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Hey guys what is up. I'm just wandering.. my Droid is brand new. Got it 2 days ago. Today I had to recharge my battery twice. I did use it a lot... so that may be it.. and when I didn't use it the battery life stayed the same for as long as I didn't touch the phone. Is my battery good? I got the app that tells me the temperature and everything. The hottest was 112F. It says my battery health is "good health". Will my phone hold a charge for a longer period of time after it has been charged then drained... and repeated. Does it just need to be broken in? Thanks for reading this whole essay I wrote you guys.. Haha. Well thank you so much again... and if you can please get back to me as soon as possible that would be great!
- Steven
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You should really search a little bit before you post. There are COUNTLESS threads on battery life.
Your best bet, until HTC fixes it, is to charge until the phone says you're at 100%, then turn it off and charge until the LED turns green. Charging and discharging really won't affect anything - their is no "memory" with their batteries.
Okay, thanks for the quick response. I appreciate it. Sorry. I should've read.. I was just a bit anxious. My apologies.
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You could always trying running one of Hydra's Kernels as well. I don't know if anyone has gained better battery life because of doing so... I use his kernels for the features.
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You could always trying running one of Hydra's Kernels as well. I don't know if anyone has gained better battery life because of doing so... I use his kernels for the features.
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stock speed undervolt is the way to go. I found battery improvement. Hydra Kernels are the way to go.
Hydra Stock Speed Undervolt Kernel
What is that? Do I get it in the app store? My battery is getting pretty warm now.. even when I touch my screen I feel it.
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When I click The link on my incredible it gives me an error when I download it. How do I run it and or make it work?
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steveng93 said:
When I click The link on my incredible it gives me an error when I download it. How do I run it and or make it work?
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What's the error?
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What's the error?
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It's a a force close with some other words I forgot.
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It says that its just an updater.
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Check Settings > About phone > Battery and make sure up time and awake time aren't the same.
If they are the same, it means something is keeping your phone awake when the screen goes off, which drains battery.
I just got my Droid Incredible a few days ago too, and I knew coming into it that the battery life has issues from a lot of users, but man, it really sucks!
I have it fully charged at 8am, and by 3:30 (with very moderate use), it's already at 20%. I've disabled everything I can (WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, live wallpaper, installed ATK and keep my tasks at none, etc), and still the same.
I really love the phone (it's amazing other than battery), but the battery life is such a big deal for me that I am really thinking about returning it and waiting for the Samsung Fascinate to come (hopefully sooner than later). Thankfully I have until Aug 30 to call Verizon and return the phone... i sure hope the Fascinate gets a definite release date by then.
I'm going to try the full charge + phone off + charge again to see if that improves things, but other than that, does anyone recommend the Seidio 1750mAh battery or the HTC Touch Pro2 OEM (1500 mAh) battery? Does it make that much of a difference?
I read the findings on batteryboss.org, and it appears that the TP2 battery was better but the Seidio battery they tested was a used one, so it wasn't a fair comparison.
Any thoughts/help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Loose atk....and read. I get a full 18 plus hours and I don't bump charge. Lots of info out there
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I purchased a 2150 mah battery from verizon and i can say I wont be having battery issues.. that is one option, but you wont find a case that fits your phone, that is the only downfall
I was just reading reports about the new Facebook app...looks like they are working on that fix if you use that and it is causing a battery drain
http://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-confirms-battery-drain-latest-android-update
Uninstall the 1.3.0 facebook app RIGHT AWAY if you downloaded it. That destroyed my battery life yesterday and I have never had battery problems with my DInc.
You can just use the regular HTC Facebook app until an update is released for the facebook for android.
Try it without the new facebook for a day and see if it changes.
If you don't have the facebook app then just make sure bluetooth, gps, wifi are off when you aren't using them. I recommend trying bump charging but I've never personally and my phone lasts about 26-28 hours+ with mild to heavy usage depending on the day.
-Flawless
Thanks for the replies..I don't use Facebook so that wouldn't be my problem.
I think ATK is good.. I mean I don't have it on auto so I sometimes just kill all tasks and I have noticed any decrease from the already poor battery performance.
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Ionno what it is but I'm running froyo 2.2 n I Thot this issue would be addressed but still nothing.. I'm hoping the VZW push will address it... I get decent battery life when I charge fully then turn off then plug back in til light turns green but its a pain in the ass to do dat.. I believe my awake time is like 3-4 hrs with an uptime of like 18-19 hrs
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I have a Sedio 1750, which I bump charge every morning, and UltimateJuice set to turn on APN every 5 min for 30 sec or until data transfer is done. WiFi is used whenever possible and otherwise turned off.
I easily make it through the day and have battery to spare with moderate to heavy use.
All the battery life horror stories make me wonder what everyone is doing differently. Haha
Lots of OJ Simpsons in this thread...
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Not sure if this is in the right place for this info or not. But...I flashed myns synergy rom a couple of weeks ago and have been getting decent battery life. Today my battery life is blowing me away. Going on 11 1/2 hours since being unppugged with my normal usage. Not heavy use by any means but moderate at least. I have never seen this kind of battery life on any other rom I have flashed. Any other synergy users seeing good battery life?
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Forgot to add....I still have 22% batter life left.
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Knocking on wood right now, but mine's been great so far! Hope it stays that way.
PS: This isn't the right place to post this.
You are in the wrong place. This should be in the General section.
For me personally I never saw that good if battery life out of synergy. I switched back to decks ROM to get great battery life back
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Nope. Got absolutely horrible battery life on Synergy. Switched to Sprint Lovers'. So far so good. HW004
wrong section buddy, post this in general
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You are in the wrong place. This should be in the General section.
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Sorry....was unsure. I reposted in general. Can a mod delete this thread please?
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right section left section who gives a
cg 112358 said:
You are in the wrong place. This should be in the General section.
For me personally I never saw that good if battery life out of synergy. I switched back to decks ROM to get great battery life back
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It's all in the kernel dude. My personal favorite is the netarcy-toast cfs noHAVS kernel. Realizing that must be Greek to you, here's a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894880
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It's all in the kernel dude. My personal favorite is the netarcy-toast cfs noHAVS kernel. Realizing that must be Greek to you, here's a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=894880
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Idk if you know this but that's for 2.2 sense roms. They dont have 2.3 sense kernels yet...
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8 hours , i have 38% left..
I know usage is a very personal thing that can vary battery life so it makes it hard to compare but what battery life were you getting that 11.5 hours at 22% is good?
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Idk if you know this but that's for 2.2 sense roms. They dont have 2.3 sense kernels yet...
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Yes, from what I have read, you have to use the kernel that comes with the rom.
I am getting HORRIBLE battery life with the synergy rom....almost to where I cant use it. I LOVE the rom, but the battery life is frustrating!
Hopefully Netarchy will develop one that will work with this type of rom and we will be saved.
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Yes, from what I have read, you have to use the kernel that comes with the rom.
I am getting HORRIBLE battery life with the synergy rom....almost to where I cant use it. I LOVE the rom, but the battery life is frustrating!
Hopefully Netarchy will develop one that will work with this type of rom and we will be saved.
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You will be waiting, cuz no custom kernels can be made until the kernel source from HTC is released.
madigan82 said:
I know usage is a very personal thing that can vary battery life so it makes it hard to compare but what battery life were you getting that 11.5 hours at 22% is good?
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About 100 texts total, a handful of phone calls, lots of checking of XDA, FB, Twitter, Google+, etc. was on wifi entire time.
I have used CM7 before this an was getting maybe 3-4 hours before dropping to say 40% with less use then I had yesterday.
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About 100 texts total, a handful of phone calls, lots of checking of XDA, FB, Twitter, Google+, etc. was on wifi entire time.
I have used CM7 before this an was getting maybe 3-4 hours before dropping to say 40% with less use then I had yesterday.
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I wish i had your phone!!
I'm using syngergy kindgom and have been consistently getting a full day on heavy usage to almost 2 days on moderate usage from the day I flashed it. You guys should try that and I feel like it's quicker than the original synergy.
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I'm using syngergy kindgom and have been consistently getting a full day on heavy usage to almost 2 days on moderate usage from the day I flashed it. You guys should try that and I feel like it's quicker than the original synergy.
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I tried that for a bit over the weekend...but there was something I did not like about it...cant remember now. I will have a go with it again to verify.
At the end of the day...we can develop superb ROMS that have flashy flashes, but if the battery/components cant take it, then we are still at a stand still.
my battery life is good most of the time, but it seems there are periods where it drops quickly. i think it drops when the market alerts me about updates to my apps. both times i've had quick drops, the market has been the top app draining the battery and has a notification of updates. i don't see an option to turn of notifications is this updated version.
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Idk if you know this but that's for 2.2 sense roms. They dont have 2.3 sense kernels yet...
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No but the netarchy kernel I use works just fine with my King's Alliance GB. It's all in the UNIVERSAL kernel, I should say
I usually get 24 hours up time and 3 hours awake before I've got to pop in a charged battery. Normally change out at 20% to keep it from going dead on me when I need it most.
What an amazing battery!
Never seen that number even on my Flyer!
Really liking my Note
And btw, my brightness was ALWAYS at 90%!!
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...but your battery is full?
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...but your battery is full?
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Got cha!! ;P
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Did i just get trolled? I won't accept that. Someone has to go.
...I'm looking at you Matius.. Tick tack..
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He is with satan!
LOOL am sorry was sleeping, yes my battery was full but that because I took that screenshot after I plugged my phone and charged from 1 to 100 straight but the previous cycle stats was still ther..
Try it yourself, charge your phone and before taking it off the charger you will still have thae last cycle details and graph in usage..
And if you look at the screenshot, it clearly says "Battery used by the display and backlight" .....
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HI,
Please take a look at my latest battery screenshots
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_01.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_02.png
mR.fR34ky said:
HI,
Please take a look at my latest battery screenshots
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_01.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_02.png
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Even with your funny coded language I can see that that's over 3 days on one charge. Impossibru indeed
mR.fR34ky said:
HI,
Please take a look at my latest battery screenshots
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_01.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_02.png
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Nice!
I was amazed by my battery because I watched two movies and surfed xda and websites also!
If only I can get rid of those "suspend" and "events0" I would be a happy camper
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mR.fR34ky said:
HI,
Please take a look at my latest battery screenshots
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_01.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10486200/capture_02.png
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Actual phone usage is pretty low though, I've gone as high as 7 days w/ just SMS and a few calls and wifi usage of less than 1hr.
LordManhattan said:
Did i just get trolled? I won't accept that. Someone has to go.
...I'm looking at you Matius.. Tick tack..
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So what were you saying mister doubtfull?
Tick tack huh?
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That's photoshopped. The orange on the "H" isn't 100% correct. My god, when will you stop this madness!? When will you STOP!?
LordManhattan said:
That's photoshopped. The orange on the "H" isn't 100% correct. My god, when will you stop this madness!? When will you STOP!?
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POST EDITED:
Sorry sleeplessness has adverse reactions
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How do you get your Android OS to be so low. My note is always around 25% to 30%. Do you think I have something running that's draining my battery? I do know that I'm not getting anywhere near the battery life you guys are saying you are getting.
ckyllr said:
How do you get your Android OS to be so low. My note is always around 25% to 30%. Do you think I have something running that's draining my battery? I do know that I'm not getting anywhere near the battery life you guys are saying you are getting.
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he could have disabled all animations, force-closed processes, etc.
I have bluetooth running eight hours a day, streaming music for four to five of those to it, at least three to four hours of reading massive PDFs (textbooks), ppts, and word documents, WIFI on whenever available, etc.
I've gotten 10-13 hours without too many issues. The 10 was with a LOT of screen time, wifi or data running always, and bluetooth running always.
It also depends how you charge your battery. I make sure to fully charge my battery, and then run it into the GROUND (eg note powers off completely) before I plug it back in. Every time. You get maximum capacity that way, there's a name for this, but I can't remember what.
Anyway, battery 101. Kill processes, disable unneccesary services, use WIFI when you have it, disable everything you don't need, disable sync if you want/need to, disable gps, animations, and especially use minimal screentime. I don't see why the note wouldn't pull at least 36 hours if it was left in airplane mode the whole time.
Actually I was just watching movies and listening through bluetooth, thats why I don't have other processes eating my battery but I didn't do anything special..just straight 6 hours of watching movies using mobo player..
But I noticed that using mobile data to surf the net would drain my battery faster, so try to use wifi whenever available..
Everything about my setup is stock, only de-odexed to manually install my language..
Also noticed that when my phone left idleing, there will be Android OS drain in my battery usage, wigh "suspend" and "events0" showing in BetterBatteryStats but I still didn't figure out how to solve that..
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matius44 said:
Photoshopped?? Really??
Who do you think you are so that I waste my time faking pics??
Not because you were wrong ASS-uming I was lying it means you continue discrediting me..
I don't know if you are stupid or just being a jerk, either way go f**k yourself
Man the type of people you can meet on the internet is amazing..
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Hahahaha! DUDE i'm screwing with you! Calm down! It's pretty clear now that you can't detect a joke on the interwebs
guitarplayerone said:
It also depends how you charge your battery. I make sure to fully charge my battery, and then run it into the GROUND (eg note powers off completely) before I plug it back in. Every time. You get maximum capacity that way, there's a name for this, but I can't remember what.
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This is an old technique which no longer has any effect whatsoever on the life and capacity of modern Li-ion batteries.
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LordManhattan said:
Hahahaha! DUDE i'm screwing with you! Calm down! It's pretty clear now that you can't detect a joke on the interwebs
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Haha that was actually funny when i saw that... And with ur name in sig and all i could not help laughing a little ha. Anyway, maybe just putting a jk at the end would help lol. That was awesome though ha.
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This is an old technique which no longer has any effect whatsoever on the life and capacity of modern Li-ion batteries.
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For me, charging it all the way down really helps (not to dead,then the stock software which i dont usually run has problems). It also seems to work on my ipod touch 3g quite well also.
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Haha that was actually funny when i saw that... And with ur name in sig and all i could not help laughing a little ha. Anyway, maybe just putting a jk at the end would help lol. That was awesome though ha.
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Hah yeah, a little too late now but i'll totally remember it next time
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alright so..I've been getting amazing battery life for days like having it easily last 20 hours then i turn off juice defender for a day cause i was downloading linux..then i turn juice defender on and my phone is dying at 10 hours again :/ juice defender is on extreme and im uc'd at 800mhz and i tried calibrating and wiping and that did nothing...it's weird how i just turn off jd and turn it back on and there's this giant drain now..I tried 2.5 and i lost my apn's or whatever on that and flashed a fix and that didn't give me the apn's back so i reverted back to 2.2
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alright so..I've been getting amazing battery life for days like having it easily last 20 hours then i turn off juice defender for a day cause i was downloading linux..then i turn juice defender on and my phone is dying at 10 hours again :/ juice defender is on extreme and im uc'd at 800mhz and i tried calibrating and wiping and that did nothing...it's weird how i just turn off jd and turn it back on and there's this giant drain now..I tried 2.5 and i lost my apn's or whatever on that and flashed a fix and that didn't give me the apn's back so i reverted back to 2.2
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Does it drain faster than usual when you use it or in standby?
Did you comment on this in the Neutrino thread? That's where this should have been posted. I see you did post this in the battery life thread. To many people to quick to hit that new thread tab instead of posting in threads already made for the subject matter.
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He did ask in the "Neutrino thread" but Noto asked him to post it in the "Battery Life" thread.
Why he decided to start a new thread is beyond me though.
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Did you comment on this in the Neutrino thread? That's where this should have been posted. I see you did post this in the battery life thread. To many people to quick to hit that new thread tab instead of posting in threads already made for the subject matter.
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You might have better luck here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488794
Hello everyone,
My battery drains so fast and I don't know what to do.
It seems an application is open that drains it but I cannot turn it off.
Please check the screenshot
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Search, read, learn then experiment. You can't expect help if you aren't prepared to help yourself.
There are many threads about battery, apps and wakelocks - go find them.
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Search, read, learn then experiment. You can't expect help if you aren't prepared to help yourself.
There are many threads about battery, apps and wakelocks - go find them.
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I suppose this answer is just to increase your posts...
If you don't have an answer then don't post something like this. I searched before posting this but didn't find anything.
Sorry for the above link but 'cause I'm a new user it doesn't let me post url's.
I highly suggest u take a look at this thread. You will find some answers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878828
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Liaros said:
I suppose this answer is just to increase your posts...
If you don't have an answer then don't post something like this. I searched before posting this but didn't find anything.
Sorry for the above link but 'cause I'm a new user it doesn't let me post url's.
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Doubt it but what is true is that you and the OP did not even bother to read the rules or the stickies .
Thousands of battery drain posts all identical you cannot expect members to continually point out the basics that is not what this forum is for .
jje
You might need to close all your running applications. Plus close wifi, sync & others when not in need. Or it could also be your downloaded apps that have advertisements on it. This will automatically lights up your phone even on stand by mode. Try uninstalling them, download ad free apps on google play so you will know what are your installed apps that have ads on it. Hope these help!
Depending on what you are running on your phone, ie; Stock Samsung Official Firmware or Custom Firmware Via CWM etc,
There are many many posts about battery drain & how to solve the problem, I thought the same, but I persisted and found what I needed.
OK, I am sure you know about custom roms, some stable, some not. many have battery drain problems, many dont.
I advise if you are running a custom rom, go to the thread for that rom and read about any problems about battery, if not post in the thread
and ask the person who made the rom for help. battery drain could be anything, which includes a bad flash or installation.
Anyway I hope you get sorted.
Every time i hear somebody suggests To close almost everything that make a smartphone deferent than a common phone I wonder if android has many problems to solve.. A smartphone is smart because of the services that it offers...
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Totally agree redcom7, a smartphone is just that, if everything is turned off then what's the point???
Android is not perfect but it is pretty dam good, battery drain issues are more likely in custom roms.
I am running a custom rom which I researched prior to install, now it's in it lasts on average 14 - 19 hrs longer than the Official Firmware
and that is with everything running.
You are right everything does not need turned off, just a bit of common sense mixed with research and everything should be fine. :good:
I am running omega rom.
The thing is that when I flashed this rom it didn't have battery issues. But now it does!
So I thought an application drains the battery and I wiped everything but it still drains it.
The app is called media as you can see on my screenshot.
I really don't know what to do...
I wiped battery stats and it seems better now...
I'm thinking of changing kernel. Would that help?
See my post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35010121
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I m just wondering to find whats the normal battery timing of Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 ?
My phone battery timing is about a day with normal usage.
Its 4.1 J.B
And I also want to find out some new tips and tricks.
Thanks.
(I m a new member)
Depends on use. Stock I only get about 7 hours with my use. With tweaking I usually double my battery life.
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Liaros said:
I am running omega rom.
The thing is that when I flashed this rom it didn't have battery issues. But now it does!
So I thought an application drains the battery and I wiped everything but it still drains it.
The app is called media as you can see on my screenshot.
I really don't know what to do...
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You have the media scanner bug. There are various solutions but the most common one is to reformat your SD card.
You can stop it happening temporarily by force closing media scanner but it will return when you reboot the phone.
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ROM Sotmax Ultimate V8
Kernel Yank555.lu-V2.7a
'Rescan media root' solved a problem I was having with battery drain from media.
Also, I also used to think that shutting down some android services was defeating the purpose of having a smart phone. Unfortunately, I was losing 20-30% battery when at work for about 5 hours. Recently I've started switching off data while working (I can't use my phone when working anyway) and now my drain over the same amount of time would be around 5%.
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corrsea said:
You have the media scanner bug. There are various solutions but the most common one is to reformat your SD card.
You can stop it happening temporarily by force closing media scanner but it will return when you reboot the phone.
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I put another sd card and I'll see how it goes now.
Just to mention after 30 mins battery is at 98%
Ok guys! Problem solved! :good:
Thank you very much for your help!
Liaros said:
Ok guys! Problem solved! :good:
Thank you very much for your help!
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Thread closed, post in the Q & A section next time.