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How much is Google Services effecting your battery?

Why is Google Services taking up so much of my battery use? The CPU total is only 38s and the keep awake time is 3m 16s.
By contrast, HD Widgets has used 5m 3s of CPU time and 23m 35s of keep awake, but has a far less percentage of battery life.
Any ideas?
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kgeissler said:
Why is Google Services taking up so much of my battery use? The CPU total is only 38s and the keep awake time is 3m 16s.
By contrast, HD Widgets has used 5m 3s of CPU time and 23m 35s of keep awake, but has a far less percentage of battery life.
Any ideas?
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i am having this issue too.... google services always takes top spot on usage for me too... no idea how to solve this?

Are you rooted? If so, what ROM are you using? Any custom kernels?
If not, which OTA are you on?
I'm using Paranoid Android and don't have this problem.

Stryder5 said:
Are you rooted? If so, what ROM are you using? Any custom kernels?
If not, which OTA are you on?
I'm using Paranoid Android and don't have this problem.
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I am running the stock rom, 4.2.1, rooted.

I've never even seen that process on my battery usage weird
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Rooted and stock ROM and stock kernel.
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Running the cm10 nightlies and haven't noticed this.
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Never seen that on mine at all, I'm 100%stock.
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How often do you actually use your phone? Judging by the list of apps in your screen shot and minimal screen on time, im assuming your phone is in standby more often than not. If that's the case, then the Google services are using more battery by comparison simply because you're not doing anything else that's using battery. That list shows usage by comparison. If you're concerned about it, open the Currents app and go into settings and disable notifications, also disable unnecessary notifications and updates for your Google accounts (books, magazines, photo upload, etc.) From settings > Google. Could also be Google Now.
Download gsam battery for more info on what's using battery.
And don't forget, the way that screen works is that it's saying Google services used 60% of the 17% that has been depleted, which equals about 9% in over 4 hours.
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I have done some tests over the last couple of days and it seems like the issue (if it really is an issue) relates to Tasker and using location by cell/network towers to activate/deactive tasks. I have turned these tasks off and programmed NFC tags to take its place for now.
No real battery gain by NOT using these tasks that use cell/network loction to be honest so it does not seem like google services is draining our battery enough to notice a difference.

After i disabled google now and google location services i no longer see "Google Services" show up in battery use. Previously it was just destorying my battery but now all is well :good:

ragmanchu said:
I have done some tests over the last couple of days and it seems like the issue (if it really is an issue) relates to Tasker and using location by cell/network towers to activate/deactive tasks. I have turned these tasks off and programmed NFC tags to take its place for now.
No real battery gain by NOT using these tasks that use cell/network loction to be honest so it does not seem like google services is draining our battery enough to notice a difference.
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i noticed the same, uninstalled tasker and no longer have 'google services' showing in the batt stats

ragmanchu said:
I have done some tests over the last couple of days and it seems like the issue (if it really is an issue) relates to Tasker and using location by cell/network towers to activate/deactive tasks. I have turned these tasks off and programmed NFC tags to take its place for now.
No real battery gain by NOT using these tasks that use cell/network loction to be honest so it does not seem like google services is draining our battery enough to notice a difference.
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I came to the same conclusion you did regarding tasker and cell near. I implemented this solution: http://tasker.wikidot.com/yanawa
which minimizes the location checks and so far I think it's faring a lot better. I'm going to play around with your NFC idea though.

[Q] KitKat battery usage way up

I have read where the KitKat upgrade for the G2 is supposed to add speed and increase battery life even further. For me however it seems its the opposite. I have had way worse battery life since installing (pc lg tool) the KitKat update. I was going all day with anywhere from 40 - 30% left when it was finally plugged in for the night, now I am lucky if I make it to the end of the night. At first I thought perhaps it was just in need of a reboot, but I have done that several times since installation and battery times are still worse. What I don't understand is the battery meter says "System" is to blame for 53% cpu time. Before screen time was my number one battery drain, now its just from being on?.... I don't get it.. Anyone else having this issue, or can shed some light?
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What are you doing different? Mine has gotten better since the update
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What are you doing different? Mine has gotten better since the update
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That's just it, i haven't done anything different. It can't be an app because i haven't installed anything since the upgrade. What bothers me is it seems to be a system process that's causing it.

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That's just it, i haven't done anything different. It can't be an app because i haven't installed anything since the upgrade. What bothers me is it seems to be a system process that's causing it.
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Location settings/reporting/Google Now on?

