I'm looking to gain some battery life and the main thing I don't want to give up is smoothness and fluidity. I'm getting about 12-18 hours with maybe 2-2.5 screen on time. I know that's not just god awful, but I was thinking that this phone should be better considering its vanilla android.
Any suggestions on things maybe I could try. I dont use a big assortment of apps.
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Try a custom kernel. There are a lot of great ones here. Don't ask which one is the best for battery life or performance because everyone will give you a subjective answer or bash at you. (Just kidding) Try them one at a time for a day or two and make your choice.
A great application I recommend would be "Greenify". You need root for the app. Check it out.
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Turn off auto brightness and manually dim your screen as far as you can. Turn off things you're not using (Wifi, gps, bluetooth) until you need them. Don't let apps auto sync unless you really need real time updates from them.
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joho5 said:
I'm looking to gain some battery life and the main thing I don't want to give up is smoothness and fluidity. I'm getting about 12-18 hours with maybe 2-2.5 screen on time. I know that's not just god awful, but I was thinking that this phone should be better considering its vanilla android.
Any suggestions on things maybe I could try. I dont use a big assortment of apps.
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Not to sound rude but there are 100's of threads asking the same question with ton's of good replies, you could always try searching and giving some of the suggestions a try :victory:
VoiD_Dweller said:
Not to sound rude but there are 100's of threads asking the same question with ton's of good replies, you could always try searching and giving some of the suggestions a try :victory:
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Yes there are and it won't be the last. Lol.
I know how you feel brotha.
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Rasbean + Trinity
Battery life combination is to root -> install rasbean jelly by rascarlo, the install morfic's trinity kernel -> keep brightness always at 50% or less, and battery life will e around 15 hours that with 4 hour actual usage... But ofcourse as time progresses and you install thousands of apps that require your internet and push notification they will eat battery, for those apps life facebook and nonesense use greenify the app it trully helps
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I'm new to Xda but not to droid forums.
I just wanted to say wow! What a difference between the two. People are talking about stuff for the droid x and I'm totally lost. That's awesome!!
Can someone point me to where I can get a few questions answered about CM9?
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You should be able to get your questions answered here:
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/18589-CyanogenMod-9-[UNOFFICIAL]-[Beta]-(4/24)
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Thanks. That's where I got all my info before I switched to CM9. After week of using it, I'm switching back to stock. The main reason is because the battery life sucks even with all syncing off and touch sounds and a few other things done to try to conserve battery.
My battery was at 40% when I left work yesterday with only light Facebook and web browsing.
Also some apps not working very good on it is another reason I'm switching back.
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Thanks. That's where I got all my info before I switched to CM9. After week of using it, I'm switching back to stock. The main reason is because the battery life sucks even with all syncing off and touch sounds and a few other things done to try to conserve battery.
My battery was at 40% when I left work yesterday with only light Facebook and web browsing.
Also some apps not working very good on it is another reason I'm switching back.
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ICS roms haven't been perfected yet, but if your looking for a good user experience with decent battery life, you should try DefX MIUI.
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ICS roms haven't been perfected yet, but if your looking for a good user experience with decent battery life, you should try DefX MIUI.
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yeah, wizard's MIUI has been the best for awhile now in terms of great battery life and full functionality. i've tried the ICS roms out there for the droidx but battery life was abysmal. i like having the latest android system but not if you have to trade great battery life for poor battery life.
I am running cm9 with a build date of April 24th (build number: IMM76D).
And i love it. It is super fast. the only complaint i have is that when long pressing home to get to the recent apps list it takes about 1-2 secs. Other than that its great. everything works except video (sometimes) and panoramic shots. the battery life isnt too bad. but i have had bad battery problems for a while.
So actually I am a big fan of ps one games and I can't resist to not play ps1 games on my phone.
Well I am worrying about there battery drain here.
After playing a game on my epsxe and fpse(about 35 minutes) I go from 100% down to 69%
Is it normal? or not?
(also my phone heats up after this amount of time)
Most likely you need to change CPU settings, including voltage.
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Ace42 said:
Most likely you need to change CPU settings, including voltage.
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I am on stock android(rooted)
Can you recommend me a good Rom-Kernel combo ?
