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Q - Battery life afer rooting

I rooted my phone yesterday to try to get ubuntu on my webtop. Is there anyway that rooting has screwed up my battery at all? My phone is getting much hotter and the battery is draining much faster now.
Any help would be great.

I also had some battery issues after rooting. My phone got very hot and completely discharged the battery in three hours while sitting idle in my bag. I'm not sure what the culprit was, but a factory data reset seems to have fixed my issue.
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I will try that and report back.

how much battery life do you get after rooting?

Interesting. I am rooted and have not seen any loss of battery life. Did you remove or freeze any apps?

kwyrt said:
Interesting. I am rooted and have not seen any loss of battery life. Did you remove or freeze any apps?
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Yes I did freeze apps. I factory reset last night and didn't freeze and the phone is doing better so far.

Same here, rooting seems to be affecting battery. All I did was uninstall the bloatware. Gonna see today how it goes. It was fine for a couple days and then just bombed.

Have you guys tried deleting the battery statistics??
I could be that there's something off with the way the usage is occuring through operation that way.
It might help.

garlick2 said:
Have you guys tried deleting the battery statistics??
I could be that there's something off with the way the usage is occuring through operation that way.
It might help.
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I can't find the link right now, but the myth that deleting the battery statistics file improves battery life has been thoroughly debunked.

I also had some battery issues after rooting.

Dave Lister said:
I can't find the link right now, but the myth that deleting the battery statistics file improves battery life has been thoroughly debunked.
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Send me the link, would love to see it.
The battery statistics, it worked on my RAZR by deleting them, so I would love to see where they 'de-bunked' it as personal experience for me says otherwise.
Got about a half hour more when I did this.

garlick2 said:
Send me the link, would love to see it.
The battery statistics, it worked on my RAZR by deleting them, so I would love to see where they 'de-bunked' it as personal experience for me says otherwise.
Got about a half hour more when I did this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444234

kwyrt said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444234
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I'll have to reply to that, as the battery stats do not reset upon full charge, but only upon reset of the phone.
I actually don't turn my phone off very often, and have seen stats compile for days on end.
Or at least that was what was happening to my RAZR....
Interesting, though.

RAZR i: Screen killing battery (JB?)

My screen is using all the battery and I'm not totally sure if this is JB but I do think I got more juice on ICS. Whatever the case, my settings are:
1. Simple wallpaper, mostly black
2. Brightness at 50%, auto-dim on
3. Smartaction: using music turns brightness down to absolute minimum
Result? Phone lasts about one day, but it last longer on ICS. The battery says about 75-85% of the juice has been used by the screen alone. How can this be? Time on is about 2-2.5 hours per day.
Anyone else? Any tips, ideas?

The following tutorial/patch might help you
[MOD] Changing the brightness curve in the stock framework

SharpnShiny said:
My screen is using all the battery and I'm not totally sure if this is JB but I do think I got more juice on ICS. Whatever the case, my settings are:
1. Simple wallpaper, mostly black
2. Brightness at 50%, auto-dim on
3. Smartaction: using music turns brightness down to absolute minimum
Result? Phone lasts about one day, but it last longer on ICS. The battery says about 75-85% of the juice has been used by the screen alone. How can this be? Time on is about 2-2.5 hours per day.
Anyone else? Any tips, ideas?
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Can anyone else confirm if there is a battery life issue on JB? I have downloaded the udpate but not installed yet. The feedback I have been reading is very mixed from significantly shorter battery life to actual improvements after the update.
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pohlipit said:
Can anyone else confirm if there is a battery life issue on JB? I have downloaded the udpate but not installed yet. The feedback I have been reading is very mixed from significantly shorter battery life to actual improvements after the update.
P!
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This thread might be of interest too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943058&page=5
So far I've noticed great battery stats on ICS but many people complaining after JB. Hopefully there's some tweaks we can do to resolve it.

SharpnShiny said:
This thread might be of interest too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943058&page=5
So far I've noticed great battery stats on ICS but many people complaining after JB. Hopefully there's some tweaks we can do to resolve it.
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Well I'm on JB and have awesome battery life.
About 2 days and a half with 6 hours screen on and 1 or 2 hours GPS.
I froze a lot of apps, including google search (google now) wich for some people seems to be a battery drain app.

You're lucky ^^ I will steal your phone and leave mine :good:
OK I chatted with Moto, they said the first thing to do is reset the phone. I doubt if that will do much, but I've done it anyway, I'm charging so will report on this probably tomorrow.
Another tip I've read is to reset cache in the recovery menu, I haven't been able to access it in JB for some reason.

