[Q] optimize HTC Desire HD - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi new to the forums. Recently got desire hd. Have to say its a pretty nice piece of kit. Just wondering if anyone knows any tricks and tips to make it run at full speed as sometimes it lags (with usb debugging on) and sometimes it says the sim card has been removed when it hasnt. These are just minor errors. Also and tips and tricks on how to improve battery life. Its decent for a smartphone but anyway to make battery last longer.
Also what is rooting and why should i do it. What advantages and disadvanges are there to using a custom ROM.

If you whant to improve your battery life try to downlowd from market app "mysettings". That is good app for fast adjusting screen brightnes, turn on/off wifi, gps etc.
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Have to say its a pretty nice piece of kit
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Yep she sure is!!
As for the simcard, are you sure it's properly inserted? I never had that issue. Yeah the phone tends to have a little lag here and there, that's where a custom rom will help since they have been optimized further then a stock rom.
As for battery levels there are things you can do to improve battery life.
#1 Don't use the phone
#2 Stop using the phone
#3 Why are you still using the phone?!?
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Seriously though to improve battery life you could make your emails/weather/news/etc update every few hours rather then minutes, use wifi and 3g only when needed, adjust brightness level, make the screen timeout faster so when your not using it it will shut off, flash custom rom will also help with battery.
I've noticed that screen is the biggest juice drainer and the longer it's on the faster the battery will go. Get CurrentWidget from the market, handy tool for seeing how much your battery is currently being drained.

closed 3g network only 2g network phone

Your battery life will improve drastically in the coming weeks.
Once your battery has been conditioned and the "honeymoon" period ends (2-3 weeks) you should last at least a whole day with medium to high usage.

