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ICS - Initial impressions

Hello All,
Apologies if this is a duplicate or posted at an incorrect location.
I got ICS for my Note two days ago and here's what I've noticed:
Battery usage has increased: The battery seems to run out faster now. For e.g. during night (8 hours) the battery gets reduced by 6%, which was not the case earlier
Performance slightly slower: The phone performace has dropped a notch.
Running apps: The strangest thing which I've noticed is that almost all apps now run in the background, even the ones which I dont use daily. I need to go to Downloads to 'Force Stop' them.
I request you all to share your findings as well.
Thanks,

yeah me too..

On the stock ICS releases what you have observed seems to be the case. Under normal circumstances the advise would be a factory reset but DO NOT! do this as there is a risk of bricking your phone.

Battery life to me is the same maybe slightly better, performance is stupidly better than it was on gb. Having said that I did wipe via mobile odin then in factory reset menu in settings menu when ics booted so I had a totally clean install. But I wouldn't advise that going off the brick bug.

trivedivishal said:
Hello All,
Apologies if this is a duplicate or posted at an incorrect location.
I got ICS for my Note two days ago and here's what I've noticed:
Battery usage has increased: The battery seems to run out faster now. For e.g. during night (8 hours) the battery gets reduced by 6%, which was not the case earlier
Performance slightly slower: The phone performace has dropped a notch.
Running apps: The strangest thing which I've noticed is that almost all apps now run in the background, even the ones which I dont use daily. I need to go to Downloads to 'Force Stop' them.
I request you all to share your findings as well.
Thanks,
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Actually ICS is good at memory usage. those apps that you dont use might be starting with boot, try to disable them.
Also in the development mode in setting u can limit the number of apps that can run in the background.

RochiWizz said:
On the stock ICS releases what you have observed seems to be the case. Under normal circumstances the advise would be a factory reset but DO NOT! do this as there is a risk of bricking your phone.
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I have read quite a few about this bug but still quite confused so once and for all, If I was on stock ROM all the way (no rooting done) and updated to stock ICS, would I still risk to brick my phone if I factory reset?

I'm using the German version, rooted to install titanium app and Gemini app to freeze and prevent apps from auto starting. Battery life is excellent, about 1% drain overnight with phone shut down.
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after the initial boot with no apps installed at all the battery and the ram consumption seems to be good and by that i mean better multitasking. all apps start almost instantly.. but with having a few apps installed the battery seems to be draining faster than usual and will drain completely by the end of the day with moderate usage.. gb used to give me atleast a day and a half of battery and max two days with the same usage stats.. i'm beginning to wonder if this is how ics was built..!!?

Ok, so I figured that the battery was draining as the phone was not going into 'deep-sleep' mode. I was able to fix that using instructions at the below URL:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1507905.html
Battery life seems to be normal now.

Battery drain

Hello!
I rooted my phone as of yesterday, I charged it all night and when I took it off today the battery went from completely full to dead withint 3 hours of no use. I did not use the phone at all.
Any ideas?

If you just rooted your phone, you should not have battery drain... Try to temporarily disable root (with Voodo OTA RootKeeper for exemple)

Use better battery stats to nail down which app is causing the drain

Did you try wiping your battery stats in CWM - advanced?
There's also an app, Battery Calibration, on the Play Store that may help with that.
Not uncommon to get weird battery readings after changing rom's or rooting.

slaphead20 said:
Use better battery stats to nail down which app is causing the drain
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+1 that app will tell you exactly what's bogging down your cpu, and which apps prevent proper deep sleep mode.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away

PermaFried said:
Hello!
I rooted my phone as of yesterday, I charged it all night and when I took it off today the battery went from completely full to dead withint 3 hours of no use. I did not use the phone at all.
Any ideas?
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This is soooo strange. Not a normal behavior!! Before you root your phone, how the battery lifes goes??? Are you in a stock or modified ROM? Wich kernel are you using?
I faced this issue a couple weeks ago. Android S.O was the culprit and it was driving me crazy. I was using a custom ROM (RemICS-UX). I solved the problem returning to stock and erasing everything, then i reflashed the ROM and the kernel, in my case Devil3 0.79. If you want to give it a try!!
After that my batterys life is pretty fine, during at least 2 days!
Feel free to ask anything you want! Cheers mate
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Go through a couple more full charge cycles, if android os usage isn't very high then, it should be fine.
Edit: on second thought, draining the battery without use in 3 hours is extreme, and would suggest that the CPU is running at max speed all the time. If it doesn't solve itself or improve a lot after a few more charge cycles, reflash everything.
Using GT-I9000 my sent Tapatalk 2 from.

