My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
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AFter the update my battery is horrible Ive cleared cache done a factory reset  disabled apps , change wifi settings  everything  does anyone know of a fix

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Snn5
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Factory reset and do NOT choose app or app data restore.  Uncheck these 2 checked boxes.

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SKIP step 5.

  1. 1.  Stay plugged into charger for the entire process
  2. 2.  Charge to 100% and back up music, photos, files etc...contacts should be saved to Google Account and use Google Drive or Google Photos to back up with as well and apps are saved in a list in your My Apps screen in the Play Store app and online using the desktop page.
  3. 3.  DISABLE Google backup and restore of apps and app data in your Backup and Reset tab in your phone's main settings screen.
  4. 4.  Factory Reset the phone
  5. 5.  Download and/or Install update from notification bar (may have to manually check for update in About Phone/System Update to kick start it) at next boot/power on after skipping set up if possible
  6. 6.  Phone will reboot after installation.  Factory reset one more time as soon as possible before setting up the phone (you may have to press the back button a few times to escape the set up screen, or you may be able to skip it.  Just go back to the Backup and Reset tab and FDR again.
  7. 7.  Unplug from charger at 100% recharged
  8. 8.  Set up your phone however you like to include apps from your My Apps screen in either the Play Store App or from the PC webpage version
  9. 9.  Leave phone on until it powers off
  10. 10.  Leave off and recharge to 100%

This is my usual process and I have had no issues.

The reasons for disabling app data is due to the fact that DAVLIK is now ART and the Android Optimization process might not go as planned if you just slap the new OS over the old OS.  Also, when you go back to the Play Store to download apps, they will be the correct version this time for this OS. 

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
MiiHere
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Under settings>battery what are the top few items and what % are they using?

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
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screen , cell standby, android system  android os ,    i have lost almost 10% battery in an hour  and all i have done is is send a few msgs on hangouts

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
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There is nothing unusual in the battery usage stats , nothing extra running , nothing showing extra use , and there is nothing different on my phone since update , there is actually less !!

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Snn5
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Battery stats need resetting.  Let the phone die, then recharge while off.  Then let it settle in.  Sounds dumb, but it usually works.

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
MiiHere
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What % is your batter at right now?

It's promising that the OS aren't the top 2 items, though not the best they are high up there.

Just to verify, when you did the factory reset you disabled app data back up and restore prior to doing one?

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
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If you read my post I have done that

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
Newbie

75%

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
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and i disabled everything , i had to completely start from scratch  i have not even redownloaded several things i had on my phone previously

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Re: My battery life is horribe after update to lolipop 5.1
Emporess
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and sorry i thought i had said i recalibrted the battery but i am not seeing i posted that , so yes i let it die completely and then charge while powered off to 100%  the turned it on left it plugged in etc

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