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.
simms22 said:
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?
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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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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44478830
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
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Galaxo60 said:
Possible answer here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843
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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.
Hi,
I own the S4 Google Edition (9505g) and in the last few days the battery started to drain way faster than it used to be.
I didn't installed any new apps nor changed any configurations whatsoever. Also, I did not see any system update which was installed.
The installed battery monitor app shows the regular usage, but the the battery just drains way fasted than it was before.
Any outputs or advice?
Thanks
mulypro Parish
SchpidermaN said:
Hi,
I own the S4 Google Edition (9505g) and in the last few days the battery started to drain way faster than it used to be.
I didn't installed any new apps nor changed any configurations whatsoever. Also, I did not see any system update which was installed.
The installed battery monitor app shows the regular usage, but the the battery just drains way fasted than it was before.
Any outputs or advice?
Thanks
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I've noticed this too. I recently swapped from an i337 to the gt-i9505g. Battery has been amazing, but in the past couple days it's been draining like it's on fire. I dug deep and found that "Android OS" had a 4+ hour wakelock. Rebooted and so far no wakelocks, and battery seems to be back to normal.
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I've noticed this too. I recently swapped from an i337 to the gt-i9505g. Battery has been amazing, but in the past couple days it's been draining like it's on fire. I dug deep and found that "Android OS" had a 4+ hour wakelock. Rebooted and so far no wakelocks, and battery seems to be back to normal.
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Tried rebooting the device numerous times and deactivate any background processes, so far so bad.
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Tried rebooting the device numerous times and deactivate any background processes, so far so bad.
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Mine updated to KitKat (4.4) yesterday and I'm still good on battery life. Perhaps you should check out better battery stats?
Just received the KitKat update message, will update the damn thing later on today.
In the mean while, the drain carries on. Installed GSam monitor, seems like I'm having lots of wakelocks, and the built-in messaging app is sucking quite a lot of juice even though I'm not a heavy user.
Any further advice how to deal with it?
How long does it take for your battery to drain, on an average use?
I replaced stock messaging app with textra.. As for battery life I can usually get about 4 hours of screen time, b but on light use days I was getting about 20 hours or so. Haven't been on kitkat long enough to know, but battery life SEEMS better than it was. Fwiw in using art on 4.4 instead of dalvik.
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Great.
I got 8SMS installed but disabled and I just got the call that KitKat was rolled out and ready to be installed. Will install it later and try to replace the stock messaging with 8SMS, perhaps that would help the phone to act better.
Do you happen to know if the ES File explorer still works with KitKat (allowing to create folders on the SD card)?
Thanks
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Just received the KitKat update message, will update the damn thing later on today.
In the mean while, the drain carries on. Installed GSam monitor, seems like I'm having lots of wakelocks, and the built-in messaging app is sucking quite a lot of juice even though I'm not a heavy user.
Any further advice how to deal with it?
How long does it take for your battery to drain, on an average use?
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I had this problem to on my I9505 and the battery started to swelling up
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s4-battery-swelling-free-replacements-samsung-284308/
so check out the serial and see if your device is affected
kind regards
Paul
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
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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
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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)
Hi, I have been using my nexus 6p for quite a while flashing custom roms like crazy and I read in one of the threads that the battery is best with the stock, so I decided to try it, except I am not getting a real difference.
Now, I need some help reading the battery graphs. I have tried bunch of battery apps to test the wakelock and haven't found much issues. I have turned off scanning, location, wifi, the only thing I did not turn off was the data. I even tried to turn off the SYNC one time and didn't make much difference.
I suspect it is my network. I am getting LTE in my area, but I don't know how to read the signal in the stock battery graph. In total I can be getting about 4 SOT at the end of my day down to 10 percent and I see people are getting crazy 6 or 7. Images below
http://imgur.com/ulpC6Gy
http://imgur.com/na2Vg3S
http://imgur.com/8KufbKJ
http://imgur.com/j8d0Igr
Any hep would be greatly appreciated.
matteosaeed said:
Hi, I have been using my nexus 6p for quite a while flashing custom roms like crazy and I read in one of the threads that the battery is best with the stock, so I decided to try it, except I am not getting a real difference.
Now, I need some help reading the battery graphs. I have tried bunch of battery apps to test the wakelock and haven't found much issues. I have turned off scanning, location, wifi, the only thing I did not turn off was the data. I even tried to turn off the SYNC one time and didn't make much difference.
I suspect it is my network. I am getting LTE in my area, but I don't know how to read the signal in the stock battery graph. In total I can be getting about 4 SOT at the end of my day down to 10 percent and I see people are getting crazy 6 or 7. Images below
http://imgur.com/ulpC6Gy
http://imgur.com/na2Vg3S
http://imgur.com/8KufbKJ
http://imgur.com/j8d0Igr
Any hep would be greatly appreciated.
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You're gonna need to use something like BetterBatteryStats to investigate properly, the stock battery stats app is pretty much useless.
