Does your Android ever sleep?

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1eStar

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#181377 13-Oct-2015 12:24

Go to settings>battery then tap on the battery graph. Is there a continuous bar under the "awake" category? I'm trying to determine how widespread this problem is and whether I'm wasting my time trying to beat it.
Post your battery graph screen grab for bonus points.

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#1405002 13-Oct-2015 13:23

I have a 2012 Nexus 7 and it has over the last few months gone from lasting over a week on standby, to completely draining itself (ie to 0%) over the course of about two days if left untouched, even in flight mode. (I don't use it much because Lollipop has rendered it mostly unusable except for e-books). So, I think I'd say that this isn't sleeping properly.
Maybe it had nightmares about electronic sheep

Inphinity

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#1405014 13-Oct-2015 13:45

No, far from being a solid bar on my S5.

n4

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#1405022 13-Oct-2015 13:52

Not sleeping can generally be tracked down to some badly behaved app.

Samsung Note20 Ultra, on 2degrees

andrew027

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#1405025 13-Oct-2015 14:00

No solid line:

2.5 year old HTC One M7 running 5.0.2.

MikeAqua

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#1405032 13-Oct-2015 14:06

I downloaded a battery saver app that has enabled me to identify apps that were constantly restarting in the background.

The two worst offenders were AirNZ (up to 90 starts per day) and a banking app (up to 50).

They were high up in the battery and data use lists too; especially considering that I use them infrequently and when I do use them it isn't for very long.

I have changed settings so that neither of these apps can auto-run and battery life has improved dramatically.

Mike

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#1405033 13-Oct-2015 14:07

HTC One M9 running Android 5.1

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n4

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#1405036 13-Oct-2015 14:12

Huawei Mate 7 running Android 5.1.1

Samsung Note20 Ultra, on 2degrees

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#1405067 13-Oct-2015 15:13

Oneplus one running 5.1.1

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#1405094 13-Oct-2015 15:51

It seems everyone set the option to keep WiFi on all the time. Makes sense as mobile data costs a lot more...

Wade

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#1405116 13-Oct-2015 16:39

I suspect you have a app running rogue

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#1405120 13-Oct-2015 16:42

... and does it dream of electric sheep?

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#1405422 14-Oct-2015 09:00

My G4 doesn't have such a detailed usage graph, with LG clearly thinking they know better than stock Android - ie it doesn't plot specific components (wifi, screen etc) across time, only their cumulative totals as a percentage. Are there any easy ways to see such usage over time?

MikeAqua: I downloaded a battery saver app that has enabled me to identify apps that were constantly restarting in the background. ...

Which app did you use?

Cheers...

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