Battery life - Galaxy S6 Active

Are you guys seeing a change in battery life on 5.1.1 as oposed to 5.0.2? I am, and I miss my old battery life. It's not bad by any means, but I do notice a difference. Right now, I am using greenify, and package disabler. Is there anything else I can do to get back to 2-3 days usage and over 10 hours sot?
Also, is there any way we can get smart Manager back?

Well I'd start from getting rid of greenify... It's useless on modern phones
Please excuse brevity and typos, written on a mobile device

I've suspected that causing an issue so I Uninstalled it. Any other manager like a smart Manager that we can use?

I get all day battery,and coming from V10

M S6 updated to 5.1.1, and I noticed that Google Play Services is draining my battery very quickly. Have you noticed anything unusual?

When there are updates in the play store, I have noticed that it causes a drain. This is Google play services

metlmangreg said:
M S6 updated to 5.1.1, and I noticed that Google Play Services is draining my battery very quickly. Have you noticed anything unusual?
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After the last update I had the same issue and still not have figured out completely. But I installed a couple apks for play store and Google services. It fixed those but still disappointing battery life.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9aqi478kk1rp2o9/AAAJSYZlzT4rmbgInZ5_bYrRa?dl=0

I have Google Play Store working now! I had to contact Google, they called me within a minute and walked me through a couple steps ( beyond the ones they provide as a troubleshooter) with no luck. the last step before a factory reset was to delete my google account and reinstall it. I am happily updating apps as I am writing this!!

Something definitely happened to the battery life and it must be a google app problem. My battery was fine after the 5.1.1 update few months ago and suddenly a week ago (or two) the battery started draining fast. Also in the morning instead of the usual 3-6% drop I see at least 13% drop.
Do you know a good app which can show me why the drainage?

My friend had a similar problem on his Note 4. His battery went from 100% to 20% in one day with maybe 15min usage.He downloaded app Clean Master and cleaned the system (or what ever that app does). That solved the problem for him,at least so he said.

My battery life is back to normal, after removing my Google account and reinstalling it! I am happy again!

I haven't had a single problem after the update. I'm getting several days out of my battery - but I just use it for calls and texts. Still the best battery life of any phone I've owned...

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Battery drain due to Google Maps

Hi guys,
I've had the Xperia Z, and i'm not even remotely close to getting the battery life some people on here are getting.
I'm unrooted and followed the advice on here for better battery life, but still cannot get 4 hours of on screen time.
Anyways, over the weekend, i've noticed Google Maps suddenly taking up huge amounts of battery.
I've barely been using Maps or indeed barely using any app that uses location based services.
Even over night, my battery would drain 15% and Google Maps was clearly the culprit when looking at apps using the battery.
It was even stopping stamina mode from kicking in.
I disabled GPS.
that didn't fix my problem.
I tried to Force Stop Google Maps.
that didn't fix my problem.
For example, i could charge my battery to 100% to reset my battery stats, then do nothing else but immediately watch half an hour of a film, and incredibly Google Maps would magically be the app thats drained the battery the most, like double that of the screen or triple that of media server!
So last night, i reset my phone back to factory settings, reinstalled all my apps, but i haven't applied the Google Maps update.
so far so good. so far, it is behaving itself.
has anyone else had this problem?
I don't know whether i should update Maps or not.
its weird, for the first couple of weeks, it wasn't an issue, so i don't know why it suddenly became a problem, but it was massively draining my battery, even when i had done everything to disable it!
under the reviews in google play, if i filter reviews for just reviews by users with XZ, i can only see one other person complaining of the same problem.
i couldn't find anyone else posting about this issue when i googled it.
So anyone else have this problem, or know why it is/was happening?
thanks,
It isn't the version of maps you are using that causes the issue. It is 'location settings'.
If you go into location settings in Maps, you will see that you can turn on and off things such as Location reporting, Report from this device, Enable location history etc.
Some of these are required to run Google Now to its full potential, however they cause quite a high level of partial wakelocks.
It is up to you whether you have them switched on (with some battery drain), or switched off (with no/little battery drain).
I also noticed a larger than normal battery drain since a couple of days. I can't remember if there was a gmaps update right before the drainage increase.
Just for the sake of repetition silly. This has nothing to do with the Maps version.
FYI - The last Maps update was on 12th March. Point proven therefore.
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It isn't the version of maps you are using that causes the issue. It is 'location settings'.
If you go into location settings in Maps, you will see that you can turn on and off things such as Location reporting, Report from this device, Enable location history etc.
Some of these are required to run Google Now to its full potential, however they cause quite a high level of partial wakelocks.
It is up to you whether you have them switched on (with some battery drain), or switched off (with no/little battery drain).
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BUT like i said, i had turned all of these off, and MAPS was STILL draining my battery, despite location based services turned off, Maps forced stopped and not even using any location based app.
That is what i am querying. Why was this happening?
random quirk, or a more serious problem?
In that case I have no idea. It doesn't happen for me.
What I have noticed before once or twice however is that my location settings have changed without me doing it manually. This has happened to me twice when I have (un)installed Now.
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In that case I have no idea. It doesn't happen for me.
What I have noticed before once or twice however is that my location settings have changed without me doing it manually. This has happened to me twice when I have (un)installed Now.
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i'm hoping its just a random quirk.
On friday, i noticed maps was using quite a bit of battery.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday however, it just went crazy.
I could lose 15% battery when my phone was asleep all due to Maps.
well, I reset my phone to factory settings 12 hours ago, and so far the problem has not repeated itself.
i've got GPS on, location based services on, and so far Maps isn't doing anything it shouldn't be doing.
I will definitely keep an eye on it and update this thread as and when.
I've had this phone 3 weeks, so i don't know why it suddenly became a problem on friday. The only thing i changed on friday was i installed new app Google Keep which almost certainly cannot be the culprit that i can see

