Hi
I thought I'd report on my testing with CPUspy. I've had the Nexus for two weeks now, drained the battery completely from a full charge about 4 to 5 times.
CPUspy is stating that the phone is in deep sleep 95% of the time with 350mhz 3% of the time and all other frequencies at 0% for some reason.
I'm running stock with data plan always off, bluetooth always off and WiFi only twice per week for about 30 minutes + the phone never uses 3G, only 2G networks. I've not made too many calls (3 calls) and about 11 texts during the two week period. I've installed two 2D games, battery monitor widget and Facebook app.
Today I installed Juice Defender (free version) but I honestly think that it wont help at all since my settings are already very tight/restricted. I always make sure no apps are running in the background.
With light use (4 text messages, zero phone calls and 18 minutes using WiFi, phone only in 2G mode and playing 20 minutes of games) the battery depletes about 28%.
My results:
Android OS is using between 28% and 68% of the battery
Phone idle is around 38%
Cell Standby is around 14%.
What is the difference between phone idle and cell standby? How does CPUspy tell me that the phone is 95% in deep sleep yet it drains so heavily with light use and without any use at all about 4% per hour? Is CPUspy a good program to use with ICS?
I thought my findings would be of assistance to some of you.
I am concerned I unplugged the phone after charging overnight and took it with me this morning, not using it at all. Left it in the car while I went in to Church. When I got back to the car in picked up the phone to check messages it was at about 20% battery after 2+ hours off the charger.
I went to the battery use screen and it showed Google+ as 37% of the batter consumption, then the rest of system apps under 10%...
Screen 9%
Phone Idle 9%
Android OS 8%
Cell Standby 7%
Android System 4%
Phone 2%
sd card 2%
media 2%
I looked at the running apps, and no apps were running.
Any thoughts? I don't want to have to uninstall Google+.
Which settings do you have on? Vibrate, Instant Upload?
Vibrate off, Instant Upload on.
I believe I found the issue. And it seemed to be syncing with G+, for whatever reason it downloaded all my photos in G+/Picasa.
Today, I have been on the device over 13.5 hours and still have 35% remaining.
Yep, Instant Upload does more harm then good at the moment. Most likely G+ was updated all of your albums that day.
What did you do? Just turn off Instant upload?
Hello
I was so happy with this device's endurance when I first got it. I could almost stretch it to 2 days with 3 hours on screen time. But after the 4.4.3 update this is no longer the case
Here are my stats before the update:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkUmQ3Y3FXZ0hPVUU/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkX1RHelRGY1hhaHM/edit?usp=sharing
As you can see in the first screenshot, average battery drain was 2.8%/h, a modest 4 hours on screen + 5.5 hours awake (listening to music) all this in 1d11h. App usage is at 41%. The second screenshot is even more awesome: 1.8%/h with 4h50m and 7 hours awake in 2d5h !!!! App usage at 34% (slightly lower).
Here's a recent screenshot after the update:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkTkJwOV9mQk5ucG8/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkTlc3ODYzcUotQlE/edit?usp=sharing
The problem: the system uses too much battery. I can confirm this because it drains like 2-3% doing nothing in an hour, whereas before 1% would drain in like 2 hours (on wifi). App usage way too high because of android kernel and other system services. I barely used the phone for 1h49m (on screen) + 2 hours of listening to music. I know the problem is with the top three in app usage because when I put it in deep sleep (using DS Battery saver) over night, it only drains 3-4% in 7-8 hours.
I tried disabling auto-sync - DIDN'T HELP, battery % was going down as before.
I also have disabled the following apps since i don't use them (the same ones I had before the update, so there should be no difference): Facebook, Fitbit, Google Play Music, Google+, Hangouts, Kid Mode, OneDrive, Skype, Twitter + some more.
I haven't installed anything recently that would impact the battery performance.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzywJDML-7JkcGpzSGZRVHp2MUk/edit?usp=sharing
After my update i went into system recovery and wiped the system cache.
For me the device seems to have better battery life.
Ok, I did the same. Hope this fixes it.
For 30 mins lost 6% after it was charged to 100% ... No wi-fi, 3g, gps, locations , bluetooth with screen off, Wifi options: never wake. Economy mode on. All syncs are off. desabled programs google drive, news & weather, google now. Screen off - Android OS: 45% Android system: 25% / Screen on - Android system - 53%, HTC blinkfeed 11% (desabled) Android OS 4% / All time: Android system 44%, Android OS - 12%. The day before was even worse but than Mediaserver was draining my battery so i removed my old microSD card and Mediaserver stoped draining my batter. Last night I charged my battery to 100% and with minimal use of wifi, 3 phone calls, instagram and 6 mins facebook messenger i lost 40% for 10 hours after that i went to sleep for 8 hours and when i woke up the battery was on 3%?
I bought the phone 3 days ago. Its my first android phone
Try this
Change your current wallpaper with HTC default wallpaper.
I have same problem and when I do this, battery draining stops.
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Solved!
I actually solved the problem after disabling Google now and reboot the device. Now my battery is on 10% with 22 hours of use and the last 9 hours was heavy use of 3g or wifi..
P.S. my wallpaper was static but not the HTC default wallpaper
I had good battery life before 5.1.1 despite many apps loaded including WatchMaker Pro. Was able to get through end of day and then some.
After 5.1.1 update can't get more than 7 hours. I tried completely resetting watch, removing/reinstalling Android Wear/Moto apps from phone and clearing BT. Tried removing many apps, turned off WiFi, turned off card flip, ambient off, even turned off flip to wake which I had on before. There are less battery munching things installed and more functions turned off yet much lower battery life.
Battery Level indicator shows...
- Android Wear 8%
- Bluetooth 6%
- Android System 4%
- Screen 3%
I saw post about clearing everything off phone and starting over, which I've done.
Any suggestions?
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Edit: Based on responses below, it has been fixed.
Here is exactly what I did that solved my battery life issues after 5.1.1 update. I don't know if all steps necessary but is what worked for me...
- Go to Android Wear app on phone, Settings>Moto360 Connected>Forget Watch at bottom of screen
- Phone App Manager in Settings, Select Android Wear - Clear Data, Clear Cache, Uninstall App. Also uninstall Moto Connect app.
- Check Bluetooth, unpair watch if still there. Turn off Bluetooth.
- Reboot Phone (Do this, I missed this step and had issues)
- Do a factory/hard reset on Watch from Watch Settings
- On phone, turn on Bluetooth after rebooted.
- Install this version of Android Wear (this may not be required but is what I did)...
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...roid-wear-1-1-1-1956917-android-apk-download/
- Setup as if new watch
- Check battery level over time and hopefully 'Watch Idle' is on top of list
- After confirming battery drain resolved....
- Goto Android Wear, Settings>Moto360 Connected>Resync apps
I now get well over a 24 hours battery life with many apps installed and complex Watchmaker Pro face - everything turned on except WiFi, ambient screen. Watch Idle shows as top item in Battery level screen.
I eventually let Android Wear app update under Google Play and all was fine. It may not be necessary to install older version first but is what I did.
I have had the same results. I used to sleep with my watch on and the battery would drain about 18% in 7 hours. Since installing 5.1.1, my battery life is much worse. This morning i woke and only had 2% charge left. Today I went from 8:30am to 2:30pm and had 39% charge left with minimal use, so it burns around 10% an hour.
xenokc said:
I had good battery life before 5.1.1 despite many apps loaded including WatchMaker Pro. Was able to get through end of day and then some.
After 5.1.1 update can't get more than 7 hours. I tried completely resetting watch, removing/reinstalling Android Wear/Moto apps from phone and clearing BT. Tried removing many apps, turned off WiFi, turned off card flip, ambient off, even turned off flip to wake which I had on before. There are less battery munching things installed and more functions turned off yet much lower battery life.
Battery Level indicator shows...
