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Tool: Analyse your battery drain.

Hello all,
Here is my 2 cents contribution to all the people that are wondering why their batteries are out in 10 hours!
I would like to share my tool, and maybe get help with my code if people are interested.
This goal of this app is to help you to detect what is going wrong with your battery by displaying values of the drain. It will never analyse or detect an app!
MARKET LINK: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
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This is pretty cool.
I was getting tired of calculating battery per time.
Maybe it would be better if it record battery usage per time.
(ex , partial wakelock)

just downloading and testing
thanks

Downloading, will give it a shot

Useful app and a good start.

cool i will give it a whirl and see how it goes..

Cool app, will test it and see, if I can help with ideas.

Great. I wanted to compare battery drains in using different kernel or different cpu scaling governor. I think your app will come in handy. Thanks...
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OP, can you attach the apk to this thread. Market says its not compatible with my HD2 that is running 4.0.3 (IceCream Tosti v0.5 ROM with tytung kernel)
BTW, does anyone know if there is a workaround for this market issue?
TIA

Will try.. thanks.

Thanks!
Will give it a try!
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amc1274 said:
OP, can you attach the apk to this thread. Market says its not compatible with my HD2 that is running 4.0.3 (IceCream Tosti v0.5 ROM with tytung kernel)
BTW, does anyone know if there is a workaround for this market issue?
TIA
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I probably have the wrong end of the stick, but when I searched for it by application title, it didn't appear. So instead I searched for it using Waze_Be and found it in the list.

Downloading and will give it a test.

Thanks for sharing this useful tool!

Gonna try it thanks
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Awesome app!
This is really useful man. Good job.thanks

Curious as to what this app offers over this one I have used for years: https://market.android.com/details?...ch_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNjYzcxLmJtdyJd
Thanks

Looks nice. Could we have an alarm that warns you when battery draw is higher than normal (only when the screen is off)?
My phone sometimes starts sucking power when my Exchange connection goes haywire. I'd love to be warned that it's in a high-draw situation instead of it just going dead.

I installed it on my Transformer Prime. So far, so good. Around 2/3 of the time under 1%/hr of battery usage.
Would be nice, if you would add a "min/mean/max" CPU usage for the time period of possible. Basically, instead of only collecting time/battery percentage, you could collect other system useful data.
And why not, trying to figure the "charging speed". This would also be nice, I suspect some of my USB chargers to be less efficient/fast.
And... It might be possible to detect batteries that will soon die! Above average %hr... I have a lot of ideas for you.

profete162 said:
Hello all,
Here is my 2 cents contribution to all the people that are wondering why their batteries are out in 10 hours!
I would like to share my tool, and maybe get help with my code if people are interested.
This goal of this app is to help you to detect what is going wrong with your battery by displaying values of the drain. It will never analyse or detect an app!
MARKET LINK: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
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i will add your app to my battery saving tips if you dont mind, please do send me a pm to confirm

Display readable in sunlight

Hi, when I'm outside the display is not readable in sunlight, even if I check the ultrabrightness. Is that a common problem or there's a way to get it readable? There are different options in Cyanogen, maybe there's something I can do? :fingers-crossed:

Please provide complete details of which ROM you are using, and reporting it to its specified ROM thread will answer your query faster

Tommolo said:
Hi, when I'm outside the display is not readable in sunlight, even if I check the ultrabrightness. Is that a common problem or there's a way to get it readable? There are different options in Cyanogen, maybe there's something I can do? :fingers-crossed:
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Go inside
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Hi vanilla I wonder what you feel if you have query and people answer you the same way as you did on this noob? Hmm i dont find it funny

deedii said:
Please provide complete details of which ROM you are using, and reporting it to its specified ROM thread will answer your query faster
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I'm using Prime HD 9. Thanks, I'll ask in its thread

Yes that should be a good practice rather than creating new thread, coz most likely bugs and fixes are posted there Btw I noticed you are new, maybe you could introduce yourself a bit and take sometime to read forum rules Enjoy..

Tommolo said:
Hi, when I'm outside the display is not readable in sunlight, even if I check the ultrabrightness. Is that a common problem or there's a way to get it readable? There are different options in Cyanogen, maybe there's something I can do? :fingers-crossed:
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I think you can use custom modded roms as they provide very high brightness.
Roms like Ixperia, HTX MIUI..etc have very high brightness option.

Sorry ..double post..

Tommolo said:
Hi, when I'm outside the display is not readable in sunlight, even if I check the ultrabrightness. Is that a common problem or there's a way to get it readable? There are different options in Cyanogen, maybe there's something I can do? :fingers-crossed:
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nah generaly our X8 screen has bad luminance. There is nothing you can do about it. The best you can do is to use ultrabrightness as u said u did... But this will drain battery quicker.

