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Extreme battery drain on gingerbread (SOLVED!)

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has anybody any tips please? Sorry for the short mesage... Ive got no more batt left!
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Solution: 2nd post!

I DID IT !
almost in the same time it drained almost all the battery before, now it has lost only 1% or 2%!!!!
after reading every single post on the internet (many thanks to who has investigated battery drainage), i've mixed the tips and tricks and what i did is:
(Maybe a lot of things are unnecesary)
- Disable syncing in gmail account (everything)
- delete software update's cache
- killed all services except only 2 first party services: SNS and Google services
- Tweaked the apps running on startup with "Autostarts" app.
- 3g off
- Wifi off
- BT off
and, as you can see, it's completely idle. it stayed like two hours without losing battery, constantly at 71%.
I hope this is helpful! I will try to discover slowly which one of these things drains so much battery!

it looks to me that to solve your problem you transformed your phone into a nokia 6310.
It was a good phone, lasting days or weeks but it had no 3G, no wifi, no mail sync ... just like your phone now
What happens if you turn on the 3G and the Wifi ? DOes it drain the battery in couple of hours ?

Just by turning 3g off will help
looking at the graph you posted it looks like where it has poor signal is when you experience steep drainage.
good idea to have all the features turned off when you are not using it. especialy 3g cause it will keep draining to get a better signal.
try using one of those widgets to turn on and off 3g so you don't have to drill into settings every time you need it.

You only have to keep pressed the power button and select the second option to disablr 3g... Data network.
I will update soon!
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What is the Android OS and Android System use?

i'm on debusrom, gingerbread 2.3, in spain.

your problem is probably only solved temporally, all method you said has already been proven not working. it's probably a serious driver issue in all exiting gingerbread roms for sgs, have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039696

My new broadcom wifi driver works like before update, phone is not sleeping ! It is not a wifi bug, it is not a dirty ROM flashing, it is not random app. Only 2 things left to consider Gingerbread core fault or broken device driver other than modem, wifi...

What battery status app is that you're using?

thequinox said:
What battery status app is that you're using?
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It's built into Gingerbread
Settings>About>Battery Use
Then tap on the graph at top of display.

i am having batt drainage too...but is on MIUI rom...I am not sure why...my initial guess is kernel prob....still investigating it now~~~

So, why you post it in here if you are on MiUi ??

Majes said:
I DID IT !
almost in the same time it drained almost all the battery before, now it has lost only 1% or 2%!!!!
after reading every single post on the internet (many thanks to who has investigated battery drainage), i've mixed the tips and tricks and what i did is:
(Maybe a lot of things are unnecesary)
- Disable syncing in gmail account (everything)
- delete software update's cache
- killed all services except only 2 first party services: SNS and Google services
- Tweaked the apps running on startup with "Autostarts" app.
- 3g off
- Wifi off
- BT off
and, as you can see, it's completely idle. it stayed like two hours without losing battery, constantly at 71%.
I hope this is helpful! I will try to discover slowly which one of these things drains so much battery!
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that means turning your SGS into a regular Nokia 1100. Why disable all features that make your device a smartphone?

i have used many stock and custom rom results are similar
disabling background data and syncronising gives better battery usage but makes it a simple phone

I'm shocked that turning off all that improved battery.

[Q] Android System using 72%...

Hi... I've had a LOT of battery issues after installing CM 7.0 RC3 or whatever that last one was. As the Nightly builds got higher - battery got worse. I have the latest radio for this Phone, and I've even replaced it. Battery life is horrible lately. I have two batteries (thought it was my battery) - I've cycled both of them a few times, and it still acts odd. I've wiped / reloaded, same thing. When I changed the radio from Euro to US, it seemed to be a bit better. But I'll be walking around my office with 99% battery, go out, smoke, talk to two people (20-30m) and it'll drop to 88% like it's nothing.
After changing the radio to US, the Cell Standby lowered, but Android System has crept up. I have TweetDeck set for 15m refresh, Google+ is set to push sync or w/e, I have two email accounts and I've disabled the FB/Twitter apps. I'm not overclocked at all either.
Anyone have any insight on this? I'm currently on Build 153. It seems like when I play Music it dies insanely fast. I used to get 12-24 hours on this, even playing music.
Screen shot coming.
Screenshot:
And I haven't done anything today. Sent a few texts, few G+ posts, and talked on the phone for like an hour... And I charged today from 0% to full (6 hours) when I was sleeping. No music, no games.
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I have noticed weird activity from "android system" lately too. I run the latest build of MIUI... but I don't notice any crazy battery drain. I'm only down to 90% with it being unplugged for 5 hours, texting a bit, figured out a route with google maps, and some minor XDA browsing.
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I might replace my SiM card just to test that too. This is driving me nuts lol.

