*Guide* : Better battery life on htc one [Updated] - One (M7) General

Just want to add on here for more battery saving tips
Guys I may have found an easy way to curb Google play services or any other spyware app to stop them from doing things like Access location or mobile networks which may further wreck yr battery life There are 2 guides here , Guide 1 (maybe redundant) and guide 2[updated] . if u think one of these guides works better than the other in yr bbs or gsam results, u want to use just only or a combination of both
App: Guide 1(maybe redundant)
LBE security master ( english translation is xposed module, so install that first)
Install and open the app
Go to permissions , Google play services all permissions , location and choose block or prompt
U can do this for WiFi and 3g too
I can also set all apps to prompt this way u know which apps want to access what when not opened . And deny them when they are running in the background . Also u will know if Some apps will access eg. Location when opened .. as o fnow i have made all apps to prompt mode so i can identify which app is running wild,. So far none
this part here may significantly save battery
first get this app : disable service
choose google play services and untick
analystics service
checkin service
NLPlocationreceiverservice
google location service
dispatching service
2) Then using app system tuner
go to google play services - receivers
checkin.checinservices$reciever
checkin.checkinservices$triggerreciever
checkin.checkinservices$tSecretCodeReceiver
checkin.eventlogservices$receiver
update.SystemUpdateService$SecretCodeReceiver
update.SystemUpdateService$Receiver
loginservice.migrateToAccountmanagerBroadcastRecei ver
*After this u wil only see GCM service runing in settings-apps -running
yr apps should work fine using battery saving location type
3) Disable Google syncing , u tick individual items in settings - accounts and sync - yr Google account
4) get greenify paid version
Tick wakeup timer colescaling in experimental features
Update:Guide 2 . this guide here may do all a of the above in a better way
1) install paid version Greenify and latest xposed
2) go to experimental setings and tick "reveal hidden sync"
3) go to phone settings , autosync, clik on yr google account and u will see new options with a *.Now can choose watever u want to be disabled
4) Also u can do the same for Facebook app or any other app with * entries . . U don't need Facebook acting independently . BlinkFeed will update for u the feeds
5) use Disable Service app from the Play store to disable:
Google Play Services
com.google.android.location.reporting.service.Repo rtingSyncService
(ReportingSyncService)
Google Services Framework
com.google.android.gsf.subscribedfeeds.SubscribedF eedsSyncAdapterService
(SubscribedFeedsSyncAdapterService)
here is the screenshot in phone settings for google and facebook example
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Are whatsapp notifications affected?
Hey thanks a lot!Just a couple of doubts. .I dont care about any other push notifications but i use whatsapp a lot so will this affect/delay whatsapp notifications?Secondly,Does the LBE security master come with an english translation coz its all chinese!Thanks again!

balag59 said:
Hey thanks a lot!Just a couple of doubts. .I dont care about any other push notifications but i use whatsapp a lot so will this affect/delay whatsapp notifications?Secondly,Does the LBE security master come with an english translation coz its all chinese!Thanks again!
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For what's app I don't think so .
Lbe security English translation is an xposed module . Look for it in the exposed download section

battery goes down while sleeping
lewonsky said:
For what's app I don't think so .
Lbe security English translation is an xposed module . Look for it in the exposed download section
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Thanks!I implemented everything u said above and also use greenify for most of my apps..But when i go to sleep for 8 hours after switching off data and wifi my battery goes from 100% to 85%. .that isnt normal right?battey stats show that my phone has been in deep sleep for 98% and awake only for 2%. .yet my battery seems to drain at a minimum constant 1.9% per hour. .any advice?Thanks again!Also find a screenshot for reference.

balag59 said:
Thanks!I implemented everything u said above and also use greenify for most of my apps..But when i go to sleep for 8 hours after switching off data and wifi my battery goes from 100% to 85%. .that isnt normal right?battey stats show that my phone has been in deep sleep for 98% and awake only for 2%. .yet my battery seems to drain at a minimum constant 1.9% per hour. .any advice?Thanks again!Also find a screenshot for reference.
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well i think something else is drainign yr vbattery u need to check for kernel wakelocks and apps which have in built in ads constantly pulling data
anyway LBE security has option to block all ads in apps. look for that section and do that
and also in LBE security under 'location: main section put all apps to prompt and see which one is doing something when u never opened it

lewonsky said:
well i think something else is drainign yr vbattery u need to check for kernel wakelocks and apps which have in built in ads constantly pulling data
anyway LBE security has option to block all ads in apps. look for that section and do that
and also in LBE security under 'location: main section put all apps to prompt and see which one is doing something when u never opened it
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ok thanks!I shall do all that. .but after having done everything else my battery life should have improved atleast a little right. .that too being in deep sleep for 98%. .i checked the partial wakelocks and they dont seem to be many. .anyways if you want any other battery stats from my phone that can help you better analyze the issue then i can do that also. .thanks again!

does GPS in Apps and Google+ Location Sharing work properly after doing this`?

darkarvan said:
does GPS in Apps and Google+ Location Sharing work properly after doing this`?
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i tested only google maps and it works , not sure about google + as i dont use it
re-enable the google location manager service if something does not work. I think this service controls the settings- location where u choose the 3 different gps options
edited my first post to reflect this

balag59 said:
ok thanks!I shall do all that. .but after having done everything else my battery life should have improved atleast a little right. .that too being in deep sleep for 98%. .i checked the partial wakelocks and they dont seem to be many. .anyways if you want any other battery stats from my phone that can help you better analyze the issue then i can do that also. .thanks again!
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just realised that yours could be a batery calibration problem ( if on custom kernel )
what rom are u using and the version ? all i know is that some roms/ kernels have a battery bug reporting problem or they have not adjusted to the battery cycle. try to recalibrate the battery . u dnt have to full charge it and drain to zero, just drain to zero a few times around 3x . see how that goes .

lewonsky said:
just realised that yours could be a batery calibration problem ( if on custom kernel )
what rom are u using and the version ? all i know is that some roms/ kernels have a battery bug reporting problem or they have not adjusted to the battery cycle. try to recalibrate the battery . u dnt have to full charge it and drain to zero, just drain to zero a few times around 3x . see how that goes .
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Oh yeah i had the same doubt. .im running paranoid android 4.6 beta and stock kernel. .im doing the calibration now.thanks!Il do that and let you know

Well my battery drains 1.2% per hour when idle.. I'm running Google edition with elemental kernel.. Downclocked to 1.5 GHz and undervolted a little too.. WiFi is always on!
Btw the best I can achieve is 0.8% idle but that's on 1.2 GHz and it's not worth it, things feel kind of slow!
I haven't tested the suggested tweaks, maybe sometime.
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I will suggest the synapses kernel

