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This is the complete guide of how to handle your battery in the most efficient way possible.(GB/ICS/JB version).
This guide refers to Android users in general (Samsung, HTC etc..) in addition to SGS2 users.
ROOT: Yes.
ROM: Any rom will do.
Kernel: Siyah/Dorimanx is preferred but any other will be fine.
Human features: Patience
After an extensive research regarding 'how Android OS works' and reading hundreds of pages (yes 1000 pages in 1 thread) in XDA regarding topics such as: BBS (BetterBatterStats), MagicConfig by geko95gek, Kernel Info, Kernel Governors, Modules, I/O Schedulers, CPU Tweaks, AIO App Configs by droidphile etc, I have come to conclusion that there is currently no better configuration than mine.
I almost don't have wakelocks, during the night (7 hours sleep) I have between 3-4% drain which is really good, of course, you can get better drain ,for example, 1 % during a whole night BUT users like that turn off their data connection OR switch to airplane mode, I really don't like doing that but of course you could do that too and enjoy your 1% drain.
Before I wrote this guide I tried these configurations in 5 different infinite sgs2 mobile phones of my friends and Nexus devices, they all were blown away from the results they experienced from their battery.
I wrote this guide because XDA users have helped me a lot in all the aspects of Android, so now I can help the XDA community too.
Last update:7/10/13
Step 2 updated with solutions on the go.
Step 3 is now LBE version 5 compatible.
Step 4 updated for Dorimanx users as well.
Faq Updated
Post #1
Wakelocks: What is it ?
Monitoring the wakelocks
LBE security manager: internet permissions & prevent apps to be put in cached after a restart
ExTweaks/STweaks & governors - Siyah/Dorimanx kernel users ONLY!
Undervolting & Governors
Post #2
Freezing google/Samsung apps using Titanium Backup Pro
Screen Brightness
Accounts & sync
Fast Dormacy - Should/Can I disable it ?
Battery calibration - Should I do it ?
Network/operator modem support - How to tell if your modem meet your network standards
Variance
Learning to read the battery graph
Post #3FAQ
When you're done with the guide please do come back and share your results with us.
I'll try to simplify things as much as I can so the common user could understand.
Let's begin,
1. Wakelocks: What is it ?
When you develop an app in Android there are options for you (as a developer) to let the app start during a different time or a different change, sometimes it is really essential, for example our build in Alarm clock(Also: Widget/Music player), we need it to start the alarm in a specific time thus this process is important and it will open up by "it self".
Counter example is a simple game or a weather app, we only use it once in a while and after we use it we don't need the process anymore so we close it, but most of the time the developer add all sort of commands to start the process even when we don't use this exact process, for example if we boot the device/click on the media app button the app will go into cached processes (System settings->Applications->Running->Click on cached processes), but let's say it's an app we use once a week or a game we play once a week, there is no need to put this app in the cached processes (since it consumes the battery) so this is why we would like to close this option.
Notice – When you open an app and close it the process is still in the cached processes because if you open it again, it will open in a sec (since it's in the cached processes)and that’s a good and efficient thing, but if you close it from the cached processes you will only make things worse because when you open it AGAIN the Android OS will AGAIN, put the app in the cached processes and this is yet again will consume the battery.
How to tell if you can turn off or not in an app/game:
Basically the idea is this,
If we are talking about an app that the whole very existence is to do things by it self (Playing songs/Setting alarms/Auto-commands apps) then of course we won't turn anything off.
If we are talking about a type of apps that their whole process is to do something particularly which will take place only when we open the app (Bar-code scanner/Weather app/Shazam/Office apps/GPS apps/Games so of course we will turn everything off.
If we are talking about ROOT apps so I suggest not to touch anything.
First thing you will do is to download Gemini App Manager 2.6.0, this app will handle these wakelocks and as we already mentioned will give us full control over 'when to put/not to put the app in the cached processes/running services'.
DON'T UPDATE TO VERSION 2.7 - THE NEW VERSION HAS NO WORKING EXPERT MODE ! ! !
After you downloaded the app, open it,
Hit the option touch key (left to the home button) and go to 'Expert Mode', you will find there, all the applications your phone contains. What we are looking for is the orange icon the says 'AUTO' under each app:
once you find an app/game with this icon, think, and ask yourself "Do I need this app/game to open up by it self?" (See the examples with the clock app above).
If your answer is "NO!" (90% of the cases the answer is no-read above when the answer is YES), then press this app/game for about 2-3 seconds, a window will open and choose 'ConfigAutorun (root)'.
A new window will appear with all sort of commands: On package added, on app widget update, After boot etc, as you can tell the name of the command does what it says for example: 'On package added' -> if you added a package to the app, the app will be put in cached process.
Change to OFF all the commands:
and there you go, this app will never fool around!
2. Monitoring the wakelocks:
Download the app: BBS
BetterBatteryStats aka BBS: Why do I need this app ?
After you managed to finish step number 1, you can now install BBS on your system.
Once your done open it and choose partial wakelocks, we will focus on this section.
Charge your device to 100% and when it reaches 10% or so, open BBS hit the options touch key and choose 'Dump to file':
this will generate a .txt file with all the apps/games that did wake your phone and caused drains.
"BUT HEY I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING FROM THIS FILE AND THIS APP IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND!!!", first you need to relax and go to the BBS thread BBS, the developer is kind enough to let you put the file there and he will look it over and tell you what is the main problem you should focus, and decide if to remove the app or maybe change something in the setting of the app.
If you want to learn about this log file and understand it better just read the thread (like I did) it contains more than 1000 pages, so after 10-20 you will have some clue about this app.
Remember, this is the BEST application that can track your battery drains and tell even if your kernel is waking up the phone, just dig in BBS and you will see, there is no other alternative than BBS, remember that and don't ask for a substitute.
Q: How can I solve BBS wakelocks on the go ?
A: Get in here.
Also, if you have EventLog wakelocks here is the solution:
Download System Tuner. open the app and go to 'Startups' and look for 'Google service framework' and over there disable both 'checkin.EventLogService'.
Be advice EventLogService wakelocks only happens with stock Samsung ROMS.
ALSO, read the FAQ.
3. LBE security manager: internet permissions & prevent apps to be put in cached after a restart: version 5+
We all know that every time we go to the inet (not via wifi) we are starting to see an immediate battery drain.
The best way is to install a firewall app (which is MUCH more than that btw and it's free) that will control our inet pipe.
The user zagzag99 was kind enough to translate the latest version (4) of that app (Notice that in Play store it's version 3 ONLY) get it here: LBE Security
After you installed the app,
Tap on More -> Permissions -> All apps
Now you are looking at all your apps/games (including system app by tapping on 'Download' on the left and choosing 'System'), by clicking on one of the app/game you would see the permissions the app wants from your phone, if it is a game that you play offline then why does this game want to go online? More-than that, why the game wants to access my call records!?
This is why you won't allow it and eventually you'll close the inet pipe and the rest for each app/game you don't want to go online or even get your precious information.
After your done we will now deal with the auto start issue.
Repeat step a, and choose a random app, as you can see the first option in every app is 'On boot permissions' so you can turn it off or back on.
Now, this is very important, I only say it once, if you see an app/game that you don't even use or use once a week 'turn it off', but if you see an app/game that you use most of the time leave it as it is, why ? Obviously you didn't read step number 1.
4. ExTweaks/STweaks& governors - Siyah/Dorimanx kernel users ONLY! **Unless you can undervolt with your kernel**
Download STweaks, if you want to understand what each command/line does please read up: Here or you can just do what I tell you to and enjoy better battery.
First of all I want to thank geko95gek who inspired me a lot regarding STweaks .
Open STweaks,
CPU tab:
MAX OC FREQUENCY: 1000000Khz
CPU_UV tab:
You can undervolt here or in setCPU (See step 5).
Be advise #1: for some reason Siyah V6b5 doesn't save the changes after reboot BUT setCPU does.
Be advise #2: Dorimanx users are good to go.
GPU tab: - SGS2 users input - Different devices try to lower 1 step back.