[Q] Is this normal?

I had a post a while back on how my battery life was pretty abysmal but since then it has gotten worse and now i barely seem to make it to 3 hours SOT and 17-18 hours of total use. Is something wrong? Some days of heavier use it doesn't even last me 12 hours. Screenshots included for evidence.
Something seems to waking your phone up a lot bud. It's usually location settings, google play services or a rouge app that does this I had this problem on the turbo when I had the location tracking in for the command center widget, but a reboot fixed it for me and it hasn't happened since. I would try clearing cache on Google play services or uninstalling updates and re downloading them. It doesn't even show up in my battery list with 17 hours on and an hour screen on time. There is a thread about it in the Q&A section I believe. Do you have Gsam app?
I have the Gsam app but can't seem to find anything other than app usage is around 50% with android system and kernel taking up a combined 30% and Phone and google services another 10%. I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling updates for play services now and I've already tried clearing cache. I might wipe my phone and restore it as soon as i can find a good way to back everything up without root
Let me know if any of the above work, if not we'll get it figured out man. A FDR may be the best solution
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I had a post a while back on how my battery life was pretty abysmal but since then it has gotten worse and now i barely seem to make it to 3 hours SOT and 17-18 hours of total use. Is something wrong? Some days of heavier use it doesn't even last me 12 hours. Screenshots included for evidence.
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Your signal is also really weak, so you should take in mind that bad signal is a real hog for your battery.
Wait for Lollipop, it should release today according to the rumours and for sure it would give you a lot more of battery.
after a complete wipe, app usage in gsam went down from 50% to around 28% which to me says it was a rogue app waking my phone. I guess the bad signal just contributes to the problem. Seems like I'll be able to get 4-4.5 SOT which i can live with. I just wish we had root and an unlocked bootloader so i could really utilize the power of this battery
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Never mind... Was talking about a different phone lol.

