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Battery Probem need suggestion...

Hi Every One I dont know from were i will start Ok
I have a Problem of battery its drain soo much even i dont use the mobile Much and its drain so much.
BaseBand is XXJPY
Rom is Unlimited Rom
Please help me what should i do

1. you should use the search function, there are quite good threads concerning battery life
2. you could post in the general or, even better, the Q&A section.
3. you should post your stats, just saying the battery does not last long enough is a bit vague, if you're used to a old nokia anything under 10 days will seem short
4. when did you flash the last time? the battery meter needs some time to be accurate again. to speed up the process let the battery drain under 10% and then charge fully. after 2-3 days you should get accurate results.
5. you can check the battery statistics in the settings an see what drains much energy (besides the display^^), if it's any single app you might wanna look for an alternative. You can also think about apps you have installed that need the internet for updates/communication. such as skype and facebook. Especially skype has not the best reputation.
6. what kernel are you on and has it tweaks (speedmod f.e. access able in recovery) you could enable?
7. Check what modem version you have ("baseband" in the settings -> about phone) and whether it's compatible with your region. a thread with information on that is linked in my signature.
8. To tweak even more you can try apps such as Tasker or juicedefender

Hmmm OK^^
First of all i used Darky rom wth frimware XWJS5 and Kernel (stock+Voodoo-Froyo-GT-I9000-XWJS5)
And now i install Same Firmware its (FROYO.XWJS5 Build Number) And i install Unlimited Rom 8.0
I see in Battery use the (Display take 60%)-(Cell standby take 18% Wifi take 15%)
Baseband version is I9000XXJPY
I install that Rom yesterday and i put in Charge When the battery in 4%
And Still i didnt install any Software like facebook or skype

If we say that we want like nokia Then its just sound like Nice joke But dosent work at all.
Here is only problem that i wont take much longer even i dont use jst power Off

well and how much time has passed since you charged and on what % are you now?
I guess the battery life will get better in a few days by it self as mentioned above

I Charge the mobile in evening at 3 when the mobile clos it self
So now the battery life is 85%

osasih said:
I Charge the mobile in evening at 3 when the mobile clos it self
So now the battery life is 85%
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Wow. Unbelievably short battery life!!! Just like every other user here and all smartphones around....

what should do now any idea?

dupel said:
Wow. Unbelievably short battery life!!! Just like every other user here and all smartphones around....
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No offense but that was not very helpful...
osasih said:
I Charge the mobile in evening at 3 when the mobile clos it self
So now the battery life is 85%
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So you charge every day at 3PM at which point you have 85% left? Or you lose 85% over 20h? The later would be a bit much
Unless you watch lots of videos/play a lot on your phone. to make it easier:
a consumption of under 2% per hour on standby (screen off, just laying around) is normal. For reference values look here

now its 82% wthout doing anything

osasih said:
now its 82% wthout doing anything
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As I said, that's normal

I hope So.. but this ROM is awesome and features also cool

theduckking said:
No offense but that was not very helpful...
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No offense taken.
Its just for a quite a long time now it was known to just about everyone that smartphones are very battery hungry and it is good to get a full day from one charge.
And yet we see still such post about battery. Kind of pisses me off.

Well in the case of osasih we have 85% at 05:25 and 82% at 05:59 which makes 3% in 34 minutes. That equals to 5.3% per hour, so that the phone should last almost 20 hours - that's fine.
However, in my case I see a drain of almost 9% per hour which is far too much IMHO. I logged yesterday when I left work charging until 65%. Whith 9% per hour it should have lasted until midnight, but suddenly it dropped from 33% to 2% in only one hour!
You cpould see this effect in the attached graphic

jna9000 said:
Well in the case of osasih we have 85% at 05:25 and 82% at 05:59 which makes 3% in 34 minutes. That equals to 5.3% per hour, so that the phone should last almost 20 hours - that's fine.
However, in my case I see a drain of almost 9% per hour which is far too much IMHO. I logged yesterday when I left work charging until 65%. Whith 9% per hour it should have lasted until midnight, but suddenly it dropped from 33% to 2% in only one hour!
You cpould see this effect in the attached graphic
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Yes right saying But some how it drain so much like if i listen songs yesterday i was listning songs and i fall sleep the battery was full and wen i wakeup the battery all most finish..and even wen i clos the mobile put the batter out and reopen it again so i see batter is 10% befor closing the mobile it was 53%

