high battery drain on lost network connection

[kimusan]

Hi,
with recent updates a new problem has evolved. If I loose connection (i.e. connect to a wifi that I have to log into but dont or without cellular coverage) aqua-mail starts using ALOT of cpu cycles and hence drains the battery. It easily raises from using maybe 2% of my battery to using 10-15% (i usually get it killed a around that time).
This has never been a problem before but it is quite annoying.
I do not use imap push but have 5 imap accounts connected (checking every 15mins).

Is this a known problem and is there a setting that will fix this?

[kimusan]

I use version 1.57.21 from google play store and it is in PRO.

[mikeone]

Are you on Android Lollipop 5.0.x the / 5.1?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

And if you are on Android 5.0+ then check this out:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=165558

Characteristic:

Reasonable "keep awake" time

Very high "mobile radio active" time

Bug report:

Top bug report in the Android Bug Tracker (the three reports above it are feature requests).

Present in Android L "preview" a year ago

Present in 5.0 - 5.0.2 - 5.1 - 5.1.1 - Android "M" (next version) preview

Zero comments from Google.

[kimusan]

How come other Email apps like Maildroid do not suffer from the same problem?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Always love the "other apps" argument.

The issue has a randomness to it, and just because you're seeing it with app A and not app B does not mean it only ever happens with app A and never with app B.

Please do take a look at the FAQ, search the page for "mobile radio active" (or just "mobile") and enjoy the screenshots of this issue from: Google Play Services, Gmail, Facebook, Google+. There are plenty of screenshots from other apps on the Internet, easy to find.

The bug report can also be very educational:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=165558

And this is a new bug someone opened just to track this in Marshmallow (yes, it's present there too):

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=190396

Has screenshots of Google Now, Facebook, Chrome, and TouchDown HD (a mail app, not that the type of app matters at all).