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Hi guys. A couple days ago I got a replacement GNEX from Verizon. I unlocked it and rooted it, threw Muzzy's rom on it.
Yesterday at work I had all I could do to keep it charged all day, it was draining the battery at about 20% an hour. So last night I tried a different battery, no change. So a couple hours before bed I downloaded the factory image, and wiped the phone clean and reflashed the stock image. I logged in with my account, put no apps on it, charged it to full then when I went to bed unplugged it with a full charge.
6 hours later I get up and its at 41%. The phone has been on wifi all night, no apps other than what comes with the factory image, the only things I have syncing are gmail, contacts and calendar. Google Now is off, all location services are off. The culprit when I look at battery stats, Cell Standby used 95% of the battery.
I'm at a loss, I can't have a phone draining that fast for no reason. I've been searching but I can't seem to find a fix or reason for this. As I said, there's no apps but the google apps. Does anybody have any idea? Should I try flashing the stock image again?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
What's your time without signal?
Switch to CDMA only and see if that alleviates the issue. If it does, odds are you have a defective LTE radio.
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najaboy said:
What's your time without signal?
Switch to CDMA only and see if that alleviates the issue. If it does, odds are you have a defective LTE radio.
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Where do I find time without signal?
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When viewing your battery usage in settings, tap cell standby for more info. You can also tap on the graph at the top of the screen to get a another bar graph showing various usages and wakes.
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Weird I did that and it didn't show it before. Anyway, 0% time without signal.
I switched to CDMA only and in 15 minutes lost 5% not using the phone. According to gsam the screen was still half that and in apps android system is the top hitter. Radio was only 4.2%.
If any of that helps.
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try installing a custom Kernel to save battery (i like trinity kernel)...
domi1711 said:
try installing a custom Kernel to save battery (i like trinity kernel)...
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I was running Franco yesterday. I'm going to try re-flashing the radio now and throw another rom on it.
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I was running Franco yesterday. I'm going to try re-flashing the radio now and throw another rom on it.
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the most battery saving combo (in my opinion...an in the opinion of a lot of other users) is the Rasbeanjelly Rom with the Trinity Kernel.
i always get 4hrs+ displaytime clocked at 1300MHz. And the phne feels super super smooth. you should give it a try if you have time
thats the support thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455874&page=1934
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the most battery saving combo (in my opinion...an in the opinion of a lot of other users) is the Rasbeanjelly Rom with the Trinity Kernel.
i always get 4hrs+ displaytime clocked at 1300MHz. And the phne feels super super smooth. you should give it a try if you have time
thats the support thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455874&page=1934
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.
I guess the big issue I have is that I'm fine with the battery draining while I'm using the phone, it should. But it shouldn't suck it down as fast or faster when I'm not using it.
Literally as I typed this I lost 3 percent......
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Any other g2 users having major battery issues? Sprint g2, some apps and bloatware frozen/removed. Rooted as well. Battery dropped 38 percent in 4 hours with little to no use. Location services are off. Shows that android operating system using around 40 percent. Any idea of what is causing this? So far, not loving the update and the issues its having.
Absolutely not... Quite the opposite. I'm on a custom ROM but I used ZV7 ZV8 & ZVA before with no issues. That's one great thing about the G2 is the Snap Dragon processors are great on the battery, a charge lasts a long time and the battery never gets hot even with constant tethering and heavy usage. You should try the Snap Dragon battery guru app in the play store at: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app which is great for saving juice. Or takes a couple days to get full effect cause it learns your patterns and stops apps from refreshing during times when you don't use them, cuts of WiFi and or data during times when you aren't using it. Also I'd check your battery usage stats and see what processes are draining it the most. Is most likely an app or 2 draining a lot of your battery, so the battery guru will stop that from happening during times that you don't use those apps.
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Its very common after a firmware update for a battery to go outta whack. It may be that you need to recalibrate it. After any firmware update its adviseable to so a factory reset at 100% battery level. Then use your phone normally till the battery dies and phone shuts down. Plug in the phone and let it charge to 100% while off. Turn it on, and use it till the batt dies again. Repeat charging to 100% with phone off.
That may solve your issue. Fully cycle the battery 2x.
