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GO launcher ex and baterry drain

Is it just my imagination or go launcher ex is a huge battery drain?
For comparison I installed it on my galaxy s and there I see no battery drain (previously I had launcher pro on both devices)
But when I installed it on my tab I see huge difference in battery consumption ...
Why is that? I am using overcome 2.0.1 and therefore can't see anything in battery stats...
Is anyone else experiencing same problems?
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I'm using ADW launcher EX , for sure any running app it will affect on the battery status , but not that much drain .. i think its just your imagination

I don't think its my imagination... when I was using launcher pro, my CPU was avarage on 800 MHz (cpu spy), on go launcher its 1400mhz....
I tested this by going to cpu spy, reset timer.. go to launcher... swiped through screens for minute then to cpu spy again....
And I was wandering why go launcher is far more fluid on my tab then launcher pro ever was :-(...
When I put governor to conservative, on go launcher cpu is avarage at 800 but it lags like launcher pro...( while I was using launcher pro governor was ondemand)
Anyone can confirm this? I mean go launcher an launcher pro are both fluid on my sgs on Max 1000mhz and 1400mhz.. even on 800mhz they are fluid enough...
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Here is SC of cpu spy, for 20 minute use 12% battery ...
I don't know why, but it all started when I installed go launcher ...
Xda apply, browser... wifi on.... brightness set to 20%
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there is option in the go launcher settings
preferences\advanced settings\high quality drawing uncheck it
just for the info .. any launcher like go or Adw are take much memory and also drain your battery this is what i know

Its unchecked ...
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I''ve been running GO Launcher EX for a few months now and have no problems with battery drain, i use setcpu and never go over 1000mhz, never needed to on Overcome GingerBread ROM, the only time i get major battery drain is when network (3G/H) is on so i allways have this turned off.
My tab was taken off charge at 7.45am today have watched 22 mins family guy cartoon at lunch break, go weather/Colorize twitter and facebook widget updated on wifi before i left for work, its now 7.50pm and battery is at 90%.
Go Launcher has effects and High Quality Drawing on, and all widgets installed and lots of themes.
So not sure why you are having problems with go launcher.

I install this launcher yesterday, and it drain battery faster than touchwiz at least twice. Last night i recharge my phone battery full at 12, and this morning i wake up at 11 the battery gone more than 40%. With touchwiz launcher my phone can stay at least 2 day.

GO Launcher *is* a battery drain
Go Launcher generally crushes your battery, no doubt, but not everyone suffers. And it's not yet fixed, despite the GO developers running a bit of a poll on their web site asking for feedback in October.
With Go Launch Ex (current version as at 8 Nov 2011) running, I could see 10-12% battery drain per hour. Didn't know about CPU Spy back then so no idea what that was reporting. Not interested in switching back to find out either. I could literally watch the battery drain out.
Huawei Ideos X5, CM7 + franco kernel, cpu governor set to smartassv2 and cpu min/max @ 245/806MHz (ie not overclocked).
Installed ADW Launcher - battery has been on 67% for over two hours. 56% in deep sleep, and would probably be more but I keep hitting the power button to see the battery %

For a couple of days ago i installed Go Launcher Ex on my Desire HD and I noticed huge battery drain right away.My DHD battery can't survive all day with Go Launcher runing.

I use LauncherPro Full in my Galaxy Tab 7 with Setcpu at 1,4 Ghz (rooted) and the battery runs good.
I used ADW and it drained fast my battery. Go Launcher Ex I never used for a long time to tell my experience.

koutouyo said:
I install this launcher yesterday, and it drain battery faster than touchwiz at least twice. Last night i recharge my phone battery full at 12, and this morning i wake up at 11 the battery gone more than 40%. With touchwiz launcher my phone can stay at least 2 day.
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Got same result....
Is there any tweak??? It's such a nice launcher, but if drains my phone life like this than we wont be able to use it.

sayem_unlimited said:
Got same result....
Is there any tweak??? It's such a nice launcher, but if drains my phone life like this than we wont be able to use it.
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I just needed to unistall it and go back to HTC Sense now my battery is normal again.

Dentisst said:
I just needed to unistall it and go back to HTC Sense now my battery is normal again.
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I have same problem. Different device (Sensation 4G) but am suspicious it is GO launcher causing battery drain. Battery will drop 10% per hour just sitting on the table. Now trying going back to Sense as well.
I realize this isn't applicable to the Galaxy Tab forum, but wanted to chime in that people have the problem and also suspect GO Launcher.

