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Hello guys,
I've been having problem with regards to battery life. I am not sure exactly if there's a problem but seeing from other peoples posts/experiences/videos it seems like my note has a very low battery life (about 10-15hrs battery and about 3-4hrs on screen time) So I've decided to start this thread that would hopefully help me and most people that are also experiencing/or just simply would like to improve their galaxy notes battery life.
This is where we can all gather and put together informations on how to do so.
- Please post any helpful tips and tricks.
- A list of bloatwares that are safe and not harm our note to remove/freeze.
- Apps that can help save and/or monitor battery consumptions.
- Apps that are a good substitute because they consume less battery.
- Your personal settings/kernel/roms and how you achieve an awesome battery life.
- Steps to properly calibrate battery.
- Anything else that would help.
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The list of removable apps.
Even more apps can be removed.
InputEventApp.apk
SMTSetup.apk
DataCreate.apk
PCWClients.apk
PopUiReceiver.apk
Preconfig.apk
SMTEngine.apk
ShareApp.apk
ShareShotService.apk
SyncMlds.apk (spreadsheet says removal causes battery drain but it did not)
and all test mode apps
Before you remove tracker engines and remote control make sure you have not signed in your samsung account or you'll get force close errors. Best way is factory reset and remove apps.
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Directories that can be removed (this won't improve battery though)
Hdic from System (104MB. I deleed it and had no problem. May be its needed for Samsung Voice)
TTS from System (Text to speech)
chasmodo said:
The list of removable apps.
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Boy124 said:
Even more apps can be removed.
InputEventApp.apk
SMTSetup.apk
DataCreate.apk
PCWClients.apk
PopUiReceiver.apk
Preconfig.apk
SMTEngine.apk
ShareApp.apk
ShareShotService.apk
SyncMlds.apk (spreadsheet says removal causes battery drain but it did not)
and all test mode apps
Before you remove tracker engines and remote control make sure you have not signed in your samsung account or you'll get force close errors. Best way is factory reset and remove apps.
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Directories that can be removed (this won't improve battery though)
Hdic from System (104MB. I deleed it and had no problem. May be its needed for Samsung Voice)
TTS from System (Text to speech)
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How does one remove them?
Thanks
Interesting article on battery calibration...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460553
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Use anttec app manager/ root explorer or your favourite file manager.
There are quite a few system apps that you cannot freeze, but still pop up when not desired. To stop these wasting my battery, I use Autorun Manager Pro to disable all their 'receivers' (these are events they listen for, and start up when the events occur).
Generally I find that they rarely start after that, and only when I use an associated app.
This is the way I deal with those apps you really do need, but do not want running all the time.
Aside from that, I am pretty ruthless about freezing apps using Titanium Backup Pro.
To see what is waking and/or using CPU when the phone is not used, I use Badass Battery Monitor.
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To preserve battery during my day, I use Llama (Location Aware Mobile App). It is very versatile, but can take a long time to get the hang of. Essentially this replaces apps such as Juice Defender if they do not work for you (as they do not for me). It is a manual process to set up, but gives you much more control in many ways. Here are the things I use it for to help extend my battery life:
Manage my WiFi
When I am at home or at work, I get it to turn on my WiFi. This saves leaving it on all day wasting juice when I am out. I get it to turn off the WiFi 1 minute after the screen is turned off, and back on again when the screen is turned on and I am not at home or work. I find this far more effective than the built-in 'sleep when screen is off' which often does not work at all. I stop it turning off if I am using apps like Internet Radio, too.
Manage my Mobile Data
When I am at home or work, I turn off Mobile Data. This prevents apps seeking a connection and getting 3G (etc) when my WiFi is asleep. Saves loads of battery, as well as mobile data allowance. I could turn it off when the screen is off too, but when I am out and about is when I most need alerts, rather than when I am in front of my PC, as I am at work and home (sad but true). It could be a bigger battery saver like that for many users.
Screen Rotation
This is quite a drain, small but steady, and frankly I like my screen to stay still. I find it irritating when lying down to have it jump about, too. Certain apps need / prefer landscape, so I just allow rotation when these apps are being used. It then turns off when they close. A very neat solution, but a bit of a pain to set for all applicable apps. There may be separate apps that do this for you (I like having all the control in one app).