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You're gonna need to use something like BetterBatteryStats to investigate properly, the stock battery stats app is pretty much useless.
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I tried the better battery stars, and the gsam battery, I couldn't really detect much out of it. Do you think I can monitor the signal drain? Do you think it could drain the battery this much?
Thanks,
matteosaeed said:
I tried the better battery stars, and the gsam battery, I couldn't really detect much out of it. Do you think I can monitor the signal drain? Do you think it could drain the battery this much?
Thanks,
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It's impossible for me to say what's going on with the images you've already provided, they're not accurate. Run BBS for a day and post screenshots of the Other, Alarms, Kernel Wakelocks, and Partial Wakelocks screens.
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It's impossible for me to say what's going on with the images you've already provided, they're not accurate. Run BBS for a day and post screenshots of the Other, Alarms, Kernel Wakelocks, and Partial Wakelocks screens.
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Cool. Thank you!
I have a rooted Moto X Puré and ever since I got back from vacation it's been losing battery extremely quickly. I lose at least 1% a minute while the phone is on. According to the battery it is mostly the screen taking it up. Attached is a graph showing everything.
jdugery said:
I have a rooted Moto X Puré and ever since I got back from vacation it's been losing battery extremely quickly. I lose at least 1% a minute while the phone is on. According to the battery it is mostly the screen taking it up. Attached is a graph showing everything.
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Have you rebooted your device? Did an app get updated and/or go rogue? Are you getting wakelocks? What is your SOT? Are you playing Clash of Clans (which is at the bottom of your screenshot) while phone is powered on?
You have practically no details or troubleshooting steps taken which could mean any number of issues. Do some troubleshooting and if you still can't resolve the issue, post more details on the issue and what has not worked. This will help in narrowing down the potential causes of your issue. If you are able to resolve your issue, please report back.
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Have you rebooted your device? Did an app get updated and/or go rogue? Are you getting wakelocks? What is your SOT? Are you playing Clash of Clans (which is at the bottom of your screenshot) while phone is powered on?
You have practically no details or troubleshooting steps taken which could mean any number of issues. Do some troubleshooting and if you still can't resolve the issue, post more details on the issue and what has not worked. This will help in narrowing down the potential causes of your issue. If you are able to resolve your issue, please report back.
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Yes, I have rebooted my device. Not sure if an app went rogue but some have definitely been updated. not sure about screen on time or wakelocks, but I do have greenify installed. I am playing clash of clans most of the time the phone is unlocked.
I am kind of a noob so I am not really sure how to trouble shoot it.
Same here, I have my phone since October 2015 and from the beginning of 2017 the battery is so bad I charge it 3 to 4 times a day because I am a heavy user. I think what made it go this bad I used to drain my battery then charge it to full, I have been reading it is better practice not to let the battery drain it will make the battery last longer, if you have moto support in your country get a new battery, problem solved.
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Yes, I have rebooted my device. Not sure if an app went rogue but some have definitely been updated. not sure about screen on time or wakelocks, but I do have greenify installed. I am playing clash of clans most of the time the phone is unlocked.
I am kind of a noob so I am not really sure how to trouble shoot it.
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Games like Clash of Clans are somewhat heavy on battery. Are you using Wi-Fi or cell connection to play? They that you take a bigger hit on mobile data typically. If you are rooted, use an app like gsam or better battery stats to get more detailed battery results. I know BBS will give you SOT and wakelocks among other things.
For the most part Greenify will help some, but it is geared for suspending/hibernating apps that you want to prevent s staying in the background.
Looks like Governor settings were changed to me personally, even for clash of clans that's heavy drain. I can get straight 2 hours SoT with Coc a lot of the time. When your in battery tap screen, you'll get the info on how long you get.
Also, I recommend looking up "cpu monitor" in the store, the second one listed is the one I've always used. After a day or two of it running you should get a good idea if you have a app or service doing it.
I have had the same problem. I have a day one Moto X Style (Pure) and 3 or 4 months ago the battery life dramatically changed. At the end 1 month ago the phone started to power off at the rest of 35% battery power. Because of an unlocked bootloader my guarantee was gone. So i ordered an original Motorola FX 30 Battery (2810/3000 mAh min/typ is important!) on eBay. Do not buy any other battery than the original one. Other batteries (for example the white looking ones on ebay) are not original and turbo power (fast charging) will not work!
A smartphone shop nearby helped me to change the battery. Now the phone works like on day one. Good luck.
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Games like Clash of Clans are somewhat heavy on battery. Are you using Wi-Fi or cell connection to play? They that you take a bigger hit on mobile data typically. If you are rooted, use an app like gsam or better battery stats to get more detailed battery results. I know BBS will give you SOT and wakelocks among other things.
For the most part Greenify will help some, but it is geared for suspending/hibernating apps that you want to prevent s staying in the background.
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I installed BBS and am not sure what to do with the information. Sorry for being a noob :/
jdugery said:
I installed BBS and am not sure what to do with the information. Sorry for being a noob :/
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Screenshots and look at potential wakelocks.