Odd Battery Drainage

[Brian Ney]

Hello,

I have had my Moto X (Verizon) since just before Christmas, and over the last week, I have noticed the battery has been draining quite quickly. On Thursday I went for a walk, and when I left, it had around 40%, I had it connected to Bluetooth headphones, and was listening to a podcast. Within 30 minutes, I got a the low battery signal, and within a few minutes of that, the phone shut down. I had used these headphones and this podcast app several times before, and never had this happen.

Then today, I charged the phone overnight and unplugged it from the charger around 6:30 this morning, and used it moderately throughout the day, no differently than any other weekend day, and at around 7:00 this evening, I was at 2%, which is really odd. Normally, I would still be at 40-45% at that point in the day. Then, I used it a little more, and it went to 1%. I decided to let the phone drain completely before plugging it into the charger and set it down and walked away. I just checked it, it is now showing 4%.

Any thoughts? Should I contact Motorola about replacing the phone if the battery is acting up?

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

-Brian

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! A good start would be to post your battery stats screen (which shows a breakdown of what apps and services are using what percentage of battery), and the Cell Standby screen (which shows you the % time without signal, since poor cell signal can eat up battery life).

 

[Golfdriver97]

To add to B. Diddy's post, a screenshot of the graph is helpful as well.

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[Brian Ney]

Thanks for the responses. I am not sure if this is the correct way to post the screenshots, but here's what I took when it was at 2%.

 

[Golfdriver97]

Do you normally leave your WiFi on all the time? I also noticed a not so wonderful cell signal. Is that normal as well?

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[4runnerbrett]

Try turning your phone off and before pulling it off the charger tomorrow and see how your battery does.
The signal also is bad which I drains it faster. Along with the Bluetooth and any thing else.

 

[KWKSLVR]

My best guess with limited info (like what apps you have) is that it's due to 1) partial wakelocks (lots of awake time with your screen off) 2) Poor signal.

 

[Brian Ney]

Thanks for the tips / feedback. I ended up uninstalling a bunch of apps and cleaning up the phone. It seems better now so it must have been something I had put on... My initial hunch is it was an app called "Settings Extensions" that was causing some excess battery usage...

 

[Postoid]

I would also watch your Android OS percentage. That's an indicator of a rogue app using up your battery. Somewhere in the 17- 20% range depending on your usage. GPS will also use up the daily battery cycle if you have it on high accuracy.