topic Re: battery drain in XPERIA archive

battery drain

adityeah — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:28:20 GMT

Hi,

I have earlier tried to ask a question here about my battery drain. I am now posting specifically my problem:

Last night I charged my xperia go till 100%. I did not use the phone for the next 9 hours. Auto Sync was off. Mobile network was on. Wifi/Bluetooth was off. I am using Xperia Go shipped as it is. NO ICS Update.

Today morning I see the battery level at 69%. I check the applications with battery usage and it says "Idle" has taken about 42%.

Is this normal?

aditya

Re: battery drain

MarlonUk1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:39:49 GMT

can you post a screenshot of the battery usage page? together with the graph page?

also what apps do you have installed, some apps may have been running on the backgorund,

Re: battery drain

adityeah — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:45:57 GMT

Hi nolramlb,

Have attached two screenshots. Keep in mind, the battery usage was 69% at 9 hours of usage. Now it is more than 12 hours. Also, the cell standby I think was at 42% after 9 hours of usage.

thanks

Re: battery drain

MarlonUk1 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:55:56 GMT

okay. i see, please be aware that having your mobile network data on can drain your battery, if you dont mind , try to fully charge your battery and let it sit, but this time turn off your mobile network data. see if the problem still persist.

apps also contributed to battery drain, as long they have data connection they would be able to access their servers and update or sync. ( the sync you disabled maybe limited to the app you turned it off to.)

if you want you can run some battery tests, just dial *#*#7378423#*#*,service test, and look for battery test and battery health test.

Re: battery drain

adityeah — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:07:04 GMT

Hi,

I will do as you say. Will put the mobile network to off and check how much is the battery drain.

Other thing: I tried running the battery tests as you mentioned but when I go to Service test I do not see a "battery test" option there.

Will update my findings here tomorrow.

-aditya

Re: battery drain

adityeah — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:08:23 GMT

Hi nolramlb,

I did as you said and the battery drain was not as much. In fact, in 4-5 hours the battery drained less than 10%. Do you think my problem could be because some application might be accessing too much data in the background? If so, how can I find it? any ideas? thanks!

aditya

Re: battery drain

MccX — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:22:58 GMT

noramlb, thanks for the battery test info:smileyhappy:.

Re: battery drain

MarlonUk1 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:42:54 GMT

social media apps ( facebook etc), google services , basically all apps that need updating will access data if available. you might want to read this >> http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/265440/monitor-data-usage-android-ice-cream-sandwich

welcome.

Re: battery drain

MarlonUk1 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:43:08 GMT

sure, anytime

Re: battery drain

Echiwe — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:46:17 GMT

hi,,help i kind of lose battery power quite easily in 30 minute i lose 10% any solutions, and after 7 hours out of charge,,

Re: battery drain

vtpcnk — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 03:53:46 GMT

hello, can you tell me - step by step - how to turn off the mobile network data?

appreciate the feedback.

Re: battery drain

xfahim — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 05:42:49 GMT

Goto Settings>Wireless and Networks (More)>Mobile Networks>Data enabled. Untick this if you want to disable Mobile data.

Btw, I use Sony's Home widget myself for turning it off and on when I want easily. Just add the widget named 'Tools' in homescreen and you can enable/disable mobile data, bluetooh, wifi, gps in one tap.

Re: battery drain

pank58 — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:03:33 GMT

Hi Nolramlb,

The battery test option doesn't exist as u hv mentioned, plz help me in finding solution for my cell battery as i hv tried the option of charging it full --- power-off---remove battery--wait for 30-40 min --then switch on, but still the battery will drain drastically, i have even tried by disabling the data, also using only GSM network instead on 3G.

Re: battery drain

adityeah — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:26:15 GMT

Hi again,

This is really becoming a problem now. I haven't yet had a proper answer despite posting it on this forum a few times.

The problem I mentioned was on GB. I updated to ICS and the problem persists. In fact, it has turned strange. Let me explain:

Night, phone charged to 100%. Mobile Data set to OFF. Wi-fi set to OFF. Morning, 7 hours later, battery is at 75%. Phone Idle consumed 40% of the battery. This is so bad.

Later in the day, battery at 33%. After 30 minutes it shows 37% and a few minutes later 40%! Then keeps going down.

Also, on an average, I see a drain of 5% per hour even with Wifi/Mobile Data off.

Sony please help!

Re: battery drain

Echiwe — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:25:31 GMT

Hii,,same here, the battery drains very fast as it seems the cell standby takes the most energy,,in an hour i loose 7% of the battery power,,any help??

Re: battery drain

adityeah — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:28:44 GMT

Can someone please reply....