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Old 03-27-2018, 05:57 AM
 
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Recently my phone battery had gotten worse and worse. It got to the point where even with the screen turned off and the phone not in use it only lasted 2 hours. I bought a back up charger and looked into possibly replacing the battery.

Then I read that it may be from bloatware and apps that run ads or run constantly. I had to get new apps to keep up with the old ones. When they made my phone hot I got a cooling app.

I then removed all the apps that use ads that I did not need like battery monitors and virus protection, I read it's not needed on Android especially if you just use validated apps and don't download unknown files.

Yesterday my phone lasted all night and this morning it was still at 60% instead of drained in 2 hours of non use.

So now I'm going to be careful and if I have to use any apps that say they have ads I will uninstall them after use.
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Old 03-27-2018, 07:26 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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It was probably those 2 apps alone. The battery monitor and anti virus app.
Just because an app has ads, doesn't automatically make it a battery drainer.
And what on earth is a "cooling app"?
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Old 03-27-2018, 08:12 AM
 
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It was probably those 2 apps alone. The battery monitor and anti virus app.
Just because an app has ads, doesn't automatically make it a battery drainer.
And what on earth is a "cooling app"?
No I had app upon app, one app trying to monitor the batter then another, then a cooler, then a usage meter then, then a smart cleaner,

A cooling app stops apps that are warming up your phone and increasing the temperature from what I understand.
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Old 03-27-2018, 10:04 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Wow that's a lot of junk on there. Keep it clean.
I assume this is Android. It can mange itself pretty well.
Those are all worthless apps. But again, because an app has ads, does not mean it's eating through your battery.
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Old 03-27-2018, 10:29 AM
 
Location: Athol, Idaho
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I am having the very same problem with both my phone and my tablet. I can charge my phone up to 100 percent, unplug it and overnight 30 percent of the battery power is gone when I didn't use it at all.

The tablet is worse. It takes forever to charge. I can leave it plugged in all night and it will never get to 100 percent charged. I need help. Please all you smart techy people tell me what to do here?
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Old 03-27-2018, 02:21 PM
 
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Android has it's own battery usage statistics info in the Settings. Check that and see what is using all the battery.

For the tablet are you using the charger that came with it? If not, then it may not be supplying enough power to fully charge the battery. If you are then the battery might be going bad and can't take a full charge.
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Old 03-27-2018, 10:49 PM
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The rule for Android is pretty much the same as the rule for Windows.

Don't install trash that claims to help some problem that you don't actually have.
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