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Is anybody experiencing really high battery use when the phone should be sleeping?
The battery life on my p970 is crap!
With all services and apps stopped or closed it uses 100% battery with wifi on and over a 3g network (data off) within 24 hours. I'm not even using the phone in these 24 hours, its just been left on the side after a full charge... 23 hours and 2 minutes later and its dead.
I can get almost 50 hours out of my desire s with light>moderate usage, it was the same with my optimus one and moto defy.
So why does the phone use soooo much battery when it should be sleeping?
A 1500mah battery should easily give 2 days with light usage on froyo... But under 24 hours with no usage at all?
Are you using optimus launcher? Mine was the same, but since i change to go launcher and uninstall some.of stock widget and apps it's got better.. got 36 hour medium use.... It consumes 5% in 7 hour idle (when i sleep)..
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i04055 said:
Are you using optimus launcher? Mine was the same, but since i change to go launcher and uninstall some.of stock widget and apps it's got better.. got 36 hour medium use.... It consumes 5% in 7 hour idle (when i sleep)..
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Which one you uninstalled? You rooted phone and what were you use to remove that apps/widgets? Is there any possibility to recovery that apps if (in example) I need to service phone?
Well, i've rooted it and removed a bunch of widgets and services including LG home (as launcherpro was installed). Left it on the side for just under 2 hours and it's gone down from 51% to 32%, an 19% drop...
Think it needs to go on eBay
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Which one you uninstalled? You rooted phone and what were you use to remove that apps/widgets? Is there any possibility to recovery that apps if (in example) I need to service phone?
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Some apps and widget like batery, cars, sns, news, etc but i keep the home launcher though.. Use titanium backup, and sure it kan be restored...
I don't think it is hardware problem, so just wait until custom rom release and tried it, it sould be significant battery life improvement..
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chancooluk said:
Well, i've rooted it and removed a bunch of widgets and services including LG home (as launcherpro was installed). Left it on the side for just under 2 hours and it's gone down from 51% to 32%, an 19% drop...
Think it needs to go on eBay
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Reflash the phone?
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I rooted mine, uninstalled a bunch of LG apps and widgets and removed apps i do not need, even Titanium Backup. I'm getting great battery now. After 38hours it's at 64% with light use.
I suggest getting a system monitor app to see what is using up resources when idle. I've used System Panel but i also hear good things about Whatchdog which has a free Lite version.
It's definately software related.
Try hard reset. If that does not work then root your phone and freeze or uninstall somewidgets, carhome etc...
Check your battery usage in Settings. I found out that my gallery app was using up all the battery. Make sure that your Picasa Sync and Google+ Instant Upload features are turned off. These two services use your Gallery all the time apparently...
its definitely a software problem with LG, before my OBlack would last only 24 hours even with 3G and wifi off (wtf!)
but after i killed all the services relating to LG (go to settings>applications>manage services) its now at 75% after 17 hours with 1 hour of wifi usage and some calls
All we can do is wait for Cyanogenmod for ours LG OB...
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All we can do is wait for Cyanogenmod for ours LG OB...
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Or just root the phone and uninstall LG crapware.
I just plugged in my phone after 3 days 15 hours and 29 minutes of use and i even had 18% left. That's 87 hours of use. I admit that it is light use, but i use it.
But you need to know which are safe to uninstall. I don't want to make system unstable or unusable.
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But you need to know which are safe to uninstall. I don't want to make system unstable or unusable.
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The ones with the green text.....
http://www.android-hilfe.de/anleitu...lche-system-apps-duerfen-entfernt-werden.html
how to root OB? please help me
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154882
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The ones with the green text.....
http://www.android-hilfe.de/anleitu...lche-system-apps-duerfen-entfernt-werden.html
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thank you very much ,pihx
I've rooted my device, uninstalled LG crapware, replaced default launcher by Launcher Pro, and use https://market.android.com/details?id=net.lepeng.batterydoctor, and my battery last longer.
Yeah the battery isn't bad once you root and uninstall LG apps. I consistently get 2-3 days without a charge with light to medium use.
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Yeah the battery isn't bad once you root and uninstall LG apps. I consistently get 2-3 days without a charge with light to medium use.
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Whoaa 3 days??? Did you disabled background data and turning off data and turned on only if you wanna use internet? Or no widget(s) installed?