silverton said:
I have noticed weird activity from "android system" lately too. I run the latest build of MIUI... but I don't notice any crazy battery drain. I'm only down to 90% with it being unplugged for 5 hours, texting a bit, figured out a route with google maps, and some minor XDA browsing.
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I agree. The latest miui build is great on battery life even with the optimized ui.
I text from morning until night, every 5 minutes or so a reply is sent. Also wifi is on and using the xda app every now and then.
I woke up at 9 EST and it is now 12 EST. I haven't reached 50% yet.
I have brightness turned all the way down, screen timeout to minimum, and kill apps once they are closed.
It's all about the rom and how you use it really.

You may want to install something like watchdog and have it monitor phone processes. I had something like this happen on stock froyo and it turned out to be the media scan process.
I cleared out my media dirs on the sdcard, and things went back to normal.
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tronmech said:
You may want to install something like watchdog and have it monitor phone processes. I had something like this happen on stock froyo and it turned out to be the media scan process.
I cleared out my media dirs on the sdcard, and things went back to normal.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using Tapatalk
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+1 on watchdog. I love that app. Its not a blatant task killer, it just gives you good information on your processes and alerts when one regularly comes above your set threshold.

guys, people have reported that updating google maps drains battery. try uninstall the updates, or temporarily remove google maps, then report another day of battery. even if gmaps isnt even showing there, its said to drain battery recently.

Battery drain due to google services on JB 4.3

Hello community,
there has been a problem that is driving me insane for a few days. I have had this problem with I think all roms based on android 4.3:
google services keeps my phone awake!
WIth trickster mod I could see that my phone never (!) goes into deep sleep. Wondering about that, I flashed some other 4.3 roms - same result. Google services is No.1 battery consumer. Please don't say... "it's your apps or gps that keeps your smartphone awake" because it is not!
After some research I found that many users, most prominently 4.3 users, have a similar issue. Appearently, there has been some problem with that since one of the latest updates so that either google maps, gps, google now, or services in general cause this drain. Updating did not help, going back to an older gapps version did not help me either.
Finally I went back to miui being based on 4.2.2 and ever since the drain has stopped and my phone enters deep sleep almost immediately after switching the screen off.
Who has the same problems? Has someone found a real solution, other than deactivating all google apps? At least, this did not help me...

Starship706 said:
Hello community,
there has been a problem that is driving me insane for a few days. I have had this problem with I think all roms based on android 4.3:
google services keeps my phone awake!
WIth trickster mod I could see that my phone never (!) goes into deep sleep. Wondering about that, I flashed some other 4.3 roms - same result. Google services is No.1 battery consumer. Please don't say... "it's your apps or gps that keeps your smartphone awake" because it is not!
After some research I found that many users, most prominently 4.3 users, have a similar issue. Appearently, there has been some problem with that since one of the latest updates so that either google maps, gps, google now, or services in general cause this drain. Updating did not help, going back to an older gapps version did not help me either.
Finally I went back to miui being based on 4.2.2 and ever since the drain has stopped and my phone enters deep sleep almost immediately after switching the screen off.
Who has the same problems? Has someone found a real solution, other than deactivating all google apps? At least, this did not help me...
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You should search before make a new thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843

Galaxo60 said:
You should search before make a new thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385843
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Thx I have read it but did not find a solution to my problem as most still suggest to turn off gps or wlan options... Although I have to admit that it is related to my problem but yeah... searching the xda app is more than difficult
one user wrote to stop wifi from constantly scanning... will have to try this the next time I am going back to 4.3 but surely many (or all?) users are suffering from this?

Same problem here.
Flashed XL based on cm10.2 + core jb gapps (20130821) and immediately noticed this insane battery drain. Battery stats showed Google Services as a main cause of the drain, so I did some researching, and found out, that switching Location improvement (Wi-Fi & mobile network location) would walk around that wakelock bug in google services. So I turned it off, and it helped for a couple of days.
Then I decided to sync my contacts with google account, and after a while, I've noticed the battery drain again, but this time nothing helps. I believe I've switched off everything I could in every Google app I have, and yet the drain remains.

