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After a week of research I figured out what was draining my battery. It's a system process related to Google backup. So, here's the tip:
* in Settings->Privacy disable "Backup my data"
* restart the phone - yes, you have to, otherwise the process will continue running
* enjoy!
Before disabling the backup service I used to get no more then 12-14h on a charge. After disabling the service I get 48h.
This service seems to be a problem with Samsung firmware only, it has no effect on battery use on my Desire HD.
I've tested this on stock XWKF3 (2.3.3) and XWKI4 (2.3.4) firmwares. Let me know if it's been effective for you.
I'm having new, really bad, battery drain... been trying to find the culprit for weeks. I just tried it... ill let you know if it helps.
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I have done what you have told..will let you know after sometime.
Mine is now @ 2%. Have disabled the same. (wonder I never noticed earlier!) Will let know of the status after recharge and drain.
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I'm trying the same, report tomorrow
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Interesting find out
Mine has always been off so no idea about the effects
How did you discover this?
I think he did, by turning it off and trying it out
thats one way.
what I was wondering was if he ever used battery monitors etc to find out the culprit. I wanted to ask about the symptoms
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I think he did, by turning it off and trying it out
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Very interesting!! Since i am getting also about 14-18 hours per charge..will try it out and report back!!
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Looking forward to the reports from the users here..
Your battery lasts 4 times longer after disabling this? Do you expect anyone to believe you? Probably not.
Let me try n get back to u aft a few days
I think he got a point. I am at %67 in 7 hours. I use to spend more than %50 in 7 hours, that is, my battery will be depleted in 21 hours instead of 12-14 hours. Not x4 times but almost twice the battery life I had. I am not using any power savings, stopped green power. Wifi on, 3g on. All battery consuming widgets, e-mail check every 30 minures. Facebook in the background and Skype, and Fring, etc...
Thanx for the tip. ıt really works for me
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Interesting find out
Mine has always been off so no idea about the effects
How did you discover this?
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I was monitoring usage with system panel and better battery stats. The backup process was holding a wake lock all the time. Its CPU time is also very high.
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Your battery lasts 4 times longer after disabling this? Do you expect anyone to believe you? Probably not.
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i also had my batt lived longer when i freezed wifi sharings, im, market updater, accu weather, radio and gmail which i do not use. Believe it or not, i topped 82 hours. My record. Without these i was getting 24 to 30 hours. Without widgets let me say.
82 hours was on 2.3.3. Now with 2.3.4 it is around 72 hours.
My emails are in push for every hour. I use my phone moderate to high by talking, internet over wifi and edge, and my phone is always on edge not 3G or H.
I believe that there are certain ways to increase your battery life. All you need is to find it how.
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Your battery lasts 4 times longer after disabling this? Do you expect anyone to believe you? Probably not.
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I'm a believer.... been streaming a2dp bluetooth all morning.. battery 86%...
I wonder what you loose if you do it though??? (calendar entries, contacts etc)
Cause I don't wanna loose my contacts which are up in google servers
I ll try it I guess I get around 13-18hrs depending on usage ( Just copy my contacts to sim card first )
EDIT: Ah I think its ok its just for applications... not related to google account or so I believe
Current state 7hrs 18mins and 68% battery remaining will see how it goes
this isn't so new...
this was told already in the battery saver guide here in forums, nothing stunning like that!
shh
tasty_boy said:
this isn't so new...
this was told already in the battery saver guide here in forums, nothing stunning like that!
shh
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Alright, then you might wanna try this NEW tip.
Setting--Display-- back ground effect - Movie from standard..
This will give u another 4-5 hours atleast.
itzankov said:
After a week of research I figured out what was draining my battery. It's a system process related to Google backup. So, here's the tip:
* in Settings->Privacy disable "Backup my data"
* restart the phone - yes, you have to, otherwise the process will continue running
* enjoy!
Before disabling the backup service I used to get no more then 12-14h on a charge. After disabling the service I get 48h.
This service seems to be a problem with Samsung firmware only, it has no effect on battery use on my Desire HD.
I've tested this on stock XWKF3 (2.3.3) and XWKI4 (2.3.4) firmwares. Let me know if it's been effective for you.
