Hey everybody!
I have noticed some strange behavior with my TicWatch Pro 3 Ultra GPS.
During the day, the power consumption is moderate and absolutely acceptable. However, the power consumption is significantly increased at night.
Looking for the cause, I found out with the help of Battery Historian that the GPS is obviously the reason.
When I go to sleep, I always turn on Airplane Mode on the watch to further limit all network activity and save power, and turn it off accordingly after I get up.
I have attached a screenshot from Battery Historian. I have inserted the vertical red bars as markers, when the Airplane Mode was activated or deactivated by me.
The process that activates the GPS seems to be Wear OS itself (com.google.android.wearable.app).
I had also already reset the watch to factory settings.
The first night, interestingly, GPS is only ever activated briefly. Whereas on the second night GPS is almost constantly active.
Before the factory reset, the GPS behavior looked similar.
So far, I had always left GPS activated on the watch, since I assumed that it would also be deactivated when Airplane Mode was activated. However, a look into the settings told me that this is not the case.
Ultimately, I do not understand why the watch wants to access the GPS constantly and almost permanently when Airplane Mode is active.
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I've exactly the same problem. I was getting crazy as the watch consumed 3 time more battery overnight with airplane mode than during the day.
Maybe the problem is related to not having a connection to the phone. As far as I know, when the watch is connected to the phone, it doesn't use its own GPS. I assume there must be some internal process (like updating the weather) that tries to get GPS signal.
I'll try different setting combination on the next nights
Dear friends,
I came here for the same exact issue and I'm glad it is a known bug and it was detected.
I'm asking to the OP which is the app you use to have that battery stats. I need it also
Thanks in advance
mrasquinho said:
Dear friends,
I came here for the same exact issue and I'm glad it is a known bug and it was detected.
I'm asking to the OP which is the app you use to have that battery stats. I need it also
Thanks in advance
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I use this one:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=strange.watch.longevity.ion
Same issues here, can anyone post the link to ticwatch FB on this issue?
I don't think the affected WearOS version is something we can really opt-out ...
alienmind said:
Same issues here, can anyone post the link to ticwatch FB on this issue?
I don't think the affected WearOS version is something we can really opt-out ...
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https://m.facebook.com/groups/2952679438107711/permalink/8447345481974385/
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Yea yea another GPS thread but not complaining GPS locks perfectly fine but i noticed how much stronger and and accurate signal after putting into flight mode,,
Here is my result
in flight mode that's about 20 seconds and without flight mode about 1 min with cell on.
Also with cell on its not stable it bounces around with google map and with flightmode it locks down right to my exact position.
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yea people dont have problems with GPS, i thought i didn't. Its one thing to get quick lock its another how accurate it really is
So yea try flight mode and see how much more accurate and stable signal is. It seems the cell signal interferes with GPS signal
BTW this was done with JI6
Also use GPS tool from market and when running to switch between flightmode just hold power button and switch back and fourth that way. So gps tools stays open and you can see in real time the significant impact it has
I think you are right. I did the same test myself a few mins ago. I definitely got a stronger signal faster with flight mode on.
Fair enough, but are competing phones affected in the same manner? Why do we Vibrant owners need to put up functionality disadvantages like this? Ridiculous.
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I think you are right. I did the same test myself a few mins ago. I definitely got a stronger signal faster with flight mode on.
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Yea i tested again driving and with very good GPS signal its not as bad but still noticeable.
In flight mode i was at around 10-15 feet accuracy and when i shut off flight mode it climbed to 25-30 turned it on again and drop back down to 10feet
im wondering if it has to do with the modem, JI6 modem seems to drain battery quicker meaning its probably putting out a stronger signal for better connection and im thinking its interfering with the GPS...but IDK this probably happens with older firmwares also
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Fair enough, but are competing phones affected in the same manner?
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I never had any issues with my nexus one
I'm on stock 4.2.1 ROM and Franco r23.
I have my Wi-Fi policy set to "never", which should turn it off when the screen is off and the phone is sleeping.
