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[Asus Transformer TF701] thugdrummer1:
I've read the Asus Stock ROM can't be flashed with CWM, and I thought I'd read where someone described downgrading with the stock recovery, but now I can't find it. (Maybe they went from 4.3 to 4.2….)

Well, I definitely plan to try CROMi-X, but wanted to start from my last known good config (or as close as possible). Where can I find CWM 6.0.5.0? The Essentials post links to 6.0.4.8. I assume I need to find a version specific to the TF701T.
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
droidbasement.com or on here in my asus stock thread in android dev.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Lamensis:
Did any1 experience an increase in Battery Perfomance?

I'm wondering because i think it got really better. I am using it only frequently (on a short, daily base), but it never hold out that long. Right now I am at 10 days 3 hours with 27% left, usually im charging once a week.
[Asus Transformer TF701] thugdrummer1:
Thanks! I am now back to 4.3, with the extra goodness of CROMi-X.
[Asus Transformer TF701] TrekMD:
Well, I was hoping that not swiping away the apps would stop the drain but it didn't make much of a difference. I left the table unplugged overnight and it drained completely. That wasn't an issue before. :(
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I seem to have the same overall rather disappointing battery.

With this update I had been getting almost no battery drain overnight sleeping, about 1% on tablet only in 8 hours until just now! While I was writing this I thought to check. I put the docked tablet away 14 hours ago. I noticed it was very warm when I picked it up. It need had sit itself down (something I have noticed happens sometimes). In reboot I had 0 in the dock and 25% in the tablet :(
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
Did either of you recently use any app that uses the camera, like skype, etc? I read about a camera bug that causes battery drain in 4.4.2 in this article that could be your issue.

Since I have stopped swiping apps in recent apps and cold booted I have had no unusual battery drain yet.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I have not used the camera or any related app. I did just notice that I am in reading mode. I tried it the night before last. Don't really know how it relates but I am turning it off. I have also been using Ultra Power Saving mode and I will make sure that is still enabled. As I said earlier, up to today the sleep drain was phenomenally low and the best I have ever seen with either this or my previous TF101.
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
Some things I have been doing in the CROMi-X 7 beta for those of you who are unlocked ;) Solving crappy Asus colours ;)

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

More to come! :laugh:
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Update- Just had 0% loss over 9.5 hrs. of tablet sleeping when docked! Don't know what happened on the previous night but exceptt for that instance the drain has been remarkably low.
[Asus Transformer TF701] ColdMist:
Battery drain

I was having bad battery drain, but I think I've got it fixed now.

I found out that Plex was doing something, so I checked the 'don't wake it up' on the power page.

Then, the battery usage page showed that wifi was draining it, even though I said to turn it off when not plugged in. I've always thought that with the keyboard Android thinks it's plugged in all the time. So, I used Tasker to shut off wifi when the screen turns off, and to turn it back on when the screen is woken up. Fixed.

Now, things are good again, with "normal" drain (like it will last a week easily with light use).

Hope this helps.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I'm using built in ultra power saving mode to turn Wi-Fi off when the tablet sleeps. Not sure if the tablet is in sleep mode every time the screen turns off.
[Asus Transformer TF701] ColdMist:
Yep, I had that set too. Didn't seem to be working, since WiFi was reported as the biggest battery user, overnight while 'sleeping'.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Hmm, working great for me. I am actually showing 100% still on tablet and keyboard after 8 hours. Maybe you have an app that is keeping wifi running but as long as you solved it all is good.
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
It's a bug in the way Asus rom's report battery usage - always has been since the prime. They just pick wifi as the main user instead of the app using it..... You would probably find lots of sync adapters waking the device and asking for a sync is the real culprit. In fact if you are rooted, download and install Wake Lock Detector and you will see exactly that. The main one seems to be google apps asking for a location fix from wifi - google now being the main culprit.

