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My relative complained that he suffers from a steady battery drain somewhere around ~2% per hour even when he turned off the screen. If anyone is wondering, no it hasn't been flashed nor rooted before. Didn't get the chance to Help??
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My relative complained that he suffers from a steady battery drain somewhere around ~2% per hour even when he turned off the screen. If anyone is wondering, no it hasn't been flashed nor rooted before. Didn't get the chance to Help??
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Its really hard to tell exact solution without knowing cause. First try to identify cause, use betterbatterystats app to know which wakelocks are causing this, you will surely find problem using BBS and eventually solution !
A very common scenario is running app in a background which is either using location sharing using GPS or data sharing using internet connection..... might be syncing opetation as well........
There are lots of threads on battery use & battery drain. Look at a few and see what may be similar to your issue.
We almost need a separate forum for "Help: Battery is draining!" threads, no? The trouble is, they mostly have the same answers, so many of us get bored answering them.....
Okay will try. Thanks.
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I've noticed my phone only charging at around 70mah when simply on the home screen (charges very fast when screen is off/sleep, 800+mah). I am using battery monitor widget to see the current draw. Using battery doctor, it tells me Maps is using 99% of the battery being consumed, even after testing it out playing Temple Run 2 for 20 minutes on max screen brightness. Is anyone else having this issue? Any known solutions? I even tried disabling GPS and latitude.
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I've noticed my phone only charging at around 70mah when simply on the home screen (charges very fast when screen is off/sleep, 800+mah). I am using battery monitor widget to see the current draw. Using battery doctor, it tells me Maps is using 99% of the battery being consumed, even after testing it out playing Temple Run 2 for 20 minutes on max screen brightness. Is anyone else having this issue? Any known solutions? I even tried disabling GPS and latitude.
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Go into settings/location and turn off GPS and location and search.
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I have tried that. But I would like to use my GPS as it has a lot of uses with applications. That still doesn't explain having such a high current draw enough to only charge at only 70mah even while in use. Any phone should be able to charge significantly faster than the battery drains (aside from USB charging). Something is putting a ton of unwanted load on while the phone is not sleeping. The phone sleeps VERY well in the sense of conserving power (-10mAh)
Can someone download battery doctor and see if Maps is also very high on their list? It could also be a false reading on the apps end. I'm looking at my phone right now on max brightness and it shows it's discharging at -304mAh, which is acceptable. I'm more concerned about the charging rate being horrible while the phone is awake. Something might be really making the processor do unnecessary work.
I have the same percentage for maps as well....
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I use GSAM. I used to have issues with maps doing that, and forgot how I fixed it. I wish they would make Google maps not suck. So many freaking wakelocks.
Edit: make sure you turn off that location sharing friend crap, check in notification and auto check in.
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It's kind of sad that they took "Screen" out of the list of power consuming things as that is truly the most common power consuming factor. I'm really not impressed with this release of Sense. I WANT MORE PANELS!! lol I went from 7 panels from the Evo 3D to 5 panels including blinkfeed which I don't use. Sooo lamee
Anyway, the phone is new so I'm sure there will be updates fixing a ton of issues since they kind of rushed the release after the initial delay. I'm betting a bunch of issues escaped unfixed because of that. Would anyone suggest a ROM to potentially fix my issue and improve everything as a whole?
Absolutely no problems here with the Google Maps in battery usage
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benmatlock said:
Absolutely no problems here with the Google Maps in battery usage
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Which app is that and which ROM are you using? My HTC One is rooted but I haven't rommed it yet. I'm debating whether or not I should and if I do, which one I should use.
I'm still wondering if anyone has had any experiences with extremely slow charging while using the phone.
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Which app is that and which ROM are you using? My HTC One is rooted but I haven't rommed it yet. I'm debating whether or not I should and if I do, which one I should use.
I'm still wondering if anyone has had any experiences with extremely slow charging while using the phone.
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That app is stock sense. Settings > power > usage. I would say definitely ROM it. More customization possibilities and it will only get better. The ROMs that are out now are completely stable and mildly tweaked compared to what they will be in a month or so. Also I had slow charging for my first few cycles and it seems to have gotten much better. At least on par with my wife's evo lte.
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That app is stock sense. Settings > power > usage. I would say definitely ROM it. More customization possibilities and it will only get better. The ROMs that are out now are completely stable and mildly tweaked compared to what they will be in a month or so. Also I had slow charging for my first few cycles and it seems to have gotten much better. At least on par with my wife's evo lte.
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I'm leaning towards the Viper ROM. Any other suggestions or possibly better ROMs?
I believe everything gets wiped when the ROM is flashed, correct? I already have TWRP installed.
