just an idea
not sure if its possible, I dont see why not we are talking the incredible here.
Im thinking about working on a battery icon that is fully animated
and using the sensors on the phone so you can have a liquid filled battery icon
that the liquid moves with the sensors on the phone with the battery percentage in the liquid.
what do you guys think could it work
good idea
bad idea
Im a graphic designer not much of a programmer so if i were to do it i would need
a lot of help
let me know what you guys think
lol, not that we really need anything more eating up our precious battery
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I haven't had any problems until recently, my battery has gone from 50% to 25% in roughly an hour. No high tws or awake time, background apps running like crazy. I cannot figure out what's draining it so quick
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Does your post mean that there ARE background apps running like crazy? If so, that's most likely the problem. If not, you're going to have to provide a little more info if you want a helpful answer.
Sorry no it means no background apps
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Does anyone know why the battery meter on gingerbread roms like cm7 doesnt actually reflect the battery percentage? A notch might be missing and my batt is at like 60%, if i flash a new battery pack will this be fixed?
the stock battery display icon only has 5-6 graphic changes from full to empty, it wont reflect a true accurate reading as the battery drains but it will show you a rough picture of remaining power, if you flash a battery pack that has 20-100 images then you will get a more accurate representation. i'm not familiar with any for GB roms but you can try to find one
Most Gingerbread Battery Icon packs have on average 100 . This is not listing the "Dead" battery icons and so forth or animation of the battery charging. From what little bit of theming I have played in most Gingerbread battery Icons drop every 10% for what remaining battery life you have . Meaning 100-90% will show the same graphic till it falls into the next range . Compared to stock its alot more acurate and kinda gives a not in your face slap of a sudden drop like the stock battery icon does . With Roms and Kernels being developed as well as other little things added to these packages the Evo is becoming more battery efficent then it was when it was first released . I currently have a modified Gingerbread notification bar installed on Myn's RLS5 and it shows battery life quite well . Another thing to bare in mind is the Icon itself is only a certain size . Thus showing actual 1% drops graphically would be a bit difficult so why I think most set it up for 10% drops much like the stock battery (uptime , awake time) screen shows in 10% steps .
SouthernEvo said:
Most Gingerbread Battery Icon packs have on average 100 . This is not listing the "Dead" battery icons and so forth or animation of the battery charging. From what little bit of theming I have played in most Gingerbread battery Icons drop every 10% for what remaining battery life you have . Meaning 100-90% will show the same graphic till it falls into the next range . Compared to stock its alot more acurate and kinda gives a not in your face slap of a sudden drop like the stock battery icon does . With Roms and Kernels being developed as well as other little things added to these packages the Evo is becoming more battery efficent then it was when it was first released . I currently have a modified Gingerbread notification bar installed on Myn's RLS5 and it shows battery life quite well . Another thing to bare in mind is the Icon itself is only a certain size . Thus showing actual 1% drops graphically would be a bit difficult so why I think most set it up for 10% drops much like the stock battery (uptime , awake time) screen shows in 10% steps .
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Mind sharing the battery for myns the only thing I hate about the Tom's is the battery after 49% is yellow and make it seems worse than what it is
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I bought this amazing [As you all know how fast it is ] Galaxy Nexus and was previously using hTC Desire S[GB] !!!
I'm somehow not happy with the battery life and also the overheating of Nexus !
It is Stock[ROM + Kernel] + Root ! around 7th or 8th charge cycle !!
I did try out Cpu Sleeper App works like a charm but was facing reboot issue and that is why had to remove it !!!
See if anyone of you could help me overcome these issue ! or Is this really something for me to worry about !!?????
[PS: Please don't recommend me to change ROM or KERNEL ! Because I prefer to stay on Stock ! Also NOOO Overclockig !]
Check out the Few screen shots i took when my brain kicked me to !!!
