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Wifi makes a difference.

After all this time of having a screwed up Wifi I realize it was the router. Once I got a new router I'm sitting on 19 hours with 39% left. I know some people have better battery life than that but I'm impressed. Btw im running myn's warm 2.2 with kings#11 kernal. It's awesome and fast
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jacoballen22 said:
After all this time of having a screwed up Wifi I realize it was the router. Once I got a new router I'm sitting on 19 hours with 39% left. I know some people have better battery life than that but I'm impressed. Btw im running myn's warm 2.2 with kings#11 kernal. It's awesome and fast
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What is the display on time?

Only about 2 hours which us is kinda low.
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Only about 2 hours which us is kinda low.
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That's about right for battery life then. I don't think you can do much better.

im convinced the only thing that kernels/roms can help mitigate is usage burn, radio burn (no signal) is going to drain a battery no matter what. I keep my phone on wifi at my house and get great battery life. At work, when the phone is on 3G and not getting any signal the battery dies wicked fast. between 730 and 1030 today my battery dropped from 85% to 25%. Ive also had my battery die in 3 hours flat because of no signal.

yea, I forget where i read it, (i think when i used to go to ppcgeeks forums) but there was actually a lengthy detailed rundown of real world usage of 3G vs wifi, and wifi definately draws less power.

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I took this from my first post on battery life. I wish it could be better cause I realize I barely used the phone during the 22hrs. Half of it was sleep and only ten minutes in a call and some YouTube videos. Also some music with PowerAMP.
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scooter185 said:
im convinced the only thing that kernels/roms can help mitigate is usage burn, radio burn (no signal) is going to drain a battery no matter what. I keep my phone on wifi at my house and get great battery life. At work, when the phone is on 3G and not getting any signal the battery dies wicked fast. between 730 and 1030 today my battery dropped from 85% to 25%. Ive also had my battery die in 3 hours flat because of no signal.
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After experimenting I have found out that instead of putting it in airplane mode you could just turn off 3g and it last quite a bit(at work). I only turn it on during break time. Leaving 3g makes me be lucky to leave work in double digit battery power.
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jacoballen22 said:
After experimenting I have found out that instead of putting it in airplane mode you could just turn off 3g and it last quite a bit(at work). I only turn it on during break time. Leaving 3g makes me be lucky to leave work in double digit battery power.
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I second this. Pretty much don't use 3G, and sure as heck not 4G, if you don't have to. My battery will literally stand for hours at a certain percent with 3G off and screen off. I don't have a WiFi router yet but seriously thinking about getting one just for use when I'm at home.

You should do it! Lol it is good for many things not just the EVO. Ya know laptops iPod touches and stuff lol.
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Skyraider: The dictionary definition of stable.

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So far, not a single hiccup, Sense UI redraw/reload, nothing. Has been completely and utterly stable. Phone is used almost 24/7 as my daily driver and gets pushed pretty hard constantly.
I'm a believer .

And fantastic battery life to boot!

I am looking very forward to SR 4.0 I have heard rumors that it is in the making an if so this would be great!

This makes me want to root..... so f*#%&n bad!
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I am looking very forward to SR 4.0 I have heard rumors that it is in the making an if so this would be great!
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It's not a rumor, you can see previews of it in ROM Manager if you're using Skyraider 3.5.
This makes me want to root..... so f*#%&n bad!
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No reason not to really, unless you're very technically uninclined. Even then...the process couldn't be more simple.
Up to 182 hours now with 92 hours of awake time. Seeing excellent battery life as well throughout the day for this phone.

SkyRaider is fantastic, I've been running SR Athena myself as my daily driver for a month-ish now and have zero complaints. SR is a great ROM, too bad there's only a few updates en route for us down the road.

kaze06 said:
So far, not a single hiccup, Sense UI redraw/reload, nothing. Has been completely and utterly stable. Phone is used almost 24/7 as my daily driver and gets pushed pretty hard constantly.
I'm a believer .
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definitely a fake. what did you do? keep your phone plugged till it it juiced up?
but on another note.. yes... skyraider roms are one of the best out there.

and i got over 300 hrs with sense

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Joseph said it, not me....
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kriskmk said:
definitely a fake. what did you do? keep your phone plugged till it it juiced up?
but on another note.. yes... skyraider roms are one of the best out there.
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How exactly is it a fake?
132 hours of UP TIME is not 132 hours UNPLUGGED.
That's 132 hours (now 205) without a reboot. Not without being charged.
I'm not really sure what you're getting at here trying to call me out saying it is fake. What is so fake about it? Enlighten me.
And on another note that is actually relevant,
Hard to argue with that kind of battery life...and in a low-signal area to boot.
S.Meezy said:
and i got over 300 hrs with sense
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Thank you for making yourself look like an ass as well .

