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Fix- Battery drain 2.3.3 - high android OS

Hi there
I just like to share my experience with battery drain in both JVK and JVB and give you a possible fix.
I experienced battery drain both in jvk and jvb and when you go setting - battery check, I would see high android OS - up to 60 percent which just drank the juice out of my phone.
I've decided to test all the apps, deleting one by one in order to locate which app was causing this problem and I found it to be "software update".
So here is a possible fix for you guys who are experiencing similar problem.
Go to setting - manage apps - all apps - find software update - delete data
In both JVK and JVB it solved my battery drain problem almost instanly.
I also did battery recalibration but doubt it played any part.
I hope above method will solve the battery drain problem.
P.S
does anyone know what exactly software update does?
and how to delete it completely off the phone.
I doubt I will be using OTA update or anything like that since I'm a big fan of odin.
Cheers

thanks man.
i'm checking it out, i really hope this solution works!
this is my second night in a row, where im going to sleep with exactly 89 percent battery and when i got up i saw the phone is at 8 percent.
made me so pissed i wanted to go back to my sony-erricsson from 2005

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...fix...
P.S
does anyone know what exactly software update does?
and how to delete it completely off the phone.
I doubt I will be using OTA update or anything like that since I'm a big fan of odin.
Cheers
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Hmm, this "fix" was kinda known a long time ago? (you can see it even in the thread called something with Android OS and few more) http://goo.gl/Hpc5a . And I think its the OTA update which does nothing currently. Hmm, am confused about your question. You ask what it does then you say you wont need it anyway .
And for example freeze it with titanium backup? Now when click the option it does nothing (no fc and phone works normally)

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Hmm, this "fix" was kinda known a long time ago? (you can see it even in the thread called something with Android OS and few more) http://goo.gl/Hpc5a . And I think its the OTA update which does nothing currently. Hmm, am confused about your question. You ask what it does then you say you wont need it anyway .
And for example freeze it with titanium backup? Now when click the option it does nothing (no fc and phone works normally)
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Yea just found out that this fix was known a long time ago.
Well, I hope this helps some people anyway..
anyone know how to delete this software update apk??

Do you read what I wrote? The same way you can freeze it, you can delete it... Best with titanium backup, should be foolproof enough. Do a backup before etc.

Deleted the data and also the apk! Nothing changed

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Do you read what I wrote? The same way you can freeze it, you can delete it... Best with titanium backup, should be foolproof enough. Do a backup before etc.
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Sorry! It's really late where I live right now lol
missed couple of your sentences as I'm half asleep.
I'll definitely try it tomorrow.

xRainbowZx said:
Deleted the data and also the apk! Nothing changed
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what do you mean?
battery drain still happening???

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what do you mean?
battery drain still happening???
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Yes, i triedd also to delete sns apk and email.. nothing.. also to delete samsung account data :-( ... i have the brightness setted on 20% !! and i lose 10% of battery every hour in standby.. i unplugged the device at 10:00 am and now i'm oat 40% ot battery.. with a really small use :-/

xRainbowZx said:
Yes, i triedd also to delete sns apk and email.. nothing.. also to delete samsung account data :-( ... i have the brightness setted on 20% !! and i lose 10% of battery every hour in standby.. i unplugged the device at 10:00 am and now i'm oat 40% ot battery.. with a really small use :-/
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Ok but is your Android OS usage high? like 40-60 percent? Or something else is high?

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Ok but is your Android OS usage high? like 40-60 percent? Or something else is high?
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The android os is 9% and display 61%

xRainbowZx said:
The android os is 9% and display 61%
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So you are wrong here . This thread is like the other ones for the ppl with high Android OS usage. 9 percent is ok.
Well if display is 61 , how many hours on? And what else is there? More data we need.