The generic answer is to try a few different ones and see what works best for you. For me, I'm using viper as my daily. But who knows what I'll be using tomorrow.... I'm a flashaholic. There's a superwipe posted in these forums that will wipe everything for you but in essence it formats system, data, cache, and dalvik. Any time you jump to a different ROM you will want to wipe everything. Keep in mind a factory reset is not the same thing as a full wipe as it does not wipe system files.
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The generic answer is to try a few different ones and see what works best for you. For me, I'm using viper as my daily. But who knows what I'll be using tomorrow.... I'm a flashaholic. There's a superwipe posted in these forums that will wipe everything for you but in essence it formats system, data, cache, and dalvik. Any time you jump to a different ROM you will want to wipe everything. Keep in mind a factory reset is not the same thing as a full wipe as it does not wipe system files.
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So every time you flash another ROM, what do you do to recover all your data, apps, game progress, etc.
I just made a backup of everything with my stock ROM using TWRP.
Personally I use titanium backup.... But it can cause issues as can any app that transfers data between ROMs. you can actually import data from your nandroid by using titanium.... Or just restore the data partition from your nandroid from within twrp. No matter what you may run into issues and if that's the case just start over for the best results.
I apologize ahead of time if this makes no sense.... Exhaustion at work is setting in.
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Absolutely no problems here with the Google Maps in battery usage
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Android system at 2% Damn. Mine is always top 5. Currently 14% right now...
OK, I know the battery life issue for 4.2 ROMs has been beat to death, but I've got something weird happening with AOIP on my phone that doesn't happen with other ROMs.
Basically, when I'm at work, the battery graph (from Battery Monitor Widget Pro) looks like in the AOIPbattery image attached below.
As you can see, it ate all but 3% of the battery in about 11 hours. At times Battery Monitor Widget Pro indicated it was using the battery at 11%/hr or more! This is while I'm at work, and the phone is not doing anything, just sitting on the desk with the screen off, connected to a wifi network but not doing anything with that either.
After a few days of that, I decided I needed to try something else. Originally was going to go back to my "old reliable" backup of 4.1 Rootbox, then thought instead that I'd try the last build of 4.2 Slimbean I still had as a backup. Restored that and got all my current data for the apps reloaded, seemed to be working fine (though still had the stuttering and dumping of apps issues, which was why I wuit using it). Thing is, it's using battery not much faster than the Rootbox one did. See the SlimbeanBattery image to see how it did at work. Same scenario (sitting on the desk, connected to wifi, screen off almost all day). The little bit of high usage was while I was at lunch, reading some web pages and rss feeds, so the screen was on for about a half hour.
So, I'm wondering what the heck is making it use batter so fast on AOIP? I tried several things before switching to Slimbean. Airplane mode made no difference. Used Wakelock Detector to see what was using it up, and it was some part of Android OS making AlarmManager go nuts with wakelocks.
I even backed everything up, factory wiped it a couple times, then loaded the base AOIP 6/3 ROM and loaded GAPPS to see if it still did it.
Nothing seemed to make any difference.
In one sense, I'm hoping the new build that keeps getting hinted at might correct some of this, but I kinda doubt it considering how everyone who brings up battery issues usually gets treated.
That's normal for 4.2 Roms
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I see your point, why does one 4.2 room use that much more battery life then the other, it makes no sense to me. Maybe camcory can shed some light in this issue
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That's how my battery life has been on all 4.2 Roms. If aoip is worse for you then most obviously you need to switch Roms.
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I really was hoping that you would see that there might be something wrong with AOIP and take a look at it at least, and not throw out the same tired response. While I do appreciate the work put into AOIP, forum thanks have not happened due to the refusal to notice the glaring issue that everyone else does.
I would really like to know if you even read my post, Smartguy? Seems not or you would have noticed that AOIP in that scenario eats battery three times faster than another 4.2 ROM. Why?
I'm not trying to upset anyone, just trying to hopefully get this resolved in an amicable manner.
Some people don't have battery drain issues that bad with AOIP. You should keep in mind that this phone was never intended to run anything above gingerbread. Every one of these phones handles issues differently, which is unfortunate, but if a Dev doesn't have the same issue it is hard to address. Its just how it is.
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Yes I read your post I wouldn't respond if I didn't. I have ran all the 4.2 Roms and with all of them I might get 10-11 hours of life. So no I don't see a problem with the ROM and if you do use another one.
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Yes I read your post I wouldn't respond if I didn't. I have ran all the 4.2 Roms and with all of them I might get 10-11 hours of life. So no I don't see a problem with the ROM and if you do use another one.
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Wow hard to believe (well not really) this horse has been beat to death more times than a cat has lives! I'm pretty happy with battery life for the performance and OS I'm getting with AOIP. No hiccups and I have access to all the latest android features. The phone has a small battery anyway so if you want better battery life, time for a new phone or switch to a Gingerbread OS. I charge the phone once a day typically so that's hardly an inconvenience.
