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Strange battery drain

Happy new Year to everybody!!!
I'm having a strange battery drain issue with my phone...
Since I flash Darky's v7.6 I start having this problem-maximum 14 hours battery life without playing or using heavy apps
Before I get 26-30 hours in the same use
I flash 7.7 (both wipe and no-wipe) but problem stays.
Factory reset for sure 6 times until now.
Change kernel to Speedmode but the same
Battery calibration been done more than 10 times without result.
I flash v7.0 now and still having the same isue!!!
It's very annoying
Can anyone help me please?

Its the firmware JPY. Wait for a fix, go back older firmware or turn off wifi.
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Wasnt JPE out? hows that?

_JKay_ said:
Its the firmware JPY. Wait for a fix, go back older firmware or turn off wifi.
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So you mean JPY is a battery killer?

Happy New Year!
I've had JPU, JPX and now JPY. Somewhere in between I had XWJPH which is the official 2.2 for my device (HKDCOS). The 2.2.1 firmwares have almost the same battery life as the official 2.2 while being much much faster. They all have more bat drain than my eclairs (JM2, JM9) but not dramaticaly. I can make 40-48 hours on 2.2.1 normal use, and I did 48-60 hours on eclair. I think it has to do with what apps you use. Do you have battery stats?

Ρε ΠΑΟΚτσάκι άρρωστο από την Κρήτη,εσύ είσαι;
O.K. let's see...
Last night I let it charge untill the "100% charged notification" sounds.
Unplug charger,wait 30-40secs and plug it again.In order to be sure for maximum charge depentless battery icon.
I forgot to deactivate wi-fi(although I think energy consumption is the same) and 10hours later battery icon shows 93%.
Battery stats was almost zero,exept Wi-Fi On(99.9%) and Wi-Fi Running(99.9%)
I thought "desent amount of energy consumption" and then I only used the browser for 15'-20' and battery icon dropted from 93% to 88%!!!
2 days ago,I installed autokiller in order to switch off background apps-just in case that any of my installed apps consumes energy.No result at all....
[email protected] I'm running over JPY for over 2 weeks and had completly no prob at all-just as tsinc sais,I manage to get more than 24H in normal usage
Problem started since 7.6 Darky's been flashed
Then,I flashed 7.7 no-wipe,7.7 wipe,7.0,7.5 and still no problem solved...
And I get tired from continuesly tries of re-customize of my Galaxy

Samsung have changed the WiFi driver for the 2.2.1 Firmwares. As I was on the JPY I had this huge battery drain too. So I decide to take WiFi driver from JPA. They work but I have first to test if this really give me less power drain.
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Mparmpa-Nikos said:
Ρε ΠΑΟΚτσάκι άρρωστο από την Κρήτη,εσύ είσαι;
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I forgot to deactivate wi-fi ....
And I get tired from continuesly tries of re-customize of my Galaxy
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Όχι φίλε αλλά δεν πειράζει
I'm not using Wifi cause I have an "unlimited" (=3GB) data plan. Wifi drains a lot on 2.2.1. I think "hardcore" or somebody started a thread about it.
I'm also tired of flashing and resetting.... Any news about 2.3 ?

I did flash the jpa wifi drivers dosnt seem to affect drqin too much...
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I`m using Darky`s 7.5 and the phone has been unppluged 51 hours ago and i still have 38% of battery, although the battery i got with the new SGS i recieved from orange is way better than my other SGS, it last for 4 days with modderate usage, and it should get better as it is new and it has to get a few charging cicles to increase battery life a little bit more. The usage is the same as it was on my other SGS, music, movies, internet, mail, messenger, calls etc.

I`m using Darky`s 7.5 and the phone has been unppluged 51 hours ago and i still have 38% of battery,
Much the same for me on that version but later versions enormousness battery drain . Different rom battery drain about normal .All JPY .
jje

I have it too on JPY now. Strange thing is that everything was good for like a week after flashing, but then suddenly battary started to loose charge like a madman. Dunno, may be it's a Skype that i have installed recently, but i dont launch it and the drain is still there.

