Background
I wanted to figure out a test I could conduct while keeping variables minimal. I figure a standby battery drain test would be as consistent as I could get by not using the phone or turning it on once during the test. Any other test would be too subjective depending on use.
Constants
In attempt to keep the different tests constant, I powered off the device, rebooted, removed all syncs, updates, emails etc. I made sure I charged the phone to 100% and left it on for 30 minutes after the 100% was charged to get the maximum amount possible. Removed usb cord, turned off screen, did not touch for approximately 10 hours.
Pre JI6 Results
I'm not sure if I should even have this here since I didn't do an official test for pre-JI6. Pre-JI6 update my standby battery drain was moderate. From memory it was approximately 1%-1.5% drain per hour while in standby. I used stock for about 3 months.
Post JI6 OTA Standby Results
Time on 10 hours 20 minutes
Battery life left 60%
Battery used 40%
Cell Standby - 40%
Phone Idle - 30%
Android System 20%
Calls (1 missed call) 5%
Display 3%
Maps 2% (Why does maps show up?)
Post Bionix Fusion 1.0 w/ JI2 Modem Results
Time on 10 hours 33 minutes
Battery life left 97%
Battery used 3%
Cell Standby - 57%
Phone Idle - 43%
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After flashing the default rom, I removed all applications I did not want, I removed all 3 DRM instances via Titanium Backup, and removed Media Hub. Also removed these via root explorer:
drmUa.apk
drmprovider.apk
SisoDrmProvider.apk
Final Results
1%-1.5% - Pre JI6 Standby Drain
4%+ - Post JI6 OTA Standby Drain
.3% - Post Bionix Fusion 1.0 Standby Drain
Conclusion
Out of the 3, Bionix Fusion 1.0 w/ JI2 Modem is by far the best for standby drain times. According to these small series of tests I can get 330+ hours in standby and possibly more under optimal conditions.
Post Conclusion
I am now passed my third day on a single charge. Granted I am not using the phone heavily, I am using it on a daily basis. I still have a 60%+ charge after 3 days of light use.
Media Hub + DRM
Looking at everyone's comments and tests it looks like the major culprit behind battery drain is Media Hub + DRM. Regardless of using a Stock ROM or a custom ROM people are universally reporting significant gains by removing all traces of Media Hub + DRM related instances.
Kubernetes said:
... As far as I can tell, all it affects is MediaHub. The DRM services constantly ping the CPU checking to see if you're stealing content, which kills your battery life.
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Any lag issues? Does it lag while typing a message? Does the gps work any better? Does the Map work any better. Does voice recognition work any better as mine sucks. My G1 worked better at all of these then this phone does.
I really hate the stock phone and I am about to either install a rom or switch to a different phone. Maybe a Mytouch HD.
sj_martin said:
Background:
I wanted to figure out a test I could conduct while keeping variables minimal. I figure a standby battery drain test would be as consistent as I could get by not using the phone or turning it on once during the test. Any other test would be subjective depending on use.
Constants
In attempt to keep the different tests constant, I powered off the device, rebooted, removed all syncs, updates, emails etc. I made sure I charged the phone to 100% and left it on for 30 minutes after the 100% was charged to the maximum amount possible. Removed usb cord, turned off screen, did not touch for approximately 10 hours.
Pre JI6 Results
I'm not sure if I should even have this here since I didn't do an official test for pre-JI6. Pre-JI6 update my standby battery drain was moderate. From memory it was approximately 1%-1.5% drain per hour while in standby. I used stock for about 3 months.
Post JI6 OTA Standby Results
Time on 10 hours 20 minutes
Battery life left 60%
Battery used 40%
Cell Standby - 40%
Phone Idle - 30%
Android System 20%
Calls (1 missed call) 5%
Display 3%
Maps 2% (Why does maps show up?)
Post Bionix Fusion 1.0 w/ JI2 Modem Results
Approximately .3% drain per hour while in standby:
Time on 10 hours 23 minutes
Battery life left 97%
Battery used 3%
Cell Standby - 57%
Phone Idle - 43%
After flashing the default rom, I removed all applications I did not want, I removed all DRM instances via Titanium Backup, and removed Media Hub.
This was my first time rooting / flashing new roms which took a whole 15 minutes to complete.
Results
Pre JI6 Drain - 1%-1.5%
Post JI6 OTA Drain - 4%-5%
Post Bionix Fusion 1.0 Drain - .3%
Conclusion
Out of the 3, Bionix Fusion 1.0 w/ JI2 Modem is by far the best for standby drain times.
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You said you removed all instances of DRM with Titanium.. I show 3 in mine, but I'm afraid to remove them lol.
I have:
Download Manager 2.1-Update 1
DRM Protected Content Package 2.1-Update 1
DRM Protected Content Package 2.1-Update 1
DRMContentLauncher 1.0
those are in my Titanium...
I've noticed that even with MH gone, after a reboot I kill oaDRM and DM Services, I get pretty good battery life..
I deleted those exact 3 a few days ago. Have not noticed any side effects yet other than significantly better battery life. But as always, delete at your own risk.
sj_martin said:
I deleted those exact 3 a few days ago. Have not noticed any side effects yet other than significantly better battery life. But as always, delete at your own risk.
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sj_martin... you are the best!
Been wondering which one to delete!
[thanks to presence06 for pointing out the services running].
I'll be deleting those and see if I get any bad results.
or Freezing them using Titanium for that matter.
rbcamping said:
Any lag issues? Does it lag while typing a message? Does the gps work any better? Does the Map work any better. Does voice recognition work any better as mine sucks. My G1 worked better at all of these then this phone does.
I really hate the stock phone and I am about to either install a rom or switch to a different phone. Maybe a Mytouch HD.
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Regardless of which ROM I was using I never had lag on input. Possibly a rouge app you have running?
GPS and Map work significantly better with Bionix Fusion. It did not work well with JI6 OTA. 1 minute lock times down to 3 seconds.
Definitely give Bionix Fusion a shot before jumping ship. My phone is performing a lot better than stock. I've been using stock for a little over 3 months.
presence06 said:
You said you removed all instances of DRM with Titanium.. I show 3 in mine, but I'm afraid to remove them lol.
I have:
Download Manager 2.1-Update 1
DRM Protected Content Package 2.1-Update 1
DRM Protected Content Package 2.1-Update 1
DRMContentLauncher 1.0
those are in my Titanium...
I've noticed that even with MH gone, after a reboot I kill oaDRM and DM Services, I get pretty good battery life..