OK I can say that after resetting the phone to factory settings after the Jelly Bean update has helped a lot. Now I'm very happy.

SharpnShiny said:
OK I can say that after resetting the phone to factory settings after the Jelly Bean update has helped a lot. Now I'm very happy.
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Can you tell me which ROM you are using? I'm on the EU and experienced bad battery life after the JB update, I'm trying a factory reset now.

coldtech said:
Can you tell me which ROM you are using? I'm on the EU and experienced bad battery life after the JB update, I'm trying a factory reset now.
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My phone was bought in Germany and exported from there. So, EU ROM? The factory reset helped me a lot.
P.s. I notice that the testers at GSM arena achieve 7 hours internet use or 8 hours video use at 50% brightness. I want to achieve this! The best I've got is about 5 hours mixed screen use.
End of page - http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_razr_i_xt890-review-828p2.php

I did that too but after a few weeks it went back its old ways

I updated to JB eventually, reset the phone from scratch and can't notice any difference in battery life.
Just FYI....
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Beagan said:
I did that too but after a few weeks it went back its old ways
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This is what has happend to me...the first couple of weeks afterward, it helped, a few weeks later...the battery life isn't so impressive.

Problems with stock 4.3

I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...

Use wakelock detector to see what's draining your battery. In my opinion 4.3 si much more battery friendly than 4.1.2 .

stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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More than a weeks use to recalibrate battery .

stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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Are you in Portugal? Im also experiencing battery drain but not much. I think my case is a baseband problem, im in Brazil with Germany 4.3

stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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turn off google geolocation

4.3 makes battery lasts much longer than 4.1.2, for me I flashed germany firmware (not vodafone) , battery life is great, without power saving ON it lasts 2 days.

shucrut said:
Are you in Portugal? Im also experiencing battery drain but not much. I think my case is a baseband problem, im in Brazil with Germany 4.3
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hmm actually im not in portugal and maybe that is my problem, im in bulgaria and as far as i can see the mobile data makes the problem for now.

stan40 said:
hmm actually im not in portugal and maybe that is my problem, im in bulgaria and as far as i can see the mobile data makes the problem for now.
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Use a modem for where you are ,

JJEgan said:
Use a modem for where you are ,
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i would like to...., but that could trigger knox waranty am i right?

After flashing the uk version of 4.3 and after a full wipe the phone is very smooth and the battery it's ok, like 4.1.2 before. I'm from Romania and i flash a rom version from uk, so it fits from another country...

4.3 bricks internet browsers close every time I use cf autoroot for root and without root the same problem.

i'm from Germany, got the update to 4.3 for about two weeks now (carrier is vodafone) and my battery drain is killing me. I got betterbatterystats on my phone for a while and now i got a wake lock i've never seen before. My phone doesn't go into deep sleep AT ALL because of the wake lock mdm_hsic_pm0 - what the hell is this? the words deep sleep dont even show in the app because the phone is awake all the time. I am checking my open apps in the manager constantly and i tried closing pretty much everything. The wake lock still doesn't disappear..
My Phone needs about 9 hours to go from 100 % - 10 %, last night it went completely out while i was sleeping (8 hours, 70 - 0 %)
I already read about the different storys regarding the battery drain under 4.3 so i am 99 % sure it has to do sth with this update.
The wake lock doesnt show with anything like fast dormancy, i am using 4G most of the time, internet is fast and i almost never use wlan and gps (so theyre always out)
please help me finding the source of the drain

I had the same problem on my n9005 but an update fixed it. In the meantime you can try an app called DS Battery Saver from Play Store.
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strange, i havent had any battery drain issuse since installing the update,, but iv had battery charge issuse

thats funny, i've also experienced charging problems but i thought it was a hardware problem.
This morning, the battery was also almost dead, when i tried to charge it, nothing happened, not even after putting the battery out and back in.
Solved the problem by using a different charging station.
And then, next funny thing - mdm_sic_ ... was gone for almost all day. But now its back, draining my battery again...

