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OTA battery drain [XXJVK]

Are you having high battery drain with XXJVK firmware, or any other 2.2.1 firmware?
Does your Battery Use shows high CPU usage time on Android OS?
Then, check if you ever had Software Updates logged in! I noticed high battery usage once I logged in for OTA updates. Possibly, the device is retrying the connection to update server (which will always return timeout). You can see the Software Update service running all the time once you logged in.
If you have logged in Software Updates, go Settings->Applications->Manage Application->All->Software Update->Clear Data
Once you have logged out from Software Updates, the service disappears and personally, battery life doubled.

Thanks, i will try it!
It really could be the last chance to solve my idle-drain-prob.
i'll report back.
//edit: cleared data, service automatically stopped. i'll report back tomorrow if it solves my drain-thing.

Yup i had it running too since boot.. cleared data and will report back

Let's hope this is the answer. I've just took the drastic measure of doing a hard reset and now battery drain is pretty much zero and phone is idle when screen is off. I'll keep installing and enabling things and see what takes more battery.

Very interesting, I did check if there were any updates, and I suffered from random battery drain. At first I suspected Google Maps/Navigation, but you could be right. I started Maps, and Navigation, killed en cleared OTA, and I am monitoring the battery.

I have found that when i use the built in task manager to "clear memory" as soon as i have done that the battery drains alot faster and my android OS in battery stats goes through the roof (from 5% to something like 14%). It has been running fine since yesterday and i cleared memory only to find my battery went very quickly from 28% to 9%. I rebooted the device and all is well, i wont be using that option anymore
After installing jvk full I installed jve modem, rooted and did battery stats wipe and battery issues went away.

i lost 25% over night in airplane mode
background & sync = off.

after clearing dalvik cache & battery recalibration using battery calibrator from market i have 5-7% drain per night, and 30-40% per day... last battery time was 2d 19h 14m, with some calls, some games, some wi-fi and some hsdpa & with weather widget update every hour.
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i9000 + JVK (repartition 512, with bootloader) + CF Root
P.S before clearing dalvik cache & battery recalibration with same use i have maximum battery life - 23h

Clear the data for "Samsung Account".

basti107 said:
i lost 25% over night in airplane mode
background & sync = off.
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There's something very wrong with your phone, either your battery's shot or there's a rogue program draining it, you shouldn't lose more than 1-2% overnight in airplane mode.

Same problem here. I hate this device...

Is it just me that think battery life is much better than on froyo?
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I have no battery drain since i upgraded to jvk.
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I'm seeing huge battery drain like others, sometimes more that 50% in a few hours doing absolutely nothing, wifi & 3G off and OS takes up to 60% of the battery usage. I never activated Automatice Updates since I flashed JVK. I am now on Darky's v10RC3. Only a few people are having such problems, most users say they are experiencing their best battery life ever.
I noticed that this drain always happened to me after I used Maps / Navigation. So I suspect them to create problems, maybe kicking off Software Update in a bad way. And rebooting stops the drain (it once took as long as a full flash for my phone to reboot...?).
So I have bought for $1 this nice app called Autostarts that shows which apps autostart, what triggers them to start and it is then possible to disable by app / event.
When I tap on Software Update, I can see that it kicks in on these occasions:
- After Startup
- Application installed
- Application removed
- SMS received
- Secret code entered
I disabled everything as well as for Map, so now it's no longer showing in running apps / processes.
Will follow this thread !

ivan1975 said:
I have no battery drain since i upgraded to jvk.
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how did you upgrade?
odin? repartition? w/o bootloader? heimdall?

mengsuan said:
If you have logged in Software Updates, go Settings->Applications->Manage Application->All->Software Update->Clear Data
Once you have logged out from Software Updates, the service disappears and personally, battery life doubled.
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dhiru1602 said:
Clear the data for "Samsung Account".
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Spot on.
My Android OS battery usage is down to 3-5%.
Great find guys, Thanks a lot!
Also, a little suggestion here but I need someone to confirm.
Regarding Google Maps, I was having some trouble getting rid of Hotpot and Rate Places processes as they were constantly running for no reason and restart after I kill them. Another 13% drain. So yesterday I updated to Maps 5.3 and the processes are no longer there even though I've used Maps, Hotpot and Places

I upgraded with odin, repartition and bootloaders. Since now the battery life is very good, i can see the difference by eyes.
basti107 said:
how did you upgrade?
odin? repartition? w/o bootloader? heimdall?
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nadram said:
Spot on.
My Android OS battery usage is down to 3-5%.
Great find guys, Thanks a lot!
Also, a little suggestion here but I need someone to confirm.
Regarding Google Maps, I was having some trouble getting rid of Hotpot and Rate Places processes as they were constantly running for no reason and restart after I kill them. Another 13% drain. So yesterday I updated to Maps 5.3 and the processes are no longer there even though I've used Maps, Hotpot and Places
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Good that it worked for you

mengsuan said:
Possibly, the device is retrying the connection to update server (which will always return timeout). You can see the Software Update service running all the time once you logged in.
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today the message is changed form "connection time out" to "no update available" maybe 2.3 is coming?

This worked for me.

