Related
I've found this neat tool: http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueDynamicClock.aspx
Has anyone used this on their X1 and did you notice any changes? I don't think you can use it for overclocking an X1. But I'm thinking about setting clock frequency to 19 MHz on Suspend, to get more out of my battery.
I've got this tool, not sure if it made much of a diff when I overclocked it to 528
( or just set it to the base clock speed since they have it underclocked @ 400 mhz ), wanna try the lower speeds, but not sure whether it will have a negative effect.
I uninstalled it..
found that any apps (such as gps cycle computer, audiomanager etc) that played with the screen on didn't work very well when the speed was lowered. Also had quite a lot of instances when the screen was corrupted after coming out of suspend..
I use it since yesterday, so i can't say anything about changed battery lifetime. But i got it working only after setting min-clock to 384MHz. With lower settings the phone got frozen in standby mode after a while. I'll try it for a few days for testing a (hopefully) enhanced standby time...
PS: i use 384MHz in suspend mode and after idle time of 5s, didn't change max clock or voltage settings (all to "auto"). Maybe setting idle time to 2s would care more battery life, but i don't know how the cpu will stand changing the clock so much often...
Been using it since v1.0. Seems to have some battery gain (10% over 8 hours better) - set to default 528MHz, down to 256MHz idle and 122.98MHz on suspend and screen off. Needed 123MHz for clean audio playback in standby.
Only screen corruption (inversion) issues I had was when set too low (19MHz) at standby. Now using these settings for a few days and no issues so recommended for use with TFlo3D2.
Unless you're running WM6.5 with WM7 titanium - makes it very slow to respond out of standby.
And it doesn't overclock - 528MHz is default clock speed.
I wanted to try this but my X1 says no, here is the screen shot, due to security, I press yes and my X1 does a soft reset, then I try the program again and get the same thing.
View attachment 180763
Has anyone with a standard Official Rom 2 got this to work, and how ?
Mark A Cilenti said:
I wanted to try this but my X1 says no, here is the screen shot, due to security, I press yes and my X1 does a soft reset, then I try the program again and get the same thing.
View attachment 180763
Has anyone with a standard Official Rom 2 got this to work, and how ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have a standard R2A ROM and it works for me. Can't tell you what's the problem with your installation, though.
Anyway, I found since I installed the tool my device is worse than before. It sometimes interrupts audio playback when display is off (ALthough frequency in that case is still at 3xx MHz!) and sometimes it takes very long (5 secs +) to suspend and to wake up again. So I think I'm gonna remove it.
I only turned down the voltage to 1.1 instead of 1.325 running on 528MHz.
Hello. I need an opinion, i've been using cyanogenmod 5.0.7.
Just back to my home pc. After using for 1 day i must say that battery life is a issue. I really dont know what is. I've been monitoring all the apps. to see if there was any CPU change. Is LauncherPro responsible for battery drain?
In almost 13 hours the battery was reduced from 100% to 24% . My settings at SetCpu are:
Usualy have only 2G signal in order to save battery.
Sleepmode 128 as minimum and maximum. In normal use is 528 as Maximum and 245 as minimum ( i tested for 5 hours with 352 Mhz as maximum , anoying that the performance wasnt very good so i changed back).
Stock of new radio roms, have as default 480Mhz as minimum and 528Mhz as Maximum for what i saw in SetCPU last time i used the Sense UI 1.5 Stock by cursordroid. IT lasted me around 1 day and like 10 more hours with same use as this time.
I would request higly some opinion about this, so that i may know what to do in order to have a better battery life.
I used around 3 hours of music daily, near 30 min of internet (it varies according to my needs). Phone Calls (around 1 hour at max). Some text messaging. And 20-40 min of playing games and checking apps for fun entertainement (This i dont do daily but since was todays use i leave here) .
