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I'm using a Nexus 5, its my first Android device, and so my first time rooting.
I rooted yesterday using the Android SDK, and installed TWRP.
The root worked perfectly, and I have tested it. All I have done since rooting (unlocked boot loader at the same time, so I'm clean on stock), is install a few Play Apps like Twitter, WhatsApp and then BusyBox and dSploit.
I haven't added any customisations or anything, and my battery is now awful!
i.imgur/AkdAKjW.jpg (Can't post links yet)
My screen has been on for 50 minutes...
I have brightness on the lowest setting, have turned off vibrate on touch, turned off Wi-Fi, turned off Location, set to use 3G not 4G, set display to turn off after 15 seconds...
Im sure it can't be anything to do with the root, but I don't really know too much about it. Is there a problem with 4.4.2 and battery life?
What else can I do to improve it?
Ideally I'd like to be able to have a max of 3-4 hours screen time, and the device to last for 14-15 hours.
I was easily getting 14 hours before I rooted/updated, but now my battery life has just screwed up.
Why is the OS using up so much?
7ewis said:
I'm using a Nexus 5, its my first Android device, and so my first time rooting.
I rooted yesterday using the Android SDK, and installed TWRP.
The root worked perfectly, and I have tested it. All I have done since rooting (unlocked boot loader at the same time, so I'm clean on stock), is install a few Play Apps like Twitter, WhatsApp and then BusyBox and dSploit.
I haven't added any customisations or anything, and my battery is now awful!
i.imgur/AkdAKjW.jpg (Can't post links yet)
My screen has been on for 50 minutes...
I have brightness on the lowest setting, have turned off vibrate on touch, turned off Wi-Fi, turned off Location, set to use 3G not 4G, set display to turn off after 15 seconds...
Im sure it can't be anything to do with the root, but I don't really know too much about it. Is there a problem with 4.4.2 and battery life?
What else can I do to improve it?
Ideally I'd like to be able to have a max of 3-4 hours screen time, and the device to last for 14-15 hours.
I was easily getting 14 hours before I rooted/updated, but now my battery life has just screwed up.
Why is the OS using up so much?
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Is this not the first charge since you first saw the problem? The Android OS bug occurs sometimes. I would reboot and see how it is on the next full cycle.
sreen may be turning in coz some apps might be asking for root access.
I think you try greenify app and hybernate useless apps, m sure this will help you.
Hello Guys!
I have a XT1032. Running the stock Android 4.4.2 Stock from Telcel (Mexico).With unlocked bootloader + Rooted + Cwm Advanced.
Well idk when happen exactly before the battery was amazing 15 hrs form the morning to night with heavy use. Games + Social Networks + Much Photos and more. Then i install the faux kernel with art and later greenify with xposed framework. The phones its very fast but i feel that drain too much battery. I started to tweak it. I try other io scheluders and the latest intelliactive and i notice much lag and appear too much messages of bugreports form the fauxclock. Later to that i install the Bionic/Dalvik patches and well the phone just go faaaaassst. And then more like zombie of battery,
Idk why the battery sucks i get 5 or 6 hrs. On screen of drain like 5% percent on 2 hrs when before was 1% on 8 hrs
Right now i unistall the xposed framework, wipe dalvik and change to ART. And appear more problems first when start appear Google Play Services stop message. And Pushbullet and Motorola Services too. Then i return to Dalvik and now i have much lag.
What do you think is the cause of this? *I will Format and Wipe all on Monday to reinstall from 0 but maybe someone can tell me how to repair this mess :silly:
Really, it comes down to installing Xposed framework and Greenify.
Sometimes we need to be told straight up what works, and its installing XPosed Framework, and installing Greenify to identify what's waking up and consuming battery - and then telling Greenify to put it to sleep.
I'm doing this write up because it's something I know a lot of us are facing with our Relay's as they age and we try to stay current with new roms.
Like quite a few of us I've sacrificed battery life for an updated rom that looks decent and runs fast. Between builds and Kernels I was lucky to get through the day let alone to 24 hours without my phone needing a charge - even if I didn't play any games.
I tried flashing clean and not using titanium backup - didnt have any effect once I had the apps I desired installed.
I checked OS Monitor, wakelock detector, battery usage things, juice defender... nothing really extended or identified what he true cause, things said Android System UI or Display or Graphics was eating it all up. I started wondering if it was the latest roms with the transparent pull down notifications or the annoying pop ups that show you text messages and emails in the top foreground of the screen ..
