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I've been seeing sporadic posts in different threads about battery consumption in WM6.1 ROMS.
Well, it turns out that since starting to use WM6.1, I've noticed a dramatic decline in my battery life. I can maybe squeeze out a day of use with minimal use. If I use HSDPA / Voice / WiFi - forget it, I get 1-2 hours before the battery drops to nearly zero.
I used to get much better life out of my battery before.
I tried playing with different ROMs, then different Radio version - to no avail - battery life sucks.
Any tips / ideas / comparisons on how to get reasonable performance with WM6.1 or is this just my battery having issues?
I think this would be more your device...
To check this, go back to your manufacturers ROM, and see if the same still happens. Also try this test with no 3rd party applications installed.
Poor battery life is usually cause by either:
1) Applications using 100% CPU
2) Faulty ROM
3) Faulty Phone or Battery.
If you're tried multiple ROMs, I'd say you can rule out #2.
I get around 2 1/2 days out of the stock 1350mAh battery on my hermes.
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ygeller , i had some battery life problems with my hermes and i found on another thread some ppl saying to first flash the ATT rom RUU_Hermes_CINGULAR_WWE_3.62.502.3_6275_1.54.07.00_108_UOOS_SVN05_Ship
and then the cooked one. That worked wonders for me, the radio version 1.54.07.00 is the best i tryed so far for battery life and network stability.
I'am using the latest PDAViet rom and no problems so far, with battery holding for 2 to 3 days with normal use.
ygeller said:
I've been seeing sporadic posts in different threads about battery consumption in WM6.1 ROMS.
Well, it turns out that since starting to use WM6.1, I've noticed a dramatic decline in my battery life. I can maybe squeeze out a day of use with minimal use. If I use HSDPA / Voice / WiFi - forget it, I get 1-2 hours before the battery drops to nearly zero.
I used to get much better life out of my battery before.
I tried playing with different ROMs, then different Radio version - to no avail - battery life sucks.
Any tips / ideas / comparisons on how to get reasonable performance with WM6.1 or is this just my battery having issues?
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Please try another radio, i used always the newest en I got the poorest battery performance! Now I use 1.47.30.10 in combination with PDAVIET roms and now my battery holds a day of 2/ 2,5!!
u are not alone
Hi ygeller,
me too have similar issues pls visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=392831 for details...
I have issues with charging too with my phone never charging full no matter how long i keep the charger on it get's stuck at 80%...
But good news is that I've arrested the drain now i flashed the PDAcorner pr0 V3 yesterday and through the entrire night the drain was less that 1% but it hasn't solved the drain if I use voice/data cause an 11 min call had my battery coming down from 63% to 16% ..
I guess i am gonna try and flash the stock ROM as compumad says..
I guess at least the charging issue is due to faulty ROM ( i hope)..
Thanks guys for input..
I agree that I get better battery life with the 1.47.30.0, in addition to aquiring a signal faster. The BIGGEST fix for me however was replacing my year old battery with a good quality Li-ion battery. Now I go a full day with hardly any drain using anybody's ROM, of course YMMV
I am having the same experience. I tried several WM6.1 ROMs and they always drained the battery within 1 day. I am back on Schap's ROM now and I can work for up to 3 days with HSDPA and BT on. About 1 month ago I returned my Hermes because of a defect and HTC replaced the complete inner life of my phone. So this can be compared to a more or less new Hermes.
As a comparison, I recently received a Wizard as a gift and flashed it with the WM6.1 ROM of SNN and believe it or not, the battery lasts for amazing 5 days! And that is with GPRS and BT on!
So, are we talking a major device issue, a ROM issue or is there something I'm missing here?
froos said:
I am having the same experience. I tried several WM6.1 ROMs and they always drained the battery within 1 day. I am back on Schap's ROM now and I can work for up to 3 days with HSDPA and BT on. About 1 month ago I returned my Hermes because of a defect and HTC replaced the complete inner life of my phone. So this can be compared to a more or less new Hermes.