Sounds
I make all my sounds very quiet at work, and medium at home, and loud & vibrate when I am out. This saves manual messing about. Probably not much saving.
Brightness
My next project is to adjust the brightness of the display according to location and time. Probably a lot of potential saving, but it may be too difficult to set and may override my manual settings, eg when the sun comes out and I want it brighter. I'll see (and update this if I do).
Battery Level
I use this to kill everything except phone use and turn the display right down when the battery hits 20%. The phone can last a heck of a long time like that, as much as two days. I have had a Note not being used last for 10 days, so I expect a 10% per day drain without anything running. A potential life-saver (literally, perhaps).
Sync Apps on Charge
I start up all apps that sync over WiFi 1 minute after starting a mains charge. I do that every night, so all my syncing apps will not waste WiFi energy when I am at home or work.
OK, so why do all that? Why save all that battery?
Then I can play games and listen to books & music !
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I also use DroidWall to stop any apps except those I allow to use Mobile Data or WiFi. This can save a lot or wasted battery in my experience.
I also feel naked without my firewall. It was the main reason I had to get Root access to the phone.
With JKay mod you can have lower autobrightness profile.
Thanks guys for helping out!
IMPORTANT: I have tried Anttek and Gemini to freeze apps. However, I couldn't unfreeze/defrost them afterwards. The app would let me click unfreeze/defrost but I still couldn't see the apps even after a reboot. I just want to point that out based on experience because I froze market and I couldn't get it back lol.
- Apps that can freeze other apps:
** Titanium Backup PRO
** Anttek App Manager
** Gemini App Manager
Someone correct me if I'm wrong about unfreeze/defrost.
it's useful,thank you so much guys!!!
is it UV can also help to battery saving??
-Root
-Flash KINGDROID rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471228
-Flash Franco test kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23850636&postcount=1691
-Purchase Anker 2500ma battery ($11.99) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525175
-Freeze wifi sharing/wifi sharing manager.
Results. 5h 18m of screen on time. I would guess you could get well over 2 days total charge with moderate use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24084760&postcount=791
All oyu need to do is turn off "3g" mode and use the device with 2g.. aka gprs and only turn on the 3g when you need it.
Now I have 36% and I use my Note since 2 days 11 hours and 36 minutes but my record is 3 days 15 hours and 47 minutes )))
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stock rom and unrooted btw
mR.fR34ky said:
All oyu need to do is turn off "3g" mode and use the device with 2g.. aka gprs and only turn on the 3g when you need it.
Now I have 36% and I use my Note since 2 days 11 hours and 36 minutes but my record is 3 days 15 hours and 47 minutes )))
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stock rom and unrooted btw
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How do you turn off 3g? lol
Also whats the on screen time after 2days 11hrs 36mins?
Thanks
JayMurda said:
How do you turn off 3g? lol
Thanks
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settings-wireless and network-mobile network-network mode-GSM only.
Another tweak is underclock and activate system power saving mode.
Max 800mhz is sufficient to surf internet, check emails and sync etc.
My battery is draining faster than normal after recent update. I hardly used much today and battery usage show the following uses.
Display 31%
Cell stand by 21%
voiced calls 18%
phone idle 13%
forgot to mention but I also use the system battery saving option ) with go laucnher ex no lags at all btw my screen on time is not so much becouse I use it mainly for listen music etc
alonedreamz said:
it's useful,thank you so much guys!!!
is it UV can also help to battery saving??
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I forgot that. Yes is do undervolt on the most common settings, ie 100, 200 and 1400 MHz. The CPU rarely goes to the others, but I am on the Abyss kernel. Franco may be better.
My CPU does not work at UV less than about 50 mV under standard. Some can go much lower. The trick is to lower it, and then use it for a while. If all is well, lower it again. Repeat until you get problems, then raise it at least a notch, maybe two (to be safe).
I use ROM Toolbox for this, although I used to use CPU++ (I prefer all my tools in one app is all).
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Boy124 said:
Another tweak is underclock and activate system power saving mode.
Max 800mhz is sufficient to surf internet, check emails and sync etc.
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There are definite disadvantages to this. The logic is that the work required is required. It is fixed number of cycles. Under-clocking merely makes the work take longer, and the CPU spends more time working before going back to a rest state, where it uses much less juice.
Basically the benefit of battery saved by running at 800MHz is nowhere near the cost of running the CPU for 150% of the time. Rest states use a great deal less battery.
