Microsoft has issued yet another firmware update for its Surface Pro 3 tablet. This is the third such firmware release inside of two months for the nearly two year old tablet, and this one may finally fix a fast battery drain issue that has affected some users.
Microsoft says the company is "working quickly" to find and fix a battery drain issue that is currently affecting many Surface Pro 3 tablets.
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No matter how big the battery on your phone, you'll always want to get a little more life out of it. Lately many phones - especially Windows Mobile phones - have been shaving their batteries down to achieve better form factors. So this guide, Part IV in the series , will tell you the tips…
While Microsoft successfully fixed one battery drain issue for some Surface Pro 3s, it looks like that same fix has caused a similar problem for others.
A post from a Microsoft rep on the company's support forums says that reports about some Surface Pro 3 tablets experiencing issues with fast battery draining could be fixed with a software patch.
During intensive loads, the Surface Book 2 can lose battery power even when plugged in.…
Microsoft has finally confirmed it is testing a patch for the Surface Pro 3 that should fix the fast battery drain issues some owners have been experiencing for the past several weeks.
Reports are coming in that some Surface Pro 4s and Surface Books are failing to enter standby when the keyboard is closed. As a result, massive battery drains and heat build up is occurring when the Surface should be in low-power mode. We explore the topic including a temporary solution and a pos…
We love our smartphones, but one issue that might come up is battery life. If you’re a heavy user, you want to find ways to be able to use the phone as long as you can before needing to recharge. We have included 17 tips to extend your Windows Phone 8 battery life, but many of these tip…
Gdr2 was the problem but was fixed in gdr3. What OS version do you have? Settings> about> more info. Use the phone as normal for a week, bring it to below 20% and let it fully charge to 100% at least twice in that time, and it should start to discharge as it should. It will discharge quick with h…
Has anyone else experienced their battery life take a nosedive since installing GDR2? Even after multiple soft reboots, mine can barely get a few hours and it's also been running excessively hot. There's at least one other person having the issue on the Verizon community forums so I don't think i…
A few things you can try out: Check settings >system > battery > which apps are using the most energy? Again, in battery section, which apps can run in the background? Can you disable those you don't need? Keep messaging enabled to run in background In battery section, you can also set up…
Microsoft has issued yet another firmware update for its tablet. This is the third such firmware release inside of two months for the nearly two year old tablet, and this one may finally fix a fast battery drain issue that has affected some users.…
Microsoft says the company is "working quickly" to find and fix a battery drain issue that is currently affecting many tablets.…
Microsoft is rolling out new firmware updates for its tablet. It the first such update for the device since April and its release may be designed to fix a battery drain issue that has been reported by some owners.…
okay the issues with my battery has slowly imporved over time i used to have idle -7 to 9% but now i'm back to a stable -2 to 3% idle with 4g on. If i use any app like open whats app or go on twitter my phone instantly becomes hot and i start to lose about 1% per minute sometimes even more. I've…
Google has announced that a serious flaw in the web browser, reportedly affecting Windows machines since 2010, will finally be addressed. The issue is fails to return to an idle state when not being used, requiring more juice from the power supply, a serious problem for laptop and tablet own…
Hi! I'm in need of tips about the best way to manage the battery of my Spectre x360 . The battery has always lost approx. 10% per day in "totally turned off" state . This battery loss was not too annoying as long as the x360 was my main PC, because it was almost always plugged. But now that…
I also had battery drain, I did a battery calibration and fixed the issue ,Fully charge the phone, then use phone phone until it dies, and don't recharge at all during this period, then charge again to 100% ,My GF's 1520 has been draining fast after we updated to 8.1. A couple of days ago I went…
