Related
Hello,
I recently got my nexus, and rooted only two days after receiving it. I installed cyanogen's latest. I am getting low battery; in only 5 or so minutes, the percentage goes down by at least 2 percent (while using). I looked to see what may have been draining the battery, and found that the display alone was using 62% to 75% of my battery. I tried undervolting, but the display seemed to still be in the same draining range...
Is this a hardware related problem, or is this a common nexus thing?
ywindlass said:
Hello,
I recently got my nexus, and rooted only two days after receiving it. I installed cyanogen's latest. I am getting low battery; in only 5 or so minutes, the percentage goes down by at least 2 percent (while using). I looked to see what may have been draining the battery, and found that the display alone was using 62% to 75% of my battery. I tried undervolting, but the display seemed to still be in the same draining range...
Is this a hardware related problem, or is this a common nexus thing?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
same here, really starting to piss me off when i see people talking about 70% battery at the end of the day while my phone dies in 6 hours
Cyan?
Woah, I think this might actually be cyan's Rom.
I flash enomther's rom and i got display percentage at around 15-16% ...
I think cyan will look into this soon enough...
But for now... I guess I'm gonna wipe... :/ and stick to enom's or some other ROM...
ywindlass said:
Woah, I think this might actually be cyan's Rom.
I flash enomther's rom and i got display percentage at around 15-16% ...
I think cyan will look into this soon enough...
But for now... I guess I'm gonna wipe... :/ and stick to enom's or some other ROM...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
C´mon....see my signature!
More than 10h now, Wifi on all the time -> 70% battery
This is not that bad
rori1 said:
C´mon....see my signature!
More than 10h now, Wifi on all the time -> 70% battery
This is not that bad
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think the problem is only with a few people, but I know others are experiencing this. This might be something with the "latest" nexi. But idk, it's a mutual issue, a fix should be coming
Probably you are right...
But, I would like to know, what settings peolple use: like updating wheater every hour, emails, widgets,..ham many apps are running and so on, ... perhaps connected to...sometimes people dont even know that
Edit: I got my Nex in january.
The change in the display usage percentage is just due to the way the powermanager works. Its not using more battery, its just displaying how much power it is using more accurately.
have the same problem.
100% airplane mode ON no WIFI, in 5 hours 72% battery remains . (PHONE IDLE took most of this - my G1 could go 1 month with this settings)
IN 12 hours in was 6% and with LOW use of my N1.
Yesterday I removed numbers in my battery and it was a litle better, not much but a little. (about 8% better)
I had 5.0.5.1, 2 and 3 and everyone had the same problem!
CM please take a look at this. What do you need any LOG info or something!
Have you tried wiping battery stats, then charging to 100% with it off, then booting into recovery and wiping battery stats again, then charging to 100%? The few times I've had battery issues that's taken care of it for me.
I flashed cyan again with a wipe (again), but got the same thing.
On enom's rom, I get beastly battery. I think we just have to wait for a fix for the people who are affected.
danguyf said:
Have you tried wiping battery stats, then charging to 100% with it off, then booting into recovery and wiping battery stats again, then charging to 100%? The few times I've had battery issues that's taken care of it for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you need root to wipe battery stats? how do you do it?
Well I did the wipe battery about 3 times and in OS it was already green light 93% full.
I WIPED and put the power in on NON POWERED PHONE. It took 1 hour more to come to the green light . than I wiped again and went to boot up.
at 11PM i had 100% battery went into airplane mode wifi OFF.
And i did one other thing. Some of you had the battery drain issue with trackball wake. So I disable it.
7 hours of this and I got 97% - beautiful
before that I had 72% so there is a difference.
Now I have to see if the wakeup trackball is the cause of this or the wiping the battery stats.
Will eliminate one and other and keep you posted
I took my phone off the charger at 4:30am and the next day at 5:30 am i had 12% battery left. i used my phone a total of 3 times. most of the time it was on standby. i have setcpu with my phone UV and UC to try to save battery with profiles set up. in battery information 85% of the phones battery went to cell standby. Any suggestions on how to improve this?
Try wakeup trackball OFF in spare parts and battery % OFF in upper taskbar.
I have now from 100% to 59% in 7 hours. wifi ON all the time.
I have tried to wipe battery settings and charge fully with the phone off, but after the full procedure, I still get the same end result. I attached a picture of my battery usage.
Im pretty sure i saw a post online about the newer nexus's that were released having a better display. If this is true then wouldn't the phone's hardware alone be using more battery?
I can confirm I am having the same problem. I wasn't sure until I checked battery usage overnight. It used to be that with my phone on airplane mode I would use about 2% while I slept. Now, it's 9 or 10% with "Phone Idle" taking the lion's share of it.