UncommonGuy said:
I have same problem. Different device (Sensation 4G) but am suspicious it is GO launcher causing battery drain. Battery will drop 10% per hour just sitting on the table. Now trying going back to Sense as well.
I realize this isn't applicable to the Galaxy Tab forum, but wanted to chime in that people have the problem and also suspect GO Launcher.
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Yes, exactly. It drains battery like hell even if I'm not using the phone and its laying with screen off.

I have GO Launcher EX and I don't have any battery drain - my SGT works good, battery holds whole day if I play a lot (of course, more if I don't), and it took around 2% of battery per hour in pure standby (btw, I have SIM inside and SGT is always online - ireless or 3G).
Maybe some other process drains battery?
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ravenhr said:
I have GO Launcher EX and I don't have any battery drain - my SGT works good, battery holds whole day if I play a lot (of course, more if I don't), and it took around 2% of battery per hour in pure standby (btw, I have SIM inside and SGT is always online - ireless or 3G).
Maybe some other process drains battery?
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Nope it's Go Launcher. Battery drain started right away after i installed it.

Drains battery on my Galaxy SII, too!

ravenhr said:
I have GO Launcher EX and I don't have any battery drain -
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same here.

[Q] does home launcher drain battery

hi
i was using zeem launcher all these days, as i like the touch wiz4 feel i recently installed Go launcher EX and added the touch wiz4 theam. But suddenly i feeling a heavy battery drain.Just wanted to know if Using the Go launcher is the reason for this to happen if so what do i need to do to avoid a heavy battery drain
Thanks in advance

I'm using GO Launcher since long time (as long I purchased my Android, infact I've not used any other launcher) and I never faced any battery drain problem due to it. Can't say what's the reason for sudden battery drain but you can try to calibrate your battery

hi
i have been using 2g may be thats it
how do i caliberate the battery
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AFAIK, enabling widgets will drain more battery... as the widgets keep on running all the time in the background..so it is better to use as less widgets as possible or no widgets at all as far as battery drainage is concern... and i think, yes battery drainage depends on launcher to launcher, display settings, even on theme/ wallpapers( i may be wrong though)

haree said:
hi
i was using zeem launcher all these days, as i like the touch wiz4 feel i recently installed Go launcher EX and added the touch wiz4 theam. But suddenly i feeling a heavy battery drain.Just wanted to know if Using the Go launcher is the reason for this to happen if so what do i need to do to avoid a heavy battery drain
Thanks in advance
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are you using a live wallpaper or some widgets like facebook widget or other widgets.....??? all these tend to eat upon your battery life..... disabling haptic feedback and keypad vibrations may help, some launchers also have option to choose high quality scrolling which uses more battery, check if yours is enabled....
to get an idea you can switch back to your old launcher for a day or two to see if the battery life improves, BTW i am using launcher pro and haven't felt any battery drainage issues....

sandeeppandey said:
are you using a live wallpaper or some widgets like facebook widget or other widgets.....??? all these tend to eat upon your battery life..... disabling haptic feedback and keypad vibrations may help, some launchers also have option to choose high quality scrolling which uses more battery, check if yours is enabled....
to get an idea you can switch back to your old launcher for a day or two to see if the battery life improves, BTW i am using launcher pro and haven't felt any battery drainage issues....
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hi
no none of the above but as i said i was using a lot of 2G yesterday so may be thats it .but as u say ill go back to zeem and use it for a day and chek on the same thanks buddy
note : as i said i think the reason for my heavy battery drain was my usage of 2g & wifi i did not use it yesterday and the battery seems to be ok still have 75% today morning with min use thanks to all for their kind advise

IMO Go launcher does consume more battery compared to other launchers escpecially zeam......

ART mode and RAM managment..?

I switched to ART mode mode this morning since I read that its faster and wanted to give it a go. However I have read about it but am not totally an expert. When I switched over it booted then rebooted to the ATT logo and hung. I had to use the 3-button combo to get back again after a huge heat up.
Anyway I now notice that in the RAM manager from the home screen I get for example 1.24gb/1.81 like normal and now where I would have had the same reading in Applications Manager In Settings I now get 0.98gb used - 870mb free in "Running". The way it reads seems to have changed and doesnt match the other.
Is any one else using ART and can share some experience on this at all.
Ive Also seen a post about someone mentioning bad signal on ART...?
Cheers.

