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i keep trying every rom available for my phone
and in every rom is the same the 100% battery last for like 3 hours then after that the battery drops like every minute even when screen is off?
how can i make battery life last longer?
thanks in advance
Lucky for you I still had copy of it in message box as I got 5-6 requests few hours ago regarding that.
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Well the borderline idea is the same as you already know you have to completely drain it. Now never use any volt meter those people use to completely discharge it as the negative effect I already explained to you in that post. So best way is to do it by recalibrating so what you do is:
1) Fully charge it.
2) Drain it till you get 1%.
3) Go in recovery and wipe battery, reboot (batterystats.bin created).
4) As you still have battery low now let it charge till 100%.
5) Do the cycle again.
NOTE: This is what I would recommend but as we know the whole issue with CWM restarting while phone is off as you can flash the stock recovery and go back as it takes 3sec. If not follow the above.
1) Heavily use your phone so it drain the battery till its 1%
As you will see the low battery light flashing just so you don't lose your data save it by rebooting.
2) As you still have some battery power left you can now go to Recovery and wipe battery stats.
Or you can manually do it from adb shell by using remove command "rm /data/system/batterystats.bin".
3) Keep it on till its turns itself off.
As you may have guessed it still has power left so keep using the device till its drained completely I would recommend rebooting and going in bootloader as it uses more power due to bight screen as Recovery uses less power on display.
4) Now turn it back on again in bootloader till it turns off again.
It will keep turning itself of as no power left, this is what you want. This is safe way to discharge it without having negative adverse effect.
5) Now let it charge via A/C instead of USB.
Now when the light turns green unplug it and replug it till its green again, keep doing that till you see its green only. Now once you reboot in Android it will rebuild the batterystats.bin and you will be fully recalibrated.
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if i cant go back to stock recovery which procedure do i try the 1st procedure or the 2nd one?
nulights said:
if i cant go back to stock recovery which procedure do i try the 1st procedure or the 2nd one?
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First one is better for you. Do the cycle fully twice and you will be good to go and it will solve those most common issue like getting green light while its still not 100% or sticking it at 100% for long time and then dropping faster than you can count lol I just did it few hours ago, normally I do it once every 2weeks.
Alright thanks,
Ill try this out
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Lucky for you I still had copy of it in message box as I got 5-6 requests few hours ago regarding that.
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I don't see a way to wipe battery stats in stock recovery. Doesn't that mean I have to wipe stats, reboot phone, switch to stock recovery then bootloader drain the phone? Will that reboot adversely effect the rebuilding of the bin file? Can I just delete the batterystats.bin file with root explorer before I power down the phone to start the bootloader drain process?
Edit: I'm at 3%, #push knowledge darinmc GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO
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I don't see a way to wipe battery stats in stock recovery. Doesn't that mean I have to wipe stats, reboot phone, switch to stock recovery then bootloader drain the phone? Will that reboot adversely effect the rebuilding of the bin file? Can I just delete the batterystats.bin file with root explorer before I power down the phone to start the bootloader drain process?
Edit: I'm at 3%, #push knowledge darinmc GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO
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Sorry was asleep but yeah you can manually do it from terminal (su), adb (shell), root exp (enable r/w). Then power down as you saying you reverted back to stock recovery I am guessing you are on 3.0.0.6 supporting the 2.5.1.4 stock. So in that case just reboot and follow the same meth. This would clear out those lag (sticking at 100% for long time and then dropping faster than you can count) and wrong data (exp: 80% after rebooted 83%). I just recalibrated it yesterday which is the reason I spoke about it which caused this whole massive PM attacks and threads like this. Which is fine just do it once every 2weeks or once a month as doing it every week is not particle even for me.
BlackSHELF said:
Sorry was asleep but yeah you can manually do it from terminal (su), adb (shell), root exp (enable r/w). Then power down as you saying you reverted back to stock recovery I am guessing you are on 3.0.0.6 supporting the 2.5.1.4 stock. So in that case just reboot and follow the same meth. This would clear out those lag (sticking at 100% for long time and then dropping faster than you can count) and wrong data (exp: 80% after rebooted 83%). I just recalibrated it yesterday which is the reason I spoke about it which caused this whole massive PM attacks and threads like this. Which is fine just do it once every 2weeks or once a month as doing it every week is not particle even for me.
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Thanks! Needed to do this for a while.
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Lucky for you I still had copy of it in message box as I got 5-6 requests few hours ago regarding that.
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thanks for that. I have been searching for that kinda guide on here for awhile! It was like looking for a needle in a haystack there are ten million about it, But none this detailed infomation!