Pocket Mode
Not sure if it is something generic across KitKat or if it is specific to my ROM but pocket mode was killing my battery since it was constantly powering my proximity sensors looking for light to unlock the screen.
settings-security-lockscreen notifications-pocket mode.
Hope that helps man

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Not sure if it is something generic across KitKat or if it is specific to my ROM but pocket mode was killing my battery since it was constantly powering my proximity sensors looking for light to unlock the screen.
settings-security-lockscreen notifications-pocket mode.
Hope that helps man
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theres pocket mode ? where is it located in settings ?

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theres pocket mode ? where is it located in settings ?
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I provided the path above, like I said though not sure if it is specific to the ROM i'm on(PA 4.4.2) or not. It the only real exposure to kitkat that I've had. If it isn't a default kitkat thing i apologize if I got your hopes up. I will say this though, if it is don't get your hopes up. It's rather annoying and a massive battery drain. With it on my phone acted like it had half the battery it does.

I don't have location settings turned on, so google now shows unavailable for location, also I don't have security turned on, so I have no security lock screen notification settings that I could find... I'm assuming this is only on if you are using pin, or pattern lock. Thanks for the suggestions tho... I'm going to keep monitoring it and see how it goes. So far today it seems to have normalized, Android System is only showing 2%, which is more like it.

I'm on Official LG Stock KK and to be truthful the battery life has been pretty bad. Like not really comparable to 4.2.2 and definitely not comparable to vanilla Android(of course). What's the issue? Anyone know?
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Had a similar issue. Let It settle for a day or so. If no improvement, that's a pain but go through a factory reset. That should fix it. Did you have a specific setup like root/custom rom before?
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I am having serious Bluetooth battery drain even though it has been off. Anyone know how to stop this? Thanks
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Draining bad...
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Last one.
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Same with me I'm going to do a factory reset luckily I can back up everything to box because they gave me 50GB free!
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Factory reset fixed it for me.
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Factory reset fixed it for me.
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Will you lose root if you do a factory reset and was this a factory reset from the Stock Recovery or from entering the Settings and inside Backup and Reset menu and then Factory Reset?

Android system eating battery

My battery is declining faster than expected and when I looked up my stats, it showed that Android system was eating up more battery than the screen!
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I took my better battery stats as well. I don't have location services on, but I am using Google Now. Is that the reason for this battery drain?
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Dude that's still pretty damn good...why are you complaining?
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Yeah, just last night I had 15 hours on battery, over 5 hours of screen on and still 20% battery left. Don't know why OP os complaining.
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Yeah the phone's battery is great. I always have gps, wifi, and Bluetooth on with pretty good results. I can only imagine how much longer it would last with some of those off.
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I'm not complaining, but just curious why Android system is such a battery drain. It would seem that the screen would be the biggest drain.
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ireknole said:
I'm not complaining, but just curious why Android system is such a battery drain. It would seem that the screen would be the biggest drain.
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Because it is what makes everything in the phone work....

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Because it is what makes everything in the phone work....
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So it should be higher in usage than the screen? I always thought it was a bad thing if Android system was the first thing on the list.
Okay then, never mind. I am happy with the battery life, just want to make sure I'm getting the best battery this phone can offer.
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Just for your reference.
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Generally though if Android OS is higher than your screen on time then you have a wakelock issue. I know without root it'll be a little harder to fix the issue at hand though.
I'd at least look into WiFi settings and turn Always Allow Scanning to Off. Then maybe look at your GPS settings and try the battery friendly mode or GPS only mode. I also don't allow Google to use your WiFi for better location results. There have been similar bugs reported with 4.4 here is some info and afew people trying to squash the issue on a Nexus http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/1y96zm/battery_drain_caused_by_android_os_possible/
You boys need root!
I'm not sure if any of the wake lock apps out can show you what's causing this without root but maybe look into it.
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Also you can try changing the "keep WiFi on during sleep" to either off or only when plugged in. That may help. Just suggestions that's all. Maybe something here will help somebody.
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You also have to remember how much Samsung based apps are running in the background at all times. Figure the pedometer in S-Health, any kind of airview, or S-This S-That when the phone is on. That is probably part of the cause. I do say i see it too but i wouldnt say my battery is exactly bad because of it.

