Hey guys,
I see some people here have AMAZING battery life. Some people are getting 4+ hours screen on time with a single charge.
I only get around 2 - 2.5 hours screen on time. Which is good, but not as good as other people.
I am using the latest Paranoid Android ROM, and I have tried many different kernels but battery life is the same with all of them. I tried undervolting, still the same battery life.
All location/gps settings are OFF. The only syncing I have is Facebook syncing every 4 hours. I checked the battery stats, and everything is normal. I checked Better Battery Stats and everything is normal too, no unusual wakelocks or anything like that.
I checked my cpu bin in terminal, and it has been binned as a 'FASTER' cpu.
I have very good signal all the time. Always use WiFi, never mobile data. Bluetooth, NFC are OFF, and brightness is autobrightness.
So after all this, why am I not getting amazing battery life like others?
Thank you!
harro3 said:
Hey guys,
I see some people here have AMAZING battery life. Some people are getting 4+ hours screen on time with a single charge.
I only get around 2 - 2.5 hours screen on time. Which is good, but not as good as other people.
I am using the latest Paranoid Android ROM, and I have tried many different kernels but battery life is the same with all of them. I tried undervolting, still the same battery life.
All location/gps settings are OFF. The only syncing I have is Facebook syncing every 4 hours. I checked the battery stats, and everything is normal. I checked Better Battery Stats and everything is normal too, no unusual wakelocks or anything like that.
I checked my cpu bin in terminal, and it has been binned as a 'FASTER' cpu.
I have very good signal all the time. Always use WiFi, never mobile data. Bluetooth, NFC are OFF, and brightness is autobrightness.
So after all this, why am I not getting amazing battery life like others?
Thank you!
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Because you use the phone and the others no! I have similar battery life. I get 3 hours screen on time.
Try cyanogenmod. For me is the best rom.
Heres a few things that help me:
make sure if your on a ROM that has it to disable cell broadcasts in wireless & network settings.
In Google sync settings, uncheck everything you don't use or can manually sync. The only things I leave checked are gmail, contacts & calendar.
If you've opened maps, make sure to back all the way out of it & swipe it away from your recent tasks screen. Better yet, if you don't need it, uninstall it or use an alternative like mapquest app.
If you don't use Google talk, open it and sign out or uninstall it.
Try not to overdo it with widgets on your home screens. I mean a few is cool, but when u have 5 screens all jam packed with various widgets constantly running & syncing...
I know you said you've tried various kernels, but I honestly found that I got the best screen on time with Franco r86 kernel (just over 4hrs). I'm not a huge kernel fan so I haven't really tried others, but I was only getting just over 3 hrs on stock.
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harro3 said:
Hey guys,
I see some people here have AMAZING battery life. Some people are getting 4+ hours screen on time with a single charge.
I only get around 2 - 2.5 hours screen on time. Which is good, but not as good as other people.
I am using the latest Paranoid Android ROM, and I have tried many different kernels but battery life is the same with all of them. I tried undervolting, still the same battery life.
All location/gps settings are OFF. The only syncing I have is Facebook syncing every 4 hours. I checked the battery stats, and everything is normal. I checked Better Battery Stats and everything is normal too, no unusual wakelocks or anything like that.
I checked my cpu bin in terminal, and it has been binned as a 'FASTER' cpu.
I have very good signal all the time. Always use WiFi, never mobile data. Bluetooth, NFC are OFF, and brightness is autobrightness.
So after all this, why am I not getting amazing battery life like others?
Thank you!
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I use the greenify app to hibernate facebook and words with friends it helps somewhat on battery life
I recently discovered that if I reduce the brightness down to 50% (which is still very BRIGHT), I can get an extra 30% battery life.
Simple, and yet, effective
Turn the brightness down - even 10pct is plenty bright indoors.
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Flash matrix kernel
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lowrider262 said:
Heres a few things that help me:
make sure if your on a ROM that has it to disable cell broadcasts in wireless & network settings.
In Google sync settings, uncheck everything you don't use or can manually sync. The only things I leave checked are gmail, contacts & calendar.
If you've opened maps, make sure to back all the way out of it & swipe it away from your recent tasks screen. Better yet, if you don't need it, uninstall it or use an alternative like mapquest app.
If you don't use Google talk, open it and sign out or uninstall it.
Try not to overdo it with widgets on your home screens. I mean a few is cool, but when u have 5 screens all jam packed with various widgets constantly running & syncing...
I know you said you've tried various kernels, but I honestly found that I got the best screen on time with Franco r86 kernel (just over 4hrs). I'm not a huge kernel fan so I haven't really tried others, but I was only getting just over 3 hrs on stock.
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Thanks, I have now signed out of google talk. I only have one widget at the moment and that's the clock widget. It's annoying that everyone can get 3 or 4 hours screen on time and I only get 2
harro3 said:
Hey guys,
I see some people here have AMAZING battery life. Some people are getting 4+ hours screen on time with a single charge.
I only get around 2 - 2.5 hours screen on time. Which is good, but not as good as other people.
I am using the latest Paranoid Android ROM, and I have tried many different kernels but battery life is the same with all of them. I tried undervolting, still the same battery life.
All location/gps settings are OFF. The only syncing I have is Facebook syncing every 4 hours. I checked the battery stats, and everything is normal. I checked Better Battery Stats and everything is normal too, no unusual wakelocks or anything like that.
I checked my cpu bin in terminal, and it has been binned as a 'FASTER' cpu.
I have very good signal all the time. Always use WiFi, never mobile data. Bluetooth, NFC are OFF, and brightness is autobrightness.
So after all this, why am I not getting amazing battery life like others?
Thank you!
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Try Eugene's CPU Sleeper from the market. It turns off all but one of your cores while the screen is off to minimize cpu usage. On CM nightly with stock kernel I got 34 hours with 17% remaining and 2.5 hours screen on time til I ended up charging my phone. I run my CPU at 1350 max / 384 min.
Make sure under sound settings all the sound on touch, keypad, etc are all turned off. Each time your phone ticks a sound it uses battery. Also bright display backgrounds will use more battery.
I only sync chrome, calendar and instant upload
good luck
harro3 said:
Hey guys,
I see some people here have AMAZING battery life. Some people are getting 4+ hours screen on time with a single charge.
I only get around 2 - 2.5 hours screen on time. Which is good, but not as good as other people.