I love my Surface Book 2 15-inch, but it has a glaring flaw. Thankfully, it's not too hard to work around. The is sleek, svelte, and Sadly, it also struggles with a maddening battery drain issue during intense loads or when gaming, even while plugged in. This tends to affect the 15-inch mode…
I can verify part of this. On standby I was losing about 4% of battery per hour, and after disabling Hello this reduced to 2.5% per hour. So it's an improvement but still too much. I like Hello so I put it back on. I'm trying it with hibernation now. ,As expected, the battery drain went away comp…
1.) Powering a device on and off consumes battery. This is true for everything with a modern OS. Even laptops and such. 2.) 1% drain while on standby is fine... I'm honestly not sure what people are complaining about here... The battery on the HP Elite x3 is about as good as you're going to fi…
How much was it draining? ,So I saw some people recommending a wipe to fix battery drain. Thought it sounded stupid so I ignored them. Noticed the Chinese 920 firmware on NaviFirm, completely different phone model, I thought hey, let's try something stupid and see what happens if I try to flash…
When it comes to the , you can never have enough battery life. One trick that I have found to help preserve mine may also give you some peace of mind, and it involves disabling the Type Cover's ability to wake up your Surface. The trick just takes seconds to do, and it might make your Sur
I would have done exactly what you mentioned, turn something off. When you look under Settings>Battery, what apps are using the majority of your battery? ,The apps I use the most are Messenger and Groove music, but not much though, and not much calling either. The battery lasts at least 48 hours.…
leave the syncing period for a longer time and if you can, disable it from background , have the number of emails gone up? , keep it under observation for a couple of days and see what changes. On the plus side, the anniversary update will be out next week so there would be a lot of fixes b…
Lumia 925. Battery is draining way too fast. Seems like new IE is causing it. ,Yeah, I agree that the Update 1 is a horrible update to be pushing out to people who use their phone on a regular basis, unlike developers. My battery drain was so bad I was reading an article for 10 minutes and it dra…
We’re hearing rumblings of people randomly experiencing excessive battery drain after upgrading their Verizon Touch Pro2 to the official 6.5 ROM. Depending on whom you believe the problems could be attributed to the automatic weather updates or the new radio ROM. While this isn’t affecting…
That's very hard to answer due to the factors in play. I'll elaborate later. , Alrighty here's what makes the issue complicated. There's a lot of factors that go into battery life, and it will vary from user to user a lot. It can be a matter of luck with W10M or user expectations. I know turni…
Thanks at least I have somewhere to start. The heat and battery drain is killing me and today after doing a hard reset I am typing this with the unmistakable warm feeling on the button of my phone. I think I will delete my work email and see how that goes. ,The best fix for battery drain on the 9…
so recently I noticed that Microsoft Health, with background task enabled, drains battery like crazy on my Lumia 950 at first, I suspected that because I disabled Location for both Lumia motion data and Microsoft Health, the app tries to pull Location data everytime, thus eating battery then,…
no issues with slow charging on my L830. However battery drain was an issue for the first two days. I've done two hard resets and battery drain was an issue initially. Things settled, especially after I disabled the store app and the music app under battery saver. These were the main culprits on…
Have you let the battery drain all the way out until the phone shuts itself off before recharging? If you can't soft reset, that's the next level fix. If that doesn't work, the next step is hard reset. ,I have downloaded updates on my Nokia Lumia 920 about 3 days ago. Everything was fine for a…
Have you tried if it still drains when on flight mode over the night? If it does, something is wrong with the battery. And FYI, the battery status is not accurate at all on Windows Phone. Even the latest update 3 has not fixed it. Sad. ,This was one of the main reasons for me selling my 1020.…
This worked for me as well. Turned off the two settings, reset my phone, and I haven't charged my phone in 2 days. That would have been unheard of prior to this. Let's see if this is a permanent improvement or a fluke. -R ,That's interesting. I guess you could probably try enabling one and not t…
