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Can someone give me some battery saving tips? I use Gio CM 7.2 RC-1 Patch 4.
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Juicedefender ultimate works great
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On CM7.2 I used ES Task Killer and Power Control Widget. Nice Combination.
Turn off packet data if you don't use it.
If you don't watch Youtube/surf the net much but want to have e.g. Gmail sync then tick "2G only". In my case this tick seems to give at least 40% extra time if I use my smartphone as phone (call/SMS) and Gmail checker (read incoming e-mail) - on 3G my phone lives like ~1.5 days, on 2G it lives for approx. 2.5-3 days.
And don't use task killers, they kill your battery life not saving it.
I just use the "Power Control" widget to turn data on and off, aslo, i set is so when data is on it turns on 3g, when data is off it's 2g only.
Also, i turn wifi off when i don't need it, same with bt, and gps.
I've also installed LagFreeV1 for RAM management and other tweaks.
Use no task killer. Brightness is about 30%, no animations.
App2sd darktremor with davlik on SD, apps on SD (not sure if this actually saves power, and i have a class 10 card so speed is ok)
I get about 3 days of use out of 1 charge. I play some games for about 20 minutes a day, wifi about 2-3 hours a day - browsing, chatting or checking mail, mobile data - just when needed, talk on the phone about 20 minutes a day, lots of text messages.
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Also, i turn wifi off when i don't need it, same with bt, and gps.
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There's no need to switch off GPS, it's only used when an application is requesting it. If no app needs the GPS receiver, then it's switched off.
Thanks for the other tips though, I never thought about some of them
You're welcome!
The reason i also turn GPS off is beacuse sometimes i use Maps to plan a trip, or look at stuff from home, using wifi, but i don't get/need a gps signal.
if you need some instructions or help in setting the right options, please look at these two pages :
http://www.bennyn.de/hardware/android-akkulaufzeit-erhohen.html
http://forum.modopo.com/android-faq...droid-handys-verlaengern-stromspar-tipps.html
I use Juice Defender Ultimate It's just the best battery saving app out there
I am just wondering what is considered GOOD battery life when playing games.
Using juice plotter, I estimated that after playing FF7 on FPSE for an hour that it uses approximately %12. This is with JuiceDefender disabling all connections except the phone at the same time.
This puts my total play time at about 8 hours continuously.
Just wondering what other people are getting.
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I am just wondering what is considered GOOD battery life when playing games.
Using juice plotter, I estimated that after playing FF7 on FPSE for an hour that it uses approximately %12. This is with JuiceDefender disabling all connections except the phone at the same time.
This puts my total play time at about 8 hours continuously.
Just wondering what other people are getting.
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That's very good. I play GTA 3 for about 15 mins and it takes up 20% of my battery !
And even Super Mario World on the Snes emulator I play that for about 7 mins takes up 6%
What's going on there?
How high is your screen brightness?
Maybe the PS Portable software is a battery hog.
Also do you have juice defender? With it disabled 1 hour takes up about 22-24% batter, with it turned on and disdabling connections, it went down to %12.
Either that or I'd call your cell provider back and tell them your battered FUBAR.
I mean I let my cell sit all night from about 10:30PM to 6AM, which in juicedefender is set as NIGHT mode and it turns EVERYTHING off, and turns on silent mode. I lose maybe 4-5% overnight.
Masters2150 said:
How high is your screen brightness?
Maybe the PS Portable software is a battery hog.
Also do you have juice defender? With it disabled 1 hour takes up about 22-24% batter, with it turned on and disdabling connections, it went down to %12.
Either that or I'd call your cell provider back and tell them your battered FUBAR.
I mean I let my cell sit all night from about 10:30PM to 6AM, which in juicedefender is set as NIGHT mode and it turns EVERYTHING off, and turns on silent mode. I lose maybe 4-5% overnight.
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I have half brightness with auto brightness on. I'll try juice defender and see how it goes.
Which Android version are you on 0.42 or 0.62 ?
Using the stock sony 2.3.4, so .42 I believe.
Try This program RootDim. Set brightness to about 25%, adjust slightly as needed. Then go turn auto brightness off.
You can set profiles so during the day, go into the program and choose a brighter profile. Not as easy but it seem better.
I've heard auto brightness actually uses more battery power from constant brightness shifting.
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Using the stock sony 2.3.4, so .42 I believe.
Try This program RootDim. Set brightness to about 25%, adjust slightly as needed. Then go turn auto brightness off.
You can set profiles so during the day, go into the program and choose a brighter profile. Not as easy but it seem better.
