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<p>Battery usage information is derived from battery usage statistics and power profile values.</p>

<h2 id="usage-statistics">Battery Usage Statistics</h2>

<p>The framework automatically determines battery usage statistics by tracking how long device
components spend in different states. As components (WiFi chipset, Cellular Radio, Bluetooth, GPS,
Display, CPU) change states (OFF/ON, idle/full power, low/high brightness, etc.), the controlling
service reports to the framework BatteryStats service, which collects information over time and
stores it for use across reboots. The service doesnt track battery current draw directly,
but instead collects timing information that can be used to approximate battery
consumption by different components.</p>

<p>The framework gathers statistics using the following methods:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Push</strong>. Services aware of component changes push state changes to the
BatteryStats service.</li>
<li><strong>Pull</strong>. For components such as the CPU usage by apps, the framework automatically
pulls the data at transition points (such as starting or stopping an activity) to take a
snapshot.</li>
</ul>

<p>Resource consumption is associated with the application using the resource. When multiple
applications simultaneously use a resource (such as wakelocks that prevent the system from
suspending), the framework spreads consumption across those applications, although not necessarily
equally.</p>

<p>To avoid losing usage statistics for a shutdown event, which may indicate battery power
consumption problems (i.e. shutdown occurs because the battery reached zero remaining capacity), the
framework flashes statistics approximately every 30 minutes.</p>

<p>Battery usage statistics are handled entirely by the framework and do not require OEM
modifications.</p>

<h2 id="profile-values">Power Profile Values</h2>

<p>Device manufacturers must provide a component power profile that defines the current
consumption value for the component and the approximate the actual battery drain caused by the
component over time. Within a power profile, power consumption is specified in milliamps (mA) of
current draw at a nominal voltage and can be a fractional value specified in microamps (uA). The
value should be the mA consumed at the battery and not a value applicable to a power rail that does
not correspond to current consumed from the battery.</p>

<p>For example, a display power profile specifies the mA of current required to keep the display on
at minimum brightness and at maximum brightness. To determine the power cost (i.e the battery
drained by the display component) of keeping the display on, the framework tracks the time spent at
each brightness level, then multiplies those time intervals by an interpolated display brightness
cost.</p>

<p>The framework also multiplies the CPU time for each application by the mA required to run the CPU
at a specific speed. This calculation establishes a comparative ranking of how much battery an
application consumes by executing CPU code (time as the foreground app and total time including
background activity are reported separately).</p>

<h2 id="component-power">Measuring Component Power</h2>

<p>You can determine individual component power consumption by comparing the current drawn by the
device when the component is in the desired state (on, active, scanning, etc.) and when the
component is off. Measure the average instantaneous current drawn on the device at a
nominal voltage using an external power monitor, such as a bench power supply or specialized
battery-monitoring tools (such as Monsoon Solution Inc. Power Monitor and Power Tool software).</p>

<p class="note">
<strong>Note:</strong> Manufacturers often supply information about the current consumed by an
individual component. Use this information if it accurately represents the current drawn from the
device battery in practice. However, validate manufacturer-provided values before
using those values in your device power profile.</p>

<p>When measuring, ensure the device does not have a connection to an external charge source, such
as a USB connection to a development host used when running Android Debug Bridge (adb). The device
under test might draw current from the host, thus lowering measurements at the battery. Avoid USB
On-The-Go (OTG) connections, as the OTG device might draw current from the device under test.</p>