Better battery life especially during standby or when screen is off
Hi Lewonsky!
Since you seem to know a lot about achieving a better battery life i thought i would take your help if you dont mind.i decided to try out the HTC extreme power saver mode last night since its supposed to disable all syncing of background data and save a lot of battery.And i'm not sure where the problem lies here but it seems to be even more worse with the extreme power saver mode turned on.It's lost 17% during the 8.5 hours i was asleep and for the entire time it was on extreme power saver mode only. .Ive even attached a screenshot below where it indicates that it was in deep sleep for 99% of that time. .taking this into consideration is it really supposed to lose so much battery overnight on extreme power saver mode?any help would be really appreciated thanks!Im on viperone 7.0.1 and stock kernel.I also tried draining my battery to 0% a couple of times as you advised me to calibrate battery. .If you have any other advice or suggestions on how to get a better battery life especially during standby or when screen is off it would be great. .i already am planning to follow that you have mentioned in a couple of threads of yours regarding this. .Thanks again for all the help!

balag59 said:
Hi Lewonsky!
Since you seem to know a lot about achieving a better battery life i thought i would take your help if you dont mind.i decided to try out the HTC extreme power saver mode last night since its supposed to disable all syncing of background data and save a lot of battery.And i'm not sure where the problem lies here but it seems to be even more worse with the extreme power saver mode turned on.It's lost 17% during the 8.5 hours i was asleep and for the entire time it was on extreme power saver mode only. .Ive even attached a screenshot below where it indicates that it was in deep sleep for 99% of that time. .taking this into consideration is it really supposed to lose so much battery overnight on extreme power saver mode?any help would be really appreciated thanks!Im on viperone 7.0.1 and stock kernel.I also tried draining my battery to 0% a couple of times as you advised me to calibrate battery. .If you have any other advice or suggestions on how to get a better battery life especially during standby or when screen is off it would be great. .i already am planning to follow that you have mentioned in a couple of threads of yours regarding this. .Thanks again for all the help!
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I have noticed the extreme power saver is buggy in 4.4.3 Rom . At times it didn't turn off the data . So I have reverted to 4.4.2 5.11.661.8 Rom . This is the only version according to me in which extreme power saver node works correctly .
Try reflashing the firmware

lewonsky said:
I have noticed the extreme power saver is buggy in 4.4.3 Rom . At times it didn't turn off the data . So I have reverted to 4.4.2 5.11.661.8 Rom . This is the only version according to me in which extreme power saver node works correctly .
Try reflashing the firmware
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Thanks!Currently im on a 4.4.2 based firmware only. .5.12.707.105. .the latest Indian firmware based on 4.4.2. .only my rom(viperone 7.0.1) is 4.4.3 based. .so what do u suggest i do?Also my battery seems to drain 10-15% overnight in 8 hours after switching off wifi and mobile data. .Is there some other problem here?My standby battery life seems really bad.

balag59 said:
Thanks!Currently im on a 4.4.2 based firmware only. .5.12.707.105. .the latest Indian firmware based on 4.4.2. .only my rom(viperone 7.0.1) is 4.4.3 based. .so what do u suggest i do?Also my battery seems to drain 10-15% overnight in 8 hours after switching off wifi and mobile data. .Is there some other problem here?My standby battery life seems really bad.
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I am using 5.11 Rom. Try that . It's the telsus Rom released months ago . My device seems to like this Rom best

lewonsky said:
I am using 5.11 Rom. Try that . It's the telsus Rom released months ago . My device seems to like this Rom best
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So do you want me to change my firmware?Also i wanna keep using the viperone rom. .Any way i can check first if its a problem with my battery?I first want to confirm that there is nothing wrong with my battery so that i can try other things. .any ideas on how i can check that?

balag59 said:
So do you want me to change my firmware?Also i wanna keep using the viperone rom. .Any way i can check first if its a problem with my battery?I first want to confirm that there is nothing wrong with my battery so that i can try other things. .any ideas on how i can check that?
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sometiems rom and firmware xcombination may cause problems but very rarely unless there is a bug with the firmware released by HTC
the battery i think uneed to input some codes in the dialer it will shhow u battery health .
anyway not sure how reliable is that.
try to change roms and see if the battery still behaves that way.

lewonsky said:
sometiems rom and firmware xcombination may cause problems but very rarely unless there is a bug with the firmware released by HTC
the battery i think uneed to input some codes in the dialer it will shhow u battery health .
anyway not sure how reliable is that.
try to change roms and see if the battery still behaves that way.
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Ok thanks!Will keeping in flight mode overnight help?If i do keep it in flight mode for 8 hours how much battery should i ideally lose?

balag59 said:
Ok thanks!Will keeping in flight mode overnight help?If i do keep it in flight mode for 8 hours how much battery should i ideally lose?
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I don't know. But try to use the firmware Intended for yr device like 6.13.707.1 . I just flashed it. Avoid the European firmware,, in my opinion it doesn't work well on Asian devices and causes a bit of battery drain.

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Serious battery drain with minimum usage

Hi all,
The battery life of my 4month old SGS is becoming shorter every week! I can 'almost' last a work day (8 hours) with a fully charged battery and minimal use.
I had this problem also on the stock firmware, Darky's rom 8.x was a slight improvement (much faster tho!), Light-ning rom and Darky's rom 9.x.
Everyday I charge my battery untill it is full, when my alarm goes off it's already at 98% (it's still hooked up). When I'm in the train to school, my battery already dropped around 86% (being idle). I check some mobile websites, my e-mail and read some twitter messages.
Because I know services as Twitter (I'm using Tweetdeck) uses alot of resources and battery, so when I'm done looking I always shut down those programs. And I often do an 'end all' task in the 'System' app which I purchased from the market lately to monitor my battery.
During the day the only thing I do is check my mail and some websites, but not for long, mostly it would be around 5minutes or so. So WiFi is turned OFF, GPS is turned OFF, and only GMail synchronizes with default settings. So what's the deal? Is my battery slowly dieing because of oldness, or is there another problem?
Thanks in advance for helping me! You're doing a great job!
Sincerely yours,
S1GNZ
after flashing your custom roms of choice... did you ever do a battery calibration?
like let your phone drain till it dies on its own... turn it on againa nd let it die again to completely drain it to the point where u cant even turn it on.
Then plug your phone in to charge and let it charge to 100%. Keeping the phone plugged in turn on your phone into recovery. Then clear battery status.
Then reboot your phone into normal mode and let it continue charging till it says 100%. WHen you unplug your phone it SHOULD say 100% still.
This normally fix the problem but if you notice that your phone is dying quickly still then PM me.
One small advice,try logging out google talk,of-course if you are not on it much,it will give you at least 2-3 hrs more.
Also,there is already a thread active on this forum 'dont kill your phone
,give it a life' give that a read.
Mainly this battery drains are there because of apps doing sync. or polling.identify them and adjust settings.
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cripez said:
after flashing your custom roms of choice... did you ever do a battery calibration?
like let your phone drain till it dies on its own... turn it on againa nd let it die again to completely drain it to the point where u cant even turn it on.
Then plug your phone in to charge and let it charge to 100%. Keeping the phone plugged in turn on your phone into recovery. Then clear battery status.
Then reboot your phone into normal mode and let it continue charging till it says 100%. WHen you unplug your phone it SHOULD say 100% still.
This normally fix the problem but if you notice that your phone is dying quickly still then PM me.
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I've been browsing these forums lately, and I've also come across a thread which advice is just the opposite and that you should NOT do this, any advice if that's true? And is it also true that deleting the batterystats helps?
GreenSGS said:
One small advice,try logging out google talk,of-course if you are not on it much,it will give you at least 2-3 hrs more.
Also,there is already a thread active on this forum 'dont kill your phone
,give it a life' give that a read.
Mainly this battery drains are there because of apps doing sync. or polling.identify them and adjust settings.
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Am I auto-logged in on Google talk? If so, how do I log myself out :$? So Google sync might drain it? (Mail, Agenda, Contacts?)
Thanks for the quick replies! I really appreciate it!
Sincerely yours,
S1GNZ
I am not 100% sure if you auto logged or not.I believe not but if not so , then open app,press menu/setting button on phone,select logout.also if you not intending to use data network,press power key till you see a menu turn off,data network,turn it on when you need it.These small things saves some power.
If you dont want to mess around with this little twiks then 'juice plotter' is the app for you.it will manage lots of things and defi. saves battery.
BTW based on your usage desc., I think I use it in similar way ...almost and yet phone makes ~2 days.
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S1GNZ said:
I've been browsing these forums lately, and I've also come across a thread which advice is just the opposite and that you should NOT do this, any advice if that's true? And is it also true that deleting the batterystats helps?
S1GNZ
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You of course wouldn't be doing this alot nor should you NEED to do this often. It's only something you do when you're experiencing what you currently are.
Personally I have no idea why anyone say u "Should NOT" do this.. it's not like you're altering anything hardware wise. It's mainly software and power usage aspects.
Like I said to each their own. Some people say custom roms are a "No-No" cuz it messes with the phone in more bads than good and some says stock roms are for noobs. You dont HAVE to try what I said, it's merely a suggestion of fix or methods that seems to solve the problems others have encountered.
Clearing the battery status pretty much resets it's counter to 100% and from there it will "calculate" the life of the battery from full to empty. It's a calibration thing.
Now on regards to usage, keep your data plan off and auto-sync off when you're not using it. Leave your wifi off and gps off as well.. pretty much keep anything you dont need off until you need it. Some samsung apps does a background run thing where it'll auto turn on and auto run in the background which drains ur battery quite badly. If you don't use goggle talk or samsung chat apps, there are many ways to remove them completely so it won't mess with your battery life
Simple you installed a rom with multiple posts on battery drain problem .
A rom that also tells you about battery drain problems /fix on its front page .
jje
GreenSGS said:
I am not 100% sure if you auto logged or not.I believe not but if not so , then open app,press menu/setting button on phone,select logout.also if you not intending to use data network,press power key till you see a menu turn off,data network,turn it on when you need it.These small things saves some power.
If you dont want to mess around with this little twiks then 'juice plotter' is the app for you.it will manage lots of things and defi. saves battery.
BTW based on your usage desc., I think I use it in similar way ...almost and yet phone makes ~2 days.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Okay! And you're right, it logs me on when I start the app. But I logged me out, just to be sure. I know about turning of the mobile data traffic, I'll see how much it saves. I think I came across juice plotter, but I'll look into it. Thanks!
cripez said:
You of course wouldn't be doing this alot nor should you NEED to do this often. It's only something you do when you're experiencing what you currently are.
Personally I have no idea why anyone say u "Should NOT" do this.. it's not like you're altering anything hardware wise. It's mainly software and power usage aspects.
Like I said to each their own. Some people say custom roms are a "No-No" cuz it messes with the phone in more bads than good and some says stock roms are for noobs. You dont HAVE to try what I said, it's merely a suggestion of fix or methods that seems to solve the problems others have encountered.
Clearing the battery status pretty much resets it's counter to 100% and from there it will "calculate" the life of the battery from full to empty. It's a calibration thing.
Now on regards to usage, keep your data plan off and auto-sync off when you're not using it. Leave your wifi off and gps off as well.. pretty much keep anything you dont need off until you need it. Some samsung apps does a background run thing where it'll auto turn on and auto run in the background which drains ur battery quite badly. If you don't use goggle talk or samsung chat apps, there are many ways to remove them completely so it won't mess with your battery life
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Don't be offended by what I said! . I only wanted to make sure I'm doing the right thing, I appreciate your criticism though. I did what you said and fully drained my battery yesterday, kept it charging overnight, cleared the batterystats through recovery mode and at the moment it's charging till 100%. I will see if it helps!
And according to my usage, I have Wifi and GPS turned of as default. And because I reinstalled a new ROM inclusive data wipe I don't have much chat apps installed, maybe there are some default apps that don't show up in the 'System panel' app though?
JJEgan said:
Simple you installed a rom with multiple posts on battery drain problem .
A rom that also tells you about battery drain problems /fix on its front page .
jje
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Care to explain a bit further?
FYI, I installed these ROMS:
past: Stock firmware 2.2.1
past: Darky's ROM v8.0 Gingerbread edition
past: Light-ning ROM 2.2 (if I'm correct, it's probably the latest)
current: Darky's ROM v9.2 Extreme edition (9.2 should've fixed the battery drain, am I right?)
Can't thank you enough for the replies!
Sincerely yours,
S1GNZ
im having similar problems too. calibrating doesnt really make a difference.
i installed an app called task identifier which is brilliant it tell me whats happening when the phone is asleep. the only trouble is i dont understand what these processes are so i cant disable them.... is there any sort of app out there that completely logs / signs you out of every app ??
i have 108 apps (not including system apps) and its hard trying to eliminate the battery drainers
Care to explain a bit further?
As it says post lots of with battery problems big big percentage running Darky rom .
current: Darky's ROM v9.2 Extreme edition (9.2 should've fixed the battery drain, am I right?) You would have to ask on dARKY Post .
Look at Battery drain thread LAST POST OR SO MAY BE OF INTEREST .
I am of the opinion that if a rom breaks something then installing more roms will often not fix the problem . I prefer a blank completely wiped phone in such cases with no trace of any rom left on it .
jje
@azzledazzle 108 apps? really ????
I don't have that much on my PC!
I think we should start narrowing down which apps drain most juice. I've been using Advanced Task Killer just to narrow down a couple.
example:
Sound Hound - starts on its own
Facebook had an issue with notifications push, when disabled, it still sent notifications to my phone. But I think they fixed it in the latest version.
We could start adding versions to know which app is a 'juice drainer'

[Q] Battery Drain issues , need help !!!

location service off for google apps, gps off (only wifi network location enabled), 3g data most of the time . and why such wakelocks ?
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thats what I ussually get, seems normal to me being on Data all the time.
There's an app called cpu Spy in play store, install it and check whether ur phone goes into deep sleep or not
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G1_enthusiast said:
thats what I ussually get, seems normal to me being on Data all the time.
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screen on time is just wayy too less for such battery capacity ! somethings not right,
jaidev.s said:
There's an app called cpu Spy in play store, install it and check whether ur phone goes into deep sleep or not
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phone is awake at least 8-9 hours out of 20 and only 4 hr screen on time is not normal ! phone sleeps at times but not always ! its not an app keeping it awake as i have all apps greenified
disable sync and download wakelock detector.
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disable sync and download wakelock detector.
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i need sync enabled for contacts , rest all are disabled under google account ! no other accounts are being synced ! and wakelock detector doesnt who any wakelocks !
If you can't find the source of the drain try a factory reset.
We went through so many threads like that, my man.
Do a search.
For the headup, assuming that you have already turned off Android location access, turned off Google location access, turned off auto-sync (I know you said you needed it but just for now, off it), turned off gps/mobile networks, do the following
a. disable Knock On/Off feature
b. disable CIQ (if you don't have CIQ, then ignore this step)
Note: do one by one and make an observation how the battery life behaves after each change.
Oh, btw, reboot the phone, say, right after unplugging the charge.
votinh said:
We went through so many threads like that, my man.
Do a search.
For the headup, assuming that you have already turned off Android location access, turned off Google location access, turned off auto-sync (I know you said you needed it but just for now, off it), turned off gps/mobile networks, do the following
a. disable Knock On/Off feature
b. disable CIQ (if you don't have CIQ, then ignore this step)
Note: do one by one and make an observation how the battery life behaves after each change.
Oh, btw, reboot the phone, say, right after unplugging the charge.
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yup done all of that ! still same result ! even turned off fast dormancy as my network provider doesnt support it ! im not a noob to simply open up a thread in the q and a section. i might be new to this phone, im not new to android. anyways is your android OS staying awake ?
shriom_manerker said:
yup done all of that ! still same result ! even turned off fast dormancy as my network provider doesnt support it ! im not a noob to simply open up a thread in the q and a section. i might be new to this phone, im not new to android. anyways is your android OS staying awake ?
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In term of battery life, I was considering myself as one of the unlucky one but after done all those, I got pretty good result. Normally last about 3 days with 6 hrs screen-on time and 4 hrs talk time. No wakelocks
votinh said:
In term of battery life, I was considering myself as one of the unlucky one but after done all those, I got pretty good result. Normally last about 3 days with 6 hrs screen-on time and 4 hrs talk time. No wakelocks
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you should know better than to give stats.... standby hours and battery life is varied alot by user, ambient temperature and etc.
OP if you feel thats not right, flash another rom see if it help, I'm using energy rom, its good for me so far.
Try remove some bloat and apk with titanium... A regular user can often remove 100 apk from these roms! And use bootmanager and greenify! Greenify is must have!
votinh said:
In term of battery life, I was considering myself as one of the unlucky one but after done all those, I got pretty good result. Normally last about 3 days with 6 hrs screen-on time and 4 hrs talk time. No wakelocks
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i guess theres something wrong with my phone then (the software ) ,hopefully kitka update will fix it
G1_enthusiast said:
you should know better than to give stats.... standby hours and battery life is varied alot by user, ambient temperature and etc.
OP if you feel thats not right, flash another rom see if it help, I'm using energy rom, its good for me so far.
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alright thanks
Dirtyzecret said:
Try remove some bloat and apk with titanium... A regular user can often remove 100 apk from these roms! And use bootmanager and greenify! Greenify is must have!
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i havent rooted it as yet , i will after the ota to 4.4 ! anyways i do have greenify and ive greenified facebook and other wakelock creating apps. its only that lameass android os keeping my device awake for hours !
shriom_manerker said:
alright thanks
i havent rooted it as yet , i will after the ota to 4.4 ! anyways i do have greenify and ive greenified facebook and other wakelock creating apps. its only that lameass android os keeping my device awake for hours !
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I know, but if you are the same as me, you will NEVER be 100% happy with your phone before you root it and do you own tweaking.
shriom_manerker said:
i guess theres something wrong with my phone then (the software ) ,hopefully kitka update will fix it
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Don't hope, fix now.
If I was you, I would backup all my important personal info on the phone and factory reset it.
I would do those tricks one by one w/o installing any app yet and see how the battery fares after each charge.
General speaking, we need to understand the root cause and find the solution from there, if it needs to be rooted to fix the problem then you root it otherwise, blindly rooting and assuming everything else will fix isn't the right way to debug.
votinh said:
Don't hope, fix now.
If I was you, I would backup all my important personal info on the phone and factory reset it.
I would do those tricks one by one w/o installing any app yet and see how the battery fares after each charge.
General speaking, we need to understand the root cause and find the solution from there, if it needs to be rooted to fix the problem then you root it otherwise, blindly rooting and assuming everything else will fix isn't the right way to debug.
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fact reset done , only whatsapp installed. same issue so i installed my other apps as well. im guessing its a kernel issue