But I haven;t seen this on my TF701T yet :fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF701] ColdMist:
Yes, I saw the Google Play services at the top for the wake locks. Easiest thing was to just disable wifi when the screen is off. Perfect for me.
[Asus Transformer TF701] tamjitarya:
did you solve battery drain?

did you solve battery drain problem? Can you tell me stepwise what did you do?
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
No, that didn't help.

After over a week of NO battery drain issue I can report what has worked, though:

1) Cold Boot.

2) Do NOT use the Recent Apps UI key to swipe away apps.

3) I disabled/froze my Camera app using Android Tuner (requires root).

Why would I disable my camera? Read here for details on a known battery drain issue in 4.4.2 Kitkat. Also, I do not use my tablet to take pictures... I have my phone for that,
[Asus Transformer TF701] talion777:
Is there a root solution that doesn't require unlocking the bootloader now that towelroot can't be used?
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
No not yet.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
Update on battery drain issue:

Well, I spoke too soon. It seems like the tablet knows when I've posted my findings because almost inevitably afterwards the drain starts happening again once I thought I found the problem...

A quick examination of WakeLock Detector show me that the tablet was awake 99.7% of the time it should have been sleeping in the past 2 hours. Unfortunately it does not tell me what caused it. Only showing my mail program as one source but only for a total of roughly a minute.

I opened power management and looked at the power consumption table since last unplugged and it shows Google Play Services as the main drain. After some searching on the internet I came up with this bunch of links that explain the issue, also in 4.4.2, of course.

Here is a link to the solution I am currently trying which uses Xposed Framework and WakeLock Terminator (both require ROOT).

LINK
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Haha- I just logged on to post a "spoke too soon also"! My tablet is draining to the point of shutdown when sleeping. I was having almost 0 drain immediately after the update. I am guessing it is an app update that is causing the problem.

Wake lock detector tells me the tablet is awake almost all the time but I cannot interpret which app is the problem.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
I am in the same boat.. all was good since this weekend. I think there was an update for Hangouts and I did install Candy Crush this weekend. Not sure if it is related or not, but this morning, my tablet was awake for 97% of the time and almost drained... :( I did some recent app swipe away though. I rebooted and left for work..
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I have had Hangouts disabled since before I had this problem. Battery drain went from non-existent to total. Very frustrating.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Devolution1x:
Xposed Framework and DS Battery Saver, Problems solved. Especially with aggressive setting and ASUS's own power saver mode enabled. With these settings, my tablet can keep up with my wife's Ipad Air.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
UPDATE on battery drain issue:

It's been over 2 days since I installed WakeLock Terminator as described here and so far so good. I've closed apps using task manager and swiped them away using the Recent Apps button just to keep the test proper and still 0% drain when the tablet has not been in use and no WakeLocks detected. This is with Wifi on all the time and my email app checking mail every 10 minutes, same as my previous tests.

For those of you who are

not rooted

you can always try the method of uninstalling the updates to Google Play Services via your Settings->Apps->All but I have read that some apps may not run or install without the services updated. I have not tried this method myself either since I'm already rooted. If anyone would care to give it a go and post results I'm sure others with this issue would appreciate it! Thanks.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Looks good. Just glanced at it but we well need xposed framework? I will try it. Thanks!
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
Thanks, I'll set this up when I come back. Pity if Google is the big "culprit"...
[Asus Transformer TF701] Devolution1x:
Yah it does. Either method works...wake lock or just using DS Battery Saver. Also, you can't run ANYTHING Google without play services other than Play Store. Hangouts, Google game services, anything. Repeated error messages...unless you have disabled ALL Google services in which case it doesn't matter.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
After setting it up, looks fine but Google Play Store can't connect anymore... ?

Oh, nevermind, it just did! :)
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I just installed the ROM and find I cannot connect with Play Store. Haven't installed the fix.

