How is my battery? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Title says it all. Details about my setup are in my sig.
How does mine compare in general? I've been trying to optimize battery and performance. I think its good. But could I do better?
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You have Wi-Fi off most of the time and very little screen on. Any one can 10+ hours that way with little drain.

That's what I was thinking. When you do something like photos below and then have questions sure. But when you don't use your phone and show it means nothing.
Its not amazing but it happens.
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toxicpaulution said:
That's what I was thinking. When you do something like photos below and then have questions sure. But when you don't use your phone and show it means nothing.
Its not amazing but it happens.
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What's your configuration, if you don't mind me asking?

Just Beanstalk ATM that's it. Stock kernel and what not. No mods of any kind. Plus I work so I don't use much of my phone. Oh and brightness 100% why have such a nice screen if you can't see it?
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I'm thinking about trying a GE ROM. Would you say they're better than CM?
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New N7 user.

I have bought a 32gb nexus 7 from best buy in canada and wondering is it all the same ? Just don't want to end up whit a brick or anything
First 4 hours of use impression : it came preloaded whit 4.1.1 its snappy if you ask me but sometimes in application we can see some small lag but great tablet for its price !
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shahkam said:
I have bought a 32gb nexus 7 from best buy in canada and wondering is it all the same ? Just don't want to end up whit a brick or anything
First 4 hours of use impression : it came preloaded whit 4.1.1 its snappy if you ask me but sometimes in application we can see some small lag but great tablet for its price !
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They're are all the same do don't worry about that. Glad you're enjoying it!
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Mac of York said:
They're are all the same do don't worry about that. Glad you're enjoying it!
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Sweet ! Looking forward to this phablet now time to go on reading to get root and etc etc... Also how does the charging works first time ? Drain to 0% and then 100% ?
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Makaijin said:
With every electronic gadget using Lithium-ion batteries nowadays, it doesn't really matter how/when you charge it.
Some would argue to make sure to allow a full discharge from a full charge from a battery calibration point of view, so the battery meter is more accurate. It wouldn't affect the health of the battery itself either way.
Things like memory effect doesn't apply to lithium-ion. How often you charge it and how much you charge it (full or partial charge etc.) doesn't affect it much either. The only 2 things that can potential kill a lithium-ion is high temperature and letting it discharge far too low to the point that it cannot be charged up again. Note that all electronic devices will power off way before it even reaches this threshold.
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Read this in a different thread when i was unboxing my nexus 7, i let mine sit for a while on the charger before i turned it on, but it came charged already. So far i have not let my nexus drain to 0% and the battery life on it is great, it can go for a entire day.
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inkredible973 said:
Read this in a different thread when i was unboxing my nexus 7, i let mine sit for a while on the charger before i turned it on, but it came charged already. So far i have not let my nexus drain to 0% and the battery life on it is great, it can go for a entire day.
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Thanks for letting me know ive drained it to 0 charging all the way to 100 can't wait to start tinkering whit it
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I too just got one. May be came out of the box with 4.2. After I signed in I checked for an update manually, and it immediately upgraded to 4.2.1. I then rooted immediately! Battery has been impressive so far.
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annoyingduck said:
I too just got one. May be came out of the box with 4.2. After I signed in I checked for an update manually, and it immediately upgraded to 4.2.1. I then rooted immediately! Battery has been impressive so far.
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No luck for me i guess it shows that there is an update it downloads it and boot into recovery attempts to install but then an android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears ?
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Sounds like it may be a corrupt download. Unless you plan to remain on the stock ROM just unlock/root it and then install what ever ROM you like.
DarkSankaku said:
Sounds like it may be a corrupt download. Unless you plan to remain on the stock ROM just unlock/root it and then install what ever ROM you like.
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Will re download yeah it was only 80mb and it took like 20 seconds i think to download?
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shahkam said:
No luck for me i guess it shows that there is an update it downloads it and boot into recovery attempts to install but then an android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears ?
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Will re download yeah it was only 80mb and it took like 20 seconds i think to download?
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It happened to my device yesterday too. But after that upgrade disappeared so i can't get update. Did you redownload it? If you did, can you tell me how can i?
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I found website for to redownload way (i can't share url because i haven't 10 post) and i have tried twice but every time android robot laying down whit his chest open and a red triangle appears and i can't update. Can someone know why it is happened?