Hy im allso having this problem, snice yesterday battery drain from google services ..im still on CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2) waiting for stable 10.2 to show up.. I keep all my sync and all locations off, no extra "funny" aps..not even facebook app.
(I have' service disabler ' because my phone was suffering from data lost..consumed by google framework..but it solve it..)
I allso search before posting but no solution since all location services that i have found are off since i have this phone..
Ps. New to nexus. Only about two months.. Any clue? Greets
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GoogleService Battery Drain on Nexus 4 CM10.2
Exactly the same problem. Keeping the wifi off, keeping mobile data off, keeping everything off does not help, CPU stays on the whole time!
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Hy im allso having this problem, snice yesterday battery drain from google services ..im still on CM 10.1.2 (4.2.2) waiting for stable 10.2 to show up.. I keep all my sync and all locations off, no extra "funny" aps..not even facebook app.
(I have' service disabler ' because my phone was suffering from data lost..consumed by google framework..but it solve it..)
I allso search before posting but no solution since all location services that i have found are off since i have this phone..
Ps. New to nexus. Only about two months.. Any clue? Greets
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joni1101 said:
Exactly the same problem. Keeping the wifi off, keeping mobile data off, keeping everything off does not help, CPU stays on the whole time!
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Hy try to downoad Aurorun manager from play store instead of disable service and it should be fine, and let us know
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battery problem

Hello guys..i have a problem with my note 3..i bought it a week ago and the battery is getting empty very easy..i have almost all the settings and motions inactive..when i get into the battery settings it says that the ANDROID OS has 25% consumption which normally should be around 10-15 %..can anyone help me?
Thanks

papaettoui said:
Hello guys..i have a problem with my note 3..i bought it a week ago and the battery is getting empty very easy..i have almost all the settings and motions inactive..when i get into the battery settings it says that the ANDROID OS has 25% consumption which normally should be around 10-15 %..can anyone help me?
Thanks
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install battery detector from google play that will tell you what it is

Is that the exact name of the app??because i cant find it in the google play

papaettoui said:
Is that the exact name of the app??because i cant find it in the google play
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sorry mate its wakelock detector

I am suffering the same problem, and it drives me nuts
not a user of music, video or things like that
for me the troubles started with the last update from 20 November
without using the phone, the battey drains in 9 hours, not installed any third party apps
Android OS kernel 52% , Android system 9,8 % Media 5 %
I contacted samsung for a couple of times, and only give the basic answers
already wiped cache, several times, re installed the stock firmare two times, MJ7, nothing helps
i am getting really sick of this and already looking around for another phone
Kind regards, Wiebe

wiebew said:
I am suffering the same problem, and it drives me nuts
not a user of music, video or things like that
for me the troubles started with the last update from 20 November
without using the phone, the battey drains in 9 hours, not installed any third party apps
Android OS kernel 52% , Android system 9,8 % Media 5 %
I contacted samsung for a couple of times, and only give the basic answers
already wiped cache, several times, re installed the stock firmare two times, MJ7, nothing helps
i am getting really sick of this and already looking around for another phone
Kind regards, Wiebe
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Have you tried to stop comm/sync stuff? For instance disable the sync toggle? Or both Wifi and Mobile Data when you do not use that?
Have you tried wakelock detector to see what keeps your CPU from entering deep sleep state?

wiebew said:
I am suffering the same problem, and it drives me nuts
not a user of music, video or things like that
for me the troubles started with the last update from 20 November
without using the phone, the battey drains in 9 hours, not installed any third party apps
Android OS kernel 52% , Android system 9,8 % Media 5 %
I contacted samsung for a couple of times, and only give the basic answers
already wiped cache, several times, re installed the stock firmare two times, MJ7, nothing helps
i am getting really sick of this and already looking around for another phone
Kind regards, Wiebe
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What eventually fixed mine was a complete wipe, then reinstalling stock. (I have since gone on to a custom rom again and custom kernel) - my Android OS/System sit on 3-6% average now. Where as previously they were sky high.

IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE!
This thread will help you optimize ur battery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579075

Don't confuse the percentage in settings for the actual drain percentage. It just means that of the ACTUAL drain, 20% is done by OS. So 20% of for example 4% per hour.
Use BetterBatteryStats and Wakelock Detector (both can be found in XDA) to find out what is really causing it.
My Android OS and Android System are also both at 20%... But I still only lose 0.1% in deep sleep.
And in the past hour it went from 96 to 93%, with screen at 100% brightness, Wifi, tapatalk and music. So....
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Again.... It's a known issue. There are many Threads about AndroidOS Bug and the Deepsleep Problem.
Just search for it or read the last few days in this forum.
Every day a new Headline for the same Problem and in 95% of all no App is the Problem for the battery draining.
If you use your Phone not often, and your Battery lose 2-4% per hour, AndroidOS is on top of your Battery Status list and everything is fine.
If your Battery need much much more per hour, and AndroidOS is also on Top check the wake time from Display and AndroidOS.
This is okay
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This is sucks :
I hope you understand?
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Thank you all, for your help
I am not quite sure, I understand this all yet, but will figure it out.
And will start all over again, with a complete wipe and install
Have nice Sunday, Wiebe

