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Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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Expect poor battery life from any Android phone
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Also, don't use auto brightness. Just set to a mid setting.
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Mine is great, it got considerably better after a few days of conditioning.
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I'm actually getting pretty good battery life compared to what I've read so far... Though it wasn't 16 hours, I DID get almost 12 out of it yesterday with pretty heavy usage all day.
I highly suggest using the task managers auto end feature. It'll turn off any apps you set it to after 2 minutes. Fast Reboot is also a very good friend of mine. Though I haven't set any yet, I've played with Smart Actions, and I think with some tinkering, it'll work wonders as well!
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JuiceDefender with root, AOSP helper, and a manual setup is extremely helpful. The data disable override feature should be on as well.
Make sure in-pocket detection is OFF, as well. It kills the battery really really quickly.
As far as smart actions.... Just turn on the premade battery extender and nighttime battery extender. And data off on screen off.
Lastly, screen filter from the market helps a lot.
I got a full day and 2 hours of use today on Wi-Fi. I'm sure on 3G I could get 20ish hours, and on 4G I could get 15ish.
Mine is great. I got my phone yesterday so it isn't fully calibrated yet but it still last very good.
I've found that the the biggest drainer for me is being in an area where 4g/3g is flip flopping alot. Other than that, phones got amazing battery life. Especially on wifi.
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Ya, idunno about that....
What has always worked for me is to use an app called brightness profiles. My phone lives at 30% brightness 95% of the time. The RAZR has a super bright screen, 30 is plenty.
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my gf just got her razr a week ago and says with regular usage she gets about 4 hours of battery life. thinking about returning it for a different phone or maybe she got a dud? she doesn't want it rooted so I did everything else mentioned. if there are more tips I'd love to hear them before the phone goes away for good.
Turn all haptic(vibration) feedback off. i get about 20 hours on 4g, all apps in auto end list, i don't have any BS apps that like to run randomly, not synced with my fb,twitter, g+(have my laptop all day so no point), brightness is about 30%, smart actions usually kill my batt faster for some reason, gps is on, timeout is 30 seconds. I text a lot, and about 2hours of phone calls perday
Curb71 said:
my gf just got her razr a week ago and says with regular usage she gets about 4 hours of battery life. thinking about returning it for a different phone or maybe she got a dud? she doesn't want it rooted so I did everything else mentioned. if there are more tips I'd love to hear them before the phone goes away for good.
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What's her definition of "regular" lol... My fiancée sees "regular" as all day usage...
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I'm on my phone using opera xda reddit mobile hotspot, and only get a couple hours of usage. I aaam on my phone almost all the time but I gotta charge it quite a few times every day.. :/
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tried and failed
So I took everyones consideration and yes I got better battery life but I don't do much on the phone. My gf does a ton of more stuff than I do and by the end of the day. She still has better battery life when for me I did a few txt. Check fb on my lunch break and I'm down to 20% by days end. Whereas my gf surfs,txt,stream,chat half the day and she's down to 60%. Only difference between mine and hers. Mine is rooted. Mind you she has her 4g data on while all day I'm running only 3g. Any more help would be appreciated
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Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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Put the power control widget on your home screen.
Set brightness to minimum or lowest setting that you can use well.
Use wifi whenever possible. Turn. Off new network notifications.
Turn off animations.
Use a simple, mostly black wallpaper.
Turn off auto data sync.
Since I'm around wifi all day I can easily go 12 hours without a charge and have plenty of battery left. 4g is a total power hog.
If you're outside you might want to buy the power pack... good luck!
I think typical android battery life for a normal use will be varies from 6~20 hrs depending on the way u use and what you use.
when running only data/wifi when i need it(off data/wifi when not using), i can get more then 20hrs. if i on data all the time, i can get 8~10hrs with with some facebook, emails and lite web sufing. i will get 4~6 hrs on heavy use on gaming, video and music.
but u need smart action, task killer and ti backup to really optimize the battery life.
kent1146 said:
Anyone else getting poor battery life with their Razr? I cannot go a full day without recharging at some point. I need a phone to last at least 16 waking hours, so I can recharge at night.
My typical usage pattern is a few hours a day of web browsing and email. I don't game, and I rarely stream video or do anything data intensive. GPS is switched off unless needed, and my screen brightness is set to auto.
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yeah.
battery life is a hard problem for android device for a long time.
but i can use some trips, for example.
1. using the task managers, it can kill some app that you used.
2. using the app called province electricity king or the same function app.
3. turn off the back-data auto sync
for your information, 3q
opensourcefan said:
Mine is great, it got considerably better after a few days of conditioning.
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My Razr has a very good battery life after a few cycles of charging and discharging.
