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My battery life is amazing, here's how

I disabled all of the bloatware that came with the phone and also Facebook cause it was causing a ridiculous amount of wakelocks.
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How Did you disable them?
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JuicyBrah said:
I disabled all of the bloatware that came with the phone and also Facebook cause it was causing a ridiculous amount of wakelocks.
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yes, disabling all things that make the phone a smart phone will extend the battery life...but then you may as well have a nokia 7730 (Battery life was a week)

gregbradley said:
yes, disabling all things that make the phone a smart phone will extend the battery life...but then you may as well have a nokia 7730 (Battery life was a week)
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Facebook was the only thing I disabled because of wakelocks, I disabled the others cause I don't use them.

Apologies, I was being mischievous, but it is more than obvious that if you disable all the interactive services you will make the battery live longer, so I don't see the need for a thread giving this as advice..

Normal use (using browser a lot, playing music, Facebook, 4G on) I get 5h+ screen on. This phone is a beast battery department.
My S4 had troubles topping 4h screen on (pacman rom though) don't remember stock roms, but still couldn' possibly beat this.

JuicyBrah said:
Facebook was the only thing I disabled because of wakelocks, I disabled the others cause I don't use them.
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Why not just use stamina mode?
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chubby65 said:
Why not just use stamina mode?
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Because I get a lot of emails I'm expected to respond to during the day and I can tolerate using Facebook in browser since it's basically the same as the app.

JuicyBrah said:
I disabled all of the bloatware that came with the phone and also Facebook cause it was causing a ridiculous amount of wakelocks.
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ok, so where are your screen on time grabs then ?

One Twelve said:
ok, so where are your screen on time grabs then ?
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Not particularly impressive but it's been on max brightness, lte and 12hr since the last charge.

JuicyBrah said:
I disabled all of the bloatware that came with the phone and also Facebook cause it was causing a ridiculous amount of wakelocks.
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Seriously, how did you disable them? I can't find such option on my Apps section in Settings.

acidrums4 said:
Seriously, how did you disable them? I can't find such option on my Apps section in Settings.
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Settings -> Apps -> Slide to the right, press on an app and select disable
By settings I mean the general phone settings.

JuicyBrah said:
Not particularly impressive but it's been on max brightness, lte and 12hr since the last charge.
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Not impressive at all mate
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I don't know what you people are doing, but my Z1 can handle easily 5h screen on and still have 20% or more battery left.
I'm not playing games though... but with phone calls, hangouts, gmail, drive excel editing, Sketch drawings, some google+ and facebook, twitter, pocket, etc plus web browsing with WiFi on I have to really push it so it doesn't last whole day. with normal use it's usually around 2 days untli I have to charge it.
Stamina activates on my phone at 85% battery level, low power mode kicks in at 15%.

Greenify!! The one stop solution for wakelocks that cause battery drain!! You have to be rooted though.
Cheers!!
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5-6 hours SOT with Wifi is doable but 5-6 hours SOT with only mobile data is imposibble. I get about 4 hours SOT that's all.
My friend LG G2 can survive 6 hours SOT with mobile data.
Something is wrong here

JuicyBrah said:
Because I get a lot of emails I'm expected to respond to during the day and I can tolerate using Facebook in browser since it's basically the same as the app.
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Just add the stuff you want to keep alive in the white list in stamina mode mate like your email app and it does improve battery life
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JuicyBrah said:
Because I get a lot of emails I'm expected to respond to during the day and I can tolerate using Facebook in browser since it's basically the same as the app.
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So why did you not just uninstall Facebook, and remove it from the synced apps list?

danw_oz said:
So why did you not just uninstall Facebook, and remove it from the synced apps list?
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Because Facebook is a default app and you can't uninstall it.

JuicyBrah said:
Not particularly impressive but it's been on max brightness, lte and 12hr since the last charge.
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So when will we get to see how amazing your battery life is ?
Your on screen times have to rival the best ones in the screen on time thread.

© «Get best battery life & screen touch fix - EUROPEAN 815 only»

For information...
I installed the latest c firmware (d in build prop) with LG flash tool (NOT UPGRADE), a CLEAN install.
wiped(factory reset) before flashing, then in flash tool cleared and made a CLEAN install and factory reset after to be safe (3 resets) .
Now I get very few screen misses, and screen on time 4.5 hours.
Before this I got screen on time maximum 2,5 hours.
Just wanted to let you guys/Girls in on this as it worked perfect for me and my wife.

