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There’s no way to turn it off? Holding it for options.. Nothing. Not even Google play option
Any help would be appreciated,
Thank you.
Any help?
You mean the service that scans for new media on the device? That has nothing to do with sync
This is how the menu normally looks like. [THIS IS NOT MY DEVICE]
Come on guys, this is killing my battery.
what are you talking about? just untick whatever you dont want to sync? media server is seperate from your google stuff.
IINexusII said:
what are you talking about? just untick whatever you dont want to sync? media server is seperate from your google stuff.
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It's the Google Play Music Sync.
techsplurge(dot)com/13494/google-nexus-4-mediaserver-battery-drain-problem-solution/
urhideless said:
It's the Google Play Music Sync.
techsplurge(dot)com/13494/google-nexus-4-mediaserver-battery-drain-problem-solution/
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If you read further down this only is a fix if there is a media server issue if not using a media player...
It seems to be the consensus in the xda community that it media server issue is related to corrupted media files, be it images or music. However I don't think this is the case.
I have the issue only when playing my sd card music from a music player like power amp. It doesn't happen when not using it. I turned off all scanning within the app and it is still happening. I think this is a 4.2 issue... I deleted all of the files on my SD card then resynced and it's still happening! This was not an issue with the same EXACT content on the galaxy nexus. Can anyone help fix battery drain issue!?
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bleys121 said:
If you read further down this only is a fix if there is a media server issue if not using a media player...
It seems to be the consensus in the xda community that it media server issue is related to corrupted media files, be it images or music. However I don't think this is the case.
I have the issue only when playing my sd card music from a music player like power amp. It doesn't happen when not using it. I turned off all scanning within the app and it is still happening. I think this is a 4.2 issue... I deleted all of the files on my SD card then resynced and it's still happening! This was not an issue with the same EXACT content on the galaxy nexus. Can anyone help fix battery drain issue!?
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Could be a poweramp issue if its not optimized for 4.2 so stop using poweramp and try something else. And is it really a battery drain? I have poweramp installed, mediaserver uses about 16% but its had no effect on my battery life. I also didn't have this issue when poweramp wasn't installed and I used google music, mediaserver then was a minimal % but I had the same battery life. I just switched to mixzing and will see if mediaserver is still as active. I'm thinking it's poweramps widget causing the issue.
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Could be a poweramp issue if its not optimized for 4.2 so stop using poweramp and try something else. And is it really a battery drain? I have poweramp installed, mediaserver uses about 16% but its had no effect on my battery life. I also didn't have this issue when poweramp wasn't installed and I used google music, mediaserver then was a minimal % but I had the same battery life. I just switched to mixzing and will see if mediaserver is still as active. I'm thinking it's poweramps widget causing the issue.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "is it really draining your battery". It has a higher consumption than screen on battery stats... I've never known battery stats to be incorrect as far as actually draining battery. I don't think you notice it because you might not listen to music as much as I do. I usually listening to it all day on and off at work. Battery is noticeably less when media server issue is rampant.
Also still showing up with Google music as the music player on SD card music.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "is it really draining your battery". It has a higher consumption than screen on battery stats... I've never known battery stats to be incorrect as far as actually draining battery. I don't think you notice it because you might not listen to music as much as I do. I usually listening to it all day on and off at work. Battery is noticeably less when media server issue is rampant.
Also still showing up with Google music as the music player on SD card music.
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I listen to music for 2 hours a day while working out, mediaserver never even showed up in my battery stats when I used google music. When I started using poweramp it now it shows over 20%. So in my mind poweramp is the problem and I uninstalled it and am now using mixzing and the percentage of battery mediaserver uses has dropped significantly. It dropped 10% in 4 hours. If I wiped the battery stats I'm sure it would be non-existent again.
And by is it really draining your battery I mean is it really a problem with mediaserver, the service behind all media players, or is it you just play music for such a long time that it would naturally be a big drain on the battery. Just like if you made calls all day you couldn't expect your battery to last over 8 hours.
I was having your problem with all of the ticks gone.
Go into Settings->Data Usage->Menu and tick "Auto-sync data". That will bring back the ticks so you can uncheck whatever you don't want to sync anymore.
Mediaserver seems to be a fairly common complaint for just about every phone. This thread on rootzwiki for the GNex had about the best recommendations as to whats causing it and how to fix it, though I've pretty much seen the same answers in other threads here, this is about the 4th thread someone's started on this topic for the Nexus 4. I turned on show cpu usage in the developer options for a couple minutes and I saw mediaserver popup a number of times, I'm thinking its because I have sounds enabled for just about every thing in the sounds setting section. Anything that has to do with media of any type (videos, pictures, sounds, games, music) will call it up.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/35241-media-server-drain-advice/
This has been bugging me for a while: I've noticed that, according to GSAM Battery Monitor, Chrome for Mobile is a huge battery drain. Using it for a few minutes quickly shoots it up to the top of GSAM's app battery consumption list; I've seen figures around 40-50%. Chrome's usage often dwarfs usage from having the screen on.
However, when I check Android's built-in battery stats, Chrome shows up at a measly 5-10%, with screen on taking up 30%+, which seems much more reasonable. This inconsistency is starting to bother me. Clearly either one of these stats is wrong or the apps are using very different methods of calculating battery usage. Does anyone know which?
Also, does anyone feel like Chrome uses way more battery than it should? I mean, I get that it's using data and so on, but it seems to consume much more battery than other apps that also use data - more even than many games, it seems. Is this just my imagination?
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tengen said:
This has been bugging me for a while: I've noticed that, according to GSAM Battery Monitor, Chrome for Mobile is a huge battery drain. Using it for a few minutes quickly shoots it up to the top of GSAM's app battery consumption list; I've seen figures around 40-50%. Chrome's usage often dwarfs usage from having the screen on.
