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Is this possible? (strange issue with battery life)

paulbacon
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So today for no reason (no app updates or anything recently) I noticed that my battery was dying quicker than normal when on 4G but doesn't die as quick on wifi. When I wasn't using the phone the battery life was as expected so wasn't a wakelock. It was only when using the phone and using data that the battery % went down a lot quicker than normal. A thought came to me that maybe the mast is having issues and draining more battery? Anyway I asked a friend where I work also on o2 and he noticed more battery drain today than usual. Interestingly there was also work on the mast where we both work yesterday. So is it possible that the mast is faulty or having issues, and draining the battery more than normal? Signal is fine and doesn't drop
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Probably never will, although im the type of person who likes to know why stuff like this happens. And the stranger the problem the more i want to find out grin

Its hard to believe its a network issue as o2, 3 and EE all had the same symptoms and i dont see what any of those would have in common to cause it. Unless it was an app everyone has installed that changed something on the server side that drained the battery (Facebook for example change alot server side without having to download an update)
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I do have fb installed although I don't use it much and certainly didn't use it yesterday.
It wasn't showing in my battery stats either but a common app is prob the most likely reason all round.
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It turns out that it was a server side problem that caused Facebook and Facebook Messenger to drain our poor andriods batteries on Tuesday, glad thats solved!

 

http://www.pcmag.com/news/350961/facebook-restart-messenger-app-to-fix-battery-drain

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Ho, and most people have Messanger whether they use it or not! Good find @Anonymous slight_smile

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Most logical solution.
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The fact it was across all networks seemed to point towards an app ...

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Yeah for sure....
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You can always rely on fb to screw you over wink
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