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S4 I9500 huge battery drain

Hi guys I am on MEA firmware. My ph is 2 weeks old now but since day 1 battery drain is a lot. Like today I disconnect chsrger at 7:30am n till 6pm only 23% battery is left.
Usage wise EDGE is on all d time. V lightly use mainly WhatsApp n viber. Not much calls sms or even gsmes. Browsing videos etc very minimal.
Settings show screen is taking up lots of battery. M using auto brightness most of d time.
Is this d normal battery time for S4 or mine is different ? If so kindly suggest ways to improvr battery time. Thanx
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mughal90 said:
Hi guys I am on MEA firmware. My ph is 2 weeks old now but since day 1 battery drain is a lot. Like today I disconnect chsrger at 7:30am n till 6pm only 23% battery is left.
Usage wise EDGE is on all d time. V lightly use mainly WhatsApp n viber. Not much calls sms or even gsmes. Browsing videos etc very minimal.
Settings show screen is taking up lots of battery. M using auto brightness most of d time.
Is this d normal battery time for S4 or mine is different ? If so kindly suggest ways to improvr battery time. Thanx
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk 2
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if u have screen oon for more time may be this is ok nothing wrong i can say
But try the link guide it will help u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251491

123hiten said:
if u have screen oon for more time may be this is ok nothing wrong i can say
But try the link guide it will help u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251491
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Dude i9500 had heating probs and battery drainage but after update the heating issues dissappeares as for batt time they said it shud be perfect but as the 2 quad cores but i dnt why its bad still so maybe newer fw will solve i have this prob too and i dnt open my phone that much in the day

After update FW no more heating issue. Jus turned power save mode on so lets c how it works otherwise will buy a power bank
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S4 - Battery drain - Google and Others
Hi. (I'm only sharing my experience with the intention to hopefully help some user's).
Here is what I did. It seems to be fixed.
Here it is:
1- I went to = Settings > Application Manager
2- I tried to find anything related to Google. (Like: Chrome, Drive, Earth, Google Account Manager, Google Backup Transport, Any thing that has a Google on the name. etc... etc.... plus Hangouts, Maps, Picasa. (The apps you'll find will depend on each user). Do a clear data on everyone, plus click uninstall. Click yes or ok if any questions pop up.
3- Besides Google, find one named Downloads and anything with Market. Do a Clear Data. Uninstall anything if there's the option.
4- Don't worry about uninstalling, ahead you will install everything back again.
5- After all this, remove your Google Account. (Sync before removing as you want)
6- Hold power button and Restart it.
7- Now, create your Google Account back again. Check every option about notifications and syncing stuff, and set it as you wish.
8- Open Play Store. Update everything.
9- Hold power button and Restart it.
10- Now, check every option about notifications and syncing stuff on each of the apps updated and or installed. Set it as you wish.
11- Do the same above about ANY other app you have installed. Some apps don't have many setting's options, but many do, and those some use to create Log's, or connects every once in a while to the internet. It's a pain in the ass work, but I did it.
12- Hold power button and Restart it.
Finish!
About the heating process, like inside the pocket, is most probably because something is trying to find a way to connect, like GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc. Make the right configs for your needs on each and avoid this.
Like the app in the picture attached, "android sensor box". Only 10min on background, and got 5%.
Every once in a while the heat will occur, ans its normal when on use of anything.
Ps:
1- I my be mistaking, but I guess after doing all this, some Google Apps, are a bit different. Google Latitude is gone, and this use to drain a lot of battery.
2- Make sure about what you leave on for Syncing or for Logging, or Registering data like temperature or any other kind of app. There are many doing stuff on the background.
3- Even whit the GPS always on, it is really used only if there's an app trying to use it. That's one of the arguments I have for checking all setting from pretty much every app you have.
4- Check your auto start apps.
Hope it help.

Cpu usage help.

Hey guys, i'm new here to S4 coming from S3.
I have a problem.
I used usage timelines to figure out what was draining my battery
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.als.usagetimelines&hl=en
and I found out that com.android.providers.security is eating some cpu.
Is anyone else having this issue?
Is it normal to eat around 5%?
Can i do something about it or not?
I'm on tw omega v9 rom and ktooonsez latest kernel.
Thanks.