[Guide] Battery & Performance Tips

Just thought I’d put a short guide together on what I think are some things to do to get the most out of your spanking new Samsung S6 when you get it or you already have it. Most of you guys might already know most of this or might not. Just thought it might help some people. This ain’t rocket science but every little bit helps!
Battery:
This is the hardest thing to do because like a fingerprint everyone has a different set up with apps and how they use their phone (wifi vs 3g vs 4g etc) that screen on time will always vary. Also you don’t want to turn everything off and cripple your brand new smartphone just for your battery. There’s a balance.
However here are some general things to do that do help:
1. Install Greenify from the Playstore. I have found this is the number one way to stop drainage. This app will hibernate apps when not in use. It doesn’t stop their functionality at all but hibernates them.
2. Don’t use Google Now. I think it’s a gimmick and does bugger all for me however if you use it it will drain your battery big time. Of course if you love it then use it!
3. Don’t use location services. Another big drainer. Just use it when you need it. However if you have apps that need it then of course leave it on!
4. Use ‘auto’ on screen brightness.
4. Don't use the Facebook app. It's a massive drain of battery. And Facebook is awful.
5. If you continue to get big drainage then download Gsam battery from the Playstore and look at the ‘wakelocks’ – this way you will be able to see what’s draining your battery. As a general rule your phone should go into deep sleep for at least 80% of the time.
This way you should get 5+ plus hours of Screen on Time.
Performance:
Here are a few things only that really do help with speed and performance - even though this phone really doesn't need it it still helps!:
1. Go to Dev Options and change the transition animation scale, the animator duration scale and the window animation scale to 0.5. This little thing speeds up your phone like nothing else.
2. Root* your phone with Cf auto root. And then start debloating. Get rid of whatever you want by downloading Titanium Backup and going into each app and freezing whatever you want. Freezing is safer than uninstalling but does the same thing. Debloating is a must!
*And yes I know the Knox arguments for not rooting but I've rooted every Samsung phone I've ever owned and sold every Samsung phone I've ever owned.
*And yes I know that you won't be able to use Samsung Pay but it ain't coming out for months and there's too much freedom you get from rooting to not do it because of this.
Just an FYI... Google Now does not drain your battery!!
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Just an FYI... Google Now does not drain your battery!!
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https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en-AU&ie=UTF-8&source=boatbrowser&q=Google+now+drains+battery
poczynek said:
Just thought I’d put a short guide together on what I think are some things to do to get the most out of your spanking new Samsung S6 when you get it or you already have it. Most of you guys might already know most of this or might not. Just thought it might help some people. This ain’t rocket science but every little bit helps!
Battery:
This is the hardest thing to do because like a fingerprint everyone has a different set up with apps and how they use their phone (wifi vs 3g vs 4g etc) that screen on time will always vary. Also you don’t want to turn everything off and cripple your brand new smartphone just for your battery. There’s a balance.
However here are some general things to do that do help:
1. Install Greenify from the Playstore. I have found this is the number one way to stop drainage. This app will hibernate apps when not in use. It doesn’t stop their functionality at all but hibernates them.
2. Don’t use Google Now. I think it’s a gimmick and does bugger all for me however if you use it it will drain your battery big time. Of course if you love it then use it!
3. Don’t use location services. Another big drainer. Just use it when you need it. However if you have apps that need it then of course leave it on!
4. Use ‘auto’ on screen brightness.
4. Don't use the Facebook app. It's a massive drain of battery. And Facebook is awful.
5. If you continue to get big drainage then download Gsam battery from the Playstore and look at the ‘wakelocks’ – this way you will be able to see what’s draining your battery. As a general rule your phone should go into deep sleep for at least 80% of the time.
This way you should get 5+ plus hours of Screen on Time.
Performance:
Here are a few things only that really do help with speed and performance - even though this phone really doesn't need it it still helps!:
1. Go to Dev Options and change the transition animation scale, the animator duration scale and the window animation scale to 0.5. This little thing speeds up your phone like nothing else.
2. Root* your phone with Cf auto root. And then start debloating. Get rid of whatever you want by downloading Titanium Backup and going into each app and freezing whatever you want. Freezing is safer than uninstalling but does the same thing. Debloating is a must!
*And yes I know the Knox arguments for not rooting but I've rooted every Samsung phone I've ever owned and sold every Samsung phone I've ever owned.
*And yes I know that you won't be able to use Samsung Pay but it ain't coming out for months and there's too much freedom you get from rooting to not do it because of this.
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do you have any battery life screenshots of your s6 with these steps done?
This is not untrue advice but it is also not new to this device at all. This is the same advice on android years ago and it's basically saying turn off everything that drains the battery then you get 5 hours of screen on time. Well most people want to use google now, facebook, and location services so that defeats the purpose of the phone. Really there needs to be some serious improvements in battery tech but so far we as consumers are allowing companies to get away with putting sub par battery performance in their flagship phones and we keep buying them anyway. I am guilty of it too but it does not give companies any real incentive to focus on battery life.
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https://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en-AU&ie=UTF-8&source=boatbrowser&q=Google+now+drains+battery
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Every link is like 6+ months old. It will not drain your battery if you keep location off...
JoeFCaputo113 said:
Every link is like 6+ months old. It will not drain your battery if you keep location off...
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Of course if you turn location off but that's the point - it's made to be used with location on which will drain battery.
poczynek said:
Of course if you turn location off but that's the point - it's made to be used with location on which will drain battery.
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I have a Tasker profile set to automatically turn on GPS whenever I go into Google Now, then as an exit task it automatically turns off GPS. So no battery drain for me :good:
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I have a Tasker profile set to automatically turn on GPS whenever I go into Google Now, then as an exit task it automatically turns off GPS. So no battery drain for me :good:
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How does this help you get the benefit of google now such as parking reminders, etc?
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How does this help you get the benefit of google now such as parking reminders, etc?
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Parking reminders?? I don't need that as I live in upstate NY (Dutchess County)... pretty hard to forget where you park your car lol.
@poczynek
I have a GS4, and I'm looking to get a GS6 soon.
I have read your post and I am not sure if what you claim will bring any evident increase in battery life at all.
1. Greenify - What does it do? Why should I greenify an app? What apps/services did you greenify to give you an increase in battery life?
I can't say for sure but if I ran my GS4 without disabling apps vs disabled apps I bet the battery life/screen on time would be similar.
However I did disable a whole bunch of Samsung and other bloatware apps that came on my phone because I don't want their bugs or services to be running unnecessarily.
I have a looked at Greenify to some detail and thought to myself why bother? All of the services and apps that are running are fine...why would I need another app "Greenify" to manage something that is native in Android which is to simply disable bloatware apps.