Siyah steps:
GPU FREQ STEP1: 54Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP2: 108Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP3: 160Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP4: 200Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP5: 267Mhz
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL1: 850mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL2: 900mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL3: 950mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL4: 1050mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL5: 1150mV
Dorimanx steps: (Basically the default)
GPU FREQ STEP1: 108Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP2: 160Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP3: 200Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP4: 267Mhz
GPU FREQ STEP5: 267Mhz
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL1: 900mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL2: 950mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL3: 1000mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL4: 1050mV
GPU VOLTAGE LEVEL5: 1150mV
You're DONE!
5. Undervolting& Governors:
Be advise: If your kernel doesn't support undervolting move to the next step, but I recommend to use a kernel that has support because when the phone is in deep sleep or on 200mhz (when you're not using it) you could save a lot of battery.
Be advise #2:I am going to recommend the use of setCPU and STweaks (Siyah/Dorimanx kernel only - if you don't have siyah you can do this step also as long as your kernel support undervolt), a lot of people wouldn't recommend the use of these apps together since they MIGHT conflict with each other, BUT if you will go through this step and read carefully it wouldn't be a problem in fact, it will work just fine
Download setCPU, if you want the latest version you can buy it in the Play store (support the developer).
Version 2.2.4 would be fine too, if you want to understand what each governor means and what is cfq please read up: Here and Here or (if you’re a lazy ass user) you can just do what I tell you to and enjoy your battery:
Open setCPU,
Main screen:
change to 200-1000 Mhz (it should be like it since you already changed it in ExTweaks) and tick 'Set on boot', also make sure 'ondemand' and 'ROW/CFQ' are chosen as governor/io :
Profiles:
Make a new profile and choose 'Add Condition -> Screen On/Off' and choose 'Screen off' and save.
Hit next and choose 200-500Mhz, tick 'Set the CPU governor' and choose 'conservative'.
Choose priority 50.
This profile will make sure while the screen is off there won't be any jumps to high frequencies.
Make another new profile and choose 'Add Condition -> Battery level' and choose '10%' and save.
Hit next and choose 200-800Mhz, tick 'Set the CPU governor' and choose 'conservative'.
Priority is 49.
This profile will let you squeeze the last 10% of the battery like they were 20% but the UI will lag.
Tick those profiles and tick 'Enable Profiles' at the bottom.
Results of step a & b :
Voltages Screen: (Only supported kernels)
Be advice: This stage is the most exhausting, annoying and irritating stage you could ever find but in the end it's worth every second.Since we put a range of 200-900Mhz we will focus on these frequencies only (of course if you decide to put the range between 200-1200Mhz you will focus on them only).
We will scroll down and look for 200Mhz, 1st white row represent the default mV that Samsung has put in order to max UI, and 2nd white row represent your mV change,but we are smarter than old Samy so we will start to change.
200Mhz – Is usually between 825-875mV it varies between each phone (each phone has different ROM/Kerenl)
So you ask yourself, which mV should I choose?
Well my friends, that’s the 1 million dollar question, let's say you chose 850mV:
Touch the 200Mhz and change it to 850mV afterwards hit the 'Right icon' next to the save icon
if your phone is still working and didn't get stuck go back to the 'MAIN' tab and choose 200-200Mhz (yes exactly like that) and then we will go to the 'INFO' tab, scroll down and choose 'Stress test':
if 'Sress Test' ran for about 4-5 mins and everything is still working, you can stop it by pressing the back key and it means we can continue to the next stage.
Download Stability Test
Open the app and choose Classic stability test – this will ensure the test of only the 200Mhz frequency.
If after step b&c your phone is still working that means that the undervolt you chose is working great. (It doesn't mean that your phone won't freeze-it might), you can undervolt more and see what is your limit.
Do the same process to all the frequencies, of course if you're in 500Mhz you choose the main profile (setCPU) 300-300Mhz in order to test only this frequency.
When you're done, change back in setCPU'MAIN' tab to 200-1000Mhz, go back to Stability test and now choose Scaling Stability Test, let it run for 10-20mins, if there are no errors you're good to go.
Play with the phone for few days, if it hasn't frozen go to setCPU 'VOLTAGES' tab and tick at the bottom 'Set On Boot'.
Notice: My recommendation is to set on boot in the end of the process because if you choose a really low MV your phone might be stuck in an endless loop, thus you tick 'set on boot', only, if you are sure your system is stable.
Final Result:
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My voltages (SGS2 Device):
200Mhz – 850mV
500Mhz – 925mV
800Mhz – 975mV
1000Mhz – 1075mV
Notice: This undervolt method is the most aggressiveness method around, if you want the easy way and you have Siyah kernel you can open ExTweaks/STweaks and in the "Undervolting" choose -25 or -50, this will undervolt ALL the frequencies together with minus 25 or 50, if your brave you can try 75.
My method gives you a specific voltage to each frequency, in 200mhz you can have minus 75mV while in 500mhz minus 50mv, this will give you the best undervolt system.
Continued on next post...
6. Freezing google/Samsung apps using Titanium Backup Pro:
If you didn't buy the app yet, well, you’re an idiot: Titanium Backup Pro or you can use a free substitute (though I never tried it) Root Uninstaller
After you bought the app, open it and go to 'Backup/Restore' tab:
in there, you can see all your apps/games AND system apps, we will be focusing on the system apps.
NOTICE: If you're using CM rom you can skip this step since they did hell of a job in removing all Samsung/Android bloat-ware.
Our main goal is to freeze processes that common users don't use and don't even know they have, I won't write all the list of the apps you should freeze but I will write all the apps you will freeze that are consuming your battery like a *****:
Email 4.0 – this is stock mail full of bugs and infinite loops that go online and check for mail, if you don't have gmail account please use a 3rd party app like AquaMail/MailDroid that will give you minimum bugs for the check interval.
Exchane Service 3.1 – Belongs to Email 4.0
Kies via Wi-Fi – I wouldn't say it consumes your battery but it's an unsecured protocol by Samsung, use a 3rd party app like AirDroid
Maps – If you're not using it FREEZE THIS APP ASAP! If you do use I suggest unfreezing every time you need it and freeze again when you're not using it (sorry).
MAPService – Belongs to Maps.
Samsung Account – Do I really need to explain? (Including all the Samsung hubs and chats and whatever they come up)
SecPhone 1.0 – If you're using a different launcher rather than TW you can freeze it.
Software Update – We don't need it, we flash our ROMS
Street View – belongs to Maps.
Talk – I find that even if I freeze it (gtalk) it's still waking the phone so your choice.
Talkback – Samsung try to overtake Whatsapp.
Wi-Fi Direct & Wi-Fi sharing & Wi-Fi sharing manager – you don't need it.
Of course if you're using stock ROM you have A LOT of freezing to do, you can use this thread and of course this amazing list
Or you can Google for more apps that are safe to remove.
7. Screen Brightness:
If you don't know, the most battery consuming part of the phone is the screen.
Go to 'System Settings -> Display -> Brightness' and choose 'automatic brightness'.
For the users that want to maximize even more (YES WE WANT EXTREME!!) try to lower the brightness as low as you can, 20-30%.
Recently I've noticed that there are new apps that you adjust screen brightness by each pixel and a lot more, you can Google that, but I prefer to be able to see things crystal clear.
8. Accounts & sync:
Everyone is recommending, in order to save battery, to go to 'System settings -> Accounts and sync' and to turn it off, of course it will save A LOT of battery, but, if you have a gmail account and you want to be notified as soon as you get an email,you can't turn it off.
What you can do is:
Hit your @gmail.com account, and 'untick' everything except 'Sync Gmail', this will assure that you will get your emails via PUSH (PUSH is the most battery efficient protocol - at real time):
Don't forget to sync your contacts/calender once in a while or before you flash a rom.
If you don't want to get your emails instantly then remove your gmail account and download a 3rd party app like MailDroid/AquaMail and set interval for every hour or every 4 hours, this will assure that there will be absolute no wakelocks but only every 1 hour or 4 ( as you chose).
If you choose to keep auto sync there is one disadvantage:
If you don't have a good reception 'sync' option will go completely crazy and keep asking to go online and sync your email (since you're on PUSH) but it won't be able to, since you don't have a good reception and it will go like this in an infinite loop till you have a decent reception and as you can already understand while your screen is off, the phone is awake and trying to sync, so keep that in mind.
