What if any security programs do you use for your phone. Just wondering what works best and does not drain the battery.
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i got an unmodded and locked TMOUS hd2. i'm new to modding. is it possible to remove any unnecessary background daemons or services in order to save battery life? if so, how?
All you need to do is disable them - or try a custom rom there are minimal roms out there for you. They have great battery life and speed.
If however your battery life is the issue, just disable BT, 3G, internet and reduce your screen time to a minimum, that will have a big effect on the battery
johnerz said:
All you need to do is disable them - or try a custom rom there are minimal roms out there for you. They have great battery life and speed.
If however your battery life is the issue, just disable BT, 3G, internet and reduce your screen time to a minimum, that will have a big effect on the battery
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you said i can disable the services or background daemons. but how do i do this?
I searched all over the forums but couldn't find this posted anywhere, and I wanted to see if this was a known issue. I'm using an T-MOUS HD2, with Dutty's WM 6.5, and AmeriCanAndroid SD. For the past 2 ACA builds, I've had a period, when first installing that standby drain is about 5ma, but at some point soon afterwards it jumps to 60ma on Standby. On a hunch I disabled the security pin lockscreen, and it dropped back down to 5ma on standby. Enabling the pin again made it jump back up to 60ma on standby. Does anyone know if there is a fix for this? I would like the longer battery life, but still be able to offer a small bit of security for the device.
Thanks.
update: culprit found
Upon further investigation it seems that the culprit is the "Disable Lockscreen on Security" option in Cyanogenmod settings->Lockscreen settings. If I have both the swiping(rotary) lockscreen AND the security PIN, standby drainage stays at 5ma. bizarre...
Thanks, that worked for me too!
Switched two days ago from Hyperdroid to Typhoon which is based on newer CM7 and noticed reduced battery lifetime. Indeed Current Widget was showing about 60mA current.
Got a pretty big drainage on my battery yesterday and after making some adjustments to syncing, changing location to battery saver, and some minor things I'm hoping it improves. I did notice though that Google systems was the main culprit and was wondering if unlocking the phone with the fingerprint scanner drains more battery than the traditional way. Anyone know?
I am having the same drain...I dont know what's going on.
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Got a pretty big drainage on my battery yesterday and after making some adjustments to syncing, changing location to battery saver, and some minor things I'm hoping it improves. I did notice though that Google systems was the main culprit and was wondering if unlocking the phone with the fingerprint scanner drains more battery than the traditional way. Anyone know?
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battery life here has been amazing. far better than what i was getting with my S3. i wouldn't think that the fingerprint scanner would use more battery than say pattern or pin unlocking. but i do not know that for sure. i kow i can unlock my phone, respond to a text message and shut off again faster with fingerprint scanner than i can with pin code.
Hi there, for the last week or so, with no new apps being downloaded prior to issue, I have noticed a significant battery drain by Android OS (39%) and inside it showed incredible Keep awake time of 16h 50m (though the phone screen is off). For reference, the screen time (25% battery usage) so far is 1h 31m. I have installed and given root access to GSam Battery Monitor (its root companion is activated too). The program indicates that Kernal (Android OS) is taking up my space but I was hoping instead it would be able to give the direct app that is eating up my battery. I have tried restarting it twice and after letting the battery run off completely and fully charging it before turning it back on.... no dice.
S4 - SGH-i337M (jfltecan/jflte)... verified root... Android 4.4.2
SlimROM-4.4.2.build.4-OFFICIAL-3650
Build number: slim_jfltecan-userdebug 4.4.2 KVT49L 3650 test-keys
Kernal: 3.4.82-KT-SGS4-gb0a91ad
Recovery is via TWRP
I know there may be suggestions to turn off GPS, WiFi, etc, etc... but I'd rather not do that due to the fact the phone life was absolutely fine w/ them on... I'd like to fix the root of the problem instead of working around it. I haven't made any changes to phone settings for a month. Reformat is a last resort but want to exhaust options prior to.
Any help appreciated, thanks.
It seems that the only way to have figured it out is by disabling individual apps and see if there is any improvement in battery life and drop in Android OS wake time and battery use.... After checking the 4th app of possibility, it seems like KiK was the culprit. Just going to remove the app as I haven't used it much. Maybe an update for the app occurred causing this to happen. One work around for those who want to keep the app that's causing the issue and minimize the battery drain, you could just go to the app's system settings and do a Force Stop and the program will be off and then turn the app back on whenever you need it and then turn it off again via Force Stop. It's a app issue, not anything you can really do about it except downgrade or uninstall the app.
The s4 i337m forum is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att
Hello, I'm writing this because I noticed that my battery life's a lot worse than on march patch. I'm currently on april patch. I also noticed that android system is draining most of my battery (22%, while screen uses only 18%). My phone's not rooted but i don't think that matters. Also i lost about 1-1.5 hours of sot since the last update. Anyone experiencing this?
Actually I am doing fine with april, try disabling fingerprint gestures and turn off sync.