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Is there anyway to keep the GPS and/or wifi on when the device is standby? When I am using GPRS the phone is "always on", which is nice for messaging etc.
Keeping the GPS on would be handy for tracking purposes.
I'd like to have it as well on my TyTN ... If I have to write a letter (in advance to Santa Claus), I'd like to add that it could be great to have a software that will automatically detect if wifi is available and switch to it (drop GPRS then).
Bare in mind, that keeping wifi alive all the time may lower a lot the battery life ...
Just my humble 2 cts.
This is not a solution but as a workaround I assign an hardware button on WMP to switch on/off the display but only the display so the battery consumption is very hi.
Also in this way you need to keep WMP opened all the time, so..
My 2 cents 2o
[email protected]
tnx that could work. If WMP can do it, so could a software tweak. Do you mean that battery consumption is high due to wifi? Or because its not fully standby? With GPRS on, software like MSN messenger stays alive when standby, but this could be related to the fact that it is quite embedded in the OS. I must say that i havent checked battery life with GPRS always on.
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If WMP can do it, so could a software tweak.
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Yes, you r absolutly right, there r many sftw. that do this but I dont remember the name; have a look at www.pocketpcfreeware.com nd you'll find that. This functionality is also included in many today plugin nd task manager
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Do you mean that battery consumption is high due to wifi? Or because its not fully standby?
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both, AFAIK most battery consumption is related to the WiFi activity
hope this help, [email protected]
Hi
you can disable Suspend completly
Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts", "ACSuspendTimeout", 0);
Registry.SetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts", "BattSuspendTimeout", 0);
or use the settings Dialog.
and there is also a mode where Keyboard and Touch is off and only power button will get you back . but still everything continues runing - Active Sync is a good test.
from source you can achive this state and all others via:
[DllImport("coredll", EntryPoint = "ExtEscape")]
private static extern int ExtEscapeSet(
IntPtr hdc,
uint nEscape,
uint cbInput,
byte[] lpszInData,
int cbOutput,
IntPtr lpszOutData
);
hope this hlps
Daniel
Also, MortSaver might be of use to you here. You can set it to only turn off the screen completely but leave the CPU, Wifi, GPS, etc. running. Obviously this will consume a large amount of power. The last I tested the phone lasted about 3.5 hours using standard battery
tnx, mortsaver did the trick to test it. I kept wififofum scanning with GPS on, the battery drained in about 7 hours. There wasn't much wifi activity going on, so it will probably drain much faster if there's more activity.
I've found this neat tool: http://www.nuerom.com/BlogEngine/page/nueDynamicClock.aspx
Has anyone used this on their X1 and did you notice any changes? I don't think you can use it for overclocking an X1. But I'm thinking about setting clock frequency to 19 MHz on Suspend, to get more out of my battery.
I've got this tool, not sure if it made much of a diff when I overclocked it to 528
( or just set it to the base clock speed since they have it underclocked @ 400 mhz ), wanna try the lower speeds, but not sure whether it will have a negative effect.
I uninstalled it..
found that any apps (such as gps cycle computer, audiomanager etc) that played with the screen on didn't work very well when the speed was lowered. Also had quite a lot of instances when the screen was corrupted after coming out of suspend..
I use it since yesterday, so i can't say anything about changed battery lifetime. But i got it working only after setting min-clock to 384MHz. With lower settings the phone got frozen in standby mode after a while. I'll try it for a few days for testing a (hopefully) enhanced standby time...
PS: i use 384MHz in suspend mode and after idle time of 5s, didn't change max clock or voltage settings (all to "auto"). Maybe setting idle time to 2s would care more battery life, but i don't know how the cpu will stand changing the clock so much often...
Been using it since v1.0. Seems to have some battery gain (10% over 8 hours better) - set to default 528MHz, down to 256MHz idle and 122.98MHz on suspend and screen off. Needed 123MHz for clean audio playback in standby.
Only screen corruption (inversion) issues I had was when set too low (19MHz) at standby. Now using these settings for a few days and no issues so recommended for use with TFlo3D2.
Unless you're running WM6.5 with WM7 titanium - makes it very slow to respond out of standby.
And it doesn't overclock - 528MHz is default clock speed.
I wanted to try this but my X1 says no, here is the screen shot, due to security, I press yes and my X1 does a soft reset, then I try the program again and get the same thing.
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Has anyone with a standard Official Rom 2 got this to work, and how ?
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I wanted to try this but my X1 says no, here is the screen shot, due to security, I press yes and my X1 does a soft reset, then I try the program again and get the same thing.
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I have a standard R2A ROM and it works for me. Can't tell you what's the problem with your installation, though.
Anyway, I found since I installed the tool my device is worse than before. It sometimes interrupts audio playback when display is off (ALthough frequency in that case is still at 3xx MHz!) and sometimes it takes very long (5 secs +) to suspend and to wake up again. So I think I'm gonna remove it.
I only turned down the voltage to 1.1 instead of 1.325 running on 528MHz.
