Is the OS supposed to be using a lot of battery life?

**2010BmwM3** · 12-21-2011, 02:03 PM

I have noticed the OS is using nearly as much of battery as the screen. Is this normal? I'm new to android phones so I'm still a bit clueless.

**creccaj1** · 12-21-2011, 02:04 PM

Normally I have seen that screen will be taking up the most, however this is my first phone that Android OS is beating out the screen for battery consumption. I believe it has to do with the constant sync with Google+. I am turning that sync off in my settings to see if that makes any difference with battery life consumption.

**2010BmwM3** · 12-21-2011, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted by creccaj1

Normally I have seen that screen will be taking up the most, however this is my first phone that Android OS is beating out the screen for battery consumption. I believe it has to do with the constant sync with Google+. I am turning that sync off in my settings to see if that makes any difference with battery life consumption.

I disabled Google+ and it seems like the OS has been using MORE battery life. It has my screen at 39% and the OS at 35%.

I may be delusional.

**inrelief** · 12-21-2011, 02:12 PM

There's probably 14 threads discussing this between XDA and here.
Here's the largest:

**2010BmwM3** · 12-21-2011, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by inrelief

There's probably 14 threads discussing this between XDA and here.
Here's the largest:

TY TY.

**Playa221** · 12-21-2011, 03:55 PM

I turned off the NFC and the Android Beam, and that seems to have improved my battery life. Hopefully that is just a temporary fix, and the permanent fix from Google works when it comes.

**BSG75** · 12-21-2011, 04:12 PM

When you look at the battery use, the figures always add up to 100% of the battery used. So if you have 95% batter left, you would still see screen 50%, OS 25%, etc. That's info just for perspective.

Typically, you see screen #1 followed by OS #2. If you see them both around the same mark, you can't draw the conclusion that the OS is somehow extra active. It's more likely the screen has been used less, so the screen % drops (say it drops from 55% to 45%), and everything else necessarily increases a little (they each need to increase to make up for the other 10%). The OS is the second most active thing, so that ends up looking like it increased, when really the screen just decreased.

Just something to consider.

**2010BmwM3** · 12-21-2011, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by Playa221

I turned off the NFC and the Android Beam, and that seems to have improved my battery life. Hopefully that is just a temporary fix, and the permanent fix from Google works when it comes.

I have done that and I have disabled background data on FB and disabled G+ completely. I have seen some improvement, but nothing to what I'd like it to be.