Did you just root your phone or did you flash another ROM? Some ROMs have horrible battery life.

The stock battery usage monitor (Settings>Battery) should be enough to tell you what ate your battery. If it's a particular app you're running, try disabling that and see if it improves. If the usage is mostly "Android System", "Mobile standby", or something like that, then you have a tougher problem. The free app CPU spy will let you know if something is keeping your CPU usage high. Better battery stats is pretty cheap and will give you much more specific information.

+1s for BetterBatteryStats and waiting a few charge cycles before judging/debugging your battery drain, especially if you changed your kernel to root or flashed a rom.
I find that after flashing a new rom or kernel my phone, the battery level shown in recovery mode is higher than in the rom's settings, for a couple days. (You can see batt level in semaphore's recovery). I once dud a lazy search about this and found nothing, but I figure that's what is meant about waiting a few cycles gir your battery to calibrate.
sent from a telephonic device

groksteady said:
+1s for BetterBatteryStats and waiting a few charge cycles before judging/debugging your battery drain, especially if you changed your kernel to root or flashed a rom.
I find that after flashing a new rom or kernel my phone, the battery level shown in recovery mode is higher than in the rom's settings, for a couple days. (You can see batt level in semaphore's recovery). I once dud a lazy search about this and found nothing, but I figure that's what is meant about waiting a few cycles gir your battery to calibrate.
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or u can just use the app batterycalibration after flashing a new rom

Friend try with this modem..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=993576#

TheWeeknd said:
or u can just use the app batterycalibration after flashing a new rom
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There's no such thing as "calibrating your battery". It's a myth. Wiping your battery stats file doesn't do anything other than reset the tracking of what's using power. It doesn't magically fix your battery meter. Flashing a new ROM doesn't leave left over data, again a myth.
Battery life is never consistent after flashing because your ROM needs to "settle" for a day or two first and during that time your ram and cpu usage are all over the place.
The rest is a placebo effect.
Sent from a galaxy far, far away

Idea
I think I may know what is happening to you as of now. Try to bring up the Battery settings if you are on ICS and take a screenshot and post it here. If my 'spider' senses are correct, your phone did not go to 'sleep' and remained awake.
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Currently I'm experiencing a huge battery drain too. I used both tools which where mentioned here in this thread and when the drain occours, CPU spy reports that my SGS didnt go in deep sleep at all with turned off display, it was at least at 100mhz all the time! I attached 2 logs from better battery stats and it seems like the NotificationService is causing it?
I'm using JW6 PDA JW4 Modem and JVC CSC in combination with the MNGB 0.5.8 Kernel.

Definitely, now you got to find out what is causing it!

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Device very hot + battery drain since update

Just wanted to know if anyone else has problems with their Nexus 4 since the latest update?
So far, within 24 hours I have had to charge my phone twice fully.
What the hell is going on?
Thanks

Pixulated said:
Just wanted to know if anyone else has problems with their Nexus 4 since the latest update?
So far, within 24 hours I have had to charge my phone twice fully.
What the hell is going on?
Thanks
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What do the battery stats show?
Maybe this will solve your problem.

danielms22 said:
What do the battery stats show?
Maybe this will solve your problem.
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mine today started to get really hot.... it froze
upon reboot, it lost like 30% battery...
froze again in landscape mode
after a few reboots it continue to run super hot... like 65*
battery is draining even faster than what Ingress. uses
still occurs in safe mode
is the hardware going bad? i saw a few other folks having this also happen in the last week without ant solutions

chaco81 said:
mine today started to get really hot.... it froze
upon reboot, it lost like 30% battery...
froze again in landscape mode
after a few reboots it continue to run super hot... like 65*
battery is draining even faster than what Ingress. uses
still occurs in safe mode
is the hardware going bad? i saw a few other folks having this also happen in the last week without ant solutions
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Well then, since you replied to my post above... What did the battery stats show? Are Google services the problem?

