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Battery life

Does anyone know how I can find out what's draining my battery?
It goes from 100% to 85% in less than an hour. Just a little facebook and web browsing and it drains. Also when I leave it idle it drains significantly. It'll be great if you guys recommend an app or tips on how to save battery life.
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kingvaj23 said:
Does anyone know how I can find out what's draining my battery?
It goes from 100% to 85% in less than an hour. Just a little facebook and web browsing and it drains. Also when I leave it idle it drains significantly. It'll be great if you guys recommend an app or tips on how to save battery life.
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Need to check your sync settings. How often are your accounts set to sync?

facebook is the culprit... even when it isn't doing anything, it's doing way too much. Log out and see if your battery improves.

I use facebook to sync contact pictures only.... just turn off the facebook notifications by going into the app, menu - settings and check off notifications.
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Big help: use that app disabling method and disable app that you don't use. Biggest culprits are Google bloatwares such as: finance, shopper, listen, my tracks and many more. Also make sure you use a taskiller that works cuz most are crap and just make up fake number of killed apps. (Ask me if you wanna know how to find out if a taskiller works or not)
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funkadesi said:
I use facebook to sync contact pictures only.... just turn off the facebook notifications by going into the app, menu - settings and check off notifications.
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I have mine set to sync contacts only as well... works perfectly fine. Very little drain.
Basically, I agree with you. Don't sync notifications ... manually do that via the app if you want to.

nighthawk626 said:
Big help: use that app disabling method and disable app that you don't use. Biggest culprits are Google bloatwares such as: finance, shopper, listen, my tracks and many more. Also make sure you use a taskiller that works cuz most are crap and just make up fake number of killed apps. (Ask me if you wanna know how to find out if a taskiller works or not)
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Finance isn't really bloatware... it's a good app.
Shopper, listen and my tracks I'll give you. I disabled some of those type apps.

What is a good task killer? Cause I've heard task killers are bad and not necessary on froyo
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I try not to sync
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You don't need a task killer in my opinion. Use the running services tab in application settings to disable anything you don't want running.
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Taskiller is good because I prefer one app running constanly in comparison to 6 or more. The taskiller I use is the one with the red droid icon. To find out if a taskiller is good open it and make sure its not excluded or ignored then click "kill all apps" or whatever. And if the taskiller itself isn't killed then its not worth squat
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i got same situation as you. drain so fast ...can't take it..
now ill try turn auto sync off see what happens

Get a new battery lol look at the accessory sub form we have a thread about extended battery with evo batteries
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Well if you have exchange emails set up then it will drain your battery like no tomorrow and that is the reason i am going to give this phone back to tmobile

vikramdhani said:
Well if you have exchange emails set up then it will drain your battery like no tomorrow and that is the reason i am going to give this phone back to tmobile
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I have exchange setup... what settings do you have?
Exchange is the same on all the Android phones so I'd be curious to hear what you have setup and how.

SuperFly03 said:
I have exchange setup... what settings do you have?
Exchange is the same on all the Android phones so I'd be curious to hear what you have setup and how.
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Exchange email sync has a known problem for high cpu usage. I can't post the link as I'm new, but do a google search for "email sync high cpu" - it's the google.code issue #5424
Please note that there is a workaround that has worked for nearly all users. Set the exchange email sync to "never" or "push". The issue is that with specified time intervals the sync may fail and continue failing, consuming ~50% of your cpu.
I've experienced this myself, and couldn't understand why my phone was so slow till I looked at the processes running and % of cpu usage (via 'top'). I'm experimenting with never-sync and only have a handful of days battery monitoring and guessing I'm getting about 8 more hours out of my battery (again, not empirical data).
edit: I stopped using task-killers after reading up on froyo behavior and more importantly monitoring my cpu usage (again via top). All the apps that were showing "running" in my task-killer were consuming ~0% cpu. They were using memory, but I now leave it up to the OS to manage that. In the end I find that the apps that I didn't want running were eventually automatically stopped by the OS for me.

Can someone tell me the average battery life for the g2? Normally I'm only worried about battery life if I'm gone at work or out and about. Normally I just txt when I'm at work or out with people.
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xamadeix said:
Can someone tell me the average battery life for the g2? Normally I'm only worried about battery life if I'm gone at work or out and about. Normally I just txt when I'm at work or out with people.
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I have G2 my avg battery life is about 36 hours on reg battery casual usage and about 18 hours with heavy usage (i consider heavy usage data streaming from slacker, using phone as modem via wifi router 150 text messages and about 10 calls). setup i have is 2g when NOT using the phone, background data off & auto sync off, email account set for manual sync.
In regards to Task killer they are worthless on froyo devices use Watchdog app it watches for rogue app that are consuming too much power.
I have a evo battery in my current phone right now and I never worry about battery life. i did a little modifications to get it to fit but it works great (make sure you get the red color battery if thats the case, I didnt get the correct battery originally but i ripped everything off the battery it fits and it works).
Reference this thread for the battery.

[Q] Galaxy Note 3 (T-mobile) apps to kill for best battery life

Hello all,
I need you all to know that I have been searching and reading all the sub forums to no avail. I did picked up one tip stating to disable google play services which I did, but I keep getting warnings that other apps need it to function correctly.
It has been really bugging me that my GN3 with full T-Mobile 4G coverage (and wifi calling/data) has worst battery life then my GN2 on non-existent Sprint 3G coverage (wifi air-rave at home). My GN3 battery stats were great at first but then on the fifth day or so my "Media" usage details started cooking 35% of my battery daily while actually making the handset hot. I'm talking at the rate of going from 100% battery to 45% in 2.5 hours!!! With the brightness at only 15%-20%.
I also disabled and uninstalled updates on all the apps that were drawing ram/data that I never use including Ant radio services, Ant plugins, Chaton, Bloomberg+, HP print services plug-in and all the google play apps except play store.
So yesterday into today was the first cycle with all the above disabled and I am at 1day 16hours w/ 4% battery left. That includes a 10hr work day with 1.5hrs commute where I logged 20+ phone calls with just over 3.5+ hours talk time via bluetooth, 100+ text messages, 50+ emails and a few minutes of internet searches/browsing.
Obviously a huge improvement, but what else can I do to extend the battery?
Thank you all in advance and sorry if this is a noob question. The limitless knowledge on xda-dev is fascinating.

HighCaliber said:
Hello all,
I need you all to know that I have been searching and reading all the sub forums to no avail. I did picked up one tip stating to disable google play services which I did, but I keep getting warnings that other apps need it to function correctly.
It has been really bugging me that my GN3 with full T-Mobile 4G coverage (and wifi calling/data) has worst battery life then my GN2 on non-existent Sprint 3G coverage (wifi air-rave at home). My GN3 battery stats were great at first but then on the fifth day or so my "Media" usage details started cooking 35% of my battery daily while actually making the handset hot. I'm talking at the rate of going from 100% battery to 45% in 2.5 hours!!! With the brightness at only 15%-20%.
I also disabled and uninstalled updates on all the apps that were drawing ram/data that I never use including Ant radio services, Ant plugins, Chaton, Bloomberg+, HP print services plug-in and all the google play apps except play store.
So yesterday into today was the first cycle with all the above disabled and I am at 1day 16hours w/ 4% battery left. That includes a 10hr work day with 1.5hrs commute where I logged 20+ phone calls with just over 3.5+ hours talk time via bluetooth, 100+ text messages, 50+ emails and a few minutes of internet searches/browsing.
Obviously a huge improvement, but what else can I do to extend the battery?
Thank you all in advance and sorry if this is a noob question. The limitless knowledge on xda-dev is fascinating.
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Im lookin for the same thing. I found a forum where they list the apps and stuff that u can disable but I cant find something that would explain whats that certain app for before I disable it.
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Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470862

