After trying too many fixes from various thread I am really unhappy about the battery drain issue of my SGS2.
Here is a fix which makes me happy at last. You all who facing this problem can try this. This works best when you are with custom roms. But stock also shows improvement.
1st you have to root your SGS2 and just freeze the below process with titanium(paid version) or root uninstaller(free version) apps from the market.
"software update"
Try this if your battery last then usual thank me.
You can also stop the service from application menu but its auto starts so.....try those apps.
Thank you.
jony013 said:
After trying too many fixes from various thread I am really unhappy about the battery drain issue of my SGS2.
Here is a fix which makes me happy at last. You all who facing this problem can try this. This works best when you are with custom roms. But stock also shows improvement.
Just freeze the below process with titanium(paid version) or root uninstaller(its free) apps from the market.
"software update"
Try this if your battery last then usual thank me.
You can also stop the service from application menu but its auto starts so.....try those apps.
Thank you.
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Interesting mate,
Always worth a shot)
apparently you need to have root the phone to be able to do it with root uninstaller
jony013 said:
After trying too many fixes from various thread I am really unhappy about the battery drain issue of my SGS2.
Here is a fix which makes me happy at last. You all who facing this problem can try this. This works best when you are with custom roms. But stock also shows improvement.
Just freeze the below process with titanium(paid version) or root uninstaller(its free) apps from the market.
"software update"
Try this if your battery last then usual thank me.
You can also stop the service from application menu but its auto starts so.....try those apps.
Thank you.
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Have just frozen, will report back in a couple of days.
Previous posts suggest the same reason seems to be that its always trying to connect .
jje
Yea...its the only service that always trying to connect to the Samsung server. I tested the whole process and mega battery drain in custom rom happens by this process. and also for stock you will see improvement if you freeze the process.
greigster said:
Have just frozen, will report back in a couple of days.
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thanks....but 24 hours would be good and if you stopped the service from the application menu its auto starts. so freeze that.
I have just installed watchdog monitoring app,you can specify tho Samsung update app to be killed at a certain threshold by adding it to vlog blacklist the threshold for me is ok at 1% it never runs!
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honestly, if you guys really feel the need for better battery life I would try pulser's VillainRom. I'm getting easily a 1 day 15 hours for normal usage out of my phone.
Is Software Update a Samsung service or Android's own updater? Wouldn't want to block Android's.
I've already frozen Wifi Sharing and most Samsung apps, and already seeing a 12 hour+ improvement of battery life.
Can someone confirm my first question, please? Thanks.
MustNotSleep said:
Is Software Update a Samsung service or Android's own updater? Wouldn't want to block Android's.
I've already frozen Wifi Sharing and most Samsung apps, and already seeing a 12 hour+ improvement of battery life.
Can someone confirm my first question, please? Thanks.
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12hr+ improvement? You serious? You gained 12 hours of extra battery life?1
rantzzz said:
12hr+ improvement? You serious? You gained 12 hours of extra battery life?1
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12+........are you stopped the update service also????
YES!!!!!!
jony013 said:
(...)
1st you have to root your SGS2 and just freeze the below process with titanium(paid version) or root uninstaller(free version) apps from the market.
"software update"
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Yes! This is the only solution that works for me!
I've tried everything, and I always spend at least 10mA. Now I spend 1mA-2mA (with data or wifi on). In one day I'll publish the the battery graph.
I'm also using autostarts to prevent some processes run.
(sorry for my english)
icecubix2 said:
Yes! This is the only solution that works for me!
I've tried everything, and I always spend at least 10mA. Now I spend 1mA-2mA (with data or wifi on). In one day I'll publish the the battery graph.
I'm also using autostarts to prevent some processes run.
(sorry for my english)
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Hi there, how do you measure the power consumption of the phone?
deas not help me, still get 12h and that's it, with every ROM i had now. (lightnig , con, E7 stock..)
rantzzz said:
12hr+ improvement? You serious? You gained 12 hours of extra battery life?1
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jony013 said:
12+........are you stopped the update service also????
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Yup, something like that. Before I used to get around 10-12 hours on moderate usage (from 100% to critical <5%), and now I can pretty much go for full 24 hours. This is on stock (rooted) XWKE7 rom with stock launcher, just by freezing all Samsung hubs and WiFi Sharing services. Also remember to be moderate about your widget and Live Wallpaper usage, as well as setting your screen to automatic or low brightness. I have removed most default widgets and have a no-frills LWP.
