Hello,
Please help , I 'm new in this forum .
My English is not good and therefore it is for me very laboriously to search the points all the posts .
I bought a new Yotaphone . 2
It is installed following firmware: the build number is : KTU84L.4.4.3 - S01-003 - VIT.0.3.50a
There is no automatic firmware update .
Yotaphone informed me that this is a Vodafone firmware and therefore there is no update .
I want to use the Yotaphone to 90 % of GPS navigation with the E - Ink display on my mountain bike .
Therefore is important for me, that is the ROM stable and has little battery drain .
What Firmware version can you recommend me .
I live in Germany and the menu language should be in German .
I have read that is to be flashing with the tool YotaPhoneFlasher .
Where there is a detailed guide , so that nothing 's wrong when flashing and the unit is then scrap .
(wrote with Google Translate)
Thanks
Dieter
There is no one to help me?
Can you go into settings then tap about phone and tell me what android version you are running? Are you running android 4.4.3?
A lot of people have said that KitKat (android version 4.4.3) is better then other firmwares for battery life. So if your running 4.4.3 then stay there for now.
I haven't used KitKat on yotaphone (android version 4.4.3) but I can tell you don't update to lollipop (android version 5.0) if you need good battery life.
Use RU ROM they are updating very frequently.
Battery life on Marshmallow Beta seems quite good to me, so that's something to try
evilracer123 said:
Battery life on Marshmallow Beta seems quite good to me, so that's something to try
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I just upgraded to RU 1.31. How much SOT do you get? And, whats the idle drain per hour I can expect?
Is it better or worser than 4.4.3?
prasathvishnu said:
I just upgraded to RU 1.31. How much SOT do you get? And, whats the idle drain per hour I can expect?
Is it better or worser than 4.4.3?
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Currently battery is at 60% and sot is at 2h30min, which is more than enough for me. Idle drain I don't know about.
evilracer123 said:
Currently battery is at 60% and sot is at 2h30min, which is more than enough for me. Idle drain I don't know about.
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2.5 hours with 60% Battery Left - That is very good.
I upgraded only today early morning with literally no extra applications installed except WhatsApp. In fact, with Titanium Backup, I uninstalled few Google and Yota Apps which I never use. Waiting to evaluate the battery life in few days.
Hi there,
EPD + GPS for sunlight-navigation sounds like a good idea with the yotaphone 2. Especially in direct sunlight.
I had great experiences with that phone regarding battery life using EPD only.
BUT you should keep in mind that yotaphone has a rather small battery (2500mAh) compared to similar phones on the market at the moment.
GPS navigation uses alot of power for GPS itself and CPU power for navigation. So a normal screen would only cause 30-40% on normal displays with full brightness in summary.
If you compare pure battery power with other cheap phones like xiaomi redmi 4 pro/prime (4200mAh) and a decent LCD IPS this could also work out for you + better bad light/night time usability.
€dit: would still go with the yotaphone since it has a galaxy S5 grade AMOLED display
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Recently bought this S4,model I9515,brand new and sim free.When I first turned it on it was on 4.4.2 official kitkat which is also the latest.I’ve rooted it and deleted a lot of samsung crap.Been using it for a few days now,and I noticed that the battery is draining to fast.I attached some pictures so that anybody can tell me if this battery life is ok and Im just being wrong or not.
running up to fast or ?
well with 4 h in screen this seems pretty normal. i get a maximum of 3...
so since i updated my galaxy to to polnish version of 5.0.1 i feel like something is drinking up my battery, i dont have an enormous amount of applications. to describe how tragic is the situation is like if i touch it for some minutes writing some text in facebook mesenger i get a loss of 10% in 20 minutes, even if i dont touch at all my device after 8 hours for example it comes with a loss of 25% in battery. could it be a problem that i charge the phone with an 1000mah charger the problem (i dont have the original cable and charger)? i have already tried to reflash the rom with cleaning everything. i will try to post some real data screenshots from the battery app next days here...
spidr said:
well with 4 h in screen this seems pretty normal. i get a maximum of 3...
so since i updated my galaxy to to polnish version of 5.0.1 i feel like something is drinking up my battery, i dont have an enormous amount of applications. to describe how tragic is the situation is like if i touch it for some minutes writing some text in facebook mesenger i get a loss of 10% in 20 minutes, even if i dont touch at all my device after 8 hours for example it comes with a loss of 25% in battery. could it be a problem that i charge the phone with an 1000mah charger the problem (i dont have the original cable and charger)? i have already tried to reflash the rom with cleaning everything. i will try to post some real data screenshots from the battery app next days here...
