Display Killing Battery - Epic 4G General

For some reason my battery has been dying unusualy fast since about a week ago. On the battery usagepage it says display is using up 90-97 percent. It never did that before..it would at most be at around 50.
I'm on a dk28 rom. At first I was getting amazng battery life 20+ hours of heavy use but now I'm barely getting 5. I tried odining (can I make it a verb) back to stock and then going back but it didn't help. Anybody else experiencing this?
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There been a lot of talk about worse battery life on froyo leak. Make sure you are still stopping the drm media hub crap. I'm on froyo and my battery is slightly worse. Keep your screen display all the way down too.

bobdude5 said:
For some reason my battery has been dying unusualy fast since about a week ago. On the battery usagepage it says display is using up 90-97 percent. It never did that before..it would at most be at around 50.
I'm on a dk28 rom. At first I was getting amazng battery life 20+ hours of heavy use but now I'm barely getting 5. I tried odining (can I make it a verb) back to stock and then going back but it didn't help. Anybody else experiencing this?
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Is there any resolution to this? I'm experiencing the same problem, display draining the battery...was thinking of going back to di17, clearing and going back to dk28 but that didn't help you, hmm is there a certain way about fixing this?

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Phone battery drains quickly

Recently I've noticed my phone dropping percentages within minutes, I've been on my phone for about 30 min just moderately surfing the web and it has dropped almost 30 percent. I tried juice defender, although it seemed it
worked somewhat it was really messing with my data connection. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Also my display is using 59% of the battery consumption but I have it turned all the way down.
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I had this same problem until I reflashed my rom it must have been some background application which rom are you using I didn't have this issue with the stock rom btw
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As of right now I'm just rooted with the update.zip, I did lag fix but unlag fixed shortly after. Didn't have this problem when I was stock battery actually listed a good amount time.
There are bugs with the displayed battery % not being accurate. Especially if you power down the phone while it's charging.
My Vibrant just eats battery by the minute... I am honestly not sure what is going on. IT's 2.30pm and I barely used the phone and it's down to 53% now from 9am.
What can I do to fix this? I have rooted and installed lag fix from this link
I had the same issue before applying ryanza one click lash fix. My battery now lasts aboutlag 2 days. Which lag fix did you apply ?
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I know this doesn't help... but my phone is stock and with normal battery management practices I'm not having any real problems... However, I'm really used to my blackberry which could be left on forever without using any battery at all.
trunkstar1 said:
I know this doesn't help... but my phone is stock and with normal battery management practices I'm not having any real problems... However, I'm really used to my blackberry which could be left on forever without using any battery at all.
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Yea compared to my last two smartphones, the vibrant battery life is no worse. It's definitely better than the n900. But no smart phone's battery life has compared to my blackberry's I used to use.
Chalup said:
Yea compared to my last two smartphones, the vibrant battery life is no worse. It's definitely better than the n900. But no smart phone's battery life has compared to my blackberry's I used to use.
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N900 to vibrant and man what a difference. N900 battery life was absolutely horrible.
reaton33 said:
I had the same issue before applying ryanza one click lash fix. My battery now lasts aboutlag 2 days. Which lag fix did you apply ?
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I reset the phone and applied the raynza lag fix. I'll test it out and see how battery reacts. Thanks!
Fix permissions via recovery! Drain your battery till power down and recharge it fully while off if possible.
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I had this issue. Turns out my battery had swollen due to over heating. Excessive use while on the charger. In the end, it would take 7 hours to charge 80%. Hence why it was on the charger.
Doesn't sound like you have the same issue. But of you start experiencing charging issue coupled with rapid draining get the barry replaced. No issues anymore.
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All~G1 said:
Fix permissions via recovery! Drain your battery till power down and recharge it fully while off if possible.
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fixing permissions will fix the battery life?
Wow I didn't realize I butchered my typing lol. I was at work and trying to type fast on swype. I'm not all that good yet.
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tarantula78 said:
I had this same problem until I reflashed my rom it must have been some background application which rom are you using I didn't have this issue with the stock rom btw
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How do you go about flashing difffrent roms?
Battery still draining quickly' fully charged and my nephew played ko boxing four maybe 30min and my phone was at 75%. Now I'm at work all day since using the phone for maybe 10m total and I'm at 42%. So basically 40m of use and 9 hrs of stand by I'm at 42%. I also g have everything off. Screen dimmed to 10 via night dimmer app. Could an ebay charger do this because mt car charger I got was from ebay.
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newblue1234 said:
Battery still draining quickly' fully charged and my nephew played ko boxing four maybe 30min and my phone was at 75%. Now I'm at work all day since using the phone for maybe 10m total and I'm at 42%. So basically 40m of use and 9 hrs of stand by I'm at 42%. I also g have everything off. Screen dimmed to 10 via night dimmer app. Could an ebay charger do this because mt car charger I got was from ebay.
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i been having the same problem since i have rooted my device i dont know what else to do.... i am getting a new battery next week lets see how that works out. but i don't think its the battery

Battery, wow!

With light use im now at 28 percent going on 38 hours since last plugged in. anyone else noticing way better battery performance?
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38hrs huh? 3500mah battery and left completely idle I assume. No way in hell you got that on stock battery.
styckx said:
38hrs huh? 3500mah battery and left completely idle I assume. No way in hell you got that on stock battery.
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^this
10char
The only way you could have that on a stock battery is have the phone off and battery pulled out for 34 hours.
I'm getting a lot better life with the overclocked kernal and midnight eb13. 8hrs of moderate usage and was only down to 55%. I'm loving it.
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I am running through the stock battery AND the 3500mah battery each day on EB13. I dont know if its my usage has changed or what, but EB13 is a battery hog. Lost 25% from my 3500mah battery overnight as I was sleeping. LOL.
muyoso said:
I am running through the stock battery AND the 3500mah battery each day on EB13. I dont know if its my usage has changed or what, but EB13 is a battery hog. Lost 25% from my 3500mah battery overnight as I was sleeping. LOL.
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Discussing this over at the supernova rom. Something is wrong...battery life is bad for some people.
muyoso said:
I am running through the stock battery AND the 3500mah battery each day on EB13. I dont know if its my usage has changed or what, but EB13 is a battery hog. Lost 25% from my 3500mah battery overnight as I was sleeping. LOL.
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keep an eye on your TWS. This has been a huge issue for me, and keeps draining the life out of the battery. Only solution so far seems to be the ariplane mode toggle work around.
I was able to make 30+ hours on a single full charge with dk28.
I still haven't put eb13 through its paces but from what I'm seeing, its great with battery.
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styckx said:
38hrs huh? 3500mah battery and left completely idle I assume. No way in hell you got that on stock battery.
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That should be easily attainable on stock battery. I'm loking forward to 70+ hours
Epic 4g
suggestions!!!!
if you all want better battery life then disable your data network ...the way to do this is hold down the power button ...just like you are turning your phone off, you will see the data network. hit that button..it will disable your internet constantly running in the back ground and also will disable notifications...you can turn it on at your discression when you want to check your email, internet, or anything pertaining to data network...but trust me this will give you alot more battery life..also you can install setcpu and clock it to run lower when your phone is charging, not in use , or even when you are using your phone...this also helps substantually...good luck guys
djbacon06 said:
keep an eye on your TWS. This has been a huge issue for me, and keeps draining the life out of the battery. Only solution so far seems to be the ariplane mode toggle work around.
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0% TWS. TWS is solved in EB13 for me.
galaxyd700 said:
if you all want better battery life then disable your data network ...the way to do this is hold down the power button ...just like you are turning your phone off, you will see the data network. hit that button..it will disable your internet constantly running in the back ground and also will disable notifications...you can turn it on at your discression when you want to check your email, internet, or anything pertaining to data network...but trust me this will give you alot more battery life..also you can install setcpu and clock it to run lower when your phone is charging, not in use , or even when you are using your phone...this also helps substantually...good luck guys
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Very nice suggestions I'd also like to add that using Wifi will use a LOT less battery then 3G probably 80% of the time. At work I have poor reception so leaving 3G on will kill my battery, however WiFi it's not uncommon I leave work after 10 hours unplugged with only 20-25% of the battery used! Make sure to set the wifi sleep policy to never if you go this route, that way it never goes back to 3G even when sleeping.
Turning data off completely and using the phone only lightly all day at work (a few text messages) (10 hours unplugged) i've left work with 88% percent battery remaining
Battery life has improved greatly. I turn off background data, stop the Omadrmblablabla service, no live backgrounds, but it is full color. With moderate use I can see 10 hours and still have 40% before I go to bed.
My battery life has been greatly increased too. The battery indicator seems much more accurate too. I did the factory reset several times, then wiped and used the samsung installer.
muyoso said:
0% TWS. TWS is solved in EB13 for me.
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I wish I could be as lucky as you. This is by far my biggest complaint with eb13. I have tried flashing multiple times to no avail. How did you update? odin, samsung exe, update zip, or ota?
I did an odin flash, and my battery is much better as well. On 2.1 stock I would usually get about 16 hrs with my usage. Now, with the same usage on EB13, I can get about 36hrs (charging every other night).
I did the zip update first, and my battery was awful and only lasted for 4 hours. But since the odin flash, everything is great!
djbacon06 said:
I wish I could be as lucky as you. This is by far my biggest complaint with eb13. I have tried flashing multiple times to no avail. How did you update? odin, samsung exe, update zip, or ota?
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Samsung exe. Did you update your profile and PRL? I had TWS issues until I did that. After updating the PRL I have been golden.
PRL fix will only last til you reboot I think. Have you rebooted since PRL udate?
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What's the tws bug that drains the battery? Airplane toogle does what?
But as for myself, I'm getting way better battery on eb13. I think some people have bad experiences sure to installing done apps rgat may run in the back ground. Do this test, reflash stock. Don't install any apps but what thee phone comes with. And use the phone for 2 days. Then you will notice rgat index outer does last longer.
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Samsung exe. Did you update your profile and PRL? I had TWS issues until I did that. After updating the PRL I have been golden.
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I have tried that as well, no dice. Only the airplane toggle seems to fix it. I have to airplane toggle every time I boot up. Once I do that the TWS is around 2-5% which is normal for me.
tenaciousj said:
PRL fix will only last til you reboot I think. Have you rebooted since PRL udate?
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exactly. If it does fix it (seems sporadic at best), it will not stay applied after a reboot.
abduljaffar said:
What's the tws bug that drains the battery? Airplane toogle does what?
But as for myself, I'm getting way better battery on eb13. I think some people have bad experiences sure to installing done apps rgat may run in the back ground. Do this test, reflash stock. Don't install any apps but what thee phone comes with. And use the phone for 2 days. Then you will notice rgat index outer does last longer.
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TWS = time without signal. Airplane mode resets the radio on the device and somehow fixes it (albeit, temporarily). I read somewhere on here people believe it has something to do with the fact that, for some reason, the phone is looking for a gsm signal as well as cdma, and since this is not a gsm phone, it obviously can't find a gsm signal. The constant searching for gsm is causing a drain on the battery. This happens in areas with full sprint coverage, like my house. For whatever reason re-setting the radio forces it to stay on cdma mode only. I think i read someone saying something along the lines of it being a problem because this is was an update created for devices across the board, ie, for both cdma and gsm handsets. Its just a bug that needs addressed. Some people have it, some don't -- which is even more frustrating!
If you are not experiencing this problem, please tell me what method you used to update. I have only tried Odin (and update zip once), so I will try the samsung exe to see if it does anything.

Battery issues on 2.3

Im noticing my battery is draining faster than when I had froyo anyone else noticing this.its very disappointing .im using it just how I used it on froyo and it barely last through half the day. And should I use a task killer, droid life said it would save me more battery if I didn't use one
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You might want to recalibrate your battery. I am getting much better life on gingerbread. Definitely do not use a task killer. Android is designed to keep the programs you use most in memory and drop the ones that aren't. Even the ones on memory won't be using much power.
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Charge the battery to 100% and then boot into CWM and go to advanced > wipe battery stats
jgraham4598 said:
You might want to recalibrate your battery. I am getting much better life on gingerbread. Definitely do not use a task killer. Android is designed to keep the programs you use most in memory and drop the ones that aren't. Even the ones on memory won't be using much power.
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Thanks
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Jmoney47 said:
Charge the battery to 100% and then boot into CWM and go to advanced > wipe battery stats
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It actually was doing pretty good until today and maybe its me not noticing how much im using it since I am trying out gb and all its new features lol
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Another reason that I regretted upgrading to it is the battery seems to run down a lot faster.
I also noticed the keypad lights stay on considerably longer (and brighter too?). Can it possibly be assisted adjusted?
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Ted A said:
Another reason that I regretted upgrading to it is the battery seems to run down a lot faster.
I also noticed the keypad lights stay on considerably longer (and brighter too?). Can it possibly be assisted adjusted?
Yea the lights are way to bright for no good reason.
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We just updated my wife's DX to the Gingerbread OTA this morning. (We are running stock)
My wife showed me that her battery was down to about 40% today, when normally she is around 70% by the end of the day.
I don't have CWM on her phone (if I should be resetting data as mentioned above).
Is her battery draining faster, or is it just a battery recalibration issue?
If we need to recalibrate, what should we do without CWM?
Thanks ...
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Is her battery draining faster, or is it just a battery recalibration issue?
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The battery is likely draining faster. It's an issue discussed by many others. I have questionable battery issues following the upgrade. My usage patterns haven't changed, but my battery life seems slightly worse. Moto is aware and hopefully will fix relatively soon.
openbox9 said:
The battery is likely draining faster. It's an issue discussed by many others. I have questionable battery issues following the upgrade. My usage patterns haven't changed, but my battery life seems slightly worse. Moto is aware and hopefully will fix relatively soon.
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I'm also experiencing 20 to 30% faster battery drainage on GB. No change in usage or apps.
openbox9 said:
The battery is likely draining faster. It's an issue discussed by many others. I have questionable battery issues following the upgrade. My usage patterns haven't changed, but my battery life seems slightly worse. Moto is aware and hopefully will fix relatively soon.
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Are there other threads where this drainage issue is being discussed and potential solutions being posted?
¿GotJazz? said:
Are there other threads where this drainage issue is being discussed and potential solutions being posted?
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Yes, and so far the suggestions revolve around disabling any sort of syncing/polling apps, turning down screen brightness, turning off 3G radio and living life with only WiFi, doing a factory reset, and a few others. Some believe it's a 3G signal issue and the radio bumping the power to compensate. I'm betting on this as the phone does get quite a bit warmer when using the 3G radio. Realistically, the only real solution will come from Moto when the issue is fixed.
Motorola claims the DroidX has 480 minutes talk time and 220 hours standby!
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...s/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola-DROID-X-US-EN.alt
Anyone here get anything remotely close to those times?
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Definitely not since the GB update. Might have been able to get that before if you remove all widgets, syncing/pushing apps, and only turn the screen on to dial a phone number.
On a side note, I broke down and bought the extended battery and I seem to be getting worse battery life now than before Time to exchange it or get my money back.
I am experiencing the same fast drainage and excessive heat. I am more than ready for a fix & root.
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Just updated to 2.3.3 today and my battery is doing a lot better than on froyo. im unrooted
I was having a similar issue with the battery draining and the phone feeling warmer that usual after I first updated. I fired up OSMonitor and found that there was a motorola service running nonstop at like 20% CPU usage. Found out it was trying to sync my exchange account but couldn't connect. I manually went in to the mail app and refreshed; it sync'd my account and the problem was solved. Great battery life ever since.
Don't know if this is a similar issue that other people are having, but hopefully it helps someone.
I had the same problem (battery would drain in a few hours and the phone would get very hot) and could not determine the problem.
After a few days I tried the "Droid Factory Reset"
under: Reset instructions for DROID X on 2.3 Gingerbread Android:
motorola-global-portal dot custhelp dot com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48517/~/droid-x---factory-data-reset
It worked. The battery life went back to what it had been before the update, or at least to something similar. Of course, all the data and apps were wiped.... but it was a perfect trade off for having a phone that worked once again.
Just waiting for the Gingerbread OTA Root!
funny, cause when i go through privacy to factory data reset and get all the way to the final button to erase everything...the damn button does nothing. Doesnt work.
it's fine cause i can just boot into android recovery and do it there, but wtf.
this OTA GB has been pretty bad thus far. lots of lost functionality such as extended controls / power control widget, task killer widgets...none of them work.
Nate0922 said:
I was having a similar issue with the battery draining and the phone feeling warmer that usual after I first updated. I fired up OSMonitor and found that there was a motorola service running nonstop at like 20% CPU usage. Found out it was trying to sync my exchange account but couldn't connect. I manually went in to the mail app and refreshed; it sync'd my account and the problem was solved. Great battery life ever since.
Don't know if this is a similar issue that other people are having, but hopefully it helps someone.
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99% of the time, that was the issue with battery drain on GB.
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Weird battery issues