I have tried deleting batterystats.bin after a full charge; powering off (while on charger); charging up to full again, but this has not solved the problem.
A few notes:
When the phone is idle (but not in airplane mode) it uses about 1.5% per hour (compared to about 1.1% in airplane mode)
I am using setcpu profiles to keep cpu usage right down when idle
Around the same time I upgraded to 5.0.5.3 I also started using the himem version of fastboot. And yes, if you suspect I don't know what I'm talking about here, you are quite right
For my next trick, I will try resetting battery statistics via recovery. What fun!
I've kept the cyan rom, and changed some settings to increase battery life. I turned off the battery percentage icon, and turned off the trackball to wake. I still got that the display was using a lot, but the battery still lasted pretty good. I guess there isn't too big of a problem on my side. It probably is the "newer displays" on the "newer" nexi. Maybe there really isnt a big problem
I changed now from CM to Enomther's TheOfficial Nexus1 1.8.1 and battery now works great.
I unplugged the charger at 12.00 am at midnight and with quite good use, not extremely havey but a good use I had 30% battery left at 20:00 (08:00PM) that day.
I lost only 2% from midnight to 7:00AM in my airplane mode and with Gmail check 10 min of phone calls wifi ON all the time checking web pages and showing off my live wallpapper at my work I had at noon (12.00PM) 70% battery left!
I LIKE IT!
now I'm thinking to push Kernel - .32 & .33 to see if there is any change with my battery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653598
After resetting battery stats in recovery, I still lost about 10% overnight while on airplane mode.
For my next trick, I'll use a task killer like "Process Manager"* to keep everything unnecessary switched off overnight. Maybe I'll be able to narrow it down to an application if it's not something integral to the actual ROM.
*Yes, I know it will use up the battery too
I recently installed Serendipity and made sure the battery was at 100% while doing so (and deleted the battery file). I'm waiting for the battery to drain before I plug it in. Am i supposed to let it charge all the way again? Also, is it safe to reboot the phone while it is draining the first time? I want to install something using clockwork.
I'm being careful about this because cognition would report 14% battery life after 33 minutes of display usage and display eating up 96% of my battery....
killsto said:
I recently installed Serendipity and made sure the battery was at 100% while doing so (and deleted the battery file). I'm waiting for the battery to drain before I plug it in. Am i supposed to let it charge all the way again? Also, is it safe to reboot the phone while it is draining the first time? I want to install something using clockwork.
I'm being careful about this because cognition would report 14% battery life after 33 minutes of display usage and display eating up 96% of my battery....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's a complete thread on this, I suggest you look it up.
After you reset your battery stats, it is suggested to do a few full battery circle (use til dead, full charge, rince and repeat). You should be fine after 2-3 circles.
Note tho that it will not improve your battery life. All it does is a attempt to tell your phone what % your battery life is exactly.
For your fast drain, I don't think it has anything to do with your battery calibration or your ROM. It's most likely a app (or a few) that are draining alot of juice or that are running w/o realy being needed. (Check your running services.. make sure you know which one to stop and not to***)
Also using a app/widget like advanced task killer can help your battery life as it will stop every app running with a simple touch. I suggest doing it anything you're not using your phone.
One last thing, display eating 96% of your battery is normal.. it's not telling you it's using 96% of your battery. It's telling you that during the time your phone as been unplugged, your display use was your main action.. probably cause you didn't make many calls or anything else.. Display is just about everything you do with your phone so it will always have some high numbers like that.
BWolf56 said:
There's a complete thread on this, I suggest you look it up.
After you reset your battery stats, it is suggested to do a few full battery circle (use til dead, full charge, rince and repeat). You should be fine after 2-3 circles.
Note tho that it will not improve your battery life. All it does is a attempt to tell your phone what % your battery life is exactly.
For your fast drain, I don't think it has anything to do with your battery calibration or your ROM. It's most likely a app (or a few) that are draining alot of juice or that are running w/o realy being needed. (Check your running services.. make sure you know which one to stop and not to***)
Also using a app/widget like advanced task killer can help your battery life as it will stop every app running with a simple touch. I suggest doing it anything you're not using your phone.
One last thing, display eating 96% of your battery is normal.. it's not telling you it's using 96% of your battery. It's telling you that during the time your phone as been unplugged, your display use was your main action.. probably cause you didn't make many calls or anything else.. Display is just about everything you do with your phone so it will always have some high numbers like that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, I've seen the thread before but forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me. And my point about the display was that it was on for such a short amount of time, yet still killing my battery.