Hi fellow Xperia X10 owners!
Ive got my device now for 4 weeks and in the beginning my battery only lasted for like ... 5-6 hours max ? I got so annoyed i did some research on how to solve it, and to be honest.. ive seen MANY post and MANY solutions but none of them really worked or they were not explained detailed enough to make any sense .. after many useless tweaks i got my battery to last like 12 hours, and that is by just making like 1-2 phone calls and some messages, nothing more, left aside when i made photo's or used the web... so my device was still useless.
Then i started using "advanced task killer" and the auto-kill feature, but that didnt realy solved much so i installed "task cleaner" but that didnt do much either.
Now after 3 days trying to find out what the problem is, i finally came to the solution !!!
Many post suggest using "advanced task killer" but none of them really gave the perfect settings for it, well i finally found them out myself
The settings i use : Auto Kill Level ==> Aggressive
Auto kill Frequency => When screen off
Security Level ==> Low
And now for the first time EVER! my phone can last like 3-5 days without recharging!
Additional tweaks are: 2G only
disabling WIFI and Bluethooth
disable GPS and positioning
Disabling these 3 doesnt realy make any problems since you can access them quickly by using the "networking widget" so i dont care
also put screen brightness to auto adjust and all these other minor things you hear in all the other posts, i am not going to list them once more.
Ive made some photo's for you to see for yourself
I'm a new user so i cant post links yet.. so you will have to copy it
w w w.photoshack. com /index.php?cat=26302 (kill the spaces)
I'm not trying to fool you or anything, i'm honest
(its in Dutch btw)
Time since last Charge says : 4Hr 14min 11sec
And my battery level indicates 100%
At this moment it says 5hr 9min 10 sec and i just entered the 99% zone
i didnt really made any calls or anything, i just checked once in a while how my battery was doing so it was basically running idle but i am still Very impressed!
I'il let you know how it turns out tomorrow etc, after ive made some calls and stuff
Good luck to all of you and i hope your search to happiness is finally complete!
And yes i'm dutch so dont blame my spelling ^^
Regards, clintax
thx for your info, i'll try your setting now
interesting idea, but I think we need to go through the list of what it is closing down in case you want to keep anything running. I Will test your settings and see how it does.
I was just using Kill level - aggressive with security level - medium and it was doing ok. Nothing spectacular but at least I could go all day without needing a charge or battery swap.
i was wondering. What exactly did you auto kill on advanced task manager?
I keep looking and looking there is nothing particular i want to kill.
I'll try this out and see how it goes by tomorrow. And by the way are you using helix launcher, gde or anything? Or is this the only thing you're doing?
I set the level to medium instead of low, we'll see how it goes.
I've followed all of your guidelines, but when I set ATK Auto Kill Frequency to "Screen Off", it immediately turns the screen back on after turning it off. After letting it sit and naturally time out screen off, it immediately turns the screen back on... Vicious power-draining cycle.
Is there some other tweak that I'm missing in your post?
@clintax, I'm pretty sure that the real reason that you see this improvement is because you have basically disabled all your networking facilities.
I have wifi turned on (never turn off when plugged in), GPS is turned on (which is the best because it doesnt consume any power unless some app uses it), bluetooth is off (but can turn on on request via settings widget).
My phone lasts me over 12 hours, which is sufficient to cover a normal work day, I use it in the metro to read books, I check news and feeds occasionally. I use push email so that I get instant notifications.
Personally, I dont think using task killer applications to kill apps is the only factor in the improvements you report. Usually, whenever I check my battery usage, applications+android system are usually under 5% in total.
I'm pretty sure my battery will last longer if I follow your example, but my phone wouldnt be half as useful as it is now. I really dont mind charging it overnight.
Cheers!
j4mm3r
followed your instructions but didnt get help. actually, my major battery drains on radio and standby. the 2 items always takes more than 50% of the total drainage.
look forward to the comments from all of you.
Didn't see any improvements either. I usually get 25h+ without running any task killers or start auditors, with 3g always on and medium to hard usage of the phone, which I'm pretty happy with. So I think its the settings of the data and radio that drain the battery, not the applications.
As a fellow Dutchman I'll share my part
Well I've tried most stuff already on my X10 and the only stuff I can really find that drains my battery are faulty apps (or at least in combination with the X10), GPS and searching for network when I'm out of reach (which is seldom).
I've currently disabled Beautiful Widget using the Startup Auditor, because at some point it starts killing my phone by running 100% and not letting my phone go to sleep. And this is what I meant by faulty apps (or in conjunction with the phone/OS).
3G is always enabled (what would be the use of this phone if you would disable all features which makes a smartphone useful).
Network based location enabled (now using it for the Weather & Toggle app).
No taskkillers running whatsoever.
Running Helix Launcher2 as home with seven screens.
Sending 20 to 30 textmessages, browsing the internet for 30 minutes (half with wifi/ half without), some calls about 30 minutes, toying a lot on the phone two hours plus, some Google Maps navigation 15 minutes with GPS enabled.
