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Help battery drain after lollipop update?
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decraig2000
Newbie
Mine us DUMPING! The battery is draining from full charge to 25% in about 8 hours with very little screen time. Today I made and received 7 calls for a total talk time of 32 minutes, sent and received about 20 texts (no photos), was on Facebook for about 10 minutes, and ran two quick google searches. My phone was at 100% at 7:00 am and 23% when I charged it at around 4:00 pm.
Looking at the battery stars the Android Mediaserver is consuming huge power closely folloed by the Android OS.
On KK this phone could go 36+ hours on heavy usage.
HELP!
Android mediaserver runs when you play video, listen to music, etc. Were you doing any of those things?
If not, then it's possible that you have a file in storage that android's mediaserver (which is always looking for video, audio and photos) thinks is one of those but is not, or is corrupted.
See this article, which I think has some items that can help (the stuff that requires root is unhelpful in your case.) http://geeknizer.com/fix-android-media-server-scanner-sdcard-cpu-battery-drain/
However, one thing that you can try (if clearing data from Settings > applications > Media Storage doesn't help) is to connect your phone to a PC, copy all of the files off of your phone's storage, and then just erase all of the files and start over. Pain in the neck, but at least you'll have backups. (I upload all of my photos to Google Photos anyway, and using that app I can see the photos online as if they were on my phone.)
If not, then it's possible that you have a file in storage that android's mediaserver (which is always looking for video, audio and photos) thinks is one of those but is not, or is corrupted.
See this article, which I think has some items that can help (the stuff that requires root is unhelpful in your case.) http://geeknizer.com/fix-android-media-server-scanner-sdcard-cpu-battery-drain/
However, one thing that you can try (if clearing data from Settings > applications > Media Storage doesn't help) is to connect your phone to a PC, copy all of the files off of your phone's storage, and then just erase all of the files and start over. Pain in the neck, but at least you'll have backups. (I upload all of my photos to Google Photos anyway, and using that app I can see the photos online as if they were on my phone.)
... it is also recommended that you do a Wipe cache Partition after upgrading from 4.4.4 to 5.1. Did you? It will run for about 10 minutes. See ... http://androidforums.com/threads/droid-turbo-reference-and-tips.879102/#post-6797620.
... Thom
... Thom
After you do the Wipe Cache Partition checkout your GPS usage.
... Thom
... Thom
AlfaDroid
Newbie
+1 for this. GPS is notoriously a power hog. One thing I noticed going from KitKat to Lollipop is that Google appears to have made as difficult as possible to turn off data and location services. With KitKat I used the power control widget and could with one tap turn on/off data and GPS. Now the Motorola Power Control widget is gone and even installing a couple of similar apps the widget toggle act only as a shortcurt to the setting page for Mobile Data and Location. According to the developer, with Lollipop Goggle has eliminated direct access to Data and GPS on/off. Go figure...
GPS is a real pain, not only the toggle just takes you to the setting page, then you have to tap on "Mode" and select "Battery Saving" if you want to actually keep the GPS off. To turn it on, you have to select either "Device only" (no assisted GPS, it may take longer to lock on the signals) or "High Accuracy" (GPS + Wi-Fi + Cellular Networks).
What you could do with one tap on a home screen widget in KitKat now takes three taps on three different screens plus another one on the "Home" capacitive button to go back to where you started. That's progress, folks
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rainmanva
Newbie
oh thank you for the info alfadroid. i apperciate it. yes, sometimes when upgrades are done, they aren't always the best. 
there is a update that i just installed today, july 23.
maybe this will fix the issues at hand. i will report back when i have some concrete evidence. in the meantime i'll do what you said in regards to the GPS.
there is a update that i just installed today, july 23. maybe this will fix the issues at hand. i will report back when i have some concrete evidence. in the meantime i'll do what you said in regards to the GPS.
rainmanva
Newbie
google it or search on here. i can't seem to find the post that i saw it on, oaklane, it's really easy also, dig deep in there and make sure your GPS is off. i have seen better battery life by turning it to battery saving mode. with lollipop the GPS is always on by default.
with lollipop the GPS is always on by default.+1 for this. GPS is notoriously a power hog. One thing I noticed going from KitKat to Lollipop is that Google appears to have made as difficult as possible to turn off data and location services. With KitKat I used the power control widget and could with one tap turn on/off data and GPS. Now the Motorola Power Control widget is gone and even installing a couple of similar apps the widget toggle act only as a shortcurt to the setting page for Mobile Data and Location. According to the developer, with Lollipop Goggle has eliminated direct access to Data and GPS on/off. Go figure...
GPS is a real pain, not only the toggle just takes you to the setting page, then you have to tap on "Mode" and select "Battery Saving" if you want to actually keep the GPS off. To turn it on, you have to select either "Device only" (no assisted GPS, it may take longer to lock on the signals) or "High Accuracy" (GPS + Wi-Fi + Cellular Networks).
What you could do with one tap on a home screen widget in KitKat now takes three taps on three different screens plus another one on the "Home" capacitive button to go back to where you started. That's progress, folks
decraig2000
Newbie
I had hoped to get back on here sooner with an update but life got in the way. Previous to my post, I had wiped the cache, yet still had the problem. For whatever reason it took 3 more attempts at wiping the cache and then the problem "magically" went away. The phone has now been solid for over a week. Battery life with high amounts of screen time and data usage has been 36 hours or so. All seems to be good now.
Hello,+1 for this. GPS is notoriously a power hog. One thing I noticed going from KitKat to Lollipop is that Google appears to have made as difficult as possible to turn off data and location services. With KitKat I used the power control widget and could with one tap turn on/off data and GPS. Now the Motorola Power Control widget is gone and even installing a couple of similar apps the widget toggle act only as a shortcurt to the setting page for Mobile Data and Location. According to the developer, with Lollipop Goggle has eliminated direct access to Data and GPS on/off. Go figure...
GPS is a real pain, not only the toggle just takes you to the setting page, then you have to tap on "Mode" and select "Battery Saving" if you want to actually keep the GPS off. To turn it on, you have to select either "Device only" (no assisted GPS, it may take longer to lock on the signals) or "High Accuracy" (GPS + Wi-Fi + Cellular Networks).
What you could do with one tap on a home screen widget in KitKat now takes three taps on three different screens plus another one on the "Home" capacitive button to go back to where you started. That's progress, folks
Please elaborate on this subject. I am experiencing battery drain. I have done the cache wiping thingie. My location is set at off.
For example, my phone was fully charged yesterday at 5PM. Very little use last night and none overnight. Check emails and texting this morning, a little browsing and battery is at 43% by 11:00 am.
rainmanva
Newbie
go and update your software to latest update. that seemed to fix my battery drain issue. make sure you location is set to OFF or battery saving mode. since the update i did thursday im nearly about back to kit kat battery usage. so glad verizon pushed a update to fix this!
It's interesting. I didn't realize that the update made my battery life shorter. I did note it a few times wiht a "hmmm, that's interseting" but chalked it up to my usage. After the patch upgrade, I'm back to he old battery life. 2PM in the afternoon and I have 81% battery. Prior to the patch, I'm thinking it would have been at 60% or less.
PS: I left the GPS along at high fideity
hsb
PS: I left the GPS along at high fideity
hsb
emmzone22
Well-Known Member
I had battery issues also, but the second update nor doing cache partition wipes help. The one thing that did help, I know it doesn't make sense, is to uncheck battery saving in the location settings, and to check high accuracy. I switched back and forth every other day between the settings to confirm, and that is the solution for me.