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I'm running CM6.1 RC2, and the past couple of days I have experienced excessive drain, mainly in the first 50%. I attached a picture of the issue. I went to spare parts battery history to see the network usage, since in the about phone battery usage cell standby was 84% of the battery usage, and under network usage there was just an entry for 0, using the most network. When I clicked on '0' the settings application crashed. Yesterday it dropped 35% in 2.5 hours, before it slowed down. It was ridiculous, never used to have this problem, and the battery is only a couple of weeks old so it has to be software. Today it is at 53% after 7.5 hours, which is pretty decent, but at around 70% I disabled 3g and background data to save some energy for a few hours. Is there any way of figuring out what is causing this, or should I reflash? Could it be a CM6.1 RC2 bug? Anyone else having this issue? Thanks in advance
BTW I have no idea why the dialer was so high in usage I only had like MAYBE 15 minutes total of voice calls in 2 hours. The 0 is what I'm concerned about.
Anyone? Bump? No one else is having the issue? Still happening to me on RC3.
I've been getting that problem too.
I used to have battery life of up to 4 days (Mostly standby), now I'm lucky if I get 1.5 (Same usage).
I went in to spare parts and it crashed for me too.
Battery drain here too since cm 6.1
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Well '0' is he system's ID, 0 is root. In the graph the blue is bytes sent, red is bytes received. Have you checked other usage like CPU usage? That might be a better indicator of what's using your battery. Then from there you can start to narrow it down to a specific process or app. I'm using the latest nightly and don't have that issue, never have. I use a bit more battery than I think I should but nothing crazy.
Do you have wifi or bluetooth on? Those drain your battery like no other.
I havent used wifi at all today, unplugged at around 6:30, it's 3:45 now and I'm at 63%, but from around 9:50 to 11:45 and then from 12:20 to 2:20 I had airplane mode enabled since the time without a signal was at 70%, very low signal area. So it seems like for only 4 hours or maybe 5~ of non airplane mode time I should be at above 63%. I only had wifi on for a half an hour today. I'm considering going back to stock for a few days just to see the battery life comparison, and then nandroiding back to CM6.1. I always end up going back to AOSP-based roms in the end. I don't have a data plan on my phone at the moment, getting it today I'm pretty sure, so could all of the blue be from the phone continuously trying to access a website? But other people said they have the same issue and I'm assuming that they have data plans, so that can't be too much related. Hmm.
I also checked cpu usage and such like you suggested, there were a lot of things listed but all but two of them were too small to even have a bar. The two that did have a bar visible were minuscule to put it lightly, so that can't be an issue. Battery use in the about phone area always has cell standby at the top, normally between 40 and 80%. It would seem like there is way too much cell communication going on, moreso than normal. Cell standby stays at the top in even high signal areas, so it's not the signal levels. Kind of stumped here.
Well if the cell is in standby then it's linked to a tower and awaiting activity. Every now and then it 'checks in'. If it's doing that too often then that could seriously drain the battery. You're right though, I'd just switch back. Trouble shooting the exact issue wouldn't be worth the time. Maybe try flashing it again later, could have just been a corrupt download that didn't flash properly.
After conditioning my battery religiously (full to empty with every charge cycle) I am back up to about 15 to 16 hours from full battery to system shut down which is way better than the 10-12 hours I was getting when I first loaded RC2. CR_OTA ROM gave me up to 24-30 hours off of one charge with the exact CPU/2g/3g/wi-fi "routine" as I am using with RC2. Tracked battery usage with System Panel app and RC2 has a steady and even drain pattern ... an even diagonal line down the graph (100% to 0%). Cell standby uses a ridiculous 40% of the battery from full charge! On the stock ROM System Panel app shows plateaus throughout the day when the phone screen is off/sleeping where battery use is virtually non-existent. I'm going to load RC3 today and track the cell standby and battery usage. This time I am not going to use setCPU and just let the ROM run as the CM team designed it to be used and see if anything has changed. I tried this with RC2 and the battery still trended absolutely evenly from 100% to 0%. I can live with a 16 hour battery cycle for the CM ROM because it is very smooth and never has a glitch. The stock ROM is smooth as well but it has some buggy behaviors that I just cannot stand for and it does not run the latest GAPPS.
