Managing background power use on Android

[LinusTech]

On a recent episode I saw a couple comments about my experience with Android phone apps sucking battery in the background (sometimes so much my phone is HOT in my pocket) and a couple folks suggested a battery management app that (I'll believe it when I see it) isn't a complete waste of the storage space it consumes. 

 

Can't find the name of the app now tho.. 

 

Any suggestions? 

[zMeul]

4 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

a complete waste of the storage space it consumes

can't agree more

[KRKATANAKID]

try here: www.downloadmoreram.com

 

[Shiv78]

I need this app (whatever it is called IDK but I NEED IT)

[rphawks]

I know Avast makes a battery saver. I don't own an android device so...  

[ThinkWithPortals]

6 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

On a recent episode I saw a couple comments about my experience with Android phone apps sucking battery in the background (sometimes so much my phone is HOT in my pocket) and a couple folks suggested a battery management app that (I'll believe it when I see it) isn't a complete waste of the storage space it consumes. 

 

Can't find the name of the app now tho.. 

 

Any suggestions? 

Brb, checking...

[Lurick]

I just use the power off button, it saves me a ton of battery life. I've been going strong for years now and never had to recharge once

[ThinkWithPortals]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

I just use the power off button, it saves me a ton of battery life. I've been going strong for years now and never had to recharge once

I've heard that can reduce the usefulness of the phone significantly. The phone is basically unusable with that installed

[ThinkWithPortals]

12 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

On a recent episode I saw a couple comments about my experience with Android phone apps sucking battery in the background (sometimes so much my phone is HOT in my pocket) and a couple folks suggested a battery management app that (I'll believe it when I see it) isn't a complete waste of the storage space it consumes. 

 

Can't find the name of the app now tho.. 

 

Any suggestions? 

Is this for a future video btw?

[Aytex]

I use clean master, I mean its one of those apps that exaggerate the amount of time saved but It kinda works, if things get hot it send you a notification and you can cool and it works as well.

 

The other one I used was Battery time, I say this is more accurate in terms of what is getting saved and how much time 

(Most of these just put the background processes to sleep until you click on it again)

 

I do not recommend Ccleaner because its deleted a lot of files I've needed for some reason.

 

If you want to go all out battery saver see if your phone have a community development in XDA for custom rom's or kernels, a lot of those are battery saving

 

You could also clear your cashe partition and go from there

[LinusTech]

Clearing ram doesn't inherently improve this as power hog apps will just load back into it. Touchwiz has this functionality natively. 

 

Junk files also do nothing. 

 

Looking for something that PREVENTS apps from sucking CPU cycles without reporting to the OS. 

 

I frequently pick up my phone and see 30% battery gone with Android System and Android OS claiming to have sucked all the juice, which is nonsense.

 

It's intermittent which makes it hard to diagnose.. Today I've been on my phone all day and I'm at 70% where I'll have days where I haven't touched it until now and I'm even lower.  

[Lurick]

Just now, ThinkWithPortals said:

I've heard that can reduce the usefulness of the phone significantly. The phone is basically unusable with that installed

Hmm, that might be why everyone gets so mad at me for not returning their calls or texts.

[Matias_Chambers]

2 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

Clearing ram doesn't inherently improve this as power hog apps will just load back into it. Touchwiz has this functionality natively. 

 

Junk files also do nothing. 

 

Looking for something that PREVENTS apps from sucking CPU cycles without reporting to the OS. 

 

I frequently pick up my phone and see 30% battery gone with Android System and Android OS claiming to have sucked all the juice, which is nonsense.

 

It's intermittent which makes it hard to diagnose.. Today I've been on my phone all day and I'm at 70% where I'll have days where I haven't touched it until now and I'm even lower.  

This ^ When I check what has used my battery it says: Android System: 36%

[ThinkWithPortals]

I seem to be in a minority. Android System barely ever uses any battery life (Nexus 6P, Nougat)

 

Anyway, Mr.TechTips, can't find the comment thread. Sorry

[Doublei7]

What phone are we talking about? The S7? 