danielms22 said:
Well then, since you replied to my post above... What did the battery stats show? Are Google services the problem?
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i have had my current setup since i got the phone.. AOKP, Franco Kernel, undervolted -25mv, with like 215 total apps.... decent battery like, usually about 3 hrs SOT...
but yesterday was among weird to say the least.... Franco monitor will show my CPU was up to 170* at one point... but yet, my CPU usage on my monitor was with core 0-1 being less than half throtle while core 2-3 were offline... so i thought it was weird that my CPU would be so hot, yet not ON....it was so hot the phone would shutdown as soon as it got booted...
then my battery was not hot, but draining incredibly fast.... like from 88% to 19% in less than 2 hrs....
my battery usage pretty much displayed that it was the Screen consuming most of my battery.... i didnt notice GS being a problem, but im sure i would have noticed if it was
So far, i went ahead and factory reset, formatted /system /cache /data and dalvik... installed my rom again fresh.... its not acting up yet.... but for some reason i cant shake the fact its using battery much faster... i went earlier in my break from 94% to 87% in less than 10 minutes... thats not normal..maybe its just me..
so tonight i am going to reformat everything a couple times, install all fresh and see what happens before i restore everything back in the phone.

chaco81 said:
i have had my current setup since i got the phone.. AOKP, Franco Kernel, undervolted -25mv, with like 215 total apps.... decent battery like, usually about 3 hrs SOT...
but yesterday was among weird to say the least.... Franco monitor will show my CPU was up to 170* at one point... but yet, my CPU usage on my monitor was with core 0-1 being less than half throtle while core 2-3 were offline... so i thought it was weird that my CPU would be so hot, yet not ON....it was so hot the phone would shutdown as soon as it got booted...
then my battery was not hot, but draining incredibly fast.... like from 88% to 19% in less than 2 hrs....
my battery usage pretty much displayed that it was the Screen consuming most of my battery.... i didnt notice GS being a problem, but im sure i would have noticed if it was
So far, i went ahead and factory reset, formatted /system /cache /data and dalvik... installed my rom again fresh.... its not acting up yet.... but for some reason i cant shake the fact its using battery much faster... i went earlier in my break from 94% to 87% in less than 10 minutes... thats not normal..maybe its just me..
so tonight i am going to reformat everything a couple times, install all fresh and see what happens before i restore everything back in the phone.
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I'm with the same problem you're with. I did format everything, and the problem persists, can't really find the culprit on this.
I'm using PA 3.99 + FK, but I've tried with stock and cm, with stock kernels also.
Please let us know if you did solve the problem, and how did it, because this is becoming difficult to manage the use of this phone for me, having to carry the charger everywhere I go.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

magote said:
I'm with the same problem you're with. I did format everything, and the problem persists, can't really find the culprit on this.
I'm using PA 3.99 + FK, but I've tried with stock and cm, with stock kernels also.
Please let us know if you did solve the problem, and how did it, because this is becoming difficult to manage the use of this phone for me, having to carry the charger everywhere I go.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4
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So battery life has been horrendous. It dies much faster and takes long to charge. My car charger no longer charges the phone... yet my Gnex and N7 FHD charges on that charger fine....
Qi charging works fine too (thats next to my bed)
So i called assurant, which sent me to Tmo, which sent me to Google (got it at play store) and they are sending me a new unit, since this one will be covered until manufacturer warranty for malfunction, not physical damage
Im sorry i will not have a resolution, i will revert back to stock and re lock it before i sent it back.... Hopefully i get a good one and not one with issues...

S4 Google Edition battery started to DRAIN

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.

toastido said:
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.