Google maps or Latitude consuming battery

On JHV.
Seems like maps is consuming much battery. Haven't even started it since I disconnected from charger (4 hours ago). Even though it stands for 30% usage. Battery now is 83% and have been.
Any suggestions?

try turn off Latitude

DummyPLUG said:
try turn off Latitude
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Nope. I love the app. Didi'nt use this much battery on Froyo.

same problem here, only on GB roms, so I hope it will be fixed next roms or the next version of gmaps.

kicsihuszar said:
same problem here, only on GB roms, so I hope it will be fixed next roms or the next version of gmaps.
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I have also experienced insane battery drain on ALL SGS rom's I've ever had (froyo, ginger). As if its typical for this device. If you turn on latitude, don't expect more than half a day on battery... especially if 3G is also turned on.
I also have a ZTE Blade. It has I believe a 1100 mAh battery, easily taking 2 days on battery with normal use + latitude + 3G.

Yeah, I loved latitude until the day I got GB, then I had at most a full day of battery life. Now, without Latitude I can manage up to three days. So, hopefully Google can find a fix.

Battery drain is caused by Latitude in GB. If you turned it off but battery drain didn't stop - simply check off/on Use wireless networks in Location and Security Menu. It should help.

mio520 said:
Battery drain is caused by Latitude in GB. If you turned it off but battery drain didn't stop - simply check off/on Use wireless networks in Location and Security Menu. It should help.
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I can confirm that the "Use wireless networks" option in the "Location and security" menu in the settings is draining battery. I think Google is using this to create a worldwide map of wireless networks to be able to use it for position estimation when GPS is off or unavailable. They are warning you when you switch it on, so it's not spying on you without your knowledge. The problem is that it seems that the software is not well written and drains your battery. I've switched it off and the battery use improved a lot.

[Q] Google Services battery drain anyone?

I'm running stock/rooted kitkat and for the last few days I have had dramatic battery drain. I go from fully changed to 10% in less than 4 hours. Has anyone else noticed this lately?

I had this as well. I had to disable location services to get my phone to actually go to sleep.
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disabling location services and trying that. thanks

I've had awful battery since i upgraded to 5.0 and Google services are killing the battery. I'll try location services. Will update.

It's definitely not a problem with Location Services. My location is completely turned off 99% (since always) of the time and I also have that topping my battery consumption. Even though, my phone has been deep sleeping without major problems. There's an unknown wakelock that is slowly draining the battery, but anyway I've been getting 4h of SOT everyday without making any sacrifices. If somebody finds out what's the root cause, keep me posted, please.

I've been occasionally getting this for a few weeks too.
If I turn off location, the problem continues for a day or so but then goes away.

This morning I took the phone off charger first thing. I restarted and didn't open screen for two hours. When I checked battery usage it was down 80% and the big consumer was Media and SDcard. Anyone see this before?

It just occurred to me that I may have a corrupt file on internal storage. I'm going to back everything up and start deleting.

Well..I did a factory reset and I still have a major battery drain. It has to be some rogue app but I haven't installed "new" apps lately. Plenty of updates though.

Terrible battery life? What gives?

Hey guys...
Just here to say that I unplugged this phone at around 5 in the morning, and around 5 hours later its already down to 74%.
What did I do? Only about 10 minutes of mobile hotspot, a 2 minute phone call, and three text messages. The rest just idling...
1/4th of my battery life for just that?
What the heck?
Everything is disabled and the screen brightness is low... Whats the matter with this phone?

Looks like something is keeping your device awake.
Can you please add some screenshots of your battery graph?
In addition, you can try to boot into safe mode. If your problem is gone in safe mode, a third party app is interfering.

If you're rooted, try installing Wakelock detector or BBS (Better Battery Stats) and check out what is waking up your device.

If you use Gas Buddy, it was known to be causing massive bluetooth wakelocks. Either uninstall it or update it to the latest version.
Set your wifi to 2.4 ghz only. On 6.0 and 6.0.1, the 5 ghz band has been causing abnormal battery drain and keeping phones from entering doze mode. Here's the issue being reported: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=197460
If neither of these make a big improvement, you'll have to use your battery stats (and if rooted, use Better Battery Stats or Wakelock Detector) to specifically see what's keeping the phone awake. In either of these apps, filter the view by "Alarms" or "wakeup triggers" and you'll see what the heavy hitters are.
Be sure to go into Location>Settings and turn off wifi and bluetooth scanning.

Hi.the maps app isvuding WiFi and gps even though both are disabled and I'm not using it... Any ideas?

Battery life horrible - Doze not working

My battery life is going from bad to worse. Doze doesn't ever seem to work. My phone is now down to 12 % and I have had a SOT of 21 minutes since the last Charge. I am rooted and have Greenify installed. GSam Battery is telling me that App usage is accounting for 86% of the battery usage with Kernel and Android System being the biggest battery eaters. How can I get doze to work again? Also I sometimes see that my Screen is not turning off on its own. Even hitting the power button won't turn off the Screen.

Doze stopped working for me from the time I updated to 6.0.1. But the phone does a last a day with normal usage.

thegios said:
Totally reset my phone and configured as new device.
Installed apps one by one and again 20% discharge overnight.
The phone seems to really go into sleep but I still get this constant discharge slope.
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Have you changed wifi to 2.4GHz only?,
I don't know if WiFi has been fixed
I had android backup bug from resets and clean flash
I had to clean cache and delete google data related stuff couple of times,
I ended up pausing a lot of the services to reduce googles permission

My router has 2.4 only anyway but I'll try...
What is this issue about?
In any case I tried submitting bug report to online battery historian tool and it shows googlequicksearchbox as top app.