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Maps consuming 99% of battery power

I've noticed my phone only charging at around 70mah when simply on the home screen (charges very fast when screen is off/sleep, 800+mah). I am using battery monitor widget to see the current draw. Using battery doctor, it tells me Maps is using 99% of the battery being consumed, even after testing it out playing Temple Run 2 for 20 minutes on max screen brightness. Is anyone else having this issue? Any known solutions? I even tried disabling GPS and latitude.
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Marc5000 said:
I've noticed my phone only charging at around 70mah when simply on the home screen (charges very fast when screen is off/sleep, 800+mah). I am using battery monitor widget to see the current draw. Using battery doctor, it tells me Maps is using 99% of the battery being consumed, even after testing it out playing Temple Run 2 for 20 minutes on max screen brightness. Is anyone else having this issue? Any known solutions? I even tried disabling GPS and latitude.
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Go into settings/location and turn off GPS and location and search.
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I have tried that. But I would like to use my GPS as it has a lot of uses with applications. That still doesn't explain having such a high current draw enough to only charge at only 70mah even while in use. Any phone should be able to charge significantly faster than the battery drains (aside from USB charging). Something is putting a ton of unwanted load on while the phone is not sleeping. The phone sleeps VERY well in the sense of conserving power (-10mAh)
Can someone download battery doctor and see if Maps is also very high on their list? It could also be a false reading on the apps end. I'm looking at my phone right now on max brightness and it shows it's discharging at -304mAh, which is acceptable. I'm more concerned about the charging rate being horrible while the phone is awake. Something might be really making the processor do unnecessary work.

I have the same percentage for maps as well....
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I use GSAM. I used to have issues with maps doing that, and forgot how I fixed it. I wish they would make Google maps not suck. So many freaking wakelocks.
Edit: make sure you turn off that location sharing friend crap, check in notification and auto check in.
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It's kind of sad that they took "Screen" out of the list of power consuming things as that is truly the most common power consuming factor. I'm really not impressed with this release of Sense. I WANT MORE PANELS!! lol I went from 7 panels from the Evo 3D to 5 panels including blinkfeed which I don't use. Sooo lamee
Anyway, the phone is new so I'm sure there will be updates fixing a ton of issues since they kind of rushed the release after the initial delay. I'm betting a bunch of issues escaped unfixed because of that. Would anyone suggest a ROM to potentially fix my issue and improve everything as a whole?

Absolutely no problems here with the Google Maps in battery usage
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benmatlock said:
Absolutely no problems here with the Google Maps in battery usage
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Which app is that and which ROM are you using? My HTC One is rooted but I haven't rommed it yet. I'm debating whether or not I should and if I do, which one I should use.
I'm still wondering if anyone has had any experiences with extremely slow charging while using the phone.

Marc5000 said:
Which app is that and which ROM are you using? My HTC One is rooted but I haven't rommed it yet. I'm debating whether or not I should and if I do, which one I should use.
I'm still wondering if anyone has had any experiences with extremely slow charging while using the phone.
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That app is stock sense. Settings > power > usage. I would say definitely ROM it. More customization possibilities and it will only get better. The ROMs that are out now are completely stable and mildly tweaked compared to what they will be in a month or so. Also I had slow charging for my first few cycles and it seems to have gotten much better. At least on par with my wife's evo lte.

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That app is stock sense. Settings > power > usage. I would say definitely ROM it. More customization possibilities and it will only get better. The ROMs that are out now are completely stable and mildly tweaked compared to what they will be in a month or so. Also I had slow charging for my first few cycles and it seems to have gotten much better. At least on par with my wife's evo lte.
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I'm leaning towards the Viper ROM. Any other suggestions or possibly better ROMs?
I believe everything gets wiped when the ROM is flashed, correct? I already have TWRP installed.

The generic answer is to try a few different ones and see what works best for you. For me, I'm using viper as my daily. But who knows what I'll be using tomorrow.... I'm a flashaholic. There's a superwipe posted in these forums that will wipe everything for you but in essence it formats system, data, cache, and dalvik. Any time you jump to a different ROM you will want to wipe everything. Keep in mind a factory reset is not the same thing as a full wipe as it does not wipe system files.

p3tr0s said:
The generic answer is to try a few different ones and see what works best for you. For me, I'm using viper as my daily. But who knows what I'll be using tomorrow.... I'm a flashaholic. There's a superwipe posted in these forums that will wipe everything for you but in essence it formats system, data, cache, and dalvik. Any time you jump to a different ROM you will want to wipe everything. Keep in mind a factory reset is not the same thing as a full wipe as it does not wipe system files.
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So every time you flash another ROM, what do you do to recover all your data, apps, game progress, etc.
I just made a backup of everything with my stock ROM using TWRP.