I've noticed i have exacly the same problem(was actually gonna post it when i found this thread)
Needless to say that on eclair my battery lasted ~48 hours constantly, not its drained in max 24...
The highest I have EVER gotten was 24 hours, and that was on a cm6.1 nightly build, pre RC2. I loaded cr_mod and experienced a HUGE drain. I had airplane mode on, just to test, and it dropped 7% in an hour, in AIRPLANE mode, with no screen on time. I went into spare parts and looked at the usage, and sure enough, "running" was at the top, with 99% of the time spent without sleeping. This has never happened before though, so I can probably attribute that to my modifications. I deleted a few apk's and de-odexed it before I flashed it, and I have a feeling something I did corrupted something else, so I'll flash plain old cr_mod and see where that leaves me. I should probably get back into the habit of full charge/drain every cycle. I used to do that until my battery started lasting longer than I was awake for, so I always had to plug it in at around 15 to 30%. I'll run some more "trials" and see what's going on.
Also, on an unrelated note, I love the stock rom, I always love the sense UI, but I hate HTC_IME compared to the froyo Latin_IME, is there any way at all I could port the froyo Latin_IME to the eclair stock rom?
Edit: also, I flashed dumfuq's OC kernel over cr_mod, could that have been the culprit to the battery drain?
Shouldn't be the culprit. It would drain quicker because of the clock speed but shouldn't be too bad.
Yes Latin_IME should be able to be used with sense. Just delete htc_ime and clicker.apk then install latin_ime and it's corresponding clicker.apk which you can get from various roms'. Btw, clicker is used to calibrate the keyboard so you don't have to install it.
NJAZ, what's the result on using CM6.1 without SetCPU? Big difference or not?
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Shouldn't be the culprit. It would drain quicker because of the clock speed but shouldn't be too bad.
Yes Latin_IME should be able to be used with sense. Just delete htc_ime and clicker.apk then install latin_ime and it's corresponding clicker.apk which you can get from various roms'. Btw, clicker is used to calibrate the keyboard so you don't have to install it.
NJAZ, what's the result on using CM6.1 without SetCPU? Big difference or not?
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Actually, by process of elimination, the kernel was the issue. I remember hearing about there being a bug in the older dumfuq kernels with something idle being null, I really don't remember but it had something to do with sleeping. I flashed pure CR_mod and then 3.5 dumfuq and I experienced the same issue where it wouldn't sleep. I flashed 4.0, but I think it's too soon to determine whether or not the same issue with sleep is occurring.
I tried doing what you said with LatinIME.apk, I even imported the lib file from /system/lib on CM6.1, but the it was nowhere to be found in the system when I booted. It wasn't under keyboard settings, and HTC_IME was gone. I figured it was an incompatibility between froyo and eclair, since the stock sense rom is eclair and the LatinIME.apk is from a froyo ROM. Do I have to something more than just adb push the apk and lib file? I also tried installing it with a file manager, and no surprise, problem parsing the package. It's a system apk so I didnt expect it to be able to install via a file manager. Do I have to use adb install instead of adb push? I'm wondering if htc IME is so wired into the system that it won't work that way. What if I rename LatinIME.apk to htcime.apk or whatever the name of HTCime is and see if that works, because the system may be is treating that as the stock android keyboard, rather than a third party one, because it is labeled touch input in settings, just like LatinIME in aosp roms.
I'll experiment some more I guess
edit: Nevermind, 4.0 is draining as well, albeit less rapidly. Ah well. I guess I'll have to go back to CM6.1 if I want to do overclock. Shame, I love sense so much.
ANOTHER edit: nevermind, you were right, it isn't the kernel at all. It happens when I turn wifi off. I'm assuming that's because I don't have a data plan so it's continually retrying a server that it can't access. I don't know why it didn't do this on the stock HTC kernel, but I'm pretty sure it's the issue. If I turn wifi AND mobile data connection off, it stays at normal drain as well. Well, I'm at 11% and my battery app is estimating roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes remaining, so I don't know if that's GOOD, but I'll give it a good full charge tonight and run it tomorrow. I hopefully will have data activated tomorrow so I can really test it.
