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Android System using 55% of battery?

I had a Evo before and the Android System used maybe 15% of the battery (as seen in the battery stats section of the settings.) Now I have an Evo with far worse battery life, and it says that 55% of the juice is being used by Android System? Anyone know why, or how to fix it? These are essentially stock Evos, no rooting or such. Thanks.
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Mine says 30% right now but that's with me playing on it for a while tonight. Try a battery pull, or reset it.
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Click on it and see how many apps "android system" contains. Also if you havent made any phone calls or used 3rd party apps to much "android system" will occupy most of the battery.

Ok, did some research and found that people have been having issues with version 1 of the HTCfacebook app keeping the phone awake all the time and killing the battery. Seems.it.can not he deleted on non-rooted phones, but I did force close it and the drain on the battery seems to have slowed, and the system is down to 30% battery usage. now, does anyone know how I might delete this app without root? (this is the app which comes preinstalled and runs all the time in the background, not the one downloaded from the market.)

ronnienyc said:
Ok, did some research and found that people have been having issues with version 1 of the HTCfacebook app keeping the phone awake all the time and killing the battery. Seems.it.can not he deleted on non-rooted phones, but I did force close it and the drain on the battery seems to have slowed, and the system is down to 30% battery usage. now, does anyone know how I might delete this app without root? (this is the app which comes preinstalled and runs all the time in the background, not the one downloaded from the market.)
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Did you make sure it's not set for auto sync using the HTCfacebook app?

You should be able to update it to the newer version that fixed that issue. No need to delete.

How does one update the preinstalled version? Thx.
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ronnienyc said:
How does one update the preinstalled version? Thx.
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I re-read one of your posts and noticed that its the htc facebook that's giving you the problem.
You should be able to download facebook for android (ver. 1.3.2 I believe) on the market and that should become your default facebook app and solve your issue.

Thanks lovethyEVO, I have done that but the default app keeps running in the background

Wonder if you went to settings, applications, and found the bad fb. App. Then hit clear defaults. Now set the upgraded version as default. Idk. It might work

Was going to suggest an autostarts type of app, since you can't uninstall it unless your rooted, but it looks like you have to be rooted on autostarts also. You can maybe try to find one that doesn't need root, or an autokill type of app. You can't uninstall it, but maybe you can keep it under control.
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Thanks all. Well, I spent about 2 hours rooting from 2.2 today, and now I am running Fresh, which seems to have far superior battery life. Thanks for all of your ideas. (rooting the Hero was way, way easier)

Battery issues on 2.3

Im noticing my battery is draining faster than when I had froyo anyone else noticing this.its very disappointing .im using it just how I used it on froyo and it barely last through half the day. And should I use a task killer, droid life said it would save me more battery if I didn't use one
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You might want to recalibrate your battery. I am getting much better life on gingerbread. Definitely do not use a task killer. Android is designed to keep the programs you use most in memory and drop the ones that aren't. Even the ones on memory won't be using much power.
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Charge the battery to 100% and then boot into CWM and go to advanced > wipe battery stats

jgraham4598 said:
You might want to recalibrate your battery. I am getting much better life on gingerbread. Definitely do not use a task killer. Android is designed to keep the programs you use most in memory and drop the ones that aren't. Even the ones on memory won't be using much power.
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Jmoney47 said:
Charge the battery to 100% and then boot into CWM and go to advanced > wipe battery stats
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It actually was doing pretty good until today and maybe its me not noticing how much im using it since I am trying out gb and all its new features lol
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Another reason that I regretted upgrading to it is the battery seems to run down a lot faster.
I also noticed the keypad lights stay on considerably longer (and brighter too?). Can it possibly be assisted adjusted?
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Ted A said:
Another reason that I regretted upgrading to it is the battery seems to run down a lot faster.
I also noticed the keypad lights stay on considerably longer (and brighter too?). Can it possibly be assisted adjusted?
Yea the lights are way to bright for no good reason.
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We just updated my wife's DX to the Gingerbread OTA this morning. (We are running stock)
My wife showed me that her battery was down to about 40% today, when normally she is around 70% by the end of the day.
I don't have CWM on her phone (if I should be resetting data as mentioned above).
Is her battery draining faster, or is it just a battery recalibration issue?
If we need to recalibrate, what should we do without CWM?
Thanks ...

