Battery & Android OS

[nfe522]

For a few weeks I have been having bad problems with my battery draining. It happens the majority of the time, but occasionally will not happen for a little while. At the times when the battery does drain really quickly (which is almost always,) when I look at the battery manager, the Android OS is always over 70% and sometimes even 80%, which when it is working correctly, is not the case. I do not change any settings or turn on any apps when having this problem. It starts on its own sometimes when the phone turns on and off (sometimes by itself) and I think sometimes randomly also.

Any ideas as to why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Thanks!

[illmatic636]

Are you on a custom rom? Or stock?

[nfe522]

I'm not exactly sure what that means, but I want to say stock? I haven't rooted the phone or anything, if that helps at all.

[jpcalhoun]

For a few weeks I have been having bad problems with my battery draining. It happens the majority of the time, but occasionally will not happen for a little while. At the times when the battery does drain really quickly (which is almost always,) when I look at the battery manager, the Android OS is always over 70% and sometimes even 80%, which when it is working correctly, is not the case. I do not change any settings or turn on any apps when having this problem. It starts on its own sometimes when the phone turns on and off (sometimes by itself) and I think sometimes randomly also.

Any ideas as to why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Thanks!

Droid Pro, as well as other Android OS phones, have a known habit of rebooting themselves for no apparent reason. I have a Pro and it reboots itself a couple times a week. I think the first issue you should be concerned about is the high CPU usage when the phone is just sitting there. Have you downloaded any apps and installed them, especially a "task killer"? If yes, I'd uninstall any app/widget you have downloaded and installed and uninstall them. Observe your phone for a day or so and see if you are still experiencing the high CPU usage. If not, then you know one of your apps that you downloaded is causing the problem. You can add one or two apps at a time until the problem reoccurs, that way you have a good idea which one is causing the problem. Most Droid gurus recommend not having a task killer on the phone...kills your battery and can interfere with other functions as well.

[illmatic636]

Mainly because Android OS manages and shut down tasks for you.
Certain 3rd party apps can have a negative affect on the OS i.e. Taskillers, Overclocking apps(you need know nothing about that) battery saving apps. I would go with the 4th post, as I am on the Droid 1.

:-)

Good luck

[nfe522]

I have a task killer, but it was already on the phone when I got it from Verizon. I guess they put it on there for me. The issue with the CPU usage started randomly one day though. Would it have been prom a previously downloaded app?

And is there a difference between a downloaded and installed app? I have a bunch of apps, but like I said, the probably didn't start after the download of an app, so I don't know.

It's really bad. The battery can go from fully charged down to almost dead in about 5 hours with hardly any use.

[LT*]

Lose the task killer and see how your battery improves.

[nfe522]

Ok, I'll give it a try. I had the phone for like 2 months with the task killer before the problem started though. Could that still be the cause after all that time?

[LT*]

Ok, I'll give it a try. I had the phone for like 2 months with the task killer before the problem started though. Could that still be the cause after all that time?

Not sure, but task killers a notorious for causing all sorts of issues. I'm still not sure why Verizon doesn't get this. Try it and if it doesn't help it will at least rule it out as the issue.

[hookbill]

For a few weeks I have been having bad problems with my battery draining. It happens the majority of the time, but occasionally will not happen for a little while. At the times when the battery does drain really quickly (which is almost always,) when I look at the battery manager, the Android OS is always over 70% and sometimes even 80%, which when it is working correctly, is not the case. I do not change any settings or turn on any apps when having this problem. It starts on its own sometimes when the phone turns on and off (sometimes by itself) and I think sometimes randomly also.

Any ideas as to why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Thanks!

Droid Pro, as well as other Android OS phones, have a known habit of rebooting themselves for no apparent reason. I have a Pro and it reboots itself a couple times a week. I think the first issue you should be concerned about is the high CPU usage when the phone is just sitting there. Have you downloaded any apps and installed them, especially a "task killer"? If yes, I'd uninstall any app/widget you have downloaded and installed and uninstall them. Observe your phone for a day or so and see if you are still experiencing the high CPU usage. If not, then you know one of your apps that you downloaded is causing the problem. You can add one or two apps at a time until the problem reoccurs, that way you have a good idea which one is causing the problem. Most Droid gurus recommend not having a task killer on the phone...kills your battery and can interfere with other functions as well.

Excellent advise, but let's get straight on the first sentence. Android OS phones do NOT have a known habit of rebooting for no apparent reason. There is always a reason. And the steps you gave are the correct way to go about finding out what causes it.

If your Droid is still resetting on it's own, then you have a bad phone. Take it back because Droid does not reset on it's own.