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What is this wizardry? Insanely good battery life.

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The image speaks for itself, but I'll add some info. I have a SetCPU profile for screen off that sets it to 245 min and max, and I haven't been using the phone hardly at all the past two days. Wifi has been on the entire time.
Normally, after 8 hours of light use, my phone would be dead with Android System taking up about 40% of the battery, and the three radio entries taking up about 16% each.
I've been using CyanogenMod 6.1.1 since the day it came out, with it's built-in kernel, not Pershoot's. I've done nothing else custom. The only thing that I can correlate with this change in battery life is a new version of SetCPU came out a couple days ago.
Or maybe it's just an unrelated fluke, and tomorrow whatever battery-eating bug exists in the system will rear its ugly head again. I dunno. All I know is I've never seen battery life like this on my G2.

101% yaaaaay I can add

What on earth!?
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Screen not even registering as using any?
most of my usage is screen for 60%+ (maybe 2 hrs on)
and 15~18 hours tops!

You still geting great battery life I have the same setup and battery life is average not as good as 6.1

I do not mean to highjack your thread but I have a question. For the cell standby power consumption, what is registered as the amount of time with no signal? I am in a full HSPA+ area and it still tells me that 50% of the time my phone has no signal, how is that possible? Thank you for your responses.

I managed 56 or 59 hours once and the display wasn't on the list either. I mentioned this in another thread but it was generally ridiculed and dismissed

i lose about 50% of battery with hspa on during a 8 hour shift. Of course random facebook and texting is going on.

I noticed an improved battery life with the unofficial Gingerbread builds. Did Google finally get it right?
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sephstyler said:
Screen not even registering as using any?
most of my usage is screen for 60%+ (maybe 2 hrs on)
and 15~18 hours tops!
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That has been my experience, though I'm still stuck using the stock HTC sense since I updated to 1.72 before rooting.
Whenever I check battery use, the Display is ALWAYS the highest consumer, by a large margin. I usually see 60-70% Display, and the cell standby, etc are only a few percent. Now I'm really upset I can't root it for the forseeable future.
Did you just not ever touch the phone at all? I mean, the display isn't even listed!!?!?

As I said, I was barely using the phone at all.
Right now I'm at 95% after 10 hours of non-use. I don't remember this ever being possible in the past.
Even when I actively use the phone (at least in the past) Display would never be very high. Android System was always #1 with the radios beneath that, and Display somewhere around 6%, as I recall.
In the time it took me to write this post mostly in Swype, I lost 2% so my crazy battery life seems limited to the screen being off (with the corresponding very low cpu speed). Still, it's never been this good before.

lol the title is hilarious just had to say
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I bet the lcd being not used plus wifi instead of 3G is the reason. Plus, I think it's witchery not wizardry, lol! Maybe both... whatever they are both hilarious! Ah, the days of yore!

2.3.5 Kernel BATTERY NOT GOOD

I've installed the 2.3.5 kernel recently because people were saying it was great on the battery but i'm getting pretty tired of this...
Out of nowhere sometimes like this morning i left the phone screen off since 7.00 am full charge and i checked it now at 11.40 and the battery was at 79%... It has been awake the whole morning. I looked at OS monitor and it might be calendar trying to sync all this time without having a 3g connection or wi-fi... why would it keep the phone awake and try so many times to sync if i'm not under 3g coverage?
I used to get 3 days with 2.3.4. I'm going to revert back. Aweful update...

thanks for telling us

I thought it was calendare but apparently it isn't.
Only after clearing RAM has it stopped staying awake even with screen off.
No idea what this is all about.
How do i discover what's keeping my sgs2 awake?

Tell me about it!
I flashed XWKI8 and I have been having all sort of issues with it. My phone was terribly slow and very laggy. It was getting seriously heated up around camera.
And above all, I took it off the charger (100% battery) 7:30 in the morning and now by 3:30 PM I got no juice left in the battery! It just died upon me.
I think I will flash it back to our trusty KF3 update.
Does anyone know if I can just download it from Intratech's thread and update with ODIN, or do I need to get some kinda wipe package from somewhere?

i'm quite positive you just need to reflash the pda in odin

You have no idea what you are talking about. You start that the kernel is not good. Then you blame the calendar for keeping your phone awake. Now tell me how is that related?
You can't say that something is bad based on one experience.

