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Losing Battery life pretty fast now.. why?

I flashed my vibrant to bionix 1.3.1 a while back, pretty much a week after is was released. Its been great up to about 2-3 days ago. I had a full charge at work at today around 2 pm, I got home and checked the battery life at around 6 pm it was at 72%. I sent out about 4 texts lastnight. Got up this morning is was at 44%. I used to get about 2-3 days out of light use. It will probably be dead by 2 pm again today.
What gives?
Network data off -
Black background -
Brightness is the lowest -

Idk maybe randomly reading it wrong? P.s. Why dont people charge their phones at night?!?!? Thats what I do

Oh i do as well usually. But like i said, the battery is starting to drop so fast that by lunch that day it was already at like 49%. By 2 pm is was full and so on. I just dont understand why its dropping so fast thats all.
Might have something to do with the battery

Check what's running in the background. The other night I was just using the phone normally and put it to sleep, checked it a few times and it was dropping 1% every 15 minutes or so. Noticed it kept checking into something. VVM and Market Checkin was running, killed it and it seemed to help. Also discovered (might not be true) that the New MAPS and GMAIL apps constantly check in and drain the battery after removing the updates phone seems to last longer/as it did before..:/

oo maybe that might be it. I Just updated a boat load of my apps a few days ago. P.s. how do you remove just the update?

Daymic said:
I flashed my vibrant to bionix 1.3.1 a while back, pretty much a week after is was released. Its been great up to about 2-3 days ago. I had a full charge at work at today around 2 pm, I got home and checked the battery life at around 6 pm it was at 72%. I sent out about 4 texts lastnight. Got up this morning is was at 44%. I used to get about 2-3 days out of light use. It will probably be dead by 2 pm again today.
What gives?
Network data off -
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Brightness is the lowest -
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WIDGETS IN BACKGROUND ON DEKTOP ? SHUT THEM OFF
TURN OFF USB DEBUGING
REMOVE WI-FI CALLIN
IN GALAXY S TUNER (APP FROM MARKET ) PUT MEMORY MANAGEMENT ON AGRESSIVE
those are just a few tips , if You didn't install anything that would change Your battery behavior TRY TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE IN WALL OUTLET INSTEAD OF COMUPUER USB ,also did You flash any updates to Bionix that got released because of so some of them contain update to modem so if previous bionix was on JL4 modem which is fast and battery savy new update might off reflashed your modem to newer one as fast as old but with worst battery . good luck i can give u million tips how to save juice , oh btw :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931351
also clean up Your battery stats in clockwork and recharge it with wall outlet Your battery might be recalibrated and when it shows 2% left u might have 10 really instead that's why clean battery stats and recharge.

or sadlly Your battery cant hold the juice anymore because it was recharged to zero few times too many , sorry

This is crazy. I just came to xda to post my bionix 1.3.1 battery problem. I been running it for a week and no issues. But this morning I took the phone off the charger and within 10 minutes of using it I was down to 85%. Usually after my morning usage I'd be around 93-95%. But that's not the issue I wanted to post.
I was trying to wait for Black Ice since Frost had the best battery life of any rom I've tried...just not feeling the Frost theme. So I started to download the Frost zip & got the phone on the charger.
Even after I put it back on the charger my battery life kept going down. Plugged it in at 85% and a few minutes later I noticed it was at 83%
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SaintJimmy76 said:
This is crazy. I just came to xda to post my bionix 1.3.1 battery problem. I been running it for a week and no issues. But this morning I took the phone off the charger and within 10 minutes of using it I was down to 85%. Usually after my morning usage I'd be around 93-95%. But that's not the issue I wanted to post.
I was trying to wait for Black Ice since Frost had the best battery life of any rom I've tried...just not feeling the Frost theme. So I started to download the Frost zip & got the phone on the charger.
Even after I put it back on the charger my battery life kept going down. Plugged it in at 85% and a few minutes later I noticed it was at 83%
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lso clean up Your battery stats in clockwork and recharge it with wall outlet Your battery might be recalibrated and when it shows 2% left u might have 10 really instead that's why clean battery stats and recharge. I WASNT CLEAR ENOUGH I GUESS ...OH WELL.

