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Rooted and installed assonance 5.2 and put on some other apps now something is draining my battery like a mother!!! I literally watched it go down by 10% in minutes. Anyone else experienced this? How do I find out which app is the cause of this without having to uninstall each app?
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download OS monitor or system panel and see which apps are consuming or hogging cpu
I did that and nothing looks out of the ordinary. I'm so frustrated!!! Could it be the rom or is it an app?
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No help here...........I got tired of the battery drain from all the custom ROM's I tried (just about all of them) and am now back to JH7, getting almost 32 hours before being drained. I have done some tweaking to it, got the GPS working great and everything works whereas with some of the ROM's something had to be sacrificed.
Here are some screenshots:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10380882&postcount=1059
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10380882&postcount=1059
In the last screenshot it shows 30 seconds to lock, all day today I was around 10 seconds to lock and 10 satellites.
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Rooted and installed assonance 5.2 and put on some other apps now something is draining my battery like a mother!!! I literally watched it go down by 10% in minutes. Anyone else experienced this? How do I find out which app is the cause of this without having to uninstall each app?
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Did you flash with 100% battery and then calibrate your battery afterward?
No it wasn't at 100%... And no I didn't calibrate the battery... Was I supposed to??
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No it wasn't at 100%... And no I didn't calibrate the battery... Was I supposed to??
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It's certainly worth a shot. I had the same thing happen to me once a while ago and it seriously extended my battery. There's some threads here that describe the process which essentially involves discharging and charging your phone off and on and deleting the battery stats through CWM.
I always flash a ROM with a battery showing 100% and I typically net pretty good battery life doing it this way.
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No it wasn't at 100%... And no I didn't calibrate the battery... Was I supposed to??
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Always recommended to do so whenever you flash...........YMMV
Here's a great thread for you to look at.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765656
So can I just calibrate it now or do I have to reflash my phone?
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So can I just calibrate it now or do I have to reflash my phone?
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You can calibrate at any time. No need to reflash.
Maybe before you reflash, please wipe of the factory settings and partition and also the Dalvik cache and battery stats in "Advanced" settings using your Clockwork.
Ok I'm trying one of those recalibrating methods. Maybe I really should've read everything before I flashed... but there was sooooooo many stuff to read and watch...
When you say "advanced" in clockwork, thats the rom manager correct? when i look through it it says advanced mode for premium users only... is that the right app?
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Maybe before you reflash, please wipe of the factory settings and partition and also the Dalvik cache and battery stats in "Advanced" settings using your Clockwork.
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I'm sorry but now that I search through the forum I see that its a common problem and it's something I missed. I'm totally new to android (smartphones period) phones and flashing and stuff. Thanks for all the helpful tips!
One question though. When you delete the batterystats.bin file, does it get recreated at a later point or never again?
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One question though. When you delete the batterystats.bin file, does it get recreated at a later point or never again?
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It gets recreated, yes.
Have to remember as well that each user may see different results with the same Rom. Kernels. Modems, Roms perform differently from one device to another based on a multitude of factors. After you have done the basic steps to try to stabilize battery drain, I would then begin by experimenting with different kernels and modems.
Idle drain is the test I normally use after ensuring proper battery readings, sensor usage and app CPU behavior. Many times simply flashing to another kernel shows immediate results.
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I've yet to learn about flashing kernels. I'm now running perception 10.2
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Download the sgs kernel flasher app from market. Go to kernel thread off your choice in captivate development an download kernel, placing the file on your internal sd card. Run the app which is poetry self explanatory.
Definitely try a different kernal or modem. Generally, you can find feedback in the rom thread about what kernal or modem gives the best battery life.
I haven't used Assonance but I had to flash the firebird 2 kernal to get good battery life with Perception 10.2. Keep trying.
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This is getting really annoying... battery gets charged to 100%, drops slowly then after <50% the phone starts to get hot and just start dying rather quick. I have changed batteries, actually bought a new one - still having the prob. I think i know the culprit but not sure how to attack it. Unfortunately because of my post count, i can't upload a link to the screenshot
!!! HELP !!! :crying:
Well...tell us what u think the culprit is, plz.
And more info from ya would help.
What Rom are u running, Overclocking, Undervolting, etc. Thx.
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Well...tell us what u think the culprit is, plz.
And more info from ya would help.
What Rom are u running, Overclocking, Undervolting, etc. Thx.
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I'm running ParanoidAndroid v.2.50 | Devil Kernel 3.0.31 | Modem I9000ZSJPG (which is rumored to give excellent battery life)
No overclocking or undervolting - don't really mess with those things.
