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My N7 LTE have these 2 wakelocks (based on BBS) that kept draining my battery:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
These caused the "Android OS" USAGE to go about 38% of the battery life.
I used Greenify and AutoStarts to disable the same applications in the N7 as my S4 (Amazon AppStore), so it seems to be something specific to the N7 LTE.
There no way you can get battery life as posted by the WiFi only users in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381370
Wowzers - battery life!
Stop the presses! LTE uses more battery than wifi! The world must know!!
Also, I don't have these wakelocks on my LTE version.
lanwarrior said:
My N7 LTE have these 2 wakelocks (based on BBS) that kept draining my battery:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
These caused the "Android OS" USAGE to go about 38% of the battery life.
I used Greenify and AutoStarts to disable the same applications in the N7 as my S4 (Amazon AppStore), so it seems to be something specific to the N7 LTE.
There no way you can get battery life as posted by the WiFi only users in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381370
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JoeBruin32 said:
Stop the presses! LTE uses more battery than wifi! The world must know!!
Also, I don't have these wakelocks on my LTE version.
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So your N7 last only 12 hours?
If no, then help those who have battery life. Otherwise, we don't need your sarcasm.
This is my first LTE Android tablet. My other one is an iPad with cellular and I have great battery life.
LTE and the "great battery life" are incompatible.
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LTE and the "great battery life" are incompatible.
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Isn't the above is what I am trying to point out in the thread title?
I think most people know battery life is bad, but I just want to point out that it is REALLY BAD.
12 HOURS with just 2 hours screen time.
If I am wrong and you all get better battery life than the above, please enlighten me, especially the issues I had above.
By the way, my S4 Active, a PHONE, have far better battery life than the N7 LTE.
Yes LTE uses more battery than WiFi only, only logical since it's powering extra hardware.
Mine seems to last quite a bit longer than that. Sorry I can't check for wake locks since BBS is not yet working under KitKat.
With just built-in battery state, I'm currently almost 14hrs since charged, got around 1hr screen time and still got 78% battery left.
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I think the LTE version does consume a bit more battery.
Here I use the EDGE network. When in standby status, the battery power drops usually 1 percent / 2 hours. Something like that. It was for 4.3.1, not the 4.4.
I've heard 4.4 is far more power efficient.
Mine usually last 36 hours on a charge. Currently it has been up one day and four hours with five hours screen time. Playing videos and playing poker used most battery. I am sure many people have similar stats.
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Something is not right on yours, Android OS battery usage is at 12% consistently on mine.
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Same here. Unreasonably terrible battery life for LTE. I expected a little more. Upgraded to 4.4 also.
Are we all talking about the same device? The 2013 Nexus 7 LTE? I get EXCELLENT battery life from mine. I've never had an Android device last this long. I could go up to 3 days without having to recharge. I usually put it on the charger every two days. See my snapshot:
I bought the LTE version because I wanted LTE connectivity.
Thanks to everyone who shared their battery life. So something is causing these wakelocks and shown as "Android OS".
Interestingly, I do NOT use many apps that use background processing, such as Facebook, Instagram, weather or even Google Now.
Quick question: do you guys use ANY anti-virus/malware application? I use Avast but because I want the FIREWALL capability to block app or games from making Internet connection, since that will eat up my data. These apps/games usually connect to download ads and they're built-in, which Ad-Away CANNOT block (per the author).
Other background apps I use are "normal" apps --> calendar, 3 Gmail accounts, Google Contact Syncs, Google Talk. I use Greenify too.
If you guys do NOT use anti-virus/malware application, let me know. I will try uninstall Avast and monitor my battery life tonight to see if the same wakelocks appears again.
BTW, those who use BBS, do you see excessive usage of these wakelocks:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
grooveoverdose said:
Same here. Unreasonably terrible battery life for LTE. I expected a little more. Upgraded to 4.4 also.
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Oh? Looks like you have the same issue as mine: High usage of "Android OS". If you're NOT on 4.4, I'd have ask if you can use BBS to check what caused this.
lanwarrior said:
Thanks to everyone who shared their battery life. So something is causing these wakelocks and shown as "Android OS".
Interestingly, I do NOT use many apps that use background processing, such as Facebook, Instagram, weather or even Google Now.