<p>Excluding the component being measured, the system should run at a constant level of power
consumption to avoid inaccurate measurements caused by changes in other components. System
activities that can introduce unwanted changes to power measurements include:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth receive, transmit, or scanning activity</strong>. When
not measuring cell radio power, set the device to airplane mode and enable Wi-Fi or Bluetooth as
appropriate.</li>
<li><strong>Screen on/off</strong>. Colors displayed while the screen is on can affect power draw on
some screen technologies. Turn the screen off when measuring values for non-screen components.</li>
<li><strong>System suspend/resume</strong>. A screen off state can trigger a system suspension,
placing parts of the device in a low-power or off state. This can affect power consumption of the
component being measured and introduce large variances in power readings as the system periodically
resumes to send alarms, etc. For details, see <a href="#control-suspend">Controlling System
Suspend</a>.</li>
<li><strong>CPUs changing speed and entering/exiting low-power scheduler idle state</strong>. During
normal operation, the system makes frequent adjustments to CPU speeds, the number of online CPU
cores, and other system core states such as memory bus speed and voltages of power rails associated
with CPUs and memory. During testing, these adjustments affect power measurements:

<ul>
<li>CPU speed scaling operations can reduce the amount of clock and voltage scaling of memory buses
and other system core components.</li>
<li>Scheduling activity can affect the percentage of the time CPUs spend in low-power idle states.
For details on preventing these adjustments from occurring during testing, see
<a href="#control-cpu">Controlling CPU Speeds</a>.</li>
</ul>

</li>
</ul>

<p>For example, Joe Droid wants to compute the <code>screen.on</code> value for a device. He enables
airplane mode on the device, runs the device at a stable current state, holds the CPU speed constant
, and uses a partial wakelock to prevent system suspend. Joe then turns the device screen off and
takes a measurement (200mA). Next, Joe turns the device screen on at minimum brightness and takes
another measurement (300mA). The <code>screen.on</code> value is 100mA (300 - 200).</p>

<p>For components that dont have a flat waveform of current consumption when active (such as
cellular radio or Wi-Fi), measure the average current over time using a power monitoring tool.</p>

<p>When using an external power source in place of the device battery, the system might experience
problems due to an unconnected battery thermistor or integrated fuel gauge pins (i.e. an invalid
reading for battery temperature or remaining battery capacity could shut down the kernel or Android
system). Fake batteries can provide signals on thermistor or fuel gauge pins that mimic temperature
and state of charge readings for a normal system, and may also provide convenient leads for
connecting to external power supplies. Alternatively, you can modify the system to ignore the
invalid data from the missing battery.</p>

<a name="control-suspend"><h3 id="control-suspend">Controlling System Suspend</h3></a>

<p>This section describes how to avoid system suspend state when you dont want it to interfere with
other measurements, and how to measure the power draw of system suspend state when you do want to
measure it.</p>

<h4>Preventing System Suspend</h4>

<p>System suspend can introduce unwanted variance in power measurements and place system components
in low-power states inappropriate for measuring active power use. To prevent the system from
suspending while the screen is off, use a temporary partial wakelock. Using a USB cable, connect the
device to a development host, then issue the following command:</p>

<pre>
$ adb shell "echo temporary &gt; /sys/power/wake_lock"
</pre>

<p>While in wake_lock, the screen off state does not trigger a system suspend. (Remember to
disconnect the USB cable from the device before measuring power consumption.)</p>

<p>To remove the wakelock:</p>

<pre>
$ adb shell "echo temporary &gt; /sys/power/wake_unlock"
</pre>

<h4>Measuring System Suspend</h4>

<p>To measure the power draw during the system suspend state, measure the value of cpu.idle in the
power profile. Before measuring:

<ul>
<li>Remove existing wakelocks (as described above).</li>
<li>Place the device in airplane mode to avoid concurrent activity by the cellular radio, which
might run on a processor separate from the SoC portions controlled by the system suspend.</li>
<li>Ensure the system is in suspend state by:
<ul>
<li>Confirming current readings settle to a steady value. Readings should be within the expected
range for the power consumption of the SoC suspend state plus the power consumption of system
components that remain powered (such as the USB PHY).</li>
<li>Checking the system console output.</li>
<li>Watching for external indications of system status (such as an LED turning off when not in
suspend).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

<a name="control-cpu"><h3 id="control-cpu">Controlling CPU Speeds</h3></a>

<p>Active CPUs can be brought online or put offline, have their clock speeds and associated voltages
changed (possibly also affecting memory bus speeds and other system core power states), and
can enter lower power idle states while in the kernel idle loop. When measuring different CPU power
states for the power profile, avoid the power draw variance when measuring other parameters. The
power profile assumes all CPUs have the same available speeds and power characteristics.</p>

