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Anyone know of an application that analyses how much battery apps and services are using and at what rate? Tried looking at "batterydog" and "drain-o-meter", the latter seems to be what I'm looking for, but the output isn't friendly enough for me to interpret.
Does the community have any ideas?
Settings --> About Phone --> Battery Use ???
tof9 said:
Settings --> About Phone --> Battery Use ???
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Does that tell you which app is using what percentage of battery? I don't think so, please read the question properly before answring!
Tundraswan said:
Does that tell you which app is using what percentage of battery? I don't think so, please read the question properly before answring!
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Erm... Actually it does.
Tundraswan said:
Does that tell you which app is using what percentage of battery? I don't think so, please read the question properly before answring!
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Please check twice the reply you got before you make fool of yourself.
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A.
Aylarth said:
Please check twice the reply you got before you make fool of yourself.
Kind regards,
A.
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That is good advice!
I apologise tof9, sorry, you were right. I've looked at the Battery Usage screen a number of times and have never seen marketplace applications listed. I looked again and found Maps at 25%! So Maps is definitely a hog. I would like to get historic analysis of these stats, will look on marketplace now if something exists which does that...
Actually I have all apps there, including xda app
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Hi there,
when the battery goes below 15% the phone takes some measures in order to keep it lasts as long as possible. Some of them are:
you are not allowed to take photos/videos;
you are not allowed to play videos;
screen brightness is set to the lowest level;
you get a notification sound and a dialog message at 15%, 10% and 5% of the battery.
I am not even sure they are all, I wonder if I could get a complete list of them.
Now the point is: I don't want any of them! I don't care of saving power because I have a spare battery. I want my phone to work at its full potential until its last drop of power.
Honestly I would have expected to have an option to enable/disable this feature from the system settings, but apparently there is not.
I already know there is a mod to disable this saving battery feature for the camera app. My question is: do you know whether there is a specific mod, or a collection of tweaks, which allows one to disable all the battery saving measures for when it goes under 15%?
If you have a spare battery, I would suggest switching it when your first one gets to 15%—therefore avoiding all your problems. I don't believe it's healthy for a battery to sit idly while dead. Leave some juice in it; it'll last longer overall.
easy, use cm7
and post in the right efing section next time
cm7 has the battery warning dialogs as well. please correct me if they can be disabled, i haven't found a way to do so so far
upichie said:
If you have a spare battery, I would suggest switching it when your first one gets to 15%—therefore avoiding all your problems. I don't believe it's healthy for a battery to sit idly while dead. Leave some juice in it; it'll last longer overall.
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Mmmh, that is a very interesting observation. I will generally follow this advice in the future, thanks.
Although most of the times I won't be draining the battery down to 0%, sometimes I probably will, so I would still like to be able to disable the battery saving measures.
siky_dude said:
easy, use cm7
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I tried 7.1RC1 but abandoned it for the following reasons:
battery life seriously decreased;
could not disable camera shutter sound;
could not set 3:2 ratio to camera photos;
missed ThinkFree Office app
missed count down and stop watch
missed the wonderful Samsung Smart Alarm app
could not play many video files
siky_dude said:
and post in the right efing section next time
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Sorry, what would have been the right section?
Little clue - you have headed this with a 'Q'
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krige said:
Sorry, what would have been the right section?
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Excerpt taken from the sticky thread at the top of every section:
wacky.banana said:
... before you start a thread in development, ask yourself what you are developing. If you can't answer, then stop, step away from the post button, and think about where you are posting. Would it be better in General or Q&A, or is some more time with your best friend, search, required?
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I apologize for the inconvenience caused. Can it be moved to the proper section?
Actually my true intention, as I was almost sure nobody had done it before, was to start from this question to discuss ways to do what I was asking and then develop a mod to do it.
I have an Epic 4G Touch, hence this question being in the Epic 4G Touch forum.