Personally I use titanium backup.... But it can cause issues as can any app that transfers data between ROMs. you can actually import data from your nandroid by using titanium.... Or just restore the data partition from your nandroid from within twrp. No matter what you may run into issues and if that's the case just start over for the best results.
I apologize ahead of time if this makes no sense.... Exhaustion at work is setting in.

benmatlock said:
Absolutely no problems here with the Google Maps in battery usage
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Android system at 2% Damn. Mine is always top 5. Currently 14% right now...

4.3 Update thread

Figured I would start a thread for our newly updated Asus tablets. I updated mine this morning before work. I haven't had much time to play with it. How is everyone liking it so far? Seem snappier? Anyone notice any new features? I'm hoping the random reboots will be fixed. This tablet is already great! Hopefully it just got better.
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It's possible to assign allowed apps to additional users. There is a option to search wifi, when it's off.
During this upgrade, the PSU of dock and tablet has been updated.

Camera was updated. You can now use the volume rocker to snap pics too.
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Since the new Update, it works a lot smoother, the dock is now always docked and didnt lose the connection to the tab.
But i had to do a full wipe, cause the launcher had some bugs, he crashed everytime i tried to get a widget to the homescreen.
AND i think the batt lives longer as before without energy saving mode.

My battery life is outstanding on 4.3

They also changed the stock file manager
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I have more free RAM now. Earlier I had 1200MB used, now I have 950MB.
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Does the OTA fix the bad connector on the tablet itself? As in if you wiggle the connector on the tablet while connected to the computer, does it still disconnect?

Seems a bit snappier to me but I was hoping it would make some games run smoother like my hp slate book but it's the same unfortunately. Stuttering still present in games and rotation animation. Might not bother you though. Overall it's a welcome update.
As far as reboot I haven't seen it yet since I updated but maybe has not been long enough to to know.
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still gets hot quickly?

-battery percentage now on the top bar if you choose it (in settings->battery)
-dock connected now only has one symbol on the top bar (instead of 2)
-permanent notification about the sd card on the top bar gone
the positive things i found so far about 4.3

Is anyone else seeing Google Play Services going crazy with the 4.3 update? According to Better Battery Stats, my tablet is not able to get into deep sleep at all since the update and the battery information is pointing to Google Play Services as the biggest culprit. I don't have root on this device yet, so I don't have as much information as I'd like. I'm wondering if a factory reset would improve the situation? I'm getting a new tablet on exchange from Amazon tomorrow, so I will likely upgrade and then factory reset with that device to see if it makes a difference.
Craig

I would factory reset after upgrading anyway, same for flashing a Rom
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AngryDinosaur said:
still gets hot quickly?
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For now I would say it doesn't get as warm when surfing as before.

ThaDoc said:
For now I would say it doesn't get as warm when surfing as before.
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ill take that as an improvement, thanks.
and also battery drain? better than before?

Battery has markedly improved as others have attested on other threads..
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xRevilatioNx said:
Battery has markedly improved as others have attested on other threads..
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good to know, thanks

csetera said:
Is anyone else seeing Google Play Services going crazy with the 4.3 update? According to Better Battery Stats, my tablet is not able to get into deep sleep at all since the update and the battery information is pointing to Google Play Services as the biggest culprit. I don't have root on this device yet, so I don't have as much information as I'd like. I'm wondering if a factory reset would improve the situation? I'm getting a new tablet on exchange from Amazon tomorrow, so I will likely upgrade and then factory reset with that device to see if it makes a difference.
Craig
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Google Play Services draining the battery (more than usual) is probably not related to the 4.3 upgrade. Have a look at this article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...lay-services-seems-to-be-a-battery-hog-today/
Has been widely reported on various devices (I had it on my Nexus 7 yesterday or the day before).

hey folks, is the random battery saving screen brightness flicker gone? like the random dimming

