xoom going through battery quickly, suddenly

[snovguy]

Hi all,
Despite my unhappiness with Moto over the way they have treated their 3g/4G Xoom buyers, i do use my xoom quite a bit.

In the last days I have developed an issue with either the battery draining quickly, or not charging properly. (can't tell)

For example, fully charged it, used it for just over an hour, set it down for about 3 hours and came back to a message to plug in my charger and then it shut off

I have not installed any new applications recently, nor have I drastically altered my usage. The question is if this is a hardware, software or both problem.

I'm reluctant to do a wipe and restore because of the degree to which i have configured it which would take time to restore. That being said, I'm willing to do that if anyone thinks that would help.

Advice/thoughts most welcome....

 

[gaygeek]

You could install an app like Watchdog that will alert you to apps that are using a lot of CPU

 

[Major]

Check your Settings>Applications>Running Services. Something might be running in the background that may be eating your battery.

 

[snovguy]

thanks for the suggestions, the app cpu usage seems normal with no obvious problems....
guess it's time for a reset.

at least with the sync with google it's not quite as bad as it used to be

 

[new2me]

Mine was draining quickly and I accidentally found it was the active wall paper that was draining it.

 

[JediJesus95]

Mine was draining quickly and I accidentally found it was the active wall paper that was draining it.

Same here. I had installed the ice cube wallpaper from the Transformer and it drained my battery twice as fast as normal.