Help How to find a rogue app - battery killer?

Prinny · Nov 29, 2012

Here's a question..how is your signal at home? I know if you're in a poor service zone (for me, at work) your battery drain is a lot higher.

EG: At home, I get good service. I text sometimes and browse the web on occasion. Battery life over 8 hours I lose maybe 20%

At work, I do the same thing, and I lose 51% over the same course of time.

magohn · Nov 29, 2012

Prinny said:
Here's a question..how is your signal at home? I know if you're in a poor service zone (for me, at work) your battery drain is a lot higher.

EG: At home, I get good service. I text sometimes and browse the web on occasion. Battery life over 8 hours I lose maybe 20%

At work, I do the same thing, and I lose 51% over the same course of time.

Nothing obvious in the wakelock listings. I will run another test tonight.

As for signal, its usually pretty good at home and I can also get 4g fairly easily. However, Im 99% of the time on Wifi so it shouldnt be an issue. Its definitely an app using the network thats casuing the issue. If I go into airplane mode I can go all day and still be in the 90%'s

Thanks all.

Deleted User · Nov 29, 2012

turn off maps bluettoth wifi 3g?4g lower brightness to 45% will help your battery and the app fast reboot is a good taskkiller

magohn · Dec 1, 2012

Its improving. I turned off the weather widget for Beautiful Widgets and got 14+ hours and that was with using the phone at a tree-lighting event (taking pics, uploads to facebook, checking email etc).

Today I have to wipe the phone and run RUU so I can take the OTA update. I will let you know if the battery life returns

Rxpert83 · Dec 1, 2012

It should be back to normal after that

magohn · Dec 2, 2012

Rxpert83 said:
It should be back to normal after that

What a difference. Im back on stock (waiting for the update) and overnight with 4g on the phone went 10+ hours and is still at 87% on the stock battery.

Post update I may just try Harmonia and stay as close to stock as possible.

Rxpert83 · Dec 2, 2012

Just take it slow when you start adding modifications and new things. Hopefully that'll let you narrow down what the issue is

magohn · Dec 2, 2012

Rxpert83 said:
Just take it slow when you start adding modifications and new things. Hopefully that'll let you narrow down what the issue is

Kamau · Dec 2, 2012

Glad everything is working out for you so far.

Good Luck.

Fazermint · Dec 2, 2012

Well, I've been having the same problem. All of a sudden my batteries drain very fast even if I'm not using my phone. Maybe it's something to do with the update?

magohn · Dec 7, 2012

Fazermint said:
Well, I've been having the same problem. All of a sudden my batteries drain very fast even if I'm not using my phone. Maybe it's something to do with the update?

Im still waiting for the update. My phone is running close to 30 hours on the stock battery.

Thanks all.

EazySteve · Dec 7, 2012

magohn said:
Im still waiting for the update. My phone is running close to 30 hours on the stock battery.
Thanks all.

That's impressive

OverByter · Dec 7, 2012

Fazermint said:
Well, I've been having the same problem. All of a sudden my batteries drain very fast even if I'm not using my phone. Maybe it's something to do with the update?

The update has had absolutely no effect on my battery life. Have you installed anything else since the update?

pinocytosis · Dec 7, 2012

btw the way, have any of you checked the box for "best wifi performance"? (System settings> wifi > menu button, advanced > Best Wi-fi performance). It's another easy place to check for battery drainers.

I forgot to turn that off once, and my phone's battery drained pretty quickly. I wanted to keep wifi on while my screen was off while downloading a big file. Normally the wifi speed is reduced when screen is off.

EazySteve · Dec 7, 2012

pinocytosis said:
btw the way, have any of you checked the box for "best wifi performance"? (System settings> wifi > menu button, advanced > Best Wi-fi performance). It's another easy place to check for battery drainers.

I forgot to turn that off once, and my phone's battery drained pretty quickly. I wanted to keep wifi on while my screen was off while downloading a big file. Normally the wifi speed is reduced when screen is off.

Good lookout. Mine is unchecked. What is this feature for?

pinocytosis · Dec 7, 2012

EazySteve said:
Good lookout. Mine is unchecked. What is this feature for?

For me, it's mostly to keep wifi up and running at a reasonable speed when your phone is off, like if i'm transfering files over wifi, and don't want to keep my screen on the whole time. Otherwise, it slows to a crawl.

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