Thing is there is something major different in AOIP, as I can typically get just over 24 hours out of this battery in anything other than AOIP, including while I'm at work where the battery usage is a little higher than at home in every ROM I've tried (4.1 and 4.2 based included).
AOIP for some reason eats battery at more than 10% per hour only when I'm at work (less than 3% per hour at home) even when I haven't loaded any apps.
Every time I look at what is using it, it is either "cell standby" or "android os" that is using the most with the other of those two second and the screen usage following in a distant third.
I've tried to figure out what specific item in those two are the source, but it always comes back to some generic service or component in the os that is used by almost everything.
Really any advice to try and improve this, other than "use another ROM", would be appreciated.
Try putting your phone in airplane mode while at work and turn on WiFi. That might help with eating the battery. Especially if where you work had a poor cell reception
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get a new battery. i dont know what else to tell you. if you are getting 24 hours out of every other 4.2 rom youll be the only one. as i stated i get 10-11 tops on ANY 4.2 rom. so you have 2 choices new battery or different rom
Best thing to to is kill background data turn off Bluetooth WiFi sync and locations when not using your phone for a couple of hours. But your best bet would spring for an 2900mh battery.
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Try putting your phone in airplane mode while at work and turn on WiFi. That might help with eating the battery. Especially if where you work had a poor cell reception
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That was the first thing I thought, but it acts the same.
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im going to vote you get a new battery if its that big a deal....:good:
go back to gingerbread OS. we gave you suggestions already. 1) new battery. 2) gingerbread OS. simple as that
I just don't understand this. Why is it that everyone refuses to see that there might be something wrong with AOIP compared to other _4.2_ ROMs?
I wasn't complaining about battery life on 4.2 ROMs, just noting that ONLY AOIP has this issue that I saw.
All other 4.2 ROMs used less than half the percent per hour as AOIP.
Telling me to just buy a larger battery when I don't have the money for it is not an acceptable answer. Neither is telling me to go back to the crapload called "gingerbread", whose only advantage is battery life, at the drawback of making everything else run like crap.
Guess I shouldn't have bothered, since it seems the developers may be able to code, but sure could learn a thing or two about listening to others with valid issues they should be addressing in their code.
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I just don't understand this. Why is it that everyone refuses to see that there might be something wrong with AOIP compared to other _4.2_ ROMs?
I wasn't complaining about battery life on 4.2 ROMs, just noting that ONLY AOIP has this issue that I saw.
All other 4.2 ROMs used less than half the percent per hour as AOIP.
Telling me to just buy a larger battery when I don't have the money for it is not an acceptable answer. Neither is telling me to go back to the crapload called "gingerbread", whose only advantage is battery life, at the drawback of making everything else run like crap.
Guess I shouldn't have bothered, since it seems the developers may be able to code, but sure could learn a thing or two about listening to others with valid issues they should be addressing in their code.
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sorry dude, i think your the one refusing to see. you seem to understand your way around, you sure your not doing something goofy on the install ?
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since it seems the developers may be able to code, but sure could learn a thing or two about listening to others with valid issues they should be addressing in their code.
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maybe you can code in a "battery fix" and share it with all of us.
Just use a different ROM. Jesus Christ!
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sorry dude, i think your the one refusing to see. you seem to understand your way around, you sure your not doing something goofy on the install ?
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It didn't matter what I installed or didn't install. Once I got the phone at work with AOIP on it, it ate the battery three times faster than any other 4.2 ROM. One time, to rule out anything I was setting or loading, I loaded AOIP, gapps, then put in my account info and disabled auto updates with nothing else changed. It still did it.
As QA software tester, I know how to identify software issues and bugs. The only explanation for what I have happening is there is something going on with AOIP itself to cause this. Like I've already demonstrated other 4.2 ROMs only use the battery a little faster than RootBox 4.1 (RB about 0.6%/hr vs slimbean 4.2 using 1.1 to 1.5 %/hr) with that screenshot in my OP. AOIP uses about 2.5 %/hr at home but over 10%/hr at work.
In any case, it's quite apparent now that this little group of ostriches with their heads still stuck in the sand isn't interested in hearing the truth, so consider this a closed thread.
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Hi all,
I just got my HTC ONE few days ago, and I feel like my battery life is not really good.
I have the Tmobile version, does anyone know if the stock rom is consuming lotta battery?? Mine can only last one day about 15hrs only normally.
Also, I am planing to root the phone, any good thread do you guys recommend?
Many thanks!!!
15hr battery life is pretty good
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What about your screen on time?
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yamaturkey said:
Hi all,
I just got my HTC ONE few days ago, and I feel like my battery life is not really good.
I have the Tmobile version, does anyone know if the stock rom is consuming lotta battery?? Mine can only last one day about 15hrs only normally.
