Ok, I have only had my new Rogers Magic since last Thursday. I have unlocked it to AT&T and flashed it with the HoFo Community Rom. I am converting from a Blackberry. Email is probably the most important thing to me. First of all, Android OS is absolutely the best thing I have run across. It has everything I wanted and used from Blackberry but in better delivery. It also bridges the gap to the iPhone experience and gives me all the feature I would want and use from that type OS. I hope to make this my new phone and OS indefinitely. There is only one main issue, battery life.
I am a power user. I am on my phone a good bit when I travel but in the office, it can stay on the charger if necessary. I have a couple of apps installed that may be using too much battery but if I can't use them regularly, the phone's advantages no longer become useful. Here is a list:
Touchdown-On (syncs every 15 mins)
Gmail Sync-On (push on)
Youmail-On (syncs every hour)
Twidroid-On (syncs every hour)
Bluetooth-Off
Wifi-Off
GPS-On (read where this does not effect things unless an apps is using it)
3g-On (have switched to 2g and do not gain appreciable life so far)
I also have something showing up in taskiller I do not know what it is. It shows up as com.google.android.apps.maps:FriendService. I do not know if this is killing the battery.
I am also using 4 widgets:
Battery Widget by mippin
Touchdown Calendar
Google Search
Portrait/Picture Frame
I do have 4 toggle widgets for Bluetooth, Wifi, Brightness and Ringer. I did not think these effect battery life but they do show up in taskiller. Screen brightness is set to 20%.
As an example, today I took the phone off the charger from an overnight charge. It was showing 100% battery life. I did this at 8:12 am. I sat it on my desk and did not touch it. I got 3 emails though Touchdown and 3 emails through Gmail. I opened the phone to read and delete. That was all I used the phone for. At approximately 9:45 (1.5 hours later) my charge was down to 76%. Another example. Last night I took the phone off the charger at 100% to make a phone call. I talked for 1 hour and 10 minutes. When I got off the call, I had 54% battery remaining.
I tried to be as detailed as possible here. If there are questions let me know. I hope I do not have unrealistic expectations but overall I am thinking there may be something wrong. I am up for any suggestions and I am going to give this phone all the time I can. I have read through every battery life thread on this forum. I plan on conditioning the battery this week and have read to top it off as often as possible. Sorry for the length but I am actually hoping there is an issue and I can fix it. I still have my Blackberry and don't want to go back but I just can't be looking for a charger in every airport or meeting room I am in.
I Cant tell you what the process is called as I only use gmail, but you can set gmail up to check your other emails & Then use only the native email push to the phone rather then the extra email apps syncing once an hour.. I Can tell you that I too am a power user, but in a different way.. I only have 1 email address, but I use the met on my phone as well as gTalk & sms constantly & I have absolutely no batter life issues.. I am also running nearly as many widgets (you have the rounded labs ones to turn everything on & off?).
With heavy use my battery will end up in the 50% range after a full day away from a charger.
bastage said:
I Cant tell you what the process is called as I only use gmail, but you can set gmail up to check your other emails & Then use only the native email push to the phone rather then the extra email apps syncing once an hour.. I Can tell you that I too am a power user, but in a different way.. I only have 1 email address, but I use the met on my phone as well as gTalk & sms constantly & I have absolutely no batter life issues.. I am also running nearly as many widgets (you have the rounded labs ones to turn everything on & off?).
With heavy use my battery will end up in the 50% range after a full day away from a charger.
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Thanks for the reply.
I can't use Gmail to get my corporate email so that is out. I do have the rounded labs widgets and I am keeping everything off at the current moment. I am trying the top off method to condition the battery. I read about that on here. Maybe things will get better soon.
It might just be a fluke, but ever since I started killing my browser (via taskiller or advanced task manager) when not in use, my battery is lasting much longer now. Also, its not uncommon for it to clear up to 30mb ram that was in use from the browser.
I'm also on the hofo community rom (v 1.10) on a rogers magic and come from a blackberrry myself and have a similar setup (gmail push, touchdown synch 15 minute and push turned on, other email x2 on 15 minute sync, wifi and bluetooth off, but i leave 3g on most of the time).
Cheers.
Did you drain your battery fully in the few days you've got your phone? You're not supposed to drain the battery very often, that's bad for these batteries, but it is recommmended to do it when you buy your phone and every once in a while afterwards. Just let it drain until the phone switches off (do NOT turn it on again trying to drain the battery even more!), then put it on a charger and charge it for a few hours (you can turn it back on once you put it on the charger). Keep it on the charger even after it says it's fully charged. If you don't do this every once in a while (say, once a month or two), the battery meter won't be accurate and will tell you you've got less battery left than you really do.
If this doesn't help, I'd suggest investigating the widgets and/or background applications. Some of the widgets may be preventing letting the phone enter sleep mode, therefore causing unnecessary battery drain (ironicaly, even the battery widget can do this), or may be checking something a bit too often. I'm running my Magic with stock ROM, but pretty much the same setup as you (wifi on, 2G only, Gmail/Contacts/Calendar autosync on, mail and Twidroid set to 30mins, but slightly different widgets and I do close the apps in the background when I don't need them using TaskPanel), and it takes me almost 24 hours of light use of the phone (reading a few mails/SMS/twitts, replying to them, installing updates from Market etc.)to get to something like 70%.
Thanks for the replies. Actually I did drain my battery a few times. Once on purpose and 1 other by accidentally leaving it off the charger over night. I am beginning to see a bit better life from the battery now that I am getting it conditioned.
Also, I did run some tests today while the phone was on my desk. I installed Watts to monitor battery usage. I used Taskiller to kill everything and added the programs that I thought might be using battery back in one by one every hour. I noted the biggest drops. The worst offender was actually Youmail. I had just been notified of a beta version and updated a few days earlier. Turns out it had a pretty bad bug in it where it used 100% CPU resources trying to connect. I emailed Youmail about it and they sent me another download. It seems to be doing better now but I will monitor it closely. Next worst was Background Data. Turning this off helps a bunch. WeatherBug, Twidroid and Touchdown all seem to effect battery life very little depending on how often you have them set up to update. I did all this with 3g on so I know I can save more with 2g. With everything on except background data and just updated Gmail myself, I am seeing = to or less than 5% battery drain per hour. When I really crank things up by browsing or downloading, I see a bigger drop. Phone call also cause a bigger drop.
Overall, I think I am getting a handle on things. I still am a bit upset by overall battery consumption. I just hate having a phone with all this function and flexibility being severely limited by the battery.
I also have a battery issue. Overnight the phone drains about 70% of the battery. I tried the battery on a friends HTC Magic 32A, and it lasts about 2 days.
I no widgets and using TaskKiller and Advanced Task Killer Free to monitor the running applications, but up to now, I haven't been lucky, and it keeps draining the battery.
The ROM I am using is "Smartphone France ROM by spfrance - Based on HTC Magic, dedicated for European users", but while using the original ROM it was the same...
Any ideas on this?
I have already created a topic on this, but up to now, had no luck:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=569319
On my g1 and my new mytouch i have the same ridiculous issue. The battery will charge to 100% and then without using it will read like 50% after an hour or so. I put it on the charger and its at 99% after about 5-10 minutes. The battery just doesnt read properly, it never has for me. Sometimes itll say 30%, 40% or any unbelievable number but its really at 100% percent. The absurdity of it all is absolutely infuriating.
Heard that Magic needs a bit overcharge and topup charging at the first place to keep the battery runs longer.
havn't got the source here but it was form vodafone forum and the message was posted by the official support over there.
i dont have this issue with my vodafone 32B
i can use it for 2-3 days with minimal use
with average calling and medium usage it lasts 1,5 days.
no unusual draining.
just when i play tower defence, it lasts less than a day.
snudel said:
i dont have this issue with my vodafone 32B
i can use it for 2-3 days with minimal use
with average calling and medium usage it lasts 1,5 days.
no unusual draining.
just when i play tower defence, it lasts less than a day.
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Can you tell me what is your ROM and your radio version?
i used qtek 1.6
now i am using RAV 1.6.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538645
i am sick of the speed with hero roms. so i am back to non-heroes
battery is even better now because this rom needs less cpu
snudel said:
i used qtek 1.6
now i am using RAV 1.6.2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538645
i am sick of the speed with hero roms. so i am back to non-heroes
battery is even better now because this rom needs less cpu
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What is your Radio version?
where do i see the radio version?
Turn off the phone, then push the back button + power button, you should see something like this:
SAPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0007 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
Saphire unknown 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0007 (sapp10000)
cpld-10
radio-2.22.19.26i
Humm, damn, the same as mine...
The only difference is the spl..
Does anyone knows if the the spl can influence the battery life?
OK, so I've got a battery drain issue, however it's a little different from what I've been reading up on. During regular use of the phone (talking, SMS, web browsing on T-Mobile's towers) everything is running great and I can usually get over a days worth of usage out of a single charge. My problem doesn't kick in until I turn on GPS/Wifi. When either or both of them are turned on, I can literally watch my battery drain. I was using my GPS driving the other day and only made it about an hour and a half before the phone died from ~95% charge. I'm even good listening to music. After ~5.5 hours of continuous music playback I had only used ~30% of the battery. However, as stated, turn GPS or Wifi on and I can kiss any charge goodbye. I have re-calibrated the battery already with no joy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm running a myTouch 3G 1.2 with Amon Ra's 1.7.0G recovery.
Fastboot info:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP31000)
RADIO-2.22.23.02
Not sure try a Dalvik wipe/reflash?
My GPS doesnt drain the battery, just after a few uses cuases a reboot
Maybe run over to the CM forums and ask?
