Nexus 7 : battery dying? - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just recently my battery dies in under 8 hours while idle. Can be at 100 percent when I leave for work and 8 hours later when I get home it's dead. I can't figure out why it's dying so fast and I looked at the battery stats and dying see anything really out of the ordinary so I'm thinking by battery is about to die out. Any ideas or suggestions?
Also stock and not rooted on 4.2.2
Update: using better battery stats app it says 100% awake when screen is off but doesn't tell what's keeping it on.
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rexant1 said:
JUpdate: using better battery stats app it says 100% awake when screen is off but doesn't tell what's keeping it on.
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Post all the summary screens here and let us be the judge of that
No time spent in either kernel or application wakelocks?
BTW, I get about 7.5 hours of screen-on time with stock 4.2.2. So, only 8 hours of time AWAKE but without the screen on does seem a little excessive. It would either have to be a rogue app that causes the rate governor to pump up the clock, or perhaps as you suggest a failing battery.
How old is the device?

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It's about 6 months old

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It's about 6 months old
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Your first and third image are nearly identical - but there sure doesn't seem to be anything significant showing up in the kernel wakelock screen.
Anything that uses more time in the Parital Wakelock screen? (not shown.)
Something to check if you suspect the battery is dying is the full charge and nearly discharged voltage range. I think Battery Widget will report that, or you can get it from
/sys/devices/platform/tegra-i2c.4/i2c-4/4-0055/power_supply/battery/voltage_now
Mine ranges from 3.58v to about 4.17v.

And I opened the voltage now file and got this 3791000
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And I opened the voltage now file and got this 3791000
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3.79v is about a 68% charge level on my battery - for whatever comparison that's worth. Yours was at 62% at "6:32", so maybe that's comparable. But 0% and 100% battery voltages would probably be more interesting for a "worn out" battery.
Thanks for the 2nd set of screen grabs... we're getting somewhere - I think.
WTF? The "6:35" image shows awake time of 9 minutes, 40 seconds... and the "6:34" image shows a partial wakelock of 51 min 4 sec for
NLP PendingIntentclient in com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox....
those can't possibly be from the same boot cycle. ???? Can they?
Anyway, assuming that the 6:34 image comes from the same boot cycle as the prior images at "5:43", then those 50-minute accumulated wakelocks for
NLP Pending.... and
LocationManagerService
seem extreme ... maybe ... if they happened when the screen was blanked ... dunno at this point.
I would run a test where you charge the battery and let it sit for 4-5 hours with the screen off the whole time, and then collect all those Better Battery Stats images in one go. If you see long wakelocks (tens and tens of minutes) while the device is supposed to be sleeping, those are the things I would investigate first.
I'm not sure where that NLP Pending... thing comes from, but since you are on pure stock... after you have collected the BatteryStats statistics and have a good hunch, you could try clearing cache and or data for the specific app you think might be involved.
(e.g. perhaps something like Settings -> Apps -> (All Tab) -> Google Search)
Because you have a pure stock tablet (and have just one recourse if things go South) don't go willy-nilly deleting app data and cache for system apps if you are not sure what the subsystem is. You don't want to get into a wedged boot having not backed up your SD card, because the only way to rectify that on a stock tablet will be to take a (stock) "factory reset" - which wipes EVERYTHING INCLUDING /sdcard.
good luck

Yeah they are from the same boot cycle and I've been on the battery for about 5 hours and haven't touched it except to reply here and I'm down to 35% since being off the charger from a full charge.
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Terrible battery life

Hello everyone, i purchased my Nexus 7 and it arrived in the mail 3 days ago. And as with every other Android device ive ever owned, the batter is absolutely terrible. I get about 2hrs on screen time when browing the web and maybe playing an occasional game. Does anyone have any idea whats going on? Or have any way to help? Thanks so much
That is pretty bad. Try a factory reset. Might be something you installed.