Quick question: do you guys use ANY anti-virus/malware application? I use Avast but because I want the FIREWALL capability to block app or games from making Internet connection, since that will eat up my data. These apps/games usually connect to download ads and they're built-in, which Ad-Away CANNOT block (per the author).
Other background apps I use are "normal" apps --> calendar, 3 Gmail accounts, Google Contact Syncs, Google Talk. I use Greenify too.
If you guys do NOT use anti-virus/malware application, let me know. I will try uninstall Avast and monitor my battery life tonight to see if the same wakelocks appears again.
BTW, those who use BBS, do you see excessive usage of these wakelocks:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
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I'm not a fan of social media, so I don't have Facebook, Google+, Instagram either. I do not use any anti-virus applications. That may be one of your battery drainers. My Nexus is bone stock and still on 4.3. I don't know whats BBS or a wakelock, so I can't help you with that. I just use my nexus for browsing web pages using Dolphin and it's Jet Pack to block ads while surfing. I also use the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) apps as well as apps from my stock brokers (Interactive Brokers and Tradestation) to keep track of the markets. I do use Google music to stream music in the car using bluetooth.
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I'm not a fan of social media, so I don't have Facebook, Google+, Instagram either. I do not use any anti-virus applications. That may be one of your battery drainers. My Nexus is bone stock and still on 4.3. I don't know whats BBS or a wakelock, so I can't help you with that. I just use my nexus for browsing web pages using Dolphin and it's Jet Pack to block ads while surfing. I also use the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) apps as well as apps from my stock brokers (Interactive Brokers and Tradestation) to keep track of the markets. I do use Google music to stream music in the car using bluetooth.
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BBS is Better Battery Stats. It was created by one of XDA member and available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809. The app allows you to drill down and see a particular process causing the battery drain.
I have uninstalled Avast and will monitor the battery tonight. Will leave it ON, unplugged, CONNECTED to WIFI and not used. Let's see what will happen.
PS: Any good firewall app I can use to stop free apps from downloading ads? For example, I played Tiny Death Star and that app uses about 10 Mb of data in 1 day...and I only played it 3 times!
I had the 2012 Wi-Fi/3G model and it too had terrible battery life. I don't mean while it was using the cellular radio only, but on Wi-Fi only the battery life sucked. I pulled the SIM card out and turned off the Wi-Fi too, didn't help at all. I know the 2013 N7 does have a smaller battery compared to the 2012, but I feel the 2013 Wi-Fi only version gets better battery life than the 2012 Wi-Fi only version did. Yes, I had 2 N7s last year.
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lanwarrior said:
PS: Any good firewall app I can use to stop free apps from downloading ads? For example, I played Tiny Death Star and that app uses about 10 Mb of data in 1 day...and I only played it 3 times!
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Try AFWall+ available through https://f-droid.org or the f-droid app. This app requires root. Hope this helps.
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Hi guys, I have N7 Mk2 LTE version.
If I don't play games, it keep 2+ days without charging. So stop writing all the bull...t above.
Before you write some nonsenses about battery drain, try to uninstall Facebook app...
Try switching to Samsung Note 8 and you'll thank that N7 LTe has more battery life. Been there and never look back since I switched to N7. Awesome battery life, last to 2 days and perhaps 14-16 on normal use with a bit of short gaming.
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My g2 battery sucks donkey balls....
I have watched like two youtube vids and listen to maybe 3 songs over the cloud and im at 86%????
Last night i left it on without at charger on about 20% and i wake up this morning and its at 2% ???
I sold my htc one for this phone because of the battery life did i just get a bad unit?
Check your running services.
What carrier are you with?
Are you in a poor signal area?
Do you use WiFi at home?
Install the battery guru app from the play store. It learns your usage & can manage a lot of things to minimize drain.
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garywojdan81 said:
Check your running services.
What carrier are you with?
Are you in a poor signal area?
Do you use WiFi at home?
Install the battery guru app from the play store. It learns your usage & can manage a lot of things to minimize drain.
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At&t
1-3 bars lte
I use wifi at home
Im off for the week so i need it to learn next week when im back at work doing my normal day
I'm thinking of just putting clean rom on it because most of whats in the running apps is at&t stuff
GhostSoldier_US said:
I'm thinking of just putting clean rom on it because most of whats in the running apps is at&t stuff
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Check the stock battery stats. Also, you may consider using a 3rd party battery stats application.
