Poor Battery Life - HELP!

[Dankees]

So, over the last week, I have noticed such poor battery life. My battery is not performing as it once did.

I recently downloaded Power Shade, so I decided to disable it (not uninstall it). It's not listed in the Play Store at this time.

I have noticed that Android System uses a lot of my battery, while my battery life drops like a rock while I have my screen on. I never have my screen brightness passed 25% (and it is usually less).

Please take a look at these screenshots. What is going wrong?

 

[MrMike2182]

So, over the last week, I have noticed such poor battery life. My battery is not performing as it once did.

I recently downloaded Power Shade, so I decided to disable it (not uninstall it). It's not listed in the Play Store at this time.

I have noticed that Android System uses a lot of my battery, while my battery life drops like a rock while I have my screen on. I never have my screen brightness passed 25% (and it is usually less).

Please take a look at these screenshots. What is going wrong?

It says your phone has been on the battery for over 15 hours.. I don't see how that's considered bad? That's pretty much what I get.

 

[vojopd]

Install BBS, grant permissions and check what is messing your battery. That is awful SOT

 

[Dankees]

Install BBS, grant permissions and check what is messing your battery. That is awful SOT

Would AccuBattery tell me?

 

[sefrcoko]

Would AccuBattery tell me?

Run it and find out

 

[Dankees]

Run it and find out

How are the two apps different?

 

[Dankees]

Run it and find out

Well, I turned on Power Shade and left my phone untouched for one hour. My battery dropped 5%.

Then, I turned it off and left my phone alone for another hour and it went down only 2%.

So, that's the culprit?

 

[Unix_Dominator]

I'm not sure if your battery drain is regarding normal usage or standby time.

If it's a standby drain, I would suggest installing Naptime app from the playstore. Grant the permissions via ADB, your standby battery life would be great.
I've experienced a really good battery mileage after installing the app.

Make sure you enable to aggressive doze option and keep the app out of power save or the sleeping apps option.

Also, try turning off Location and see if Android System percentage goes down.

 

[Dankees]

I'm not sure if your battery drain is regarding normal usage or standby time.

If it's a standby drain, I would suggest installing Naptime app from the playstore. Grant the permissions via ADB, your standby battery life would be great.
I've experienced a really good battery mileage after installing the app.

Make sure you enable to aggressive doze option and keep the app out of power save or the sleeping apps option.

Also, try turning off Location and see if Android System percentage goes down.

Is this tough to do?

I had Location set to "High Accuracy" - I have now changed that to "Battery Saving."

Better?

 

[Unix_Dominator]

Is this tough to do?

I had Location set to "High Accuracy" - I have now changed that to "Battery Saving."

Better?

The naptime app is a piece of cake if you have root access, if your phone is not rooted, the app will suggest some steps you can follow to allow it function properly. For the non-root method, you will require a computer and ADB (Android Debug Bridge) to be installed in the computer.

If you kept location service to battery saving then maybe it might help save battery juice.

 

[Dankees]

The naptime app is a piece of cake if you have root access, if your phone is not rooted, the app will suggest some steps you can follow to allow it function properly. For the non-root method, you will require a computer and ADB (Android Debug Bridge) to be installed in the computer.

If you kept location service to battery saving then maybe it might help save battery juice.

I think I will stick with the Location setting change.

I'm also finding TuneUp Master Pro to be helping.

What do you think of BetterBatteryStats?

Later today, I can post screenshots.

Right now, I am at 63% battery left with 2 hours of screen time. (Note, much of this has been with super low battery brightness.)

 

[Dankees]

The naptime app is a piece of cake if you have root access, if your phone is not rooted, the app will suggest some steps you can follow to allow it function properly. For the non-root method, you will require a computer and ADB (Android Debug Bridge) to be installed in the computer.

If you kept location service to battery saving then maybe it might help save battery juice.

Do you have certain settings that you think I should really have (without any repercussions) that you could screenshot me?

 

[Dankees]

What do you think of these settings?

About 7 hours were not on Wi-Fi...

 

[Unix_Dominator]

I think I will stick with the Location setting change.

I'm also finding TuneUp Master Pro to be helping.

What do you think of BetterBatteryStats?

Later today, I can post screenshots.

Right now, I am at 63% battery left with 2 hours of screen time. (Note, much of this has been with super low battery brightness.)

Hey,
I think TuneUp Master Pro might help you, I haven't actually used BetterBatteryStats.