I haven't disabled anything and battery life has been awesome compared to my old Nexus 4. 17 hours with 2 of screen in time and still had 63% this afternoon. Also running T-Mobile here
Maybe lookout can influence that I think.
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roni2915 said:
Here you go...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470862
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Thanks. This really helps a lot.
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jhobert said:
Thanks. This really helps a lot.
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No problem

You want the LTE version? Do NOT buy if you want great battery life

My N7 LTE have these 2 wakelocks (based on BBS) that kept draining my battery:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
These caused the "Android OS" USAGE to go about 38% of the battery life.
I used Greenify and AutoStarts to disable the same applications in the N7 as my S4 (Amazon AppStore), so it seems to be something specific to the N7 LTE.
There no way you can get battery life as posted by the WiFi only users in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381370
Wowzers - battery life!

Stop the presses! LTE uses more battery than wifi! The world must know!!
Also, I don't have these wakelocks on my LTE version.
lanwarrior said:
My N7 LTE have these 2 wakelocks (based on BBS) that kept draining my battery:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
These caused the "Android OS" USAGE to go about 38% of the battery life.
I used Greenify and AutoStarts to disable the same applications in the N7 as my S4 (Amazon AppStore), so it seems to be something specific to the N7 LTE.
There no way you can get battery life as posted by the WiFi only users in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381370
Wowzers - battery life!
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JoeBruin32 said:
Stop the presses! LTE uses more battery than wifi! The world must know!!
Also, I don't have these wakelocks on my LTE version.
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So your N7 last only 12 hours?
If no, then help those who have battery life. Otherwise, we don't need your sarcasm.
This is my first LTE Android tablet. My other one is an iPad with cellular and I have great battery life.

LTE and the "great battery life" are incompatible.

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LTE and the "great battery life" are incompatible.
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Isn't the above is what I am trying to point out in the thread title?
I think most people know battery life is bad, but I just want to point out that it is REALLY BAD.
12 HOURS with just 2 hours screen time.
If I am wrong and you all get better battery life than the above, please enlighten me, especially the issues I had above.
By the way, my S4 Active, a PHONE, have far better battery life than the N7 LTE.

Yes LTE uses more battery than WiFi only, only logical since it's powering extra hardware.
Mine seems to last quite a bit longer than that. Sorry I can't check for wake locks since BBS is not yet working under KitKat.
With just built-in battery state, I'm currently almost 14hrs since charged, got around 1hr screen time and still got 78% battery left.
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I think the LTE version does consume a bit more battery.
Here I use the EDGE network. When in standby status, the battery power drops usually 1 percent / 2 hours. Something like that. It was for 4.3.1, not the 4.4.
I've heard 4.4 is far more power efficient.

Mine usually last 36 hours on a charge. Currently it has been up one day and four hours with five hours screen time. Playing videos and playing poker used most battery. I am sure many people have similar stats.
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Something is not right on yours, Android OS battery usage is at 12% consistently on mine.
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Same here. Unreasonably terrible battery life for LTE. I expected a little more. Upgraded to 4.4 also.

Are we all talking about the same device? The 2013 Nexus 7 LTE? I get EXCELLENT battery life from mine. I've never had an Android device last this long. I could go up to 3 days without having to recharge. I usually put it on the charger every two days. See my snapshot:

I bought the LTE version because I wanted LTE connectivity.

Thanks to everyone who shared their battery life. So something is causing these wakelocks and shown as "Android OS".
Interestingly, I do NOT use many apps that use background processing, such as Facebook, Instagram, weather or even Google Now.
Quick question: do you guys use ANY anti-virus/malware application? I use Avast but because I want the FIREWALL capability to block app or games from making Internet connection, since that will eat up my data. These apps/games usually connect to download ads and they're built-in, which Ad-Away CANNOT block (per the author).
Other background apps I use are "normal" apps --> calendar, 3 Gmail accounts, Google Contact Syncs, Google Talk. I use Greenify too.
If you guys do NOT use anti-virus/malware application, let me know. I will try uninstall Avast and monitor my battery life tonight to see if the same wakelocks appears again.
BTW, those who use BBS, do you see excessive usage of these wakelocks:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock

grooveoverdose said:
Same here. Unreasonably terrible battery life for LTE. I expected a little more. Upgraded to 4.4 also.
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Oh? Looks like you have the same issue as mine: High usage of "Android OS". If you're NOT on 4.4, I'd have ask if you can use BBS to check what caused this.

