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Thought I'd create a thread where people can post up the differences they notice with the updated firmware. I'll try and keep an update of the posts below:
1) Ability to chance sensitivity of 'Motion Services' in the 'Motion Settings' Menu
Lock screen more responsive.
Home button wakes the phone instantly unless it has been idle for a long time.
robot1000 said:
1) Ability to chance sensitivity of 'Motion Services' in the 'Motion Settings' Menu
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You could already do that before the update, or you could on my O2 PAYG anyway...
101matt101 said:
You could already do that before the update, or you could on my O2 PAYG anyway...
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Could do that with my unbranded/unlocked one too. +1 for home screen being quicker, even though my works EAS policy enforces a PIN
The low call volume when using a wired headset has been fixed
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The low call volume when using a wired headset has been fixed
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Yes, this is one of the first things I've tested out. Annoyed my mate just to do this. hahaha good update even just for that.
not really on topic but at least it would bump the thread up
The default activesync email client is still having problems with HTML and rich format messages I am receiving, I kinda hoped they would fix this glaring thing first.
Really noob question, but... Where/how do you get the new firmware?
Just settings > about > update? That is either just showing a black screen or FCs atm, probably froze too much. Is there an alternative method (over USB)?
I think battery usage is better.. To early to say but android process is low.. Battery hasnt dropped for a long time.. Will see tommorow
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Menthix said:
Really noob question, but... Where/how do you get the new firmware?
Just settings > about > update? That is either just showing a black screen or FCs atm, probably froze too much. Is there an alternative method (over USB)?
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By using KIES on your computer (connect the phone through a usb cable to your computer and start KIES).
It will automaticly tell you when a update is availible. But properbly if you bought your phone in The Netherlands, is already had the newest firmware installed.
jangomango said:
I think battery usage is better.. To early to say but android process is low.. Battery hasnt dropped for a long time.. Will see tommorow
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agreed, some how i have 67% battery after 12 hr. Before I had about 40%
I don't know if this is the right place to post my gripe...but Kies failed in updating my KDD phone to KE1 this morning. It was going through the download process (past 50%) when it said "dll failed". My phone was already in Download Mode and that freaked me out. I took out the battery and restarted the phone....thank god my phone wasn't bricked. It is still running with KDD firmware now and no problems detected so far.
Anyone had similar problems/solutions?
Picked my handset up today, seems it already shipped with the new firmware.
Do these battery stats look "normal"? Getting a bit concered about all the talk regarding battery probs.
5h 3m on battery
Display 42%
Cell standby 15%
Android OS 14%
Zedge 10%
Android system 8%
Phone idle 5%
Arthur Hucksake said:
Picked my handset up today, seems it already shipped with the new firmware.
Do these battery stats look "normal"? Getting a bit concered about all the talk regarding battery probs.
5h 3m on battery
Display 42%
Cell standby 15%
Android OS 14%
Zedge 10%
Android system 8%
Phone idle 5%
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Battery available in %?...
Arthur Hucksake said:
Picked my handset up today, seems it already shipped with the new firmware.
Do these battery stats look "normal"? Getting a bit concered about all the talk regarding battery probs.
5h 3m on battery
Display 42%
Cell standby 15%
Android OS 14%
Zedge 10%
Android system 8%
Phone idle 5%
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looks fine,whats ur battery %now? i think the problem arises when the android os usage is higher than the display usage.
rocketpaul said:
looks fine,whats ur battery %now? i think the problem arises when the android os usage is higher than the display usage.
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85% now, but I have already charged it upto 100% after running it down out of the box.
Usually takes me ages to setup Android phones, download apps etc
Battery usage seems better not draining o/nite
This might be just me
Did anyone experience a drop in audio clarity and sound quality when playing music through the headphones or external speaker with the new firmware update?
I think display autobrightness levels are reduced.
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Did anyone experience a drop in audio clarity and sound quality when playing music through the headphones or external speaker with the new firmware update?
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No
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All of a sudden the Android OS usage of the battery shot up to 76%. I usually get around 2% per hour but now I'm getting a 2% drain in 15 mins. The battery page shows Android OS as the culprit, Wakelock Detector isn't showing anything up and BetterBatteryStats just says Android OS is the big user. Easy One Hand has also appeared although I don't have this switched on.
I have done a restart of the phone earlier this morning to see if there was a rogue app kicking around and I've just finished charging it up to 100%.
Has anyone else experienced any issues in the last 24 hours?
