Hello everyone, as some of you know im totally new to android stuff so i ask alot of questions. I would like to find a way to increase my screen on time or maximize it.
Please keep to subject and post only if you have found a way to get longer then average screen on time.
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JayMix said:
Hello everyone, as some of you know im totally new to android stuff so i ask alot of questions. I would like to find a way to increase my screen on time or maximize it.
Please keep to subject and post only if you have found a way to get longer then average screen on time.
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it depends on how you use your device. if you are watching movies or listening to music, youll have longer screen time. if youre playing games, itll be shorter. if all you do is use the browser, itll be average. screen time is dependent on your use.
Turn off everything you find in settings, including NFC and state broadcast stuff. go through all settings with a fine tooth comb.
If you have stuff like facebook ect, make sure they are not constantly syncing; check their settings.
Run low brightness as low as you dare, turn auto backlight off. Use only use wifi or 2G; don't play games, unless it's a card game
When putting the phone down for a while, bring up recent apps and swipe them all off, that way you can make sure of no weird wakelocks.
And when you sleeping, set airplane mode.
The next step involves underclocking and undervolting ect with custom kernels.
You can flash custom rom, and kernel, undervolt, lower brightness....
If you need more details on this, let us know
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Try to flash the Motley's kernel.t helps greatly with battery life.
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Turn off everything you find in settings, including NFC and state broadcast stuff. go through all settings with a fine tooth comb.
If you have stuff like facebook ect, make sure they are not constantly syncing; check their settings.
Run low brightness as low as you dare, turn auto backlight off. Use only use wifi or 2G; don't play games, unless it's a card game
When putting the phone down for a while, bring up recent apps and swipe them all off, that way you can make sure of no weird wakelocks.
And when you sleeping, set airplane mode.
The next step involves underclocking and undervolting ect with custom kernels.
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Thx meangreenie i will do that.
By the way what does airplane mode do?
Kk yall im a heavy user playing games, surfing the web, and listening to music. I am rooted and on CM I get about 4 hours of screen on time, and what I mean by 4 hours is literally that, i get around 3 to 4 hours screen on time which is terrible!
By the way what is a custom kernel, what does it do, and how do i use it?
Will i lose my data if i install, flash or root the kernel? What ever those steps are called.
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Thx meangreenie i will do that.
By the way what does airplane mode do?
Kk yall im a heavy user playing games, surfing the web, and listening to music. I am rooted and on CM I get about 4 hours of screen on time, and what I mean by 4 hours is literally that, i get around 3 to 4 hours screen on time which is terrible!
By the way what is a custom kernel, what does it do, and how do i use it?
Will i lose my data if i install, flash or root the kernel? What ever those steps are called.
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You won't lose your data if you flash the kernel. However, unlocking the bootloader does wipe the data off your phone.
Look up Hippowise. They have a pretty easy guide to follow.
The kernel is basically the bridge between CPU and the actual applications so it controls how the CPU manages and processes everything. If you flash a custom kernel, then basically you can modify how the CPU works including how much voltage it's going to draw. If you want better on screen time, what I suggest is flashing a custom kernel like motley's and then undervolting it. Also since this is a quad core phone and not all applications are made to use all 4 processors, I would modify the hotplug control so only 2 cores are being used to save battery. These things are very dangerous and could make your phone go into a permanent bootloop, so I would tread with caution. Read, be informed, and know exactly what you are doing before attempting anything. Also, don't ask questions before trying to find the answer yourself. XDA is not for tech support, it's for learning. Google is also your friend.
Some SIMPLE things you can do without any fancy modifications at all are with screen brightness and wifi. The biggest factor for on screen time is probably display brightness. Turn off auto brightness and lower brightness to the lowest that you can comfortably view the screen. The second biggest factor is probably wifi versus cellular data. If you do web browsing and streaming a lot, streaming on WIFI will significantly raise your on screen time versus using cellular data like 3g/4g.
flash a more configurable kernel, I managed to get 2 hours more with a conservative approach. cut the games and delete or disable those service apps you don't use.
airplane mode cuts out your communication signals/wifi,blutooth, you can enable wifi again, its good to use while asleep or in poor service areas so the phone doesn't waste power on recieption.
if you did tinker with the kernel which resulted in bootloops, you get into cwm since the kernel config won't apply at the bootloader, but when it loads the OS?