Daymic said:
oo maybe that might be it. I Just updated a boat load of my apps a few days ago. P.s. how do you remove just the update?
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Just go to the market, tap menu and then go to DOWNLOADS
look for GMAIL and MAPS, click on them and then where it says "Uninstall update" you want to click that. Done.

truee u might want to disable location access if its on too

if u updated ,find out which modem the previous rom u ran and reflash it to the modem u had before.

I had this problem with nero after a month of use. Wipe battery stats when the battery is fully drained. Fixed my battery problems.
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Thx guys, ill wipe the battery stats and unistall the updates.

Does USB debug consume power?
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.

demize! said:
Does USB debug consume power?
Don't blame me, blame my keyboard's autocorrection algorithm.
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i'm sure it's not.
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I have the same problem. I have system panel running all the time. When I sleep, the phone sleeps too and uses about 1% of battery per hour. But when im actually using the phone, even if the use is minimal like sending a few texts etc. The battery consumption is far greater than the use. Top apps in system panel monitoring is usually system process and system itself. How do I correct this issue?
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Daymic said:
Thx guys, ill wipe the battery stats and unistall the updates.
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I had a issue a while back. What I did to fix it is go with the standard rom. Then slowly I would put one or 2 apps back on. After a day or so I found out which one was to blame and got rid of it.

sLiKK said:
I have the same problem. I have system panel running all the time. When I sleep, the phone sleeps too and uses about 1% of battery per hour. But when im actually using the phone, even if the use is minimal like sending a few texts etc. The battery consumption is far greater than the use. Top apps in system panel monitoring is usually system process and system itself. How do I correct this issue?
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I have the *EXACT* problem. It bugs me so much. Good to know I'm not the only one experiencing this. Everyone brags about how their phones lasts for 3 days and I call BS.

Deggy said:
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I have the *EXACT* problem. It bugs me so much. Good to know I'm not the only one experiencing this. Everyone brags about how their phones lasts for 3 days and I call BS.
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I agree with you also. These guys must have some super batteries to get that kind of life out of it. lol.

Bionix - Best battery life ever!

;D I'm running Bionix v1.3.1 and the battery life is AWESOME. Yesterday, I did a LOT of texting, gaming and talking. By the end of the day, I still had 90%.
Usually, if I do that on any other ROM, by the end of the day, I'd probably have around 0%-30%
I didn't recondition the battery, either.
BUT ONE THING, I've NEVER EVER experienced a problem with the GPS on my vibrant, but right after flashing V1.3.1, it wouldn't work anymore. It'd take like 15 mins to lock D:<

wow. using any different kernels? What modem? I get stock battery life on bionix. I have no idea how people are getting such amazing battery life. Maybe i need to do a battery reconditioning.

jdm4u said:
wow. using any different kernels? What modem? I get stock battery life on bionix. I have no idea how people are getting such amazing battery life. Maybe i need to do a battery reconditioning.
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Yeah same thing here. How do you recondition the battery?

That's amazing I used it and I ended the day with like 40% i used trigger and I get like. 70% 60% on average
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Same here, running 1.3.1 with the overstock kernel, keeping wifi on all day due to the great wifi sleep policy, after an 8 hour work day of moderate to heavy use my battery is at about 70% everyday. I don't even want to update to the newest version of overstock, too scared to lose what I have.
Edit: And my gps works flawlessly, but I've done the hardware fix on it.
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Battery life on my vibrant using Binoix
Here is the screenshot of battery usage with Bionix...

I swore by bionix since the first rom came around, but recently I strayed and tried trigger. Trigger + overstock 2 kicks any bionix roms in the behind.
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My phone never liked Bionix, regardless of what kernel I ran. I was lucky to get 12 hours with moderate use, mostly texting.

Where can I find the hardware fix for the GPS?
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Search for (I'd link it but I'm lazy) "CORRECT hardware gps fix", but be careful, steady hands and big balls are required.
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dilluj said:
Here is the screenshot of battery usage with Bionix...
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Hows that paperweight? Im got good battery life with bionix, usually under 20% after work(8-6). Im getting great battery life with trigger rom now. Usually around 40% after work. All this is with music playback for atleast 4-5 hrs a day with data running.
Hate calling people liars but I will never understand people who get 2 days wiht an oem battery. I jsut dont see someone besides an extremely light user getting 2+ days without a charge. I got 2 days with my 2700mah extended battery.

can you play angry birds for 2 hours and say how's your battery?
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I also swore by bionix since it's first release but seriously trigger + overstock = fastest rom with the best battery life I've had so far

If you get more than a day on your vibrant...
You need to start using your phone and not just checking time or battery every 10 minutes.