As a comparison, I recently received a Wizard as a gift and flashed it with the WM6.1 ROM of SNN and believe it or not, the battery lasts for amazing 5 days! And that is with GPRS and BT on!
So, are we talking a major device issue, a ROM issue or is there something I'm missing here?
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I've been on the current Shamanix`s WM6 Ultimate v2 FINAL [SuperStorage] ROM for a while and indeed the battery drains very quick- I've had to schedule Exchange email to be on for 2 hours now but a simple 20-30 min voice call drains the battery by about 30-40%!
I was on Schap's ROM but was waiting for his latest update. Will have to consider another one.
I have also had the same issue as people here with the battery running down very quickly.I did try going back to schaps 4.31 but did not seems to make a difference anymore.Will try going nack to standard rom and then changed to cooked and post if there is any difference.
are u guys serious? 2.5days out of the stock battery?
my battery is a 1300mAH and i get a week and a bit on standby, constant txting wifi, screwing around, i get at least 4 days.
now that i have a 1650mAH i cant even kill it in a day (wifi bluetooth and gsm all going at the same time)
theres a 3000mAH battery coming in the mail, if im gentle with it it should last.... 0.5 months?
riyazhyder said:
Hi ygeller,
me too have similar issues pls visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=392831 for details...
I have issues with charging too with my phone never charging full no matter how long i keep the charger on it get's stuck at 80%...
But good news is that I've arrested the drain now i flashed the PDAcorner pr0 V3 yesterday and through the entrire night the drain was less that 1% but it hasn't solved the drain if I use voice/data cause an 11 min call had my battery coming down from 63% to 16% ..
I guess i am gonna try and flash the stock ROM as compumad says..
I guess at least the charging issue is due to faulty ROM ( i hope)..
Thanks guys for input..
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you need to resync your battery circuit, charge your phone till your phone cant charge it anymore, then drain it till you cant even turn it on (no lights at all), charge it up again and it should be reading correctly.
here is more info about Li-ion and Li-Poly charge circuits.
see subheading "Guidelines for prolonging Li-ion battery life"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion
I also had a severe battery drain with several 6.1 ROMS. My main culprit was caused my certain applications not closing properly and running at 50%-100% CPU. The main apps were Internet Explorer, Windows Live, Poutlook, basically network based apps. For some reason the app wouldn't show up as running. It wasn't until I got a new task manager that showed "processes" that I found the culprit. I would make sure all these processes were "killed" and my battery life lasted a lot longer.
I eventually went back to a 6.0 ROM, as I couldn't take all the problems.
pr5owner said:
you need to resync your battery circuit, charge your phone till your phone cant charge it anymore, then drain it till you cant even turn it on (no lights at all), charge it up again and it should be reading correctly.
here is more info about Li-ion and Li-Poly charge circuits.
see subheading "Guidelines for prolonging Li-ion battery life"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion
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Unfortunately, I've done that without planning. I am constantly fully charging the phone - then it drains and dies after a few morning phone calls...
This doesn't help...
OK. I am flashing the ATT ROM to see what gives.
Already it's been a chore. I haven't flashed stock ROMs in quite a while - had to extract the NBH file and use in with a cooked ROM wrapper to get it to flash.
Will report back with results.
ygeller said:
OK. I am flashing the ATT ROM to see what gives.
Already it's been a chore. I haven't flashed stock ROMs in quite a while - had to extract the NBH file and use in with a cooked ROM wrapper to get it to flash.
Will report back with results.
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Have Flashed ATT, then PDA Corner Pro V3. I didn't have much faith in the voodoo of flashing the official ROM to magically repair stuff - and so far I can't say that I've seen much change...
too bad...
ygeller said:
OK. I am flashing the ATT ROM to see what gives.
Already it's been a chore. I haven't flashed stock ROMs in quite a while - had to extract the NBH file and use in with a cooked ROM wrapper to get it to flash.
Will report back with results.
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You put PDA into bootloder mode and the flash, no need to jumpthrough hoops.
Actually the AT&T Official has repaired numerous bad flashes for me, is a lifesaver.