9. Fast Dormacy - Should/Can I disable it ?
First of all you need to understand that not every network/operator support FD (Fast Dormacy).
My network doesn't support FD thus if I'll disable or enable it, it wouldn't make any different, in fact if you disabled it and you think your battery is now "OMG FUKCING AMAZING" this is just a placebo effect, and yes I am 110% positive.
How do I check if my network support this tweak ?
The user JIMMYMCGEE from xda made an amazing guide you need to follow (in fact it's a video clip - which is easier).
She first explain what is FD and afterwards explains how to check if you have FD and if you do, how it can save you battery.
Follow this guide and all his steps here.
NOTICE: If the app that shows you your network stats (service mode) doesn't work and only opens your dialer, this is what you need to do:
This is the code for the service mode, write it in the dialer:
*#*#197328640#*#*
When you'r in the Service mode screen, hit: Debug screen->Basic Information and here you go, service mode.
Interested in more info regarding FD ? you can read what I have already read in here.
10. Battery Calibration - Should I do it ?
The answer is simple, if you are using ICS/JB you don't have too because every time you charge the battery to 100% all your data and stats are deleted and the service begins to collect info again from the beginning you can read all about it here and here.
As you can see for ICS/JB users it's a myth nothing more.
If your using GB then you do have to calibrate your battery, there are 2 methods:
Charge your phone untill you have reached 100% boot into recovery and delete battery stats ('Advance -> Delete battery stats').
Download battery calibration app and follow the steps that are mentioned in the 'Description' of the app and in the app.
11. Network/operator modem support - How to tell if your modem meet your network standards
CM USERS DON'T USE THIS STEP IT WILL BREAK YOUR RIL AND YOU WILL HAVE NO RECEPTION
Every network/operator support a specific version of modem, this means that if you will use their modem, 90% of the time your reception will be solid without any disconnections, if your modem doesn't support, then you will sure have disconnections which will lead into more battery drains (no receptions=phone will search for antennas even though there is one).
Notice: There is a chance that even though you have or don't have their modem you might have or might not have disconnections (confused ? me too.)
How to check:
Download GetRIL, Open the app and see if your RIL/Baseband (aka modem) is matching, if they are (written in green), your good to go and you can remove the app.
If they are not, here is what you need to do:
Under 'Baseband' you have 'recommended':
You can see that LQ6 & LPB are supporting my network, we will now tap this:
and look for LPB & LQ6, after we found it we will choose it and tap: 'Download & install'.
When your done restart your phone and check again (GetRIL) that now your modem is now supporting by your network, if so, remove the app.
12. Variance:
Play store app: Hit the option touch key and untick - 'Notifications' & 'Google AdMob Ads'
When the 'notification' is on, the app is consistently connecting to the server and checking for new versions.
When 'Google AdMob Ads' is on, the app is always checking your behavior and reporting back to the Google server.
'System settings -> Location services' untick everything.
'System settings -> back up and reset' untick 'Back up my data' and 'Automatic restore'.
NOTICE: I didn't apply this step for my own device since it only saves 5% battery more or less and it's a service I use, think, if you need it or not,
WiFi users: 'System settings -> Wi-Fi -> Advance -> Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep' choose - 'Only when plugged in'.
This will close the Wi-Fi connection when you turn off your screen.
Keep in mind that after you finished using your BT turn it off, since I have specific times I use the BT I use AutomateIt, it's a great app that can control even silent modes.
Don't use Facebook app, it drains your battery the most, instead add a shortcut in the desktop for facebook.com link and go to facebook via this link, it looks exactly the same as the app since Android users don't have a native facebook app yet.
Don't use live wallpaper
Don't use widgets
Don't use Haptic Feedbacks
Never ever use Task Killer or 'Clear memory' - Android has it’s own task killer that works better than your 'decision making' brain.
Screen time out - Don't forget to set it
No reception = major battery drains - use airplan mode.
Use Nova launcher or better code efficient luanchers.
Use ad-blocking app in order to prevent unnecessary network usage in downloading ads, I recommand using AdFree - Open the app and choose: 'Boot Normally' and afterwards choose 'Download& Install hosts', when your done restart your phone.
Always charge your phone untill it shows 100% and charge it only if it is below 20-30%
Automatic Date & Time option -> untick
13. Learning to read the battery graph:
This is the final step, come back to this step after you're done with all 12 steps, reading the FAQ (Post #3) and you lost at least 70% of your battery since you charged it.
So you’re here, go to 'System settings -> Battery' and hit the graph bar.
At the bottom you can see 'Screen on' and 'Awake' we will focus on these lines.
Our goal is to achieve 100% overlap between these 2 lines, meaning, when the screen is on, the phone will be awake and when the screen is off we don't want the phone to be awake since we don't use the phone (unless we are-downloading a file).
For example if you see a blue line in the Screen on bar I would like to see at the same time the EXACT size and width in the Awake bar if not, that means we have wakelocks so we need to go to step number 2 again and see who is waking up our phone.
It's really hard to achieve a 100% overlap between these 2 bars, even for me.
Example of a minor wakelock (squared in red):
For conclusion:
You need to be able to get a MINIMUM 3 hours screen time (System settings - >battery - >screen) if not, you're doing something completely wrong.
From my experience you can't get more than 3.5 hours screen time over total use of MORE than 24 hours uptime (Maximum up time I got with the phone is 4 days with almost 3 hours screen time and 1 hour of calls.), however, if you play non-stop with your mobile, from the time you unplugged it, you will get more then 4-5 hours screen time EASY over 5-16 hours uptime:
But of course most of the users don't "act" like that and most of them just "lose" battery over uptime when screen is off.
From my vast experience with battery usage, this is it, either your get 3 hours screen time over moderate usage (long uptime-2 days +) or you get 4-5 hours screen time with aggressive use (short uptime-16 hours top).
Don't let anyone tell you different.
• This is it for now, this thread will be updated with new tweaks and methods every now and then.
• Please, if you have any questions regarding this thread write them in this thread ONLY and don't send me a private msg.
• I love constructive criticism, so if you have any thoughts or you found a mistake (even in my grammer) PLEASE send me a private msg.
Credits and many thanks to:
droidphile – His amazing articles and threads regarding most of my steps, you helped me a lot!
geko95gek – Who inspired me a lot regarding ExTweaks.
JIMMYMCGEE - FD knowledge and guide.
If I forgot anyone please do let me know
If you love this article please do hit the Thanks button and rate this thread 5 stars,also you can hit the "Newsworthy Thread" in the first post if you think this article should get a higher exposure.
If you really appreciate this article you can always buy me some weed - makes me think clearly
Thank you.
FAQ:
Q: Which ROM and kernel you're using ?
A: I am using Wanam ROM (latest version) and Siyah kernel (latest kernel also) CM10.1.3 and Dorimanx 9.41.
After trying all sort of ROM's I can say that the most stable and reliable ROM's are Samsung based ROM's.
I am now recommending CM10.1.3 stable ONLY!
Q: After the tweaking and following your entire guide, does the UI will lag/Games will stuck or freeze/App will run slowly ?
A: Regarding the UI you might feel a little lag (if you were using stock frequencies and voltages) or you might not feel any lag (depends on your launcher), If you install Nova Launcher and use it instead of the TW you won't feel any lag since the Nova launcher is code efficient.
Regarding the apps, you won't feel any lag unless it's a graphic app or design/CAD app (even this is questionable).
Regarding the games, you won't feel any lag in most of the games, I played a lot of games for example Dead Trigger/Galaxy on fire 2/Shadowgun/Samuraio II and few more, I didn't feel any lag or what so ever, though I did feel that the loading steps took 1-2 more minutes.
Q: The most used (or 2nd) most used service/app in BBS is 'AuidoOut', how can I minimize it ?
A: You can minimize the 'Audioout' by unticking: 'System settings -> Sound' , under System, untick them all.
Plus, in the same window click on "Vibration intensity' and put 'Vibrate on screen tap' on the lowest (0).
