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Is the new radio from DMD64 working for you?

I installed the new radio yesterday and I haven't had the chance to see if it increases battery life because I was using my phone more than usual today, but has any1 noticed any improvements in battery life?

jorge89 said:
I installed the new radio yesterday and I haven't had the chance to see if it increases battery life because I was using my phone more than usual today, but has any1 noticed any improvements in battery life?
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It seems slightly better (could be placebo), but I do notice that after about 14 hours or more, my 3G/network connection would suddenly disappear (nothing to do with the settings) and I would need to reboot for it to return to normal.
Signal strength seems alright. But I did not test the wifi.

Been using it for a week or 2 now and no issues so far, haven't necessarily noticed any difference in battery life but signal strength does seem to be boosted even if only slightly.

Been using the new radio for a couple weeks here too. I haven't noticed any change in battery life whatsoever. T-Mo signal is ****ty inside the building I work in and that hasn't improved. Signal outside may have improved. No 3G here to test.
Short version: It doesn't seem to hurt, so why not?

I have been using the new radio.
I flashed it on my G1, as well as my girlfriend's MT3G.
I live in a brick building which eats cell phone signal for breakfast.
I must say, since I've upgraded, I get better signal, as well as more reliable voice and data connections on my G1. I have EDGE service only at my house.
I have also noticed better 3G signal when I am at work, and I actually am able to access EDGE from the basement at work (I previously had no signal in the basement).
Now my girlfriend still seems to be having issues getting reliable voice and data connections, although her idle signal strength seems to have improved, at home, at least, on her MT3G.

Still having cell standby issues

Could someone help me troubleshoot/fix my cell standby issue. I know it's been asked before and I apologize if this upsets you. But, i have searched and tried methods to fix the issue with no success. And it just kills my battery.
I've used many roms and initially would always have 50-70% cell standby. With the airplane mode fix i could only get it to drop to 20-35%. I'm on the Aloysius rom now which isn't supposed to have any cell standby issues and my cell standby is still 45-60%. With airplane fix I get it down to 15-30%. I can never get it down to under 10 which would at least make me happy. But, from what I've read most get it down to zero. I would appreciate any suggestions or ideas to help me fix this problem. Thanks

I think alot of that depends on your location... Cell standby is not a bad thing, we just don't want the bug that makes it sit at 50% every time I restart my phone. Mine fluctuates between 0%, (when im downtown with full bars all the time) and 25%, (when at home with only 1 or 2 bars).

Whitepaint said:
I think alot of that depends on your location... Cell standby is not a bad thing, we just don't want the bug that makes it sit at 50% every time I restart my phone. Mine fluctuates between 0%, (when im downtown with full bars all the time) and 25%, (when at home with only 1 or 2 bars).
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Yeah I commute from sacramento to san francisco every day so initially I blamed that. But even when I'm in my house with full bars it's up around 30% always. Not only does this waste battery life, but i would assume, possibly incorrectly, that this also slows down the speed of the device as well as it's being used to find a signal. Ugh
It may not be that big of an issue... Or at least as big as i think it is. But, i would think that with the limitations of the battery and processor that this would just make things even worse. It's just a nuisance that people can get theirs to zero and I have never gotten it that low.

Ruh17 said:
Yeah I commute from sacramento to san francisco every day so initially I blamed that. But even when I'm in my house with full bars it's up around 30% always. Not only does this waste battery life, but i would assume, possibly incorrectly, that this also slows down the speed of the device as well as it's being used to find a signal. Ugh
It may not be that big of an issue... Or at least as big as i think it is. But, i would think that with the limitations of the battery and processor that this would just make things even worse. It's just a nuisance that people can get theirs to zero and I have never gotten it that low.
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When at work, i have very little, if any service. But at home, I have full service. So I will have to see if it lowers when I get off work tonight. But I am always around 40%+

droidkevlar said:
When at work, i have very little, if any service. But at home, I have full service. So I will have to see if it lowers when I get off work tonight. But I am always around 40%+
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Thank you for that. It makes me feel a little better to hear I'm not alone. Have you tried the Aloysius rom? Supposedly it fixes the problem for some.

Ruh17 said:
Thank you for that. It makes me feel a little better to hear I'm not alone. Have you tried the Aloysius rom? Supposedly it fixes the problem for some.
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I am using v6 of his ROM. I still get better battery than any other ROM I have used, and trust me, i have flashed almost every single ROM. But since seeing others with very low, I was just wondering as well.

OK well something weird is happening with my time without a signal... I am at 65% right now and already did the airplane trick... and it just jumps up.... that being said... My battery life is still way outlasting anyother ROM and to top it off, I am getting a signal and am making calls in places at work where I did not have a signal at all.... not that I care much about the time with a signal % because this ROM is the best, but its just weird... better battery performance, better signal, higher stat.. hmmm
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I have a similar issue... I posted this in the other thread

3G Drain on Jelly Bean

Are we likely to see a fix for this? We know there is a problem with 3G drinking battery but how likely are we to see a fix. Solutions like disable 3G aren't viable for a lot of people, so I just wondered what peoples thoughts on this were.

Try changing your modem. You should see a slight improvement in battery life, nothing major but still better than nothing.
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Yeah a modem did help but I still had a big problem. Are we likely to see a fix, I remember this being a problem with ICS which is why I reverted back.

Its not the modem. My phone stock uses the XXKG3 modem, and i have been using that on ICS and now into JB. Jellybean definitely has worse battery concerning 3G / H for some reason. I just barely squeeze a day out of mine.

Yeah, I was struggling to get even a day. I tried almost all of the Jelly Bean ROMs and they all suffered from the same problem. I really wanted to stick with JB, especially C-ROM because it was like a dream to use but on a good day I'd get about 7 or 8 hours maybe? I would always have to plug it in twice a day. Currently trying SauROM which is better but I'm starting to think that the best for battery life is genuinely a stock rom like JVS.

skezza said:
Yeah, I was struggling to get even a day. I tried almost all of the Jelly Bean ROMs and they all suffered from the same problem. I really wanted to stick with JB, especially C-ROM because it was like a dream to use but on a good day I'd get about 7 or 8 hours maybe? I would always have to plug it in twice a day. Currently trying SauROM which is better but I'm starting to think that the best for battery life is genuinely a stock rom like JVS.
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with any rom I've got a day and 6 hours depends on usage

On Jelly Bean?

did you limited your speed to 3g or do you also use hsdpa? if you use hsdpa, give 3g a try i think the battery drain in 3g is a lot lower ... in my opinion if you are not downloading 3g is fast enough to browse or youtube.
for just instant messaging you can give 2g a try

2G isn't really usable on Three mobile.
I don't know how to limit to just 3G. But yes I normally use HSPDA. That said, we should be able to use it without draining our battery

I'm not getting any major battery drain here. I can last a full day on HSDPA and or WiFi.
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Really?

skezza said:
Really?
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Yup
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if you will buy a strong battery 1800-1900 mAh, you will see the different

Yeah, that's the alternative. Bigger battery I guess.

skezza said:
2G isn't really usable on Three mobile.
I don't know how to limit to just 3G. But yes I normally use HSPDA. That said, we should be able to use it without draining our battery
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You CAN limit to just 3G. You have to go to Advanced Settings or Galaxy S Settings (depends on a ROM) and go to HSDPA and put it to UMTS mode only. It'll switch it to 3G and will consume less battery
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Helloworld294 said:
You CAN limit to just 3G. You have to go to Advanced Settings or Galaxy S Settings (depends on a ROM) and go to HSDPA and put it to UMTS mode only. It'll switch it to 3G and will consume less battery
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in my opinion, thats the point, go to settings/advanced/RADIO in your case hsdpa + hsupa should be ticket, simply tick umts an you should notice, the changing radio icon in the status bar (no longer h, but 3g).
your 3g and hspa power consumption depends really strong from the signal strenght and in your phone is connected constantly or changes often. bad reception causes a large waist of battery power.

My guess is you have Google Now / Maps running in background which always uses your data.

darristan said:
My guess is you have Google Now / Maps running in background which always uses your data.
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On slim 2.9, I found that removing G now, and turning off all location tracking increased battery life. Now I can get a day and about an hour/90mins of screen on time with data/wifi only on when using it. I suppose after more than 2 years of use on the one battery charging every day or more, there's only so much one can expect from a device and battery.

But isn't it recognized that this is a problem? The 3G Bug? Nothing to do with Google Now etc

theskymoves said:
Now I can get a day and about an hour/90mins of screen on time with data/wifi only on when using it. I suppose after more than 2 years of use on the one battery charging every day or more, there's only so much one can expect from a device and battery.
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in my opinion thats not enough, do you mean 24 hours or 16 hours? could be a little more with 90 mins of screen time, but you shouldnt need more.
inverted apps can by the way help too, avoid white and light colours as background

Battery Life

I just had the first full day with the phone out of the house. I find it pretty underwhelming. Does this seem about right?
http://imgur.com/a/lXddP

sacredsoul said:
I just had the first full day with the phone out of the house. I find it pretty underwhelming. Does this seem about right?
http://imgur.com/a/lXddP
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It really depends on how you're using the device, what kind of signal you have, what kind of data connection you have (3G/LTE), whether you keep your data connection on while using WiFi, your geographical location, so many factors. In saying that though, that's less than what I typically get and I live in a black hole for phone reception.

Heisenberg said:
It really depends on how you're using the device, what kind of signal you have, what kind of data connection you have (3G/LTE), whether you keep your data connection on while using WiFi, your geographical location, so many factors. In saying that though, that's less than what I typically get and I live in a black hole for phone reception.
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Thank you for the reply. I used the phone mostly for whatsapp texting and surfing via chrome. I use LTE and the signal strength is always good in this tiny island of ours. Will install BetterBatteryStats to see if there's anything particularly causing drain.

Here the main active battery thread with a lot of info etc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/nexus-6p-expected-battery-life-t3219700

sacredsoul said:
Thank you for the reply. I used the phone mostly for whatsapp texting and surfing via chrome. I use LTE and the signal strength is always good in this tiny island of ours. Will install BetterBatteryStats to see if there's anything particularly causing drain.
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this is weird.
on LTE usage, I can get AT LEAST 5 hours of SOT. Sometimes, i am able to get near 6 hours of SOT.

mousefai0922 said:
this is weird.
on LTE usage, I can get AT LEAST 5 hours of SOT. Sometimes, i am able to get near 6 hours of SOT.
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My NFC was on by default. Maybe that was the issue. I've no made sure NFC, bluetooth is switched off. The battery was getting down almost 1% per minute.

sacredsoul said:
My NFC was on by default. Maybe that was the issue. I've no made sure NFC, bluetooth is switched off. The battery was getting down almost 1% per minute.
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dont think enabling nfc and bluetooth makes a huge differences.
maybe try greenify those useless apps

[Q] Quick Battery Drain While On A Call

Has anyone else noticed the battery draining incredibly fast while on a call? My battery went from 81% to 67% after a 15 minute call. The battery doesn't go down anywhere near that pace during any other function I've used it for so far. In fact, if I don't make or receive any calls, it lasts all day. I checked battery usage and it was only at 2%, which is definitely not right and there was nothing else showing up under usage that could have been the culprit. I've had the phone for 1 1/2 weeks now and it is definitely the only time it happens.
Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

What network?
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skyfox99 said:
What network?
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Sprint

Check how strong your coverage is. Sometimes weak signal will drain your battery considerably faster.
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skyfox99 said:
Check how strong your coverage is. Sometimes weak signal will drain your battery considerably faster.
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Someone else mentioned that as well, but I had full bars even it happened. What's even more weird... When I only have 2 bars, the battery drops less while on a call. It's the strangest thing I've come across on the phone. I love everything else about it and I'm going to keep it regardless. I appreciate your input! Hopefully someone else has this experience and can find a cause. I thought I was very knowledgeable on Android and had seen everything since I've been on it since the original G1 (which I still have lol), but it's a new one for me. I also don't get the complaints about the camera...I was in the backyard taking pictures today, just test it out, and it's definitely better than my S7. Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to respond and help with ideas and if you think of another one, let me know!