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Rapid Battery Drain - How can I improve?

My battery seems to be draining quite fast. I have removed a lot of bloatware, but I'm not getting the type of performance that others are getting.
It has lost 70% in 5 hours just doing a little browsing, watching a 20minute video and playing a game for half an hour. This was with Wifi on, and mobile data switched off, and background data switched off too.
I've had the device for a week now and I've charged it every day.
Any Ideas on how to improve it?

Bad4ss said:
My battery seems to be draining quite fast. I have removed a lot of bloatware, but I'm not getting the type of performance that others are getting.
It has lost 70% in 5 hours just doing a little browsing, watching a 20minute video and playing a game for half an hour. This was with Wifi on, and mobile data switched off, and background data switched off too.
I've had the device for a week now and I've charged it every day.
Any Ideas on how to improve it?
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Could well be your brightness level? Are you using autobrightness or is it on a fixed level (I hope its not fixed at 100%!)
If you use autobrightness try using an app like LUX auto brightness instead.

Bad4ss said:
My battery seems to be draining quite fast. I have removed a lot of bloatware, but I'm not getting the type of performance that others are getting.
It has lost 70% in 5 hours just doing a little browsing, watching a 20minute video and playing a game for half an hour. This was with Wifi on, and mobile data switched off, and background data switched off too.
I've had the device for a week now and I've charged it every day.
Any Ideas on how to improve it?
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If you are rooted get wakelock detector that will tell you what's up

Lennyuk said:
Could well be your brightness level? Are you using autobrightness or is it on a fixed level (I hope its not fixed at 100%!)
If you use autobrightness try using an app like LUX auto brightness instead.
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Thanks for that, I did have it on Auto brightness for the first few days, but the last few days I switched it off just in case it was that, but the problem remained. I will try LUX auto as you suggested.

jaythenut said:
If you are rooted get wakelock detector that will tell you what's up
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I am rooted, and thanks for the suggestion of that app - I will get it right now and test with it today, I'll let you know later how I get on.

My guess is a corrupted media file somewhere which is causing your media server to prevent the phone from going into deep sleep. When you go to settings , battery, is media the no 1 juice sucker?

Seifer1975 said:
My guess is a corrupted media file somewhere which is causing your media server to prevent the phone from going into deep sleep. When you go to settings , battery, is media the no 1 juice sucker?
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Yeah I got rid of the radio and media player from one of the homescreens as they showed quite heavily in wake up time. but the battery still kept draining fast.

Just buy another battery and enjoy the pleasures of experiencing a QHD beast I have 3 batteries (2 standard) and managed to strike a freebie on the 3rd battery ..

Showtek1980 said:
Just buy another battery and enjoy the pleasures of experiencing a QHD beast I have 3 batteries (2 standard) and managed to strike a freebie on the 3rd battery ..
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I wouldn't mind, but I just bought it 8 days ago, people are experiencing a lot longer battery life than I can.
Immediately just played a game and look how much has gone.
Why is Android system using up so much? I've even got location switched off and Google search etc. is deleted.

If 're not using Xposed Frameowrk for tweaks, looking into enabling ART - I did that and my battery life has been impressive.

nest75068 said:
If 're not using Xposed Frameowrk for tweaks, looking into enabling ART - I did that and my battery life has been impressive.
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I did try that, but it didn't work and the phone was a bit laggy. Why would android system take up 15% of whatever the battery uses? I'm getting so frustrated, I might do a factory reset.

Here is the picture of what is being used, down 40% in such a short time. :

Bad4ss said:
I did try that, but it didn't work and the phone was a bit laggy. Why would android system take up 15% of whatever the battery uses? I'm getting so frustrated, I might do a factory reset.
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Aosed to make things smoother not laggy
Sounds like you have something eating up massive resources.

nest75068 said:
Aosed to make things smoother not laggy
Sounds like you have something eating up massive resources.
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Must be, but I don't have any idea what it is:
Here is a screenshot a few minutes after the last screenshot - another 10% down, and I watched a 8 minute video:

Bad4ss said:
Must be, but I don't have any idea what it is:
Here is a screenshot a few minutes after the last screenshot - another 10% down, and I watched a 8 minute video:
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How long has that screen been on for?

A shot in the dark:
Do you skype? Skype was draining the battery down in the Nexus 7 2013 even when you were not using it. I disabled it and the battery improved greatly.
Another option:
It sounds to me that there's an app that is draining the battery down a whole lot. I would try to isolate that app (by deleting each one you downloaded one at a time) until you have found it.

