Alternative to Pocket Plus - JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General

I was using SPB Pocket Plus 3 on my MDA Compact, very handy tool as it allowed me to have have the icon launchers and the abilty to see the battery meter and also the close all option. Only bad this is it really drained the battery.
I have an M500 and was wondering if there is an alternative out there that didn't drain the battery so much. Or is there a way i can run it to save battery power.
Cheers

pda said:
I was using SPB Pocket Plus 3 on my MDA Compact, very handy tool as it allowed me to have have the icon launchers and the abilty to see the battery meter and also the close all option. Only bad this is it really drained the battery.
I have an M500 and was wondering if there is an alternative out there that didn't drain the battery so much. Or is there a way i can run it to save battery power.
Cheers
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I am using an XDA Mini, and My battery does not run down. I'm not sure what version of SPB Plus I'm using, but I got it about 4 months ago.

pda said:
I was using SPB Pocket Plus 3 on my MDA Compact, very handy tool as it allowed me to have have the icon launchers and the abilty to see the battery meter and also the close all option. Only bad this is it really drained the battery.
I have an M500 and was wondering if there is an alternative out there that didn't drain the battery so much. Or is there a way i can run it to save battery power.
Cheers
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I also use SpB Pocket Plus 3 but i have no problems with Battery drain. Anyway, to answer your question.
Resco Explorer 2005 and iLauncher(v2.2) support Meters on the Today Screen, similar to those in SpB Pocket Plus.

Hi I use TrayLaunch (cut from PHM Powertoys) for shortcuts on the today screen (well taskbar but it’s the same thing) and a program called powerstatus which shows a thin green bar (power) top left of the screen and also a red bar (RAM) top right of the screen.
As for an app to close the programs rather then simply minimising, I did some testing on my Mini and found that it would only allow a maximum of 6 to remain “minimised” in RAM. If you opened a 7th app it would automatically shut down the first app opened and so on. I only lost about 2-3Mb of RAM (I have 25Mb available) leaving the 6 apps running in RAM and had no significant time issues. If I want to close all programs for whatever reason I just use the O2 “Running Programs” app and close them all together.
So i have scrapped the close program idea altogether.

pda said:
I was using SPB Pocket Plus 3 on my MDA Compact, very handy tool as it allowed me to have have the icon launchers and the abilty to see the battery meter and also the close all option. Only bad this is it really drained the battery.
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I've used all the versions of PP on my Xda II and have not seen any evidence of bettery drain. Why do you blame PP? I've not heard anyone else blame PP for battery drain either.
Could it not be a combination of PP and some other software on your device. You should hard reset than load just PP and check, then add each other app. one at a time and see when the problem reoccurs, that would indicate the combination which causes the problem

Try this.
http://www.lakeridgesoftware.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=12

...or this:
http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5896

The thing is I actually quite like SPB but since i installed version 3 and WisBar Advanced, my battery just drained like mad.
I haven't installed Wisbar on the new phone and i'm sceptical of putting Pocket plus on the phone as i don't want to be down to 20% battery power at lunch time when i had 100% in the morning. It wasn't the battery either as i swapped it with my mates battery and the same thing was happening.
Is there a way of monitoring what is using the most amount of battery power.
I run Mortsaver, anyone heard of any issues with it.

For me works on PP. I don't think that your problem it's PP.

pda said:
The thing is I actually quite like SPB but since i installed version 3 and WisBar Advanced, my battery just drained like mad.
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Why are you using WisBar with SPB?

I was....
Installed it to test if it was any good.

pda said:
I was....
Installed it to test if it was any good.
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i am using both of it. Cause P+ has this nice tabbed menus and wizbar the fancy taskbars... cant notice any battery drainage so far?!

I use resco explorer 2005 (5.22) for today plugin (meters and shortcuts) and MagicButton for closing application, tasks managing and to have a little nice battery indicator on the top (between the time and the Ok/X button).
Hope this helps.
PS: i quit using PP 'cos i had the impression it was slowing my magician down (maybe it was just an impression). Actually, resco today plugin requires less ram to run than PP (see this link)
Bye bye,
Isidoro

The battery drain comes from MortSaver. There is an option "turn off device on activation" which, who would have thought, turns off the device instead of only the screen. This, who would have thought, also reduces the battery drain dramatically. Pocket Plus isn't causing battery drain nor significant performance decrease on my Magician.