Turns out for me, it was my "Transparent Weather Widget" I wanted something that showed a 5 day forecast and this sucker was DRAINING my battery.
I'm now running SlimKat initial build (Mar 15 2014) with Xposed framework, Juice Defender and Greenify. Everything is working perfect on my phone now. I keep checking in greenify and sleeping apps that don't need to be using any resources until I execute them. One item about SlimKat is you need to 2 finger pinch together the recent tasks to close all apps at once, other than that it has every feature I wanted, less annoying pop ups than the most recent KitKat's and my battery today - 50% after 14 hours. Usually at the most by a day like today I would have is 15% but more likely 6%.
This may be long winded, but its the steps we've all been mystified on why System UI or Display is the leading cause of battery use.. I think it has to do with the transparency of my widgets .. Food for thought if it helps others.
yohan4ws said:
Really, it comes down to installing Xposed framework and Greenify.
Sometimes we need to be told straight up what works, and its installing XPosed Framework, and installing Greenify to identify what's waking up and consuming battery - and then telling Greenify to put it to sleep.
I'm doing this write up because it's something I know a lot of us are facing with our Relay's as they age and we try to stay current with new roms.
Like quite a few of us I've sacrificed battery life for an updated rom that looks decent and runs fast. Between builds and Kernels I was lucky to get through the day let alone to 24 hours without my phone needing a charge - even if I didn't play any games.
I tried flashing clean and not using titanium backup - didnt have any effect once I had the apps I desired installed.
I checked OS Monitor, wakelock detector, battery usage things, juice defender... nothing really extended or identified what he true cause, things said Android System UI or Display or Graphics was eating it all up. I started wondering if it was the latest roms with the transparent pull down notifications or the annoying pop ups that show you text messages and emails in the top foreground of the screen ..
Turns out for me, it was my "Transparent Weather Widget" I wanted something that showed a 5 day forecast and this sucker was DRAINING my battery.
I'm now running SlimKat initial build (Mar 15 2014) with Xposed framework, Juice Defender and Greenify. Everything is working perfect on my phone now. I keep checking in greenify and sleeping apps that don't need to be using any resources until I execute them. One item about SlimKat is you need to 2 finger pinch together the recent tasks to close all apps at once, other than that it has every feature I wanted, less annoying pop ups than the most recent KitKat's and my battery today - 50% after 14 hours. Usually at the most by a day like today I would have is 15% but more likely 6%.
This may be long winded, but its the steps we've all been mystified on why System UI or Display is the leading cause of battery use.. I think it has to do with the transparency of my widgets .. Food for thought if it helps others.
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Really good post, I can say I using 20140315 version (last working camera) and last kernel for it (don't remember the version) get really good performance and similar battery, using the same xposed
OmniToad now includes methods to turn off specific alarms and wakelocks at a lower level than greenify and/or Xposed.
Magamo said:
OmniToad now includes methods to turn off specific alarms and wakelocks at a lower level than greenify and/or Xposed.
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You can try the battery performance already?
yohan4ws said:
I'm now running SlimKat initial build (Mar 15 2014) with Xposed framework, Juice Defender and Greenify. Everything is working perfect on my phone now. I keep checking in greenify and sleeping apps that don't need to be using any resources until I execute them. One item about SlimKat is you need to 2 finger pinch together the recent tasks to close all apps at once, other than that it has every feature I wanted, less annoying pop ups than the most recent KitKat's and my battery today - 50% after 14 hours. Usually at the most by a day like today I would have is 15% but more likely 6%.
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What kind of wireless networks do you use throughout the day and what kind of screen on time are you juicing out in your 14 hours??
hbk.vix said:
What kind of wireless networks do you use throughout the day and what kind of screen on time are you juicing out in your 14 hours??
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30 second timeout on the screen, i check it to read emails and texts, the odd phone call, sometimes i will run a wifi diagnostic for the networks i support using fing and wifi analyzer.. i keep my phone off and locked otherwise. in the car bluetooth is enabled. i was going wifi diagnostic yesterday when i got such great battery life.
today i have android weather and clock widget (cant recall the exact name) running w 3hour update .. after 8 hours i have 58% remaining, im in an area with horrible cell coverage , stats say 38mins screen on time.
there is nothing different of my usage over the passed cpl weeks, just enabling greenify and sleeping a voip app, facebook, google maps and the weather widget.
yohan4ws said:
there is nothing different of my usage over the passed cpl weeks, just enabling greenify and sleeping a voip app, facebook, google maps and the weather widget.
