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I know there's more threads around, but just wanted to share what worked for ME.
I've been experimenting with many of the settings - specifically, turning off 'enable always-on mobile data', and playing with the location settings, etc. No matter what I tried before, I was getting around a 10% drain/hour.
Last night I removed the contacts (htc people) widget. It's 5pm now, and my Evo has been off the charger since 7:30am. Down to 78% battery. That's with light/moderate usage. (before, I was seeing the 10% drain even when my phone was completely idle..)
Thought that might save someone else.. BIG difference for me was that single item - removing the htc people widget.
EDIT 06/27/10
Couple of comments about this - my Facebook account has 800 contacts. Your millage will vary if you have a small number of friends. Also, might want to disable the widgets for friendstream as well. This makes a *huge* difference if you're using facebook.. also, the update that's rumored to be coming tomorrow is rumored to have a battery saving patch in relation to facebook, so it may fix this battery hog.. For now, disabling it is the best bit (by simply removing the widget..) We'll see if HTC actually manages to tame this widget.. Personally, I don't miss it at all.. fast enough to pull people up via the search or the phone app..
-mark
are you referring to "friend stream"? or the "people" contact icon on the main screen?
IceCreaMan said:
are you referring to "friend stream"? or the "people" contact icon on the main screen?
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This is also what I want clarification on.
I can confirm this. I removed the HTC people widget yesterday and my battery life today is improved AND it seems to have helped if not fixed my restarting issue
GinjiVitis said:
I can confirm this. I removed the HTC people widget yesterday and my battery life today is improved AND it seems to have helped if not fixed my restarting issue
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Can you confirm if it's the "people" in main menu, or the favorites widget?
The HTC People widget shows up as the people Favorites. This is what is being referred to here.
I'm referring to the HTC people widget. (but - I removed friendstream / Facebook / Twitter / etc quite a while back to combat battery loss. Nothing helped until removing this widget)
Ps - its 10pm now and I've had moderate use in this phone since this morning - down to 40% left.. I would have had to recharge by mid afternoon before)
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The HTC People widget shows up as the people Favorites. This is what is being referred to here.
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ah ok, I assumed so but no reason not to check. I removed that right off the bat since I don't see a point to it.
diomark said:
I'm referring to the HTC people widget. (but - I removed friendstream / Facebook / Twitter / etc quite a while back to combat battery loss. Nothing helped until removing this widget)
Ps - its 10pm now and I've had moderate use in this phone since this morning - down to 40% left.. I would have had to recharge by mid afternoon before)
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just delete the 'people' widget shortcut on the homescreen or the one in the main menu as well???
troyhough said:
just delete the 'people' widget shortcut on the homescreen or the one in the main menu as well???
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Just from the homescreen.
-m
i'll try it -- thanks
hmm..
I dont use the widget at all
i need to kill the "people" service very often... i have close to 300 of my phonebook contacts linked to facebook.. and for some reason this can suck up to 800mb of data in one day..
i want the facebook integration, but i dont know what to do.
TurboX2 said:
hmm..
I dont use the widget at all
i need to kill the "people" service very often... i have close to 300 of my phonebook contacts linked to facebook.. and for some reason this can suck up to 800mb of data in one day..
i want the facebook integration, but i dont know what to do.
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Try having 800 facebook friends ;/
You can set the sync times for friendsfinder /facebook - it may help as well. For me at least the people widget was the missing link..
-mark
(ps - I'm from g'ville too; or at least used to be...)
The people favorites one that comes default one screen to the left or the people icon that comes on the main screen??
Ok. I have a update regarding the friend widget. This is my first day back to work sense removing it and normally by the end of my shift with regular use i leave the office with 20 or so %. Today i am leaving work with 67%!! And zero system restarts. I think this widget has some serious memory holes and its removal has seriously improved my Evo
I will also confirm this works on the Hero FYI. Unplugged this morning at 7:30 with a full charge and it is now 4:37 PM I still have 84% battery. Carazy!
i just removed mine as well, i wasn't using it anyway, we'll see how it goes
The whole service is buggy. My gf's phone took off the other day, constant data and only 3 hours of battery on standby. Nothing helped, reboot, nothing, removing the facebook account and re-adding it fixed it completely, been weeks with no problems now. You might try this rather than killing the service, it's like the account sync goes bad it gets stuck in a loop, constantly running, and once it's bad nothing fixes it other than removing the account and re-adding it.