IndianaBond said:
A shot in the dark:
Do you skype? Skype was draining the battery down in the Nexus 7 2013 even when you were not using it. I disabled it and the battery improved greatly.
Another option:
It sounds to me that there's an app that is draining the battery down a whole lot. I would try to isolate that app (by deleting each one you downloaded one at a time) until you have found it.
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I don't have skype, but I like your idea - I've gotten rid of almost all the bloatware stuff. What I think I'll do now is charge it to max. DO a factory reset and not allow Google to start downloading all my apps again.
Funny thing though - when I charged it last night and unplugged it for 3 hours it only dropped a couple of percent. It started dying rapidly after I opened up a few other apps.
What I'll do now is charge do a factory reset, then switch it off, then charge to max before turning it on again. When I first got it, it turned on as soon as I plugged it in. did the same happen for everyone?

What you might want to do is download Greenify on the play store. This will tell you what apps are running in the background and then it will turn them off (hibernate).

Bad4ss said:
My battery seems to be draining quite fast. I have removed a lot of bloatware, but I'm not getting the type of performance that others are getting.
It has lost 70% in 5 hours just doing a little browsing, watching a 20minute video and playing a game for half an hour. This was with Wifi on, and mobile data switched off, and background data switched off too.
I've had the device for a week now and I've charged it every day.
Any Ideas on how to improve it?
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Go to accounts and uncheck stuff u dont need synced

Bad4ss said:
I wouldn't mind, but I just bought it 8 days ago, people are experiencing a lot longer battery life than I can.
Immediately just played a game and look how much has gone.
Why is Android system using up so much? I've even got location switched off and Google search etc. is deleted.
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Make sure that you leave the battery charging for about 10-15 minutes more after your cradle light turns green. Sometimes the battery isn't fully charged despite the cradle light turning green. 30 minutes on a game shouldn't be using that much battery consumption.
I usually get about 10-12 hours or more on each of my batteries ( video calling, chatting, games and my 4g is turned on 90% of the time
Try this from Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en
You can read their reviews and install the app but don't download too many battery monitor apps Keep us posted after a few days of monitoring Good luck :good:

LG G4 Battery drain (Google play services, Viber, Android system, Cell standby)

Hello guys, im new to xda and this is my first thread so go easy on me,
I Have G4 H815 international version, upgraded from lollypop to mm as soon as lg rolled it out. Few months have passed with exellent battery, no problems at all. And then suddenly a month ago battery drain have started siriusly to impact on battery life, im talking about 1 hour screen on time, over night 20% standby drain while asleep ~7h. This is what i have tried:
-Bought a new battery - same drain
-Factory reset - nothing chaneged.
Note:
~30% Android system
~25% Google Play services
~12% Android OS
And then was Screen
So 2 weeks after, i have tried to delete updates of Google play services (version 8.4.89(2428711-440)) and disable.
Things got worse.
Battery barely charged, and done another factory reset, only installed WhatsApp and Viber, after which battery got about 15% better.
Note:
screen 29%
google play services 12%
Viber 10%
Android System 9%
Cell standby 9%
Android OS 5%
Disabled everything in hidden menu, but nothing still.
If anyone have any suggestions or thoughts feel free answer.
In advance thanks, im sorry for bad grammar, not my mother language and screenshots still dont know how to upload

Do you have GPS, nfc, auto-sync or mobile data always on?
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Gps, nfc are always turned off, thogh sync and data are always on as needed. On Gsam was showing GPS was on the whole time even if i turned them off in settings.

sirsomething said:
Do you have GPS, nfc, auto-sync or mobile data always on?
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Gps, nfc are always turned off, thogh sync and data are always on as needed. On Gsam was showing GPS was on the whole time even if i turned them off in settings.

Niblisa said:
Gps, nfc are always turned off, thogh sync and data are always on as needed. On Gsam was showing GPS was on the whole time even if i turned them off in settings.
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If you keep data and sync turned on during the night that must be the source of your battery drain. Those things are the biggest battery suckers. If you changed your carier that could also been the reason for the anormal battery drain because the signal reception could be worse than the one from your previous caries thus sucking more battery. I mean, if the signal is weak you end up losing more battery. If you keep data on while traveling on public transports that also sucks a lot of battery because the signal is constantly changing between 4g and 3g and that sucks balls.
Anyway, you have here several reasons. I don't exactly know the details of your battery history so you should consider my points and see if any fit your problem

Android System always higher ?

Guys got my OP3 few days back but what I'm noticing is that after 2-3 days that my Android System is higher then Screen usage which wasn't before. Never facing this kind of drain before on OP3 or on my Nexus 5 that I used to use before. Is there anything unusual? I'm attaching screenshot of better battery stats also please do look into them.

