Battery drain - AT&T Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So my dilemma is battery drain. Out of know where my phone dies in about 7hrs. I restarted, recalibrate, numerous battery pulls and it been going on for a week. Here's some screen shots. I'm on knoxraid 5.1 still :-/
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How long have you had the rom? If you recently flashed then you need to let it sit for a day for the rom to settle. Learned that with the Dynamic Kat ROM.
If not, open the battery graph and check your wake time vs screen on time. A friend of mine had this issue on his S4 a while back. Clearing the cache and rebooting the phone worked for me. Worst case is you reflash the ROM.
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Androidi747 said:
How long have you had the rom? If you recently flashed then you need to let it sit for a day for the rom to settle. Learned that with the Dynamic Kat ROM...
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That really sounds like a bit of voodoo. A ROM doesn't need to "settle" with regard to power usage.

Hey, that's what I was told in the DK thread, they said to let the rom settle for a couple of days. The first day I flashed the rom I was getting 4 hours of screen on time, three days later I started getting 6 hours of s.o.t. They had an explanation as to why this occurs but I forget what they said.
If you don't trust that, try recalibrating the rom by downloading an app that deletes the battery stats file.
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I have heard that ROMs need time to settle many times. That is a myth. Resetting battery stats does nothing except erase battery stats. There is no calibration.
On your battery settings click on the graph this time. See how your network connection is. Could be an issue where you lose your connection and the phone consumes the battery searching for a network connection.
Also did you add anything new lately like an app or an email account?
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Something's running keeping your phone awake. Try Wakelock detector to track that down. Also try the carrier iq thread idk what it does seems it fixed stuff for people and made their phone sleep better. Most of the time it's an app. I dont use greenify but people use it to hibernate user apps that run in background.
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I've had the rom for months with no issues. All of a sudden battery drain. It was a Google service of some sort. I flashed firenote mj5 and the battery life is way better.
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Google search was eating my battery on my RAZR m try next time disabling location services.
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MAJOR Battery problem!

I have recently bought a HTC One and the battery is behaving very poorly. My screen brightness is set to around 25% and I only have location services and Auto-Sync on and I can't even go half a day with this thing. I have tried running all kinds of different ROMs to see if that changes anything but it doesn't.Side note it was bought from Swappa if that changes anything.
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Look at the first screen shot, warning signs already. Your screen was only on for 30 minutes and yet your phone was AWAKE for almost 5 hours. I see your using 3g data but your Wifi has been on for almost 6 hours. Also your phone radio is using up quite a bit of juice which I assume is because your signal isn't great. Biggest recommendation right now, turn off the location stuff, they are battery hogs. You should also download betterbatterystats which breaks down all the things keeping your phone awake
I also can propose to you to turn off the wi fi ... For me it eats my battery more than the 3G signal.
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Even with low signal, this a very odd behavior. The battery is draining too fast.
Try downloading CPU-Z and check the active processor cores and sensor operation. You might have a defective unit.
Good luck.
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Turning of WiFi has no difference in battery as well as turning off Mobile Network completely. I do think I have a defective unit though, but I have bought this off of Swappa and don't know where to start.
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As Galactus said, get betterbatterystats to check your wakelocks.. A "Held Awake" time of almost 10x as much as screen on is no good!
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I have downloaded BBS and will report soon.
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Galactus said:
Look at the first screen shot, warning signs already. Your screen was only on for 30 minutes and yet your phone was AWAKE for almost 5 hours. I see your using 3g data but your Wifi has been on for almost 6 hours. Also your phone radio is using up quite a bit of juice which I assume is because your signal isn't great. Biggest recommendation right now, turn off the location stuff, they are battery hogs. You should also download betterbatterystats which breaks down all the things keeping your phone awake
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exactly what i seen too major wakelock
you can check wakelocks with the current app just fine
Kernel Wakelocks
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Kernel Wakelocks
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how long how you need unplugged by that screenshot i see nothing that would cause a 4 hour waketime
I had to charge the device to 58% so I could use it.
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I had to charge it to 58% so that I could use it for the rest of the day.
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IgnitedBeast said:
I had to charge it to 58% so that I could use it for the rest of the day.
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Try the new ViperONE rom 3.1.0 it has much better battery performance, i had issues with battery too, but after flashing with this rom , it's much much better battery life.
I'm using Android Revoloution atm but I haven't tried viper yet, will probably try tonight.
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I'm using Android Revoloution atm but I haven't tried viper yet, will probably try tonight.
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In BBS you need to show us your partial wake locks and personally I find most roms to be the same regarding battery life. I don't think the device is defective, something whether its a rogue app or a messed up file is keeping the phone on when you have your screen off

Help me figure this out!

