[Q] Android System using 72%... - G2 and Desire Z General

Hi... I've had a LOT of battery issues after installing CM 7.0 RC3 or whatever that last one was. As the Nightly builds got higher - battery got worse. I have the latest radio for this Phone, and I've even replaced it. Battery life is horrible lately. I have two batteries (thought it was my battery) - I've cycled both of them a few times, and it still acts odd. I've wiped / reloaded, same thing. When I changed the radio from Euro to US, it seemed to be a bit better. But I'll be walking around my office with 99% battery, go out, smoke, talk to two people (20-30m) and it'll drop to 88% like it's nothing.
After changing the radio to US, the Cell Standby lowered, but Android System has crept up. I have TweetDeck set for 15m refresh, Google+ is set to push sync or w/e, I have two email accounts and I've disabled the FB/Twitter apps. I'm not overclocked at all either.
Anyone have any insight on this? I'm currently on Build 153. It seems like when I play Music it dies insanely fast. I used to get 12-24 hours on this, even playing music.
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And I haven't done anything today. Sent a few texts, few G+ posts, and talked on the phone for like an hour... And I charged today from 0% to full (6 hours) when I was sleeping. No music, no games.
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I have noticed weird activity from "android system" lately too. I run the latest build of MIUI... but I don't notice any crazy battery drain. I'm only down to 90% with it being unplugged for 5 hours, texting a bit, figured out a route with google maps, and some minor XDA browsing.
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I might replace my SiM card just to test that too. This is driving me nuts lol.

silverton said:
I have noticed weird activity from "android system" lately too. I run the latest build of MIUI... but I don't notice any crazy battery drain. I'm only down to 90% with it being unplugged for 5 hours, texting a bit, figured out a route with google maps, and some minor XDA browsing.
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I agree. The latest miui build is great on battery life even with the optimized ui.
I text from morning until night, every 5 minutes or so a reply is sent. Also wifi is on and using the xda app every now and then.
I woke up at 9 EST and it is now 12 EST. I haven't reached 50% yet.
I have brightness turned all the way down, screen timeout to minimum, and kill apps once they are closed.
It's all about the rom and how you use it really.

You may want to install something like watchdog and have it monitor phone processes. I had something like this happen on stock froyo and it turned out to be the media scan process.
I cleared out my media dirs on the sdcard, and things went back to normal.
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tronmech said:
You may want to install something like watchdog and have it monitor phone processes. I had something like this happen on stock froyo and it turned out to be the media scan process.
I cleared out my media dirs on the sdcard, and things went back to normal.
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+1 on watchdog. I love that app. Its not a blatant task killer, it just gives you good information on your processes and alerts when one regularly comes above your set threshold.

guys, people have reported that updating google maps drains battery. try uninstall the updates, or temporarily remove google maps, then report another day of battery. even if gmaps isnt even showing there, its said to drain battery recently.

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Extreme battery drain on gingerbread (SOLVED!)

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has anybody any tips please? Sorry for the short mesage... Ive got no more batt left!
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Solution: 2nd post!
I DID IT !
almost in the same time it drained almost all the battery before, now it has lost only 1% or 2%!!!!
after reading every single post on the internet (many thanks to who has investigated battery drainage), i've mixed the tips and tricks and what i did is:
(Maybe a lot of things are unnecesary)
- Disable syncing in gmail account (everything)
- delete software update's cache
- killed all services except only 2 first party services: SNS and Google services
- Tweaked the apps running on startup with "Autostarts" app.
- 3g off
- Wifi off
- BT off
and, as you can see, it's completely idle. it stayed like two hours without losing battery, constantly at 71%.
I hope this is helpful! I will try to discover slowly which one of these things drains so much battery!
it looks to me that to solve your problem you transformed your phone into a nokia 6310.
It was a good phone, lasting days or weeks but it had no 3G, no wifi, no mail sync ... just like your phone now
What happens if you turn on the 3G and the Wifi ? DOes it drain the battery in couple of hours ?
Just by turning 3g off will help
looking at the graph you posted it looks like where it has poor signal is when you experience steep drainage.
good idea to have all the features turned off when you are not using it. especialy 3g cause it will keep draining to get a better signal.
try using one of those widgets to turn on and off 3g so you don't have to drill into settings every time you need it.
You only have to keep pressed the power button and select the second option to disablr 3g... Data network.
I will update soon!
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What is the Android OS and Android System use?
i'm on debusrom, gingerbread 2.3, in spain.
your problem is probably only solved temporally, all method you said has already been proven not working. it's probably a serious driver issue in all exiting gingerbread roms for sgs, have a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039696
My new broadcom wifi driver works like before update, phone is not sleeping ! It is not a wifi bug, it is not a dirty ROM flashing, it is not random app. Only 2 things left to consider Gingerbread core fault or broken device driver other than modem, wifi...
What battery status app is that you're using?
thequinox said:
What battery status app is that you're using?
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It's built into Gingerbread
Settings>About>Battery Use
Then tap on the graph at top of display.
i am having batt drainage too...but is on MIUI rom...I am not sure why...my initial guess is kernel prob....still investigating it now~~~
So, why you post it in here if you are on MiUi ??
Majes said:
I DID IT !
almost in the same time it drained almost all the battery before, now it has lost only 1% or 2%!!!!
after reading every single post on the internet (many thanks to who has investigated battery drainage), i've mixed the tips and tricks and what i did is:
(Maybe a lot of things are unnecesary)
- Disable syncing in gmail account (everything)
- delete software update's cache
- killed all services except only 2 first party services: SNS and Google services
- Tweaked the apps running on startup with "Autostarts" app.
- 3g off
- Wifi off
- BT off
and, as you can see, it's completely idle. it stayed like two hours without losing battery, constantly at 71%.
I hope this is helpful! I will try to discover slowly which one of these things drains so much battery!
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that means turning your SGS into a regular Nokia 1100. Why disable all features that make your device a smartphone?
i have used many stock and custom rom results are similar
disabling background data and syncronising gives better battery usage but makes it a simple phone
I'm shocked that turning off all that improved battery.

