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Hi All,
Wondering if any of you have this problem with your trinity. I usually power off the screen and keep in the pouch. It tends to heat up alot on plastic and the battery drains extremely fast as if the screen is on.
But in reality i haven't switched anything on (GPS/Data Connection/Wifi/Bluetooth).
Anyone know whats going on?
By the way my ROM is 1.23.707.6, Radio 1.35.00.11, TRIN100.
Are you sure you haven't turned on a GPS app by mistake- GPSInfo etc?
Can you check Settings/Memory/Running programs and see if anything is listed when the battery drain occurs. GPSInfo doesn't close by itself so if running, it will keep the GPS awake, and drain the battery. Have you tried putting it into 'Flight Mode' to see if that fixes it?
When you power off the screen, are you using the power switch ( top right side?)
Are you in a marginal 3G region? If so, the device will constantly search for a 3G signal and switch from GPRS to 3G many times. 3G drains the battery quckly anyway, but the constant signal searching drains it quicker. To test that, go to Phone/Settings/Band and switch the upper box from Auto to GSM.
Hi NeilM,
Thanks for your reply. Yes I am using the power switch and there are no programs in the memory. I just switched teh Band according to your recommendation but I set it to WMCDA instead. Seems to get me stuck on "3G" while with GSM I can only get "E" - Edge/GPRS. Also I set the GSM/UMTS band to UMTS (2100+800).
I am charging it now so I will check it out tomorrow to see if it makes a difference.
Thanks.
WMCDA is 3G only, so setting to that will result in no signal if you are out of 3G coverage. Setting to GSM will mean you can't connect to 3G, but will still continue to get G or E, which consume much less power.
The GSM/UMTS band can be left to Auto.
If you find that the 3G switching is part of the problem, using a small program called Bandswitch will allow easy switching between the services; better still, it's free!
You may want to open up your case and check your battery. There may be a short on the connectors somewhere which is causing a massive drain. Tell tale signs will be burn marks on the battery.
I've checked the battery seems to be fine. But I decided I will send it in for warranty and got a replacement. Just charging the new one. Will see if it helps tomorrow.
By the way I looked in the WM6 threads and found this:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1263211&highlight=battery+drains#post1263211
I have the same problem occasonaly. Think its the band issue because I had it in a concert where my signal strength was not good
yeap i can verify that now. My battery power is normal now. The tool Comm Mgr Pro is also useful to switch between 3G and 2G when I require it. I get Edge when I am 2G. While this helps, but probably won't be able to receive 3G video calls when I am on Edge.
Also I don't know why this never happen to my Hermes (O2 Trion which I bricked). One difference i noticed my the hermes is that the band only changes from G>U, Didn't have the switching from G>E>3G>H. Maybe its the new software i saw mentioned a couple of times in the forum.
Been poking around a bit trying to figure this out. In the last couple weeks my otherwise perfect phone has been randomly switching from 4g to 3g in normally strong 4g areas. My work iPhone 5 stays connected during these times. If I reboot or put it in airplane mode, it goes back to 4g with no issues. Strong signal too.
Got a new SIM on Saturday. No change. Did a factory reset on Saturday night. Still does it after that too.
The fact that it goes straight to 4g and stays after the reboot or airplane mode toggle makes me believe it isn't the phone. Even more so after the reset.
Then I found this- http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...to-3G-in-NYC-Verizon-owns-most-total-spectrum
Is anybody else having this issue? Is there a fix? I really don't want to send this otherwise perfect phone back for a warranty replacement refurb that will only give me the same issue. I also have a glass screen protector on there that I don't want to move or pay to replace.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all.
Have you tried to disable Fast Dormancy to test? It should be doing this by design to save power when the radio has not been used after an X amount of seconds. Be warned that disabling Fast Dormancy may lead to battery drain if the cell tower's setting does not match that of the phone
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Have you tried to disable Fast Dormancy to test? It should be doing this by design to save power when the radio has not been used after an X amount of seconds. Be warned that disabling Fast Dormancy may lead to battery drain if the cell tower's setting does not match that of the phone
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I will try that now and report back. Thank you.
I got a weird one for you guys. I had LTE on my nexus 4, but after tethering for awhile, my LED started flashing red and the phone got hot. So I turned off tethering, but my LTE became intermittent, and over the course of the next day, I lost LTE connectivity altogether, even if I set it to LTE only, I wouldn't get any signal. This is what I've tried, changing different hybrid radios, changing ROMs, factory restore to original ROM. The other symptom, and the one I care more about, is that my battery now drains pretty quickly, whereas it would last 3 hours of screen time on before this incident, now it lasts less then an hour. And it seems to drain while the phone screen is off. Anyone have any ideas what it could be? Did I burn out my LTE modem?
I think you need a new battery.
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I think you need a new battery.