This will get me two days of usage easily.
Oh and running R1FB001 at the moment but had these results already with the R1EA016.
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well yea, i installed helix launcher yesterday but i uninstalled it right away because i didnt like it so much.
Well to be honest, before i used the agressive settings etc on ATK, i used the same settings on the rest of my device
Wich are
-Only 2G
-No WIFI or bluethooth on
-Gps off
-autosync off
-dissabled auto-update, and put it on manual
-deleted the cash of moxier, timescape, mediascape in settings->my applications, and removed there icons from the homescreen
-screen brightness on auto
I suggest you take a look at this video from sony, wich explains it more detailed
(cant post links yet)
w w w .youtube. com/watch?v=P3H--BLPQnI (kill spaces)
and my battery still drained atleast 3-4% hr if not more, it is only from WHEN i started using these settings in ATK that my battery life improved like 500%!
BTW as for what features it kills by doing so i dont know yet, but at this moment everything still works perfectly
At this moment i have 14hr 23min 31 sec and 96% battery left, i'il post another pic for you guys.
Here are the new Pics: w w w.photoshack. com/thumbnails.php?album=10356 (kill spaces)
Cheerz
Well the important part off all this was Security Level ==> Low
it shows you like 3x more things running on you phone then normal, and i just killed them all except: Ignore list= ATK, Xperia Flashlight, Alarm, VizBattery, Handcent Sms and taskpanel, but i dont realy use taskpanel anymore
I am still trying to find out what it actually kills in particular but i heavent found any problems yet
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Didn't see any improvements either. I usually get 25h+ without running any task killers or start auditors, with 3g always on and medium to hard usage of the phone, which I'm pretty happy with. So I think its the settings of the data and radio that drain the battery, not the applications.
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I had two "battery cycles" where the battery lasted 48 hours with my normal usage (Moxier+Gmail in push, 3G data, no WiFi, some Bluetooth while driving the car, no GPS). I noticed that because I usually have a 24 hour duration, and at the end of the day, when I put the phone charging while I sleep, I still had more that 60% of the battery instead of the usual 15%! So I decided to not recharge overnight and so I get about 48 hours both times.
The third cycle lasted even more, about 60 hours!!!
However, starting from the fourth cycle... back to 20 hours, or even less... I have not changed anything, I'm not even using task killers... I really don't know what is wrong with this phone (the problem is not the battery itself, I tried with 2 original SE battery + the mugen).
clintax said:
well yea, i installed helix launcher yesterday but i uninstalled it right away because i didnt like it so much.
Well to be honest, before i used the agressive settings etc on ATK, i used the same settings on the rest of my device
Wich are
-Only 2G
-No WIFI or bluethooth on
-Gps off
-autosync off
-dissabled auto-update, and put it on manual
-deleted the cash of moxier, timescape, mediascape in settings->my applications, and removed there icons from the homescreen
-screen brightness on auto
I suggest you take a look at this video from sony, wich explains it more detailed
(cant post links yet)
w w w .youtube. com/watch?v=P3H--BLPQnI (kill spaces)
and my battery still drained atleast 3-4% hr if not more, it is only from WHEN i started using these settings in ATK that my battery life improved like 500%!
BTW as for what features it kills by doing so i dont know yet, but at this moment everything still works perfectly
At this moment i have 14hr 23min 31 sec and 96% battery left, i'il post another pic for you guys.
Here are the new Pics: w w w.photoshack. com/thumbnails.php?album=10356 (kill spaces)
Cheerz
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Wow, the performance is just amazing. I suggest you start to use the phone instead of keeping it idle. Then you can share with us how the battery performs, thanks.
Which version of Advanced Task Killer are you using? as i have just checked mine and do not have the option to kill when screen is off
I have version 1.7.4 build46
piercewei said:
Wow, the performance is just amazing. I suggest you start to use the phone instead of keeping it idle. Then you can share with us how the battery performs, thanks.
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Hehe ty, well yea i am using the phone as much as i can, but at this moment i have exams and my social life came to a minimum which looks like i almost have no friend left ^^ but tomorrow i got my last one (after frigging 2,5months) HELL YEAH, and from then on i will start using my phone the way i am used to and not having it idle 95% of the time and i'il keep you guys updated as long as i am sober
Ps: 15hr 28min @ 95%
i saw the last link didnt work, i'il try again
h ttp:// w w w.photoshack. com/thumbnails.php?album=lastupby&uid=16302
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MarylandCookie said:
Which version of Advanced Task Killer are you using? as i have just checked mine and do not have the option to kill when screen is off
I have version 1.7.4 build46
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Advanced task killer v1.7.9 build 57 (directly from market)
Ok, so with the settings I used over night, I had a 5% drop over a period of 7 hours sitting idle.
Auto Kill level - Safe
Kill Freq - When Screen Off
Security level - Medium
BT, WIFI and APN - disabled.
I had a 1% drop in like 6/7hrs.. fell asleep whilst using xda, 3g was still running an all..
