Higher battery consumption since v4.6

[derKief]

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• Filters were updated before reproducing an issue
• I checked the knowledge base and found no answer
• I checked to make sure that this issue has not already been filed

AdGuard version

v4.6.x

Environment

• OS version: OneUI 6.1
• Device: Samsung S24, Samsung A25

HTTPS filtering

• yes, I do

Root access

• yes, I have it

Integration with AdGuard VPN

• yes, I do

Routing mode

Local VPN

Ad Blocking

AdGuard Base filter

Privacy

AdGuard Tracking Protection filter

Social

AdGuard Social Media filter

Annoyances

AdGuard Annoyances filter

Security

No response

Language-specific

AdGuard German filter

Other

AdGuard DNS filter

Which DNS server do you use?

Cloudflare DNS

DNS protocol

DNS-over-TLS

Custom DNS

No response

What Stealth Mode options do you have enabled?

No response

Issue Details

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install v.4.6.x
2. wait a llittle and check battery drain with battery tools like GSAM, Samsung Battery Tracker
3. Adgaurd is top of the list

Expected Behavior

When updating to v4.6 i expect same behaviour as with v4.5

Actual Behavior

High battery drain

Screenshots

Screenshot 1

Additional Information

Since the first version 4.6 I have noticed an increase in battery consumption.
Even the newer versions do not solve this problem. Only a downgrade to v4.5 helps me.
On Reddit you can read about some people who have the same problem.
I have this with a Samsung Galaxy S24 and Samsung Galaxy A25

[DBotThePony]

Don't know about 4.5, but im on 4.6 and was experiencing high battery drain during stand-by (-4%/hour or 200 mAh), disabling adguard drastically improved battery life while smartphone is on stand-by.

Using top in adb shell shows adguard process occasionally spiking CPU usage to 90% (out of 800%), which i suspect is making performance cores to wake up

[TheWrathRF]

+1 having the same draining issue as well

[derKief]

@DBotThePony and @TheWrathRF what device are you using ?

[TheWrathRF]

@DBotThePony and @TheWrathRF what device are you using ?

Using Poco X6 Pro. %20 of battery draining caused by Adguard.

[DBotThePony]

what device are you using ?

Note 9 Pro Max

[Versty]

@derKief Thank you for reporting!

@TheWrathRF @DBotThePony Could you provide a screenshot of Battery usage screen from AdGuard application on your device?

Note: Battery usage screen is located in Statistics tab.

[DBotThePony]

That's the catch - it doesn't report usage as originating from adguard itself.

[Versty]

@DBotThePony Can this drain be visible on the battery usage screen in the system settings?

If screenshots contain any sensitive data, please sent it to our email [email protected], mention the [android] keyword and 5460 number in the subject line.

[DBotThePony]

Screenshots

For reference:

[0xrxL]

Last nightly installed today 🫠

[0xrxL]

4 hours of full CPU usage...really weird

[0xrxL]

@derKief @DBotThePony

I downgraded to this version, install it you too and let me know if the battery drain is fixed.

EDIT: Seems that every version, either the early 4.7 nightlies from July, are affected by this bug. I sent an issue request through app. See what will happens...🙄

[0xrxL]

@Versty This issue is really annoying. All versions are affected, I can't install stable nor beta and nightly.

[derKief]

For me v4.5 Stable works without issues. Meanwhile i use that as a "dirty" workaround.
But as a paying customer I am disappointed how long it takes to fix this error.

[Versty]

@0xrxL @DBotThePony Thank you!
We are currently working on this issue. Will do our best to fix this bug in the upcoming version.

If you have any application logs to send to us, please mail it to [email protected]. Mention the [android] keyword and 5460 number in the subject.

[0xrxL]

@0xrxL @DBotThePony Thank you! We are currently working on this issue. Will do our best to fix this bug in the upcoming version.

If you have any application logs to send to us, please mail it to [email protected]. Mention the [android] keyword and 5460 number in the subject.

Hope it will be available soon, because I'm currently surfing without adguard enabled...and its terrible.