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Battery problem returned in ICS?

Xad — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:36:23 GMT

Charged my phone before i went to bed, 100% with every feature off (wifi, data, etc). Checked again about 9 hours later and the power was down to 76%.

"Android OS" showed as 74%, Keep awake: 8h 47m -- Cpu total: 32m

In CPUspy, "Unused state: Deep sleep"

Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:45:22 GMT

if you have taskillers, battery apps and/or antivirus this might be the cause

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/android-wakelock-api-bugs/

Android apps that use power control APIs are often 'battery killers,' oh the irony

http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/64061-api-glitch-may-explain-fast-draining-phone-batteries

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2012/120613HuSmart

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Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:55:47 GMT

in order for anyone to help you

charge your phone 100% -> restart it -> use it as you normally would -> once you get to 10%

settings -> battery -> take screenshots of the list and the graph and also tap on each item on the list and take screenshots or copy the amount of time each item was on > post everything here

it'll be better to take a screenshot of each item

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Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Xad — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:01:16 GMT

i suspect it might have been a rogue app (no task killers) that hasn't been optimised for ICS. Removed some stuff and restarted and the phone is already getting back into deep sleep which is great. Going to see what happens overnight.

One thing that was interesting is that when i was having the issue as in the first post it showed as "Android OS" draining the battery not "Android System". Anyone know if that means anything? I don't think i usually see "Android OS" in the battery info section instead it's usually "Android System".

Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:05:26 GMT

Keep us posted

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Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Garret141 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:21:22 GMT

I think battery life is a little bit improved in ICS. Last night I measured 4% decrease over 8h, which is very decent.

Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Uliwooly — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:34:30 GMT

I sync a lot of things w/ my phone so I don't see that much of an improvement

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Re: Battery problem returned in ICS?

Garret141 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 19:49:14 GMT

That's why I say "I think". I'm not sure, just tested it once last night.