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Re: Battery dropped 50% overnight

 

There was a new battery management thing added in the last OTA, perhaps
related if this is something just new of the latest OTA, but I can confirm
the WIFI thing isn't new of the latest OTA, I'm one OTA behind the pack and
I get shown that I have no wifi even though it is connected

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Marcos Alonso <corrosab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi to all.
>
> With my bq E5 OTA 13 I can also confirm that such an annoying battery
> issues had become worse.
>
> If I can provide logs or support to help resolving this issue, I will.
>
> Regards.
> Marcos
>
>
> El miércoles, 26 de octubre de 2016, Alexander <alexanderkinne@xxxxxxxxx>
> escribió:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1471913
> >
> > This one? It has several Dupes already and a heat of 384.
> >
> > Please... Where is this being worked on? I am asking so that we as the
> community can contribute to bringing about a solution to this annoying
> ongoing issue?
> >
> > On 26.10.2016 10:24, Alexander wrote:
> >>
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1458756
> >>
> >> This one? Reported 2015-05-26 and currently sitting in the System Image
> >> backlog queue since it has been put there on 2015-10-09. It has a heat
> >> of 132 as of now.
> >>
> >> Cheers, Alexander
> >>
> >> On 26.10.2016 09:22, Alexander wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 25.10.2016 17:29, Pat McGowan wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> /var/log/syslog, there are some similar bug reports you could update
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Dominik Wnęk <dominik@xxxxxxxx
> >>>> <mailto:dominik@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>     Last night my bq 5 decided to use up all remaining battery (some
> >>>>     50%) and die before it could ring my 7 am alarm. That was _really_
> >>>>     not cool.
> >>>>
> >>>>     I'm attaching my battery graph. Is there some log I could extract
> >>>>     from the phone to help with the problem?
> >>>>
> >>>>     Dom
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps its time to get to the heart of the apparent CRITICAL power
> >>> management issue? Instead there are several bugs that will take months
> >>> to get picked up - if at all. (Who wants to touch the hot potatoe?)...
> >>>
> >>> I have observed this phenomenon sporadically overnight in the past and
> >>> it now seems to be a (almost) constant state. After the latest OTA the
> >>> issue has grown with the addition of taking as long to charge the last
> 3
> >>> percent of the battery as it takes for the 97 percent. So far I have
> >>> attributed this to the explanations offered here about aging batteries.
> >>> I am no longer convinced it is an issue of aging batteries. Something
> >>> within the power management of UT is broken. At least for the vegeta-hd
> >>> channel. Another thing I have observed is that the WLAN indicator goes
> >>> to the not-connected state after a while, although the phone is
> >>> connected to the network. This is also new since the last OTA. Perhaps
> >>> the phone is spending all its energy on that? I will try to switch off
> >>> W-Lan this night and see what happens.
> >>>
> >>> When going to bed i like to listen to a podcast (PodBird) or sometimes
> >>> use a flashlight (U-Torch). I have been attributing the overnight
> >>> battery drain to those applications - I have however observed the drain
> >>> on several occasions while making sure those applications get swiped
> >>> away on the app spread. As far as I understand it should not make a
> >>> difference what application was run last, as the OS will suspend
> >>> anything to conserve battery when not in use? At least it does for
> >>> applications like Oxide - try navigating to some web page and leave the
> >>> phone for a while then go back. You are presented with a low res screen
> >>> grab of where you where only to be brought back to the start page after
> >>> a second or so. Frustrating!
> >>>
> >>> MY REQUEST:
> >>> Can we find ONE bug to record this under? I'd be happy to contribute
> >>> with logs and tests as much as I can find the time. Since the last
> >>> charge my phone only took 18 hours (over night) to get down to 22
> >>> percent and most of the time it has been just sitting there supposedly
> >>> not doing anything.
> >>>
> >>> Attached: /var/log/syslog; /var/log/repowerd.log; Various beautiful
> >>> battery graphs, including the one from tonight :-)
> >>>
> >>
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alexander
> >
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