When I was on JVK, I was able to fix the android OS problem but had another one where after playing a graphically intense game, the CPU would not ramp back down when the phone went to sleep. That was draining the battery a lot for me and the only way to fix it was to reboot the phone. I'm back on 2.2.1

Disabling software update seems to not work for me also, im using stock Ginger (latest version - probably final) and after 1-2 days after flash Android os is taking 70% of battery :/
Looks like software update isnt the issue.

PAGOT said:
So you are wrong here . This thread is like the other ones for the ppl with high Android OS usage. 9 percent is ok.
Well if display is 61 , how many hours on? And what else is there? More data we need.
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I lost the data about it, but i have the screens about the test i made yesterday and the one i made today morning. Yesterday it was for the most time in standby with data off , and today i tried to leave it 3h in standby without touch it.
I lost 10% !! in 3h !! WITHOUT DATA! is really too much! With the 2.2.1 i used to lost 1% every 2-3 hours! ! And as you can see in the first day , in the last part i tried to use it (ONLY FOR READ A MANGA , so only img on the sd and i had the brightness to 20% ) O_O !
Help me :-/

JJustin said:
When I was on JVK, I was able to fix the android OS problem but had another one where after playing a graphically intense game, the CPU would not ramp back down when the phone went to sleep. That was draining the battery a lot for me and the only way to fix it was to reboot the phone. I'm back on 2.2.1
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HA so I am not the only one this happens to me with Cordy!Phone warm etc. But reboot helps. I dont need that game

PAGOT said:
HA so I am not the only one this happens to me with Cordy!Phone warm etc. But reboot helps. I dont need that game
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That's bad ! I think i'll go back on a 2.2.1 untill the samsung release the kernel source :-/
I think an iphone is better , i can't have a working phone! I bought this phone because i love android!! I hate iOS but.. what the hell?!?! I have every day to stay hours & hours to search and try new roms or kernel in serching to find something with that i can use this PHONE like a PHONE ; and don't see a lag every 2seconds! The hardware of this phone is good! (really good!) But why the hell it doesn't work good? Now i finally found a rom (juwe's) that work really good ! But if i put the phone on the battery die! Also on the OFFICIAL (AN OFFICIAL? why official roms have bugs?!?!?!) i have battery drain problem!
And also the problem of the browser! It work really good on the 2.2.1 , and now on ginger it have a bug on the scroll! :-/
That's really bad! I hope samsung 'll do a great work on the sgs2 or that monster 'll not be exlpoit

xRainbowZx said:
That's bad ! I think i'll go back on a 2.2.1 untill the samsung release the kernel source :-/
I think an iphone is better , i can't have a working phone! I bought this phone because i love android!! I hate iOS but.. what the hell?!?! I have every day to stay hours & hours to search and try new roms or kernel in serching to find something with that i can use this PHONE like a PHONE ; and don't see a lag every 2seconds! The hardware of this phone is good! (really good!) But why the hell it doesn't work good? Now i finally found a rom (juwe's) that work really good ! But if i put the phone on the battery die! Also on the OFFICIAL (AN OFFICIAL? why official roms have bugs?!?!?!) i have battery drain problem!
And also the problem of the browser! It work really good on the 2.2.1 , and now on ginger it have a bug on the scroll! :-/
That's really bad! I hope samsung 'll do a great work on the sgs2 or that monster 'll not be exlpoit
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Aaa you wrote too much and now am watching something in TV. BUT the problem ISNT in samsung but the app ... All games work one makes trouble. And you all assume its the roms fault?...
Grrr. That rom has like 2 bugs and 1 of them is fixed. Second one forgot...

