My Sprint G2 is used as a media player to mirror to an Appradio 3 head unit in the car using a slimport cable that allows charging and hdmi passthrough. I have stock rom using Dorimanx kernel. Froze and uninstalled a lot of apps. Uninstalled messaging and phone since it has a bad esn and no need for it. Used Disable Service to disable some Play services that were always running like Google analytics service, Nlplocation, Location is off, Google Now is off, etc.
Things I need while on are Google Play, Soundcloud, Spotify, BT, WIFI, Play Store, Search, Tasker, Arunchained, Yav1 (allows mock locations with head unit gps), Torque, Chrome, HD Widgets, Waze, Facebook, Twitter. Everything else is non-essential. I use Tasker to automate the shutdown of all apps and wifi, I have airplane mode on and when i'm not connected to the cable and go to bed and wake up, I have 100%.
The issue i'm having is when I leave the phone plugged into charge cable overnight even though it's not charging with all essential apps not running, after 10 hours I get in the car to go to work with 35% battery left. I have 45% after an 8 hr. work day.
Any ideas what rogue process is causing this that I've missed?
I do have auto sync off, but phone backup is on. I'm thinking it has to do with the cable being plugged. I can't disable anything related to the functionality of the Appradio Unchained Reloaded app that allows mirroring through the cable though. Tasker is set to open the app upon charging detection when I turn on the car so the app will initialize the mirroring to the head unit.
Can anyone help with any idea of other services or apps I can disable?
EMINENT1 said:
The issue i'm having is when I leave the phone plugged into charge cable overnight even though it's not charging with all essential apps not running, after 10 hours I get in the car to go to work with 35% battery left. I have 45% after an 8 hr. work day.
Any ideas what rogue process is causing this that I've missed?
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Why would the phone not charge overnight? Is that your Q?
How do u goto work with 35% and after 8 hours end with 45%¿
I'm missing something here...
Do u have ur phone charging at work? Or do u remove phone from charger before going to work, have it charge in car?
This is confusing
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How can we possibly guess? Use Better Battery Stats, look at the built-in battery statistics, maybe GSam, etc...
mazroui said:
Why would the phone not charge overnight? Is that your Q?
How do u goto work with 35% and after 8 hours end with 45%¿
I'm missing something here...
Do u have ur phone charging at work? Or do u remove phone from charger before going to work, have it charge in car?
This is confusing
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I don't need the phone to charge overnight. I need it to not drain while still connected to the cable when it's not charging.
The phone is connected in the glove box via slimport hdmi/charge cable to my head unit. Turning on the car starts the charging on the phone. Turning off the car stops the charging, but it's still connected. This is when it drains. I need to find what's causing the drain during deep sleep. I already have Tasker automate shutdown of all running apps after charging is off. Battery battery stats doesn't give me much. I get some wakeups under the alarms and com.location.sparkle., but don't know what to disable to prevent them. I've disable phone and alarms, location services, everything above.
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The phone is connected in the glove box via slimport hdmi/charge cable to my head unit. Turning on the car starts the charging on the phone. Turning off the car stops the charging, but it's still connected. This is when it drains. I need to find what's causing the drain during deep sleep. I already have Tasker automate shutdown of all running apps after charging is off. Battery battery stats doesn't give me much. I get some wakeups under the alarms and com.location.sparkle., but don't know what to disable to prevent them. I've disable phone and alarms, location services, everything above.
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OK now I get it...
Well do u think its that big of a deal if that's how u use it?
For now ur handling it all pretty well, r u sure your head unit isn't requesting location when its all off?
What car do u drive? Jap/American? does your head unit go completely off when the car is off? Is sparkle a GPS app on the phone or the head unit? Can u have tasker restart the phone and not start any apps after the phone stops charging? Probably a rouge app not stopped properly is what I'm thinking..
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OK now I get it...
Well do u think its that big of a deal if that's how u use it?
For now ur handling it all pretty well, r u sure your head unit isn't requesting location when its all off?
What car do u drive? Jap/American? does your head unit go completely off when the car is off? Is sparkle a GPS app on the phone or the head unit? Can u have tasker restart the phone and not start any apps after the phone stops charging? Probably a rouge app not stopped properly is what I'm thinking..
