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I am a Google Apps user with my own domain. The Gmail app on the Flyer is just the standard one and is not really making good use of the screen real estate.
So, I configures the HTC Mail app to connect to my account using Exchange ActiveSync and set it to push mail. I have noticed 2 annoying issues. Firstly, I often get told that there has been an authentication error with an icon in the top bar. Eventually, I can manually get it to sync with my gmail and that goes away for a while.
Secondly, the Mail app is using loads of battery. Looking in the battery stats, I noticed that it used 12% of battery and in the last 3 hours or so, it kept the phone awake for almost an hour and a half! Overall, the Flyer lost 10% of its battery in 3 hours without being touched. Not very good. I have changed push mail to sync every 10 minutes, but it is not really what I wanted.
Can anyone help here or offer any advise?
Thanks.
I am using gmail only as a secondary adress with manual update, Exchange is my primary application and on push all day long. I have no issues with battery life whatsoever, so either it is a problem linked to gmail or it some other app causing the problem.
Very, very happy with the battery life up to now! You shouldn't expect any comparison to Xoom or iPad, but as I wrote taking games and videos out of consideration and using it as a business device with eMail push, web,... I can't imagine someone would manage to get out of battery during a day...
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I am using gmail only as a secondary adress with manual update, Exchange is my primary application and on push all day long. I have no issues with battery life whatsoever, so either it is a problem linked to gmail or it some other app causing the problem.
Very, very happy with the battery life up to now! You shouldn't expect any comparison to Xoom or iPad, but as I wrote taking games and videos out of consideration and using it as a business device with eMail push, web,... I can't imagine someone would manage to get out of battery during a day...
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Thanks for this info. Out of interest, who is your exchange account with? A corporate account? I do wonder if it is a Google issue. I am trying it out with the same settings on my phone to see what happens.
Are we the only 2 on here with the Flyer?
While I am using BetterBatteryStats to determine how I can improve my Galaxy S II's battery usage, I notice 'StartingAlertService' (Calender) is on the top of the list on Wakelocks list. Does anyone know what is 'StartingAlertService'?
Ask here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Maybe an event in Calendar!
I have the same issue with StartingAlertService, it is the Calendar but not sure how can it be addressed.
Alternatively, any good calendar apps, maybe little less trigger happy than the stock one, that anyone can recommend?
Can't post in that thread, I have yet to hit that absurd 10 posts rule
My battery usage is definitely better during weekend because my no meeting in my work Calender. Maybe I should not sync my work calander during weekday and see whether the battery usage is a lot better.
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Hmm, please post whether turning off sync for the Calendar did improve your stats. Mine is off and still that service is on top of the list.
startingalertservice in my phone consumed 93% of my battery after 7 hours usage. i found out this problem caused by .com.android.mms.
so i uninstall mms.apk tru systemappremover after i had installed GoSms. after all, the problem solved.
startingalertservice drain.
emptyara said:
startingalertservice in my phone consumed 93% of my battery after 7 hours usage. i found out this problem caused by .com.android.mms.
so i uninstall mms.apk tru systemappremover after i had installed GoSms. after all, the problem solved.
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Hi Emptyara,
I have the same issue... (with drain by startingalertservice).
How did you found out it had to do with MMS? Can you guide me through your resolution process? before I simply remove apps which might not solve anything...
Thanks!!
i'm having the same problem. it just randomly starts (switching from two or three diff roms).
i'd have great battery life and etc, and then all of sudden, wakelocks goes all whacky and StartingAlertService is the main problem.
i've already played with calendar notifications and monitoring the mms service now.
anyone else?
Same issue here, even though I've stopped using the Calendar, and turned off both syncing and notifications. But I checked today and Calendar had a partial wakelock of about 14 minutes when my phone should have been otherwise asleep.
I don't think it is related to MMS. I think some people are getting "StartingAlertService (.com.android.mms)" whereas I'm getting "StartingAlertService (Calendar)"
I also think it might be specific to the Samsung version of Calendar since I don't see any posts about this except in the Galaxy S II forums. I just uninstalled the Calendar with Titanium Backup and will see if this stops the issue.
Appreciate any other feedback on this.
Uninstalling Calendar did work, in case anybody was wondering. No more partial wakelocks from StartingAlertService (Calendar). Of course, now I don't have a Calendar app, so there's a trade-off. I might try an alternative calendar app like Jorte or something, but right now I don't use the calendar much.
Got the same issue here.
Do you guys have EasyProfiles installed?
Bcause I set up EasyProfiles to switch to the "Meeting"-Profile, when there is a calendar entry.