I used a friend's S4 and i saw the same thing.
Can anyone answer me please?

Mine too but differs alittle !
i also am used to engage with DOWNLOADMANAGER service running in background taking pretty cpu and battery on -both- my phones
this always happens on boot or right after managing my files(rename cut paste etc...)
whats the relationship between file managing and DOWNLOADMANAGER service while being offline ? dose the process trigger the media scanning ? it keeps running for even hours till phone gets warm!
even i myself tested it so when i press he mediascan widget on desktop the same process DOWNLOADMANAGER comes up (not the mediascan process)!
i wonder if the phone has media scan precess at all or not?
(my phones both rooted:Xperia mini GB and Xperia go JB
my cpu monitoring app is usage-timeline
excuse my bad English )
Anybody experiencing this issue?!

nobody Answer?

MX5 issue

Hi all
I have an issue with my MX5 :
When night I leave the device in standby , the morning it's off.
I don't know why it happens.
Any idea ?

post a picture of what uses the battery most during the night.
Without detailed information, it's not possible to help you :crying:

If I leave the item at 100 % at 10 pm , when I switch on again at 8 am it's at 95-96 % : only 5 % drain during the night.

this is the flyme OS, there is nothing to do about it, sorry mate
The MX4 and MX4 Pro had the same problem

madscalp said:
Hi all
I have an issue with my MX5 :
When night I leave the device in standby , the morning it's off.
I don't know why it happens.
Any idea ?
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Do you think an update can solve this issue ?

Well, this phone's custom software (Flyme) is crap.
There are many many bugs and I honestly don't understand why they just didn't stick with vanilla android. Everybody will be talking about the OnePlus Two many months from now, while the MX5 will be forgotten quickly because, even if the hardware is good, there will be no alternative to the awful software they force you to use.
Anyway, I was having problems (apps stopping or not working as expected) with several apps (alarms, viber, etc) and I realized that if you go to: Security; Power Saving; and then tap the squares icon on the bottom, many of these can problems can be overcome if you simply set the apps to run normally without closing when going idle. What Flyme does by default is closing apps that go idle which is probably very stupid.
I am no developer but I believe Android engineers should know how to design better solutions to conserve battery than the Meizu in house programmers.
Just try to mess with those options on the "Security" menu, it might help in unexpected ways.

A5 2016 - huge RAM usage and system-wide crashes

Hi.
So, I bought a Galaxy A5 2016 as my new daily driver. What a beautiful phone, really. Pretty fast, better than I expected, I must say. But things are not going so well.
I have a intense usage pattern. On the morning, I use Spotify (sth like 20-30 min), then e-mail sync through the day (every 5m) + browsing and messaging apps. Then, more 40m of Spotify. Everything seems in pair with other devices with similar price and hardware specs. Until today.
As my usage pattern reports, I always use Spotify for 20-30 mins every morning. Today, I was using it, and the song suddenly stopped. As a coincidence, my 3G connection is limited - so it's not operating on its normal speed, which roams about 3Mbps~5Mbps - so I thought that the connection was dropped. When I pressed the HOME button, nothing happened. The song suddenly stopped, along with the system. 10 seconds later, the song returned to play. Less than 5 minutes later, the same bug happened again - same MO. 10 seconds off, returns, didn't happen again. Tested Spotify on the afternoon (same conditions + SAMSUNG personal music player running together), didn't happen too.
Along with that, my RAM usage is pretty high. Besides my downloaded applications, the RAM is mostly consumed by the system itself - so maybe root will fix it. But I'd like to know if anyone ran into this abnormal RAM usage. I even thought about memory leak, but that seems a bit odd, since the memory leak stopped being reported in Android 5.1.
Has anyone ran into any of this issues before? Thanks in advance.

I have it for two days now, yup, ram is at least 80% when I clean up the memory.
It's also pretty hot during the lightest use, average temperature is 35C. When idle it's at least 28C. Anyway, glass backpanel feels really hot, is it normal?
What's your average temperature?