kaze06 said:
How exactly is it a fake?
132 hours of UP TIME is not 132 hours UNPLUGGED.
That's 132 hours (now 205) without a reboot. Not without being charged.
Try reading next time.
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ZING!
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People post battery stats to show battery life ..that is .amount of battery left after so many hours awake time.....NOT to show how long your phone has gone without a reboot. Frequent auto reboot is not an issue with most Roms. Next time when you attach battery stats....clarify that you are not really showing battery life.
kaze06 said:
How exactly is it a fake?
132 hours of UP TIME is not 132 hours UNPLUGGED.
That's 132 hours (now 205) without a reboot. Not without being charged.
I'm not really sure what you're getting at here trying to call me out saying it is fake. What is so fake about it? Enlighten me.
And on another note that is actually relevant,
Hard to argue with that kind of battery life...and in a low-signal area to boot.
Thank you for making yourself look like an ass as well .
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kaze06 said:
Thank you for making yourself look like an ass as well .
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Any time.
^^pretty much what he said

People post battery stats to show battery life ..that is .amount of battery left after so many hours awake time.....NOT to show how long your phone has gone without a reboot. Frequent auto reboot is not an issue with most Roms. Next time when you attach battery stats....clarify that you are not really showing battery life.
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I posted the screenshot of the page to show total uptime, and even said "Up to 182 hours now with 92 hours of awake time. Seeing excellent battery life as well throughout the day for this phone." If that didn't get the point home in conjunction with the word "stable" then oh well, misunderstandings happen. The majority of the posters in the thread certainly seemed to get the point. Crashing and reboots seem to be more of a problem with a few different ROMs so I was pleasantly surprised with the stability of Skyraider in comparison.
I just find it curious that when one person misunderstood, a consecutive few more decided to jump on the bandwagon without thinking before they spoke. Interesting .

That's how I took it from the beg, the bandwagon just helped reinforce my misinterpretation... glad u found a rom that makes u happy, seriously, its a great feeling. And don't let the haters get to ya so much

I have 454 hours uptime with mikmik's "incredibly R-Engineered Z 1.1" rom right now... Just sayin'
Although as soon as Skyraider comes out with a Z rom I'll be back!

SkyRaider is pure awesomeness.

S.Meezy said:
That's how I took it from the beg, the bandwagon just helped reinforce my misinterpretation... glad u found a rom that makes u happy, seriously, its a great feeling. And don't let the haters get to ya so much
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No worries, no one really got to me and no hard feelings, I was just a little struck by the accusation, that's all.

Skyraider is the reason I rooted. Best sense ROM out. Ihtfp is the man!
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skyraider 3.5 is great. not sure on 4.0 yet.

Battery Life moaners

Fed up with the moans about battery life. Yes there are issues but not to the extent that some people suggest.
Below are screenshots of my battery usage:-
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This is from a normal usage of my phone. As you can see from the graph the last few hours were me connected to wi-fi constantly, tweeting, fiddling and browsing forums. Yes a quick drain but this is a phone!
My point of this post is compare this to tablets and netbooks. The majority last 6 hours, tops. The SGS II is a dual core, amoled phone. It was always going to be a beast on the battery. However if you use it wisely, ie only have Wi-Fi on when necessary, the phone lasts as this phone should.
It out performs most tablets and for the relative size of both screen and battery I would say that's hugely impressive.
Looking forward to your comments.
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Your post is refreshing because of the following:
1) Clearly shows the display is the biggest drainer of battery. Anything else means you simply didn't setup your phone right or have some rogue app chewing stuff up.
2) You're not going bonkers with "OMFG my phone only lost 0% over 4 hours" and then post a graph that shows the screen was on for 2 seconds. Uh, well... duh! Completely stupid and pointless, glad your graph actually reflects real usage and battery drain.

samed1983 said:
Fed up with the moans about battery life. Yes there are issues but not to the extent that some people suggest.
Below are screenshots of my battery usage:-
This is from a normal usage of my phone. As you can see from the graph the last few hours were me connected to wi-fi constantly, tweeting, fiddling and browsing forums. Yes a quick drain but this is a phone!
My point of this post is compare this to tablets and netbooks. The majority last 6 hours, tops. The SGS II is a dual core, amoled phone. It was always going to be a beast on the battery. However if you use it wisely, ie only have Wi-Fi on when necessary, the phone lasts as this phone should.
It out performs most tablets and for the relative size of both screen and battery I would say that's hugely impressive.
Looking forward to your comments.
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You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...

