topic Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain in X Series

Mobile Network standby battery drain

alreg — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 20:58:51 GMT

Hellow everyone,

Since I updated my phone to Android Oreo I noticed my battery was draining very fast. This is because a process called "mobile Network standby"

Does anyone have The same problem? Maybe It will be fixed by the December update?

Regards.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

TattKttn — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 17:01:20 GMT

Same here, though for me it started a couple days before I updated. Next day I was streaming video all day and was truly impressed with the battery life. But then the LTE network wasn't responding so I switched to WCDMA (preferred) and since then, yes, my mobile internet works but my battery drains 15% in an hour. I changed it back to LTE (preferred) and turned off VoLTE. I'll let you know if it helps.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

jacoyoon — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 05:10:31 GMT

Me too. After Oreo update, Battery consumption is terrible.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

alreg — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 08:43:52 GMT

Let's see if that works for you... I repaired my sotware through Xperia COmpanion last Saturday and the problem persists... I do not know what to do...

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

alreg — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:18:55 GMT

I have just chatted thorugh Sony Support Chat and the provided me with two tips:

1) Turn off the option for Wi-Fi on during sleep

2) Disable VoLTE.

I will try and come back with my experience

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

shotfirer — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:30:16 GMT

Same here. Wi-Fi is off during sleep (when not plugged in), and I don't have LTE.

Mobile network standby draining about 14% (Phone Idle is 7%) in 10 hours since full charge.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

TattKttn — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:13:31 GMT

Turning off VoLTE definitely helped. Only 5% battery drain after 2 hrs as opposed to 15% with it on. Mobile Network is still the highest drain but at least its not draining as fast.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

Strampke — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:31:57 GMT

Maybe mobile data is the culprit.

In Oreo the is a setting Mobile data always active which is on by default.

You can switch it off.

- go-to settings

- go-to System

- go-to About phone

- multiple to on Build number

- developer options are activated

- return to System

- you will find Developer options

- scroll down to Mobile data always active

- switch it off

- this is switched off by default in Android Nougat and is switched on by default in Oreo

Hope it helps

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

alreg — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 19:18:49 GMT

Thank you, I have tried that and Will Come back tomorrow to provide feedback.

Regards!

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

shotfirer — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:29:24 GMT

The switch in Dev options, mentioned above, not doing any difference. It was the first thing I've tried since updating to Oreo and discovering mobile standby drain – no effect. Mobile standby is draining power like insane.

After spending some time researching this subject it looks like it's google's fault and it's pretty common between different manufacturers after Oreo release. Which seems to be fixed in 8.1, but I doubt that we will get it any time soon.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

alreg — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 06:16:02 GMT

It's a pitty, I guess I will downgrade to 7.1.1 and update once this problem is solved in 8.1....

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

Rudster03 — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:44:16 GMT

Exact same issue since Android 9, Pie update. Need to charge three times a day instead of once before update.

Re: Mobile Network standby battery drain

Ksi — Thu, 16 May 2019 18:12:44 GMT

I have the same issue on my Xperia. Removing the app Smart Connect reduced the issue. It's still occurring, but only when I have Spotify and/or Bose Connect running with my bluetooth headset. Guess one of both apps will be causing the issue, at least on my device.

Update: Spotify is not guilty. With my phone it was both, the Smart Connect app and the Bose Connect app. The latter one connects to bose devices, to adjust their modes. If you're affected, I'd look for apps with a comperable functionality, and Smart Connect ; )