I got a new Captivate a couple weeks ago now. Since then my battery life has been less than 12 hours on stock 2.1, stock 2.2, Paragon RC6 and Serendipity 5.12.
Yesterday I decided to wipe the phone and start off with stock apps then slowly add them back in each day. So far, I'm 5 hours unplugged and still have 86% battery (stock apps) after using some GPS, some WiFi, 3 phone calls for a total of about 20 minutes, some browsing and some text messaging. THIS IS HOW THE PHONE SHOULD BE WORKING. Therefore, one of the apps I normally have installed is being an asshole. However, this is going to take me forever to slowly add each one back in and monitor them to see what is killing my battery.
Does anyone have an idea of what it might be from the following (I didn't list what comes on the default Serendipity ROM because it obviously isn't anything already on it):
3G Watchdog
Adobe Reader
Advanced Task Killer
Angry Birds
AppBrain Market
Barcode Scanner
Beautiful Widgets
BLN Control
Cineplex Mobile
ConvertPad
Documents To Go
Dropbox
Google Earth
Evernote
Facebook
GasBuddy
Google Goggles
Google Sky Map
Google Translate
GPS Test
KeePassDroid
Lookout
Mint.com
Rogers My Account
Google Reader (not setup to sync)
ShootMe
Google Shopper
Skype
SoundHound
Spaghetti Marshmallo
Spare Parts
Tip Calculator
Titanium Backup
Twitter
Unblock Me
morrty said:
*3G Watchdog
Advanced Task Killer
*AppBrain Market
Google Earth
*Facebook
Google Goggles
Google Sky Map
*Lookout
Google Shopper
*Skype
*Twitter
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*=Suspicious. Any of these could be the culprit(s) since they access the internet/network, but ones like Twitter and Facebook that update regularly are most suspect.
Do you keep skype connected? I would imagine it would use a lot of power if left connected.
What is your refresh interval set for in facebook?
Have you made sure to flash or reset with a full battery? The first time i did a factory reset, i did it with a half battery and my captivate would only last about 6h with light usage. After resetting with a full battery I could go 14-16 hours with similar usage.
Another issue ive seen is if you are in a low signal area that can also cause higher battery drain.
I'd suggest installing osmonitor from market and see what apps are running and eating up resources.
I previously had appbrain issues where it was running constantly at 5-10% of the cpu's resources but just uninstalled and reinstalled and all seems ok now. ymmv...
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Miami_Son said:
*3G Watchdog
Advanced Task Killer
*AppBrain Market
Google Earth
*Facebook
Google Goggles
Google Sky Map
*Lookout
Google Shopper
*Skype
*Twitter
*=Suspicious. Any of these could be the culprit(s) since they access the internet/network, but ones like Twitter and Facebook that update regularly are most suspect.
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ones in red definatly, blue meh... with the built in memory management/ tweaked management in updated newer/custom roms, task killers use more power than they save.
Android has their own online market with push installs now. AppBrain not needed. https://market.android.com/
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I'd suggest installing osmonitor from market and see what apps are running and eating up resources.
I previously had appbrain issues where it was running constantly at 5-10% of the cpu's resources but just uninstalled and reinstalled and all seems ok now. ymmv...
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see above...
The blue ones could also be battery vampires because they access the network/wifi. Depends on how often they are set to sync data.
Thanks for the suggestions, I think what I'll do first is install everything that isn't suspicious from what you guys advised against and monitor that. Then I'll slowly add back the suspicious apps.
By the way, I'm going on 12 hours now and only at 74%. Usually my phone would be dead by now. This is with moderate use too. I just got off an hour long phone call with my brother after we both put our phones in speaker phone mode and owned kids on Black Ops.
don't forget beautiful widgets. stock setting were to update weather every 15 min. that is a lot of data over the course of a full day.
i found that one would kill my battery.
Tenchuu said:
don't forget beautiful widgets. stock setting were to update weather every 15 min. that is a lot of data over the course of a full day.
i found that one would kill my battery.
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+1
weather apps are battery killers. I uninstalled mine and went from 10hours to two days between charges.
@morrty, be sure to let us know your results.
I definitely will, it just may be a little while because I'm calibrating the battery by doing a full run down and full charge. I'm actually having a hard time running down the battery now.
Currently sitting at 45% @ 29 hours.
Incredible, I can't wait to single out that asshole app.
So far, I've installed all of the non suspicious apps. My battery started draining a little bit faster but not to the point it was before. It still seems like normal use. 7% drain overnight. 4% more since waking up, showering and coming to work.
Latitude was a huge offender I found. Even with the auto check-in disabled, it kept the phone in a partial wake-lock.
I've still got more testing to do but I'll update when I find out more.
Looks like it was a mix of facebook, twitter, latitude and dropbox.
Thanks for the help guys.
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So, after looking at my bill for last month... and the fact that my captivate dies within 1 day. (Actually yesterday, i went to a concert... for 12 hours, it died twice...). So here is my question.
How do i limit when and which each app fetches data from the internet? The way i see it, when an app has to do that, it uses data and battery... and its almost every 10 minutes or so.
The current apps in using that use data are :
AppBrain
Appsfire
Catch
Clock (the weather thing inside must use some data...)
FancyWidget (Also has weather in it...)
CNET News
Engadget
Evernote
Facebook
FMyLife Official
Game Time
Gmail
Market
My Account (A rogers tool to check your usage)
Plse
Twitter
Youtube
Those are all the apps i use. is there anyway i can limit them to refreshing every hour? or when i open these apps?
Thanks
supaphreek said:
So, after looking at my bill for last month... and the fact that my captivate dies within 1 day. (Actually yesterday, i went to a concert... for 12 hours, it died twice...). So here is my question.
How do i limit when and which each app fetches data from the internet? The way i see it, when an app has to do that, it uses data and battery... and its almost every 10 minutes or so.
The current apps in using that use data are :
AppBrain
Appsfire
Catch
Clock (the weather thing inside must use some data...)
FancyWidget (Also has weather in it...)
CNET News
Engadget
Evernote
Facebook
FMyLife Official
Game Time
Gmail
Market
My Account (A rogers tool to check your usage)
Plse
Twitter
Youtube
Those are all the apps i use. is there anyway i can limit them to refreshing every hour? or when i open these apps?
Thanks
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Download "Super Power" from market. Set it to disable data, and set a schedule to allow data for 5-10 mins every hour. That should solve ur issue.
Alternate is to go into each app and set up its sync settings to match what u want.
Thanks
gonna give it a shot
Why is my Captivate so laggy?!
It typically takes 3 seconds to get from my homescreen to the dial pad when I click phone and every other app takes at least 3 seconds as well. After the app has been launched, it doesn't take as long to bring it up next time as expected however, having too many apps up lags my phone like crazy and makes it lag even more when opening new apps. I always have at least 50 mb of RAM free. Closing apps and clearing my memory makes it go back to a 3 second open time.
I've used Serendipity 6.x, MIUI, and now I'm on Serendipity 7. Between the time I went from MIUI to Serendipity 7, I hard bricked my phone and got it completely wiped. Even after a fresh clean install, Serendipity continues to lag. EXT4 lagfix is on of course.
Even comparing it to my friend's Fascinate running 2.2, his Fascinate smokes my Captivate by a long shot!
Does anyone have any ideas?
Your memory is kinda low I avg 80mb free. What are you running on your phone? Widgets apps etc. Btw a better tittle would be recommended.
With Facebook, Google Voice, Aim, and Browser running in the background with 0% CPU usage, I have about 50 mb free. I also have 1 widget on every homescreen with 4 homescreens total. If I clear everything, I have about 120 mb free and things are slightly snappier (about 2-3 seConds to open an app) but after I open google voice and Facebook, things get Laggy again.
