Battery Drain using AOSP roms? - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Are you experiencing high battery drain or high o.s readings in battery stats? I've had this problem for over a year running any aosp rom. I've tried everything. Was told its a rogue app...etc, etc. I finally fixed the problem. Its Google doing it to us. Now for some, the issue doesn't happen but for others simply open your battery stats and look into your high o.s reading by pressing it. In the reading you will see GoogleBackupTransport. That is the culprit. Now using root explorer navigate to system/app then mount system and then locate Google Transport. Its normally right under Google contact sync. Delete it and restart your phone then enjoy your battery again. Check battery stats and you will see your o.s drop. Its taking me awhile to figure it out but it really does work. Try it and tell me your results. Post pics of before and after.
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What is the service/system for? A quick google search (ha ha) turns up this thread....and little else.
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wolfepakt said:
What is the service/system for? A quick google search (ha ha) turns up this thread....and little else.
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I've wondered the same thing. I can't find anything on it either. Its just something that runs in the background sucking on the juice. It comes bundled in gapps and comes loaded in miui/dxrom. I thought it would screw up logging in on Google or what not but nothing. Also thought it had to do with restoring my apps but if that's the case, I'll restore my own apps than burn battery.
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Hello,
On cyanogenmod wiki I found a question instead of a description :
"Backup Mechanism for apps and settings? "
Are you using Google as backup for your settings?
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SprigganMaster said:
Hello,
On cyanogenmod wiki I found a question instead of a description :
"Backup Mechanism for apps and settings? "
Are you using Google as backup for your settings?
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It doesn't matter if you use it or not. It stills runs. This is for people that have huge o.s readings. Most people don't but I've encountered some with the issue.
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Nice find sckyboy...interesting xD! Have you found this is just AOSP, or both AOSP and Sense?

invasion2 said:
Nice find sckyboy...interesting xD! Have you found this is just AOSP, or both AOSP and Sense?
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Never had the issue with Sense. That's why I stuck to Sense. I'd flash stock and up to the charts with o.s readings then as soon as I'd go back to Sense it would drop.
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That's what I thought.....I just checked on my Sense 3.5 (HoneySmartDroid), and I didn't even see the O.S. on the list of battery uses. But in Sense, Google Maps takes the place of Google Transport in AOSP. It is constantly running in the background, even in multitasking. Kept hearing to clear data then force close, never worked. So I just uninstalled!

invasion2 said:
That's what I thought.....I just checked on my Sense 3.5 (HoneySmartDroid), and I didn't even see the O.S. on the list of battery uses. But in Sense, Google Maps takes the place of Google Transport in AOSP. It is constantly running in the background, even in multitasking. Kept hearing to clear data then force close, never worked. So I just uninstalled!
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Its like a new world for me now. I'd dread flashing stock roms because of that. I've done endless research on the issue with no real results. I've seen people say after charging it reboot the phone and it will lower. I've heard rogue apps did it but I'd never install apps. I've heard to not check in setup to allow Google to keep my phone backed up and it still would climb. No real explanation. I've even seen people with the galaxy nexus complain to Google on their website about high o.s drain and they didn't know. I've deleted it and haven't had a single issue with any Google related stuff.
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Decided to give it a try. Took MIUI search out too. Com.Android.sidekick
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Awesome. Huge difference in system battery use. Works on the galaxy S running cm7 also. Thanks
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Is it available in ICS roms too? I thought I was the only one that thought the battery drain was not typical on the mt4g when I was on cm7. Good to know there's something to fix it. But now, I'm on feby's ICS rom. I'm wondering if it is here too to remove.

