[Completed] Awful Battery Life on Nexus 6 - XDA Assist

Phone: Moto Nexus 6
Android: 7.0
Build: NBD90Z
My phone has been fine since I updated to android 7 in October of 2016 but in the last 2 weeks it is a battery hog now. I have already tried messing with lots of settings and even performed a factory reset. Currently it shows that the android system is using 30% of the battery and the screen is only using 14%. I have not changed any of my normal habits so I am not sure why this occurred. Since the factory reset the only apps I have installed are Firefox, Signal, Steam, and the default google apps. I see that 7.1.1 is available but I am not sure why my phone has not updated to that version or even a newer build of 7.0. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Please help me
Thanks

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Phone: Moto Nexus 6
Android: 7.0
Build: NBD90Z
My phone has been fine since I updated to android 7 in October of 2016 but in the last 2 weeks it is a battery hog now. I have already tried messing with lots of settings and even performed a factory reset. Currently it shows that the android system is using 30% of the battery and the screen is only using 14%. I have not changed any of my normal habits so I am not sure why this occurred. Since the factory reset the only apps I have installed are Firefox, Signal, Steam, and the default google apps. I see that 7.1.1 is available but I am not sure why my phone has not updated to that version or even a newer build of 7.0. Any suggestions are appreciated.
Please help me
Thanks
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Hey buddy...
Android system using 30percent is considerably high but what is your overall usage duration prior to two weeks and now? screen is only using 14% if your screen on time is less....
how old is your phone?
also there is an article mentioned in XDA regarding to boost your battery life... again battery life is an individual expectation....
https://www.xda-developers.com/get-better-battery-life/

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Android system draining battery since 4.4 update

I have a UK retail device that is totally stock, no root. On 4.3 battery life was stellar but since updating to 4.4 Android system is draining the battery very quickly especially when I am off WiFi and am using 3G. It drops about 25% in 4 hours.
Yesterday I tried the nuclear option and performed a factory reset and SD wipe. When setting up again I did not restore my Google settings and started completely from scratch and only installed the bare essentials. I have Google Now enabled and my Location settings are at "Battery saving". I am using the stock launcher, etc. no mods. None of the Motorola services are enabled other than Assist for the silent period,
Alas the reset hasn't helped and Android system is again munching through my battery. My next step is to flash 4.3 and give up on 4.4 for now but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any other ideas.
Any advice is welcome. I'm wondering if this is a 3G radio issue of some kind (I am on the Three UK network).
I am with kk on en.EU firmware and battery is amazing like on 4.3. I am always in wifi and sometimes in 3g, no problem.
3g data generally drain more battery then wifi.
I'm using a little more.... maybe about 10% extra a day since updating.
Ive tried Wi-Fi on Wi-Fi off 2g and 3g and nothing makes much difference. I get about 3 days and 2 nights whatever combination I use.
rec71 said:
I have a UK retail device that is totally stock, no root. On 4.3 battery life was stellar but since updating to 4.4 Android system is draining the battery very quickly especially when I am off WiFi and am using 3G. It drops about 25% in 4 hours.
Yesterday I tried the nuclear option and performed a factory reset and SD wipe. When setting up again I did not restore my Google settings and started completely from scratch and only installed the bare essentials. I have Google Now enabled and my Location settings are at "Battery saving". I am using the stock launcher, etc. no mods. None of the Motorola services are enabled other than Assist for the silent period,
Alas the reset hasn't helped and Android system is again munching through my battery. My next step is to flash 4.3 and give up on 4.4 for now but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any other ideas.
Any advice is welcome. I'm wondering if this is a 3G radio issue of some kind (I am on the Three UK network).
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What version of Google Play services do you have?