I am using the latest Paranoid Android ROM, and I have tried many different kernels but battery life is the same with all of them. I tried undervolting, still the same battery life.
All location/gps settings are OFF. The only syncing I have is Facebook syncing every 4 hours. I checked the battery stats, and everything is normal. I checked Better Battery Stats and everything is normal too, no unusual wakelocks or anything like that.
I checked my cpu bin in terminal, and it has been binned as a 'FASTER' cpu.
I have very good signal all the time. Always use WiFi, never mobile data. Bluetooth, NFC are OFF, and brightness is autobrightness.
So after all this, why am I not getting amazing battery life like others?
Thank you!
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Clock down your device
Use conservative cpu governor or something like that,
Undervolt if necessary
Have a low brightness screen if it's possible
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Flash Franco's kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
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You can also try this, it takes a few days to "learn" your routine then it supposedly starts saving battery. I'm currently in day 2 of learning mode so I don't know for sure how well it works. But it seems to be getting good reviews so far...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
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lowrider262 said:
You can also try this, it takes a few days to "learn" your routine then it supposedly starts saving battery. I'm currently in day 2 of learning mode so I don't know for sure how well it works. But it seems to be getting good reviews so far...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xiam.snapdragon.app
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I've read the the battery guru app does nothing for your phone whatsoever...
mrjoeltan said:
I've read the the battery guru app does nothing for your phone whatsoever...
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It just turns radios off and shuts down syncing, nothing you can't do by yourself.
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mrjoeltan said:
I've read the the battery guru app does nothing for your phone whatsoever...
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Well it basically learns your routines and changes your sync settings, turns WiFi on/off when needed, and various other things you could do yourself but might forget. Kinda like tasker for lazy people so in theory yes it could save you some battery.
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VoiD_Dweller said:
Try Eugene's CPU Sleeper from the market. It turns off all but one of your cores while the screen is off to minimize cpu usage. On CM nightly with stock kernel I got 34 hours with 17% remaining and 2.5 hours screen on time til I ended up charging my phone. I run my CPU at 1350 max / 384 min.
Make sure under sound settings all the sound on touch, keypad, etc are all turned off. Each time your phone ticks a sound it uses battery. Also bright display backgrounds will use more battery.
I only sync chrome, calendar and instant upload
good luck
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All those sounds are already off, that's the first thing I do
Thanks for that app, I'll try it to see if it helps.
curtzxion said:
Clock down your device
Use conservative cpu governor or something like that,
Undervolt if necessary
Have a low brightness screen if it's possible
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I undervolted the hell out of my phone, at one time it was a -150mv undervolt.
Brightness was on auto, I've now switched to controlling it manually to see if that helps
gravitysandwich said:
Flash Franco's kernel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
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Tried his kernel already a few weeks ago. No real change in battery.
That seems weird
I am completely stock, and set things more or less the same with you (not syncing, no gps unless needed, on wifi all the time) and I could get over 4 hours screen on time on an 18 hours battery life. I believe this phone (chipset?) is really efficient on standby. Does your phone show that it's being kept awake much using the cpu spy app?
Same here... I'm on stock and the best i got was pretty impressive i think. 49 hours with 4 hours screen on time. I waited till the phone turned off by itself Even though i don't get that with heavier use, it's still enough to take me through a whole day which is better then my old phone
My battery saving tips:
-turn off everything you're not using (wi-fi when not at home or office/school, bluetooth, gps, low brightness indoors)
-swype away apps after you exit from them
-turn off the screen when you put it down/in your pocket etc.
-turn off google now
That is everything that i do. No sync disabling, undervolting, underclocking or other tricks
Install greenify app from playstore
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drbrainsol said:
My battery saving tips:
-swype away apps after you exit from them
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That doesn't do anything. Android as a native app killer. On the other side, this would lead to more battery consumption as Android would have to initalize data the next time you open that app. IMHO leave the apps as they are, Android would take care of them and kill them when required.
lowrider262 said:
Kinda like tasker for lazy people so in theory yes it could save you some battery.
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IMO it's isn't as powerful as tasker, but it's giving some extra juice.
Related
I'm getting bad battery using my phone. Can you guys recommend SetCPU profiles or settings, or do I need a new battery? Thanks!
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In case you've set a min/max something like 19 (min) to 768 (max), try setting the min quite a bit higher, like in the 200-400 range. See if that helps. Also, don't go crazy setting a whole bunch of profiles. In fact, for troubleshooting, don't use any so you can narrow things down.
245 245 works really well and doesn't make the phone take forever waking up
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My setup settings are:
Main-806max, 604min
Screen Off-480max, 19min
Battery 50%-768max, 480min
All set to on-demand
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TheSonicEmerald said:
My setup settings are:
Main-806max, 604min
Screen Off-480max, 19min
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Not specific to this topic, but I suspect you really see much difference between 806 and 604...
For your screen-off profile, change the min to something like 245. Just try it for a day or two and see what happens.
I too have poor battery life. We're talking down a percent every 2 minutes. I'm running the Droid does rom. I'm gonna try your settings and see how that works.
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My battery drains fast too. I stopped using setcpu. When I'm not using the internet I turn it off. Now my battery last a lot longer.
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hallstevenson said:
Not specific to this topic, but I suspect you really see much difference between 806 and 604...
For your screen-off profile, change the min to something like 245. Just try it for a day or two and see what happens.
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im at 710/844 2**/4** with half decent battery life. but i do stil walk around with a charger
getting linpacks of 5.783 @ 844mhz!
Well a lot of you have seen my posts on this subject but the op asked so...
I have no setcpu installed, no autokiller. The Froyo ROMs are default set to 710mhz and I enable JIT as it helps battery life. You also NEED to calibrate correctly to see best battery life.
CGriffiths86 summed up my long winded version of battery calibration like this...
1. Fully charge the phone
2. Shutdown, boot into recovery, and Wipe battery stats
3. Reboot from recovery and use the phone as normal until it completely dies
4. Fully recharge the phone
With battery cal, no setcpu, and no autokiller, I get 27-30hrs on a full charge with solid use all day including bt music playback, navigation, calls, texting, and minimal web access.
The other settings I use are.
VMheap 24
Screen at 35% brightness
N2...
What about the other 2 settings with JIT? Do you have them checked or unchecked? Comcache? and Dithering?
eghill1125 said:
N2...
