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TIPS TO IMPROVE BATTERY LIFE
Note: i will add well know kernel setups for bettery battery life and performance ratio too
And Am here to help you increase the Battery life
General:
Put ur phone to sleep via notification power widget(CM Settings) to prevent wakelocks(awake while screen off).
Conectivity
Turn Wi-fi and Bluetooth off when not in use.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Wireless and Networks)
Location
Disable Wireless Network Positioning.
(Settings > Location)
Disable GPS Satellites.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Location)
Display
Manual Brightness: Lowest (0) Minimum (20)
Auto-rotate screen: Off
Animation: No animation
Screen Time-out: 30secs or less.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Screen & display)
For even lower brightness, set dim level to 10 or below
(CM Settings > Display > Automatic Backlight > Screen Dim Level)
Wallpaper and Widgets
Use static background instead of live wallpapers.
Darker wallpapers are recommended for AMOLED screen.
Use less active widgets (high refresh rate)
(Long press Home Screen)
Network
Turn Airplane mode on while you are sleeping.
Turn off Data Transfer (network internet connection) when not in use.
Turn on Airplane Mode when you(user) sleep.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Wireless & networks)
Use 2G/GSM Only, not 2G+3G/HSDPA.
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Wireless & networks > Mobile networks)
Accounts & Sync
Disable background data transfer. (Turn on when using Android Market)
Disable Auto-sync accounts.
(Settings > Accounts and Sync)
Applications
Disallow Mock Location.
(Settings > Applications)
Sound & Vibrations
Set vibration only on silent mode.
Disable haptic feedback. (Vibration on UI interaction)
(Power Control Widget ...OR... Settings > Sound)
Language & Keyboard
Disable Keyboard Vibration / Set vibration to 0ms
(Settings > Language & Keyboard)
CPU & Processor
Soon
Extra:
Use less UI-replace apps like CallerID, WidgetLocker, GO Locker etc.
Background and Running Apps:
Use task killer ONLY for apps/games u wont use for the next few hours.
Dont leave task killer in the notification bar, kill it together.
(!) If u kill every system apps, your phone have to re-run them all over again. Thus battery drains.
(!) Watch what you kill
[APP] Titanium Backup's Freezing function (PAID VERSION)
-Prevent the apps from running without uninstalling them.
-Frozen apps wont be shown in App Drawer and cannot be launched. (You can defrost if you want)
-Safe common system apps to be frozen: (actually most of them are safe, what u freeze is what wont work)
Market (Market wont work)
Gmail (Market wont work)
Google Apps (affects Market)
Google Search (affects Market)
Google Talk
FOTAkill
Pico TTS (Speech to text wont work)
TTS Service (Speech to text wont work)
Voice Search (Voice Search wont work)
Voice Dialer (Voice Dialer wont work)
(!) Don't freeze apps like Sync, Settings, Package Installer, Messaging and some obviously important apps.
[APP] Autostarts
-Managing apps running automatically in most situations.
-e.g: during startup, after startup, widgets updating...
CyanogenMod Settings (Only available in Cyanogenmod Settings)
-Overscroll Effect - Disable
(CM Settings > Interface)
-Automatic Backlight Settings - Set Dim Level + Uncheck Allow light decrese
-Screen on/off animation - Disable
(CM Settings > Display)
-Haptic Feedback Tweaks - Disable all
(CM Settings > Input)
-CPU Settings - Adjust accordingly.
(CM Settings > Performance > CPU Settings)
-VM Heap Lower it, increase it if u play HD games.
(CM Settings > Performance)
Greenify
Hibernates Background apps
Credits
@Theawesomeguy4
So basically don't use your phone at all
I hear turning your phone off saves significant battery.
emd2009 said:
So basically don't use your phone at all
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NJGSII said:
I hear turning your phone off saves significant battery.
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+1 just buy Nokia 1100 or 3310 and go ahead ! IMO the manufacturers try to find the way our phones will last 1 working day. This will be the flagman of the year for sure !
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+1 just buy Nokia 1100 or 3310 and go ahead ! IMO the manufacturers try to find the way our phones will last 1 working day. This will be the flagman of the year for sure !
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just implement one of the battery saving tips...
im not telling anywhere to switch off your phone
No trolling guys or i may have to report you
if you dont like these tips
just stay away from the thread
Don't be a snitch about it
razer1224 said:
TIPS TO IMPROVE BATTERY LIFE
Note: i will add well know kernel setups for bettery battery life and performance ratio too
And Am here to help you increase the Battery life
General:
Put ur phone to sleep via notification power widget(CM Settings) to prevent wakelocks(awake while screen off).
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GREAT tip.
Thanks man.
Hey guys,
Now that most of you guys have probably flashed-up Lollipop on your Moto G (2nd Gen)s, I have taken the liberty to put together a guide to increase your Battery Life and Performance of your Devices.
As of now, this guide is NON-ROOT based. (Rooting is still unstable, Bootloops : Yuck!). And, I'm a big fan of the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) concept so thats how this is gonna go:
BASICS:
1. Use the Toggles!
Now that Lollipop has provided even easier access to a wide variety of Toggles, its only fair that we use them. So toggle off whenever you're not using WiFi, Bluetooth, Location etc..