Nexus 6 Battery

Hey all,
Over the past month I've been getting unusual battery life out of my nexus 6. I now get somewhere around 1 hour and 30 mins SoT and I need to charge my phone during the day. I should say that before this month I could get up to 3 hours SoT no problem and without needing a charge in the middle of the day. I thought that maybe it was because I was running a custom ROM, so I went back to full stock with no noticeable differences.
I did some googling and decided to wait until Android M came along to see if that fixed my battery problem. Today, however, I was so baffled with my battery after using it for 17 minutes and seeing a 13% drop in battery. I feel that this is unacceptable. I have attached the screencaps of battery usage below. Can you guys offer any insight?
Thanks,
-EliteForceJac
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Hey all,
Over the past month I've been getting unusual battery life out of my nexus 6. I now get somewhere around 1 hour and 30 mins SoT and I need to charge my phone during the day. I should say that before this month I could get up to 3 hours SoT no problem and without needing a charge in the middle of the day. I thought that maybe it was because I was running a custom ROM, so I went back to full stock with no noticeable differences.
I did some googling and decided to wait until Android M came along to see if that fixed my battery problem. Today, however, I was so baffled with my battery after using it for 17 minutes and seeing a 13% drop in battery. I feel that this is unacceptable. I have attached the screencaps of battery usage below. Can you guys offer any insight?
Thanks,
-EliteForceJac
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first off, google play services is using a lot of battery. usually this is normal, as it will use mire when its updating itself. but if it is high in use consistently, then its not normal. and over the coarse of time, your battery will hold less and less of a charge, but this usually will be a year or two before you notice any differences.
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first off, google play services is using a lot of battery. usually this is normal, as it will use mire when its updating itself. but if it is high in use consistently, then its not normal. and over the coarse of time, your battery will hold less and less of a charge, but this usually will be a year or two before you notice any differences.
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So this is something that I will just have to deal with for the time being? Or can i lessen the drain from google play services?
I just freeze most of Google play stuff wit tibu. yesterday I had 2.5hrs sot with 61% battery remaining. stock rooted 5.1.1
edit * do not freeze Google play services or Google app, just wanted to be clear that I freeze a lot of the Google apps that I never use. not sure if it has any effect on battery or not. I am guessing you have a wakelock issue.
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So this is something that I will just have to deal with for the time being? Or can i lessen the drain from google play services?
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if its as normal google play services drain, itll last only about a battery cycle. if its a service thats "stuck", then you would need root to get handle on it. you can always try just rebooting, that could fix it as well on occasion.
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if its as normal google play services drain, itll last only about a battery cycle. if its a service thats "stuck", then you would need root to get handle on it. you can always try just rebooting, that could fix it as well on occasion.
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All day today i have been getting a pop-up saying Google Play Services is un-responsive. It gives me an option to force close, or wait. After i force close it, my battery is back to normal and phone isn't laggy.
Is there an underlying problem or is today just a bad day for my Google Play Services app?
EliteForceJac said:
All day today i have been getting a pop-up saying Google Play Services is un-responsive. It gives me an option to force close, or wait. After i force close it, my battery is back to normal and phone isn't laggy.
Is there an underlying problem or is today just a bad day for my Google Play Services app?
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it could be just today is a bad day for it(it does happen), or could be a problem. if it lasts more than 2 days, id say its a problem. of course, you can google google lay services apk, and just install tbe newest apk manually. which could fix it possibly.
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it could be just today is a bad day for it(it does happen), or could be a problem. if it lasts more than 2 days, id say its a problem. of course, you can google google lay services apk, and just install tbe newest apk manually. which could fix it possibly.
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I'll keep an eye on it. Thank you for your help simms22!

Xiaomi Mi A2 battery drain issue?

Hello, fellows. I have a Xiaomi Mi A2 and couple of days ago I started experiencing battery drain issue. Google Play Store drained 23% of my battery on the last charge, despite rarely using the store app. I have already limited background data usage and background app running but I think I still have the drain issue. Any advice on what to do? I haven't installed any new apps that would cause this and this issue came out of nowhere... I have been using the phone for almost 2 months now and before I was getting 6 and a half hours of screen on time, now I'm struggling to get even 4... Any ideas?
As I experienced it many times, I found a solution which I hope find useful. If you have a continuous notification like a pedometer, weather forecast or sth like that, play store or play services drains the battery a lot.
alperdemir32 said:
As I experienced it many times, I found a solution which I hope find useful. If you have a continuous notification like a pedometer, weather forecast or sth like that, play store or play services drains the battery a lot.
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Nothing in the way I use my device changed. I have not installed any new apps and the battery started draining suddenly and I think it's play store or its services
Don't know, some people are telling me to install MIUI.
you can turn off fingerprint sensor, it might save battery to some extent. Use face unlock instead.
Same issue here, today was killer 25 min SOT 65% drain in idle.

