Hi all,
I'm a little at my wits end trying to find a solution to battery drain issue since I rooted my HTC One M8. I was on stock 4.4.2 when I rooted and installed TWRP recovery. I installed stock recovery from 4.4.4 OTA and upgraded to 4.4.4 - followed by reflash TWRP, battery issue still the same. I have modified system\etc\permissions\platform.xml to give apps write access to my sd card and gone back to stock recovery but no change
Prior to rooting, with fairly heavy daily usage, the battery would last at least 14hours but since rooting and similar usage I'm lucky to get 7-8 hours most days battery is gone just after lunch from 8 in the morning. Right now battery usage for the last hour is Google Services 61% Android system 27% Android OS 29% Cell Standby 3% Phone Idle 2% , in the last 6 hours Google Services has averaged 42% with the rest being mostly the same. I have done many searches for info on what might be causing this issue and have tried any solution I have come across but without success. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
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Hi!
So I have updated my unrooted Note 2 to version 4.1.2 and below describes what happened:
1. Battery drain very fast, can't even last 24 hours. The battery details show "Android System" chugging all my battery juices.
2. On 2nd day, I tried "Factory reset" on Settings menu but still my battery drains very fast by "Android System".
3. On 4th day, I installed Kies on my PC and did the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization". Noticed an improvement in battery life but after 4 hours, I noticed "Android OS" is now taking his turn to chug all my battery juices.
4. On 5th day, woke up and noticed battery drained >20% by "Android OS".
5. 6th day (today), I did another "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" on Kies and now I noticed "Android System" took over and took over >29% battery usage in under 1 hour.
6. Now, I am running "Firmware Upgrade and Initilization" for the 3rd time and is hoping for the best.
Question:
Should I root my device and downgrade to 4.1.1? Before update to 4.1.2, it can last almost 2 days.
Thanks for your help!!
I had a similar problem and discovered that "gpsd" on my phone was causing the drain. This system also required other systems whiqh together used about 45% of the battery. The "gpsd" is the system samsung uses to track your phone (if you have enabed it). It did not cause this drain on my phone prior to the update.
I hope this helps.
Thanks...
Dmwitz said:
I had a similar problem and discovered that "gpsd" on my phone was causing the drain. This system also required other systems whiqh together used about 45% of the battery. The "gpsd" is the system samsung uses to track your phone (if you have enabed it). It did not cause this drain on my phone prior to the update.
I hope this helps.
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Hey thanks for your input. Would you be able to explain in more details on how to disable this "gpsd" thing you mentioned?
I would like to try it out myself
I disabled all samsung apps, and several others including google now and location services.
Still a massive battery drain.
Very annoying..
it is said 4.12 drain faster than 4.1.1
bawffg85 said:
it is said 4.12 drain faster than 4.1.1
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Much much faster
I hope Samsung fix this issue, and quick! I don't like my phone losing a minimum of 20% overnight.
I have no battery drain issues (yet) on the 4.1.2 could be just the vocal minority experiencing it or idk.
EarlZ said:
I have no battery drain issues (yet) on the 4.1.2 could be just the vocal minority experiencing it or idk.
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How much battery do you lose overnight?
EarlZ said:
I have no battery drain issues (yet) on the 4.1.2 could be just the vocal minority experiencing it or idk.
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On average I also don't observe a significant overall battery drain. Am currently projecting about 7-8 hours of screen time which is about the same as with before. Also having the same very low overnight drain.
However a few oddities:
Android system is higher on the battery charts than in 4.1.1.
I was playing nfs_mw before and after the update, and there is a significant increase in battery drain in 4.1.2. A full battery used to give over 4 hours of gametime, now gives just over 1 hour.
I've also not seem anyone else mentioning this and I'm not sure if this is related to battery but:
4.1.2 is absolutely perfect butter smooth
Every animation and transition had been completely fluid and going from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 was like upgrading from 50% to 100% project butter.
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HypoDest said:
I was playing nfs_mw before and after the update, and there is a significant increase in battery drain in 4.1.2. A full battery used to give over 4 hours of gametime, now gives just over 1 hour.
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That's brutal. Were you able to confirm this over several days of gameplay ? Can you post screenshots of your battery stats screen?
fade2black101 said:
How much battery do you lose overnight?
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Mine after upgrade to 4.1.2 took 7,5 hours during night to drain battery to 89%...
On 4.1.1 it was about 3 - 4%. I'm downgrading...
emotion rom 2.0 is the solution
nabilsweet007 said:
emotion rom 2.0 is the solution
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why is that?
I have downgraded but version 4.1.1 doesn't give me the option to switch to 2G only data mode!! Only 2G/3G/4G or 3G only!
This is essential as where I live my 3G keeps cutting out, and I get frequent loss of service. Is there any way to get this option back???
Roughly about 1% per 7-8hours depending on the current battery level, are you losing more ?
