/I posted this in another thread but I'm desperate for help at this point.
At one point last week, my Nexus 7 had been running on eight hours from a full charge, screen had only been on for 1:15 and Android OS had kept the device awake for almost five hours, and used 50 minutes of CPU total. My battery was at 71%.
After receiving advice to do a factory reset, I did so on Friday and my battery life improved dramatically over the weekend. Android OS was using a much less percentage and keeping the device awake less. My battery lasted over two days with +4 hours of screen time. But once I commuted to work this morning, my problems started again. Android OS' percentage used and time kept awake shot up and my battery is down to 61% in 22 hours (1:11 of screen time) and Android OS has kept the device awake for over 6 hours.
Is this an operating system problem? Does anyone else commute to work and use Google Now for public transit updates? I have Latitude updating off but otherwise all GPS, etc. is turned on.
I am absolutely baffled and would love some help. Thanks in advance.
crazygameofpoker said:
(...) I have Latitude updating off but otherwise all GPS, etc. is turned on. (...)
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That seems to be the culprit. Try turning ALL options in the Location services off (Google's location service, GPS satellites, Location & Google search) and turn them only on when you need them.
This did the trick for me.
Otherwise use the tools CPU Spy and BetterBatteryStats (both available in the Google Play store) to get a better idea what exactly is causing the battery drain on your device.
Cybermancer said:
That seems to be the culprit. Try turning ALL options in the Location services off (Google's location service, GPS satellites, Location & Google search) and turn them only on when you need them.
This did the trick for me.
Otherwise use the tools CPU Spy and BetterBatteryStats (both available in the Google Play store) to get a better idea what exactly is causing the battery drain on your device.
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Thanks for the response. That's probably my last resort. I mean, I bought this device because of features on Jelly Bean such as Google Now, which relies heavily on location services, and I have to turn all of them off? That disappoints me.
It's interesting to me that I had all of these services on at home over the weekend, yet it did not have this effect on my battery. Only because my device leaves the house should it freak out. That's a serious flaw.
crazygameofpoker said:
Thanks for the response. That's probably my last resort. I mean, I bought this device because of features on Jelly Bean such as Google Now, which relies heavily on location services, and I have to turn all of them off? That disappoints me.
It's interesting to me that I had all of these services on at home over the weekend, yet it did not have this effect on my battery. Only because my device leaves the house should it freak out. That's a serious flaw.
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This may or may not help, but I too was having battery problems but narrowed it down to being only when I was away from any Wi-Fi connection whether I was connected or not. I think there is a bug whereby if the tablet cannot establish your location from nearby Wi-Fi access points, rather than giving up it just keeps on trying to the detriment of your battery. I solved this issue by using an app called Automateit to instruct my Wi-Fi to turn off when the screen is off (as it would be the majority of the time while travelling). These kinds of apps allow all kinds of qualifiers, for example my Wi-Fi doesn't turn off if Spotify is in focus as I am streaming music using Wi-Fi. Give this a go and see if it helps.
akalias1981 said:
This may or may not help, but I too was having battery problems but narrowed it down to being only when I was away from any Wi-Fi connection whether I was connected or not. I think there is a bug whereby if the tablet cannot establish your location from nearby Wi-Fi access points, rather than giving up it just keeps on trying to the detriment of your battery. I solved this issue by using an app called Automateit to instruct my Wi-Fi to turn off when the screen is off (as it would be the majority of the time while travelling). These kinds of apps allow all kinds of qualifiers, for example my Wi-Fi doesn't turn off if Spotify is in focus as I am streaming music using Wi-Fi. Give this a go and see if it helps.
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Thanks. When I'm at work it stays connected to the same WiFi access point as far as I know.
Here's an update to the situation: I looked at my data usage over the last few days. Over the weekend, Android OS used virtually no data. Since then, it has used about 50 MB of data in the background. I work at a university so maybe it's trying to connect with other access points on campus even when I'm in my office. Any ideas? Thanks.
Edit: At work, the down arrow on my WiFi signal is constantly on, like it's always doing something. At home, not.
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I am happy to make one.
