Battery Life - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What methods do you use to save battery life? Lookin for anything from the most common practices to the least known. Describe complicated methods the best you can. Also looking for methods with the least sacrifice of power and screen brightness.
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Here you go, make sure you click on the "get 5 more here link"
http://www.goodandevo.net/2010/05/20-tips-to-improve-htc-evo-4g-battery-life.html
Although this article was made for the EVO, most of the tips still work with the G2. Just make sure you don't pay attention to the ones that involves anything dealing with CDMA, that doesn't deal with the G2.
Another article, http://wccftech.com/2010/09/19/busted-5-myths-increasing-decreasing-androids-battery-life/
Check out the other links at the end of it as well.

OP, are you rooted?
If so:
1) custom ROM with no bloatware that runs more efficiently
2) OC/UC capable kernel.
- Use SetCPU to UnderClock if you're really worried about battery. At the least, set a Screen Off profile to 245min/365max. Do a search there are tons of posts about optimal use of SetCPU.
General:
1) JuiceDefender is a great app to auto-toggle your 3G/WiFi radios when they're not in use to save you battery. Very configurable and the Free version is quite solid
2) I'm sure you're aware of the normal turn off WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc. when not in use
3) If you don't need the most up-to-date e-mail/facebook/etc. updates then turn down the sync innerval or turn it off and manual sync when u want.

Judging by your signature if you're running CM7 you're rooted. So I would follow what martonikaj suggested with SetCPU. I have it OCed to 1.516 GHz but with the profiles set I am making beautiful battery times.
Also, something else that I've noticed is that if you have ClockworkMod Recovery you can wipe the battery stats. I do this every time I flash to a new ROM (which is why I stay away from the nightlies) by doing the following:
- Charge the battery to 100%
- Boot to Clockwork Recovery
- Do a Nandroid Backup (just because and just in case)
- Wipe Battery Stats (should be on the front menu, but I'm not in recovery)
- Reboot
- Use your phone as normal but do not charge it until the battery is 100% dead
- Put the phone on the charger and let it charge with the phone off
- Once the phone is charged, boot it up and use it normally (you can charge whenever now)
This will remap the battery stats and give a more accurate usage. It may be wonky the first couple days, saying you have 100% battery then dropping down to like 83%, but it gets more accurate after the building period. When I first OCed I was getting crap battery life, even with the profiles set. But after wiping the battery stats and regoing my phone can last usually a 12 hour day of constantly texting (roughly 250 - 300 a day) and having it sync everything about once an hour, and auto fetching emails from my GMail. Oh, and I have the Weather Channel, Twitter, Facebook, and Pandora widgets going on. So yeah, I swear by that

I use wifi whenever possible, reduces the search fro tmo crap network.

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what would be the best kernal for me to have ?

my battery drains like a bugatti veyron doing 252mph constantly
so what would you advise . is the kernal i have now the best or should i change .. i dont want to reall lose much performance on what i have now but would like the battery to maybe improve if possible ...
from full charge taking plug out searching market for 2 mins the battery drains 5-8% in matter of mins
and i have only had the phone a week
With that kind of drains the problems the kernel won't change that much. There is probably a app that causes the battery drain so looking in to that will have more effect. Also the brightness/screen on is the biggest drain and kernel won't do much about that.
You said that you have the phone a week, the battery needs some time to reach it's full potential and you probably use the phone a lot because it's new. So use the phone normally for another week, after that week let the phone drain until it shuts itself off, leaf it off and charge it till it's full. (there is a different calibration method but this always worked for me)
What do you have now? Stock or rooted?
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First of all, I would assume that you don't use the phone non-stop (it would be justified to lose power in a few hours if you're on it non-stop).
I recently had issues with power consumption as well. What I did was:
1) check the built in battery monitor: menu-settings-about phone-battery-battery use. The bad thing about this monitor is that it does not differentiate well the apps consuming power, but you can still see if there's something wrong, as the most consumption should come normally from the screen and voice calls. For me, the most consumption was made by com.htc.bg, which, if I let the monitor on for a few seconds, would transform in the calendar app. Weird stuff. I unchecked the calednar auto sync from menu-settings-accounts and sync. It may have slowed the power loss down, but not significantly. I noticed a significant loss of battery by WiFi. I realized, I needed more information so:
2) I installed an app called 'Power Tutor'. What it does is, it calculates which apps consumes power, and it shows you in percentages. After install, you need to start the 'power profiler'. It will appear in your notification bar. If you let it run, after a few hours, you can see in "view application power usage" who is using power. That's how I discovered that my winamp app was really off the charts using power like crazy. So I went in the winamp settings, and I unchecked some options that could have determined this power consumption, like wireless sync, automatic mount as USB drive, etc. There was actually an option that was overriding the wifi power management, stating that the wifi does not stop after 180 seconds of standby. Basically, if you have wifi on, and you stop using the phone for 3 minutes, the phone automatically turns off the wifi. This was not happening any more, due to winamp. So I unchecked all those options, and voila. It worked, I have now normal battery life.
Good luck!
be aware of a couple of things
1. battery drain for the 1st few weeks are high because of a couple of factors, the battery "learns" and gets conditioned over a period of time (doesnt use the old 16hr charge process). its a new device for you so its a novelty, you probably mess about with it with the screen on more than you think.
2. there is a configuration within HTC's builds and in the memory chip of the battery to stop over charging. the device will charge to 100 and then slowly deplete to 90% while still saying full on the phone. as soon as you disconnect it recalibrates to the correct value which is anywhere between 90% and 100% depending at which part of the cycle you catch it
Some other tips to increase battery life, from a friend of mine in the Romanian forum:
1) use the app watchdog, it will warn you when an app is using too much of the processor and will ask you if you want to close it.
2) juice defender with the paid add-on 'ultimate juice' - with the correct settings... it's amazing.
3) Dial *#*#4636#*#* - phone information-network type: select gsm auto prl. The phone will stay on 3G when it has good signal, and switch to 2G when it doesnt, saving battery
4) Change the wallpaper to a static one, not a live one.
5) Go to menu-settings-accounts and sync and increase sync intervals for weather, news, or even set them to sync manually when you choose.
i will try and answer everything at once ..
ok my screen is on 13% brightness
i hardly ever use my phone , the only real use was to root , s-off, put ROM ETC ON
I reply to about 50 texts ish per day and search the market for literally 1-2 mins to see what new apps are in
i dont play games or anything
the thing the battery uses most is the screen and as i say i have it on monochrome theme with 13% brightness, there is nothing synced , i check automatically for email etc .. actually beautiful widgets is set to auto update every 4 hours
i never use wifi as i have a 3gb download/data usage, i dont use gps ...well i do but i have had no need to .. thats about all i can tell ya
rastaman the pt2 is a bit weird it should stay at 100 if just taken out of charge
I calibrated the battery and that made no difference.