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With Facebook, Google Voice, Aim, and Browser running in the background with 0% CPU usage, I have about 50 mb free. I also have 1 widget on every homescreen with 4 homescreens total. If I clear everything, I have about 120 mb free and things are slightly snappier (about 2-3 seConds to open an app) but after I open google voice and Facebook, things get Laggy again.
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Theres no way you have all that running and 0% cpu usage. Especially if any of those widgets are live widgets or refresh at any time.
Read the following article on how android uses RAM and what could actually be slowing down your phone. I read this article a few weeks back and sacrificed a few liked (but obviously poorly coded) apps that resulted in me getting better battery life and a faster phone.
Heres the article: http://lifehacker.com/5650894/androi...uldnt-use-them
I don't like have Facebook running it tends to slow down my phone, I just keep the widget on. 80% of the times your phone is laggy or slow because you have alot of things running OR you are using poorly codded apps.
When was the last time u rebooted?
Sorry Facebook, aim, and etc were apps, not widgets. They are usually idle and use 0% if the CPU. As for widgets, I have some beautiful widgets and pure grid calendar widgets. My bad for not specifying. I'll also take a look at the article asap. I'm desperate for better performance lol.
They can't use 0% if u have background data on. Matter of fact, they can't use 0% period if there RUNNING
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They can't use 0% if u have background data on. Matter of fact, they can't use 0% period if there RUNNING
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This. If your phone is on your CPU is running. I mean, it has to process the information from whatever app you are using to view your CPU usage. Make sure to read the part about the CPU in the article and the watchdog app.
I charged my phone last night to 100% and unplugged it.
When I woke up now it was off. So I turned it on. It went to the LG screen, then Rogers, then went black. Tried it again, same thing.
So I plugged it into the wall and the silver battery icon came up flashing. 5 minutes later now it has 1 red bar.
Why would it die over night? Nothing was running.
It might be because of a widget,not stock.
Yeah.....u definitely had something running in the background.
Make a list of all apps you have installed.
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Same happened to me about 4 times.
Its usually a sync process that drains the phone. I guess Exchange server sync.
well I recently installed Go Launcher. I always go application manager and stop all when I am not using the phone though.
Other than this the battery has been better on gingerbread.
ok there are a few apps that keep starting up even though I stop all applications.
- messaging
- rom manager
- youtube
- winamp
- google +
how can I stop them from constantly opening?
youtube and winamp are both widgets on my screens. but on stock froyo if I "stop all" they wouldn't suck up power or anything.
I never use google + so I don't know why it's there.
rom manager don't use anymore since I am not rooted.
If you dont hav titanium backup pro then get it its so worth the couple bucks u can freeze apps so they cant run or u can totally for the other apps u use not much u can do about them running in the background. What kills my batt the most is auto sync and auto baackground data i always turn them off when im not using them
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If you dont hav titanium backup pro then get it its so worth the couple bucks u can freeze apps so they cant run or u can totally for the other apps u use not much u can do about them running in the background. What kills my batt the most is auto sync and auto baackground data i always turn them off when im not using them
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titanium backup requires root. I just upgraded to gingerbread 2.3 so I don't want to play with root right now.
I need help though because only since I upgraded these apps keep coming up.
I am KILLING apps with application manager. These pop up like minutes later.
- email
- google plus
- winamp
- gmail
- messaging
why are these popping up constantly? I never had this with froyo 2.2.2
umirin said:
titanium backup requires root. I just upgraded to gingerbread 2.3 so I don't want to play with root right now.
I need help though because only since I upgraded these apps keep coming up.
I am KILLING apps with application manager. These pop up like minutes later.
- email
- google plus
- winamp
- gmail
- messaging
why are these popping up constantly? I never had this with froyo 2.2.2
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the only way to do any thing about it is to root and task killers dont help any these things are accully worse cuz the os just opens the programs again and that uses cpu cycles
xstokerx said:
the only way to do any thing about it is to root and task killers dont help any these things are accully worse cuz the os just opens the programs again and that uses cpu cycles
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I know I read task killlers are not worth it.
But as I said, this did NOT happen with Froyo 2.2.2.
I don't even use google +, why would it ever open?
I didn't open my email, SYNC IS OFF. Yet it's there.
Messaging is open, not texting anyone. In froyo I always killed messaging when I was done. It never came back.
ROM manager has no reason to be open since I am not rooted.
apps like Rogers navigation - NEVER use just randomly pop up in the application manager.
Someone must have an answer for this.
My phone is NOT rooted. Stock gingerbread 2.3.
Hey umirin,
I too had noticed that the phone would constantly restart random apps that weren't being used, despite seemingly nothing happening. It pissed me off to no end, but the reason why it happens is because the programmers write in queues for the programs to start, such as 'screen on,' 'screen off,' and my personal favorites, 'wifi state change' and 'connectivity change.' There's an app called autostarts on the market (it costs about a dollar i think) that will let you disable all of these, so now I have no random apps starting and my battery life is much better There are free ones on the market you can try as well just to see, but they didn't give me nearly the access to all the queues that autostarts does. It's a damn good app. Also, if you want to freeze apps and you don't want to fork out for the paid version of Titanium Backup, AntTek App Manager can freeze all the apps you want for free good luck improving your battery life, I just bought a 3500 mAh battery on amazon to improve mine lol and now the phone is a beast.
the phone is just storing them in ram its not using cpu cycles or battery wile in ram its so if you do use the apps it loads faster
True, while it is in the ram it does not use CPU cycles. But when it loads them, it does. I've also noticed the phone slow down noticeably and even crash when there's tons of apps left in the memory. For some reason it just doesn't handle cleaning up the unused ones very well. But there are some apps that simply don't need to be loaded every time common events occur on the phone, such as changing connectivity from wifi to the cellular network. Consider this. You leave those (useless) background programs to load when the phone changes connectivity. Then you start your browser, which uses a considerable amount of ram. To make room for the browser, the operating system SHUTS THESE BACKGROUND PROGRAMS DOWN. Stay with me here. Later on, when your phone inevitably changes connectivity again, guess what those little background programs do? They start up again. And that consumes CPU cycles and battery. And they're used for nothing, which means all they amounted to is wasted CPU cycles and battery. In my opinion, it is sloppy programming by the app developers to require their apps to start every time an event like that happens. It consumes resources that are precious on a mobile system such as a cell phone. But it is very useful to leave commonly used apps such as your messaging service or browser in the memory. In fact, the messaging app was the only app I left to start on most of the events on the phone for that exact reason. It's just things like ROM manager and Titanium Backup starting themselves up just to hang out that is a waste.
Your right that's how it works but can't do any thing about it ecsept what was posted above
so strange i left my phone on all night just to see and i only lost 2 percent??
ok why does this do it in gingerbread 2.3 but it didn't do it in froyo 2.2.2?
Wait where did u get the update from. I goto update and it says its not avaia
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Wait where did u get the update from. I goto update and it says its not avaia
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I got the LG Updater tool from the LG website. As far as I know the update was for Rogers Customers. Updated from Froyo -> Gingerbread. But there are problems with the GB Baseband with ghost calls. The update here was released Feb 1, 2012. I'm just hoping they don;t say "We gave you the Gingerbread update so no Icecream Sandwich until 2013"
yeah figures att and lg couldn't do us all a favor
Long story short! i am not happy with the performance of my nexus 7 32gb wifi from 4.2 - 4.3 my battery life is crap (cant even get over 3h onscreen time)
i want to downgrade my tablet to 4.1.2 stock rooted because Ive been hearing good things about that version
i am on bootloader 4.18, can i just wipe data (without wiping sd card) and flash the 4.1.2 zip
or do i have to clean the whole tablet and flash a lower version bootloader?
Thanks in advance!:laugh:
qaz2453 said:
Long story short! i am not happy with the performance of my nexus 7 from 4.2 - 4.3 my battery life is crap (cant even get over 3h onscreen time)
i want to downgrade my tablet to 4.1.2 stock rooted because Ive been hearing good things about that version
i am on bootloader 4.18, can i just wipe data (without wiping sd card) and flash the 4.1.2 zip
or do i have to clean the whole tablet and flash a lower version bootloader?
