Heavy Battery drain Issue

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Bug description

Too much battery drain while on being on signal compare to other IM

Steps to reproduce

• Signal running in background or foreground

Actual result: Battery drain large Expected result: Brain drain Should be in range of other IM

Screenshots

Device info

Device: Samsung m30s Android version: 10 Signal version: 4.62.3

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/2ca9ac45c24e26054b987057f8e0286f15706b1302a3c57332e79c2b647c9d81

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[merkste]

Could this be related to ##9636 where the battery drain occurs right after (not) sending a picture?

[Edu4rdSHL]

Please try disabling battery optimizations for the Signal app. That battery drain issue is mostly caused because the "battery optimizer" kill the app in the background, then the app try to start again resulting in a kill/start loop. See https://dontkillmyapp.com/ for more info.

[mu-hi]

I also have this issue but noticed it's doing this only while using mobile data instead of Wi-Fi. I'm using the separate app because I don't use Google Play by the way. The battery optimization is already disabled but checking the battery usage the app is always running since the last charge and drained the 22% of battery singlehandedly and I didn't even use the app for 2 days.

[teynav]

Please try disabling battery optimizations for the Signal app. That battery drain issue is mostly caused because the "battery optimizer" kill the app in the background, then the app try to start again resulting in a kill/start loop. See https://dontkillmyapp.com/ for more info.

Okay this helped , Although I used it for only small time, battery drain was comparable to Whatsapp and telegram. Thanks!!!