I just use taskpanel
Wifi, gps, bluetooth & auto sync off
also Adw launcher
Edit.. Firmware 016 (only cause I can't remember the rest lolz)
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Can people post what firmware they are using when they are posting their battery usage stats etc
Thanks
Hi all, first, as every flash maniac here in xda, I had a hard time living and tweaking my Galaxy S2 all days and nights. But it finally came to a time, a month ago, when I decided that I had come too far, it was time to stop everything. Currently I'm too satisfied with my Gingerbread, I even changed to ICS but I was too disappointed that I changed back. I even think I'll stick to my version of S2 forever.
I don't want to make another thread to discuss anything, it's enough, I just want to write down things I have done with my Gingerbread here, I think it should be useful for some. And if you want, I would like you to share your final version too, just the version you're satisfied like me, don't give anything you're confused and ask for help. I think we maniacs should stop that and begin to live our life in a better way without worrying about one drop in the battery percent like we have been doing.
Well, to begin, here is my performance:
5 to 6 hours of screen-on with Average use. Remember it's average use, means I set my brightness to 30%, lower at night and higher outdoor, a lot of web sulfing, no restriction in usage time to save battery, just call/sms/anything anytime I want to. So this result is too good, I can easily make it to 2 days with normal usage.
Here are all my tweaks:
ROM
- Checkrom Revo HDv6
- All Samsung Bloatware deleted completely.
- Bluetooth apps deleted as I never use it.
- Fast Dormancy disabled (code *#9900#) but I actually find no difference from when it is enabled.
- Use code to "only use 3G (*#301279#)", just because I'm living in a country where the 3G network isn't fast, so only use 3G is more than enough.
- Only one home screen with black wallpaper, I love to have it as every icons stand out so well.
- JKay Deluxe is amazing, I set my top bar like this: Wifi - Data - GPS - Autorotation - Vibrate - Sound - Sync, that's all. On the Lock Screen I set 6 quick buttons. Again everything here is for myself and it's extremely comfortable for me as I can access anything I want in a blink.
- Other common tweaks in the rom you can find easily.
- One brightness app and one phone-lock app on the home screen helps me a lot.
- I don't enable sync or 3G when locking the phone so any Juice Defender apps are useless for me. If I want I just pull down the top bar and one click on the icon, boom it's done !
- Default modem with rom
Kernel
- Siyah 2.6.14 (final version)
Clock: 200mhz - 1200 mhz
Voltage:
875 - 925 - 975 - 1075 - 1175.
- This is even lower than normal, but for my Checkrom it's completely smooth, I don't care about battery anymore so if it lags I will try to raise anything, maybe I'm just lucky my rom is extremely smooth.
Governor:
- Lulzactive
Scheduler:
- Sio
Lulzactive App (download from Market):
- cpu load 75%
- pump up step 1, pump down step 2
- sleep frequency: 6 - 200mhz
- rate up: 35000, rate down 25 000
I know this must not be close to perfect, but as I said I don't care about it anymore, I just want to share my config so don't yell at me that these tweaks are so wrong, it works for me !
- I used to have default On Demand with Sio and it seemed to be the same, but my feeling it's better when I use Lulzactive. Also I used to set cpu load and the rate is different but it seemed worse.
Extweaks:
CPU loadl 45%, loadh 75%, 2nd CPU disabled when off (it means my loadh_scroff is 100%)
Rate 200
rate cpuon = rate cpuoff = 400
freq_cpu1on = 800 000mhz
sched_mc is disabled
everything else is default
GPU tab:
2 steps: 133mhz 267mhz
GPU undervolted: 900 1000, I can set it to 850, 950 but I don't want to
GPU threshold up 75%, down 45%, threshold 2 up = 100 (it means disabled 3rd step)
everything else is default
Screen tab:
min_bl = 30, min_gamma = 0, max_ gamma=20.
Also I must say that my phone is too bright at night, when Im about to sleep, I set the brightness to 0% to read some papers but it's even too bright.
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So basically these above things are everything I tweak with my phone, whatever other things I changed to my phone, installed anything etc, they're those things that I must preserve.
After those tweaks, I almost forget everything about battery, just use my phone at its best and, well, it's super smooth and battery is astounding, this is why I think I will stick to Gingerbread for a long long time in the future.
Best luck to everyone, how about you guys?
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P/S: sorry for my clumsy English
Nice config.
Instead of messing around with different settings and apps for voltage control, I've been using Phenomenal 4.0 Extreme. Not only is the CPU and GPU preundervolted, but also the bus. You just need to flash a rom (I use XWLA4 also) and this kernel, and that's it. I get 5 hours screen time minimum.
Easy and effective.
