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Been trying alot of builds recently trying to get reliable gps (+ compass) and decent battery life. I really like MDJ's desire HD build nice gps + nav and best of all loving the new sense interface. But as with a few other builds i have tried recently battery drainage has gone through the roof.
To compare to darkstones desire hd build i get 3-8 mA in standby and i can get around 18-22 hours out of the phone. But most of the recent builds i am only managing 8-10 hours max.
I have tried shubcraft 2.0, the latest hyperdroid, the latest MDJ evo and of course MDJ's latest desire hd. All of which have increased significantly in battery drainage. But when i switch back to an older build battery drainage falls in line again.
Is there something i can do to sort it out? As i see a lot of people report decent battery life whereas my observations are totally the opposite.
theres 3 threads currently on the first page with the cure if you want to open your eyes...
t1h5ta3 said:
theres 3 threads currently on the first page with the cure if you want to open your eyes...
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looked but can only find everything ive been doing ever since android was first developed for hd2. using winmo battery tweaks, setcpu, turning off all unnecessary wireless (wifi, data, syncs) using a android loader + making sure keypad lights are on. only thing new i found was your post about reconditioning the battery to let it know when it is actually full. none of that addresses the 100+ mA i get in standby and neither does reconditioning the battery.
what is the android rom with best battery life? and how is it compared to an htc desire?
I am about to buy the hd2 but the only drawback i am finding so far is battery life as everyone seems to complain about it
and i often listen to music on my phone... like 4-5 hours per day...
Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895059
Of all the ROMs from XDA I was tested on [26.JAN] [DFT / Cwm] NexusHD2-Froyo V1.9G [Android2.2.2] [Kernel: tytung_r2_oldcam]. The only that keeps me the most battery.
Sorry for my english
thx for the reply! how long does it last on regular use (some calls, some games, sms, browsing and music)
the best way to find out which rom gives out the best bat life is to experiment with the different ones out there. and a big factor also lies in your set up. i've already upgraded my hd2 rom and radio and i'm very pleased with my current set up as follows:
rom: chuckyrom lite
radio: 2.15
android: mdj froyo 4.6
by far it's given me the best power battery output ever. to give you an idea, i charge my phone in the evening. as soon as it's 100% i then unplug it. that'll be done at around 10pm when i go to sleep. i wake up at 6am and the battery shows 97%. not bad for 8 hours on standby. and i'm using live video wallpaper. on the way to work, i watch vids for like 40 minutes on the train. by the time i get to the office, my battery is at 80%.
cheers
anymore experience plz? by how much is desire's battery better?
yeahman45 said:
anymore experience plz? by how much is desire's battery better?
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Most Android phones have poor battery life, thats just how it is.
There is many, many different things you can do to improve it and its all documented here on forum.
really? however htc hd2 is initially not an android phone.. i am worried that it's battery life would be worse than true android devices?
I have push mail and weather updates and such running on an android Darkstone RAM froyo sense rom, and the battery life is as good as, or better than it was on windows.
It's more stable than windows, that is for sure.
I have dual boot, so I can still boot into windows too, so the android is extra.
another question: is the robot voice still an issue with some android roms? while reading threads of android on hd2 whether ram, sd or nand, i often see people complaining about robot voice issue!!! i hope it's no more there with the newest android roms... that sounds like a very bad issue for me!!
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another question: is the robot voice still an issue with some android roms? while reading threads of android on hd2 whether ram, sd or nand, i often see people complaining about robot voice issue!!! i hope it's no more there with the newest android roms... that sounds like a very bad issue for me!!
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Android is robot voice !
Charansingh CM7
Been in 50% range for 5 hours now.
5hrs of heavy use with WiFi and still on 39% from 85% with downloading,watching YouTube.great.using nand
skink prj desire v 1.0 with setcpu
sounds pretty good battery life
try this build : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893620
how can I update it? my htc
nenomm said:
how can I update it? my htc
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Go to the thread, and on the first page you will get full instructions, of course you need to read, understand and then follow them before it will work. But I'm a simple old man and I acheived it so get reading
what is the latest android rom with best battery life?
last android rom im using lasts only 6 hours with the extended battery .... im looking for a rom with long battery life so it can last for at least a day ......
