Hey. I am just curious. I always get big mobile standy battery drain, also during the night time. It is not affected by enabling or disabling location, bluetooth or wifi.
On battery settings - mobile standy is always bigger than screen drain, I think it is very strange. I am using 4G setting on phone, but anyway if I choose 3G, I got same drain. Please take a look into screenshots. I suppose that there is no fix for it, but I cant believe that all of users have same stats on battery also (4G users).
Honestly, it doesn't look too bad. I would say it is about as good as you can get on 4G unless you use Xposed.
From my experience, Moto voice was the culprit. When disabled I get about 4 hrs sot. Once enabled, cell standby drain jumps and sot drops to around 2 hrs.
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SirMiks said:
From my experience, Moto voice was the culprit. When disabled I get about 4 hrs sot. Once enabled, cell standby drain jumps and sot drops to around 2 hrs.
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Moto Voice is not the culprit or cause... The issue is cellular signal strength, and SD808 SOC does not use battery efficiently unless signal strength is excellent, anytime it drops the battery usage increases exponentially. The OP's Mobile Standby drain looks very normal to me.
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Moto Voice is not the culprit or cause... The issue is cellular signal strength, and SD808 SOC does not use battery efficiently unless signal strength is excellent, anytime it drops the battery usage increases exponentially. The OP's Mobile Standby drain looks very normal to me.
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Hm I must be thinking of something else. Thanks for clarifying. Sorry for the misinformation.
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Hm I must be thinking of something else. Thanks for clarifying. Sorry for the misinformation.
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No worries... Moto Voice CAN cause battery drain, although it isn't common, it just won't show up as mobile standby, that is purely radio usage.
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Moto Voice is not the culprit or cause... The issue is cellular signal strength, and SD808 SOC does not use battery efficiently unless signal strength is excellent, anytime it drops the battery usage increases exponentially. The OP's Mobile Standby drain looks very normal to me.
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This is why I primarily use 3G and will only occasionally turn on LTE. 3G signal strength is typically better in my area and it helps prevent the extra battery drain. For the most part, since I don't stream much video on mobile data, 3G speeds are more than sufficient for my day to day tasks like email, forum postings, banking, etc.
I kept Moto voice off for some time when I first got the phone because I worried about battery. I decided to give it a try one day and over the course of a couple of weeks I noted the battery drain was negligible despite always listening so I left it on. Any unusual battery drain during standby/sleep I've experienced since then has been due to a rogue app causing wakelocks but it has never been due to Moto voice that I could determine.
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This is why I primarily use 3G and will only occasionally turn on LTE. 3G signal strength is typically better in my area and it helps prevent the extra battery drain. For the most part, since I don't stream much video on mobile data, 3G speeds are more than sufficient for my day to day tasks like email, forum postings, banking, etc.
I kept Moto voice off for some time when I first got the phone because I worried about battery. I decided to give it a try one day and over the course of a couple of weeks I noted the battery drain was negligible despite always listening so I left it on. Ancy unusual battery drain during standby/sleep I've experienced since then has been due to a rogue app causing wakelocks but it has never been due to Moto voice that I could determine.
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Might want to test with LTE on... In many cases LTE uses less battery than 3G in modern SOC's.
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Moto Voice is not the culprit or cause... The issue is cellular signal strength, and SD808 SOC does not use battery efficiently unless signal strength is excellent, anytime it drops the battery usage increases exponentially. The OP's Mobile Standby drain looks very normal to me.
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Ou. If you are saying that it looks fine for you, then I believe it. I am living in the place where are a lot of base stations nearby, so I suppose phone is always switching between the cells to find the best signal at that moment. Thanks.
I was just worried that Mobile Standy is always in first place, and then I got only 2 hours of SOT.
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Might want to test with LTE on... In many cases LTE uses less battery than 3G in modern SOC's.
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If I can get Tasker to do the switch LTE on/off via location I will give it a try. At work I usually get decent enough signal to get data and phone calls on 3G all day but LTE is extremely weak and drops regularly back to 3G so the switching back and forth between bands is murder on the battery and data consistency.
