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[Q] Android OS Causing High Battery Usage

Not sure if this is a bug or something, but my Android OS usage is extremely high from 40-50%. Also the Android OS always is downloading something, my wifi icon is always downloading when on wifi, but it doesn't when I'm on a mobile network. Is anybody else having the same issues? Also my auto-sync is only for my Google account which includes Gmail, Calendar, Contacts and Google Music. See the attachments for usage statistics.

Install BetterBatteryStats (there's a free xda version available), do some reading on how to use it, and you'll find your issue easily.

Make sure all bloatware is removing from your phone, that did the trick for me.. I get 22-24 hours of usage.. on 4G of course.

I have the same problem here. Android OS uses most of the battery, whereas display only uses 20-30%, kind of weird
But the phone still gives me power for all day long
sent from my Optimus G E971

All my bloatware is removed, I got factory unlocked so I don't have the usual carrier stuff. Think I'm going to root and flash the AOSP rom onto my phone.

Its an error in reporting with ICS, it is not actually draining.

Android OS using up all the data

Hi guys,
I am new this data usage thing, there is this app called Android OS that uses up all the data on the background. I restricted background activities but that conserved little data, any idea why Android OS is using up the data?.
I can't even use any data when I am outside my wifi, my provider charges extra for going over the cap.
Please help
Thanks

That is your operating system.
Yes, they hang low

Turn off Google backup services and see if that helps.

[Q] Google Services using massive data constantly... what's going on here?

Ever since upgrading to Lollipop (5.0.1), my G3 has been consuming vast quantities of mobile data (much more than it does on Wi-Fi) , at a rate that is threatening even my 1GB monthly cap. I have never had this issue with this phone before upgrading, nor with any other phone I have owned, and I can't find any resources about it online. It appears to use small amounts of data (a few KB) continuously throughout the day, not in large chunks, so it is not Google trying and failing to download a software update like come CM users have seen.
I uninstalled every app that I did not have before the Lollipop upgrade, as well as any potentially troublesome apps, to no avail. Then I tried booting into safe mode, removing all my synced accounts except the main Google one, turning off sync for that account, turning off data backup, clearing the caches of all my apps, and not opening any non-stock apps for a day. Even with all that, it still ran through a few megs in just an afternoon. Turning everything back on and setting accounts back up did not increase or decrease the data consumption. Restricting its background data does stop it from using mobile data, but it also seriously cripples my device (Play store stops working, sync stops working, calendar etc. stop working...)
I attached screenshots that show its data usage. It decreased considerably around June 9th because I finally got Wi-Fi in my room. But even still, it continues to eat my data for no apparent reason. I REALLY want to avoid a factory reset (and I doubt it would help anyway, since it was factory reset for the upgrade, and running everything completely stock doesn't help).
Can anyone give me some ideas here?
Info about the phone:
Model: LG-D851 (T-Mobile)
Android version: 5.0.1 (stock, rooted)
Kernel version: 3.4.0
Software version: D85120b
Network: olleh (South Korea, the same SIM card I used with the phone before the upgrade)
Google Play Services version: 7.5.71 (1955121-430)
Google Services Framework/Google Account Manager versions: 5.0.1-1602158

Hey, try limiting background data. There should be a tick above the usage graph.
Also many people have problems after upgrading to lollipop, including me, you should try factory reset. I had like half of my apps broken and frequent crashes after upgrading.
Martin

SareMa96 said:
Hey, try limiting background data. There should be a tick above the usage graph.
Also many people have problems after upgrading to lollipop, including me, you should try factory reset. I had like half of my apps broken and frequent crashes after upgrading.
Martin
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Hi Martin, thanks for the reply. I'm trying to avoid restricting background data because I often have to go long stretches without Wi-Fi, and a lot of my apps stop working properly if background data is restricted. And I don't want to factory reset because it takes me days to set my phone back up to how it was.

High data use by Android OS in background

Hi, have the HTC One M8 running the 5.1.1 Cynide L Rom. Recently my ISP warned me, that I had used 600MB of traffic in a few hours, I was asked to pay 264.-€ for exceeding my mobile data plan. The shock led me to check my data usage and I was horrified to see that over the last months my HTC Android OS had been draining 17-21 GB per month of online data traffic in "background data", which also kills my fixed line traffic quota. I have 2 other Android devices which do not show this issue.
This is more than a nuisance, it costs me real money,and I have to repair that. Anybody have any ideas, what on earth is happening in the "Android OS background"?
I have checked for viruses and bots, I have switched off background data and I have installed AFWall to disable those unwanted downloads. But of course if I disable internet access or the OS, my smartphone is barely functional. So I am desperately looking for another solution.