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if you did tinker with the kernel which resulted in bootloops, you get into cwm since the kernel config won't apply at the bootloader, but when it loads the OS?
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Yep, you could still boot to recovery (CWM)
Ok wow thats alot to take in but i am doing it and seeing about a 1 hour jump in my screen on time.
But for the games XD sorry guys i got have my deadtrigger.
I will be installing a custom kernel that will maximize my screen on time, now that i hav learned about this.
Any last suggestions would be great
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How much Screen On Time do you guys get on the Nexus 4? I just want for comparison, cause I want to check if my phone is alright. Preferably Stock 4.3 (latest version as of 13/10/13), because that's what I'm using.
I get up to 3 hours on 2 Day period and a little over 3 hours on 1 Day period.
For me it's quite enough, if I have a busy day, and I don't use phone that much, but if I am on a journey it's too less.
Also an extra question, does the free space left pop up is Android built in feature or it's some kind of app? I want to turn it off, because it annoys me, when apps update it keeps disturbing me, pauses apps, gets in front of screen, really annoying when you have 10 apps that need to update. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3kAm0MqKUNzcEVSYTdYSjdJcnc/edit?usp=sharing
Please, anybody?
Check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992627
3 hours screen on time is normal, if you havent modified anything especially. i personally get between 5.5-7 hours on average, but my phone is highly modified and set up in that way.
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3 hours screen on time is normal, if you havent modified anything especially. i personally get between 5.5-7 hours on average, but my phone is highly modified and set up in that way.
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What exactly have you modified? Using 2G, custom kernel or something?
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What exactly have you modified? Using 2G, custom kernel or something?
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custom rom, custom kernel, many system apps deleted, nfc removed, voltages changed..
My average is 4.5-5hrs. Wi-Fi 90%of the time, everything on sync, GPS on, auto brightness on, Bluetooth paired, nova launcher. I did however disabled some features like vibrations for calls,text ect.., touch screen haptic feedback(feedback only for keyboard), couple of other things but can't remember.
I am factory stock. Ota 4.3
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3-4 hours on a single day typical for me.
100% brightness, Wi-Fi on all the time, all syncs enabled.
Your battery life sounds normal to me
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My average is 4.5-5hrs. Wi-Fi 90%of the time, everything on sync, GPS on, auto brightness on, Bluetooth paired, nova launcher. I did however disabled some features like vibrations for calls,text ect.., touch screen haptic feedback(feedback only for keyboard), couple of other things but can't remember.
I am factory stock. Ota 4.3
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How? Do you play games? Or you just usually text, use internet and stuff like that?
I have mostly everything disabled, google+, google now, Wi-Fi & Mobile network location, minimal sync apps, also wifi most of the time, rarely mobile data.
Yukicore said:
How? Do you play games? Or you just usually text, use internet and stuff like that?
I have mostly everything disabled, google+, google now, Wi-Fi & Mobile network location, minimal sync apps, also wifi most of the time, rarely mobile data.
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I dont play games, i have some installed but never play them lol. Mostly all just regular usage like you mentioned.
Yukicore said:
How? Do you play games? Or you just usually text, use internet and stuff like that?
I have mostly everything disabled, google+, google now, Wi-Fi & Mobile network location, minimal sync apps, also wifi most of the time, rarely mobile data.
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how is your phone/data signal? do you get hspa+? lte? the quality of your signal plays a big role in battery life, also having a solid/fast data speed connection(the faster the data goes through, the less battery will be used). and, do you make lots of phone calls?
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how is your phone/data signal? do you get hspa+? lte? the quality of your signal plays a big role in battery life, also having a solid/fast data speed connection(the faster the data goes through, the less battery will be used). and, do you make lots of phone calls?
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I usually get HSPA+, I live in a city, so the phone does some cell tower switching, but I get about the same battery life if I stay at home all day. I don't make a lot of phonecalls, very little, really, 10 per day or something
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custom rom, custom kernel, many system apps deleted, nfc removed, voltages changed..
