Hello guys,
I've been having problem with regards to battery life. I am not sure exactly if there's a problem but seeing from other peoples posts/experiences/videos it seems like my note has a very low battery life (about 10-15hrs battery and about 3-4hrs on screen time) So I've decided to start this thread that would hopefully help me and most people that are also experiencing/or just simply would like to improve their galaxy notes battery life.
This is where we can all gather and put together informations on how to do so.
- Please post any helpful tips and tricks.
- A list of bloatwares that are safe and not harm our note to remove/freeze.
- Apps that can help save and/or monitor battery consumptions.
- Apps that are a good substitute because they consume less battery.
- Your personal settings/kernel/roms and how you achieve an awesome battery life.
- Steps to properly calibrate battery.
- Anything else that would help.
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The list of removable apps.
Even more apps can be removed.
InputEventApp.apk
SMTSetup.apk
DataCreate.apk
PCWClients.apk
PopUiReceiver.apk
Preconfig.apk
SMTEngine.apk
ShareApp.apk
ShareShotService.apk
SyncMlds.apk (spreadsheet says removal causes battery drain but it did not)
and all test mode apps
Before you remove tracker engines and remote control make sure you have not signed in your samsung account or you'll get force close errors. Best way is factory reset and remove apps.
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Directories that can be removed (this won't improve battery though)
Hdic from System (104MB. I deleed it and had no problem. May be its needed for Samsung Voice)
TTS from System (Text to speech)
chasmodo said:
The list of removable apps.
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Boy124 said:
Even more apps can be removed.
InputEventApp.apk
SMTSetup.apk
DataCreate.apk
PCWClients.apk
PopUiReceiver.apk
Preconfig.apk
SMTEngine.apk
ShareApp.apk
ShareShotService.apk
SyncMlds.apk (spreadsheet says removal causes battery drain but it did not)
and all test mode apps
Before you remove tracker engines and remote control make sure you have not signed in your samsung account or you'll get force close errors. Best way is factory reset and remove apps.
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Directories that can be removed (this won't improve battery though)
Hdic from System (104MB. I deleed it and had no problem. May be its needed for Samsung Voice)
TTS from System (Text to speech)
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How does one remove them?
Thanks
Interesting article on battery calibration...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460553
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Use anttec app manager/ root explorer or your favourite file manager.
There are quite a few system apps that you cannot freeze, but still pop up when not desired. To stop these wasting my battery, I use Autorun Manager Pro to disable all their 'receivers' (these are events they listen for, and start up when the events occur).
Generally I find that they rarely start after that, and only when I use an associated app.
This is the way I deal with those apps you really do need, but do not want running all the time.
Aside from that, I am pretty ruthless about freezing apps using Titanium Backup Pro.
To see what is waking and/or using CPU when the phone is not used, I use Badass Battery Monitor.
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To preserve battery during my day, I use Llama (Location Aware Mobile App). It is very versatile, but can take a long time to get the hang of. Essentially this replaces apps such as Juice Defender if they do not work for you (as they do not for me). It is a manual process to set up, but gives you much more control in many ways. Here are the things I use it for to help extend my battery life:
Manage my WiFi
When I am at home or at work, I get it to turn on my WiFi. This saves leaving it on all day wasting juice when I am out. I get it to turn off the WiFi 1 minute after the screen is turned off, and back on again when the screen is turned on and I am not at home or work. I find this far more effective than the built-in 'sleep when screen is off' which often does not work at all. I stop it turning off if I am using apps like Internet Radio, too.
Manage my Mobile Data
When I am at home or work, I turn off Mobile Data. This prevents apps seeking a connection and getting 3G (etc) when my WiFi is asleep. Saves loads of battery, as well as mobile data allowance. I could turn it off when the screen is off too, but when I am out and about is when I most need alerts, rather than when I am in front of my PC, as I am at work and home (sad but true). It could be a bigger battery saver like that for many users.
Screen Rotation
This is quite a drain, small but steady, and frankly I like my screen to stay still. I find it irritating when lying down to have it jump about, too. Certain apps need / prefer landscape, so I just allow rotation when these apps are being used. It then turns off when they close. A very neat solution, but a bit of a pain to set for all applicable apps. There may be separate apps that do this for you (I like having all the control in one app).
Sounds
I make all my sounds very quiet at work, and medium at home, and loud & vibrate when I am out. This saves manual messing about. Probably not much saving.
Brightness
My next project is to adjust the brightness of the display according to location and time. Probably a lot of potential saving, but it may be too difficult to set and may override my manual settings, eg when the sun comes out and I want it brighter. I'll see (and update this if I do).
Battery Level
I use this to kill everything except phone use and turn the display right down when the battery hits 20%. The phone can last a heck of a long time like that, as much as two days. I have had a Note not being used last for 10 days, so I expect a 10% per day drain without anything running. A potential life-saver (literally, perhaps).