Samsung apps really eat through your battery.
Anyway, is Software Update Samsung's or Android's updater? Anyone know?
gravityz3r0 said:
Hi there, how do you measure the power consumption of the phone?
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With Battery Monitor Widget Pro (free version). There is a graphic for mA.
I got down to 1mA, but occasionally get back to 20mA of comsumption and I have to kill tasks with task killer pro.
MustNotSleep said:
Is Software Update a Samsung service or Android's own updater? Wouldn't want to block Android's.
I've already frozen Wifi Sharing and most Samsung apps, and already seeing a 12 hour+ improvement of battery life.
Can someone confirm my first question, please? Thanks.
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Could you please provide me with list of samsung apps that are taking battery and can be frozen? Thanks mate!
Thanks for the tip.
Did the trick for me. Easily 10-15 extra hours.
With the very same usage and brightness level as the SGS1, would the SGS2 have the same battery life or better?
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Hey guys,
I've had the galaxy s2 for about 2 months now and am enjoying it. I recently noticed a bit of a change in the battery life I am getting though, I used to be able to get it to last 2 days quite comfortably and now it seems to be struggling. In terms of recent downloads, I've installed the google+ app most recently, perhaps it's that? I've attached the battery usage screenshot.
I haven't really used the phone for anything so it has been sat idle for about a day and is now on like 64% battery. Just wanted to check this was normal? I swear it used to be better.
Any help would be fantastic.
You needed to post the Graph with the chart. Anyway, download 'Better Battery Stats' and see under Wakelocks what's causing the Awakes while screen is off. It's a fantastic app.
Here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Regards.
Hey thanks that's great i downloaded the app and this is what i have found after having my phone on for about a day and 4 hours, it's drained to 50%. please find attached the betterbatterystats screenie
looks like its only really facebook causing any wakelock damage?
any advice / tips? and does anyone know of the most battery efficient to run the phone, any specific custom roms or nightlies?
thanks
Yep, that's definitely Facebook. If you have 2 days with it - it's very nice result, take it easy. You're able to improve battery life by closing facebook agent only
which rom version have you installed?Custom Rom?
try this one *#*#4636#*#*, there is counter where you can see how many times apps started.
Set auto sync off, and take look at your email client(push). Also set samsung apps sync to off.
hope it helps you to figure out what the problem is.
My Battery last at least 18 hours...is it ok??
how do you get battery like that??..please advice
zulk_77 said:
how do you get battery like that??..please advice
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As you can see from his first post (the pic with the battery stat), his phone was, most of the time, at deep sleep or using 200/500 mhz, in other words, his display was ONLY 18% of the time on and because of that his android system was the big battery consumption, which doesn't consume as much as the display.
As you know, the thing that drains your battery the most, is the screen.
So if you want to get this kind of results like jakecarberry, don't play with your device too much only open the phone when you really need it: voice calls/sms and some facebook, and you will get same results.
When I act like that with my phone I get same results but when I decide that today is downloading-games-and-apps-day, and installing them, I can get max 10 hours.
btw, does anyone know how to turn off the Maps like jakecarberry has, which took 5%.
I never open maps and still it is working.
Please don't advise to uninstall the app.
Thx
ShivaShidapu said:
btw, does anyone know how to turn off the Maps like jakecarberry has, which took 5%.
I never open maps and still it is working.
Please don't advise to uninstall the app.
Thx
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1) Click this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1148
2) Click 'SEARCH THIS FORUM' on the right hand side of the page
3) Enter maps battery and press enter.
read the threads.
Still 2 days running, keep reading
sent from my 2.3.3|dxjpe DJGTabs7
tshoulihane said:
1) Click this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1148
2) Click 'SEARCH THIS FORUM' on the right hand side of the page
3) Enter maps battery and press enter.
read the threads.
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Believe me, I did search for that and read almost 10 threads.
But there is no real answer, even if I freeze with Titanium backup it is still running.
