I currently have CM7.2 on my MB525.
There seem to be a billion options out there. What's are relatively stable ROMs of newer versions of Android for Defy?
I don't mind a few bugs as long as the basic functionality (GPS, Phone, Camera) works fine.
Thanks
4.1.2
I tryed some 4.1.2 and they seems to be stable. Except my latest try with slimrom that have nonworking wifi tethering and the one before this had broken pitch sensor.
Try illusion 2.1,its based on 4.2.2,
Very stable,
Or try xperia d 4.1, based on 4.1.2,
Much stable
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i'm sticking to epsylon's cm9.1 for now, at least until and unless they fix the problem with the "android os" battery draining issue.....
Well I'm not experiencing any battery drain even though system settings show android os as the main consumer. I get 1-2 days of battery life with android os as the top consumer.
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Well I'm not experiencing any battery drain even though system settings show android os as the main consumer. I get 1-2 days of battery life with android os as the top consumer.
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well fortunate for you,but unfortunately not the same for me. when i left my phone overnight for about 10hrs with everything off (wifi, gps, sync, data) and only with mobile phone radio on (for phone call), i got the following results (as best as i could remember from memory):
1. epsylon's cm9.1 - about 0.4 to 0.5 % /hr battery drop. battery settings shows roughly:
phone idle 54%
phone standby 40%
android os 4%
note: now this is what i expected for a phone that is on "real" idle/standby!
2. quarx's cm10 (4.1.2) - about 1.1 % /hr battery drop. battery settings shows something like:
android os 60 to 70 %
screen 20 to 30 %
follows by phone idles and others.
note: i know i quoted about 2% drop in one of my previous post at quarx's cm10 thread, but i've edited that to say it was because the battery calibration was way out (after flashing cm10 about 10 times trying out every possible ways like different gapps, settings, wiping etc). i did use bbs (better battery stat) apk but it was too complicated for me to decifer, so i didn't bother.
edit: not only android os obviously indicating that something keep waking up to do something but possibly flashing the screen as well? i mean how could the screen percentage be 20-30% when the phone is just sitting there with screen off for 10 hrs??? unfortunately no one seems to care!!!
I think I know your problem. Android OS must be keeping your phone awake. Happens to me sometimes. Toggling Airplane mode on and off, or a reboot usually fixes it. Also using defy full wiper when starting is advisable.
Edit - I think you should test CM10 once more. I normally get 0.3-0.4% per hour on standby.
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I think I know your problem. Android OS must be keeping your phone awake. Happens to me sometimes. Toggling Airplane mode on and off, or a reboot usually fixes it. Also using defy full wiper when starting is advisable.
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already tried all that but unfortunately no joy.
Edit - I think you should test CM10 once more. I normally get 0.3-0.4% per hour on standby.
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if i can get that sort of battery usage i won't be complaining either which version of cm10 are you using? i believe i was using the july 3rd version as some people recommended that to be the most stable. can't remember if i've tried the latest sep 18 version. i'll give it another go this weekend and let you knowm the results. thanks for your helps btw.
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already tried all that but unfortunately no joy.
if i can get that sort of battery usage i won't be complaining either which version of cm10 are you using? i believe i was using the july 3rd version as some people recommended that to be the most stable. can't remember if i've tried the latest sep 18 version. i'll give it another go this weekend and let you knowm the results. thanks for your helps btw.
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I'm testing the latest version by MarcinRN. It's surprising because my battery is almost 2 years old now.:cyclops:
EDIT - Test it out, and give BBS stats after 2-3 days. Also, restore all your apps, because some app might be rogue.
hotdog125 said:
I think I know your problem. Android OS must be keeping your phone awake. Happens to me sometimes. Toggling Airplane mode on and off, or a reboot usually fixes it. Also using defy full wiper when starting is advisable.
Edit - I think you should test CM10 once more. I normally get 0.3-0.4% per hour on standby.
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i'm back. thanks for encouraging me to try it again. don't know what i've done different this time but the latest 20130918 version is now giving me 0.55-0.60%/hr battery consumption and following stats:
android os 70%
cell standby 23%
phone idle 8%
well i'm happy with that since gingerbread was giving me about 0.7%/hr anyway. if they could fix the android os problem we might be able to get the same consumption as cm9.1 though.
details of how i flash the rom this time:
1. wipe/format the phone with defy_fullwipe_ext4.zip (proper wipe/format).
