Ever since Friday I am getting roughly ~6 hours on a fully battery charge. I have tried restarting the phone, shutting the phone down for a few hours then turning off and back on, and a factory reset already. Nothing has seemed to change. Is my battery slowly dying?
HTC M8 Battery Drain Issue
- Thread starter Marmaduke57
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It's possible, it is an older device - how different is the 6 hours from what you are used to getting? Has anything changed in how you use it or where you are using it? Has it recently received a software update?
Used to be able to go all day (5.00 am to roughly 10.00 pm). I noticed it Friday at work with no little to no use that the battery was at 40% at 10 am. Use is no different than before. I am on wifi for the vast majority of each day. Software number is 6.21.605.3 on Verizon. It says the software is up to date. No recent software update since Thursday/Friday.
First recommendation would be to download GSAM Battery Monitor from the Play Store: https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ails?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm&hl=en&token=zxKWu-XF
Run that for a few days of your normal usage and it'll collect some data about what's using the battery and help nail down the culprit(s).
Run that for a few days of your normal usage and it'll collect some data about what's using the battery and help nail down the culprit(s).
I'm running into the exact same problem, and it also started around Friday. I downloaded the battery monitor, and it's telling me that Google Play Services is using over 50% of the battery. Hopefully someone can come up with a fix.
I am also having the same issues with my HTC One m8. Issues started friday after some updates. So far I've done a factory reset and wiped my cache partition. No luck. About the only way I can even get my phone to charge is to power off and let it charge while off. Loaded Gsam battery monitor 2 days ago and google play services have been the biggest battery draw every time I check.
Normally I can go from 6am until 10pm on a so far charge. The past few days I am lucky to get an hour or 2 our of a full charge.
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Same. Took to Verizon store before I knew it was Google Play services and they witnessed the drain and lined me up for warranty replacement. Now I guess this means the replacement will do the same thing. 
Currently booted into safe mode at the advice of HTC online chat support for a couple hours. Currently at 68%. I will report back if the battery drain continues.
Safe mode did not work. Phone dropped from 68% to 46% in two hours. No use and the phone was resting on the counter top on wifi.
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I'm having the same issue. Started the exact same day (Friday). Definitely related to Google Play Services.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/as...e-services-sudden-battery-drain-not-play.html
Per that thread, I disabled my Verizon Cloud and it seems to have fixed the issue for now.
Per that thread, I disabled my Verizon Cloud and it seems to have fixed the issue for now.
I have had this issue as well and will post battery usage screens in a bit. I was using a crimped USB charger cable that I did not notice for a while which I thought might have hurt the battery. But my battery drain while idle is nearly the same as while browsing the internet/watching videos and Google Services is using 60-75% of screen off usage with Android System and OS using the rest. And 50% even when I am browsing or watching videos. My history graph has my phone almost always awake with almost no screen time. This is with the battery energy saver setting on.
After uninstalling the latest update of Verizon cloud, my battery performance is back to normal.
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