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[Moto X General] snrbobo:
it's the Android OS!!! Something is running your battery down! run better battery stats or another program similar that can check for wakelocks or whatever is running in the background. I've had this issue before on previous phones.
[Moto X General] juancaperez2000:
Im on the same page just RSD lite my phone and still looking the same, just wondering if could be related to the phone, on my first MotoX never got that high Android OS
[Moto X General] jayboyyyy:
there is also the problem of media server. it occurs on some peoples phones and holds a wake lock for hours and drains a lot of battery. It will stop after 2-3 days but then randomly appears. Its a problem in the code. Also, you may find that your wifi connection can get stuck on for a really long time for no reason when it is constantly unlinking and linking to your phone. When you have a dev phone or a rooted one there are programs oyu can set up that iwll shut down a wake lock if it runs too long so you can avoid randomly getting heavy drain.
[Moto X General] rvbarton:
Interesting...

When I first received my Moto X (AT&T) a few weeks ago, the battery life was absolutely stellar! I traveled to Houston, TX this past weekend, and my Moto X started overheating and now the battery life is horrible! nothing changed, other than the fact that I drove and used my phone the whole way!

Previously, I could go 1 - 2 days, now I can get about 3/4 through the day but have to charge it, and its getting quite warm. I haven't added any apps, so I"m confused... All of this started once I arrived in Houston.

Thoughts?
[Moto X General] :
Houston is a known battery killer region. ;)

Kidding. But if you used GPS for hours on end...I'm sure your phone was on fire. Maybe not good for the insides that long at a time?? Or the battery. Just a guess.

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] rvbarton:
I thought about that as well. I never used anything (GPS, Portable Hotspot, ...) for any extended amount of time. Now that I'm back in Dallas, I was hoping it would revert but it seems to be messed up still. I installed the Thunderbolt app to turn LTE on/off, and am on WCDMA now, but battery life isn't any better.

The only resolution I've ever had for this with my phones is to reset & reinstall. I'm hoping I don't need to do that.
[Moto X General] SymbioticGenius:
If your phone got that hot something was running or it was in direct sunlight or a hot car, maybe a combination of things. Before you reset, drain the battery completely. Turn off & charge until full with the phone off. Fixes most of my battery issues. Good luck.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Moto X General] prelives14:
Thanks for the replies! I'll get betterbatterystats and see what's up. I'll report back with more info!
[Moto X General] codygs83:
I'm pretty sure better bat stats doesn't work since 4.4

Hopefully they'll update it soon though
[Moto X General] icon123:
BBS now supports kit Kat.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Ever since 4.4. Battery life has been weird.
[Moto X General] corywf:
Exchange services is causing a wakelock on my phone. Anyone else using exchange and seeing this issue?
[Moto X General] lyall29:
This is my first full charge and its not looking good. Seems like my Nexus 5 may be a little better. I give it a few days.
[Moto X General] jonnythan:
Android OS CPU usage appears to be related to Wifi. There's some discussion about it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2526971
[Moto X General] BrokenWall:
I have noticed the past few days that my phone is not properly going to sleep, for example. If i am listening to Play Music or Pandora and driving (line-in to stereo) if i change the track and put the phone down, the screen will go off after 30 seconds, but minutes later if I press the power button, it comes right back to the app without requiring me to unlock the device.

I noticed this at work as well, I responded to a text message, about 10 minutes later I got a reply and the phone vibrated but active notifications was not blinking, I pressed the power button and the phone screen just came on, so its like the phone has been running full with screen off. I don't have any CPU control apps installed. This has happened every since 4.4, I have made sure security is set to slide to unlock, I also verified and changed the screen to go off after 30 seconds, there has been no change in behavior.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Have seen the same issue as well. Happens randomly.
[Moto X General] juancaperez2000:
After RSD lite my phone 3 times then taking the OTA my phone looks like is going to regular way, hopefully stay like this
[Moto X General] BrokenWall:
What settings did you use for GPS and Wifi?