Maybe this is what causes that?
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Another possibility:
I noticed, that syncing with MyPhoneExplorer is not the best thing since either Lotus Notes, MyPhoneExplorer or Android itself does not handle recurring events properly.
This led to events showing up today that have been in the past.
I deleted the whole calendar data and synced again and they were gone, but my colleague has the same issue.
I'm also suffering from this problem.
If anyone finds a remedy, please tell me.
Will removing MMS really help here? (the wakelock is because of the calendar, not MMS).
If it says Calendar, then remove Calendar (not MMS). I never used the Calendar much, so I just keep it uninstalled these days.
Just noticed my battery had dropped more today than usual.
Checked BBS and noticed "StartingAlertService" calendar taking 13m 49s ie 9.7% in terms of wakelocks, over a 2hr 22min period.
I do use, and need the calendar. Sync is set (via autosync account activator) for every 2 hours -- but it's been like this for a while without me seeing this process pop up.
Hopefully a one-off but wish I knew why it was there...
Everything else is done at the 1.5 min or less (twitter, google search, activity, google+)
The only thing dfifferent about this morning is I enabled gps and used maps briefly....
I also have one appt today with an alarm set (though that's a couple of hours ago now)
I think it is the appointment notifications that set it off (hence the "starting alert"), and not the sync or anything else. You can turn off notifications in the Calendar app but I think any events in Google Calendar with reminders will still get through. A Calendar without notifications is not that helpful to me anyway, since the whole point is to remind me of all the stuff that I forgot. Anyway you can try clearing all your alarms and see if that helps.
What firmware are you using? I think this is a specific problem with the S II (since I don't see any other forums talking about it) so I was hoping Samsung would fix it in one of their newer versions.
I have also identified startingalertservice as the source of my wakelock and battery drain.
*Every time there is a meeting the phone will stay awake for an half an hour or so.
*The awake starts with the time when there should be meeting reminder not when the meeting does actually start.
*It only happens when I have calendar app notification settings set to Off
I will try to investigate further but if you have any ideas then let it out.
About my background:
latest leomar75
touchdown for Calendar and e-mails
tasker for automated silent mode when in meeting
internal calendar for tasker, that annot read TD calendar (notifications off)
I have tested and turning touchdown and tasker off does not fix the wakelock but turning off calendar does.
Anything new about this issue? It drives me crazy when calendar sucks my battery....
Any tips how to avoid it?
Thank you
After hours of digging, I did not found an solution so I came up with workaround.
If Tasker detects notification *:*mins* (meaning Touchdown calendar reminder) from app Touchdown, it will just kill the app calendar.
I think you can use same approach with diferent scenarios.
I have the same problem. If i don't set a reminder for a event, there is no problem. The wakelock start when a reminder alarm is about to ring, and then it stays wakelock for a long time and drain battery. I9100 is the buggiest phone I ever owned. Now I wonder what will happen when ICS is introduced to I9100. I think there will be more bugs in the Touchwiz applications.
I found the source code that call the wakelock of StartingAlertService here.
I am not a dev so I might look at the wrong thing, but I can see that in order for the wakelock to be released, there are 2 IF statements that have to be satisfied. I think the problem might be there. Any Devs here would like to share any insights??
I really like my Rezound but it seems like the built-in task killer is killing off all of my apps that need sync and/or push notifications. I saw that the OTA update was set to fix that it was killing off email syncs, and it did fix that, my email app syncs all the time now.
However, my facebook widget, facebook messenger app, yahoo messenger app, yahoo mail app; they work fine for about 8-10 hours, then after that they just dont update anymore at all. When a new email hits my yahoo account, it stops getting push notifications, when someone sends me a new facebook message, my facebook messenger app doesnt get the notification, etc. This really sucks. The only way I've been able to get them to work again is, every morning after waking up, I have to power down and restart the phone 2 or 3 times to get them all back working. But usually by the end of my day, they've all stopped again.
Any ideas?
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Anybody experience this too?
Do you mean the HTC power management scheme? Because I don't remember a task-killer being installed.. Forgive me if there is because I haven't seen stock since about a week after I got the phone. Maybe try setting the power management to performance mode and grabbing an app like Juice Defender that's a bit more customizable.
To piggyback on what MrSmith said (speaking from personal experience), if your battery gets to the point where your phone goes into power save mode, background data and/or auto sync may be turning off, and it doesn't always turn back on.
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Mine is in Performance mode. Gingerbread comes with a task manager built in. One of the big issues that the OTA update fixed was the fact that the built-in task manager was killing off the email sync in the background (according to the official description of the update).