Hi Voctor, I'll take a look of that, but I doubt I'll make any change here
I forgot to mention one thing that with 1650mha battery, I can guarantee to have at least 4.5 hours, with 2000mha battery im using, it's 5 hours to more than 6 hours. So the '5 to 6 hours' above is a short combination of both
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Ok, so I've had this GS7A a few days now, did one or two full resets to get used to what I could disable with Package Disabler Pro (worth every penny, seriously, since we may more than likely never see a working root) and I have to say that I am pretty damned impressed with the battery life. Yes we all know this magnificent beast has a 4000 mAh battery in it so that has something to do with the lifespan obviously, but I wanted to post about my experience and perhaps try and stir up some discussion since this subforum is basically dead for the most part.
I know most discussion is over in the GS7 thread since it is the same hardware in a different case but even so - it's actually not the same device since it has a smaller 3000 mAh capacity battery so, if anyone is interested in sharing their battery life info and experience by all means do it.
A caveat:
Right now I don't actually have cellular service with this GS7A because it's currently still carrier locked to AT&T and I haven't gotten around to purchasing an unlock code. I'm not an AT&T customer, never have been, and since I got this device from a trade done through craigslist the person I made the deal with wasn't the original owner - he did state he found the phone in a casino bathroom here in Las Vegas (that sort of thing happens hundreds of times a day here, seriously) and yes the IMEI is blacklisted so I don't know if the original owner reported it as lost or stolen and since the blacklist system doesn't differentiate then it doesn't matter anyway.
Having said that I will state that I use Google Voice for all my "phone calls" and SMS/text duties these days so I don't actually need cellular service as long as I have Wi-Fi. Google Hangouts handles all that just fine so, I'm stating this here so you'll understand that I don't use the cellular radio at all, the GS7A stays in Airplane Mode constantly and with Wi-Fi enabled (and yes Wi-Fi is always on).
Yesterday I did quite a bit in terms of actually using the GS7A: I listened to a lot of "police scanner" streams using Scanner Radio Pro, I watched the entire Presidential debate on the GS7A using CNNGo, I watched maybe 30 minutes of video on Periscope (Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert), listened to my own music (Opus 128Kbps encodes) using GoneMAD for maybe 3 hours total since the last charge, listened to a radio station from back home in Virginia using TuneIn Radio for maybe 2 hours, read a lot of articles using Flipboard, and various other things including hitting the Play Store to check for updates as well as checking Gmail maybe a few dozen times during the day. I also did two runs of Geekbench 4 and two runs of Antutu during this period before these screenshots were taken so those were a hit on the battery for max CPU/GPU usage for several minutes each as well.
Also, I keep the screen brightness at about 40-45% on the slider, but I did go out for a walk yesterday lasting maybe 30 minutes and set it on Auto to compensate, probably had the screen on about 5-8 minutes in that time at ~full brightness.
So understanding all that here's what I've got currently from screenshots I just took like a minute ago:
Looking at that kind of battery life, just shy of 2 full days and barely cracking the 50% point, I can guess that if I did have actual cellular service I could easily get 1.5-2 days use of this device regularly which is truly astonishing. The last phone I had that could give me battery life even close to this was a ZTE Zmax which literally gave me 10+ hours of SOT on a regular basis (the 1280x720 display on that really saved a lot of battery life, and the Super AMOLED on this GS7A probably helps considerably as well).
I am truly impressed by this, and I have to wonder what kind of actual battery life I could get with a) cellular service working normally and also b) root so I can do even more tweaking as well as c) an unlocked bootloader to allow for a custom kernel.
And I haven't even enabled the Power Saver or Ultra Power Saver modes at all.
So, what's your battery life like using the Galaxy S7 Active? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
EDIT:
Finally died and shut itself off but I watched a few TV shows off my Play Store Movies and TV account to keep the screen on and the Wi-Fi active and here's the final result - I never kicked in the Power or Ultra Power saving modes, I simply let it go till it shut itself off:
Mind you if I had just continued to use the GS7A in a typical fashion with audio streaming, Flipboard reading, etc, and not continuous screen on video viewing as well as the Wi-Fi I'm sure it would last 3 solid days without any problems so again I should (or anyone really) should be able to get an actual solid full day of use from this device reaching possibly into the 1.5 to 2 day range with cellular working normally.
Damned impressive stuff, it really is.
Just a followup. I wanted to see how far I could take this battery life thing so, I decided to do a full video run meaning:
- charge the battery to 100%
- set brightness at ~50% (since the way Touchwiz works it's hit or miss but close enough to the middle of the brightness slider)
- start playing a video in MX Player Pro with hardware acceleration enabled and the video on a loop
- give it a few seconds to get moving
- disconnect from the AC adapter
and then wait till I get to the 5% point for the battery.
