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Hey,
3 days ago my mobile Internet flatrate ran out, I don't really think that this has anything to do with this but I try to provide as much information as I can.
My Nexus S was bought December last year and never really had any problems.
But now for 3 Days I have to charge that thing every damn day and the battery only lasts 18-19 hours instead of 2+ days. I haven't really used the phone in the last 3 days except from recieving calls and using whatsapp.
I have also not installed any apps in this time.
Here a screenshot from my current battery live. (Seems to be always awake)
(ICS 4.0.4 Rooted, Stock Kernel, Stock Launcher.)
Thank you guys in advance!
What does it say is the top consumer of power on the battery usage percent chart. We can't help you very much without that. Also, grab BetterBatteryStats. That will help tremendously as it can damn near narrow it down to a single culprit.
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chronophase1 said:
What does it say is the top consumer of power on the battery usage percent chart. We can't help you very much without that. Also, grab BetterBatteryStats. That will help tremendously as it can damn near narrow it down to a single culprit.
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Oh damn haven't even looked at it.
Says 45% Whattsapp
32% Google Services
will download better Batterystats now. But first I will just reinstall whatsapp.
EDIT: I just reinstalled Whatsapp and will now wait what the battery says in a few hours before I buy betterbatterystats.
Thank you so far, will report back.
Yeah. Those two are probably trying to "phone home" constantly, thus causing a drain. That may be what the issue is. From the looks of it, it looks like your signal isn't stellar either. How good is Whatsapp over EDGE speeds? The 3g connection just might not be strong enough, trying to search for a signal and also draining the battery.
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Yeah. Those two are probably trying to "phone home" constantly, thus causing a drain. That may be what the issue is. From the looks of it, it looks like your signal isn't stellar either. How good is Whatsapp over EDGE speeds? The 3g connection just might not be strong enough, trying to search for a signal and also draining the battery.
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Your guess is quite good, because in my room and ONLY in my room there are some severe problems with network connectivity for almost everyone.
(But battery life was good just a few days ago?)
I currently have no mobile Internet and only use WLAN. Just disconnected phone from charger and will now see how it runs.
bobdowl said:
Your guess is quite good, because in my room and ONLY in my room there are some severe problems with network connectivity for almost everyone.
(But battery life was good just a few days ago?)
I currently have no mobile Internet and only use WLAN. Just disconnected phone from charger and will now see how it runs.
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If you have "no mobile Internet" and WiFi is off (as in screenshot), this is your issue. The android processes are trying to re-connect keeping your phone from deep sleep. In Mobile Network Settings, disable Data. Turn on WiFi, and set Keep WiFi on during sleep to Always. When you are out of WiFi range, disable background sync.
I've noticed something on 4.0, at least in my case. Huge wake locks for no reason in airplane mode. The phone home thing is most likely the cause. Google must have changed something in the way their apps operate because this never happened in gingerbread for me.
Well, so I have observed it a little more and battery usage by google services is now up to 70%.
Thank you for the suggestions I'll try now.
But why the hell does this issue come just now? I have 4.0.4 since it came out and the issue just appeared about 5 days ago.
I wish I knew. I've got mine in airplane mode now, but no SIM in it. I've got a G2 as my daily driver now. The Nexus hasn't had any more of the airplane mode wakeups strangely enough though. Wish I knew what was actually causing mine.
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I wish I knew. I've got mine in airplane mode now, but no SIM in it. I've got a G2 as my daily driver now. The Nexus hasn't had any more of the airplane mode wakeups strangely enough though. Wish I knew what was actually causing mine.
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So to report back again, I tried SpookyTunes suggestion for one cycle of battery life.
Then after recharging I went into the app management and force-stopped the google services framework and deleted the cached files afterwards.
So now I'm back to 3% battery usage (from Google Services Framework) for the last hour.
I would give it more time to see what it uses over the course of the day.
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Okay just to deliver on my part and report back.
Here's a screenshot of my battery life now.
Google Service isn't even shown in the battery list anymore!
any news????
Sup' XDA forum !