I also want to report that i have the same problem on my A510F on MM 6.0.1 (no root). I have disabled many apps like Skype, S-voice, all the microsoft apps and some system apps that could be disabled but pretty much nothing changed... My ram usage is always around 70%, if i clean it it goes down to 55%-60% but then it gets full again. This does have an impact on the overall performance since on heavy games and generally heavy usage, the phone lags and gets hot. I want to know if ROOTING the device and installing xposed modules and/or uninstalling much of the samsung crap will help the phone breath normally. Any answer or tip is welcome

I have at least 70% of RAM usage and i think it is ok... but there ia a problem over 85-90%: then I have almost same problem as you. It's my second A5 16 and still have this problem. I don't know what to do. This issue happens increasingly. I have 5.1.1 and still hope for removing this problem with marshmallow update.
Anyone more has this problem?
Any ideas what to do?
It makes this phone useless when happens so often![emoji35]
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konar02 said:
I have at least 70% of RAM usage and i think it is ok... but there ia a problem over 85-90%: then I have almost same problem as you. It's my second A5 16 and still have this problem. I don't know what to do. This issue happens increasingly. I have 5.1.1 and still hope for removing this problem with marshmallow update.
Anyone more has this problem?
Any ideas what to do?
It makes this phone useless when happens so often![emoji35]
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Same problems on MM too, 70-85% RAM usage...hope to solve in feature updates.
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I don't see anything bad in usage above 85%, the problem is closing, crashing and lagging apps.
If MM (update for Europe/Poland) doesn't fix it I will probably sell this phone. It's unbelievable to crash apps during using just a 2 of them (in my case Spotify and instagram at top and a few used before).
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Did anyone try to fix this problem by "turning off apps in background" in programist options?
I would really like to do that, but every time when I turn this option ON and go back to settings and again go to programist settings it is turned off again - can anyone try to do it on yours phone?
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Mine is always around 55~60% but free RAM = wasted RAM in Android
More free RAM =/= Smoothness
My A5 2016 can multitask very well (Even with games!) and not much lags

So why some of A5's has so huge problems with ram managing?
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Is there any stock Android like ROM available for Galaxy a5?

I get MM update yesterday, after 24 I can say my problem stops. Phone seem to be faster and don't get above 87% ram usage.
I didn't restore A5 16 to factory settings.
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I have problem with level battery when Reach 5% my mobile trun off ??? Plz slov

@up
First thing which you should do is restoring to factory settings and then we will see.
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did this happen after u do an update?
im using A5 (2016) for my daily driver.. using spotify a lot too when comutting. never failed me until now (4 month). in my region A5 still dont get MM yet. so i manually upgrade to ROM everymonth with russia region (MM). suprisingly samsung do apply 'android security update' every month for A series.
is ur device is locked by some carrier? AT-T /other? if not try flashing with Russia ROM. u can flash with odin. fear not, ur data & apps still intact. if u flash official fw with odin.
for ram usage, i think this is not a problem. the multitasking still flawless for 2GB of ram. the feature i like from this phone is the GPS. lock very fast. im glad buying this phone. the only downside for me is 'no notification led'

WhatsApp battery drain

Hi guys, Whatsapp has been particulary taxing on my battery while hardly using it, even after the last update. Battery usage has been around 30% at the end of the day. I've read that its been a problem across multiple brands/models but my brother had no problem on his galaxy s9. Check it out. Anyone has had similar issues with a fix / solution? (I do want to keep getting push notifications tho)

had it once about 2 weeks ago on miui 11, whatsapp just ate my fully charged battery through the night (less than 6h).
update apps, restart phone
you know whatsapp is from Mark Z.? they need to record this and that, download all kinds of files, build your database, so they can "provide better experience"

DonDonut said:
Hi guys, Whatsapp has been particulary taxing on my battery while hardly using it, even after the last update. Battery usage has been around 30% at the end of the day. I've read that its been a problem across multiple brands/models but my brother had no problem on his galaxy s9. Check it out. Anyone has had similar issues with a fix / solution? (I do want to keep getting push notifications tho)
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Disable all notifications from whatsapp (within the app and on the OS)