Just finished charhing from 9% to 100% in 3 hours, is it normal time?
sent from my 2.3.3|dxkg3 DJGalaxy S2
Declan79 said:
Just finished charhing from 9% to 100% in 3 hours, is it normal time?
sent from my 2.3.3|dxkg3 DJGalaxy S2
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It is normal, like mine.
ShivaShidapu said:
Believe me, I did search for that and read almost 10 threads.
But there is no real answer, even if I freeze with Titanium backup it is still running.
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If you have frozen it then it must have stopped. Otherwise, go to, Settings-Applications-Manage Applications- All- Maps- Clear Data. And make sure that you have Signed Out from Latitude, that thing does drain battery badly.
Regards.
I flashed CM9 on my GSII on Friday and ever since it's had 5-6 hours on usage. I've tried doing the battery calibration stuff, seemed to be better Monday and today it had 50% after a few hours of gaming so that seemed normal but then i reset it and it dropped down to 10%. I tried calibrating again and still 5 hours.
I've been using that Battery Calibration app and it game me 40% charge at ~3500mV. I'm not sure whether that is the battery volume but seeing as 100% was 4200mV something seems wrong.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Ten million exact same posts .
Read thye battery FAQS .
Start with Better Battery Stats threa d and wakelocks .
jje
Is a ICS problem. Drains much battery.-
Now i have a slim ICS + n.e.a.k. kernel, and have great perfomance.-
link:
Rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536783
Kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576355
thefern2008 said:
Is a ICS problem. Drains much battery.-
Now i have a slim ICS + n.e.a.k. kernel, and have great perfomance.-
link:
Rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1536783
Kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576355
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It isn't ICS, i flashed it on a friends GSII at the same time and his last 1-2 days like usual.
i´m test ics roms, and have much differences between them.-
maybe the kernel makes the difference.-
But is a fact that GB has better battery management, that ICS
thefern2008 said:
i´m test ics roms, and have much differences between them.-
maybe the kernel makes the difference.-
But is a fact that GB has better battery management, that ICS
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I have an LG GT540 as well with ICS on it and that would get 8 hours regular usage with it. My GS2 get's less then that without me using it.
Ok you compare with other device, i Spoken to Galaxy s2, Ics have bad battery management, in sleep mode.-
But I´m still test the slim rom with neal kernel and have 53% battery after 30hs. with a general purpose.-
try it this rom an kernel,.-
As was already pointed out, bad battery life is almost always a rogue app keeping the phone awake, install Better Battery Stats and CPU Spy to monitor wake locks and deep sleep, if you find a problem with an app keeping your phone awake, uninstall it and your problem will likely go away. Personally, I've been running CM9 and other variants of ICS for months and I get less than 1% per hour of drain while the screen is off and the phone is asleep, this is better than Gingerbread was.
thracemerin said:
As was already pointed out, bad battery life is almost always a rogue app keeping the phone awake, install Better Battery Stats and CPU Spy to monitor wake locks and deep sleep, if you find a problem with an app keeping your phone awake, uninstall it and your problem will likely go away. Personally, I've been running CM9 and other variants of ICS for months and I get less than 1% per hour of drain while the screen is off and the phone is asleep, this is better than Gingerbread was.
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I am curious - is this during the day with full sync going and data always on as well?
ctomgee said:
I am curious - is this during the day with full sync going and data always on as well?
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Yes, gmail, facebook, etc... Remember that I said screen off, obviously screen on drain is considerably higher.
thracemerin said:
Yes, gmail, facebook, etc... Remember that I said screen off, obviously screen on drain is considerably higher.
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Right, but background sync can still hit the battery, even with screen off. I was just curious.
Ive had days with horrible drain but it was almost always an app doing something dumb and keeping the phone awake, bad cell reception or a noisy wifi router. The trick being to identify wake locks that seem suspicious and track them down.
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any free apps to watch for wake locks? Don't really want to spend 3.00 for better battery stats..
Ravi Shanghavi said:
any free apps to watch for wake locks? Don't really want to spend 3.00 for better battery stats..
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There is a free version of better battery stats on xda in the android section, just look for it. But, do consider supporting the dev, BBS is a great app.
Ravi Shanghavi said:
any free apps to watch for wake locks? Don't really want to spend 3.00 for better battery stats..
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You don't have to. Since you're an XDA member you can download it from here. Just search for it.
ctomgee said:
You don't have to. Since you're an XDA member you can download it from here. Just search for it.