Jelly bean 4.1.1 "Awake time": Phone awake too often while screen off.

Hi Guys any tip to reduce the "Awake time" I think it is killing the battery.
Usage 33m voice calls, 1hr screen time, a few minutes gps.
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Now comparing this to my Galaxy Nexus, You can see that the phone is not awake that much, and has better battery life..
Same OS 4.1.1 stock.
GPS on, Location service on, 3G, Data, auto sync On. BT off. Wifi ON, NFC removed, rotation Off, G+ removed, Talk removed. on both
Googlenow removed also
Same Nexus S with Gingerbread was often reaching the 3 days battery life
Thanks
airplane mode
use battery stats app
Phone process keeps the phone awake with a wakelock, tried everything almost. Went from JellyBelly to stock ROM, disabled BLN, different kernel (stock) and it's still happening. Don't want to over react here, but it seems like a JB thing.
In your case, you maybe have Latitude on.
Maps may mean Google now is running. Double check for the Maps issue.
Thanks guys I'm going to check the Latitude issue, I'm almost sure it is off, but will check when I see the phone at home.
Google now is also removed since day 1, (saving a bit of battery).
As suggested earlier, the app called 'betterbatterystats' may reveal more details about what's keeping your phone awake.
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attila123456 said:
As suggested earlier, the app called 'betterbatterystats' may reveal more details about what's keeping your phone awake.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I installed the app and Google maps was doing a lot of stuff.
I checked Settings\Accounts\google\maps and lattitude and turned off location reporting (didn't know it was on) I'll see if this helps.
It has automatic check ins on also but it is just not turning off (uncheck won't stick), hopefully it doesn't affect battery life and I don't have any saved places to check in.
Fwiw mine is also awake far more than screen on compared to my galaxy nexus. They are set up identically too (apps, widgets, etc.). I just figured it's a jelly bean thing on the ns. I still get pretty good battery life.
Do other people have the screen on time more closely matching the awake time on their ns?
Only got one Gmail account syncing and no Google+, no Facebook, and Google now disabled. Stock unrooted 4.1.1.
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robrob777 said:
Thanks for the suggestion, I installed the app and Google maps was doing a lot of stuff.
I checked Settings\Accounts\google\maps and lattitude and turned off location reporting (didn't know it was on) I'll see if this helps.
It has automatic check ins on also but it is just not turning off (uncheck won't stick), hopefully it doesn't affect battery life and I don't have any saved places to check in.
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Following up with this,
Turning location off helped a lot my Battery life, i'm able to go over 1 day now. the phone still wakes up a lot, but well Battery life is acceptable now.
robrob777 said:
Following up with this,
Turning location off helped a lot my Battery life, i'm able to go over 1 day now. the phone still wakes up a lot, but well Battery life is acceptable now.
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I'll try this too! Thanks.
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It's an Android bug: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=35856
Please star the bug!

Battery drain all of a sudden. It's killing me!