Faux123 kernel affecting wireless charging?

Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone knows a setting in the latest kernel (008-tbm) that affects wireless charging. I am on stock ROM with only this kernel installed. Wireless charging worked fine until I installed this kernel, so I know something is goofed up with my kernel settings. I'm UV -12.5 mV global
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freefromapple said:
Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone knows a setting in the latest kernel (008-tbm) that affects wireless charging. I am on stock ROM with only this kernel installed. Wireless charging worked fine until I installed this kernel, so I know something is goofed up with my kernel settings. I'm UV -12.5 mV global
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Why the hell are you asking this in nexus 4 GENERAL? When there is a thread for this kernel in Original development.. Sigh
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Girn said:
Why the hell are you asking this in nexus 4 GENERAL? When there is a thread for this kernel in Original development.. Sigh
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he doesnt have enough posts to post in the development sections.
Thank you for clearing that up for him. I hate posting stuff because everyone has to be an @$$ about helping out. If you don't want to help just move on, I don't want to hear how stupid I am just what I can do that I haven't thought of. Thanks
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I'm on his 008tbu and have no issues with wireless charging.
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freefromapple said:
Thank you for clearing that up for him. I hate posting stuff because everyone has to be an @$$ about helping out. If you don't want to help just move on, I don't want to hear how stupid I am just what I can do that I haven't thought of. Thanks
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try raising your voltages, undervolting can have create such issues. every device is different in what it likes and dislikes.
OK thanks for the help guys. I'll try that right away. Right now it'll show as charging for about five minutes and then for some reason will stop.
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OK I tried that and it didn't work, I'm using the intellidemand governor and all of the rest of faux123's recommended settings. My CPU bin is nominal if that helps any.
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Here's a screenshot of my battery graph.
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Girn said:
Why the hell are you asking this in nexus 4 GENERAL? When there is a thread for this kernel in Original development.. Sigh
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Why do you even care? It mean that much to you?
Posts like yours are more annoying than the original threads.
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you should try a different kernel, just to make sure. it takes seconds to flash a kernel, so that shouldnt be an issue. if it works fine with another kernel, then the issue is the kernel. if the same issue persists, then its your rom or device.
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Why the hell are you asking this in nexus 4 GENERAL? When there is a thread for this kernel in Original development.. Sigh
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Posts like this make me believe that Reddit & Rootwiki users are right, about the attitude of many XDA users..
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Posts like this make me believe that Reddit & Rootwiki users are right, about the attitude of many XDA users..
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unfortunately, many reddit and rootwiki users arent any better.
Yeah I'm on faux's kernel as well with no wireless charging problems. There's a good chance that it might be stopping because your battery is getting too hot. Do you have daydream enabled? Does your phone feel hot when charging?
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Yeah I just got it working for about 30 minutes and my phone is super hot. It's never been this hot before so I'm gonna try a new kernel and see what happens like someone said earlier to narrow it down if it's the kernel for sure
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What charger are you using? Some do not work well with the N4.
I have used several different kernels and none have affected the wireless charging. My phone gets up to 41°C while charging wirelessly so getting hot is not unusual.
I'm using the official nexus charging orb from Google play. I just flashed a new kernel and wireless charging seems to be back working. I'm gonna give it another hour just to make sure before I make any assumptions
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One weird thing I did notice though is that on faux kernel I could not UV past -50mV without my phone rebooting, making my lowest clock of 384Mhz at 850mV. However I'm on harsh kernel right now and it shows that my lowest clock is at 800mV stock without any adjustments and is working fine. Would that make any sense? I know the governors could possibly be more or less harsh on the battery but shouldn't the failure value resulting in rebooting be the same no matter what governor or kernel you use? I'm by no means an expert as to why I'm asking
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Is not unheard of to not be stable at the same voltages with different kernels. Also if you were using one of the kernels with turbo boost your chip may have needed a higher voltage for the higher frequencies. Or not, I don't know lol.
Glad your charger is working now. I like Harshes kernel.