Also, I am planing to root the phone, any good thread do you guys recommend?
Many thanks!!!
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Here is a great link for unlocking, rooting, and installing a custom ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2182792
I have been running the Android Revolution ROM since I got the phone with a few more mods through the Xposed Framework. I get excellent battery life (full day with heavy usage) and am able to do pretty much anything I want with the interface.
My battery life is a little under 8hrs this is because i watch movies while in transit play games, read books and such. But if i go low power with powersave mode and use my phone like a normal person i can go the whole day with my phone. I'm using Viper Rom 2.0 with Elemental X kernel clock at 1.9
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Look in the Play Store for - Greenify, that will help extend you battery life if set up correctly, and it is quite simple to use
you could always enable the "battery save" option in settings
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What about your screen on time?
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just checked, its about 2hrs30mins.
Figured I would start a thread for our newly updated Asus tablets. I updated mine this morning before work. I haven't had much time to play with it. How is everyone liking it so far? Seem snappier? Anyone notice any new features? I'm hoping the random reboots will be fixed. This tablet is already great! Hopefully it just got better.
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It's possible to assign allowed apps to additional users. There is a option to search wifi, when it's off.
During this upgrade, the PSU of dock and tablet has been updated.
Camera was updated. You can now use the volume rocker to snap pics too.
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Since the new Update, it works a lot smoother, the dock is now always docked and didnt lose the connection to the tab.
But i had to do a full wipe, cause the launcher had some bugs, he crashed everytime i tried to get a widget to the homescreen.
AND i think the batt lives longer as before without energy saving mode.
My battery life is outstanding on 4.3
They also changed the stock file manager
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I have more free RAM now. Earlier I had 1200MB used, now I have 950MB.
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Does the OTA fix the bad connector on the tablet itself? As in if you wiggle the connector on the tablet while connected to the computer, does it still disconnect?
Seems a bit snappier to me but I was hoping it would make some games run smoother like my hp slate book but it's the same unfortunately. Stuttering still present in games and rotation animation. Might not bother you though. Overall it's a welcome update.
As far as reboot I haven't seen it yet since I updated but maybe has not been long enough to to know.
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still gets hot quickly?
-battery percentage now on the top bar if you choose it (in settings->battery)
-dock connected now only has one symbol on the top bar (instead of 2)
-permanent notification about the sd card on the top bar gone
the positive things i found so far about 4.3
Is anyone else seeing Google Play Services going crazy with the 4.3 update? According to Better Battery Stats, my tablet is not able to get into deep sleep at all since the update and the battery information is pointing to Google Play Services as the biggest culprit. I don't have root on this device yet, so I don't have as much information as I'd like. I'm wondering if a factory reset would improve the situation? I'm getting a new tablet on exchange from Amazon tomorrow, so I will likely upgrade and then factory reset with that device to see if it makes a difference.
Craig
I would factory reset after upgrading anyway, same for flashing a Rom
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AngryDinosaur said:
still gets hot quickly?
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For now I would say it doesn't get as warm when surfing as before.
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For now I would say it doesn't get as warm when surfing as before.
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ill take that as an improvement, thanks.
and also battery drain? better than before?
Battery has markedly improved as others have attested on other threads..
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xRevilatioNx said:
Battery has markedly improved as others have attested on other threads..
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good to know, thanks
csetera said:
Is anyone else seeing Google Play Services going crazy with the 4.3 update? According to Better Battery Stats, my tablet is not able to get into deep sleep at all since the update and the battery information is pointing to Google Play Services as the biggest culprit. I don't have root on this device yet, so I don't have as much information as I'd like. I'm wondering if a factory reset would improve the situation? I'm getting a new tablet on exchange from Amazon tomorrow, so I will likely upgrade and then factory reset with that device to see if it makes a difference.
Craig
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Google Play Services draining the battery (more than usual) is probably not related to the 4.3 upgrade. Have a look at this article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...lay-services-seems-to-be-a-battery-hog-today/
Has been widely reported on various devices (I had it on my Nexus 7 yesterday or the day before).
hey folks, is the random battery saving screen brightness flicker gone? like the random dimming
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Google Play Services draining the battery (more than usual) is probably not related to the 4.3 upgrade. Have a look at this article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...lay-services-seems-to-be-a-battery-hog-today/
Has been widely reported on various devices (I had it on my Nexus 7 yesterday or the day before).
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Thanks. I saw that story go by this morning. Hopefully it is resolved now.
Semi-related... Is it possible to disable a downloaded app versus uninstalling it? I see that I can disable (some) system applications that can't be uninstalled, but if there is an app that I want to disable for the short term I'm only seeing the uninstall option. If I had root, I would use Titanium Backup, but I haven't gone there yet because I'm waiting for my exchange from Amazon to arrive.