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If you get great battery life, please share your tips here!

I'm currently on the CM7 ROM, I have juice defender and done all the minor tweaks as far as disabling wireless network location, turn off the wifi and GPS, and an app killer. I still only manage at max 9 hours before my phone tells me to recharge.
If your getting great battery life, help me and others by sharing your tips here.
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Best tip is to stay on wifi as much as possible. I got 3 days on wifi and about 4 hours use.
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I turn data off when im not using the internet and when I'm just listening to musc I just put my phone in airplane mode
Yeah, I need some help too. I get about a day and a half with no use at all, and about 10 hours with minimal use. 4 hours with real world usage... I can't deal with this. Could it be the battery? It performs like a 1 year old, used, refurb battery came with a stock phone!
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Have you configured the battery since flashing the rom?
I get decent enough battery life, with light usage I can go about 36 hours w/o a charge but on my heavy usage days I usually have to use the car charger a few times a day.
kennyglass123 said:
Best tip is to stay on wifi as much as possible. I got 3 days on wifi and about 4 hours use.
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masaidjet said:
I turn data off when im not using the internet and when I'm just listening to musc I just put my phone in airplane mode
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liquiddetox said:
Have you configured the battery since flashing the rom?
I get decent enough battery life, with light usage I can go about 36 hours w/o a charge but on my heavy usage days I usually have to use the car charger a few times a day.
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all of these... biggest one is to turn off data when the phone is in your pocket. use wifi when u can, avoid using 4g unless plugged in, configure the battery in recovery (i've actually notice that this helps less than anything else for me), and finally: get an extended battery. it's worth the extra hours u can squeeze out of it. don't expect more than 4-5 hours screen on time with any rom/kernel/modem combo with a stock battery.
liquiddetox said:
Have you configured the battery since flashing the rom?
I get decent enough battery life, with light usage I can go about 36 hours w/o a charge but on my heavy usage days I usually have to use the car charger a few times a day.
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Yeah I also did that wipe battery stats at recovery.
I just thought maybe my expectations were too high, although it seems as if my battery drains drop pretty fast.
I would say about -10% battery drop every hour, just checking the time and send/receive text messages. Occasionally I surf the Web on the phone when on break at work. Other than that the phone is in my pocket, and after my 9 hour workday my phone demands the charger.
This is with the stock battery, so I guess this is normal unless I'm using the extended battery?
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u could also run a kernel that allows for over (under) clocking/undervolting. that helps some, too
get the duricell portable battery extender, add milliamps to your arsinal in one way or another with extended batterys or whatever, if you call sprint and complain loudly and dickly they will rebate you the cost that u spend on a new battery or batt extender whatever... that being said all the above options work great, u can also use night mode on chainfire 3d to save battery, or perhaps half your pixel rate, or perhapes turn off some colors (havent seen an app to do this yet) and reset your battery memory in cwm, kill ur batt, charg while off, then cycle again like that. (theres an app for that) if your not rooted, root your phone. if you dont want to root your phone, cycle ur battery the old fasion way or pop it into a rooted phone and do it.
I used to get really poor battery life (due to my phone not sleeping as evidenced by Spare Parts app). I rooted, used Titanium Backup to freeze various apps, and got an Zboost antenna booster for the office and called Sprint who sent me an Airave for the house. I wiped battery stats and cleared my Dalvic cache and the thing the finally got me right was finding out the Amazon MP3 app was still logged in though not running. Once I made sure I was logged out of that and Lattitude (Google Map feature) and Facebook, I haven't had any problem with a sleeping phone. Stock Froyo, standard battery, but rooted. When they say a bad app keeps your phone from sleeping I think they mean an app that requires log in...although this does not seem to be a problem if you stay logged in from a browser, only from an app!
Breezy357 said:
I'm currently on the CM7 ROM, I have juice defender and done all the minor tweaks as far as disabling wireless network location, turn off the wifi and GPS, and an app killer. I still only manage at max 9 hours before my phone tells me to recharge.
If your getting great battery life, help me and others by sharing your tips here.
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You may be shooting yourself in the foot with some of those things. App killers aren't that useful on Gingerbread since they keep killing apps that just reload on their own, and every time the reload it uses power. Just because an app is loaded doesn't mean it is running. Try letting the system take care of it. Juice Defender may help a little but it keeps shutting down data and starting it up, which means you don't get as much usefulness out of the phone and may waste power in some circumstances.
See what you have set to sync. Turn off any autosyncs you don't need, like weather screens, facebook, etc. If at all possible set them to only sync when you open the program.
I use the exchange option for gmail using the stock samsung app, which gives me push email but doesn't have to keep polling the server. I don't know if that makes a difference compared to imap, but it works well for me. don't think you have that option in CM7.
Wifi is a much more efficient way transfer data than 3G, use it whenever you can, and set it to never sleep. Otherwise the 3G radio keeps starting up again and wasting battery.
You can freeze the DRM stuff if you don't use it. I don't know if it really makes a difference but everyone thinks it does, so I do it.
Having a black wallpaper helps a little because on a AMOLED screen a black pixel uses no power.
The biggest battery killer is being in a bad signal area. If you always have 0 or 1 bars then your phone is going to always be draining the battery trying to find a good cell. In that case Roam Control may help you.
That's about all I do, and with the latest Stock gingerbread EH17 and EI22 I'm sitting with about 40 to 50% left after 12 hours, that's with light to moderate use.
I've been through the ringer with this. I'm pretty comfortable now, routinely managing to have 33% of battery left after 12hrs w/3g always on, sync always on, intermittent music listening, 2.5-3hrs of gaming and general "screen on" time (auto brightness), 1.1 GHz OC, no undervolting, and GPS always on. Here's what I'd suggest:
Flash a ROM w/ NO CIQ (thanks k0nane!) - In addition to being a leech on your privacy it's a leech on your battery. It's old news to long-time Epic owners at this point, but ditching CIQ improves battery life and overall responsiveness of the Epic. A popular stable Froyo ROM for this is SFR 1.2.
Minimize always-running services - Long press your homescreen, select "shortcuts," select "settings," and select "running services." Tap this to see what's running ongoing services (not apps) your phone is running. All of these are drawing current to stay in RAM. Things like Juice Defender, Tasker, and others show up here and draw power in doing so. JD and Tasker especially can drain a lot because they perform constant tasks as well. Uninstall them and let your phone manage itself.
