Optimizing G4 battery thread

[StoneRyno]

I can't tell if location history off is making a difference. I still am only getting 12 hours +/- 1 hour from a full charge with 2 or 2.5 hours of screen on time. My daily routine is so constant that anything that improves things, like the change to brightness, will show up in the data. I think a different approach is needed. I'm going to uninstall home depot app and see if anything changes. Screenshots for today are at the bottom of this post for reference. I'm not sure how the notification drawer ended up in some of them.

In your case, maybe you have a variation of that, where your apps are causing issues in other apps, but also in their own app info. Just a thought.

Yes I am suspecting this as possible. Which is why I started with location history as it is something different with the G4 I never had on my other phones. I could install google latitude on them but I never did my friends never used it right for weekend nights on the town. But I don't think that was the same thing as this location history.

Does the Home Depot app have a Find A Store feature? It could be constantly looking for one using Location options.

I can look up store locations in it if that is what you mean? There is also a setting for Location Access. Maybe I should only have that on when I am in the app? I'm going to try uninstalling the app as my next action of solving the battery draining issue(s).

StoneRyno, how did you manage to make fastboot recognize the G4 ? I did try but the phone is never listed (LGH815). I tried to install lg drivers with no results. I m never prompted to allow the computer on the phone.

I followed the directions to the letter from WLD guide linked to in the description for the app in the play store. With one addition from the thread about it here in the G4 section turning on allow mock locations in developer options. I also made sure the correct USB drivers were installed by going into device manager. I noticed in there was a yellow exclamation marked item associated with the G4 plugged in and the driver didn't auto install correctly. As it is needed for ADB to work correctly. I'd check there and make sure to manually install the driver using the download linked to in the guide or the driver from the android SDK. Whichever you find easier. I think google has a set by step instruction article for manually installing the ADB driver.

@stoneRyno

What about that second app "mobile performance meter"? I looked it up and it appears to be a shopping rewards app - that may be relying on GPS, network, etc. Looks like its doing a lot to keep your phone awake.

David

It is a device and network performance analysis thing. But yes it rewards you with points you redeem for gift cards. I used it for two years on my previous device (galaxy S4) and it had no battery foot print at all. Which is why I think it has gone rogue. I may very well have to uninstall it too. Which would be a shame as I would have to contact support and go through a lot of trouble to get everything back correctly. I could contact support and see what they recommend in response to telling them the thing is massively draining the battery.

 

[StoneRyno]

I'm about to flip out as this is getting crazy. Uninstalled home depot last night and rebooted this morning and then unplugged the charger. And somehow things got worse. Now it didn't even deep sleep for nearly the whole time since unplugging the charger. just over 5 hours uptime, 2.5 hours screen on time, and battery at 5% left. One day lost to see what the impact the home depot app had. Seems the home depot devs replied to others reporting massive battery drain with exit and restart the app. That of course did nothing in my case. I'm going to contact mobile performance meter to inquire about getting my account restored after removing the app to prep for uninstalling it as well. Hopefully tomorrow what happened today won't happen so I can finally have peace from a reliable at least a full days battery.

 

[anon(782252)]

I'm about to flip out as this is getting crazy. Uninstalled home depot last night and rebooted this morning and then unplugged the charger. And somehow things got worse. Now it didn't even deep sleep for nearly the whole time since unplugging the charger. just over 5 hours uptime, 2.5 hours screen on time, and battery at 5% left. One day lost to see what the impact the home depot app had. Seems the home depot devs replied to others reporting massive battery drain with exit and restart the app. That of course did nothing in my case. I'm going to contact mobile performance meter to inquire about getting my account restored after removing the app to prep for uninstalling it as well. Hopefully tomorrow what happened today won't happen so I can finally have peace from a reliable at least a full days battery.

Any screenshots for this?

 

[StoneRyno]

Any screenshots for this?

If you think it will help. I'm writing today off as a bad day. Here are a few showing the details. Wake counts went up drastically in phone and UID (unidentified system process) and went down drastically in google play services and mobile performance meter.

 

[Almeuit]

f you think it will help. I'm writing today off as a bad day. Here are a few showing the details. Wake counts went up drastically in phone and UID (unidentified system process) and went down drastically in google play services and mobile performance meter.

Is it normal for you to be roaming? I notice in these shots you are.

 

[TNCattleDog]

Is it normal for you to be roaming? I notice in these shots you are.

Was just about to mention that myself...
David

 

[StoneRyno]

Is it normal for you to be roaming? I notice in these shots you are.

Roaming is way out of the ordinary. There are plenty of sprint towers around my house. Which is where I took the screenshots from. I was a little late getting on the charger and it auto shut down on me. I assume if there was a way to see how long it had been roaming that probably got messed up from that.

 

[RedOctobyr]

If you want to help try and shut the Home Depot app down, try hitting the square screen button, to bring up the running-apps selector. Then find the HD app and swipe it to the right, to shut it down. Or hit Clear All, to shut them all down.

This may actually be more effective than rebooting, to make apps stop running. It appears that the phone automatically starts certain apps again, after rebooting.

 

[StoneRyno]

If you want to help try and shut the Home Depot app down, try hitting the square screen button, to bring up the running-apps selector. Then find the HD app and swipe it to the right, to shut it down. Or hit Clear All, to shut them all down.

This may actually be more effective than rebooting, to make apps stop running. It appears that the phone automatically starts certain apps again, after rebooting.