<p>While measuring CPU power, or while holding CPU power constant to make other measurements, keep
the number of CPUs brought online constant (such as having one CPU online and the rest
offline/hotplugged out). Keeping all CPUs except one in scheduling idle may product acceptable
results. Stopping the Android framework with <code>adb shell stop</code> can reduce system
scheduling activity.</p>

<p>You must specify the available CPU speeds for your device in the power profile cpu.speeds
entry. To get a list of available CPU speeds, run:</p>

<pre>
adb shell cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats/time_in_state
</pre>

<p>These speeds match the corresponding power measurements in value <code>cpu.active</code>.</p>

<p>For platforms where number of cores brought online significantly affects power consumption, you
might need to modify the cpufreq driver or governor for the platform. Most platforms support
controlling CPU speed using the userspace cpufreq governor and using sysfs interfaces to
set the speed. For example, to set speed for 200MHz on a system with only 1 CPU or all CPUs sharing
a common cpufreq policy, use the system console or adb shell to run the following commands:</p>

<pre>
echo userspace &gt; /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor
echo 200000 &gt; /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
echo 200000 &gt; /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
echo 200000 &gt; /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
</pre>

<p class="note">
<strong>Note</strong>: The exact commands differ depending on the platform cpufreq implementation.
</p>

<p>These commands ensure the new speed is not outside the allowed bounds, set the new speed, then
print the speed at which the CPU is actually running (for verification). If the current
minimum speed prior to execution is higher than 200000, you might need to reverse the order
of the first two lines, or execute the first line again to drop the minimum speed prior to
setting the maximum speed.</p>

<p>To measure current consumed by a CPU running at various speeds, use the system console place the
CPU in a CPU-bound loop using the command:</p>
<pre>
# while true; do true; done
</pre>

<p>Take the measurement while the loop executes.</p>

<p>Some devices can limit maximum CPU speed while performing thermal throttling due to a high
temperature measurement (i.e. after running CPUs at high speeds for sustained periods). Watch for
such limiting, either using the system console output when taking measurements or by checking the
kernel log after measuring.</p>

<p>For the <code>cpu.active</code> value, measure the power consumed when the system is not in
suspend and not executing tasks. The CPU should be in a low-power scheduler <em>idle loop
</em>, possibly executing an ARM Wait For Event instruction or in an SoC-specific low power state
with a fast exit latency suitable for idle use. Your platform might have more than one idle state in
use with differing levels of power consumption; choose a representative idle state for
longer periods of scheduler idle (several milliseconds). Examine the power graph on your measurement
equipment and choose samples where the CPU is at its lowest consumption, discarding higher samples
where the CPU exited idle.</p>

<h3 id="screen-power">Measuring Screen Power</h3>

<p>When measuring screen on power, ensure that other devices normally turned on when the screen is
enabled are also on. For example, if the touchscreen and display backlight would normally be on when
the screen is on, ensure these devices are on when you measure to get a realistic example of screen
on power usage.</p>

<p>Some display technologies vary in power consumption according to the colors displayed, causing
power measurements to vary considerably depending on what is displayed on the screen at the time of
measurement. When measuring, ensure the screen is displaying something that has power
characteristics of a realistic screen. Aim between the extremes of an all-black screen (which
consumes the lowest power for some technologies) and an all-white screen. A common choice is a view
of a schedule in the calendar app, which has a mix of white background and non-white elements.</p>

<p>Measure screen on power at <em>minimum</em> and <em>maximum</em> display/backlight brightness.
To set minimum brightness:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Use the Android UI</strong> (not recommended). Set the Settings > Display Brightness
slider to the minimum display brightness. However, the Android UI allows setting brightness only to
a minimum of 10-20% of the possible panel/backlight brightness, and does not allow setting
brightness so low that the screen might not be visible without great effort.</li>
<li><strong>Use a sysfs file</strong> (recommended). If available, use a sysfs file to control panel
brightness all the way down to the minimum brightness supported by the hardware.</li>
</ul>

