Is there anyway to increase the battery life on the aria? I love it, and I love sense, but within about twelve or so hours of moderate use in the day my battery is left with roughly 20%. With cyanogenmod, the same period of time and usage, I was left at 60% battery. I know the sense launcher and Widgets play a little part of that, but even with my hero, battery life wasn't that much of a difference between vanilla and sense roms.
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I would suggest an App killer. I have yet to try cyanogen's ROM but am on Attn1's Liberated Rom. I have Bluetooth enabled all day and by the end of 12hrs it is at 25% or so. Not saying switch. I would try Advanced task killer. Have many friends using that on their EVO's and Nexuses and their battery is wayyyy better.
AkumaMax said:
I would suggest an App killer. I have yet to try cyanogen's ROM but am on Attn1's Liberated Rom. I have Bluetooth enabled all day and by the end of 12hrs it is at 25% or so. Not saying switch. I would try Advanced task killer. Have many friends using that on their EVO's and Nexuses and their battery is wayyyy better.
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I've tried all the tricks. I always have advanced task killer no matter what rom I'm running. I change thee location settings, network settings, screen brightness etc. I love htc sense but I don't want the battery life that comes with it. I know what my tricks are,i just want to see what the community had come up with.
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AkumaMax said:
I would suggest an App killer. I have yet to try cyanogen's ROM but am on Attn1's Liberated Rom. I have Bluetooth enabled all day and by the end of 12hrs it is at 25% or so. Not saying switch. I would try Advanced task killer. Have many friends using that on their EVO's and Nexuses and their battery is wayyyy better.
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I have read somewhere on the google (official google page about android stuff), using task killers does NOT improve battery life because background apps stated as "suspended" when they are in background. I dont know if I get it right. I will post link if I can find.
P.S. Couldn't find it but it was something similar with this:
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
Of course, you must take control off applications really "running" in background and preventing the phone sleep state. Not just "killing" all applications.
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I have read somewhere on the google (official google page about android stuff), using task killers does NOT improve battery life because background apps stated as "suspended" when they are in background. I dont know if I get it right. I will post link if I can find.
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That is good to know, I think I've read this somewhere before.
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An update from liberated 007 to the newer 008 has given me tremendous amount of battery life back. With the cm kernel fixed I'm getting the same life that was expected out of cm 6.1
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An update from liberated 007 to the newer 008 has given me tremendous amount of battery life back. With the cm kernel fixed I'm getting the same life that was expected out of cm 6.1
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Mmmmm. If there's one thing that could drag me over from the standard Liberated ROM over to the Froyo ROM, it would be longer battery life.*
Perhaps I'll give it a shot this weekend.
Regards,
Corporate Dog
* I've resisted the urge to switch, only because I've heard wildly conflicting stories about how fast it runs on the Aria.
don't use task killer it will kill the app but the app will just start up again in the background cause the battery to run out. it says its in the background and that's true but its not running its idle and isn't affecting battery.
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I have to say, at stock clock it got sluggish at times, overclocked to 800 though its running absolutely great!
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You might want to try out an app called Autostarts. Just make sure you don't turn anything off you really are gonna need. Try this with advanced task killer and the apps wont load back up.
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I've tried all the tricks. I always have advanced task killer no matter what rom I'm running. I change thee location settings, network settings, screen brightness etc. I love htc sense but I don't want the battery life that comes with it. I know what my tricks are,i just want to see what the community had come up with.
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Check that you do not have an app constantly running in the background - on my stetup, I found that the XDA app was burning 3-5% CPU time spooling in the background doing nothing. (using OSMonitor)
For what its worth, I went back to the Sense ROM (FR008) from CM6.1 because of strange battery behavior - some days dropping to 30-40% after a full day, others it would be dead by 5pm. I dont consider my self a heavy user either. I do not see a significant difference in battery life between the two ROMs, if you throw out the aberrant days that CM would go nuts on me.
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i bought my hero last week and ive been playing with it and installing alot of apps and such along with different roms testing the speed and overall battery life. right now im running fresh 1.1 rom and several apps from the market. the thing runs really fast and the battery life is amazing. it went all day yesterday and all last night and just now its at 29%. and this is with moderate use!
i do have a question though, how much free ram is normal for this phone. i see with all of my apps and such i have about 75-85% free when i use task killer. and yes my apps are on the sd!
also what would you guys recommend for a extended battery. i don't want a huge one that will require another back cover. just one that's a higher capacity.
edit: just a FYI, don't install the antivirus app from the market, it is a HUGE battery killer. i know we don't need the app but i wanted to test it out.
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i bought my hero last week and ive been playing with it and installing alot of apps and such along with different roms testing the speed and overall battery life. right now im running fresh 1.1 rom and several apps from the market. the thing runs really fast and the battery life is amazing. it went all day yesterday and all last night and just now its at 29%. and this is with moderate use!
i do have a question though, how much free ram is normal for this phone. i see with all of my apps and such i have about 75-85% free when i use task killer. and yes my apps are on the sd!
also what would you guys recommend for a extended battery. i don't want a huge one that will require another back cover. just one that's a higher capacity.
edit: just a FYI, don't install the antivirus app from the market, it is a HUGE battery killer. i know we don't need the app but i wanted to test it out.
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first read this. as far as your memory goes istalling and testing all those apps have you cleared out your cache recently? As even though the apps are on the SD they still store the cache on internal.
I'll second nixing the task killer. I was a skeptic at first, but I sacked the task killer and took note over the next two days. Much better WITHOUT the task killer.
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I'll second nixing the task killer. I was a skeptic at first, but I sacked the task killer and took note over the next two days. Much better WITHOUT the task killer.
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whats better? the speed?
And reliability
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And reliability
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Yup. Very happy with speed and reliability. Can't imagine why I ever needed a task killer.
Battery is way better than I expected. I play with my hero all day, browser internet, youtube watch, check email, download apps. The phone still has 20% more battery. And the memory control is good. I used to use taskkiller. But now I don't use it anymore. I don't turn off hero for 3 or 4 days, app runs quickly. But the Android system has to improve. It could be better.
Same here. Battery life is pretty good. Quit using a task killer and the phone is running great. If you have Astro or ES File Explorer installed they have a task manager/killer built in that you can use if you REALLY think you need to kill something.
Battery. There is a thread in the Sprint HTC Hero section on androidforums about a replacement battery that is higher capacity but fits with the stock battery cover. Everybody seems to love it.
It won't let me post a link to it, but you can go to androidforums.com and go to the Sprint HTC Hero section and search for Mugen Battery 1800mAh.
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edit: just a FYI, don't install the antivirus app from the market, it is a HUGE battery killer. i know we don't need the app but i wanted to test it out.
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Bro, this is Linux, not windows. An anti-virus would just be a waste of time
my battery life blows. i don't have many apps running either. wake up at 7am and it's dead by around 10pm with not too much use.
GMail in use
GV set to 5m updates
DealDroid set to 15m updates
WeatherBug app in the background (same battery span with TWC or other weather widgets/apps)
Bloo app in background sometimes
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my battery life blows. i don't have many apps running either. wake up at 7am and it's dead by around 10pm with not too much use.
GMail in use
GV set to 5m updates
DealDroid set to 15m updates
WeatherBug app in the background (same battery span with TWC or other weather widgets/apps)
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your pullin data all the time...what do you expect?
my suggestion: make a shortcut with bettercut and sync on demand.
Do you use a task killer?
If yes or now, how's your battery life and what rom/kernel are you using?
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
check out the link for info on task killers
No I do not and I recommend everyone I know uninstall them.
I am using baked snacks 1.7 with the pre-loaded kernel running manup's theme and minfree manager on aggressive settings.
I had ninety percent this morning at five thirty and at five this evening I was at ten percent. That is with moderate usage while at work.
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http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
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I've read that also...
I'm using Fresh 3.2 with kingkernel #8
Just wondering what others are using or not using...
Task Killers are no good.
I uninstall the stuff I don't want and use "autostarts" to manage when the stuff I do want gets started.
No need for task killers when a) you prevent the apps from starting in the first place and b) they don't work anyways.
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Task Killers are no good.
I uninstall the stuff I don't want and use "autostarts" to manage when the stuff I do want gets started.
No need for task killers when a) you prevent the apps from starting in the first place and b) they don't work anyways.
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without a search, can you point me to autostarts?
Found one in the market for .69, is that it?
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without a search, can you point me to autostarts?
Found one in the market for .69, is that it?
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the most popular task killer is ATK, or advanced task killer. BUT... i dont recommend task killers for any device on froyo, it really does more harm than good
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without a search, can you point me to autostarts?
Found one in the market for .69, is that it?
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Yeah that sounds right. It was a paid app but very cheap. The icon is a little red car..
Also, spelled exactly: "autostarts", there is only one on the market.
It's a great app, a little tedious to set up but once you get it set it's a big help.
When you open it it will run and show you all the conditions that would start an app (not just at startup) and you can prevent, for example, photobucket from running every time you take a picture.
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the most popular task killer is ATK, or advanced task killer. BUT... i dont recommend task killers for any device on froyo, it really does more harm than good
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autostarts is not a task killer, it prevents apps from being started in the first place.
I quit using a task killer, my battery life didn't seem to change. I easily get 12 hours with moderate usage. I don't have a problem getting through a work day without charging. Stock Evo 2.2
Edit: I got my nephew to take his task killers off his MOTO Droid 2.2 and he said he's getting better battery life. He had juice defender and automatic task killer and advanced task killer
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Edit: I got my nephew to take his task killers off his MOTO Droid 2.2 and he said he's getting better battery life. He had juice defender and automatic task killer and advanced task killer
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You do realize Juice Defneder is not a task killer right?
The combination of Autostarts and Juice Defender net me over 24 hours off the charger with moderate to heavy use. I never chose to not use my phone in order to preserve battery, unless I'm below 10%.
Autostarts + Juice Defender = WIN
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You do realize Juice Defneder is not a task killer right?
The combination of Autostarts and Juice Defender net me over 24 hours off the charger with moderate to heavy use. I never chose to not use my phone in order to preserve battery, unless I'm below 10%.
Autostarts + Juice Defender = WIN
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Yeah I know but I was cleaning up his phone for him and he says he's getting better battery life now, never used juice defender myself, seen it around though.
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No I do not and I recommend everyone I know uninstall them.
I am using baked snacks 1.7 with the pre-loaded kernel running manup's theme and minfree manager on aggressive settings.
I had ninety percent this morning at five thirty and at five this evening I was at ten percent. That is with moderate usage while at work.
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Since 11 this morning with moderate usage until rightnow (9:13 pm) I'm at 72%. Stock 2.2 Rom ota .28 w/ root. Using ATK.
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I'm a heavily user and manage to get atleast 4 hours.. but as juice defender which I did use and did help if you didn't use your phone, I just used the data widget and manually turn data off before I shut my phone off. I turn it back on if I use a app that uses data. Not a big hassel its a 1 click thing. Unclicked background data and auto-sync and notice the same or better than juice. The only thing I notice so far foe background data is market used it. I turn data on and open email and it syncs. My input on juice. Atk is a no no in my books.
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I thought Android 2.2 removed the API that task killers use to kill apps?
The only things I use is the Running Services if something isn't closing, or SystemPanel, other then that, no task killers.. I use to all the time until I learned they really don't do anything.
Not anymore, I do keep an eye on system panel though.
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I use ATK but only manually after I am done using an app. No point in keeping them in memory if I'm not going to be using it, I also leave the services alone and uninstall anything that likes to autostart. For battery life I regularly get 12 hours with fairly heavy usage for about four or five hours. That's streaming pandora, or using the music app, over bluetooth while browsing the web or reading the news. If I don't use it but for calls and some texts it will usually last a day or two.
Stock de-odexed ROM with Netarchy's 4.1.9 CFS kernel.