I am now down to 30% or so after 3 hours or more of display time after calibration & rom switch- and I was streaming music through WiFi and using Bluetooth headphones. So it it seems like it made a huge difference =D
Thanks
My xperia sp have a huge battery issue since i bought it, the repair centre refused to fix it for me even though i have warranty,
i had i drained my battery down to 0% then charge it all the way back up to 100%, and let it stayed there,
i had all radios turned off, the battery drain is 0.1% per hour during the first 2 days, and then the wakelocks came back again, the battery draining like crazy again, any fix?
The SP has excellent screen off battery when stamina mode works properly, but when it doesn’t I have also seen insane battery loss.
I think wakelock detector is a more user friendly app than better batter stats – so this is what I use to find out which apps are troubling the cpu.
If you have the radio off I don’t know if this causes apps which use background data to poll more frequently until they get a response – the horrible facebook app is always ticking away behind the scene, draining battery by trying to contact their servers.
I’ve noticed on your screen you still have McAfee antivirus installed – I know some of the bloatware installed on ROMS also ticks away, trying to get you to buy their software, reminding you that you are ‘enjoying’ a free trial. Getting rid of system installed bloatware is probably the main reason I first rooted my old phone.
I was disputing my data use with my carrier; I wanted to really keep track this month so I installed a data tracker. After a day I noticed my battery was draining faster than normal – wakelock detector revealed that this new app was waking the CPU a lot. So apps that we install can also burn battery life.
Finally I’ve had issues with the Xposed framework and battery life.
[
Battery Drain issues
Jambu95 said:
My xperia sp have a huge battery issue since i bought it, the repair centre refused to fix it for me even though i have warranty,
i had i drained my battery down to 0% then charge it all the way back up to 100%, and let it stayed there,
i had all radios turned off, the battery drain is 0.1% per hour during the first 2 days, and then the wakelocks came back again, the battery draining like crazy again, any fix?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No Such problems,
I have Stamina Mode turned on always, brightness set about halfway, and on GSM most of the time and switch to WCDMA when I need it.
screen on time of between 5-6 hours
on Interactive Governor,
standby time is excellent.
You need to find out what rogue apps are causing your battery drain,
Try
Jambu95 said:
My xperia sp have a huge battery issue since i bought it, the repair centre refused to fix it for me even though i have warranty,
i had i drained my battery down to 0% then charge it all the way back up to 100%, and let it stayed there,
i had all radios turned off, the battery drain is 0.1% per hour during the first 2 days, and then the wakelocks came back again, the battery draining like crazy again, any fix?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try using greenify
It cant help you save a battery and memory.
It's very good application, It can hibernated your apps.
dont try to hibernated your message , phone , facebook, line or apps that must active at your RAM
I currently using greenify , CPU sleeper , and i downclock my phone to 1,2 Ghz
sorry my poor english :angel:
xaviersoulful said:
Try using greenify
It cant help you save a battery and memory.
It's very good application, It can hibernated your apps.
dont try to hibernated your message , phone , facebook, line or apps that must active at your RAM
I currently using greenify , CPU sleeper , and i downclock my phone to 1,2 Ghz
sorry my poor english :angel:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
all apps is useless for me, rooted and doing all those many times, factory reset many times too,
see this picture below, that's my battery graph, i drained my battery till 0% and charge it without break, it manage to hang on 0.1% per hour of standby time, then after 2 days, it went crazy again
Guys, Avast! is blocking the images due to malware xD (cant see them)
Some tips:
- Disable location service from google
- Disable app data sync (settings > Backup and restore)
- Disable app: Backup and restore from sony (Apps > All > *app* > Disable)
- Turn on stamina mode and wifi on location
Stay on stock with the first few weeks to train the battery to the max
not too bad
stamina and greenify is useful for me,screen lightness is important too in my experience
Jambu95 said:
My xperia sp have a huge battery issue since i bought it, the repair centre refused to fix it for me even though i have warranty,
i had i drained my battery down to 0% then charge it all the way back up to 100%, and let it stayed there,
i had all radios turned off, the battery drain is 0.1% per hour during the first 2 days, and then the wakelocks came back again, the battery draining like crazy again, any fix?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i had the same problem
Jambu95 said:
My xperia sp have a huge battery issue since i bought it, the repair centre refused to fix it for me even though i have warranty,
i had i drained my battery down to 0% then charge it all the way back up to 100%, and let it stayed there,
i had all radios turned off, the battery drain is 0.1% per hour during the first 2 days, and then the wakelocks came back again, the battery draining like crazy again, any fix?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey i had the same issue in my last xperia ion and i thought it was phones fault, it drained 6% per hour when standby-stamina mode and turned off everything..i did everything , change rom, use battery savers,EVERYTHING.but it didn't solve, then i bought sp and i felt the same way.IT drained 3% per hour just after i bought it in standby. i couldn't belive it that it happend to brand new phone, first i thought there is error in my homes electricity, then i figured it out, this MAY be your answer ---->
"change your sim."