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Generally though if Android OS is higher than your screen on time then you have a wakelock issue. I know without root it'll be a little harder to fix the issue at hand though.
I'd at least look into WiFi settings and turn Always Allow Scanning to Off. Then maybe look at your GPS settings and try the battery friendly mode or GPS only mode. I also don't allow Google to use your WiFi for better location results. There have been similar bugs reported with 4.4 here is some info and afew people trying to squash the issue on a Nexus http://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus5/comments/1y96zm/battery_drain_caused_by_android_os_possible/
You boys need root!
I'm not sure if any of the wake lock apps out can show you what's causing this without root but maybe look into it.
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Also you can try changing the "keep WiFi on during sleep" to either off or only when plugged in. That may help. Just suggestions that's all. Maybe something here will help somebody.
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Thank you for those tips! I didn't know about that wifi one. I immediately unchecked always scanning. I keep my wifi on to make sure I use wifi, if available, but I don't need it always scanning. I hesitated on the gps switch, but I figured I'll try it on power saver and see what happens.
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After turning off wifi scanning, that's what I got. That looks better to me. Although my usage time is lower than my previous screenshot, I started my day at 90% (forgot to charge last night, and that's as high as I could get it before leaving for work), and I'm using my phone more today.
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There's another thread on this. It's happening to a lot of people, including me.

New Google Play Service rolling out

Source:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...security-tools-android-wear-support-and-more/
I installed the apk and it seems to have (at least partially) fixed the battery drain with location.

I confirm that the battery drain related to "google play service" is fixed with "Google Play Services 5"

How did you do?
I also had installed the new apk, but then it's only fixed a little bit. I still have battery drain
Thanks

unix72 said:
How did you do?
I also had installed the new apk, but then it's only fixed a little bit. I still have battery drain
Thanks
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I installed the apk, cleared the cache, rebooted and Bob's your uncle!

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I installed the apk, cleared the cache, rebooted and Bob's your uncle!
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It does not fix the issue for the majority of the people, certainly not for me.
I am really pissed of with all of these.

Installed it, fixed the issue for me as it seems. Also updated Google Search with the latest APK.

Still got the other bugs but so far my Xperia Z has no Drain with everything switched back on, but I'm giving it longer to be sure.
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Cenobite_ said:
I installed the apk, cleared the cache, rebooted and Bob's your uncle!
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It doesn't work for me.
But if I turn off all the position (GPS) in Setting, then it seem helped with battery drain.
I don't know why?!?!

Fix has solved all problems
The fix has seriously solved all problems regarding battery drain, and the usage of Xperia Z2 apps (Eg: Live on Youtube).
This makes the Xperia Z compatible for usage of the Kit Kat Operating system:angel:

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It does not fix the issue for the majority of the people, certainly not for me.
I am really pissed of with all of these.
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It certainly worked for me, up to now anyway.
Full location services on, Google Now on with transport, weather and travel times on.
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Seems to have fixed it for me too. Just turned on high accuracy location so we shall see any difference.

I tried the version .58, still have the battery drain problem in google play service. Not working for me.
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I tried the version .58, still have the battery drain problem in google play service. Not working for me.
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Sorry, the version i tried is 5.0.81.

I've installed the apk from OP and put Location back to ON. Will report status on battery drain issue, if any...

sorry wrong thread!

dave_id said:
Hello
any ways to root this?
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Root what?
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Manually updated to 5.0.81, switched on all location services and no battery drain. For me no problems any more...
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Root what?
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sorry wrong thread!

After using these for a day, it seems the battery usage has been improved a lot but still not comparable to previous 4.3 ROM. Will see how it goes in the following week.

I'm getting Google play services battery drain. The funny part is, I wasn't suffering much in previous Google play services version. Now on 5 I'm getting the drain plus heating cellphone while sitting on my desk. What gives.
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Tuckycv said:
I'm getting Google play services battery drain. The funny part is, I wasn't suffering much in previous Google play services version. Now on 5 I'm getting the drain plus heating cellphone while sitting on my desk. What gives.
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I flashed Cyanogenmod 11 (latest nightly) last night and installed the Google Services 5.0 apk and got the same problem as you, it really drained the battery fast, so I uninstalled the update and its back to normal now (version 4.4.52) - Try installing that version it might help you

BajaRom horrible battery life?

I just installed the latest (and last) 4th of July BajaRom and love everything about it, except the battery life. I've only been running it for a couple of days. After only a few hours after all night charging, I'm down to 50%. I went back to the thread to ask for help only to find out its been locked. I've tried to run the Media Battery Drain Fix thingy in the BajaRom settings app, but it force closes for some unknown reason. I'm not sure if this would fix my problem or not. Anybody have any suggestions?