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It's always better for everybody to support the developer by purchasing it on the Play Store, I did it.
It's a thing of principles, if you support developers they will keep improving apps and making our lives more enjoyable with our beloved SG2.
Regards.
Socotroco said:
It's always better for everybody to support the developer by purchasing it on the Play Store, I did it.
It's a thing of principles, if you support developers they will keep improving apps and making our lives more enjoyable with our beloved SG2.
Regards.
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I agree with you, I was just trying to help the guy out who was asking for it.
Don't want to add to Omega ROM's 2000+ page thread.
I've been running the last few Omega JB ROMs and they're very decent speed-wise, however my battery life has basically gone to hell compared to the ICS ROMs. Are all JB ROMs like this? Can you suggest a different JB ROM?
And before anyone makes suggestions, thank you, but I have already done all the usual checking to make sure it's not my apps causing the problem.
Are you sure you haven't got the media scanner problem?
slaphead20 said:
Are you sure you haven't got the media scanner problem?
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The media scanner problem? Please enlighten me
setspeed said:
The media scanner problem? Please enlighten me
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Media scanner goes crazy keeping the device busy, like... at full 1,4GHz speed for long periods of time, some people reported about an hour of this behavior.
The easy way around is disabling it with Rescan Media Root
You can identify this issue using BBS, look for partial wakelocks.
VulguM said:
Media scanner goes crazy keeping the device busy, like... at full 1,4GHz speed for long periods of time, some people reported about an hour of this behavior.
The easy way around is disabling it with Rescan Media Root
You can identify this issue using BBS, look for partial wakelocks.
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Don't think I'm suffering from that. Since boot 10h 41m ago my biggest partial wakelock is Google Maps NetworkLocationLocator 25m 50s, 4% of my battery. Thanks for suggestion, hadn't heard of that issue.
setspeed said:
Don't think I'm suffering from that. Since boot 10h 41m ago my biggest partial wakelock is Google Maps NetworkLocationLocator 25m 50s, 4% of my battery. Thanks for suggestion, hadn't heard of that issue.
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The Google maps thing is related to Google now I'm pretty sure, it adds a bit of drain but imho worth it for the usefulness of it, downloading bus timetables is a thing of the past now
Are all JB ROMs like this?
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No JB rom, be it AOSP-based like Cyanogenmod or Samsung-created, are out of dev-preview/beta so give it some time to mature and get better.
ICS battery life has greatly improved from the first ROM, you cannot expect Jelly bean to be at that point just yet.
d4fseeker said:
No JB rom, be it AOSP-based like Cyanogenmod or Samsung-created, are out of dev-preview/beta so give it some time to mature and get better.
ICS battery life has greatly improved from the first ROM, you cannot expect Jelly bean to be at that point just yet.
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So basically they're all pretty bad on battery life then? That's fine, all I needed to know - I'll not waste my time flashing loads of different ROMs, and just stick with Omega for now
just had 18+ hours up and 7+ hours screen on time of the jb I'm running...I'm ok with that
slaphead20 said:
just had 18+ hours up and 7+ hours screen on time of the jb I'm running...I'm ok with that
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I'm getting less than 4hrs screen-on time, and limp to about 14hrs between charges, compared with almost 6hrs/20+hrs on ICS on the exact same usage.
setspeed said:
I'm getting less than 4hrs screen-on time, and limp to about 14hrs between charges, compared with almost 6hrs/20+hrs on ICS on the exact same usage.
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Fyi....I'm running siyah on rgui,, all Samsung cr*p frozen, JD running, auto synch on, location services on for Google now
Omega was horrible for my battery, then I switched to wanamlite.
In the meanwhile i cleared my user data and performed a heavy cleaning of the rom by means of ROMCleaner and removing even more stuff than mentioned in the ROMCleaner thread.
Therefore I cannot guarantee whether it is a problem in omega's rom or in my data.
After a night the results were satisfactory, as shown in the screenshot. Soon I will start a thread to explain my approach.
Maybe I'll give Wanamlite a try then...
Hi Guys,
You might wana use the Better Battery Stats XDA version. you will see what's eating your battery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
On my phone battery life went down from 20+ hours on stdby to 8 hours on stdby with JB update!