I've been looking at youre battery stats and it said its been 26 hours since last unplugged I still have 20% battery left, it also says the the phone wasnt sleeping fot 11 hours out of the 26. What could cause this?(the screen was one for like 1/2 tops
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Advice on going from 2.2.2 back to 2.2.1

Hi,
ever since last week when I updated to 2.2.2, my battery life has been crap. In the half hour it takes me to get ready and drive into work, the battery goes down to 60%. with 2.2.1 it was like 98% so something is messed up.
Nothing else has changed, no new apps.
I did the froyo update manually so I sort of know the mechanics of the process but I'm just wondering if I need to go back to stock and then to froyo and then the updates or if I can just download the 2.2.1 image and update with it.
thanks,

I have the same problem :/

Obvious answer but have you tried a factory reset? I would take a stab at it before using more aggressive solutions.
Failing that you can flash a stock rom using the passimg.zip method and OTA back up but at some point you will be back on 2.2.1 and getting nagged to update to 2.2.2 again.*
*It could be that i'm using the European varient of the firmware but i've not had the best of luck flashing back to older versions (It's a long story). Suffice it to say, every method failed at some stage so i flashed a 2.2.2 stock/custom ROM instead.

I'm getting consistent 20hrs+ to 30% running CM7 nightly. Can understand wanting to keep it simply stock and CM7 is pre alpha but my battery performance is about double.
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HTCinToronto said:
I'm getting consistent 20hrs+ to 30% running CM7 nightly. Can understand wanting to keep it simply stock and CM7 is pre alpha but my battery performance is about double.
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Did I understand you correctly? You could only get 10 hours of your battery on stock rom?! And is there really a positive difference in CM7 battery performance? I know that some people (including me) had problems with that on CM6 so in my eyes CM is not the most battery efficient rom. Just curious..
About OP's battery problem. My N1 no different than before 2.2.2 update. Battery life seems the same. +1 for factory reset.
Cheers!

it could be time to root and go cutom

I had the same problem
And found out that it was google syncing (which i could not fix whatever i did). I wiped everything and started again.
This fixed it, however here are some tips to get good life on the nexus.
(This worked for me and saw my nexus 1 last 1.5 - 2 days before getting to 30%)
1: goto dial pad and do the *#*#info#*#* under phone set it from WCDMA to GSM perfered
2: Always use wifi where you can, wifi uses less battery than 3G, (this was a major saving in battery power for me) Set your wifi to always on (even when the screen is off). The 2 main places you spend most of your time is at home and work, set it up for those places and you will see your battery lasting a crap load
(my battery went from a drain of 7% a hour down to 2-3% by doing this).

battery drains completely in less than 12 hours

On Galaxy S I9000.....what can I do to fix it? This happens even with minimal usage.

Which rom?

malcho said:
Which rom?
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2.3.4 Gingerbread xxjvp

try to overcharge your phone and see if there still any battery drainage!

I have same "problem". It will be fixed when there's been few batterycycles.
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I've only had this rom for 1 day.
Sry for doublepost.
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I have this issue on Darky 10.1 (2.6 kernel), 2.3.3
Battery lasts around 10 hours with light to medium usage (its a new original Samsung battery as well).
Does anyone have any quick advice to fix this? Bit under time pressure due to job at the moment and don't have much time to research this. Any advice to fix this easily and quickly?

I had this problem after switching on the “Vorabruf über Mobilnetz“ in the Cache-Settings of Google Maps. Maps was closed, but battery was fast going down. Using XWJVH.
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I too have almost the same problem with Darky Rom 10.1 - but I've heard that it has been fixed in the new beta version. I'm gonna flash it at the end of the week and after a few days of observing, I'm gonna tell you the results.

Jobiza said:
I have same "problem". It will be fixed when there's been few batterycycles.
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It's been through quite a few cycles.

I think I figured it out.....I think it was Skype. If you sign in the app is always on...it doesn't have an exit feature. There is, however, an app to close it. I used it and got normal battery life today!
We'll see if it keeps working like it should.