okyere said:
Is it available in ICS roms too? I thought I was the only one that thought the battery drain was not typical on the mt4g when I was on cm7. Good to know there's something to fix it. But now, I'm on feby's ICS rom. I'm wondering if it is here too to remove.
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Yes, it should be. Anytime you flash gapps it puts it on your system so febs rom probably has it too.
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For all of those wondering if it is on Sense Roms. I was reading this thread so I decide to check out my battery consumption. And sure enough there it was.... Maybe Google has recently started pulling data?
This is on Virtuous Unity
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I downloaded BetteryBatteryStats 1.7.1.0 based on what you said in another thread. My Android OS is high, but it's not a process anyone mentioned.
Under Process, "suspend" is the highest, followed by Tapatalk XDA.
Under Partial Wakelocks, the highest is ConnectivityService (Android System process). All others have nominal usage.
I'm running IceColdInsomnia 7.0 and have only had this issue for the last two days. Before that, I was able to go two full days (light usage) without charging. Yesterday, I couldn't even make 12 hours with light usage, and today I'm already at 60% (before noon...).
Any suggestions? Am I using the correct BetterBatteryStats?
I was so stoked the first few days I used ICI because the battery life was absurdly good. Now I can't even make it to dinner time (or a charger) before it dies.
Forgot to mention, running Shot of Awesomeness kernel. Not sure if this is relevant, since I was using it when the battery life was both absurdly good and absurdly bad.

vietannamese said:
I downloaded BetteryBatteryStats 1.7.1.0 based on what you said in another thread. My Android OS is high, but it's not a process anyone mentioned.
Under Process, "suspend" is the highest, followed by Tapatalk XDA.
Under Partial Wakelocks, the highest is ConnectivityService (Android System process). All others have nominal usage.
I'm running IceColdInsomnia 7.0 and have only had this issue for the last two days. Before that, I was able to go two full days (light usage) without charging. Yesterday, I couldn't even make 12 hours with light usage, and today I'm already at 60% (before noon...).
Any suggestions? Am I using the correct BetterBatteryStats?
I was so stoked the first few days I used ICI because the battery life was absurdly good. Now I can't even make it to dinner time (or a charger) before it dies.
Forgot to mention, running Shot of Awesomeness kernel. Not sure if this is relevant, since I was using it when the battery life was both absurdly good and absurdly bad.
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Kernel sounds like the problem. Try using the stock kernel the rom came with and test it out for a couple days. Kernels take a few days to settle in so that's why you were getting good and then poor results. I saw someone say in the inferno kernel thread that they flashed 1.5 and it fixed o.s. readings. Just read the thread to make sure nothings changed. Too many ics roms to keep up with.
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I'll give that a try once my phone is fully charged. Thanks!

still the same
sckboy78 said:
Are you experiencing high battery drain or high o.s readings in battery stats? I've had this problem for over a year running any aosp rom. I've tried everything. Was told its a rogue app...etc, etc. I finally fixed the problem. Its Google doing it to us. Now for some, the issue doesn't happen but for others simply open your battery stats and look into your high o.s reading by pressing it. In the reading you will see GoogleBackupTransport. That is the culprit. Now using root explorer navigate to system/app then mount system and then locate Google Transport. Its normally right under Google contact sync. Delete it and restart your phone then enjoy your battery again. Check battery stats and you will see your o.s drop. Its taking me awhile to figure it out but it really does work. Try it and tell me your results. Post pics of before and after.
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What if I didn't delete it but rename it to GoogleTransport.apk.bak instead?
Is it because the kernel? I'm currently using :
Kernel Version:
2.6.35.13-g654fbab
[email protected] #2
Mon Feb 4 23:27:52 BRST 2013
I'm using AOSP 3.15 ROM 20130410 + AOSP 3.15 patch
Android 4.2.2
Build number:
pa_p1-userdebug 4.2.2 JDQ39 eng.sgtabhi.20130409.073939-keys
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (MTD / GSM) P1000

eezwanlee said:
What if I didn't delete it but rename it to GoogleTransport.apk.bak instead?
Is it because the kernel? I'm currently using :
Kernel Version:
2.6.35.13-g654fbab
[email protected] #2
Mon Feb 4 23:27:52 BRST 2013
I'm using AOSP 3.15 ROM 20130410 + AOSP 3.15 patch
Android 4.2.2
Build number:
pa_p1-userdebug 4.2.2 JDQ39 eng.sgtabhi.20130409.073939-keys
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 (MTD / GSM) P1000
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Check when the post you quoted was made.

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google wallet battery drain issue

did a search so if already asked sorry but i didn't find the post..
anyways.. anyone else getting a really fast battery drain after using google wallet?
i i'm on stock but rooted.. loaded the file available for the ns4g and when i open google wallet, everything works and what not.. leave the program either pressing the back button or home.. and after a few hours.. battery drains pretty quick.. look at the battery monitor stat thing.. google wallets always on the top even though i used it once for 1 min... same results even if i turn off the nfc chip in the settings.. basically have the restart and not open up the program and battery is fine..
kunalp83 said:
did a search so if already asked sorry but i didn't find the post..
anyways.. anyone else getting a really fast battery drain after using google wallet?
i i'm on stock but rooted.. loaded the file available for the ns4g and when i open google wallet, everything works and what not.. leave the program either pressing the back button or home.. and after a few hours.. battery drains pretty quick.. look at the battery monitor stat thing.. google wallets always on the top even though i used it once for 1 min... same results even if i turn off the nfc chip in the settings.. basically have the restart and not open up the program and battery is fine..
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I'm using peter alfonso's stock rooted 2.3.7 and I've even used google wallet and it isn't even in my battery use screen.
derekwilkinson said:
I'm using peter alfonso's stock rooted 2.3.7 and I've even used google wallet and it isn't even in my battery use screen.
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Same here.
i'll flash to this rom and see how it goes.. should i still clear cache and stuff?? plan on just flashing but still trying to keep programs and contacts etc installed..
Stock 2.3.6 and no battery drain issues. I'm curious if it's stuck polling some resource. If you capture a logcat do you wee any wallet activity? Are you seeing the device wakelocked or waking often?
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I had the same issue as well, I'm running stock and unrooted.
I've been wondering peter alfonso's would be a better rom to run btw?
I'm running a kang'd cm nightly with google wallet and sure enough now it says 59% google wallet...
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I'm running a kang'd cm nightly with google wallet and sure enough now it says 59% google wallet...
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Yea, I had my suspicions it had something to do with CM7. I saw quite a few posts on the interwebz about people having battery troubles with GW and was curious as to why I wasn't having any trouble. Everything was gravy on stock 2.3.5 with the 2.3.7 update, and on my current ROM, Pete's GPA18 Beta.
I was running stock 2.3.7 for a few days and was also running into battery drain issues with Google wallet, where according to the battery use utility it was using upwards of 36% of the battery at the end of the day after simply opening the wallet app, not even after actually using it. There is probably a few bugs in the software as it was just newly released so look for Google making some updates in what I assume will be the near future.
Happened to me too today. I noticed subsequently trying to open it that it didn't want to "unlock" either until a reboot.
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Yea, I had my suspicions it had something to do with CM7. I saw quite a few posts on the interwebz about people having battery troubles with GW and was curious as to why I wasn't having any trouble. Everything was gravy on stock 2.3.5 with the 2.3.7 update, and on my current ROM, Pete's GPA18 Beta.
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Yep, after switching back to GPA18 it works fine.
i ended up flashing to peter's rom.... stock rooted odexed rom.. and now i can open google wallet without battery draining.. i opened it thru one or two times a day the first few days while keeping the nfc chip on.. and without actually purchasing anything.. and no serious battery drain... so for me solution found.. clear cache and such.. then flash to peter's rom.. problem solved
I have the same problem. Here's what I posted in the Google wallet possible fix thread.
Anyone having any battery issues with this? I flashed this last night and I'm down to 45% battery in 7 hours with Google wallet using 52% of my battery and a keep awake time of 4 hours and 34 minutes....
I'm running a fresh install of the latest NSCollab which is based on nightly 212 I believe.
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Same here... after update my battery life is gone. Very unhappy as I can't find how to shut it down. My phone had 74% when I went to bed. It drained & shut off before I woke up. 6hrs of sleep for me and the phone died.
Why?
if you dont have this issue, why the F*** do you comment on it saying:
"nope, no issues here."
your not helping at all.. its so pointless. this guy needs help.
Im running 2.3 oxygen, and it just happened to me today, been running the same setup for 2 days now and today it happened. I just tried to force close wallet and cleared the apps data and cache. will post results
joebarkho said:
if you dont have this issue, why the F*** do you comment on it saying:
"nope, no issues here."
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Perhaps because the OP asked the following QUESTION:
kunalp83 said:
anyways.. anyone else getting a really fast battery drain after using google wallet?
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Now calm down. It's gonna be alright.
method2madness said:
Perhaps because the OP asked the following QUESTION:
Now calm down. It's gonna be alright.
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i understand, but honestly what is the idea behind saying that? I understand if you also offer some kind of advice, but its just annoying with out help.
joebarkho said:
i understand, but honestly what is the idea behind saying that? I understand if you also offer some kind of advice, but its just annoying with out help.
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Oh, I definitely get your point. I,myself, try to provide a bit more than just a basic "yes" or "no" answer. But that doesn't necessarily mean those that don't are being unhelpful.
I have this problem too. Nexus S - tmobile - oxygen 2.3.
even when wallet is in the apps draining the phone, it seems my battery drains faster now.
Rooted. Getting just under 5 hours per charge.
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[Q] Android OS killing Battery...any suggestions?

