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On-screen app sucking the life out of battery

Have any of you guys experienced this? This stock LG app is eating all my battery after updating to gingerbread! And I haven't used it once. Never saw this before updating to gingerbread. Guess this gives me yet another reason to root and clean up the bloat-ware.
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adam.eno said:
Have any of you guys experienced this? This stock LG app is eating all my battery after updating to gingerbread! And I haven't used it once. Never saw this before updating to gingerbread. Guess this gives me yet another reason to root and clean up the bloat-ware.
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Seems to be a common problem, I experienced it myself on one of the leaks. The service restarted, found a problem and exited, got restarted etc. ad infinitum.
Agree, just root, and take a look at this post.

If you open dialer immeditely after the phone boots up, on screen phone starts to hog battery. So let the phone sit for a while, 10 minutes or so, and this doesn't happen. Same applies for camera, at least for me. Youtube app does the same regardless of when you open it, haven't found a solution for this one yet.

I had the same issue on V20L. So I removed OSP and the problem is solved.

i have some other doubts about this app and situation in general. if you see actual usage stats, that this app is not running at all (some sec of cpu time). what i noticed, after updating to v20l battery stats are total messed up. f i launch for exaple some other app jus after chargeing...thiss first app will always have 25-30% of battery usage in the end...even if i have used and than killed it seconds.
anyway, i will go for rooting and removin all those unnessesary aps.

Flix123 said:
I had the same issue on V20L. So I removed OSP and the problem is solved.
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+1 ............

I had the same issue however I would question the accuracy of the battery meter. Anyway. froze the OSP app and it doesn't show in stats anymore.
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I had 2 days ago the same problem with the OSP. I fully charged the phone last evening and left it to discharge with wifi on over night. It would have consumed over 8h 10% max, however GB took 25%.
The odd part: this time it wasn't OSP consuming 50% of the drain anymore, but Gallery! wtf?

maybe stupid question..but what is OSP? :/
I'm having trouble with batterylife on my o2x..it drains in 4-5 hours of very little usage.
Thinking of rooting..but can I do that with Superoneclick? when I have 2.3

Vertigood said:
maybe stupid question..but what is OSP? :/
I'm having trouble with batterylife on my o2x..it drains in 4-5 hours of very little usage.
Thinking of rooting..but can I do that with Superoneclick? when I have 2.3
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OSP = On Screen Phone
its an app pre-installed with the phone.

Thank you. So if I root I can freeze that app and save some battery? What other apps would you say I should freeze to improve batterylife?

Vertigood said:
Thank you. So if I root I can freeze that app and save some battery? What other apps would you say I should freeze to improve batterylife?
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If you root you can freeze it ...
IMO kill what ever you are not using I'm not using Facebook so sns for me is out also all the live wallpaper etc...
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Ok. So how much of a difference does freezing apps really do? But can I root my o2x with the latest SuperOneclick?

Vertigood said:
Ok. So how much of a difference does freezing apps really do? <---- ALLLOOOOOTTT!!!!!! one of the biggest issues with android and the pre-loaded bloatware.
But can I root my o2x with the latest SuperOneclick? <----Nope,
use this link for how-to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1327599
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Battery Loss After Flashing Rocket ROM v12

Hai guys,
I've flashed rocket rom and hyderacore kernal. Now my battery its losing its power.With in 4 hrs it show battery low and i've not used the phone at all How can i fix it ?? please help

Read the first post on RR12 thread.
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praetorius said:
Read the first post on RR12 thread.
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I read but too many post and i didnt see proper solutions for the battery loss.

arunw3 said:
I read but too many post and i didnt see proper solutions for the battery loss.
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Read at least the first three posts.
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Go to setting / app clear cache & force stop the app you not using

simplelife said:
Go to setting / app clear cache & force stop the app you not using
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ya i've done it.Only few apps running.When my screen is on while typing a text i lost 2% so quickly.

i'll use this method
Battery not "calibrated" - we don't have real facts on this one yet, so consider this our best guess
Explanation: It is said that the battery looses track of it's capacity (or rather the phone does) so it needs calibration.
Fix #1: Always flash new ROM:s with full battery.
Fix #2: Follow the guide TechnicR have on recal:
· Turn phone off and charge till full
· Start recovery and wipe battery stats
· Reboot and start the phone
· Use it heavily until it turns of by itself
· Connect charger and turn on the phone and wait until fully charged
i'll get back to you once i do these things..Let see if it fix my problem. If its not fixing means which rom should i use it for better battery life ???

arunw3 said:
ya i've done it.Only few apps running.When my screen is on while typing a text i lost 2% so quickly.
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If you want battery friendly use Phil kennel and hydracore is performance . You know what to do & your choice

i flash speedmod kernal.But still no luck.In Standby mode battery life is stable.But if i play a game or watch a movie for 5 mins battery drops 20%.
How do i fix it ??
I searched this forum many guys having the same problem but coudn't find a perfect solutions for it.