<p>Additionally, if the platform sysfs file enables turning the LCD panel, backlight, and
touchscreen on and off, use the file to take measurements with the screen on and off. Otherwise,
set a partial wakelock so the system does not suspend, then turn on and off the
screen with the power button.</p>

<h3 id="wifi-power">Measuring Wi-Fi Power</h3>

<p>Perform Wi-Fi measurements on a relatively quiet network. Avoid introducing additional work
processing high volumes of broadcast traffic that is unrelated to the activity being measured.</p>

<p>The <code>wifi.on</code> value measures the power consumed when Wi-Fi is enabled but not actively
transmitting or receiving. This is often measured as the delta between the current draw in
system suspend (sleep) state with Wi-Fi enabled vs. disabled.</p>

<p>The <code>wifi.scan</code> value measures the power consumed during a Wi-Fi scan for access
points. Applications can trigger Wi-Fi scans using the WifiManager class
<a href = "http://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/WifiManager.html">
<code>startScan()</code>API</a>. You can also open Settings &gt; Wi-Fi, which performs access point
scans every few seconds with an apparent jump in power consumption, but you must subtract screen
power from these measurements.</p>

<p class="note">
<strong>Note</strong>: Use a controlled setup (such as
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf">iperf</a>) to generate network receive and transmit
traffic.</p>

<h2 id="device-power">Measuring Device Power</h2>

<p>You can determine device power consumption for Android devices that include a battery fuel gauge
such as a Summit SMB347 or Maxim MAX17050 (available on many Nexus devices). Use the in-system
battery fuel gauge when external measurement equipment is not available or is inconvenient to
connect to a device (such as in mobile usage).</p>

<p>Measurements can include instantaneous current, remaining charge, battery capacity at test start
and end, and more depending on the supported properties of the device (see below). For best results,
perform device power measurements during long-running A/B tests that use the same device type with
the same fuel gauge and same current sense resistor. Ensure the starting battery charge is the same
for each device to avoid differing fuel gauge behavior at different points in the battery discharge
curve.</p>

<p>Even with identical test environments, measurements are not guaranteed to be of high absolute
accuracy. However, most inaccuracies specific to the fuel gauge and sense resistor are consistent
between test runs, making comparisons between identical devices useful. We recommend running
multiple tests in different configurations to identify significant differences and relative power
consumption between configurations.</p>

<h3 id="power-consumption">Reading Power Consumption</h3>

<p>To read power consumption data, insert calls to the API in your testing code.</p>

<pre>
import android.os.BatteryManager;
import android.os.ServiceManager;
import android.content.Context;
BatteryManager mBatteryManager =
(BatteryManager)Context.getSystemService(Context.BATTERY_SERVICE);
Long energy =
mBatteryManager.getLongProperty(BatteryManager.BATTERY_PROPERTY_ENERGY_COUNTER);
Slog.i(TAG, "Remaining energy = " + energy + "nWh");
</pre>

<h3 id="avail-props">Available Properties</h3>

<p>Android supports the following battery fuel gauge properties:</p>

<pre>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CHARGE_COUNTER   Remaining battery capacity in microampere-hours
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_NOW      Instantaneous battery current in microamperes
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_AVERAGE  Average battery current in microamperes
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY         Remaining battery capacity as an integer percentage
BATTERY_PROPERTY_ENERGY_COUNTER   Remaining energy in nanowatt-hours
</pre>

<p>Most properties are read from kernel power_supply subsystem attributes of similar names.
However, the exact properties, resolution of property values, and update frequency
available for a specific device depend on:</p>

<ul>
<li>Fuel gauge hardware, such as a Summit SMB347 or Maxim MAX17050.</li>
<li>Fuel gauge-to-system connection, such as the value of external current sense resistors.</li>
<li>Fuel gauge chip software configuration, such as values chosen for average current computation
intervals in the kernel driver.</li>
</ul>