What about the other 2 settings with JIT? Do you have them checked or unchecked? Comcache? and Dithering?
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I dont use compcache (although I have read that it works well with FROYO based ROMS), and I dont enable surface dithering (doesnt add that much crispness to the display to me and takes away from processing power). I dont believe either of these settings will have much impact on battery life though so try them out and if things are still as snappy as you want then MPTY.
oh yeah try turning off auto sync it helps me a bit
Using CELB 2.8, I get about 24-30 hours of battery life with a fair amount of usage.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...android-battery-life-should-last-a-day-690439 when Page made this comment, I was at the time convinced that my phone itself was to blame and quite incredulous with regard to his statement. Turned out...he's right, at least in my case. I'd say stop looking at OS settings and focus on the apps you have installed.
I was having absolutely terrible battery life, even with this rom (though at version 2.5 or so), and couldn't figure it out for the longest time. The culprit turned out to be NewsRob, an RSS reader that syncs with Google Reader. I had it initially set up to sync every 4 hours or so, but the default is 1. Somehow, thanks to Apps2SD, when I flashed a new ROM, the sync settings reverted back to the defaults. I finally figured this out and changed my settings to manual sync and battery life has been epic ever since.
Another app that I think was causing some drain was Locale, as it's constantly polling your phone for data about its condition. I stopped using it altogether and am just out the 6 bucks, I guess.
And another thing that helped was completely removing AutoKiller from my phone.
Some more info on SetCPU settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6901762#post6901762
And this guy's very helpful post on general settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6957276#post6957276
Last thing, there's an app called JuicePlotter in the market which is really good at helping see trends in your battery drain. It's free.
lostsync said:
Using CELB 2.8, I get about 24-30 hours of battery life with a fair amount of usage.
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...android-battery-life-should-last-a-day-690439 when Page made this comment, I was at the time convinced that my phone itself was to blame and quite incredulous with regard to his statement. Turned out...he's right, at least in my case. I'd say stop looking at OS settings and focus on the apps you have installed.
I was having absolutely terrible battery life, even with this rom (though at version 2.5 or so), and couldn't figure it out for the longest time. The culprit turned out to be NewsRob, an RSS reader that syncs with Google Reader. I had it initially set up to sync every 4 hours or so, but the default is 1. Somehow, thanks to Apps2SD, when I flashed a new ROM, the sync settings reverted back to the defaults. I finally figured this out and changed my settings to manual sync and battery life has been epic ever since.
Another app that I think was causing some drain was Locale, as it's constantly polling your phone for data about its condition. I stopped using it altogether and am just out the 6 bucks, I guess.
And another thing that helped was completely removing AutoKiller from my phone.
Some more info on SetCPU settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6901762#post6901762
And this guy's very helpful post on general settings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6957276#post6957276
Last thing, there's an app called JuicePlotter in the market which is really good at helping see trends in your battery drain. It's free.
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This is gotta help a lot, thanks! And thanks to the other guys for quick replies!
With a full battery in the morning, o usually have about 20% left about now which is 10:53pm EST. I charged all night last night, wiped battery stats this morning as soon as I took it off the charger, and I have 52% right now! And I have used it more than I usually do. I don't know why that seems to have worked but I hope it does the same tomorrow.
Oh yeah, Setcpu set to 710 max, 245 min, screen set to manual brightness at 45%
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Go on ebay and search for HTC Eris batteries. For $15-20 you can buy 2 extra batteries with an EXTERNAL charger. I run my batteries to 15% or less, pop it out, put in a fresh (cool) battery, and put the dead one on the charger. No more carrying a charger everywhere I go or using a landline because my cell is about to die. Then your settings don't really matter. Even if you can use 3 batteries in a day, you'll have a fresh one (or 2) charged by the time you burn up the 3rd one.
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This can't be right...guys I have tried everything how can I get better battery??
I have tried Faux Kernal, dum fuqs kernal and the stock CM7 kernal... different batteries and the like. WHAT IS KILLING MY BATTERY???
This is the best result I have gotten so far, with dum fuqs kernal
Set CPU
Max 1209
Min 245
Scaling Ondemand
Profiles
Max / Min
Charging 1209/245
Battery < 50% 1209/245
Battery < 25% 1017/245
Battery < 05% 768/245
Temp > 52*c 768/245
Screen Off 768/245
All at 100% Priority
I'm not a power user, WiFi is almost never on and I don't do much web browsing. The main thing I do is bluetooth music while at work.
Also I have calibrated my battery, deleted battery stats and charged it while off thanks to the new CWM
What apps are you using that will be helpful as well also I hope your not using anytype of task killers.
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Killbynature said:
What apps are you using that will be helpful as well also I hope your not using anytype of task killers.
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No active task killers I just have System Panel installed monitoring and occasionally I use it to kill apps when the phone lags.
As for apps, mostly GMail and the Stock Email app (set up for a work Exchage account) Stock music player for playing to my bluetooth. CraigsNotification is running. I have Facebook set to the longest refresh time, use Gemini Calender for my schedule Pure grid calender widget. Umm google voice is set up for my voicemail but I rarely get those... Go contacts/Dialer for calls. Those are the heavy used ones I can think of. The rest are maybe once every other day usage.
i have my Gmail Sync on, Contact Sync on, Push Microsoft email, and auto brightness i drop about 2% per 4 hours. I wonder if the Craigslist app is killing it's searching alot.
Think it is probably your bluetooth music...try a set of corded headphones/earbuds one day/all day if possible and there should be a noticeable difference...
neidlinger said:
i have my Gmail Sync on, Contact Sync on, Push Microsoft email, and auto brightness i drop about 2% per 4 hours. I wonder if the Craigslist app is killing it's searching alot.
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I loose well over that an hour, something like 5-12% per hour!!
Right now I'm at 1 hour 59 minutes, and 79%...Android System has 44% of my battery usage
ronin178 said:
Think it is probably your bluetooth music...try a set of corded headphones/earbuds one day/all day if possible and there should be a noticeable difference...
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I would agree, but like I said right now I am at 79% and 2 hours into my phone being off the charger, bluetooth isn't even on and I haven't touched the music as today is my day off... Something in my settings seems to be the culprit cuz Android System at 44% doesn't seem healthy.