Congratulations ! You are now the millionth user who has reported this. :sly:
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Well, with so many people in the same boat, i have been having the same exact thing, what i found that even with the Location services disabled, the Android System still shows as location "running" in App Ops.
Check for this, Download app ops starter from market and under location check the android system, if you see location running then just disable it. it have no effect on any apps. You will get your battery back
Same here
I have the same problem, I am 100% stock.
What I noticed is if I reboot my phone the battery will behave correctly for a couple of days then suddenly Android OS will take over and drain it
With Android OS drain I get
3% drain per hour with no use (Wifi on every 20 min to sync)
10% drain overnight (7/8 hours with wifi on every 1 hr)
sometimes I have like 30 mins screen on time and the Android OS CPU total and Keep Awake over 3 hours (lol)
Normally, I get barely 1% drain per hr during the day if not using it and almost no drain at night
I already disabled NewsStand and I am about to try to disable Google+ even though I like the Auto-Backup feature.
Dejan Sathanas said:
Congratulations ! You are now the millionth user who has reported this. :sly:
Sent from my SM-N9005
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Do I get a prize???
Seriously I couldn't see anything either on here or on Google that related specifically to the last 24 hours. I'll have another look.
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Do I get a prize???
Seriously I couldn't see anything either on here or on Google that related specifically to the last 24 hours. I'll have another look.
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whats with the 24 hours ? people reporting this ever since. there are numerous posts about this on the internet. some say they found a solution, some solutions work for someone, some dont. my point was, that you making a new thread for this was pointless. and no, theres no prize for you. :laugh:
just in case you didnt see it... https://www.google.si/webhp?source=...-4QSP7IGgCQ#q=note+3+android+os+battery+drain
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whats with the 24 hours ? people reporting this ever since. there are numerous posts about this on the internet. some say they found a solution, some solutions work for someone, some dont. my point was, that you making a new thread for this was pointless. and no, theres no prize for you. :laugh:
just in case you didnt see it... https://www.google.si/webhp?source=...-4QSP7IGgCQ#q=note+3+android+os+battery+drain
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Ah you see this is where saying "Oh there's loads of stuff on this issue" is a bit premature. Yes I've read all that stuff and yes I got my battery life to a happy place.
Now since yesterday evening, I've suffered battery drain and was posting to see if anyone else had noticed a similar increase. It's a sudden change which would suggest that either Google have changed something or an app has changed in some way (although I'd expect an app to show up as itself rather than Android OS). A couple of months ago there was an update to Google Play Services that caused similar issues and was quickly fixed by Google. My not pointless post was to see if anything similar had happened in the last 24 hours.
OK then, I'm over and out. I had this Android OS drain just once. Didn't bother to look into it too much. I've let the battery drain till 15%, rebooted the phone, charged it till 100 and that was it. Hope you sort it out.
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Sorry it probably looks snappier than I meant it to. It's just that this was such a sudden event I wanted to check no one else had experienced the same
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All of a sudden the Android OS usage of the battery shot up to 76%. I usually get around 2% per hour but now I'm getting a 2% drain in 15 mins. The battery page shows Android OS as the culprit, Wakelock Detector isn't showing anything up and BetterBatteryStats just says Android OS is the big user. Easy One Hand has also appeared although I don't have this switched on.
I have done a restart of the phone earlier this morning to see if there was a rogue app kicking around and I've just finished charging it up to 100%.
Has anyone else experienced any issues in the last 24 hours?
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Greenify apk use this app its shut down all aps working backgroud
I was on this rom N9005XXUDMJ7 , and I have tried everything that is written on the internet but I couldn't solve the problem. Recently I have upgraded to the latest rom in the link below , and the problem has disappeared.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2647861
I think I've sorted it. It's early days yet but it appears to have been an update to the gReader widget. I've removed it and everything is settling down nicely. I'm going to let it drain though and then recharge it so I won't know for another day or so.
Greenify would be the best choice since you are on stock ROM. Disable some bloatware and you will observe improved battery life. Greenify requires root and Xposed Framework though.
I have noticed that this phone the Motorola moto e4 has a really bad battery drain and it looks like that FMRadioService might be the problem I am not for sure but I would like to ask other people what they are getting so we can figure this out
I have the FM radio disabled and don't really have many battery issues. I've been on my phone since I took it off the charger three hours ago, overclocked cpu on performance mode, and brightness all the way up and this is what I'm at.