So, I recently installed CM9 on my HTC phone (2 weeks ago).
Since 5 days my battery life is very low.
For exemple today my screen was on around 30 minutes (without the battery loader) and the battery is already very low.
Here you have 3 screenshots of the battery utilisation :
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2012/34/1345426160-screenshot-2012-08-20-03-28-11.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2012/34/1345425890-screenshot-2012-08-20-03-15-22.png
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2012/34/1345425891-screenshot-2012-08-20-03-15-54.png
You can see that the screen seems to be the mainly problem of battery drain, but on the second screen as I said before my screen was turn only 30 minutes a day ! It can't drain 60% of my battery only with the screen on 30 minutes !
By the way the phone is many times in activity ("awake") and I don't know why.
I turned off the Wi-Fi connexion but that does not change anything.
I don't know what "mobile standby" is corresponding to, this is totally abstract...phone idle and Google services too...
I disabled the e-mail synchronisation, but same problem.
Anybody can help me please ?
Sorry if I commited mistakes in my sentences.
Do you have "Restrict background data" enabled?
Also are you using any management applications?
Regardless CM9 with its standard kernel is known to be juice hungry. I'm currently back on CM9, now using the "Stable" release. Still testing battery life. But I can tell you I've underclocked the "off screen" processing, and also using "medium" auto-kill settings in System Tuner, and my phone did not drop a single % over 8 hours of inactivity (sleeping) but quickly dropped 5% when I used the phone in the morning.
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There is a data connexion limit with my mobile phone operator (250Mo a month) and I reached the limit some days ago.
I don't know if there is a connexion between my problem and that but if I reached the limit there's no more data.
I have a task killer to check if there's something that should not run but nothing special. I had no problem before I don't know why now there is one.
Anyway I restricted the background data I'll give you a feedback at the end of the day or tomorrow.
(Again, sorry if my sentences are some times confused.)
Hunter-45 said:
There is a data connexion limit with my mobile phone operator (250Mo a month) and I reached the limit some days ago.
I don't know if there is a connexion between my problem and that but if I reached the limit there's no more data.
I have a task killer to check if there's something that should not run but nothing special. I had no problem before I don't know why now there is one.
Anyway I restricted the background data I'll give you a feedback at the end of the day or tomorrow.
(Again, sorry if my sentences are some times confused.)
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Regardless of whether you have data with your carrier or not, having background data 'on' will use more battery, as the mobile data service on your phone stays somewhat open.
In saying this though, it doesn't explain why you are getting bad battery life all of a sudden.
Have you recently moved house? To an area of bad reception? A phone that is constantly trying to find signal will drain the battery much faster, then a phone with full signal.
Have you installed any new apps recently? Might be some juice hungry new app running in the background?
Normally if this happens all of a sudden, it's generally for a valid reason.
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I disabled background data and I had no problems anymore.
I recieved my monthly 250 Mo data yesterday, re-enabled the background data and everything works fine.
Thanks!
Hi, I have a problem with the battery life of my z3 ( bought it more then a week ago ) .Lollipop was preinstalled . I know i should give the phone some time to"settle down" ( in xda i was told one week is ok) .but after the week i usually get 5h sot . So I did a factory reset .Used it for a day . The same problem, i got 5h sot on average. I disabled useless apps . Airplane mode was active when i had bad coverage( i was on wifi most of the time). Then i tried to solve the problem with root. Disabled and deleted every useless app. I used the app better battery stats.it showed me my phone uses 8-10%/h (sometimes even more).I compared it with the others. They usually had 2%h -5%/h . Some people said that lollipop drained the battery. So yesterday I installed kitkat . It's still the same .At this point i'm not quit sure what to do. I don't now if it makes sense to give kitkat another week .My usage was not heavy. I played games only a few times in the last week and only for a few minutes each time ( this was on lollipop ). When my phone is in deep sleep then their is no battery drain. I don't get it. I'm so annoyed . There was no app that was sucking battery. Display was the highest user.
I love this phone in every other aspect .Fast, smooth and looks awesome.
