Does anyone know how I can find out what's draining my battery?
It goes from 100% to 85% in less than an hour. Just a little facebook and web browsing and it drains. Also when I leave it idle it drains significantly. It'll be great if you guys recommend an app or tips on how to save battery life.
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kingvaj23 said:
Does anyone know how I can find out what's draining my battery?
It goes from 100% to 85% in less than an hour. Just a little facebook and web browsing and it drains. Also when I leave it idle it drains significantly. It'll be great if you guys recommend an app or tips on how to save battery life.
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Need to check your sync settings. How often are your accounts set to sync?
facebook is the culprit... even when it isn't doing anything, it's doing way too much. Log out and see if your battery improves.
I use facebook to sync contact pictures only.... just turn off the facebook notifications by going into the app, menu - settings and check off notifications.
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Big help: use that app disabling method and disable app that you don't use. Biggest culprits are Google bloatwares such as: finance, shopper, listen, my tracks and many more. Also make sure you use a taskiller that works cuz most are crap and just make up fake number of killed apps. (Ask me if you wanna know how to find out if a taskiller works or not)
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funkadesi said:
I use facebook to sync contact pictures only.... just turn off the facebook notifications by going into the app, menu - settings and check off notifications.
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I have mine set to sync contacts only as well... works perfectly fine. Very little drain.
Basically, I agree with you. Don't sync notifications ... manually do that via the app if you want to.
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Big help: use that app disabling method and disable app that you don't use. Biggest culprits are Google bloatwares such as: finance, shopper, listen, my tracks and many more. Also make sure you use a taskiller that works cuz most are crap and just make up fake number of killed apps. (Ask me if you wanna know how to find out if a taskiller works or not)
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Finance isn't really bloatware... it's a good app.
Shopper, listen and my tracks I'll give you. I disabled some of those type apps.
What is a good task killer? Cause I've heard task killers are bad and not necessary on froyo
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I try not to sync
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You don't need a task killer in my opinion. Use the running services tab in application settings to disable anything you don't want running.
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Taskiller is good because I prefer one app running constanly in comparison to 6 or more. The taskiller I use is the one with the red droid icon. To find out if a taskiller is good open it and make sure its not excluded or ignored then click "kill all apps" or whatever. And if the taskiller itself isn't killed then its not worth squat
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i got same situation as you. drain so fast ...can't take it..
now ill try turn auto sync off see what happens
Get a new battery lol look at the accessory sub form we have a thread about extended battery with evo batteries
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Well if you have exchange emails set up then it will drain your battery like no tomorrow and that is the reason i am going to give this phone back to tmobile
vikramdhani said:
Well if you have exchange emails set up then it will drain your battery like no tomorrow and that is the reason i am going to give this phone back to tmobile
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I have exchange setup... what settings do you have?
Exchange is the same on all the Android phones so I'd be curious to hear what you have setup and how.
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I have exchange setup... what settings do you have?
Exchange is the same on all the Android phones so I'd be curious to hear what you have setup and how.
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Exchange email sync has a known problem for high cpu usage. I can't post the link as I'm new, but do a google search for "email sync high cpu" - it's the google.code issue #5424
Please note that there is a workaround that has worked for nearly all users. Set the exchange email sync to "never" or "push". The issue is that with specified time intervals the sync may fail and continue failing, consuming ~50% of your cpu.
I've experienced this myself, and couldn't understand why my phone was so slow till I looked at the processes running and % of cpu usage (via 'top'). I'm experimenting with never-sync and only have a handful of days battery monitoring and guessing I'm getting about 8 more hours out of my battery (again, not empirical data).
edit: I stopped using task-killers after reading up on froyo behavior and more importantly monitoring my cpu usage (again via top). All the apps that were showing "running" in my task-killer were consuming ~0% cpu. They were using memory, but I now leave it up to the OS to manage that. In the end I find that the apps that I didn't want running were eventually automatically stopped by the OS for me.