I was having some drain issues with Google Services. It turned out there was a Google Contacts sync issue caused by setting the ICE Contacts within the phone. I didn't quite have the drain you are having but there was VERY noticeable differences from before and after.
wesnile said:
Check the stock battery stats. Also, you may consider using a 3rd party battery stats application.
I was having some drain issues with Google Services. It turned out there was a Google Contacts sync issue caused by setting the ICE Contacts within the phone. I didn't quite have the drain you are having but there was VERY noticeable differences from before and after.
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How did you fix it?
Something is not right my friend. I use mine with stock rom and with pacman 4.3 for a long time and i spend 2 days until reaches the 20%...And i use a lot of messengers and Facebook...So just in case maybe you need a replacement
Bill_windows said:
Something is not right my friend. I use mine with stock rom and with pacman 4.3 for a long time and i spend 2 days until reaches the 20%...And i use a lot of messengers and Facebook...So just in case maybe you need a replacement
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I did a soft reset and ive moved from 68% to 62% in 3-4 hours
Battery
Battery is really different to gauge between users, carriers etc... I've had great battery life with the latest CM Rom 10.2 Nightly. Bloatware kills battery.
Have you checked the battery status to see which apps are using the most percentage
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Have you checked the battery status to see which apps are using the most percentage
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GhostSoldier_US said:
My g2 battery sucks donkey balls....
I have watched like two youtube vids and listen to maybe 3 songs over the cloud and im at 86%????
Last night i left it on without at charger on about 20% and i wake up this morning and its at 2% ???
I sold my htc one for this phone because of the battery life did i just get a bad unit?
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Is your GPS constantly activating ? It's probably either Google services tracking your location for Google now, or Carrier IQ. I had this issue a while back, and it doesn't show in a wake lock detector. Its a carrier installed program that tracks the GPS location of your phone without your consent. Search for it here, you'll find a few threads on how to remove it.
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livebyknight said:
Is your GPS constantly activating ? It's probably either Google services tracking your location for Google now, or Carrier IQ. I had this issue a while back, and it doesn't show in a wake lock detector. Its a carrier installed program that tracks the GPS location of your phone without your consent. Search for it here, you'll find a few threads on how to remove it.
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This...
vween said:
This...
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Could you link me to a thread on how to remove this?
livebyknight said:
Is your GPS constantly activating ? It's probably either Google services tracking your location for Google now, or Carrier IQ. I had this issue a while back, and it doesn't show in a wake lock detector. Its a carrier installed program that tracks the GPS location of your phone without your consent. Search for it here, you'll find a few threads on how to remove it.
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Could you link me to a thread on how to remove this?
Battery
Chances are good that it could POSSIBLY be a bad unit. I've seen posts about battery issues when looking up a solution for mine. Sometimes the phone will just not charge, and it would get really hot. I recently had to call warranty and have them send me a new phone. I hope they don't find out I've rooted it LOL
I'm not really sure how to get rid of the traces aside from unrooting :/
Here's what worked for me
GhostSoldier_US said:
My g2 battery sucks donkey balls....
I have watched like two youtube vids and listen to maybe 3 songs over the cloud and im at 86%????
Last night i left it on without at charger on about 20% and i wake up this morning and its at 2% ???
I sold my htc one for this phone because of the battery life did i just get a bad unit?
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I had horrible battery life at first too, then found this and has completely taken care of the issue and get exponentially more life now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2479892
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How did you fix it?
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I removed the contacts from the ICE listing. If you still have trouble you can use an app called Contacts Sync Fix that fixes most problems.
I need help with my g2. my battery life on this phone is very inconsistent, sometimes i can go 50+ hours on it with 6 hours screen time, but lately my battery has been draining for no reason at all. Im not even using the phone and its rapidly draining for no reason. This all started happening when the gps kept on turning on i read about the carrier iq service and the google location to turn them off. But it doesn't really help much. On my battery manager it says that the android system is first with like 85% or more and it says that my gps has been on for hours and hours even though it hasn't. I don't know what to do i can barely make it through a day now. Should i root my phone? I like the lg ui and i want to keep all of the features such as q slide and especially knock on and off. Can someone help me out if you have had the same experiences. I want to turn off the iq agent permanently. Is this possbile? I have never rooted a device before so im a complete beginner.