Ditto
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If you get more than a day on your vibrant...
You need to start using your phone and not just checking time or battery every 10 minutes.
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Does it really last that long when use all day?

zerosource said:
Does it really last that long when use all day?
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it won't last 5 hours with heavy browsing.(web,xda,facebook,twitter etc)
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zerosource said:
Does it really last that long when use all day?
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This is probably as accurate as you can get:
Heavy use: 6 hours or less, MAYBE 7, but unlikely if its heavy use.
Moderate use: 10-14 or less, no more than 14.
Light: a day, and possibly more.

draikz said:
;D I'm running Bionix v1.3.1 and the battery life is AWESOME. Yesterday, I did a LOT of texting, gaming and talking. By the end of the day, I still had 90%.
Usually, if I do that on any other ROM, by the end of the day, I'd probably have around 0%-30%
I didn't recondition the battery, either.
BUT ONE THING, I've NEVER EVER experienced a problem with the GPS on my vibrant, but right after flashing V1.3.1, it wouldn't work anymore. It'd take like 15 mins to lock D:<
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It was good for me but no as good as Trigger,but the rom that lasted more on a charge for me was Azura,it had incredible battery life.

I used to get 2+days battery life on mine when I was running previous version of Bionix. I can't recall which version it was, i think 1.2.0. It was when the froyo was released for the vibrant i believe january-febuary-ish. After flashing to 1.3.1, i can't get passed to 24hours anymore. Also all my settings, syncs, wallpaper (etc..),except the modem,kernel, and 2 scrabble apps, where similar. The KB1 modem was one of the culprits of the drain and i have it replace with the JK and KA variants (still testing which one is the best). KB1 was awesome with my gps locks though with almost 3 meter accuracy with 8/12 sats locked). The speeds were also like +1-2mbs depending on the location and this was tested with a friend that has JKx modem. Also google googles and the 3d gallery up was not shutting down the sensor server which was draining the battery hardcore. Until now I still havent been able to replicate how I got the 2days battery life. I could revert to the previous bionix version because i have a back up too but this battery issue is not really that of a problem.

battery drains completely in less than 12 hours

On Galaxy S I9000.....what can I do to fix it? This happens even with minimal usage.

Which rom?

malcho said:
Which rom?
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2.3.4 Gingerbread xxjvp

try to overcharge your phone and see if there still any battery drainage!

I have same "problem". It will be fixed when there's been few batterycycles.
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I've only had this rom for 1 day.
Sry for doublepost.
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I have this issue on Darky 10.1 (2.6 kernel), 2.3.3
Battery lasts around 10 hours with light to medium usage (its a new original Samsung battery as well).
Does anyone have any quick advice to fix this? Bit under time pressure due to job at the moment and don't have much time to research this. Any advice to fix this easily and quickly?

I had this problem after switching on the “Vorabruf über Mobilnetz“ in the Cache-Settings of Google Maps. Maps was closed, but battery was fast going down. Using XWJVH.
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I too have almost the same problem with Darky Rom 10.1 - but I've heard that it has been fixed in the new beta version. I'm gonna flash it at the end of the week and after a few days of observing, I'm gonna tell you the results.

Jobiza said:
I have same "problem". It will be fixed when there's been few batterycycles.
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It's been through quite a few cycles.

I think I figured it out.....I think it was Skype. If you sign in the app is always on...it doesn't have an exit feature. There is, however, an app to close it. I used it and got normal battery life today!
We'll see if it keeps working like it should.

So I've upgraded to 2.3.4, (Ficeto.Deodexed.XXJVP) and Android OS battery drain stopped. Now it shows 70% battery usage on display (before it was 70% android OS). I recommend updating your system too

with darky on medium use never had more than 14 hrs )

I've given up for the moment and gone back to Darkys 9.5
Now at least I can get through one whole day and have about 40% left

Diaf82 said:
2.3.4 Gingerbread xxjvp
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Are you willing to flash the rom again? or you can try to use the speedmod 15g t11 for the kernel to replace the JVP kernel.

it's said that when you use the USB connection to your PC, you need to reboot it. So this battery drainage will not happen.
In the ROm 2.3.3 JV5 and JV6 for Asia, I do the same to keep the batter alive.