jna9000 said:
Well in the case of osasih we have 85% at 05:25 and 82% at 05:59 which makes 3% in 34 minutes. That equals to 5.3% per hour, so that the phone should last almost 20 hours - that's fine.
However, in my case I see a drain of almost 9% per hour which is far too much IMHO. I logged yesterday when I left work charging until 65%. Whith 9% per hour it should have lasted until midnight, but suddenly it dropped from 33% to 2% in only one hour!
You cpould see this effect in the attached graphic
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I'm going to assume that you read my post on the first site^^
try rebooting the phone and look whether the problem persists. I know it sounds stupid but I think there's a bug somewhere that eats battery after flashing or randomly after boots. I only experienced signs of it after flashing since I don't really shut down my phone on any other occasions

theduckking said:
I'm going to assume that you read my post on the first site^^
try rebooting the phone and look whether the problem persists. I know it sounds stupid but I think there's a bug somewhere that eats battery after flashing or randomly after boots. I only experienced signs of it after flashing since I don't really shut down my phone on any other occasions
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OK i will try to flash again and see how it takes but rather flashing will break the mobile isn't? lets try wth darky final rom 9.4

battery problem kyrillos Rom

i use the latest release, 3.3 version and my battery drains in like 10 hrs of normal usage...
the worst part is that upto 95% of battery is consumed just by display?
i used to get 2 days of battery backup previously on the official Rom.
i tried re flashing kyrillos Rom yesterday and i still get the same problem :’(
is there something i am missing?
or should i wait for atleast 1 week after flashing?

I don't know, but you can also install Juice devender from the market
I like that app. Now the battery has a longer life: 2 days.

The battery seems to be a problem indeed with our devices. Mine was on 5% for 12hrs yesterday.
I've read advice from Lestat, I think, to charge the battery completely before flashing.
I've yet to test it though.

Markie16 said:
I don't know, but you can also install Juice devender from the market
I like that app. Now the battery has a longer life: 2 days.
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k will try....

Bubble-be said:
The battery seems to be a problem indeed with our devices. Mine was on 5% for 12hrs yesterday.
I've read advice from Lestat, I think, to charge the battery completely before flashing.
I've yet to test it though.
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thanks for the advice will test it too...

Just found an app specific for this purpose here on the board : [APP] Battery Calibration - EASIEST WAY!

Bubble-be said:
Just found an app specific for this purpose here on the board : [APP] Battery Calibration - EASIEST WAY!
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awesome bro, will reply here with the results soon......

does some1 know a fix to show my battery in units in stead of dozens? srry for my english^^

boom....battery at 60%, 25 hours and still.running ( but can only say its because of this when i get home....because right now my cell phone is in airplane mode)

thanks
i think i know why i am loosing battery very fast

It may have to do with cpu scaling also.I installed cpu master and saw that the cpu is always on 667mhz and not down-scaling when not in use.
Kyrillos 3.3 rom

try using SetCPU...

clarkkov said:
This depends on the network you use, but you can set your phone to use only GSM network or only WCDMA network in the Mobile network settings, if you are located in area where your network switches constantly because of a weak signal your battery will drain itself because of constant refreshing and switching between GSM and WCDMA networks. WCDMA (3G) network uses more battery even if not switching.
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Thanks, mine is set to GSM only, since i don't use 3G..
I tested my phone again now for the past two days and found out that it comes for like 20-24 hrs in moderate (daily usage), which is ok for me....
the battery first reduces to 80% in the first 1 hour (even with minimum usage, don't know why this happens), and then it stays at 80-60% for like 15-16 hrs...