So I've had it since November 8th, that was a while ago... and I've been at work today and lightly texting, using gochat fb from time to time, reading RSS, calendar, minimal brightness, hspa+, and after 8 hours my batteries at like 15%, does this seem like normal usage/battery drainage to anyone? I'm at work so ill extend on this a little more later, but people were saying you should see battery improvements after a week or two ..
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zexco said:
So I've had it since November 8th, that was a while ago... and I've been at work today and lightly texting, using gochat fb from time to time, reading RSS, calendar, minimal brightness, hspa+, and after 8 hours my batteries at like 15%, does this seem like normal usage/battery drainage to anyone? I'm at work so ill extend on this a little more later, but people were saying you should see battery improvements after a week or two ..
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There's a lot of factors that go into battery life it might be the Facebook chat constantly using data and killing the battery it might be other things...I would recommend juice defender beta it really helps me out. I usually just keep my phone on 3g unless I really need the speed and that helps tremendously. I'm going on 14 hours with more use than you've described above with 29% battery left.
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With the usage described, by the time I was getting to the end of the thread I thought you would mention you had 15% after 5-6 hours.
I am not sure what phones you have had in the past and if they were Android phones, but what you just described is GREAT battery life.
Take into consideration these things:
1. 3G
2. Screen on
3. Phone not sleeping because of chat
4. Huge screen
5. Fast CPU
Did you really expect battery life to be the same on this as on your Nokia 6310i almost 10 years ago?
Now regularly getting just over 48 hours between charges (this morning I've still go 20% left in the tank)..
..3g off, but wifi on during daytime (with background sync for email, weather, uknews widget, xbox live stats widget etc), a few calls here and there (inc using speakerphone) moderate texting... using 3g when away from home e.g. commuting to work a couple of days a week.. regularly checking fb etc.. smart action to disable wifi, 3g and background sync over night but that's about it..
pretty..
damn..
awesome!!!
I guess you're right, I do expect too much usage from the phones these days it seems.. anyway, lightly (read: barely) using the phone today, 6 hrs usage so far and its kicking at 70% still, not bad.. I also installed JuiceDefender (sounds like a condom brand lol) so that seems like its helping I think, ill start setting up my smart actions and stuff too.
Even with my brightness all the way down it seems like its using a whopping 46% of the battery, jeeeesus
I also do feel like my smartphone is my primary device these days, I mean, I don't even use the desktop I just bought.. gonna sell it and get an HDTV + HD station + wireless keyboard w/ touch pad.. and I will be set!
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Don't know if this helps but I've now been listening to music for 6 hours straight and still have 40% battery left, that's checking 5 mail accounts every hour, going on book face and 2 google accounts. The battery rocks
+ charged it to 100‰ as I knew tonight would be music night
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My battery on my Razr is excellent
Ok I'm here to tell ya z battery on this here Razr is fine. I spent 4 hours on the golf course with the screen and gps on the whole time with my SkyDroid golf range finder app, had several calls and even surf the web a few times while waiting to hit my next shot and I only lost 32% on my battery. I can go 24 hours easily with heavy use.
Now I'm rooted...use Battery Calibration and AutoKiller Memory Optimizer and I'm golden. Both those apps need Superuser Permission so you have to be rooted and maybe I'm just lucky but I'm pleased with the battery life so far. Now ask me in a year after 300+ battery charges and maybe it will different as I'm not a big fan of non-replaceable batteries. I do like my Razr however.
Good Luck
I was getting terrible battery life when I first got the phone. Did 3-4 battery cycles (let the phone die completely, charge to 100%, use phone and let battery die completely, rinse, repeat) and my battery life has improved dramatically.
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Over 33hrs on battery and over 7hrs screen time...4g ia on all the time..so is gps. The only thing i have shut off is auto sync..I sync manually and it really helps battery life...what are you other maxx users averaging
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Ive gotten just under that and charged at 30%.
That's not accurate you charged up in the middle of the time period, anyone can get unlimited time that way.
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I've been really happy with my battery life today. I have 41% left and have over 5 hours of screen on time.
This is over wifi though. With LTE only I get about 5 hours of screen on time total.
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That's not accurate you charged up in the middle of the time period, anyone can get unlimited time that way.
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That's what it looked like to me too lol. I see that major drop and rise.
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I just dropped to 40% here:
At 8% now and I got 7.5 hours of screen on time! :O
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24-30 hours or so, give or take. 6-7 hours of screen time, though all depends on my location for service since that is what really drains my battery. Though hopefully to increase said item with a recent tweak. On the leaked ICS rom.
Actually surprised more phones haven't tried to really up there battery size more. Baffles me that "consumer tests" at least the one I read that battery life wasn't a priority for that user group, think it was for HTC. Not a priority? What are they on, if its any business related or making it through a full day on a charge is needed expecially if traveling with limited access to plugs.