lanwarrior said:
Thanks to everyone who shared their battery life. So something is causing these wakelocks and shown as "Android OS".
Interestingly, I do NOT use many apps that use background processing, such as Facebook, Instagram, weather or even Google Now.
Quick question: do you guys use ANY anti-virus/malware application? I use Avast but because I want the FIREWALL capability to block app or games from making Internet connection, since that will eat up my data. These apps/games usually connect to download ads and they're built-in, which Ad-Away CANNOT block (per the author).
Other background apps I use are "normal" apps --> calendar, 3 Gmail accounts, Google Contact Syncs, Google Talk. I use Greenify too.
If you guys do NOT use anti-virus/malware application, let me know. I will try uninstall Avast and monitor my battery life tonight to see if the same wakelocks appears again.
BTW, those who use BBS, do you see excessive usage of these wakelocks:
- suspend_backoff
- qxcom_rx_wakelock
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I'm not a fan of social media, so I don't have Facebook, Google+, Instagram either. I do not use any anti-virus applications. That may be one of your battery drainers. My Nexus is bone stock and still on 4.3. I don't know whats BBS or a wakelock, so I can't help you with that. I just use my nexus for browsing web pages using Dolphin and it's Jet Pack to block ads while surfing. I also use the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) apps as well as apps from my stock brokers (Interactive Brokers and Tradestation) to keep track of the markets. I do use Google music to stream music in the car using bluetooth.

howardv said:
I'm not a fan of social media, so I don't have Facebook, Google+, Instagram either. I do not use any anti-virus applications. That may be one of your battery drainers. My Nexus is bone stock and still on 4.3. I don't know whats BBS or a wakelock, so I can't help you with that. I just use my nexus for browsing web pages using Dolphin and it's Jet Pack to block ads while surfing. I also use the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) apps as well as apps from my stock brokers (Interactive Brokers and Tradestation) to keep track of the markets. I do use Google music to stream music in the car using bluetooth.
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BBS is Better Battery Stats. It was created by one of XDA member and available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809. The app allows you to drill down and see a particular process causing the battery drain.
I have uninstalled Avast and will monitor the battery tonight. Will leave it ON, unplugged, CONNECTED to WIFI and not used. Let's see what will happen.
PS: Any good firewall app I can use to stop free apps from downloading ads? For example, I played Tiny Death Star and that app uses about 10 Mb of data in 1 day...and I only played it 3 times!

I had the 2012 Wi-Fi/3G model and it too had terrible battery life. I don't mean while it was using the cellular radio only, but on Wi-Fi only the battery life sucked. I pulled the SIM card out and turned off the Wi-Fi too, didn't help at all. I know the 2013 N7 does have a smaller battery compared to the 2012, but I feel the 2013 Wi-Fi only version gets better battery life than the 2012 Wi-Fi only version did. Yes, I had 2 N7s last year.
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lanwarrior said:
PS: Any good firewall app I can use to stop free apps from downloading ads? For example, I played Tiny Death Star and that app uses about 10 Mb of data in 1 day...and I only played it 3 times!
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Try AFWall+ available through https://f-droid.org or the f-droid app. This app requires root. Hope this helps.
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Hi guys, I have N7 Mk2 LTE version.
If I don't play games, it keep 2+ days without charging. So stop writing all the bull...t above.
Before you write some nonsenses about battery drain, try to uninstall Facebook app...

Try switching to Samsung Note 8 and you'll thank that N7 LTe has more battery life. Been there and never look back since I switched to N7. Awesome battery life, last to 2 days and perhaps 14-16 on normal use with a bit of short gaming.
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Need Battery Help!!!

