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I like how the two alternative phones you list are polar opposites in terms of price-range.
>I'm starting to think that I got a broken product.
So you bought the phone in February, this was 7 months ago. You should have discovered more quickly whether or not the device was botched.
>I use my phone to work and this phone just isn't reliable. From 11am to 14pm I'm down to 15%
If you were using your phone continuously (Screen ON with high brightness ON), then these stats aren't unheard of. It seems like people average 3-4h SOT with the LG G3. If you hardly used the phone and the screen was off for nearly the entirety of the 3 hours then I would start looking at whether you have any abusive apps. If apps aren't the problem, then another area to be looked at is battery health. Take GSam for a spin to maybe determine if this is the source of your poor battery life (and consider getting a fresh battery).
>Issues: - freeze on chrome - freeze on Maps - freeze out if nowhere - painfuly hot
I can't say I've dealt with freezing on my LG G3. The only instances where I experience freezing\lag is when activating the Dual Window pane.
As for heat issues. This phone seems to get as hot as my old Galaxy S3 or my girlfriend's Moto X. Not sure what to tell you on fixing that :\
If you can afford to buy a new phone - I say do it. The new iPhone 6S looks very nice. Everybody's hoping it at least has 2GB of RAM this time around though. Storage upgrades are pricey, but again -- if you can afford it then definitely do it. The new Nexuses\Nexii look promising and I doubt you'll get a laggy experience on the Nexus.
Probably poor cell signal or interference. Your phone is beaming at max power trying to communicate with cell towers.
Run Gsam Battery Monitor which will show a graph of battery life with a phone signal graph with it. That will show you for sure.
You should use GSam Battery Monitor to better report your usage. That's because it leaves out things like what Play Service is actively doing that could cause your issue.
The stock battery app is useless for telling you what's draining your battery. I don't even bother opening it any longer.
Download GSam and let it run for a day or two, making sure to enable the extra battery stats via ADB (it explains how to do this step by step in the app), and it will tell you, at least MORE accurately, what is killing the battery.
First of all, are you rooted? If so, you might want to look at your kernel governor settings.
Barring that, check for wakelocks. Try using GSam to check for screwy stuff.
I've had a ton of issues with my battery on my Droid Turbo 2. I would definitely recommend checking out GSam Battery Monitor ([link]). If you have the technical know-how, I would also highly recommend enabling enhanced stats ([link]).
I found that when I disabled location history for Google services that my battery jumped from MAYBE 5-6 hours all the way up to 48 hours depending on idle use vs. active use with screen on. Not kidding that it was that dramatic.
Hope this helps.
The screen not being on top does not surprise me unless you use your phone a lot. It seems like they've managed to make an exceptionally energy efficient display!
You can use apps like GSam to see in details what's causing your drain: [link]
after a few minute of usage:
- from default battery status, drony only take 1 %
- from gsam battery monitor, drony take 7.2%, it is lower than youtube, but higher than reddit is fun and chrome
Hey gang,
Checked my trusty sources (xda, at&t, and of course reddit) and couldn't figure out what exactly this update was for but just wanted to remind everyone in case it is a performance update of some sort, you might want to clear app cache and system cache after updating to potentially get the most out of whatever particular issue that may or may not exist this update may or may not have been made to possibly address:
Clear the app cache: Settings > General > Storage > Internal Storage > Cached Data > Delete
Afterwards, clear the system cache:
Hold down Home + Power + Volume Up to boot into recovery.
Use Volume to select Wipe Cache Partition and press Power to confirm. Once the system cache is wiped reboot the device.
If you are still having issues, refer to the RAM manager to see what might be slowing down the device (or murdering battery): Tap Settings > Apps > Application Manager > Options (3 dots) > Memory
Can't hurt to use a second app, such as gsam, to monitor app usage as well and look for discrepenancies.
Even without root this app will give much more in-depth information than the battery section of settings. Also it has virtually no impact on battery life.
Just download it and let it run. By tomorrow when your battery is low again it should have enough data to tell you what the culprit is.
No clue, sorry, but that seems super sketchy. Maybe look through your apps for anything you don't recognize? I'd try restarting, and if it continues, maybe try installing something like GSam Battery Monitor to see if you can identify it
i use this app Gsam Battery
which shows you various statistics about your battery life and temperature. It drains nearly nothing from the battery (0.1%). Try it for some days and check if it was an one time thing or it regularly overheat.
So Gsam says that my battery never went hotter than 32° while charging.
In my experiences, GSam Battery Monitor is the most comprehensive battery monitor app for Samsung phones. If you follow the in-app instructions to run the extra adb command, it is incredibly accurate and can actually help track down apps that are doing things in the background to wake the phone up.
Sorry, I don't know much about these stuff. My best idea is to install GSam Battery, and see if anything unusual consumes your battery.
Get the GSam Battery Monitor App, charge your phone up, restart the phone, and then watch what it reports after an hour or so. It should show what is causing the drain.
My battery has been driving me crazy for months, so this is what I've done. It's gotten me to about 2.5 hours of SOT, ending the day with about 5-10% battery.
- Download GSAM Battery Monitor and set it up (Do the adb command to take full advantage of all the stats)
- Charge your battery to 100%
- Use it for a few hours / most of the day
- Check the graph from the first menu ("Others" graph) to see if it is going into Doze for long--solid--periods of time or if it's constantly being kept alive.
- From the 2nd menu option at the bottom, select "Num Times Waking Device"
- Make note of the apps that have a ton of wakelocks (for me, it was IFTTT, Pebble, and Twitter).
- Decide which ones you have to have and which ones you don't need/use. Delete appropriately.
- For apps you have to have, remove all the permissions they don't need (e.g., IFTTT doesn't need Location for me)
- Use Greenify to hibernate the apps you need to keep but are killing your battery
If this works for you, consider paying for the full versions of GSAM or Greenify. It's a few bucks and they're worth it.
Good luck.
Third party apps. I use GSam Battery Monitor. It has a very detailed, zoomable graph, tells you your hourly discharge, how much battery is drained when the screen is on vs. screen is off, with some fiddling can tell you exactly which processed are draining how much battery... I highly recommend it!
Wiping the cache could still be helpful, despite already reinstalling. You should def do that.
If you haven't already, maybe try downloading another battery monitor, such as gsam and see if the reports coincide.
Nope, that's never shown up on my battery stats. I'd watch it over the next couple days to make sure it's not a fluke. Do you have GSAM installed? While not perfect, that app will give you a more detailed run down
Install GSam battery monitor and see which app(s) is taking up your battery.
Also, if your standby time is bad, follow these instructions to see what app is waking up your phone a lot. For me, Instagram was very high on the list. So I used Greenify to hibernate it. If you don't want to use Greenify, just go into settings > apps and force quit Instagram. That's all Greenify does. It's just easier to push a button with Greenify and dig through settings to force quit Instagram. After I hibernated Instagram, my standby time improved dramatically.
Also, if you have Facebook, FB Messenger, or Snapchat installed, uninstall it for a day and see if that makes a difference. A lot of people complain about battery drainage from those apps, especially facebook.
Couple of things.. First... Clean Master has pretty much turned into a spammy app. Might be best to get rid of it.
Secondly, DON"T kills running apps for the sake of killing running apps. Android manages this itself and, unlike Windows, the goal is to use as much RAM as possible before performance dips. You will see apps start after you kill them, but they sit idle and don't actually do anything. The way Android works, when an app is killed, Android will load another app to take its place, or reload the same one. It tries to guess what you use often, loads them in RAM, so when you go to them, they're already ready for you to use.
Thirdly, heat + battery drain is a sign of a misbehaving app. What is likely happening is an app you have installed or updated won't let the phone go to sleep, and in fact is possibly running overtime itself. When an app doesn't let the phone go to sleep, it's called a Wakelock. Pre-Android 4.4, apps could detect wakelocks without root. But now root is required since KitKat released. Apps like Wakelock detector could tell you what app is causing the problem. If you're not rooted, you can try GSam Battery Monitor to track your apps' affect on the battery, but I'm not sure how much it'll help without root. Other thing you can do is keep an eye on Phone Settings -> Battery to spot what app(s) is/are using the most battery. It would be best to get rid of the app causing the problem. OR use Greenify to keep the app closed until you need it.
I tried accubattery for a while and I think its trash because it's terribly inaccurate for getting good info dumps of your battery. I personally like Gsam for telling me what is eating battery and how much time I'm getting on a charge. You'll need to use a little adb to get all the individual app info, but it's super simple and they walk you though it. As for battery health, every once and a while I use an external meter to figure my battery capacity. Currently testing this which actually seems pretty accurate without needing to constantly run in the background. Just charge until full and check the battery tab. I've lost about 4% in a year of use on my a70. Good luck finding something that works for you.
Try using GSAM with ADB permissions. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en Also give it the optional permissions for even more details. Restart the phone after giving the permissions.
Charge it to 100%, unplug and go to sleep.
In the morning you'll be able to see exactly which app was using the battery.
I used to have an LG G4 with nasty battery issues, and the best utility I found to give me insight was GSam Battery Monitor. It doesn't require root, but to get the most out of it you have to set up ADB, which it walks you through every step of the way.
I would also agree with u/blanco2701, though. You're obsessing a tad, not that it's a bad thing. If you're getting through the day, you're doing fine.
>Using latest version of LOS 16, on Oneplus One (Bacon) ...takes approx 90 plus mins after a full charge, before apps used start to show up. Those used earlier don't...any ideas? Apps like Twitter,Linkedin etc. take even longer to display it's usage...
In LineageOS 16.0 an app needs to consume at least 1% of the battery before showing up in > Settings > Battery > 3-dots > Battery usage.
>Those used earlier don't...
It may vary with the device model but on my Galaxy S5 klte 16.0 if charged to 90% or more & disconnected the battery stats will be reset so no stats for "apps used earlier".
Get a third-party app for more details & cumulative battery history like GSam Battery Monitor for example.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
BTW "latest" will not mean a thing for future readers after the next update so including the build date is good practice IMO. ;)
>...OPO running LOS 16, it take around 60 mins after a full charge and started using it for apps used to start appearing...
In LineageOS 16.0 an app needs to consume at least 1% of the battery before showing up in > Settings > Battery > 3-dots > Battery usage.
>Apps used earlier don't appear.
It may vary with the device model but on my Galaxy S5 klte 16.0 if charged to 90% or more & disconnected the battery stats will be reset so no stats for "apps used earlier".