I'm on CM7 and get about 12hrs battery life. My mods are as follows:
LauncherPro
Stock kernal
Bloat freezer (get this, freeze apps that may be killing batt. I froze ADW, HTC sync, and various others, just be careful with what you freeze).
Auto screen brightness
Average sync at 2 hours
Wifi on always (3g pulls quite a bit more batt than you'd think)
GPS on (only pulls when in use e.g. maps, navigation)
SetCPU:
Max 998mhz when above 80% batt (90% priority)
Min 245mhz when below 20% batt (100% priority)
Max 800mhz when above 60% batt (60% priority)
Max 998mhz when plugged in (100% priority)
These settings have all increased battery life significantly. I'm at 75% now and have been unplugged since 9am PDT.
Also, Bluetooth only pulls when in use such as streaming.
Hurled through the cosmos from my EVO4G to xda
I have a log file for current widget but I cant figure out how to upload it here to see if that helps at all so here is a copy and past:
2011/04/13 19:21:27,-168mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;android.process.acore;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.settings;com.noshufou.android.su;com.android.server.vpn:remote;alei.switchpro;com.handcent.nextsms;android.process.acore;com.google.android.youtube;com.cyanogenmod.android.fotakill;com.google.android.partnersetup;android.process.media;com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox;com.amazon.venezia;com.android.vending;com.tmobile.thememanager;com.svox.pico;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;com.android.email;com.mhuang.overclocking;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.android.kineto;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:22:38,-10mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;android.process.acore;com.android.phone;system;android.process.acore;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.settings;com.noshufou.android.su;com.android.server.vpn:remote;alei.switchpro;com.handcent.nextsms;com.google.android.youtube;com.cyanogenmod.android.fotakill;com.google.android.partnersetup;android.process.media;com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox;com.amazon.venezia;com.android.vending;com.tmobile.thememanager;com.svox.pico;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;com.android.email;com.mhuang.overclocking;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.android.kineto;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:23:38,-184mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;android.process.media;android.process.acore;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;alei.switchpro;com.google.android.gm;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.handcent.nextsms;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.nuance.vsuite;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.android.email;com.mhuang.overclocking;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:25:00,-96mA,52%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;android.process.media;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.android.email;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;alei.switchpro;com.google.android.gm;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.handcent.nextsms;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.nuance.vsuite;com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.mhuang.overclocking;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
2011/04/13 19:27:35,-26mA,50%,jonasl.ime;com.android.providers.calendar;com.google.process.gapps;com.android.phone;system;com.manor.currentwidget;com.levelup.beautifulwidgets;alei.switchpro;android.process.media;com.google.android.gm;com.handcent.nextsms;com.mobitobi.android.gentlealarm;com.android.deskclock;org.koxx.pure_grid_calendar;com.google.android.apps.googlevoice;net.cpedia.backup2gmail;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;android.process.acore;com.android.email;com.amazon.venezia;com.mufumbo.craigslist.notification.android;com.cyanogenmod.stats;com.google.android.apps.uploader;com.android.vending;com.android.kineto;com.superdroid.security2;com.android.mms;com.android.server.vpn:remote;com.mhuang.overclocking;com.nuance.android.vsuite.vsuiteapp;com.android.systemui;
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I don't know how to make heads or tails of this but I have a lot more from the log then that.
Ahh, I see. In that case, I agree with neidlinger that you may have a rogue app constantly running...
BT is probably not the issue. I had a bt headset for about a week and listened to audiobooks regularly without a significant loss in battery compared to a wired set. Must be something in the system or an app. Tried a full wipe and a fresh download of the rom?
darinmc said:
BT is probably not the issue. I had a bt headset for about a week and listened to audiobooks regularly without a significant loss in battery compared to a wired set. Must be something in the system or an app. Tried a full wipe and a fresh download of the rom?
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Tried that too :/
Download a app called watchdog, see if it gives an alert about a rogue app thats killing the battery life.
Watchdog is a good app. I've had some issues with it saying LauncherPro is an issue or even ADW. At one point it told me android system was a problem. Still, worth a shot.
Hurled through the cosmos from my EVO4G to xda
The new kernel gives me 17hrs I just charge while off. And when I drain the battery completely I wipe battery stats as well. I think it really helps.
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I dont use setcpu. I think it plays a part in a battery drain unless you have the smartass kernel.
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charlieb620 said:
The new kernel gives me 17hrs I just charge while off. And when I drain the battery completely I wipe battery stats as well. I think it really helps.
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What is your kernal version? I've got [email protected] #1 (who names this stuff??? lol)
Right now Im sitting at 5h 39m 18s on battery with
Android System responsible for 32% of my drain,
Cell standby 29%,
phone idle 21%,
Display 10%,
Voice calls 5%
Beautiful Widgets 2%.
Haven't used bluetooth today or streamed/sd card playing of music.
Also watchdog has not notified me of anything and I have it at Aggressive!!!! Only thing I have really used my phone for today is less then 50 texts and 5 apps had updates. Heck I even had Auto-Sync off for over an hour today! This SUCKS!!
that's bull****
looking for helping for my baby HTC Evo /:
evouser22 said:
that's bull****
looking for helping for my baby HTC Evo /:
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HAHAHAHA My thoughts exactly!!! And I have an RMA MyTouch so I flashed new EVERYTHING on it and still have the same issues so I know its not a hardware issue (3 different batteries too so yeahhhh...) I have gone all out on this messing with all the settings I can think of and I'm getting NOOOOOO improvement! My newest foray now is turning off the Google backup thing and seeing if that helps any. Anyone here use/not use that feature and see loss or gain of battery? I'm gonna try uninstalling SetCPU next but that seems odd to me as that program was the only thing helping my last phone (HTC Evo) Get well over 15+ hours!
What are the chances that the theme I have is causing the problem? Cuz I saw theme chooser is one of the things listed under android system and android system seems to be the killer of my battery. I use the Mixer v4 theme btw, its the most visual theme I have seen so far I mean it changes ALOT of stuff...
THIS THREAD WAS INSPIRED BY MOST OFF YOU WHO ARE TRYING TO GET MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE WITH SOME CUSTOM ROMS.
Before Galaxy S3, I had Galaxy S2 which battery wasn't soo good. I was always searching for battery friendly roms and I was flashing one or two roms every day.After every custom rom I was thought like that: Why I done that, when every stock firmware gives better result(battery life and performance) then any custom rom. I know that there are some excellent custom roms, for me ,these are STOCK LOOK roms with bloatware deleted and some unused apps. But, we don't need to flash them when we can do that alone.