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I need help with my g2. my battery life on this phone is very inconsistent, sometimes i can go 50+ hours on it with 6 hours screen time, but lately my battery has been draining for no reason at all. Im not even using the phone and its rapidly draining for no reason. This all started happening when the gps kept on turning on i read about the carrier iq service and the google location to turn them off. But it doesn't really help much. On my battery manager it says that the android system is first with like 85% or more and it says that my gps has been on for hours and hours even though it hasn't. I don't know what to do i can barely make it through a day now. Should i root my phone? I like the lg ui and i want to keep all of the features such as q slide and especially knock on and off. Can someone help me out if you have had the same experiences. I want to turn off the iq agent permanently. Is this possbile? I have never rooted a device before so im a complete beginner.
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Download better battery stats and see what wakelocks are causing the drain. Are you using Google+? Are you on Wi-Fi all day? Have you tried uninstalling all your apps and adding them back one at a time until you find the culprit? Something is keeping your phone running...
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Jank4AU said:
Download better battery stats and see what wakelocks are causing the drain. Are you using Google+? Are you on Wi-Fi all day? Have you tried uninstalling all your apps and adding them back one at a time until you find the culprit? Something is keeping your phone running...
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Yes i have downloaded better battery stats, and im not using google plus. And im not on wifi all day. The battery is just draining for no reason i even end alot of the running apps such as google location service, facebook, carrier iq agent. I was wondering if i could root my phone and delete carrier iq and get those apps that can help with the battery life, yet keep the original lg ui with all the features.
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Yes i have downloaded better battery stats, and im not using google plus. And im not on wifi all day. The battery is just draining for no reason i even end alot of the running apps such as google location service, facebook, carrier iq agent. I was wondering if i could root my phone and delete carrier iq and get those apps that can help with the battery life, yet keep the original lg ui with all the features.
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There are a lot of custom roms built off the stock LG ui
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I'm using my G2 now since 2 months and generally I'm happy with it, coming from a Galaxy Nexus. Just the battery is still one of my concerns, I just don't seem to be able to crack the code to get that awesome battery life, everyone is talking about.
I have the international, unlocked, no carrier version.
I'm rooted, using Greenify (most background apps greenified), Gsam, Snapdragon Battery Guru. Most unnecessary LG/spam processes are frozen with Titanium (as per the respective threads), Google Location Service I only switch on when needed (Play Service is updated to the latest, battery saving version), I tried that with sync as well, without much difference. Bluetooth, NFC all off. I'm mainly in area of good 3G reception. LTE is off via Network Modes.
Mainly I use the device for Internet browsing, Whatsapp, tapatalk, Facebook. Nothing spectacular, no gaming.
I usually get a SOT of around 3 hours on 3G, 4 if I'm lucky, and sync & location is off and when on Wifi only.
Over night I regularly lose around 10% of battery if unplugged, with empty task manager/recent apps.
Following my Gsam stats, Android System is the biggest culprit. What disturbs me most, is that apps and processes that show frozen in Titanium are showing up in the details as well, aka LG Backup, Install Service, Setup Wizard, PC Suite Service.
What the heck is going on? Has anyone a clue what else I could do?
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I would like to extend this as well. I have frozen lots of lg apps and in android system today lg VPN was my highest usage. I have never used lg VPN or any VPN service so.....
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try to uninstall facebook app if installed.use fast instead. its really heavy and bad app the official one.
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try Betterbatterystats app .. u can search in XDA ... it will show u which rogue app is eating your battery :good:
Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps are two of the worst apps when it comes to battery drains. I just have shortcuts set up to the webpage versions. Also, I had a significant increase in battery life after disabling Intelligent Agent. Make sure you're rebooting your phone after disabling an app to clear it out of memory. And I've read that Snapdragon Battery Guru is a battery hog as well even though it's supposed to help battery life.
EDIT: Changed freezing to disabling, because I didn't freeze anything, but disabled IA. Disabled CIQ as well, but didn't noticed any significant increase.
CIQ and Intelligent Agent don't seem to be in the international version, at least not on my device, can't find.
