I'm new here and I'm sorry if I'm breaking any rules by posting this.
I'm really concerned and tired with my GS4's battery life. Recently I found that the culprit might just be the l2_hsic wakelock, which is keeping my phone awake 90% - 95% of the time according to Wakelock Detector.
I've seen a couple other threads on this, but they are for the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Note II. I don't know if they would help for my GS4.
I need a little help with this, I'll do anything to try to solve this problem.
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Good evening,
I have read all over that people are complaining about the horrible battery drain and I would be one of them. If I am lucky I will get 12 hours from a battery while at work (metal building with mediocre reception) and 18 hours while outside without any reception problems.
I have been suspecting that an app is running in the background that could be causing the battery drain but I haven't been able to find it. So, I am wondering if I can get some help in finding what might be running to make the battery life a little bit better. Attached are screenshots.
Thank you.
Thought 12 - 18 hours would be a decent time to have on 4.3?
It's more than likely Google Now running in the background so you should try turning that off
Same problem
Hello,
I have exactly the same problem. I did install GE rom on my galaxy s4 for few days. I am a little a "newbi" in this kind of things. Even I spend my afternoon on the forum to find an answer, I am not able to know what I have to do now.
Briefly, here are my stats :
On battery : 8h7m
Screen on : 3h9m
Remain : 5 %
I publish herewith the resume of BetterBatteryStats. If anyone can "interpret" that and tell me if there is something wrong, that would be great !
Vince
AndroidAndre said:
Thought 12 - 18 hours would be a decent time to have on 4.3?
It's more than likely Google Now running in the background so you should try turning that off
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I checked and Google Now has been turned off. I also have had Google Maps location reporting turned off (read that might drain the battery).
Using cyanogenmod provides me around 1 and a half days. .... but I usually have to kill all Google services ...
Using Easy Battery Saver on Intelligent Mode I can get about a day or more use, mimimal though, and still have at least 50% battery left.
Good evening,
I have tried running it with the settings suggested and it has not made much of a difference. I took my phone off of change at 5:15 this morning and I am now getting a low battery warning.
Attached are screenshots from Battery Status Plus. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks.
mightymouse3062 said:
Good evening,
I have tried running it with the settings suggested and it has not made much of a difference. I took my phone off of change at 5:15 this morning and I am now getting a low battery warning.
Attached are screenshots from Battery Status Plus. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks.
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Not enought info, but seems to be a partial wakelocks problem. More screenshots needed (stock setting battery graphs and partialmwakelocks in battery stats)
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Use wakelock detector, that app you are using gives very little useful information
If you have rooted device I suggest to Install "Greenify" app. it close (hibernate) all unused apps when your device is idle (standby)
+1 for Greenify. it really works
mightymouse3062 said:
Good evening,
I have read all over that people are complaining about the horrible battery drain and I would be one of them. If I am lucky I will get 12 hours from a battery while at work (metal building with mediocre reception) and 18 hours while outside without any reception problems.
I have been suspecting that an app is running in the background that could be causing the battery drain but I haven't been able to find it. So, I am wondering if I can get some help in finding what might be running to make the battery life a little bit better. Attached are screenshots.
Thank you.
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Hi,
do you have only battery drains or also random reboots?
the fact is that samsung shipped out a bad serie of batteries (which is confirmed by Samsung) their serial starts with BD
the symptoms of a bad battery are:
Huge battery drain
random reboots
while rebooting the phone hangs at samsungs logo
battery is swelling
phone shutting down while you have an incomming call/sms
when you are the "lucky one" to experience one of the above symptoms please replace your battery asap under warranty
if you don't do this you risk a phone exploding in the pocket of your pants this is not only painfull for your phone but also for "everything else" whats in there
Acer4605 said:
Hi,
do you have only battery drains or also random reboots?
the fact is that samsung shipped out a bad serie of batteries (which is confirmed by Samsung) their serial starts with BD
the symptoms of a bad battery are:
Huge battery drain
random reboots
while rebooting the phone hangs at samsungs logo
battery is swelling
phone shutting down while you have an incomming call/sms
when you are the "lucky one" to experience one of the above symptoms please replace your battery asap under warranty
if you don't do this you risk a phone exploding in the pocket of your pants this is not only painfull for your phone but also for "everything else" whats in there
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The only symptoms that I have out of that list is huge battery drain so I don't suspect that it is a bad battery.