I'll go back to ICS.
-J-
Hi,
I have recently (half a week ago) updated my SII to Jelly Bean from ICS. It's fully stock without root. However, I noticed right away that the battery started draining very quickly and the phone sometimes gets hot. Did a factory reset. Factory reset the phone and format the internal SD and remove the external SD. Didn't help in the slightest. Phone starts draining after resetting. I have tried to flash another stock JB ROM (XEU) and afterwards factory reset the phone again. No dice. I installed CPU Spy to see CPU consumption and it says the phone didn't go into deep sleep at all and 95% of the time it was at 200 Mhz over an 8 hour period or so. So there's a wakelock that's keeping the phone continuously on.
At first, "Media" in battery settings in Settings was the culprit, it drained about 50% of the battery. I have searched the web and it's a pretty common battery drain on JB. I did try to disable the service and its battery consumption went down dramatically. But for some reason it turned on again. But right now Android OS and Android System are both draining most of the battery. I have also installed BetterBatteryStats and according to that app there is a partial wakelock called "NlpWakeLock" by Google Services that's draining most of the battery. Last night, around 60% of the battery got drained overnight (80% > 23% to be precise). Which, clearly, is unacceptable.
I'm at my wits end. I have no idea how to solve this and because I really like the new JB features I don't want to go back to ICS (I did a fresh ICS install and the battery drained 2% overnight which is how it's supposed to be).
If there's any information you need to know let me know. Any help is appreciated!
Go back to GB with speedmod kernel is an option.
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Kaigo said:
Hi,
I have recently (half a week ago) updated my SII to Jelly Bean from ICS. It's fully stock without root. However, I noticed right away that the battery started draining very quickly and the phone sometimes gets hot. Did a factory reset. Factory reset the phone and format the internal SD and remove the external SD. Didn't help in the slightest. Phone starts draining after resetting. I have tried to flash another stock JB ROM (XEU) and afterwards factory reset the phone again. No dice. I installed CPU Spy to see CPU consumption and it says the phone didn't go into deep sleep at all and 95% of the time it was at 200 Mhz over an 8 hour period or so. So there's a wakelock that's keeping the phone continuously on.
At first, "Media" in battery settings in Settings was the culprit, it drained about 50% of the battery. I have searched the web and it's a pretty common battery drain on JB. I did try to disable the service and its battery consumption went down dramatically. But for some reason it turned on again. But right now Android OS and Android System are both draining most of the battery. I have also installed BetterBatteryStats and according to that app there is a partial wakelock called "NlpWakeLock" by Google Services that's draining most of the battery. Last night, around 60% of the battery got drained overnight (80% > 23% to be precise). Which, clearly, is unacceptable.
I'm at my wits end. I have no idea how to solve this and because I really like the new JB features I don't want to go back to ICS (I did a fresh ICS install and the battery drained 2% overnight which is how it's supposed to be).
If there's any information you need to know let me know. Any help is appreciated!
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Is your device rooted?
If yes then switch your kernel to apolo it's gives you good battery life
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do you bother reading the posts or just have a compulsion to post any old crap.
I see your advising people how to root,then you open up a new thread asking for help about rooting your phone.
And you are continuing to spam threads posting what other people have said already.
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theunderling said:
Go back to GB with speedmod kernel is an option.
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Do you mean going back to Gingerbread? I haven't figured out what the speedmod kernel is yet but if I were to switch back I would rather switch back to ICS. But preferably I'd stick to JB since I do love all the new features and options. I'm willing to flash another JB ROM without the battery drain issue. However, all stock ROMs that I have tried had the issue.
Do you know of any good JB ROM? I prefer to keep it as stock as possible. I did root when I had ICS installed though.
Battery Drainage is very common in JB Stock
Kaigo said:
Hi,
I have recently (half a week ago) updated my SII to Jelly Bean from ICS. It's fully stock without root. However, I noticed right away that the battery started draining very quickly and the phone sometimes gets hot. Did a factory reset. Factory reset the phone and format the internal SD and remove the external SD. Didn't help in the slightest. Phone starts draining after resetting. I have tried to flash another stock JB ROM (XEU) and afterwards factory reset the phone again. No dice. I installed CPU Spy to see CPU consumption and it says the phone didn't go into deep sleep at all and 95% of the time it was at 200 Mhz over an 8 hour period or so. So there's a wakelock that's keeping the phone continuously on.