I'd hate to do a factory reset cause I just barely got it set up but..I'll try it anyway tonight
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Scoutamis said:
I'd hate to do a factory reset cause I just barely got it set up but..I'll try it anyway tonight
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Doing a factory reset before installing anything is becoming the gold standard.
Hope it helps you.
I get between 7-9 hours of active use. Sounds like some process is running amok on yours. I didn't factory reset when I bought it either....though I have rooted it since then, but battery life is about the same pre and post root.
You might want to consider a program to monitor battery use to see what's eating it up. Maybe do that before you factory reset it so you don't install the same thing again.
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Doing a factory reset before installing anything is becoming the gold standard.
Hope it helps you.
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Really? Like as soon as you set up the device, you are suppose to factory reset it? And since im facotry resetting it 3 days into having it, do i have to calibrate the battery again?
ExploreMN said:
I get between 7-9 hours of active use. Sounds like some process is running amok on yours. I didn't factory reset when I bought it either....though I have rooted it since then, but battery life is about the same pre and post root.
You might want to consider a program to monitor battery use to see what's eating it up. Maybe do that before you factory reset it so you don't install the same thing again.
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Do you have any battery monitoring apps in mind? I would love to see what is eating up my battery
Scoutamis said:
Do you have any battery monitoring apps in mind? I would love to see what is eating up my battery
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System panel is a good app to find what's using your CPU and better batterystats can help find what's keeping your phone from going to deep sleep. An easy way to see if this is the case is go into battery setting and select the first option(history details). Compare the Awake bar with the screen on bar. Those two should be nearly identical if not then you have a rogue app.
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Do you have any battery monitoring apps in mind? I would love to see what is eating up my battery
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The one I've seen mentioned several times in here is BetterBatteryStats. I just don't want to drop $3.00 on something I don't need. It might help your issue though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
neotekz said:
System panel is a good app to find what's using your CPU and better batterystats can help find what's keeping your phone from going to deep sleep. An easy way to see if this is the case is go into battery setting and select the first option(history details). Compare the Awake bar with the screen on bar. Those two should be nearly identical if not then you have a rogue app.
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Alright ill try system panel, and i looked at the battery setting and awake and screen on are almost exactly the same.
ExploreMN said:
The one I've seen mentioned several times in here is BetterBatteryStats. I just don't want to drop $3.00 on something I don't need. It might help your issue though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats
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Well then, here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Scoutamis said:
Alright ill try system panel, and i looked at the battery setting and awake and screen on are almost exactly the same.
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have you flashed any kernels or roms? sometimes this makes the tablet report the wrong battery stats for a bit.
did you run the battery down until it turns off and then give it a full charge? sometimes you have more juice than what is being reported. ive been stuck at 1-2% for over an hour before. Most likely its a rogue app though, system panel and better batterystats should find out what app it is. if they dont then it could be that you have a defective battery...
Been on mine continuously for 3 hrs 18 mins and at 60%. Excellent if you ask me. Next step up in battery life would be Transformer series with dock.
Scoutamis said:
Hello everyone, i purchased my Nexus 7 and it arrived in the mail 3 days ago. And as with every other Android device ive ever owned, the batter is absolutely terrible. I get about 2hrs on screen time when browing the web and maybe playing an occasional game. Does anyone have any idea whats going on? Or have any way to help? Thanks so much
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Quite the opposite for me; unlike every other Android device I've had (Nexus One, GS2) the battery life is excellent. I watched 720p mkv video on the train yesterday for a good 3 hours, and still had ~70% by the time I got home, from a full charge.
The battery life is excellent, as far as I'm concerned.
Scoutamis said:
Really? Like as soon as you set up the device, you are suppose to factory reset it? And since im facotry resetting it 3 days into having it, do i have to calibrate the battery again?
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Don't think you needed to calibrate the battery to begin with. I usually get fine battery life without doing anything special.
Something must be causing the poor battery on your Nexus, Yesterday after my N7 was fully charged, I watched the movie Thor for 1hr and 54 minutes n and my battery only dropped to 83%.