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Wouldn't disabling NFC enough, please enlighten me on this.
eksasol said:
Wouldn't disabling NFC enough, please enlighten me on this.
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delete the nfc and tags apks from /system/app/ then reboot.
simms22 said:
delete the nfc and tags apks from /system/app/ then reboot.
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What? WHY? I have my NFC disabled, why delete?
Hello to all!! I've had the same problems like the 90% of the people that installed the 4.4.2 update on my Note 3. Android OS was almost always awake and was draining the battery like hell!! Sometimes even 40% battery drop over a night!! I've tried almost everything! Factory reset - some said that a simple reboot and many other not usefull things in forums that other people suggested!! Nothing worked. Sorry for all these I say but I am very frustrated with all these people that suggests things without even knowing the problem or even tried first do some things for it. Maybe I am wrong for this but anyway. Lets continue..
SOLUTION:
1st of all! You must have root access.
2. Buy and install Autostars from google playstore! 1.5€ is nothing from what this app gives you...!!
3. Open autostarts and give root access to the app
4. It will scan your phone for all the apps running etc. When its done you will get a categorised list with actions your phone does in many different situations. Like when you put a charger or open wifi or close mobile data etc etc...
5. open the category "after boot" and underneath you will see all the actions your phone does after booting inside android system.
6. Disable the following actions:
Camera test
Camera
And anything else at you own will! Maybe you dont want to start facebook.. youtube.. etc after boot! Even though if you are not an expert on all these things (like me) dont touch any other system apps. (System apps are yellow colored inside the app) Also I've read somewhere that you must disable and the camera button in lockscreen. I don't know if this helped also. You can try it on your own. I've had it disabled in my phone from the begining. All these worked for me under NG2 kernel. I haven't tried it with NF4 kernel but I thing that it will be the same.
7. Final step. Just reboot
All the battery drain comes from a sensor in the camera that stays on after booting your phone and it doesnt leave your phone go sleep even with the screen locked. Before those things Ive hand 12-14hours roughly battery lifetime. The android os was awake the 10 hours in these 12-14 hours.... now I am 12 hours on battery with heavy use and I have 78% battery... Android Os now is just 1-2minutes awake in 12hours of use.... I hope that works on everyone try these things! I would be very happy if this works in all of you!! I was 3 days over my phone to find a solution and Ive read tooooo many forums!
Finally sorry for my english. I know that I am not very good but I ve tried..
EDITED: Uploaded pics of the HUGE difference!!! The attached image is before!
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Camera Test APK can be deleted. Will try that.
My Note 3 with KitKat 4.4.2 seems to do great with battery use. I've seen it only lose one or two percent from a full 100% charge after 8 to 12 hours if I'm not using it much. The big difference in the way I use mine however is it's in Airplane mode all of the time. I suspect that part of the phone may use a fair amount of power and depending on how far your nearest cell tower is will use a lot more power for phones that are further away from a cell tower. Phones make brief transmissions even when you are not using your phone to stay in touch with the cell tower unless you are in Airplane mode.
I am using Autorun Manager to try this out.
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Viptr said:
Hello to all!! I've had the same problems like the 90% of the people that installed the 4.4.2 update on my Note 3. Android OS was almost always awake and was draining the battery like hell!! Sometimes even 40% battery drop over a night!! I've tried almost everything! Factory reset - some said that a simple reboot and many other not usefull things in forums that other people suggested!! Nothing worked. Sorry for all these I say but I am very frustrated with all these people that suggests things without even knowing the problem or even tried first do some things for it. Maybe I am wrong for this but anyway. Lets continue..
SOLUTION:
1st of all! You must have root access.
2. Buy and install Autostars from google playstore! 1.5€ is nothing from what this app gives you...!!
3. Open autostarts and give root access to the app
4. It will scan your phone for all the apps running etc. When its done you will get a categorised list with actions your phone does in many different situations. Like when you put a charger or open wifi or close mobile data etc etc...
