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Battery life on MIUI - Post your experience

I am getting about 3 - 4 days of average usage out of a 100 % charge, running MIUI 1.8.19. I will continue to update this thread with confirmed findings of MIUI users posted here. Other than that, happy flashing!
People experiencing battery drain issues please post the following:
Your running kernel ([email protected] if you didn't flash anything on top)
CPU spy screenshot of a drain (from 100 % to like 20%, you can get CPU spy from market)
Screenshot of stats from the battery monitor in settings
Did you perform a battery recalibration after flash? (Charging the phone to 100 % in off mode, then boot)
My recommendations on increasing battery life:
Keep data on off whenever you don't use it. WiFi does not seem to have battery drain issues, use that instead if you are at home.
Disable albumart and lyrics download in music player, when you dont use it.
The media server can go crazy on battery drain - Even if you don't listen that much to music.
Use another launcher than the standard one. Sometimes in rare occations (happened for me twice though) the launcher keeps the phone out of deep sleep. I have had good results with Go Launcher.

Did you perform a battery recalibration after flash? (Charging the phone to 100 % in off mode, then boot)
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Easy Alternative,
Download Battery Calibration from the market (Free) and install
Do a continuous charge the phone from AC charger recommended instead PC USB to 100% while its on
Follow instruction of the application and rate it well before uninstalling (the app creator made our life easy for free)
Battery Calibration
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Cheers

is there any method to avoid the battery drain with data on?
my kernel i s neo 17
im on miui galnet Chamaleon RC1
THNX

mcyorian said:
is there any method to avoid the battery drain with data on?
my kernel i s neo 17
im on miui galnet Chamaleon RC1
THNX
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You are in the wrong forum, this is the SGSII forum.
But to help you anyway: Using 2G instead of 3G helps alot on the SGS1.

My MAJOR improvement in battery life and how I did it so simply

Settings > Locations and Security > Uncheck everything in the first portion.
I happened to find my 'Use wireless networks' turned on one day, and after turning it off, my battery life improved (on the next charge) from (based on screen-on time, seen by checking Display in Battery Usage) 2 - 2.5 hours to 4.5 - 5 hours. That's double!
A battery recalibration is recommended after doing that.
It worked for me but it might not for you, so I don't guarantee any results. This is just my experience and the advice I'd like to give.
If it worked for you, enjoy!
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It is always the same with this smartphone things. Mostly everytime you switch off some battery draining stuff, you loose comfort. I often want my phone to know where I am, because of wheather widget, bus/tram widget and so on.
This is good for someone who doesn't use these things.

yeah i always have this enabled because i want weather updates every 2 hours or so and sometimes use it ti check in to places, it doesn't use up that much battery compared to some other things.

Thats true. I didn't notice any difference because I don't use those things.
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Disabling 'Background data' in 'accounts and sync' does a lot too .. I mean in the case you don't use it, and you have both wifi and mobile network off, so nothing can't connect anyway.

Mercury0660 said:
It is always the same with this smartphone things. Mostly everytime you switch off some battery draining stuff, you loose comfort. I often want my phone to know where I am, because of wheather widget, bus/tram widget and so on.
This is good for someone who doesn't use these things.
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agree it more comfort like where you want to use foursquare or facebook to check in

You can turn off:
Wi-Fi
Data
Bluetooth
GPS
Auto Sync
3G
Might as well have one of these
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THUDUK said:
You can turn off:
Wi-Fi
Data
Bluetooth
GPS
Auto Sync
3G
Might as well have one of these
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I use to have one of those!
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how do you recalibrate the battery?

moedin said:
how do you recalibrate the battery?
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Look at my signature to make a correct battery calibration bro

THUDUK said:
You can turn off:
Wi-Fi
Data
Bluetooth
GPS
Auto Sync
3G
Might as well have one of these
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I don't get why anyone plunks down $400+ for the latest and greatest smartphone and then turn everything off.

superdx said:
I don't get why anyone plunks down $400+ for the latest and greatest smartphone and then turn everything off.
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The same reason why ppl buy iphones....only to fit in.

Google fit app on L is draining machine.

Look at this.
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I highly recommend you guys to disable it if you want your battery to be better ?

How was your actual battery life with it on? I've been running Fit on my phone since the first Nexus 6 port was available. While it does hold a wakelock the hit to battery wasn't all that bad considering what the app does. I average maybe 30 minutes or less SOT time with the app turned on from 630 am to 1030 pm. I was impressed as I thought I'd be recharging shortly after lunch.

Will it still drain if I don't use it but have it installed. Somehow I see notifications on my moto 360 from fit.

