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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 burning super fast?

Whilst I have been having the screen on, it shouldn't be burning this fast and it certainly didn't use to. 23 minutes on battery and 20% burned?

Did you install a new rom or new kernel? You can install an app like BetterBatteryStats to check out what might be causing this battery drain.

Vrayhem said:
Did you install a new rom or new kernel? You can install an app like BetterBatteryStats to check out what might be causing this battery drain.
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Stock ROM 4.0.4 and have never rooted or flashed anything on before. It is completely stock and unaltered in every way. All I've done is install apps. It just seems to have been a little bad recently. I have BetterBatteryStats on, but the it isn't wakelocks. As I said, I've got the screen on consistently so the phone will always be awake. It is just that 20% in that amount of time seems really high, even for constant use, and I swear it didn't use to be that bad. I've installed Juice Defender because it tends to be good in how it managers network and WiFi. So far, things seem to be stabilising. But, I still want to know what can cause such sharp drainage...

Do you have a lot of apps running in the background? This is most likely the cause. Brightness is a big issue also. Flash a kernal!
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ross231 said:
Brightness is a big issue also. Flash a kernal!
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Check that you have Auto-brightness enabled. Also, I found that certain apps can drain battery big time. I agree with checking via a battery stats program. Maybe an APP is running in the background causing the cpu to stay at max speed?

A-mak said:
Check that you have Auto-brightness enabled. Also, I found that certain apps can drain battery big time. I agree with checking via a battery stats program. Maybe an APP is running in the background causing the cpu to stay at max speed?
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Totally agree. Before I root my Note to delete some unuse apps from stock 4.0.4, the battery drains very fast. The most reason is some apps running in the background.

Did you change your sim recently? Sometimes the culprit is sim card.
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Not fixes, but suggestions:
- An app like Green Power will stop data usage when screen off
- As others said, look into your display. My favourite app is Display Brightness as it adds an invisible slider on your screen
- For some reason, Chrome in the last week began to EAT my phone. I uninstalled it and I'm back to a blessed 1% an hour drain

check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828
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Hey bazz, good to see you here.
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jonpaslim said:
Hey bazz, good to see you here.
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Hey bro, that sim card is a good one, am adding that to my knowledge base
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baz77 said:
check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828
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Thanks for your link, really helpful for me:good:

You may have to check your battery. Will it be hot when you are using it? Look at your battery, does it look "fat"? It happened once to me before, after changing a new battery. It's fine now. It was caused by overcharging it during the night.

I experienced it on my previous phone, now im going to prove it again in my note because i changed my sim recently and now i cannot achieved the 5 hrs i had before that my original sim card, best phone can do now is 3.5 hrs. I try to contact my provider if they can restore my previous sim card and see what will happen, its just a suspect.
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knightrazor said:
You may have to check your battery. Will it be hot when you are using it? Look at your battery, does it look "fat"? It happened once to me before, after changing a new battery. It's fine now. It was caused by overcharging it during the night.
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how can it be over charging. Doesnt it has built in function that cut-off power when charging complete. all modern chargers have that..
really would like to know cause i always charge the phone before going to sleep..

mistajoe83 said:
how can it be over charging. Doesnt it has built in function that cut-off power when charging complete. all modern chargers have that..
really would like to know cause i always charge the phone before going to sleep..
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u r right..all modern chargers hv that..so, it will cut off the power when charging is complete..even I do put my Note for charging & go to sleep
So, dont worry..put your charger for charging & u can confidently go to sleep :good:

If you have network location checked and or GPS in /setting/location and security.
that's your suck battery problem.
Network location awake the phone constantly in accord with weather widget and lot apps in background that use this feature.
Cia

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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Core System Apps Battery Drainage

Since I have updated I found out that a few system apps are draining the battery (not that much but shouldn't happen) in the battery menu showing that System UI and the Launcher is using battery.

Yeah, I have also noticed the same after receiving an OTA update to 4.3
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andyabc said:
Since I have updated I found out that a few system apps are draining the battery (not that much but shouldn't happen) in the battery menu showing that System UI and the Launcher is using battery.
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why shouldnt they happen? your launcher is your app drawer and homescreens, you use an app drawer and home screens, right? and the system ui is obvious, or dont you use the ui?

I've noticed android os & Google play services are draining somewhere around 10% a piece daily since I updated to 4.3. Even on faux kernel I'm lucky to pull 3 hrs screen time, stock is even less. So far battery on 4.3 is pretty disappointing for me.
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simms22 said:
why shouldnt they happen? your launcher is your app drawer and homescreens, you use an app drawer and home screens, right? and the system ui is obvious, or dont you use the ui?
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System UI and the Launcher rarely appears on the battery list on Android 4.2.2 but on 4.3 it really is battery hungry appearing easily.
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andyabc said:
System UI and the Launcher rarely appears on the battery list on Android 4.2.2 but on 4.3 it really is battery hungry appearing easily.
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there are system changes that could affect them. also, if you are using your device and other apps heavily, then they are usually under 2%. but if you are having a light use day, they will appear to have a higher %, because your screen and other apps will use less. in that situation itll appear that they are using more, but are actually using less. also, if you just upgrade to 4.3, then for one battery cycle, they probably will use more.

simms22 said:
there are system changes that could affect them. also, if you are using your device and other apps heavily, then they are usually under 2%. but if you are having a light use day, they will appear to have a higher %, because your screen and other apps will use less. in that situation itll appear that they are using more, but are actually using less. also, if you just upgrade to 4.3, then for one battery cycle, they probably will use more.
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One battery cycle is correct on my side.
It seems like somehow those applications are using the CPU.
I am using the Nexus 4 with heavy use as always with really good battery life.
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Same comment as here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381268
Not sure why you created a thread for 4.3 Issues and have now splintered 2 more threads for...4.3 issues

Massive battery drain after JB update.

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

nkk71 said:
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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bbinder said:
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.

tuxkamen said:
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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nebulaoperator said:
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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