SchpidermaN said:
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

SchpidermaN said:
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

Abysmal Battery Life

Hey guys,
I've joined the club and bought an Axon 7 A2017G.
In my first 2 days of usage, I noticed I needed to charge the phone at least twice per day.
After reading quite a few threads about this issue, I installed GSam battery monitor. It lists my SOT as 1hr 13 minutes, and battery life at 10 hours.
At turning just about everything off, installing Greenify and applying aggressive doze, I was no longer getting a wakelock.
I have however found that GSam shows that my screen is discharging over twice as much battery power, as compared to having the screen on.
I was wondering if this was normal, and if not, any suggestions in increasing battery life?

Not normal try a reset.

Something keeping the phone awake, haven't used gsam in ages.. betterbatterystats is far superior in helping track down what's keeping it awake but requires root.

You can use this app to access original battery stat. Works very well.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jaredharen.batteryusageshortcut

gpz1100 said:
Something keeping the phone awake, haven't used gsam in ages.. betterbatterystats is far superior in helping track down what's keeping it awake but requires root.
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I'll try that next. I've just completed a factory reset, so hopefully that helps out.
I found it quite strange that Screen Off used more power (52%) than Screen on (20%).
GSam didn't report any wakelock, and the phone was in doze quite often.

Seems that the factory reset has done the trick.
Now trickle re-installing apps.
Fingers crossed that battery usage stays relatively normal.

MrScurge said:
Seems that the factory reset has done the trick.
Now trickle re-installing apps.
Fingers crossed that battery usage stays relatively normal.
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How's the battery performing now?
Mine seems mediocre. After charging overnight I usually need to charge in the evening. I get about 10hrs per charge with 2-2.5hrs SoT. Are you getting better results than this after the FR?
Thanks!

jimmygoska said:
How's the battery performing now?
Mine seems mediocre. After charging overnight I usually need to charge in the evening. I get about 10hrs per charge with 2-2.5hrs SoT. Are you getting better results than this after the FR?
Thanks!
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As GSam hasn't gotten all required data yet, I will go off what Android reports.
I have used 30% of my battery in 9 hours, with approximately the screen on for 3 hours. Bear in mind that I've had wifi on for approximately 5 hours with a mixture of screen on and off.
Just having a stab in the dark here, but, two apps that I haven't redownloaded are Swiftkey and Nova Launcher. Instead I installed GBoard and Google Launcher. Don't know if that had mde any difference.
So yes, far better results after the FR

Evie launcher FTW
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MrScurge said:
As GSam hasn't gotten all required data yet, I will go off what Android reports.
I have used 30% of my battery in 9 hours, with approximately the screen on for 3 hours. Bear in mind that I've had wifi on for approximately 5 hours with a mixture of screen on and off.
Just having a stab in the dark here, but, two apps that I haven't redownloaded are Swiftkey and Nova Launcher. Instead I installed GBoard and Google Launcher. Don't know if that had mde any difference.
So yes, far better results after the FR
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I think it's time to reset! Those are much better results, kind of what I was hoping for when I got the A7

jimmygoska said:
I think it's time to reset! Those are much better results, kind of what I was hoping for when I got the A7
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I also did the force update to B09 before the FR. According to ZTE it offers improved battery performance, but I didn't notice any improvement from B08, whilst I used it.
Good luck and I hope the battery sorts itself out

MrScurge said:
I also did the force update to B09 before the FR. According to ZTE it offers improved battery performance, but I didn't notice any improvement from B08, whilst I used it.
Good luck and I hope the battery sorts itself out
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I was a little confused what you meant by B09 but I see you've got the A2017G. I'm on the A2017U so I think my equivalent update is the B29 which is what I'm on. I've got tons of apps to backup so I'm going to try resetting tonight. Think I might unlock the bootloader and consider rooting while I'm at it

jimmygoska said:
I was a little confused what you meant by B09 but I see you've got the A2017G. I'm on the A2017U so I think my equivalent update is the B29 which is what I'm on. I've got tons of apps to backup so I'm going to try resetting tonight. Think I might unlock the bootloader and consider rooting while I'm at it
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Best of luck to you and hopefully it sorts out the problem

MrScurge said:
Best of luck to you and hopefully it sorts out the problem
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I've been using cm13 and sometimes Android system drains too much, so I will go to TWRP and wipe dalvik cache and it greatly improves battery life. Takes 20 minutes, but is great for getting 5.5 hrs sot.