Hello all!
I just bought a used Fascinate and am having some weird issues with the battery and wanted to see what your opinions would be.
The issues I am having are:
- Very poor battery life
- Battery level jumping around after removing battery (Will be at 94% and jump to 90%)
- Slow charging time
I am currently running CM7 nightlies with the CM7 Kernel. Bad battery?
Edit: I have also re-flashed stock software and cleared battery stats a couple of times to no avail
Bump! Anyone have ideas?
Not really, maybe it's time for a new battery.
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when you are clearing battery stats are you doing so with a full charge? Also are you going through a calibration cycle afterwards i.e. Charge to full>Wipe stats>Use it till it dies>charge to full again. Do this a couple times and it should help. If not, new battery for sure. It's kind of a pain going through the process but its worth it
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when you are clearing battery stats are you doing so with a full charge? Also are you going through a calibration cycle afterwards i.e. Charge to full>Wipe stats>Use it till it dies>charge to full again. Do this a couple times and it should help. If not, new battery for sure. It's kind of a pain going through the process but its worth it
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Thanks man, Im going through this process right now... It is a pain! Hopefully it works!
No problem, it really is a pain lol. I've got two extended batteries and a standard that i've done a crapload of times. The extendeds take an eternity to die. My last cycle went 2 days 14 1/2 hours off charger with moderate use.
If you do end up needing a new one, and dont mind the extra size I would definately recomend the OEM extended.
"I didn't say that...my Fascinate has a tiny troll inside it."
Naztech has good extended battery
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Thanks fellas!
I second the Naztech ext. Get a couple days out of it.
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Just heard today on a podcast I listen to, that the old thinking of letting these batteries completely drain is actually more harmful. Now the thinking is to plug device in whenever possible. I love my naztech ext. Def getting a second.
SCH-1500....sc v03 voodoo lagfix......LETS GO PENS!
Bump! Anyone have ideas?
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Bump! Anyone have ideas?
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Its posts like this that start flame wars...
@jaspring, please quit posting BS to get your count up, especially here
It seems that ever since I went from TSM Resurrection to SC charge time for the phone has gone up. Battery life is still about the same (better than Froyo), but definitely takes longer to fully charge. Seems like TSM was the best overall performing ROM for me.. thinking about going back.

Battery life decreasing...

Ok, so I've had my SGN for little under a month for the first few weeks I had it I was getting great battery life, almost 6 hours screen time full day of battery etc.. Then I rooted it using one click root because I wanted some more access, since then battery life has seemingly been slowly getting worse. I have tried changing back to stock roms and custom roms, I've fully discharged the battery and charged while it is off a number of times but I'm down to 3 hours screen time and can't get a full day out off it anymore.
Is this something to do with the way I rooted, what can I do test and try and get back my battery life, this is the main reason I got this phone..
It's hard to say if it was the first update I installed/rooting or something wrong with the way I'm charging but it's certainly decreased even on a stock ROM without installing anything..
Anybody else encountered this?
Check battery stats and show us a print screen
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Going to try latest firmware and just bought Odin mobile.. Hoping that'll fix it.
Won't let me add a picture says I don't have permission.. Sigh.
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Goonish said:
Ok, so I've had my SGN for little under a month for the first few weeks I had it I was getting great battery life, almost 6 hours screen time full day of battery etc.. Then I rooted it using one click root because I wanted some more access, since then battery life has seemingly been slowly getting worse. I have tried changing back to stock roms and custom roms, I've fully discharged the battery and charged while it is off a number of times but I'm down to 3 hours screen time and can't get a full day out off it anymore.
Is this something to do with the way I rooted, what can I do test and try and get back my battery life, this is the main reason I got this phone..
It's hard to say if it was the first update I installed/rooting or something wrong with the way I'm charging but it's certainly decreased even on a stock ROM without installing anything..
Anybody else encountered this?
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I have the same "feeling" with my Note. I have installed System Panel to monitor usage but I can't find anything specific that seems to be sucking the power. But it certainly "feels" like my battery is draining faster than before.
It's probably as the phone gets older, you install more & more Apps. Some of these are probably working in the background sucking your battery.
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Even with a clean stock rom, it doesn't seem as good as it was without root or any updates.. Wish I remembered what the phone came loaded with, I'd give that a go..
xamaba said:
I have the same "feeling" with my Note. I have installed System Panel to monitor usage but I can't find anything specific that seems to be sucking the power. But it certainly "feels" like my battery is draining faster than before.
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Try Rocket Rom v17 or latest XXLA1 firmware and your battery life will come back even better than before, just me
Same "feeling" here! I will try LA1 firmware....
So I'm currently sitting on 4.30 hours screen time, 15 hours uptime with 20% battery remaining.
Running la1 firmware and la3 modem, been using stock browser. Taking lots of photos with flash too, so I think this combo has rectified my issues but I know there's more potential as this is roughly the same stats I got on my dhd, although that was underclocked and tweaked to the clappers.
Faith is resetored in my device, hopefully it improves.

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