Please provide a real example of what you would Greenify, as opposed to simply disable and what/how it benefits you?
I think I have over 70 apps disabled on my GS4 because they are things that I don't use.
2. Google Now - well this depends on if you use Google Now Everywhere, with it's ability to talk to the phone by saying "OK Google". In addition, Google Now has that card system which will send you news and other related cards based on what "you" the user configures. I'm not sure if you do setup all of these cards results in a great amount of battery drain either. I personally don't use Google Now voice activation or the cards, but I have not disabled the app.
I can agree with you that Google Now's voice system will drain the battery, but that's expected because it is always listening (if you enable that).
3. Location Services - by this you mean the GPS/Cell/WiFi location capabilities? I can tell you that I leave my GPS on GPS Only mode. I don't want my phone to use cell towers or WiFi to help improve upon the location of me. I have had no issues with doing this. I do believe if I use cell towers and WiFi to improve my location then the battery drain will be higher, but wouldn't that be dependent on if an app uses the location in the first place?
I mean, if I have my location set to highest accuracy and I leave my phone on over night, there should be no apps that would utilize the location services. Unless an app, for example Google Now decided to check where I am, I don't see the problem of leaving your location services set to high accuracy.
I personally use GPS only and I can confirm that no app triggers the location services during the day or night unless I open an app that requires it, for example Google Maps or a Weather app that I may be using the GPS to gather my location information. PS: I use AccuWeather and I have disabled use GPS for location and rather it uses my actual location based on my city and state.
4. Auto Brightness - although Samsung has one of the best auto brightness sensors for Android, there is much controversy (google it) that Android drains a lot of battery when using Auto brightness because it has to constantly use the light sensor to determine your screen's brightness.
When I got my GS4 I immediately disabled auto brightness and I manually control it, simply have 3 settings. I have 10% brightness for day time use, 100% for outdoor/car use, and 10% with screen filter set to 20% for bed use (late night and early morning). I will be doing the same with the GS6.
I can't speak entirely for auto brightness and whether it saves or consumes battery life, but from my research, people should just manually control it as opposed to using auto brightness, the exceptions are iPhones and Samsung phones.
Furthermore, during my testing, I ran a Geekbench 3 battery life test on my phone with the following conditions.
WiFi, GPS = On
Screen Brightness 10%
Bluetooth, Mobile Data, NFC = Off
Result = 2 hours and 55 minutes (screen on time)
Same test with screen brightness 100%, result = 2 hours and 45 minutes (screen on time).
This shows that in continuous use the real world difference in battery life between 10% and 100% brightness is only 10 minutes. Remember this is for the GS4. I am not sure how the GS6 will handle both extremes in terms of battery life for the screen brightness. My guess is that there will be little difference between using 10% and 100% in real world numbers like shown above.
5. Facebook and FB Messenger - you state don't use it but don't pose an alternative, let's be realistic a ton of people use it, by simply stating don't use it and not providing an alternative is somewhat pointless. My GS4 is rooted and I have been using BetterBatteryStats (BBS) for 2 years now and I can say for certain that FB does not drain the battery. However I can see that FB and Messenger do create a lot of Alarms, about 10 - 30 per hour. But when I look for Kernal or Partial wakelocks I see no correlation to battery drain.
I have even removed both apps from my phone and used my phone during a regular work week and I have found no real world difference in battery life.
However it is possible that FB and Messenger could have had a bug that caused battery drain, I have physically seen this issue with Viber and cross checked with BBS to confirm. But that was an old version of Viber, and since then Viber has been working fine.
I personally helped Jango Radio fix their battery drain issues. For example you open the app press the home key, then you will see that your phone will be awake for as long as the app is sitting in the background. I told the dev team to fix it and they did. I used BBS and watch the Partial wakelocks to confirm the issue.
Your final statement of using Gsam is fine, I've used it too, no battery life monitor is perfect, but at least they can help determine if there is a rogue app.
In terms of performance, I agree with doing 0.5x for all transitions, it does make a big difference. Less waiting for apps to close/minimize or open.
In terms of rooting and debloating with Titanium backup, that is something that rooted users can do.
I agree uninstalling system apps/pre-loaded apps will give you some space back.
Freezing an app versus disabling an app...well disabling should be good enough for people especially since you don't need root.
If you freeze/greenify apps versus simply disabling apps you don't need/use I'm sure the performance improvements would be identical, however I don't think there is much of an improvement regarding either methods.
A simple way to test this is to take a stock S6, run a benchmark, like Geekbench, and then root the S6 and freeze everything that is not needed and run Geekbench again. If there is no real numerical change in the benchmark, then I really doubt you will feel a real world difference in performance.
Let me know what you think.
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@poczynek
5. Facebook and FB Messenger - you state don't use it but don't pose an alternative, let's be realistic a ton of people use it, by simply stating don't use it and not providing an alternative is somewhat pointless. My GS4 is rooted and I have been using BetterBatteryStats (BBS) for 2 years now and I can say for certain that FB does not drain the battery. However I can see that FB and Messenger do create a lot of Alarms, about 10 - 30 per hour. But when I look for Kernal or Partial wakelocks I see no correlation to battery drain.
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Browse to Facebook on your phone using Chrome then go to chrome settings and press "add to home screen". Problem solved [emoji6]
I do this and get much better standby battery life. I can't part with messenger though, but you can access your messages from the mobile site too if you don't care about getting notifications.
Let's use the most powerful Android smartphone currently on the market as a dumb phone is basically the gist of the advice given!
Thanks for your tips. Useful for me
Just scored 29hours runtime i thought impossible in first few days. With just lux app and tasker auto sync only. No root.
Edit: with greenify too but i find it useless without root
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Jesus, you've basically disabled your phone, why not just return it and go with a pre-paid flip phone? Listen I understand there's definitely a battery issue with the S6 but come on guys, just have a charger with you until this is addressed via an OTA update or something.
Using GSAM, how do I see Wakelocks and how do I see Deep Sleep?
TL24 said:
Jesus, you've basically disabled your phone, why not just return it and go with a pre-paid flip phone? Listen I understand there's definitely a battery issue with the S6 but come on guys, just have a charger with you until this is addressed via an OTA update or something.
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Good luck with that [emoji1]
There is mucho more things i would like to disable of course. And they are useless to me too. I just shared my settings no need for calling flip phone unless it is samsung i9230 [emoji16]
JoeFCaputo113 said:
I have a Tasker profile set to automatically turn on GPS whenever I go into Google Now, then as an exit task it automatically turns off GPS. So no battery drain for me :good:
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I know this is old, but can you lay out how you set up this tasker profile? I'm rooted, with secure settings installed, but gps is still inaccessible through tasker. tia
fachadick said:
I know this is old, but can you lay out how you set up this tasker profile? I'm rooted, with secure settings installed, but gps is still inaccessible through tasker. tia
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1. Go to profiles
2. Click the "+" in the bottom right
3. Click application
4. Select maps and any other app you want to automatically turn on GPS
5. Add task... Secure settings GPS on