So where did I end up? Well, here's the 50% point I just crossed a few moments ago:
Pretty damned awesome indeed. Yes I realize that hardly anyone is going to sit around watching videos for 8+ hours, let alone the potential 16 hours I might actually achieve (and again I don't use the power/ultra power saving modes, at least not once since I got this Active). Here are some details on the actual video I'm playing:
- it's TimeScapes which is pretty damned awesome itself
- it's the 1440p version of TimeScapes, at 2560x1440 resolution so the entire Super AMOLED display gets a full workout, every last pixel without fail
- it's about 48 minutes 21 seconds long (again, I have MX Player Pro set to loop it over and over)
- it's an MP4 container with the h.264 video stream with stereo AAC audio
Here's the MediaInfo for those that might be interested:
Code:
General
Complete name : Z:\TimeScapes\TimeScapes 2560x1440.mp4
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (mp42/mp41)
File size : 6.19 GiB
Duration : 48mn 21s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 18.3 Mbps
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-25 11:04:10
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-25 11:04:10
©TIM : 00:00:00:00
©TSC : 24000
©TSZ : 1001
Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 48mn 21s
Bit rate : 18.0 Mbps
Width : 2 560 pixels
Height : 1 440 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 23.976 (23976/1000) fps
Original frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.204
Stream size : 6.08 GiB (98%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2012-05-25 11:04:10
Tagged date : UTC 2012-05-25 11:04:10
Color range : Limited
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 48mn 21s
Source duration : 48mn 21s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 317 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 416 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
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I intend to let this one keep going till I get to the ~5% point and then take another set of screenshots and see just how far this thing will last and I'll update this post when I'm done. Wi-Fi is always on, Location is always on (high accuracy), my Google services are active (pun intended) and I get notifications from apps just for the record as well - I do check some things every 30 minutes or so (Flipboard updates, Hangouts messages, and some other stuff) that usually just takes a couple of seconds then I go right back to the video as well.
The Energizer bunny apparently has nothing on this Galaxy S7 Active.
Ok, here's the final results. When I got to 5% the screen dimmed automagically so I stopped the video then restarted it which kicked it back to the normal brightness (roughly 50% as stated above) and then I figured I'd push it about as far as I could meaning 1%.
Amazing... just shy of 15.5 hours SOT
I figure if I did this again and lowered the brightness to 30-35% I'd easily get the 16 hours and more, probably 17-ish sounds about right. Regardless for me, I've never seen any device get this kind of direct battery life but then again today's testing was very limited - strictly video playback of that 1440p video and not much else in terms of actual use. I probably used the Active less than 5 minutes of the nearly fifteen and a half hours for checking email, Hangouts, and of course looking at the battery stats to take a screenshot when needed.
The Galaxy S7 Active should get more love, it really should, it's sad that so many people dismiss it outright just because of looks. I'd take something like this device over pretty much anything else on the market today, and with battery life like this I'd still be using it long after other people's pretty shiny glossy slippery devices are long dead with no charge.
I might do this test again using a 10-bit h.265 HEVC 1080p movie here (Deadpool which is an awesome flick) and see how it handles that in terms of battery life and decoding, who knows.
Excellent performance, finding myself loving this phone !
How many charges/ days from new did you guys find that it took for the battery to settle in? I took my S7A off charge when I woke up at 2.30am this morning and 5 hours later when I got out of bed it had gone through 20% of its battery whilst sitting there screen off doing absolutely nothing.
I was horrified and I don't know if I'm worrying over nothing, I'm just a bit jumpy because although it is brand new, I bought it from ebay so my return window is extremely small. If it has a cooked/ defective battery I need to return it ASAP.
Of course I am aware that new phones take quite a few days, even weeks or months until they reach their optimum battery functionality but 20% in 5 hours idle seems absolutely crazy.
i would see what the main drain is in the battery info, as at night mine would barely drop a few percent ! ..
also, which country are you in ? have you ran package disabler and took down a few sill apps yet ?
maybe that you had autoupdate and was on WiFi so it was doing loadsa updates during night (as that is actually a setting!)
whats it been like since ... s this question poses more questions than ansers
Seems like I've got it sorted now. Only dropped 2% last night which is pretty good considering I have quite a lot of stuff left turned on.
I had already used package disabler pro to clean up all of the AT&T mess; it turns out the culprit was my MiBand and the software it came with. I've had no problems on any of my other phones, but on this device it seems that the apps that the MiBand needs to keep working properly were preventing the device from dozing or entering deep sleep properly.
Once I disabled them, the overnight battery drain went away. This is a real bummer because I do like the miband 1s, so I'm now on the lookout for an always-on fitness band with good battery life that is properly compatible with the S7 Active.
The miband 1s could not pair with this phone 100% correctly as a standard BLE device so possibly this was part of the problem.
BTW, Great Stuff br0adband - excellent job on the testing, really in depth study. I knew I was enjoying the way the phone had been working but hadn't tried any testing. I came from the Note series... had two Note 4s, one with Verizon, one with AT&T, a Note 5, which I still own (thank God) and two Note 7s, an original and a replacement, both turned in, damned it Samsung. I went back to the Note 5 on both occasions of the Note 7 fiasco and on both occasions, immediately noticed the battery life as the Note 7 also had fantastic battery life, until of course they'd explode! The last time I ran the Note 5 for about six weeks and couldn't handle it any more... it seemed like I was charging it more than I was using it. I went to get an S7 Edge, only the edge functions were driving me crazy. My AT&T rep said "Hey, have you seen this - you love rugged phones and long battery life right?" That was it! End of story... S7Active Owner!