Anyone ?

I had the same issue resulting in terrible battery life since Android System was constantly working the CPU. It's probably due to the Oxygen OS kernel. I sent back my unit and asked for a replacement because I didn't want to install a custom ROM on a brand new phone just yet.

Same issue here, Android System uses more battery than my screen. Also it looks like the phone was awake all night tonight with screen off, so I had more standby drain.

This is most likely due to an app that has a rogue process running in the background constantly keeping gms awake. Try clearing data for the play store and turning off sync for any apps you have. See the drain overnight and report back.

Same problem here... "Android-System" is consuming the highest amount of all my other apps ...
My OP3 has a lifetime of about 6-8 hours ...

Yeah even it's the same for me... Even did a factory reset but didn't help
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Facing the same problem. Amplify Forcedoze and Greenify don't help

Turn off the auto sync. I am consistently getting 8hrs SOT. Using LTE and wifi.
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nickporwal said:
Turn off the auto sync. I am consistently getting 8hrs SOT. Using LTE and wifi.
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when you turn off auto sync, does whatsapp still work without having to manually sync every now and then? afaik, most of the social apps rely on this sync to function properly and having to manually sync every time for whatsapp or twitter would defeat its purpose.

sahirhussain said:
when you turn off auto sync, does whatsapp still work without having to manually sync every now and then? afaik, most of the social apps rely on this sync to function properly and having to manually sync every time for whatsapp or twitter would defeat its purpose.
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Whatsapp doesn't use sync to fetch messages. Sync is for syncing contacts on Whatsapp

guys try disabling ambient mode and see if that lowers the android system drain.
i'm checking it myself on my op3

That does not work for me. I have everything disabled - daydreams, ambient, proximity wake, Google now, now on tap, auto sync, oneplus launcher but android system continues to take up more battery even when the screen is off.
The Opskin package is included in Android system, maybe rendering the ui drains more battery

I think I fixed this by disabling "location" and/or "location determination" (DE: Standortbestimmung)

cruzs said:
I think I fixed this by disabling "location" and/or "location determination" (DE: Standortbestimmung)
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Nope ... not fixed

Question Deep sleep problems

hi friends
My oneplus 9 pro with11.2.3.3 During the night(8 hours) my phone consumes 15-20% battery, I bought it for a week and it is like this every night.
Anyone same problem?

rapboy91 said:
hi friends
My oneplus 9 pro with11.2.3.3 During the night(8 hours) my phone consumes 15-20% battery, I bought it for a week and it is like this every night.
Anyone same problem?
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check detailed battery consumption you should be able to tell which app is draining your battery

yosry said:
check detailed battery consumption you should be able to tell which app is draining your battery
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I can't understand because I only see applications that have consumed battery while using the phone.

rapboy91 said:
I can't understand because I only see applications that have consumed battery while using the phone.
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i will try to simplify it to you :
you will have to full charge your phone to 100% before going to sleep and just remove it from the charger just before sleeping and once you weak up go to battery usage and you can tell immediately what is draining your battery
you can also that ram boost is turned on
and turn off always on ambient display
hope this helps

Good idea thank you.
Ram boost is on
I wiil try to turn off Aod.

Have you got AOD enabled? I was getting the same usage with it enabled, turned it off cos it doesn't make that much of a difference.

Install betterbatterystats, give it required permissions via ADB and check what apps keep waking the phone up during night when you wake up. I see you are using telegram, I've seen someone having problems with it in terms of battery drain, try to set telegram to optimize battery drain (not intelligent), see if that helps.

DashDashCZ said:
Install betterbatterystats, give it required permissions via ADB and check what apps keep waking the phone up during night when you wake up. I see you are using telegram, I've seen someone having problems with it in terms of battery drain, try to set telegram to optimize battery drain (not intelligent), see if that helps.
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Ok I will try it I just looked at telegram usage in the background and it is very high
Is normal this whatsapp background use?

rapboy91 said:
Ok I will try it I just looked at telegram usage in the background and it is very high
Is normal this whatsapp background use?
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Definitely not, optimize it or intelligent. Here's mine.

DashDashCZ said:
Definitely not, optimize it or intelligent. Here's mine. View attachment 5290381
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but so the notifications don't arrive instantly or am I wrong?

rapboy91 said:
but so the notifications don't arrive instantly or am I wrong?
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I mainly use whatsapp for messaging, have it on intelligent control as you can see and the messages aren't delayed.

