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[Q] S5 started audibly telling me the time of day. Can't make it stop.

Phone info:
Verizon
Galaxy S5
Android 4.4.2
Stock ROM
Rooted with towelroot
My S5 audibly started telling me the time every 5-10 minutes and I can't figure out how to turn it off. The other day it started to download a female English tts voice file from Samsung. I canceled the download and ever since then, sometimes every 5 minutes, it audibly tells me the time in British accent female voice. It does not notify me of anything else by voice such as incoming calls or text messages. The phone also beeps 3 times before it tells me the time, 2 lower pitched and one higher pitched beep. I was also getting a pop up telling me to "Download high quality voice file" from the Samsung Play Store every time it would start. I finally downloaded it and then deleted it but nothing changed.
Things I've tried that didn't work:
Looked at tts settings but couldn't find anything to change.
I found car docking was running and froze it.
Is there an app that logs everything that would allow me to track this down?
Anyone have any ideas?

Try settings/system/language and input/notification readout.
See if any of the readout options have been checked.
Sent from my Galaxy S5 running NeatRom 0X1
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maybe uninstalling any recently added apps will narrow it down.
Only thing I can see is notification reminder beep in accessibility settings.
You can set it to beep a reminder for uncleared notifications.
Or dirty flash your rom to reset things.
Sent from my Galaxy S5 running NeatRom 0X1

Prof Peach said:
Try settings/system/language and input/notification readout.
See if any of the readout options have been checked.
Sent from my Galaxy S5 running NeatRom 0X1
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maybe uninstalling any recently added apps will narrow it down.
Only thing I can see is notification reminder beep in accessibility settings.
You can set it to beep a reminder for uncleared notifications.
Or dirty flash your rom to reset things.
Sent from my Galaxy S5 running NeatRom 0X1
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Under language and input/read notifications aloud nothing is checked. I forgot to add in my original post that this is a Verizon phone. I'll try deleting the last few apps I downloaded. Thanks

Still doing it
Well, I've uninstalled the last several apps I had installed and it's still doing it. Anyone else have any ideas?

topgun260 said:
Well, I've uninstalled the last several apps I had installed and it's still doing it. Anyone else have any ideas?
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My phone just started doing it too... only change I've made was chaning kernel.

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rayone said:
My phone just started doing it too... only change I've made was chaning kernel.
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I forgot to post back. I did finally figure it out. It was a setting in the app "AndroiTS GPS Test Free". There are several settings for voice messages and one "Enable voice messages for time" was checked. I don't know if that was the default setting or if I had changed it at some point. Anyway, I unchecked the box and all is well now!

topgun260 said:
I forgot to post back. I did finally figure it out. It was a setting in the app "AndroiTS GPS Test Free". There are several settings for voice messages and one "Enable voice messages for time" was checked. I don't know if that was the default setting or if I had changed it at some point. Anyway, I unchecked the box and all is well now!
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Bravo Sir!
I install the Pro version last week (so I could test the speed of my electric scooter), and it randomly reads the every 5 minutes; So I might get the time @:
13:45
13:50
13:55
20:45
21:15
....
I also checked and it doesn't startup automatically.

Anyone else notice automatic Material Dark theme?

I was browsing around some settings around night time and some apps were showing in Material Dark. It looks like it switches automatically based on time. I noticed it in Photos and Google Settings. My guess is that it's only happening in Google Apps. Any other System settings do not do this, and for some reason it's only on the second layer, as the previous screen is still Material Light (day or night). I asked my buddy sitting next to me with his N6 if his did it too, but it was only on my device. Both are running Marshmallow.
I did not edit any settings to do this.

binglejellsx2 said:
I was browsing around some settings around night time and some apps were showing in Material Dark. It looks like it switches automatically based on time. I noticed it in Photos and Google Settings. My guess is that it's only happening in Google Apps. Any other System settings do not do this, and for some reason it's only on the second layer, as the previous screen is still Material Light (day or night). I asked my buddy sitting next to me with his N6 if his did it too, but it was only on my device. Both are running Marshmallow.
I did not edit any settings to do this.
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What build are you running and what is your Google Play Services version?