I've heard auto brightness actually uses more battery power from constant brightness shifting.
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Aha I'll turn auto brightness off. So your not rooted or anything right ? so you have the sony ericsson processes running in the background?
Thing is I don't lose that much on stand by just like you 4-5% overnight so that's not an issue. It's only when playing games and wifi as well.
Oh no I'm rooted, and I removed all the crapware. Well removed some, froze others.
Need to be rooted to use rootdim anyways.
Then why not root your phone? doesn't hurt it.
Yeah I think I will. That must be the reason all those sony ericsson apps/processes that are running in the background must be using the battery up when I play games.
Just spend the $5 on Titanium Backup pro. I did, and $5 on Juice Defender Ultimate. Best $10 I've ever spent on a phone.
If you buy Titanium Backup pro you can freeze things. This means they stay installed, but cant do anything, if something goes wrong, just unfreeze it.
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Just spend the $5 on Titanium Backup pro. I did, and $5 on Juice Defender Ultimate. Best $10 I've ever spent on a phone.
If you buy Titanium Backup pro you can freeze things. This means they stay installed, but cant do anything, if something goes wrong, just unfreeze it.
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I'm not rooted. Can I use Titanium Backup ?
Nope, it needs root to run.
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Then why not root your phone? doesn't hurt it.
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Where did you root your phone from ? give me a straightforward thing not too hard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
SuperOneClick. doesn't get any easier. Might take a few tries and reboots but it does work.
Just make sure USB debugging is turned on when you do this.
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Just spend the $5 on Titanium Backup pro. I did, and $5 on Juice Defender Ultimate. Best $10 I've ever spent on a phone.
If you buy Titanium Backup pro you can freeze things. This means they stay installed, but cant do anything, if something goes wrong, just unfreeze it.
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What is your setup on Juice Defender to get the best battery life ?
This is assuming you have ultimate:
Under STATUS:
Profile: Advanced
Under CONTROLS:
Mobile data: Enabled
Wifi: Enabled (You can use wifi prefered if you want, it just will ALWAYS enable wifi, wait for a signal, connect, or wait for a signal if theres none, then finally connect data. I prefer to not use wifi prefered, as it takes longer to connect. I'll just do it myself.
AutoSync: PING. You can have juice defender also enable/disdable background data. I don't because it's still experimental, I'll use it once it's stable.
Keep enabled: Disable both of these (not lit up) if they aren't already.
Bluetooth: Use it if ya have a bluetooth device, leave it disabled if ya don't.
Timeout: I don't use it, as I already have the settings in the android settings itself. And I have found it can sometiems cause problems. Try it out, but if it doesn't work, you'll have to reinstall JD.
Auto Brightness: Keep disdabled, same thign with android's auto brightness, uses more. I prefer to use RootDim. also, it gives an error saying a light sensor isn't on the Play, which is weird because it does. So the feature is still in beta.
CPU: This is an underclocking utility to save battery power. enable it, but don't touch the underclock settings, you're gaming performance will decrease. Underclock it only if your a moron for buying a Play to not use it for gaming. Go down to the governor setting and change it to conservative. governmors are explained herE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843406
GPS: Seems good but still in beta. Will wait for release to test.
Under Schedule:
Schedule: ENABLED
Frequency and Duration: These mainly come into play while the program is asleep. It will enable the device every so often, and keep it enabled for atleast a sertain amount of time. this is to let background data and sync get your emails and such. I have mine set to 30min and 30 seconds. So every 30 mins, connectivity will enable for 30 seconds. don't worry, if you have alot to sync for some reason, it doesn't cut off, it will stay enabled until it's done. (this is set on another setting.)
controls: Default
Night: Enable this and set it to whenever you usually goto bed, and when you usually get up in the morning.
Adaptive start end: I have mine set to +30m max, end -1hmax. This depends totally on you.
Options: Silent
Peak: I keep this disabled. Use it based on the instructions if you REALLY want it.
Weekend and Night(weekend): I don't use these, go ahead if you want to. I keep them disabled.
Under Triggers:
Battery and battery threashhold: I keep mine enabled and at 15%. This means if the battery hits 15%, all conectivity save the cell, is disabled. You can set this lower or higher if you want. If you're under the threshhold and you want to turn connections on, pull down your menu, click on the JD icon, a box will come up allowing you to enable conections until you lock your screen.
Charger: only AC is enabled. Can choose either of the others if ya want. USB would mean it takes longer to charge.