I took some more screenshots and have attached them. I just installed the wakelock detector and will let you know how that goes.
Thanks for the help
mightymouse3062 said:
The only symptoms that I have out of that list is huge battery drain so I don't suspect that it is a bad battery.
I took some more screenshots and have attached them. I just installed the wakelock detector and will let you know how that goes.
Thanks for the help
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A lot of screenshot but almost no info about battery drains (some info of data ussage, som apps consuption, etc, but nothing relevant)... It would be great if you could post screenshots of
1) settings->more->battery
2) settings->more->battery->touch the little graph
3) settings->more->battery->screen
4) any screenshot for partial wakelocks in better battery stats or that program you are using
First three screenshots are the most important and everyone should post them when a drain problem exists (no needed any third battery management app)
Hey everyone-
After updating my Nexus 4 to stock 4.4.4 a month or so ago I noticed that the battery on my phone started draining dramatically faster than it had before. Even with wifi, GPS, and even data turned off the battery normal drains in about 5 hours. I've tried everything I can possibly find to fix it short of replacing the battery. I believe it's a software issue but perhaps the battery itself is the culprit. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
-bobofosho123
have you examined your wakelocks and apps, maybe there's a runaway process somewhere. if it were a 444 software issue, you wouldn't be the only one posting about it.
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have you examined your wakelocks and apps, maybe there's a runaway process somewhere. if it were a 444 software issue, you wouldn't be the only one posting about it.
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Hi there, I've already examined the apps and I can't seem to find anything hogging the battery. How do I check the wakelocks?
bobofosho123 said:
Hi there, I've already examined the apps and I can't seem to find anything hogging the battery. How do I check the wakelocks?
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wake lock detector(play store free). do you have root? it needs root.
Do I have root? What do you take me for lol. Seriously though, thanks for the help.
I just installed the app and check all of my apps. Nothing seems to be draining it dramatically.
will you post screenshots of your phones battery stats(stock)? and whats your phone/data signal like? brightness?
Let me preface by saying I absolutely loved my galaxy note 2 and had the most incredible battery life with it. When I got this GN3, I instantly found that my battery life was extremely downgraded and nowhere comparable to the GN2. After owning it for 3-4 months, rooting it, and installing many ROMs I still have incredibly bad battery life.
Yes, I have done all the battery saving medications (SYNC off/ BT off/ WiFi off, etc etc). I did notice however that with BetterBatteryStats and GSAM and WLD that I had many crazy things going on in the background (random processes running that I couldn't find any solution for on the internet). I had incredible battery drain even with WiFi on vs 4g.
SO I am having my GN3 sent out to Samsung to test it for overheating issues/battery life. My question to this forum is Can this thing just be a faulty unit? Is this a known problem? I have never had this problem so I thought I would put it out there. Thanks in advance.
It's possible you got a crappy note 3. Have you been installing your roms on your stock slot or another rom slot? I've heard of battery issues with the current set of roms if aren't installed in the stock rom slot.
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I know this may be old news and I've done a lot of research before posting this thread.
I've read somewhere that this high percentage/drain in battery due to "Android System" and "Android OS" is caused by android 4.4.2 itself and Snapdragon S800 chip!
I have a N9005 and I've tried 3 roms so far and all of them have this issue and my battery life sucks! I can barely reach 3 hrs screen On even in 12hrs!
I'm currently at 5:40 on battery and it's already at 60% with 1:20 screen on only!
I tried greenify and Wakelock detector as well as Unbounce xposed modules but nothing is really helping!
My question: Is there is any ROM or Kernel that you know about that doesn't have / solve this issue?!
Thank you.
Life Engineer said:
I know this may be old news and I've done a lot of research before posting this thread.
I've read somewhere that this high percentage/drain in battery due to "Android System" and "Android OS" is caused by android 4.4.2 itself and Snapdragon S800 chip!
I have a N9005 and I've tried 3 roms so far and all of them have this issue and my battery life sucks! I can barely reach 3 hrs screen On even in 12hrs!
I'm currently at 5:40 on battery and it's already at 60% with 1:20 screen on only!
I tried greenify and Wakelock detector as well as Unbounce xposed modules but nothing is really helping!