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I did some more digging because my Android system is always high i downloaded gsam battery monitor and found out that the kernel is keeping the phone awake when it's supposed to go to a deep sleep
KyleBryant said:
I have the FM radio disabled and don't really have many battery issues. I've been on my phone since I took it off the charger three hours ago, overclocked cpu on performance mode, and brightness all the way up and this is what I'm at.
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I'm not talking about the fm radio I'm talking about the fm radio service it seemed to have been using battery for no reason
Ah I see, yeah my battery drain isn't really that bad.
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KyleBryant said:
Ah I see, yeah my battery drain isn't really that bad.
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Well I have been digging around more for the past few days and found out the kernel has been keeping my phone awake and not letting it go into deep sleep and I am not sure why
I have noticed something using an insane amount of ram all the sudden.
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KyleBryant said:
I have noticed something using an insane amount of rom all the sudden.
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I am using stock rom and I am getting the same ram usage as you and I don't really have anything downloaded
mattvail692 said:
I am using stock rom and I am getting the same ram usage as you and I don't really have anything downloaded
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Well it used to be at like 600mb steady and all the sudden it's 1.1-1.3gb constant
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Well it used to be at like 600mb steady and all the sudden it's 1.1-1.3gb constant
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Mine runs about 1.1 gigs most of the time and sometimes it gets lower but I found out a bunch of system apps have been sitting their for hours doing things in the background and not letting it deep sleep and I can't do anything cause they are system apps
I ended up doing a factory wipe of my phone to test some things, my ram usage is back to normal now.
KyleBryant said:
I ended up doing a factory wipe of my phone to test some things, my ram usage is back to normal now.[/QUOTE
I have factory wiped my phone idk how many times and I still get the same results
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Mine runs about 1.1 gigs most of the time and sometimes it gets lower but I found out a bunch of system apps have been sitting their for hours doing things in the background and not letting it deep sleep and I can't do anything cause they are system apps
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Hi mattvail692, could you find out the source of the battery drain? I just bought a Moto E4, and I find I can hardly last 1/2 a day. It is burning energy at the rate of 18% per hour.
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Hi mattvail692, could you find out the source of the battery drain? I just bought a Moto E4, and I find I can hardly last 1/2 a day. It is burning energy at the rate of 18% per hour.
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I use mine all day and usually get a day and a half usage on one charge.
I don't use Facebook or any of that crap, and have disabled most of that crapware on mine.
madbat99 said:
I use mine all day and usually get a day and a half usage on one charge.
I don't use Facebook or any of that crap, and have disabled most of that crapware on mine.
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Thanks madbat99. In Settings-> Battery, I find that the main culprit (48%) is Screen. I wonder what the reason can be, since most of the time screen is switched off.
sanjayc2911 said:
Thanks madbat99. In Settings-> Battery, I find that the main culprit (48%) is Screen. I wonder what the reason can be, since most of the time screen is switched off.
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That means your phone has recorded the screen taking up the most. If your not using the screen much, it could be that your phone is not recording the record of the real reason. Hard to diagnose on a non rooted device. You can try greenify (it has some non root functions). From the playstore. But it's hard to say if it will help until you try it
My current battery. With alot of use so far.
Sitting overnight, no drain while idle.
My idle drain averages 0.6%/hr on stock with all radios on, location services on, full push mail (50+ messages/day) and active display enabled. Device sleeps like a baby yet remains fully functional and engaged with the outside world. Can get several days of light use on a single charge. XT1768 unlocked, rooted (Magisk) with no social media apps (prefer lite alternatives). Living under a rock has it's advantages.
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Hi mattvail692, could you find out the source of the battery drain? I just bought a Moto E4, and I find I can hardly last 1/2 a day. It is burning energy at the rate of 18% per hour.
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I am not sure i picked up a lg x power on my e4 it said the kernel was keeping it awake all the time best thing to do is get a new phone i have heard the
Moto e4 plus is a big improvement over the e4
Hi All,
From Past 2 weeks... am Facing Phone Idle Battery Drain...
I have tried everything.... - Factory Resetting, etc....
The problem even persist in Safe Mode also...
Is it a Hardware issue ? or A Clean system Reflash might help ?
PS: My phone is not rooted.
For me after I'm uninstalling the snaptube, all it's turns normal... Maybe you use some app has draining your battery ?(software)
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Deci M said:
For me after I'm uninstalling the snaptube, all it's turns normal... Maybe you use some app has draining your battery ?(software)
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I also thought the same...But I didn't install any new apps other than Pixel Launcher.... And Now...I Uninstalled it.... Still facing the same problem.