NOW,I HAVE GALAXY S3 :
Let's see my result on stock battery,stock rom (4.1.2 , DDELK1,XXELLC), and with some apps turned off in application manager,battery saving is turned on just for color of backoground,nothing else.That was heavy usage,I installed that firmware updated, all appps that I am using , and charged it. Viber,WhatsApp,Instagram,Sync,Wifi,3G,Facebook,Gmail, are always ON.
Results:
4h of screen on,phone was used(wasn't just screen on) , 52% battery left. I lose about 3-4% maximum during the night ( 7-8 hours) with wifi on.
See this on attachments.
Mostly ,my battery lasts for 2 days, I achieve min. 5,5 hours screen on in every charge with hd gaming,facebook,gmail,whatsapp,viber, about 40min-1h talk in 3g every day.
My tips for battery life improvement are:
-Turn the Energy saving(I turned it on just for background color i vibration,if you turn on full battery saving you will get much better result, but it seems to slow and laggy)
-Turn off apps that you aren't using in app manager( Settings,Application Manager,All > than find apps which are unusal for you. I turned off : All yahoo apps,samsung suggest,google +,flipboard,dual clock,chat on ,all samsung hubs because they doesnt work in my country, google maps(I use google earth).)
That's all. Enjoy that battery,that performance and that beauty of stock rom
I can get 7.5 hrs screen on over 3 days battery was better on ics but still pretty darn good
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Odp: Samsung Galaxy S3 *AWESOME STOCK BATTERY LIFE*
Hi Guys,
This is actually my 1st post, but I was looking around xda for couple of months now.
I am using stock rooted XXELLA with Siyah kernel. I can make my phone last easily for 2 days, with 2g mostly on, disabled lots of unused apps, lowest brightness, sync off, etc. and UC to 1200 mhz. I'm using pegasusq gov and noop scheduler.
But I can't imagine 4 hours screen on and get 52% battery left, or get 7,5 hrs totally. I always monitor the usage with BetterBatteryStats and when the screen is off I can even get about 4-6 hrs / 1%. But I can't reach >5,5-6 hrs screen on. Any suggestions? Do you think I can lower the min. brightness in build.prop?
Btw, I think if you share your battery stats, it would be nice if you also share your governor/scheduler and OC/UV values.
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p33t-r said:
Hi Guys,
This is actually my 1st post, but I was looking around xda for couple of months now.
I am using stock rooted XXELLA with Siyah kernel. I can make my phone last easily for 2 days, with 2g mostly on, disabled lots of unused apps, lowest brightness, sync off, etc. and UC to 1200 mhz. I'm using pegasusq gov and noop scheduler.
But I can't imagine 4 hours screen on and get 52% battery left, or get 7,5 hrs totally. I always monitor the usage with BetterBatteryStats and when the screen is off I can even get about 4-6 hrs / 1%. But I can't reach >5,5-6 hrs screen on. Any suggestions? Do you think I can lower the min. brightness in build.prop?
Btw, I think if you share your battery stats, it would be nice if you also share your governor/scheduler and OC/UV values.
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Everything is fully stock.
Suggestion for you: flash stock firmware, do wipe of everything from recovery and enjoy
Ausboy 2011 said:
I can get 7.5 hrs screen on over 3 days battery was better on ics but still pretty darn good
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How do you get 7.5 hours?
mariotg said:
THIS THREAD WAS INSPIRED BY MOST OFF YOU WHO ARE TRYING TO GET MAXIMUM BATTERY LIFE WITH SOME CUSTOM ROMS.
Before Galaxy S3, I had Galaxy S2 which battery wasn't soo good. I was always searching for battery friendly roms and I was flashing one or two roms every day.After every custom rom I was thought like that: Why I done that, when every stock firmware gives better result(battery life and performance) then any custom rom. I know that there are some excellent custom roms, for me ,these are STOCK LOOK roms with bloatware deleted and some unused apps. But, we don't need to flash them when we can do that alone.
NOW,I HAVE GALAXY S3 :
Let's see my result on stock battery,stock rom (4.1.2 , DDELK1,XXELLC), and with some apps turned off in application manager,battery saving is turned on just for color of backoground,nothing else.That was heavy usage,I installed that firmware updated, all appps that I am using , and charged it. Viber,WhatsApp,Instagram,Sync,Wifi,3G,Facebook,Gmail, are always ON.
Results:
4h of screen on,phone was used(wasn't just screen on) , 52% battery left. I lose about 3-4% maximum during the night ( 7-8 hours) with wifi on.
See this on attachments.
Mostly ,my battery lasts for 2 days, I achieve min. 5,5 hours screen on in every charge with hd gaming,facebook,gmail,whatsapp,viber, about 40min-1h talk in 3g every day.
My tips for battery life improvement are:
-Turn the Energy saving(I turned it on just for background color i vibration,if you turn on full battery saving you will get much better result, but it seems to slow and laggy)
-Turn off apps that you aren't using in app manager( Settings,Application Manager,All > than find apps which are unusal for you. I turned off : All yahoo apps,samsung suggest,google +,flipboard,dual clock,chat on ,all samsung hubs because they doesnt work in my country, google maps(I use google earth).)
That's all. Enjoy that battery,that performance and that beauty of stock rom
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i do exactly the same thing like you did. I am searching for custom roms giving the best battery life with good performance. But it seems like i cant get over 4 hours screen on time (especially with data turned on).
I dont know how you got that kind of amazing result... 4h screen on time with 52% battery left. wow...
I never turned on power saving mode cause i just dont like the laggy system performance. do u have any advice what to do to achieve the same battery life without having a laggy slow phone?
Odp: Samsung Galaxy S3 *AWESOME STOCK BATTERY LIFE*
mariotg said:
Everything is fully stock.
Suggestion for you: flash stock firmware, do wipe of everything from recovery and enjoy
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I don't think it would make any difference, since I have only few apps, I don't like putting garbage to my phone Could you maybe share kernel and partial wakelocks from BBS, maybe cpu states too?
And again about the 4h screen / 52% left - how did you use the phone? I can see no games, so only web surf etc?
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Everyone uses their phone differently so comparing battery life is not possible, someone who demands smooth scrolling and instant response is not going to get 2 days use or more than 4hr screen on time.