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Battery Life indicator

I've been using an xdaII for a year or so, and have just bought a large batch of xdaIIs devices at work. I'm happy with my xdaII though, but the only thing the IIs has that I wish I had is a battery power indicator on the front screen.
Is there a good but simple thrid party app that can get me this display? I really don't want to have to install something with loads of other tools that I don't need, but will do so if it is absolutely necessary.
T
a very simple Battery monitor is Battery_ou
it gives you a small battery in the right top corner , with small bars to indicate remaining power.
and also put a shortcut to Running Programs next to the bluetooth icon in the right bottom corner.
I like it, some people don't. It is available in several extroms here in the forum, but when I get home I could upload it here.
A lot of them!...I use the SPB Pocket PLUS 2.2 and is a great program...not only the Battery level indicator! It has also a sort of battery line indicator on the top of the screen....look here if is this what U are looking for :wink:
Regards,
Primoz
p.s. There are some of this indicators for free and more simple...here.
Thanks - found just what I needed on Pocket Freewares
another one would be the SPB GPRS monitor... it doesnt only monitor your GPRS but HOW MUCH TIME your battery has left.. very nice indeed
A pure simple battery monitor for taskbar
I too hate those huge battery monitor programs...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364278
Batti
Try googling for Batti for light-processing software then, or you might like the powerful SPB Pocket Plus 4.

battery consumption when using spb pocket plus

when I use spb pocket plus my battery will drain 30 to 40 % quicker. I have tried to test this 2 times with same results. I really like spb but the battery life on the mda wizard already sucks and if spb makes it worse I don't think I can justify using it. anybody else have a similar experience
Not me... But I wasn't able to keep Pocket Plus running for long. It had a problem with the Eten dialer I was using and locked up my device every time I would install it and reboot.
Bummer.

Battery Status can drain Wing battery quick???

hello, i have a T mo wing with touch it 2.3. i just install battery status 1.04 beta2. and the battery seem to drain quite fast. Any advice on the battery status setting to slow down battery drain. I do not want to over clock anything by the way. just like the battery icon in the home page. thank you !
Batterystatus wont drain your battery faster unless you overclock it. Anyway here other Options..
1) if you've resco explorer, they bungle today plugin(free with resco explorer(shareware)) with it, which can show battery
2) sbsh ilauncher also shows battery
3) spb pocket plus
4) batti(Freeware), while does not show battery info on today screen, shows it right above the topbar
i think what kdskamal was initially getting at (mayb) was that some cooks set batterystatus to overclock as the default setting, so you should check that this has not been done first.
I know you didn't want to try overclocking but if power consumption is such an issue you should consider trying the cpuscaler...i don't use it myself but I've heard that it makes a noticable difference. Apart from that all you can do is change the WLAN setting to best battery, (if you use WLAN alot) and keep the screen brightness down (yeah no sh*t!.)
hope that helps
Backlight may be the case. In touch it, the backlight is set on the extreme. This can be the cause of quick battery drain. Try stepping it down a little

Atom Life Battery Issues

Anyone experiencing unexplainable battery drain on their Atom Lifes? I recently did a hard reset then re-installed the following apps:
Pocket Informant 8
Pocket Plus 4
Hikeyboard
Phoneweaver 1.2.1
Smart Text
Worldmate 2007 Standard
Stow away keyboard driver
E-Wallet
List Pro
My ROM: WWE_RC2170507B2
Can it be one or a combination of my apps is causing this drain? Please help.
Right now, with regular use(phone and sms) I need to charge twice a day!
Thanks,
Bree
Bree said:
Anyone experiencing unexplainable battery drain on their Atom Lifes? I recently did a hard reset then re-installed the following apps:
Pocket Informant 8
Pocket Plus 4
Hikeyboard
Phoneweaver 1.2.1
Smart Text
Worldmate 2007 Standard
Stow away keyboard driver
E-Wallet
List Pro
My ROM: WWE_RC2170507B2
Can it be one or a combination of my apps is causing this drain? Please help.
Right now, with regular use(phone and sms) I need to charge twice a day!
Thanks,
Bree
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Bai!
Try to discharge the battery fully. then charge it. or the batt maybe old na. You may need to replace it, there are many good 3rd party batt available. just search the net
thanks for the suggestion! actually cleaned the battery contacts(read this from another post), feel there's a slight improvement. will try to drain the battery completely, and see what happens.
Yes, more than likely that your battery is dead and you need a new one. I just replaced mine
My battery life is decent, once I started keeping the screen brightness on a lower setting it helped a great deal.
Close software after use.
Hi
There is no issue about battery if i use it for basic phone and 30 minutes wifi browsing each day. GPRS browsing may consume too much power.
Do not use WorldMate if not required. HTC Plugin is 100 times better than it if you want only weather temparature.
Dont install too many softwares. If you opened any application try to close it completely eitehr with O2connect bar or from Running Programs in Memory section of Settings.
My O2 Atom Life uses around 40% battery power each day with basic phone use (1 hours talk) and 30 minutes wifi browsing and few other simple tasks of shorter usage.
Its exactly what they say....... Results may vary...lolz
i have o2 atom life .. if hot pda hence cannot charge.. but if pda normal (not hot) hence charge normaly..
why??

