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Probably not the newest dillema but here goes nothing, since I've read all the posts regarding battery life, almost all comments from custom roms threads about that and so on.
Right now im using MCR r8 w/ addition + a2sd. My apps list running on desire can be found here:
http://www.appbrain.com/user/baadnewz/apps-on-the-phone
Now my problem is that ive tried Pinky Desire, Leedroid, Nextsense, Delite and for the life of me, I barely make it through the day with the battery, like unpluging it @ 8 AM and pluging it @ 11 pm. Same goes for all roms metioned above. Tried with .20 radio and now with the newest version .30.
I must say I do NOT listen music on phone and I don't even use gps. I send 2-3 texts, and max 20 mins of call. I have 1 exchange mail running and 1 gmail account, i have friendstream syncing every 3 hours. I use Wifi and 3g. Im using it on vodafone romania, and since im in the city the gsm signal is good.
I tried using juicedefender, and setcpu with screenoff profile, they seem to make it worst (this is my apreciation, i didnt use any stat program to acctualy verify in % but for me so it seems).
To be honest im sick of hearing ppl "my desire last 4 days with music gps and 10000 mail accounts"
I even followed the battery recalibrate guide posted here on xda .
Anymore tips ?
Thanks, and yes I know this is the n+1 post about battery issues but all ive read the info is one inconclusive, some says they battery lasts 3-4 days on "heavy" usage" some they dont make it through the day (like me)
My desire has 2 mounths old.
For example. Last night arround 1 am i went to sleep and i was having 89% battery, this morning arround 8 i was having 72% left. No wifi on, just 3g data connection with exchange syncing @ 1 hour and gmail app for mail
have u tried non-sense rom?
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have u tried non-sense rom?
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No, since im a really big fan of sense
I have exactly the same problem as the OP.
I have tried all sense ROMS, it seems the best ROM for me was Opendesire which doesn't use 'sense'.
So far Pays has been rather good, but I don't get more than a day from my phone... I too have tried the calibration setting that was on XDA but to be honest, I'm kinda stuck too as I dont know which ROM to use...
Hi there, had the same problem as you and it didn't matter what rom I tried but still my battery kept draining, til I found out that I had a program that kept monitoring my desire's cpu constantly. Check for program's permissions where it won't let your phone go to sleep. Also check any program that constantly monitors your phone and refreshes every second.
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Hi there, had the same problem as you and it didn't matter what rom I tried but still my battery kept draining, til I found out that I had a program that kept monitoring my desire's cpu constantly. Check for program's permissions where it won't let your phone go to sleep. Also check any program that constantly monitors your phone and refreshes every second.
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The only app running that monitors anything is advanced task killer
Carlo, do up mean that we can save some battery if we stop that program?
I'm also can't get a full day usage out of my Desire.
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The program that were giving me problems were OS info, and magic 8 ball, and quick system info pro, hope that helps
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Now my problem is that ive tried Pinky Desire, Leedroid, Nextsense, Delite and for the life of me, I barely make it through the day with the battery, like unpluging it @ 8 AM and pluging it @ 11 pm. Same goes for all roms metioned above. Tried with .20 radio and now with the newest version .30.
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I must say I totally agree with you. Changing ROM does not changes battery usage. It just won't last a day. I charged mine twice every single day. With mixed moderate-heavy usage of mostly internet basis.
baadnewz said:
To be honest im sick of hearing ppl "my desire last 4 days with music gps and 10000 mail accounts"
I even followed the battery recalibrate guide posted here on xda .
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Again, I totally agree with you. I couldn't believe with the slightest chance ppl could get 2 full days with heavy usage (4 hours of music, 4 hours of wifi, multiple account sync, facebook, few hours of browsing etc). I think they are just trying to bloat up things. (Eventhough they knew it's impossible) (or maybe they completely turned off their handset everytime they dont use the phone)
I also personally don't think a world class and professional company such as HTC will make highly variable units+battery performance for their products. Such as 3-4 days able HTC with half-day able HTC's.