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I'm using dashclock with 15min weather update, greader app with over 120feeds (aggregated in feedly) with 15 min update interval too and lots of other apps including the evil facebook+messenger. I switched recently from latest LiquidSmooth to Omnitoad and the result is I got the battery dropped by 9% overnight (10 hours) in idle mode.
Nota bene: without any tweaking.
I installed the Xposed framework and successfully used it to get rid of the "Just Once" app picker annoyance.
Edit: the play store has a Greenify which requires Xposed framework. Tutorial on Greenify use is on Youtube. Up and running now, but noticed that I am not getting a GPS fix now ever since the altrnt app picker MOD. It's always something!
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How can install xposed on cm 11?
subzerobob said:
I installed the Xposed framework and successfully used it to get rid of the "Just Once" app picker annoyance.
Edit: the play store has a Greenify which requires Xposed framework. Tutorial on Greenify use is on Youtube. Up and running now, but noticed that I am not getting a GPS fix now ever since the altrnt app picker MOD. It's always something!
Sent from my SGH-T699 using XDA Free mobile app
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Hi! Do you have your relay with CM11 or stock ROM? I can't manage to install xposed with CM11. Thanks!
ninguno2 said:
Hi! Do you have your relay with CM11 or stock ROM? I can't manage to install xposed with CM11. Thanks!
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I'd be curious to know too. I recently tried to install xposed again (last time I used it was probably a couple of years ago) on my Relay running the last official CM11 nightly, and it didn't work either. First the installer complained that xposed isn't compatible with my version of the Android SDK, but there is a fix for that (I forget where, but it is somewhere on XDA). But even when I applied the fix, it still failed, I started getting bootloops. So yeah, I'd love to know how to install xposed on the Relay too...
I have to say, I have been using my Relay more lately, as my main phone has been having some issues, and the main thing that keeps me from using it more is battery life. I'm not crazy about the screen, but I can live with it, and I have just about everything else running fairly smoothly - and the keyboard is just a joy to use. This thing is a real workhorse. But when the battery plummets down to ~70% or 60% within a couple of hours of use, that's just not cool...
cucumbers said:
I'd be curious to know too. I recently tried to install xposed again (last time I used it was probably a couple of years ago) on my Relay running the last official CM11 nightly, and it didn't work either. First the installer complained that xposed isn't compatible with my version of the Android SDK, but there is a fix for that (I forget where, but it is somewhere on XDA). But even when I applied the fix, it still failed, I started getting bootloops. So yeah, I'd love to know how to install xposed on the Relay too...
I have to say, I have been using my Relay more lately, as my main phone has been having some issues, and the main thing that keeps me from using it more is battery life. I'm not crazy about the screen, but I can live with it, and I have just about everything else running fairly smoothly - and the keyboard is just a joy to use. This thing is a real workhorse. But when the battery plummets down to ~70% or 60% within a couple of hours of use, that's just not cool...
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Hi, i got it working with the files in this posts
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72133164&postcount=210
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72133164&postcount=209
I download both files, first I install the apk and got a bootloop, and then flash the zip from recovery. That fixes the bootloop and keep xposed installed.
ninguno2 said:
Hi, i got it working with the files in this posts
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72133164&postcount=210
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72133164&postcount=209
I download both files, first I install the apk and got a bootloop, and then flash the zip from recovery. That fixes the bootloop and keep xposed installed.
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So - install .apk, then flash the .zip - correct? And xposed is working well now for you?
[EDIT] So the .apk you posted worked just fine for me, no need to flash the .zip! Odd, but grateful this worked. Thanks!
Just wanted to confirm: Greenify (root) + Greenify xposed module + Amplify xposed module make a huge difference. Battery lasts much longer, and I have this sneaking suspicion the phone is generally smoother and less laggy. Might well be placebo, I know, but with useless background processes being sht down it might well have an effect on performance...
cucumbers said:
So - install .apk, then flash the .zip - correct? And xposed is working well now for you?
[EDIT] So the .apk you posted worked just fine for me, no need to flash the .zip! Odd, but grateful this worked. Thanks!
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Great! I don't know why, but i had to flash the second one too.
Could you tell me which options have you check in Greenify and Amplify with xposed to get better battery life?
Thanks!
Greenify: Root mode + Xposed, of course. I've got automatic hibernation set, and for xposed features, I set all of them except Deep Hibernation
Amplify: even just selecting the default wakelock blocks in the free version helps a lot, but I use the paid version and I limited just about every wakelock that the app said was safe to limit (but only ones that were also described as safe in their blurb - some in the "safe" list are described as "we don't have any information for this wakelock yet") except for a few that were really light wakelocks.
