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[Q] GPS signal searching every 10 seconds...

My new S4 searches for GPS location every 10-15 seconds for some reason. Can I find out what app is doing this, or does anyone know why it does it? Thanks.

sether52 said:
My new S4 searches for GPS location every 10-15 seconds for some reason. Can I find out what app is doing this, or does anyone know why it does it? Thanks.
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Do you have GPS & all location services enabled? Or an app that has location services enabled? Also how can tell it is searching every 10-15 seconds?

Joe0113 said:
Do you have GPS & all location services enabled? Or an app that has location services enabled? Also how can tell it is searching every 10-15 seconds?
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I do have all that enabled, yes. And I know it because the GPS crosshairs show up that often.

sether52 said:
I do have all that enabled, yes. And I know it because the GPS crosshairs show up that often.
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Download a battery monitoring app (I HIGHLY recommend GSam Battery Monitor) and see what is using your GPS signal.

Joe0113 said:
Download a battery monitoring app (I HIGHLY recommend GSam Battery Monitor) and see what is using your GPS signal.
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It might be smart Wifi. Go into your advanced wifi settings and turn it off. (It uses GPS to determine when to look for wifi)

I believe you may have a user app running in the background that is constantly accessing your location. Kill user apps one at a time until the gps indicator stops flashing or you may find the culprit by checking the permissions of recently installed apps.
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Or just turn off GPS when you are not using IT?
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daniel4653 said:
Or just turn off GPS when you are not using IT?
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^this
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daniel4653 said:
Or just turn off GPS when you are not using IT?
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I have GPS on 24/7 and it doesn't drain my battery. I've been averaging one day with 3hr + on screen time. It must be an app draining his battery this bad.

Joe0113 said:
I have GPS on 24/7 and it doesn't drain my battery. I've been averaging one day with 3hr + on screen time. It must be an app draining his battery this bad.
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Joe all phones are different. I turn mine off when in am not using it to prevent this. But more than likely the OP has a rouge app.
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Thanks! I think smart WiFi was the ticket.

[Q] Betterbatterystats help

Hi, I need help to figure out why I'm getting so more much awake time than screen on time.
According to the partial wake lock stats audioout_2 is the one that keeps waking up my phone... Tho the time running is not very high so I'm a little confuse here...
Is anything else I'm missing here??
Thanks
PD sorry for my bad English
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Gustavoca1 said:
Hi, I need help to figure out why I'm getting so more much awake time than screen on time.
According to the partial wake lock stats audioout_2 is the one that keeps waking up my phone... Tho the time running is not very high so I'm a little confuse here...
Is anything else I'm missing here??
Thanks
PD sorry for my bad English
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hi..
Audio out 2 is the touch/screenlock sounds.
try disable and monitor it in BBS again in few hours' time.

Playing music will cause AudioOut_2 wakelock.
I get it when using any music player.

Hi, I already have touchscreen wakelock sound disabled.
Using wakelock detector, I found Facebook app is draining a lot of battery, but I'm not sure If that's the app that causes the audioout_2 wakelock.
I downloaded greenify , so I'll try add the app there.
Thanks
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Hi, at the moment I'm not using my phone for playing songs. Maybe some other app? I've read that viber could cause this wakelock, I uninstall it but still the same.
Thanks!
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Gustavoca1 said:
Hi, at the moment I'm not using my phone for playing songs. Maybe some other app? I've read that viber could cause this wakelock, I uninstall it but still the same.
Thanks!
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hi.
yes, viber does cause wakelocks.
try to post screenshots of BBS partial wakelocks after 4 hours idle time (without any interruptions), with the sound disable and other apps that u think that causes wakelocks
Cheers..

maanz said:
hi.
yes, viber does cause wakelocks.
try to post screenshots of BBS partial wakelocks after 4 hours idle time (without any interruptions), with the sound disable and other apps that u think that causes wakelocks
Cheers..
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After 3:30 hrs, using greenify on Facebook app
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whatsapp is another wakelock culprit preventing yr device to deep sleep..
what I would suggest to u is to unchecked sync contacts in whatsapp setting.
that would minimise the wakelocks if u still intend to use it.
so does exchange mail service..
maybe try to change refresh intervals to 4 hours and monitor it from there.
nlp collector is caused by location is being turned on in yr device settings.
turn location to off if u want it to go away.
and after 4 hours, post a dump file from BBS here again, mate.
other things to look at BBS is the high number of counts on each services running in the partial wakelocks.
besides these, there are more..