Also any services you are using (google now, exchange, etc)
[Moto X General] herzzreh:
Also please post screen shot with your signal levels. People keep forgetting that it can make or break your battery. Mine is almost gray most of the day and it rapes my battery.
[Moto X General] juancaperez2000:
Wifi always on just swicht it off when im driving, gps using low battery performance which is olny phone gps, no exchanfe yet but yes google now, facebook and google plus also i ride like 30 mins on metro that could affect my battery life
[Moto X General] prelives14:
Okay, so I downloaded betterbatterystats, charged my phone to 100%, and eventually fell asleep. I took these screenshots in the morning shortly after I woke up. I left wifi, autobrightness, and location services on. I'm on Sprint 4.2.2.

These were the results. To be honest, I really don't know what I'm looking at. Haha. But it doesn't seem good.
[Moto X General] robstunner:
your location pinging (google now?) and your g+ sync ate your battery it seems
[Moto X General] aooga:
Does anyone know what this wakelock is? This is the one that everyone seems to be having that has the Android OS battery drain.

"pm8921_eoc". It held my phone awake for as long as it's been unplugged.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Disable location reporting in Google Settings app
[Moto X General] :
Don't have a screen shot right now...just unlocked my boot loader.

But second full charge on my xt1058 got 18 hours total...and 5 1/2 hours screen time. Mostly wifi off...GPS and location service off. Screen at about 30 percent mostly.

Way better than my t989 S2. :) Now I'm rooting and freezing/tweaking/greenifying....lets see what next charge brings.

I'll screen shot next time. Lovin my Moto X. Was toss up between HTC one, G2 or this phone. Very happy with my choice. Need an otterbox type case and holster...so bit smaller screen was a good choice. Need good signal strength in the boonies where I live too. Had to go outside to make calls on my S2. Now I get one or 2 bars in the house. ;)
[Moto X General] flashallthetime:
Are you running jb 4.2 or kitkat? I assume jb as use rogers folks have yet to receive the update officially

Sent on my Moto X
[Moto X General] :
Yup, stock 4.2.2. Just froze a few things and greenified now that I'm rooted. Gonna see if there's a change... Good or bad tomorrow.

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And not sure if I'll upgrade. I've tried it all on my n7...and it's back on 4.2.2. Of course flawless flash is a major reason.
[Moto X General] flashallthetime:
I'm running the AT&T KitKat firmware on the Rogers phone and there's a minor bug, hopefully when we actually receive the KitKat ota, the battery bug will be solved. It only marginally reduces battery life compared to jb

Sent on my Moto X
[Moto X General] :
On my graph screen in settings /battery... Like the screen shot above... My "awake" never has Anything! Lol.

Anyone see that before?
[Moto X General] :
Next full battery cycle... This one after rooting, some system stuff frozen and greenified. Pretty good! Still probably couldn't got another hour screen time.
[Moto X General] :
This past weekend, I didn't use my phone a whole lot so it mostly traveled in my pocket and was used to play a couple podcasts, couple phone calls, a few emails read, a few texts, etc.

I plugged it in @ 18% after 2d 16h. I was pleased with that.

When I traveled for business with my GNex, or really any previous phone, I was always fighting it to keep a charge - idle browsing or checking flight information in the airport, GPS to find my way around new areas, calling the people I'm there to see, keeping up on work emails while on the road, looking up local businesses or places to eat, long days where you get up at 4am for a flight and are still out having drinks at midnight... it's tough to keep a phone alive that long, and I usually traveled with a big battery pack and the phone was plugged in constantly.

My last trip was with the Moto X and I was really pleasantly surprised. I hit it with the battery pack just before dinner, but not because it was dead - it was still around 40% - just because I didn't know how late I'd be out and didn't want to take a chance.
[Moto X General] :
See my gsam screen shot above. So happy as I am with my X's battery life.... It could be far better with this Android OS issue resolved. There is an open thread about it... And for some nothing is helping. I'm on 4.2.2 stock. Rooted, greenified, wifi off, gps off, location service off, unlinked my Motorola Id.... And still crazy Android OS stats.

I still get 24 hours with 5 hour screen time.... But think that would improve quite a bit with this Android OS behaviour under better control. I think I am going to freeze most Motorola apps... See if that helps. Then bring some back one by one to see if any of those are the culprit. I'm kinda thinking active notification or voice command always listening may be to blame. Aside from those... I've already froze everything I used to on my S2.....and it never had this issue.