If you read the replies you would've seen that calendar is not the problem...
And before the update the phone was NEVER awake if the screen wasn't on... So YES i think it's a kernel problem

Nonsense !
2.3.5 battery just fine ... better than 2.3.4
Gives me a full day when used intensive (3-4 hours of surf, mail, talk)
Gives me 2 days if used moderately
About ½% per hour standby

The real question now is... how can i see what is keeping my phone awake???

Riqz said:
The real question now is... how can i see what is keeping my phone awake???
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Search for 'Better Battery Stats' in XDA.
Besides, I don't think it's huge improvement in battery life in 2.3.5 than 2.3.3. I am getting almost same battery backup in recent KI3 which I was getting in previous 2.3.3 KF3. There are plenty of ROM's but I doubt there is any difference between then other than they are dedicated for different regions. It's basically a freaking thing to flash new ROM's continuously.

look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290020
and check if it isn't the same thing that's bothering you. when you look at the built in battery stats, do you have a very high usage percentage of "Android OS"?

dude I am usin XXKI8 (2.3.5) with chain-fire root kernel KI8..
I have seen drastic improvement on battery life over KF3.. only 2% overnight drain on standby (with data connection off of course). smoother animations.. near zero lag while locking, unlocking, smoother browser.. the only thing that bothers me is occasional lag while opening gallery.. rest is superb..

Seylox said:
look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290020
and check if it isn't the same thing that's bothering you. when you look at the built in battery stats, do you have a very high usage percentage of "Android OS"?
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AOS Issue doesnt seem to be affecting me i think:
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HOLY SHOIT!!!
I think i've found the culprit:
How do i get rid of this? I thought facebook android app was decent!!! It wasn't 2.3.5 at all!!!

Riqz said:
HOLY SHOIT!!!
I think i've found the culprit:
How do i get rid of this? I thought facebook android app was decent!!! It wasn't 2.3.5 at all!!!
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I had that also, it's a ***** in Facebook app. You don't need to remove facebook app, just go to facebook chat and log off. I wonder why it's enable by default from facebook if they know this thing is going to drain battery like hell.

Riqz said:
HOLY SHOIT!!!
I think i've found the culprit:
How do i get rid of this? I thought facebook android app was decent!!! It wasn't 2.3.5 at all!!!
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How?
Very simple : just delete it.
Your battery will thank you soon, and you will certainly stop pulling your hair out.
Anyway, you always can use mobile FB version which is actually pretty good.
Cheers

No need to delete, just use the app and sign out of chat, poor design on part of facebook, but like many others using android, no investigation, just blame the update or the phone......

nah. i did not know how to see what processes were keeping my phone awake. now that i know i'm a happy new man. And i'd also like to change the title of this thread!

Terrible Battery Life

Hey guys. I know XDA is filled with battery threads, and I've done numerous searches around the forums and across the internet. Nothing seems to be helping me.
Recently, the battery life on my Nexus 4 hasn't been so great. I've attached a few screenshots of GSAM. Any ideas on what is causing the significant drain? I'm down 15% in 1 hour and have barely touched my phone. Using stock 4.4.2, rooted with some Xposed modules (none of which seem to correlate to being installed near the time of the battery life becoming crap).
Here is a dump from GSAM as well: https://www.dropbox.com/s/z6uo3q5059mcwhu/02-26-14.txt
Edit 2: After just over 4 hours, I'm down to 50% with a ton of wakelocks. This is the part that I can't find any helpful info about. Here's the new log: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tv01k9tbmo38gbv/02-26-14 2.txt
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Shot in the dark but have you tried a battery calibration app?

