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"Android OS" keeping phone awake... and using data?!

Hey,
I have a Fido RHD on the latest official ROM (no root or unlock). I have noticed over the past few weeks that the battery life has been a lot worse, but I can't think of any particular app that may be causing it. Strangely, Android OS is using a lot of CPU time and also sending data!
Things I have tried to do:
Stopped all the optiona "location services" for Google apps (e.g. Google Now)
Installed Snapdragon Battery Guru (but it is currently in learning mode)
Uninstalled all unneccessary apps
How can I find out what is hammering the "Android OS" process, and why it is keeping the phone awake? Is there a more advanced battery stats app that could help with this?
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Suman

Hello Suman,
I have a similiar issue here. Android OS is not heading my battery stats, but it held the phone awake for a reasonably long time. You should try downloading BetterBatteryStats (the apk is available here in xda dev for free, but the developer did a nice work on it and the app is very useful, so I think you should support the developer if you don't mind). For a better understand of what's going on open BBS and set a custom ref before you go to sleep. Save the dump immediatly after you wake up. Post it here. Anyone that understand partial wakelocks will be able to give you a better support.
I have seen another guy here with a similar issue, but still unresolved. Also, I still have the problem, but my ROM is different (Vivo - Jelly Bean).
If you have received the update recently via OTA, you can try wiping data. Not sure if will help, but wiping data after receiving major updates is always a good and recommended practice.
Also, if you have instant upload on, turn it off. A bug seems to cause the instant upload to try syncing every minute so you'll have high times of SyncLoopWakelock keeping the phone awake most of the time. It happened to me. If a cloud backup of your photos is very necessary as it's to me I recommend Camera Uploads feature on the Dropbox app.
Let me know if something helps!
Sumanji said:
Hey,
I have a Fido RHD on the latest official ROM (no root or unlock). I have noticed over the past few weeks that the battery life has been a lot worse, but I can't think of any particular app that may be causing it. Strangely, Android OS is using a lot of CPU time and also sending data!
Things I have tried to do:
Stopped all the optiona "location services" for Google apps (e.g. Google Now)
Installed Snapdragon Battery Guru (but it is currently in learning mode)
Uninstalled all unneccessary apps
How can I find out what is hammering the "Android OS" process, and why it is keeping the phone awake? Is there a more advanced battery stats app that could help with this?
Thanks,
Suman
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vctrrl said:
Hello Suman,
I have a similiar issue here. Android OS is not heading my battery stats, but it held the phone awake for a reasonably long time. You should try downloading BetterBatteryStats (the apk is available here in xda dev for free, but the developer did a nice work on it and the app is very useful, so I think you should support the developer if you don't mind). For a better understand of what's going on open BBS and set a custom ref before you go to sleep. Save the dump immediatly after you wake up. Post it here. Anyone that understand partial wakelocks will be able to give you a better support.
I have seen another guy here with a similar issue, but still unresolved. Also, I still have the problem, but my ROM is different (Vivo - Jelly Bean).
If you have received the update recently via OTA, you can try wiping data. Not sure if will help, but wiping data after receiving major updates is always a good and recommended practice.
Also, if you have instant upload on, turn it off. A bug seems to cause the instant upload to try syncing every minute so you'll have high times of SyncLoopWakelock keeping the phone awake most of the time. It happened to me. If a cloud backup of your photos is very necessary as it's to me I recommend Camera Uploads feature on the Dropbox app.
Let me know if something helps!
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Ok, I will give BBS a go, thanks for the recommendation.
I did a factory reset as soon as I received the JB OTA (I always do this after any major software update). The Android OS problem did not start right after the update - it is a fairly recent problem.
I don't have Google+ camera upload turned on (but I do have Dropbox camera upload, as you suggested).
Thanks,
Su

Hey,
Bit of a noob question I think... how exactly do I "use" BetterBatteryStats. I'm not sure how to set it up so it measures what I want it to.
This is what a full day's drain from 100% to nearly empty looks like at the moment:
Can anyone shed some light on my mystery battery thief please??!
Cheers,
Su

