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[Q] any difference in battery after update?

I remember emailing htc about the battery life issues on the phone and they just kept saying they knew what it was and an ota update would fix it in the near future. Now that ive done the ota and froyo i see no difference, is anyone noticing the same thing i am? I'm sick of barely getting a day when my friend with the evo 4g (ya the one that should be consuming more power) can get like over 2 days doing more than me.

I've actually noticed the opposite. I seem to be getting better battery life. With moderate use I can go 2 days without needing to charge. My friend with an EVO gets about the same. We were both running CM6 at the same time...which was eating my battery a lot faster than this.
The EVO has a higher capacity battery than the DINC. I actually have the same capacity as the EVO which may make a difference.

Same as before the upgrade...
No change for me either from Eclair to Froyo. I still cannot get more than a days use before charging. And I have the Seidio 1750mah battery. Actually, it seemed like I got more usage from the original 1300mah battery than I do from the Seidio.
Just FYI, I have erased my battery stats (from within ClockworkMod recovery) right after upgrading to Sky Raider's 2.01 ROM. So far I haven't noticed any difference from before. I.e., I still get another 30mins of charging whenever I power off my DI, and still only a day's use. My stats show most of my battery use is from the OS... so go figure...
Maybe I just need to give it some more time before drawing any conclusions...

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nope, same thing here...it sux so bad that htc wont fix this...its probably the most important part of the damn phone.

loccoelf said:
nope, same thing here...it sux so bad that htc wont fix this...its probably the most important part of the damn phone.
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I dont have any issues with battery and have the verizon extended battery. I have not used any method to get rid of battery stats.
With Moderate use of 1 day I get an average of 50% - 60% ranging from 6am to 11pm

I notice a slight improvement from Eclair to Froyo.

Nope, the same thing, battery still sucks.
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ericFuels999 said:
I notice a slight improvement from Eclair to Froyo.
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I guarantee you can find dozens of "battery life sucks" comments for every smartphone forum ever made.
Considering this battery has a mere 300mAh increase in capacity over the G1, has a much bigger screen, and a much faster processor, I am impressed with my DI and its battery life (8hrs with everything on but BT and dozens of apps running+).
FroYo is a slight improvement for me too.
Why not make this thread a poll?

+1, not a huge-awesome-giant-enormous improvement, but definitely noticeable. I'm running 12-15 apps simultaneously and getting probably 10-12 hours? I'll try and benchmark it tomorrow.

Ya I am using te extended seidio battery. You see the crappy thing is that I emailed HTC a month or 2 ago about the battery life and they said they knew what it was and that they would ota fix itsoon. Now we get a big ota and not much change. Let alone also I still have the issue where it drains to like 93% right after I unplug
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I heard that!!!!!
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foyo? or stay on 2.1? is it worth it?

I have been dabating wether or not to flash a froyo rom and modem. I am currently using ee with phoenix kernel and loving the battery life i get out of it. I have searched the threads but not to much pertaining the the battery life of froyo as there is no kernels yet, most replies to battery life on froyo are a simple its good or i get good battery life. I Wa wondering what kind of battery life people are getting with froyo roms. battery life is the 1st on my list of importance so some with respectable performance would be nice to know so i could make my first froyo jump. Thanks in advance.

I've been on it for a few days now (DK17). I don't use any task manager, or juice defender or anything like that. I have a start-up manager (autoruns) and thats it. I unplugged my phone yesterday at 10:30am and 12 hours later I still had 40-45% remaining after some moderate use... angry birds, asphalt and web browsing mainly.
Hope that helps!

I just flashed 2.2 and used it all day at work for texting, calling, facebook and web browsing and after 9 hours at work i had just under 80% battery life left.

If you are after battery life, then stay on 2.1. I have 4 backup batteries and didn't mind going to 2.2, but I did have a considerable battery life decrease. I find myself changing batteries atleast once a day with these beta 2.2 releases. Recently I haven't noticed it as much, but I think that is due to my getting used to the routine of changing batts every 6-8 hours depending on use.
I really do enjoy the perks of 2.2 though. Flash player with Hulu is awesome, faster phone than 2.1, and the developers are doing a great job of getting some custom themes integrated right now, which makes it not only run great, but look awesome.