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I froze Download Manager 2.1-Update 1 using Titanium Backup... i got FC's on using the market. Defrost- Market works again.
Just FYI.
HG! said:
I froze Download Manager 2.1-Update 1 using Titanium Backup... i ot FC's on using the market. Defrost- Market works again.
Just FYI.
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Not sure why you froze the download manager, nowhere did I mention messing with that one. Fortunately you didn't delete it
Only the 3 DRM's + Media Hub should be removed.
But at least we have a confirmation now to definitely not mess with the download manager.
Has anyone else who's disabled these DRM instances with Titanium become incapable of downloading anything via the market? I kind of expected I might, so I tried to back them up with Titanium, but unfortunately it's not letting me restore them (they're crossed out at the bottom; the only button that highlights is "delete", which I tried on one of them out of curiosity, and sure enough it deleted the backup. Oops.)
Before I go through the pain of reflashing the ROM [bionix fusion 1.1] I'd like to know if anyone else has this problem, and more importantly whether anybody has the .apk files for each of those four DRM instances (couldn't hurt trying) or other suggestions (delete more stuff? )
Thanks!
Disregard...
If you guys are having issues doing this with Titanium, there's also a neat little app called SDX System App remover. All it does is allow you to backup/delete/restore system apps. The DRM files are really easy to identify with this app.
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Deathsnapper said:
Has anyone else who's disabled these DRM instances with Titanium become incapable of downloading anything via the market? I kind of expected I might, so I tried to back them up with Titanium, but unfortunately it's not letting me restore them (they're crossed out at the bottom; the only button that highlights is "delete", which I tried on one of them out of curiosity, and sure enough it deleted the backup. Oops.)
Before I go through the pain of reflashing the ROM [bionix fusion 1.1] I'd like to know if anyone else has this problem, and more importantly whether anybody has the .apk files for each of those four DRM instances (couldn't hurt trying) or other suggestions (delete more stuff? )
Thanks!
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Looks like the problem was that I accidentally deleted DownloadProvider.apk . If you do that the market FCs when you try to download. Easy fix by simply pushing the apk to the /system/apps folder (I figure out after way too much time trying to get the install command to work, in ADB, realizing my cmd.exe exe has to be in the tools folder for that (it doesn't need to for any other ADB command I tried - but otherwise it was searching the wrong directories for the apk) getting it to attempt to install right before throwing an error for an unsigned apk, which was another little joust altogether).
So if your market dies, get yourself DownloadProvider.apk from your ROM's .zip and push it to /system/apps . Simple solution
sj_martin said:
Not sure why you froze the download manager, nowhere did I mention messing with that one. Fortunately you didn't delete it
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Because "presence06" mentioned that one in addition to the three you deleted. And, you confirmed his post. So, either you need to or he needs to edit the post.
wow. great results, happens to me the other way around using fusion 1.1
presence06 said:
DRM Protected Content Package 2.1-Update 1
DRM Protected Content Package 2.1-Update 1
DRMContentLauncher 1.0
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sj, or anyone else know what these 3 DRM packages do? sj deleted them, I froze them with Titanium... and no issues at all. And why are these eating up the battery?
[froze them... and battery life is awesome so far.]
@sj_martin what version of Bionix Fusion are you using? are you using Stock kernel or Jac's OC or KK's OC?
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@sj_martin what version of Bionix Fusion are you using? are you using Stock kernel or Jac's OC or KK's OC?
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Im running the stock version with no oc and no voodoo. Ill likely try out voodoo when a 1.2 fusion comes out.
HG! said:
sj, or anyone else know what these 3 DRM packages do? sj deleted them, I froze them with Titanium... and no issues at all. And why are these eating up the battery?
[froze them... and battery life is awesome so far.]
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Many people in the bionix thread suggested that removing these has helped their stats so i blindly followed with great results. Not one person knows what exactly they do. One person is looking into it and researching but no official response from what ive read.
sj_martin said:
Many people in the bionix thread suggested that removing these has helped their stats so i blindly followed with great results. Not one person knows what exactly they do. One person is looking into it and researching but no official response from what ive read.
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once you removed it can still be returned right?
I turned off the drm services stuff seven hours ago I went from 70 to 65% with about 30 minutes of use in the last seven hours. Whatever drm does its draining battery.
Using rooted stock ji6 with wifi in always on mode.
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Corrupt media database
Explanation: thumbnails and some database's could get corrupted making the media scanner running berserk, resulting in battery drain.
Fix: Using SGS Tools, Press [Apply script] select [clean_thumb_db.txt] and execute the script, this will delete the files that might get corrupted and reboot the phone so the database files and thumbnails get recreated.
WIFI Bug
Explanation: This is a mix of bugs and wrong settings, hardcore found some leftover debug code in the driver, tc80tc80 tested different routers seeing this effected the WIFI too, other users reported that the distance to the router effects battery drain as well. On top of this there are some settings that makes the WIFI running all the time that are not easily found.
Fix #1: Check your settings,[Wireless and network] select [Wi-Fi settings] uncheck [Network notification] press the menu key and select [Advanced] in [Wi-Fi sleep policy] select [When screen turns off]
Fix #2: See if you could try your phone with another router and compare to your home router, also check your signal that you have good coverage on the WIFI.
Fix #3: Use an updated Kernel, either hardcore's or trasig's and apply the wifi-fix (wifi-driver from JPA): View attachment update-wifi-dxjpa.zip
SGS Email 2.2.1
Explanation: The new email client has a bug making it drain the battery a lot if you set it to update every x minutes or manual update instead of push (exchange accounts)
Fix #1: Setup your account to push both on peak and off-peak, if you use imap or pop you can't do anything.
Fix #2: Use another email application, K9 or Improved Email have been reported to work much better. If you remove Samsung email you might need a fix if you have applications using your camera available here:View attachment CameraappsNoEmail.zip
Battery not "calibrated" - we don't have real facts on this one yet, so consider this our best guess
Explanation: It is said that the battery looses track of it's capacity (or rather the phone does) so it needs calibration.
Fix #1: Always flash new ROM:s with full battery.
Fix #2: Follow the guide TechnicR have on recal:
· Turn phone off and charge till full
· Start recovery and wipe battery stats
· Reboot and start the phone
· Use it heavily until it turns of by itself
· Connect charger and turn on the phone and wait until fully charged
Hardcore 256Hz vs. 500 Hz
Explanation: this is the system tick in the Linux system, number of interrupts per second for timesharing, gives a smoother appearance
Fix: None needed, the difference is not noticeable in battery drain.