Hey guys new to the slide forum but not new to the site. I come from the G1 thread and we had the similar problem. How is your battery life on a 2.1 ROM? I have my phone rooted with a Sense ROM and it has 2.2 and i do see a bad battery drain as well. I remember froyo ROMs battery life may not be the greatest yet. I remember that was always a big problem over there and it looks like it still hurts here. Have you tried setcpu settings?
Maybe this information will help, i forgot to mention last time i posted that i'm not using a HTC device, i'm using Samsung Galaxy S, and there are more ppl with this problem on our forum aswell, so maybe someone can use this information correctly, i mean, it's either a program that's doing this or some strange freaky froyo process that not everybody has? or idk..
We'll need to get a log or something from one of the phones doing this and see if we can pinpoint the issue. Anyone experiencing this issue using compcache? Maybe it's doing some sort of background compression/decompression or swap is swapping too much while the phone is 'off'. Like I said, we'll need a log dump uploaded so we can sift through it.
As far as the latin_ime, try getting the one from a 2.1 vanilla rom. Check the slide rom bible for the 'senseless' roms like CM5 or something. That should do it.
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We'll need to get a log or something from one of the phones doing this and see if we can pinpoint the issue. Anyone experiencing this issue using compcache? Maybe it's doing some sort of background compression/decompression or swap is swapping too much while the phone is 'off'. Like I said, we'll need a log dump uploaded so we can sift through it.
As far as the latin_ime, try getting the one from a 2.1 vanilla rom. Check the slide rom bible for the 'senseless' roms like CM5 or something. That should do it.
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Well my desire was to get the froyo latinIME onto eclair, since it's prediction engine was so much improved, but I'm getting used to HTC_IME so it doesn't matter.
As for the battery, for me at least, running the cmkernel from dumfuq, v4.0, I get BETTER battery life than the stock HTC kernel. Weird right? If I enable data I get tons of blue in spare parts, under network usage, for things like calendar and contacts. I'll have to assume that's because of the lack of data plan, my data plan doesn't become effective until december 9th. Otherwise, I have no excessive drain. It must be a cm6 issue, with cell polling. Cell standby was always up in the 70%+ range in battery usage in cm6, and on the stock rom it's around 27%. Wi-fi and display are highest, and I still get 20-25 hours.
I agree, to pinpoint the cause of the problem in cm6, someone needs a log to analyze, I'm not actually that smart with these things, nor am I running cm anymore, so can't really help there, but it'd be a good start.
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Well my desire was to get the froyo latinIME onto eclair, since it's prediction engine was so much improved, but I'm getting used to HTC_IME so it doesn't matter.
As for the battery, for me at least, running the cmkernel from dumfuq, v4.0, I get BETTER battery life than the stock HTC kernel. Weird right? If I enable data I get tons of blue in spare parts, under network usage, for things like calendar and contacts. I'll have to assume that's because of the lack of data plan, my data plan doesn't become effective until december 9th. Otherwise, I have no excessive drain. It must be a cm6 issue, with cell polling. Cell standby was always up in the 70%+ range in battery usage in cm6, and on the stock rom it's around 27%. Wi-fi and display are highest, and I still get 20-25 hours.
I agree, to pinpoint the cause of the problem in cm6, someone needs a log to analyze, I'm not actually that smart with these things, nor am I running cm anymore, so can't really help there, but it'd be a good start.
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Well I just recently saw this almost exact same issue (maybe not as extreme) on the samsung tablet running Cyanogen. They removed the phone, telephony, mms, and one more .apk to resolve it. This issue was caused by the lack of a use for those .apks but the system was still using them... a lot. It seemed similar but not exact, maybe some of us more tech savvy people can look into those and see if there's an issue.
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Well I just recently saw this almost exact same issue (maybe not as extreme) on the samsung tablet running Cyanogen. They removed the phone, telephony, mms, and one more .apk to resolve it. This issue was caused by the lack of a use for those .apks but the system was still using them... a lot. It seemed similar but not exact, maybe some of us more tech savvy people can look into those and see if there's an issue.
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Yeah that'd be cool. It must have something to do with that, since it's the cell radio sucking battery.
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I flashed 6.1.0 stable, battery drain seems to be slightly less. I'm still at around 5 or 10% below where I was at this time on stock, with 9.5 hours off the charger, current level 57%. Although, I did use airplane mode for almost 2 hours, so really I'm like 10 or 20% below where I should be. I just can't figure it out, cell standby is at like 80% usage in this ROM. It's ridiculous, is it the polling intervals or something? How can it be so much less battery efficient than stock?
