There's been a lot of talk about Google Services draining battery life on 4.4+ and I'm just curious for those with a non-rooted Maxx on 4.4+ any observations on battery life.
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There's been a lot of talk about Google Services draining battery life on 4.4+ and I'm just curious for those with a non-rooted Maxx on 4.4+ any observations on battery life.
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First couple of days on the new operating system will be hectic on a battery. All the apps and stuff saying howdy to each other all over again, getting used to know each other, they're all setting themselves up all over again etc.
fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.
Yes. But nothing changed (on my end--apps/usage) between the pre- and post-Kit Kat time. OP asked about KK impact on battery. For me it was a big hit. And with wakelock detector and gsam battery monitor not working on KK without root, I couldn't really dig into what was the issue.Sounds like something was running all by itself all the time.
fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.
Google email said battery life will be worse for first few days. Also said keep update confidential...
Yeah its public now ... You can view that debacle on other forums ... I know a lot of babbling on bricking on moto public forums, it seems like vzw had some data issues the same day of the push (either root cause of victim don't know) but wonder if that didn't impact that issue...
Yesterday was my first full day with KK and my battery was hammered. I went to bed last night with the battery down to 33; it's usually between 50 and 65. Looking at the battery stats there was something holding the phone awake, but apps like GSAM battery monitor no longer work unroofed, so it's hard to see which app is doing it. I'm going to watch it today and either start uninstalling some apps or just go through with a factory data reset and start over.
Yesterday was my first full day with 4.4 and using ART. Phone went back on the charger last night with 37% battery remaining, and a screen on time of 5 hours 50 minutes. That's in addition to all the app updates, but I was on Wi-Fi all day. Very impressed so far, loving the improved responsiveness of ART.
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I'm not sure if I found the full cause or not, but I ended up uninstalling all battery monitoring apps (GSAM Battery Monitor and Battery Monitor Widget (I forgot I had that one installed.) I also noticed that Android Weather & Clock Widget was listed in the battery usage screen, despite the fact that I didn't have the widget installed, so I uninstalled that as well. Battery use is still higher than usual with JB today, but the phone is not being held awake all day as it was yesterday. (I also had a problem where my trusted BT was not skipping the lock screen, despite the fact that the device was connected, but that's been better today, too.)
I've also disabled the Motorola ID and the Moto locking/wiping in the Administrators screen, as I have Android Device Manager so I don't need two solutions. I'm not sure if that was causing any battery drain, though.
When I have time I think I'm going to factory reset and start over from scratch, but that may not happen until after the 1st.
You had to switch to ART though correct, that's the "in-progress" desktop environment (home app/back end) ...
Thanks though -- its good to hear a smattering of "good installs" and with battery since that's the main reason a lot of us got the maxx
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Im a noob to all of this but could i switch to ART when I already have a phone set up or do I need to start fresh?