Try backing up everything and then factory reset phone. Generally this happens because of a few unwanted applications excessively using ur processor, in turn draining battery or there may be a malware that stealthily connects itself to the net. This will almost certainly cure the disease. If it doesn't, then there is a serious defect in ur hardware or some of ur system app required for properfunctioning of the phone is corrupted, causing excess pressure on the processor

It is a big problem to everyone, I charge twice per day for this.

Calibrate your battery
Let the battery go down to 0% and turn off
Then turn the phone on, it'll turn itself off again cause battery is low
Keep doing this until its totally 0%
Plug in the charger, charge it to 100%
Turn the phone on
Download SGS Tools from the android market place
Run the app
Go to "scripts"
click delete battery stats
Unplug charger & you're done
battery should be more stable now
go to settings
applications
running services
check what you have in the background
close them down if they're unecessary
I get through the workday with only 10% loss

If you have an really old SIM card, try and replace it with a brand new one. This may also help. I had bad battery run time with two LG Optimus 2x phones (about 10 hours) and not so stellar 20 hours with the i9000. Finally I stumbled over some advise to replace old SIM cards. Since mine was over 12 years old, I ordered a new one. It is not gonna change the world, I know, but it was worth a try .

Battery life with pudding 2.3.4?? Anyone experiencing phenomenal battery life??

I just recently unlocked bootloader, flashed 2.3.4 pudding and rooted and am experiencing insane battery life. For example, this morning I unplugged at 7:30 am and had work at 9 am. I work at AT&T so I am on my phone a significant amount of the day especially compared to the 'heavier' users out there. This morning was extremely slow and I spent most of the morning downloading and installing apps mostly from 4shared.com, heavy usage. Later in the day I used the phone for 3 customer service calls, all fairly lengthy. I also had set my cpu to 1000 MHz using SetCpu and my brightness cranked all the way up. I let 4 of my employees use my phone to demo for customers and showed my front row video of Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America 5 or 6 times. All the while playing Words with Friends with the old lady and sending and receiving about 50 texts. Pretty heavy use and a typical day for me.
It is 8 pm and I am at 40% still!! I am thoroughly impressed after 2 days of flashing new rom.
Please give your feedback on battery life on 2.3.4 and let me and others know ifI you are experiencing something similar.
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Ya I'm running bells 2.3.4 rom and the battery life is noticeably longer
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I feel the batter life on 2.3.4 is worse. I'm running kenn's 2.3.4 rom.

viper98 said:
Ya I'm running bells 2.3.4 rom and the battery life is noticeably longer
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quote some times from your battery stats like time in battery and display on otherwise there's not much to compare to

I use my phone more than just about everyone I know and once I updated to 2.3.4 the battery improve quite a bit.
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Improved battery life after 2.3.4 update.
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stock 2.3.4 OTA and rooted. battery life seems much better. Screenshot from today, the phone was mostly idle but compared to 2.2.2 battery life is much better.

Currently at 46% unplugged around 715am
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gnahc79 said:
stock 2.3.4 OTA and rooted. battery life seems much better. Screenshot from today, the phone was mostly idle but compared to 2.2.2 battery life is much better.
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screen on time? it looks like it was barely on. not being a nay sayer, just curious

dLo GSR said:
screen on time? it looks like it was barely on. not being a nay sayer, just curious
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I stated the phone was mostly idle today. My phone has been idle like that before (entire day) and on 2.2.2 the battery was at 20% or so usually.
edit: IMO testing the battery usage when the phone is idle is probably a more accurate test between 2.2.2. and 2.3.4. It helps see how much battery the background services run on 2.3.4. With the screen on/phone in active use there's too many variables that are draining the battery = tough to make an accurate comparison. That is unless you have some sort of automated test script running that enables the screen and automatically walks through several apps for 2+ hours. I doubt anyone here does that though .

My battery life is not any better. If anything, it's slightly worse.
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Pretty much the same for me...
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JLHumbert said:
My battery life is not any better. If anything, it's slightly worse.
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agree with that, especially with screen time going past 1-2 hours.