So I am currently running Virtuous Affinity and I seem to be having problems with an Android OS bug...but I'm not sure how I can fix it...if there is a fix. Below I have posted a screenshot showing that Android OS has used up over 40% of my battery. I have barely used my phone today other than checking my email a couple of times and one 10 minute phone call. Usually when my battery drains, it is because of the display, but lately I've been having more drain coming from the Android OS processes. The Android OS shouldn't be using that much of the battery should it? Does anyone have any suggestion for a fix?? Should I try a different Kernel...or maybe try using one of the OC/UV apps? Thank you for any suggestions.
I never have any problem with my battery, which rom are you using CM 7 or sense, what kernel?
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sprinkler13 said:
So I am currently running Virtuous Affinity and I seem to be having problems with an Android OS bug...but I'm not sure how I can fix it...if there is a fix. Below I have posted a screenshot showing that Android OS has used up over 40% of my battery. I have barely used my phone today other than checking my email a couple of times and one 10 minute phone call. Usually when my battery drains, it is because of the display, but lately I've been having more drain coming from the Android OS processes. The Android OS shouldn't be using that much of the battery should it? Does anyone have any suggestion for a fix?? Should I try a different Kernel...or maybe try using one of the OC/UV apps? Thank you for any suggestions.
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Do u have any programs running in the back ground check your process in application and see what running or open task manager
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There doesn't appear to be anything unusual running in the background. I even restart my phone as soon as I unplug it in the morning. But the Android OS thing seems more like a bug.
mytouch990 said:
I never have any problem with my battery, which rom are you using CM 7 or sense, what kernel?
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I am running Virtuous Affinity. It is a sense 3.5 Rom. I believe that the kernel that it came with is the Virtuous V10 kernel. I have not made any overclocking/undervolting modifications as the Rom is supposed to have some of those settings built in.
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I am running Virtuous Affinity. It is a sense 3.5 Rom. I believe that the kernel that it came with is the Virtuous V10 kernel. I have not made any overclocking/undervolting modifications as the Rom is supposed to have some of those settings built in.
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That Rom although its smooth still has some bugs I suggest switching to dark side sense or RcMix 3d for now
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Yeah...I just don't know if it's necessarily a ROM issue. I had Virtuous Unity which was a pretty stable ROM and the Android OS problem popped up there too. Some days I'm fine when I just reboot in the morning...I can use it pretty heavily and it will last me all day. Other days it seems like something triggers the bug...and I can't pin down any one thing that does it. I'm going to try adjusting the voltage and cpu settings and see if maybe it is a problem with the built in governor. If not, I might switch to CM7 and see if that has the same problem...at least then I'd know that it is definitely an issue with the phone itself.
Android Tasks with Minimize/Exit option
Need to know whatif all Andriod applications have a mandatory Minimize/Exit option, so that the user can decide if they can run in background or be exited??
In case of older applications compatibility issue, perhaps this feature can be built onto the device OS itself.
This shall ennsure only the apps we require to be open parallely shall remain open, remaining can be exited, saving memory, improving performance, and increasing battery life.
sjecstudent said:
Need to know whatif all Andriod applications have a mandatory Minimize/Exit option, so that the user can decide if they can run in background or be exited??
In case of older applications compatibility issue, perhaps this feature can be built onto the device OS itself.
This shall ennsure only the apps we require to be open parallely shall remain open, remaining can be exited, saving memory, improving performance, and increasing battery life.
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There is no way to pick which programs get to run and which ones don't unless you freeze an app.
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I've run into this on different ROM's as well. When I notice the OS eating up the battery, restarting the phone seems to fix the problem. I believe I read around here to try different radio's to see if that helps. I'm in the process of auditioning a few to see if they has any effect.
I have for similar issues in Miui.us 2.2
I tried latest Virtuous unity too, but battery just goes down in the rate of 1hr =10% battery, with background sync off and lowest possible brightness, with no GPS.
In Miui i get 30% more battery life than unity, but still bad life from stock.
Not sure how people are getting morethan a day.
Some one in a thread said it could be the kernel, some say battery calibration(which i already did) and some say its bad battery(its same battery have a day last week with stock ROM).
Anyone, better suggestion?

