i9500 extreme battery drain on 4.3 help - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys,
Last night I upgraded to 4.3 on my S4 9500.
Everything is good except the battery, especially in idle mode.
I went to bed for 7 hrs. And my battery dropped 22%.
My phone never went to sleep. My cpu is running all 7 hrs. at 250mhz.
Please see the screenshots below.
Please help me fix it.. Thanks

daviefl86 said:
Hi guys,
Last night I upgraded to 4.3 on my S4 9500.
Everything is good except the battery, especially in idle mode.
I went to bed for 7 hrs. And my battery dropped 22%.
My phone never went to sleep. My cpu is running all 7 hrs. at 250mhz.
Please see the screenshots below.
Please help me fix it.. Thanks
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Hi i too upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.3 Russian firmware. Afterwards i have done a factory reset and my battery performance is good. Hope this helps.

kpanand said:
Hi i too upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.3 Russian firmware. Afterwards i have done a factory reset and my battery performance is good. Hope this helps.
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I did factory reset after upgrading. But i still have same issues

install "better battery stats" and see what is working in the background (killing your battery)................................

komsa said:
install "better battery stats" and see what is working in the background (killing your battery)................................
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the images attatched is of bbs only.

kpanand said:
Hi i too upgraded from 4.2.2 to 4.3 Russian firmware. Afterwards i have done a factory reset and my battery performance is good. Hope this helps.
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I did a factory reset as well, the problem seemed to have solved itself but after a while the same issue emerges. Dunno what's the case. I'm getting overheating issues as well as the battery drain.

daviefl86 said:
Hi guys,
Last night I upgraded to 4.3 on my S4 9500.
Everything is good except the battery, especially in idle mode.
I went to bed for 7 hrs. And my battery dropped 22%.
My phone never went to sleep. My cpu is running all 7 hrs. at 250mhz.
Please see the screenshots below.
Please help me fix it.. Thanks
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Wipe all, Do not restore the applications and data on JB 4.2.2 from titanium backup, reinstall completely new when you need. freezing Samsung applications, accounts, system app is not needed (Knox), the service runs in the background ....... I did so and the result is that only 1% to 2% for to 3 hours in standby mode. Good luck
Sorry for my bad English.

Hi i9500 cousins.
Here is a way to avoid battery and lag issues when upgrading firmware is via kies!
Same happens with iOS devices believe it or not.
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This could explain it
daviefl86 said:
Hi guys,
Last night I upgraded to 4.3 on my S4 9500.
Everything is good except the battery, especially in idle mode.
I went to bed for 7 hrs. And my battery dropped 22%.
My phone never went to sleep. My cpu is running all 7 hrs. at 250mhz.
Please see the screenshots below.
Please help me fix it.. Thanks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak1sYWRaEKg

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Android 4.3 Issues

Hi Guys,
Have you also noticed that battery performance as worsened since updating to 4.3? Has anyone managed to find any good solutions? My battery used to last me over a day and now its dead by mid day.
nadeemkola said:
Hi Guys,
Have you also noticed that battery performance as worsened since updating to 4.3? Has anyone managed to find any good solutions? My battery used to last me over a day and now its dead by mid day.
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Hi.
U might to refer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2532210
Battery drainin me
nadeemkola said:
Hi Guys,
Have you also noticed that battery performance as worsened since updating to 4.3? Has anyone managed to find any good solutions? My battery used to last me over a day and now its dead by mid day.
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Im the same on slimrom. After latest update the other day. I turned off wifi, bluetooth, put cpu to control to low power and its at 20% and its 4pm and ive used the phone for 10 mins max today