But it's not doing that and I don't know why?
I use Better Battery Stats and an attaching a couple of screens so that someone can suggest why the Wi-Fi refuses to shut off and allow the phone to truly enter deep sleep. The second screen shot shows that Gmail is the top process in terms of battery usage, so I'm wondering if that's the culprit as gmail sync is always set on push, and can't be changed to any other schedule?
If so, this is a huge oversight by Google.
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Thanks!
Bump......anyone else seeing this issue/have solution?
yup me too
Globespy said:
Bump......anyone else seeing this issue/have solution?
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I have the same issue but worse.
Not only does my wifi not turn off no matter what the setting is, it does shut off my mobile connection.
When I turn on the phone after a long time period I see the mobile connection triangle blacked out and after a few seconds turns back on.
After that the issue continues even when the phone isn't in deep sleep. VERY ANNOYING
But no matter what the wifi is always alive.
Still not sure this isn;t a hardware problem and if it is I'm ruined because I don't live in the states.
Let me know if you find a solution, I'll do the same.
BTW I'm on 4.2.1 stock rom as well .
same here, wifi stays on, even if in deep sleep...
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Other strange problem, when I manually disable WiFi, like 2 times in picture, data does not turn on. I have to switch 2G-3G and it connects or airplane.
This is not fair, finally after all those years waiting perfect andorid phone... like someone previously said Nexus 4 is like Bugatti, nice, fast and powerful but only for few miles.
My phone's battery is constantly being drained by one thing or another. I shut off location services, and Google Search becomes the problem. I shut off Google Search, and Play Services drains the battery. I uninstalled Play Services and now my battery use looks like this.
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I don't know what to do. Is it time for a factory reset? I am rooted, but stock. I assume I would have to unroot before a reset.
Give us some specific numbers and we might be able to help. The screenshot you put up means nothing. Either more info or BBS screenshots (or maybe even Wakelock Detector)
Yeah, hop on Android Market. Download Wakelock Detector and the next time you pull it off of the charger leave it be for a couple hours. It'll keep track of what is keeping your phone from sleeping. For example your phone can be awake without the screen being on, and that's probably where the issue lies. Make sure it's set to CPU Wakelock. Then come back with some screens of that. We'll get a better idea of what we me be able to do to help.
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I've been using Wakelock Detector, but I guess I am unable to interpret the results. They seem inconsistent. My phone was recently rebooted and is being charged, but I will post a shot of WD later. The top result earlier today was Google Music (which I almost never use). It did not seem like a terribly long period of time it was on, though. I think it was less than 6 minutes. I turned off sync for it regardless.
I assume BBS BetterBatteryStats. I'll go purchase it.
Thanks for the help. I do appreciate it.
Hm... How long have you had the phone? If you're in the grace period still, it couldn't hurt to replace it. Every now and then, defectives slip through. Knowing how well the G2 battery is supposed be, I do it very unusual that you're suffering a hit in that department.
Edit: I still think there has to be a rogue app somewhere. Especially with android system taking so much of your battery.
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Battery is almost full, doesn't seem odd to me with phone sleep. Need wakelock info form BBS.
The HandleMediaEvent sub service of Android System is randomly causing solid bar wakelocks for me. Rebooting the device usually fixes the issue temporarily. The only thing I could find after some googling on the issue was this older thread on a GS4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483630
it seemed to think the issue could be caused by bluetooth devices. I Have a Moto 360, and use bluetooth earbuds almost everyday. But, I'd think there would be more reports of this problem if it was caused by that
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My stats got reset on WLD so I dont have a screenshot showing it was the HandleMediaEvent service.
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The HandleMediaEvent sub service of Android System is randomly causing solid bar wakelocks for me. Rebooting the device usually fixes the issue temporarily. The only thing I could find after some googling on the issue was this older thread on a GS4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483630
it seemed to think the issue could be caused by bluetooth devices. I Have a Moto 360, and use bluetooth earbuds almost everyday. But, I'd think there would be more reports of this problem if it was caused by that
My stats got reset on WLD so I dont have a screenshot showing it was the HandleMediaEvent service.