How to totally fix Google Service problem

Hello guys, so i think you all have had that Google Service problem in your S4 eating up to 40% battery?
Well i have fix for it
Mine runs on original rom without root!!
(I have disabled Samsung push service aswell)
Proof that it is fixed!
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1. step go to location services on Settings!
Disable all of them
2. step Disable these applications, if you do not use any!
3. step go to "google settings"
And search location
and disable these
Enjoy longer battery life
(And wow those picture seems too huge o.o)

That's not a fix is a workaround ... And it has been said multiple times already

AvelonTs said:
That's not a fix is a workaround ... And it has been said multiple times already
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Tell me the threads please.

Wow what a fix! I have a better one -
1. put phone in garbage
2. buy a nokia 3100
OR:
put phone on flight mode and use it ONLY to tell time.
And on a more serious note:
C'mon dude, are you serious?.. a "fix" means you don't loose any functionality of the device, what you did there was disabling almost every good and important feature that in the first place is the reason people buy these phones, so disabling them to get around a bug which drains the battery?.. that's.. well I don't need to say it.
And for the fix that does work - turn off "Location reporting" only - from my experience this will not make you loose any location based functionality as I use every thing that has to do with locations, Google can still tell where I am, and Google now still tells me time to work\home, flight times, packages dispatched, weather updates etc. turning "location reporting" off fixed the Google services battery drain issue I had, and I still turn it on from time to time to see if Google had fixed this, last time I checked it was still draining the battery.

i wanna know how fix the high android os drain

skivnit said:
i wanna know how fix the high android os drain
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Hi.
U just have to follow the OP.
That will fix it.
omricn said:
Wow what a fix! I have a better one -
1. put phone in garbage
2. buy a nokia 3100
OR:
put phone on flight mode and use it ONLY to tell time.
And on a more serious note:
C'mon dude, are you serious?.. a "fix" means you don't loose any functionality of the device, what you did there was disabling almost every good and important feature that in the first place is the reason people buy these phones, so disabling them to get around a bug which drains the battery?.. that's.. well I don't need to say it.
And for the fix that does work - turn off "Location reporting" only - from my experience this will not make you loose any location based functionality as I use every thing that has to do with locations, Google can still tell where I am, and Google now still tells me time to work\home, flight times, packages dispatched, weather updates etc. turning "location reporting" off fixed the Google services battery drain issue I had, and I still turn it on from time to time to see if Google had fixed this, last time I checked it was still draining the battery.
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I think the guide is not for u, mate.
But this guide is for people who wants to prolong the battery life.
Location reporting is one of the main battery factor on an android device.
I personally don't use it as I don't want any apps (facebook, etc) to do this and I have disable more google-related things than what the OP has posted.

Are you for real or is this just some kind of joke?
Firstly, this fix isn't a fix, its just turning some things off.
Secondly, this information has been around for a long time now and is relevant to any Android phone, not just the S4.
And no, I am not going to post links to the hundreds of threads and posts on the many websites and forums out there who have already posted this before you and with more detailed information.
Seriously, why have you bothered posting this rubbish?

The most suitble statement is the tip for prolong the battery life. Tks OP for yr sharing.

Ranop11 said:
Tell me the threads please.
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Here is magic trick, this time I will show you, but please do not populate it, as it is VERY confidential: The secret tool to find the threads you want

Google turns up tons of results for this, as does the search... Sorry the top secret search on this forum.
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4.2.2 battery consumption

how is your battery consumption on 4.2.2? mine is about 20% higher with the same apps and preferences as on 4.1.

Noticeable better!
But we (k2u) have a new hboot...

Battery life Better than 4.1.2

old.splatterhand said:
Noticeable better!
But we (k2u) have a new hboot...
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do you think hboot can affect battery life?

I have heard from other people that it can.

Unlikely to increased power consumption due to the new boot loader. It is easy to check, because you can easily install HBOOT 2.00
To reduce power consumption, I can recommend the following:
1. Install this kernel
2. Activate Init.d support
3. Install via TWRP my View attachment and_tune_test.zip
4. In settings of your phone (backup and reset) disable creating backups of your profile.
5. Stop & disable unneeded applications. I refer to these various Dropbox, HTC News Plugin, Instagram, LocalFeedProvider, Lacation Picker, Picasa, SocialFeedProvider...
6. Remove all unnecessary from startup.
7. It is desirable to install the patch and change the Auto Brightness levels.
Now - that's all I can recommend.

thanks for your kind replies!
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I have heard from other people that it can.
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didn't know that. anyway, i'm on k2ul, so i have the same hboot than on 4.1.2 when my battery life was just great.
is it ok to try k2u hboot, or hboots depend on lte/nonlte version?
BrateloSlava said:
Unlikely to increased power consumption due to the new boot loader. It is easy to check, because you can easily install HBOOT 2.00
To reduce power consumption, I can recommend the following:
1. Install this kernel
2. Activate Init.d support
3. Install via TWRP my View attachment 2434117
4. In settings of your phone (backup and reset) disable creating backups of your profile.
5. Stop & disable unneeded applications. I refer to these various Dropbox, HTC News Plugin, Instagram, LocalFeedProvider, Lacation Picker, Picasa, SocialFeedProvider...
6. Remove all unnecessary from startup.
7. It is desirable to install the patch and change the Auto Brightness levels.
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1. do you want me to install this kernel only to enable init.d or is there something on the kernel itself that could increase battery life? (i'm cautious about using this kernel because i don't want to have adb always enabled which is a security issue)
2. i already have init.d enabled and working through Universal Init.s app.
3. what does this attach do and is it possible to install it other way than TWRP? see, i have the storage encryption enabled and therefore can not access recovery, so there's no point to have a custom recovery installed.
4. i have all backup services already disabled (removed all backup apps in fact) because i consider backing up my files to some big corporations a privacy issue.
5. i already disabled all the bloatware i don't need to run although when i used some of it on 4.1.2 (dropbox, instagram) my battery consumption was still great.
7. which patch/app do you recomend for changing autobrightness levels? maybe tose levels changed and that was the reason for bigger consumption.
thanks again!

You can install 2.21 hboot on k2ul, that was already done by some people at 4pda.ru and don't brick your device.
But i'm not sure, if their results were positive.

i played a bit with my phone and found that the autobrightness levels are way too much for what i really needed, so i installed a nice little app called Lux to take care of this issue. the problem is only that i don't know what were the autobrightness levels on my previous android version so i can't prove that this is the reason behind my 4.2.2. high battery consumption.
anyway i recomend everybody to change autobrightness levels, cos they're set insanely high.

LUX is must have, I get like 7h screen on time with lux.

For better autobrightness levels i changed some values in arrays.xml in framework-res.apk and bring into standard autobrightness curve.
Also i'm downgrade autoBrightnessButtonBacklight Values
All of this can save about 20-30%

^Can you share that framework-res.apk?
Edit: No need anymore , I made it. Tnx.
Here it is if anybody need it.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t2gdhhb3hsyl308/framework-res.apk

toxic-hero said:
how is your battery consumption on 4.2.2? mine is about 20% higher with the same apps and preferences as on 4.1.
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Me too (it lasts 1/3 less than before).

charliebrown490 said:
Me too (it lasts 1/3 less than before).
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i managed to get back to the battery consumption that i had before. changing the levels of auto brihtness with Lux hepled very much. also i spoted on battery usage display that the consumption of "google apps" were about 20%. i think that the reason for this was Xprivacy module that i used (and is now disabled), but i'm not 100% sure. now the consumption of "google apps" is so low that is not even on the list.

toxic-hero said:
i managed to get back to the battery consumption that i had before. changing the levels of auto brihtness with Lux hepled very much. also i spoted on battery usage display that the consumption of "google apps" were about 20%. i think that the reason for this was Xprivacy module that i used (and is now disabled), but i'm not 100% sure. now the consumption of "google apps" is so low that is not even on the list.
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I had Xprivacy myself too and my battery drain was huge until I have disabled and deleted it. So I bet it was the reason, where Xprivacy was blocking some stuff, and some apps was requesting it again causing CPU never go to sleep, because it was happening again and again and again...