I am actually fairly happy with my battery life
My Android OS has never gone past 10%
Getting around 16-17 hours with heavy-ish use, not bad imo

kryptoner said:
You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...
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You're right. We wouldn't want to take away from the banding on the left side of the display, Wi-Fi issues, and the camera pink spot.
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Andy2.2 said:
I am actually fairly happy with my battery life
My Android OS has never gone past 10%
Getting around 16-17 hours with heavy-ish use, not bad imo
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Which rom are you using?

Op thats light usage...
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kryptoner said:
Which rom are you using?
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stock, although I'm still at the stage where I can't put the phone down for more than a couple of minutes.

Andy2.2 said:
stock, although I'm still at the stage where I can't put the phone down for more than a couple of minutes.
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stock is fine, but tell us the kernel version

KE7
10char

If you use kf2 you can get rid of the wifi sharing and save 15% battery.

kryptoner said:
You could have posted this in the same battery thread to save some space on the front page in general section, no offence...
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I couldn't find it again, my intention was to post in the same thread. Tried searching but came up with bumf.
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now im gonna say this,
you people really shouldnt compare battery time like tht. Its the screen on time you should compare!! its far more accurate than this. i can get around 3h of constat use and connected to wifi. this is screen on time.

what's average screen time in hours for most users? i've been reading about 4 hours plus or minus 1. 8 hours is unreasonable on one charge? i like to read books so i am wondering about this. i highly anticipate this phone but the n9 kind of looks hot too if the rumor is true alien dalvik allows android apps on meego.

So what? You kinda never used your phone. Surf the internet connected via 3g and come back to tell me

So you use your phone less than my grandma and hardly get two days out of the battery?
Great, that's nothing to be proud of.
With this usage my Omnia7 lasted for a week but the SGSII drains harder than my kitchen sink.

I noticed light consumes unusually lot of power too .. I recommend not using it as torch. White screen works just as fine for me (in total darkness). It seems they put in even stronger LED then in previous models .. and it better be used just for the moment as photographic flash. Battery voltage drops significantly .. and it slowly returns after the LED is turned off .. which means it's really strained a lot.

I bet i can get 2 days of battery in the way you used your phone. Screen was rarely on, so you just showed us that you can get a day and a half of stand-by.

At the risk of being accused of grandma phone usage im actually fairly happy.. The wifi sharing thing is a ***** so axed that.
This is with stock but rooted ke7
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I'm getting pretty good battery life aswell with stock kf2. The only thing I did is deleting some of he crappy samsung apps and froze wifi sharing. I get about 2 days of battery with normal use. And yes i do use the phone in these 2 days.
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Battery Jumping Issue on Gingerbread

This is a serious problem for me, and ive seen many others report it
it started with the HK 2.3.4, and i thought the ATandT build would fix it but it hasnt
The battery readings all over the place, it will say 40% left, but if i restart it itll go back to 59% and etc..
I have done a battery callibration, wiped battery stats, all that good stuff, it has not helped.
I flashed 1.8.3 SBF and then went to the ATandT gingerbread (gingerblur), so everying was wiped, but i still have this problem
Does anyone know how i can communicate this issue to that motorola forum guy Matt,
its very annoying and is making our batteries look very mediocre

Check out my battery life ...nice huh?
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lesonal said:
Check out my battery life ...nice huh?
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LOL did u really have the screen on for 5 hrs +

Yup watched a movie on Netflix and everything
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SS2006 said:
Does anyone know how i can communicate this issue to that motorola forum guy Matt,
its very annoying and is making our batteries look very mediocre
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Considering these builds are likely not at all final, it's probably something they either have fixed on another build, are working on fixing before the beta, or will fix during the beta.
Basically, I think we'll have to wait for the official release unless Kenn can patch a fix into his own rom.

this seems to be a problem after installing the 1% mod. every time i install it it happens no matter how many times i wipe... once i reflahed with beta 4.5 everything works perfect

I had the 1% mod , wish i never did
but flashed 1.8.3 and flashed to beta gingerblur again, i don thave the mod right now
but still seeing this

lesonal said:
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How is this possible??