Thanks for the placebo
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Think I've been around enough to make an accurate judgement, add I'm an recognised developer, I made a hell of a lot of mods and ROM's all developed for two things only battery life with good speed.
You don't have to believe me, what matters is for me, add I got a much better phone.

Hi smaberg,
I was wondering if you are on the Euro 815 version of the G4? Based on your post I'm guessing you are? As a guy who knows what he/she is doing, I was wondering if you could make a flashable zip of the version d firmware? I have a mac and my understanding is you need a pc for the LG flash tool?
Figured I would ask and would greatly appreciate if you could help!!

Do you have the same set of apps installed as you did before the firmware and resets?
I saw better battery results on my second G4 vs my first, some of which I assume was because I installed a lot less apps on the second unit. Which seems reasonable to me.

What device is the OP using?
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I'm on international 815 (Euro).
Still using the exact same apps(didn't use LG backup Restore as it brings back the old draining Barry problem from my old backup).
And NO I can't make an zip, as it would skip some important steps. I mean I can make it, NO problem, but then you will end up with the exact same problem add the old.

hey Smaberg, can you outline the step to flash the new version? I'm using 815, but since i'm residing in Asia, my phone is not seeing any upgrades.

Yeah i also like to get exact steps you made to flash
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lol at 3 factory resets..just makes me want to skip the whole ordeal
it's 2015 and google (+manufacturers) still can't get their **** together even when using the most powerful hardware available
android 5.x has been utter failure imo.

@smaberg, 4.5 hrs screenon is nothing to be specially proud on, yesterday i had 6hrs with 12.5hrs on battery. Device is H815 and firmware is v10c howecer, i got my device on saturday and did just root it this night... we will see how it behaves now.
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Furma said:
lol at 3 factory resets..just makes me want to skip the whole ordeal
it's 2015 and google (+manufacturers) still can't get their **** together even when using the most powerful hardware available
android 5.x has been utter failure imo.
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Me too, but I did one before flash, one with the flash tool as I chose to make a CLEAN install, and the last mostly to be sure.

FadeFx said:
@smaberg, 4.5 hrs screenon is nothing to be specially proud on, yesterday i had 6hrs with 12.5hrs on battery. Device is H815 and firmware is v10c howecer, i got my device on saturday and did just root it this night... we will see how it behaves now.
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I know, but compared to before, with only 2 hours, sometimes even less worth stock a and b I'm pretty ☺ happy, now I'm going to deactivate some junk and see the results, and when I'm done I'll share it.
I'm trying to get the best battery without root, then with root and some of mine scripts and files mod. And we'll see where we stand. In the end maybe an ROM pure made for battery as in the old days. If some still want this? I thought/think people mostly want bling bling and speed...

smaberg said:
I know, but compared to before, with only 2 hours, sometimes even less worth stock a and b I'm pretty ☺ happy, now I'm going to deactivate some junk and see the results, and when I'm done I'll share it.
I'm trying to get the best battery without root, then with root and some of mine scripts and files mod. And we'll see where we stand. In the end maybe an ROM pure made for battery as in the old days. If some still want this? I thought/think people mostly want bling bling and speed...
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Hi,
I would definitely be interested in a battery life based ROM. I find that premium phones have more than enough power you need (if youre not a gamer) so as long as the UI is smooth battery life is more important to me.
Regards,
Ravi

Only used 4% battery and got this screen on time. With everything on.
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Here's mine
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drivel2787 said:
Here's mine
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That's weird, you have the economy saver logo activated but still have 62% of battery life...

DoKaTSuYa said:
That's weird, you have the economy saver logo activated but still have 62% of battery life...
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You can turn it on manually which some people do to prolong battery life rather than just when on low battery.

rav101 said:
You can turn it on manually which some people do to prolong battery life rather than just when on low battery.
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Correct I have it on pretty much all the time. It doesn't effect anything I do on the phone and I get a lot better battery life as you can see combined with the use of App Ops, DisableService, and greenify

drivel2787 said:
Correct I have it on pretty much all the time. It doesn't effect anything I do on the phone and I get a lot better battery life as you can see combined with the use of App Ops, DisableService, and greenify
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I don't use it because of the annoying orange colour change... How did you get rid of that??