I hope you can help me out.
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I will upload some screenshots when I'm at home. Hope this will give you more insight.
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Really ?no one ? I'm sorry if I'm anoying but I am out of ideas
i get around 5 hours SOT, i dont see it as a problem.
Hmm but with which usage? I don't think that 5h sot are enough if the brightness is kept low and you don't play or anything on WiFi and airplane mode.it is even worse with Mobile data then my phone can't survive 5h maybe. I think 4h sot at best.
well if you put it that way:
I use my phone with STAMINA mode on 24/7, on wifi at home and LTE when im out (8 hours +), brightness varies as it depends where i am (mostly 50%?), some gaming in the morning and a whole lot of browsing and i get a range of 4.5 - 5.5 hours of SOT. It is really hard to really measure what is running in the background. I would suggest you flash another region's FTF if you know how to use flashtool. Maybe you can try some battery measurement app, like wakelock from the playstore. As far as i know those apps usually require root to produce more accurate data.
Aside from those, i would also suggest you block all background data when your mobile data is on and leave the messaging apps unblocked, settings/ data usage / click on the desired app and block background data, or you can just block all from the sub menu on the top right. I probably find flashing other region's ftf more effective, only do that if you know what youre doing.
also, judging with your screenshots, you dont seem to have Stamina mode on, i would advise you to turn that on along with queue background data in the power management section.
But with which usage? I only used it for Webbrowsing and texting and with low brightness . I have a decent standby time.
Oh alright I will try it. Should I take lollipop or kitkat as a rom? Sorry for the double post. I have a decent battery life in standby. Los only 1-2% at night. Thanks for the detailed reply.
How is everyone's battery life after the MM update? Improved, same or worse?
Also, Doze is not working at all for me. I left my phone unplugged over night for 6 hours and lost 30-35% of my battery. That is far worse than it was on Lollipop. I did a factory reset after the update too, as I always do. WiFi scanning is off. I noticed my Android OS usage was really high when I woke up too. See attached image.
No problems for me.
Mine is really good. When idle, I'm only losing about 25 mAh.. I'm also using Greenify non root method.
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Mines $hit! Even worse than before. I did a factory reset after update to mm. 5% drain per ~10min
Lost ~2% overnight.
Yeah. I lost 5% since 7AM this morning. That was almost 5 hours ago.
I just posted this on another thread. This may help.
1) Under Wi-Fi advanced settings, change sleep policy to "Charge Only"
2) Go to Locations -> Improve Accuracy. Make sure Wi-Fi scanning is off. This setting was moved here under MM
3) Charge the phone to 100%, let it run to 0. DO NOT CHARGE IT! It must power itself off. Charge it back up.
This had a dramatic result on my battery.
Please stop spreading false information.
jasong127 said:
My batter life was horrible after the upgrade. Here's what I did to fix it.
1) Wifi sleep policy - Changed that to "While Charging" (big difference noticed after that)
2) Fully charged phone then let it run down to 0 (must let it power itself off)
3) Wifi Scanning has been moved under Location setting. Go to Location -> Improve accuracy, make sure Wi-Fi scanning is off.
Batter life is awesome now.
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1: Apps/sync will use mobile data as priority if this is done while waiting to connect to wifi. In turn, using even more battery if an app/sync wakes the phone switching between networks.
2: This is damaging to Li batteries. To extend the life of your battery, it is better to keep it topped above 80% and cool(not very common in real world applications). These aren't Ni batteries, long gone are the days of "memory discharging".
If you don't need notifications at night, use airplane mode. I miss Xposed, Autotasker, and Amplify(formerly Bounce)... Greenify is a good alt atm
Note: Sometimes even Play service updates will introduce bugs and or "retarded" policies that will destroy the battery, especially the "Now" systems. It can happen at the most random times as well and not at all most. Every now and then the fat man will get stuck in the tube.
False information? Kind of an ass thing to say, but suit yourself. Just telling folks what I did to FIX this issue as well as what has been posted on many other sites.