Just completed a battery test with actual, normal usage. Keeping in mind I have a work phone which I use to make the majority of my calls, the S7A was just there for my personal web browsing and personal calls which amounted to about 10 calls and 25 SMS or so.
Force gmail sync set to once every 30 minutes, greenify installed and working properly, airplane mode NOT used at night so 4G radio was active the entire time, bluetooth on the entire time but only connected whilst driving.
I was hoping to crack 4 days, and I'm sure I could if I were to stop using the device but that's not what I was doing here. 3 days + 1 night is still pretty good for an unrooted phone with factory kernel.
Battery life is good on this device because of the battery size. Your testing is not accurate for real use because of the radios being turned off. But those are good results to see. The problem is the cell radio takes up much of the battery life just at idle, which is frustrating cause can't really disable this as a phone. Plus if your using bluetooth for smart watch or vehicle connectivity even as LE it uses a lot of battery. For the guys using package disabler which items do you think or recommend disablng that have helped the most?
DEVLIN7 said:
Battery life is good on this device because of the battery size. Your testing is not accurate for real use because of the radios being turned off. But those are good results to see. The problem is the cell radio takes up much of the battery life just at idle, which is frustrating cause can't really disable this as a phone. Plus if your using bluetooth for smart watch or vehicle connectivity even as LE it uses a lot of battery. For the guys using package disabler which items do you think or recommend disablng that have helped the most?
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I don't know what you are doing but something is wrong if bluetooth is causing extra battery drain. I have a Gear S2 connected constantly and headphones for multiple hours a day and my battery life is outstanding.
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I don't know what you are doing but something is wrong if bluetooth is causing extra battery drain. I have a Gear S2 connected constantly and headphones for multiple hours a day and my battery life is outstanding.
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Couldn't tell you why but when using Moto 360 for a day Bluetooth is almost always listed under battery stats. Maybe it's Android wear..? Bluetooth isn't top drainer but it does contribute..
Hey guys - I need some advice.
I recently rooted my phone - then upon the release of Nougat for the GS7A I decided to kick the glitchy root to the curb and go with Nougat. I absolutely love it, and am getting fantastic battery life without any modifications.... For starters I have a few basic questions:
1) Greenify - I have the paid version but have never really used it without Root before... reading around I seem to be getting conflicting information on the benefit of using Greenify knowing that Nougat has Doze, and Doze on the Go built in..... That said - since installing Nougat I have been using Greenify. I also enabled all of the added features through ADB to unlock agressive doze etc.... Someone please enlighten me - should I even be using this? Anything to avoid or use in particular in doing so?
2) Package Disabler Pro - I do not have this app, but it seems to be similar to like a non-root version of Titanium Backup for removing/freezing apps.... Should I purchase this? is there any reason not to? Also - I've seen about 15 different versions all with similar names and all exclusively for Samsung phones... which one to buy?
3) Assuming the above is a worthy purchase - which apps should I disable? Which are the biggest drains?
4) I've seen several battery stat tracking apps - which is best for tracking usage/battery hog apps?
Here's the kicker. I want to be able to use my phone to its full functionality. I have the Gear S2 watch (use it constantly), I like using Samsung Pay as much as I can, I Bluetooth to my car when driving for music/calls, I use Amazon Music/Play Music/Spotify often in the gym/running - what I am saying is: I am not shooting for 16 days of battery life with 14 hours of SOT - and otherwise zero functionality of why we purchase these smart devices to begin with. I am simply trying to maximize battery life while using my phone to the fullest - by whatever means necessary. All of this in mind - anyone else like me with similar goals that can enlighten me as to you suggestions to meet the above requirements?
I appreciate any help!!
1)Can't really answer this one; I'm using it but haven't noticed as much difference as I did under previous version (where I had root + xposed).
2)The one called Package Disabler Pro (Samsung) by policedeveloper.
3)Here is a list of apps I have disabled: Please note, I am not on AT&T. You might need to retain some of these if you need that functionality; to me it is all trash:
AT&T App Select, AT&T Hot Spots, AT&T Locker, AT&T protect plus, AT&T Remote support, Briefing, Device help, directv, drivemode, email, facebook, facebook app installer, facebook app manager, google play movies & tv, Hangouts, myAT&T, Remote, Samsung Pay (my banking app has its own NFC wallet functionality which overrides android pay), Smart limits, Usage Manager, YP, Lookout.
There's probably a few more that I need to get around to but I've had no dramas or FC issues after disabling all of the above.
4)I have got GSam battery which is good once it has been through a few charge cycles but I still find it gives some pretty wacky figures sometimes eg. Screen on time. I'm not really sure if any of the apps like this are necessary as the new battery stats gives you a decent amount of info once you drill down; it is just organised better in these apps is all.
