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Since I upgraded tp 4.0.4 my battery life has been completely terrible (nexus s GSM, stock, latest glados kernel) even though I don't use it the entire day, it drains over half in about 4 hours. Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this? It was perfectly fine before the update and would last days if I didn't use it, and about 12 hours if I did. Right now it's just unusable.
BetterBatteryStats and/or a fresh install (data/factory reset, format /system, optionally format /boot, install ROM).
HosainH said:
Since I upgraded tp 4.0.4 my battery life has been completely terrible (nexus s GSM, stock, latest glados kernel) even though I don't use it the entire day, it drains over half in about 4 hours. Anyone have any idea what I can do to fix this? It was perfectly fine before the update and would last days if I didn't use it, and about 12 hours if I did. Right now it's just unusable.
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Are you using a custom ROM?
I've had the same problem when I was in stock 4.0.3, which is why I decided to root my phone and resort to custom ROM's and kernels. Now my phone is doing ok in the battery department and is also much more snappier and smoother. Oh and most custom ROM's are already using 4.0.4 anyway.
Let's try and be scientific about your problem, here are some things you may want to try out first to improve battery life:
turn off wifi when not in use
turn off automatic syncing if you don't need it
set your network mode to 2G only if you're not using the internet
turn off mobile data when not browsing/using the internet
install the watchdog lite app/widget from the Google Play store so you can monitor rogue apps that are sucking up juice
do not set your screen brightness to AUTO, but manually adjust it when you need to. you can do this either in the settings menu or thru the power control widget
This are the things I can think of off the top of my head. If this doesn't improve your battery life, even just a bit, you may have no choice but to resort to drastic measures....and go to the dark side.
Hope this helps! Cheers!
mine is okay
Batt I think it quite good on 4.0.4. I can get about 23hrs of usage. Some wifi, some 3g (fb, whatsapp, updating apps, email), some music. Stock ICS.
I had this issue after stock 4.0.4 update from 4.0.3.
I found mediaserver using more battery than it should, so I;
1) Copied all files and folders from /sdcard to PC
2) Re-format /sdcard
3) Re-store all files and folders back to /sdcard
Mediaserver process is now minimal and battery is good again
Ok thanks for the suggestions guys, reformatting my phone would be alot of effort on my part due to how much time I spent setting it up so I would like to use that as a last resort.
I installed battery stats but I can't decipher what it's saying so if someone would be as kind to explain? I took screenshots of everything in an album and I would really appreciate it if someone had a look in the album below.
http://imgur.com/a/RAtmF
Well for one, you have chunks of bad signal(red bars). That right there can kill a battery quickly. The other stuff you may be better off saving the dump file and posting it as an attachment over at the BBS thread. The guys over there are pretty informative and may be able to give you more stuff to look at to help you out.
The red bars are when I was using the underground, the battery drains just as fast overnight. I will look for that thread, thanks.
Edit: I do not stay on the underground overnight, and I have a good signal in my apartment (you can see it's fine when I arrive)
HosainH said:
The red bars are when I was using the underground, the battery drains just as fast overnight. I will look for that thread, thanks.
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yep...a weak network signal will drain your battery a lot faster. if you're not using it to text, call or surf, or if you're just going to play games, might as well go airplane mode for a while, or at least until you get above ground where the signal is stronger.
After a good couple of hours not using the phone in a good signal area create a log and post it. Preferably get the hours just after charging.
Harbb said:
After a good couple of hours not using the phone in a good signal area create a log and post it. Preferably get the hours just after charging.
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ok will do.
Edit: should mention I just remembered I had it on airplane mode overnight once and it still drained.
Ok here is the dump file:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14208458/BetterBatteryStats-2012-05-03_062227218.txt
Ok nevermind just did a reformat new rom etc.
Sorry guys, but after reinstalling I am STILL getting the battery drain issue.. Was a clean install but reinstalled all my old apps and settings. from full to 28% in 5 hours with very little usage.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14208458/BetterBatteryStats-2012-05-05_014902302.txt
Please someone take a look!!!
I'll have a good look tomorrow with some suggestions. Had a fair bit on the last couple days with minimal internet access.