Spectral8x said:
I just flashed 2.2 and used it all day at work for texting, calling, facebook and web browsing and after 9 hours at work i had just under 80% battery life left.
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How many hours would you say you where using it, while at work?
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I've used it the second it came out, some noticeable snags you'll work around just fine. I've had it for atleast 3ish weeks no major setbacks I guess. Just used clock and flashed it. Happy with over all with flash and other new twists....phone can be hairy at times, but I've foun several androids do on 2.2. Speaker everytme you pick up a call with he feature "off". I have had the epic on the first day at day break.....
Just my $.13
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What roms are being used for the better battery life? And how much faster then 2.1 over clocked to 1.2ghz is it if any?
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I'd stay with 2.1 for now. My phone took a serious performance hit going to 2.2... something is wrong with that kernel. Not optimized yet maybe?
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I don't know about you guys, but I am using ACS's Froyo build and my Epic has never had better battery life. By a large margin.

It seems the latest froyo release has been outstanding in terms of battery life. If you're looking for battery efficiency, definitely go with a froyo rom. If you're looking for performance, go with eclair. All in all however, froyo roms are fairly snappy especially considering they are at stock speeds. Can't wait for battery life increases once froyo roms get UV'd.
EDIT: on second thought, I'd have to recommend froyo either way. The improved web browser performance + flash as well as froyo gapps alone make the jump worth it. There's really no 'lag' to speak of on froyo roms... merely, the phone just seems faster on eclair switching between apps and loading/closing them.

I'm using epic experience 2.0(froyo) and my epic has never performed better. Especially gps locks in like 2-3 seconds even without wireless location check marked. Very fast and smooth. Probably just as fast if not faster than 2.1 overclocked to 1.2. For me it seems anyway. Way worth it in my opinion.
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My GPS wasn't working at all on Quantum 1.3, has that been fixed on DK17?

mikel719 said:
How many hours would you say you where using it, while at work?
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Probably around 3-4 hours and an hour of that being lunch with me using the phone pretty much the entire hour texting and browsing the web.

Ok, just flashed to 2.2 with the modem from odin and clock work. Gonna see how it turns out.
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mikel719 said:
battery life is the 1st on my list of importance so some with respectable performance would be nice to know so i could make my first froyo jump. Thanks in advance.
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Honest to God I'll never understand comments such as these. If battery life is the most important thing then why the hell did you buy the most power hungry phone? You bought it for performance didn't you???? Performance and battery life are polar opposites. Much like horsepower and fuel economy.
Let me save you some suspense... you'll never get more than a day out of this phone. At least not if you actually use the damn thing. If you travel, take a car charger. If you are in the office, have a charger with you. If your job requires you to be away from power then bring an external battery. The phone lasts a normal work day between charges so install 2.2 and enjoy your phone for what it is... a powerhouse!
Btw, the battery life seems pretty good in comparison to stock 2.1.

Or u can buy one of the double or more life batteries for $100 that comes with a modified battery cover to fit the extended battery, then couple it with a kickass kernel (phoenix) and have the best of both worlds
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I lost GPS going to Froyo which worked perfectly for me in 2.1. Other than that everything else is better..

I found wifi on froyo drains battery like crazy. Also when I set the browser bookmark to list view the next time I open bookmark brower will fc on me. Other then these and the camera bug, phone seemed to work well..

Leon H said:
My GPS wasn't working at all on Quantum 1.3, has that been fixed on DK17?
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GPS isn't working yet. People have some really ghetto work arounds that work for 1-2 days, but in the end GPS is still bugged as hell.

really think i am gonna hod out for a while....just sayin!

Insanely improved battery life in dk28

So i flashed the stock leak to 2 of my coworkers phones a few days ago and their battery life went up BIG TIME..now i flashed it to mine + installed EE.
last night when i got home from the bar and passed out i left go chat running all night and when i woke up my battery was at 75% - with go chat running for 8 hours. normally my phone would be dead. Im really, really impressed with the improvements in the DK28..
Anyone else seeing similar results?

Why not post in the EE thread?!

What's EE when I was on dk28 my 3g radio was trying to upload constantly and killed my battery in record time. So I'm not running it anymore only because of that. If this EE thing can bring my battery life back to normal I'll gladly give dk28 another try.
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I'm surprised theres no sticker for a guideline on what to post on Development, though I guess common sense is supposed to be a factor.