I have been a user of the stock AT&T WM6 Rom for many months. Before that, I had the stock Cingular 8525 WM5 Rom, and many of the cooked WM6 ones, starting with an early Black, a couple of Custel's, Sleuth's, and a few others. I now use personal derivations of the stock AT&T WM6 Rom that I have been cooking up over the past few months.
I have NEVER had good battery life on my 8525, with ANY ROM at all. Left alone, my battery dies after only a few hours. I have learned to live with this, always carrying a second (charged) battery, and I have chargers at home, at work, and in my car, in order to deal with the issue.
I must ask, when others say they get 2 or more DAYS out of a charge with "normal use", please define what "normal use" is for you.
My "normal use" includes checking 4 email boxes, one of them push, one at at 30 minute intervals, and two hourly. I use PocketWeather, which I have doing updates at 30 minute intervals for 4 locations. 1-calc updates monetary exchange rates daily. I make/receive only a couple of phone calls daily (yes, a BIG battery-killer), and I rarely receive text messages. No MMS at all. I utilize Bluetooth devices during my commutes in both directions, only use WiFi at home (another big battery drainer, but since I'm at home, it doesn't matter). I keep the IR port turned off unless I'm actively using it. I am on the internet with my device every chance I get, using the normal AT&T WAP access point with an unlimited plan.
I feel that with the amount of usage I get out of my device (especially Internet and emails), I can accept the poor battery performance.
But I am curious ... those of you who claim much higher numbers for battery life under "normal usage" ... please explain what "normal usage" means to you. I have never seen anything close to the numbers that have been posted by many.
FWIW, my two batteries are: 1 stock 1300mAh, and one is a Boxwave 1350 mAh. Both are well over a year old.
-pvs
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I have been a user of the stock AT&T WM6 Rom for many months...
...I have NEVER had good battery life on my 8525, with ANY ROM at all. Left alone, my battery dies after only a few hours. I have learned to live with this, always carrying a second (charged) battery, and I have chargers at home, at work, and in my car, in order to deal with the issue.
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I'm forced to agree with pvs. I'm in a very similar situation: I use the stock AT&T WM6 ROM, although I've used a couple of other ROMs and Radios before this.
If I set my 8525 to auto-poll my 4 mailboxes every 15-60 minutes, I always notice a definite decrease in battery life. In the beginning, I'd get the "low battery" notification before I even left work late in the afternoon (this is after getting a full charge the night before). In between then and now, I turned off auto-polling. I couldn't get any new mail unless I did a manual send/receive...but my battery life improved dramatically; I could get nearly two full days' usage out of it before having to charge at night.
I was fairly confident it had something to do with that data-connection required to update the mail, and I feel that it's confirmed: 3 days ago, I found a registry edit that turns off the 3G/data connection after being idle so many minutes (I have mine set to 2 mins). I can now auto-poll my boxes, but my battery life has decreased again...not QUITE as bad as before, but I pretty much have to charge it every night, now.
(Additional "normal" usage for me has always included using Bluetooth for a headset and several calls during the day, varying in length...around 30-50 minutes total talk time, if I had to guess.)
Frankly, I'm surprised at the people who say they're able to leave their data connection on all day (even if it's sending no data in certain moments) and see no appreciable battery-drain. This is my second 8525 and second battery, and my experience has remained the same.
I was going to try and find some sort of push EMail solution...but to make matters worse, I've been doing research and unless I'm misunderstanding things, it looks like WM6's version of "Push EMail" requires that "constantly-on" data connection. I'm frustrated, and I'm seriously considering getting a Blackberry.
If someone can come up with some alternative ideas, I'd love to hear them, but...even though I love my 8525...my patience is starting to wear thin with it.
(ATT WM6 2.15.502.3, Radio 1.40.30.00)
Superion said:
I'm frustrated, and I'm seriously considering getting a Blackberry.
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If you want to leave your connection on all the time and have a battery for the day and night....Blackberry. My tytn is fun to play with and flash but for my email it's blackberry.
bartybet said:
If you want to leave your connection on all the time and have a battery for the day and night....Blackberry. My tytn is fun to play with and flash but for my email it's blackberry.