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if0rg0t said:
What version of Google Play services do you have?
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4.1.32
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Also on Three UK network, andrpid system has been causing battery drain since updated to kitkat.
Hi,
I have the same experience. The battery life on 4.3 was pretty good. I expected some improvements in 4.4 however the battery draining is almost twice as fast as it was.
Google Play Services is the most power hungry app. Its version is 4.1.32. As I understood the battery usage of this app has been improved recently. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...player-new-google-drive-api-preview-and-more/
What I installed is only a custom clock widget, otherwise everything is the stock.
sakos1 said:
Hi,
I have the same experience. The battery life on 4.3 was pretty good. I expected some improvements in 4.4 however the battery draining is almost twice as fast as it was.
Google Play Services is the most power hungry app. Its version is 4.1.32. As I understood the battery usage of this app has been improved recently. http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...player-new-google-drive-api-preview-and-more/
What I installed is only a custom clock widget, otherwise everything is the stock.
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Twice? Come on.. Classic placebo effect!
Android system just over took screen when it comes on battery usage on my phone... This is after I turned off Google Now and changed location to Battery saving mode.
denzel09 said:
Twice? Come on.. Classic placebo effect!
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In 4.3 I managed to achive more than 4 days battery life once, Now it is on 50% after one day when I almost did not use the phone.
25% Google Play services, 14% Android system...
See this thread for reference:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2611806&page=5
I factory reset a second time and have only installed the absolute bare essentials. Today the issue has gone. My suspicion is location services but I will reinstall more apps slowly until I prove this.
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rec71 said:
I factory reset a second time and have only installed the absolute bare essentials. Today the issue has gone. My suspicion is location services but I will reinstall more apps slowly until I prove this.
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Please do share your result, I really don't want to root my phone and also installed too many apps to do a factory re-set without knowing it will definitely work.
lavafire said:
Please do share your result, I really don't want to root my phone and also installed too many apps to do a factory re-set without knowing it will definitely work.
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I installed more apps last night and battery life is still stellar. My current suspicion is a combination of the BBC Weather app with Location mode set to High accuracy.
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sakos1 said:
In 4.3 I managed to achive more than 4 days battery life once, Now it is on 50% after one day when I almost did not use the phone.
25% Google Play services, 14% Android system...
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I disabled Google Now only and the battery draining has been normalized. I will try to enable it again.
I have exactly the same issue - since going to 4.4.2. Battery usage was great in 4.3 - but since going to 4.4 it was awful (android system using 30% of the battery overnight).
I did a factory reset - which kept me at 4.4 but uninstalled all my apps etc (and put google play services back to the original version). I then turned off location services altogether (I had tried battery saver, but it made no difference). Since then I have been having little or no issues - android system is hardly using thing overnight. Google play services has updated back to the latest version.
So it is defo to do with location services and/or some app using it to death - haven't risked turning it back on yet - but will do - might go for gps only first, then battery saver (which did no good last time). Google now is currently off - but I may turn it back on as part of my testing
Disabled location, now Android System only uses 13% of the battery instead of 35%. Still this is way too high for whatever it is used for, will keep investigating.