Cause this is my first android experince, and I am not sure what the best rom is for a beginner like me is .
I also do not want to damage my phone by tweeking with the cpu and voltage settings.
Should I wait maybe for stable roms? Cause I see alot of nightlies roms.
Also I am not familiar with the term "milestone rom"
Thanks in advance.
Any of the custom kernels should last a bit longer than stock. I use IntersectRaven's kernel. I have fpse but haven't gotten around to putting any iso's on here yet so I'm sorry I can't give any report. You could also try lowering the brightness while you play, and turning off data or just enabling airplane mode if you don't mind not being able top receive calls or texts while you play.
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You can stick with stock ROM rooted but you can under clock it. The emulator doesn't need a lot of power, I use yo use it on my 600mhz phone so it should be fine with the nexus. Also stock rooted is the most stable.
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Or keep the phone plugged charging while playing, this phone is a battery hog, i mean am not trying to generalize, but seems like some people try to multitask all day long on a mobile device with no removable battery, i mean really, think about a gadget trying to process console games, web, content, gps, screen activity, all at the same time, come on people at the end this is a phone not an alienwarelike or multitasking wireless gaming console
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Okitche very
Thanks for the replies guys !
Should I use SetCpu in order to under clock it?
Also I heard many positive things about the franco kernel, is it worth giving a shot?
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Thanks for the replies guys !
Should I use SetCpu in order to under clock it?
Also I heard many positive things about the franco kernel, is it worth giving a shot?
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I haven't tried it personally but, you should still give it a shot. And setcpu is fine.
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Most custom kernels lag more than the stock kernel.
If you want to go the custom kernel route for (at the moment) better battery life, go either CyanogenMod(the one included in their ROM) or Franco.
Hello folks.
I'm currently on Aokp 4.2.2 unofficial with Francos r90 Kernel, bootloader and Radio are both updated. I'm suffering from massive battery draining. I guess something isnt letting my CPU sleep properly, as i always get messages like "100% awake while screen off" from battery stats plus. I'm just getting up to 2 hours screen on time, and battery is falling by about ~7% / hour With normal usage (whatsapp, News, xda) and like 15 Minuten screen on time in that hour. Also, see the attached Images. I sometimes have wakelocks by audioOut_2 and as you can See, maps is using more battery than the Display itself.
On an additional Note, GPS is always off, im using Taster to locate, but with cell near only.
Would be very Kind to help me out of this issues, thank you a bunch!
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Turn off Location Services for a little bit to see if that helps.
You should try a program like autostarts, and don't allow things to run unless explicitly started by yourself. This way it'll help identify if there is an misbehaving program.
I saw you were using franco r90 which could be an issue. Try going back to the last stable
I think you will like this application.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5vYXNpc2ZlbmcuZ3JlZW5pZnkiXQ..
This simple application will make your annoying applications to go to sleep. Therefore your phone can finally go to sleep like it should when it's not in use. I see that Google maps seems to be the culprit in your battery drain. You can use titanium backup and delete it and install it back again from the play store. After that you can use the application that I've given you and force it to go tot sleep.
Here's the forum for the application:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2155737
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Thanks guys! I disabled some Autostarts and greenified some apps. I'll Report the outcomes later today.
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Thanks guys! I disabled some Autostarts and greenified some apps. I'll Report the outcomes later today.
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If that doesn't work I recommend you flash the matr1x kernel I'm on it and I get very good life on this phone so yeah give it a try if u want
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Click it I dare you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784401
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Thanks for your reply. Yeah im already thinking about flashing matr1x or trinity Kernels. How much screen on time Do you get with matr1x?
I reinstalled maps, greenified maps and facebook. Updated to Franco 92. Already getting better results with greenified maps, but i get following wakelocks:
"pm8921_eoc", "msm_otg" and AudioOut_2 and still notifications from bbs: 100% awake.
Apps running are: astrid, avast, Francos updater, Rom toolbox, Tasker
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Does anyone have some knowledge about How to identify why Android OS is consuming so much battery Life? While screen off some process is waking up the Device, up to 1.5 GHz.