Personally I'm not worried by stutters or lag, I'd rather get 9hr screen on time over 48hr up time - this is with a super lite ROM, I have all the bell and whistles turned off and all power saving options on, as close to AOSP as a stock based ROM can get.
I'm very happy with this phone, compared to my old htc sensation I no longer worry about battery life, I have two batteries which get swapped over between phone and desk charger every two days, unless playing games when I only get 1 day life.
boomboomer said:
Everyone uses their phone differently so comparing battery life is not possible, someone who demands smooth scrolling and instant response is not going to get 2 days use.
Personally I'm not worried by stutters or lag, I'd rather get 9hr screen on time over 48hr up time - this is with a super lite ROM, I have all the bell and whistles turned off, as close to AOSP as a stock based ROM can get.
I'm very happy with this phone, compared to my old htc sensation I no longer worry about battery life, I have two batteries which get swapped over between phone and desk charger every two days, unless playing games when I only get 1 day life.
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On which rom you get 9hr screen? link?
p33t-r said:
I don't think it would make any difference, since I have only few apps, I don't like putting garbage to my phone Could you maybe share kernel and partial wakelocks from BBS, maybe cpu states too?
And again about the 4h screen / 52% left - how did you use the phone? I can see no games, so only web surf etc?
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Web surfing,facebook,viber,whatsapp. - always use them
Stock kernel,stock everything. I say again. If I need to repeat 10 times, ok.
mariotg said:
On which rom you get 9hr screen? link?
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Vikingway, search in development. Best not start a ROM discussion or this thread with get locked, try it yourself and see.
I'm inspired by your story. But i smell BS.
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Hd revolution 23, 3, 6 days 4h without sim card but wifi turn on, sync all my email and social accounts and dropbox and skydrive , took 243 pictures one movie with 10m, play some games for 15m per day. Go to facebook 15m per day
My battery Is better than ipad xD
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Ive done a cahrge and until now 9:30h 5% battery drain
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I don't think this is all that spectacular to be completely honest. 4hours screen on time with 5hour since unplugged - pretty much nonstop use. Just my opinion though.
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Hey op, sorry to say this but you might be wrong. For battery life it depends on kernels and tweaks rather than on roms. Roms are actually just themed/stock themed firmwares with additional apps/removed apps and pre-installed tweaks and kernels. Most roms use v6 supercharger tweak. For me I use phenomenal kernel which has undervolted and underclocked gpu and cpu. But if you want more options with oc/uv try boeffla kernel where there"s an app included that allows you to over/underclock you gpu and cpu. By underclocking, it will save more battery. My ohone lasted about 12+ hours of continuous use of my phone (gaming, watching videos) with the kernels I use
boomboomer said:
Vikingway, search in development. Best not start a ROM discussion or this thread with get locked, try it yourself and see.
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which version of vikinway?
I have had over 8 hours of screen time, but that was literally not using phone just leaving screen on with videos playing for a lot of the time, but everyday usage using the Xperia Rom I get about 5 hours. I charge every night so don't need 2 day 3 day usage etc, unless my plane crashes onto a deserted island where I have to survive with no form of electricity anywhere.
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So to summarise op. You have created this thread to advise people to turn off a few apps and turn on power save mode. Ingenious.
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Mr Woolf said:
To summarise op. You have created this thread to advise people to turn off a few apps and turn on power saving mode. Ingenious.
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Agree, the op's a total noob. Turning on power saving mode and closing apps is what an average user with common sense would do. What's so awesome and special about that. This thread is rubbish for advanced users but somewhat useful for a no brainer
mariotg said:
How do you get 7.5 hours?
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That's right...i don't know how the battery can be used that long...
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Hi.
After a week with my N10 I am finding that battery life decent, but I was wondering if there is anything else I could do that would give me a little bit more juice.
At the moment I have:
* Reduced brightness to about 30% (Auto is too low for me).
* Turned off any sync services I don't need (Currents, Magazines, Movies etc)
* Turned off hepatic feedback and touch sounds.
* Turned off location access.
* Turned off tailored Google ads.
* Turned off NFC
I also put the N10 into aeroplane mode when not in use for extended periods of time.
I can get about 8 hours off a full charge.
Is there anything else I can be doing?
Cheers.
Warren_Orange said:
Hi.
After a week with my N10 I am finding that battery life decent, but I was wondering if there is anything else I could do that would give me a little bit more juice.
At the moment I have:
* Reduced brightness to about 30% (Auto is too low for me).
* Turned off any sync services I don't need (Currents, Magazines, Movies etc)
* Turned off hepatic feedback and touch sounds.
* Turned off location access.
* Turned off tailored Google ads.
* Turned off NFC
I also put the N10 into aeroplane mode when not in use for extended periods of time.
I can get about 8 hours off a full charge.
Is there anything else I can be doing?
Cheers.
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8 hours of screen time you mean? If so that's not bad at all. I usually get about 10 from 100-0 if I just web browse (I never let it go below 10%).
Other than what you've done, you can Dow load better battery stats to check and see if wake locks are in control (they sound like they are). Otherwise a custom ROM and kernel. light help you squeeze a bit more life out of it.
Having WiFi turn off during sleep helps.
Also a couple apps can squeeze some extra % out as well.
Greenify (requires root) works great, I suggest it.
Screen filter works good for night use, lowers the screen brightness below minimum,
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In addition, if you root so you can underclock and / or select a more conservative CPU governor profile, you can really stretch it out a heck of a lot. Even though apps might request all that 1700 Mhz of power hungry CPU goodness, most of the time you can get by with no negative side effects on a much lower clock speed. For example, in-bound video streaming will peg out the CPUs at 1700Mhz, but streaming works perfectly well in most cases at 900Mhz or lower.
Good lord why don't you just turn it completely off! LOL Unless you are trying to hold the record for longest battery time how can you enjoy your tablet running it neutered like that? Without disabling any of that I can get 10 hours general use, 6-8 hours gaming. Don't need to mess with brightness or anything. All I avoid is using widgets of any kind.
brees75 said:
Good lord why don't you just turn it completely off! LOL Unless you are trying to hold the record for longest battery time how can you enjoy your tablet running it neutered like that? Without disabling any of that I can get 10 hours general use, 6-8 hours gaming. Don't need to mess with brightness or anything. All I avoid is using widgets of any kind.
