Hello everyone,
on my rather new ROG Phone 5 I recently noticed that the Chrome browser is draining a lot of battery. I switched all background usage off, but it kept draining the battery, even when not in use at all.
I tried everything, cleared cache, forced to stop it and even deactivate the app, but it still drains the battery.
Now I reset the whole to factory settings, did take quite a while to setup everything again. It all was good for a week now, but now it starts doing this sh*t again.
Does anyone else have similar problems? What might be the issue and how can I resolve it? I don't want to spend a whole day setting up my apps again...
Hey there,
I am using the BETA version of the Chrome and have no issues. Give that a try and see if it is better.
Thanks for the reply. What version do you use? And did you have similar problems before?
Have you tried putting your phone in power saving mode? That usually limits the background processes and hopefully will stop Chrome from working in the background and draining your battery.
I will try that and enable it now even with 80% battery left. But when I first had the problem, I had the phone switch to powersaving mode automatically at 20% battery, but that did not reduce the drain from Chrome though.
But thanks for the hint, will try it again now and take a look if it helps.
I stopped using Chrome a few months ago that was one of the reasons I use Opera browser now a lot faster a lot smoother and it blocks all the ads but some people do need Google Chrome though
I would like to use any other browser, but no matter what I do, Chrome keeps draining the battery, even when all cache is cleared, it was forced to stop and it was deactivated! So even if I use e.g. Opera, the Chrome browser will continue to eat up my battery!
I now tried the Chrome beta, but that is even worse! 5,7% in just 4 minutes of usage!
I think I now found a solution, I did this:
I cleared all data and cache from Chrome.
I forced to quit it.
I disabled it.
(up to this point it was what I did before, too)
I went to the PlayStore and chose "uninstall" (so it gets reverted back to "factory" version, but not completely uninstalled)
Then I installed Opera GX AND I've chosen Opera to be the default browser.
I charged to 100% again and after now 30 minutes of using the phone, it isn't showing up again in the list and battery usage is waaay reduced!
GrossmeisterB said:
I think I now found a solution, I did this:
I cleared all data and cache from Chrome.
I forced to quit it.
I disabled it.
(up to this point it was what I did before, too)
I went to the PlayStore and chose "uninstall" (so it gets reverted back to "factory" version, but not completely uninstalled)
Then I installed Opera GX AND I've chosen Opera to be the default browser.
I charged to 100% again and after now 30 minutes of using the phone, it isn't showing up again in the list and battery usage is waaay reduced!
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The more you strip Google from any device the better it gets. It's a universal law
Even with GAPPS working normally I bet all the data stealing, location tracking, telemetry, and god knows what else malware like Google Play Services do to you in the background hit the battery by quite a bit..
Haha, true!
But that Chrome is something different, looks like a major issue, I read reports about many other devices having the same issues...
For me, the same chrome eats up the batteries
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I have had my Nexus S since Christmas. I love it! It is my 5th Android phone and by far the best, up until a couple of days ago I had not experienced any lag at all with the phone.
However recently the phone has been laggy, the back button seems to get stuck (with the backlight off) and it is starting to get unresponsive.
I am trying to work out what is wrong and I wonder if I have installed too many apps... I have >100 including lots of games. Almost all are installed to the SD card.
Could this be the cause of my problems?
Why would anyone install 100 game? I have well let me look hold.
1min later 423 games on SD thats close to 1.91gb but I only install 2-3games and when I finish I install another. Also your problem is you don't have BS service disabled which you should do and make sure they don't restart after shutdown on boot.
To be fair, of the >100 apps, i would say 30 are games
What is BS Service and how can I stop apps from starting automatically after reboot?
Huh Samsung failed again as Google supported them supplying folks with 512mb ram in 2011 talk about still unofficial stand on post mid2010 standard for new 2011 era. You wish you had that extra bit of ram now didn't ya
Anyways well you can use apps like Autostarts or Startup Auditor to disable service on boot/fc on restart. BS service lol well I think you know what "BS" means just disable anything you don't need which may be diff from person to person which is only what you know.
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i'll not be surprised at all, as i have just well over 377 apps/games installed
games usually take most of the space, as it needs to download additional files from the net
i have to constantly keep deleting stuff to make space for more games / apps
i'll say 70% of my space is utilized by games, and 30% by apps
in which they are both shared by MP3 collection and MTV clips collection, as there is simply not enough space for movies
AllGamer said:
i'll not be surprised at all, as i have just well over 377 apps/games installed
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Do you find that the performance of your phone has reduced as you have added more apps/games?
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Do you find that the performance of your phone has reduced as you have added more apps/games?
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nope
i have 4 screen of widgets in the launcher desktop
and the only thing i would consider lag (because all the apps were moved to SD) is the ICON loading time, but it doesn't slowdown the launcher, it just shows with the default green AOS icon instead of the pretty ones
using GO Launcher EX as my default, more features than LauncherPRO / ADW yet faster and FREE!
same with GO SMS
both offers great skin capabilities, and lots of FREE themes (skins) to download
Generally, lag is a result of a poorly coded app sucking your processing power down the drain.
