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Does anyone still use autokiller with their evo? I remember using it before but haven't heard anyone talk about it lately
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Nooooo waaaayyyy. Autokillers are bad news! Use Autostarts instead to prevent crap from ever starting instead of killing it once it does. Your battery will thank you!
why did you bring it back up? hhmmmmm......
I was an avid user of ATK until about a month ago, I saw someone with a stock unrooted evo (3.70 OTA updated), that had been off battery for 10 hours and still had 40% battery. They didn't have any task killers running at all. So I said to myself if that guy can do it, Myn's RLS5 with Netarchy's 4.3.1 CFS HAVS NOSBC can definately do it.
Needless to say, I don't know why I ever used a taskkiller, my battery has been awesome by just letting android do its own thing.
Autokiller and ATK are two completely different apps though that do different things..
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Autokiller and ATK are two completely different apps though that do different things..
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Yea, thats my point...ATK is of course stupid, but I thought autokiller would work better. I'm guessing its built into the custom kernels, so no need?
I just googled it, I didn't know there was an app called autokiller. I thought you were referring to the autokiller function of ATK or other task killers. It seems that it is significantly different than a task killer. I guess it directly adjusts the way android deals with memory management?
None of that crap is needed with Froyo.
I use autokiller, I estimate it gives me maybe another hour of battery per day, if that, but things run smoother when I open more apps than normal. Don't run into the sluggishness that I used to run into with too many apps open. It lets android smoothly kill off apps im not using more agressively than it normally would.
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fachadick said:
I use autokiller, I estimate it gives me maybe another hour of battery per day, if that, but things run smoother when I open more apps than normal. Don't run into the sluggishness that I used to run into with too many apps open. It lets android smoothly kill off apps im not using more agressively that it normally would.
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What settings are you using?
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What settings are you using?
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I use the "aggressive" preset, seems to work well for me
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I have mine set on auto kill. I guess I'm still stuck on eclair mode.
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I have advanced task manager,(paid) but really the only time I use it is to quickly uninstall apps. Sometimes I clear all apps after a boot but after that I leave it alone.
I have it start at boot and use custom presets. Have used it since it came out for the hero. Now it saves time especially when using the 128K read ahead buffering scheme. The buffers got to go somewhere, they are more than a only pio/mio setting.
I wish I never bought it... I fell for the app just to find out I really didn't need it
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I have advanced task manager,(paid) but really the only time I use it is to quickly uninstall apps. Sometimes I clear all apps after a boot but after that I leave it alone.
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1. Latitude : If you are logged in, it will update your location every few minutes. This will make a phone that should be on a very low power state, re-enable lots of things that suck power. (5hrs)
2. Home screen weather clocks : Just change the update interval to something more like every 3 hours and it won't kill your battery as quick. Make sure you don't have it use GPS for location. If you don't mind, set the location to be static. (1hr)
3. Chat programs that don't rely on push. If the program needs to keep your data connection alive, it will kill your battery.(1-5hrs)
4. Anything that will update automatically. The craigslist app for example will poll the site for changes, waking the connection and the processor each time.(1-5hrs)
5. Bluetooth. : I know it isn't an app, but if you aren't using it, don't have it on. It takes enough power to eat a few hours of battery life. Pretty major. (3hrs)
6. Leave 4G on. : This might not work for everyone, but when 4G is asleep, it doesn't seem to suck juice the same way 3G does. My EVO dies quick on 4G, my Epic battery lasts longer on 4G. (as long as you are in a 4G area). (3hrs)
Disable these things and you should get battery life that you hear others bragging about.
Ahh. For reals? Oh noooooooo!!! First macho man now I can't use a clock widget anymore? Why ven live.
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austin420 said:
Ahh. For reals? Oh noooooooo!!! First macho man now I can't use a clock widget anymore? Why ven live.
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PM me and I'll tell you what time it is.
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Hey Guys,
Not sure if anyone has ever posted this but I thought I would share how I am able to get 2 days plus on single charge...
I only recomend this if you are not totally dependent on your email, facebook, gtalk, etc to sync.
I have my email accounts on my phone but I don't need to receive them instantly meaning they are not dire important so this works for me.