Screen: ENABLED
Options: Enable Ignore on Low Battery. this makes the battery threshhold thing work.
controls: default
Traffic: ENABLED
Traffic Threashhold: I have mine set to NORMAL 15s. What this means is that as long as theres an active connection, JD will not disable anything. But once the connection is finished, it turns it off and goes back to normal. so for my settings, as long as there is 10Kb of data every 15 seconds, it will stay connected. If it falls below that, disabled.
Apps: ENABLED
Configure: Interactive. Go and click on CONFIGURE APPS. This allows you to set up connection profiles for every app with 4 settings, ENABLED, ENABLED/SCREEN OFF, DISABLED, DO NOTHING. Enabled means connections will stay on inside that app. ENABLED/SCREEN OFF means if that app is running when the screen is off or asleep it stays enabled, I don't use it as it isn't very battery saving. DISABLED, when you go into the app, connections are disabled. DO NOTHING, if you go into the app, nothing happends.
Use ENABLED for apps that use the internet, browser, market, etc.
I never use ENABLED/SCREEN OFF for anything.
DISABLED: Use this for games, and other programs that don't use the internet that you use for long periods of time, such at FPSE, Mugen, etc.
DO NOTHING: Use this for apps that may not use the internet, but you're only going to use it fast. If you give these apps disabled, more battery it used to disable and enable connections every time you go into it.
LOCATION: This is really only useful is Wifi Prefered is enabled, otherwise even if this is enabled, it won't work. What this does is keep track of Wifi you have passwords to, and wifi hotspots. If you unlock your phone near one, it will auto connect to it. As well it keeps track of the range of the wireless signal, so it will know when it can connect. This takes a while for it to train.
After a day or so, you can goto the ABOUT tab and it will tell you approximately how much JD has increased your battery life by. On my X10 I was hitting 2.2x. But on Play I'm at about 1.8x. Then again it's a gaming phone, so no surprise.
Hope this helps!
I've spent much of the last year honing my DHD for battery life with custom ROM's and automation apps like the fantastically versatile app TASKER. With it, I can automate just about any task such as turning on a data connection for 3 minutes every 4 hours to sync all my bits and pieces.
I als use another app, Juice Plotter to record a historical graph of batter use over time. It also has a widget which shows me amount of charge left in hours.
I've been using Tasker to automatically turn my GPS on when I open an app which uses it like CoPilot, Maps, etc... I've always thought that this would save battery life but recently ran a test where it's been left on continuously and I haven't noticed any difference in power use. I wonder if it only really turns on when needed and the GPS on is more of a standby until used, when it's immediately available.
I use tracking software should my phone get lost so would like GPS on constantly, but thinks that Prey and Avast! can turn it on when required anyway. I just haven't tested them.
Any thoughts?
use juice defender and autokiller memory optimizer
Zebede said:
I've spent much of the last year honing my DHD for battery life with custom ROM's and automation apps like the fantastically versatile app TASKER. With it, I can automate just about any task such as turning on a data connection for 3 minutes every 4 hours to sync all my bits and pieces.
I als use another app, Juice Plotter to record a historical graph of batter use over time. It also has a widget which shows me amount of charge left in hours.
I've been using Tasker to automatically turn my GPS on when I open an app which uses it like CoPilot, Maps, etc... I've always thought that this would save battery life but recently ran a test where it's been left on continuously and I haven't noticed any difference in power use. I wonder if it only really turns on when needed and the GPS on is more of a standby until used, when it's immediately available.
I use tracking software should my phone get lost so would like GPS on constantly, but thinks that Prey and Avast! can turn it on when required anyway. I just haven't tested them.
Any thoughts?
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GPS is turned off until an application with permission to discover your fine location uses that permission. If you turned off GPS, it shouldn't turn on anyway, but if you turn it on that is when it will start searching.
Hi, Ive been reading a lot about battery saving apps that I started to get curious as to whether these apps really work.
I installed JD out of curiosity and I have to say that all it doea is disable automatically your phone connections to help you save power. Things that you can actually do manually. Like turning off wifi and mobile network. If im not mistaken you can disable mobile network under your phone's settings.
So my question is, if you can do it manually, what is the point of apps like juice defender? It eats up ram and runs as a background process which in my opinion does more bad than good to your battery unless your the i dont know how to disable connections manually in my phone kind of guy.
Somebody please enlighten me. Thanks.
I have used it for a long times. Since I used Xperia PLAY.
I think this program is good. Yes, if you can manually do it. But the feature I like the most is Screen. It can change CPU ghz according to your screen on / off.