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Absolutely not... Quite the opposite. I'm on a custom ROM but I used ZV7 ZV8 & ZVA before with no issues. That's one great thing about the G2 is the Snap Dragon processors are great on the battery, a charge lasts a long time and the battery never gets hot even with constant tethering and heavy usage. You should try the Snap Dragon battery guru app in the play store at: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app which is great for saving juice. Or takes a couple days to get full effect cause it learns your patterns and stops apps from refreshing during times when you don't use them, cuts of WiFi and or data during times when you aren't using it. Also I'd check your battery usage stats and see what processes are draining it the most. Is most likely an app or 2 draining a lot of your battery, so the battery guru will stop that from happening during times that you don't use those apps.
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Thank you @bigpoppa and @sudosurootdev I will try both suggestions. I've got snapdragon app downloaded now. Haven't did a full cycle charge on it yet though. Normally had great battery life, even on aosp roms. Could be that I am just impatient too though haha.
Battery life is greatly affected by weak signals. It drives up the power to get you signal
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My signal has actually been a great deal weaker since the update. I live in an.area where there is only 3g/1x data. Used to get around 1.8 mbps download...now only getting around 600kbps. Pretty much just sucks.
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I'm having the same issue. It's wakelock WifiOffDelayIfNotUsed. I've tried everything I can think of, but it's completely keeping my phone from deep sleep.
I did one full cycle charge. Took it off the charger at around 10am yesterday. Almost 21 hours later, sitting at 35%. Doing a little better than before. Bluetooth keeps showing on my list of wake locks but it's disabled.
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I got the ZVC OTA, then I flashed the zvc .tot after accidently deleting supporting services for voice mail (Skyfire Observer and Sprint Extension provider) after flashing Im at 7hrs 30mins Screen Time surfing web with 15% battery left on first day, before that I got little over 6hrs with 0% battery and all the same apps. Do a factory reset after OTA that might help or flash the ZVC.tot for a complete fresh install like I did.
Just an FYI Swype connect is a known battery killer for some its mentioned on their forums and it sometimes runs even when all connect features are blocked.
Another thing block location services when not needed it will save a nice amount of battery life.
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I'm having the same issue. It's wakelock WifiOffDelayIfNotUsed. I've tried everything I can think of, but it's completely keeping my phone from deep sleep.
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I noticed that this morning. I went into wifi settings and clicked advanced and unchecked "scanning always available". Im using "liquid Smooth 4.4 so I don't know if yours have it.
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I noticed that this morning. I went into wifi settings and clicked advanced and unchecked "scanning always available". Im using "liquid Smooth 4.4 so I don't know if yours have it.
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I think its a problem with 4.4.2, google is fixing that in 4.4.3. Also make sure Sprint Connections Optimizer is really off.
The only issue I've seen is Bluetooth showing up under battery stats as being used at around 50-55% yesterday with a runtime of over a day. I'm thinking its just a reporting bug since I haven't used Bluetooth at all and I don't see a noticeable drop in battery but if it is using it I'd definitely like to curb it.
anyone with a similar issue or possible idea on fixing it? Running stock zvc unrooted
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The only issue I've seen is Bluetooth showing up under battery stats as being used at around 50-55% yesterday with a runtime of over a day. I'm thinking its just a reporting bug since I haven't used Bluetooth at all and I don't see a noticeable drop in battery but if it is using it I'd definitely like to curb it.
anyone with a similar issue or possible idea on fixing it? Running stock zvc unrooted
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That's weird, never had that happen to me. Did you Factory reset after OTA? Sometimes that helps.
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That's weird, never had that happen to me. Did you Factory reset after OTA? Sometimes that helps.
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No I haven't. I guess I'll give that a shot. But sucks to have to redownload my apps n such for that.
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Im getting 30 hours with 3 hours screen on time since the update but i did a factory reset after thr update and dont have all my apps installed
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Im getting 30 hours with 3 hours screen on time since the update but i did a factory reset after thr update and dont have all my apps installed
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Do you have location settings and google now enabled?
I don't get the people who say they get 7 hours sot out of this phone. I have two of these and even with complete stock no after market apps the best I do is 3-4
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Do you have location settings and google now enabled?
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Yes i do tonight ill post screen shots
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I don't get the people who say they get 7 hours sot out of this phone. I have two of these and even with complete stock no after market apps the best I do is 3-4
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I get 7.5 hrs and 15% battery left at 50% Brightness, location and autosync drain battery a lot as I mentioned before. Also use task manager to autoblock Sprint apps and uncheck Sprint Connections Optimizer it eats battery, Lastly Swype connect runs even when online features are disabled and eats battery, there are many complaints about that on Swype forum as well.
Im mostly on WiFI and have full signal due to Airave (no LTE) so I guess that helps too. All those things add up, I'm sure you can achieve that screen time as well.
By factory reset, do you guys mean in settings? I need to reset, but I don't have a computer at the moment so I can't reflash tot.
so i have my G3 for a week its the 32gb variant .
i just noticed today that the battery life suddenly dropped.
i always charge my phone when it reaches 2% and i don't know but it charges fast using the original charger
from 100% after like 5 mins it dropped to 96% and it drained even faster
look time to factory restored it but no avail it still shows the problem
have my screen brightness
@auto shows +2h battery use
@0% +2h battery use
@100% +2h battery use
Screen use at 50%
if someone can help me please do. thanks
if having and sd can drain battery life i've also tried removing / formatting the card. no luck
its a sandisk 32gb. please help me thank you
im also running @Stock rom android 5.0 loli all stock i've done nothing on my g3
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so i have my G3 for a week its the 32gb variant .
i just noticed today that the battery life suddenly dropped.
i always charge my phone when it reaches 2% and i don't know but it charges fast using the original charger
from 100% after like 5 mins it dropped to 96% and it drained even faster
look time to factory restored it but no avail it still shows the problem
have my screen brightness
@auto shows +2h battery use
@0% +2h battery use
@100% +2h battery use
Screen use at 50%
if someone can help me please do. thanks
if having and sd can drain battery life i've also tried removing / formatting the card. no luck
its a sandisk 32gb. please help me thank you
im also running @Stock rom android 5.0 loli all stock i've done nothing on my g3
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What's the top in battery usage? Sounds like you're getting network issues (low/lost signal and such). Should probably make sure your APNs are perfectly matching your carrier's.
Also, what is your usual screen on time?
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What's the top in battery usage? Sounds like you're getting network issues (low/lost signal and such). Should probably make sure your APNs are perfectly matching your carrier's.
Also, what is your usual screen on time?
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i have my screen brightness @0%
Usage on battery : 59 mins
ETR : +2h 31min
Last 3 h in use : 24%
Battery Usage Details
Screen : 63%
Cell Standby : 14%
Android System 7%
Mediaserver 5%
Android OS 5%
i dont have a sim on my g3 atm but its an unlocked version
screen on time is probably very short since i only have facebook messenger installed on my g3 , and i've set the screen tme out 15 secs
Try to check your network signals...
Try switching from 4g to 3g or wcdma
Also check wifi signals and that APN which is mentioned earlier,
Then try to hard reset your phone.
MehruNisa said:
Try to check your network signals...
Try switching from 4g to 3g or wcdma
Also check wifi signals and that APN which is mentioned earlier,
Then try to hard reset your phone.
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when my battery reaches a 100% then unplug it it drains very fast and stops at 60% or something
my screen usage stays @ 70% please help
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when my battery reaches a 100% then unplug it it drains very fast and stops at 60% or something
my screen usage stays @ 70% please help
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What/who did you get your phone from? It sounds like the battery is bad.
its brandnew got online weird part is i slept then when i wake up this happened
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its brandnew got online weird part is i slept then when i wake up this happened
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That seems like pretty good battery to me
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That seems like pretty good battery to me
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before i slept . from 100% it went down very fast
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before i slept . from 100% it went down very fast
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How long on screen?
And nothing other than screen is burning it. So it can be 2 things: bad battery or it needs a factory reset.
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How long on screen?
And nothing other than screen is burning it. So it can be 2 things: bad battery or it needs a factory reset.
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factory resetted like 2 times already
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factory resetted like 2 times already
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If it's not system, it's your battery. You could try flashing the stock kdz (it wipes everything, internal memory included so backup)
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If it's not system, it's your battery. You could try flashing the stock kdz (it wipes everything, internal memory included so backup)
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so ill reflash stock to my all stock g3 ? doesnt make sense
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If it's not system, it's your battery. You could try flashing the stock kdz (it wipes everything, internal memory included so backup)
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can you take a look at this too ? it seems weird
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so ill reflash stock to my all stock g3 ? doesnt make sense
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Hence why I think it's a problem with the battery. But it's possible that it's a system problem that only flashing stock would fix. It's a shot in the dark though.
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can you take a look at this too ? it seems weird
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Not sure what looks weird in there. Battery drain will change depending on what wakelocks you get.
My note 4 battery is draining rapidly after the lollipop update. I've read that some have had to do a factory reset and that has resolved the issue but (and forgive me for asking) doesn't that wipe everything from your phone? There has to be a better way. I've got so much music and pictures I don't want to lose and I'm not very savvy when it comes to transferring stuff.
Any thoughts? It's much appreciated!!!
I am having the same issue. Yes factory reset will wipe phone. I did a factory reset before installing rom. But still have battery drain.
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Well that isn't good news. I've noticed it takes longer to charge than normal too. I hope there's a fix for this soon.
I just did a factory reset I'll post my experience after I give it time
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You guys should probably give this a few day before wondering about battery life.
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You guys should probably give this a few day before wondering about battery life.
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I'll turn blue in the face saying this. People just don't get it.
Battery life will probably suck at first
Phone probably will run hot at first
Phone probably will lag/stutter
Phone might have graphical glitches
...if you have any problems like these, factory reset and STILL give it a few days.
I factory reset mine last night after 24hrs and it seems a tiny bit better but. ANDROID SYSTEM is still at the top of my stats and its climbing in percentage and im on wifi ac
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I REALLY don't want to have to do a factory reset. I sure hope it gets better as 'blue in the face' poster says. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Please let me know if anyone has any positive changes over the next few days without doing a reset or if you find anything else that works besides a reset.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
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You just installed a fresh ROM. Give it a couple of days for your phone to adjust.
lollipop fail
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You guys should probably give this a few day before wondering about battery life.
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Check out my battery usage and statement on greek note4, with official german lollipop firmware,without root or mods.
It is 3 days from factory reset but the bad battery continues..
#lollipopONnote4ISaFAILURE
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Check out my battery usage and statement on greek note4, with official german lollipop firmware,without root or mods.
It is 3 days from factory reset but the bad battery continues..
#lollipopONnote4ISaFAILURE
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Sorry you are having issues, but I am not. I get 5-6 hours of screen time on, 18+ hours. There has to be something some are doing that others aren't? Or maybe a certain app that doesn't agree with LP that some don't have installed.
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Sorry you are having issues, but I am not. I get 5-6 hours of screen time on, 18+ hours. There has to be something some are doing that others aren't? Or maybe a certain app that doesn't agree with LP that some don't have installed.
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Sorry then, i quoted your comment because i thought you know much more than me by reading the previous posts.
Ao if anybody can help me i'll be thankful
Settings> Data usage> Mobile Data> uncheck enhanced 4G lte services
On kitkat I was seeing 5-6.5 hours of screen time. Now on lollipop I get about 4-4.5 Hours. I have done a clean factory install and wiped the cache. Android system is always at the top for me as well and it wasn't with kitkat. I actually have less apps and data on my phone now than I did on kitKat because I wiped everything. Ive been using lollipop for about a week now. This is obviously an issue within lollipop itself. I have mirrored the same settings that i had in kitkat, disabled as many useless apps and files that i can, and I'm using it exactly as I was on kitkat. Can someone just root this phone already?! PLEASE? (I won't hold my breath lol)
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Settings> Data usage> Mobile Data> uncheck enhanced 4G lte services
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Looks like you were right. My battery has improved since I unchecked this option. Now screen is on top like when I was on KK. No more android system.
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Looks like you were right. My battery has improved since I unchecked this option. Now screen is on top like when I was on KK. No more android system.
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I noticed that just by changing that setting I get two days easy on one charge, please note that when I say two days I'm not on my phone all the time, typically I pull my phone out at work for demo purposes, I'm browsing the Internet on down time, I'm streaming music on my drive home or I'm texting or playing a simple game. Anyways, not sure why the enhanced services drains battery so badly but after I turned it off on kk and updated it was back on and I had horrible battery life, was gonna factory reset but then checked this and it was on again so now I'm back up to two days on a charge.