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Good grief. Is this the consensus of everyone? I'd hate to give up my 8525, since it has Windows Mobile versions of what I work with, plus some pretty nifty games and apps...but I want a device I can both work AND play with. So far, the 8525 is falling down on the Work/EMail end.
I've dodged the blackberry for so long because of 1) no touchscreen, 2) it lacks the versatility of a true PC (ideally, PCs can be used for work and play; blackberries seem meant primarily for work). Plus, I don't know if the Blackberry's "push" EMail features will work any better with my particular mailboxes (i.e., it may have to constantly "poll" those boxes as well, which may result in similar battery drain).
BTW: It's noon here, after 3-4 calls this morning (around 25 minutes or so), EMailboxes updating (2 at 30 mins, 2 at 60 mins), Bluetooth off, and having read 2 CNN articles (and closing it right after)...my 8525 is at 70% power. X-(
(ATT WM6 ROM 2.15.502.3, Radio 1.40.30.00)
Hi all
This may seem like a stupid question but I'm racking my brain for solutions.
Previously I've been quite impressed with the battery life on the M8, however recently updated to the most recent firmware so I can use the current version of ARHD and since then I've seen a considerable reduction in battery life. For example, today I've been off charge for just under 12 hours and have used the device very little (1 hour 26 of screen on time) and I'm down to 20%, with screen usage right at the top of the battery use chart. I've tried different ROMS, into a GPE ROM, only to see this poor life continue.
The handset was bought from Three in the UK, and on baseband 1.19.21331147A1.09G-20.57.4196.01L_F.
I'm at a bit of a loss basically, and trying to narrow down a culprit. If anyone has got any ideas I'd be very thankful.
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Hi all
This may seem like a stupid question but I'm racking my brain for solutions.
Previously I've been quite impressed with the battery life on the M8, however recently updated to the most recent firmware so I can use the current version of ARHD and since then I've seen a considerable reduction in battery life. For example, today I've been off charge for just under 12 hours and have used the device very little (1 hour 26 of screen on time) and I'm down to 20%, with screen usage right at the top of the battery use chart. I've tried different ROMS, into a GPE ROM, only to see this poor life continue.
The handset was bought from Three in the UK, and on baseband 1.19.21331147A1.09G-20.57.4196.01L_F.
I'm at a bit of a loss basically, and trying to narrow down a culprit. If anyone has got any ideas I'd be very thankful.
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I think so, I've been having problems with mine recently but I thought it was because I'd rooted and then unrooted back to stock this week. Now I suspect it might have something to do with the latest FW. I'm managing around 18 hours but there's something keeping the phone awake so it can't get into a full sleep and save the juice.
eternal_inertia said:
I think so, I've been having problems with mine recently but I thought it was because I'd rooted and then unrooted back to stock this week. Now I suspect it might have something to do with the latest FW. I'm managing around 18 hours but there's something keeping the phone awake so it can't get into a full sleep and save the juice.
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Hi guys. I'm on the latest FW2.22.401.4 too. On my main uni (rooted but stock) I'm not confronting such problems. But on my secondary unit with ViperOne (M8) installed I'm having such problems sometimes (not always). Think this is quite wired, as Venom works with the stock kernel ....
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[Q] Can firmware be related to battery life?
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Absolutely. Firmware contains radio baseband, which IMO cell reception is one of the greatest contributors to battery drain (aside from the more obvious factors like screen on time, runaway wakelocks, etc.). It could be that the new radio does not happen to play well in your area. This would also explain if some folks are getting better battery life than you on the same firmware, as reception is often a local factor.
Hi,
I am thinking to flash a GPE rom on my international M8, S-off with Twrp, as I can't no longer stand the very short battery life. I am already using a reputable sense custom rom here but still the M8 can barely survive a day with minimum to medium use (one to two hours browsing, 15 minutes whatsapp, one to two hours music); the battery saving mode is always on, no malware running in background, wifi scan off, account sync on, no blinkfeed homepage, NFC off etc. I used Samsung S3 with custom rom before M8 (with exact same apps on both phones) and it used no battery during sleep yet every night M8 loses 2-4% without any apps waking it up (I checked both internal battery status and GSM battery app). How odd is that?