5. open the category "after boot" and underneath you will see all the actions your phone does after booting inside android system.
6. Disable the following actions:
Camera test
Camera
And anything else at you own will! Maybe you dont want to start facebook.. youtube.. etc after boot! Even though if you are not an expert on all these things (like me) dont touch any other system apps. (System apps are yellow colored inside the app) Also I've read somewhere that you must disable and the camera button in lockscreen. I don't know if this helped also. You can try it on your own. I've had it disabled in my phone from the begining. All these worked for me under NG2 kernel. I haven't tried it with NF4 kernel but I thing that it will be the same.
7. Final step. Just reboot
All the battery drain comes from a sensor in the camera that stays on after booting your phone and it doesnt leave your phone go sleep even with the screen locked. Before those things Ive hand 12-14hours roughly battery lifetime. The android os was awake the 10 hours in these 12-14 hours.... now I am 12 hours on battery with heavy use and I have 78% battery... Android Os now is just 1-2minutes awake in 12hours of use.... I hope that works on everyone try these things! I would be very happy if this works in all of you!! I was 3 days over my phone to find a solution and Ive read tooooo many forums!
Finally sorry for my english. I know that I am not very good but I ve tried..
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Can't find Autostars app, can you post a link?
Jason x
I believe that freezing an app and stop it from running is better than deleting it! If you freeze it and you have a problem you can just unfreeze it. Deleting it making a lot more time to fix the problem.. But sure I believe that if you can delete it then you will have the same result.
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My Note 3 with KitKat 4.4.2 seems to do great with battery use. I've seen it only lose one or two percent from a full 100% charge after 8 to 12 hours if I'm not using it much. The big difference in the way I use mine however is it's in Airplane mode all of the time. I suspect that part of the phone may use a fair amount of power and depending on how far your nearest cell tower is will use a lot more power for phones that are further away from a cell tower. Phones make brief transmissions even when you are not using your phone to stay in touch with the cell tower unless you are in Airplane mode.
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Hello my friend! As I said in the main post this problem can be found in the majority of the phone that running the 4.4.2 kk rom. Sure the phone antenna consumes more battery when your phone is at greater distances from the cell tower and when you lose some more battery 'juice' because of this it is not considered as a battery drain problem... this is normal! Also Ive said in the post that the battery drain was from the android os and not the cell tower. When you go to the battery information to see the consumptions you will see that android os and the cell tower is in different categories. Anyway.. you should be very happy because belong to the minority of this 4.4.2. Problem and you dont have to do any of the above to get your battery back!
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Springles said:
I am using Autorun Manager to try this out.
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I dont know this app but it must do the same thing.. ! Give it a try and enjoy the results!
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Can't find Autostars app, can you post a link?
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I hope this link helps!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts
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I'am very pleased with the battery now! I Thing I will never update my phone again!! If my battery was brand new I bet that it would hold 2 days with my phone usage.
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For AutoStarts, BootManager module for Xposed works pretty well too
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For AutoStarts, BootManager module for Xposed works pretty well too
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Thank you !
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Source: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-note-3/862515-note-3-horrable-battery-life.html
1. Reboot daily, and do it when the phone is fully charged AND STILL ON THE CHARGER! Let it sit on the charger for a good five minutes so it goes through the whole boot process without taking any battery usage.
2. find the best (lowest) screen brightness you can live with and set that as your fixed screen brightness. Using Auto-brightness is NOT a good battery saver.
3. Active Apps Manager. I also put this right on the front screen. It's a little number inside a circle. The number is for how many apps are currently running in your phone's memory. The circle around the number turns colors from green to orange to red. If it's red then at least one of your running apps is using the cpu and therefore battery. If it's green then the apps are idle and not using much battery. You can press the button and it will show you what apps are open and what percentage of cpu is being used.
This little widget is invaluable in telling you which apps are notorious for using the cpu (and battery) even though you are not actively using them. It helps you understand which apps you need to kill off each time you use them. For instance I have found that almost all my news apps that have notifications activated will continued to run and eat battery. Also, my chess app, Chess.com. So now I just know to kill them off after I'm done using them.