Use Greenify Dude !!!

thefunkychills said:
Will it still drain if I don't use it but have it installed. Somehow I see notifications on my moto 360 from fit.
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It working without notification in backgriund. I belive only solution , if You don´t want to use it, is to freeze or uninstall this wih TiBu.
EDIT: looks like it is possible to disable Fit ( maybe ), under settings> Google Fit Data>and turn off Activity detection. I belive then it wont work ay more.
EDIT: nope...still working

Guys, it's not affecting battery. Don't constantly look for issues. I use Google Fit (cause I have a Moto 360) and it doesn't affect normal usage so therefore it's not an issue. If it WAS an issue it'd show in the battery graph and you'd kill your battery in a couple of hours - THAT would be an issue!

EddyOS said:
Guys, it's not affecting battery. Don't constantly look for issues. I use Google Fit (cause I have a Moto 360) and it doesn't affect normal usage so therefore it's not an issue. If it WAS an issue it'd show in the battery graph and you'd kill your battery in a couple of hours - THAT would be an issue!
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Yeah me too. I don't see any difference with or without Fit.

http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-to/your-nexus-5-has-real-pedometer-built-in-heres-you-use-0151267/
There is not going to be any noticable drain because the app is using the low power core. It's the same core that was supposed to give us always listening Google Now when the phone launched but Google gimped us because of patent bs.

Uh, maybe. I don't know. Maybe because we have pedometer sensor built in so its not draining battery..

Some new finding on app behavior after the 146MB update.

The battery improvement is significant for sure after the update, I also found that using samsung package disabler to freeze some of the app is not causing the battery drain any more. (My personal experience before the update was disabling app using package disabler actually causing some of the battery drain). I will attach the one I disabled right now. So far there doesn't seem to be any effect on battery life. I didn't disable the knox or samsung pay function as I use them quite often. I'm also try to be less aggressive with the app I disable. App that could making the communication in the background I try to avoid disabling them.
Also, I found greenify's aggressive doze function seems to working for me. At least, help extend battery a little bit when not in use. I only open the aggressive doze function and never force it to hibernate app. I also exclude many of my frequently used app from hibernation list.
The apps I have freezed using package disabler
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5iHdAT2Mw5lRjYzUHlXS0FuUmc/view?usp=sharing
I will upload some result tonight.
Hope I can hear more tips from other users. I keep getting about 60% or more left after the update with about 2 hour of sot when I go to sleep compare to maybe 30% to 40% left before the update. I don't use dark theme as I like lighter color. Also, I use chrome browser and listen to a lot of pod cast when I'm drove home. I also try to close the screen when using GPS to save power but my location is always set at high accuracy, I tried GPS only mode but don't think that effect battery life of the phone. I want to use the phone as normal as possible. Different people have different usage, If you using GPS all the time and turn off the screen while using it. The screen on time probably pretty low but still have high battery usage. Therefore, I believe SOT to be highly subjective.
I also read that the best way to protect battery is not let it fall below 40% or 50%. So after some more testing, if I found the battery report seems to be stable after this update. I will just using wireless charger to top it off during work time.

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which apps did u freeze ?
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I attached the link which contain the app I freeze. You can also download it and import through package disabler.

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 Battery draining issue, huge standby drain

Friends,
i have find the problem which is the system apps which drains the battery
1. FM Radio
2. MBN Test
3. Settings
4. FOTAService
these all are the system apps which drains the battery even if we dont use the phone also. it consumes about 2000mah to 2500mah, which means that about half of the 5000mah phone battery.
these apps will use even if we wont use that apps also like FM Radio.
Please Asus find a solution for this and bring a good update for this.

Asus zenfone max pro m1 battery draining problem
i have the same issues... FmRadio app take huge amount of battery

Don't use fingerprint scanner and share results. Use face unlock and pin or pattern

ZishanJr said:
i have the same issues... FmRadio app take huge amount of battery
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Den uninstall it i hv done
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jerrywilsondon said:
Friends,
i have find the problem which is the system apps which drains the battery
1. FM Radio
2. MBN Test
3. Settings
4. FOTAService
these all are the system apps which drains the battery even if we dont use the phone also. it consumes about 2000mah to 2500mah, which means that about half of the 5000mah phone battery.
these apps will use even if we wont use that apps also like FM Radio.
Please Asus find a solution for this and bring a good update for this.
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What is MBN test ?

I am also getting an ideal drain of about 20 %.
ZishanJr said:
i have the same issues... FmRadio app take huge amount of battery
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See the ss and tell me the solution
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jerrywilsondon said:
Friends,
i have find the problem which is the system apps which drains the battery
1. FM Radio
2. MBN Test
3. Settings
4. FOTAService
these all are the system apps which drains the battery even if we dont use the phone also. it consumes about 2000mah to 2500mah, which means that about half of the 5000mah phone battery.
these apps will use even if we wont use that apps also like FM Radio.
Please Asus find a solution for this and bring a good update for this.
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Just force stop FM app and disable app hopefully it will help.

This is very huge drain for my device Asus Zenfone Max pro m1 :crying: