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[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
This happens periodically on some users phones that I have seen. Happened to me once. Some people get it once a month. Besides factory reset, just give it a couple days and media server will stop doing that. Typically I have seen it do it for about 3 days before it stops showing up and goes away.

Like I said, happened to me once and never again. Never pinpointed what exactly it was for anyone. Just randomly goes away after a little while. Did a decent bit of research as well. I'd just let it run its course and not screw with anything.
[Moto X General] :
If you see this happening....reboot. fixed. Hopefully you notice before you're drained too much. ;)

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[Moto X General] Pwnicorn:
I have location reporting/history on. Do not have Google + installed. Just recently upgraded to 4.4.2 - so the average lifetime is a little messed up. Been on updated OS for about 3 days. Under apps, I have no idea what 2G system is. It wasn't there before to my knowledge. Anyone know?
[Moto X General] drago10029:
Being that smartphones users are a mixed bunch. Some experts some first time some just confused lol. thought this info I accidentl found might be helpful.

http://motoxhub.com/how-to-solve-battery-life-problem-of-moto-x-after-kitkat-android-4-4-update/

Writes about re calibration which I think can be overlooked.

***Also a note to those with battery issues, might be a pain but you have to pay CLOSE attention to wakelocks/rogue apps/usage... etc.

othewise you will forever live in battery level confusion. Hope that helps ^__^
[Moto X General] drago10029:
Running 4.4.2, Modle XT1053, complete stock. Hope this helps! Also try the above tip!! :D

-30-40 minutes of games, no video watching

-10-20 minutes of phones calls

-lots of texting (MMS) lol

-constantly on instagram

-emails sync every 15 minutes

-location off

-wifi all day and cell phone signal super strong
[Moto X General] dedei:
I just noticed that my moto x gained 3% of battery out of nowhere lmao is this normal? I unlocked the bootloader and have root since yesterday, on 4.4.2
[Moto X General] okaban:
Feel the Force, Luke =)))

Wipe battery stats in the custom recovery
[Moto X General] :
Find out what held your phone awake for 3 hours and it will get better yet. ;)

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...

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Actually ...its probably location services.

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[Moto X General] Pwnicorn:
Right yes. You are right. I think that it is location services too. I went into appOpps (an Xposed mod which req root for those that may read this) and turned off "keep awake" under two green android icons and google search. After that I went to bed. Phone was at 100% I woke up six hours later and the moto x was at 94%. About one percent an hours. No more wakelocks. However, I have wifi off but still have it "scanning in the background" option selected. It used about 30% of that 6% in those six hours... which is kinda splitting hairs at this point because I've never had battery this good with any other smartphone I've owned.

...............................edit

Oh, I also turned off the option to locate and lock my device remotely in Google settings (and reboot as suggested on this thread). It's nice to have the option but I've never lost a phone in my life :knocks on wood:
[Moto X General] :
Awesome ...glad you tracked it down.

And hey....I get battery times as good as anyone I've seen here...but I just can't get it lower than around 1 percent an hour drain on standby. So I've stopped worrying about it. LOL. ;)

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[Moto X General] Soldier 2.0:
That's weird. I have everything enabled, Google now, GPS, location settings to high, etc and I am having way better battery life than having almost everything turned off.

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I even have all the Motorola privacy enabled and android remote locate, etc. 41/2 hours screen on using many different apps and I am at 42%. All Wi-Fi usage though.
[Moto X General] ram130:
I'm writing a battery guide for the X. Hopefully it helps. This will be my first full blog post on it. I'm nervous, not even sure how it will help anyone. Anyway it will be on ramonmcnally.com when I'm done. Mainly experiences from talking with Moto and my own testing will be in the guide.
[Moto X General] TheRaven65:
Coming from a Droid RAZR (non-max), I find the battery life to be outstanding! LOL!
[Moto X General] ZubaZ:
This is my 2nd day on the Moto X. I just switched from a Gnex and so far the battery life is incredible compared to my Gnex. I know it might just be because it's a new battery, but I have been power using this thing for 5+ hours straight and I have 50% left.
[Moto X General] bozbeast:
My battery after the 4.4 update was terrible. 3 hours SOT put my phone near 30%. I'm a moderate to heavy user, a lot of music, streaming, gaming, and forum browsing.

