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Facebook update (1.5.0) draining battery?

westbros

Android Enthusiast
Last weekend I downloaded (amongst other app updates) the latest update for Facebook (1.5.0) which now includes the chat facility. Since then I've discovered my battery draining at an alarming rate. My usual usage would previously have left me with anything between 50% and 80% of my battery left at the end of the day - usually closer to the 70% mark.
Suddenly on Monday after only moderate use (a couple of calls, 3 e-mails with photo attachments and a few texts) I was shocked to see my battery indicator in the yellow and down to 28% by mid afternoon.
Yesterday the drain was not as bad but it still dropped to 30% by the time I went to bed.
Today I noticed the battery starting to drain away again, so I did some research and wondered whether it might have to something to do with the new chat facility on FB. I found out how to go offline and that seems to have stemmed the flow, because the battery has only dropped by some 10% in the last 3 or 4 hours.
Is anyone else aware of any problems with this update? BTW I have an unbranded Desire with Froyo installed. I also use the standard FB app, not FB for HTC Sense. Thanks!:)
 
I honestly cant say ive noticed any difference with battery usage since installing the new facebook update.
 
I don't have SpareParts but I did check partial wake usage by some other means and discovered 4 hrs 30 mins against Facebook, which is way too high considering I hadn't used FB anything like that much. Since I switched to offline that figure has not gone up, so that's why I'm thinking it's a smoking gun...
 
im experiencing exactly the same symptoms: it's either new facebook or something that came with the last updated they rolled out few days ago (for me at least). i think it was an android store update.

my freaking battery dies on me like there is no tomorrow. just uninstalled the facebook will see if it helps.

im so f***ing pissed....
 
Phones not been charged for over 18 hours with FaceBook only been partially awake for about two min
 
im experiencing exactly the same symptoms: it's either new facebook or something that came with the last updated they rolled out few days ago (for me at least). i think it was an android store update.

my freaking battery dies on me like there is no tomorrow. just uninstalled the facebook will see if it helps.

im so f***ing pissed....

Interesting that someone else is getting the same. How's your battery doing this morning?

I have my phone charging in airplane mode overnight and since I switched off airplane mode this morning and unplugged it from the charger 3 hrs ago it has dropped to just 97% battery. FB is offline. I'm convinced that this is the problem. Never been an issue with previous versions of FB though, so something in this update must be killing the battery.

I just have to remember every time I go onto FB that before I exit I need to go into Chat and switch to offline. Because it seems to go online automatically when you open the app.

I also got the Android Market update, but looking at battery history that doesn't seem to be an issue.
 
seems that the new fb with chat "feature" is the problem. the battery seems to behave as before i installed the new fb ver. if it's indeed fb it's not coming back on desire until they fix the app.
 
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