I'm not sure if it's more appropriate to post here
or on the custom ROM forum itself, but here's my battery issue:
Issue: Abnormally fast battery drain. My battery would
be fully charged, and almost immediately start draining until
it'd show 1% within 2 hrs. Screen would be off mostly (normal
use).
Been on a custom ROM since January 2017 (crDroid) and have had no problems with it since,
except 3 days ago, when the problem first appeared.
Things that are ON: LTE data (or Wi-fi), Auto apps update on
Google Play Store (never been problematic before), Location,
Things that are OFF: Bluetooth, ScreenCast, Caffeine
When I check Battery in Settings, the numbers don't add up.
I'd have battery indicator at 70% for example, but Screen,
Android System, all other apps would add up to only 7%. So
that's a whopping 23% unaccounted for.
But here's the weird thing: it drains fast until 1%, then at 1%,
the phone is supposed to initiate automatic shutdown like it has before.
When this issue cropped up, the phone keeps going for about 6 hours
or so before shutdown is started. Checking Kernel Adiutor occasionally,
I'd see a much slower decrease in voltage which probably reflects
more accurately the power drawdown situation.
Things I've done:
-clear cache (both through File Explorer and TWRP Recovery)
-clear batterystats.bin
-calibrate battery after full charge/discharge (via Root Essentials,
which basically does the same thing as manually deleting batterystat.bin,
if I'm not mistaken)
-Resetting App Preferences via Setting/Battery
None of the above has worked. Any idea what might be wrong?
My device is a Zuk Z1, with a 4100mAh battery. It usually lasts me more
than a day on normal use, but as the attached pic shows, it's at 96%
yet without having used any apps yet, has only 2 hrs of juice left.
I've tried reflashing my ROM, wiping everything including formatting data
yet nothing has worked.
I'm a light user, as I don't play games or watch videos on my phone.
Neither do I use graphics-intensive apps. I haven't used processor-intensive apps
that require constant GPS (like Google Maps, Waze) since then.
Borat38 said:
I'm not sure if it's more appropriate to post here
or on the custom ROM forum itself, but here's my battery issue:
Issue: Abnormally fast battery drain. My battery would
be fully charged, and almost immediately start draining until
it'd show 1% within 2 hrs. Screen would be off mostly (normal
use).
Been on a custom ROM since January 2017 (crDroid) and have had no problems with it since,
except 3 days ago, when the problem first appeared.
Things that are ON: LTE data (or Wi-fi), Auto apps update on
Google Play Store (never been problematic before), Location,
Things that are OFF: Bluetooth, ScreenCast, Caffeine
When I check Battery in Settings, the numbers don't add up.
I'd have battery indicator at 70% for example, but Screen,
Android System, all other apps would add up to only 7%. So
that's a whopping 23% unaccounted for.
But here's the weird thing: it drains fast until 1%, then at 1%,
the phone is supposed to initiate automatic shutdown like it has before.
When this issue cropped up, the phone keeps going for about 6 hours
or so before shutdown is started. Checking Kernel Adiutor occasionally,
I'd see a much slower decrease in voltage which probably reflects
more accurately the power drawdown situation.
Things I've done:
-clear cache (both through File Explorer and TWRP Recovery)
-clear batterystats.bin
-calibrate battery after full charge/discharge (via Root Essentials,
which basically does the same thing as manually deleting batterystat.bin,
if I'm not mistaken)
-Resetting App Preferences via Setting/Battery
None of the above has worked. Any idea what might be wrong?
My device is a Zuk Z1, with a 4100mAh battery. It usually lasts me more
than a day on normal use, but as the attached pic shows, it's at 96%
yet without having used any apps yet, has only 2 hrs of juice left.
I've tried reflashing my ROM, wiping everything including formatting data
yet nothing has worked.
I'm a light user, as I don't play games or watch videos on my phone.
Neither do I use graphics-intensive apps. I haven't used processor-intensive apps
that require constant GPS (like Google Maps, Waze) since then.
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Have you tried flashing another ROM/going back to stock?
Freewander10 said:
Have you tried flashing another ROM/going back to stock?
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Not yet. Am going to try an AOSP-based ROM later.
I've been deleting apps piecemeal, but have faile to pinpoint the culprit.
I have almost come to the conclusion that it's the ROM that's problematic.