maanz said:
whatsapp is another wakelock culprit preventing yr device to deep sleep..
what I would suggest to u is to unchecked sync contacts in whatsapp setting.
that would minimise the wakelocks if u still intend to use it.
so does exchange mail service..
maybe try to change refresh intervals to 4 hours and monitor it from there.
nlp collector is caused by location is being turned on in yr device settings.
turn location to off if u want it to go away.
and after 4 hours, post a dump file from BBS here again, mate.
other things to look at BBS is the high number of counts on each services running in the partial wakelocks.
besides these, there are more..
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exchange mail is already in 4 hrs interval... and i kinda use the nlp service from google...
Freezing facebook app with Greenify, made my phone last a day. I think ill stick with this configuration
Thanks for your help!

1% per hour? That's amazing (at least to me and my phone)...

robogo1982 said:
1% per hour? That's amazing (at least to me and my phone)...
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thats was a test, when i let my phone alone for 4 hours... In normal use is 3%/h

had the same issue(AudioOut drain without playing any music), turned out to be the lock-screen sound effect drains the battery after locking the screen. disabled it , no more drain

[Q] Kernel (Android OS) sucking my battery !! Can Anyone help ??

I have GSam battery monitor installed on my Note 3 (SM-900) running stock JB 4.3 (MK1) ....
Since a last few days I have witnessed battery drain on my phone without any apparent reason....I charge my phone to 100% at night (wifi & 3G data is off at night) & when I wake up after about 8 to 9 hours of sleep I find that the battery is down to 85% !!! Strange isn't it ...
GSam battery monitor says that nearly 67% of battery is used by "App Usage" , on clicking App Usage for bifurcation of battery usage I find that nearly 50% of my battery is used up by "Kernel (Android OS)"......How to control this , any help will be appreciated dear forum friends !!

Please help me regarding this unusual problem....

Turn location services off. And then go check out @stanley08 thread about battery saving tips.
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radicalisto said:
Turn location services off. And then go check out @stanley08 thread about battery saving tips.
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There are 2 things checked in my "location services" ...1) Access to my location....2) Use wireless networks.
Do I need to uncheck both ??

ketani73 said:
There are 2 things checked in my "location services" ...1) Access to my location....2) Use wireless networks.
Do I need to uncheck both ??
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Yup uncheck both

radicalisto said:
Yup uncheck both
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In that case do I need to turn on my GPS ?? Because there will be a few apps requiring "My location permission" !!

Yup all location and GPS data needs disabled. It milks your battery
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radicalisto said:
Yup all location and GPS data needs disabled. It milks your battery
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In that case what will happen to apps which need your location permission ???

They won't get permission. If you need maps or navigation then turn it on temp
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Here is my battery saving thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579075

ketani73 said:
In that case what will happen to apps which need your location permission ???
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honestly it is not the real cause.
i personally dont turn off these 2 options, and dont have problem with battery.
but sometime (ONLY sometime), the Android OS also eat my battery. Just reboot the phone and no more problem
So try to reboot your phone?

Hi Ketani,
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Should I return my S5?

My Android System is constantly at 30% or more for battery percentage usage and is higher than my screen. I have not saw my Android System lower than the screen in terms of battery percentage used and I've had the phone for about 3 days..
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Narrow down which app is causing it what apps have you installed . more than likely it's a app
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What worked for me:
Un-sync Samsung account
Turn off Samsung App store
Turn off Samsung App Widget
Turn off all the AT&T garbage.
Night and day difference. YMMV. :good:

bonebeatz1234 said:
Narrow down which app is causing it what apps have you installed . more than likely it's a app
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How can I tell which though? I have GSam installed but it doesn't say which app is making Android System run so much..
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See..
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More
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Anyone?
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Joe0113 said:
Anyone?
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Read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43424843
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Joe0113 said:
My Android System is constantly at 30% or more for battery percentage usage and is higher than my screen. I have not saw my Android System lower than the screen in terms of battery percentage used and I've had the phone for about 3 days..
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Pretty much standard Samsung behaviour (Note 3 is the same)
Get shot of Samsung apps (just freeze HUB as it causes rotation problems on the N3 and may on the S5 also)
Log out of your Samsung account
Turn off GPS
Turn off Air/Gestures etc unless you really need them.
If you can rid your device of G+ and Google Search etc as they hog processes also.
Keep your syncing to a minium, try not to have every app syncing all the time at once, stagger the sync time a bit.
Grab Wake lock detector and monitor what's keeping your device awake/ using processes etc.
Usually, a debloat on Samsung devices tends to sort out Android System, But I noticed after I moved to Kitkat on my Note 3 that Android system rarely dropped below 18% or so, unless I used an AOSP ROM.

radicalisto said:
Pretty much standard Samsung behaviour (Note 3 is the same)
Get shot of Samsung apps (just freeze HUB as it causes rotation problems on the N3 and may on the S5 also)
Log out of your Samsung account
Turn off GPS
Turn off Air/Gestures etc unless you really need them.
If you can rid your device of G+ and Google Search etc as they hog processes also.
Keep your syncing to a minium, try not to have every app syncing all the time at once, stagger the sync time a bit.
Grab Wake lock detector and monitor what's keeping your device awake/ using processes etc.
Usually, a debloat on Samsung devices tends to sort out Android System, But I noticed after I moved to Kitkat on my Note 3 that Android system rarely dropped below 18% or so, unless I used an AOSP ROM.
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I think the problem was NiLS FP. Ever since I uninstalled it my battery has been amazing. I uninstalled it last night at 2am, then woke up today at 11am and my battery did NOT drop not even 1% throughout the night!

From previous experiences, if in doubt, take it back.

What's NiLS FP
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smot13 said:
What worked for me:
Un-sync Samsung account
Turn off Samsung App store
Turn off Samsung App Widget
Turn off all the AT&T garbage.
Night and day difference. YMMV. :good:
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Instructions please ?

pnr2020 said:
What's NiLS FP
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Look it up on the Play Store.
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whats that, that you uninstalled so i can do the samething to mine
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timothylockhart said:
Instructions please ?
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smot13 said:
What worked for me:
Un-sync Samsung account
Turn off Samsung App store
Turn off Samsung App Widget
Turn off all the AT&T garbage.
Night and day difference. YMMV. :good:
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i would also like to know how you do this as well if anyone has instructions on this, would be amazing.

Five and half THOUSAND wake locks can't be normal !

Godmyster said:
whats that, that you uninstalled so i can do the samething to mine
i would also like to know how you do this as well if anyone has instructions on this, would be amazing.
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???
settings > accounts > samsung > turn off sync.
settings > app manager > turn crap off.

What's up with my Battery life?

Is this bad, Seems like its way worse than it used to be. Wondering if I need to get a new battery.
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kickenwing13 said:
Is this bad, Seems like its way worse than it used to be. Wondering if I need to get a new battery.
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Same thing here.
As of like 4 days ago the battery life went from "pretty good" to "absolute garbage".
I'm thinking SOMETHING updated and is causing this massive drain.

After the second day on the room of my choice my battery life tanked. I found the issue to be a few apps which begin to sync in the background for location. Go to location services and check it out. Some you will have to disable in location services and some in the apps themselves. Happy hunting.
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sdglenn said:
After the second day on the room of my choice my battery life tanked. I found the issue to be a few apps which begin to sync in the background for location. Go to location services and check it out. Some you will have to disable in location services and some in the apps themselves. Happy hunting.
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Whats odd is i've been running 4.4.2 day it hit OTA, and it was okay, was not till the last 4-5 days that "Android System" is eating up more then screen-on time.
Screen shot of battery stats

Glad I'm not the only one. I'll turn location services off
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