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Nexus uses AMOLED display where every pixel produces its own brightness. As far as i know, every black pixel is technically an off pixel. So if we used a black-heavy theme, it may significantly reduce display's battery draw. And since display is a major juice sucker, this may improve battery life.
What do you think?
The added contrast certainly would help the display be more visible during the daylight, too. We all know how artists love those bright white and gray gradients that have earned Apple so many UI design awards, but I'd much prefer to extend the lifetime of this gorgeous display as much as possible.
I always have a black wallpaper in order to save as much battery as possible.
If I really want a live wallpaper I go with the Starfield one where its black with stars...
ap3604 said:
If I really want a live wallpaper I go with the Starfield one where its black with stars...
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speaking of, is that even in the market anymore?
latyshev said:
Nexus uses AMOLED display where every pixel produces its own brightness. As far as i know, every black pixel is technically an off pixel. So if we used a black-heavy theme, it may significantly reduce display's battery draw. And since display is a major juice sucker, this may improve battery life.
What do you think?
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Nothing to think, you're right, and personally my theme is close to black.
ap3604 said:
I always have a black wallpaper in order to save as much battery as possible.
If I really want a live wallpaper I go with the Starfield one where its black with stars...
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I'd kill for a flying toaster live wallpaper. Brings back memories.
Nexus uses AMOLED display where every pixel produces its own brightness. As far as i know, every black pixel is technically an off pixel. So if we used a black-heavy theme, it may significantly reduce display's battery draw. And since display is a major juice sucker, this may improve battery life.
What do you think?
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Thanks for spreading the word, but most of the tech people here were already aware of this.
Another tip: I have Beautiful Widgets' brightness widget on my homescreen (so it only takes 1x1 icon) and tap it often so it goes to near darkness (11%) when I'm going to use it for a while (indoors). Saves quite a bit of battery.
Pretty dumb idea in my opinion.
33 hours, 30% battery left, factory battery, on froyo. If you want better battery life, a black wallpaper isn't going to help.
evilkorn said:
Pretty dumb idea in my opinion.
33 hours, 30% battery left, factory battery, on froyo. If you want better battery life, a black wallpaper isn't going to help.
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yes it is.....
evilkorn said:
Pretty dumb idea in my opinion.
33 hours, 30% battery left, factory battery, on froyo. If you want better battery life, a black wallpaper isn't going to help.
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And the hourly Troll award goes to...
Blueman101 said:
And the hourly Troll award goes to...
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You?
10char
evilkorn said:
You?
10char
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wow, real mature
anyway, if infact true black color on the nexus ones screen is the off position then it will save battery. The only thing is, is that it must be 100% true black, dark colors wont do because they still require the same power as many other colors. It has to be true #000000
evilkorn said:
Pretty dumb idea in my opinion.
33 hours, 30% battery left, factory battery, on froyo. If you want better battery life, a black wallpaper isn't going to help.
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If you save a dollar a day it adds up.
Everything helps.
android01 said:
My wife is black and her n1 battery lasts twice as long as mine does, but i'm caucasian not black. That must be why.
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Please, can you write this sort of posts elsewhere? Preferably off-topic/nowhere.
yes yes I've noticed that when I've used the default wallpaper which is fully black with the four colored "X"
I thought this was common knowledge. I use black everywhere I possibly can.
Ersdal said:
Please, can you write this sort of posts elsewhere? Preferably off-topic/nowhere.
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It wouldn't fit in anywhere else.
(here have some of my sense of humor, I think I have too much)
android01 said:
My wife is black and her n1 battery lasts twice as long as mine does, but i'm caucasian not black. That must be why.
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rofllllllllll
+1
android01 said:
My wife is black and her n1 battery lasts twice as long as mine does, but i'm caucasian not black. That must be why.
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Haha! nice.
android01 said:
My wife is black and her n1 battery lasts twice as long as mine does, but i'm caucasian not black. That must be why.
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I was wondering how long it would take someone to get along to the joke I had in my head all day :-D
Thank you, good sir!
Did you know that with regards to BLN, it actually drains battery by an noticeable amount. I switched to speedmod (w/o BLN) and seem to get much better battery life. Previously I was trying various kernel to determine the issue with the higher than average (the standard being custom roms) battery drain. This might be helpful to you guys.
Yes it does, with the current implementation it does not prevent the phone from going back to sleep state unlike how it was done on the S1.
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Yes it does, with the current implementation it does not prevent the phone from going back to sleep state unlike how it was done on the S1.
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Yeap, it is because of the wakelock issues. I've tried setting a time-out for the BLN which is suppose to help return the device to deepsleep but seems like it doesn't work.
I have noticed this as well. Can anyone confirm whether or not simply uninstalling the app will resolve the issue, or would I have to flash a different kernel that doesn't support bln at all to resolve the battery usage issue?
Uninstalling the app, and not using bln will stop the battery drain.
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veyka said:
Uninstalling the app, and not using bln will stop the battery drain.
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Hope this is true, cause I don't use BLN although the kernel i use has it included.
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I have noticed this as well. Can anyone confirm whether or not simply uninstalling the app will resolve the issue, or would I have to flash a different kernel that doesn't support bln at all to resolve the battery usage issue?
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Yes. Try uninstaller BLN control app. See if that helps. If your battery does not improve by a noticeable amount, I think your best bet would be to try to flash another kernel such as speedmod.
Yup, hate BLN myself actually its a massive battery drainer. Never use it, dont really see a point to it either as for me the phone is in my pocket most of the day.
NoLEd have any issue like BLN? Seems like they are the best 'led notifier'.
Edwrib said:
NoLEd have any issue like BLN? Seems like they are the best 'led notifier'.
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When NoLed is on, your phone is not in deep sleep. So yes it drains your battery.
what is BLN?