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I have a feeling it has something to do with the modem. Day 2 with the damaged phone reveals that my signal will go in and out, sometimes it will be on 3g, sometimes on edge (even in 3g areas). If that's the case, a new battery won't necessarily help.
Now 3g is gone completely. I can only use 2g. Anyone else run into this problem?
I had this problem a few years back. It was the wireless provider who was adjusting my internet speeds. After one simple call they stropped doing this and my phone was always connecting at 3G (I don't have the LTE hack installed)
So I recently switched from MetroPCS to Verizon. The day I switched my battery died twice as fast. Cell standby being the problem according to the battery stats. 2nd day, same exact thing. So I did a factory reset. Then the next day the same exact thing. This did not happen on MetroPCS. Also, it seems to only be a problem when WiFi is on, but not connected for most of the day. Which is strange, because I don't see how your carrier would make that a problem. Has anyone else experienced this? Fixed this?
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No signal?
Check your cell signal connectivity to see if you are losing signal throughout the day, if your phone loses signal your Cell Standby will constantly search for a signal untill it finds one eating your battery. I have this problem when at work, I don't get signal and my battery drains. I fix this by using Airplane mode when I know I don't have signal. Saves my battery Everytime.
Yeah, would be surprised but Verizon may have worse coverage than the Sprint MVNO in your work area. If your cell radio is constantly hunting, it will chew battery. Have you tried Wi-Fi advanced settings to leave Wi-Fi on at all times, even while the phone is sleeping? May sound counter intuitive, but for me Wi-Fi uses almost nothing battery wise. But like Noland said, if you KNOW you will be in an area of poor reception for a long period of time, airplane mode will save battery. Also check data usage by App. You may have a rogue app sucking bandwidth. Cheers.
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So I recently switched from MetroPCS to Verizon. The day I switched my battery died twice as fast. Cell standby being the problem according to the battery stats. 2nd day, same exact thing. So I did a factory reset. Then the next day the same exact thing. This did not happen on MetroPCS. Also, it seems to only be a problem when WiFi is on, but not connected for most of the day. Which is strange, because I don't see how your carrier would make that a problem. Has anyone else experienced this? Fixed this?
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Some Verizon members reported poor cell reception with the current radio. I think the January security updates include a new radio. Maybe that will help.
Hey Guys,
I've gotten my Moto G5 Plus about a week ago and I'm loving it so far. However, I'm having a bit mediocre battery life. I only manage to get about 4 hours of screen on time with very light usage (mainly whatsapp and a bit of reddit). So I went looking for what this might be causing. In the battery stats it's showing a 29% usage for Cell standby, with a 99% time without signal. I'm only using one of the two sim slots currently and I have cellular data turned off. It is also almost always showing full bars for the sim card i'm actually using, the other is turned off in the settings. I'm used to having the screen be the biggest battery drain and cell standby being around 5% on my Moto G2 running with the same simcard. I've already tried reinserting the sim/sd card tray and rebooting a couple times, both of which didn't fix the problem. Do you guys have any idea what's going on?
Thanks!
~HeetHoofd27
PS: I can't post the pictures because I'm new on XDA but it shows the cellular network signal being entirely red, the screen at 5% battery usage and cell standby on 29% with the 99% time without signal.
Most reviewers are reporting GREAT battery life with this phone.
Is the phone rooted? Did you run Wakelock dectector?
I assume you have turned the phone off and back on?
Have you verified that your APN settings are correct?
I would open a ticket with support unless you've already put a custom ROM.
The phone is not rooted and yeah I have rebooted it a couple times. I'm going to try running wakelock detector and see what it says. I have however turned on the other sim which seems to make Cell standby use normal ammounts of battery which is strange.
heethoofd27 said:
Hey Guys,
I've gotten my Moto G5 Plus about a week ago and I'm loving it so far. However, I'm having a bit mediocre battery life. I only manage to get about 4 hours of screen on time with very light usage (mainly whatsapp and a bit of reddit). So I went looking for what this might be causing. In the battery stats it's showing a 29% usage for Cell standby, with a 99% time without signal. I'm only using one of the two sim slots currently and I have cellular data turned off. It is also almost always showing full bars for the sim card i'm actually using, the other is turned off in the settings. I'm used to having the screen be the biggest battery drain and cell standby being around 5% on my Moto G2 running with the same simcard. I've already tried reinserting the sim/sd card tray and rebooting a couple times, both of which didn't fix the problem. Do you guys have any idea what's going on?
Thanks!
~HeetHoofd27
PS: I can't post the pictures because I'm new on XDA but it shows the cellular network signal being entirely red, the screen at 5% battery usage and cell standby on 29% with the 99% time without signal.