Oh yeah I want to add another one reason why the phone battery drained out fast > carrier signal strenght and quality. If carrier's signal is not stable, your phone might have to work harder to maintain it to keep connected.
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Hey guys, just got my O2x a week ago and its great. It was flashed with 2.3 and at some point I tested updating using LG Suite and I went to 2.2.2
Anyway, just asking if how long do your batteries (stock) last? Tested mine about 3 days ago and within a day it got drained. Just using browser and played some music and that's it, no Youtube or heavy games or whatsoever. Already rooted my phone and removed everything that LG has there except for the keyboard, Suite, Mobile Support, and Home Launcher. Still, same results. Please help!!
I have been using the free version of juice defender and that has help my battery a little so I now cab get a good couple of days out of it. The free version only really stops data when the phone is locked but it seems to work quite well. I also installed juice plotter to see when my battery gets eaten.
Thanks will do that. So basically battery drains more if mobile data is on? Haven't really experience that on my old phone (which is not Android OS).
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Thanks will do that. So basically battery drains more if mobile data is on? Haven't really experience that on my old phone (which is not Android OS).
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I had to charge mine every night and sometimes 2 times a day.
Now, on a GB ROM, and with mobile data OFF, it last for at least a day (24h). This is with WiFi on (when awake of course).
Install a widget to quickly turn on/off mobile data, and only use it when you need. Then your battery will not drain that quickly.
Sorry for my bad english
My battery "record" is over 2 days Well, actually allmost 4 days, but then I didn't have WiFi on neither..
Mobile data is the killer only for badly done apps. Things like fb and twitter that sync every hour etc. Make sure when you install every app you check its sync status. Make them as infrequent as possible
Also try see how low you can get the brightness. Mine stays at 30% until out in the sun (have a widget to up it).
Remember even if not using your phone at home etc to switch tho wifi on as its much better
On good days can get 30/40 hours between charges when low use
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Worth to mention is that to get the less battery drain from turning on the wifi you have to turn of the data. Some people forget that and leave both on making it a double drain.
My only tip that I have that I know works is use it as little as possible. Turn off every thing that's not needed in the matter of syncing.
I'm no expert but is that right? All of the data goes through the wifi when on and connected so data connection is irrelevant surely?
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Thanks for the input and somehow, I can feel the effects now. Also put LBE Security and turned off most mobile data permission on my apps and even if my Wifi is on, not much of a battery drain but at least it has less loss.
i think that 1day is the real time of this battery with 1charge...intense use...
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I'm no expert but is that right? All of the data goes through the wifi when on and connected so data connection is irrelevant surely?
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Yes when wifi is on data is automatically off.... You cannot have both on...
Wifi is no very power consuming when it's connected idle to a network, but think to turn it off if no hotspot is there because network scan drains a lot.
O2X withTopogigi ROM 1.3/NeoBlaze kernel
Want to make it last long? Dont use it!!!
Sckank said:
Want to make it last long? Dont use it!!!
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LOL.. anyways, i use juice defender. It does help somehow.
I have a same problem. Using my Optimus with MIUI ROM (Gingerbread 2.3.5) i only have 7 hours.
In my opinion,turning off all data connection to improving battery life, it's not a good idea when we choose Android phone.
So?
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Try to install djdroid 0.9.1 !!!! With 3g data always on, 2 email with push, some phone and sms, and whatsapp always on i'm on 24h!!!!!!
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arifbsantoso said:
I have a same problem. Using my Optimus with MIUI ROM (Gingerbread 2.3.5) i only have 7 hours.
In my opinion,turning off all data connection to improving battery life, it's not a good idea when we choose Android phone.
So?
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O_O My phone came with v20c 2.2.2 and had no issues, ran 3days per charge. Wish I had backups of original ril and BB for they were 100% on any I've tried since going through a bunch of custom roms.
I get 10 hours of *idle* time with 3g enabled. With Juicedefender things are okay, I almost always make it through the day and sometimes even 2 days when I'm not doing anything, but the battery just goes nuts if you use it. Sometimes I browse the web for a minute and bam 5% is gone, and I'm thinking to myself "what the hell just happened?".
You have to be very careful with apps that do not close properly. I discovered that Spotify was draining my phone like crazy and causing it to become very hot (draining it even faster, heat = dead battery in no-time) with no way to prevent this other than uninstalling the app. Then I installed a beta version of Spotify from their website and all is well. AccuWeather also goes nuts sometimes but that's resolved by deleting the widget on my home screen.