Get a third-party app for more details & cumulative battery history like GSam Battery Monitor for example.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide: [link]
>...LOS 16, daily updated, non rooted after a full charge, app usage start to appear after a while, approx 15-20 mins
In LineageOS 16.0 an app needs to consume at least 1% of the battery before showing up in > Settings > Battery > 3-dots > Battery usage.
>...and it doesn't display mAh used by the app just %.
Yep. That's sad but normal in 16.0.
Get a third-party app for more details like GSam Battery Monitor
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide: [link]
In regards to the battery percentage, I set mine to hover around 65%. I know this is all controversial but battery university says 3.93V/cell is the optimal charge. I downloaded GSAM battery monitor and figured out that around 65% is the optimal percentage for this. I have my charger charge from 63%-65%.
Install gsam battery monitor. And connect your phone to a computer to give it permissions without needing root.
Let it observe your phone.
It doesn't help specifically with your problem, but on my s4 I have an app (GSam battery monitor) that shows me the charging amount when i plug the phone in, so I can easily test cord/block combos for a faster charge, and to tell which of them are hooped.
you could also get a battery charger for the battery itself, although thats a bit of a pain in the ass. [link]
GSam Battery Monitor might be worth a look. I have the paid version, and it has all those features, I can't remember if the free version does or not.
Hey man, I know exactly what you mean. I've been able to improve mine significantly in a few ways:
1) I listen to podcasts at 2x speed, and I found out that this absolutely DESTROYS battery, since the CPU is going crazy.
2) I suggest you download the GSAM application and then go through these steps to unlock additional features. This will allow you to explore what is causing battery drain.
3) Using the above GSAM app, you can look at what apps are "waking up" your device from deep sleep. I was able to discover that two applications were constantly waking up my device. One was the "Podcast Addict" application that I think was constantly updating its ads and would not stay in sleep mode. The second was some worthless bloatware application called "AT&T App Select" that was sending hundreds of wake signals to my phone. I switched podcast apps and disabled the later app. Now my phone sleeps for a majority of the time i'm not using it.
4) This might sound dumb, but to get good screen on times, you have to...use your screen! What I mean is that I was complaining before of having low screen times, but thats because I didn't have much time to use it, but it would still last a long time. I've been more recently using it for flashcards and things to study, and have gotten SOTs of 8 hours now.
I think using the GSAM app has been the most helpful thing I've done so far, and I hope this all helps you.
sounds like you might have 1 big culprit (unoptimized app, or app your phone is having a hard time monitoring sleep/unsleep for), maybe use Gsam to try identify it (been recommended around here)
An app might be wakelocking your device or running heavy processes in the background, use something like this to figure out which one
/u/becauseimoldenough mentioned a good way in the system menus to determine this, but I have also found the below app to be easy to use, has useful widgets, and contains more information than just use time since being unplugged. Technically, neither shows uptime since it was last unplugged, but I think they are both what you are looking for.
It has a lot of other features but the default information displayed shows you the information since last unplugged (including battery time used since last unplugged).
Those apps are not really useful tbh. Usually a gimmick. Have you noticed that the drain has started when you installed any recent apps? Most likely, since I too had an LG, it is just Lg's bloatware always running in the background or some app always waking it up. Unfortunately, you need root to remove them. You can try this app: Gsam battery monitor. I don't believe you need root access for it. Idk how good it will be. If you want better standby time, you can disable auto-sync, turn of location services, and even disable data when going to sleep. If you are rooted, greenify is a great app.
Your phone will display a notification if it is getting too hot.
In case you want to measure your phone's temperature more accurately, we would recommend you to download an app on Play Store. You can install one of those two apps below to know the temperature of your phone when it charges. [link] [link]
If the temperature is at or below the recommended 48-49 degrees Celsius, there is no cause for concern.
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It is hard to tell what is really going on looking at the built-in battery tracker. While stock Android gives us a few more tools (such as inidications of wifi and cell transmitter usage) this is hidden in the Samsung version.
Try downloading a more robust battery tracking app like GSAM (very popular around here) and see if it does a better job pointing out the source of your problem.
Install a good battery monitor app, like GSAM. It'll provide you with a breakdown of who did what to whom, and when.
~~The possibility exists that the battery is old and/or crappy.~~ I carry a deep-cycle marine battery around with me at all times to mitigate this problem. Made myself a cunnin' belt holster for it and everything. Now my back hurts.
> Some Korean car navigation (aka GPS in the US) apps
Those Korean GPS apps are notorious users of power.
Hmm. I see a lot of location services and knox/system updates. Can't really tell outside of that. But judging by the numbers, it wasn't even awake or using the GPS for that long...like I suggested to the OP, install GSAM, which will give you a breakdown of your phone's usage and help you pinpoint the issue.
There's a few out there, but Droid-Life used GSam Battery monitor.
Excited to hear your results!
Does require the root companion app to read some of the battery stats in more recent versions of Android however.
GSam is a battery monitor with a pretty good rep, installed it a few days ago but then the LG system update reset it completely so now I'm waiting for the data to refill.
Wouldn't mind seeing your averages with GSAM Battery monitor. Gives a much better real world use perspective of battery life. Here's my average. Gotta use it for a week or so before the results are accurate though.
Do you charge it in sunlight, or while you are using it so it gets super hot? I've ballooned a few batteries on phones over the years doing this, and I use GSAM so I get a warning if my device overheats. Saves my current phone routinely when I'm charging, running GPS and streaming music as I drive and forget I should turn on the AC in my car to keep it cool.
Yes AMOLED uses "less" than massive battery usage from LCD, but it's still way more than the rest of the phone. But we may have different screen types and experiences, so the best to check this is to get a better monitoring app, I like Gsam, and it has a screen battery drain section along with antennas, apps, and how much each app specifically uses. Even all my apps added up are still less than what the screen uses by itself on P2
Get gsm battery monitor, play a bit with the app battery consumption charts till it asks for adb authorization and it will ~give you "accurate" info about how the battery is used. Others (I think) is probably all the rest of the apps combined and battery it may not know how it was consumed. It's a very good app.
I use this, [link], to notify me when the battery reaches 80 and then 90 percent while charging. I have also set it to notify when discharged to frist 50 and then 40. Maybe this meets some of your needs.
What about the version from signal website?
For deeper insights what is causing the battery drain you can install GSam Battery Monitor and open it with aurora. Selecting 'since screen off' you can see what eats your battery.
I personally use Gsam, I think its world's better than accu whatever that is being shown here. Just gives you plain stats of screen on time and percentage of battery use along with percentages of things like, WiFi or Bluetooth use and how much those used up your battery as well.
GSam seems more straightforward to me, and I like that you can buy the pro version as a separate app instead of IAP. It's worth a look anyway.
Be sure to follow the adb procedure to enable additional battery stats.
And try this app...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en
its more detailed then the default battery app for samsung.
GSam Battery Monitor shows how much cpu, battery, and network data each app has used.
There is also a Pro version if you want to get rid of the ads and support the dev.
The system app manager will show info about the storage space and memory usage. (If you are viewing an app in GSam Battery Monitor, then tapping the "Manage" button will take you there.).
maybe this app can help: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
it works without root, but to enable all features you'll need a pc/mac with adb, and run these commands:
adb devices
adb shell pm grant com.gsamlabs.bbm android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
adb shell settings put global hidden_api_policy 1
(just google how to use adb and gsm)
maybe this app can help: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
it works without root, but to enable all features you'll need a pc/mac with adb, and run these commands:
adb devices
adb shell pm grant com.gsamlabs.bbm android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
adb shell settings put global hidden_api_policy 1
(just google how to use adb and gsm)
GSam's "Others" chart (accessible when clicking on the leftmost, album, icon in the bottom menu) has a line for the WiFi signal. This could be what you're looking for.
You probably have a malicious app that is causing your phone to not enter deep sleep mode. Check battery stats to see the culprit and review what apps you're using.
GSam + ADB Commands is what I recommend, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en&gl=US
Getting pretty good battery life here. 7 hours SOT with around 30-32 hours standby.
I recommend using GSam Batter Monitor ([link]) to diagnose the wakelocks. You will also get insights about the network coverage which heavily affects the battery consumption. The instructions to grant permission via adb are in the app itself.
You can also see the number of wakelocks for every app using GSam Battery Monitor.
Naptime is also worth checking out, especially if you are not rooted.
Also, you can disable background activity for individual apps by tapping & holding the app icon, tap "App info" > Battery > and turn off "Allow background activity". I do this for every app that doesn't need constant access to the internet or notifications. Don't do this to your email or messaging apps, for obvious reasons.
It doesn't give any notifications but you would know when it's on by the red battery gauge.
For your requirements, I would suggest that you look for a 3rd party app.
Edit: I recommend doing a full discharge+full charge cycle to recalibrate your battery. You can try using this app afterwards but first you should perform the recalibration and check if the issue still persists.
Another monitoring app worth trying is GSam Battery Monitor. You may be able to get more details in terms of app usage and wakelocks in there.
I'm just quoting another comment from this thread. Have you tried this?
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>Try using GSAM with ADB permissions. [link] Also give it the optional permissions for even more details. Restart the phone after giving the permissions.
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>Charge it to 100%, unplug and go to sleep.
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>In the morning you'll be able to see exactly which app was using the battery.
>u/complexramification - LineageOS 17.1 with Harpia is having a severe battery drain, sometimes dropping one percent in less of 5 minutes...
Try booting in Safe Mode which disables temporarily all your installed apps & if the problem is solved then the battery draining problem is caused by something you installed.
In the Power menu you can long press either Power off or Restart & select boot in Safe Mode.
After testing reboot to get back to normal System.
Did you flash anything else besides LineageOS? Custom kernel, Magisk + some modules, GApps package?
Check in Developer options > Running services > and also it's 3-dots > Show cached processes.
What happens if you try a third-party app like GSam Battery Monitor for example?
See GSam user guide:
>Tip: A high discharge amount while screen is off may indicate a problem app running in the background.
Maybe your battery needs replacement?
The best troubleshooting step to confirm or rule out a hardware problem is to flash the most recent stock manufacturer's OS for your device & test thoroughly before installing a custom ROM like LineageOS.
Try using this and see what drains your battery most. Maybe check what apps you have that aren't sleeping when you're not using them? Good luck
The stock battery tracker is ok, but GSam Battery Monitor and BetterBatteryStats are much more useful and informative.