We need to see the screen before this one(the one that lists top consumers of battery). To see if something is waking the phone up. Also, charge cycles and calibration are bogus. If anything, you would be using the phone less since you've finally set everything up the way you want and the newness effect has worn off. My battery life has been about the same if my usage pattern remains like it usually does throughout the day. It doesn't really look too bad, but the drops seem a little steeper than what I normally see. . Grab CPUSpy and BetterBatterystats. I'm on my way to work soon, but someone may be able to help you before I go on break.
the screenshots you required
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We need to see the screen before this one(the one that lists top consumers of battery). To see if something is waking the phone up. Also, charge cycles and calibration are bogus. If anything, you would be using the phone less since you've finally set everything up the way you want and the newness effect has worn off. My battery life has been about the same if my usage pattern remains like it usually does throughout the day. It doesn't really look too bad, but the drops seem a little steeper than what I normally see. . Grab CPUSpy and BetterBatterystats. I'm on my way to work soon, but someone may be able to help you before I go on break.
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Here we go
ok so calibrators and cycles are bogus ! I get that !
What about brightness ? Should that be auto or manual mode ??
And is Google Now causing issue ?? Because its not really useful to me on daily basis !!???
And any other suggestions your would like to share
I was gonna edit my post, actually. I've personally never fully charged and drained my battery for any of my phones(some people swear by it though). I guess if the readings are out of whack then yes. My phone got stuck at 85% for almost 12 hours one day, but I had did something which messed up the OS. Haha.
If you don't use Google Now, you can opt out of it. Brightness is a personal preference. I usually stick mine at 25%. Auto may take a hit on the battery, but I doubt it's anything to worry about. Just the common sense stuff. Apps that poll data in the background will drain the battery, but if they're properly coded, they shouldn't be a problem Running on 4G/LTE/HSPA with a bad signal will drain it more since the radio is trying to find the best possible signal. After a full day of use, what is your typical screen on time? 18 hours is pretty good if you're using it on HSPA all day.
ya honestly that doesnt appear to have anything wrong. What results were you expecting vs what you have? You have a lot of screen on time, that takes a LOT of battery to run the display and using it when brightness is high takes significantly more. Also it appears you have a couple long phone calls in there as well. As far as heat goes, youre going to have that on the higher end phones due to the gpu producing heat and oled displays produce a bit of heat as well, lcd runs cooler.
Weak/unstable/unrealible mobile network signal could cause the fast drain of your battery. I saw you have one bar of hspa signal in the 3rd screenshot.
Those graphs should be much flatter during idle periods. Something is keeping awake. If you're on jelly bean its prob Google now. It does it to everybody.
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Those graphs should be much flatter during idle periods. Something is keeping awake. If you're on jelly bean its prob Google now. It does it to everybody.
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Yeah I some how feel the same and for a fact its a good service but then i don't really use it ! I tried to look through titanium but failed to find Google Now on the list !! Does the apk have some other name ????? or is there any other way out ?
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Those graphs should be much flatter during idle periods. Something is keeping awake. If you're on jelly bean its prob Google now. It does it to everybody.
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I was gonna edit my post, actually. I've personally never fully charged and drained my battery for any of my phones(some people swear by it though). I guess if the readings are out of whack then yes. My phone got stuck at 85% for almost 12 hours one day, but I had did something which messed up the OS. Haha.
If you don't use Google Now, you can opt out of it. Brightness is a personal preference. I usually stick mine at 25%. Auto may take a hit on the battery, but I doubt it's anything to worry about. Just the common sense stuff. Apps that poll data in the background will drain the battery, but if they're properly coded, they shouldn't be a problem Running on 4G/LTE/HSPA with a bad signal will drain it more since the radio is trying to find the best possible signal. After a full day of use, what is your typical screen on time? 18 hours is pretty good if you're using it on HSPA all day.
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Actually 3G isn't really well established for Vodafone[or any other company] in India.Also there is a peak going upwards in the first image indicating charging and after having a battery life of around 20 hrs on My Desire S and screen on [appx.] 7 hrs , I'm very disappointed with Jelly Bean !! Also While googling this issue I found out that somebody sniffed the mobile wifi connection to monitor and found some app constantly exchanging packets which according to his test was the root issue for the battery drain !!