Best rom for battery life?

Does anyone know the best fully functioning rom with the best battery life?
(Sense or AOSP)
Thanks in advance!
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CyanogenMod 7 with tiamat kernel gets pretty good battery life. The kernels tend to have mor eaffect on battery life then the roms themselves.
Thanks!
And for some reason my gf's EVO is dying really fast. I mean it drains 1% every 5 mins.
I replaced the battery and still the same thing. It's running CM7.
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Decks Tiamat 3.3.7 CoD tweaks vipermod 499 or 537/245 on smartass
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Try MIUI with Tiamat 3.3.7 SBC
Sounds like she might have 4g running all the time. Or maybe she might be updating/refreshing her background data to often. Only use 4g to down load big files or steaming vedio. Check her 4g connection and turn off or her sync rate set it to every 3 hours or more. If one or both are the culprit then she'll see a big improvement.
I run EVO Deck rom with cyanogenmod love it. And every thing works.
Hope this helps
I figured I'd chime in because you said you wanted a fully functioning ROM. CM7 and Deck had always yielded the best battery life for me with the last rev of the Savage Zen Kernel, but if you're like me and are very anal about the phrase "fully functioning" then it should be noted that the AOSP ROMs don't have 720p video recording. If that doesn't bother you than CM7 or Deck all the way.
That said i'm running TommyTomato's Classic ROM with the Freedom Agressive kernel and I'm getting 25+ hours on a charge which puts it on par with any AOSP ROM/kernel combo I've run. Might be able to get a little better on AOSP, but I'd say that's pretty damn good and it's fully functioning as in EVERYTHING works 100%.
pvaldeben said:
Sounds like she might have 4g running all the time. Or maybe she might be updating/refreshing her background data to often. Only use 4g to down load big files or steaming vedio. Check her 4g connection and turn off or her sync rate set it to every 3 hours or more. If one or both are the culprit then she'll see a big improvement.
I run EVO Deck rom with cyanogenmod love it. And every thing works.
Hope this helps
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4G is never on, Background data is unchecked, Email is set to manual sync, brightness is dimmed, no wifi. I feel as if I've done every battery saving trick in the book.
But I realized yesterday that I had SetCPU at 700mhz to save battery. I uninstalled it and the battery life wasn't dropping so rapidly. I can't say that was the issue. I'll have to run a few more test.
CTTKDKing said:
I figured I'd chime in because you said you wanted a fully functioning ROM. CM7 and Deck had always yielded the best battery life for me with the last rev of the Savage Zen Kernel, but if you're like me and are very anal about the phrase "fully functioning" then it should be noted that the AOSP ROMs don't have 720p video recording. If that doesn't bother you than CM7 or Deck all the way.
That said i'm running TommyTomato's Classic ROM with the Freedom Agressive kernel and I'm getting 25+ hours on a charge which puts it on par with any AOSP ROM/kernel combo I've run. Might be able to get a little better on AOSP, but I'd say that's pretty damn good and it's fully functioning as in EVERYTHING works 100%.
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I will definitely try that combo and see what happens. I always flash roms but never kernels, to scared haha.
I get better battery on drews ICS ROM Than any from I've run in a year. I use it as a daily, it isn't completely fully functioning though, as 4g doesn't work and video is iffy.
