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Anyone notice a change in their battery life in the past few days? My girlfriend and I both are going through our batteries in just over half a day with no use. It's like the phone isn't sleeping. Looking at battery use Display is using all of the battery. I'm running CM7.0.3 and she's on stock. Looking at mine right now the phone has been on battery for 1 hour 34 minutes, and Display is taking 57% of the battery and I'm down to 84% battery.
Yes! I've had my N1 since January 2010. I stayed stock until recently when I installed CM 7.1 RC1 shortly after it was released. Battery life had always been great, both stock and under CM7, especially with SS4N1. Then, a few days ago it just fell off a cliff. I now get only about 7-8 hours, even with little to no usage. Before I'd barely lose anything if the phone wasn't being used (a percent every couple hours).
Now the Nexus One Battery Calibrator application shows a drain of ~200 mA or more constantly.
I've been tearing my hair out for the last few days, uninstalling apps right and left, trying in vain to figure out what's causing this. I even considered a full wipe and reinstall of CM 7, thinking that some system setting somewhere had gotten horked.
I've always had WiFi set to never sleep, since I'm usually either at work or home. I've also had preferred network type (*#*#4636#*#* -> Phone Info) set to "GSM auto (PRL)" for months.
I've not made any other changes I can think of that would've had such a drastic impact on power consumption. I didn't track all the app updates that happened around the time it started, so I suppose it could be one of those. But I've uninstalled just about everything and it's still happening.
I have the same issue! Just in the past week or so. I have about 50% battery then a hour or so later it's dead! I was going to get a new battery today but maybe it's a CM7 issue. I use the nightly as soon as they hit the mirror.
An update on this... There may be a big issue going on with T-Mobile or some recent update:
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/07/t-mobile-g2-users-suddenly-suffering-from-huge-battery-loss/
Looks like other users on different phones have the same issue!
Thanks for that article, Lost Dog. Makes me feel a bit better. At least I know I'm not just going nuts.
My phone still has increased battery drain even if I put it in airplane mode though. It helps, but it's still much faster than before. This makes me really puzzled as to what the cause could be. How could the cell network still be causing increased drain if the phone's completely disconnected from it? Some sort of configuration information it received that persists even after the cell radio is turned off? EDIT: I may be wrong on this one, see below.
Last night I tried a complete wipe (using Temasek's full format "Format-signed.zip" first), and re-installed CM7.1 RC1 completely fresh. I installed only the minimal Google applications and a couple crucial tools (my password safe app). However, I'm still getting the same quick battery drain today.
I hope we (or T-Moblie) can figure out how to fix this. It really cripples my phone as a useful tool to have such short life!
EDIT: I'm going to try a workaround I've seen mentioned in comments on the TMoNews and Phandroid articles about this: limiting the cellular connection to 2G/EDGE only. It seems to have made a significant difference so far. I may have been incorrect then about airplane mode not having an impact. I'd only been checking current drain with the N1 Battery Calibrator app, and never left it in airplane mode for long. Anyway, I'll post back later this afternoon with results.
Ok, so switching to 2G-only for the cellular connection seems to have made a HUGE difference. The drain rate seems to be back at around what I'd expect. Everything else I left exactly the same (WiFi on, GPS enabled, same applications, etc.)
So, I'm starting to suspect something may be up with T-Mobile's 3G/3G+ service in some areas that's preventing phones from idling properly.
Anyone else want to give it a try?
Interesting, I'll switch over to 2G only and see how that affects my phone.
I've gone as far as wiping everything and that didn't help so if it really is a t-mobile issue then that would shed some light on the situation.
I see the same trend when switching to 2G only. Very steep power usage with 3G then a dramatic decrease in the discharge slope in 2G.
T-Mobile has an issue. The trick will be getting someone there to listen.
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Here is my screenshot. You can clearly see when I turned on 3G. Dramatic difference. Looking on the T-Mobile forum there are many people seeing the same issue but there's mostly finger pointing and speculation as to the cause.
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Anyone notice a change in their battery life in the past few days? My girlfriend and I both are going through our batteries in just over half a day with no use. It's like the phone isn't sleeping. Looking at battery use Display is using all of the battery. I'm running CM7.0.3 and she's on stock. Looking at mine right now the phone has been on battery for 1 hour 34 minutes, and Display is taking 57% of the battery and I'm down to 84% battery.