Having said that, I set my CPU to under-clock to 500 MHz when the battery temp reaches 60 C. I figure it must slow down at that point!
Hi guys I'm really depressed because my phone is not working as it should be. There is a problem that appeared two weeks ago, my battery is having a massive drain with no apparently reason. I already tried everything, from installing a custom rom, deactivate all bloatware and Google Apps, installing different firmwares from Samsung, made several factory resets, changed my sim card, among other things. Even if I keep WiFi, mobile data, GPS, sync and all other things off, or even if I put on airplane mode and ultra power saving, that doesn't avoid my phone's battery to drain about 30% on a single night when I go to sleep and at a rate of 10% per hour in the morning. Looking at the battery usage the process that is giving me problems is gpsd which I don't know what it is. The rare thing is that if I remove my sim card this doesn't happen, or when I reset the phone with the sim in and don't activate mobile data my phone behaves normally but when I turn on data this starts happening again. Also I notice that almost never goes to deep sleep. The phone's model is G900h by the way. Here are some screens I took so you can look at this problem. I would really appreciate if you could help me because I am dying here, I rooted the phone and triggered Knox counter so I sadly lost my guarantee.
Anyone?
Do you use Google maps? It may be running in the background and draining your battery. Try disabling maps in settings and see if that fixes it
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http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4886
This link has some info on the problem, have you gone to location settings in your phone and Google settings and turned everything off related to location such a location reporting?
Yes I did turned everything off regarding location settings. I disabled maps and everything that may be using GPS. I'm sure it's not an app I have installed because I made a factory reset and disabled several bloatware and Google Apps. But I tried something drastic, with root manager I made a copy of the gpsd file on my SD and erase it from my phone. I hope that would solve this hirritating problem
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the process that is giving me problems is gpsd which I don't know what it is.
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Anyone?
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How can you not know what gpsd is when the simplest Google search would tell you? A reasonable person would have tried a search before posting as one would reasonably expect that there is a wealth of information in existing threads for most subjects. A ten second search will answer most questions (including this one).
Google search: android gpsd
Gpsd is as you would expect from the name is probably a GPS daemon. And it's unlikely to be the culprit. Rather whatever process calls gpsd will be at fault. That is probably some program that tries to frequently check it's location or otherwise poll the GPS status. Which is supported by your observation that the problem disappears if you remove your SIM card. At the top of the list is Google now or related Google programs that are infamous for this behaviour.
Google cares a lot more about tracking your location and targeting ads at you than your battery life. A forum search will find detailed information about how to fix the issue to markedly reduce battery use in existing threads. In short by restricting the Google app's permissions. Or search my post history, I wrote about this at length a hundred or so posts back.
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I'm sure you've already done that, but take a look at what apps/processes are running on your phone. Perhaps one of them is (part of) the problem?
Check your wakelocks,
Go get wakelock detector and let it run and see whats triggering your phone.
Never had the gpsd issue.
18 hours with 37 percent left?
You're doing pretty well,
did you manage to solve that problem? i have the same problem, even when i disable all location services it keeps draining my battery. I installed wakelock detector but it says it doens't work on kitkat.
Yes I did, thanks very much to all of you for your help. The culprit for this problem in my case was one of the Google apps. I only root my phone so to be able to uninstalled every gapp with titanium backup and then download the ones I needed from the play store
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Yes I did, thanks very much to all of you for your help. The culprit for this problem in my case was one of the Google apps. I only root my phone so to be able to uninstalled every gapp with titanium backup and then download the ones I needed from the play store
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did you find out wich of the gapps was the culprit? did you try disabling it instead of rooting to uninstall?
Well, I've been searching for days on this so hopefully someone here has some insight on this.
I'm having some pretty bad wakelock issues, and I can't figure out what's causing this. I'd rather not root the device, since I have Nexus Protect and don't want to risk voiding that, so the tools I'm left with to figure out what's causing this are a bit primitive.
I read somewhere that Bluetooth scanning can cause wakelock issues like this, so I turned that off yesterday. So far today, the results are the same.
Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/HltQ7
As you can see, I've barely been using the thing at all, and yet it's been awake almost constantly since I left for work this morning. As far as widgets, all I'm using are Google Clock, Google Calendar, and Weather Timeline. I have multiple Google accounts connected to the phone, but only one with synced items (and only what's absolutely necessary. Naturally, I've cleared app cache and system cache and rebooted, and I do not have Facebook or Messenger installed.