UPDATE: Gave a shot to running LTE on for a few days. Thanks @acejavelin. While my battery life is not really noticeably better, it is not worse either so I can enjoy the greater speed. I just have to manually switch to/from 3G when arriving and leaving work, but I can deal with it.
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I've had this phone for around week (off craigslist so it's been broken in) and I can't seem to get any sort of good battery life from this device. I mean yeah it's ok, max I've gotten is 2.5 hours sot with 10-12 hr standby.
This screen is from today so far. I'm already down to 40% and not even at 2 hrs sot yet. What's going on? I've tried Franco's kernel, fauxs kernel, and now I'm on matr1x kernel. (all with undervolting) I've tried carbon, stock, and now I'm on rasenjb.
I don't think I'll ever get to these 5 and 6 hour sot times with a day and a half of standby everyone is getting.. I bought this device because of how good the battery life I saw everyone was getting and it's been a big disappointment so far. I've tried almost everything and that's why I made this thread. Does anyone have any suggestions?
That's because everyone liked to install custom kernels, underclock, never use their phone like a normal phone and then claim 5 hours SOT which is total BS.
Expect 10-12 hours with 3 hours SOT, that's normal. I've gotten way better than that but only when connected to Wifi and almost no actual phone calls. Anytime you're on the cellular network expect 10-12 hours tops
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That's because everyone liked to install custom kernels, underclock, never use their phone like a normal phone and then claim 5 hours SOT which is total BS.
Expect 10-12 hours with 3 hours SOT, that's normal. I've gotten way better than that but only when connected to Wifi and almost no actual phone calls. Anytime you're on the cellular network expect 10-12 hours tops
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I've seen a lot of screen shots with 4hrs + though. I guess it's only achievable on WiFi. I'm on HSPA+ for 8 hours of the day and then I come home and there's WiFi. So I'm guessing data is draining my battery throughout the day like a hog. Maybe I'll try out that screen off 2G mod that I saw. Thanks for your input!
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6 hours+ sot easy....
google now off
low brightness
nfc etc off (go through all settings and turn all unecessary crap off)
double check settings/google/accountname.gmail .. make sure music sync is off/unticked
use wifi only or 2g if you must (set 2g only anyway even when on wifi, stops the phone switching towers all the time)
use custom kernel and undervolt (optional) ..most come standard with a bit of undevolt already
don't have lots of apps syncing all the time.. facebook ect
use aosp browser or similar and not chrome
don't use live wallpapers
don't play heavy games , use mostly for messaging and browsing
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6 hours+ sot easy....
google now off
low brightness
nfc etc off (go through all settings and turn all unecessary crap off)
double check settings/google/accountname.gmail .. make sure music sync is off/unticked
use wifi only or 2g if you must (set 2g only anyway even when on wifi, stops the phone switching towers all the time)
use custom kernel and undervolt (optional) ..most come standard with a bit of undevolt already
don't have lots of apps syncing all the time.. facebook ect
use aosp browser or similar and not chrome
don't use live wallpapers
don't play heavy games , use mostly for messaging and browsing
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Might as well buy a Nokia 1611 then
Might have to see how PA is on battery life..
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That's because everyone liked to install custom kernels, underclock, never use their phone like a normal phone and then claim 5 hours SOT which is total BS.
Expect 10-12 hours with 3 hours SOT, that's normal. I've gotten way better than that but only when connected to Wifi and almost no actual phone calls. Anytime you're on the cellular network expect 10-12 hours tops
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Don't be hating because you are in a poor signal area. I get 6hrs sot on wifi and at least 4hrs on hspa+. If you are in an area that is a weaker signal, like 3g and edge with only one bar, sot will be less. I am stock rooted, including kernel. If a person doesn't use the phone the battery will last a long time, but the sot will also be low. For example, 24hrs of battery life with only one hour of sot pretty much means the phone was just laying there and barely used. On the other hand, 10hrs of battery life with 5hrs of screen time means the phone was used much and faired good. Apart from sot, cell signal is the biggest battery drainer. When I go to my sis-in-laws, which is a very weak area, my battery steadily drains with my phone just in my pocket. *edit* I should also note, when at home on wifi, I'm also on my Microcell, so I always have a strong signal.