Razr Maxx is the only kind of LTE device SHOULD be available to consumer at this stage. All others are kind of deceptive things that use fancy features to lure consumers.
battery is SO important.
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That's not accurate you charged up in the middle of the time period, anyone can get unlimited time that way.
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+1 TRUTH. Even my OG RAZR gets great battery life when its plugged in lol
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Hey everyone..
Trying to figure out if I got a bad unit or not.. here's a screenshot of my battery life
I'm running ZERO Widgets. And no live wall papers
The only thing giving me notifications even is Facebook.
My screen brightness is 40% and I have Bluetooth turned off.
I saw a post where the Guy said he was on like 85 brightness and his battery life was great..mine doesn't seem.to great...is something wrong?
PS I'm on the. 84 leak.
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How long had the screen been on in that picture?
If that's a regular Razr, you're doing fine. If it's a Maxx... turn off Facebook background sync
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Its the Max. I mean will I still get notifications? Is this normal to just turn everything off like this with a 3200 mah.battery?
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I don't use Facebook. I use friend caster pro. I get 5+ hours screen on time w my maxx. I would only guess a regular RAZR should get 2 1/2-3 hours screen on time. Sync and data always on and auto brightness
Wow dude that's amazing ...
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computermilk said:
Wow dude that's amazing ...
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Use battery indicator. You may have more than you think. Do u have a maxx?
Yeah I have a Maxx
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To give u an idea I spent all day yesterday on 4g/3g and had 0 issues. On bread I had near the same. You look likecu have a runaway program. Try to get in the habit of hitting back instead of home. Maybe it will help. If u flash the 84 leak set background processes to 4 max and it should help. On top of disabling as manyxaps as you dontcuse
computermilk said:
Hey everyone..
Trying to figure out if I got a bad unit or not.. here's a screenshot of my battery life
I'm running ZERO Widgets. And no live wall papers
The only thing giving me notifications even is Facebook.
My screen brightness is 40% and I have Bluetooth turned off.
I saw a post where the Guy said he was on like 85 brightness and his battery life was great..mine doesn't seem.to great...is something wrong?
PS I'm on the. 84 leak.
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well i noticed wifi and 4g are on. have in smart actions to turn mobile data off when wifi is connected. turn brightness down, Android System and facebook are the culprits. well else is on and causing wakelocks? get betterbatterystats and baddass battery monitor to see your culprits and report back! i will show you good stats when i upload mine!
Yeah! BadAzz!
3 plus days without charging and i was still at 19% prob could of when 4 days but i needed it charged Enjoy
facebook... 23%... there's your problem. facebook is a known destroyer of battery life. This is with plenty of use on 4G:
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facebook... 23%... there's your problem. facebook is a known destroyer of battery life. This is with plenty of use on 4G:
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Android os should not be that much 30 percent is way to much. Mine is at 6 percent at worst!
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I am getting pretty much the same battery life as the OP. I thought it was defective hardware or something. Perhaps I just have runaway apps draining my battery.
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I say this post about an idle smart action.
Triggers
Display off
Not charging
Motion detector
Actions
Bluetooth off
GPS off
Background sync off
Mobile data off
Wifi off
I set up the rest of my smart action roles to prevent a conflict with this. I could provide details later if you would like.
With these settings i get well over a day on the original razr.
I still get phone calls and texts.
When the phone is just sitting there, I'm on the PC any way when I'm working or at home, so i don't need email.
Once i pick the phone up it syncs up and fetches my email.
I also use a force sync widget created with extended controls to sync my device at will.
I get roughly 48 hours from the OG razr.
Just sharing my experience.
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So I, like many others with the G2, have been experiencing inexplicable battery drain even after shutting down most services (i.e. Google Music, location tracking, CIQ, etc.).
I got my phone last friday and was getting absolute **** battery life until last night. For example, at 70% brightness with a lot of internet surfing, I wouild get aboiut 2.5 hours of screen time before the battery was at 10%. Just the other day, I went from 100% charge to 30% charge with only 1 h 35 min of screen time at 65% brightness. Two nights ago I lost 30% battery life over 6 hours while I slept! My typical usage of browsing the net saw the meter drop 1% for every 1-2 minutes of use at 70% brightness (wifi or 4G LTE)
I was about to return my phone for a replacement until I did more research on this android "mediaserver" and realized that it could possibly be the issue. Checking the default battery app showed that Mediaserver went from 15 to 25% of the total power used on those days. So i went into Google Settings > Google+ > Auto backup and shut that **** off
Bingo!!!!
I only lost 5% last night (9 hours) while I slept and today I have been using the phone for the past 4 hours with less than a 10% loss so far. Browsing the net gets me around 4-5 minutes for each 1% drop at 65% brightness. This is all on a stock ROM that was rooted to disable the CIQ. Nowadays my mediacenter usage is no higher than 3% on any given charge. I will post pictures of GSAM and the stock battery app over the next few days as I test it from a 100% charge.
good find, it will solve some battery drains but not all
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What bad battery life are people speaking of? My battery life has been phenomenal since I got the phone....