I am having the same issue but it doesn't seem to be a big deal as it shows quick drain when it jumps up or drains slow when it jumps down.
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Krshaw18 said:
How is this possible??
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Hows what possible? He has the 1% battery mod which makes his battery reading way off. I can be 60% battery , reboot and it will say I'm at 90%.

SS2006 said:
This is a serious problem for me, and ive seen many others report it
it started with the HK 2.3.4,
Does anyone know how i can communicate this issue to that motorola forum guy Matt,
its very annoying and is making our batteries look very mediocre
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Motorola isn't going to give 2 hoots about your problems since you flashed a leaked firmware, which wasn't for your specific model anyway!

ahjdmarchi said:
this seems to be a problem after installing the 1% mod. every time i install it it happens no matter how many times i wipe... once i reflahed with beta 4.5 everything works perfect
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I had a widget that displayed 1% increment battery levels and that showed the same deal as before. It's not a problem with the mod. All they do is read the system files reporting battery level anyway.
And really Caelan...can't you just ignore the topic if you're just going to post spam?

CaelanT said:
Motorola isn't going to give 2 hoots about your problems since you flashed a leaked firmware, which wasn't for your specific model anyway!
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If you read more carefully, you'll notice it actually is for our specific model
Gingerblur is based on the ATandT 4.5.91

to clear ur confusion, i did have hk and 1% mod in the past. But i then flashed 1.8.3 SBF (which is for at and t atrix)
So right there, all the past is history, im stock.
THEN went to 4.5.91, and still have problems, as do others

It's got to be a bug in the Moto ROM. I'm sure it will be fixed either by our devs or their's

My front facing camera will not work

Sorry to the OP if this is off topic, but didn't want to start a new thread.
Issue is, battery drains faster than it is getting charged while in use. playing game on it while charging and still sucks battery dry. any constructive thoughts is welcome

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Damn how did you get such high display time and still have 46% battery left? Any secrets?

my baterry usage history 100hours never charge

9100g original rom 2.35 ,never root .
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this time start use from93%

How much did you actually use your S2?

My guess is very little, look at the power use ratio of screen vs. cell standby, they are almost the same. Right my phone is 57% display vs. 3% cell standby.

This looks like barely open SGS2, no wifi , barely touched...

You have never touch your phone.....have you..?? Hey....enjoy your phone and have a normal life..........
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He don't even on the 3g. Lol.
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What a waste of a perfectly good phone
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I rather someone show me, display on for more than six hours
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My battery rarely lasts more than 20-24 hours, , I am not leaving the phone to rest hardly ever... I will try to find out how much can battery last if I don't use the phone at all...
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I rather someone show me, display on for more than six hours
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Exactly, posts like this are tragic in my book, oh look how many hours i get, anyone can get that if you don't or barely use your phone.

Wow what a pointless first post.. Congratulations on not using phone..
Anyone could get battery life of xxx hours if they never use there phone, it's the screen on time that everyone cares about since generally people with such amazing devices rooted and pimped can't put there phone down...

I get 4:30 hours with CheckROM 4.0 and DK kernel, all values to stock... and that's with playing games! My battery is the stock one.
I guess with minimum brightness, underclock and undervolt and no games i can get 5+ hours but I wouldn't count that as normal usage either.

i charge mine everyday and always excited and looking forward to charging.

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Fantastic....
If you wanted to buy a phone you aren't going to use and then brag about not using at all for 100 hours maybe next time you could review this?
Would make you look a fair bit less ridiculous, you would have got the same use out of it and would have saved you over £300...

The only great thing about having such a great battery life and not using your phone is if you end up losing it, which is unlikely if its lying there on the side all the time.. At least you know its bound to stay awake for a few days so you can send over Plan B and locate it. Funnily enough I went on a cruise this year, start of November and after 5 days of no use (being in the middle of the Ocean n all, i went to grab my phone from inside the suitcase to find it was still turned on, (i swore i turned it off) and the battery dropped no more than 40 percent. Was amazed to find it last so long, especially as i've not got the patience to leave it dormant for so long.

keep your galaxy off and the battery usage could be increased to a year lol

bought one of the best phone in the market and not using it all features? rofl
dont have what to say

This post is similar to "Hey look at my mileage of the car that is parked in the garage".
Kinda pointless imo.

Lot of comment you got there LOL
Mine are using about ½% per hour in standby (little sync, good 3G connection, no Wifi), so it might last for about 200 hours (8 days) ... if I ever should go into some kind of long lasting coma where I couldn't use my phone