2. flash 20130918 rom.
3. flash cwm_twrp-forjellybeanroms-v2-signed.zip (for safety).
4. wipe cache and dalvik.
5. reboot. (want to test rom without gapps first).
6. switched of all signals (data, gps, sync, bluetooth and wifi) except phone radio.
7. toggle airplane mode.
8. reboot into recovery and wipe battery stat.
9. reboot phone with charger in.
10. charge phone to 100% and left the phone on standby overnight (about 10hrs)
11. checked battery stat in the morning and got about 0.55% /hr.
12. reset all settings to my liking, fresh install all apps i used, switch baseband to my region and reboot.
13. flashed tjkv's minimal gapps and reboot.
14 checked battery % before putting phone on standby for another 10hrs. got about 0.58%/hr this time. very happy
thanks again hotdog125. and my apology to the op for taking up your space. hope you found your perfect rom.
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I was gonna post this on the Development board but it appears that I'm not allowed to do so since this is my first post.
i've been using eViL-4G-HD-v.0.3.2 on my MT4G for a while. The battery life is great on this ROM when the Wifi is switched off (battery level down less than 10% within 9 hours' of standing by). However, as soon as the Wifi is turned on, the battery starts to be drained at a much faster pace (battery level down 50% with 9 hrs of standing by).
This is on a fresh install of the ROM, with none of the Google related applications to be configured. The only extra app I installed was SetCPU, in which i used the SmartAss profit.
For comparison, my wife's MT4G is using Gr8gorilla's ROM, which seems to be handling the battery farely well. She always leaves the wifi on and the phone only needs to be charged once every day.
Can anyone direct me to a solution on this? I really like eViL's ROM since it is stable and lightening fast.
Try using fauxs kernel. Newer wifi drivers and such. I haven't used that rom yet... but I would suspect a possible kernel issue. Make sure you wipe cache and dalvik cache before flashing and read fauxs instructions to make sure you have the correct kernel.
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On Galaxy S I9000.....what can I do to fix it? This happens even with minimal usage.
Which rom?
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2.3.4 Gingerbread xxjvp
try to overcharge your phone and see if there still any battery drainage!
I have same "problem". It will be fixed when there's been few batterycycles.
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I've only had this rom for 1 day.
Sry for doublepost.
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I have this issue on Darky 10.1 (2.6 kernel), 2.3.3
Battery lasts around 10 hours with light to medium usage (its a new original Samsung battery as well).
Does anyone have any quick advice to fix this? Bit under time pressure due to job at the moment and don't have much time to research this. Any advice to fix this easily and quickly?
I had this problem after switching on the “Vorabruf über Mobilnetz“ in the Cache-Settings of Google Maps. Maps was closed, but battery was fast going down. Using XWJVH.
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I too have almost the same problem with Darky Rom 10.1 - but I've heard that it has been fixed in the new beta version. I'm gonna flash it at the end of the week and after a few days of observing, I'm gonna tell you the results.
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I have same "problem". It will be fixed when there's been few batterycycles.
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It's been through quite a few cycles.
I think I figured it out.....I think it was Skype. If you sign in the app is always on...it doesn't have an exit feature. There is, however, an app to close it. I used it and got normal battery life today!
We'll see if it keeps working like it should.
So I've upgraded to 2.3.4, (Ficeto.Deodexed.XXJVP) and Android OS battery drain stopped. Now it shows 70% battery usage on display (before it was 70% android OS). I recommend updating your system too
with darky on medium use never had more than 14 hrs )
I've given up for the moment and gone back to Darkys 9.5
Now at least I can get through one whole day and have about 40% left
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Are you willing to flash the rom again? or you can try to use the speedmod 15g t11 for the kernel to replace the JVP kernel.
it's said that when you use the USB connection to your PC, you need to reboot it. So this battery drainage will not happen.
In the ROm 2.3.3 JV5 and JV6 for Asia, I do the same to keep the batter alive.
Try backing up everything and then factory reset phone. Generally this happens because of a few unwanted applications excessively using ur processor, in turn draining battery or there may be a malware that stealthily connects itself to the net. This will almost certainly cure the disease. If it doesn't, then there is a serious defect in ur hardware or some of ur system app required for properfunctioning of the phone is corrupted, causing excess pressure on the processor
It is a big problem to everyone, I charge twice per day for this.