Faster battery drain after OTA update to 9.1.0.252 on Huawei P10 VTRL-L29

After updating to 9.1.0.252 I noticed faster battery drain. Did any of you experience the same behavior? I'm thinking to go back to 9.0.1.
Thanks
I feel the same
Envoyé de mon VTR-L29 en utilisant Tapatalk
Don't forget that our device/battery is getting older with every update?.
It might look like new but mine is already 2 years in use.
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After updating to 9.1.0.252 I noticed faster battery drain. Did any of you experience the same behavior? I'm thinking to go back to 9.0.1.
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I noticed faster battery drain on my ltr-09 as well. All is fine now. I noticed when i first upgraded location was turning on alot almost like it was learning when to turn on. Then it levelled out. Example opening google now at first it always turned on my gps now it doesnt. When i was on 9.01 i left my phone on battery saving for gps. You cant on 9.1 and i have seen alot of apps that used to be good with battery saving location now going for full with gps. Big bttery drain. Those were the differences i found. What I believe solved my battery drain was actually my battery getting all screwed up. I had this happen when i would switch roms and my battery stats would get all messed up. I solved it before and solved it this time with my p10 by running the thing right dead. Then pluging it in overnight with it turned off (no fast charging) Then I did it again the next night drained to dead , plug in charge with off ( no supercharging) and my battery life is better again. Hope this helps. EDIT After a few days of testing i still felt the battery was better but battery life still wasnt right. I did a factory installed minimal apps. Battery life was good until play store updated carrier services. I uninstalled updates to carrier services, disabled auto update. Then i actually disabled carrier services completely. Battery seems good now. From what i read carrier services is for next gen texting. Saw online others were having issues with this update.
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Don't forget that our device/battery is getting older with every update.
It might look like new but mine is already 2 years in use.
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Wrong, batteries get older with time and charging cycles. Updates have nothing to do with it and if you notice a drain right after one - it has nothing to do with the condition of the battery, it's the update's fault.
updates are huawei's way to convince you to buy a new phone
first they borked the camera, now they are messing with battery
I managed to improve battery life a little bit by disabling apps running in background and disabling unnecessary location permissions for several apps like @bigshowjh said. Like @bigshowjh said I found apps resetting their permission or settings after update. Still the battery life is not like it was before updating with the same usage behavior.
I managed to improve battery life a little bit by disabling apps running in background and disabling unnecessary location permissions for several apps like @bigshowjh said. Like @bigshowjh said I found apps resetting their permission or settings after update. Still the battery life is not like it was before updating with the same usage behavior.
Edit: It was dobble posted I don't know why, maybe a moderator could please delete on of the post
naissguy said:
I managed to improve battery life a little bit by disabling apps running in background and disabling unnecessary location permissions for several apps like @bigshowjh said. Like @bigshowjh said I found apps resetting their permission or settings after update. Still the battery life is not like it was before updating with the same usage behavior.
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I have ran a couple of days with very good battery life. 11.5 hrs with 62 percent left. Seems like it used to be with Oreo. Overview of all I did was as follows. Clear cache partition, factory reset . Uninstalled Google Chrome (used Firefox instead) set carrier service to factory in apps three dots advanced. Disabled automatic update of carrier services in play store, then in settings apps disabled carrier services completely. Went through and disabled network access to every app that doesn't need it. I don't use Facebook or Facebook Messenger apps. I use them through my browser. Oddly chome on pie is a battery killer as well. I'm very satisfied with proformance of my P10 again.
My GPS is pretty much always off (unless I really need it) and the battery level still goes down by 9% during the night. It used to be 3-4%.
I cannot find carrier service anywhere.
In my case I can't see power hungry apps in the stats, standby process uses the most energy.
majaczos said:
My GPS is pretty much always off (unless I really need it) and the battery level still goes down by 9% during the night. It used to be 3-4%.
I cannot find carrier service anywhere.
In my case I can't see power hungry apps in the stats, standby process uses the most energy.
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Settings, apps, apps again, select three dots in upper right, select show system processes. You will find it there it's a little hidden lol.
Still no carrier services for Play Store.

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