i know this seems like joke, but i'm not joking. i used mini sim that manually cut by me, i think that was the problem all the time, sim has some signal detecting issue, so it tries to seach network all the time or something like that, i didn't got any receiption error, only battery drain, so trust me, remove your sim and keep it a hour and see any difference. it solved my phone.if it solved use new sim by another service provider to check whether this cause you.it solved me. itz my invention,and my reserch.believe me.try this. i'm not sure about yours. but better give it a try. and keep me posted.
masteranu said:
hey i had the same issue in my last xperia ion and i thought it was phones fault, it drained 6% per hour when standby-stamina mode and turned off everything..i did everything , change rom, use battery savers,EVERYTHING.but it didn't solve, then i bought sp and i felt the same way.IT drained 3% per hour just after i bought it in standby. i couldn't belive it that it happend to brand new phone, first i thought there is error in my homes electricity, then i figured it out, this MAY be your answer ---->
"change your sim."
i know this seems like joke, but i'm not joking. i used mini sim that manually cut by me, i think that was the problem all the time, sim has some signal detecting issue, so it tries to seach network all the time or something like that, i didn't got any receiption error, only battery drain, so trust me, remove your sim and keep it a hour and see any difference. it solved my phone.if it solved use new sim by another service provider to check whether this cause you.it solved me. itz my invention,and my reserch.believe me.try this. i'm not sure about yours. but better give it a try. and keep me posted.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
mine : standby without any sim lol, thanks anyway, will try
I'm aware that this problem has happened to others, and I have seen solutions for this problem, but every fix I've come across works temporarily...and by that I mean a day or two.
While using my Atrix HD, when the battery reaches between 20-35%, the battery will suddenly drop to 0% and shut down. This usually occurs when I am using an app, such as MixZing or the camera app. Any attempts to turn the phone back on cause it to shut off again as soon as the boot animation finishes. The only way to keep it on is to plug it into a charger, and when it does boot, the battery shows the same percentage it had when the phone conked out on me. I've even tried calibrating the battery using NèMa's Battery Calibration app, and the problem still occurs...mainly because I can't get the battery to drain completely so I can properly calibrate the battery.
Long story short, I need a fix, or at least a suggestion as to how I can keep this problem at bay. Does anyone have information regarding this problem?
did you ever wipe the battery data when you flashing a new rom ?
I think you need to re-reconigz the battery .
lounew said:
did you ever wipe the battery data when you flashing a new rom ?
I think you need to re-reconigz the battery .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agree. In cwm there is an option to wipe battery stats.
I had a similar problem with my HTC First where at 25 % it would go straight to 10 an then to 0 in like 30 seconds...although that was on stock rom...
Do you have the m40 battery mod from maxx?
Just curious
TecknoFreak said:
Do you have the m40 battery mod from maxx?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Just curious (I am new here, hi :3)
What is the m40 battery mod?
Sorry i ment eb40
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906371
TecknoFreak said:
Sorry i ment eb40
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1906371
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't use the eb40 mod, it's all stock hardware. Haven't tried wiping the battery stats, though; can't believe I overlooked that. I'll give it a shot and see if it does the trick.
EDIT: CWM doesn't seem to have an option for wiping battery stats for this phone; I've tried three versions and none of them give me that option.
MysticRhythms87 said:
I don't use the eb40 mod, it's all stock hardware. Haven't tried wiping the battery stats, though; can't believe I overlooked that. I'll give it a shot and see if it does the trick.
EDIT: CWM doesn't seem to have an option for wiping battery stats for this phone; I've tried three versions and none of them give me that option.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I suggest you first write down the current battery volume , for example , now in the system ,you can see 60% battery left .
then you shut down the phone , connect your changer , the phone will change and the battery volume show . if this volume is not equal to the No. you see in the system , it means that your system have a wrong battery data record .
lounew said:
I suggest you first write down the current battery volume , for example , now in the system ,you can see 60% battery left .
then you shut down the phone , connect your changer , the phone will change and the battery volume show . if this volume is not equal to the No. you see in the system , it means that your system have a wrong battery data record .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Shut down my phone, battery was at 91% (had charged it overnight). Plugged it in and the charging screen showed 90%. Is that what you were talking about, with the two battery volumes not being the same?
