If this has already been addressed, please let me know. I couldn't find any relevant threads.
Recently, I've been noticing Maps is showing up in my battery usage screen, using 12-15% of my battery by the end of the day. This would be perfectly acceptable, if I had opened Maps at all on these days. This just started happening to me, not corresponding to any update of maps. Has anyone else noticed this? More importantly, does anyone have a solution? I've dug through the settings a bit but can't seem to find a cause. Strange that it just started happening also, seemed to start after the first time I used the turn by turn nav but could be just a coincidence.
TL;DR: Maps using more battery than it should when not in use. Why?
I've noticed that my maps will start up everytime I reboot. I just kill it before it gets to using any of my battery.
Are you checking this usage under spare parts? I've seen others report spare parts showing this. I don't use that app but I never see any listing of it using my battery at all.
My maps dis this .for a while. It was so annoying that I just wiped my phone and all is good now.
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Yeah, try clearing data for maps in settings/applications
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I was checking usage via the Android battery usage screen, not spare parts. It seems to have stopped ever since I force stopped it from the battery usage screen. Guess I'll just have to keep an eye on it.
It's been doing that with all phones since the new update.
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Does it have anything to do with "use wireless networks" being selected under settings-location? That option sends your location data to Google periodically ("even if no apps are running"); I wonder if they are doing it through the maps app.
I suppose it's possible but I'm not sure it's necessary for them to use an app to send your location data.
Battery usage has to equal 100% so I find if I don't use my phone much maps will have a large percentage. If I use my phone the display and whatever apps I happen to be using take up a larger percent of battery pushing maps off the list. Something has to be listed on there even if it isn't using all that much battery simply because it has to equal 100% and if you aren't using your phone it is going to grab whatever is using battery even if it isn't much. When I look into the maps app I find the usage time is always quite low.
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Battery usage has to equal 100% so I find if I don't use my phone much maps will have a large percentage. If I use my phone the display and whatever apps I happen to be using take up a larger percent of battery pushing maps off the list. Something has to be listed on there even if it isn't using all that much battery simply because it has to equal 100% and if you aren't using your phone it is going to grab whatever is using battery even if it isn't much. When I look into the maps app I find the usage time is always quite low.
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What? Lol
What you just said makes no sense whatsoever.
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adamr240 said:
What? Lol
What you just said makes no sense whatsoever.
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If its not maps taking up battery it'll be something else taking a large percentage
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What he was saying was that the percentages you see in the battery percentages are percentages of the percentage of baattery used. So if your battery is at 50%, and maps says it's used 15% it's used 15% of 50%, not 15% of your total battery. I knew this already, this is not the issue. Maps hasn't been doing it the past few days, but it was definitely beyond normal usage, i watch the usage screen quite closely (call me compulsive lol).
It seems to me that he is saying that the phone will report that maps is using the battery just bec1ause it has to say something is using it.
If that is what you are saying, do some more reading on percentage. If maps was not being used, the other processes would just have larger numbers.
Have you tried to make sure google latitude is disabled? It is a part of google maps that will show your location to your friends.
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NuAngel said:
Have you tried to make sure google latitude is disabled? It is a part of google maps that will show your location to your friends.
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Yeah, it doesn't change anything.
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What app can i use to show what specific app is draining the battery the most.. my battery seems to drain faster than everyone else on here and i figured its has to be an app that im using thats using more battery that the rest..
jok3sta said:
What app can i use to show what specific app is draining the battery the most.. my battery seems to drain faster than everyone else on here and i figured its has to be an app that im using thats using more battery that the rest..
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try quick battery widget plus quick settings.
jok3sta said:
What app can i use to show what specific app is draining the battery the most.. my battery seems to drain faster than everyone else on here and i figured its has to be an app that im using thats using more battery that the rest..
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First, you need spare parts. Go to Battery History and check the % of running time. If its near 100%, your phone isn't sleeping. Next is to find what is causing this issue.
Go to homescreen, hit menu, hit settings. About phone, Battery Use. See what is using the most battery.
Next, go to settings, Applications, running services. See what services are running. If your phone isn't sleeping, its probably one of these services causing it. For me, Coreplayerservice, which is the music player service caused the phone not to sleep.
Spare parts is showing 68% and that's probably because ie been using th phone a lot this morning
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You should check the CPU usage next on spare parts...that should show you the apps taking cpu time
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sneerpeer said:
You should check the CPU usage next on spare parts...that should show you the apps taking cpu time
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ill check that now
68% is very high unless you think that since you unplugged the phone you have literally been using it 2/3 of the time.
If you don't want the full blown Spare Parts app, but want the battery piece then you should download "BatteryHistory" from the market.
Sorry to thread jack, but my usage is 99.2%, thats bad right???
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Sorry to thread jack, but my usage is 99.2%, thats bad right???