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I also got the same rapid battery drain since last Wednesday. At that time, I thought there may be a hardware/battery issue for my nexus one. To test this, I switched my rom from CM7 back to GB stock. After a few updates for the GB stock and used it for a day, same battery drain happened. So, I changed to use another backup battery yesterday. It did not help also. I thought it may be a real hardware issue.
Then, I found this thread and research a bit in the web. I found out it could be either caused by tmobile or google map updates. I first uninstall google map and reinstall the new version right from the market again. I also switch off 3G as well. No rapid battery drain for the entire day. The battery runs normally. When I came back home today, I turned on 3G, let it for a couple of hours, checked a couple of emails and received a 20min phone call. Everything seems to work fine. No noticeable rapid battery drain was observed. My conclusion so far is: this is caused by google map 5.8 update.
Try to uninstall it and reinstall the google map from the market to see if it helps.
Good luck.
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I also got the same rapid battery drain since last Wednesday. At that time, I thought there may be a hardware/battery issue for my nexus one. To test this, I switched my rom from CM7 back to GB stock. After a few updates for the GB stock and used it for a day, same battery drain happened. So, I changed to use another backup battery yesterday. It did not help also. I thought it may be a real hardware issue.
Then, I found this thread and research a bit in the web. I found out it could be either caused by tmobile or google map updates. I first uninstall google map and reinstall the new version right from the market again. I also switch off 3G as well. No rapid battery drain for the entire day. The battery runs normally. When I came back home today, I turned on 3G, let it for a couple of hours, checked a couple of emails and received a 20min phone call. Everything seems to work fine. No noticeable rapid battery drain was observed. My conclusion so far is: this is caused by google map 5.8 update.
Try to uninstall it and reinstall the google map from the market to see if it helps.
Good luck.
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Well, I'm willing to give it a try, but I'm skeptical. If it were the Maps 5.8 application that was preventing the phone from idling correctly, or transmitting tons of data, wouldn't we expect it to happen regardless of whether the phone was using the 2G or 3G radio connection? Sure, there might be a slight difference in the drain rate, but we'd still expect to see it in both cases. And yet the accelerated drain is alleviated completely by using only 2G. I have the Maps 5.8 application and can fix the problem by using 2G only. That indicates to me it's not an issue with the application.
I'll try uninstalling Maps tomorrow (I'm using CyanogenMod, so it's possible to remove it completely). Then I'll put the phone back on 3G and report back on what happens.
I've been experiencing similar battery issues the past week or so too. It looks like turning on 2G only seems to fix it, but what I don't get is why I'm still getting horrible battery life?
I have tasker auto turn off my 3G all together whenever my screen is turned off, and yet I leave my phone on my desk untouched all day and I end up at 40% when I get off work.
Wouldn't turning off 3G via Tasker be the same (or close to it) as turning on 2G only in the settings?
Hope t-mobile gets this worked out pretty soon!!
Glad I saw this thread. My wife and I both have N1s and have each been noticing unusually fast battery drain just in the last 3-4 days.
Last night I charged both phones to the same percentage, turned off 3G on hers and let them both sleep for a while. The phones are configured pretty similarly (stock, latest Maps installed, similar push settings etc). After about an hour and a half, my phone had lost 11% of its charge and hers had only lost 2%. That's enough of a delta for me to point to the 3G usage as the culprit. I guess I will be leaving my phone on 2G when I'm not using it if I am going to be away from a charger for a while.
It's NOT the Google Maps update.
Well, I did my experiment yesterday to rule out the Google Maps 5.8 update as the cause of this issue.
I'm running CyanogenMod so it's possible for me to uninstall Google Maps completely, not just the updates. I did so on Saturday night. Still set to 2G only, I removed my phone from the charger Sunday morning. A few hours later I enabled 3G. Later that afternoon I turned 3G off again.
I think the screenshot speaks for itself. Again, this is without Google Maps installed at all.
I asked around this weekend, and my friend's wife (also here in Portland, OR) is experiencing the same issue on her G1 on T-Mobile. Reading online I've heard about the problem affecting the MyTouch 3G, the G2, and many here with the Nexus One. The common elements seem to be: T-Mobile 3G service, particular models of phones, and some particular geographic areas.
Bottom line (IMHO): T-Mobile has a problem with the configuration of their 3G service in some areas, and it's preventing many phones from being able to idle/sleep properly, resulting in huge battery drain.
Here's mine, I posted this several days ago in the TMONEWS thread.