I think it's fixed!
I did a full system reset (including formatting the system, which I apparently had yet to do throughout all this time) to install a new ROM. Today the battery drained all the way down to 2% while I was browsing the web (something that normally would shut off the phone at around 30%) before shutting off. It seems that by skipping that crucial step, the system could not properly read/calibrate the battery when installing a new ROM, which may have caused this problem.
I think it's safe to say it's fixed. For now, at least, but I'm remaining optimistic. Thanks to everyone who pitched in with an idea or just said a few words; great to know people care around here.
MysticRhythms87 said:
I did a full system reset (including formatting the system, which I apparently had yet to do throughout all this time) to install a new ROM. Today the battery drained all the way down to 2% while I was browsing the web (something that normally would shut off the phone at around 30%) before shutting off. It seems that by skipping that crucial step, the system could not properly read/calibrate the battery when installing a new ROM, which may have caused this problem.
I think it's safe to say it's fixed. For now, at least, but I'm remaining optimistic. Thanks to everyone who pitched in with an idea or just said a few words; great to know people care around here.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm glad that you fixed it. I did the same but I still have that problem. When It's 20% it drops to 15% and then to 5% in 30 seconds.
Arjomer said:
I'm glad that you fixed it. I did the same but I still have that problem. When It's 20% it drops to 15% and then to 5% in 30 seconds.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thankfully, I haven't had it drop that low that fast. Of course, this IS the Atrix HD, which carries such a weak battery compared to other phones in its class. Nevertheless, I feel great knowing that my phone doesn't shut off so unexpectedly. If it happens again, I'll do my best to deal with it, but for now...it's just success.
I had this problem after i force rebooted my phone, it got stuck at 1% when charging for almost 15mins. I had to turn the phone off.
MysticRhythms87 said:
Shut down my phone, battery was at 91% (had charged it overnight). Plugged it in and the charging screen showed 90%. Is that what you were talking about, with the two battery volumes not being the same?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
for my understanding ,before you shut down the phont , you saw the batter volumes in system is 91% , and then you shut down the phont ,plug it in , and see the battery volume is 90% .I think in this situlation , the battery record in your system is correct ,cause 90% and 91% almost the same . I think your battery is dying , you should replace your battery
lounew said:
for my understanding ,before you shut down the phont , you saw the batter volumes in system is 91% , and then you shut down the phont ,plug it in , and see the battery volume is 90% .I think in this situlation , the battery record in your system is correct ,cause 90% and 91% almost the same . I think your battery is dying , you should replace your battery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, a couple weeks later and I'm still not having the problem. The battery does still drain relatively fast (I go from 100% at about 9:00 A.M. to 35% at 3:00 P.M, with minimal usage such as checking Facebook/Twitter and stuff like that), but that's mostly due to the small battery capacity. The battery health is still good according to the scans and hardware checks I've done. I may, however, look into trying the EB40 mod if it means the battery will last much longer.
MysticRhythms87 said:
Well, a couple weeks later and I'm still not having the problem. The battery does still drain relatively fast (I go from 100% at about 9:00 A.M. to 35% at 3:00 P.M, with minimal usage such as checking Facebook/Twitter and stuff like that), but that's mostly due to the small battery capacity. The battery health is still good according to the scans and hardware checks I've done. I may, however, look into trying the EB40 mod if it means the battery will last much longer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
did you ever try to flash a new rom , you can try , if the problem still there , there is no doubt that the battery is bad .
Hi there,
I was wondering if you guys have the same problem after the update. My battery is going down fast as hell and till now nothing works. Wipe Cache, Factory Reset, nothing.
The phone was at 100% at bed time and when I woke up was down almost 10%. No GPS, no WIFI, no data. All I can see is that "cell standby" is using tons of power.
Anything else I can try before I go back to EMUI 10?
Thanks.
Silviu0x30 said:
Hi there,
I was wondering if you guys have the same problem after the update. My battery is going down fast as hell and till now nothing works. Wipe Cache, Factory Reset, nothing.
The phone was at 100% at bed time and when I woke up was down almost 10%. No GPS, no WIFI, no data. All I can see is that "cell standby" is using tons of power.
Anything else I can try before I go back to EMUI 10?
Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same problem, but seems less severe for me. Used to be able to use it quite heavily for 2 days, now it lasts 1 day with light use. Did factory reset, yet still the same. Have seen many on reddit stating the same problem.
You should drain battery near to 0 and then charge to 100%, this calibration help for me.
KantmiS said:
You should drain battery near to 0 and then charge to 100%, this calibration help for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I made this once. My battery is worse...