I always recalibrate my phone's battery every 3-4 months or so...especially after flashing a rom or installing an os update. ,Wow... What wild guessing work Windows Phone has about its battery life. Is it fixed in WP8.1? I read that all the discharging to 0% is really bad for the batteries. Not s…
Better on my 920 with 8.1 update 1! ,Probably not quite as good as before 8.1DP, but not terrible either. After cyan we'll see then a hard reset if needed. ,In my case battery life is not any better, it might be hair worse . I still have a MAJOR problem with the phone getting hot. Use the pho…
My biggest battery drain was the Cortana live tile. I just took it off the start screen since you don't really need it. , Off your location if you not using it. Keep your screen brightness to low and then on automatic brightness. Switch off double tap to wake cause that uses your battery. Dis…
Or just keep everything on, but in Windows Insider just switch to Production builds....Battery should go back to 24 hrs.. :D ,I just wanna give tips, if u on build 14925 and having battery draining fast, and also charging issue, dont update the extra and info if u reset it, if you have w10 extr…
I believe there is a new firmware for the 950XL which resolves the battery drain issue. Can someone confirm to me this is true, and where and how i can get this firmware updated to my 950XL. Also what is the latest firmware for the 950XL? My current version is 1511 Firmware revision no.01078…
Having a severe battery drain issue. Went from 100% to 20% in about 4 hours. It looks like something is constantly using internet because the little arrow wont go away on wither the wifi or LTE. Last build was great but this one is really bad. Fast ring build 15223 on a Lumia 950xl DS. ,Yes i ha…
Yea, something isn't right. Probably a bug or something that'll be fixed in the next version. ,My phone died while playing this game, and it was plugged in with the stock Nokia charger......crazy ,Well, the graphics are pretty amazing, so your GPU has to push a bit, not to mention your screen sta…
Why yes, I did have an unexplained drain yesterday. I was not even using the phone and had to plug it in twice. I restarted it later in the evening and plugged it in overnight. Working perfectly again today. Every once in a while I get an inexplicable drain and if I restart the phone it seems t…
So you have 0 background apps running altogether? None, 0, nada? , The tasks may have not changed, but some of those apps likely received an update or two in that timeframe. It could be that one update caused an issue, and another update fixed it. You can even have background apps run into a c…
My battery is draining while the tablet is off is that normal? i dont think it is. About a week ago i turned it on to connect it to my new ssid. I charged it to 100% and shut it down. i turn it on today and battery is at 53%, im been on it for about 10min waiting for this forum to load and now…
Uninstall WhatsApp and see if that stops the battery drain. WhatsApp on Windows Phone has often been the cause of battery issues. Other than that, I would uninstall all and any apps that 'sync' with servers in any way or use your location data, and then reinstall them one by one, checking…
My battery drains out very fast in continuum even if it is charging. I use the Minix usb c dock for continuum. I am not sure if the dock is not charging the phone properly. I also placed it on the wireless charging pad while using but that is also not able to keep up with the power continuum is c…
I uninstalled Waze due to the battery drain on my 928 while using charger. It's ridiculous. And which phone you have won't matter - the problem is the app, not the phones. I do not have the same problem with Drive+, Inrix, or CoPilot GPS. But here is not the place to ask if there is a fix in…
It's been well discussed in many different forums. Google " ,Anyone know how to fix it?my v8p drain at least 15% battery overnight without any usage.. which is weird.. I watch movies with it, after 2 hours I only use about 2x% And second issue is that sometime it won't wake from sleep mode. I h…
Is wifi sense on? If so, try turning that off. ,Try a soft reset of the phone, that did the trick for me. ,Hello!! I'm using WP 8.1 Developer Preview, in airplain mode or only using the cellular network without internet, the battery drain is normal, similar a WP 8.0 GDR3. But the wifi on, batter…
Hi Check which apps are running in the background, I think by default all the apps run in the background unless you change the settings. ,I did not ask if you installed "what's app", I said check that the apps are not all running in the background. By default every app/programme on your phone is…