Some people find it easier to criticize those that try to help than offering solutions of their own.
jasong127 said:
I just posted this on another thread. This may help.
1) Under Wi-Fi advanced settings, change sleep policy to "Charge Only"
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Steamer86 said:
Please stop spreading false information.
1: Apps/sync will use mobile data as priority if this is done while waiting to connect to wifi. In turn, using even more battery if an app/sync wakes the phone switching between networks.
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I'm getting confused. Can someone please tell me what each of the three settings below from the S6 on Marshmallow actually does in terms of radio(s) used and sleep states? The wording of this setting is different in different builds of Android, and I'd like to know what each setting does specifically for the S6 on Marshmallow.
Always (Increases battery consumption)
While charging
Never (Increases data usage)
Here's the Android documentation if that helps.
WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY
The policy for deciding when Wi-Fi should go to sleep (which will in turn switch to using the mobile data as an Internet connection).
WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY_DEFAULT
Value for WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY to use the default Wi-Fi sleep policy, which is to sleep shortly after the turning off according to the STAY_ON_WHILE_PLUGGED_IN setting.
WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY_NEVER
Value for WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY to never go to sleep.
WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY_NEVER_WHILE_PLUGGED
Value for WIFI_SLEEP_POLICY to use the default policy when the device is on battery, and never go to sleep when the device is plugged in.
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source official Android developer documentation
jasong127 said:
False information? Kind of an ass thing to say, but suit yourself. Just telling folks what I did to FIX this issue as well as what has been posted on many other sites.
Some people find it easier to criticize those that try to help than offering solutions of their own.
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I'm not using any criticism nor is it an ass thing to say, just fact.The cellular radios uses more battery than wifi and even more when switching networks. A full discharge damages Li batteries. On a clean phone wifi always on WILL save some juice. At night, airplane mode will greatly reduce drain if you don't mind having no connection.
I'm happy it worked for you, however, bad information. Some simple research will tell you that. I see a 1 to 3 percent night drain on a clean phone with wifi always on, no scan, mobile data off. Hell, thats even with google pinging my old address from router on maps timeline.
@RylanM I know it says more consumption, but research and decide for yourself.
hi,
does anybody else have huge cell standby drain? it consumes most of my battery at around 27% over a day. 10% of it happened overnight. I am still testing for wakelocks and signal strength, but I hope someone had this issue already, and maybe found a solution.
also merry Christmas
ferdzso said:
hi,
does anybody else have huge cell standby drain? it consumes most of my battery at around 27% over a day. 10% of it happened overnight. I am still testing for wakelocks and signal strength, but I hope someone had this issue already, and maybe found a solution.
also merry Christmas
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Hi,
Try disabling the Always on display, I had battery drain 10% overnight and disabled it only drained 2% may be it's that...
wilpang said:
Hi,
Try disabling the Always on display, I had battery drain 10% overnight and disabled it only drained 2% may be it's that...
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thanks, I will check that tomorrow night. did that appear as cell standby as well?
wilpang said:
Hi,
Try disabling the Always on display, I had battery drain 10% overnight and disabled it only drained 2% may be it's that...
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Did you have the motion sensor option checked?
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bloodydawn said:
Did you have the motion sensor option checked?
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Yeah I did so not sure what caused it to drain that fast. Devsk in another thread states something similar and switches his off oh well good attempt by HTC to do something different which is appreciated.
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Yeah I did so not sure what caused it to drain that fast. Devsk in another thread states something similar and switches his off oh well good attempt by HTC to do something different which is appreciated.
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I think the firmware still needs a lot of improvements
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Yeah cell standby drain is high even for me right now. I had it on normal U11 but it didn't affect usage.
On here, my battery life is only 5 hours SOT over 24 hours, so the same as U11. Cell standby drain took 30% battery.
Galactus said:
Yeah cell standby drain is high even for me right now. I had it on normal U11 but it didn't affect usage.
On here, my battery life is only 5 hours SOT over 24 hours, so the same as U11. Cell standby drain took 30% battery.