cooza said:
I switched to ART mode mode this morning since I read that its faster and wanted to give it a go. However I have read about it but am not totally an expert. When I switched over it booted then rebooted to the ATT logo and hung. I had to use the 3-button combo to get back again after a huge heat up.
Anyway I now notice that in the RAM manager from the home screen I get for example 1.24gb/1.81 like normal and now where I would have had the same reading in Applications Manager In Settings I now get 0.98gb used - 870mb free in "Running". The way it reads seems to have changed and doesnt match the other.
Is any one else using ART and can share some experience on this at all.
Ive Also seen a post about someone mentioning bad signal on ART...?
Cheers.
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I don't have root or anything to flash, why not test art?
I do notice a disparity as well, but mine is a little less prevolent-- my variation i think is as simple as fluctuation between redraw in between the two screens. I get 870/874used 0.96/0.95free-- I will say though, it seems to use a little less ram.
I live in a very strong signal area and that said, i don't see any signal difference. I do know some low areas so i can update once I've visited.
I did encounter the lockup at AT&T, that just required a reboot.

Yeah mate with no root for Roms I thought why not try it. I use a third party launcher called lucid and do notice a big improvement in scrolling between home screens and apps relaunching. I was a bit concerned about the different readings in the 2 ram managers and the freeze on boot but so far no issues. Just wondering how others are going and if they are using it since it wasn't in other Samsung devices too.

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Yeah mate with no root for Roms I thought why not try it. I use a third party launcher called lucid and do notice a big improvement in scrolling between home screens and apps relaunching. I was a bit concerned about the different readings in the 2 ram managers and the freeze on boot but so far no issues. Just wondering how others are going and if they are using it since it wasn't in other Samsung devices too.
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I use Nova Launcher, tried Aviate and Atom, I'll look at Lucid.
I also turned off all animation transitions in Dev mode. It's snappy enough to fly between screens instantly, also if you're not aware-- old pro move-- go into S-Voice(if you don't use it, but nobody does) and disable the double tap home function and then home key lag will be gone and the phone FLIES.

byte9 said:
I use Nova Launcher, tried Aviate and Atom, I'll look at Lucid.
I also turned off all animation transitions in Dev mode. It's snappy enough to fly between screens instantly, also if you're not aware-- old pro move-- go into S-Voice(if you don't use it, but nobody does) and disable the double tap home function and then home key lag will be gone and the phone FLIES.
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Cheers mate I'll give that a go. Lucid is a good launcher if you like vertical scrolling. I prefer that on these slightly bigger screens. Also icon resizing. Only set back is no folders. It's also got a side panel for short cuts just like in AOKP. You gotta like it or you will find it hard to get use to I guess.

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Cheers mate I'll give that a go. Lucid is a good launcher if you like vertical scrolling. I prefer that on these slightly bigger screens. Also icon resizing. Only set back is no folders. It's also got a side panel for short cuts just like in AOKP. You gotta like it or you will find it hard to get use to I guess.
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Give the 0transition and no lag a go- it's like a new phone.
Have you ever tried Nova? It has vertical scrolling and icon resizing with folders. The side drawer though I don't really dig.
Have you any legacy apps onboard? I haven't installed older games yet, I'm sure some things will just crash fail.

You have to remember that even though ART is included on the S5s it is still considered experimental and has not been optimized yet.

scott14719 said:
You have to remember that even though ART is included on the S5s it is still considered experimental and has not been optimized yet.
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Of course, nobody forgot this. It runs very well so far. I've tested it with all my daily driver applications and a few games that aren't updated for it and I've good results so far.

scott14719 said:
You have to remember that even though ART is included on the S5s it is still considered experimental and has not been optimized yet.
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Yeah that's kinda what I thought since I haven't seen it in any other of my devices. Wouldn't mind seeing if anyone else is giving it a go. Was a bit worried after the freeze mate. Thought I was heading for a brick

Seems that ART is good on battery life. After 12 hours I still have 70% left where as I would usually have about 40-50%. Looks like using less RAM and opening apps faster is paying off.

cooza said:
Seems that ART is good on battery life. After 12 hours I still have 70% left where as I would usually have about 40-50%. Looks like using less RAM and opening apps faster is paying off.
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It's an odd duck, my statistics seem to be garbage but the battery is doing quite well in visible usability. My battery usage stats have Android system @ 22% with Screen on time @ 20% w 4.5hrs(on) and the battery is just now at 46% I can easily hit 6.5-7hrs @ this rate, screen time and who knows what Android system will be at but i have no gdamn accuracy in the numbers other than the screen hours on that add up.
We shall see since I believe both of our Art switches were in the middle of a Dalvik discharge cycle, perhaps borked it all up until next full stats flush/100% charge.