I'm almost positive that anyone running froyo is getting nothing out of using a task killer. Google axed the ability for these types of apps to work properly in 2.2. They are nothing more than a waste of cpu cycles and battery.
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Does anyone know the best way to take control of this beasts battery? It lasts longer when im on it, it tears through the battery while locked..... Too many backgrounded apps maybe? Thank you guys ahead of time
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if you think its apps running in the background try something like advanced task killer which has a auto kill feature that way it will kill any excess stuff every 30 min or what ever you set it for
also system panel will like you monitor you device/cpu/battery usage and graph it over periods like 8hrs 24hrs 3days 7days so you can see what is really using up your battery and when
Okay ty so much pack!
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You might want to look for 'super power' in the android apps section- I just installed it earlier today- seems pretty sweet so far, I didn't have any luck with task killer- it actually made my phone real choppy until i removed it, not it's smooth. Super Power is still in beta, but it's designed to manage your battery usage- and you can really tweak it for your preferences
Hey guys & gals just wanted 2 share something with u. I recently decided 2 uninstall cetcpu from my phone & decided 2 go with cpu tuner instead.In doing so i've noticed my battery life improve significantly with some profile tweaking of course.If you've run the virtuous htc sence rom with the pershoot o.c kernal u know how disgusting the battery life can b.It literally sucks the juice out of your battery like "Debbie" from Debbie does Dallas sucks the juice out of...well u know. Anyway,i also noticed how little juice the system resources now use up. I included a screenshot of the battery status screen.Hope this helps anyone with battery issues especially if your running the rom & kernal mentioned above, it worked 4 maybe it can work 4 u. P.S I have the screen set to 20% brightness,gps,wifi,blutooth,autosync all disabled.Only reason i mention this is because even with all these things disabled along with a few other,b4 installing cpu tuner my battery would still drain like crazy. Thx.
That's some horrible grammar.
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That's some horrible grammar.
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Useless post, This isn't grade school or school period. If your worried about grammar over the Interwebz then i dont think you should be posting on a forum site.
Liek ma grammarz?
Anyway, Your saying the cpu tuner helps the battery life? I'll give this a go but I don't use any of the sense roms. I'm all for better battery life although I do get 15h on pershoots kernel running cm 6.1 stable.
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That's some horrible grammar.
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This qualifies to be douche bag of the day. Sadly, the internet has so many of this kind of people.
So does this site.
Back to topic, i will also give it a try
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Watch out every one,carefull when you post. Make sure you mind your p's & q's the grammar police is on patrol. If u don't like the way I post 2 bad. Don't read it.
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i have almost the exact same info on mine with setcpu oc to 1ghz on CM6.1 and i get atleast a full day of use with frequent music and texts. alot better then any other android phone.
I don't know how you guys are having such bad battery life. Currently at the moment I am at 22h 11m 51s since unplugged with 57% left. This is all with CM6.1 RC4 w/ wifi + wifi calling on all the time when I am home, autosync on for everything, auto brightness, and some use of gps. I listen to music on my phone for atleast 3+ hours walking to and from class + texting, browsing, facebook, twitter, fantasy league during class and the occasional call, pretty good usage. with setcpu on oc to 1ghz with some profiles set up.
what if im not running sense?
If it works with sense I would think it'd work with most everything else.
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Is the phone not quick enough at 1Ghz? I keep mines on stock speeds, have setcpu installed but don't use, and have CyanogensMod on it. I get the whole days worth plus more of battery. I can't even kill it when I want to recalibrate it.
A whole day for me is about 16-20 hours for me without charging. This is MADNESS!
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Is the phone not quick enough at 1Ghz? I keep mines on stock speeds, have setcpu installed but don't use, and have CyanogensMod on it. I get the whole days worth plus more of battery. I can't even kill it when I want to recalibrate it.
A whole day for me is about 16-20 hours for me without charging. This is MADNESS!