The same goes for task managers and app-stoppers - Froyo and above does this fine on it's own
Freeze/Uninstall system services you don't use - This includes things like Sprint voicemail, the "Email" app, and the "SprintAndroidExtension.apk," and SNS services. You'll most likely find these on the "Running Services Page" as well. You can Titanium Backup to uninstall them, but I recommend the SDX Stock App Remover as that can restore them (TB can't reliably). TB can freeze these as well, which accomplishes basically the same thing. SNS is connected to Facebook, so if you use that a lot you might want to keep it. DRM services can also be removed, but may cause problems reading the SD card. I stay away from it.
Use Spare Parts to monitor wakelock and CPU usage - If you notice something giving you persistent trouble, shut it down. This is time-consuming, but you'll get a good feel for what apps are out there to accomplish similar tasks and which one best suits your needs.
Uninstall apps you don't use - Next time you wipe and flash a new ROM, reinstall or restore backed up apps as you need to use them and not all at once. You may find you don't need quite a few of them, allowing you to keep more space open on your phone and requiring less current to maintain them
Don't charge the battery overnight - most phones can reach capacity in 2-4 hours depending on charge level. Beyond that, holding at or around fully charged will degrade the battery by denying it the ability to release the stored energy. I charge mine in the evening a few hours before bed and top it off in the morning before leaving for work.
Get an 1800mAh battery sold for the Epic Touch - this is what moved me form "getting by" to "definitely comfortable." For around $25 (incl shipping) on ebay, I've gotten a new lease on my Epic's life. It may seem like cheating to bring in a new battery, but it makes a lot of difference WITHOUT adding more bulge to your phone (makes it a tad heavier though).
Hope this helps. Remember, of course, that what works for one phone won't necessarily work for another. Despite being the same model, minor imperfections in silicone can create individual temperaments for each phone.
I as always trying to make my battery last by stopping this and uninstalling that. Then I thought; why did I buy this phone with all of these capabilities to turn them all off
So, something like the "Hyperion Sprint Samsung Epic Touch 4G 2 x Battery + Charger" (too "young" to post a direct link)
Would fit in/work with the Epic 4G (without needing a new cover)? Even though its for the Touch?
Lol, I've been doing many of the suggestions across the board, and have gotten much better results. But I'm still not "comfortable" with my battery strength, especially when I'm unable to charge my phone all day...
Looking into your running services is a big one. week ago my battery life greatly decreased. I kept seeing market update pending and it wouldnt go away. Never update never go away. I manually updated the market and the battery is back to wonderful. It drops 2-3% at night off charger. Thats about 8 hours.
A sticky with all the main running services and which ones you can stop would be wonderful. I have sns services running. I think i can stop it but not positive. I also have sanservice running supposedly some type of samsung update. Its not doing anything but its been running for 2 days. No negative effect on battery(that i notice) but its running. Also make sure you turn location off. Ive also noticed that even when you back out of google maps its still in running services. A restart fixes that but thats annoying.
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Looking into your running services is a big one. week ago my battery life greatly decreased. I kept seeing market update pending and it wouldnt go away. Never update never go away. I manually updated the market and the battery is back to wonderful. It drops 2-3% at night off charger. Thats about 8 hours.
A sticky with all the main running services and which ones you can stop would be wonderful. I have sns services running. I think i can stop it but not positive. I also have sanservice running supposedly some type of samsung update. Its not doing anything but its been running for 2 days. No negative effect on battery(that i notice) but its running. Also make sure you turn location off. Ive also noticed that even when you back out of google maps its still in running services. A restart fixes that but thats annoying.
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SNSservice is a Facebook and Feeds and Updates Widget service. ALWAYS stop it. It does not matter to Facebook, even if you use it, but if you remove the Feeds and Updates Widget on one of your screens, that service continues to search for it and will kill your battery in a matter of hours (it starts a "restarting" loop). Either leave the widget on or kill this service after every reboot or if you are rooted, freeze it along with DRM service.
My other battery tips are to log out or sign out of every app such as Lattitude, Facebook, Amazon MP3 (it's ok to use them, but don't just back/exit out, actually sign out of them so you have to log back in next time). Apparently, staying signed in causes your phone to not sleep and you can't find what is causing it (i.e. you can't see it "running" anywhere...people call it a misbehaving app, and you would have to delete apps one at a time to find it by trial and error).

[GUIDE] Improving battery life for non-TW ROMs

A bit dated of a post, but most if not all still relevant. We have a lot of non-TW ROMs for this phone which sacrifice battery life for improved functionality, not by choice, but mainly because Samsung's lack of GPL compliance with regards to sharing kernel sources. Our community devs have done an incredible amount of work with their kernel forks, but Samsung's paid development teams obviously have a lot more time and incentive to work on it, and as such our community devs' graciously find even more fixes once source drops, then merge them into the community kernels we're all using. So as we wait in limbo for them to share their JB kernel contributions to our community:
Anyone that wants to add anything to the list, post to the thread and I'll keep collecting.
Workarounds for D710 battery drainers:​
battery saver scripts:rmikulus found this sweet piece of development gold: if you know how to run scripts,"Die Hard Battery Calibrator" will calibrate your battery in only about 20 minutes (must be plugged in that entire time)
Probably better to use the latest and greatest here instead, much easier to install, just a simple CWM zip AIO scripts:
Jelly Bean Tweak Pack for Epic 4G Touch Fixes Various Errors
--appears to help battery life and other various issues.
Voodoo LOUDER (paid) supercurio - Project Voodoo
--not battery-related, probably causing opposite effect actually, but many find an issue with headphone audio being maxed out at lower dB than desired. I'll confirm this works on CM10 nightlies.
WiFi : Turn it off when not in use, just like anything else. Tasker does a great job of automating this process.
raise the network scan interval to reduce background wifi radio usage (Rom Toolbox allows build.prop tweaks such as this,)
change the sleep policy for the wifi to Never While Charging to allow wifi connection to die when phone is off (toggle is in the touchkey menu while viewing wifi settings.)
NOTE: WiFi is a more desirable data connection than 4G as far as batt life is concerned. 4G is auto disabled when wifi is on for most ROMs. 4G (WiMax) is a new technology that still has yet to be perfected, not unlike these latest developments in ICS.
4G Radio: Also turn off when not in use. Use the latest modems available. Note that modems won'tt install from ODIN/mODIN flashes, gotta use CWM zip installs.
Haptic Feedback: Turn off haptic feedback, vibration kills. (Particular to CM9 ROM, haptic is set too strong right now, TouchWiz-based ROMs are fine, but if you can live w/o it...)
LED notifications: Another wakelock offender. Turn them off for now, it's one of the reasons the device stays awake when it should be sleeping. Sleep is good.
