Google Chrome Promises To Fix That Battery Drain Problem For Mac

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Hello there, I might have found a bug involving chrome causing the mediaserver drain on Android. My S7 edge and my partners S7 have been experiencing this drain every so often, so I decided to investigate a little. The last time I had the issue crop up I went through every app I had open and cleared the cache and force stopped it, then checked the battery usage with GSAM battery monitor. Once doing this with Chrome the drain stopped and normal usage resumed. To further test this my partner had the drain again this morning so I went straight into Chrome and cleared the cache and force stopped the app and upon checking in GSAM the drain disappeared again. This leads me to believe there's something in chrome that's causing this issue. I'm not sure if it's specific to Samsung's galaxy S line or not as I have no other devices that are having a mediaserver issue.

In my case, Google Chrome is using approx 91% battery. And if I want to fix battery drain issue or improve battery life. Then I can uninstall Chrome And can use any other chrome alternative. Solution: 4 Decrease Brightness. Are you using your laptop at higher brightness level? Then it could be the main reason behind “Laptop Battery Draining Fast”.

I would however like you to test internally to confirm my findings. Here's a link to a thread I started on Android central which tracks my progress. Thanks Ice Returns 31/8/2016, 2:30 น. I tested it using the app 'Simple System Monitor' without the sd card for a few days. As soon as I was opening Chrome (even with no tabs opened) the media sever popped up using a lot of CPU. The process was not stopping while Chrome was running in background.

The only way to stop it was to kill Chrome. I think it's normal that the media server drains a little battery or it got crazy when the SD fails. The behavior I noticed with Chrome seems a bit extreme. I suggest you to do the same tests using 'Simple System Monitor' or a similar app without the SD card to be clear we are talking about the same issue. Spockonster 15/9/2016, 16:47 น.

Just to clarify, are those posting that they are still having mediaserver popping up after updating Chrome. Did mediaserver go up as the top percentage in the battery stats, or did it just appear but not at the top? I have disabled Chrome and using Samsung browser.

I am using a lot of Spotify and mediaserver pops up in battery stats but not the top percentage, usually about 4% max. Battery drainage is normal, I have no drainage or overheating issues. I think its normal when mediaserver still pops up but doesnt go to the top of the stats and phone doesnt heat up.

Im on S7 Edge Exynos Graham Neal 27/9/2016, 23:06 น. I had this problem too - Samsung Galaxy Tab S getting really hot, Media Server top of the battery stats and battery completely drained in a couple of hours. After lots of efforts to fix this including a full reset and device wipe (and no duccess), I uninstalled all Chrome updates and returned to stock Chrome install. This has fixed the problem completely, with Media Server no longer even appearing on the battery stats and battery life is up to a couple of days.

I understand this bug may be 'fixed' with the latest Chrome release, but I am skeptical. I hear Media Server is using maybe 10% of the battery with the latest 'fix', but with my fix, it's 0%. So I am not sure I'd call the latest effort, 'fixed'. All I do with the tablet is surf using Chrome. Nigel Docherty 2/10/2016, 6:56 น.

I'm going to add myself to this growing list. Had the problem for at least a month on an unlocked Exynos version of the S7. Almost resorted to buying a new SD card assuming that was to blame before finding this thread. 24 hours after force stopping Chrome and resorting to the Samsung browser there is no mention of mediaserver in battery usage and I have seen a HUGE improvement in the battery life today. Find it hard to believe that this is a difficult fix for one or both of Google and Samsung.

Graham Neal 6/10/2016, 15:21 น. Just add me to the pile! I just got a brand new Samsung Galaxy S7, charged it up fully last night, left it turned off during my commute, turned it on once I got to the office, put it in my bag and forgot about it. A couple of hours later, I reached into my bag for my phone, only to find that it was ridiculously hot, and was at 65% from sitting in my air-conditioned office doing absolutely nothing. After doing some frantic Googling, I've also disabled Chrome and reset it to the factory version. I haven't done any browsing yet, but at least my phone is cool to the touch. Gan Yang 7/10/2016, 17:09 น.

I have also had this occur - it's my business use Galaxy S7 which doesn't have any music or photos stored on it at all. I was using a 2 Amp Fast Charger and similar to someone else above, the battery drain was faster than the charger could support, leading to be being woken up at 1:30am by a vibrating red-hot phone that had shut down due to 1% battery. Restarting the phone and checking the battery status information showed it was mediaserver that had consumed the battery and cause the restart. Edwin Yuwono, 9:00 น.

Google is just now responding to a bug in Chrome for Windows that may have been sapping users' batteries for years. Chrome's battery drain problem was by Forbes contributor Ian Morris, who noticed that Chrome for Windows was using considerably more power than other browsers. The issue, he wrote, is that Chrome doesn't return the system's processor to an idle state when it's not doing anything.

Google Chrome Promises To Fix That Battery Drain Problem For Macbook Pro

Instead, Chrome sets a high “system clock tick rate” of 1 millisecond, and leaves it at that rate, even if the browser's just running the background. By comparison, Microsoft's Internet Explorer only ramps up the tick rate for processor-intensive tasks such as YouTube, and otherwise returns it to the default rate of 15.625 milliseconds. According to Microsoft, setting the tick rate consistently at 1 millisecond can raise power consumption by up to 25 percent depending on your hardware configuration. This bug wouldn't be too surprising if it was introduced in a recent update. But according to Morris, the first report of it popped up in 2010, and a more recent has been racking up new comments since November 2012. So if your Windows laptop isn't getting the battery life you'd expected, it's possible that Chrome is the culprit. In any case, the new reports have finally gotten Google's attention.

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In a statement to PCWorld, the company noted that the bug has been assigned internally, and that the Chrome team is working to fix it—though only after Morris shined a spotlight on the issue. The long-standing bug report has been bumped up to priority one. In the meantime, consider shutting down Chrome when you're not using it on your laptop, or trying out.