I got this problem in Kyrillos 3.0beta version...but now in 3.3 its fine...i can use mine till 2.5 days...widout task manager!!! :-/ i dunno...!!! Juicedefender works cool for sum ppl!!!! the oder solution try Indroid 3.0 - it has better battery backup!

clarkkov said:
You should callibrate your battery with one of the callibration apps, or charge to 100% and then delete battery stats file manualy. Then discarge your battery completely so the phone switches off. The next cycle should be better. Those first 20% percent do go faster than the rest of the battery.
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I installed the calibration app. It said i have to charge it till 100 % and then click calibrate....
I did and now iam 50% in just 7 hours....
So should i let the phone discharge completely?
By the way i flashed with jpm earlier with half battery left....
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Guys, all in all i blv its rom specific problem..i m tryin the battery calibration app...meanwhile have a look at this article...
VVV.androidpolice.com/2010/12/14/your-battery-gauge-is-lying-to-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bump-charging-and-inconsistent-battery-drain/

clarkkov said:
After calibration one more cycle will be short. The next cycle will be at least double battery life. I get 30+ hours with moderate use (wifi, calls, sms, light games with GSM non-stop) now. I can also recommend Juice defender as an aid for battery conser ation. setCPU doesn't help.
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true , true, true thanks for confirming

still 30 hours isnt enough, its roughly a day.
With 2.1 original firmware and data activated all day i could get 50hrs minimum of battery life.
I'm done with this phone, done trying different roms, calibrating batteries, charging and discharges in less than a day.
i think this phone rocks, except its battery life sucks!
im selling it to change for something with better battery, maybe bb?

baicunko said:
still 30 hours isnt enough, its roughly a day.
With 2.1 original firmware and data activated all day i could get 50hrs minimum of battery life.
I'm done with this phone, done trying different roms, calibrating batteries, charging and discharges in less than a day.
i think this phone rocks, except its battery life sucks!
im selling it to change for something with better battery, maybe bb?
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Battery problems is from ext4! You can convert all partitions to ext2 with normal battery life but with more chances for data to lost if you remove the battery!

kyrillos13 said:
Battery problems is from ext4! You can convert all partitions to ext2 with normal battery life but with more chances for data to lost if you remove the battery!
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thanks for your reply, do you mean this battery problem doesn't occur in stock 2.2 recently released ?

[Q] Battery remains on 1% for almost one full day

I am creating this thread after exploring the options documented in other similar threads, where I have posted the same issue.
My original battery was weak and I got a new one for my Defy green lens.
I saw that the phone stays at 1% for a long time and then tried several of the tools which remove the battery stats and claim to re-calibrate the battery.
After several such cycles of full 100% charge and discharge till power-off, the phone's standby time has exceeded 2.5 days - out of which it remains at 1% for almost one full day.
Note: I am running Quarx's 4.4.4 nightly.
What are the other things I can try? The phone is used only as standby so I don't mind wiping it off completely and putting stock ROM and observe again.

s_u_n said:
I am creating this thread after exploring the options documented in other similar threads, where I have posted the same issue.
My original battery was weak and I got a new one for my Defy green lens.
I saw that the phone stays at 1% for a long time and then tried several of the tools which remove the battery stats and claim to re-calibrate the battery.
After several such cycles of full 100% charge and discharge till power-off, the phone's standby time has exceeded 2.5 days - out of which it remains at 1% for almost one full day.
Note: I am running Quarx's 4.4.4 nightly.
What are the other things I can try? The phone is used only as standby so I don't mind wiping it off completely and putting stock ROM and observe again.
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Dont worry . this happens to me also.. im too bought a battery of 600rs from ebay and battery stays 1 % for a day...
For an investigation i checked the battery voltage (at 100% charge voltage will be 4.2) when it drops to 1%, its nearly 3.9 and phone will keep working till voltage reduces to 3.5... im getting 2 days minimum backup of moderate use...
now to explain why 1% , this is an answer i gt from FB group .. "dnt expect Original battery at 600rs wen its actually cost 1200rs, they are actually replica of real and the so battery circuit send false info to phone, and phone calculates percentage remaining on this "
i tried to switch some cm7 version but in all battery drop at 1% happens.... so i ignored it and my defy still rocks in daily usage after 3 years ...

