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[Moto X General] overthatscreen:
Since I have been stuck on my GSM Galaxy Nexus waiting for my Moto X to return, I have noticed a few things. The Moto X does about the same if not better on battery life for me. I used both phones for the same purpose, 10 hours at work with Bluetooth headphones on for the whole 10 hours. The result, battery life is about the same. They both last until 8pm with around 10% left. Now mind you, my Galaxy Nexus uses an extended battery with 3800mah. So I would say that the Moto X does a fairly good job with battery optimization. Though I do have to point out, I don't use LTE with the Moto X because I thinks its overrated for my needs and is a battery hog.
[Moto X General] ram130:
LTE on the X is actually more efficient. Try it for a few days. :)
[Moto X General] sumonmolla:
I have use my battery on my Moto X just 6 hours... 100% finish. :mad:
[Moto X General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
If your willing to spend the money get this.

http://mugen.co/mugen-power-2800mah-battery-case-for-motorola-moto-x.html

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[Moto X General] zerogun:
Totally agree with Ram130 on this. I have done empirical testing with overnight stanby, mobile data off, on the Moto X using 2G, HSPA+, and LTE. The best standby is 2G, then LTE, with HSPA+ being horible on standby. The difference in 2G and LTE is negligible. Both drain about .5%/hour with active notifications on and touchless controls off.

Use the LTE. Speed may be overkill, but the latency is sooooo much better than HSPA+. Your response time to touching links while web browsing is so much more improved.
[Moto X General] sumonmolla:
Okay, I am trying it . but i think it is very expensive price for me... :crying:
[Moto X General] someguyatx:
Upgraded from 4.4 to 4.4.2 with no change or improvement in my battery life. Not complaining as I still see 18-24 hours of uptime with 3+ hours screen time. Not rooted only NFC is turned off.

Didn't know that case was available. Mugen batteries are always expensive.
[Moto X General] _MetalHead_:
Let me guess, zerolemon is cheaper, right? Why don't you just leave xda, we don't need your extremely transparent and dishonest charade here.
[Moto X General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
If you want a good phone charger case you have to fork the money out to get it. If you want a crappy phone charger case get the zero lemon you get what you pay for. A lemon is always going to be a lemon no matter what you do.

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[Moto X General] _MetalHead_:
The account I quoted is a zerolemon shill account. They had 60+ posts originally, all about zerolemon. The mods deleted them all, not sure why they didn't cancel the account. I've kinda been on this anti-shill thing lately lol
[Moto X General] gsusx:
seriously considering buying a moto x here in the uk

can anyone tell me how it stacks up against a htc one for battery and camera, also is the volume when headset plugged in nice and loud, really the only things im bothered about to be honest, especially battery as the battery on my htc one is woeful ...

thanks all
[Moto X General] SymbioticGenius:
This Zerolemon thing is kinda sad. I used one on my GS3 and loved it, they should just let it market itself. I was even considering getting a note 3 and getting one but if they are gonna try and deceive people they won't get my business. As far as Mugen, I agree not worth it. I have a 10000 MaH anker battery which works fine, but the MotoX barely needs it. I think I can count on one hand how many times I was low on juice and wasn't by my car, a PC or some power source.

Back to business, how many people here factory reset after the OTA? In my experience that helps a lot to clear the crap so to speak.

Has anyone here that used fastboot to 4.4.2 having issues? That's how I did it and besides a rogue app or two my battery life has been great.

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] sumonmolla:
I am not trying about it... bro..
[Moto X General] guillots:
But you have touchless, active display off? Could you share your settings?

Thanks

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[Moto X General] seagood3:
Can't figure this out???

I have noticed significant battery drain lately. When I first started using the Moto X I was getting 24-30 hours easily with moderate use. Generally I will only have 1-2 hours of screen time. Now with the same usage I am only getting 12-15. I have noticed that Android Kernal is the main offender, but don't know what that is.