That said, after I updated to latest radio, my battery is dying much faster........did you do the radio update ?
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KayxGee1 said:
I will definitely try that combo and see what happens. I always flash roms but never kernels, to scared haha.
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If you're flashing ROMs, you're already flashing kernels. Don't fear the kernel flash. Tiamat Lee on CM7 or Deck's is where it's at.
scottspa74 said:
I get better battery on drews ICS ROM Than any from I've run in a year. I use it as a daily, it isn't completely fully functioning though, as 4g doesn't work and video is iffy.
That said, after I updated to latest radio, my battery is dying much faster........did you do the radio update ?
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Nope, no radio update. Im going to see how the battery life is at the end of the day without SetCPU.
MIUI or salvagemod 1.4 with Tiamat 3.3.7 SBC
smelkus said:
If you're flashing ROMs, you're already flashing kernels. Don't fear the kernel flash. Tiamat Lee on CM7 or Deck's is where it's at.
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I meant interchanging kernels with custom roms.
A lot of people are saying the same thing so I guess I'll try those recommendations.
If you want sense go with team nocturnals shooter ROM it has been my daily for a good while and I really love the battery life
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Dude Tommy's classic rom with the standard kernel gets some of the best battery life I seen!
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gainiacster said:
Dude Tommy's classic rom with the standard kernel gets some of the best battery life I seen!
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+20
This is Sense based ROM with the best battery life for evo 4G
KayxGee1 said:
4G is never on, Background data is unchecked, Email is set to manual sync, brightness is dimmed, no wifi. I feel as if I've done every battery saving trick in the book.
But I realized yesterday that I had SetCPU at 700mhz to save battery. I uninstalled it and the battery life wasn't dropping so rapidly. I can't say that was the issue. I'll have to run a few more test.
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Any wake lock?
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KayxGee1 said:
Does anyone know the best fully functioning rom with the best battery life?
(Sense or AOSP)
Thanks in advance!
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I'm on Tommys Classic Supermagic,running the Hard to kill battery calibration script from Zepplins thread and i'm getting the best battery life i've had on any other rom and i've used this script with about 10 different roms,from AOSP to Sense 3.0,wont run 3.5 because of bugs and no 4G,after a full charge with alot of phone calls,texts and surfing,i held a charge for 4 days,it was 67% on the second day and actually died on the forth AM.
I'd definitely do a comparison between screen-on and awake time.
If you don't know this, you can access it through Settings > About Phone > Battery Use/History/Etc. See if the bar graphs of screen-on match awake. If you see a long bar under awake, but not a matching one under screen-on, you probably have a process or app that is stuck and needs to be removed/re-installed or have it's data cleared.
Note: it's normal to have some awake time that doesn't match screen on as apps/processes still have to perform there activities even with the screen-off, however, it shouldn't be a ton.
The best app out there to study this IMO is betterbatterstats. Hope this helps! Cheers!