I'm at 16 hours and 52 minutes with 3 hours and 44 minutes of on screen time, the battery is at 51%
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neotekz said:
have you flashed any kernels or roms? sometimes this makes the tablet report the wrong battery stats for a bit.
did you run the battery down until it turns off and then give it a full charge? sometimes you have more juice than what is being reported. ive been stuck at 1-2% for over an hour before. Most likely its a rogue app though, system panel and better batterystats should find out what app it is. if they dont then it could be that you have a defective battery...
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My N7 is completely stock and has never been rooted. I also did do a couple charge cycles which didn't seem to help much. And better batterystats has AudioOut_2 at 38% (while I'm playing music) but other than that it doesn't seem to be a rogue app
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Download CPU spy from the market to see if the tablet is sleeping properly, and what frequency its constantly running at
Scoutamis said:
My N7 is completely stock and has never been rooted. I also did do a couple charge cycles which didn't seem to help much. And better batterystats has AudioOut_2 at 38% (while I'm playing music) but other than that it doesn't seem to be a rogue app
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Unless you listen to music for over 5 hours or streaming the songs it shouldnt use that much battery. If you can't find a wakelock with better battery stats then it might just be a bad unit.

n00b here, need help with battery issues

Hi there; this is my first post so please go easy on me.
Bought a Nexus 4 which is my first Android device, but the battery life is bugging the hell out of me. Surely the screen should always be at the top, right? I left it to sleep overnight on a full charge to find that it had shot down to 60% when I woke up at 7 this morning.
I haven't rooted or flashed or anything like that, because as I said, I'm an Android virgin. I have location settings off, only Gmail syncing and the usual push notifications here and there. Nothing too fancy or strenuous.
Any help on how I can go around fixing this? I'm a little afraid to rooting/flashing/ROMs etc, because I've no clue what works best.
Cheers!
If your saying you left the screen on over night, meaning the phone never went into deep sleep.. If you slept for let's say 6 hours and the phones screen was on for that whole time it's normal that it went down to sixty percent battery.
Maybe I'm understanding your post wrong? Btw I cannot see the picture you posted.
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Turn off mobile data and lower the screen brightness to 0 during the day. Also disable WiFi when you're sleeping. I also make sure all apps are closed using the app manager button on the far right.
Mine's been fine following this logic.
Oh sorry, I should meant sleeping overnight, whilst I slept cosily in my bed.
I'll reattach the image in a second
Ah, you won't be able to see any links till I've gone past 10 posts. Back in a bit then, ha.
atw1927 said:
Ah, you won't be able to see any links till I've gone past 10 posts. Back in a bit then, ha.
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lol I see it now.. try performing a reset, android shouldn't be that high.. are you rooted? custom rom/kernel?
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lol I see it now.. try performing a reset, android shouldn't be that high.. are you rooted? custom rom/kernel?
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This is NOT the answer. His battery in the image has dropped 7%. If he hasn't used the screen much it is perfectly understandable that screen might not be a large percentage of that 7%. As he uses the phone more screen will use a larger percentage of his battery and Android OS will use less.
If he gets to the point where the screen is on for an hour or two and the percentages are still like this then yes there is a problem.
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joshnichols189 said:
This is NOT the answer. His battery in the image has dropped 7%. If he hasn't used the screen much it is perfectly understandable that screen might not be a large percentage of that 7%. As he uses the phone more screen will use a larger percentage of his battery and Android OS will use less.
If he gets to the point where the screen is on for an hour or two and the percentages are still like this then yes there is a problem.
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My android system has never been that high, regardless if I used the phone for 10 minutes or 10 seconds , or not at all.
atw1927 said:
Hi there; this is my first post so please go easy on me.
Bought a Nexus 4 which is my first Android device, but the battery life is bugging the hell out of me. Surely the screen should always be at the top, right? I left it to sleep overnight on a full charge to find that it had shot down to 60% when I woke up at 7 this morning.