I guess it is just the horrible LG software. I also experienced extreme battery drain in standby and could not figure out why.
I decided to flash the Resurrection Remix ROM onto my LG and look at that... Amazing battery life with the same usage and same apps installed.
My battery now drops 2% over night. With stock it was 9-10%.
I know it might not be the answer you are looking for. All I am saying is: maybe the Oreo update will help for Stock solutions.
There are reports out there that show amazing battery life with stock but they often disable a lot of services which in my eyes is not the purpose of a phone. Other than that... Try your luck with Greenify or something like that (could be hard to reach real results here without root though).
Schlengge said:
I guess it is just the horrible LG software. I also experienced extreme battery drain in standby and could not figure out why.
I decided to flash the Resurrection Remix ROM onto my LG and look at that... Amazing battery life with the same usage and same apps installed.
My battery now drops 2% over night. With stock it was 9-10%.
I know it might not be the answer you are looking for. All I am saying is: maybe the Oreo update will help for Stock solutions.
There are reports out there that show amazing battery life with stock but they often disable a lot of services which in my eyes is not the purpose of a phone. Other than that... Try your luck with Greenify or something like that (could be hard to reach real results here without root though).
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Hmm.... But I hav paid 760$ to buy this phone.... Why Should I settle for less ? If its a budget phone...then Ok...but this is a Flagship Device.... I am going to take this to Service Center. These Battey Problems are irritating me.
As far as I remember, that idle battery drain is known issue in Android 7.0 and our precious G6's have 7.0 and probably will never get 7.1 which has this problem fixed, LG rarely releases incremental updates, mostly only releases new devices with newer software (V30 has 7.1, Q6 also has 7.1 and their battery life is great).
7.0 bug causes "Phone Idle" thingy popping up in battery stats almost always on top, sucking up to 1000+mAh of battery in my case so I have to charge the phone almost every single day which is a little bit frustrating considering phone's battery and that it lies unused for around 8 hours every day as I have to leave my phone in locker room when I'm at work. This is the only thing that I hate in this phone.
We have to wait for Oreo... which also makes me a little bit nervous because 8.0 also has many bugs... Yes, 8.1 is right behind the corner but that strange LG update policy will probably halt our phones on 8.0...
wilsondrake said:
Being able to have numerous apps for different purposes downloaded on your phone is what makes our smartphones so good. However, there may be a few that are resulting in rapid Android OS battery drain., without you even knowing about it.
Try These
Stay in Power Saving Mode
Reduce Display light
Try using the App Greenify, helps you identify which apps are causing battery drain, and put these into hibernation when you are not using them, to stop them from lagging your device and leeching the battery
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Tried all.... Sadly...no improvement
wilsondrake said:
mmmm well try to change your phone then because these battery issues are really a pain in the a**
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Not so soon
romcio47 said:
As far as I remember, that idle battery drain is known issue in Android 7.0 and our precious G6's have 7.0 and probably will never get 7.1 which has this problem fixed, LG rarely releases incremental updates, mostly only releases new devices with newer software (V30 has 7.1, Q6 also has 7.1 and their battery life is great).
7.0 bug causes "Phone Idle" thingy popping up in battery stats almost always on top, sucking up to 1000+mAh of battery in my case so I have to charge the phone almost every single day which is a little bit frustrating considering phone's battery and that it lies unused for around 8 hours every day as I have to leave my phone in locker room when I'm at work. This is the only thing that I hate in this phone.
We have to wait for Oreo... which also makes me a little bit nervous because 8.0 also has many bugs... Yes, 8.1 is right behind the corner but that strange LG update policy will probably halt our phones on 8.0...
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Actually....Just got a October Security Update... Le me try this update...
romcio47 said:
As far as I remember, that idle battery drain is known issue in Android 7.0 and our precious G6's have 7.0 and probably will never get 7.1 which has this problem fixed, LG rarely releases incremental updates, mostly only releases new devices with newer software (V30 has 7.1, Q6 also has 7.1 and their battery life is great).
7.0 bug causes "Phone Idle" thingy popping up in battery stats almost always on top, sucking up to 1000+mAh of battery in my case so I have to charge the phone almost every single day which is a little bit frustrating considering phone's battery and that it lies unused for around 8 hours every day as I have to leave my phone in locker room when I'm at work. This is the only thing that I hate in this phone.
We have to wait for Oreo... which also makes me a little bit nervous because 8.0 also has many bugs... Yes, 8.1 is right behind the corner but that strange LG update policy will probably halt our phones on 8.0...