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Aaa you wrote too much and now am watching something in TV. BUT the problem ISNT in samsung but the app ... All games work one makes trouble. And you all assume its the roms fault?...
Grrr. That rom has like 2 bugs and 1 of them is fixed. Second one forgot...
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What is the fixed bug? I have the battery drain bug and the browser bug? And no one of them are fixed :-|

The bugfix worked in my case!
I charged my phone to 100% in the forenoon (~11:00am) and I only had 21% left at 7:20 pm.
Now it's 11:30 pm and I still have 20% after I removed the data of the OTA-Update app.
nice regards
aelo

Wierd drain problem

Got all the programs closed and also flight mode on.
Cant find a fix anywhere.
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Kor711 said:
Got all the programs closed and also flight mode on.
Cant find a fix anywhere.
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??
What can we do with 2 words and 2 insignificant images?
froyo or ginger? what is weird?

His drains are blocked suggest Dynarod .
jje

ah sorry, Sweet Honey 3.3 rom, 2.3.3
as you see the battery usage is always full, draining my battery in 6 hours almost without touching it
whats Dynarod ?

Kor711 said:
ah sorry, Sweet Honey 3.3 rom, 2.3.3
as you see the battery usage is always full, draining my battery in 6 hours almost without touching it
whats Dynarod ?
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Read this: http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/for-those-who-have-battery-drain-in-10-rc3.2112/
Seems to work with every gingerbread rom...

pyngwie said:
Read this: darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/for-those-who-have-battery-drain-in-10-rc3.2112/
Seems to work with every gingerbread rom...
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Thanks but I dont have Android os / system problem, it just using the battery without any useful information.
I will still try it...

Backup yr apps with titanium, factory reset, install yr apps one by one until you find the offender. Many people are having problems with google maps.
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Odd thing happened

Just got this phone like two or three days ago. Today when I pulled my phone out to use it it was dead, wouldn't turn on or anything. Pulled battery and then it powered up. Got the low battery alert. So here's my question on the photo i posted, what could of made the battery drop like that?
Sent from my at&t SGS2

whats the other screen like? what i mean screen on time, and how long awake its been on? cause if those two are on all the time that could make the battery drain...
try charging it to the fullest and calibrate it using a calibration app and see how that goes....
sorry if i cant suggest anything else...charge it to the max and calibrate it and see how you do after a few cycles

Matriak31 said:
whats the other screen like? what i mean screen on time, and how long awake its been on? cause if those two are on all the time that could make the battery drain...
try charging it to the fullest and calibrate it using a calibration app and see how that goes....
sorry if i cant suggest anything else...charge it to the max and calibrate it and see how you do after a few cycles
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Screen was on not even two hours. Awake time was about the same. It was just odd that it dropped off like that. Last night I flashed the latest villain rom and its been ok but really haven't used it and I'm at 63% with 58 minutes screen on. I also did the calibrate battery, maybe I'll go in and clear battery stats next?
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vdubguy83 said:
Screen was on not even two hours. Awake time was about the same. It was just odd that it dropped off like that. Last night I flashed the latest villain rom and its been ok but really haven't used it and I'm at 63% with 58 minutes screen on. I also did the calibrate battery, maybe I'll go in and clear battery stats next?
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normally when you calibrate it does the business for you. hmm that is very strange. wipe everyting and i mean everything and try again...apologies if icant help more..just giving you tips on what i would do....wipe everything clear cache and dalvik and install villain and see how it goes when you charge it...

Matriak31 said:
normally when you calibrate it does the business for you. hmm that is very strange. wipe everyting and i mean everything and try again...apologies if icant help more..just giving you tips on what i would do....wipe everything clear cache and dalvik and install villain and see how it goes when you charge it...
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Sounds good. I'll try that and see what happens. Thanks for the tips. Just wipe everything or do factory restore?
Sent from my at&t SGS2

I've seen this trouble on another forum.
People fixed it by introduce a piece of paper behind the battery.
I suggest you to clean battery contacts.