El Daddy said:
What build are you running and what is your Google Play Services version?
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Build MDB08M / GPS 8.3.01 (2385995-440)

The developer preview had dark mode so im guessing you are on a rom that enabled it.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...em-ui-mode-is-available-in-developer-options/

binglejellsx2 said:
Build MDB08M / GPS 8.3.01 (2385995-440)
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Interesting. I'm still on the "K" build, but I have the same GPS version.
Maybe it's a feature of the latest patch?

Rainstalk said:
The developer preview had dark mode so im guessing you are on a rom that enabled it.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/0...em-ui-mode-is-available-in-developer-options/
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I'm aware of the option in the first preview, but that was before the 6P was available so there was no way to enable it before the setting was taken away. My N6P is brand new on the latest factory image. I haven't messed with many of the settings, and I'm not rooted. I was surprised to see the dark theme myself.

Does your buildprop have userdebug???

El Daddy said:
Interesting. I'm still on the "K" build, but I have the same GPS version.
Maybe it's a feature of the latest patch?
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Perhaps. It just changed over to dark right now (see attached - Google settings this time). Also showing that the screen before is still light.
rohit25 said:
Does your buildprop have userdebug???
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Probably not. I never edited it. Around where/what line should I look for it?
Edit: Top of build.prop screenshot attached. Is "ro.build.type=user" the line I'm looking for?
Double edit: Yes, it's a screenshot in Root Explorer, but I paid for it way back in the day so it's still my file manager of choice. Root functions will not work since I'm not rooted; otherwise, it still works just fine.

A bug?
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I'm on MDB08M also and i haven't noticed anything
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binglejellsx2 said:
Perhaps. It just changed over to dark right now (see attached - Google settings this time). Also showing that the screen before is still light.
Probably not. I never edited it. Around where/what line should I look for it?
Edit: Top of build.prop screenshot attached. Is "ro.build.type=user" the line I'm looking for?
Double edit: Yes, it's a screenshot in Root Explorer, but I paid for it way back in the day so it's still my file manager of choice. Root functions will not work since I'm not rooted; otherwise, it still works just fine.
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Can you try to retrace your steps? Crazy thought but you may have stumbled on an easter egg?

Rainstalk said:
A bug?
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I'm on MDB08M also and i haven't noticed anything
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I'm not sure. But if it is, it's a bug that I like. I won't be searing my eyes so much at night. I'd prefer if it were on all settings screens, though.

Rainstalk said:
Can you try to retrace your steps? Crazy thought but you may have stumbled on an easter egg?
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Not much to retrace since I've been slowly inching my way to less modifications:
Receive phone.
Turn it on to make sure it works.
Check for updates - none.
Unlock bootloader.
Device gets wiped.
Flash latest factory image since no updates were found.
Soft boot TWRP and flash MoaAB.
Log in to my Google account and restore all apps from my previous phone.
Open any Google apps to log in and do the first run, and then log in to any other apps not Google. Restore SMS with SMS Backup & Restore.
Then the magical moment: it's night time and I'm messing with the Photos app to make sure backups only happen on WiFi. Something is odd, the theme is dark.
Today, I had to confirm that it's light again.
Post finding on XDA.
Reply to thread.
Wait for night again.
Post another update showing dark Google settings.
???
Profit.

Something just occurred to me: this could be a scenario similar to Maps Navigation where night mode becomes dark blue instead of gray once connected to Android Auto.
Android Auto has a dark theme for night time when the headlights turn on. Perhaps Android Auto has activated the automatic dark theme for me.
Anyone else with Android Auto and a N6P?
Edit: Just confirmed my N5 (MRA58K) exhibits similar behavior with the attached screenshots. I'm sticking with my Android Auto theory. My N7 still has the light theme only and has not been connected to Auto.

My Nexus 6 doesn't do that. I wonder why yours is broken. Curious.

@SamsungGalaxyStig your face is broken.
Actually, I've personally confirmed with the above idiot that this behavior is 100% activated by plugging into Android Auto. His device only showed Material Light until it was plugged in to my head unit.

@binglejellsx2 Your mouth is broken.
Yes we definitely confirmed it is Android auto related. I also personally confirmed @binglejellsx2 has a very delicate touch....on the matter.