I use Apex Launcher

My first run on ART and I get this. I don't know much about battery drain on this setting but it's consistent. On dalvik I had to charge every night.
1 day and 12 hours. So I'm getting slightly over 50% more.
That's also with the gear2 synced which should take more battery too.

First full charge on ART got 1 day 2 hours and 48 minutes, with 3 hours and 36 minutes on time. Had 37% left. Not bad at all.

ART has mostly eliminated the annoying unlock hangup that I was seeing. As for battery life I can't really tell a major difference; although coming from the i717 going a whole day is a miracle. Most days I end the workday after about 12 hours off charger with 40-50% battery.
If I forget to turn off the hotspot after using it I may see 30%, but that is after 8 hrs streaming data to my tablet and GPS on the old Note.

delawaredrew said:
ART has mostly eliminated the annoying unlock hangup that I was seeing. As for battery life I can't really tell a major difference; although coming from the i717 going a whole day is a miracle. Most days I end the workday after about 12 hours off charger with 40-50% battery.
If I forget to turn off the hotspot after using it I may see 30%, but that is after 8 hrs streaming data to my tablet and GPS on the old Note.
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You won't see a MAJOR difference between Art and Dalvik. People would like to see it but it isn't there. A few sites have done more imperical things* that said mostly it's close to even with some gains. It's just better in performance of apps you use often, in short.
* http://lifehacker.com/android-art-vs-dalvik-runtimes-effect-on-battery-life-1507264545

Just switched to ART today.....so far so good. All my daily driver apps are working great. Seems like switching to ART free'd up some RAM, im now using like 0.96 gb instead of 1.2 or so.

ikerex said:
Just switched to ART today.....so far so good. All my daily driver apps are working great. Seems like switching to ART free'd up some RAM, im now using like 0.96 gb instead of 1.2 or so.
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I definitely see some improvement in ram usage. I think this is what is also helping with her battery consumption. The only issue I do have is if I run the battery completely out or just need to reboot then it may stick on the boot logo and need the 3-button combo method to get our of it or even pulling the battery. Might happen 1 in every 4 times but worth it for the extra sharpness in performance. I'm happy with it so far.

Aftet switching to ART ive had lags all arund phone ,,, not much difference in baterry tho

I do have a lot of apps turned off and I am using a different launcher so maybe that helps. Not much extra installed either.

Horrible Note 4 Battery Life. Android System Draining Way Too Much Battery.

So I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4, I got it back in October so yes I have "broken in" the battery. I have checked out several other posts and tried pretty much everything. I've turned off bluetooth, NFC, any and pretty much all useless Samsung features (smart stay, turn over to mute, multi-window), I've got a black wallpaper on for both my home and lock screens, I have greenify AND DU Battery Saver, I ONLY ever use data as I have unlimited data and my building has a shared wifi network which I don't trust, I have tweaked Sync in the settings menu to only sync crucial info from all my accounts (google, facebook, email, whatsapp, etc.). So far the BIGGEST battery drainer is Android System. It is always number one. I've had days where I've decided to push the screen-on time to its limits and have used it nonstop. Screen consumption only ever gets close even if I use my phone nonstop Android System is the biggest offender. I've tried keeping power saving mode on 24/7 but that has not seemed to help at all. I've disabled S Health, S Voice, and several other apps I never use like Google Play Newsstand. I am at the end of my rope I despise this phone for its claim to great battery life but its absolute GARBAGE real world performance. I consider myself lucky to get over 3.5 hours SOT. At this rate I might as well have an iPhone 5. I have no idea what to do.
Here's a list summarizing the things I've done to improve battery life:
Bluetooth off
NFC off
Multi-Window off
All email sync set to Manual
Sync for every account adjusted to isync only crucial info
Pitch Black Wallpaper
Power Saving Mode (Not Ultra Power Saving) switched on about 90% of the time
Using Greenify on all Power-Hungry apps
Closing most apps upon finishing using them
Using DU Battery Saver in order to monitor battery activity
Never use Wifi
No Multi-Window
No Touch Sensitivity
No Side Key Panel
Wifi Calling feature disabled (I never use wifi anyway)
No Download Booster
No Smart Stay
Animations switched off via the Developer Options
Tried using another battery (similar if not identical results)
I'm still getting at the very best if I'm somehow on a miraculous streak of good luck that day: 4 hours of Screen-On Time. It is ALWAYS Android System usually followed by Android OS and then an app or two before Screen (because my SOT is so pathetically terrible)
I love this phone, the display is beautiful, the camera is fantastic, it runs seamlessly (on Nova Launcher that is), BUT I despise the battery life. It has made me resent this phone and I'm seriously considering switching to the iPhone 6 Plus as that has comparable battery life and with it running iOS I doubt the OS would destroy my battery the way Android has been lately. What do you guys do to get such good battery life from this phone? I've tried everything I know!! Please can you help guys?
I'm also attaching screenshots from one of the BETTER days.