[PRTI]

19 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

On a recent episode I saw a couple comments about my experience with Android phone apps sucking battery in the background (sometimes so much my phone is HOT in my pocket) and a couple folks suggested a battery management app that (I'll believe it when I see it) isn't a complete waste of the storage space it consumes. 

 

Can't find the name of the app now tho.. 

 

Any suggestions? 

Do you remember what episode it was?

[Mihle]

6 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

I seem to be in a minority. Android System barely ever uses any battery life (Nexus 6P, Nougat)

 

Anyway, Mr.TechTips, can't find the comment thread. Sorry

Same here. when I look at the battery use thing at the end of the days, the two top ting is always screen and browser.

[kurtstir]

27 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

Clearing ram doesn't inherently improve this as power hog apps will just load back into it. Touchwiz has this functionality natively. 

 

Junk files also do nothing. 

 

Looking for something that PREVENTS apps from sucking CPU cycles without reporting to the OS. 

 

I frequently pick up my phone and see 30% battery gone with Android System and Android OS claiming to have sucked all the juice, which is nonsense.

 

It's intermittent which makes it hard to diagnose.. Today I've been on my phone all day and I'm at 70% where I'll have days where I haven't touched it until now and I'm even lower.  

What phone are you on exactly?

 

[kurtstir]

31 minutes ago, LinusTech said:

Clearing ram doesn't inherently improve this as power hog apps will just load back into it. Touchwiz has this functionality natively. 

 

Junk files also do nothing. 

 

Looking for something that PREVENTS apps from sucking CPU cycles without reporting to the OS. 

 

I frequently pick up my phone and see 30% battery gone with Android System and Android OS claiming to have sucked all the juice, which is nonsense.

 

It's intermittent which makes it hard to diagnose.. Today I've been on my phone all day and I'm at 70% where I'll have days where I haven't touched it until now and I'm even lower.  

You could see if there is Linux advanced power management for your android OS

 

[Djole123]

1 hour ago, LinusTech said:

On a recent episode I saw a couple comments about my experience with Android phone apps sucking battery in the background (sometimes so much my phone is HOT in my pocket) and a couple folks suggested a battery management app that (I'll believe it when I see it) isn't a complete waste of the storage space it consumes. 

 

Can't find the name of the app now tho.. 

 

Any suggestions? 

I used Battery Doctor for many years and it does a good job of keeping the battery healthy. Try that

[LinusTech]

8 hours ago, kurtstir said:

What phone are you on exactly?

 

It's an S7, but I have eventually run into this on every Android phone I've ever used.

[Doublei7]

3 hours ago, LinusTech said:

It's an S7, but I have eventually run into this on every Android phone I've ever used.

I also have a S7, and at first I would run in the same problem with around 3hr Screen-On time. Then I enabled app power saving for about every app and disabled most of the features in Advanced Settings like palm swipe for screenshot etc. Now I have marginally better battery life but Android System still uses about 20% at the end of the day. The only non-root apps for battery etc are things like Clean Master and DU battery saver. 

[Doublei7]

4 hours ago, LinusTech said:

It's an S7, but I have eventually run into this on every Android phone I've ever used.

I also have a S7, and at first I would run in the same problem with around 3hr Screen-On time. Then I enabled app power saving for about every app and disabled most of the features in Advanced Settings like palm swipe for screenshot etc. Now I have marginally better battery life but Android System still uses about 20% at the end of the day. The only non-root apps for battery etc are things like Clean Master and DU battery saver. I'd recommend you to get GSam Battery monitor, it's much more detailed than the stock one. 

[Doublei7]

Ok did some research and at least when it comes to Samsung it's all bloatwares fault like knox etc etc. Here's a link to a thread about this issue : http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7/654241-android-system-using-30-battery-1.html .