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Thanks for the tip,mine has always been checked so i have unchecked it and hopefully battery life will get better.
My battery is draining too fast after upgrading to android 4.3. Even only on 2g there is 1% decrease in battery almost after every 3 minutes. But with screen off it will remain almost at 99% after even 12 hours or more. But when I start using the phone for something like even navigating through the settings the battery drops 1% every 3 minutes or even less. My handset is about a month old. I am from India and running the ML4 android 4.3 recently released by Samsung. There is no wakelock when the screen is asleep. The phone screen consumes between 60 to 90% of the battery or more. I factory reset it thrice since the update but with no effect. I am running the 4.3 update for about 3 weeks now. I also installed Greenify, battery doctor, juice defender etc to save battery but there is no improvement. I installed the same apps that I installed on the 4.1.2 firmware but the battery is draining quite faster in the 4.3 version. I also freeze almost all bloatware using Titanium backup and even uninstalled some like Google Books etc. but no use. I don't use wifi or wifi hotspot at all. I rarely use bluetooth. GPS, location, etc off. I even freeze Google Play store, Google play services and Google services framework. No multi window, no smart stay, no s voice, no ripple effect, no live wallpaper, etc everything off but still the same. If there is anyone facing this issue and has already found the solution, please help me out.
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I forgot to mention that screen brightness is at minimum or minimum-auto.
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Do a clean install with Odin?
Also try, http://www.androidbatterylife.com/?m=1
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I remember my 4.1.2 had the same battery consumption and with 4.3 it remained unchanged(if not better). I think you just gonna get used to that .
Use your phone and stop thinking and worrying about battery. Though I charge my phone twice a day because I use wi-fi a lot,I still don't worry or something.
I have this habit of doing clean install. No mistake with that.
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I have this habit of doing clean install. No mistake with that.
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1% every three minute. I think its normal.
Charge to 100% and use normally till 5% and then post the screenshot of battery stats here.
Iqbal Ansari said:
1% every three minute. I think its normal.
Charge to 100% and use normally till 5% and then post the screenshot of battery stats here.
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With normal usage it is more than 10 hours at 77%. May be it's normal but it last more than that on 4.1.2
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With normal usage it is more than 10 hours at 77%. May be it's normal but it last more than that on 4.1.2
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It is normal battery drain.
Battery on 4.3 is almost same as 4.1. What else do you expect its a quad core phone.
Iqbal Ansari said:
It is normal battery drain.
Battery on 4.3 is almost same as 4.1. What else do you expect its a quad core phone.
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If I browse the internet non-stop from 100% batttery then, after around 3 hours the battery is 20-30%. Is this also normal.
Maybe your battery is damaged ...
otherwise you can check for wakelocks using Better Battery Stats:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Good luck
benzai said:
Maybe your battery is damaged ...
otherwise you can check for wakelocks using Better Battery Stats:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Good luck
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This is funny! You mean to say that the upgrade to android 4.3 has damaged my battery? The battery is not even 1 month old as I mentioned in the first post. The battery is very good on android 4.1.2...... As I mentioned in the first post, there is no battery drain when the screen is off. Even after 24 hours the battery is 99% from 100% with screen off. Why should I checked for wakelocks when the battery is fine on screen off? I did checked it to be sure but no wakelocks. The battery problem is when I use the phone, the battery is draining abnormally when the phone is used. Anyway thanks for your reply.
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This is funny! You mean to say that the upgrade to android 4.3 has damaged my battery? The battery is not even 1 month old as I mentioned in the first post. The battery is very good on android 4.1.2...... As I mentioned in the first post, there is no battery drain when the screen is off. Even after 24 hours the battery is 99% from 100% with screen off. Why should I checked for wakelocks when the battery is fine on screen off? I did checked it to be sure but no wakelocks. The battery problem is when I use the phone, the battery is draining abnormally when the phone is used.
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Using BetterBatteryStats will nevertheless help you to find out which process is consuming your battery…
Yes, 4.3 upgrade downgraded my battery life about 20% when I am using my phone. On idle it is better about 10-20% also compared with 4.1.2. It is useless to do factory resets or other nonsense. Just it is as is.
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Yes, 4.3 upgrade downgraded my battery life about 20% when I am using my phone. On idle it is better about 10-20% also compared with 4.1.2. It is useless to do factory resets or other nonsense. Just it is as is.
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You are right! There is no use resetting the phone. It won't improve your battery's performance. I think it's a bug of android 4.3.
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I think you need to try someone else's battery in your phone to see if you have the same problem then
try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50441083#post50441083
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I remember my 4.1.2 had the same battery consumption and with 4.3 it remained unchanged(if not better). I think you just gonna get used to that .
Use your phone and stop thinking and worrying about battery. Though I charge my phone twice a day because I use wi-fi a lot,I still don't worry or something.
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Even with wifi on you can use the phone the all day
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My battery is draining too fast after upgrading to android 4.3. Even only on 2g there is 1% decrease in battery almost after every 3 minutes. But with screen off it will remain almost at 99% after even 12 hours or more. But when I start using the phone for something like even navigating through the settings the battery drops 1% every 3 minutes or even less. My handset is about a month old. I am from India and running the ML4 android 4.3 recently released by Samsung. There is no wakelock when the screen is asleep. The phone screen consumes between 60 to 90% of the battery or more. I factory reset it thrice since the update but with no effect. I am running the 4.3 update for about 3 weeks now. I also installed Greenify, battery doctor, juice defender etc to save battery but there is no improvement. I installed the same apps that I installed on the 4.1.2 firmware but the battery is draining quite faster in the 4.3 version. I also freeze almost all bloatware using Titanium backup and even uninstalled some like Google Books etc. but no use. I don't use wifi or wifi hotspot at all. I rarely use bluetooth. GPS, location, etc off. I even freeze Google Play store, Google play services and Google services framework. No multi window, no smart stay, no s voice, no ripple effect, no live wallpaper, etc everything off but still the same. If there is anyone facing this issue and has already found the solution, please help me out.
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Okey So Firstly I rule Out Few Assumptions Made By Some Members(No Offense):
1) As thadoukuki said battery Drains only while using the phone and not wen its idle that means its not a wakelock for sure.
2)Secondly as the handset n battery ofcourse, are just a month old i dont even assume it to be damaged(Trust Sammy)
3)Thirdly 1% / 3Mins is quite normal on extensive Usage but as you say its just while navigating around settings etc. den i assume its a bit high.
4) Now betterbatterystats is good to identify what consumes your battery but ive never been a fan of that actually.
SO according to me try to do some trial n error work .
Instead of Freezing apps through TB u can use Greenify Donate to greenify system apps and user apps as well. It Does same job as TB freeze but without that extra hassle.
Secondly Choose a kernel that you think is battery friendly for you like the one which gives you peace of mind(Oh Yeah Battery's Draining Slow!!)
for me i'd go for Boeffla or Googymax
Choose a battery friendly Governer for ur CPU(For me Boeffla kernel with Archi_ultra_power_save governer gives great results)
Check if CPU Touch boost is Enabled in Kernel Settings coz Touch Boost gave me good performance and responsiveness but even i had observed that battery used to drain faster with it.
Battery friendly Rom with few Tweaks by xda members is always better for me over Stock( ArchiDroid Is the Rom ive ever Used){Personal Opinion}
Ppl Say undervolting helps .....hmm maybe ive never Done it but as you are very cautious about battery you may try it (on your own Risk)
Lets see if that Helps
And Lastly i never Observed much Change in Battery drain pattern wen Coming from 4.1.2 to 4.3 so thats not really true.
Turn off location services
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Read d first post !!
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Turn off location services
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AS already stated in the first post location is OFF . So he's Already taken care of it !!!
Guys after i had tried so many roms and ended by cloudy g3 rom my battery started to misbehave 100% doesnt take short time and the drain start too early ..so do i need battery caliberation ?? And what is the best way to do that ??
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Guys after i had tried so many roms and ended by cloudy g3 rom my battery started to misbehave 100% doesnt take short time and the drain start too early ..so do i need battery caliberation ?? And what is the best way to do that ??
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I would try using the phone till dead. Then charge it up to 100%.
I have done this many times but the same baterry performance....
So i tried to do the battery calib. With battery calibration app from the play store and it works fine the battery last about hour and half before drain ?