I would consider rooting and installing a custom rom, poprock I would recommend for keeping touchwiz.
I don't know.. maybe your battery is the problem.. When I was on stock I had the same issue, but i varied in a weird way. With poprock, battery life has been amazing.

imafriend123 said:
I would consider rooting and installing a custom rom, poprock I would recommend for keeping touchwiz.
I don't know.. maybe your battery is the problem.. When I was on stock I had the same issue, but i varied in a weird way. With poprock, battery life has been amazing.
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You said you varied in a weird way? Mind telling me how?

ghettozilla said:
So I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4, I got it back in October so yes I have "broken in" the battery. I have checked out several other posts and tried pretty much everything. I've turned off bluetooth, NFC, any and pretty much all useless Samsung features (smart stay, turn over to mute, multi-window), I've got a black wallpaper on for both my home and lock screens, I have greenify AND DU Battery Saver, I ONLY ever use data as I have unlimited data and my building has a shared wifi network which I don't trust, I have tweaked Sync in the settings menu to only sync crucial info from all my accounts (google, facebook, email, whatsapp, etc.). So far the BIGGEST battery drainer is Android System. It is always number one. I've had days where I've decided to push the screen-on time to its limits and have used it nonstop. Screen consumption only ever gets close even if I use my phone nonstop Android System is the biggest offender. I've tried keeping power saving mode on 24/7 but that has not seemed to help at all. I've disabled S Health, S Voice, and several other apps I never use like Google Play Newsstand. I am at the end of my rope I despise this phone for its claim to great battery life but its absolute GARBAGE real world performance. I consider myself lucky to get over 3.5 hours SOT. At this rate I might as well have an iPhone 5. I have no idea what to do.
Here's a list summarizing the things I've done to improve battery life:
Bluetooth off
NFC off
Multi-Window off
All email sync set to Manual
Sync for every account adjusted to isync only crucial info
Pitch Black Wallpaper
Power Saving Mode (Not Ultra Power Saving) switched on about 90% of the time
Using Greenify on all Power-Hungry apps
Closing most apps upon finishing using them
Using DU Battery Saver in order to monitor battery activity
Never use Wifi
No Multi-Window
No Touch Sensitivity
No Side Key Panel
Wifi Calling feature disabled (I never use wifi anyway)
No Download Booster
No Smart Stay
Animations switched off via the Developer Options
Tried using another battery (similar if not identical results)
I'm still getting at the very best if I'm somehow on a miraculous streak of good luck that day: 4 hours of Screen-On Time. It is ALWAYS Android System usually followed by Android OS and then an app or two before Screen (because my SOT is so pathetically terrible)
I love this phone, the display is beautiful, the camera is fantastic, it runs seamlessly (on Nova Launcher that is), BUT I despise the battery life. It has made me resent this phone and I'm seriously considering switching to the iPhone 6 Plus as that has comparable battery life and with it running iOS I doubt the OS would destroy my battery the way Android has been lately. What do you guys do to get such good battery life from this phone? I've tried everything I know!! Please can you help guys?
I'm also attaching screenshots from one of the BETTER days.
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A few people have this issue. I really think it has to do with a corrupt file that was flashed. Maybe no fix but a new phone. If part of the pit file got damaged no fix but samsung.

@ghettozilla
This is known as battery rape. Please view my thread about it posted yesterday lol
Are you still on KK or LP?

ghettozilla said:
You said you varied in a weird way? Mind telling me how?
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Like sometimes I would get like a day's worth of battery some half a day.. it happened with stock touchwiz and cyanogenmod. more on cyanogenmod.
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masri1987 said:
@ghettozilla
This is known as battery rape. Please view my thread about it posted yesterday lol
Are you still on KK or LP?
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look like lp based on the theme. lol
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the battery distribution and the SOT is what I usually get too.. but the usage of 7 hours is too little. I always get over a day..

masri1987 said:
@ghettozilla
This is known as battery rape. Please view my thread about it posted yesterday lol
Are you still on KK or LP?
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I'd already seen your thread. It wasn't too helpful for me unfortunately because I'm not rooted. Half the terms you guys were using "Odin'd, pit file, etc." I don't understand at all. I'm running Nova Launcher on this phone. Just typing this comment my battery has dipped from 78% to 74% this is ****ing ridiculous I'm sick of this **** phone I might just switch to iPhone. I'm done with battery raping Android.