Sync Apps on Charge
I start up all apps that sync over WiFi 1 minute after starting a mains charge. I do that every night, so all my syncing apps will not waste WiFi energy when I am at home or work.
OK, so why do all that? Why save all that battery?
Then I can play games and listen to books & music !
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I also use DroidWall to stop any apps except those I allow to use Mobile Data or WiFi. This can save a lot or wasted battery in my experience.
I also feel naked without my firewall. It was the main reason I had to get Root access to the phone.
With JKay mod you can have lower autobrightness profile.
Thanks guys for helping out!
IMPORTANT: I have tried Anttek and Gemini to freeze apps. However, I couldn't unfreeze/defrost them afterwards. The app would let me click unfreeze/defrost but I still couldn't see the apps even after a reboot. I just want to point that out based on experience because I froze market and I couldn't get it back lol.
- Apps that can freeze other apps:
** Titanium Backup PRO
** Anttek App Manager
** Gemini App Manager
Someone correct me if I'm wrong about unfreeze/defrost.
it's useful,thank you so much guys!!!
is it UV can also help to battery saving??
-Root
-Flash KINGDROID rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471228
-Flash Franco test kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23850636&postcount=1691
-Purchase Anker 2500ma battery ($11.99) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525175
-Freeze wifi sharing/wifi sharing manager.
Results. 5h 18m of screen on time. I would guess you could get well over 2 days total charge with moderate use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24084760&postcount=791
All oyu need to do is turn off "3g" mode and use the device with 2g.. aka gprs and only turn on the 3g when you need it.
Now I have 36% and I use my Note since 2 days 11 hours and 36 minutes but my record is 3 days 15 hours and 47 minutes )))
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stock rom and unrooted btw
mR.fR34ky said:
All oyu need to do is turn off "3g" mode and use the device with 2g.. aka gprs and only turn on the 3g when you need it.
Now I have 36% and I use my Note since 2 days 11 hours and 36 minutes but my record is 3 days 15 hours and 47 minutes )))
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stock rom and unrooted btw
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How do you turn off 3g? lol
Also whats the on screen time after 2days 11hrs 36mins?
Thanks
JayMurda said:
How do you turn off 3g? lol
Thanks
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settings-wireless and network-mobile network-network mode-GSM only.
Another tweak is underclock and activate system power saving mode.
Max 800mhz is sufficient to surf internet, check emails and sync etc.
My battery is draining faster than normal after recent update. I hardly used much today and battery usage show the following uses.
Display 31%
Cell stand by 21%
voiced calls 18%
phone idle 13%
forgot to mention but I also use the system battery saving option ) with go laucnher ex no lags at all btw my screen on time is not so much becouse I use it mainly for listen music etc
alonedreamz said:
it's useful,thank you so much guys!!!
is it UV can also help to battery saving??
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I forgot that. Yes is do undervolt on the most common settings, ie 100, 200 and 1400 MHz. The CPU rarely goes to the others, but I am on the Abyss kernel. Franco may be better.
My CPU does not work at UV less than about 50 mV under standard. Some can go much lower. The trick is to lower it, and then use it for a while. If all is well, lower it again. Repeat until you get problems, then raise it at least a notch, maybe two (to be safe).
I use ROM Toolbox for this, although I used to use CPU++ (I prefer all my tools in one app is all).
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Boy124 said:
Another tweak is underclock and activate system power saving mode.
Max 800mhz is sufficient to surf internet, check emails and sync etc.
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There are definite disadvantages to this. The logic is that the work required is required. It is fixed number of cycles. Under-clocking merely makes the work take longer, and the CPU spends more time working before going back to a rest state, where it uses much less juice.
Basically the benefit of battery saved by running at 800MHz is nowhere near the cost of running the CPU for 150% of the time. Rest states use a great deal less battery.
Having said that, I set my CPU to under-clock to 500 MHz when the battery temp reaches 60 C. I figure it must slow down at that point!
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Heya,
My Iconia Tab A500 battery goes very quickly, im not even use it much, Im just useing it for 2 hours while im in Uni that's it but still goes very quickly and my front facing camera is just too dark and blurry.
Plz help me out.
Thanks
What apps you running? Is GPS on all the time? You running a different rom or kernel? I don't know what I could do on mine to kill the battery in 2hrs.
Settings - Apps - What process are running?
I test out ROMs while I'm asleep. Go to bed at 100% with tablet on (screen off), wake up and check in 8-10 hours
Only 2 or 3 ROMS so far will be at 99% or 98%.
Most others, even STOCK ones go down to 70-80%. when I see that, I stay away from (re-flash to another)
* Note: if you do the same things for each ROM, you know it's a accurate comparison.
Currently using THOR's ICS v80.
from fresh install (Yes i know it's plain -no bloatware)...
Only 4 Process running.
RAM 180 MB used - 545MB Free (memory -not storage)
even with 25 apps added my RAM is between 205-225 Used - 500-520 Free
Battery Life is OVERWhelming!