>u/zehhph - Fresh Install of 17.1 battery is draining fast. I used to get almost 32 hours of battery with MIUI, down to 12 on LOS...
You forgot to mention your exact device model. ;-)
Did you install GApps, Magisk (+ some modules?), custom kernel, etc?
Try booting in Safe Mode which disables temporarily all your installed apps & if the battery drain problem is solved then the problem is caused by something you installed.
In the Power menu you can long press either Power off or Restart & select boot in Safe Mode.
After testing reboot to get back to normal System.
What happens if you try a third-party app like GSam Battery Monitor for example?
See GSam user guide:
>Tip: A high discharge amount while screen is off may indicate a problem app running in the background.
Some of the basic solutions you can try:
1) Give it time: Just like the other person says, let the battery calibrate itself over 2-3 charge cycles. It can sometimes take a while but it gets back to normal based on your usage.
2) Go to battery optimization, advanced optimization and enable deep and sleep standby optimization. This should prevent any battery drain at night. (fair warning, you might miss out on some apps' notification until you wake your phone up)
3) Clear your phone's cache from recovery.
4) If the battery performance still doesn't improve after a few days, download a battery monitor, like Gsam and use it to analyze what's eating your battery
>u/Corellian10 - I flashed LOS 15.1 on my phone and now the battery percentage is stuck at 50%. The phone charges as normal and works fine...
What happens if you try a third-party app like GSam Battery Monitor for example?
Exact device model? Is that an official LineageOS?
If you need help with an unofficial custom rom then go to the thread where you got it from to get help as who knows what's in it exactly.
And there you might find actual users of that unofficial OS with similar questions.
GSam Battery Monitor has configurable battery level alarms, and it works great for me. Also provides useful battery stats.
I find it helpful to combine this with something like Pushbullet that mirrors notifications to my PC, so the battery level notification also pops up on my PC. Alternatives to Pushbullet include Join, EasyJoin, or Windows 10 notification mirroring. Take your pick.
I wonder if you manually tap on each column on the graph it gives the correct hours usage? As far as I can tell, it seems like it.
In any case, people are better off using an app like Gsam
I forgot to install it my first day, but been using it since. Much better tracking.
I don't believe it does at all. My reason for turning it off was because I wanted to see if there was any truth to the Pixel rumour that having it off makes scrolling smoother. I am undecided.
If you leave it off but still want accurate tracking you could try using an app like Gsam battery monitor [link] I used to use this a lot on my previous phone.
Off charger for what looks to be 20 hours with near 7 hours of screen on time according to your screenshot. Not too bad honestly, but if you want answers get GSam Battery Monitor and take a look at what's using the battery.
>u/bennettscience - I have a 2016 Pixel (sailfish) and installed the Jan 23 16.0 build the other day. Since then, my battery life has tanked...
What else did you flash besides LineageOS?
Did you do a clean install including Format Data + System wipe?
Try a third-party app like GSam Battery Monitor which has a cumulative history that does not get reset when charging the battery @ 100%, reboot or update.
See GSam user guide which is a little bit dated but informative.
J'ai eu à peu près la même chose, c'était un "service" google qui me pompait la batterie. Je l'avais chopé grâce à cette appli qui te donne la consommation par app, par contre il faut rooter le tel ou bidouiller 2-3 trucs.
I used to use accubattery, but I feel like it actually does more harm than good. I really like GSam because it just says what the battery is being used by, and that way I can work with that. I could be wrong about accubattery but I had it when I first got my A70 and it wanted to tell me that I started with 4000mah, which felt wrong.
Gsam battery monitor At least on pro version has that feature that calculates your remaining battery life, baset on the last 10 minutes of use and appropriate estimates of your typical use.
I haven't used the free version in years, so I'm not sure if it has that same feature or not.
But on the latest Android versions you need to use adb commands from your computer to give gsam permission to see battery consumption of other apps.
But fear not, they have easy to follow guide for windows, mac and Linux within the app. With all the necessary text commands that you need to type on your computer.
Even guy like me who never had used adb commands and last time that I had used something similar to the text ui of the adb was ms-dos back in the early 90's
get gsam it gives more accurate results in my opinion and it will actually allow you to see if the changes you made had any effect since you can set the starting point for the stats
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en_GB
> So you mean for instance that I create a bug report, post the link to it and you add the logcat?...
No. The creator of the bug report must include a logcat made on his own device.
To make the logcat short & relevant: reboot, reproduce the problem & capture the logcat.
>...Can I create a report and leave it open until you have added the logcat?
The bug report stays open until the user resolves the problem & closes it or a LineageOS dev does the same for a variety of reasons.
Other users can post in the bug report's thread and add their grain of salt including their own logcat attachement to show to devs that the problem is affecting more than one device & add troubleshooting data points.
>...Adguard doesn't even appear in the list, but that may be because the browser has only 4%....
The minimum battery usage threshold for an app to appear in Settings > Battery > Battery usage is 1%.
So with a browser usage of only 4% then Adguard should not be visible at all.
A third-party app can show decimals like GSam Battery Monitor which has a cumulative history that does not get reset when charging the battery @ 100%, reboot or update.
See GSam user guide which is a little bit dated but informative.
get https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en_GB and see whats draining the battery so much
also reading the comments I recommend you either get rid of facebook all together or use lite/custom app
Try with a power adapter with an output of 5v with at least 2 amps.
Try with an other cable.
Vacuum clean the USB port of the device & look for pocket lint in it with a flashlight & a magnifying glass.
Use an app like GSam Battery Monitor to check the charging current in mA.
But those battery apps just do a guesstimate.
I use a cheap in-line USB multimeter to monitor the actual real current drawn by the my S5 while charging as seen in the screenshot of S5 Battery Charging - Fake 100%
With that USB multimeter I can spot bad cables & power adapters or sometime just disconnecting/re-connecting the cable makes the amps jump back to normal.
Or maybe you have a fake or old battery with reduce capacity but it's not a LineageOS problem.
Is the charger and cable good? One way to test is using an app like GSam battery monitor ( there are others but that's the one I know) which when plugged into a charger, will give you an idea how much juice is coming into the phone. For example, my app is telling me when I plug it in that the battery is getting 1180mA. Normally it sits at 480 mA, so I know my cable and block are doing ok.
I've had bad cables/blocks before that tell me the phone is charging, although it really isn't doing much at all. Hopefully that's the only problem.
It almost sounds like something software wise that's causing that issue. Perhaps an app? Use an app like GSam Battery Monitor and let it run. I remember years ago on my LG G Flex 2, it was Google News that acted like it was in a while loop taking up the processor, running down the battery.
I'm thinking your issue is an app (or system software) that's stuck trying to figure out the cellular information. Have you tried restarting your phone since inserting the SIM?
So nothing notable shows up on the battery usage screen? Greenify won't show battery usage of apps; you'll need to use a battery monitoring app such as GSam Battery Monitor.
Also, can you check under developer options (enable it if you haven't already done so by repeatedly tapping on the Build number on the Software info screen under About phone) and see that "Aggressive Wi-Fi to Cellular handover" and "Cellular data always active" are unchecked? I've heard that on some phones, the latter one is checked by default.
I've noticed similar issues recently on my Pixel XL, but only when connected to the WiFi at my office (which is a University). So far I've been able to track the issue down to a wifi related wakelock: qcom_rx_wakelock. See the screenshot from GSam Battery Monitor.
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Just use GSAM Battery Monitor. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en_US
That's to be expected, as the screen is one of the components that'll draw most power.
If you want to really delve down into what's possibly causing an issue on your phone you can either enable BATTERY_STATS permission via adb for an app (see the description for how) like I've done above, or even just throw a bug report or two to Battery Historian which will overwhelm you with stats.
I find that it's reasonably accurate. Considering it doesn't require root / ADB permission. I also have gsam for a different perspective. Offten both AccuBattery, and Gsam are within margin of error of the default battery stats. I think that's acceptable
Start removing apps one by one and checking results. GSam battery monitor is a valuable tool to help with this.
Factory reboot, as mentioned, might help.
Batteries wear out, though. There are only so many charge cycles a battery can withstand until it's dead. I don't know if there's a 3rd party battery replacement service for the S7, but it'd likely be cheaper than buying a new phone.
Have you had look at GSam Battery Monitor ([link])
Though to pinpoint what apps are eating your battery you either need root or go though a complicated process (which does not require root). Instruction are in the app.
I've got a DS as well. Lasts for about 1,5 days before I have to charge it. Check your battery usage with [link] or something similar.
OG Pixel here (non XL). It's holding up great!
- If battery life is going down, I haven't noticed it. I learned yesterday that the battery stats permission that Android recently removed can be re-addded to apps like Gsam. with an ADB command, so I'll be able to keep a closer eye on battery life now.
- Burn-in is very slight, and only noticeable if looked for on white screens. I keep a low-mid brightness, and don't leave my screen on for long. My wife's on the other hand is more noticeable. She uses more brightness, and will accidentally leave her screen on for long periods of time.
- No damage, except for small marks on the back and sides from dust getting between my case and resting there for too long.
- No problems with ports.
- Camera is still BOSS, and putting Google Photos to work for a massive shared album of our baby.
- I'd say my biggest day-to-day gripe is the bottom firing speaker. It's so awkward trying to hold my phone just the right way so I can hear properly. I came from an M8, and I'm still salty.
Use GSam Battery Monitor: [link] After installing the app, use your phone for about 1 hour without charging. After that, use the app to see which apps drain the most battery.
Perhaps turn on "data saver" or a similar option which prevents background services from accessing the Internet. This is more trial and error, since some stupid apps may end up trying repeatedly until it gets data. Also, you may not want to disallow everything because some services rely on background data to function properly.
Ah okay, I use my device with 1080P resolution, auto brightness, and adaptive display. (I used to use cinema mode but I wanted that ipad/iphone x/old galaxies feel so I'm using adaptive display now)
I have adb on my computer, I use it to re-add the mobile data toggle to my phone whenever there's an update (stupid Canadian variant doesn't have the toggle for whatever reason...)
I'll download GSAM tomorrow, is this the app?
Hmm... I guess my weird battery life recently might be due to the fact that I keep clearing the cache out of habit XD
Also, has the november/october security patch on either your s8 or s7 made your phone better in terms of performance and battery life? My phone is still on the August patch so I'm wondering if that might have something to do with it...
