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Battery Drain Dramatically Increased in Last Week

Is anyone else experiencing exceptional battery drain in the last week or two? I'm not sure if it is since 4.3, but my phone barely lasts a full day and it is the same with all my other friends with a Nexus 4.
We are all wondering what is going on!

montrealguy said:
Is anyone else experiencing exceptional battery drain in the last week or two? I'm not sure if it is since 4.3, but my phone barely lasts a full day and it is the same with all my other friends with a Nexus 4.
We are all wondering what is going on!
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So many things could be draining your battery. You need to provide more data in order to troubleshoot.
Use BetterBatteryStats and/or wakelock detector (both in Google Play) to identify apps causing wakelocks. Then Google those wakelocks for possible solutions. Out posts screenshots of your wakelocks here or in a wakelock thread.
Plus provide details of what ROM, kernel, and radio you're using.
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montrealguy said:
Is anyone else experiencing exceptional battery drain in the last week or two? I'm not sure if it is since 4.3, but my phone barely lasts a full day and it is the same with all my other friends with a Nexus 4.
We are all wondering what is going on!
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Possible answer here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843
:fingers-crossed:

Galaxo60 said:
Possible answer here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843
:fingers-crossed:
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Interesting--- but the OP says it was resolved with the latest updates, but mine is still draining superfast.

I had the same problem. At my nexus it was the zooper widget which causes the draining. After uninstalling the battery consumption went normal. Maybe you have a similar problem...
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scherfa said:
I had the same problem. At my nexus it was the zooper widget which causes the draining. After uninstalling the battery consumption went normal. Maybe you have a similar problem...
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No- the only widgets I have are the ones for Google Voice and Google Calendar.

montrealguy said:
Interesting--- but the OP says it was resolved with the latest updates, but mine is still draining superfast.
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LOL, I´m the OP, but also there is some Android System wakelock that is caused by a bad radio. Try to install some app to detect wakelocks or post a screenshot to see how it looks the battery drain, so we can help you better.

Galaxo60 said:
LOL, I´m the OP, but also there is some Android System wakelock that is caused by a bad radio. Try to install some app to detect wakelocks or post a screenshot to see how it looks the battery drain, so we can help you better.
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I installed Wakelock Detector but I have no idea how it works or how to interpret the data. If you can show me how to paste the data here, I'd appreciate it.

montrealguy said:
I installed Wakelock Detector but I have no idea how it works or how to interpret the data. If you can show me how to paste the data here, I'd appreciate it.
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I just installed once the app, but can´t remember well how it exactly work.
It is not too hard. Just install app and then wait for a full cycle. What this app does, is just monitoring all the processes on your phone. When you make a full battery cycle, it detects which processes are awake and it shows them on the wakelock screen as well as the name of the process.
Sometimes, it will show crazy names or not so conventional names, but better to make a screenshot of the overall wakelocks and then the detail of the major wakelock. I think this was on top of others.

[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 !!!

[Q] Android System and Android OS

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.

BunnyPig said:
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.

battery went down

hi guys
refer attached screenshot. i had 55% battery last night. when i woke up after 6 hrs, my phone was totally flat.
anyone can guide me on how to monitor this or troubleshoot this? its not like this always. this is once or twice only within a 6 month period
im using s5 with POK1 alexndr rom
thanks

Yea, have a look on the screen before that one, that lists the different apps that are using the most battery

It's nothing there bellow this list.. that's why I'm bit confused. Do you know any apps which can monitor these kind of issues?

sam20e said:
It's nothing there bellow this list.. that's why I'm bit confused. Do you know any apps which can monitor these kind of issues?
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First thing is your signal , you have bad reception which drains the battery quickly. Next , you can see in the screenshot that your phone is awake even if the screen was off , which mean you have an app draining your battery in background. I can see that you have a modded status bar which mean you are rooted , just install wakelock detector from the play store and it will show you all your wakelocks and alarms.

Soufiansky said:
I can see that you have a modded status bar which mean you are rooted
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It's a custom ROM...
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OP - There are plenty of battery monitoring apps, this one is pretty good
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en_GB

*Detection* said:
It's a custom ROM...
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OP - There are plenty of battery monitoring apps, this one is pretty good
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en_GB
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Yeah i just saw he's using alexndr rom lol

Thank you guys. I'll install those apps and check

There's a thing that no one asked here. Is your Battery Okay?.....

ya the battery is totally fine. today i had 96% battery when i woke up i had 84%

Battery drain

So after installing B151 update my battery sucks.Before update i could get about 5-6 hrs screen on time now cant even 4.So is somebody experiencing anything similar?

It's the same

**** this **** I ve recently bought device and they ****ed up my experience

After update I have 1h screen / 10% battery . Maybe try to factory reset.

I did it ,its a bit better but still drains for no reason

Bluezzy said:
I did it ,its a bit better but still drains for no reason
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Update : Today I have lost 20% for 1hr screen on time with data on.Is this normal?

Bluezzy said:
Update : Today I have lost 20% for 1hr screen on time with data on.Is this normal?
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To fix the battery drain, disable some system apps

Johnny TDN said:
To fix the battery drain, disable some system apps
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But that problem was not due to apps ,only aftet B151 update

not sure if it will work for you but battery fix pro solved my problem with battery drain, just charge to 100% then press calibrate..restart ..then go back to app and press fix battery drop ? worth a try
sent from my rooted p9 lite like a boss ?

After tweaking ,unninstalling,optimising device im happy to say that this day was great.Even on data always on,hard usage,always messaging(viber,whatsapp,messenger),some gaming,streaming,snapchat,instagram..this is great!
Thanks everyone for advice

Bluezzy said:
After tweaking ,unninstalling,optimising device im happy to say that this day was great.Even on data always on,hard usage,always messaging(viber,whatsapp,messenger),some gaming,streaming,snapchat,instagram..this is great!
Thanks everyone for advice
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What did you exactly do, can you elaborate please?

sos_sifou said:
What did you exactly do, can you elaborate please?
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Basic tweaks in no-rooted range. Using phone manager to optimise apps behavior,only 2 protected apps,deleted system apps and games and basic stuff like that