I'm assuming that the task manager is auto-killing a lot of stuff as well too. My facebook widget almost never updates after a few hours after rebooting.
I'm still on 100% stock. I guess at some point I'll unlock the bootloader, root it, and go with a new ROM. I'm not real familiar with the process for doing that with an HTC. I came from the Samsung Galaxy S world. It was so much easier to root and switch ROMs, etc.
Hi Everyone,
I got this phone as soon as it was released in New Zealand. The phone is great however I'm finding very high data usage.
Today for example I used over 100mb of data from about 12pm lunchtime. I'm wondering how I can change how often gmail and other applications will because I've gone through the gmail menu but it doesn't specify a time period for sync and I dont want to be using over 100mb per day for data.
On my old Galaxy S I was only using 100mb for the whole month, and I haven't got any extra applications that I know of running for update, just the default weather app, gmail, and my calendar widget.
Any help is appreciated.
Have you checked the built in data monitor
Menu > setting > data
It shows you exactly per app how much data has been used and if this was background (updates) or foreground (when you opened the app).
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Go to settings->data usage and see which apps use the most data.
you can also turn off mobile data by pulling down the notification bar at the top of the screen and tapping the mobile data icon on/off
Go to data usage, you'll probable see gallery is the culpritpen it and check the box that limits it to syncing on wi-fi only or it'll sync all your Facebook albums. To stop it doing this completely, remove Facebook for Sync account.
Second, if you don't use google+, uncheck the google photos, google+ etc options under your gmail and that'll get rid of the Picasa gallery too.
Just with regard to the build in data usage monitor how accurate is it?
The reason i ask is because every single app ive ever used has not been accurate, some have been better than others but not one of them has ever been 100% accurate, the best one ive come across and it's free is the one which is part of the superb ZD Box app.
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Just with regard to the build in data usage monitor how accurate is it?
The reason i ask is because every single app ive ever used has not been accurate, some have been better than others but not one of them has ever been 100% accurate, the best one ive come across and it's free is the one which is part of the superb ZD Box app.
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It is very accurate, however it does come with the usual disclaimer saying that networks may monitor and bill differently.
Hey all,
I got the Tmobile version of the S6 Edge yesterday and the battery life seemed pretty decent as long as wifi was off - at least until I added my email accounts to my phone.
I've noticed that the Email Sync is taking up a ton of battery on my phone - according to the battery usage meter Email Sync is using 19% with the next highest being the screen at 3%! Its only been on for 5 hours and its already at 42%.
I did add a lot of accounts - 7 total all either exchange or microsoft live/outlook accounts and all setup to download a months worth of emails and push new emails as they arrive. However, with every other phone I've used this hasn't been an issue (two most recent were a Nexus 5 and an LG G3).
Is anyone else having abnormally high battery drain from Email Sync using the native email client? And if so, how did you go about fixing it?
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Hey all,
I got the Tmobile version of the S6 Edge yesterday and the battery life seemed pretty decent as long as wifi was off - at least until I added my email accounts to my phone.
I've noticed that the Email Sync is taking up a ton of battery on my phone - according to the battery usage meter Email Sync is using 19% with the next highest being the screen at 3%! Its only been on for 5 hours and its already at 42%.
I did add a lot of accounts - 7 total all either exchange or microsoft live/outlook accounts and all setup to download a months worth of emails and push new emails as they arrive. However, with every other phone I've used this hasn't been an issue (two most recent were a Nexus 5 and an LG G3).
Is anyone else having abnormally high battery drain from Email Sync using the native email client? And if so, how did you go about fixing it?
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I am having the exact same issue with only 3 accounts- looking for solutions...
This is the main issue I'm having. It was draining 5-10% an hour while not in use due to email sync. I have one email set up for that. I have it set to manual sync now and I'm only losing 1% an hour while not in use. I have the Volte option and Wifi options turned on (but not wifi itself) with no draining issues like other people.
I had the same drain. So I downloaded another email app and been using that instead.
Same issue here, abandoned it for another app, Waiting for a solution.
Did the same honestly - using mailwise right now but it isn't as full-featured as the native Samsung one. What is everyone else using?
Does the high email battery usuage cause Google Service battery drain for anyone else? I browse Reddit for about 30-50 mins each night before going to bed and it usually drops 10-15% but when I wake up, Screen is never on the top of battery usage. It's usually Google Services followed by email, and other stuff. VoLTE and Wifi scanning/calling is turned off for me and I leave location off until I need it so does anyone have any idea?
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I am having the exact same issue with only 3 accounts- looking for solutions...