So I've upgraded to 2.3.4, (Ficeto.Deodexed.XXJVP) and Android OS battery drain stopped. Now it shows 70% battery usage on display (before it was 70% android OS). I recommend updating your system too

with darky on medium use never had more than 14 hrs )

I've given up for the moment and gone back to Darkys 9.5
Now at least I can get through one whole day and have about 40% left

Diaf82 said:
2.3.4 Gingerbread xxjvp
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Are you willing to flash the rom again? or you can try to use the speedmod 15g t11 for the kernel to replace the JVP kernel.

it's said that when you use the USB connection to your PC, you need to reboot it. So this battery drainage will not happen.
In the ROm 2.3.3 JV5 and JV6 for Asia, I do the same to keep the batter alive.

Try backing up everything and then factory reset phone. Generally this happens because of a few unwanted applications excessively using ur processor, in turn draining battery or there may be a malware that stealthily connects itself to the net. This will almost certainly cure the disease. If it doesn't, then there is a serious defect in ur hardware or some of ur system app required for properfunctioning of the phone is corrupted, causing excess pressure on the processor

It is a big problem to everyone, I charge twice per day for this.

Calibrate your battery
Let the battery go down to 0% and turn off
Then turn the phone on, it'll turn itself off again cause battery is low
Keep doing this until its totally 0%
Plug in the charger, charge it to 100%
Turn the phone on
Download SGS Tools from the android market place
Run the app
Go to "scripts"
click delete battery stats
Unplug charger & you're done
battery should be more stable now
go to settings
applications
running services
check what you have in the background
close them down if they're unecessary
I get through the workday with only 10% loss

If you have an really old SIM card, try and replace it with a brand new one. This may also help. I had bad battery run time with two LG Optimus 2x phones (about 10 hours) and not so stellar 20 hours with the i9000. Finally I stumbled over some advise to replace old SIM cards. Since mine was over 12 years old, I ordered a new one. It is not gonna change the world, I know, but it was worth a try .

Its official!!!! Read this!

Well its official... 2.3.4 DOES still have the android OS drain problem!
My phone had an issue with the usb port and had to be sent away for repair last week.
I picked my phone up on Monday (2 days ago) after it had been repaired and it had been upgraded whilst it was away from 2.2.1 JPY ( I flashed it back to stock JPY before sending it away ) to 2.3.4 JVQ.
I have read a lot of posts debating that the OS problem is due to custom kernels etc etc, but my phone is still at the moment completely stock with only a few apps installed.
It was ok for the first 2 days but i have taken it off charge this morning and the android OS was draining 47% battery!
I lost 12% battery in 2 hours.
So yes the android OS bug DOES still exist n 2.3.4 stock roms.
Discuss

Official...
I don't think that means what you think it means.
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Discuss
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Nope, there are already enough blabla threads for this so called "issue"
Can an admin merge this to here (?)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242631

meesterlars said:
Official...
I don't think that means what you think it means.
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Figure of speech mate...

please look at definition of "OFFICIAL" in dictionary...

I've never had OS drain in 2.3.4

Mostly this bug is caused to an app that doesnt let your phone go to sleep. Deinstall some apps and watch your drain again
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you should get a warning to make you think next time

As far as i'm concerned your talking out your arse!
Mine is completely stock JVQ updated through kies, with heavy use i can get a day out of it and with light use just over 2.

As far as im concerned YOUR talking out of YOUR arse.
Mine is completly stock JVQ flashed from the samsung repair center and i got android OS drain after 2 days of having the phone back with like 4 apps installed from the market.

poor you =) oh yeah and it is official !!!!

OMG...it's official! Whatever shall I do.
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"Its official!!!! Read this!" Seriously? Do people even read the forum rules? It's actually about good practices, really...