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Serious battery drain :(

I got my Desire in april and ever since I've never managed to get the battery to last more than a day.
I've tried different ROMs (Defrost, OpenDesire with and without Sense, MoDaCo r4, DJDroid, Neophyte, Pays-rom 2.1) but it's always the same: almost no drain in sleep mode but as soon as I turn the screen on and start using it the battery goes down ~20% every hour. I don't believe that's normal since some people get 3-4 days out of their battery.
For example, today my phone has been on for 2½ hours and lost 43% battery with WiFi on, just surfing the net and using Tapatalk.
The screen brightness is fixed at 30%, auto-sync off, bluetooth off, network mode set to WCDMA only and I have good 3G reception where I live.
I have no clue what to do, maybe someone else does?
I have the same life spend for my battery. I think its quite normal for desire. Unless I'm abnormal too : x
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You can use setCPU to underclock the processor or to create rules to make it powersaver.
I (as many other people) have one for setting the max/min processor to 245MHz when the screen is off, so it doesnt waste so much battery. I havent tested a lot, since I did it yesterday but the battery is lasting longer.
Also there are different ROMs that have better battery life...
AzureusPT said:
You can use setCPU to underclock the processor or to create rules to make it powersaver.
I (as many other people) have one for setting the max/min processor to 245MHz when the screen is off, so it doesnt waste so much battery. I havent tested a lot, since I did it yesterday but the battery is lasting longer.
Also there are different ROMs that have better battery life...
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I'm using neophyte 1.3 now since it was said to give you good battery time but I don't think SetCPU works with it...
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I use JuiceDefender. Just by installing the free app from the market, I've increased my battery by 1.5x what it was originally.
With Ultimate Juice installed, I saw an increase of up to 2.5x.
Sods law, I can't purchase anything via the market due to having a Google Apps email account :|
gRoberts said:
I use JuiceDefender. Just by installing the free app from the market, I've increased my battery by 1.5x what it was originally.
With Ultimate Juice installed, I saw an increase of up to 2.5x.
Sods law, I can't purchase anything via the market due to having a Google Apps email account :|
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I've tried it but it's not helping since I'm not syncing anything automatically anyway and the battery isn't drained with screen off.
It's when I start using the phone my battery percentage goes bananas.
And btw I know how you feel, I live in Sweden and we don't have paid apps here. Thank god for MarketAccess.
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My Desire was acting like that during my first 2 days of usage. The battery was draining really fast even in standby mode. I installed advanced task killers and after that the battery improved. I do not know if it is because this app or there were some other configurations that I accidentally did...
But the battery life right now is way better than before (even lasts longer than my previous iphone 3gs). Hope this helps =D
I have pretty decent battery life and I use the stock unrooted unmodified rom. Some apps completely obliterate battery life. I used to keep eBuddy open, but I found that it kills my battery faster then anything else.
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Just downloaded setcpu to take a look. Should I be looking to use the default settings or is there something I should be changing?
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markuz85 said:
I got my Desire in april and ever since I've never managed to get the battery to last more than a day.
I've tried different ROMs (Defrost, OpenDesire with and without Sense, MoDaCo r4, DJDroid, Neophyte, Pays-rom 2.1) but it's always the same: almost no drain in sleep mode but as soon as I turn the screen on and start using it the battery goes down ~20% every hour. I don't believe that's normal since some people get 3-4 days out of their battery.
For example, today my phone has been on for 2½ hours and lost 43% battery with WiFi on, just surfing the net and using Tapatalk.
The screen brightness is fixed at 30%, auto-sync off, bluetooth off, network mode set to WCDMA only and I have good 3G reception where I live.
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Hmm, when you say "just surfing the net", you're actually using WiFI + AMOLED + CPU, which are 3 of the biggest battery drains on the device.
IME, you can get days out of the phone, but if you actually have the screen turned on all of the time (i.e. you're actually using the phone), then 20% per hour probably isn't that insane. After all, that's 5 hours of continuous use, which isn't too awful from a modern smart phone.
Honestly, I think the answer might be "Yes, it does that" and "you'll probably need to charge it during the day". I've taken to charging mine on the way to work and back again (about 45 mins each way) and I'm still at 90% at bedtime.
Oh, and forget JuiceDefender. Yes, it makes a difference...but only when the screen is turned off. As soon as you start using it (and that's what you're obviously doing here), it shifts out of the way. Once I realised this, I uninstalled it...never looked back.
Daern
Oh, couple of other notes. Bluetooth doesn't make that much difference unless you're actually using it. 3G uses quite a bit more power compared to 2G. Consider switching to 2G when you're on WiFi. (sadly, no automated way to do this )
i am not using any of these tools.
i have wifi always on 3g on
no live wallpaper and push mail (k-9) with 2 accounts
my battery lasts 1,5-2 days. with phone turned off during the night. 0am till 7am.
i am surfing a lot and writing a lot emails.
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Hmm, when you say "just surfing the net", you're actually using WiFI + AMOLED + CPU, which are 3 of the biggest battery drains on the device.
IME, you can get days out of the phone, but if you actually have the screen turned on all of the time (i.e. you're actually using the phone), then 20% per hour probably isn't that insane. After all, that's 5 hours of continuous use, which isn't too awful from a modern smart phone.
Honestly, I think the answer might be "Yes, it does that" and "you'll probably need to charge it during the day". I've taken to charging mine on the way to work and back again (about 45 mins each way) and I'm still at 90% at bedtime.
Oh, and forget JuiceDefender. Yes, it makes a difference...but only when the screen is turned off. As soon as you start using it (and that's what you're obviously doing here), it shifts out of the way. Once I realised this, I uninstalled it...never looked back.
Daern
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Okay so I guess it's normal, I guess I'll just have to fire up the ol' charger a bit more often then
Btw I don't use JuiceDefender anymore either, didn't make any difference other than the widget claiming to have increased your battery time
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Here comes a hint:
Turn off ALL unnecessary widgets like "Bluetooth", "GPS", "WiFi". Turn off also "Mobile"-internet widget, and turn it on only when u want to update some apps or check your mail.
I have noticet that "Mobile"-internet widget drains hell of a lot battery, but if u turn it off now and then u will have ure phone, like I had, for 6 days - with one charge!
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Here comes a hint:
Turn off ALL unnecessary widgets like "Bluetooth", "GPS", "WiFi". Turn off also "Mobile"-internet widget, and turn it on only when u want to update some apps or check your mail.
I have noticet that "Mobile"-internet widget drains hell of a lot battery, but if u turn it off now and then u will have ure phone, like I had, for 6 days - with one charge!
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I always have GPS turned off and wifi off when not using it, never used bluetooth and I'm using Data On Demand which turns off mobile data when the screen is off.
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Kernel Advice