At first, "Media" in battery settings in Settings was the culprit, it drained about 50% of the battery. I have searched the web and it's a pretty common battery drain on JB. I did try to disable the service and its battery consumption went down dramatically. But for some reason it turned on again. But right now Android OS and Android System are both draining most of the battery. I have also installed BetterBatteryStats and according to that app there is a partial wakelock called "NlpWakeLock" by Google Services that's draining most of the battery. Last night, around 60% of the battery got drained overnight (80% > 23% to be precise). Which, clearly, is unacceptable.
I'm at my wits end. I have no idea how to solve this and because I really like the new JB features I don't want to go back to ICS (I did a fresh ICS install and the battery drained 2% overnight which is how it's supposed to be).
If there's any information you need to know let me know. Any help is appreciated!
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Hey Kaigo ,
I have faced the same problem as you have faced ... Gone through a lot of problems to fix this Many of the Stock JB's for GS2 are having a lot of issues with the battery drainage
Well I had found a solution to this problem You can try installing the JB France update (XEF) & the UAE update (XSG)
It worked pretty well for me Try it and let me know if it worked for you
Regards
ksjd said:
Hey Kaigo ,
I have faced the same problem as you have faced ... Gone through a lot of problems to fix this Many of the Stock JB's for GS2 are having a lot of issues with the battery drainage
Well I had found a solution to this problem You can try installing the JB France update (XEF) & the UAE update (XSG)
It worked pretty well for me Try it and let me know if it worked for you
Regards
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Wow, nice. Exactly what I'm looking for! I'm downloading the XEF update as I'm typing this. I'm going to try that and I will let you know the result.
theunderling said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do you bother reading the posts or just have a compulsion to post any old crap.
I see your advising people how to root,then you open up a new thread asking for help about rooting your phone.
And you are continuing to spam threads posting what other people have said already.
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Bro don't take personally I just want to help people and for my thred I was asking how to root device without using pc and sdcard
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
So how is you posting the exact information after someone else has posted it helping anyone.Ive seen another member tell you that before.
And whats the point in you contributing rubbish info into a thread
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Now I feel bad for the guy.
Edit: No I don't.
Sent from...this is not even my S2
gauravgymnast08 said:
Bro don't take personally I just want to help people and for my thred I was asking how to root device without using pc and sdcard
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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Well repeating other peoples posts isnt helping anybody.
An update. I've installed the XEF update initially it had the same draining issue. However, I've also cleared cache and data in recovery mode and it seems to have solved most of the issue. I've got pretty good battery life now (about 1%/h idle).
But I did find another culprit draining the battery which is Dropbox. According to BBS the processes "wlan_rx_wake" and "h2_hsic" were draining the battery but I've uninstalled Dropbox now and it seems to have solved the issue. I really use Dropbox regularly though. Anyone got any idea what could be causing that?
Thanks for the help so far everyone! :laugh:
Yeah, don't let it upload your pics.
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
Yeah, don't let it upload your pics.
Sent from the little guy
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I have always had that feature disabled since I don't want to use it anyway. I have no clue what could be causing it. I want to use a packet sniffer to see what is sending and receiving data but the phone isn't rooted so I can't really do that unfortunately.
Hold on, I'ma freeze it with TiBu.
Test time.
PS: You really need to root that phone.
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I just greenify Dropbox (actually, all apps which rely on an internet connection). Unfortunately for you, it requires root. IMHO, almost worth rooting for, although there's many better reasons than that.
Greenify is almost like a temporary freezing of the app, by stopping all background processes for the app. They automatically restart when you launch the app, and automatically turn off when the phone goes to deep sleep.
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Cheers!!
gauravgymnast08 said:
Bro don't take personally I just want to help people and for my thred I was asking how to root device without using pc and sdcard
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Here you go
http://bit.ly/12JEEcO
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Kaigo said:
An update. I've installed the XEF update initially it had the same draining issue. However, I've also cleared cache and data in recovery mode and it seems to have solved most of the issue. I've got pretty good battery life now (about 1%/h idle).