To be fair, we need a little more info including the build you're on. The changes you're making are small and clearly not changing anything for you. The multiple accounts are a possibility, and you could try syncing them and then turning sync off, or deleting them and beginning again. You could try booting in safe mode and testing it that way.
Personally, I'd back up the device, unlock the bootloader, flash the latest factory image and set up again (which is often el goog's advice) to see if the issue recurs. If it does you relock the bootloader and get onto Nexus Protect.
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Well, I've been searching for days on this so hopefully someone here has some insight on this.
I'm having some pretty bad wakelock issues, and I can't figure out what's causing this. I'd rather not root the device, since I have Nexus Protect and don't want to risk voiding that, so the tools I'm left with to figure out what's causing this are a bit primitive.
I read somewhere that Bluetooth scanning can cause wakelock issues like this, so I turned that off yesterday. So far today, the results are the same.
Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/HltQ7
As you can see, I've barely been using the thing at all, and yet it's been awake almost constantly since I left for work this morning. As far as widgets, all I'm using are Google Clock, Google Calendar, and Weather Timeline. I have multiple Google accounts connected to the phone, but only one with synced items (and only what's absolutely necessary. Naturally, I've cleared app cache and system cache and rebooted, and I do not have Facebook or Messenger installed.
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Unfortunately you're not going to be able to properly investigate what's causing the wakelocks without root. Any accurate app that can investigate this, like BetterBatteryStats, requires root.
so it seems that google search is the number one thing killing your battery. Try disabling that for a day or two and see how your battery fairs.
Like others have said, you can't really find out what specifically is causing the wakelock without root. Rooting your nexus will not affect your nexus protect warranty. You can restore it to stock very easily by flashing system in fastboot
Well I bit the bullet and rooted my device today, so I'll be able to take a closer look at this after normal use tomorrow - but currently I'm thinking it could be due (at least in part) to my workplace WiFi configuration. On my home network the wakelocks are pretty normal, but whenever I'm on the workplace WiFi it's held awake constantly. Upon disabling WiFi I'm seeing FAR more reasonable Awake frequency/times: http://imgur.com/dYstikJ
Amplify, greenify and autostarts, sort of deals with everything.
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Also I wouldn't leave bbs or battery monitors on your phone when you're not wake lock hunting. As they tend to burn battery themselves
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Amplify, greenify and autostarts, sort of deals with everything.
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Also I wouldn't leave bbs or battery monitors on your phone when you're not wake lock hunting. As they tend to burn battery themselves
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BBS doesn't sap battery at all. Well, not enough to matter anyway.
Heisenberg said:
BBS doesn't sap battery at all. Well, not enough to matter anyway.
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That's actually not true
It definitely had an impact.
My point is, don't leave it on there is you've found the issue. There is no point.
dladz said:
That's actually not true
It definitely had an impact.
My point is, don't leave it on there is you've found the issue. There is no point.
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Show me some corroborating data on this and I'll eat my words. I agree that there are some battery apps out there that waste a lot of resources (I'm looking at you, Cheetah Mobile), but BBS is not one of them.
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That's actually not true
It definitely had an impact.
My point is, don't leave it on there is you've found the issue. There is no point.
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Just to further clarify what I'm saying, the app doesn't run in the background, it only runs when you open it and simply retrieves the data that is already generated at a system level. From the OP in the BBS thread:
BetterBatteryStats is calling the "batteryinfo" service of Android to retrieve data already lying there without generating overhead. Since Kitkat Google has revoked the permission for normal apps to access these stats (without valid reasons IMHO). You can read more about that here.
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Show me some corroborating data on this and I'll eat my words. I agree that there are some battery apps out there that waste a lot of resources (I'm looking at you, Cheetah Mobile), but BBS is not one of them.
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Mate I will have to do some looking into it. I already removed the application as I saw it burn down battery more as it was installed, why would I say it if it wasn't true lol, how do I benefit here?
I bought the app. Its not an apk and I'm not trying to be disrespectful here either but I saw drain. It's going to be a pain and I have very little time anyway in my life but ok. I'll get you some proof.
Actively collaborating data on that level has to have an implication on power, if it's symptoms reading a file then why do we need the app? Why not just read the file ourselves?