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The car is an 06 Corvette. The head unit shuts off completely.
I did a search for Spark or sparkle and it's something with Sprint and location services. The only apps that use location are Waze, search and Yav1 but they all allow mock locations using the GPS on the head unit. So location is off on the phone. With those shut down and the head unit off. I didn't think they'd have a way to run in the background. Location service is still in the list of apps though twice in Titanium Backup. I don't know if that should be disabled or if they're needed when the phone is on to use search and stuff.
Location service.. 2???
I'd recommend a modded stock ROM without all the sprint bloat... That way u know u don't have any bloatware to mess with..
1 of those 2 is needed for sure.. So try n freeze 1 or the other n check your GPS/location for functionality..
Nice car BTW
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EMINENT1 said:
The car is an 06 Corvette. The head unit shuts off completely.
I did a search for Spark or sparkle and it's something with Sprint and location services. The only apps that use location are Waze, search and Yav1 but they all allow mock locations using the GPS on the head unit. So location is off on the phone. With those shut down and the head unit off. I didn't think they'd have a way to run in the background. Location service is still in the list of apps though twice in Titanium Backup. I don't know if that should be disabled or if they're needed when the phone is on to use search and stuff.
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u tried clearing the other alarms wakelocks ?
mazroui said:
Location service.. 2???
I'd recommend a modded stock ROM without all the sprint bloat... That way u know u don't have any bloatware to mess with..
1 of those 2 is needed for sure.. So try n freeze 1 or the other n check your GPS/location for functionality..
Nice car BTW
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u tried clearing the other alarms wakelocks ?
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The play store has something to help fix google play services battery drain
Try that too
not really... i tried some wakelock blocking apps that only resulted in more bad wakelocks... u need to solve the wakelocks 1 at a time... try posting a BBS on the xda thread... people there r pretty friendly and will help u find answers to nasty/known wakelocks
might wanna try the nlp unbounce or is it called tamer now for location... search xda for it (its an exposed framework module)
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not really... i tried some wakelock blocking apps that only resulted in more bad wakelocks... u need to solve the wakelocks 1 at a time... try posting a BBS on the xda thread... people there r pretty friendly and will help u find answers to nasty/known wakelocks
might wanna try the nlp unbounce or is it called tamer now for location... search xda for it (its an exposed framework module)
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I tried Lion Tamer/Unbounce and it only gives so much info for certain things that are same. Most things have no description so I don't know what i'm taming or how they might affect the system.
EMINENT1 said:
I tried Lion Tamer/Unbounce and it only gives so much info for certain things that are same. Most things have no description so I don't know what i'm taming or how they might affect the system.
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Well my friend this is where u do your part of looking at high wakelock causes and googling about them...
Even if it's not safe to tame them it's not like u can't un~tame them ? So no harm done... Experiment with them n good luck with your findings
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I've always been under the assumption that it's best to turn GPS entirely off when I don't need it to help save on battery life. I was just reading a thread on another site and it gave me the impression that if it's turned on and the icon is not showing on the status bar, like it does when I'm using Maps, then it's not really tying up any CPU time and draining the battery.
Would that be accurate?
Im pretty sure its true, if maps isn't running, GPS doesnt need to fetch data therefore power isn't used by the GPS radio to fetch coodinates
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Rores said:
Im pretty sure its true, if maps isn't running, GPS doesnt need to fetch data therefore power isn't used by the GPS radio to fetch coodinates
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Yup, although sometimes if GPS is enabled, an app may turn it on when it really doesn't need to, which can sometimes cause battery drain.
Explicitly turning it off prevents this.
Yeah when I think about it, unlike wifi which can always be looking for a connection and BT will also be listening for a device to pair with, GPS doesn't really seem to 'look' for anything, it simply pulls data down upon request.
Do you guys specifically turn it off when it's not in use and by doing it, have you honestly noticed much of a difference?
I'm getting to the point where I'm micromanaging my phone too much and need to step back and just let the phone... be a phone.
i have a tasker profile set up that only turns on the GPS for the apps that i have it configured for, then turns GPS off after the app closes....