I have uninstalled a load of apps and everything is now running smoothly again.
Just need to figure out which one is causing the problem now...
Thanks guys
So of course I know YouTube uses a lot of battery when watching some video's, which I do a lot. This, however, isn't the problem I'm experiencing.
So lets say my phone is 100% charged and still on its charger, and I start watching a video or two. Then I close the app (still in multitask bar) and take it off the charger. I use my phone a bit, put it in my pocket and just forget about it. After a few minutes/hours battery has dropped almost 10% (depends on time). Checking battery stats shows YouTube using most of the battery, more than screen and other processes.
Here's a screenshot of today. Just normal battery usage, then i watched two 4 minute videos over WiFi, closed YouTube and put it away. Got about 10% drop in the following 30 minutes.
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Clearing the YouTube app from recents does get rid of the problem, but it seems that this is something unusual, and I hoped someone had a more permanent solution.
My device is running on stock rom with Franco kernel v50 (Vomer settings), although I've had this problem with earlier versions of Franco kernel with other settings. Furthermore I'm using Xposed with App Settings, AppOpsXposed, Gravitybox and Unicon. Using custom DPI for whole system and certain apps (using App Settings). If I forgot some crucial information I'll hear it.
I hope someone can help.
Reboot the device and see if the problem continues. It probably just got hung up the one time.
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from your screenshots, youtube doesnt look like your problem. it only used 18% of your battery thats already used, and only kept your phone awake for 2 and a half minutes. when you close an app in your app via the multitask bar, you arent actually closing the app(its the same as just backing out of the app). but google play services is taking much more battery than it should.
Greenify.
I had the same issue, but only happens sometimes. If you check FKU - CPU usage you'll notice sometimes it will be on four cores and as soon as you close it from recents it will revert back to two cores. Also happens on Instagram if im using it for a long time.
Rebooting won't fix anything, been having this problem for months now, just always cleared recents to avoid the drain. Plus its a consistent problem, i can predict it draining battery when i leave it open, and it stops draining when I remove it from recents. That's why I'm confused. I will try Greenify, and thanks for the tips everyone.
Still, I find it strange that, even though you say the drain can't be from YouTube, it's always YouTube causing the problem in the first place. And the thing about Google Play Services, mostly it's this high in the list. It reports 7m52s CPU and 43m11s Keep Awake right now (1hr after OP). Is this not good? What can I do to fix that?
Let me get straight to the point.
Nexus 5 Lollipop 5.0.2, with xTrasmooth ROM with no problems with battery whatsoever... but suddenly I get around 16% drained overnight when I would get much less before.
After a clean install, the only thing I did was install alpha xPosed with a few modules (Xgels, Gravity, Youtube adaway, Youtube background enabler).
Can anyone tell me how to show logs or look for wakelocks and things like that to show battery stats?
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Use Gsam battery monitor, it will tell you your wakelocks
You could have been in a dead zone or something and as a result, your phone kept trying to search for the signal. It also helps if you turn down your brightness
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You could have been in a dead zone or something and as a result, your phone kept trying to search for the signal. It also helps if you turn down your brightness
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The op is talking about 16 percent drain overnight. I dont think turning down his brightness will help him. Like the other poster said, use either bbs, or wakelock detector to determine wakelocks. As jarshdude said bad cell signal could be the culprit. For this I use the smart radio function on cataclysm, to change to 3g when on wifi. As my lte service is spotty at best in my house. But im guessing its a rogue app causing wakelocks.
See posts 1 to 4 in the battery help thread in my signature. And if you still need help, post the recommended screen shots there. ?
I used to have this issue as well. Mostly the main culprits are Google apps and social networking apps doing syncs, disable Google syncs for services you don't need/use and if there are social networking apps that you would like it to sync, perhaps increase the sync refresh interval.
Is it not xposed as it's still in testing?
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Let me get straight to the point.
Nexus 5 Lollipop 5.0.2, with xTrasmooth ROM with no problems with battery whatsoever... but suddenly I get around 16% drained overnight when I would get much less before.
After a clean install, the only thing I did was install alpha xPosed with a few modules (Xgels, Gravity, Youtube adaway, Youtube background enabler).
Can anyone tell me how to show logs or look for wakelocks and things like that to show battery stats?
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Here you go, this will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-life-help-troubleshoot-battery-t2785128
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See posts 1 to 4 in the battery help thread in my signature. And if you still need help, post the recommended screen shots there.
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Sanjay Varma said:
Here you go, this will help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-life-help-troubleshoot-battery-t2785128
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OKLYMY said:
I used to have this issue as well. Mostly the main culprits are Google apps and social networking apps doing syncs, disable Google syncs for services you don't need/use and if there are social networking apps that you would like it to sync, perhaps increase the sync refresh interval.
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I should've read these threads before, sorry guys.