I haven't rooted or flashed or anything like that, because as I said, I'm an Android virgin. I have location settings off, only Gmail syncing and the usual push notifications here and there. Nothing too fancy or strenuous.
Any help on how I can go around fixing this? I'm a little afraid to rooting/flashing/ROMs etc, because I've no clue what works best.
Cheers!
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Actually No the "Screen" should not always be at the top of the stat list. If you use the phone more than it idles, then yes... but if you are like me, mine says "Phone Idle: 20%" (which is on top) and "Screen" is 4th on the list with 12% (Wi-Fi and Cell standby above it) [this is my personal phone, and I mostly use my work phone. hence the high Idle & standby]
I was having an issue with my phone running out of battery, with very little usage from it. I mean very little, I might make 2 calls from it each day, and respond to an email now and then. I found that an App was preventing my Screen from going into "Deep Sleep" or even "Sleeping" possibly. So I uninstalled all apps (well I only had like 4 additional apps installed), except for 2 that I need (Google Voice & Drive). Powered off the phone, charged it fully, then powered back on. Its been running on the same charge for 24+hrs now and reads 68% battery remaining.
So check the apps you have installed, some use background data, and might be causing problems...
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My android system has never been that high, regardless if I used the phone for 10 minutes or 10 seconds , or not at all.
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And your phone is the definitive guide for what Android OS usage is? Maybe his phone woke up those services for a period of time longer than normal.
The answer of "lol looks wrong root and install kernel" is terrible advice when so little information is given.
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What else would you like to know?
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What else would you like to know?
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A longer battery graph would help a lot. If yuppy want top search XDA there is a free app called better battery stats that will help you diagnose if something is running in the background eating battery or even if your phone I'd properly entering deep sleep.
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Better Battery stats and battery screenshots here
atw1927 said:
Better Battery stats and battery screenshots here
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See now it is much easier to see that you actually do have a problem and what it is. You have the wakelock problem as you can see from Better Battery Stats which falls under Android OS on the other screen. It also appears that you have somewhat weak signal which could cause the wakelock to drain battery even more. There's not much you can do about that wake lock, some kernels have patches for it but those have their own issues as well.
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Could I just install any kernel on stock android and be OK with it? As I've said I've no idea what's best for me; just something nice and clean that doesn't have issues like this. I live onsite where I work so my WiFi is pretty much on all the time if that helps in anyway whatsoever
I'm gonna let it run down completely tonight and charge it, but I don't expect it to help much.
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And your phone is the definitive guide for what Android OS usage is? Maybe his phone woke up those services for a period of time longer than normal.
The answer of "lol looks wrong root and install kernel" is terrible advice when so little information is given.
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I never told him to install a kernel. The advice I gave is to do a reset then I asked if he was rooted or running a custom rom or kernel because that might of been the problem.
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Bump
Fully charged overnight, battery still sinking like a ship. 45 minutes and I'm already down to 94% already!
Idiot question; will installing a kernel just solve this? For now as a new guy I'd like to keep it as stock as possible before fiddling with it.
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Fully charged overnight, battery still sinking like a ship. 45 minutes and I'm already down to 94% already!
Idiot question; will installing a kernel just solve this? For now as a new guy I'd like to keep it as stock as possible before fiddling with it.
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The battery on the n4 seems horrible.
I'm completely stock I just got my phone yesterday, I charged it to 100% now its at 64% battery with only 47 minutes of screen on time.
on the s3 I would be around 83% with 47 minutes of screen on time.
I'm gonna unlock the boot loader and root soon and try Franco kernel I've been reading good things about it.
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The battery life on the stock kernel isn't great because the CPU management isn't optimized well. It ramps up the CPU (frequency, number of active cores...) very easily and keeps it there long, which removes the occasional lag but sucks more battery. Flashing a more battery friendly kernel would definitely help you if that is the root of your battery issues and not a badly coded app.
Franco's kernel is a very popular one, and very battery friendly compared to stock (and that doesn't mean you lose performance). It is the one I'm currently using. Most people report of screen on times of 4 or 5 hours. With not so heavy usage and wifi (not 3g) I can also pass 5 hrs.