I need help with my g2. my battery life on this phone is very inconsistent, sometimes i can go 50+ hours on it with 6 hours screen time, but lately my battery has been draining for no reason at all. Im not even using the phone and its rapidly draining for no reason. This all started happening when the gps kept on turning on i read about the carrier iq service and the google location to turn them off. But it doesn't really help much. On my battery manager it says that the android system is first with like 85% or more and it says that my gps has been on for hours and hours even though it hasn't. I don't know what to do i can barely make it through a day now. Should i root my phone? I like the lg ui and i want to keep all of the features such as q slide and especially knock on and off. Can someone help me out if you have had the same experiences. I want to turn off the iq agent permanently. Is this possbile? I have never rooted a device before so im a complete beginner.

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I need help with my g2. my battery life on this phone is very inconsistent, sometimes i can go 50+ hours on it with 6 hours screen time, but lately my battery has been draining for no reason at all. Im not even using the phone and its rapidly draining for no reason. This all started happening when the gps kept on turning on i read about the carrier iq service and the google location to turn them off. But it doesn't really help much. On my battery manager it says that the android system is first with like 85% or more and it says that my gps has been on for hours and hours even though it hasn't. I don't know what to do i can barely make it through a day now. Should i root my phone? I like the lg ui and i want to keep all of the features such as q slide and especially knock on and off. Can someone help me out if you have had the same experiences. I want to turn off the iq agent permanently. Is this possbile? I have never rooted a device before so im a complete beginner.
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Download better battery stats and see what wakelocks are causing the drain. Are you using Google+? Are you on Wi-Fi all day? Have you tried uninstalling all your apps and adding them back one at a time until you find the culprit? Something is keeping your phone running...
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Jank4AU said:
Download better battery stats and see what wakelocks are causing the drain. Are you using Google+? Are you on Wi-Fi all day? Have you tried uninstalling all your apps and adding them back one at a time until you find the culprit? Something is keeping your phone running...
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Yes i have downloaded better battery stats, and im not using google plus. And im not on wifi all day. The battery is just draining for no reason i even end alot of the running apps such as google location service, facebook, carrier iq agent. I was wondering if i could root my phone and delete carrier iq and get those apps that can help with the battery life, yet keep the original lg ui with all the features.

fromc2m said:
Yes i have downloaded better battery stats, and im not using google plus. And im not on wifi all day. The battery is just draining for no reason i even end alot of the running apps such as google location service, facebook, carrier iq agent. I was wondering if i could root my phone and delete carrier iq and get those apps that can help with the battery life, yet keep the original lg ui with all the features.
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There are a lot of custom roms built off the stock LG ui
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S5 Worst battery ever

Got this phone about 10 days ago and my battery is terrible since day 1, someone suggested to root my phone and get the BBS app and dump a file i did that and installed a system tuner to disable google CHECKIN OR GCM and unchecked them. apps i got installed to help with battery battery doctor, wakelock detector, os monitor, system tuner, gsam battery, betterbatterystats.
Apps i disabled are:
Ant radio service
Ant+ plugins
App zone
Blurbcheckout
chaton
chrome
flipboard
google play book, games, movies, music, newstand , google search, google+ , hangouts
hp print service plugin
my magazine
s health , svoice , samsung account , samsung apps , samsung galaxy apps widget, samsung push service, smart remote , Top Hd Games
got a plain black wallpaper, even after all this i cant get more than 2h30m screentime and everyone is getting 5h+ do i have a defective unit? what are my options right now? cause basically i removed everything the phone has lol. i talk to my workplace and they can send the phone for repair but i want to see if someone can help me before i do that. i have to unroot the phone if i have to send it for repair even though my phone is 0x1 on knox cause i was stupid to root with cf-root and didnt check other methods.

After all that you did, then it sounds like a faulty battery or device.
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How's your signal at work? I'm on 3g at half signal maybe? I get about 3:30 and standby. But when I'm at home WIFI only I get about 4-4:30 it all depends too on how bright your screen is.

darkfangex5 said:
How's your signal at work? I'm on 3g at half signal maybe? I get about 3:30 and standby. But when I'm at home WIFI only I get about 4-4:30 it all depends too on how bright your screen is.
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How do I check if I have a good signal at work? Through an app or through a battery status.
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This system tuner app you used it not any overclocking or something that might drain you battery?
What screen brightness do you use most of the time?
Can you see what use most of your battery? There is charts you can access in settings -> battery
I run with BLAZE kernel and Alliance ROM. (install without any samsung or google bloat if you can)
And I have been using my phone constantly, playing streemed music, installing apps, downloading from internet, browsing internet, having screen active a lot...
And Now I'm at 87% and have been running 1 hour and 38 minutes on battery. (Was at about 100% battery before)
I run +5 screen brightness and don't have any special powersaving features running that limit my experience with the phone.
You could try that kernel and ROM too, I feel they improved my battery time a lot.
I also shut down some samsung and google bloat stuff like air browse, s voice and such crap, saving a little little battery.

Here is my battery info and my brightness level. I have Canadian g900w from Rogers so I am not sure what roms or kernels you can use ?
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kgyirhj said:
This system tuner app you used it not any overclocking or something that might drain you battery?
What screen brightness do you use most of the time?
Can you see what use most of your battery? There is charts you can access in settings -> battery
I run with BLAZE kernel and Alliance ROM. (install without any samsung or google bloat if you can)
And I have been using my phone constantly, playing streemed music, installing apps, downloading from internet, browsing internet, having screen active a lot...
And Now I'm at 87% and have been running 1 hour and 38 minutes on battery. (Was at about 100% battery before)
I run +5 screen brightness and don't have any special powersaving features running that limit my experience with the phone.
You could try that kernel and ROM too, I feel they improved my battery time a lot.
I also shut down some samsung and google bloat stuff like air browse, s voice and such crap, saving a little little battery.
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I posted my info with photos ^ thanks
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Hey, here I have everything turned on and I never followed these stupid extreme battery guides and I easily get over 4 hours of screen time and one day away from the charger. I only use auto brightness, Greenify and KT Kernel.
It's a smartphone, if you're supposed to turn all the features off then you should have bought a dumb feature phone.

Looks like ur using max brightness? Nearly 2 hours screen on time for 44% isnt the best but isnt terrible. I get around 5 to 6 hours using low brightness 3g/4g on besides when screen on. Using android tuner and greenify for tuneing. Screen uses a lot of battery to. Im using. Ktoons kernal now with oc and the batterys probably the same to to me. No beter or worse but. Im running higher clock.
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I also use normal power save eith the greyscale option selected and I have the cpu limited disabled.because ktoons app limits it for me.
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sofia-captivate said:
Here is my battery info and my brightness level. I have Canadian g900w from Rogers so I am not sure what roms or kernels you can use ?
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You're set for almost four hours of screen on time there, on what seems to be very poor mobile signal. Doesn't sound that unrealistic to me to be honest.
Poor mobile signal absolutely kills battery life, as your phone spends the entire time searching and trying to get a better signal.

dandroid13 said:
Hey, here I have everything turned on and I never followed these stupid extreme battery guides and I easily get over 4 hours of screen time and one day away from the charger. I only use auto brightness, Greenify and KT Kernel.
It's a smartphone, if you're supposed to turn all the features off then you should have bought a dumb feature phone.
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I think his point is that most people get 5-6 hours screen time with everything on and without following the "stupid extreme battery guides". To be honest it looks like you aren't getting great life either if you are only getting 4 hours. I regularly get 6-7 with everything on and no greenify or kernel tweaks
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sofia-captivate said:
Here is my battery info and my brightness level. I have Canadian g900w from Rogers so I am not sure what roms or kernels you can use ?
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I see a couple of things interesting with your setup, Speaking from personal experience, I too have had battery issues drive me up a wall. I'd get just about a day on a battery when everyone else gets about 3-9 days more. My friend has an s5 all stock and he gets 9 days on a freaking battery. WTF
I rooted my first s5, with ANCH baseband and still couldn't solve all the issues with it. So I sent it back to t-mo and they sent me another one, getting batteries on ebay has also ended up a wash. 2 batteries I've received go down 20% from a full charge in the first hour and shut completely down at 32 percent at least I got a refund on that. (So be careful about ebay batteries, even though they say samsung.
So looking at yours here's what I see, Your system is staying awake, lets look at wake locks. Kik is really tearing up your machines wakelock (900wake locks) as well as the camera CPU time, i'd imagine you were recording a video at some point.
1. Go get greenify and greenify those Kik, Instagram and camera apps if thats usage while the screen is off. (No notifications on those apps, i'm afraid when you do that.)
2. Go get system tuner, make sure your rooted by towelroot (If you so choose to keep from tripping knox) and go into app mgr and find android system and go through activities, receivers and services and make sure everything you see that says IQAgent gets unchecked. This will help you stay out of ServiceIQ's eyes and also help your battery as your entire phone is debugged through those apps. (Help is on the forums somewhere)
3. Turn off google now, hotword detection and location history or you'll start noticing Google services draining your battery
4. Go get deep sleep battery saver and remove that battery saver, I personally never liked it it only suggests things to do rather than do them for you. At night or whenever you need to save your battery turn on slumber and it will only take like a percent to 5% in the morning
5. You probably have a bad battery, especially if its down to that low. Time to exchange or return
I'm incredibly disappointed, i've had to do all these things to really figure things out, heck i'd be on firefox for about 15 minutes and go down 18% (Happened this morning)
Android really has some issues with kitkat, and even though we try and fix these problems with modifications there comes a point where one just gives up and tries to deal with it.
I don't understand why my phone gets 1.2 days and my co-workers Verizon s5 gets 9 days with normal usage. Everyone seems to have crazy all over the scale battery life results. Heck, i've reset my phone and flashed so many roms that i'd be safe to say that I have yet to have 10 full discharges in the 4 weeks i've had the phone. At the end of the day though, it's mountains better than my iphone 5 with a lenmar battery case.
Wish I could say the same with stability, I'd be on my bike and switch tracks (or try) and stuff just doesn't respond, heck I can't even go with voice activation with wired headphones and that is really a downer for me. I want to be able to hold down the pause and play and get the google now boop boop sound and speak as i'm riding.
I'm tired of this, and google has no answers, the fixes above only seem to add a couple of hours but not the 9 days I was seeing.

Goldie said:
I think his point is that most people get 5-6 hours screen time with everything on and without following the "stupid extreme battery guides". To be honest it looks like you aren't getting great life either if you are only getting 4 hours. I regularly get 6-7 with everything on and no greenify or kernel tweaks
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So? What do you do to have that many hours? Which rom? How often do you recharge? Which apps do you use? That's the point. I never freeze/uninstall anything...

dandroid13 said:
So? What do you do to have that many hours? Which rom? How often do you recharge? Which apps do you use? That's the point. I never freeze/uninstall anything...
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My rom. With nothing removed or frozen as I have to keep all bloat due to development to check everything. I recharge every night usually with about 20% left and about 5h30 screen on. Using Tapatalk, music, calls, Internet. The usual stuff.
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I get 6-7 hours normal use with the bloatware I never use frozen. And I mean never use.
Gtalk, whatsapp, line, google drive, dropbox, gmail, Yahoo mail, corporate mail, all running. No greenify. No battery saver.
Now playing games is different thing. 2-3 hours max.

My battery is amazing. I keep the screen brightness lower, keep networks and chips off when not using, i use bootmanager to prevent apps from launching ay boot and only 1 active widget. Good for a day and a half of very fair use !
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It's your probleme. Problably you have some stupid apps I'm your phone that you shouldn't have.
Like you see in my picture. My battery it's just fine and there is 2 stupid apps that eat me my battery without do anything

My battery is great too, maybe problem is some apps

matheus_sc said:
My battery is great too, maybe problem is some apps
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Yup probably, the only flaw with a smartphone is its user