If I enable imprint and use the sensor to unlock my phone my battery lasts less then half the time if the imprint is NOT enabled and setup. I had thought it was impacting battery life so I charged my phone to 100% an then setup imprint with one of my fingers. When it was all setup and ready to go the battery still said 100% so I locked my screen and put my phone in my pocket.
I left my phone in my pocket without touching it for any reason for 45 minutes. I then pulled my phone out and unlocked it with the finger I setup imprint with and my battery life showed 82%.
I then removed the finger from imprint and disabled it. I charged my phone again to 100% and put it back in my pocket for 45 minutes and checked the battery again. This time it showed 98%.
Is there something wrong with my phone or a setting somewhere I should adjust so that imprint doesn't drain my battery?
My phone is not rooted nor running a custom rom. It is default/stock but has received the 5MB security patch.
I think that you are mistaken.
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Mistaken in what? I have tested it a few times since I got the 5x. Every time I set it up; the battery drains much faster
Mistaken about thinking that the fingerprint sensor drains the battery.
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Well other then the fact that it drains quicker every time I have setup inprint; I'm sure I'm mistaken... It may not be the sensor but is either it or something related directly to it which is why I posted the question but thanks for being so quick to dismiss a real question of a real problem.
Is there anyone else that may actually have some insight?
That honestly sounds like it might be a defective unit, but the first I've heard of that issue. FWIW, I'm not experiencing the same rate of drain, with just one finger registered.
From your comments I'm guessing you are on MDB08L? You can check at the bottom of About Phone in settings, if you don't know.
Could you post some screenshots of your battery usage & graph? That and the zoomed in view (tap the graph) might shed some light on what is going on behind the scenes.
You did lost 18% of your battery in 45 minutes without touching the phone?
I have fingerprint sensor enabled, 3 fingers registered. In 45 minutes I will lose something like 1-2% even using the phone for some messages.
same problem to me... also with the fingerprint sensor.... my phone lasts approximately 9, max. 10 hours..... I have bluetooth turned on and a Moto360 connected. But also with bluetooth off and no connection the battery drains nearly as fast as with connection.
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Ive noticed this phone loves to turn on the display for any reason it can think of. That is not the bad part tho. The default lock screen can be swiped any where, and in my pocket this is bad. I did a test with my palm to simulate the my leg in my pocket. If the screen wakes up for any reason, SMS notification, easy to hit power button, Low battery notification (this one i don.t get) and you hold your palm on the screen and it detects it, it will hold the screen on indefinitely without unlocking it if it lands in the right place.
This is what i imagine going on in my pocket.
http://youtu.be/l-CdaZXBVhE
I have replied to texts, made phone calls, even turned the flash light on in my pocket and ran the battery down before lunch.
I use this "pattern security" so I'm not threatened by this "unwanted phone call making" and stuffs like that, but my battery life still seems to be poor. I noticed that if I leave the device on WiFi, then it drains about 30%/night (approx. 10 hours). But last night I tried turning off wifi and data--> only 2% of battery percentage went down during the same time (10 hours!!). !!
What do you think causes this strange battery draining through the internet(wifi or data?)? The syncing, or some specifig program, or just the fact that it's connected to the web? it's very strange.
edit: of course I checked the battery stats, but there everything seemed to be normal..
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I use this "pattern security" so I'm not threatened by this "unwanted phone call making" and stuffs like that, but my battery life still seems to be poor. I noticed that if I leave the device on WiFi, then it drains about 30%/night (approx. 10 hours). But last night I tried turning off wifi and data--> only 2% of battery percentage went down during the same time (10 hours!!). !!
What do you think causes this strange battery draining through the internet(wifi or data?)? The syncing, or some specifig program, or just the fact that it's connected to the web? it's very strange.
edit: of course I checked the battery stats, but there everything seemed to be normal..
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I really have no idea. I had this phone since release and it's always had mediocre battery life at best. This is my second Samsung android phone, The original Galaxy being the first and i wasn't to satisfied with that one either. I received a new phone yesterday (Experia TL) so the i927 has been sitting idle. Before i put it down i did a factory reset and pulled the sim. It lost 45% of the battery since yesterday morning. Any of my HTCs would last weeks in this state. So far the TL seems like it runs off magic pixie dust compared to the i927 lol.
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so the i927 has been sitting idle. Before i put it down i did a factory reset and pulled the sim. It lost 45% of the battery since yesterday morning
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My battery can go pretty quickly when I get the l2_hsic wakelock. Around 5%/hr while it idle (though I do leave wifi on). It appears randomly - some days not at all, some after a few hours of being on. The only solution I've found is to shut it off and pull the battery for a minute and hope it doesn't come back on the next boot. Searching didn't pull up much except its known on a few Samsung phones. Does BBS show anything under kernel wakelock for you?