I soft reset of my 920 seemed to resolve it for me. No yahoo accounts. just gmail and outlook.com ,When I first installed the 8.1 update, my battery would get very hot and only lasted 3 to 4 hours. Tried everything. shut off all apps in background. It turns out my yahoo mail in the email hub was…
So you had a bad battery drain before GDR2? ,My 8X still has battery drains with GDR2. That shows me that MS has not fixed all the stability issues with GDR2. ,I've not noticed any real difference in consumption. ,Battery drain was nominal after Portico however since GDR it's risen by about 15%.…
My 928 used to have incredible battery life but maybe the last week its been pretty weak. Not sure why exactly. I have a ton of apps disabled for background tasks. Time to experiment. Simple Calendar was updated on the 23rd. That's my first removal. ,I find battery life on the 928 to be avera…
After updating Facebook app to v8.1.44 in Windows Phone 8.1 Dev preview, a serious battery drain issue occurred. In Battery sense Facebook app shows maximum drain. Even in facebook app itself "connect with my phone" seems to be in continuous loop and not getting done the sync with phone showing…
My Lumia 640 XL 's battery is draining too fast. Phone app is consuming more battery. There is sufficient network signal and is set to 2G. Battery is getting down in stand by mode too. I tried upgrading to Windows 10 and tried hard reset and soft reset, recovered back to Windows Phone 8.1 using W…
Contact Nokia with your findings.. It may help them determine the cause of the problem and issue a fix if need be. ,i cant switch lte off. ive tried many times and it just turns back on. ,The first real problem I've had with my phone is the extra battery drain since Portico. Where I live I have…
I've noticed that the MSN Weather app started using a fair bit more power than it used to on my 920. I had to remove it unfortunately. The MSN News app now seems to have the same issue, but I've just turned off live tiles and background permissions. Shame because I like both of them, but cons…
We've given you a video and photo gallery of the Fuze, the time has come for the full review! The Fuze has the feel and specs of a 'next gen' WinMo device. So while it joins the latest and greatest generation of smartphones, the devil is, as always, in the details. While we at WMExperts h…
Yeah... Battery will probably be among the last things they fix in this branch as they have with other branches. Nothing out of the ordinary here. ,Good to know I'm not the only one. I had the battery drop off , the lock screen would struggle and a weird syncing issue with Outlook. My wallpaper…
The short term fix may be simply restart the phone. Especially if it's warm to the touch even when it's not actively being used much or at all. The next step for me would be to block any background tasks that you don't need active for live tiles and such. Then I would inventory my apps and see…
For those experiencing higher than normal battery drain during sleep - this is caused by the Marvell Wi-Fi driver not optimized properly. Unfortunately we're stuck until MS releases a firmware fix. In the meantime - if you shutdown your Wi-Fi before putting the Surface 3 to sleep, the battery d…
Microsoft isn't short on Windows Phones at the lower end of the price and hardware spectrum but that didn't stop the launch of another. The Lumia 435 is the new entry level point for a Lumia Windows Phone. It's a crowded space, though. With even some of its own stable mates to compete aga…
This sounds like one of the bugs that people experienced with the preview devices - those given out to reporters before launch. It was fixed with one of the early updates, assuming this is the same thing. Have you checked to see if there are updates available? ,Hello, Has anyone faced this issue…
A post from a Microsoft rep on the company's support forums says that reports about some tablets experiencing issues with fast battery draining could be fixed with a software patch.…
Do you have Cortana pinned to the home screen? If so, try to unpin it. After I unpinned mine, all my lagginess, heating and battery drain disappeared. ,Do you have the second developer preview release as this addressed issues relating to battery drain. , You work for Microsoft I assume? No?…
Installed the latest DP update post GDR1. Anyone experiencing severe battery drain ??? Am on L920 and phone charge barely lasts about 11 hrs on moderate use.. Phone heats up while on 3G mode so have to stick to 2G.. All these issues did not exist n GDR1 now they have come to haunt back Have sof…
