Battery Drain

[loca-lhost]

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AdGuard version

4.2.71

Environment

- OS:Android 13
- Device:Note 11 Pro 5G 
- Firmware:MIUI 14

Root access

• Yes, I have it.

What filters do you have enabled?

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What Stealth Mode options do you have enabled?

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Issue Details

I have observed over some period a huge battery drain. It can take upto 50% of my SOT for a period of 24 hrs if I use auto proxy mode. Currently it sits at 28%. Version 3 never crossed the 5% threshold for same period. Inside the apps statistics it's even worse as it spikes randomly especially if you manually check for update.

Expected Behavior

It shouldn't be draining battery. And the statistics is way off.

Actual Behavior

Battery statistics ib the app and android battery estimates are just beyond normal. Huge battery drain.

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Additional Information

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[androidacy-user]

If an app is requesting a lot of ads, it will drain battery that android will attribute to Adguard. Make sure you don't have an app, like YouTube constantly requesting ads or something.

[AlgorithmOfGithub]

If an app is requesting a lot of ads, it will drain battery that android will attribute to Adguard. Make sure you don't have an app, like YouTube constantly requesting ads or something.

Same problem here, on versions 3.#.# not that much battery drain but i check issues sometimes none talk about it, i didnt open issue about it.

[loca-lhost]

Same usage but the drain wasn't noticeable. Even earlier version 4 was better amid the constant restarts

[maxikuzmin]

@AlgorithmOfGithub @loca-lhost could you be more specific about what apps you usually use? Does this happen if the phone is in sleep mode?

[Rtizer-9]

@loca-lhost there are some issues with automatic proxy as of now in the latest nightly versions which results in connection getting lost and some apps gets stuck while doing some operations like whatsapp backup which triggers at 2AM, truecaller/whatsapp contact sync.

I would suggest to install Better battery stats (root)- either stable or the xda edition (free) and observe the apps which are holding partial wakelocks and firing more than expected alarms in their respective tabs. I have observed whenever this battery drain happens in automatic proxy it's either some app with numerous entries with some "job sync" wakelock or "overflow" wakelock.

This way you will have a much better idea of which app is actually causing the drain.

It's also entirely possible that some other app is responsible for this. And since you're already on root I would suggest forcing deepsleep using some app and also monitoring whether deepsleep is working or not.

[maxikuzmin]

@loca-lhost @AlgorithmOfGithub can you also export your settings and send them to devteam@adguard.com? Please include issue number 4960 in your email
It would be good to understand what your settings are and observe the power consumption with your settings

[maxikuzmin]

@AlgorithmOfGithub @loca-lhost any news?
Can you also clarify, is this problem recurring with VPN mode?

[AlgorithmOfGithub]

@maxikuzmin Hi, sorry for late answer. Let me answer fastly your questions.
Note: all i test on new and old phones (huawei phones with custom rom and apps)
1-before adguard issue It kept draining the battery. so I researched the issues like; huawei android launcher, huawei system services, system interface. sometimes problem updates but when i check adguard statistics there is so much requests(like clear statistics after that 6-10k requests in 15-30 minutes). most of the requests came from DNS filter but i didnt find which app doing that. so i tried off 'Route traffic through Adguard' of app(huawei android launcher). Battery usage of the app started to decrease. also, if you try it on a slightly old and slow phone unroute the app you will see that the app runs smoother and faster. so question is most applications including system applications are route through to AdGuard maybe conflict eachother cause you cant optimized all apps around the world. I dont know actually. (i have not using constintly requesting app like youtube)
2-tried with custom adguard settings
3-issue on vpn mode and no root for me
4-how i can test i dont know but same phone just updated 3.#.# to 4.#.#. Battery usage increased. i didnt see on adguard statistics but phone battery statistics showed me it.
(if i cant explain pls write, sorry for bad english)

[loca-lhost]

It quit stable in vpn and it hovers around 20 percent now. In auto proxy it goes beyond 30 percent