<p>For details, see the properties available for <a href="#nexus-devices">Nexus devices</a>.</p>

<h3 id="maxim-fuel">Maxim Fuel Gauge</h3>

<p>When determining battery state-of-charge over a long period of time, the Maxim fuel gauge
(MAX17050, BC15) corrects for coulomb-counter offset measurements. For measurements made over a
short period of time (such as power consumption metering tests), the fuel gauge does not make
corrections, making the offset the primary source of error when current measurements are too small
(although no amount of time can eliminate the offset error completely).</p>

<p>For a typical 10mOhm sense resistor design, the offset current should be better than 1.5mA,
meaning any measurement is +/-1.5mA (PCBoard layout can also affect this variation). For example,
when measuring a large current (200mA) you can expect the following:</p>

<ul>
<li>2mA (1% gain error of 200mA due to fuel gauge gain error)</li>
<li>+2mA (1% gain error of 200mA due to sense resistor error)</li>
<li>+1.5mA  (current sense offset error from fuel gauge)</li>
</ul>

<p>The total error is 5.5mA (2.75%). Compare this to a medium current (50mA) where the same error
percentages give a total error of 7% or to a small current (15mA) where +/-1.5mA gives a total error
of 10%.</p>

<p>For best results, we recommend measuring greater than 20mA. Gain measurement errors are
systematic and repeatable, enabling you to test a device in multiple modes and get clean relative
measurements (with exceptions for the 1.5mA offset).</p>

<p>For +/-100uA relative measurements, required measurement time depends on:</p>

<ul>
<li><b>ADC sampling noise</b>. The MAX17050 with its normal factory configuration produces +/-1.5mA
sample-to-sample variation due to noise, with each sample delivered at 175.8ms. You can expect a
rough +/-100uA for a 1 minute test window and a clean  3-sigma noise less than 100uA (or 1-sigma
noise at 33uA) for a 6 minute test window.</li>
<li><b>Sample Aliasing because of load variation</b>. Variation exaggerates errors, so for samples
with variation inherent in the loading, consider using a longer test window.</li>
</ul>

<a name="nexus-devices"><h3>Supported Nexus Devices</h3></a>

<h5><a name="nexus-5">Nexus 5</a></h5>

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Model</th>
<td>Nexus 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Fuel Gauge</th>
<td>Maxim MAX17048 fuel gauge (ModelGauge, no coulomb counter)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Properties</th>
<td>BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Measurements</th>
<td>The fuel gauge does not support any measurements other than battery State Of Charge to a
resolution of %/256 (1/256th of a percent of full battery capacity).</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


<h5><a name="nexus-6">Nexus 6</a></h5>

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Model</th>
<td>Nexus 6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Fuel Gauge</th>
<td>Maxim MAX17050 fuel gauge (a coulomb counter with Maxim ModelGauge adjustments), and a 10mohm
current sense resistor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Properties</th>
<td>BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_NOW<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_AVERAGE<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CHARGE_COUNTER<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_ENERGY_COUNTER</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Measurements</th>
<td>CURRENT_NOW resolution 156.25uA, update period is 175.8ms.<br>
CURRENT_AVERAGE resolution 156.25uA, update period configurable 0.7s - 6.4h, default 11.25 secs.<br>
CHARGE_COUNTER (accumulated current, non-extended precision) resolution is 500uAh (raw coulomb
counter read, not adjusted by fuel gauge for coulomb counter offset, plus inputs from the ModelGauge
m3 algorithm including empty compensation).<br>
CHARGE_COUNTER_EXT (extended precision in kernel) resolution 8nAh.<br>
ENERGY_COUNTER is CHARGE_COUNTER_EXT at nominal voltage of 3.7V.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