Thanks in advance!:laugh:
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Afaik you will need to wipe everything and flash the lower bootloader and then the 4.1.2 firmware/Rom ect. Following any guide for returning to stock or downgrading should suffice for your needs
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Have you tried doing a clean flash of 4.3 using fastboot? It wipes the tablet clean, but I found the performance improvement going from 4.2 very noticeable. I normally get around 8-9 sot with it. It's the 32 gb wifi model bought on release date.
qaz2453 said:
Long story short! i am not happy with the performance of my nexus 7 from 4.2 - 4.3 my battery life is crap (cant even get over 3h onscreen time)
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That's not normal, unless those 3 hours are playing games.
Backup and restore the entire system using Nexus images. There are posts archiving older ones, so finding 4.1.x should be easy. You'll also have to look into how to block OTA requests, etc.
That said, I agree with the bottom poster. Wipe clean and see what happens. Something is wrong with your current configuration.
I agree with the points above, I wouldn't downgrade. It can cause huge issues if done wrong, then you'll have to sort out the annoying "Update" notifications by disabling them. Its all alot of work for not much of a reward.
I'd do a full backup.
Complete wipe of everything
Re-install Factory Image
Restore what you need from backup.
Ok guys ive fully cleaned my tablet (wiped sd +system), updated the bootloader and installed stock rooted 4.3 with stock kernel
the performance issues have been resolved but the battery is still the same, can't get over 2.5h on screen time with little use
i am hoping its a rogue app that is causing the battery drain and i need your help
this is the list of apps on my tablet
AdAway
Adobe reader
amazon
app lock
APW
Argos
Auto trader
battery widget reborn
bbc iplayer
bbc media player
betterbaterystats
busybox free
cineworld official
dead trigger
dice player
dolphin browser
eBay
flash player settings
flow free
fruit ninja
glow hockey
gold miner free
HD widgets
hill climb racing
inage 2 wallpaper
memedroid
my beach hd
mybackup pro
osmos hd
paper toss
pool billiards pro
riptide GP2
rom manager
root explorer
setcpu
shine runner
sixaxis controller
slice hd
slingshot racing
spirit
sprinkle
simpsons tapped out
the game of life
titanium backup
tv catchup
vector
xda
xposed app settings
xposed installer
YouTube down-loader
need help guys
qaz2453 said:
Ok guys ive fully cleaned my tablet (wiped sd +system), updated the bootloader and installed stock rooted 4.3 with stock kernel
the performance issues have been resolved but the battery is still the same, can't get over 2.5h on screen time with little use
i am hoping its a rogue app that is causing the battery drain and i need your help
this is the list of apps on my tablet
AdAway
Adobe reader
amazon
app lock
APW
Argos
Auto trader
battery widget reborn
bbc iplayer
bbc media player
betterbaterystats
busybox free
cineworld official
dead trigger
dice player
dolphin browser
eBay
flash player settings
flow free
fruit ninja
glow hockey
gold miner free
HD widgets
hill climb racing
inage 2 wallpaper
memedroid
my beach hd
mybackup pro
osmos hd
paper toss
pool billiards pro
riptide GP2
rom manager
root explorer
setcpu
shine runner
sixaxis controller
slice hd
slingshot racing
spirit
sprinkle
simpsons tapped out
the game of life
titanium backup
tv catchup
vector
xda
xposed app settings
xposed installer
YouTube down-loader
need help guys
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Hi, qaz22453...
This does sound more than a little odd.
2.5 hours screen time is way below what you should be expecting... and a rogue app sounds like a likely candidate.
Have you tried analysing your battery usage with either BetterBatteryStats or GSam Battery Monitor.
BetterBatteryStats is the better of the two... as it gives more detailed information on app 'wakelocks' that might be draining your battery.
For myself, on Factory Stock JellyBean 4.3, I get around 6.5 hours screen time, over a couple of days. I could possibly get 7 hours, but I'm not comfortable about letting the battery drop below 15%.