Battery level drop to 95-98% when disconnecting charger
Explanation: We are used to that the battery is 100% chraged when we disconnect the charger, but with 2.2.1 we gat anything from 95-98%.
Fix: Not needed, this is a change in the charging cycle to prolong the life of the battery, but please take this in consideration of reporting battery drain, start counting from the actual value and not from 100%
For more info, check under Expert witnesses in the next post.
Could someone help me to explain the following phenomens as they are mentioned in so many various ways:
3D Gallery bug
Sensor driver hangs
Auto rotate bug
Link to my current phone config and battery life:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10521024&postcount=613
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Gathering the suspects
Let’s get rid of the “I think” “If you only do” and “I’ve heard that” and start arresting the suspects, line them up, and execute them (oops, did I say that out loud?), and put them in quarantine until further notice.
To keep this thread cleaner, we’ll only focus on 2.2.1 mainly XXJPU/X/Y and not bother with to old 2.2 ROMS
Let's end the guesswork and start a scientific approach on this, it’s ok to suspect something, but you must have some evidence.
We need repeatability on the problems, so if you did something that started to drain your battery, describe this in as much detail as possible so someone else can verify your findings.
I have gathered some suspects but now I need your help in Collecting Scientific Information (CSI) to round up more suspects or eliminating them so we might find the truth about the drainage problem.
Forensic tools:
Free/Pay, Application name + author
Both, SystemPanel by NextApp
Free, OS Monitor by eolwral
Free, Android System Info by ElectricSheep
Free, Shark for Root by Elviss Kustans (not native version)
Free, Shark Reader by Elviss Kustans
Battery Monitoring / Saving tools:
Free/Pay, Application name + author
Free, JuicePlotter by Latedroid
Free, JuiceDefender by Latedroid
Free, Battery snap by Xhelas
Free, Brightness Level by CurveFish - let you lower the brightness another 8% and give you some extra milage
Free, Screen Filter by haxor industry, reduce the brightness a lot! thanks for the tip lpy
List of suspects:
#1 SGS Email 2.2.1 sync set on every x minutes - will be charged as an environmental villain, is put in custody pending trial
#2 Battery not “calibrated”
#3 Corrupt database files for media scanner
#4 Modem version X
#5 Voodoo lagfix
#6 WIFI bug - could be organized crime here, many villains involved. hardcore has infiltrated them and so far he has put 2 of them behind bars!
#7 Non KIES updates - could Samsung original updates be better
Prosecutor’s witnesses:
For suspect #1, SGS Email 2.2.1:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8554755&postcount=546
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=9307 - very strong witness
For suspect #2, Battery not calibrated:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=722862
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9075485&postcount=5653
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9149156&postcount=143
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10092321&postcount=11053
For suspect #3, Corrupt database files for media scanner
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9075485&postcount=5653
For suspect #6, WIFI bug
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10038645&postcount=29
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10042758&postcount=6627 - hardcore found some leftover code in WIFI driver
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873779 - tc80tc80 tested different wifi routers with scary result!
For suspect #7, Non KIES updates
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10057892&postcount=69
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10061398&postcount=73
Defender’s witnesses:
For suspect #6, WIFI bug
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10043778&postcount=49
Expert witnesses / interesting battery info:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/12/14/your-battery-gauge-is-lying-to-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bump-charging-and-inconsistent-battery-drain/
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
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A little stuff that could be good
Usefull stuff and help will be collected here
To find out if suspect #3 has visited your phone (frequent flashers should suspect this) then this might help:
In SGSTools ther is a script to do that procedure of removing thumbnails and also delete two databases so they get rebuilt after reboot. In SGSTool (search market, need root) press Apply script then select clean_thumb_db.txt
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Modems could have a positive/negative effect on battery life, it could depend on what carrier you are on different regions could also matter.
pele78 have made a very good page about different modems, please take a look at it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9579987&postcount=11945
And DocRambone has a great collection of modems if you want to test another to see if it gives you a couple of extra hours in you SGS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9724862&postcount=14434
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lpy hooked up a multimeter to the battery and did some live measurements, I have put them in one post that you find here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10137241&postcount=387
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TheYar has a batterythread over at the captivates forums, you might find some interesting things over there as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806211
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rigor.m made this suggestion:
To check for wifi bug, from a pc, log in to your router, check what IP your phone got, ping that IP from your PC does the phone respond when wifi should be off? - Report your findings!
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Added January 11:
About the battery meter, hardcore found something weird, please see his post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10505720&postcount=8811
Regarding these things, please check the links under Expert witnesses in the previous post.
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Feel obliged to recommend a visit to hardcore's Speedmod kernel thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10056736#post10056736
Also this post for a different wifi firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056736&postcount=6706
And a direct link to his download page:
http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-download-speedmod.html
And now I also add trasig's Advanced Voodoo 5 kernel with OC/UV:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823300
Direct link to his download page:
http://kernel.1ug.org/
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Extra - useful CWM files
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I have tested mine overnight (JPX) and lost 10% in around 8 hrs. 2.2.1 email client set to sync every hour on two accounts. I have now turned it off and will update once tested again.
Using built in monitor and SGSInfo, I've found no anomalies in battery usage, but it is higher than previous firmwares.
Good idea for a thread!
Ah, this is the perfect thread for me. I'm in the midst of trying to recalibrate my battery. I can say though, that with wifi and 3g off, I get next to no drain. (A bit annoying having to have them off though). I do however get drain with 3g on. I currently have gmail sync on and I've updated with the AOSP email now with push sync for exchange to see if it helps.
OK, I'll share my current status.
I've been using XWJPA with JPM modem for more than a month and was very satisfied with battery life.
Recently I upgraded to Doc's rom v5.1 (XXJPX based) and that introduced a battery drain problem.
When WiFi is connected, the phone fails to sleep properly and is running more than 50% of the time when idle, which results in huge loss of power (more than 10% per hour on several ocasions).
I've since upgraded to Doc's v6, v6.1, v6.2 as well as stock XXJPY, kernels Voodoo 5.0.3, Hardcore's K12, and stock, modems JPM, JPP, JPY = problem persists. All testing done on clean flashed roms with no additional software installed.
Another (well known) issue i'm having since JM1 is "Time without signal: 50%" which is easily solved by switching Airplane Mode On and Off, but it's annoying nonetheless, especially if you forget to do it upon restart only to find your battery is flat 5 hours later.
Darkyy has fixed this wifi battery drain issue and a load of other stuff in his latest ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Excellent ROM, pure speed and looks tasty
check wifi sleep policy too
I experienced quite a ridiculous amount of drain on the stock + voodoo kernel bundled with Doc's JPY 6.1 ROM as well as on SpeedMod k11c. I literally saw my battery dwindle down as I was using it normally yesterday.
