I've been having an issue over the last couple of days that my data connection keeps connecting without me selecting it to or going into any apps that require an internet connection & when I try to turn it off it remains on. Even after disconnecting a couple of minutes later it reconnects. I have also noticed that this is causing my battery life to drain considerably faster. Does anyone have any idea on how to stop this problem. Thank-you.
some apps cause that
for me fring does it all the time when it's running in the background
best bet is discover which one it is and remove it if you must
personally I just manually kill fring when I'm not using it
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I feel like at one point, my internet connection used to disconnect when I was done with an application that used it. That doesn't happen anymore. Now it just stays on for hours draining my battery. What do I do?
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davidbessler said:
I feel like at one point, my internet connection used to disconnect when I was done with an application that used it. That doesn't happen anymore. Now it just stays on for hours draining my battery. What do I do?
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Same here. It just keeps going till I tell it now. Quick way to kill the battery. I'm installed the Qtek rom over the T-Mobile UK one the phone came with so I'm wondering if there's a setting missing.
Sorry, but you are a wrong: to leave GPRS always on doesn't drain the battery noticeably - I recently turned it on 24/7 for push email and there is no effect on the battery life at all (in case you don't use the GPRS connection a lot - I usually just transfer around 10 mails per day, each around 1-2kb...)
So there is definitely no need to worry...
Good to know, I'll just leave it running then!
Hi
Yesterday arrived my dev phone 1 and I am very hapy with it bu battery level is at 20% at 18:00. Is this normal?. I dont want to switch the band to 2g. I keep gmail synched with direct push but google talk not. anyone with same prpoblem?
Thanks
yeah, the standard battery in the G1 is ****ing terrible
not a lot you can do except buying an extended battery (which is a very good idea! )
The only thing I have found to extend my battery Life has been discussed previously a few times on these boards...
1. Turn off Wifi, when not in use. (Toggle WiFi from the Market is Great)
2. Turn off GPS, when not in use. (Toggle GPS from the Market also great)
3. Turn down the screen brightness.
4. (not sure if this makes a big difference) But sometimes if I do not need my feeds or background running apps throughout the day I will restart my phone, or run through a few applications that are not pulling web cache. This way you dont have auto update feedreaders in the background running. It seems like it works for me, but that could very well be wishful thinking. Also turning of things like Twitroid update etc...
Hope that helps.
recasper said:
The only thing I have found to extend my battery Life has been discussed previously a few times on these boards...
1. Turn off Wifi, when not in use. (Toggle WiFi from the Market is Great)
2. Turn off GPS, when not in use. (Toggle GPS from the Market also great)
3. Turn down the screen brightness.
4. (not sure if this makes a big difference) But sometimes if I do not need my feeds or background running apps throughout the day I will restart my phone, or run through a few applications that are not pulling web cache. This way you dont have auto update feedreaders in the background running. It seems like it works for me, but that could very well be wishful thinking. Also turning of things like Twitroid update etc...
Hope that helps.
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i do #4 as well, it seems to help, since i have root i just go into terminal and type su [enter] reboot [enter] and when it turns back on its usually doing bettery with the battery
as for opening programs, would advanced task manager serve the same purpose (closing apps that arnt needed and using memory, because if its using memory isnt it in some way using battery power?)
Thanks.
I am porting CommMgrPro to Android (Similar to Locale but much more powerfull). In this way I will switch to 2G, turn Wifi off, disable connections, etc, etc, etc automatically depending on my location/weekday/hour.
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Dani
Hi All
I have a brand new G1 and, like you, I was suprised by the short battery life.
I also thought about selling the phone but apart from that problem I like it very much.
I noticed that the permanent 3g wireless connection was the real draining battery application.
So the solution I found now is: to disable the permanent connection. I downloaded APNdroid application from the market and I use it everytime I need to toggle connection on and off.
I also tried to leave the WIFI on and i saw that it does not consume much battery.
I did not tried with the GPS.
I am using a good tool to toggle and to fine check the battery level: Useful switchers
I can now say I am pretty satisfied with the phone.
Greeting
Lollo
lollonet said:
Hi All
I have a brand new G1 and, like you, I was suprised by the short battery life.
I also thought about selling the phone but apart from that problem I like it very much.
I noticed that the permanent 3g wireless connection was the real draining battery application.