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]Ok I found the way to shut google Now !
I'll records stats for a day or two and get back Thanks Everyone for your time and help
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Yeah I some how feel the same and for a fact its a good service but then i don't really use it ! I tried to look through titanium but failed to find Google Now on the list !! Does the apk have some other name ????? or is there any other way out ?
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In Google Now >> Menu >> Settings >> Google Now there is an on/off switch at the top. Depending on the ROM it's included as either velvet.apk or QuickSearchBox.apk but removing that would get rid of Google search I think.
Yeah. I think its actually part of search. Like I said, just opt out and you should be good to go. Keep us posted.
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Yeah. I think its actually part of search. Like I said, just opt out and you should be good to go. Keep us posted.
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I'm loving it
my galaxy w is rooted but not flashed, and suddenly it became so hot and draining so fast.. can anyone help me ? is it leaking ? do i have to replace my battery ?
There are programs that check for apps that cause memory and battery leaks.
Ill eat your dog and shine your shoes screw you Im a leprechaun
khaoticking said:
There are programs that check for apps that cause memory and battery leaks.
Ill eat your dog and shine your shoes screw you Im a leprechaun
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all of my battery programs says ny battery health is good.. i dont know what else can make my battery draining so fast
Please post a screenshot of your battery usage.
That way maybe we could help you
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my galaxy w is rooted but not flashed, and suddenly it became so hot and draining so fast.. can anyone help me ? is it leaking ? do i have to replace my battery ?
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Check if its bloated. If you can't see it well, take out your battery, put it on a table and spin it. If it spins for more than 15 seconds, then it is bloated. You will want to change it. And yes, we will require a screenshot of your battery usage
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all of my battery programs says ny battery health is good
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Don't take that as being 100% correct.
I have had batteries reported as healthy when in fact they were starting to show the smallest amount of bloating and starting to fail, which caused fast discharge and other problems like rebooting when forcing the camera flash, sudden drops in battery charge level etc etc...
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Don't take that as being 100% correct.
I have had batteries reported as healthy when in fact they were starting to show the smallest amount of bloating and starting to fail, which caused fast discharge and other problems like rebooting when forcing the camera flash, sudden drops in battery charge level etc etc...
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yep! phone get's weird if something is wrong with the battery physically (bloated)! experienced it too!
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all of my battery programs says ny battery health is good.. i dont know what else can make my battery draining so fast
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It´s all your battery programms draining your battery. Yes they are draining battery too and if you need so much programms, don´t wounder your battery is drained so fast.
So rather than using all that battery apps better check what else is draining your battery.
sorry for late reply, but thanks for all of your suggestions..
gonna post the battery usage sooner when i got 10 post
Hey guys, so it's turned out that my battery is leaking, now i have replaced it with a new one, but it's still draining so fast. So what do i do ?
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Hello guys im not a dev nir anything close but I know a few things. Anyways one thing that was driving me crazy was the insane battery drop between 4.2.2 and 4.3 I was reading and doing some test and I came to one conclusion...
So most of the noticeable change is that the screen is using way more battery in 4.3 than 4.2.2! So I did some research and samsung made some updates to the screen drivers I believe to make the colors look better, more vibrant etc. In my opinion this has to be the cause of the screen sucking up so much battery. But that wasnt enough for me. I had to do some testing. One day I used my phone normallly with white background and colorful icons etc. The next day I used a black background with less vibrant icons. And WOW the battery icon changed dramatically! YESS I know our screen uses less battery in amoled screen. But it qas never fhis big of a difference between a black and white background. Again this are just my thoughts and opinions. Thanks ? Have a great day.
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I'm no dev, either, but I recently posted this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2561005
I really go with black because I like the way it looks, but I also figured it could possibly help battery life. Nice to hear some real-world usage back the idea up.
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I'm no dev, either, but I recently posted this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2561005
I really go with black because I like the way it looks, but I also figured it could possibly help battery life. Nice to hear some real-world usage back the idea up.
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Same here. It really makes a dramatic improve more noticiable on. The new uodate not sure why.
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