Hi, I'm currently running the BajaROM July 4th, I have no problem and did you do dirty installation it might be causing the problem. It might be one of your app kept wakelock that causing eat battery life.
Have you tried using battery wakelock detector app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector). It helps diagnostic why your battery life goes crap.
Here my recent screenshot battery life.
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Thanks for the response. I did a clean install. This was my first rom other than bean's, since I used the beans method to come over to the rooted KK. Before that I was on 4.3 rooted running clean rom. I was disappointed to find out that Scott had stopped supporting his work there, but glad to move on to KK and find these new roms.
I did install the app you mentioned. The biggest hog shows to be Google search. I force closed it, but it restarts itself. I would think it needs to run pretty much all the time to function anyway, is it really a huge power consumer, or just runs alot? I used to always run my screen on full brightness, and I could still make it through the day just fine. I've put it on auto now, and it seems to be helping the battery quite a bit. But something must be different. I know that it uses alot of juice, but I've always kept it turned up and not had this problem until now

Hi, I would suggest you take Google search disable via application manager under the settings. It should stop the wakelock.
Here screenshot

Thanks very much for your input! I will give that a try. Does google search work differently on this version? I've always used it before and not had these problems. Its a handy tool, I hate to lose it. But if thats what it takes, its better than a dead battery I suppose

I never use Google search feature but if you hate to lose the feature then leave enable. It is up to you and I'm getting good battery life come out on BajaROM. ?

chrootz said:
I never use Google search feature but if you hate to lose the feature then leave enable. It is up to you and I'm getting good battery life come out on BajaROM. ?
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ok but you have to have a extended battery with those kinds of readings...

Hi... yes I'm using a zero lemon battery 10k mAh. ?
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ok but you have to have a extended battery with those kinds of readings...
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I just installed the latest (and last) 4th of July BajaRom and love everything about it, except the battery life. I've only been running it for a couple of days. After only a few hours after all night charging, I'm down to 50%. I went back to the thread to ask for help only to find out its been locked. I've tried to run the Media Battery Drain Fix thingy in the BajaRom settings app, but it force closes for some unknown reason. I'm not sure if this would fix my problem or not. Anybody have any suggestions?
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Did you install on a slot on ss or stock?

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Did you install on a slot on ss or stock?
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I'm running it on rom slot 1. I used the beans rom with the "built in root" to upgrade to kitkat. So beans is still in the stock slot.
If I can figure out how, I'll post the screenshot of my battery from yesterday. It was 9ish hours. Not sure if that seems good or not, but its WAAAY worse than it used to be. And I've uninstalled google search. And I'm running auto brightness, and its much dimmer. It seems better, but still not what it used to be. Not sure if it matters, but I may have had something set up wrong. I've never uninstalled google search, but when I did, it reset my home screen icons like I had just booted the phone for the first time, resetting hangouts as the default sms app, etc. Wouldn't have thought google search had much to do with that

Interesting side note, I'm using my windows based work computer to type these responses today, running google chrome web browser, and it keeps flagging google as misspelled by spell checker. lol

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How many hours of screen-on time was that? Give us a screenshot when you tap on Screen. Very interested.

I was going to post the screenshot of this, but now I can't find it. I wiped data earlier while tinkering with the phone trying to fix this problem. I still have my pictures on the sd card but I guess it doesn't save the screenshots there? I figured they went into the same folder

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I'm running it on rom slot 1. I used the beans rom with the "built in root" to upgrade to kitkat. So beans is still in the stock slot.
If I can figure out how, I'll post the screenshot of my battery from yesterday. It was 9ish hours. Not sure if that seems good or not, but its WAAAY worse than it used to be. And I've uninstalled google search. And I'm running auto brightness, and its much dimmer. It seems better, but still not what it used to be. Not sure if it matters, but I may have had something set up wrong. I've never uninstalled google search, but when I did, it reset my home screen icons like I had just booted the phone for the first time, resetting hangouts as the default sms app, etc. Wouldn't have thought google search had much to do with that
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There is your issue all.roms including baja have major issues woth battery life on rom slots run it on stock and you should be golden
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Does that look horrible? This rom has the best battery life!
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JBHawaii said:
Does that look horrible? This rom has the best battery life!
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That looks impossible... and irrelevant. Your sig shows your running Jasmine rom. My problem was with BajaRom

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That looks impossible... and irrelevant. Your sig shows your running Jasmine rom. My problem was with BajaRom
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I have been running BajaRom since release of version 16, that was my first posts since flashing.... I simply forgot to change my signature!
That looks impossible? Are you suggesting I photoshoped that image?

Don't think the battery stats reset if you plug in and power before it gets really low. Not saying you doctored image, just food for thought.
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