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Is her battery draining faster, or is it just a battery recalibration issue?
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The battery is likely draining faster. It's an issue discussed by many others. I have questionable battery issues following the upgrade. My usage patterns haven't changed, but my battery life seems slightly worse. Moto is aware and hopefully will fix relatively soon.

openbox9 said:
The battery is likely draining faster. It's an issue discussed by many others. I have questionable battery issues following the upgrade. My usage patterns haven't changed, but my battery life seems slightly worse. Moto is aware and hopefully will fix relatively soon.
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I'm also experiencing 20 to 30% faster battery drainage on GB. No change in usage or apps.

openbox9 said:
The battery is likely draining faster. It's an issue discussed by many others. I have questionable battery issues following the upgrade. My usage patterns haven't changed, but my battery life seems slightly worse. Moto is aware and hopefully will fix relatively soon.
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Are there other threads where this drainage issue is being discussed and potential solutions being posted?

¿GotJazz? said:
Are there other threads where this drainage issue is being discussed and potential solutions being posted?
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Yes, and so far the suggestions revolve around disabling any sort of syncing/polling apps, turning down screen brightness, turning off 3G radio and living life with only WiFi, doing a factory reset, and a few others. Some believe it's a 3G signal issue and the radio bumping the power to compensate. I'm betting on this as the phone does get quite a bit warmer when using the 3G radio. Realistically, the only real solution will come from Moto when the issue is fixed.

Motorola claims the DroidX has 480 minutes talk time and 220 hours standby!
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/U...s/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola-DROID-X-US-EN.alt
Anyone here get anything remotely close to those times?
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Definitely not since the GB update. Might have been able to get that before if you remove all widgets, syncing/pushing apps, and only turn the screen on to dial a phone number.
On a side note, I broke down and bought the extended battery and I seem to be getting worse battery life now than before Time to exchange it or get my money back.

I am experiencing the same fast drainage and excessive heat. I am more than ready for a fix & root.
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Just updated to 2.3.3 today and my battery is doing a lot better than on froyo. im unrooted

I was having a similar issue with the battery draining and the phone feeling warmer that usual after I first updated. I fired up OSMonitor and found that there was a motorola service running nonstop at like 20% CPU usage. Found out it was trying to sync my exchange account but couldn't connect. I manually went in to the mail app and refreshed; it sync'd my account and the problem was solved. Great battery life ever since.
Don't know if this is a similar issue that other people are having, but hopefully it helps someone.

I had the same problem (battery would drain in a few hours and the phone would get very hot) and could not determine the problem.
After a few days I tried the "Droid Factory Reset"
under: Reset instructions for DROID X on 2.3 Gingerbread Android:
motorola-global-portal dot custhelp dot com/app/answers/detail/a_id/48517/~/droid-x---factory-data-reset
It worked. The battery life went back to what it had been before the update, or at least to something similar. Of course, all the data and apps were wiped.... but it was a perfect trade off for having a phone that worked once again.
Just waiting for the Gingerbread OTA Root!

funny, cause when i go through privacy to factory data reset and get all the way to the final button to erase everything...the damn button does nothing. Doesnt work.
it's fine cause i can just boot into android recovery and do it there, but wtf.
this OTA GB has been pretty bad thus far. lots of lost functionality such as extended controls / power control widget, task killer widgets...none of them work.

Nate0922 said:
I was having a similar issue with the battery draining and the phone feeling warmer that usual after I first updated. I fired up OSMonitor and found that there was a motorola service running nonstop at like 20% CPU usage. Found out it was trying to sync my exchange account but couldn't connect. I manually went in to the mail app and refreshed; it sync'd my account and the problem was solved. Great battery life ever since.
Don't know if this is a similar issue that other people are having, but hopefully it helps someone.
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99% of the time, that was the issue with battery drain on GB.
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battery drain on jvp please post here

i would like to know if this problem continue on jvp.
it will be much easier to see it in one post instead of following it on 3 different post.