Q: I keep getting "Shell have been granted superuser permissions" over and over again and it drains my battery, is there a solution ?
A: It's a known problem with SuperUser, install SuperSU give it root permissions via superuser, go to app info of superuser hit "Force Close" and afterwards hit "Disable", now SuperSU will handle your root privilege.
Q: I froze Secphone.apk and now I am having weird issues what should I do ?
A: Obviously you're an idiot since I specifically wrote next to SecPhone.apk: If you're using a different launcher rather than TW you can freeze it.
So don't freeze Secphone.apk if you are using TouchWiz launcher which is the official launcher by Samsung.
Q: How can I tell if my phone is going into Deep sleep and activates the setCPU profiles ?
A: In setCPU go to 'Info' tab and tap 'Time In State', you will find a pie chart, if your a common user-that most of the time his screen is off-, you should see that 200mhz has the biggest chunk, if it's not the case then check BBS what is waking your device.
Q: After installing Gemini App Manager I am unable to install/uninstall any app, what should I do ?
A: You are probably using Screen Filter app, for some reason the install button become unresponsive, disable Screen Filter when you need to install something and enable it again afterwards - Thanks Ryther.
Q: How can I solve BBS wakelocks on the go ?
A: Get in here.
Also, if you have EventLog wakelocks here is the solution:
Download System Tuner. open the app and go to 'Startups' and look for 'Google service framework' and over there disable both 'checkin.EventLogService'.
Be advice EventLogService wakelocks only happens with stock Samsung ROMS.
More to follow.
Great work dude. You gave me some good tips
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Great work dude. You gave me some good tips
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I can confirm getting about 3~4 hours of screen time at most during 16~24 hours of usage.
I noticed you wrote something about SetCPU working on stock kernel ... in my experience it does not work even if some people claims so.
SetCPU might be able to change between a limited amount of Governors, but setting Min and Max doesn't work even it looks so (I used some other tool to confirm this). I only tried this on rooted Stock GB, but I think it will be the same on ICS.
Does this work on jb rom?
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good tips
Thanx
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Does this work on jb rom?
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I can confirm getting about 3~4 hours of screen time at most during 16~24 hours of usage.
I noticed you wrote something about SetCPU working on stock kernel ... in my experience it does not work even if some people claims so.
SetCPU might be able to change between a limited amount of Governors, but setting Min and Max doesn't work even it looks so (I used some other tool to confirm this). I only tried this on rooted Stock GB, but I think it will be the same on ICS.
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Thank you for confirming though you could get more.
and I didn't say what you wrote, I specifically wrote:
If your kernel doesn't support undervolting move to the next step
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Does this work on jb rom?
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I didn't try with JB, but I'd love if you could follow each step and report back with results, in my opinion it should be the same.
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good tips
Thanx
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Thank you for the feedback, please do try all the steps and report back for success.
great tutorial, thank you for your effort!
I followed the steps but I can't find this one in LBE security:
"c.After your done go to the first window (swipe your finger right to go to the first screen)
d.Choose 'Speed boost -> Auto-Start' you will see all the apps that will be put in the cached process EVERY restart you make to your phone, now, this is very important, I only say it once, if you see an app/game that you don't even use or use once a week 'Disallow' it, but if you see an app/game that you use most of the time leave it as it is, why ? Obviously you didn't read step number 1.
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great tutorial, thank you for your effort!
I followed the steps but I can't find this one in LBE security:
"c.After your done go to the first window (swipe your finger right to go to the first screen)
d.Choose 'Speed boost -> Auto-Start' you will see all the apps that will be put in the cached process EVERY restart you make to your phone, now, this is very important, I only say it once, if you see an app/game that you don't even use or use once a week 'Disallow' it, but if you see an app/game that you use most of the time leave it as it is, why ? Obviously you didn't read step number 1.
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As you can see in the picture, this is the first screen you see when you open up LBE,2nd raw is 'Speed Boost' just click it and it will show you new buttons, there you choose 'Auto-Start.
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I have added pictures to the main thread for most of the steps and marked in red the specific step.
I got confused because in my app it says phone accelerate instead of speed boost
anyway, I'm using these mods since this morning so it is too early to say anything factual about battery life, but I think it is much better...
usually I would have about 60 or less % left at this time of day...
trikpa said:
I got confused because in my app it says phone accelerate instead of speed boost
anyway, I'm using these mods since this morning so it is too early to say anything factual about battery life, but I think it is much better...
usually I would have about 60 or less % left at this time of day...
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Perhaps you downloaded even newer version than mine but I can see you figured it out.
If you used to get 60% and now it's 76%, of course this is an amazing change.
Don't forget to check your screen time before you charge it and make sure it's minimum 3 hours (if the total up-time is above 24 hours).
If you did follow all the steps and did everything as I wrote, I suggest to get into Recovery mode -> Advance -> and reset battery indicators.
or wait 1-2 charges and the battery meter is supposed to acclimate.
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From my experience you can't get more than 3.5 hours screen time over total use of MORE than 24 hours uptime
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Well is that so?
Nice thread, but Gemini app manager block on "updating information" sometimes :x
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Well is that so?
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I saw really few users like your self that actually got that time, but I had never got more then 3.5-4 hours max screen time on uptime for more then 24 hours.
I even did EXACTLY what these users told me with their exact config (from 3 different users) but again, I got only 3.5-4 hours screen time max.
So this is my conclusion.
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Nice thread, but Gemini app manager block on "updating information" sometimes :x
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Thank you.
Yea that's an annoying bug that is happening from time to time.
Just exit the app and open it again.
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I saw really few users like your self that actually got that time, but I had never got more then 3.5-4 hours max screen time on uptime for more then 24 hours.
I even did EXACTLY what these users told me with their exact config (from 3 different users) but again, I got only 3.5-4 hours screen time max.
So this is my conclusion.
Thank you.
Yea that's an annoying bug that is happening from time to time.
Just exit the app and open it again.
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I found solution, it only happens when after taping "config autorun (root)" and switching fast thing to off.
So i have to wait :cyclops:
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I found solution, it only happens when after taping "config autorun (root)" and switching fast thing to off.
So i have to wait :cyclops:
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Sometimes you just wait for too long but if you have patience for that..
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[*] If after step b&c your phone is still working that means that the undervolt you chose is working great. (
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hyperbolic what do you mean by step b&c ?
There just core1 sucessful
core2 sucessful
Ram sucessful
This thread will only contain detailed but simple and easy to understand information and broken english because I'm Mexican and I live in Mexico.
This is my first thread in XDA, this phone is my first smartphone or touchscreen phone I got it a year a go when It came out and this post will have all my knowledge about SGS2 battery saving tips I've got from this year.
Some settings might sound dumb, like why would you disable a core if you paid for two, and why would you want lower brightness if you have a SAMOLED+ screen which is brighter than SAMOLED HD, well those settings are optional and you have to find which ones will help you when you need battery badly for an emergency or something.
First let's make a list of all the apps that you need to use and what they will do, all the apps and tips are optional but if you use all of them you will have some amazing battery life!
*This thread only contains free apps so you don't need to spend $ at all!*
#1 Screen filter: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5oYXhvciJd
This app is really useful because it allows you to go on lower brightness than what your phone allows you to! and if you have sensitive eyes it'll help at night, when I really NEED BATTERY I lower the brightness as much as I can (Don't go too low because you won't be able to see s**t.
while in use, screen filter make the install button in the package installer unusable; if you want to install an app, disable screen filter first
#2 Rescan Media ROOT: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...SwxLDEsImNvbS5hZGR6Lm1lZGlhc2Nhbm5lcnJvb3QiXQ..
This app will allow you to enable and disable media scanner whenever you want. Media scanner drains ur battery a lot specialy if you're using a JB ROM! I don't know if it'll be useful with GB/ICS because I only tested it on a JB ROM, by disabling media scanner you won't be able to see pictures or videos from your gallery but you're able to play music, use this when you really need to save battery and you're not gonna use gallery.
#3 https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yb290dW5pbnN0YWxsZXIuZnJlZSJd
BE CAREFUL WITH THIS APP! IF YOU'RE NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING ASK AN EXPERIENCED USER OR JUST LEAVE IT!