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Guys, i start to think that the battery in this phone is sh*t After 1-2 months it's starting to drain quickly and we are goin nuts to disable or freeze almost everything .....
instead of using facebook app use, chrome web browser. I have facebook messenger and it does not seem so have much impact on battery life.
Also I think you have too many apps that monitor battery life. I don't use any I get 100 hours standby 2 hours talk 2 hours screen time.
Also are you getting weak signal? or frequently lose it?
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CIQ and Intelligent Agent don't seem to be in the international version, at least not on my device, can't find.
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Didn't see that your phone isn't carrier specific...I believe CIQ is carrier bloat. Intelligent Agent should be on there as it's an LG app. It is listed as LGLIA in your system folder
I'll chime in. Haven't had my phone for 2 months but battery life is solid, and this is coming from a previous Note 2 user.
I don't go crazy using this and that app to freeze everything under the sun, just the unnecessaries (just made up that word ). Most LG stuff is disabled and a few are frosted with TiBackup. I don't use Greenify or GSam or whatever. No fancy kernels or undervolting or any of that stuff. Just stock and rooted, how i like my stuff.
I'm usually streaming Pandora most of my 8 hour shift at work to a Bluetooth Sound Dock and still pushing 70% on the ride home with Gmail sync on, 2 emails pooling every hour, etc. I even have the dreaded Facebook app installed and its okay.
I don't bother with obsessing over screen on time, I just USE my phone. I check emails, browse the web, use apps, occasional game here and there, read eBooks, movies, music, pictures...and still have more than 60% left on the way home.
That's how I prefer to measure battery life. I have the Sprint version, CDMA, which usually use more juice than GSM in general, so I'm perplexed how you're not getting good battery life.
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Didn't see that your phone isn't carrier specific...I believe CIQ is carrier bloat. Intelligent Agent should be on there as it's an LG app. It is listed as LGLIA in your system folder
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I check everywhere, but I don't have that LGLIA in Titanium nor in System Folder. Weird.
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nomad4ever said:
I check everywhere, but I don't have that LGLIA in Titanium nor in System Folder. Weird.
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That's a good thing then...maybe they don't include it in the no carrier version. That bugger is a big drain.
In the past week or so, I've noticed that my battery is draining unusually fast. I will take the phone to bed with me (I use it as an alarm clock) at 100% battery and I can wake up 7 hours later with it at 82%. When I look at my battery information, I see steady, solid drain over that time, with the biggest offender being Google Services. When I look in Wakelock Detector, I see the most usage (though seemingly not a ton) by Android System.
I found some tips on using Wakelock Terminator in Xposed to filter some things from Google Play Services from triggering wakelock, and I was optimistic, but it didn't seem to help.
Any advice?
Greenify
flu13 said:
In the past week or so, I've noticed that my battery is draining unusually fast. I will take the phone to bed with me (I use it as an alarm clock) at 100% battery and I can wake up 7 hours later with it at 82%. When I look at my battery information, I see steady, solid drain over that time, with the biggest offender being Google Services. When I look in Wakelock Detector, I see the most usage (though seemingly not a ton) by Android System.
I found some tips on using Wakelock Terminator in Xposed to filter some things from Google Play Services from triggering wakelock, and I was optimistic, but it didn't seem to help.
Any advice?
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Are you on a stock rom? Did you try greenify? It's on the play store. It kills the apps background services and the app itself until you start the app or the app is started by another app or service. Soon as the app os no longer needed it is turn back off. This program does not freeze apps it prevents them from running until needed.
Ah, sorry, I should have mentioned my rom and such. I'm running ForceROM, a relatively older version (maybe 2.3?), since I never felt the need to update.
I haven't tried Greenify. Haven't actually heard of that one before. I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the tip.
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Ah, sorry, I should have mentioned my rom and such. I'm running ForceROM, a relatively older version (maybe 2.3?), since I never felt the need to update.
I haven't tried Greenify. Haven't actually heard of that one before. I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the tip.
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Try a custom kernel like KToonsez in addition to Greenify. It's amazing what you can end up doing with that kernel
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ForceROM includes Ktoonsez kernel. For the last 8 months or so, I've had great battery life. This is a sudden and recent change, which I'm assuming to be caused by an update of some Google app (such as Play Services).