SetCPU can help with your battery life. It did wonders on my HD2 running android.
Some suggestions in this thread: **HOW TO MAKE YOUR BATTERY LIFE LAST** Members Tips & Tricks
can someone clarify the steps "Go into recovery and wipe battery"?
I am running stock rom.
I am able to go into the bootloader menu. But when I select recovery, all i get is an icon with a picture of a phone and a triangle w/ an exclamation point at the corner. I don't know to leave this screen other than battery pull.
Where do I delete batterystats.bin?
Wiping battery stats help
I tried to wipe battery stats after my battery was drained to 1%, but nothing happened. I didnt see any scripts run that confirmed battery stats command had gone through. Was that supposed to happen? I'm really confused by this because I saw that my battery was drained to 1% but when I rebooted to recharge the phone, it showed that I was not fully drained. It read that I was at 20% and charging!? Please help guys. Thanks in advance
longhornguy said:
I tried to wipe battery stats after my battery was drained to 1%, but nothing happened. I didnt see any scripts run that confirmed battery stats command had gone through. Was that supposed to happen? I'm really confused by this because I saw that my battery was drained to 1% but when I rebooted to recharge the phone, it showed that I was not fully drained. It read that I was at 20% and charging!? Please help guys. Thanks in advance
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Download and use "battery calibration" app from the market. Its pretty easy to understand and follow.
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Thanks man, i greatly appreciate it. I'll download and see what happens
Standart disclaimer: I am not responsible if you break things by following this guide, though I will be genuinely surprised if you do.
Credits: This fix is a combination of battery management techniques discussed in the Atrix forums + a technique that I originally found in a Milestone forum (I didn't invent it, but I am too lazy to search who originally posted it ).
This worked in fixing the problem for me (the same problem that I see many others are writing about on the forums), but I can't guarantee it will work for you.
Who should use this? (aka your battery problem symptoms are
1. Battery life on 2.3.4 is significantly worse for you than before.
2. Battery stats are jumping and showing inconsistent information.
3. Your phone loses 30%-60% just by sitting there overnight.
4. Phone idle draining 30%-60% of battery just by sitting there overnight.
5. After flashing a couple of roms, your battery stats got messed up and the phone thinks it's at 100% charge while it's not.
I personally started having battery problems after flashing a couple of roms, applying 1% battery mod and despite flashing jug6ernaut's CWM battery fix.
When I went to bed with a 100% charge, I would wake up to a 50% charge, with Phone Idle process showing up as massacring the battery. The steps below successfully fixed the problem for me.
Prerequisites:
1. Atrix on one of the rooted 2.3.4 roms (ideally,- deodexed and with unlocked CWM)
2. Wall Charger
3. jug6ernaut's CWM battery fix (put it on your SD card you will need it later!) I have also attached it to this post.
4. Battery Calibration app from the market
5. Watchdog Lite or Full from the market
Instructions:
It's best to complete this procedure in the evening before going to bed, so you can leave it at 100% overnight and check in the morning if the drainage issue is fixed!!!
The whole procedure along with recalibration might take up to 5-6 hours!
1. Take the case off your Atrix (one of the latter steps involves taking the battery out from the phone while it's plugged in. Make sure your case won't stand in the way.)
2. Install Battery Calibration app from the market
3. Plug in your Atrix to charge while it's on, wait till it gets to a 100%
4. When the charge is 100%, open the BatteryCalibration app and lookup what the charge is in MV while at 100%. (Explanatory pic, needed number circled in red). Write it down.
My Atrix was showing ~3400MV while at 100%, which is definitely not the maximum capacity.
5. Discharge your Atrix completely until it shuts off.
A good way of doing this quickly is by turning on wifi, and a video player.
6. Without turning on the phone plug it into a wall charger and let it get to 100%
7. When it's at 100%, without unplugging it from the wall charger, take off the battery cover, and take the battery out.
Your phone will "reboot" and show a Missing Battery icon.
8. Without unplugging the phone from the wall charger or turning it on, put the battery back in and wait until the phone recognizes the battery.
9. Your battery should now be recognized by the phone, and showing a charge % significantly lower than 100%.
Mine showed only 5%. Back when I used a Milestone, it usually showed 60% after doing this.
10. Let it sit there charging for 2-3 hours.
My phone wouldn't charge past 10%, but yours might. The numbers don't matter much as the phone is definitely getting additional charge that could have been lost while flashing ROMs, etc.
11. After 2-3 hours, turn the phone on while holding the volume down button and get into CWM.
Do not disconnect it from the charger still!
12. Install jug6ernaut's CWM battery fix (even if you had it installed before), do not reboot yet.
Do not disconnect it from the charger still!
13. Wipe battery stats in CWM, reboot.
Do not disconnect it from the charger still!
14. When the phone turns on, go into BatteryCalibration app again and look up your MV numbers
- if you were like me, they should be significantly higher than before. After this whole process I had 4200MV at 100%, comparing to 3400MV before calibration.
Do not disconnect it from the charger still!
15. Before going to sleep - Install Watchdog from the market. Go into it's preferences, set CPU threshhold to 20%, check "Include phone processes", check "Monitor phone processes", check "Display all phone processes", set system CPU threshhold to 20% as well.
Do not disconnect it from the charger still!
16. Make sure your wifi and data connections are off. Now finally unplug the phone from the charger.
Go to bed, let your phone sleep too.
17. Success! Next morning check where your battery % is at and if you followed the instructions correctly / got lucky like me, your battery life should be 90% or more.
I went to bed with 98% and woke up to 94%. So, I consider this mission a success.
(Your general battery capacity should have increased, even if something still was draining the battery, you will be able to find the infringing process in WatchDog with the settings we've set up in step 15 )
That's all folks! Please report your success / lack of such here. Also, feel free to ask questions, and I along with other users with answer them according to our ability.
I will later add a section on "good practices for battery usage" with tips and tricks.
Cheers!
Attached are screenshots of my results after calibration: This was under moderate usage. Pretty damn good if you ask me.
Post-calibration methods of improving Battery Life
Updated: Post#2 will explain how to solve battery drainage problems when recalibration wasn't enough. It will also explain how battery reporting works, common practices, tips, tricks, etc.
Battery Tips / Tricks / Common Practices
Important things to know:
1. It's important to understand how battery indicator on Android works and how Android manages / reports your battery life. Please read this article:
Your Smartphone’s Battery Gauge is Lying to You (and it’s not such a bad thing)
http://phandroid.com/2010/12/25/you...is-lying-to-you-and-its-not-such-a-bad-thing/
2. Li-ion batteries used in modern smartphones don't have "charge memory". Partial charges won't hurt the battery (e.g. charging from 60% to 80% or from 10% to 50% etc). Feel free to give your phone small charges whenever you have time and need the phone to last longer.
3. Smartphone batteries don't like to be completely discharged or to be kept at 100% capacity for extended periods of time (this actually damages batteries over time). But worry not, the battery software prevents this from happening for you. That's why some of your phones never get to 100% or drop from 100% to 90% minutes after you disconnct the phone from a charger.
4. All batteries gradually lose a small percentage of their capacity after a certain amount of charge cycles. It's a natural part of life. It's always nice to have a spare battery or to purchase a replacement when your current battery isn't to the task anymore.
5. Don't pay much attention to the battery %, just use your phones. I know it's very tempting to track your battery usage every 15 minutes and try to find problems. Been there myself. Thing is, if you do this, you might start thinking you have problems, when you don't have any.
Bottom line - just try to use your phone and not mess with the battery unless problems become really apparent.
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Other proven ways to improve Battery Life
If you have re-calibrated to a full capacity (4200mv) but your battery still drains terribly - follow these steps to pin point the problem.
1. Find which app / process is draining the battery.
If you get lucky, the infringing app will show up directly under the stock "Battery Usage" statistics. However, in most cases "Battery Usage" isn't very informative. Most people report that they only see "Phone Idle" consuming most of the battery without much insight into the details.
Things to do:
- install Watchdog, go to preferences, set CPU threshhold to 20% (or even lower if it's not enough), check "Include phone processes", check "Monitor phone processes", check "Display all phone processes", set system CPU threshhold to 20%(or even lower if it's not enough) as well. Run it for a couple of days.
If you start getting frequent Watchdog notifications about a certain app breaching the threshold - uninstall it, find an alternative.
- install BetterBatteryStats from here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 run it for a couple of days and monitor apps / processes that are using up more wakelocks than they should.
Once you find the infringing app - uninstall it, if it's a process - find out if it's safe to stop / freeze before doing anything.
2. Freeze bloatware aka "stop the problem before it becomes a problem."
Unless you are running CM7, your rom is based on stock 2.3.4 and still has blur in it. Blur apps and processes might be running without you even using them and sucking out precious batter life while they are at it.
Things to do:
- Get TitaniumBackup, freeze all bloatware that is mentioned as "safe" in this thread -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182663
Use your phone for a couple of days afterwards and watch for improvements.
If these software tweaks aren't enough, the problem might be with your system setup. Go through these steps which should hopefully fix your setup in favor of awesome battery life:
3. Flash a custom kernel, set up battery saving profiles.
Many people have reported success with this step. Custom kernels are not just for overclocking. A custom kernel with smart profiles will definitely give definitely extend your phones operating life during the day.
Things to do:
- Get a custom kernel., the popular choice on here seems to be faux'es kernel, so I recommend it -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156040
Get one of the battery saving SetCpu profiles along with it. Basically, a good battery saving profile looks something like this:
- absolute minimum CPU clock with screen off (something like 275 Mhz)
- lowering CPU clock with temperature > 50C (something like ~800Mhz)
- lowering CPU clock when battery < 30% (something like ~800Mhz)
Many people reported success in using such profile for lowering "Phone Idle" drain.
4. Flash a different radio.
WARNING: Be extremely careful with this. Flashing a wrong radio is the right way to hard brick your phone.
Although some people are reporting to have fixed battery drainage by trying out a different radio, I seriously wouldn't recommend going on a flashing spree unless you know what you are doing.
My advice here: flash the latest 2.3.4 for your carrier if you haven't yet. From there on, experiment at your own risk.
5. Disable Data and Wifi when idle either manually or with an app."
I seriously get surprised every time someone says they have a horrible battery life, when they keep an internet connection on at all times. Constant data always = battery drain.
Things to do:
- use apps like Green Power to disable data / wifi for you when you are not using it
- learn to turn off your internet connection manually
6. If all else fails - start over from scratch (read: clean install a rom).
I've heard reports of people getting better life with Froyo than GB, or that a specific custom ROM solved their problem for them. A million dollar question: if it works for you, why not use it?
Things to do:
- try a ROM without blur, like CM7
- try Ninja Speed Freak (developer and many users reported great battery life)
- if battery life is your top concern - try Froyo
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Many thanks! Have pass about three days reading about the battery issues/solutions, and I was getting confused by so many info! Will try it tonight!
PS: Does the jug6ernaut's CWM battery fix works for the Orange 2.3.4 ?
eklam said:
Many thanks! Have pass about three days reading about the battery issues/solutions, and I was getting confused by so many info! Will try it tonight!
PS: Does the jug6ernaut's CWM battery fix works for the Orange 2.3.4 ?
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Are you using stock Orange 2.3.4 rom?
If yes, your Rom might not have the battery jumping problem. You can still use this guide without the battery fix to recalibrate.
Let's wait for someone with Orange 2.3.4 to confirm if jug6ernaut's CWM battery fix can be used or not.
Indeed, I have not the battery jump issue, but I'm exprimenting some weird behavior...
like when I restart the phone, it shows about 10% higher than before. I tried this multiples times yesterday. When it was about 40%, it starts to drop suddenly, 'till it got to 18% and get back to normal decrease to 4%, 2~3 hours later...
See the images attached, the red circles are the times I rebooted it and the blue arrow is when it drops suddenly...
Question on step 4. To confirm, we shouldn't click on anything in BatteryCalibration, all that needs to be done is take note on the MV number, correct?
eklam said:
Indeed, I have not the battery jump issue, but I'm exprimenting some weird behavior...
like when I restart the phone, it shows about 10% higher than before. I tried this multiples times yesterday. When it was about 40%, it starts to drop suddenly, 'till it got to 18% and get back to normal decrease to 4%, 2~3 hours later...
See the images attached, the red circles are the times I rebooted it and the blue arrow is when it drops suddenly...
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Did it only start doing this on 2.3.4 or you haven't checked before? Anyway, I would do the calibration to see if it changes anything.
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Question on step 4. To confirm, we shouldn't click on anything BatteryCalibration, all that needs to be done is take note on the MV number, correct?
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No clicking in step 4. Just write down or remember the MV number.
Yes it just starts when updating to 2.3.4... In the first days I got the impression of lower battery level, so reading the forums I saw the restart/level change problem, and tested it
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Yes it just starts when updating to 2.3.4... In the first days I got the impression of lower battery level, so reading the forums I saw the restart/level change problem, and tested it
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You probably updated to 2.3.4 while not at 100% battery level, and it messed up your battery stat. So, yes, do all the steps in this guide except for jug6ernaut's battery fix part.
thanks, ill give this a shot....again.....tonight and hopefully it will fix my issue.
Screenshots of results added to post 1
Download link seems to be down...just errors out when trying to download.
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jarsh92 said:
Download link seems to be down...just errors out when trying to download.
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Which download link? CMW_Jug6_FIXv2.zip?
I'm on a rooted stock GB and I'm having the problem where the battery usage stats are inaccurate and won't got below 90% after using it all day. This all started after I used Battery Calibration. Do you think that this would help correct the problem?
Edit: Also, would I need to complete all of the steps including the CWM part? I haven't flashed any roms yet, so I don't know if this would be necessary.
ThickG said:
I'm on a rooted stock GB and I'm having the problem where the battery usage stats are inaccurate and won't got below 90% after using it all day. This all started after I used Battery Calibration. Do you think that this would help correct the problem?
Edit: Also, would I need to complete all of the steps including the CWM part? I haven't flashed any roms yet, so I don't know if this would be necessary.
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Seems like you used Battery Calibration while not at 100% charge and your battery stats got messed up.
The reason I recommend using CWM is because the battery stats file is created on each boot. So, with my instructions you can charge the phone to 100% while it's off and wipe the messed up stats before it boots.
You can try using my instructions, without the CWM part, except you need to wipe your battery stats with Battery Calibration app after step 4.
lol i left pandora on since this morning and its only at 67%. ugh, when i wanna force drain the battery it goes slow as hell but when i wanna conserve battery live for usage it drains quick. hahaha.
I just flashed navalynt's πCrust rom fully charged, cleared stats through cwm, booted and now i'm close to 3days.
dictoresno said:
lol i left pandora on since this morning and its only at 67%. ugh, when i wanna force drain the battery it goes slow as hell but when i wanna conserve battery live for usage it drains quick. hahaha.
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lol yes. I used video playback to drain mine. But if it's really a PITA, you can always just leave it till tomorrow to discharge naturally.
Jonous said:
I just flashed navalynt's πCrust rom fully charged, cleared stats through cwm, booted and now i'm close to 3days.
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Yep, that's why flashing only when at 100% charge always pays off.
I get the same results by booting to CWM, wiping battery stats, rebooting, starting Battery Calibration, plugging phone into wall charger, charging to 100% (4197mv for me), and then calibrating with Battery Calibration. I start this process at any battery percentage, and have been doing this for a long time now. I have never had to deplete my battery until my phone shuts off, and get great battery life.
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I get the same results by booting to CWM, wiping battery stats, rebooting, starting Battery Calibration, plugging phone into wall charger, charging to 100% (4197mv for me), and then calibrating with Battery Calibration. I start this process at any battery percentage, and have been doing this for a long time now. I have never had to deplete my battery until my phone shuts off, and get great battery life.
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After the calibration I had 4200mv, so it seems like you are doing things right in regards to the battery.
"Taking the battery out and putting it back in" trick works wonders though in restoring battery life to maximum state (if you had it decrease for some reason). I've tested it multiple times even back when I had the Milestone.
Hi all;
so over the last few months i have flashed many custom roms, kernels etc...and always had battery issues...i have tried jugs battery fix, wiping battery stats..following many other battery optimization threads..but i never got the battery life i once had (when i first bought my phone)...
a few days ago my phone totally crashed..wouldnt charge etc..and i ended up having to do a complete restore..i did this by following these instructions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRFJJFW-XxI
....so from there, i unlocked again, reloaded CWM etc and i loaded 2.3.4 flashable zip (found in the forums) via CWM.
and voila..battery life AMAZING....after 8hours im usually still at 85%...by evening time after using the phone all day im still at about 60%
from here do what you want with roms..
i loaded the alien rom without adding the themes..and the battery life is as stated above..
so if you are having issues try hard resetting the phone then re unlocking the BL and upgrading via cwm to 2.3.4
my battery life i back to amazing.....
p.s. would be great if someone else who is having issues tried this and reported back as well...
p.s. this worked for me but i am not responsible if you mess up your phone!
Erm..
Ok Ill bite >,>
Where are these camera buttons your referring to in this guide of yours Atrix has three hard buttons and four soft buttons power, vol- and vol+ and menu home back and search.... you hard mod a camera button into this already packed phone Ill like to hear it XP
Interesting..
Couple of q's:
- which camera button?
- unlock bootloader again? Once unlocked it stays unlocked.
- I don't understand how doing a reset leads you to unlocking the bootloader again?
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updated the hard reset instructions to reference a youtube video (not mine but describes how to do it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRFJJFW-XxI
it doesn't actually re-lock the bootloader. The BootLogo is replaced with the stock logo, which does NOT include the "UNLOCKED" in the upper left hand corner
sorry i didnt realize that..so skip this step for anyone that is going to try it...
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it doesn't actually re-lock the bootloader. The BootLogo is replaced with the stock logo, which does NOT include the "UNLOCKED" in the upper left hand corner
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well dont have the old recovery and even if i did cant read the things at all quality is very bad
me too really can't understand it properly, i need to get back that battery time, but How? can anyone else explain it Please?
Anyone except TC try this with sucess? I have Alien 4 with stock kernel and i am getting about 15 to 20 hours before death.
I could be wrong, but I'm fairly confident that the following information is correct:
Doing a factory reset on the stock android recovery simply wipes data, cache, and dalvik - all of which can be done with any of the after market recoveries.
I am unsure as to whether or not factory reset also wipes the battery stats in the stock android recovery.
Edit: It is highly recommended to wipe the battery stats after you install a new ROM or kernel. To do so the quick and easy way - charge the phone to 100%, reboot to recovery, clear battery, reboot. If is then recommended that you let the phone die (or at least get low) followed by a full charge 2-3 times to make the battery accurate. The most involved way to reset the battery stats is to charge to full with the phone off. When it says 100%, pull the battery, plug it back in, let it charge for an additional hour or two while still off like this. It will likely not show 100% after an hour or two, that's fine. Boot into recovery, wipe stats, start up the phone, then unplug it. Follow this will drains and full charges 2-3 times and you will be set. This helps to fix poor battery life when it is caused by a battery that will not fully charge.
OP you should try to drain the battery down to nothing. A lot of people who screw up their battery stats end up with bad battery, however at times you can get a very slow draining batter that will give you 20 hours with 60% left, and then when the phone hits 53% (random example), the battery will fall from there to dead in just a few minutes. This happened to me when I first flashed Ninja SF. I was amazed the battery until I decided to let the phone actually die.
DK
Well im on Cm7 so far only 48% left after 18 hours of moderate use
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hi i did try what you said below and it didnt give me the same results...
DeathKoil said:
I could be wrong, but I'm fairly confident that the following information is correct:
Doing a factory reset on the stock android recovery simply wipes data, cache, and dalvik - all of which can be done with any of the after market recoveries.
I am unsure as to whether or not factory reset also wipes the battery stats in the stock android recovery.
Edit: It is highly recommended to wipe the battery stats after you install a new ROM or kernel. To do so the quick and easy way - charge the phone to 100%, reboot to recovery, clear battery, reboot. If is then recommended that you let the phone die (or at least get low) followed by a full charge 2-3 times to make the battery accurate. The most involved way to reset the battery stats is to charge to full with the phone off. When it says 100%, pull the battery, plug it back in, let it charge for an additional hour or two while still off like this. It will likely not show 100% after an hour or two, that's fine. Boot into recovery, wipe stats, start up the phone, then unplug it. Follow this will drains and full charges 2-3 times and you will be set. This helps to fix poor battery life when it is caused by a battery that will not fully charge.
OP you should try to drain the battery down to nothing. A lot of people who screw up their battery stats end up with bad battery, however at times you can get a very slow draining batter that will give you 20 hours with 60% left, and then when the phone hits 53% (random example), the battery will fall from there to dead in just a few minutes. This happened to me when I first flashed Ninja SF. I was amazed the battery until I decided to let the phone actually die.
DK
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Does any1 else get battery drain while using ginger dx? my phone just sits in my pocket at school and when i got home today the battery was already down to 22% from around 80% any solutions?? help??
I dont have that. You overclocked it? if so, set it to 610 or 633mhz.
Hit the THANKS button if I helped!!
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lucastan96 said:
I dont have that. You overclocked it? if so, set it to 610 or 633mhz.
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hmm it says my current is 600mhz, but i cant change it. So i dont think its that..?
Did you full wipe your ROM?
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I have it too. No help so far.
Download the app "battery calibration" from the market, and follow the instructions in the app.
No use man tried all the things recommended battery savers ,calibration ,stopping services blah blah .... etc .I be live is time to say goodbye to this rom and return to plain old Eclair.It is no fun to worry when the battery will go flat on me!
Set min CPU to 19 MHz (only in custom kernels)
No lag, reboot, etc at all.
i feel also, my x8 got faster battery drain...any solution about that ?
did u guys try wiping the battery stats in CWM??? it usually helps. i had battery drains everytime i newly installed gingerdx.
Some of the tips to save your battery i learnt overtime in XDA posts thanks to those threads.. sry i dont remember the exact ones
1) Disable Haptic Feed back. ( The phone vibrates during certain UI interactions and hard button presses)
2) Keep your phone's brightness low(less than 30% if possible). If your phone has a Light Sensor, then enable Auto Brightness so that your screen's brightness changes according to to your surroundings light levels
3) Download RAM manager(requires root, if you haven't rooted your phone check out here) and keep your RAM free soa as to avoid many apps running uselessly. You can check out about RAM Manager here and download it.
4) Use Juice Defender Battery saver. This app does a neat job and really saves your battery life.
I use a Sony Ericsson W8 for now and I get a battery life of roughly three days with moderate use!
To know more about Juice Defender and to download it see here.
5) Charge your phone occasionally to enhance your battery life.
6) If you use a Custom ROM and Custom Kernel you can make use of Undervolt modules.
7) Use SET CPU (requires root, if you haven't rooted your phone check out here) to underclock your mobile processor when your phone is not in genuine use.
8) Apps like Facebook for Android, Music etc occupy your RAM even after you close them. They run as an actual background process rather than a Cache Background Process.
So goto Settings -> Applications -> Running Services to close them manually(This frees more RAM as well as increases your battery life)
9) This one is for rooted phones with Clockworkmod Recovery or xRecovery. In case you face an abnormal battery drain try this. Charge your phone to 100% and reboot your phoneto CWM menu or xRecovery menu and select advanced and Wipe battery stats alone and reboot and charge your phone for another ten minutes and Voila! your phone battery would last longer than it normally did!!!
10) Uninstall unused applications so as to prevent battery drain.
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Hamzai82 said:
Does any1 else get battery drain while using ginger dx? my phone just sits in my pocket at school and when i got home today the battery was already down to 22% from around 80% any solutions?? help??
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Have u calibrate before ? Try with mugen power
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Hello Guys, I may have figured out the battery drain problem. I was previously using Froyobread on my W8. I decided to upgrade it to GDX so I flashed it.
Before flashing, my battery was at 25-27%...Right after flashing though, I noticed that it went up to 46%??? (My phone was not plugged through USB or charger during update process)
Could this be the reason for the so-called battery drain issue? Meaning the phone "thinks" its fully charged even if its not?
Hello Guys, I may have figured out the battery drain problem. I was previously using Froyobread on my W8. I decided to upgrade it to GDX so I flashed it.
Before flashing, my battery was at 25-27%...Right after flashing though, I noticed that it went up to 46%??? (My phone was not plugged through USB or charger during update process)
Could this be the reason for the so-called battery drain issue? Meaning the phone "thinks" its fully charged even if its not?
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u better wipe the battery stats after u install a custom rom like GDX ..... charging the phone to 100 percent and then wiping the battery stats keeps the phone in a stable battery condition and there wont be battery drains.....
Okay, so I noticed that the batt drain was unacceptable the first time I installed gdx (it ate like 2% every 5min on standby) so I read all the advices here and did my own combination.
Heres what I did...
I switched back to froyobread then fully charged the phone. I then reset the bat stats thru CWM then charged the phone again. I did this like 3x coz every time I reset the stats, it would drop 5-8%...after that, I then installed GDX and once again, fully charged it the wiped stats thru CWM and using battery calibration. After that, I noticed a big change in bat life. Its now about 12hrs running under normal usage (a few calls, sms and some wifi), the batt is still at 88%...whereas before, it would have been around 30ish already when I was running froyo.
Could it be that GDX jumbles up the numbers when it is installed on phones with bad battery stats?
Just sharing my experiences...
OT: GDX rocks!
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u shuld better try this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1435603
ice cream sandwich on x8 !!!!!!
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ICS for xperia x8 working good
I have installed ICS for xperia x8 its working good. only wifi is the problem
Well, after i tested almost every single ROM in the development section, there was a time that the battery behaved quite abnormal.
First when the phone was charging, many times it "jumped" from around 70% to 100%. While discharging with only WiFi open, it often drop from around 30% to 10-15% and then up again.
I tampered with the Governor setting, but it didn't improve much. But I did found something that somehow fixed the issue and improved the battery life quite a lot and also fixed the "jumps" while charging and discharging.
Backup whatever you need (SMS, Call Log, Bookmarks) from your favorite backup program
Download the Stock Rom Official RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1 , thanx to nitr00
Reboot in Recovery (CWM, 4EXT, whatever you use) and do a Factory Reset, Wipe Cache & Dalvik and Wipe Battery Stats
Flash the Official ROM you downloaded, reboot your phone and complete the Initial Setup.
Again, reboot in Recovery and do a Factory Reset, Wipe Cache & Dalvik
Flash your favorite ROM (clean install) and restore your program, settings and backups
All done :highfive:
I know that it's somehow strange method but it worked on my phone running IceColdSandwich v8.8 and on a friend's (had the same issues mentioned above) with PACman v16.1. I had no more "jumps" and the battery life improved significantly.
Since this is my first thread, i'd like to thank the fine community here in XDA for their work and efforts I really hope that the above advice help also other people.
Sounds interesting going to try it.
Hi,
thank you for sharing, got the same bug, and will try your method.
I will report back, if it worked
Bye,
MaDDy
Wipe dalvik cache, factory reset, format cache but not system?
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Wipe dalvik cache, factory reset, format cache but not system?
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No, I didn't format /system, but feel free to try it... As I said in the first post, it surely is a weird fix. But worked for me
Going to try your version and see how it goes.
not sure if this works with viperdhd as it format system upon install.
Why is the Rom in 2 parts?
Worth trying, but I'd hate to have to reinstall all apps again... any chance it would work with nandroid backup of current ROM? i.e. Backup ROM, flash stock -> restore ROM?
@OP
Did you ever just try to use the superwipe script before flashing a new rom ?
Who?
Gonik said:
Well, after i tested almost every single ROM in the development section, there was a time that the battery behaved quite abnormal.
First when the phone was charging, many times it "jumped" from around 70% to 100%. While discharging with only WiFi open, it often drop from around 30% to 10-15% and then up again.
I know that it's somehow strange method but it worked on my phone running IceColdSandwich v8.8 and on a friend's (had the same issues mentioned above) with PACman v16.1. I had no more "jumps" and the battery life improved significantly.
Since this is my first thread, i'd like to thank the fine community here in XDA for their work and efforts I really hope that the above advice help also other people.
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The problem with custom ROMs that battery isn't calibrated : ROM doesn't "know" what voltage is 100% charge, and what 1%.
An easier fix that worked for me
1) use your phone till it shuts down due to lack of power. It could easily work about 2-3 hours @ 1% level
2) charge it to full charge
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I meant the OP, to me it looks just like symptoms from flashing a custom rom without a proper wipe and/or not deleting the battery stats.
I'd also not recommend depleting the battery completely, a deep discharge isn't good for the battery.
Battery doesn't jump on custom Roms with kernel based on stock. Like android 2.3.5 with either sense 3/3.5 or aosp/aokp with Android 2.3.x.
Still no reply saying whether this method helps or not? Where did the testers go.
I have tried this method but the results are random. On sense roms it has no effect but on cm/aokp/pa it works for a few cycles but after playing a game for about an hour the phone will charge in your pocket
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bondocel said:
I have tried this method but the results are random. On sense roms it has no effect but on cm/aokp/pa it works for a few cycles but after playing a game for about an hour the phone will charge in your pocket
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This was fun!! Even I had the same experience
Phone: Desire HD
ROM: JellyTime_R31
Gonik said:
Well, after i tested almost every single ROM in the development section, there was a time that the battery behaved quite abnormal.
First when the phone was charging, many times it "jumped" from around 70% to 100%. While discharging with only WiFi open, it often drop from around 30% to 10-15% and then up again.
I tampered with the Governor setting, but it didn't improve much. But I did found something that somehow fixed the issue and improved the battery life quite a lot and also fixed the "jumps" while charging and discharging.
Backup whatever you need (SMS, Call Log, Bookmarks) from your favorite backup program
Download the Stock Rom Official RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1 , thanx to nitr00
Reboot in Recovery (CWM, 4EXT, whatever you use) and do a Factory Reset, Wipe Cache & Dalvik and Wipe Battery Stats
Flash the Official ROM you downloaded, reboot your phone and complete the Initial Setup.
Again, reboot in Recovery and do a Factory Reset, Wipe Cache & Dalvik
Flash your favorite ROM (clean install) and restore your program, settings and backups
All done :highfive:
I know that it's somehow strange method but it worked on my phone running IceColdSandwich v8.8 and on a friend's (had the same issues mentioned above) with PACman v16.1. I had no more "jumps" and the battery life improved significantly.
Since this is my first thread, i'd like to thank the fine community here in XDA for their work and efforts I really hope that the above advice help also other people.
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poor trick doesn't work.
Battery Jump Issue
I did read this somewhere in this forum. I am not able to recollect it
Download the Battery Calibrator..
Download the Current Widget... and put a small widget in your screen which shows the amount of current being used from your battery.
Charge your Phone until the Current widget shows 0mA (Green Battery Full Indicator or 100% charge is not enough)
Open Battery Calibrator and then click on calibrate battery and then take it off the charger.
Let the phone discharge completely to 0% (It should power off by itself of no charge)
Then charge the phone completely on one go till the current widget shows 0mA
Now, your phone battery should be good Atleast, your Battery Jumps should be gone by now
You can search for similar post, if you are not satisfied with this there are other options people might suggest
Please dont forget to press "THANKS" if this post helped you
Phone: HTC Desire HD
ROM: Jellytime_R31
Battery Calibrator its work corectly!!