I don't get it... Has this random google play services battery drain been a recent bug in the software? Or has it always been like this? I saw a lot of those types of posts recently so maybe they'll patch it. I don't see it appearing in my battery usage so I'm not sure how much battery it actually drains. Apparently someone you mentioned made a guide on how to target the google play services drain but looking at the article just makes my head hurt, not gonna bother dealing with that lol.
Check temps using GSAM Battery Monitor. Mine sometimes gets a little warm in my pocket (mid-high 80's F, from my leg, I think), but cools to low 70's quickly. I've never had the Note 8 go above 95F, no matter what apps I'm running, whereas my old phone (BlackBerry Priv) would regularly hit 112F when under stress (common issue on those devices, but still, I've never heard of a Priv having a battery explosion/melting/expanding issue). Most people I've seen online (anecdotal of course, though I agree with them) say that the Note 8 runs pretty cool overall.
If it's staying warm out of your pocket, say on your desk, you may have a stray app/wakelock. You can identify problematic wakelocks without rooting using Wakelock Detector Lite.
hey, could you do me a favour? considering getting that but worried about the battery temps when fast wireless charging because that doesn't have a fan like the Samsung OEM one..
can you install gsam battery monitor ([link]) and open it before putting the phone to charge, and then let the phone charge on the wireless charger for 20+mins (if you don't mind)? after that can you send a screenshot of the graph you get when tapping on the bottom left-most icon in the app, which shows the battery% against temperature?
thank you!
hey, could you do me a favour? considering getting that but worried about the battery temps when fast wireless charging because that doesn't have a fan like the Samsung OEM one..
can you install gsam battery monitor ([link]) and open it before putting the phone to charge, and then let the phone charge on the wireless charger for 20+mins (if you don't mind)? after that can you send a screenshot of the graph you get when tapping on the bottom left-most icon in the app, which shows the battery% against temperature?
thank you!
You can also try GSAM battery monitor. [link]
There must be some settings to Not show the app in notification bar. If you don't find anything, Alternatively you can turn off notifications for the app itself.
Most likely BBVE won't be updated anymore considering BlackBerry isn't responsible for the hardware.
If all you're looking for is the battery graphs, try GSam Battery Monitor.
Blokada, a device wide ad-blocker that is better than DNS66 imo. Both will open a VPN connection, which is fine as long as you're not travelling overseas. Blokada has an excellent telegram community for support and has a ton of hosts lists to choose from or create your own. It is lightweight and battery-friendly (about 0.1% usage from GSAM monitor). It even has a built-in custom dns server, and I would definitely choose cloudfare, the new and hip dns which makes your browsing speeds insane on android. Great for routing to websites which your ISP blocks.
GSam monitor - it shows you battery stats down to a tenth percentile. Great for locating high drainers besides the screen itself like Instagram where you can block background data usage or simply uninstall the app. There is an Adb command terminal workaround for non-rooted devices to monitor battery on the fly, so don't worry. It won't drain battery too.
Keepass2Android - if you haven't used a password manager before, you will be pleasantly surprised. It auto fills everything from your app passwords to website auto fills as long as you are using Oreo I think. Vetted by crypto professionals and open source, it is a great way to store all your passwords and never have to keep a list again. The only downside is you need to remember the master password and keep a copy of the .Kdb file somewhere.
Glasswire Usage Monitor - a lightweight 4G/wifi usage monitor app that's is excellent in detecting every single process that uses up your valuable data down to /kbps. You can choose multiple time intervals and it is great to lockdown pesky apps that use data in your background which can drain battery at the same time.
YouTube Vanced - YouTube without annoying ads forever. Period. I couldn't get NewPipe to work on my android so this would have to do. It has useful features like background playback, dark themes, etc. It will make you delete your pre-installed youtube app immediately.
The biggest suggestions are to factory reset after you upgrade to 5.0 (dalvik vs art is a big change, and can be very disruptive to some apps). Some people have had to reset twice. Yes, it sucks. Turn off wi-fi's "always scanning" feature. Maybe nuke google fit. Maybe try gsam battery monitor to see if it's one of your apps not taking the update well.
Uninstalling apps will revoke ADB permissions, just like normal permissions. If you reinstall the app you'll find you have to re-grant the ADB permissions again.
In some cases, apps may request "permissions" that modify the system instead of the app. For example, GSam Battery Monitor may request (it did previously, at least) to enable the hidden API setting to improve battery usage stats. In such cases, uninstalling the app in question will not revert the changes and the user must manually revert them.
And yes, replacing "grant" with "revoke" will also remove ADB permissions (stackoverflow thread).
Too much wakelocks. Use this app to find out what is eating so much battery.
Use GSam Battery Monitor. It is more accurate anyway.
>u/evolution800 - ...LineageOS 17 on moto x play but i am noticing a worst battery life in comparison with the stock rom...during the night the battery drain is about 6%. With LineageOS the battery drain during the night is about 25%...
Try booting in Safe Mode which disables temporarily all your installed apps & if the problem is solved then the battery draining problem is caused by something you installed.
In the Power menu you can long press either Power off or Restart & select boot in Safe Mode.
After testing reboot to get back to normal System.
Did you flash anything else besides LineageOS? Magisk + some modules, GApps package?
There are too many variables to discuss Battery usage while using some apps.
Battery usage @ idle is a different story & after not touching your device for several hours you can use this adb command to see if it goes through the different idle modes including deep idle & also see your Doze settings:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > deviceidle.txt
You can also use third-party apps to analyze what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
Informative: GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
GSam Battery Monitor should let you know everything you need to know as far as what is using your battery.
Re-posting my comment from elsewhere.
The biggest suggestions are to factory reset after you upgrade to 5.0 (dalvik vs art is a big change, and can be very disruptive to some apps). Some people have had to reset twice. Yes, it sucks. Turn off wi-fi's "always scanning" feature. Maybe nuke google fit. Maybe try gsam battery monitor to see if it's one of your apps not taking the update well.
Ah Gwent, I see you are a man of culture.
Also if you are rooted, GSAM Battery works great for me!
GSam Battery Monitor, as I said in the post multiple times.
You can do this with GSam Battery Monitor! It'll let you set a notification to appear if your phone reaches a certain temperature.
Grab GSam and see what it says
>u/Longg249 - Deepsleep problem on 18.1 ...XZ2 running LOS18.1, deep sleep problem and battery drain so fast 18.1-20210714-NIGHTLY-akari
Check in Developer options > Running services.
You can also use third-party apps to analyze what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
Informative: GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
>u/HappyLoquat666 - ...realme x2 pro i've just recently installed the lineage os 18.1 and the battery just drains without much use. Over night (without ambient display) it drops for 30%...
You can use third-party apps to analyze what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
Informative: GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
Try booting in Safe Mode which disables all your installed app & Magisk modules & if the battery usage @ idle problem is solved then the problem is caused by something you installed so not LineageOS' fault.
In the Power menu you can long press either Power off or Restart & select boot in Safe Mode.
Safe Mode will disable GSam also so check and make screen shots of Settings > Battery > 3-dots panels before and after not touching the device for 6 hours.
If you move the device that will be detected and it will get out of deep-idle (deep sleep).
You can see your device's idle settings & also the idling history with this command in adb:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > deviceidle.txt
Reboot to get out of Safe Mode & return to normal System.
Battery & RAM usage depends a lot on the GApps package if you installed one and the permissions you give to Google (Web & App Activity, Location History, YouTube History, Ad personalization, etc.) in [link]
The more data you let Google collect, the more active Google Play services as you can see in > Settings > Developer options > Running services.
Also Play Store > Settings > General > disable Auto-update apps & do it manually once in a while with the device plugged-in.
Gsam Battery Monitor does all those things.
I can't guess on the app. but GSam Battery Monitor will do that.
I had that charger when it came out, it was out spec according to Benson. The link shows it is updated version, but I would hold off for someone to review it, but most likely tronsmart updated.
Take a look at this model by tronsmart, you will need type c to c cable. Use "USBCCHAR" to bring the price down to $10.99.
I would suggest Gsam Battery Monitor. It gives you pretty nice and informative breakdown of your battery info.
GSam Battery Monitor provides SOT.
>Whitelist system apps:
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>com.android.providers.downloads
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>com.android.cellbroadcastreceiver
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>com.google.android.gms
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>com.android.shell
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>com.android.deskclock
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>Whitelist user apps...
Thanks. ↑ :) That's the bug: com.android.messaging SHOULD be included in the Whitelist system apps and because it's not the Messaging app is affected by Doze hence the delayed notification.
Check Settings > Apps and notifications > Advanced > Special access > Battery optimization: Messaging should be disabled: "Not optimized" as per the default settings but it's not included in the dumpsys deviceidle.
My workaround is to add it to the Whitelist user apps section with this adb command. Note that this mod will survive a LineageOS update & as tested before & after using BetterBatteryStats & GSam Battery Monitor it will not affect battery life:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle whitelist +com.android.messaging
The response in adb should be:
Added: com.android.messaging
Reboot to System for good measure.
You can wait 15 minutes for the device to go to light-idle or connect via USB or ADB over network & force the system into deep idle mode by running the following command:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle force-idle
The response in adb should be:
Now forced in to deep idle mode
Then use an other phone to send an SMS to your device. You should receive the notification within less than 2 minutes instead of having to wait for the next Doze maintenance window which can take up to 1 hour if in deep idle.
You can make sure that com.android.messaging was added to the Whitelist user apps section by running again:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > dumpsys_deviceidle_Messaging_Whitelisted.txt
Or for just seing it in the adb CMD screen:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle
Please confirm if it works for you or not.
>I kept the Whitelist user apps because some of the apps there seemed relevant.
I don't have anything else in there except com.android.messaging & SMS notifications works fine.
Check all your settings in Settings > Apps & notifications > Messaging > Notifications > Messages > Behavior & also Advanced.
Do the same in Settings > Apps & notifications > Messaging > Notifications > Channel human readable title 1.
>...Updated some firmware
What exactly?
Having a recent modem may help. I described here with screenshots how I updated my S5 G900M using haggertk's Odin flashable bootloader & modem combos: S5 Odin Flashable Modem & Bootloader.
Haggertk is the S5 klte + variants LineageOS maintainer & one of the 9 LineageOS project directors.
S5 Remove Animations UI Speedup Test - Taming Google & Apps
>...Battery drain STILL exists and I have no clue why.
Get a third-party app for more details & cumulative battery history like GSam Battery Monitor for example.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge to 92% or less before creating a reference point & not touching the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
See S5 Battery Charging - Fake 100% for explanations.
