Hi,
I've been experiencing a heavy battery drain since last Saturday (March 10) on Gingerbread. I had a battery life of over a day and then suddenly to about 6 hours the next day. I've tried the phone with another battery and get the same battery life out of it.
Here is the Battery use:
Cell standby: 27% Time On 6h 10m
Display: 25% Time On 11m
Android OS: 18% CPU Total 4m
Phone Idle: 11% Time On 5h 57m
Email: 9% CPU 24s Keep Awake 7m
Android System: 4% CPU Total 16s CPU Foreground 16s Keep Awake 46s
Anyone has an idea what could be the cause? I've noticed the Market changed to Play Store but I don't remember having other updates.
This is the info about my phone:
Nexus S
Android 2.3.6
Baseband I9020AUCKF1
Kernel 2.6.35.7-gf5f63ef [email protected] #1
Build # GRK39F
Network Rogers
Signal Strength -85 dBm 15 asu
Mobile Network Type HSDPA
Tell me if you need more info...
Thanks in advance,
Denis.
Sometimes Batteries last longer if they're charged when almost empty. Try to use it until 5-10% and then recharge it.
You might want to install CPUSpy and BetterBatteryStats to check whats eating you battery.
Have you checked if there is any app in the background that might be consuming your battery (whatsapp, facebook, twitter, etc). Also, maybe some services, wireless, nfc, etc?
I've installed BetterBatteryStats and the phone is Awake 80.3% of the time. If I look at the Raw Kernel Lock, modem_ip_rx is taking 56.3%.
I'm really suspecting the last update of the Market to Google Play. In Net Counter, I have 100 MB downloaded in the last 2 days and my phone has been on my desk most part of the day.
I will kill the process when right after I boot tomorrow and see what happens.
I'll post the results.
Thanks!
Just posting my results.
When I unplugged my phone from the charger this morning, I force closed Play Store (the new market app) and 8 hours later my battery has 70% left. Yesterday I had only about 6 hours of battery life. Hope Google will fix this!
Thanks for your help, BetterBatteryStats helped me find the culprit.
Hmm weird that Google Play is draining on your battery....could it be an issue on GB? I am currently on ICS and I haven't experienced this issue.
Good thing it's working fine now!
We ran into the same issue on two other phones at our office. Another Nexus S running Gingerbread and a Samsung (don't know the model) but it was running Froyo. The version of Google Play is 3.4.7
Yesterday, I found Google Play Store version 3.5.15. I've installed it and tested it today. I didn't experience any battery drain with that version. I can't post any links since I don't have enough posts on xda but you can google "download google play store 3.5.15 androidspin" and you'll find the same link I used.
Am going to try the Play Store trick. I need to get to the bottom of this fast battery drain. I recommended this phone to somebody and since the bat only lasts 6-8 hours with very light usage, I look kind of silly.
I downloaded BetterBatteryStats but to be honest, I don't know what to make of it. Any tips what to look for? How did you determine it was Google Play?
When you went to settings -> apps, did you see Google Play listed as running? Our was it something like "Google Services"?
Thanks
Well the OTA update to ICS has come down and it appears to have fixed the battery drain issue. Looks great on the phone too!
I was using a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phone for 2 years and simply loved it how smooth everything worked and how long the battery lasted, keeping in mind that I am a heavy user.
After the 5.0.1 Update my phones battery performance went down the drain. I replaced the battery, uninstalled apps did everything I could actually with no success. I even bought a new Phone thinking that the phone's to blame.
Now I'm having the same issue with a Galaxy Note 5 and Android M installed:
- the phone gets always warm when using it
- significant battery drain with moderate to light usage (100% in half a day)
- Google Play Services using 50% of the battery capacity
But I finally managed to discover the culprit but don't know how to fix it...
From what I see there are problems with contacts syncing because it is syncing between 3 separate Google accounts (my personal, my business, and my employees accounts). I have them all 3 added to my phone and once I added them my battery on my new phone is constantly dying.
Does anyone have a suggestion how I could fix this problem?
I will also be adding screenshots after I am allowed . Any suggestions are welcome, please don't say stop syncing contacts.... Because contacts are the heart of my business.
Have had a second-hand Alpha for past 9 months, and battery life was never impressive (was prepared for that), with occasional very heavy drain (est. life half a day or less).
Have recently seen impressive improvement - Appears related to the latest Google Play Services update (9.8.77 from mid-October) - with light use of phone, G.P.S is still the biggest consumer, but with approx. three (3!) days of battery life I’m okay with that!
Has anyone experienced similar?
Hey guys,
I bought a Redmi Note 3 Pro 3 (Kate) three weeks ago and was really pleased by the battery life it showed me when I was on 8.0.5.0 (I think).
I usually got 7-10h screen on time on one battery charge lasting me 2-3 days. When I checked the updater app it proposed that there is an update available to 8.1.1.0 and I downloaded and installed it.
Since then my battery life got noticeable shorter and I can only reach 5-7 hours screen on time while the charge only lasts 1-2 days now.
The only apps I've installed are (same as I had on 8.0.5.0):
- Whatsapp
- Zvv timetable
- Google Play music
- Chrome
I already checked permissions, syncing and location stuff and all seems fine (location is off, syncing only chrome history and app data and nothing else).
Anyone has an idea how I can improve the battery life again? Or is it a problem with the 8.1.1.0 version of the global stable rom?
Cheers,
Some people on that version of the ROM may be able to offer advice, but the norm is to monitor what is high in the battery usage percentages.
Could be a lot of reasons but that should show what is the main culprit
It's actually something called "Other" and I have no clue what it refers to:
I've a biggest problem that my phone recently begin overheat and battrey drain issue caused by google play services. The phone was almost 2 years in my hands.. i've never seen a problem like this one or a fast battrey drain?! Wthe..
I've infinix hot 3 LTE x553
Somebody please help me resolve this sh1tty problem
Probably your battery is bed and you need replacement , but that is just my opinion. : )
Try root device and use MyAndroidTools then disable services and receiver