Not Rooted

Screen brightness 50%-60%

Notifications turned off on all apps

Don't even have that many apps that I use

No gaming

I have attached screen shots from Gsam:

Battery Monitor

Screen Detail

App Sucker

kernal

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
I had the exact same problem. Turned out to be a rogue app (Navigator) not optimized for KK yet. I narrowed it down to this app by going to Settings > Apps > Slide to Running, I noticed that it's running in the background even though I haven't launched it. I force stopped it and my battery drain problem was gone :D
[Moto X General] Pwnicorn:
I've recently noticed that google now/search wakes my phone up 100s of time a day. Today I barely touched my moto and after 14 checked Gsam showed that it was held awake for over 5 hours. WLD showed it was google search. I've read around and many say it's a bug on 4.4+. I've un installed it and reinstated it as well as turned off its ablility to keep the phone awake. None of that really did anything other than a momentary placebo effect. Anyone have any tips or do you just deal with it? Thanks.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Turn off Google location reporting in location settings.
[Moto X General] Pwnicorn:
Thanks for the help. Tested it out even with google's location reporting off it keeps my phone awake about 25% of the time. It's been off the charger for 4h 47m and has been held awake for 1h 22m. Checking WLD it's all Google (plus the calender once). It's bugging me because my Nexus 7 LTE is 4.4.2 also and has the same setup but shows it's been held awake for about a minute after 8 hours. Tried wiping data, restart, and lots of searching forums. No luck. Maybe someone has found similar occurrences on their X.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Make sure you reboot as well. Next. Goto Google settings app then android device manager and disable the first option. Reboot twice.
[Moto X General] mmegalodon:
I was losing 10% overnight ( 8 hours) with everything disabled and tried nearly everything. Not until disabling touchless control was I able to lower this idle drain to about 3-5%, the latter most likely includes WiFi. I can leave active display on, motorola connect, sync usually enabled and battery life is better than any Android phone I have personally used for extended time. I can easily get 48 hours off a charge with 2 hours screen on time, which is a lifesaver on those weekends that I need my phone, charged, but won't be 'using it' outside of calling, texting, random internet queries etc

For me, that touchless control really was an issue. At this point battery life isn't something I have to focus on, which is nice. Now I have to consider this update which references battery life improvements.. Maybe in a couple days..
[Moto X General] StormFreak:
As much as I am loving this phone, I just feel like something is off with my idle drain. I got the phone while it was still on 4.4, but have since upgraded to 4.4.2 (VZW). I am completely stock/unrooted. I have done 3 factory resets to see if they solve the issue, and they don't seem to. I wouldn't say I'm getting bad battery life, but compared to what I read on here, I could be getting a lot more. I have tried disabling multiple things, per tips I've read in this thread, but nothing makes a noticeable change. Android OS is still using 50%+ of my battery, even at the end of the day. The longest I have gone on battery is roughly 17 hours, with right around 3 hours of SOT. I feel like idle drain is the main issue, as I've seen people get much better standby time than me. Attached are some screenshots with usage. You can see that GSAM isn't giving me too much information. I'm also perplexed by how much CPU and stay awake time Android OS is using. If anyone can give me any suggestions, I would appreciate it.
[Moto X General] :
Its much easier to spot issues with print screen from a longer discharge period. Like 100 percent to 10 left or so.

Also gsam screen shots have much more info. If you wanna try it. ;)

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Moto X General] conquesoextra:
Hi guys

I buyed a note 2 because I need a bigger screen, so I put my moto x on sale.

I used the note 2 days and I hate it!! Battery only last for 4 hours of screen and the lag feels terrible.

So I'm back, please forgive me moto x!! :(

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[Moto X General] dwhisent:
If this helps anyone... dev edition, rooted...

I was getting great battery with 4.4, but the upgrade to 4.4.2 seemed to drop it some, then a day or two later it went nuts, started running hot and dropping fast! I loaded gsam and saw wireless was eating the battery, so I disabled that, including the setting that allowed some apps to access wireless even when wireless is off. Then gsam showed the big killer was email (?) although I only had it set to poll once every half hour. So I killed my email account and replaced it with k-9 for the time being. It started looking much better, but also, based on someone else's comment I saw somewhere, I cleared cache.

Now my battery life is amazing! I admit I am a pretty light user, but I went 38 hours and was only down to 49%!