<h5><a name="nexus-9">Nexus 9</a></h5>

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Model</th>
<td>Nexus 9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Fuel Gauge</th>
<td>Maxim MAX17050 fuel gauge (a coulomb counter with Maxim ModelGauge adjustments), and a 10mohm
current sense resistor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Properties</th>
<td>BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_NOW<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_AVERAGE<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CHARGE_COUNTER<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_ENERGY_COUNTER</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Measurements</th>
<td>CURRENT_NOW resolution 156.25uA, update period is 175.8ms.<br>
CURRENT_AVERAGE resolution 156.25uA, update period configurable 0.7s - 6.4h, default 11.25 secs.<br>
CHARGE_COUNTER (accumulated current, non-extended precision) resolution is 500uAh.<br>
CHARGE_COUNTER_EXT (extended precision in kernel) resolution 8nAh.<br>
ENERGY_COUNTER is CHARGE_COUNTER_EXT at nominal voltage of 3.7V.<br>
Accumulated current update period 175.8ms.<br>
ADC sampled at 175ms quantization with a 4ms sample period. Can adjust duty cycle.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


<h5><a name="nexus-10">Nexus 10</a></h5>

<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Model</th>
<td>Nexus 10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Fuel Gauge</th>
<td>Dallas Semiconductor DS2784 fuel gauge (a coulomb counter), with a 10mohm current sense
resistor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Properties</th>
<td>BATTERY_PROPERTY_CAPACITY<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_NOW<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CURRENT_AVERAGE<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_CHARGE_COUNTER<br>
BATTERY_PROPERTY_ENERGY_COUNTER</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Measurements</th>
<td>Current measurement (instantaneous and average) resolution is 156.3uA.<br>
CURRENT_NOW instantaneous current update period is 3.5 seconds.<br>
CURRENT_AVERAGE update period is 28 seconds (not configurable).<br>
CHARGE_COUNTER (accumulated current, non-extended precision) resolution is 625uAh.<br>
CHARGE_COUNTER_EXT (extended precision in kernel) resolution is 144nAh.<br>
ENERGY_COUNTER is CHARGE_COUNTER_EXT at nominal voltage of 3.7V.<br>
Update period for all is 3.5 seconds.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>


<h2 id="viewing-usage">Viewing Battery Usage Data</h2>

<p>The <code>dumpsys</code> <code>batterystats</code> command generates interesting statistical data
about battery usage on a device, organized by unique application ID. You can view a history of
battery-related events such as mobile radio state, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth power states, and wakelock
reasons.</p>

<p>Statistics include:</p>

<ul>
<li>History of battery-related events</li>
<li>Global statistics for the device</li>
<li>Approximate power use per UID and system component</li>
<li>System UID aggregated statistics</li>
</ul>

<p>Use the output of the dumpsys command with the
<a href="https://github.com/google/battery-historian">Battery Historian</a> tool to generate HTML
visualizations of power-related events from logs.</p>


<h2 id="power-values">Power Values</h2>
<table>
<tr>
  <th>Name</th>
  <th>Description</th>
  <th>Example Value</th>
  <th>Notes</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>none</td>
  <td>Nothing</td>
  <td>0</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>screen.on</td>
  <td>Additional power used when screen is turned on at minimum brightness.</td>
  <td>200mA</td>
  <td>Includes touch controller and display backlight. At 0 brightness, not the Android minimum which tends to be 10 or 20%.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>screen.full</td>
  <td>Additional power used when screen is at maximum brightness, compared to screen at minimum brightness.</td>
  <td>100mA-300mA</td>
  <td>A fraction of this value (based on screen brightness) is added to the screen.on value to compute the power usage of the screen.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>bluetooth.active</td>
  <td>Additional power used when playing audio through bluetooth A2DP.</td>
  <td>14mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>bluetooth.on</td>
  <td>Additional power used when bluetooth is turned on but idle.</td>
  <td>1.4mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>wifi.on</td>
  <td>Additional power used when Wi-Fi is turned on but not receiving, transmitting, or scanning.</td>
  <td>2mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>wifi.active</td>
  <td>Additional power used when transmitting or receiving over Wi-Fi.</td>
  <td>31mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>wifi.scan</td>
  <td>Additional power used when Wi-Fi is scanning for access points.</td>
  <td>100mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>dsp.audio</td>
  <td>Additional power used when audio decoding/encoding via DSP.</td>
  <td>14.1mA</td>
  <td>Reserved for future use.</td>
</tr>