I flashed 6.1 RC2 with a low battery and had trouble with battery life. TMO's service was acting very strange for a couple of weeks and my cell standby was consuming a lot of juice. Flashed 6.1 RC3 with a well conditioned full battery. At first I used no setCPU just to see how things would go ... 11 hours from full battery to empty. Added setCPU to RC3 and got 27+ hours out of a full charge. Either TMO fixed it's towers or RC3 was better with cell standby because my network usage was not cranking overtime like it had been. Finally, I flashed 6.1 stable with setCPU and I average around 22 to 24 hours on one charge.
One observsation - when I first flashed RC2 I was really into my phone again. I was constantly tweaking it and flipping through options, testing apps, digging new Gapps, etc. ... bottom line I was just using my device waaaaay more than usual and I think that played a huge role in my (supposed) poor battery performance. All seems to be well with 6.1 stable.
Firstly, I know what I'm doing when it comes to flashing. But I'm completely dumbfounded here..
Okay in standby mode, with wifi on i usually get -3 to -7mA.
But suddenly a few days ago, my phone doesn't sound my alarm in the morning because it had turned its self off.
Imagine my surprise when I had to plug it to start it. Turns out it had drained 60% in little over 3 hours.
So I began testing - turns out my phone had started to fluctuate between -90 and -150 mA EVEN IN AIRPLANE MODE.
After trying countless solutions (inc many different ROMs), I had had enough. I full wiped from CWM and installed fresh ARHD 5.1.6, skipped all setup, installed just titanium, and restored just battery calibration and currentwidget. I calibrated and then left it overnight in airplane mode - and STILL it fluctuated just as wildly.
I wouldn't post this if I hadn't tried everything, but I have spent hours reading xda trying to amend this. Changing radios didn't help (am using latest atm), changing ROM didn't help (not GB or froyo or CM7), even restoring my nandroid from when my battery drain was normal didn't help.
Does anyone have ANY ideas as to why this is happening?
The only thing I can conceivably think of is that my battery is giving up.
Is this good enough cause to get a replacement battery/phone from HTC?
Edit: Meant to post this is Q&A tread, sorry
if you changed the ROM and radio, then i'd be near to positive to say that the problem is from the battery!!
Buy another one and give it a long 20-22 hrs charge (although HTC recommends 8hrs - but they talk alot of crap ) before opening your phone.
Or, alternatively, see if anyone (friends/family) can lend you a battery and see if the problem still persists
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if you changed the ROM and radio, then i'd be near to positive to say that the problem is from the battery!!
Buy another one and give it a long 20-22 hrs charge (although HTC recommends 8hrs - but they talk alot of crap ) before opening your phone.
Or, alternatively, see if anyone (friends/family) can lend you a battery and see if the problem still persists
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Official batterys are expensive... does HTC do replacements?
not sure, never tried or asked, gotta phone them up!
have you tried turning USB debugging on? that solved it for some people.
i also had this problem, and the USB debug didnt work, but i found that it was something to do with HTC hub repeatedly trying to connect to the internet and using a shed load of CPU in doing so. aeroplane mode didnt help me either, but after turning off everything with HTC in its name it worked again. (specifically HTC sense in accounts and sync)
hope that helps, worth a try.
oh and my battery is fine now, lasts 2 days or so. can last a week though.
still charge it every night though.
Thanks for replying, but USB Debugging was always on for me, and when I tested with fresh install I didn't put ANY accounts in so the HTC thing shouldn't be an issue. i guess I'll just try the replacement battery thing
sometimes the radio signal kept switching also may cause a drain in your battery.
Setting > Mobile networks > Network Mode > Preferred Network Mode
for me i preferred it to be set as 'WCDMA' rather than 'GSM/WCDMA Auto'. The draw back is that i may lost signal if the signal is weak but this setting prevent the radio from being switching.
OKAY GUYS I FIXED IT
How you may ask?
I HAVE NO IDEA
I was just flashing things over trying to fix it and suddenly it went back to normal. I'm currently using a UV kernel, so maybe that's helping too.
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Firstly, I know what I'm doing when it comes to flashing. But I'm completely dumbfounded here..
