Android System draining battery? - Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers

Hey guys so recently my Pixel 2 has been draining battery and I don't know why. I feel as though this had started happening right after the February 5 security update but i don't know if that makes sense... Any ideas on what could be causing the drain in battery? I have a screenshot to show you guys that Android System seems to be causing the issue. I have wifi scanning off too which I have seen can affect battery

connorhiller said:
Hey guys so recently my Pixel 2 has been draining battery and I don't know why. I feel as though this had started happening right after the February 5 security update but i don't know if that makes sense... Any ideas on what could be causing the drain in battery? I have a screenshot to show you guys that Android System seems to be causing the issue. I have wifi scanning off too which I have seen can affect battery
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Fixed it... If anyone else is having this issue, go to developer options and turn off "Mobile Data Always Active"

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Strange "Android System" CPU usage times battery usage

I've been noticing a weird shift in percentages of usage on my battery. Before a few days ago, display would take up a good 70+% of the battery. Now, I seem to be seeing a 40%-ish usage from Android System. My girlfriend and I have the same phone, we both unplugged at the same time and within 2 hours, hers only had about 4 minutes of CPU usage from Android System while mine had a whopping 1 hour.
I can't figure out what the problem is or what's causing this.. Anyone able to shed some light on this for me?
I noticed that Android System is using the second most battery after the display for me too. Hadn't noticed this at all until today. Are you rooted?
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mjforte said:
I noticed that Android System is using the second most battery after the display for me too. Hadn't noticed this at all until today. Are you rooted?
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I am not.
It just doesn't make any sense to me because my girlfriend and I were in the same spot for those two hours; nothing should have been different.
Yeah that is weird. Anyone else that can shed some light on this?
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Sounds like a rogue process. Reset and see what happens.
You may want to use an app like Quick System Info Pro (or something else, can anyone suggest one?) and capture logs of that process. That might shed some light on whats going on.
I had that problem, and then through elimination figured out that if I had a clockweather widget on the home screen, it caused some issues. I dunno why.
a number of things are always going to be using the battery. if the display isn't the biggest battery user and the android system is than it simply means that a number of background processes have been consuming your battery while your display has been off. how is or was your battery level compared to your girlfriend's phone? perhaps you have more things that are sync'ing in the background than your girlfriend. anyway, unless you're seeing an unusually high drain in your battery than I wouldn't worry about it.
Well, I powered off/on the phone and it doesn't seem to be doing it anymore. I would love to find an app that could help me pinpoint this next time so I don't have to power down my phone just to fix it. I have aLogcat installed but I can only see the past two minutes of logs because it goes by so fast.
shock2sys said:
a number of things are always going to be using the battery. if the display isn't the biggest battery user and the android system is than it simply means that a number of background processes have been consuming your battery while your display has been off. how is or was your battery level compared to your girlfriend's phone? perhaps you have more things that are sync'ing in the background than your girlfriend. anyway, unless you're seeing an unusually high drain in your battery than I wouldn't worry about it.
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Yeah, the problem is how much battery it was draining. Within the 2 hours it was unplugged, I lost 54%; she only lost 29%.
Ive had this same problem with Android System going crazy. I have no idea what causes it. A reboot fixes it, but it's pretty annoying.
Yup. I've seen this too.
I'm gonna guess you guys were on 4G? I've read this exact thing happening to a few people, and they've all been on 4G. It's happened to me three times -- all on 4G. I keep my phone on 3G at work because the signal is terrible and WiFi at home and haven't seen this issue in those circumstances. Some kind of 4G radio issue, most likely.
I read in another thread Verizon is aware of the problem (or so somebody was told on a support call about it), so hopefully it'll get fixed in an OTA update.

[Q] Bad battery life :(

I have done the following already
Location services disabled
Google Now disabled
Location reporting disabled
Wifi Scanning disabled
wiped cache
G is still getting drained quick. Screen on time doesnt cross 2.5-3.5 hours . I keep wifi and 3g both on
Install an app like BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector. They will show more information but require root.
Dexxon said:
Install an app like BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector. They will show more information but require root.
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I am unrooted unrooted G's in the other xda moto g battery screenshot thread are getting a screen on time of 5-6 hours.. cant seem to be able to match their numbers even remotely
Do you have the brightness set to auto?
Dexxon said:
Do you have the brightness set to auto?
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actually yes, but could that be such a major drain factor??
Actually i don't really know but who knows? Since when are you facing this issue?
Dexxon said:
Actually i don't really know but who knows? Since when are you facing this issue?
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the device itself is about 10 day old. so can't pinpoint exactly
Seems to be a strange issue. Maybe you should give it some time. If it is not getting any better you should consider rooting and install a better battery app
You could try a factory reset
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Battery drain app might give you some ideas, I'm averaging 0.85% hour with location and google now on
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
There are threads and a bug report with Motorola regarding this. It seems sometimes once GPS is used the battery continues to drain at 1-3% per hour until you reboot.
It may not be the issue in your case but it looks likely as the drain you see when the phone is not awake looks very similar to the problem.
If it drains in airplane mode and the phone shows as never awake then its the same problem.
For now don't use GPS or if you do then reboot directly after.
eemgee said:
Battery drain app might give you some ideas, I'm averaging 0.85% hour with location and google now on
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
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ok, installed it, will keep posting results
scott_doyland said:
There are threads and a bug report with Motorola regarding this. It seems sometimes once GPS is used the battery continues to drain at 1-3% per hour until you reboot.
It may not be the issue in your case but it looks likely as the drain you see when the phone is not awake looks very similar to the problem.
If it drains in airplane mode and the phone shows as never awake then its the same problem.
For now don't use GPS or if you do then reboot directly after.
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I have disabled location completely and haven't used GPS at all. But other phones in XDA seem to be getting awesome battery life despite GPS on
xgt001 said:
I have disabled location completely and haven't used GPS at all. But other phones in XDA seem to be getting awesome battery life despite GPS on
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If you use your camera, then that might be the problem. Google itself noted a bug in Kit Kat that may run down the battery if you use the camera. Do a search on Google for more details...
btw I found this article stating skype sucks battery, how true is it?? will keep posting any changes after uninstall
@emgee It's showing a drain of 2.8%/hr with wifi on
Prior to this early morning I had turned off data and wifi and I got a battery drop from 100% to 91% in about 7 hrs, is that Ok?
xgt001 said:
I have disabled location completely and haven't used GPS at all. But other phones in XDA seem to be getting awesome battery life despite GPS on
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OK, it was just that he first screenshot showed GPS was used right at the start of the battery graph. I assume you have rebooted since then.
scott_doyland said:
OK, it was just that he first screenshot showed GPS was used right at the start of the battery graph. I assume you have rebooted since then.
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yeah have done.
So you suggest that battery saving option in Location is the best to use?? I have been following that thread
xgt001 said:
yeah have done.
So you suggest that battery saving option in Location is the best to use?? I have been following that thread
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If you are getting the weird drain issue that seems to be related to GPS then maybe best to use battery saving. Depends his bad you need GPS though. So up to you really.
battery drain around 2.5 % /hr . Basically havent been using phone after 82%

[Q] com.android.systemui battery drain

EDIT: After doing some testing, it seemed to be the lockscreen notifications for Mahdi rom, which turned itself on when you picked it up(like active display).
Hi, using franco kernel #50 and Mahdi rom 4/25 and noticed my battery was draining extremely quickly. I checked battery settings, and it says I am getting a 27% battery usage from com.android.systemui.
Are there any known solutions to this?
The only thing I can think of that could be causing this is TouchControl(slide to wake)
Any help fixing this is greatly appreciated!
Gsam battery monitor: http://imgur.com/I98wVtS
Battery settings: http://imgur.com/K48lo2K
Zortwil said:
Hi, using franco kernel #50 and Mahdi rom 4/25 and noticed my battery was draining extremely quickly. I checked battery settings, and it says I am getting a 27% battery usage from com.android.systemui.
Are there any known solutions to this?
The only thing I can think of that could be causing this is TouchControl(slide to wake)
Any help fixing this is greatly appreciated!
Gsam battery monitor: http://imgur.com/I98wVtS
Battery settings: http://imgur.com/K48lo2K
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nothing you can do about touch control battery drain, except not use it.
simms22 said:
nothing you can do about touch control battery drain, except not use it.
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Has touchcontrol has proven to be a problem in the past?
I mentioned it in the post because I thought it COULD be it, but didn't do any testing to prove it.
Thanks!
Zortwil said:
Has touchcontrol has proven to be a problem in the past?
I mentioned it in the post because I thought it COULD be it, but didn't do any testing to prove it.
Thanks!
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yup. battery drain with touch control has been known about for a long time.
After doing some testing, it seemed to be the lockscreen notifications for Mahdi rom, which turned itself on when you picked it up(like active display).
Anything to do with active notification (pocket mode) or tap to wake, anything like that is a big battery drain on the N5.
don't know if it could be helpful, but I want to share with you my experience.
Yesterday I did notice a heavy battery drain caused by android.systemui process. a 80% of battery gone in about 3-4 hours, without having done any particular operation or installed any new app. moreover, I was sleeping when it's happened.
I'm on a Nexus 5 with CM 11 Snapshot M9.
I remembered to have suffered an identical issue about one month ago, and no wipe was useful. the problem disappeared by itself the day after, and the a battery calibration it seemed to be the only helpful thing. but I was wrong.
I connected the fact that the problem appeared the first time the 31 of july. and, coincidentally, yesterday was the 31 of August.
believe it or not, by changing the date the problem was totally disappeared. completely solved.
so I suppose that it's a bug related to the system date, incapable to handle correctly the 31 of each month. very, very strange.
maybe (probably) it's not the solution for everyone who found this issue, but if you notice an abnormal battery drain by the android.systemui process, try to change the system date.
mitico303 said:
don't know if it could be helpful, but I want to share with you my experience.
Yesterday I did notice a heavy battery drain caused by android.systemui process. a 80% of battery gone in about 3-4 hours, without having done any particular operation or installed any new app. moreover, I was sleeping when it's happened.
I'm on a Nexus 5 with CM 11 Snapshot M9.
I remembered to have suffered an identical issue about one month ago, and no wipe was useful. the problem disappeared by itself the day after, and the a battery calibration it seemed to be the only helpful thing. but I was wrong.
I connected the fact that the problem appeared the first time the 31 of july. and, coincidentally, yesterday was the 31 of August.
believe it or not, by changing the date the problem was totally disappeared. completely solved.
so I suppose that it's a bug related to the system date, incapable to handle correctly the 31 of each month. very, very strange.
maybe (probably) it's not the solution for everyone who found this issue, but if you notice an abnormal battery drain by the android.systemui process, try to change the system date.
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I came across this thread thru google search since I was having a huge amount of battery drain due to System UI on my Note 4 running custom ROM since yesterday.
And to my surprise, your 'strange' solution did work on my device.
Though its hard to justify since i didn't find any unusual wakelock/alarm for system date in Gsam/Betterbatterystat/Amplify but it did work.
Thanks for sharing.
Googled "System UI drain" and came to this thread, although I have Nexus 5X. I have read last two posts and thought "****, the problem looks just like mine, but the solution seems unrepeatable". Then I looked at the date - 31st of May. I will wait till tomorrow.
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Huge battery drain problem after Lilipop update