Get BetterBattery Stats by chamonix : Take a look at it after a long period of uptime without restarting (quick or full) to allow a greater set of data to parse into stats. Some apps you use may be eating away at your battery from the background. Spare Parts Plus and it's root-friendly brother BladeBuddy is also valuable.
Use the latest kernels available. If you're flashing CM nightlies, you're good to go, kernel modifications are updated in the same process.
Touch sounds and screen lock sound: These still cause partial wakelocks , leading to some amount of battery drain. System Settings>Sound menu to turn these off for now. (thx coiledwire)
The CM9 Team put together a similar list with a few things not listed here. Check the 'Power Saving Options' section on the CM9 Blog
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Android-specific:​
BatteryStats.Bin This little file keeps a record of your battery usage, power amperage, etc. and every time you flash a rom, it gets wiped. The system's ability to track the exact power level of your battery is DIRECTLY dependent on this file, so if you don't allow the newly flashed system a few days to calculate averages over time, it won't really have time to realize how charged it really is. NOTE: this file has NOTHING to do with improving battery life, only calculating what the battery % shows in the statusbar (and in the battery statistics charts in the system settings menus.) I've sat at 5% battery life for an entire hour with screen on surfing the 'net. No way it was really 5% that entire time.
While wiping battery stats won't increase battery life, it will improve the calculation of the charge, if done properly. Stats are saved in /data, when a ROM is installed, initially the stats will not have much data to extrapolate from, and the battery probably isn't entirely full to begin with, therefore making a mess of a new ROM's recognition of the cell's true charge. It's best to wipe stats when your charge is above 4180mV (E4GT stock battery size.) I've seen mine as high as 4202mV. Also, if you've got aftermarket cells that aren't the same mAH rating, the results will be slightly wonky. Battery Calibration app can set a reminder to flush the battery stat counter file when the phone is charged, if you need to charge with your device on.
I notice that flashing roms with a battery @100% and charging will help in this regard, then once the system is fully booted, unplug it and drain it to 15%, then charge to 100%, then do :
Bump Charging is suggested by HTC developers to potentially DOUBLE your battery life.
Battery Tuning: We're running Lithium Ion batteries. Don't kill it to 0%. Ever. Tip: Condition your new cell phone’s battery to make it last longer (but be sure to condition it properly)
Live Wallpapers and other background services: If you can live without them, turn off the services. Many common apps trigger network connections on a periodic schedule, further causing drain. increase sync periods, or just sync manually.
Sync: Yet another form of background services. If your sync is running all the time from frequent emails, gvoice msgs. etc... and the like, try turning off some of your heavier data tranx and refreshing manually when you need it.
Again, please tack on posts for this thread if you have good additions to make, I'm just trying to collect a one-stop shop of battery life savers, and a place to point newbs when they start trainwrecking dev threads with questions about it. This is my humble way of giving back cuz I was one at one point.
Thanks, some of these tips most users may know but the one that helpped me was the notification light when running cm9! I worked 10 hours a day and cant use my phone but my battery was draining like crazy! Much better!
Solid advice. I do everything mentioned here. I also throw in a bump charge to finish it off..old habits die hard
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so is bump charging still a valid method? I've read that HTC developers suggest it, but you're saying old habits so I'm assuming you're aware of something about it.
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so is bump charging still a valid method? I've read that HTC developers suggest it, but you're saying old habits so I'm assuming you're aware of something about it.
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Well, its just my routine. I charge to full, power down charge to full, unplug, power on, plug back in. When. I open Battery Calibration app, if battery shows 100% but only like 4110mV instead of 4180mV+ I will unplug and plug back in a minute later then wipe stats when it shows anything over 4175mV and 100% charge...confusing enough?! Lol
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Thanks For the Guide.
I was really dissapointed with ICS.
I was still running EL29- Rooted and was running everyday on 14hrs with Wi-Fi always on. so after seeing that most bugs were fixed on FD24 i updated and yesterday i was running on 5hrs tops with Wi-Fi on.
So i did some suggested tweaks.
Wi-Fi off.( only ON when i need it)
GPS- I unchecked the last to option on the location.
Adjust haptic
uncheck some Sync from Google.
by the way what's? "Internet Sync"
and now.... im at 66% after 7hrs of being unplugged.
Internet sync meaning anything that may transfer data in the background like google talk, weather apps, Skype, etc.
Glad to hear those stats ! Take a screen Cap of the battery stats when it gets below 10% and post here
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We're currently in a lull period between development phases now that ICS is blowing up all of our E4GT's. Samsung's kernels leave a lot to be desired, hence the current work towards a proper aftermarket kernel. ICS roms are very new, especially the custom ones going on in the dev kitchen right now. Software level ROM coding is one thing, the devs will get that fixed, but ultimately they're dependent on a solid kernel... and one of the biggest problems with the kernel, is that ever-elusive battery life.
so:
God-Tier devs, correct me if I'm wrong, and please add your thoughts, additions, and suggestions below. I'll try to keep a live OP post for a universal E4GT battery tweak guide.
Things that eat up our E4GT battery for now, with workarounds:​
WiFi : Turn it off when not in use
raise the network scan interval (Rom Toolbox allows build.prop tweaks such as this,)
change the sleep policy for the wifi to Never While Charging to allow wifi connection to die when phone is off (in spare parts).
NOTE: WiFi is a more desirable data connection than 4G as far as batt life is concerned. 4G is auto disabled when wifi is on for most ROMs.
4G: Also turn off when not in use. Use the latest modems available. Flash with odin/mobileOdin because the CWM flashables sometimes don't stick.
Haptic Feedback: Turn off haptic feedback, vibration kills. (Particular to CM9 ROM, haptic is set too strong right now, TouchWiz-based ROMs are fine, but if you can live w/o it...)
LED notifications: Another wakelock offender. Turn them off for now, it's one of the reasons the device stays awake when it should be sleeping. Sleep is good.
Get BetterBattery Stats by chamonix : Take a look at it after a long period of uptime without restarting (quick or full) to allow a greater set of data to parse into stats. Some apps you use may be eating away at your battery from the background. Spare Parts Plus and it's root-friendly brother BladeBuddy is also valuable.
Suggestion, with disclaimer: Use the latest stock or Rogue kernels and modems. sfhub keeps the most updated modem D/L list . Don't forget that you should not flash ANYTHING from ICS kernel/recoveries yet!!! There are known issues with these kernels, and every last one of them is a beta stage leak from samsung along with a custom recovery and some little tweaks to work with the various ICS roms. The flashing HAS bricked MANY phones! There will be great fanfare and notices from the developer teams once we have an ICS kernel that works. It's mostly dependent on Samsung releasing sourcecode, although there are some teams working on porting the source of the other Galaxy II's... the race is on!