When I press the power button to turn on the display, it takes the phone anywhere between 1-3 seconds for the screen to turn on. The same thing happens when I'm on a phone call and the screen is off because of the proximity sensor. When I move the phone away from my head (say to use the dial pad), it again takes the screen 1-3 seconds before it turns on.
This seems like it's a bit longer than what it should be. What can I do to improve the situation?
I don't use any task killer apps (because they're bad for your OS), and I don't really have much running in the background. I use Minimalistic Text widgets and Llama, but I think that's all I've downloaded that runs in the background.
Thanks in advance for your replies
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I have an Epic 4G Touch, hence this question being in the Epic 4G Touch forum.
When I press the power button to turn on the display, it takes the phone anywhere between 1-3 seconds for the screen to turn on. The same thing happens when I'm on a phone call and the screen is off because of the proximity sensor. When I move the phone away from my head (say to use the dial pad), it again takes the screen 1-3 seconds before it turns on.
This seems like it's a bit longer than what it should be. What can I do to improve the situation?
I don't use any task killer apps (because they're bad for your OS), and I don't really have much running in the background. I use Minimalistic Text widgets and Llama, but I think that's all I've downloaded that runs in the background.
Thanks in advance for your replies
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do a search on here its been discussed a few times already
it's because of the SD Card. It's a known issue. Some people don't mind, some people do. I'm the latter, it's annoyingly laggy.
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do a search on here its been discussed a few times already
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Tried searching. I saw the topic for some other phones, but I figured this might be phone specific. If you're aware of a relevant thread maybe you could point me to it?
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it's because of the SD Card. It's a known issue. Some people don't mind, some people do. I'm the latter, it's annoyingly laggy.
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So you're saying without the SD card that doesn't happen? Got any sources or further reading? Sounds like a huge bummer if this is the case...
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Tried searching. I saw the topic for some other phones, but I figured this might be phone specific. If you're aware of a relevant thread maybe you could point me to it?
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Ok here is a link where they discuss the sdcard issue
Here is one where they actually did a lil study on it
Here is a google search link with some from different forums.
Its out there my friend I have been reading up on this phone since I got it and there is not a question you can think of that someone has not already asked. You got to look much deeper than page 1 of any of the forums just to see whats going on.... lol Hope that helps man
playya said:
Ok here is a link where they discuss the sdcard issue
Here is one where they actually did a lil study on it
Here is a google search link with some from different forums.
Its out there my friend I have been reading up on this phone since I got it and there is not a question you can think of that someone has not already asked. You got to look much deeper than page 1 of any of the forums just to see whats going on.... lol Hope that helps man
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Thanks dude, most helpful!
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Thanks dude, most helpful!
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Try GoSms with GoLocker I put both of them on my phone after I formatted my sdcard and moved my lockscreen background pic to my internal sd and it cut down on the lag
playya said:
Try GoSms with GoLocker I put both of them on my phone after I formatted my sdcard and moved my lockscreen background pic to my internal sd and it cut down on the lag
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I use a pattern lock screen. Does GoLocker work with that?
Also, I read through those other threads you mentioned and people claimed that a class 10 micro SD card helped a lot with the lag, so I ordered a PNY class 10 off of Amazon.
I'll post results here when I get it.
Hey Guy. Literally the thread right below you with 111 responses on the same exact subject answering all your questions. Do a thread search next time!
xluryan said:
I use a pattern lock screen. Does GoLocker work with that?
Also, I read through those other threads you mentioned and people claimed that a class 10 micro SD card helped a lot with the lag, so I ordered a PNY class 10 off of Amazon.
I'll post results here when I get it.
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GoLocker has its own lockscreen patterns
bluefire808 said:
Hey Guy. Literally the thread right below you with 111 responses on the same exact subject answering all your questions. Do a thread search next time!
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10 char
bluefire808 said:
Hey Guy. Literally the thread right below you with 111 responses on the same exact subject answering all your questions. Do a thread search next time!
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Yeah the only reason it's right below this one is because I posted in it after it was already recommended to me in this thread.
But thanks anyway.
So my niece is using to much data data and although I can easily just shut it off I'd rather get to the root of the problem. Are there any apps that allow me to see what they download that take a running tally of what access data and also maybe how much ?
She says it's just doing reading homework for school and APUSH notes... that doesn't use 3 gig in 2 weeks.
Any idea of something anyone has heard of or tried ? It's an Atrix HD and not rooted and I'd rather not root since I have no desire to mess with Motorola stuff . I know I'm in the GS3 area but this is where I hang out haha.
Thank you !
hednik said:
So my niece is using to much data data and although I can easily just shut it off I'd rather get to the root of the problem. Are there any apps that allow me to see what they download that take a running tally of what access data and also maybe how much ?
She says it's just doing reading homework for school and APUSH notes... that doesn't use 3 gig in 2 weeks.
Any idea of something anyone has heard of or tried ? It's an Atrix HD and not rooted and I'd rather not root since I have no desire to mess with Motorola stuff . I know I'm in the GS3 area but this is where I hang out haha.
Thank you !
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No idea about the Atrix HD but under settings on the S3, there's Data Usage.
what are your thoughts on this, buddy?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&hl=en
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No idea about the Atrix HD but under settings on the S3, there's Data Usage.
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Wow... i shouldn't be allowed to help anyone else...ever. I completely forgot about that thing as I know what uses mine and I'm usually on wi-fi so I don't care for myself. Thanks Bwolf
xBeerdroiDx said:
what are your thoughts on this, buddy?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobidia.android.mdm&hl=en
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Good find. I'm going to try that and see
EDIT: Found this related to that one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEwOSwiY29tLm9uYXZvLmFuZHJvaWQub25hdm9pZCJd
Can set a pop up when she uses something that is hogging data and doesn't know it... Thanks !
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Wow... i shouldn't be allowed to help anyone else...ever. I completely forgot about that thing as I know what uses mine and I'm usually on wi-fi so I don't care for myself. Thanks Bwolf
Good find. I'm going to try that and see
EDIT: Found this related to that one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEwOSwiY29tLm9uYXZvLmFuZHJvaWQub25hdm9pZCJd
Can set a pop up when she uses something that is hogging data and doesn't know it... Thanks !
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ya, i think i like that onavo one you found better. might have to try that with the teenager...
xBeerdroiDx said:
ya, i think i like that onavo one you found better. might have to try that with the teenager...
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Ended up being stupid Facebook... 2 GB in 7 days of background activity. Used the app and set it up easy to let her known and restrict background data.
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Wow... i shouldn't be allowed to help anyone else...ever. I completely forgot about that thing as I know what uses mine and I'm usually on wi-fi so I don't care for myself. Thanks Bwolf
Good find. I'm going to try that and see
EDIT: Found this related to that one
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEwOSwiY29tLm9uYXZvLmFuZHJvaWQub25hdm9pZCJd
Can set a pop up when she uses something that is hogging data and doesn't know it... Thanks !
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Haha it happens man, we all have our derp moments. I've seen you help quite a few users, keep it up :highfive:
Hey guys I am currently in Canada and I am using a DTMO device but I am certainly not getting the kind of battery I was hoping for...here is my setup:
Device is always on airplane mode as I am out of the country
Running SlimBean Build6
BMS Kernel (newest)
Kernel settings:
Fifo/interactive with min= 384000 and max= 756000. The interactive governor has a hispeed_freq of 594000
As you can see I have butchered the capability of my S3 for better battery life as I don't game or anything but I am only getting 2.5 hours of screen on time on Automatic Brightness :/ (AIRPLANE MODE)
I have attached BBS images
I forgot to say, I also use Greenify to hibernate like 10+ apps including Maps, Zedge , Tapatalk etc
I was really hoping to break the 4 or maybe even 5 hour screen on time with airplane mode, and any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Greenify Maps.
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Greenify Maps.
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He says he did greenify maps in the OP, weird that it's still so hi. I just force stop it when ever I'm done using those kinda apps, music as well... with Airplane mode on and everything you should get more than 5 hours screen on time, I've seen people get that with signal. Weird stuff... what are your cpu states? might be another app causing wakelocks
Hey guys thanks for the response! My cpu states in BBS are weird but I here is the one from both BBS and trickstermod!
That is crazy weird. I would FULL wipe system Factory Reset and caches and maybe even wipe sdcards after back up of things. Do not restore system apps from TiBu or what ever you use to restore things. That is not at all normal or what would cause your battery life.
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That is crazy weird. I would FULL wipe system Factory Reset and caches and maybe even wipe sdcards after back up of things. Do not restore system apps from TiBu or what ever you use to restore things. That is not at all normal or what would cause your battery life.
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Aw okay I suppose I should do that. Should I stick with the same Rom? SlimBean has been good to me but are there any others Rom/Kernel combos that are good/better than my current setup for battery life? RC5 of Cyanogenmod maybe?
Thanks again!
You say you Greenified Maps. But is it actually hibernated?
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You say you Greenified Maps. But is it actually hibernated?
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Yea it definitely is! I just checked I have hibernated more apps than there are fingers in my hand lol
Freeze it.
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Freeze it.
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Thanks but I don't think thats the best solution. I have butchered my phone in terms of performance and now I have to disable/freeze one of the most important apps of Android? I don't know doesnt seem right to me :/ Phone is useless without maps
Just do what I said, I don't freeze my maps and it doesn't act like that so I suggest wipe and reinstall things normally. I wouldn't suggest a specific ROM I have run build 6 and didn't have any serious issues on stock kernel.
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nicefella said:
Thanks but I don't think thats the best solution. I have butchered my phone in terms of performance and now I have to disable/freeze one of the most important apps of Android? I don't know doesnt seem right to me :/ Phone is useless without maps
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It's not a permanent solution. My theory is that another app you are using is forcing it to launch. This would explain why Greenify isn't helping.
Okay I'm downloading RootBox and BMS Kernel to see how things go on a fresh clean install with no apps (no maps) and test it overnight on airplane mode.
Aerowinder I am afraid you may be right, I'll have to double check that on the new formatted rom to see whats up. I'll post pics tomorrow once I leave it on overnight Thanks for the help thus far!
No problem. 10-1 its another app and more so it will be gone without maps and possibly back after you reinstall maps. The fun of playing with your phone lol.
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Hey guys so I reinstalled slim bean with a clean install, greenified just about everything and have bms kernel running on interactive. It seems things are fine except the phone doesn't actually go into deep sleep so I lose 2% an hour on airplane mode which I feel is quite a lot! Herr is a bus! As you can see during the 5 hours or so I didn't use the phone, the phone is not in deep sleep! Help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hey guys so I reinstalled slim bean with a clean install, greenified just about everything and have bms kernel running on interactive. It seems things are fine except the phone doesn't actually go into deep sleep so I lose 2% an hour on airplane mode which I feel is quite a lot! Herr is a bus! As you can see during the 5 hours or so I didn't use the phone, the phone is not in deep sleep! Help would be greatly appreciated! View attachment 2037644View attachment 2037650
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Please explain how it is possible for us to help you without your BBS log?
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Please explain how it is possible for us to help you without your BBS log?
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Apologies! Here is the dump txt file
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Apologies! Here is the dump txt file
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"msm_ipc_read00000001:00000002" (): 7 h 31 m 59 s (27119 s) Cntc/wc/ec)0/0/0 93.3%
This is your problem. What is it?
Um looking at that doesn't remind me of any apps or anything. How can I find out what that leech is? Thanks for your help!