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Try to stop everything that is using excenge, like account e-mail from microsoft
hope it can help
ok this was a correct guess, i guess i will turn off my microsoft email account and see how its going. thanx in advance
Hello .. after i instal an official lollipop using odin i notice that my battery mah drop from oroginal 2600mah to 2100mah i using many programs like aida64 and battery monitor widget and every program told me my battery is only 2100mah and i think the mah is reading from android kernel , i downgrade the phone back to kitkat 4.4.2 and the battery mah reading was correct and back again to 2600 so i think it was a mistake during the install of lollipop so i download the newer firmware available -I9515XXU1BOE3- and upgrade my firmware again but the problem come back again with wrong battery reading only 2100mah, i try to wipe the battery state and make calibration but nothing solved i downgrade the phone and upgrade it again and the problem appear every time ... could any one please help me how to solve this problem ... thanks in advance
i dont have an enormous amount of applications.
hunter777 said:
Hello .. after i instal an official lollipop using odin i notice that my battery mah drop from oroginal 2600mah to 2100mah i using many programs like aida64 and battery monitor widget and every program told me my battery is only 2100mah and i think the mah is reading from android kernel , i downgrade the phone back to kitkat 4.4.2 and the battery mah reading was correct and back again to 2600 so i think it was a mistake during the install of lollipop so i download the newer firmware available -I9515XXU1BOE3- and upgrade my firmware again but the problem come back again with wrong battery reading only 2100mah, i try to wipe the battery state and make calibration but nothing solved i downgrade the phone and upgrade it again and the problem appear every time ... could any one please help me how to solve this problem ... thanks in advance
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Just don't care about how many mah the apps will tell you, the battery is charging anyway. I have a 3100 battery and battery monitor widget tell me 2100, but the phone stays longer than the 2600 battery, so I think that the battery is charging copletelly not only 2100 as the app tells me. Anyway you can change it in the setting of the widget if you want to.
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after doing a clean install of the original lollipop rom i m getting back a lot of power. almost 5h on screen usage. Though i almost installed nothing on the handy and i disabled the most of the preinstalled applications. I m really discouraged about this, as it means that the problem is the android system itself... when i compare it with my company handy (iphone 5c) with the same applications and usage its like the half standby and 5c is far away from a up todate iphone ...
I hope we will get 5.1 as in a comparison on my nexus 7 from 5.0.1 to 5.1 it was like the double standby in hours.
I am having a problem battery
My brother, my s4, the battery is discharging very fast ,screen time is 3h , tell me a rom, the battery runs out slowly
can be any existing rom the world just want the battery to last
example
>reduce processor speed
>reduce screen quality
I use cyanogemod 13, with little battery life
This thread is for discussing how to the battery life, ram management and other improvements for android 6.0 Marshmallow are
ps: sorry for my bad englisch
God I hope they did some ram improvements in 6.0, it's just atrocious how bad it is for a flagship phone.
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This thread is for discussing how to the battery life, ram management and other improvements for android 6.0 Marshmallow are
ps: sorry for my bad englisch
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The fingerprint scanner is faster on android 6.0 but i am still waiting for a good costum rom based on marshmallow
Ram management fixed?
Using Aterminator_1.6.Dev rom for my G920F Samsung s6. (android 6.0.1) Its so fast..flawless speed changing apps. Root and everything..only thing is that the battery drain quiet fast while using the phone..
chrisss5000 said:
Using Aterminator_1.6.Dev rom for my G920F Samsung s6. (android 6.0.1) Its so fast..flawless speed changing apps. Root and everything..only thing is that the battery drain quiet fast while using the phone..
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i am still waiting for a good costum rom with better battery life . The full version of android 6.0 is rumourd to be released it April or March
its better now but we still have to wait for the final version to find out
I understand! The aTerminator rom is pretty stable tho..cant wait for stable release! :victory:
The thing with me is, that phone is faaaast, very fast, but battery drains no matter I use it or nor. I did manage to use over 4 and a half hours of SOT, which is extraordinary, considering the fact, that I barely managed 3 and half on 5.1.1. I am using Masik Marshmallow 1.1
3hr sot for me
around 2.5 Hours screen on time for me
Always 5h sot for me... on Lollipop.
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Always 5h sot for me... on Lollipop.
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If you use the doze feature can you tell me how effective it is
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If you use the doze feature can you tell me how effective it is
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I can't because I don't have MM.
My battery life is quite good..
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My battery life is quite good..
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Wuuuauu
Mm .settings please
And what about RAM? On Lollipop is terrible, starting from the fact it kills your music app if you turn the screen off and wifi is off as well.