Can someone tell me the average battery life for the g2? Normally I'm only worried about battery life if I'm gone at work or out and about. Normally I just txt when I'm at work or out with people.
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xamadeix said:
Can someone tell me the average battery life for the g2? Normally I'm only worried about battery life if I'm gone at work or out and about. Normally I just txt when I'm at work or out with people.
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I have G2 my avg battery life is about 36 hours on reg battery casual usage and about 18 hours with heavy usage (i consider heavy usage data streaming from slacker, using phone as modem via wifi router 150 text messages and about 10 calls). setup i have is 2g when NOT using the phone, background data off & auto sync off, email account set for manual sync.
In regards to Task killer they are worthless on froyo devices use Watchdog app it watches for rogue app that are consuming too much power.
I have a evo battery in my current phone right now and I never worry about battery life. i did a little modifications to get it to fit but it works great (make sure you get the red color battery if thats the case, I didnt get the correct battery originally but i ripped everything off the battery it fits and it works).
Reference this thread for the battery.
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This can't be right...guys I have tried everything how can I get better battery??
I have tried Faux Kernal, dum fuqs kernal and the stock CM7 kernal... different batteries and the like. WHAT IS KILLING MY BATTERY???
This is the best result I have gotten so far, with dum fuqs kernal
Set CPU
Max 1209
Min 245
Scaling Ondemand
Profiles
Max / Min
Charging 1209/245
Battery < 50% 1209/245
Battery < 25% 1017/245
Battery < 05% 768/245
Temp > 52*c 768/245
Screen Off 768/245
All at 100% Priority
I'm not a power user, WiFi is almost never on and I don't do much web browsing. The main thing I do is bluetooth music while at work.
Also I have calibrated my battery, deleted battery stats and charged it while off thanks to the new CWM
What apps are you using that will be helpful as well also I hope your not using anytype of task killers.
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What apps are you using that will be helpful as well also I hope your not using anytype of task killers.
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No active task killers I just have System Panel installed monitoring and occasionally I use it to kill apps when the phone lags.
As for apps, mostly GMail and the Stock Email app (set up for a work Exchage account) Stock music player for playing to my bluetooth. CraigsNotification is running. I have Facebook set to the longest refresh time, use Gemini Calender for my schedule Pure grid calender widget. Umm google voice is set up for my voicemail but I rarely get those... Go contacts/Dialer for calls. Those are the heavy used ones I can think of. The rest are maybe once every other day usage.
i have my Gmail Sync on, Contact Sync on, Push Microsoft email, and auto brightness i drop about 2% per 4 hours. I wonder if the Craigslist app is killing it's searching alot.
Think it is probably your bluetooth music...try a set of corded headphones/earbuds one day/all day if possible and there should be a noticeable difference...
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i have my Gmail Sync on, Contact Sync on, Push Microsoft email, and auto brightness i drop about 2% per 4 hours. I wonder if the Craigslist app is killing it's searching alot.
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I loose well over that an hour, something like 5-12% per hour!!
Right now I'm at 1 hour 59 minutes, and 79%...Android System has 44% of my battery usage
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Think it is probably your bluetooth music...try a set of corded headphones/earbuds one day/all day if possible and there should be a noticeable difference...
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I would agree, but like I said right now I am at 79% and 2 hours into my phone being off the charger, bluetooth isn't even on and I haven't touched the music as today is my day off... Something in my settings seems to be the culprit cuz Android System at 44% doesn't seem healthy.
I'm on CM7 and get about 12hrs battery life. My mods are as follows:
LauncherPro
Stock kernal
Bloat freezer (get this, freeze apps that may be killing batt. I froze ADW, HTC sync, and various others, just be careful with what you freeze).
Auto screen brightness
Average sync at 2 hours
Wifi on always (3g pulls quite a bit more batt than you'd think)
GPS on (only pulls when in use e.g. maps, navigation)
SetCPU:
Max 998mhz when above 80% batt (90% priority)
Min 245mhz when below 20% batt (100% priority)
Max 800mhz when above 60% batt (60% priority)
Max 998mhz when plugged in (100% priority)
These settings have all increased battery life significantly. I'm at 75% now and have been unplugged since 9am PDT.
