Mysterious battery drain

[superballz]

The last 3 nights i have went to bed with my tb charged to at least 60%. The first 2 times i woke up to the phone dying (around 10% batt) and this morning i woke up to a dead phone.I have checked all my sync settings and gotten rid of a couple apps that seemed to eat through the battery and still this...Up until this the battery has been pretty good (only had to charge once a day w/ moderate use). Anyone else having this problem? Seems like its been this way since the 4g outage.

 

[superballz]

For anyone wondering my phone is all stock

 

[paulmike3]

Install CurrentWidget, enable logging, and keep an eye on what your current usage is when idle. It should be between 30-40 mA. If it's in the 200-400 mA range, there's something running rogue.

I've been seeing this, as well as my CPU pegged at 100%, more and more lately. I'm fairly conviced it's network related, not something wrong with our phones (although, it could be a problem with how our phones are handling the network problems, as well).

Let us know what your idle mA is, and we can dig deeper into the issue.

 

[Effenhimer]

I am for sure having this problem... Used to get 16+ hours no problem, now since the outage... Like 6-7 hours and I gotta charge it... ATM, 4 hours down to 32%... Came here to see if it was just me.

 

[Effenhimer]

229 during idle... 436 with screen on, no widgets (except current widget) and no apps running...

 

[gvillager]

I am for sure having this problem... Used to get 16+ hours no problem, now since the outage... Like 6-7 hours and I gotta charge it... ATM, 4 hours down to 32%... Came here to see if it was just me.

Same issue here. Before the outage battery life was fine. Today I unplugged at 7am and by 11:30 am I was down to 19% . Normally I'd have 75% at 11:30.

 

[kalopsia]

Ya...usually my battery drains 7-10% while idle over 8 hours of sleep. Everything turned off, no mobile network, no unnecessary apps, no WiFi, etc.

Last night it drained from 74% to 0%. Really ticked me off. Only thing turned on was the alarm clock.

 

[bjboucher]

I just installed Current widget for a test. My 2 week old Thunderbolt is in the upper 30s when the screen's off and around 120-130 with the screen on. I have MyVerizon Data Usage, Weather and Battery Widgets running. That seems pretty good.

 

[Chrisy]

Check your Blockbuster app again and make sure movie updates are disabled. I had sudden drain and somehow those updates were enable again.

I've also had a widget drain my battery.

 

[kalopsia]

I also installed CurrentWidget, it said I was at 248mA while idle, then 412mA while awake. Then I rebooted the phone. It dropped to 38mA idle, 130mA awake.

But I decided to look at the Blockbuster app...Blockbuster movie updates were enabled again. I know I disabled them when I first got my phone. Apparently the update is scheduled for ~4am too. Lame. But that probably explains why it drained 3/4 of my battery last night...

 

[Effenhimer]

I've had great battery with Rooted BAMF 1.5 remix... All second party and VZW bloat gone. So no Blockbuster app to check. Only thing when I check whats using my battery is display at 79%, everything else is under 4% except Android system which is 15%, even though I've just had it sitting there, not using it... Last I checked, when I turn on the screen I get #'s like 524ma, then when I update it, 226ma...

 

[baztekdroid]

I am having the same problem the past couple days. I have been getting between 10 and 16 hours on my bolt depending on 4 g and WiFi availability. Now within 3 to four hours I am looking for a place to recharge. When I looked at phone info and what's using battery it says Android system 66%. It in never usually that high. Maybe 4%. I wonder what is going on.?

 

[Chrisy]

I am having the same problem the past couple days. I have been getting between 10 and 16 hours on my bolt depending on 4 g and WiFi availability. Now within 3 to four hours I am looking for a place to recharge. When I looked at phone info and what's using battery it says Android system 66%. It in never usually that high. Maybe 4%. I wonder what is going on.?

I had the same thing happen to my battery a few days ago. I posted about it and was given the suggestion to reboot to close any rogue apps. Worked for me. Back to great battery life. I also check the Blockbuster app occasionally.

 

[baztekdroid]

Thanks Chrisy, the block buster app is still disabled soooo, here goes a reboot. I let you know how it goes.

 

[major_works]

Newbie question. I installed the Current Widget app. When I try to add the widget to the display, all it does is take me back to the app's menu. What is it looking for me to do?

EDIT: Never mind... got it now.

 

[Effenhimer]

So turned it off, and then back on, (not just a restart) and battery seems to be back to normal... WTF?... Guess I should turn it off every once and awhile...

 

[farmman]

Mine started draining today as well. Checked blockbuster app & it was enabled again. It apparently updated itself thru the market. disabled updates again & unchecked auto updateing from market.
Battery back to normal again.

 

[qzic]

Tracking Rogue App

Install CurrentWidget, enable logging, and keep an eye on what your current usage is when idle. It should be between 30-40 mA. If it's in the 200-400 mA range, there's something running rogue.

What's a good way to track down a rogue app? I installed CurrentWidget (great suggestion) and the current draw is running continuously at 250mA with spikes to 310mA for a few seconds every 10 minutes. I'm not worried about the spikes, but I'd like to track down what's keeping it at 250mA.

Battery use numbers are innocuous:

• Display - 66%
• Cell standby - 12%
• Phone Idle - 10%
• Android System - 5%
• Mail - 3%
• [Amazon] Appstore - 2%
• CurrentWidget - 2%

 

[zachnelson]

What's a good way to track down a rogue app? I installed CurrentWidget (great suggestion) and the current draw is running continuously at 250mA with spikes to 310mA for a few seconds every 10 minutes. I'm not worried about the spikes, but I'd like to track down what's keeping it at 250mA.

Battery use numbers are innocuous:

• Display - 66%
• Cell standby - 12%
• Phone Idle - 10%
• Android System - 5%
• Mail - 3%
• [Amazon] Appstore - 2%
• CurrentWidget - 2%

Are you talking with screen on? I'm getting these same similar numbers with a little less display and a little more cell standby and phone idle. And my screen on amperage is about 350mA and I have nothing running, this is after a fresh reboot.

(see my thread in the forum, i made a post about it earlier. first time my thunderbolt has died on me. i got like 40% of what i usually get for battery life

 

[nate44]

What's a good way to track down a rogue app?

Get System Panel