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I agree. Turning off lots of services makes the device pretty useless. Under-clocking and lowering brightness is the way to go and least obtrusive. Note that some games actually need the power hungry Mhz goodness, so your mileage may vary a bit there.
He's not turning off anything that limits the use of the tablet...
He's turning off sync on this he doesn't use, great idea.
He's turning it into airplane mode when he doesn't use it for long periods. Good idea to me, why would you want WiFi killing your battery when you don't need it?
He turned off location services? Seems like a fantastic idea to me, Google location is the #1 culprit of wakelocks on my device. Don't need it so I disabled it as well.
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GAPPS free here. Excellent battery life.
Yeah, uh, other than brightness, none of that is going to make a big difference in battery life. Location access isn't going to drain battery if nothing is requesting your location in the first place. NFC consumes such a miniscule amount of power that it won't even make a percentage point difference.
I'd say to just enjoy your tablet as it is. 8 hours is perfectly good battery life and there's not a whole lot you can do to extend it besides getting an external battery pack. The internal battery is already a massive 9000 mAh.
Warren_Orange said:
Hi.
After a week with my N10 I am finding that battery life decent, but I was wondering if there is anything else I could do that would give me a little bit more juice.
At the moment I have:
* Reduced brightness to about 30% (Auto is too low for me).
* Turned off any sync services I don't need (Currents, Magazines, Movies etc)
* Turned off hepatic feedback and touch sounds.
* Turned off location access.
* Turned off tailored Google ads.
* Turned off NFC
I also put the N10 into aeroplane mode when not in use for extended periods of time.
I can get about 8 hours off a full charge.
Is there anything else I can be doing?
Cheers.
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= GPS , pager
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duarian said:
8 hours of screen time you mean? If so that's not bad at all. I usually get about 10 from 100-0 if I just web browse (I never let it go below 10%).
Other than what you've done, you can Dow load better battery stats to check and see if wake locks are in control (they sound like they are). Otherwise a custom ROM and kernel. light help you squeeze a bit more life out of it.
Having WiFi turn off during sleep helps.
Also a couple apps can squeeze some extra % out as well.
Greenify (requires root) works great, I suggest it.
Screen filter works good for night use, lowers the screen brightness below minimum,
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Out of curiosity, what Rom do you run to achieve 10 hrs for screen time? I'm always averaging 5-7 + 2-3 days before dropping to the 10 marker.
The biggest thing you can do is screen brightness. If you are already at as low as you can tolerate then there isnt much else that is worthwhile. Since everything else only brings very tiny amounts of savings in comparison.
ikenvape said:
Out of curiosity, what Rom do you run to achieve 10 hrs for screen time? I'm always averaging 5-7 + 2-3 days before dropping to the 10 marker.
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I am on AOKP PUB with ktoonz kernel. Ktoonservative and zen. UV quite a bit, about -75 on the CPU and GPU per step.
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duarian said:
I am on AOKP PUB with ktoonz kernel. Ktoonservative and zen. UV quite a bit, about -75 on the CPU and GPU per step.
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Thanks man, I'll give it a go tonight.
duarian said:
I am on AOKP PUB with ktoonz kernel. Ktoonservative and zen. UV quite a bit, about -75 on the CPU and GPU per step.
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Sorry, I was working in my mom's phone last night. Did you mean this one? 03 build http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095222 or from Mr. R?
Yep! That's the one. Latest aroma works great
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Got this phone about 10 days ago and my battery is terrible since day 1, someone suggested to root my phone and get the BBS app and dump a file i did that and installed a system tuner to disable google CHECKIN OR GCM and unchecked them. apps i got installed to help with battery battery doctor, wakelock detector, os monitor, system tuner, gsam battery, betterbatterystats.
Apps i disabled are:
Ant radio service
Ant+ plugins
App zone
Blurbcheckout
chaton
chrome
flipboard
google play book, games, movies, music, newstand , google search, google+ , hangouts
hp print service plugin
my magazine
s health , svoice , samsung account , samsung apps , samsung galaxy apps widget, samsung push service, smart remote , Top Hd Games
got a plain black wallpaper, even after all this i cant get more than 2h30m screentime and everyone is getting 5h+ do i have a defective unit? what are my options right now? cause basically i removed everything the phone has lol. i talk to my workplace and they can send the phone for repair but i want to see if someone can help me before i do that. i have to unroot the phone if i have to send it for repair even though my phone is 0x1 on knox cause i was stupid to root with cf-root and didnt check other methods.
After all that you did, then it sounds like a faulty battery or device.
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How's your signal at work? I'm on 3g at half signal maybe? I get about 3:30 and standby. But when I'm at home WIFI only I get about 4-4:30 it all depends too on how bright your screen is.
darkfangex5 said:
How's your signal at work? I'm on 3g at half signal maybe? I get about 3:30 and standby. But when I'm at home WIFI only I get about 4-4:30 it all depends too on how bright your screen is.
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How do I check if I have a good signal at work? Through an app or through a battery status.
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This system tuner app you used it not any overclocking or something that might drain you battery?
What screen brightness do you use most of the time?
Can you see what use most of your battery? There is charts you can access in settings -> battery
I run with BLAZE kernel and Alliance ROM. (install without any samsung or google bloat if you can)
And I have been using my phone constantly, playing streemed music, installing apps, downloading from internet, browsing internet, having screen active a lot...
And Now I'm at 87% and have been running 1 hour and 38 minutes on battery. (Was at about 100% battery before)
I run +5 screen brightness and don't have any special powersaving features running that limit my experience with the phone.
You could try that kernel and ROM too, I feel they improved my battery time a lot.
I also shut down some samsung and google bloat stuff like air browse, s voice and such crap, saving a little little battery.
Here is my battery info and my brightness level. I have Canadian g900w from Rogers so I am not sure what roms or kernels you can use ?
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This system tuner app you used it not any overclocking or something that might drain you battery?
What screen brightness do you use most of the time?
Can you see what use most of your battery? There is charts you can access in settings -> battery
I run with BLAZE kernel and Alliance ROM. (install without any samsung or google bloat if you can)
And I have been using my phone constantly, playing streemed music, installing apps, downloading from internet, browsing internet, having screen active a lot...
And Now I'm at 87% and have been running 1 hour and 38 minutes on battery. (Was at about 100% battery before)
I run +5 screen brightness and don't have any special powersaving features running that limit my experience with the phone.