Edit- can connect now. Either my tablet or Google server hiccuped.
[Asus Transformer TF701] TrekMD:
Well, I think I may have found the app that was causing the drain on my tablet - Netflix. I rebooted the Pad, charged it full and avoided opening Netflix all day. Battery drain has been minimal. In fact, I haven't plugged it since 7:30 AM today and it is at 73% charge and that's after using the Xfinity App for 1 hour today plus my regular use. I'll have to repeat this to be sure that it was Netflix. If so, I then have to figure out if I can just terminate the app once I use it to stop the drain or if I have to do a restart after using Netflix.
[Asus Transformer TF701] berndblb:
Ahhh! Thanks for that! My tablet drained a couple of times while in my bag all day (and was hot without even using it once).

I might have used Netflix the night before. Will test.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
Yes, that could be it. I've uninstalled the Xposed+Wakelock Terminator fix since my battery drained right after that. I did watch some Netflix yesterday and before going to bed, put the Wifi off but my battery was at 30% this morning from 80%... Netflix was indeed "lurking" in the process... Netflix was not set to not wake up the device, but I did set it this morning. I'll watch this more closely...
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I have been using Netflix a lot lately so that is a possibility. Last night I installed xposed framework and Wakelock Terminator as per previous post. This morning I had no drain.

I also noticed that when I slept the tablet last night, after watching on Netflix, the charging light on the tablet would not shut off.
[Asus Transformer TF701] TrekMD:
Cool, let us know what you find out. My tablet was hot whenever I was using Netflix (even when the tablet was off). So far, today, I've had no issues, again without Netflix running.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
I use Netflix every day as well. Since I've done the Xposed+Wakelock Terminator fix I've had no battery drain but it's only been 3 days. Also, when installing WakeLock Terminator it is necessary to reboot the tablet and make sure that you have it checked inside of Xposed. If either of these things aren't done it is not going to work.
[Asus Transformer TF701] csetera:
What settings are you using to prevent Netflix from wakelocking when not watching, but still allowing for movies to be watched without the screen timing out?
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
None. My Netflix has never caused wakelocks as far as I can tell. I've been running GSAM Battery Monitor and WakeLock Detector for weeks and Netflix only shows when used, never wakelocks while screen is off.
[Asus Transformer TF701] csetera:
Sorry if I'm being dense. You mentioned that you were using the "wakelock fix". Can you be more specific? I definitely am seeing terrible battery drain even after stopping Netflix. When I look at BBS, I see a bunch of kworker threads, which I assume a wakelock detector won't see? If those kworkers are associated with a wakelock that can be terminated, that would be really helpful.

Thanks again,

Craig
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
Are you using it with Chromecast? I've watched some more last nitght, and I did "force closed" it just to be sure, but battery was drained again this morning. But all I did was using netflix, youtube and Chrome. It seems that something "triggers" and use my wifi all night if I use netflix... WLD does not help in this case.. Had to reboot this morning and it will be fine for a while... :(
[Asus Transformer TF701] csetera:
In my case, I'm not using Netflix with my Chromecast, but I do have two of them in the house on the same network. I would assume I would see the same problem if I cast to Chromecast, but I get the battery drain without.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
I do have a Chromecast and have watched Netflix using both.

I posted the fix in my previous post here: >>LINK<<

4 days now and no drain, let's hope it continues!
[Asus Transformer TF701] TrekMD:
Well, after two days of not using Netflix on the tablet I decided to give it a try. The battery drain came back, even after I terminated the app using going through recent apps. I restarted the tablet without charging to test what would happen. No more drain after after two hours after the restart. So, it does appear that Netflix is triggering the battery drain and even swiping it away doesn't stop it.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
Yes, when not using Netflix, my battery is fine, but as soon as I use it, I will experience battery drain again. I think it triggers something with chromecast and never really close. I read a couple of thread like this one :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2607238

I don't have a workaround yet except that I do reboot my device after using Netflix.
[Asus Transformer TF701] TrekMD:
That's what I'm doing now as well. Once I use Netflix, I simply restart the tablet since swiping it way does not stop the issue. I wonder if this has been reported to Netflix as it looks like something they need to fix.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
Just a though, are you using the power adapter for your Chromecast (CC)? I am and maybe this is why Netflix does not close properly since my CC is always ON... hmm.. I'll try to change my setup a bit and use the USB on my TV so it will turn off chromecast when it closes...
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
Update on Battery Drain Issue:

It's been a

week

since installing WakeLock Terminator and still with no battery drain!