[Help] Battery problem

My battery is draining too fast after upgrading to android 4.3. Even only on 2g there is 1% decrease in battery almost after every 3 minutes. But with screen off it will remain almost at 99% after even 12 hours or more. But when I start using the phone for something like even navigating through the settings the battery drops 1% every 3 minutes or even less. My handset is about a month old. I am from India and running the ML4 android 4.3 recently released by Samsung. There is no wakelock when the screen is asleep. The phone screen consumes between 60 to 90% of the battery or more. I factory reset it thrice since the update but with no effect. I am running the 4.3 update for about 3 weeks now. I also installed Greenify, battery doctor, juice defender etc to save battery but there is no improvement. I installed the same apps that I installed on the 4.1.2 firmware but the battery is draining quite faster in the 4.3 version. I also freeze almost all bloatware using Titanium backup and even uninstalled some like Google Books etc. but no use. I don't use wifi or wifi hotspot at all. I rarely use bluetooth. GPS, location, etc off. I even freeze Google Play store, Google play services and Google services framework. No multi window, no smart stay, no s voice, no ripple effect, no live wallpaper, etc everything off but still the same. If there is anyone facing this issue and has already found the solution, please help me out.
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I forgot to mention that screen brightness is at minimum or minimum-auto.
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Do a clean install with Odin?
Also try, http://www.androidbatterylife.com/?m=1
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I remember my 4.1.2 had the same battery consumption and with 4.3 it remained unchanged(if not better). I think you just gonna get used to that .
Use your phone and stop thinking and worrying about battery. Though I charge my phone twice a day because I use wi-fi a lot,I still don't worry or something.
I have this habit of doing clean install. No mistake with that.
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thadoukuki said:
I have this habit of doing clean install. No mistake with that.
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1% every three minute. I think its normal.
Charge to 100% and use normally till 5% and then post the screenshot of battery stats here.
Iqbal Ansari said:
1% every three minute. I think its normal.
Charge to 100% and use normally till 5% and then post the screenshot of battery stats here.
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With normal usage it is more than 10 hours at 77%. May be it's normal but it last more than that on 4.1.2
thadoukuki said:
With normal usage it is more than 10 hours at 77%. May be it's normal but it last more than that on 4.1.2
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It is normal battery drain.
Battery on 4.3 is almost same as 4.1. What else do you expect its a quad core phone.
Iqbal Ansari said:
It is normal battery drain.
Battery on 4.3 is almost same as 4.1. What else do you expect its a quad core phone.
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If I browse the internet non-stop from 100% batttery then, after around 3 hours the battery is 20-30%. Is this also normal.
Maybe your battery is damaged ...
otherwise you can check for wakelocks using Better Battery Stats:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Good luck
benzai said:
Maybe your battery is damaged ...
otherwise you can check for wakelocks using Better Battery Stats:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Good luck
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This is funny! You mean to say that the upgrade to android 4.3 has damaged my battery? The battery is not even 1 month old as I mentioned in the first post. The battery is very good on android 4.1.2...... As I mentioned in the first post, there is no battery drain when the screen is off. Even after 24 hours the battery is 99% from 100% with screen off. Why should I checked for wakelocks when the battery is fine on screen off? I did checked it to be sure but no wakelocks. The battery problem is when I use the phone, the battery is draining abnormally when the phone is used. Anyway thanks for your reply.
thadoukuki said:
This is funny! You mean to say that the upgrade to android 4.3 has damaged my battery? The battery is not even 1 month old as I mentioned in the first post. The battery is very good on android 4.1.2...... As I mentioned in the first post, there is no battery drain when the screen is off. Even after 24 hours the battery is 99% from 100% with screen off. Why should I checked for wakelocks when the battery is fine on screen off? I did checked it to be sure but no wakelocks. The battery problem is when I use the phone, the battery is draining abnormally when the phone is used.
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Using BetterBatteryStats will nevertheless help you to find out which process is consuming your battery…
Yes, 4.3 upgrade downgraded my battery life about 20% when I am using my phone. On idle it is better about 10-20% also compared with 4.1.2. It is useless to do factory resets or other nonsense. Just it is as is.
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ramas123 said:
Yes, 4.3 upgrade downgraded my battery life about 20% when I am using my phone. On idle it is better about 10-20% also compared with 4.1.2. It is useless to do factory resets or other nonsense. Just it is as is.
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You are right! There is no use resetting the phone. It won't improve your battery's performance. I think it's a bug of android 4.3.
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I think you need to try someone else's battery in your phone to see if you have the same problem then
try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50441083#post50441083
AssassinGEO said:
I remember my 4.1.2 had the same battery consumption and with 4.3 it remained unchanged(if not better). I think you just gonna get used to that .
Use your phone and stop thinking and worrying about battery. Though I charge my phone twice a day because I use wi-fi a lot,I still don't worry or something.
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Even with wifi on you can use the phone the all day
thadoukuki said:
My battery is draining too fast after upgrading to android 4.3. Even only on 2g there is 1% decrease in battery almost after every 3 minutes. But with screen off it will remain almost at 99% after even 12 hours or more. But when I start using the phone for something like even navigating through the settings the battery drops 1% every 3 minutes or even less. My handset is about a month old. I am from India and running the ML4 android 4.3 recently released by Samsung. There is no wakelock when the screen is asleep. The phone screen consumes between 60 to 90% of the battery or more. I factory reset it thrice since the update but with no effect. I am running the 4.3 update for about 3 weeks now. I also installed Greenify, battery doctor, juice defender etc to save battery but there is no improvement. I installed the same apps that I installed on the 4.1.2 firmware but the battery is draining quite faster in the 4.3 version. I also freeze almost all bloatware using Titanium backup and even uninstalled some like Google Books etc. but no use. I don't use wifi or wifi hotspot at all. I rarely use bluetooth. GPS, location, etc off. I even freeze Google Play store, Google play services and Google services framework. No multi window, no smart stay, no s voice, no ripple effect, no live wallpaper, etc everything off but still the same. If there is anyone facing this issue and has already found the solution, please help me out.
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Okey So Firstly I rule Out Few Assumptions Made By Some Members(No Offense):
1) As thadoukuki said battery Drains only while using the phone and not wen its idle that means its not a wakelock for sure.
2)Secondly as the handset n battery ofcourse, are just a month old i dont even assume it to be damaged(Trust Sammy)
3)Thirdly 1% / 3Mins is quite normal on extensive Usage but as you say its just while navigating around settings etc. den i assume its a bit high.
4) Now betterbatterystats is good to identify what consumes your battery but ive never been a fan of that actually.
SO according to me try to do some trial n error work .
Instead of Freezing apps through TB u can use Greenify Donate to greenify system apps and user apps as well. It Does same job as TB freeze but without that extra hassle.
Secondly Choose a kernel that you think is battery friendly for you like the one which gives you peace of mind(Oh Yeah Battery's Draining Slow!!)
for me i'd go for Boeffla or Googymax
Choose a battery friendly Governer for ur CPU(For me Boeffla kernel with Archi_ultra_power_save governer gives great results)
Check if CPU Touch boost is Enabled in Kernel Settings coz Touch Boost gave me good performance and responsiveness but even i had observed that battery used to drain faster with it.
Battery friendly Rom with few Tweaks by xda members is always better for me over Stock( ArchiDroid Is the Rom ive ever Used){Personal Opinion}
Ppl Say undervolting helps .....hmm maybe ive never Done it but as you are very cautious about battery you may try it (on your own Risk)
Lets see if that Helps
And Lastly i never Observed much Change in Battery drain pattern wen Coming from 4.1.2 to 4.3 so thats not really true.
Turn off location services
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Read d first post !!
cais232 said:
Turn off location services
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AS already stated in the first post location is OFF . So he's Already taken care of it !!!