If I discover anything, I'll share. ;)
[Moto X General] sheltem:
Not that I doubt you guys, but it seems like every review indicates that the Moto X has decent, but not spectacular battery life. For instance in Anandtech's Nexus 5 review, the Moto X is behind the Nexus 5 in every battery benchmark. I highlighted Anandtech because they actually have a battery test methodology as opposed to most other sites which give vague statements like "lasts through a work day".
[Moto X General] mademan420:
thanks for all the info&screenshots in your last few post:good: Im waiting on mine to arrive. Hopefully early next week. I do have 1 question. What's the reason for you sticking with 4.2 vs updating to 4.4? Maybe you answered earlier but I only went back a few pages so my appologies if you did:angel:
[Moto X General] :
From what I've seen, in this forum and in the nexus 5 forum... On average.... It seems the Moto X has better battery life. That's from real users... Not useless benchmarks that test one aspect then another. Real use is all that matters. Only my 3rd full battery cycle got over 24 hours total... And almost 5 hours screen time. And was still at 17 percent. So still could've upped those stats... But had to charge. Screen shot is above so you can believe. , ;)

Again..... On average... Doesn't seem most xda N5 users are getting those times. And my phone hadn't fully settled yet.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Please do. Frankly I've got to see what battery life is like when Android OS is under control. Nearly 3 days.

https://plus.google.com/100387692799048583162/posts/8sGV7RVhMrQ
[Moto X General] cascade128:
What is the problem my device?

10 hours standby mode, no wifi, no 3G, no awake, 30% battery consumption. What is the problem my device?
[Moto X General] :
Screen shots? And how much screen on time. That's the most important number.

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I use flash.... A lot.... And on my N7 anyway, 4.3 and up had very unstable flash... Or didn't work at all. It's on, 4.2.2 as well. I'm kinda a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it guy".... And there is nothing new in 4.3 or 4.4 that I have cared about. I've recovered from my flashaholic days... I just want stable now. And there's always Xposed to play with. ;)
[Moto X General] mademan420:
Makes total sense! Thanks for the reply!!!
[Moto X General] :
My best so far.... Heavily debloated and greenified.

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] :
Screen shot doesn't work.... But same thing happened last night and it was fine this morning.

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] APeaceofStrange:
Hello, I am new to the moto x and the battery life has not been what I was hoping. I installed cpu spy and my phone is never in deep sleep more than 45% of the time even if i'm not using it. I was wondering if that was normal behavior or not for the moto x.
[Moto X General] :
That's not normal at all. Gsam would tell you what's keeping your phone awake.

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] APeaceofStrange:
I think the main thing was location services. I turned off gps and now deep sleep is about 70-80% while not using the device. Should it be even higher than that though?
[Moto X General] :
I'm new to the moto x... But generally if you aren't using the phone much, deep sleep should be well over 80 percent... Probably much higher if it's just sitting there. Held awake time in Gsam should tell you the story. My last charge went 1 day and 6 hours.... With over 6 hours screen time.... But my held awake time in gsam was like 47 minutes. That's amazing to me. Lol

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] Jayrod1980:
Make sure you don't have moto connect enabled.. It constantly polls you're phone.
[Moto X General] someguyatx:
Average weekend day. Took off charger just before bed and still at 50%
[Moto X General] ram130:
Damn son. What are your settings! Rooted? Location on? What did you do. If its rooted then its not gonna help me much.
[Moto X General] mademan420:
I asked the same thing earlier, couldnt believe it myself :p

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=48162736&postcount=1063
[Moto X General] ram130:
Lol why can't I get that on stock.
[Moto X General] mademan420:
I think it the debloating and the app "greenify" are the keys:good: The bad thing is, you need to be rooted to do either:(

UPDATE:

From what i remember, he's running stock rooted on 4.2
[Moto X General] banboy:
Updated

Is it just me or is anyone ever felt playing your moto x after charged n just about 4 hour after fully charged the sot turn to 46-50% n it drop to 76% for the battery ist that normal ?