I started over, went back to 4.2.2 then back to 4.4 +erasing all user data). The 15 hour cycle is my first full charge after I started fresh. The 18 hour cycle was like last night. I have greenify and battery guru. Haven't disabled or uninstalled anything yet.

Based off the thread I should uninstall goog+, turn off location (previously was on battery saving), and turn off Google now hotword detection...

Anything else? I'll be off to the air force in 8 days, so battery life will be crucial when I can actually use it.
[Moto X General] :
Seems you're in pretty good shape to me! ;)

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[Moto X General] termleech:
I recently turned on everything as well. I've noticed similar results. I've gotten better battery with everything on.
[Moto X General] ghostt021:
With exception of WiFi everything is on location, gps, ect.

Edit. Thinking about some of the wake problems maybe due to how you lay your phone down. It sounds stupid but I noticed when I leave my phone faced up the screen constantly wakes the phone to display the time, however when facing down I get a little to no wake. Just my two cents

Moto X
[Moto X General] :
This phone still has great battery with everything on for sure. Amazing battery with lots off too tho. ;)

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[Moto X General] yghrv:
looking forward to see that
[Moto X General] porkrynd:
OK, so I'm floored! This is from today running Nitro's eclipse X v3.0, only additions were a zip that got rid of the blue stuff and viper4android. This is all 4G on VZW, no Wi-Fi at all, locations enabled, BT on (which auto connects when I get in my car), auto brightness enabled. I watched HD YouTube stuff, had 32 mins of phone calls, played music (headphones and BT)... basically thoroughly enjoyed the day today. Best battery experience I've ever had!
[Moto X General] mavericktc:
I got much better battery performance after the update. I disabled android device manager (using motorolas now as I'm also using motorola connect) + uninstalled facebook. I use the web version now.

Location is set on high accuracy but wifi is off (when I don't have an available network nearby) + searching location with wifi is off.

Screen dim is on auto.

BT on.

Assist is off due to the fact that is't worthless when it's trying to read my messages out loud in swedish.
[Moto X General] Soldier 2.0:
Wi-Fi scanning for location is a battery saver if you work in a place that is away from windows etc. If you disable this feature and have location set to"battery saver" then you are relying on cell signal. I recommend you guys use GPS, Wi-Fi, and wireless network to update your location and you will most likely see an increase in your battery endurance.
[Moto X General] dsass600:
Please god someone rescue my Moto X. I used to have excellent battery life but the kernel won't let it deep sleep. It's excellent for 3 days after I factory reset, and then falls back into this pithole with the kernel.

I have a rooted AT&T Moto X with write protection off.
[Moto X General] :
I have tried to help in the thread you started.....but so far haven't seen the screenshots that matter...that I suggested you post.

These screen shots say nothing useful....and you NEED to charge full....drain it down to about 10 percent....then take the screenshots.

Otherwise anyone helping you will be only guessing.

Sent from my Moto X cellular telephone...

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And again....android OS is not the culprit. It held your phone awake for 5 minutes.

I said all of this in your thread already dude. ;)

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[Moto X General] dsass600:
I understand, but honestly, I don't see how that's going to change anything. This has been happening for days, and the thing that floats to the top every single day is the kernel. If I were to drain it all the way to 10%, which I wouldn't do on purpose because it damages to battery, it would show the exact same thing.

Edit:

I'll do it. Just please help me diagnose what the issue is when I post the screens later today. I bought this phone just for the battery life :( .
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
OK I've been a spectator on this thread for a while and now I decided to post because my battery life has become ridiculous after the 4.4.2 OTA. I've had everything ON except Mobile Data since I got my phone, I used to get 16-17 hours with 1-2 hours SOT with 40-50% battery left on 4.2.2. This dropped to 30-40% battery left on 4.4 and now it dropped to 10-20% battery left on 4.4.2.