Xmaster8 said:
nah generaly our X8 screen has bad luminance. There is nothing you can do about it. The best you can do is to use ultrabrightness as u said u did... But this will drain battery quicker.
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Hmm.. x8..sometimes I hate it ..

Xmaster8 said:
nah generaly our X8 screen has bad luminance. There is nothing you can do about it. The best you can do is to use ultrabrightness as u said u did... But this will drain battery quicker.
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I'm not sure that x8 screen has bad luminance. If you use gingerdx v22,there is autobrightness work very good and on sun display became very light and you can normally see on it!
Or use stock rom and set to full brightness,because on cm roms full brightness isn't same as on stock!

deedii said:
Hi vanilla I wonder what you feel if you have query and people answer you the same way as you did on this noob? Hmm i dont find it funny
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My bad
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Fullbrightness dose trick for me on froyobread.
Maybe you sgould first go to display and give it a full brightens and then go to cmsettings for ultra brightness.
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Until now i still use Ahmad.H patch in Shins LeWa for better brightness under sun.Maybe u should try on PrimeHD too

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I think all displays have the sunlight problem. Maybe excluding the kindle display and the HTC one x display.

So no LED on back for Verizon?

If I have one, mine is not blinking.

It works on mine, no real need for it though.

Wonder if I need to turn it on....Blinking on front....not on back. I have it flipped on screen and nothing.

Make a call and see if it comes on. During the call it should slowly pulsate.
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It's there, it just doesn't have any good options for being used.
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Namtaru said:
It's there, it just doesn't have any good options for being used.
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Are ya'll able to change those LED colors?

jspradling7 said:
Are ya'll able to change those LED colors?
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For the front, yes
edit: maybe not

Namtaru said:
For the front, yes
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Any idea if installed apps show in that list? i.e. can I set a notification for Words with Friends, etc.
(Im starting to realize how spoiled I am with the third party dev options on the Gnex that Im about to replace!)

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Any idea if installed apps show in that list? i.e. can I set a notification for Words with Friends, etc.
(Im starting to realize how spoiled I am with the third party dev options on the Gnex that Im about to replace!)
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Yeah, I got spoiled using Lightflow on my GNex.

How are you seeing the LED options like that screen****?
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big70tom said:
How are you seeing the LED options like that screen****?
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settings->display->notification light

I can get there but I'm too stupid to figure out how to change the colors for each item.

jspradling7 said:
I can get there but I'm too stupid to figure out how to change the colors for each item.
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I'm sorry, I swore I saw someone else taking about it earlier, perhaps I mis-understood as I also cannot figure it out.

In a way, that makes me feel better. I guess we need root and Lightflow.

jspradling7 said:
In a way, that makes me feel better. I guess we need root and Lightflow.
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We have root, since about 2 hours ago

Namtaru said:
We have root, since about 2 hours ago
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WHAT? verizon root?! WHERE

Two words.... Light Manager. I have different colors set for all of my notifications right now.
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Light flow works fine on mine so far. Not rooted. tried to get access to the back power button light but couldnt get it working

haven't tried lightflow because it never worked on my GS3/GS4, and i only used it on my nexus back when i bought it...mainly bc there was some bad battery drain issues apparently.
wonder if they'll update for the back led?

jayochs said:
haven't tried lightflow because it never worked on my GS3/GS4, and i only used it on my nexus back when i bought it...mainly bc there was some bad battery drain issues apparently.
wonder if they'll update for the back led?
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I think I def had battery issues on my GNex (well I think if I moved it i had battery issues), light manager have those same battery drain issues?

Disabling low fps in the UI. End result: The most fluid phone you will use.

First of I created this thread because it seemed like people where having success in getting rid of the lag and stutter they see. Ill explain why LG implements this in their phone later on. First of lets get to binness.
The option is hidden in the dailer menu. Its the last option called dynamic LCD refresh off/on.
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When you press it, select screen fps and it should disable the dynamic fps system which reduces the UI frame rates and causes perceived mild stutters. Shut the phone off for 10 seconds and then turn it back on. The settings should stick.
60fps is smoother than any phone I have ever owned. This phone never lagged out of the box. LG implemented this feature that changes the screen refresh rate dynamicly. So while you are using your phone normally in the UI, it drops the animation FPS to 30 fps. This apperantly conserves battery.
It is kinda like the same thing that Nvidia does with their mobile gtx 800m GPU's. They give the user the option to set a target frame rate and then the cpu/gpu only works hard enough to meet the target fps, never working harder than it has to. This is basically bringing down CPU/GPU utilization and saving battery life.
Example: If I where to play Titan Fall on my PC and set the target frame rate to 60fps, my CPU/GPU avarage utilization will be 80%. If i set the target fps to 30fps the my CPU/GPU avarage utilization will be 60%, saving me battery life.
I hope this makes sense, and I created this thread to give some people awareness about this option. The 801 soc breezes through this QHD display.
Update: For people who are having sticking issues, try to enable both of these options. It is not a 100% though, but try your luck.