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I usually get between 2.5 and 3.5 hours screen on time. Sometimes better, sometimes worse. You can use better battery stats to diagnose and try to kill unnecessary wakelocks. And yes you can under clock and sacrifice functionality, but rest assured 5-6 hours sot is not typical, even if some people can achieve it on a regular basis.
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Don't be hating because you are in a poor signal area. I get 6hrs sot on wifi and at least 4hrs on hspa+. If you are in an area that is a weaker signal, like 3g and edge with only one bar, sot will be less. I am stock rooted, including kernel. If a person doesn't use the phone the battery will last a long time, but the sot will also be low. For example, 24hrs of battery life with only one hour of sot pretty much means the phone was just laying there and barely used. On the other hand, 10hrs of battery life with 5hrs of screen time means the phone was used much and faired good. Apart from sot, cell signal is the biggest battery drainer. When I go to my sis-in-laws, which is a very weak area, my battery steadily drains with my phone just in my pocket. *edit* I should also note, when at home on wifi, I'm also on my Microcell, so I always have a strong signal.
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Nobody's hating. But somebody IS lying.
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Nobody's hating. But somebody IS lying.
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Are you referring to me? Lying about what? You don't think I can get 6hrs sot on wifi and my microcell. You don't think I can get 4hrs sot on mobile data cellular signal? Those figures are fairly common and I have posted screen shots before. Or maybe you don't believe that a poor signal will drain battery more? Do some research. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=2817363
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Signal
Yeah! Its true. Poor signal make your phone drain more battery.
If in your carrier the 2G signal is better than 3G. Set the phone to use only 2G network. (GSM)
Put this in the phone app: *#*#4636#*#* and see the difference.
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Are you referring to me? Lying about what? You don't think I can get 6hrs sot on wifi and my microcell. You don't think I can get 4hrs sot on mobile data cellular signal? Those figures are fairly common and I have posted screen shots before. Or maybe you don't believe that a poor signal will drain battery more? Do some research. http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=2817363
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You're not talking about real world usage. Nobody uses their phone like that. It's people like you that come into threads where regular users with genuine concerns and questions get ridiculed by some guy who has his "phone" set up like some friggin science project talking about 5-6 hours SOT.
Google Search: Nexus 4 poor battery life
About 12,600,000 results (0.19 seconds)
Google Search: Galaxy S3 poor battery life
About 6,310,000 results(0.24 seconds)
^that's half of the results and the S3 has been out way longer with millions more users/owners
Obviously the Nexus 4 has a sub-par battery for today's standards. Case closed.
I answered his question with real life facts, and you're in here spinning fairy tales feeding a delusion that he can go about using his phone like a normal person and get 5-6 hours SOT.
So yeah, you're lying IMO.
Having a poor signal doesn't cut SOT by 4 hours.
Yes, I forget, I'm not using my phone in the real world when I'm working on my science project. Lol. Sorry buddy, but I did unlock my bootloader and root in order to transfer app data from my previous phone, but I am running the stock rom, even odexed version, and stock kernel. I have syncing, nfc, wifi, and gps always enabled. The only thing I don't keep on is Google Now because I don't use it. If you bothered to look closely at the screen shots, you would see the constant strong signal due to my Microcell. When on a weaker cellular signal, it cuts into my sot. I use a Microcell because without it, I get a really crummy signal, so I know firsthand what battery drain is like. And as I stated, on cellular only, I get 4-5hrs screen time, worse if I'm in a really poor location. Idk where you get this 4hr difference from.
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I usually get around 3.5 - 4 on Franco m2 and carbon Rom browsing the internet on WiFi. No other weird settings, all sync on. It's closer to about 3 doing the same on mobile data. Playing games will toast my battery. I'm still plenty satisfied with my battery life.
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I usually get around 3.5 - 4 on Franco m2 and carbon Rom browsing the internet on WiFi. No other weird settings, all sync on. It's closer to about 3 doing the same on mobile data. Playing games will toast my battery. I'm still plenty satisfied with my battery life.