I run the latest nightly of CM7. Battery life seems to be about the same as the stock ROM for me. What's interesting is that active 3g data use drains the battery more than playing a game. I can play emulated PSX games for about 5 hours straight on a full battery with data controlled by JD.
Everyone should try the latest rom v20e (or the derivated version topogigi's rom). For me, it improves battery a lot! I don't even use Juice defender (and some people said it worsens battery).
v20e
yes Im on V20e and my battery is preety good !
Almost 2 days and I write almost 100 messanger/day and always wifi on checking emails,fb and more !
Hey guys, haven't posted since testing for about week, I guess...
Anyway, battery seems to be ok now. Juice Defender and Plotter works great, plus now on sleep, it just drain 1% per 2-3hrs or sometimes nothing at all, and its not SOD thats for sure.
Also tried Battery Calibration, it worked somehow also so with lots of messaging, wifi, FB, Tap Sonic, plus downloading torrents, lasted 24hrs in full charge with constant use.
2g + Wi-Fi drains the battery much faster than 3G + Wi-Fi for me. Both have a good signal strength.
Anyone know why this is?
Note is getting very hot next to back camera ... Cant use it more than 20 min ... I think it started after i wipped a clean copy of the German 4.0.4 and rooting it
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fadibakhos said:
Note is getting very hot next to back camera ... Cant use it more than 20 min ... I think it started after i wipped a clean copy of the German 4.0.4 and rooting it
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are you flash stocch rom? i just flash custom rom( Crash v7) and run very smooth.:victory:
I had the same problem with some kernels on 4.0.4.
I booted into Recovery, wiped cache, then wiped Dalvik cache and rebooted.
(Don't have to reinstall ROM. And it doesn't wipe your data)
Sometimes I had to reboot again.
Now no more heating.
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simplelife said:
are you flash stocch rom? i just flash custom rom( Crash v7) and run very smooth.:victory:
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Stock ... I don t like custom roms ...
firegras said:
I had the same problem with some kernels on 4.0.4.
I booted into Recovery, wiped cache, then wiped Dalvik cache and rebooted.
(Don't have to reinstall ROM. And it doesn't wipe your data)
Sometimes I had to reboot again.
Now no more heating.
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I am trying it ...
fadibakhos said:
Note is getting very hot next to back camera ... Cant use it more than 20 min ... I think it started after i wipped a clean copy of the German 4.0.4 and rooting it
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Some application is making the processor run at 1400 MHz.. Check what it is.. You can install CPU Spy and verify if this is true.. Cheers..
Sorry guys ... all what you prosposed is not working ...
Tried wipping cache and Davlock ... still getting hot
Out of CPU Spy, I can see that when I am using Facebook app it is going to 1400 mhz.
But what is the solution ?
what kernel & governor & scheduler do you use ?
My phone gets really hot sometimes but it doesnt bother me, This phone packs some serious processing power - 2 CPU's, a HUGE LED screen, massive battery and a plastic housing... its gonna generate heat.
unless its blistering your fingers or frying an egg i wouldnt worry so much
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Sorry guys ... all what you prosposed is not working ...
Tried wipping cache and Davlock ... still getting hot
Out of CPU Spy, I can see that when I am using Facebook app it is going to 1400 mhz.
But what is the solution ?
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Change the rom and use it for 20 mins or more without downloading any app from play store , with this you can be sure that your hardware has not damaged :good:
When you gion to use in this way install setcpu(root) and set you max cpu frecuency to 1000 mhz you goin to see the diference
Even i faced the same problem when i was using dolphin browser hd came to know from cpu spy
Just stopped using that app
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Had the same problem with 4.04. After changing provider (new sim card). But I guess my installation got messed up a bit after a long time without wipes.
Never had problems before, but suddenly got a lot of FC on systemUI (tried a few 15 toggles, couldn't get them to work anymore. Also was suffering from the CSC unknown (and samsung keyboard Null error). And a very hot Note. Also, 10% battery drain an hour, even when idle and deep sleep.
Went back to GB. Factory reset. And reflashed LRG. And then again, the second time no CSC unknown and null errors on sammy keyboard. I traced the batterydrain down to exchange push service. Now I just pop every 15 minutes. No more heating, no more draining.