I wonder if it is normal or there is simply hardware issue in my M8?
Is the battery life much better in GPE rom compare to Sense rom?
Does the camera in GPE rom come with HTC eye experience and any kind of camera enhancement? If not, how's the camera?
Battery issues are almost never hardware. It's your usage, setup or you have some issue.
No one can offer you anything but guesses without "useful" screen shots. And hopefully you're rooted, cause to see wakelocks requires root.
See the battery help thread in my signature. Read posts 1 to 4 carefully. You can post the recommended screen shots there if you wish. But make it clear you're on an M8. ?
What really upset me is that my phone was fine I was using 4.4.2 stock and had good battery life even without battery saver being on... Then I went against my ownif it ain't broke don't try to fix it principles and downloaded 4.4.3 Since then I've noticed my phone wasn't as fantastic battery wise as it used to be.. I started becoming conscious of the need to switch on power saver more often as my phone was draining much quicker than 4.4.2. For this reason I can't wait to switch over to lollipop hopefully issues will have been ironed out...without a show of a doubt 4.4.3 is not as battery efficient as 4.4.2, for my phone anyway... It's a sin that android users don't have the flexibility to roll back to previous versions as they see fit really annoying that I have to wait to the next version....I'm not a hardcore tech user so i dont have the confidence to root and all that...if I send my phone back to my phone company will they roll back to 4.4.2 for me?
Is it a carrier branded version? There are apps you can use to see what is draining your battery. Its possible if you have a carrier branded phone, that there is carrier bloatware that is causing battery drain. Try to disable sync or any apps you don't use (particularly the bloat) and see if that helps.
Have a peek at the first 4 posts in the battery help thread in my signature. If you would like help, post the recommended screen shots there. And specify you are on an M8 to avoid confusion.
There's likely an issue.... Battery life can be great on any version, depending on your usage type and setup. ?
battery on 4.on 4.4 sense is 10 times better for me than on 4.4.3 ...i just go back (because i wanted s2w...hope the new kernel source will come in next days) and again further to 4.4.4 because 4.4.3 battery is just to bad...also on original unrooted
Ok just visited the battery help thread and tried some of the suggestions...before without power saving I would get 1 percent drainage every 2-3 minutes with max brightness...now reduced brightness to auto and slider to lowest level and averaging ten minutes per 1 percent....also removed Google now....this is an improvement but didn't have to do this with 4.4.3...I think some apps are not playing nicely with 4.4.3. I hear Google is making a big effort with battery management for lollipop release...
Use an app to see what is draining the battery. Otherwise you are just guessing.
You also never answered my question whether it was carrier branded, as some carrier bloatware has been known to access the data connection frequently and kil the battery.
Hard to help, if you don't respond to suggestions and questions.
Thanks redpoint, I am on Rogers Canada, actually I was just reading that some nexus users also had battery drain issues with 4.4.3 update. One suggestion there was to disable 4g as maybe the updated modem drivers weren't as efficient as the 4.4.2 ones...going to see if I can select 3g on my HTC one m8 and see if that makes a difference...I wonder if HTC have also modified the modem drivers for their 4.4.3 update too?
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Thanks redpoint, I am on Rogers Canada, actually I was just reading that some nexus users also had battery drain issues with 4.4.3 update. One suggestion there was to disable 4g as maybe the updated modem drivers weren't as efficient as the 4.4.2 ones...going to see if I can select 3g on my HTC one m8 and see if that makes a difference...I wonder if HTC have also modified the modem drivers for their 4.4.3 update too?
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Still all guessing without the screen shots.
Gotta help us help you. I dislike guessing. ??
Update: well I just changed my device from 4g to 3g and the signal bar has instantly shot up from two bars to maximum five bars, wondering if this will make a difference to battery life? If so I can live with 3g
mwake4goten said:
Update: well I just changed my device from 4g to 3g and the signal bar has instantly shot up from two bars to maximum five bars, wondering if this will make a difference to battery life? If so I can live with 3g
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Don't like answering questions meant to help you? Weird.