Mediaserver battery drain solved

Hey guys,
I got my xperia t yesterday and i immediatly updated it to jelly bean. Ive done 3 full charges already and mediaserver keeps draining my battery. I put in an empty sd card and ive only got a few photos. Does this go away after a few days or should i do something about it?
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I think I solved it. I read in the nexus4 forum that disabling keyboard sounds and/or system sounds could help. Maybe it's to soon to tell but I think it worked.
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Let it settle for a few days. It will get better. This is normal behaviour

Odp: Mediaserver battery drain
In my case Mediaserver stands ONLY for any app that plays music when the screen is off. So for me it's PowerAMP.

Re: Mediaserver battery drain
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Let it settle for a few days. It will get better. This is normal behaviour
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Okay i hope you're right. Battery is still pretty good though even with the mediaserver draining it. I find it a great phone already!
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Re: Mediaserver battery drain
Mm it's been three days now and somewhere.around 7 charges and mediaserver is still draining my battery. Is this still normal? Should i leave the device on as long as possible to let it settle? Or should.i reboot every day?
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spromper said:
Mm it's been three days now and somewhere.around 7 charges and mediaserver is still draining my battery. Is this still normal? Should i leave the device on as long as possible to let it settle? Or should.i reboot every day?
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rebooting everyday is a little extreme i reboot about once a week it takes a couple of hours for the system to settle again but i have to charge almost twice a day once fully and once a quick top me up 20 - 30 minutes max and that gets me through the day listening to music allday through a bluetooth headset phone calls texts internet and gaming

spromper said:
Mm it's been three days now and somewhere.around 7 charges and mediaserver is still draining my battery. Is this still normal? Should i leave the device on as long as possible to let it settle? Or should.i reboot every day?
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This is really strange. It shouldn't be that way.
Well if you want, you could try repairing the software using PCCompanion or Sony Update Service. And then check if the problem still exist.

Re: Mediaserver battery drain
It's slowly getting better im just going to wait a couple more days. Screen is highest consumer now instead of mediaserver but its still high.
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Re: Mediaserver battery drain
I was having the same problem. I found that when I removed the music widget from the home the drain stopped. It worked for me hope it works for you

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I was having the same problem. I found that when I removed the music widget from the home the drain stopped. It worked for me hope it works for you
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Thanks, i tried it but it doesnt work. the drain actually got worse this morning. It's using 50% now. I think im going to try and flash ics tomorrow. What's the latest ics firmware for the T?
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spromper said:
Thanks, i tried it but it doesnt work. the drain actually got worse this morning. It's using 50% now. I think im going to try and flash ics tomorrow. What's the latest ics firmware for the T?
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If youre on root, download rescan media root. Disable automatic scanning.
Then download rescan media to rescan manually.
Both are available on play store
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Re: Mediaserver battery drain
I think I solved it. I read in the nexus4 forum that disabling keyboard sounds and/or system sounds could help. Maybe it's to soon to tell but I think it worked.
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spromper said:
I think I solved it. I read in the nexus4 forum that disabling keyboard sounds and/or system sounds could help. Maybe it's to soon to tell but I think it worked.
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That is one weird solution...

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Arcano said:
That is one weird solution...
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That's what i thought, but it really worked so i don't care.
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Re: Mediaserver battery drain
I can't believe this, disabling system sounds actually working for me.
I've never seen media server at 2 percent.
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Kirandev said:
I can't believe this, disabling system sounds actually working for me.
I've never seen media server at 2 percent.
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Wow thats one stupid way to solve it. I had all system sounds enabled. Now lets see how it goes after disabling..

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is it realy working ?
so should i even disable Dial pad touch tones and screen lock sound,touch sounds ?
what about vibration?