So I just noticed in BBS under partial wakelocks that I have 52mins worth of 'NetworkLocationLocator' with a count of 740. I've been having some odd battery drain today and no clue why. I've also noticed that Maps is in 'Running Services' and sometimes there are 2 of them and they can't be stopped.
I've opened Maps only after noticing this and GPS has been off. I run a weather widget but location is turned off. Nothing else I have installed uses any type of location feature (that I know of).
Any ideas what's causing this 52mins of wakelocks?
Kadin said:
So I just noticed in BBS under partial wakelocks that I have 52mins worth of 'NetworkLocationLocator' with a count of 740. I've been having some odd battery drain today and no clue why. I've also noticed that Maps is in 'Running Services' and sometimes there are 2 of them and they can't be stopped.
I've opened Maps only after noticing this and GPS has been off. I run a weather widget but location is turned off. Nothing else I have installed uses any type of location feature (that I know of).
Any ideas what's causing this 52mins of wakelocks?
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Did you accidentally turned on Latitude?
Nope, never used it. Not even sure what its for. Lol
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It is in gmaps. Once you sigbed in, it will use network location all the time. And there is no obvious way to sign out until you dig deep into the menus.
What it does is broadcasting your location to your friend 24/7.
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dig deep into which menus? i dont seem to have any options in google maps itself, besides a couple map cache options, and labs..
Some where in those menu trees, probably related to latitude, there its a button to sign out the latitude. Google made it so difficult to stop latitude to force you keep using it.
Edit: on latitude screen, menu-> settings. On top of the settings screen, trap on the text 'sign out latitude'.
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oh, i never use latitude..
i did start it up just to verify i was signed out like you said..
i still have a maps service started that when killed, comes right back..
gps is off, all location based stuff is off, i kill maps service, it comes right back..
i thought maybe this was keeping maps service open, must be something else.
Hello all,
I have been using Juice Defender for a few weeks and the last two days I noticed I couldn't connect to the internet. I then noticed that my data network had been turned off and after doing a little research I believe that Juice Defender is indeed the culprit. Is there any other battery savers out there that are basically the same that won't do this to me?
Thank you for your time,
AJ
What are your settings in juice defender, cause you can customise power saving profiles..
I just set it on balanced. What is a good setting?
Balanced is good, click customize and set it to your liking... The free version wont give you much customization, you might wanna get the paid version "Ultimate" for maximum customization options..
I have never used juice defender, but most of the "battery saver" apps I am familiar with get most of their battery savings by disconnecting data except for short periods of up time.
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OK. I wonder why it shut my data completely off and didn't turn it back on. Hows battery 2x
Just curious how much does juice defender actually save on battery? Currently I get about 4-4.5 hrs screen time, is juice defender really gonna improve it that much?
(sorry for the ot)
twiggums said:
Just curious how much does juice defender actually save on battery? Currently I get about 4-4.5 hrs screen time, is juice defender really gonna improve it that much?
(sorry for the ot)
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I personally found that JD killed my battery faster when it was enabled. I got rid of it a long time ago.
Alternative to Juice Defender? Nothing.
Just don't use it, except:
Use BetterBatteryStats to identify apps that are hogging your battery by holding wakelocks, and uninstall them.
Use Advanced Task Killer to kill wakelocking apps that you HAVE to keep around for whatever reason, but want to kill if they're holding wakelocks. (Like Facebook - that's the only app I kill after bootup at this point.) - Note, NEVER use an automatic task killer, and never use a task killer for memory management, only for killing wakelock holders.
dandrumheller said:
I have never used juice defender, but most of the "battery saver" apps I am familiar with get most of their battery savings by disconnecting data except for short periods of up time.
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+1 on that. I didn't see any battery saver app that does not do it.
Entropy512 said:
Use Advanced Task Killer to kill wakelocking apps that you HAVE to keep around for whatever reason, but want to kill if they're holding wakelocks. (Like Facebook - that's the only app I kill after bootup at this point.) - Note, NEVER use an automatic task killer, and never use a task killer for memory management, only for killing wakelock holders.
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Why not use AutoStart?
It prevents FB from starting all together till you actually open it up.
I need to figure out how that app actually works then maybe I can modify it myself in the rom/apk.
