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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
After updating to lollipop it seems that battery life is worse. This is a general thread to help in the optimization of battery life of our OPO. Will update often.
Reduce screen brightness: Brightness does not always have to be high all the time. Try to maintain visibility of screen. 15-20% should be okay. Try not to use auto-brightness as well.
Use App Ops: Disable Keep awake and Wake up for apps that drain a lot of your battery. One main app should be Google Play Services.
Disable Auto-Sync: This will help to reduce apps from syncing data often and reduce the battery drain.
Disable 'Ok Google' Everywhere: This drains a fair bit of battery as it keeps using your microphone.
Disable WiFi scanning always available: Might drain battery when screen is off
Download greenify @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en : This will help you to hibernate apps that keep waking up. Greenifying an app causes all the background functionality (service, periodic task, event receiver, alarm, widget update, push message) of this app will become out of service during the hibernation except when you are using this app. Not recommended to greenify Instant messaging apps, alarm clock apps. Recommended to purchase Pro to unlock more features such as greenifying system apps
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After updating to lollipop it seems that battery life is worse. This is a general thread to help in the optimization of battery life of our OPO. Will update often.
Reduce screen brightness: Brightness does not always have to be high all the time. Try to maintain visibility of screen. 15-20% should be okay. Try not to use auto-brightness as well.
Use App Ops: Disable Keep awake and Wake up for apps that drain a lot of your battery. One main app should be Google Play Services.
Disable Auto-Sync: This will help to reduce apps from syncing data often and reduce the battery drain.
Disable 'Ok Google' Everywhere: This drains a fair bit of battery as it keeps using your microphone.
Disable WiFi scanning always available: Might drain battery when screen is off
Download greenify @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en : This will help you to hibernate apps that keep waking up. Greenifying an app causes all the background functionality (service, periodic task, event receiver, alarm, widget update, push message) of this app will become out of service during the hibernation except when you are using this app. Not recommended to greenify Instant messaging apps, alarm clock apps. Recommended to purchase Pro to unlock more features such as greenifying system apps
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Due to the nature of the OPO I'd say the majority of people who come here already know these tips and have moved into the advanced areas of flashing/modding/custom kernels/roms etc. You could always check out the below thread for all guides and tips, or even share your own battery life experiences in the other thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/index-oneplus-one-resources-compilation-t2843675
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2753354
Not really, there are quite some newbies who do not know these tips. Maybe I should add more aggressive battery saving tips?
Please feel free to post in the existing threads. Making new threads only makes information harder to find, so I'm closing this thread. Thanks!
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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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.
manfred18 said:
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 :')
Little Snevil said:
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.
Little Snevil said:
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.
Greetings, I have tried a couple of apps to try to get emmersive/fullscreen mode with no root required on a Q6 (not much activity in the threads over there and the G6 is "similar"). One app is GMD Emmersive and the other is Emmersive Full-Screen (EFS). I have GMD on another phone (w Oreo 8.1) and it works with the apps that I really want it to work (Google/Chrome). However, GMD and EFS only partially work on the Q6, meaning they will work fully with some apps, but only partially with some, i.e., in Google/Chrome only the top will be emmersed, while the bottom will hide the soft key bar but it replaces it with a black bar, instead of "emmersing" that area as well.
So, is there an app that will also emmerse the bottom of Google/Chrome? If so what are you all using (again not rooting please).
Thanks
*Immersive"
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Greetings, I have tried a couple of apps to try to get emmersive/fullscreen mode with no root required on a Q6 (not much activity in the threads over there and the G6 is "similar"). One app is GMD Emmersive and the other is Emmersive Full-Screen (EFS). I have GMD on another phone (w Oreo 8.1) and it works with the apps that I really want it to work (Google/Chrome). However, GMD and EFS only partially work on the Q6, meaning they will work fully with some apps, but only partially with some, i.e., in Google/Chrome only the top will be emmersed, while the bottom will hide the soft key bar but it replaces it with a black bar, instead of "emmersing" that area as well.
So, is there an app that will also emmerse the bottom of Google/Chrome? If so what are you all using (again not rooting please).
Thanks
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I'm using System UI Tuner app to get Immersive Mode. Working flawlessly so far on my G6. The Chrome full screen issue can be solved by Installing Chrome Beta and disable Chrome to avoid confusion.
what about battery drain? Do you exclude apps that can't do 18:9? I've heard that using immersive causes massive battery drain with the G6. Especially when you use it in combination with apps that can't do full screen? But I don't fully understand the issue yet (only got the phone a month ago).
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what about battery drain? Do you exclude apps that can't do 18:9? I've heard that using immersive causes massive battery drain with the G6. Especially when you use it in combination with apps that can't do full screen? But I don't fully understand the issue yet (only got the phone a month ago).
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I did a lot of research about that, I found this and I can confirm that really works:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgg6/comments/72u9be/rootless_nonbatterydraining_immersive_mode_via/
Using tasker, you can set when the immersive mode works if the screen is on/off (screen off avoid the battery drain), so simple haha.
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what about battery drain? Do you exclude apps that can't do 18:9? I've heard that using immersive causes massive battery drain with the G6. Especially when you use it in combination with apps that can't do full screen? But I don't fully understand the issue yet (only got the phone a month ago).
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Using Tasker and all is cumbersome process. The app mentioned in my previous post didn't cause any battery drain for me. The app just works smoothly because it enables the options which are supposed to be provided thru System UI Tuner
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Using Tasker and all is cumbersome process. The app mentioned in my previous post didn't cause any battery drain for me. The app just works smoothly because it enables the options which are supposed to be provided thru System UI Tuner
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So what you're saying is it doesn't matter which apps are using immersive when you enable it through System UI Tuner?
On my last phone (Huawei P9) I used an app called "TileRoot" to enable immersive mode (gives you a notification quick settings toggle). I started out on the G6 using the same app, which is not app-selective. It just enables it for every app systemwide.
And my battery life was very bad, not even getting through a day. I then learned about the issues with immersive and uninstalled TileRoot, just using regular Navbar at the moment and my battery life almost doubled. I go to sleep with over 50% now... Maybe I'll give system UI tuner a chance. Or I just wait for Oreo which has a built in option right?
My battery life is so good right now I kinda don't wanna change anything
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So what you're saying is it doesn't matter which apps are using immersive when you enable it through System UI Tuner?
On my last phone (Huawei P9) I used an app called "TileRoot" to enable immersive mode (gives you a notification quick settings toggle). I started out on the G6 using the same app, which is not app-selective. It just enables it for every app systemwide.
And my battery life was very bad, not even getting through a day. I then learned about the issues with immersive and uninstalled TileRoot, just using regular Navbar at the moment and my battery life almost doubled. I go to sleep with over 50% now... Maybe I'll give system UI tuner a chance. Or I just wait for Oreo which has a built in option right?
My battery life is so good right now I kinda don't wanna change anything
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I couldn't get System UI Tuner installed. I hooked up my phone to the computer (my phone was already in developer mode "7 clicks to Kernel"), installed ADB pack and opened a command window from the ADB directory (Windows), typed "adb devices" then nothing, it just went back to the ADB directory in the command window.
You need drivers
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The app mentioned in my previous post didn't cause any battery drain for me. it enables the options which are supposed to be provided thru System UI Tuner
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Could you maybe write how you set up the App? Did you blacklist/whitelist anything? Full immersive or just navbar? Things like that...
thx! (Installation is not an issue, I have root anyway)
siggey said:
You need drivers
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Windows initially installed some drivers when I hooked up the phone by USB. I also installed all LG drivers from the website, the "LG Universal Mobile Drivers" and the "LG Bridge for Windows".
Tried yesterday on a clean windows installation.
Install lg universal drivers
Plug in the phone (quality cable on a mb usb)
Install minimal adb
Adb devices
Autorize adb on phone screen
Adb devices
And it works.
If you still have problem try to uninstall everything phone related from pc restart and retry.
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Could you maybe write how you set up the App? Did you blacklist/whitelist anything? Full immersive or just navbar? Things like that...
thx! (Installation is not an issue, I have root anyway)
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I enabled full immersive throughout. Only app which i blacklisted is Whatsapp as the emoji option remain blank when Whatsapp is in full immersive. Otherthan this i increase the number of SmallQuickTiles from 5 to 11.
Hi everyone, I really hope that some of you know how to give me some info about it. I am currently using the Lineageos Pie ROM, with Magisk attached, and all without any particular problems and using both Naptime and Servicely for the Doze service. The only problem I have is with Whatsapp notifications. I don't care about the others. ROM is obviously perfectly optimized, so the app is also optimized in the "optimization" section. So I removed the flag up and left the app without optimization, because of this app I want notifications to arrive.
I removed the battery limitations, so the app can act in the background too. On Servicely is obviously the only social app to have permissions from awakening, and despite everything, the Doze affects all the apps without distinction, including Whatsapp. Now, you know, is there any .prop string, or can you give me some suggestions? I really kindly ask you for a hand. Thanks for reading.
You can tune / turn off any battery saving level for every app.
1) Just open the app,
2) after that open app drawer (app switcher)
3) hold your finger on Whatsapp application in. Then click on settings (third icon i think)
4) click battery saver / miui optimalizations
5) select None / turn off battery saver
matrixhaj said:
You can tune / turn off any battery saving level for every app.
1) Just open the app,
2) after that open app drawer (app switcher)
3) hold your finger on Whatsapp application in. Then click on settings (third icon i think)
4) click battery saver / miui optimalizations
5) select None / turn off battery saver
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thanks for the matrix answer, as I wrote I am already using a custom ROM and no longer MIUI; anyway I had already removed battery saver, but despite this, Whatsapp continues to be afflicted by Doze. I can not understand.
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I can not understand.
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Not only you... Whatsapp Battery Drain/Consumption since the last few updates is just "yack"...
Sending the App into the Background limits notifications in a random manner etc...
LionHeart90 said:
thanks for the matrix answer, as I wrote I am already using a custom ROM and no longer MIUI; anyway I had already removed battery saver, but despite this, Whatsapp continues to be afflicted by Doze. I can not understand.
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did you restore WhatsApp from a backup (Titanium Backup)? if so, uninstall and reinstall from playstore, it happened to me that I did that and MIUI keeps closing it, till I reinstalled from Playstore and now it stay active