Ditch Whatscrap, FB, and such malware apps.
Turn off all power management as it causes all kinds of issues.
Cloud apps are bandwidth and battery horrors.
Goggle Firebase, disable as well as Transport.
Playstore disable until needed.
Google Play Services is a known battery hog, I keep it disabled 99% of the time.
On my Note 10+ SOT usage is about 9%@ hour browsing on Brave.
Less than 1%@hr with AOD always on.
Less than .5%@hr sleeping with AOD touch to view.
I'm running Pie on a stock AT&T N10+ using a package blocker and Karma Firewall to lock it down. It's heavily reconfigured.
It was a twitchy, hot running bandwidth eating battery hog.
Now it's a very stable, fast, cooling running dream device...
hell yeah

blackhawk said:
Ditch Whatscrap, FB, and such malware apps.
Turn off all power management as it causes all kinds of issues.
Cloud apps are bandwidth and battery horrors.
Goggle Firebase, disable as well as Transport.
Playstore disable until needed.
Google Play Services is a known battery hog, I keep it disabled 99% of the time.
On my Note 10+ SOT usage is about 9%@ hour browsing on Brave.
Less than 1%@hr with AOD always on.
Less than .5%@hr sleeping with AOD touch to view.
I'm running Pie on a stock AT&T N10+ using a package blocker and Karma Firewall to lock it down. It's heavily reconfigured.
It was a twitchy, hot running bandwidth eating battery hog.
Now it's a very stable, fast, cooling running dream device...
hell yeah
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Oh man, that's some hate! I have pretty similar battery performance without disabling anything and using WA Btw this is a OnePlus 9 Pro forum, not note 10+ forum.

DashDashCZ said:
Oh man, that's some hate! I have pretty similar battery performance without disabling anything and using WA Btw this is a OnePlus 9 Pro forum, not note 10+ forum.
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Not hate, awareness.
Cross platform to find new answers and ways.
If it works right out of the box... all the better

Question Xiaomi.eu 13.0.9 standby battery drain

My battery drains around 1.5% per hour even after turning off AOD and wake screen for notifications setting. When those settings were on, it was draining 3-4% per hour. Has anyone else noticed the same? Any suggestions to improve the standby drain?

Are these numbers with WiFi and mobile data on? Airplane mode off?

Wifi on. Data off. Airplane mode off.

I'm using a different ROM but I've experienced similar numbers. It's obviously better with WiFi off but that's possibly not the point

Disable battery scenarios , worked for me

heybaybee said:
I'm using a different ROM but I've experienced similar numbers. It's obviously better with WiFi off but that's possibly not the point
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No, other way around.
Being connected to a Wi-Fi is more efficient than Mobile Data Connectivity.

ApexPrime said:
My battery drains around 1.5% per hour even after turning off AOD and wake screen for notifications setting. When those settings were on, it was draining 3-4% per hour. Has anyone else noticed the same? Any suggestions to improve the standby drain?
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You could check the Running Services in Developer Options, and see what's running in the background.

cyanGalaxy said:
You could check the Running Services in Developer Options, and see what's running in the background.
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I can't find the option in developer options. I think it has been removed.

silvercrest said:
Disable battery scenarios , worked for me
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Will check tonight

under the battery or 3rd party like accubattery should show you what's draining it , Im on the EU weekly and have no such problems

You could try a Custom Kernel like Nexus Kernel
NotZeetaa, the dev behind Nexus Kernel also made a Magisk Module "BatterySaverMod v1.2" that can be found in the Nexus Telegram Group, which limits performance a little bit but reduces Power-consumption for active drain.

You could check with Activity Launcher from Play Store, if the settings-page "Running Services" still exists but may just be unlinked from Settings-GUI.

For me 5g stopped work since 13.0.7

I'm also experience battery drain in 13.0.9 and occasionally network failures. Many times calls ended and receive the message "network not availabe". I've done a factory reset. Will have to do it again
Till this rom have everything work perfectly

I used better battery stats and it showed that wifi had a lot of wakelocks and was preventing the phone from entering deep sleep. I turned off wifi and standby drain went to around 0.5% per hour. I think voice over wifi is the culprit here. I will observe the drain tonight with VoWifi off.

Cabeção-Flu said:
For me 5g stopped work since 13.0.7
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5g is pretty much useless anyway unless youre downloading very large files. It uses a lot of battery and makes the phone warm as well. I would suggest setting the preferred network type to 4g as it is more than enough for everyday use and saves battery as well.

You guys could use "Naptime" from Play Store. It supports ADB or Root.