Please don't tell me to freeze/greenify apps (I'm not rooted and not planning to root) and please don't tell me to turn OFF anything because I know this phone can get 16-17 hours with 1-2 hours SOT with 40-50% battery left without having to freeze or turn anything OFF because this is what I used to get on 4.2.2.

I just want to know what is causing this and how to fix it. Android OS has always been on top of my list but I used to get better battery life on 4.2.2 and 4.4. I've got BBS and GSam installed, which screenshots would be useful to post in order to find the culprit that's draining my battery [MENTION=2404483]ram130[/MENTION] [MENTION=4036181]kj2112[/MENTION]?

Thanks
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
http://motoxhub.com/how-to-solve-battery-life-problem-of-moto-x-after-kitkat-android-4-4-update/

someone provided that link in this thread a little while ago and explains about your battery and what damages it. according to that. dropping to 10% only incrementally damages the battery to such an extent that it doesn't really matter.

first you can see the link i posted above. 2nd, i would perform a factory reset after i install a new firmware. even though it can do it without a factory reset, having a clean install of a rom is always the best way to do it. might or might not be necessary but thats what i do. factory reset before i install an update then factory reset after i install the update. and recalibrating the battery is always a good way to go too.
[Moto X General] SymbioticGenius:
Definite factory reset and or recalibrate battery. I went 4.4.2 German and Britain then finally back to T-Mobile. My battery life is worst but I know it's because I haven't factory reset yet. I'm actually trying to see if I can fix it without doing so but if not I'll reset this weekend. Otherwise 4.4.2 definitely gave better life until I actually took the OTA.

MotoX Developer Edition went from German 4.4.2 to Great Britain 4.4.2 to T-Mobile 4.4.2 no problem. Fastboot FTW!
[Moto X General] :
Draining it to 1 percent even will not damage your battery. ;)

Again....main Gsam screen, in app sucker section..the app screen....the time held awake screen....and number of times waking device maybe. And kernel wakelock screen too.

That's the main 5 that are most useful. ;)

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Same screenshots as I mentioned in my post just before this will help. Minus whatever it won't let you see cause you're not rooted.

And honestly ....if you have everything on like you say...I'm not surprised by your battery life. We can check the screens and see....but there's no way you'll have stellar battery life without any of the things done that you say you won't do. You sacrifice juice running everything on for sure. What about screen brightness? And how many apps do you have that sync or use location services?

But lets see if the screen shots show anything. :)

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[Moto X General] Soldier 2.0:
Charge your phone using its own charger and when you get your battery charged, boot into safe mode and use your phone as usual. If you still get horrible battery life then it is hardware and you should ask for a replacement of your warranty is still in effect.

I don't know how to boot the X into safe mode, but a quick Google search will reveal how to. BTW, safe mode only runs the essential apps and disables third party apps so a battery hog app could also be the culprit.
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
The thing is that I hate having to re-set up my phone if I reset it. It's a hassle because you would have to backup your sms, call log, whatsapp, custom ringtones, pictures, music, videos and restore them again... [MENTION=4811218]SymbioticGenius[/MENTION], please let me know if you manage to fix it without a factory reset.

Thanks I will post the screenshots later today. Screen brightness is set to Auto. Accounts that sync are mainly my Google account (syncs everything) and my Corporate Exchange account (syncs Calendar and email). Apps that use Location Services are mainly Google, HD Widgets and Motorola, Location Reporting is ON and both Android and Moto Device Managers are ON. Regarding my battery life, how do you explain getting 16-17 hours with 1-2 hours SOT and 40-50% left with everything ON then? This is what I'm after and I know the phone can do it with everything ON. I'm not after 1-2% idle drain, I know I will never be able to achieve that with everything ON, I would be happy with 3-4% idle drain, but certainly not the 5-6% idle drain that I'm currently having... 3-4% idle drain would give me the 17 hours that I'm after with 1-2 hours SOT and some juice left at the end of the day, this is all I'm after and I know the phone can do it without having to turn anything OFF.