Battery AGAIN

Hello guys, my Note3 battery is terrible ! I followed every step posted by other users, it's drainig vervy very fast, 1-2 % every 1 minute, I did factory reset, updated to latest 4.4.2 firmware but no results, I don't want to root it, can someone help me how to improve it ?
bekasulaberidze said:
Hello guys, my Note3 battery is terrible ! I followed every step posted by other users, it's drainig vervy very fast, 1-2 % every 1 minute, I did factory reset, updated to latest 4.4.2 firmware but no results, I don't want to root it, can someone help me how to improve it ?
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Get Wake lock detector from Google play and see what it is draining the battery
jaythenut said:
Get Wake lock detector from Google play and see what it is draining the battery
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And I forgot one thing, I left my phone at night at 19% (unplugged) when I woke up it was 21 % it charged itself ? I don't know what to do phone is new
jaythenut said:
Get Wake lock detector from Google play and see what it is draining the battery
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He is on kitkat and doesn't wanna root.
He can't use wakelock detector.
OP- Claim warranty...?
FeralFire said:
He is on kitkat and doesn't wanna root.
He can't use wakelock detector.
OP- Claim warranty...?
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You don't need root for wakelock detector and it does work on kitkat
jaythenut said:
You don't need root for wakelock detector and it does work on kitkat
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You need root on kitkat. Google changed the policies.
Apps don't have permission to read the partial wakelocks.
Same here please any suggestions?
Nothing works,tried all the tips, before kitkat I used to have that android os bug, when I received kitkat, the bug was resolved bit replaced by another unexplainable drain!!!!!!!
android system and media drain are too Damn high... 2 hard resets didn't even help....
I'm really getting fed up with Samsung and their crap, this is my third note device and it's really getting ridiculous...
Any suggestions would be highly appreciated
Cheers.
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Maybe its the auto connect network mode that drains your battery, at home I have poor 3g/4g connection and my battery drains fast. Switching to GSM while at home fixed my battery problem.