I'm in the process of fixing this. I think I may have figured something out. I have been slowly working through freezing applications to figure out what is causing the battery drain. I've made some progress. I really think it is an issue with lollipop system apps.
I am now having a slight dragon from cell standby, but the Android System drain is getting capped. Been in this single charge for 17 hrs and Android system is only 7%
Once I get a bit more firm information I will post my findings.
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Some suggestions: check out your Google settings first. Disable Google Now and uncheck their location monitoring settings. Also freeze Facebook (use the website instead). Finally ou can disable sync altogether for a while in case other apps are hammering away through it. Test your battery under each of those conditions. Good luck, be patient, take your time. If your battery is good eventually you'll get to the bottom of it. Use Better Battery Stats to monitor. Most people get fantastic battery life. I rarely use 40% in a day. Over night (8 hours) I lose 2% - that's also a really good thing to watch. If you are draining badly at night, you have major wake locks occurring.
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Dumbo53 said:
Some suggestions: check out your Google settings first. Disable Google Now and uncheck their location monitoring settings. Also freeze Facebook (use the website instead). Finally ou can disable sync altogether for a while in case other apps are hammering away through it. Test your battery under each of those conditions. Good luck, be patient, take your time. If your battery is good eventually you'll get to the bottom of it. Use Better Battery Stats to monitor. Most people get fantastic battery life. I rarely use 40% in a day. Over night (8 hours) I lose 2% - that's also a really good thing to watch. If you are draining badly at night, you have major wake locks occurring.
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Err. i literally had facebook, tinder, syncing my accounts manually using toggle, and was still getting 7hrs of SOT.
This is something else altogether.

Dumbo53 said:
Some suggestions: check out your Google settings first. Disable Google Now and uncheck their location monitoring settings. Also freeze Facebook (use the website instead). Finally ou can disable sync altogether for a while in case other apps are hammering away through it. Test your battery under each of those conditions. Good luck, be patient, take your time. If your battery is good eventually you'll get to the bottom of it. Use Better Battery Stats to monitor. Most people get fantastic battery life. I rarely use 40% in a day. Over night (8 hours) I lose 2% - that's also a really good thing to watch. If you are draining badly at night, you have major wake locks occurring.
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Thanks I'll try some of that but my problem is that I shouldn't have to do all of this crap! God it seems like we HAVE to revert these superphones back to pre 2000 dumb phones in order to get any kind of a decent battery performance from them. Samsung just haaaaaad to make the screen 2K. If they'd kept 1080p it might've been better! I might as well just switch to the iPhone 6 plus if I want ZERO functionality from my big screen phone. God I hate this Note 4 and I'm so jealous of people who don't do anything like this and still get 5-7 hours of SOT with their Note 4's. I'm beginning to think they're full of it honestly.

masri1987 said:
Err. i literally had facebook, tinder, syncing my accounts manually using toggle, and was still getting 7hrs of SOT.
This is something else altogether.
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Thanks for your input. Didn't help me at all but thanks for your input.

BACARDILIMON said:
A few people have this issue. I really think it has to do with a corrupt file that was flashed. Maybe no fix but a new phone. If part of the pit file got damaged no fix but samsung.
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Is there any way to find out if I have a corrupted pit file?

ghettozilla said:
Is there any way to find out if I have a corrupted pit file?
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Nope. Either replace the phone or wipe and start over since u not rooted very little help.

If you're not rooted do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2903733
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If you are scared of root just stay stock rooted. Not a slight at Bacardi. He answers the questions better than us.

I am have the same issue with battery drain from Android System. I have see that issues is there when WiFi is enable the battery drains faster. When WiFi is off and using mobile data it drains normal.
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I will be watching this carefully. I have the same issue. Always Android system and Android OS in the top 3 battery drainer. Only, issue I have is I have to use WiFi at home. T-mobile service drops to Edge about a half mile before reaching my neighborhood.
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If you click on the Android Systems within the Battery usuage section. It will give you more detail, and show you what services, or packages are using it. The. You can take it from there.

This is what I have right now.
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I see u play a lot of games I am assuming. How much? Games eat a lot of battery.