Calibrate your battery
Let the battery go down to 0% and turn off
Then turn the phone on, it'll turn itself off again cause battery is low
Keep doing this until its totally 0%
Plug in the charger, charge it to 100%
Turn the phone on
Download SGS Tools from the android market place
Run the app
Go to "scripts"
click delete battery stats
Unplug charger & you're done
battery should be more stable now
go to settings
applications
running services
check what you have in the background
close them down if they're unecessary
I get through the workday with only 10% loss
If you have an really old SIM card, try and replace it with a brand new one. This may also help. I had bad battery run time with two LG Optimus 2x phones (about 10 hours) and not so stellar 20 hours with the i9000. Finally I stumbled over some advise to replace old SIM cards. Since mine was over 12 years old, I ordered a new one. It is not gonna change the world, I know, but it was worth a try .
im running the stable cm7 release and my battery life is terrible. i followed the guide on the forums here on fixing your battery life, charging to 100% pull battery put back in instal battery fix etc and overnight (short 5 hour night btw) i lost over 25% of my battery life, doing nothing ! wifi off data was on but i only recieved one or two emails all night. is this normal for cm7?
i read about how people are getting 20+ hours battery life while using their phone, if i leave my charger at home and go to work my phone is DEAD halfway through and all i use it for is the occasional phone call mabye 5-10 texts throughout the day and an email or two... how can i fix this?
I read somewhere that if you flash another ROM with battery not fully charged, it messes up calibration and you have to calibrate again. I am still with stock Blur just because I read so many issues with so many people about batteries
I hope you can get it figured out.
anybody?
is anybody else having battery life issues with cm7? if not did you do something to fix it? i have no idea what to do, the phone pretty much has to be tethered to a charger or it gets drained ridiculously fast. If i hang out with a few friends and use my phone during it i literally have to stop using it after around an hour or so because the battery's about to die.
Is there a certain rom with exceptional battery life that i can try to see if mabye its a hardware related issue? i seem to remember having horrible battery life for the day? or so that i was running stock ATT gingerbread.
I use Aura 1.2.2.2 (debloat) and get average battery life. Comparable to what I got before I installed third party ROM. If you want to try that one and see if its just CM then give it a go.
I had a battery problem after flashing to CM with a previous phone (OG Droid) but it was because I flashed while I had the phone plugged into the charger. It took a while to get it back to normal.
I doubt its CM. I dont know if its something draining your battery in the background or if its a result of weird calibration due to the flash.
my battery life has never been hte greatest but recently i got it working really well
I use the latest weekly build of CM7 and here is what i did
upon fresh install:
wipe battery stats
THEN:
kill battery
charge as far as it will go
clear battery stats (use battery calibration app)
take out battery
wait to reboot(missing battery)
put it back in
let it charge for 2hrs
reboot and unplug
kill the battery
charge to 100% while off (no interuptions)
Enjoy!
i have found that the more cycles my battery goes through 100-0-100
the better it gets
these steps almost tripled my battery life (along with Weekly 3)
there is a bug some people report with CM7 about the suspend process. (i have it, you can search "suspend" in the CM7 thread and see others are as well) load up the app betterbatterystats (there is a thread on xda that has the apk) and see if you have that bug.
I'm on nightly 20 having good battery life
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I'm a victim of the suspend process bug
had to flash something else, using ALIEN for now and battery is pretty good
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i installed betterybatterystats as you guys recommended and im not entirely sure how to read it but the suspend process shows at the top of the list so i assume thats the process which is eating up my battery? Is there a fix for this? i do like cm7 but if its the rom which is causing my battery life issues ill have to wave goodbye. Does this suspend process but happen on the weekly / nightly builds as well?
I was having horrible battery life as well. I froze some apps that I downloaded from the market and that helped a little bit but what gave me 20+ hours of battery life is the new UK orange Radio that has recently been released. I wanted to flash it since I am using an Orange UK phone and see if it improves my wifi connection, etc....
Reddy flashing a radio appropriate to your device and see if it helps.
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I had it on stable, and am on weekly 3 right now. I'm probably going to switch back to a blur rom soon..
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My battery blows with CM7. My phone has the suspend bug and nothing fixes it. I tried a fastboot wipe and clean install of the latest stable as well as nightly #20. I've tried several kernels, I'm currently running a screen off profile of 216-216 on the 1.0ghz kernel and I'm undervolted to the max just to make it thru the day.