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My battery tips
1. Latitude : If you are logged in, it will update your location every few minutes. This will make a phone that should be on a very low power state, re-enable lots of things that suck power. (5hrs)
2. Home screen weather clocks : Just change the update interval to something more like every 3 hours and it won't kill your battery as quick. Make sure you don't have it use GPS for location. If you don't mind, set the location to be static. (1hr)
3. Chat programs that don't rely on push. If the program needs to keep your data connection alive, it will kill your battery.(1-5hrs)
4. Anything that will update automatically. The craigslist app for example will poll the site for changes, waking the connection and the processor each time.(1-5hrs)
5. Bluetooth. : I know it isn't an app, but if you aren't using it, don't have it on. It takes enough power to eat a few hours of battery life. Pretty major. (3hrs)
6. Leave 4G on. : This might not work for everyone, but when 4G is asleep, it doesn't seem to suck juice the same way 3G does. My EVO dies quick on 4G, my Epic battery lasts longer on 4G. (as long as you are in a 4G area). (3hrs)
Disable these things and you should get battery life that you hear others bragging about.
"Latitude" on my phone and others I've seen, does not update that often and really only constantly updates is when you have maps open. My wife and I both run latitude and have not noticed anymore of a battery drain than not running it.
sdrawkcab25 said:
"Latitude" on my phone and others I've seen, does not update that often and really only constantly updates is when you have maps open. My wife and I both run latitude and have not noticed anymore of a battery drain than not running it.
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Mine updates every few minutes on WM and Android. Turn on your history and you will see it updates hundreds of times a day. After my froyo update, I couldn't make it through the day. You might have location set to wifi or wireless, I probably should do that too, but I'd rather keep it active.
I subscribed to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884684
i thought the whole idea of push was that it doesn't use data cause its a server side push instead of the phone polling at a set schedule
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Mine updates every few minutes on WM and Android. Turn on your history and you will see it updates hundreds of times a day. After my froyo update, I couldn't make it through the day. You might have location set to wifi or wireless, I probably should do that too, but I'd rather keep it active.
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Weird, I have history on and the setting to update automatically, and still only updates only once every few hours on it's own. Maybe mine is "broken", but glad it is then. I'm on an htc Incredible.
If you are getting excessive drain while on wifi, check for unusual traffic on your network as the problem is probably not your phone and something else polling your device keeping it awake.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1087278
For me, the problem was HP's wireless printer software on one of my laptops.
I'm wondering if one of these 2 is a big sleep preventer:
1. "Background Data" (I used to think all you had to do was disable "Auto Sync" but when I uncheck "Background Data" I get a popup saying something about how I will save battery power if I agree to disable)
2. "Use Wireless Networks" (even if GPS is off).
I usually have been getting good results after unchecking a combo or both of these and sometimes I even have to reboot to get back to normal Epic sleep.
Google maps is keeping my phone awake, I cleaned the cache and forced stop but keeps running, It used 12% of my battery in 2 hours so is a issue, any way to fix it?
Uninstall the Google Maps update. Others have had the same issue.
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Check if you have Latitude running. It can restart google maps. Also, you might want to do a search on your own, you're not the first one with this problem.
I ripped out crap I didn't use and it helped with speed and responsiveness. Maps was definitely one to go. I can always install it later if needed.
I'm pretty sure it's Latitude that's causing the problem.
dmora01 said:
Google maps is keeping my phone awake, I cleaned the cache and forced stop but keeps running, It used 12% of my battery in 2 hours so is a issue, any way to fix it?
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I've had this same problem. For me, Latitude was the problem. I don't use it, so I used Ti Backup to get rid of it.
However, my wife uses Latitude and the way she solved the problem is by going into the Latitude settings and turning off the auto-update location feature, which was waking her phone up every 10 mins or so to update her location. Now she has it set so that she has to manually update her location and the battery use issue has gone away.
Latitude was the problem for me also. I turned off Latitude and it was fixed.
How do you keep it shut off? I have the same problem with Latitude but it just keeps starting up again. Only thing working is unchecking using both wireless networks and gps but then no applications can use that stuff which isn't super cool. Latitude is ofc still running doing this but at least it's not draining my battery.
calanbalan said:
How do you keep it shut off? I have the same problem with Latitude but it just keeps starting up again. Only thing working is unchecking using both wireless networks and gps but then no applications can use that stuff which isn't super cool. Latitude is ofc still running doing this but at least it's not draining my battery.
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This is what worked for my wife:
VisedMonk said:
My wife uses Latitude and the way she solved the problem is by going into the Latitude settings and turning off the auto-update location feature, which was waking her phone up every 10 mins or so to update her location. Now she has it set so that she has to manually update her location and the battery use issue has gone away.
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In Latitude > Settings > make sure "Do not update your location" is checked and "Enable automatic check-ins" is not checked. Then sign out of Latitude and you should be good to go.
tmcquake said:
Latitude was the problem for me also. I turned off Latitude and it was fixed.