4. Turn off wifi, bluetooth, gps, 4G, syncing and don't use any live wallpapers.
5. Enable Developer Options and check 'disable hardware overlays' and then 'enable MSAA' (automatically turned off on reboot)
Whats the point in having WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G if you're suggesting to turn it off?? Might want to think that part over again buddy lol
speedyjay said:
Whats the point in having WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G if you're suggesting to turn it off?? Might want to think that part over again buddy lol
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Off when you are not using them.
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Thats too simple
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Off when you are not using them.
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You can still have them on....but turn scanning off. Seriously dude, i think you need to get to know android a bit better.
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You can still have them on....but turn scanning off. Seriously dude, i think you need to get to know android a bit better.
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hardware uses battery power, when its on, even when not using it or its not scanning.
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hardware uses battery power, when its on, even when not using it or its not scanning.
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No it really doesnt....how can it possibly use power when its not doing anything? With 4G and wifi on....i could easily get 2 days usage out of my device.
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No it really doesnt....how can it possibly use power when its not doing anything? With 4G and wifi on....i could easily get 2 days usage out of my device.
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ok, i don't know about this.
I have seen all across the web posts about the disappointment in the battery life of the Nexus 6. I have to say why not, because with a 3300 MAH battery we expect more than 2 hours of on screen time. Which seems to be the normal accomplishment across the device. I have actually been able to achieve 4-5 hours of SOT on a regular basis! I haven't seen many guides on how to do so. I have only seen people bragging about it. So, I decided to post this information for those of you looking for some guidance. Hoping maybe for a sticky
1. First, you're going to want to be rooted.
If you do not know how to root or are not sure how to go about it you can use the Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit which is located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-9-8-t2947452
2. You're going to want to download Greenify. If you don't have it, it can be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en it is free. The pay version does have more to offer though.
Hibernate every service that typically runs in the background when not used (Example: Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Ebay, basically any notification based app). In addition, leave a widget on your home screen for hibernating the apps and going to the lockscreen. When you're done with your phone you can hit this. This will save battery when you're not using the phone.
3. Have Titanium backup installed (pro version) which consists of the free version + pro key. You can find them in the Google play store.. Free version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en Pay key: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackupPro&hl=en.
Freeze any applications which you do not use. (Ex: Cloud Print, DMService, Docs, Google Earth, Google Fit, Google books, music, Maps, etc...)
4. Have Disable Service installed. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wq.disableservice&hl=en
This one is a KEY in getting better battery life. I was not able to get GREAT on screen time until disabling services with the Disable Service app. I have attached pictures of which services you want to disable in regards to "Google play services" which tend to be a HUGE battery drain on the device. Disabling these I notice no issue with the device everything works properly.
5. Keep WI-FI on whenever possible
6. Use battery saver mode whenever possible.
7. Get rid of Google launcher (freeze it in titanium backup) and use an alternate launcher such as Nova, Apex, etc... For some reason the Google launcher seems to be a huge battery drain.
8. Don't use unnecessary services like the Google hot word detection. I have to admit this one is hard because I love just saying "Ok Google" and then telling it what I want to search. But is it really that hard to just hit the microphone on the Google search?
9. If you are a Facebook user: Set the application to NEVER check for an update unless you open the application. Same with Facebook Messenger.
10. Use adaptive brightness or leave brightness at the lowest setting.
By doing this I was in fact able to achieve 5 hours on screen time. I hope this helps someone. Also, if you're a HUGE gamer on your phone. It is very important to realize you're never going to get that kind of on screen time.
Pictures of which services to disable within Disable Service are below: :good:
So basically turn off every function on the phone. So now it's a dumb phone with a big screen.
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Ulver said:
So basically turn off every function on the phone. So now it's a dumb phone with a big screen.
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Not really it's still a fully functional phone. Again this is if you want more battery life. Like any other device if you want full features, then you're going to jeopardize more battery. Pretty much common sense.
