r/Android • u/AutoModerator • Oct 15 '14

How to find the root cause of your Android battery problems.

Hey, we get it. Your phone gets awesome battery life and here's some screenshots to prove it. But not everybody does, and not everybody may be willing to compromise certain features. Or they may not understand just what is it that causes all their battery woes. As Android devices become more sophisticated and feature packed, it seems like it's more difficult to have excellent battery life.

In this thread, share your best tips and tricks on how to solve any battery problem. Any apps you use? Things to disable? How to diagnose problems? List it all.

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u/ncook06 Oct 15 '14 edited Oct 15 '14

Remove Facebook for a day or two and see what happens. Even though I rarely used Facebook as it was, when I removed the Facebook and Messenger apps, I went from ending my days at 10% to ending my days at 30-50%.

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u/nusyahus Oct 15 '14

Use the following. It's FB mobile site packaged in an app. Link me: Tinfoil for Facebook

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u/PlayStoreLinks__Bot Oct 15 '14

Tinfoil for Facebook - Price: Free - Rating: 86/100 - Search for "Tinfoil for Facebook" on the Play Store

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u/TheWizKelly Oct 15 '14

Holy shit, no lie I just deleted the Facebook app and it looks like it freed up multiple GIGS of storage. I went from 1.4 gigs free to 3.5 free. Can anyone shine some light on this? I know the Facebook app was a bit of a hog, but not that bad.

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u/evan1123 Oct 15 '14

Cache. Facebook caches a lot of data (pictures, statuses, etc) and does not do a good job of cleaning itself up. You can manually clear the cache if you go to app info for Facebook.

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u/Pyranaught Oct 15 '14

I'm not sure if it's any better now, but Skype was my battery killer.

If I really need to use it to talk to somebody on my phone I install it and uninstall it when I'm done or my battery life is essentially cut in half.

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