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I would try using the phone till dead. Then charge it up to 100%.
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This.
Google's software engineers have been quoted numerous times saying that these battery cal techniques are crap. All they do is wipe battery usage statistics, which the system uses to calculate the percentages.
The only time is useful is if you physically changed batteries.
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Hello guys!
I've been having battery issues for a few months now. I can barely use my phone for a whole day, without having to charge it... 6-7 hours after I unplug it in the morning.
My day goes like this:
I wake up and use my phone for roughly 20 minutes
I take the bus which is about 25-30 minutes of use
Then I rarely use it at school
A few hours later I take the bus to the gym and use it there for probably 30 minutes total
Then I use it 25-30 minutes again on the way home
When I then get home, the phone is < 15% battery. I run 100% brightness and I just use it for browsing.
I just updated to Lollipop (running stock all the way) but the issue hasn't been fixed. What can I do? It's irritating to run around with the thought of my phone running out of juice in the middle of the day.
Thanks!
Amazon and an Anker replacement battery .
JJEgan said:
Amazon and an Anker replacement battery .
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So you think it's the battery?
mortenmoulder said:
So you think it's the battery?
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More the fact that you need to start somewhere and the battery is the first to eliminate .
JJEgan said:
More the fact that you need to start somewhere and the battery is the first to eliminate .
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That's a 30 dollar start.
mortenmoulder said:
That's a 30 dollar start.
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Well it's either your battery or you must have a wakelock keeping your phone awake a lot of the time. You can install wakelock detector and try and figure if something is draining your battery but I'm guessing since you have a note 3, it is a year or so old roughly? My guess also is that it's the battery. Do you have any friends with same device? If so swap batteries for a day and see if his battery dies quickly but you still have plenty of battery left. If so it's the battery mate. Another thought, I buy phones off contract now but back when I was tied to a specific carrier I could go into their local retail store and they would give me a new battery. You might try that if your circumstances are the same as mine were.
Good luck!
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mortenmoulder said:
Hello guys!
I've been having battery issues for a few months now...
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Which phone? Have you tried the specific forums for that phone?
How much battery do you lose overnight?
But generally, what are you doing in those times? Do you have Data, Wifi, GPS and BT all on during all that time?
An app like Better Battery Stats can help you work out just what is draining your phone.
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Which phone? Have you tried the specific forums for that phone?
How much battery do you lose overnight?
But generally, what are you doing in those times? Do you have Data, Wifi, GPS and BT all on during all that time?
An app like Better Battery Stats can help you work out just what is draining your phone.
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I posted in the Note 3 subforum... Which phone do you think I have?
I charge it every night. Otherwise it dies.
Data on. WiFi on/off (off when I don't have signal), GPS off, and BT off.
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Well it's either your battery or you must have a wakelock keeping your phone awake a lot of the time. You can install wakelock detector and try and figure if something is draining your battery but I'm guessing since you have a note 3, it is a year or so old roughly? My guess also is that it's the battery. Do you have any friends with same device? If so swap batteries for a day and see if his battery dies quickly but you still have plenty of battery left. If so it's the battery mate. Another thought, I buy phones off contract now but back when I was tied to a specific carrier I could go into their local retail store and they would give me a new battery. You might try that if your circumstances are the same as mine were.
Good luck!
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It's from October 2013. I spoke to Samsung and they want me to send it in, because 9/10 cases it's not the battery or software, she said. Bull**** is what I say.
I can't send it in though. So I have to try a new battery.
A dead battery is usually recognisable by these symptoms:
- Sudden drops in battery level (from 70 to 30 in 3 seconds, for example).
- Random reboots with a sudden drop in battery.
- bulges, bloats or a curves battery when you look at it on a table.
- Extreme drain not caused by wakelocks, processes or settings, that still occurs without a SIM and MicroSD.
- Not fixed by a factory reset. (An Update isn't a reset.)
Did you try a factory reset? That's the first step in diagnosing a problem like this.
Did you try it without the (if you use one) MicroSD and SIM?
The MicroSD tends to cause Mediascanner wakelocks from a corrupt file. Easy to fix, but easier to miss.
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I posted in the Note 3 subforum... Which phone do you think I have?
I charge it every night. Otherwise it dies.