I use Green Power and it has helped me get longer battery life. The only thing I have enabled in it is mobile data tweaking: Mobile data is turned on only for a minute and then turned off for 10 mins while the screen is off. It has settings to define day and night (11pm to 6am). Above toggling behavior happens only during day while screen is off. During night, mobile data is turned off completely. You can even go to airplane mode if you want to.
Using Llama, I simply set WiFi to go off when screen turns off and turn it back on when screen turns on.
I also use Llama to turn on bluetooth when the phone is ringing or when I am in a call. Bluetooth is then made to turn off when the call ends. I don't use bluetooth for music, so this setup works for me.
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LiLChris06 said:
Why not use AutoStart?
It prevents FB from starting all together till you actually open it up.
I need to figure out how that app actually works then maybe I can modify it myself in the rom/apk.
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I use the Titanium Backup Pro's freeze/defrost/launch widget to prevent FB from running in background. One click to defrost and launch it and another click to freeze it.
I use tasker. Very powerful program. Can tell your phone to do so much, whenever you chose. Since I am a lazy guy, I tell it to shut off data/wifi when screen is off. I also do things like disable Bluetooth after a certain time (don't need bluetooth while I am sleeping).
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=tasker
I use myprofiles. I use it to automatically turn off auto sync while I'm at work, and turn on airplane mode while I'm sleeping. I can get nearly 2 days with light to moderate usage.
I set it and forget it, never have to manually adjust settings. Different than juice defender, but works for me
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I use tasker. Very powerful program. Can tell your phone to do so much, whenever you chose. Since I am a lazy guy, I tell it to shut off data/wifi when screen is off. I also do things like disable Bluetooth after a certain time (don't need bluetooth while I am sleeping).
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=tasker
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+1
I love tasker. Use it to turn on wifi when I'm near home, turn on GPS when I load up maps, and all types of other stuff.
1. disable auto sync'ing on all apps such as email. I'd rather manually refresh when I use the particular app
2. Force Stop Google Maps from the Downloaded Apps list, not just stop it on the Running list. This stops Maps from restarting itself
3. Set wifi sleep policy to "Never when plugged in". All battery tips say to set wifi sleep policy to "Never". I don't think it's right for tablet. Let wifi sleep when not using it, unless you are downloading movies or tv shows then plug in the power.
The change is I used to recharge every other day, now I recharge every 3-4 days. Hope you get good results with my suggestions too.
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1. disable auto sync'ing on all apps such as email. I'd rather manually refresh when I use the particular app
2. Force Stop Google Maps from the Downloaded Apps list, not just stop it on the Running list. This stops Maps from restarting itself
3. Set wifi sleep policy to "Never when plugged in". All battery tips say to set wifi sleep policy to "Never". I don't think it's right for tablet. Let wifi sleep when not using it, unless you are downloading movies or tv shows then plug in the power.
The change is I used to recharge every other day, now I recharge every 3-4 days. Hope you get good results with my suggestions too.
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thanks for the tip. another one is not to use auto brightness and try to keep brightness around 25% or less.
I actually froze maps with TiBu. I'll use it on my phone if I need it. It seemed to help a ton. Also, I turned ips+ on and turn brightness all the way down instead of leaving ips+ off and turning brightness up a little, I don't know if this actually helped battery or not but it kind of seemed to to me.
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If I've helped you in any way... hit the "Thanks" button.
I find that not using my prime helps to preserve battery life..... C'mon guys, android is not a day old, and all these tips are more common sense nowadays than acquired knowledge. Meanwhile, I commend OP for trying to help.
OP, point no2, it depends wherever you allowed Google to use location at setup (you can change it in settings), you can shut it down all you like, but as soon as you use an app that needs location service is going to restart.
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bklm1234 said:
1. disable auto sync'ing on all apps such as email. I'd rather manually refresh when I use the particular app
2. Force Stop Google Maps from the Downloaded Apps list, not just stop it on the Running list. This stops Maps from restarting itself
3. Set wifi sleep policy to "Never when plugged in". All battery tips say to set wifi sleep policy to "Never". I don't think it's right for tablet. Let wifi sleep when not using it, unless you are downloading movies or tv shows then plug in the power.