Some ppl always argue that battery performace improve over time after several weeks of charges and discharges. Actually, they don't! Even if they do, the changes between 'just new' and after several weeks were not more than 10% differences. I got a blackberry 9700 and spare Nokia, and the battery last as long as ever started from second or third charges !
Based on my experience you really don't need task killer constantly running in the background, android OS does a good job of killing programs in itself, and task killer sometimes kills programs that need to be running in the background and the OS then restarts the said program which takes up more battery
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Right now as I'm typing this I'm at 38% battery running for 1 day 20 hours and counting, by the way I'm using DeLite 1.1 as I really like sense, but as I said, it doesn't matter which rom you use, its the programs that drain your battery
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Based on my experience you really don't need talk killer constantly running in the background, android OS does a good job of killing programs in itself, and task killer sometimes kills programs that need to be running in the background and the OS then restarts the said program which takes up more battery
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Yah i know what you mean, but I dont use the autokill function, I use to kill some programs i choose too
Also check battery use in the settings, my android system use now is only around 5-7%, when i had the battery drain problem android system was constantly above 50%
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Also check battery use in the settings, my android system use now is only around 5-7%, when i had the battery drain problem android system was constantly above 50%
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While last unplugged for 13 hrs
Cell stanby 43%
Phone idle 43%
Android system 7%
Voice Calls 4%
Display 4%
Looks just like mine, are you on 3g? mine stays on standby for about 8 hours during work, but heavy use when I get out but mostly on wifi since I don't have an unlimited data package
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I used to be a sense freak aswell. I soon learned to love AOSP builds, smoother, faster and much better battery life. Do a nandroid backup and then try OpenDesire, CM6 or Defrost (whichever you prefer) just to test the battery life for a day or two.
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I used to be a sense freak aswell. I soon learned to love AOSP builds, smoother, faster and much better battery life. Do a nandroid backup and then try OpenDesire, CM6 or Defrost (whichever you prefer) just to test the battery life for a day or two.
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Well to be honest thats why I bought the desire, for sense, since im a big fan of htc ui ever since diamond and manila
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Looks just like mine, are you on 3g? mine stays on standby for about 8 hours during work, but heavy use when I get out but mostly on wifi since I don't have an unlimited data package
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Yes last night was on 3g, but i turn on wifi @ work and @ home
Could be the 3g, I would think that with you're usage its normal that it would drain quite fast...
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It seems you have tried most of the tips from the various battery threads. However did you check your running services?(menu/settings/aplications/running services) I seem to remember for instance the skype services uses more than average battery.
Also, initially my battery life on leedroid wasn't great, untill i complete drained the battery, wiped battery stats and ever since then easily 36 to 40 hours connected to 3G, way more connected to 2G.
Also, check the mV value when your battery is charged, 100% isn't always the same. You can check this with spareparts, included in leedroid. Another thing i just remembered, people seem to recommend the overcharged application to check the mV value. On my phone that application actually seemed to drain the battery much quicker.
last tip for now, if you want to connect to 3G network set your phone to connect ONLY to 3g, NOT automatic 2g/3g.
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The only app running that monitors anything is advanced task killer
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Based on my experience you really don't need task killer constantly running in the background, android OS does a good job of killing programs in itself, and task killer sometimes kills programs that need to be running in the background and the OS then restarts the said program which takes up more battery
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some personal experience, I have stop using the little green thing, Advanced Task Killer Pro for 3 days. i realized my battery last more than slightly longer.
When i was using ATK, especially after waken from 8 hours sleep 20%-30% gone during idle. now without the ATK, these 3 days after i have waken only 5% gone during idle.
Hey everyone, last weekend I unrooted and wiped my phone, went back to factory settings, rerooted and installed CM6.1 RC2. I've been enjoying it so far (because I hate Sense UI) but I've got a couple of questions that need answered. Hopefully you all can help me.