No games, no music or video...just exchanging a few text messages and setting up my apps and such again after a fresh flash. Wifi, 3g, Bluetooth, Auto-Rotate, GPS were all off. Brightness set to the lowest possible. Still lost as much as 10-15% in an hour and let's say within that one hour the screen was on for half the time (I was out of the house so I didn't time it or anything)...
Have not had good battery life since Doc's JP8 ROM sadly and that was back in the days of 2.2...
hydrouk said:
Darkyy has fixed this wifi battery drain issue and a load of other stuff in his latest ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Excellent ROM, pure speed and looks tasty
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AFAIK he has not fixed it, but thinks XXJPY has the fix included, which is not the case for me.
hydrouk said:
Darkyy has fixed this wifi battery drain issue and a load of other stuff in his latest ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Excellent ROM, pure speed and looks tasty
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I've read through the latter posts on there and the problem still persists for a lot of people. Wifi battery drain issue still doesn't seem resolved in his latest ROM according to recent posts.
From my side, i have noticed a quite a big difference in battery drain when switching from voodoo to speedmod's kernel. (speedmod's being much better in terms of drain in my case), but having said this, I never came any close to JPO in terms of battery drain yet. That was much better for me.
I installed the latest voodoo kernel last night, and noticed that in my Battery info history, the infamous "0" process did not appear at all in network usage, and battery drain was not that bad (still nowehere close to JPO) but not bad either. Basically I removed the phone from the charger at 4AM this morning (after trying the suggested "trick" of fully draining the phone and charging while the phone was off, have no idea if this makes any difference at all ... but am out of ideas at this stage) and am at 66% battery at 3:00 PM. I would say on less than normal usage today, since I did not use it much, but I have seen worse.
I hav now just flashed the latest speedmod kernel, based on JPX (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756) K12 and will revert back.
I have also tried all the wipe battery stats suggested (with charger, without charger, at 100%, at 1% and so on, none ever helped)
Also the script to clear the thumbnails and the possibly corrupted databases ... still no joy
hydrouk said:
Darkyy has fixed this wifi battery drain issue and a load of other stuff in his latest ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
Excellent ROM, pure speed and looks tasty
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Ok, thanks for the insight, but please don't use this thread as an adverising space.
So for some facts:
"this wifi battery drain issue" guess you refer to the previous poster, but I would really like to know a little mor details about the problem, and how has Darkyy fixed this?
Refering to the 1 post in a thread is not the kind of scientific facts that will help finding the true causes so could you be a little more specific?
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Ok, thanks for the insight, but please don't use this thread as an adverising space.
So for some facts:
"this wifi battery drain issue" guess you refer to the previous poster, but I would really like to know a little mor details about the problem, and how has Darkyy fixed this?
Refering to the 1 post in a thread is not the kind of scientific facts that will help finding the true causes so could you be a little more specific?
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It's a "fix" that came with JPY, not actually one done by darky..and it still isn't fixed according to recent posts by those who've recently updated to his JPY (v7) ROM.
Interesting thread! I went from 2.2 JP8 to 2.2.1 JPU and found that my battery drain decreased, it went from 2 days between charges to (almost) 3 days. I then flashed JPX and then JPY and found the battery drain terrible with both, I was lucky to get a day and a half before recharging. I've just flashed back to JPU and then flashed the BUJP5 modem (which is the correct stock one for my phone / country). I'm waiting to see what happens to the battery life now... I'll post results as soon as I get a feel for whether it's any better / worse.
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It's a "fix" that came with JPY, not actually one done by darky..and it still isn't fixed according to recent posts by those who've recently updated to his JPY (v7) ROM.
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Hi!
Yes I know that, I only want the posters to start thinking a few steps ahead, I don't really care for this "If you only install xxxx:s ROM, all problems are fixed", it's not the kind of posts any of us wish to see here.
Both you and I know for a fact that there are no quick fixes
i have no problems on anyfirmware. my phone works like a 7 days or more on each firmware all i use is a stock rom and a app killer i kill all apps everytime i put it into standy. working great for me so far.
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Hi!
Yes I know that, I only want the posters to start thinking a few steps ahead, I don't really care for this "If you only install xxxx:s ROM, all problems are fixed", it's not the kind of posts any of us wish to see here.
Both you and I know for a fact that there are no quick fixes
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True that!
Hm I left my phone untouched for an hour and a half and checked battery history and I'm down to 98%. Apparently my wifi doesn't sleep even if I already set the wifi sleep policy to "Never when plugged" :|
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i have no problems on anyfirmware. my phone works like a 7 days or more on each firmware all i use is a stock rom and a app killer i kill all apps everytime i put it into standy. working great for me so far.
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7 days?! lol do you do anything with your phone besides kill apps?
i posted this in the Note section since it had a big thread going about this wakeup annoyance called l2_hsic, but as i am using a S2 i should post this here as well (you may remove my posts there if you think 1 is enough, i have no permission to do that yet), its a wall of text so im just gonna quote it:
i too had alot of battery drain without actaully using the phone much, was reaching aorund 2 weeks on stock 4.0.3 but the performance wasnt all that, so i installed Supernexus & DorimanX (extreme_battery), great performance but the battery wasnt really what i expected, barely a week with low usage, tried lots of things while i searched a ton of topics about l2_hsic, using gsm-only with FD disabled, turned off play store notifications in the store itself and market updates in TB, WiFi is only on when needed, data usage is disabled, so is gps since i dont use it, baseband/ril is matching, and disabled stuff in TB/gemini/LBE which i dont use, battery got a tiny bit better but far from the 2 weeks i was reaching with stock (had alot of stuff/bloatware frozen though), i was even thinking about flashing stock again but that was gonna be the last option, performance on custom roms was far better
so it got me thinking, saw alot of l2_hsic wakeups with no appearant reason to why or what was triggering those while i had just under 1%/h drain with all that stuff off, then i remembered the last time i opened the play store before flashing Supernexus & dorimanx it didnt work, probably froze too much in TB but didnt want to get to the bottom of it since i was gonna flash a new rom & kernel anyway
so a couple days back i decided to freeze google play store/services and market feedback agent in TB and block them as wel in gemini (had a hunch they could be the culprit triggering all these wakeups since some autorun lines automatically re-enabled themself after turning them off in gemini, one even was called WAKE_UP lol), denied all access in LBE and then used the phone as i normally would (occasional WiFi, couple calls a day and thats it)
rebooted the phone a couple times the last couple days to test if it wasnt a 1-time-wonder but things stuck and im glad to say im now at 0.2%/h of battery drain in deep sleep, up to a max of 0.5%/h when in use, down from around 1%/h in deep sleep, so it will probably last a bit longer than the stock rom/kernel would have before, great success!