Okay in standby mode, with wifi on i usually get -3 to -7mA.
Is this good enough cause to get a replacement battery/phone from HTC?
Edit: Meant to post this is Q&A tread, sorry
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Dont want to go too far OT, but how do you measure the battery current?
I assume you dont physically wire up an ammeter, or do you?
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Hahahahahaha, that's brilliant. I'm signaturing that
But no, I don't. The phone creates estimates of the present current/voltage loss, much the same way as it makes estimates of the battery % left.
So all you need is an app to log that! Currentwidget is the lightest, but I recommend battery monitor widget
OK its a battery monitoring app, but can you see the current drain whilst actually using other programmes?
Some apps use full screen so even the top status bar is not visible.
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Dont want to go too far OT, but how do you measure the battery current?
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CurrentWidget, logging to file :
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.manor.currentwidget
Sometimes the battery works great, lasts a couple days. And sometimes, I get strange spikes where the battery drains extremely quickly (see attached images).
I have tried:
1. New device - I swapped my unit yesterday
2. Hard reset - restore all factory settings (and erase everything) off the phone
3. Battery cycle - i.e. let the battery run out entirely, recharge it from scratch
I have also tried diagnosing the issue via the stock battery app, GO Power Master, and BetterBatteryStats, but I don't see anything out of the ordinary when the battery usage spike occurs. Maybe there is some process running wild, but it doesn't seem to do anything...
Has anyone had similar issues? The only non-Google Play store app I have installed is Visual Voicemail - the apk I downloaded from this board.
You have tried everything I would normally suggest, but might have noticed something. Your sharp drop coincides with that red band on your signal bar. The red part signifying no cell tower signal. The sharp drop seems to start there. Is your phone stuck searching for cell towers when it has already re-established a signal? The earlier dip in the battery also has a red bar under it.
Also battery performance is not linear. If you are at 50% after 24 hours, you will not necessarily get another 24 hours. I am alwaysfinding myself at 50% after 18 hours and think, "Cool, I've found the right kernel" but sure enough I'm still plugging it into charge at 24 hours!
I know you say you normally get two days (which is very good) but this is all I can think of.
I use a powerful automation app called Tasker. With it you can set any phone setting to any phone condition. I've just checked, and it is possible to set a profile based on signal strength. With this you could specify a weak or no signal to do any manner of things, from play a notification sound, to turn off 3G and auto-sync. Set an exit task and it will also turn 3G and auto-sync back on when signal strength is healthy again. Might be worth a try.
Edit: If you have root access, Tasker supports the app 'Quick Boot Plus' as a plugin. With this you could set Tasker to reboot your phone if it is out of signal for more than 'x' seconds. I know it might not be very practical, but it would tell you if you we are looking at the real culprit.
Another edit: Scratch that. You could set Tasker thatif it sees no signal for 'x' seconds, turn on airplane mode, wait 'y' seconds, turn off airplane mode. No need to buy a plugin.
Thanks, wnp_79 - appreciate the thoughtful response!
Yes, that's a good point - there is a drop in battery starting with the red line for the signal. I take the subway to/from work in the morning and evening. But I don't see any problems connecting after I get outside (i.e. it doesn't seem to be searching for signal).
Perhaps next time I can try setting airplane mode on/off when I notice the battery draining quickly - and see if that helps the issue. If it does, clearly it's a signal issue.
I like the Tasker idea, I will give that a try! Thank you for the suggestion.
I wasn't by any means expecting another 24 hrs, but that drain of "50%" occured over a span of like 3 hours... with no screen usage (i.e. the phone was just sitting next to me at the desk, supposedly "idle").
Whatever you do, don't cycle your battery deeply unnecessarily.
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Thanks tsleng, will keep that in mind.
I guess I am surprised other people haven't seen this issue. Maybe it's something specific to my software...
I've got this issue but it's down to my signal. At home it's fine and battery last's me well but as soon as I get to work my battery starts to dip due to Vodafone having poorer signal. Bad signal is killing my battery too bad we can't change radio's as of yet due to no S-OFF.
what happens when we can s-off? i mean what adv will we encounter regarding with the issues that we are having?
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what happens when we can s-off? i mean what adv will we encounter regarding with the issues that we are having?