I uninstalled it yesterday. The expected results today was to see a sizable reduction in drain not an increase. Something very strange happened today and looking at all the data I see no way to identify it. Which is why I am willing to resign today as a bad day and resume tomorrow. Since a full cycle is not achievable given the loss of so much of the day. I wanted to keep up to date in the thread with what was going on since I'm sure there was expectation of hearing back confirming the home depot app as one of the causes of my battery drain. Which of course can't be confirmed due to whatever strangeness happened today to go way out of whack than the out of whack getting only 12 hours on a full charge with only 2-2.5 hours of screen on time I've gotten since almost day one. One day I had an exception and got 15 hours on a full charge but looking at the data I couldn't put the reason on anything specific. The wake counts on the same stuff were way crazy high as with any other day. And I had same amount of screen on time using the same stuff I do every day.

 

[roy ellis]

Try this. Delete (uninstall) home depot app. Open your favorite browser then go to home depot site and open it. Save it as a bookmark with it added to home screen.
I use Firefox with a bunch of add-ons (security) and this seems to eliminate alot of crap depending on browser add-ons. Also noticed no discernible battery drain.
Some apps put trackers/cookies in with can cause problems elsewhere

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[KPMcClave]

Try this. Delete (uninstall) home depot app. Open your favorite browser then go to home depot site and open it. Save it as a bookmark with it added to home screen.
I use Firefox with a bunch of add-ons (security) and this seems to eliminate alot of crap depending on browser add-ons. Also noticed no discernible battery drain.
Some apps put trackers/cookies in with can cause problems elsewhere

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This is how I use Facebook on my phone. The app is a notorious resources hog and I hardly miss a thing not having it installed (the exception being not having a quick Share to Facebook option for links,, etc. that don't have a button for that on the actual webpage).

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[alexsd123]

My battery life is not improving no matter what tweaks I do. My cell standby was insanely high so I put on WiFi calling. Now my Android system is high. I think a factory reset is in order.

 

[rgsherr]

Following the info on this thread and the one on XDA, my battery life is now superb. For instance, on Sunday when I used the phone a lot I got nearly 6 hours SOT and was still at 20% at 6pm with over 20 hours on battery. Today I haven't used the phone as much but I've been on battery for just over 19 hours with a bit less than one hour SOT and I'm still at 80%.. Very happy with the results. Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, especially Txsizzler and Tourbound129.

 

[revelations65]

Well I have ran the phone for most of day a mix bag of nuts a bit of standby phone browsing the web it looks like around 12 hours I be getting not bad

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[Patricia Wanless]

WOW now that is good. The battery for Samsung 4 is terrible since they installed Lollipop.

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[Vijet]

Following the info on this thread and the one on XDA, my battery life is now superb. For instance, on Sunday when I used the phone a lot I got nearly 6 hours SOT and was still at 20% at 6pm with over 20 hours on battery. Today I haven't used the phone as much but I've been on battery for just over 19 hours with a bit less than one hour SOT and I'm still at 80%.. Very happy with the results. Thanks to everyone who contributed ideas, especially Txsizzler and Tourbound129.

If it's not a problem, can you briefly list the things that you did on your phone?
I have debloated and using Greenify but the battery isn't that great. It'd be helpful if you can list down the tweaks that you have done on your phone.
Thanks!

 

[greydarrah]

I've tracked my battery woes and insane Android System usage down to WiFi. If I turn it off all day, I get an all day battery. Turn it back on and I'm 8 hours at best. Due to limited data, this is of coarse a problem that so far, I have no idea how to fix.

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Great tips on here, especially the Access Lock one.

I've been having a mysterious battery drain on standby for some time now. It never happened when it was new, so it's either the recent software update or an app gone rogue and started wakelocking the hell out of my phone.

I'm thinking either the Facebook app, Messenger, Chrome or Google Play Services, so I'm going to disable the wakelocks for them first and see how it goes.

 

[StoneRyno]

My battery life is not improving no matter what tweaks I do. My cell standby was insanely high so I put on WiFi calling. Now my Android system is high. I think a factory reset is in order.

I don't see the how long you've been on battery in the screenshots but I do see an estimated 20 hours remaining with 60% battery left. That's nothing to be dismayed about. Out of box I was lucky to see 12 hours out of a full charge.

Great tips on here, especially the Access Lock one.

I've been having a mysterious battery drain on standby for some time now. It never happened when it was new, so it's either the recent software update or an app gone rogue and started wakelocking the hell out of my phone.

I'm thinking either the Facebook app, Messenger, Chrome or Google Play Services, so I'm going to disable the wakelocks for them first and see how it goes.

There is a thread titled Wake lock detector works on the G4 (no root required) on here I found. Most of the info needed to do it is in WLDs guide linked to in the apps description in google play store. This may very well help you identify what is waking your G4. It helped me identify three things. If it is google play services be sure to follow the recommendations in this thread for it.

Well I have ran the phone for most of day a mix bag of nuts a bit of standby phone browsing the web it looks like around 12 hours I be getting not bad

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I'd be willing to bet you could push that even more depending on what stuff you have already done to improve time on battery. And unless you have a lot of screen on time or something. I got rid of one rogue app and improved mine by a couple hours when I was only getting 12 hours from a full charge.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Here's something interesting.. I removed my facebook app just for the heck of it.. It's never any of my drainers.. I also use greenify and I do greenify that app.

But the weird thing is that same day, my phone was idle for about an hour an a half and I noticed MightyText was my top drain. I did not use it at all, not on my computer or my phone. So I assumed it went rogue and uninstalled it. Since then, my battery has been lasting a lot longer than before. Where it would last 10 hours it lasted 13, where it would last 15 hours it lasts 18. I have never seen MightyText drain the phone ever, but I guess it was.