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That's not a solution, though, is it? FWIW, I made a bug report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=17356
VisedMonk said:
However, my wife uses Latitude and the way she solved the problem is by going into the Latitude settings and turning off the auto-update location feature, which was waking her phone up every 10 mins or so to update her location. Now she has it set so that she has to manually update her location and the battery use issue has gone away.
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Can I ask what good is latitude without the auto update feature? So your wife keep on manual updating everywhere she go?
ykphuah said:
Can I ask what good is latitude without the auto update feature? So your wife keep on manual updating everywhere she go?
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I don't use it, so I can't say. I imagine she uses it to check in places, kind of like foursquare, which would be easy enough to do manually, I suppose.
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Can I ask what good is latitude without the auto update feature?
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Not much, really. Well, if you sign out completely you can't even see where your friends are.
Anyway, disabling the updates for my own location in Latitude's settings didn't make any difference for me.
As of 4.1.2 Maps is running permanently unless I disable Google Apps Location Access. LAME.
this has been an issue with me since ICS. I've uninstalled maps several times because I was getting such horrible battery life. I've seen my phone die in 3 hours in standby because maps was constantly running. Couple the map issue with your phone searching for a data signal, and it's easy to kill your battery from a full charge in just a few hours. Something needs to be done, severely!!
You can notice an instant, DRAMATIC increase in battery life after uninstalling/freezing maps, btw....I'd recommend giving it a shot to anyone having battery life problems.
heinrich said:
As of 4.1.2 Maps is running permanently unless I disable Google Apps Location Access. LAME.
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I read that all location requests by all Apps goes through Google Maps, when WiFi and Mobile network location is enabled.
I too have been experimenting with different ways to boost my battery life, trying out disabling:
1. Signing out of Latitude
2. Turning off WiFi and Mobile Network Location
3. Turning off Google Now
4. Manually disabling Wifi and Mobile network etc...
So far I realize that its actually #2 that causes battery issues for me. Keeping latitude signed in doesn't seemed to have much impact if #2 is turned off.
I have ended up just uninstalling it because it was by far the most battery draining app on the phone, on the days where I was barely using it maps kept the phone awake for 3+ plus hours, making me charge the phone every day when I didn't even use it!!
My advice is when you need it, install it OR the day before, input the route/address/location you need and after the use for it ended, uninstall it. It'll be in your play store app list anyway so the above process, wont take too long.
littlebigsnafu said:
I have ended up just uninstalling it because it was by far the most battery draining app on the phone, on the days where I was barely using it maps kept the phone awake for 3+ plus hours, making me charge the phone every day when I didn't even use it!!
My advice is when you need it, install it OR the day before, input the route/address/location you need and after the use for it ended, uninstall it. It'll be in your play store app list anyway so the above process, wont take too long.
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You can also freeze it with Titanium Backup or similar. More practical way to do it, IMHO.
By the way, if you freeze it, location services will be in their own process.
Just disable Location access.
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polobunny said:
You can also freeze it with Titanium Backup or similar. More practical way to do it, IMHO.
By the way, if you freeze it, location services will be in their own process.
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Good advice! I'll try it that way in the next couple of days when I have a few job interviews coming up. However, I DO wish EL goog sorts this problem out sooner or later, it's only maps in the core Google apps that really has this problem.
I have updated google maps to the latest update yesterday and now google maps has 2 processes constantly running/sitting in memory and power consumption went up a lot. Battery usage also shows now that google maps is using quite a bit of power, which never happened before. Has anyone noticed the same thing or is it just me?
have you logged into Lattitude?
Nope, I never use Latitude. Just checked and it is off.
Actually I have just uninstalled the update and was able to kill maps process and it didn't come back. Then installed it back and now, even if I kill google maps in the running apps manager, it immediately comes back
Well, THAT happened/happens on mine from the very first beginning even with no maps-update after unboxing and I received one of the first batches of SGS II in Europe.
But since I do not have a batt drain prob (even with heavy use my SGS II lasts minimum 24 hrs) I did not mind maps consuming SOME power ................
.......... and BTW I wouldn´t know how to stop maps-proc since I am (still) not rooted...............
Mine stops eating battery if I disable "use wireless network" under "Location and security". But of course it takes longer to locate me since it needs to get a GPS fix each time I use Maps.
Lupusoff said:
Nope, I never use Latitude. Just checked and it is off.