My GF and I bought at the same time, same revisions, same apps, worked fine for weeks, then hers went crazy for days. Did everything short of a factory default, decided to remove the account and re-add as suggested on android forums, it worked, no problems since. Seems silly, but I saw it definitively work with my own eyes. Battery utilization had the android.process.acore at 2% (but it was the only diff between my phone and hers), once I removed and re-added the account this disappeared. No need to change the widgets, she uses friend stream and contacts widget, all of them, before 3 hours standby, now two days.
Seems stupid but I think sense has some bug problems now that HTC should REALLY address.
Few questions,
Anyone know of a "HTC People" like widget out there?
Has this only been tested with the big 9 person widget and not the 3 scrolling?
Anyone know just how much better of battery life you can get by not running Sense? Aka, Android default, Launcher Pro, OpenHome, aLauncher etc? (Because you'll still have to install a bunch of other add ons to make up for the hole between stock 2.1 and Sense 2.1)
Should I really stop using FriendStream as well and revert to the default Twitter and Facebook widgets?
I've been using my EVO for awhile now and I must say I really do enjoy the HTC Sense feel over the basic Android desktop.
Am I really that "stupid" for using Sense or is it just a giant negative placebo effect that Sense really does ruin the battery life.
I've read a lot about all of this, but this is the first mention of the "People" widget. I've known about Friend feed for awhile but I've kept it anyways.
End game? My EVO has yet to run out of battery life once. I even carry around a second battery just in case, but so far I haven't had to use it. I will honestly say that I haven't quite used it too intensively and I'm always closing my processes, but it's about the same as my Touch Pro 2.
I do a lot of internet browsing, but on 3G in Opera Mini on Google Reader. Some apps, emailing and SMS here and there.
OK, I am really slow about this. I have a stock, off-the-shelf EVO. Can someone just post the steps needed to "remove" the people widget? Does this mean just remove it from the home screen? Is this the large widget or just the shortcut? I have "force close"d the service through Settings--Applications, but is this sufficient?
Thanks!
Hi
I'm looking for an app that autostart my Deskclock app when i connect my desire to usb especially when i put it into my dock!
is there a possible solution for this?
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does no one know of an app that can change a profile or do a Dock connect when i plug in the power ?
I'll bump this, too.
This is something I've wanted for a while, too. I did a quick search on Cyrket and all I see are low rated apps that somehow need location & internet permissions, etc...No thanks. Not for a desk clock when I plug the phone in. Anybody else solve this yet?
one thing it should support the mcr r5 froyo sense rom
download setting profiles. It can tell between ac power and usb power. So in my dock it launches the desk clock, and in the car it launches the navipanel
I personally use "Tasker" (available in the Market), and it is SUPERB! It's a configurator/tweakers dream. So many possible combinations for what you may want, and the UI is great once you get the hang of each of the elements (read the help first!!).
It's about $3-4, but WELL worth it. You'll probably end up finding so many other ways to have your Android manage its self without any interaction by you (Tasker is basically a much cheaper, more powerful app like Locale).
Hope that helps!
for such tasks i'm using the app 'locale' incl. plugins. i've never found any better solution to control your device ...
gReg0r said:
for such tasks i'm using the app 'locale' incl. plugins. i've never found any better solution to control your device ...
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the problem with locale is that it costs 10$ dollar and most of the plugins cost too
thanks for the apps i'll try them out
There is such an app for free floating around this forum. Don't ask me where it is 'cause i can't remember but a few moths ago somebody was asking about this and somebody wrote and app that put the phone into clock mode when it was docked, and it came with an app icon that turned the functionality on and off.
I downloaded it and it worked perfectly.
Hunt around here 'cause it was definately in the apps section of the desire forum!!