>...On Standby the phone doesn't lose any percentages (well maybe 1 or max 2 in an hour).
Look at this GSam screenshot: Used 0% in 3h 15m & it was only 4m 10s Active during that period because of the Doze maintenance windows (see WhatsApp & Reddit notifications in the Status bar).
My Galaxy S5 G900M running LineageOS 16.0 klte + Open GApps Pico + LineageOS AddonSU is sleeping like a rock when idling.
Get a third-party app for more details & cumulative battery history like GSam Battery Monitor for example.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge to 92% or less before creating a reference point & not touching the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
See S5 Battery Charging - Fake 100% for explanations.
Best battery monitor app is GSM Battery Monitor. Greenify is absolutely worth it. I have it installed on my S9+.
4%/hour is on high side overnight, and it usually caused by long and/or frequent wake locks that prevent your device from dozing. You'll need a different battery monitoring app like Gsam Battery Monitor, BetterBatteryStats or Wakelock Detector Lite to determine what's causing it. Alternatively, you can follow this guide for Android's own Battery Historian.
EDIT: Where did you find the 4%/hour for overnight drain? If it's the 4.8%/hour in your screenshot, that was your average usage with the screen off over the past 92 hours (4 days). It's not only overnight drain.
GSam Battery Monitor is a good one Link: [link]
GSam funktioniert da eigentlich ganz zuverlässig.
Something in the background is draining your battery. Get Gsam Battery Monitor and see what it is.
Try GSam Battery Monitor. It requires root to check per-app percentage though.
GSAM Battery Monitor
Re-posting this from another thread:
The biggest suggestions are to factory reset after you upgrade to 5.0 (dalvik vs art is a big change, and can be very disruptive to some apps). Some people have had to reset twice. Yes, it sucks. Turn off wi-fi's "always scanning" feature. Maybe nuke google fit. Maybe try gsam battery monitor to see if it's one of your apps not taking the update well.
No it does not. For that use GSM Battery Monitor.
came from jailbroken ios like two weeks ago and found out that Android had some uh "interesting" default behaviour such as almost every app unnecessarily automatically loading on boot due to the BOOT_COMPLETED flag
- Disabling location/bluetooth/gps/account sync/phone data/assistant/NFC when not in use
- use battery saver
- use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en_GB and figure out what apps have wakelocks and/or are spending a lot of time on wakelocks and use ADB to disable the specific components https://www.xda-developers.com/stop-wakelocks-android-without-root/
- use an app to identify apps that start on phone boot and disable them from autostarting
- *anything and everything that runs in the background will eat battery* especially things like accubattery, GSam Battery Monitor and all accessibility services so disable with adb/delete them if you're not using them
- disable logging/diagnostics in every app you come across, for example firefox might autosend logs etc to firefox and you can disable that, so does gboard etc...
- set wifi to use 2.4ghz not 5 ghz if your bars aren't good https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/162688/battery-life-difference-for-5-ghz-vs-2-4-ghz-wifi-which-is-better
- 5G drains battery faster than 4G/3G
- Under Developer Options disable "Mobile data always active"
- delete/disable preinstalled apps with you might want to check running services under developer options to see what ones are running in the background and be careful not to remove important aps that you use. some are listed under cached but I think those are the ones android puts to sleep
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adb shell "pm list packages"
and
adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 PACKAGENAME
[link] is pretty good.
>u/Dasumit - ...when I was using PE my battery drain was 6.5%/hr. Now it's 10%/hr on either kernel, default or otherwise. My usage is even lesser than before.
Maybe your battery needs to be replaced or something is wrong with your setup.
Custom kernels are not supported in this sub.
Try booting in Safe Mode which disables temporarily all your installed apps & if the problem is solved then the battery draining problem is caused by something you installed.
In the Power menu you can long press either Power off or Restart & select boot in Safe Mode.
After testing reboot to get back to normal System.
Did you flash anything else besides LineageOS? Magisk + some modules, GApps package?
There are too many variables to discuss Battery usage while using some apps.
Battery usage @ idle is a different story & after not touching your device for several hours you can use this adb command to see if it goes through the different idle modes including deep idle & also see your Doze settings:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > deviceidle.txt
You can also use third-party apps to analyze what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
Informative: GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
>u/BojackDesi - Poor screen on time of 2hr on g900f Klte ...lineage os on my s5 g900f . On my stock rom i was getting upto 3.5 hours of screen on time but after lineage os 16 the timing dropped...
Maybe your battery needs to be replaced or something is wrong with your setup.
FWIW I get 6 hours SOT on my daily driver Galaxy S5 G900M LineageOS 16.0 klte build 2020-07-05 + Open GApps Pico + LineageOS AddonSU.
Everything is relative & especially SOT (Screen On Time).
Im pretty sure your typical use is not the same as mine.
Screen on is usually the biggest consumer of battery life & just a few % brighter or darker can make a big difference.
Naturally if for a given period you used the phone mostly outdoor in daytime the brightness power usage will be much higher than indoor and/or @ night for example.
Also if you use apps consuming a lot of power then that's less left for the SOT. Same for wifi vs. data, signal quality, location or not, etc, etc.
>...Even when there was no use of phone battery still dropped by 3-4% while locked and not in use every hour...
Battery usage @ idle is a different story & after not touching your device for several hours you can use this adb command to see if it goes through the different idle modes including deep idle & also see your Doze settings:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > deviceidle.txt
You can also use third-party apps to analyze what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
See the optimization tips described here including using LineageOS's Privacy Guard Advanced: S5 Remove Animations UI Speedup Test - Taming Google & Apps
You can create a direct link to Privacy Guard Advanced & much more like to Updater for example with the LineageOS Settings widget.
I get -0.2% per hour of battery usage @ idle or less w/ sync enabled & Play Store auto-update disabled.
Having a recent modem may help.
I described here with screenshots how I updated my S5 G900M LineageOS 16.0 klte using haggertk's Odin flashable bootloader & modem combos: S5 Odin Flashable Modem & Bootloader.
Haggertk is the S5 klte + variants LineageOS maintainer & one of the 9 LineageOS project directors.
> Low charge as in percentage of charge is less than 20.
What do you use to limit the charging rate?
I used a cheap in-line USB multimeter to monitor the current drawn by a Galaxy S5 LineageOS 16.0 while charging connected to a 2A 5V adapter & @ idle.
Starting with the S5's battery level between 0~5% the multimeter showed 5.11 V & 1.75 A drawn, it reached 100% on the Status bar in about 1h 10 minutes with the voltage constant & the Ampere gradually going down to 0.25 A.
It took an additional 45~60 minutes before the current went down to 0~0.1 Ampere on the multimeter.
After that nothing happens except some very low amp trickling charging for very short periods.
The multimeter is quite useful to sort good & bad charging cables. Also often disconnecting/reconnecting the cable shows a big jump in the ampere reading.
Did you try a third-party app like GSam Battery Monitor?
You could contribute & submit a bug report but they just seem to pile up.
Your bug report may be rejected if you don't include the required logcat in your original post as described in LineageOS Wiki > How to submit a bug report.
>...Logcats must be attached for all android bugs, and must be captured right after reproducing the issue.
A logcat is an essential troubleshooting tool for devs.
To make the logcat short & relevant: reboot, reproduce the problem & capture the logcat.
See other reports for inspiration & if you do create one please post the link in your OP.
I use the quick & easy Syslog to capture logs without the need to use a computer & adb or a Terminal emulator as described in that LineageOS Wiki page.
See the Play Store page for details, screenshots & how to use it without root but it's also available on F-Droid: Syslog.
GSam Battery Monitor: You can set various alarms.
GSam Battery Monitor but u need pc to give adb permission to track/monitor
It is yeah but it is worth it. You could also use Gsam [link]
The app is called GSam Battery Monitor
Since I'm amazing & amazingly helpful, here's a link: [link]
You have a lot of running background processes and/or wake locks that prevent your phone from dozing. You should install an app like Gsam Battery Monitor or BetterBatteryStats to better understand the drain. Make sure you grant them the proper permissions with ADB or they won't be able to tell you anything more than what your Settings menu can.
An alternative is to use Google's own Battery Historian.
Install GSAM Battery Monitor...its got the closest data to that. You'll want to grant permissions in adb as well: [link]
I'd use the following two apps (I currently use them myself as well, and have used on my last three devices): [link]
Both apps require you to grant additional permissions via ADB (Link to ADB: [link])
ADB command for Gsam: adb -d shell pm grant com.gsamlabs.bbm android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
ADB command Wakelock: adb shell pm grant com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector.noroot.android.permission.BATTERY_STATS
- NON of the commands are needed if you are rooted.
He used GSAM. [link]
GSam Battery Monitor
[link]
I use GSAM Battery Monitor. There's this link to get all the stats without root. ADB required. Wakelock Detector can also achieve the same thing. I'm not sure which one is better though.
It's GSam
Not much hope for your data but you should be able to reload EPH5 via Odin and go from there.
Visit this thread and skip to the the part where it says:
>ODIN FILES to get back to EPH5 and latest
>ODIN
>Marshmallow full odin file thanks to @mmaku
>EPH5 ODIN FILE
Download the EPH5 and Odin files linked there and move onto to the installation instructions that follow. You should be good.
You are stuck on marshmallow, unfortunately. You cannot downgrade afaik.
There are some things you could try to kick your phone back into gear now that your are getting a fresh start.
After loading up EPH5 follow these steps
Clear the app cache: Settings > General > Storage > Internal Storage > Cached Data > Delete
(I know it seems weird to do with a freshly reset phone, but just do it anyway)
Afterwards, clear the system cache:
Hold down Home + Power + Volume Up to boot into recovery.
Use Volume to select Wipe Cache Partition and press Power to confirm. Once the system cache is wiped reboot the device.
After that, do another factory reset.
When your phone loads back up from the reset, let it just sit for 10 minutes after it boots. Then, wipe both caches one more time.
Disable whatever bloatware you already know is unecessary or troublesome asap.
To keep a better eye on what might be causing issues, try to install only a few apps a day and refer periodically to the RAM manager to see what might be slowing down the device (or murdering battery): Tap Settings > Apps > Application Manager > Options (3 dots) > Memory
Can't hurt to use a second app, such as gsam, to monitor app usage as well and look for discrepenancies.