So the solution I found now is: to disable the permanent connection. I downloaded APNdroid application from the market and I use it everytime I need to toggle connection on and off.
I also tried to leave the WIFI on and i saw that it does not consume much battery.
I did not tried with the GPS.
I am using a good tool to toggle and to fine check the battery level: Useful switchers
I can now say I am pretty satisfied with the phone.
Greeting
Lollo
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Yes. It was the same problem there was in HTC Hermes/TyNT and TouchPro/Diamond. I created bandswitch in the past and will create two little toggles to switch 3g/2g with and without time limit....
Conditioning
Try Conditioning the Battery...
I have gps on, 2g, brightness at 50% and screen timeout at 30 secs, everything syncing and I get around 5 or 6 hours of use...just like the company says I should.
Run your battery completely dead...
Charge your phone for around 8-12 hours...
Repeat for about 6 days...
You should see improved battery life.
I have 3g, wifi, bluetooth, brightness at 50% and screen timeout at 30 secs, everything syncing with 1-2 hours of music/video with 30 SMS, about 20 mins of calls......I am now getting about 8hrs on the new ones from HTC (the 04).
Interesting Battery
Well now that I have had a week of use I have noticed that the (old) "02" batteries would last about 4-5hrs and go until 1% before turning off, with a slow count down. The (new) "04" batteries stay at a high number (about 6-7hrs) until they get to 15% and within a few mins turn-off....as I recall I saw postings of 'quick' count downs, so I wonder if you either get a slow drain down with about 4hrs of use OR about 6 hrs of use with the last 15% a very quick shutdown....I'll keep monitoring these new HTC batteries to see if it was just one of those "weekend" things or if this is the trade off...was caught off guard as I had been getting 30 mins or so when I had 15% left and the G1 would stay on until 1%..."teach an old dog new tricks".....
Guys,
I have my data connections on 24/7 to pull/push emails etc. I have HD Tweak which can enable me to disconnect the Data Connection after a certain period of time. However i'm pretty sure last time I did this it caused issues with SMS/MMS over that connection...(i seem to recall a warning against that setting in HD Tweak also) - What i'm asking is a) does anyone use this disconnect option and what are your experiences b) what else can I use and c) should I be experiencing high drain if it's on 24/7?
How can I ascertain the battery drain of my device?
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Wiggz said:
Guys,
I have my data connections on 24/7 to pull/push emails etc. I have HD Tweak which can enable me to disconnect the Data Connection after a certain period of time. However i'm pretty sure last time I did this it caused issues with SMS/MMS over that connection...(i seem to recall a warning against that setting in HD Tweak also) - What i'm asking is a) does anyone use this disconnect option and what are your experiences b) what else can I use and c) should I be experiencing high drain if it's on 24/7?
How can I ascertain the battery drain of my device?
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My HD is also connected 24/7 for push mail,it is normal for the battery to drain more rapidly when you are connected 24/7.I disabled HSDPA and BEAM,that made my battery last a bit longer.
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My HD is also connected 24/7 for push mail,it is normal for the battery to drain more rapidly when you are connected 24/7.I disabled HSDPA and BEAM,that made my battery last a bit longer.
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Why disable HSDPA? That's what I use mostly to grab mail....unless I'm not in an HSDPA zone.
you can easily track your battery discharge with little but awesome app BattLog 0.2.3.130 (search forum to find instalation cab)... u can save and compare logs taken with or without data connection, result which i would be interested to look at myself.
i'm also using data connection24/7 and if i do not use phone at all battery would last 1.5 to 2 days, but as soon as i start using web battery hardly can last a day.
Bought my Xperia just over a month ago, and installed juicedefender and juiceplotter to help manage my power use.
At first, I did the whole charging cycle thing, and managed to get battery life up to nearly 20 hours after a week! In the past few weeks however, my phone barely lasts 10 hours now...the battery dies before I can get a chance to recharge. I am a heavy user, but that doesn't seem to explain the sudden drop in battery capacity.
Because of the drop in power over the last few weeks, I have set EVERYTHING to not update, and google sync has been set to sync every other day.
Will my battery just continue to get worse? or do I have a faulty battery?
don't get me wrong, I love my new phone...I just need to know if this is a typical problem, or if I need to get a new battery.
Thanks!