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Here's mine, I posted this several days ago in the TMONEWS thread.
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That's interesting. Even locking the phone to 2G/EDGE didn't have an impact? (not a Nexus One there it appears, what model?)
How did you go about disabling the 3G connection? I'm not sure if there are multiple ways to do it, but I used:
Settings -> Wireless Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Use only 2G networks
Really strange that even pulling the SIM didn't seem to make a difference. Or maybe that's not the same as turning off the cell radio entirely? Perhaps the issue is lower-level, like the radio constantly polling the tower or something even in the absence of being able to successfully register on the network for active use.
Does enabling airplane mode fix the drain issue for you?
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That's interesting. Even locking the phone to 2G/EDGE didn't have an impact? (not a Nexus One there it appears, what model?)
How did you go about disabling the 3G connection? I'm not sure if there are multiple ways to do it, but I used:
Settings -> Wireless Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Use only 2G networks
Really strange that even pulling the SIM didn't seem to make a difference. Or maybe that's not the same as turning off the cell radio entirely? Perhaps the issue is lower-level, like the radio constantly polling the tower or something even in the absence of being able to successfully register on the network for active use.
Does enabling airplane mode fix the drain issue for you?
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This is a G2.
2G has been much better than 3g, but still probably only 3/4 of my former battery life, optimistically. I checked "Use 2g networks only", same as everyone else. The graph above is a little misleading, since I really saw better battery life, that initial flat and quick drop actually averages out to "decent", rather than "horrific.
At the "Pulled SIM and SD card" mark I re-enabled 3g, so the drain afterwards is still 3g related.
Pulling the SIM doesn't disconnect it from the radio tower, you can still make emergency calls/etc. so it has to maintain a connection I suppose.
Twice I hard-reset the phone, pulled out SD and SIM, and still had huge huge battery drain. Powertutor said IDLE draw was 1437mw on average, no SIM, no WIFI, just sitting there on my desk.
In Airplane mode it'll last for days...
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I've been experiencing similar battery issues the past week or so too. It looks like turning on 2G only seems to fix it, but what I don't get is why I'm still getting horrible battery life?
I have tasker auto turn off my 3G all together whenever my screen is turned off, and yet I leave my phone on my desk untouched all day and I end up at 40% when I get off work.
Wouldn't turning off 3G via Tasker be the same (or close to it) as turning on 2G only in the settings?
Hope t-mobile gets this worked out pretty soon!!
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I'm not familiar with Tasker. However, maybe it's just disabling cellular data use, not actually disabling the 3G radio? From what we've seen it appears the problem is very low-level, perhaps something to do with basic communication/negotiation between the cell radio in the phone and the towers, as there's no indication of particular application activity or significant data transmission that the Android OS is aware of.
In the T-Mobile support thread there are reports that T-Mobile is now acknowledging there's an issue with changes to their HSPA+ network in some areas.
I've had 3G off all day and my battery life is back to normal. I'm at 87% after at least 6 hours on battery. Yesterday I was down to less than 50% by this time. Luckily, I am able to be on Wifi at work so I don't have to deal with EDGE speeds, which make the Baby Jesus cry.
deliamber, you probably noticed this already but I'm also in the Portland market. It's gotta be a network issue.
I'm having the same issue on my N1 (I'm around the Portland area myself)
I did everything as well, 2g is the only thing that saves me..
Can't wait for a fix!
I recently received a Moto X 2014 Pure Edition 32GB. I upgraded from a Moto X 2013 Developer Edition 32GB. Attached is a screenshot of battery so far today. For some reason, cell standby is always draining more than anything, even screen. Yesterday it drained 50% of my battery, however I was unable to take a screenshot before it died. I tried clearing the system cache today and turning off cellular data, to no avail. I don't have a data plan at all but need mobile data on for MMS. I am on Lollipop 5.0. I really need to know if there's any fixes on this issue yet, as it seems to be a major problem. I have scoured the internet looking for an answer and have found nothing pertaining to fixes I haven't already attempted. I just really want to experience the battery life on my new phone to it's full potential. Thanks ahead of time for the help.
SOLUTION: Update Google Play Services to version 7.3.x: LINK
I'm having similar things show up on my Moto X as well. I'm also having google play services up near the top. Was your cell signal weak perhaps? Maybe switching to 3g instead of LTE if you have LTE set as preferred.