Is that normal?

Still with 4.3
[Moto X General] :
Yeah sorry... All the tricks involve rooting. Greenifying certain apps... Takes root. Freezing all the moto bloat takes root. I'm on stock 4.2.2. But aside from active notification and I unfroze touch less control, it's almost like aosp now. I froze like 20 things. I keep the screen as dim as I can... Location services off... As well as sync. I check Gmail manually. I don't get important emails... They can wait. I'm on wifi at home all the time. And if I don't charge my phone while I sleep... I am going to start putting it in airplane mode while I sleep.

Some people need some of the things I've cut out... But that my setup anyway. I got Android OS battery use down to 13 percent or so now... Was like 30 out of the box.

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...

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Yeah, without root... You can't do a whole lot. All those com. Motorola things take their toll on the battery.

Yes, 4.2.2. Didn't care for anything else on my n7 either. ;)

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] jonnythan:
The % of battery Android OS uses is completely immaterial. It can be 60% if you leave the phone asleep but be 10% if you use it constantly. On my device, Android OS uses a solid 10 minutes of CPU time per hour no matter what as long as WiFi is enabled.

The % used shown is only in relation to total battery drain.
[Moto X General] ram130:
Thanks for the insightful reply. I guess you might be right that it's some of Motorola apps. I would even lean to Moto Care as one. Either way I can't do many of those you mention to see. But thanks. It's good to know where it might be. I wonder how much drain per hour your getting in stand by.
[Moto X General] sonic1675:
What are your settings that get your screen 30%? I have a black background with brightness to the lowest possible setting and auto rotate off and 15 second timeout and i get 50%.
[Moto X General] cowman4000:
Can you post what apps you actually froze? I've frozen a bunch of stuff and I do similiar things as you such as no auto sync, location services off and I'm unable to break the 3 hour on screen mark. What is your average signal strength? At work on 4G i'm at -95dBm and at home I'm -110 to -115 dBM
[Moto X General] banboy:
50% for screen percentage ?

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Anyone can give an input with my problem?
[Moto X General] ram130:
Use LTE where you can. 4G HSPA is a good battery drainer in practice.
[Moto X General] banboy:
It's LTE right the one that I've uploaded just now ?

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May i ask you people is it because the charger that I've been using it and also because of the they way I charge my phone ? I use two chargers, the one at home is from moto x out of the box n the one is Samsung small square box black charger n it has output 1.0A I put in my office. But funny thing I've just charge from 30% - 100% n all of the sudden when I play the moto x the screen percentage increase so fast from 30 to 51% , most of the setting is off. Google now on , brigtnes auto, n 30second timeout , Bluetooth off, GPS off location sett off. Sync off. what seem to the problem ? Signal? Or is it every 30% I recharge the phone n it's been 3 times I unplugged it when the phone reach 95% . n from there I play my phone about 3-4 hours n it drop to 75% is that normal and from 100% fully charge n I leave my phone about 2 hours it drop to 90% . I didn't play around that much after fully charged
[Moto X General] :
Hard to say. Usually 3.? Percent over all with my usage. The last night I charged before bed and didn't charge it over night... It was 1.3 percent / hour if I recall. That was maybe on airplane mode tho. I can't remember. But in 1 day and 6 hours... With just about 6.5 hours screen time... The average per hour was 3.1 percent.

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] cowman4000:
I've often wondered the same thing... Does using a different charger other than what came with the phone affect OVERALL battery life? I personally don't use the charger that came with my Moto X.
[Moto X General] banboy:
Yeah I've been wondering that too since this phone nowadays the battery is attached inside every phone and hoping someone expert can give a good input from their experience.
[Moto X General] :
The charger should not affect battery life as long as they're all normal 5V USB chargers.