<tr>
  <td>dsp.video</td>
  <td>Additional power used when video decoding via DSP.</td>
  <td>54mA</td>
  <td>Reserved for future use.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>gps.on</td>
  <td>Additional power used when GPS is acquiring a signal.</td>
  <td>50mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>radio.active</td>
  <td>Additional power used when cellular radio is transmitting/receiving.</td>
  <td>100mA-300mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>radio.scanning</td>
  <td>Additional power used when cellular radio is paging the tower.</td>
  <td>1.2mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>radio.on</td>
  <td>Additional power used when the cellular radio is on. Multi-value entry, one per signal strength (no signal, weak, moderate, strong).</td>
  <td>1.2mA</td>
  <td>Some radios boost power when they search for a cell tower and do not detect a signal. These
  numbers could all be the same or decreasing with increasing signal strength. If you provide only
  one value, the same value will be used for all strengths. If you provide 2 values, the first will
  be for no-signal and the second for all other strengths, and so on.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>cpu.speeds</td>
  <td>Multi-value entry that lists each possible CPU speed in KHz.</td>
  <td>125000, 250000, 500000, 1000000, 1500000</td>
  <td>The number and order of entries must correspond to the mA entries in cpu.active.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>cpu.idle</td>
  <td>Total power drawn by the system when CPUs (and the SoC) are in system suspend state.</td>
  <td>3mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>cpu.awake</td>
  <td>Additional power used when CPUs are in scheduling idle state (kernel idle loop); system is not
  in system suspend state.</td>
  <td>50mA</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>cpu.active</td>
  <td>Additional power used by CPUs when running at different speeds.</td>
  <td>100, 120, 140, 160, 200</td>
  <td>Set the max speed in the kernel to each of the allowed speeds and peg the CPU at that
speed. The number of entries here correspond to the number of entries in cpu.speeds, in the
same order.</td>
</tr>

<tr>
  <td>battery.capacity</td>
  <td>The total battery capacity in mAh.</td>
  <td>3000mAh</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>

</table>
 
<p>The power_profile.xml file is placed in an overlay in
device///frameworks/base/core/res/res/xml/power_profile.xml</p>

<h3 id="sample">Sample file</h3>

<pre>
&lt;!-- Most values are the incremental current used by a feature, in mA (measured at
nominal voltage). OEMs must measure and provide actual values before shipping a device.
Example real-world values are given, but are dependent on the platform
and can vary significantly, so should be measured on the shipping platform with a power meter.
--&gt;
0
200
160
10
&lt;!-- Bluetooth stereo audio playback 10.0 mA --&gt;
1.3
0.5
30
100
12
50
50
75
1.1
&lt;!-- Strength 0 to BINS-1 (4) --&gt;
1.1

&lt;!-- Different CPU speeds as reported in
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/stats/time_in_state --&gt;

250000  <!-- 250 MHz -->
500000  <!-- 500 MHz -->
750000  <!-- 750 MHz -->
1000000 <!-- 1   GHz -->
1200000 <!-- 1.2 GHz -->

&lt;!-- Power consumption when CPU is idle --&gt;
3.0
50.1
&lt;!-- Power consumption at different speeds --&gt;

100 &lt;!-- 250 MHz --&gt;
120 &lt;!-- 500 MHz --&gt;
140 &lt;!-- 750 MHz --&gt;
155 &lt;!-- 1   GHz --&gt;
175 &lt;!-- 1.2 GHz --&gt;

&lt;!-- This is the battery capacity in mAh --&gt;
3000
&lt;!-- Battery capacity is 3000 mAH (at 3.6 Volts) --&gt;

</pre>