Android's biggest battery killer, which most of you probably know, is data syncing in background and just data connection in general. What I personally do is keep 3G data off at all times by going to settings->wireless and networks->mobile networks->3G Data and uncheck it.
Obviously with this off, you wont be able to connect to web, get emails, download apps, etc... But if you live in a 4G area like me, all I do every once in awhile is flip on 4G from dropdown let it sync or do what I got to do then flip 4G back off so there is no connection anymore... This will save so much of your battery but it is up to you to check things when you need to....
I hope this helps some people because it helps me a lot... I always recommend this to customers that come in my store if they are not depending on work email and such...
Let me know if you have any questions!
You can hold down the power button and click Data mode to toggle 3g
I have done those things since I've had this phone in august and everytime I talk about getting great battery life the haters come out and say well you didn't have sync on blah blah. Freaking retards. Especially if you are sleeping why not turn off sync for the email that is not going to come anyways. I haven't seen the battery life yet as I did since eclair though.
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You can hold down the power button and click Data mode to toggle 3g
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Ya that is the quickest way...
jbadboy2007 said:
I have done those things since I've had this phone in august and everytime I talk about getting great battery life the haters come out and say well you didn't have sync on blah blah. Freaking retards. Especially if you are sleeping why not turn off sync for the email that is not going to come anyways. I haven't seen the battery life yet as I did since eclair though.
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I know they can say all they want but it works I keep getting 2 or 3 days
You can get juice defender to do this automatically as well. You can also have it only activate data when the screen is on or for certain apps. Just sayin
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You can get juice defender to do this automatically as well. You can also have it only activate data when the screen is on or for certain apps. Just sayin
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Personally, I think juice defender is crap and battery life doesn't save as much as doing it yourself... Im just saying...
Actually my biggest killer is display. Our devices our the only ones with 90%+ battery usage for display, yet they advertised that it required 20% less battery!
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Actually my biggest killer is display. Our devices our the only ones with 90%+ battery usage for display, yet they advertised that it required 20% less battery!
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I know! The display is a killer but even so doing this with full brightness and I can still push a day and a half... I usually keep my brightness all the way down though and manage to push upto 3 days...
interesting thread i am going to try some of these suggestions
I get 56 hours using Ultimate Juicedefender.
Wow...i use to get great battery life. I'm using lowest brightness setting, sfr, and ultimate juice defender and getting only like 16 to 24 hours of life.
What else are you guys doing? I use to get 50 hours but not anymore..
I thought I knew all the tricks in the book. But I use my phone constantly. Above average I would say.
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I am not sure, I keep lowest brightness and keep data off almost all day except for occasional checking but maybe 10 minutes total of data being on... I have noticed with EC05 battery life lowered even on complete stock... Most people in my store hve epics and all have suffered worse battery since the update... It didnt matter if it was OTA or OTW...
Maybe try and get a new battery...
I think the reasons the 'haters' come out is simply because you're stating your getting better battery life and then revealing you're castrating your phone. It is a smartphone after all. It's supposed to do all those things you turn off. This isn't a phone which is only supposed to make calls. I mean, if I wanted to check my email once a day, I'd simply do it while I'm in front of a computer.
I don't believe I'm one of said-haters but possibly providing a bit of information on where they're coming from as well.
I think it's well documented that Android phones pretty much suck in terms of battery life, especially when compared to Blackberry. Man, RIM got it right on that aspect.
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I think the reasons the 'haters' come out is simply because you're stating your getting better battery life and then revealing you're castrating your phone. It is a smartphone after all. It's supposed to do all those things you turn off. This isn't a phone which is only supposed to make calls. I mean, if I wanted to check my email once a day, I'd simply do it while I'm in front of a computer.
I don't believe I'm one of said-haters but possibly providing a bit of information on where they're coming from as well.
I think it's well documented that Android phones pretty much suck in terms of battery life, especially when compared to Blackberry. Man, RIM got it right on that aspect.
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How is that castrating your phone? I can still do everything else on the phone... You don't need a constant data connection to use it like a PDA. Do all tabs have a constant data connection? No, so are they not going to be considered PDA because they lack internet sometimes? no
I am sorry to say but if your managing your phone and doing things to better, that is not castrating, that is good device management and what should be done so it runs how you want...