Recently my phone has been dying really fast. I checked battery stats and Android system is what's killing it. I've tried everything to make it stop and nothing works. Does anyone else have this problem? Any idea on how to stop this? PLEASE HELP.
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Boot into recovery then do clear cache partition. Should clear out whatever is causing this issue unless that app is still in there
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Clearing cache could and probably will get rid of it. But I bought an app called Better Battery Stats, (id link it but im new) which tells you exactly what is waking up your phone while its off. Chances are you have a rouge app, that is just destroying your battery, as opposed to a system-wide problem. That app will tell you what it is.
Ignore the battery charging cycle. I'm just showing you what I have to go through also and somewhat fixed the problem.
I have and still have %50 android os usage. Before I did this mod, the android os was the highest usage and showed awake time as well. It was killing my battery from a full charge it drained down to zero in 12 hours with 1hr screen time and the phone never being in a deep sleep. It was aggravating because I wiped my phone so many times, tried different roms, took sim card out, no wifi, wiped cache, and wiped phone with nothing installed. Still the high android still persist and no deep sleep. I'm thinking it has to be Verizon doing something or Google that is waking up the phone.
Some how I fixed it or maybe the OTA fixed it. I odin mj7 and updated to the newest version and flashed beans. From the screen shot it shows my android os still high... but with no awake time. So my phone is actually in deep sleep mode now. It's weird but I semi - fixed it. I'm still clueless on why it's so high when previously screen time usually trumps as the number one usage spot. I still have no answer to this reason but I hope it helps a bit to fix this issue.
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HEY same exact thing here. Android OS usage going nuts here. I personally think its related to certain wifi / router setups.
When im on 3g/4g all day, it doesnt happen. On the days that I am stuck at home on wifi, the android OS usage starts again.
Ive already Odin'd back to MI7, took ota to MJE, rerooted, installed beans b5 and its still happening.
I think its a bug with samsung / verizon wifi. Many times I will wake up my screen and see my GPS / Wifi being used for no apparent reason even with all location services turned off. I also notice my wifi indicators being on when i turn my screen on. Then after i turn my screen on and sit at my home screen for a few seconds. It all magically stops.
Mind you, this is with no apps installed other than what is in beans stock and nova launcher.
You guys should monitor while off wifi and see what happens. It was the first thing that struck me when i was on a road trip for 12 hours. My battery life was exceptional. If it is the wifi causing problems, i wonder what it is specifically.
Simply clearing the cache fixes this for me every time. I usually do it once every few weeks.
Settings..storage..tap on cached data and hit clear.