Actually I have just uninstalled the update and was able to kill maps process and it didn't come back. Then installed it back and now, even if I kill google maps in the running apps manager, it immediately comes back
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Mine stops eating battery if I disable "use wireless network" under "Location and security". But of course it takes longer to locate me since it needs to get a GPS fix each time I use Maps.
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That was the pair of tips I used to get the use I needed with no background process killing my battery. don't update the app for now until I hear the issue is sorted and only use the GPS, not wireless network, to navigate. The latter part is fine as the GPS lock is so fast anyway - usually about a second or two to be down to about 60ft or less.
The extra bonus is that if I'm out with only a 3G connection then dropping the wireless part under "location and security" also stops the wireless services from kicking in on the back of the maps system trying to use it for location. I can be using my phone all day and not have "wi-fi sharing" pop up and start gobbling up %'s even by the end of the day.
I got same issue - Maps process starts randomly and stays up for long time last time I saw it it was 125h consuming up to 14% of battery :/ quite annoying if you kill the process it pops up back again right away...
That Latitude stuff is horrible for battery.
Settings- Applications- Manage Applications- All- Maps- Clear Data.
Regards.
Possibly the cache map tiles in advance (forget the exact title) in the maps menu is checked and is downloading even when you don't have maps open?
Just disable "use wirelrss network" in settings...it should do the trick...seems like it updates your location continuously when you set that feature on....you can always turn it back on when you actually have to use maps....
My problem is that the battery used by gps nd google maps is enormous.... :-(
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Today for the first time since I got my G2 a few of weeks back I used Maps to double check my location in an area I'm not overly familiar with. So I toggled Location Access on, found where I was via GPS, then turned it off. All good so far.
However, later in the day, noticing that the battery was dropping quicker than you'd expect, I looked in the battery stats and saw that Maps was consuming a extremely large percentage (nearly 50%!). I tried a force stop but that didn't seem to have any real effect. I re-checked Location Access, all off, didn't seem to be any other option.
So what's the deal, is it a G2 thing (I'm currently on rooted stock 4.2.2), a general Android problem or Maps misbehaving? More importantly what, bar a reboot or not using Maps, is the solution? Do I need to buy the enhanced versions of Titanium Backup and Greenify to effectively put Maps into stasis or is there a more elegant way of doing it?
A quick, inconvenience way to solve this issue is rebooting the phone.
votinh said:
A quick, inconvenience way to solve this issue is rebooting the phone.
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Ok. Is it Maps bug or something specific to the G2?
Honestly, I have no clue.
I turn off location reporting to save battery. If you are on an AT&T Rom Carrier IQ could be the problem.
Greenify?
I have the same problem! Even greenified it, but it says still draining battery. The only way is to reboot!
Any help?
I'm using Cloudy stock 2.0
I am on my 5th charge, and Google Play services is my number one battery sucker.
I have location services, BT, on 24/7. I only connect to BT when in my car though, so 5% of the day maybe.
If I let me phone sit idle for about 4 hours, Google Play services will be the only thing that consumed battery.
Any advice on troubleshooting it? So far i've tried disabling NFC, google hang outs, ambient screen. I am trying things one at a time to see what's causing it.
There are no wakelocks, because I click the graph and I show it's only awake when I am actually using it. GPS is rarely, if ever on. WIFI is never on, as I have green signal everywhere + unlimited data via tmobile. I also do not have any other always connected apps like facebook, or facebook IM, twitter, or whatsapp, etc.
vivithemage said:
I am on my 5th charge, and Google Play services is my number one battery sucker.
I have location services, BT, on 24/7. I only connect to BT when in my car though, so 5% of the day maybe.
If I let me phone sit idle for about 4 hours, Google Play services will be the only thing that consumed battery.
Any advice on troubleshooting it? So far i've tried disabling NFC, google hang outs, ambient screen. I am trying things one at a time to see what's causing it.
There are no wakelocks, because I click the graph and I show it's only awake when I am actually using it. GPS is rarely, if ever on. WIFI is never on, as I have green signal everywhere + unlimited data via tmobile. I also do not have any other always connected apps like facebook, or facebook IM, twitter, or whatsapp, etc.
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I am getting the same thing right now. I didn't yesterday.
I know it shows Google Play Services if you have Google Photos backing up your photos and videos. It is defaulted to do it whenever you are on wifi I believe. I have mine set to only backup while charging. I still see the Google Play Services drain though even with it not backing up, so I think my drain is coming from some other place.
