Facebook using too much battery

**daniel2744** · 01-15-2013, 01:51 AM

So Facebook is using about 70 percent of my battery. Is this normal? I don't think so. I'm including a screenshot

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**Hubertsng** · 01-15-2013, 06:20 AM

Since you have near 100%, then yes it is normal.
You woke up and u uncharged and opened Facebook.

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**Seabass7857** · 01-15-2013, 07:22 AM

You have to understand that those battery statistics dont mean "You've used 70% of your battery with this app". It simply means that this since the last baseline (boot/unplug) you've spent 70% of your time with this app. One thing I can attest to with facebook, before I got Juice Defender, I noticed that it would go rogue at random times and chew up my battery so just make sure to keep an eye on it.

**greydarrah** · 01-15-2013, 10:19 AM

You could always delete the app and spend some time working on real relationships...you know...actually getting together and talking to people. Imagine all the extra battery life you'll have.

**djkleric** · 01-15-2013, 11:34 AM

Did it really use gps for 10 hours? That is odd

**Shanicenicolle** · 01-15-2013, 11:39 AM

Kind of related but does anyone know how to turn off location service for Facebook?

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**daniel2744** · 01-15-2013, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by greydarrah

You could always delete the app and spend some time working on real relationships...you know...actually getting together and talking to people. Imagine all the extra battery life you'll have.

thanks for the advice. i will get on that asap!

**daniel2744** · 01-15-2013, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by djkleric

Did it really use gps for 10 hours? That is odd

i guess it did and this is my main concern. i was wondering if this would use more battery. i even went and turned off the location services.

**daniel2744** · 01-15-2013, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Shanicenicolle

Kind of related but does anyone know how to turn off location service for Facebook?

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i think if you go to the app info. you can scroll to the bottom and you should see location services. from there you should be able to turn it off.

**CrazCruz** · 01-15-2013, 09:40 PM

Man I ended up uninstalling Facebook, you'll see why later. Besides even if it doesn't waste your battery you'll see "Background cached process" messing with your ram memory.
Cheers

**ivrimon** · 01-16-2013, 11:15 AM

My facebook battery use went way down when I turned of notifications. The only thing I cared about was messages anyway and the messenger app is better for that anyway.

**skyrockett** · 01-16-2013, 11:17 AM

best solution is to close fb account and have a real life... or at least use it on a computer

**Hubertsng** · 01-16-2013, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by CrazCruz

Man I ended up uninstalling Facebook, you'll see why later. Besides even if it doesn't waste your battery you'll see "Background cached process" messing with your ram memory.
Cheers

You can disable sync

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**Shanicenicolle** · 01-16-2013, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by skyrockett

best solution is to close fb account and have a real life... or at least use it on a computer

Having a Facebook doesn't mean you don't have a real life. Many internships have required having a Facebook account.

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**Shanicenicolle** · 01-16-2013, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by daniel2744

i think if you go to the app info. you can scroll to the bottom and you should see location services. from there you should be able to turn it off.

Thanks I can see the permissions but I can't edit them, and bummer.

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**skyrockett** · 01-16-2013, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Shanicenicolle

Having a Facebook doesn't mean you don't have a real life. Many internships have required having a Facebook account.

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i don't think it's true and i don't think it's right.