Zhoreb said:
Had the same problem with 4.04. After changing provider (new sim card). But I guess my installation got messed up a bit after a long time without wipes.
Never had problems before, but suddenly got a lot of FC on systemUI (tried a few 15 toggles, couldn't get them to work anymore. Also was suffering from the CSC unknown (and samsung keyboard Null error). And a very hot Note. Also, 10% battery drain an hour, even when idle and deep sleep.
Went back to GB. Factory reset. And reflashed LRG. And then again, the second time no CSC unknown and null errors on sammy keyboard. I traced the batterydrain down to exchange push service. Now I just pop every 15 minutes. No more heating, no more draining.
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Interesting was it a simple deep sleep issue? I have exchange service in background always set to automatic and iam fine with GPS wifi and data all day long, for me I get 45% when iam home at 22:00 with moderate usage.
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I have an international S3 LTE i9305 (unrooted) and took the OTE update to 4.3 a few weeks ago, after much deliberation about whether to risk it. In the end it was more finger trouble than decision, I hit the wrong button when I meant to postpone it again!
It hasn't been too bad since the update but there are a few issues. I have googled it of course but much of the information relates to the i9300 not the i9305, and to the earlier versions of the update. I only got the notification of an update in Jan 2014 so I guess its a later build and maybe some of the original bugs have been fixed (or replaced with different bugs!).
Issues I have noticed:
Audio playback skips quite frequently regardless of which player I use or whether the file in on the internal or external SD card
Battery consumption is worse. After a day of light usgage I could previosuly still have 50-60% battery, now its regularly down to 30% or less.
Wireless charging behaviour is odd. If the phone is still powered on its works as normal (phone displays wireless charging message, screen goes off and charging light is on). If the phone is off it used to display a wireless symbol something like a battery with circles around it, then the battery with the remaining charge level in green, then the screen goes off and the red charging light comes on until its charged then the light goes green. Since the update it doesn't display the wireless symbol any more, it just displays the battery symbol but its all grey like its at 0%. Eventually the screen dims then turns off but the charging light doesn't come on. It does seem to charge normally like it did before though.
I am using an HTC USB power supply with the wireless charger. When I used the Samsung one sometimes it appeared to be charging but after being left overnight the battery level had barely increased. It sometimes does the same thing with the Samsung charger plugged in ie not wireless.
I have 3 (dumb) questions. I apologise for my lack of knowledge!
Is a factory reset likely to fix any of these, or alternatively make anyting worse?!
I have the options checked to backup settings to google and automatically restore. If I do a factory reset, what happens? I think I did it once and it downloaded all my apps from the Play store automatically but how much of the settings will be restored? I also have MyBackup Pro which should be able to restore a lot of stuff but not the app settings. I have a lot of stuff installed so I don't want to go through the pain of setting it all up again if its not going to fix the problems anyway.
I have included all the versions numbers below from my system info, can anyone tell me what they mean?
On the plus side, since the update my phone remembers Swype it the default keyboard and I don't have to select it every time I turn the phone on.
Small update - I enabled the CPU usage overlay in Developer Options this morning to see if it would tell me anything, then disabled it again because I couldn't even read it. Since then the audio playback seems to have been OK, but its only been a couple of hours.
Android 4.3
Baseband I9305ZHUCMK1
Kernel 3.0.31-2377771
Build JSS15J.I9305ZHUCNA1
OTA update problems yes backup data and factory reset .
Thanks.
Are any of the app settings backed up to my google account? If not is there any way to back them up so I don't have to configure everything again, without being rooted?
spencetj said:
Thanks.
Are any of the app settings backed up to my google account? If not is there any way to back them up so I don't have to configure everything again, without being rooted?
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Your Google account does not back up a lot of things - settings for downloaded apps and among other things SMS texts. I use the free app Mobile Backup & Restore from Trend Micro.
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Your Google account does not back up a lot of things - settings for downloaded apps and among other things SMS texts. I use the free app Mobile Backup & Restore from Trend Micro.
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Contacts is backed up to. Its an important part. As long as you created them for the google account.
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I opened a similar topic few weeks ago, did a full reset, mainly for problems regarding the battery, haven't noticed significant changes, my only solution was changing the battery with the original extended, 3000 mah, now I can reach evening without problems... But with the regular 2100 with heavy use I wasn't anymore able to get past 6 pm.
