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Huge battery drain

After upgraded to Android 6.0, the battery drain apparently is much higher. Especially while I am sleeping at night, I found the battery might go down to 2-7% from 50%. I have no idea if it is caused by the new Android 6.0 or any new app I installed. Can someone advise me how to ascertain it and fix it. Thanks!

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ScottXe said:
After upgraded to Android 6.0, the battery drain apparently is much higher. Especially while I am sleeping at night, I found the battery might go down to 2-7% from 50%. I have no idea if it is caused by the new Android 6.0 or any new app I installed. Can someone advise me how to ascertain it and fix it. Thanks!
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bulletproof is factory reset. normally stanby is strong side of mm, i get usually 2% overnight with wifi and sync always on. mm is weaker regarding battery during daily active usage.
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Perhaps you could try the app "Wakelock detector free" to see what applications are causing your trouble.

It's a common issue that's been present since lollipop...
It's probably Google Play services...
Go in Settings/privacy and search for google framework and play services and block them from starting on boot and autostarting.
Next thing you want to do is of course shut down WiFi/bluetooth/NFC or any other connection (just put it in airplane mode).
Another thing you want to do is downloading the Greenify app from the play store and hibernate EVERYTHING but the messaging apps (otherwise you won't receive any message.)
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S1luX said:
It's a common issue that's been present since lollipop...
It's probably Google Play services...
Go in Settings/privacy and search for google framework and play services and block them from starting on boot and autostarting.
Next thing you want to do is of course shut down WiFi/bluetooth/NFC or any other connection (just put it in airplane mode).
Another thing you want to do is downloading the Greenify app from the play store and hibernate EVERYTHING but the messaging apps (otherwise you won't receive any message.)
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There is no privacy under Settings. Can you provide greater detail how to get into privacy. Thanks!

ScottXe said:
After upgraded to Android 6.0, the battery drain apparently is much higher. Especially while I am sleeping at night, I found the battery might go down to 2-7% from 50%. I have no idea if it is caused by the new Android 6.0 or any new app I installed. Can someone advise me how to ascertain it and fix it. Thanks!
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I had something happen strange today. I went to bed with 100% when i woke up Fone only had 53% left never happened before it said it was fone idle 40% i dont understand why its never done it before
Also when i just clicked on fone idle it says its been on for 17 hours and fone been on battery for 19 hours i dont know how to stop it
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Are you sure you don't have privacy?
Well you can just use Greenify as i told you, it's pretty much the same...
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rowbaggie22 said:
I had something happen strange today. I went to bed with 100% when i woke up Fone only had 53% left never happened before it said it was fone idle 40% i dont understand why its never done it before
Also when i just clicked on fone idle it says its been on for 17 hours and fone been on battery for 19 hours i dont know how to stop it
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well that's exactly why i suggest you to use Greenify...something is keeping your device awake
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ScottXe said:
After upgraded to Android 6.0, the battery drain apparently is much higher. Especially while I am sleeping at night, I found the battery might go down to 2-7% from 50%. I have no idea if it is caused by the new Android 6.0 or any new app I installed. Can someone advise me how to ascertain it and fix it. Thanks!
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This issue is most of the time caused by fast dormancy.
Just disable it and u will be fine
Go to the hidden menu, type *#546368#*815# (replace 815 with ur model number, so 812 if u have the 812 model etc)
Then go to field test>Modem settings>PDP setting>0 and sellect fast dormancy off.
Reboot phone and you should be fine.
Report back, i'm kinda curious

ScottXe said:
After upgraded to Android 6.0, the battery drain apparently is much higher. Especially while I am sleeping at night, I found the battery might go down to 2-7% from 50%. I have no idea if it is caused by the new Android 6.0 or any new app I installed. Can someone advise me how to ascertain it and fix it. Thanks!
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Dunno what it should be under MM but 2-5% under L for 12 hours is normal. That's only 10% per day.
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Kaffer94 said:
This issue is most of the time caused by fast dormancy.
Just disable it and u will be fine
Go to the hidden menu, type *#546368#*815# (replace 815 with ur model number, so 812 if u have the 812 model etc)
Then go to field test>Modem settings>PDP setting>0 and sellect fast dormancy off.
Reboot phone and you should be fine.
Report back, i'm kinda curious
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Do this only after you have determined your network does not support fast dormancy. If it does and you disable it you will get more drain.
fast dormancy only applies to 3G. if you're on other G's and not connected to data it won't be doing anything.