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Also, watch your background apps, Facebook and Google maps have caused battery drain for some people.
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I usually get around 3.5 - 4 on Franco m2 and carbon Rom browsing the internet on WiFi. No other weird settings, all sync on. It's closer to about 3 doing the same on mobile data. Playing games will toast my battery. I'm still plenty satisfied with my battery life.
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Also, watch your background apps, Facebook and Google maps have caused battery drain for some people.
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I uninstalled facebook. Also Google maps, Google search and most of the other common battery drainers are on greenify. I've come to the conclusion that my mobile data radio is the biggest drainer. Would upgrading my radio offer a more efficient battery life? (I've never upgraded a radio on any of my devices before)
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I uninstalled facebook. Also Google maps, Google search and most of the other common battery drainers are on greenify. I've come to the conclusion that my mobile data radio is the biggest drainer. Would upgrading my radio offer a more efficient battery life? (I've never upgraded a radio on any of my devices before)
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It probably is low signal strength killing your battery, I should have thrown in the fact that 90% of the time I have full signal. Flashing a radio is no biggie, just dont be stupid about it and kill power halfway through the flash. No need to wipe anything either. I think i saw some recovery flashable ones around here, but i like to use fastboot whenever possible. .48 is the latest official radio, with .54 coming from an international white n4. I'm on .48 and holding off until .54 becomes official before deciding to test it out, since .48 is golden for me. Test all of them, older doesnt mean worse and some people have better luck with the older radios.
It may not be relevant to your experience, but I was disappointed initially in N4's battery life too. Even after dialing down most automatic syncing, being very conservative with screen brightness, and other standard measures.
I installed wake lock detector. In my case, Dropbox was at the top of the list, with an inordinate # of system wake ups.
Turned out a copy of Dropbox on another machine on the same network was, with the 'LAN Sync' option enabled by default, sending out gobs of wake-on-lan packets and was waking up the N4 very often; something that would happen even without Dropbox on the N4, presumably.
Disabling Dropbox's LAN sync seemed to bump my battery life ~20-30%.
Google told me 10 - 12 hours continuous useage. I haven't had anything like that from mine.
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It probably is low signal strength killing your battery, I should have thrown in the fact that 90% of the time I have full signal. Flashing a radio is no biggie, just dont be stupid about it and kill power halfway through the flash. No need to wipe anything either. I think i saw some recovery flashable ones around here, but i like to use fastboot whenever possible. .48 is the latest official radio, with .54 coming from an international white n4. I'm on .48 and holding off until .54 becomes official before deciding to test it out, since .48 is golden for me. Test all of them, older doesnt mean worse and some people have better luck with the older radios.
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Thanks for the info! How do I check which radio version I have?
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Why are you fairies arguing?
I got my n4 yesterday and battery seems decent. I was listening to spotify while driving and spent about 1.5 hours in the gym listening to it as well. Also throughout the day was messaging, Facebook, twitter etc. Not heavily, but every once in a while. I'm satisfied.
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Hi guys,
I've had my nexus 4 for a bit less than a year now, and I really am not satisfied with the battery life, both standby and even so when using, ON MOBILE DATA. Battery life on Wifi seems not too bad, but on mobile data, whether the signal is high or low, the battery just goes down super quickly. Everything else about this phone is still rocking so nicely, so I was considering switching phone just for battery life. But I thought maybe I should consider asking here first, and also maybe trying battery pack too. But before I spend my money on a battery pack, do you guys know how to have noticeably longer battery life on nexus 4 WHILE DATA IS ON?
Thanks!
i get 4.5-5h screen on time constantly, with only mobile data, lte. battery life all depends on how you personally use the phone, how you set it up, what apps you use, and, very importantly, the quality of your phone/data signal. that phone/data signal can make a huge impact on battery life. anyways, using hspa+, i get around 4h sot. on lte i get closer to 5h sot.
Look at things that make your phone work more than it has to.
Do you need to report your location to Google to have them prompt you about a nearby business that wants a portion of your paycheck? (or maybe it's allowance). If not turn off location reporting. How bright do you have your screen? Do you have auto brightness enabled?