Google play services battery drain

Hi all
Ever since the android 6 update I have noticed that Google play services is always top of my battery drain stats.
Also the mobile radio active figure is always going up and up!
I do have a android wear device synced but I always have and never noticed this is lollipop.
Anyone know what could be causing this? I don't have Google now or location services on
Thanks
Chris
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Clear it's cache. Power off. Leave for about a minute and power back on
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Tried that mate thanks, no change
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Same problem as OP
I am having the same problem as OP mentioned where GP services, Android OS and System are ending up on top of my battery usage stats. I tried various solutions like GServiceFix from the play store, and other solutions from other threads regarding battery drain, but none of them have been consistent so far. Should we just wait for the 6.1 update?
I just got a Wear device (ZenWatch 2). I was hoping that since I wouldn't have to use the phone as much I'd get better battery life, but this is causing the opposite :S I hope they fix it soon!

HORRIBLE battery life after November 16 update.

Hey all
I have a Sprint Galaxy S 6 that I just updated with an update that claimed to be to improve "battery drain".
It is losing 13% in a half hour without using the phone.
I have no apps running.
I go to settings and it seems that Google Play services is always the one that uses most of the battery.
I never got great battery life but this update seemed to make it worse.
Am I missing something big???
Any advise would be appreciated.
Mike in St. Louis
mikeinstlouis said:
Hey all
I have a Sprint Galaxy S 6 that I just updated with an update that claimed to be to improve "battery drain".
It is losing 13% in a half hour without using the phone.
I have no apps running.
I go to settings and it seems that Google Play services is always the one that uses most of the battery.
I never got great battery life but this update seemed to make it worse.
Am I missing something big???
Any advise would be appreciated.
Mike in St. Louis
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Probably your phone won't go into deepsleep. This is caused by wakelocks and alarms. You can fix this by rooting your phone and install powernap or factory resetting your phone & start all over again.
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_SDroid said:
Probably your phone won't go into deepsleep. This is caused by wakelocks and alarms. You can fix this by rooting your phone and install powernap or factory resetting your phone & start all over again.
Hit thanks if I helped you - LG G3 D855
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I would rather not root my phone... I did it with my last three phones and was more trouble than it was worth for me. The phone has all of the features that I like and I don't have a need to flash ROMS.
Any other suggestions?
mikeinstlouis said:
I would rather not root my phone... I did it with my last three phones and was more trouble than it was worth for me. The phone has all of the features that I like and I don't have a need to flash ROMS.
Any other suggestions?
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In that case factory reset your phone, this will delete all of your apps and data so also the wakelocks and alarms. From then your phone will go into deepsleep and you won't lose so much juice when you don't use the phone
Hi, I'm also having battery life issues. I've factory formatted from recovery menu, but I still get battery issues. I charge my phone about 3 times a day and I don't have any significant drain according to the battery usage settings.
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Plain Water said:
Hi, I'm also having battery life issues. I've factory formatted from recovery menu, but I still get battery issues. I charge my phone about 3 times a day and I don't have any significant drain according to the battery usage settings.
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The same here. I have everything okay according to battery stats. But I lose like 5-8% an hour when screen doesn't work. Don't know what to do.
I basically surf the net and use WhatsApp. By early afternoon, I'm down to 60% battery. I unplug my charger at 6am everyday.
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I'm curious if you have cell satndby being used constantly, as that is my problem.
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Android OS Battery drain

Last few days I have a huge battery drain from Android OS
On 7.1.1 stock with January security update
I tried a factory reset but this didn't solve the problem.
Anyone else have similar issue ?
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ayamy87 said:
Last few days I have a huge battery drain from Android OS
On 7.1.1 stock with January security update
I tried a factory reset but this didn't solve the problem.
Anyone else have similar issue ?
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I also noticed that my battery life took a hit with the January update, and Android OS is at the top of the list for battery use. Not sure what's going on. I've installed greenify, and it seems to make a slight improvement, but still nowhere near the battery life I had a month ago.
ayamy87 said:
Last few days I have a huge battery drain from Android OS
On 7.1.1 stock with January security update
I tried a factory reset but this didn't solve the problem.
Anyone else have similar issue ?
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I have battery drain as well since the latest update. I don't feel like factory resetting my phone. I literally factory reset my phone 4 times since I got it.

Huge battery drain all the time (hardware issue?)

Hey guys, I was hoping you could help me pinpoint the reasons why my Honor 8 suddenly can't get 2 hours of SOT and can't barely hold a charge for more than 6h with little usage.
Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/AH8oFua
19% battery
49min with screen on
6h30 powered on since last full charge
It's a FRD-AL10 model bought in Gearbest in August 2017 that came rebranded as FRD-L19C636.
It was working reasonably untill recently, when the battery began to die really fast, with no apparent reason.
When it first happened, it had B360 firmware installed.
I though that maybe forcing the update to B380 it would make a change. It didn't. Same for B390.
Did a Factory reset, no luck.
At that point I decided to unlock the bootloader and try custom roms, but the fact that the camera didn't work properly in none of them was enough to discard that option without further tests.
I went back to stock B360 (even though now the phone displays the test mode rom now - I'll handle it later).
So that's it: I've done several full formats and factory resets by now, and the battery performance remains poor, even though the phone is less than a year old.
This kind of happened suddenly, that's why I was thinking it was software related, but I'm not sure anymore, since the drain persists in multiple firmwares and after multiple resets, and cleanings of cache.
Thanks for the help!
It's cause of Google play services. They rolled out a bad update. The same is happening to my device. We'll have to just wait till they release a new update.
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This is how it shows up on my device.
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ayush rao said:
This is how it shows up on my device.
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I sure hope it's a temporary hassle! But thanks a lot for your feedback!
valp88 said:
I sure hope it's a temporary hassle! But thanks a lot for your feedback!
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Haha I was losing my mind regarding this, I thought I was the only one facing this till I came across your thread.
If you check out the play store reviews of play services from the past 3 days you'll see lots of people complaining about the same.
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You need to roll back the update
or reset the settings to factory settings.
I got the same s***t.
No Problem With Mine, I Disabled Some Google Play Services Services With An App
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Thank you guys, my girlfriend and I are both having battery drain issues. I really hope it is a software issue that will get fixed. We both really love the phone .
AccuBattery is consistently saying my battery health is around 1300mAh, after many recharge cycles.
This info persists after a brand new factory reset and rollback to B360.
I guess the battery is indeed the one main culprit here.

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