CM6
1. Is there a setting to turn off always-on mobile data? I cannot find it.
2. For some odd reason, I cannot turn on bluetooth. I've not had a problem with turning on bluetooth with any other rom. In fact, I remember testing bluetooth the night I installed CM6. Is this an issue with the phone or the rom?
3. No matter how much I turn off Auto-Sync, it turns back on. What is doing this?
Battery Life
1. On average, I get around 10-14 hours battery life a day, maybe a little more if I barely use my phone all day. I've heard a lot of people say that an ideal battery drain with the screen off should be 1-2%/hour, but mine will drain from 6% to even 10% in 40-50 minutes (EDIT: Currently 75% battery left, unplugged for 2hrs 30min, done nothing but use the browser for 5 minutes, download something, and install it)! I use systempanel and spareparts to monitor which apps could possibly be doing this, but none look like they're eating up too much of the battery. I check Facebook 4-5 times a day, use the browser, and check Gmail. I don't use Google Talk. My screen brightness is around 30-40% and I have underclocked when the screen is off with setcpu. What is draining my battery so fast? It's a shame that there are so many cool things to do with this phone but I can't do them in fear of my battery dying before the end of the day
Sorry, that last question was long, but I did not want 2 separate posts. Thanks guys, I hope you can help!
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Hey everyone, last weekend I unrooted and wiped my phone, went back to factory settings, rerooted and installed CM6.1 RC2. I've been enjoying it so far (because I hate Sense UI) but I've got a couple of questions that need answered. Hopefully you all can help me.
CM6
1. Is there a setting to turn off always-on mobile data? I cannot find it.
2. For some odd reason, I cannot turn on bluetooth. I've not had a problem with turning on bluetooth with any other rom. In fact, I remember testing bluetooth the night I installed CM6. Is this an issue with the phone or the rom?
3. No matter how much I turn off Auto-Sync, it turns back on. What is doing this?
Battery Life
1. On average, I get around 10-14 hours battery life a day, maybe a little more if I barely use my phone all day. I've heard a lot of people say that an ideal battery drain with the screen off should be 1-2%/hour, but mine will drain from 6% to even 10% in 40-50 minutes! I use systempanel and spareparts to monitor which apps could possibly be doing this, but none look like they're eating up too much of the battery. I check Facebook 4-5 times a day, use the browser, and check Gmail. I don't use Google Talk. My screen brightness is around 30-40% and I have underclocked when the screen is off with setcpu. What is draining my battery so fast? It's a shame that there are so many cool things to do with this phone but I can't do them in fear of my battery dying before the end of the day
Sorry, that last question was long, but I did not want 2 separate posts. Thanks guys, I hope you can help!
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1. no. you could however turn data roaming off or use a program to accomplish this such as "tasker"
2. what do you mean you cant turn it on? what does it do when you enable it? use the widget in your notification drop down.
3. turn off background data as well and that should fix your problem.
and as for you other question. 10-14hrs is perfectly normal for battery life on cm6.1. and fyi: its RC1. there is no RC2 for 6.1 as of yet
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1. no. you could however turn data roaming off or use a program to accomplish this such as "tasker"
2. what do you mean you cant turn it on? what does it do when you enable it? use the widget in your notification drop down.
3. turn off background data as well and that should fix your problem.
and as for you other question. 10-14hrs is perfectly normal for battery life on cm6.1. and fyi: its RC1. there is no RC2 for 6.1 as of yet
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Ah thanks for correcting my mistake, and answering my questions. My battery life isn't terrible per se, but I guess I was asking more on how I could make it better (and if I had a rogue app/other battery eater), especially because I see people claiming anywhere from 20-40 hours with a few tweaks.
And regarding the bluetooth issue, it just won't turn on. The option grays out for a few seconds like it usually does when it's initializing, and then it doesn't turn on. The notification widget method does not work either.
Also, there's no other way to turn off auto-sync? I just think it would be a hassle having to turn background data back on everytime I want to use the market. I use JuiceDefender, too, could there possibly be a conflict between the app and my phone's settings?