1) Rooting the device is complete overkill
2) Greenify has non-root functionality
3) Why not use Android's built in Disable feature. Most of those apps aren't going to just be running anyway. Freezing them is pointless
4) This is a can of worms that is going to have unforeseen consequences. Unless you know exactly what everyone of these services does and how they interact with each other and the OS, I wouldn't touch them
5) Good advice
6) The absolute best advice you've given. I'd suggest creating a Battery Saver settings shortcut on your homescreen and toggle on/off as necessary
7) Just install another launcher and set it as default
8) This is fine advice and is a matter of personal preference
9) Good advice
10) Adaptive brightness likely uses quite a bit of battery as it has to determine ambient lighting. Just set the lowest brightness level you can live with.
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1) Rooting the device is complete overkill
2) Greenify has non-root functionality
3) Why not use Android's built in Disable feature. Most of those apps aren't going to just be running anyway. Freezing them is pointless
4) This is a can of worms that is going to have unforeseen consequences. Unless you know exactly what everyone of these services does and how they interact with each other and the OS, I wouldn't touch them
5) Good advice
6) The absolute best advice you've given. I'd suggest creating a Battery Saver settings shortcut on your homescreen and toggle on/off as necessary
7) Just install another launcher and set it as default
8) This is fine advice and is a matter of personal preference
9) Good advice
10) Adaptive brightness likely uses quite a bit of battery as it has to determine ambient lighting. Just set the lowest brightness level you can live with.
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I personally don't like the devices build in disable features because I've seen them still hog battery even though they claim they are "disabled" I suggested root because of using titanium backup which needs root as well. Again it's just personal preference. Not sure why you saying freezing apps is pointless. It accomplishes the same thing as disabling them
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So basically turn off every function on the phone. So now it's a dumb phone with a big screen.
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this. these threads amuse me whenever they pop up for each new device. turn off everything and like magic you have a phone that lasts days. this is stupid. i have every feature turned on my N6 at all times with auto brightness and can make it through the day just fine. on days when i use gmaps navigation i may have to quickcharge it for 20 min or so but that's pretty much it. just live your life and use your phone man. best advice i can give...
oh one more thing. facebook app is a notorious battery hog. here's some real advice: ditch it and just use the web portal. MUCH better...
funny, i keep most everything enabled and still get from 5.5-6.5 hours sot. nor do i ever turn on or use wifi. only lte here.
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funny, i keep most everything enabled and still get from 5.5-6.5 hours sot.
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There's no way you are dead stock and have everything enabled and get 5.5-6.5 hours on screen time unless you barely use your phone for anything. lol
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There's no way you are dead stock and have everything enabled and get 5.5-6.5 hours on screen time unless you barely use your phone for anything. lol
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who said anything about being stock? even though i had the same battery life when i was on stock. being stock or custom rom doesnt matter anyways. its about how i have my phone and cpu set up, what apps i install, and about my phone/data signal quality. and yes, im a heavy user, not at all a light user. but i do not game very much, mostly a browser user.
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who said anything about being stock? even though i had the same battery life when i was on stock. being stock or custom rom doesnt matter anyways. its about how i have my phone and cpu set up, what apps i install, and about my phone/data signal quality. and yes, im a heavy user, not at all a light user. but i do not game very much, mostly a browser user.
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What specific rom/kernel and settings are you using to achieve such battery life?
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What specific rom/kernel and settings are you using to achieve such battery life?
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i run rastapop or terminus(with either elementalx or franco kernel), at 3033mhz/300mhz(ondemand/deadline or conservative/deadline for franco) with all 4 cores on all the time(no hotplugging). mpdecision always disabled. i never use the default kernels settings, and always set up my cpu my way. but i live in nyc, with great tmobile coverage. battery life has much to do with the quality of coverage that you get btw.
Im stock and get 5.8hr SOT.
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Im stock and get 5.8hr SOT.
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crachel said:
1) Rooting the device is complete overkill
2) Greenify has non-root functionality
3) Why not use Android's built in Disable feature. Most of those apps aren't going to just be running anyway. Freezing them is pointless
4) This is a can of worms that is going to have unforeseen consequences. Unless you know exactly what everyone of these services does and how they interact with each other and the OS, I wouldn't touch them
5) Good advice
6) The absolute best advice you've given. I'd suggest creating a Battery Saver settings shortcut on your homescreen and toggle on/off as necessary
7) Just install another launcher and set it as default
8) This is fine advice and is a matter of personal preference
9) Good advice
10) Adaptive brightness likely uses quite a bit of battery as it has to determine ambient lighting. Just set the lowest brightness level you can live with.