Titanium backup has an option to uninstall system apps but this one is free, just use it to freeze apps that you don't use and are always running, the apps I disabled are:
*Maps (I enable em when I need them)
*TvOut
*AccuWeather
*Movie Studio
*TalkBack
*Apollo (I use PowerAMP)
*Sound Search
*Voice dialer (Useless IMO..)
*SIM Toolkit (I don't know if this is safe to remove for all users but I had no problem)
*Trebuchet (I use Nova Prime)
*News & Weather
And you can disable other apps that you don't use, those are the ones I disabled.
#4 Startup manager: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImltb2JsaWZlLnN0YXJ0dXBtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
This is my favorite, I don't know how useful it is but I hate to have apps I don't use running or on the background.
With this app you can disable the user and systemapps that auto start when you turn on your phone, they will start without any problem when you need them!
This app will give you more free ram! I don't know if the RAM on phones consume as much energy as PC RAM but I used it anyway..
The system apps I disabled are the following:
*Youtube
*Clock
*Email
*Download manager
*Media Storage (I guess you don't need this is you disabled media scanner already with the previous app)
*Gallery
Those are only the system apps, remember to disable YOUR apps that are always running on boot and you don't need them to be running (I only kept facebook, facebook messenger, nova launcher and whatsapp) I don't suggest you to disable many google apps, I think it gives problems when trying to connect to google servers (NOT SURE) disable them if you want and if it give you any problem just enable them again.
#5 FastDormancy Toggle: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...W5tb3JhbC5mYXN0ZG9ybWFuY3l0b2dnbGUuaTkzMDAiXQ..
First do a google search and check if your carrier supports FD, my carrier doesn't support it so I disabled it and you can uninstall this app after disabling it if you want.
#6 AdFree: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...DEsImNvbS5iaWd0aW5jYW4uYW5kcm9pZC5hZGZyZWUiXQ..
This app gets rid of the annoying ads, they consume battery because they use 3G to load and they're annoying anyway, just install it and after it downloads the host files and installs them you can uninstall this app if you want, if you start to get Ads again just install it again and update the host files and uninstall or you just can keep it and let it download the new host files.
#7 GetRIL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zaWJib3IuZ2V0cmlsIl0.
Some users have better batterylife after matching their RIL with the current modem, you can uninstall this app after installing the right RIL but I think the RIL will keep changing everytime you flash a new ROM. This app is supposed to keep you away from RIL crashes, try it. and uninstall after using it.
Ok that's it now let's move to the tips, some of them might have you tired already but I'll put them for the new users.
#1 If you're not gonna browse, use facebook or any app that requieres 3G just disable it, I have 2G most of the time because I only use whatsapp and gtalk the most.
#2 Disable WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and Sync if you're not using it.
#3 Disable google now (It improves battery a lot according to some users)
#4 If you're lazy to control your brightness just set it automatic, I use the notification bar slide brightness from CM10 and I always have it really low.
#5 Try not to have too many root apps running on start up because SU makes the phone laggy when it tries to enable too many root apps.
#6 If you have a weather app set "refresh manualy"
#7 If for some reason after using all the apps from above you still have unwanted apps running just stop them manualy, I check running apps really often and stop them.
#8 Some people have better battery life with different modems, I always use stock modems so try different modems and check which one suits you better
#10 Don't let your phone charging overnight
#11 If you're REALLY need battery and you're on a trip only listening music with the screen off, set your CPU to 200 Mhz or 500 Mhz if you want, Music player is a light app but some music players keep going from 100-200 mhz to 800-1000 ..
#12 Try to enable the skip track with volume key from CM10/AOKP, this will save battery as you won't turn the screen on everytime you want to skip track and If you use the 200 Mhz max frequency you won't have to go through the lag to skip a track (If your galaxy lags a lot at 200 Mhz, some phones don't lag that much at that frequency)
#13 Disable BLN
#14 If you're not using the internet at all put flight mode
#15 Use dark or black wallpapers and themes, our SAMOLED+ Screen saves energy if you use black/dark themes/wallpapers
#16 If you have facebook and you need more battery try to log off your facebook and facebook messenger, it'll save you some battery (credits to Obagleyfreer for this tip)
Now let's get into the ROMs and Kernel subject.
I'm using Dorimanx 7.3 and I'm using JellyBam ROM at the moment but I change ROMs really often, I think JellyBam has vsync enabled so I guess a ROM without vsync and Dorimanx 7.3 will have better batterylife.
ExTweaks settings:
Easy.. Just go to recovery and go into specific kernel options and put Battery profile.. If you have ExTweaks plus you'll be able to change the profiles from the app and you'll see the Extreme_battery profile, enable it if you have ExTweaks plus.
After you set battery profile go to the CPU tab and put second core always off if you're just chatting and listening music you don't need both cores enabled.
Oh yeah and undervolt your CPU/GPU in ExTweaks, I have CPU UV -75.
If you did a charge cycle and your phone is at 100%, unplug it and go to the MISC tab on ExTweaks and Reset Fuel Chip and charge it again to 100%, I usualy reset it like 10 times after flashing a ROM, I unplug and reset and plug and like that a few times.. I'm not sure if it helps at all but I do it anyway.
**I think some users reported that slower charge gives better battery, in ExTweaks MISC tab theres an option for charging voltages, set the lowest AC/MISC:550mA USD:450mA (I haven't tested it but I will do it soon**
I'm adding more info to this thread and giving credits in a few minutes I have to eat dinner.
As I explained I'm from Mexico and this is my first help/guide thread in XDA, If you liked how I shared all my knowledge and want to help me with a donation feel free to do it, I'm from Mexico as some of you know this country is really poor and even 30 cents or 1 USD will help me, 1 USD is like 13 mexican pesos.. feel free to donate if you want, any amount will do fine.
Ok after trying to discharge my phone using Max brightness, both cores enabled, screen on all time, PowerAMP on speakers all the time with max volume, 1.5Ghz, Extreme_Perfomance profile I got 3 hours 30 mins screen time.. I couldn't take a screenshot cause I took too long to take it and I had media disabled Now I'm going to try with my settings and post the results! Please if you tried my guide and got amazing battery life post a screenshot of your battery graph and screen on time or tell us the results!
Mexico loves xda <3
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Great! Thank you!! I'll try it all!
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Great! Thank you!! I'll try it all!
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Thanks If you have any question feel free to ask, I'll add a FAQ question and more details to the thread if needed, this is my first thread and I'm really noob at this I hope you guys help me to make this thread perfect and maybe even get sticky! This ALL you need for good battery life, I forgot some stuff but I'll add it once I remember it xD
I need enable the other CPU core
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Mervingio said:
I need enable the other CPU core
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What do you mean? Both cores will run on your Galaxy when you need them but the second core isn't enabled all the time, only when you need it.
Great instructions.I am using JellyBam ROM 20121022 – i9100 daily [OUT DA SPACE REL] with siyah v5.0b1
Well i underclocked my device to 100-500 mhz with 2 cores running all the time... voltages as low a i can... gpu 40 66 100 mhz... the only thing i took from this thread is the screen filter,thanks for that! now i usually get 7 hours screen time 2 days running
Elistheman said:
Well i underclocked my device to 100-500 mhz with 2 cores running all the time... voltages as low a i can... gpu 40 66 100 mhz... the only thing i took from this thread is the screen filter,thanks for that! now i usually get 7 hours screen time 2 days running
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Your welcome You should try the startup manager to get rid of the apps that auto start!
A handy tip to help battery life is remove Facebook app. It is a HUGE battery drain.
The best thing to do is to log onto the Facebook Mobile site then when you're on the homepage just save as a bookmark.
Now you can add the bookmark to your home screen as an icon.
It's just like Facebook app only faster, less bugs and battery friendly
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Obagleyfreer said:
A handy tip to help battery life is remove Facebook app. It is a HUGE battery drain.
The best thing to do is to log onto the Facebook Mobile site then when you're on the homepage just save as a bookmark.
Now you can add the bookmark to your home screen as an icon.