I doubt it's a hardware fault and my warranty is void anyways because i've unlocked my bootloader ;)
[Moto X General] dsass600:
This is the lowest I could get it before going to sleep. I decided to leave my WiFi on all day, and surprisingly the phone deep slept a good amount.
[Moto X General] SPACE-AGE-INC:
Bad at first, but now.....

DAY 1: Fell from 100% to 28% by the end of the day

DAY 2: Greenified my Moto X and froze a few apps. Fell from 100% to 89% by the days end.
[Moto X General] :
You need to do it again. LOL. You rebooted before doing Gsam screens. Gsam resets when you reboot. There's no stats to see. Its got 7 seconds worth of stats.

And again, none of the other screen shots are helpful. You can stop posting those ones. :)

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[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
so i understand that you said you don't want to root, but you have an unlocked bootloader so rooting your phone takes about 2 minutes. then you can install titaniumbackup and do a factory reset of your phone and set everything back up how it was relatively quickly. thats the smartest route to go. why did you unlock the BL if you didn't want root?
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
Because my phone came with the Claro PR ROM and I wanted the Retail US ROM ;) The reason I don't want to root is because I want to keep getting OTAs...
[Moto X General] ram130:
Yawn....good day
[Moto X General] dsass600:
Damn it hahahaha. I'll do it again today. Which screens do you want specifically?
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
there are many things to mention here. 1st, you can still get otas rather easily even when you are rooted. If you don't change anything about your phone accept for flashing a new recovery and installing some rooted apps like tibu. you can just flash the old recovery and remove the rooted apps and still take the ota when they come around. 2nd, i presume you want to take OTAs because it is easier or something. but in reality, taking the OTA without factory reset after and possibly before can end up causing problems like the ones you are facing now. if you choose to root and run twrp, you can often get the "OTA" faster because someone will post it so you wont have to wait for it to auto download. And it is easier for you to put oyur phone back to how you had it after doing a factory reset because you can easily re root after taking the ota and install all your backups.

also if you root you can make nandroid back ups you can rely on. IMO, rooting gets you the most updated FW quicker, its easier to restore your phone to what it was after a factory reset. can easily be removed. its benefits just far out weigh not rooting the phone. Only downside is having to learn a little bit about what you are doing so that you can do all the things you want to quickly and easily.
[Moto X General] :
You have Gsam root add on? Best would be main Gsam screen, app screen, (click app screen drop down) and do times waking device, time held awake and kernel wakelocks. If you have an issue it should be found with those 5 screens.

If its GPS or a bright screen or something strange, it's harder to find. And games....they burn the battery quick.

My battery life personally is no different on kit kat vs JB. But, I have a lot frozen...and greenified and no location services, no Google now and nothing syncing. So if there's any kit kat issues cause of any of that...I wouldn't experience it anyway. Lol

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[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
I know all this, I just don't have time to do it... I just want my phone to be running a stock rom with stock recovery and install otas when they get released and that's it. I wouldn't even have unlocked my bootloader if I already had the Retail US phone. I just don't have time to mod my phone and having to return back to stock/flash stock recovery every time I want to take an ota. That's the reason I don't want to factory reset either. It's just a hassle and a waste of time having to backup everything and then restore them and re-set up my phone even if it were with Ti Backup, let alone forgetting to backup something and ending up loosing it, I have other more important things to do...
[Moto X General] vikramkhalsa:
What apps did you freeze or hibernate?
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
Ok here we go:
[Moto X General] :
My guess is its to do with the router on the wifi network you were on. Its letting traffic from whatever else is on it through to your phone.

Solutions I've seen are set static ip's on your network. Another was to change phone settings to disable wifi when screen off. Or to only when plugged in.