I think all nexus roms from tytung have a great battery life.
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in my opinion this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2693319 is very stable and battery friendly.
I have choose this for my moms phone. And she is very happy with it..
Tytung
Yes every ROM from NEXUS bu tytung have great battery life. I think you should use jellybean 4.2.2
I used SlimKat (more than 2 days battery life), but it was very slow and I changed it to Nexus KitKat.
Unfortunately, Nexus has worse battery life than SlimKat.
Hi, I hope someone can help,
I flashed my Samsung Galaxy 3 I5800 with Kyrillos' ROM v6.0, NON-OC
Everything is working 100%, apart from one thing,
When I go to, Settings - About Phone - Battery Use
It is saying that my Display is using 86% of my battery???
Can someone help, I have the Display settings as follows,
Brightness = 10% / Auto-Rotate Screen ticked / No Animation /
Screen Timeout = 30 Secs, Power Saving mode Unticked.
My friends phone is only using 14% on the display.
Hi..
I'm sure this is a bug in all the froyo builds rolled out by samsung..
Even my phone displays about 90% on display all the time even though I keep the brightness to minimum..
But this thing is solved in the gingerbread builds.. I used CM7 Alpha 4 for over a month and the display battery use never got above 20%
Yup. Even mine shows a pretty high value.
clarkkov said:
This is not a bug, your display is actually using that much battery. Display is the biggest spender on this kind of devices.
Your friend is either:
1. not turning his display on that often
2. using the phones other peripheral hardware that much that the display is really at that percentage respectively to other hardware - this percentage of use is relative to absolute phone use
3. is lying to you
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If you've noticed this happens only in froyo builds .. CM7 doesn't report display as the biggest battery hog
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Hi..
I'm sure this is a bug in all the froyo builds rolled out by samsung..
Even my phone displays about 90% on display all the time even though I keep the brightness to minimum..
But this thing is solved in the gingerbread builds.. I used CM7 Alpha 4 for over a month and the display battery use never got above 20%
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I know this is not the right place to ask this but I have a question..
Is there any latest rom than froyo for galaxy 3..?
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And you see the SG3 CM7 as the bug free OS?
That data is hypothetical anyway, and even if it works at least remotely accurate, it does so only on real genuine Android devices. SG3 is not a genuine Android device, you can't expect anything to work correctly on this device, tweaks, mods, advanced features etc. The whole OS is full with non standard and improvised features, remedies and solutions to work on this joke of a device (I'm now talking about both 2.2 and CM7).
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CM7 is very well constructed if compared to froyo..
Talking about standards, we have to live with what we have got (even though its crap) or shell out huge amounts on high end phones..
Although cm7 isn't totally bugfree it displays a fairly correct report about battery use whereas all froyo reports is display and android os
Well it starts by 100% (duhhh).and your display is the thing where you press on so thats the thing you use alot xD
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hi guys im a newbie about android. yesterday i have updated my phone with motorola update gingebread for ms2 retail (italian).
I wish to know if is there a kernel for improve battery duration, i`ve searched around and on this forum but have found nothing.
thx!
edit: around i`ve read that i can improve my battery life installing setcpu or milestone overclock and setting up some profiles with cpu and monitor differents frequences.
anyone tried it? is this helping battery life and are these app compatible with new stock gingerbread 2.3.4 for ms2 retail?
any advice guys? im still searching around, can someone address me to on the right way(aany guide or thread talking about this).
I have never had any battery issues and still don't. Still rockin' at about 23 hours non stop with WiFi and 3G on and brightness set to automatic.
I actually realized I didn't even undervolt yet, so I guess battery performance might be improved.
hi dude, thx for ur reply.
do u use a custom rom? or different battery?
as i told i use a ms2 unbranded with stock rom, now updated battery seems going better now than when i was on froyo but still low hard arriving in the night if i use wifi
The only kernels we can get on ms2 are the stock ones thanks to the locked boot loader. If you downlooad milestone2toolbox from one of the threads in the android development forum (pretty sure miui has it on first page), it has a pretty nice over/underclock feature. And custom roms will help you battery life somewhat, however if you are like me and can't put your phone down, and are on it all the time, you'll still only get like 4 - 6 hours battery life .