It's just like Facebook app only faster, less bugs and battery friendly
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Thanks, I'll add it to the list of tips
Great post
One thing though: I would advice you NOT to fully drain your battery unless absolutely necessary. This will lower the full capacity of your battery. It's the same thing that happens to laptopbatteries. Many people let it run dry from time to time and this is one of the reasons people experience such a severe hit on laptop battery capacity over time.
This is also the reason why you phone will shut down before battery hits 0%. It's simply to spare the battery from degradation.
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Thx !
abnesher said:
Great post
One thing though: I would advice you NOT to fully drain your battery unless absolutely necessary. This will lower the full capacity of your battery. It's the same thing that happens to laptopbatteries. Many people let it run dry from time to time and this is one of the reasons people experience such a severe hit on laptop battery capacity over time.
This is also the reason why you phone will shut down before battery hits 0%. It's simply to spare the battery from degradation.
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thanks, I removed the tip
nice!
here are some more facts about different batteries and their behavior. Remember that u have a lithium-ion battery in your smartphone:
h**p://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_charge_when_to_charge_table
This supports also the posting from abnesher.
//sorry for masking the url with * but im not allowed to post urls cause i am new
thx alot i'll try it
Ingesting Read! But I suggest you to add this disclaimer to the Screen Filter section: "while in use, screen filter make the install button in the package installer unusable; if you want to install an app, disable screen filter first"
Hope it's useful for you
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What do you mean? Both cores will run on your Galaxy when you need them but the second core isn't enabled all the time, only when you need it.
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System Tuner works like a charm
Thanks for the tip!
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Ingesting Read! But I suggest you to add this disclaimer to the Screen Filter section: "while in use, screen filter make the install button in the package installer unusable; if you want to install an app, disable screen filter first"
Hope it's useful for you
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Post anything related to battery!
Here are some tips to help you get the longest battery life and on screen time possible on your S5.
1. Root and debloat (Sprint and Samsung apps). More details here.
2a. Download Greenify from the Play Store and Greenify apps that you see waking your device (ie: Twitter, Facebook, Play Store, Google Search, etc.)
-----2b. Buy Greenify donate version and you can Greenify apps and still receive notifications from those apps!
3. When you go to sleep, turn on power saving mode and turn ON the following options within power saving mode: block background data, restrict performance (with everything checked).
4. At around 5-10% left, turn on ultra power saving mode to help get you through the rest of the day/night!
5. Don't have a million apps installed, a rogue app can deplete your battery (through wakelocks, background CPU usage, etc.) and it only takes one bad app to spoil your whole battery!
6. If you don't use GMail, or Facebook or Twitter, etc alot, then turn OFF auto sync for those apps.
7a. Go to Google Settings, then Location, then Google laction reporting and turn location reporting OFF.and Mode on Power Saving.
-----7b. Go to Android Device Manager in Google settings and turn off "remotely locate this device".
8a. Turn dark mode on for apps that have this option.
-----8b. Download and install "blacked out apps".
9. Turn off things such as smart stay, smart pause (rarely every works for me anyway) OFF.
10. Keep your brightness low if possible (cloudy day, night time, indoors, etc.).
Feel free to add any.
Screenies: Was literally using non stop, to compare my S4 would only go to 3hr 10min on screen time (highest I got out of the whole time I had it). Was in good signal area most of the time, but also sometimes I was in a not so great signal area. Anyways, I'm xtremely happy with 5hrs on screen time and almost a day total! Barely had my phone in my pocket the whole day/night!
What does blacked out apps do? I cant find it on the play store.
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What does blacked out apps do? I cant find it on the play store.
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Google... "Blacked out apps xda". They're simply what they sounds like, apps that are black lol. Helps with saving a ton of battery on Amoled screens.
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All I can say is THANK YOU! I downloaded and purchased the Greenify and installed Xposed, wow is all I can say! Talk about hardly eating much battery at all once I did this. Thank you for your information.
Joe0113 said:
Google... "Blacked out apps xda". They're simply what they sounds like, apps that are black lol. Helps with saving a ton of battery on Amoled screens.
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
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bry21317 said:
All I can say is THANK YOU! I downloaded and purchased the Greenify and installed Xposed, wow is all I can say! Talk about hardly eating much battery at all once I did this. Thank you for your information.
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No problem brotha. Just "thank" the OP
Sent from a Galaxy 5 light years away
Tempted to install xposed. Seems like a lot of cool **** you can do with it.
Changed the thread a bit peeps.
Good Day all,
I have benefitted greatly from Google and XDA. So I thought I would provide a consolidated way of saving our battery's grace from Android System demonic drain.
I am running Euphoria with Furnace, and I had loads of Gapps installed.
I tried multiple attempts over a 3 days period and did many researches back and forth. And it came down to these few main culprits:
1. Android Location Services
2. Google Play Services
3. Qualcomm Location Services
4. Google Now Launcher
5. Unwanted Sync
Tools I have used to assist in this matter.
1. Disable Service - here
2. Greenify
3. Privacy Guard (should be in built in most custom roms)
4. Titanium Backup
Basically the highest causing drain came from Google Play Services and Qualcomm Location Services. These items persistently wakes the phone up and runs on the background. Using greenify on there further cause issues as greenify tries to hibernate these services over and over again, making this a self-made draining routine.
I followed this thread on Google Play Services drain fix and used the Privacy Guard to perform those tricks. I ran through ALL Google Related Apps and as long as "Keep Awake", "Wake up" or "Auto Start" is enabled, I disabled them. I also look through apps I suspect were waking phone up by looking at the last activation of those events (Keep Awake, Wake Up, Auto Start).
Next I followed this thread on Guide to disable google play internal services using Disable Service app. I also took the opportunity to look at both 3rd party apps and system apps to see if there are services that could be disabled. I disabled Apex Notifier as I realize I didn't needed its service.
Then the next sneaky culprit was the Qualcomm Location Services. Even though I froze them with Titanium Backup, they persist in the system. So making a backup of them, I uninstalled them completely. Hasn't caused me any issue with GPS or Maps. They are namely, com.qualcomm.location and com.qualcomm.services.location. Both appeared as LocationServices 1.0 on Titanium Backup.
I went ahead to Greenify many Google Apps, namely Google App, Google Play Store, Google Services Framework, Google+. I also Greenify many apps that Greenify suggested would slow system down or appear to run in the background which I have no use for.
Lastly I uninstalled Google Now Launcher as it was persistently coming up as alternative home launcher even though I froze it. And I also went through settings of apps to make sure sync were turn off. I only kept Calender and Contacts and Gmail Sync on.
Now I have reduced Android System from 34% to 2% and increased my SOT from 2++ hours to 4++ hours at least. Not an out of earth SOT, but I believe that's decent.
Hope I helped and I wish you all the best in your endeavour to reduce Android System Drain. Cheers.
Thanks bro
Will try and give feedback asap
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I didn't had time to do any research on this, and this thread appeared on the right time.
Thanks
Paradoxxx said:
Suscribed, Rated, and Thanked.
I didn't had time to do any research on this, and this thread appeared on the right time.
Thanks
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Will try and give feedback asap
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Your feedbacks will be appreciated. It works for me and I hope it works for you. And hopefully help many others that face our problem. Cheers
I can't seem to find App Ops anywhere..
Edit: found it by the name "Access lock" but there is no google play services in there..
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I can't seem to find App Ops anywhere..
Edit: found it by the name "Access lock" but there is no google play services in there..
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It should be found in settings page, "Privacy".
I know that this guide is meant for CM based ROMs but I said to myself "ehh, what the hell" and I tried it on my Cloudy 2.2 and the results were horrible. Had to fully charge my device twice in order to go through 22 hours and a total of 2h of screen on time which consisted mostly of browsing and messaging. Wakelock Detector told me that the device was mostly asleep and everything was normal in the Batter Usage menu. Usually I get around 18-20h on a full charge with 2,5-3h SoT. Maybe the locations tweeks were not liked by my Tasker app and caused a huge battery drain, although it didn't appear that much as a wakelock trigger.
I am wondering if the problem was caused by Tasker or the stock ROM itself, but badly I do not have the time now to tweak around and I am reverting back to my previous configuration.