My phone has not always been this way. Its started in the past week. The battery seems to dive at the end of the day when I quit using it.
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Anyone? Am I the only lucky person to get the bug?
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Something... Looks like "phone" in your screen shot, is keeping your phone awake for a crazy amount of time. Solve that and you're good again. Google it.
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I'm not sure the cause or a permanent solution. But if you see the battery dropping fast... Whether it's from "phone" or anything else.... A reboot should clear it up and you won't lose so much battery life.
That is, if you notice it dropping too fast. Sometimes you might not catch it till it's too late and you're running for a charger. Lol
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Which ROM are you running?
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Any mods?
It's pretty obvious some app is keeping your phone awake once you have solid mobile network signal. Time for you to find out what it is.
I have Gravity box installed. That's it. last night I charged it all the way up before I went to bed. I woke up with a 50℅ loss! This time it was the media server. Whatever that is......if I look on the wakelock detector there are 1000 little things but nothing stands out. Tonight I'll do the same thing but do a reboot before I lay it to rest.
What's weird is I only get this problem when the phone is not being used. If its of any relevance I leave the WiFi on all night. And have it set to turn off when the phone sleeps.
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I have Gravity box installed. That's it. last night I charged it all the way up before I went to bed. I woke up with a 50℅ loss! This time it was the media server. Whatever that is......if I look on the wakelock detector there are 1000 little things but nothing stands out. Tonight I'll do the same thing but do a reboot before I lay it to rest.
What's weird is I only get this problem when the phone is not being used. If its of any relevance I leave the WiFi on all night. And have it set to turn off when the phone sleeps.
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you should know the drill. start getting rid of apps to see if it improves. or, go reverse and start over, installing one app at a time. other posters above are right. you've got something else polling, that's causing the wake lock.
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Seems like you could also just have some faulty hardware? e.g. a bad battery or charge sensor?
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Seems like you could also just have some faulty hardware? e.g. a bad battery or charge sensor?
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This is something fairly new. Unless it went belly up.....I still have more testing to do, which can take a while......since it only seems to be happening when I don't use my phone.
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There is a bunch of apps to help you out
Usually i use this two
Wakelock detector
battery widget
Use those and paste a print here
Last night I left the WiFi on. Cleared all tabs in the recent and I lost only 28% .
Making progress. It was some app left running that kept it awake. Not sure what though.
Tonight I'll leave the WiFi off.
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Battery getting worse.

I feel like my battery keeps getting worse and worse. Used to last me a day and a half and now only about a day.
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Hey mate, sorry to hear you are getting worse battery life. Are you using anything from your normal? Check out my guide and see if anything helps. Below are my stats currently. I can only see you still have your alarm on, this can cause a slight lose.
Mine hasn't ever lasted as long as your day and a half, maybe it is just leveling out? A few days ago I recalibrated my battery, maybe that would help?
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Hey mate, sorry to hear you are getting worse battery life. Are you using anything from your normal? Check out my guide and see if anything helps. Below are my stats currently. I can only see you still have your alarm on, this can cause a slight lose.
Mine hasn't ever lasted as long as your day and a half, maybe it is just leveling out? A few days ago I recalibrated my battery, maybe that would help?
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Try shutting it off ( hold the off button on right side) the turning it back on . Reboot, I had an unexplained battery issue and this fixed it, I can get 3-4 days now.
Any update @gainstatom?
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My battery is either good or bad. Right now it's fine and going good. But sometimes I think something makes my battery worse. I will keep updating with screenshot. I think 8% for only minute on screen time is not that good.
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Yeah that's great! You can install better battery stats here on xda to see if you are getting any wake locks etc. Greenify plus xposed will do this also, but bbs has more info
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I had a battery problem similar to yours not long ago. One of the things that was running it down was in Settings> Wi-Fi> Always allow scanning. The phone would scan for Wi-Fi signal even when Wi-Fi was turned off. Unchecking that box helped a lot.
I also used a battery calibration app that clears the battery stats and that has pretty well fixed the problem.
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What could be killing my battery so quickly?