Anyway, when i check battery usage "Media" always use the most when i notice the phone start loosing battery life n running hot. There is a time when i saw Media at 88% while everything incl. screen was less than 20%.
...maybe a rogue app or something syncing constantly ??
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...maybe a rogue app or something syncing constantly ??
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highly doubt it... even after flashing and letting the phone sit idle wit no apps install - i get the same prob :/
You probably have com.Android.Media process running all the time..
I had the same with all recent kernels until I have reformatted my both SD cards internal and external.
Media scanner should be out of running processes after five minutes after boot.
I check them via terminal from :
top -m 10
command
Or
busybox top
In five minutes after boot I have almost zero CPU usage from top statistics
Hope it could help you
Regards
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Hi all
I'm new to android and am having some major issues with my Sony New xperia z.
First off stamina mode is simply not working. It did to start but it's now not changing the expected battery life when toggled on and off. That's just the start though.
Battery life had been absolutely terrible. I have been deliberately stopping myself from using the handset just so I can make it through the day.
I have come from an iPhone 4 and am quite a heavy user normally, my battery always lasted well beyond one day. New I know the screen and processor on this are awesome but I'm literally not going to be able to use any apps or anything if this is the true battery life.:crying:
I noticed that android os was taking the majority of my battery for just if today, screen has since taken over since I got in because I've been searching the net for potential answers.
Android services is up there as well. I installed a battery checker to see if my phone is but going into deep sleep for some reason and found that there had been something like 3000 wakelocks since last charge (unplugged this morning). I'm now down to 3% after about 13.5 hours since unplugged.
Screenshot was from before I started writing this post.
Any help please. If this isn't some sort of bug/fixable errorI might have to see about returning this phone!
Is this amount of wake locks normal? How can I tell what's stopping my phone from sleeping? I'm new to android other than my nexus 7 which had always been amazing in terms of battery.
Thanks all
John
Try a factory reset or wait for a firmware update.
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any other tips?
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Try a factory reset or wait for a firmware update.
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Thanks.
Factory reset once and fixed the stamina mode issue temporarily but nothing else and stamina issue came back within a few hours. Uh oh battery now 1%
Not wanting to have to reinstall all apps again forma second time. Any other tips? Any way to check what's keeping it from sleeping?
Are you using gsam battery app??
It has all the battery info needed.
Try not to use stamina mode.
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Are you using gsam battery app??
It has all the battery info needed.
Try not to use stamina mode.
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I have downloaded gsam - its how I knew there were over 3000 wakelocks but to be honest I've found it all a bit baffling. I'm pretty sure something's happening in the background when it shouldn't be but its like trying to find a needle in a haystack - I'm not sure what processes are what, and what parts of the system should be doing certain things anyway... Does that make sense?
Its dead now, so using my nexus 7 instead. I'll charge tonight, use as normal and monitor it tomorrow. Is there anything I could post from gsam up here that you genius's could help me out with? I bow to your mightier wisdom and plead for help!!! I love my new handset but this is leaving a real sour taste and my excitement and joy of leaving iOS behind me is waning!
Should I use it without stamina mode tomorrow and see if that improved things? Or should I use it as I did today?!
Thanks again everyone for your help.
Maybe you can upload app usage screen and kernel wakelocks.
Reboot ur phone 2 3 times ant Try it tomorrow without stamina mode
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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%.
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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...
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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:
Hi,
I was so satisfied with how good battery lasts till JB update came. Before that I would rarely charge before night but now I have to do it every night I am sort of light to average user. My main concern brought this stats you can see screen shot where android system uses most of the battery. What is going onhhere? I have a few apps that using but not much changed in my habits. I am with 3UK
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Did you do a full wipe after the update?
Yes I did. All from the scratch. I just red that one htc one owner had similar issue and his fast boot option was off he enabled it and things got way better. so was mine off just enabled it.
Why is everyone so surprised at Android System being at the top of the new battery stats?
It makes sense really. If you don't use your phone a lot, and nothing else is running taking up power, the system is going to be at the top...
As far as an actual drop in battery life, I'd download GSM battery monitor or Better Battery Stats and check for wakelocks.
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CoryTallman said:
Why is everyone so surprised at Android System being at the top of the new battery stats?
It makes sense really. If you don't use your phone a lot, and nothing else is running taking up power, the system is going to be at the top...
As far as an actual drop in battery life, I'd download GSM battery monitor or Better Battery Stats and check for wakelocks.
