[Help] Tasker battery drain in 'Android System'

[KaelanDuck]

Good evening Forums.

It seems I have a rather odd issue with Tasker.

Whenever it is enabled, the battery drains at a very high rate.
The majority of the usage comes up under "Android System", often peaking at about 45%~50% usage, Tasker itself only shows up as about 7%.

It (Android System) is currently using 8%. (Tasker has been turned off for the past few days)

I have been troubling myself to try and find the profile that is causing this, but I cannot seem to narrow it down, it just keeps coming back.

This is the Market version of Tasker
My Phone: LG Optimus One P500, running Cyanogenmod 7

Help greatly appreciated.

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Kaelan

 

[El Presidente]

What profiles are you using?

 

[KaelanDuck]

While I haven't been able to narrow down the cause to any of these, here they are:

Flip Over: When Orientation Face Down AND Proximity Sensor active > System lock

Near Home: When near xx coordinates to 1000m (network location) > Wifi On
Exit task: Wifi Off (does not use GPS)

Headphones: When any headset plugged in > turn a bunch of volumes down

Maps: When Car Home, Maps or Navigation is open > Wifi On

School Times: Silent On/Off

Night: From 21:00 to 6:00 > Turn a bunch of volumes down

Battery 10%/5%: Respective alerts

Power saver: When battery level is less than 8 and not plugged in > Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS off. Also display brightness 0

 

[El Presidente]

Flip Over: When Orientation Face Down AND Proximity Sensor active > System lock

If you haven't already, try disabling that one. I wonder if it's continually polling the sensor, eating in to CPU/battery?

 

[UncleMike]

If you haven't already, try disabling that one. I wonder if it's continually polling the sensor, eating in to CPU/battery?

That's probably it. My guess is that it's not showing as Tasker being the battery hog because Tasker is asking the OS to do something (keep the sensor active) and the OS is doing just that - making it appear that the OS is the battery hog.

 

[jerofld]

I'm curious, why this?

Maps: When Car Home, Maps or Navigation is open > Wifi On

Does your vehicle have wifi in it? (I just heard about how some vehicles can come equipped with wifi) If not, shouldn't wifi be off, because you'll be navigating away from your home?

 

[KaelanDuck]

If you haven't already, try disabling that one. I wonder if it's continually polling the sensor, eating in to CPU/battery?

Ahh yes this one is the problem, turns out though I had to fully delete the profile for it to work. Thanks

I'm curious, why this?

Maps: When Car Home, Maps or Navigation is open > Wifi On

Does your vehicle have wifi in it? (I just heard about how some vehicles can come equipped with wifi) If not, shouldn't wifi be off, because you'll be navigating away from your home?

Because WiFi improves location accuracy when using navigation.