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I have been bouncing around from rom to rom trying to figure out which has the best battery life, its too hard to tell. I know that htc sense roms killed my battery off faster, but no matter what it tends to die off much quicker than it did before I put android on it in the first place. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
Iamgpc gingerbread is great as long as Bt is turned off when not in use.
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I agree with audioslim. Stable, clean, everything works.
Here's the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909096
I did the same as you, rom hopping...
But everytime i came back to where i am now:
AF403 Desire HD
This is a great rom for your battery.
But as in any rom you should think about what you wanna sync and when.
I use LauncherPro instead of Sense, and I think it better then Sense.
Thanks, so basically 2.2 rom's without sense? And does apps2sd or ext4 have any effect on battery life?
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One suggestion for people that are concerned with battery life...
I recently did an experiment of sorts and turned off 3G on my phone. I found that I went from 1 day per full charge to 3 days per charge. I obviously didn't have updates from the email app, twitter, facebook etc., but I just turned 3G on every now and then and updated everything manually. I've since started leaving 3G off whenever I don't need it and generally get 2 days use out of a full charge.
Obviously this won't suit everyone, but if turning off 3G when you don't need it is an option for you then you will definitely experience a much better battery life!
rrodxbox360repair said:
Thanks, so basically 2.2 rom's without sense? And does apps2sd or ext4 have any effect on battery life?
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For best battery, don't use Sense.
For best internal memory use ext4, this is better then apps2sd.
This does not realy effect your battey
johncmolyneux said:
One suggestion for people that are concerned with battery life...
I recently did an experiment of sorts and turned off 3G on my phone. I found that I went from 1 day per full charge to 3 days per charge. I obviously didn't have updates from the email app, twitter, facebook etc., but I just turned 3G on every now and then and updated everything manually. I've since started leaving 3G off whenever I don't need it and generally get 2 days use out of a full charge.
Obviously this won't suit everyone, but if turning off 3G when you don't need it is an option for you then you will definitely experience a much better battery life!
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That's what i mentiont in my first post here.
Forgot about GPS, I never have this on, only when nessesary.
My facebook, email and Google sync every hour, the rest once a day.
When i go to bed, I have about 25% left
rrodxbox360repair said:
I have been bouncing around from rom to rom trying to figure out which has the best battery life, its too hard to tell. I know that htc sense roms killed my battery off faster, but no matter what it tends to die off much quicker than it did before I put android on it in the first place. Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks
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I really love this build "DL DesireZ v3.3 final][DL Data2SD/Ext4 v2.3][Nand/SD/MAGLAR]"
can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913597
It's a NAND version but there is SD version as well.. (nand v. download link can be found on page 192 because the author didn't update the post yet)
For me it's perfect. The battery life lasts for a complete day. I listen to music about 2-2.5 hours, use internet for about 20-30 min a day and make a few calls. But I always turn internet off when I don't use it it really saves battery (i think it works for any build). Also 1 day I listened to music for 6 hours, used internet for +-30 mins and there was still 37%. I was really impressed!
Decent battery life
Currently I'm using- MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 and my way is to switch off data. I'm switching on whenever I need. With regular use of data( switch on/off) my battery last for almost three days.
controlpete said:
Currently I'm using- MDJ's CyanogenMod 7 v. 2.6 and my way is to switch off data. I'm switching on whenever I need. With regular use of data( switch on/off) my battery last for almost three days.
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Are you serious? I mean I haven't tried CyanogenMod 7 ROM but what I remember back to stock WM6.5 it was easily last for 1 day for me with normal use.. And now I have the same results on Android (desirez v3.3 rom), I'm very satisfied with that. However 3 days it's kind of hard to believe or I'm wrong? Anyway, how much do you use your phone during the day?
timoshina said:
I really love this build "DL DesireZ v3.3 final][DL Data2SD/Ext4 v2.3][Nand/SD/MAGLAR]"
can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913597
It's a NAND version but there is SD version as well.. (nand v. download link can be found on page 192 because the author didn't update the post yet)
For me it's perfect. The battery life lasts for a complete day. I listen to music about 2-2.5 hours, use internet for about 20-30 min a day and make a few calls. But I always turn internet off when I don't use it it really saves battery (i think it works for any build). Also 1 day I listened to music for 6 hours, used internet for +-30 mins and there was still 37%. I was really impressed!