Google is your friend. Make use of their search tools and do some of the tips they talk about. No matter what you do, mobile data will chew your phone alive if you do not have a good signal.
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i get 4.5-5h screen on time constantly, with only mobile data, lte. battery life all depends on how you personally use the phone, how you set it up, what apps you use, and, very importantly, the quality of your phone/data signal. that phone/data signal can make a huge impact on battery life. anyways, using hspa+, i get around 4h sot. on lte i get closer to 5h sot.
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What Kernel Settings are you using? Thanks
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What Kernel Settings are you using? Thanks
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ondemand/deadline, brightness around 20%, lte with a great data/phone connection, a rom with a minimal amount of features and a kernel with very little amount of features.
simms22 said:
i get 4.5-5h screen on time constantly, with only mobile data, lte. battery life all depends on how you personally use the phone, how you set it up, what apps you use, and, very importantly, the quality of your phone/data signal. that phone/data signal can make a huge impact on battery life. anyways, using hspa+, i get around 4h sot. on lte i get closer to 5h sot.
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Thanks for letting me know. How about standby time? For me, on standby with 3g on (not lte), probably 1% drop for every 5 to 10 minutes. not really sure 100% cause I never measured it. But for ex, on the road, if I check my battery life often, I can see the percentage drop super quickly. When using it, it plummets almost. lol
Does Nova launcher drain battery by any chance? I've been using nova launcher for a long time, but after I installed it for my sister on her pretty old GS2 last time, she told me she thinks Nova launcher is draining her phones battery. I'm not sure what other apps I have may drain battery. FB, and messaging apps definitely makes my phone wake lock more frequently, but I definitely need to get notification from messaging apps, so I can't greenify them. Same for apps like Wunderlist, where I need to receive reminder because they are important.
I just tried a battery saver app but it doesn't really help much..it's much different from when I first got my nexus 4 about an year ago. Back then, I don't know what I had installed but my standby time was extremely good on Wifi at least, MUCH better than my old GS2. But now it's as bad as that.
Do you use any battery saver app? any suggestions?
BTW, the max I get with a mix of 3G and wifi is about 2 hours. No games btw. Just web, google now, play store, app interaction, google plus, etc.
ph37rd said:
Look at things that make your phone work more than it has to.
Do you need to report your location to Google to have them prompt you about a nearby business that wants a portion of your paycheck? (or maybe it's allowance). If not turn off location reporting. How bright do you have your screen? Do you have auto brightness enabled?
Google is your friend. Make use of their search tools and do some of the tips they talk about. No matter what you do, mobile data will chew your phone alive if you do not have a good signal.
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I've searched google a lot before, and they tell me battery saving tips, saving apps, etc that I am already familiar with. I've been using Android since cupcake. But they don't help much because some settings, I need the features, so I can't turn off, and apps they suggested, I tried them before, and I tried again today, but this battery saver app I used (had very good rating and high num of downloads) didn't work as expected. For ex. I tell it to manage both my wifi and data, and when I turn off screen at home with wifi on, it should turn off wifi and ALSO turn off 3g, but it only turns off wifi and it keeps 3g on, which will make my battery life actually worse. I tried with other settings, and it's not as helpful as I thought. Maybe some other battery saver apps are better?
I have the international unlocked exynos variant of the Galaxy s7 Edge running on AT&T in the U.S. I am also running the Renovate Release 1 ROM. Every time I check my battery usage, it reports cell standby has used the most of my battery, with screen coming in second place with much lower battery consumption. Is there any steps I can take to reduce this consumption?? Thanks
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If you don't use your phone much then Cell Standby will be #1.
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If you don't use your phone much then Cell Standby will be #1.
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I really use my phone a lot during the day though. I seem to get battery drain of about 4% per hour when my phone isn't being used. I have no rogue apps ruining in the background or anything and "cell standby" always seems to be the only major battery drainer.