Once and once only, I squeezed out 24 hours, I was very proud. Granted that I was bored out of my brain, but still managed about 15 minutes of gaming, a couple calls and about a dozen sms, 1/2 hour browsing xda, another half on android market.
And I don't know about other people's experience with it, but Juice defender seemed to have actually DECREASED my battery life - quite significantly I might add. A friend at work tried it too and unistalled that same day from the amount of drain he got :/. I suspect perhaps its more useful on eclair, but with gingerbread (and maybe froyo) it is redundant.
Moral of the story - underclocking is your friend for battery life. I'm underclocked to 800 mhz and barely notice any performance loss - even when playing NOVA hd
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hey dude thx for ur reply!
ok ill try tool box. yeah i think same on juice defender.
well i`ve not calibrated my battery and dont know if it helps, but my battery life especially when use wifi is very low!btw ive noticed that the over 60% of consume of the battery juice is about screen. I was thinking of underclock gpu too when i dont use games etc... is that possible on milestone 2? i`ve found nothing around about that
I didn't know phones could have gpu clocked? Unless you were just speculating
Yeah the screen is a bit of a power hog, but just remember that it has back lights lighting it the whole time your using it, so that's the reason it drains so much. So either setting screen brightness to low or automatic is a plus. Obviously low is best but its pretty hard to see . Autosync/gps will push apps like facebook into the lead too.
I'd recomend one of those recharable portable batteries that has a usb out port, they are so handy in a pinch it's a bit of a decent investment too since you can just plug whatever usb cable you have to charge any device really
Oh and using your phone's internet is a crazy, crazy drain to the battery!
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Hi all,
Just wondering if your all seeing reduced battery life with the ICS builds for the DesireZ?
I was using Miui (2.x) and now trying out Ice Cream JIBWich,and Im discovering the battery life is most certainly less. I've also tried CM9 Alpha and Andromedus r13, all roughly the same.
Battery Widget reports on average 40(ish)mA in sleep, I havent compared it to Miui but just wondering I've done something wrong here..
Install procedure this time was a factory wipe.
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Angelo
I don't know if my battery life is worse on ICS than on CM or stock 2.3. Because I don't have any logs of battery life. Maybe I will do some tests in next week, just for curious.
So... I'm getting 30mA - 34mA drain on idle on Andromadus v13 with default kernel. It is lower than yours. I'm using latest radio now (.19).
After implementing new features and fixing bugs, there is a stage of development called optimization. That is when you will see all the battery life milked out of a rom.
And none of the ICS roms are even close to that stage, so battery will probably not be indicative of the final product.
I don't have any hard numbers, but based on my moderate usage, (8am to 11pm) I go from 100% to about 40%. Fairly good IMO when compared to sense roms (that i'm used to) but not as good when compared to AOSP GB or MIUI roms..
Hmm I found my battery doing suprisingly well compared to aosp gb, now that I'm using ics its lasting longer than ever.
It probably has to do with better app/process management.
That's my experience..
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Well, this might sound strange to say but i'm actually getting the best battery life i've ever had out of ICS so far with Andromadus v13/Jibwich 1.3 on my phone. I seem to manage to get really long charges of at least 48 hours. Maybe i'm not using my phone as much as i was with GB? I'm not quite sure if that's the case or not, but i'm consistently getting longer lasting charges than ever before with GB.
Thing is though that ICS ROMs DO seem to drain the battery more while the phone is actively being used (in comparison to AOSP GB ROMs), this seems to be the case for me, as well as some other people that i've seen.
There were a few strange versions of Andromadus and Jibwich though which seemed to cause severe battery drain for me. Fortunately, that hasn't been the case with any of the latest versions.