Best battery life JB rom

Guys, as I am truly annoyed by the fact stock JB is draining like hell, I would like to know the best rom available now. If any of you have good experience with a particular rom let me know
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Try Adam's ROM I'm getting similar battery life as in ics
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It's most likely not a ROM issue. I tried Adams and CM10 and had similar battery life. Make sure you turn off google now (just the cards that need to know your location constantly). It might also be that your update didn't go that well, so you might try a factory reset. It could also be a misbehaving app, so when you do a factory reset, maybe test the ROM before restoring/reinstalling your apps. Also, the more information you give us the better we can help. Good luck!
Aktifit said:
It's most likely not a ROM issue. I tried Adams and CM10 and had similar battery life. Make sure you turn off google now (just the cards that need to know your location constantly). It might also be that your update didn't go that well, so you might try a factory reset. It could also be a misbehaving app, so when you do a factory reset, maybe test the ROM before restoring/reinstalling your apps. Also, the more information you give us the better we can help. Good luck!
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Thanks for the info. I installed the stock factory image 4.0.4 and then waited for the official OTA. I updated and all works well, but I get around 15 hrs on a full charge with some Whatsapp and Facebook use. When I use it more intense with more screentime the battery drains the most. I think a factory reset wont give me more battery life then this, but I know my drain was not so big while I was on ICS.
By the way, which one is the most stable; CW10 (That chocolate river one??) or Jellybelly?
lowtje said:
Thanks for the info. I installed the stock factory image 4.0.4 and then waited for the official OTA. I updated and all works well, but I get around 15 hrs on a full charge with some Whatsapp and Facebook use. When I use it more intense with more screentime the battery drains the most. I think a factory reset wont give me more battery life then this, but I know my drain was not so big while I was on ICS.
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Sounds weird. But also keep in mind that there are still some apps that don't cope very well with JB, and Facebook has never been Androids best friend . But it doesn't make sense that it's only during screen on, most people report issues related to google now and apps doing **** in the background. If you want to switch ROM anyways, I suggest you use Adams Jellybelly, it's mostly stock (less features means less that can go wrong) and it includes thalamus kernel, which is IMHO the best JB kernel at the moment. I do not recommend any CM10 based ROMs if you're after stability. I assume you checked your battery stats and didn't find anything?
Edit: Chocolate river was abandoned when official OTA came afaik, so definitely Jellybelly . Make sure you do a full wipe though, if something's wrong dirty flashing isn't worth it.
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Sounds weird. But also keep in mind that there are still some apps that don't cope very well with JB, and Facebook has never been Androids best friend . But it doesn't make sense that it's only during screen on, most people report issues related to google now and apps doing **** in the background. If you want to switch ROM anyways, I suggest you use Adams Jellybelly, it's mostly stock (less features means less that can go wrong) and it includes thalamus kernel, which is IMHO the best JB kernel at the moment. I do not recommend any CM10 based ROMs if you're after stability. I assume you checked your battery stats and didn't find anything?
Edit: Chocolate river was abandoned when official OTA came afaik, so definitely Jellybelly . Make sure you do a full wipe though, if something's wrong dirty flashing isn't worth it.
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Sounds good to me. Downloading Jellybelly now. I checked my battery stats and didn't find anywhing weird. I dont have much apps installed so there is not much that could give issues. When I leave my screen off (at night or while working) the battery life is not that bad. It's weird, but JB is still very fresh and new, so I'll just try some other roms =)
Agreed jelly belly provides the best performance, stability, and battery life
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Now running JellyBelly and its much faster then my stock JB
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also for me battery life was improved in jb
Wouldn't agree that jellybelly provides best performance and battery. I suggest trying out cm10 v1.2
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I am currently on JellyBelly and the battery life is definitely not better than stock for me. Battery drains like crazy when idling.
BUT, I do have Google Now activated. So really make sure to deactivate if you do not need it.
IMO all ROMs should give similar battery life.
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I am currently on JellyBelly and the battery life is definitely not better than stock for me. Battery drains like crazy when idling.
BUT, I do have Google Now activated. So really make sure to deactivate if you do not need it.
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Even with Google now turned on the battery should last some time. Do You get the same time as with ICS when it's deactivated? If not, something's borked .
Even if the battery life isnthe same with Jellybelly, the performance is great!
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after a few days weith stock jb i reach 3h45 / 4 h of screen use
with ics stock i never reached 3 h!
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Wouldn't agree that jellybelly provides best performance and battery. I suggest trying out cm10 v1.2
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Link to v1.2?
ironia. said:
after a few days weith stock jb i reach 3h45 / 4 h of screen use
with ics stock i never reached 3 h!
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Really? That's what I was getting that on ICS. Haha. Well that's an improvement for you!
I got 5 hours on time with jelly belly WiFi almost always on
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kwibis said:
Link to v1.2?
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https://plus.google.com/u/0/111722836277981844223/posts/C8Ykk6Fvu3t
For some reason Kalin is posting new versions of CM10 on G+ now