I've never tried the wakelock app so I can't really comment on that. Even though I've read a lot of testimonies saying it fixed peoples' problems, I feel like most of them probaby ended up with the same issues a few days or week later
You might also look into buying a new battery or two, if you haven't done that recently.
Hopefully, you'll be able to get that phone back into at least tolerable condition. Though truth be told, it could simply be that your motherboard/MMC is nearly fried causing the trouble, in which case all of this will have been for naught.
GSam Battery Monitor should give you a good idea.
GSAM - [link]
GSam Battery Monitor is a handy tool.
You might get some useful information out of it. [link]
GSam is your best bet for power usage.
Install GSMBattery Monitor app. Let it run for a day or so. It will give you good detail into wakelocks without root.
Some battery usage monitors do that. I use GSam Battery Monitor and it shows how long each app was used.
Install GSam Battery Monitor and see what's draining the power.
I had the same issue with mine, was an NFC issue.
I used this. Bottom left button displays charts.
I also have a Verizon S5, so I'll just tell you what I know.
- Once rooted, you can dirty flash a new upgrade, but there's always the chance of a bootloop, which means you might end up having to do a complete reinstall every once in a while. So back up everything before you do any updates. But if you go on XDA, there's a pretty simple walkthrough on there using ODIN. Your first time will definitely involve a complete reinstall though since you have to flash back to KitKat, get root, then reinstall Lollipop.
- Again, this is all dependent on if the dirty flash works. If it does, it's the same as if you took an OTA update directly from Verizon. If it doesn't, then yes, you have to do a complete reinstall. To put it in perspective, I think I've taken about half a dozen updates since I got my phone a year ago and I've had at least 1 bootloop that required a fresh install, I might have had two, I can't remember for sure. Either way, it's less than half the time, but possibly over a quarter of the time. It's all luck of the draw. And even if you do have to do a complete reinstall, it's annoying and time consuming, but it's mostly just letting all your apps re-download, then set them up again as you need them, it's not something I like to do, but I'll tolerate it for root.
- There are a few tools you can use, I keep GSAM Battery Monitor as well as the root companion. I also use the paid version of Greenify with Wakelock Detector. Greenify is severely limited on non-deoxed Touchwiz-based ROMs (aka stock rom) since Xposed still doesn't work on TW ROMs, but it works well enough, and it interfaces with Wakelock Detector, so I use it. I also have a few Tasker profiles that help save battery (e.g. turn off data when I'm at the gym, etc.).
- A custom ROM could definitely help, but that's where my knowledge stops. I've had mediocre luck with custom ROMs on my past phones, and combine that with the worry of tripping KNOX has kept me away from custom ROMs on my S5. Again, explore on XDA if you want, there are definitely custom ROMs out there that say they'll improve your battery, and they'll let you run Xposed, which would allow Greenify to properly work. If you go that route, definitely look into Amplify as well, it's a great battery saver that requires Xposed.
Hope this helps!
Yes, this is very good - [link]
Not quite the answer to your question, but give GSam Battery Monitor a go - you might like it!
Well adding exempted apps definitely won't completely negate the extended standby mode, otherwise what's the point of even having that option there? It will still be effective by blocking the other power-sucking apps, so they will no longer ran in the background while the screen is off. Granted the phone might not be able to go into "deep sleep" mode or whatever because of that one app, though don't trust me on this part because in that regard I don't really know how it works specifically.
Regardless, I don't actually think 5.5 hours SOT is all that bad, especially since it's 44 hours! I too often feel like my battery is inferior (moderate usage over the day mostly browsing, usually getting 5-6 hour SOT, at most I got 6 hours 45 minutes. Though I charge every night - don't you?), at the end of the day though, I have to admit that it's more than enough. I don't really know how common having like 8 hours SOT is really. However if you go to the posts here where people post incredible battery lives, later the poster will usually mention all the things he did to get that, for example disabling bloat (I haven't tried that myself yet since I did not really mind the "bloat" and did not think it really is something that makes a significant dent on battery life. But it's hard to argue with the results others seem to be getting without first trying it myself). There are many other things that can be done to improve the battery life. You can try using battery stats apps like GSam Battery Monitor, Wakelock Detector and BetterBatteryStats. Using those you might be able to figure out what's drinking your juice. Though note that those apps usually require root for a lot of the important stats - though again we now have a good root exploit and if you do root you'll also have access to additional ways to potentially improve battery life, like being able to delete more "bloat" and utilizing apps like Greenify.
Have you tried GSam Battery Monitor?
try gsam battery monitor, nice tool to find out what really eats your battery
You obviously have something consuming battery in the background. Use GSam Battery Monitor to see what is wasting battery.
Snapdragon or Exynos?
Install GSam Battery Monitor, use adb to grant extended permissions and see what is consuming battery.
GSam Battery Monitor is all you need
Use GSam Battery Monitor instead, it gives more accurate battery usage info
You can install Gsam Battery to see your battery percentage history: [link]
>u/notquiteretarded - Lineage 17.1 unknown app OP 7 Pro The top app in my battery no clue what it is Using the latest version of lineage with gapps...
Could you edit your OP & type the name of the app shown in your Battery usage panel please: 10248.
The Android icon seems to indicate Android OS or Android System.
Did you check in Battery usage > 3-dots for other display options?
You could try this adb command:
adb shell dumpsys batterystats > batterystats.txt
And look for that .txt file in your adb folder. Open it with Notepad++, WordPad or similar & search it with 10248.
You could try the same in a logcat:
adb logcat -d > logcat.txt
If you did not setup adb yet see What is ADB? How to Install ADB, Common Uses, and Advanced Tutorials for more info.
What happens if you try a third-party app like GSam Battery Monitor for example?
See GSam user guide which is a little bit dated but informative.
the best in my opinion, gsam battery monitor gsam battery monitor
here on playstore
In that case install GSam Battery Monitor It will tell you what is draining your battery.
I use this for all those stats [link]
I use this to monitor battery usage. Best app for what you want to do, in my opinion
GSAM battery monitor does this and much more. I have always used it instead of the Samsung battery stats even before the upgrade. [link]
:-) [link]
> Could you, please, briefly describe which informations about setup do you need for better possible problem reasons recognition?...
There are too many variables & too many ways a user's settings can affect battery life.
You need third-party battery usage troubleshooting tools like the ones linked in the posts linked above.
For example you could use BetterBatteryStats and post a dumpfile in the XDA BetterBatteryStats thread to get help. Check this post: [Most Recent BetterBatteryStats & Proper Dump Settings](Most Recent BetterBatteryStats & Proper Dump Settings)
Or you could use [URL="[link] Battery Monitor[/URL] which has a cumulative history that does not get reset when charging the battery @ 100%, reboot or update.
See [URL="[link] user guide[/URL] which is a little bit dated but informative.
>...(s3ve3gjv) installing on the Samsung S3 Neo...worked well with previous OS, which was rooted Android 4.4 from device manufacturer...
What is your exact device model? According to [link] the supported models are GT-I9301I & GT-I9301Q.
Do you have the most recent modem/baseband/radio for your device which may affect power usage?
In LineageOS 16.0: Settings > About phone > press on Android version 9 > Baseband version.
You could compare to the numbers for the most recent stock Samsung ROM here: [link]
The higher the last 4 alpha-numeric characters at the end, the more recent it is.
>LineageOS 16.0, nov 22 nightly, S5 G900F ...I have a not old battery that is supposed to be original but I'm not completely convinced since it is acting old, i.e. often refuses to take a full charge, and the charge drops quite fast...
See Fake vs OEM S5 Samsung Battery and also in 16.0 S5 Battery Charging - Fake 100%
>...Is this an issue with the OS or the battery? Is it perhaps a voltage drop or something? Is that a thing?
Use an app like GSam Battery Monitor to see the voltage drop history. That app works fine on the S5 G900M.
See GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
>Or is it an issue with 16 and S5?
Since 7 months my Galaxy S5 G900M LineageOS 16.0 klte recently OTA updated to build 2019-11-21 + Open GApps Pico + LineageOS AddonSU works fine with zero battery problems or random reboots.
The best troubleshooting step to rule out or confirm a battery or hardware problem is to flash the most recent stock Samsung OS for your S5.
If all is OK do a [URL="[link] super clean install[/URL].
>I'm considering going back to 15 since 16 seems a bit heavy for my old S5, and 15 seemed like a gold standard for S5.
I disagree with that. I was running official 15.1 on my S5 & clean installed 16.0 on it & the battery life is much better with Doze being more efficient on 16.0.
See the optimization tips described here including using LineageOS's Privacy Guard Advanced: S5 Remove Animations UI Speedup Test - Taming Google & Apps
>I installed lineage os 16 on my Samsung s5 g900t. It works like a dream. I'm definitely noticing more battery drain...
While using the phone or @ idle?
Everything is relative & especially SOT (Screen On Time). ;)
Im pretty sure your typical use is not the same as mine.
Screen on is usually the biggest consumer of battery life & just a few % brighter or darker can make a big difference.
Naturally if for a given period you used the phone mostly outdoor in daytime the brightness power usage will be much higher than indoor and/or @ night for example.
Also if you use apps consuming a lot of power then that's less left for the SOT. Same for wifi vs. data, signal quality, location or not, etc, etc.
Battery usage @ idle is a different story & after not touching your device for several hours you can use this adb command to see if it goes through the different idle modes including deep idle & also see your Doze settings:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > deviceidle.txt
You can also use third-party apps to analyse what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
See the optimization tips described here including using LineageOS's Privacy Guard Advanced: Remove Animations UI Speedup Test - Taming Google & Apps
You can create a direct link to Privacy Guard Advanced & much more like to Updater for example with the LineageOS Settings widget.
I get -0.2% per hour of battery usage @ idle or less w/ sync enabled & Play Store auto-update disabled on Galaxy S5 G900M LineageOS 16.0 klte build 2019-11-03 + Open GApps Pico + LineageOS AddonSU.
Having a recent modem may help.
I described here with screenshots how I updated my S5 G900M LineageOS 16.0 klte using haggertk's Odin flashable bootloader & modem combos: S5 Odin Flashable Modem & Bootloader.
Haggertk is the S5 klte + variants LineageOS maintainer & one of the 9 LineageOS project directors.
Everything is relative & especially SOT (Screen On Time). ;)
Im pretty sure your typical use is not the same as mine.
Screen on is usually the biggest consumer of battery life & just a few % brighter or darker can make a big difference.