All of that said, i still don't think anything compares to the battery life on G2 Slim (Gingerbread AOSP ROM), that ROM has ridiculously good battery life. With that one, i'd use my phone a fair bit (couple hours of tethering, gaming, lots of texting and calls) and it would still last for at least 44 hours or so.
In the end though, there are still some GB ROMs that have much worse battery life than ICS for me. For example, all CM7 variants that i've tried has always had this frustrating radio related battery drain, then some Sense ROMs seem to drain the battery a bit more than AOSP ROMs too. In response to the OP, i never really got amazing battery life with MIUI, so ICS has been a much better experience so far in that regard.
What i do know for sure though is that battery life with ICS is MUCH better than the stock gingerbread OTA update that our phones got.
thanks all,
I've done some checking and according to battery monitor, my JIBWIch rom seams to be fluctuating .. from 36mA to 97mA in standby which to be indicates something's running.. not sure what... Anyone recommend a decent process monitor, there's soo many of them
>After implementing new features and fixing bugs, there is a stage of development called >optimization. That is when you will see all the battery life milked out of a rom.
>And none of the ICS roms are even close to that stage, so battery will probably not be >indicative of the final product.
Agreed..
I'll see how it goes but I might have to go back to Miui (GB) as I use the phone for work..
asantaga said:
thanks all,
I've done some checking and according to battery monitor, my JIBWIch rom seams to be fluctuating .. from 36mA to 97mA in standby which to be indicates something's running.. not sure what... Anyone recommend a decent process monitor, there's soo many of them
>After implementing new features and fixing bugs, there is a stage of development called >optimization. That is when you will see all the battery life milked out of a rom.
>And none of the ICS roms are even close to that stage, so battery will probably not be >indicative of the final product.
Agreed..
I'll see how it goes but I might have to go back to Miui (GB) as I use the phone for work..
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Here was my (personal) record breaking charge on Andromadus v13 https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/12263406/1/screenies?h=c9ef42
You can see part of my configuration there (radio and CPU speeds).
On top of what's already there, i use supercharger RC6.9 with option 6 and nitro-lag-nullifier.
here are my usage patterns for good battery life:
-I generally stick to 2g networks as i don't do much web browsing while i'm out but when i do, i just switch to 3g.
-I also don't regularly use any task killers but if i detect any choppyness i kill app using Advanced Task Killer.
-I don't use auto-brightness and instead i just use the notification power widget.
-I do lots and lots of texting, some calls here and there, i often use wifi hotspot and i play 2d games a little bit at times, so i'm generally a light-moderate user.
-I also "debloat" as much as possible by getting rid of any system apps that i don't use.
On a random note, right now, i'm using Jibwich 1.3 and it is so great, battery life seems the same as andromadus v13 but this ROM is actually much more smooth and fluid on the home screen.
I hope this helps a bit, give me a thanks if you found this useful ;D
hey thanks for this, yeah very nice!
Just occured to me, im currently in Madrid (Roaming), and the phone's on 2g at the moment, I WONDER.. just wonder, if its constantly hunting for 3G signal.. now that would account for the random power demands...
Meanwhilst I found this app http://androidadvices.com/save-battery-android-phone-enabling-2g-network/
Apart from adding a 2g/3g toggle it also makes the phone go to 2g when sleeping.. I mean when its sleeping we dont need 3g access....
Anyone else tried it? or can recommend a different better/app?
asantaga said:
hey thanks for this, yeah very nice!
Just occured to me, im currently in Madrid (Roaming), and the phone's on 2g at the moment, I WONDER.. just wonder, if its constantly hunting for 3G signal.. now that would account for the random power demands...
Meanwhilst I found this app http://androidadvices.com/save-battery-android-phone-enabling-2g-network/
Apart from adding a 2g/3g toggle it also makes the phone go to 2g when sleeping.. I mean when its sleeping we dont need 3g access....
Anyone else tried it? or can recommend a different better/app?
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Go to settings --> wireless and networks --> mobile networks
Now see if you have "use only 2g networks" checked. If you do, that'd be why you're always connecting to 2g networks.