Yeah, I am going to turn off background data, and if that's the culprit. I will play with each of the back up options. I only have a few enabled. I do have google photo's set to sync when on cell network or wifi, because I have unlimited data I do not care when they go up.
I noticed an odd bug when I unchecked google+ and google+ uploads as OFF/not sync, my google photo option to sync was gone. I enabled it, and it showed up. I have since rebooted a few times, and disabled those (did this an hour or so ago), and it will still sync, so maybe that was it? Will report back.
Currently enabled sync options:
app data
calendar
chrome
contacts
gmail
google opinion rewards
google photos
google photos backup
vivithemage said:
Yeah, I am going to turn off background data, and if that's the culprit. I will play with each of the back up options. I only have a few enabled. I do have google photo's set to sync when on cell network or wifi, because I have unlimited data I do not care when they go up.
I noticed an odd bug when I unchecked google+ and google+ uploads as OFF/not sync, my google photo option to sync was gone. I enabled it, and it showed up. I have since rebooted a few times, and disabled those (did this an hour or so ago), and it will still sync, so maybe that was it? Will report back.
Currently enabled sync options:
app data
calendar
chrome
contacts
gmail
google opinion rewards
google photos
google photos backup
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I saw this after upgrading to the newest factory image. let things settle and it was back to normal on the next day. Also updated to play services 8.3.0.1
I actually tried to do a reinstall the other day, and it brought me up to 8.3.01 (2385995-440) ... which was what it previously had.
Are you saying you just wiped your phone and started from scratch again?
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I actually tried to do a reinstall the other day, and it brought me up to 8.3.01 (2385995-440) ... which was what it previously had.
Are you saying you just wiped your phone and started from scratch again?
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I didnt wipe anything. I flashed the system.img and vendor.img from the Nov. update and i then noticed that play services was eating up about 22% of battery on a normal cycle. Updated to 8.3.0.1 and after charging and watching on the second go around, it seems to be returning to normal. Down to 44% and play services has only eaten 4%.
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I didnt wipe anything. I flashed the system.img and vendor.img from the Nov. update and i then noticed that play services was eating up about 22% of battery on a normal cycle. Updated to 8.3.0.1 and after charging and watching on the second go around, it seems to be returning to normal. Down to 44% and play services has only eaten 4%.
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4% seems solid for 66% bat used... i'll try that if this doesn't work. Does flashing just system.img and vendor.img muck with any data?
maybe try wiping the cache partition -
Nexus 6P Wipe Cache Partition
Power Down the Nexus 6P
Boot the Nexus 6P into Fastboot Mode
Boot the Nexus 6P into Recovery Mode
Press the Volume Down Button to Control the Highlighter
Highlight the ‘Wipe Cache Partition’ Option in Recovery Mode
Then Press the Power Button to Select This Option
Make Sure the ‘Yes’ Option is Highlighted
Then Press the Power Button to Select This Option and Confirm the Wipe
Wait Until the Nexus 6P Wipes the Entire Cache Partition
Make Sure the ‘Reboot System Now’ Option is Highlighted
Then Press the Power Button to Reboot the Nexus 6P
http://www.androidexplained.com/nexus-6p-wipe-the-cache-partition/
What does wiping cache do again?
I disable.any Google apps I don't use ,which most if them,I have Google now always listening and I don't use chrome which seems to hit the battery,and play services is hardly ever in my battery list,but today a new play service update and reading reviews it's sucking battery by all accounts ,not seen it yet myself
I have wiped cache and I will report back.
After reboots it still is eating up battery like nobody's business. Bone stock not rooted too.
Wifi and bluetooth on, location set to device only. Google Now on, "okay google" detection from anywhere.
tluley51 said:
I have wiped cache and I will report back.
After reboots it still is eating up battery like nobody's business. Bone stock not rooted too.
Wifi and bluetooth on, location set to device only. Google Now on, "okay google" detection from anywhere.
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i suffer no hardships doing this -
Battery Tips for Android
1. Toggle off High Accuracy GPS Mode, Bluetooth, NFC,
Hotspot/Tethering. Toggle on only as needed. (Set GPS Mode to "Battery
Saving" Mode).
2. Display Brightness - Turn off Auto Brightness and Reduce Setting
Bar to Minimum Acceptable to you.
3. Sign out of any unused Google Services like G+, Google Now, Hangouts, etc.
4. Disable Location Reporting and Location History.
5. Beware of constantly syncing in background Apps and Bloatware like
Facebook, Twitter, Weather Channel, Games, Google News/Weather,
Non-Push Email, etc. Set Sync interval for every 1 hour or more and
change settings to stop the syncing of data you don't need. Delete
their Apps and use their Web Page if acceptable.