before i froze the store/services/agent i had around 1500 wake counts from l2_hsic on a couple of hours while the phone was in deep sleep, now im at a couple wake counts on almost a day while actually using the phone like i usually do
now, in case i need to go in the store i just have to enable the stuff again in TB/gemini/LBE, little effort imo for alot more battery life
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TLDR: in a nutshell, after trying all possible solutions to get rid of the thousands of l2_hsic wakeups (in deep sleep that was), it was actually the google play store/services(/agent) that caused it, disabled it, and i have more than doubled my battery life
obviously most people use their phone alot more than me, i make a couple calls a day, rarely turn on wifi and thats it, someone using the store on a daily basis is probably not gonna disable it and reenable it over and over, just wanted to point out how much the store actually drains your phone without wifi/data in deep sleep on a 2G network
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i posted this in the Note section since it had a big thread going about this wakeup annoyance called l2_hsic, but as i am using a S2 i should post this here as well (you may remove my posts there if you think 1 is enough, i have no permission to do that yet), its a wall of text so im just gonna quote it:
TLDR: in a nutshell, after trying all possible solutions to get rid of the thousands of l2_hsic wakeups (in deep sleep that was), it was actually the google play store/services(/agent) that caused it, disabled it, and i have more than doubled my battery life
obviously most people use their phone alot more than me, i make a couple calls a day, rarely turn on wifi and thats it, someone using the store on a daily basis is probably not gonna disable it and reenable it over and over, just wanted to point out how much the store actually drains your phone without wifi/data in deep sleep on a 2G network
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It's a pity that gmail/youtube wouldn't work at all after disabling google play services, google play store and market feedback agent.
The data/wifi signal that would usually turn blue stays grayed out. I'll be trying enabling just play services
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It's a pity that gmail/youtube wouldn't work at all after disabling google play services, google play store and market feedback agent.
The data/wifi signal that would usually turn blue stays grayed out. I'll be trying enabling just play services
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Interesting, it would be good to see this bug fixed but Google apps remain connected, especially Gmail
and after a couple months the l2_hsic evil is back for no appearant reason, i hit up TB one day with half a battery and it couldnt find the pro key again, so i closed it and thought i'd ignore it, next day i turn the phone on again and my battey is near empty, wtf? enabled google play stuff again, updated my apps including TB, pro key problems solved, disabled the google play stuff again, no luck, l2_hsic is back in full force, disabled all the google apps, no luck again either, but i noticed umts_ipc0 was in there too with just under the amount of l_hsic wakeups, which has something to do with the usb, so i started looking further and it seems a fix for the l2_hsic wakeup bug has already been found, even though its on another device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41338478
only problem now is to have the kernel modders take a look in their kernel and see if that bug is present and if so, if they can fix it?
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and after a couple months the l2_hsic evil is back for no appearant reason, i hit up TB one day with half a battery and it couldnt find the pro key again, so i closed it and thought i'd ignore it, next day i turn the phone on again and my battey is near empty, wtf? enabled google play stuff again, updated my apps including TB, pro key problems solved, disabled the google play stuff again, no luck, l2_hsic is back in full force, disabled all the google apps, no luck again either, but i noticed umts_ipc0 was in there too with just under the amount of l_hsic wakeups, which has something to do with the usb, so i started looking further and it seems a fix for the l2_hsic wakeup bug has already been found, even though its on another device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41338478
only problem now is to have the kernel modders take a look in their kernel and see if that bug is present and if so, if they can fix it?
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Use non stock battery? Salutes for 7 days for 35% remaining even standby on 2G..:what:
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using stock battery, the better ones havent been available in my country for as long as i can remember, would have bought one if they were
shame i cant get that battery life back from my OP, it was 35% used instead of remaining after 7 days with the l2_hsic going mental again now im lucky to even hit 7 days with a full battery
I've had my G2 now for almost two weeks and although I love it I've been having a very strange (and incredibly annoying) issue with my GPS.
It started today, took my phone off the charger and looked up the bus times. I pulled it out once I got to work and noticed the GPS was turned on. I thought it was strange but I turned it off only to pull my phone out again two minutes later to find that it had turned itself back on again. I was not in any app at the time.
It happened again after work when I unlocked the phone and checked Facebook it turned itself on while I was using the phone. It happened at least two more times as soon as I made a phone call I happened to check the time and noticed the GPS was on again, at the time I placed the call GPS was off. I turned off only to find it back on again after the call ended.
In total, GPS has turned itself on at least 6 times today (I've lost count as this point) NOT INCLUDING the THREE times it has turned itself on while writing this post - at what seems to be almost 5 minute intervals (although still seemingly random).
here's the kicker, since I haven't installed any new apps in the past few days I don't know what could be the cause of this. in fact, I actually DISABLED location services yesterday (or the day before), further confusing the Hell out of me. in an attempt to preserve battery as recommended with positive results in another thread.
I noticed a similar issue in a forum on another website but the author determined it as the stock weather widget causing the issue. I don't use the stock weather widget, I use the Android Weather widget and specify manual updating in the settings (I click refresh on the widget every time)
This is so incredibly irritating, does anyone have any idea what could possibly be the issue?
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I noticed my battery is lower than usual today and I just checked my battery usage...Android System has ate a whopping 59% of my battery, it even tells me to manually turn on and off GPS which is what I do!! it says GPS has a total time of almost 11 hours! I have a screenshot but it's not let letting me post it at the moment
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Maybe it's carrier iq related? I want to say I saw a thread on here where someone was saying carrier iq kept activating the gps.
kobefan2476 said:
Maybe it's carrier iq related? I want to say I saw a thread on here where someone was saying carrier iq kept activating the gps.
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I can't stand carrier iq, and I [strongly dislike] that at&t supports and factory installs it.
Is it possible to cleanly remove carrier iq? And, hypothetically, if such a task required root, would be it reversible if I had to replace my phone under warranty? I know the Verizon G2 shows rooted status in system status, not sure if the at&t version does too.
Looks like the carrier IQ issue on the ATT version. Use system tuner to disable the carrier IQ processes. (7 of them. Look up the carrier IQ thread for details)
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Looks like the carrier IQ issue on the ATT version. Use system tuner to disable the carrier IQ processes. (7 of them. Look up the carrier IQ thread for details)
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I'll check that out then. I did a factory rest last night because I was so fed up with GPS turning on (it got worse, much worse) and it seemed to help but I noticed GPS turned on itself twice today.
