Decrease in battery life with ICS....am I doing something wrong?

**clownin72** · 07-04-2012, 10:56 PM

Here's where I'm at after factory reset and one charge cycle.

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**B. Diddy** · 07-04-2012, 11:00 PM

Interesting--I think that's the first time I've seen Android OS take up more battery use percent than Screen. Either your screen is using less power, or something in your system is working overtime ...

**CannedBullets** · 07-05-2012, 03:19 AM

I'm getting that too; the battery drains a lot faster than it did when it was running 2.3.

**bradenfontaine** · 07-05-2012, 05:32 AM

Still say it depends on signal/wifi and usage... ICS did nothing but help my battery.
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**atlantar6** · 07-05-2012, 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by B. Diddy

Interesting--I think that's the first time I've seen Android OS take up more battery use percent than Screen. Either your screen is using less power, or something in your system is working overtime ...

I used my phone very little yesterday and it shows very similar results. I am still on GB.

**mgindi26** · 07-05-2012, 08:37 AM

OK here I am day 3 after factory reset. But the thing is that my screen has been on all of 18 minutes. Not really a lot of time. So I'm still not sure. As far as signal goes I'm I'm Manhattan with 2 bars. Doesn't seem so good and I already had a sum card changed last week.

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**mgindi26** · 07-05-2012, 08:44 AM

10 minutes later and now I'm down to 80% so 5 hours 20% loss

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**RHChan84** · 07-05-2012, 11:07 AM

My phone barely last a day. I'll do another factory reset and see what happens. I did two charge cycles with the phone down to 15% or so then shut it off and let it charge for 7 hours.
I'll do a factory reset probably this weekend to give it a few more days and see how it is.

**mgindi26** · 07-05-2012, 01:55 PM

Here is the latest with about 1 hour of screen on. 1 hour screen and down 60%

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**bradenfontaine** · 07-05-2012, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by mgindi26

10 minutes later and now I'm down to 80% so 5 hours 20% loss

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That is only a 4% drain per hour. Nothing to fret over.

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**maynardjames** · 07-05-2012, 09:04 PM

I finally fixed my battery issues. I reinstalled ics using matts utility so far so good heavy use setting it back up four hours later down to 80% battery life

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**BBGregBB** · 07-05-2012, 09:15 PM

My battery seems to be working normally after clearing the cache. So far today I've been using 4g, phone, wifi, and hotspot and my battery is still holding fairly strong.

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**smartphonedude** · 07-06-2012, 01:30 AM

This is from after factory restore from recovery and wiping cache. Still hope there's a bug fix for the other minor issues soon, but of course i won't hold my breath.

**rbess1965** · 07-06-2012, 07:29 AM

Getting better. Gotta love screen shot mode. That's my favorite addition of ICS. Of coarse I already had it on my old Samsung Charge but it s good to have that back.

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**cubetop** · 07-06-2012, 08:49 AM

I think my battery has been slightly improving but it's hard to say for sure. Last night though, I was at 48% battery left with 17h 52m of use and 3 hours of that was screen time. Really a beastly little phone. I still can't believe how light it feels. My Rezound with extended battery wasn't this light nor did it last even CLOSE to this long.

**Smudgie** · 07-06-2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Masheen

Lmao. What a mess. There was such anticipation for this update. I've had friends rage at me the last couple of days that their Maxx, which normally lasted two days now only lasts one. Poor them..

But on the real though. I have years of experience with Android, Motorola in particular and their new updates. I've been through Eclair to Froyo to Gingerbread and the magic fix which worked for me was: Going into Backup & Reset > Unchecking Automatic Restore, I even uncheck Back up my data because it really doesn't backup your wi-fi passwords like it says. Then do a factory reset. When your phone reboots don't log directly in to your Google account. Skip everything. Go back to the Backup & Restore menu and make sure everything is unchecked. Then go to accounts and add your Google Account.

The reason for this, as one smart individual previously stated, is that different OS versions are not meant to be installed on top of each other because there are incompatible files. So during every major OS update, you should factory reset your phone. The unchecking the automatic backup feature is an old trick from fixing problems on the Droid X with the Gingerbread update.

