger? Does the Battery indicate that it's charging??
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Yes it does. Now what?
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dec1153 said:
Yes it does indicate. But the percentage did not move. This happened yesterday as well so I drained it then charged fine as normal. Any advice.
Thanks
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No clue m8.. It's surely weird. You could try to flash factory images and see whether it fixes or not... Follow this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Wait for a while and see whether someone else comes up with a solution.. If not, follow the above thread..
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Yes it does. Now what?
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So it indicates that it's charging but the percentage doesn't go up.. that's what you're saying, right?
Try a different wall charger or try charging it via a computer/laptop and see if it charges? May be a faulty charger?
Yes I'll do what I did yesterday. I'll keep u updated, thanks for the help so far though,much appreciated!!! I currently have 53% for 45mine screen on. I might try a battery calibration app too because I am rooted....
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Yes I'll do what I did yesterday. I'll keep u updated, thanks for the help so far though,much appreciated!!! I currently have 53% for 45mine screen on. I might try a battery calibration app too because I am rooted....
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Np. Always happy to help... Battery calibration apps are useless.. Here's a useful post about the same : https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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Np. Always happy to help... Battery calibration apps are useless.. Here's a useful post about the same : https://plus.google.com/u/0/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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OK now device is charging as it should be ( I drained it to 4% which took 1hr). Plugged in as we speak. Will report tonight or tomorrow
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dec1153 said:
OK now device is charging as it should be ( I drained it to 4% which took 1hr). Plugged in as we speak. Will report tonight or tomorrow
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That's great news... Do keep us posted! :good:
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vin4yak said:
That's great news... Do keep us posted! :good:
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OK, device is working but battery drain from Google play services and android os seems sucking my juice like hell! Screen on time option has disappeared but so far battery has dropped as quickly as expected. Fingers crossed
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dec1153 said:
OK, device is working but battery drain from Google play services and android os seems sucking my juice like hell! Screen on time option has disappeared but so far battery has dropped as quickly as expected. Fingers crossed
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Disable location services / Google reporting widen you're not using it...
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Yes I have. So far everything is back to normal but the android OS is still at the top of the battery, but battery doesn't drain like before...... Fingers crossed again!
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dec1153 said:
Yes I have. So far everything is back to normal but the android OS is still at the top of the battery, but battery doesn't drain like before...... Fingers crossed again!
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If you aren't using your phone regularly then Android OS/SystemUI/phone idle will always be at the top of the list!
Since you're rooted, install BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector and see which apps are preventing your device from sleeping... Also, Install greenify and hibernate all apps except the ones which you would like to get notifications from like whatsapp...
OK thanks, will do that now. Any idea what is draining my battery ( see PIC)
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dec1153 said:
OK thanks, will do that now. Any idea what is draining my battery ( see PIC)
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Seems normal... Even I have the same... You can't make out by looking at it... You need apps Like Wakelock Detector : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Follow these steps:
1. Open Wakelock Detector settings and put a tick on "Statistics Since unplug"
2. Charge your device for sometime.
3. As soon as you remove the device from charge, turn off the screen and don't use it for few hours.
After few hours, Turn on the screen and open wakelock detector and check "Wakeup Triggers", "Kernel Wakelock" and "CPU Wakelock" and see what's preventing the device from sleeping...
Now once you Greenify those applications, you ought to have a good battery life!
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Seems normal... Even I have the same... You can't make out by looking at it... You need apps Like Wakelock Detector : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
Follow these steps:
1. Open Wakelock Detector settings and put a tick on "Statistics Since unplug"
2. Charge your device for sometime.
3. As soon as you remove the device from charge, turn off the screen and don't use it for few hours.
After few hours, Turn on the screen and open wakelock detector and check "Wakeup Triggers", "Kernel Wakelock" and "CPU Wakelock" and see what's preventing the device from sleeping...
Now once you Greenify those applications, you ought to have a good battery life!
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Thanks!!! How do I use greenify!!! Thanks
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Thanks!!! How do I use greenify!!! Thanks
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Here's the official thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
Everything's explained in detail + how it works!

How does everyone get 6+hours of screen time

I have seen people posting screen shot of their devices with 6,7 and even 8 hours of screen time. How do they get it???
I barely get 4.5 hours and haven't ever gotten even 5 hours.
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1) Use some battery saver or so .
2) If that doesnt work call flipkart or from wherever you have taken it and ask them to replace it
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I have seen people posting screen shot of their devices with 6,7 and even 8 hours of screen time. How do they get it???
I barely get 4.5 hours and haven't ever gotten even 5 hours.
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Lower screen brightness to the loswest setting and disable google app data sync. Then also disable wifi/Data when you arent using it. Make sure you often clear recent apps and try an app like clean master.
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Lower screen brightness to the loswest setting and disable google app data sync. Then also disable wifi/Data when you arent using it. Make sure you often clear recent apps and try an app like clean master.
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No themes installed, brightness set to 20%, battery saver on, regularly using clean master, location services off, Wi-Fi and data always off.
Only using when needed like 2 hours browsing non stop, 1 hour video playback and 30 minutes low graphics games gaming
ive had 10 hours once but that was really trying,my usual is more like 5 or 6 ,im rooted and greenified but not much else.i have the brightness on auto all the time.
battery life seems to be getting better and better.
Okay guys now that I have replace my g. I get an average of about 5 hours on screen time with edge on for about 6 hours.
Its it okay
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udaylunawat said:
Okay guys now that I have replace my g. I get an average of about 5 hours on screen time with edge on for about 6 hours.
Its it okay
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What does "g" stand for that you replaced? Battery? Thanks.
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I've got auto brightness on, play games for about 2-3 hours of the day and get 4-6 hour screen time don't be so battery conscious
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What does "g" stand for that you replaced? Battery? Thanks.
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Its moto g....
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Its moto g....
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#noobmoment
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I get not so great battery on stock but Paranoid Android has given me the best battery life out of all the roms I've tried so far (Slim, CM, LiquidSmooth, etc)

N5 shuts off randomly

So, my N5 recently started acting up now back when it had kitkat I never had this problem. So here is what I'm dealing with. My phone is charged 100% if the battery is at 60% and I try to take a picture the camera begins to act... All funny not taking pictures correctly as if the lens is taking too long to take the picture making the picture dark. Then the phone shuts off I turn it back on only to reveal my batter is at 1% and then later dies. Not sure if i have to replace the battery or what. This phone is was purchased on December 6th 2013 from Google.
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Check to see if the battery is physically swelled
Checked battery looks ok also cleared the cache partition still acts funny.
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Anyone have a solution to this?
I'd try changing the battery. Sounds like the battery is shot. Up to you though. Could be a number of things
Try wiping cache.
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Tried a factory reset, I noticed my battery life is a bit better but the phone still shuts off when trying to take pictures I'll try changing the battery and hope it helps.
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Tempest786 said:
Tried a factory reset, I noticed my battery life is a bit better but the phone still shuts off when trying to take pictures I'll try changing the battery and hope it helps.
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I have the exact same problem. Has changing the battery worked? I am getting the same thing after I take a PIC or Play a game at when battery is at 90%. It just dies. Help out peeps.
So it appears that the issue has been fixed at first I thought it was the battery so I changed it that wasn't it. I then reflashed android 5.0.1 and still didn't worked I then disabled the camera app and downloaded one from the play store and the phone no longer shuts off while taking photos
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