My first day running Lollipop I got around 5.5 hrs SOT and phone was on for more than 13 hrs and still had about 12% so I'm getting around the same battery life on heavy usage that I had on Kit Kat. I'm having no issues with Lollipop as of now. Before I downloaded Lollipop I moved all my important files to my SD card and then I updated. Right after the update, I went into recovery, cleared the cache and factory reset within recovery. I've had a very smooth experience ever since.
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I have found a fix that has worked for me without resetting. I cleared my cache partition and now I'm back to almost as good as it was. Not quite 100%, but it's a drastic improvement. I'd suggest trying this before doing a factory reset. It worked for me.
And FYI, I tried waiting for as long as I could stand it and it didn't get even a little better.
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No question about the Enhanced 4G LTE setting. I was already getting at least as good and probably marginally better battery life after 5.01. Turning off enhanced 4G services has given even much better battery life. Just as others have seen, Android system has dropped in usage. In fact it is amazing how long this phone can now go between charges.
After a week of 5.0.1 (see nothing difference of the interface cause ATT made it). I have to switch back to 4.4 for some of the features missing/not support and i got back my best battery life. It's ok in 5.0.1 but 4.4 battery is best.
In 5.0.1 i got around 3h screen time and it's drain faster.
Note: below is my 6months old battery. Not new
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So has anyone noticed a severe drop in battery life since the LP update? My phone has dropped 6% using only XDA, on WiFi, and on 18% brightness. I can't go half a day before the bat is at 50%.
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Mine is slightly better
Mine is actually a bit better once I re-flashed stock and upgraded to lollipop, I had some stability issues when I flashed lollipop via twp. the tot restore method helped me.
I'm getting 4 1/2 hours + SOT and It's lasting me a whole day, on auto brightness.
My battery has been a bit better when the screen is not in use(i.e. sitting in pocket idle or streaming music), but it seems worse then before when the screen is on.
Ya I'm not sure what's going on, but I find I am having to charge it more often during the day than I did before.
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So has anyone noticed a severe drop in battery life since the LP update? My phone has dropped 6% using only XDA, on WiFi, and on 18% brightness. I can't go half a day before the bat is at 50%.
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Mine is real BAD.... does not hold half a day and the back, close to the low volume, gets realy hot....
Wonder if I Reset it will get better....
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My battery has been a bit better when the screen is not in use(i.e. sitting in pocket idle or streaming music), but it seems worse then before when the screen is on.
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this exactly for me
titoh said:
Mine is real BAD.... does not hold half a day and the back, close to the low volume, gets realy hot....
Wonder if I Reset it will get better....
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I've read about the heat issue but I haven't had it, BUT I did have to do a reset because my phone wouldn't after I first installed lollipop so that might be why I haven't had that issue.
Mines not that great either. I have greenify but not the xposed aspect, I have battery guru, I even installed a script which I normally don't do. All of this has helped minorly. Nothing like it was for me though. I factory reset when I flashed. Waiting to see if reports from official Ota has any differences.
Mine got bad first. Then I did a full factory reset and now its pretty good. Had 0% down after 12 hours at night. Normal workday usage went down from ~40% to ~25%. So instead of charging every other day I need to charge every 3 days.
I have thought about doing a factory reset to see if it helps. I know there was a cm app to backup your phone but idk if you need root. I have chosen to not root my phone, and wonder if you guys know of a good app to help backup my phone before doing so. Thanks.
I am looking into helium, has anyone had any experience good, or bad with this app?
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I have thought about doing a factory reset to see if it helps. I know there was a cm app to backup your phone but idk if you need root. I have chosen to not root my phone, and wonder if you guys know of a good app to help backup my phone before doing so. Thanks.
I am looking into helium, has anyone had any experience good, or bad with this app?
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Helium works well with early kitkat builds. the cloud backup option blows though. not too sure about using it on lollipop but being that it didn't work to well with late kitkat builds i doubt it'll be any better with lollipop.
also my battery life has gotten plenty better after updating and starting completely from scratch.
currently i'm sitting at 35% with 14hr and 17 min run time, auto brightness, wifi turned on and jumping back and fourth between lte because my router is going dead...