Google Services battery usage

I've had this phone for just under a week. I'm rooted, but running stock. Is Google Services supposed to be using this much battery (more than the screen)? The screen had 2 hours and 44 minutes.
Thanks for any assistance!
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Wiskid15 said:
I've had this phone for just under a week. I'm rooted, but running stock. Is Google Services supposed to be using this much battery (more than the screen)? The screen had 2 hours and 44 minutes.
Thanks for any assistance!
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My Android System uses #1. I guess they are glitches. Samsung Link was using #2 until I disabled it.
Wiskid15 said:
I've had this phone for just under a week. I'm rooted, but running stock. Is Google Services supposed to be using this much battery (more than the screen)? The screen had 2 hours and 44 minutes.
Thanks for any assistance!
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I've been seeing this also, very high Google services.. The thing is it isn't always high, just every couple days it will be my highest use of battery
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Ls1ssz28 said:
I've been seeing this also, very high Google services.. The thing is it isn't always high, just every couple days it will be my highest use of battery
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Yeah, now today Google services is way down from where it was. Strange. I guess I'll just keep an eye on it. My battery life is still amazing...
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I noticed the same thing the first couple of days I had the phone and then it stopped. Possible uploading backups to google?
I never had the issue just like many of you dont see this Android System taking up all the cpu. I wonder if that's caused by me having my GPS on and set to show my location at all times so my close friends can locate me.
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RIL-FD, help plese

RIL-FD
anybody knows what this wakelock is?
its always keeping my phone awake for 3 to 5 hours when im not using it
its killing my battery life, because my phone is practically unable to sleep
i tried google but all i get are secril fd results
if anyone knows what this is or how to fix it would be a big help
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guess im the only one with this issue
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negrobembon said:
guess im the only one with this issue
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i do know it, i have been investigating about it without much success.
Mainly i can make it dissapear for half day if i use WIFI, once wifi is enabled the wake lock dissapears when i stop using wifi or do an experiment with it.
but somehow the error comes back once in a while, after a reboot, or after charging it.
no kernel fix it, no Rom fix it, im putting my hopes on CM
negrobembon said:
guess im the only one with this issue
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i removed fast dormancy and ril-fd is no more (im on crash rom atm where i found a cooked setting to turn off FD).
so this might be related to fast dormancy, i dont want to root this phone yet for certain reasons so i might try switching carriers, maybe it'll help
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negrobembon said:
so this might be related to fast dormancy, i dont want to root this phone yet for certain reasons so i might try switching carriers, maybe it'll help
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there are pre-rooted stock roms which are not supposed to increase the flash counter.
And i confirmed it, i toggled FD and the wakelockappeared, changed roms and tried that again, and the WL dissapeared.
But still my battery life sucks though, getting a honami when its out.
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there are pre-rooted stock roms which are not supposed to increase the flash counter.
And i confirmed it, i toggled FD and the wakelockappeared, changed roms and tried that again, and the WL dissapeared.
But still my battery life sucks though, getting a honami when its out.
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honami? thats a sony right? is that the Z ultra? if so then, man how can you use such a monster as a phone?
i'd buy the xperia z if i were you
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Nah Honami is Sony new phone. Looks awesome! 20mp camera! Yeeeaaah! I'm also getting this when it's released
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Obagleyfreer said:
Nah Honami is Sony new phone. Looks awesome! 20mp camera! Yeeeaaah! I'm also getting this when it's released
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sounds good, gonna look it up, ive been eyeing tge sony stuff for a while now and was super close to buying a Z, but i may wait for this Honami if its good
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negrobembon said:
sounds good, gonna look it up, ive been eyeing tge sony stuff for a while now and was super close to buying a Z, but i may wait for this Honami if its good
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honami is the code name for the i1(naming confirmation pending from sony, will be disclosed at IFA or so we hope).
after A LOT of hate which went throught the phone, i updated the arrow rom to 5.1, deactivated FD, and nothing,i was getting 10% in 3 hours, for some reason i dont remember i rebooted the phone, and the darn phone still have the same charge from yesterday te phone have 24 hours of uptime (taking in account i have done some serious undervolt to the phone). i was getting about an hour per % an a half with hangouts and whatsapp freezed and in NO use or just checking the bat.
Not bad but too much work to have a "regulary updated" phone to work properly.
now i dont even know what will happen when i recharge the phone again what kind of behaivor will have this darn non-optimized phone I'll be reporting what happens.
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Nah Honami is Sony new phone. Looks awesome! 20mp camera! Yeeeaaah! I'm also getting this when it's released
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jumping off the fine i9505? that one should not give problems at all
Asadroid said:
i removed fast dormancy and ril-fd is no more (im on crash rom atm where i found a cooked setting to turn off FD).
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Where do I find the setting for Fast Dormancy?

