Bluethooth draining battery after KitKat update

[hallmr09]

I have noticed every day since the update that Bluetooth has used like 10% of my battery. I don't ever have Bluetooth on, so why would it be draining my battery so much? Has anyone else had this problem since the update?

 

[Rcrdude64]

Something in your phone is turning your BT on somehow. Because mine still reads 0 after the update. That's a very odd thing but supposing an app with permissions to alter bluetooth state is acting it would make sense. Otherwise I can't think of any other reason.

 

[dgcamero]

Mine is doing the same thing (not that it really seems to have any truly tangible effect on the battery life). I wonder what app it is...

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[LGElectronics]

Hi hallmr09, can you please take a screen shot of your battery usage? You can access this by going to Settings>Battery>Battery Information. Please include a screen shot of the graph as well as the Battery Use Details. ^MA

 

[AZDroid]

Mine is showing 3% used by BT and my BT has been turned off all day.


Edit: I checked my usage via the GSam battery monitor and it lists BT usage at 0%. I wonder which one has it wrong...

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[anon(555385)]

I've noticed this on my phone as well.

 

[JJ Jones]

Seems to be a glitch in the battery monitor. Mine always shows 3 or 4 percent, without ever turning it on, and no matter how much or how little battery has been used.

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[somnambulator]

did you do a factory data reset after upgrading to kk ota? if not it's probably a really good idea. make sure to back up apps and data to a computer if u don't want to lose settings/files

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[acejavelin]

FYI... I leave my BlueTooth on all the time, but use it rarely (lately not at all during a day), it amounts for 2% of my battery usage everyday. As of 4:30 today, 8h 47min on time, it amounts for 3m 53s of CPU time and 30m 10s awake time. Note that this is 2% of the 13% total usage, so in reality it is 0.26% of total battery drain in almost 9 hours well turned on but not used.

I will turn it off tomorrow and see how it does.