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I also have MASSIVE draining issues. Took my phone off charge around 9am this morning... 1hr screen time... 8% battery left and its only 13:45 Pacific time...
Latest Faux running in dual core ECO MODE underclocked to 1.3Ghz with Stock 4.2.2,,,, still get ****ty ass battery life...
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Do you see any wakelocks using the better battery stats app? Which apps are running?
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Do you see any wakelocks using the better battery stats app? Which apps are running?
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I just bought it ( for $3), sooo now I have to wait and see what is causing this....
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I just bought it ( for $3), sooo now I have to wait and see what is causing this....
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Cannot wait til you update us!
Coming from the iphone 4, good battery life is the most important thing i miss. I need a rock solid reliable phone or else would have started to mess around a read about Kernels to see how they may help with better battery life. My iPhone would last me 3-4 days of general use. To me General use is very light use..! With nexus it lasts max 1-2 days but more importantly i need to be concious what the battery level is. With th eiphone i never really bothered as i knoew i would get at least 2 days if not more.
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Still got audioOut_2 wakelock. Except that onr, everything is fine After Kernel update, greenifying and disabling Autostarts
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Hi I have searched all over for a solution. Most point to 3rd party apps and wakelocks but I don't think these are the case because I am not losing battery while it is turned off. Today the only thing I used my phone for was browsing the internet and I still only got 2 hours of screen on, which is still better than usual. When I use my phone regularly I only get around 1 hour. I am on PAC ROM and Faux's kernel. And also sometimes it gets hot but not as much as it used to.
Here is some pictures of my battery.
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wow, chrome is a HUGE drain!
im a heavy browser user, heavy user user generally too. the aosp browser never drains(ed) that much, ever, no matter how much i used it. on average, i get about 3.5-5 hours screen on time, depending how i used the phone for that day. maybe its time for you to use a different browser or try a different rom/kernel.
Try using greenify , your battery stats look normal to me. If your using your phone in a bright area its going to kill your battery faster, and if your screen is doing that its going to make your phone hot. Using it in direct sunlight will kill your battery very fast.
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simms22 said:
wow, chrome is a HUGE drain!
im a heavy browser user, heavy user user generally too. the aosp browser never drains(ed) that much, ever, no matter how much i used it. on average, i get about 3.5-5 hours screen on time, depending how i used the phone for that day. maybe its time for you to use a different browser or try a different rom/kernel.
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Ok thanks maybe i will try using AOSP browser for a day and see how
it goes.
smoka206 said:
Try using greenify , your battery stats look normal to me. If your using your phone in a bright area its going to kill your battery faster, and if your screen is doing that its going to make your phone hot. Using it in direct sunlight will kill your battery very fast.
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Thanks I did not know that. I was in the sun quite a bit, even though I kept the brightness as low as I could. And also I do use greenify which does help.
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Hi I have searched all over for a solution. Most point to 3rd party apps and wakelocks but I don't think these are the case because I am not losing battery while it is turned off. Today the only thing I used my phone for was browsing the internet and I still only got 2 hours of screen on, which is still better than usual. When I use my phone regularly I only get around 1 hour. I am on PAC ROM and Faux's kernel. And also sometimes it gets hot but not as much as it used to.
Here is some pictures of my battery.
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Man get back to stock rom and kernel. Give it a day. Still if it doesnt...then set for safe mode and try. I must solve the problems.
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There are a million and one threads on XDA about various apps, widgets, and general approaches for saving battery life. What I'm looking for, and haven't been able to find, is a simple program that doesn't actually do anything active to help, but rather just watches and provides detailed data on what's going on.
I'm 1 months into into my S4, and battery life is noticeably different than when I started. I have lots of theories, but have very little hard data - and that's what I'm after. I don't want a full-fledged program that's going to start flipping things on and off for me. I want an app or tool that can pay attention to whats going on throughout a few battery cycles, tell me how much various culprits are impacting my battery, and do nothing more.
Look up BetterBatteryStats. I like it, and find it very useful to drill down anything acting up sucking battery. Read how to properly use it and it's a great tool.
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Look up BetterBatteryStats. I like it, and find it very useful to drill down anything acting up sucking battery. Read how to properly use it and it's a great tool.
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