- Android Wear 8%
- Bluetooth 6%
- Android System 4%
- Screen 3%
I saw post about clearing everything off phone and starting over, which I've done.
Any suggestions?
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Is there an app syncing data to your watch (Play Music) or anything? Here are my stats so far today:
- Idel 8%
- Android Wear 4%
- Android System 3%
- Screen 3%
- Bluetooth 2%
- Wifi 1%
(I had 4 other apps at 1% each that I did not list)
I have had my watch off the charger for 9 hours and lost 37% battery (4.1% and hour). The only thing I see is that your Bluetooth and Android Wear seem high, which would make me think there is some app syncing data to the watch.
Unninstall the Android wear APK that updated on June 18 on your phone, install the May 26 APK and deny the auto update feature, this worked for me.
With the update the watch lost 10% in 1 hour now it loses 10% in 7 hours
the link for the android wear apk is:
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-wear/
Thanks all. I reset watch again, installed older version of Wear above and rebooted phone (important step I didn't do before). Am now getting 24+ hours even with a complex Wacthmaker Pro face I created that shows heartrate/steps/weather and 10 other stats. Am happy camper again. Watch Idle is now highest on battery activity.
BTW, Android Wear updated in Google Play to latest version and still great battery life.
7 hours is great. Mine died in 45 minutes. I got up - took it off the charger - it was at 100% - 45 mins later it had 12% left and a minute later died. I'll see how it goes tomorrow but 45 mins of battery time for a relatively new device is insane. It says that 98% of the battery is used by Android Wear.
The battery drained in 3 hours of no use, wtf happened? any idea?
I posted exactly what I did to solve my problem in the second half of the first post.
how can i see the battery level ??/ Just bought a new one
hoangtu2410 said:
how can i see the battery level ??/ Just bought a new one
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Go to Android Wear app on phone, Settings gear icon>Moto360 Connected>watch battery
edit: Seems odd it's so deeply hidden but the reason is because they now support multiple Wear devices so you have to select which device you want to see stats on even though most only have one.
I just bought it today but my batery life is just horrible. I updated to 5.0.2 and I don't think I should install 5.1.1.
This is what happends:
- I charge to 100%
- after 1 hour its dead.
hoangtu2410 said:
how can i see the battery level ??/ Just bought a new one
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drop down on the watch or open the android wear app tap the gear at the top right then select moto 360 and there is an option that reads watch battery.
Since the update I can't seem to get to bed with the 20 per cent of battery I used to. I have tilt, ambient, gestures, wifi and auto brightness on. Should I turn off wifi or something?
Badelhas said:
Since the update I can't seem to get to bed with the 20 per cent of battery I used to. I have tilt, ambient, gestures, wifi and auto brightness on. Should I turn off wifi or something?
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Check battery level in Wear app and if Screen is high, it might be tilt, ambient, auto brightness. I'm not sure where WiFi shows up, maybe as Android System. I have WiFi turned off, would think it would be biggest battery muncher. Ambient also known to munch.
do you know how to remove moto heart rate software without root ?
I've been having really good luck with battery life considering. I lose about 3% an hour on Bluetooth and about 4% an hour on WiFi. I can't take my connected phone to work so I use another phone to create a hotspot. My watch spends about 9 hours straight on WiFi and I am having better than expected results. Tilt on. Ambient off. 180 min WiFi timeout. Stock rotate watch face. Auto brightness.
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I've got no issues with the watch on 5.1.1, but my Samsung S6 has been hit hard with the latest Android Wear app... fk me.. I used to get almost 5 hrs SOT, but now its just on 3.5hrs..
I think the watch/software is just buggy. Like today I got out at 10AM and it's now 11PM and it still has 58% battery. The other day it died in less than an hour.
PS: Perhaps it should be restarted every now and then. Reminds me of old times with Windows 98. Restart usually fixed lots of problems.
After doing the whole process of deleting apps, resetting the watch and pair the watch to the handset the battery lasted 2 and a half days