Swipe Down with 2 fingers and see for yourself!
2. Mobile Data
Again.. Use the toggle in the Notification Centre to toggle on and toggle off when not in use.
Use 2G instead of 3G if you're only IM-ing (WhatsApp,Hike,Hangouts etc..). To switch the Cellular Data type, Tap and hold the Data toggle in NC to open the Cellular Network page, on the top right corner, tap the 3 dots and select Mobile Networks. Here use the Preferred Network Type to switch between 3G and 2G.
3. Battery Saver
Believe it or not, Battery Saver is not just a name-sake feature anymore like in KitKat, It actually works this time in Lollipop. Keep the Auto-Enable for Battery Saver ON at 15%.
You can access the Battery Saver by using the 2 finger swipe down from top, tap and hold the Battery Percent in the NC to open the Battery Settings page. Now tap the 3 dots and select Battery Saver.
When going on a trip or drive, turn on the Battery Saver while Driving (Unless you're expecting some notifications) and disable them when you reach your destination. Its so easy to disable as it displays a persistant notification in the NC and the Lockscreen when it is active. Just swipe down on the Notification and tap on Turn Off Battery Saver to disable it.
4. Use WiFi whenever possible
Wifi uses less battery power than 3G.
A power consumption chart in Decreasing order of Battery Consumption is:
3G>2G>Wifi
So choose wisely.
5. Auto-Brightness - DO NOT USE!!
Screen brightness is always one of the biggest battery drains on your device. And although auto brightness sounds like a saviour, IT IS NOT! It uses more processing power to keep track of the ambient lighting to auto adjust the brightness which defeats the overall purpose.
6. Disabling Apps
Apps can run in the background without you even knowing, hogging up memory and battery. Disabling the ones you dont need can help big time.
Go to Settings> Apps and slide all the way to the left to the All category, select the unwanted app and hit Disable. You can re-enable these apps anytime also. My suggestions would be to disable the Moto apps - Assist, Migrate, and Help, and also any of the Google apps you dont use such as Magazines, Newsstand, Movies, etc.
PRO-TIP: If you're willing to endure the 10 minute boot after rooting for once, then root your device using the latest SuperSU, Install any Root App Uninstaller and Uninstall the Un-Neccesary apps. You can then do a Full UnRoot from the SuperSU app and reboot. Voila.. Back to Normal and no more unnecessary app (I dont like to call Moto Apps as BloatWare cause these apps actually provide some usable functionality!)
7. Customizing with Efficiency in Mind
Use launchers like Google Launcher, Nova, Apex and GEL. These launchers are light weight and do not use much processing power.
Heavier launchers such as Go Launcher, Themer, Next Launcher 3D use a lot more RAM and can slow down your phone + drain battery.
8. Google Now
Nothing much to say here... If you dont use it, TURN IT OFF!!
9. Google Sync
Check your sync settings to make sure you're not syncing stuff you dont need. Go to settings>Accounts and tap Google, then tap your account name. Uncheck any of the services you dont use, for example Books, or Photos, or Google+. Do the same for anything else in you Accounts section.
10. Location
Again, turn On when in use and turn Off when not in Use. Use the toggle in NC!! Go to Settings>Location>Mode and make sure its on Battery Saving if you're insistent on keeping it ON.
Turn off Location Reporting in Facebook AND Facebook Messenger. In fact if you don't absolutely need it, delete the Facebook Messenger app altogether. The Facebook app will still give you your message notifications just fine without it.
11. RAM cleaner/ Booster Apps
These DO NOT WORK! They clean the RAM and drink it up again. And if they have those floating buttons, they are Worse!!
So thats most of it.. I'll keep updating this post with ROOT-based tips once a Stable Root is available for Lollipop.
Shoot back with comments and suggestions (and Criticism as well!)
Cheers
Krishna Sagar
Use Greenify to force stop unwanted apps.
ksuuk said:
Use Greenify to force stop unwanted apps.
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Eventhough Greenify works without root....
I was going to add that but then held back as the true potential of greenify could be better achieved with root. I'll surely add this when I update this guide with Root based methods.
Bro are you using titan rom(5.0.2) or are you on 5.0.1
Also the reason I'm on kitkat is xposed
and lastly can you change the dpi manually(I'm loving 240) and reduce the minimum brightness to 1 instead of 10(I read manga before I go to sleep)
Edit: happy new year bro
m666p said:
Bro are you using titan rom(5.0.2) or are you on 5.0.1
Also the reason I'm on kitkat is xposed
and lastly can you change the dpi manually(I'm loving 240) and reduce the minimum brightness to 1 instead of 10(I read manga before I go to sleep)
Edit: happy new year bro
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I checked out the Titan Prime 1.2 but now am on 5.0.1. I'm waiting for a more stable and feature rich version of the Titan Prime.
Motorolla says 3g consumes less power you say 3g consumes more power, who is right?
By the way thank you, this point was also in my mind regarding auto brightness I was already against the point of auto brightness, because I really don't like high brightness so I've set it on a constant percentage.
Tani2 said:
Motorolla says 3g consumes less power you say 3g consumes more power, who is right?
By the way thank you, this point was also in my mind regarding auto brightness I was already against the point of auto brightness, because I really don't like high brightness so I've set it on a constant percentage.
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Like he said 3g>2g>wifi do your test charge your phone to 100% and use 3g see how much screen on time you get to 98% then do it with wifi :thumbup:
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Just my 2 cents : Google Now Launcher drains a lot of battery irrespective of the fact Google Now is installed/disabled
Hello Folks.
So, everyone is facing battery life problems in our Xperia Devices. And many of you are getting 3-4 hours of SOT. Here are Some of my hacks and tweaks to have a prolonged battery life and approximately 6+ hours of SOT.
- The device used for these tweaks is Xperia Z2 with eXisteZ Rom. These tweaks may differ on different Rom. It can be better it can be worse.
- FAQ's in the #OP2
Let me first show you some results.
1. 100-6% 9hrs and 15 mins of SOT (by me )
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2. Here is @cristixperia's 7+ hours SOT after following this thread
Important:
Battery life majorly depends on the battery condition or how old is the battery. So, If your battery is like 1 year old then it will have a less SOT than a new battery with same hacks. So, please see the condition of your battery , which probably gets worsened with time.
Battery life also depends on the thermal conditions of battery. If the battery temperature is hot the drain will be more. The temperature should be around 30-35 or less for good battery life and charging rate. So, make sure you battery is not extremely heated or extremely cold.
I'm adding Priority Levels of each step out of 5. So, it will be easy for you to understand the importance of a step in saving you battery life.
So, Here it Goes. Enjoy.
1. Greenify (Priority:5)
Credits for this app to @oasisfeng
Greenify is the one of the best battery saving apps. It can be used to hibernate the background apps or the apps you use less often. Plus when it is used with Xposed and Donation Package features is saves some real juice.
Download Links:
Greenify
Greenify Donation Package
I'm using version 3.1 build 1 with Donation Package. Here are my settings.
Here is the List of apps to be Greenified :
List 1
List 2
P.S.: GREENIFYING SYSTEM APPS CAN CAUSE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS. PLEASE ASK BEFORE HIBERNATING SYSTEM APPS.
2. Fixing the Google Play Services Drain (Priority:5)
Google play services have been draining the juice from our battery from a very long time. >_> with no fix. And they have always benn the top battery drainers. So, apparantly @iXaidyiu and I have found a fix for this drain.
METHOD 1 : Using AppopsXposed
1. Install AppopsXposed from Xposed Installer.
2. Open AppOpsXposed and select Google Play Services and disable the following (see the screenshot).
3. Open AppOpsXposed and select Google Play Store and disable the following (see the screenshot).
4. Open AppOpsXposed and select Google Play Framework and disable the following (see the screenshot).
5. Open AppOpsXposed and select Google App and disable the following (see the screenshot).
After these steps reboot you device and see the google play services drain gone. But that will be gone from the battey(settings) after a full charge or it will show the previos drains.
Thanks to @iXaidyiu for playing with AppOpsXposed and finding this.
METHOD 2 : Using HEBF Optimizer
Credits for this app to @IvsomEmidio
Download Links:
HEBF Optimizer
Follow these steps to get rid of Google Play Services Drain
1. Open HEBF
2. Select Chuck-Norris Type of User(if it is the first time you are opening the app)
3. Select BATTERY from sidebar.
4. Enable GOOGLE PLAY SERVICES DRAIN FIX(Master)
5. Enable all 4 options i.e. Locations Services, Check-IN Services, System Update Services, Usage Report.
6. Reboot and Enjoy.
3. AMPLIFY (Priority:5)
Amplify is a serious battery saver. Amplify can help you to limit some wakelocks, services and alarms for saving battery life. A great tool if used in the right way. It is the best battery saver I've come across and is a must have app if you are running Xposed.
P.S. : How to Set Up Amplify
Or you can use this guide how to use AMPLIFY+ GREENIFY + POWERNAP as combination by @v7 to have the best battery life of your device.
4. Force Doze (Priority:5)
credits for this great app goes to @ssrij
Download Links:
Force Doze
ForceDoze is an app that forces Doze mode right after you turn off your screen. Instead of waiting for the default time period (30 mins), Doze kicks in immediately. ForceDoze also disables motion sensing, so Doze doesn't activate while in your pocket or while the device is moving with screen off, giving far more battery savings than standard Doze functionality.
Here are my Force Doze's Settings.
Apps to be Whitelisted:
ForceDoze doesn't increases your sot but it makes sure your battery remains at the same level you left it. So, technically it increasesyou Screen ON Time. Seriously a great app. But whitelist your instant messengers and the apps you want to get notification from. because force doze can delay notification and can have some serious issues with your phone. use wisely.
For Queries and problems go to the main thread --> here
5. L Speed (Priority:5)
by @Paget96 Thank you brother for this amazing app.
Lspeed is a powerful app with the simplest interface. And can make a serious difference in your screen on time if applied with appropriate settings.
SETTINGS by @iXaidyiu
SETTINGS by @Paget96
Important:
1. Do not use Lspeed And HEBF simultaneously. If you want to use them both at the same time, Make sure you dont enable anything from HEBF except Google Play Services Drain FIX. And change the Lspeed's Apply on Boot time to 20 secs, from settings. JUST TO BE SAFE.