STOCK HB starts at about 325 MB - 400MB used (with NEW OS just installed -no custom apps)
Does your battery only last 2 hours? I couldn't kill my battery in 2 hours no matter how hard I try....
Perhaps you have some app that is causing issues, or you have a faulty battery? Do you have a lot of apps open at once? How is your screen brightness? Bluetooth?
I think it cause of GPS and i got more then 80 apps in my tablet
Dude, you go to sleep with tab at 100%. You wake 8-10 hours later and it's at 90-98% (more or less)
And you want to complain???
Android does not sleep. You still have things running that need to run. Clocks, Notification checks, etc. Hell, even the system doesn't sleep as it HAS to do certain things.
When you compare Stock Roms against Custom Roms, a lot of custom roms have custom kernels which will underclock and undervolt the system board, which is why battery power is much better.
If it's using too much battery when you actively use it, it's because you have too many things happening all the time. I have a crapload of things running, including a 3d launcher, and I get about 5 or 7 hrs if I leave it active all the time.
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akram_1 said:
I think it cause of GPS and i got more then 80 apps in my tablet
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And these 80 apps are probably doing all sorts of active synch's and notifications, gps active and such?
Go to each app, and check settings for them, and turn that stuff off, or set them to a more reasonable level, like every 4 hrs.
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Settings - Apps - What process are running?
I test out ROMs while I'm asleep. Go to bed at 100% with tablet on (screen off), wake up and check in 8-10 hours
Only 2 or 3 ROMS so far will be at 99% or 98%.
Most others, even STOCK ones go down to 70-80%. when I see that, I stay away from (re-flash to another)
* Note: if you do the same things for each ROM, you know it's a accurate comparison.
Currently using THOR's ICS v80.
from fresh install (Yes i know it's plain -no bloatware)...
Only 4 Process running.
RAM 180 MB used - 545MB Free (memory -not storage)
even with 25 apps added my RAM is between 205-225 Used - 500-520 Free
Battery Life is OVERWhelming!
STOCK HB starts at about 325 MB - 400MB used (with NEW OS just installed -no custom apps)
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Is 180Mb Ram used with nothing installed supposed to be good"?
I get 106Mb Ram used with 45 apps installed, so I'm thinking maybe not?
Way around it
I flashed mine with CWM, and a stock acer rom with root and busybox built in, and got cpu tuner, and when you turn the screen off it saves battery, you can adjust the governor and power profiles and everything, just need root access, works well for me
Hello. I reseved my phone a week ago, the battery is so poor that even the z1 compcat had 1 more hour screen on time. And btw very buggy writing in chrome sometimes other places
Here are some pictures and settings:
Disabled most notifications.
Screen is full brightness
Wifi is off
Cellular data is on when i need it
Auto sync off
Nfc off
Bluetooth off
Automatic rotation on
Sound on when writing (low and also vibration
Stamina off
More pictures are coming! Im on latest version.. 77
disable
Almost all user apps are disabled with startup manager, only cool tool is running to see the temp.
Not rooted
During that long and steep "downhill" in the battery usage, what were you doing precisely?
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Also, since your phone is still very new, the battery still has to settle. It will improve considerably after some dis/charge cycles.
I was surfing, but gaming gba emulator for an hour tho, but it is not better to this day where i dont have the app anymore, i only surf, like news and so on.
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Try turning your typing sound and that stuff off. I found I had loads of wakelocks due to it.
Hi we already have an existing thread for the Z3 Compact battery usage, it is best you post in there rather then having two of the same discussions in different threads. Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/post-battery-usage-t2888204
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Just what is the reason for having too many wakelock in eui rom?
I could not find a solution.
I do not have such problems with custom roms.
Below you will see the screenshots I made a clean installation.
As long as the Powermanager Service and the Power Manager Display are turned on, they can never be stopped permanently.(While the screen is open)
lazye53 said:
Just what is the reason for having too many wakelock in eui rom?
I could not find a solution.
I do not have such problems with custom roms.
Below you will see the screenshots I made a clean installation.
As long as the Powermanager Service and the Power Manager Display are turned on, they can never be stopped permanently.(While the screen is open)
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Bruh it's way less than what I get on Oreo roms
If I were you, I would switch to another ROM (if you have an x722, x720, or x727). eUI just isn't worth it.
If you love eUI, you can just switch to a custom eUI ROM for more wakelock control, or unlock the bootloader, flash Magisk and GreenifyforMagisk or something like that.
I get wakelocks on eUI too, but after removing all save 2 LeEco apps and services, I'm getting better battery life. But I'm not constantly running a cellular connection, so YMMV.
sk8223 said:
If I were you, I would switch to another ROM (if you have an x722, x720, or x727). eUI just isn't worth it.
If you love eUI, you can just switch to a custom eUI ROM for more wakelock control, or unlock the bootloader, flash Magisk and GreenifyforMagisk or something like that.
I get wakelocks on eUI too, but after removing all save 2 LeEco apps and services, I'm getting better battery life. But I'm not constantly running a cellular connection, so YMMV.