v2dare said:
Dont worry . this happens to me also.. im too bought a battery of 600rs from ebay and battery stays 1 % for a day...
For an investigation i checked the battery voltage (at 100% charge voltage will be 4.2) when it drops to 1%, its nearly 3.9 and phone will keep working till voltage reduces to 3.5... im getting 2 days minimum backup of moderate use...
now to explain why 1% , this is an answer i gt from FB group .. "dnt expect Original battery at 600rs wen its actually cost 1200rs, they are actually replica of real and the so battery circuit send false info to phone, and phone calculates percentage remaining on this "
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I find it odd that this is not an original battery.
The battery charge is pretty good - more than 50 hours - no usage of the phone - but poor 2G connection/ weak signal.
I can contact the ebay vendor if that is the case, but I need to be sure first.
I have now put my original battery and I will see if it drains off in the same way or not.

s_u_n said:
I find it odd that this is not an original battery.
The battery charge is pretty good - more than 50 hours - no usage of the phone - but poor 2G connection/ weak signal.
I can contact the ebay vendor if that is the case, but I need to be sure first.
I have now put my original battery and I will see if it drains off in the same way or not.
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i just said they arent original motorola one but a replica of original... how much u paid ?
u can find 600rs and 1200rs both on ebay ....

v2dare said:
i just said they arent original motorola one but a replica of original... how much u paid ?
u can find 600rs and 1200rs both on ebay ....
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I paid Rs. 600.
I put my original battery (3 year old) and that does not show the 1% issue, though the battery life is less than 2 days on it in standby mode.

s_u_n said:
I paid Rs. 600.
I put my original battery (3 year old) and that does not show the 1% issue, though the battery life is less than 2 days on it in standby mode.
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so are u gonna report the same to ebay seller and ask a refund?

#Screen takes 60+ % of battry😡

I think I am the only one whose half, more than half battery drains by #screen only?? I have googled many times and applied all those tips but didnt work I use my phone in 0 brightness and the screen timeout is also 5 sec and even in reading mode. But battry drains so fast, It decreases #2% of charge in #3 minutes. Please help me to fix this.. PH Model: I9505 XXUGNH6!
-Thank you.

How old is your battery?

Athakuri700 said:
I think I am the only one whose half, more than half battery drains by #screen only I have googled many times and applied all those tips but didnt work I use my phone in 0 brightness and the screen timeout is also 5 sec and even in reading mode. But battry drains so fast, It decreases #2% of charge in #3 minutes. Please help me to fix this.. PH Model: I9505 XXUGNH6!
-Thank you.
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Completely normal. The screen uses power. If you want it to drain less, then leave the screen off.

It's normal...

Check whether your battery is swollen or not. I just replaced mine yesterday. Before that my battery usage due to screen was pretty high and now its about 16%. I assume that you are not using extra display features.
All the best!

My battry.. Its around 8 month old #GDReaper

#Mandark52, Its not swollen anywhere. AND I am also planning to get another one

#No_offence!! But I dont think 60% by screen is not normal..

Athakuri700 said:
#No_offence!! But I dont think 60% by screen is not normal..
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Sure it's normal. You are running Kitkat thus that means the battery usages is calculated in the following way.
If your battery is at 90% then for example it will show you this:
- Screen 90 %
- Android OS 10 %
It's calculated of the the missing 10%.
The screen uses a lot of power so if you have it on all the time then 60% perfectly normal. Based on your 2% discharge in 3 minutes it will be around 2,5 hours of screen on time. That's perfectly normal for the S4. Nothing wrong with your phone. The battery life of the S4 just sucks.

Hehe. If so ok but will this improve if i purchase new battry??

Mandark52 said:
Check whether your battery is swollen or not. I just replaced mine yesterday. Before that my battery usage due to screen was pretty high and now its about 16%. I assume that you are not using extra display features.
All the best!
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I'm also thinking of buying one as mine is too old now.How much SOT do you get?

Darth Vader said:
I'm also thinking of buying one as mine is too old now.How much SOT do you get?
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My SOT now is 3hrs 52 mins and my battery is 18% .

Remove the bloody screen and then check how much the battery works.
Obv the SCREEN TAKES UP MOST OF THE BATTERY. 60% is fine.
Rest..you can do ATM is use a good debloated custom ROM, use better battery saving techniques than just screen and stuff and tell us uour SCREEN ON TIME.
My screen is taking upto 50%.
Dont hype. Stay calm. A new battery wont do much good.