6. Turn Off Hot Word "Hotword Detection" Always Listening Mode in
Google Search if you don't use it.
7. Turn Off Auto Camera/Photo Upload or at least set it for Upload on WIFI Only.
8. Turn Off Vibrate on Touch for Display, Keyboard, etc.
9. Turn Off Touch Sounds and Unlock Sounds.
10. Turn Off Ambient Display/Active Display Notifications if you don't need it.
11. Don't use a Live Wallpaper. Use a dark wallpaper if possible.
12. Set Display Sleep Setting to 2 Minutes or Less.
13. WIFI Settings - Advanced -
a. Network Notification - Set as OFF.
b. Keep WIFI on during Sleep - Set as ALWAYS if you regularly use
WIFI. OK to keep WIFI on if you regularly use it.
14. Scanning Always Available - Set as OFF - Wifi scans for networks
(location assist) in the background by default. Go to Settings >
Location > Overflow (three dots at top right) > Scanning and change
the setting for Wifi and Bluetooth.
15. Turn Off Always Vibrate in Gmail/Email.
16. Be careful of using too many Live Widgets and what/how often they sync.
17. Set MS Exchange Sync at 30 Days or Less if you use it.
18. Do NOT use a Task Killer App or Battery Saver App.
19. Uninstall ALL Apps that you never use. If you haven't used an
App in one month, uninstall it.
20. Reboot your phone at least once a month.
21. Wipe Cache Partition at least once a quarter or after every OS Update.
22. Consider a Factory Data Reset with a manual re-sync, manual
reinstall of all data and Apps after every major OS Letter Update.
Make sure that all of your data is first backed up to Google and
Dropbox, etc.
"I SUFFER NO HARDSHIPS DOING THIS" - this means that i personally am
giving up NOTHING with these tips. i'm not giving up any features.
there are no tradeoffs for me. a tradeoff or a hardship would be to
turn off PUSH email or use AIRPLANE mode during the day etc.
you have to find your own balance and the tips list is a start but you
must come to your own conclusion as to what's important. it's personal
preference but these are not a big deal to me at all as they do not
affect the function or operation of my phone. these tips do not
deteriorate my experience.
you don't HAVE TO do anything. the point is you if you want to
MAXIMIZE battery life you can turn things off that you aren't using.
it only makes sense. there is a FINITE amount of juice in ANY
battery. you choose how you want to spend that juice. by default most
of these devices have every feature set as ON whether you use them or
not. i prefer to change the settings in my phone to only use those
features that i personally use and need so i can maximize battery
life. i don't leave all the lights and TVs on in my house 24/7 - i
turn them on when i need them. i'm not giving anything up. my phone
does everything exactly like i want it to. i'm not missing out on
anything. it's no hardship for me. it's life. life is a delicate
balance. it's up to you to find that balance.
11-5-15
I am doing 70% of what you listed out, and google play services is currently at 3% of battery with 81% remaining, it's my highest user under screen with an hour. Don't get me wrong, great battery, but why is it using so much?
I wiped cache and it seemed to help a ton. Almost 3 hrs screen on time, 24 hours off charge, 35% battery remaining and Google Play Services is only at 3%. Much better.
its "Ok Google" "Always Listening"
I lost 12% in 7 hours overnight with it on and 1% with it off (On 4g)
Let me try wiping my cache then. Also, OK Google is not always listening, I never really use it anyway. I only use voice for texts sometimes.
tluley51 said:
I have wiped cache and I will report back.
After reboots it still is eating up battery like nobody's business. Bone stock not rooted too.
Wifi and bluetooth on, location set to device only. Google Now on, "okay google" detection from anywhere.
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Bluetooth is your problem. I turned mine off and immediately my phone starting to sleep again.
I leave my BT on all the time, it only connects in the car though (40 minutes per day). I do not see bat drain for that. I also left it disabled for a day, same google services % usage.
vivithemage said:
I leave my BT on all the time, it only connects in the car though (40 minutes per day). I do not see bat drain for that. I also left it disabled for a day, same google services % usage.
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what about Bluetooth Scanning? off or on? see #14 above on my list.
Gekko2 said:
what about Bluetooth Scanning? off or on? see #14 above on my list.
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This has always been off, why would anyone even want it on. BTW, solid list, like I said, I do about 70% of it already.