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These values are taken from the result of a completely clean installation.
Only the BetterBatteryStats application is installed on the phone.
Other applications come with ROM only.
This is entirely due to the EIU
lazye53 said:
These values are taken from the result of a completely clean installation.
Only the BetterBatteryStats application is installed on the phone.
Other applications come with ROM only.
This is entirely due to the EIU
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If you phone is constantly trying to sleep as you are attempting to use it, Just install Caffeine
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.syntaxa.caffeine&hl=en
This will completely resolve that issue.
tsongming said:
If you phone is constantly trying to sleep as you are attempting to use it, Just install Caffeine
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.syntaxa.caffeine&hl=en
This will completely resolve that issue.
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How can I understand what application I should sleep with.
The device only has the special application better battery stats.
The device goes smoothly in sleep mode.
The system service never stops when only the screen is active.
lazye53 said:
How can I understand what application I should sleep with.
The device only has the special application better battery stats.
The device goes smoothly in sleep mode.
The system service never stops when only the screen is active.
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Okay, I misunderstood. When I was still on the stock Rom I used the donate version of Greenify, which with root will allow you keep google services from self starting.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify.pro
Edit: Only the donate version will provide the service of fully hibernating system apps.
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lazye53 said:
How can I understand what application I should sleep with.
The device only has the special application better battery stats.
The device goes smoothly in sleep mode.
The system service never stops when only the screen is active.
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After reading your initial post again, it appears that the all of the screen shots indicate 4% usage in 21 minutes. Since you just went back to EUI, maybe consider using the phone for two or three days and see if the numbers balance out.
Perhaps something critical was updating in the background, your apps, contacts, email, play music, etc.
21 minutes isn't really enough time to judge, right? After I bought my first Le Eco Pro 3, I kept the stock Rom for a couple of months before moving to a custom rom and I remember that the battery life was pretty great.
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Okay, I misunderstood. When I was still on the stock Rom I used the donate version of Greenify, which with root will allow you keep google services from self starting.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify.pro
Edit: Only the donate version will provide the service of fully hibernating system apps.
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After reading your initial post again, it appears that the all of the screen shots indicate 4% usage in 21 minutes. Since you just went back to EUI, maybe consider using the phone for two or three days and see if the numbers balance out.
Perhaps something critical was updating in the background, your apps, contacts, email, play music, etc.
21 minutes isn't really enough time to judge, right? After I bought my first Le Eco Pro 3, I kept the stock Rom for a couple of months before moving to a custom rom and I remember that the battery life was pretty great.
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I wish could get 21 minutes every 4 minutes , I barely scrape 15
kris597 said:
I wish could get 21 minutes every 4 minutes , I barely scrape 15
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I am not sure, but something tells me your phone is going to brick.
You may want to consider going back to 8.1 while you still have battery life.
tsongming said:
I am not sure, but something tells me your phone is going to brick.
You may want to consider going back to 8.1 while you still have battery life.
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I can clearly see where my battery is being drained , don't think it's bricked but I plan on trying 8.1 when I have the time to set it back up
kris597 said:
I can clearly see where my battery is being drained , don't think it's bricked but I plan on trying 8.1 when I have the time to set it back up
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Sorry my post was not intended for you
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kris597 said:
I can clearly see where my battery is being drained , don't think it's bricked but I plan on trying 8.1 when I have the time to set it back up
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I thought I was talking to lazye53,
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@ kris597 If you are still on stock you are fine. I have seen a brick happen in person with a friend , where the phone seems fine and is running after a flashing with a bad usb cord ( more likely the wrong Rom) the battery dies quickly and never recovers. Hence my comment.
To power up, you consume Red Bull. But your phone just needs its adaptive fast charger. Rate this thread to express how quickly the Google Pixel 3a XL can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
So I just got 3 of them a couple days ago and wow they charge quick. And the battery lasts a long time. Used it from morning to night and it was at 65% full. Plugged it in and it was charged in no time. I'll have to time it next time but it was pretty quick
that was stunning
I bought an 18w generic type C charger from Walmart, which is what this phone is max rated at. However, using multiple apps to monitor amperage, voltage and wattage -- between 0 and 80%, it actually charges at around 23-25w. I can charge this phone from 0-50 in less than 20 minutes. A full charge happens in about 45 minutes. Keep in mind, this is only on a Type-C to Type C cable. If I switch it to the type A to type C cable, I get a 5v/3.2amp (16w) speed. Using this, it takes about 65 minutes to full charge it.
bubbyj said:
I bought an 18w generic type C charger from Walmart, which is what this phone is max rated at. However, using multiple apps to monitor amperage, voltage and wattage -- between 0 and 80%, it actually charges at around 23-25w. I can charge this phone from 0-50 in less than 20 minutes. A full charge happens in about 45 minutes. Keep in mind, this is only on a Type-C to Type C cable. If I switch it to the type A to type C cable, I get a 5v/3.2amp (16w) speed. Using this, it takes about 65 minutes to full charge it.