2. If you are using Force Doze then disable Lspeed's Agressive Doze and vice versa. OR Else there will be some conflicts.
6. Disabling Fast Dormancy (Priority:5)
What is Fast Dormancy? In simple terms its a device feature that enables mobile devices to notify the cellular base stations when the radio resource allocated to the device is no longer in use, so that the radio resource could be immediately released other than waiting for a timeout event. For instance lets say you are browsing a webpage using your cellular data plan. You stop at a certain webpage (for example to read this article) the connection is maintained and the device will be registered on the network even if data isn’t received or transmitted (always on) and will remain like that until a timeout event is invoked (as per the network rules as to how much time to wait before connection is terminated due to idle timeout). During this time the device’s battery will be drained needlessly in addition to increased congestion on the cellular network due to numerous idle connections. From a device perspective radio power consumes battery so employing fast dormancy should save battery power and increase its life. This also has an advantage to networks as it reduces congestion. But This doesn’t come without a major disadvantage to the very same cellular networks and operators. The making and breaking of the connections increases the signaling traffic and wastes network resources. The workaround to this was done by Nokia Siemens in collaboration with Qualcomm to employ NCFD or Network Control Fast Dormancy in which the device is put on a battery saving idle state while maintaining its network identity without the need to establish a new connection and request a new identity for the device on the network.
Can Increase your battery life by 30%.
How to Disable Fast Dormancy?
Check out this thread by @mirhl. All credits goes to him. The thread is pretty old but it still works.
But if you have problem in understanding here is a simple guide:-
1. Get you carrier MCC and MNC from Wikipedia.
2. Open youe file manager and go to root/etc/fast-dormancy/fd_custm_conf.txt
3. There you will see two lines ending with MCC and MNC with two zeroes.
4. Change those zeroes to the MCC and MNC code you got from Wikipedia
5. Save it. Reboot And Enjoy.
7. KCAL FLASHABLE MODULE FOR MINIMUM BRIGHTNESS (Priority:4)
The credits for this awesome module goes to sir @venkat kamesh.
Brightness has always been the biggest battery drainer of all time excluding the google play services. This module will help you to achieve lower brightness than the minimum threshhold. There are many other options also grayscale display is my personal favoutite. I was testing this module for like 1 week and the results are great. This can significantly increase your battery life.
After flashing this module, you'll see a COLOR CONTROL app in your app drawer.
1. Go to the app.
2. Enable Set on Boot.
3. Change minimun value from 35 to around 100. And then change the value of red blue green to the minimum value.
4. Now change your minimum value to what suits your eyes. and save. I've personally set it to 140. Set according to what suits your eyes.
5. Also the grayscale display is awesome for the users that like black and white display.
Dont set MINIMUM to 0 or else your screen will go black and you wont be able to see a thing unless you've a Sharingan
P.S. : Battery on point. [emoji14]
8. Stamina Mode (Priority:4)
Okay. So, Most of us use stamina mode after 15-20% only. But i've been using it from 100% for past one week ans the results are amazing. I've set to Device Performance Preferred and still it is working better than no stamina mode.I can assure you it can increase your SOT by almost 1+ hr if you keep it on Always On.
1. Go to Settings < Battery < Stamina Mode.
2. Select Always On.
3. Select Power Saving Level
4. Select Device Performance Preferred.
9. Removing Xposed Modules (the battery drainers) (Priority:4)
So, i've noticied that some of the xposed modules drains battery when activated. so' ll be listing them below. You can also contribute by telling me some of those xposed modules.
-> Flat Style Coloured Bars
-> Flat Style Bar Indicator
-> Google Assistant Enabler
You can also share your experiences with different xposed modules. if you think that a specific xposed module drains battery please post below and it will be added to the OP after some testing.
The Next 3 steps are regarding turning the screen to black for saving battery. These methods work best on Amoled Displays. As our Xperia Devices have LCD displays so these might be not as effective on our Devices. But I've got the 9+ Screen On time using these. And when I swithed back to white the SOT got to almost around 6-7 hrs with the exact same usage. So i'm sharing these methods. (This was for all those people who were saying dont post fake methods or these methos don't work.)
10. Monochrome App (Priority:4)
Download Link:
Monochrome
Monochrome automatically turns on monochrome (or black & white) mode when your battery is low, to further reduce display power consumption when your battery level is low. This means your device will eat less battery. Simple but effective app. With stamina mode combined, after 15% it can give around 1-1.5 hr + SOT.
11. Black Notification Panel And Notification (Priority:3)
(works great with n-ify xposed modules)
Credits to @iXaidyiu for telling this.
Okay. So we all know white color drains more battery than black. This method will turn your notification panel black. Saving some battery and also looking aesthetically good. So my friend or i should say brother, @iXaidyiu found a way to turn the notification panel and the notification black. Saving almost 10-15% battery.
Follow the steps for this type of notifications.