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I have basically the same issue. I loose 2-4% per hour when not using the phone. AOD is running, so I know I will loose some battery life, but the cell standby is 45% , android 20% and google 17%. I have turned off most of the google stuff, so I will monitor that...I do have my phone on 4g, so I know it will eat more battery.....I still do get at least 26 hours out of a full charge
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I have basically the same issue. I loose 2-4% per hour when not using the phone. AOD is running, so I know I will loose some battery life, but the cell standby is 45% , android 20% and google 17%. I have turned off most of the google stuff, so I will monitor that...I do have my phone on 4g, so I know it will eat more battery.....I still do get at least 26 hours out of a full charge
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It's funny because I have AOD turned off at all times... I don't get what is wrong. I mean the battery life is still much better than most any other phone for me but it could be even better.
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I'm also running the same rom and having cell standby drain, it's in second with 20%
What kinda signal strength arebyou guys getting, the exynos is known for having a higher cell standby than sd820
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What kinda signal strength arebyou guys getting, the exynos is known for having a higher cell standby than sd820
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I usually have strong signal in most areas, but there are areas I have spotty signal. However, at work my phone gets great reception but I will pick it up after idle for many hours and have loads of cell standby drain. Is there an issue with VoLTE or something since ATT versions give an option to turn it off, but international models do not?
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I would doubt itd issues with volte since the exynos simply doesn't have it, maybe your missing some LTE bands in your area, did u have this issue when u were on stock ROM? I'm curious myself because the main reason I didn't go with international version was concern for signal strength/cell drain, I use to have a international z4 andy reception was always worse than my wife's att phone
Fixed Cell Standby battery drain on my ATT S7.
Settings, connections, mobile networks, mobile data
Disable enhanced LTE services, then restart.
I was seeing 31% battery drain from Cell Services. When heavily using other apps.
Much much better now.
My problem stared when ATT pushed the WiFi calling update Aug. q, 2016
mdboze said:
Fixed Cell Standby battery drain on my ATT S7.
Settings, connections, mobile networks, mobile data
Disable enhanced LTE services, then restart.
I was seeing 31% battery drain from Cell Services. When heavily using other apps.
Much much better now.
My problem stared when ATT pushed the WiFi calling update Aug. q, 2016
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Can't believe this is the only recent posting about this problem. I have a Galaxy 5 and since the last update, the Cell Standby problem has made my phone practically useless. I read older posts about this problem, and this previous post solved it. I called AT&T and asked about it, but they had no clue. Thanks for the tip...it worked. Cell Standby doesn't even appear on the battery page after having the phone on for 6 hours.
I was having the same issue. When AT&T had that Wi-Fi calling update, my battery was pretty much draining form then on. SMH, they better fix this issue.
Hi all,
I tried all the possible solutions Greenify, Format etc. but my battery still drains more than 3% per hour.
Should I go and change the device from service center? I am wondering they will not take this as a replacement.
Do you disable GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when not using?
The standby drain will persist depending on the 4G signal strength. If you are in a strong coverage area, it should not be more than 1.5%-2%/hr. Also are you on WQHD or FHD? Disabling AOD and being on FHD helps.
Also seeing strong standby drain after the last update, not sure why?
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Jostian said:
Also seeing strong standby drain after the last update, not sure why?
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by strong do you mean good or bad?
Bad, dropping 2 to 3 percent per hour
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linom said:
The standby drain will persist depending on the 4G signal strength. If you are in a strong coverage area, it should not be more than 1.5%-2%/hr. Also are you on WQHD or FHD? Disabling AOD and being on FHD helps.
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4G signal may be an issue.. I dont have strong network at home and office. but rest of the things like FHD, disabling AOD all the tweaks I have done.
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4G signal may be an issue.. I dont have strong network at home and office. but rest of the things like FHD, disabling AOD all the tweaks I have done.
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Download 'Network Cell Info" from playstore and check your signal strength. (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wilysis.cellinfo&hl=en). Also here is a ready reference to evaluate 4G LTE signal parameters: http://blog.industrialnetworking.com/2014/04/making-sense-of-signal-strengthsignal.html
Hope this helps!
linom said:
The standby drain will persist depending on the 4G signal strength. If you are in a strong coverage area, it should not be more than 1.5%-2%/hr. Also are you on WQHD or FHD? Disabling AOD and being on FHD helps.