The phone will draw whatever amperage it can handle - the amperage rating on a charger is its max rating, and not the actual current drawn at any given time. Lower current will take longer to charge but will not harm the battery, and higher current will just charge at the max rate the phone will draw, regardless of the actual maximum (i.e. a 2.1A charger might only charge at 1.5A or something).
[Moto X General] imnuts:
As long as it is a standard USB charger, it shouldn't matter. The phone will charge up to the max supported rate of the phone or what the charger will supply (whatever is lower) for a given connection type. If it is seen as a computer connection, it will charge up to 500mA, based on the charger that came with the phone, you'll get about double that from a charger connection. I hooked it up to my Note 2 charger (2A max) and it charged as fast as the Moto supplied charger (1.1A? max).
[Moto X General] ram130:
Thanks. I use Better Battery Stats to tell. I get between 1.1℅-1.4%/hr. All stock with minor things disabled. I have two email accounts sync and Google now enabled.
[Moto X General] :
That sounds like a great average. You must be getting pretty good battery life I would guess?

Sent from my Moto X cell phone telephone...
[Moto X General] hawkdown77:
How i disable syncs in 4.2.2??

Tks
[Moto X General] gtg465x:
I'm getting 6 hours of screen-on time with 4.4. No problems here. All features are on, including Connect. Auto-brightness during the day and manually set it a little brighter at night. I always leave Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth on even if they aren't connected. No root. No battery saving apps. Only about 30 apps installed from the Play Store, but I let the ones that would benefit from it sync in the background.

The one thing I do that could make a difference (or not) is swipe away apps from the task switcher when I'm done with them. If I think I might use one again within a few minutes then I'll leave it, but otherwise they get swiped away.
[Moto X General] nvertigo:
Very happy with it so far
[Moto X General] ram130:
For my usage. I guess I can say yes. But it doesn't show as screen on time. I didn't know that average was good. I've been trying to get even lower. lol. I don't know what other phones get to base my X off of. Since my last phone was an iPhone. And before that a Droid X.

You have location and Google now enabled? Also Android device manager?

Screen shot of your stats would be nice.

Wouldn't setting the screen a little brighter at night cause eye strain no?
[Moto X General] corywf:
Exchange Services is killing my battery. It wake locks frequently and if I'm not paying attention enough to kill the app, will drain the battery. Anyone else having issues with this?
[Moto X General] ssoares01:
I haven't noticed it killing mine, but it definitely acts funny time to time and won't sync up.
[Moto X General] corywf:
Mine does this also. It's pretty annoying since I have to have the exchange account setup for work.
[Moto X General] ssoares01:
yeah same here - probably doesn't help our email server is running some ancient version of exchange though either.

I get enough emails that if I don't see any after 20 minutes I just refresh lol
[Moto X General] superkeest:
mines great, this weekend i had 28 hours, with 2 hours screen time, very light use but i was impressed.
[Moto X General] banboy:
is anyone of you ever try this method ? -----> http://motoxhub.com/how-to-solve-battery-life-problem-of-moto-x-after-kitkat-android-4-4-update/

and is there any improvement or battery gain a lil bit better ?
[Moto X General] gtg465x:
Yes, location, Google Now, and Android device manager are all enabled.

I don't like it super bright at night. Just a little brighter than auto-brightness sets it.

Didn't screenshot yesterday and I'm switching from a Dev Edition to a Motomaker edition today, so it will be a few days before I get everything set up and running normally again.
[Moto X General] justjoeit:
Coming from a Razr HD Maxx, I'm fairly surprised with the battery life I was able to get. My Moto X, running 4.4, lasted as long as my HD Maxx running PacMan ROM :victory:. This was on 4G all day, 1.5 hours of Bluetooth streaming, locations on, NFC on, auto brightness, no WiFi, and no battery saver. I've only had the phone for 1 day, so I have yet to hone in my phone setup. The HD Maxx has already found a home with my brother, who is coming from my old Bionic.
[Moto X General] BrokenWall:
So after 4.4 I let the phone get to a full charge and let it die on completely before charging it. Things are much better.

AT&T 4.4

Rooted by SlapMyMoto

No Exchange

No Google Now

GPS Set to Device Only

No Greenify

WIFI Off during the day, it is only on at home. It was on for the last 20 minutes before taking the screenshots.

I was able to pull 12h 2m with 3h 24m of SOT and 2h 40m of Phone

The day before I wasn't on the phone as much and got over 4.5 hours with 1h of phone