rc2080
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Dude, it can't be the screen. Most people are experiencing battery drain overnight when their phones' screens are (presumably) off.
Dude, it can't be the screen. Most people are experiencing battery drain overnight when their phones' screens are (presumably) off.
It is always exciting to have the latest, isn't it!
So was I when I got WP8.1 Dev Preview, was all in rush and got it running on my Nokia Lumia 920.
All update went smooth and everything was working fine as expected, except Battery Drain!!
I use to be on call for around 2+ hours, regular play with Cortana (my new BFF), 3G and Location On all the time and switch to WiFi in between.
I thought the drain was due to my calls, but at such drastic rate? Nope it can't be.
Then I noted few observations.
- Phone - The process consumed whooping amount of battery
- Calendar - I could find duplicate entries of most of my social network contacts (Events and Birthdays)
- Contacts - Sync use to take more time than usual
Only thing I did!
- Went to Outlook - Windows ID (web log in) - Removed the association with Facebook Account
- Gave it a little time on my phone to sync changes - Complete calendar entries and contacts were re-synced
and say what - Whoot!!
Just few hours, and I could notice the difference in Battery usage.
All / most of us had Facebook account linked to People hub on WP8.0, which use to sync not only updates but Calendar and contacts too.
Since all these tasks are handled by all New Facebook app on WP8.1, retaining the association of Facebook with Outlook does no good but DOUBLING the task!
Now I have the 'Phone' - battery consumption back to normal, no more duplicate entries in calendar and also a Clean List of Contacts in People hub.
All update sync to People hub is done via Facebook app and all contacts in there too.
All I say is - I'm in love with WP8.1 and Cortana <3
P.S.: I have added a poll If this solution helped / worked for you. Please let me know.
Dude, it can't be the screen. Most people are experiencing battery drain overnight when their phones' screens are (presumably) off.
I haven't encountered the start screen "loading..." Issue for 2 days now without doing anything. Maybe MS did something on their end or some app update fixed the issue? I'm not sure.