Battery drops suddenly to zero then in complete charge

I have Note 4 SM-910C Unrooted international on stock ROM 5.0.1.
my problem started with battery charging to around 80% then stops or take like 5 hours to reach 100% then when I use the phone battery suddenly drops from 20-30% to zero.
if I remove the battery then reinstall it reads 16-18% but may drop back to zero.
when turned off while charged it charges to 100% normally
It is irrespective of charger/cable i use (2mA).
tried hard reset and battery calibrate (non-root) but no good.
Any help with this problem
aalim said:
I have Note 4 SM-910C Unrooted international on stock ROM 5.0.1.
my problem started with battery charging to around 80% then stops or take like 5 hours to reach 100% then when I use the phone battery suddenly drops from 20-30% to zero.
if I remove the battery then reinstall it reads 16-18% but may drop back to zero.
when turned off while charged it charges to 100% normally
It is irrespective of charger/cable i use (2mA).
tried hard reset and battery calibrate (non-root) but no good.
Any help with this problem
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Sounds like your battery has gone rogue so you might wanna buy a new battery. A great example why not to buy Note 5 lol.
Maybe it's a bug in your rom build so why don't you try and upgrade from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1.
I have not used stock roms since the s2 days and after using custom roms I have never looked back.
Zionator said:
Sounds like your battery has gone rogue so you might wanna buy a new battery. A great example why not to buy Note 5 lol.
Maybe it's a bug in your rom build so why don't you try and upgrade from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1.
I have not used stock roms since the s2 days and after using custom roms I have never looked back.
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i have the same problem with my N910F.. at 20% my phone dies.. like today it was 20% dropped to 4% in an instance and then died..
this is happening since upgrading to 5.1.1 (dirty)..
is it possible to fix this with a factory reset ?
Try Battery calibration and battery repair from the store... If it's not doing something, then replace the battery
make sure your battery is fully charged. From dialing interface typing in *#0228# to check battery info and clicked "quick start" at the bottom of the screen, then your battery will drop down quickly, try these steps several times.
inwithyou said:
Try Battery calibration and battery repair from the store... If it's not doing something, then replace the battery
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any app suggestions ? also i forgot to mention my phone isn't rooted..
p.s. i had a random restart a moment ago.. is this battery related issue ?
thanx.
the same problem N910C.
Any solution?
I have the same problem with Dr.ketan port note 5 rom. I install cm12.1 and bug is gone! Just report
SUNUN said:
the same problem N910C.
Any solution?
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Yeah, Samsung has a solution. Buy a new phone as they will never update the 1 year old one even though they ****ed it up...
As much as Iove Note family I am more and more pissed with Samsung and eventually will stop buying their ****.... Already done with their watches by the way...
Definitely a degraded battery problem.
I got a new battery and problem now solved.
I have the same problem and already bought a new battery but the issue continues.
(Sorry for my English)

Need help with Battery Drain.

Hi Guys!
I have a recently bought Galaxy S5 G900F.
I installed the official MM update and everything was fine for 3 days.Then I noticed a severe bateery drain while the phone is sleeping.It drained 30% in 6 hours whithout touching it.I decided to install Pheonix rom and the same thing happened.Perfect for 3 days..then a severe battery drain.
Please I need help this is frustrating me since I ve just bought the device.
Thanks
ash.flh said:
Hi Guys!
I have a recently bought Galaxy S5 G900F.
I installed the official MM update and everything was fine for 3 days.Then I noticed a severe bateery drain while the phone is sleeping.It drained 30% in 6 hours whithout touching it.I decided to install Pheonix rom and the same thing happened.Perfect for 3 days..then a severe battery drain.
Please I need help this is frustrating me since I ve just bought the device.
Thanks
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Install better battery stats and post a dump file after it sleeps for a few hours.
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Rakuu said:
Install better battery stats and post a dump file after it sleeps for a few hours.
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Thanks for the reply..I ll do
but after testing things I figured out the reason.It was the cell network.When I go to airplane mode..he drain stops.Any idea?
ash.flh said:
Thanks for the reply..I ll do
but after testing things I figured out the reason.It was the cell network.When I go to airplane mode..he drain stops.Any idea?
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Could be a lot of things. Do you have weak signal? It could also be apps syncing and what not, I'm not sure that would get attributed to the cell network though, it's still worth checking. If you figure it out let us know but otherwise post the dump after it idles for a few hours, that will tell us for sure what the cause is.
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