I'll give it a shot. I personally don't know how much better this phone could get for how I use it.
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I followed the instructions but after boot it did not stick so I will see if it sticks by just switching off and just using the phone with a reboot.

My setting also did not stick after a reboot, but it seems smoother... doesn't make any sense unless I'm imagining things.
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Is battery life the only downside to doing this or could it affect the life of the display over time?
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Mine stuck for me after a reboot. Definitely feels quicker on its feet. I'll report back with any additional battery info or if I'm just imagining things.
Thanks op
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Changed it now, didn't notice any difference. I run on 540 dpi.

Hi.how to get into the dialler menu

nizaamh said:
Hi.how to get into the dialler menu
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On 855, 3845#*855*.
On others, substitute 855 with a model number.

jodvova said:
On 855, 3845#*855*.
On others, substitute 855 with a model number.
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Thanks

Interesting to see the impact on battery

jodvova said:
On 855, 3845#*855*.
On others, substitute 855 with a model number.
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I have d855 and that combination on dialer does not work.

Hi.Yes its 3845#*855# not star at the end

failax said:
I have d855 and that combination on dialer does not work.
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It's 3845#*855#

Not help on my G3.

Thanks.First impressions are positive!

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Hi.Yes its 3845#*855# not star at the end
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Yeah. Keep forgetting this.

My settings does not stick after reboot. I am on ART how did you sucess to enable it after reboot on what rintome are you ART or Dalvik?
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Yeah here is how mine looks when rebooted.
Seems like it sticks with some and others not.
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Helikido are you on art or dalvik? Thx
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Mine does not stick either gotta back to enabled after turning the phone back on

Update Zip to enable DT2W on Huawei / Honor devices

If you are using a Huawei / Honor device without DT2W (double tap to wake), you can enable it using this zip file (apply from TWRP).
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377614-update-zip-to-enable-dt2w-on-huawei-honor-devices/

Have you tried it for the honor 8?

Dopamin12345678901 said:
Have you tried it for the honor 8?
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No, would love if someone with TWRP try it.
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Mostar088 said:
If you are using a Huawei / Honor device without DT2W (double tap to wake), you can enable it using this zip file (apply from TWRP).
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377614-update-zip-to-enable-dt2w-on-huawei-honor-devices/
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we need a kernel to support dt2w

I tried it, the option shows in settings but only DT2S works on lockscreen. When i try to DT2W nothing happens. Probably kernel related. I know that we have fingerprint for unlock...but could be nice to use this feature, after all almost every huawei device has it. We have to hope in a custom kernel...someday

I use the 'ALWAYS ON DISPLAY' app from the playstore, supports dt2w, a feature I've grown quite faint of since owning a LG before this phone... It's a way to get it back plus the always on display from the s7/s8
<<<Link to this App in the Play Store>>>
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Hi there,
How much does it shorten the battery life? Obviously the phone is not sleeping when this is on and unlike oled, the LCD requires backlight to be on to work.
Also can you choose another style? I'd like something more minimalistic if I were to use it.

I too would like to know how much battery resorses this app needs?
Please tell us more about your experiance with this app and dt2w

It does have several other modes, some of which are definitely more minimal...
As for battery life I can't really complain of a huge difference. Especially with root because this app works great in conjunction with Greenify, also helps to keep the brightness turned down low, and pocket mode enabled (turns screen off when proximity sensor is covered). All in all it does seem to very from day to day tho. Some days I can't even tell that it's affected my battery life whatsoever, and some days I can tell that it does somewhat. But never go the point that I reconsider it's worth. To me it's a no Brainer!

Thanks @BigBrad75
For your user experiance with this app and sharing it with us

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Thanks @BigBrad75
For your user experiance with this app and sharing it with us
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@brljak83 I hope u try/tried it, and definitely hope u enjoy it and get to benefit from it some... (I'm in no way affiliated with this app or the dev(s) just to clarify in case anybody got that impression...?)
But I did create a EMUI 5.0 theme that goes great with it...
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Ok, @BigBrad75 and I will try the theme
I love to change my icons, colors and other stuff..
So good you told us about th theme..
I always try them out before I say its good or not

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Ok, @BigBrad75 and I will try the theme
I love to change my icons, colors and other stuff..
So good you told us about th theme..
I always try them out before I say its good or not
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@brljak83 awesome! Here's the link to the OP (XDA) https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/themes/zombanddroidz-theme-skulls-green-purple-t3602257