Development!
d94 said:
So i flashed the stock leak to 2 of my coworkers phones a few days ago and their battery life went up BIG TIME..now i flashed it to mine + installed EE.
last night when i got home from the bar and passed out i left go chat running all night and when i woke up my battery was at 75% - with go chat running for 8 hours. normally my phone would be dead. Im really, really impressed with the improvements in the DK28..
Anyone else seeing similar results?
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What exactly are you developing? Is this a rom or did you really make a general post in the development area?

He was just spamming the development area with garbage
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I have noticed the exact opposite w/ DK28... I was running DK05 before and had great battery life, now w/ DK28 its back to just a hair better than it was Stock.

Although this is in the wrong section I also noticed much better battery life with DK28.
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I have had much better battery life as well. No where near the advertised specs but significantly better than DI18.

can a mod plz move this so i can stop spamming this forum?

LOL. I'm definitely not seeing these results.

My battery life lasts me pretty much most of the day off the charger with some heavy use here and there and I'm still on DK17 ViperROM 2.6 with auto brightness on and a few widgets/notifications every 3-4 hours.

Does your gps work going that way? And if its much better battery life ill have to try doing it. As for those saying it is spamming, it may be but instead of trying to act like you have power actually contribute to the thread.

There are so many threads like this. Can we get a mod up in here?
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What's EE?

I love when people have nothing to do but complain about other people posting in the wrong section..... its very upsetting ain't it
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Wow, complain about it more so it keeps getting bumped...... I actually like seeing things like this because it just may more easily help someone in choosing a suitable rom. In a hour it'll be on the next couple of pages and you would have forgotten about this thread DISASTER anyways...

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What's EE?
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Epic Experience.....a rom.
With DK28 and EE I have had 26 hours of battery life, the first time I have had over 15 hours ever with my Epic. I am honestly comfortable walking a round without worrying about where I can plug my charger in at.

Threads like these (including their responses) are why post count doesn't matter.

Please post questions in General section.

Bionix - Best battery life ever!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

which for better battery life: Open Soju or GB-ns4G-deck?

Hi guys, I have a Sprint NS 4g. (saw another similar thread, but they are discussing ROMs for the other versions...) I stopped using it because the battery life is miserable even though I have 0% Time Without Signal. (My rooted Evo literally lasts 3x as long at this NS.) Therefore I am looking into alternative ROMs.
Any idea which of the above ROMs has better battery life?
Thanks!

I've been using mikeyinid's rom in the ns4g dev section. It's titled "updated 6/27/11..." using matr1x kernel. Had very good battery ever since he went to the new kernel and I'm using it as-is. No performance tweaks.
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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks

You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Yeah, my Evo goes for 1.5 days with a lot of use. The recent roms are great on battery life.
My Nexus goes maybe 5 hours with heavy use.

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You really get better battery on your evo? My ns4g lasts so much longer than my evo on any rom. I prefer cm7 for the options, with heavy use I can still get 20 hours
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Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.

ronnienyc said:
Broken, any tricks to get batt life that long? I have had two NS phones, each with dismal battery life.
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If you are using your phone non-stop, meaning you have the screen on straight periods of time, 5 hours is not bad, really. You have to remember that the SAMOLED screen sucks battery down. On the weekends when my phone is on all the time, I generally have to swap batteries 2 or 3 times in a day. Thats very heavy use, of course. During the week with moderate use, texts, gtalk, emails, and xda app, I get 10- 12 hours on a charge. Screen on time is a killer with the NS

Why does this thread get more hits than mine?
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I am trying Soju right now - so far it looks and feels elegant.

My NS4G gets way better battery life than my Evo did probably almost twice as long. But aside from that I have had good lick with open soju and Cyanogen. Open Soju was nice because it has voodoo control for headset audio which really takes advantage of the wolfson headphone amp built into the ns. Voodoo makes the audio like night and day once you have tried it you cant go back. Than Cyanogen is great many options but to get voodoo I had to use nets kernel. Both having great battery life but Cyanogen has more options but its still in beta.
Edit: I did not really answer your question about the GB-Deck because I have not used it but have heard good things you have to flash gapps with it like Cyanogen.

There's really something to be said for turning down the screen brightness. Also make sure you have wifi sleep on never. Try james bond kernel and let it settle for a couple days. First day or two of a new rom/kernel will be a little low on battery
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My Evo has been unplugged for 16 hours of heavy use, and there is now 28 percent battery remaining. This is with a current 2.3.3 rom. Well done Google.

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Thanks - would you provide a link? I don't see that one. Thanks
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Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070383
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Thank you sir.