Juuliet said:
thats funny, i've also experienced charging problems but i thought it was a hardware problem.
This morning, the battery was also almost dead, when i tried to charge it, nothing happened, not even after putting the battery out and back in.
Solved the problem by using a different charging station.
And then, next funny thing - mdm_sic_ ... was gone for almost all day. But now its back, draining my battery again...
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yeah my problem was charging with usb on the computer,, but plugged into the wall it charged normaly

LucasBass said:
4.3 makes battery lasts much longer than 4.1.2, for me I flashed germany firmware (not vodafone) , battery life is great, without power saving ON it lasts 2 days.
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I tried Germany 4.3 is the best so far compare with other langarge version.:good:

luis
stan40 said:
I know that is too early for that, but i will have to notice an issue that bothers me:
im using a stock Portugesse (vodafone) 4.3 and i feel dramatic battery drain.
Does anyone experience same problem? i have the same daily usage like before ...
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Hello my friend, im own to a portugueses rom from vodafone and it look great, better than 4.1.2, you got to see if there is a apk making trobles....

back to KitKat

Got tired of battery life on Lolipop, wakelocks, mystery drains etc etc, Went back to kitKat a few days ago and to be honest it feels like I've gotten my phone back.
I had recently put in a new battery so the phone is stable, flying and lasts a whole day with some juice left over.

Was this meant to be a PM?

michaelopolis said:
Got tired of battery life on Lolipop, wakelocks, mystery drains etc etc, Went back to kitKat a few days ago and to be honest it feels like I've gotten my phone back.
I had recently put in a new battery so the phone is stable, flying and lasts a whole day with some juice left over.
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And its rooted ? Using apps like servicely or greenify ?

Umm? Is this an actual thread?
Either way, are you sure that 'Google Services' were not draining battery due to the continuous, checking for OTA - failing, rechecking preventing the phone from going into 'Deep Sleep' state?

doctor_droid said:
And its rooted ? Using apps like servicely or greenify ?
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Not rooted, back to stock and not using those apps

sewer56lol said:
Umm? Is this an actual thread?
Either way, are you sure that 'Google Services' were not draining battery due to the continuous, checking for OTA - failing, rechecking preventing the phone from going into 'Deep Sleep' state?
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Yeah, just felt like venting a bit about my experience, Not sure about google services to be honest (did that problem occur in KK too ?) but IMHO i feel Kitkat is better for me at this point, Wasnt lolipop supposed to have better battery life ? what happened there google ?

sewer56lol said:
Umm? Is this an actual thread?
Either way, are you sure that 'Google Services' were not draining battery due to the continuous, checking for OTA - failing, rechecking preventing the phone from going into 'Deep Sleep' state?
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Wakamatsu said:
Was this meant to be a PM?
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No, just felt like venting and described my experience to see if any others had similar.

michaelopolis said:
Yeah, just felt like venting a bit about my experience, Not sure about google services to be honest (did that problem occur in KK too ?) but IMHO i feel Kitkat is better for me at this point, Wasnt lolipop supposed to have better battery life ? what happened there google ?
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I'm actually with you on this one... Went back to 4.4.4 Omnirom. Google services seems to behave much better. I had a tasker script that disabled the update service on boot, but still get significantly worse on lollipop. I also used appops and tried a few roms with no luck.

KitKat has better battery life by far. Such a disappointment.

Aerowinder said:
KitKat has better battery life by far. Such a disappointment.
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yep ,been a huge disappointment on my device but perhaps its better on other brands etc , it would appear google have taken their eyes off the ball here, i hope its not a sign of future quality control to come.

percentage battery problem after uptade 6.0.1

Hello,
I have a problem with my battery percentage since the MAJ 6.0.1.
My 6 nexus is rooted, so I flashed manually system.img and new radio from the Factory Image.
After restart phone, My Nexus indicates 3000/4000% battery.
In recovery I have the right battery.
Do you know how to solve the problem?
Phone discharged thoroughly but still the same problem.
Sorry, I can not put outside link to image.

It hasn't happened to anyone ever. Ever. So searching the forums for "battery percent" will not give any results, I assure you.

i guess you dont first search for your issues solution? well, the same question gets posted on xda daily, id suggest you search. anyways, its a bug. ignore it, it will probably get fixed next update.

I cannot ignore it because I never know level of my battery
My Nexus turns off without warning me : finally, discharged battery !
Thanks

beta1204 said:
I cannot ignore it because I never know level of my battery
My Nexus turns off without warning me : finally, discharged battery !
Thanks
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well, you could live your life stressed out, until its fixed. but i dont feel that its worth it.

simms22 said:
well, you could live your life stressed out, until its fixed. but i dont feel that its worth it.
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Hoo, thank you for your answer !
This problem is with "boot.img" image modified for the root.
I flashed the new version... but now My nexus 6 is not rooted