Huawei - excessive mobile data usage (huawei system app ?!! ) - P20

Hello together,
actually till now i was a silent reader and never had any big issues, but the topic i have since Saturday giving me question marks all over and i would kindly ask if any of you guys have any (even litte) ideas--
I'm using a Huawei P20 and had excessive mobile data usage the last 7 days, coming up with my provider's mail "You have used up to 80%" ...
What I found out so far:
6GB Download Usage / 100Mbyte Upload Usage
under "System & Services" as "General" - so not really helpful.
19. Juni ~ 1,76 GB
25. Juni ~ 0,8 GB
26. Juni ~ 4,3 GB
27. Juni ~ 1 GB
What i checked so far:
1) System update
Should not be the point - my P20 runs with version 10.0.0.185 (that is dated 2020) and Upload via WLAN is enabled
2) Google Play Updates & Huawei AppStore
Should anyhow show up as separate app but even if, update via WLAN only is enabled
3) Virus / Malware
Should also not be the point. Which virus downloads over 6GB data, i'm using bitdefender since 24. June and i'm a dev by myself, so not that easy that i install viruses or malwares ..
To go closer to what app it is i started to limit my bandwitdh to 300Mb and turned of my wifi since yesterday. Also using the app "data counter widget" helps to at least figure out what falls under "General".
Current situation
The only thing i could find out is that the app "com.huawei.iconnect" (Geräteverbindungsservice) have used like 40Mb Mobile traffic today. ( Download ! )
No other app i found, at least not today. And it seems the data which shows under "Energy usages" is only countable for the current day, not the days before..
Does anyone of you guys have other ideas to track down the issue or did anyone encounter something similar?

Hi, I have same problem. Did you find a solution for that problem?

Hi Daven,
i'm still in contact with the Huawei Support, even the technical one, but they did not yet gave me an exact reason why this was happening.
It seems indeed to be the "com.huawei.iconnect" app that is responsible for that.
Support told me that this app is responsible for updates, but that sounds a bit vague to me.
They told me to deactivate "Background data" for the apps:
1) AppGallery
2) PlayStore
3) System updates.
But, they are already set to only download by Wifi.
I did not exactly what they told me to do. What i tried was disabling Mobile data for "HMS Core". And at least in the last 3 days i did not had any excessive usage of "com.huawei.iconnect".
But that might not be the solution.
I will also deactivate mobile traffic for all huawei apps and see if it works for longer time.
Did you check if it's also that app responsible for it? How much data usage you had? And i guess you set all the app and system updates to Wifi only ?
What i did so far that seems to work ( for now )
1.) I deactivate mobile and roaming for the apps:
- HMS Core
- HMS Service framework
- Systemupdates
- AppAssistent
- AppGallery
2.) Setting a daily mobile download limit to be able to act before it happens again
Anyway, absolutely amazing that you buy an not so cheap phone and after 2 / 3 years you won't get any security updates anymore ..

"NaviDot"? Is it the component of the system navigation?
You may try to deactivate this NaviDot on your Huawei P20 Pro.
Settings - System

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NaviDot
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Wrong Thread? No one said something about NaviDot nor P20 Pro

I must say, i'm done.
Yesterday another 260MB Systemapps
Today another 880MB Systemapps
Today 150 MB from the com.huawei.iconnect App.
The another 730Mb i could not even find where it is coming from not even a single systemprocess is listing that download.
260Mb every day? Thats my traffic.. 10 Gb per month.
To be mentioned: It's still DOWNLOAD not UPLOAD
I feel like Huawei is implementing **** in 3 year old phones to get people buy new one's.
I'm a Linux Admin by myself, so it should be not the problem in front of the screen.
Ii thought about even erase the phone, but what would this change? I didn't install anything in the last weeks ......

Interesting fact:
I just deinstalled "com.huawei.iconnect"
And suddenly it shows in the App "Data Widget Counter"
Removed Apps: 881 Mb
This is interesting.

How you deinstalled "com.huawei.iconnect"?

How you deinstalled "com.huawei.iconnect"?

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Last answer from Huawei regarding the app and complaining about another data usage of 1 GB:
Huawei: "Just deinstall/deactivate it".
I pretended to be stupid and ask them:
"How can I uninstall them - it's a system app. And what does this app do?"

I noticed that the data starts to grow when I am connected to wifi without internet (wifi with an exclamation mark). I still can't fix this problem. Have you managed to solve it yet?

Did you check that the app i mentioned is causing this issue?
My problem seems to be solved after i deinstalled it.
Huawei was not helpful. last message was "they don't even know this app". Does Huawei not know what apps they are using? I find other threads about this app so im pretty sure it is from Huawei.

I think, that's same app iconnect.
Which ADB command you use for uninstall this app?

see the links i sent you above, it's written there

Thanks, it's help