Hi - I'm getting about 40 hours out of mine.. I tend to switch mobile data off when I'm at home as I use wifi.. the problem seems mainly to lie with 3G.. so when I'm out and about I switch wifi off and mobile data on.. but I tend to keep to 2G (GSM) for background syncing etc.. and switch 3G(GSM/WCDMA preferred) on when I want to do any active stuff.. like internet browsing of using the XDA app... I also have my Wifi sleep policy set to "sleep when screen is off"..
What do you use your phone for? if you can tell me a bit about how your using your handset I might be able to give you some more specific advice.
Thanks for the fast reply!
I use juice defender to switch off 3G when the screen is off. It connects every 15 minutes, could that be the issue?
I've looked for a way to switch to GSM, but I can't seem to do it with my carrier(don't have the option in my settings).
I use a lot of data, up to 3 gigs per month 3G only(on average). 4 or 5 calls a day, and probably 100 texts per day. I keep my screen at around 25% brightness.
If you can't switch to GSM then maybe try switching mobile data off all together when you're not using it..(when travelling etc)... (far from ideal I know!).. but it might help.. I think that the 3G radio isn't sleeping properly.. the new software update which is due out anytime now MIGHT solve it.. but only if you're either on an unbranded handset (sound like you're not) or your carrier pushes the update through to you...
The other things you can try is to switch off "Search for updates automatically" in the phone settings... and switch of determine location by wireless networks (in the location settings menu)..
There was a thread about auto brightness causing constant cpu drain, leaving it autobrightness is thought to be battery kind`er.
Ive stopped using task managers and just use default android control and its good for my battery. I check the ram availability occasionaly and though it gets down to around 30 or 40 or meg it shows no slowdowns or hangups but I do reboot after charging every other night.
I'm experiencing similar behavior: poor, then good, then poor, then good again, of course with similar usage. I don't use any task killer and have 3G always on. I have tried 3 different batteries: the stock one, the one from my X1, and the 1800 mAh from Mugen: same pattern with every battery.
I definitely think that there's something bad in the design of the power circuitry and/or in the kernel.
I got the Epic on September 1st, and I absolutely love it, I do have the screen wiggle, but I am not worried about that, GPS and everything has been great, but since the incremental update, I have been having some serious problems. First, the phone has been randomly rebooting or disconnecting from the network at random intervals. Then the WiFi randomly comes on, and looks for networks even when there is none available, and I have no Battery/Network Management software installed. Then, and this is the worst thing, the battery life has been TERRIBLE since then, I am a high school student, and my phone will lose 25% battery in the 8 hours it is in airplane mode, with the display off, and the phone in my pocket. I do not have the device rooted, because I wanted to wait for a 2.2 update from the community or Sprint/Samsung first.
Do I need to return my phone? I got it from Best Buy, and do not have insurance. This is not a fraud though, it hasn't been dropped, it hasn't been submersed in anything, it is spotless, etc, and I haven't been doing anything risky software wise, I haven't even installed any non-market apps. What should I do? Any input would be great!
UPDATE: I also always have WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and all other non network services turned off, as I never use them, and my signal at my house, where it spends 80%+ of its on-network time, is 4 bars throughout.
For one i'd advise leaving wifi on and connected to a wifi network as that uses much less batter than on 3g, trust me.
On my days off from work, I have wifi on at home all day and it's amazing the difference in battery life. The Epic has a 3g battery drain bug that needs to be fixed.
Now as to your other issues, if it's bothering you enough and a hard reset hasn't helped then by all means if still within the return/exchange policy, then do so. Don't wait too long, as we don't know precisely when 2.2 or whatever major fix/update is landing.
your within ur 30 .. swap it if you don't feel comfortable using it
Try this and see if you can get some battery life improvement.
Install juicedefender and allow it to scan your phone and set defaults, the defaults will turn off the 3g radio when your screen is off only turning it on once every 15 minutes for 30 seconds to check email, etc. Don't worry if your dling something or listening to pandora it will leave the 3g radio on until you stop.
Install autokiller keep the defaults, you can root your phone for full access but it can do some minor memory management for you without root.
Install advanced task killer and set it to kill all your apps except juicedefender, autokiller, and itself every 30 minutes with a safe kill level.
My phone has been running for about 8 hours and I'm at 75% life, and I've been using it on and off all day with these settings plus some minor changes.
Let me know how it works out or ifyou ned help.
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