vdubguy83 said:
Sounds good. I'll try that and see what happens. Thanks for the tips. Just wipe everything or do factory restore?
Sent from my at&t SGS2
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wipe everything...let me know how you get on mate

vdubguy83 said:
Just got this phone like two or three days ago. Today when I pulled my phone out to use it it was dead, wouldn't turn on or anything. Pulled battery and then it powered up. Got the low battery alert. So here's my question on the photo i posted, what could of made the battery drop like that?
Sent from my at&t SGS2
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I had the same problen,
This might help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242381
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Yohng said:
I've seen this trouble on another forum.
People fixed it by introduce a piece of paper behind the battery.
I suggest you to clean battery contacts.
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Never heard of this.
Since I flashed villain 2.5 its been better, hasn't done it since.(crossfingers)
Hmm, the link posted says about dolphin browser. Before I flashed 2.5 I used to get random restarts, haven't had any since the new flash that I know of. Maybe I'll try a different browser also.
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vdubguy83 said:
Never heard of this.
Since I flashed villain 2.5 its been better, hasn't done it since.(crossfingers)
Hmm, the link posted says about dolphin browser. Before I flashed 2.5 I used to get random restarts, haven't had any since the new flash that I know of. Maybe I'll try a different browser also.
Sent from my at&t SGS2
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i know it's about dolphin (this is what cause my phone to turn off) i wanted to may be point u to the right fix for your problem, it doesnt have to be dolphin browser only, it might be some other app that is causing this problem

AOS Battery drain

I'm closing this thread. Whatever I did seemed to work only temporary..

farazive said:
I have been reading a a lot about this bug...
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If u stop software update, samsung dive stops working i found this out long tome ago, but it might be different now on 2.3.5
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or you can use the siyah kernel which supposedly fixed the aos problem.
based on my current usage, it shows:
1d 9h 14m on battery
2h 11m display time on
android os 3%.
theres still 39% battery left.
for me thats good enough.

farazive said:
I'm closing this thread. Whatever I did seemed to work only temporary..
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And another placebo fix to add to the plethora of supposed fixes for the bug.

Install CM7 to fix the bug.

robbiev80 said:
Install CM7 to fix the bug.
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Sorry, but nope

AndreiLux said:
Sorry, but nope
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- Put phone in freezer until draining process is frozen?
- Sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, little star" before going to bed with phone, so it will slide into deep sleep very smoothly without waking up?
- *[MOD] OMG, my battery lasts for 3,5 months already. TRY THIS FIX*
Turn phone off and leave off to save battery?

[Xperia X F5121] Incredible Battery Life on Nougat (Concept 38.3.A.0.107)

Just wanted to point out, without evidence yet, that battery life on Nougat (Concept update 38.3.A.0.107) is amazing. I'm talking about days here.
¿Anyone else experiencing this?
As for the evidence, I will charge my phone to 100% today and upload a battery life screencap as soon as I can.

What? I need that firmware! My battery goes from 80 to 70 in 5 minutes On screen time!!!

Hi,
Just a quick update with a screenshot. Just 2h short of a day with 14% to go, the mostly horizontal part of the graph happened when I was asleep.
SOT for that is 3h13m

chinoquezada said:
Hi,
Just a quick update with a screenshot. Just 2h short of a day with 14% to go, the mostly horizontal part of the graph happened when I was asleep.
SOT for that is 3h13m
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SOT 3h is supposed to be good? Your battery life is as worse as mine (Im running poison)

FoxTheLegend said:
SOT 3h is supposed to be good? Your battery life is as worse as mine (Im running poison)
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FoxTheLegend said:
What? I need that firmware! My battery goes from 80 to 70 in 5 minutes On screen time!!!
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Um... ok?
Maybe I'm coming from a terrible phone and this seems very good then.
Nevertheless, I can tell you for sure that my phone isn't dropping 10% batt in 5min SOT.

chinoquezada said:
Um... ok?
Maybe I'm coming from a terrible phone and this seems very good then.
Nevertheless, I can tell you for sure that my phone isn't dropping 10% batt in 5min SOT.
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well now that I have applied some fixes and calibration it isn't in mine either. I am not sure really, but 3 hours of SOT is just not good, and Im coming from a bad phone too

I'm thinking x-reality might be disabled afteryour update. My screen takes up 30 percent battery with x-reality on.