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Could you please post the link of the charger u bought because the original charger that came with the phone charges my pixel 3a xl in 2 hours from flat to full.
My pixel 3a xl charging test :
From 1% to 30% in 30 minutes.
From 1% to 60% in 60 minutes.
From 1% to 86% in 90 minutes.
From 1% to 100% in 116 minutes.
I repeated the same test using another 65W laptop C to C charger and the same results. Apparently, the chargiung speed is slugish. Any advice?
sghir ziane said:
Could you please post the link of the charger u bought because the original charger that came with the phone charges my pixel 3a xl in 2 hours from flat to full.
My pixel 3a xl charging test :
From 1% to 30% in 30 minutes.
From 1% to 60% in 60 minutes.
From 1% to 86% in 90 minutes.
From 1% to 100% in 116 minutes.
I repeated the same test using another 65W laptop C to C charger and the same results. Apparently, the chargiung speed is slugish. Any advice?
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It is a BlackWeb 5.4amp dual port. It has both a type C to type c port (for the fastest charge) and a type A port. Using the type c to type c cable included, I can pull as many as 25w with it. The charge from 0-50% is literally about the amount of time I that I can take a quick shower.
I take advantage of several modifications to boost both charging time and battery life. Here's a few helpful ideas.
1)I use elementalx kernel 2.14
2)Android 10 rather than 9.
3)ExKernel Manager (most important part, the settings are below!)
4)a magisk module for allowing more system apps to doze, especially google and play stores apps
5)L-Speed
6)also, when I need every last bit of charging efficiency, I go on airplane mode.
ExKern Settings for charging!
-I hit the powersave button. This switches over to a quad core by disabling two of the 6 little CPUs, and disabled the big CPUs entirely. (You can go down to 2 CPUs for ultimate charging speed.)
-set the governor to powersave.
-gpu initial freq 180mhz, and powersave governor.
-entropy 64/64
L-Speed: simply use the battery saver profile to wind down any power hogging settings.
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But seriously, the charger I mentioned above is by far the best I've ever used on this phone. I tried a dozen or so before I found the one that blazes!
I'm not sure if I can post commercial links, but here's the link to it. Mods feel free to remove if this is a violation.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Blackweb...dTKhuVrP2nXmdqxffkicpxYxOmIRlGHUaAhf-EALw_wcB
bubbyj said:
It is a BlackWeb 5.4amp dual port. It has both a type C to type c port (for the fastest charge) and a type A port. Using the type c to type c cable included, I can pull as many as 25w with it. The charge from 0-50% is literally about the amount of time I that I can take a quick shower.
I take advantage of several modifications to boost both charging time and battery life. Here's a few helpful ideas.
1)I use elementalx kernel 2.14
2)Android 10 rather than 9.
3)ExKernel Manager (most important part, the settings are below!)
4)a magisk module for allowing more system apps to doze, especially google and play stores apps
5)L-Speed
6)also, when I need every last bit of charging efficiency, I go on airplane mode.
ExKern Settings for charging!
-I hit the powersave button. This switches over to a quad core by disabling two of the 6 little CPUs, and disabled the big CPUs entirely. (You can go down to 2 CPUs for ultimate charging speed.)
-set the governor to powersave.
-gpu initial freq 180mhz, and powersave governor.
-entropy 64/64
L-Speed: simply use the battery saver profile to wind down any power hogging settings.
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But seriously, the charger I mentioned above is by far the best I've ever used on this phone. I tried a dozen or so before I found the one that blazes!
I'm not sure if I can post commercial links, but here's the link to it. Mods feel free to remove if this is a violation.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Blackweb...dTKhuVrP2nXmdqxffkicpxYxOmIRlGHUaAhf-EALw_wcB
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Thank yo for the invaluable time u've dedicated to write this reply. I tried averything you mentionned except for the magisk module for doze and L-speed which I didn't understand, is it a new app or something. Could u provide the magisk module and advise on how to use Sweep to lock gesture?
Thank u so much
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sghir ziane said:
Thank yo for the invaluable time u've dedicated to write this reply. I tried averything you mentionned except for the magisk module for doze and L-speed which I didn't understand, is it a new app or something. Could u provide the magisk module and advise on how to use Sweep to lock gesture?
Thank u so much
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The magisk module i use is "Universal GMS doze." It blocks certain wakelocks and optimizes the apps for battery life.
As far as sweep to sleep -- I'm not sure. I don't use that feature. Perhaps someone else can help you with it.
L-Speed can be found on GitHub by user Paget96. It allow for some fine tuning scripts (simple on and off toggles) that can possibly boost performance and/or battery life depending on what you select. It's safe to use. I've been using it for 4+ years now on half a dozen phones. It is super informative and simple to use. It'll allow you to optimize battery use, and select an aggressive doze (which tries to force the phone into deep sleep anytime the screen is off). Every single option has an info button that will tell you what it does and what you can expect.