I was only without a signal for 4% of the time. I will try changing to 3G and reporting back although I have perfect LTE in my area.
Well, after some time, the 3G vs LTE seems to have possibly helped. I downloaded GSam to try to narrow down the cause. Phone Radio is only 5% of my battery while Screen is 28%. Apps and misc are the rest of it. I think it may just be a glitch in the way Lollipop calculates battery, although I still would like a solution for it.
Check the android os stats also. It may be the one causing the most drain because its keeping awake in the background. From what I understand cell standby stat shows up when you aren't using the phone at all for some time (standby).
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Android OS has been awake for 2 hours and the phone has been awake for 6.5 hours.
Here's my stats so far. So I unplugged the phone from the charger 1 am last night. I woke up this morning with 98% battery. So I only lost 2% overnight.
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Android OS has been awake for 2 hours and the phone has been awake for 6.5 hours.
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Android os is the culprit in your case. 2 hrs is pretty long. Maybe and app is causing the wakelock along with it. Does your phone get warm at all? My phone does feel slightly warmer once I noticed android os is keeping my device awake for some time. So I usually reboot the phone to stop the wake lock and charge the phone back up.
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My phone doesn't get warm at all. The other night I left my phone unplugged at 40% and set an alarm for 7 hours later. I woke up and my phone was dead. Thankfully my girlfriend set her alarm too or I would have woken up late. I'm scared to leave my phone unplugged overnight again for that exact reason. My standby time is awful. I can leave it in my pocket for an hour and it will drain 10%. Is this Lollipop or no? I wouldn't know because I received the phone with Lollipop. Set it up skipping all the Google account stuff just to check for updates, and then wiped again. So I've done one factory reset so far, one cache partition clear, turned off mobile data (and back on after no change), changed from LTE to 3G, and gone through lots of full charge cycles. I still don't know what the problem is...Is the device faulty? I did just receive this phone as a replacement for my faulty Moto X 2013 (battery was bad). Please don't tell me thats the case for this as well.
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My phone doesn't get warm at all. The other night I left my phone unplugged at 40% and set an alarm for 7 hours later. I woke up and my phone was dead. Thankfully my girlfriend set her alarm too or I would have woken up late. I'm scared to leave my phone unplugged overnight again for that exact reason. My standby time is awful. I can leave it in my pocket for an hour and it will drain 10%. Is this Lollipop or no? I wouldn't know because I received the phone with Lollipop. Set it up skipping all the Google account stuff just to check for updates, and then wiped again. So I've done one factory reset so far, one cache partition clear, turned off mobile data (and back on after no change), changed from LTE to 3G, and gone through lots of full charge cycles. I still don't know what the problem is...Is the device faulty? I did just receive this phone as a replacement for my faulty Moto X 2013 (battery was bad). Please don't tell me thats the case for this as well.
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Which variant is it? I have the at&t one and unlocked it to use for my local carrier and works perfectly. I guess you will have more battery drain if the signal in your area isn't great. Also a rogue app might be running in the background draining your battery. I would also suggest disabling features of the moto x that you aren't using. I only keep the moto display on. Disable the bloatware apps that came with the phone from the carrier.
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I have the 32GB Pure Edition. I'm using it with GoPhone. I don't have a data plan. The only apps I've downloaded are Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and a lot of Google apps (Keep, Wallet, etc). I have disabled the features I don't need. Is 40% drain overnight extreme even with a lot of bloat?
I am having the same issue with Moto x pure edition running 5.1, insane amounts of drain while the phone is idle. about 10% an hour. I'm hoping someone finds a solution
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I have the 32GB Pure Edition. I'm using it with GoPhone. I don't have a data plan. The only apps I've downloaded are Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, and a lot of Google apps (Keep, Wallet, etc). I have disabled the features I don't need. Is 40% drain overnight extreme even with a lot of bloat?
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Something might be wrong with 40% drain. Your WiFi was on overnight as well along with account syncing? I usually turn off my WiFi before I sleep and get like at most 5% drain overnight
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They were. That might be it. I'll try to turn them off next time and see how that goes.
Root and greenify has worked pretty well for me.
You shouldn't see 40% no. That's way too high, even with data on.
My BT and WiFi are on all the time and maybe through a 7 hour sleep, I'll drop maybe 2% to 5%. I'm concerned there may be a rogue app, I have disabled a lot of system things and google apps and have really cut my usage down. And I'm using the moto display and moto voice thing.