I use Netflix every day and I have not restarted the tablet since right after installing WakeLock Terminator a week ago.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Technojo:
Happy for you :) Can you tell me again if you are using chromecast-netflix combo? If yes, is it plugged in the TV so it will close when you turn off your TV%
[Asus Transformer TF701] TrekMD:
That's good Ashrealms! I'm not rooted, so I can't use that app. Good to know it works, though.

Technojo, yes, I'm using the power adapter for my Chromecast.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
Yes I have Chromecast and use it maybe once or twice a week with Netflix. I also use the Chromecast with other tablet apps. Yes, it's connected to the TV's USB port so it shuts off when the TV does.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
Update on Battery Drain Issue:

It seems I'm cursed because every time I do these tests the tablet lasts just past 7 days with no drain then it starts again!

The last thing I did was to run

Netflix

(not using Chromecast) and I fell asleep watching a show. When I woke up a couple hours later I noticed the screen was still on so I closed Netflix and turned off the screen then went back to sleep. When I woke up again over 4 hours later I immediately noticed that the battery had drained over 30% while I was sleeping. I checked GSAM and the Kernel (Android OS) was the major drain yet again. I checked WakeLock Detector and it said the tablet had been awake 89.5% of the time in the past 4.5 hours but did not show any culprit app. I then used the task manager widget to close Netflix which still appeared to be an active process. I reset GSAM and turned the screen off for an hour. The results were 7% drain and once again still Kernel (Android OS). I restarted the tablet and the drain still persisted.... as far as I could tell the only way to fix the issue was to cold boot the tablet.

If Netflix is the real issue then I'm not sure why it took 7 days to cause the problem for me, however last night was the first night I had fallen asleep while watching it. Almost every other day I watched about an hour or less and closed it. Either way, I am going to run some tests with Netflix using GSAM now and see what happens.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Ashrealms:
It's been over a day and I've done several tests. It appears that Netflix can cause the issue, although I'm unsure that it's the only app that can. Here's how I've tested it...

Cold booted tablet

Ran all my daily apps/games

Swiped away all apps from Recent Apps

Used Tasks widget to kill lingering apps

Turned on GSAM Battery Monitor (set to report since last charge)

Fully charged tablet, unplugged it, and turned off screen (sleep mode)

Ran GSAM for an hour with 0% drain

Started Netflix and ran only for 5 seconds of a video then exited Netflix normally

Turned off tablet screen (sleep mode)

Ran GSAM for an hour with 7% drain

This concludes that Netflix can cause the issue. The Tasks widget shows that Netflix is still running, although killing the app will not fix the drain. The only thing you can do is restart the tablet after using Netflix to eliminate the pending drain.
[Asus Transformer TF701] malos1984:
i am still on the older software 4.3 or what ever, not updated yet in japan and some other country.

i don`t use this tablet much as it`s still faulty.

I was getting drain though i just disabled all the crap apps included like amazon and other book and service related crap i don`t use. I also stopped the mail app from waking the device.

No idea if it`s a bug but when docked and the device wakes folded up the screen turns on.

I have mine set to a 5 min time out as that suits me but now after not allowing wake on the mail app it still gets mail but no screen on.
[Asus Transformer TF701] schidddy:
the new ui is incredebly laggy, android 4.3 was way smoother and also the very fast stock asus browser is not usable anymore because it becomes laggy like ****. Wtf is wrong with that update. anyone experiancing same problem?
[Asus Transformer TF701] sbdags:
Yep - and I am fixing it in CROMi-X - got a few more tweaks to patch later :)

I'm not sure how Asus managed to make 4.4.2 laggier than 4.3 - it is supposed to work the other way around ... :rolleyes:
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
Ive been reading through the threads to try and confirm what I was seeing.