I have struggled with horrible battery life. I tried everything from roms, radios, setcpu, registry tweaks, all builds on this site and still couldnt pull much more out of my battery.
I ran across an app yesterday while digging through some articles looking for a battery miracle and found an app on the market called tasker. It is an automated tasking app that allows you to set different variations for anything you could imagine on your phone.
I have only scratched the surface with what it can do. The link below has a simple GPS setup to get started.
It enables you to turn on a certain function (WIFI, GPS, Bluetooth) when you open an app and then allows you to close it once the app closes. No more forgetting to use the power control widget!
Hopefully this thread can evolve with suggestions and other setups to help save more battery!
Today I was able to get 13 heavy usage hours out of my phone. Before this I was in the neighborhood of 8-10 depending on usage.
Any suggestions or new scenarios appreciated.
Hope this helps!
http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
psykick5 said:
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
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Absolutly correct, nearly the greatest program I have seen for android...
Isn't it a paid app?
Yes it's is. See : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
There a direct Purchase form the author site that is cheaper from The Market
psykick5 said:
Thank you for sharing. This app is AMAZING!!!! (I didn't really get it for battery life, my life is already great, but it's so handy for everything and has so many options!)
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I am Jealous. I wish my life was as great as yours.
So really how about the battery life?
arifqur said:
I am Jealous. I wish my life was as great as yours.
So really how about the battery life?
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Wonderful!
DocteurN said:
Yes it's is. See : http://tasker.dinglisch.net/
There a direct Purchase form the author site that is cheaper from The Market
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Does Tasker support turning on/off 3G? I.E. could I set it to turn off 3G ad drop to EDGE when the screen is off, thus saving battery?
yeah.. it works awesome.. so many settings to config up.. endless combinations lol..
good stuff dude!
3g
Fmstrat
Yes, you can set it to turn off everything when you turn the sreen off.
To do this go into tasker
Add new
Click Event
Click Display
Click Display off
Click Done
Click Plus sign in bottom left corner
Tap Net
Tap Mobile Data with the gear beside it
So the same thing but in reverse for Display on!
Along with this you can set a time profile to check turn on data every X minutes to grab your emails
New Time
00:00 to 23:59
repeat every x mins
add task mobile data on
It dues shut off APN completely however, I dont think there is a way, yet, to just shut off 3g. If anyone know a way please add it.
Hope this Help!
Looking for help with a profile
Need some help from the community.
I am trying to set up a profile that will work as follows:
Screen off > Kill all tasks using ATK
If I choose it as an app it loads the app but doesn't kill anything. This would be a great battery saver.
Anyone?
This looks like an excellent app.
Just a quick question (I've only ever installed free apps from the market )
If I pay for this app and validate/register it online using a Desire based android build, but then subsequently load a different build (maybe a nexus based one) will the app still install and work correctly?
Or will the app be seen as being transferred to another phone and refuse to work?
Thanks for any advice
Guys,
Please don't post warez or links to warez (see XDA rules).
Thanks
WB
When clocks turn back the time I got back to the hurt I am going to swallow the clock forward 1hr automatic as some newly self forward is going to hurt a certain time
Guess it would be easier to give advice if we could understand what the **** you were saying!
Have you tried the gibberish forum?? lmao
)))))))))))))
clawe said:
When clocks turn back the time I got back to the hurt I am going to swallow the clock forward 1hr automatic as some newly self forward is going to hurt a certain time
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I'm sorry, but if we just understand a f*ck and all think you speak Chinese, we can't help you ...
arryboy said:
Guess it would be easier to give advice if we could understand what the **** you were saying!
Have you tried the gibberish forum?? lmao
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LMFAO this ad me in stitchez i agree he could of worded it a bit better
lol, even though i dont know Chinese... it would probably be more easy to read if he wrote it in Chinese instead of using a translater
Time Change
His problem is the change to the Wintertime. Since them the clock always is one hour later.
I have the same problem and no solution .
I would like to stop the automatic time change.
found a Solution here.
