try using the apps "where is my droid power" and "CPU spy" to check if this was caused by an app or (more likely) a hardware issue as it also shows the system processes the official power does not bring up. However looking at your stats, the drain must have happened within ~20 Minutes. Actually there is no way even when running 100% CPU and Graphics Engine to drain a fully charged One X within 20 Minutes.
Instant battery drain (to 0%) on AT&T One X
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Hi, Ichwardort --
Thanks for the feedback.
I've currently got Carat running in the background to let me know what apps are causing the battery drain.
> However looking at your stats, the drain must have happened within ~20 Minutes.
I'm not sure what this refers to -- the issue yesterday where the battery drained by a large amount while it was plugged in for 10 minutes?
> Actually there is no way even when running 100% CPU and Graphics Engine to drain a fully charged One X within 20 Minutes.
There seems to be some confusion here... I never claimed that the battery fully drained within 20 minutes. What happened was on one occasion, it fully drained overnight. No idea how long it actually took over the course of those ~6 hours that I slept.
Thanks for the feedback.
I've currently got Carat running in the background to let me know what apps are causing the battery drain.
> However looking at your stats, the drain must have happened within ~20 Minutes.
I'm not sure what this refers to -- the issue yesterday where the battery drained by a large amount while it was plugged in for 10 minutes?
> Actually there is no way even when running 100% CPU and Graphics Engine to drain a fully charged One X within 20 Minutes.
There seems to be some confusion here... I never claimed that the battery fully drained within 20 minutes. What happened was on one occasion, it fully drained overnight. No idea how long it actually took over the course of those ~6 hours that I slept.
Hi, Icebike --
Incidentally, two things: 1) I can't uninstall Facebook. I'd forgotten that it's stock on the phone (and I'm not rooted). 2) Turns out the battery drain isn't Facebook-related anyway. I ran the phone in safe mode all last night, and there was a mere 2% battery loss in 8 hours. Which means it's definitely third-party software related. So now it's a matter of hunting down the guilty parties.
Carat's been running for about a day and a half and isn't reporting any problem apps yet, but I've gone ahead and just now deleted another half dozen I don't really use anyway. Figure I'll whittle down while waiting for it to report on what remains.
Incidentally, two things: 1) I can't uninstall Facebook. I'd forgotten that it's stock on the phone (and I'm not rooted). 2) Turns out the battery drain isn't Facebook-related anyway. I ran the phone in safe mode all last night, and there was a mere 2% battery loss in 8 hours. Which means it's definitely third-party software related. So now it's a matter of hunting down the guilty parties.
Carat's been running for about a day and a half and isn't reporting any problem apps yet, but I've gone ahead and just now deleted another half dozen I don't really use anyway. Figure I'll whittle down while waiting for it to report on what remains.
Hi, Erwaso --
Yeah, I'm definitely suffering from the new smartphone user's disease of having too many apps. To be fair, though, it came stock with probably a good dozen or 15 on its own, and my own curiosity and occasional use apps (and as said before, the "just in case" apps for my toddler) has just made that number explode. Gotta trim down, though. Not doing myself any favors by carrying around the extra weight anyway, let alone it leading this battery drain issue.
Yeah, I'm definitely suffering from the new smartphone user's disease of having too many apps. To be fair, though, it came stock with probably a good dozen or 15 on its own, and my own curiosity and occasional use apps (and as said before, the "just in case" apps for my toddler) has just made that number explode. Gotta trim down, though. Not doing myself any favors by carrying around the extra weight anyway, let alone it leading this battery drain issue.
Thanks El Presidente that would explain it. For the last 2 weeks I have been in a virtually no signal area, I didn't even think about that http://www.lenteen.de/.
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Yeah I have toddler lock and some princess games for my 4yr old along with dead trigger, dark knight rises and some strategy games for myself. But none freak out on me at the moment lol.
Incidentally, I counted today: while it's true I have something north of 80 apps in total, fully 57 of them came stock on the phone (and so are untouchable through normal means).
Tempted to root the thing to shed the dead weight, if I was more confident about what's ok to uninstall. :/
Tempted to root the thing to shed the dead weight, if I was more confident about what's ok to uninstall. :/
My bestie has this problem on her hox just like I and many others have it on the sg3. Has anyone in here read the plummeting battery thread in the galaxy forums? Perhaps the same thing is happening.
The best theory over there is that it is caused by a glitch related to switching cell network type towers. So say you leave your home and the phone switches between 3g then 3g+ then Lte or some combo of switches like that, only a reset will prevent the plummet from eating your battery. The switching of towers seems to glitch something out.