N910F, "Android OS" battery drain - can't determine the cause

This started happening about a week ago... I didn't install any new apps in particular. I've attached screenshots to the post.
Screen-on time is a little below an hour in these screenshots.
As you can see Android OS and Android System are at the top of the list by a long shot. Android System seems "normal" in the sense that it has 58mn of CPU time and only 18mn of wakelocks (as reported by the built-in battery menu).
Android OS however kept the phone awake for 6h11 which seems like a lot. I'm not rooted, so I did the ADB USB trick in order to pull stats out of Wakelock Detector, and all of the apps clearly don't add up to six hours. Especially not the usual suspects like Google Services, Facebook, etc.
Diagnosis shows a LOT of system processes, and I'm not sure if that means 1) it's all good as far as user land goes (I don't have any weird apps) 2) there's a system process gone rogue for some reason 3) the cause isn't showing up 4) something else???
Does anyone have any idea what's going on?

I have the same issue. Tried greenifying everything. No dice. I reboot, phone fine, then stays away. I will say that my battery life is good though, but this riddle is driving me nuts

Here is my issue, look at away bar.
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Jeffruby said:
Here is my issue, look at away bar.
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Me too - 910F - im on Lollipop, but struggling to make it through a day at the moment.
Checking my Battery Graph is the same Story - my phone seems to be Awake constantly.
Seems Android System is using it....
Anyone have any ideas?

I can only recommend rooting your phones and change roms or kernels.
TW is heavy on battery and if you change to a CM rom the battery life will increase dramatically.
I have rooted all my phones since the very first android phone ever made and i cannot own a non rooted device as the freedom of rooting is just to awsome to ignore.
Every time i have battery issues i ether change my rom or kernel and then my issues goes away...

Can't root Verizon unfortunately

Hmm. Try this. Unchecked under advanced wifi, the option to let Google and apps use wifi, even when wifi off. Since then, 12 hours, I have had normal sleep. Did reboot after Unchecked. . Premature to say I fixed it, but so far so good.

Update. Since unchecking that wifi option, phone sleeping normally still.

Update #2- after 36 hours. It's back! Awake constantly. Unreal

Jeffruby said:
Update #2- after 36 hours. It's back! Awake constantly. Unreal
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I can't think of a reason it would do this... I feel like an iphone owner

Ironically I see no difference in battery life.... Hahaha. But driving me nuts.
I get through entire day... About 3.5 screen hours on. At 7pm I'm at 20% typically. Maybe that's bad?

Jeffruby said:
Ironically I see no difference in battery life.... Hahaha. But driving me nuts.
I get through entire day... About 3.5 screen hours on. At 7pm I'm at 20% typically. Maybe that's bad?
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I'm usually around 40%. but maybe our app-age is different.

I've updated the Google Play Services to the new version 7.0.87 and this issue seems to have gone.
Find the apk here

paulrgod said:
I've updated the Google Play Services to the new version 7.0.87 and this issue seems to have gone.
Find the apk here
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i have installed the version after the one you have posted but facebook still stays keep connected in 3g.
i can t fix the problem (in wifi is ok)

marci4na said:
i have installed the version after the one you have posted but facebook still stays keep connected in 3g.
i can t fix the problem (in wifi is ok)
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Have you tried to block background connection on facebook?

qwertyup88 said:
Have you tried to block background connection on facebook?
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not yet ill do. you are ritght!
i m just wondering why with kitkat you dont have to do that and you had 6 hrs of screen...
still not convincing me this lollipop

marci4na said:
not yet ill do. you are ritght!
i m just wondering why with kitkat you dont have to do that and you had 6 hrs of screen...
still not convincing me this lollipop
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Same for me ... i also have huge connection time in Google services and App Google, but if i disable those i'm unable to receive whatsapp messages in 3g or lte...

fortunately for me the only issueis with facebook.
but i have disabled s voice, all google app sinc ecc ecc...
still not enought to have back hrs of screen of kitkat.
hate lollipop....notification enormous , no silence mode!
cmon1!!!

marci4na said:
fortunately for me the only issueis with facebook.
but i have disabled s voice, all google app sinc ecc ecc...
still not enought to have back hrs of screen of kitkat.
hate lollipop....notification enormous , no silence mode!
cmon1!!!
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Yeah, that silent mode thing is a pain...

Oh my god !
How can i fix this?
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