I have poor battery life on my desire, it barely lasts 7 hours. I have tried wiping battery stats etc, and have the screen brightness at 50%. I have read that some kernels can greatly improve battery life, is this true? If so, which would you recommend, and do I just flash it like I would a rom? I am using the latest miui.
Cheers,
Steve
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They can but finding the underlying app causing the phone not to sleep would be what I'd be looking at. Remove all installed apps and add them 1 at a time and see how the battery goes
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They can but finding the underlying app causing the phone not to sleep would be what I'd be looking at. Remove all installed apps and add them 1 at a time and see how the battery goes
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Yeah i've tried this, there's nothing draining the battery.
Not at all
Such battery drainage can only be induced by either heavy usage, or phone not being able to go to sleep.
The differences between kernels in custom roms are merely a shades since all of them are pretty much battery efficient. You won't miraculously jump from battery life of 7 hours to 30 hours. Concentrate on your apps or even better, third party Widgets.
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Probably a hardware fault then - the OS on it's own with no apps installed shouldn't drain a battery that quickly. Did you also turn off the sync options to test that theory?
Personally sounds like a knackered battery/phone
If it isn't apps/widgets (they are the culprit for heavy usage) then it would prob be a faulty battery. I did a little test last month to see how much battery I could lose in 24 hours. I lost 8%. I guess it could be a baseline to start off with.

[Q] Battery time?

When i connect my wildfire to my pc with the usb cable and charge it to 100%, it last a lot less than when i charge it to 100% via the plug in the wall. I was wondering what the difference is?
Strange... I never had this problem. For me, it last for the same amount of time.
Custom rom or original?
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Strange... I never had this problem. For me, it last for the same amount of time.
Custom rom or original?
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I have the original rom and it's updated to android 2.2.1. Maybe i'm wrong but it seems that way. It also seems as if it takes longer to charge. I bought the phone at the end of december so it's still quite new. Is there maybe an application which i can use to optimize or calibrate the battery which will improve the usage time of my phone once the battery is fully charged?
juicedefender allows you to turn off your internet connection while your phone screen is off, or when certain apps are running (for example it shuts down my internet when i'm playing angry birds, etc)
not sure if it is really THAT effective (it tells me it gives me half extra battery life but don't think I really get that out of it) but I've heard very positive comments overall
also, using as few as possible widgets increased my battery life and performance
Thanks, i'll give it a go.
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I have the original rom and it's updated to android 2.2.1. Maybe i'm wrong but it seems that way. It also seems as if it takes longer to charge. I bought the phone at the end of december so it's still quite new. Is there maybe an application which i can use to optimize or calibrate the battery which will improve the usage time of my phone once the battery is fully charged?
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I only know of the Wipe battery Stats in ClockWorkMod, but you need root and the custom recovery installed.
Well i'll have to wait untill a root is available for the wildfire 2.2.1 to be able to do what you just mentioned.
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juicedefender allows you to turn off your internet connection while your phone screen is off, or when certain apps are running (for example it shuts down my internet when i'm playing angry birds, etc)
not sure if it is really THAT effective (it tells me it gives me half extra battery life but don't think I really get that out of it) but I've heard very positive comments overall
also, using as few as possible widgets increased my battery life and performance
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Just wanted to let know you know that juicedefender helps a lot, really pleased with this app! Thanks.