I'm not rooted or anything... I have AT&T version. I get horrible reception in my home so I usually turn off data network and have wifi on. I was using "extend controls" app from market... no with the update a few things wont work namely the widget to turn off data network connection. I see the problem, it renames the wrong APN (AT&T US Tether)... the default APN is AT&T HSDPA, not sure if its okay to switch. That all said my battery drains VERY fast... Went to bed at around 1am with 50% and was totally drained (phone died) by 8am. My only thought is that it was searching for a signal all night with wifi on...
Any thought on this?

I have had amazing battery life. I closed tonight so my routine was pretty much the same. I usually listen to iheartradio for about 2 hours while im counting down drawers other wise idle except for checking twitter on my breaks. That usually puts me at somewhere between 30-40% and I got home with 70% today...

I've somehow managed to get 2 days and 11 hours while still being at 12%. I haven't really used it much, with only ~3 hours of screen time, but I did use it for about 2 hours to listen to music with.
(On RedPill, not just 2.3.4 pudding)

My battery life seems terrible. Was on Gingerblur 4.5 and unlocked rooted and flashed ken's "safe" 4.5.91 update and my battery just died in 5.5 hrs. Anyone got suggestions?
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redhawk79 said:
My battery life seems terrible. Was on Gingerblur 4.5 and unlocked rooted and flashed ken's "safe" 4.5.91 update and my battery just died in 5.5 hrs. Anyone got suggestions?
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Do you have the 4.5.91 radio (radio section near the bottom of the 1st post)? Settings -> About Phone -> Baseband Version = N_01.77.30P

Glad battery life is looking good. I'd love to see some comparisons to non OEM batteries. I know some say 2k+ mAH but you never know about quality.
I think the dual core CPU is to thank here. If processes are getting completed much quicker, then that means less active CPU time.

Unlocked, rooted, over-clocked @ 1100mhz, Kenneths Rom. My battery is outstanding! Under-clock to 750 with screen off and run "maximum battery saver" mode. Runs flawlessly and no issues.
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Very Strange Battery Stats - Help Appreciated

I've just flashed PA latest build (dirty) and my battery stats are pretty messed up, apparently Bluetooth was the biggest drain on my phone, 57%, and it was on for nearly 50 days.
I don't use Bluetooth and obviously a battery lasting 50 days is nonsense.
I've had a search and found people experiencing high drain from some services, or reporting 100% charge as soon as plugged in, but can't find anything resembling my problem.
Is there a way of resetting these stats without having to do a full wipe. I tried charging to 100% but they remain.

get battery calibration app, should delete the stats shouldnt it?

m4r0v3r said:
get battery calibration app, should delete the stats shouldnt it?
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Waste of time. Just charge your phone to full and battery stats are wiped.
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Thanks for replies. I did a charge last night but the stats remain. I probably didn't charge to 100% just almost 100%.
I find that it can take up to 30 minutes to go from 99% to 100%. I will leave it charging overnight and hopefully that will sort it
That Bluetooth figure just seems weird, and I have no idea where it came from??

villapark75 said:
I've just flashed PA latest build (dirty) and my battery stats are pretty messed up, apparently Bluetooth was the biggest drain on my phone, 57%, and it was on for nearly 50 days.
I don't use Bluetooth and obviously a battery lasting 50 days is nonsense.
I've had a search and found people experiencing high drain from some services, or reporting 100% charge as soon as plugged in, but can't find anything resembling my problem.
Is there a way of resetting these stats without having to do a full wipe. I tried charging to 100% but they remain.
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Lol I had this too when I dirt flashed to pa. Its alright just a bug. Its all good lol. I wouldn't start a thread on it but yes.
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gravitysandwich said:
I wouldn't start a thread on it but yes.
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I can't help myself........ Need attention
Seriously though it's a bit strange that we both got that, could these be the stats of the ROM builder and they got left in somehow?? I know the 15th June version wasn't official and just put out for feedback. Apart from the battery thing it's awesome

villapark75 said:
I can't help myself........ Need attention
Seriously though it's a bit strange that we both got that, could these be the stats of the ROM builder and they got left in somehow?? I know the 15th June version wasn't official and just put out for feedback. Apart from the battery thing it's awesome
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Probably, but I guess its just derp. Anyways running Franco kernel and PA on this and get 5.5 hrs of sot with YouTube and music playing all the time xda browsing Facebook and mostly on WiFi but on 3g when WiFi signal is lost when I go outside. Auto brightness on and screen does take up juice outside but I believe I could get 7 or 6 hrs if I played with settings, underclocked, minimum brightness etc...
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