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This. For some reason, the signal at my house is just horrible. Maybe it has to do with the tall trees surrounding the area? I get much worst standby time compare to when I'm at my vacation home.
Yeah this is only the negative I have right now with this phone. I get impressive 6 to 7 hours SOTs before needing recharge but standby times are bad despite no using AOD and keeping all apps at always sleep in settings but I am not rooted yet.
My rooted S5 LTE-A with RR gets impressive 2 and sometimes up to 3 days standby with 3G/LTE but thats with greenify and adaway.
Anyone here with rooted S8 with greenify get more standby time?
janver22 said:
Yeah this is only the negative I have right now with this phone. I get impressive 6 to 7 hours SOTs before needing recharge but standby times are bad despite no using AOD and keeping all apps at always sleep in settings but I am not rooted yet.
My rooted S5 LTE-A with RR gets impressive 2 and sometimes up to 3 days standby with 3G/LTE but thats with greenify and adaway.
Anyone here with rooted S8 with greenify get more standby time?
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How do you get 6-7 hrs SOT when your standby is bad?. My standby is about 2%/hr and I get 4-5 hrs SOT mixed wifi and 4G LTE.
linom said:
How do you get 6-7 hrs SOT when your standby is bad?. My standby is about 2%/hr and I get 4-5 hrs SOT mixed wifi and 4G LTE.
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That scenario would be charging the phone to 100%, LTE/3G at full bars, watching youtube podcast videos @ 480p for total of 4+ hours, reading ebook for an hour and some web browsing for remaining time till 5%.
Problem is when I charge 100% and just leave the phone for about 6 hours no use whatsoever, i get 85 - 80 after checking again. That is with good signal as well.
janver22 said:
Yeah this is only the negative I have right now with this phone. I get impressive 6 to 7 hours SOTs before needing recharge but standby times are bad despite no using AOD and keeping all apps at always sleep in settings but I am not rooted yet.
My rooted S5 LTE-A with RR gets impressive 2 and sometimes up to 3 days standby with 3G/LTE but thats with greenify and adaway.
Anyone here with rooted S8 with greenify get more standby time?
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Yes when using continuous it gives 5-6 hours SOT. But when phone is idle it gives me really less SOT
sp1312 said:
Yes when using continuous it gives 5-6 hours SOT. But when phone is idle it gives me really less SOT
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The SOT needs to be ignored. What matters is standby time. If we dont use the phone for a couple of hours and you see the battery drop considerably then something is wrong with your apps/signal. BBS/GSM helps point out the wakelocks for apps, but a bad signal has limited options. Its high time, Google & OEMs should try and address the standby drain issues. This is one area where iOS excels, due to a closed and nuclear approach towards apps.
I recently switched from metro pcs to boost Mobile and am noticing heavy drain. When I first did it I was in the deoxed stock rom with a custom kernel so I thought maybe it was the kernel. I then went back to stock and drain is the same. I often take my phone off the charger around 5 530 am and by 615 or so when I'm done snoozing I still am usually at around 99 or 98 percent. Furthermore I'm able to stream iHeartRadio, Spotify, etc all day at work and only have it get down to about 45 percent. Since switching to boost by the time I stop snoozing at 615 the battery is all the way down to 88 or so and will drain almost all the way at work. Is CDMA really that bad? I don't notice particularly horrible signal so I don't think it's cuz it's constantly searching or anything. Jeeze what a trade off.
Sounds like a signal strength or radio issue... have you installed GSAM or similar app to check if the radio is actually what is using the battery?
And depending on signal strength, yes, CDMA can be a real battery drainer. Try to get on LTE if at all possible.
acejavelin said:
Sounds like a signal strength or radio issue... have you installed GSAM or similar app to check if the radio is actually what is using the battery?
And depending on signal strength, yes, CDMA can be a real battery drainer. Try to get on LTE if at all possible.
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Yeah it has to be the boost sim. Never had this issue before. It depletes way too quickly. What I don't get is that I have LTE pretty consistent. It's not like it's bouncing back and forth from 3G. I guess I should've just stayed with metro lol.