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NoLEd have any issue like BLN? Seems like they are the best 'led notifier'.
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Same thing, also drains.
daz_2000 said:
what is BLN?
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http://www.google.com/cse?q=bln&sa=Search&cx=partner-pub-2900107662879704%3Afs7umqefhnf&ie=ISO-8859-1
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NoLEd have any issue like BLN? Seems like they are the best 'led notifier'.
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noled is even worst as its keeping bits of the screen powered on.
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When NoLed is on, your phone is not in deep sleep. So yes it drains your battery.
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Pfeffernuss said:
Same thing, also drains.
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noled is even worst as its keeping bits of the screen powered on.
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But in stand by, without notification on, BLN still eating and NoLed not? You can configure a timeout to NoLed auto dismiss...
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But in stand by, without notification on, BLN still eating and NoLed not? You can configure a timeout to NoLed auto dismiss...
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Bln only drains the battery when it is active (it keeps it out of deep sleep)
you can see this by pressing the home button and the phone instantly wakes up, when the phone is in deep sleep there is a "delay" when you wake it up...
This is why bln for the sgs2 it is highly suggested you get the pro bln app so you can schedule it to time out so the phone can go back into deep sleep (if you never clear the notification)
If you have the free version then it will keep the phone awake until you clear the notification
If you have a kernel that is bln compatible and don't want to use it...then either disable it in the app or unistall the bln app.
the bln functions won't work wiithout the app.
Does anybody have any tips for this?
vPro97 said:
Does anybody have any tips for this?
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Turn it off. lol
vPro97 said:
Does anybody have any tips for this?
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i turned it off to avoid drain
Haha thanks guys but in fact I was searching for some mod
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how can have battery drain with knock on?
emprize said:
how can have battery drain with knock on?
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Knock on basically makes the sensors in the phone constantly active - ready for you to knock knock. This drains battery.
vPro97 said:
Knock on basically makes the sensors in the phone constantly active - ready for you to knock knock. This drains battery.
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not for our phone mate, snapdragon 800 has microprocessor to control sensors when the device is in deep sleep, so the device can still response for sensor while deep sleep for quad core cpu, and thats why u cant find any way to reduce the battery drain, because it is basically zero battery drain for knock on, u can install apps like battery monitor widget to monitor about the battery usage
So guys, was wondering if you use ambient display and if you do have you done tests for the difference in battery life?
I use it, the amount of battery that it uses is negligible.
Never works for me. Always turns on in the dark when laid on table idle. Never bothered to look into fixing because it's not a necessity for me.
Don't use or require for my usage...
I have it switched on, but it really doesn't matter, once I pick the phone up, I switch it on.
It drains a lot
Does it? How much?
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Does it? How much?
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No it really doesn't.
I use it. Battery drain is very low. Anyway I wish it was more accurate. The screen turn on every time I put it on the table and sometimes when I take it, it should be the opposed.
I feel with native notification light, ambient display is kinda redundant.
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Heisenberg said:
I use it, the amount of battery that it uses is negligible.
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Hmm interesting I've been going on a little bit of a wake lock crackdown lately and ambient display adds another wake lock....... Didn't know if it would destroy battery....... Haha
Ryanscobberwash said:
Hmm interesting I've been going on a little bit of a wake lock crackdown lately and ambient display adds another wake lock....... Didn't know if it would destroy battery....... Haha
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In my usage in a 12 hour period, my phone is only awake for less than half an hour when I'm not actually using it.
I don't. I find it annoying personally. I like setting the brightness manually via the drop down menu to exactly where I want it when I need to.
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I don't. I find it annoying personally. I like setting the brightness manually via the drop down menu to exactly where I want it when I need to.
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I think you're thinking of adaptive brightness, not ambient display, two different things.
Nope. I found it comes on way too often, whether I pick the phone up or not. I use double tap to wake, so I just double tap the screen when I need it on
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No it really doesn't.
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I know. I had to call out the statement.
Heisenberg said:
I think you're thinking of adaptive brightness, not ambient display, two different things.
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LOL yes.....thank you H!
I do use ambient display. I find it a very simple yet extremely convenient feature.
I would if it worked properly. It's just so inconsistent. Sometimes I pick it up and nothing. Other times it works. Just very inconsistent.
tu3218 said:
I would if it worked properly. It's just so inconsistent. Sometimes I pick it up and nothing. Other times it works. Just very inconsistent.
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100% agree. It would be a great feature, if it actually worked as intended. But since it's so inconsistent it's more of just an annoying gimmick. I turn Ambient Display off first thing whenever I flash a new ROM.
It's a shame to see that Ambient Display isn't working for some people, it works perfectly for me, every time. I receive a notification, it triggers. I pick my phone up into an upright position, it triggers.
Since there is no LED light for notification what are you guys doing?
I have it currently set to wake for new notifications and tap to show notifications. I am hoping this isn't a battery killer?
See https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/app-plus-beat-alternative-to-t3875843 and https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/rejoice-true-alternative-led-t3864582.
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See https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/app-plus-beat-alternative-to-t3875843 and https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/rejoice-true-alternative-led-t3864582.
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Plus beat is amazing.
worldsoutro said:
Since there is no LED light for notification what are you guys doing?
I have it currently set to wake for new notifications and tap to show notifications. I am hoping this isn't a battery killer?
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My WearOS watch.
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See https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/app-plus-beat-alternative-to-t3875843 and https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/themes/rejoice-true-alternative-led-t3864582.
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And what is your experience about battery usage of these apps? Thanks
Not complaining...
sronweb said:
And what is your experience about battery usage of these apps? Thanks
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Miniscule as far as I've noticed so far.
I use Edge Lighting for notifications and Pixel Plus for lock screen notifications