@SamsungGalaxyStig your matter has a delicate touch confirmed with dark materials automatically in android autos all over your broken ear, personally

No notifications over night

I wake up with a blank lockscreen but when I go into Texta, Snapchat, Messenger, Inbox there are new things there.
I am using Greenify but those apps are not hibernated. Doze is on. Could that be it?

xgerryx said:
I wake up with a blank lockscreen but when I go into Texta, Snapchat, Messenger, Inbox there are new things there.
I am using Greenify but those apps are not hibernated. Doze is on. Could that be it?
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I've experienced that in my Gmail app.
Even the eSports app.
My OP5 is not rooted.. so far...
Nor do I have any greenify app.. so far...
I'm leaning on thinking it's the Doze.

Yes it is. Have to go into the apps that I have to have notifications for and have them not be optimized. -Settings-Battery-Battery Optimization, then click whichever app I HAVE to have notifications for (Gmail, Hangouts, etc) and then make them not be optimized. I have never had this issue on any other phone so it must be OxygenOS. It will even get rid of notifications that have been showing. I have seen Gmail notifications disappear on many occasions as I am looking at the notification. I have searched the OnePlus forums and this apparently has been an issue in OOS for QUITE awhile. I am AMAZED it is still an issue. OOS even prevents my weather app from showing notifications initially until I go in and have the OS not optimize app. I use Today Weather. Again... BAFFLING that this is still an issue... And I have seen NO ONE until you mention it in this forum....
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By the way I am using xXx No Limits 2.4. I have used FreedomOS and stock. I don't remember it EVERY working correctly on my OnePlus 5.

thevirgonian said:
Yes it is. Have to go into the apps that I have to have notifications for and have them not be optimized. -Settings-Battery-Battery Optimization, then click whichever app I HAVE to have notifications for (Gmail, Hangouts, etc) and then make them not be optimized. I have never had this issue on any other phone so it must be OxygenOS. It will even get rid of notifications that have been showing. I have seen Gmail notifications disappear on many occasions as I am looking at the notification. I have searched the OnePlus forums and this apparently has been an issue in OOS for QUITE awhile. I am AMAZED it is still an issue. OOS even prevents my weather app from showing notifications initially until I go in and have the OS not optimize app. I use Today Weather. Again... BAFFLING that this is still an issue... And I have seen NO ONE until you mention it in this forum....
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By the way I am using xXx No Limits 2.4. I have used FreedomOS and stock. I don't remember it EVERY working correctly on my OnePlus 5.
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When I woke up and saw them missing for the 3rd day in a row, I did the same thing as you actually. I am also on xXx ROM. Maybe that's the reason? I didnt have this problem when I was flashing stock updates instead of the ROM updates for 4.5.x, etc.

xgerryx said:
When I woke up and saw them missing for the 3rd day in a row, I did the same thing as you actually. I am also on xXx ROM. Maybe that's the reason? I didnt have this problem when I was flashing stock updates instead of the ROM updates for 4.5.x, etc.
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Hmmmm...so you flashed stock updates to xXx?

thevirgonian said:
Hmmmm...so you flashed stock updates to xXx?
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Clean flashed xXx of course. But dirty flashed the Stock OTA updates.

[GUIDE] Stop Google Play Services Wakelocks (AppMeasurement, net_scheduler, etc.)