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How is that castrating your phone? I can still do everything else on the phone... You don't need a constant data connection to use it like a PDA. Do all tabs have a constant data connection? No, so are they not going to be considered PDA because they lack internet sometimes? no
I am sorry to say but if your managing your phone and doing things to better, that is not castrating, that is good device management and what should be done so it runs how you want...
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Well, it sorts of like taking a porsche and not pushing it past 2nd gear. Some people are happy with it, some are not. On one hand, battery saving posts can be thought as misleading, if the premise is that you dont compromise any functionality. I prefer to charge my phone everyday and not worry about battery, but when your battery is dying when you need it in the evening, than one is of a different opinion entirely.
One thing which I realized to late, is if you are at work in the office or somewhere with wifi, you can toggle 3G off and not lose any functionality, since wifi uses a lot less juice.
I have tried I new battery, I have three that I alternate between. I have no idea what has happened to my phone. It could be the phone itself
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Well, it sorts of like taking a porsche and not pushing it past 2nd gear. Some people are happy with it, some are not. On one hand, battery saving posts can be thought as misleading, if the premise is that you dont compromise any functionality. I prefer to charge my phone everyday and not worry about battery, but when your battery is dying when you need it in the evening, than one is of a different opinion entirely.
One thing which I realized to late, is if you are at work in the office or somewhere with wifi, you can toggle 3G off and not lose any functionality, since wifi uses a lot less juice.
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And I did say from the beginning what it does and what you loose from it... The only reason it was posted was to try and help people who may be newer to android and needing to squish extra minutes out of their phone for the day... Or they may find themselves not near a charger and almost dead and need their phone so turn off data to preserve the battery... I mean it doesn't "cripple" your phone to turn off data... I can still play angry birds, check my calendar, call people, text, etc. You don't need your phone to have data to use its features...
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I have tried I new battery, I have three that I alternate between. I have no idea what has happened to my phone. It could be the phone itself
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Have you tried reflashing stock ECO5 and starting from scratch? The only time I started noticing a big difference and I reflashed to stock and customed it again it fixed it...
But you're right, the phone could be giving out...
I have...I've tried everything. Idk what else to do
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I've had my sgs2 for a week now and I'm very satisfy with this phone. No problem what so ever. Anyway, I know the phone has this battery saving feature, the data 3g stays at 3g and only change to H only when we download data. So I was wondering if it is possible to get the phone to stay at 2g then goes to H when data is in use? Maybe 1 of the developers here can do this?
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That b something id like to have.
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I've had my sgs2 for a week now and I'm very satisfy with this phone. No problem what so ever. Anyway, I know the phone has this battery saving feature, the data 3g stays at 3g and only change to H only when we download data. So I was wondering if it is possible to get the phone to stay at 2g then goes to H when data is in use? Maybe 1 of the developers here can do this?
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There's an app for that. Maybe Juice Defender? Or something like that, it's one of those. You can set it to only use 3G when the screen is on, and then tell it to go back to 2G when the screen is off, so it isn't as power hungry, and slower data will come in, but it's worth it.
Last night I go to sleep around 1:00 and the battery was 94%. This morning in 10:00 the battery is 90%. I doubt, you can save more then 1% using such app. The only thing that I did is to disable wifi in sleep mode.
Juice defender turn off 3g data when you put the phone to sleep. When you turn it back on, the phone stays at 3g. What I'm try to say is maybe some sort of app that force it to 2g then automatically turn 3g when data is in use. So lets say, I open a web page at 3g speed. after I've found an article I'd like to read, the phone automatically turn to 2g.
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By the Way is it possible to only use H+ and to deactivate 3g completely ?
Come on dude 1% is a little right? My sgs2 also has this great battery life when put to sleep. But the problem with our android phones is when we use it continuously. Now obviously from what you are saying, I can tell that your gs2 is in sleep state most of there time. Imagine you spend 30mn reading some threads at xda, watching a movie our listen to music or sending emails..... how much battery life we can save if the phone was in 2g mode?
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By the Way is it possible to only use H+ and to deactivate 3g completely ?
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No, 1st it will suck your battery dry. 2nd you don't have H+ coverage everywhere.
My girlfriend just got an Evo and it is 100% stock from the Sprint store. She's getting about 5 hours of use on a full charge. She only texts. She loses about 15% per hour.
Is this normal? Or will we have tl get another phone?
Thank you!
Chase
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It depends on how much she is texting... If she is like my niece (averaging a about 1000 txt a day! Really!) then that would be perfectly normal.
Look at the Battery Usage stats in Settings. What is using the most power. The screen can be the biggest battery user if it is on all the time (texting) and the brightness is up.
She unplugged her phone from a full charge this morning and let it sit for 45 min...and it lost 15%. I installed juicedefender which helped...believe it or not.
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Instead of that, just use mobile data toggle since all she does is text. Text doesn't use data and data takes up a lotta battert
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
OP, i had the same problem when i first bought my EVO. It wasn't until i installed one of Toast's Kernels that i started getting decent battery life.
If it's EVO 4G,then it loses more power,as the 4G network needs more energy from the battery.I think it's normal.
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Also,you could try to use an extend battery.I hope this helps!
If she just got it, it will take a few days for the rom to settle down and get to normal. Also, go to Settings-accounts and sync and turn off the stock syncing settings, for example, the stock phone has stocks, weather, and news syncing every hour, which most people dont use.
Forgot to say I turned off background syncing.
This am she was at 47% by noon after being unplugged for 4 hours. She was on wifi half the time and 3g the other half, all while texting conservatively.
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*MOST* people who don't understand technology don't bother messing with settings, widgets, syncing apps, etc. My sister-in-law is a good example, same with your GF.
She got an EVO and was calling and txting me almost daily with questions about her phone and why battery life sucks ...
Anyway, she talks and texts a lot, and she had all default widgets up and auto syncing. Weather, news, facebook, 4G always on, never used WiFi, etc.
Sit down with your GF and go through the settings, Find out what she doesn't *need* as far as weather, news, junk and minimize the background processes. Turn screen brightness down, the basics.
If none of those things work, get her a bigger battery and/or a car charger.
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*MOST* people who don't understand technology don't bother messing with settings, widgets, syncing apps, etc. My sister-in-law is a good example, same with your GF.
She got an EVO and was calling and txting me almost daily with questions about her phone and why battery life sucks ...
Anyway, she talks and texts a lot, and she had all default widgets up and auto syncing. Weather, news, facebook, 4G always on, never used WiFi, etc.
Sit down with your GF and go through the settings, Find out what she doesn't *need* as far as weather, news, junk and minimize the background processes. Turn screen brightness down, the basics.
If none of those things work, get her a bigger battery and/or a car charger.
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This!
Also, though not sure if she or you wants to, but flashing a custom kernel like Freedom that allows underclocking and undervolting helps significantly, especially with the interactiveX governer that auto down clocks when the screen is off. Huge help there.
Install juice defender or you just turn off the auto sync or best thing to do is turn off background data. Having background data running will eat a lot up your battery.
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I would root the phone install a good rom, and for a kernal i recommend chopsuyes. That kernal has great battery life.
Thanks for all the replies guys.
I have sat down with her before. Juicedefender is on. She said its getting better. She got 5 hours and she's at 50%. Not too bad...but not great.
I'm opposed to rooting her phone. She doesn't really use the phone as a toy like I do.
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She doesn't have to use it as a toy. Rooting allows you to do more to get better battery life. I rooted and set up my girlfriends EVO and she loves it now.
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Thanks for all the replies guys.
I have sat down with her before. Juicedefender is on. She said its getting better. She got 5 hours and she's at 50%. Not too bad...but not great.
I'm opposed to rooting her phone. She doesn't really use the phone as a toy like I do.
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I can relate to that. Root my gf epic 4g i flash a Rom and it mess up her phone. I try do my best to fix it but i end up taken it in for repair.
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Chase just turn the mobile off when ur not using internet otherwise my a extended battery I got seidio and it last almost two days with heavy use.
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