I'm getting the nexus prime or the iPhone 5 next... which ever is released first.
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I flash CM7.2 few days ago and I'm fall in love with it
But, 5 days later, I'm not impressioned with battery life on CM7.2. It is better on stock ROM I cleared battery stats after flashing, but battery duration is not improved. CPU governor was INTERACITIVE and battery have life duration about 6-7 hours with low/medium using. Unacceptable!
Then, I change CPU governor to ONDEMAND and battery is better for a 1-2 hours. But, not better enough. 8-9 hours with medium usage is still smaller than with stock ROM (12-13 hours)
I won't to restore stock ROM, a love CM...
My dipslay have brightness around 30% (on stock was on 50% or on auto) and I thing that there is some issues with brightness in CM7.2.
Before I reboot phone, battery level was around 60%. When booted again 66%. Few minutes later, it was 60% again. That you can see on screenshot.
Every morning when I wake up, CM showing battery level for 1% smaller than 8 hours ago. But, 10-15 minutes later, it drain 10-15% battery.
I'm using stock kernel.
May someone help me to fix this?
Wipe the phone again and flash the rom again
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Wipe the phone again and flash the rom again
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Are you sure that reflashing will solve problem?
Did you flash another kernel ?
I'm running CM7.2 for about 4 months now, and previously RC1, RC2 and 7.1, and I'm not having any issue.
I use the interative governor (min 245, max 1024), I get at least a 12 hours battery life upon normal to heavy use.
If I don't use a lot my phone, I can get up to 36h.
I remember I tried LordModUE 8.9b7 kernel and the battery life was better and performance excellent (governor was smartassv2).
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Did you flash another kernel ?
I'm running CM7.2 for about 4 months now, and previously RC1, RC2 and 7.1, and I'm not having any issue.
I use the interative governor (min 245, max 1024), I get at least a 12 hours battery life upon normal to heavy use.
If I don't use a lot my phone, I can get up to 36h.
I remember I tried LordModUE 8.9b7 kernel and the battery life was better and performance excellent (governor was smartassv2).
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How to change kernel from stock to LordModUE?
Thanks
1. Download the last available kernel : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085725 or directly : http://blackice.omca.co.uk/download...ger-kernels/lordmodUEv8.9-CFS-b7-2WCR-TUN.zip
2. Put the zip on your sdcard
3. Reboot into recovery
4. Make a nandroid backup !!
5. Flash the kernel
6. Reboot and enjoy
EDIT: another good thing is to use currentwidget (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.manor.currentwidget&hl=fr), do a full charge until you reach 0mA, then reboot into recovery, wipe your battery stats, let your phone reach 0mA again, then unplug your phone. This should fully reset your battery, and let your ROM properly calibrate it.
Thanks to that post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226016
I installed Kernel from your link but in about phone menu, there is version:
2.6.35.14-cyanogenmod-g295e82f
[email protected] #1
Is this correct?
EDIT: After flashing, my Wi Fi not work... There is ERROR when open Wireless & Networks...
EDIT2: I reflashed kernel, wipe/factory, wipe cache, but i cant start Wi fi
What to do?
Reflash the rom, after wipe/factory.
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Ok, just doin' that
With my DHD LordModUE kernel wont to start Wi Fi. I tried earler versions and result is same
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Yes.
I was on CM7.2 a few weeks ago. I got pretty good battery life. About 2 full days.
I only used 2G & WiFi.
One thing you have to know about flashing a new kernel is that you absolutely need to first boot the ROM with its original kernel first !
As you seem to have many problems, you should:
- full wipe/factory reset, reformat everything except your sdcard
- check the md5sum of the zip (rom especially) on your sdcard
- be sure your battery is fully charged
- flash the rom
- boot it, do not link with your google account
- let your battery charge again
- wait a few minutes
- unplug your phone and reboot
- link your google account
- test if you still have a battery drain but do not install any application, as some of them could cause your battery issue
- make a nandroid backup
- flash the other kernel if needed
- restest battery draining
Hope it'll help !
I did all what you write to me. Now, i testing battery life.
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I did all what you write to me. Now, i testing battery life.
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If you're still having battery drain after following all the useful tips you were giving, it's a possibility it could be the battery it self. You may want to try a different battery to see if you get better results.