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Actually...Just got October Security Update... Will try this and report...
Sorry to burst your bubble early, but October Security Update won't change a thing. I've had it for a while and phone idle is still on top of my list for battery draining.
*fingers crossed for Oreo to fix this "bug"*
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Sorry to burst your bubble early, but October Security Update won't change a thing. I've had it for a while and phone idle is still on top of my list for battery draining.
*fingers crossed for Oreo to fix this "bug"*
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same here.... Oreo is the only way ???
same issues, the top battery draining is idle.. soo damn frustrated. and there no chance tochange to a rom without unlocked bootlocker right ? Because im not able to unlock it .
Croize said:
same issues, the top battery draining is idle.. soo damn frustrated. and there no chance tochange to a rom without unlocked bootlocker right ? Because im not able to unlock it .
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I think we can Unlock BL...but I don't want to unlock untill Oreo update....
still high idle... but lessa then a day or two ago, maybe correct itself, i dont wanna root because of this. My days with those kinds of tweaking is over
i think its gettiing better for me, altough standby is insane still, over 25 hrs
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still high idle... but lessa then a day or two ago, maybe correct itself, i dont wanna root because of this. My days with those kinds of tweaking is over
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Wow...you are getting 4hrs SOT in 36% of battery.... I get 4hrs at 2 or 3% of battery only... Yours seems better.... I will post my results today
My Stats....
I just feel... Phone Idle is draining too much battery?
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My Stats....
I just feel... Phone Idle is draining too much battery?
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damn :/
Wow, very bad score....
My phone keep to 72h in idle, juts normal use, few calls i day, bit 3g+, nothing bizare. I'm very happy with it
Likely unrelated to the ROM (hadesRom 6.0), but my S8 has been having weird battery issues as in almost instantly draining once reaching ~30-40% battery and just shutting off. Up until the point battery drain is normal if not better than it has been before, but this is still a major issue.
Any ideas/help?
Velcorn said:
Likely unrelated to the ROM (hadesRom 6.0), but my S8 has been having weird battery issues as in almost instantly draining once reaching ~30-40% battery and just shutting off. Up until the point battery drain is normal if not better than it has been before, but this is still a major issue.
Any ideas/help?
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Mine also. Once it reached below 30%, it will suddenly drop to 10% even on idle. It's been more than a year since i got this phone, and i just recently rooted it and install a new custom ROM. is it because of the battery itself? degrading?
Good day.
A friend of mine had an similar problem and solved it by disabling the system app called "ARCore". It's an google augmented reality plataform app. Try disabing or update the app.
yoorie016 said:
Mine also. Once it reached below 30%, it will suddenly drop to 10% even on idle. It's been more than a year since i got this phone, and i just recently rooted it and install a new custom ROM. is it because of the battery itself? degrading?
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Maybe it's also just an error with battery percentage display, but battery performance seems pretty poor then.
I'll try disabling/freezing ARCore and see if this changes anything ^^
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Likely unrelated to the ROM (hadesRom 6.0), but my S8 has been having weird battery issues as in almost instantly draining once reaching ~30-40% battery and just shutting off. Up until the point battery drain is normal if not better than it has been before, but this is still a major issue.
Any ideas/help?
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yoorie016 said:
Mine also. Once it reached below 30%, it will suddenly drop to 10% even on idle. It's been more than a year since i got this phone, and i just recently rooted it and install a new custom ROM. is it because of the battery itself? degrading?
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This is very common sign when battery is going bad when u start to have these drops . Logically battery should be replaced .
yoorie016 said:
Mine also. Once it reached below 30%, it will suddenly drop to 10% even on idle. It's been more than a year since i got this phone, and i just recently rooted it and install a new custom ROM. is it because of the battery itself? degrading?
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Velcorn said:
Likely unrelated to the ROM (hadesRom 6.0), but my S8 has been having weird battery issues as in almost instantly draining once reaching ~30-40% battery and just shutting off. Up until the point battery drain is normal if not better than it has been before, but this is still a major issue.
Any ideas/help?
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Velcorn said:
Maybe it's also just an error with battery percentage display, but battery performance seems pretty poor then.
I'll try disabling/freezing ARCore and see if this changes anything ^^
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This is very common sign when battery is going bad when u start to have these drops . Logically battery should be replaced .
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hi , i m having the same problem, did you solve it?
terky said:
hi , i m having the same problem, did you solve it?
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I just went through it to. I replaced the battery