After updating my Z3's firmware to Lilipop, I'm facing huge battery drain. In kitkat, when returning home battery remained 55%. After update, I found it 30-35%. Note that my usage pattern didn't change.
How can I get rid of it?
sameee781 said:
After updating my Z3's firmware to Lilipop, I'm facing huge battery drain. In kitkat, when returning home battery remained 55%. After update, I found it 30-35%. Note that my usage pattern didn't change.
How can I get rid of it?
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There is another thread for this issue.
Does there have the solution? Please share the link.
Many users reported that a factory reset fixed their problems. Only downside is that you have to reconfigure your phone
done factory reset manytimes but the drain remains..
seems like radio being active by apps is the problem
i'd love to post screenshots but since i am new here you know i am unable
Have you tried using BBS (better battery stats) to isolate the drain? And also try setting "keep wifi in sleepmode" to never or only when connected. Have heard of that working wonders for some.
And the screenshot thing can be overcome by uploading it to a different site and posting only the links
Preper yourself for NO notifications, if you put WI-FI to sleep.
I have wifi asleep and still get notifications. Maybe a little less frequent, but that's because stamina mode is working better (in my opinion) and only checks once in a while for new notifications
crazymister said:
I have wifi asleep and still get notifications. Maybe a little less frequent, but that's because stamina mode is working better (in my opinion) and only checks once in a while for new notifications
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That' s the Queue background data option that is doing that.
So there ARE notifications Vs what you said that there would be none. I rest my case here
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@ OP, I also ticked the option that other apps may not use wifi for location even when wifi is off. I believe that may also cost you some juice
Thread closed until Senior Moderators have had their say.
Thread re-opened. Please refrain from causing or continuing arguments
crazymister said:
Have you tried using BBS (better battery stats) to isolate the drain? And also try setting "keep wifi in sleepmode" to never or only when connected. Have heard of that working wonders for some.
And the screenshot thing can be overcome by uploading it to a different site and posting only the links
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thanks for suggestions ..
It's funny how my phone ran normal for the first week now the phone is being drained by Facebook and feedly, I have made no changes in any settings and its happening now. Haven't looked into the problem yet but don't even know is it third party issues lol.
One thing I found out is that the battery tend to drain at a lesser rate if you leave the phone charged for an extra 20 mins or more after hitting 100%. Just a speculation
LitoNi said:
It's funny how my phone ran normal for the first week now the phone is being drained by Facebook and feedly, I have made no changes in any settings and its happening now. Haven't looked into the problem yet but don't even know is it third party issues lol.
One thing I found out is that the battery tend to drain at a lesser rate if you leave the phone charged for an extra 20 mins or more after hitting 100%. Just a speculation
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So, blame facebook for the battery drain.
There is an option where you can make the phone play a sound when is fully charged.
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Just clean flash stock ftf.. Ota just sucks. I did it and my battery returned to prime life again.
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I doubt that the reason we have the same problem is the same, but since I know how to post a screen cap, here's mine:
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Android Services draining my Battery?

Hey guys so recently my Pixel 2 has been draining battery and I don't know why. I feel as though this had started happening right after the February 5 security update but i don't know if that makes sense... Any ideas on what could be causing the drain in battery? I have a screenshot to show you guys that Android Services seem to be causing the issue. I have wifi scanning off too which I have seen can affect battery.
connorhiller said:
Hey guys so recently my Pixel 2 has been draining battery and I don't know why. I feel as though this had started happening right after the February 5 security update but i don't know if that makes sense... Any ideas on what could be causing the drain in battery? I have a screenshot to show you guys that Android Services seem to be causing the issue. I have wifi scanning off too which I have seen can affect battery.
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There has been a lot of reports on battery drain after the February patch update. There is a post on reddit who used the files go app to clear the cache for multiple Google apps that seemed to fix the issue. You could try that and see if it works for you. A

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