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Well S-OFF, we can unlock bootloader without having to use HTCDev meaning we can revert back to stock easily and without it tampering the status. We can lock it back to it's original state.
We can flash kernels without having to use fastboot.
We can flash radios. By flashing other radios we can improve our signals if one radio is bad, an improved signal is friendlier on the battery.
I get a weird spike too but mine causes the phone to die. Also mine was done overnight when I was sleeping. (see attachment) I'm not really sure what I can do. I hope this was a one time problem...but i'm not so sure. I'm still under warnty and this is my second HOX
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Sometimes the battery works great, lasts a couple days. And sometimes, I get strange spikes where the battery drains extremely quickly (see attached images).
I have tried:
1. New device - I swapped my unit yesterday
2. Hard reset - restore all factory settings (and erase everything) off the phone
3. Battery cycle - i.e. let the battery run out entirely, recharge it from scratch
I have also tried diagnosing the issue via the stock battery app, GO Power Master, and BetterBatteryStats, but I don't see anything out of the ordinary when the battery usage spike occurs. Maybe there is some process running wild, but it doesn't seem to do anything...
Has anyone had similar issues? The only non-Google Play store app I have installed is Visual Voicemail - the apk I downloaded from this board.
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You have the LTE version of the one x Maybe they can help you there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Let us know what your have found after the update. Good and bad.
Since the update my WiFi has dropped out on my home network twice. Have to restart or turn airplane mode on/off.
Also I don't think the battery has improved any....
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Let us know what your have found after the update. Good and bad.
Since the update my WiFi has dropped out on my home network twice. Have to restart or turn airplane mode on/off.
Also I don't think the battery has improved any....
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I just noticed a bit longer restart times. Thats it !:cyclops:
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After the update, at the settings / power the scrolling is laggy. This module was updated, something is just not right at my device. I did a factory reset, no avail. It's lagging only over here, pretty annoying...
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After the update, at the settings / power the scrolling is laggy. This module was updated, something is just not right at my device. I did a factory reset, no avail. It's lagging only over here, pretty annoying...
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Yeah, its true. It slipped my mind. Probably this particular portion of the software was developed at the last moment, and they didn't have enough time to test it thoroughly
I have narrowed my wifi drop outs to the beyond pod app.
My camera won't focus after updating. I had the problem prior, but did the alcohol microfiber run to get the coating off and it was working great. After I updated the camera now seems like it won't focus, only objects within 5 inches are in focus. I did a factory reset and made sure that the camera wasn't set to macro mode. Nothing is working to fix this problem. I think my camera might just be broken now.
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Now after a few days i think that the battery cannot hold on so long as with 4.4.2. Previously i could run it two days with moderate use, now the battery level drops to 20% after 24 hours.
At the update the battery was not fully charged. Is this behavior normal after the update, did i make a mistake, or does anybody else have the same problem?
I'm on 19% after 13 hours. WTF is going on? I cannot see any suspicious app causing this. Can i revert to 4.4.2? LOL...
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Now after a few days i think that the battery cannot hold on so long as with 4.4.2. Previously i could run it two days with moderate use, now the battery level drops to 20% after 24 hours.
At the update the battery was not fully charged. Is this behavior normal after the update, did i make a mistake, or does anybody else have the same problem?
I'm on 19% after 13 hours. WTF is going on? I cannot see any suspicious app causing this. Can i revert to 4.4.2? LOL...
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I have (or had) the same problem as you with the new update. Try clearing the cache partition (that's what I've been told). I'm still keeping my eye on the battery to see if it's fixed. The problem for me was that Android Kernel and Android System was using too much battery.
Here are some screenshots:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkTkJwOV9mQk5ucG8/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkTlc3ODYzcUotQlE/edit?usp=sharing
These battery results are pretty bad compared to what I was getting prior to 4.4.3 (i got 2d5h once with 4h on screen and 7 hours awake).
Hi! I think i was able to fix it, the issue appeared on other devices which received 4.4.3. I cleared the cache for Google Play Store and for GP Services. Now i'm at 50% after 20 hours.
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Hi! I think i was able to fix it, the issue appeared on other devices which received 4.4.3. I cleared the cache for Google Play Store and for GP Services. Now i'm at 50% after 20 hours.