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Looking at the OnePlus 10 pro on paper, it has everything you would possibly need to achieve incredible screen on times.
The idea behind this besides some healthy competition is to whittle out the bugs and battery draining apps and habits.... in the hope that we all benefit from the knowledge learned and gathered.
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If you'd like to register an SOT, you will need to provide a screen shot of your battery stats using the stock battery app, clearly showing the up time and screen usage time and app list.
Your OS, kernel if different from stock (no screen shot required)
NOTE*** Without this proof, your name and score won't be added.
That's it
Good luck

Some tips for better battery life.
Change 5G to 4G
Remove Facebook use web based
Remove Facebook messenger use web based
Remove Twitter use web based
Remove any ad based apps pay for the pro version
Turn off gestures like lift to wake
Change from QHD to FHD (No difference)
Allow auto brightness
Turn off WiFi overnight
Turn all updates to manual not auto (play store)
Remove any so you don't use
Change back up to once a month (WhatsApp)
Turn off location history (Google)
Use titanium to remove any system apps you don't need
Don't allow anonymous usage statistics for any app ever.
Don't allow tracking cookies on any website
Use adaway (root needed)
Don't open web pages in Google app (I use Samsung browser)
Don't use xposed.
If you game you will not get high SOT scores, period.
Don't bother with battery saving apps or monitoring apps.
Streamline your apps, if you don't use it, remove it.
Don't allow WiFi scanning (as in letting other apps use it when it's not on)
Never allow personalised ads.
Never allow notifications from websites
Always decline cookies unless your absolutely have to allow some tracking (common sense prevails here)
Optimise as many apps as possible unless it affects performance.
Don't allow apps to remain open in the notification area.
Change your launcher, my preferred launcher is lawn chair and this did actually burn up some battery when compared to the OnePlus launcher.
Don't use live widgets (yes they look cool, but they annihilate your battery)
Live wallpaper, again very cool, but battery burners.
Again! Don't charge overnight, make a note of your percentage then see what it is in the morning, you shouldn't be losing more than 5% really, if you've done well then it'll be reflected here, the good SOT results will follow.
Turn off live read outs of network speed, RAM usage in the status bar.
Turn off NFC unless in use.
Leave location on in quick settings.
Don't overcharge your phone, IE: overnight
Don't allow your phone to fully deplete the battery.
Whatever anyone says, this does 100% damage batteries, there is no argument here and I won't entertain anyone who says otherwise, Ive seen through real life tests what this results in, bloated, inefficient, possibly dangerous lithium batteries.
Keep your phone out the sun.
Keep it out of extreme cold.
Keep your device clean and dust free.
Snapchat, Viber, house party, apps like that tend to use more battery as they don't have great dormancy periods, use them if required and get rid.
Apps like speed test by Ookla tend to have location tracking, similarly they tend to turn themselves on and off when they feel like it, my advice, install test and uninstall.
Allow a couple of battery cycles between tweaking sets, to give you an idea of how much of a difference you've made.
Use BBS to see what is being used, once you've removed problems, remove BBS.
I've just written this from the top of my head so I've probably missed some things, the general idea is to keep your device clean and fresh, remove files / apps / mods / widgets / features you don't need any more.
Keep an eye on apps that misbehave or aren't wanted, index your folders so they aren't a mess.
The more good things you do means the more potentially bad apps you can have on your phone, eg if you really need Facebook, you could keep it so long as you clean up other areas of your phone.
Hope this helps.

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EU model, Oxygen OS 12.1
Only 4G, no WiFi!
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Macke93 said:
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EU model, Oxygen OS 12.1
Only 4G, no WiFi!
7 hours 1 minute.
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I'll put it up as there's none up and a believable time.

Changed over to lawnchair 2 and holy moly the difference has been amazing.
0% lost overnight 8 hours
Currently on 4 hours with normal usage, it's heading for a ridiculous screen on time.

6 hours and 2 minutes with 41% used.
Crazy

dladz said:
Changed over to lawnchair 2 and holy moly the difference has been amazing.
0% lost overnight 8 hours
Currently on 4 hours with normal usage, it's heading for a ridiculous screen on time.
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Any difference between lawnchair 2 and other lawnchair versions then?