With rollon autobrightnest levels:
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Insane battery life.

I was getting a days use before update.
Now struggling to get a day
Sent from my HTC One SV

^If you want, install bbs and post log here. Maybe there is some app that drain your battery.

Will try that
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Isn't this a lot of use when in sleep mode?
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System mediaserver battery drain

What could be causing this drain?
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It will be a poor media filer somewhere on your system. Go through all media and delete I necessary items. Then go to settings - apps - media storage - clear data - force stop - restart.

Any idea how to find the bad ones? I have thousands (mp3s, videos, pictures, etc).

I have the same problem. Anyway to tell which file(s) are bad?!

Not sure this is from poor media file, if you're still getting decent battery life. Mine is the top too and I get around 6-8 hours on WiFi.
It's just when "nothing" is draining your battery, something need to come out top. So if you listen to a lot of music, seeing videos, seeing pictures and such, it will be the highest drain, even tho it's still "low" on drainage (if getting high SoT)... As it is then the only thing that is draining the battery and something need to drain it, right?

Try going to Developer Settings and disable NuPlayer then reboot...

cawith said:
Try going to Developer Settings and disable NuPlayer then reboot...
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I've also been experiencing this mediaserver issue. Sometimes it's not bad, but other times, it drains my battery a lot. The other night, I had my phone on airplane mode and it still used 18% in about 8 hours. I've set this and will see if the mediaserver wakelocks continue.

This problem occurred to me when I did factory reset for flashing a new rom but did not format internal storage, or use OTG without installing Sandisk Memory Zone app.
This problem's solved now.

chasse5594 said:
This problem occurred to me when I did factory reset for flashing a new rom but did not format internal storage, or use OTG without installing Sandisk Memory Zone app.
This problem's solved now.
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How did you solve it? Mine is still horrible!!

I cleared data from the media storage app and restarted, and it seems to have gone away.

ledvedder said:
I cleared data from the media storage app and restarted, and it seems to have gone away.
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Same... then it came back like 10-20min later.

JoeFCaputo113 said:
How did you solve it? Mine is still horrible!!
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Format internal data in TWRP and install a new rom should fix the problem.
As well If you use OTG, install sandisk memory zone in google app.

This was linked to in the reddit post. Thought I would link to it from here: http://geeknizer.com/fix-android-media-server-scanner-sdcard-cpu-battery-drain/

am having the same issues here. phone is awake 99%.. can't find what is the issue

liverpool1208 said:
am having the same issues here. phone is awake 99%.. can't find what is the issue
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Back when I had the problem. Going to the dev options, and using "old mediaplayer" solved the problem. (I don't remember the exact name of the option).
Now I switched phones 3 times in the meantime so won't be able to test if still works

I have had regular problems with my S7 heating up and battery draining rapidly.
Checking battery stats showed media server as being the main thing pulling on battery.
Did a search on google and found several posts indicating this as being a common issue.
Tried all of the solutions mentioned, removed my sd card, reformatted it in phone, scanned all of the music files on it using mp3val app on my pc, It found and fixed many errors but problem still happened,
I stopped media storage app and deleted all data, reboot and reset phone but still had the same problem.
Several posts indicated that google chrome could be the problem, now i happen to love chrome, use it across all of my devices and love how it syncs my bookmarks etc.
Anyway, being totally frustrated i decided to disable it and try another browser.
I happened to choose Opera mini, anyway now about 4 days later and i have not had one instance of media server even showing in my battery stats as using any battery.
Have used my phone as normal and whereas before i was lucky if i got 14 hours from it, i came to bed last night with my battery still showing 82% after a normal days use.
I cannot believe or understand how chrome can be the cause of this but without a doubt it definitely is, so if you are having media server show as cause of most battery use, try disabling chrome and use another browser.
Good luck.