Very strange its that high.
Switching from LTE to 3G seems to have helped more than anything else I tried. Actually lasted through the whole day yesterday.
I've been seeing the same thing over the past two weeks or so. Lots of wake time under Android OS. Not sure what's going on.
This is the kind of crap I'm talking about. Its extremely frustrating.
Even here. Screen usage was only 1:42...that's awful.
Hey there to all guys
Something in my phone is causing the radio constantly be looking for a signal even though it has a signal. It seems like I'm having to charge my phone at least twice a day now. Id like to steer clear of a factory data reset if I can, but if I have to I will. Running my phone with the GPS set to device only.
The stand by percent was at 11% this charge cycle. I've read that changing the preferred network type is a temp fix, but I don't see the point in disabling 4g if its meant to run on a 4g network. I've also read that google fit maybe a possible problem area. I honestly don't know what else to do. Its really frustrating that this good phone is just plagued by these small issues. Is there any way to clear the cache on the cell radios or anything like that? Also would I be able to run the Android M version of the radio firmware on my current build of 5.1? Running 5.1 build D for Verizon.
I live in Phoenix, in the middle of the city and I work outside at different restaurants in the city, and I find it hard to believe that I can't get a better signal that what's been reported on my battery graph. Someone suggested that I update my prl list and take my sim card for about a minute, which I did, which doesn't seem to be having to much affect.
Can someone please help. Between Google services and this draining my battery my battery life isn't the greatest at the moment.
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Hey there to all guys
Something in my phone is causing the radio constantly be looking for a signal even though it has a signal. It seems like I'm having to charge my phone at least twice a day now. Id like to steer clear of a factory data reset if I can, but if I have to I will. Running my phone with the GPS set to device only.
The stand by percent was at 11% this charge cycle. I've read that changing the preferred network type is a temp fix, but I don't see the point in disabling 4g if its meant to run on a 4g network. I've also read that google fit maybe a possible problem area. I honestly don't know what else to do. Its really frustrating that this good phone is just plagued by these small issues. Is there any way to clear the cache on the cell radios or anything like that? Also would I be able to run the Android M version of the radio firmware on my current build of 5.1? Running 5.1 build D for Verizon.
I live in Phoenix, in the middle of the city and I work outside at different restaurants in the city, and I find it hard to believe that I can't get a better signal that what's been reported on my battery graph. Someone suggested that I update my prl list and take my sim card for about a minute, which I did, which doesn't seem to be having to much affect.
Can someone please help. Between Google services and this draining my battery my battery life isn't the greatest at the moment.
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well, if your signal quality is only so so, cell stand by battery drain can be drain lots of battery, even more than your device used. speaking of, it didnt affect your battery that bad. to get better battery life, keep your brightness lowered. and if your signal is only so so, then i wouldnt expect a much better battery, as signal quality has a huge role in battery drain.
I downloaded the tmobile update that got pushed out the other day and have noticed a significant drop in battery life.
A few people here have reported seeing an increase in available ram, I have not seen that change on my device.
I was previously on OH8 (Stock and unrooted) and would get 24-27 hours on a full charge, with 3-4 hours screen on time with the following optimizations:
-debloater used to disable as many things as possible without breaking features such as picture gallery, contact logs, etc
-disabled as many services as possible in app manager
-Android assistant used to kill-on-startup all non-essential apps that i use but dont need running all the time
-tasker used to shut wifi off when not at home/work
-tasker to turn synch on 2 minutes an hour to update emails instead of always on
-greenify to hibernate as many things as i can (non root)
-bluetooth always off
-dark/mostly black backgrounds
-automatic screen adjustment
-wifi calling + VoLTE disabled
for the update i re-enabled all items disabled with debloater just to try out all the functions, and re-enabled a few (2-3) things in app manager, today my usage at work was VERY minimal compared to a normal day, i would say I used it maybe a 4th as much as I normally do.
I highly doubt undoing debloater made such a significant change to my battery life, but will re-disable everything tonight and report back with results. for the record as of this writing I'm at 19% and it's just been sitting idle in my pocket since the attatched SS was taken
I believe the issue is detectable with the previously mentioned "check cell standby" method. go to battery > battery usage, click on cell standby, take note of total connection time, go back to battery usage and click refresh in the upper right, then go back into cell standby and see if total connection time has increased.