New firmware V2.19.40.18 (available now !)

Another update from Asus is rolling out!
【Version】
V2.19.40.18_20150612 (ZE551ML)
V2.19.40.12_20150612 (ZE550ML)
【Release Date】
2015/06/18
【Release Note】
1 Update phone APN version to 105.
2 Update Houdini 5.0.2
3 Fixed camera can not open sometimes when using zenflash
4 Improve volume of recording video will increase and decrease alternately.
5 Do not config Routing.Configure.HWCodec.Playback.Mixers.Headset when using FM.
6 Fixed some BLE device can not auto reconnect
7 Improve service stability
8 Improve modem stability from crash
9 Improve call stability
10 Improve signal bar stability for sim 2
11 Quick Settings: Change "Reading Mode" button as "Bluelight filter"
12 Improve SysteM UI stability and modify Japanese strings
13 Improve lockscreen UI and stability
14 Fix Homescreen Wallpaper randomly lost previous settings and half black screen issue
15 Snap View-add reset Snap View password function
16 Fix Contacts search failure issue when default language was set as HK Chinese
17 Improve Auto start manager stability and fix FB broadcast issue
18 Improve Task Manager UI and rotation stability
19 Fix calculator stability issue and UI bug under Quick Memo App
20 Improve Launcher and Multi user stability from System and framework
21 Fix Google Voice incoming call source issue and the failure to change to Google Voice number
22 Fix the issue that miss call counts failed to disappear on home when Multi user
23 Improve File Manager stability
24 Add ASUS ZenUI PC Suite
25 Fix all touch gestures to be enabled when change back to owner mode
26 Fix ASUS Browser issue
27 Fix the issue that Audio Wizard cannot be launched when turn off BT
28 3rd party app update
29 Update touch FW
30 Update JP IME ATOK to v 1.0.1
31 Modify Japanese strings in Power Saver App
32 Fixed turn on the camera must unlock by using zenmotion issue
33 Fixed an error message shows up after removing privacy mode and adding new user immediately issue.
34 Fixed wallpaper needs to have second clicks for reaction issue.
35 Fixed built-in browser features a new incognito window has no effect issue.
36 Fixed close contacts shows other programs issue.
37 Fixed built-in calendar Click settings will flash issue.
38 Fixed ringtones into vibrate mode when the camera is off camera sounds issue.
39 Fixed volume keys to adjust the ring abnormaliy issue.
40 Fixed wallpaper Figure has been broken issue.
41 Fixed after the system optimization, message management have stopped running issue.
42 Add Battery charging ready reminder feature.
43 Enable FM Radio for Turkey.
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"33. Battery-Add Battery charging ready reminder feature: User could set battery level under charging to receive the reminder."
seems they have given up on fixing the issue therefore just adding an alarm to recharge the battery... not good!
I saw the update but they deleted it on their download support page for now.
SBFarooq said:
"33. Battery-Add Battery charging ready reminder feature: User could set battery level under charging to receive the reminder."
seems they have given up on fixing the issue therefore just adding an alarm to recharge the battery... not good!
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I am optimistic about the development department of Zenfone, atleast they are working deep enough about their flagship. The battery drainage is an issue for almost every Android L(5.0) user. I hope this issue will be fixed after we get update for 5.1.1 .
Asus is also expending their QA inspection team this will help for the end user to have stable releases afterwards.
Thumbs up Asus for the efforts.
I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.
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I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.View attachment 3365068View attachment 3365069
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so does this mean your device is running on CN firmware? so maybe the biggest culprit for battery drain in WW is google playstore and other gapps, because CN firmware didnt preinstalled with gapps..
corrsea said:
I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.View attachment 3365068View attachment 3365069
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Trust me. The battery life is aweful and is not just down to user error. I've used many, many android devices set up using similar parameters. Wether android 5.0 is to blame or something else, it is not my user error causing my excessive battery drain.
SBFarooq said:
"33. Battery-Add Battery charging ready reminder feature: User could set battery level under charging to receive the reminder."
seems they have given up on fixing the issue therefore just adding an alarm to recharge the battery... not good!
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Um, what issue are you talking about and why are you jumping to conclusions? Don't jump to conclusions. You literally have no idea what ASUS' intent is and why would you complain when our phone has received an update every 2wks so far?
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bobsie41 said:
Trust me. The battery life is aweful and is not just down to user error. I've used many, many android devices set up using similar parameters. Wether android 5.0 is to blame or something else, it is not my user error causing my excessive battery drain.
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Um, even with Android OS battery usage at 21% and screen at 12%, according to batt stats screen, I still managed around 5.25hrs SoT.... With 32% battery left.
Granted this is just from last night to this morning and is mainly just Web browsing and playing some music (was up late couldn't sleep!). WiFi/Bluetooth/GPS/autosync on.I've frozen/disabled most pre-installed apps and services.
Glad to see updates with Google Voice, I've had some issues with outgoing calls not using voice.
I am not jumping to conclusions... Merely stating the obvious statement made by Asus... Secondly.. I believe in Asus and their commitment to this device .. But building up another wakelock is not the way to go IMO..
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I saw the update but they deleted it on their download support page for now.
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Yup they removed it.
Posted using my phone.
jose makalolot said:
Yup they removed it.
Posted using my phone.
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Yes, but you still can download with the old link
dasklney said:
Yes, but you still can download with the old link
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Old does not work either.
Posted using my phone.
cangcan said:
so does this mean your device is running on CN firmware? so maybe the biggest culprit for battery drain in WW is google playstore and other gapps, because CN firmware didnt preinstalled with gapps..
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Yes, that's why I'm running with CN for a while. I don't have to have google apps as system apps. Once I have a setup I'm happy with I'll back up and test it for a while with them moved to system to see if there is any difference. I'll then switch to WW and compare that. (I'll also pick up my google drive offer at that stage.)
It has lost about 3% overnight so it's heading for about 6 - 7 hours SOT. I'm guessing that that will drop to about 5 hours in normal use given other people's reports.
I've already ruled out the android OS in battery stats as causing any real drain. I've encountered this before with a previous device. All the manufacturer did was adjust the way battery stats was reported. There was no underlying bug to fix.
I'm taking things slowly and methodically with setup so if I do run into any real battery issues I should be able to easily identify the culprit(s).
I'll take the OTA some time in the next day or so and see how it compares. I'll feed back in this thread but I guess the WW update will be out by then.
jose makalolot said:
Yup they removed it.
Posted using my phone.
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Yes, but you still can download with the old link
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jose makalolot said:
Old does not work either.
Posted using my phone.
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they haven't deleted it... here is the direct link http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-CN-2.19.40.16-user.zip
Source: https://www.asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/
corrsea said:
Yes, that's why I'm running with CN for a while. I don't have to have google apps as system apps. Once I have a setup I'm happy with I'll back up and test it for a while with them moved to system to see if there is any difference. I'll then switch to WW and compare that. (I'll also pick up my google drive offer at that stage.)
It has lost about 3% overnight so it's heading for about 6 - 7 hours SOT. I'm guessing that that will drop to about 5 hours in normal use given other people's reports.
I've already ruled out the android OS in battery stats as causing any real drain. I've encountered this before with a previous device. All the manufacturer did was adjust the way battery stats was reported. There was no underlying bug to fix.
I'm taking things slowly and methodically with setup so if I do run into any real battery issues I should be able to easily identify the culprit(s).
I'll take the OTA some time in the next day or so and see how it compares. I'll feed back in this thread but I guess the WW update will be out by then.
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Everything you have said is exactly what I said even down to the G2 similarities. I see no issue with battery in comparison to other android phones.
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Did it fix the notifications bug?
7. Fixed some BLE device can not auto reconnect
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I hope this update fix the issue of my Mi Band can not auto reconnect
The file size is over 1 Gb, this OTA should be contain a lot of fixes... i hope ....
CN 2.19.40.16 is removed again from ASUS website. (https://www.asus.com/Phones/ZenFone_2_ZE551ML/HelpDesk_Download/)
I guess it got some serious BUG that has made ASUS remove it
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corrsea said:
I just received my phone this morning. it's a CN model. I charged it to 100%. Played a bit with it at work when I had the chance. I've spent the rest of the evening setting it up. The latest update is sitting waiting for download but I won't take it until tomorrow. I want to see how it goes overnight.
Even given the short time I've had it I'm pretty sure the battery stats are simply misreported and the poor battery life that some people are experiencing are down to individual setups or faulty devices. I've done nothing yet to conserve battery other than turning off the stupid ASUS battery saver, deleting some Chinese bloat and setting Wi-Fi to switch off when screen is off. From what I can see battery is comparable to my G2 which I was very happy with. As you can see from the screen shots it's pretty good.View attachment 3365068View attachment 3365069
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Are you sure by TURNING OFF ASUS Battery Saver will Make this phone has a lot better battery life?