L-Speed has its fans and it's haters. It's controversial to the extent that it may not give you any benefit (but it def won't hurt it).. My experience is that it does give small boosts in performance (measurable boosts using benchmarks), and better screen time.
I have two profiles set up. I use one for all out performance. And use another for low power consumption and charging.
I hope this helps!
PS, I use NOOP i/o scheduler for performance, and 1024kb readahead. I also use 384/2560 entropy settings when I want to minimize lagging. Last thing, turn off FSync in your kernel manager -- this is a nice boost in throughput and speed.
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The magisk module i use is "Universal GMS doze." It blocks certain wakelocks and optimizes the apps for battery life.
As far as sweep to sleep -- I'm not sure. I don't use that feature. Perhaps someone else can help you with it.
L-Speed can be found on GitHub by user Paget96. It allow for some fine tuning scripts (simple on and off toggles) that can possibly boost performance and/or battery life depending on what you select. It's safe to use. I've been using it for 4+ years now on half a dozen phones. It is super informative and simple to use. It'll allow you to optimize battery use, and select an aggressive doze (which tries to force the phone into deep sleep anytime the screen is off). Every single option has an info button that will tell you what it does and what you can expect.
L-Speed has its fans and it's haters. It's controversial to the extent that it may not give you any benefit (but it def won't hurt it).. My experience is that it does give small boosts in performance (measurable boosts using benchmarks), and better screen time.
I have two profiles set up. I use one for all out performance. And use another for low power consumption and charging.
I hope this helps!
PS, I use NOOP i/o scheduler for performance, and 1024kb readahead. I also use 384/2560 entropy settings when I want to minimize lagging. Last thing, turn off FSync in your kernel manager -- this is a nice boost in throughput and speed.
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Thanks for the effors. I did everything u mentioned. However, once I installed L Speed, the phone freezed and cruched constantly, and all the settings changed, donwload from play store stopped working. notification shade disappeared, navigation gestures stopped working, double tap as well, tactile freeses. A nightmare hhhh. Strange things happened. Rebooted time and time again, but to no avail. All went down the drain. I had to factory rest everything and all my data was down the tube. I feel stupid.
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Thanks for the effors. I did everything u mentioned. However, once I installed L Speed, the phone freezed and cruched constantly, and all the settings changed, donwload from play store stopped working. notification shade disappeared, navigation gestures stopped working, double tap as well, tactile freeses. A nightmare hhhh. Strange things happened. Rebooted time and time again, but to no avail. All went down the drain. I had to factory rest everything and all my data was down the tube. I feel stupid.
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I have no clue how L-Speed could have caused that issue. I've used every version ever made for years upon years... on everything from dual core Android 5 phones, to octa core Android 11 previews. I'm running the exact setup I explained to you, and my phone literally holds the antutu benchmark record for pixel 3a's. I have not had a random reboot or forced closed app in at least 3-4 months. Or any glitches at all, to be perfectly honest. Did you take any bug reports to figure out the exact cause of your errors? L-Speed is highly unlikely to be the cause. It runs scripts AFTER bootup, and doesn't make permanent changes. Should you have problems, simply disable them, and the phone returns 100% back to the pre-setup condition. If
Some questions, what settings did you use in L-Speed? What version of L-Speed were you using?
I have yet to find a setting in L-Speed or even a combo of settings that has caused a single issue. And to further emphasize this point, I have been a development/beta tester for 3 years. So I use versions of the app that are even more likely to cause errors, but it doesn't.
Don't feel stupid pal. Welcome to the world of tweaking and tuning. The fact that we have the pixel device makes us blessed. This phone is practically brickproof. Almost any issue can be fixed.
Narrowing down the cause of your problem would have prevented a factory reset. Everything we done is instantaneously reversed at any moment. You could remove the the magisk module and reboot. You would do this until you found the cause of your errors. Or simply run magisk core only and see if that fixes it.
After that, L-Speed... You go to the option that would go back to factory defaults and then reboot.
I'm hate that you had difficulty with this.. but something obviously off about your setup. Like i said, I've pushed this phone to the limits since October of last year. I have 12 magisk modules from the public repository, and 5 that have been removed from the public use domain because they didn't meet performance, safety, and reliability requirements. I run L-Speed beta. I run androoster... I use the 3c toolbox pro to tweak it to the limits. I literally have adjusted and changed and added every option that you can find on this phone -- and it's thus far ran like the well oiled machine that it is.
Again.. don't feel stupid. But more so than that -- don't freaking give up. I know an error here and there can be frustrating. But being patient and digging through them will be the most rewarding experience you'll ever be part of in the world of tech. Think about the devs that are busting their butts every single day, just to provide us with the best experience possible and the coolest features available... And they don't simply have success with their first build and then call it quits. No, they fail.. they fail... they fail... And they fail some more. Then, as success starts to occur, they start enlisting anyone who is willing to test it to download it and install it on their device. Then for days, weeks or months, we use their new software in every conceivable way -- finding all the bugs, need-fixed, and areas desperately needing improvement. Then.. the devs go back to the drawing board and work some more... Then fail some more. This process is almost never finished. And they mostly do this all for us -- FOR FREE.