It saves my battery a lot.
Press THANKS if you agree with me.
I am a long time user of jd but these days the only feature i use regularly is to disable data overnight.
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- Airplane mode over night
- automatic wireless connection with "location" feature (if near a known wireless network it starts the wireless and connects, if not near it directly starts 3G)
- I do not have to mess with on/off wireless/3G
- automatically syncs every hour, so I have to do nothing but still get my mails
- with rooted phone underclock on screen off
- bluetooth off after 5 mins without connected bluetooth device
etc....
It is NOT for you if you want to have online connection all the time. And it is not for you if you don't mind to do all the things manually it does for you.
And in my opinion only the full version really helps, the free version does not much...
I think it's a great app! :good:
If you just need to auto toggle data, check out 3GBattery too.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS5teXN0aXF1ZS50aHJlZWdiYXR0ZXJ5Il0.
basically, there are 2 main things that drain our devices: 1) 3g/2g and 2) display brightness. I've been using JD since ever, and the difference is awesome with and without. Even the free version is enough to save some batt, in the Agressive mode (connects every 30min).
Besides JD, I am using Greenify. Which needs root to work and does a beautiful job with background apps like Facebook, GMaps etc.
works on both my devices :good:
Personally I think this app is useless.
As OP has said, you can just set up those things manually.
This app just eats RAMs and use your battery up more.
Hi All,
I would like to invite your suggestions on best battery saving apps that you are using and how much difference does it make. Is it worth paying for apps juice defender ultimate or so http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/advanced/battery_full.png
I am on stock (rooted) 4.2.1 and stock rom.
Thanks!
Best battery saver is your self. These apps don't work any better than you doing the things it does manually. If its using resources which they all do to "save" you battery... Its not really saving you battery.. But in fact using it.
Some tips I suggest:
Turn sync off in everything. Go to data usage hit the menu button and uncheck auto sync data. Also you will want to open apps that have notifications and make sure they aren't syncing either.
Remove maps if you don't use it or disable it at the very least this will keep it from polling your location and wake locking the device.
Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
Turn off Google backup services. Sometimes this will be pulling and pushing data wake locking the device and using battery. I've never found it necessary especially since I use TiBu anyways for my apps to restore. It never saves my WiFi password either.
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anx.sap said:
Hi All,
I would like to invite your suggestions on best battery saving apps that you are using and how much difference does it make. Is it worth paying for apps juice defender ultimate or so http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/icons/advanced/battery_full.png
I am on stock (rooted) 4.2.1 and stock rom.
Thanks!
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for me best battery saver app is still juice defender ultimate. used it on my S3 once (2.5x longer batt life) but not on my N4.
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Best battery saver is your self. These apps don't work any better than you doing the things it does manually. If its using resources which they all do to "save" you battery... Its not really saving you battery.. But in fact using it.
Some tips I suggest:
Turn sync off in everything. Go to data usage hit the menu button and uncheck auto sync data. Also you will want to open apps that have notifications and make sure they aren't syncing either.
Remove maps if you don't use it or disable it at the very least this will keep it from polling your location and wake locking the device.
Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
Turn off Google backup services. Sometimes this will be pulling and pushing data wake locking the device and using battery. I've never found it necessary especially since I use TiBu anyways for my apps to restore. It never saves my WiFi password either.
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This ^^^ battery "saving " apps usually do more harm than good. Uber, nice to see you awaiting your N4
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Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
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This isn't particularly good advice in my opinion. Are there apps that do use battery power when you don't force close them? Yes, sure, but many don't. And those which do without a good reason.. try to find a replacement.
Force closing apps all the time especially on a device with lots of ram will mean that your device has to restart the app completely if you open it again, which takes time and energy.
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Also, turning off sync doesn't really help that much if you still use your apps often but instead refresh manually with the screen on, I'd expect. Of course everyone can decide for themselves, but one of the reasons I own a smartphone is because it can notify of an incoming email or something without me having to go to gmail.com manually. It all very much depends on what you want from your phone and how much you are willing to compromise. Using an App like Lux for example could also save you some battery depending on how bright you need your screen to be etc. There are so many variables to this.
Best battery saver is to not run crappy battery hogging apps like juice defender.
Turn on auto brightness, check your apps and make sure you are not syncing very often unless you need it. For most apps you can turn off auto sync and probably sync manually. I just turn on auto sync for handful of important apps which I open regularly.
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Manually turn down screen brightness, don't leave the Wifi or bluetooth on when you're not connected, make sure apps you install aren't keeping the phone awake. Not much else actually works in the real world.