Do I need root in able to do this?
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osiris010 said:
I'll check that out then. I did a factory rest last night because I was so fed up with GPS turning on (it got worse, much worse) and it seemed to help but I noticed GPS turned on itself twice today.
Do I need root in able to do this?
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Yes you must root to use the System Tuner to disable the Carrier IQ.
Another option is to go to settings:general:apps:running:android system: and force stop Carrier IQ and then force stop the android system that Carrier IQ resided in. You will have to do this every time you restart you phone. However, there is no guarantee that Carrier IQ is totally stopped but all indications are that it is.
I've noticed mine gps started doing the same thing today. I've had mine for almost a month now and always had my GPS location turned off. All of a sudden today it keeps turning on by itself. I am with ATT.
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OkcThunder said:
I've noticed mine gps started doing the same thing today. I've had mine for almost a month now and always had my GPS location turned off. All of a sudden today it keeps turning on by itself. I am with ATT.
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I'm on at&t as well and from what I have researched they're one of the few carriers who supports carrier iq. Bunch of pricks if you ask me. This program literally hinders one's phone and service in more than one way, what's the point of having this amazing 3000 mah battery if their malware program destroys it in more than half the time the battery should be lasting? I don't understand,but I digress...
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Yes you must root to use the System Tuner to disable the Carrier IQ.
Another option is to go to settings:general:apps:running:android system: and force stop Carrier IQ and then force stop the android system that Carrier IQ resided in. You will have to do this every time you restart you phone. However, there is no guarantee that Carrier IQ is totally stopped but all indications are that it is.
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I've been doing this for the time being and it does seem to help. I restart my phone after every full recharge and stop the iq agent process. So far since I've been doing this my battery life is lasting longer and I've only noticed GPS turning itself on twice in that past two days (much better then before!). Also Android System is back below my screen usage percentage, albeit still coming in second to screen usage. My battery lasted 13 hours today with mild usage while at work and then heavy data usage at night (YouTube streaming for about 2 hours) plus local music and other miscellaneous internet usage. Screen time of 3 hours at 35% total battery usage, android system 17% total battery usage and I'm happy to day GPS run time of only three minutes!
I am content with this for now however I do plan on rooting so I can totally remove carrier iq, and I recommend others with this issue do the same if you value your battery life, privacy and sanity (lol). I also plan on giving at&t a (very polite and respectful) piece of my mind on the issue, usage and ethics of carrier iq. I'll report back with updates or if anything else interesting happens.
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I did install the app Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector and although yesterday it told me Carrier IQ is present but appears to be disabled, today it's saying it's present and active with a detection score of 270 (lower is better). No idea what the score means but it doesn't sound too great. Also not really sure why it is active since I have stopped the process and didn't do anything different from yesterday (when it said it was disabled]. Either way, figured I'd include that.
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I disabled carrier iq using system tuner and now my gps NEVER turns on unless i turn it on, and i noticed a huge difference in battery life for the better. Just another great reason to root!
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osiris010 said:
I'm on at&t as well and from what I have researched they're one of the few carriers who supports carrier iq. Bunch of pricks if you ask me. This program literally hinders one's phone and service in more than one way, what's the point of having this amazing 3000 mah battery if their malware program destroys it in more than half the time the battery should be lasting? I don't understand,but I digress...
I've been doing this for the time being and it does seem to help. I restart my phone after every full recharge and stop the iq agent process. So far since I've been doing this my battery life is lasting longer and I've only noticed GPS turning itself on twice in that past two days (much better then before!). Also Android System is back below my screen usage percentage, albeit still coming in second to screen usage. My battery lasted 13 hours today with mild usage while at work and then heavy data usage at night (YouTube streaming for about 2 hours) plus local music and other miscellaneous internet usage. Screen time of 3 hours at 35% total battery usage, android system 17% total battery usage and I'm happy to day GPS run time of only three minutes!
I am content with this for now however I do plan on rooting so I can totally remove carrier iq, and I recommend others with this issue do the same if you value your battery life, privacy and sanity (lol). I also plan on giving at&t a (very polite and respectful) piece of my mind on the issue, usage and ethics of carrier iq. I'll report back with updates or if anything else interesting happens.
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I did install the app Voodoo Carrier IQ Detector and although yesterday it told me Carrier IQ is present but appears to be disabled, today it's saying it's present and active with a detection score of 270 (lower is better). No idea what the score means but it doesn't sound too great. Also not really sure why it is active since I have stopped the process and didn't do anything different from yesterday (when it said it was disabled]. Either way, figured I'd include that.
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Disable "Android System" that Carrier IQ resided in. Carrier IQ will then be shut down completely.
There are 7 system files related to Carrier IQ and I suspect that some are residing in the "Android System", but they are not visible.
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Yeah, my problem exactly.
Android system runs at 50% battery use, while the screen is at second at around 20%.
GPS and Location Detection is constantly on, even though I keep turning it off. This is total bull****.
UGGGHHH
Another update from Asus is rolling out!
【Version】
V2.19.40.18_20150612 (ZE551ML)
V2.19.40.12_20150612 (ZE550ML)
