Facebook battery drain on unlocked Galaxy Nexus

[LCW]

Help! Noticing in my battery usage that Facebook is responsible for 15%+ of battery usage!! Wtf?? I've turned off messenger location services in the FB settings as well as the Nearby friends checkbox.

Anything else I can do short on uninstalling the Facebook to prevent this app from sucking my battery dry every day?

This is on an unlocked HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus (just got through google play).


Thnx!

 

[remister]

I am noticing the same battery drain as well. But today was my first charge. I will get back to you tomorrow.

Are you having issues on the Youtube App, where the keeps buffering when you are on a Wifi connection?

 

[LCW]

Have not noticed any issues with YouTube over Wi-Fi.I don't have a SIM (waiting on adapter to use my iPhone microSIM ) so I'm using Wi-Fi exclusively at the moment.

 

[LCW]

I'm going to uninstall the FB app for a day and see how battery life improves.

 

[drewsg]

I don't use the Facebook app on Android because it's notorious for battery drainage. Stick to the touch website, it's just as good as the app IMO

 

[Scatabrain]

Even disabling auto updates and notifications I still had trouble. Removing FB fixed a big piece of battery problem.

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[LCW]

i reinstalled it yesterday morning... don't know if uninstalling/reinstalling helped... my battery lasted all day (about 15-16 hrs)... will continue to monitor... i'm not trusting it still .... (refresh set to never)

 

[Scatabrain]

Yuck. Gave it another try today. While I wasn't using it I got a warning it was cranking my cpu. Without going into what FB may have been doing, I won't tolerate the battery hit while I'm not even using it. Removed again.

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