Man i'm with you here, I use CM6.1 too and love it but the first 30 minutes i unplug the phone from charging i'm already at like 90% battery =/
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Ah thanks for correcting my mistake, and answering my questions. My battery life isn't terrible per se, but I guess I was asking more on how I could make it better (and if I had a rogue app/other battery eater), especially because I see people claiming anywhere from 20-40 hours with a few tweaks.
And regarding the bluetooth issue, it just won't turn on. The option grays out for a few seconds like it usually does when it's initializing, and then it doesn't turn on. The notification widget method does not work either.
Also, there's no other way to turn off auto-sync? I just think it would be a hassle having to turn background data back on everytime I want to use the market. I use JuiceDefender, too, could there possibly be a conflict between the app and my phone's settings?
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I had the same problem with my Bluetooth recently. When I try to search for devices the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. Wonder if this is a kernel issue. I am on snap
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I had the same problem with my Bluetooth recently. When I try to search for devices the phone locks up and I have to pull the battery. Wonder if this is a kernel issue. I am on snap
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Yep, I'm on Snap too; must be it.
Another thing; I've got a friend on Stock 2.2 Sense (battery sucking widgets filling the home screen, etc) with 100% brightness and mobile data constantly on and he gets better battery life than me (20+ hours!) What is going on!?!?!
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Another thing; I've got a friend on Stock 2.2 Sense (battery sucking widgets filling the home screen, etc) with 100% brightness and mobile data constantly on and he gets better battery life than me (20+ hours!) What is going on!?!?!
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never heard of such a thing on stock......
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never heard of such a thing on stock......
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I couldn't believe it either, he had 3G on all day and everything and we barely get any signal at all in class. On for almost 8hrs with more than 70% left. I was at about 53%
Hey guys so my friend join my line on verizon on a family plan and he really wanted the nexus he likes it i can tell it , however he asked me today why with minimal usage 11% of battery dies within 2 hours
he is on stock 4.0.2 what can i suggest him to have a better battery life? of course i rooted mine but its his choice and he does not want to.
what i suggested
1) lower brightness when not really using the phone
2) get easy batter saver
3) turn off gps when not needed
4) turn off sync when not needed
5) switch TO CDMA from LTE when "LTE" not needed
what else?
Freeze maps when not using. And make sure you clear apps runing in the background when your not using them. Push the multi task softkey and swipe whatever is open to the side
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Hey guys so my friend join my line on verizon on a family plan and he really wanted the nexus he likes it i can tell it , however he asked me today why with minimal usage 11% of battery dies within 2 hours
he is on stock 4.0.2 what can i suggest him to have a better battery life? of course i rooted mine but its his choice and he does not want to.
what i suggested
1) lower brightness when not really using the phone
2) get easy batter saver
3) turn off gps when not needed
4) turn off sync when not needed
5) switch TO CDMA from LTE when "LTE" not needed
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wait... as in he loses only 11% of battery in 2 hours? That's really solid battery life for an LTE version...
All stock the most you should probably expect is 3 hours screen on time over the entire battery usage.
how to freeze maps?
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Freeze maps when not using. And make sure you clear apps runing in the background when your not using them. Push the multi task softkey and swipe whatever is open to the side
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When you swipe the apps left/right from the multitask, does it actually close them? I haven't checked myself, but heard it doesn't? Anyone care to see?
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It only closes activities, not their services.
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It only closes activities, not their services.
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this. it closes the foreground task but the background service continues to run.
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wait... as in he loses only 11% of battery in 2 hours? That's really solid battery life for an LTE version...
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Yeah it is. Only LTE phones that I can think of, that have a great battery life,
are Verizon's Droid razer maxxx and Att's note (<- from what I've been told).
Overall, your suggestions are on point Pat.
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Freeze maps when not using. And make sure you clear apps runing in the background when your not using them. Push the multi task softkey and swipe whatever is open to the side
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Clarify process 'freeze' please.
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Clarify process 'freeze' please.