Also interested to know if MM fixes the ram issues found on the S6.
lost overnight only one percent in the standby
Android 6.1 beta
Just wanted to open a thread to see if anyone has optimized the fast drain of the battery with the 1.60 EU rom.
As for me I disabled G now and fixed as seen in other threads wifi on 2.4 ghz and limited connection to 3G (no LTE cause I do not need so big speed in downloading apps when I do not have wifi).
What I noticed is that with kitkat 4.4.3 the ink display was showing 4 days left , while after the update it shows 1 day and an half more or less.
It could be due to some apps I installed. Checked the percentage of use of each app and didn't notice anything strange.
As far as I understood the 1.99 RU rom has battery improvements, but I do not want to flash the phone cause it is always a risk(and I do not want to lose my warranty being the phone brand new).
Any hints on how to improve battery life?
BTW: today my yota apps have received updates through the playstore, so good! Hope to see a 1.99 EU or something similar too soon.
Cheers
Thanks for sharing. I too hope there will be update for EU version, I have never flashed a phone or rooted it.. except for flashing a Nokia 10 years ago that was easy.
I do have issue with erratic battery life on YP - sometimes is shows 5 days on Ink screen with YotaEnergy, sometimes even with YotaEnergy on it would drain in 16-20 hours, phone is hot like an iron. When I run CClearner or Battery Doctor to close apps, it cools down and things go good again for a while till I use the phone again. I checked there are no battery draining apps running, except I noticed Yota Apps Laucher consuming up to 14% battery at any point of time even with YotaEnergy on. I don't even have the Application tile enabled on the Ink display.
So is 1.60 ROM the last version for EU? It looks like I have no choice but go with the RU version if I want to get updates.
Anybody? Me too wondering what is experience from 1.99 regarding battery life...
Do you see any improvements over 1.60?
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I checked.
According to forum here the battery life is mixed bag.
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=550302&st=8200
seems the battery performs better and there should be other improvements. Anyway if you have EU rom, rumors are that an OTA is going to be released soon , so I would suggest to wait for that
Hi all
I noticed that the battery runs out quickly.
It holds only 12 hours in normal use.
While I was at 48 hours with my Huawei mate 8
Is there a solution to this problem?
I have attached the phone version if it can help.
Wait bro, your firmware version is outdated, latest Lollipop firmware is 2.20.40.184, but yours is still running 2.20.40.90, update your firmware first then compare your battery stats from your previous firmware version.
How long is your SoT(Screen on Time)? Well, on a daily usage my Zenfone 2 lasts for up to 6hrs SoT(with wifi browsing, some gaming, 2g/3g texting including standby for almost 12hrs as well) so i think your experiencing average for this kind of handset.
Also note that you've posted on a wrong section, this thread should be posted on the "Q&A, Help, Troubleshooting section".
This phone generally has **** battery life for majority of people, there are every few people who see any decent battery life (like above). There are no solutions for good battery life for this phone.
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Wait bro, your firmware version is outdated, latest Lollipop firmware is 2.20.40.184, but yours is still running 2.20.40.90, update your firmware first then compare your battery stats from your previous firmware version.
How long is your SoT(Screen on Time)? Well, on a daily usage my Zenfone 2 lasts for up to 6hrs SoT(with wifi browsing, some gaming, 2g/3g texting including standby for almost 12hrs as well) so i think your experiencing average for this kind of handset.
Also note that you've posted on a wrong section, this thread should be posted on the "Q&A, Help, Troubleshooting section".
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Thank you for this response
I upgraded to 2.20.40.184 and my battery is draining as fast as before
You know I loved this phone but if they could make better battery life it gonna be superb
arkamaxxx said:
Thank you for this response
I upgraded to 2.20.40.184 and my battery is draining as fast as before
You know I loved this phone but if they could make better battery life it gonna be superb
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Load up 6.0.1 beta or waiting for the official one.
You might also want to check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/best-sot-screen-time-asus-zenfone-2-t3193608
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Load up 6.0.1 beta or waiting for the official one.
You might also want to check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/best-sot-screen-time-asus-zenfone-2-t3193608
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I wouldn't recommend somebody (even less a new XDA user) to flash a beta firmware. Only the user itself should decide if he /she really wants to try beta software.
Sent from my Sony E6553 using XDA Labs
arkamaxxx said:
Hi all
I noticed that the battery runs out quickly.
It holds only 12 hours in normal use.
While I was at 48 hours with my Huawei mate 8
Is there a solution to this problem?
I have attached the phone version if it can help.