Battery Life ...HELP PLEASE

Hi,
I have had this handset for around a month..
I have downloaded about 6 extra apps onto the handset..inc google maps, Microsoft Live applications, live player, and others.
However as the applications comes with plentry of extra memeory through the internal and extrnal surely it is meant for this.
However I have a problem with the battery life. The phone last for around 4 / 5 hours, and then dies !!!
I have ordered a replacement battery from orange, and maybe this will solve the problem.
I have not got the blue toothe on, and made sure the apps in use are shut down and not left open.
Can I have any comments from anyone that may have experienced this problem.
Thanks
Andrew
What apps did you download onto your device? I seem to recall reading something about AEBPlus and mapping the wireless function which drains the battery...perhaps others know of more instances with other apps that might help?
apps downloaded are
Google maps
Google mail via JAVA
Live search ie maps, directions, web, and weather
messenger
windows live
I downloaded other smaller apps, however i have now deleted them, or have tried ( but i'll have to post re this, this is another issue )
Andrew
is it connected to wifi or 3g constantly ?
if so that would suck the batt out
my x1 works for 2 days without charging
because i dont have a constant connection
of those 2 sorts running and only have bluetooth on
when i'm using it
1st thing: Check the activesync settings, if activesync is constantly on then you'll need the fake server fix, so that it won't automatically try to find a connection. Also, MoDaCo NoData is useful in this scenario as you can stop any data connection that you want.
2nd thing: Also check for anything else that may be running in the background. Special things to take notice are programs that may need to run all the time. Like a 3rd party alarm etc...
3rd thing: The charger may be screwed up. I had this with mine, and ended up using my Herald's old one. Try charging your mobile using USB (connected on a pc) and see what happens. If you miraculously get more battery life then it means your charger got borged.
Had similar issues, with the phone barely lasting half a day, and now i finish the day with 50% charge. (Activesync was very responsible for 25% of the battery).
Hope i've helped.
I would suggest a hard reset, don't install ANYTHING and see how long it lasts. You probably just need to see it for 5 or 6 hours. After an overnight charge, I'll not be around 97% after 5 or 6 hours. If it's still draining without anything else installed then it is either your charger or your battery.
Hi all,
Thanks you very much for your replies.
I deleted one of the programs, and stil no sign of extra bettery life.
Then i went with the hard reset, ( bit of pain to re apply my email accounts ) this seems to be having an effect, as this obviosly got rid of all my extra programs.
Once i find out the battery life, I will re apply the programs i had on it, to see which ones zapps the battery power.
I hope it is not google maps, i had a lot of favourites saves on it. !!! blast
Thanks
Andrew
Which ROM are you using?
I get 2 days with ease on Dutty's 2.3 X ROM .
Hi Pinx,
Well i'm very PC lit, no so with the HDC HD,
This is what i've read from the settings about -
CE OS 5.2.20764 (BUILD 20764.1.4.3)
Processsor MSM7201A-528Mhz
Memory 195.83 MB
Expansion slot - 8GB HDSC Card. ( come with orange )
Is the one better what you suggested. ???
is the processor my RAM listed above ?
I must seem so niave !
Testing with a batter logger, my HD typically draws around 275 - 300ma when switched on, but this can go up to 450ma if using extras like wi-fi, gps etc.
When in standby, it is drawing typically 35-50ma (but I can't measure this too accurately (because, er, the device is in standby!).
Charging through the usb cable to my laptop puts in 100ma, and through a mains charger a liitle more at around 150ma.
The battery is 1350ma - do the maths!! When constantly in use (eg when loading and testing the device), the battery is likely to last 2 - 4 hours. When in standby, it can easily last over 36 hours.
On a point of interest, I previously had loaded Davideuck's rom 6.5 v3, along with the 1.12 radio. I found the battery drained really quickly. When I changed to Davideuck rom V6 and 1.10 radio, the battey life improved greatly. Now, was this down to either the radio or the rom, or was it simply down to the fact that I spent a couple of days playing with the HD to test everything out??