I have wifi calling and VoLTE disabled since learning of the battery drain issue this phones had and it solved the issue (cell standby time would not steadily increase), but after this update it has started increasing even with both items disabled
Also, this will be a good time to mention something I've stated in another thread:
My friend got a S6 (hes with ATT) and weve compared battery lifes at work, By the end of work I was in the 30's and he was in the 50's, I just browse the web lightly while he listens to youtube via his bluetooth headset almost non stop (screen on + bluetooth + data/wifi streaming), The next day he txts me at 2pm "19% left", i had charged that night and was already down to 75%
long story short: he gets up to 50% longer battery life than me on any given day (as I said, I can get around 24-27 hours w/ 4hrs SOT with all the above battery optimizations, he only has a few items disabled in app manager) so there is a significant battery issue with Tmobile's S6.
Hey is cell standby normal to be that high or is it a bug?mine does the same thing
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Hey is cell standby normal to be that high or is it a bug?mine does the same thing
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cell standby should not steadily increase and should not be that high, no.
follow my instructions in OP, if total connection time is increasing you are effected by the issue these phones have. If youre on OH8 or lower you can shut off wifi calling and VoLTE to resolve the issue, if you are on the latest update that came out yesterday, I have no idea how to fix it yet.
18 hours unplugged with 21% left. So far it seems decent.
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18 hours unplugged with 21% left. So far it seems decent.
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Did you download the 9/10 (OH6) update? does cell standby's "total connection time" increase continuously for you with and without wifi calling and VoLTE on?
Check under advanced WiFi settings if the scanning always available option got toggled on after the update.
Mine did and it was causing quite a bit of drain
in my case, latest OTA infact improves the battery life. After OTA, i have rebooted in recovery , and cleared the cache. wifi calling and VoLTE is disabled as before.
update: re-enabling and again disabling wifi calling and VoLTE stopped "cell standby" increasing, the update must just bug it out. However I'm still seeing worse battery life than pre update.
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New update: i discovered by enabling and re-disabling wifi calling and VoLTE "cell standby" quit increasing. For some reason the update must have bugged it but that resolved the issue.
I however am still experiencing worse battery life than before the update. 1 hr left at work and ive barely used my phone at all today, 36% left, it's been 8 hours off the charger. Normally id expect to be around 40-65% right now with how little ive used it. (depending on what combination of disabled stuff im trying)
Further more my friend with an att s6 charged his phone saturday n had it off charge since. Didnt use it all weekend until today at work with 20 min charge in car.... Been on bluetooth headset n listening to music/youtube all day. Hes currently at 39%
every day that i compare battery life with him pisses me off more and more. He's probably getting 2x as much battery life as me, without any tweaks or anything. just pure stock.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-galaxy-s6/general/discuss-battery-problem-t3071622/page32
I had the update since yesterday and so far battery life seems better but gonna test it out for a week and see how it goes. RAM management is about the same however apps don't lag that much anymore. After the update Cell Standby started to affect battery again but enabling and then disabling WIFI calling and VoLTE cleared the problem.
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The new update including radios sucks. Much worse battery drain. I also get cell standby bug now showing in stats.
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The new update including radios sucks. Much worse battery drain. I also get cell standby bug now showing in stats.
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Do what nelson and i said, re enable and disable wifi calling and VoLTE and the cell standby issue should fix, but battery still seems to be worse for me regardless
My phone has been getting pretty hot I did a factory reset last night and only disabled wifi calling I forgot about volte I'll turn it off and see if it helps
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5.1.1 with wifi calling off and volte on forgot to turn it off
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5.1.1 wifi calling off volte on
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This is my first time looking at battery since the latest stock update rolled out.
so I havent looked at my battery life since Friday (5 days ago) and this morning I check my phone and the battery is at 94% (charged all day yesterday, was off charger overnight), reported 8.5 hours off charger, that's less than.5% per hour - by far the best battery idle I've seen yet. ( I think prior to this my best has been like 4% an hour)
even more shocking, when going to battery usage it claims that I still have - this blows my mind - 33 hours and some change left before my battery dies!?
Prior to this, my BEST was like 21 hours quoted, with a norm of 13-18.
I have barely used my phone the last 5 days so the usage statistic is scewed a bit, but thats still higher than anything it's ever claimed before.
This friday it will receive ample use, I'll report back with what kind of results I get.
