Battery drain at idle with dock

d1ez3 · Mar 5, 2012

I have noticed that my battery has very poor idle when it is sleeping while docked. I have attached 2 images where you can see the issue I have been having. I thought this would have been cleared up after all of the updates we've had but I've experienced this since the beginning. When it is not on the dock I lose about 1% every 8-10 hours, when it is docked I lose more than 1% each hour. I do not have my tab set to wake from keyboard, wifi was off and I was in power save mode.

Thanks

Anyone else have this?

almightywhacko · Mar 5, 2012

Its just a shot in the dark, but you might wanna try checking this setting under Battery Saving:

It will prevent keystrokes and such from waking up the tablet. It is possible that your keyboard has a stuck key or something and this is preventing the tablet from actually sleeping.

d1ez3 · Mar 5, 2012

I have had that checked, something else is causing it not to sleep

almightywhacko · Mar 5, 2012

d1ez3 said:
I have had that checked, something else is causing it not to sleep

Did you try a hard reset? Its kinda a pain but if there is a software bug or a rogue app that might fix the issue.

d1ez3 · Mar 6, 2012

I did a long time ago but re-downloaded all of my apps since. I suppose I can try again. It's strange because it's only when I'm docked. When I'm not docked there is no drain. The keyboard seems to be the cause not software.

fazerrider · Mar 6, 2012

d1ez3 said:
I did a long time ago but re-downloaded all of my apps since. I suppose I can try again. It's strange because it's only when I'm docked. When I'm not docked there is no drain. The keyboard seems to be the cause not software.

Hi there, I have the same issue. At first (begin of january) it worked OK. Later (february) I noticed this issue. The undocked dock keeps its power well, the undocked tablet also.

But when docked... the dock can be drained in less then 10 hours, IF the tablet is under 70-80%. Then the dock starts charging the tablet and is quickly drained. When drained, the tablet starts charging the dock, and so on.

I think there is a problem with the battery of the dock.

Do you recognize the above?

d1ez3 · Mar 6, 2012

fazerrider said:
Hi there, I have the same issue. At first (begin of january) it worked OK. Later (february) I noticed this issue. The undocked dock keeps its power well, the undocked tablet also.

But when docked... the dock can be drained in less then 10 hours, IF the tablet is under 70-80%. Then the dock starts charging the tablet and is quickly drained. When drained, the tablet starts charging the dock, and so on.

I think there is a problem with the battery of the dock.

Do you recognize the above?

Yes same thing exactly with me. I have been leaving the tab separate from the dock when not using it, very inconvenient.

gruntguy · Mar 6, 2012

I've noticed this too, but I had always thought it was just a side effect of some kind, or just a general design/software flaw with the way the tablet interacts with the dock. Didn't realise it was quite an isolated issue.

Deano_XEXEC · Mar 7, 2012

I had the same problem, go into the developer settings and turn off the option that says keep tablet on while charging. when the tab is in the dock it always gets power from the dock so never sleeps.

that should sort it.

Dean

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nhshah7 · Mar 7, 2012

lol i think your issue is something putting on a wakelock keeping your device awake, that's why it is on and off all the time under the awake bar. Try the app better battery stats (free via XDA) and check the process wakelock pane to figure out what's keeping your tab awake

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Mountain King · Mar 8, 2012

Same problem here.

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gixie · Mar 11, 2012

@nhshah7:
Sorry for the noob question, but how do you get better battery stats for free via xda?
Thanks in advance

nhshah7 · Mar 11, 2012

gixie said:
@nhshah7:
Sorry for the noob question, but how do you get better battery stats for free via xda?
Thanks in advance

Not a problem...google for the better battery stats thread here on xda and I think you can download the full version via the sites thread. Or I'll try to find it right now..

See the second post. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

Hit thanks if this helps!

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Scumbag Inc. · Mar 11, 2012

Yesterday my tablet had run down to around 30% so I docked it into my fully charged keyboard. When I came home from work, my dock was fully discharged and my tab had barely been charged (or had charged then discharged, I'm not sure.)

aznmode · Mar 11, 2012

i get the same thing. once my tablet runs down to 70 the dock starts charging it and itll just continue to charge it without it fully charging and eventually my dock will run out of battery.

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orampc · Mar 11, 2012

Same problem here.

nhshah7 · Mar 11, 2012

check out this thread I started here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1535723

I want to figure out what normal drain on teh dock should be. On my last tablet (BCOK s/n), I had about 10% / hour drain while using it. Now I get 20% with the newest updates and a C10 s/n tablet. After 1.5 hours of use, the tablet was down to 70% and the dock kicked in. After charging for an hour, tablet's up to 90% but the dock is down to 50% lol

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d1ez3 · Mar 12, 2012

OP here.

I seemed to have fixed the issue. I had an SD card in the dock, when I took it out and put it in the tab (it was a micro SD inside of a regular sd card) the battery life at idle seemed to be normal. SD card in the dock seems to cause wakelocks. Anyone else can try this to confirm

ajk511 · Mar 12, 2012

d1ez3 said:
OP here.

I seemed to have fixed the issue. I had an SD card in the dock, when I took it out and put it in the tab (it was a micro SD inside of a regular sd card) the battery life at idle seemed to be normal. SD card in the dock seems to cause wakelocks. Anyone else can try this to confirm

Ha, I was wondering why I was suddenly getting amazing battery while docked today. I took out the SD card I keep in the dock this morning and didnt put it back in. I guess I can randomly confirm this.

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d1ez3 · Mar 13, 2012

Seems like there's enough evidence that this is the case. Asus should address this issue

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