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you can disable it when you're stock. go into the app info (drag Maps from app drawer to the "info" icon or go from settings) and uninstall updates then disable it.
Or if you're rooted you can use Titanium Backup to "freeze" applications. It just disables them and you can bring them back later.
Honestly, there's really no need to do this if you use Maps at all. Its a hassle and really doesn't save any battery life unless you have a buggy ROM that keeps it running. Just make sure that you're signed out of latitude etc. and Maps won't be draining battery.
There are so many more things you can do to help battery life than worry about Maps.
OP I'd like if you could clarify what you mean in your first post. If he really only drained 11% in 2 hours that's really good for this device. Most LTE users with normal usage and settings can get about 12-15 hours uptime with 3 hours screen on.
The things you noted in your first post are all good ways to save battery but remember its a trade off! You're going to remove everything that makes your smartphone useful to try and lengthen your battery. I leave auto-sync and background data on, GPS on (it actually only turns on when you use it, btw), and just let it be. I do better on battery life when I stop trying to micromanage my phone.
Apps like Juice Defender etc. really can help in specific situations, but for most people it will hurt or have no effect on battery life, but will severely inconvenience you turning on/off data all the time and changing settings.
well he gave me an estimate (basically he said around 2 hours 11%) hes coming from iPhone 4 so there is huge battery performance 3g vs 4g
anyways he will have to stick with it
on another hand my rooted gnex does pretty good about 14 hours with franco kernel
i was just wondering which kernel governor is the best?
mine is set as FRANCO TURTLE and i have no idea what is the difference between other ones
Root it and flash 4.04 it will give you battery life for a day with moderately heavy usage.
Buy the extended battery.
i am running cm9 alpha 4 with kernel fe16 and i cant get through 5 hours without having to charge or throwing my extended battery in. i need my phone to last the day with the job that i do email,calls,text,social networks,ect. i would really like to know why my battery is draining so fast. i deleted alot of apps that were draining the battery, but it dies too fast still. please help.
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jordan
Let it get hit by lightning, did that and now my phone stays 100% all day
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Lol thats funny ill try it
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are you using a custom ROM? I'm kinda new to Samsung devices, but I know HTC's Sense was a battery hog, so I'm sure Touchwiz is the same.
Try installing CM9 or AOKP build 37.
I have AOKP Build 37 installed and my battery lasts the whole day.
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i am running cm9 alpha 4 with kernel fe16 and i cant get through 5 hours without having to charge or throwing my extended battery in. i need my phone to last the day with the job that i do email,calls,text,social networks,ect. i would really like to know why my battery is draining so fast. i deleted alot of apps that were draining the battery, but it dies too fast still. please help.
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You and me both brother. Been dealing with it for months. Pisses me off to no end when I see others posting 20-30 plus hours -_-
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http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/customization-guide.html
Read the power saving options.
Wrong section by the way. It should be in Q and A, not general.
Try a different rom, tfe16 has been the best yet for me and agat has an updated version coming soon. Also dont use 4g, wifi, gps etc unless you need them. Solid black background and lockscreen, inverted apps and dark settings. Ditch facebook twitter and crap like that that updates and burns battery.
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Try a different rom, tfe16 has been the best yet for me and agat has an updated version coming soon. Also dont use 4g, wifi, gps etc unless you need them. Solid black background and lockscreen, inverted apps and dark settings. Ditch facebook twitter and crap like that that updates and burns battery.
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Really no point on running ICS if the phone is half way neutured. Just my opinion.
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Try a different rom, tfe16 has been the best yet for me and agat has an updated version coming soon. Also dont use 4g, wifi, gps etc unless you need them. Solid black background and lockscreen, inverted apps and dark settings. Ditch facebook twitter and crap like that that updates and burns battery.
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Basically if you don't use your phone, your battery is awesome...