Ewing a significant battery drain and high heat output on my Surface Pro 3. MS has acknowledged the issue and is going to patch it for Surface Pro 3 shortly. Not sure if its going to be the same for other users. Also, worth checking if the problem is still present. Mine has greatly decrease…
Because when you open apps after you close them they keep running on background,all you can do everytime you think battery get drained really fast is to restart it. ,I've been using GDR3 for a month, and just yesterday until now there's a strange battery drain. Battery Pro+ now report ~3% hourl…
Hey all... I've noticed that whenever I'm chatting with someone with ANYTHING on WP8 , my phone gets really hot and the battery drains rapidly within minutes. Whereas when I don't chat with anyone, the battery lasts more than a day. Does anyone else experienced this? I think this is a WP8 i…
So I have no idea why but my 1520 was having massive battery drains and over heating. The heat seemed to be coming from the location of the memory card. Which had told me a couple times it needed to be fixed and rescanned. Power down, restart, reset and nokia reset tool didn't fix it. I was…
Unfortunately I have BT disabled but still have the battery drain occasionally. Don't necessarily think that is the issue. ,For those that have been experiencing the random heat up and battery drain I have found it to be caused by an intermittent bluetooth problem. I have tried SEVERAL steps in…
Definitely a software related issue! OS and firmware bugs are responsible for this! Let's hope that until WP8.1 update all this will be fixed! It's a shame for Microsoft,Nokia,HTC to pretend nothing is wrong and don't provide an update fix! Also i cannot understand how a corporation like Microso…
Are you using "Windows Hello", Facebook, or Twitter? Also, have you noticed the message "Resuming" on your screen with a black background? If yes, try uninstalling those apps temporarily to make sure it is actually closed. Also, take a look at your Battery Saver options if the above options f…
I've had my Lumia for about two weeks now and have had excellent battery life. Yesterday, however, i started to see significant battery drain issues for no apparent reason. I hadn't installed any application or hadn't changed the usage of my phone. It was quite baffling. And then I stumbled upon
I've only gotten this phone for 3 days now but the battery is worrying. There are only 3 apps which are currently running a background agent but during night it goes from 100% to around 85% in around 8 hours of standby. As a comparison my iPhone would drain only around 5% in the same time. So w…
Hi everyone My Lumia 920 is suddenly having some battery issues and I have no clue what the problem is...my phone doesn't last more than 5 hrs on a single charge...I thought this might be a one time issue bcoz this happened before too...but now I have to charge it every 5 hrs and its really frus…
I have FB installed and have great battery life . But I don't have it pinned and barely use it. So that might make a difference, since I know some apps/Live Tiles will not update if you don't use them for a while ,I experience this same heating / battery usage issue and I don't have the FB app i…
Hey guys. I just recently got the 650, loving it so far although I've noticed a concerning issue. The phone heats up abnormally when using data around the sim card slot area during what I would consider light use such as browsing on edge or using apps like twitter, FB, whatsapp etc. The battery a…
I've been getting horrendously bad idling battery drain on my HTC8X, so bad that I drop down to around 30% after charging only 5-6 hours ago and with barely any usage. I used to get over a days worth of a full charge with pretty decent usage. I have only Amazing Weather running in the background…
I'm using the Lumia 950XL and am having a similar problem. Check your Battery Saver to see what it's drawing the power so much. For me, it's the Messaging app, which is ridiculous! ,I updated to WM10 10586.29 and now when my battery gets to 70% To 75% it will drain down do 2% in an hour. I have l…
Will see if that fixes it. Currently waiting for Nokia Black :X ,Hi Folks, For you having sick-fast battery drain issue, I found, tried and confirmed a succes in the setting, followed by a restart. I've tried every other solution I can find in this forum . With those solutions I got only 1…
Hello Everyone, Sorry if there is another similar thread, I can't find a proper one yet. Starting Yesterday, my Lumia 520 gets it battery drained quickly. I've recharged it 100% by 1130 and by night 2000 the battery level reached 25%, so I charged it again to make it 100% at 2130. I've put it…