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I get two and a half days from my Nexus 4 battery, I can thank Juice Defender Ultimate for a large part of that.
I could do all the tricks that Juice Defender does manually, but it would be a PITA and I'm sure I'd forget some of those tricks.
Better to pay a few quid, take a little time to set up Juice Defender, then sit back and enjoy your doubled battery life.
the best part of Juice Defender was turning off Wifi when not at home.. if you like this feature, search the playstore for 'Y5 Battery Saver'. It does the same thing, is simple and free..
Note: dont backup and restore it in titanium though. If you rebuild, install from the playstore. I have found it doesn't work right if restored
IMO if all you want is bt/wifi to toggle when you aren't home spend $5 on a few nfc stickers and stick one by your front door. You could also go with tasker.
As for battery life, francos kernel is giving me 2 days of battery (far more than I need) with wifi/bt on, whatever apps need to sync do so and I have brightness set to auto.
I found juice defender good for phones that are bloated with crapware and not rooted. It hurt battery life when i used it for phones with custom roms and kernels.
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I get two and a half days from my Nexus 4 battery, I can thank Juice Defender Ultimate for a large part of that.
I could do all the tricks that Juice Defender does manually, but it would be a PITA and I'm sure I'd forget some of those tricks.
Better to pay a few quid, take a little time to set up Juice Defender, then sit back and enjoy your doubled battery life.
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Can you post you juice defense settings. I can't even get 2 days from my nexus 4.
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Can you post you juice defense settings. I can't even get 2 days from my nexus 4.
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nvm
ÜBER™ said:
Best battery saver is your self. These apps don't work any better than you doing the things it does manually. If its using resources which they all do to "save" you battery... Its not really saving you battery.. But in fact using it.
Some tips I suggest:
Turn sync off in everything. Go to data usage hit the menu button and uncheck auto sync data. Also you will want to open apps that have notifications and make sure they aren't syncing either.
Remove maps if you don't use it or disable it at the very least this will keep it from polling your location and wake locking the device.
Keep your running apps to a minimum and force stop any unnecessary apps.
Turn off Google backup services. Sometimes this will be pulling and pushing data wake locking the device and using battery. I've never found it necessary especially since I use TiBu anyways for my apps to restore. It never saves my WiFi password either.
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Ya cripple your phone like this guy says lol
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After I turned 'Google location' and NFC off, this thing can easily last the day with average use. Before that it was just draining like crazy.
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I've had juice defender ultimate since my Nexus S days. I wouldn't be without it as I can't get my battery to last a full day without it. When it's fully configured correctly, it works fantastic. I especially like that I can configure wifi to turn on and off automatically in areas where I have a saved wifi. I can decide the interval I choose for syncing data, and there are many other features. I'm not going to be manually turning on and off functions all the time, all that does is create more screen on time and is a waste of my time.
Bottom line, for me juice defender ultimate works because I spent time configuring it properly for my usage.
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IMO if all you want is bt/wifi to toggle when you aren't home spend $5 on a few nfc stickers and stick one by your front door. You could also go with tasker.
As for battery life, francos kernel is giving me 2 days of battery (far more than I need) with wifi/bt on, whatever apps need to sync do so and I have brightness set to auto.
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What's the screen on time though?
I can easily get 2 days of battery if I don't use my phone at all.
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What's the screen on time though?
I can easily get 2 days of battery if I don't use my phone at all.
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1.5 hrs screen on, 1.5hrs on call...I got close to 6hrs screen on when I did a drain test.
And no, I wasn't getting 2 days out of the phone stock with the same usage, it was more like 12-18hrs.
I tried using Juice Defender on a different phone and all it did was make the phone buggy with problems with wifi connectivity and other minor irritations and I could never configure it in such a way that didn't give me problems.
Are you having trouble making it through the day on one charge? I don't think I could use my N4 that much if I tried, I sat in a doctor's office the other day for 2.5 hours listening to Pandora on a bluetooth headset while reading a book with the screen on and still made it until I turned in for the night. Perhaps it is the Trinity kernel or custom ROM I am running, I never ran my phone stock so I don't have anything to compare with. I guess some of you want to go longer than 24 hours but it would be a really bizarre situation for me to need to do that.
So I tried juice defender ultimate and it did significantly increased my battery life. I am now getting about 30 hours or more with my regular usage. Even right now I have 63% remaining battery with 1 hour screen time and 17 hours total run time, see screenshot for usage.
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