It seems that Android System uses a really high amount of battery, and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas, or would know how to find out.
My battery lasts around 5 hours anymore, doing the same thing I used to do when it lasted 17+.
Any help would be super appreciated.
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johnequickiii said:
It seems that Android System uses a really high amount of battery, and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas, or would know how to find out.
My battery lasts around 5 hours anymore, doing the same thing I used to do when it lasted 17+.
Any help would be super appreciated.
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Why are you on JB? What setup are you using? Also, a screen shot from Wakelock detector would be appreciated.
I'm rooted stock 4.3. I just didn't really like the update from it, so I went back to 4.3.
I was fine til about a week ago.
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I'm rooted stock 4.3. I just didn't really like the update from it, so I went back to 4.3.
I was fine til about a week ago.
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More screenshots pl0x.
EDIT: Wakelock detector, and more GSam perspectives would be nice.
There seems to be no out of the ordinary wakelock events, but I will supply a GSam when I can.
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Is this amount of Phone Radio usage normal?
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johnequickiii said:
Is this amount of Phone Radio usage normal?
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I noticed that on 4.3, yeah, the phone radio was the biggest consumer of battery, butconsidering your usage, perhaps screen usage should be greater. Regardless, you're getting 4SOT/23.5SBY which is far better than I'm getting (2.5/14) on KK. lol
If you think about it, if nothing is waking your device, the phone radio is the only thing using power during sleep. So I guess it makes sense.
How about this? Supposing it has to do with the end of charge mechanic of the cpu, but it's worth a check.
Perhaps the battery is just going bad, after a year?
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Any other ways I could see what's causing such a drain on the battery? I fear pretty soon keeping it plugged in won't even give it charge enough to stay on.
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Or maybe something about this may help figure it out? I put it in Airplane Mode while charging and it didn't seem to make a difference in the rate at which it charged.
Could that possibly narrow down the cause?
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I just picked up the phone and started using it to read my Blinkfeed, and the battery suddenly dropped by a percent or two before it began charging again.
It's acting so strange.
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That google play services drain though... Try installing the Amplify module for Xposed.
I supose reflash soft, then freeze google services in tb, and unfreeze omly when they are needed. Maybe it will help
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christoferos said:
I supose reflash soft, then freeze google services in tb, and unfreeze omly when they are needed. Maybe it will help
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Well that's a bit extreme. You need Google Services for a lot of things, and that app is central to the android experience.
That's not to mention all the FCs he could get.
I find the phone stutters quite a bit too. Like freezes for a few seconds then carries on with what I'm doing.
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Anyone think of any way I could go about diagnosing what the issue is?
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johnequickiii said:
Anyone think of any way I could go about diagnosing what the issue is?
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tbh it's hard to tell. I would say do a TI backup and flash something fresh. If you like JB, I think viper 3.5 is good for you.
You could also try calibrating your battery. I did it, and it seems to have had, at the very least, a slight placebo effect .
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tbh it's hard to tell. I would say do a TI backup and flash something fresh. If you like JB, I think viper 3.5 is good for you.
You could also try calibrating your battery. I did it, and it seems to have had, at the very least, a slight placebo effect .
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What're the differences between Viper 3.5 and stock 4.3?
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This doesn't seem right, does it?
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And this is during deep sleep, while it's charging and I'm sleeping.
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Huge battery drain

