I'm not sure how long I've been having this issue, but Instagram is draining my battery no matter how little I use it. It seems to stay running in the processes and then eventually stosp itself, even though I see no explainable wakelocks. Sometimes, I have to force stop it myself. Clean Master usually notifies me that it's draining battery, so I know it's not me. Anyone else having problems like this?
Yeah, IG is a battery drainer at times.. Happens with both my S3 & S4, but as long as you swipe it from the recent apps it won't drain battery, that's what I've been doing for quite a while.. Can't believe they haven't fixed this yet
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Just wandering if anyone notice any battery drain while running a few app in the background??
When there no app, battery doesn't decrease unless I use it....but with 3-4 app running, I lose 1-2% in around 8min.
Seem like there is a problem...
It should go without saying that running 3-4 apps in the background is going to cause more of a drain than running a single app. If your cpu has to do more work by multitasking, it's naturally going to require more power and drain the battery faster.
Your not multitasking.. it's freezing processes using onPause as soon as you focus away from it. If something isn't pausing that app is bugged, or "relying" on a background service for syncing or something like that. (That it feels is neccesary to not shut down on app quit).
hi friends, my HOX acts funny sometimes. in idle mode the battery drops by 30-40% and when i check the power consumption, android os is the main culprit, consuming 30-40% and sometimes up to 70%. Also when this happens the phone gets warm...i haven't rooted the phone. however after reboot the issue seems to resolve. this happens once a week. other wise the battery is performing good... i have watchdog lite but there aren't any rogue apps as such that it can detect...
any inputs would be appreciated...
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kartoonz said:
hi friends, my HOX acts funny sometimes. in idle mode the battery drops by 30-40% and when i check the power consumption, android os is the main culprit, consuming 30-40% and sometimes up to 70%. Also when this happens the phone gets warm...i haven't rooted the phone. however after reboot the issue seems to resolve. this happens once a week. other wise the battery is performing good... i have watchdog lite but there aren't any rogue apps as such that it can detect...
any inputs would be appreciated...
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Its difficult to say what the exact problem is as 'Android OS' could be many things.
I don't know Watchdog Lite, but you might want to try Better battery Stats, it has many options and ways to find rogue and batteryg hungry apps. Perhaps this wil help you solve your problem.
It sure helped me solve some battery drain problems.
Otherwise, try disabling as many automatic syncs and try uninstalling/disabling apps one by one, you might find the culprit that way.
If nothing else helps a reset to factory defaults and restoring all apps and setting one by one after that migth help, but seeing your not rooted that might be a big pain in the ***.
Oh, and make sure all your apps and your phonesoftware are up to date
I've noticed recently that my battery seems to be draining quicker than usual, and I haven't been able to figure out why exactly. I know people here know a LOT more about this stuff than I do, so I figured I'd see if someone could help.
I use GSam Battery Monitor, and I took some screenshots of the top drainers to see if it would mean anything to someone who knew better. When the battery started dying quickly, I installed Greenify and added almost every application to it so they wouldn't drain constantly. These screenshots are after Greenify was installed.
I'm running CM 10.1.0-RC4, with no other modifications to my system. Thanks in advance for any help!
seems that kernel is on max speed most of the time
Happened to me on the one v but it usually goes back to normal after a while
On latest Android M updates, but this has been happening forever since upgrading to M. Some nights my N7 is well behaved, while other nights it chews through battery. From looking at BBS it seems that something keeps WiFi on all the time those nights, even though the WiFi advanced settings say that WiFi should be on only when plugged in. BBS doesn't show anything else interesting.
So, how can I find out what's preventing WiFi from sleeping? Android M bug? Some app?
And more importantly ... what can I do about it? The N7 used to have great battery life, now it's terrible (could be Android M or it could be that the battery is 3 yrs old and no longer performing as it should, though it doesn't happen all the time, so I suspect it's a software issue).
Same here. Fully charged Nexus is empty after a night. All due to WiFi. Suddenly.
I ended up installing this app to fix it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterwifionoff&hl=en
It's old and doesn't work well with multiple users on the same device, but it works well enough to fix the battery problems. My N7 sleeps like a baby now and battery drain overnight is barely noticeable. FWIW, I tried Greenify first but didn't really help. In fact Greenify has a problem if you enable aggressive doze mode where there's a constant wakelock which makes battery drain even worse.
I'm sure the same could be automated using Tasker, MacroDroid, Automagic or any other automation app but didn't feel like messing with them even though I own Tasker. Better Wifi on/off was the quick and easy way out. We are not getting any more updates for Android on N7 so I know it will work until the tablet dies completely.
I even broke my phone with App Ops trying to figure it out, disabling wake permissions for most apps which caused FC's and even reboots. I have since restored all permissions but I still get FC's whenever I leave an app or switch out of it. Not sure if it's really crashing, but I get a FC message every time. So much so that Substratum turned off its theming for Files because it "crashed" after every screenshot was successfully uploaded to this post. Btw I just removed CrossBreed Lite and it seems to have helped. So far no reboots doing the same stuff that caused reboots! Not sure why it caused problems though. I used it for a few days with no issues.
Anyway, back to my battery woes. 30-40% kernel system usage. Why is this happening? Even Snapchat which is abusing wake locks is nothing compared to kernel system.
I'm running the latest build of AIM 8.1 with EX Kernel. I have just visited the other thread about tweaking governer values to optimize battery life so I'll report back with results although I doubt that's relevant to my battery drain.
I've Googled quite a bit on the subject and it seems that each case is different. Usually caused by a certain bug, although a lot of people say it's "normal" which I strongly disagree with.
Update: optimizing the CPU has definitely made an improvement, but the kernel battery drain still exists.
Could it really be pick up to wake and wifi search behind the drain? Isn't this phone supposed to have a sensor hub that allegedly allows for all sensors to constantly be on while using minimal power? I never noticed this drain on any other phone with both of these features on.
Anyway, I disabled pick up to wake and I'll start trying to remember to turn off wifi when not in use.
I think you're trying too hard and running a bunch of stuff. The kernal usage looks about right. I wouldn't run Gsam and BBS at the same time. They can fight each other. What makes you think there's a problem? Nothing jumps out at me.
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I also can't see anything out of the ordinary, except this one picture where it shows the phone being active while dozing. I don't know how to understand that because I don't use that app, maybe I'm reading it wrong. What does Android's built-in battery monitor show? Is it dozing properly while screen is off? What is your average SOT? Is your mobile signal strong? I'm also using AIM 8.1+EX combination with satisfying results. Is your radio up to date?
maybe Wakelock Detektor or Greenify can help you.
And if you currently have things crashing all the time, start with a factory reset. Much easier to diagnose the cause when the apps aren't doing random stuff.