Yeah? Its even worse on 4.4.4. Using the same settings, same apps, same usage patterns, my battery lasts only 10 hours. I used to get 18 hours with %25-%35 left at bedtime. Google sucks - coz, at the end of the day, the combined battery usage of Android System + Android OS + Google Play Services is more than %60!
shirreer said:
Yeah? Its even worse on 4.4.4. Using the same settings, same apps, same usage patterns, my battery lasts only 10 hours. I used to get 18 hours with %25-%35 left at bedtime. Google sucks - coz, at the end of the day, the combined battery usage of Android System + Android OS + Google Play Services is more than %60!
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Go to the thread in my signature and fix your issues. ?
I have read numerous posts about the Android L cell standby bug on the One M8 and used that to make as many changes as possible before posting here. I haven't seen many posts where the HTC One M9 was affected by the MM update in this way.
I have had my Verizon One M9 since March 2015 (preorderd it), and it worked great on Lollipop. My cell standby was consistently under 5%. Then, I upgraded to 6.0 around March 2016 and have been noticing consistent battery drain from what I think is the Phone Radio (Gsam) or Cell Standby (stock battery app). It is >40% with the screen on and >30% with the screen off. Airplane mode appears to help with the cell standby percentage (down to 5% after 12 hours, battery down by ~15%). I am also having more issues with the phone heating up; 114 Fahrenheit was the highest I noticed before it stopped functioning from the heat.
What I've tried:
-Verizon's Repair Assistant/Software Upgrade Tool
-Factory Reset
-Wipe Cache Partition
-Clear Network Settings
-Turn off Advanced Calling (seemed to help the most)
-Switch from Global to LTE/CDMA
-Keeping WiFi off unless I'm downloading something (helps the WiFi battery drain issue)
-Location off
What I have NOT tried:
-Booting into safe mode (my apps don't seem to be misbehaving per Gsam or the stock monitor)
-Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom ROM. (I'm S-On with a Locked Bootloader.)
In all fairness, I get good battery life (2 days) if I don't use my phone (<1 hour SOT in a day). If I use my phone, it dies in like 6 hours. I lose over 10% per hour of active use (Chrome, texting, Gmail). I don't have Facebook, Twitter, or G+, but I use Hangouts.
Reason I'm concerned: People I live with, same contract have a 1% cell standby (Samsung Galaxy S5 on 6.0.1). Why is my phone's cell standby so high even though this issue was supposedly fixed for MM?
Thoughts?
Hi, I agree, its pretty bad. You are getting better battery life than I am...
I've been on a stock rooted/S-Off for only three weeks or so, but am considering going back to my M8 because the battery life is so poor. (and I actually would use FM radio , which I can not on the M9 Verizon)
I run no social networking apps, have uninstalled everything I don't actually use.
GSAM tells me Google Play services is a culprit, so just today I've removed my Google acct, location turned off unless I need it, and will test over the next day or so .
I'm waiting for a custom rom probably HTC 10 port to get rave reviews and will likely give that a go .
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Hi, I agree, its pretty bad. You are getting better battery life than I am...
I've been on a stock rooted/S-Off for only three weeks or so, but am considering going back to my M8 because the battery life is so poor. (and I actually would use FM radio , which I can not on the M9 Verizon)
I run no social networking apps, have uninstalled everything I don't actually use.
GSAM tells me Google Play services is a culprit, so just today I've removed my Google acct, location turned off unless I need it, and will test over the next day or so .
I'm waiting for a custom rom probably HTC 10 port to get rave reviews and will likely give that a go .