Touch sounds and screen lock sound: These currently cause partial wakelocks in Galaxy S2 ICS ROMs , leading to some amount of battery drain. System Settings>Sound menu to turn these off for now. (thx coiledwire)
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Universally true:​
Live Wallpapers: If you can live without electricsheep or the other various animated wallpapers, do so. I can't
Battery Tuning: If you didn't condition your battery when you first got it, good luck. In any event, try to condition it from here on out by burning it out completely (phone won't boot with it) then charge 100%, keep it off charge until it dies again, CWM Wipe Battery Stats, run the battery down again without charge. Repeat the charge/kill cycle a couple times. New kernel or ROM? Start from scratch again. Battery stats are saved in /data, so old stats can mess with a new ROM's recognition of the cell's true charge. Also, if you've got aftermarket cells that aren't the same mAH, you'll only get as good a conditioning as the weakest battery can take. Battery Calibration app can set a reminder to flush the battery stat counter file when the phone is charged, if you need to charge with your device on.
Sync: If your sync is running all the time from frequent emails, gvoice msgs. etc... and the like, try turning off some of your heavier data tranx and refreshing manually when you need it.
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Darchstar and the CM9 Team put together a similar list with a few things not listed above. Check the 'Power Saving Options' section on the [url="http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/customization-guide.html] CM9 Blog[/url]
I've also since learned that wiping battery stats does nothing with prolonging battery life. There's numerous articles quoting official Google/Android developers where they explain this flat out It may help your system recognize the true percentage of your charge, but that's about it.
[url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25060053&postcount=1]Bump Charging[/url] is suggested by HTC developers to potentially DOUBLE your battery life.
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Links in your edit post dont seem to work.
I've found that taking the wifi frequency band off of auto and changing to your desired frequency helped my battery when Im on wifi and the phone is sleeping
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Dudebowski said:
Internet sync meaning anything that may transfer data in the background like google talk, weather apps, Skype, etc.
Glad to hear those stats ! Take a screen Cap of the battery stats when it gets below 10% and post here
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Ok here are my screencapture for FD24.
I just updated to FD26 using NoData It looks like preserve all my settings so I'm gonna give it a shot tomorrow , I will report back.
CM9 when you finally get phone to sleep nice and soundly
....or just stick with GB roms that work and stop suffering yourself these ICS leaks.
Some of us have flash addiction. Some of us enjoy bring Guinea pigs for development. I for one just left my last phone running cm7 and couldn't bear the austerities of a stock ROM. The GB twiz hacks are alright, but it doesn't feel like home to me.
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A few of us are actually doing better with battery on ICS. One problem is that we get so many leaks and ROMs that the battery might not be having a chance to settle
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CM9 when you finally get phone to sleep nice and soundly
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w00t w00t!
I get pretty good battery on AOKP:
Good thread, thanks for the tips.
Transmission sent from my slim n trim Galaxy S II.
Agree with just about everything. One thing that I disagree with is letting your battery die at all. It actually decreases the life of the battery in lithium ion batteries. Its an old school method for old batteries. Try never going under 15% if possible. Everything else is correct as far as I can tell.
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On the topic of battery calibration, if you know how to run scripts, the creator of V6 Supercharger and 3G Turbocharger scripts has also created "Die Hard Battery Calibrator" which will calibrate your battery in only about 20 minutes (must be plugged in that entire time)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18703418&postcount=5021
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....or just stick with GB roms that work and stop suffering yourself these ICS leaks.
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SGSIII / General Android Battery Tips (Can triple battery life!) | Updated 8/27/12

This thread that I've revamped from my Evo 4G/3D days, hoping to share some of the love with newer users. Over the time I've been on android, I've learned a few simple things that can greatly assist in the battery life of our wonderful smartphones.
If you get anything out of the thread, please don't hesitate to rate it and drop me a thanks!
If you read the thread and like the tips, have a new one to suggest, or have a revision, please post it.
On a similar note, moderators, thanks for the sticky!
General Lithium Ion Battery Information
^^This link includes stuff about charging, including trickle charging aka SBC (Why NOT to use it, or at your own peril)
My tips for good battery life:
Tips for Non-Rooted users
1. Turn off all radios when not in use.
(Bluetooth, wifi, data, 4G/Wimax/LTE, NFC, etc) Use a widget like the default power widgets, Switchpro, or a similar app from the market. Newer android versions generally allows users to access these radios and other settings from the notification pulldown menu, , under the "Quick Settings" tab or a row at the top of the pulldown. The radios of the phone draw power if on even if the user isn't actually utilizing the radio's functions. A radio searching for signal (if you are in a low-signal area) drains more than a radio with good signal, so again, turn 'em off when you aren't using 'em.
To manually turn off radios without a toggle, go to menu>settings>wireless & networks.
Wifi uses less battery than 3G, so use wifi when you can.
Unlike the others, GPS radios only draw power when you actually need them, so you can leave it on all the time.
2. Juice Defender is one of my favorite apps. Basically it controls your data for you to maximize life.
More explanations are on their page, search it on the market for free, or upgrade for more features.
Here are my settings for it: Click me
Note that for me at least, juice defender likes to deny apps data privileges whether you allow them or not, so screen on = data on works best for me.
3. I love live wallpapers, and I’ve always been a fan of pixel zombies, but they are really only good for showing off due to their battery drain.
4. Sadly, the "always on mobile data" setting is gone. This tip is invalid.
Go to menu>settings>wireless & networks>mobile networks>disable always on mobile data.
Product F(RED) said:
To clarify, "Always On Mobile Data", when turned off, lets the 3G modem go to sleep after the screen has been off for 5 minutes. It doesn't interfere with anything like email or any other application that requires an internet connection at that moment because it turns on on-demand rather than being on all the time and wasting battery.
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5. Set your screen timeout to something that fits you.
The screen is the highest drain of battery power on any smartphone. BY setting the timeout, you can prevent your phone from staying on when you don’t manually turn off the screen. Also, manually turn off your screen when you’re done with your phone.
Menu>Settings>Display>Screen Timeout
I use 30 seconds.
6. Task killers used to be the shiz, but no longer.
Here is the ultimate, in depth, graphically assisted, explanation by the famous Fresh ROM's chef, Flipz. Shortly, in light of recent testing, really don’t do anything but force apps that the android OS needed to be open, and thus didn’t close, to re-open. So try not using them, unless for stuff like trying to figure out why your phone isn’t sleeping with system panel. You really won’t notice a performance difference, and the adverse effects you aren’t seeing will stop
+=+ A good alternative is the application SystemPanel Pro. It has a free version, but I highly reccomend purchasing the paid app. It basically monitors everything going on with your phone's usage both in real time an in terms of usage history. If your battery is draiging fast, it tells you what app was doing it, how much it was doing it, and allows you to stop it.
7. I'm sure you have all heard around that your phone isn't "sleeping".
This is referring to the phone's "awake" time, hence the name. When you go to Menu>Settings>About Phone>Battery>click on the small battery graphical, you can compare the two lines, time on and awake. Generally, up time refers to the amount of time since the last reboot. The "awake time" is how long the screen has been active. The problem is, a lot of the time, due to the endless possibilities of inconsistencies between apps/ROMs/kernels/phones, the phone will not go to "sleep", drawing power proportionate to the screen being in use when it reality the phone is sitting idle.
If you compare these numbers, and they are the same, or if you note the difference, turn off the screen for a minute, then re-check and they are the same, then your phone is not sleeping.
One solution is to reboot.
I recommend two apps to help monitor:System Panel and Better Battery Stats. These two apps (explained in their FAQ's and descriptions greatly aid in finding those rogues.
Usually, SystemPanel will show an app that has gone "rogue" and is keeping your phone awake.
-This is done by hitting menu>settings>monitoring enabled. Then after some time has passed, ht menu>monitoring>history>change tab to top apps, and see if anything is above, say, 2-4%.
Uninstall applications/reinstalling them slowly, checking after every install to see what is causing it is one tedious but surefire solution.
Lastly,
Follow these steps that I have discovered almost always work.
1. Reboot phone.
2. Instantly upon reboot, as soon as you gain control, open up some type of monitor/taskkiller
3. "kill all" tasks on startup; about 5 times in quick succession should do the trick.
4. Turn off the screen and leave it for about five minutes.
5. Check the up time v. awake time and see if they are the same.
6. If they are, repeat steps 1-5. If they are different, you are good.
8. Apps and Combinations to watch out for!
-Facebook- Tries to sync live feed all the time, HIGHLY recommend unchecking this box, as it creates a massive draw on data
-Skype- This app reportedly (I've seen it myself) likes to sync random data and open up the network for fun. Sign out of app when not in use to fix
A rogue process called "gsiff_daemon", associated with the gyroscope. Changing its name seems to be the only semi-permanent solution. It's located in system/bin.
Lightflow is a pretty damn cool notification/led manager, but it eats up ridiculous system resources using its alarm wakeups. Use at your own risk.
9. Manage your syncing.
This is a big one, and it differs from person to person. Go to Menu>Settings>Accounts and Sync, and take a look at what's going on there. The green or checked or activated box to the right of the option means that there is an account syncing data. I for example have four email addresses, facebook, dropbox, box, weather, etc. That is bad. You should go through and turn off syncing for nasty apps you didn't even know where accessing the internet, or limit the access of apps and services that you do want to allow.
The problem lies in the way this syncing is handled. Each app/service runs on its own schedule, making it particularly likely that your phone could almost always be establishing a data connection and trying to download data for your various apps. See step 2 regarding the app Juice Defender to handle this problem.
10. Vibrate Settings
Vibration and haptic feedback eat up a surprising amount of battery. If you have the haptic feedback enabled, then every time you press anything your phone puts out some juice to make itself dance.
At least on the GSIII, the settings are in menu>settings>sound
Some apps have their own haptic feedback settings, and notifications are their own set entirely.
Root Tips LIVE
Tips for Rooted users:
1. Try out custom kernels.
By going to the Galaxy S III Android Development section of the forums, you can see all of the different kernels being developed. These allow for all kinds of modifications like underclocking the CPU and undervolting, both of which save battery. To see how to use them, read the FAQ's in each thread's OPs.
Here is a great guide to custom kernel's by mroneeyedboh.
2. Use SetCPU in compliance with whatever your custom kernel allows.
This site will explain the basics of SetCPU: http://www.setcpu.com/
-Profiles from SetCPU should usually involve these for battery life optimization:
-Screen off at the minimum clock speed for both, with the max raised on level if sluggishness is apparent
-A temperature greater than “X”
-General power related profiles that lower cpu speed at lower battery levels
-Here are my SetCPU profiles: 1 , 2 , 3
-My profiles change a lot as time goes by, because different kernel creators recommend different settings. I suggest reading up on whatever kernel you are using to gather settings.
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*Some apps or processes begin to run at startup and keep the phone awake. These apps are not detected by things like spare parts or system panel, unless sometimes represented in the "system" process, in which case its usage will be unusually high.
This shouldn't take more than three repeats, and if it does, you need to factory reset, and slowly add apps back to see what's causing the problem.
___--- When it comes to actually "calibrating" one's battery, there are a couple of methods floating around. The method I first learned is to charge the phone all the way, boot into recovery immediately, and "wipe battery stats". Then reboot quickly, and run your phone all the way to death without charging it, then charge it all the way without interrupting it, and you should be good to go. Do this when changing ROMs/kernels for best results.
----When it comes to people claiming 20 plus hours of moderate/heavy use out of their current setup or other ridiculous absurdities, consider my position: No matter what you do, the Evo battery is the Evo battery. You can tweak it and customize it with kernels, ROMs, and settings, but none of that will turn it into a car battery. The main problem (besides a false sense of pride) that leads to these reports is the misunderstanding of what the usage levels are, so here’s my best summary:
* *Light usage – Phone screen actually on for maybe 0-2 hours. Things like a few texts, some emails, 20 minutes web browsing, etc.
* *Moderate usage – You watched a few youtube videos or similar apps, sustained web browsing, hundreds of texts, some games. Hours range from about 2-5 of screen on
* *Heavy usage – LOTS of video watching and games, 3D pics or video, or some high def gaming/movie watching for at least an hour to an hour and a half in total, with lots of emails and texts, browsing, and other app shenanigans. 5+ hours
*I’m sure everyone doesn’t agree with all these numbers, but this is most likely a good average of what powerusers think. All specific hourage may vary due to differences in phones, batteries, ROMs, and kernels… Which also means that most battery comparisons are pointless; it’s only what you can improve on that counts!
I’ll update this whenever I see good stuff, people remind me, or I remember/come across things I do.
Hope it helps everybody!
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Nice tips
I'm not quite sure if leaving the GPS on actually eats up battery now. I've seen articles now that state that GPS is only used if a program needs it. When I go into battery and usage, GPS will only show it has been used only a couple times with the apps that I opened such as Facebook, Speed Test or Gas Buddy. I think with ICS, it has changed in the way that GPS actually works and it is not actually constantly using battery.