But if that were the case, why haven't I had the same problem since
when I first flashed this custom ROM months ago;
and why is the problem reappearing when that same ROM is re-flashed now?
OK, I've flashed 3 other ROMs: Citrus-CAF, NucleaROM and stock, and the problem persists.
By doing the above, I've crossed out the possibility of it being the ROM. Neither is it the battery
itself, because it would've shut down by itself at 1%, yet at 1% I can last 6 or 7 hours of light use.
Anyone out there have any idea?
If you get the same results, the battery is trashed. Is it aftermarket?
WestCoastSunset said:
If you get the same results, the battery is trashed. Is it aftermarket?
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The battery? No, it's the factory original.
It would not be unusual for a battery to fail in a month or two. I've had that happen to a couple laptops where I work.
WestCoastSunset said:
It would not be unusual for a battery to fail in a month or two. I've had that happen to a couple laptops where I work.
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That would be pretty unusual for reputable companies. If ever it did happen in my case, perhaps it's a lemon batch.
Sadly, I bought this without warranty.
Not really, happens all the time in laptop world. Even with oem batteries.
Greets lads,
For "TL/DR"s: Not gaining any battery improvements with root/xposed capable tools (Greenify/Amplify); losing important features like on-time notifications; need help on Greenify settings or alternatives for them.
I am facing an issue, in fact, i always did, when trying to follow battery tips people go for when they root their phones.
I've just recently rooted my Note 8 (Exynos), nevertheless, i always go for a self-controlled system on my phone rather than very modified Custom ROMs, either i modify my stock rom, or find a minimally touched one in the custom rom threads.
Usually, if i achieved massive battery improvements, i ended up with a lot of sacrifices. In previous phones (Note 3, Galaxy A3 2014, HTC M8), i managed to get twice the screen time and battery life when i set-up the usual procedures to , which are: De-bloat (what i dont need and is safe to get rid off), Xposed because of Greenify and Amplify (PowerNap too).
The issues that i would get at these times were delayed notifications i.e from messaging apps, delayed waking up from sleeps (my sleeping, not phone ones) cause the alarm would never make it on time. Now all these apps were white-listed from all the apps that are supposed to limit them.
Now with Samsung Oreo, things look way to weird. My alarm app (Timely) works flawlessly and wakes me up as supposed to, it's untouched by the Samsung Device Maintenance, it is not on the Greenify list, and on Amplify it's not even taken in to consideration as i use the only two features that it allows you in the non-donated version, to limit the wake-ups of Play Services.
However, many messaging apps (obviously white-listed), turned very strange. Many times im in front of my computer, talking on the same platforms already existent on my phone, and 20 minutes later, i open my phone, and i am bombarded by all the incoming communication that i already witnessed on the desktop. This doesnt make any sense.
First, i have already acknowledged them, i was texted on them, i replied, on the desktop. The fact that they show up on my phone means they probably make it in time on my phone, but my phone decides not to wake up. Sometimes it does this without opening the phone up, maybe after 20 to 30 minutes after.
My set-up is: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Exynos, SM-N950F), TWRP, rooted with Magisk v16.6, Xposed (Modules: Amplify, Greenify, MinMinGuard), Greenify is Donated version, Amplify is not (would love to, but impossible in my region due to racist google), and root permissive apps such as AdGuard (which is terrible), FX File Explorer (for obvious reasons), Trimmer fstab (not sure if i actually need it), Termux for root shell.
My questions is, WTH am i doing wrong.
BetterBatteryStats shows the usual output on root too, nothing major draining it, but no whatsoever gains of battery life compared to the unrooted past, i mean, 2h screen time with 24h battery life, pathetic, that was the default on my previous 4/5 year old phones, and when i set-up the usual rooted procedures, i would get 4/5h screen time in 48h of battery life.
Any tips on Greenify settings? Any tips for alternative/substitution apps for the ones i already use? (WakeBlock i.e never worked or made my phones unbootable)
Thanks in advance.
Totally feel you and I'm searching for an answer to this, too. I had Greenify installed via the discontinued Magisk module and Xposed, and it started getting REALLY wonky, freezing up and ****. After reading that a lot of people here don't think it's even necessary beginning with Oreo, I uninstalled it and now the lag on my OP3 is pretty horrible, even after freezing the bulk of my apps with TB.
I too would appreciate any advice that can be given... have a OP3 on OxygenOS Oreo 8.0, rooted with Magisk, have Xposed, have debloated everything I have found safe, and using Nova Launcher.