Official OTA update received for the International European version: NXT-L29C432B170

This evening my Mate 8 3/32 NXT-L29 International European version (Italian unbranded, unrooted) received an OTA update of about 288 MB.
Previous ROM version was NXT-L29C432B152
New ROM version is NXT-L29C432B170
No particular changelog except for the resolution of Gmail email notification problem when in standby, some Huawei Watch notification problems and latest Google patches.
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Good. Notifications issue fixed - cool news
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After this update my Mate drained much much faster than before! Even in Power Safe mode it loses a lot....

MWD1984 said:
After this update my Mate drained much much faster than before! Even in Power Safe mode it loses a lot....
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Wipe data for Google Keyboard, you can disable it too.

MWD1984 said:
After this update my Mate drained much much faster than before! Even in Power Safe mode it loses a lot....
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I'm still testing, but the possible observed bigger battery drain could be due to a new doze management that doesn't allow the processor to reach a deep power saving condition as before so to solve the notification problem when the phone is in standby.

themissionimpossible said:
I'm still testing, but the possible observed bigger battery drain could be due to a new doze management that doesn't allow the processor to reach a deep power saving condition as before so to solve the notification problem when the phone is in standby.
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Well I hope a fix is coming soon. Not rooting the phone so I'm stuck with this one unfortunately.
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ufoman said:
Wipe data for Google Keyboard, you can disable it too.
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What does this? Could this be a fix for battery drain?

MWD1984 said:
What does this? Could this be a fix for battery drain?
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On one Polish Android forum, a few users had battery drain and high mobile data usage with it. It might be responsible. I have it disabled and battery drain is lowered for me from B152.
Also, remember that if a newly installed app is added automatically to the protected app list in the battery manager, it is also added to the Doze exemption list (or rather I think it works that way).
Make sure you go to Settings->Applications->Advanced->Ignore optimizations and exclude the apps you want to be stopped by Doze.

guys, one more time: what kind of screen on times are you getting with this firmware? would appreciate any input!
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After almost a couple of days I haven't noticed any significant increase in the battery drain.
Furthermore, the notification problem I had with K9-mail under wifi connection is apparently gone.

jbmc83 said:
guys, one more time: what kind of screen on times are you getting with this firmware? would appreciate any input!
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With C432B170 I get only 7-8h SOT with 48h battery runtime. Listen to music for only round about 3h over Bluetooth and 85% of the time using lte. Now I'm testing the C10B172 and here it's the same battery life. On C432B152 with B162 Kernel I had 8-9h SOT with the same lte usage but with 8-10h listen to music.
Huawei Mate 8 L29 - Rom C432B152 - Boot C432B170 using Tapatalk

Hi all, I have a problem with my mate8 ... after I installed TWRP next rom (NXT-L29C432B170) can not just write anything in fastboot. I fastboot unlocked but not take any order. I can not do root. I can not do flash custom recovery. I can not flash another rom. I can not change themes. Help me please.

Flash stock file via dload method or via HiSuite

Is there an improvement for camera with that new version ?

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I have a problem with my mate8 ... after I installed TWRP next rom (NXT-L29C432B170) can not just write anything in fastboot.
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Sorry for your problems, but please note that you are posting in the wrong thread: this one is only for who received the NXT-L29C432B170 through OTA, nothing to do about fastboot, TWRP, etc....
You should ask here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3246386

Sorry!!!
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Is the notifications problem fixed?

Blueheart said:
Is the notifications problem fixed?
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At least my problems with K9-mail notification under wifi in standby condition are now gone.

Good lock battery drain

Has anyone noticed increased battery drain since activatinh good lock? Ive been using it today and it seems like my battery is draining faster. Thanks

No.
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Yes.. a bit battery drainer and makes my device a bit warmer mostbof the time
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There is slight drain, but it's nothing really noticeable.. at least not on the latest version of good lock. I had about 2hr 35min SoT at 54% today with good lock running the entire time.. To put it into perspective, I had about 3 hours of SoT with the normal system UI with 49% left.
Either way, the battery trade off is well worth having a vanilla android UI but with all of Samsung's lovely customisations.
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To be honest, I have not noticed a battery drain at all.
Even if there is, it should be very minuscule that you would hardly notice

Yes, due to always request location on each wake...

yea its a bit of a drain....i mean..i like it so much it doesn't bother me lol as much as if it was just a ****ty touchwiz alternative lol.... but maybe as it progresses it will get better on battery...the last update from the 5th shows some improvement ...so over time we should it better with more stabiltiy.

Code124Y said:
Yes, due to always request location on each wake...
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The latest version doesn't require location, according to Samsung.

meyerweb said:
The latest version doesn't require location, according to Samsung.
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u mean xx.0.6?