No battery drain for me. I did 34 hours with one charge.
Definitely the best gingerbread rom for me.
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I also don't have any draining problem after playing gameloft games without restart for almost 2 days.
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thzone said:
No battery drain for me. I did 34 hours with one charge.
Definitely the best gingerbread rom for me.
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do you have auto rotation on?
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I have absolutely no battery drain, 10% lose after 1 day (with playing calls etc included), however I've applied my little solution, deleting all the suspicious system apks

Definitely no battery drain here. Auto-rotation and GPS is ON all the time, played orientation-based and 3d-intensive games multiple times, used Google Maps (just had a nice tour today here in Japan )
By the way I haven't charged yet since I installed this rom 2 days ago.

samsung finally solved it or you did not have the problem before?

same for me right now i am at 1day and 8 hours with wifi on the whole time 3 hrs of calling and texting ,few games,radio etc i always have had the battery drain in the previous roms so this one is looking good

No drain here. With one charge phone now survives two days of intense use.
(stock JVP, dark core kernel, stock bloatware removed, ext4 lagfix)

I surely had it before that is why I started this infamous thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039696

No unusual drain here.
In fact this is the best battery efficiency out of any rom (except stock 2.1) I've used. Down to 64% after 24hrs with pretty low usage, which is subjective. To put it in perspective I rarely got past 24hours with typical usage on any 2.2 rom.

94kram01 said:
I have absolutely no battery drain, 10% lose after 1 day (with playing calls etc included), however I've applied my little solution, deleting all the suspicious system apks
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Wath is this suspicios system apk?
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Jeez, unless everyone in this thread is one person, i think we just might have a winning firmware.
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Android System at 18%, Android OS at 4%.
39min on battery and it went down 2% with nothing running, only wifi on, screen off most of the time.
Doesn't look good for me. About to calibrate battery, but just letting you know.

ghenn4 said:
No drain here. With one charge phone now survives two days of intense use.
(stock JVP, dark core kernel, stock bloatware removed, ext4 lagfix)
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what apps do you class as stock bloatware ? as im going to do the same as you !

p34nuTT said:
what apps do you class as stock bloatware ? as im going to do the same as you !
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Me too!
ghenn4 said:
No drain here. With one charge phone now survives two days of intense use.
(stock JVP, dark core kernel, stock bloatware removed, ext4 lagfix)
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Could you also tell me how i get from Miui 6.1 to your firmwarebuild and which steps i have to follow?
Thanks in advance =)

p34nuTT said:
what apps do you class as stock bloatware ? as im going to do the same as you !
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Well, it depends on personal preference , but for me bloatware is software that I will never use, or use someting else instead of the preinstalled one, for exaple : layer,mini diary, write and go, thinkfree office, stock audio player, swype, stock gallery app, samsung apps, touchwiz+widgets, live wallpapers,dual clock, etc.
Of course you need root, and titanium backup to remove, or you can delete the apk`s manually with root explorer, just don`t remove crucial stuff. You can search on google, or in the forums for a list of files,that can be safely removed.

Andeby said:
Android System at 18%, Android OS at 4%.
39min on battery and it went down 2% with nothing running, only wifi on, screen off most of the time.
Doesn't look good for me. About to calibrate battery, but just letting you know.
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I had it also, but after a few hours it stabilized. Give it some time.
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so thats means on JVP battery life is very good isn't ? because i never heard any complaint on this firmware.

mainmain820000 said:
so thats means on JVP battery life is very good isn't ? because i never heard any complaint on this firmware.
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For most it is amazing.
For me it has been so-so but I am letting it drain to calibrate now. Maybe it just looks like it's so-so.

BATTERY DRAIN Android Core Apps HELP

My phone gets down to 70% after less than 2 hours. It used to take probably like 3 or 4 hours to get to 70%. But I've also looked at the battery status and it says "Android Core Apps" has used 33% after an hour and 47 minutes on the battery. Look at the screenshot I attached. Please help?!