Alta1r said:
Google Play Services draining the battery (more than usual) is probably not related to the 4.3 upgrade. Have a look at this article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/1...lay-services-seems-to-be-a-battery-hog-today/
Has been widely reported on various devices (I had it on my Nexus 7 yesterday or the day before).
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Thanks. I saw that story go by this morning. Hopefully it is resolved now.
Semi-related... Is it possible to disable a downloaded app versus uninstalling it? I see that I can disable (some) system applications that can't be uninstalled, but if there is an app that I want to disable for the short term I'm only seeing the uninstall option. If I had root, I would use Titanium Backup, but I haven't gone there yet because I'm waiting for my exchange from Amazon to arrive.

Battery Draining fast After 4.4.2 update

hey guys i recently did the 4.4.2 update but notice that my battery from 100 to 96 on screen within 7mins of usage. i did a factory reset but still giving me the problem. i was wondering if anyone was able to fix their battery issue after the update.

One person claimed nova launcher caused that on kitkat
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dadiall discourse
its un rooted i followed one of the steps from the kitkat fix on the forums here.

Subzero24 said:
hey guys i recently did the 4.4.2 update but notice that my battery from 100 to 96 on screen within 7mins of usage. i did a factory reset but still giving me the problem. i was wondering if anyone was able to fix their battery issue after the update.
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That is a very common issue with Kitkat on the ATT Note 3. Custom roms have helped it, but not much. I use to get about 2 days out of my phone. I switch batteries everyday now. I have the spare battery charging system.
So we can only wait for ether the bootloader to be unlocked or for ATT to fix it.

Unrooted and can only get 18-23 hours of charge after the Kit Kat update. Before I could do 2-3 days, easily!

Dr. Evo said:
Unrooted and can only get 18-23 hours of charge after the Kit Kat update. Before I could do 2-3 days, easily!
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damn thats what my batery life use to be. I heard something about knoxraid that helps with the battery life but it sucks that we have to wait for an update.

Subzero24 said:
damn thats what my batery life use to be. I heard something about knoxraid that helps with the battery life but it sucks that we have to wait for an update.
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A word to the wise, I wouldn't be mentioning KR around here. It is considered a taboo subject after what the creator did.

android core apps always used to show as the top battery culprit for me under 4.4.2 - the google search app with the cards ended up being the app i isolated for my issue and disabling it fixed my battery drain issue.
I have also read about a bug with the camera app - but I haven't consistently had that issue so I stopped restarting my phone after using the camera.

My battery life has also went down since the kitkat update. I am at 36% at 11hrs 39min and 3.5 hrs of screen time. That's not bad, but previously I would be around 50% around this time...
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Whenever you charge your phone to 100% (after it got to at least 15%) unplug it and reboot right a way. That fixed the problem for me.
from the tip of my fangers...!

This helped with my note, and managing "power hungry" apps also made a big impact.

davidwritesmusic said:
This helped with my note, and managing "power hungry" apps also made a big impact.
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What helped

Software update 09/10/15 T-Mobile. Video calling

Downloading software now. Updates coming up in a bit

Ram usage went from 86% to 75%

laureanop said:
Downloading software now. Updates coming up in a bit
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always nice to get an update. about to install, need to quick charge first. I had wifi-calling on all night, hence my battery was at 1% when i woke up. which brings me to my next point: i hope this update fixes the cell-standby bug. I don't think I'll use video calling much if it means my battery life tanks due to enabled VoLTE. It's been reported, on other S6 variants that got this "latest TW" update, that RAM management is better, so i'm looking forward to that possibility. hopefully the experts here will check out all the minute code details regarding RAM and let us know if RAM management is the same or not.
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Ram usage went from 86% to 75%
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you posted while i was posting so i didn't see it until after i posted. thanks, that's promising.:good:

Wonder if volte kills battery still

Not sure if this is accurate.
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I usually have about 500mb of free ram.
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NYLUVBUG said:
Not sure if this is accurate.
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Just curious, why do you use clean master instead of smart manager? Aren't they the same thing?