Sultan CM13 : How to optimize SoT and battery life

Hi,
I'm reading a lot of thread in this forum and I tried a lot of advice but my problem is still here.
I have my opo since ~20 months and I have some troubles with my battery life. I use Greenify with package donation and Amplify. This helps me to keep some percentage of battery but I'm not satisfied of my SoT (I know SoT is not a good mesure). I can only reach 4h hours MAX on screen and an average of 3h30. Battery is discharge after ~9h30..
I'm playing Clash Royale and Clash of Clans for 1 hours, Google Chrome for 45min, Youtube 30 min, Textra 15 min and rest of time WunderList, myMail, Snapchat and PowerAmp for music. Swiper is draining app but this problem was here before I use this app.
I never use location, 5 min of bluetooth and on LTE all the time or sometimes WiFi. I try to be in Battery Saving Mode when I reach 50 %.
I use Better Battery Stats (but i don't know how to use it) and GsSam Battery Monitor (for more statistics)
Screenshots
I tried to change to Darkobas rom but camera was totally bugged and i dislike non cyanogenmod rom ..
I try to change change the kernel and finally this bricked my phone (lightning kernel). After a backup, I search an other kernel but I doesn't found an other kernel who could be compatible with Sultan CM13.
I'm really nervous with my battery and if anyone help me to reach 6 hours SOT, I can donate 5 euros with Paypal or more if it's worth..
Thanks for your help !
Edit : I flashed private kernel r15 on my device and use Kernel Adiutor to apply some change :
CPU max : 1190MHz
CPU Governor : smartmax
GPU max : 200MHz
And I was able to get 5 hours of SoT and 13 hours battery !
Thanks for help ! (especially for fafa77140 and Renosh)
Faulty battery maybe?
ionutz727 said:
Faulty battery maybe?
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How can i check that?
(I tried ##4363## and ##4636## but it don't work and battery seems good in Ampere .. )
Greedful said:
Hi,
I'm reading a lot of thread in this forum and I tried a lot of advice but my problem is still here.
I have my opo since ~20 months and I have some troubles with my battery life. I use Greenify with package donation and Amplify. This helps me to keep some percentage of battery but I'm not satisfied of my SoT (I know SoT is not a good mesure). I can only reach 4h hours MAX on screen and an average of 3h30. Battery is discharge after ~9h30..
I'm playing Clash Royale and Clash of Clans for 1 hours, Google Chrome for 45min, Youtube 30 min, Textra 15 min and rest of time WunderList, myMail, Snapchat and PowerAmp for music. Swiper is draining app but this problem was here before I use this app.
I never use location, 5 min of bluetooth and on LTE all the time or sometimes WiFi. I try to be in Battery Saving Mode when I reach 50 %.
I use Better Battery Stats (but i don't know how to use it) and GsSam Battery Monitor (for more statistics)
Screenshots
I tried to change to Darkobas rom but camera was totally bugged and i dislike non cyanogenmod rom ..
I try to change change the kernel and finally this bricked my phone (lightning kernel). After a backup, I search an other kernel but I doesn't found an other kernel who could be compatible with Sultan CM13.
I'm really nervous with my battery and if anyone help me to reach 6 hours SOT, I can donate 5 euros with Paypal or more if it's worth..
Thanks for your help !
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Would you like to post a list of your installed apps? The causes of most battery drain are mainly due to apps, signal strength and screen brightness.
If you want to reach 6 hours SOT, playing games won't help . Also, the more you stick to WiFi instead of LTE, the better your battery life. Use GSAM to check which apps are causing the highest battery drains and post your screen shot here?
Greedful said:
How can i check that?
(I tried ##4363## and ##4636## but it don't work and battery seems good in Ampere .. )
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I don't know if it can be checked with some software. The only thing I can tell you if you want to check if the battery is fauly is to buy another one and replace it.
Use greenify without Xposed. I got 6-7 hours of SOT with no problems. Running latest Sultan CM13. Even with no cpu underclock.
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Would you like to post a list of your installed apps? The causes of most battery drain are mainly due to apps, signal strength and screen brightness.
If you want to reach 6 hours SOT, playing games won't help . Also, the more you stick to WiFi instead of LTE, the better your battery life. Use GSAM to check which apps are causing the highest battery drains and post your screen shot here?
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I'm at 20% brightness, sometimes more when sun is up !
I will try to use WiFi when I can
I've got the same drain battery when i'm not playing games
Do I need to manually copy all the applications ?
Thanks !
Greedful said:
I'm at 20% brightness, sometimes more when sun is up !
I will try to use WiFi when I can
I've got the same drain battery when i'm not playing games
Do I need to manually copy all the applications ?
Thanks !
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Screenshot your App page in Settings perhaps?
ionutz727 said:
I don't know if it can be checked with some software. The only thing I can tell you if you want to check if the battery is fauly is to buy another one and replace it.
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I will received a new battery in 40 days and will tell if it's this !
Use greenify without Xposed. I got 6-7 hours of SOT with no problems. Running latest Sultan CM13. Even with no cpu underclock.
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My cpu is underclock at 1958 mHz !
And what's your settings for Greenify ?
Try flashing a proper firmware for your One
joshuous said:
Screenshot your App page in Settings perhaps?
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I post screeshots here !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=13354
Prinz` said:
Try flashing a proper firmware for your One
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Do you have a link ?
Greedful said:
I post screeshots here !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=13354
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Thanks! Definitely large drain from Clash of Clans.
Probably lots of Wakelocks caused by other applications all well, which is causing drain during screen off. I suggest you uninstall apps you don't need that have push notifications. Or you can turn off push notifications for apps that don't need them
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Greedful said:
Do you have a link ?
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You can search in the below two links all the best
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55040333&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64977138&postcount=16334
The biggest reason is mobile radio active (MRA) bug in all lollipop and marshmallow ROMs and I don't know why people are rushing behind **** LP and MM ROMs. MRA can only be resolved by Google, but it seems that it is not hampering the Google revenue, so Google have kept it as a low priority till now... very sad and shame too.
Try using PowerNap, I've had very good results using it
Try in KA --> CPU --> max 1497 ; min 300 ; gouv smartmax-eps ; sync 300 ; enter boost 1497
I/O --> row 1024kb
And if your kernel in your rom don't have it install Lightning kernel caf without coloros blobs and it should be right
joshuous said:
Thanks! Definitely large drain from Clash of Clans.
Probably lots of Wakelocks caused by other applications all well, which is causing drain during screen off. I suggest you uninstall apps you don't need that have push notifications. Or you can turn off push notifications for apps that don't need them
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I already uninstall all of those applications and nothing better.. And I turn off useless notifications..
GirishSharma said:
The biggest reason is mobile radio active (MRA) bug in all lollipop and marshmallow ROMs and I don't know why people are rushing behind **** LP and MM ROMs. MRA can only be resolved by Google, but it seems that it is not hampering the Google revenue, so Google have kept it as a low priority till now... very sad and shame too.
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There is no fix for this bug ?
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Try using PowerNap, I've had very good results using it
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Powernap is like Doze ?
fafa77140 said:
Try in KA --> CPU --> max 1497 ; min 300 ; gouv smartmax-eps ; sync 300 ; enter boost 1497
I/O --> row 1024kb
And if your kernel in your rom don't have it install Lightning kernel caf without coloros blobs and it should be right
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I install Lightning Kernel Color and my phone was bricked ..
Should i need get this kernel from this page ?
And when I try to install it, TWRP said "E : Zip signature verification failed: 1
Greedful said:
I already uninstall all of those applications and nothing better.. And I turn off useless notifications..
There is no fix for this bug ?
Powernap is like Doze ?
I install Lightning Kernel Color and my phone was bricked ..
Should i need get this kernel from this page ?
And when I try to install it, TWRP said "E : Zip signature verification failed: 1
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Playing games for 1 hr or more a day will kill SOT. Try rooting with SuperSU and under clock GPU to 200 MHz using kernel auditor. It will help to increase battery life as GPU is very battery intensive, it won't affect COC or CR. If you want kernels you can try Private Kernel but its not necessary. Using mobile data also uses more battery than if you used Wi-Fi.
The ROM with most SOT for me was Marsh CM13: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/marsh-cm13.405700/
I was getting average 5 hours of SOT (other ROMs was about 3.5 - 4), on the stable 1.9.7 release: https://mega.nz/#!5xNhXQJB!4HwnbLANCmgno9DJJpxIbiBkL_tg19JSLtvNQrpeVjs
After 1.9.7, you need to flash Pico package of Open Google Apps, I've haven't used it since so I can't recommend.
Oh and if you run into troubles flashing the build, try Unofficial TWRP 2.8.6.0.6 by kumajaya: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952609056

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