Also, Bluetooth only pulls when in use such as streaming.
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I have a log file for current widget but I cant figure out how to upload it here to see if that helps at all so here is a copy and past:
2011/04/13 19:21:27,-168mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;android.process.acore;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.settings;com.noshufou.android.su;com.android.server.vpn:remote;alei.switchpro;com.handcent.nextsms;android.process.acore;com.google.android.youtube;com.cyanogenmod.android.fotakill;com.google.android.partnersetup;android.process.media;com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox;com.amazon.venezia;com.android.vending;com.tmobile.thememanager;com.svox.pico;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;com.android.email;com.mhuang.overclocking;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.android.kineto;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:22:38,-10mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;android.process.acore;com.android.phone;system;android.process.acore;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.settings;com.noshufou.android.su;com.android.server.vpn:remote;alei.switchpro;com.handcent.nextsms;com.google.android.youtube;com.cyanogenmod.android.fotakill;com.google.android.partnersetup;android.process.media;com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox;com.amazon.venezia;com.android.vending;com.tmobile.thememanager;com.svox.pico;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;com.android.email;com.mhuang.overclocking;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.android.kineto;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:23:38,-184mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;android.process.media;android.process.acore;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;alei.switchpro;com.google.android.gm;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.handcent.nextsms;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.nuance.vsuite;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.android.email;com.mhuang.overclocking;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:25:00,-96mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;android.process.media;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.android.email;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;alei.switchpro;com.google.android.gm;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.handcent.nextsms;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.nuance.vsuite;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.mhuang.overclocking;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:27:35,-26mA,50%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;alei.switchpro;android.process.media;com.google.android.gm;com.handcent.nextsms;com.mobitobi.android.gentlealarm;com.android.deskclock;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.android.email;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.mhuang.overclocking;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:28:35,-174mA,50%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;alei.switchpro;android.process.media;com.google.android.gm;com.handcent.nextsms;com.mobitobi.android.gentlealarm;com.android.deskclock;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.android.email;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.mhuang.overclocking;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:29:35,-224mA,50%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;com.google.android.gm;com.handcent.nextsms;android.process.acore;com.android.email;android.process.acore;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;com.androidsx.anyrss;com.androidsx.fmylife;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;alei.switchpro;com.aws.android.elite;com.android.settings;android.process.media;com.mobitobi.android.gentlealarm;com.android.deskclock;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;android.process.acore;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.android.kineto;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.mhuang.overclocking;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
I don't know how to make heads or tails of this but I have a lot more from the log then that.
Ahh, I see. In that case, I agree with neidlinger that you may have a rogue app constantly running...
BT is probably not the issue. I had a bt headset for about a week and listened to audiobooks regularly without a significant loss in battery compared to a wired set. Must be something in the system or an app. Tried a full wipe and a fresh download of the rom?
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BT is probably not the issue. I had a bt headset for about a week and listened to audiobooks regularly without a significant loss in battery compared to a wired set. Must be something in the system or an app. Tried a full wipe and a fresh download of the rom?
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Tried that too :/
Download a app called watchdog, see if it gives an alert about a rogue app thats killing the battery life.
Watchdog is a good app. I've had some issues with it saying LauncherPro is an issue or even ADW. At one point it told me android system was a problem. Still, worth a shot.
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The new kernel gives me 17hrs I just charge while off. And when I drain the battery completely I wipe battery stats as well. I think it really helps.
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I dont use setcpu. I think it plays a part in a battery drain unless you have the smartass kernel.
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charlieb620 said:
The new kernel gives me 17hrs I just charge while off. And when I drain the battery completely I wipe battery stats as well. I think it really helps.