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I know that this guide is meant for CM based ROMs but I said to myself "ehh, what the hell" and I tried it on my Cloudy 2.2 and the results were horrible. Had to fully charge my device twice in order to go through 22 hours and a total of 2h of screen on time which consisted mostly of browsing and messaging. Wakelock Detector told me that the device was mostly asleep and everything was normal in the Batter Usage menu. Usually I get around 18-20h on a full charge with 2,5-3h SoT. Maybe the locations tweeks were not liked by my Tasker app and caused a huge battery drain, although it didn't appear that much as a wakelock trigger.
I am wondering if the problem was caused by Tasker or the stock ROM itself, but badly I do not have the time now to tweak around and I am reverting back to my previous configuration.
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Try using GSam battery monitor to find out the real culprit. I used that to boil down to the final two irritants - Qualcomm LocationServices.
Really enjoying the app.
Here are the screenshots:
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/fvzvyvdsfqr1e89/AABeH-BwUHKOjpqnXaFcATbaa
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Really enjoying the app.
Here are the screenshots:
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/fvzvyvdsfqr1e89/AABeH-BwUHKOjpqnXaFcATbaa
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Kernel OS issue I am not too sure what issues are they. The issues I had was high Android OS drain.
@JokerAce my friend ...nice to see you posting useful advice ....gonna grab it ...especially qualcomm service....thanks mate
/LG-G3/d-855/16Gb/Titanium Black/
m1trand1r said:
@JokerAce my friend ...nice to see you posting useful advice ....gonna grab it ...especially qualcomm service....thanks mate
/LG-G3/d-855/16Gb/Titanium Black/
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Thanks mate )
My previously phone was just a low budget Xperia X8 but I was used to only have to charge it each 2/3 days with normal usage.
So, after buying the Moto G 2nd Gen and having to charge it twice a day in the first days of usage (heavy usage I must say), I started to try to find ways how I could optimize the battery of my new phone.
I started reading about how what changed with newer versions of Android, the issues lollipop has and the impact services and apps have on the battery life in current versions of Android with the technologies our phone has.
I started looking into tasker and many other apps, and thinking in rooting my phone to have even more control over the battery usage, but even without rooting, I manage to make it last 3 days with normal usage (more than 7 hours on screen time heavy usage).
At that time I was like "Great! Now I only have to charge it once every 3 days just like my old Xperia X8". But then it came to me, my smartphone wasn't actually that smart after all the tweaks I had to make to save its battery.
At that point I started to do lots of tests to check what's really draining the battery and after all those tests now I have a battery that lasts 2/3 days with normal usage while having a true smartphone!
This is what you should do:
Note: I have the model XT1068 and I'm using two sim cards with it, and you'll need the app tasker for a crucial step but you will NOT need root.
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WHAT YOU SHOULD DISABLE:
- Disable "Ok Google" detection -> big battery drainer
- Disable the following apps:
Assist
Motorola Alert
Motorola Contextual Services
Motorola Migration
Motorola One Time Init
Motorola Notification
HP print service (you already have google cloud print service)
Motorola Init Services
Help
Motorola One Time Init
You should also disable all the google apps you don't want to use.
- Disable Wifi always on network search
- Disable Wifi every time you are not using it
- Disable Auto-Sync (you'll have auto-sync back in a more smart and efficient way using tasker)
- Disable Ambient Notifications (you already have the notification led to warn you about incoming notifications)
- Disable Audio Effects
- Temporarily enable auto-sync so you could manually disable all the apps you don't need to be synced (ex.: Google Plus, Drive, etc). Disable auto-sync after you are done with the changes.
- Disable all those reports being automatically sent (sorry developers, but that really adds up to the battery usage with multiple apps doing it)
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WHAT YOU SHOULD ENABLE TO KEEP YOUR PHONE SMART
(Unless you don't ever use it)
- Enable Bluetooth (Bluetooth 4.0 consumes nearly 0 battery while not paired to a device, even paired it consumes little power with newer devices)
- Enable Mobile Data
- Enable location in high precision mode (it will activate GPS when an app needs it)
- Enable Auto- Brightness (adjust the brightness slider to 60% or less after that, the lower the better)
- Enable notification light
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SETTINGS AND TIPS
- If you don't have a really strong 3g sinal switch to 2g mode
- Set the screen to go off after 30 second or 1 minute
- Use a magnetic flip cover so it automatically awakes your device and also automatically makes the screen go off when you close it
- Do not use apps known for their heavy impact on battery !VERY IMPORTANT! ( Use Chrome to access facebook, don't let your online messaging apps be always on, etc.)
- Don't use wifi with a bad signal, well, better said don't use any network with a low signal or else your battery will drain fast. Enable Air plain mode if your network signal is really low.
- Keep your internal storage with >600MB of free storage
- Use only simple methods of unlocking your phone (Don't use anything that uses location services, camera, microphone, etc.)
- Do not let apps being always on using network services like GPS (adjust the app setting so it only uses when you use the app)
- Get rid of any app you installed but don't need
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Tasker: Making your phone more efficient
- Create a profile that goes on while you have AC power connected and when it goes on it enables Wi-fi and Auto-Sync, when it goes off it disables those features.
- Create another profile that repeats from the time you wake up until the average time you go to bed, and make it repeat every 2 or more hours (depends on your sync needs). What it should do is enable auto.sync, wait 3 minutes, then disable auto-sync
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Congratulations now you have a true smartphone with a good battery life!
I think I didn't forget about anything, but if I did I will edit this post.
Actually, disable any unused or unwanted app and install Greenify to force quit the rest of these apps you can't disable.
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Actually, disable any unused or unwanted app and install Greenify to force quit the rest of these apps you can't disable.
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For Greenify to work as intended you need to have root access on your device. For those with root access Greenify can be a great way to freeze apps you really need but are programmed to be always running in the background. Without root access Greenify to work automatically consumes a lot of battery because it needs to turn on your screen while the device is asleep.
I decided to not talk about root methods to keep this guide accessible to everyone
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For Greenify to work as intended you need to have root access on your device. For those with root access Greenify can be a great way to freeze apps you really need but are programmed to be always running in the background. Without root access Greenify to work automatically consumes a lot of battery because it needs to turn on your screen while the device is asleep.
I decided to not talk about root methods to keep this guide accessible to everyone
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Actually, disable any unused or unwanted app and install Greenify to force quit the rest of these apps you can't disable.
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*Duplicate Thread*
The guide how to get the best possible battery life on your moto g deals with all this and goes into advanced and root methods to reduce battery consumption on your device
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Duck86 said:
*Duplicate Thread*
The guide how to get the best possible battery life on your moto g deals with all this and goes into advanced and root methods to reduce battery consumption on your device
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It's not a duplicate thread. In your guide the goal is to have the best battery life possible but for that it compromises a lot of the features that makes the phone smart, it compromises convenience of use for every 0.01% of battery life possible.
I read it and it's a well written guide but with a very different goal. The goal of this guide is to have a good battery life while having most of the smart features available.
Sorry, you have too much conflicting info in this guide. Having auto brightness enabled certainly doesn't make it a smart phone and definitely not set at 60%. Suggesting having data always on isn't always a good move, especially for those with limited data.
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Tel864 said:
Sorry, you have too much conflicting info in this guide. Having auto brightness enabled certainly doesn't make it a smart phone and definitely not set at 60%. Suggesting having data always on isn't always a good move, especially for those with limited data.
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Auto = automatically, that's a smart feature, it adjusts the brightness of the screen automatically. Nowadays, the way it is programmed makes it way more battery efficient than before. Adjusting it at a maximum of 60% is just a guideline, but 60% auto brightness is not 60% brightness., the value is just a guideline for the auto brightness algorithm.
About the data always on, having data on doesn't require that much extra power, it only drains more power IF some application requests data. While not the most efficient solution, in Android Lollipop there's no better way to keep feature like auto.sync on without having the data always on, unless you have root access. If you have root access you can set up tasker to automatically enable and disable mobile data when the phone tries to auto.sync and/or when the screen is on.