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i have the exact same problem anyone got an advice?
I found out what causes it, but not a solution. using a button on a bluetooth device to pause/play/skip/voulme etc, can sometimes cause the wakelock.
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I found out what causes it, but not a solution. using a button on a bluetooth device to pause/play/skip/voulme etc, can sometimes cause the wakelock.
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I also checked out my battery behaviour this night and was very disappointed. Although my phone was in flight mode and every peripherals and services shut down, today morning my phone was crying for energy. So I made a quick investigation in my power diagram and found out, that "Android OS" requested a wakelock during the whole power-on time. So I installed "CPU Spy" to check in which states the phone was really over the whole charging period. I couldn't believe my eyes. Although the kernel should do it's job good, cause most of the CPU times are in lower freqeuncy states, the deep sleep mode was never activated.
Therefore I installed an app called "Wakelock Detector" to check out which apps could cause that. I found out, that S Health had a big amount of wakelocks and also active-time, so the first thing was to disable S Health. After some minutes I checked back, but nevertheless still no deep sleep time in "CPU Spy".
So I searched around and found another one arguing about the wakelocks and that they could be the products of some programming issues concerning WiFi. The should be gone, after turning off WiFi and rebooting yout phone. And it seems that he was right. I waited some time and hooray, "CPU Spy" listed the phone state "Deep Sleep" the first time as an active state and also with the major active-time. So at least that was some step ahead. (I have to remark, that S Health was already unfrozen at this time, so S Health should not be responsible in any way.)
The next step was to reactivate WiFi, leave it on and set the phone on standby. After some time I checked back again the phone showed even more deep sleep time. So that was an improvement. I reactivated everything and waited some time... Deep Sleep all over the time. Can't figure out for now, if it was S Health, WiFi, or anything else that caused the wakelock for sure. At least the reboot helped. I'll check that out on a long-term test, maybe I get some further conclusions.
Hi Folks,
I have been suffering with abysmal battery life for the past couple of weeks since I got my device(910F). So much so that yesterday I rooted the phone just to get betterbatterystats to give me more information on what was draining the battery.
Low and behold it turns out bluetooth is the culprit. I have a moto 360 that I have paired with the phone.
Before I switched bluetooth off i had 2 kernel wakelocks occupying 88% of the time since i took it off charge (bluesleep & msm-serial_hs_dma).
As soon as I switched off bluetooth these wakelocks where immediately released.
Also when checking CPU states prior to disabling bluetooth no time was spent in deepsleep. As soon as I turn off bluetooth I'm now seeing 23% (and growing) of the time spent in deep sleep.
Has anyone else had this issue with their Note? Seems like bluetooth is keeping the phone awake and not letting it enter deep sleep.
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bluetooth on
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I've the same problem whit my Note 4 (N910F). I've 3 devices constantly connected with my phone: LG G Watch R, Fitbit Flex and Xiaomi MiBand.
I've a custom rom: Emotion Revolution Note4 Lollipop based (BOB4 and BOC3 versions have the same problem)
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I have exactly the same issue on my Sony Z3. Take a look to here. You'll feel at home!!
Did you find any solution workaround?
This things is driving me crazy.
It looks to not a very popular issue around XDA. Could it be an app? Hw problem?
My note 4 is on 5.0.1, and this just started yesterday. I always keep my Bluetooth on with great battery life. Today, however, my phone will not enter deep sleep until I turn off Bluetooth.
I cleared the data on the Bluetooth and BluetoothTest processes, and my problem is solved. Now, understand that I've been turning bluetooth off and on constantly as I use my hands-free device for calls and turn bluetooth back off to save battery, so something may started functioning properly along the way without clearing those previously mentioned data and caches. Either way, I leave bluetooth on 100% of the time again, and my battery life is again stellar.