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Recently I have been having something, I am not sure what drain lots of battery with leaving no trace that I can see for wakelocking... but it IS keeping my phone awake.
Also I don't even use maps and it eats up a ton of battery wth.
Set your wifi to turn off when your screen is off.
WiFi settings > menu button> advanced> keep wifi on > never
That should help some.
Also, what is your screen on time?
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d3athsd00r said:
Set your wifi to turn off when your screen is off.
WiFi settings > menu button> advanced> keep wifi on > never
That should help some.
Also, what is your screen on time?
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Screen on time is pretty low, switched it to keep wifi > only if plugged in.. so at night it saves data.
Randomacts said:
Screen on time is pretty low, switched it to keep wifi > only if plugged in.. so at night it saves data.
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That should work too. The only other way to figure out what is taking all your battery is to scour Better battery stats for rogue wake locks and such. I un installed all my user apps and am reinstalling as I use them so that I don't have a ton of extra stuff running in the background eating all my battery.
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The thing is nothing is showing up in the better battery stats app.
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Here are more stats.
Also for note: I am on LTE because I am at school.. some of the building have really bad connection/ 1 or 2 bars LTE.
If I knew how to turn off LTE I probably would...
Also why is maps so high I don't use it.
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Here are more stats.
Also for note: I am on LTE because I am at school.. some of the building have really bad connection/ 1 or 2 bars LTE.
If I knew how to turn off LTE I probably would...
Also why is maps so high I don't use it.
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I find LTE chews up battery. To turn it off should be settings/more settings/ mobile networks/ network mode. And then choose the one under LTE. Saves lots of battery. Also might want to disabled GPS. I looks like it is on according to pics.
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rail205 said:
I find LTE chews up battery. To turn it off should be settings/more settings/ mobile networks/ network mode. And then choose the one under LTE. Saves lots of battery. Also might want to disabled GPS. I looks like it is on according to pics.
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I want to know what is turning on GPS...
Also I don't see that option to turn off LTE.
Idk if maps has been fixed their problem yet but the latest version of maps has a flaw that keeps it on. Go into the app into and in install the update and see if that helps.
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drock212 said:
Idk if maps has been fixed their problem yet but the latest version of maps has a flaw that keeps it on. Go into the app into and in install the update and see if that helps.
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I have auto updates enabled.. it is up to date.
Randomacts said:
I have auto updates enabled.. it is up to date.
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Uninstall the update. The new version keeps phone awake. Uninstall it and uncheck the box in Google play to update maps.
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My maps has been doing the same thing. Is horrid. Even disabled all latitude settings, gps etc. Still massive wake ups.
Is there a link to a previous non horrid maps app?
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drock212 said:
Uninstall the update. The new version keeps phone awake. Uninstall it and uncheck the box in Google play to update maps.
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How do I uninstall the update? I only have the option to uninstall.
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How do I uninstall the update? I only have the option to uninstall.
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In your app drawer tap and hold maps then drag it down to info. There should be an option to Uninstall update.
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d3athsd00r said:
Set your wifi to turn off when your screen is off.
WiFi settings > menu button> advanced> keep wifi on > never
That should help some.
Also, what is your screen on time?
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That will drain battery quicker; WiFi is more energy efficient than lte.
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theROMinator said:
That will drain battery quicker; WiFi is more energy efficient than lte.
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I noticed that and quickly switched back to how it was lol.. but seriously how do I fix the google maps issue?
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I noticed that and quickly switched back to how it was lol.. but seriously how do I fix the google maps issue?
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Only fix is to downgrade. Or wait for Google to patch with an update.
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Do you have latitude enabled? That might be the reason
Had the latest gmaps I just downgraded to factory and I will see how it goes.
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I uninstalled the gmaps updates and the resaults are good. I didn't thing the change would be this big haha. Google needs to fix the issue.
Edit: By the way is there a way to fix cell standby?
How can we see how long the screen has been on on the one x after the jellybean update? Its gone from the battery stats section....
Try gsam battery monitor from Google play.
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Thanks, will check that out! But no way to do this on stock software?
Yep, that shows what I wanted...but I'd rather not have to use an app to get this detail if at all possible...I assume the app adds to my already painful battery drain.... But as far as a battery monitor, that app looks good although I prefer the style and finish of battery widget reborn which sits in the notification bar and looks very "stock" if you have JB...anyway, I digress
u can set it on tools
you can also use 'better battery stats' to check screen on time, just select 'since boot' and browse to the 'other' section.
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u can set it on tools
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What do you mean I can set it on in tools? Are you saying there is a way to check my screen time without needing a 3rd party app? How? I have no idea why they removed this from the battery stat, it is a useful measure to see how Much use you get out of the phone on a single charge...
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Thanks, will check that out! But no way to do this on stock software?
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No
HTC removed that feature on JB/Sense 4+
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Hi guys, sorry for another battery thread but I'm sure I am not alone with this.
I had disabled location services in config (totally disabled) and I was getting good battery life I think (always more than 3 h screen time ) but I noticed that some tasker profiles based on location weren't working (obvious). So today I enabled Location but only by WiFi and network (didn't check gps) and after a while I checked battery status and got this. If that is true that drain is really big ! More than battery? It doesn't make sense to me.
What do you think?
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It's a relative statistic. It didn't use 37% of battery it used 37% of the battery used.
Thanks. But don't you think its high anyway?
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peikojose said:
Thanks. But don't you think its high anyway?
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You used 50% of your battery in almost 8 hours and you think that's high? Check your screen on statistic. Most people only get 3-4 hours of screen on for the entire life of their battery.
Perhaps unchecked currents under your Google account, that was causing battery drain for a lot of. Nexus 7 peoples
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Thanks... But I checked and currents is not even associated to my Google account... But it's active... Good guess... Should I disable it?
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Regardless of whether your screen was on 4 minutes or 4 hours, it should not be that high.. I don't know how to fix it though, because this happens to me on multiple roms.. My only solution is turning Google now off, but it sucks cause I used to use it a lot
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You used 50% of your battery in almost 8 hours and you think that's high? Check your screen on statistic. Most people only get 3-4 hours of screen on for the entire life of their battery.
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That usage is good, but what would happened if I had disable "Location Services"? I would had 37% more battery! Much better!
Screen time when I took the screenshot was about 1:20h.
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joshuajones said:
Regardless of whether your screen was on 4 minutes or 4 hours, it should not be that high.. I don't know how to fix it though, because this happens to me on multiple roms.. My only solution is turning Google now off, but it sucks cause I used to use it a lot
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Yes, looks like the same happens here. And it's very strange that other people don't seem to have that problem, I really not understand.
Today I'm still testing and it's the same, Google Services uses more battery than screen, anyone who knows about electricity knows that if you are using the phone it's almost impossible.
And what is more crazy is that I'm not using GPS, it's always turned off. Locatization is only done by network and wifi.
It's obvious a bug and I hope that they fix it. I prefer not using Google Now than wasting almost 1 hour of screen time.
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Thanks... But I checked and currents is not even associated to my Google account... But it's active... Good guess... Should I disable it?
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Wouldn't hurt
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peikojose said:
That usage is good, but what would happened if I had disable "Location Services"? I would had 37% more battery! Much better!
Screen time when I took the screenshot was about 1:20h.
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No you wouldn't have. At most you could potentially have 18% more battery. And that's only if the battery usage statistic is 100% accurate which is never is.
I have an HTC EVO 4g LTE and I have the same problem. I can't find a solution for it and it does it even if I turn off all location, google now, google sync. I think it has something to do with google play, but I don't know for sure.
Any ideas on how to fix it? It's not very common and I don't think it is caused by any one thing. It only started after the JB update btw.
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I've discovered that Google services turns on even if you are in airplane mode and you have the wifi on but not connected to a network. I did a factory reset yesterday and nothing. I might have to unroot and take it in if I can't find an answer.
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I kept enabled Google Now and Location service and these were the results... My battery life is good even with this drain... Stock 4.2.1 and Franco Kernel...
If I had disabled Location and Google Now I would have had (what location services drained) 30% more! More than 3:30 h of screen time.
So sorry Google ... With this drain I won't keep them enabled...
Its a shame because I used network location to turn on and off WiFi automatically when I was entering and leaving home. Will have to do it manually..
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Today I disabled location services and Google now.. See the difference... This is what battery life is meant to be ... With stock 1750mah battery!!!
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peikojose said:
Today I disabled location services and Google now.. See the difference... This is what battery life is meant to be ... With stock 1750mah battery!!!
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Looks good. What's your rom and kernel profile?
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Looks good. What's your rom and kernel profile?
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Franco kernel 361 stock ROM 4.2.1
I want to move to cyaogen mod but I don't want to mess it hehe
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That makes sense but you can always go back. New ROMs are like
new phones. Sourcery with ak is stable and gets good batt life.
The day is about to finish and here are the final results... As predicted disabling Google now and location gave me 0:30 of screen time and more than 1 h idle.
Sad
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I solved it
I had this issue with my S4. I found it was the new update of Google play service that caused this issue. The battery usage of google services came back to normal after I delete the update. However, the new hangouts requires the latest google play service.
peikojose said:
Hi guys, sorry for another battery thread but I'm sure I am not alone with this.
I had disabled location services in config (totally disabled) and I was getting good battery life I think (always more than 3 h screen time ) but I noticed that some tasker profiles based on location weren't working (obvious). So today I enabled Location but only by WiFi and network (didn't check gps) and after a while I checked battery status and got this. If that is true that drain is really big ! More than battery? It doesn't make sense to me.
What do you think?
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My Galaxy S III had a really big battery drop. Why is Gallery, Chrome, and Polaris Viewer taking up a combined 10-20% of the battery? How do I fix it?
Thanks!
P.S. I am completely stock and unrooted.
lathamc said:
My Galaxy S III had a really big battery drop. Why is Gallery, Chrome, and Polaris Viewer taking up a combined 10-20% of the battery? How do I fix it?
Thanks!
P.S. I am completely stock and unrooted.
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Do you leave them on (don't close them after use)?
Try closing them in running apps if you already exit them properly.
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Do you leave them on (don't close them after use)?
Try closing them in running apps if you already exit them properly.
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I always close all the apps I've finished using it (by holding down the home button), and it seems now that those three are always open.
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I always close all the apps I've finished using it (by holding down the home button), and it seems now that those three are always open.
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Like I mentioned, go in settings -> manage application -> running applications and manually stop them.
If they restart on their own, then something is triggering them (most likely a app or setting).
I went into the Settings, and Android is showing that while they are using up battery, they are not running. And also, over the past hour, Android OS is using up 18% and Android system is using up 16%. Aren't they supposed to use up like 4% each?
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lathamc said:
I went into the Settings, and Android is showing that while they are using up battery, they are not running. And also, over the past hour, Android OS is using up 18% and Android system is using up 16%. Aren't they supposed to use up like 4% each?
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Uhh.. Are your GPS and location access turned on?
Nope!
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Nope!
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Do you have bad signal?
Do you use Google Now?
Nope. I have full signal on AT&T and I haven't used Google Now in at least a few days.
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Nope. I have full signal on AT&T and I haven't used Google Now in at least a few days.
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Simply being connected to Google Now can be a big battery drain. Definatly something to look into.
Do you have auto sync on? the more things you sync, the more battery drain you get.
OK. And the only app I have enabled to sync is the email client, which only syncs once an hour.