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salute you for your hard work.!! ?

Can we know more about how it optimizes Kernel and Android OS also would b better if you could tell us if it's open source.

This app still can be patched

Where is the link?

bs2x said:
Where is the link?
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where is the link for downloading app?
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No...it's not open source. He doesn't want to share his methods of 'machine learning' IIRC. I bought n tried v6.0.
I had been using L-Speed's 'Balanced' setting at the time. Tried FDE's performance setting...noticed no improvement. /js

Bump of this thread. Updated docs & info. Pushed v9.2 free version.

I'm using 9.2.4 and I've noticed one bug which might or might not be of pure visual nature. Anyway when I select an app to be preloaded, upon next reboot this app is replaced with the one listed just above it...

Hello I've bought and use the app for some time, overall it's pretty good. However I want to know more in details about some of the AI function/options that's not really explained everywhere in more detail (afaik), some clarification would be great
1. the difference between normal and alternate doze (how they works and stuff)
2. toggle bg apps kill (#killbgapps / #dontkillbgapps), what's this? what's the default config for fresh fde and what will it affect?

Hello.
I'm using Poco F1 , with Official corvus os and greenify and no other mods and stock kernel. I installed the free version and now my charging speed is way to slow after the installation.
While charging I switched of the phone, only to see the phone automatically trying to boot and then showing the charging logo, after seeing it, I disconnected the charger and booted into system.
Please help op if you could fix the charging issue, I would really love to buy it.

allidea said:
I'm using 9.2.4 and I've noticed one bug which might or might not be of pure visual nature. Anyway when I select an app to be preloaded, upon next reboot this app is replaced with the one listed just above it...
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Will check that. Actually preload is dropped after reboot, so it should be enabled manually after every reboot. Thanks.
uthgard said:
Hello I've bought and use the app for some time, overall it's pretty good. However I want to know more in details about some of the AI function/options that's not really explained everywhere in more detail (afaik), some clarification would be great
1. the difference between normal and alternate doze (how they works and stuff)
2. toggle bg apps kill (#killbgapps / #dontkillbgapps), what's this? what's the default config for fresh fde and what will it affect?
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1. In first case used direct force deep doze mode. On some heavy modified systems like MIUI this causes various issues, so i came out with another method - dumpsys deviceidle step x3 times - this avoids direct force doze but makes it skip idle wait, motion sensor check steps & go directly to light doze - this way it doesn't conflict with nothing, but may not work as well as expected. Simply - use alternatedoze only if you have troubles with normal doze.
2. #killbgapps executes only once you type it - it doesn't do it automatically. Issued 'am kill-all' commad which is nearly same as you'd clear all your recents, while cached data is still in ram.
MohdAhmed said:
Hello.
I'm using Poco F1 , with Official corvus os and greenify and no other mods and stock kernel. I installed the free version and now my charging speed is way to slow after the installation.
While charging I switched of the phone, only to see the phone automatically trying to boot and then showing the charging logo, after seeing it, I disconnected the charger and booted into system.
Please help op if you could fix the charging issue, I would really love to buy it.
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Hi, maybe try to change kernel - in last FDE versions I removed anything that can be related to charging. If you will buy pro version, you can get refund if things 'll go wrong & you want to uninstall it. Thanks.

Seems working
I think i see some differences

Android 10 keeps applying restrictions for the app not use battery in background, after every reboot of the system, should I worry about that? Also, can I leave fde in that "optimized" list in settings/battery management?
Fde is amazing , thanks!

Has the paid version been removed from play store?
I can only find the lite version.

MohdAhmed said:
Has the paid version been removed from play store?
I can only find the lite version.
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Looks that way, followed a link from google search and linked to "page not found". I uninstalled it due to a bug that made bluetooth skip alot. Sucks cause it was great when it worked. Wish I would of backed it up.

MohdAhmed said:
Has the paid version been removed from play store?
I can only find the lite version.
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Yes, it was permanently removed - now it's back, all good.

now has been removed again from play store

How to get the paid version?