But I did find another culprit draining the battery which is Dropbox. According to BBS the processes "wlan_rx_wake" and "h2_hsic" were draining the battery but I've uninstalled Dropbox now and it seems to have solved the issue. I really use Dropbox regularly though. Anyone got any idea what could be causing that?
Thanks for the help so far everyone! :laugh:
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Wow
Im glad the XEF update helped
Well Dropbox always keeps on syncing stuff from the cloud and that might the real cause You should disable all the automatic syncing and keep it to manual sync as it syncs only on your commands and saves your battery!!
Cheers!!! :victory:
Check how much data is being downloaded. If a lot is being downloaded off WiFi, switch it off and see if that stops your drain. Then switch off Data on your cellular. Just to check which one's causing the drain. Believe it or not, I just rebooted my home wifi router and battery drain issue was over on my Galaxy S2.
gastonw said:
Hold on, I'ma freeze it with TiBu.
Test time.
PS: You really need to root that phone.
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I had previously rooted my phone when I was on ICS. I never used it too often though. I wanted to use Nandroid. I have no clue how to root JB though, without flashing a modded kernel (which I did with ICS).
lurker316 said:
Check how much data is being downloaded. If a lot is being downloaded off WiFi, switch it off and see if that stops your drain. Then switch off Data on your cellular. Just to check which one's causing the drain. Believe it or not, I just rebooted my home wifi router and battery drain issue was over on my Galaxy S2.
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That's very interesting. This might just be a good reason to root the phone. So I can use network log or shark to see which apps are sending and/or receiving data. I have this feeling Dropbox is going to be one of them..
Hopper8 said:
I just greenify Dropbox (actually, all apps which rely on an internet connection). Unfortunately for you, it requires root. IMHO, almost worth rooting for, although there's many better reasons than that.
Greenify is almost like a temporary freezing of the app, by stopping all background processes for the app. They automatically restart when you launch the app, and automatically turn off when the phone goes to deep sleep.
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Hmm, but I guess that you can't really freeze apps like Whatsapp, since you wouldn't be able to receive any messages then until you turn on your phone. But I'm getting convinced to root the phone again so I'm definitely going to give it a try.
Hello everyone,
My s6 Edge does not go to sleep. It drains huge amount of battery while idle.
I need urgent help. I have disabled all AT&T bloatware. But it still does not work.
I have also tried hard resetting it, it does not work. Battery continues to drain.
Thank You.
Is this something new or has it always been like this? Btw, which version of LP are you on? 5.0.2 or 5.1.1?
Its new, LP v. 5.0.2
amirage said:
Is this something new or has it always been like this? Btw, which version of LP are you on? 5.0.2 or 5.1.1?
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5.0.2 seems to be notorious for battery drains...check if your device has the 5.1.1 update which seems to be better in terms of RAM management. Also, are you data or wifi...if on data, then LP is again notorious for a world famous "mobile radio active" bug...it's all over the web...So, the best solution would be to either put the phone in deep freezer until Google fixes the huge bugs in LP or sell your phone...just kidding...
After updating your device (if there's any), do a factory reset...it should solve your problems...hopefully
Does not go to sleep? Check your settings about screen timeout..The battery drain can be fixes through system update..if samsung has any update ready
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I hard reseted my phone, disable all bloatwares, haven't installed any apps, haven't signed in to anything (even google, only signed into samsung account). charged to 100%. Left the phone for 4-5 hrs, battery drained to 81%.
fliptroniks said:
I was going to say just make sure you dont have too many apps running and you can also download a battery saving app on the play store for free which can help. It sounds like theres something you have running draining your battery though. Keep in mind however that the galaxy s6 edge when charged to 100 percent can hold a charge for quite awhile, but if your only charging it too around 40 or 50 percent it will die rather quickly.
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shifatul said:
I hard reseted my phone, disable all bloatwares, haven't installed any apps, haven't signed in to anything (even google, only signed into samsung account). charged to 100%. Left the phone for 4-5 hrs, battery drained to 81%.
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What does it tell you in the battery stats? That's the first place to look. Is Screen at the top or something else like Google Services or a fitness tracking app? Send a screenshot of that as a starter for 10.
shifatul said:
I hard reseted my phone, disable all bloatwares, haven't installed any apps, haven't signed in to anything (even google, only signed into samsung account). charged to 100%. Left the phone for 4-5 hrs, battery drained to 81%.