I will probably start dropping some things back in, starting with email, to see how it goes.
[Moto X General] StormFreak:
I included a few GSAM screenshots. Since I'm not rooted, they don't seem to tell me much. I will continue to discharge and post those screenshots, however I can tell you that the drain is pretty consistent. I don't see noticeable changes between Wifi/LTE. Also, I turned location reporting off, and this morning actually tried turning location completely off, and the idle drain was still the same.
[Moto X General] syntrix:
Interesting that options are checked by default under printing.
[Moto X General] ohiomoto:
VZW Dev Edition, rooted, removed VZW bloat and added Nexus 5 Launcher. Everything else is stock 4.4.2. Over 30 hours battery life on several occasions. This is with a good amount of Pandora/Slacker, text, limited calls, a little web browsing, youtube and light use of navigation. On wifi 50% of the time.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Can you try disabling Android Device Manager in Google settings app? Reboot twice.
[Moto X General] syntrix:
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/03/05/moto-x-reportedly-seeing-battery-drain-on-android-4-4-2/
[Moto X General] mlodykaras:
These are my stats from my week old Moto x. Can someone tell a why onscreen time is different in gsam? BTW i have 41% left on battery so probably 6hrs screen on time is possible ;) very happy
[Moto X General] ram130:
Easy. Did you reboot after plugging out? Yes? The stats got reset and started then.
[Moto X General] maxmousee:
About 5 hours of OST.

It lasts me about 18 hours of usage which is way better that what my Razr i could offer :(

Loving it :D
[Moto X General] vikramkhalsa:
thats pretty much what I get on average, very regularly..
[Moto X General] piskr:
Battery drain

It seems that the problem is broader and all Qualcomm based devices are affected: http://www.ibtimes.com/google-worki...android-devices-kitkat-qualcomm-chips-1559771
[Moto X General] @rbiter:
Are y'all using chromecast? Using play movies and not swiping it out of ram when you're done will kill your battery. Netflix is pretty tame. HBO go is hit and miss when it kill your battery when you're done and you don't close it. I've been getting 24h standby and 2-3hsot with 50-60% battery left and last weekend I got 48h standby with 3h sot with 22% left. Google+ will occasionally kill your battery if you don't clear it but that is rare. I am actually using sync and leaving GPS on, whereas my note3 I gotta leave GPS off or it will wake lock to hell for some reason even if I don't use any GPS apps.

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[Moto X General] ram130:
Netflix will remain running while using data and cpu until you either tell it to stream to This Device. Or you force stop. Stupid bug really. YouTube auto disconnects just fine. Doubt they'll fix it.
[Moto X General] buton2:
this is pretty bad now i need to charge it at work.... before it will last longer around 30 % more than now...
[Moto X General] syntrix:
"OK GOOGLE NOW, 4.4.3 battery fix"
[Moto X General] unsivil_audio:
Oh I'm killin' it today. :) Bed time for now.
[Moto X General] gottcha86:
Ingress really kills the battery life but it's still WAY better then my RAZR HD!
[Moto X General] thebeastglasser:
Android OS gone mad

Holy God my battery life has been terrible over the last few days, Standby life has been horrendous (4-8% drop per hour). I used to be able to get 4 1//2- 5 hours screen on time and 20+ hours usage. Now I tend to get 2-3 hours and 12-14 hours of usage. Android OS has really been killing it lately. Same result with both Dalvik and ART.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Let it die fully. Then charge off. Once finished. Turn it on while still plugged in. Goto Google Settings app then Android Device Manager and disable the options. Reboot. Twice.

Then enable again. Unplug. Report back after that cycle.
[Moto X General] thebeastglasser:
There's a problem with that advice. I don't have Android Device Manager installed.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Goto the Google Settings app, then Android Device Manager.
[Moto X General] thebeastglasser:
Found it, thanks. I'll see if your suggestion works.
[Moto X General] vipergts450:
This advice is only a band-aid for a deeper issue here. It works to an extent, but even disabling it on my phone for a week did not bring battery life back to 4.2.2 levels (still 6% or more per hour drain) and caused me to lose the ability to locate/lock/wipe my phone remotely (obviously). This is a feature I've had on since I got the phone and never had such terrible drain. So, is this a Google issue or a Motorola one?
[Moto X General] grifforama:
Getting terrible battery here. Phone has not been used a great deal today.
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
For those of you who are having terrible idle battery drain on KK, it is most likely a rogue app that hasn't been optimized for KK.