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Its not good.
mines at 62% by android system
I'm looking specifically for an app that can help me find out what is using my battery at certain times. I am losing a lot of battery (25%) overnight when the phone is sleeping (like me) and I need to look in the morning to see what has consumed it. So, basically, an app that can be started at a certain point or reset, and viewed later and find what's using the battery. Anyone any ideas?
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I'm looking specifically for an app that can help me find out what is using my battery at certain times. I am losing a lot of battery (25%) overnight when the phone is sleeping (like me) and I need to look in the morning to see what has consumed it. So, basically, an app that can be started at a certain point or reset, and viewed later and find what's using the battery. Anyone any ideas?
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Look for better battery stats in the market.
I'm sure there are others but that's the only one I know.
Edit : oh wait theres one more I just remembered, watchdog.
Take a look in you battery stats try this *#*#4636#*#*
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Take a look in you battery stats try this *#*#4636#*#*
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It's very detailed!
One thing I noticed since 4.2, is my Google services appears to show up an take up about 16% battery. Not much, and not too concerned. If never did that on previous version. Just curious what apps are considered Google services.
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tu3218 said:
One thing I noticed since 4.2, is my Google services appears to show up an take up about 16% battery. Not much, and not too concerned. If never did that on previous version. Just curious what apps are considered Google services.
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While i don't know the answer to your question, 16% seems like a lot to me, when just screen usually is over 80% for me.
Even hardcore chrome use wouldnt get me past 10%
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While i don't know the answer to your question, 16% seems like a lot to me, when just screen usually is over 80% for me.
Even hardcore chrome use wouldnt get me past 10%
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Yeah which is why I'm curious about it. Everything else is below 10% besides screen and Google services.
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After 15 hours with less usage my Galaxy Nexus shows 2% battery left. 63% of the battery was used by Google services.
I believe this includes things like GMail sync, Play Store update checking, and probably every other Google app that does background syncing.
You can probably adjust the sync frequency (or just disable it) to fix that.
One of my biggest battery drains is Google Maps. I believe this is tied into the Google Now function that finds local businesses and crap.
Hey guys, I just noticed that Google services has been using up a good deal of battery for the past few days... My autosync is off, gps off but still has it using up a fifth of my battery.. Anyone else have similar problems?
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sameer1807 said:
Hey guys, I just noticed that Google services has been using up a good deal of battery for the past few days... My autosync is off, gps off but still has it using up a fifth of my battery.. Anyone else have similar problems?
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Same here. I wonder if it's the new Gmail.
Yep same here
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They better fix it.. I'm losing battery lol.. Dropped 15% in 2 hours standby
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They better fix it.. I'm losing battery lol.. Dropped 15% in 2 hours standby
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I have noticed that even in flight mode and screen off, there is a significant amount of battery drain (i saw 20% less in 6 hrs). With previews phone.. would be 2 to 5 %. I think that the key would be to underclock it in iddle mode
Do you have Google Now and maps location reporting enabled? Those two are major battery hogs.
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This worked for me and a friend. Go to Application manager then Google Play services and click uninstall updates. After uninstalling launch Hangouts. It will tell you that you need to update at which point do so. Hope that helps you out like it did me.
I am willing to bet these drains all occur after Google app updates? It seems that most Google apps want to eat battery the first cycle after they were updated. What I have noticed though, is that even though the "battery" stats report Google services as using a lot of percentage, the actually time the phone takes before it needs charged is about the same as when battery stats doesn't report Google services as eating battery.
So, see if "Google services" or Maps or any other Google app doesn't settle down after a cycle and also check to see if it really is shortening the time your phone needs between charges. I suspect it might just be temporary or maybe reported to the phone wrong.
Except for Google Music, freeze it, it will eat your data.
i uninstalled the play services update, and i disabled location services..seems to be fine now. ill turn it back on after a while to see if problem is caused by updates.
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They better fix it.. I'm losing battery lol.. Dropped 15% in 2 hours standby
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I've had this standby battery issue with three s4s now. Really annoying. My nexus four with a smaller battery lasts way longer
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Is this bad, Seems like its way worse than it used to be. Wondering if I need to get a new battery.
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Is this bad, Seems like its way worse than it used to be. Wondering if I need to get a new battery.
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Same thing here.
As of like 4 days ago the battery life went from "pretty good" to "absolute garbage".
I'm thinking SOMETHING updated and is causing this massive drain.
After the second day on the room of my choice my battery life tanked. I found the issue to be a few apps which begin to sync in the background for location. Go to location services and check it out. Some you will have to disable in location services and some in the apps themselves. Happy hunting.
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After the second day on the room of my choice my battery life tanked. I found the issue to be a few apps which begin to sync in the background for location. Go to location services and check it out. Some you will have to disable in location services and some in the apps themselves. Happy hunting.
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Whats odd is i've been running 4.4.2 day it hit OTA, and it was okay, was not till the last 4-5 days that "Android System" is eating up more then screen-on time.
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Glad I'm not the only one. I'll turn location services off
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