Friday 5 December 2014

[How-To] Solve Android Lolipop 5.0 Battery Drain Problem.

Android Lollipop Cover


People are Facing a Problem Battery drainage problem on newly introduced major update on Android , Android Lolipop 5.0 . Some assumed it's a bug , but no , It's not a bug ..

Here's what you have to do to prevent this Extreme battery Drainage on Android 5.0 , Lolipop .

Reason , why you're facing such problem and your friends not ?

Our analysis shows that People facing the problem were those who got the Lolipop update from their Device manufacturer .

Actually the reason is the Zip file update you've flashed through either Recovery mode or by Update mode  on your device .

The Zip file contains only system required files like framework and updated apps that are having a lolipop flavour and not the Libraries . Yes , you may cross check your Update.zip file , It doesn't contains any updated libraries except Camera and some basic libraries for graphics and performance.

It doesn't contains Battery libraries that are needed for lolipop , Manufacturers found that existing Kitkat Battery libraries are working with the Android 5.0 , Lolipop so they continued it .

Steps to be followed :

To prevent this disaster most of people used external battery management apps , but that's not a good choise . These External battery management apps runs in background and kills all of your background processes , and that might not be good for you if you';re a multi-tasker :) .

So , What should you do to tackle with this serious  problem ? and get a battery performance from 


Lollipop Battery drain problem


Limit the background processes : - 

Limiting the background processes is a good option if you don't do much multitasking .

Here are the steps to limit the background processes ....

Go to Settings > Developer options ( just above the About phone option ) Scroll down and select Background process limit > select At most 2 Processes

It's done ... now the final step .. Reboot your device and enjoy ! ..

Note : - If you don't see any option saying Developer Options in Settings Menu . Then you might not have enabled it .. follow the steps to enable it .

Go to Settings > About phone > Hit the Build number 7 times .

Screenshots :- 


Activate Developer options in lollipop



Background process limit in Android lollipop



After 2 days ... 

Still you're having a problem ?

Follow these steps : 

#1.  Re-flash your Android 5.0 Lolipop with that Update.zip file : Yes , Re-flashing your device with that zip update may work if you Factory reset your device before that update .

#2. Re-flash your Android 5.0 Lolipop with that Factory Image : again Yes , Re-flashing with Factory Image will work best comparing above listed  mehtods .

Q. Where i'd be getting a Factory image for my device ?
Ans : We'd be saying Just Google it .

Note : 

#1. If you've not tried flashing Factory Images then better not to try it , if you're not in warranty period. 

#2. Backup all your contacts to External Storage or Sync them on your Email ID .

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