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Let me just say this is not typical screen time for me. Today was my off day and I spent it doing a lot of reading and browsing. Quite a bit of ratchet fight videos off Facebook too. Lol
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Pfft that's very typical screen time for this phone
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tacosrdelicioso said:
Pfft that's very typical screen time for this phone
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Ya think.... that was my point...
This is not directed at the above person:
what is bad battery life these days... man I remember getting 3 hours of screen time and you were a champ. Now phones last more than 2 day's with 6+ hours of screen time and people still complain it's bad or they need more juice... How long should the batteries last in these smart phones?
Sorry for the rant op.....
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craigbailey1986 said:
Ya think.... that was my point...
This is not directed at the above person:
what is bad battery life these days... man I remember getting 3 hours of screen time and you were a champ. Now phones last more than 2 day's with 6+ hours of screen time and people still complain it's bad or they need more juice... How long should the batteries last in these smart phones?
Sorry for the rant op.....
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+1 to that. I've been getting great battery life on this phone with moderate use.
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I added about 30% to my battery life by turning off Google Now and all the associated location reporting (went from charging every 2 days to every 3 days).
before running cm on my phone I use to get 7 hrs screen on time and about 20 hrs on one charge. I don't know why some ppl are having bad battery.
2 days and 5 hours of screen isn't good enough battery!
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craigbailey1986 said:
Ya think.... that was my point...
This is not directed at the above person:
what is bad battery life these days... man I remember getting 3 hours of screen time and you were a champ. Now phones last more than 2 day's with 6+ hours of screen time and people still complain it's bad or they need more juice... How long should the batteries last in these smart phones?
Sorry for the rant op.....
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If you bothered to read my OP then you would see what I constitute as bad battery life. Namely, the intense drain while doing nothing and the lack of screen time for such a large battery. This phone is quoted by many to get around 5-7 hours of screen time regardless of what you can throw at it. Unfortunately, there are people that are experiencing drains like mine and can only get 2-3 hours of screen on time while only doing basic tasks. Most people do not experience this but the issue is quite prevalent in several other threads here.
Mediaserver can hang inexplicably, as G+ backup can too. Brth have happened to me.
Cycling the sync auto works for fixing the drain without disabling services.
Without a sc card, and even with, I recommend leaving it on.
Lose your phone, or get it stolen like my wife a couple months ago, and you'll wish it was on.
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TheMercantile said:
If you bothered to read my OP then you would see what I constitute as bad battery life. Namely, the intense drain while doing nothing and the lack of screen time for such a large battery. This phone is quoted by many to get around 5-7 hours of screen time regardless of what you can throw at it. Unfortunately, there are people that are experiencing drains like mine and can only get 2-3 hours of screen on time while only doing basic tasks. Most people do not experience this but the issue is quite prevalent in several other threads here.
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Op I read your entire post. I stated I personally haven't seen such abysmal battery life. What phone do those with battery life that's constantly draining have.. I mean vwz att d802 or etc? Maybe we can narrow down these incidences. Over night losing 30% is a lot. I usually lose 3-4% over night. I don't turn off anything. But I do use 4.4 Google search, hangout,market, and mostly all Google apps from 4.4. Could they be using less battery or draining less??
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I was about to return my phone for a replacement until I did more research on this android "mediaserver" and realized that it could possibly be the issue. Checking the default battery app showed that Mediaserver went from 15 to 25% of the total power used on those days. So i went into Google Settings > Google+ > Auto backup and shut that **** off
Bingo!!!!
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I think there is a setting for the Auto Backup of Google+ wherein you can do the following;
Back up photos only when there is a Wi-Fi connection available.
Back up videos only when there is a Wi-Fi connection available.
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While charging only.
With these options, I think you will not have a problem with the battery esp while sleeping...
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before running cm on my phone I use to get 7 hrs screen on time and about 20 hrs on one charge. I don't know why some ppl are having bad battery.
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What do you get running CM? Is it a big difference?
Where is this setting? I looked under my google account and don't see it
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I don't know people are getting that kind of battery life! I get 2.5 hours of screen time and 38 hours of total battery life for every charge. Google Now is activated (I use it often), but otherwise GPS is off, Bluetooth is off, and WIFI is on for 15+ hours a day.
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Where is this setting? I looked under my google account and don't see it
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goto apps > google settings > google+
guys, its not about bad batterylife but a possible battery drain you may or may not have issues with.
granted Op can state a batterydrain vs the batterydrain, or state that this doesnt affect all, but if it does, this could be it
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CIQ?
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