I installed Google fit the day it was released and my battery seems to be taking a big hit. I was getting 24ish hours with ambient mode on and now I'm not getting 12. Is anyone else seeing this?
I see no difference with or without Google Fit. Are you constantly syncing?
No. In installing it was the only change before the decrease in battery life. Wear battery stats doesn't show any apps using any battery either. Thinking I'll reset the 360 and see if it clears up.
How the **** do people get 24 hours with ambient on, when I barely get to 16 hours with ambient off and a stock black watch face and nearly zero usage of the watch?? I can't help but think I have a bad device and should return it...
what apps do you have installed? maybe its something else...
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How the **** do people get 24 hours with ambient on, when I barely get to 16 hours with ambient off and a stock black watch face and nearly zero usage of the watch?? I can't help but think I have a bad device and should return it...
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Well, i get up at 5 am and take my watch off the charger and when i out it back on at 11 it usually has over 30% which I'm assuming would be plenty enough to get me back to 5 am if i tried.
I only have Keep, play music, fit interval timer and wear battery stats installed...
I did see a reduction in battery. I didn't think it was Fit until I saw this post. I'm going to give it a day or two... Might be battery recalibration or something. My battery life isn't bad but before fit and the update I was getting about 40-50% per 12 hours... Give or take 10% depending on the notifications and such.
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mine decreased significantly as well.
I was getting between 4% - 5% drain an hour. Installed Google Fit, drain increased to 10% - 12% per hour.
No apps installed except wear battery stats.
May be you should change location setting..use power saving mode instead of gps
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My battery on the watch is more or less the same but my phone battery has taken a hit for sure .. fit is keeping my phone awake a lot!
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Yeah I noticed this as well. I deleted Fit on my N5 and battery life appears to be better gain.
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I did see a reduction in battery. I didn't think it was Fit until I saw this post. I'm going to give it a day or two... Might be battery recalibration or something. My battery life isn't bad but before fit and the update I was getting about 40-50% per 12 hours... Give or take 10% depending on the notifications and such.
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This is an update: no changes to anything except turning off ambient mode. Ambient mode was on and off throughout the day yesterday because I though that might have been killing the battery. I turned it off during last night's charge cycle to turn the screen off as usual but this time I didn't turn it back on. Normally, leaving on Ambient mode only takes 5-10% in a given day, so I can only assume that either I was moving a lot yesterday or something more sinister was going on.
Still using:
-Nexus 5
-Google FIT, Facer is being used, wear battery, a few other minor apps
-No changes to GPS settings, etc
The watch has been off the charger since 7:30-7:45 (100%) it is now 4:23 (75%) approximately 8 hours @25% , which is closer to my normal battery time. I've been receiving my normal notifications and I haven't even reset my device. Hopefully other people have the same results cause it really sucked last night to have a watch on my arm that didn't even work... lol
i've notice just a small decrease in battery, but not a huge one, i still took off the charger at 6am this morning and still have 51% right now, where as normally i'd have about 65%.
I was at about 55% when I installed the latest Wear update this evening. Three hours later I'm at 16%. Ambient mode off. Gonna keep an eye on it but that Wear update seems to be the culprit for me.
I suspect that the Google Fit is only using phone sensor at the moment and the Fit app is only syncing from the phone and not the otherway round. Checking Heart Rate history on the www.google.com/fit is also not showing anything.
When you check in Google Fit settings in the app, it doesn't show the Moto 360 as an connected device. Not sure if this by design.
How can the heart rate monitor and/or heart activity be turned off completely? I still get these "You've reached your daily goal" messages every single day, sometimes only minutes apart - it gets annoying, quickly. I've switched off all three sections in the settings menu, but it doesn't seem to do the trick.
Hi everyone,
I bought the phone on December from Gearbest and I have some issues. First of all the most important one, battery. For some days I've been noticing a very strange behavior, the battery might seem charged at 100% but may turn off at 60%. Also noticed that while charging it goes from 7% to about 34% within half an hour or less, then suddenly goes up to about 60%. I can't be sure anymore if the phone will last when I'm out. Also, sometimes when entering the battery menu, it says it has no available battery data and the diagram only shows it's current battery percent. What can I do to determine if it's an issue with the battery or the charger? Is there a way to calibrate the battery?
Secondly, the fingerprint issue I've had since day 1 but I thought it might be a software problem that an update would fix but that didn't help. I've never added a fingerprint because at the "add a finger" screen the graphic appears but won't recognise any move, after a bit the whole screen freezes and I push the home button to go back.