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My phone gets down to 70% after less than 2 hours. It used to take probably like 3 or 4 hours to get to 70%. But I've also looked at the battery status and it says "Android Core Apps" has used 33% after an hour and 47 minutes on the battery. Look at the screenshot I attached. Please help?!
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I haven't had the core apps problem, but I've had play services drain my battery extremely fast. I signed out of my accounts and then readded them. It helped me before maybe it would help you.
Also did you do a dirty flash?
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johnylovejoy said:
I haven't had the core apps problem, but I've had play services drain my battery extremely fast. I signed out of my accounts and then readded them. It helped me before maybe it would help you.
Also did you do a dirty flash?
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I've already done the play services thing it didn't seem to do anything. I actually haven't every had a problem with play services. But what do you mean by a dirty flash?

nelsona96 said:
I've already done the play services thing it didn't seem to do anything. I actually haven't every had a problem with play services. But what do you mean by a dirty flash?
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Did you wipe cache and dalvic?
Also did you restore apps from tb? You on v4?
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johnylovejoy said:
Did you wipe cache and dalvic?
Also did you restore apps from tb? You on v4?
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Idk if I wiped cache and dalvic but no I didn't restore anything from tb I restored apps from kies because I got the mf9 update from kies.

I wpuld suggest Backup your apps/data using mybackup. Redownload ROM, go into recovery, wipe /data /cache /dalvic, reflash, and restore apps (apks w/o data I get FCS fro, apk+data) and data. Should fix your battery problem.
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Oh also I forgot to mention the phone also gets really hot for like no reason and it takes forever to charge

nelsona96 said:
Oh also I forgot to mention the phone also gets really hot for like no reason and it takes forever to charge
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I say go odin back to stock mf9 and check whether your phone still gets hot or anything and to let your battery sink in for awhile then root and install your rom. Before doing this back up apps and internal memory since it will wipe it clean.
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Okay, and I also forgot to mention when I hold down the home button and it shows recent apps, there's some weird thing called "MIPerractivity" or something like that. I have no idea what that is..

nelsona96 said:
Okay, and I also forgot to mention when I hold down the home button and it shows recent apps, there's some weird thing called "MIPerractivity" or something like that. I have no idea what that is..
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Do some research around here you might find your answer 90% of the time look in this thread to find info on your problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359280
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Do some research around here you might find your answer 90% of the time look in this thread to find info on your problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2359280
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Didn't find anything there. It wasn't solved

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Didn't find anything there. It wasn't solved
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Where you able to find what it was tho?
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Having the same problem here.
Any help appreciated.

Same, MF9 update from MDL stock, unrooted
I'm having the same issue (coming from MDL stock, unrooted).
Is it the ROM? Is it Google Play? I'm not sure anymore, but i'm severely annoyed.

I had this problem until
I was experiencing the same issue on my phone. note I'm stock and not rooted. Until I updated the samsung apps.
For some reason the samsung app store had an update and was constantly waking my phone for the update, but because I had never agreed to the TOS(becuase I never opened the app) it wouldn't update resulting in battery drain.
I stumbled on the answer in a forum in regards to the G Note II. I was skeptical as to why it wouldn;t show the samsung app as being the culprit(something about using the google services core functions to update), but I know that it worked.
I'm sure an experienced dev can better explain why it shows as android os and not the Samsung app causing the drain.
If you already removed/froze those apps though I suppose you have a different issue.

skitzo2000 said:
I was experiencing the same issue on my phone. note I'm stock and not rooted. Until I updated the samsung apps.
For some reason the samsung app store had an update and was constantly waking my phone for the update, but because I had never agreed to the TOS(becuase I never opened the app) it wouldn't update resulting in battery drain.
I stumbled on the answer in a forum in regards to the G Note II. I was skeptical as to why it wouldn;t show the samsung app as being the culprit(something about using the google services core functions to update), but I know that it worked.
I'm sure an experienced dev can better explain why it shows as android os and not the Samsung app causing the drain.
If you already removed/froze those apps though I suppose you have a different issue.
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Just did that and I never opened the "Samsung Apps" app too and just got the update. Hopefully this will fix it (Google Play services drain). Thanks man!