To install a kernel you need to unlock your boot loader and install a custom recovery. No need to root, but.. why not since you're at it
You can try different kernels with the stock ROM. You don't necessarily need a custom ROM. Just be careful to read the dev's OP and instructions, and definitely not to flash a kernel for another device.
Also another thing that reduces battery is your mobile data, if there are a lot of programs that sync on the background. You can use a program that turns off your mobile data when your screen is off and switch it back on just for a sync every xx minutes. Juice Defender is such app, though I like to use Tasker for that. If you use Tasker and are interested in that project, ask or send me a pm. It works great.

Looking for advice regarding my battery life after 4.2.2.

Hey I've searched for help on the subject all over and. I'm not seeing anyone with this problem, on the contrary everyone seems to be doing better.
Anyway I got the OTA update to 4.2.2 from the. General forum a few days ago and flashed it without much consequence and everything seemed fine. I reaquired my root but I have noticed my battery is losing charge way too fast doing light browsing and use.
Checking battery use I got 2 hours of screen time with 30% of the battery and again this has been simply browsing sites with pure text. As I'm writing this it went from 70% to 68%
To list a few key things that have happened that might be important and I'm hoping anybody can help or give advice.
1) I stupidly forgot to wipe cache and dalvik before and after flashing the update, when I remembered I went to recovery and did this
2) I rerooted
3) On Friday I fell asleep using it and when I woke up it was completely drained, honestly I don't even remembered what I was doing cause I had a bit too much wine but I think I was playing an emulator and when I woke up it wouldn't even turn on so I charged it back to 100%
As I write this now I think back and problem seems to have started then.
I tried re flashing a backup, which didn't help and I flashed franco kernel reading it gave good battery.
My last idea is simply reverting back to stock and see if it helps but before that I wanted to check some opinions or advice here.
PS I have already used BBS and its finding nothing wrong in wakelocks or use (except something called AudioOut2)
As I finish this im down to 66%, definitely not normal.
Any help is appreciated.
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Having the same problem.
Didn't even make it to work and was below 50%. Weird.
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Did you at some point let it drain completely to 0% after updating to 4.2.2?
If nobody has any idea ill just go back to stock and report results.
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Well if anybody has a similar issue or cares, going back to stock seems to have fixed the issue. Regardless I did some light testing on the battery. It shows marginal better perfomance on 4.2.2
By switching Kernel there was no change it seems but then again the test only covered two activities perhaps with further comparissons better results would be gotten.
But long story short if anybody has this problem apparently going back to stock is the way to go.
I'll keep a careful eye on the battery and gauge on regular use and if it happens again have a better idea of what caused it.
Its a program that's running or not completely shutting down.
Torrent was my issue. Uninstalled rebooted and then reinstalled.
My battery life is good now.all day and still over 80%.
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twyztyd said:
Its a program that's running or not completely shutting down.
Torrent was my issue. Uninstalled rebooted and then reinstalled.
My battery life is good now.all day and still over 80%.
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Well I have encountered a completely new problem lately.
In the last week this has happened 3-4 times. I leave it charging or simply on deep sleep for a while and when I try to turn it on it won't, I'm not sure if its shutting down since when I plugged it in (thinking battery had drained) not battery charging animation came up, instead I left the power button pressed and it came up with whatever charge it had.
Not sure if its a side effect of the original problem of the battery discharge or something to do with torrent clients as 3 of the total times it has happened I was downloading something and left it running.
Not sure what to do at this point since I find no info on this or it happening to anybody else. What I find are things like it not charging etc which really arent my issues.
I will avoid using torrents on it for a few days and see if it happens again, if it does I will seriously have to consider contacting Google or Asus since this device doesn't even have 90 days in my possession yet.