1. Go to settings > eXistenZ >Notification Panel > Notification Settings
2. Enable Custom Notification Color
3. Select the Notification Background Color to #000000 or to black.
if you are using Android N.ify Xposed Module then :-
4.If you are on n-ify, go to N-ify > Notifications
5. Enabe custom actions background color.
6. Select the Actions Background Color To #FF141313 or to Black.
P.S.: THERE IS A BUG WITH THIS METHOD. THAT IF THE MESSAGES ARE MORE THAN 1. YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM. BUT IT WORKS FINE.
4. Black Keyboard and Apps (Priority:3)
As i've told earlier black saves a lot of battery and is also good for your eyes. And we people use keyboard for all the purposes. So, having a black keyboard instead of a white one saves some battery.
Use google keyboard and choose a pitch black theme.
The more you use the black color, the more the battery. So, its on You how much battery you want.
use black themes in your apps. DARK WALLPAPERS. and using black color at most of the places will save some serious juice.
12. Miscellaneous Tweaks (Priority:4)
-> Disable wifi and bluetooth scanning from Settings > location > menu > scanning to save some more battery.
-> Facebook and Facebook Messenger are big time battery drainers. So, try switching to another light apps for some battery saving. I use Folio for Facebook. Its night mode is awesome and it has options to refresh notification in a specific interval of time. You can also use some other apps like SlimSocial for Fb or MaterialFB. You'll also see increase in performance of your device after removing Fb and fb messenger.
-> Even if your Wifi is off,your phone searches for Wifi Signals.To switch off this feature,Go to Settings > Wifi > Options(Top right corner) > Advanced >Scanning always available(Off).
-> Do not use Adaptive Brightness. Also try to keep your Brightness to Minimum.
-> Removing unnecessary apps. They keep draining Battery in the background. For this, you can use my DEBLOATER SCRIPT. You'll also see an increase in performance of your Device.
So, this is all. With these methods you can also get 6-7 hrs of SOT. And i'll be posting more methods if I get to know some.
P.S. : I'm not responsible if something happens to your device. Proceed with precaution. Stay Safe.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THESE PEOPLE FOR HELPING THIS THREAD:
1. @iXaidyiu
2. @panzerox123
3. @Davey126
4. @Paget96
This FAQ comes in various sections:
General FAQ over eXistenZ MM ROM (Z2/Z3):
Declaration on the compativitiness of the battery savers and tweaks:
ReadMe over Amplify tweaks:
L Speed
Core Strategies on Achieving Ideal Battery Life
"Mobile Radio Active"!?
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1. General FAQ over eXistenZ MM ROM (Z2/Z3):
1.1 This ROM is DISCONTINUED due to @niaboc79 swapped phone.
1.2 Installation
1.2.1 Install ONLY v5.01 and v5.6.5 in a row will be enough.
1.2.2 If you come from AOSP-M/AOSP-L/AOSPA-M/PACMAN-L/etc..., please perform a clean install by first wiping /system, /data, /cache and /ART in TWRP and then kick start the ROM installation process.
1.2.3 If you are rolling back from AOSP-N/etc... that is based on android N, please first restore stock .FTF via flashtool by androxyde, then wiping /system, /data, /cache and /ART in TWRP and after that kick start the ROM installation process.
1.2.4 If you are switching from other stock based roms, eg Kypotian-M/PureX-M/Mr SL-M/etc..., please first wipe /system, /cache and /ART and then kick start the ROM installation process.
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2. Declaration on the compativitiness of the battery savers and tweaks:
iArvee said:
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-Greenify's Aggressive doze kicks in 7 minutes after screen off, I don't know why 7 minutes but I'm guessing there's a reason behind it. Well, roughly 5-7 minutes. Since they work together, I guess it's not so bad to have both of them make sure that your phone is on doze.
-It stays in memory, yes but it's inactive. If the app is completely stopped/closed, writing the app to memory again would use more battery. Think of the regular hibernation similar to force closing an app.
-Indeed you are right, it's hard to play with settings like that. May I suggest adding init.d scripts? Or use HEBF/Lspeed? I tried this interactive governor profile tweak on the Z2 months ago and it brought me to at least 5 hours SoT, with 30% brightness (auto) and mobile data on most of the time.
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3. ReadMe over Amplify tweaks:
The suggested elements to be limited and look after in v7's thread is not Sony specific. So we have to EXPLORE ON OUR OWN to find the best ways to conserve energy using the daemon tool. So what I am suggesting on behalf @Dr. Death is that besides adopting most of the rules listed on v7's thread concerning using Amplify to conserve energy, we should also explore and test setting rules for other wakelockes too. Last but not least, so what I am implying about is that we all have an unique list of installed apps on our phone from each other, therefore there isnt really a must do list for apps' wakelocks and alarms, after all it is up to you to choose from performance and battery. Considering that, me and @Dr, Death WILL NOT provide any further lists for recommendation so as to let you guys explore on your own.
Happy tweaking!
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4. L Speed
Dr. Death said:
1. Lspeed's Performance Governor increases performance but there was a large drain in battery compared to battery governor. And with brightness increased to >30% , the drain increased exponentially. The performance of the phone was increased though (acc. to benchmark scores).