The change is I used to recharge every other day, now I recharge every 3-4 days. Hope you get good results with my suggestions too.
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If your WiFi turns off when your tablet is sleeping, I don't think it is necessary to disable auto syncing of apps, since they won't sync without a data connection anyway.
Also I don't know what force stopping Google Maps is supposed to accomplish. Again if there is no data connection it isn't downloading or sending information it most likely isn't using any CPU.
The most important setting here is to disable WiFi when the tablet is sleeping. That is the only setting I have changed and I also get 3-4 days of battery life with moderate usage between charges.
How I cut down battery drain when I'm not using my TFP:
- Power it off
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bklm1234 said:
1. disable auto sync'ing on all apps such as email. I'd rather manually refresh when I use the particular app
2. Force Stop Google Maps from the Downloaded Apps list, not just stop it on the Running list. This stops Maps from restarting itself
3. Set wifi sleep policy to "Never when plugged in". All battery tips say to set wifi sleep policy to "Never". I don't think it's right for tablet. Let wifi sleep when not using it, unless you are downloading movies or tv shows then plug in the power.
The change is I used to recharge every other day, now I recharge every 3-4 days. Hope you get good results with my suggestions too.
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I don't have the option that says "never when plugged in". Mine says "only when plugged in".
I still get crazy good battery idle when undocked. I wont lose a percent for over 10 hours of standby. when it is docked I lose 1% every 2-3 hours. I've tried every setting but it still occurs
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I still get crazy good battery idle when undocked. I wont lose a percent for over 10 hours of standby. when it is docked I lose 1% every 2-3 hours. I've tried every setting but it still occurs
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What standby setting are you using that you aren't losing anything in 10 hours???
I've been thinking about this for a while
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I still get crazy good battery idle when undocked. I wont lose a percent for over 10 hours of standby. when it is docked I lose 1% every 2-3 hours. I've tried every setting but it still occurs
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Same here.
Which got me to thinking, and this is only my common sense here.
On standby it's clear why the dock's battery shouldn't be draining, but when in use the dock needs some sort of power to run. The trackpad needs power, the keys themselves need power, when you push capslock it has a light that turns on which also needs power.
It seems that using it's own battery instead of the tablet's for power consumption while in use is the right way to handle this, and that would also make sense for a higher battery drain when not is standby mode as apposed to standby mode.
Just some of my thoughts.
Sorry you are right. "Only when plugged in"
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When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
Start with Better Battery Stats and read the ten million battery posts on XDA .
jje
chaos748 said:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
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Mine drops about 1.5% every hour whenever it's on standby.
JJEgan said:
Start with Better Battery Stats and read the ten million battery posts on XDA .
jje
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Better battery stats does not work.dont know why.and i made my own post cause i cannot find the solution of the problem on other posts.try to be more polite to your answers
have you tried downloading the xda version of the better battery stats? if not here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Is your phone rooted? Like others said, try to install the xda-forum version of BBS but it's weird because I did install the one from GPlay.
One of the first lead is the WiFi? Is it always turned on? There's a bug with it. Go into the advanced WiFi settings and set it to 'only if activated' (I don't know the exact spell in English but it's something like that).
But you better have to dl BBS & check the wakelocks.
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which rom are you using?
that should be solved flashing another kernel, try it.
dont use a rom...my phone is just rooted
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what?
Underclock when you're not using your phone.
That will save battery.
If ur using stock TW. Put on power saving mode
PM Me if u want to know more.
Try using an app called easy battery saver and only use the cable and plug that came with your galaxy s3 it works for me, today I had eight hours after charge and using internet with 3g nearly continuously.
You would get much more by leaving it on standby.
Also restrict your background data, turn off your automatic updates at play store andturn off WiFi while screen is asleep.
Follow all these for better battery.
Use any battery investigation apk/widget (I'd recommend battery monitor widget) and look what is causing the drain...
may I guess: cell standby or gpsd?
guys i remember you that the cell phone is on flight mode with wifi,gps and data turned off
and, if you have a soft which contains a bug - you'll have such processes running.
It is up to you to install any apk which will contain more detailed statistics what actually is consuming so much juice.
If you do not want - no one would force you.
chaos748 said:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
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I have the exactly same problem,30% drain overnight.That happens after updating to 4.1.1 JellyBean.With ICS never happened.
Go into the battery page, click on the graph and then post a screenshot of the detailed graph here. It is usually an app or process not letting the phone go into standby. Happened to me when I had my phone on ICS out of the box. I fixed that all up through the individual app settings and all was sweet. Then when I went from ICS to JB, the issue came up again and I had to go through the apps again to change the settings back. It seems that by updating from ICS to JB, certain settings get set back to default, which then does not allow the phone to go into standby.
Culprits that I have found are:
Facebook - set to manual refresh interval
Weather (or any weather widget) - manual refresh interval
Google play store - Turn off Google AdMob Ads
Any form of newsreader (I was using Pulse) - Turn off notification when there are new stories
Wifi advanced settings - Set Keep Wifi on during sleep to "Always"
Samsung account - Turn off sync
Samsung app store - Turn off Update Notification, turn off push notification, turn off ad preferences.
chaos748 said:
When i fall asleep i just place my phone nearby the bed and its on airplane mode,wifi closed,data closed and generally no apps running(i think so).The battery is level (ex)50% and when i wake up,about 7 hours later its always about 15-20%.why this happen?
I checked the battery manager just after i waked up and the first was screen(56%) and after that adobe reader(10%)
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Maybe some apps running in background if you are using *viber* delete it
It makes proximity sensor always on.
Try delete apps like that
Thanks
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Guys please keep in mind that keeping the stock os without any custom kernel might be not as effective than using an adequate custom rom...
In addition remember, cooler temperatures cause ur battery to lose its charge faster...
So if ur phone is placed on the window shelf and its getting cold during the night it might cause ur battery to drop fast..
I made this observation with my sgs plus....
Hope i helped.
Hello! I bet you have seen this a heap of times. Well guess what, so have I. Alas, nothing has been found - I checked Android Central, the T-Mobile and AT&T websites and all sorts of other techy places but to no avail. So here I am, scavenging information, doing stuff to my phone - I am finally to the end point - writing a post myself.
So, heres my problem: awful battery and when I charge while using the phone, the battery goes DOWN!
Lets start with this
What I have done:
Factory reset
Cleared cache
Deleted every program (app)
Airplane mode
No sim card
Downgrade to 4.1.2
Rooted and calibrated battery
Full discharge to full charge
Now please check the eye candy down below in the attachments..
So.. What else?! It isn't a hardware problem because when it is turned off and charging, it seems to be fine.
Some system specs:
Galaxy S3
International
OmniRom 4.4 (btw, this ALSO has drain, I install hoping it wouldn't)
Wrong section just post in q& a section...
Install BBS and see what's eating your battery..
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Go into Google Settings and Turn Location Reporting Off. If you want a more agressive power saving go into WiFi settings and turn Always Scanning Off.
Clean
I had this problem of the phone discharging while charging (no pun intended) and the only solution I found was to clean the phone's USB charging port with an Contacts cleaner Spray (the one that has a "pipe/tube", let it dry out and clean the usb plug likewise. That solved my problem. But mind you: my problem was phone discharging while charging
Gold_Diesel said:
Go into Google Settings and Turn Location Reporting Off. If you want a more agressive power saving go into WiFi settings and turn Always Scanning Off.
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Thanks for the info. I did both, yet, noticing a little less awaking, it still drains when charging and rather abnormally when not and just using it. The only thing waking my phone up now seems to be Google Search? (in wake lock detector) Cant anyone explain that?
Install an app disable services and disable Google services which are active in background... But disable then one by one as it may affect your play store functionality...
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kunal1540 said:
Install an app disable services and disable Google services which are active in background... But disable then one by one as it may affect your play store functionality...
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using wake lock detector I noticed the apps name (google search) was com.google.android.googlequicksearch... but, using a service disabling app, I couldn't find that name under the system app ''google search'' tab?
*EDIT: I tracked all the wakelocks (ALL of them) and they lead to location services! Simply turning it off gives me no more wake locks. Not a permanent solution as I am completely unsatisfied, but a temporary one nonetheless. Going to keep monitoring battery as it seems to be fine, but I haven't nailed down the discharg while charging problem yet...