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Yeah I agree, especially if you reset your battery monitoring often, it can be highly confusing and misleading to read battery usage stats. I use Du Battery Monitor which I've been happy with.
I have wakelock detector installed. And also noticed android system wakelocks on cpu wakelocks are high on the high. Higher than anything else. And this happend in the first half an hour I am on the phone. First screenshot is cpu wakelock and second is wakelock triggers.
What would you guys advice to monitor for battery usage : over what time period and what to pay attention most. My wake lock detector is on now and I will do more screenshots tonight.
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nebulaoperator said:
I have wakelock detector installed. And also noticed android system wakelocks on cpu wakelocks are high on the high. Higher than anything else. And this happend in the first half an hour I am on the phone. First screenshot is cpu wakelock and second is wakelock triggers.
What would you guys advice to monitor for battery usage : over what time period and what to pay attention most. My wake lock detector is on now and I will do more screenshots tonight.
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Well at least your phone is going into deep sleep and doesn't look like any rogue app. You may want to Greenify facebook though.
Also look here for a battery "calibration", some say it worked for them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105
And don't forget you need to let your battery "settle" which takes a couple of days.
nkk71 said:
Well at least your phone is going into deep sleep and doesn't look like any rogue app. You may want to Greenify facebook though.
Also look here for a battery "calibration", some say it worked for them: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43579577&postcount=36105
And don't forget you need to let your battery "settle" which takes a couple of days.
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How would you advice to tackle FB. It looks FB is persistent though on battery guru it's set to refresh it self ,,only when you open it,,
I will do factory reset again and then battery calibration later.
nebulaoperator said:
How would you advice to tackle FB. It looks FB is persistent though on battery guru it's set to refresh it self ,,only when you open it,,
I will do factory reset again and then battery calibration later.
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Use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en to hibernate FB when not in use.
EDIT: you have to have root
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Use this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en to hibernate FB when not in use.
EDIT: you have to have root
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I don't have root. But thanks anyway
So here are new stats from last day. I have concern over qualcom wake locks. Wonder if this might cause battery drain. Screenshots attached. What are your thoughts guys? Thanks
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Why are there 3 battery guru icons in your bar? When I used it there was only 1. I got rid of it though after doing a custom ROM. Had no use for it.
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Why are there 3 battery guru icons in your bar? When I used it there was only 1. I got rid of it though after doing a custom ROM. Had no use for it.
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Third one appears when low battery for extra savings. Second one I don't have a clue now. I normally have two icons.
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nebulaoperator said:
Hi,
I was so satisfied with how good battery lasts till JB update came. Before that I would rarely charge before night but now I have to do it every night I am sort of light to average user. My main concern brought this stats you can see screen shot where android system uses most of the battery. What is going onhhere? I have a few apps that using but not much changed in my habits. I am with 3UK
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Are your network location services on or off? If they are on, try turning them all off (as well as any Google Now network location service stuff). I found that sometimes the Google services updated badly and went into a situation where the battery would drain rapidly due to constant wakelocks.
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Are your network location services on or off? If they are on, try turning them all off (as well as any Google Now network location service stuff). I found that sometimes the Google services updated badly and went into a situation where the battery would drain rapidly due to constant wakelocks.
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Just checked location services it was on. Off from now... Will see how it goes. Thanks for the tip
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So here are new stats. Fresh reset from scratch power save mode on. What do you think guys if there is more to be desired?
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So here are new stats. Fresh reset from scratch power save mode on. What do you think guys if there is more to be desired?
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I...don't think 16 hours is terrible considering that you seem to have been doing some Youtube and PDF-reading. The percentage on that PDF viewer seems pretty high but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. Facebook is obviously the biggest culprit remaining.
I would try to use Facebook in your browser instead of the app. I'm not a heavy Facebook user and don't need the notifications. It gave me a big battery boost after deinstalling the app. Facebook is constantly syncing and tracking your location, it's very batterie unfriendly
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Brembo109 said:
I would try to use Facebook in your browser instead of the app. I'm not a heavy Facebook user and don't need the notifications. It gave me a big battery boost after deinstalling the app. Facebook is constantly syncing and tracking your location, it's very batterie unfriendly
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I have thought the same today to have FB on browser rather than app. It is strange I have tweaked FB app a lot like refresh only 4 hours, no notifications left on but app still awakening mad. Now only FB bothers me other apps behave well and I get pretty good battery consumption.
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I am using ARHD 21.0 and it's got 4.3 in it. Android system reports it's taking up like 50 Percent of my battery but I still get more time out of my phone than I did when I was on 4.2.2.
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