What ROM and Kernel are you using right now?
There are a couple of interesting details there but nothing that i can point out that will take you from 100% -> 30% in that time.
Some things to test:
-Turn phone off (noting charge), remove battery, replace battery, leave phone off overnight and turn it on in the morning, again noting the new charge
-Keep data off and see if battery is still draining / Airplane mode
-Uninstall half of your apps and see if it still happens. If not, add half of the apps you uninstalled. If so, uninstall half of the apps you have left, and so on.
-Do a clean install and try for 2 - 3 days, see if it still happens (preferably a stock ROM, preferably from fastboot images)
-Attempt going back to Gingerbread and try for 2 - 3 days (preferably a stock ROM, preferably from fastboot images)
These steps can (and should) be done pretty much in order and will rule out ALOT of possible reasons and give possible solutions some merit. Let me know how this goes.
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What ROM and Kernel are you using right now?
There are a couple of interesting details there but nothing that i can point out that will take you from 100% -> 30% in that time.
Some things to test:
-Turn phone off (noting charge), remove battery, replace battery, leave phone off overnight and turn it on in the morning, again noting the new charge
-Keep data off and see if battery is still draining / Airplane mode
-Uninstall half of your apps and see if it still happens. If not, add half of the apps you uninstalled. If so, uninstall half of the apps you have left, and so on.
-Do a clean install and try for 2 - 3 days, see if it still happens (preferably a stock ROM, preferably from fastboot images)
-Attempt going back to Gingerbread and try for 2 - 3 days (preferably a stock ROM, preferably from fastboot images)
These steps can (and should) be done pretty much in order and will rule out ALOT of possible reasons and give possible solutions some merit. Let me know how this goes.
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Using latest stable cyanogenmod + tried glados and netarchy and matrix kernels, all the same result. Will try what you said, also I bought a replacement battery to see if the actual battery is faulty (weird because it used to be fine). As for the airplane mode thing I already tried that, to no avail.
edit: should add that was using stock 4.0.4 before cyanogenmod.
I am running mokee open source 4.4.2 roms and am constantly having trouble with battery.
It shows vague levels...i charge it from 10% onwards...and it gradually goes to 60% or so and then suddenly jumps to 100% showing battery is full.
The recovery sometimes shows the original level as 60%..but rom shows 100%.
Then the rom discharges at 1% per 2 minutes or so and i just cant get any backup as in reality it never gets fully charged. :-/
I have tried callibrating it after numerous factory resets via various playstore battery callibration apps.
I have wiped the system everytime i have flashed a rom.
I have tried discharging it and then charging it while ita off.
I have tried bump charging.
Still it gives 7-8 hours backup while people get 3-5 days of backup on idle mode.
On idle mode even..my tab loses 10-12% in 2-3 hours.
Tab is 7 months old so i think battery doesnt needs to be replaced or any hardware issue.
Can anyone...anyone please help me..?
Please Suggest any method other than the ones i have tried.
Thanks
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I have even tried Greenify to check the background apps..but in reality the battery goes down on even very light use such as messaging or checkin xda updates.
Anyone..?
This meight help if you are on P51XX : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50677996&postcount=788
Else:
Got into advanced wifi-settings and disable wifi to be on all the time, also disable networknotification if you don't need them.
Thanks but i have a P3100.
I have already disabled wifi when sleeping.
Running powersave and noop on 300-1008 mhz.
raamishmk said:
I am running mokee open source 4.4.2 roms and am constantly having trouble with battery.
It shows vague levels...i charge it from 10% onwards...and it gradually goes to 60% or so and then suddenly jumps to 100% showing battery is full.
The recovery sometimes shows the original level as 60%..but rom shows 100%.
Then the rom discharges at 1% per 2 minutes or so and i just cant get any backup as in reality it never gets fully charged. :-/
I have tried callibrating it after numerous factory resets via various playstore battery callibration apps.
I have wiped the system everytime i have flashed a rom.
I have tried discharging it and then charging it while ita off.
I have tried bump charging.
Still it gives 7-8 hours backup while people get 3-5 days of backup on idle mode.
On idle mode even..my tab loses 10-12% in 2-3 hours.
Tab is 7 months old so i think battery doesnt needs to be replaced or any hardware issue.
Can anyone...anyone please help me..?
Please Suggest any method other than the ones i have tried.
Thanks
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Try flashing new kernel for your device.
Did you overclock the processor?
I once extended the preload with the help of a kernel., and when I restarted, cwm was unable to mount preload.
so I resetted the default settings of the kernel tweak app and den everything went fine like before.
Thanks for the reply.
I had once tried agni PureCM any rom kernel and i think that the issue was gone but i dont remember exactly and moreover i want to remain on stock mokee to get OTA.
People are gettin 3-5 days backup on stock.
I am running stock 300-1008 mhz on powersave and noop.
Also i just wiped preload once..could that be an issue.?
And wouldn't formattin the whole device and flashing the rom from scratch would reset the kernel settings to default..?
Here's a logcat if its of any use.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ai1yxarc89frj0n/logcat.2014-03-03-08-16-39+0530.txt
raamishmk said:
Thanks for the reply.
I had once tried agni PureCM any rom kernel and i think that the issue was gone but i dont remember exactly and moreover i want to remain on stock mokee to get OTA.
People are gettin 3-5 days backup on stock.
I am running stock 300-1008 mhz on powersave and noop.
Also i just wiped preload once..could that be an issue.?
And wouldn't formattin the whole device and flashing the rom from scratch would reset the kernel settings to default..?
Here's a logcat if its of any use.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ai1yxarc89frj0n/logcat.2014-03-03-08-16-39+0530.txt
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I don't think wiping the preload will cause a battery issue.
Yes formatting the whole device should reset the kernel to its default settings.
Are you sure it is not a hardware problem?
Try to check it on any other similar device if you have.
Okay mate.
So i dont have any other tab 2...but my bro has it and he doesnt has this issue as far as i know.
But even i didnt have this issue until 2-3 weeks.
The only real culprit i can think is it might be the cable.
As yesterday pc gave me a code 43 error and i could not connect the tab howsoever i tried.
On 4.4.2 mokee..what should i do with such stats..?
Running greenify...and wifi sleep is enabled..completely formatted the tab and still this issue.
Since battery didnt dropped while it was on sleep..i dont think there is any hardware problem.
Any idea mates..?
@raamishmk same happens with mobile data turned off? can you tell me when it started?
Mobile data is always turned off mate..that stat is for sim network only.
And it started almost 3-4 weeks ago.
Also..i bought a new factory cable and the issue remains..so the faulty cable was not an issue.
Tab is 8 months old now..maybe the battery has possibly died..?
It's a battery issue.. Happen with me as well.. Replace ur battery under Warranty otherwise it will cost u 1600 INR rupees..
Sent from my GT-P3100 using Tapatalk
Well warranty is of 1 year so i can..
Thanks.
well,, its been a long time time i dont walk trough xda but first i wanna say HELLO to everybody here and i wanted to say that i love this phone, I SIMPLY LOVE IT, fast and smooth, the way everybody wants a phone BUT i have been experimenting problems with the battery...
i used to have my phone unpluged from a full charge at 7 AM and discharged to 20 % at 8 PM, now since i rooted my device, battery is suffering i high drain since it cant survive even 6 hours of good use
any way, in case you can give me a hand im going to give you some informaction to help you help me:
MODEL: D800 atyt
SOFTWARE: 4.4.2 20c
KERNEL: 3.4.0
ROOTED with TWR, almost all bloatware deleted, xposed installed and running with G2 xposed module, battery doctor and clean master running.
*its shows that screen is using most of the battery but its imposible since im using low brightness and 30 secs to turnd off screen
SO THEN, WHAT SHOULD I DO? FULL WIPE FROM RECOVERY. and then apps restore with root apps? DELETE SOMETHING? APP INSTALATION?
anyway, i wanna know, what about you? tips? help for battery life? AANY KIND OF HELP WILL BE THANKS FULL :good:
I'll do a clean installation using this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483043 it's basically stock but he removed all bloatware. With android phones, it is suggested to do a clean wipe every 6 months or 1 year.
leroy_coco said:
well,, its been a long time time i dont walk trough xda but first i wanna say HELLO to everybody here and i wanted to say that i love this phone, I SIMPLY LOVE IT, fast and smooth, the way everybody wants a phone BUT i have been experimenting problems with the battery...
i used to have my phone unpluged from a full charge at 7 AM and discharged to 20 % at 8 PM, now since i rooted my device, battery is suffering i high drain since it cant survive even 6 hours of good use
any way, in case you can give me a hand im going to give you some informaction to help you help me:
MODEL: D800 atyt
SOFTWARE: 4.4.2 20c
KERNEL: 3.4.0
ROOTED with TWR, almost all bloatware deleted, xposed installed and running with G2 xposed module, battery doctor and clean master running.
*its shows that screen is using most of the battery but its imposible since im using low brightness and 30 secs to turnd off screen
SO THEN, WHAT SHOULD I DO? FULL WIPE FROM RECOVERY. and then apps restore with root apps? DELETE SOMETHING? APP INSTALATION?
anyway, i wanna know, what about you? tips? help for battery life? AANY KIND OF HELP WILL BE THANKS FULL :good:
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Very similar here, except I don't have battery doctor or clean master. My battery life sucks. I have disabled CIQ and Google Now. I installed WakeLock Detector and I am charging to 100% tonight, unplugging it, and will check in the morning to see whats going on.
paulthuong said:
I'll do a clean installation using this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483043 it's basically stock but he removed all bloatware. With android phones, it is suggested to do a clean wipe every 6 months or 1 year.
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Is there a difference between clean wipe and full wipe??
So I did the following:
Stopped cIQ with "Disable Service".
Disabled Google Now
Stop location services
Set brightness to 60% Auto
Charged to 100%, reset (with the charger on), then removed the charger.
Now, I am sitting at 17.5 hours on battery with 4 hours expected time left, and 2 hours screen time. Definite improvement.
not sure about the clean and full wipe but I wouldn't do a factory reset on the phone because your system files might be broken already. Just download the ROM zip file from the internet and go to Recovery to do it.
Does anyone else have the issue where android system is consuming 35+% of the battery? Looking at the stats it seems like one of the bundled services is keeping the radio on for 14/18hrs its been on.
Have the same isssue
Yeah, I'm having this issue too. Android System is consuming HUGE amounts of battery for me.
Thought I was the only one but glad that's not true! Still got good battery stats with the android system drain nonetheless.
Charged mine to full last night right before hitting the sack.
Woke up 7½ hours later and it had consumed 33% of the battery just sitting doing nothing bar getting email & polling (presumably) for Facebook updates.
And that was with Power Saving enabled. Bit disappointing, hoping when I disable auto-sync that it'll kill the drain.
There's lots of services running under Android Systems disable the ones u don't use, I have disabled some got better battery life, still testing some others...
The hardware on the phone is great, but touchwhiz drives me up the wall. I'll be happy if and when we get anything AOSP based, CM being the holy grail. Nice to know I'm not the only one getting this battery drain. I've disabled pretty much everything that's able to be disabled, as all I use is google services.
Same problem here.... Huge Android System battery drains.
I've played around with several things, and as of yet I haven't gotten it to stop other than turning off WiFi. Anyone found a fix?
Mine's more a combo of Android System and Google Services... both take up a majority of my usage... Services typically being a bit more.
Why are there two android systems? wtf...
Is there any way to reduce cell standby?
polaric said:
Does anyone else have the issue where android system is consuming 35+% of the battery? Looking at the stats it seems like one of the bundled services is keeping the radio on for 14/18hrs its been on.
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Same sh*t here. Went to bed last night fully charged, and 7-8 hours later, wake up with 23% of my battery gone.
I'm starting to wonder if moving away from the Nexus line was a mistake. I started running again and the N6 was just too big to lug along with me, on arm or in a waste band, so I decided to try Samsung.