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You skipped 8. Lol
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since i never drain my battery completely, here is my battery at 50%(was an especially good night, usually its around 3.5h sot at 50%). no game playing here, mostly browser and hangouts..
simms22 said:
since i never drain my battery completely, here is my battery at 50%(was an especially good night, usually its around 3.5h sot at 50%). no game playing here, mostly browser and hangouts..
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Booya!!!!!!!!!
Same here I get some good days and great days. 5.8 is one of the good. one day of 7 was great lol.
PunishedSnake said:
Booya!!!!!!!!!
Same here I get some good days and great days. 5.8 is one of the good. one day of 7 was great lol.
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absolutely. it cant be the same every day, but 5.5-7h sot is where it averages. mostly around 6h sot is what i get. but i really rarely reach near 10% battery left.
PunishedSnake said:
Booya!!!!!!!!!
Same here I get some good days and great days. 5.8 is one of the good. one day of 7 was great lol.
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yea i dunno why people try to call 'bs' on these things. i float during the day between everything disabled or stream and hog data at will. it takes like 10 seconds to cycle between the 2 'modes' and i like to test this things limits. i have turned in a 10 hour SOT before and rubbed it in my buddys iPhace, but that was a bizarre one. 5+ is the cellar. 6 is common. 7 is great. 8 is a chore.
leank is mostly why uc/uv, pure 3.98 stripped some w nano gapps and ones i choose, dark theme
edit: i meant to add: there are differences in hardware that MAY result in differences as well
i feel that the huge difference is network quality, for some, no matter what they do, they cant go over 4h sot. i think this is where network quality comes in. also, screen brightness is very important. keep it as low as you can, lol.
One thing I'm noticing is how much the Turbo charger affects battery life. I have a Nokia Qi wireless charger built into my nightstand that I typically use for charging my Qi devices at night. I only recently started using QC2.0 chargers in the car and next to that same nightstand and have seen much better results already. My 6 is trending to hit about 5.5 hours of SoT today whereas 4 was the norm previously.
SInce Greenify works with the new MOFO method, I thought it would be interesting to see how it's affecting the Turbo's already superior battery life. How much further are people getting on a single charge?
i completely forgot about that. i will let you know. may take a couple days though to really see.
I've been using greenify since owning the turbo. Without xposed, root only allows for hibernation without having to turn the screen on. Otherwise, I haven't noticed much of a difference - though it is nice not watching the screen turn on, stop processes, then turn off many times a day.
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Demiurge7 said:
I've been using greenify since owning the turbo. Without xposed, root only allows for hibernation without having to turn the screen on. Otherwise, I haven't noticed much of a difference - though it is nice not watching the screen turn on, stop processes, then turn off many times a day.
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i thought without root it could not autohibernate. before root you had ot manually hit the button to close apps. at least i couldnt find a way to have it auto hibernate without root
johnbravado said:
i thought without root it could not autohibernate. before root you had ot manually hit the button to close apps. at least i couldnt find a way to have it auto hibernate without root
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No it can auto hibernate without root. You just have to set greenify as a device administrator - and it has to turn the screen on to stop apps. This function may require the paid version (dont remember), but not root. I think root may also allow hibernation of system apps, but even then I think that was an option without root.
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does not work 100%?
My workaround was to use fast reboot pro since it stops apps without root or turning on the screen.
Haven't rooted my turbo yet (not paying for it when they give disclaimers and there was a bounty) but frp seems to save some battery plus switching to ART helps as well.
I don't think greenify will do much difference because it requires more of cpu downclocking and Governor change.
wadamean said:
I don't think greenify will do much difference because it requires more of cpu downclocking and Governor change.
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Huh? Greenify does not "downclock" or change your governor. It keeps wake locks down, and prevents apps from using battery by running when they don't need to be.