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Try wiping cache and still if it doesn't work go for a reset and it should be ok
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Harsh.gundecha said:
Try wiping cache and still if it doesn't work go for a reset and it should be ok
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The same thing happening to me also. My Moto G5 Plus was at 19% at night and at morning I saw as 8% remaining. Before that, It decreased around 22% battery during night. Mobile data, Wifi everything was kept off. When I checked the battery stats today it showed cell standby on 2nd number draining the most battery. What to do for it? If anyone has any solution please let me know.
jigar2709 said:
The same thing happening to me also. My Moto G5 Plus was at 19% at night and at morning I saw as 8% remaining. Before that, It decreased around 22% battery during night. Mobile data, Wifi everything was kept off. When I checked the battery stats today it showed cell standby on 2nd number draining the most battery. What to do for it? If anyone has any solution please let me know.
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It seems that on my phone the only thing this is happening is when I turn one of the sim cards off in the settings. I've been running both sims at standby since yesterday and de battery usage is currently at 6% for Cell standby. The time without signal has also decreased to 0%. You might want to try to keep both sims enabled and see if that helps.
Harsh.gundecha said:
Try wiping cache and still if it doesn't work go for a reset and it should be ok
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Just out of curiosity are you also running a dual sim version of the G5 Plus? And if you are, are you running with both enabled or just having one of them enabled at a time?
heethoofd27 said:
Just out of curiosity are you also running a dual sim version of the G5 Plus? And if you are, are you running with both enabled or just having one of them enabled at a time?
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Currently i am totally on flight mode but previously i used with sims but haven't faced such issue!
Try that wiping thing, should fix it
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jigar2709 said:
The same thing happening to me also. My Moto G5 Plus was at 19% at night and at morning I saw as 8% remaining. Before that, It decreased around 22% battery during night. Mobile data, Wifi everything was kept off. When I checked the battery stats today it showed cell standby on 2nd number draining the most battery. What to do for it? If anyone has any solution please let me know.
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I think I found the issue/solution! When you do the dual sim setup and get to choose the data sim, I picked that as my second sim as I don't use data often. However, while having the second sim enabled it seems to always keep looking for a signal. Which it obviously can't find because the sim is disabled. This of course leads to high battery usage. Changing the data sim to the first sim that's actually enabled seems to resolve this issue.
I, too, have issues with cell standby draining battery. For me this seems to be an issue with LTE / 4G.
The problem occurs as soon as I activate LTE/4G on the data sim card. It also happens with only one SIM in the phone. If I switch to 3G only, the drain stops.
So:
- With only 3G enabled and wifi connected, all apps installed, syncing etc. I get a huge standby time of ~13 days.
- If I enable the LTE while being connected to wifi, standby time remains good at first.
- As soon as mobile data is first used (e.g. shortly disable wifi so LTE data is used), huge battery drain occurs (about only a day of standby time) everything else as above.
This happens even if wifi is used afterwards. Once connected / mobile data used (with LTE), battery drain occurs. Toggling enhanced LTE services doesn't make a difference (I had it enabled inititally but also tested with it disabled as my provider doesn't support VoLTE or IMS messaging with this phone). Switching to 3G stops the drain.
This is seems to be a bug in Moto G5 Plus firmware and/or baseband. Note that adb logcat doesn't show anything out of the ordinary.
LTE signal is excellent at my location and none of my other phones have such a drain with LTE using the same SIM card.
When I turned it back on today it started having the same drain again. Even though I didn't change any settings or anything, just rebooting. This definitely seems like a software problem, however when I posted on the motorola/lenovo forum about it they just shook it of as if I have bad signal reception...
Hey all.
I am having this exact same problem on the XT1685 Dual-SIM, 3GB/32GB model, using only one SIM card. Mobile standby always drains the battery - during day and night, regardless of which SIM slot is used, and even when there's no SIM card at all! Mobile network coverage is excellent in my area, and despite that, mobile standby ends up eating 1000mAh (25-30%) per charge.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue?
heethoofd27 said:
I think I found the issue/solution! When you do the dual sim setup and get to choose the data sim, I picked that as my second sim as I don't use data often. However, while having the second sim enabled it seems to always keep looking for a signal. Which it obviously can't find because the sim is disabled. This of course leads to high battery usage. Changing the data sim to the first sim that's actually enabled seems to resolve this issue.
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My first sim is Jio sim so my data is also on 1st sim. for calls and data both i use jio. and my 2nd sim is vodafone.
I'm wondering if any of the updates fixes this. I'm still on January security patch...
I have same and dont have found any solution to solve this. i bought my phone only a few days ago and i use only one sim card
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alvarorojas4 said:
I'm wondering if any of the updates fixes this. I'm still on January security patch...
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Im on august security patch and have same issue.
i think this problem will solved only in android O
alvarorojas4 said:
I'm wondering if any of the updates fixes this. I'm still on January security patch...
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My UK phone updated to the May security patch recently and the phone loses about 1% every 4 hours overnight now.
How? i still facing this issue... any solution???