Shut down
Battery out for 30 secs
Restart
Worked for me

You could try a different kernel too. I use AGAT's Kernel. That kernel gives me SO much more battery juice.

Salil999 said:
You could try a different kernel too. I use AGAT's Kernel. That kernel gives me SO much more battery juice.
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KT Kernel FTW!!
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Same thing has been happening to me since last night I woke up to my phone charging at 150+ degrees and ever since ive had crazy battery drain, and the android core apps is the main suspect
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2 Days of battery life?

Can anyone of you download advance task killer from the android market/Google Play. Download and could you check how many memory do you have? When I bought my note, I had only 40% of memory available on my phone, which means about 800 MB, and I couldn't take advantage the rest of the 2+GB memory because phone has couple hundred apps preinstalled... Now I started clearing and un installing all these unnecessary apps and now I have about 1.6 GB memory available on my phone, and as a result of that I was able to get two days battery every day. Basically I can't finish my battery in one day regardless of the usage, which is really good....

Or download n flash firekat v5
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LOL advance task killer is trash

Hmmm
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Or download n flash firekat v5
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I haven't tried the app but I also have been using FK ver 5. I haven't had my note 4 long enough without a custom rom to know the difference in battery duration between stock and FK.

Also greenify is a man's best friend when it comes to Android.. It hibernates apps just like a task killer but not killing them out which does the complete opposite..
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Love the battery life. Usually i end up with about 50 to 60 percent after work. And im constantly on a call. I actually don't use any battery or task management apps. Stock rooted. Here's what I got last couple days.
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boodies said:
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You're aware that this use includes you charging your device almost entirely, right?

JJ2525 said:
You're aware that this use includes you charging your device almost entirely, right?
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Sorry I have no idea what you're talking about? lol Can you rephrase?

boodies said:
Sorry I have no idea what you're talking about? lol Can you rephrase?
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Your phone was not on battery for 2+ days. You charged the device partway through and the stats didn't reset.

Yeah, I see the chart does go up at one point. I wonder why it says I was off for almost 3 days then. I was like damn thats a lot.

boodies said:
Yeah, I see the chart does go up at one point. I wonder why it says I was off for almost 3 days then. I was like damn thats a lot.
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You probably charged it to somewhere in the 80's. The battery stats don't reset unless it is charged to 90% or above.

Ic ic. Thanks for the clarification!

This thread is funny

bishaarcc said:
Can anyone of you download advance task killer from the android market/Google Play. Download and could you check how many memory do you have? When I bought my note, I had only 40% of memory available on my phone, which means about 800 MB, and I couldn't take advantage the rest of the 2+GB memory because phone has couple hundred apps preinstalled... Now I started clearing and un installing all these unnecessary apps and now I have about 1.6 GB memory available on my phone, and as a result of that I was able to get two days battery every day. Basically I can't finish my battery in one day regardless of the usage, which is really good....
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Please Please dont waste your time with task killers. You do not need them. Why do you think they are not included in any of these awesome ROMS ? If you have 1.6GB of free memory of RAM available on your phone you are doing pretty damn good. With everything closed I have 1.85/2.72 GB of RAM . You do not need a task killer to tell u that. Just tap the icon on the left next to the close all button when you have recent apps open. By the way I get 2days of battery even if I leave most of my apps open or in RAM. What counts is if your phone is deep sleeping while the screen is off. Use cpu-spy its a great app to monitor whether your phone is deep sleeping or not. I get great battery life no matter what rom I am on and even if its Stock by maintaining that its actually in deep sleep while turning the phone off. For real though without having Ultra Power Saving mode on the best you will get while at IDLE is about .05% an hour maybe a little better in some cases . A half a percent an hour is 200hours battery life at Idle.

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Or download n flash firekat v5
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