Tinup93 said:
is it realy working ?
so should i even disable Dial pad touch tones and screen lock sound,touch sounds ?
what about vibration?
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Yes, Disable everything under system sounds including vibrate on touch, hope it works for you too

Re: Mediaserver battery drain
Thanks for this mate, has made a big difference with media server.
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media server
my media server just went down straight to 7% after 100% usage on bar with android system 7% too is that still good ?

Battery life

I'm having troubles with my battery, it drains too fast! I've used battery calibration tools, I deinstalled samsung push notifications, I'm using juice defender, screen brightness is around 30-40%, but the battery still gives me about 2-3 hours of screen time, or if I don't use the phone that much, still drains to 10-20% by the end of the day. Any suggestions, please!
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well,the battery problem in my case was the Dropbox app...it was keeping my phone awake all the time and the battery lasted 20-22hours tops...
i uninstalled it,restarted it and all came back to normal and by normal i mean 2 days of medium usage,sometimes even 3 days...the battery drainage overnight(6-8hours) is between 3-5% (with wifi and 3g off)...
so,im pretty new to this android world,but check out your 3rd party apps,maybe some of them is keeping your phone away from going into deepsleep when you dont use the phone...cheers

Thanks alot, how can I check when my phone goes to deepsleep?
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Calculating Infinity said:
Thanks alot, how can I check when my phone goes to deepsleep?
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as i mentioned im fairly new to android world, but if u got to settings>battery and click on the graphical picture,below the graphics that shows the battery usage,you will see info about GPS-on,Wi-Fi,Awake,Screen On and Charging...my guess is that "Awake" should not be full blue bar all the way, since when you dont use the phone it should not be awake all the time...
at least this was my case with my Dropbox app,but i dont know about you...if your phone was OK for some period of time then it suddenly changed its behavior,then i guess you should ask yourself which apps you have installed lately,maybe some of them is causing this...uninstall the latest apps,restart your phone and see if that changes your phone back to normal(you can always install those apps back if this doesnt solve it)...

Get the betterbatterystats app to get accurate battery readings as the built in one doesn't work very well.
Disable all push notifications not just samsung. Facebook, WhatsApp, skype, Gmail even xda and tapatalk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175059 Greenify that ****, so your phone can sleep (you will not receive notification when apps "hibernate"), get golden kernel by lupohirp for pegasusq governor and use" noop" settings for better read only memory usage. Use a jet black background image for super AMOLED screen, and finally.. Stop downloading crap! Keep your internal memory clean for better processor and swap file utilization. Hope this helps.
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iKlutz said:
Get the betterbatterystats app to get accurate battery readings as the built in one doesn't work very well.
Disable all push notifications not just samsung. Facebook, WhatsApp, skype, Gmail even xda and tapatalk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175059 Greenify that ****, so your phone can sleep (you will not receive notification when apps "hibernate"), get golden kernel by lupohirp for pegasusq governor and use" noop" settings for better read only memory usage. Use a jet black background image for super AMOLED screen, and finally.. Stop downloading crap! Keep your internal memory clean for better processor and swap file utilization. Hope this helps.
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is golden kernel stable enough for daily use?
and is it compatible wid benzrom v4.1?
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das.dian24 said:
is golden kernel stable enough for daily use?
and is it compatible wid benzrom v4.1?
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Yes and Yes.. :good:

pedst said:
Yes and Yes.. :good:
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tnx bro
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Only thing wrong with golden kernel is that using recovery option from power menu only restarts normally. No biggy.
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iKlutz said:
Only thing wrong with golden kernel is that using recovery option from power menu only restarts normally. No biggy.
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Thats no big deal to me..i always use the combo button to go to recovery.
got an issue after installation of golden but got solved by rebooting my device..
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Xperia V - Huge battery drain (Google Services)

My Xperia V was draining much battery while sleeping, so yesterday I flashed cm-10.1.3-RC2 hoping it could get better.
But it's still draining almost 30% in a period of 8 hours, while I'm sleeping.
I can notice a huge drain caused by Google Services and have already greenified some apps.
It can't be normal, right?! Could someone help me?
Despite this problem, now I have a really better smartphone... So, thank FXP and, please, keep supporting Xperia V. :thumbup:
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Not sure if this question belongs to be an own thread...but ok. here we go.
from my experience with Cm i can tell you, if you want better battery life, then you maybe should use a stock firmware!
I used CM and AOKP some weeks before, but the battery drain wasnt normal, not to say horrible.
But this is my experience. You should ask in your CM-Rom Thread, or CM Q/A Thread i think.