I'd try those things first. ;)

Your held awake time would probably be wayyyyy lower if you wanna test and just keep wifi off for one battery cycle.

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[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
its def wifi issue. you can try switching routers. I haven't seen anyone find an actual solution to configuring their router or phone in such a way that made it more compatible and reduced the wlan wakelock. i tried for a month to figure it out but ended up just switching routers.

you can also pull your alarm logs (forget how but i did it at the time i had your problem) and look at what is exactly waking it up from that. It is going to be apps trying to access wifi. And your wifi connections will constantly be dropping and reconnecting (or thinking it is doing that anyway) which is why you get those wakelocks. There maybe an app causing the wifi to do that but when i saw that with my phone it wasn't a particular app but rather issues with the phone not working well with the router.
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
I have installed a Belkin Range Extender recently, so maybe that's what's causing it. I will try switching it off tomorrow and see what happens.
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
if you truly just want a stock rom the process is so simple to restore everything that it would benefit you. i understand you don't want to take the time but i can take an ota and have my phone set-up just how it was in less than an hour (including waiting about 30 minutes for roms to flash). and you don't ahve battery issues that you have to deal with like what you are dealing with. ill explain how easy it is.

1. run command in cmd "mfastboot flash recovery twrp.img"

2. boot phone up and root installs itself then you donwloaded tibu

3. when ota comes, uninstall supersu that gave you root then flash your old recovery image back

4. take ota

5. flash twrp again like in step one to get root again

6. back up all user data and apps in tibu

7. do a factory reset

8. restore tibu back up

don't need to tweak anything with the phone. and if you want your launcher to be the same, downloaded ape launcher. back that up. thenrestore it when you are done. and your phone is exaclty how it was. takes hardly any time to perform and saves you from spending time diagnosing battery and other weird problems that can arise when you don't factory reset when taking new FWs.

its really hard to figure out way behind the scenes issues that can arise like what you are experiencing. spend days diagnosing or jsut do a factory reset that costs you an extra 20 minutes. ill help all i can with your problem it just may not get fixed is all im saying.

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ahhh i was trying to figure out why the new FW could have caused the wifi issue because it existed in every FW since the original for the moto x. but that explains why you are just now noticing it. 100% that is the cause. might be possible to set the range extender to a different ssid and have your moto x only connect to the non-extender router. Not sure if you have that capability or not but that would be what i would look into so you can keep the extender and your moto x
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
I know all this and it's just extra steps that I need to worry about whenever an OTA comes... I appreciate you trying to help but I'm not here to learn how to root my phone and how to backup my apps, I already know how to do all this and I even help other people do it, I'm just here to try to find out what's causing my idle battery drain...

If I wanted to do all this I wouldn't have posted here...
[Moto X General] dsass600:
Here you go! (Again)
[Moto X General] rabellogp:
Hey, guys.

I´ve noticed after the 4.4.2 update the WiFi changed from 5% to something like 20~25% average... I thought it would be a bug or a change in the way the WiFi battery usage is reported, but after seeing the battery usage of you guys here in this thread I definitely think it's something wrong with my Moto X.

So I started testing. I disabled the "Scanning always available" feature, nothing changed... Then I disabled the location at all, nothing, then tried "safe mode" in airplane mode just with WiFi on. Nothing happens, it keeps consuming 20% of the battery no matter the activity... It happens even when I keep the phone sleeping... I did a factory reset after updating to 4.4.2 and also tried wipe cache after noticing this battery issue.

I started an experiment yesterday. I charged both my phones (razr i and moto x) to 100% and turn them on with just WiFi on. Same apps, same location config (off), etc... Both on the table with no usage for almost 10h, I've just checked the battery a couple of times...

Here are the razr i screens:

And here the moto x screens

Note that I've been using the razr i for one year, so the battery is not the same anymore (Moto X has 1 month of usage)... Both phones are the way they came out of the box, no bootloader unlocking, no rooting... First hours at home, last 2h at work (different WiFi spots).

Does anybody have any idea of what is causing this?