Dr. Fed said:
Just curious, why do you use clean master instead of smart manager? Aren't they the same thing?
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I honestly don't know. I often wonder if these apps actually work as advertised.
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Does anyone know what this new feature adds "•Work Profile/Device Owner" its on the new feature list on the official update page.
https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21138

Quick glance:
-New baseband
-Video calling added
-Samsung Pay added but not available yet
- Icons from Note 5

Live broadcast for camera

LuckRocks said:
Ram usage went from 86% to 75%
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Good, that's what it's there for. To be used.
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Also T-Mobile Advanced messaging through the stock app

My battery life seems to be a bit better with this update.

I just plugged phone into smartswitch and saw the update. 50% through right now. Wonder what's up with it, and hopefully battery life is a little better. I'm pretty sure being an avid user as I am, and the apps that I run don't help.... But, my s4 got better battery then this phone does =/ I'm also probably going to have to get a replacement, because my camera is all wonky, and making weird noises.. All in all, I'm fairly disappointed with the way Samsung rolled this phone out. I'm trying to stick with Samsung, but they are making it very hard.

anywhere to get the file? i'm rooted so no ota update for me...

Memory management still sucks balls. Everything else in the update is legit though. Seems like there is more bloat than ever.

Got Wifi issue! It won't connect or either too slow, though wifi signal is good.

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Memory management still sucks balls. Everything else in the update is legit though. Seems like there is more bloat than ever.
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Yeah DHA values remain the same. More bloat as well. So far no cell standby drain while on VOLTE though.
I have yet to check the WiFi cell standby battery drain

jhun80 said:
Got Wifi issue! It won't connect or either too slow, though wifi signal is good.
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And i had a better wifi connectivity before the update!

Newer update available

Just wanted to inform people that there is a new minor update available. It didn't pop up on its own. I found it this morning by manually checking for one. Haven't tested improvement yet.

Awesome, just updated
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Not sure what else it changes but it brings the phone up to December security patch level!

My battery seems a little better

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My battery seems a little better
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Wtf.. How are you possibly gauging that your battery life is better? Patch just came out!! You need to cycle your battery a couple times before getting an accurate reading.
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Yes, this update is better than last update. Good work, Samsung

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Wtf.. How are you possibly gauging that your battery life is better? Patch just came out!! You need to cycle your battery a couple times before getting an accurate reading.
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Because my battery would drain rapidly visible to the eye just by using it. I've had my phone in my hand a lot today and the battery by a 1% basis is just not going down the way it normally does.

glcK23 said:
Wtf.. How are you possibly gauging that your battery life is better? Patch just came out!! You need to cycle your battery a couple times before getting an accurate reading.
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Chill out brow!

thiagomme said:
Chill out bro!
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FTFY
Anyway, I have been using DOJC now for three days. Have not noticed any improvement or decrease in battery. Same screen on time and such. Still lasts me the whole day.

Not sure if anyone else was affected, but this update bricked my modem. Bluetooth audio crashes the phone and the cellular radio will no longer connect to towers. I'm stuck on WiFi until my warranty replacement arrives.

Daedalus-420 said:
Not sure if anyone else was affected, but this update bricked my modem. Bluetooth audio crashes the phone and the cellular radio will no longer connect to towers. I'm stuck on WiFi until my warranty replacement arrives.
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I'm not totally sure if this will fix your issue, but try using kies or smartswitch to download stock firmware and wipe it and reinstall stock.

DarkZal said:
I'm not totally sure if this will fix your issue, but try using kies or smartswitch to download stock firmware and wipe it and reinstall stock.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't get much grief on the warranty replacement, so I'll wait for that to arrive.
I've been running stock with package disabler on this for a long time (upgraded with everything re-enabled). Wanted to try a t-mobile version of xlite but it looks like the dev dropped support for that build in favor of the international one.
Haven't tried a factory reset yet since I've got a bunch of tokens I need to keep until I can move them and don't want to risk losing more functionality with a reset or image. [emoji28]

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Thanks for the suggestion! I didn't get much grief on the warranty replacement, so I'll wait for that to arrive.
I've been running stock with package disabler on this for a long time (upgraded with everything re-enabled). Wanted to try a t-mobile version of xlite but it looks like the dev dropped support for that build in favor of the international one.
Haven't tried a factory reset yet since I've got a bunch of tokens I need to keep until I can move them and don't want to risk losing more functionality with a reset or image. [emoji28]
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For what it's worth, I've been able to move tokens over by rooting and using titanium backup with great success. Just a recommendation if the warranty doesn't show up for a long while.