I'm experiencing the same thing on my 1520. I keep the battery saver always on, I set my screen to medium, and I disable Wi-Fi and data when they're not in use. I could last 2 days regularly, but since this last update my phone constantly drains. My phone has been off the charger for 8 hours, I h…
I've found battery drain during standby when I left a micro SD card in the slot. Removing it helped. I'd also recommend buying the power cover. It really takes the worry about battery life away. ,Sadly i cannot help you. But this is really unfortunate, as one of the big advantages of having an A…
Thanks. This tip has been identified several times. Glad you stumbled upon it yourself :) ,This fixed my Lumia 521 as well, thank you!!!!!!! ,It also means that the Mail app is in need of an update for this, among other things! ,So through various trial and errors. The culprit in my case was m…
Anyone having constant battery drain of 10%/ hour and higher, I think the new GDR3 update fixed it, sadly you will have to hard reset your devices. After hard Resetting My Lumia 920, I have an idle time of 1% - 3% with almost everything running as usual battery now lasts more than a day and half…
I have a HUUUGEEE battery drain, and I started thinking it was just the battery that went bad. However after reading that lot of 1520 users are facing the same problem, I'll have to test it out. I'll try reverting back to 8.1, to see if it's actually Win10M's problem. And if it is, then I don't k…
At least once/day, my Lumia 920 will just stop receiving MMS messages. SMS comes through fine, but it refuses to download MMS and won't let me send, either. I tested this by trying to send to myself and a friend. If i reboot the phone, it starts working again. At first, I thought it might be som…
Hi all, So I was enjoying Windows 10 on my Lumia 640 for the past month without any problems, then all of a sudden starting three days ago I began to experience a battery drain issue. My phone while on standby with the screen off would use about 1% of the total battery every 15 min of standby.…
Just starting yesterday I'm getting random resets out of no where. I had 3 in a 30min span. Last night left my phone on the wireless charger like I always do when I go to sleep, woke up with my phone dead. So confused. I have the same update as you. ,Hi all - Since yesterday my 950 has been run…
If u can then do a hard reset after backing up all data, that usually fixes all issues that come with a new update. ,I think it's normal, the same happened after cyan, what helped me a charging cycle, note my battery works very good ,I recently updated my Lumia 520 to denium, after the update the…
Microsoft has finally confirmed it is testing a patch for the that should fix the fast battery drain issues some owners have been experiencing for the past several weeks.…
haha You guys are getting trolled. He means the phone is off and at 100%. Notice he said "turned off"? =) ,It took several days to get the battery drain solved on my phone. After taking the update, I did a factory reset and reinstalled everything manually instead of restoring the backup. Mos…
It is a battery problem, mine did this and I changed the battery and it works fine now. There is something wrong with the 950XL that ruin the batteries. Go and buy a new battery, I bought mine from amazon. ,Moved from Ask Dan forum to Lumia 950 XL forum. ,I think it is a faulty battery. mine do f…
Expericiening some extreme battery drain on your new Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book? Read our how-to guide on a temporary work around until Microsoft fixes the problem.…
Hey everyone! Got a question and this time it's not for me. My mother has a Verizon 928 and she is having some serious battery drain issues all of a sudden after her Denim update. Also, the power button works only 5% of the time. She's not that technological handy so I did my routine digging a…
Hi, this is really stressful. I am also experiencing this issue with my lumia 920 after replacing digitizer it worked perfectly for about a month then this battery problem came. Ive restored, hard reset a couple of times and also updated to black update and even replaced the battery and still no…
One annoying side effect of the Touch Pro 2's slide-out keyboard is magnets in close proximity tend to wake the phone. And if you don't have a screen lock, your battery could be heading south right quick. Magnets often are found in your favorite phone cases — specifically the side pouches w…