However, when I check Android's built-in battery stats, Chrome shows up at a measly 5-10%, with screen on taking up 30%+, which seems much more reasonable. This inconsistency is starting to bother me. Clearly either one of these stats is wrong or the apps are using very different methods of calculating battery usage. Does anyone know which?
Also, does anyone feel like Chrome uses way more battery than it should? I mean, I get that it's using data and so on, but it seems to consume much more battery than other apps that also use data - more even than many games, it seems. Is this just my imagination?
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I got same problem. Anyone know exactly what to do if chrome drain battery alot? In 11 minutes chrome usage on WiFi I lost 54% battery. Wth? I stopped used chrome at all for now but I want to know solution. I'm on stock 4.2.2 with enhanced faux kernel. Can't find any answer how to stop chrome from battery drain.
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What does it say in the 'use details' portion when you select Chrome in Androids battery settings?
There are reports that the 'Enable Tilt Scrolling' option in Chrome>Settings>Developer tools drains the battery a lot.
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Yes I turned it off already. Still my chrome sucks battery like vampire. All is good till I don't use it. Also when I close chrome battery stop loosing its power so chrome not working in background like it was when I have sensor usage turned on.
Wait a bit I have to turned it on for a moment to have some info. I'll report it back soon on edit.
edit: OK it says that in 3 minutes and 8 seconds battery usage is 5% by chrome.
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Anyone else having this problem? All the sudden Android OS is taking a ton of battery, killed half my battery overnight while the screen was off. Anyone have any of these problems?
Android OS is too general to say what is causing the wakelock. Use an app that can see which process is causing the wakelock directly and you will know what the problem is.
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Anyone else having this problem? All the sudden Android OS is taking a ton of battery, killed half my battery overnight while the screen was off. Anyone have any of these problems?
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My android os consumes 70% of my battery. Tried better battery stats, but I don't see any wake locks
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for what it is worth, it lasts forever in airplane mode...
waltthizzney said:
for what it is worth, it lasts forever in airplane mode...
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Then you definitley have an app or two that is causing it. Try CPU Spy (let's you know if you get deep sleep or not) and see if that helps any. I hate battery drain so best of luck in solving your battery drain issue.
Since I've upgraded to 4.2 roms on all my devices I've noticed this too. Normally, Maps is the culprit causing a "normal" wakelock. Google +, Latitude, Google Now, etc. This is just the way Google operates now & the biggest difference between 4.1 & 4.2. I've taken to disabling Location unless I'm needing GPS service. It checks your location every couple minutes it seems.
I've had a situation you describe a few times caused by media storage. It keeps scanning the SD card. Sometimes a reboot helps but mostly I've just changed roms instead of chasing it. Better Batt Stats should show it somewhere. Keep looking, look in "alarms". Also you might try GSam Battery Monitor. That app has come a long way lately & also helps finding battery sucking sources.
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For me it was Viber. After deleting it I get almost no battery drain over night. Maybe 1% in 8 hours...
Hi, I have an issue with the stock Android 4.2 clock app and its alarms.
I have an unrooted Nexus 4 running stock 4.2.2. The clock app usually stays in background, inactive and using 0% CPU, measured with apps such as SystemPanelLite or Usage Timelines Free. However, when setting an alarm, stopping it and exiting the app, the app stays in background but consumes between 1% and 5% cpu, when should be consuming 0%, being supposedly inactive. It doesn't prevent the phone from going into deep sleep mode, but when awake, the app wastes some battery, unless you kill it. It only uses CPU after you stop the alarm, not while waiting for it or after using the timers. After clearing the app data, the issue still exists.
Does this happen to any of you? I wonder if it is an issue with my phone ot it is a bug of the app.
Thanks.
BTW, it also happened in 4.2.1. Doesn't happen with other alarm apps.
Have you noticed significant battery drain due to this? If not don't worry about it
Michealtbh said:
Have you noticed significant battery drain due to this? If not don't worry about it
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I haven't quantified it, but I guess it will cause a small battery drain. But it's something shouldn't happen at all, and if it happens to everyone it's a bug that should be fixed, well behaved apps don't do this.
For now I have switched to another alarm app that doesn't have this issue.
I have this issue and have spent the last 2 days trying to fix it to no avail. I'm wanting to start a fresh to resolve it which means wiping internal storage of music/photos etc. One question though, what's the best way of doing this to them install a fresh ROM?
Is this being reported by GSAM with the root plugin, or another battery monitor?
Also, are you on stock, or another ROM?
I have noticed my top app battery drain by far is the Mediaserver - however my battery life doesn't seem to be suffering unduly.
I'm wondering if it isn't actually to do with the indexing that the System (mediaserver) performs but the "Audio On time". If you view the details of the apps power usage in GSAM it shows quite a high number for "Audio On". About the same as my SoT. I have no idea if this is expected/normal behaviour (ie whenever the phone is awake the process turns the audio on) and is a red herring or if this is in fact an issue with it activating some audio functions even when nothing is playing.
Azarin said:
Is this being reported by GSAM with the root plugin, or another battery monitor?
Also, are you on stock, or another ROM?
I have noticed my top app battery drain by far is the Mediaserver - however my battery life doesn't seem to be suffering unduly.
I'm wondering if it isn't actually to do with the indexing that the System (mediaserver) performs but the "Audio On time". If you view the details of the apps power usage in GSAM it shows quite a high number for "Audio On". About the same as my SoT. I have no idea if this is expected/normal behaviour (ie whenever the phone is awake the process turns the audio on) and is a red herring or if this is in fact an issue with it activating some audio functions even when nothing is playing.
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Yes it is and it's making me go mad! I might uninstall it if this is the case. Has anyone else reported the issue if it is one?