Anyways, I think xposed alpha for lollipop was the culprit, but it got resolved after a few restarts wiping cache and dalvik, or so I think, because that's all I did. Now I only drain 3 to 4 % overnight, which is pretty good for me, since that's what I was draining on stock before.
Hey guys in the past week my XZ has been having some serious overheating issues. Even just idling at the home screen it sits at around 40-45c. It seriously makes the phone unusable since when you open anything it just warms up quick and throttles hard. I was thinking it was the last patch that came out so I unlocked the bootloader and tried out a couple of roms like carbon rom which was buggy as hell and slimbit aosp. No improvement. Tried out eXistenZ 6.0 which is what im still on now and no improvement. I honestly have no clue whats going on if anyone can help me that'd be great. Do you guys think my battery could be needing replacement? The phone isint even a year old. I have also tried the FSCv2 mod and still no improvement.
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Change habit that after clean flash instantly install everything that exists in the playstore , especially various CPU/memory/battery monitors.
Install one aplication at a time until you find the problem.
btw, carbonrom Is excellent rom like all the other AOSP ROMs for the XZ
uglavnom_bezopasni said:
Change habit that after clean flash instantly install everything that exists in the playstore , especially various CPU/memory/battery monitors.
Install one aplication at a time until you find the problem.
btw, carbonrom Is excellent rom like all the other AOSP ROMs for the XZ
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I don't think its a certain app I installed since it just started happening out of nowhere after no new apps have been installed. Android battery menu doesn't show any excessive battery drain from apps either. Even after I did a clean flash it was getting super hot and throttled in the setup process.
*Edit* It actually got to 50c while simply replying to your reply in Chrome and lagged tf out of my keyboard. Literally about to throw this phone at a wall.
So I've undervolted the cpu and the phone still reached 53c after browsing Instagram for about a couple minutes. Im seriously loosing my **** at this point. Im seriously thinking that this phone needs a new battery or something even tho its less than a year old.
Update. Did a fresh install of stock rom using flashtool and it throttled during the setup process and still throttles with no apps just trying to send a text message or simply play a song using google play music. Seriously nobody has a clue what is going on? I literally have to have my phone next to a fan just to do anything on it.
I discovered that my battery is only at 38c usualy so I think its safe to say that my battery is okay. My cpu is constantly pinned at 45+ and I only get about 3-4 hours out of a full charge. Did google play services get an update or something? I have no apps installed in my phone still. I seriously need any help
I bought POCO X3 NFC 128GB (M2007J20CG). I updated immediately to the latest (12.0.8 QJGEUXM) and then I did "Wipe Data" from the recovery menu to start a fresh set-up.
For the moment, only basic communication and music apps. My previous phone is Mi Max 3 which works perfectly and even 3 years after, it gives me a full day with much usage and many apps installed. I haven't transferred all my data to POCO.
Now on POCO, from the first day I noticed a huge battery drain. I start my day at 09:00 with 100% and it gets to 30% at 17:00.
Battery saving enabled all the time, 60Hz screen, and WiFi-BT-Data-Location only when needed.
https://imgur.com/a/a9wnHZ7
I did a second "Wipe Data", I got an update to Android 11 and 12.0.8 RJGEUXM. Wipe data again, new setup. Nothing changed. I waited some days for a "calibration" but nothing.
https://imgur.com/a/AY5rdpR
I don't know if this is normal. I believe it's a faulty device and I am communicating with the chinese store from where I bought it to return it.
1) But before that, is there anything I can do to fix this? If you own a POCO X3 NFC, do you get better battery life?
2) Why "Android System" consumes so much battery and is there a way to trace what's behind this?
3) Also, I'm sure I don't use the screen that much.
Thanks in advance for reading.
Don't have a straight answer for you but, generally and unless you debloat it, MIUI is very ineffective with power and system resources -- in my experience, even trimmed down versions like Xiaomi.eu suffer from this, although they fare a lot better than stock, especially with an alternative kernel like Stormbreaker...
I have a feeling you have a faulty battery.
Considering you've taken every single step including the ROM changes and the factory resets. I have ONE recommendation you can try if you already haven't.
Set up the phone as new. Don't add your Google account or Xiaomi account. Manually copy your data and manually install apps you need. Add your accounts later. I've seen this issue countless times where Cloud Restore absolutely breaks the system with broken settings and apps.
If this doesn't work then you definitely have a defective battery/phone. The NFC version usually is supposed to get 8-10 hours Screen On Time but I've seen as low as 5 on some people's posts.
My Indian unit gets about 11-13 hours SoT depending on what I'm doing... But it's never less than 10.
Please check your device.
All the best.
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I have a feeling you have a faulty battery.
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That is possible, too...
I am now communicating with the store to return it back, but it doesn't seem to be an easy process.
Today, I made a wipe data, didn't install anything, not even my Google account. I only used the phone for calls and SMSs for 1 hour in total. I started at 08:30 with ~90% and now it's 20:30 (just 12 hours later) and I have 66 %. Also I think I lost a huge amount during the night.
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