Bilge656 said:
Shot in the dark but have you tried a battery calibration app?
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You know, I haven't ever on this device. I had on my Samsung Captivate and Nexus S, but have yet to use any sort of battery calibration on my Nexus 4. And now that you mention it, I've had some strange behavior with going from 35% to 25% rapidly, rebooting, and then having it at 30%.
Do you think it's worth a shot? If so, any good apps for this? When I did it on old devices, I just used the CWM option to delete battery stats and then charged/discharged fully. Seems that TWRP (which I have installed) doesn't have this option.

jwkicklighter said:
You know, I haven't ever on this device. I had on my Samsung Captivate and Nexus S, but have yet to use any sort of battery calibration on my Nexus 4. And now that you mention it, I've had some strange behavior with going from 35% to 25% rapidly, rebooting, and then having it at 30%.
Do you think it's worth a shot? If so, any good apps for this? When I did it on old devices, I just used the CWM option to delete battery stats and then charged/discharged fully. Seems that TWRP (which I have installed) doesn't have this option.
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Follow this app's instructions - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration

Bilge656 said:
Follow this app's instructions - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration
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Thanks a lot, hopefully this works!

what the app does it deletess batterystats.bin
but google already stated that its just placebo, this file is only for the batteryicon
thats why cwm removed it.
second those wakelocks are just seconds. so its normal
third. do you have any sync service?(skype,facebook,email, or even google) if so
try disabling temporaly
if dosent work you may wanna try the xposed + xposed module called disable critical shutdown
then wait till phone turns off and charge for minimum 8hours
if not
change rom/kernel
if still not
its your battery(if so, and you still have warranty, you can get an rma if you live in a google area or get money back if you live in a area where lg controls,or buy another battery

opssemnik said:
what the app does it deletess batterystats.bin
but google already stated that its just placebo, this file is only for the batteryicon
thats why cwm removed it.
second those wakelocks are just seconds. so its normal
third. do you have any sync service?(skype,facebook,email, or even google) if so
try disabling temporaly
if dosent work you may wanna try the xposed + xposed module called disable critical shutdown
then wait till phone turns off and charge for minimum 8hours
if not
change rom/kernel
if still not
its your battery(if so, and you still have warranty, you can get an rma if you live in a google area or get money back if you live in a area where lg controls,or buy another battery
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Hadn't read about it being a placebo, thanks for the info. I downloaded BBS and think the issue is actually the (common) msm_hsic_host issue. It had several hours today. I'm flashing Matr1x kernel right now, so we'll see if that takes care of the issue.

jwkicklighter said:
Hadn't read about it being a placebo, thanks for the info. I downloaded BBS and think the issue is actually the (common) msm_hsic_host issue. It had several hours today. I'm flashing Matr1x kernel right now, so we'll see if that takes care of the issue.
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Oh nice. handn´t see this wakelock since 4.2.1 lol
btw:
https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT

opssemnik said:
Oh nice. handn´t see this wakelock since 4.2.1 lol
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Yeah, I remember reading about it way back when, and thought "oh, that's not affecting me at all." And now it looks like it very well may be causing issue -__-
opssemnik said:
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https://plus.google.com/105051985738280261832/posts/FV3LVtdVxPT
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Well that pretty much clears that up, thanks!

Try going back to stock android and check the performance. It can be that one of the Xposed modules is causing you the problem.

[Q] update: ABYSMAL BATTERY LIFE - internal storage faulty?

So my phone sometime last for 3 days, normal usage, sometimes it lasts barely a day. That's with same apps, same usage, same patterns.
I charge my phone before going to bed. If I wake up with it still on 100% I know I'm in for a 3 day+ cycle, but sometimes for no apparent reason, I wake up with 75-80%.
Better Battery stats shows the phone was asleep 99% of the time. I'm going crazy over this love/hate relationship with my phone.

That's android. Sometimes apps go rouge.
Posting from my LG G2 while driving an Evo IX.

Under alarms section I see com.android.phone has hundreds, even thousands, depending on uptime, wakeups. What could this mean? My carrier has FD so I have it enabled, is this connected?

I've now started having abysmal battery life. I've flashed kk kdz and started from scratch yesterday. Greenify all apps I can think of, frozen all bloat. Google now is not running, location services off, Google backup turned off, I barely used the phone. I've had great battery life on kk before, it's abysmal the last week. No apparent wakelocks, no rogue apps. I'm literally stumped as to what is happening.
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Could be a built hardware issue. I've heard and seen bad battery reports.
Mine isn't as great as everybody elses, but lately I've been running without battery save on full brightness using chrome all day and changing things since root. So that's to be expected.

NIke619 said:
Could be a built hardware issue. I've heard and seen bad battery reports.
Mine isn't as great as everybody elses, but lately I've been running without battery save on full brightness using chrome all day and changing things since root. So that's to be expected.
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I'm thinking it's hardware as well. I'm gonna do another charge cycle and see if anything changes. If not, I'm factory reseting again but with no apps installed. If that fails as well, I'm gonna go claim warranty...which will leave me without a phone for a week, at least.

My drain hunting is still going on. What I have found out is the phone works fine when it's factory reseted. After installing apps, everything is still fine. The problem starts happening after my memory starts getting filled. I can't pin-point if it's pictures, videos, music..but I' sure the files themselves are good. Because they are my personal files, not downloaded from shady places.
Pretty much after some time, the drain appears again.
Is there a way to check the internal storage for errors and to possibly fix them?

i reverted back to 4.2.2. KK was draining my battery for the same activity about 2x the speed. it wasn't even a "i think" it's draining more.. it's definitely. revert back to 4.2.2 if batter life is important to you.
i tried both XDAxebb's and micromods's stock and stock debloated.

If I may, you seem to have used 3G for 12 hours over a 58% battery drain. As far as I know that qualifies as great battery life.

metalboy94 said:
If I may, you seem to have used 3G for 12 hours over a 58% battery drain. As far as I know that qualifies as great battery life.
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Not when 11h out of 12h was deep sleep.

Here is my battery life so far, 3 hours screen time 25 hours on battery.
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Help with Battery Life/Power Issues

Hey all
I've been having massive issues with my battery life recently, it's never been great however it's actually gotten a lot worse post Kit Kat. I've taken a few screenshots on a few different apps like GSam Monitor, Wakelock detector and Battery Widget, I was wondering if somebody could help me diagnose the issue. Or at least just give me general insights into the numbers that I'm getting in terms of battery life.
EDIT: Just noticed a new issue where a couple of times my battery was somewhere in the 40's and then the phone crashes and when I start it back again it just has about 2 % battery left. Weirdly enough, after charging it for a couple of minutes, that battery now goes up to 30%. Would love to know if somebody has had a similar issue and what might be a way to go about trying to find some sort of solution.
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Greetings!
Hmm.. That's weird listen--- >
1. If the screen is jittering and phone crashes... Battery is bad..
2. Try flashing stock firmware... Might be a software issue
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same battery issue here. Its not because software. i tryed CM11m11, Ubuntu Touch, stock.. same problem. Im waitting new battery, because i was not that gentle with batteru when i was repalcing camera 15 days ago.
Usualy moment before phone restart, lose sim signal, then freeze and restart

If flashing stock doesn't resolve it, I'd say the battery is dying. I went from 2 hours between charges to 12-14 with a new battery.
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I installed stock rom by tutorial what i found here, but problem stay same. Waiting for new battery

My battery is also dying (switched to new phone now). It averages about 1 hour of SOT over several days and it's only wifi only. I guess I could swap out a fresh one but it goes to show that we need easily removable batteries but they just don't last that long.

Ultraman1966 said:
My battery is also dying (switched to new phone now). It averages about 1 hour of SOT over several days and it's only wifi only. I guess I could swap out a fresh one but it goes to show that we need easily removable batteries but they just don't last that long.
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Experienced the same issues like you did. A friend of mine who is used to fix iPhones did it for me. I just bought the new battery and paid him a beer

Did your battery life return to "normal"? Not that the Nexus 4 ever had great usage time. I might attempt it myself as a challenge.

Ultraman1966 said:
Did your battery life return to "normal"? Not that the Nexus 4 ever had great usage time. I might attempt it myself as a challenge.
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It did. I've connected my LG G Watch to my N4 so Bluetooth, GPS and mobile data are always on.
But Facebook is a Batterykiller I'm working from 07:45am till 4pm and when I come home I've around 40%-50% battery left.

Intriguing, but what is your SoT?

Ultraman1966 said:
Intriguing, but what is your SoT?
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Around 3-4 hours when my Bluetooth, mobile data(3G) and gps is on. But I can't tell it exactly cause I'm not using it that much anymore cause my primary phone is the N5.

I replace battery, now everithing works perfect. It was battery problem, not software.