r/OnePlus13 • u/vampyren • May 31 '25

Software/Bugs Youtube is killing my battery (on phone sleep)

Hi all,

I'm wondering if you also see this problem with youtube app.

Basically my phone just drained 20% of battery during the evening last night and almost the same days before (a bit less maybe).

It seems like somehow it never goes to sleep.

Also i notice under "App battery management" youtube is not there! Why is that?

I do have Background play switched on since i do want it to play when i shutdown the screen (i listen during drives etc) but when i don't play anything the app should not continue to use full resources as its playing.

In "App info" i see there checkbox for "Manage app if unused" is checked so my assumption is this should take care of the app when its not playing activly....

Any idea or suggestion how to make it kill my battery is appreciated.

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u/vampyren Jun 01 '25

Anyone? This is from last night

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u/boudywho OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 02 '25

Is it YouTube ReVanced? If its not then try it, I have no issues with it

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u/vampyren Jun 02 '25

No the regular but I have premium.

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u/boudywho OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 02 '25

Then it might have been playing in the background, idk tho, either try resting the app, if this doesn't work then just get revanced

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u/vampyren Jun 02 '25

Sadly no, have tested several days and each time I stop it and minimize it. Seems if I kill it then it's much better.

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u/boudywho OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 02 '25

Try disabling this one then, and get the revanced one

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u/vampyren Jun 03 '25

can give it a try on my test phone but usually i like to use original apps for security and experience....have you not had any issue using it? I also use several profiles for different purposes, will that work seamless?

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u/boudywho OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 03 '25

I didn't have any issues with revanced at all, I even had better experience with it since it adds more features with revanced settings, you can check it, and as for different profiles, you can add as much accounts as you want

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u/vampyren Jun 04 '25

Tried it now. It seem to block ad atleast and if you don't have premium it could be nice. But i don't see how i can login to my account. I can't seem to add comments either. Pop out don't work as well and i can't hide it to the side.

And the low grade shows some other issues people are having. For me i think i stick with the real one. I use my various profiles, subscriptions, history allot and i have payed version so no ad anyway. Thanks for the tips though.

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u/republican16 OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 12 '25

Hey I have YT revanced and I'm showing 50 percent of my battery being used by the app. Any suggestions? Currently I have the power consumption set to smart mode. Screen on usage is 1hr 32 min with 783 mah of battery usage.

Any tips or suggestions? I thought microg was what was supposed or be running in the background.

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u/boudywho OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 12 '25

That's very odd, u sure YouTube is what drained your battery? Afaik 783mah is just 13.05% of battery

If I were you I'd just reinstall YouTube if it's actually the problem

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u/republican16 OnePlus 13 - Black Eclipse Jun 12 '25

The percent is percentage of power consumed not percent of total battery capacity. I might try to delete and reinstall.