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I am losing about 2-3% battery an hour even when tablet is just sitting there. I've put it in airplane mode to see if it was the wireless but it has not helped. I've even done a factory reset and let it sit there in airplane mode without any of my apps installed and it was still losing about 2%/hr. I monitor the usage and it seems that three different kworker/u:0 process is constantly taking up CPU even during sleep. All I can find on Google is that it is a swapping process. Why it is swapping when system is sitting there is beyond me.
Anyone having similar issue?
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Are you on the gen2 build? My tablet ate battery life like crazy when I first picked it up. I tried removing bloat, airplane mode, even factory reset. It didn't go away until I downgraded to gen1 and removed all the un-needed apps, now it will sleep all day in my car in airplane mode and be at 99 to 97% when I get home.
I was on gen2 but I downgraded to Gen1 with all the updates. I only froze all the bloat with titanium backup. Guess I'll uninstall to see if that makes a difference.
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Try installing auto airplane mode by don and CPU spy so you can see if your tablet is going into deep sleep
By the way I have gen1 on my tablet
Have you tried the tweaked build.prop by crossix? It did quite a difference for me. He did some tweaks in there to lower the battery drain.
I am using the new buld.prop. I just need to track down whatever process is using kworker/u:1. Seems to be the main battery killer.
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I used betterbatterystats on my GB phone to find the source of a battery drain at one point, it shows what apps are holding the CPU in a wakelock and what percentage of time they are held. Don't know if it works with HC though. Haven't had a reason to try it. :-\
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madman_sle said:
I used betterbatterystats on my GB phone to find the source of a battery drain at one point, it shows what apps are holding the CPU in a wakelock and what percentage of time they are held. Don't know if it works with HC though. Haven't had a reason to try it. :-\
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ditto. i get amazing battery life. im at 2 days 3hours and at 55%
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Gonna check that app out. I did find one source of battery drain though. It was the Google docs app. Look like it was waking up every once in a while to sync. Uninstalled it and only losing about 1-2% /hr now. Getting better.
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Disabling auto-sync and the Background data under settings>accounts & sync can help save some battery as well. You could only enable background data if you really need it (with Market, etc).
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Autosync is disabled. Not sure why but Google docs just seems to wake the tablet up every once in a while from deep sleep.
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I've been trying to figure out why my battery has been so bad over the last few days and why Maps is using almost half the battery on my phone. I've checked to make sure nothing on the phone is using location services, cleared data, and turned off every location option in setting, yet Maps still eats battery like mad.
As a last resort I uninstalled the updated Maps app and am now using the version that came with JB. It's too early to be sure, but it seems like maybe battery usage is calming down. The phone is definately running a bit cooler now.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
Do you have Google locations checked ? That is normally also a big battery drainer
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Do you have Google locations checked ? That is normally also a big battery drainer
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No, all location items were unchecked, Google Now was turned off, there was really no reason for it to be such a big drain.
BTW, after 2 hours I now have 97% battery left and maps is only about 6% of total usage. I'm thinking this made a big difference.
Thank you! I thought I'd gone crazy. After only doing a few app updates and the update to JB, I have also noticed a major drain on my battery compared to the entire time I've had my S3.
Any update on your test with rolling back to the older maps version? I'm a new convert to Android (loving it) and don't know how to do that even if it would help
If that was causing the problem, I may be in the same boat as you and I'll look into going back to the old version for now. I initially thought it was just the JB update as a whole..who knows
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acousticmike said:
Thank you! I thought I'd gone crazy. After only doing a few app updates and the update to JB, I have also noticed a major drain on my battery compared to the entire time I've had my S3.
Any update on your test with rolling back to the older maps version? I'm a new convert to Android (loving it) and don't know how to do that even if it would help
If that was causing the problem, I may be in the same boat as you and I'll look into going back to the old version for now. I initially thought it was just the JB update as a whole..who knows
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There are a whole slew of things that will kill battery on JB. Any app that syncs data in the background needs to have background syncing turned off. That includes Google Now and Facebook. Maps needs to have Location sharing and Location reporting turned off. I had done all that and was still having a huge drain on the battery. Uninstalling the Maps update is easy, didn't lose anything useful, and seems to have reduced battery consumption quite a bit. So, either my case is a fluke or there is some sort of bug in the Oct 29th update to Maps. I'd like to here if anyone else has had the same results I have.
I had done the same things as the OP and still had noticeable battery drainage. This morning I decided to freeze Maps with TiBu and midway through the day I now have 74% battery where yesterday I was at 40-50% midway through the day.
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I had done the same things as the OP and still had noticeable battery drainage. This morning I decided to freeze Maps with TiBu and midway through the day I now have 74% battery where yesterday I was at 40-50% midway through the day.
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Can I freeze it with the free Version of TiBu?
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Can I freeze it with the free Version of TiBu?