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Yes, DL DESIREZ 3.3 is the best. 2 days for me
Hey guys! I'm going to a trip to Poland to see Auschwitz and all that stuff about the holocaust with my class on the nesxt monday, and now i'm wondering which rom for our device that got the longest battery life?
I'll just be able to load the battery on every second day and i want to upload 2-4 photos everyday to facebook and i want to be able to take photos without the batterys going to 1%
Right now I'm using SwiftDroid but the battery isn't that good, so.. which rom do you think i shall use?
2.1 custom roms are good.
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sanmit: Which of them do you think is the best? And do them got Swedish/Svenska as language?
Stay on SwiftDroid, but reduce the clock of the CPU to stock 600MHz (or lower) max and 122MHz min. Try to turn off any fancy animations of menus etc. Use static wallpaper instead of live one. Turn off screen rotation, wifi, BT, GPS. And AVOID USING THE PHONE until You need it actually (reviewing pics etc).
That should maximize Your battery charge.
Have a safe trip and have fun!
P.S. Oh, and I forgot to mention to turn off (remove temporarily) any widgets like clock, weather...
Try to find a compromise in all this stuff and stick to it.
MomirPeh: I'm already using my phone like that and still the battery is kind of crappy
I think the Quarx 2.1 rom w/ his custom kernel is very good with battery. If you want to try it, download it from my Dropbox In this .zip is the system.img, boot.img and an update.zip file. The update.zip file contains a fix for the device rebooting when Wifi is turned on. You HAVE to flash this .zip with Clockworkmod 2.0 (2.5.1.8 recommended)
Hope it helps,
Jack
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sanmit: Which of them do you think is the best? And do them got Swedish/Svenska as language?
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Swedish language support...not sure.
But i can say 2.1 mmxtreme advanced gives me 3 day usage with moderate audio-video and wifi.
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Just use the Open Europe v20B stock ROM. No custom ROM gives a battery life better than a stock one. And one small tip. Do not use 3G. It drains that battery much faster. If you gotta use data, use 2G.
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Swedish language support...not sure.
But i can say 2.1 mmxtreme advanced gives me 3 day usage with moderate audio-video and wifi.
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Definitely 2.1 mmxtreme Advanced Lite rom! I use my phone quite often, and no rom gave me more battery than that one! Turn of background data, 3g, mobile data, and other stuff like that. Use an advanced Power Widget or ZDBox to have them all "use-ready" all the time
i've got 7-8 days without wifi/GPS and other....just calling and so.
on swiftdroid 1.8 (cpu speed :MIN:245/MAX:600 [MIN:122 was way too slow on phone startup])
but on 1.9 i've got ~3-4 maybe 5 days at same cpu speed
hani93 said:
i've got 7-8 days without wifi/GPS and other....just calling and so.
on swiftdroid 1.8 (cpu speed :MIN:245/MAX:600 [MIN:122 was way too slow on phone startup])
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wow 7-8 days?!
how it is possible? did you calibrated your battery?
i tried few methods of calibrations and my battery didn't last longer than 2 days without using wifi and other stuff on 1.8
im using SuperFast Froyo and it last two days with a lot of calls, texting, wifi using and games and i think it is a good result
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wow 7-8 days?!
how it is possible? did you calibrated your battery?
i tried few methods of calibrations and my battery didn't last longer than 2 days without using wifi and other stuff on 1.8
im using SuperFast Froyo and it last two days with a lot of calls, texting, wifi using and games and i think it is a good result
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i't was without calibration
i was quite suprised too
hani93 said:
i've got 7-8 days without wifi/GPS and other....just calling and so.
on swiftdroid 1.8 (cpu speed :MIN:245/MAX:600 [MIN:122 was way too slow on phone startup])
but on 1.9 i've got ~3-4 maybe 5 days at same cpu speed
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That's an exception i must say
A single call of 10 mins or so used to take down battery by 20-30% on swift rom!
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Battery
My recent Froyo Optimum (aka superfast froyo) v3a has a exceptional battery life, I gotten 3 and a half days with moderate use, like messaging the girlfriend all the time and couple hours with wifi and angry birds. Also my 3g was switched off and so was GPS
After replacing the battery with a 1600 mah Seidio battery. I still get bad results. For example, during lunch today my phone was at 50% in my locker. After 4 hours, I was at 21%. My Sync, GPS, BT and Wifi are all OFF.
How is this possible?
I use to own a Nexus One and in 4 hours it would go down 2% with CM6. Is Gingerbread an issue here or does my phone need RMA repair?