Wakelock Detector Lite needs a bit of config through ADB but will give you a picture of what is waking up your phone and eating battery. Unfortunately, without root there isn't all that much you can do about it. Bluetooth_timer and Bluetooth_alarm issues are still present in Nougat and still waking the phone far more often than is necessary.
5)Keep your screen brightness down and turn off wifi when you don't need it, check your phone via your watch where possible and consider forcing the device to use WCDMA if that is an option for you. Fully waking up the device + having screen on is when your battery gets eaten alive. I find the S7A to be a pretty good workhorse as is. The built in medium battery saving setting might interest you as well, the extreme one is a step too far but you can still use as normal on the moderate battery saving mode.
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1)Can't really answer this one; I'm using it but haven't noticed as much difference as I did under previous version (where I had root + xposed).
2)The one called Package Disabler Pro (Samsung) by policedeveloper.
3)Here is a list of apps I have disabled: Please note, I am not on AT&T. You might need to retain some of these if you need that functionality; to me it is all trash:
AT&T App Select, AT&T Hot Spots, AT&T Locker, AT&T protect plus, AT&T Remote support, Briefing, Device help, directv, drivemode, email, facebook, facebook app installer, facebook app manager, google play movies & tv, Hangouts, myAT&T, Remote, Samsung Pay (my banking app has its own NFC wallet functionality which overrides android pay), Smart limits, Usage Manager, YP, Lookout.
There's probably a few more that I need to get around to but I've had no dramas or FC issues after disabling all of the above.
4)I have got GSam battery which is good once it has been through a few charge cycles but I still find it gives some pretty wacky figures sometimes eg. Screen on time. I'm not really sure if any of the apps like this are necessary as the new battery stats gives you a decent amount of info once you drill down; it is just organised better in these apps is all.
Wakelock Detector Lite needs a bit of config through ADB but will give you a picture of what is waking up your phone and eating battery. Unfortunately, without root there isn't all that much you can do about it. Bluetooth_timer and Bluetooth_alarm issues are still present in Nougat and still waking the phone far more often than is necessary.
5)Keep your screen brightness down and turn off wifi when you don't need it, check your phone via your watch where possible and consider forcing the device to use WCDMA if that is an option for you. Fully waking up the device + having screen on is when your battery gets eaten alive. I find the S7A to be a pretty good workhorse as is. The built in medium battery saving setting might interest you as well, the extreme one is a step too far but you can still use as normal on the moderate battery saving mode.
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Thanks for sharing your experience and advice with me! So far I've got about 70 or so packages disabled and I have not used Greenify (yet) - only the built in doze app settings in Nougat.
I am still using Samsung Pay, Gear S2 watch, Bluetooth in my car/headphones, and haven't had a single issue with functionality yet.
The android system is now way down on the battery usage list and I just pulled 6 hours SOT, over 42 hours since the first charge.
Pretty damn good start and looks like I may have succeeded in my goals here! I will be running a few more battery cycles and tracking data with and without Greenify - and once I have more information I plan to start a thread on this for others to hopefully help educate others with similar goals.
I recently got a Samsung s7 but after some time I realise the battery is draining fast and taking long to charge, it can be 100% and the green light will never pop. After full charge it reduces within minutes of being idle. Sometimes it can stay at a certain percentage for a very long time before reducing again. Guys I need help to solve this problem. Thanks
Not all that good battery life.
I use:
Screen, ON, Auto - Full Bright.
Samsung Fit, ON
Google Maps, ON (Offline)
WiFi, ON (Connected to GoPro)
4G, ON
3½ Hours......
I have a TOMO M4 battery pack with TESLA 18650 cells from a 90D Module as a battery supply for my trail rides.
The phone is capable, but still is underpowered for its build and what it can accomplish.
This needs a case with a built in battery, this truly would make it a rugged phone for the outdoor enthusiast, same as the S8 now has.
I wonder if the S8 Active will get a battery case?! This would defo be my next purchase....
OR .... do the Oukitel K10000 build to it.
Trying to take a picture here from the mobile direct...
Not bad... better then my Samsung galaxy s3...I got 12 hours at best but those lithium ion batteries drain and die over time sadly....
This is with the weird work around root too... its getting the Jon done thus far...lets see how she finishes with regular use
Some more accurate stats...full day of use seems to be 10 hours with this root method...battery only 92% so I know it can do better!
I have a hard time uploading files on this website from my phone...doesn't want to work well
This is what I get so far...may have to update seperate posting
Hi everyone, I'm a complete noob to all this so I apologize in advance but I just sold my Nexus 5x and picked up a used S7A off of ebay and so far I'm loving it!! I was just wondering if the package disabler app that's been mentioned would be worth it for all the att bloatware or if I could just disable them myself and get the same results? My phone frequently gets really hot, sometimes uncomfortably hot, and was wondering if there were any ways I could potentially put less stress on the battery as well?? Thanks and sorry for the lack of knowledge!! Also not sure if it matters but my software version is only at security patch Oct 1, 2017. Not sure If updating to more recent patch would help battery life as well(?) but I currently am not on the att network so I'm not sure how to update manually