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I opened a similar topic few weeks ago, did a full reset, mainly for problems regarding the battery, haven't noticed significant changes, my only solution was changing the battery with the original extended, 3000 mah, now I can reach evening without problems... But with the regular 2100 with heavy use I wasn't anymore able to get past 6 pm.
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Well. That depends on individual usage. It could be helpful to know screen on time, network connection, used apps/sync.
Always after update it's suggested to perform factory reset. About backup... Well. Tons of apps work better after clean install on newer version of OS. Ofc I'm not taking about small updated related to bug fixes/optimalisation but upgrading from 4.1 to 4.3 for example. It cost less effort than searching which app cause the problem and usability of Rom in our android devices.
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The phone was bought 2 weeks ago and I have battery problems after 2-3 days. So the battery drain is huge, i got 10% (100%-90&) after 6 hours with the phone idle no use at all. What can I do?
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Mine (bought on March 2014) with power saver on goes from 100% to 96% in one night (data, Wi-Fi are off). I think that is normal. Battery lasts 2 days normal use (not much screen on).
You can do a Factory reset. Don't install apps and watch if the drain is still there.
1. If the drain disappear install your apps one by one to see witch cause the drain.
2. If the drain is still there send it to service you have a battery problem.
ccatalin said:
The phone was bought 2 weeks ago and I have battery problems after 2-3 days. So the battery drain is huge, i got 10% (100%-90&) after 6 hours with the phone idle no use at all. What can I do?
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Did you installed some apps that may cause?
Is this brand new or used phone you bought?
need a bit more info.
go to settings - power - usage, and look at the app usage. You should see the typical apps you use a lot, but also look for apps that look out of place. like an app you don't use much, but uses a lot of battery use.
also look at settings - more - data usage, and scroll down. That will show which apps are using the most data, and also if it's foreground or background data. Don't worry too much about foreground data, that is data use happening while you are using the app. Instead, look for apps that are using a lot of background data. if you click on the app, you have an option to disable background data for those apps.
Note some apps don't function properly without background data enabled, like some google services/play store. also make sure the play store options are set to never auto update.
fwiw, I usually get 2.5-3 days between charges with light use.
Sounds like a major issue
ccatalin said:
The phone was bought 2 weeks ago and I have battery problems after 2-3 days. So the battery drain is huge, i got 10% (100%-90&) after 6 hours with the phone idle no use at all. What can I do?
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If the phone is that brand new, it could be a malfunctioning phone that eats through battery life. I would try taking it back to where ever you bought it from and try getting a new phone. See if that helps. Otherwise you may need to purchase a different battery from a reputable seller in order to get a good amount of battery life.
Cheers!
ccatalin said:
The phone was bought 2 weeks ago and I have battery problems after 2-3 days. So the battery drain is huge, i got 10% (100%-90&) after 6 hours with the phone idle no use at all. What can I do?
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You could try GSam Battery Monitor (dowload it form Play Store). It gives you a report on which apps drain your battery.
DwightKSchrute said:
You could try GSam Battery Monitor (dowload it form Play Store). It gives you a report on which apps drain your battery.
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im having similar problem as mentioned..
my GSam Battery Monitor reports Android System consumes 25.8% and Kernel (Android OS) consumes 13.2%
any idea how to reduce these usages?
iamchard said:
im having similar problem as mentioned..
my GSam Battery Monitor reports Android System consumes 25.8% and Kernel (Android OS) consumes 13.2%
any idea how to reduce these usages?
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Those should be on the top of your list. You might have a faulty battery then. Have you tried a factory reset?
So, I tried a factory reset but still battery drain. I have another HTC One, with heavier usage and still goes all the day with 30-40% left at night. I will talk to Vodafone to sent the phone to warranty but I think they will say It's because you unlocked the bootloader, put a custom rom, and there is a chance to lose my warranty. Probably I'll buy a battery case
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Those should be on the top of your list. You might have a faulty battery then. Have you tried a factory reset?
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nope..not yet..but im pretty sure it wouldnt help..
those apps running on background have been forced to stop manually..
iamchard said:
nope..not yet..but im pretty sure it wouldnt help..
those apps running on background have been forced to stop manually..
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You could Greenify the apps running on the background. That way, they will only be running when you open them and not after you close them. This could help too.
DwightKSchrute said:
You could Greenify the apps running on the background. That way, they will only be running when you open them and not after you close them. This could help too.
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thanks for the suggestion. will try it out now!