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Comparing this phone's battery to a Huawei battery is like comparing a Prius to a Tesla. I can go 3 days on my Huawei Ascend Mate 2 but it's a 4000mAh battery and a Snapdragon chip compared to a 3000mAh battery and an Intel chip. The ZF2 battery will never get better unfortunately
I was getting some serious battery drainage on stock rom - I upgraded to the CM13 ROM with Android 6.0.1 - Set it on Root and installed Greenify + Xposed Framework - Smart Booster - Battery Doctor - Configured them all and keep my brightness on low when in doors and automatic when outside. My battery seems to be holding much better now. I haven't used that Stock rom Beta release of 6.0.1 yet so I'm not sure if that'll help. Good luck!
P.S - I only installed the mini version of GApps.
arkamaxxx said:
Thank you for this response
I upgraded to 2.20.40.184 and my battery is draining as fast as before
You know I loved this phone but if they could make better battery life it gonna be superb
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Check for the running apps and disable those that are not of use to you.. There are apps that run in the background, just run those that you think you will be using always.
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Check for the running apps and disable those that are not of use to you.. There are apps that run in the background, just run those that you think you will be using always.
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Disable touch gestures, the ones that let's you double tap to wake it up, I disabled mine and during the night, with wifi on, it only used 1% battery.
Also, disabling LED notifications would help.
To replace the double tap to lock screen I use Greenify's widget, need to find a way to let me wake it up by volume buttons too.
Any other battery saving tips would be great.
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Disable touch gestures, the ones that let's you double tap to wake it up, I disabled mine and during the night, with wifi on, it only used 1% battery.
Also, disabling LED notifications would help.
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You mean 1% for the whole night? That's great!
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You mean 1% for the whole night? That's great!
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Turns out it was 2 AM when I removed the charger, so it was about 4 hours and a half.
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Turns out it was 2 AM when I removed the charger, so it was about 4 hours and a half.
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But still, that's very good. I probably won't get this low because I have crappy reception at home, but I'll check it anyway.
zenfone 2 is best for performance lag free most of the time .....but battery life sucks.... and about that ferrari and prius thing... my friends sony xperia z series especialy z ultra has awesome battery life it is also quad core processor phone ...it is also a beast phone ...but there stamina mode saves a lot of battery ... 8 to 10 hr SOT is normal for z ultra..... so clearly power managment is very poor for zenfone 2. i am using marshmellow cm 13 .. greenify... .. overnight drop is 3 to 4 %... but as soon as i start using it battery starts to drain quickly..... i have searched whole xda forum.. but everybody is talking about wakelocks, thats fine but during actual use also it is consuming a lot of battery....i am tired of searching
Hi !
To make it short , i even downgraded to kitkat , and got my self a new battery , it's a taiwanese battery, couldn't find authentic battery anywhere.
The best sot i could get is like 5-6h ( video playback). Normal usage would get me 2:30h or 3h top
Share your usage please . Im hating this phone
Please delete this. There are numerous threads here about battery life. We don't need more.
The phone is not from yesterday !
Dejan Sathanas said:
Please delete this. There are numerous threads here about battery life. We don't need more.
The phone is not from yesterday !
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why? i'm used for this day NOTE 3. AND GOOD PHONE.
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why? i'm used for this day NOTE 3. AND GOOD PHONE.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...shut-issue-t3655020/post73376146#post73376146
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...shut-issue-t3655020/post73376146#post73376146
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d no restart for 1week
My battery life significantly improved when I flashed Lollipop with full data wipe (totally clean fresh install).
There might be certain apps draining your battery.
I'm seeing several issues...
1, Facebook is running.
2. Whatever that Ludo King app is, it is using the majority of your battery.
3. unofficial, non-big brand batteries are always worse.
Try Greenify. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify
(If you're in the Netherlands, https://www.gsmpunt.nl/ still sells official batteries.)
Gamer4Life said:
Hi !
To make it short , i even downgraded to kitkat , and got my self a new battery , it's a taiwanese battery, couldn't find authentic battery anywhere.
The best sot i could get is like 5-6h ( video playback). Normal usage would get me 2:30h or 3h top
Share your usage please . Im hating this phone
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Ludo King seems to be killing your battery big time.
Try Greenify app. It works amazingly well.
How can you say you cannot find the authentic battery ... ?
You can find the original battery from many ebay vendors
Also in amazon
Im at 64% with 1h sot
It would be nice if you share yours guys
I am on 51% with 4 and a Half hours SOT. I am running Resurrection Remix Nougat V5.8.3, i am using my brand new Note 3 Powerbear Battery from Amazon. I use greenify to hibernate applications running in the background including system apps. I also tweaked my LMK and kernel settings with Kernel Auditor.