To assist you with Factory Resetting your phones, there are certain apps which make the transition easier.

1)

Appbrain backs up all of your apps to your Appbrain account so that you can re-install Appbrain on a factory reset and easily re-install all of your apps.

2) ..

Sms backup & restore backs up all of your text messages to your SD card which allows you to restore them after a reset.

3) ..

Call Log restore, by the same developer as the SMS app.

Unfortunately, most saved app data will be erased, unless there is a backup feature in the particular app. Advanced users can try to backup application data using Titanium Backup and restore the data after a reset, but you must be rooted to do this.

A lot of people dread factory resetting their devices, but if your phone is experiencing bugs and sluggishness with ICS, I as well as other users, strongly recommend doing one.

Hope this helps if you are struggling with the decision.

Sent from my banned Galaxy Nexus.

I am going to do the factory reset. I have not read any other posts where people are saying to uncheck "Automatic Restore" and "Back up my Data." Should I eventually recheck these boxes after I am fully restored? Thanks

**thewinow** · 07-06-2012, 01:59 PM

I did the factory reset and it really didn't fix the battery issue...not at all

**lewie61** · 07-06-2012, 02:32 PM

I got my first glimmer of hope today in regard to battery life. I had done my factory data reset earlier in the week and did not see much if any improvement in the battery drain. Yesterday, after 8 hours in the office, even with data and sync off via smart actions when the phone was locked, my battery was down to 84%. The only use during that period was two text messages and several brief looks at my stock market app. Today, after almost six hours and some brief peeks at the stock app,one text message and a weather check, the battery is still sitting at 96%.This is much more consistent with its performance pre-ICS. I'll have to evaluate the drain when apps are being used but at least there's one positive sign. One thing that I did notice was that, when I fired the phone up after letting it charge while off last night, Circle Battery showed it's usual 99%. Before today, post-ICS install, the widget would come up at 98% every day. Maybe, as some have speculated, after a reset the phone and battery have to recalibrate to get the proper usage and readings.

**hazelgreen** · 07-06-2012, 04:29 PM

My battery has improved since I factory reset last night. At this point yesterday, I was at about 55-60 percent, today I'm at 73 after 9h 51m 0s (although the screen was only for only 48m 39s). Not as good as pre-ICS, but I'm hoping it only improves........I'm still not bringing my charger to work like I did with my X, so it's still better than that thankfully.

I may do another reset without auto backup to see if it gets better.

**lewie61** · 07-07-2012, 01:27 PM

Some additional observations: After the reset and a few days beyond that, the battery is draining very little when the phone is idle. Apps however, still seem to be chewing up more of the battery than they did prior to ICS. Unless you are a very heavy user, pounding the phone with multiple calls, text messages, videos and web surfing every day, my feeling is that the battery should easily last all day if not longer. I charge mine every night anyway so until I see the battery drop into the red zone much more quickly than I think it should, I'm not gonna worry about it. Overall, feature for feature and with the big boy battery this is still the best cell phone value out there, IMHO.

**Smudgie** · 07-08-2012, 07:33 AM

Huge increase in battery life for me. After 25 hours I am at 70%

**Praggles** · 07-08-2012, 07:53 AM

After factory reset I was pleased with battery life...then this morning it hit again 104 degree battery temp screen hot to touch...so I check manage apps running and I saw it...Pulse reader pulling 120mb and loading data like crazy...I love pulse reader but...its now uninstalled...

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**lewie61** · 07-08-2012, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by Mojer

Huge increase in battery life for me. After 25 hours I am at 70%

What has your usage been duriing the 25 hours?

**amirh1** · 07-12-2012, 12:30 AM

I followed B. Diddy's advice and went through clear cache first; things have improved but not same as before update (e.g. with Gingerbread). I go down to 20% by the end of the day - I used to have to work REALLY hard to get it down to 50%. But at least it now lasts the day...

I also have occasional heating, and I use Pulse (and I also love it...

). I'll uninstall it and see where we're at tomorrow. I'm really trying to avoid factory reset, now that I've finally arranged all the icons in their nice groups and everything...