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I'm not quite sure if leaving the GPS on actually eats up battery now. I've seen articles now that state that GPS is only used if a program needs it. When I go into battery and usage, GPS will only show it has been used only a couple times with the apps that I opened such as Facebook, Speed Test or Gas Buddy. I think with ICS, it has changed in the way that GPS actually works and it is not actually constantly using battery.
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This is correct and I have confirmed it. Just haven't updated the op.
Thanks for calling that to my attention.
The one about turning radios off is one that makes all the sense in the world, but I'm not sure in practice if it makes a significant enough difference to override the inconvenience of having to flip things on and off as needed.
I can only speak from personal experience but for about two weeks my wife and I, both with S3's, were shutting radios off when not needed out of habit from our Epic days. However, since then (well over a month now) we just leave everything on all the time... and I do mean *everything*: GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC, cell radio, BT... and the difference has been... wait for it... so little it's actually been hard to quantify!
My own take on that rule is to leave everything on and see what you see... it's always easy enough to turn things off if you find your battery life not living up to expectations and if it winds up being a trend, so be it, leave things off as suggested in the OP. For my wife and I at least we can get through an average day and finish up before going to bed around 30%-40% battery most days. To me, even if I could get that to 40%-50% left, that 10% difference I can accept for never having to worry about what's on or off.
Laziness has a price, and it's around 10% of my battery life apparently
great tips!!!! definitely improved my battery with these!
The radios are extremely dependent upon your area, signal strength, the walls of your house, the apps you have installed that actually call upon the data... So ideally, if your area has amazing signal, your walls are hyper radio permeable, and you don't have many data intensive apps, then you can probably get by with minimal loss. People who are feeling the itch to test should certainly go ahead and try, but the same could be said with most of these tips. This is simply a guide of suggestions. YMMV
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The one about turning radios off is one that makes all the sense in the world, but I'm not sure in practice if it makes a significant enough difference to override the inconvenience of having to flip things on and off as needed.
I can only speak from personal experience but for about two weeks my wife and I, both with S3's, were shutting radios off when not needed out of habit from our Epic days. However, since then (well over a month now) we just leave everything on all the time... and I do mean *everything*: GPS, Wi-Fi, NFC, cell radio, BT... and the difference has been... wait for it... so little it's actually been hard to quantify!
My own take on that rule is to leave everything on and see what you see... it's always easy enough to turn things off if you find your battery life not living up to expectations and if it winds up being a trend, so be it, leave things off as suggested in the OP. For my wife and I at least we can get through an average day and finish up before going to bed around 30%-40% battery most days. To me, even if I could get that to 40%-50% left, that 10% difference I can accept for never having to worry about what's on or off.
Laziness has a price, and it's around 10% of my battery life apparently
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Gps Radio?
Really? The radio, even if left on, uses power only when an app needs the position. I am kinda boggled by this? Wouldn't it take longer to aquire the location from the 3-7 sateilites upon the request and then shut back down. What would be the diference? This can't be true about the GPS not sucking any power in ICS when idle.
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Really? The radio, even if left on, uses power only when an app needs the position. I am kinda boggled by this? Wouldn't it take longer to aquire the location from the 3-7 sateilites upon the request and then shut back down. What would be the diference? This can't be true about the GPS not sucking any power in ICS when idle.
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Try leaving it on for the day and go into battery and click on the graph. You will see that it should be black across the board for GPS if the signal was not used. Only time it would be green is when a program utilized it.
ICS changed the Battery Stats. It doesn't display that information in About Device. Uptime is there but awake time isn't.
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ICS changed the Battery Stats. It doesn't display that information in About Device. Uptime is there but awake time isn't.
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Actually, that's incorrect. Menu>Settings>Battery>click on the small graph picture. It gives you many things, including time on battery, Awake time, Screen on time, and charging time. It's just graphically represented.
How do you accomplish #4?
Go to menu>settings>wireless & networks>mobile networks>disable always on mobile data.
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found it under Data Usage
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well, when I turned Mobile Data Off, didn't receive any data (emails, etc.) so I turned it back on
I'm curiouis about this 1 as well. How do we accomplish this as I don't see that option?
Remove that "wipe battery stats" from your tips. its a old myth that needs to die permanently.
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Remove that "wipe battery stats" from your tips. its a old myth that needs to die permanently.
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You are correct.
www.landofdroid.acom/2012/to-wipe-battery-stats-or-not-to-in-androidthat-is-the-question/
I disable everything when I go to sleep at night, or when I am putting my phone on charge in middle of the day to maybe help it gain battery while not draining it, sort of like a power charge I like to think. It's so easy to do, just slide down status bar, uncheck everything (WiFi, Mobile Data, Sync, dim screen all the way) and that's it. I had 22h1m running since last charge today when I was at 4%.
General Android Battery Tips (Can triple battery life!) | Updated
Thank you for sharing this is to improve life of the battery
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shuiguo said:
Thank you for sharing this is to improve life of the battery
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It helps to use the right ROM and know how to work your phone:
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Also, apparently Google apps backup is broken for some users. I had a problem with the phone not sleeping and traced it to google backup, apparently it's a common problem with ICS. This is unrelated to contacts/calendar sync. If you have the phone device rooted and use titanium you can leave this off, and as long as you don't lose your phone it's no big deal. Setting is under system settings -> backup and reset.
Figure I would show this off here, had the flu last week and was basically comatose for 30 hours. Only about 2 hrs screen on time, but all radios on and even passed out with navigation on after checking traffic at one point. 51 hours
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I would try disabling Google backup so it no longer updated/synced my info to the web until I next turned it on, but the option says it deletes all the info already stored on the web. I suppose this is good if someone wanted to delete this info for privacy concerns, but there should be an option to just turn the syncing off, or to schedule it for once a day or something.
I have not tried disabling it as I do not want to wipe my info.

Ways to save battery on a rooted G2/Desire Z?

I have a rooted G2/Desire Z. What are some ways that I could save battery? It seems it takes only a few hours for it to reach 50%. Granted the phone is now >2 years old and the battery is probably aging. I've done all the basics such as screen brightness set to auto, dim after 30 seconds, etc. etc. etc. What more could I do?
Alternatively, are there any apps that can control the phone/cpu to work a certain way to save battery life?
Thanks
valeous said:
I have a rooted G2/Desire Z. What are some ways that I could save battery? It seems it takes only a few hours for it to reach 50%. Granted the phone is now >2 years old and the battery is probably aging. I've done all the basics such as screen brightness set to auto, dim after 30 seconds, etc. etc. etc. What more could I do?
Alternatively, are there any apps that can control the phone/cpu to work a certain way to save battery life?
Thanks
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Setcpu,set screen off profile to lower clock..freeze some bloatware up..and also try v6 supercharger
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Easiest way:
Uninstall fabebook app, flash a sense rom where you can access most fb functions without the app.