I noticed wifi isn't turning off in my aokp build and decided to test all available roms.

Wifi is NOT turning off, just disconnecting from router when in sleep mode...

I could be wrong but the wifi SHOULD be turning off completely when sleeping, as in, the wifi icon in the status bar should disappear the same as when you switch wifi off...but the tf701t does NOT appear to be doing that.

This is a major standby drain, asus needs to fix this!

<edit for clarity: wifi is set to never be on when in sleep mode in Wifi -> Advanced Settings>
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
There is a setting in WIFI->Advanced to keep wifi on or off during sleep. Try that.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
Sorry I editted while you replied...it is set to Never be on while sleeping...
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
My jouney with this:

There has been a problem since the 101 with draining when docked. I was pretty good with it on my 701. After the update it was fantastic- virtually no drain. I had the Asus Power Management on Ultra. About a week later I and was getting horrible drain; I assume due to some app updates (see previous posts re google apps, netflix, etc.

I then installed Cromi-X7 and the xposed wakelock detector with the recommended script. That helped a lot. I then installed the Cromi update patch for Google Maps and noticed I could no longer enter my screen lock key from the keyboard. I also noticed I had zero battery drain and the battery widget did not register the keyboard when I first logged on. I could see that something had happened to make the tablet unaware of the keyboard when docked and sleeping. Yay.

Last night I watched some Netflix and I disabled the wakelock detector, went to bed, checked 8 hours later, zero drain.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
No dock for me...but the wifi is definitely just not actually turning off when sleeping...
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Have you tried the xposed wakelock module?
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
I haven't but a wakelock is not the issue I'm referring to.

The wifi icon has never once disappeared from the status bar (and in battery settings this shows because wifi is on 100% of the time).

On other tablets and phones I've used, when the advanced setting is set to "Never" the wifi module is actually switched off, so when you check battery stats wifi will be shown as OFF.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I never had that problem and that is different than what others are reporting. Can't think where to even start on that one.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
So you're saying you actually see your wifi shut off (not just disconnect) when it goes to sleep? :(

After long period of standby, wifi will always be top power user in battery settings...
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
When I wake the tablet I get all my notifications and emails coming in so I have assumed wifi was off.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
Is that from this threads 4.4.2 rom or 4.3?
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Like I said earlier, I was doing great on this update for a few days and then starting having bad drain with the tablet not sleeping. I flashed Cromi-X7 and things got better. Those shots are the most recent on Cromi
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
I'm not even sure what to think right now.

Will have to install battery stats and see if anything is holding up the wifi from powering off.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
Are you rooted? I recommend Cromi
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
I'm rooted, I'm the guy compiling the aokp roms...

I've tried every rom, wifi never powers off for me, only disconnects...
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
:) my bad sir

Just for hell of it I would try turning wifi off, maybe you'll see an app making wifi requests. You might see what happens when on a different network also.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
Heh no need to apologize, I'm low key around xda so not well known.

Definitely going to have to monitor battery stats more closely.

Very weird scenario.

Do you actually see the wifi icon "reappear" in your status bar when you wake the device after some time of sleep??

On other devices of mine, I see it "reappear" after sleep...tf, just shows the disconnected state.
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I''m pretty sure I remember seeing the wifi indicator come back on. Then all my notifications come in. I'll make watch for it again though.

---------- Post added at 12:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:35 AM ----------

I tried closing down for about 10 minutes and the wifi indicator was still active. Maybe it takes longer to fully sleep though.
[Asus Transformer TF701] Paulicat:
Keep an eye...I'm ready to bet anything it never fully disappears...
[Asus Transformer TF701] marcmarshall:
I'm getting about 0 drain over 8 hours