My question: Is there is any ROM or Kernel that you know about that doesn't have / solve this issue?!
Thank you.
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I would consider you as one of the lucky ones. If you think that's bad then I don't really know what I'm experiencing. I can reach about 2 hrs screen time on in 12 hours before my battery is all drained. Try upgrading to 4.4.4 and see if you can see a difference. But to me it sounds pretty normal, because of the extreme screen Note 3 has it will drain A LOT of battery. What does Wakelock say? What wakes the phone up? Can you post a screenshot of your battery screen?
BunnyPig said:
I would consider you as one of the lucky ones. If you think that's bad then I don't really know what I'm experiencing. I can reach about 2 hrs screen time on in 12 hours before my battery is all drained. Try upgrading to 4.4.4 and see if you can see a difference. But to me it sounds pretty normal, because of the extreme screen Note 3 has it will drain A LOT of battery. What does Wakelock say? What wakes the phone up? Can you post a screenshot of your battery screen?
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Mine also has only 1 hour of screen time before about 50%, my rom is an extremely debloated stock one, NF4 by Rayman95. Could it be my battery? TIA
N9005 NH1 32GB Stock debloated rooted ROM
This_Guyse said:
Mine also has only 1 hour of screen time before about 50%, my rom is an extremely debloated stock one, NF4 by Rayman95. Could it be my battery? TIA
N9005 NH1 32GB Stock debloated rooted ROM
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Before we judge the system itself we may want to check your battery first. Try doing a calibration of it. You can find several apps that will calibrate it for you automatically or you can just google "Android calibrate battery" and you'll find tons of tutorials. After you've calibrated your battery, try and see if there is any improvements.
In case nothing got solved or better, try using another ROM (you might even want to try Cyanogenmod stock) and see if there is any changes. If not, then yes, it might be your battery that's giving up.
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Before we judge the system itself we may want to check your battery first. Try doing a calibration of it. You can find several apps that will calibrate it for you automatically or you can just google "Android calibrate battery" and you'll find tons of tutorials. After you've calibrated your battery, try and see if there is any improvements.
In case nothing got solved or better, try using another ROM (you might even want to try Cyanogenmod stock) and see if there is any changes. If not, then yes, it might be your battery that's giving up.
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Yes, might be my battery that's giving up! Tried all of these and didn't work [emoji16][emoji13] Going to get a new battery soon, really appreciate your help though
N9005 NH1 32GB Stock debloated rooted ROM
Try NH1. Though I didn't really have your kind of problem when I was on NF4.
Life Engineer said:
I know this may be old news and I've done a lot of research before posting this thread.
I've read somewhere that this high percentage/drain in battery due to "Android System" and "Android OS" is caused by android 4.4.2 itself and Snapdragon S800 chip!
I have a N9005 and I've tried 3 roms so far and all of them have this issue and my battery life sucks! I can barely reach 3 hrs screen On even in 12hrs!
I'm currently at 5:40 on battery and it's already at 60% with 1:20 screen on only!
I tried greenify and Wakelock detector as well as Unbounce xposed modules but nothing is really helping!
My question: Is there is any ROM or Kernel that you know about that doesn't have / solve this issue?!
Thank you.
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Go into your dialer and dial *#0228# and there you will find the battery calibrator. If you do this, make sure the phone is charged to 100% and let it discharge. Run it through a few cycles and see what happen. should make a difference.
Hey guys. I bought my wife a new Galaxy Tab 10.1 and its great but the battery life is TERRIBLE! At first, we thought something was wrong with the Tab because it was draining the battery about 1% every couple minutes. She would play one game at 95% battery for about 10 minutes and the battery would now be at 45%. I went through it shutting off and disabling everything i could and the battery life improved greatly. The problem now is all this Samsung garbage starting up and killing the battery. We cant keep going in and turning this stuff off every time she turns the tablet on. So I would like to root it and use titanium Backup to remove all this bloatware thats killing her battery. I'm familiar with galaxy phone rooting but not tablets so I'm unsure if the process is basiclly the same.
It would be greatly appreciated if you guys could point me to a root methods for this, it has KitKat 4.4 on it, And maybe if you guys could be so kind as to point me in the direction of an app list for things that are safe to remove and not safe to remove? Thanks guys.