Amen, I'm not the only one who noticed. Also see almost all the old lag is back. I'm so disappointed in Samsung, I've held on to this because I really thought it was the best hardware around...they just needed to fix the software. The update previous to Samsung Pay rollout was 90% there in fixing. Now we're back to where we started from. Full disclaimer, this was the straw that broke the camel's back, I ordered the Nexus 6p
man ever since the update, my battery been not lasting as long as it used to. I used to be able to get thru a 10 hour shift with at least like 30% left. used to love the battery cuz it was considerably much better than my N4. now by the end of the shift, its near dead, if not dead. Another S6 in the family is even worse... its at home all the time on wifi and the battery drains like 10% an hour if not more.
Hello, I am new here and couldn't find anything similar in the Mi A2 forum about this battery drain in Android Pie 9.0.
I bought the Mi A2 128gb/6gb two months ago, and since yesterday I realised an abnormal battery drain. When I went to check it out, 37% of the battery was spent in the mobile network standby. Today, after 3 hours of use is around 15% already. In my use, I get between 3 to 5% per hour, now it is between 6 to 10% due to this issue, is infuriating for a phone bought two months ago.
I've been since yesterday trying to find a way to discover the cause, I use 4g LTE most part of my day and the signal is good, urban area, in both sim cards.
Haven't used any custom rom or anything, still standard from the global version, did all the updates, including the latest February 25th. I don't think the update is responsible for that, but it is the only different thing I've done in the last weeks.
Have tried several solutions suggested for others xiaomi models but nothing seemed to work.
Did anyone experience this? Does anyone have a solution?
Yes that is pretty strange. Mobile network standby shouldn't be using up that much battery. Try rebooting the phone to see if it resolves. You could install 3rd party apps such as Greenify to monitor background apps more closely/hibernate them, and Naptime which uses aggressive doze to make sure you get better standby battery life.
matley27 said:
Hello, I am new here and couldn't find anything similar in the Mi A2 forum about this battery drain in Android Pie 9.0.
I bought the Mi A2 128gb/6gb two months ago, and since yesterday I realised an abnormal battery drain. When I went to check it out, 37% of the battery was spent in the mobile network standby. Today, after 3 hours of use is around 15% already. In my use, I get between 3 to 5% per hour, now it is between 6 to 10% due to this issue, is infuriating for a phone bought two months ago.
I've been since yesterday trying to find a way to discover the cause, I use 4g LTE most part of my day and the signal is good, urban area, in both sim cards.
Haven't used any custom rom or anything, still standard from the global version, did all the updates, including the latest February 25th. I don't think the update is responsible for that, but it is the only different thing I've done in the last weeks.
Have tried several solutions suggested for others xiaomi models but nothing seemed to work.
Did anyone experience this? Does anyone have a solution?
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Download cpu spy and check if phone enter deep sleep, there was a bug some time before with the cpu stuck at 1401mhz.
AB_98 said:
Yes that is pretty strange. Mobile network standby shouldn't be using up that much battery. Try rebooting the phone to see if it resolves. You could install 3rd party apps such as Greenify to monitor background apps more closely/hibernate them, and Naptime which uses aggressive doze to make sure you get better standby battery life.
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Thanks for your answer. haven't tried yet rebooting the phone, I did just the network reset and haven't changed a thing.
I downloaded greenify, but haven't quite used because I can't identify an specific app that is causing the problem.
I am using Greenify, Accubattery GSM Battery, CPU Spy as well.
A strange thing is that the excessive battery drain is allocated in some apps.
Usually, in the android battery use, it shows whatsapp and/or instagram are using the most battery, but when you ask the full device, is when it shows the mobile network.
In the GSM Battery, it says the battery used 12% while turned off and 5% while turned on. It makes no sense.
The only thing I could realize is that when it does get in sleep mode, the battery drain stops, but as soon I start to use it again, it returns to happen. I am afraid is a hardware problem.
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Download cpu spy and check if phone enter deep sleep, there was a bug some time before with the cpu stuck at 1401mhz.
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Thanks for your answer. I downloaded and monitored for today, most of the time it stays in 633MHz, and Deep Sleep. Both together are above 70%.
I don't think is a CPU problem. I am afraid is something with the antenna
I have an update.
I usually use LTE Network most of my day, today I managed to use wi-fi and the problem is not happening.
I suspecting is either an incompatibility with the Mi A2 network. But my girlfriend has the same phone, but the 64/4gb version and is not experiencing this problem, or and hardware problem with my antenna.
Nobody else has experienced this?