I never havwe x reality on.. seriously yoy think I didnt check it or what

FoxTheLegend said:
SOT 3h is supposed to be good? Your battery life is as worse as mine (Im running poison)
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With poison i have more than 6 hours SOT. Without any mods. With the original rom i had 5 and a half hours SOT.

I dont understand.. my phone is brand new, I have optimasations, underclock and everything except wifi is off.. what am I doing wrong? I have also calibrated the battery, full discharge ans full charge, its not any app im using since with stock and. nothing. installed battery runs the same.. Also the camera is worse after the drm fix than before drm fix (too much noise) the hell is wrong with my phone??

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I dont understand.. my phone is brand new, I have optimasations, underclock and everything except wifi is off.. what am I doing wrong? I have also calibrated the battery, full discharge ans full charge, its not any app im using since with stock and. nothing. installed battery runs the same.. Also the camera is worse after the drm fix than before drm fix (too much noise) the hell is wrong with my phone??
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you too are in concept rom? because that is standard now battery going way too fast, try installing gsam app and give permissions via adb so you can check which app is consuming too much power, i have done it but i still can't figue out what is causing it

Wingartz85 said:
you too are in concept rom? because that is standard now battery going way too fast, try installing gsam app and give permissions via adb so you can check which app is consuming too much power, i have done it but i still can't figue out what is causing it
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No, I am using the poison nougat rom. Actually, I have been using gsam for 2 weeks I think, just like you I cannot find the problem. My SOT is 3 hours, 4 hours at best. And keep in mind that is with very simple usage , not any intense apps or games

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No, I am using the poison nougat rom. Actually, I have been using gsam for 2 weeks I think, just like you I cannot find the problem. My SOT is 3 hours, 4 hours at best. And keep in mind that is with very simple usage , not any intense apps or games
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So it's not only in the conpcet rom, also in poison maybe fully stock doesn't have those issues??

Wingartz85 said:
So it's not only in the conpcet rom, also in poison maybe fully stock doesn't have those issues??
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As I have said again, even in stock rom I have the same results... that makes me worry. I hope its not a hardware problem

FoxTheLegend said:
As I have said again, even in stock rom I have the same results... that makes me worry. I hope its not a hardware problem
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Really stock does too? now you've got me wondering if it's a hardware problem now

Every phone has these kind of problems
My battery life is shocking. I do use my device a lot so it's understandable.
There is battery tweaks out there to help people with problems. Someone will bring something out or find something for our devices

fezta said:
Every phone has these kind of problems
My battery life is shocking. I do use my device a lot so it's understandable.
There is battery tweaks out there to help people with problems. Someone will bring something out or find something for our devices
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Correct, but in our case it is beyond normal. 3 hours O-S-T is not normal for this phone in any case

FoxTheLegend said:
Correct, but in our case it is beyond normal. 3 hours O-S-T is not normal for this phone in any case
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Oh yeah agree but it's not like there's loads of reported cases there's less than on handful just on our threads.
I'm not debating there isn't a problem.

fezta said:
Oh yeah agree but it's not like there's loads of reported cases there's less than on handful just on our threads.
I'm not debating there isn't a problem.
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Yeah, I understand what you mean, the problem here is that we do not know if it's connected to software (or somehow to the bootloader / root probably not though) or if it's the actual phone being faulty. I doubt it's faulty, I have absolutely no problems apart from the drainage

FoxTheLegend said:
Yeah, I understand what you mean, the problem here is that we do not know if it's connected to software (or somehow to the bootloader / root probably not though) or if it's the actual phone being faulty. I doubt it's faulty, I have absolutely no problems apart from the drainage
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Yea I'm the same mate no problem other than battery I'm sure we will find something out soon enough dude