Android System using 30% battery

[maximbc1]

100% oculus bug.

My playstore was stuck on updating oculus. When I reopened VR oculus app it seemed to have fixed the problem and im back to normal now.

 

[Mirage24]

Same problem for me, when updating oculus my android system battery usage went down. thanks

 

[ndpsorts316]

Since i removed all the oculus stuff, shut my phone off and cleared cache, my battery has returned to normal dropping only 9 percent battery since 5am. Android system shows 19 percent battery usage.

 

[vletroye]

had same thing happen to me today too. Started today, was good before that and no changes were made to the phone.
Phone is very laggy and slow and a huge drain on the battery by android services. Rebooted 5 times but no help.

Very same happens for me since before-yesterday evening with my Samsung Galaxy S7 (bought ~5 months ago). It draining the full battery in only ~4 hours 30'. Rebooting several times didn't "fix" the problem. I think I saw also an update of Oculus that evening... But it's Android System which is consuming > 30%.

The UI became laggy too and the video (youtube) are continuously stopping (every 5 to 10 sec) although the buffer is still full. My screen is not always on but the phone is really hot. The problem does not depend on my location. I did switch off Localisation, Bluetooth, WiFi, ...

I am using GSAM to "monitor" the battery usage since a long time and I have that battery chart for the past 7 days... But I don't have any figures of the CPU usage before the beginning of this issue.That chart is available only as of Thursday 18:00, exactly when I see that the battery start to be drained full speed (on the short CPU graph available, the average is 40%)

Many people are pointing at Oculus. EX.:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS7/comments/55280e/overheating_and_draining_battery/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/samsung-oculus-gear-vr-app-bug-battery-drain-news/

But no need to uninstall it. Run the app and it starts an update which should fix the pblm.

V.

 

[DanJJ]

I uninstalled all my oculus apps and my battery life returned to normal. Def an issue with the oculus app updating. Has anybody resolved the issue without removing the oculus software?

 

[Jrbighurt]

Same here. Battery died in 3 hours with NO use (overnight). I deleted Oculus and today with moderate use, I still have 62% after 10 hours! Problem solved. THANKS!

 

[Lord Caedus]

I deleted occulas today too and I still have 44% after almost 12 hours. I think the battery is actually better now as I used to be closer to 33% after 12 hours. See ya occulas!

 

[Yardstick]

What the heck? I'm at 20% after 12 hours with no Oculus. And today has been a light use day.

 

[mrcrusha829]

There is actually an article on Android Authority regarding the Oculus VR app updates causing battery drains.

 

[DanJJ]

I received an email from Oculus today that they have fixed the issue. Per the email, opening the Oculus app and letting it update will fix the issue.

 

[mena139]

I am having the same issue. Battery drains super quick. Android system is using 30%... I don't have any oculous or vr apps installed. Any tips on how I can fix this issue.

Thank!

 

[DanJJ]

I am having the same issue. Battery drains super quick. Android system is using 30%... I don't have any oculous or vr apps installed. Any tips on how I can fix this issue.

Thank!

What is being reported as using the majority of battery when you look at battery status?

 

[mena139]

Android system uses 33%
behind that is the screen at 20%
and android os is third at 13%

 

[DanJJ]

Your system and screen use seem a little high. My system use is 21% and screen is 11%. But I'm not on my phone much when I'm at work.
Try going into Google Play and make sure all of your apps are up-to-date.

 

[mena139]

Thank you for the tip. All my apps are updated.

 

[Snappy Phoenix]

Thank you for the tip. All my apps are updated.

Try disabling the Google app and see if it makes a difference. I noticed that once I opened that Google app and allowed it to inform me of stuff relevant to my location and whatnot, my battery life took a big dive.

 

[mena139]

Interesting. Can you be more specific as to which Google app. Tia

 

[Snappy Phoenix]

Interesting. Can you be more specific as to which Google app. Tia

Settings > Applications > Application Manager > Google App > Disable it

 

[mena139]

But I use the google search bar widget all the time . i dont want to loose that function

 

[Snappy Phoenix]

But I use the google search bar widget all the time . i dont want to loose that function

then you have to live with this drain. I don't have the battery drain anymore after disabling it and now my battery is normal, when I don't touch the phone, it doesn't suck up battery like no tomorrow as it did before