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What is your kernal version? I've got [email protected] #1 (who names this stuff??? lol)
Right now Im sitting at 5h 39m 18s on battery with
Android System responsible for 32% of my drain,
Cell standby 29%,
phone idle 21%,
Display 10%,
Voice calls 5%
Beautiful Widgets 2%.
Haven't used bluetooth today or streamed/sd card playing of music.
Also watchdog has not notified me of anything and I have it at Aggressive!!!! Only thing I have really used my phone for today is less then 50 texts and 5 apps had updates. Heck I even had Auto-Sync off for over an hour today! This SUCKS!!
that's bull****
looking for helping for my baby HTC Evo /:
evouser22 said:
that's bull****
looking for helping for my baby HTC Evo /:
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HAHAHAHA My thoughts exactly!!! And I have an RMA MyTouch so I flashed new EVERYTHING on it and still have the same issues so I know its not a hardware issue (3 different batteries too so yeahhhh...) I have gone all out on this messing with all the settings I can think of and I'm getting NOOOOOO improvement! My newest foray now is turning off the Google backup thing and seeing if that helps any. Anyone here use/not use that feature and see loss or gain of battery? I'm gonna try uninstalling SetCPU next but that seems odd to me as that program was the only thing helping my last phone (HTC Evo) Get well over 15+ hours!
What are the chances that the theme I have is causing the problem? Cuz I saw theme chooser is one of the things listed under android system and android system seems to be the killer of my battery. I use the Mixer v4 theme btw, its the most visual theme I have seen so far I mean it changes ALOT of stuff...
I was getting horrendous battery life on my new Nexus 7 stock and rooted / custom ROM.
I decided to wipe, install zero apps except Chrome and fire away at the battery. YouTube has streamed 3 hours worth of an HD video and I'm at 72%!!! Nice!!!!
I was using FB and FB messenger, Firefox beta and really that's about it. Needless to say I'll hold off on installing them until they've been optimized with 4.3
~A happy Nexus user
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I was getting horrendous battery life on my new Nexus 7 stock and rooted / custom ROM.
I decided to wipe, install zero apps except Chrome and fire away at the battery. YouTube has streamed 3 hours worth of an HD video and I'm at 72%!!! Nice!!!!
I was using FB and FB messenger, Firefox beta and really that's about it. Needless to say I'll hold off on installing them until they've been optimized with 4.3
~A happy Nexus user
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fwiw - i have chrome, fb and ff beta also installed - no battery issues. I dont use FF messenger though.
Its FB. Seriously. Its a horribly written website with horribly written apps. It sucks information all the time.
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I'm sure my battery life would be great with no apps installed too. I'm holding off on wiping mine though, because I'm sure after I root and reinstall my stuff, the battery life will go to crap again.
On my Nexus 7 Google Services has an inordinate amount of keep awake time. So I'm hoping updates will fix the issue.
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I'm sure my battery life would be great with no apps installed too. I'm holding off on wiping mine though, because I'm sure after I root and reinstall my stuff, the battery life will go to crap again.
On my Nexus 7 Google Services has an inordinate amount of keep awake time. So I'm hoping updates will fix the issue.
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I've heard people uninstalling Google Services helps. Might cause issues elsewhere though. I think certain battery savers can limit specific apps from keeping the device awake. Im on CM and my device goes into deep sleep quite often. Like 86% of the time.
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Better battery stats always helps finding the culprit. I had some issues with suspend_backoff and it seems chrome was the issue for me.
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Its FB. Seriously. Its a horribly written website with horribly written apps. It sucks information all the time.
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A thousand times THIS.
If you really want FB install tinfoil. You lose notifications, but it's FBs garbage constant notification polling that is keeping your device awake.
Not trying to defend Facebook but.... Its not like fb doesn't have the option to turn notifications off. Chat availability off. Refresh interval to never. Messenger location off.
At some point no matter how bad the app is it comes down to user error.
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Not trying to defend Facebook but.... Its not like fb doesn't have the option to turn notifications off. Chat availability off. Refresh interval to never. Messenger location off.
