ATT galaxy s4 and battery drain.

[kyrax12]

I updated to the newest update and my battery is draining faster than ever...

Anyone here experienced this?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

If you need battery help, please post screenshots of:

1) Your battery screen
2) BBS Screenshot showing partial and kernel wakelocks
3) Optional: Wakelock detector screen

 

[s44]

It's probably the infamous camera-using app bug with 4.4.2. I believe Skype was a major culprit but there are others.

 

[KK]

Initially on update to 4.4.2 i had very fast battery drain and long recharge time. Once I did a power off and back on the battery life has improved from pre-upgrade. For example I had taken the phone off charge monday morning around 7 and around 7 tuesday evening I was sitting at 33%.

 

[kyrax12]

ok look out security and antivirus is using a lot of my battery. I never remember installing this though....

is it safe to remove it?

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yes

 

[kyrax12]

Where do I get a wakelock detector?

 

[khha4113]

ok look out security and antivirus is using a lot of my battery. I never remember installing this though....

is it safe to remove it?

I don't think you can remove it since Samsung installed it with the update (unless yours is rooted), but you can disable it as I did.

Where do I get a wakelock detector?

Google Play Store?