One Twelve said:
Dunno what it should be under MM but 2-5% under L for 12 hours is normal. That's only 10% per day.
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Do this only after you have determined your network does not support fast dormancy. If it does and you disable it you will get more drain.
fast dormancy only applies to 3G. if you're on other G's and not connected to data it won't be doing anything.
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U might be right, though i faced this problem myself and i did solve it by disabling fast dormancy. Im never on 3g, constant 4g for me so...

Kaffer94 said:
U might be right, though i faced this problem myself and i did solve it by disabling fast dormancy. Im never on 3g, constant 4g for me so...
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Depends on what your sim settings are. Do you select 2/3/4g ?
In that case if the network signal is weak it will switch to 3g. Now if your 3G network does not support fast dormancy, then disabling it in the hidden menu will help. The problem with hidden menu settings is they dont stick after a reboot. So i suppose you need root to make them permanent.

Cellular data battery drain

Hello everyone!
I don't know why, but since last week the battery drains faster than it has before. There is no apparent reason for it. There is only one anomaly, one process that seems to use a lot of the cellular network, and that is the WhatsApp...
How can I examine this further on an unrooted phone??
Thx in advanced !

If the cellular network at your place is weak, your phone will use more power energy to maintain network connection. In such case, I think you'd better install the app named Greenify to stop Whatsapp from background running.

tphg said:
If the cellular network at your place is weak, your phone will use more power energy to maintain network connection. In such case, I think you'd better install the app named Greenify to stop Whatsapp from background running.
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That's the thing... It's not weak. It just drains the battery more than it had before for some unknown and not apparent reason at all.

i was having a problem like that, i turned up mobile data and using only whatsapp, with a big battery drain, the solution for me was disable fast telephony from the hidden menu in the telephone and now the problem is gone

I guess "fast telephony" = "fast dormancy", right?
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Demon_360x said:
i was having a problem like that, i turned up mobile data and using only whatsapp, with a big battery drain, the solution for me was disable fast telephony from the hidden menu in the telephone and now the problem is gone
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Will try that. Thanks!

raied115 said:
Will try that. Thanks!
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Let us know if it works.
Disabling fast dormancy is ok if your carrier does not implement it otherwise if they do you want it on. Given your problem happened suddenly i doubt that is the reason.
When people have problems with whats app. clear cache or failing that, reinstalling the app has fixed it.

One Twelve said:
Let us know if it works.
Disabling fast dormancy is ok if your carrier does not implement it otherwise if they do you want it on. Given your problem happened suddenly i doubt that is the reason.
When people have problems with whats app. clear cache or failing that, reinstalling the app has fixed it.
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Well, it doesn't seem to have any effect on the usage of mobile data of the WhatsApp app...
Also clearing the cache and uninstalling and reinstalling the app didn't have the desired effect.
Any other solutions?

@spartan do you have any ideas ?

Marshmallow OTA Loaded With Bugs

After months of waiting for AT&T to update our $700 phones, the update is quite buggy. Are there fixes out for the various problems with Marshmallow?
1. WIFI connectivity comes and goes. It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of connectivity bugs for power users on a phone with no removable media. My WIFI connects to a network (usually, but not always) but it won't stay connected long. It will drop out and reconnect seemingly when it so chooses. It does seem to work to force a reconnect by cycling WIFI on and off. This bug is horrible.
2. Battery drain is not something I've complained about on this phone til now. If I don't KEEP my phone in ultra battery conservation mode, with regular use the battery lasts a couple of hours TOPS.
3. Mobile data connectivity is now buggy as well. Like the WIFI, it comes and goes. Though it is more consistent than the WIFI.
4. Facebook disconnects constantly. I don't know if this is only because of the mobile data and WIFI connectivity issues or if it is a specific app problem with Marshmallow as well as the WIFI/network issue.
What bugs are you all seeing and are there fixes available?

I agree with 1 and 3. Way to many times to reboot. I like the one that was snuck out from underneath them.
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Did you guys do a factory reset?
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whmgreen said:
Did you guys do a factory reset?
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Yes, most of us wiped multiple times. This update is garbage. I was the one who told many to do a reset or clear cache on the sideload. That fixed all issues on PE5, the PE6 OTA is the worst update I have seen from any company ever. I have all of the mentioned issues with wifi, screen staying on, and EXTREME battery drain. This must be a joke and AT&T is probably laughing at us all.
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PE6 on my phone with no problems

TechNyne66 said:
PE6 on my phone with no problems
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Sideload or OTA?
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I would do some investigating, everything is great here. I'm actually getting much better idle time.
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_atlien_ said:
After months of waiting for AT&T to update our $700 phones, the update is quite buggy. Are there fixes out for the various problems with Marshmallow?
1. WIFI connectivity comes and goes. It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of connectivity bugs for power users on a phone with no removable media. My WIFI connects to a network (usually, but not always) but it won't stay connected long. It will drop out and reconnect seemingly when it so chooses. It does seem to work to force a reconnect by cycling WIFI on and off. This bug is horrible.
2. Battery drain is not something I've complained about on this phone til now. If I don't KEEP my phone in ultra battery conservation mode, with regular use the battery lasts a couple of hours TOPS.
3. Mobile data connectivity is now buggy as well. Like the WIFI, it comes and goes. Though it is more consistent than the WIFI.
4. Facebook disconnects constantly. I don't know if this is only because of the mobile data and WIFI connectivity issues or if it is a specific app problem with Marshmallow as well as the WIFI/network issue.
What bugs are you all seeing and are there fixes available?
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Sorry to hear that playa ..I took the ota.. and I've had no issues at all..actually.. It's 10x better

Check out these stats

I took the OTA as well and it has been awesome! No problems at all and everything is much better than when I was on Lollipop.
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ToxicDev said:
Sideload or OTA?
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There both the same but I'm running sideload

Sorry to hear about your problems. PE6 on mine via sideload with full factory defaults so not sure if you will accept this as a comparison. Did a full backup and restore with Samsung Smart Switch to try and maintain as much as my previous apps/config as possible. However, since upgrading, my phone has been very stable and battery life has increased quite a bit. Old firmware, battery would be 36%-ish by end of day and with PE6 seeing it at 56%-ish now so very happy there. As for the data connectivity issue, my wifi has been very solid and mobile data connectivity has been solid as well but didn't have an issue on lolli either. I don't do Facebook so nothing to compare there. Over all, I am very happy with the upgrade.

Received as OTA, cannot detect any problems the OP is having on my own device.
Was having a small issue with Wifi turning itself off once upon reboot after installing Good Lock, but it doesn't seem to be doing that any longer. Battery was a bit unwell after OTA and setup but has settled to 0.5%/hr resting drain now.
Looking good to me.

I took the Ota. Only bug I've found is settings crash when selecting theme from the android settings.
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And I thought my device was the problem....I'm having same issues with wifi and data signal after mm ota so I called for replacement through warranty will see how it works out.
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The only observation I have after the OTA update on my is #3 the battery. MM seems to drain a battery a little quicker, but at the same time my Note 5 is much snappier and more enjoyable to use. I decided to installed PD 6.x per some users here suggested. That took care of the battery. Other than that, I don't see any other issues OP mentioned.
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I had a bad android system battery drain... used ABD to do a batterystats dump and discovered it was Google Backup causing a major wakelock all day long. Every single day since updating... I disabled Google Backup in the Backup and Reset menu in settings... rebooted into recovery mode... cleared Cache... rebooted again... battery life has been almost double since.

double07 said:
The only observation I have after the OTA update on my is #3 the battery. MM seems to drain a battery a little quicker, but at the same time my Note 5 is much snappier and more enjoyable to use. I decided to installed PD 6.x per some users here suggested. That took care of the battery. Other than that, I don't see any other issues OP mentioned.
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What is PD 6.x?

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What is PD 6.x?
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Package Disabler pro ver 6.3. I just did disable all blotawares. I am sure there is other good similar app, I just happened to try PD. It seems to do the trick for me.
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Now this evening I've been getting, "Sim Card has been removed. Restart your phone." Could my Sim be bad?
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Opinions on Datally?

Did a few searches but couldn't find much mention of it. Are you guys using it and finding it actually helps?

I immediately removed it as soon as it asked for permission to enable a vpn. I use OpenVPN full time on my home router for all devices behind it, and I have OpenVPN configured to automatically enable/disable on the phone using Tasker and OpenVPN Tasker Plugin, I know what apps use background data and what does not, so no need for me. I have three apps that watch data as secondary functions, and therefore tell me what apps are using it the most. I'm more aware and informed I guess than the average user., so it is a step back in control for me.

Pkt_Lnt said:
I immediately removed it as soon as it asked for permission to enable a vpn. I use OpenVPN full time on my home router for all devices behind it, and I have OpenVPN configured to automatically enable/disable on the phone using Tasker and OpenVPN Tasker Plugin, I know what apps use background data and what does not, so no need for me. I have three apps that watch data as secondary functions, and therefore tell me what apps are using it the most. I'm more aware and informed I guess than the average user., so it is a step back in control for me.
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Other than you already having a VPN, is there an issue with datally enabling a VPN?

mlin said:
Other than you already having a VPN, is there an issue with datally enabling a VPN?
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Datally only uses a VPN locally in order to monitor data usage according to what I've read.
VPN
When Data Saver is turned on, Datally creates a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) on your phone to help you understand and control your mobile data usage. The VPN allows Datally to stop apps from using mobile data when you don’t want them to. When you turn Data Saver off, the VPN also turns off.
Note: The Datally VPN is only on your phone. It doesn’t redirect your Internet traffic to any other servers or locations. Google doesn't receive the data in your VPN.
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thenags said:
Datally only uses a VPN locally in order to monitor data usage according to what I've read.
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Okay, so it doesn't provide any of the privacy advantages of a standard VPN service?

mlin said:
Okay, so it doesn't provide any of the privacy advantages of a standard VPN service?
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No, it's just meant for data/battery savings.
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I do know that Google WiFi Assistant VPN conflicts with my OpenVPN when both try to connect at once. I've disabled the wifi Assistant VPN as unnecessary. As to Datally, I don't know, since I never fully enabled it before uninstall.
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thenags said:
No, it's just meant for data/battery savings.
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If you use just the data saver that is built in to the system, it will save battery.
But wouldn't having a VPN on all the time negate the battery you save of using less data? Vs just using data saver to block apps you don't want to use data except when they are in the foreground or if they have otherwise been granted unrestricted data use when data saver is on.
You can use another app to monitor how much data each app is consuming. The apps already monitor it so the other app would actually just be reading something that is already recorded, so it should not use much more battery.

I've only had the phone a few days but installed Datally right away and my battery life has been unbelievable. Going to turn it off today and see how it goes.
I did install Doze 4 GPS too.
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Mi9SE with always ON VPN

I would like to know how is your experience with using VPN on mi9se. I have setup surfshark VPN app on my mi9se to be always on. But I'm very disappointed with the performance. The phone just slows down to a point that it becomes useless unless I disable the VPN.
These are the settings I have setup :
Battery optimization : No restrictions
Always on enabled under VPN settings.
Background start enabled
Auto start enabled
App locked in recents screen
Mobile data disabled during screen off set to disabled.
With these similar settings the same app runs excellent on my oneplus 5t.
Is anyone using VPN with this phone? How have you set it up and what's your experience with the phone speed?
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No problems with PIA. I'm not using always on, I enable it when I need it.

Even though I am not using PIA (i have expressvpn), but it seems to slow the phone down with their native app, but openvpn seems to make it a little better. Also more consistent connection.

kennethhall250 said:
I am also a Surfshark user. It works well on Mi9SE and I haven't face any problem yet. You should check, maybe the problem is something else.
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Which rom are you using and how is the battery life?
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