For real, my battery life went from about 10% an hour to 4% an hour on average.
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Honestly, way number 1 is to get a new battery. Old batteries just start to drain much faster as they get older. Pick up an Evo Design 4G stock battery for a nice boost.
2. Turn brightness off auto and put it as low as you can handle. Keep a brightness slider on your notification bar for those situations you need to turn it up quickly.
3.Turn everything that "syncs" off of push and set it for 1hour+ intervals if possible.
I have had great standby time using the OC daemon that is packaged with the mimicry ROM as well.
There is this trick that helps. On a monthly bases drain the battery and re-charge with the phone on ie also a good Rom an a good radio version like .19 will keep your battery good don't use lots of ram manager apps and bettery saver apps the run backgroung processes that drain your battery fast
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With 2 year-old battery there are only 2 options:
1. Replace the battery
2. Buy a new phone
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With 2 year-old battery there are only 2 options:
1. Replace the battery
2. Buy a new phone
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^This (regards to #1), and working batteries are rather cheap, the fat one I got (3500mAh) was 9$, but you can easily get a stock replacement of the 1300-1500 range to fit with the default battery cover.
Far as tips, rooted or not:
1) Screen to automatic, or avoid 'full brightness'. Your screen consumes the most of your battery, automatic or lower brightness can improve the life significantly. This is the big one as your screen will typically be 80-90% of your battery life.
2) If you are near wifi often, System Setting -> Wifi -> Advanced (via menu) -> Sleep profile to always on. This will set it so that the wifi connectivity is always on even with the screen off. A connected good wifi connection uses far less battery than your 2G/3G data constantly searching for a good or better data connectivity. Simply turn off wifi completely when not in an area with wifi (or if you're driving around).
3) Avoid unnecessary applications. Don't use twitter? Freeze/Disable the application under manage app or under Titanium Backup (generally it's not good to 'uninstall' an application completely if it came with the rom).
4) SetCPU with profiles is one way to do it, unless your rom comes with a CPU Daemon already (ie: mimicry with virtuous OC Daemon), When setting a "screen off" profile, try not to go below 768mhz for the maximum, as going with 384mhz for example may be too slow for the phone to effectively wake up when a call or notification comes in.
5) You can use an app such as Tasker (not to be confused with task killer). Where you can assign automatic tasks, such as automatically setting Radio to 2G when connected to wifi (some roms like AOKP do this automatically under power control), or other tasks depending on the circumstances.
6) The first time you get a new battery, make sure you leave it on the charger for a good 5-6 hours so that it accurately 'tops off', the phone won't know accurately what's 100% and what's 0% until it has been fully charged (least 6 hours minimum), and fully drained, after which it'll more accurately report your battery % as it's used and will have more accurate usage stats.
7) If you're a T-Mobile subscriber, consider the 26.13.04.19 radio as well as the T-Mobile Wifi calling app, wifi uses less power in the long run than your radio via cell towers. If you'll be in a location that has wifi often you will benefit from this over not using Wifi Calling. (The main downside is you cannot currently send/receive MMS over wifi calling, but Calls and SMS[txt] work fine). Even if you don't use the wifi calling app, the 26.13.04.19 radio provides better battery life over the older one.
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strip419 said:
There is this trick that helps. On a monthly bases drain the battery and re-charge with the phone on ie also a good Rom an a good radio version like .19 will keep your battery good don't use lots of ram manager apps and bettery saver apps the run backgroung processes that drain your battery fast
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED
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Course it helps to clear battery stats before performing this task so that the OS/Battery-Stats records the new maximum and minimum values of the battery. Though you don't need to do it monthly, I would say closer to 6 months would be appropiate if you don't want to make a monthly habit of it.
You mainly only do this on account of battery aging (over time the battery will not hold as much charge as it once did), You normally know if you need to do this task again if it appears to be on 98% or 99% forever never reaching 100%, meaning that the battery is no longer able to hold the juice to provide the former-maximum mV value, re-doing the battery stats simply makes the new maximum marked as 100%.
PS: Strip419, on an off-topic note, I tend not to 'thank' people who ask/beg for it. If your post is worthy of thanks, they'll be clicked on their own accord.
OK MAN I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND
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Best rom I've ever used for battery life is EliteMod. That rom did something crazy, cause my phone lasted for days before it need charging, and I use facebook and all that good stuff. It's not as fast as other roms, but battery life is certainly the best on that rom.
Also yea, before with stock battery my phone would last a day at best, and now I have a 1800 battery that makes it last for 2 days easy. So if your phone is at least 2 years old, get a new battery. They're dirt cheap on Ebay or Amazon. The phone comes with a 1300 stock.
simply change for normal use 2G instead of 3G.
A couple of questions--I'm using EliteMod CM7
kbeezie said:
2) If you are near wifi often, System Setting -> Wifi -> Advanced (via menu) -> Sleep profile to always on. This will set it so that the wifi connectivity is always on even with the screen off. A connected good wifi connection uses far less battery than your 2G/3G data constantly searching for a good or better data connectivity. Simply turn off wifi completely when not in an area with wifi (or if you're driving around).
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My Advanced settings don't look quite like yours, alas. (I'm using EliteMod cm7.) The section is entitled "Wi-Fi sleep policy, Specify when to switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data" and the only options are " When screen turns off," "Never when plugged in," and just plain "Never." I assume that the "Never" option, that is, never switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data, is what you mean...that is in any event the default (set by this particular ROM?)
But my problem goes beyond not quite understanding the semantics of "Never" (off?) vs. "Always on." What I continue to find odd is that my highest battery usages, at least according to Battery Monitor Widget, are never the screen at all; rather they are cell standby, Wi-Fi, phone idle and Android System...Display is down at 6% just now, for example (and I've been up for hours, have read the news on the phone, emailed, texted, etc. This is on EliteMod only, btw, I used Flinny's latest build (.94?) for a few days recently, and while battery usage was worse, at least the display was at the top of the list, where it (presumably?) belonged.
I have all the latest and greatest tweaks from the the forums (for cm7 roms, that is) the .19 radio and sd-ext and all ext4 partitions. Am running the generic 3500mah "fat boy" battery...drained and refilled several times, all according to instructions...mine only shows maybe, umm, 2300 or so mah, but that's not the issue for just now...it's why my usage looks so odd, and how to fix it, if need be.
thanks to all,
p-d
oh yeah. I have long used (pre-rooting) Lookout and Pouzerate's Green Power free apps...have now turned them off (well, uninstalled them, in fact) just to see if, indeed, battery helper apps make things worse, running in the background... any thoughts on that topic would be welcome as well.
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