N910F, "Android OS" battery drain - can't determine the cause

This started happening about a week ago... I didn't install any new apps in particular. I've attached screenshots to the post.
Screen-on time is a little below an hour in these screenshots.
As you can see Android OS and Android System are at the top of the list by a long shot. Android System seems "normal" in the sense that it has 58mn of CPU time and only 18mn of wakelocks (as reported by the built-in battery menu).
Android OS however kept the phone awake for 6h11 which seems like a lot. I'm not rooted, so I did the ADB USB trick in order to pull stats out of Wakelock Detector, and all of the apps clearly don't add up to six hours. Especially not the usual suspects like Google Services, Facebook, etc.
Diagnosis shows a LOT of system processes, and I'm not sure if that means 1) it's all good as far as user land goes (I don't have any weird apps) 2) there's a system process gone rogue for some reason 3) the cause isn't showing up 4) something else???
Does anyone have any idea what's going on?
I have the same issue. Tried greenifying everything. No dice. I reboot, phone fine, then stays away. I will say that my battery life is good though, but this riddle is driving me nuts
Here is my issue, look at away bar.
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Jeffruby said:
Here is my issue, look at away bar.
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Me too - 910F - im on Lollipop, but struggling to make it through a day at the moment.
Checking my Battery Graph is the same Story - my phone seems to be Awake constantly.
Seems Android System is using it....
Anyone have any ideas?
I can only recommend rooting your phones and change roms or kernels.
TW is heavy on battery and if you change to a CM rom the battery life will increase dramatically.
I have rooted all my phones since the very first android phone ever made and i cannot own a non rooted device as the freedom of rooting is just to awsome to ignore.
Every time i have battery issues i ether change my rom or kernel and then my issues goes away...
Can't root Verizon unfortunately
Hmm. Try this. Unchecked under advanced wifi, the option to let Google and apps use wifi, even when wifi off. Since then, 12 hours, I have had normal sleep. Did reboot after Unchecked. . Premature to say I fixed it, but so far so good.
Update. Since unchecking that wifi option, phone sleeping normally still.
Update #2- after 36 hours. It's back! Awake constantly. Unreal
Jeffruby said:
Update #2- after 36 hours. It's back! Awake constantly. Unreal
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I can't think of a reason it would do this... I feel like an iphone owner
Ironically I see no difference in battery life.... Hahaha. But driving me nuts.
I get through entire day... About 3.5 screen hours on. At 7pm I'm at 20% typically. Maybe that's bad?
Jeffruby said:
Ironically I see no difference in battery life.... Hahaha. But driving me nuts.
I get through entire day... About 3.5 screen hours on. At 7pm I'm at 20% typically. Maybe that's bad?
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I'm usually around 40%. but maybe our app-age is different.
I've updated the Google Play Services to the new version 7.0.87 and this issue seems to have gone.
Find the apk here
paulrgod said:
I've updated the Google Play Services to the new version 7.0.87 and this issue seems to have gone.
Find the apk here
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i have installed the version after the one you have posted but facebook still stays keep connected in 3g.
i can t fix the problem (in wifi is ok)
marci4na said:
i have installed the version after the one you have posted but facebook still stays keep connected in 3g.
i can t fix the problem (in wifi is ok)
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Have you tried to block background connection on facebook?
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Have you tried to block background connection on facebook?
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not yet ill do. you are ritght!
i m just wondering why with kitkat you dont have to do that and you had 6 hrs of screen...
still not convincing me this lollipop
marci4na said:
not yet ill do. you are ritght!
i m just wondering why with kitkat you dont have to do that and you had 6 hrs of screen...
still not convincing me this lollipop
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Same for me ... i also have huge connection time in Google services and App Google, but if i disable those i'm unable to receive whatsapp messages in 3g or lte...
fortunately for me the only issueis with facebook.
but i have disabled s voice, all google app sinc ecc ecc...
still not enought to have back hrs of screen of kitkat.
hate lollipop....notification enormous , no silence mode!
cmon1!!!
marci4na said:
fortunately for me the only issueis with facebook.
but i have disabled s voice, all google app sinc ecc ecc...
still not enought to have back hrs of screen of kitkat.
hate lollipop....notification enormous , no silence mode!
cmon1!!!
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Yeah, that silent mode thing is a pain...
Oh my god !
How can i fix this?
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Has my battery degraded or its a software issue?

My battery lately has been draining really fast from doing minor tasks. 2-3 months ago I upgraded to the latest MIUI 11.0.4 and noticed a slight increase in drainage but nothing too concerning. For the past few days though, it has become really bad. An example is how today I charged my phone to 100 percent and within 8 hours it is now already down to 75 as I am writing this post.
What I did:
Charged it.
Left it idle for 4 hours
Browsed some Facebook feed for around 15 minutes
Watched YouTube videos for a total of 15-20 minutes
Left idle again for another 2 hours
Just now spent another 20 browsing some Reddit posts
I usually keep my mobile data as well as the WiFi connection turned off all the time and only turn them on when I need to use the phone. I don't have any IM apps running in the background all the time syncing messages except Kik and Snapchat for whom I've set a battery saving modes to close whenever not in use but again, like I said my internet connection is always switched off. I keep my screen brightness low all the time as well btw.
I usually charge it as soon as it goes down to 30-40%
Pretty sure tomorrow after a whole day of work having it sit idle and then doing some minor internet browsing its gonna drop to 30-40.
Here's a screenshot of my battery stats:
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I have terrible wakelock on 11.0.4.0.
Non rooted and I want to keep it like this.
Is it a common issue and should I go back to MIUI 10?
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osssinator said:
I have terrible wakelock on 11.0.4.0.
Non rooted and I want to keep it like this.
Is it a common issue and should I go back to MIUI 10?
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Hi, bro!
I had this wakelock in all versions (Android 8 or 9) I tried several times to find out which app does this, installing monitors made for it and so far nothing ... But yesterday I reset my RN7 and the wakelock didn't come back. I imagine it is an app that has not yet performed the initial configuration.
switch aosp(no gapps recommended)
i get 12 hours plus sot
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Hi, bro!
I had this wakelock in all versions (Android 8 or 9) I tried several times to find out which app does this, installing monitors made for it and so far nothing ... But yesterday I reset my RN7 and the wakelock didn't come back. I imagine it is an app that has not yet performed the initial configuration.
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Multiple apps. Of course I tried to fix it by deleting a couple of apps such as restricting the background activity in the most of the rest but I only succeeded to reduce the wakelock from 98% to 50%. The bad thing is, that if You do hard reset it's a temporary solution. Wakelock will return in maximum one month. So what is the solution? Returning to Miui 10 or AOSP rom if You want to run latest Android version?
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