Battery drains down even after shut down

Question

I am using ubuntu 16.04 on my HP 15 ab522tx laptop.Even after I shut down my pc after few hours I find it discharged completely .Also,battery is quite new and was performing better in previous OS(windows 10).

I also tried various power saving workarounds but I am not able to figure out why this happens!Please explain.

Is there any solution for this!

Output of systemd-inhibit --list :

hemant@hpnb:~$ systemd-inhibit --list
     Who: NetworkManager (UID 0/root, PID 1258/NetworkManager)
    What: sleep
     Why: NetworkManager needs to turn off networks
    Mode: delay

     Who: Telepathy (UID 1000/hemant, PID 3222/mission-control)
    What: shutdown:sleep
     Why: Disconnecting IM accounts before suspend/shutdown...
    Mode: delay

     Who: Unity (UID 1000/hemant, PID 2637/compiz)
    What: sleep
     Why: Unity needs to lock the screen
    Mode: delay

     Who: hemant (UID 1000/hemant, PID 2569/unity-settings-)
    What: handle-power-key:handle-suspend-key:handle-hibernate-key
     Why: GNOME handling keypresses
    Mode: block

     Who: hemant (UID 1000/hemant, PID 2569/unity-settings-)
    What: sleep
     Why: GNOME needs to lock the screen
    Mode: delay

5 inhibitors listed.

Answer 1

Remove the battery for several hours and check if it will drain out. If the battery still charged, it should be healthy.

One possible trouble maker could be any USB port or other device that still powered while the system is shut down.

Extra powered USBs are feature for some laptops. Usually these ports are yellow colored. Port as this could be troublemaker especially if something is plugged in this port. In most cases this feature could be disabled via the BIOS settings.

Recently I've discovered that the new batteries should be charged to 100%. Unfortunately I can't find the source of this statement but this solve my problem with my new battery jump drain from ~35% to 5%.

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Within Ubuntu the package tlp (apply laptop power management settings) could be helpful. It is capable to handle the power management of the devices (USB, PCI, etc.) at kernel level.

TLP ^[1] brings you the benefits of advanced power management for Linux without the need to understand every technical detail. TLP comes with a default configuration already optimized for battery life, so you may just install and forget it. Nevertheless TLP is highly customizable to fulfil your specific requirements.

Please note: TLP runs on every laptop brand. Setting the battery charge thresholds is available for IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads only.

TLP is a pure command line tool with automated background tasks. It does not contain a GUI.

TLP ^[2] (TLP - Linux Advanced Power Management) is more progressive management utility battery-for Linux, which applies different settings automatically when you log on and every time you change the power source, depending on your distro and hardware.

Basic usage of tlp:

• Install the package: sudo apt update && sudo apt install tlp.

  If you are using tp-smapi the better way to install the package is:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw
  sudo apt-get install tp-smapi-dkms acpi-call-dkms
  

• There are two services installed tlp.service and tlp-sleep.service.

• Use sudo tlp stat to check the current settings.

• Use nano /etc/default/tlp to tweak the configuration.

• Use sudo tlp start to apply the configuration.

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Another useful tool is powertop, that is not just a monitoring tool, but has also a calibrating option: powertop -c.

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tlp powertop

Answer 2

Trouble shooting for software problems.

Run and examine the output of 'systemd-inhibit --list' for any abnormal inhibiting programs. You can kill the listed processes to test if they are the cause. In your case none of the inhibiting processes appear to be abnormal.

Activate sendsigs report_unkillable config option, from this answer by falconer. Repoduced here for clarity.

1. Open /etc/init.d/sendsigs in your favourite text editor, with root privileges (e.g sudo vi /etc/init.d/sendsigs or gksu /etc/init.d/sendsigs). Search for the line #report_unkillable and uncomment it (i.e. remove the # tag). Save the file.

2. Make sure that apport is enabled: Edit the file /etc/default/apport so it reads enabled=1. (If it was enabled=0 then reboot, so apport can start.)

3. Shutdown.

4. Upon the next boot apport should come up with a message telling you that there was some kind of problem with a program. That is the one causing the delay. And there should be a crash report in /var/crash . (If apport doesn't report the name, then just look in the crash file, in the end of the file there will be something like Title: MISBEHAVING_PROGRAMNAME does not terminate at computer shutdown)

Answer 3

I had exat same problem in my hp laptop running ubuntu ,the problem was WOL(wake on LAN) Wake on LAN is enabled by default and you cannot disable it in your BIOS/UEFI because the setting is not available. On notebooks/ultrabooks, WOL can drain/discharge your battery even your device is powered-off! follow this page "https://andidittrich.de/2015/12/ubuntu-15-10-disable-wake-on-lan-wol-permanently.html"

Answer 4

After trying everything on the internet, what worked for me was installing TLP and:

1. Setting BlueTooth, WiFi, and WWAN to disable on shutdown

   

2. Enabling USB_AUTOSUSPEND_DISABLE_ON_SHUTDOWN

   

Answer 5

Solved for me (HP Spectre) by updating BIOS via Windows:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00042629

Answer 6

Had this problem on a LG Gram 2020, it started happening, for some reason, after I installed a new ram and SSD.

You may try using sudo dmesg, then closing the laptop lid and using sudo dmesg again. In my case, I saw a hibernation is restricted; see man kernel_lockdown.7 log which was solved by disabling secure boot.

Answer 7

Are you sure your battery hasn't just begun to enter ill health. You need to charge it fully and drop test it to see if there is good current holding capacity. remember Li-ion have a memory effect and should be charged for 24 hours from new without switching the device on. My laptop when fully charged reports theres 10 and a half hours of usage this is nearer 3 hours and it still trickle leaks when switched off so i have to plug it into the charger every time i want to boot from a long cold period.