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I highly recommend you buy the app... Titu is a keeper and once you pay, upgrades are included...
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I too have been having much worse battery life with JB compared to ICS and all entirely due to the Maps app (losing ~9% overnight when just sleeping!). It is always at the top of my usage even when never using it. Never had a problem with it on ICS. Thought it may be related to Google Now but maybe it is indeed the latest version causing issues all by itself.
I've been afraid to freeze maps. Not only do I use it regularly, but it seems that lots of other apps rely on it (part of why it's such a battery killer).
i reset the device, left it completely stock.
from a full charge, its down to 10% in about 4 to 5 hours..
any ideas?
Are you sure you had all the wear related apps uninstalled off the phone besides android wear ?
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yeah under battery the only thing listed is bluetooth and android wear.
there are no apps running, even the moto ones i disabled.
maybe my battery went bad.. it does get very hot on the charger.. it cant be good.
here is what u need to do ...
go to bluetooth... forget the moto360
then uninstall ALL apps in your PHONE related to android wear...everything!!! all watch faces, wear, moto connect, etc etc then reboot phone
charge watch fully... and reset it again....
once it boots, let it sit on the "install android wear" for about 5 minutes.
then you may install android wear on phone and pair it
thats it... dont install anything else...it may consume about 15% during the first hr... let it sit like that for the rest of the day... maybe even fully charge it again after a few hrs.
when i reset'd my watch a bunch of times trying to get 5.0.1 i noticed that battery took mayor hit, because after setup it was "syncing" all apps, etc etc... like 25% and hr,... which matches what you got going on...
so, let it sit and be done syncing...
I woke up this morning and received the 5.0.2 update for my Zenwatch. According to this link, there's nothing super visible that it resolves, but just a bunch of behind-the-scenes fixes.
Obviously I can't comment on improvements to battery life or anything just yet.
Anyone notice the card peeks now cause the watch face to shrink rather than just being on top of the watch face. The shrunken face looks terrible with all of the empty space. Is there a fix to this?
Screenshot/video?
The first picture shows no card peek. You can see how the watch face takes up the whole screen. The second image shows a peek with the smaller watch face.
The notifications sometimes drive me nuts too. In the Android Wear app on your phone, there's an option to "block app notifications". I basically turn everything off except texts.
I noticed this in 5.0.0, so it's nothing new to 5.0.2. There are so many annoying notifications (WiFi available, WiFi joined, etc)
I have the impression that battery lasts longer with 5.0.2. Is this just placebo or do you experience something similar?
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I have the impression that battery lasts longer with 5.0.2. Is this just placebo or do you experience something similar?
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I also feel like the battery is lasting longer although I admit it could be entirely in my head. With normal use in getting 24+ hours before and after 5.0.2.
Mostly fixes issues with Google Fit sync. Updates Google Services to a new version that fixes that issue. I am sure there are other small bug fixes but nothing in the way of new features or fixing annoying UI quirks.
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Anyone notice the card peeks now cause the watch face to shrink rather than just being on top of the watch face. The shrunken face looks terrible with all of the empty space. Is there a fix to this?
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got my update Monday, this doesn't happen for me. have you tried to change the face?
I'm getting horrible battery life on 5.0.2.... Help.
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I'm getting horrible battery life on 5.0.2.... Help.
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Reset the watch. After a day or two the battery life should be back to normal.
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Reset the watch. After a day or two the battery life should be back to normal.
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Do you mean Restart or Factory Reset?
Willber G said:
Do you mean Restart or Factory Reset?
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Factory reset. Your battery life is probably caused by a Play Services issue. Factory reset should clear play services data and probably clear up your issue. All of your apps should be sync back to the watch so it's not really a hassle. You may experience significant drain for the first day since it will have to sync.
Thanks.
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The first picture shows no card peek. You can see how the watch face takes up the whole screen. The second image shows a peek with the smaller watch face.
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Caused by Zenwatch Manager. If you uninstall Zenwatch Manager and factory reset the watch and then do not install Zenwatch Manager it wont do it. I think its because newer versions of Zenwatch Manager contain updated watch faces that have this behavior. They get uploaded to the watch upon installation.
I've always had zenwatch manager and am generally at about 25% when I plug it in at night, 16-18 hours after taking it off the charger
Okay, this weekend, on a Friday, I drove to DC. As soon as navigation started on my Nexus 6, my watch started to display the navigation notifications. I quickly blocked the app, as I didn't want the 3+ hours of navigation to drain my watch.
2.5 hours into the trip, I look at my watch's battery, and it's down to 30%!!! I started the trip at about 90%. Not happy, very scared about running out of power. Figure out it's a bug, or whatever, and I factory reset that night.
During the weekend, while I'm in DC, I notice that it is not the normal battery life, despite a factory reset Friday night.
On the way home, Sunday, I noticed a huge drain as well. Not wanting to lose any more power, I turn it on AIRPLANE MODE when at 47%.
HERE'S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.
I get a notification that says something like "Maps Navigation App stopped." I don't remember the exact phrasing.
However, this leads me to believe that I was experiencing the battery drain because while I was blocking the Maps app, it was still running on my watch! What's up with that? I thought it totally stopped the app.
Am I correct? Does a blocked app still run while the watch despite being blocked?
IF so... how do I "fix" this? Is that possible?
Or, was something else draining my battery?
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Okay, this weekend, on a Friday, I drove to DC. As soon as navigation started on my Nexus 6, my watch started to display the navigation notifications. I quickly blocked the app, as I didn't want the 3+ hours of navigation to drain my watch.
2.5 hours into the trip, I look at my watch's battery, and it's down to 30%!!! I started the trip at about 90%. Not happy, very scared about running out of power. Figure out it's a bug, or whatever, and I factory reset that night.
During the weekend, while I'm in DC, I notice that it is not the normal battery life, despite a factory reset Friday night.
On the way home, Sunday, I noticed a huge drain as well. Not wanting to lose any more power, I turn it on AIRPLANE MODE when at 47%.
HERE'S WHERE IT GETS INTERESTING.
I get a notification that says something like "Maps Navigation App stopped." I don't remember the exact phrasing.
However, this leads me to believe that I was experiencing the battery drain because while I was blocking the Maps app, it was still running on my watch! What's up with that? I thought it totally stopped the app.
Am I correct? Does a blocked app still run while the watch despite being blocked?
IF so... how do I "fix" this? Is that possible?
Or, was something else draining my battery?
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Okay, from another thread I was discussing on Android Central, another user found that Maps and probably other apps weren't totally OFF when the Notification was set to be BLOCKED. Meaning, even though you are Blocking a certain app, it appears that it is still running in the background of the watch, and that is leading to huge drains.
Anybody take any road trips or commuting with their moto360 and using Google Maps notice this?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/mo...ot-battery-drain-google-maps.html#post4317990
I have this exact same issue. I use navigation a few days a week. I'm a new Moto 360 owner, so I thought it was just other battery issues. But it isn't. Its Navigation. Once I start navigation, by battery plummets. I can't stop it. Then the battery usage says that Bluetooth uses the most battery. So I am gonna keep trying different things. Don't factory reset your phone. It doesn't help. Resetting the watch doesn't help either. I think its an issue with Android 5.0.2. But that's a guess. What else can it be?
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I have this exact same issue. I use navigation a few days a week. I'm a new Moto 360 owner, so I thought it was just other battery issues. But it isn't. Its Navigation. Once I start navigation, by battery plummets. I can't stop it. Then the battery usage says that Bluetooth uses the most battery. So I am gonna keep trying different things. Don't factory reset your phone. It doesn't help. Resetting the watch doesn't help either. I think its an issue with Android 5.0.2. But that's a guess. What else can it be?
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THanks for your input, sorry I never replied. I didn't see the notifications.
ANYWAYS, I started a thread here as well...
http://forums.androidcentral.com/mo...cking-apps-not-battery-drain-google-maps.html
It seems it is NOT just a Moto 360 problem, but an ANDROID WEAR problem!?
WHOA. Can anyone else confirm this? If so, if this is an Android Wear problem... does Google know? And how do we let them know?
I have this issue. I drove 3 hours with Google maps navigation today and my watch was dead upon arrival. It was at 95% when I left.
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frellingfrakker said:
I have this issue. I drove 3 hours with Google maps navigation today and my watch was dead upon arrival. It was at 95% when I left.
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Mine also died again after three hours of driving yesterday, and this is with the latest Android Wear update (on the phone). When I tried to charge it, I got constant Google app and Android Wear crashes. I was finally able to reset the watch to get it back to working.
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Mine also died again after three hours of driving yesterday, and this is with the latest Android Wear update (on the phone). When I tried to charge it, I got constant Google app and Android Wear crashes. I was finally able to reset the watch to get it back to working.
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Mine charged back up without an issue but Maps definitely kills the watch even with notifications blocked.
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Thanks everybody. Send in a bug report through the Android wear app.
Does anybody have they latest update on their watch? 5.1.1?
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Mine charged back up without an issue but Maps definitely kills the watch even with notifications blocked.
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Mine has charged up normally before too, in fact it did last night. The one time it didn't was pretty scary though.
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Thanks everybody. Send in a bug report through the Android wear app.
Does anybody have they latest update on their watch? 5.1.1?
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I'd like to know if this is fixed in 5.1.1 too. I'll ask in the Urbane section.
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Mine has charged up normally before too, in fact it did last night. The one time it didn't was pretty scary though.
I'd like to know if this is fixed in 5.1.1 too. I'll ask in the Urbane section.
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YES, definitely do that, thank you!!!