Hi
I don't know why my battery drains very fast.
I attached a picture of battery states
Is it a common problem or should I install a costume kernel?
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Does Wakelock Detector (needs root - you didn't mention) give you any idea of what's draining it?
well, i see that you kept your phone screen on for about an 2 housr and 40 minutes in that 3 hour time frame. that will drain battery, and lots if you have your brightness set at a higher level.
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Does Wakelock Detector (needs root - you didn't mention) give you any idea of what's draining it?
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My phone is not rooted.
Should I root it?
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Does Wakelock Detector (needs root - you didn't mention) give you any idea of what's draining it?
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I rebooted my phone into safe mode to see if the battery drainage is caused by an app.
Even in safe mode the problem still persists.
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well, i see that you kept your phone screen on for about an 2 housr and 40 minutes in that 3 hour time frame. that will drain battery, and lots if you have your brightness set at a higher level.
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How did you know that I kept my phone screen on for 2 hours?
Because I actually did not use it allot.
I was driving for an hour without using my phone and within an hour the battery dropped from 41% to 30 % (on safe mode)
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xhamadeex said:
How did you know that I kept my phone screen on for 2 hours?
Because I actually did not use it allot.
I was driving for an hour without using my phone and within an hour the battery dropped from 41% to 30 % (on safe mode)
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Is that normal?
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I rebooted my phone into safe mode to see if the battery drainage is caused by an app.
Even in safe mode the problem still persists.
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Leading up to the screenshot did you have your phone on nonstop? Because it's showing as awake.
Also it looks like you have poor signal, which will cause battery drain.
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Leading up to the screenshot did you have your phone on nonstop? Because it's showing as awake.
Also it looks like you have poor signal, which will cause battery drain.
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I barely used my phone within this time!
I don't know how it is showing awake!!
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xhamadeex said:
How did you know that I kept my phone screen on for 2 hours?
Because I actually did not use it allot.
I was driving for an hour without using my phone and within an hour the battery dropped from 41% to 30 % (on safe mode)
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from your screenshot, awake. that can be caused by a process getting stuck too, but it would be on all the time, without breaks. have you tried rebooting? as that can fux a stuck process.
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from your screenshot, awake. that can be caused by a process getting stuck too, but it would be on all the time, without breaks. have you tried rebooting? as that can fux a stuck process.
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Yeah rebooted several times.
This problem started maybe 4 days ago. I rebooted the phone several times within these 4 days
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Yeah rebooted several times.
This problem started maybe 4 days ago. I rebooted the phone several times within these 4 days
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you didnt post the mist important battery stats screen, the one with the apps using your battery..! but, is google play services eating much battery?
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you didnt post the mist important battery stats screen, the one with the apps using your battery..! but, is google play services eating much battery?
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O shoot
I charged my phone and the battery history is gone.
But I looked at it before it was gone and saw that "exchange services" was awake for 2 horse and consumers 23% of battery.
Google play services consumed 2%
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O shoot
I charged my phone and the battery history is gone.
But I looked at it before it was gone and saw that "exchange services" was awake for 2 horse and consumers 23% of battery.
Google play services consumed 2%
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Should I disable "exchange services"?
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Should I disable "exchange services"?
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Yes or more certainly clear the app data and cache..
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Should I disable "exchange services"?
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do you use the exchange services? i dont, and end up just deleting it. but it is one if those things that can cause it, just like play services. @f0xy had the right idea, try deleting its data.
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do you use the exchange services? i dont, and end up just deleting it. but it is one if those things that can cause it, just like play services. @f0xy had the right idea, try deleting its data.
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I disabled the app.
Let's see how the battery will become.
As I'm writing now my battery level is 94%.
I will update you guys within an hour or two.
Thanks for the help everyone.
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xhamadeex said:
I disabled the app.
Let's see how the battery will become.
As I'm writing now my battery level is 94%.
I will update you guys within an hour or two.
Thanks for the help everyone.
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i hope that was it, fingers crossed..
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i hope that was it, fingers crossed..
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An hour later
Still goes down by the minute literally.
1%every minute or 2 if the screen is on.
Is that normal for a nexus 6 device?
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An hour later
Still goes down by the minute literally.
1%every minute or 2 if the screen is on.
Is that normal for a nexus 6 device?
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no. i normally get between 5-7 hours screen on time. seriously, lol. but dignal plays a big factor in battery life as well. xould you post thr main oage of the battery stats, with the apps please. and the same one you posted last.

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