Go outside and play instead of sitting on your phone youtube'in
Whatever guys that stuff applies to any mobile device. Turn off stuff you arent using, ditch the live wallpapers, worthless apps, and status updates and you get more battery life. You want to surf, download, stream then by all means toggle wifi or 4g on but no reason to leave it on while you are doing nothing. Same goes with gps and bluetooth.
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Whatever guys that stuff applies to any mobile device. Turn off stuff you arent using, ditch the live wallpapers, worthless apps, and status updates and you get more battery life. You want to surf, download, stream then by all means toggle wifi or 4g on but no reason to leave it on while you are doing nothing. Same goes with gps and bluetooth.
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With the exact same setup I have now, I get 20-30 hours on gingerbread. On cm9... I get five.
I don't leave wifi on. Don't leave 4G on. Usually have a minimal screen on time of around thirty freaking minutes.
Don't tell me that I need to cripple my phone (i use it for business). Because there is something clearly wrong. I suspect it is the kernel. I don't have unnecessary apps installed (aside from ones that work great with gb). Don't use a live wallpaper. I do however, refuse to disable auto syncing.
There is clearly an issue with ICS.
I'm not going to turn my smartphone into a paperweight like you suggest.
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Not using stuff you don't need is hardly crippling your phone its smart use. I never said anything about turning off auto sync either but you should be selective what you sync. Google plus, drive, picasa all sync pics and other crap in the background without telling you and it kills your battery especially if you are in a bad signal area. Figure out whats draining your battery by using better battery stats and apps like system panel lite http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Honestly though try another rom and do a clean install. If you get 80% less battery life no amount of tweaks will fix it and the ics leaks are good now. Several months ago the battery life was half of gb and now they are about the same.
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Not using stuff you don't need is hardly crippling your phone its smart use. I never said anything about turning off auto sync either but you should be selective what you sync. Google plus, drive, picasa all sync pics and other crap in the background without telling you and it kills your battery especially if you are in a bad signal area. Figure out whats draining your battery by using better battery stats and apps like system panel lite http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
Honestly though try another rom and do a clean install. If you get 80% less battery life no amount of tweaks will fix it and the ics leaks are good now. Several months ago the battery life was half of gb and now they are about the same.
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Trust me, I've done all this. I have the same battery life with ICS now that I did a couple months ago. Going to stock, it is wonderful. Had my battery tested by sprint yesterday, it's fine. So, i'm just waiting for a real kernel and hoping for the best.
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Turn off LED notifications they're a known issue for wake-lock.
I get terrible battery life on alpha 5. Change to a stock kernel might help.
Kobridge's tweaks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668853 along with Badass Battery and CPU Spy have helped me trace battery drainers. Also wholeheartedly agree turning off apk's and functions that are of specious value helps greatly ie.( auto rotate, auto brightness, dialing back on sync; etc.)
Good luck
I just rooted my phone and installed CM10a couple days ago. I love jelly bean and having my phone debloated.
My question is.... are there any roms or settings on the roms that can help me get get better battery life? The battery life on my gs3 is good but not great... I selected the powersave feature on the CPU governor, turned down my brightness, turned off gps and bluetooth. I have been thinking about installing juice defender but I have had it previously and got tired of turning it off when I streamed pandora.
I am a pretty heavy user... about 1-3 hours of screen time per charge. I have seen some pretty rediculous stats out there and would like to be able to achieve a full 24 hours. :fingers-crossed:
I had my gs2 rooted and it seemed to get better battery life than the gs3 (rooted vs rooted). There was no comparison when it came to stock vs. stock.
Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Task aokp with KT kernel FTW.
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Task aokp with KT kernel FTW.
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Could you please elaborate how I should go about switching to that setup from kernal version 3.0.42 and the nightly CM10?
I have also had problems figuring out how to properly backup with nandroid or titanium. I can never get the backups to load
I am ready to try pretty much anything to try and get some premium battery life and performance.