The following tips might also help...
Trying disabling any 'syncing' activity you won't need in SETTINGS>>GOOGLE>>ACCOUNTS. Stuff like App Data, Calender, Chrome, Contacts, Gmail, Google Currents, Google Photos, Google Play Books, Google Play Magazines, Google Play Movies, Google Play Music, Keep, People Details, Sound Search for Google Play. That's a lot of stuff, that by default Android automatically 'syncs'... and it's gotta have an impact on battery performance. So... IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, DISABLE IT.
In SETTINGS>>WIRELESS & NETWORKS>>Wi-Fi>>menu>>ADVANCED... set Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep to 'Never'.
In SETTINGS>>WIRELESS & NETWORKS>>More... Disable NFC (unless you plan on using Near Field Communications anytime soon).
In SETTINGS>>LOCATION ACCESS... Disable GPS satellites. Location by GPS only works if you're outdoors and you have effective'line-of-sight' to the GPS satellites. In other words, the sky. Wi-Fi & mobile network location is accurate enough for most purposes
If you backup your tablet regularly to your PC (or know how to), you can also disable 'Backup My Data' in SETTINGS>>BACKUP & RESET.
And finally, if Bluetooth is enabled in SETTINGS>>WIRELESS & NETWORKS... and you don't need it... disable it.
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All these, collectively (enabled as they are by default) will have a detrimental effect on battery performance.
Enable what you need... and no more.
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To conclude...
Using either of two apps I referenced above... run the tablet through a complete charge and discharge cycle (without reboot)... and they should reveal which app is draining the battery the most.
You might also want to consider disabling the Auto-Brightness feature in SETTINGS>>DISPLAY>>BRIGHTNESS... and manually set your own brightness level. Personally, I often find the screen too bright anyway, and prefer to set it to very low (around 15-20%).
Good luck.
Rgrds,
Ged.
Thank you so much for your help
I did try betterbatterystats.. But not thought a full charge and discharge cycle
I will let my battery fully discharge, then charge while off , then I'll use betterbatterystats to determine the battery hog
Once again, thanks for your help
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qaz2453 said:
Thank you so much for your help
I did try betterbatterystats.. But not thought a full charge and discharge cycle
I will let my battery fully discharge, then charge while off , then I'll use betterbatterystats to determine the battery hog
Once again, thanks for your help
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No problem, qaz2453...
But just a word of caution... I wouldn't let the battery COMPLETELY discharge (ie., hit 0%).
It's generally not considered a good idea to FULLY discharge Lith-Ion batteries as it impairs their performance and reduces their lifetime expectancy.
cf. this article... http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-tips-for-extending-lithium-ion-battery-life
And on the Nexus 7, there have been reported soft-brick problems when the battery gets really low (<5%)... although it's nothing that can't be fixed.
Personally, I 'plug-in' at no lower than 10%... although I have gone as low 4% (usually when I've completely forgotten the thing is running low on juice).
Get a battery widget, like this one from PlayStore (been using this one for three years now, on a variety of Android boxes, including the Nexus 7; tried others... but I always come back to it. It consumes next to no resources!).
And keep a periodic eye on BetterBatteryStats... to see which 'wakelocks' or CPU processes might be the culprit behind your unusually short screen-time.
Rgrds,
Ged.
Hey all - weird situation here. For the last few days or so my battery has been draining *really* fast and the phone is very warm. Yesterday I went to the battery settings to see what the culprit was and it was an Amazon app that I *never* open - so I disabled it. Same thing today. This time:
17% - Android OS
12% Amazon app suite
12% Email
11% DJI Go, a drone-control app.
I haven't opened anything Amazon ever (bloatware) or DJI GO in at least a month. How are apps I'm not even opening draining my battery? They're not running - at least not that I can see in the task manager. And e-mail? Nothing out of the ordinary.
I'm grateful for any theories as to exactly what the crap is going on with my beloved phone!!