Naturally if for a given period you used the phone mostly outdoor in daytime the brightness power usage will be much higher than indoor and/or @ night for example.
Also if you use apps consuming a lot of power then that's less left for the SOT. Same for wifi vs. data, signal quality, location or not, etc, etc.
>...kinda lot of % loss over the night...
Battery usage @ idle is a different story & after not touching your device for several hours you can use this adb command to see if it goes through the different idle modes including deep idle & also see your Doze settings:
adb shell dumpsys deviceidle > deviceidle.txt
You can also use third-party apps to analyse what your device is doing @ idle like BetterBatteryStats and GSam Battery Monitor.
GSam Battery Monitor - Users Guide
Discharge the battery to 92% or less before creating a reference point & do not touch the phone for 6h minimum to troubleshoot Doze.
See the optimization tips described here including using LineageOS's Privacy Guard Advanced: Remove Animations UI Speedup Test - Taming Google & Apps
You can create a direct link to Privacy Guard Advanced & much more like to Updater for example with the LineageOS Settings widget.
Use this app [link] and give it permission to battery stats via ADB to analyze which app exactly causes wake locks.
gsam or accubattery will log batteryusage+charging
*for charging only when phone turned-on
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubatter
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jfyi, both similar yet work different, for logging like SoT i find gsam is better than accubattery
I use Gsam for this purpose.
Install an app like GSam Battery Monitor or BetterBatteryStats, or use Google's Battery Historian to find out what's causing that drain. It's most likely due to wake locks, or some process that keeps running and the stock battery menu isn't going to tell you what it is.
Here are the tools I am using to test it out:
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en&rdid=com.gsamlabs.bbmrq_gevent_worker (GSam Battery)
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.digibites.accubattery&hl=en (Accubattery)
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Plugged in 3 chargers:
- 5V-1A
- 5V-2A & 9V-2A (Quick Charge 2.0)
- 5V-2A & 9V-3A (Macbook Pro Charger)
The reading for the same are:
- ~750 mA, 3.8V
- ~750mA, 3.8V
- ~1000mA, 3.8V
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Here is the interesting part:
Android shows that it is performing Fast-Charging at both 2 and 3 but not at 1 even though the raw specs are the same.
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How about your observations? Do you still see the same?
GSam might help a lot with the tracking. It isn't perfect, but it's pretty good.
Gsam has this too. You can set the % levels yourself.
Alright, thanks! I'll try that.
Just to confirm though, this is the app you're talking about, correct?
[link] you mean this? Well where is the adb command?
Install Gsam Battery Monitor to see what is the problem.
[link], this one should point out what's the drain.
Try this app: [link]
It can provide you with extended battery stats - no root needed - just some ADB commands.
GSam Battery Monitor is usually pretty good at identifying battery drain problems or at least point you to the process that's likely to be causing it.
I'd say that you almost certainly have something continuously trying to sync with Verizon but can't. The easiest route would be to download an app like GSAM and see if the offending program makes itself easily noticed. I'd think it most likely will. If not, you'll need a computer and something like Wakelock Detector Lite. It's more involved and can tell you for instance which processes that fall under the ambiguous "Google Play Services" for instance.
Try using GSam Battery Monitor
It seems that AccuBattery dropped KitKat support, moving there API to a minimum of 5.0+, which is unfortunate :(
GSam Battery Monitor has a battery health indicated from the last time I remember using it and that will do just the same. Hopefully with this information we can find a solution to your problems!
Try GSAM Battery Monitor [link]
You will need to provide it app usage access using adb if you are not rooted.
All you can try is a cache partition wipe, and then a full system reset. If those don't fix then a new ROM.
Before doing any oif that, I'd suggest using gsam, and possibly Wakelock detector while phone is connected to computer via adb, just to confirm there's no app causing this, the battery settings screen in android is great, but can be inaccurate sometimes.
It's possible. You could try using GSAM to track your usage if you're really concerned. I use it and it's pretty helpful. No root required. This thread shows how to track more data without root privileges as well. Hope this information helps!
Can you please try the following to just check your battery capacity?
1) Download GSAM battery monitor from the playstore link
2) Give it access to the battery info via adb if it says it needs that... idk maybe it's patched now
3) Download Epic Citadel link from the playstore
4) Launch Epic Citadel and go to setting and set it to Ultra High Quality / Rendering Resolution to 100%
5) Go to the Android Battery Settings and activate Game Optimizer
6) Now completly drain your phone and charge it to 100% + 30 additional minutes on the charger
7) Go to Android Screen setting and set the timeout to infinite, deactivate auto brightness and set it to 50%
8) Activate airplane mode
9) Set your phone on "loud" so you hear the alarms for battery warnings etc.
10) Close all apps except GSAM
11) Unplug the phone and start Epic Citadel
12) Wait until the tutorial is over then open the menu and press "Guided Tour"
13) Set the in app volume on silent (just press volume down)
The Phone loops now through epic citadel... at 15% you get a warning that the battery is running low... just press ok and wait for the second warning at 5%. Then you switch over to GSAM and swipe down to refresh the battery info. It should look something like this link. If you don't have the same percentage for screen/app something is running in the background. If you don't get near the 1:50h mark it's most likely that your battery is failing.
I just wrote this for you and I would be very happy if you would try this out ;)
<40% screen on light usage isn't great
Mind installing gsam battery monitor? link - you can get important info about wakelocks and so on
Ok... well then let's do it:
1) Get Gsam battery monitor and give some permissions via ADB (if you can)
2) deactivate high accuracy gps and switch to "GPS only" - at least on my G4 there were some strange gps wakelocks
3) charge your phone overnight and use it normally but please no heavy gaming. If you're complaining that your phone runs dry within 2.5 hours because of gaming it's completly normal
4) Then come back and post the main screen from GSam and the two app sucker lists: " %energy consumed" and "held active" (don't know the exact translation because I'm from Germany)
If you have questions - just ask <3
I think your Android OS battery usage is the problem. On my phone it's way below the screen's usage.
I've looked online and this might be a great forum post to check out. Especially the "better battery stats" is a great for analysing your usage more precisely. This is a free alternative. Could you try that for a day or so and report back?
Try using GSam Battery Monitor ([link]) to see what is draining your phone most. It's probably just one app staying open longer than it needs to. Also, if you're rooted, Greenify is an amazing app-killer that has helped me save my battery quite a lot.
I know many of us here would know it already but just for the record: GSam Battery Monitor - it's pretty great.
I love the charts that display rates of change, etc.
Google's Nexus Help Forum provides solid recommendations that I've followed with success.
Other steps that I would suggest are to monitor your battery conditions (I use the GSam Battery Monitor App); keep your phone in a cool temperature and well ventilated location (i.e. keep it off car dashboards on sunny days); buy and use Benson Leung - Approved chargers and cords found on Amazon; and use the quick-charging feature to a minimum (e.g. I typically quick charge after I wake and unplug as I go out the door on work days. On days when I either am not working or working from home or driving long distances/times, I typically use a non-quick charging charger.
Finally note that I have found some apps for one reason or another will decrease SOT and battery life more than one would like. Often I have experienced after automatically upgrading app versions. The GSam Battery Monitor provides a feature that monitors battery life by app. I can say that monitoring this has proven worthwhile.
Yes, I know this all sounds complex, but once you get used to the routine you don't notice taking the extra steps.
Good luck in achieving the experience that you wish to have with your 6P.
I used to think the same until I installed and looked at GSam – FB was waking the device a lot (majority of which were for location requests) and preventing deep sleep and doze.
Just to see how much of a difference it would make, I uninstalled it and it ran for 2.5 days before needing to be charged again (20% battery remaining would have lasted probably until the next afternoon but I charge it up to 100% and unplug before sleeping).
There a couple... one that is used a lot is betterbatterstat (BBS), ~~but there seems to be some tinkering needed with ADB for non-rooted devices and not sure if this is possible on V20 given the lock downs.~~ the latest version doesn't require root and instead it asks for some permissions...
another option is gsam and looks like it gives similar info as BBS. No root or ADB required.
Compare both and see which might work out for you... think it would be better to disable greenify while the bat stats apps are collecting data so you can accurately pinpoint the culprit.
Edit - correction of root needed for V20, it's not required since the last update. provided link to xda
GSam Battery Monitor with it's Root Companion will break it out for you. [link]
Many 3rd part apps will show up as Android System, because of the way they tie into the OS.
In the Battery stats settings, under Android System, you'll see a list of the apps that this includes.
There are apps that will break this down a but further. From memory, apps such as:
BetterBatteryStats: [link]
or possibly GSam Battery Stats: [link]
Personally, I find doing a full factory reset does a world of good every few months. Just do a full backup first using Android or Samsung's own backup. Better yet, don't restore appdata for everything, just things like Whatsapp where you need to. Bringing over "bad data" could reproduce the issue again.
or another way would be to uninstall apps you dont need or can go without. Try removing a few and see if this makes a difference.
I don't know if this is the one but I use this
I've heard going awol on disabling everything can actually create lag or poor battery life, but you seemed to be safe 9n what you deleted.
Download gsam
I don't use the system monitor. Gsam gives me more accurate readings, and complete app usage percentages. Report back.
GSam
I don't know if this is a common issue. My battery is extremely good. My old iphone 4s would be down to 65% by noon. My Z3c is at 85-90% most days!
Since you are getting such terrible results, you (most likely) have an app (or more) that are not performing properly and are causing all the drain.
You could try using an app like Gsam to figure out which app is causing the battery drain. Uninstalling and reinstalling is quite likely to fix the drain! If not, then perhaps you can choose an alternative app for the same functionality (if that's possible).
Best of luck!
Have you tried GSam Battery Monitor?
Could be any number of reasons. Try this [link] and see if it's a rogue app causing the issue
I owned an M8 prior to my current device (S7) and I had very good battery life. I was rooted and had greenify installed with almost every app greenified. As most ppl suggest in battery life threads, install GSAM and see if you have any rogue apps. IIRC, Google plus, Facebook and maps all needed to be either greenified, uninstalled or replaced by a 3rd party app (for instance getting rid of the official Facebook app in favor of Swipe for Facebook
I suggest installing GSAM battery monitor [link] for my detailed stats on battery drain.
Cell signal can be a huge drain. Who is your service provider? Do you have wifi at work?
Just a more detailed battery monitor. It'll tell you how long your phone was held awake, how long it dozed, what apps are using the most battery, etc.