If anyone is following this (really just posting here to help anybody who finds the same problem and as a sort of journal) I found this post on the kernel im running thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38422891&postcount=4603
Somebody replied to that post stating its a 4.2.x problem
It could also be a kernel problem with torrents as further down the posts another person complains about the same happening when using a bittorrent client
I'll post with whatever I find out.
I've been having the same problem glad to see it isn't just me.
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Hi Chaps, Since my upgrade to 4.2.2 I thought the battery life was great. It stayed at 100% for ages and when I was streaming music for a few of hours and the battery only went to 96%. Superb I thought..
But, yes there is a but. My N7 now shuts down when the battery is at 32% and I need to charge it to get it to reboot as it is well drained. Is it possible to zero the battery indicator or recalibrate it for an accurate reading? TATA R.
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Hi Chaps, Since my upgrade to 4.2.2 I thought the battery life was great. It stayed at 100% for ages and when I was streaming music for a few of hours and the battery only went to 96%. Superb I thought..
But, yes there is a but. My N7 now shuts down when the battery is at 32% and I need to charge it to get it to reboot as it is well drained. Is it possible to zero the battery indicator or recalibrate it for an accurate reading? TATA R.
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Battery calibration, which should be done rarely, is merely a matter of putting your device through one complete charge/discharge cycle. Don't waste your time with battery calibration apps, as they are 100% snake oil. Likewise, you can disregard any misinformation about wiping battery stats, as that has absolutely no bearing on battery charge indication.
Try unplugging your battery for a few minutes, and then plug it back in, ensuring that the connector is firmly seated.
Getting pissed off here. N7 shuts down at 42% now. WTF. Is this a 4.2.2 problem? If so how do I revert back to an earlier version?
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Mine is ****ing **** since 4.2.2 and its official, writing this it went from 40 to 37 the ****
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I am seeing reduced battery life on 4.2.2...
I used to be able to go all day on a charge. Now I can't make it through the evening ...
I know that is subjective as I didn't indicate my prior usage compared to my current usage pattern.
But my perception is that battery life has degraded ...
As an aside, I noticed that an el-cheapo IKEA power strip didn't provide enough juice to keep the battery from draining further while using it when plugged in...
It plugged in at 20% and kept using the N7... awhile later I was in the mid-teens.
I don't use that power strip any longer....
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Poor battery life on 4.4

My biggest gripe with kitkat is that battery life doesn't feel close to what I was getting with 4.2. Sorry I don't have any screens saved, but generally dead after 14-16 hours with 2 hours screen on time.
Running stock 4.4 with ART
How is your battery life on kitkat? Any tips to improve battery life?
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Same complaint here. Went from 5 hours of screen on time to just over 3. Android OS is the biggest draw. I've heard it might be from exchange email which I need for work but I'm not sure.
Moto X KK poor battery life
bsinc1962 said:
Same complaint here. Went from 5 hours of screen on time to just over 3. Android OS is the biggest draw. I've heard it might be from exchange email which I need for work but I'm not sure.
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I can't complain. 5 hours on screen for me. Ram management is much better than 4.2.2 as well. Why not start fresh with RSD?
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Do you use exchange email?
I have noticed a sizable drain as well, I use to be able to get 2+ hours before I hit 50% and make it a whole day without a problem, today I was at 1:20 at 50% and I didn't change the usage of my phone.
I am still on Dalvik and no Exchange Email
bsinc1962 said:
Same complaint here. Went from 5 hours of screen on time to just over 3. Android OS is the biggest draw. I've heard it might be from exchange email which I need for work but I'm not sure.
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I've had the aosp email app frozen since day 1.
As to the other post, RSD?
Edit: to be clear I don't use exchange
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From what I can tell ART definitely affects battery
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From what I can tell ART definitely affects battery
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I originally heard it would be a boost in battery. Have you extensively tried both? Can you compare them?
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Here we go again.. I have had (and later only followed) these discussions from my early Donuts days; after EVERY system update always complaints about battery drain - vanishing the cries (and the issues) in couple of days.. Bet (and discussed) this being some update issue; resetting battery charge points, connecting servers, fine-tuning system, apps; your guess is as good as mine!