【Release Date】
2015/06/18
【Release Note】
1 Update phone APN version to 105.
2 Update Houdini 5.0.2
3 Fixed camera can not open sometimes when using zenflash
4 Improve volume of recording video will increase and decrease alternately.
5 Do not config Routing.Configure.HWCodec.Playback.Mixers.Headset when using FM.
6 Fixed some BLE device can not auto reconnect
7 Improve service stability
8 Improve modem stability from crash
9 Improve call stability
10 Improve signal bar stability for sim 2
11 Quick Settings: Change "Reading Mode" button as "Bluelight filter"
12 Improve SysteM UI stability and modify Japanese strings
13 Improve lockscreen UI and stability
14 Fix Homescreen Wallpaper randomly lost previous settings and half black screen issue
15 Snap View-add reset Snap View password function
16 Fix Contacts search failure issue when default language was set as HK Chinese
17 Improve Auto start manager stability and fix FB broadcast issue
18 Improve Task Manager UI and rotation stability
19 Fix calculator stability issue and UI bug under Quick Memo App
20 Improve Launcher and Multi user stability from System and framework
21 Fix Google Voice incoming call source issue and the failure to change to Google Voice number
22 Fix the issue that miss call counts failed to disappear on home when Multi user
23 Improve File Manager stability
24 Add ASUS ZenUI PC Suite
25 Fix all touch gestures to be enabled when change back to owner mode
26 Fix ASUS Browser issue
27 Fix the issue that Audio Wizard cannot be launched when turn off BT
28 3rd party app update
29 Update touch FW
30 Update JP IME ATOK to v 1.0.1
31 Modify Japanese strings in Power Saver App
32 Fixed turn on the camera must unlock by using zenmotion issue
33 Fixed an error message shows up after removing privacy mode and adding new user immediately issue.
34 Fixed wallpaper needs to have second clicks for reaction issue.
35 Fixed built-in browser features a new incognito window has no effect issue.
36 Fixed close contacts shows other programs issue.
37 Fixed built-in calendar Click settings will flash issue.
38 Fixed ringtones into vibrate mode when the camera is off camera sounds issue.
39 Fixed volume keys to adjust the ring abnormaliy issue.
40 Fixed wallpaper Figure has been broken issue.
41 Fixed after the system optimization, message management have stopped running issue.
42 Add Battery charging ready reminder feature.
43 Enable FM Radio for Turkey.
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"33. Battery-Add Battery charging ready reminder feature: User could set battery level under charging to receive the reminder."
seems they have given up on fixing the issue therefore just adding an alarm to recharge the battery... not good!
I saw the update but they deleted it on their download support page for now.
SBFarooq said:
"33. Battery-Add Battery charging ready reminder feature: User could set battery level under charging to receive the reminder."
seems they have given up on fixing the issue therefore just adding an alarm to recharge the battery... not good!
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I am optimistic about the development department of Zenfone, atleast they are working deep enough about their flagship. The battery drainage is an issue for almost every Android L(5.0) user. I hope this issue will be fixed after we get update for 5.1.1 .
Asus is also expending their QA inspection team this will help for the end user to have stable releases afterwards.
Thumbs up Asus for the efforts.
I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.
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I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.View attachment 3365068View attachment 3365069
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so does this mean your device is running on CN firmware? so maybe the biggest culprit for battery drain in WW is google playstore and other gapps, because CN firmware didnt preinstalled with gapps..
corrsea said:
I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.View attachment 3365068View attachment 3365069
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Trust me. The battery life is aweful and is not just down to user error. I've used many, many android devices set up using similar parameters. Wether android 5.0 is to blame or something else, it is not my user error causing my excessive battery drain.
SBFarooq said:
"33. Battery-Add Battery charging ready reminder feature: User could set battery level under charging to receive the reminder."
seems they have given up on fixing the issue therefore just adding an alarm to recharge the battery... not good!
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Um, what issue are you talking about and why are you jumping to conclusions? Don't jump to conclusions. You literally have no idea what ASUS' intent is and why would you complain when our phone has received an update every 2wks so far?
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bobsie41 said:
Trust me. The battery life is aweful and is not just down to user error. I've used many, many android devices set up using similar parameters. Wether android 5.0 is to blame or something else, it is not my user error causing my excessive battery drain.
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Um, even with Android OS battery usage at 21% and screen at 12%, according to batt stats screen, I still managed around 5.25hrs SoT.... With 32% battery left.
Granted this is just from last night to this morning and is mainly just Web browsing and playing some music (was up late couldn't sleep!). WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS/autosync on.I've frozen/disabled most pre-installed apps and services.
Glad to see updates with Google Voice, I've had some issues with outgoing calls not using voice.
I am not jumping to conclusions... Merely stating the obvious statement made by Asus... Secondly.. I believe in Asus and their commitment to this device .. But building up another wakelock is not the way to go IMO..
dasklney said:
I saw the update but they deleted it on their download support page for now.
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Yup they removed it.
Posted using my phone.
jose makalolot said:
Yup they removed it.
Posted using my phone.
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Yes, but you still can download with the old link
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Yes, but you still can download with the old link
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Old does not work either.
Posted using my phone.
cangcan said:
so does this mean your device is running on CN firmware? so maybe the biggest culprit for battery drain in WW is google playstore and other gapps, because CN firmware didnt preinstalled with gapps..
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Yes, that's why I'm running with CN for a while. I don't have to have google apps as system apps. Once I have a setup I'm happy with I'll back up and test it for a while with them moved to system to see if there is any difference. I'll then switch to WW and compare that. (I'll also pick up my google drive offer at that stage.)
It has lost about 3% overnight so it's heading for about 6 - 7 hours SOT. I'm guessing that that will drop to about 5 hours in normal use given other people's reports.
I've already ruled out the android OS in battery stats as causing any real drain. I've encountered this before with a previous device. All the manufacturer did was adjust the way battery stats was reported. There was no underlying bug to fix.
I'm taking things slowly and methodically with setup so if I do run into any real battery issues I should be able to easily identify the culprit(s).
I'll take the OTA some time in the next day or so and see how it compares. I'll feed back in this thread but I guess the WW update will be out by then.
jose makalolot said:
Yup they removed it.
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dasklney said:
Yes, but you still can download with the old link
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jose makalolot said:
Old does not work either.
Posted using my phone.
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they haven't deleted it... here is the direct link http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-CN-2.19.40.16-user.zip
Source: https://www.asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/
corrsea said:
Yes, that's why I'm running with CN for a while. I don't have to have google apps as system apps. Once I have a setup I'm happy with I'll back up and test it for a while with them moved to system to see if there is any difference. I'll then switch to WW and compare that. (I'll also pick up my google drive offer at that stage.)
It has lost about 3% overnight so it's heading for about 6 - 7 hours SOT. I'm guessing that that will drop to about 5 hours in normal use given other people's reports.
I've already ruled out the android OS in battery stats as causing any real drain. I've encountered this before with a previous device. All the manufacturer did was adjust the way battery stats was reported. There was no underlying bug to fix.
I'm taking things slowly and methodically with setup so if I do run into any real battery issues I should be able to easily identify the culprit(s).
I'll take the OTA some time in the next day or so and see how it compares. I'll feed back in this thread but I guess the WW update will be out by then.
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Everything you have said is exactly what I said even down to the G2 similarities. I see no issue with battery in comparison to other android phones.
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Did it fix the notifications bug?
7. Fixed some BLE device can not auto reconnect
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I hope this update fix the issue of my Mi Band can not auto reconnect
The file size is over 1 Gb, this OTA should be contain a lot of fixes... i hope ....
CN 2.19.40.16 is removed again from ASUS website. (https://www.asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/)
I guess it got some serious BUG that has made ASUS remove it
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corrsea said:
I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.View attachment 3365068View attachment 3365069
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Are you sure by TURNING OFF ASUS Battery Saver will Make this phone has a lot better battery life?