Also noticed as stated above about the Signal reception (reception is in maximum but call gets lost easily compared to a normal ROM and new radio (not sure if is only new radio)). Is alot worst than usual. I dont know the reason. But with sense ui worked perfectly well.
I think these are the most important issues wich must be dealt with in my opinion and i hope next release will be accounted.
Battery life and signal reception or if you can help, and sorry if this is not a issue of the rom, a possible solution.
Thank you!
Some battery saving tips:
- Go into spare parts and make sure the end call button makes the phone go to sleep.
- Turn off market notifications (Go to the market, then downloads, then hit menu and then notifications).
- Turn down the brightness as low as you stand it.
- Kind of an obvious one, but get a task manager and periodically kill apps running in the background that you're not using.
- Speaking of apps running in the background, lower the refresh rate of apps to as low as you can. Or simply turn off background data use and refreshing entirely.
- Turn off wifi/bluetooth/GPS when you're not using them.
- Use as few widgets as you can.
FlyingToilets said:
Some battery saving tips:
- Kind of an obvious one, but get a task manager and periodically kill apps running in the background that you're not using.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is plain WRONG.
Do try ADW Launcher instead of Launcher Pro. It won't help with your reception issues though. I had the same problem with CM on old radio. The other was GPS (didn't work).
FlyingToilets said:
Some battery saving tips:
- Kind of an obvious one, but get a task manager and periodically kill apps running in the background that you're not using.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
drbobb said:
This is plain WRONG.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Apps running in the background = better battery? Please explain.
i'll try as you suggested. it is very important. i'm testing now the port for new radio. Reception is great compared to the one before.
Lets see how it works for now =) I'm waitig for new update seems there is some battery drain issues going on CM 507
Also try using CM 5.0.8 test 1. I've noticed improved performance. I came across one thread that also suggested the Facebook program was causing drain. By turning off all the Facebook sync and notifications, I'm highly improved battery life.
FlyingToilets said:
Apps running in the background = better battery? Please explain.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Most apps that are in the background aren't running, they are sleeping and not using any CPU. For continued background activity the app would have to implement a service, which would be pointless for most apps.
I get 10 hours out of mine with complete eclair, and setcpu at 245 min and 614 max...Its stable and I do about 3-4 hours of music, moderate texting, and 115-30 min of web browsing of 3g...Oh and I only have about half signal.
507 was killing my battery... 508 seems to be better so far
actually after a experimenting 508 isnt that great either... it lasted about 11 hours... a listened to the radio most of the day and a few songs for about an hour... one phone call for about a minute... and its dead
the best Cm 5 battery life for me has been test 7...
Hmmm I look at it this way, if you clock to low it will take longer to finish whatever process its doing and will kill the battery faster, if you clock it to you, you will be poring to much voltage towards the cpu killing your battery...Idk if mines is best but its clocked at 614 and has been great so far.
I'm using CM 5.0.8 t1 and battery life is great: 24 hrs+. I DON'T use Facebook, Twitter, SMS or Market update check. I do sync Gmail, contacts, calendar and weather. I do use some internet, not a lot.
Wrong
Never use a task manager. Applications running in the background doesnt mean that they are running. The might be sharing resources with another ( or sharing threads). So never killl apps. Android has its own service manager which tells the phone to run on optimised settings. Killing a process will again require the other app to start again.
Uninstall your task killer and feel the difference
siddharthsai said:
Never use a task manager. Applications running in the background doesnt mean that they are running. The might be sharing resources with another ( or sharing threads). So never killl apps. Android has its own service manager which tells the phone to run on optimised settings. Killing a process will again require the other app to start again.
Uninstall your task killer and feel the difference
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Correct, just like windows, and force closing some apps can cause the o/s to become unstable...
Sorry, not sure if this is int he right section but from the 1000+ hours i have used on this forum i decided to create my own post. Battery life on Android seems to be the evil culprit of MANY, i have finally found the BEST combo for battery life.
I have tried about 90% of the radios and android builds out there and this by far is the BEST. FIRST i wanna thank ALL developers, mods, beta testers and commenter's because without you all, this would not be possible(Android on the HD2)
My CURRENT setup(which i will probably leave on forever since its set now)
US Tmobile HD2
- Radio 2.12 (the latest one)
-Rom: Elegencia Rom (GTX version) --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651729 So i dont get the robot voice anymore
- Android Rom ---> ▐HYBRID▐07.09.2010▐warrenb213 CM6 9/6-V1.5a T-Mo US Optimized▐ Kernel:mitchyprima r10▐ RMNET version http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775150
- Special Settings in Windows Mobile: Turn off Auto backlight in windows mobile, turned of sync, weather, facebook, all that stuff that may secretly be on by default in windows mobile.
- Special settings in Android: Note: i turned OFF Auto sync for GMAIL email( since the FREE app called K-9 mail has MUCH better push email which uses much less battery than gmail's auto sync), no gps(sometimes wireless network location is used), no facebook sync, weather or news sync. You can set to whatever set cpu settings or sync settings you prefer, im just letting you know my configuration, the main thing to FOCUS on is the RADIO, the ROM(s) the Set cpu SCREEN off settings and the task killer settings.
1. Installed Set Cpu (Free to download on xda but i paid for the donate version to support the dev)
2. Set Cpu settings are in the PHOTO BELOW but as a recap
a. Click Autodetect
b. On MAIN tab, i set the max processor speed to about 652800 and the min to 245000, CONSERVATIVE SCALING, click SET ON BOOT
c. on PROFILES TAB, I added THREE profiles bt only ONE is necessary to get better battery life: SCREEN OFF profile, 384 max and 245 min, priority 100! POWERSAVE scaling
d. click on advanced tab, all the settings should be default, mines are
Sampling rate 200000, Upthreshold 80, down thresh 20, Ignore Nice load 0 and Freq Step 5, click APPLY and SET ON BOOT.
I also installed advanced task killer, not sure if it helps but my battery has been great since. Settings on there:
AUTO START checked, Show notification checked, Auto Kill Level: SAFE, AutoKill frequency when SCREEN OFF, Security level HIGH. OF COURSE you will have to put various apps on IGNORE so task killer doesnt kill them when the screen is off, so far i have ignored: App Brain, Advanced Task Killer(MAKE SURE TO PUT THIS ON IGNORE OR ELSE IT WONT WORK BECAUSE IT WILL KILL ITSELF lol), SetCPU, SUPERUSER, Google search, ad free, k9 mail and battery indicator pro.
All on ignore so they dont get killed, and i noticed ALOT of people use task killer but forget to put superuser, setcpu and advanced task killer on the ignore list so they may be getting closed out sometimes, which will make them ineffective for you.
Im in Chicago, my data has got up to about 1.5mb down with this rom, FASTEST speed i got yet! As you can see from the picture, I took my phone Off the wall charger around NOON YESTERDAY, it was on 100%, played word feud all day basically, browsed the web and tweeted, couldn't do much since i worked a 12hours shift but by 10pm when i left the office, i STILL had 88% battery left, used the device more when i got off, played angry birds, texted, tweeted, talked to a few people, fell asleep without charging and got scared that it would be dead, but i wake up at 9am...... STILL 68% i played more games, texted and tweeted, now im at 63% and its going on NOON again, so 24hrs decent amount of phone use and im at 63%, thats CRAZY!
My data is on H and 3g, DOES not turn off when the screen is off, i still get my WordFeud push notifications and K9 mail email PUSH when i get new ones(that also helped ALOT when i turned off the gmail push, and downloaded K9 mail, its FREE, has integrated inbox and is the BEST email app out there that ses the LEAST battery to have TRUE push notifications when people send an email to me.
Hope this helps you all, Give my combo a try, let me know your results, but so far this battery has lasted a full 24 hours and is not even HALF dead with moderate use.
side mentions:
NO BSOD
NO FREEZES
FAST DATA
WIFI TETHER WORKS
USB DATA WORKS
CAMERA WORKS
Every damn thing works lol thats what im trying to say. even if it has minor bugs which i have not seen yet, this setup and speed with battery life is the BEST, i dont even wanna risk something going wrong so i may leave this as my PERMANENT configuration.
*Edit* before you post saying the speed is slow, TRY IT OUT, Try the android ROM i posted with the set cpu settings i posted, and you will SEE for yourself* I tried the same settings on other android roms but they were just not good since battery was bad and data speed was bad so try that SPECIFIC ROM, see how you like it.
Thanks for the detailed info hakeem, I'm in Chicago too so I can use your exact configuration which is awesome.
Are you using PPP or RMNET build?
Which version of Miri rom? GTX/Max/CHT? Did you see Miri released a new Android launch Rom, here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=778398. Wonder if that would give similar results with a quicker launch and more memory?
well considering you set the cpu to 1/2 what it's capable of, I'm not surprised you're getting longer battery life. At 600 mhz it runs like my Nokia N97; very poorly.
I've tried those settings before (minus the 600 mhz max) and they don't really give me much, if any real savings. I still get about 4 hours of heavy use or 8 hours of moderate. Not great but manageable.
I use Shubcraft 1.5 with 31 aug zImage on chuckydroid rom. It's the only setup that actually works for me. Data is intermittently flaky but it gets me 2000-3000++ kbps.
The only thing I would like to really have fixed is the G sensor and slightly more reliable data.
ounkeo said:
well considering you set the cpu to 1/2 what it's capable of, I'm not surprised you're getting longer battery life. At 600 mhz it runs like my Nokia N97; very poorly.
I've tried those settings before (minus the 600 mhz max) and they don't really give me much, if any real savings. I still get about 4 hours of heavy use or 8 hours of moderate. Not great but manageable.
I use Shubcraft 1.5 with 31 aug zImage on chuckydroid rom. It's the only setup that actually works for me. Data is intermittently flaky but it gets me 2000-3000++ kbps.
The only thing I would like to really have fixed is the G sensor and slightly more reliable data.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try HyperDroid, Pongster just updated it. It's very similar to Shubcraft but I have the Gsensor on (and using it frequently) without a single screen freeze. Data has been solid and quick. I didn't like the Hi-res small image/text look that was built in but it was an easy fix to get that back to normal size, now the build looks and runs perfect.
Personally I like Sense, mainly for the email and agenda widgets, but the stock froyo builds are a lot more stable so I think I'm gonna stick with it for now.
"Sorry, not sure if this is int he right section but".....then why did you post it here instead of general section but thats your choice , second i would rather deal with a screen freeze here or there , than turn off auto sync and third that is really slowing your phone down with those setcpu settings , i agree with ounkeo thats half the phone speed...
but thanks any way
Thank you! I will follow your suggestion and feedback later.
Hey Im Chicago too!!! Well the burbs actually...
I solved my wake up issues by using setcpu and setting a profile for screen off 798 max 499 min scalingn demand and priority to 100
I know it high but from what I remember with the G1 and setcpu if you underclocked it it would freeze up. So thats what Im assuming with this as well. If its underclocked it will become non responsive eventually. I could be wrong but it my persoanl opinion and preference.
Well, you got lucky with 3-10ma on standby, so your battery doesn't suck. Try few reboots and come back with the same numbers - GL on that.
So far I've tried every trick to get the magic 3-10ma on standby, and sometimes I get it, sometimes i don't. Simple reboot screws it up, and when it goes up to ~60, goodbye every-day use of android
why bother ?
Might as well get a crap monochrome nokia then youll get 5+ days of battery life.
all you guys are doing is turning a smart phone into a dumb phone.
Do you have any issues with the internet on this setup?It seems on my set up the data indicator alternates between h and 3g all the time and can use any internet radio apps since it interrupts every few minutes.Also call quality would like to be a little louder.I have the stock radio 2.10.50.26,chuck rom lite for android and the latest 2.2 froyo stone 1.7.
Can anybody tell me what changes should i make ????
kardas666 said:
Well, you got lucky with 3-10ma on standby, so your battery doesn't suck. Try few reboots and come back with the same numbers - GL on that.
So far I've tried every trick to get the magic 3-10ma on standby, and sometimes I get it, sometimes i don't. Simple reboot screws it up, and when it goes up to ~60, goodbye every-day use of android
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am using shubcrafts 1.5 rmnet I get between 3-10ma while sleep. I wont except anything else. If i get the dreaded 40-60ma's I reset and I dont restart one its in the groove.
I noticed when I had the engadget widget going I would see 41ma in sleep mode.
I dont use auto sync because I can sync when I'm good and ready. I also dont turn off 3g anymore It isnt needed.
As far as the op's settings I think they are ok for him, I constantly clock my cpu at 768 as I have found it is responsive enough for me. I also use ondemand with a powersave bias of 500.
Hakeem5 said:
I also installed advanced task killer, not sure if it helps but my battery has been great since. Settings on there:
AUTO START checked, Show notification checked, Auto Kill Level: SAFE, AutoKill frequency when SCREEN OFF, Security level HIGH. OF COURSE you will have to put various apps on IGNORE so task killer doesnt kill them when the screen is off, so far i have ignored: App Brain, Advanced Task Killer(MAKE SURE TO PUT THIS ON IGNORE OR ELSE IT WONT WORK BECAUSE IT WILL KILL ITSELF lol), SetCPU, SUPERUSER, Google search, ad free, k9 mail and battery indicator pro.
All on ignore so they dont get killed, and i noticed ALOT of people use task killer but forget to put superuser, setcpu and advanced task killer on the ignore list so they may be getting closed out sometimes, which will make them ineffective for you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Would someone please tell me how the f**k I could put apps o IGNORE?
the other battery thread found that having your keypad lights on before you boot into android and your sd card also impact heavily on your battery life.
vysus said:
Would someone please tell me how the f**k I could put apps o IGNORE?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
when in the task killer app just hold down on the selected app to bring up menu
Thanx my friend
Good effort posting your findings, I'm sure it will help a lot of people...
I've played with SetCPU for a while trying a few things and found this setup to be the best for me:
I use the undervolted kernel from here.
I use SetCPU as follows:
Main Page
Max: 1113600
Min: 245000
Scaling: Interactive
Set on boot enabled
Profiles
Enable and Notifications checked
Screen off
max: 245000
min: 245000
scaling: interactive
Priority: 100
Charging/Full
max: 111300
min: 245000
scaling: interactive
Priority: 50
Battery < 25%
max: 652000
min: 245000
scaling: interactive
Priority: 50
Advanced tab
Min Sample Rate: 50000
I also have Autokiller installed with moderate settings. Remove all other task killer apps, including Advanced Task Killer...more info why HERE.
I use APNdroid to disable data connection when I'm not using it. But have wifi on all day.
kardas666 said:
Well, you got lucky with 3-10ma on standby, so your battery doesn't suck. Try few reboots and come back with the same numbers - GL on that.
So far I've tried every trick to get the magic 3-10ma on standby, and sometimes I get it, sometimes i don't. Simple reboot screws it up, and when it goes up to ~60, goodbye every-day use of android
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can confirm that having the keypad lights ON when starting up Android from WinMo does definitely keep standby at 3-10ma. The other thing you need to do to keep that level of drain is to switch off GPS unless you're using it.
My speculation tells me that there must be something wrong/missing with the gps and keypad light libraries after the dev's modified it to work on the HD2.
Oh yeah and this is on Darkstone's HD2Froyo v2.1
Hakeem5 said:
- Special settings in Android: Note: i turned OFF Auto sync, no gps, no facebook sync, weather or news sync.
1. Installed Set Cpu (Free to download on xda but i paid for the donate version to support the dev)
2. Set Cpu settings are in the PHOTO BELOW but as a recap
a. Click Autodetect
b. On MAIN tab, i set the max . . . .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
nice try but with that "configuration" it would be better if i go back and use my
nokia of 4 years ago. thats no smartphone
Hakeem5 said:
Hakeem5 said:
- Special Settings in Windows Mobile: Turn off Auto backlight in windows mobile, turned of sync, weather, facebook, all that stuff that may secretly be on by default in windows mobile.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thats a better idea, this worked for me thanks for sharing us your discovery
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
kardas666 said:
Well, you got lucky with 3-10ma on standby, so your battery doesn't suck. Try few reboots and come back with the same numbers - GL on that.
So far I've tried every trick to get the magic 3-10ma on standby, and sometimes I get it, sometimes i don't. Simple reboot screws it up, and when it goes up to ~60, goodbye every-day use of android
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey bud, i was having the same issue as you. However, i'm pleased to say that doing the following has given me a 3-10ma standby over the course of a week with multiple reboots (just to check if it would work again). I pulled this from the "possible solution for heavy battery drain thread"
"If you start Android don't use WM at all, use auto-boot on 6 sec with Exceller Multiple Build Loader for Android/Ubuntu if you want to use windows, use it but reboot the phone before you start android."
I'm using this with an Energy Rom, 2.10 radio, and warrenb213's t-mobile us optimized build. Works a treat, hope you have the same experience
Ps... Doesn't matter if setcpu is enabled or not, I still get 3-10ma on standby, remember if you have autosync enabled you will occasionally get a spike while the phone syncs.
hazard99 said:
I am using shubcrafts 1.5 rmnet I get between 3-10ma while sleep. I wont except anything else. If i get the dreaded 40-60ma's I reset and I dont restart one its in the groove.
I noticed when I had the engadget widget going I would see 41ma in sleep mode.
I dont use auto sync because I can sync when I'm good and ready. I also dont turn off 3g anymore It isnt needed.
As far as the op's settings I think they are ok for him, I constantly clock my cpu at 768 as I have found it is responsive enough for me. I also use ondemand with a powersave bias of 500.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How can you see your power consumption in ma?
hi everyone,
i just wanna share my experience with my Samsung Galaxy S.
i have finally managed to keep the phone running with "normal phone usage" for more than 1 day
it is true that the multimedia features usage was to the minimum but still
2 Days, 16 hours and 43 minutes is an excellent number,
and still i have 15% remaining in the battery!!!
Check the screenshots below.
All what i have done is:
1- installed Voodoo lagfix
project-voodoo.org/download
2- installed Advanced Task Manager (ATM)
getandroidstuff.com/advanced-task-manager-android-download-v50/
And make sure to enable the Auto-End Running Apps features in ATM, i have used the 30 minutes frequency.
i am still unable to believe the difference that i got from this combination.
Voodoo has really fixed the lag issue and apps are running so smooth.
and with ATM installed the battery life has reached unbelievable numbers.
the installation for Voodoo was so easy and no complications, i have just used the update.zip file and it was so fast and easy.
check this yourself and tell me what you got from it.
cheers.
EDIT:
i forgot to mention that i am using ADW.Launcher instead of TWLauncher.
That's nice.
My record with light usage was 4.5 days.
In that particular case, I still had 50% after 3 days but made a lot of calls on day 4 so the battery went down quicker.
Key setting is to switch the phone to 2g when not needing 3g and also turn off the internet connection through the mobile provider and only use WIFI where available.
Very nice usage, but do you have push email active?
Congratulations abuatwan but i still think you could get longer from your battery. You say you have Advanced Task Manager running and set to start up every 30 minutes.
That costs power to start that up (as does any app) and when its killed whichever apps/processes its deemed to, if they start back up...well that's even more power lost lol
Android has its own task scheduler/killer built in and really all you are doing is battling your own system.
This will explain in much more detail, even if you don't understand everything mentioned read on and try to take in as much as possible.
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
I do agree though that with the galaxy, something needs to be done as it does in a way run better with a task killer (not counting the battles and power costs)
I use a free program called Auto Killer Memory Optimizer which tweaks androids built in task killer meaning you use your system as it should be
I've had mine running on 'moderate' preset setting for 2 weeks now and i wouldn't dream of installing any other task killer
stickfinger said:
Congratulations abuatwan but i still think you could get longer from your battery. You say you have Advanced Task Manager running and set to start up every 30 minutes.
That costs power to start that up (as does any app) and when its killed whichever apps/processes its deemed to, if they start back up...well that's even more power lost lol
Android has its own task scheduler/killer built in and really all you are doing is battling your own system.
This will explain in much more detail, even if you don't understand everything mentioned read on and try to take in as much as possible.
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
I do agree though that with the galaxy, something needs to be done as it does in a way run better with a task killer (not counting the battles and power costs)
I use a free program called Auto Killer Memory Optimizer which tweaks androids built in task killer meaning you use your system as it should be
I've had mine running on 'moderate' preset setting for 2 weeks now and i wouldn't dream of installing any other task killer
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The default setting for killing empty_app processes on Galaxy S is 48 MB. The moderate setting on autokiller is 40 MB, so you are actually *decreasing* the memory tolerance, making the memory management worse! I agree with you about the article, but with a strict setting you will see much better performance, try it.
My SGS keep 3 days max with normal use with disable the data connection with GSM and 3G
I do 2 days with browsing and stuff, seems my battery drains less quickly on wifi then it does with 3g or H =\ killing stuff with ATK is pretty handy as some stuff that i never use don't really mater to keep running in the background.
freakdahouse said:
Very nice usage, but do you have push email active?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no, during this period i have turned it off, actually i have turned off the Auto-sync option.
i have played some games, used the browser (over Wi-fi) and used GPS but that was very minimal.
Tyxerakias said:
The default setting for killing empty_app processes on Galaxy S is 48 MB. The moderate setting on autokiller is 40 MB, so you are actually *decreasing* the memory tolerance, making the memory management worse! I agree with you about the article, but with a strict setting you will see much better performance, try it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
great,
if i can just change the default likker setings, i believe that will save lot's of battery
Definitely i will install "Auto Killer Memory Optimizer" and will try both profiles, the moderate and the strict.
Thank you
I do get this with my normal usage, 2 days and some hours - can't remember exactly. I have wifi on constantly, 3g when outside, autosync and push always on, autobrightness, no task managers or lag fixes.. Just stock JM2 :]
I have never managed to get more than a day's usage out of my phone. Today my display has been on for 1h37m and the phone has been off the charger for 5.5 hours, my battery is down to 66%.
good luck, in 3 weeks or so you'll need to do a factory reset because the SGS software/file system is a P.O.S
lokhor said:
I have never managed to get more than a day's usage out of my phone. Today my display has been on for 1h37m and the phone has been off the charger for 5.5 hours, my battery is down to 66%.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
on a 2hr screen time from 100% my phone goes down to 75% or so..
Tyxerakias said:
The default setting for killing empty_app processes on Galaxy S is 48 MB. The moderate setting on autokiller is 40 MB, so you are actually *decreasing* the memory tolerance, making the memory management worse! I agree with you about the article, but with a strict setting you will see much better performance, try it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ahh well that's new to me, Thank you Tyxerakias. I do wonder what else this app is tweaking then because using Super Manager memory widget i had noticed that i would get slight lag when swiping screens if the reported memory was showing around or below 70mb. The 70mb figure might be wrong as i use a lagfix but the point is that to me around 70mb showing = lag. After installing Auto Killer Memory Optimizer i would sometimes see as low as 50mb but still no lag. I got rid of the memory widget after that as it was just displaying useless info and taking up screen space.
I would be tempted to try the strict setting but my phone honestly flies on moderate and ive also heard if you set it too strict then it can end up killing off things like the clock which means your alarm will then fail.
ickyboo said:
good luck, in 3 weeks or so you'll need to do a factory reset because the SGS software/file system is a P.O.S
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
why 3 weeks? are you referring to the Froyo update? and what is P.O.S?
Personally i wouldn't mind doing a factory reset if you ARE meaning for Froyo as flashing Froyo will reset it anyway...2 resets is no more loss than 1 reset if you are backed up and ready to flash
stickfinger said:
Ahh well that's new to me, Thank you Tyxerakias. I do wonder what else this app is tweaking then because using Super Manager memory widget i had noticed that i would get slight lag when swiping screens if the reported memory was showing around or below 70mb. The 70mb figure might be wrong as i use a lagfix but the point is that to me around 70mb showing = lag. After installing Auto Killer Memory Optimizer i would sometimes see as low as 50mb but still no lag. I got rid of the memory widget after that as it was just displaying useless info and taking up screen space.
I would be tempted to try the strict setting but my phone honestly flies on moderate and ive also heard if you set it too strict then it can end up killing off things like the clock which means your alarm will then fail.
why 3 weeks? are you referring to the Froyo update? and what is P.O.S?
Personally i wouldn't mind doing a factory reset if you ARE meaning for Froyo as flashing Froyo will reset it anyway...2 resets is no more loss than 1 reset if you are backed up and ready to flash
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
loool
Seems he just says that its "Piece Of S##t"
while i don't think so
abuatwan said:
loool
Seems he just says that its "Piece Of S##t"
while i don't think so
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
lol ahh i get it now, he means the file structure in the Galaxy. Samsung chose to use their own rather than a proper linux structure and i've seen many devs also saying how it was a very bad choice.
Well i've had mine for over 2 months now and no loss of data or anything yet so its fingers crossed here lol..........i will be backing important things up as a precaution too
Yes, that app is useful and i am confident you have noticed that
I don't use a task killer, they drain the battery.
I'm pretty sure you would get the same battery usage with screen on vs. screen on and movie playing. Playing a 2h movie drained my battery for 25%, screen on for 2h was about the same so...
I just use Juice Defender ultimate just to be able to select a few features:
- Activate Data/Wifi for 5min every 2h (would be better every 4/6hours but whatever...)
- Data / Wifi off when i sleep
- Leave data/Wifi on when the screen is on
Basically, my phone only syncs / uses data when my screen is on (or every 2h just to push emails if needed)
I noticed that this really really helped me. 3G and screen on really kill your battery
Anyone have any tips on how to speed up my DHD ? (other than rooting & installing a custom rom)
Have you turned USB debugging on?
Sometimes killing apps with app killer will help performance.
Also turning sync and other refreshable stuff off will help.
Switch off or use the least amount of things possible.
Anything that uses CPU cycles.
I would factory reset.
Then:
Settings - Power Saver - Disable most things.
Use static wallpaper. Use the least amount of widgets or try lighter ones or ones that don't need to update whenever they are highlighted.
Only have apps which you use - unless you know they don't update or take up energy in the background.
Switch off Flash or plugins in the browser - or set them to only work on demand.
Keep it clean and delete stuff you don't need or make sure it's on the SD Card.
Have a good screen protector so it stays clean and responsive.
Stroke your phone and whisper to it once in a while, to make sure it feels loved.
(My DHD is rooted but still on the original stock rom and it's nice and smooth, but I do most of the above with battery life/longer potential usage in mind.)
2 cents.