That's not me suggesting it, that's just common sense, surely you can see that prior to me proving it.
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Mate I will have to do some looking into it. I already removed the application as I saw it burn down battery more as it was installed, why would I say it if it wasn't true lol, how do I benefit here?
I bought the app. Its not an apk and I'm not trying to be disrespectful here either but I saw drain. It's going to be a pain and I have very little time anyway in my life but ok. I'll get you some proof.
Actively collaborating data on that level has to have an implication on power. That's not me suggesting it, that's just common sense, surely you can see that prior to me proving it.
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See my other reply. The app only runs when you open it and it refreshes then and only then, no running in the background. It's pulling existing data that's already generated by the OS. Sure, it uses power, I'm not denying that (any app has to use power). What I'm saying is it only uses power when you're actually in the app, nowhere near enough to have a noticeable impact on battery life.
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See my other reply. The app only runs when you open it and it refreshes then and only then, no running in the background. It's pulling existing data that's already generated by the OS. Sure, it uses power, I'm not denying that (any app has to use power). What I'm saying is it only uses power when you're actually in the app, nowhere near enough to have a noticeable impact on battery life.
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I don't deny what you're saying. All I know is it uses power mate. Why have something running when you've anyway used it to fix what you can?
Amplify does a better job on its own.
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I don't deny what you're saying. All I know is it uses power mate. Why have something running when you've anyway used it to fix what you can?
Amplify does a better job on its own.
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It doesn't claim to save any power, it's simply a tool for investigating power usage. I run it constantly, I use it to check how often certain apps are waking, or to check screen-on time and the amount of time the phone is awake while not actually in use. The point I'm making is it's virtually impossible for this app to use an amount of power that would have a noticeable impact on battery life, because of the fact that it only runs when you actually open it. You open it, it gathers existing data that has already been collected external to the app, you view the data, you close the app, it's no longer running.
Amplify is a completely different app, and it actually does have to run in the background, so if anything Amplify would use significantly more power than BBS.
So not sure if this has already been posted and / or discussed elsewhere. Did a quick search and didn't find anything.
I was having pretty decent battery life on my s7 edge, but still getting random wakelocks that were only stopped by a restart. I was using package disabler to disable bloatware etc.
Usually it would show up as Android OS which was causing the stay awake. Device would not go into deep sleep when this was happening.
A bit of playing around and I noticed once the wakelock started I could get it to stop by restarting the phone or turning off bluetooth. I use android wear so turning off bluetooth wasn't an option.
Some googling led me to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/bluetooth-causing-wakelock-t3237226
Mentions gas buddy app causing wakelock due to polling location via bluetooth (beacons...?), and some sort of bug or bad programming being the main culprit. Anyway, point being once I removed gas buddy everything was great and I had no more extended wakelocks for no reason.
I hadn't seen anyone post it in here, and clearly it does have the same issues on our phones. I see a lot of people talking about bad battery life, so hopefully this helps.
Keep in mind that gas buddy isn't the only app which has issues like this - it just seems to be the most common one. Check your apps as while it might not report it that way, but could be the root caused of wakelocks and subsequent bad battery life.
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So not sure if this has already been posted and / or discussed elsewhere. Did a quick search and didn't find anything.
I was having pretty decent battery life on my s7 edge, but still getting random wakelocks that were only stopped by a restart. I was using package disabler to disable bloatware etc.
Usually it would show up as Android OS which was causing the stay awake. Device would not go into deep sleep when this was happening.
A bit of playing around and I noticed once the wakelock started I could get it to stop by restarting the phone or turning off bluetooth. I use android wear so turning off bluetooth wasn't an option.
Some googling led me to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/bluetooth-causing-wakelock-t3237226
Mentions gas buddy app causing wakelock due to polling location via bluetooth (beacons...?), and some sort of bug or bad programming being the main culprit. Anyway, point being once I removed gas buddy everything was great and I had no more extended wakelocks for no reason.
I hadn't seen anyone post it in here, and clearly it does have the same issues on our phones. I see a lot of people talking about bad battery life, so hopefully this helps.
Keep in mind that gas buddy isn't the only app which has issues like this - it just seems to be the most common one. Check your apps as while it might not report it that way, but could be the root caused of wakelocks and subsequent bad battery life.
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Related question: How are you determining wakelocks? Are you rooted?
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GiancarloMorr24 said:
Related question: How are you determining wakelocks? Are you rooted?
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I am not rooted. This makes the whole wakelock detecting a whole lot harder.
I simply use cpuspy and watch when the phone isn't going into deep sleep, but rather idling at the lowest cpu speed. This usually means a wakelock so I head over to the battery section in settings and look at what is listed there for stay awake times. this is what lead me to android os, and then bluetooth (as android os aggregates a lot of different services into it's stats)
Hi,
Is anyone having sensor battery drain issue with WhatsApp?
This during my sleep where the sensor is on 100%.
Not sure how to turn it off.
I excluded WhatsApp in the whitelist for battery monitor.
Wondering if anyone have similar issue.
Yes. I posted this to another thread and got no responses. I wound up uninstalling. There is no reason for this. Their support was useless
Kill the whatsup? Do you really need to get updates while sleeping? Are there any settings, how often program updates? Any program that misbehaves like this gets deleted from my phone: either it's broken/not working properly or it's the way it works, not sure which is worse.
I have this drain, too. BBS says Sensor: invensense Accelerometer(1), wakeup=false, Time: xxh xxm. In another thread someone suggests that this drain is related to the usage of whatsapp web. I use wa web a lot, but the drain continues even if I don't use it and even when I kill and restart whatsapp. Why does wa need the Acceleromter?
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With the latest WA version (2.17.190) the high battery drain doesn't occur anymore. It seems the problem is solved.
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I have this drain, too. BBS says Sensor: invensense Accelerometer(1), wakeup=false, Time: xxh xxm. In another thread someone suggests that this drain is related to the usage of whatsapp web. I use wa web a lot, but the drain continues even if I don't use it and even when I kill and restart whatsapp. Why does wa need the Acceleromter?
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With the latest WA version (2.17.190) the high battery drain doesn't occur anymore. It seems the problem is solved.
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Isn't the case for me. I have OnePlus 3T, with the WA version you mentioned above, and I still have this issue.
Bump. Anyone get anything useful from their support?
No help from Whatsapp support. Uninstalled and reinstalled, same issue. Reset the phone, the issue still persists. I need Whatsapp for my daily work so can't afford to remove it. I hope GSAM/BBS are reporting it correctly. Will have to wait for another update and keeping fingers crossed they solve this bug.
Anything off this? The problem still persist, the app uses the acelerometer like crazy in my moto x style.
I stop caring and just use the phone as it is.
Still getting 6 hrs of sot.
Some apps are using the sensor and I bet if we disable them the battery life will improve.
I dont see the drain anymore. Did you update Whatsapp?
I'm getting the drain atm... phone was at 88% last night.. got up this am and it was 55% and WhatsApp was using 23% above everything else..
I have the same issue...is there anyway to deny permission to whatsapp for sensor usage?
Anyone managed to solve this one? It's really annoying. Thinking about it, the only (reasonable) reason for Whatsapp to use acceletometer would be the camera, right? Since I never use Whatsapp's camera I just disabled the camera service for whatsapp and blocked Whatsapp from using phone's camera in the Privacy Guard settings, will see if that changes anything - so far this seems to be working.
I have the same problem
Still having the same problem...
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Still having the same problem
Put whatsapp to sleep, go to Apps->Special access--> Optimize Battery usage and enable Whatsapp here. Then go to device maintenance, remove it from 'unmonitored apps' if present and add to 'always sleeping' apps. Try this for a day and check BBS for wakelocks. Also you might want to check partial wakelocks when 'screen off' and not 'since charged'. You may miss messages for a day or two but its worth the effort
linom said:
Put whatsapp to sleep, go to Apps->Special access--> Optimize Battery usage and enable Whatsapp here. Then go to device maintenance, remove it from 'unmonitored apps' if present and add to 'always sleeping' apps. Try this for a day and check BBS for wakelocks. Also you might want to check partial wakelocks when 'screen off' and not 'since charged'. You may miss messages for a day or two but its worth the effort
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But this is happening me on a Oneplus 3T... I dont have that option
airiartev said:
But this is happening me on a Oneplus 3T... I dont have that option
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Then why dont you post on that forum? You may not get answers here.
What did you use to make it all black?
The same problem.
It's look like WA collect my activity data.
Any way to (may be utility) to deny WA use acceleration sensor?