Try putting your wifi to sleep when the screen is off
Oh and that is unofficial but works
and there is a section that tells you now what its doing
The only bug that is left is the Phone FC problem

Why not just go back to Froyo, it's not that much different from GB anyway?...
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zolah said:
As far as im concerned YOUR talking out of YOUR arse.
Mine is completly stock JVQ flashed from the samsung repair center and i got android OS drain after 2 days of having the phone back with like 4 apps installed from the market.
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ive had batt drain in all stock an custom roms,but i exp batt life good on froyo but it was laggy an gb is snappy but batt drains...so kinnda got adjustd to it.

rocky23 said:
ive had batt drain in all stock an custom roms,but i exp batt life good on froyo but it was laggy an gb is snappy but batt drains...so kinnda got adjustd to it.
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GB is like the Custom ROM version of Froyo.
I guess it comes down to speed vs battery life...
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I've never had OS drain on 2.3.3 stock after clearing cache partition and dalvik cache. Need root to clear dalvik cache though. Battery life is great seems much better than tweaked 2.2.1.

ccrows said:
I guess it comes down to speed vs battery life...
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Even if it's "official" I oppose all the opinions that Froyo was so much better for battery life:
I have been running every GB Stock ROM (with Voodoo or Hardcore Kernel) and the battery life with my 200+ apps is slightly better (after a workday with wifi on I still have 30-40% battery left with GB instead of runnning empty on Froyo). I had battery drain after flashing some of the stock rom versions, but I also used Titanium Backup to restore system settings so I blame this for the bad battery life.
Now - running on JVR with Hardcore K15i T10 - everything works great!
But, if you feel like going back to Froyo, do so and stop complaining about problems with GB you most certainly triggered yourself....
BTW, even if if this is OT, could you please use more specific thread titles and stop insulting yourselves?

Battery Life BUG in ICS based ROMS

I've done a little research and there is a bug in the 4.0.3 AOSP release. You can see a link to this issue here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22878#makechanges
Attached is a screenshot of the problem ocuring in ICS Passion 13.1
I am curious is anyone NOT having this issue?

Yeah, mine started couple of days ago with the same problem. Android System shows 75% battery usage.
I wonder if there is a fix for this bug. I read whatever is on the link but there is all king of possible solutions.

I'm on MIUI and this is happening quite a bit too

Yeah, My battery will be 80% I reboot and it 10% or it's10% and I reboot then it's 80%...lol

I think, 84% is the culprit. Read my post here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23766036&postcount=2223
bobshute said:
Yeah, My battery will be 80% I reboot and it 10% or it's10% and I reboot then it's 80%...lol
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I used to have that issue on CM7 many moons ago. Did a bunch of searches and someone mentioned a process call GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK somewhere on XDA, that constantly runs even after you do not choose to backup to google (at least thats what I think its for).
I used root explorer to go into /system/apps and delete the GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK. I have never had any negative effect from doing it. It fixed the Android OS sucking up battery problem. Now I make it a point to delete it after flashing a rom regardless of whether batter drain is there or not. Never had that issue since.
Try it and see what happens. You can always just move it or rename it so you can put it back if it does not solve your problem.

illego said:
I used to have that issue on CM7 many moons ago. Did a bunch of searches and someone mentioned a process call GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK somewhere on XDA, that constantly runs even after you do not choose to backup to google (at least thats what I think its for).
I used root explorer to go into /system/apps and delete the GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK. I have never had any negative effect from doing it. It fixed the Android OS sucking up battery problem. Now I make it a point to delete it after flashing a rom regardless of whether batter drain is there or not. Never had that issue since.
Try it and see what happens. You can always just move it or rename it so you can put it back if it does not solve your problem.
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I'm trying this now, I'll report back. Thanks

I'm joining this club.
Mine S2 is having the same problem since yesterday....
System uses 39% and keeps my phone awake for 6 hours now.
Would like to add a screenshot but I can't
Info:
Model: GT-I9100
Version: 4.0.3
Baseband: I9100XXLPQ
Kernel: [email protected] #3
Build: Lite'ning ROM v2.1

thaizz said:
I'm joining this club.
Mine S2 is having the same problem since yesterday....
System uses 39% and keeps my phone awake for 6 hours now.
Would like to add a screenshot but I can't
Info:
Model: GT-I9100
Version: 4.0.3
Baseband: I9100XXLPQ
Kernel: [email protected] #3
Build: Lite'ning ROM v2.1
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Post to the Google Code bug

Just wondering if there have been any discoveries or new info on this problem.
I was experiencing this bug for a long time and I thought it was a bad battery. After replacing my battery it was still happening.

