Lots of services running; is this normal?

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This is my first android phone (previous iPhone 2G user) and I’ve only had it three days so far so I don’t know if it’s normal to have so many services running.

Battery life on this device seems to be really poor; at a full 100% charge in the morning I end up with less than half a charge by noon. Mostly text messages with no phone or internet traffic. Plus the phone is really warm in my pocket.

At any rate I’m wondering if having all these processes running could be attributing to the poor battery life and whether or not it’s even necessary to have them all running.

I have 16 services running for a total of 176 of 353MB of available RAM. Here’s a list of the services. I will parse out the info as such:
Service ID: #of process/# of services/ RAM usage in MB

Settings: 1/0/19mb
HTC Synch: 1/1/1.7mb
PVWmdrmProxy: 1/1/1.5mb
SMC-C: 1/1/3.2mb
Calendar: 1/2/8.0mb
Calendar: 1/1/7.7mb
Market: 1/1/3.0mb
Visual Voicemail: 1/1/2.4mb
TeleNav GPS Navigator: 0/1/0.00mb (shows as “restarting”)
PVWmdrmService: 1/1/3.9mb
Google Services: 1/1/8.9mb
HTC Sense: 1/2/5.5mb
Backup: 1/1/4.1mb
Maps: 1/1/4.9mb
CSPeopleSynchService: 1/1/3.5mb
Touch Input: 1/1/8.7mb

I feel like some of these don’t need to be running. Like Telenav, Backup, TWO calendars!?!, Visual voicemail.
Should I even worry about it?

BTW, this is after a complete shutdown/restart.

 

[jbrandonf]

I have around the same # of services runningbut that battery life is terrible compared to mine. What is the cell service like when you're at work? If it's low then that would explain, as the phone has to work harder to find a signal.

Try a factory reset. Do not open the Telenav app or the lookout app. Check all widget/app settings to make sure that they're not updating too frequently.

 

[junglejunkie]

Just curious, how long have you had your phone? It usually takes a couple days/charge cycles for the battery to calibrate properly.

 

[jbrandonf]

I was thinking that too.

Keep the phone plugged in as often as you can AFTER one full discharge cycle. And then fully discharge at least once a month. Doing this has conditioned my battery nicely in all 8 devices I've done this to.

 

[211]

I was thinking that too.

Keep the phone plugged in as often as you can AFTER one full discharge cycle. And then fully discharge at least once a month. Doing this has conditioned my battery nicely in all 8 devices I've done this to.

Thanks for the advice on battery conditioning. Actually, before I checked this thread this morning I ran the battery dead last night playing Angry Birds (well, down to 8%), plugged it into my PC before I went to bed hoping to have it charged first thing this morning. When I woke up I grabbed the phone and it said something to the affect of, "charge current too low, please use AC source". So it didn't charge AT ALL over night.
Plugged it into my car charger on the way to work, then into the AC adapter on my desk. It's charging now but hopefully that wont' mess up the battery at all.

Cell service is great at work because our company is on a corporate plan with Tmobile, so there's repeaters throuought the building.

I'll check the apps' settings once more buy all I could find were global settings that affected the update frequency for all apps.

I've had the phone since Sunday. So just barely 4 days. The battery has never gotten below 30% because I have chargers all over the place.

So what you're suggesting is I need to charge-cycle the battery a couple times?

 

[TnA206]

Your looking too deep into it. Just use it as u regularly would. If u aren't satisfied try something else. Don't forget about the task manager in the quick settings. Good luck

 

[Crackb3rry420]

stop charging it in your computer usb,then your car,then your home ac outlet.just do normal charges from the wall outlets, sticking it into the pc then car then home might have an effect on your battery usage cycle

 

[scorpiodsu]

Most of those services running are normal and cannot be stopped without root. If you stop them they will restart. You can thank TMO and HTC for that. But I will say that battery life should improve over a week or so. Give it another week for battery life to improve

 

[jbrandonf]

Thanks for the advice on battery conditioning. Actually, before I checked this thread this morning I ran the battery dead last night playing Angry Birds (well, down to 8%), plugged it into my PC before I went to bed hoping to have it charged first thing this morning. When I woke up I grabbed the phone and it said something to the affect of, "charge current too low, please use AC source". So it didn't charge AT ALL over night.
Plugged it into my car charger on the way to work, then into the AC adapter on my desk. It's charging now but hopefully that wont' mess up the battery at all.

Cell service is great at work because our company is on a corporate plan with Tmobile, so there's repeaters throuought the building.

I'll check the apps' settings once more buy all I could find were global settings that affected the update frequency for all apps.

I've had the phone since Sunday. So just barely 4 days. The battery has never gotten below 30% because I have chargers all over the place.

So what you're suggesting is I need to charge-cycle the battery a couple times?

Well, I wouldn't keep the phone on a constant charge all day, as that will throw the charge indicator off, but definitely charge it over night and during the day if need be.

 

[Reverend Sam]

Possible Solution

The battery on my EVO 4G normally has 50% left at the end of the day. That's with moderate use, which to me is 15 minutes of phone calls, a couple dozen texts, a half hour online and a half hour playing some games. The other day it suddenly started draining rapidly and by noon I was down to about 60%. I rebooted it, but it made no difference. By mid afternoon the battery was almost dead, and the phone had been warm all day.

The problem turned out to be my wireless router. Something had gone wrong with it and my phone couldn't connect to it. So it kept trying all day long. As soon as I rebooted the router the battery stopped draining so rapidly. The phone connected with no problem and it cooled off. If you're in an office with a wireless signal but your employer doesn't allow you to connect your personal phone to it I would guess that the phone is repeatedly trying to connect and it just can't. That drains the battery. Try turning off wifi while you're at work.

And yeah... I know this is an ancient thread. Maybe it will help someone else.