As a battery saving tip, it's best to always check that option when you don't need mobile data (like when you're at home and wifi is available).
In addition to that, if that option is NOT checked, then your phone will connect to 3g networks where applicable, you have to check if your carrier actually uses 3g networks on your plan.
Also that app seems fine, but i wouldn't use the "use 2g when sleep" option because that could cause problems with reception between waking and sleeping because it'll be erratically switching between basebands all the time.
asantaga said:
Hi all,
Just wondering if your all seeing reduced battery life with the ICS builds for the DesireZ?
I was using Miui (2.x) and now trying out Ice Cream JIBWich,and Im discovering the battery life is most certainly less. I've also tried CM9 Alpha and Andromedus r13, all roughly the same.
Battery Widget reports on average 40(ish)mA in sleep, I havent compared it to Miui but just wondering I've done something wrong here..
Install procedure this time was a factory wipe.
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Angelo
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It looks to me that yes. Tried 3 ICS inluding JIBWich and CM9 based and battery life was reduced to me about 1/3 maybe 1/4. looks like that. Hope some improovment will come in near future.
I'm running Andromadus v13 and it seems to be only a bit worse than the latest CM7 nightly. However, this is only my subjective opinion, it could be that I'm using my phone more with ICS
I also have the .19 radio and the tweaks associated with v13.
Well from what i've seen, ICS has very steep and sudden drops in the battery stats graph when the phone is being used. This is in contrast to many gingberbread ROMs which just have a sloping negative curve on the battery stats graph. This seems to indicate that ICS uses more battery when the phone is being actively used.
I'll post pics after this current charge is over to show a comparison of ICS battery life with Andro v13 and GB battery with Virtuous G-lite 2.0.1.
I don't see any difference between GB and the ICS battery usage, maybe because i allways configure it from begining and don't restore apps via titanium backup or any other app...
Also battery needs to calibrate under new ROM and after few charges you will see it working little bit longer and longer...
ps. Do you have disabled Google Talk on ICS fresh install? He is always on after installing and eats a lot of battery.
louloudi said:
I don't see any difference between GB and the ICS battery usage, maybe because i allways configure it from begining and don't restore apps via titanium backup or any other app...
Also battery needs to calibrate under new ROM and after few charges you will see it working little bit longer and longer...
ps. Do you have disabled Google Talk on ICS fresh install? He is always on after installing and eats a lot of battery.
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I also configure all new rom's from begining and on Affinity 2 - my battery in averange usage die after ~16h but on ISC os about ~13h, I don't know why.
My battery after full charge get 4.212 V , tried clear battery stats bin no effect
My avg runtime on one charge on CM7 w/o oc, with ilwt or pershoot kernel is 60hours (yes! 3 "work days") or atleast 2 days with 50-70 min calls and 25-35 SMS
Turning data and/or wifi when needed makes phone battery least looooonger...
Now testing Andromadus Audacity b1, charged 7.5h ago (4207mV), i will post when empty (or near ~3600-3650)
Also remember that we don't have the proper kernel source for our phone. There are some tweaks that can't really be made yet, and probably a bunch of wasted cpu time where errors and stuff get worked through.
GB battery life was worse than Froyo at the same stage of development. It'll even out better when we have the official kernel source for the DHD, I think.
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So most ICS based roms have roughly the same battery life?
I'm current on the audacity beta, getting about 20 hours with no charge with moderate use. Gingerbread i could go about a day and acouple more hours.
I'm a bit bitter that I can only use 3G or higher on Bell with my DZ...that means if I want better battery life I need to ditch mobile data altogether. Boo.
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Better battery life
All,
I was just about to install "Elitemod", which claims to be tuned to bits wrt battery life, and I noticed AudicityBeta1 was released.. so i thought Id try it out.. and
And yes I think its much better!.. this morning I used it a bit, made a dozen phonecalls, sync'd email and for the first time the "voicecalls" are less than the screen.
(see attachment)
Im wondering if the recently released qualcomm drivers made a difference..
At this rate it will last ~40hrs... probably less but as long as it lasts the day Im happy
Anyone else want to confirm my findings?