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Well... let's see... there's n900, n900t, n900a, n900v, n900p, n9002 and n9005 just for major types - all of them are Note 3's. At least 3 of them have their own sub-forums with their own Q&A section.
You could try charging it in the afternoon, say on the W/E and see how it goes when it is off overnight.
You could try BBS and see what is causing the problem, or Wakelock Detector will also give you info.
Or you could buy a new battery and hopefully NOT find out it does exactly the same thing when you've got it.
I was convinced on the forums that my system service drain was regular until I took a look at my buddy's phone , he has a le s3 with 2 sim cards and his system service doesn't normally go past 80 mAh on a full charge . Something has to be wrong
This is a screenshot of my sot when I first got the phone
8 hours of SOT is really good. You can try installing Wakelock Detector to get a different perspective. Also, anything that uses accessibility services may harm battery life. Another thing you can do is go to settings-permissions-autolaunch and disable autolaunching of apps that don't need to be running all the time. You can see what apps are currently running in settings - app management. One last thing is that your signal strength isn't that great, so it may just be how it's supposed to be.
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This is a screenshot of my sot when I first got the phone
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I'm in the same boat as you, only I'm running OmniRom. But yeah, had 8h sot, can barely make 6 now, android system is my second biggest drain, with 2+ hours of cpu usage.
I have tried and I have found that 7.1 to 8.1 do not have the best battery life.
I personally have been aopk 6.01 and been getting great battery life.
I did do a stress test I did gaming and blasting next radio 21 minutes use only 6% of battery.
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8 hours of SOT is really good. You can try installing Wakelock Detector to get a different perspective. Also, anything that uses accessibility services may harm battery life. Another thing you can do is go to settings-permissions-autolaunch and disable autolaunching of apps that don't need to be running all the time. You can see what apps are currently running in settings - app management. One last thing is that your signal strength isn't that great, so it may just be how it's supposed to be.
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I've tried everything , disabled all apps in auto launch , tried it with airplane mode on , enabled background resource control . Never go past 7 hours max screen on time . My screen brightness is usually very low throughout the day
What are all of these services ? My buddy has none of these
You are running stock I take it.
Different ROMs are going different services like you show.
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You are running stock I take it.
Different ROMs are going different services like you show.
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How do I get rid of these services without root ? And these services also don't show up on my buddy's phone . Is it a le pro 3 thing ?
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How do I get rid of these services without root ? And these services also don't show up on my buddy's phone . Is it a le pro 3 thing ?
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You can't
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Turned on battery assistance at about 80% , battery life drastically improved
This is now ridiculous
All eui is in the rom.
I have no problem with custom roms. (Omni,Aicp,Lineageos etc.)
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Turned on battery assistance at about 80% , battery life drastically improved
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I don't see the big deal you have 3 hours 57 minutes on screen time and 50% battery left you will get almost 8 hour screen time on that is well above average!
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Went through a hard 12 hour process , finally unlocked bootloader , installed twrp and running lineage . Going to be testing battery life
I have the same problem with Eui rom. As long as the display is turned on, the system service will exploit the battery. Nobody knows that?
There are no such problems in custom roms.(Aicp,omni vs )
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I have the same problem with Eui rom. As long as the display is turned on, the system service will exploit the battery. Nobody knows that?
There are no such problems in custom roms.(Aicp,omni vs )
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I flashed lineage and I'm experiencing even worse battery , I can't be bothered to flash a new Tom and reinstall all my apps
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I flashed lineage and I'm experiencing even worse battery , I can't be bothered to flash a new Tom and reinstall all my apps
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Flash Magisk and try Greenify4Magisk. It's gotta be some third-party app you're running, or you have a bad cellular connection. Are you getting full signal on your phone? Do you have LTE running as well?
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Flash Magisk and try Greenify4Magisk. It's gotta be some third-party app you're running, or you have a bad cellular connection. Are you getting full signal on your phone? Do you have LTE running as well?
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I haven't installed many apps , just the basics like Snapchat WhatsApp Twitter and Instagram . I tried to flash magisk but that would mean uninstalling super su . I normally get around 3-4 bars but I don't use cellular data . I have Greenify but it doesn't seem to be doing much
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