Any suggestions? I was so unlucky with this order and it was my first Chinese phone...next time I think I'll stick to the large brands...
I got my phone around 3 days ago and have been using it. I noticed there is a 4% decrease of battery overnight. Is this normal? I disable everything and leave dark mode on. I leave always on display only if tapped once and for 10 seconds. I also updated over the may update that fixes the fingerprint sensor.
Mine drops 3-4% overnight too. But I don't disable anything. Bluetooth, WiFi, nfc etc all left on..
Totally normal.
That is normal. But if you don't want it happening, checkout the Bixby routines. I still remember my Nexus 5 fondly; with custom Kernel and tuning, it only dropped like 1% in the whole night. But I don't want to do that anymore. It is also one of the reasons I got a 4500mah Battery phone.
I only lose 1% overnight but I do keep it in airplane mode. I also have a bixby routine to turn off some features overnight. If you're going to leave wifi and bluetooth on overnight you'll easily lose 3-4% or more, on any phone. I also only lose 1% on my Mate 20 overnight too but that's with a 4000mah.
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I got my phone around 3 days ago and have been using it. I noticed there is a 4% decrease of battery overnight. Is this normal? I disable everything and leave dark mode on. I leave always on display only if tapped once and for 10 seconds. I also updated over the may update that fixes the fingerprint sensor.
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You really whining over a 4% drain,some phones drain way more lol
I've tested this so many times and same results whether it's A12 or A13 with the September update. As a test I basically unplug the phone from the charger and immediately turn on Twitch and watch at 360 over WiFi non stop. I've done this dozens of times and it's my daily routine. It's not a battery drain issue. It's that the battery life from 100% - 90% come off ungodly at around 70 minutes of continuous streaming/screen on time. But for example 50% - 40% I get about 20 minutes. In the end my overall battery life seems normal for this phone but why is the percentage indicator so uncalibrated? Is there a way to fix it? It can really mislead you into thinking you have more battery life than you actually do.
I haven't had any problem with my percentage indicator ever in the last 10+ months. I have no idea what to suggest.
I find my screen on time using this phone is generally better than screen off with OSD, just sitting beside me on my desk with phone idle and mobile network idle, and obviously other wakelocks.
My Pixel 4XL sitting here all day as well, 4 days before I had to give it a charge, no sim only using wifi, before I used to get a day and a half with this phone.
Pixel 6 Pro lucky to get a day since the Jan 2022 images, for me the shipped Oct build was the best for wifi, lte and bluetooth and battery life by a long shot.
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I've tested this so many times and same results whether it's A12 or A13 with the September update. As a test I basically unplug the phone from the charger and immediately turn on Twitch and watch at 360 over WiFi non stop. I've done this dozens of times and it's my daily routine. It's not a battery drain issue. It's that the battery life from 100% - 90% come off ungodly at around 70 minutes of continuous streaming/screen on time. But for example 50% - 40% I get about 20 minutes. In the end my overall battery life seems normal for this phone but why is the percentage indicator so uncalibrated? Is there a way to fix it? It can really mislead you into thinking you have more battery life than you actually do.
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I've had this problem on Android phones for over 10 years now, the problem is more noticeable when the battery is larger in size AFAIK.
But yeah, my phone has the exact same thing, except my battery dies at 3% now already which is an actual issue
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I've had this problem on Android phones for over 10 years now, the problem is more noticeable when the battery is larger in size AFAIK.
But yeah, my phone has the exact same thing, except my battery dies at 3% now already which is an actual issue
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Right? After so long you would figure that it wouldn't be hard to make the battery percentage show you an accurate indication of where you're at. Unless they do it on purpose for some reason
Hey together. Same issue i had with android 12 on Januar this year. After many Updates has solved i think in April/may.
Now since android 13 i git the same Problems.
Here are a few examples.
- Flashlight turns on automatically
- the phone just calls people
- the camera goes on and film something or is just on
The cause is that the display wakes up when it is in your pocket. If you hold the Abs that activates tapping on the display, Solves many Problems.
Also rotate and the proximity sensor is again very unstable. So thinks the hands-free setup once again I hold it to the ear even though I have the mobile phone in front of my face. If I then hold it to the ear thinks it I have it in front of my face and turns on hands-free calling.
Another problem is the recognition whether you look at the display and it goes on, or The display stays on, then often the display is on for a long time even though I do not use it at all.
Exactly the same problem when lifting. Since it is in the pocket, the mobile phone wobbles permanently and the display is constantly on. Then the mobile phone likes to call emergency call contacts.
The easiest way is to disable these features, tap to wake up. Leave the display on when you can see if you are looking at it.