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Not that the phone is not fast enough. It's placebo effect where people "feel" that it needs to be faster when they overclock it at crazy speed. The G2 has already proved itself a speed monster, none of the android phones out there can top it right now. As for the battery life, I honestly don't notice any considerable improvement.
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This qualifies to be douche bag of the day. Sadly, the internet has so many of this kind of people.
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I just noticed your sig, and it made me giggle.
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Watch out every one,carefull when you post. Make sure you mind your p's & q's the grammar police is on patrol. If u don't like the way I post 2 bad. Don't read it.
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I'm sure a lot of people won't.
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Nice.
At last check it's been 21hrs since i unplugged my phone & it's still @ 65% with moderate use.Personally I haven't been getting results this good since i made the switch so this makes me happy.
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I don't know how you guys are having such bad battery life. Currently at the moment I am at 22h 11m 51s since unplugged with 57% left. This is all with CM6.1 RC4 w/ wifi + wifi calling on all the time when I am home, autosync on for everything, auto brightness, and some use of gps. I listen to music on my phone for atleast 3+ hours walking to and from class + texting, browsing, facebook, twitter, fantasy league during class and the occasional call, pretty good usage. with setcpu on oc to 1ghz with some profiles set up.
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Hey Vulgrim what radio are you using?
I will try out CM 6.1 TONIGHT just to get the battery life.
I do find that the main culprit in dire lifecycles is 3G which unfortunately is what I use the most (nomadic lifestyle and all...)
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At last check it's been 21hrs since i unplugged my phone & it's still @ 65% with moderate use.Personally I haven't been getting results this good since i made the switch so this makes me happy.
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So what settings exactly are you using on the cpu tuner? Just wanted to know so I can replicate it.
My settings.
@quierotacobell...Under "Current" i have governor set to:conservative,Max:1094Ghz,Min:768Mhz.
"Profiles":
Performancendemand-Max:1097Ghz,Min:768Mhz
Good:conservative-Max:1094Ghz,Min:768Mhz
Normal:conservative-Max:1094Ghz,Min:768Mhz
Power save:conservative-Max:1094Ghz,Min:768Mhz(services set to 2g)
Screen off:conservative-Max:768Mhz,Min:768Mhz
Extreme Power save:conservative-Max:768Mhz,Min:768Mhz(services set to 2g)
Keep in mind i have wifi,blutooth, & sync disabled all across the board.Also i'm simply stating what worked for me it's no guarantee it's going to work for you.
Hmm how can you get better battery life with CPU Tuner because the lowest you can go to minimum is 768?
Will try that out Utorrent, thanks.
So I used to be totally against task killers. Well I've been experiencing horrible battery life since switching to froyo. I've tried different modems, every rom, every kernel, been doing everything to get the best batt life I can. I've found myself getting at best 8-12 hours of battery life. Which is livable. Well I read adryn's signature about how to win at Quad, and decided to try system panel lite. Been using the widget to kill all tasks about every hour and now I'm sitting at ~60% battery. It's been a light usage day but even how I've used the phone today I'd be around 5-30% battery life by now. So not a night and day jump, but a good enough jump to mention. I just felt the need to post this thread for those still struggling with battery life. Try this out and report back.
I will be sure to try it. I have struggled with battery life to the point that I actually went back to eclair for a bit . I can't live without froyo anymore so I am gonna try whatever it takes.
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I've been using System Panel since I got my phone, it's a really great app, way better than ATK or any of those other BS tk's.
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I will give this a try my battery is horrendous. Wish the undervolted kernels worked for me but nope. I will giev this a go. Thanks
Ive been using advanced task killer froyo since moving on to 2.2 . I have it set to auto kill all apps but ignored apps everytime my screen times out. But it does well not closing apps im using. Such as pandora, browser etc. I get 20 hrs average with moderate use. It hasnt died on me since eb01
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I recommend ES Task Manager. It isn't an automated killer (so no risk of it running rampant and doing more harm than good), and gives nice manual control for knocking out apps that are acting up. It is a nice upgrade from the stock one.
Swyped grumpily from my advertised as "can be upgraded to Android 2.2" device