Hello everybody,
*the undermentioned methods and app(s) require root*
So, you are here because:
1) You don't like your device doing stuff you didn't make it do.
2) You want to minimize wakelocks
3) You just saw the two before mentioned wakelocks and already decided you want to get rid of them.
For this, you will need to download My Android Tools
Disclaimer: Disabling some services/receivers may "crash" the app. I found it is normal, just go back to where you were and check if you managed to disable the thing you wanted, if yes, then it was successful.
Huge thanks to MeggaMortY for the method
1. Open the app
2. Click on the top left to open the panel, click on Broadcast Receiver.
3. On the menu that opens go to the right column named System. Click search on the top right, type "Play" and choose the Google Play Services option.
4. In the search bar there type at least "ana" and disable the two found results with the names "AnalyticsReceiver" and "AnalyticsSamplerReceiver"
5. Hit x and search again for at least "meas". You will see three results with the names "AppMeasurementInstallReferrerReceiver", "AppMeasurementReceiver" and "PackageMeasurementReceiver*". Disable all three.
6. Go to services->system->Google Play Services->search "meas"->disable "AppMeasurementService" , "MeasurementBrokerService and
"PackageMeasurementService".
7. "Campaign Tracking" . I only found it in the same System menu, in Android Pay, by searching at least "cam" you get the result "CampaignTrackingReceiver". Disable it if you feel you want to. I don't use Android Pay and cannot say if it breaks something there, but otherwise have it disabled and haven't noticed any problems so far.
8. Search for Google Play Store in System. In that option, search for at least "app" and disable "AppMeasurementReceiver". Hit x and search for "fir", then disable the two results with names "FirebaseInstanceIdInternalReceiver" and "FirebaseInstanceIdReceiver"
8. Done. All the setttings are now global for any sort of app measurements, as far as I know.
The second approach will get rid of the "net_scheduler" wakelock. Thanks to denon480 for this method
1. Open the app
2. Click on the top left corner to open the menu panel.
3. Click on Broadcast Receiver
4. Navigate to the System pane
5. Click on search on the top right. Search for Google Play Services. Click on them when they show up
6. In the search top right, write at least "sche" and you will see the two receivers responsible for the "net_scheduler wakelock, "SchedulerInternalReceiver" and "SchedulerReceiver".
7. Switch the first one off. The app will quit, don't worry.
8. Go back to where you were (steps 1 to 6) . You will see that you indeed managed to switch that receiver off.
9. Switch the second one off. The app will quit, again no worries.
10. Check if you managed to switch the second one as well. After that you're done!
So now you should definitely see less wakelocks and idle battery drain. I know there is nothing fancy in these methods but just thought of sharing this with you all

Could you uninstall the app after this or does the app need to stay installed for the effects to take place?

hassan_1000 said:
Could you uninstall the app after this or does the app need to stay installed for the effects to take place?
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You can uninstall the app after all the changes have been made
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Thank you for this methode i will try it

I have tried that weeks ago, when I first got my 3T and there was absolutely no improvement by disabling these services, showing that these are not responsible for the battery problems.
If someone is rooted, then using Amplify, Naptime and AKT profiles will offer some real results regarding battery.
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Isn't Amplify an Xposed module and not available for Nougat yet? My battery drains excessively with the screen on, it has never been so bad until recently. I'm at 51% with 1 hour 53 mins SOT. I used to get 6-7 hours .

dave2775 said:
Isn't Amplify an Xposed module and not available for Nougat yet? My battery drains excessively with the screen on, it has never been so bad until recently. I'm at 51% with 1 hour 53 mins SOT. I used to get 6-7 hours .
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You can say this is the amplify version for nougat
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dave2775 said:
Isn't Amplify an Xposed module and not available for Nougat yet? My battery drains excessively with the screen on, it has never been so bad until recently. I'm at 51% with 1 hour 53 mins SOT. I used to get 6-7 hours .
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Xposed is available unofficially for months now and Amplify works fine.
If u r already rooted then there are many things u can try to improve your battery drain.
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RASTAVIPER said:
Xposed is available unofficially for months now and Amplify works fine.
If u r already rooted then there are many things u can try to improve your battery drain.
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I've done a few things, Greenify, naptime. Wonder if they work against each other. Not sure what the issue is now. Wakelock detector doesn't work anymore, at least for me

dave2775 said:
I've done a few things, Greenify, naptime. Wonder if they work against each other. Not sure what the issue is now. Wakelock detector doesn't work anymore, at least for me
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Betterbatterystats works just fine.
And did u try this guide?
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-how-to-get-6-hours-of-screen-on-time-on-3t.625748/
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Where does the app for AKT profiles install? I installed twice but no app.

dave2775 said:
Where does the app for AKT profiles install? I installed twice but no app.
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What do u mean?
Have u installed the AKT application and you can't find the icon?
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Correct