I downgraded to 4.1.1 by downloading the appropriate firmware from sammobile.com and flashing as pda with odin. I then flashed the perseus kernel which has the sudden death bug fix built in. Perseus is not prerooted but it doesn't have to be, at least it protects the phone from sudden death as I had the faulty chip in mine. I got 40 hours standby and 4 hours screen on out of it now, all accounts syncing with Google now and Samsung tracking service. happy to have switched back to 4.1.1, all I miss is the snappier s note from 4.1.2.
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Hello guys I have this problem also In my note 2 after updating to 4.1.2 my battery drain like 10% for 20 min in idle
Factory reset dosen't solve the problem
I just wipe data and cache from recovery mode beleive me now its better than before I am using it for 1 day 14 hours I still have 49% on heavy usage with H+ connection
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Hope it get fixed soon...
Last night I disabled "Google Location Services". It is under Settings > Accounts > Google > Location Settings
This is what I noticed.
Before I sleep, after I finished charging at 16min my Android Services spiked up almost 50%...
When I woke up, this is what I saw... 9% total drain and Android Services went up to 54%...
Not too bad comparing to a few days ago when I first updated.
So is there anything I can do without needing to root my phone?
Thanks!
hannarecord said:
Hello guys I have this problem also In my note 2 after updating to 4.1.2 my battery drain like 10% for 20 min in idle
Factory reset dosen't solve the problem
I just wipe data and cache from recovery mode beleive me now its better than before I am using it for 1 day 14 hours I still have 49% on heavy usage with H+ connection
Sent from my GT-N8000 using xda premium
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I have the same problem like You
Can confirm this issue. Used to get 5-6 hours screen on time on 4.1.1 on a normal day (moderate to heavy usage).
Now I can't even reach 3 hours on 4.1.2. I already did a hard reset. No change.
Can installing a custom ROM solve this?
Sideloaded the ZVG update a few days ago, did a factory reset, and set up my phone. Everything was working great and I loved the update... until I noticed yesterday that the phone now takes much longer to charge. Previously, using a 2A charger, it would charge at roughly 1% per min, but now it seems to be more like 1% per 2-3 mins. Not sure if this is on purpose to extend battery longevity or an actual bug in the update. Either way, it's kind of annoying. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this.
Yes I've noticed it, but I think if you were in another non stock ROM. You would have modified kernel that may have had a quicker charging installed in it.
I noticed the same thing yesterday. I have been on stock rom, with only root, since the announced that we were getting LP. Another thing that I noticed, my battery life has gone to hell in the last couple of days. As an example, I unplugged my phone this morning at 6am (100%) and by 8:15am my phone was down to 65% and I was barely using my phone during that time. A couple of co workers have the G3 with Verizon and they were telling me that their battery life had gotten bad after the update. So for about a week and a half (I updated on the 27th) everything was running normal and now charging takes longer and battery last shorter. My next step is to back up my data and reset the phone.
I just did a search on this problem. It seems that all of the LG G2s & G3s are having the same issue since the Lollipop upgrade regardless of carrier. LG needs to release a fix for all of these issues ASAP or their current users won't stay LG users for much longer. I for one was planning on getting the G4 but if they don't fix this problem soon I will be forced to change phones before it is released on Sprint.
I'm not having any of these issues.
I've had my phone unplugged for just under 15 hours and it went from 100% to 63% in that time with a SOT of 2 hours. Granted I do Greenify practically everything and only use the radios when I need them
It does seem to take longer to charge but that is not an issue for me.
Did you sideload ZVG or take the OTA to ZVG? There are some people who have said that the OTA is what is causing problems... I sideloaded ZVG BTW.
I am very upset with low battery life. It holds the charge ok while I am not doing anything, but overheats when I use the internet, GPS or camera. Power loss is about 20% per hour, which is unacceptable. I am shocked how come they can even bring such products to the market.
I recall that power consumption significanlty increased when I upgraded Sony Xperia Z1 from Android 4.4 to 5.
I have a rooted LG G4.
I want to install android 4.4 on it. Is it possible to install standard version of Android 4.4 or the phone will stop working?
I can definitely relate to the bad battery life, I lose 20%+ when using my phone during my lunch break, it's insane.
Unfortunately the bootloader is locked with no workaround currently, so there is no way to flash custom ROMs. If there was, you'd be hard pressed to find a developer working on an older Android OS as most tend to use the stock ROM and customize it or use a newer version of AOSP Android.
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I can definitely relate to the bad battery life, I lose 20%+ when using my phone during my lunch break, it's insane.
Unfortunately the bootloader is locked with no workaround currently, so there is no way to flash custom ROMs. If there was, you'd be hard pressed to find a developer working on an older Android OS as most tend to use the stock ROM and customize it or use a newer version of AOSP Android.
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Thank you for information. I hope they will come up with something, like downgrade capability or Android 5 fix.
Go into battery stats and see what's draining your battery. Try installing GSAM battery monitor or BetteryBatteryStats.
Maybe you have email set up to constantly check or something else, but there is something draining the battery. Your drain is not normal.