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My battery barelly holds 16 hours and I have the donation package of greenify. What am I doing wrong? My Z2 battery used to hold like 18~20 hours or even more.
Demiurge7 said:
Huh? Greenify does not "downclock" or change your governor. It keeps wake locks down, and prevents apps from using battery by running when they don't need to be.
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I am well aware of that. My lack of not seperating the sentences may have brought confusion. What I was implying, was that greenify won't do so much of a difference because to obtain legit battery improvements it requires tweaking of kernel and cpu and governors and achieve the best battery possible.
maximuscesar said:
My battery barelly holds 16 hours and I have the donation package of greenify. What am I doing wrong? My Z2 battery used to hold like 18~20 hours or even more.
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Do not be mislead to how many hours it lasts in the long run of quantity but focus on screen on time which matters most. I am not rooted whatsoever and I constantly achieve this battery life.
wadamean said:
I am well aware of that. My lack of not seperating the sentences may have brought confusion. What I was implying, was that greenify won't do so much of a difference because to obtain legit battery improvements it requires tweaking of kernel and cpu and governors and achieve the best battery possible.
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I see. I do think greenify does its job, and certainly helps battery life (especially in conjunction with xposed). I would, and I am sure many others would agree that it's still an effective and legitimate tool. I agree, not as much so as throttling, but that's not really what I thought this thread was about. We are unfortunately far from kernel tweaks at the moment ☺
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I am well aware of that. My lack of not seperating the sentences may have brought confusion. What I was implying, was that greenify won't do so much of a difference because to obtain legit battery improvements it requires tweaking of kernel and cpu and governors and achieve the best battery possible.
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apps not waking the cpu from deep sleep and being more efficient than a super fast cpu running more slowly and performing the tasks for longer. sounds better to me at least thats the idea behind the new job scheduler api in 5.x and greenify thats longer that all the components on the phone have to be operating and creating heat Im not an expert but my 2 cents
53?!?
Thats right, 53 hours, or around there at least. So I am using the original root image from mofo, with Greenify Donation Package installed, so I get auto hibernation, but not the system function hibernation....yet. I may be updating to an Xposed image soon, to unlock those features. I have every app possible except Carbonite Mobile (Auto Pic/Video backup/access) and TextSecure ( 3rd party SMS/MMS) set to auto-hibernate, including my 3rd party email K-9 Mail, I don't use the normal GMail app. With my current combination, normal usage inc. phone calls, texts, (mostly) web browsing or stalking the XDA app, I got a whopping ~53 hours of battery life before I had to charge at 2%. My phone is also my alarm clock. Unfortunately I forgot to take a screen shot, but I will try and duplicate it and take one.
BEDickey said:
Thats right, 53 hours, or around there at least. So I am using the original root image from mofo, with Greenify Donation Package installed, so I get auto hibernation, but not the system function hibernation....yet. I may be updating to an Xposed image soon, to unlock those features. I have every app possible except Carbonite Mobile (Auto Pic/Video backup/access) and TextSecure ( 3rd party SMS/MMS) set to auto-hibernate, including my 3rd party email K-9 Mail, I don't use the normal GMail app. With my current combination, normal usage inc. phone calls, texts, (mostly) web browsing or stalking the XDA app, I got a whopping ~53 hours of battery life before I had to charge at 2%. My phone is also my alarm clock. Unfortunately I forgot to take a screen shot, but I will try and duplicate it and take one.
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That's intense.
Just rooted and got xposed working last night to hibernate some system apps. Excited to see how it works.
Sooooooooo..... Battery life with greenify and lux after root and disabling bloat. My location services are on high accuracy. My Bluetooth is always on with my moto 360. Wi-Fi and data are also always on. I receive all notifications. How can I ask for any better.....
That picture doesn't really mean anything without also showing screen on time.
JasonJoel said:
That picture doesn't really mean anything without also showing screen on time.
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Because of the moto 360 not a lot of screen time. I reply and skip music through through the watch.
So for people like me that means a lot. Just news when I'm free for screen on time.
XT1225, Kit Kat with some apps greenified and some bloat removed/frozen.