Excessive Battery Drain

My Desire Z has been a battery killer recently. I have tried different radios and roms and it still sucks excessive power. Even on Airplane mode battery monitor widget was giving ~50mah per hour drain with the screen off.
I have both a stock battery and a Mugen 1800ma battery and this seems excessive. I checked and there were no applications keeping the phone awake either. At work with minimal usage my phone easily drains over 30% of the Mugen battery. Signal isn't a problem either because I work 280 metres away from a Bell cell tower and have full signal at work all the time. I'm starting to think that something is wrong with my phone.
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I have both a stock battery and a Mugen 1800ma battery
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I had a similar problem with a stock battery of mine and ended up recalling it with my phone provider and they shipped me a new one. They (T-Mobile) said "not all batteries were created equal" and that sometimes even without water-damage, certain batteries lose their shelf-life much faster than others.
Since you're telling us that both your stock and your after-market are draining at a near equal pace regardless, this might be an indicator that it isn't your battery.
I had to return my original G2 to T-Mobile because of hardware malfunctioning in several areas, namely the audio mechanisms. If you're using a relatively new phone, and/or a refurbished phone, I wouldn't be surprised if you are experiencing similar problems.
Omg, recently, mines been really bad too. Trying to get to the bottom of it.
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xT4Z1N4TRx said:
Omg, recently, mines been really bad too. Trying to get to the bottom of it.
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I'm starting to suspect a hardware problem on mine. I don't overclock at all. I've tried different roms, kernels and radios and it hasn't helped...
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I had fast battery drain too, I switched to the ROM in this thread, and battery life is now AMAZING
use SuperWipeG2(+) and Guhl's EFS GPS fix available here before flashing G-lite
Have you tried calibrating? Charging to full, wiping batt stats, discharging/charging back to full uninterrupted? The link below is a great calibration tool.... very convenient. I wipe stats after every ROM flash and keep an eye on CPU/RAM usage with Watchdog lite. Battery life is always good.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nema.batterycalibration&feature=search_result
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how long does the battery last for aprox in standby and with regular use. if it dies faster then 3days on standby or less then a day with regular use there may be an issue im just wanting to know the time span of your battery....
also i had hardware issues with the g2 too. my radio sucked balls, i couldnt even keep signal in a call longer then 3 seconds and my wifi would just cut out for periods of hours at a time... im wondering if the manufacturing is becoming sloppy and they might be lacking quality control. i admit there is a lot to the phone but simple things like battery quality and signal quality should be checked regularly.
with the g2 i frequently hear things like this, battery, screen failures or behind the screen cracks, unresponsive touch screen and black spots, bad radio signals, color leakage and most commonly issues with the keyboard.
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how long does the battery last for aprox in standby and with regular use. if it dies faster then 3days on standby or less then a day with regular use there may be an issue im just wanting to know the time span of your battery....
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Well if battery monitor widget is correct my phone would last 26 hours in airplane mode (36 with my mugen battery) with the screen off (I tested this with almost every user app uninstalled)
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Considering there was a guy who left his old Hero with CM7 in airplane mode and that it lasted for 30 days before the battery died... I find this quite discouraging
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Wow. Battery monitor widget is INCREDIBLY innacurate while in airplane mode. I left my phone in it for a good 10 hours and it was still at 100%
Disregard this post... and thread
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[4.2.2] Shpongle feedback/report

Hey 1ce, I'm posting here because I can't post in the Shpongle thread.
First of all, the ROM is awesome, and it makes me love using my One V because of how smooth and fast it is. However, I wanted to report few things:
1. In the ROM thread in page 128, bandit97 wrote:
So is it just me that has these battery problems?
No matter what my phone is doing. Sleep, Lock, Something, Nothing. The battery continuously drains to zero. After 5 hrs of a full charge just sitting there its dead. Never mind if I do anything. On sense roms and PA 2.99 I get pretty decent battery performance. Is there some tweaks/settings/apps I'm missing out on? I love this rom and its all around performance. But I travel a lot and I just cant afford very short battery life. Its really the only thing holding me back from using this as a daily.
Are any battery tweaks being worked on or available?
Tried
Stock Clocks/1400//BFQ/cfq/Smartmax/Smartassv2/
All the same
Any advice?
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I wanted to say I'm having the exact same problem...my battery life has been reduced to about 60% of what it was. It keeps draining even when my phone is on sleep. I checked my battery usage stats (the built-in feature) and it says 50% is screen display (although I have set the brightness to the lowest possible and disabled auto-brightness).
2. I noticed when listening to music, that the media volume levels have a bigger difference than I remember having in Sense. What I mean is, that I often listen to music and the current volume level is too low, but the next higher one is too loud. Is it possible to make the difference more subtle (making more volume levels basically)?
Thank you.
I managed to get better battery performance buy using V6 Supercharge zipalign and turboboost mentioned in response to what you quoted. I also ran my battery right out and fully charged it without turning it on. Then calibrated it. I still don't even get even close to stock/sense, but marginally better. It drops 5-8% overnight now.
What clocks and IO/Governor are you running? Using auto sync or weather? Do you use greenify? Could be a lot of things.
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