[Q] Why is Android System consuming so much batter nowadays?

It didn't used to be like this. But now I get a pretty bad drain from Android System. It would be the second highest battery consumer, and would be using the CPU for quite a lot.
I'll post my battery screens and BBS stats soon. But for now, anyone else getting this issue? I'm on CM10.1 M1, tried different nightlies but still getting this f*cking problem. It's driving me crazy.
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It didn't used to be like this. But now I get a pretty bad drain from Android System. It would be the second highest battery consumer, and would be using the CPU for quite a lot.
I'll post my battery screens and BBS stats soon. But for now, anyone else getting this issue? I'm on CM10.1 M1, tried different nightlies but still getting this f*cking problem. It's driving me crazy.
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try a different rom besides for cm, or try a different kernel. no such issue here with the rasbean jelly rom/trinity kernel. android system stays between 2-6% here.
simms22 said:
try a different rom besides for cm, or try a different kernel. no such issue here with the rasbean jelly rom/trinity kernel. android system stays between 2-6% here.
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Alright, I'll give Rasbean Jelly ROM a try.
If you look at my attached screenshot, you'll see what apps are included in Android System. Maybe you use one of those apps a lot? What % is your Android System at by the way?
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If you look at my attached screenshot, you'll see what apps are included in Android System. Maybe you use one of those apps a lot? What % is your Android System at by the way?
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I have the exact same list of packages for Android System. Right now my phone's been on for an hour and it's at 21%, with a CPU total of 15 mins and it kept my phone awake for 4 minutes.
I dunno why it's like this all of a sudden. A week ago it was completely fine.
The thing is, I did clean re-flashes already and it still does that. I even wiped system. How do I properly reset my phone to get a clean slate? Should I RMA my phone if this issue doesn't go away?
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Just flashed MiNCO v6, and the drain seems to subside a little bit, but I need more time with my phone to judge better. Sigh, I'm missing CM's quick reply feature already!
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I have the exact same list of packages for Android System. Right now my phone's been on for an hour and it's at 21%, with a CPU total of 15 mins and it kept my phone awake for 4 minutes.
I dunno why it's like this all of a sudden. A week ago it was completely fine.
The thing is, I did clean re-flashes already and it still does that. I even wiped system. How do I properly reset my phone to get a clean slate? Should I RMA my phone if this issue doesn't go away?
Edit:
Just flashed MiNCO v6, and the drain seems to subside a little bit, but I need more time with my phone to judge better. Sigh, I'm missing CM's quick reply feature already!
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It's not a hardware issue. The longer the phone is on, the lower % the Android System will be at (obviously lol) because the other stuff is averaging it out. You can also ry changing your kernel.
About the messaging quick reply, just replace MiNCO's mms.apk with CM's.
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It's not a hardware issue. The longer the phone is on, the lower % the Android System will be at (obviously lol) because the other stuff is averaging it out. You can also ry changing your kernel.
About the messaging quick reply, just replace MiNCO's mms.apk with CM's.
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Thanks for all your suggestions!

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