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Any difference between lawnchair 2 and other lawnchair versions then?
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Not that I've noticed.. its just the one from the play store. I think it's 2. Could be wrong, certainly more efficient than anything else I've tried.
I'm just happy I've managed to get my phone to be dropping 0% overnight, that's how it should be.
My 8 pro used to take about 4-8% overnight

dladz said:
Changed over to lawnchair 2 and holy moly the difference has been amazing.
0% lost overnight 8 hours
Currently on 4 hours with normal usage, it's heading for a ridiculous screen on time.
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Gonna try out Lawnchair launcher and see if it helps my phone too
Most recently I now have 8 hours SOT with 12% battery left. Feels good gonna try to empty the battery to 1-2% and report back the SOT here once again.

dladz said:
Not that I've noticed.. its just the one from the play store. I think it's 2. Could be wrong, certainly more efficient than anything else I've tried.
I'm just happy I've managed to get my phone to be dropping 0% overnight, that's how it should be.
My 8 pro used to take about 4-8% overnight
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I got 2 % drain overnight 8 hours, which is ok for me with everything I got installed (airplane mode).
I wonder whether I will try lawnchair too, but I am using Nova for years

kouzelnik3 said:
I got 2 % drain overnight 8 hours, which is ok for me with everything I got installed (airplane mode).
I wonder whether I will try lawnchair too, but I am using Nova for years
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Comparing the two I prefer lawnchair, nova is a little too flicky for my liking, I prefer smooth transitions and fluidity rather than overly quick and flicky, you'll know what I mean when you install it 2% is still 2-6% better than the 8 pro..

Macke93 said:
Gonna try out Lawnchair launcher and see if it helps my phone too
Most recently I now have 8 hours SOT with 12% battery left. Feels good gonna try to empty the battery to 1-2% and report back the SOT here once again.
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Tbh that's still great time you're making.

It's nuts I'm on 7+ hours with 52% left.
Haven't been doing anything special, just using my phone.

dladz said:
Not that I've noticed.. its just the one from the play store. I think it's 2. Could be wrong, certainly more efficient than anything else I've tried.
I'm just happy I've managed to get my phone to be dropping 0% overnight, that's how it should be.
My 8 pro used to take about 4-8% overnight
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Try disabling Google play Services when not needed. It has a bunch of power sucking dependencies. I disable more Google system apps than that on my N10+, but disabling play services may be enough to tone it down especially at night.
Use manual brightness control and keep below 50%.
Social media apps should never be installed for a variety of reasons including excessive battery consumption... just saying.

blackhawk said:
Try disabling Google play Services when not needed. It has a bunch of power sucking dependencies. I disable more Google system apps than that on my N10+, but disabling play services may be enough to tone it down especially at night.
Use manual brightness control and keep below 50%.
Social media apps should never be installed for a variety of reasons including excessive battery consumption... just saying.
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I agree buddy, but I'm not sure I need to disable anything else.... At this rate I'll have 14 hours SOT..
Have a look at the second post for my idea of keeping the battery down
But then again, could always have more...
So when you disable Google play services. What method are you using?

Just literally disable it?

dladz said:
I agree buddy, but I'm not sure I need to disable anything else.... At this rate I'll have 14 hours SOT..
Have a look at the second post for my idea of keeping the battery down
But then again, could always have more...
So when you disable Google play services. What method are you using? It was listed at one time on Package Disabler Pro but was inexplicably removed.
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Agreed, it sounds optimized to me! Hell yeah.
Most Android phones need to be optimized to get best performance... just the way it is.
I go to settings>apps, search for play, then disable/enable it there. I use it 2-3 [email protected] day, sometimes less.
If the disable option is grayed out, go to security and disable Find my Device as a system Administrator.
So many big sister Gookill system apps I hate...

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Agreed, it sounds optimized to me! Hell yeah.
Most Android phones need to be optimized to get best performance... just the way it is.
I go to settings>apps, search for play, then disable/enable it there. I use it 2-3 [email protected] day, sometimes less.
If the disable option is grayed out, go to security and disable Find my Device as a system Administrator.
So many big sister Gookill system apps I hate...
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Just done it but getting a lot of dings every time I unlock, little annoying tbh. I'm just wondering is the call to open services actually using battery ? I dunno. Perhaps if there wasn't a load of notifications..
I'll leave it for this cycle and maybe see how it compares next time, I'm not out over the weekend so have a good location to get fault results.

dladz said:
Just done it but getting a lot of dings every time I unlock, little annoying tbh. I'm just wondering is the call to open services actually using battery ? I dunno. Perhaps if there wasn't a load of notifications..
I'll leave it for this cycle and maybe see how it compares next time, I'm not out over the weekend so have a good location to get fault results.
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On my phone it can suck up to 1+%@hr with screen on... so it adds up. No reasoning with it.
You can kill those very annoying notifications; Gmaps, Gmail, do it; disable notifications. There may be more depending on your configuration.
Leave the warning running and when you disable notifications in the right app... it will stop. Instant gratification