What are wakelocks, how they affect the battery life of your Android device, and how to "Greenify" them



Have you ever gone to bed with your phone's battery well over 50% and woken up to find out that it has depleted overnight and the device has switched itself off? There are several causes for this abnormal behavior, and among the biggest culprits are the unwanted system wakelocks.



So, what exactly are these? Wakelocks are power-managing software mechanisms, which make sure that your Android device doesn't go into deep sleep (which is the state that you should strive for) if an app needs to use your system resources. They can not only keep either your CPU or display awake, they can also ...



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