Battery life and GPS - strange behaviour
I too have noted extremely fast and seamingly randomized rapid battery drainage.
However, I have found something strange. If I use a any type of program that uses the GPS, the phones battery is draining fast aterwards. And I have made sure that any program/process using the GPS is shut down.
If I after having used the GPS soft reset the phone, battery is not affected almost anything in standby. Without the soft reset, the phone gets warm and battery is discharged very quickly.
Anyone else noticed this behaviour?
It is almost as if the GPS receiver is still running (?) even though all programs are shut down. No processes running in the background remaining from Google Maps, Tomtom, Efficasoft GPS or IGO 8 etc which I have tested with.
BR/
Ampi
Yes I agree with the above post. After using google maps even though I closed it down fully and it does not appear in the active task list but the phone still gets hot and battery drains very very rapidly. If I do a soft reset then the battery returns back to normal and the phone is no longer heating up.
I get about 2.5 days with HSDPA on full time for push email and blue tooth on full time. Only a few calls a day.
If I put wi-fi on, then I have to charge by that evening. Wi-fi off and phone just lasts. Waaaay better than the TyTN 2 was. Happiness!
andrewmpalmer2003 said:
Hi all,
Thanks you very much for your replies.
I deleted one of the programs, and stil no sign of extra bettery life.
Then i went with the hard reset, ( bit of pain to re apply my email accounts ) this seems to be having an effect, as this obviosly got rid of all my extra programs.
Once i find out the battery life, I will re apply the programs i had on it, to see which ones zapps the battery power.
I hope it is not google maps, i had a lot of favourites saves on it. !!! blast
Thanks
Andrew
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Hi Andrew,
Touch HD has the longest battery life of any similar 'phone. See for example
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/137036,mobile-phone-battery-life-htc-vs-iphone-vs-the-rest.aspx.
Either your GPS is staying on after closing Google Maps (soft reset by holding down power button for 3 secs will solve this), or your battery is dud.
Hope this early experience doesn't put you off. After 4 smart phones, this is one of my favourites. You might try deleting Google Maps and replacing with TomTom 7.4. It's a much better program IMHO, and doesn't need to suck data off the net when travelling, but the maps are quite pricey...
Good luck.
Batti may be the problem?
For me Batti (Battery meter program) was the problem.
With this program installed I could hardly get 20% by the end of the working day with light usage.
But now after uninstalling Batti (and installing FInixNOver Battery Icons) I almost never get below 50% even with moderate to heavy usage!
So, my assumption is that Batti drains HD's battery by constantly polling it even when the device is off. At the same time FIxinNOver product only replaces standard icons without interfering into system's polling procedure.
I should also mention that my previous installing/uninstalling/hard-resetting "experiments" did not give any battery life improvement results.
ampi said:
I too have noted extremely fast and seamingly randomized rapid battery drainage.
However, I have found something strange. If I use a any type of program that uses the GPS, the phones battery is draining fast aterwards. And I have made sure that any program/process using the GPS is shut down.
If I after having used the GPS soft reset the phone, battery is not affected almost anything in standby. Without the soft reset, the phone gets warm and battery is discharged very quickly.
Anyone else noticed this behaviour?
It is almost as if the GPS receiver is still running (?) even though all programs are shut down. No processes running in the background remaining from Google Maps, Tomtom, Efficasoft GPS or IGO 8 etc which I have tested with.
BR/
Ampi
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If you notice fast battery drain after using software which uses GPS etc, try using No Data
Handy software which allows you to easily toggle off either Internet, WAP or MMS. When you need to use GPS you can easily switch it on again

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