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Hey all - weird situation here. For the last few days or so my battery has been draining *really* fast and the phone is very warm. Yesterday I went to the battery settings to see what the culprit was and it was an Amazon app that I *never* open - so I disabled it. Same thing today. This time:
17% - Android OS
12% Amazon app suite
12% Email
11% DJI Go, a drone-control app.
I haven't opened anything Amazon ever (bloatware) or DJI GO in at least a month. How are apps I'm not even opening draining my battery? They're not running - at least not that I can see in the task manager. And e-mail? Nothing out of the ordinary.
I'm grateful for any theories as to exactly what the crap is going on with my beloved phone!!
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Let's talk about that disabling in a minute. I'm confused about that. First, however...
Some apps run in the background even though you have not manually opened them or are using them. The developers do this so they will open VERY FAST when you do click on them and they don't care your battery is being used. This is why I use Greenify -- I can put almost all apps like that into forced hibernation. IF/when I ever do use the apps, I click, they open. When I close them, Greenify puts them back into hibernation. (I don't use the Xposed version of Greenify, just the Greenify app.)
Obviously you don't want to Greenify something like your email app, weather widget, Facebook or anything that needs to be running in the background so you can get notifications. The apps you Greenify are the apps which like to run in the background even though you are not using them.
By any chance are you using Amazon photos backup service? I do. It's like Dropbox or Google Photos backup service. Photos and videos you take are uploaded for backup. If you have that turned on, that could be why Amazon stuff is still running? Just a guess.
Now, you say you disabled Amazon? How? Freezing it through Titanium Backup? Because if you froze it, there's no way it should be running at all. Which is why Greenify is better than freezing in most cases. I only TB freeze something which may need to by physically present for my OS to run correctly but which I do not want to run. There's some redundant CM ROM apps I freeze, as I don't want to take a chance on physically removing them, only to find out stuff crashes because it was important in some way I didn't realize. Freezing totally disables the app, and it won't even show up in your app drawer. If you unfreeze it, then it's there again. So, how did you disable it?
Chazz, you seriously are a real life superhero of my phone. You helped me get my GF a Maxx a few months ago - man, thank you so much!
Yeah, so I "disabled" some of these apps by actually trying to uninstall them (like Amazon), realizing they're bloatware, and instead dragging the icon up to "App info", where I have the option to force-stop or "disable" - whatever that is.
Here are a few screenshots from today:
So Android OS, Email, and Amazon app suite, none of which I've spent any real time on using, are having a race to see who can meaninglessly drain my battery the fastest. DJI GO, which again I haven't opened in a month, comes in at a distant 4th. I barely used my phone today except for about an hour of Pandora and maybe 30 mins of browsing.
Greenify - gotcha! Downloaded it and trying to kill some of this stuff - but nothing Amazon even appears in the listing of all apps. And email? What the heck? I can't really lock my e-mail out. It's just so strange that apps that I'm not even using are the ones draining the battery - any chance this could be a virus? Last I was paying attention, that wasn't much of a concern on Android...have I just had my head in the sand?
Many thanks again - I really appreciate the help!
In Greenify app, hit the "+" sign (on upper right of the app display) and it will show you more apps you can hibernate. I have over 200 apps, so I actually had to hit the "+" sign a couple of times to see the complete list. I think the initial offering is the low-hanging fruit.
For instance it will show my my Flashlight app. Right. I don't need my flashlight app running unless I am actually using my flashlight! So, I "greenify" it. It hibernates until I open the app. Once I close the app, THEN it goes back into hibernation until I need it again.
Right, you shouldn't lock lock out email. Is that personal email or work? I notice it's not Gmail. What are your fetch settings on that app? I have mine set for every 5 minutes. On my work email, it's an Exchange push server based so it's instant, but on my personal email (not Gmail), I have the IMAP fetch settings for 5 minutes. On some email apps you can even set fetch/check for every 30 seconds. That's a lot of pinging and could be draining the battery. Just a guess.
Seems to be working great, Chazz - thank you so much!!!