How do I use Greenify? Or do I just install it and it does magic?
flu13 said:
In the past week or so, I've noticed that my battery is draining unusually fast. I will take the phone to bed with me (I use it as an alarm clock) at 100% battery and I can wake up 7 hours later with it at 82%. When I look at my battery information, I see steady, solid drain over that time, with the biggest offender being Google Services. When I look in Wakelock Detector, I see the most usage (though seemingly not a ton) by Android System.
I found some tips on using Wakelock Terminator in Xposed to filter some things from Google Play Services from triggering wakelock, and I was optimistic, but it didn't seem to help.
Any advice?
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Do you have auto-sync enabled? What Google Services do you have enabled for sync? I used to have a similar issue but turning off sync for things I don't use (like newsstand, etc) helped my battery life a lot.
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flu13 said:
ForceROM includes Ktoonsez kernel. For the last 8 months or so, I've had great battery life. This is a sudden and recent change, which I'm assuming to be caused by an update of some Google app (such as Play Services).
How do I use Greenify? Or do I just install it and it does magic?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552570
That thread may help you with this.
my last resort advice would be to flash a 4.3 rom......your not missing out on much not running KK.....
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I highly recommend trying out NEGALITE WonderRom r14.
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pacoz said:
I highly recommend trying out NEGALITE WonderRom r14.
agreed..!
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I believe that installing Greenify might have done it. Battery usage looks much better today. I'll do a real test tonight when I get it charged to 100% before bed.
Well, I'll be...
I think that the problem is wifi. When I'm at home, I'm on wifi, and the battery is constantly draining. When I'm not at home, and on mobile data, the battery is well-behaved.
What's up with that?
Are you using Google's keyboard?
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Well, I'll be...
I think that the problem is WiFi. When I'm at home, I'm on WiFi, and the battery is constantly draining. When I'm not at home, and on mobile data, the battery is well-behaved.
What's up with that?
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Some apps can be setup to sync over WiFi only instead of 3G/4G data. but you have to check what apps would be the culprit. I know Google play, dropbox's picture upload feature can be set to download/upload/update over WiFi instead of data. But the only way to know is to see what apps connect over WiFi.
WiFi is suppose to give you better battery life since its signal is usually nearby and your phone doesn't have to use more power to find a better signal like it does with 3g/4g. I know for me it does since there are very few towers in the middle of the dessert.
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No, I use Swiftkey.
So, interesting twist to this saga. Leaving wifi off takes away the solid blue bar on the battery screen, but I still see the same level of battery drain (about 18% overnight). Very intriguing.
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flu13 said:
I believe that installing Greenify might have done it. Battery usage looks much better today. I'll do a real test tonight when I get it charged to 100% before bed.
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Agreed helps a lot when charging phone. May get a lil glitchy if you run it on every app.
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Well, I'll be...
I think that the problem is wifi. When I'm at home, I'm on wifi, and the battery is constantly draining. When I'm not at home, and on mobile data, the battery is well-behaved.
What's up with that?
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Sounds like you're losing power to things syncing over wifi. Maybe try just giving it a week and watching it to see if it settles down. Google play sometimes settles down on its own. I also vote to check out greenify. With the donation package you can work wonders at calming down power hungry apps, even system apps.
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My situation has suddenly taken a turn for the much worse. I don't know what's going on. I haven't added anything new or changed any settings since installing Greenify a while back. Now, the battery is just tanking. I got up to 100%, ran Battery Calibration and now, about 2.5 hours later, I'm at 82%. Could this just be a problem with the battery itself? Do I need to replace it?
Are you on MJA?
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flu13 said:
My situation has suddenly taken a turn for the much worse. I don't know what's going on. I haven't added anything new or changed any settings since installing Greenify a while back. Now, the battery is just tanking. I got up to 100%, ran Battery Calibration and now, about 2.5 hours later, I'm at 82%. Could this just be a problem with the battery itself? Do I need to replace it?
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Honestly there are a few days where the battery life suddenly drops dramatically. I've experienced this on unrooted mf9, mk2, and nae. Give it some time and see if battery life comes back up. You can reboot the phone to kill a rouge app that might be the cause.
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This is the first I've heard the term MJA, so I don't think I'm on that.
There definitely do seem to be days where battery is worse than others. And I do typically try to reboot when I see it acting too squirrelly. I'll just keep keeping an eye on it. Weird-ass phone...