2. Lspeed's Battery Governor makes a big difference in saving your battery. Though, I've also noticed that it also decreases some amount of performance. But I've been using the battery governor and I've not seen a lag or freezing down of any app. You cant even tell there is a decrease in performance without benchmark scores. And the difference in SOT the battery governor can make is almost 30 minutes to 1 hour. So, I'm using it and you people can also use it, if you want more battery
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5. Core Strategies on Achieving Ideal Battery Life
Davey126 said:
- stop apps from launching at startup/wake and on network events
- reliance on native doze (w/Doze on the Go enabled on Android 6)
- proactively hibernate misbehaving apps - especially on Android 4/5
- sensible app selection and configuration (avoid the pigs)
- common sense settings for screen brightness, radios and sensors
- minor govonor tunings if needed (eg: delaying jump to max freq)
- primary tools: Greenify, BBS/GSam, AppOpsXposed, SD Maid, MAT
Best guidance: find excellent resources like this thread, read, observe, read some more, react only to items that warrent attention and yield meaningful results with minimal side edfects. Ignore everything else.
Those who love to tinker with their devices should avoid all the above. It's boring, effective and leaves ample time for other activities.
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Davey126 said:
Agreed. Tuning and measurement are key. That said, some devices do not idle/perform well at low frequencies. A Moto G4 Play (Snapdragon 410/MSM8916) serves as an example. While the stock kernel allows 200Mhz bottoming out at 400Mhz imposes no penality while delivering a better overall experience. Clearly this weakling does not reflect state of the art cpu/chipsets; nor is it an outlier.
Don't get me wrong - I love the idea of underclocking/volting when it can be done easily and yields measurable benefits with no undesirable side effects. Usually other tunings are required to achieve that.
Also recognize there's a cost (albeit minor) associated with regular frequency hopping. Holding the idle frequency steady in the absence of a significant load yields the best results IME.
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6. "Mobile Radio Active"!?
Davey126 said:
Radios can be significant drainers in low signal strength conditions as power is ramped to maintain a stable connection. On the mobile front I often find 3G (when available) yields an acceptable compromise, although LTE will typically come out ahead on overall power consumption when signal strengths are moderate/strong provided modem quickly drops into idle mode when not in use. The latter is largely outside user control although custom kernels can sometimes help.
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Credits to the followings:
@Dr. Death for leading this tutorial
@iArvee for declaring facts
@Davey126 for providing core tweaking strategies
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Anything I found useful and important in the comments will be pushed up here
CHANGELOG
12/18/16
Added Kcal Module for Minimum Brightness.
Added Additional Methods.
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12/23/16
FAQ's added by @iXaidyiu.
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12/28/16
Updated the list of apps to be greenified.
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2/1/17
Lspeed App
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17/2/17
1. Updated the whole thread.
2. Added Fast Dormancy.
3. Added HEBF.
4. Added Priority Levels.
5. Added @Paget96's Settings to the thread.
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Thanks bro ?
Xperia Z2™
This is wonderful. Tomorrow I will flash ExistenZ again and make the proper combinactions I only can't really understand how to use Amplify, but I will give it a try! Thanks again!
manfred18 said:
This is wonderful. Tomorrow I will flash ExistenZ again and make the proper combinactions I only can't really understand how to use Amplify, but I will give it a try! Thanks again!
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I've attached the thread for amplify. There is a step by step guide. Enjoy your battery life
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I've attached the thread for amplify. There is a step by step guide. Enjoy your battery life
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I didn't know about N-ify, it's great, I've already installed it. Probably there are many mods that I don't know. So I suspect ExistenZ is the best ROM overall for Z2 now?
Nice tutorial
Envoyé de mon F8331 en utilisant Tapatalk
niaboc79 said:
Nice tutorial
Envoyé de mon F8331 en utilisant Tapatalk
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Tysm. It means a lot to hear it from you.
manfred18 said:
I didn't know about N-ify, it's great, I've already installed it. Probably there are many mods that I don't know. So I suspect ExistenZ is the best ROM overall for Z2 now?
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Which version you are using for n-ify ?
Yes Indeed existenz is the best rom :')
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Which version you are using for n-ify ?
Yes Indeed existenz is the best rom :')
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I've installed 0,2 probably.
ExistenZ is great, but I have a bit lag somewhere sometimes
But when I installed new drivers from Qualcomm I've got 63000 in Antutu. But lag sometimes exists.
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I've installed 0,2 probably.
ExistenZ is great, but I have a bit lag somewhere sometimes
But when I installed new drivers from Qualcomm I've got 63000 in Antutu. But lag sometimes exists.
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Get the latest version of beta n-ify for regular updates from here.
https://ci.paphonb.xyz/jenkins/job/AndroidN-ify/
Installed new drivers how ?63000 is sick? I got Max 57k. Tell me about this I installing drivers.
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Get the latest version of beta n-ify for regular updates from here.
https://ci.paphonb.xyz/jenkins/job/AndroidN-ify/
Installed new drivers how ?63000 is sick? I got Max 57k. Tell me about this I installing drivers.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/themes-apps/mm-6-0-1-qualcomm-adreno-drivers-june-t3415394 I've got easily 63000. I have screenshots It's for Z3, but you can install safe for z2
I thought the pixels of the screen were off only on AMOLED panels. Our panel is IPS, the black colors drains the same amount of battery as the white colors..