Battery life is the sole reason I went from ICS Passion (4.0.3) to Slim ICS (4.0.4).
I think battery life is better now, but I've also been incrementally restoring all my apps, ensuring battery drain isn't unreasonably affected with each restore.

I have this same issue! My battery lasted up to a day yesterday and today I had to charge my phone twice. Lasted only 4 hours. Pretty ridiculous I would say! I did try removing googletransport.apk and it reduced my android os to 25% or so from 60% that's about it.
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Try using any of the ROMs on Android 4.0.4
EXROM
SLIM ICS
ZenWick
I too was on ICS Passion. I noticed a huge battery improvement when moving to the ROMs listed above (4.0.4 based)

xdaboualem said:
Try using any of the ROMs on Android 4.0.4
EXROM
SLIM ICS
ZenWick
I too was on ICS Passion. I noticed a huge battery improvement when moving to the ROMs listed above (4.0.4 based)
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I was hoping for a work around sigh .
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illego said:
I used to have that issue on CM7 many moons ago. Did a bunch of searches and someone mentioned a process call GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK somewhere on XDA, that constantly runs even after you do not choose to backup to google (at least thats what I think its for).
I used root explorer to go into /system/apps and delete the GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK. I have never had any negative effect from doing it. It fixed the Android OS sucking up battery problem. Now I make it a point to delete it after flashing a rom regardless of whether batter drain is there or not. Never had that issue since.
Try it and see what happens. You can always just move it or rename it so you can put it back if it does not solve your problem.
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Wow, this worked beautifully, thanks a mil illego.
Installed ICS Passion v13.1 a few days ago and had severe battery drainage, from 100% to 0% in 8 hours after calibration.
Looking at the battery stats I realized that the phone was always in AWAKE mode, with ANDROID SYSTEM sapping like 80%.
After renaming GOOGLEBACKUPTRANSPORT.APK the phone finally went into much needed sleep mode.
In hindsight, I enabled Google "Backup this Phone" during first ICS setup, and this must've tried to connect to the internet the whole time or had a process keeping the phone awake.
Brilliant fix, you made my day, thx.

I was using ICSSGS's 4.0.3 and noticing that my battery was draining pretty quick with little or no use.
I decided to try the Dark Knight 4.0.4 rom and my battery life has pretty much doubled.
No lock screen issues now either!

SlimICS!
I have been using SlimICS and have never had any batt drain issues. Googlebackup.apk is removed by default from this ROM.

I never get good battery life on a ics rom, tried on 3 different phones with 6 different roms. It looks nice but isn't battery friendly from my experience.

[bman123] said:
I never get good battery life on a ics rom, tried on 3 different phones with 6 different roms. It looks nice but isn't battery friendly from my experience.
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You must have one or more apps draining your battery.
User betterbatteryStats or "BadAss battery monitor" to check where battery is being used and whether any app is keeping the phone awake.

I agree
I have to agree. When I use a Froyo Rom my phone loses .5% per hour in idle. At times it loses a max of 1% per hour. However, with ICS ROMs I lose around 1.7% per hour. I have tried just about all ICS Roms, and all Kernels. While some are better than others, 1.7% per hour is pretty standard with any ICS. Trust me, I have no deep sleep issues, and no abnormal wakelocks. I've read all the post of saving battery life, and done them all. Roughly 1.7% per hour is what I get with any ICS Rom.
Personally, I like the look and feel of ICS so I just take the good with the bad. Can anyone shed some light on this. Why does ICS drain battery so quickly in idle vs older android versions. Or, is it just the Vibrant? Im stumped.