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Your best bet is to install TWRP, root, and flash "No deep sleep fix", thats if you dont care about tripping knox of course.
Seems like an aggressive suggestion since we don't know the root cause yet. It might not be a wake lock issue; it could be location tracking or updates getting stuck. I'd rather see the battery stats first.
Screen is not even on the list, i haven't used my device for more than 15-20 mins (used chrome & inbox for 15-20 mins in the morning)
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Seems like an aggressive suggestion since we don't know the root cause yet. It might not be a wake lock issue; it could be location tracking or updates getting stuck. I'd rather see the battery stats first.
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What does it tell you in the battery stats? That's the first place to look. Is Screen at the top or something else like Google Services or a fitness tracking app? Send a screenshot of that as a starter for 10.
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I hard reseted my phone, disable all bloatwares, haven't installed any apps, haven't signed in to anything (even google, only signed into samsung account). charged to 100%. Left the phone for 4-5 hrs, battery drained to 81%.
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Screen is not even on the list, i haven't used my device for more than 15-20 mins (used chrome & inbox for 15-20 mins in the morning)
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Google Services like I thought. There's a number of things that can cause this as it's quite a fundamental service. The most simple fixes are:
- Make sure there's no pending updates in the Play store. These can work havoc with the battery when waiting for manual approval
- If this doesn't work, remove your google account, reboot and re-add it. For some reason this can fix the sync issues that cause drain
- Still no dice? The next one is to backup, factory format then restore your backup. It's a bit extreme but sometimes when you update your software it causes a glitch that only goes away with a factory format
Each time you try a fix, let the battery fully charge then check the stats a couple of hours later.
Thanks for the suggestion, I will let u know the results soon.
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Google Services like I thought. There's a number of things that can cause this as it's quite a fundamental service. The most simple fixes are:
- Make sure there's no pending updates in the Play store. These can work havoc with the battery when waiting for manual approval
- If this doesn't work, remove your google account, reboot and re-add it. For some reason this can fix the sync issues that cause drain
- Still no dice? The next one is to backup, factory format then restore your backup. It's a bit extreme but sometimes when you update your software it causes a glitch that only goes away with a factory format
Each time you try a fix, let the battery fully charge then check the stats a couple of hours later.
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You're welcome. If it's any conciliation I had exactly the same issue and fixed it this morning with those steps.
Google services is one of the biggest battery user but it still doesn't explain his erratic battery loss. I never turn off any features and get decent life.
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Tried the third step many times before, didn't work.
So, yesterday I tried the 1st & 2nd step, worked like a charm, I was happy but today, the same results (battery was draning like i was playing games). So I completely removed my google account and left my phone for a few hours. Here is the result (see attached). As you can see no Stupid Google Play Services in the list but what is eating my battery ????
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Google Services like I thought. There's a number of things that can cause this as it's quite a fundamental service. The most simple fixes are:
- Make sure there's no pending updates in the Play store. These can work havoc with the battery when waiting for manual approval
- If this doesn't work, remove your google account, reboot and re-add it. For some reason this can fix the sync issues that cause drain
- Still no dice? The next one is to backup, factory format then restore your backup. It's a bit extreme but sometimes when you update your software it causes a glitch that only goes away with a factory format
Each time you try a fix, let the battery fully charge then check the stats a couple of hours later.
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polish_pat said:
Google services is one of the biggest battery user but it still doesn't explain his erratic battery loss. I never turn off any features and get decent life.
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You're welcome. If it's any conciliation I had exactly the same issue and fixed it this morning with those steps.
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Again, LP has a world famous bug called the "Mobile Radio Active" bug. What this means that if an app uses the data services for some odd reason LP keeps the mobile radio open even if the app does not need it any more...So, for all you know ur issue is Android related and not your device specific. Oh btw, the upcoming M also has this confounded bug...so I believe we will be plagued by this bug for the foreseeable future...And I dumped my iPhone for this buggy Android...Dang!
How is your reception, If most of the time your phone struggle to get reception, it may be part of the problem, just my 2 cents, not an expert, but myself trying to get rid of the google service battery bug...
Better battery stats would give detailed information as to the cause, yet it requires root on all lollipop devices. Helped me find the exact cause of my phone never sleeping