But I saw your screenshot, one thing I noticed is that you keep bluetooth switched on (Android Wear)?, If so then I think maybe that is your issue (I'm saying this cause I have a Gear 2 connected to my Note8, when the device is connected it takes some amount of battery). Try to use your device without bluetooth for maybe 1 day and see if there is any improvement in Battery Life and Screen On Time.

I would suggest other basic options like:
1. Turning off Location when you don't need it
2. Turning off Bluetooth
3. Turning off Mobile Data (or keeping the network mode to 3G/2G)
4. Delete useless apps, if you have apps like BetterBatterStats, I think they can monitor app data and battery usage.
5. Goto Settings>Device Maintenance>Battery, scroll down till the end and select "always sleeping apps", select apps that you want only to wake up when you open the apps. Go back and remove useless or unwanted apps under the unmonitored apps section (This option is right before the always sleeping apps one).

Also try doing a cache clear from Android Recovery (Be Careful when selecting the options):
1. Turn off your phone
2. Hold the Volume Up, Bixby and Power Button simultaneously until you see the boot screen, as soon as you see that screen release your fingers from the buttons
3. Once the recovery options come, use your volume buttons to move up and down, and the power button to select an option.
4. press volume down and select the clear cache option, press the power button, use the volume down button again to select "Yes" and press the power button.
5. It will clear Cache
6. Restart your, its the first option in the menu.
This might helps the phone clear cache files and maybe fix your battery issue.

It would also be good if you install this app, after installing goto the "Personal" tab and check if your battery health is good, mine is 91%. You should also be in that range or maybe 80%. If the percentage is bad then maybe I think you would require a battery replacement. Correct me if I am wrong guys, but just a suggestion.

One more thing, is your phone rooted or having a custom rom?, if yes I suggest to try Naptime and other rooted battery saving apps like Greenify.
If not then I think you and me will have to hope that Android 9.0 Pie would have some improvement, sadly I have been a Samsung user for 4 to 5 years, this isn't usually the case with Samsung OS updates .

 

[Dankees]

Based on this, I don't think I have anything rogue going on, do you?

(Notice that I didn't use my phone at all during this time, nor did I leave home.)

 

[Dankees]

OK, I have attached stats for my phone from today.

Please take a look.

When not using my phone, my battery only dropped about 2% per hour, which is great. But when my screen was on, I seemed to have lost a lot of power. I can't even get 4 hours of screen on time.

What would cause tis to happen? I barely have my screen brightness at 20%.

 

[Dankees]

Does this tell you more? It shows battery usage with cell phone signal.

(I was off Wi-Fi for about the last 6 hours of the day.)

Does this show a slower battery drop with a better signal?

 

[sefrcoko]

OK, I have attached stats for my phone from today.

Please take a look.

When not using my phone, my battery only dropped about 2% per hour, which is great. But when my screen was on, I seemed to have lost a lot of power. I can't even get 4 hours of screen on time.

What would cause tis to happen? I barely have my screen brightness at 20%.

Chrome and facebook drain lot compared to others. Are you putting them (and others) to sleep using device management? Also, 2.7% drain per hour isn't fantastic. You can drop that to approx 1% if you tame enough things on your phone.

 

[y0000]

OK, I have attached stats for my phone from today.

Please take a look.

When not using my phone, my battery only dropped about 2% per hour, which is great. But when my screen was on, I seemed to have lost a lot of power. I can't even get 4 hours of screen on time.

What would cause tis to happen? I barely have my screen brightness at 20%.

2% per hour for rooted phone is very bad. In 10 hours you loose 20% battery, looks very bad too. If you open the 4g you loose 40%. I loose 2% every 10 hours and i have 95% kernel deep sleep. Your System have big drain in first picture. Debloat your rom and fix your bad wakelocks with amplify and with appops. Possible change your rom and your kernel if you are not rooted. If you are not rooted god bless you, or read the xda threads to learnd about the phones. All your apps have very bad wakeup issues. This apps run all the time and dont leave the phone to sleep. You use malware bytes into android.... the linux is not windows 10. You dont need this crap apps.

 

[Dankees]

Chrome and facebook drain lot compared to others. Are you putting them (and others) to sleep using device management? Also, 2.7% drain per hour isn't fantastic. You can drop that to approx 1% if you take enough things on your phone.

Should they always be sleeping?