2.3.3 gives me better battery than 2.1 or 2.2
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2.3.3 gives me better battery than 2.1 or 2.2
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Are you running any special kernels or using Set Cpu?
Use the latest pershoot kernel I get great battery life on my N1
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Are you running any special kernels or using Set Cpu?
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superaosp from [email protected] stock kernel or redstars depends but cm7 and stock OTA gave me better battery than 2.2/2.1
I'm running stock 2.3.3 and battery life is by far the best over various android versions.
2.3.3 has some weird bug where every once in a while the system gets into a weird drain state like it doesnt go into deep sleep correctly. i just got hit with this last night. it does happen all the time, most of the time on 2.3.3 battery life is excellent. i will lose 6% over 8 hours. but when that awake bug DOES kick in, battery drops like yours did.
you just have to reboot and check it again, the bug likely will clear itself and you wont see it again, for a while.
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2.3.3 has some weird bug where every once in a while the system gets into a weird drain state like it doesnt go into deep sleep correctly. i just got hit with this last night. it does happen all the time, most of the time on 2.3.3 battery life is excellent. i will lose 6% over 8 hours. but when that awake bug DOES kick in, battery drops like yours did.
you just have to reboot and check it again, the bug likely will clear itself and you wont see it again, for a while.
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Thank you Roger.
Using darky rom in samsung galaxy s. Version rc4 2.3.3 amazing for battery
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83fb said:
Use the latest pershoot kernel I get great battery life on my N1
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Just applied pershoot's kernel. Will report back. Thank you!
So I went from 80 to 50% in 4 hours!!
I went.into battery status and saw that it was in an "awake" status
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So I went from 80 to 50% in 4 hours!!
I went.into battery status and saw that it was in an "awake" status
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yes, this is exactly what the bug is. sometimes randomly on GB the phone stays awake for no reason, for hours. but when this DOESNT happen, batteyr life is superb. i only get hit with this bug once a week or less.
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RogerPodacter said:
yes, this is exactly what the bug is. sometimes randomly on GB the phone stays awake for no reason, for hours. but when this DOESNT happen, batteyr life is superb. i only get hit with this bug once a week or less.
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I hope google resolves this issue! I was getting worried that I have a defective phone.
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My N1 on 2.3.3 goes completely dead after 12hrs. I found the solution when doing a Google search. It's to go to Wifi Settings, Advanced, Wi-Fi sleep policy, and change it to Never. You'd think that would reduce battery life, but for some reason now my phone's battery life is very significantly improved. Now it's only down to about 30% after 19hrs when I put it on the charger.
It appears that 2.3.4 will address battery issues in Gingerbread.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3812c1acf93b482f&hl=en
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It appears that 2.3.4 will address battery issues in Gingerbread.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3812c1acf93b482f&hl=en
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That's pretty cool even though I've not had any major battery issues.
But improvements are always welcome
Here's a quote from your link:
"- Battery life: some users let us know that their batteries didn’t seem to be lasting as long; battery life should be improved for these folks. (Nexus One)"
FastMhz said:
After replacing the battery with a 1600 mah Seidio battery. I still get bad results. For example, during lunch today my phone was at 50% in my locker. After 4 hours, I was at 21%. My Sync, GPS, BT and Wifi are all OFF.
How is this possible?
I use to own a Nexus One and in 4 hours it would go down 2% with CM6. Is Gingerbread an issue here or does my phone need RMA repair?
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I dont think its Gingerbread, ive used both stock and CM7 on my N1 and i was having good bat life on N1 stock gingerbread about 5-6 hours with heavy use, and with CM7 official rom i get 7-8 hours heavy use and up to 19 hours on days i barely use the phone, and on standby i can confirm 8 hours (while im asleep) it drains 6% by the time i wake up of course i do have it personalized and settings applied for bat savings.
I haven't encountered this bug with CM 7.0.3 (based on 2.3.3) but I found it very useful to let the phone just drain the battery completely once in a while (once in a few weeks) and than fully charge it.
After doing that, I can go through two days with regular usage of the device
I'm on CM 7.0.3, 2.3.3 and I'm only getting 13-15 hrs if I'm lucky. Wifi and bluetooth are off only syncing gmail and google contacts. I barely even touch my phone at work for 8 hrs and the battery life sucks.
Another weird thing is that once it gets to 15% left it just automatically dies and shuts down...very frustrating, I'm on the latest pershoot kernel too, the phone was given to me for free last month and it was originally purchased in Feb '10 so I just figure the battery is old and worn out.
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I'm on CM 7.0.3, 2.3.3 and I'm only getting 13-15 hrs if I'm lucky. Wifi and bluetooth are off only syncing gmail and google contacts. I barely even touch my phone at work for 8 hrs and the battery life sucks.
Another weird thing is that once it gets to 15% left it just automatically dies and shuts down...very frustrating, I'm on the latest pershoot kernel too, the phone was given to me for free last month and it was originally purchased in Feb '10 so I just figure the battery is old and worn out.
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No. Your battery is not aged, it just needs re-calibration.
One simple way is to re-calibrate your battery is to charge it when the phone is off or charge using a desktop charher, and you have to over-charge a bit - just leave the battery connecting to power source for an additional 1 hour or more, when the charging process has been completed.
This works every time for me.
Keep in mind that from time to time the battery may need to be re-calibrated again for peak performance.
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this just started starting recently.
battery drops 5% under 1 min without even use of the phone. on standby.
im on royal panache.
ran battery dry than charged it back to 100% and did battery calibration. still horrible!!
any suggestions?
Check battery usage under settings see what's using it up. also check your CPU settings. Although I've had that kind of battery drain. Sense just hands down has terrible battery life. Go AOSP.
Nicgraner said:
Check battery usage under settings see what's using it up. also check your CPU settings. Although I've had that kind of battery drain. Sense just hands down has ****ty battery life. Go AOSP man Sense is a fat chick in a room full of super models.
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lmao i know but I LOVE THE CAMERA :[ even though i dont use it alot lmao. oww well. off you royalginger.
bstylz911 said:
this just started starting recently.
battery drops 5% under 1 min without even use of the phone. on standby.
im on royal panache.
ran battery dry than charged it back to 100% and did battery calibration. still horrible!!
any suggestions?
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After calibration give it a few days it will go back to normal.
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Check the CPU usage, find the rogue app.
I'm easily running over 24 hours with my customized Panache ROM.
Clearly, whoever thinks Sense isn't good on battery, never tried one properly.
Jack_R1 said:
Check the CPU usage, find the rogue app.
I'm easily running over 24 hours with my customized Panache ROM.
Clearly, whoever thinks Sense isn't good on battery, never tried one properly.
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Whats a rogue app? And how do you get over 24 hours on battery life?
yeah Sense does drain the battery, but the UI is just awesome IMO. I get roughly 19hrs on a full charge with moderate usage(deleted bloatware, setcpu profiles) whereas on AOSP I would get 25+hrs on a full charge with same usage. really, the 'display' is the battery killer on sense. try to lower your backlight brightness, no window animations, and lower the screen timeout to see if that helps you
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Whats a rogue app? And how do you get over 24 hours on battery life?
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An app written badly enough to cause CPU to hang in 100% (sometimes it hangs the system, and then the system shows 100% CPU constant usage).
Happened sometimes to me on Nexus. Sometimes can also be caused by restoring system data from backup, if the system data isn't fully compatible.
When I almost don't use the phone - I can probably get past 40 hours of uptime before needing recharge, since the idle drain is somewhere between 1%-2% an hour for me. When I use it heavily (GPS) - I expect it to drain the hell out of battery after 6-7 hours of continued use, and no build would do better, Sense or no Sense. When tethering - it can last towards 10 hours (tethering drain is ~10-12% per hour too). My usage is light, I'm always on auto-brightness, I'm not overclocking, so generally I get the phone to recharge in the evening with half the charge still there - unless I tether for a couple of hours during the day and have several long calls, and in that case I'm charging it 18 hours later with ~20% left.
Ah, and I use customized Royal Panache.
Jack_R1 said:
Check the CPU usage, find the rogue app.
I'm easily running over 24 hours with my customized Panache ROM.
Clearly, whoever thinks Sense isn't good on battery, never tried one properly.
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How can I check this ?
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Download watchdog
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or a simple solution,
1- if ur using 4g turn it off while not in use.
2. edit the sync options and make it longer or manual.
3- when not in use disable wifi.
and suddenly u will get far better battery life
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battery drops 5% under 1 min without even use of the phone. on standby.
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I had the exact same issue. I was able to fix it by going back to stock (via this guide), re-rooting, and re-flashing the ROM. Everything is working great again. Good luck!
atifsh said:
or a simple solution,
1- if ur using 4g turn it off while not in use.
2. edit the sync options and make it longer or manual.
3- when not in use disable wifi.
and suddenly u will get far better battery life
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I've done this.
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can someone help me with the battery life on my htc desire hd i want better battery life without dissabling features, thaanks in advance
Well, there are many factors to getting good battery life.
Matching Radio/RIL can be a good start, especially if rooted.
Definitely ROM's also have a big part.
Overall usage will also bare a pretty big footprint.
I get about 18 hours on a typical work day, with moderate usage which is generally enough for going to work, coming home, and then still have plenty of battery left when I'm ready to go to bed, which is obviously when I charge my phone.
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can someone help me with the battery life on my htc desire hd i want better battery life without dissabling features, thaanks in advance
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Define "disable" and "features".
disable automatic synchronization and shine
+1 there's nothing wrong with setting your Facebook, Twitter, Email, background syncing, weather etc to less frequent but it will obviously give you more battery life than syncing every 5 minutes, common sense really. An app to preserve battery I have found is Apndroid. Have the widget on your home and you can use 3G when you need it rather than not.
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I disable automatic sync of all apps. I only update manually when I use them.
if you can echo all the timings I've been disabled, the sync I maualmente when I access the email application, facebook, etc. .. tweteer
have you rooted your phone? which rom are you using? some details will be appreciated...
tried custom roms? i usually get better battery life with them,
also setting off auto brightness helps a lot for me.
Green power free,its amazing my battery lasts at least 60% longer with this app,amazing get it
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hey, mate... you've got some very generic question... specific info like ROM you're using, Radio, Kernel would bring justice for members to give you some more specific help.
This probably might help:
ROM CoreDroid 7
Radio 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 - (HTC Ace Gingerbread S Generic 2.36.0)
RIL_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2
Kernel LeeDrOiD GB V3.1.6 - 2.6.35.13 BFS KERNEL (thanks to LeeDroid)
Live wallpaper Nexus Revamp
disabled wifi, refresh, gps (used powercontrol widget for accesibility).
After flashing, my battery was drained in 5 hours even after an overnight full charge.
then followed scabes24 tips on FAQs >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858418 (thanks scabes24)
got some help from this >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867
(thanks to marosige)
Cyanideskittle2010 tips will prove really helpful. tweak around phone settings which are my priorities... things i don't normally use disabled them, enabled them when i need to.
also, installed cpu clocking, initially used setcpu, then moved up to cputuner which gave me more options... juicedefender also can help if you prefer it. setcpu or cputuner are both available in market.
gave my phone 24 - 48 hours, after battery calibration, full batterystats wipe, now i am good at 30 hours battery time.
used to have 36 hours battlife but was using CoreDroid 6.7 then... shifted to CoreDroid 7 because i just love its UI.
hope this helps! credits to all xda cooks & chefs, sergio76, coredroid team etc..
the new honeysense 6.0 rom has a extremly good battery life. i wiped the battery stats and now my battery lasts abaout 2 days instead of one
Battery
Installed APNDroid the other day great way to save battery by turning network on and off.
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Installed APNDroid the other day great way to save battery by turning network on and off.
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Yeah I have been using APNdroid since Android 1.6 and always have it on my Android phones, battery does last miles longer by using the on off widget to disable 3G when you don't need to be using it.
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I propose to flash Android Revolution 5.1.11
In this moment this is the best rom ever
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840040
I'm using CM7 Nightly #108 with LorDModUE V4.5.1 (Killersloth's PUV) and Radio 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2. Great Batterylife compared to stock rom. I lose only 1-2% over night.
Don't want to steal your post but i just have a question haha.
I ordered a battery off eBay the new battery runs on 1600mAh while the original battery goes on 1230 mAh. Should i worry about battery stats i should wipe after replacing the battery or something like that ?
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Don't want to steal your post but i just have a question haha.
I ordered a battery off eBay the new battery runs on 1600mAh while the original battery goes on 1230 mAh. Should i worry about battery stats i should wipe after replacing the battery or something like that ?
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I think it's better to wipe when the phone is fully charged (test with currentwidget) but i think to best is to use the original battery. It can damage your phone and I often read that those batterys don't have more power than the original.
Is it normal that from full battery after night I have only 50%? Extremely strange for me... I have ARHD 5.1.10, ANDIDA 1800 mAh
i am using ARHD, it has good battery life. Works for me