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Well they're slightly different because of the HTC Sense and the Windows version, but in the Mini the steps are:
Settings/Menu/All Settings\Personal\Phone\GSM/UMTS Services and then scroll down and you'll see "Time Synchronization". Tap there and then "Get Settings".
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arryboy said:
guess it would be easier to give advice if we could understand what the **** you were saying!
Have you tried the gibberish forum?? Lmao
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priceless!
I have an issue with the clock as well... Ai just got the phone yesterday.
Actually, during the day at the office, the time changes several time by one hour forward... so suddenly after the time was OK in the morning, around 5 PM it showed 11 PM. What do I need to change so the time stays the same? (in the night it went back by one hour, so the alarm woke me up one hour earlier than it should have...wrrr ;-)
BSB tweaks
I am using BSB tweaks, there is option Auto sync clock - just switch off this parameter, it working perfectly. Milan
Actually, when I am at home and have athe autosync on, the time does not change. As soon as I am moving around, the time changes (even though the auto sync is off then). It seems that it changes when the network changes while moving around. When travelling in roaming this weeknd, the time moved forward by 26 hours in just one hour while travelling in a bus.
Milan Krajci said:
I am using BSB tweaks, there is option Auto sync clock - just switch off this parameter, it working perfectly. Milan
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Thanks, but that's the same solution posted above. What we are trying to fix now is how can we have the time sync activated
bagalk, mine hasn't gone that far, but is definitely a nice bug from HTC. I wonder it the clock will work properly when they change the time again in March or April
solution
As a colleague was having the same problem I looked around for a solution. Having found nothing that appeared to work I looked to the HD2 which runs a similar software setup. This is what I found (I can't post the URL so must simply copy & paste from the original page)
Hey kids
This was irritating me too, I assumed it was not a phone issue but, I contacted HTC yesterday & their reply is as follows, there are 2 steps to perform. I did this last night & so far the phone has been perfect:
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Dear Stuart
This is not a fault with the device or its software, your device updates its time automatically from the Internet and from your mobile provider.
Occasionally there is a difference in the time from the Internet and the time from your provider which can cause the time to appear to be changing when it should be the same.
Normally this will resolve itself within a few days, however, this is very inconvenient so we recommend to disable any automatic time updates on your device.
This will not effect your sync with other things like Exchange and similar
From the Home screen tap:
Start - Settings - Data services - Time synchronization - Untick all here.
AND
Start - Settings - Menu - All settings - Personal/Private - Phone - GSM & UMTS Services - Time synchronization - Get settings - Untick all here.
Sincerely,
Adrian
HTC
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This appears to work and the source of the problem (conflict) would appear to be clear as you work through the solution HTC have provided. Hope it works for everyone here and thanks to the original poster.
Hello Dear
there is same problem whit manila weather background ! when it goes dark,weather background dos not change,that shows sun instead moon...??
there's an update on the HTC official mini support page, it supposedly fixes the problem with daylight saving. haven't tried it yet though
So, the chumby service shutdown recently. It was great for us b/c we had a screen in the kitchen rotating through weather, google calendar agenda for that day, and other useful day to day information. Now it is gone. I would like to setup my Nex7 to do this. I've googled around for something like this, but no luck.
All it has to do is activate a different app from a list of selected apps and then 30s activate the next app in the list.
I'm sure this could be accomplished with an automation app such as tasker/automatit/llama. If that is what it takes I'll go down that path, but I'm hoping something already exists.
Thanks
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So, the chumby service shutdown recently. It was great for us b/c we had a screen in the kitchen rotating through weather, google calendar agenda for that day, and other useful day to day information. Now it is gone. I would like to setup my Nex7 to do this. I've googled around for something like this, but no luck.
All it has to do is activate a different app from a list of selected apps and then 30s activate the next app in the list.
I'm sure this could be accomplished with an automation app such as tasker/automatit/llama. If that is what it takes I'll go down that path, but I'm hoping something already exists.
Thanks
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I have never heard of chumby but I bet that is possible. I can't find any know app that do that and a tasker sounds like a possibility. maybe you could look through the forums to see if someone has made that but hasn't put it on the play store.