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just tried that and hoping it works. I've tried turning off fast boot but having the same issues others are reporting also.
here is a post from another user:
Hi, everyone, this is my first time here, so bear with me. On Wednesday, August 28, I downloaded the new Kit Kat 4.4.3 update from AT&T onto my One M8. Right after and for a few hours after, everything was in great condition as always. I've had my M8 since launch and haven't had a problem since and hold it very dear to me. Then, after about four hours, I noticed the phone was getting hot, really hot. I had power saver on as always and I saw that the CPU was taxed at 97%, just having Instagram running and YouTube actively showing a video. So I restarted the phone, clearing the cache and making sure that nothing was working too hard. That's when the problems really started coming up. It was getting hot but I ignored it and went to the Play Store to update my banking app and download Reddit News. After seven minutes of a normally one minute (if that) update, I stopped the download, cleared the cache and tried again. Nothing. So Google Play won't download, update, or install apps, Google, or third-party. That's not all. Hangouts will not send messages. Even in full LTE connectivity and 5 GHz Wifi AC, message could not send both to Android users (one used messages, the other Hangouts) and to an iPhone. It was like deja vu with my old iPhone 4S. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL. YouTube was giving me hell, too. When I would type into the search bar to search for a video, the search bar would clear. For example, if I'm looking up and type into the search bar on YouTube "Linus Tech Tips," then it'll work. But if after that I backspace or "x" out "Linus Tech Tips," and type something else, say, "Build a Gaming PC," If I use Swype (Swiftkey, Google Keyboard, or HTC Sense), the first word shows up, but as I'm typing, the subsequent words are erased and "Linus Tech Tips" shows up in the search bar (check him out if you don't already). This is EXTREMELY frustrating and now I can't watch The Joy of Painting. Damn. Finally, the CPU and heat I mentioned before is crazy. The CPU is always between 79% and 99% at all times. the RAM is usually at about 75% as normal, but the CPU is running nuclear hot. It's going to 105-115 degrees Fahrenheit. This worries me, all of this, because I wonder if this is the fault of the new 4.4.3 update for the AT&T M8 model or maybe underlying causes. I've had Malwarebytes scan my phone and find nothing. That caches are cleared and nothing seems to work. If anyone can help I would be extremely grateful because my only option in my mind is to do a hard factory reset of the device. Thanks to anoye who can help, and if not, then, oh well. Thanks, and sorry I made an essay out of this, this is really a big problem for me.
another user just posted:
Well, I think that the factory reset fixed it. It's been over an hour now, and the phone isn't overheating anymore. Battery life has only dropped 2% in that hour instead of the 2% every five minutes after the update.
After the 4.4.3 update the camera's manual mode doesnt change the exposure the same way as it did in 4.4.2 so i cant see the pics in the viewfinder at night before i actually take the pic and look at it, and that really sucks.
Hello All,
Just wanted everyone to know that there seems to be a problem with the Lollipop upgrades from LG. It is not a Sprint problem as when I did a Google search this morning users from all carriers are screaming. The problems mainly are:
- Slow charging - my G2 now takes several to get to a full charge where it used to take 1 hour.
- Fast Battery drain - the battery now lasts about 6 hours on average where before I could go all day with one charge.
- Slow Wifi speed - there are reports that this is caused by an implementation of IP6. There are ways to disable this if you are rooted.
- overheating - Phone gets really hot - when I am charging my phone the temps near the camera module get very toasty. It gets hot enough that I have to take the Otterbox case off to let it cool down.
I don't know when or if LG will fix the issue, just wanted you all to know what could happen before you upgrade.
I have none of these problems.
I also have none of these problems. My G2 battery life has been quite good on Lollipop so far, charges like it should, and isn't getting hot.
I'm getting 5hrs sot. I actually thought the battery was stuck a couple days ago. It sat all night and into the next morning at 100%. Idled all night on WiFi, took a couple pics in the morning as well as a call, browsed twitter and reddit, used the Starbucks app, and sent a picture through Textra. All while at 100%. I rebooting thinking it was wrong, but it started back up at 99%. 7hrs23min at 100%. Granted it's not going to be custom rom/kernel good but it's stock, so that's expected.
Did you factory reset after the OTA?
I ran the ZVE tot file, then side loaded the ZVA OTA with adb. Did a factory reset before booting and it's been great.
Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk
No Problems here
I also have none of the issues, i think maybe all the people who were on zve already and got the ota are having problems.
Agreed, no problems here. Best advice is to take the update and then factory reset. Like "Alt-Ctrl-Delete" for your phone. Works wonders.
I had stock and sideloaded the ota zip. I wiped the dalvik cache before updating. I have none of these problems whatsoever. My only issue is with lg or sprint. Apparently, for whatever reason they decided to remove LG home themes settings.
None of these problems. You might factory reset. You could also TOT back to ZVE and redo the ZVG upgrade. Factory reset after ZVG upgrade.
No problems here either. I did not factory reset though I had TOTed back to ZVE a few days before updating.
No problems with mine, either. In fact, I went back to Optimus DE rom and my battery really started draining fast, barely lasting through the day. Then did ZVE tot flash and sideload ZVG update, and battery is back to lasting 2 days and charges normally. Now going to try UltraPOP....
I had problems with fast battery drain and slow charging when I upgraded to Lollipop
Per advice from here, I TOT'ed back to ZVE, wiped the cache, did a factory reset, sideloaded to Lollipop, and did another factory reset. The battery drain problem seems to be gone. I thought the slow charging was fixed but I'm still checking it.
I've got crazy bad lag. It only seems to happen when the phone has been on awhile. Clearing recent programs doesn't seem to make a difference. A reboot will clear it up, but it always comes back. I wish we could get AOSP + latest radios on this damned thing...
hotbbq said:
I've got crazy bad lag. It only seems to happen when the phone has been on awhile. Clearing recent programs doesn't seem to make a difference. A reboot will clear it up, but it always comes back. I wish we could get AOSP + latest radios on this damned thing...
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This one may be due simply to the memory issues in Lollipop (not G2 related). Lots of articles about the issue online. Unfortunately, no fix available (it remains to be seen if even Android 5.1 has resolved the issue)
Big Boy Laroux said:
This one may be due simply to the memory issues in Lollipop (not G2 related). Lots of articles about the issue online. Unfortunately, no fix available (it remains to be seen if even Android 5.1 has resolved the issue)
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http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.thetonyp.fixlollipopmemoryleak
Worth a try.
scottdanpor said:
http://repo.xposed.info/module/com.thetonyp.fixlollipopmemoryleak
Worth a try.
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excellent! I'll give that a try when i get xposed up and running.
no probs here
Bat settled down after a couple charges
The only issue I have with 5.0 is the lack of wireless storage. shame.
Disabling IP6
piedra92 said:
Hello All,
Just wanted everyone to know that there seems to be a problem with the Lollipop upgrades from LG. It is not a Sprint problem as when I did a Google search this morning users from all carriers are screaming. The problems mainly are:
- Slow charging - my G2 now takes several to get to a full charge where it used to take 1 hour.
- Fast Battery drain - the battery now lasts about 6 hours on average where before I could go all day with one charge.
- Slow Wifi speed - there are reports that this is caused by an implementation of IP6. There are ways to disable this if you are rooted.
- overheating - Phone gets really hot - when I am charging my phone the temps near the camera module get very toasty. It gets hot enough that I have to take the Otterbox case off to let it cool down.
I don't know when or if LG will fix the issue, just wanted you all to know what could happen before you upgrade.
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My wifi speed has declined a lot under Lollipop. I'm rooted. How can I disable IP6 to see if that is the problem?
rklurfeld said:
My wifi speed has declined a lot under Lollipop. I'm rooted. How can I disable IP6 to see if that is the problem?
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[ROOT] DIsable IPv6 by Lennart in the Play Store
hotbbq said:
I've got crazy bad lag. It only seems to happen when the phone has been on awhile. Clearing recent programs doesn't seem to make a difference. A reboot will clear it up, but it always comes back. I wish we could get AOSP + latest radios on this damned thing...
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I don't see this lag at all. I updated via ota zip and cleared dalvik cache before updating. A factory reset will do you well.
Wifi speed increase
I used Disable IPv6 on my phone and it did not solve my speed and connection problems. Very low internet speed and from time to time dropping and then reconnecting to my home router. However, I disabled IPv6 on my router, and now my speed is back to normal. So disabling IPv6 on my router and my LG G2 seems to have resolved this lollipop bug.