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5 hours SOT is not great for me, at least from this big a battery, it should be a comfortable 5 hours not just barely.
I have identified the biggest culprit. it is location services. on battery saver it consumed 15% overnight. if I turn it off it was only 4%.I am testing a few other options. tonight I will check how high accuracy affects it, then location history if it does not solve it
Today, mobile network standby absolutely destroyed my battery. It used 40% of my battery.
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Today, mobile network standby absolutely destroyed my battery. It used 40% of my battery.
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I think it might have to do something with location services and network strength. the network is not the strongest in the room I sleep, but I never had such a horrible drain with any phone
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I think it might have to do something with location services and network strength. the network is not the strongest in the room I sleep, but I never had such a horrible drain with any phone
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Do you leave mobile data on overnight?
Could be that its swopping from 4g/3g constantly which can kill your battery.
could try changing the sim modes by typing *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer? experiment under phone info, set preferred network type.
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Do you leave mobile data on overnight?
Could be that its swopping from 4g/3g constantly which can kill your battery.
could try changing the sim modes by typing *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer? experiment under phone info, set preferred network type.
Phil750123 said:
Do you leave mobile data on overnight?
Could be that its swopping from 4g/3g constantly which can kill your battery.
could try changing the sim modes by typing *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer? experiment under phone info, set preferred network type.
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Do you leave mobile data on overnight?
Could be that its swopping from 4g/3g constantly which can kill your battery.
could try changing the sim modes by typing *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer? experiment under phone info, set preferred network type.
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Setting to 3g only for example didn't really change much.
Also it seems that your U11+ may not be going into deep sleep. I don't always have wifi/data on all the time and overnight my battery drain is only 2 to 3% as stated in previous post and mobile network standby was 30%. But it's currently on 4% so not sure what the difference is...
HTC haven't solved this issue since U11…Maybe needed more people to report this bug or HTC won't do anything for this
In developer options try turning off always on data. It's an Oreo feature but seems an unnecessary drain on battery.
International_cow said:
In developer options try turning off always on data. It's an Oreo feature but seems an unnecessary drain on battery.
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only affects WiFi usage
I think I solved the issue.
I usually only use data, leave location on (battery saver mode without wifi scanning, Google location history enabled).
the thing that likely solved it for me was to reset the network settings.
Settings/System/Reset/Network settings reset
it goes to sleep properly I get 1-2% drain overnight.
alternatively somebody mentioned that clearing cache for sense home might do it as we. I did it both, and no longer have the issue (for 3 days, right now I am turning stuff back on to see if it might be something else)
if someone has the issue and tries it, let me know if this is an actual solution for you
Will want to see actual confirmation though with battery stats after a full day otherwise these claims are moot
Not saying you're lying, but evidence always helps rather than text lol
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Will want to see actual confirmation though with battery stats after a full day otherwise these claims are moot
Not saying you're lying, but evidence always helps rather than text lol
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here's the past 4 days
I am not sure why GSam only saved 4 days, I was running it for more. bot on the first day I still had the issue, and since then I was trying to fix it.
the only 2 other things that I can think of what solved the battery drain was that I do not just throw the phone on my chair, but lay it on a flat surface, or that due to the holidays the cell reception around my area was worse, and that was the one draining the battery and causing the low reception. if I check now, the cell strength is exactly the same, but in GSam in cell usage I had a lot more Low showing up. after a reset, this seems to have been solved
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here's the past 4 days
I am not sure why GSam only saved 4 days, I was running it for more. bot on the first day I still had the issue, and since then I was trying to fix it.
the only 2 other things that I can think of what solved the battery drain was that I do not just throw the phone on my chair, but lay it on a flat surface, or that due to the holidays the cell reception around my area was worse, and that was the one draining the battery and causing the low reception. if I check now, the cell strength is exactly the same, but in GSam in cell usage I had a lot more Low showing up. after a reset, this seems to have been solved
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Interesting, either way at least it is solved for you.
What is your mobile network drain % like in stock battery settings menu before your daily charge?