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So ever since I got my phone, I was wondering why my battery is lacking with my brothers s4 and then it just came to me.
It's the FACEBOOK APPS! I checked the app and it. Uses 40 Mb's which I surprising for me but then I uninstalled both the Facebook app and messenger and my battery the next day improved by a lot (minimum, for me, 45 on screen minutes added to the battery)! I noticed the difference . I'm just sharing this information if you guys have a battery issue like me and have Facebook installed.
Also if you really love Facebook, just use the browser version and make a shortcut and out it on your home screen!
Hope this helped!
P. S: Facebook (when it was installed) did not show up in my battery usage, so I have no idea why it was running in the background
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kevinrubio1 said:
So ever since I got my phone, I was wondering why my battery is lacking with my brothers s4 and then it just came to me.
It's the FACEBOOK APPS! I checked the app and it. Uses 40 Mb's which I surprising for me but then I uninstalled both the Facebook app and messenger and my battery the next day improved by a lot (minimum, for me, 45 on screen minutes added to the battery)! I noticed the difference . I'm just sharing this information if you guys have a battery issue like me and have Facebook installed.
Also if you really love Facebook, just use the browser version and make a shortcut and out it on your home screen!
Hope this helped!
P. S: Facebook (when it was installed) did not show up in my battery usage, so I have no idea why it was running in the background
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You may wanna try my modded facebook version. it removes the location feature from it. Which is the biggest battery hog. It constantly updates your location in the background. Taking a huge toll on your battery from trying to acquire a GPS lock plus the services themselves running in the background. I am planning on making one that has an "exit" option to fully shut everything down.
Thanks! Can you link me to your Facebook app? It sounds much better than the original one
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Thanks! Can you link me to your Facebook app? It sounds much better than the original one
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Here you go.
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Here you go.
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Thanks a ton!
I'll try a day with no Facebook app and then a day with yours!
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Thanks a ton!
I'll try a day with no Facebook app and then a day with yours!
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Should see very little difference! I used to use the website, then i got frustrated with some things, and grabbed the app. And noticed battery drain as you said. i also noticed my GPS lock icon kept coming up. Plus i hated how facebook ALWAYS put your location onto your status updates and messages. So i removed it Now i love the app.
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Should see very little difference! I used to use the website, then i got frustrated with some things, and grabbed the app. And noticed battery drain as you said. i also noticed my GPS lock icon kept coming up. Plus i hated how facebook ALWAYS put your location onto your status updates and messages. So i removed it Now i love the app.
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I'll just install it! I don't feel like waiting a day to use a good app lol
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I'll just install it! I don't feel like waiting a day to use a good app lol
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Haha Thanks! It will be even better once i implement the exit feature!
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Haha Thanks! It will be even better once i implement the exit feature!
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Can't wait
I'll keep an eye on your thread!
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I have FB on my s4, but there's hardly any battery drain because I use FriendCaster. Works fine for me.
RanceedaW said:
Facebook doesn't seem to touch my battery much; I suppose because I have the location bit disabled in Facebook and GPS off - I dunno.
No issues here though... IM+ Pro is a different story, :/.
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Yeah, i used to have GPS turned off too. Thats why it doesn't kill your battery. I don't like not having GPS off though. cause when i go to use a GPS app, ie weather Google Maps etc its a pain to have to turn it back on.
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Swipe down, tap, swipe up/back button. Not much of a pain in my situation.
Only time I use GPS is when using the Navigation from Google maps, which isn't often.
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Thats too much of a pain for me. In all honesty, facebook shouldnt even have an ongoing "tracking service" like it does. Its downright invasive. No wonder people can rape so easily, facebook, by default, is broadcasting their location every time the user posts a status.
But i have a weather app that gets my location ever hour and updates for weather alerts and such. So it would be very annoying if my GPS was off.
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Unless you have location data turned off, you don't need GPS on for apps to aquire your location.