Yep, I was having this problem too. I was using an app killer that shut apps down in the background. They'd just start back up again, get killed, etc. I can't say for sure that there was one thing that did the trick, but disabling or uninstalling stuff solved it for me. I still feel it get warm occasionally, but nothing like the heat it was throwing off.
Chances are, one or more apps are chugging away in the background. The Facebook app is famous for this, and Samsung's own bloatware is pretty bad. I've seen a couple of articles that recommend disabling the Samsung stuff--Push Service, Print Service, etc. I've also shut down the Verizon crap that's on there.
Apps like GSam Battery Monitor, and Trepn Profiler, AIDA64, and CPU-Z can give you info about what your phone is doing. The stock battery settings tool will show you how much CPU time each app is using.
Some people swear by apps like DU Battery Saver and JuiceDefender, and some don't think much of 'em. Without spending a lot of time researching it, it's hard to know. I generally use tools reccommended by the clever folks over on [link].
As another person mentioned, Greenify is a well-rated app wrangler. I need to spend more time with it.
Get this app: [link]
It works better with root but will still do the job fine without. It often gives you more battery usage detail than settings can. Let it monitor for 30 minutes and post results of which app is taking up the most battery.
Get a better battery monitoring app to search for the culprit. This is awesome: GSam Battery Monitor
Android OS (kernel) responds for your hardware as well, which means that if some app is using some sensor, like GPS, accelerometer, etc.. instead of being listed under that app, it will be listed as Android OS.
You have a whole lot of mails, might be that they are not synced individually but randomly (not all syncing at same time)
I personally didn't use it but I saw this app recommended many times to do some diagnostics of the battery : GSam Battery Monitor
It's supposed to pin point what exactly consumes battery (apps that may prevent the phone to go into sleep, etc.)
Can you post a screenshot of your battery usage? Be sure to include one where you've clicked the battery chart, it will give more info on your cell signal, awake time, etc.
Also you could try an app like GSam Battery Monitor and try to figure out what's causing it: [link]
Give GSam Battery Monitor a try. It has a better breakdown of what uses battery. (I haven't tried it on my 6P, but I used to use it on my LG G2). Maybe it will help you locate your issue.
Do you buy your cable in shops or over the internet? If it's the former you can actually use an app to see how much power is going through the cable. download this one called Gsam Battery Monitor. Bring a power bank with you to the shop, then ask if u could test the cables first. charge your phone with the cable and open the app. You should see a reading like -600mA. Swipe down to refresh the display. if you're getting from -100mA to -300mA, it's not a very good cable. A good one will give you about -600mA to -800mA. The ones you say charges very slowly? Those are likely -100mA range.
Different quality power banks will likely give u different results as well, so make sure you have a decent one.
I have a similar situation going with mine. Using GSam Battery Monitor helped me to deduce two things that tend to drain battery life.
First is Android's location services, if it's left on it'll likely drain my battery faster than anything else. I have it turned off now unless I need to use my GPS for something like maps. This alone has given me hours of battery time back.
The other thing I've noticed is some correlation between poor signal and battery drain. I don't know what the deal with that is, but thanks to GSam's graphs it's something I regularly notice.
For the record I'm on stock 5.0.2, never rooted.
Yeah, that's the problem - first you have to figure out what's causing the drain. As I said, my battery time was a lot like yours when I first got the phone, but improved with time as things got "settled" in - both a full charge cycle of the battery having occurred, a firmware update coming and so on... But until it settled down, I was like a hawk looking at apps that might be preventing the phone from sleeping. For me it was often the Opera browser - if left with an open tab and not quit, it would just keep the phone awake all the time. Killing it when that happened made the wakelock go away, and now I just remember to either close all open tabs, or swipe it away from the multitasking view when not using it.
Apps like Gsam Battery Monitor can be a good aid in the process. And I do think, like someone suggested, that it may be a good idea trying a day or two without Android wear - it really seems to cause these issues a lot, even on Nexus devices.
EDIT: Yeah, you phone is basically never asleep - look at those awake times!
GSAM Battery Monitor
I use this one called GSAM Battery Monitor. Swipe downwards to refresh the stats. If you get about -200 to -300mA it's decent, anything over -600mA you're getting good charging rate.
I always use this app when I buy new USB cables, or to test old ones. The high quality cables will give u -700mA to -900mA figures. At the same time I also keep a dodgy cable that only charge at about -200mA that i use when I charge my phone overnight.
Huh, this seems pretty nice. Would be interested if it's really 2450mAh though. Do you mind checking it?
I have no idea if this is non-root.
try installing gsam battery monitor [link]
to see if you can get more details on which apps are killing your phone. Another possibility that I can think of is you have extremely bad signal around where you keep your phone at night. So your phone is trying constantly talk to the cell tower. Try leaving it overnight with airplane mode on, see if that helps.
try the GSAM battery app too, it gives a different breakdown as to what's draining your battery it can tell if its the wifi vs app vs screen vs active phone vs cell standy and such. May help you nail down what's draining the battery.
One thing that seem to have help "SOME" people under mobile network/network mode, select LTE/CDMA instead of Auto
It's a battery monitor app.
It's entirely possible, sure. It's a bit far fetched though. I was just trying to illustrate that there could be any number of causes, here. The best option that you have is to run a battery monitor for maybe up to a week to help you discern what the issue is. If Bluetooth is taking up a high percentage of battery that it's definitely something close to my example (you'd most likely be unable to discern what the real issue is, though).
So give that a run, even if it was for a day or two, and get back with the results and we'll see what we can find out.
You might just be lucky. Mine was intolerable after two years.
Do you mind installing Gsam battery monitor? I'm curious for some actual stats.
You might, if you have not already, download the GSam Battery Monitor
That way you can put a number on the warmth of the phone. My G6 will warm up sometimes when the GPS is running but it's nothing compared to my old Moto X which would get freaking hot!
Really, I don't think "warm" is anything much to worry about.
Had similar problems with my Z3c. Turned out it was the phone radio that was causing the problem. No easy fix for that.
Try using an app like Gsam. It should be able to help you identify what is eating up your battery and you can then search online for possible solutions.
None that I'm aware of when I had to do this to my N5 about 3months ago, however my needs were more pressing as my phone had suddenly become unreliable in that 5minutes off of mains power would be dead so I didn't do a lot of checking. All the ones I did look at on the play store seemed less that honest and reviews didn't help allay that concern.
Looking online this was asked on one of the Android central forums a few weeks ago and they suggest this;
There are two excellent process monitoring apps you can use to figure out where the draw is coming from.
If your device is not rooted or you want nice graph history, a persistent notification, and quick overview, use GSam Battery Monitor. This app will point you towards the culprit. It will help you diagnose poor wireless/data connectivity issues and keep track of temperature, screen, and radio usage.
If your device is rooted, you should (also) use BetterBatteryStats [xda]. This app will break down everything (wakelocks, alarms, processes) and give you exact counts and durations of everything on your device.
These apps will make tracking down power issues a piece of cake.
Download GSAM and see what's using all your juice.
The biggest suggestions are to factory reset after you upgrade to 5.0 (dalvik vs art is a big change, and can be very disruptive to some apps). Some people have had to reset twice. Yes, it sucks. Turn off wi-fi's "always scanning" feature. Maybe nuke google fit. Maybe try gsam battery monitor to see if it's one of your apps not taking the update well.
That looks like super good battery life to me. The phone is only draining power when you have the screen on, otherwise, there's almost no drain. If you're playing Draw Free a lot, that involves the screen being on and transferring a lot of data, so I could see that doing it. I'm not sure why Phone is at the top of the list, maybe Draw Free or whatever other apps you're using while the screen is on uses a process that's bundled under Phone. But again, that's a super nice battery graph, very few wakelocks.
Edit: Your other option is download an app like GSAM Battery Monitor, let it run for a few days, then if this happens again, check the detailed info in there. It'll be a lot more specific than the built-in battery menu.
Gsam Battery Monitor [link]
After you root your phone (it's not that hard, follow some of the guides in this subreddit) install Gsam Battery app and the root companion app. Then you can figure out what pesky app is causing all the wakelocks. Uninstall those apps (except for system apps) and reinstall it, this usually fixes the problem. Sometimes apps just have glitches and you will need to uninstall the app (or find a older version of the .apk install file online that is stable) until there is a google play update for the app. Sometimes emailing the developer and informing them of the issue can help speed up the updating process as well.
All I really care about is if the M9 battery is worst than the M8.
Can you please install GSam Battery Monitor and give me/us a specific update after a week or so about the battery life of the device.
When was the last time you rebooted the phone? If you go to Settings --> Apps --> swipe left to the "Running" tab, what are the three RAM amounts shown (System, Apps, and Free)? Are you rooted? If so, install GSam Battery Monitor and the Root Companion app. Open the Root Companion app, tap the install button, reboot your phone, and GSam will start to track app usage, temps, etc. If this temperature issue happens again there will be much more data to go off of to try to pin down what could be causing it.
GSam Battery Monitor [link]
I have found GSam Battery Monitor has helped me disable of greenfiy the approriote apps sucking up my battery in the background. Having root will help utilize these apps to their full potential.
Not too sure, try a reboot
But I think root might be needed, sorry cant really remember, maybe you need to install as system app too
Maybe try this one
Also dont forget about alarms, that's what wakes up you phone up, when your phone is awake other apps can wakelock
So stopping alarms stops wakelocks as well
Heres an app for you're battery life.....problem solved. Goodlock will come around sooner than later.
Try this [link]
It's not windows like, but should do the job. For the second part of the question, you should probably have root for it and the you can check Greenify for that purpose.
GSAM is a battery monitor app called Gsam Battery Monitor. You can enable some extra stats with a adb command (root NOT needed). The free version is [link]
It's called GSam Battery Monitor
Here's a link for it: [link]
So this does sound ridiculous...
However it is interesting to me because it just so happens that today I also had a horrible battery drain, the worse battery life I had in the few months I had my Z3 Compact... Like I only got 4 hours SOT over the day (I usually get 5-6 hours SOT). Battery drained incredibly fast even on standby with Stamina on, not doing anything unusual... Looking at GSam Battery Stats Xperia Home (the default launcher which I do use) seems to be a main drainer which is unusual...
I assumed it was just a bug that will be solved after a restart and charging...
Nevertheless it is likely it is just a coincidence we both had such major drains, unless it turns out a lot more peeps also had battery drains...
If it does turn out to be Lollipop, then cool!