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3/themes-apps/mm-6-0-1-qualcomm-adreno-drivers-june-t3415394 I've got easily 63000. I have screenshots It's for Z3, but you can install safe for z2
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Tried 2 times still got 59k and 61k ._.
Will test some more. Though ty for this :')
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I thought the pixels of the screen were off only on AMOLED panels. Our panel is IPS, the black colors drains the same amount of battery as the white colors..
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Yes you are right, about the amoled one but even on our screen it saves battery. I've tested. Without the black notifications and black keyboard I used to get 5-6 hr of SoT but after switching it, it has changed significantly.
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Yes you are right, about the amoled one but even on our screen it saves battery. I've tested. Without the black notifications and black keyboard I used to get 5-6 hr of SoT but after switching it, it has changed significantly.
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Oh, that's really impressive. I've loved your tutorial, I'll give it a try after doing a fresh install of EXistenZ. And report. Unfortunately I don't like black backgrounds that much, so I will keep white colors the most.
Btw, my battery is 21 months old, let's see how it works.
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Oh, that's really impressive. I've loved your tutorial, I'll give it a try after doing a fresh install of EXistenZ. And report. Unfortunately I don't like black backgrounds that much, so I will keep white colors the most.
Btw, my battery is 21 months old, let's see how it works.
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Yep, waiting for your report.
Some more methods will be added today or tomorrow :')
Your appreciation is much required :')
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Yep, waiting for your report.
Some more methods will be added today or tomorrow :')
Your appreciation is much required :')
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I'll test your method later, because I decided to gain my warranty of Sony (it's till 17 January), so I will send it to them, for new battery
manfred18 said:
I'll test your method later, because I decided to gain my warranty of Sony (it's till 17 January), so I will send it to them, for new battery
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Yep, sure.
Hi,
UPDATE-
Thanks to SirNamero who has the maximum screen on time on this thread period. SirNamero Has provided us with two solutions to increase SOT (screen on time) on the S8.
1) Using BK package disabler to disable some apps and services. The xml of his package disabler has been included in the thread.
2) Using greenify only to enter aggressive doze mode as soon as the screen is off instead of waiting for hours. (That may delay some notifications of some apps)
3) Using dark theme. (can be found on theme store for free).
4) Using an amoled wallpaper could be found on apps such as zedge.
Here is a screenshot of the battery life resulted by the above
https://up.3raq4all.com/uploads/nov17/1510157757111.jpg
Here lets compare how many hours each person is getting on his/her S8 screen on time. Please share screenshot of your SOT under 15% and your settings including-
Please only take part if you are on stock firmware.
1)
1) Screen time out time
2) Screen Resolution
3) Black or white theme?
4) Wallpaper type e..g. colourful or black.
5) Facebook installed or not.
Thanks I have included mine
1) Screen time out 5 mins
2) FHD
3) White theme
4) Amoled Wallpaper
5) No Facebook app
6) Instagram and snapchat are used often
7) Secure folder used often.
thanks
1. 1 minute
2. WQHD+
3. Black and gold theme
4. Black and dark grey
5. Facebook is installed
I should note that I'm on the Oreo beta. I use auto brightness. AOD, nfc, and edge lighting are disabled. Used BK package disabler to disable a lot of bloat and everything Bixby related.
1) Heavy usage (unplugged from charger when it was 95%)
2) QHD+
3) Black theme
4) pixel 2 live wallpaper
5) Messenger and Facebook apps are used all the time (the most used apps so far)
6) Instagram, snapchat, skype, WhatsApp, viber...
7) few minutes on a game
8) wi-fi only
9)fingerprint and iris are used
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1. 1 minute
2. WQHD+
3. Black and gold theme
4. Black and dark grey
5. Facebook is installed
I should note that I'm on the Oreo beta. I use auto brightness. AOD, nfc, and edge lighting are disabled. Used BK package disabler to disable a lot of bloat and everything Bixby related.
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Hi, you seem to have a great SOT compared to the time you had the phone on. If you had it for 18 hours it would be still around 5 and half hours. could you please share with us the xml of the apps you disabled using BK package disabler so everyone benefit from your solution.
Thanks
Sure, here you go. I also disabled all of the services for these packages as well.
Edit: forgot to mention I also use Greenify solely for the aggressive doze feature (enters doze mode as soon as screen goes to sleep instead of waiting an hour or more)
I think worth mentioning is what kind of rom are people using: stock or custom, and kernel.
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Sure, here you go. I also disabled all of the services for these packages as well.
Edit: forgot to mention I also use Greenify solely for the aggressive doze feature (enters doze mode as soon as screen goes to sleep instead of waiting an hour or more)
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Thanks for including your disabled apps XML and mentioning about greenify I will put that in the main post for people to use
I just got my S8 recently and was messing around with the settings and trying to see how I could get better battery life as well. This was my best result so far. I probably could have easily hit 6 hours SOT since I had 11% left at that time.
1) Screen time out 1 min
2) FHD
3) DarkEmerald theme
4) Amoled Wallpaper
5) No Facebook app
6) No Instagram No snapchat
7) Secure folder not used.