But; this thread will vanish in couple of weeks - says me.
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Here we go again.. I have had (and later only followed) these discussions from my early Donuts days; after EVERY system update always complaints about battery drain - vanishing the cries (and the issues) in couple of days.. Bet (and discussed) this being some update issue; resetting battery charge points, connecting servers, fine-tuning system, apps; your guess is as good as mine!
But; this thread will vanish in couple of weeks - says me.
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Yup. Battery life on Moto X 4.4 is at least 50% better than 4.2.2 Moto X. My first full charge on ART was 34hs 2.5hrs SOT.
Here is my second full charge rundown:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47794678&postcount=138
3rd full charge is 8hrs 85% left (was watching youtube videos on LTE through lunch). 0 complaints. :good:
Edit: I should mention that mine is a Dev Edition and I have frozen a TON of bloat.
Can anyone tell me what modality service is?
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Idk my battery sucked before a factory data reset. I had to to try to fix lag and app install issues. Since ive been pretty good. 8 hours off charger at 54% with 1hr 45min screen time.
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bmszabo said:
Here we go again.. I have had (and later only followed) these discussions from my early Donuts days; after EVERY system update always complaints about battery drain - vanishing the cries (and the issues) in couple of days.. Bet (and discussed) this being some update issue; resetting battery charge points, connecting servers, fine-tuning system, apps; your guess is as good as mine!
But; this thread will vanish in couple of weeks - says me.
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I say bull. I've been on 4.4 for 5 days now and I've consistently had worse battery life. My phone is currently at 50% after 6 hours
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mikel.canovas said:
I say bull. I've been on 4.4 for 5 days now and I've consistently had worse battery life. My phone is currently at 50% after 6 hours
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What are your usage statistics?
I'm having great battery life... Though, I am rooted and have some crap frozen, but the overall difference between stock 4.4 and rooted 4.4 is pretty minimal. Currently at 61% battery, 7.5hrs off charger, 2.5hr screen time. BT on 100% Wi-Fi on 50% GPS on 100%.
AT&T Moto X rocking rooted 4.4
I just did a full factory reset so I'm going to give it a couple of days to see if that helps.
For the people in this thread that say they are not having an issue.. what is typical for your Android OS service usage percent? My screen was my top drain before the update, but Android OS is now.
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For the people in this thread that say they are not having an issue.. what is typical for your Android OS service usage percent? My screen was my top drain before the update, but Android OS is now.
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Go to location settings and at the top you'll see mode, I bet everyone is set on high accuracy, reset mine to battery saving and Android OS dropped within hours
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flashallthetime said:
Go to location settings and at the top you'll see mode, I bet everyone is set on high accuracy, reset mine to battery saving and Android OS dropped within hours
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Good point. I usually have all location reporting off. I'm sitting at 11.5hrs, 1hr SOT and 76% battery left. I won't have to charge it till tomorrow night.
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Go to location settings and at the top you'll see mode, I bet everyone is set on high accuracy, reset mine to battery saving and Android OS dropped within hours
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Yes, you're right on my setting. I've changed it to battery saving. I'll see how it goes tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Q] Fault battery indicator [SOLVED]

Hello, :fingers-crossed:
i'm having a lot of troubles with the battery of my Nexus 4. I'll try to explain this strange situation...
Few days ago i noticed a ridicoulous battery drain while i was, as usually, listening to some music with my bluetooth A2DP headset Jabra HALO2. It was something like 1% every less then 1 minute. At first i thought it was due to a recently upgrade to CM10.2M1 (which is a monthly build of Cyanogenmod on 4.3) or due to a 5 minutes fast charge from the 2A charger of Nexus 10 that could have "upset" the battery.
At first i started focusing on the software side problem; i tried CM10.2RC1, CM10.2, stock 4.3, stock 4.4 and now CM11M1, and, while doing all of those wipes, i noticed that not only the discharge was insanely fast, but even the charge! The graph on the setting panel is almost vertical while cahrging, like 3% to 40% in 25 minutes.