My rogue app was Navigator, found it by going to Settings > Apps > Slide to Running. I found that it was constantly running in the background even though I hadn't launched it. Once I force stopped it, my battery life went back to its 4.2.2 glory!
[Moto X General] unsivil_audio:
Well here is my latest attempt at running it down. Looks like faux's kernel makes a pretty big difference.
[Moto X General] ram130:
I drain 1%/hr....I use to have the issue and was able to reproduce it. Not anymore since the latest Play services updates.

It's a Google issue and some cases moto. And the steps I outlined allow it to be enabled again. You have trick it to fix it self or commit to the latest update properly.

Now I have it enabled and my OS is better. It's not a overnight fix for some and takes some days of back and fort, so if you plan to lose your device in two days, forget it. Anyway long story.
[Moto X General] sunnycheeba:
I was experiencing a rapidly draining battery lately with Android OS using 50-60%. I tried many suggestions from here and elsewhere but nothing helped much with the battery drain I noticed post installing 4.4.2.

I did finally find that deselecting "Hotword detection" in Google Now settings under "Voice" made a immediate difference after rebooting. I went from 3-5% battery drain per hour when idle to about 1%. Touchless Controls "OK Google Now" still works fine if anyone thought they might lose their hands free dialing and the like. Android OS is no longer at the top of the battery usage list and is now only using 14% of battery.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Seems to work for some. Some how it doesn't matter for me. Could be how I reset Google Search:

- Ram
[Moto X General] d14gvn:
For now this thread became useless since google said that Kit kat drains more battery and heats it on qualcomm based devices.

http://www.zdnet.com/kitkat-giving-...-says-google-as-it-prepares-a-fix-7000027051/
[Moto X General] grifforama:
Ensuring these were unticked fixed my battery drain.
[Moto X General] :
Its not everyone with kit kat having battery issues. My wife's is still amazing. 24 hours plus and 5 plus screen time. No different than on 4.2.2.

Whatever issues are with kit kat, I'm sure I disabled the offending feature. Lol

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Moto X General] ericizzy1:
downloaded the app, cant find this screen. help please
[Moto X General] tu3218:
See even if that worked, I'd hate to remove those nice features. Pretty secure feeling to have that.
[Moto X General] :
Each and every feature on any smartphone takes a chunk out of battery life.....some more than others. ;)

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Moto X General] robbi24r:
I should be happy with this yes?

Just curious on someone's opinion is all.
[Moto X General] ram130:
It was affecting me too. But I never gave up. I found a way to make it work. Those screen shots in my last post is with it on. Like I said, patience.
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
Phone should be on for.over an hour when you were only on the phone for 3 minutes. Prob a ROM dialer issue but batt life is still pretty good
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
This screen is not in the app, you have to go to Google Settings > Android Device Manager

I agree, I just don't understand those people who buy a "smart" phone and disable all the "smart" features, they might as well buy a regular phone and save money if they're not gonna use those "smart" features for the sake of battery life!

Like those who buy a Moto X and disable Touchless Control and Active Notifications! What's the point in having a Moto X without those 2 features?? Those 2 features are what this phone is all about!! Or those who buy an Android phone and disable sync, sync is what Android is all about!!

All high end Android smartphones should last throughout the day (16-17 hrs at least) with a decent amount of SOT (2-3 hrs at least) without having to turn off any of the "smart" features and that should be enough for everyone... Why would you want to squeeze more juice from your battery if you can charge it overnight?? My phone looses 50% in 17 hrs with 1 hr SOT and all "smart" features are always ON including WiFi and BT. This means it would last for 34 hrs with 2 hrs SOT. But I don't need it to last for 34 hrs because I'm only awake for 17 hrs per day and i can charge it while I'm sleeping. So I can easily get more SOT if 1 hr is not enough and it would still last me throughout the day, I'm sure I can get 4-5 hrs SOT in 17 hrs!