8) Data Saver On
9) Power Saving Mode set to Mid
10) I had disabled various packages as well, using the adb debloat method.
Screen on time is so relative. Depends what you do and where you do it. Right now I'm at 6h SoT with 25% battery left. This after using my phone for 2 hours outdoor during a cloudy day. If I play Need for Speed no limits for 1 hour as I normally do my SoT will drop to 5ish hours in total. If I add to that a sunny day I'd be happy with 3.5h SoT.
I have personally used package disabler pro on a couple of Samung devices including the s8 and while it is great for disabling bloatware. I have NEVER noticed an increase in battery life / screen on time!
iPhone6plus to SamsungS8
I'm loving the new phone. But maybe it's just because it's a new toy. I miss some of the jailbreak tweaks and I'm yet to read on about rooting.
I agree SOT is dependent on use case basis. Anyway, here's my settings:
1.) 5 min
2) FHD+
3) Black theme
4) black homescreen wall and black and white lockscreen wall
5) Facebook disabled, messenger installed but haven't signed in yet
6.) Auto brightness ON
7.) AOD off
8.) mobile data off, always on Wifi, BT manually set when BT headset is being used and activity tracker is being synced
9.) manually disabled some app mobile background usae and settings
10.) added most apps to "Always sleeping apps" setting
11.) 6 email accounts all on Auto Sync schedule
12.) Location on (high accuracy)
13.) Bixby off, Gnow off
14.) No social media apps, unless you consider reddit and flickr as one
15.) Screen is set as AMOLED photo (no other reason than just trying this out when I sent photos from my mirrorless to the S8)
Dumb question, where are you finding the graph for battery usage. I can't find it. On VZW if that makes a difference.
Nvm, found it. Didn't see the button at first
Or you could try rooting. I get 6.5h sot on a daily basis. With white theme, WQHD, mobile data always on & terrible reception
Oh and only charge to 80% ?
Honestly it's such a stupid comparison. So many different factors. If I turn everything off and use lowest brightness obviously I'm going to get more sot.
Everything except bluetooth on and phone on high performance mode. Mobile data and Wi-Fi switching from time to time and I'm getting around 7 hours on stock SD S8+.
P.S. it's 7 months old.
A couple of screenshots from two different times.
The phone is the S8 international dual SIM version but only one sim was enabled at that time.
The phone is running stock.
1.) 1 min + smart stay enabled
2) FHD+
3) Black theme
4) black
5) not using any package disabler.
6.) Auto brightness ON
7.) AOD off
8.) mobile data always on, always on Wifi, BT always on, BT tethering to allow car access to internet is always on.
9.) Full power mode.
10.) 2 email accounts all on Auto Sync schedule
11.) Location on (high accuracy)
12.) Bixby on, G assist on.
13.) Both FPS and Iris Scanner enabled.
Note: I live in a very strong signal area. When on holiday in weak signal areas battery performance is abysmal.
Stock on nova
1) Screen time out time: 2 min
2) Screen Resolution: wqhd
3) Black or white theme? White
4) Wallpaper type: very colorful
5) Facebook installed, snapchat, instagram and messenger. Used very often.
apham69 said:
Stock on nova
1) Screen time out time: 2 min
2) Screen Resolution: wqhd
3) Black or white theme? White
4) Wallpaper type: very colorful
5) Facebook installed, snapchat, instagram and messenger. Used very often.
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dude not possible at all.. i m damn sure u have charged multiple times for phone.. not till 100%.
sp1312 said:
dude not possible at all.. i m damn sure u have charged multiple times for phone.. not till 100%.
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No I didnt.
Hello everyone !
I just bought a Redmi Note 7. This morning my alarm didn't ring for some reason. I use the Google Clock. Also I can't make "OK Google" working when my screen is off. Some notifications take time to be showed. Etc.
Is the battery manager thing responsible of all those "bugs" ? Is that a weird "Greenify" ?
Since I didn't unlock the device and install a real Android ROM, any of you have a solution for alarm so my boss don't kill me tomorrow ?
Thanks for your help guys.
Settings > manage apps > clock (or any other app) > battery saver > no restrictions.
Also enable autostart in the same settings menue.
And avoid stuff like naptime, if you are not experienced with such things.
Hi there. It's probably a MIUI battery saver thing. So for all of your mission critical apps whose notifications you want to receive instantly, do this:
1) Go to app settings for the app in question
2) Toggle on Auto start
3) Turn on all notifications that you want to receive
4) Set the battery saving setting to no restrictions.
If you notice that an app still gets closed in the background for some reason, add another step:
5) Open the app and then open the Recent apps screen. Tap and hold the preview image of the app in question. Tap the first icon (lock app). This will lock it in memory and only you will be able to manually swipe it off and clear it from memory. Tapping the Close All button in Recents will not close the locked apps.
After I had done this with the apps that I wanted real time notifications from (or battery tracking apps that I wanted always running in the background), I've never had any issues with late or missed notifications.
I don't use 'OK Google' to wake the phone. I'm not sure if this is possible with all newer phones or only with specific SoCs.
Thanks for your answers. That was that battery saver options. Have a nice weekend.