Hehe.. okok now I am feeling good cuz others like you also have 50+ means mine also normal haha.. ??

Battery life.

So far how do you think about the battery life on the phone is with heavy usage considering the fact that phone Comes with 5000mAh of battery?
As for me I think the phone can do better than what it's doing right now.

axelblaze99 said:
So far how do you think about the battery life on the phone is with heavy usage considering the fact that phone Comes with 5000mAh of battery?
As for me I think the phone can do better than what it's doing right now.
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Not up to the mark

axelblaze99 said:
So far how do you think about the battery life on the phone is with heavy usage considering the fact that phone Comes with 5000mAh of battery?
As for me I think the phone can do better than what it's doing right now.
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With light usage i get around 11 n half hours SOT.
With moderate usage it's around 10 to 11 hrs.
During extensive use i get from 8 to 10 hrs SOT
Pretty good. It will last throughout the day. No doubt.
On moderate or light use cases it will last more than that. You just have to charge on alternate days. Its the best thing i noticed about this phone, you don't have to carry a charger or search for a charger in the middle of a movie. :good:
With custom roms theoretically it should do better as we can opt out of all these google services constantly running in the background.

Check real life review on this forum

After new update, it's holding up well and good!

kickyvivi said:
With light usage i get around 11 n half hours SOT.
With moderate usage it's around 10 to 11 hrs.
During extensive use i get from 8 to 10 hrs SOT
Pretty good. It will last throughout the day. No doubt.
On moderate or light use cases it will last more than that. You just have to charge on alternate days. Its the best thing i noticed about this phone, you don't have to carry a charger or search for a charger in the middle of a movie. :good:
With custom roms theoretically it should do better as we can opt out of all these google services constantly running in the background.
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Hi, i'm just barely getting 6 hrs screen on time.Forget 10 or 12. Please help guys..what might be the issue??

kda_kartik said:
Hi, i'm just barely getting 6 hrs screen on time.Forget 10 or 12. Please help guys..what might be the issue??
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Check app usage and use greenify if needed

kda_kartik said:
Hi, i'm just barely getting 6 hrs screen on time.Forget 10 or 12. Please help guys..what might be the issue??
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Same thing bro

mp3399 said:
Same thing bro
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I had actually called Asus hotline and they asked me to 1.)Turnoff the Zenmotion in gestures.
2.) Use the phone in safe mode for 3-4 hrs
3.) And always charge the battery to 100% and drain it till 20-30% (or even less if possible) instead of charging intermittently.
Now I donno y they asked me to this...but im giving it a shot. Moreover I have also installed Greenify app as stated above & one point to be noted is that a lot of Youtube techies have mentioned that low network coverage in your area affects battery usage to almost 40-50%.
Now maybe that can be the reason too..but im not convinved for such low SOT coz people above who posted screen shots also show low network coverage.
LETS SEE! How it goes

kda_kartik said:
one point to be noted is that a lot of Youtube techies have mentioned that low network coverage in your area affects battery usage to almost 40-50%.
Now maybe that can be the reason too..but im not convinved for such low SOT coz people above who posted screen shots also show low network coverage.
LETS SEE! How it goes
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Yes it does. And 4G means more battery drain.

kda_kartik said:
I had actually called Asus hotline and they asked me to 1.)Turnoff the Zenmotion in gestures.
2.) Use the phone in safe mode for 3-4 hrs
3.) And always charge the battery to 100% and drain it till 20-30% (or even less if possible) instead of charging intermittently.
Now I donno y they asked me to this...but im giving it a shot. Moreover I have also installed Greenify app as stated above & one point to be noted is that a lot of Youtube techies have mentioned that low network coverage in your area affects battery usage to almost 40-50%.
Now maybe that can be the reason too..but im not convinved for such low SOT coz people above who posted screen shots also show low network coverage.
LETS SEE! How it goes
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Poor LTE network does drain the battery like anything. I get more battery drain at office because LTE network is poor. At home its good so battery drain is very less. What i do is switch to 3G instead of LTE. That helps a lot.
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