You could try that kernel and ROM too, I feel they improved my battery time a lot.
I also shut down some samsung and google bloat stuff like air browse, s voice and such crap, saving a little little battery.
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I posted my info with photos ^ thanks
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Hey, here I have everything turned on and I never followed these stupid extreme battery guides and I easily get over 4 hours of screen time and one day away from the charger. I only use auto brightness, Greenify and KT Kernel.
It's a smartphone, if you're supposed to turn all the features off then you should have bought a dumb feature phone.
Looks like ur using max brightness? Nearly 2 hours screen on time for 44% isnt the best but isnt terrible. I get around 5 to 6 hours using low brightness 3g/4g on besides when screen on. Using android tuner and greenify for tuneing. Screen uses a lot of battery to. Im using. Ktoons kernal now with oc and the batterys probably the same to to me. No beter or worse but. Im running higher clock.
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I also use normal power save eith the greyscale option selected and I have the cpu limited disabled.because ktoons app limits it for me.
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sofia-captivate said:
Here is my battery info and my brightness level. I have Canadian g900w from Rogers so I am not sure what roms or kernels you can use ?
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You're set for almost four hours of screen on time there, on what seems to be very poor mobile signal. Doesn't sound that unrealistic to me to be honest.
Poor mobile signal absolutely kills battery life, as your phone spends the entire time searching and trying to get a better signal.
dandroid13 said:
Hey, here I have everything turned on and I never followed these stupid extreme battery guides and I easily get over 4 hours of screen time and one day away from the charger. I only use auto brightness, Greenify and KT Kernel.
It's a smartphone, if you're supposed to turn all the features off then you should have bought a dumb feature phone.
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I think his point is that most people get 5-6 hours screen time with everything on and without following the "stupid extreme battery guides". To be honest it looks like you aren't getting great life either if you are only getting 4 hours. I regularly get 6-7 with everything on and no greenify or kernel tweaks
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sofia-captivate said:
Here is my battery info and my brightness level. I have Canadian g900w from Rogers so I am not sure what roms or kernels you can use ?
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I see a couple of things interesting with your setup, Speaking from personal experience, I too have had battery issues drive me up a wall. I'd get just about a day on a battery when everyone else gets about 3-9 days more. My friend has an s5 all stock and he gets 9 days on a freaking battery. WTF
I rooted my first s5, with ANCH baseband and still couldn't solve all the issues with it. So I sent it back to t-mo and they sent me another one, getting batteries on ebay has also ended up a wash. 2 batteries I've received go down 20% from a full charge in the first hour and shut completely down at 32 percent at least I got a refund on that. (So be careful about ebay batteries, even though they say samsung.
So looking at yours here's what I see, Your system is staying awake, lets look at wake locks. Kik is really tearing up your machines wakelock (900wake locks) as well as the camera CPU time, i'd imagine you were recording a video at some point.
1. Go get greenify and greenify those Kik, Instagram and camera apps if thats usage while the screen is off. (No notifications on those apps, i'm afraid when you do that.)
2. Go get system tuner, make sure your rooted by towelroot (If you so choose to keep from tripping knox) and go into app mgr and find android system and go through activities, receivers and services and make sure everything you see that says IQAgent gets unchecked. This will help you stay out of ServiceIQ's eyes and also help your battery as your entire phone is debugged through those apps. (Help is on the forums somewhere)
3. Turn off google now, hotword detection and location history or you'll start noticing Google services draining your battery
4. Go get deep sleep battery saver and remove that battery saver, I personally never liked it it only suggests things to do rather than do them for you. At night or whenever you need to save your battery turn on slumber and it will only take like a percent to 5% in the morning
5. You probably have a bad battery, especially if its down to that low. Time to exchange or return
I'm incredibly disappointed, i've had to do all these things to really figure things out, heck i'd be on firefox for about 15 minutes and go down 18% (Happened this morning)
Android really has some issues with kitkat, and even though we try and fix these problems with modifications there comes a point where one just gives up and tries to deal with it.
I don't understand why my phone gets 1.2 days and my co-workers Verizon s5 gets 9 days with normal usage. Everyone seems to have crazy all over the scale battery life results. Heck, i've reset my phone and flashed so many roms that i'd be safe to say that I have yet to have 10 full discharges in the 4 weeks i've had the phone. At the end of the day though, it's mountains better than my iphone 5 with a lenmar battery case.
Wish I could say the same with stability, I'd be on my bike and switch tracks (or try) and stuff just doesn't respond, heck I can't even go with voice activation with wired headphones and that is really a downer for me. I want to be able to hold down the pause and play and get the google now boop boop sound and speak as i'm riding.
I'm tired of this, and google has no answers, the fixes above only seem to add a couple of hours but not the 9 days I was seeing.
Goldie said:
I think his point is that most people get 5-6 hours screen time with everything on and without following the "stupid extreme battery guides". To be honest it looks like you aren't getting great life either if you are only getting 4 hours. I regularly get 6-7 with everything on and no greenify or kernel tweaks
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So? What do you do to have that many hours? Which rom? How often do you recharge? Which apps do you use? That's the point. I never freeze/uninstall anything...
dandroid13 said:
So? What do you do to have that many hours? Which rom? How often do you recharge? Which apps do you use? That's the point. I never freeze/uninstall anything...
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My rom. With nothing removed or frozen as I have to keep all bloat due to development to check everything. I recharge every night usually with about 20% left and about 5h30 screen on. Using Tapatalk, music, calls, Internet. The usual stuff.
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I get 6-7 hours normal use with the bloatware I never use frozen. And I mean never use.
Gtalk, whatsapp, line, google drive, dropbox, gmail, Yahoo mail, corporate mail, all running. No greenify. No battery saver.
Now playing games is different thing. 2-3 hours max.
My battery is amazing. I keep the screen brightness lower, keep networks and chips off when not using, i use bootmanager to prevent apps from launching ay boot and only 1 active widget. Good for a day and a half of very fair use !
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It's your probleme. Problably you have some stupid apps I'm your phone that you shouldn't have.
Like you see in my picture. My battery it's just fine and there is 2 stupid apps that eat me my battery without do anything
My battery is great too, maybe problem is some apps
matheus_sc said:
My battery is great too, maybe problem is some apps
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Yup probably, the only flaw with a smartphone is its user