I'm usually a fairly heavy user, but this week I haven't been quite as hard on the Z5C as I normally am, and I saw it as a chance to test the 2-day battery claims.
Everything was left turned on as per usual - Wifi, Bluetooth, LTE and the like were left on for the most part. Screen was on auto-brightness, all the usual stuff. I didn't try to 'milk' it for more. I didn't use any of the battery life extending modes.
52 hours and 26 minutes later, with 4 hours and 26 minutes of screen-on time, I was at 2%. I'd definitely call that a pass.
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that's amazing.. im experiencing 9 hours of battery life with 10 mins screen on time, trying to figure out how to fix wake lock with sonys tasks app and some calendar storage app but seem to be completely unsuccessfull in this... you think if i do a factory reset of the device that'll fix it?
mediafellow said:
that's amazing.. im experiencing 9 hours of battery life with 10 mins screen on time, trying to figure out how to fix wake lock with sonys tasks app and some calendar storage app but seem to be completely unsuccessfull in this... you think if i do a factory reset of the device that'll fix it?
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Mine is changed out now because of faulty lens but I've used it for a few days and I got same usage as OP.
you might want to perform a full factory reset and if it doesn't solve your problem return it to Sony for warranty.
Also, do not close the recent apps constantly. Let them run in background will improve the way lollipop (and soon marshmallow) runs.
langeveld024 said:
Mine is changed out now because of faulty lens but I've used it for a few days and I got same usage as OP.
you might want to perform a full factory reset and if it doesn't solve your problem return it to Sony for warranty.
Also, do not close the recent apps constantly. Let them run in background will improve the way lollipop (and soon marshmallow) runs.
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thanks i've just done a factory reset and unfortunately still same two processes are holding up hundreds of wakelocks on my devices not sure how to further troubleshoot / fix this..
processes are :
com.android.providers.calendar
com.sonymobile.tasks
does anyone know what those processes do and how i can go about just removing them or replacing with something not buggy? will be leaving for an overseas trip in a weeks time (away for a whole month) and this new phone which i got especially for it (good camera and waterproof) will be completely useless to me if the battery keeps failing on me. love the phone so far but this battery issue is killing my transition experience
had full charge at 9am and now at 4pm already at 33% battery life
mediafellow said:
thanks i've just done a factory reset and unfortunately still same two processes are holding up hundreds of wakelocks on my devices not sure how to further troubleshoot / fix this..
processes are :
com.android.providers.calendar
com.sonymobile.tasks
does anyone know what those processes do and how i can go about just removing them or replacing with something not buggy? will be leaving for an overseas trip in a weeks time (away for a whole month) and this new phone which i got especially for it (good camera and waterproof) will be completely useless to me if the battery keeps failing on me. love the phone so far but this battery issue is killing my transition experience
had full charge at 9am and now at 4pm already at 33% battery life
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for testing purposes.. do you have a calendar app? can you disable it? or clear the cache from settings >apps...There is some rogue app that is constantly accessing storage.. I've had it happen on my old phone with custom ROM.. also do you have exchange/gmail sync try changing that
for battery problems you can use Wakelock Detector without root (following the guide in the google play page https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...A&sa=D&usg=AFQjCNFCL0Z8eiWrc0xTYvz2hQAgPd3xoA ) and, if you find system apps that can't be disabled manually, you can use Debloater (windows application) http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294 which can Hide ( pm hide command) the system apps. I don't know exactly what the command does but i hid three system packages and they disappeared from the running processes list: either they are completely hidden from the system or they are stopped and not running. For example, i hid the Software firmware upgrade app and its settings in Phone Info disappeared along with the Software upgrade notification in status bar.
My battery life was fine until I recently updated to latest fw version using Flashtool. I can't update the phone with PC Companion anymore. I'm a heavy user, I play games, watch videos, check social networks, listen to music, download apps etc. But before using flashtool battery can last me a day or so. I don't think it could last more than a day if I don't use it. At night, for example, sometimes I let the phone idle, even with stamina mode on, the phone drains 1% per hour. I don't think that's good. I hope with the marshmellow update battery can improve.
mediafellow said:
thanks i've just done a factory reset and unfortunately still same two processes are holding up hundreds of wakelocks on my devices not sure how to further troubleshoot / fix this..
processes are :
com.android.providers.calendar
com.sonymobile.tasks
does anyone know what those processes do and how i can go about just removing them or replacing with something not buggy? will be leaving for an overseas trip in a weeks time (away for a whole month) and this new phone which i got especially for it (good camera and waterproof) will be completely useless to me if the battery keeps failing on me. love the phone so far but this battery issue is killing my transition experience
had full charge at 9am and now at 4pm already at 33% battery life
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do you set up your phone after a factory reset?
U should try this: factory reset, not completely set up phone, only necessary apps like WhatsApp, Google account etc, maybe disable or remove the unneeded apps and then keep using the phone for 2 - 3 charge cycles. Then all should be good. If not, return the phone. If all is good by then, u know it's not fault of firmware or phone but fault of some app u installed.
rolo143 said:
My battery life was fine until I recently updated to latest fw version using Flashtool. I can't update the phone with PC Companion anymore. I'm a heavy user, I play games, watch videos, check social networks, listen to music, download apps etc. But before using flashtool battery can last me a day or so. I don't think it could last more than a day if I don't use it. At night, for example, sometimes I let the phone idle, even with stamina mode on, the phone drains 1% per hour. I don't think that's good. I hope with the marshmellow update battery can improve.
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Did u flash userdata.sin (factory reset)?
I really can't believe some people having this bad battery life.
It must be some bad app or something, I think..
The only way to test is full factory reset including wipe internal SD and then test the phone without fully setting everything up (installing apps etc)
I think I'll do a factory reset. But maybe when the marshmellow update comes, I don't want to have to set everything up again. Btw if I want to update phone flashing a new fw via flashtool is it recommended to do a factory reset before or after updating? Thanks
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Mine has only maybe 30ish % left in the evening after one day with some youtube on the bus to and from work and random email and IM check ( 3-4 hours screen on total). Maybe it's youtube taking away all my battery...
I suspect it can only last until noon the next day maximum if I do my normal use and don't push it on power saving.... I don't know if I can call it a pass.. I guess it's somewhere between a pass and fail to me..
but, I do notice that it drained very fast in the first few days when I bought the device. After using it for a week it's a lot better. So if anyone is wondering why the battery life on your new device is really bad, try use it for a few days.