So if anyone with a high end Android smartphone is not having such a battery life, this means there's a problem and this problem lies with a rogue app instead of the OS and its "smart" features. Find this rogue app, get rid of it, problem solved!
[Moto X General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
I had the gs4 and the only real features I used was smart stay and high sensitivity other then that I had all the features off. But with the moto x I use all the features. My battery life is decent.

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[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
I wouldn't call the Samsung features "smart" features, I would call them "bloat" features ;)
[Moto X General] KpyTou yokep:
Has anyone more than 2 days battery lifetime?
[Moto X General] MikeyMike01:
If I were only getting 17 hours with 2 hours screen time, I'd find that pretty unacceptable.

Hopefully my Moto X does (much, much) better than that.

Sent from my iPhone
[Moto X General] Barktooth:
Quick questions. Is normal to have my Moto X running on 918 mhz just having the screen on? (Core 0, without touching it).Also with CPU load of 25-35% always while screen on (that's what my CPU Z says), and the linear acceleration sensor, gyroscope sensor, accelerometer and magnetic field sensor always moving even if I put my device on a tabl without moving it?

I hope someone can help me! Thanks!
[Moto X General] chaoslimits:
2 days 2hrs screen time is usually what I get if I don't use the phone too much.

I'm usually getting 30hrs 3.5hrs screen time most of the time.
[Moto X General] :
I always got 30 hours total, with 5 to 7 screen hours on my X. Wife has it now and still gets 24 hours easy, but with like 3 hours screen time. I couldn't figure out why at first, since nothing really changed since I gave it to her. But then I figured it out. I never hardly made voice calls, and she makes about an hour a day.....and using the phone part of our phones really eats the battery. LOL

Go figure. ;)

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....

---------- Post added at 02:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:04 PM ----------

So keep that in mind if any of you think you have an issue cause you can't get 5 hours screen time. The phone function of our phone is a killer. Lol

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Moto X General] RyanTX:
My battery life was phenomenal with 4.4.2 until yesterday. All of a sudden Android OS is back at the top of the list sucking the battery. No clue why.
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
Have you installed/used any new apps that you didn't have/use before?
[Moto X General] Jamolah:
My battery life has taken a huge hit since 4.4.2 update. With 4.2.2 I use to get 17hours of battery life and 5 hours SOT (screen on time). With 4.4.2 I'm only getting 3 hours SOT (IF I'm lucky). And I've turned off location settings and even removed hot word detection (ok google)
[Moto X General] RyanTX:
Nothing changed from one day to the next.
[Moto X General] kg6zvp:
Which chips or features are known to use the most battery on this phone? For instance, is the GPS a big concern (here I'm referring primarily to GPS as utilized by Google Play's battery-efficient location services API in the course of "normal" phone use, if there is such a thing as normal)
[Moto X General] termleech:
GPS is not a big concern. I keep location on high accuracy and I have Google location reporting tuned on. I get awesome battery life. I generally get 3+ hours of talk. Time and close to usually 3 hours of screen on time.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Agreed. It might be the odd 8% cpu bug with location most are experiencing.
[Moto X General] theremix:
I am on 4.4 but my phone app is almost always awake until I greenify it or restart the phone. I don't have visual voicemail installed. Previously I thought it was only happening when I had a voicemail pending, but its not true. It happens even when there is no voicemail.

Is this a known 4.4 problem? Is it fixed in 4.4.2?
[Moto X General] ref1ux:
Picked up this phone to use whilst my N5 goes back on RMA... but whaddya know, Android OS absolutely killing it. Very frustrating.

It seems like we should be past the point of OS bugs causing serious battery drain.... alas not. :(

I've tried turning off hotword detection on GN Launcher and in the OS, and uninstalling Facebook but nothing works. Guessing it's this qualcomm bug.
[Moto X General] mschumacher69:
It's not an OS bug, it's a rogue app, unfortunately, battery usage shows under Android OS.

My rogue app was MapFactor Navigator which was constantly running in the background. Once I force stopped it, my battery drain problem went away.

Look under Settings > Apps > Slide to Running, it has to be one of those running apps.