It's not possible because it works good on stock rom 6 days ago...
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It's not possible because it works good on stock rom 6 days ago...
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My Inspire has CM7 right now and the battery life is great, so I don't know why you're having issues then.
Dont know
I tried everything... now, I'm on battery for 2 hours and my battery level is 83%... wifi on, display brightness 25%...
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Dont know
I tried everything... now, I'm on battery for 2 hours and my battery level is 83%... wifi on, display brightness 25%...
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Sorry, just lurking. Do you have a GB radio? I've found that running an ICS radio w/ CM7 causes overheating & major battery drain on some devices.
BTW I know nothing about your device.
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I have GB radio...
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I have GB radio...
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Did you change to a bright screen background or do anything differently?
Batteries can go bad fairly quickly.
You could always reflash. Sometimes a fresh wipe is nice (no pun intended)
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Hi,
I do not have enough posts to place this in the developer forum. However I update my Defy with each nightly build and since the 2nd boot nightlies I too have experienced really poor battery drain. I have fixed this by disabling two features in Google Maps.
Go to: system settings--> Google-->Maps and Latitude
Disable both location reporting and enable location history.
Instantly my battery has gone back to previous performance and after 17 hours I have 79% left. Previously this would have been less than 30%.
some people will not like this and it disables google now (actually make sure google now is also off) but if you want better battery life over these features this works for me.
I did the same and the battery consumption is reduced.
But using Better Battery Stats app I found out that my device won't go to sleep because of my WiFi. Wlan_rx_wake is always running. Is it the same for you ? Is there anyway to switch off WiFi automatically.
My config is same as yours.
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theclaytons said:
Hi,
I do not have enough posts to place this in the developer forum. However I update my Defy with each nightly build and since the 2nd boot nightlies I too have experienced really poor battery drain. I have fixed this by disabling two features in Google Maps.
Go to: system settings--> Google-->Maps and Latitude
Disable both location reporting and enable location history.
Instantly my battery has gone back to previous performance and after 17 hours I have 79% left. Previously this would have been less than 30%.
some people will not like this and it disables google now (actually make sure google now is also off) but if you want better battery life over these features this works for me.
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Hi,
@theclaytons : thanks a lot for your tip about battery drain issue ! I've talked about that in Dev Thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768702&highlight=wait+and+see&page=1129). It works perfectly !
Long life on XDA !
One more thing
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Hi,
@theclaytons : tkanks a lot for your tip about battery drain issue ! I've talked about that in Dev Thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768702&highlight=wait+and+see&page=1129). It works perfectly !
Long life on XDA !
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No problem and thanks for the stuff in dev forum. This is post number 2 so maybe 8 more I'll be able to do it myself. There is still something else going on as I get occasional battery drain. My latest theory is around the method in wich you charge the defy or airplane mode itself. The last time I charged the defy from my pc via USB and I had amazing battery life and used 12% in 8 hours with some text and data and driving I.e. no wifi. Then it went to airplane mode and the next day the battery drain was significantly worse. So either USB charging is better than wall charger for some odd reason or airplane mode triggers some battery heavy process that never dies. I can't see this in the battery stats other than phone idle and screen. Turning off phone does not resolve either.
I'm continuing to investigate optios but my last full charge got 36 hours and had 19% left before I charged.
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No problem and thanks for the stuff in dev forum. This is post number 2 so maybe 8 more I'll be able to do it myself. There is still something else going on as I get occasional battery drain. My latest theory is around the method in wich you charge the defy or airplane mode itself. The last time I charged the defy from my pc via USB and I had amazing battery life and used 12% in 8 hours with some text and data and driving I.e. no wifi. Then it went to airplane mode and the next day the battery drain was significantly worse. So either USB charging is better than wall charger for some odd reason or airplane mode triggers some battery heavy process that never dies. I can't see this in the battery stats other than phone idle and screen. Turning off phone does not resolve either.
I'm continuing to investigate optios but my last full charge got 36 hours and had 19% left before I charged.
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Ok thanks, good to know that. I will remember if necessary....
An additional great workaround against battery drain in sleep mode!
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... There is still something else going on as I get occasional battery drain. ...
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First of all, thanks for your findings!
I think that I found a workaround for the "something else going on" on the FAQ thread in a post by -=lov=- under http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33159734&postcount=389.
Since I too am not able to post in the dev section yet, I posted myself in the FAQ thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33223114&postcount=398), asking that somebody gives a hint to -=lov=-'s workaround in the dev thread so that Quarx and the others can take notice.
Because I find this workaround important for everybody using the current custom kernel, I copy/paste my post from the FAQ threat to here too:
-=lov=- said:
If someone has battery drain in sleep mode, you can try to do this steps:
1. Reboot phone. Wait for 10-15 minutes.
3. Insert the USB - nothing happens on the phone. (Notifications Debugging and connect via USB does not appear).
4. Take out the USB.
5. Reconnect USB wait minute or so.
6. Take out the USB.
Now device should sleep correctly.
Tested on latest CM10-20121018-NIGHTLY-mb526.zip with update update_for_18.10.zip
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This is a really great workaround against battery drain in sleep mode! :good: :good: :good:
This method works very well for me and is always reproducable!
Before I had about 45 mA/h (2,5 %/h) while deepsleep during day (with 3G on) and about 30 mA/h (1,8 %/h) while deepsleep during night (by using JuiceDefender app, 3G and WIFI are off most of the time).
After appliing this method (which unfortunately has to be done after every reboot), i have just about 25 mA/h (1,5 %/h) while deepsleep during day and about 8 mA/h (0,5 %/h) while deepsleep during night, which are similar to the good numbers I had under Gingerbread.
BTW, using KSM, zRam and Swap don't influence battery drain, at least not significantly, in my experience. I got the above mentioned drains with KSM and zRAM enabled!
However, disabling "settings > location > access to my location" and "google > maps and latitude" options, as posted a couple of times on the development thread, *does* have some impact on battery drain, so I keep these options disabled.
I'm reading the development thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768702 for a couple of weeks now and unfortunately it seems that they haven't taken notice of -=lov=-'s great finding yet. I think that there is something about the USB drivers not properly initialized in the Custom Kernels yet, which leads to the much discussed battery drains. I'm quite sure that this should be fixable by Quarx.
Unfortunately, I cannot post in the development thread yet (actually this is my very first post because I found this topic this so important).
Therefore I would like to ask somebody on this FAQ thread to try this method himself and give a hint
on the development thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768702, so that the
developers and especially Quarx can take notice and finally fix the battery drain caused by the USB driver
bug (or whatever it is). :fingers-crossed: :highfive: :victory:
Thank you for your support!
Thanks to -=lov=- for his great finding and to Quarx for his superb CM10 ROM and Custom Kernel (if he is reading this thread nonetheless...)
Okij
My current config: Defy+, Quarx CM10 2012-10-18 NIGHTLY + Custom Kernel from 24.10.,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] / Interactive / SIO / KSM enabled / zRam 18%
Hi okij,
I've just shared your last post in dev thread. I hope -=lov=- findings will work for everybody and also that Quarx will take a look at this USB fail...
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@fpriot said:
Hi okij,
I've just shared your last post in dev thread. I hope -=lov=- findings will work for everybody and also that Quarx will take a look at this USB fail...
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Hi @frpriot,
thanks a lot for forwarding the link so quickly to the dev thread! :highfive:
So far there hasn't been a direct response to the USB drivers issue (besides 1 or 2 thanks), but as always there are a lot of issues talked about on this main dev thread at the same time...
So let's wait and hope that the right people pick this issue up! If this shouldn't happen, it might be a good idea to give a hint in the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908687 too, since Quarx seems to take part actively there himself. Could you in this case post there too? (I'm now still missing 7 posts to reach the magic 10 first posts... )
BTW, there already are some positive responses to the described workaround in a German forum at http://www.android-hilfe.de/root-ha...el-jb-defy-update-11-10-a-18.html#post4325150 ff.
Cheers
Okij
mohanxpressions said:
I did the same and the battery consumption is reduced.
But using Better Battery Stats app I found out that my device won't go to sleep because of my WiFi. Wlan_rx_wake is always running. Is it the same for you ? Is there anyway to switch off WiFi automatically.
My config is same as yours.
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I had a similar problem some time ago, with the phone connected to my home wifi network it would have unusual awake times, draining the battery very quickly.
I found out using the Network Log app (it's in the Play Store) that something on my network keep sending broadcast packets, that the phone would respond, thus the wifi wakelock.
That something was the NetBios name discovery service, enabled by default on Windows, but hardly used anymore, at least on home networks, turning it off solved the issue for me.
okij said:
First of all, thanks for your findings!
I think that I found a workaround for the "something else going on" on the FAQ thread in a post by -=lov=- under http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33159734&postcount=389.
Since I too am not able to post in the dev section yet, I posted myself in the FAQ thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33223114&postcount=398), asking that somebody gives a hint to -=lov=-'s workaround in the dev thread so that Quarx and the others can take notice.
Because I find this workaround important for everybody using the current custom kernel, I copy/paste my post from the FAQ threat to here too:
This is a really great workaround against battery drain in sleep mode! :good: :good: :good:
This method works very well for me and is always reproducable!
Before I had about 45 mA/h (2,5 %/h) while deepsleep during day (with 3G on) and about 30 mA/h (1,8 %/h) while deepsleep during night (by using JuiceDefender app, 3G and WIFI are off most of the time).
After appliing this method (which unfortunately has to be done after every reboot), i have just about 25 mA/h (1,5 %/h) while deepsleep during day and about 8 mA/h (0,5 %/h) while deepsleep during night, which are similar to the good numbers I had under Gingerbread.
BTW, using KSM, zRam and Swap don't influence battery drain, at least not significantly, in my experience. I got the above mentioned drains with KSM and zRAM enabled!
However, disabling "settings > location > access to my location" and "google > maps and latitude" options, as posted a couple of times on the development thread, *does* have some impact on battery drain, so I keep these options disabled.
I'm reading the development thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768702 for a couple of weeks now and unfortunately it seems that they haven't taken notice of -=lov=-'s great finding yet. I think that there is something about the USB drivers not properly initialized in the Custom Kernels yet, which leads to the much discussed battery drains. I'm quite sure that this should be fixable by Quarx.
Unfortunately, I cannot post in the development thread yet (actually this is my very first post because I found this topic this so important).
Therefore I would like to ask somebody on this FAQ thread to try this method himself and give a hint
on the development thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768702, so that the
developers and especially Quarx can take notice and finally fix the battery drain caused by the USB driver
bug (or whatever it is). :fingers-crossed: :highfive: :victory:
Thank you for your support!
Thanks to -=lov=- for his great finding and to Quarx for his superb CM10 ROM and Custom Kernel (if he is reading this thread nonetheless...)
Okij
My current config: Defy+, Quarx CM10 2012-10-18 NIGHTLY + Custom Kernel from 24.10.,
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] / Interactive / SIO / KSM enabled / zRam 18%
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Thanks for this post. I have just plugged phone into USB attached to PC for 30 seconds. After only 10 minutes I can see the battery life has improved. See attached screenshot.Just after plugging in USB the battery stops draining at the same rate and the % has stayed the same.
Something gets triggered when the USB cable gets connected that stops the battery draining. I wonder if by charging the phone via the wall charger their is a process triggered that does not get killed when the phone is fully charged. By connecting to USB the process gets killed "nicely" at disconnect?
Hey I am currently on JB build 18.10.12 having 4.1.2 and the same kernel on which I had previously flashed 24.09.12 which had 4.1.1.
I am a begginer in this and have read a lot of posts before. But this particular thread has interested me more . Thanks for that but I still facing
1. Battery drain issues.
2. Battery doesn't charge beyond 79%
3. 2G toggle also doesn't work as soon as I switch it on it just says no network found.
The ROM is really good.. love the interface, hats off to those who did it..
Please can someone help me in this..
If u want any logs or screen shot will be posting it.
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priyank.tapuria said:
Hey I am currently on JB build 18.10.12 having 4.1.2 and the same kernel on which I had previously flashed 24.09.12 which had 4.1.1.
I am a begginer in this and have read a lot of posts before. But this particular thread has interested me more . Thanks for that but I still facing
1. Battery drain issues.
2. Battery doesn't charge beyond 79%
3. 2G toggle also doesn't work as soon as I switch it on it just says no network found.
The ROM is really good.. love the interface, hats off to those who did it..
Please can someone help me in this..
If u want any logs or screen shot will be posting it.
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Hi,
Your kernel is not up to date...
First you should flash last update (update_for_18.10_v3.zip). You can d/l it on Quarx's ftp! After that you will probably have less issues !
Just try it and feedback.
Enjoy !
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Thanks will do that right away..
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priyank.tapuria said:
Thanks will do that right away..
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You're welcome
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The 2G toggle doesn't seem to work it suffers .. goes into offline mode as soon as I press on it
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priyank.tapuria said:
The 2G toggle doesn't seem to work it suffers .. goes into offline mode as soon as I press on it
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Is 2g mode works if you select it in network parameters ?
Did you try a clean install ?
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@fpriot said:
Is 2g mode works if you select it in network parameters ?
Yeah i did clean install it.
and i did try in the settings menu to use 2G always option.. it didnt work out.
well i will innumerate the steps i did -
1. after rooting my device i installed the CWM available on the JB thread 4.1.2
2. Switched off the device and charged it to 100%
3. Took out the battery went into recovery mode and reset and erased everything and erased the cache and dalvic too
and flashed the rom 18.10.2012
4. Upon which i flashed the V3 update as advised and then
5. lastly installed the gapps for JB
6. booted it up...
so far no isssues such as rebooting / loops, camera, wifi, etc with the rom except a few problems..its smooth
1. Always gets heated up when put on charge and talk at the same time or use it (which i think its normal i dont really know)
2. 2G still doesnt work..
3. Battery better after V3 update but not that much as before.. lasts a full day on conservable use.. wifi 3g 3-4 hours max but lasts a day
4. And lastly when put on charge again doesnt charge above 82%
dont know which step have i missed.. :/
love the rom though
Can you suggest me another rom which is as stable as this but with awesome battery life.. i also used a Samsung tab 2 a month back of my brothers it lasted about two days on moderate use.. wifi, 3g, music, games , everything..
thanks a lot ..
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priyank.tapuria said:
@fpriot said:
Is 2g mode works if you select it in network parameters ?
Yeah i did clean install it.
and i did try in the settings menu to use 2G always option.. it didnt work out.
well i will innumerate the steps i did -
1. after rooting my device i installed the CWM available on the JB thread 4.1.2
2. Switched off the device and charged it to 100%
3. Took out the battery went into recovery mode and reset and erased everything and erased the cache and dalvic too
and flashed the rom 18.10.2012
4. Upon which i flashed the V3 update as advised and then
5. lastly installed the gapps for JB
6. booted it up...
so far no isssues such as rebooting / loops, camera, wifi, etc with the rom except a few problems..its smooth
1. Always gets heated up when put on charge and talk at the same time or use it (which i think its normal i dont really know)
2. 2G still doesnt work..
3. Battery better after V3 update but not that much as before.. lasts a full day on conservable use.. wifi 3g 3-4 hours max but lasts a day
4. And lastly when put on charge again doesnt charge above 82%
dont know which step have i missed.. :/
love the rom though
Can you suggest me another rom which is as stable as this but with awesome battery life.. i also used a Samsung tab 2 a month back of my brothers it lasted about two days on moderate use.. wifi, 3g, music, games , everything..
thanks a lot ..
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I don't understand why it doesn't work..For me it works perfectly..I have a Defy green lens with last 1018 rom + v4 update...
Perhaps your bootloader version could be the culprit ? Don't know...
For battery drain issue, perhpas your battery is worn ?
For 2G issue, is it working with another rom ?
I advise you to have a look on FAQ section...
I can't suggest you another CM10 rom, i don't know another good ones...
Did you try CM7 stable roms? If yes, have you got the sames issues?
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Okay .. I installed another custom ROM.. over which I installed CW10
Let's see how it goes this time...
Okay the 2G still doesn't work..
Rest will have to find out...
Fingers crossed..
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Is there a difference between 24.09 and 18.10 other than 18.10 is better and newer..
What exactly is a 2nd boot..
how exactly is it different from other nightlys ?
May be I am installing this ROM wrong..
Just guessing.. I read the FAQs nothing that I could find could help me
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priyank.tapuria said:
Okay .. I installed another custom ROM.. over which I installed CW10
Let's see how it goes this time...
Okay the 2G still doesn't work..
Rest will have to find out...
Fingers crossed..
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Is there a difference between 24.09 and 18.10 other than 18.10 is better and newer..
What exactly is a 2nd boot..
how exactly is it different from other nightlys ?
May be I am installing this ROM wrong..
Just guessing.. I read the FAQs nothing that I could find could help me
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18.10 is not just better and newer. It's way better. No lags. With v4, really good battery life. If your battery is not charging above 84, then take off the battery and wipe battery stats. Then you'll be good to go!
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