But that's not all, sometimes, after rebooting, i noticed a battery level different from the previous boot, so i decided to wait a full discharge and then fully recharge it. I have waited the 0% (not so much time ) putting the screen always on and the LED flash too, then, i tried few times to turn it on and every time, after the boot screen disappeared it immediately started to turning off due to 0% battery.
Moreover, for being certain, i tried to turn it on in recovery and wait how much time it would take to consume the lasting charge on the battery. Surprisingly, after 30 minutes it was still there! I tried a reboot into system, showing me a 10% remaining battery (WTF), which discharged to 0% in like 3 minutes. Now i'm waiting the whole night the real discharge in recovery with screen always on, hoping that a full recharge could fix it. I would like to evidence that the phone do not overheat during both charghe and discharge, so i guess the battery itself may be ok.
I'm still not sure if it's a software problem, and i'm worrid if it could be an hardware related issue. Maybe it could have been the charge from the 2A adapter.
I really don't know what to do next. Someone knows how to help me?
Here 2 screenshoots, I wasn't able to upload it normally so here the links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnMlFUOGU4bXkzaGs/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnZEtXczNuTXhiMGc/edit?usp=sharing
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I've done a full discharge until even the full hybernation has been shutted down, but seems that it hasn't solved anything. I've also noticed that in the battery stat is missing the display consumption (WTF?!?). Maybe it's a CM11M1 bug, it happen even to my Nexus 10. Here other shots:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnazVacUNZeEZkUlk/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnRHU2QlJibk5TVVE/edit?usp=sharing
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As happened to the N10, after a while the display appear in the stats:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByucdM-SwPNnMEozbzNRVGdzSHc/edit?usp=sharing
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I've noticed just now that while I was waiting a real full discharge of the battery the TWRP couldn't show me the battery percentage. Really strange...
[SOLVED]
In summary, the problem was the combination of kernel+ROM. The CM with his kernel on N4 was consuming tons of electrons. I tried Purity+Hellscore, now i reach few days of low usage and one and half of medium usage
How old is your phone? You might be able to get a replacement from Google under warranty.
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I don't think it'd be the 2A charge, I use the 2A charger on my battery all the time.
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sshark said:
How old is your phone? You might be able to get a replacement from Google under warranty.
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It have 9 months, and yes is still under warrenty, but I've bought it in Spain, and I live in Italy. I think this will be hard to solve
I have some strange problemi too.
Sometines the phone reboot itself and the battery drops (i tried to flash all stock: recovery, bootloader,ROM ecc..)
It could be a faulty battery.. Read this topic, it looks like you have the same kind of problems.
Do you also have simlocks/loss of network connection?
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Faeshaas said:
It could be a faulty battery.. Read this topic, it looks like you have the same kind of problems.
Do you also have simlocks/loss of network connection?
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I've already read this topic, i think the source of the problem may be related with mine, but symptoms are different. It is strange that this happened 9 months later!
Gully discharging the phone, rebooting, discharge again if any, reboot. Connect charger, charge full. Reboot, charge full again if any, reboot. This always worked for me.
You can also try to fully discharge, completely power off the phone and let it fully charge while powered off ( only a white battery should be shown on the display).
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I'm having the same issues with my phone.
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Oxious119 said:
Gully discharging the phone, rebooting, discharge again if any, reboot. Connect charger, charge full. Reboot, charge full again if any, reboot. This always worked for me.
You can also try to fully discharge, completely power off the phone and let it fully charge while powered off ( only a white battery should be shown on the display).
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Already done, nothing....
Did all of u found the problem? Cause it seems i have the same...
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Amiramac said:
Did all of u found the problem? Cause it seems i have the same...
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Unfortunately, no. Probably it is a battery related problem, i'm going to replace it and see what happen. In the meantime not even PurityROM+HellsCore kernel may handle this battery draining...

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