So while I hate that you had some issues, you must understand that this is part for the course.
I'd love to help you sort it out. Feel free to DIrect message me and let's get this right for ya. I understand that you want to improve charge times and battery drain. We can do this without L-Speed if you want. But you won't get all the improvements. (Although some of them have non lspeed work arounds!)
Hit me up. We'll work together and I'll have you running as smooth and as long as I am. Won't take long at all.
Again, can you give me a list of your magisk modules (all of them), the lspeed version you used, and all the settings you used, and any other apps that modify system or system life behaviors. Also, any bug reports you grabbed while the errors occurred.
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sghir ziane said:
all went down the drain. I had to factory rest everything and all my data was down the tube. I feel stupid.
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Those who follow xda, know that about 3 out of 4 posts on this entire site highlight the need to have backups of your device. You can't lose data that you have backed up. There's so many different avenues and options available in pursuit of a backup. Always, always, always have a backup. And if possible, have multiple backups.
You can use twrp-nandroid, Or titanium. And other options more numerous than we can even list. You can save things to the cloud, your phones and card, your computer, your thumb drive or a external hard drive.
So we have lots of available options to keep your data completely safe and secure.
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sghir ziane said:
all went down the drain. I had to factory rest everything and all my data was down the tube. I feel stupid.
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Those who follow xda, know that about 3 out of 4 posts on this entire site highlight the need to have backups of your device. You can't lose data that you have backed up. There's so many different avenues and options available in pursuit of a backup. Always, always, always have a backup. And if possible, have multiple backups.
You can use twrp-nandroid, Or titanium. And other options more numerous than we can even list. You can save things to the cloud, your phones and card, your computer, your thumb drive or a external hard drive.
So we have lots of available options to keep your data completely safe and secure.
bubbyj said:
I have no clue how L-Speed could have caused that issue. I've used every version ever made for years upon years... on everything from dual core Android 5 phones, to octa core Android 11 previews. I'm running the exact setup I explained to you, and my phone literally holds the antutu benchmark record for pixel 3a's. I have not had a random reboot or forced closed app in at least 3-4 months. Or any glitches at all, to be perfectly honest. Did you take any bug reports to figure out the exact cause of your errors? L-Speed is highly unlikely to be the cause. It runs scripts AFTER bootup, and doesn't make permanent changes. Should you have problems, simply disable them, and the phone returns 100% back to the pre-setup condition. If
Some questions, what settings did you use in L-Speed? What version of L-Speed were you using?
I have yet to find a setting in L-Speed or even a combo of settings that has caused a single issue. And to further emphasize this point, I have been a development/beta tester for 3 years. So I use versions of the app that are even more likely to cause errors, but it doesn't.
Don't feel stupid pal. Welcome to the world of tweaking and tuning. The fact that we have the pixel device makes us blessed. This phone is practically brickproof. Almost any issue can be fixed.
Narrowing down the cause of your problem would have prevented a factory reset. Everything we done is instantaneously reversed at any moment. You could remove the the magisk module and reboot. You would do this until you found the cause of your errors. Or simply run magisk core only and see if that fixes it.
After that, L-Speed... You go to the option that would go back to factory defaults and then reboot.
I'm hate that you had difficulty with this.. but something obviously off about your setup. Like i said, I've pushed this phone to the limits since October of last year. I have 12 magisk modules from the public repository, and 5 that have been removed from the public use domain because they didn't meet performance, safety, and reliability requirements. I run L-Speed beta. I run androoster... I use the 3c toolbox pro to tweak it to the limits. I literally have adjusted and changed and added every option that you can find on this phone -- and it's thus far ran like the well oiled machine that it is.
Again.. don't feel stupid. But more so than that -- don't freaking give up. I know an error here and there can be frustrating. But being patient and digging through them will be the most rewarding experience you'll ever be part of in the world of tech. Think about the devs that are busting their butts every single day, just to provide us with the best experience possible and the coolest features available... And they don't simply have success with their first build and then call it quits. No, they fail.. they fail... they fail... And they fail some more. Then, as success starts to occur, they start enlisting anyone who is willing to test it to download it and install it on their device. Then for days, weeks or months, we use their new software in every conceivable way -- finding all the bugs, need-fixed, and areas desperately needing improvement. Then.. the devs go back to the drawing board and work some more... Then fail some more. This process is almost never finished. And they mostly do this all for us -- FOR FREE.
So while I hate that you had some issues, you must understand that this is part for the course.
I'd love to help you sort it out. Feel free to DIrect message me and let's get this right for ya. I understand that you want to improve charge times and battery drain. We can do this without L-Speed if you want. But you won't get all the improvements. (Although some of them have non lspeed work arounds!)