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The best theory over there is that it is caused by a glitch related to switching cell network type towers. So say you leave your home and the phone switches between 3g then 3g+ then Lte or some combo of switches like that, only a reset will prevent the plummet from eating your battery. The switching of towers seems to glitch something out.
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Hi, uscdigital --
Interesting theory. We do have a standing issue with our carrier where being anywhere in our house, our phone signals change across the bands... in some cases, severely enough that the call drops completely. So that may be the answer, in which case (at least while we're at home) the best action would -- as has been suggested by a couple of people already -- to change to wifi overnight, which will stay at a fixed signal strength when you don't move.
Hmm...
Interesting theory. We do have a standing issue with our carrier where being anywhere in our house, our phone signals change across the bands... in some cases, severely enough that the call drops completely. So that may be the answer, in which case (at least while we're at home) the best action would -- as has been suggested by a couple of people already -- to change to wifi overnight, which will stay at a fixed signal strength when you don't move.
Hmm...
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this happened to me for the second time instant battery dain. I have notice this has only happened wifi is off. In my house is poor reception too. I think u guys are right about it being a LTE issue. Im gonna try leaving wifi off tonight and see the results
Is HTC aware of this issue as a whole? I mean sure, switching to wifi at night may resolve the issue as a bandaid solution, but if it's the LTE signal that's flawed and causing this issue, it's a fundamental flaw in the design of the phone (and perhaps the digital signal itself). Does anyone know if HTC's been made aware of this problem?
Incidentally, this isn't just an AT&T issue. I'm in Canada. Same bands as AT&T, but a whole different carrier... and I had this problem once, too.
Incidentally, this isn't just an AT&T issue. I'm in Canada. Same bands as AT&T, but a whole different carrier... and I had this problem once, too.
Is the instant battery drain still an issue with some of you? This has been happening to me more often now, about once a week or two. It will usually die overnight if my battery is less than 60% when I go to bed. Wifi is always kept on overnight as demonstrated in the screenshot below. Carat is only suggesting the apps to be killed are built in set-up apps which would only save 40 min batt life when killed.
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Yes its still an issue and a very irritating one at that. You never know when your phone might switch off. Planning to write a mail to HTC with the link to this thread to let them know about the problem. Has anyone tried contacting HTC?
Exchanging the phone will not help if it happens on a lot of them.
I have had this happen about 3 or 4 times since I got the phone a couple months ago.
I think I have mostly fixed the problem by getting rid of the weather/clock widget that comes stock, and shutting off GPS, and Turning on Airplane mode when I'm at work.
I have had this happen about 3 or 4 times since I got the phone a couple months ago.
I think I have mostly fixed the problem by getting rid of the weather/clock widget that comes stock, and shutting off GPS, and Turning on Airplane mode when I'm at work.
@erwaso - missed to mention that after I started facing this issue I contacted AT&T and they agreed to send me a replacement phone which I just got yesterday. I removed the sim from old phone to the replacement phone and went to sleep. I didn't have WiFi ON and the battery was 42%, today morning when I wake up, the phone in which SIM was present has switched off i.e. in the replacement phone as well I am facing the same issue. As Morgoroth said, the problem won't go away with the phone, there's something inside thats amiss.
Also one more thing that I would like to point out is when I switched on the phone after placing it on charging, and checked the battery history details - it says 9h32m on battery?? But i just switched it on and I haven't charged it since the time it arrived yesterday which is more than 12 hours.
@Morgoroth - I am new to Android, could you tell me what exactly do you mean by getting rid of weather/stock widget - have you removed it from the phone itself or are not just using it, because I have done the latter i.e. removed it from the display.
Also one more thing that I would like to point out is when I switched on the phone after placing it on charging, and checked the battery history details - it says 9h32m on battery?? But i just switched it on and I haven't charged it since the time it arrived yesterday which is more than 12 hours.
@Morgoroth - I am new to Android, could you tell me what exactly do you mean by getting rid of weather/stock widget - have you removed it from the phone itself or are not just using it, because I have done the latter i.e. removed it from the display.
Mine is also on AT&T. By any chance have you moved after getting your 2nd HOX or do you keep your WiFi always ON?
I just took it off of the screen. I don't think you can uninstall it.
The problem is that I really like the clock, I wish there was a widget that had the clock without the weather.
Oh and if the weather is the problem then it will show up as the Internet or Google Maps draining the battery a lot.
At least, that is what happened to me.
The other thing was Cell Stand by eating the battery because I don't get reception at work.
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