As I said previously, this is a guide for everyone, no root access required, and the goal is to have the phone with as many smart features on as possible while retaining a good enough battery life. You can have all those features on and still have a good battery life, is it worth to disable most of the features of our phones just to gain a little extra battery life? I mean, if you really want to make your phone's battery last weeks just turn it off ^^'. Now seriously, I have auto-sync for all the features I need, I have location services apps all running fine, I can pair my Bluetooth devices just by turning them on, I can simply open the gps app in my car and it will get signal without me doing anything else, I can take a picture and immediately send to someone over the internet without having to do anything else, and many many other features I have that I wouldn't if I just turned everything off to get a little extra battery. Not worth for me, I want a smartphone, I want to take it out of my pocket and having it ready to use.
Follow this guide and check the difference in battery life it makes, than tell me if it is not worth. Well, for certain profiles I can see it not being worth, I mean if you use your phone primarily for gaming or if you don't use almost any of the feature a smartphone has, I can totally see the point in having them turned off.
Edit: Forgot to talk about the limited data plans. I have a very limited data plan, 500MB per month but communication apps don't have a limit on my data plan (facebook, skype, what's app, snapshot, etc). I never used the 500MB of the mobile data, when wi fi is available I use it and only transfer large files over wifi, so as you can see even 500MB is enough to browse the web and sync my services. If you don't have a data plan or yours not enough for you then you have to choices: 1- Get a data plan suitable for your needs; 2- Disable Mobile Data. Back to the guide, there's people too with limited data plans in their home connections, using wifi, should I tell everyone to have wi fi always turned off because of those people?
If your data plan has limitations, that's something you have to take in mind but has nothing to do with the phone itself. If I have no money for a vehicle, I have to travel by foot, should I tell everyone to travel by foot? I hope you get my point and sorry for the wall of text.
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It's not a duplicate thread. In your guide the goal is to have the best battery life possible but for that it compromises a lot of the features that makes the phone smart, it compromises convenience of use for every 0.01% of battery life possible.
I read it and it's a well written guide but with a very different goal. The goal of this guide is to have a good battery life while having most of the smart features available.
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Dude, not trying to argue with you here, I'm just saying that everything you've mentioned here is also in my guide. People can pick and choose what they want from it.
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I have auto-sync for all the features I need, I have location services apps all running fine, I can pair my Bluetooth devices just by turning them on, I can simply open the gps app in my car and it will get signal without me doing anything else, I can take a picture and immediately send to someone over the internet without having to do anything else, and many many other features I have that I wouldn't if I just turned everything off to get a little extra battery. Not worth for me, I want a smartphone, I want to take it out of my pocket and having it ready to use.
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I can do everything you just said on my phone. I haven't sacrificed any smart capabilities, but I also get 3 days usage from my phone In fact, with tasker, I don't have to do any switching on or off. It does it all for me. That's the point of it, and why it is such a good battery saver.
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Duck86 said:
Dude, not trying to argue with you here, I'm just saying that everything you've mentioned here is also in my guide. People can pick and choose what they want from it.
I can do everything you just said on my phone. I haven't sacrificed any smart capabilities, but I also get 3 days usage from my phone In fact, with tasker, I don't have to do any switching on or off. It does it all for me. That's the point of it, and why it is such a good battery saver.
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Following your guide you get: No no bluetooth, no network connection during the night, no location services, no auto-brightness, no possibility to download files over wifi while the screen is off, etc. Of course people could read it and chose only what they want, but then they wouldn't be following your guide.
What I suggest in this guide is a very different approach from yours. In this guide, the goal is to have the most features on as possible, while having a good battery life. The goal of your guide is to have the maximum battery life while the phone is on while maintaining basic functionality.
Different approach, different goal, I don't see how this can be seen as a duplicate.
Edit: Oh, and to follow your guide there's the need to have root access.
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Following your guide you get: No no bluetooth, no network connection during the night, no location services, no auto-brightness, no possibility to download files over wifi while the screen is off, etc. Of course people could read it and chose only what they want, but then they wouldn't be following your guide.
What I suggest in this guide is a very different approach from yours. In this guide, the goal is to have the most features on as possible, while having a good battery life. The goal of your guide is to have the maximum battery life while the phone is on while maintaining basic functionality.
Different approach, different goal, I don't see how this can be seen as a duplicate.
Edit: Oh, and to follow your guide there's the need to have root access.
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Why do you need network services when you are asleep? Bluetooth is available whenever you want, just use tasker to automate it. Similarly, use tasker to automate location services. I clearly say in the guide that if you *need* auto brightness you can adjust it to your own specification using gravitybox. Its perfectly easy to download files when the screen is off, just change the the threshold in tasker. Admittedly, I didn't mention that, but If that's the only problem, I can add that into the tutorial
You don't need root access for all of the tutorial. I have a whole section devoted to basic ROM settings, which has everything you have in your op. Plus tasker and greenify sections that don't necessarily need root for everything.
But whatever, you know best.
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Why do you need network services when you are asleep? Bluetooth is available whenever you want, just use tasker to automate it. Similarly, use tasker to automate location services. I clearly say in the guide that if you *need* auto brightness you can adjust it to your own specification using gravitybox. Its perfectly easy to download files when the screen is off, just change the the threshold in tasker. Admittedly, I didn't mention that, but If that's the only problem, I can add that into the tutorial
You don't need root access for all of the tutorial. I have a whole section devoted to basic ROM settings, which has everything you have in your op. Plus tasker and greenify sections that don't necessarily need root for everything.
But whatever, you know best.
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I don't understand what's your point. You go into another thread (this thread) and start to make comparisons between your guide and this guide. They are two different guides and in no point I refer to your guide. This is just another guide, and the goal of the guide is clearly explained in the OP. This is not a contest to see who's guide is better as far as I know.
And I'll repeat one more time, to make more advanced automation tasks using tasker (like enabling and disabling network access) you need root access, specially in Android Lollipop. You also need root access for greenify and similar apps. This guide is for everyone, no root required for anything. People see it, and follow if they like. After following they check how their phone is performing. If it's performing to their expectations great, if not they will probably check other guides until they find something they like..
About Bluetooth, I suggest you to read first on how Bluetooth 4.0 works first before arguing about it. You can start here, in the good old Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_low_energy
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For Greenify to work as intended you need to have root access on your device. For those with root access Greenify can be a great way to freeze apps you really need but are programmed to be always running in the background. Without root access Greenify to work automatically consumes a lot of battery because it needs to turn on your screen while the device is asleep.
I decided to not talk about root methods to keep this guide accessible to everyone
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I don't have rooted phone and I'm using manually Greenify & Greenify shortcut hibernate & lock to shut down apps, which sometimes automatically starts. As I don't play games, listen music and chat, phone is quite usable with this setup. With KitKat (I think most is the same with LolliPop) I made a list of the disabled apps:
android live wallpapers
aonlt
assist
audio effects
basic daydreams
bowsermessage
bubbles
chrome (using boat browser)
com.android.provider.partber
com.android.wallpaper.holospirit
com.motorola.mesh
com.motorola.multisimsettings
com.motorola.interfaceperm
com.qualcomm.qcom_qmi
configupdates
cqatest
devicemanagement
email (using profimail)
echange services
face unlock
fm radio
gallery (using quickpick)
gmail
google korean keyboard
google launcher config (using apex launcher)
google one time init
google partner setup
google play movies
google play kiosk
google play music
google play games
google play books
google hindy input
google keyboard (using multiling)
google voice
google pinyin input
goole ++
hangouts
help
hp print service plugin
html viewer
iwnn ime
iwnn keyboard
magic smoke wallpapers
market feedback agent
motorola alert
motorola boot services
motorola checkin
motorola contextual services
motorola migrate
motorola notification
motorola one time init
music visulaization wallpapers
oma client provisioning
phasebeam
photo screensavers
picasa uploader
cloudprinting
preset
print spooler
setupwizard
setup
talkback
trusted devices
youtube
I tried this guide and I can confirm that there's is a noticeable increase in battery life. My phone isn't rooted, and all my attempts to keep battery consumption as low as possible in the past resulted in having a phone by far less "smart" than it is now. Many thanks rbmaster .
I really couldn't follow that other guide there were too many applications it was too lengthy, this one really seems to the best, disabled everything I was told + going to download the app tasker.