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I have 3 accounts as well and email is draining my battery
Are you people talking bout the Gmail app also or just Email app? If you guys add those accounts to Gmail app does it do the same thing?
I am using the Gmail app for Gmail and the Samsung app for MSN and Exchange ActiveSync for work I have since removed the Samsung accounts and installed CloudMagic and I'm going to see how that works
I too have The same problem since yesterday. And I only use one account.. so a solution would be welcome.
Edit: I use the email app not the Gmail.
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Last night I moved my exchange active sync account and my msn account to cloud magic, left my gmail account in the gmail app and deleted the accounts from the samsung mail app and after a little over 3 hours I still have 95% battery life. Very happy with these results so far.
Deusx Machina said:
Hey all,
I got the Tmobile version of the S6 Edge yesterday and the battery life seemed pretty decent as long as wifi was off - at least until I added my email accounts to my phone.
I've noticed that the Email Sync is taking up a ton of battery on my phone - according to the battery usage meter Email Sync is using 19% with the next highest being the screen at 3%! Its only been on for 5 hours and its already at 42%.
I did add a lot of accounts - 7 total all either exchange or microsoft live/outlook accounts and all setup to download a months worth of emails and push new emails as they arrive. However, with every other phone I've used this hasn't been an issue (two most recent were a Nexus 5 and an LG G3).
Is anyone else having abnormally high battery drain from Email Sync using the native email client? And if so, how did you go about fixing it?
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Had the same problem I am on day 3 with my edge. Think I have found a solution, I have the stock app running with 4 mail accounts 3 gmail and one outlook. I have used the stock app because i like the interface. I also use Gmail with the same 4 mail accounts as when the push to my Moto 360 i can reply only using the Gmail app. I have also 1 gmail running in the inbox app.
The samsung app was using by far the most system resources and battery.
This is what i tried, mail pushes ok, and the email not showing in the battery use list.
Go into the email app then more top right. Go to settings, click on an account, scroll to sync schedule and press, set sync schedule to auto (when received) in top field. Turn off peak schedule green switch to disable. Back out and repeat with other accounts mail will now push to phone. if you want to sync a month or so back do that first until you have mail on device then follow the above steps. Seems to work fine. Without the above steps the mail app would eventually calm down after caching all previous mail. Gmail etc caches in the cloud whereas the samsung app needs to retrieve it.
me too
Just wanted to add that I also have ridiculous battery drain from emailsync. I have only one exchange email attached to the email app and it has kept my cell radio on almost constantly today. I just removed my exchange account and I'll report back if this changes my battery life. Turning mail to push instead of syncing did not appear to fix anything.
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Emailsync is the problem
Hi
Same problem here with emailsync killing my battery.
Tried the solution suggested, disabled Sync schedule and made sure
Sync was set to push (auto when recieved) and the results are the same.
Emailsync is using 60% battery consumption.
Need a resolution quickly, otherwise will take the phone back.
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Same here. Ditched the stock email app and installed Type Mail(formerly Blue Mail) so will see how it goes.
Although the stock email app is ok, Type Mail is by far the best I've used. And I've tried them all!!
Hi all as far back as I can remember the email app always used a lot more battery than Gmail . For the last 6 years I have used Google to collect and emulate the other accounts.
On my galaxy s2 it meant the battery difference was between 6 hours use on email and over 12 hours using Gmail I am guessing it's not changed over the years.
set email sync to 2 hours
i have the same problem.
battery drains in 6-8 hours max and device becomes hot.
looking at the battery usage, the email sync service is keeping the device awake all the type.
it means it's never sleeping.
i'll try two things:
1- disable email sync push or auto service and set it scheduled (every 2 hours or any other parameter)
that seems working for the last 30 minutes. device is cool now and i only lost 1% even using whatsapp. will try it for longer period.
2- if this doesn't work, i'll move exchange active sync to the Gmail app. there is an app on apkmirror that allows you to do so or use a third party email service like cloud magic.
fingers crossed...
switched to Type Mail, so far so good right now.
update
switched to Typemail and battery is at 84% at 11:30am, huge difference. (ONE DRAWBACK - cant sync Exchange Calendar, when i do add my business email account, Emailsync still goes nuts even with emails disabled and calendar ON sync.)
Emailsync was killing it, at the end of most days, phone would be dead at 4pm. Im a heavy user of phone, sms, and email, 3 core features that shouldnt be draining the battery that much.
So until an update is out, STAY THE AWAY FROM NATIVE EMAIL APP. Its a battery killer, and you will not get your utilisation out of your Edge.
Anyone else find any other solutions to this issue with Emailsync???
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