I really appreciate your help and input. THANKS! :good:
Basically ya download the up to date versions of the aokp ROM and the KT kernel for aosp jb. Then ya open to recovery and first go to backup/restore and make your nandroid. You can decide whether or not you want it on internal SD or external. Once that's done ya wipe your system & caches like ya did for cm10. Then flash the ROM. After the ROM then flash gapps & fix permissions and reboot. Let the ROM settle and then boot to recovery, clear cache again and flash kernel then reboot. My instructions are a broad guideline though. I'd make sure to fully read both the aokp & kernel OP'S to get a warm and fuzzy on what your doing
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seems like you are new at this so let me add a new thing, the S3 has amazing battery currently 9 hours up time and 1.5h screen on time and still 50% left and that is very light usage. Usually I listen to music play games watch movies and after 12 hours i still have about 10% left.
For starters cycle the battery a few time. Charge 100% and let it die 0% not charging in between, take out the battery and put it back in. Let it charge to 100% and and do this a another 2 times during a week. This will will use all the cells in the battery and should give you a boost. I have herd following above but charging while off may help, but cant confirm.
The next thing to do is remove bloatware or app you will never use, some of these apps will just load up in memory and use up your battery. Most apps can be disabled in Settings > Application Manager > All. Things like Allshare Play can be disabled, some apps like video hub may have gotten an update that needs to be removed before it can be disabled, this is the same as freezing in Titanium Backup. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU DISABLE BECAUSE THERE MAYBE NEGATIVE EFFECTS.
This is what I have done and my battery has been amazing and never use power saving mode, actually i took it a step further and downloaded system tuner and disabled non essential apps like Vplayer from even booting at start-up.
Flashing different kernals and ROM can greatly improve battery life but you loose OTA and forced to wipe which i got tried of doing so i stick with stock. Waiting for CM10 to go stable then i will switch. The S3 stock is still snappy and never lags and for me battery life is very good.
thank you both very much. I just installed the AOKP rom and I will try the power cycles next time my battery dies. One question on the AOKP... I cannot figure out how to change or add lockscreen icons. and yes I have looked at the lockscreen option on ROM control. I can post screenshots if you dont believe me lol
the green man said:
thank you both very much. I just installed the AOKP rom and I will try the power cycles next time my battery dies. One question on the AOKP... I cannot figure out how to change or add lockscreen icons. and yes I have looked at the lockscreen option on ROM control. I can post screenshots if you dont believe me lol
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We believe you because those lock screen options haven't been implimented in the ROM yet. If its a must have for you I'm pretty sure ktoonzes aosp jellybean kernel will work with CM10.
jethro650 said:
We believe you because those lock screen options haven't been implimented in the ROM yet. If its a must have for you I'm pretty sure ktoonzes aosp jellybean kernel will work with CM10.
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Lol well that explains a lot. Its not a must have but it would be nice. Hopefully they implement it soon.
Thanks everyone!
One other question. My network constantly switches from 4g to HSPA to 3g. When my phone was stock it would stay on 4g (lte) 99.9 %.. is this normal? I would prefer it to stay on 4g. I also think it might hurt battery life since its constantly switching even though lte is a battery hog.
the green man said:
One other question. My network constantly switches from 4g to HSPA to 3g. When my phone was stock it would stay on 4g (lte) 99.9 %.. is this normal? I would prefer it to stay on 4g. I also think it might hurt battery life since its constantly switching even though lte is a battery hog.
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What rom are you on? I'd love mine to switch to 3g the majority of the time, LTE is such a hog, there's no way that switching it down is going to use more battery than staying on LTE full-time.
fizzer82 said:
What rom are you on? I'd love mine to switch to 3g the majority of the time, LTE is such a hog, there's no way that switching it down is going to use more battery than staying on LTE full-time.
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Task aokp with KT kernel. Loving it by the way. Fast, stable, and and great battery life!
the green man said:
One other question. My network constantly switches from 4g to HSPA to 3g. When my phone was stock it would stay on 4g (lte) 99.9 %.. is this normal? I would prefer it to stay on 4g. I also think it might hurt battery life since its constantly switching even though lte is a battery hog.
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Bump.
Nobody has this issue?