Would a custom ROM be better for the screen ?

So I have had good battery from my note 2 - recently got a s4 love it! But 65 percent of the battery is used by the screen on automatic battery. I had a custom ROM it said the screen was taking a smaller percentage of my screen. Is this a fact or was I dreaming?
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The screen using the battery is because of you, the user. When the screen is off, it uses no battery. When it is on, it is using battery.
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It all depends on the user...heres some tips ive learned to lower that precentage:
1) lower brightness (I know obvious)
2) use dark themes/wallpapers (lighter colors use up kore battery than dark ones on amoled screen...and I believe pure black actualy turns off the pixels, so a pure black background may help)
Ehh thats actually all I can think of...thought I had more lol
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graydiggy said:
The screen using the battery is because of you, the user. When the screen is off, it uses no battery. When it is on, it is using battery.
But I don't understand. I had the note 2 and had auto brightness because I want to see the phone in the day light. It never had 62 percent or 50 whatever percent using the screen. With a custom ROM I had more battery with clean rom
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It depends on your usage. I am pretty sure that your daily usage is not the same. You do not get any screen usage with the screen turned off. Screen usage comes into play when the screen is on. For instance, yesterday, my screen took up 60% of my total usage. Today it was at 45%. A custom ROM has little to do with how the screen works.
Auto brightness varies as well... Too many factors that has nothing to do with the ROM. It is all user based.
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graydiggy said:
It depends on your usage. I am pretty sure that your daily usage is not the same. You do not get any screen usage with the screen turned off. Screen usage comes into play when the screen is on. For instance, yesterday, my screen took up 60% of my total usage. Today it was at 45%. A custom ROM has little to do with how the screen works.
Auto brightness varies as well... Too many factors that has nothing to do with the ROM. It is all user based.
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Alright. Well, it said using auto brightness could save battery usage. But sometimes I have the save battery option on. Thought I'm not sure it helps more. I actually went to try and look for a post about " better battery stats" but for some odd reason, when going to it using my phone, it lags ridiculously bad! I haven't gone on a computer to see if it was in fact my phone. But, all other posts and topics are fine
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The screen will always be number one user unless you didn't use your phone that day.
Like other people said, darker (black) themes. Set the time out really short and turn on Smart Screen. Auto brightness works fine for me, or you can manually turn it lower.
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Look into other kernels and what settings to use in those kernels. I use MDOB MF3 and CHRONIC kernel and I use my xda app,internet,videos,msgs,and a bunch of other apps like even Facebook.I unplugged my phone Saturday at 10:27am and m on xda replying now at 5:09am with 57% battery.
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Look into other kernels and what settings to use in those kernels. I use MDOB MF3 and CHRONIC kernel and I use my xda app,internet,videos,msgs,and a bunch of other apps like even Facebook.I unplugged my phone Saturday at 10:27am and m on xda replying now at 5:09am with 57% battery.
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But I thought I couldn't flash anything since having the latest update ?
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But I thought I couldn't flash anything since having the latest update ?
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I m sorry I didn't read in your post that u r on the stock out of the box MF3.I m MDL base and run MF3 ROM .sorry again
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I m sorry I didn't read in your post that u r on the stock out of the box MF3.I m MDL base and run MF3 ROM .sorry again
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Ohh. Yea I wanna flash a ROM and root !
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you CAN root with MF3 and its locked bootloader -- you just can't flash any other roms!

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