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High battery usage when idle - v1.1

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I have not run myNoise since charging this morning. The Settings -> Battery screen reports that myNoise is responsible for 14% of battery usage since last full charge.

This is on a Nexus 6P. I'm happy to provide any additional information that might be helpful.

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  1. amcnabb8

    Just realized that I accidentally submitted this issue when not logged in. Posting this comment to link in my Bitbucket account.

  4. Florian Doyon

    This is fixed in release 1.0. The app might still appear in the list of high CPU use, but the actual battery drain is much lower than reported

  6. amcnabb8

    Hi. I'd like to reopen this bug. I tried running the 1.1 version of MyNoise for just 1 minute earlier today, and Android is reporting that MyNoise is responsible for 8% of battery usage since the last charge. So I think this bug is still present.

    I'm happy to provide any info that would help in tracking down the problem.

  10. amcnabb8

    Hmm. It turns out that this is not fixed. I have not used MyNoise at all since my last charge this morning, but the Battery Settings reports that MyNoise has used 14% of my battery life.

    So it looks like MyNoise is still using battery in the background.

  11. Kenan Aha

    Screenshot_20170120-103156.png Didn't even open the app since I charged my phone, went to sleep and this morning my battery is 28%...Last night it was full. Like help this Is ridiculous ;-;

  13. Florian Doyon

    @Kenan we are testing a fix with version 1.2b1 - if you go to More... what is the version number displayed?

  16. Lukas Benda

    Hey Florian, I also thought, we solved the problem with 1.2b1 (see Issue #81) but myNoise still keeps my device awake. I used the app in the morning, stopped it in the office and charged my phone. This is what I found in the battery stats (40 mins after charging):

    Screenshot_20170126-120249_2.png

  17. Kenan Aha

    I haven't used the app a day or so, it's cleared from the recent apps yet it still runs?? The only way I can get it to stop draining my battery is to force stop it. My battery is really draining fast because of it. Fix fix plz plz Screenshot_20170129-084821.png

  18. Kenan Aha

    I usually lose ~10% battery over night, I had 97% when I went to sleep yet instead of waking up to see ~87% the battery was at at 74%? I believe. You can really notice the shorter battery life when you don't force stop the app.

  20. amcnabb8

    I updated and tried again this morning. I used myNoise for about 5 minutes, but my phone is warm and reporting that myNoise has used 6% of the battery.

  23. amcnabb8

    I was indeed using 1.2b3. I later checked and found that it was set to high cpu mode. I have now switched to low cpu mode, so we'll see if that works around the problem.

  25. amcnabb8

    myNoise on my phone is set to normal CPU mode, and the version says "1.2" (no beta). Right now, the phone is warm, and the battery settings screen is reporting 15% usage due to myNoise.

  27. amcnabb8

    Hi, Kenan. I tried force stopping and reopening yesterday, and today I'm still having the same battery usage problem.

  28. Lukas Benda

    I cheered too soon. MyNoise kept my device awake the whole night. I last used it yesterday afternoon and fully charged my phone before going to bed. This is what I found in the morning:

    (btw I updated my S7 to Nougat on Monday and thought there was a more strict Doze-mode than on Marshmallow? MyNoise seems to ignore that.)

    Screenshot_20170309-054748.jpg

  29. amcnabb8

    Just out of curiosity, are there any updates on this? I haven't used the app for a few months due to the battery life issue, but I'm happy to test out any potential fixes. Thanks!

  30. Titel Leontin

    Hi folks, I just discovered myNoise and love it, except it eats up my battery faster than I used to spoon up Nutella. It's version 1.2 downloaded from Google Play just a couple days ago, running on an Asus Zenfone 2 Laser with Android 6. The battery consumption is drastic - from 12h runtime it's down to 5. App starts at boot, and keeps restarting in the background even that Android detects the battery drain and offers to close it (which I do). I'd rather not uninstall the app in under 48h from first impression and purchasing some sound packs. Help?

  31. Kenan Aha

    Titel go to settings => apps then find mynoise and click on it, then click "force stop" it should stop it from running without you uninstalling it I had this issue before but I think Its fixed or better now? I really am not sure but I haven't had trouble since the last big update what CPU mode are you on? Can any admin here acknowlage that the problem is still present or has it been fixed if so how is this guy still having trouble with this?

  32. Titel Leontin

    Thanks Kehan, that's what I've been doing, but it's annoying af to keep doing it as a workaround for a bug which should be fixed. It's abnormal that an application I've closed and has no reason to run in the background (no playback, no data sync, no events to expect), to continue to run and consume resources.

    PS: in settings I have set it on Normal CPU.

  35. amcnabb8

    Unfortunately, I'm still experiencing this bug in 1.5.

    I listened for about an hour and then paused. Since pausing and leaving the app, the battery usage attributed to myNoise in the Android Battery Settings has gone up from about 15% to about 23%.

  36. Florian Doyon

    This is maddening. All our test devices show no usage. Still on it. I will need a couple more days if telemetry to sort this out.

  37. amcnabb8

    It indeed sounds like a maddening bug. For what it's worth, I'm currently running Android 8.0.0 on a Nexus 6P.

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