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I'm not rooted yet. I noticed high Google Play Services usage (don't remember the exact percentage and didn't screenshot it) a few days of upgrading to Android M. It seemed to help to backup my data, factory reset the phone, run Verizon's Repair Assistant/Software Upgrade tool, and turn off Advanced Calling. Now Google Play Services is calculated at using 10% of my battery since last full charge (4.9% per GSam App Sucker). The cell standby issue was probably there all along, but I just didn't notice it until I tamed the Google Play Services drain. Maybe doing what I did will help you. I can't post outside links yet, but if you Google "Verizon's Repair Assistant - Software Upgrade (HTC)," it will be the first result that comes up.
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I suspect my phone's issue is a reporting bug, as some other posts have suggested. I feel bad complaining since I get great battery life if I don't use my phone. Comparing phone radio usage with airplane mode on for 12 hours to not using my phone for 12 hours (airplane mode off), the only difference was in reporting. It was 5% with airplane mode on and like 35% with it off. Same amount of battery was used. Perhaps the screen is really what's draining my battery. All I know is that I used to get double the screen-on-hours while running way more apps when I had Lollipop.
Winnie-the-Pooh said:
I have read numerous posts about the Android L cell standby bug on the One M8 and used that to make as many changes as possible before posting here. I haven't seen many posts where the HTC One M9 was affected by the MM update in this way.
I have had my Verizon One M9 since March 2015 (preorderd it), and it worked great on Lollipop. My cell standby was consistently under 5%. Then, I upgraded to 6.0 around March 2016 and have been noticing consistent battery drain from what I think is the Phone Radio (Gsam) or Cell Standby (stock battery app). It is >40% with the screen on and >30% with the screen off. Airplane mode appears to help with the cell standby percentage (down to 5% after 12 hours, battery down by ~15%). I am also having more issues with the phone heating up; 114 Fahrenheit was the highest I noticed before it stopped functioning from the heat.
What I've tried:
-Verizon's Repair Assistant/Software Upgrade Tool
-Factory Reset
-Wipe Cache Partition
-Clear Network Settings
-Turn off Advanced Calling (seemed to help the most)
-Switch from Global to LTE/CDMA
-Keeping WiFi off unless I'm downloading something (helps the WiFi battery drain issue)
-Location off
What I have NOT tried:
-Booting into safe mode (my apps don't seem to be misbehaving per Gsam or the stock monitor)
-Unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom ROM. (I'm S-On with a Locked Bootloader.)
In all fairness, I get good battery life (2 days) if I don't use my phone (<1 hour SOT in a day). If I use my phone, it dies in like 6 hours. I lose over 10% per hour of active use (Chrome, texting, Gmail). I don't have Facebook, Twitter, or G+, but I use Hangouts.
Reason I'm concerned: People I live with, same contract have a 1% cell standby (Samsung Galaxy S5 on 6.0.1). Why is my phone's cell standby so high even though this issue was supposedly fixed for MM?
Thoughts?
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I'm quite sure I have this same problem. I've only had my M9 a week, and am seeing some strange and inconsistent battery drain. The majority of time if I'm doing a simple task like texting or checking e-mail, the phone gets warm (warmer than anything I've used). Battery seems to deplete quickly too, mainly with some from of google services being the culprit. However, I've also noticed high mobile radio usage. I can see that the mobile radio is active pretty much the same amount of time phone radio is, even when on wifi....I've never experienced this before. It is as if the mobile radio is constantly locked on (which I noticed there is a check box for this in dev options). I know the Moto X 2013 had this same issue when updating to L, and was never patched. I came from a Droid Maxx, so maybe I was spoiled with battery, but I can almost sit and watch my battery drain on this M9 (and thaw my hands if necessary). I also have rooted every android I have owned, and decided I don't want to root the M9 and take a break from all that. Immediately a bit annoyed with the heat and abysmal battery life. That said, build quality is great, and the user experience is quite good and fluid (aside from ridiculously pointless pinned notifications like when boomsound is active or when you connect to wifi and it reminds you you're connected....both mind bogglingly stupid and take up way too much of the notification panel).
If I have to disable a bunch of features to get it to not heat up and/or use less mobile radio, most likely will sell it. Unless rooting and romming helps? Though initially I'm not seeing much development on this M9. I want to like this phone so badly but these problems that shouldn't be problems make it a bit hard to do so.