At some point no matter how bad the app is it comes down to user error.
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It doesn't matter. I turn that crap off and while it probably helps, FB is always eating up tons of memory and keeping the battery drained.
I use APW Widgets, setup a Facebook widget, and click through to the mobile Facebook page using Next Browser. The Facebook app has some perks over this but using this method, I know its not leeching my contacts and mobile usage.
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I believe you as I've had issues like this too with many apps.
What I don't understand is how two people with same hardware, same ROM, install same app, one will have drain and the other doesn't. For example I have FB installed on my N7 2013 and its fine (at least it doesn't pop up in the usage chart if I don't use it).
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It doesn't matter. I turn that crap off and while it probably helps, FB is always eating up tons of memory and keeping the battery drained.
I use APW Widgets, setup a Facebook widget, and click through to the mobile Facebook page using Next Browser. The Facebook app has some perks over this but using this method, I know its not leeching my contacts and mobile usage.
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Using memory doesn't = using battery,
With those settings the device should idle perfectly. Assuming the rest of your set up is well behaved of course.
While your device is up and running the process will run time to time but it shouldn't cause any noticeable battery drain.
Don't get me wrong I can go on and on about all the stupid things that app does but set it up that way and you should not suffer any battery issues / drainage.
Once the MBA and CEO Class got their hands on Facebook it was Game Over .....
Most MBA's and CEO's aren't well enough educated to run a technically/scientifically based operation .... Look what happened to Gateway, Yahoo, Dell and almost happened to Apple in the 90's before they brought the Brains back ....
Google is one of the few that haven't went that route which is why they are leading the pack on most things. .... As long as the Brains of Google keep majority share and thus control of Googler I'll stay invested but as soon as the MBA and CEO Class takes ovber (hopefully never) I'll dump all my Google stock just like I did with Yahoo in early 2000 .....
Just look at the Damage the MBA and CEO Class did in the late 90's (The wrongly named Dot Com Bust) and in 2008 ..... Mainly because they are too poorly educated to work the technology and their insane belief in disproven Economic Theories like Supply Side that falls completely to pieces in the Tech World ....
BrianDigital said:
Better battery stats always helps finding the culprit. I had some issues with suspend_backoff and it seems chrome was the issue for me.
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so what did you do about chrome to fix it?
ANigerian said:
so what did you do about chrome to fix it?
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Uninstalled it
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does a battery saver app like juice defender ultimate work or it just wastes 'more' battery?, i don't think my battery is all that great but i do have alot of apps installed
anyone installed snapdragon battery guru app?
gonna try to unistall chrome, but i find its the best looking browser interface for the sites i visit
I'm gonna tell you greenify changed my life, my battery life that is. Try it out and you will not be dissapointed.
an app that has not been used in over a day.. after a reboot yesterday should not be in top ten active apps and have near 7000 wakelocks when all notifications in the app are turned off. so yes, Facebook app sucks more than just itself
still. I'm at 22 hours unplugged, 4 and a half hours screen on time and only at 54% battery... I rate that as good
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cobyman7035 said:
does a battery saver app like juice defender ultimate work or it just wastes 'more' battery?, i don't think my battery is all that great but i do have alot of apps installed
anyone installed snapdragon battery guru app?
gonna try to unistall chrome, but i find its the best looking browser interface for the sites i visit
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I would have recommended JD a few years ago.. its victims abandon ware for almost 2 years.. (never updated for ICS let alone JB) you are better off having tasked handle the same functions.. or just removing apps that are poorly writted
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I haven't had any need yet on my Nexus 7, but I found Gemini App Manager to be a godsend on my Virgin Mobile phone. I can disable all the Intents that apps believe they ought to wake for and just allow them to respond to me actually running them. Much better battery life and more responsive phone without memory cluttered by all the bloatware that believes it needs to run all the time.
cobyman7035 said:
does a battery saver app like juice defender ultimate work or it just wastes 'more' battery?, i don't think my battery is all that great but i do have alot of apps installed
anyone installed snapdragon battery guru app?
gonna try to unistall chrome, but i find its the best looking browser interface for the sites i visit
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I just picked mine up yesterday and snapdragon was one of the first apps I looked for. Couldn't download because it's "not compatible with this version" I'm on stock BTW...