Already dropped a thread in the CM forums and haven't received a reply after two days. I'm know it may take more time, just thought I'd try here as well. I'm on my 4th wipe/install of the ROM. Thanks for the input though.
disable market notification.
I was seing similar behavior. I turned off market notifications (read it somewhere, not sure anymore), and found my battery drain to be under control. If i remember reading right, it's keeping the phone from going into sleep state.
Well the problem isn't during regular usage or anything like that. It's only when I've got GPS/Wifi turned on and I'm using them. e.g. surfing the web with wifi or using my navigation with GPS.
Hi there. I came from a LG Incite right, and I have bought 2 weeks ago a HTC MyTouch 3G. I love the phone, great work to both google and htc. Ok but I ran into a problem. My battery sucks really bad. Everytime I text with google voice, or just browse the web, my battery drains very quickly. I already have bought another battery from ebay and still, the battery drains very quickly.
So the question is, is this serious? Battery life sucks on a mytouch 3g?
Rom Used: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814142)
Install Apps: Google Voice, IMDB, NetCounter, ZumoDrive, and stock Google Talk.
Thank you!!!
There are a few things you should do to maximize battery life. First and foremost get yourself a task killer from the market to kill apps so they aren't always running. That will help a little.
I get 2 days out of my battery and I'm running Cyanogen 6.1 RC1. The tricks I've learned are as follows:
1) Keep your screen as dim as you can stand it. You might consider getting some kind of widget that can toggle brightness. I use WitchPro Widget to toggle everything. I keep it at like 5% indoors and use my widget to brighten the screen if I'm outdoors.
2) Change your screen to timeout in the shortest amount of time possible. That way your screen isn't staying on for a long time when you stop using the phone.
3) Turn wifi and bluetooth off unless you are using them. They will both drain your battery. Again, I use SwitchPro Widget to toggle both of them on and off.
4) Reset your battery stats. The most simple and straightforward way to do this is to drain your battery to 0% and let the phone turn off. Then plug it into the charger and let it get back up to 100%. I even leave it plugged in a couple hours after that for good measure. That will reset your battery stats.
5) Disable haptic feedback. The way I figure it is do I really need my phone to vibrate to let me know I'm typing or doing something? No. Also, you can disable any sounds your keyboard makes as well.
i did everything u said. i would like to add... turn animation off and carry an extra battery also help
32b myTouch 3g 2.2.1
Cyanogen Nightly 263
Hboot - 1.33.0006
Radio - 2.22.19.26i
Kernel - 2.6.35.9
ADW 1.3.3
ClockworkMod Recovery
Slideit keyboard
do this.
charge phone to 100%. leave charger on. boot to recovery. wipe batt stats. reboot. keep charger on untill it fully reboots.
unplug, use all the way. until you cant turn on the phone. then charge all the way.
with the charger still plugged in, power off the phone. let it charge for about another 30 minutes. then power on. once fully rebooted, it will run very good batt life.
i went from 100% at 6 am to 6pm with little use. and it was at 20%
now, at same times, i listen to music for like one hour. lotta txts. and wifi a lot.
and im at like 64 percent on high use.
Yea i did the above post a while ago. It helped for a lil bit but soon again after it was back to normal.
First of all, sorry for my english, i'm italian
I have a big trouble with my magic 32A after using the new roms based on stock rogers 2.1
When i turn off my phone, battery won't charge at all! And even if i charge with the phone on, the charge slow down in a really annoying way after reach the 70-80% of charge.
Especially, battery needs 1 hour and 30 minutes to go from 1% to 75%, and then 4 or 5 hours to go from 75% to 100%
My battery healt is good.
I try different kernel, always wiping cache before install a new one
i try to reflash radio and spl
I use extended partition with mtdpart value 175 15
no app2sd
But no way solving this trouble!
Please help me!!!!!!!!!
Another thing: i'm not the only italian having this problem, so i'm really confused about that, because nobody there seems to have a problem like our.
Hi,
I purchased tmobile g1 phone from ebay USA. Now I moved to India. It came installed with android 1.6 and DMD64 build. It was having good battery life. Almost 12 hours with sufficient usage.
Then I installed CM6.1.0 and danger spl as 2.22.23.02 T-Mobile / US.
http://wiki.cyanogen...title=HTC_Dream
HTC Dream: Rooting
Installing DangerSPL
Installing CyanogenMod 5+
Now I see battery draining in 2 hours. Battery usages shows things like:
android OS 55%
cell standby 22%
android system 9%
The battery does feel warm when its charged/charging and then draining even with no usage of phone.
I have also done power saving tips like disable GPS, use 2G, disable bluetooth, set display brightness to min (earlier it showed 82% power usage by display so I set to MIN). But still I get above results now.
is battery dying or bug with my install or bug in cm6.1.0 ?
Regards,