Just got my S6 and I noticed this right away. Last charge I had 2:42 of SOT and "Android Systems" used 47% of the battery. I was just watching Netflix and YouTube mostly. My overnight drain is also quite high, about 1% every 30-40 minutes of standby.
Is that normal for most S6 owners?
To all:
Turn off VoLTE, turn off WiFi calling, install CPU Spy, ensure your phone is going into deep sleep. If it isn't, flash the stock recovery with Flashify, wipe the cache with it, then flash TWRP back with Flashify.
Post your results.
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To all:
Turn off VoLTE, turn off WiFi calling, install CPU Spy, ensure your phone is going into deep sleep. If it isn't, flash the stock recovery with Flashify, wipe the cache with it, then flash TWRP back with Flashify.
Post your results.
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Is this only for people who already flashed TWRP? I'm stock rooted and seeing this.
km8j said:
Is this only for people who already flashed TWRP? I'm stock rooted and seeing this.
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This is for everyone. If you haven't flash TWRP, then simply wipe the cache with stock recovery.
I just assumed most people would have TWRP flashed, my bad.
I am guessing that that this is an Android problem as the Galaxy S6 Edge has the same problem with battery drains.
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To all:
Turn off VoLTE, turn off WiFi calling, install CPU Spy, ensure your phone is going into deep sleep. If it isn't, flash the stock recovery with Flashify, wipe the cache with it, then flash TWRP back with Flashify.
Post your results.
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I'm not rooted and I don't plan on doing so. I'm not sure of any other options. I unplugged it last night an let it sleep. Android system used about 14% of the battery. And I lost 20% charge. Cpu run time was 38 minutes too. and I never even woke it up post unplugging it.
I believe this Battery Drain Issue is a Lollipop issue. Was haing it with my One Plus One, I fixed it by going into privacy Guard, and going to Google Play Services and not allowing it to stay awake, and start by itself.
Ill find the actual thread and post it, same issues happening with a lot of phones using lollipop
Battery drain on a new device = bad flash (very common on android devices, first run)
1 wipe the devices and start it again from factory problem should go away. (at least the excessive drain anyway)
2 Ensure you have updated the Samsung Services app (this was responsible for most if not all battery drain issues if you reset your device)
3. Turn the bloody Screen brightness down and turn off Adaptive display (way way way too much battery drain using them)
4. LTE off and Cell data off if you on wifi, your wasting battery power communicating with cell sites you arnt using, the weaker the signal the more power you will drain for no benefit
6. GPS / Loc data off unless you need it even then wifi / AGPS is usually more than accurate, remember GPS + poor sky visibility = more power used to get a loc.
5 NEVER measure battery life for the first 24 hours way too much stuff syncing and updating to measure with any accuracy.
I get a solid 2 days out of the S6 with mixed use and a screen on time of 2:30 could get that upto 3 hours but i have a hearthstone addiction
As mentioned above, I highly recommend wiping the cache, even when not rooted.
Also, worst comes to worse, i'd completely redo the phone from scratch via the Smart Switch software samsung provide.
I have a 20 day old galaxy s6 duos. It was bough new off ebay. I was functioning properly and when on holiday I dropped it onto a tiled concrete floor from a height of 2-3 feet.
Since then the battery has been draining abnormally.
I have disabled apps still no joy. Then ran the phone in safe mode with no improvement. Then did a reset using software with no improvement. Then wiped cache but still no joy. Then wiped cache and hardware reset. Finally disabled all apps and forced stopped a few more. Put the phone in airplane mode but despite that the phone is drains 10 %per hour with the phone not being used.
No apps running on the battery usage screen the only thing shown is device idle 1 %. .
I cant understand how dropping the phone can cause the battery to malfunction . Any ideas or suggestions ? Or something else I should be trying.
I wish it was easy to change the battery but that is not the case . I just wanted to see if anyone else has suggestions before I go down the route of replacing the battery.
Many thanks in advance.
Can
Try flashing stock 5.1.1 ROM via odin.
Thanks for the reply, It is already running android 5.1.1 baseband version G920FXXU2BOFJ . I dont understand the rest.
Do you think it worth reflashing the phone still ? Happy to provide more information.