Usually my phone will drain around .5% an hour, but sometimes it'll drain massive amounts of battery over a short period. I have a 16hr idle log where it was awake for approx 1hr and it drained almost twice the normal at 1%
Excessive battery drain
- Thread starter xeropressence
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Happens. Certainly not "excessive" given your largish app portfolio and sync activity.
I have the same device also running stock. Typically idles around 0.6%/hr avg with full push mail and several other disruptive services enabled. On occasion that will dribble up towards 0.8%/hr. Meh.
Use Greenifyto selectively target Google apps that start in the background, at boot, spontaneously or on some other trigger. Maps, Photos and YouTube come to mind. Check box that says "ignore background free". Should see a modest improvement. Don't go nuts; only target apps that have no need to start/run while device is sleeping. Use aggressive doze at your peril (I don't). Stock nougat handles timers just fine if you don't go OCD over a few tenths.
Good luck.
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Thanks for taking a look, this was on the milder side of the drain I've seen so I'll keep an eye out and try to get a log for the more aggressive ones. Still kinda unhappy that the e4 idle performance is worse then the g4 play which is essentially the same phone.
Also own a pair of G4 Plays. Idle performance with E4 has been similar/better than G4 with similar stock 7.1 ROMs. Be sure to keep the finger print scanner clean on the E4. No indication that was a problem but can trigger drain if dirty. Rest boils down to firmware nuances which can vary between installs on the same device type.