Yes. I can't find it now but somewhere Samsung wrote that they fixed the location requirement. I haven't verified that, however. I had another issue that forced me to uninstall it.

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Yes. I can't find it now but somewhere Samsung wrote that they fixed the location requirement. I haven't verified that, however. I had another issue that forced me to uninstall it.
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The latest version of Good Lock does not constantly prompt location, which is why I installed it and ran it for a bit. The first version did, and that's why I uninstalled it. But since I've decided to root and use Xposed modules, I'm back at the normal system UI.
What issue caused you to uninstall it? I'm rather curious.

any possible way to show icon labels for wifi bluetooth,location ect... in the pull down menue

Seems to consistently take about 4% off my battery. Haven't decided if that's enough to really care. Really like the lock screen.

It took over 15% of my battery (no location enabled, just "everywhere"). It was next under the screen in battery stats. Needless to say I uninstalled it because of that only. Otherwise I kind of liked it except for the multitasking.

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It took over 15% of my battery (no location enabled, just "everywhere"). It was next under the screen in battery stats. Needless to say I uninstalled it because of that only. Otherwise I kind of liked it except for the multitasking.
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I've seen a little bit of battery drain but I get an entire day out of my phone so I'm not worried about it. Never as much as you say though. Maybe uninstall and reinstall it. I love the new UI. Also HUGE update came out today

I think that the battery usage is dependent on the number of routines that you run. I personally just set up the default routine to my liking and don't have any others set up and Goodlock typically stays under 5% usage.

My wifi keeps switching off
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Newest version does not give me any drain at all. Now it's also optional to have the new multitasking or not.
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dannejanne said:
Newest version does not give me any drain at all. Now it's also optional to have the new multitasking or not.
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I don't see the Google search bar in recents and I have the latest version installed with the new recents UI turned off.
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Newest version does not give me any drain at all. Now it's also optional to have the new multitasking or not.
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The only thing I don't like turning off new recent apps screen it that it takes away the "close all" button but nevertheless shows Samsung is working in it and giving us options based on feedback
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Are there any reasons to hold off on taking the latest update?

Just in terms of eventual root, or something. It's not going to make much of a difference, or anything?
I'm on 6.O.1 - G930PVPU1APB5
Update G930PVPU2APD3
Its just that I notice it includes "security improvements," and that after updating, "returning to the previous version will be impossible. "

If your battery life is good right now, I wouldn't take the update. Sprint ****ed up the battery life on the GS7E with the pd3 update. I wish I had never updated my phone. I went from 7 to 8 hrs SOT down to 4 to 5 hrs after the update. It is caused by a GPS bug.
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If your battery life is good right now, I wouldn't take the update. Sprint ****ed up the battery life on the GS7E with the pd3 update. I wish I had never updated my phone. I went from 7 to 8 hrs SOT down to 4 to 5 hrs after the update. It is caused by a GPS bug.
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Where did you hear about the GPS bug? My battery life got horrible as well and seems to be better with location services off but not as good as when the phone was new
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hads said:
Where did you hear about the GPS bug? My battery life got horrible as well and seems to be better with location services off but not as good as when the phone was new
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My own research. Used GSam monitor & wakelock detector to track down the culprit service.
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If you use hotspot then don't take the new update!

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If you use hotspot then don't take the new update!
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new update fix the hotspot issue?

It breaks the apn hotspot trick

I have my apn modified and the update did not break it. I meant the 'restart' method
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The wifi calling does work better which was one fix on the update
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Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.

kreizyidiot said:
Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.
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I did with this. No root required
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And disable these

I noticed with the newest update notification tones are significantly louder while using headphones and are unaffected by the sound level settings.
Edit: Also, notifications on lock screen auto-clearing upon turning phone screen on.
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kreizyidiot said:
Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.
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I wish. I accidentally took mine a few days ago. Was walking through LA at night, pulled my phone out to check directions, and it was 10% deep into it. I was so pissed, and it was like an hour before I could use my phone again.

Thanks. This works, well worth the buck.
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I did with this. No root required
And disable these
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Edit: Also, notifications on lock screen auto-clearing upon turning phone screen on.
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Can this be a bad thing? What if you turn the screen on to check time or something, and then the notifications disappears without you even glancing at it?

kreizyidiot said:
Is there a way to disable the software update? It keeps popping up on my notification bar.
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Block Google Play services notifications.