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albundy2010 said:
Not trying to defend Facebook but.... Its not like fb doesn't have the option to turn notifications off. Chat availability off. Refresh interval to never. Messenger location off.
At some point no matter how bad the app is it comes down to user error.
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so your saying that the app by default should run constantly in the back ground grab your location any time it wants. THen its user error that they dont dive in setting and change everything so it doesn't suck battery life
LOL yes its user error, now Im off to sound full of myself elswhere
I have no idea what's killing my battery so quickly, and apparently neither does BBS. Any ideas?
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dandaman1219 said:
I have no idea what's killing my battery so quickly, and apparently neither does BBS. Any ideas?
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You already install the market version of play service and disable the carrierIQ processes?
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You already install the market version of play service and disable the carrierIQ processes?
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What do you mean?
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What do you mean?
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Check the carrierIQ thread in general. Forget where the detailed play services one is, but if you use TB to uninstall the system play services and then reinstall it from the play store you get less wakelocks.
I installed CleanROM 1.1 on Sunday. Battery life on Monday was excellent. Monday evening I went ahead and disabled CarrierIQ because of the excessive wakelocks (but it didn't really kill my battery). What I don't understand is that BBS is reporting that my phone was in deep sleep when I wasn't listening to music through my headphones or bluetooth. So I don't really know what to make of it, because it was sitting in my pocket for most of the day at work.
Normally I'd still be at like 85% at least. I was hoping someone could shed some light because BBS is not reporting any excessive wakelocks that could drop my battery almost 50% in a 10 hour period with only a little over 10 minutes on screen time and an hour of music playback.
Android status can also shed light on run away processed. Outs in the play store.
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One day and a reboot later (didn't change anything) I get the best standby time I've ever had on an android phone. Weird.
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dandaman1219 said:
One day and a reboot later (didn't change anything) I get the best standby time I've ever had on an android phone. Weird.
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So youre good? lol.
You can also try disabling some that stuff in "Google Settings" and also try the greenify app. Thats what I did and no complaints here
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So youre good? lol.
You can also try disabling some that stuff in "Google Settings" and also try the greenify app. Thats what I did and no complaints here
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I'm not sure. It seems to vary. And I do have/had all the google settings disabled and greenified the problem apps. It's just I couldn't pinpoint anywhere that 46% drain from yesterday.
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I'm not sure. It seems to vary. And I do have/had all the google settings disabled and greenified the problem apps. It's just I couldn't pinpoint anywhere that 46% drain from yesterday.
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Haha, even your "bad" battery day is still pretty good compared to me. I kind of think anything over 10 hours is good.
Right now I'm at 86%, that's 5:51 up, 4:03 deep sleep, 1:48 awake, 0:45 screen on. Which, yes, means my phone has spent over an hour awake without the screen on? Very sad.
One odd thing I notice is that it says I spent 42 minutes with No Data or Unknown Signal. I wonder if that's part of it being Awake? it kept searching?
Other than that I've got 11 minutes of NlpCollectorWakeLock for that 5:51 up.
I'm not complaining, those are still very good numbers. But I feel like lowering that off-screen awake time could take it from very good to great.
Turn off Google Now, toggle Sync off when you don't need it, disable data in areas where you're certain you won't get a signal.
I got 28 hours easy with 12 to go
RiverdALIEN said:
Turn off Google Now, toggle Sync off when you don't need it, disable data in areas where you're certain you won't get a signal.
I got 28 hours easy with 12 to go
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I like Google Now though
How are you turning off just Google Now so readily?
burningembers said:
I like Google Now though
How are you turning off just Google Now so readily?
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doesn't do anything for me i can't do for myself.
I get my sports scores using Team Stream by Bleacher report
We have a beautiful stock weather widget
I use the metro to get to work so IDC about traffic/commute times
I don't fly often so I don't need flight details and reminders
and I don't need suggestions of things to do
Gnow is a battery HOG bro, i'm telling you. I wasn't getting through a single workday with it turned on and now I can go 2 days
Edit: oh and I don't use facebook on my phone because it's also a hog with the constant background services and I use Twicca instead of the standard Twitter app
RiverdALIEN said:
doesn't do anything for me i can't do for myself.
I get my sports scores using Team Stream by Bleacher report
We have a beautiful stock weather widget
I use the metro to get to work so IDC about traffic/commute times
I don't fly often so I don't need flight details and reminders
and I don't need suggestions of things to do
Gnow is a battery HOG bro, i'm telling you. I wasn't getting through a single workday with it turned on and now I can go 2 days
Edit: oh and I don't use facebook on my phone because it's also a hog with the constant background services and I use Twicca instead of the standard Twitter app
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Yeah, you know what I never really thought about it like that. Though I *do* kind of have fun looking at my location dashboard in Google and seeing where I've gone and other metrics.
But you're right, its a huge hog (I'd say I get an extra 5-8 hours without it) and it isn't adding *that* much value.
I Greenify Facebook Beta and Twitter. And for some reason Google Keep keeps getting stuck in a sync loop, so I Greenify that too.
Think I'll clear data on GNow and see if I really notice the loss.
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Yeah, you know what I never really thought about it like that. Though I *do* kind of have fun looking at my location dashboard in Google and seeing where I've gone and other metrics.
But you're right, its a huge hog (I'd say I get an extra 5-8 hours without it) and it isn't adding *that* much value.
I Greenify Facebook Beta and Twitter. And for some reason Google Keep keeps getting stuck in a sync loop, so I Greenify that too.
Think I'll clear data on GNow and see if I really notice the loss.
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I don't know if clearing data turns it off, I just went into it and went to settings and turned it off
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I'm using my G2 now since 2 months and generally I'm happy with it, coming from a Galaxy Nexus. Just the battery is still one of my concerns, I just don't seem to be able to crack the code to get that awesome battery life, everyone is talking about.
I have the international, unlocked, no carrier version.
I'm rooted, using Greenify (most background apps greenified), Gsam, Snapdragon Battery Guru. Most unnecessary LG/spam processes are frozen with Titanium (as per the respective threads), Google Location Service I only switch on when needed (Play Service is updated to the latest, battery saving version), I tried that with sync as well, without much difference. Bluetooth, NFC all off. I'm mainly in area of good 3G reception. LTE is off via Network Modes.
Mainly I use the device for Internet browsing, Whatsapp, tapatalk, Facebook. Nothing spectacular, no gaming.
I usually get a SOT of around 3 hours on 3G, 4 if I'm lucky, and sync & location is off and when on Wifi only.
Over night I regularly lose around 10% of battery if unplugged, with empty task manager/recent apps.
Following my Gsam stats, Android System is the biggest culprit. What disturbs me most, is that apps and processes that show frozen in Titanium are showing up in the details as well, aka LG Backup, Install Service, Setup Wizard, PC Suite Service.
What the heck is going on? Has anyone a clue what else I could do?
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I would like to extend this as well. I have frozen lots of lg apps and in android system today lg VPN was my highest usage. I have never used lg VPN or any VPN service so.....
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try to uninstall facebook app if installed.use fast instead. its really heavy and bad app the official one.
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try Betterbatterystats app .. u can search in XDA ... it will show u which rogue app is eating your battery :good:
Facebook and Facebook Messenger apps are two of the worst apps when it comes to battery drains. I just have shortcuts set up to the webpage versions. Also, I had a significant increase in battery life after disabling Intelligent Agent. Make sure you're rebooting your phone after disabling an app to clear it out of memory. And I've read that Snapdragon Battery Guru is a battery hog as well even though it's supposed to help battery life.
EDIT: Changed freezing to disabling, because I didn't freeze anything, but disabled IA. Disabled CIQ as well, but didn't noticed any significant increase.
CIQ and Intelligent Agent don't seem to be in the international version, at least not on my device, can't find.
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Guys, i start to think that the battery in this phone is sh*t After 1-2 months it's starting to drain quickly and we are goin nuts to disable or freeze almost everything .....
instead of using facebook app use, chrome web browser. I have facebook messenger and it does not seem so have much impact on battery life.
Also I think you have too many apps that monitor battery life. I don't use any I get 100 hours standby 2 hours talk 2 hours screen time.
Also are you getting weak signal? or frequently lose it?
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CIQ and Intelligent Agent don't seem to be in the international version, at least not on my device, can't find.
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Didn't see that your phone isn't carrier specific...I believe CIQ is carrier bloat. Intelligent Agent should be on there as it's an LG app. It is listed as LGLIA in your system folder
I'll chime in. Haven't had my phone for 2 months but battery life is solid, and this is coming from a previous Note 2 user.
I don't go crazy using this and that app to freeze everything under the sun, just the unnecessaries (just made up that word ). Most LG stuff is disabled and a few are frosted with TiBackup. I don't use Greenify or GSam or whatever. No fancy kernels or undervolting or any of that stuff. Just stock and rooted, how i like my stuff.
I'm usually streaming Pandora most of my 8 hour shift at work to a Bluetooth Sound Dock and still pushing 70% on the ride home with Gmail sync on, 2 emails pooling every hour, etc. I even have the dreaded Facebook app installed and its okay.
I don't bother with obsessing over screen on time, I just USE my phone. I check emails, browse the web, use apps, occasional game here and there, read eBooks, movies, music, pictures...and still have more than 60% left on the way home.
That's how I prefer to measure battery life. I have the Sprint version, CDMA, which usually use more juice than GSM in general, so I'm perplexed how you're not getting good battery life.
Howie Dub said:
Didn't see that your phone isn't carrier specific...I believe CIQ is carrier bloat. Intelligent Agent should be on there as it's an LG app. It is listed as LGLIA in your system folder
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I check everywhere, but I don't have that LGLIA in Titanium nor in System Folder. Weird.
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I check everywhere, but I don't have that LGLIA in Titanium nor in System Folder. Weird.
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That's a good thing then...maybe they don't include it in the no carrier version. That bugger is a big drain.
Hello all, I recently purchased an S5 for myself and my wife on T-Mobile. Our phones are set up almost exactly the same. We both have two gmail accounts on our phones. One of which is our "main" account, and another that's just set to sync gmail. Her accounts are not the same two as mine, it's more like we each have our own main gmail, and kind of a junk gmail account.
Her phone is getting better much better battery than mine.
When checking battery usage stats, google play services is at the top of my list all the time.
Keep in mind, the conditions over the weekend for our phones was almost identical. Very few calls, we were at home on wifi, and out on cell data pretty much the same amount of time.
I've turned off location reporting and history for google now to see if that helps. But I've checked, and my wife's has been on the same as mine the whole time.
I'm wondering if there's something obvious I'm overlooking, maybe a setting for google now or maps or syncing.
Is there anything I can do to track down which service or setting is draining my battery. I'm not rooted...
Any tips/ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Have you got Skype installed? If so uninstall it, I had the same issue and could just get my phone through a whole day! Read about a Skype and kitkat issue and now 10 hours in I have 77% battery left
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fastyan said:
Have you got Skype installed? If so uninstall it, I had the same issue and could just get my phone through a whole day! Read about a Skype and kitkat issue and now 10 hours in I have 77% battery left
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Nope, no Skype. But so far turning off location reporting in Google now seems to be helping.
Kind of a lame fix seeing my wife doesn't have a problem. Maybe I've got something different linked to my account, like some location it's searching for. Who knows, lol
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