I'm a new member and I couldn't ask this in CM thread
I understood what you've said, but even using stock rom I was having that percentage of draining at night...
Do you have a Xperia V?
Could you (or someone else) tell me how much draining is considered normal in the period I've mentioned before?
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30% in 8 hours means that on average your battery will last a day.
That is perfectly normal.
Also, if you keep flashing stuff and installing apps then it drains battery quicker. Leave it alone for a week and see if it settles down.

Sorry, i have a Xperia T.
in the xperia T thread of tilals unofficial CM build (development section) someone mentions also such problems:
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Seriously though this ROM is great. All that needs to be fixed are the camera bug, music wakelock thing, and heavy battery usage from Android System and Google Services and then it's basically perfect.
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So, i guess its normal? But an actual CM User can give you better report. Not using it anymore.
awww, gregbradley?
30% in 8hours sleeping? horrible....but you are right, let it settle, fmlogin

Omg, my Galaxy s3 loses only 2% in the same period while sleeping, it's a BIG difference
I had been facing this problem since I bought this phone (2 months ago), that's why I tried to flash CM yesterday... So, I think that nothing will change if I just wait...
Anyway, thank you guys...
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apologies, I didn't see that it was 8 hours while you were asleep. That is not right. But it may be because its working hard after a flash. Please leave it for a while and it should settle, or install better battery stats app (Free on xda) and see whats keeping the phone awake.
Also check what your cpu is set at and the governor, if its on performance it will be maxing out all the time..

The governor is ondemand and I didn't change the clock of cpu...
I'll install the app and come back with a screenshot, so I think it'll be easier to find some problem
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fmlogin said:
I'm a new member and I couldn't ask this in CM thread
I understood what you've said, but even using stock rom I was having that percentage of draining at night...
Do you have a Xperia V?
Could you (or someone else) tell me how much draining is considered normal in the period I've mentioned before?
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Hi,
I'm running the stock firmware. The battery drain during one night (about 8 hours) is ~ 5%.

fmlogin said:
The governor is ondemand and I didn't change the clock of cpu...
I'll install the app and come back with a screenshot, so I think it'll be easier to find some problem
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try experiment with scheduler also.

xcyber_knightx said:
try experiment with scheduler also.
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Is this an app?
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fmlogin said:
Is this an app?
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nope.it cpu scheduler.maybe can give another result.

larditi said:
Hi,
I'm running the stock firmware. The battery drain during one night (about 8 hours) is ~ 5%.
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are u using Xperia V?
my XV drain ~ 30% in the stock firmware

Mavhia, can you notice an unusual consume from google services?
Good to know that this isn't happening only with my phone.
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Some screenshots.
The graphs show another problem: it is like the phone just know that lost some battery when I turn on the screen.
For example: if I leave the phone with 95%, it pass the hole night "thinking" it has this value, but when I turn on the screen the battery instantly loses around 15%, this "fast drain" stabilizes when it reaches the "real percentage".
Could it be a hardware problem? The battery itself...
Has already someone noticed something similar?
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i m facing the exact same problem .... please anyone help us out... google play serivces is draining batttery like hell and also my battery is lossing its charge like say 5% instantly ..... i have also re-calibrated battery but no luck here is battery graph for google play services i have also freezed this app in titanium backup but still drain and wake locks

Thanks for share it here too.
Except for this problem, I really appreciate this phone.
I hope someone could help us.
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fmlogin said:
Thanks for share it here too.
Except for this problem, I really appreciate this phone.
I hope someone could help us.
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ok but i have to say something..... these are two different issues..... one is that google play services is causing battery drain and wake locks and the other issue is when i turn on screen to use my phone after say 1 or 2 hour the battery level instantly drops by 5 or 6 percent..... i donno whats happening i m on stock rom

Got the same problem about 3 months ago..
I did a factory reset....back up all your apps and data,factory reset your phone if you can't find any other solutions...

fmlogin said:
Thanks for share it here too.
Except for this problem, I really appreciate this phone.
I hope someone could help us.
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MetalDaRyl said:
I did a factory reset....back up all your apps and data,factory reset your phone if you can't find any other solutions...
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oh its a like a pain in @ ss to backup and restore all apps and games... actually i am considering to completely remove google play store and all google apps and google services to see what happens and to find the culprit..:silly: