OT: Android power-hog app

[Giles Orr]

On 26 October 2011 13:41, Burhan Hanoglu <hanoglu_b-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> ________________________________
> From: Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: tlug <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1:19:57 PM
> Subject: [TLUG]: OT: Android power-hog app
>
> With the assistance of the "Battery Monitor Widget" Android app, I've
> been trying to figure out what exactly could cause the battery charge
> on an Asus Transformer to tank entirely overnight.  For a couple
> months, the battery lasted as long as I expected (several days), but
> now the battery charts are showing that occasionally I have several
> hours overnight where the power consumption is in the 2-7 mA range
> (expected), and then it can suddenly switch to the 40-140 mA range and
> stay there permanently.  But I don't know what's causing this, and I'm
> not even sure I can get at the appropriate logs on an unrooted device
> (or if those logs exist).  Anyone have any thoughts about tracking
> this down?  Thanks.
>
>
> "Settings-->About phone-->Battery use" (not sure if this is standard across
> all devices) should tell you about the top battery consumer(s).
> Sincerely,
> Burhan

On Android 3.x the equivalent is filed under Settings -> Applications
-> Battery use.  Unfortunately, the amount of time it reports on is
extremely variable at its whim, being anywhere from 15 minutes to 6
hours - and more important, I don't think I'm buying what it's telling
me.  When the tablet has been on for a while, what I see on that chart
makes sense, but when the tablet has been off for a while the "Battery
use" chart will occasionally report the Screen as the main user of
power.  And it doesn't mention other processes I know are running that
they evidently don't consider "significant enough."  Sorry I didn't
mention that I'd tried that: I wrote it off a while ago, and thus my
reliance on a third party app.  It's a sound suggestion, it just
doesn't seem to be working in this context.

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