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Correct
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Just to confirm, is it the AKT_Profiles_1.6.0?
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It's the one from your link that you originally posted
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Actually looks like 1.4 Beta
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Downloaded 1.6 and flashed. Same issue

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It's the one from your link that you originally posted
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Actually looks like 1.4 Beta
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Downloaded 1.6 and flashed. Same issue
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That's very strange.
No matter which version u have installed, the app's icon should be in the app's list in order to run the application.
I have no clue why u don't have it in your case.
For me it works fine and I haven't read about any similar case at the dedicated thread.
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warning: disabling these services will make your phone never enter deep sleep when screen is off. I tried it several times, always same issue. So i don't recommend to disable them.

palesaint said:
warning: disabling these services will make your phone never enter deep sleep when screen is off. I tried it several times, always same issue. So i don't recommend to disable them.
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Never had such issue btw
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Siddk007 said:
Never had such issue btw
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Have you check that in accubattery or BBS?

palesaint said:
Have you check that in accubattery or BBS?
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I use cpu spy, and yes , phone was going in deep sleep
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Facebook keeping device awake

Anyone notice Facebook battery drain, well should I say abnormal drain. Using bbs it comes up as kernel keeping the device from going to deep sleep, but it's Facebook. If I'm on Facebook or was on Facebook and turn off phone it doesn't go into deep sleep at all, however if I clear Facebook from recents it goes into sleep immediatly. I can reproduce this every time. Have also reinstalled Facebook and cleared cache, to no avail. I'm familiar with other options so posts regarding that is useless. Just looking to see if anyone else has noticed or can reproduce the same behavior. Happens on stock and em kernel

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Anyone notice Facebook battery drain, well should I say abnormal drain. Using bbs it comes up as kernel keeping the device from going to deep sleep, but it's Facebook. If I'm on Facebook or was on Facebook and turn off phone it doesn't go into deep sleep at all, however if I clear Facebook from recents it goes into sleep immediatly. I can reproduce this every time. Have also reinstalled Facebook and cleared cache, to no avail. I'm familiar with other options so posts regarding that is useless. Just looking to see if anyone else has noticed or can reproduce the same behavior. Happens on stock and em kernel
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Silly question, but have you restricted background battery usage for the Facebook app?

Uninstall Facebook = no privacy leaked, no wake up clock.
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= FIXED

Ryano89 said:
Silly question, but have you restricted background battery usage for the Facebook app?
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Yep, on any battery app, it was showing the kernel causing the drain, I had to literally watch the sleep times. If I closed it in recents it would be fine , but if I just turned off phone...drain

Dedzdedz said:
Uninstall Facebook = no privacy leaked, no wake up clock.
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Lol I installed fb lite

Mate you are opening a thread to talk about Facebook drain. This has been a thing since Facebook was released to Android. Old News. Uninstall or block Facebook. Easy as... It is not an hardware issue nor a software issue related with OnePlus.
Just saying.

Dedzdedz said:
Mate you are opening a thread to talk about Facebook drain. This has been a thing since Facebook was released to Android. Old News. Uninstall or block Facebook. Easy as... It is not an hardware issue nor a software issue related with OnePlus.
Just saying.
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I'm not talking about normal drain, I'm talking about fb preventing deep sleep, and I know it's not a hardware issue, the purpose of the thread was to maybe help someone who is wondering why they aren't getting good battery life, but I see the idea of helping someone may be foreign to you

Facebook does not have a normal drain. It has constant wake up clocks.

Dedzdedz said:
Facebook does not have a normal drain. It has constant wake up clocks.
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Ok so you just want to argue and I'll bite, what part of NO DEEP SLEEP are you not comprehending. At no it's not normal, even for Facebook

I understand everything that you are saying. Search on all device forums on XDA. EVERYONE has the same issue. Google is your friend.

Dedzdedz said:
I understand everything that you are saying. Search on all device forums on XDA. EVERYONE has the same issue. Google is your friend.
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There was no need to search as I saw what the problem was, and it only started happening after fb last update. Facebook has alot of wake ups but this is something different, and even when the app was closed my frequencies would be pegged. Just because you think you know and I know, doesn't me some random person may stroll across this and it be helpful to them

Did anyone try to disable battery optimisation for FB and test?