battery use shows android system using 65% of my battery

**bcat73** · 05-03-2010, 02:39 PM

this seems unbelievably high to me.

display = 16%
cell standby = 12%
android live wallpapers = 7%

under android system i see :
htc checkin service
network location
account and sync settings
accounts and sync
settings storage
checkin srvice
setup
rosie utility
brcmbluetoothservices
systemupdater
sync feeds
com.android.incrediblec
android system
vpn services
settings
htc widget download manager

why is all this running and how can i kill it? have disabled bluetooth and vpn and am using advanced task killer...any ideas?

**sum spicy rice** · 05-03-2010, 02:43 PM

what app tells you this info? sorry if it's off topic

**mobiledevice** · 05-03-2010, 02:45 PM

I'm in the same boat. Android system is chewing up the battery.

**seucode** · 05-03-2010, 02:46 PM

Noticing the same thing here. Android system uses more battery than anything else. The core background processes running there must be incredibly draining.

Edit: removed the duplicate info that you inclcuded in the op.

**yaemish** · 05-03-2010, 02:53 PM

Mine is doing it too. I even tried the program that kills processes.

**bcat73** · 05-03-2010, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by sum spicy rice

what app tells you this info? sorry if it's off topic

free app called anycut alows you to add shortcuts to anything you want. i added battery use

**bcat73** · 05-03-2010, 02:54 PM

ps i have been unplugged for 22 min and am now at 92% battery

**Jerry Hildenbrand** · 05-03-2010, 03:05 PM

That simply means that the Android system is 65% of what has been using your battery. Not that it used 65% of it. Ideally, Android system would be at 100%, everything else at zero.

**bcat73** · 05-03-2010, 03:11 PM

ok...well i am still frustrated im at 88% battery after 36 min of doing nothing

**Peanutbutter_N_Jelly** · 05-03-2010, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by sum spicy rice

what app tells you this info? sorry if it's off topic

Originally Posted by bcat73

free app called anycut alows you to add shortcuts to anything you want. i added battery use

You can view this info without installing anything to do it.
It's under: settings>about phone>battery>Battery use

**sum spicy rice** · 05-03-2010, 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter_N_Jelly

You can view this info without installing anything to do it.
It's under: settings>about phone>battery>Battery use

thanks! will try this later to see what my battery is doing

**VZWBB** · 05-03-2010, 03:35 PM

Mine was showing android was using 92% of the battery lol.

I don't know what it means as far as battery life goes, but for me, I can make it a whole day before having to be plugged in. I think some freak when they see the battery down past half way....doesn't mean its dead....just low.

Kinda like a car maybe....like you get 200 miles till your guage reads 50%, and then another 120 miles and it reads empty. Where did the 80 miles go?

**markhunsaker** · 05-03-2010, 04:13 PM

Android System is your entire OS. You can't kill it. Like it was stated above, ideally you would want Android System to be 100% of your battery consumption if you're not using anything else (standy by) will also be on there.

**Cory Streater** · 05-03-2010, 04:16 PM

And for those of you that start killing processes with task managers: Before you start new threads about phone crashes, lock ups, force closes, and other weird & random problems, please remove your task manager and see if those issues go away.

**jared916** · 05-03-2010, 05:02 PM

I've noticed my battery life has gone up tremendously since the first day. Give it a few days and it should increase.

**seucode** · 05-03-2010, 09:49 PM

Wow, this may be premature, maybe someone can confirm this. I had the Weather/Clock widget on my homescreen and got around 86-92% battery used by Android System. After removing the widget, Android System is taking 16% of the battery and my phone is still up and running.

This is the first time that "Phone Idle" is actually using a higher percentage than Android System!

Edit 2: Yeah, removing the weather/clock widget drastically reduced the power Android System was using.

**VZWBB** · 05-04-2010, 01:07 PM

The weather clock widget is too cool to remove....sacriledge! :P

**howarmat** · 05-04-2010, 01:26 PM

funny mine is always "cell standby" and "phone idle" what exactly are those and anyway to reduce those?

**ncbryan** · 05-04-2010, 02:28 PM

Today is my first full day of use of this phone. I got it in my hands last night and told the guy at the store to plug it in before I picked it up. I used it last night setting everything up on it. Plugged it in last night. Hasn't been on the charger all day and it has been used I would say moderately throughout the day and I still have about 65% of my battery left. Things I did to improve battery life (can also be seen in Cory's batter life post on page one of the forum) are:

1. Turn off WiFi when you aren't using it.
2. Turn off Bluetooth when you aren't using it.
3. On your weather apps like Weatherbug, turn off GPS support.
4. Uncheck the box for Use GPS satellites in Settings/location. If you need to use the GPS function, turn it on, but make sure you have your phone plugged into a car charger.

Read Cory's full post on saving your phone's battery and I don't think you will have an issue with battery life anymore!

**indianajonze** · 05-04-2010, 02:43 PM

think logically. if you're seeing "android os" using 90% (or whatever) or any other system process using 90%+, its because you're not using anything else. SOMETHING has to be using the battery, so whatever is running is being reported as using the dominant share of the power...

its like reporting that you've been sleeping 90% of the day when you're hungover. it may be true, but the percentage is outrageous because that's the only thing you've done all day...

**nalpakj** · 05-04-2010, 03:01 PM

Have all of you read the battery sticky ('Battery Life Not Lasting')? I was having pretty poor performance at first, then changed this setting and have seen a pretty big difference. I've been unplugged for about 7 hours and was thrashing pretty hard on it earlier (internet access, installed a few things, uninstalled them, etc) and still am at 70%.

**seucode** · 05-04-2010, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by indianajonze

think logically. if you're seeing "android os" using 90% (or whatever) or any other system process using 90%+, its because you're not using anything else. SOMETHING has to be using the battery, so whatever is running is being reported as using the dominant share of the power...

its like reporting that you've been sleeping 90% of the day when you're hungover. it may be true, but the percentage is outrageous because that's the only thing you've done all day...

I'm sure most of us understand that already. Ideally, the "SOMETHING" that I want to consume the highest percentage would be Cell standby and Phone idle, especially when I have the phone asleep in my pocket.

Having Android System taking a large percentage means that the phone is using quite a bit of battery doing something other than idling while it's supposed to be idle. Low and behold, it seems that the weather/clock widget was the culprit in my case.

**Yahma** · 05-04-2010, 03:40 PM

The Incredible comes with a smaller than usual battery (1300mAH), that is the same size battery that comes on the smaller to Android phones such as the Cliq or MyTouch 3g that have slower processors and use less battery power to run.

You can try lowering your screen brightness and removing widgets. For example, the Engadget widget uses alot of battery. Other than than, you can carry around an extra battery.

**howarmat** · 05-04-2010, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by seucode

I'm sure most of us understand that already. Ideally, the "SOMETHING" that I want to consume the highest percentage would be Cell standby and Phone idle, especially when I have the phone asleep in my pocket.

Having Android System taking a large percentage means that the phone is using quite a bit of battery doing something other than idling while it's supposed to be idle. Low and behold, it seems that the weather/clock widget was the culprit in my case.

even with those being the most used on my device i am only going to get 20 hours with the 1750 battery probably. and that also means in NOT using the phone much which is true. so its give and take for sure