Hit me up. We'll work together and I'll have you running as smooth and as long as I am. Won't take long at all.
Again, can you give me a list of your magisk modules (all of them), the lspeed version you used, and all the settings you used, and any other apps that modify system or system life behaviors. Also, any bug reports you grabbed while the errors occurred.
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Those who follow xda, know that about 3 out of 4 posts on this entire site highlight the need to have backups of your device. You can't lose data that you have backed up. There's so many different avenues and options available in pursuit of a backup. Always, always, always have a backup. And if possible, have multiple backups.
You can use twrp-nandroid, Or titanium. And other options more numerous than we can even list. You can save things to the cloud, your phones and card, your computer, your thumb drive or a external hard drive.
So we have lots of available options to keep your data completely safe and secure.
---------- Post added at 11:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:51 AM ----------
Those who follow xda, know that about 3 out of 4 posts on this entire site highlight the need to have backups of your device. You can't lose data that you have backed up. There's so many different avenues and options available in pursuit of a backup. Always, always, always have a backup. And if possible, have multiple backups.
You can use twrp-nandroid, Or titanium. And other options more numerous than we can even list. You can save things to the cloud, your phones and card, your computer, your thumb drive or a external hard drive.
So we have lots of available options to keep your data completely safe and secure.
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Thank u for all the effort that've put to clarify and give a hand. I really don't recall the settings of L-Speed, the only thing I remember is that the first setting I set caused the whole thing to crush. Furthermore, and aside from L-speed thing, I installed everyting you mentioned onin the previous posts, the charging time's decreased from 115 minutes to 105 minutes, using the originbal charger, I'm still not satisfied with that, I sold my Oppo R17 pro which used to fully charged in less than 36 minutes. Anyway, as for the IDLE, when I go to sleep I turn the airplane mode, and I lose between 0 to 2% over 8 hours while XKernel Manager is set to PowerSave. When I keep the airplane mode off, I lose up to 8% over 8 hours of sleep.
Regarding the battery life, I get 8 hours of SOT over 24 hours of use. I have never reached 48 hours. I still remember my old Asus Zenfone 3 zoom with 5000mah battery which used to give me 14 hours SOT over 50 hours between charges. That was epic. Anyway, thank u for everything. Stay safe man.
Hey guys,
since I have my new S10+ there's a bettary drain of 25% per day only caused by the Google play services. I already cleared the cache and data but nothing changed. How can I detect which app causes that?
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skrippi
I think you can use the Better Battery Stats and give it elevated permissions via ADB (instructions are provided) if you don't have root and you will get a better breakdown of which apps are using power.
If you are using Facebook Messenger or other social media or dating apps those are often the culprits causing battery drain because they keep Android from going into deep sleep so they can provide instant notifications.
One thing you might want to try is going into settings, search for sleeping apps and force any apps you don't need notifications from to sleep by default instead of running in the background.
Doing this raised the amount of time my S10+ was in deep sleep by more than 10% and reduced idle battery drain--although it's still much higher than I'm used to after several years of using phones from Huawei and Xiaomi.
If you look at the system apps on the S10+ Samsung has a whole lot of stuff running in the background that the owner has no control over and that inevitably causes battery drain.
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There is a thread on debloating the S10+ using ADB but if you read through the posts it seems like people inevitably disable some system process or app that unexpectedly causes something else to stop working. I don't think it's worth the hassle.
jhs39 said:
I think you can use the Better Battery Stats and give it elevated permissions via ADB (instructions are provided) if you don't have root and you will get a better breakdown of which apps are using power.
If you are using Facebook Messenger or other social media or dating apps those are often the culprits causing battery drain because they keep Android from going into deep sleep so they can provide instant notifications.
One thing you might want to try is going into settings, search for sleeping apps and force any apps you don't need notifications from to sleep by default instead of running in the background.
Doing this raised the amount of time my S10+ was in deep sleep by more than 10% and reduced idle battery drain--although it's still much higher than I'm used to after several years of using phones from Huawei and Xiaomi.
If you look at the system apps on the S10+ Samsung has a whole lot of stuff running in the background that the owner has no control over and that inevitably causes battery drain.
---------- Post added at 10:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:45 PM ----------
There is a thread on debloating the S10+ using ADB but if you read through the posts it seems like people inevitably disable some system process or app that unexpectedly causes something else to stop working. I don't think it's worth the hassle.
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Thanks you very much! I just started Better Battery Stats yesterday and this is the result. It seems that the motion sensor and something else I don't know are draining my battery very hard. Or am I wrong?
Does no one else have this issue solved?
You could update it to 19.2.75 version , maybe that will fix you draining trouble
How does BBS work on s10?
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I already signed up to the newest beta of play services. Nothing changed...
I also switched background data off for most apps. What is this ****? I am not using any new app since my old phone where this problem never showed up.
I figured out that it's not happening when I'm using wifi. Does that help anyone to find out what the problem is?