I am getting easily 24 hours between charges. I'm getting a few hours of screen on time each day. My battery drain overnight is about 1% or 2% per hour. For example, I may go from 78% to 68% overnight. I think that's high because I had my G3 on Lollipop doing 2% or so most nights. I leave on WiFi and data all night.
hey guys, i installed marshmallow with twrp and root.. debloated. battery on standby is great but i get average time of max 3 hours SOT when on the same usage i got 4.5 on Lollipop. ive waited a week then tried to factory reset and didnt help battery is draining as soon as i use it. tried BBS but nothing seems odd. any idea? thanks!
I got my HTC 10 about 7 month ago and I was really happy with it until three or four days ago that I have no idea why my phone started to drain drastically even when I'm not using it at all.
I'm not a heavy user, I have never even installed a game.
I repeat, I was completely satisfied with the battery.
Most of days I used it for 2 days and still having 10 % remaining.
Until 3 or 4 days ago I noticed that my phone is draining way too much rapidly.
I did everything that I could think of but nothing got better.
Yesterday I reset factory the phone, and just installed less than 10 essential apps (I used to have more than 50 apps on my phone before this) and I have restricted their access to network.
Last night I fully charged it and shut everything off. No Wi-Fi, no data, no nothing. Even I turned on the power saving mode. When I got up in the morning the battery percentage was 28% while my phone used to use less than 5% during nights.
I checked battery usage details and the results were shocking:
Android OS 55%
Android system 24%
Phone idle 11%
Only 1 app had used the battery and it was:
Telegram 1%
What should I do?
This change hasn't been gradually so I'd say "okay my phone is used out and old! "
This change "just" happened. I have no idea why.
Please someone give me some advice.
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I got my HTC 10 about 7 month ago and I was really happy with it until three or four days ago that I have no idea why my phone started to drain drastically even when I'm not using it at all.
I'm not a heavy user, I have never even installed a game.
I repeat, I was completely satisfied with the battery.
Most of days I used it for 2 days and still having 10 % remaining.
Until 3 or 4 days ago I noticed that my phone is draining way too much rapidly.
I did everything that I could think of but nothing got better.
Yesterday I reset factory the phone, and just installed less than 10 essential apps (I used to have more than 50 apps on my phone before this) and I have restricted their access to network.
Last night I fully charged it and shut everything off. No Wi-Fi, no data, no nothing. Even I turned on the power saving mode. When I got up in the morning the battery percentage was 28% while my phone used to use less than 5% during nights.
I checked battery usage details and the results were shocking:
Android OS 55%
Android system 24%
Phone idle 11%
Only 1 app had used the battery and it was:
Telegram 1%
What should I do?
This change hasn't been gradually so I'd say "okay my phone is used out and old! "
This change "just" happened. I have no idea why.
Please someone give me some advice.
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That doesn't sound right at all. I had a similar experience recently and sent it for repair, it's possible it's hardware related. Is quick charge working ?
Mine was apparently due to a corrupted OS which is odd as I did 2 factory resets and 3 ruu's prior to sending it back. It's fine now but I don't understand why the ruu didn't fix the corrupt OS.
I assumed mine was hardware related and possibly due to faulty usb port as quick charge didn't work consistently, but apparently not. Sorry to not be much help but you could try an ruu which would be more thorough than a reset ( it's quite straightforward if you find the right one for your device )
timbohobbs said:
That doesn't sound right at all. I had a similar experience recently and sent it for repair, it's possible it's hardware related. Is quick charge working ?
Mine was apparently due to a corrupted OS which is odd as I did 2 factory resets and 3 ruu's prior to sending it back. It's fine now but I don't understand why the ruu didn't fix the corrupt OS.
I assumed mine was hardware related and possibly due to faulty usb port as quick charge didn't work consistently, but apparently not. Sorry to not be much help but you could try an ruu which would be more thorough than a reset ( it's quite straightforward if you find the right one for your device )
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Thank you for your reply.
The strangest of all is that everything JUST happened !
I mean no gradual change !
I love HTC but I'm deeply disappointed right now.
Have you tried factory reset ? If your phone is in warranty visit a nearby service center and if your phone is rooted install BBS and post dumpfile.
rajkatiyar07 said:
Have you tried factory reset ? If your phone is in warranty visit a nearby service center and if your phone is rooted install BBS and post dumpfile.
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In his OP he says he did a factory reset.
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I would download accubattery app and see where your battery is at. I bought my device when it came out and I'm down to 81% unfortunately now.
Are you rooted, S-OFF or anything like that?
I would run a full wipe RUU
andybones said:
In his OP he says he did a factory reset.
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I would download accubattery app and see where your battery is at. I bought my device when it came out and I'm down to 81% unfortunately now.
Are you rooted, S-OFF or anything like that?
I would run a full wipe RUU
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Gsam would most likely be the better option to see what exactly is the thing causing the battery drain
bilibox said:
Gsam would most likely be the better option to see what exactly is the thing causing the battery drain
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Better?
Who's to say.
No reason both can't be used.
OP does say "I checked battery usage details and the results were shocking:
Android OS 55%
Android system 24%
Phone idle 11%
Only 1 app had used the battery and it was:
Telegram 1%"
Which is why I suggest to see the battery health.